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Evening star., 1944-05-21
Radcliffe Urges U. 5.
Bases in All Oceans
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May Suitable
bases In all of the oceans Of the
world for both our shipping and air
commerce" must be kept "perpetu-
ally available" after the war, Senator
Radcliffe, Democrat, Of Maryland
said tonight.
In a Maritime Day address before
the Propeller Club of the United
States, Senator Radcliffe cautioned
against "hasty and il-advised at
tempts to dispose now Of various
international problems instead Of
waiting to do so until the coming Of
postwar days.
"We will continue to need the
dozen sea bases which we secured
from Great Britain under 99-year
leases which will, / believe, become
permanent holdings" the Senator
said. Likewise we must have per-
petually available to us other suitable
bases in all the oceans of the world
for both our shipping and air COM
merce since they will be closely con-
nected with each other.
mo beating Of our swords into
plowshares and our spears into prun-
ing hooks, no abiding confidence
in the permanency of world peace.
should prevent us from always real
izing that our security demands that
we have and retain such bases avail
able at all times for our defense in
war and for our commerce In the
seven seas during peaceful days"
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Crop Damage in IovIa
Scars in Wake Of New
Rains and Tornadoes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, May 20.-Flood
waters continued to spread over ad-
ditional thousands Of acres Of Iowa
crop land today in the wake Of
more heavy rains and tornadoes
which claimed i've lives within AZ
hours.
A series of tornadoes struck last
night in the, vicinity of Fort Dodge
and Pocahontas, in the northwest
section Of the State, killing a hiah
school student, injuring a dozen
persons, three seriously, and caus-
ing heavy property damage.
City Commissioner c. B. Pitcher
estimated the property loss in Fort
Dodge and vicinity at sl,000,0 900 as
q result Of last nights storms and
said the damage from Thursdays
tornadoes and rains in the same
area would run almost as high.
other sections of Northwest and
Central Iowa had similar heavy
losses.
There was no estimate on the
amount of farmland flooded or crops
washed out, but virtually every
creek and river in the Central and
Northwest sections of the State was
out of it's banks and the Weather
Bureau forecast additional flooding
In some sections.
Leslie M. Carl, Federal agricul-
tural statistician, said. that while
the storms might result in a high
rate Of loss for some individual
farmers, he did not think the State
wide damage would be very great
because 1t was 50 early In the season
and most washed-out crops could
be replanted.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Catch Warns Pacifists
MOTTO 'Praitle' U. 5.
Into New World War

