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Evening star., 1944-02-05
Paris District Reported Target
AS u. S. Bombers Raid France
Heavy Craft Hit Central Section
Of Country, Lighter Ones BIost Coast

Isault by the American giant bomb
ers, at airfields unspecified in the
preliminary announcement. appear
ed to be on an even greater scale
than those which left great fires
raging in Nazi U-boat bases and
war industries at Wilhelmshaven
and Frankfurt during the last two
days. Wilhelmshaven was hit by
100 bombers and fighters on
Thursday.
Yesterdays blow at Industrial
Frankfurt was dealt by hundreds of
escorted Flying Fortresses and Lib
orators at cost of 81 bombers and
one fighter. Twelve Nazi fighters
were knocked down by the American
gunners as their planes thundered
through flaming fields of antiair-
craft fire protecting the vital indus
trial center.
Last nights Mosquito attacks
were made without loss. Other
night raiders sowed mines in enemy
waters.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Air-Ruid Test Scheduled
For Tomorrow Nioht

Washington will have its first
blackout test in almost four months
tomorrow night, civilian defense
officials reminded citizens today. It
will be the first blackout test since
October Is and the first to be held
under the new War Department pol
icy of permitting one practice on a
Sunday every three months.
The steady blast of the sirens,
calling for lights to be blacked out,
will come at 9:55 pm. The wavering
blast, stopping all traffic and send
ing pedestrians to shelter, will be
heard at 1920 o'clock. The second
steady blast, permitting resumption
OF pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
will be sounded at 10:30 and the
all-clear at 10:45 pm.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Man Held in New York
AS Rail Ticket Sca|per
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-District At
torney Frank S. Hogan said last
night his Office had broken up a
black market conspiracy in railroad
tickets" with the arrest of Harry
Craig Cooper, 40, president of the
Century Travel Service.
Mr.. Hogan said Cooper and agents
of the latter purchased blocks OF
tickets, including many for Florida
trains. as soon as they were placed
on public sale and resold them at
prices of $40 and more in excess of
established charges.
Assistant District Attorney Knapp
estimated that Cooper cleared $500
a day on ticket deals. He added that
Cooper risked no loss because tickets
could be turned back to the rail-
roads if no purchasers were found
Cooper, charged with conspiracy
and 81 separate violations of the
city's administrative code, pleaded
innocent in General Sessions Court
and was held in $4,000 bail for trial
on February IA.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
McCarran Conducts
Last Session as Head
OF D. {. Committee
Will Continue Suffrage
Fight; Successor to
Be Named Today

Senator McCarran, Democrat,
of Nevada, conducting his last
meeting as chairman of the
Senate District Committee, gave
assurances today he would con-
tinue his efforts for District
suffrage, reorganization of the
Water Department and other
Improvements.
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mis-
siSsippi, is expected to be named to
succeed Senator McCarran as Dis
trict Committee chairman. The
Democratic Steering Committee was
scheduled to meet this afternoon
to consider the Craftsmanship.
In a general review of the work
of the District Committee under
his leadership. Senator McCarran
stressed the vital Importance of the
groups work, dealing as it does
with nearly a million citizens who
now have no voice in government.
He said 1t was his conviction that
the trainers of the Constitution, in
selecting the seat of the Federal
Government, never intended the
District to have the status of a
State. but that he also held the
abiding conviction and determina-
ton that the people of the District
Should have a voice in the selec-
ton of their own public servants"
He said between the two problems
Of not giving the District the status
of State and the disfranchisement
of District residents there arises the
question of why District residents
should not have the right to vote
for President and Vice President
that this was not easy of solution
but that he would carry on in this
effort.
On motion by Senator Bushfeld,
Republican, of South Dakota the
committee adopted a declaration of
appreciation for Senator McCarran's s
service.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
English Church Paper
Favors Fourth Term
BY the Associates Press


LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Church of
England newspaper praised Presi-
dent Roosevelt's international lead
ership today and declared that Gov.
Thomas Dewey of New York ceased
being isolationist only when events
made it ridiculous"
1T is going to make the differ
ence OF life and death for future
generations whether next Novem-
Der the American people elect as
President the statesman who feels
in his very bones the necessity for
international community and CO.
operation or a statesman whose
belief in international solidarity is
the grudging concession to the
pressure of events" the editorial
said.
Adding that history had killed
American isolationism but not the
desire and will to isolation, which
IN the postwar situation will take
the from Of narrow, unimaginative
and reluctant concessions to new
demands" the newspaper said Gov.
Dewey, who is tipped for the Re
publican nomination. is Just such
man. He ceased being isolationist
only when events made it ridicul-
GUS"
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Untoxed Property
|hHyde Park
lCoHed Excessive
I the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-President
Roosevelt's home town, Hyde Park,
has more than its fair share Of tax
exempt property, says Town Super
visor Elmer Van Wagner.
Mr.. Van Wagner testified before
the Congressional Committee on
Public Lands here yesterday that
Federal and State acquisition of
property in Hyde Park had made
tax-exempt $473,000 worth of prop
erty.
He estimated the community's to-
tai property valuation at $1,000 900
and complained: Hyde Park is a
town of parks, with no benefit to
the people there"
Among properties removed from
tax rolls, Mr.. Van Wagner listed
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. Col
Edmund Rogers estate and Ogden
Mills and Vanderbilt estates, which
have been converted into State
parks,
Evening star., 1944-02-05
5oviets Squeeze Nazis
Against Lake Peipus
In Sweeping Advance
Moose Also Is Being
Drawn Tighter on
Dnieper Bend Trop
By the Associated Press

ps ZIG asSOCldLeC Press.
MOSCOW, Feb. Seen. Leonid
A. Govorov's victorious Lenin-
grad army, in a sweeping ad-
vance along the coast of the Cult
OF Finland, has reached the
mouth of the Narova River, 9
miles inside the Estonian Soviet
Republic, and has sealed of the
35-mile-wide Estonian land strip
extending from the gulf south to
Lake Peipus.
While Govorov's forces and others
under Gen. K. A. Meretskov were
squeezing enemy armies against
Lake Peipus and the Latvian FROM
tier, Red Army groups to the south
In the Ukraine drew the moose
tighter around 10 Nazi divisions
trapped on the west bank OF the
Dnieper River between Cherkasy
and Kanev.
German attempts to relieve these
encircled troops believed to total
more than 100000, were decisively
beaten back. The Russian commu-
nique reported destruction of "a big
Junkers-52 transport planes and So
tanks. Nearly $4,000 German troops
were killed trying to fight their way
out of the Gordon. which now has
held them for 48 hours.
Rolled Back to Dnieper.
North Of zvenigorodka and Shpola
where the 1st and I'd Ukrainian
Armies under Gems. Nikolai Vatutin
and Ivan S. Konev closed their
plncers around the enemy, the Rus
slams rolled the Germans back to
the shores of the Dnieper, where
they face either death or surrender
Our troops fought an engagement
for annihilation of the encircled
enemy grouping" the communioue
said. "The Germans are attempt
ing by counterattacks to feel out
weak places and break through the
encirclement."
One attempt by Nazi units outside
the trap to break the Russian cor
don cost them 80 tanks, DESTROYED
by Soviet artillery and tank destroy
ers. A second attack resulted in 26
German tanks being wiped out.
Air Relief Missions Blocked.
In the sky Russian Stormovik dive
bombers and fighters denied all at
tempts at rescue or relief by air.
Twenty-four big tri-motored Junk
ers transports were shot down along
with 10 escorting fighters. Sixty
other transports were destroyed on
the ground.
In the north Govorov's drive into
Estonia was supported by other
Soviet forces which pushed south
from Leningrad and swept to within
10 miles of Luga on the Leningrad-
Luga-Pskov railway.
Meretskov's Volkhov army, pound
ing west from the Lake linen sector
after clearing the Leningrad-Mos-
COW trunk railway, wiped out the
last Germans on the line from Len
ingrad to Novgohod, second north
south railway freed since the north
ern offensive began.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Senators Seek P|edqe
|0f Marshall Retention
Before Raising Rank
Wont Clear Assurance
Army Chief Of Stoff
Will Not Be Transferred
BY the Associated Press.

