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Evening star., 1944-03-20
Burma
Continued From First PAGE. }

to India from Burma and beyond it
lie the rail and river connections
which bring supplies to the airports
on the India side Of the hump" sup
ply line to China.
Major Jap Offensive.
A communique from Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten's headquarters
yesterday said lit is now apparent
that the Japanese are staging a
major offensive Gin the Chindwin
front and have crossed the tChind-
VIM river In force at several points, ~
but the bulletin gave no other details
of the drive.
A later communique said jap
Anese air raiders attacked the Imp
hal area Thursday and Friday, de-
stroying two temples and causing
very slight casualties" in the first
blow and some casualties in the
follow-up assault.
Meanwhile, Admiral Mountbat-
tens Jungle jumping air commandos,
who have established "beachhead'
$50 miles behind the Japanese lines
In Northern Burma, drove enemy
forces from q strongly held position
In the vicinity Of one of the new
landing strips after hand-to- hand
fighting.
Evening star., 1944-03-20

the body when he called at Mrs
Lonergan's fashionable apartment the
next day to keep an appointment
and Emile Peters, butler to John F
Harjes, at whose apartment Loner-
gan stayed the night his wife was
killed.
The prosecutor said he also would
call police officials of New York and
Toronto. Mrs. Lonergan's mother
Mrs. Lucille Burton, and Jack
March, Pelham IN. " tennis player
and friend Of Lonergan. Lonergan
who had been described by Mr.
Broderick as eager for the trial to
get under way, appeared in court
dressed in the same dark-blue, pin
stripe suit he wore at the previous
sessions. He sat at the defense table
and studied the jury panel list.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Knox Backs Measure
For Postwar Military
Planning in Congress
b. the Associated Press.

Asserting that very serious anc
difficult problems" dealing with
military planning will confront the
Nation after the war, Secretary ot
the Navy Knox today Endorsed legis.
lation to set up a special congress
sional postwar military planning
committee.
Mr.. Knox's Endorsement in a let
ter to the House Rules Committee
which expects to clear the legis-
lation for action this week, was
made public by Chairman SABBATH
Mr.. SABBATH, asserting he knew Of nc
opposition to the proposal, predicted
its prompt approval.
Speaker Rayburn and Minority
Leader Martin already have in
dorsed the legislation, as have
Chairmen May of the Military AZ
fairs Committee and Vinson of the
Naval Affairs Committee, both of
whom would be ex-officio members
OF the 2l-man planning group.
II am in thorough accord with the
proposal and hope that such a
select committee will be created"
Mr.. Knox wrote Mr.. SABBATH. I'VE
will have some very serious and
dinacult problems to meet in the
postwar era, and I am sure the
Navy will gain great advantage
from a study of policies by the
members Of the committee"
Representative Woodrum, Demo-
crat, of Virginia already has been
slated to head the committee, with
Representative Wadsworth, New
York, as ranking Republican men,
Der.
Major problems expected to be
tackled as soon as the committee
gets to work include compulsory
military training for II and 1S year
olds in time of peace and formula
ton of policy with respect to
maintenance of Pacific Island
strongholds. Other subjects likely
to be considered, according to Mr..
Wadsworth, author Of the legisla-
ton, include determination of the
size Of the standing Army and Navy
and policies with respect to reten-
tion Of foreign military installa-
tionS.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Raids
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ian Adriatic port of Trieste, while
from. Britain Mosquitoes blasted OBJ
jectves q in Central and Western
Germany without loss.
These raids followed up five
strong attacks landed on Germany
and occupied territory Saturday and
yesterday by American and British
heavy bombers. flying from both
Italy and Britain.
Available figures indicated that
possibly 300 German fighters were
cut-~-from Hitler,s waning air
strength in the Saturday and Sun.
day attacks.
A total Of 47e enemy aircraft had
been shot down OF. destroyed during
l4tlkHAekzbeginnitig last Monday in
Allied operations from both Britain
and italy. Allied planes lost in the
two theaters totaled 1o6.
This total included 80 German
fighters, which Allied headquarters
IN Naples said today were destroyed
In raids into Austria yesterday and
two more destroyed by Mediter-
rancan air forces elsewhere.
In two days 246 German aircraft
had been destroyed In the Mediter-
ranean theater, including 4 large
number caught on the ground In
Saturday raids on five italian air
fields.
Creil Rail Center Attacked.
American Marauders attacked the
Creil rail center north OF paris
and other objectives in France early
today with Thunderholt escort, It
was learned authoritatively.
As the aerial operations contin-
ued, the London Daily Mail said
American four -engined bombers,
flying the Atlantic within 10 days
after leaving the assembly line, were
pouring in at a rate "far outstrip-
ping any losses that may be In
CURED in any raid"
THE volume Of traffic in one re-
cent month was Is times as great
as a year ago." the newspaper quot
ed the chief of one American COM
mand as saying.
| American heavy bOmberS struck
into occupied Europe yesterday from
both Britain and Italy.
Invasion Coast Pounded.
| Flying Fortresses of the 9th Air
Force, escorted by Thunderbolts,
plunged through a heavy barrage at
dusk and pounded the French in
vasion coast in the Pas-de-Calais
area. No enemy fighters were en-
countered. One bomber did not re-
turn.
Both Fortresses and Liberators Of
the 18th Air Force, hopping across
the Alps from italy in a follow-up
operation to their Friday attack on
Vienna, bombed the important
Klagenfurt airdrome and war plants
outside Graz, go miles from Vienna.
Other United States heavy bQmbers
at the same time blasted German
held railway yards and installations
at Knin and Metkovic, in Yugo-
slavia.
The German chemical center Of
Frankfurt was the main target Of
Evening star., 1944-03-20