Warning that Germans and Japs
will seethe with hate after this
war;" Rear Admiral Thomas l..
Catch, Judge advocate general Of
the Navy, last night protested
against "pacifists being permitted to
prattle us into another war;"
THE devil alone knows what new
f1endiShness will be visited on man
kind in the conflicts of the future, /"
he told the Columbia University
Club of Washington at its annual
dinner last night at the Mayfower
Hotel.
Let me tell you bluntly," he de-
clared, what will happen if we ever
made 1t possible for an enemy to
arm against us and attack without
warning. In the first place, the at
tack will be of terrible suddenness
1t will be delivered with gigantic
force, and it will come from the air
1t will be devastating. 1t will be
irresistible.
May be Atomic" Attack.
Il said from the air. You think
I mean the airplane. do not know
whether there will be airplanes by
the time the next war is fought
With the incredible progress Of the
technique of scientific manslaughter
who can say in what form this
death will be delivered? Will it be
atomic? Will it be electrical? Will
1t be bacteria? Who knows? But
rest assured it will be swift. and il
will be sudden and it will be terri.
ble."
Noting that twice within this
generation the United States "has
found herself virtually unarmed
when attacked" the admiral, who
commanded a battleship at Guadal-
canal and in other engagements in
the Pacific, declared whether we
ike 1t or not, England has saved
our skin twice and the English dead
OF Mons and Dunkerque bear mute
witness to this undeniable fact"
u. S. May Be First Target,
Inc Germans already are re-
ported to be proposing to deliver
their first attack in the next war
against the United States, instead of
against European adversaries, the
admiral said, adding that right
now the Japs boast that they are
PREPARED for hundred years war.
Nathiel PETER, author and lee
turer on international relations at
Columbia University, spoke on "po-
litical aspects of the war in the
Pacific
William Roy Valance, club presi-
cent, read a letter from President
Nicholas Murray Butler of the uni
Verslty, outlining activities of the
school in wartime. Several guests
were introduced, including Justice
douglas of the Supreme Court and
MRS. Douglas; Senator LANCER, Re-
publican, of North Dakota: Mai
Gen. Myron c. Cramer, judge ad-
vocate general of the Army. and
Or. Stanley K. Hornbeck of the
state Department and Mrs. Horn
beck.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Soviet Journal Wants
Knockout Invasion,
NOT Long Operation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 20.-The Soviet
trade journal, War and the Working
Glass, asserted today that the coming
Allied invasion Of Europe should
not be protracted operation lasting
until next year but a swift, crushing
blow.
An article by Col. Mikhail Toll
chenov said it was surprising that
some organs of the press in Allied
countries, referring to the alleged
opinions of official circles, attempt
to represent the expected invasion
Of Europe as rather long stalemate
on a single spot and not an opera
ton of decisive character carried
out in the highest tempo with large
forces and expected to achieve sue
cess in short time.
Col. Tolchenov quoted the Balti-
more Sun as saying the invasion
would be long, hard campaign last
ing perhaps until 1945.
''The Teheran decision mentioned
with absolute lucidity crushing
blows on the enemy from the East
and West" he said. Consequently
the problem is not the creation OF
new bridgeheads like Anzio and
Nettuno, not the creation of new,
imnobile sectors of fronts Of the
Casino type calculated to lead to a
long slight with military operations
restricted for months to patrol ac-
ton and bombing raids.
"The experience Of the battle for
Casino proved that the success Of
operations depended not so much on
the weight of bombs dropped as on
the activity Of land troops. There is
no reason to doubt that the Allied
command drew the necessary les
sons from the experience of pre-
vious operations and that British
and American troops in ruthless
and growing offensive will be able
to fulfill actively the decisions OF
the Teheran Conference and crush
Hitler's European fortress"
In & three-point review of Ger
manys present position, he said
Red Army offensives had forced the
Germans to shift the last of their
reserves to the East, permitting AL
lied forces to attack Western Eu-
rope with less risk than ever;
that the United States and Britain
had contributed to the Red Armys
successes by bombing Germany and
diverting a considerable part of the
enemys strength to Italy; and that
the German Army has lost the
power to launch large-scale offen-
sive, but is still capable of serious
resistance.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
On the Roll Of Honor

Six Washington area seryicemel
were reported killed in action and
another wounded in casualty list
issued by the War Department yes
terday. Another was listed as miss
ing in action.
Second 1t. David Akers Finney,
%, son of Mrs. Edna Linn Finney,
2115 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
had arrived in England only week
before he met his death in an air
Evening star., 1944-05-21

ID 0oiA NA0y
1t. Fnney was
q graduate OF
Western Hig h
School, where he
was a cadet Of
hcer. He re-
ceived his COM
mission as a pi-
10 t a t 8 e ! m a,
Ala, last Octob-
er and was an
i n S t r u C tor at
t he Richmond
Army Air Base
before going to
England.
Evening star., 1944-05-21

the court refused-named Hitler as
a fellow conspirator in the alleged
plot of the defendants to incite the
armed forces to disloyalty and
mutiny. The bill thus quotes the
Fuehrer: THE day will come when
we shall make pact with these
new men in England, France, Amer
lea. We shall make 1t when they
fall into line with the vast process
of the re-ordering of the world and
voluntarily play their parts in it,"
The documents adds:
The conspirator Hitler did find
these men, among others: In
Austria, Arthur Seyss-Inquart; in
Czecho-Slovakia, Konrad Henlein;
in Norway, Vidkun Quisling; In
France, Pierre Laval; in England,
Oswald Mosley; in Holland, A. A.
Mussert; in the Union OF South
Africa, Henry H. Beamish; In
Canada, Adrien Arcand and in
the United States Of America, the
defendants herein"
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Truman Group 10 Hear
Nelson on Paper Policy
By the Associated Press

Ds NHt ASsOCldIeu Press.
The Truman War Investigating
committees public inquiry into the
distribution and ALLEGATION of scarce
supplies of paper has been set fol-
tomorrow with WPB Chairman Mel.
son as the first witness.
Chairman Truman said Mr.. Mel.
son would explain proposed revision.
OF regulations which the WPB ha,
unoer consideration with a view tt
meeting committee complaints.
The hearing originally was set fo,
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Argentina Is Reported
Facing New Cabinet Crisis
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, May 2O.-The
afternoon newspaper, La Razon
said today there were insistent re-
ports of a new cabinet crisis in the
off1ng in Argentina.
Previously El TEMPO declared
there were rumors in Buenos Aires
that Interior Minister Gen. Luis
Perlinger and Agriculture Minister
Gen. Diego Mason were resigning,
while a brand new Minister OF
Justice and Education, Alberto
Baldrich, also had threatened to
resign, but later changed his mind
Gen. Perlinger had been reported
Ill for some weeks. He failed to
attend the latest council of minist-
ers presided over by President Far
rell on Thursday.
Evening star., 1944-05-21

