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Evening star., 1944-08-06
Dewey Calls New Deal
Incompetent 10 Meet
Task Of Reconversion
Declares Administration
Never Displayed Ability
To Foce Such Issues
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,
Star Stan CORRESPONDENT.

PAWLING, N. Y, Aug. 5.-The
Roosevelt administration lacks
the competence to handle the
problems of postwar reconver-
sion, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,
Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, charged tonight. r~'.
After outlining at a press con.
ference the difnculties that will be
involved in getting war indxtries
back to peacetime production, with
- little delay - possible, he ~
serted:
TT requires . degree Of compe-
tence never yet shown by the pres
ent national administration In any
thing"
Talking with newspapermen on
the train that brought him back
from the st. Louis conference of
Republican governors, he also re-
vealed that Immediately after his
nomination in Chicago in June he
had planned to go to Washington
for a series of conferences with
the Republican members of Con-
gress, but the congressional recess
was still on. Since then he has
begun to meet them in State groups
at Albany, and said he hopes to
continue that program.
Cites Businessmen's Concern.
His attack on the ability of the
party in power to deal effectively
with the restoration of the Nations
peacetime economy came when he
was asked If businessmen with
whom he talked on his trip to the
Midwest had considered how much
reconversion might be expected in
the near future.
There was frequent expression
by businessmen, who are concerned
about the urgent need of getting
machinery organized to move Gov.
ernment materials, and equipment
out of the factories Immediately fol.
lowing cancellation Of war con.
tracts" he replied, because it i
obvious no one can reconvert 9
factory so long as the Government
property is there-machines anc
raw material both. Much OF thu
raw material now in the factorie.
for war production is not suitable
for the kind of peace-time produc.
ton the factories were engaged In.
Gov. Dewey said he thinks ''every
one recognizes that there will be 8
substantial decrease in production
when the European phase of thu
war Is over. The extent of the cut.
back will vary in different States
he said, and there may be an In.
crease In some items, but, overall
j. (See DEWEY. PAGE An
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Heat 0yercomes One
As Mercury Hits 96;
Relief Due Tonight
Thundershowers Expected
In Wake Of 95-Deeree
High Expected Today

Relief from the oven-like heat
that resulted in one serious
prostration yesterday was held
out by the Weather Bureau to-
day to sweltering District resi-
dents.
It will be hot again, around 95,
the forecaster predicted, with the
humidity about as uncomfortable as
yesterdays. But cooling thunder
showers are expected late this after
noon and tonight. paving the way
for lower temperatures tomorrow.
Mondays high Is expected to be
under 80.
Yesterdays torrid weather sent
the mercury to a high of 96 at $3.50
pm. and forced several Govern
ment Offices to close early. Some
released their employees as early as
1880 pm. and others followed suit
as the heat increased in intensity
Heat Only Average.
Forecasters said the present heat
was only average for the District
for this time Of the year. A year
ago yesterday the city sweltered un-
der a temperature of 98 degrees and
the record for August S occurred in
1880, when the mercury rose to l02
degrees. The hottest day so far
this year was June Is, with the
temperature rising to SO degrees.
Joseph Huston of 1888 Bladens-
burg road NE, was in serious con-
lSee WEATHER. PAGE A.iIl
Evening star., 1944-08-06
BY the Associated Press-

LONDON. Sunday, Aug. 6.-Spo-
radio flying bomb attacks continued
after dark last night and early to-
day as rescue workers toiled through
the night to clear the debris Of q
large store crumpled by q daylight
bomb.
A number Of bodies had been re-
covered. but 1t was believed there
were still others in the wreckage
Several persons walking along the
streets were killed and others In.
jured when the bomb hit.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Forces DRIVING
For Paris Make
27-MiIe Advance
MAP on Page AL
By the Associated Press.

