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Mr.. and Mrs. j. Melvin Williams
were hosts at an election night
party at their home, with bridge
occupying the evening. Guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Hageman, Mr..
and Mrs. j. G. Mace, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Richardson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Huntington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Neil Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Williams and Mrs. William Rut-
ledge of Billings. Mrs. Richardson
won the high score award for the
women, MI. Huntington won for the
men, and Mrs. Harold Williams re-
ceived the travel prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hobbs and
son Bruce of Roundup and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eldon Brewer and daughter
Nancy were dinner guests Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Franzen.
Richard l.. Scribner, son of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. d. Scribner, will leave
this week for San Francisco to re-
to duty in the navy. He is
a boatswain's mate and has been
in the service more than four years.
A farewell party was given Sun
day evening for Herman H. Frank,
of George H. Frank, Sr., who
was leaving Monday for Fort Doug
las, Utah, to enter the armed forces.
The affair was at the home of
H. Frank, Jr. Members of
Frank family present were Mr..
and Mrs. Alex H., Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry H., Mr.. and Mrs. Philip H.,
Mr.. and Mrs. George H., Sr., Mr..
and Mrs. George H., Jr., and their
children, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. and
laughter Janice, Dave, Victor, Ere
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Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lumsdon had
as their guests at dinner Sunday
Mrs. Lumsdon's brother and sisters,
Hugh, Virginia and Joyce Edwards
and Clifford Holm, all of Rapelje.
Victor DeWald of the Seabees,
who spent several weeks with his
family on his return from overseas,
left recently to enter the naval hos
pital at San Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Thorne had
as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Mclaughlin and sons, Bobby and
Mickey of Hurdsfield, N. D., who
were en- route to Seattle to make
their home.
Mrs. Roy Edwards received a
birthday greeting last week by cable
from her son, Sergeant Roy Ed
wards who is somewhere in Bel
GUM" He is serving with the med
ical detachment of the army.
Mrs. Fred Lindauer of Billings
was a guest Monday and Tuesday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. j.
Williams.
Mrs. L. Tanner left last week to
join her husband in Seattle where
he is based with the navy. Mrs.
Tanner is the former Miss Alberta
Kozelka.
A number from Laurel were in at
tendance at the dessert luncheon
and bridge party given by the
Daughters of the Nile at the Ma
sonic temple in Billings. They were
Mrs. G. w. Fenton, Mrs. C. w.
Laird, Mrs. J.. F. Jolley and Mrs.
Arnott Boyd.
Mrs. A. L. Altman entertained
Saturday afternoon at a party for
her son, Duane Altman on his
birthday. Yellow and green
we're the colors used to decorate the
table when refreshments were serv-
ed. Guests were Duane and Ger
Times, BERTHE Bevens, Mary
Hereford, James, Jr., Wanda and
Beulah Russell, Joan Salisbury, Lyle,
Larry and Sharon George, Donald
Messenger, Darlene, Alberta and
Donald Altman, the guest of honor,
Duane Altman, Mrs. Vernon George,
Mrs. Curly Reynolds, Mrs. James
Russell, Mrs. Don Salisbury, Mrs.
John Bevens and Mrs. Francis Tin
mes.
In observance of her birthday,
Mrs. Sam Frank was hostess at a
dinner at her home Thursday.
Guests were Mr.. Franks parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Frank.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Gamble of
Beatrice, Neb., were guests this
week of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Car
isle. Mr.. and Mrs. Gamble were
IN route from their home to visit
daughter, Mrs. Della Bryan of
eugene, Ore.
Harry Dull arrived here Tuesday
morning from Glasgow where he
lad spent the past several weeks re-
covering from injuries sustained in
IN automobile accident that claimed
he life of his wife, Mrs. Vera Dull,
md in which a son, Jerry, was
seriously injured. Father and son
lave been at the home of Mr.. Dull's
lister in Glasgow since shortly
Ifter the accident. Dull said on !
arrival Tuesday that he had come I
@ sell his house and furniture. AL :,
hough making good progress to- I
Yards recovery he does not expect a.,
o return to work here as railroad I
Inspector until after the first I
f the year. !
Laurel outlook., 1944-11-15
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Evening star., 1944-03-30
Death Of Infant, Choked
by Marble, investigated

