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Evening star., 1944-02-22
(See TAXES, Page A-5.)
Man Dies, Youth Hurt
In Crash After Chase
Car, Pursued by Police,
Hits Pole, Overturns

One person was killed and another
injured early today when their car
struck a pole and overturned at
Thirty-eighth street and Window
road, Brentwood, Md, after being
pursued from the Northeast section
of Washington by a District police
man.
Charles Kenneth Mcconnell, a. OF
3400 Taylor road, Brentwood, one OF
the occupants of the car, died short
ly after being admitted to Casualty
Hospital. His companion, listed as
Joseph Wright, 1S, of 4004 Thirtieth
street, Mount Rainier, also at Cas-
ualty, was reported in satisfactory
condition.
Pvt. John G. williams, attached
to the 18th precinct and detailed to
headquarters as chauffeur, said he
was on his way home after duty
when his car was forced to the curb
on Twenty-fourth street NE. be-
tween Monroe and Otis streets, by a
car travelling at high rate of speed
Pvt. Williams said he chased the
car through the Brookland section
and was close behind it when it
failed to make curve at Thirty
eighth street and Window road,
struck pole and turned over sew
eral times.
James Sampson, head of the
Brentwood Rescue Squad, which
took the men to the hospital, said
Mcconnell was crushed beneath the
automobile. Police said they had
not determined which man was the
driver.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Feb. 22.-The Red
Army pushed into the inner de-
fenses of Krivoi Rog today in a
thrust so powerful that it seemed
unlikely the Germans would be
able to retain their grip much
longer on this important iron
Iore and communications center
in the Dnieper bend.
(Today's German communique,
broadcast from Berlin, said heavy
house-to-house fighting is rag
ing in Krivoi Rog.)
The fall of Krivoi Rog, coming on
top of the loss of the manganese
center of Nikopol, would constitute
one Of the hardest industrial blows
the Nazi war machine has suffered
since the beginning of the Russian
winter offensive.
A Soviet communique said that
Russian troops had driven yesterday
into the outskirts of the city, through
which one of two German-held rail-
ways runs west from the Dnieper
bend. The other line parallels it
about 20 miles to the southeast.
Large Force Faces Trap.
A drive across these lines by the
Red Army would trap a German
force probably larger than the 10
divisions previously encircled and
crushed in the Cherkasy pocket 40
miles to the northwest, field dis
patches indicated.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
u. 5. Rule Overseas
May Last for Years,
Services Point Out
MiIitory Administration
Is Outlined in New
OfficioI Blueprint
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.

A joint Army-Navy declara-
ton of policy served notice today
that military government i'm
posed by the United States on
conquered and occupied terri
tories may be enforced for a mat
ter of years after resistance ends
and until desired national aims
are achieved.
The statement was embodied in
an oficial blueprint for the admin
istration of law and order in occu-
pied areas, issued in the form of a
new manual of military government
and civil affairs.
Based on the premise that ere
straint and control of civilian popu-
lations shall be no greater than is
necessary to insure the success OF
military operations, the manual
establishes the principles which are
to guide the War and Navy De-
partments and commanders in the
field. A foreword was written by
Gen. George c. Marshall, Army chief
Of staff, and Admiral Ernest j. King
commander in chief, United States
Fleet and chief of naval operations
The period of control, which calls
for "just and reasonable treatment
Of the inhabitants of occupied ter
(See U. s. RULE. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Churchill Ordered Censorship:
Anzio Writers Freed of Blame
Persons in Naples and AIgiers' Caused
Needless Distress, Prime Minister Says

, facilities have been restored to
correspondents in the bridgehead.
These were not the people who
caused the trouble. but others far
in the rear" he said. THE liberty
of the press is of high consequence
so also are the lives of our troops.
II certainly thought, from some
headlines and kilograms coming
from people in Algiers and re-
porters, in many cases of the Amer
lean press, that the wrong impress
sion was being given to our people
and the enemy"
Mr.. Churchill added that he "did
not in fact telegraph to Gen. Alex
ander at ALL thought he was much
too busy with the battle.
Il telegraphed to Gen. Wilson,
who may have shown the telegram
to Gen. Alexander. alexander is
Allied commander in Italy: Wilson
is commander in chief for the Med
iterranean area)
Asked whether, as ne-time war
correspondent himself, Mr.. Churchill
would not have resented writing
dispatches based on the policy die
tated by generals in the field, he
replied:
Il certainly should never have
been allowed in South Africa, where
was correspondent for some time,
to say that the position inside Lady,
smith was desperate"
Asked If alarmist statements were
made not by correspondents but by
members of the Canadian and
American governments, Mr.. Church.
i'll said:
Il am only responsible for the
part took in the matter"
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Fierce Clashes Fail
To Change Positions
On Aazio Front
Fifth Army Officers
DecIqre Nozi Drive
Definitely Beaten
By he Axsociats.i Press.

