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Evening star., 1944-05-14

Editors note TiUo Associated
Press l0ar correspondents Dere
in captured CaSteJorte SQtur-
day, neither knoWing at the time
the other 1DdS there. Sid FEEDER
entered the to,Un from the
slopes of Monte Damidno on the
10est. EdUard Kennedy dp-
preached it from the Garigliano
Valley on the south. FOLLOWING
Is their Joint dispatch.)
CASTELFORTE, Italy, May 13
{Pl.-This mountain stronghold of
the Germans, whose almost impreg-
nable position won it the name of
Little Casino" was in Allied hands
today and the French troops who
took it with the support of Ameri-
can tanks and artillery were wiping
out enemy remnants in the hills
around it and speeding on to more
distant objectives.
The Germans defended the town
stubbornly but as the French closed
in from Monte Damiano on the west
and the Garigliano Valley to the
south, most of them withdrew, leav-
ing much materiel, including high
stacks of teller mines, stores of food.
One company stayed behind for a
last stand. Almost 100 of them were
taken prisoner and the roads lead
ing into the town were strewn with
German bodies.
And there is still plenty of resis-
tance just outside the town. Ger
man snipers concealed in caves and
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Two Who Detest
Democracy Drop
u. S. Citizenship
Ry the Associated PreSS

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May ia Bronx
couple who said they "detest Amer
ican democracy" and still are loyal
Ito Hitler had their United States
citizenship Cancelled at their own re-
quest today in what is believed to
be the first case of it's kind since
the outbreak of the war.
Restored to their former status
as German nationals in United
States District Court, William and
Meta Siebert and their 20-year-old
daughter Emma, former member
of the Hitler Youth Organization,
now are liable to arrest as enemy
aliens.
No steps have been taken to
intern the family as yet, it was
announced tonight,
Siebert, Sc, and his daughter both
were born in Germany. Mrs. Sic
bert, 46, was born of German
parents in Indiana and taken to
Germany when she was a year old.
The couple. with their child, came
to the United States in 1926 and
were naturalized in 1888 and 1896.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Peace Terms Seek
End of Nazi Armv
Complete Surrender
Reported Provided
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, May 13.-American-
British-Russian plans for accep-
tance of Germany's surrender
are nearly completed and call
for complete destruction of the
PrusSian-built army. a reliable
informant disclosed tonight.
This wars terms for Germany are
said to differ from the last wars
in that they are surrender" terms
rather than "armistice" proposals.
The European Advisory Commits
sion has nearly finished drafting
these surrender terms and will turn
the completed proposal back to the
governments of the Big Three.
These terms will form the basis
for negotiations which Red Army
leaders and Allied commanders will
have with the Germans-Premier
Stain transmitting them to his
commander in the field when the
time comes and the combined Allied
chiefs of staff forwarding them to
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In the last war the German Army
kept itself more or less intact under
the armistice terms by marching
back into Germany.
The new terms, it is understood,
provide that the German Army
must surrender completely lay down
its arms where it is fighting and
await disposal by the Allied authori-
ties. The Russians particularly are
insistent on this point, fearing that
the German Army might melt back
into Germany.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
so Perish as Storm Wrecks Shin
Off Scotland on Wuy Home !

