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Evening star., 1944-02-28
III. 5. 9Th Air Force
|Credifed With Toll Of
439 Planes in Week
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 28.-Destruction
of at least 644 German fighter planes
in the last weeks aerial attacks on
Nazi industry cut Hitler's available
aircraft almost to the point where
he must soon depend chiefly on
new output from his badly battered
production centers, it was estimated
unof1cially today.
But whether Hitler could expect
much help there was big question.
The weight Of at least $4,000 tons
Of bombs dropped in 13 massive
raids in this unprecedented Of
fensive indicated that a large per-
centage of Nazi plane productive
capacity was wiped out.
At least Is major German aircraft
production centers were attacked in
the week-long bombing drive.
439 Downed by 8th Air Force.
A recapitulation of official COM
muniques shows that five United
States 9th Air Force operations dur
ing the week accounted for 439 of the
ga German planes known destroyed.
The remaining 205 fell before the
guns of the Italy-based 18th Ameri-
can Air Force in four thrusts across
the Alps against Nazi industry, three
of them co-ordinated with the 8th's
operations from Britain.
Over and above the GA total are
the German fighters that may have
been down by the RAF during four
major night operations last week.
Air Ministry communiques gave no
figures.
387 Heavy Bombers Lost.
The Allied air forces lost 387 heavy
bombers and 81 fighters in the forays
into Germany, incomplete statistics
in the communicates show.
Dispatches from Allied headquar-
ters in Italy yesterday said that re-
|connaissance photographs revealed
almost total destruction of the Pru-
fening aircraft factory at Regens-
burg from a co-ordinated attack by
the 9th and 18th Air Forces Febru-
ary Is. The photographs also showed
heavy damage to the Obertraubling
aircraft factory at Regensburg, hit
by Liberators of the 18th on Febru-
Iary %.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28-Don
Whitehead, Associated Press CORE
spondent just back from Anzio, said
yesterday that military fear of con-
sequences back home usually is re-
sponsible for such episodes as the
recent censorship dispute at the
beachhead in Italy.
Mr. Whitehead, whose 10 days
on the beachhead climaxed l6
months of almost constant 'front.'
line action beginning with the battle
of Alamein and carrying him clear
across Africa and Sicily into Italy,
said:
| Il left the beachhead before the
big crisis. But I know the CORE
spondents writing the news, and
know them to be able, experienced,
conscientious men, as sensitive about
real security as any officer, for they
know their own lives, as we'll as
those of thousands of men, depend
on military security. If these corre-
spondents were generally agreed
that the situation on the beachhead
was critical, then it was critical"
Trying to Protect Home Front.
There is still a tendency In some
military quarters" he added, Ito
try to protect the people at home
from too many war shocks, instead
OF letting them have the real picture
in preparation for the real shocks
which are yet to come.
I'VE had made the big gamble of
landing behind the enemys lines
and it was success. This was a
bid to break up the slow, costly
slugging on the Casino front, to
drive in behind the Gustav Line and
disrupt the enemy's rear, forcing a
withdrawal from Casino or trapping
the enemy in the Liri Valley.
AN attack on the Casino front
Was c0-ordipated uyitI tho 1onJipo
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Substantial u. S. Aid Is Helping
To RevitoIize Chiunq's Armies

neSe and Americans working and
living side by side in the field to
create a new striking force in the
framework of the Chinese armies.
Despite what might have been
considered insurmountable difficult
ties a year ago and some misgivings
on both sides, the groundwork has
been laid. The training is going into
its final stages down into the lower
units.
American supplies have been OBJ
tanned in such sufiicient quantities
that Gen. Shiao I-sy, chief of staff
Of the Chinese Expeditionary Force
could tell me: I'VE have enough
supplies and enough weapons on
this front. The CEF is adequately
equipped for both offensive and de-
fensive operations"
American travelling instructional
groups and liaison teams attached
to Army groups have been in the
field nearly four months, carrying
down to the lower units the train
ing program initiated last April
with the establishment of large in
fantry and artillery training Gen.
ters in the rear These schools
were attended by hundreds o1
Chinese officers and noncoms who
in turn. have become instructors.
Commanding the units are Coils
Walter Wood, Falls Church, Va;
Reynolds Condor, Washington: HUI
bert Cole, Pelham, N. Y, and Phillip
Enslow, Richmond. Va. The force
in the forward Echelon is COM
manded by Col. George Byers o1
Lafayette, Ind.
Foods Purchased in Area.
Except for small supply OF
canned milk, coffee, cigarettes anc
few other supplemental rations
the Americans live of local pur-
chases in the area where foodstuffs
are none too plentiful. Rice is stand
ard fare. In number Of messes
you use chopsticks instead of 6
knife and fork Some units live ir
old temples, others under canvas
Strict precaution is taken against
malaria, typhus and numerous Other
diseases.
From generals to privates the Chi.
nese have expressed gratitude fol
American assistance. Some skeptic:
in months past found it hard te
understand why America was ex.
tending large scale aid. When ex-
planned on the basis of what Amer.
ica is fighting for and directly aid
ing herself as we'll as her Allies IL
trying to get the war over as quickly
as possible, the project made more
sense to those skeptics.
Chinese officers and men take
quickly to American instruction. i
is given in concentrated doses ane
all nonesentials are discarded. Ir
many cases the students make NOR,
rapid progress than our own greer
inductees, American officers say.
American officers hold no com.
mand in the CEF. Their function i!
to advise and instruct. This differ!
from the setup of the American.
trained Chinese-American expedi.
tionary force in the Hukwang Val.
ley of Burma, led by Brig. Gen
Heydan Boatner.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
clio Union Asks Truman
To Probe Arms Cutbacks