B street Sc,
had been serv-
ing with an in
fantry replace
ment company
In Italy a little
more than two
months when he
was killed In
action.
Pfc. s t e all
enlisted in the
Army in Deem
Der, 1941, and
served at Fort
Benning, Ca,
Fort .JackSon
s.. C. and Enrt
Evening star., 1944-05-21
IOn the Roll Of Honor
Is More D. G. Area Servicemen
Are Reported Killed in Action

Benjamin Franklin University here.
Prior to entering the Army in 1912
he was employed by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation here. He
received his wings at Salt Lake City,
Utah.
His wife, the former Ruth Anne
Watkins of Akron, Ohio, lives at
Potomac.
Pfc. Joseph C. Benson, Is, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Benson, 1922
D street Sc, was wounded near
Naples March 2 and has been
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Kaiser, Lockwood Hill
Reported Decision 10
End Brewster Orders
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-Henry
j. Kaiser, industrialist, and Preston
Lockwood, who succeeded him as
president of the Brewster Aeronau-
tical Corp, issued statements to-
night decrying reported decision
of the Navy Department to termi-
nate contracts at the connpany's big
Long Island City IN. " and Johns
vile (Pa) plants.
Possible complete shutdown" of
the Long Island City plant presented
"a tragic situation wherein 10000
men on three days notice
should be thrown out of work." said
Mr.. Kaiser, stopping OF in Chicago
en- route to California.
Calling the companys position a
situation that is comparable to
what many companies in this coun-
try may be faced with" Mr.. Kaiser
said here may be the incentive
for Congress to act Immediately to
take care of those companies which
will be affected by sudden termina-
tions, reconversions and lack of
finance resulting from their all-out
effort for the war"
Qn Washington, the Navy De-
partment reported only that As
sistant Secretary of the Navy
Artemus L. Gates and other
Navy officials had conferred with
Brewster representatives on q cut
in the Brewster contract, but
no final agreement had been
reached. Brewster officials are to
report back to the Navy.
"a Navy spokesman previously
had said the decision to cut
Brewster's contract stemmed
from the Navy's policy Of reduc-
ing production of fighter planes,
including Corsairs produced by
Brewster). .
Mr.. Lockwood called the Navy's
decision to halt its work at Brewster
unjust to the company's 12,250 en-
ployes and nearly 5000 stockhold-
ers." But, he added, the company
"is not going out of business"
Mr.. Lockwood declared mo in
formation has been obtained by the
company which satisfies 1t that the
order Of the Navy Department is
wise from the standpoint Of the
best possible utilization of the
available manpower Of the country
or the economical and effective
prosecution of the war effort"
The company was notified Fri
day, Mr.. Lockwood said, that the
contract for the planes would be
terminated.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Weather Report

DISTRICT Of Columbia - Partly
cloudy and warmer today. Tomorrow
fair and continued warm.
Maryland - Partly cloudy and
warmer; thundershowers in noun
tains today and tomorrow.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, scattered
thundershoWers in mountains today
and tomorrow; warmer in north por-
ton today.
River Report.
potomac and Shenandoah rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Notre Dame Trustee

SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 20 A1.
-George w. Strake. Houston
(Texas) oil man, was. elected to the
Board OF Lay Trustees of Notre
Dame University today. His elec-
ton hlled one Of two vacancies on
the board caused by deaths,
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Civic Group to Meet

The Oak Spring CMd.) Civic AS
sociation will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the home of Miss
Margaret Engle, 5000 Forty-ninth
avenue, Berwyn. All residents of
the area have been requested to
attend.
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Annual Meeting Planned

The Shakespeare Society of Wash
ington will hold it's annual business
meeting and election of officers al
8 pm. Friday at the Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Mrs. Henry Buck. secretary. an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-05-21

awarded t n c
Purple Heart,
parents h av e
been notified.
He was born
In Washington
q n d attended
Eastern High
s C h o oil. Pvt.
Benson was en-
ployed as a clerk
for the Wash
ington Whole
sale Drug Elk
change and the
Navy Yard be-
fore entering
Evening star., 1944-05-21

