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Evening star., 1944-01-03

where they had been acting as guard
in case the Scharnhorst broke back
in that direction.
Attack Made With Torpedoes.
Between 1881 (7:31 pm.) and 1910
G:40 pm. the Belfast and Jamaica
attacked with torpedoes from one
side of the Scharnhorst and the
destroyers from the other. Many
hits were scored, and it is i'm
possible to say at present what ship
or ships may have fired the final
shot. 1t can only be said that
somewhere between these times she
sank In position not far to the
northward of North Cape.
1t only remained to carry out a
search Of the area for survivors
and other evidence of her end, and
this resulted in the Matchless pick
ing up 6 and the Scorpion 30 from
the sea. So the action ended.
The cruisers had by their dogged
pugnacity given safe conduct to the
convoy and delivered the enemy
to the Duke of York. The Duke
of York fought the Scharnhorst
hard, skilfully and well, and after
being subjected to the full weight
Of the enemy's fire for over an hour
and a half won capital ship gun
action at night.
The skilled handling of the Saw
age, Saumarez, Scorpion and Stord,
in instantly perceiving the oppor-
tunity for their audacious attack.
and the gallant way in which they
pressed it home under intense fire.
insured the eventual destruction of
the Scharnhorst.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
American AdmiruIs
Honored by George VI
BY the Associated Press.

by lne Associated PTeSS.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL
giers, Jan. 3.-Vice Admiral H. K.
Hewitt, commander of American
naval forces in the North African
theater, has been named knight
commander of the Order of the Bath
by King George vi in recognition of
his services during Mediterranean
operations.
Others receiving honorary men,
berships as knights of the Bath are
Rear Admiral Spencer L. Lewis Of
Calvert, Tex; Admiral Hewitt's chief
OF staff, Rear Admiral Richard L.
Connolly of Washington, and Rear
Admiral Lyal A. Davidson of New
port, r. l., for their part in the
Sicilian campaign.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Soviet Press Predicts
More Atrocity Trials;
Hits Foreign Criticism
by the Associated Press.

Oy Inc hooUCihte0 fIfSS.
MOSCOW, Jan. 3.-The Soviet
trade journal War and the Working
Glass yesterday replied to foreign
criticism Of the Kharkov war GRIM
inal trials and asserted this was
only one Of the first blows inflicted
on the hideous Fascist beast"
The journal intimated there soon
would be further trials similar to
those last month in which three
German soldiers and a Russian
traitor were prosecuted for atrocities
during the occupation of Kharkov.
Some foreign comment on the
trials was described as surprising"
and the article said such reaction
can hardly assist in any way the
immediate, rightful prosecution of
Hitlerite criminals"
The magazine scolded the British
newspaper, the Yorkshire Post, for
suggesting that prosecution be put
Oh until after the war, and said, ut
would be a good idea for them to
take into consideration that true de-
mands for the immediate trial of
Hitlerite savages fulfill the lawful
right Of nations and are in accord
ance with international law"
The Manchester Guardian was
reproved for saying the Russians
were acting in their own way by the
trials.
Soviet law is taking its own path
to the same extent that the heroic
Red Army is taking its path that is
in complete unity with the Allies"
the magazine said.
1t agreed that the fourth conven-
tion Of The Hague of 1907 providing
humane treatment for prisoners of
war should be followed "but this does
not mean by any means that men in
service can evade trial for hideous
crimes and does not give them am
nesty for all they did before becom-
ing prisoners"
The articles recalled the 29th
Geneva Convention of 1929 provided
signatories should take measures to
enforce their laws during wartime
and that the Supreme Soviet ukase
of April 10, 1943, authorized the
courts to take immediate action
against criminals.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
D. c. Woman to Sponsor
Ship Named for Husband
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 3.-The Bethlehem
Steel Co.'S bingham shipyard will
launch on January 8 its first two
destroyers Of 1914 to continue it's
record breaking shipbuilding of the
past year, the 1st Naval District
office announced yesterday.
The U. S. S. Leslie L. B. Knox is
named in honor Of the naval aviator
lieutenant who was killed in the
battle of the Coral Sea, May 7, 1912.
The other destroyer, the U. S. S.
McNulty, is named after 1t. John
Thomas McNulty, Philadelphia. who
went down with the cruiser Astoria
in the Solomon Island area August
9, 1912.
The widows of the two officers.
Mrs. Louis Kennedy Knox. WASH
ington, and Mrs. Helen K. McNulty
of Philadelphia, will ehristen the
ships.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Swim in Icy Potomac
Prevented by Police

