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Evening star., 1944-02-21

plane tender, two oilers, two gun
boats and eight cargo ships.
One cruiser or larger destroyer,
two oilers and four cargo ships were
listed as probably sunk.
American flyers shot down 127
enemy aircraft in combat and de-
stroyed IA more on the ground, Ad-
miral Nimitz said. More than so
additional Japanese planes were
damaged before they could take to
the air.
The attackers paid for this with
only II planes lost and moderate
damage" to one surface ship, which
Admiral Nimitz did not identify.
There was no air opposition the
second day of the attack, Admiral
Nimitz said. This testified to the
great strength and accuracy of the
first day attack which eliminated
the enemy's airforce from action.
1t also limited at the great damage
that must have been done to the
drydock and ship repair yards, air
strips, gun positions, supply dumps
and other installations of the big
base under blows delivered without
an enemy plane in the sky to dispute
the attack.
Shore facilities on the principal
islands, including airdrome runways
and installations, were thoroughly
bombed and strafed," the commu-
nique said.
Naval units in the attack were
commanded by Rear Admiral Marc
A. Mitscher, who commanded the
aircraft carrier Hornet, from which
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle's
planes were launched for the attack
on Toxic April 18, 1912.
The whole operation was under
the direction of Vice Admiral r. A..
Spruance, veteran of carrier fleet
actions in the South Pacific and
participant in the battle of Midway
on June 4, 1912.
Admiral Nimitz said that, pending
further word from naval quarters,
"it was assumed that important
Japanese installations, such as the
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Continued From First Page.)

army and navy forces in the Truk
group had sunk two American
cruisers and damaged an aircraft
carrier and one unidentified war
ship. The Domei news agency said
the latter might possibly" have
been battleship.
Toxic also declared 81 American
planes had been shot down.
Nimitz Lists Ships.
In a communique, Admiral Nimit7
made no mention of troop landings
at Truk, as the Toxic radio pre-
viously had announced.
Starting off his communique Ad-
miral Ninitz said:
"The Pacific Fleet has returned at
Truk the visit made by the japanese
fleet at Pearl Harbor on December
2, 1941, and effected a partial settle
ment of the debt.
"The initial approach was unde-
tected."
The communique then said the
following ships were sunk:
Two light cruisers, three destroy
ers, one ammunition ship, one sea-
Evening star., 1944-02-21
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Neiieved IN 5 r.inutes or
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vicinity Apex Theater. Reward Wo.
RILLFoLD: lost in MetTopolitan Life In
containing Identification cards, money,
BIGEFoED. pTewn ewn'0 leather o 'ias iSsntiaeation
l.; L, Nixon, 400 32nd I'd. s., Arlington,
BILLFOLD. containing Government passes
and money, Tuesday am, vicinity 10th
s45s Of Executive o3oo, EXT a47. q:
ggILLFoLt93, red leather. lost last Sat or
Black skGNk coAF So lost eat asfe1
3Sef sGs cg s s. caoc h
BLANK BADGE, Metropolitan Police, No.
324 on back. Please return to any
BRIEF CASE, black leather. with copies
Govt; con- contracts other papers, . FEB: 18th
ESy EsEd fsF s rsEs5H ss.s to contractor. 40 Hin
BRIEF CASE, black. containing bowling
BROWN LEATHER BAG, containing keys,
Sam and Jessie Eeber. 4o1 Nicholson
CAT, white, female, Feb. 1s,, vicinity srd
Cross, = Vicinity R,n' shoreham Hotel. yellow
With large and Several snail snail "iiaSi diamonds.
cs MT Kaane WATCH NA onse Sfa Miles
engraved on back. Reward. Woodley
DOC, strayed from 715 Taylor st. NV,
white Spitz, very old. Reward. Taylor
GOLD FINGER RING, with ruby; gift
from brother in service. Reward. NO
GRAY MALTESE CAT, female, Feb. 10th
vicinity Mass. aye. and Both st. NV. Re-
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MONEY CLIP, gold, with initials "a. W.
OVERNIGHT BAG, with foreign labels, on
Conn aye between R and SITS. Call
ovER-NTIE BAG, small, notified buff, on
A, B: & ". Naavy-Annex bus, 12:45 am,
Reserve clothing supply. Reward. WA
PPEARL NECKLACE. lost bet. Wisconsin
aye and Garfield St NV and st. Adams
Cnurcn, SunIay. EN-. 069o.
POCKETBOOK, large pigskin. cont. ration
nit nit ss1a josephine G. Robinson. Reward.
POLICE DoG, male. brown and black,
6432. 1908 Anacostia rd. Sc
PORTFOLIO, red, paper, containing Memo
rial Park data: valuable only to owner
Lib hibnral EGo1TSr reUard Gan sdak At s6es, 10.
18th and 14th. Reward Apt 6, 1882
SUR CASE, medium brown. outside Union
Station, Fri. night about 1890 am. Sub
stantial reward. Call Ii. 1854
SUIT CASE, black, Fep. 10, at B. & @.
ticket office, H ST., contains articles high
sentimental value. Very liberal reward.
WALLET. brown, containing s5e and
identihcation papers. Reward Call
WALLET. mans black leather, lost vic.
14th, G and H SITS. NV or parking lot
G st. bet. 18th and 14th, contained SCI
in cash, checks and drivers lic., issued to
Mrs. Anne L. Schuman. Generous reward.
WALLET, black and red, containing iden-
GIL. 31s9 or CHI. 1901.
WALLET. lady's. leather. brown, contains
drivers license social security card and
about So. Please return to Patricia Dom
nelly. Alabama Hall. Arlington Farms.
WRIST WATCH, lady's, Elgin; lost in Sher-
idan Theater, r a. rs SUNDAY: Reward. GE. Q25l
than: downtown Saturday. Phone Jack
w %R1sT SGsS1WMA WATCH. lady's Hamilton gold,
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Evening star., 1944-02-21