five members of the crew and seven
Navy gunners were the only sur
vivors in the vessels complement
of more than
Capt. Lee Marshall, Philadelphia,
went down with his ship.
Crofters, highlanders who exc
out a meager existence on tiny,
bleak farms, left their stone huts
In the bowling weather to rescue the
Americans flung on the jagged coast,
They carried jugs of hot tea, repre-
senting weeks of rations, and wrap
ped survivors in blankets from their
own beds.
Later the Scotch shared their
eggs and jam with the Americans
at a little hospital
VISA said the merchant seamen
who survived were Second Assistant
Engineer George L. Smokovitch,
EScanaba, Mich; Edward C. Post
boatsWain, Norfolk; Elmer F. Gep-
pert, deck engineer, San Francisco;
John Schoen. fireman. watertender,
Cleveland, and Anthony Kirkowskv
seaman, Jersey City.
The William H. WEIGH was built
at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard.
Baltimore, and was delivered March
81, l943. She was operated for VISA
by T. j. Stevenson g. Co.. Inc,
New York.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Federal Witnesses
Kept Under Wraps
In Sedition Trial
Jury May Be Completed
Before Adjournment
Of Court Tomorrow
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Government witnesses in the
sedition case are kept care
fully out of sight, their names
under wraps, as District Courts
current "cause celebre" ap-
proaches the testimony stage.
The Justice Departments special
prosecutors, o. John Rogge and
Joseph w. Burns, were optimistic
last night over the chance of COM
pleting a jury in a matter of hours
when the big trial is resumed be-
fore Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher
at 10 am. tomorrow.
The Government will be ready,
they indicated, to open its case
against the % defendants the mo-
ment the jury is sworn More they
would not say. Mr.. Rogge is to
make the opening statement for
the prosecution.
The numerous defense attorneys
have had no luck in trying to smoke
out the identity of any Government
witnesses. They have assumed
they've told the court in discussing
preliminary motions, that one of
the early witnesses would be John
Roy Carlson, author of the best
selling "Undercover," an alleged ex-
pose of Fascist and anti-Govern-
ment activities in the United States
The Government had nothing tc
say in reply. The book deals with
asserted activities of some of the
defendants. "Undercover" and
Sabotage were among the works
which the court asked prospective
jurors if they had read, though
reading these books was no dis
(See SEDITION, Page ABB
Evening star., 1944-05-14
.63 Nazi Planes
Are Destroyed
In Aerial Due|s
$50 U. S. Bombers
Roid Three Targets
In Northern Germany
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sunday, May IA
Two thousand United States
bombers and American and
Allied fighters hammered three
major targets in Northern Ger
many yesterday and shot down
63 Nazi planes in sky duels which
cost the Americans II bombers
and 10 fighters.
Up to 750 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators, escorted inland by nearly
1000 United States Lightnings, Mus
tangs and Thunderbolts, and coy
cred in their withdrawal by Raj
Mustangs, attacked Focke- Wulf
plant at Tutow, rail yards and loco
motive repair shops at Osnabruck.
a synthetic oil refinery at Politz,
suburb of Stettin, and other targets.
The formation was part of a total
OF approximately 5000 American and
British planes which dropped 5000
tons of explosives on occupied Eu-
rope in two-way attacks from
Britain and italy during the 29th
day Of aerial onslaught.
213 Planes D0wned In Two Days.
The bag of SO German planes, 54
by the fighters and by bomber
gunners, made a two-day total of
213 Axis aircraft shot down over
Germany.
No enemy opposition was met
over Osnabruck. The German pilots
instead ganged up on the forma-
tions which few deep into North
eastern Germany. Many enemy
fighters were driven off or destroyed
by our escort before they could
reach our bombers," an Allied COM
munique said.
Completing an unprecedented
series of 16 heavy bomber missions
in 13 days for the British-based
United States 9th Air Force, yes
terdays assault rocked the targets
with nearly 1000 tons of bombs.
At the same time, Italy based
American heavy bombers continued
their far-reaching attacks in sup
port of the newly Launched Allied
land drive, ripping into rail facili-
ties at IA points In Northern Italy.
Brenner Pass Route Attacked.
Flying Fortresses attacked bridges
and yards on the Brenner Pass
route from Germany to Verona and
the Pc Valley network, including
rail centers at Bolzano, Bronzolo
and Trento. while Liberators ham,
mered yards between the Apprentices
and the Pc River.
Fortress crewmen expressed belief
that the Brenner Pass rail route
main funnel for German supplies
to Nazi troops in Italy-had been
cut by the bombing, results of which
were reported very good at some
points. Mediterranean Air Force
headquarters made no official claim
that the line had been cut, however,
Evening star., 1944-05-14
By the Associated Press.

bS lne ASSOClaIeQ Press.
Destruction of the Liberty ship
William M. Welch by a storm off
the coast of Scotland a few
weeks ago with the loss of about
go men was reported last night
by the War Shipping Admin
iStration.
The ship had delivered her war
cargo and was on her way to Join
a home-bound convoy, the VISA
said, when a fierce storm drove her
aground in the early morning. Res
cue attempts by British vessels were
defeated by the heavy seas and
raging blizzard.
The VISA account continued:
Soon the waves reared higher
the pilot house was smashed, and
all hands were washed off the ship
as she was being dashed to pieces
on the rocky shore. Some were
drowned and others were hurled to
their deaths against the cliff over
which the waves broke. Others
flung ashore died of exposure and
wounds"
The VISA did not disclose the
exact number of men lost but said
Evening star., 1944-05-14
COP Senate Poll Backs Warren
? to ] for Vice Presidency
Ia Of 80 Favor Californian, A. P. Finds;
6 Wont Brcker; Get Lone Vote Euch

