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Deaths Reported

Sarah J. Mcintosh, Sc. 1913 Buchanan
kEsshs%iss Ess. oa = Bean 7s s7sS Upton st, NV
Mlam Collins hroxp g. 8 LIZ l4th s. st.
dsia aarn d Esse So 5s s0s 9dc4 aa Illinois I'll
John Park, ST.. So. 1882 Lincoln I'd ne.
Joseph / FOX. A. 2sI4 3oth st. ne. -
nnsis ~ sissei1srser r,ia is satmSte Mt 1se Nc
wallace aHn p roles as 90, 1882 rlnser circle NV
Mildred c4nse5.lS eS 81 1887 St 10Th St
Richard 4, Fleming. IS, Bladensburg. Md
Stewart Martin. infant, 1881 New Jerse,
1n;sa; SsRads, s5s so7 1sac stevens I'd. Sc
Infant Smith, 1898 Hayes st. ne.
ponaid A@i <. Macdonald, 8 81. = ssas Harlar
Esy .s1i. j bssE. esElsns g. IS 81 , 9lst St
cstherine erh E Eeilinstcn. =. @ si5 WeDste1
Bertha NJ Brennan, II, 500 seware
ssss: ss,ss ssshsp a. ,Ss7 ss 2sqs g, Evsrs'
Mary A. Mcmahon 81, 62s Rock creel
Lillian s. Seagle. As, 80 Maryland ave
Mary G. veeder, As, 1880 goth st. NV
James ]. OBrien, As. 1905 Pa. ave NV
Grace Kerrick. As. l145 3rd st ne.
William C. Loukota. A.. s7Rf C
Phyllis A. Anderson, %, 2307 Nicholson
RyeI asqy caF5Gl as 81 81 s4d geP9p 5t9 81 NV
Thomas stogle, 50, I12i G st. ne.
Nora J. Keith IS, 1907 iID; sth St i NV. w.
Joseph Scott, q, 1901 4th st. NV
lula Turner. 20, 10l5 9Th st. s.w.
Lizzie S. Ferguson. 65. 944 st. NV
John S. Lee, IS. 377 st. NV
Sarah johnson, So 500 New jersey ave
NV.
John Hyler, AS, lily 9Th st. NV.
Fred Smith, 43. 523 2nd st. NV.
Beatrice Johnson, AZ, 1908 o st. NV
John H. overton, infant. 455 P st. NV.
Around the clock bombing re
quires around-t the month War Bone
buying!
Evening star., 1944-04-19
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If you have constipation Of
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Drink plenty Of water. See if YOU.
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Evening star., 1944-04-19
Births Reported

Glenn and Dorothy Algire, boy.
Joseph and Wanda, Awad, boy.
Arthur and Martha Baker, girl.
Earl and Annie Barnett, girl.
John and Bonnie Barron, girl
william and Jean Brooks, boy.
Herbert and Ada Brown, boy.
Harry and Kathryn Bues boy.
Cameron ana Mildred Chit Shistenden' HIn girl.
Dorsey and Eva Coffman, boy.
William and Jean Connery, girl.
Harry Harry and Ruth Cot5lngham unsi'sl sin Eiri.
Franh FAM sns and PaTS'hE fns De- naecs s sr
Arthur and Mildred Deuterman, girls
william ma and Louise Dickson, girl.
james and Margaret Dillon. boy.
Joseph and Idelle Di Pletro, girl.
William and Mariana Doores, girl.
Carl and Myrtle Ford girl.
freoris and Helen FTediund, girl.
Allen and Maryetta Gann,, girl.
Elton and Betty Gunyou, girls (twins).
ggober. q and a,oe Dorothy city HACKER sas boy
james and Loretta Harden, girl.
George and BERTHE Heine, boy.
Levern and Helen Jewell. boy.
Elmer and Ada King, girl.
william and Mary Lacey, boy.
John and Mary Lamb, girl.
Sanford and Leila Lipford, girl.
John and Margaret Long, boy.
Paul and Betty Martin, girl.
Marvin and Venita Metzler, girl
William and Rita Montgomery, boy.
Clarence and Clara Morgan, boy.
Joseph and Mary O'Malley, boy.
Joseph and Pauline -Ostack, boy.
Paul ana Marianne Paul boy.
Charles and Melba Phelps, boy.
Cortlardt and Eieanore Poey. boy.
Linvilie and Mary Prall, girl.
Edward and Ruth Reed. boy.
Harry and Bette Rorman, boy.
John and Arputus Schlag, boy.
Alfred and Mildred Schneider. girl.
Abner and Elena Sewell, girl.
Samuel and Dorothy Shackeiford, boy.
Charles and Myrtle smith, boy.
Francis and Elizabeth Steer, boy.
Glenn and Vera Stoyer, girl.
EenIy and Alma Streicher, girl.
Daniel and Virginia Sullivan, boys (twins).
Horton and Doris Tracy, girl.
Walker and Dorothea Wallace, boy.
James and Ruth Wells, boy.
Peter and Gertrude Yaros, boy.
Arlington and Jamie Kerrick. boy.
william and Lillian Parker, boy.
Charles and Gladys Payne, girl.
Frank and Thefnna Williams. boy.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

