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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23

TALLINN CAPTURED Ar
rows indicate Red Army
drives, including the capture
of Tallinn, capital of Estonia.
Other Russian troops took
Paide, Ala and Salderi. Heavy
line is approximate battle
front. "A. P. Wirephoto.
thrust close to the Hungarian raj
functions Of Bekescsaba, ITO miles
east of Budapest, and Szeged, also
on a trunk line leading to the Mag
var capital.
Rail Junction Captured.
Capturing Arad, a 12-way road
and rail junction only 10 miles from
the border, the Russians were press
(See RUSSIA, Page A-2)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
Two Vichy AdmiroIs
Taken Into CUSTODY
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 23.-The Ministry of
the Interior announced today that
Vichy Admirals Georges Robert,
formerly in command at Martinique,
and Jean Esteva, who is accused of
having turned over Tunis and BIZ
zerte to the Nazis, had been taken
into custody.
The special Collaboration Court
in Paris has ordered an inquiry into
the occupation activities of Vichy
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet,
who is now believed to be in Swift
Zerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
Gas Reported Released
By Hit on Reich Plant

BY the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 23.-Gas
alarm was sounded during an Allied
air raid last week on Darmstadt
when a bomb hit a chemical plant,
releasing poison gas, the newspaper
Aftonbladet said today.
Some deaths were caused, the
article quoting private sources said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
Bicycle Rotioning
Abandoned Because
They're So Scarce
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Admins
tration, which rations things
because they are scarce, today
abandoned bicycle rationing for
the same reason.
There are not enough bicycles
on hand or scheduled for pro-
duction to make rationing worth
the trouble, Administrator Ches-
ter Bowles said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23
Portisons Reported
Marching on Athens

| By the Associated Press.
| LONDON. Sept. ga broadcast
by the Toulouse radio today quoted
Ankara reports as saying Greek
Partisans were marching toward
Athens. Cairo dispatches report Ger
mans evacuating Southern Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23

The small party was caught between
two lines Of fire. The woods around
them were set on fire and escape
became impossible. He was ought
with the few survivors of the party
and put In Libby Prison, Richmond,
Va. He was rem wed to the stock
ade at Andersonv. le, Ca, remain
ing there until aft the war. He
(See KLINE, p &c A-l0)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-23

(See story on shtpyard Uorkers
seeking mage increase on
Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Army Using Pictures
In Pilot Instruction
BY the Associated Press.

| BY Ine ASSOClaleQ FIeSS.
Army pilot instruction, from an
Iindoctrination talk through ad-
vanced two-engine operation, has
been put into words and pictures.
The Army Air Forces training
command, in its latest step toward
complete standardization of flying
school technique, made public yes
terday two sets of manuals, each
having a volume on primary, basic,
advanced single engine and ad-
vanced two-engine flying. One set
covers the subject for the student,
the other for the instructor.
The books contain more than
1000 drawings and present,
graphically, for the first time" I"
AAFTC said, THE training COM
mands standardized instruction
technique based on the aggregate
experience of millions of hours OF
flight instruction plus an equally
staggering total of hours flown in
combat"
The manuals, totaling nearly 500
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Scarlet Fever Claims
IA New Victims Here

Fourteen new cases of scarlet
fever and 43 new cases of measles
were reported yesterday, the Health
Department has announced, bring
ing the total of scarlet fever cases
since January l to 2,712 and meas
les cases to 20l9.
A total of 478 persons now are
under quarantine with scarlet fever
No new cases of contagious menin-
gifts have been reported, the de-
partment said.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
NAVY.
TnHleG,1e JNhn
Invasion Prayers

A resolution urging Arlington
County residents to offer special
prayers on the day the invasion of
Europe begins, and asking the
churches to remain open for those
wishing to pray, was adopted last
week by the Executive Committee
OF the Arlington Council of Church
Women. The committee also re-
ouested a countrywide observance of
prayer during the invasion.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Red Cross Drive Tops
Goal by S11,OOO,OOO

BY the Associated Press
The Red Cross announced last
night it had exceeded its 5000. 900 900
war fund goal for 1914 by more than
$11 100000
THE response of the American
people has been magnificent" said
Leon Fraser, National campaign
chairman.
The 1914 campaign started March
l.. So far 3,180 of the 3,749 Red
Cross chapters have reached or
passed their quotas.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
laps Stopped in China,
Pinned Down in India
And Blasted in Pacific
BY the Associated Press.