Saturday nights Raj 1000 bomber
operation, but other formations
swung into France and set fire to
an explosives works at Bergerac, so
miles east Of Bordeaux, and still
others hit into Western Germany.
The British lost 20 planes during
the night.
Last evenings Fortress attack
against the Pas-de- Calais area was
the climax Of day-long operations
against that coast,
Evening star., 1944-03-20

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday TO noon today.)
Highest, 30, at 10 am. Year ago, 81.
Lowest, "a, At 3:l5 pm. Year ago. 43.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, so, on March l6.
Lowest IT, on January 2.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
prom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 90 per cent, at 2:3O am.
Lowest. 3o per cent, at 2:30 pm.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow
Eish - SOC am 6:l3 a. m
Low ----~------ IL 90 am. 1888 . m
High 5:39 pm. Gal p n
Low ----------- 12:36 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 7:ll 1.20
Sun, tomorrow 7:10 7:2l
Moon. today 442 am. 2:54 p m
Automobile lights must be turned O.
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in tn
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1944-03-20
|Vun Nook Minimizes
|'lsoIotionist'> '>Chorqes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, Australia, Mar. 20.--
DR.. Hubertus Van Nook, lieutenant
governor Of the Netherlands Indies,
said yesterday "isolationist propA.
ganda" In the United States tend
ing to deprecate the part Australia
is playing In the Pacific war has
had little influence.
DR.. Van Nook, who recently visited
the United States and Britain, said
wel-informed Americans appreciate
the big Job Australians are doing
in New Guinea while others have
little interest In problems outside
their own country.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Fowl Prices Soar

Many people Of Evesharn, Eng
land, visit nearby farms at week
ends to see their next Christmas
dinners, having bought turkeys for
$40, geese for $40 and chickens for
$40.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Freezing
rain with lowest temperature near
25 degrees tonight. Tomorrow clear
ing and warmer.
Report for Last 4S Hours.
Evening star., 1944-03-20

Grease makes gunpowder! Save
waste kitchen fats. Take them 10
your meat dealer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Widows Squabble,
Funeral Halted
In Atlanta, Ga.