BY the Associated Press.
Gov. Earl Warren of Cali
fornia, Republican national key
noter, is better than a 2-to-1
favorite for the Republican vice
presidential nomination among
COP Senators willing to express
a choice in an Associated Press
poll, it was disclosed last night.
In an interview in Sacramento
yesterday, however, the California
Governor declared he doesn't seek
the Vice Presidential nomination
or, for that matter, the Presidential
nomination. Making his first fiat
public disavowal of immediate ma
tional political aspirations, Gov
Warren said:
Il never would have agreed to
be the keynoter had been a candi-
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Wingote's Raiders

The exploits Of "Wingate'S
Raiders" in their jungle war
against the japanese in Burma
make one of the most fabu-
louS tales of adventure to
come out of the present con-
flict. Wingate and his small
but highly trained force went
into the jungles in February,
l943, and in about three
months accomplished mis-
sions so vital that they are
still military secrets.
Orde Charles Wingate,
leader Of the expedition, was
killed in a recent plane crash,
but he will live forever in the
annals of this war. The ex-
citing story of his jungle ad-
ventures is told in a new daily
art strip, "Wingate's Raiders"
based on the Book-of-the-
Month, beginning tomorrow in
9be Fne'n!ine Star
Evening star., 1944-05-14
House Group Expected
To Pare Few Items in
District Supply Bill
Session Scheduled
EorIy This Week
To Complete Measure
BY DON S. WARREN.

Indications that few, if any,
sizable cuts would be made by
the House District Appropria-
tions Subcommittee in the Com
missioners' proposals for funds
for the next fiscal year were seen
yesterday at the Capitol as the
1945 District supply bill neared
completion.
Members of the subcommittee
headed by Chairman Coffee, are
scheduled to meet early this week
to make final decisions on budget
items, which now total well over
s67, 900 900.
A bill of this size would be a
record-breaker, but would require
no increase in taxes. 1t would, in
fact, permit liquidation of the re-
mainder of the Districts indebted
ness while earmarking $4,000, 1000 OF
more for postwar or st-priorities
construction programs. This is pos
sible, officials explain, primarily be-
cause the war has delayed a great
amount of capital improvements fol
which there will be an immediate
demand when the critical materials
situation permits.
Since the Gil bill and other ma
tlonal legislation is expected to oc-
cupy the attention of the House
during most of this week, it is now
expected the District appropria-
tlons bill will not be presented to
the House for action until sometime
next week.
However, Chairman Coffee plans
to have the bill and the report ready
earlier for action of the Appropria-
tlons Committee and the House to
avoid delay.
1t was revealed yesterday the
Coffee Subcommittee held a special
session last Friday to hear Thomas
E. Lodge, chairman of the District
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
who was out of the city the day
estimates for that department were
reached in normal order.
Reports are the subcommittee
is prepared to approve employment
of seven additional inspectors, but
that the group wanted assurances
better enforcement could be ex-
pected. 1t is said this was promised
by Mr.. Lodge. Commissioner Young
explained it is not practicable to
depend entirely on police detailed to
act as inspectors for the ABC Board.
They generally are not trained to
examine books and records to find
whether there have been liquor
law violations, he said.
Leading parts in the questioning
of MI. Lodge, it is reported, we're
taken by Representatives Anderson,
Democrat, of New Mexico; Whitten,
Democrat, of Mississippi, and More
rell, Democrat, of Arkansas.
Mr.. Lodge also was questioned
about what steps are taken to pre-
vent sale of liquor to minors and
protests against renewal of a beer
license for the Anacostia golf course
clubhouse. AS to the latter, he said
there had been no objections until
lately, although the permit had been
in effect for a number of years.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Strikes in California
Shipyards Called Off
(See RAIDS, Page A-5.)
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Labor Board announced
yesterday that work stoppage in the
drydocks at the Moore and Bethle-
hem yards at Oakland and San
Francisco has been called off and
the strikers will return to work Mon
day morning.
Nathan P. Feinsinger, disputes di-
rector of the WLB, said the board
was informed by officials of Lodge
SO, AFL United Steel Workers of
America, that their members would
return to work Monday on ships
that have been tied up in drydocks.
The strike has been over a wage
controversy, the workers demanding
a rpair rate of $1.34 an hour
instead of construction rate of
$1.20 an hour on ships that have
taken a test run and been returned
to the drydocks for repairs.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Allies Report New Gains in Italy,
Stronghold Of Caste|forte Taken>
Nazis Putting Up Grim Defense
Several Towns and
Strategic Hills Are
Reported Seized
MAP on Page Az