Ns tiN hSSONldteu FIeSS.
Allied commanders celebrated
Emperor Hirohito's 43d birthday
anniversary yesterday by an
nouncing his crack troops hac
been thrown back in China, his
jungle forces pinned down ir
India and his Pacific air bases
blasted by bombs.
Tokyo broadcast that the En-
peror himself was deeply concern.
ed with intensified aircraft pro-
duction," presumably to replace
Japans disproportionate air losses
from incesssnt American attacks
Gen Douglas Macarthur an
rounced the seizure of the fourth
Japanese airfield in the Hollandia
area of Dutch New Guinea. II
was the Tami field, the seventh or
New Guinea taken by Allied troops
within a week. The japanese fed
American bombers hit other
Japanese airfields on the Southwest
and South Pacific front and lashed
at three aerial bases in the Central
Pacific Carolines.
More Jap Planes Destroyed.
Far. beyond Hollandia four Jap
anese planes were destroyed at the
Wake airdrome. Other American
bombers struck at Wewak's four by
passed airfields on Hollandia's op-
posite. flank. Three Japanese air.
craft retaliated by raiding the
captured Aitape field, between
Wewak and Hollandia.
One big Solomons-based bomber
was lost striking at the Central
Caroline fortress of Huk, but no
losses were reported in an attack
on nearby Wolesi or on Ponape,
eastern outpost of Truk.
Chungking announced that seq
ments of the Kwantung army,
Japan's finest, were halted on three
thrusts in China's Northern Honan
Province. Chinese counterattacked
in the outskirts of Mihsien, to
lessen the threat to Loyang, so
miles to the northwest. Japanese
were reported driven from Hulao
Pass in another threat toward
Loyang. To the west a southwark
drive of the invaders was halted,
Chungking said
Situation in India Improves.
Further improvement of the Allied
situation in India was reported by
the Southeast Asia communique.
Liquidation of remaining enemy
strong points continued" around the
British base of Kohima, while so
miles to the south Allied spearheads
spread through the jungles like q
fan around Imphal. These are
movements to locate and pin down
the invaders.
Later we intend to attack and
destroy the enemy" Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten's headquarters
said in answer to a series of ques-
tions from the Associated Press.
Says Uneasiness Unjustified.
The statement said uneasiness
felt in America over the Southeast
Asia situation was unjustified, that
the japanese offensive has not dis
located the Allied schedule nor
hampered construction of the Ledo
supply road to China, and even
enemy success would not force with
drawal from North Burma nor ham,
per air-supplied forces operating
behind japanese lines in Central
Burma.
trained Chinese : caR
tured two more villages on the
eastern side Of North Burma's Mo-
gaung Valley. In Southwest Burma
two japanese patrols fought each
other in the wark. while an Allied
patrol added to the confusion by
firing on both.
Airfelds on mountainous Ponape
Island, eastern buffer for the Gen.
trail Pacific bastion of Truk were
bombed by United States Army
planes for the 34th time this month
Evening star., 1944-04-30
81 Men From District
Enter Armed Forces

Sixty-one District men were sworn
into the armed forces yesterday.
The group included 80 selectees for
the Army and 28 for the Navy.
The list follows:
Evening star., 1944-04-30

pages in q set, are loose-leaf and
will be kept up to date by supple
mental sheets.
Evening star., 1944-04-30

Back our fighting boys with your
fighting War Bond dollars.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
lsWRshonm;q
&Remiindery@)

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Q-8 good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10
points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-All meats except
beef steaks and roast beef now
point free Red stamps A-8
through T-8 continue good indefi-
nitely for 10 points each. Until
further notice, three red stamps
will be validated every four weeks
instead of every two weeks
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound of waste kitchen fats you
turn in. The fact that lard, Short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection is less
essential.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l and 2 in
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Sugar-Book No. stamps 80 and 81
valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 1, stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
GasOline-No. 10-A coupons now
good for gallons each through
August 5. B-2, CO, B-3 and C-3
coupons good for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81. Consum-
ers in this area should not have
used more than 81 per cent Of
their total yearly fuel oil ration ss
of May l.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
BY WALTER McCALLUM,