By the Associated Press.
AELIED HEADQUARTERS
Naples, Feb. 22.-Heavy artillery
barrages and small but fierce
infantry clashes marked the
fighting. yesterday in the Allied
beachhead below Rome, where
5th Army officers said today
savage American and British re-
sistance and their counterat-
tacks definitely have beaten the
Germans all-out drive to push
the Allies into the sea.
A dispatch from the beachheao
said heavy casualties were inflicted
on the enemy.
American front line troops and
the Germans fired everything they
had at one another at two points
yesterday. but neither side gained
any ground and positions all along
the beachhead remained as they
were. This was equally true after
Germans in several local fights neal
the key road junction of Carrocete
(Aprilia).
Allied artillery, in a fierce ex.
change of fire throughout the day
shelled German infantry and tanks
forming up around Aprilia factory
east of Carroceto and apparently
broke up preparations for a re.
newed enemy attack. None devel.
oped.
Nazi Offensive Fails Again.
AS another day passed without
decisive actions either on the mair
front around Casino or at thu
beachhead, 5th Army spokesmen in.
terpreted relaxation of German
pressure against the beachhead a.
meaning the German offensive tt
erase it had failed for the seconc
time since the Allies landed below
Rome just a month ago.
At the coastal end of the mair
southern front in the lower Carl.
gliano region British troops engaged
in several small clashes with thu
Germans, but around the vital high.
way town of Casino and the equally
bomb battered Abbey Hill overlook.
ing 1t, only patrols were active
Guns of both sides shelled back anc
| forth.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Lute Bulletins
Truck Kills Boy, 7

A7-year-Old boy was crushed
to death today when he rode
his scooter into the street
from an alley in the $500 block
of Seventh street NE. and was
run down by a truck police
said was driven by Whitney
RObey of the 400 block of
Ninth street S.W. The victim
was Jack Lane Puffinburger,
SAB Girard street NV.
CCC Extension Approved
Legislation to continue the
Commodity Credit Corp. to
June 80, 1945, minus the con-
troversial section banning
consumer food subsidies, was
approved unanimously today
by the Senate Banking Com.
mittes.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Reds Smash Into Inner Circle
OfDefenses at krivoi Roo

On the northern end OF the front
the Russian war bulletin said, Soviet
forces captured the big German base
of Kholm, midway between Lake
linen and Novosokolniki, and a
number of other points.
Capture of Kholm came after REQ
Army troops cracked the German
lines south of the city, severed the
highway running westward tc
Loknya and forced the Lovat River
north and south Of Kholm, the com.
munique said. Savage street fight.
ing, in which upwards of 500 Ger
mans were reported killed, followed
and the enemy was said to have
abandoned large stores of equip
ment.
Converging on Pskov.
West of Lake linen other Red
Army forces were driving on Pskov
German communications base, from
three directions. These forces were
credited officially with capturing
approximately 112 towns and viii
lagos in yesterdays advance, in
cluding Soltsy and Volot, district
centers of the Leningrad region.
North of Pskov Soviet troops
last were reported within Is miles
OF the city, but today's COM
munique did not mention the
progress of those units. German
broadcasts recorded by the Asso-
ciated Press IN London acknowl-
edged . Nazi retreat in the north
TO ah09teu German unes.")
Evening star., 1944-02-22
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associateo Press.
! LONDON, Feb. 22.-Prime Min
lister Churchill disclosed in Com.
mons today that the order fol-
Tightening censorship in the Medi-
terranean was made at his tele-
graphed request, and said news
correspondents at the Anzio beach
head were not the people who
caused the trouble"
Asked if he has investigated the
increased restrictions-sinc re-
laXed-he said:
Inquiries did not take me very
long as I myself sent a telegram
asking for stricter censorship on
alarmist reports about the position
in the bridgehead-not by corre-
spondents there but by persons in
Naples and Algiers."
Laborite Emanuel ShinweIl asked.
If pessimistic statements come
from any quarter apart flom mill
tary quarters, would it not be more
desirable for the nigh command en-
the spot to issue more frequent and
authoritative statements?"
Il think" the Prime Minister
answered, they issue very frequent
and authoritative statements and I
supplemented their statements by
others of my own"
He declared that such words as
desperate ought hot to be used in
a battle of this kind when they are
false and still less are they to be
used If they are true"
In the first case. they reedlessly
distressed the public" he said, "in
the second they encouraged the
enemy to attack"
He expressed pleasure that radio
Evening star., 1944-02-22
By the Associated Press.