18 while serving
with the troop
arrier COM
mand.
A graduate of
c e n t raj High
School, 1t. Str
louis attended
the University
Of Maryland be-
fore entering the
Air Forces in
May, 1912. He
W a s graduated
as a pilot from
N apier Field,
Ala, In June,
10A2 a~l ou,orI
Evening star., 1944-05-21

I'' q =. sHiouis. I943, and award
ed q trophy as the outstanding
athlete in his class.
1t. Robert B. Marsden, %, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Marsden of
Copley, near Potomac, Md, has been
reported missing in a bombing raid
over Austria on April IA, according
to word received by his parents from
the War Department.
A bombardier on a Liberator, 1t.
Marsden has been stationed with the
Army Air Forces in italy since
March. 1t. Marsden graduated in
1889 from the Richard Montgomery
High School, Rockville, and attended
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Report Until 10 PM. Saturday.

Record Until 10 Pm. Saturday.
Highest. 10, 1900 pm. Today, year
ago, S4
Lowest, so, 1920 am. Yesterday, year
ago, "a.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest SO, on May 49,
Lowest, II, on January Q
Evening star., 1944-05-21

He worked as 1t. D. A. Finney.
purchasing agent for Weaver Bros,
Washington realtors, before enlist
ing.
Killed in Burma.
Second 1t. James Russell Sirlouis
jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Sirlouis
1924 Nicholson street NV, was
killed in action in Burma February
Evening star., 1944-05-21
Chevy Chose PTA to Elect

The Chevy Chase Parent Teacher
Association viii hold Its annual
election Of Officers at 8 pm. Tues
day In the school auditorium.
Evening star., 1944-05-21

DISTRICT BOYS TO
administered YESTERDAY at the recruiting ncs 1911 NV by It. g.
Twelfth place Ne Lyle Valentine 214 Fourth
be the
for ramn
Evening star., 1944-05-21

FURNISHED by United States Coast
and GenHetic Eurueul
Evening star., 1944-05-21

Tide Tables.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
WAR PRODUCTIONS:
Big Speedup

Army officials continued to stress
the need for an increase in the pro-
duction of tanks, trucks, big guns
and ammunition in view of greater
demands from the flaming battle
fronts.
Latest army bigwig to call for
more production was Maj. Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, director of mate
rial for the army service forces, who
declared that schedules for the last
half Of 1914 called for ~ per cent
boost in output of aircraft bombs
over the first six months.
Production programs for heavy
artillery ammunition will be up ITO
per cent; heavy artillery weapons,
% per cent; ight-heavy and heavy
weight trucks, 40 per cent; heavy
heavyweight trucks, 1913 per cent,
and tanks, so per cent.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
EUROPE:
Fronts Afre


The whole French battlefront
quivered to the clap and clatter Of
gunfre as U. S. and British forces
pressed their twin offensives against
the German lines, with American
troops reported approximately so
miles from Paris.
While mechanical columns speed
ed the U. S. advance upon the for
mer. French capital from the west
British and Canadian forces were
making slower progress to the north
below Caen, where strong enemy
armored formations hacked away
to contain the onslaught while still
other large concentrations de-
Tended their exposed flank.
AS the Allied drive on Paris rolled
on through good tank country, U. S.
forces in Brittany threw in all the
weight Of their superior gun and
tank fire to reduce the coastal ports
Of Brest, Lorient and st. Nazaire,
which would open up important sup
ply lines from the Atlantic ocean.
With every man, woman and child
In East Prussia mustered for civil
ian war service, and Russian forces
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
LAND SALES:
richards Idea

Sales Of farm land acquired by
the government should, be limited to
those who need it for a home and
living, with first preference for for
mer owners, and second for war
veterans, Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard told the house.
Surplus land, he said, should be
sold on the basis Of its longtime
earning capacity and not at current
inflated prices. Some 6,5O0,000 acres
have been acquired by the govern
ment, only 100000 acres of which
is considered suitable for farming.
MslssssA w Western Newspaper yAasns
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
PACIFIC:
Battle Plans