Policemen r. c. Schwabb and R.
S. Evans, accustomed to many
strange sights, looked twice yester-
day when they observed a man clad
only in bathing trunks preparing
to take swim in the icy Potomac
River.
The officers grabbed the man,
identified as Lawrence B. Jacobs,
26, of the $500 block L street NV,
as he prepared to dive from a bridge
abutment at Wisconsin avenue and
K street NV.
The policemen said Jacobs told
them he wanted to cool off," He
was taken to Gallinger Hospital for
mental observation, police said.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Osmena Urges Postwar
Defense Of Philippines
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. s. Sergio
Osemna, Vice President of the
Philippines, declared yesterday that
maintenance of adequate naval
and air bases" in the Philippines
after the war will assure the mu-
tual protection" of the islands and
of the United States.
ITO the Philippines" he said in
a speech delivered at ceremonies
commemorating the 47th anniver-
sary of the martyrdom of Jose Rizal,
Filipino patriot, such plans are
vital to its liberty and growth. To
the United States such plans mean
that no enemy may approach your
western shores"
Declaring there is strong need
also for cultural and political COL
laboration after the war, Vice Presi-
dent Osmena said that by being
close allies the United States and
the Philippines will 60 long way
toward the building up of a new
world of peace, justice. democracy
and freedom"
Evening star., 1944-01-03

earlier than would seem proper for
military considerations"
The broadcast declared that one
such political reason is that Moscow
"is not satisfied with the Is to 80
divisions engaged on the Italian
front"
Increasing reinforcements of
American and British armies in
Southern England, the accumula-
ton OF shipping space in numerous
British ports, the preparation of a
transport fleet of several hundred
thousand tons, and finally British
and American efforts to weaken
German defenses by air assault have
been noted" the broadcast con-
tinued.
Giving point to Berlin's obvious
concern was the increase in United
States soldiers of all typessobserved
here, some of them obviously new
arrivals. Some wear the ankle boots
of parachute troops and air-borne
divisions. Others are airmen, in
fantrymen, artillerymen and en-
gineers.
In a broadcast reported by the
Office of War Information, the Hun
garian radio quoted a Budapest
newspaper, vi Magyarsag, as saying
that "the Allies possess numerically
superior forces" and are In a posi-
ton ito start the invasion OF Eu-
rope"
In the past year the Anglo
American powers had only 80 land
divisions" said the broadcast arti-
Gle, and in the present year they
will have $780,"
At the same time, another Hun
garian broadcast reported by the
Owl quoted Gen. Franz Szomba-
thelyi, chief of staff of the Hun
garian Army, as telling his country
men:
The war is near its end, but only
after costly fighting which will
bring war ever nearer to our from
tiers and may even spread across
them"
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Postal Receipts Set
Record in New York

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Assistant
Postmaster John w. Lynch an
nounced yesterday that postal re-
ceipts for the past calendar year
in New York totaled $4,000 ,00O-
$4,000, 900 more than in any boom
year of the 1920s.
During the overseas mailing pc
riod, he said, the local post Office
received 10000 sacks of mail and
dispatched an estimated 10000 900
Christmas gifts for servicemen.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Postwar Rocket Trains
Figure in 1okio's Dreams
By the Associated Press.

oS tHc hoSOCldteu FEeS8.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3-Blithely
taking time of from their military
reverses in China and the Pacific.
the Japanese yesterday turned to a
beguiling description Of fine new
world after the war-when rocket
driven Tokio-Berlin express trains
will glide along the ceiling of the
world"
AS recorded by owl, a Toxic
broadcast to Central America
painted this Japanese dream of the
World-to-be-when all Japan's and
Germanys enemies have been van.
quished:
Locomotives driven partly by
propellers and probably also by
rockets" will speed along a new
railroad, passing through a tunnel
under the Sea Of Japan, trayersine
plains, deserts, mountains and
marshes. crossing the Pamir Plateau.
the ceiling of the world" and finally
connecting with the Berlin-Baghdad
railroad.
However great the difficulties
may be, the benefits to be derived
from such line can easily be
imagined" the broadcast concluded.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Belgrade Rumors Soy
Allies Are Preparing
YuqosIov Invasion
BY the Associated Press,

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 3.-A Bu-
dapest dispatch to the Stock
holm -Tidningen today said ru-
mors circulating in Belgrade de-
clared the Allies were setting
the stage for an invasion of Yu-
goslavia by making landings and
establishing bridgeheads on the
small islands off the Dalmatian
coast in the Adriatic.
The dispatch added that a
large marjority Of the Partisans
and guerrillas operating against
the Germans in Yugoslavia and
Greece have now been united
under the leadership of Mar
shall Josip Broz (Tito).
The dispatch said many of
Tito's divisions now were COM
manded by Allied officers, pre-
sumably American and British.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Partisans Menace
Nazi Headquarters
In Central Bosnia
n the Associated Prsse.