McCOOK, Nebr.-Stationed here
with a heavy bombardment group
are five Washington area men. They
are First 1t. David B. Whitlock,
Chevy Chase, Md; Second Its. Ar
thur Salus, 2700 Woodley place
NV, and William c. Rawson, 1927
Military road: Sergts. Ernest Ka-
shouty, 1920 D street NE, and Joe
D. Chittenden, jr., 2607 North POGO
moke street, Arlington.
ENGLAND.-Milton E. scrivener,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S.
Scrivener, 3637 Warder street NV,
has been promoted to first lieuten-
art here. He is former examiner
for the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
1t. Theodore r. Lipchitz, 25, for
mer civil service employe in Wash
ington, is credited with the de-
struction of an ME-109 on the first
9Th Air Force attack on Berlin,
when he temporarily ceased to be
a navigator and became an aerial
gunner.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Florida Slavery Case
Indictment Is Dismissed
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, April 19.-An in
dictment charging that Sheriff JEFF
Virgins of Glades County, Fla, "en-
slaved" Negro prisoners by forcing
them to work on his private, prop
erty has been dismissed by United
States District Judge Dozier De-
vane. The court held unconstitu-
tional the statute under which pros
ecution was brought.
Attorneys for Sheriff Virgins had
called attention to two recent de-
cisionS of the New Orleans Circuit
Court of Appeals and the United
Evening star., 1944-04-19

States Supreme Court which they
said suggested" that a law author.
izing Federal courts to prosecute
State officials in such cases was
unconstitutional.
District Attorney Herbert S. Phil
lips and Turner l.. Smith of Wash
ington, special assistant to the At
torney General, said an appeal
would be taken directly to the Su-
preme Court.
Evening star., 1944-04-19

has been award
ed the Air Med
al for gallant
ry. t e a m W o r k
and outstanding
performance of
d ty" W h IL e
servi ing on a
Liberator on an
tisubmarine pa
troll in the Bay
of Biscay last
December. He is
a former civilian
employe of the
N Wy DEPART
ment.
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been discovered In the famed Sis
tine Chapel.
The Vatican City Italian Language
broadcast was reported by the
United States Foreign Broadcast In
tefligence Service.
The bomb story first was circu-
lated by the Nazi Trans-Kontinen,
Agency in wireless dispatch pur-
porting to have originated in Rome
Evening star., 1944-04-19
|Voticon Denies Rumor
|Of Time Bomb in Chapel
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The semi
official Vatican newspaper Osserva-
tore Romano was quoted last night
by the Vatican radio as terming as
"a pure invention" the Nazi-origin-
ated rumor that a time bomb had
Evening star., 1944-04-19