Ey the Associated Press
The Truman Committee Of the
Senate yesterday was asked by the
United Electrical, Radio and Ma
chine Workers, CIO, to investigate
the laying off of workers in Govern
ment-owned small arms plants ir
the Midwest, which the labor grour
charges will throw $4,000 workers or
the already loose labor markets
there.
The union asserted that while the
Government plants were being or.
dered to curtail production, pri.
vately owned small arms factories ir
the East were scheduled for small
cutbacks, although this section was
the "tightest labor market" in the
country.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Hicks
Continued From First Page.l

NSOllIlIIuCd oAiA ! ~ oo eASS't
had declared the man uninjured and
ordered his discharge.
DR.. Richard Glitter, resident physi-
clan at Casualty on duty in the
emergency clinic, was not called to
examine Mr.. Hicks, Miss Rogers
said.
The wartime shortage of doctors
has made it necessary to obtain the
services of medical students as at
tendants on ambulances,' Miss Rog-
ers said. Mr.. Cunning picked Mr..
Hicks up at Fourteenth and H
streets NE. about II pin. Saturday
in response to a call from the am
bulance control center. Our report
was that there had been an auto
accident there, but when Mr.. Gun
ming arrived there was no evidence
of a smashup. He brought Mr.
Hicks to the hospital and examined
him.
when Mr.. Cunning found nc
evidence of injury he supposed that
there had been a mistake and that
Hicks was no traffic casualty at all
The man had been drinking and
vomited in the emergency room. ]
guess Mr.. Cunning thought he was
just drunk. At any rate, he did not
call DR.. Glitter. I don't know why
but intend to find out"
At the George Washington medi-
cal school it was said that Mr.. Gun
ming was attending classes at CALM
ger Hospital this morning. He
could not be reached for comment
Arrest Is Ordered.
Policeman Arthur Trammelle of
the ninth precinct, making a routine
checkup visit to the emergency clinic
during his tour of duty, was asked
by the eXterne to take Mr.. Hicks out
of the hospital, Capt. j. R. Jeffries,
commanding officer of the ninth
precinct, said today. The externe
police said, declared Mr.. Hicks was
drunk.
At the police station Sergt. Daniel
F. Donoghue observed blood running
down Mr.. Hicks leg, Capt. Jeffries
said, and ordered him taken to Gal
linger Hospital The injured man
was pronounced dead at 2:40 am
by DR.. G. M. Smith of the Gallinger
staff, who said Mr.. Hicks had sus-
tanned internal injuries as a result
of the traffic mishap.
DR.. Rutland explained today that
the District Health Department ex-
ercised no jurisdiction over Casualty
Hospital, but that, because the in.
stitution was under contract with
the District government to treat
emergency cases on a fee basis, hi
would conduct an investigation into
the circumstances under which
Mr.. Hicks was discharged while ap.
parently severely injured.
Eleventh Death of Year.
Hicks death was the 1lth traffic
fatality in the District this year az
compared with 13 deaths for thu
corresponding period in 1943. Cor.
oner A. Magruder Macdonald will
conduct an inquest into the man.
death at noon today.
The driver of the car which figured
In the fatal accident, according tt
police, was Willie j. Green, IL, col.
ored, of 1852 Call place Sc. He i,
being held pending the decision O.
the coroner's jury in today's hear.
ing. Police charged him with driv.
ing on the wrong side of the street
operating an automobile without g
permit and with improper tags ane
driving vehicle in bad mechanical
condition. According to police, the
car had defective brakes, defective
windshield and no tail light.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Feb. 28.-
Traffic was resumed today over two
bridges leading into Canada which
were closed yesterday as result of
a dispute whether overtime Sunday
pay for customs inspectors should
be paid by bridge authorities or the
Treasury Department.
The Rainbow Bridge spanning the
Niagara River from this city to
Niagar Falls, Ontario, was closed at
midnight Saturday until midnight
yesterday, the bridge authority hav-
ing failed to post bond as guar
antee it would pay overtime for the
inspectors services.
The Supreme Court on January
ruled that Sunday work for the in
spectors was overtime. The Treas
ury Department placed them on a
Six-day week and notified bridge
owners they would be responsible
for the double pay on Sunday.
The same notice went to other
bridges on the Canadian border, and
the Thousand Island Bridge, which
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Districts Bond BowIers
Place Second in Nation

