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Evening star., 1944-01-24

Near Nevada ave; exceptional detached
brick home on 60-ft. lot; 6 rooms, 8 baths
Il in basemenD, automatic INV. heat,
maid S room, cold storage ROOM attic. porch,
with a large. nearly new elec refrigerator;
factory-built cabinets This is most
complete. modern and well-kept small
home. Inspection by appointment. Pos
session guaranteed. Price. S14.T5O.
WALTER NJ. BAUMAN,
I ThnnaS Circle w EOoa IN0 0-dr
Evening star., 1944-01-24

White painted brick Colonial about 4
years old, picket fenced inclosed rear yard
Six attractive rooms, master bedroom with
> large closets, one planned for additional
bath: stairway to storage attic. rear
screened living porch OWNER OCCUPIED.
Possession assured Office open today Call
Woodley 1900. EDW. H. JONES & CO.,
Evening star., 1944-01-24
UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY.

NEAR NATIONAL CATHEDRAL.
A completely modern, detached, center
hall brick home with a beautiful, large
1st-hoor sunroom; there is a fine living
room. good-sized dining room, complete
kitchen, recreation room 3 nice bedrooms,
+" tbs, stairway to storage attic: level
lot. 60x125; gas heat; priced right, at
S16,95o. For details. please call Mr.. sgd
ney Karr, WI. 9265.
FRANK S. PHILLIPS DI 1411
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Chevy Chase, D. C.-S9,OOO
ROILINGWOOD

very lovely home; custom built bed
large living rm. center hail. well-eQupped
kitchen, master bedrooms bath on 2nd
a.: gas Neat: attractive recreation and
maids rn. in basement: built-in gar.
reas. at Sl6.a50. Call EN- 1890 until 9
m, F. A. TWEED CO., 1904 Connecticut
Evening star., 1944-01-24
INVESTMENTS

nv LID 1UCIN ..
pay own utilities: renting for 50 300 wear
rTice' only $1,000. Call Harry Cohen,
SHANNON & LUCHS CO
1908 H st. NV. National 2345
Evening star., 1944-12-31
) Divisions Strike as Americans
Hammer All Along German Bulge
Budapest Nozis Kill Russians
BEARING Surrender UItimotum
Garrison Of 100000 Facing AnnihiIotion;
Free Hungary Declares War on Reich

General Bella Miklos had declared
war on Germany. The declaration,
issued by a regime set up in De-
brecen in Eastern Hungary and
dated Thursday, said Germany
forced Hungary into the war against
Russia, and attacked and occupied
Hungary March 10, 1914, imposing
Nazi regime on the country.
Russia's ultimatum demanded i'm
mediate cease-fire orders on the part
of the German commander in Buda-
pest and the surrender of all arms
and equipment. 1t offered all who
quit security-"Hungarians, after in
terrogation, to be allowed to dis
perse to their homes, and Germans,
after the war, to return to Ger
many or any other country they
desire" Food and medical aid were
promised to all enemy troops.
Your answer" it said, lis await
ed on the right (west) bank of the
(See RUSSIAN page Az
Evening star., 1944-12-31

from midnight tonight until an.
tomorrow.
The New Year will dawn tomor-
row clear and cold, the District
forecaster at the Weather Bureau
said. He predicted overcast for to-
day with the temperature rising
above freezing during the after
noon and early evening. A light
rain is expected as night falls.
President Roosevelt will pass the
watch at the White House.
Military security prohibits estab-
fishing the whereabouts Of the men
who plan the war but Washing
tonians can speculate that their
toasts will be joined at midnight
by Gen. George G. Marshall, Army
chief Of staf1. and Gen. H. H. Ar
mold. head Of the Army Air Forces
In their homes at Fort Myer, Va,
and by Admiral Ernest j. King on
his flagship In the Potomac, the
converted yacht q. B. B. Dauntless.
Dor the servicemen celebrating
here, every effort has heen made "a
(See NEW YEAR, fage A-5.)
Evening star., 1944-12-31
District New Year Celebration
To Center Around Servicemen