Soh oi N1ls dllN
Mrs. P. T. Dris-
coll, 829 Sixth
street NV, is
stationed h ere
with the Navy
after h a v / n G
three months
duty in the Pa
cifc. Mr.. Dris-
coll, whose wife
lives in Detroit,
has been in the
Navy a year. He
attended Nc
Kinley Techni-
cal High School,
ana was en-
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- ez:WlTH Id. c.
FIGHTING MEM

ENGLAND - Ernest Roderick
Machines, aviation radioman, first
class, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arch A.
Machines, 1880 Otis avenue NE,
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Paul Dris-
coll, machinist's mate, second class,
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and WAS em- Paul Driscoll.
ployed at the Washington Navy
Yard before joining the service.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
Ship Millions of Chicks
To So. America by Plane

Half a million baby chicks were
shipped by air express from the
United States to the other Americas
in 1913 at the rate of 10000 cheep-
ing little passengers a week. This
new export business, which broke
all records, now rates in the million
dollar class.
So great is the demand for baby
chicks that shipments are being
made on the basis of "space avail
able" rather than on orders. Stand
ing reservations are made for regu-
lar shippers. One Puerto Rico poul-
try farm has 600 chicks going on
every Clipper departing from Mi
ami, according to the Pan Ameri-
can anyways.
Practically every Caribbean coun-
try has adopted North American
chickens as standard poultry stock.
At Maracaibo a single firm adver-
tises 80 fresh-laid American eggs
every day." AS the stocks flourish
locally, intrastate shipments add to
the traffic.
Baby chick exports have been aug
mented by wartime development of
the poultry industry in Brazil and
other American republics to meet
increased food needs. ---.,.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
Throw the Switch

Throw the Switch
A busy man was using the tele-
phone.
81 want Bank double-two, dou-
ble-two," he said.
"Two-two, two-two," repeated
the exchange girl, reproachfully.
Gall right" said the man, pa
tiently; ''you get me the number
and We'll play at trains later on"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
Dodo Birds Were Reality;
Slaughtered by Portuguese

The fabulous dodo bird is not a
mythical creature from Alice in
Wonderland as many believe. Sci
entifically known as Didus ineptus,
this ugly and awkward bird of the
pigeon family inhabited the island
of Mauritius until slaughtered by
Portuguese sailors during the 18th
century. Unable to fly or run
swiftly, it was easy prey.
Only slightly smaller than an os-
trich, four dodos provided a tasty
dish for hundred seamen. Stones
from the dodo's stomach were also
salvaged as excellent knife sharp
eners.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

hard. I can testify that they
searched, bargained and debated
for hours before they made up their
Bundles for America" Their self
consciously pleased expressions as
they sent the packages off were
deeply touching. Mail means the
world to them, and they were reply
ing in kind.
Mail - any mail - is the great
event. Not so much what's in let
ter or a package-although that is
important too, and any commander
can tell which boys have winners at
home-just the getting Of it is what
counts. Home town newspapers are
prized-the smaller the town the bet
ter. News that has a personal touch
is what's wanted, and characters in
small town newspapers have become
real, even to boys who never heard
of the place in America.
Besides being an inveterate shop
per, the Fifth army lad off duty is
an inveterate sightseer. The ruins
of Pompeii, the environs Of Vesuvius
and the famous Isle Of Capri are
overrun. Pompeii's shattered mar
bles have no impact for the boys
who have seen endless numbers Of
bombed towns, but stories about the
antiquities still fascinate them.
Another popular sight is the huge
Caserta, the palace which Ferdinand
Nv built for his consort in the 18th
century. It's magnificent staircase,
throne room and opera house have
survived both our bombs and the
Germans, and therein the army
Joes and the nurses happily bur-
lesque royalty.
Speaking of royal palaces reminds
me of my Naples apartment, which
! share with Red Cross girls and
whatever visiting firewoman comes
along-one night a dignifed hospital
Inspector, the next night two sloe-
eyed Italian dancers giggling hap
PLY over their soldier audiences en-
thusiasm. I'm reminded because,
as the old vaudeville joke has it,
my apartment and the royal palace
are so ifferent-though compared
with the front it is a palace indeed.
Filled With Equipment.
The rooms are piled high with bed
rolls, helmets and canteens, but the
beds are soft and sheeted and there
is a place to hang clothes. The
main room is regally spacious, mar
ble-doored and well ventilated-the
ventilation, to be sure, owing to re-
peated bombings.
A brisk walk from the main room
brings one to a bathroom where, at
the price Of smoky rooms and q
lungfu1 of carbon dioxide, it is pos
sible to build fire in a small stove
and wiring out of it three inches of
rusty hot water.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