''It's good to see you, Doug" said
the President upon greeting General
Macarthur at Pearl Harbor, and
on that note did the nations chief
executive open three-day war con-
ference with Pacific military and
naval leaders on the development
Of new offensives for the uncondi-
tional surrender of the Japanese.
Heralding things to come in the
Pacific theater, American Liberia
tors raided the Philippines for the
first time in q months, striking at
airfelds on Mindanao island, while
giant B-29s few over Japan itself to
rain fire-bombs on the shipbuilding
center of Nagasaki, and attacked oil
refineries at Palembang in the East
Indies.
Completely restored after the at
tack Of December 7, 1941, Pearl Har-
Dor was bristling with acres Of
planes, tanks and other battle equip
ment as Mr.. Roosevelt inspected in
stallations during the conferences.
AS a result Of these developments,
the President said, Hawaii was no
longer an outpost of U. S. defense,
but lone Of our rear areas"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
OPEN SEASON.:
Time Extended

Hunters have been given an extra
ten days to kill game birds, Secre-
tary Of Interior Ickes announced.
The open season has been extended
to 80 days, beginning September 20
in the northern zone, October IA in
the intermediate, and November in
the southern. A steady increase in
the continental migratory game bird
population justified the additional
time, the secretary explained.
The bag limit on American and
redbreasted merganser ducks has
been increased to Is. The daily limit
on geese has been raised from two
to four in the Pacific states. Most
ether restrictions wsrs unchanged.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31

APPLES: An average crop of ap-
pies is predicted for the year by
members of the International Apple
association. About 1913 million BUSH
els will be harvested, according to
the association. Of these, 10 million
bushels will 60 to the armed forces,
and SO million will be sent out as
lend-lease food. Maximum prices
have been set for the 1914 crop.
POWDERED COFFEE: Practical
ly all of the nations output of pow
dered, or soluble coffee for the re-
mainder Of the year will be taken
by the armed services, the war de-
partment says. The quartermaster
corps will buy about 80 per cent of
the supply for the army, navy and
marine corps, and the remainder
will be bought by the Red Cross for
shipment to war prisoners.
NO RENT HIKE: Birth Of a baby
in family does not give the land
lord an excuse to raise the rent on
the claim that the number of occu-
pants in the residence has increased.
The deputy director Of the rent di-
vision of the OPA made this ruling
in response to many inquiries.
SLAUGHTER RECORD: New
highs for July in number Of slaugh-
ter of cattle and calves were estab-
lished by all federally inspected
packing houses. More sheep and
hogs were killed than for any July
excepting that of 1943. Total num-
Der of meat animals killed in the
first seven months of this year was
set at 14,051, 1000 in the same group
Of slaughterhouses. Demand for
meat, however, is still ahead of sup
ply, despite the record-breaking
paek.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31

U. S.-British oil conferees included
Cleft to right Interior Secretary Ickes,
Undersecretary of State Stettinius, and
Lord Beaverbrook.
sources without competitive wastes,
the pact emissions the future organi-
cation of an international oil COM
mission to advise governments on
how they should produce and sell
the product.
Other provisions of the pact seek
to assure the recognition of the
principle Of equal opportunity in OBJ
tanning concessions.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
TIRE OUTPUT:
More Sought

In seeking to speed up the manu-
facture of heavy tires to keep essen
tial military and civilian transporta-
ton rolling, the War Production
board revealed that it would strive
to have CLIO workers shift from pas
senger to truck tire production, and
also persuade them to go over their
own self-imposed quotas Of output.
In attempting to arrange for a
shift of workers from one depart
ment to another, the WPB sought to
assure their seniority privileges to
protect them against later layoffs,
while the WPB proposed proper
tional pay boosts for increased out
put to counterfeit the employees
alleged policy Of limiting their work
to avoid rate cuts for more pro-
duction.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-31
RATIONINC:
New Values

In an effort to control consump-
ton, OPA removed utility grades Of
beef and lamb from rationing, re-
stored pork loins, hams and canned
fish to the lists, and increased the
point values of cheese.
OPA's removal of utility grades Of
beef from rationing was prompted
by the large movement Of such
classes of cattle to market, while
the elimination of points on lamb
was intended to spur the consump-
ton of such meat.
Restoration of pork loins and ham
to rationing, on the other hand, re-
suited from a seasonal decline in
hog marketing. Canned fish was put
back on the lists because Of short
supplies throughout the country.
Increases in point values of such
cheeses as cheddar, colby, cream,
neufchatel, creamed cottage, SWISS
Italian, Munster and limburgee
were necessary to slow down theiP
movement into consumer channels.