oS tkc AocOCldIco xICcS
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Sunday, Aug. g.
Hard-driving American armor,
sweeping IS miles in one day to
the end Of the Brittany PENN
sula, entered the great port of
Brest yesterday while other units
reached the Loire River, sealing
OF the peninsula at its base.
AT the same time, in a wheeling
movement aimed at Paris, other
American armored forces drove
eastward n miles from their prev
tous positions.
To the northeast of the American
sector the British, who had been
battling for so many days below
Csen, suddenly found the enemy in
rapid but orderly retreat.
1t was not Immediately known at
supreme headquarters which of
several American columns moving
southwark across the Brittany Pen
insula had reached the Loire or at
what point. Field dispatches had
reported American units racing
toward both Nantes, French port Is
miles in from the mouth of the
river, and st. Nazaire, another big
port 80 miles to the west. Still
another column had captured Pom
tivy, Is miles from Lorient, the
peninsula's fourth great port.
Time of Entry Not Known.
The time of the entry into Brest
was not known at Supreme Head
quarters, but British heavy bombers
blasted the submarine pens there
at midday and it was disclosed that
spitflre pilots flying as escorts re-
ported sighting Allied vehicles at
Morlaix, within IS miles of the port.
AS Brest still smoked from the
aerial attack, an official announce
ment said armored columns had
fought into the city limits of the
port, at which fresh armies can
be unloaded for the showdown bat
ties Of Europe. Last rreyfous un-
official report had put these forces
IS miles away.
Equally momentous was the drive
on Paris, which already has paid off
a big dividend by crumbling the last
OF the German defenses in Nor
mandy.
In the advance toward Paris,
Americans forged across the May
enne River miles below the city
of the same name.
50 Miles East of Rennes.
These forces we're nearly so miles
east and Slightly north of Rennes,
whose formal capture was completed
Friday, and 81 miles due east of
their communications base of Fou-
ceres. Fougeres controls all roads
leading into the Avranches corridor
through which Allied power is being
funneled into Brittany and toward
Paris.
These quick breaking develop.
ments almost subordinated the
third great movement produced by
the break-through from Normandy
the drive sealing off the whole Brit
tany Peninsula.
Prior to disclosure that the Loire
River had been reached front-line
reports said one American armorec
force bearing down on ST. Nazaire
was less than 18 miles away after
sweeping several miles south of st
Gtldas des Bois. A companion COL
umn pushing on Nantes was report
ed tc be at least as close after ham,
mering through Chateaubriant, &c
miles south of Rennes.
German accounts yesterday said
these columns had pushed on from
Is to 20 miles south of Derval and
Chateaubriant, which would place
them Is to 20 miles from st. Nazaire
and Nantes.
In their aerial attack, the British
heavy bombers rained six-ton fac
lSee FRANNE po0o A-s0
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Russians Seize
Key Junction
In Carpaihians
Other Forces Slowed
At Major Points
Near East Prussia
MAP on Page A-ll.)
' the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sunday, Aug. g.
Russian troops yesterday cap
tured the key road junction of
Stryj in the Carpathian Noun
tains on the invasion routes into
Czechoslovakia, while in the
north other Soviet forces rolled
through 40 villages in fighting
near East PrusSian border.
Tires are raging in East Prussian
frontier towns which now are OBJ
jectives of Red Army infantry at
tacks." Pravda front dispatch
said. Among the towns listed in the
daily Moscow communique was
Yurgbudzie, . miles from the from
tier and 81 miles west of Kaunas.
1t was obvious that the Germans
had slowed the Russians in the bor-
der sector by hurting in thousands
Of reinforcements rushed to the
east from central Na1 reserves. For
several days, dispatches have re-
ported fighting 3 miles from the
frontier and yesterdays German
communique told Of fighting in the
Sadauen-Schak district, the old
name for the part of East Prussia
between the Inster and Angerapr
Rivers.
Halted Short Of Border.
A Transocean News Agency report