Nineteen forty-four, the year
which offered such expectations
of victory in Europe, will be
toasted out tonight with less than
traditional noisemaking in the
capital.
Larger crowds than ever are ex-
pected to surge along F street, domi-
mated by young men and women
in uniform. But the District liquor
law which forbids sale of liquor on
Sunday and until am. Monday is
expected to keep the celebration
more quiet than usual.
Downtown movie houses and many
of those in the neighborhoods will
give midnight shows. Most night
club tables have already been re-
served for q night Of dancing and
entertaining at minimums ranging
from $2 TO $40.
The first legal drinks Of l9l5 Ia
this area will cross the bars Of
nearby Prince Georges County
where sale Of whisky u permitted
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Capture of Liege by Germans
Might Have Added Years to War
Writer Lists Reasons Offered for
Gains Made in Germon Offensive

llvering a blow which might have
delayed the outcome of the war one
or two years.
II Won Rundstedt had reached
Liege he might have DESTROYED not
only the American 1st and 9th
Armies but the British and Cana
dian forces as well.
His place of attack was chosen
carefully; his troops were gathered
secretly on 50-mile front from the
Monschau Forest south to Trier.
In this area, which served to cloak
his 1910 drive through the Ardenpes
at the same spot, Won Rundstedt
assembled at least 20 divisions. in
cluding most of his crack armored
units.
Allied intelligence completely
failed to detect and evaluate his
movements. On the day before his
attack, American intelligence maps
CONTINUED on Page Ali, Col. a.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sunday, Dec. 81
The German garrison in Buda-
pest has refused a Russian sur
render ultimatim, killing two
Red Army emissaries carrying a
white flag, and the annihilation
Of a group originally estimated
at nearly 100000 men now is in
its final stage, Moscow announced
last night.
The German refusal occurred Fri
day, and Moscow announced that
Soviet troops yesterday had smash
ed into the eastern side of the city
for the first time. Soviet dispatches
said they had linked up with the
western invasion wing on Danube
islands in the heart of the burning
capital.
Moscow also announced that the
new Soviet-sponsored Hungarian
government headed by Premier
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Japs Crushed on Leyte
Included One Division
From Manchuria
Mindoro- Bound Convoy
Presses on Despite
Enemy Air Attack
BY the Associated Press.

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. Philippines, Sunday,
Dec. 31.-Gen. Macarthur dis
closed today, while a new Min
doro-bound convoy pressed on
under japanese attack to re-
inforce his conquering forces,
that the enemy had drawn troops
from Manchuria in an effort to
stop him on Leyte Island.
The American commanders COM
said Gen. Tomoyuki Yama-
shita had lost in the futile defense
of Leyte four army divisions and the
elements Of two more, besides a
naval brigade and other special
forces.
Total Japanese losses, including
COL more killed in recent mopping-
up operations. reached 116,770, the
communique said.
Bataan Foe Destroyed.
In historical resume" of the
japanese forces of Yamashita's 35th
Army, destroyed on Leyte, Gen.
Macarthur said one division, the
18th, had participated in the battle
of Bataan against him early in the
war.
The opposing forces on Leyte
were declared about equal in number.
Gen. Macarthur declared the cam
paign ended Christmas Day when
his troops captured Palompon, the
last enemy port of escape.
Since then, mopping-up operations
have continued against remnants of
the Japanese force.
U. S. Convoy Attacked.
The communique said japanese
planes attacked a Mindoro-b bound
American convoy off Panay Island
the night of December 1923.
CTokyo radio yesterday broad
cast claim that Japanese planes
in three days of attacks on a So
ship convoy headed for Mindoro
had sunk 10 transports and a
PIT boat and had damaged two
transports, cruiser and one de-
stroyer.)
Gen. MacArthur's communique
said that eight of the attacking
planes had been shot down. No
mention was made of convoy losses.
Patrol planes from newly estab-
llshed American fields in the Gen.
tral Philippines continued harass-
ing raids on enemy fields on Luzon
Island, the communique said.
1t added that japanese air raid
on Mindoro was ineffective.
American units which handed the
japanese the defeat on Leyte-
which Gen. Macarthur has declared
(See PITT JppTNEC poro
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Roosevelt MESSAGE
May Be Read to
Congress by Clerks
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt probably
will send his annual message
to the new Congress rather
than deliver it in person.
While it has been customary
for the President to send or de-
liver his message on the second
day of a new session-Congress
meets next Wednesday-the
White House said yesterday the
date would not be fixed until
Mr.. Roosevelt had talked with
party leaders, probably Tues
day.
If the message is sent it win
be read by reading clerks in
both houses.
fStory on proordm of nep Con-
gress on Page A-2.J
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Shakeup Is |mminen'
In Allied Command,
London Papers Say
All Agree Eisenhower's
Abilities UnequoIed;
Other Changes Urged
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Dec. 3O.-Reports
that a shake-up of the Allied
command on the Western Front
was imminent were displayed
prominently today by the Lon
don afternoon press.
One military commentator de-
clared an official statement cover
ing some aspects of the regrouping
of the Allied commands and armies
was expected shortly.
(Supreme Allied Headquarters
in Paris was silent on published
reports that the winter setback
at the front would result in a
number OF changes in command
and organization
The London reports, the publ
cation of which coincided with a
definite improvement of the Allied
position on the western front, were
without any official confirmation.
Commanders Listed.
The London Evening News de.
clared fatty that important
changes in the organization of the
Allied supreme command on tn,
western front are imminent" 1
listed the present commander.
without specializing what thu
changes might be.
The Evening Standard reported
1.-The big regroup is on" and quotee
Reuters military correspondent a!
saying, "1The second phase of Mar.
shal Won Rundstedt's offensive hal
reached the poker stage"
The report of changes in the com.
mand appeared on the front page Of
the Star under the caption, "Alliec
Command: Statement Soon"
The London press also carried re.
ports from Washington that ar
American major general had beer
recalled from France and denoted
but not because of the German
counterofensive.
Despite the setback suffered by
the Allies in Belgium, there an.
peared to be no disposition here tc
question the ability of Gen. Eisen-
hover to control the situation. The
supreme Allied commander retains
the prestige he won in North Africa
Italy and the success of the Nor
mandy invasion.
Eisenhower Popular.
G. Ward Price, Sunday Dispatch
war correspondent, just returned
from the western front, declared
that the setback Should bring about
changes which, before it occurred
was largely known to be necessary
by those on the inside of Alliee
strategy"
EISENHOWER he said, sis genu.
| 800 COMM
Evening star., 1944-12-31
BY YVES GALLAGHER.