ATLANTA.-(ANP) A funeral
procession was halted Tuesday
through a court order issued BY
Superior Judge Hugh NJ. Dorsey. as
two widows wrangled as TO which
is the legal wife Of the decedent,
Aaron Merritt whose death &C.
cured Jan 6.
The order Issued by Judge Dor
sey halls the funeral services and
inter,nent OF Mr.. Merritt's body. en-
joining Mrs. Allean Merritt and the
HaHley funeral home from proceed
ing with the burial rites. pending
the arrival from California Of Mrs.
Fletcher Merritt, who contends that
she is the only legal wife Of the
dead man.
Mrs. Fletcher Merritt, through her
lawyer. A. T. Walden, claims that
Mrs. Allean Merritt was not legally
married TO the decedent. and that
she is the real Mrs. Merritt, because
no divorce was ever obtained.
The order which halted the fu-
neral also ordered further that the
remains of Mr.. Merritt shall not
be removed from the residence Of
the late Aaron Merritt by either
OF the defendants. except that they
may be carried 10 the funeral par
lors OF the defendant. Hanley COM
pany, and thereafter disposed Of as
the petitioner. Mrs. Fletcher Mer-
rift. shall direct.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Miss. COP Fights
For Control, Lily
White Bloc Stirs

JACKSON, Miss. tANP)-A move
on the part OF lily white Repuoli-
cans 10 control the affairs OF the
Republican party in Mississippi was
indicated here last week when Geo
L. Sheldon. ex-governor OF Nebras-
IA, and a former member OF the
Mississippi legislature, left for
Chicago where he presented a res
olut.on on behalf of the lndepen-
dent Republican party OF Mississip pi
asking control OF the party affairs
OF the state. 10 the national execu-
tive committee.
x-Governor Sheldon came 10
MISSISSIPPI and entered the Repub-
lican affairs Of the state at the in
vitat!on endorsement of the late
Charles Banks. Negro Republican
leader Of Mound Bayou, all-Negro
community. Soon after his accep-
lance into the party organization
he broke with the leaders and be-
came the chief prepayment Of Re-
publican lily-whIteism in the state
The resolution presented by Mr.
Sheldon 10 the national executive
committee sought TO obtain the con-
troll OF the states Republican af-
fairs long directed by the organi-
cation headed by Perry w Howard
as state committeeman, and Mrs.
Mary c. Booze, OF Mound Bayou,
state committeeWoman.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
By LARRY CHISM

Dim street lights. the darkness Of
foggy early winter morning and
unfamiliarity with street car
route were blamed this week for
the DSR accident. resulting in the
serious injury OF 22-year-old
youth and the injury 10 approx
mately 30 other passengers.
II stood by tree and prayed 10
God that no one was hurt badly"
Miss Katherine Robinson of 668 E.
Garfield. the motorette told this re-
porter, as she explained just what
had hap cened at approximately
7:02 am. Saturday.
II was disclosed that the street
car, in the hands Of Miss Robinson
went out Of control while rounding
curve near Fort and Stocker
streets. The car overturned and 80
OF so passengers were injured in
the mishap and were treated for
minor injuries at the Receiving hos
pital.
One Seriously Injured
Roger burst, 81. OF 1928 Liddes-
dale avenue. suffered from
mangled right arm after being
pinned beneath the street car. He
was rescued by workers with saws.
axes and acetlyne torches.
Explaining the accident. Miss
Robinson. s;uden, in the DSR
school for a week. stated that she
had been over the route only once.
in the daytime and was not IA
miliar with the sharp curve. the
scene o. the accident
She disclosed that she had diff
fculty in seeing the tracks. due TO
the early morning darkness and
unfamiliarity with the route. The
nearest light" she explained, was
about 200 feet beyond the curve. I
was going at a good rate Of speed
and didn't see the curve.
My instructor albert Horn. 81,
OF 4l77 Hurbut streeO was stand
ing near by He grabbed the re-
verse lever and the next thing !
knew the car was turning over.
Il braced myself al the controls
and then | was thrown on the floor.
I must have been hurt when the
bar struck me. My back is sore, =
she stated.
Asked how she managed 10 get
out Of the car. Miss Robinson ex-
planned, The instructor must have
broken open window l remember
getting out and hearing women and
people screaming. / didn't know
what 10 do"
She added that she had walked
two miles 10 catch street car and
had reported 10 the car barn al E.
jefferson and ST Jean. after which
she was questioned by Assistant
Prosecutor Basil Considine.
Miss Robinson then told how up
set. nervous and how anxious she
was for The welfare Of her pas
sengers by relating how, in the
emi-darkness OF early morning
she had paused 10 pray 10 God that
the lives OF her passengers be
spared.
A former stenographer and Of
flee worker for Wayne county, Miss
Robinson explained why she had
applied for a job and had attended
the DSR school before being as
signed TO the tragic street car run.
Il felt that there was something
could do to better aid the war
effort" she explained. 80 applied
for the DSR job. Ny boyfriend is
now in the South Pacific in the
army"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Brief Is Filed
For Davis Case
By NAACP Body