in the afternoon said Russian van
guards had broken through ION the
East Prussian border" near Virbslia
on the main KAunas-Konigsbsrs
highway. VirhAlis 4. 3 miles east
Of the bcrder. Latef the agency
said IL Russians had been halted
short of the border.
Stryj, 80 miles south Of Lwow and
about the same distance from the
Czech border, commands the roads
through Wyszkow and Beskid passes
into Czechoslovakia. It's capture
by Marshal ivan s. Konev's 1St
Ukraine Army was announced In an
order Of the day by Premier Joseph
Stain.
Russian troops are within 10 miles
Of the border at Mizyun Starry,
which is about halfway between
Stryj and the frontier. Mizyun
Starry was captured several days
ago by the Russians, and the Ger
mans for two days now have told
Of heavy Soviet pressure against
the Carpathian passes"
Beyond the enemy's broken Wis.,
tula River defenses, southwest of
>Sandomierz, the Russians were re-
ported within 30 miles of Krakow
and IS miles from German Silesia
after crossing the Nida River. But
the Soviet communique said of this
sector only that the Bridgehead had
been widened and several more To-
calities seized. The villages were not
identified.
East Of this area, In the triangle
formed by the Vistula and San
Rivers, Marshal Konev's forces cap
tured ~ localities Of the 243 taken
on all fronts during the day. They
cleaned out the area east of Sando-
mierz and southwark along the east
bank Of the vistula as far as ROE.
niaty, ~ miles below the confluence
OF the two rivers. Another 9-mile
strip from Rozniaty down to Sry.
anka, just q few miles from Melee
also was taken. Rozniatv is 6 miles
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Breakdown in Morale
Of Merrill Marauders
In Burma Disclosed
III-Advised Promises
And Sending Of III Men
To Firing Line BIomed
GEN. STILWELL' FORCES cross
Iarawaddy to capture two-thirds
of Waingmaw. Page Alb
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GEN. STILWELL'S HEAD.
QUARTERS IN INDIA, Aug. s.
Ian almost complete breakdown
in morale of Merrill's Maraud-
ers, one of the most famous
American combat organizations
was disclosed today by Army
authorities, who blamed "ill-
advised promises" to the mer
and faulty hospital procedure
which sent convalescents bacl
to the firing line.
The difficulty arose at the end o
May, when the American position
at Myitkyina was precarious. but TO
security reasons it was disclose'
only today after the capture of tina
japanese base in Burma.
AS a result of an official inquir,
ordered by Gen. Joseph w. Stilwill
it was recommended that the mel
be placed in favored position TO
rotation transfers to the Unitet
States.
Misunderstanding Over Orders.
The Marauders' leader, Brig. Gen
Frank Merrill, although occupie'
with directing one phase of tn
Burma operations, visited the unit
where disaffection was evident ant
gathered all available information
Gen. Stilwell wept when he hear,
that recall of several hundred OF tn
men to active service when physi
cally unfit had resulted from mis-
understanding of his orders that al
possible able-bodied personnel b.
thrown into action.
CA dispatch Saturday from
Southeast Asia Command Head
quarters at Randy, Ceylon, de-
scribing the fall of Myitkyina
to Chinese infantry and Ameri-
can combat engineers, said the
assault force was directed by
Brig. Gen. T. F. Vessels, succeed
ing Gen. Merrill, who had been
given a more restful assignment.
The Handy dispatch made no
mention of the Marauders)
The official report attaches NJ
blame either to medical officers O
combat leaders, but says return O
unfit men to combat was due II
a misunderstanding at time whel
the bottom of the barrel was beinI
scraped for manpower to hold tn
Myitkyina air base against Japanes
counterattacks.
The Marauders are all volunteers
Some previously had seen servic,
in the Solomon Islands and else
where in the Pacific. They wer,
recruited as a special unit and
partly as a result of "ill-advise,
promises" believed that after on
spectacular and difficult mission II
Burma they would be sent hom,
and disbanded.
The Marauders surprised tn
japanese and seized the Myitkyin,
air field in the first instance, an,
(See MARAUDERS, page A-I3J
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Nozis Ban Horse Rocing
To Free Men for War
~ the Associated Press