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
BELGIUM, Sunday: Dec. 81
How and why did the Germans
break through the Allied posi-
tionS on the western front?
Military students will puzzle over
that question for years to come.
No one can give all the answers
now or perhaps for years, until all
the facts are gathered by his
torians, but here is the picture of
the last two weeks as gathered from
personal observation daily at the
front and from the collective views
Of scores of American officers:
The great lunge by Field Marshal
Karl Gerd Won Rundstedt has given
the Allied high command its big
gest scare of the war and, for q
few dark hours, came close to de-
Evening star., 1944-12-31
D. {. Appropriations
Unit May Lose Coffee,
Mentioned for Senate
Replacement of Head
Of Subcommittee, Along
With Two Others, Likely
By DON. s. WARREN.

The possibility that Repre-
sentative Coffee. Democrat. Of
of Washington may be appointed
to the Senate to succeed Senator
Wallgren. elected Governor Of
the State, faces House leaders
planning to reorganize the Ap-
propriations Committee.
The District is interested in the
question since Representative Coffee
is chairman of the District subcom-
mittee of the Appropriations Com
mittee. It, too. is facing reorgani-
zation in the new Congress.
A decision is expected soon since
Senator Wallgren will take Office
as Governor in two weeks. He then
will resign his Senate seat, giving
him the appointment of his sue
cessor.
Praised for Work.
Representative Coffee has been
popular in his position. His han
ding of District appropriation mat
ters has won praise from municipal
officials, civic leaders and Republican
members Of the House.
Chairman Cannon of the Ap-
propriations Committee yesterday
revealed q tentative decision to
transfer two Democratic members
from the District subcommittee to
national subcommittee because OF
the need for their services" They
are Representative Anderson of New
Mexico, who among other works
authored the law giving the Dis
trict superintendent of insurance
power to regulate fire insurance
rates; and Representative Norrell
of Arkansas, whose service also is
praised by Mr.. Cannon.
Asked If the shakeup in the sub
(See CONEEE 20 Ce A.11l
Evening star., 1944-12-31
(See WARD. Page A-90
Monte Casino Abbey
To Be Reconstructed
By the Associated Press.

~ tne ASs0C14ted PteS1.
4 VATICAN CITY, Dec. 30. - The
abbey Of Monte Casino. blotted
out last March during the height
Of the battle for Casino, will be
rebuilt as nearly as possible just
as it was.
Tentative plans for reconstruction
Of this ancient home of the Bene-
dictine Order have been submitted
by Italian architects and have been
partly approved by the Benedictines
), Benedictines in the United States
are reported to have taken the initi-
ative In collecting a fund to finance
the project.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Ball Asks Labor Law
Applying 10 'PetriIIo
AS Well as Ayery'
Legislation Is Needed
To Back WLB Orders,
Minnesotun Declares
BY the Associated Press.