Washington ranked second in the
Nation in War bond bowling tourna-
ments staged during the Fourth War
Loan campaign, according to the
FEDERAL Security Agency's Commit
tee on Physical Fitness.
Atlanta took first place BY raising
$40, ,700,0 900 in four city-wide tourna-
ments. Washington raised $685.
737 in one tournament sponsored by
The Star. The Metropolitan Area
including Silver Spring and Hyatts-
vile, bought War bonds, through
bowling tournament participation,
to the amount of S7,599,O54.
American bowlers raised s248. .0Oo.-
600 in the drive, enough to buy 825
four-engine bombers.
The Nation wide tournaments
sprang from the original Evening
Star bond tournament conducted
two years ago.
Other cities ranking high in bond
sales were Houston, Spokane, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Miami,
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Lawrence Tibbett's
Former Wife Is Bride
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PALM SPRINGS, Calf, Feb. 28.-
Mrs. Grace Mackay Tibbett, former
wife of Lawrence Tibbett, the singer
and actor, was married here yester-
day to Donald M. Young, radio en-
gineer of Hollywood.
One of her twin sons, Corpl. Law
renee Tibbett, jr., "a, gave his mother
in marriage and served as best man
The bride, formerly Of Chicago
obtained divorce from Mr.. Tibbett
on charges Of cruelty at Reno, New.
In September, 1881. Mr.. Tibbett
later married Jennie Marston Adams
1urgard Of the New York baukiua
family.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Lonergan' $ Attorney.
Asks Presiding Judge
To DisquaIify Himself
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Counsel
for Wayne Lonergan moved that
General Sessions Judge John J.
Freschi disqualify himself, as the
first-degree murder case against the
Canadian aircraftman, accused OF
Staying his heiress wife, was called
for trial today.
Attorney Edward v. Broderick,
addressing the court, said he be-
lieved he had been "unjustly at
tackled in this case" adding:
Il regard as an implied judicial
threat the statement that your
honor would deal with me after
the trial for contempt of court. The
court has no power to take such
action"
Mr.. Broderick, whose spectacular
trip to Canada last week caused
two adjournments of the trial. also
moved that Judge Freschi dismiss
the special jury panel and order
new panel to be drawn.
Infee Motions Denied
Judge Freschi denied both mo-
tlons. The court also denied a
motion for determination of con-
tempt Of court proceedings before
the opening Of the trial. Mr.. Brod-
erick took exceptions on all three
rulings.
Lonergan, who had been in an
anteroom with his attorney, entered
the courtroom and took his seat be-
side Mr.. Broderick.
A moment later Mr.. Broderick
arose and walked toward the Judges
oench, saying, IF it pleases the
court I would like to make a mo-
ton"
His remarks. delivered somewhat
hesitantly. recalled his % years of
practlce as lawyer "of good stand
ing" and the certain sessions" In
the present case during which he
said Mr.. Jacob Grumet assist
ant district attorney prosecuting the
case) asked the court to send me to
jail" 0 w
Mr.. Broderick told the court Mr.
Grumet told him he would be
"harassed plenty" adding:
There was no admonition from
the court to check Mr.. Grumet's saw
agery. I regard that as a judicial
Endorsement Of that savagery. From
Canada I sent kilograms to YOUR
honor which your honor frae-
mentlzed and did not put on the
record In full as I requested.
Cites judiciary Law.
Regarding the contempt threat
say / am not guilty OF CONTEMPT
The judiciary law enumerates the
phase under which your honor
would have jurisdiction on a con-
tempt charge. said I had unfin-
ished business In Canada and it
was wrong for Mr.. Grumet to be
supercilious. He showed bad faith
from the start"
AS result Of the psychological
conditions there is a great danger
that prejudice has taken root in
. your subconscious," he told the
court. 1T is with deep humility and
, With full sense of the solemnitv of
. my responsibility that say that
your honor made certain Statements
, IN the presence of the iurv. and
with the life blood of Wayne Loner-
gan on my shoulders 1 move that
your honor discharge the Jury and
that you disqualify yourself as a
Judge in this case"
Evening star., 1944-02-28
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situation had been met by careful
assignment Of personnel.
Cut in Standards Opposed.
Both the Army and Navy per.
sonnel chiefs were quoted in the
report as opposing reduction ir
physical standards or a large in
crease in the induction of limited
|servicemen.
The Army pointed out that re-
placements from now on should be
'of the best possible physical caliber
since they will all be potentially
front-line troops" The Army said
not more than 10 per cent of its
strength should be composed OF
limited servicemen and said it al
ready had more than 100000 OF
them.
Although the men were needed
for clerical and similar jobs while
the Army was training and mobiliz-
ing new organizations for combat
service, the Army spokesman pointed
out, many of the training camps
now are being put on a standby
basis.
Both the Army and Navy spokes-
men said they were anxious to 70.
tate their forces and put men who
had been at sea or overseas on duty
at home-in the jobs that limited
servicemen might otherwise fill.
On the score of illiterates, the
Army reported it had accepted u.s.
600 illiterates since last June ano
that So per cent of them so fal
have been taught to read and write
up to the fourth grade level
Literacy training is also being giver
by the Navy.
Would Weed Out Mental Gases.
The commission expressed belief
that the services We're accepting a.
many illiterates as was practica
in view of the time and special per.
sonnel required to fit them fol
service, but added that this pool O.
manpower contains many men who
would be qualified for service il
provisions were made for their edu.
cation.
The commission was in favor O.
wedding out potential neuropsy,
chiatric casualties" at the induction
stations. adding that although both
the Army and Navy are using every
means to rehabilitate the menta
cases for further service, Gin view O,
the mission Of the services to prose.
cute the war, there is a point beyonc
which they should not go in expend.
ing time of personnel and use o1
training facilities for the possible
salvage Of individuals of very doubt
full future value to the services"
The Army was quoted as report.
ing that in the second quarter o1
last year 446 per cent of the sol.
diers given disability discharge.
were mental cases.
AS for inducing men whose
physical defects could be corrected
by surgery or other treatment after
induction, the commission said ex.
tension of this program was not
considered advisable now because
service hospitals are nearly full
and the men might refuse to sub.
init to treatment after induction.
AS a clincher the commission
quoted Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hine.
of the Veterans Administration a.
saying that any lowering Of physi.
cal standards for admission to the
armed forces could be expected tt
increase the admission rate to Vet.
IeranS' Administration facilities
Evening star., 1944-02-28
BY ]. REILLY O'SULLIVAN,