Mr.. Baruch, in advising against
creation Of any new agencies now,
suggested that one be set up by
Congress at the end of the war to
hquidate the war agencies.
Appointment Of the surplus prop
erty administrator was reported as
imminent and it was believed Will
liam L. Clayton, Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce, would get the Job.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Scores Of Carriers
Are Added 10 Fleet
For Drive on laps
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
The spread and power of the
aerial slugging handed Japan's outer
strongholds in the last week may
concern the enemy as much for its
evidence of Americas naval air
might as for the actual damage
caused.
In the first II months of war the
United States lost four of It's seven
pre-Pearl Harbor aircraft carriers
One of three remaining afloat was
kept in the Atlantic and the Navy
operated in the Pacific with two
carriers, sometimes with one.
In. the past year the Navy has ac-
formulated enough flat-top strength
for bold and devastating two-day
assault on the mighty Truk bastion
along with simultaneous blows at
Japanese-held islands hundreds OF
miles away in the Marshalls and
Carolines.
Foe Not Protected by Distance.
| Broad expanses of water have not
protected the enemy. The Imperial
Navy has not dared to come out
with its carriers as the United States
fleet has done. Land-based air.
craft and ground defenses have not
kept American planes away from
the most powerful Of the enemys
outlying bases.
The reasons appear to be these:
| /. A rapid recovery in carrier
strength from the low reached in
late 1942 and early 1943 with the
Launching of nearly score of larger
carriers and several times that many
small ones.
2. The development of new car
rier- based planes, three types of
which-Corsair, Hellcat and He'll
diver-went into action last year.
These planes are the worlds best in
their class.
8. Deterioration of Japanese air
power through declining ability and
morale despite improved aircraft.
Figures on New Carriers.
The Navy has announced the
launching of 10 carriers of the 27,-
000-ton Essex class and nine of the
10,000-ton converted cruiser type.
Both are fast, heavily armed ships.
In addition, American shipyards
have turned out scores of escort
carriers which represent conversion
of cargo-type ships into ''baby fiat
tops" and these have taken part
in assaults on Japanese bases as
well as serving in convoy escort,
anti-submarine patrol and aircraft
ferrying assignments.
The superiority of the new planes
was strikingly demonstrated al
Truk, where Navy planes shot down
127 Japanese craft and destroyed
"a planes on the ground, while
losing II. This is a ratio of 7h
for l in aerial combat and nearly
IL for l on an overall basis, with
out counting the tremendous DAM
age to ships and shore installations
Much of the surface damage
probably was done by the Helldiver
a dive bomber which first saw ac-
ton last November. It's protection
and support probably came from
the Hellcat, first in action last
September, and the Corsair, which
has been fighting since last Feb
ruary.
Evidence of the numbers of Navy
planes available against the JAP
anese was given in a recent state
ment by Navy Undersecretary
James Forrestal that during 1913
there were built 1857 combat air.
craft, or more than twice as many
as were on hand at the start OF
the year.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
LOST RATION COUPONS.