A UNITED STATES FIGHTER
BASE IN ENGLAND.-Figh air.
craft pilots from the Washington
area are playing an increasingly i'm
pOrtant part in the preinvaSion air
battle of Europe as mighty air fleets
of size never dreamed of batter
and tear at the European fortress.
The 9th Air Force, announced as
being based in Britain only a few
weeks before, now becomes the in
vasion battle force, it has been made
known It's pilots and planes will
go ahead of the troops; bombing
and strafing enemy installations in
manner far beyond anything the
German blitz of 1910 knew.
More pilots from the Washington
area are flying fast fighter planes
over enemy territory nowadays and
are. knocking down their share of
Germans or destroying German
planes on the ground.
Gets Two ferries.
One of the newest conquerers of
Germans in the air, moving up the
ladder toward the rating of ace
bestowed with five aerial Victories
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Riding gHorses
Held at Pound
| After Rampage

Three horses that broke out of
the Sligo Riding School at Riggs
road and East West highway, Ia
Koma Park Md, yesterday will be
returned to their stalls today after
spending a night in the dog pound
Takoma park police first heard
of the small stampede when calls
began coming in from franctic Vic
tory gardeners that horses were
running their vegetable patches.
After a chase of approximately 2
miles, one OF the horses was lassoed
by Police 1t. Earl Thomas with the
help of Policeman Ira Hover, and
the other two horses we're rounded
up by Maj. William F. Fischer, SUI
perintendent of streets, and his
crew.
Police said the horses were herded
into the dog pound and a search
for their owner was begun. They
said the manager of the riding
school was located last night and
promised to send for the horses
today.
An lmpounding fee of 81 will be
charged for each horse, police said.
plus cost of feed and any damage
they may have caused.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Prominent NeuroIoqist
Held for Observation

DR. Walter Max Kraus, 81, prom
inent neurologist, formerly of New
York. who had been residing here
at the Gordon Hotel has been
placed in Gallinger Hospital for
mental observation on a recon-
mendation by the Secret Service.
No official charges have been
placed against him. 1t was said he
had approached several public
officials with a panacea for world
ills
DR.. Kraus served as a captain in
the Army Medical Corps during the
World War, and had been a ajor
in the Reserve Corps from 1925 to
1886. He taught at Columbia Uni
versity, and later was associate
neuologist at Cornell University from
1926 to 1882 He is a charter mem
Der of. the Military Order of the
World War, and belonged to many
organizations, including the Jewish
War Veterans, several historical So
cleties and American and foreign
medical societies.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Antique Chinese Costumes
Worn by Students in PLAY

Ten Hine Junior High School stu
dents wore Chinese gowns more than
100 years old today as they presented
a Chinese play, THE Thrice Promised
Bride" for their schoolmates.
The costumes are antiques owned
by the teacher directing the play,
Mrs. Adelaide Truesdell, 70l Shep-
herd street NV. Born in China,
the daughter of Congregational
missionaries, Mrs. Truesdell collected
the costumes when she returned to
China several years ago to teach for
three years. She has been teaching
English at Hine for two years.
The leading roles in the production
were played by Jane Kovalcik, IA,
5l3 B street Sc; Charles Edwin
Shoup, IA. 568 Second street Sc, and
Donald Youmans, IA, 1926 Eighth
street Sc.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Hearing on BergdoI| Tract
Rezoning Petition DELAYED

Hearing on a petition to rezone
the Bergdeil tract in Somerset has
been postponed until pm. Septem-
ber 25 after conference between
members Of the Montgomery County
Board of Commissioners. James w
Gill attorney for the petitioners, and
William Stohlman, attorney for the
town Of Somerset at the Bethesda
County Building yesterday.
Hope was expressed at the con-
ference that the master plan for
land use, now under preparation by
the Maryland Park and Planning
Commission, would be nearing COM
pletion by that time and that resi-
dents of the area interested in the
rezoning would have returned from
their summer vacations
The petition requested that the
property be rezoned to permit the
construction of apartment houses.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Red Cross Seeks 10 Hire
Stenographers, Typists