BY the associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-American
and British medium and light
bombers, sustaining the air Of
fensive which nearly 1000 United
States heavy bombers and fight
ers punctuated yesterday with
attacks on two Nazi aircraft
plants at Brunswick and six
German airfields, jabbed today
at enemy targets in the Neither
lands and Northern France.
American Marauders of the nev
9th Air Force bombed the strategic
German airfield at Gilze-Rijen.
The German news agency DNT
said in broadcast today that Allies
bombers attacked targets in South
ern Germany and the Danube ant
Alps areas at noon today.
Nazis Attempt London Raid.
Three British fighters were miss
ing from Raj night operations il
which Mosquito bombers assaulted
targets in Western Germany, at
tackled two enemy E-boats in tn,
Channel and laid mines in enem,
waters.
A German raid on England las
night barely disturbed London, OIL.
a handful of Nazi planes crossed
the Channel, dropping a few bomb
in Southern England. Little dam
age and a small number of casual
ties were reported" an official an
nouncement said.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
National Service Law
Foreseen as Issue in
Campaign This Fall
Senate Committee
Likely to Delay Test
Vote Several Months
BY the Associated Press


National service legislation
was marked today for a presi-
Dental campaign issue when
sponsors let it be known that
they will make no attempt to
force a showdown in Congress
on the subject before the No
vember election.
Despite recent War and Navy De-
partment pressure for early action
members said the Senate Military
Affairs Committee probably would
delay test vote for several months.
Secretary of War Stimson already
has Endorsed the proposal to make
men and women subject to a work
draft, and the committee has ar
ranged to hear Secretary of the
Navy Knox Thursday. Mr.. Knox is
expected to make a strong plea that
the measure be considered favor
ably at once.
Current sentiment within the
committee apparently is about 3 to ]
against the proposal.
While Senator Austin, Republi-
can, of Vermont, one of the authors
of the bill, said he hoped 1t would
not become the subject of partisan
debate, Senator Taft, Republican, OF
Ohio, said he did not see how it
could fail to become an issue be-
Evening star., 1944-02-22
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Allies tossed a new eco
nomic moose around the necks of
Germany, Japan and their sat-
elites today, decreeing that they
would not hereafter accept Axis
tainted gold from neutral coun-
tries.
The Treasury, acting in concert
with England and Russia, an
nounced it would refuse to take
such gold from any nation and Sec
retary Morgenthau said this Gov
ernment would refuse to recognize
sales of any gold looted by the
Axis.
Berlin in particular has been
using gold resources to keep foreign
supply sources open, and it was as
serted at the Treasury increasing
amounts Of so-called German
gold" has recently been finding its
way into neutral gold markets, pri-
marily in Turkey, Switzerland
Spain and Portugal.
Ansel F. Luxford, assistant gen.
eral counsel of the Treasury, said
today's announcement "is for the
purpose Of letting the world know
that the title which purchasers oi
looted Axis gold are being given i.
Evening star., 1944-02-22

to surpass our own and soon will be
substantially greater still" This air
campaign against Germany-the
foundation for invasion and "our
chief offensive effort at present.
will reach a scale far beyond the
dimensions of anything which yet
has been employed or indeed
imagined" with long-range bombers
hitting Germany from Italy as well
as Britain.
Retaliation: The Germans are
preparing on the French shore new
means of attack on this country
either by pilotless aircraft or pos
sibly rockets, or both, on considerable
SCALE" but vigilant Allied air COM
mands are striking at all evidences
Of these preparations"
Forces to Be Equal at Start.
Invasion: While the British and
American forces will be relatively
equal at the outset, if this battle Is
prolonged "the continuous flow OF
Americans would make their force
the greater"
Italy: The forces in the bride
head are well matched" but 1--WE
are definitely stronger in artillery
and armor" and air power. The
fact there are something like hall
q million Germans now in Italy is
not unwelcome to the Allies" CIV
ing the opportunity to fight the
Nazis. 1--WE have sufficient forces at
1See CHIIRC4III PAGE Al
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Pictures on Page BIZ