People who say they wish they
were fish when they have to cross
the ocean are mistaken in believ-
ing that fish never get seasick. Fish
weighing from two to 70 pounds,
when placed on ship in tank of
water, have been observed by sci
entists to become as i'll as the pas
sengers in storms, when the waves
are high. Fish placed in bowls DIVA
ter where artificial storms are pro-
duced in laboratories show the same
susceptibility to seasickness. So per-
haps it's not so nice to be a fish after
all.
Ledger Syndicate.-WNU Features.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

To obtain complete pattern for the Cher
ny Apron (Pattern No. $500 applique de-
sign and finishing instructions, send is
cents in coin, your name and address
and the pattern number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
WARTIME SHOPPING
IN NAPLES
BY Doris FIeeson

(WNU Feature-Through special arrange
ment with Woman'S Home Companion.)
AS a woman here in Naples and
just back from the fighting front,
I'm often reminded of the wisecrack
that Americans are fighting the war
for souvenirs. Certainly the No.
occupation of the Fifth army men
when off duty is shopping for gifts
for their women back home.
The rush to buy is tremendous.
despite rising prices and the fact
that goods are getting scarcer. The
early birds, for instance, got silk
stockings. Remember? Italy was
a partner of Japan. Now the popu-
lar light shades are exhausted and
the few stockings left come in dark
dismal1y unfattering shades. !.
Besides silk stockings, run has
been made on gloves and on coral,
tortoiseshell and cameo jewelry.
Back home now it ought to be easy
to spot a girl with a Fifth army
beau.
1t often seems to me that my most
important job here is to be shopping
consultant for about hundred thou
sand men, all of whom need help.
am the girl who knows what's
what-or that's what they tell me.
My entrance into q shop, or my
passing a street peddler, is the sig
nal for all the soldiers present to
rush me for advice: '.Will my girl
like this? Do you think this will
fit my mother?"
Stockings were easy because I
know they are welcome anywhere,
and a quiz session with the soldier
gave me reasonable chance to
guess the correct size. But am
forced to admit that the last woman
I saw wearing cameo was my
grandmother, and perspired trying
to think up just what to say when
a soldier held one of these ornate
brooches in his hand and said hope
fully: Don't you think my girl
would like this?"
If the cameo was for his mother
I didn't worry SO much. I figured
the mother would never admit that
anything her son sent her was other
than just what her heart desired.
But 7 did want to guard against hav-
ing the gentleman disappointed by
his girl friends response. So I
preached a strong anti-junk cam
paign.
Lots of Gaudy Junk.
But mountains of parcels poured
out Of Italy, and lots Of junk must
have been included. The boys tried
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
Salaries of Teachers

Of the 100000 public school
teachers in the United States in
1928, approximately 100000 re-
ceived less than 81 200 and at least
66, 900 of this number received less
than $500 for their years work.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