NEW YORK. N. Y.-The legal
staff OF the NAACP. has filed
brief amicus curiae IN the case OF
Tee Davis whose peal is pending
in the supreme court Of the state
OF Arkansas.
Davis was convicted by the jury
in the circuit court OF Crlttenden
county in September, 1913. on
charge OF assault 10 kill. He was
sentenced 10 10 years imprisonment.
Davis lived in Edmondson. ark.
which until recently was 100 per
cent Negro community. A white
man named Weaver went 10 look
for some one who was supposed to
have stolen a COW. and knocked on
Davis door and shouted Ito Davis
10 let him in, but he did not iden-
tify himself as law officer. He
started 10 break down the door
Davis became frightened and shot
through the door but did not hit
Weaver. and when one of them iden-
tiled himself as representing the
law. Davis opened the door and
was arrested. He has not been ac-
cilSed of being the person who stole
the COW. but was charged with as
sault TO kill.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
RACE RELATIONS
POLL NOW NEAR
ITS COMPLETION

NEW YORK cITY.-The annual
nationwide poll for the Honor
Roll in Race Relations is nearly
completed. according to DR.. L. D.
Reddick. curator Of the Schomburg
Collection Of the New York Public
library A majority of the ballots
from all sections of the country are
already in and the tabulations have
begun. A committee OF 100 promi-
nent persons representing every
section OF the nation, every field
OF endeavor and every political and
religious view submits the names
OF those Negroes and white persons
who have contributed most TO the
real improvement of race relations
during the past year.
DR.. Reddick warned the public
not to be misled by limitations of
the Honor Roll in Race Relations
He said. For the past five years
the Schomburg Collection of Negro
Literature Of the New York Public
library has conducted the Honor
Roll in Race Relations. We origi-
mated this idea TO fill great public
need. Up TO now this has been the
only Honor Roll in the nation which
has named white persons as well
as Negroes who have fought against
injustice to the Negro and for the
Improvement OF race relations IN
terms of real democracy. This year,
however. certain midwestern
newspaper has begun another Honor
Roll in Race Relations which is
based on the same principle and
uses almost the identical words and
form OF the original Honor Roll
of the Schomburg collection.
The public should not be con.
fused" continued DR.. Reddick. by
limitations or any other fakes which
have the effect OF cheapening the
whole. idea"
AS usual, the official Honor Roll
in Race Relations will be announced
over the Columbia Broadcasting
system and the British Broadcasting
corporation and in the daily and
weekly press during Negro History
week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Negro Churches
Send Seruicemen
100, 900 Booklets

WHEREFORE, Ohio-tANP)-
Colored servicemen will soon re-
ceive 100000 booklets from the FRA
ternal Council of CHURCHES in
America. entitled Messages o.:
Love and Devotion. according ito
an announcement from Bishop R
r. Wright Jr., executive secretary,
this week.
These pamphlets contain 80 pages
and cover and will be sent 10 the
men through the 800 Negro chap
lains OF all denominations as well
as. through the chaplains Of the
navy. More than 40 leading Negro
churchmen have contributed &c the
pamphlet and il is the first pub
lished expression of the Negro
church as a united organization Of
interest in the spiritual hfe. Of the
servicemen, Bishop Wright ex-
blamed.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
|[OZlN2lIH

else or exposure (sometimes
called rheumatic pain) or mus
cular lumbago. Don't De put
off with ifs or butts. Don't just
keep on complaining and bore
ing your friends with your
troubles. Caution: Use only a.
directed. First bottle purchase
price of C-2223 refunded II
not satisfied. Coo and $1.OQ
sizes. Be sure that you ale
ways ask for and get C-2223.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
EVERY ONE ApMIREs LOVELY HAIR
WHY NOT TRY
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Congress Asked
Set F e b. 1 As
Freedom Day