ga" GAS RATION BOOK, issued to n.
Decatur Rice. ST.. 93e Cameron ST.. Silver
GAS RATION BOOK "a" issued to Robert
W; Borgnm. 6401 Marlboro pike sc. Hill
GAsoIiNE RATION BOOK No. A, Hunter
E PedSa snesah cai 2SS b. AaaGna osas court San
POCKET !. & CASE, @ leather; personal papers,
Penna. 20JB2, at Hot Shoppe, Hyattsvilie,
Nd; reward, Return to B. Wray, Box SO.
New Hope, Pa 23s
RATIoN BOOKS, Nos. 8 and 4. issued to
Eva M, and George G: HOPKINS, 1905 Yale
RATION BOOKS, Nos. /, 3 and 4, issued
to B1arne, Mabel and Margaret Nelson,
RATION BOOK NO. 8, issued to Margaret
Ain, Air Allen lea 3so2 Hamilton ST.. Hyatts-
RATION BOOKS, Nos. end 4, issued to
Doris Masterson, 1918 Euclid st. NV. 22s
RATION BOOK NO. 5. issued to David C..
McHuron, r. D. No. l.. Rockville, Md.
RATION BOOK NO. 4, Mrs. Catherine
A., Gottschalk, 1902 Hamilton st.. Hyatts-
vile. Md.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Eniwetok
Continued From First Page.)


that Eniwetok Atoll is for all prac-
tical purposes in American hands,
the japanese must use Marcus Is
land as an aerial stepping stone
to Wake.
The communique announcing the
Eniwetok Island landing said:
Our forces have landed on Eniwe-
tok Island and now have possession
of the western half Of the island.
The attack is being carried out by
elements of the 106th Infantry sup
plemented by unit OF the 22d
Marines.
Except for Parry Island, the re-
mainder Of the atoll is in our hands
Casualties continue to be light
Evening star., 1944-02-21
BuruchI
Continued From First Page

formed largely from newspaper ac-
counts.
Many top Government officials,
including Mr.. Baruch, feel that the
proposal of the George committee
for creation of a new Office OF
Demobilization would be unwork-
able, since the problems of war pro-
duction and reconversion are SC
closely related and must be handled
simultaneously. They said it would
only add another layer" to the pile
of agencies, while the new Office
probably would be in almost con-
slant conflict with agencies which
are expediting production to END
the war.
1t was further pointed out that
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Hospitality Unit States
FOREIGN Exchunoe Talk

Financial Aid-Foreign Exchange
and Check Cashing" will be dis
cussed by members of War Hos
pitality Committees Information
Service at the regular monthly
forum at 7:45 o'clock tonight in St
Johns Parish Hall, 819 Sixteenth
street NV.
Miss Ella Higman, lawyer, will
lead the discussion. Mrs. John
Whitley, co-ordpator of files for
the Information Service, viii speak
on "The Merchant Marine"
Madagascar is constructing a g.
mile southwark extension of the
railway line running from Tanan-
arrive to Antsirabe.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
LOST RATION COUPONS,

RATION BOOKS, Nos. 8; two issued Pearl
M. and George A. Warden. 1885 Clay
RiATIoSN BOOKS AND 4, issued to jnnius
Moseley, 5055 A st. s.e.: lost near 9th
RATION BOOKS NOS. 1 AND 2. Peoples
Life Insurance book, q. s. check for S37,
l407 50th ave-, Capital Heights. Nd.
RATION BOOK NO. 8, issued to Preston
RATION ~ BooK NO. 3, issued to John
Gromen, 4715 Summer I'd. se 2ls
RATION BOOKS. Nos. s and 4. Reward
if returned to Albert Ward, 124 st. ne.
21s
beth H. Cassmore, 4911 4Oth pl, Hyatts-
vile: lost in College Park or Branchville.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
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Evening star., 1944-02-21
Will Address Enqineers

Enemy Equipment as Found on
the Desert" will be the subject OF
1t. Col. G. B. Jarrett, guest speaker
at a dinner meeting of the Society
Of Automotive Engineers at o'clock
tonight at the Statler Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
At 1905 PENN. AVE. STORE ONLY
MEMS CLOTHING

