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Evening star., 1944-08-25
News That Gabreski Lives
G|addens Parents, Fiancee

The War Department announce
ment that 1t. Col. Francis Gabreki,
Americas top air ace, with 81 planes
to his credit, is prisoner of Ger
many brought Joy to his family in
Oil City, Pa, and his fiancee of
Grand Rapids. Mich, the Associated
Press reported today.
Col. Gabreski, who had been miss
ing since he few out on volunteer
extra duty July 20 to protect his rec
ord, had scored one more air kill
than Maj. Robert S. johnson, Law
ton, Okla, in Europe, and Maj. Rich
ard I. Bong, Poplar, Wis, leading
ace of the Pacific theater.
When informed of the news, Miss
Kay Cochran, his 20-year-old fan
Gee, exclaimed, "Oh, 1 knew my
prayers would be answered." She
had planned to marry the flyer this
month, when he was scheduled to
come hom on a 30-day leave.
The aces father declared, Il al
ways felt he was alive somewhere
maybe lost for time-but / felt
we'd have good news"
Col. Gabreski had been decorated
Is times. His awards include the
Polish Cross of Valor, the Distin-
guished Service Cross, the Distin-
guished Flying Cross with seven
clusters, the Air Medal with four
clusters and the Silver Star.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Admiral Wilkes Given
DSM for Invasion Work
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GEN. EISENHOWER HEAD
QUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug. rs
Gen. Eisenhower pinned the Dis
tinguished Service Medal yesterday
on Rear Admiral John Wilkes for his
work in the invasion of Western
Europe.
The citation said, The initiative
resourcefulness and ability displayed
by Rear Admiral Wilkes made pos
sible the completion of the cross
Channel movement of the continent
without the loss of a single craft
due to improper loading or insufx
flciently trained personnel.
His foresight and ability have
been demonstrated by the success
full arrival of supporting troops and
supplies at regular intervals since
the invasion began"
Admiral Wilkes, whose home Is
Charlotte, N. c., now is stationed
at Cherbourg in command of the
American ports and supply bases in
France. He flew to Gen. Eisen-
hower's headquarters yesterday for
the brief ceremony in an apple
orchard, witnessed by Air Chief
Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and
Maj. Gen. F. w. Deguingand, Gen.
Sir Bernard Montgomery's chief of
staff.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
.231 j. ). Vessels
In Riviera Landinq
BY the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Of the Navy Forrestal
back from a tour of the European
fighting fronts, reported yesterday
that 23l American ships, including
so warcraft, participated in landings
on the southern coast of France.
The battleships Texas. Arkansas
and Nevada topped the list OF Amer
ican craft under command Of Vice
Admiral H. X. Hewitt.
Others included the cruisers
Quincy, Augusta and Tuscaloosa !;
the light cruisers Brooklyn, Marble
head, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and
Omaha; the escort aircraft carriers
Tulagi and Kasaan Bay and Al
destroyers.
He did not identify the destroyers
except to say that one was the
Plunkett which he reported had
her stern blown off by a German
bomb at Anzio last spring, but is
now back in the ring"
In addition, he said American
craft in the big invasion operation
included IL assault transports and
159 other ships
He said that French, Canadian
and British forces also participated
in the action which took approxi-
mately 1000 ships across the Medi-
terranean and in magnitude was
second only to- the invasion of
Normandy.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
.0PA Ruling Lets Woman
STAY in Ancestral Home
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
e., NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The OPA
has hurried to the rescue of a
woman in distress.
Miss Alice E. Austen, rs. was
threatened with eviction from her
pre-Revolutionary War home which
she had lost through foreclosure 10
years ago. With only a few days re-
manning before the order became ef-
fective. she was informed by the
OPA area rent director. Walter NJ
Hort, that the order had been re-
voked.
Mr.. Hort said the revocation re-
suited because the latest owner,
Miss Grace Mandie, posted a for
sale" sign on the property. Under
OPA rent regulations the buyer of
a dwelling in a rent control area
may not evict a tenant unless the
buyer intends to occupy the prem
ises.
The stone-and- brick structure was
built at Rosebank in 1869 by John
Miller, an ancestor of Miss Austen.
The woman had lived in the house
during most of her lifetime.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Kent Cooper Urges
Free Flow Of News
By the Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated PRESS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. - Deter
mined and vigorous measures to
assure truthful news in all coun-
tries are urged by Kent Cooper,
executive director of the Associated
Press, and Christopher Chancellor,
general manager of Reuters, in sep
arate articles in the September issue
of Free World Magazine, out today
The elemental. essential step" to
a durable peace, Mr.. Cooper says
'is the assurance of the free and
untrammeled flow of news between
nations"
In his article, Free News-First
Step in Peace" Mr.. Cooper writes:
1T is a shocking revelation to
most people when they are informed
that the great masses of intelligent
thinking people throughout the
world have had no adequate and
effective means of knowing the
truth about each other.
Nor will they have such means
after this war, unless determined
thoughtful and strenuous effort is
Immediately applied to this long
overlooked problem"
In his article, Truth in News,
Mr. Chancellor indorses proposals OF
James Lawrence Fly, chairman OF
the Federal Communications Com
mission, for adequate, unrestricted
communication facilities throughout
the world, freely available at low
uniform rates.
Commenting on Mr. Flys propos-
ais, as set forth in an article in the
August issue of Free World, the
British news agency executive said
Mr.. Fly is campaigning for free
world communications, and in this
we in Reuters are behind him 100
per cent"
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Widespread Retreat
Indicated by Nozis