PHILADELPHIA. CAMP Dram
atizing the universal cry for free
dom today. the Negro IS bringing
II closer TO the American home
front by seeking the passage by
Congress OF proclamation declar-
ing February annual National
Freedom day 10 be observed all
over the country. just as Indepen-
dence day. July 4. and Memorial
day. May 80. are duly recognized
and fittingly set aside.
February was selected by the
promoter Of this idea, Maj. r. R
Wright. because il marks the date
in 1855 when the 18th Amendment
for emancipating the slaves was
signed by President Abraham. Lin
coin.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
GRAY HAIR STAYS
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
POSTPONE WASTE DRIVE

At meeting with officials o: the
Board of Education it was decided
to postpone the public school drive
for waste paper Until the first week
in February, according 10 E. A.
Schirmer. waste paper drive chair
man for the Wayne County Salvage
committee.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
CORRECTION

The last sentence of the article
appearing on page one OF the Mich
igan Chronicle list week. concern
ing the Fighting Jackson family
read: Their mother is president"
II should have read: Their mother
is vice president :" We take this
opportunity 10 make this correction.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
A fTT RHEUMATIC PAIN
With q Medicine tbut will PROVE Itself

Hyou want pain-relieving help,
perhaps you can open your
own way toward deliverance
others have enjoyed. Make up
your mind you're going to get
busy and use something that
gets to work quickly on rheu-
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can feel and if you get it you'll
be grateful. So get C-2223,
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Young Motorette Tells
OF Tragic DSR Mishap

Both Horn and Miss Robinson
were released pending further ques-
tioning, Assistant Prosecutor Con-
sidine disclosed this week. Miss
Robinson stated that she had been
asked TO report back 10 training
school this week by the DSR.
The union times., 1944-10-21

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Ca1ling the present ordinance covering health ex- aminations for good handlers and in- spection of buildings in which food is served farce" and a joke" the San Diego County Federated Trades & Labor Council moved into show down fight with county and city health officials.
The union times., 1944-10-21

to act in concert and with speed, to assure to all of us safe conduct through the treacherous no-man's s land of industrial transition which lies ahead"
 MT. Shishkin blasted "prOphets of boom" and those who advocate immediate removal of production, price and other controls when Ger many is subdued. He recalled what happened after the last war, with the boom, which lasted Ia months, followed by a collapse in which un- employment shot up 6,OOO, ,OOO, payrolls shrank A per cent and farm prices and corporate profits dwindled.
 But we must remember - that boom and collapse was child's play compared with what we will get if we try 1t this time,'' he warned.
 The 100000 unemployment total after Germany's defeat will be re- duced to 4,000,000Ebut no less-in the following way according to Mr. Shishkin:
 1,5O0,0O0 retired people, housewives, students who will not seek work after victory.
 100000 workers removed from war production who may be able to con- tinue in their jobs producing for the civilian market.
 100000 workers to be employed in expansion of plant and equipment.
 5OO,O00 workers to be employed to increase inventories of consumer goods.
 100000 workers to be employed on production of consumer durables.
 100000 workers to get jobs in civilian construction, trade, ser vices, etc.
The union times., 1944-10-21
F. L. Sees JobesS Crisis Unless Reconve1sion Is Sbeeed

ing without recommendation for ac- tion with regard to the Little Steel formula. The four labor members, representing the AFL and CIO, were in unanimous opposition to the re- port and termed it an "inexcusable dereliction of duty."
 PEORIA, HI. - Abandoning its usual hands-off policy in presidential elections the Illinois Federation of Labor convention indorsed Pres. Roosevelts reelection. Delegates stood III an ovation to the President as the action was taken.
 CHATTANOOGA, n.-The AFL and CIO here launched a joint campaign to insure the reelection of Pres. Roosevelt.
 WASHINGTON = Public hearings on legislation to raise pay minimums from 40c to 65c an hour were post poned until after the election by the Senate committee on education and labor, giving voters a chance to make the issue test for campaigning con- greSSmen.