Alexandria police today were in
veStigating the death of 4-month-
old Roger Ford, jr., son of Mrs
Dorothy Ford, 10, of the 1900 block
|of King street, Alexandria, a few
hours after he was taken from the
home of his parents. An autopsy
yesterday revealed the infants
death was caused by a marble
lodged in his windpipe
The child had been taken to Alex
andria Hospital few hours after he
was placed in the receiving home at
the order of Judge James r. Dun
can of civil and Police Court, who
declared that the parents had been
negligent in caring for him.
Police said the child's father
Roger Ford, sr., an employe of an
Alexandria restaurant, left town for
Annapolis after he was summoned
to appear in court in connection
with the alleged neglect of the baby
Coroner John A. Sims made nc
statement as to the probable length
of time the marble had been in the
boys windpipe, and police said they
are continuing their investigation.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Casualties Rise
4,947 in Week.:
Total 1889
the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The latest reports on American
war casualties set the total at 49,
239 for the Army and Navy, an in
|crease of 4947 in a week.
Secretary of War Stimson said to-
day that Army casualties in all the
|aters through March Is totaled 13O,-
1919. The latest total reported for
the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard
is 42,620.
The Army casualties are made up
las follows: 22,570 killed, 53.l24
wounded, 27,183 missing and 27,742
prisoners.
The overall naval casualties are:
l8,087 killed, 10,974 wounded, 9,138
missing and 4,421 prisoners.
OF the sea services casualties, the
Navy had 28,043, the Marines IA
1913 and the Coast Guard asa.
Mr.. Stimson said that of the So
l24 Army wounded. 27296 have re-
turned to duty. Of the 27,742 pris-
oners, 1875 have been reported by
the enemy as having died of disease
in prison camps, mostly in Jap
anese- occupied territory.
Evening star., 1944-03-30

the plane and gun barrage made q
morass of the open ground around
the town and limited the use of our
tanks, while slowing the advance of
troops climbing the hills under fire" !"
Mr.. Stimson followed up his blunt
acknowledgment that the Germans
stopped the Allies at Casino with
this statement:
That would be a severe setback
only if we did not profit from our
lessons. We have learned a great
many things since the war and we
have put our learning into prac-
tice. There is no reason to believe
that our ability to profit from ex-
perience has ended now.'
The Secretary also reminded the
reporters that mo one made this a
test of Allied power or suggested
that in these operations we are con-
centrating our main strength"
He recalled that at the start of
the Casino attack he had said,
Very real military objectives have
already been achieved in the italian
campaign and the results will pro-
gressively aid us in the days ahead"
He listed the reopening of the Med
iterranean, the knocking out of Italy
as an Axis partner, the capture of
(See STIMCON pooo AAN
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Russian Newspaper
Calls for Change in
Italian Government
Izvestiu Points Out
That Exchange Of Envoy
Is Not Recognition
|y the Associated Press.