80
Senator Ball, Republican of
Minnesota, declared yesterday
that there should be a law to
back the Governments wartime
labor policy and that it should
apply to James C. Petrillo the
same as Seweu Avery.
The Senator supported the state
ment President Roosevelt made In
seizing Montgomery Ward stores
Thursday. The President declared
the firms consistent and willful
defiance" Of War Labor Board de-
cisions had threatened employer
worker confidence In the agencya
machinery for settling labor dis
putes. Mr.. Avery is board chair
man Of Ward.
! But James c. Petrillo and the
American Federation of Musicians,
which he heads, also have def1ed
the board and jeopardized con-
fidence in it, Sen. Ball said in a
statement.
Wants Legal Basis.
Proposing establishment of a
legal basis for action against union
def1nance," he added:
"A fundamental principle of de-.
mocracy is that its rules and laws
apply equally to all. I do not believe
that is true at present as regards
enforcement OF WLB directives."
Mr.. Petrillo and the ATM defied
WLB in a recording ban case and
in q strike of the Minneapolis union
against radio station KSTP, the
Senator said. President Roosevelt
appealed personally to Mr.. Petrillo
for compliance in the recording case.
When Mr.. Petrillo refused, the Gov
ernment took no further action.
IF there is no legal basis for ac-
ton against union defiance" Ball
said, then it is the responsibility
of the executive branch to so report
to Congress and to have drafted
and recommend to Congress legis-
lation which in its opinion will
remedy that fatal defect"
Gives Views to Roosevelt.
Senator Ball, who backed Presi-
dent Roosevelt's election to q fourth
term because of his stand on foreign
policy. said he had communicated
his views to the Chief Executive.
In Chicago Mr.. Avery took issue
with WLB Chairman william H
Davis, who had said the Petrillc
case could not be hkened to the
Ward case.
Both involved noncompliance with
WLB orders. Mr.. Davis said the
Petrillo case did not constitute q
threat to the war economy. Mr.
Avery's statement said:
"The press reports that Mr.. Davis
chairman of the War Labor Board
has attempted to explain why the
President ordered the seizure OF
Wards properties while doing
nothing to Mr.. Petrillo or the Amer
ican Federation of Musicians, who
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Churchill Deoth Denied

LONDON, Dec. 30 tN.-Asked
about rumors Of unknown origin
in the United States that he had
died, Prime Minister Churchill to-
night sent word to newsmen that
I'm the words Of Mark Twain, the
report Is greatly exasgerated.n He
said he was feeling fine despite his
arduous work on the Greek crisis.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Reno's 7,030 Divorces
Set AII-Time Record
By the Associated Press.

RENO, New, Dec. 30.-Reno's Sec
ond year of wartime divorces hung
up record-breaking all-time high
when its two District Courts grant,
ed 1000 DEGREES.
Elwood H. Beemer, Washoe Coun-
ty clerk, today said the 1914 total
bettered by more than a thousand
the previous 500 record of 1943.
Mr.. Beemer said the year pro-
duced its share IF the country's
top flight divorce trade, but the
greatest number of couples seek
ing single status represented the
wartime industrial class, the pro-
feSsionS and the armed services.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE. Jr

BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
The Office Of Price Administra-
ton was forced to cancel, with
out advance notice. all food
stamps validated before Decem-
ber l in order to avoid a buying
spree on already short supplies
|of certain foods, Administrator
Chester Bowles explained last
night.
In a 2h-page statement answer
ing criticism Of the OPAis Christmas
Day action, Mr.. Bowles declared
mo one regrets the cancellation
without notice more than the OPA,
but the simple fact is that supplies
of canned food and sugar for 1945
were too low on December l to per-
NIT spending the large backlog of
stamps which would have occurred
when the new point values were
announced"
I'm its simplest terms, our prob
lem as we faced the new year was
that, with tight 12-month supply
of certain food in prospect, we had
a 14h month supply of ration cur
rency to absorb unless we Cancelled
the backlog of unspent stamps. Our
conclusion was that in the interest
of general good we had to cancel, !"
| the statement added
Restaurant Allotments Cut.
Meanwhile it was learned that
Washington's 1890 eating places
will be cut 20 per cent in their al
lotments OF rationed foods during
the next two months. The majority
of restaurants also will be able tc
serve butter at only one meal each
day.
Thus restaurateurs will be con
fronted with new rationing problems
along with the housewife, who wa.
reminded by OPA that most meats
including utility beef, return to thu
ration list today.
Robert ]. Wilson, executive secre.
tary Of the Washington Restaurant
Association, in discussing thu
changes ordered earlier in the weel
by the District OPA, estimates tina,
more than $4,000 persons eat al
least one meal day in restaurant.
here.
With butter calling for "a point.
a pound and practically no chickens
or turkeys on the market, the res.
taurateur now Is faced with re-
turn of IS per cent of all meat.
and fats to rationing," Mr.. Wilson
declared.
"The majority of all restaurant!
will find it impossible to serve but.
ter at more than one meal. Substi.
tutes will be used at meals wher
I
Evening star., 1944-12-31
(see WESTERN FRONT, Pg. A-4.
French Destroyers Shell
Mediterranean Town
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 30.-The forgotten
front" along the French Italian
frontier popped into the news today
with announcement of a series of
bombardments by the French Navy.
The Ministry of Marine announced
that the destroyers LIE Fortune,
Trombe and LAlcyon had shelled
effectively German concentrations
and barracks at Ventimiglia several
times between December 81 and ,28.
For the last three months, Nazi
guns have been lobbing occasional
Ihels into Mention, across the
French border.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