Threatened with possible curtail.
ment of war work because of q
shortage of paid personnel, the
American Red Cross issued an ur-
gent appeal last night for stenog-
raphers and typists The appeaI
was directed particularly to unem-
ployed married women.
The Red Cross Home Service
which maintains a two-Way com
munication system for servicemer
and their families, needs 35 stenog-
raphers and typists. The Supply
Service also needs typists. stenogra
pliers and a receiving clerk and q
packer.
Women interested, preferably
those with business background
are asked to get in touch with Miss
Dorothy Yoder, Red Cross National
Headquarters, Eighteenth street
NV, between D and E streets. on
week days between $50 am. and
5 pm, and on Saturdays between
$50 am. and ! pm.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
NCHA Plans
To Shift SuitIand
Houses toD.C.
| Sites Sought for $50
| Portfolio Units to
| Shelter Negroes

With public housing units for
white families going begging and
dwellings for Negroes at a premium
the National Capital Housing Au-
thority is considering a plan for
moving $50 units from the Carry
Houses, white settlement at Suitland.
Md, to site within the District
to help alleviate the acute Negro
housing problem, John Ihlder, ex-
ecutive officer of the NCEA said to-
day.
The undertaking is the Joint re-
sponsibility of the National Housing
Authority and the local agency, but
spokesman for the former said
action depended on Mr.. Ihlder's sue
cess in locating place for the units.
Two sites are being considered but
the one chosen will not be an
nounced until plans definitely are
completed.
165 Vacancies In Unit.
The units from Garry Houses,
where there are 1855 vacancies,
would be dismantled and trans
ported to the District by truck. A
total ofs315 units were constructed
at the Suitland site for an expected
influx of workers who were to be
employed in Government. agency
there. But there was a shift in
plans, Mr.. Ihlder said, and the
Census Bureau was located there
instead, leaving the Carry develop-
ment sparsely populated.
A total of 888 white public housing
units still remain to be rented Mr..
1hlder said, but he added that these
are being disposed of at the rate
OF about 100 per month. OF total
OF 495 built in the Lily Pons set
tlement at Kenilworth 398 are still
to be rented, while 325 of 500 units
constructed at Calvert Houses, near
College Park, Md, are tenantless.
Regulations governing rental of
dwellings at Garry Houses, Lily Pons
and Calvert Houses have been re-
laxed to make them available to
war workers already living in this
area, servicemen's families and vet
Grams returned from war fronts.
Heretofore only in-migrate war
workers have been eligible to live
| in them.
Need for Colored Housing.
All of the dwellings constructed
for colored occupancy have been
filled and there is a crying need for
more. Mr.. Ihlder said the NCHA
was obliged to permit as many as
eight and nine persons to occupy
four bedroom unit and that in 9TH
ers living rooms were being pressed
into service for bedrooms.
Some 5000 new units, approxi-
mately 1000 of white will be built
by private interests-some in near
by Virginia-have been programmed
by the MIA for this year, but will
not be ready until December or
January, MIR. Ihlder said. What to
be done In the meanwhile is a prob
lem of first magnitude. All priori-
ties for housing since last August
have been allocated to Negro devel-
opments.
Mr.. Ihlder said that a private
builders project for colored at Ala
bama avenue and Stanton road Sc,
where 300 units are contemplated,
might be begun this year, and that
the .NCHA probably would 60 ahead
with plans for 470 additional units
at Fiftieth street, beginning at Divi-
sion street NE.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Over There With Men From Here
IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED
BY D. C.. PILOTS IN EUROPE
With Men From Here