DS Tie ASSOCldt6Q PTeSS.
MOSCOW, Mar. 30.-A 'front.'
page editorial in the government
newspaper Izvestia explained to-
day that the exchange of ENJOYS
with the Italian regime of Mar
shall Pietro Badoglio did not
mean full recognition of his
government and, in effect, called
on Britain and the United States
for a change in the government
in Italy.
THE italian Question is one of the
important problems confronting the
Allies and 1t should be settled as
soon as possible to help hasten VIC
tory over Germany" the editorial
said.
Izvestia expressed irritation with
American and British newspapers
which, it said, had interpreted the
exchange of ENJOYS as meaning
Soviet support for undemocratic ele-
ments in Italy. It added the Soviet
government is willing to have imme.
diate changes in the Badoglio gov
ernment without waiting for the oc.
cupation of Rome.
prime Minister Churchill told
Commons recently that Britain
expected to consider the Italian
political situation anew when the
Allies reached Rome.)
Discussed by Allied Powers.
Pointing out that British and
American statesmen have declared
this is not the correct time to raise
the question of the monarchy's ex-
istance or the abdication of King
Victor Emmanuel, Izvestia said but
1t canont be denied that this Ques-
ton was not discussed by all three
Allied powers-not at the Moscow
conference, not at the council tables
nor in current exchange of diplo-
matte opinions"
Referring to Mr.. Churchill's dec
laration in the House of Commons
on February % that only in Rome
could an Italian government with a
solid foundation be formed, Izvestia
said this opinion did not result
from common decisions and discus
sions of the. three Allied powers"
Irritated at Eden.
The editorial also showed irrita.
ton over Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden's part in the Italian question
Recalling that he was questioned or
March % whether the Russians hao
joined in the provisional agreement
on the question of future changes ir
the Italian government after the oc.
cupation of Rome and that he re.
piled that the Russians did not ex-
press any dissatisfaction, the paper
declared:
'Mr. Eden could have recalled that
the British government as well az
the American Government received
special representation on the neces.
sity of unsuspended approval of the
content of the Badoglio government
from the Soviet government with the
purpose of uniting italian forces.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The War Production Board to-
day announced a long official list
of urgent manufacturing pro-
grams in which the WPB, Army,
Navy and Maritime Commission
will request special deferment
consideration, as the new Inter
agency Committee created to
sift deferments of men under
'26 in industry met for its first
session.
Today's list from WPB's Produc-
ton Executive Committee was con-
siderably larger than the one COM
piled last week, and represented
those activities now considered most
important in the light of immediate
military needs.
AS the committee. composed OF
Evening star., 1944-03-30
u. .5.FIYers Wiped 0u'
1902 Enemy Planes
In 'E, 5timson Says
Army's Losses TotuI
1885, Giving Americans
4-to-l Edge Over Foe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Army Air Forces destroyed
9,463 enemy planes in the air
and 1879 on the ground in 1943,
Secretary of War Stimson re-
ported today, while losing 2,8O9
in aerial combat and 76 on the
ground.
That edge of nearly four to one,
the Secretary said, represented a
careful tabulation of results from all
theaters. AS the scale of the often
Sive increased he added, the Air
Forces destroyed almost twice as
many enemy planes in the last six
months of the year as in the first
half of l943, and its own losses in
creased about 30 per cent in that
period.
Box Score Listed.
In summary box score on the
AAF's victories and losses, Mr.. Stim-
son presented these figures:
World total-9,463 enemy planes
destroyed, 2,743 probably destroyed
8 ,402 damaged in air combat. l,579
destroyed, 90 probably destroyed
and 575 damaged on the ground
AAF losses-2,809 destroyed in the
air, rs On the ground.
United Kingdom-3,832 enemy
planes destroyed, 962 probably de-
stroyed, 1882 damaged in the air; no
claims of enemy aircraft destroyed
on the ground: AAF losses-899 in
the air, none on the ground.
Mediterranean 1924 enemy
planes destroyed, 78s probably de-
stroyed, $50 damaged in the air;
8l4 destroyed, 113 probably de-
stroyed and 397 damaged on the
ground; AAF losses-1 ,307 in the air
"a on the ground.
2,279 of Foe Destroyed.
Southwest Pacific and China
Burma-India -2,279 enemy planes
destroyed, 820 probably destroyed
459 damaged in the air, 742 de-
stroyed, 103 probably destroyed, 14T
| damaged on the ground; AAF
losses-420 in the air, Al on the
ground.
South Pacific, Hawaii and Alaska
-528 enemy planes destroyed, 171
probably destroyed, Isl damaged in
the air, % destroyed. probably de-
stroyed, 81 damaged on the ground;
AAF losses-183 in the air, II on the
ground.
Evening star., 1944-03-30

SMALL NAAI ATTACKS on Anzle
| repelled. Page Al
BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of War Stimson, dis
cussing the situation at Casino
said today "the simple fact is
that the Germans stopped u.s.
Mr.. Stimson told a press confer
ence the Allied attack on the italian
fortress town has subsidized for the
time being without achieving the
results for which we had hoped"
The Germans, he said, showed
again that they are obstinate and
effective soldiers, who do not quit
when they are ordered to hold key
post at all COST
Their occupation of the steep
hills where their guns covered the
town gave the Nazis a continual
advantage" Mr.. Stimson said. The
bomb and shell destruction which
our planes and guns wrought in
Casino did not prevent a garrison
defense by those who survived our
explosives and by other enemy troops
who filtered in to join them.
THE rubble was good cover and
the tunnels or caves in the adjoining
hills gave shelter and ease of move
ment, The rains Immediately after
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Special House Action
Is Sought 10 Speed
ID. {. SIum Clearance
Emergency Legislation
Considered in View
Of BiIbo's Demands