A coroner's jury today heard
Lamar Johnson, a colored porter
for Woodward & Lothrop, testify
that he saw man he identified
as Robert I. Miller pull a gun
from his pocket and fire two
shots into a car in which DR..
John E. Lind, noted psychiatrist,
and Miller's wife were seated.
Immediately afterward, Mr.. john
son testified, he saw the 67-year-old
Police Court lawyer throw a white
object onto the seat of the parked
car.
Detectives earlier had testified
that gun contained in a white
envelope was found on the seat.
Miller has said he fired in self
defense, when DR.. Lind pulled a
pistol on him.
Mr.. johnson said he was standing
inside the employees entrance Of
woodward g. Lothrop's when he
| noticed man take out a cigarette,
light 1t and then stamp it out. He
| said the man brushed past him lust
as woman got into a black car
outside and started to close the door.
johnson said the man whom he
Identified as Miller, jerked the car
door open and pulled out a gun. He
said the driver of the car put his
elbows up to try to shield his face.
while the woman tried to push the
frNy,,
Put Object on Seat.
The porter said Miller fired two
shots and then pulled "a white OBJ
Ject" out of his pocket.
He said the woman then got out
of the car and tried to pull Miller
away from the car. He said Miller.
however, placed what seemed to
be an envelop' on the seat.
The porter said that when a DO
hceman, called to the scene, started
to reach for the gun on the seat,
Miller told him not to touch it with
out putting something around it.
Earlier, it was testified that a
white handkerchief bearing the
monogram m" was found on the
seat.
/ Despite continual questioning
from James K. Hughes, the defense
attorney. the porter insisted the man
he saw in the entrance to Woodward
81 Lothrop's was the same man he
saw at the car.
Demonstrates Shooting.
The porter demonstrated with his
elbows how DR.. Lind had tried to
light of his assailant. In answer
to a question from Coroner A. Ma
grauder Macdonald, he said he did
not see DR.. Lind with any weapon
In his possession.
The porter said he had left the
entrance of Woodward e. Lothrop
ahead of Miller and was standing
outside the entrance on G street
when the man brushed past him.
Earlier, Chief Machinist's Mate
William R. Stearns, Camp Perry,
Va. testified he heard two muff1ed
shots and saw man get out of
the death car with a woman STEP
ping out of the car behind him.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Mrs. Gandhi, Detained
In India, Dies al IA
Nationalist Leaders Wife
Confined Since 1912
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Feb. 22.-Mrs. Mohan-
das K. Gandhi, wife OF the Indian
leader, is dead, the New Delhi radio
said today.
Mrs. Gandhi IA, had suffered in
termittently from heart attacks at
Poona, where she was detained with
her husband. Last Sunday an Of
fetal announcement said her condi-
tion had taken a grave turn.
The announcement said:
'"The government of Bombay re-
gretS to announce that Mrs. Kastur-
bal Gandhi passed away at 7:35 pm
today at the Aga Khan palace"
Mrs. Gandhi was married te
Gandhi when they both were l:
years old.
She was confined with her hus.
band in the palace at Poona a few
hours after Gandhi was arrested
August 8, 1912, when the All-India
Congress adopted its resolution ad-
vocating civil disobedience and In
dian independence.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Ten Lyon GuerriIIas Tried
And Executed in 10 Hours
By the Associated Press.

by tAc hSSOclate0 preSS.
BARCELONA, Feb. %. - Ten
French guerrillas have been tried
and executed within 10 hours at
Lyon, according to the French
press, which also announced that
Paul Gallas, commander of Vichy's
militia shock troops, had been killed
in a gun battle with guerrilla units
in the Saone and Loire department.
The Lyon Emergency Court under
the direction of Joseph barnard,
Vichy police dictator, spent only a
few hours hearing the evidence
against the 10 Lyon guerrillas and
then sent them to the wall in a
Lyon courtyard where q militia fir-
ing squad executed them, the press
reports said.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Churchill Promises Still Greoter
Air Attacks as Invasion Prelude:
Allies Firmly United, He Says
Nozis Planning New
Retaliation Moves,
Commons Is Told
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Prime Min
lister Churchill told the House of
Commons today that Allied
bombing far beyond anything
yet employed or, indeed, imag-
ined" would strike Germany in
every corner in prelude to the
final smashing by American and
British invasion armies of zap
proximately equal" power. /.
The three great Allies still stand
absolutely united" and none of
the ground made good at Moscow or
Teheran" has been lost despite dis
quieting articles in the Soviet press,
the British war leader asserted in a
confident but cautious war review.
The Allies stand united on war
plans which make certain a victory
that may not be so far away" he
declared.
Mr.. Churchill said he could neither
guarantee that the war would finish
In Europe this year, or extend into
1945, and declared Hitler still Is in
'full control in Germany, with 300
divisions in his army.
100000 Nazis in Italy.
Half million Nazis are fighting
In Italy, and Hitler evidently has
decided to defend Rome with the
same obstinacy as Stalingrad. But
Allied leaders are confident of sue
cess and reinforcements are pouring
In from Africa.
Other main high lights of Mr..
Churchill's review:
eve must fight the Germans
somewhere unless we are to stand
still and watch the Russians" he
remarked.
Air offensive: The United States
bomber force in Britain now begins
Evening star., 1944-02-22
q Jap Ships Sunk
In Last Three Weeks
In Combined Areas
Knox Reports Toll, but
Warns Pacific War
Will Be Long