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Yugoslav
Partisans have occupied halt of
the city of Banjaluka, mining
and agricultural city in Central
Bosnia and staff headquarters
for the Sd German Tank Army
intrusted with the defense Of
the Nazi-held Adriatic coast,
the Yugoslav Liberation Army
announced today.
The war bulletin Of Marshal
Josip Broz (Tito), broadcast by the
Free Yugoslav radio and recorded
by the Associated Press, declared
bloody fighting was raging in the
streets OF Banjaluka, and that many
German officers and men have been
taken prisoner.
The German garrison in Novo
Mesto, 40 miles east Of Zagreb in
Eastern Slovenia and 80 miles from
the Italian border, also was being
besieged, and Tito's communique
said all German attempts to break
out had failed.
The attack on Banjaluka was
launched late on New Year eve and
took the German garrison by sur
prise. The city lies AZ miles north
Of the town Of Jajce, reportedly main
headquarters Of Marshal Tito's army
staff, and is the southern terminus
of a military railway running from
zagreb to the Vrbas River.
The Yugoslav communique re-
ported hard but inconclusive fight
ing throughout Eastern Bosnia,
Herzegovina and Montenegro, with
the Partisans on the offensive in the
two latter provinces.
The German high command yes
terday claimed the capture of the
Island of Mljet off the Dalmatian
coast in the Adriatic Sea, in what
was regarded as a renewed furry
of Nazi naval activity rejecting
their nervousness over the possibil-
ity Of an Allied Balkan invasion by
that route. Mljet lies ITO miles east
across the Adriatic from the Italian
coast where the British 9th Army
is battling the Germans north of
Ortona. 1t is IS miles southeast of
Korcula, another island which the
Germans claimed to have occupied
last week.
Other light Nazi naval forces were
shelling the Island of Logosta, mid
way between Korcula and Mljet
the Berlin radio said, evidently as
part of a methodical campaign to
cut of Tito's forces from their base
of supplies in Allied-held Southern
Tta1v
Evening star., 1944-01-03

OF what they call the wonders Von's
Tablets have done for them. This gentle
formula aims to counteract surplus. irri-
tating stomach acid and to bring relief
from such conditions If you suffer from
indigestion. gas, heartburn, belching. bloat-
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due to excess stomach acid-you. too,
should try Von's for prompt relief
Fight at home without rigid liquid
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$500, $3.50 sizes. At YOUR Druggist.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
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Evening star., 1944-01-03
Martha Roye Sued for Taxes

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 R.-In-
ternal Revenue Collector Harry c.
Westover has filed an income tax
hen against Actress Martha Rave.
claiming she still owes the Govern
ment S18,315 from her 1912 earnings
Evening star., 1944-01-03

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Very quickly, Cspudine begins TO relieve
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Use cspudine. Follow directions on label.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Nazi Propagandisis
Pour Forth Stream
OF Invasion Talk
Increasing Number Of
US. Troops Throne
london Streets
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSoclAted Press.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-German
propaganda outlets poured forth
a stream of invasion talk today
as an increasing number of
American troops thronged the
streets of London.
Competent circles believe" said
one Berlin broadcast, "that-com-
PEELED by political reasons-invasion
armies which stand in readiness in
Southern England may hit out
Evening star., 1944-01-03
ONIONS?
CABBAGE?
cAuLIFL0WER?