By the Associated Press,
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
NAPLES, May 13.-Allied troops
on the offensive in Italy smashed
deeper tonight into the Ger
mans heavily fortified Gustav
Line, increasing the gains of 2
miles or more that they had re-
corded during the day. but en-
countering grim resistance from
the Germans in strong mountain
positions.
Exact locations of the gains could
not be disclosed pending tomor-
rows daily communique, but al
ready the Allies hold at least five
villages and seven strategic hills
and were advancing after the close
OF the second day of their big drive
along 25-mile front.
The villages listed as taken are
Santa Cosmo Damiano, two miles
beyond the Garigliano River and
six miles inland from the Gulf of
Gaeta; SAINT Angelo, on the west
bank of the Rapido River, three
miles south of Casino; Cercobi,
Ventosa and San Sebastiano in the
vicinity of Castleforte, which is 13
miles south of Casino.
American forces took all the vii
lagos but one-Sant' Angelo-which
was taken by British 9th Army
forces.
Americans, French, British and
Poles all were engaged in heavy
fighting.
Town Quickly Taken.
A late dispatch from Associated
Press War Correspondent Sid FEEDER
told of the swift fall of Can't Cosmo
e Damiano to the Americans and
OF the penetration of Castelforte.
The Germans scrambled out of
Santi Cosmo Damiano so fast
they left food on tables in its ruins.
The Americans cornered 200 of
them in a nearby cemetery where
we shot them down like jackrab-
bits" Mr.. FEEDER quoted the victors
as saying. Others surrendered
after being dug out of the ruins of
the hamlet.
AS the Yanks pressed on to a
mountain ridge northeast of the
village they could see other units
hammering their way into Castel-
forte, which has been called Little
Casino" because of two previous
Allied failures to take 1t.
AS the French troops attached to
the 5th Army swept on past their
original objectives, It.. Gen. Mark
w. Clark, commander of the 5th
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Private Capital Share
In SIum Clearance
Urged by Grant
Commission Feels Cost
Should Be Determining
Factor, He Declares

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission believes
private enterprise should be
given the opportunity to do as
much slum clearance as it can,
providing the cost is no higher
than If a public housing agency
did the work, Maj. Gen. U. S.
Grant III, commission chairman,
told the City-Wide Housing Con-
ference yesterday at the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
Gen. Grant is leading figure In
current efforts to compose differ
ences between public and private
housing advocates. He discussed
slum clearance in connection with
the proposed urban redevelopment
bill, now under study by the Budget
Bureau.
He participated in a conference at
his office Friday, which finally
agreed to look further for a formula
for slum clearance, which might
suit both private and public build
ers. Another conference of the same
group will be held Tuesday.
The Planning Commission has
recommended that Congress amend
the Alley Dwelling Act to extend to
July /, 1919; the date on which alley
dwelling here will be prohibited.
Gen. Grant told the meeting yester-
day.
Recommendation Sent Senate.
The recommendation was sent to
the Burton Subcommittee of the
Senate which has been investigating
the housing controversy here be-
tween public housing officials and
the Home Builders Association.
Meantime it was learned that
John Ihlder, executive officer of the
National Capital Housing Authority
also has recommended to the COM
mittee an extension of the time
unit, but has fixed no date.
At the Capitol, Chairman Burton
indicated he had asked District
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech to draft amendments neces-
sary to extend the time limit
beyond July l.
Public Versus Private Housing.
The City Wide Housing Confer
ence turned into a sounding board
for airing the current controversy
over the question of whether public
or private builders should construct
loW-cost homes for loW-income
people
Mr.. Ihlder and Rufus Lusk, presi-
dent of the Taxpayers Association
engaged in several sharp exchanges
Both admitted alley slums should
be abolished, with Mr.. Lusk f1atly
opposing any participation by pub
lie housing agencies, and contend
ing private enterprise could do the
whole job. Mr.. Ihlder welcomed
participation of private enterprise
up to a point, but contended that
Evening star., 1944-05-14