oS tne Associated Press.
Assurances that Gen. George
c. Marshall will not be trans
ferred from his position as Army
Chief OF Staff will be demanded
by the Senate Military Affairs
Committee before it approves
creation Of the title, general of
the armies" for him and Gen.
H. H. Arnold, Army Air Forces
commander.
Senators Truman, Democrat. of
Missouri and Quincy, Republican,
OF South Dakota, said the War De-
partment would be asked whether
Gen. Marshall is to remain as Chief
OF Staff before the Committee acts
on legislation introduced by Chair
man Reynolds to elevate him and
Gen. Arnold to a rank now held
only by Gen. John j. Pershing.
At the same time, Senator Wall
gren, Democrat, Of Washington said
his first inclination was to oppose
the legislation, designed to give
Gems. Marshall and Arnold equal
rank with their British counterparts
on the combined chiefs of staff,
Hesitant to Act During War.
Congress in the past has voted
this title for Gems. Ulysses S. Grant,
William T. Sherman, P. S. Sheridan
and John j. Pershing," Senator
Wallgren said, "but 1t ought to be
noted that none of these promotions
was made until after the war ended
I am not so sure we want to name q
couple OF generals of the Army while
the fighting Is still going on"
Senator Wallgren said also that
he and Senators Truman and Kill
Evening star., 1944-02-05
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-Droves of
American heavy bombers thun-
dered out over Central France
today, and the Vichy radio said
the southwestern district OF
Paris was one of the targets.
Lighter Marauders and RAF
fighter -bombers also hit secret Ger
man defense emplacements along
the invasion coast of France.
The Allied announcement Of the
days operations, the eighth in nine
days for American four-engined
giants, said only that they attacked
German airfields in Central France.
The first bomber crews to return
said they encountered very few en-
emy fighters and only moderate
gunf1re.
The assault followed Raj Mos
quito blows at Western Germany
last night.
This fourth straight daylight AS
Evening star., 1944-02-05
above Aprilia, or had been forced
l,

above Aprilia, or had been forced te
withdraw.
Nazi reconnoitering units nudgeo
against the bridgehead line, seeking
spot for a major counteroffensive
with reserves assembled from north
If Rome and drawn from the mair
front to the southeast.
"a dispatch from the front by
Reynolds Packard, representing
the combined American press,
said some German prisoners re-
ported Adolf Hitler had sent a
special message ordering them to
fight their hardest until the Al
lied wedge was Deliberately
Nazis Hold on at Casino.
The Germans were holding on al
Casino despite sledge-hammer at.
tacks of American infantry, artil.
lery and armor. The Nazis were still
in possession of the main part o1
Casino and were holding the Amer.
leans to the outskirts. Position:
changed hands several times.
The Germans even managed te
get more six-barreled mortars, tanks
and big self-propelled guns into
Casino for their desperate defense
of the city, where they had turned
almost every house into a fortress
from which they fired on the at
tackers.
Just to the north of Casino, how
ever, American troops pushed farth.
er west, dislodging the Germans
from most of Mount Maiola, but des-
perate fighting was continuing.
The Nazis threw into the Anzio-
Nettuno beachhead attack the 26th
Division, one of their best armoreo
outfits in Italy, which has fought on
both the 5th and 9th Army fronts.
Odds on Defenders.
Describing the inland battle fol
Casino, headquarters spokesman
said, street fighting is the hardest
(See ITALY. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Civilians to Be Eligible
For Bronze Hero Medal

President Roosevelt announced
today establishment of a decoration
the Bronze Star Medal-to be
awarded to civilians or service peo-
pie for heroic or meritorious service
in connection with military or naval
operations against the enemy.
The air forces are excluded from
the award, which may be made by
the Secretary of War or Navy and
can be retroactive to December 7,
tod1
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Churchill Bequeothed
$80, 900 by Banker
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
| LONDON, Feb. Sir Henry
Strakosch, banker economist, who
died last October, bequeathed Prime
Minister Churchill $4,000 as "a
token OF friendship and gratitude
for his and his wife's great kindness
and hospitality" it was disclosed
today.
The estate, valued at about $685.
600, was one of the largest disclosed
recently by British death records.
Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Min
lister OF South Africa and close
friend. was left $4,000, and Minis
ter OF Information Brendan Bracken
was bequeathed $4,000.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Petitions to
put Gen. Douglas Macarthur and
Col. Robert r. Mccormick, Chicago
Tribune editor and publisher, on the
Illinois primary ballot as candidates
for the Republican presidential
nomination were filed today with
the Secretary of State at Spring
field.
Today was the first day for filing
in the April II primary. The State S
presidential preference primary is
an advisory poll not binding on
Illinois delegates to the national
convention. The consent of candi-
dates is not necessary for filing and
they may withdraw their names not
later than February 26.
The Macarthur petitions were
submitted by w. F.. Mclaughlin of
Chicago, vice president of the Gen.
Douglas Macarthur for President
Club. He said he has mo word
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Nozis Claim Allied
Failure to Relieve
EncircIed Forces
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Ger
man high command claimed
today that 900 British soldiers
have been taken prisoner in
the Nettuno bridgehead below
Rome and that "the Allies have
failed in their efforts to re-
lieve units previously reported
encircled in this area"
Another Berlin broadcast said
fighting on the italian front
has reached such violence that
Berlin military quarters view it
as equaling the severity of the
battles of the Russian front.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Batt|eship Dunkerque
Reported Hit at Tou|on
BY the Associated Dress.