All unpleasant cooking odors vanish
when you use air-wick, the amazing
discovery that makes indoor air
|garden-fresh. All you have to do is
shake the bottle, uncap it and pull
up the wick. Nothing to light, burn
|or spray, air-wick costs only cent
|or so a day-and it's not rationed.
Get a bottle today. At grocery, drug,
variety, hardware, chain and depart
|ment stores. seemau Brothers, Inc,
New York Is. y. Y. distributors.
Evening star., 1944-01-03

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Evening star., 1944-12-01
Separation Center
Al Meade Unlikely

Projected plans for a separation
center at Fort Meade, Md, to dis
charge soldiers from the Washing
ton area may have to be discarded
for lack of space, it was learned
today.
The Army announced several
months ago that Fort Meade was
to be the separation center for this
area. 1t still is under consideration,
but the War Department is now
considering several other sites in
this area.
The Sd Service Command, of
which Washington is part, is the
only one in the country without a
separation center either planned or
in operation, the Army spokesman
said.
The center was due to start opera
tions more than week ago at Fort
Meade under command of Col
Joseph A. Haig, but the Army
spokesman said at the last minute
it was found space couldn't be
spared.
The Army has established 18 CEN
ters throughout the country to re-
lease men as near as possible to the
point from which they were inducted
into the service Until the War De-
partment chooses a location for this
service commands center. Washing
ton men will continue to be dis
charged from Fort Dix, N. j..
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Maid Is Fined $40
For S|apping Mistress

Mrs Martha Bowie, 80. colored, a
domestic who lives near Laytons-
vile, Nd. was fined $40 in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court at
Rockville yesterday on charge of
assaulting her employer, Mrs. Clar-
ence Small, Laytonsville.
Mrs. Bowie, through her attorney,
Sumner Wood, had appealed from a
one-year sentence imposed in Au-
gust by Trial Magistrate Emma
Waldrop in Rockville Polio Court.
The case had aroused considerable
interest in the county because of
the severity of the sentence.
In imposing the fine Judge Charles
w. Woodward emphasized that both
the white and colored races are
guaranteed equal justice in court.
He also expressed regret that the
racial question was raised in the
case.
Mrs. Bowie testified that she
slapped" Mrs. Small on the neck
July II because her employer called
her very bad name" as Mrs. Small
was driving her home.
Denying that she had struck Mrs.
Small In the chest with her fist, Mrs.
Bowie, mother of six children, said
both she and her employer had been
drinking
Mrs. Small denied calling Mrs.
Bowie bad name adding that
Mrs. Bowie struck her in the chest
with her fist after Mrs. Small told
her she could not continue to drive
her home. Mrs. Small also said she
never drinks.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
laWRshoniinq


Canned Goods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8; AS
through rs and Az and B-2
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-s
through z-8 and AS through P-5
good Indefinitely for 10 points
each. Stamps Q-5, Rs and SIS
good Sunday.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 30 through
"a valid for pounds Indefinitely
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Gasoline-A-13 coupons good for 4
gallons each through December
21. ALA coupons valid for 4
gallons each on December %.
B-4, CA, B-5 and C-5 coupons
good for gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period l.,
1944-5 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than II per cent of their ration as
of November ~.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Flag Honoring Soldier
Given Falls Church School

An American flag, dedicated to the
memory of Pvt. Roy Louis Gilbert,
former resident Of Falls Church, was
presented to the Chesterbrook (VaD
Elementary School by Falls Church
Post No. 130.- American Legion, in
special exercises in the school au-
ditorium.
The presentation was made by Mrs.
Eleanor Gilbert, widow of the soldier
who lost his life at sea in the
Mediterranean area last April. Capt
Leroy Cloud of the School Patrol,
accepted on behalf OF the student
body. . -
Brief talks were made by Fred
Shrouse, commander of Falls Church
Post, and Dan Campbell, vice pres
ident of the G. A. r. Memorial Day
Committee. Thomas Pace, vice pres
ident of the Chesterbrook PTA,
presided. The Rev. Burnen Pamill
pronounced the benediction.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Cottage City Residents
Seek Ban on LIQUOR

A committee to represent Cottage
City (Md) residents in a petition to
the General Assembly to limit the
sale Of alcoholic beverages in the
town to light wines and beers and
to provide for midnight closing houas
for taverns, was named last night
at a meeting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. P. E. Houck, 3701 Thirty
seventh avenue. Cottage City.
The committee, headed by Mr..
Houck, includes Mr.. and Mrs. Law
ton Luther, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert K.
Thiebauld, Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Hum
keller, Mrs. I. G. Anderson, Mrs,
Houck, Albert S. Clark, E. r. Chinn,
j. F. Downs, George c. Lang and
M. M. Reid
Mr.. Houck said the committee will
sponsor legislation to allow the COM
munity to control the sale of alco-
holic beverages within the town
limits. He pointed out Hyattsville,
only "a mile up the road" allows
only beer and light wines to be sold
in the town limits.
He emphasized that the organ
ization is not identified with any
dry movement.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
D. {. Passenger Tire
Quota Is Increased