Annual summaries Of stock
and bond transactions on the
New York Stock Exchange and
the New York Curb are In
cluded in financial pages OF
this issue, Page Bill to B-16.
Rodio Programs. Pg. BIO
Complete Index, Pg. AZ
Evening star., 1944-12-31
No Night Final
Edition Tomorrow

The Star will observe New
Year Day as usual tomorrow
by eliminating the Night Final
Edition. Subscribers will re-
ceive the regular Home Edi-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

Four additional men from the
District area hare been reported
killed in this 1Ddr. See "On the
Honor Holl," Page Az.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Fear Of Buying Spree
Caused Cancellation
OF Stamps, 0PA Says
Restaurants AlIotments
Of Rutioned Foods
To Be Cut 20 Pct.

OPA DENIES SHOE coupons will be
voided; rumor causes buying spree.
Page Az
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See GREECE, Page A-4 }
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See COFFEE, Page A-11.)
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See RATIONING, Page A-9.)
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Annual Stocks Summary

(See STEEL, Page A-90
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See COMMAND, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Weather Forecast

rain, warmer tonight; clearing, colder
late tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-9.)
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See NEW YEAR, PaSe A-5)
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Home Delivery

The Evening and Sunday Star 81
delivered BY carrier IN the city and
suburbs at 00c per month When I
Sundays: $l.00 per month when 5
Sundays.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

(See RUSSIAN, Page A-5.)
Browning chief., 1944-07-28
Maneuver Parachutes

Highly trained and skilled are
the marine paratroopers. Their
exit from fast-moving ships must
follow lightning precision to avoid
scattering" unit.
While descending, the men not
only "steer" their chutes but also
control to a degree the speed Of
their fall. By this manipulation a
unit can land within small area,
and can often prevent landing in
water or in dangerous spots.
Browning chief., 1944-07-28
FARM LIGHT PLANTS
TIRES

GRADE OR III new used or recapped
tires. wALLY FOR TIRES. Billings. Great
Falls, Butte, Montana.
Browning chief., 1944-07-28
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|Uh6mzGG I55

To wash small pieces of fragile
lace, put in a fruit jar filled with
suds, shake vigorously for a few
minutes, then rinse in the same
way.
Blackened kettles may be
cleaned by dampening news
papers in kerosene and rubbing
over the pot. Complete by rubbing
soap over pot, followed with a
sprinkle of securing powder.
Those rubber rollers on your
washing machine are precious. If
they have begun to lose their grip,
rub them lightly with coarse sand
paper to remove the glaze. Then
wipe off with damp cloth.
To prevent cake from sticking to
the plate, sprinkle powdered
sugar generously over plate first,
then proceed as usual.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12
+, 20 APPLY DAILY

= That an average N IS per
sons a day now make apphca-
tions for admlttancc 20 tho hos
piiaI
y When the Dearborn hospital
y nv tb1titt I veterans committee
surveyed the entire country. on
:. aI,s.s4s~'-f--'s~f,-rsf, f-ep,iietion ard
found that The hospital should
have had 600 beds al that time
instead of $50
10 That PRIOR 30 Pearl Harbor
The federal hospital board rec
commended an additional 100 beds
necessary for veterans of World
War ! and the Suanlsh-AmcrIcan
War.
II That the hospital board
subsequent 10 Pearl fiafbef again
recommended 26O beds
II That The ever mounting
need for additional facilities IS
evidenced In the fact that approNi-
matelv 1900 men arc currently
being mustered out Of the service
each month
Guy + Palmer. superintendent
ot the hospital according 10 the
veterans committee was IN
Washington last week and Was
advised that an addition 90 the
hospital may be started tins
summer
Plans have been drawn which
provide for the addition OF four
wings. one Of which would be used
for office space bat the plans did
not indicate the number Of addi-
tional beds. One Of the wings Is
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