~ the ASS0ciated Pfe58.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The Berlin
radio announced today in broad
cast heard by the Associated Press
that horse racing In Germany was
discontinued Immediately.
The step was taken to release Is
much manpower g possible for total
war.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Great Explosion Reported
Al hazi Base in Denmark
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The Swed-
ish radio said tonight that an
enormous explosion" at Aalborg,
Denmark, location of a German
naval air station, had killed about
10 persons and injured q number
Of others.
Five Of those killed and 10 OF the
injured were German soldiers said
the broadcast, recorded by the Fed
|eral Communications Commission.
The cause Of the blast was not
stated.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. S R.-
Strike in Helsingor, Denmark, in
protest over the Staying OF Otto
Bulow, Danish globe trotter and
artist, by German occupying forces
ended today after lasting "a hours,
the free Danish press service re.
ported.
The report said the strike had
served its purpose. Danish patriots
charged that Bulow was shot by the
Nazis In revenge for q patriot cam.
paign to eliminate informers.
Evening star., 1944-08-06

BARKLEY WINS EASILY over six
opponents in Kentucky primary.
Page AS
Evening star., 1944-08-06

The guides are not on the public
payroll. They are appointed, strictly
unofncially, by Wall Doxey, the SER
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(see RUSSELL, Page A-5o
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Radio Programs, Pg. CO
Complete Index. Poge AZ
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Weather Forecast

Hot, humid, with afternoon thlin-
dershcwers today. Fair and cooler to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(See DEWEY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(See MARAUDERS, page A-l3)
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(See TRANSIT, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(See WEATHER, Page AID
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(See FRANCE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Temperatures yesterday - Highest
SO, at 3:55 pm; lowest, rs, at TAO am:
United States Weather Bureau Report.
Evening star., 1944-08-06

(See RUSSIA, Page Al;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
Rats Ready to Desert Sinking Ship

While Nazi Propaganda Minister Goeb- bels is busy delivering pep talks to the German people, promising them that by holding out through the next few months they'll win the peace, Axis big wigs have been buster than bluejayS feathering the nests they'll flee to when the showdown comes. Maybe the true explanation of the German Luftwaffe'S failure to put up a strong resistance lately is that it's pompous chief, Reichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, has been busy unburn- ing some of his bridges, for report from Switzerland says that several crates of Goering's furniture and valuableS have arrived there.
 Pierre Laval, said to be on the verge of resigning and fleeing France as result of the internal upheaval since the invaS- ion, has reportedly attempted to deposit $50, O,OO0 in gold in Argentine banks And you can bet your bottom dollar that every one of the Axis war lords has long since reserved "safe" little hideout in one of the neutral countries, and will have his pockets well padded for the journey when Germany finally cies "Kamerad!"
 The Allies haven't said much of late about their intention of bringing war criminals to trial It couldn't be, how ever, that Goering, Laval and the neutral nations have forgotten President Roose- velt's warning of last March that Tt is our determination that none who partici- pate in these acts of sayagery shall go unpunished. The United Nations have made it clear that they will pursue the guilty and deliver them up in order that Justice be done. That warning applies not only to the leaders but also to their functl0naries and subordinates in Ger many and their satellite countries" Or Is lt that they think we'll have softening of the heart once the war is wOn2
 And will we?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
Selected Poem
THOROUGHFARE

Stanton A. coblentz in The New York Times I scarcely noticed till, on looking down I saw peopled hignway where lay, More crowded than the streets of many town, While ants vent Ehreshing through the elods and
 clay.
 Each quick black mite, so anxious and intent Hurled on, hurled on by what impetu0us foFee9 One southbound column and one nogthwaFd bent And why2 And wither9 What the Plan and seuEce9 No two but brushed anteDpae as they passed; Not one but twisted nervously. and raced WkeTe like twin mountain peaks my knees were
 ma6sed
 And towering grasses ribbed the ysTd-long waste, quiveFing thoroughfaTe where traffic sped Tn minatuFel borne by life's ageless thrust There, as within . microscope, read WoTld-tumult miTrored in the creeping dust,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
A Thought for Today
Postwar Business Looks Good

Amid the din of prognoStications on whether Russo-American relations after the war, Eric Johnston, president of the U. s. Chamber of Commerce, seems to have put his finger on the governing factor when he brought up the question of postwar trade on his trip to the U.S.S.R. Johnston, first private citizen to visit Moscow by official invitation. told press conference that Foreign Trade Commis- sar Anatas Mikoyan had authorized him to say that the Soviet Union wants to buy many billions of dollars worth of American goods on purchase terms mu- tlally advantageous to the two countries.
 Locally, the Soviet Union should offer a big postwar market for American prod uctS. Russia'S victories have not been won cheaply. Her Scorched earth policy and the fiendishly systematic devasta- ton of Russian property by the Nazis has left Red industry crippled and much food-producing soil barren. One Ameri- can correspondent reported that not a single enterprise in South RussiaS iron and steel industry escaped damage. To set its industry in motion again, Russia will need to import capital goods. We have the machine tools for railroad, au- tomobile and air transport equipment the latest machinery for producing high octane gasoline and the oil well and re- finery equipment and other producers goods that Russia needs.
 Harry Hopkins has estimated that American exports to Russia after the war will amount to $750, ,000 annually. In return, Russia will send us manganese, platinum, iridium and chrome ore, and the skins, furs, bristleS and tobacco that have always been in demand here. Re- gardleSs of differences in political ideol- oey, business relations between our coun- try and the Soviet should be most cordial in the postwar period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
Social Standard