District motorists eligible for new
passenger tires will have $50 more
available this month over November
but the Once OF Price Administra-
ton indicated A-book holders may
have to wait beyond next spring.
Production increases anticipated
for passenger tires may not be real
lied for some time" OPA said in an
nouncing that some passenger tire
facilities may be diverted to produc-
ing tires for Army jeeps.
The District quota of new passen-
ger tires for December is sits COM
pared with 5,513 last month. Small
bus and truck tires total 942 COM
pared with 965, and heavy bus and
truck tires total 359 as opposed to
351 in November.
The District OPA said there was
only small backlog of applica-
tions for passenger tires, although
small truck tire applications have
been heavy.
The national passenger car tire
quota for December Is 2.00o, 900. the
largest ALLEGATION to date, 10000
over November.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
FBI Arrests Official
Of kensington Bank
On Charges Of Theft
George lie Compile Smith
Is Accused Of Tokinq
$3,678 Since 1899

The. arrest of George LIE Compte
Smith, 38, of Baltimore, for the al
legged theft OF $3,678.34 over a Pc
riod OF five years from the Kensing-
ton branch OF. the Farmers Banking
g. Trust Co. of Montgomery County
was announced today by j. w. Vim
cent, special agent In charge of the
Baltimore ONCE of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation.
Smith, employed by various bank
ing houses in Maryland since 1926
was president OF the Poolesville
Bank in 1886 when the Farmers
Banking & Trust Co. purchased 1t.
He became cashier of the Kensing-
ton branch and held that position
until his discharge on October Is
when the shortage was discovered by
bank officials, the FBI said.
Mr.. Vincent stated that Smith ad-
mitted having taken the money, be-
ginning in 1899. The money taken
should have been credited, to the
banks earnings as service charges,
Mr.. Vincent added. Partial restitu-
ton has been made by Smith.
According to Mr.. Vincent, Smith
stated he had used the money on
horse races and playing cards for
high stakes. Smith will be arraigned
before United States Commissioner
James K. Cullen in Baltimore later
today on charges of violating the
Federal Reserve Act.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Mother Burned, Boby's
Hair Scorched in Fire

Mrs. Marie Swingle, IS, Of 570s
Thirty-first avenue, Queens Chapel
Manor, Nd. suffered second and
third degree burns on the body
early today when she attempted to
extinguish q fire started In her home
by a lighted cigarette
Her husband, Raymond, 81, was
burned on the hands and their Is
month-old son, Michael, had his
hair scorched. AL were taken by the
Bladensburg rescue squad to the
Prince Georges General Hospital,
where Mrs. Swingle was said to be
in serious condition.
Prince Georges County Policeman
j. H. Burgess said the blaze start
ed IN the living room when the ciga-
rette set fire to trash basket. The
fire was out when police arrived.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Miss Rose Henderson
To Be Buried Todoy

Funeral services for Miss Rose M
Henderson, native of Rockville. Md,
who died Wednesday at her home
230S Ashmead place NV. were to
be held at 8 pm. today at Warner E
Pumphrey funeral home, Silver
Spring. The Rev. Henry K. Pasma
pastor of the Rockville Presbyterian
Church, was to conduct the services
and burial was to be in Rockville
Union Cemetery.
Miss Henderson was a daughter
of the late Judge and Mrs. James
B. Henderson. She is survived by
two sisters, Miss Margaret Hender-
son, Washington, and Mrs. Sarah
Bridges, Hancock, Md, and a
brother, George P. Henderson, Rock
vile, president of the Montgomery
County National Bank.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Adventist World PorIey
Set for St. Louis in Nav

Arrangements for holding the next
quadrennial session of the World
General Conference Of Seventh-da
Adyentists at st. Louis from Nav
u to June S, 1945, were completed
yesterday by the Executive Com
mittee, meeting at denominational
headquarters at Takoma Park, Md.
Officials estimate that 1000 per-
sons will attend, with weekend con-
gregations reaching 5000 or more.
The municipal auditorium has been
obtained for the session with the
Jefferson Hotel as official head
quarters. The last meeting was
held in San Francisco in 194l.