|
WITH A CHINESE EXPEDITION
AIRY FORCE, Feb 28.-Revitaliza-
ton of Chang Kai-shek's armies
has begun with the arrival Of con-
crete American aid.
This Is the first public disclosure
of one of the most ambitious and
far-reaching programs in military
history to modernize, refrain and
re-equip vast army in wartime
American Army officers and men
under the command of 1t. Gen
Joseph w. Stilwell have started the
job in Southwest China in co-opera-
ton with commanders of Chinese
expeditionary forces. The entire
program envisages the retraining of
score of divisions in critical areas
where they will do the japanese the
most harm.
Supplies and Equipment Provided.
Concrete aid has been extended in
the following categories:
! Air ground support-antiaircra
batteries.
| Ammunition, in considerable guam
titles. Weapons including mountain
artillery, machine guns, antitank
guns, mortars and tommy guns.
Radio and signal equipment.
Motor replacement parts, trucks,
gasoline.
Field hospital services.
Veterinary services.
Ordnance repair.
! Engineering and road construc-
/ ton.
! Field training In tactics, use and
care of weapons, bayonet fighting
operation of signal equipment, air
and ground cooperation, care of
animals, sanitation and preventive
medicine.
Gen. Stilwell's "Y" force operations
staff under Brig. Gen. Frank Dorr
of San Francisco is making rea
impression in its mission of increas.
ing the fighting efficiency of thi.
expeditionary force.
Chinese See Turning Point.
The program has reached the
point where travelling American in.
structional groups and liaison teamt
are in the field with Chinese Army
groups, armies, divisions and bat.
talions.
Front-line troops in some case
have received American weapons anc
ammunition and learned their tao.
tical use from Chinese officers anc
noncommissioned officers, who ART
recent graduates of American train
ing schools.
After seven debilitating years oi
defensive struggle against the re-
lentless and modernly armed in
vader, some large units of the
Chinese Army at last are able tt
begin thinking in terms of the day
when all will be able to turn to
the offensive and drive the Japa-
nese from Asia.
Viewing the Chinese picture as 6
whole, however, there still is stag.
gering job ahead. To a large ex.
tent, it hinges on opening a lano
supply route from India for which
a Chinese American expeditionary
force under Gen. StilWel is fighting
ahead in Burma. 1t also depends
on the eventual seizure of seaport
on the China coast. American per-
sonnel and material now are limited
to what can be flown in, in addition
to the needs of the 14th United
States Air Force and the Chinese
Air Force.
Living Side by Side.
In 1,500-mile trip through lofty
mountains and valleys of Southwest
China, have had the first oppor-
ltllnitV To visit and falk fo thu Chi.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
100 Firemen Turn Out
For BIuze in Door