It costs about 12G an acre and takes
only few minutes to inoculate seed
with NITRAGIN. Yet it frequently
boosts yields of alfalfa, clover, soy
beans, other legumes up to so % and
more. 1t increases feeding value of
legume hay and pasture, helps build
fertility. Tests prove it pays to inoc-
ulate every seeding of legumes re-
CARELESS of nodules on roots of pre-.
vious crops. NITRAGIN provides
selected, tested strains of nitrogen
fixing bacteria. NIIRAGIN is the
Oldest, most widely used inoculant-
in the yellow can, at your scotsman,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
nOlAPER Soothe, cool, relieve
Tn mi diaper rash-often pre-
0MSA vent it with Mexsana,
nAnEE the astringent medicated
EHHOBE powder. Get Mexsana.
Buried Erect

So that they may face the day Of
resurrection on their feet, the dead
of New Guinea are buried stand
ing up.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
If YOUR TENDENCY
TO CONSTIPATION
is INCREASING
. . READ THIS NOW.

sN@kA0 eEHH0 kV0VW
PLAIN FACTS! Many doctors warn
that most purges and laxatives act on
the entire 27 feet of your intestinal
canal. However, constipation usually
occurs only in the last feet of bowels
with the result these laxatives
often increase your tendency to
constipation!
Beecham's Laxative Pills do not
cause dangerous increase of
constipation because they act chiefly
on the "vital 3 feet"- on the entire
bowels. That's eOhy many doctors
recommend BeechGm's Laxative
Ingredient! Beecham's Pills are
gentle, thorough, GU-vegeto6le. No
shock, no strain, no overstimulation
Tonight, promote that happy
feeling of regularity-try reliable
Beecham's Laxative Pills. Tomorrow
feel great! Buy at your druggists
only 100, 25e. Caution: take only as
directed. S0tisf faction guaranteed or
maker will refund your money!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30

EVEN as inexpensive a fabric as
~ unbleached muslin can be
made into mighty attractive
aprons if you dress it up with
bright appliques. Use bright red
cotton for the cherries, green for
the leaves-it will make a lovely
apronl
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-03-30
Obvious Choice

Obvious Choice
Candidate-Then may ! count on
your vote?
Voter-Naw; I'll vote for the
other fellow.
Candidate - But you've never
seen him.
Voter-Naw! but I've seen you.
ssThe way to keep from growing
old is to work hard" asserts
prominent physician. Yeah-that's
what we've been afraid of all
along.
Qualified
Husband = Dear, you should be in
Congress.
Wife - Why, dear?
Husband - Because you're so good
at introducing bills into the house.
Evening star., 1944-07-07
Glenn Dale
Continued From First PAGE J

with tubercular patients. One of
the purposes of the course at
Georgetown Hospital was to teach
volunteers to guard against the dis
ease.
This means a partial closing of
Glenn Dale is imminent, unless the
community can be aroused to this
challenge in defense of the home
'front.' Dr. Rutland, said.
DR.. Rutland said he would con-
fer shortly with DR.. Daniel L. Finu-
cane. superintendent of Glenn Dale,
on what part of the institution
might be shut down. DR.. Rutland
said there was need for at least
1000 volunteers to serve as assis-
tants to nurses in District municipal
hospitals.
Several months ago Commissioner
Guy Mason revealed that closing of
Unit B at Glenn Dale was under
consideration because of personnel
problems. The fear was expressed
at that time, that sending home
patients with active cases of tuber-
culosis would be dangerous. Since
then efforts have been made to OBJ
tain volunteers and to arrange for
their transportation.
Ten Government women have vol
unteered to work at the hospital
and will begin their training at
Sibley Hospital on July II. Health
ohcials hope these women car
start work July 30. ~. .s. =
Evening star., 1944-07-07
Identified Dead inF Fire
PortioI List Of Victims of BIoze
Thot Swept Circus in Hartford