pS the Associated pTeSS.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The German
controlled Vichy radio said today
that the French battleship Dun
kerque was hit during the bombing
Of Toulon yesterday and is still
burning.
The Dunkerque, a 26,500-ton bat
t'eship launched in 1885, was scut-
TED by the French Navy when the
Germans occupied Toulon in No.
vember, 1912, and was reported later
to have been dismantled by the Ger
mans.
Toulon, naval base on the south
ern coast of France, was attacked
yesterday by Allied Mediterranean
based heavy bombers.
An Allied communique said con-
siderable damage was done to dry
docks and shipping at Toulon, now
used by the Germans as haven for
their U-boats. The harbor facilities
were wrecked by Fortresses in big
raid last November, but the Nazis
since have been busy rebuilding.
Thirty German fighters, some fir
Ing rockets, gave the Fortresses q
furious Commute battle over Tou-
Ion and three of the enemy were
destroyed. One Fortress fell in
flames after colliding with an emmy
fighter.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Gen. Holland Smith
Sued for $4,000
BY the Associated Press

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. 5.-A
$4,000 damage suit is on file in Su-
perior Court against Maj. Gen. Hol-
land Smith, leader of United States
Marine assault troops in the Gil
bert Islands invasion, brought by
Alvin j. Walters, %, Burlington
Iowa.
Mr.. Walters contends he received
permanent injuries last February 4
when he was struck by an automo-
bile driven by the general. Mr.
Walters was Navy machinist's
mate.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
8 Killed and so Injured
By Explosion in England

| Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-Police an
nounced today that eight persons
were killed and go injured in an ex-
plosion of an ammunition dump
near a Northern England railway
| ward Yesterday,
Evening star., 1944-02-05
French DistiIIery Ruzed

LONDON, Feb. GA Vichy
broadcast heard by the Ministry OF
Information said fire razed Hen
messy distillery destroying $4,000 gal
Ions OF cognac.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ITALY, Feb. 5.-Strong new Ger
man ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ed by the veteran 26th Armored
Division-aimed at crushing the
Allied bridgehead below Rome
have been repulsed, Allied head
quarters announced today, and,
to the east, a desperate battle is
raging in the streets of Casino
bastion of the Nazi Gustav Line.
The latest enemy counterblow
struck against British forces north
of Aprilia (Carroceto), 10 miles
above Anzio and 20 miles below
Rome, and was thrown back with
heavy losses. Official accounts did
not indicate whether Allied troops
were holding their earlier line on the
outskirts of Campoleone, 4 miles
Evening star., 1944-02-05
10 Escape, From Toto

The personal narrative of
the two ranking officers of the
little band of 10 Americans
who escaped from Japanese
prison camps in the Philip
pines begins tomorrow in The
Sunday Star.
"The Bataan March of
Death" report to the War
Department by 1t. Col. w. E.
Dyess shocked the Nation.
What happened to the pris-
oners from Corregidor is told
by Comdr. Melvyn H. Mccoy
and 1t. Col. S. M. Mellnik, be-
ginning tomorrow in
0lhr &,,ndan &fnp
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Germans Hold On
At Casino in
Fierce Bottle
MAP on Page A-3.)
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P.-The Berlin
radio said today that ''in the
course of the past few days
Casino has changed hands
already twice, so military
quarters here confirmed, and
half of the place now is in the
hands of the Germans and
half in the hands of the
Allies"
Evening star., 1944-02-05