2-&40 Gabardne Suits
l-S3750 Tweed Suit Size 81
@-$350O Gsbadne Suits 81.
l-S375O Tropical
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-**97o Tropical Worsted
l-s%5 Tropical Worsted Suit Size 81
1-S1675 Mohair Mixed
$40 Blue Serse Suit.
1-s%a76 Tuxedo
3-sIS75 2Pe Students Suits
IL Dr. $3.50 Sacks Sizes 90
3-S795 Stacks Sizes 80,
$3.50 slacks Size
6-S167b Tropical
3-S75 Stacks. Sizes
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
GERMAN SPECULATION IN
POSTAGE STAMPS

According to the Stockholm Sven
ska Dagbladet, Germany is experience
ing an enormous turnover" in post
age-stamp sales at soaring prices be-
cause rare stamps are considered by
the German people to be one of the
few "safe" investments.
The newspapers Berlin correspond
ent, quoting the German paper Neues
Wiener Tageblatt, said that the Ger
man price-control authorities will prob
ably look more carefully into the
stamp market in Germany because re-
Gently even the prices of stamps is
sued in large quantities have been
rapidly increasing without justifica-
ton"
Unofficial stamp exchanges in
Prague and Vienna started the run"
on stamps, the Swedish paper said.
1t cited the instance of the first sur
charged stamps on the puppet Bo-
hemic-Moravia "protectorate," which
were sold six months ago at the lex
cessive" price of $50 Reichsmarks and
are now unobtainable for $50 Reichs-
marks.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
Out In The Open
Continued From Page one)

where there people The finished
higher transportation charge than products Thus
finished materials cannot compete with factories located in the
centers of population That why do have furniture
factories in Montana We would have sell the furniture
hundreds thousands of miles We could compete
with manufacturers in densely populated states
Those of fortunate enough to live in the may
just well get down earth speciaties and
we'd better stick them If into
the clouds lightning strike So have two things to
wachhe bureaus to have state left
after the and the light headed gentlemen who would locate
huge factories here in defiance of economic laws
By the Eight headed gentlemen the editorial obviously
the great host of Montana citizens working through
Chambers of Commerce. service clubs labor unions
who future for Montana built around it's minerals
agrcuta forest and and who untir
ngy day and day out to change Monanas colonial
of economic efsufcency and prosperity; from state
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and others
which share of tremendous productive wealth
could be here the benefit the people
Montana and for its communities How long the people
continue to be fooled by the stage plays of the Monanan Inc
and by the other ooge organizations of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company, of this editorial set
Montana High Wide and Handsome" question.
Up to this time there has been threat the
economic hold the state Now the issue becomes
clear and where in the the company has had the full
operation of local civic bodies would that
have their direct opposition When the people work
ing these Chambers of Commerce and other groups
realize that their work and their dreams being foresaed
foreign corporations like the Anaconda Copper Mining
the Montana Power Company those corporations
going find the going little bit tough and with the
clearly drawn and the people of the state of Montana united
this ranglehod political social life will
be broken
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10

Western Auto Supply Company
with headquarters in Kansas City
Mo-, and operating a chain of retail
stores throughout the country, has
agreed to discontinue certain misrep-
reservations in connection with the
sale of house paint, after the Federal
Trade Commission stipulated that it
should do so. Western Auto has adj
vertised that with each gallon of paint
purchased, it would give free" half
gallon of linseed oil containing mil
dew-resistant" compound. According
to the ETC, the linseed oil was not
given free because the customer, as
a consideration to obtain it, was re-
quired to purchase a specified guam
tity of paint, and the compound was
not "mildew-resistant" The company
has agreed not to use the word free"
to describe paint or other products
when in fact they are not, and the
prospective purchaser, in order to OBJ
tain them must buy some other arti-
cles. 1t has also agreed not to term
the compound mildew-resistant" and
to imply that the mixture when used
with paint will have the effect of
increasing its mildew-resistant prop
critics.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
AIR RAID WOES IN GERMANY