mands, both ground and air. will
provide troops wit ha long ar
tillery arm, as well as a protective
fighter screen.
ThreefOld Job.
The job of the 9th Fighter Com
mand will be threefold First, 1t will
take the offensive ahead of moving
ground troops, dive bombing enemy
troop concentrations, gun positions
supply depots, communication lines
| fuel stores and ammunition dumps
| of all kinds. Second, it will provide
aerial cover against enemy air forces
attempting to bomb or Strafe our
men and positions. Third, it will
provide photos of terrain and enemy
positions.
Up to now the 9th has been oper-
ating as long-range fighter COM
mand providing cover for the bomb
ers. pounding away at enemy in
stallations both in nearby France
and far into Germany. The fighters
and bombers have been concentrat-
ing recently on German rail lines,
while high-altitude reconnaissance
work has been done by speedy P-38s,
with the PATS and P-51s penetrat-
ing deep into enemy territory
searching out the elusive Luftwaffe
1t. Martyr. "a, son of Mrs. Doro-
thy Parker of the same address, at
tended Central High School and be-
fore his enlistment in June, 1941,
was a Government worker here, &C
'cording to his stepsister, Miss Peggy
Parker. He was stationed at Aloe.
Tex, before he went overseas in Oc-
tober, she said.
Native of Capital.
1t. Mueller "a, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ludwig Mueller, live at the
Dahlia street address, is native
Washingtonian. He attended Roose-
welt High School and worked at the
War Department prior to his enlist
ment two years ago.
He wears the Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distin-
guished Flying Cross. He received his
commission at Napier Field, Ala.
year ago and has been overseas since
August
A brother, Second 1t. Rudy w.
Mueller, formerly pilot instructor,
is stationed in Merced, Calf. He
pilots P-33.
Wears Air Medal.
1t. Charles w. Kipfer, 25, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kipfer of the
same address, was a student at the
University of Washington, Seattle,
before he enlisted in the air forces
two years ago Formerly of Peoria,
Ill, he was commissioned in Octo-
Der 1912 at Foster Field. Tex. He
has been overseas since May, 1943,
and wears the Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distin-
guished Flying Cross 1t. Kipfer's
wife, Mrs. Lynn Kipfer, and their
infant daughter, Judy, live in Rich
mond.
1t. Kipfer and 1t. Mueller, accord
ing to an Associated Press dispatch
in The Star March Is, were two of
a pilots commended for gallantry
and skill March IA, when the Thun-
derbolt pilots disregarded their
dwindling fuel supply and returned
to help Liberators fight off an en-
emy attack after a raid on Lud-
wigshafen.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Cleveland Man Head,
Investigators After
Civil Service Shifts

Sweeping changes were announced
today by the Civil Service Commits
sion in the handling of loyalty cases
The changes include establishment
of a. Loyalty Rating Board to make
initial decisions in loyalty cases, ap-
pointment of two new members tc
the Board of Appeals and Review
and the selection of Fordyce w
Luikart, at present in charge of the
commission Office in Cleveland, al
chief of the investigations division
Lawrence v. Meloy, World Wal
veteran with the commission since
1910. has been appointed chairman
of the newly established Loyalty
Rating Board.
Handled Hatch Cases.
He recently has handled Hatch
Act cases before the trial examiner
He will be assisted by Miss Kath-
crime A. Frederic, staff representa-
tive of the examining and personnel
utilization division of the commits
sion. and Robert J. Fem, assistant
field supervisor in the Investigations
division. In the absence of Mr..
Meloy, Farrar Smith. assistant to
the executive director of the COM
mission, will serve as alternate
chairman
Procedure under the new set up
calls for the direct forwarding to
the Loyalty Rating Board of derog-
atory information developed during
the investigation of an applicant.
A detailed summary in writing is
then sent to the person being in
vestigated, who is given reasonable
time to file written answer. The
applicant also may appear, with or
without counsel, before the board
and ask persons to testify in his
behalf. An adverse ruling will leave
the applicant with the privilege of
appealing to the commissions Board
of Appeals and Review.
Yaden, Steely Named.
The new members of the Board of
Appeals and Review are James G.
Yaden, associate chief of the in
vestigations division, and Newton
Steely, assistant chief of the investi-
cations division The board now
has four, instead of three, members,
though only three will sit on any one
case. Members will serve on a ro-
tating basis. freeing one member to
prepare recommendations to the
commission after appeals are heard.
William H. McMillen, present chief
of the Investigations division, has
been placed in charge of inspection
and training activities of the in
VeStigations division