LONDON, Aug. Is (P.-The Ger
man communique indicated today
that widespread retreat from
most OF Southern France was In
progress up the Rhone Valley to-
ward Lyon.
Declaring embittered fighting was
still going on in Toulon and Mar
seille the high command said the
defense of coastal points thus made
possible detaching movements of all
other formations toward Lyon.
In the mountain territory east of
the Rhone our detachments SCREEN
ing the flanks are engaged in tight
ing with fast enemy units which are
to prevent our movements in the
Rhone Valley"
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Argentina Seizes II
In German Spy Roundup
BY the Associated Press.

ny tne AsSOCl&CeQ fIeSS.
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 25.-Seven-
teen persons were under arrest here
today on charges of espionage after
a series of raids which police said
had smashed a highly organized
spy ring in the employ Of the Ger
man government.
The head of the ring was de-
scribed as .30-year-old German
radio specialist who came here
secretly from Brazil when driven
out of that country by counter
espionage activities. Eleven other
Germans, two Argentines, a Pole, q
Spaniard and q Chilean were listed
among the prisoners.
Police said the spy ring originally
was directed and financed by the
German Embassy here but had been
operating independently since Ar
gentina severed relations with Ger
many.
Large quantities of Photographic,
radio and other equipment were
seized by police.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
One Third Of Pork Ordered
Set Aside for War Use
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Food Administration has
ordered Federally inspected slaugh-
terers to set aside an estimated one
third of their output of pork for
military and other war uses, ef-
fective August ~.
This order was issued. officials
said, to assure war needs during the
present period of reduced pork pro-
duction-7a period expected to con-
tinue until marketings of hogs be-
gin to increase late in October.
Such slaughterers already are re-
quired to set aside approximately
half their production of certain
types of beef for the armed forces
Ofhcials said the set-aside order
will make less pork available for
civilians and may require some in
creases in ration point values OF
pork cuts. The reduced supply OF
pork is expected to be offset, how
ever, by greatly increased supplies
of beef, particularly lower grades.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Merrill
Continued From First Page)

pitals, it called for all men who
were At to walk.
"All the people there Immediately
questioned that order" said Gen.
Merrill. Il was in the hospital my
self at the time. said that Still
well never issued such an order. We
checked it, and Stilwell said he had
issued no such order-he ordered
up only men fit for full field duty.
Merrill Indignant" Too.
Meantime, some of the conva-
lescents were sent back. A lot of my
men got very indignant. was damn
indignant myself.
But while these men of mine got
pretty sore, I am positive that If we
had asked for volunteers every one
of them would have gone back. They
have done magnificent job, and
they would be alarmed If they knew
the uproar this thing has caused"
Gen. Merrill said that no promise
on the length of service or return
to the United States were made off,
cially to anv of the witt ~or+ -
India for his organization. He
added, however, that IL would We
no surprise to him If some of the
officers, speculating on the probable
type of service and the rewards that
might be expected. had said things
which were overheard by the men
and in the course of time became
fixed in CT gossip as promises from
the Government itself.
The only authorized statement in
advance to the men, Gen. Merrill
said, was that they would be volun-
teering for highly dangerous and
hazardous" mission-they were not
even told where they were going.
Cites Special Unit Headaches.
But, he said, when the mistaken
order came through during the bat
tie for Myitkyina, "the men at the
hospital got sore as hell-they
started thinking of every damn
grippe they had ever had against
everybody in general, and 1t surged
up all at one time and lasted about
q week."
Gen. Merrill said his 3,0O0-man
unit formed an experimental COM
bat organization and as such had to
put up with all the headaches he
said such special units suffer in the
Army.
The principal trouble. he said, was
that there was no standard table Of
organization and therefore no routine
or established promotion system-no
hope of advancement except by
special dispensation from the high
command on an individual basis.
This, he indicated, Is the principal
reason for the reorganization of the
Maurauders now In progress. When
they 60 back into action, he said,
they will be q numbered regiment,
with = standard organization.
Asserting that the rotation policy
has been applied to the Marauders,
Gen. Merrill said approximately TOO
Of them are now returning to the
United States. In addition to men
sent back Tor wounds or illness.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Overseas Vets Donate
Blood at Fort Belxoir