According to the Swiss newspaper
Journal de Geneve, the concentrated
Allied air raids and the nightly black
outs have given rise to widespread
looting and an increase of sabotage
in Germany.
The paper said that looting had
reached such proportions that even
pianos and sideboards complete with
silver are disappearing, a circum-
stance understandable in view of the
fact that German Air Raid Precau-
ton regulations require that apart
ments be left unlocked during raids.
AS for sabotage, the paper said that
water mains were being blocked with
cement and that sewer gratings were
being removed, with even members
of the police force falling through the
manholes.
Nazi concern over such problems
was indicated in a recent announce
ment by the German DNB agency that
Minister of the Interior Heinrich
Himmler had ordered an expansion
of the "Stadtwacht" (Town Guards)
and "Landwacht" (Rural Guard) :,
which DNB described as auxiliary
police forces"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
PARTISAN ARSENAL

The Swedish newspaper Svenska
Morgonbladet recently reported on the
discoveries made by the Vichy police
when they raided a French partisan
hideout, as follows:
"All sorts of mines and explosives
for underwater and blasting bakelite
hand grenades for shipblasting, explo-
sives in hose form for aircraft, and
so on, were found. The police also
found vaseline mixed with emery to
be used for industrial sabotage in
order to destroy machine bearings,
and tablets for decomposing petrol
that renders it useless after a certain
time, as well as sort of itching pow
der making uniforms unserviceable."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
SLANG AND PROPAGANDA

Nazi propagandists are devising en-
pertaining little newspaper stories to
persuade the German people that the
German West Wall" is impregnable
against invasion. The newspaper
Bremen Nachrichten, for example, re-
Gently made this point with an item
about German army slang and coffee.
The newspaper told its reader that
when coffee was "drinkable" or pas
sable" the German soldier referred to
it as "Marke Maginot LIME" (Maginot
Line Brandt; but when it was Jun
drinkable" or could not be gotten
through" he referred to it as "Marke
WestwalP' West Wall Brandt.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
On the Margin
CONTINUED from Page one)

from Pondera county. Senator Peter.
son has a splendid record of service
in both the lower house and the SEN
ate. By his announcement he be-
comes probably one of the famous
firsts" for this office in the state.
Except for the fortnight Dan Mad
dox, the republicans still are acting
coyly. A prominent member of the
party told me the other day, that
there will be at least one and maybe
more aspirants for the governorship
on the ticket in the primaries aside
from Governor Ford who is expected
to be a candidate for reelection.
That's all this week 1t isn't much,
but things'll pick up shortly. And it
won't be rumors, either.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10
Town and Farm

porarily removed from rationing.
Temporarily maximum prices for the
1914 crop of sweet potatoes will re-
main at levels at which they were
frozen last December, except for sales
to dehydrators. VIA has an
nounced that-the price of feed wheat
has been increased one-cent per BUSH
ell and field wheat will be sold through
grain distributors to carlot buyers at
established county prices without mer-
chandising charges. Gamers have
been notified to increase their set
aside of canned grapefruit juice for
war purposes from 80 to 3S per cent
Over 100000 pounds of dried
apples and nearly a 100000 pounds
of (Zante) currante will be released
for civilians. . 100000 pounds of
lard have been released for soap-mak-
ing in March. WPB says that re-
pairmen may use up to $25 worth of
authorized material for installing
cooking, plumbing, heating, or used
air-conditioning or refrigeration equip
ment units and he may use up to $3.50
worth of material for an authorized
new air-conditioning or refrigeration
system. . Vitamin A, the "anti-in-
lection" vitamin, has been placed I'M
der ALLEGATION for the first time to in
sure equitable distribution in face of
demand. Agricultural
discs for plows, harrows, and other
farming implements are expected to
be produced in sufficient quantity to
balance the first half years program
for 1914. OOld used collapsible
tubes should be turned in at once to
drug, retail and chain stores so that
needed tin can be salvaged. To save
travel, Churchill Downs plans to con-
fine attendance at the 1914 Kentucky
Derby to residents of Louisville, KY,
and vicinity, ODT says. OPA says
rear tractor tires are scarce because
and equipment are being
used in manufacture of airplane tires
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10

sufficient quantities from the occu.
pied areas of South Asia, were trying
to produce synthetic high octane gas
oline.
A new process was claimed as a
result of experiments in the manu-
facture of synthetic rubber-a neces-
sity also arising from the lack of
enough ships to transport rubber in
sufficient quantities. The urgency of
the need for high octane motor fuel
was indicated by statement that the
reported synthetic product would be
made industrially without the usual
preliminary tests.