date for the nomination either as
Vice President or President. I am
engaging in no such activity of any
kind"
In the Associated Press poll, 80 of
the 81 Republican Senators were
asked to state their personal pref
erence for the Vice Presidential NOM
ination, with the assurance their
names would not be linked pub
licly with the selection they made.
Four COP members were not
reached.
OF the 33 polled, IA said their
first choice was Gov. Warren, six
favored Gov. John w. Bricker of
Ohio, who is seeking the presiden-
tial nomination, and nine were un-
decided. One vote each was re-
ceived by 1t. Comdr. Harold E.
(Gee pOT TTTCS Do0c A1Il
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Pensive Duplicates
Derby Race to Win
Richest Preokness
"Details in Sports Section

"Details In Sports Section.)
Pensive, owned by Warren
Wright of Chicago and Jockey
Conn McCreary yesterday vir-
tually duplicated their tri-
umphant Kentucky Derby per-
formance in winning the Freak
ness at Pimlico before a throng
of $4,000 Platter was second.
Third, as in the Derby, was
Stir Up.
Owner Wright collected a rec
ord Preakness purse of $60,075.
Pensive paid $3.50 to win in a
mutuel of S332,1O8, a one-race
mark for Pimlico.
Washington downed Chicago,
1872. before a ladies' night
crowd of $4,000 at Griffith Sta
dunn, laying down a 19-hit
barrage behind 7-hit pitching
by Roger Wolff.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
NazisAdmit Breachinu
Of Lines, Assert They
Plan Counferdrive
Costelforte and Nearby
Territory Evacuated,
Berlin Radio Says
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, May 13.-The Berlin
radio tonight admitted the
power of the Allied offensive in
Italy had driven breaches in the
German defenses and forced the
evacuation of the town of Cas-
telforte and nearby territory on
the 5th Army front in Western
Italy.
Included in the area admittedly
abandoned by the Nazis was the
sector from Castelforte to the east
ern fringe of Santicosmo, as well
as the Monte Faito area to the
north of Castelforte.
The German broadcasters, how
ever, modified the announcement OF
the Withdrawals with the explana-
ton that German armies were mass
ing for counter offensive from the
southwest and northwest. Another
Nazi spokesman pictured the Allied
onslaught as probably diversion
ary operation" to screen a new sea-
borne invasion of the Italian west
coast.
Called Large Offensive.
The German high command de-
Scribed the new Italian offensive as
being ION the largest scale" and as
IAN obvious attempt to tie down
German forces,"s thus linking the
assault with the expected Western
invasion.
The German high command ex-
poets the fare-up of fighting ir
Italy to spread to other sections ot
the European battlefront" said the
Nazl Transocean News Agency. 1--WE
are aware Of Gen. Alexander's word.
that the Allied troops in Southern
Italy are striking the first blow il
a final battle"
Asserting the Allies were holdins
five fully equipped divisions in re-
serve in Italy one Nazi commentator
said new amphibious landings "ir
all probability" would be made be
tween the 5th Army's main from
and the Anzio beachhead, or imme
diately north of the beachhead.
Corsica Mentioned.
Another German broadcast, sug
gesting Nazi fears that Corsica
might be the base for an amphibiou!
thrust, declared Nazi bombers hac
made two very concentrated at.
tacks' against Allied airfelds or
that island last night.
Of the fighting in Italy, Berlir
said the battle was continually
mounting in violence" with thu
Allies using tanks ION a very large
scale" along front from east o.
the Gulf Of Gaeta to northwest o.
Casino.
A particularly strong tank attack
Berlin declared, drove wedge more
than a mile deep in the German
line at SAINT Angelo, 3 miles
south Of Casino, and added thai
counterattacks were in progress,
against this breach.