Shirley Kellin, II. West Hartford.
Muriel Loef1. 4. Hartford.
Mrs. Sylvia Goldstein. Hartford.
Miss Goldstein (first name un-
3. Hartford.
Mrs. Hulda Grant. East Hartford
Mrs. Dorothy Kuhnly. Bristol.
Evelyn L. Conlon, Elmwood.
Arland Birch, Meriden.
Shirley Ann Birch, 9, Meriden.
Jane M. M. Elliott, Wethersfleld.
Jean 10th, 9. Hartford.
Gail Barry. hartford.
Rita Ann Connolly, l3. Hartford.
Anne L. Beruhe, S, Plainville.
Richard Elliott, 6. Wethersfield.
Mrs. Rose Berman, 80, Wethers-
field.
Judith Berman. 8, Wethersfield.
Sarah Booth, 81. Hartford.
Fred Bryarz, Hartford.
E. r. Clark. 20, Hartford.
William Curlee. 20, Hartford.
Elizabeth De Lergne. "a. Meriden
Audrey Hager, %. Marlborough.
Peter Hignes. Lakeville.
Cynthia kavalier, West Hartford
Jarvis w. Mason. Hartford.
Lola Mather. 40. Hartford.
Sarah E. Mather, Hartford.
Theresa Mattson. As, Meriden.
Lillian c. Norman. Hartford.
Agnes Norris. MiddletoWn.
Lillian Poglitsch, 36. New Britain
Joan Smith. 6. Bloomfield.
Ralph Snellgrove. 48, Plainville.
Mrs. Ralph Snellgrove, AZ, Plain
Vile.
Evening star., 1944-07-07
y the Associated Press.


HARTFORD. Conn, July Here
is the list of identified dead in the
Ringing Bros. & Barnum & Bailey
Circus fire:
William Dineen. 8. son Of Detec-
tive Sergt. and Mrs. William J..
Dineen Of Hartford
Mrs. Katherine J. de Nezzo, IS,
Hartford.
Joseph A. de Nezzo. jr., 4. Hart
ford.
, EdWard F.. Connolly, IL. Hartford.
Helen Bradley. 80, Simsbury,
Jacqueline Carrier. 4. Hartford.
Dorothy Coty. l6. Bristol.
Alice Duhamel Is. Hartford.
Mrs. Rose Gallucci, S., Hartford.
Mary Gallucci. 6. Hartford.
Valerie Jane Nagas. 5. Unionville.
Doris Jean O'Connell, 5, Union
vile.
Mrs Evelyn O'Connell, 50, Union
vile.
F.. Mrs. Thyra NJ Smith. 40, Canton.
Minnie Hess. ~. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Louise Steinberg Hartford.
Irene North. so. Rockville
Ann de Martino. Hartford.
Elizabeth Putnam, 40, Storrs.
Maurice Goff. hartford.
Marjorie r. Metcade. Rockville.
Walter D Murphy. Plainville.
Charles w. Murphy. 4, Plainville
Seymour Lapuk, 8 Hartford
Elizabeth de Levergne, "a, Meri-
den.
Paul c. Viering. 4. Hartford.
Evening star., 1944-07-07
Chinese Say Official
Backs Gas Charge
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, July IA Chinese
Army spokesman said today that
Capt. Ralph Thompson of the Amer
lean Chemical Warfare Intelligence
had substantiated Chinese charges
that the Japanese had used mustard
gas against the defenders of Hene-
yang.
Capt. Thompson has personally
examined some Of the victims and a
detailed report from him is now
being awaited, the spokesman de-
clared. He said that when received
the report would be communicated
to the American and British gov
ernments.
President Roosevelt. asked at his
press conference today about the
reports that the japanese were using
gas, said he knew nothing beyond
the fact that the Army is investigat-
ing reports to that effect.
Earlier. Acting Secretary of WaI
Patterson said I'VE have no firm
confirmation in the War Depart
ment on the use of gas ir
Hengyang. ...
Some experts here are inclined te
the belief that II gas is being usec
by the Japanese, it may reflect thu
decision Of local commanders rather
than the Japanese high command
The high command itself is pre-.
sumed to be well aware of the Allies
ability to engage in the use of ga.
if it becomes necessary to put fore.
to the warnings that the United
States and Great Britain are pre-.
pared to retaliate against any mem.
Der of the Axis which resorts to thu
use of toxic gas.