Overseas veterans were among
$40 Fort Belvoir soldiers and civil
ianS who contributed 80 gallons of
blood to the American Red Cross
blood bank when its mobile unit
recently spent tour days at the
camp.
Veterans who witnessed the use
of Plasma In the Italian campaign,
a group Of South American officers
studying at the Fort Belvoir Engi-
neer School, wives of officers were
among the Donors.
Mrs. Ralph c. Bailey is chair
man OF the blood donor service
at the camp. and Mrs. Margaret
Werner is special assistant.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
tWPB Won't Ease Curbs
On Women's Apparel
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
There will be no easing in the
immediate future of limitation order
LBS, covering the manufacture Of
women.s apparel. Joseph F. Fleits-
man, director of WPB's clothing,
knit goods, and equipage division,
said today. ,- -.
He noted reports that such action
might by taken by the end of Sep
tember, and stated that while the
situation in the field of consumer
hard goods is easing up, conditions
in textile fabrics are becoming more
critical"
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Tito to Give La Guordio
Pistol He Used ; Years

MARSHAL TITO'S HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN YUGOSLAVIA, Aug. Is
R.-Marshal Tito is sending his
pistol-yhich he carried through
three years of warfare in Yugo-
slavias hills and mountains-to
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia OF
New York as token of his esteem
DR.. Sava Kosanovic, minister OF
the interior in the new cabinet OF
the royal government who recently
visited Tito at his headquarters, is
carrying the gift.
In New York when he was ap-
pointed to his present post. DR.
Kosanovic was asked by Mayor La
Guardia to deliver a message ex-
pressing the Mayors admiration OF
the Partisans' struggle.
Acknowledging the Mayors long
friendship toward the Nationa,
Army of Liberation, Marshal Tito
is sending back the pistol along
with q reply.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Southern France
Continued From First Page.)

been hammering every piece Of
rolling stock spotted on the rail net
works of Southern France.
Once Gen. Patch's forces reach
Avignon-and at last reports twin
columns driving along the Durance
Valley were making rapid progress
in its direction-the Rhone Valley
highways and railroads definitely
would be cut
American P-47 thunderbolts late
yesterday bombed and strafted
enemy gun positions and vehicles on
roads and rail cars 10 miles north
east Of Avignon in the Rhone Valley,
and bridges and other communica-
ton targets in the areas of Mont
pellier and Mines, TO the west Of the
Lower Rhone.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Hays and Judd to Leuve
For England Next Month
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Hays, Democrat,
OF Arkansas, and Representative
Judd, Republican, Of Minnesota will
leave early in September for Eng
land to confer unomcially and in
formally with British parliamentary
leaders on joint American and Brit
ish responsibilities in the coming
peace, Mr.. Hays announced today.
The British Ministry of Informa-
ton is making arrangements for
the representatives to tour Eng
land and visit American Army
camps.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Coast VFW Post Admits
Jup-Americun Soldier
BY the Associated Press,

BY The Associated Press,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.-Sergt.
Karl Yoneda, Japanese-American
now serving with the Army in the
Burma theater, has been elected to
membership by the Howard A.
Sperry Post, No. $3.50, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
VFW officials here said that to
their knowledge it was the first time
since the outbreak of the present
war that. any person of japanese
extraction had been voted to men,
bership in q VFW post.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Tito Plans Operations
with Allied Forces
|0n Expanded Scale
~ the Associated Press.