ing to justify any estimates of an
early end of the war in the Pa
cific," Secretary of the Navy
Knox reported today that in the
last three weeks American naval
and air forces have destroyed 90
japanese ships, with 9 more
probably sunk.
The Secretary told a press con-
ference that the victories in the
Pacific do not warrant undue opti-
mism, adding that he had observed
tendency in comment on the Truk
attack to engage in wild optimism
and an undue degree of confidence.
We haven't yet tested the
strength of the japanese. We are
operating only in the intermediate
defenses; we haven't yet entered the
inner defenses of the empire" Mr.
Knox said.
With Undersecretary Forrestal
charged with production problems
at his side, Mr.. Knox said undue
optimism results in production
decline and declared that manu-
featuring must be maintained at
peak capacity.
Two Submarines Lost.
In the three weeks during which
American submarines, airplanes and
surface craft destroyed 80 Japanese
vessels, he said our losses were 2
submarines. The enemy ships sunk
he said, included 2 light cruisers
4 destroyers, l seaplane tender
and 7 other combat vessels.
The other japanese ship losses
were 7 feet tankers, trans
ports, So cargo ships and Is miscel-
laneous vessels. In addition, Mr.
Knox said, l light cruiser prob
ably was sunk and 8 noncom-
batant vessels probably were sent
down.
In cautioning against undue op-
timism, he said that Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz, commander in chief
OF the Pacific Fleet. has. indicated
that he favors attacks on the Chi
nese coast. Mr.. Knox remarked in
that connection that the Japanese
Army has suffered very little this
far and is "big, wel-equipped and
fanatically brave"
I'VE are learning in Italy" he said
that beachheads are no Joke and
in China they may prove pretty
costly.
Until We have gone much further
than We have so Ear we have nc
grounds for optimism
Cites Jap Strategy.
Mr.. Knox compared the Japanese
strategy thus far with that in the
last great war fought by Japan in
which the Nipponese were victorious
over Russia. In that war, he said
the fighting began with Japanese
sneak attack on Port Arthur, which
he compared with the December 7
1941, raid on Pearl Harbor. The
Japanese waited, he said, until the
Russian fleet pad extended itself
and was far from its bases, then
launched an all-out attack which In
that war was successful.
Asked if there was any possibility
of the American Fleets being ex-
tended too far and possibly meeting
the same fate as the Russian war
ships, he replied, "It will not
Mr.. Forrestal, just returned from
a tour of Pacific bases and oDserva-
ton OF the American attack on
Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands
Joined in the warning against any
letdown in production.
THE man with the offensive al
ways commands the opportunity OF
surprise" he said. CAS- the fleet
pushes westward we'll aeed more
and more of that supporting power ,
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Churchill Prefers
Bells to Guns for
Victory SoIutes
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Prime
Minister Churchill prefers the
ringing of bells as a victory
salute, rather than the roar of
guns.
To The proposal by Capt.
Leonard F. Plugge, Commons
member, that cannon be sound
ed to commemorate major
military successes, Mr.. Church
i'll said today:
Personally, favor bells. We
are likely to hear quite enough
of guns anyway"
Evening star., 1944-02-22
No Night Final
Edition Today

Due to Washington's Birth
day holiday today The Star
will not issue the Night Final
edition. Subscribers to this
edition will receive the reg
ulAr home edition.
Evening star., 1944-02-22
Allied Bombers Strike
AT Northern France
And Netherlands
U. S. Morouders Attack
Strategic German
AirfieId at GiIze-Rijen
BULLETIN.

LONDON P1.-The first CO.,
ordinated air attack against
Germany from bases in the
United Kingdom and Italy
was carried out today, with
planes from the south and
west hitting aircraft factories
and other targets, United
States Army headquarters an
nounced.