At the request of Representa-
tive Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, Chairman SABBATH ~of the
House Rules Committee today
urged approval of plan fo1
appointment of special COM
mittee to consider emergency
and permanent legislation on
the Districts slum clearance
program.
With direct reference to the de-
mand of Chairman Bilbo of the
Senate District Committee for strict
compliance with the present law
which prohibits occupancy of any
alley dwellings in the District aftel
July l, Mr.. SABBATH asked the House
to be ready to consider. under
unanimous consent. a resolution fol
creation of the special committee.
Under the plan, which Mr.. Smith
was to present formally later in the
day, the special committee woule
consist of three members of tht
House District Committee, three
members of the House District Ap.
preparations Subcommittee anc
three members of the Public Build,
ings and Grounds Committee.
Mr.. Smith said he had discussed
1t shortly before noon with member.
of the Rules Committe and that the
reaction was favorable. He sale
that while there is an urgency about
the matter, because of the demand.
of Senator Bilbo for evacuation o.
alley dwellings July /, under thu
present legal deadline, that his plar
went beyond that and seeks Hous,
action, after the committees study
on the future of the slum clearanc,
program.
He said the resolution would cal
on the committee to report a specifi,
and detailed plan for the futur,
slum clearance program.
The subject now is under study b,
the subcommittee Of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee headed by Senate
Burton, Republican, of Ohio which
is expected to recommend action tt
the Senate in advance of the July
| deadline.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Correspondents Complain
OF Chinese Censorship
BY the Associated Press

by tne associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Mar. 30.-The
most acrimonious press conference
ever held in Chungking was pune
tuated by sharp exchanges today
when several correspondents COM
planned censorship prevented their
giving American and British pub
locations a true picture of the sit
uation in China.
A correspondent for London
newspaper, when rebuked for his re-
marks, said he would speak his mind
at the conferences whenever he
wanted and if the official spokesman
did not like it he could exclude him
Some correspondents also were
bitterly critical of repeated delays
in government-sponsored trip to
the Communist-dominated area OF
China,
Evening star., 1944-03-30

I'VE seized four or five cases of
these wooden bullets outside of
Salerno," said Pvt. John B. Melze
81, of Saginaw, Mich.
Sergt. Raymond ]. Michael of
Peoria, ILL.,, who was struck on the
arm by "a German grenade while
fighting 4 miles from Casino, said
the wooden bullets were used by the
Germans at night. He explained:
THE ferries would send a patrol
back of our lines and then they'd
open up on our rear with these
wooden things. The range was short
and they were sure with them that
the bullets wouldn't go on past us
and into the German lines"
Evening star., 1944-03-30
WPB Lists Urgent War Needs
As Sitting of Men 22-26 Begins
Disagreement Develops as to Whether VINO
Will Control Deferment Recommendations

heads Of must" war programs, the
War ManpoWer Commission and
Selective Service representative met,
there were indications of disagree
ment as to whether committee rec
concentrations should be governed
by majority vote or subject to direc-
ton of VINO.
Production Items Listed.
The WPB, Army, Navy and Mari
time Commission recommendations
for deferments of men % to 26 will
be limited to the following produc-
ton items, including production of
component parts for these items:
Army list-Amphibious ducks;
tires and tubes (aircraft, combat and
heavy-duty), including necessary
tire cord radar; rockets; critical
components for trucks 21z tons and
heavier, including truck trailers
| Sac ppODTICTTNN poua Al
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Roosevelt Still Confined
To Quarters With Cold

The bronchitis that has been
bothering President Roosevelt for
several weeks continued today to
confine him in his quarters at the
White House and resulted in the
cancellation of two appointments
that Presidential Secretary Stephen
T. Early said had been made some
time ago.
These were with Lily Pons, opera
singer, and Cecil B. De Mile, movie
producer.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Wooden Bullets of Short Runoe
Used by Nuzis, Yunks Report
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Mar. 30.
Enemy soldiers inflltrating behind
American lines in Italy fire wooden
bullets capable of wounding the
Yanks but of such short range that
the German lines are protected,
veterans at Percy Jones Hospital
said today.
The bullet has a range of between
100 and 200 yards, a distance suffi-
cient to wound an adversary but not
enough to carry back into German
lines, they explained. They said it
is made in the pattern of a regula-
ton .30-caliber shell with a brass
casing and hard wood "like ma
hogany" pressed inside.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Germans Admit Loss
|Of Greet Ace, Col. WiIke