~ the ASsociated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-Marshal Tito
was quoted In a delayed dispatch
today rs predicting joint operations
by British and American troops with
his Partisan forces on q greater
scale in the near future.
Writing from the Yugoslav lead
er's headquarters, Joseph Morton,
Associated Press war correspondent,
said necessity for secrecy prevented
a detailed discussion Of plans.
The marshal told Mr. Morton the
proposed joint operations were
worked out at his recent conference
in Italy with Prime Minister
Churchill, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland
Wilson. Allied commander In the
Mediterranean and others.
An American military mission.
headed by Col. Ellerly G. Hunting
ton Of Redding, Conn, has arrived
at Tito's headquarters, Mr.. Morton
said. British and Russian missions
have been there for some time.
Col. Huntington is one of the all
time football great at Colgate Uni
versity.
He was quarterback on Walter
Camps 1918 All-America team and
coached at Colgate In 1919, 20 and
81. His father, DR.. Ellery G. Hunt
ington, ST., was director Of athletics
at Colgate from 1900 to 1885.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
MounibaHen Coniers
In London on Plans 10
Step Up War on Japs
~ the Associated Press.

: LONDON, Aug. 25.-Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten has re-
turned to his post as head ,of
the Allied command in South
.east Asia after series of con-
sferences in London with British
land American leaders during
which plans were made to step
up the war against Japan, 1t
was disclosed today. .
Lord Mountbatten's visit here CO.
.incided with that of Secretary Of
the Navy Forrestal.
Lord Mountbatten said his men
were fighting an often fanatical foe
,over some of the worlds worst ter
rain and that the Allied hardships
in his theatG largely were un-
noticed by the folks back home"
. Cites Lack Of Equipment.
. He refused to forecast future op-
.erations. Instead he reviewed to a
press conference the campaign
which has been hampered by lack
of landing craft, withdrawn for use
at Anzio and France He said the
loss of their vehicles meant a re-
vision of his plans "on a less am
bilious SCALE" aimed at clearing the
Japanese from Northeast Burma and
thus improving the supply situation
for China and Maj. Gen. Claire L.
Chennault's very effective" United
States 14th Air Force.
The clearing of Northeast Burma
was accomplished by bitter fighting
along the 700 miles of jungle and
mountain front by American, Brit
ish, Indian and West African troops,
often with invaluable aid from
Kachin and other Burma tribesmen.
He said the campaign strategy
was for 1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell
to drive on Mogaung and Myitkyina
with American and Chinese forces
while the British l4th Army blocked
Japanese reinforcements from mov-
ing to meet him and also engaged
the bulk of japanese strength in
Burma. The blocking of reinforce
ments was achieved by the late Gen.
Wingate's Chindits making a long
penetration, assisted by American
air commandos
Pays Tribute to Stilwell.
e'The japanese fortunately played
into our hands" Lord Mountbatten
said, by sending three divisions on
an Inflated thrust into Manipur
State in India last March.
He said Gen. Stilwell, with great
gallantry, himself commanded" the
Allied Force in North Burma which
achieved its goal
Fighting in Burma in 1914 cost the
Japanese~a a minimum of $4,000 killed
and the Allies 10000 killed, 5000
missing and $1,000 wounded, he said.
Lord Mountbatten said a quarter
million casualties had been suffered
from sickness, chiefly malaria and
dysentery.
One of the principal develop
ments in Southeast Asia operations,
he said, was the ase of air supply
which several times enabled iso-
lated garrisons to keep fighting and
foil one of the favorite japanese
means of attack.
The Southeast Asia commander
said he believed japanese troop
morale was lower, but that the Jap
anese soldier retains his stupidity
which enables him to fight to the
ideath. He said Japanese equipment
was not improving, but that Allied
materiel is improving constantly.
Allied air superiority has been es-
tablished in this theater where the
slightest engine failure is almost
certain death warrant
The japanese Navy, he said, now
Is as afraid to accept action in the
Indian Ocean and the Bay of Ben
gal as it is in the Pacific
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Senate: ..
Seeks vote on surplus property
disposal
Banking Committee hears Mar
Yiner Eccles on Federal Reserve
amendments. ~.- t..
War Investigating Committee
hears William Clayton on surplus
property disposal.
House: ...-
n recess until Monday.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
ION the K6II OF H0n0F- a . @.79.-7 80.
-Four D. c. Fighting Men Killed,
Is Wounded, 4 Are Prisoners