| By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.-Thou-
sands Of theater-goers and COM
muters, 100 firemen and 16 pieces
OF fire apparatus turned out last
night for a fire at Fifteenth and
Market streets, in the center of the
downtown district, which paralyzed
traff1c for nearly an hour.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Shoe Output Controlled

Shortages Of farm boots and boys
footwear caused Fire to place fac
tory boot and shoe production under
government control.
Save your waste kitchen fats.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Senate and House in recess.
House Ways and Means Commit
tee reviews tax simpliflcation ef-
forts
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Living Side bv Side,

Living Side by Side.
In l,500-mile trip through lofty
mountains and valleys of Southwest
China, I have had the first oppor-
tunity to visit and talk to the Chi
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24

their efforts to make their goals
A plaque b aring the name of
the sponsoring county or group
Will be placed on each SUPERIOR
tress. for the Army Air forces thus
PAID Tor with war bond sales. and
a United States Treasury certf-
cate will be presented to the vari-
GUS organizations thus successful
1y completing their B-29 war bond
purchase goals.
In celebration of this achieve
ment, a small model of a Super
fortress will be- presented by the
women's division to the State of
North Carolina for display in the
Hall of History at Raleigh. Plans
are being made for a public pro-
gram foc this purpose during the
month OF January in Raleigh.
Although confident that their
campaigns will eliminate success
FULLY by December 30, the women
war bond leaders and workers are
taking no chances and will con.
tnue to push E. F and G bond
sales to individuals throughout the
next week.
Now that the drive to sell bonds
as Christmas gifts has been fin
lshed, attention will be paid to the
sale OF E bonds as year-end bonus
eS 1or employees of business con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-24
|Southside Church
To Have Christmas
Service Tonight

The Chorus choir Of Southside
Baptist church will present a pro-
gram of Christmas music this
evening at o'clock, rendering a
series of anthems and carols as
follows
Organ prelude.
Hymn 40 Come All Ye
Faithful ''-Congregation
Invocation-Pastor.
''Watchman Tell Us Of the
Night -Bowring (Choir).
s'The Saviour Comes" - bod
bridge (choir)
1.-The Angel Song (duet,
Sop. and Tenor, Mrs. Harold
Cleeve, Newton Kelly.
Offertory ~ ''Silent Night, Holy
Might -Gruber Gadies quartet:
Mrs. Harold Cleeve, first soprano,
Mrs. Margaret Yarbrough, second
soprano, Miss Ann Smith, first
alto, Mrs. w. D. Sudbury, second
alto).
"Glad Tidings of Great Joy" -
Tate (choir).
''sleep, My Little Jesus" MARY
Luuaby)-Gannett (Mezzo soprano
solo)-Miss Gwen Avery.
THE Birthday of a g"-Neid
Ilinger (choir) Contralto solo, Mrs
W. D. Sudbury.
20 Holy Night -Adams-Tenol
solo, Newton Kelly.
messiah is King''-Avison -
(choir}.
Song of ubilee''-Montgomery
(choir).
Hymn 6-"Joy to the World
congregation. 4
Benediction.
Organ postlude.
the choir is under the direction
of Newton Kelly and Mrs. Rober
Risley, church organist, will be
at the organ.
Keep soup jar in the refriger
ator and into it put leftover vege
table liquids and gravy.