BY the Associated Press,
LONDON, Mar. 30.-The German
high command today acknowledged
the loss of one of it's greatest aces,
Col. Wilke, in an air battle pre-
sumably with British or American
flyers over Western Europe.
Col. Wilke, who claimed to have
shot down Isl planes, was one of the
German air forces most eminent
fighter pilots and squadron lead
erS," said the German communiQue
He was the holder of the oak
leaves with swords to the knights
insignia of the Iron Cross.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
MAP on Page A-2.)

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 30.-Evacua-
ton of Czernowitz (CernautD
gateway to the Balkans, was
announced today by the German
high command in a broadcast
from Berlin.
The communique admitted that
German troops disengaged them
selves" from the lower Ukrainian
Bug River, on the eastern ap-
proaches to Odessa, but as usual
claimed this was done without en-
|emy interference.
Last nights Russian communique
|said Russian forces had stormec
across the Prut River and were en-
gaging the defenders of Czernowitz
the Bucovinian capital in hand-to.
hand fighting. This stronghold and
strategic rail juncture controls sup
ply lines into Southern Rumania
and Bessarabia.
Drive Toward Czechoslovakia.
Other Russian forces were driving
through the Carpathian foothills
toward the northern frontier OF
Czechoslovakia, after the capture oi
IKolomea, Prut River town on the
main Berlin-Llow- Bucharest rail.
way As miles northeast of Czerno-
witz.
The German communique dis
closed yet another retreat of 20
miles in the south of old Poland
reporting heavy fighting with ad-
vanced Russian formations" in the
Stanislau area. Stanislau lies 70
miles southeast of Lwow on the
railroad leading to Bucharest and 40
miles from the Carpathian Noun
tain frontier of Czechoslovakia. It
lies on a direct railroad from Berlin
to the Balkans, $50 miles southeast
Of the Reich capital. 1t is we'll west
of the Dniester River.
The whole German account had
the tenor of grave reverses on their
disintegrating southern front. The
Nazis said the surrounded garrisons
at Tarnopol and Kovel still were
holding out. Kovel is deep inside old
Poland, 480 airline miles from Ber-
lin. The Germans also reported i'm
portant Russian attacks southwest
of Narva inside Northern Estonia.
80 Miles From Pass.
Advance units of Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov's 1st Ukranian Army
were reported less than 80 mile!
from the famous pass of the Tartars
leading across the Carpathians intt
Carpatho- Ukraine, taken over from
Czechoslovakia by Hungary in Hit.
ler's reshufiement of the Balkans
Severing of the Berlin-Lwow-B Blu.
charest Railway by Marshal Zhu.
kov's troops cut the last German
rail supply to Czernowitz and the
entire southern front, dispatche.
said. making still more critical the
position of Marshal Won Mann.
STEMS armies struggling to escape
the Russian juggernaut closing il
from the north, east and south.
Russians Storm Balta.
Meanwhile, ITO miles to the east
Marshal Ivan S. Konev'S q
Ukrainian Army stormed the forti.
| fed city of Balta, Southern Ukraine
city lis miles northwest of Odessa
which is a great Nazi-held port OF
the Black Sea, toward which other
Russian forces were driving on ,
2l5-mile semicircular front extend
ling from captured NiKolaev to tn,
Dniester River.
More than 1000 Germans died il
the futile attempt to hold Balta
the Moscow war bulletin said, ant
prisoners captured wore the uniform
of Hitlers famous SIS Elite Guards
i
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Air Cadet Dies in Fire,
Trying to Sove Parents
Nv the Aeeoc;o+oa preee

PITTSBURGH, Mar. ~.-Rebert
EXler, 17-yearold Air Forces cadet
reservist, was burned to death with
his parents today after he ran back
into their flame and smoke f1lleo
home in suburban Braddock in a
vain rescue attempt.
He re-entered the home after
other members of the family had
fled when he learned his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Exler
sr, had not escaped.