Pvt. John s. Kirkley, whose wife,
Mrs. Loris M. Kirkley, lives at 4l23
River road NV, was wounded in
action. An earlier story on Pvt.
Kirkley was carried in The Star of
July Is.
Pvt. James H. Cole, 30, Nas
wounded in action In Italy on June
30, according to a notice from the
War Department received by his
wife, Mrs. Daisy w. Cole, 1918
Twenty third street Sc. Pvt. Cole
was graduated from Oglethorpe
University in Georgia and worked
for the Census Bureau before join
ing the Army in November of last
year. He was sent overseas last
April.
Master Sergt. Lester E. Lemley,
jr, was wounded in action. His
wife. Mrs. Matilda c. Lemley, lives
at 81 Thirtieth street NE.
Pvt. Charles E. Lloyd, whose
mother, Mrs. Rose Lloyd, lives at
I'LL I street Sc. has been reported
wounded in action. A story about
Pvt. Lloyd appeared in The Star on
August II.
Pfc. Francis M. Brooke has been
reported wounded in action. His
mother, Mrs. Mamie Brooke, lives at
1888 Euclid street NV.
Alfonso Angel Guerra, pharma-
cist's mate, third class, was reported
wounded in action. His wife, Mrs.
Julia Lorene Guerra, lives at 1921
West Virginia avenue NE.
Pfc. Fred Witt, U. s. M. c. r.
whose wife lives at 1903 Quinn street
Arlington, Va, has been reported
wounded in action.
Decorated
Brig. Gen. Archie F. Howard
whose home was listed as Silver
Springs, Nd, has been awarded
the Distinguished Service Media
for exceptionally meritorious serv.
ice as island commander at Gaudal.
canal and later at New Georgia
Solomon Islands" the Associated
Press has reported from San Fran
CISCO Gen. Howard now is COM
mander of the San Diego Marine
Corps Base.
Gen. Howard, who was born in
Kansas 50 years ago, is a 1915 gradu-
ate of the Naval Academy. He was
promoted to brigadier general in
August, 1912.
Evening star., 1944-08-25

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Evening star., 1944-08-25
Wounded

Capt. Bernard H. White. son of
Mrs. Dorothy White. Ill West
Thornapple street, Chevy Chase,
Md, has been reported wounded in
action
1t. RexfOrd M. Bloomgren, broth
er of Mrs. Thelma B. Devore, 716
Varnum street NV, was reported
wounded in action. An earlier story
about 1t. Bloomgren was carried In
The Star of July 7.
Pfc. Gerald M. Bohn, son of Mrs.
Eula M. Bohn, whose address In
Washington was given by the War
Department as lis Twelfth street
Sc, has been wounded in action.
Staff Sergt. James E. Burney, jr.,
whose address was given by the
War Department as 1909 Du Bois
place Sc, has been wounded in
action.
Sergt. Edward Carney, son of Mrs.
Matte Tucker, 1929 Seventh street
NE, has been wounded in action.
Staff Sergt.s Ernst w. Fox has
been reported wounded in action
He is the brother -in-law of William
Messner, jr., formerly of 331 Orange
street Sc. Anacostia, now of Bal
timore.
1t. Col. William d. Mckinley has
been reported wounded in action.
His wife. Mrs. Anne Mckinley, lives
at 2818 Thirtieth place NV.
Pvt. Peter b. Leverich, son of Mrs
Geraldine B. Leverich, SOB Queen
street, Alexandria, has been reported
wounded in action.
Pvt. Joe Feldman, 26, son OF Mrs.
Lena Isikoff, 1921 Seventh street
NV, was wounded in France on
June 10, according to q notice re-
ceived by his mother from the War
Department.
Pvt. Feldman Joined the Army
three years ago. He was raised in
New York City. and went to the
schools there. He Joined the Army
soon after he moved to Washington.
Evening star., 1944-08-25

will be comparatively small"
Detroit evening times., 1944-01-21
4 GREAT ARTIST

One might think that after
such = gorgeous rcadnc ANYTHING
else would prove anti cluuauc.
but that IS figuring without such
a figure As Adolph BuSCh Who ap-
peared for the final part Of the
program 10 give the most expires
sive quality 10 the solo voice Of
the Dvorak Violin Concerto that
we've ever heard
Ever since We first listened to
Mr. BuSch,S 5 instrument IN the
Brahms Concerto several years
ago under the baton of the late
OsSip GabrilowitSch, We have had
the greatest respect for him as a
fine musician
But the years had dimmcd our
memory about hiS conSummato
artistry and It took such per
formance as no gave last night TO
bring the fun recognition ot has
great talent hack 20 mind
We were douhly surprised he
cause the pvorak Concerto Vhilc
II iS the most ambitious work Tins
Bohemian composer ever wrote.
IS still not considered important
enough IN rank with the greatest
Concerts fer 8 Ae v4ehif
But Busch s Teufonic attack
robs II of AL its "Jccpsy' over