There was time when you could almost judge a persons position and in- come by the number of servants in his household. But now proposal that maids be put on the priority list, to re- lieve absenteeism in plants, has been made by the Women's Advisory Committee of the War Manpower Commission. If this goes into effect there1l be an entirely new standard by which to gauge social stand ing.
 It well may be that after July 1 em- ployment offices will weigh requests for a maid first by what the employer is do- ing to win the war rather than by what she is prepared to pay. Ard the amount of help family has will indicate whether they're riveterS or idle rich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
Mail Censorship

Australia is disturbed about misuse of information obtained in the process of censorship. Such material has been used as evidence in prosecuting rationing of- lenses and in checking tax avoidances; and secret business formulas have been filed with government agencies.
 This has familiar ring. Details diff fer, but information taken by American censors out of our letters has been used for purposes which have no slightest con- nection with the national security.
 It is our contention that censorship can legitimately do only two things: First, prevent militarily harmful material from passing; and second, extract information bearing upon sabotage or espionage. For no other purpose, however worthy, should censorship be utilized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
Golden Days for the Theater

"Oscar," famed movie award. will have worthy colleague in the new Lambs Club trophy to be presented each season to the actor most worthy of the honor.
 This recognition of Thespian excellence ls made possible by John Golden. widely known Broadway producer who has set aside fund of @l0O.O00 for the advance ment Of the theater His gift will provide, in addition, funds to aid young aspiring pIaywrlghts, feilowships and awards "for the general advantage of the theater," assistance to the needy in the entertain naent field, and the organization Of g standard repertory group as the lnitlal atep toward establishment of a national theater.
 Golden recognizes the need for more god pIaywrights and more good actors. Enc program he has inaugurated should Eo a long way toward advancing the dfa- Nsa&se arts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-01
WHAT! NO DRAFTS? NO
 ExPOsUREl

A reader sends page clipped from an aircraft company's house. organ, as the monthly message on llealh by the company's medical dee partment."
 The heading reads: THE SUM- MFR COLD a kill joy then the medical department informs us that colds during the summer are no different medically from the wtr1- ter variety and offers "a few hints that we believe will help you keep a step ahead of a nasty summer cold" Then follows seven hints which follow the hackneyed pattern of such advice to the public by doc- tors or health authorities who are obviously vague and not quite cer- tain of what they are talking about. For instance:
 ''l. Don't believe you are more immune to colds in scmmer than in winter :"
 I pricked up my ears-and no cracks, please-at that and reached for paper and typewriter, eager to proclaim that here at last--but, shucks, my delight was short-lived, for close on the heels of that scien- tific suggestion followed the old hokum bunkem:
 d. .. Your resistance depends on your health. not on the sea- son."
 The medical department may or should have some conception of the meaning of immunity to some of the diseases that masquerade as colds" (for the first and most con1- municable stage anyway, such as diphtheria, epidemic meningitis. measles, whether the oncoming ill- ness is spread indiscriminately as a summer, winter, slight, common, nasty, little or bad cold" But ! betchya that the company's medical department cannot define what "re- sistance" means, if it means any, thing different from immunity in the remarkable remark quote.
 must quote one more hint which (outside of this column) is uniques so far as my collection of such con1~ positionse of medical or health aus thoritieS shown:
 "6. Avoid exposure to those having colds. The cold-causing
 virus is carried in minute drop
 lets emitted when person hav-
 ing a cold sneezeS, coughs, or
 speaks"
 I am delighted to find the air- craft company's medical depart- ment mentioning conversational spray as something to avoid. Sel- dom will you find any mention of that in the advice given by health or medical authorities on how to prevent common respiratory infec- tions, Among the ignorant class open-face coughing and sneezing is the way such infections are spread. Among the wiseacre laSS-people who consider themselves intelligent the chief mode of infection is via conversational spray, in my opinion.