(See WAR BONDS, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1944-02-05

(See MARSHALLS, Page A-3D
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(See STRIKES, Page A-3D
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(See GENERALS, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1944-02-05

yard yesterday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-15
Books Added To Library

The following books have been
added to the Community Library, re-
Gently, as a memorial to Mr.. Edwin
Haines, by his daughter, Mrs. W. H.
Michaels:
Stanley Jones, 1.-The Christ of the
American Road; Harry E. Fosdick,
"a Great Time To Be Alive; HUI
bert Footner, Rivers of the Eastern
Shore; Ernie Pyle, Brave Mem;
A. ]. Cronin, 1.-THE Green Years.;
Emily Kimbrough, How Dear to my
Heart"
A number of other books from
friends have been added to the rap
idly growing list of volumes now
available to the reading public. Dur
ing November circulation totaled 26S
books, great increase over any pre-
vious months circulation. Member
ship has increased proportionately
At present the Library owns STE
books, and is circulating 210 books
from the Maryland Public Library
Advisory Commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-15
PARALYSIS DRIVE DATES
JANUARY II TO 81

President Roosevelt's words, "a
unconditional surrender" will key
note the infantile paralysis campaign
which will run from jan. IA to 81.
The drive was announced by Basil
O'Connor, president of the national
foundation, following letter in
which he requested President Roose-
welt to dedicate his birthday again as
the focal point of the drive.
Pointing out that the 1914 cpl
demic was the second largest in the
history of the disease in the United
States, Mr.. O'Connor wrote the Pres
ident that the voluntary contribu-
lions of TIE American people had
made it possible for the National
Foundation to put the largest polio
fighting army in history into the field
to battle it.
due in large part to this fact, far
more than half of those whom infan
tile paralysis struck down this. year
will again be going about their
tasks with faith and hope and conf
dence, because their fellowAmeri-
cans have made it possible wrote
Mr.. O'Connor Further, while every
one afflicted by infantile paralysis is
assured the best of medical care and
treatment, at the same time there
is going on vast program of re-
search to find a preventive and cure
OF this disease" he stated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-15
PORT DEPOSIT

Mrs. Jacob Tome Jennings has re-
turned from visit to her sister in
Washington, D. C.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Water
Witch Fire Company served turkey
banquet at the Lodge Hall on Thurs
day evening, Dec 7th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen D. Lamm, of
Elkton Heights, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Daniel
Lamm.
The many friends of Mrs. Mary l..
Hobbs, widow of the late Thomas
Hobbs, were shocked to hear of her
death last week. For many years
Mrs. Hobbs was resident of our
town and endeared herself to all who
knew her.
The sympathy of our community is
extended the family of the late John
H. K2auss at his recent passing. He
was universally respected by every
one.
TIL Hythekam Club met Tuesday
afternoon last In Washington Hall.
Fol.cN ing the business session Miss
Roberta Craig gave an interesting
talk on polite stun and Nonsense, :"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-15
OxfOrdian Victim
Of Deadly Gas Fumes

The dread carbon-monoxide fumes
proved fatal to James Ellsworth
Thompson, aged 68 years, in his gar
age, Wednesday evening week. He
had been putting anti-freeze solution
in his car and evidently had started
the engine to circulate the fluid,
wien overcome by the gas. His life
less body, slumped in the car, was
discovered by his wife and neighbors
who went to the garage to look for
him when he failed to return to tt e
house after several hours DR.. Hol-
oombe was called, but stated that
Thompson had been dead for some
time. An investigation was made by
Coroner Guthrie, who revealed that
death was accidental
Thompson was the son of James
and Sarah Edwards Thompson and
had spent much of his life on farm
in New London Township, and was
injured there, losing an arm. A few
years ago, he moved to Oxford, pur-
chasing residence on Nottingham
Avenue. He was employed by the Ok
ford Cabinet Company, this being the
third unusual death which has occur
red among the personnel of that or
ganization within a few weeks.
Oxford News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-15
JOHN HI, KRAUSS

John H. Krauss, a well known
resident of Port Deposit, where he
conducted successful barbering bus
mess for years, died at his home in
that town ON Dec. 4, aged 70. His
wife, the late Annie Sutor Krauss,
died some years ago.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon, Dec. Z. Interment was
made in Hopewell cemetery.
Surviving are three daughters;
Mrs. Howard G. Jackson, at home;
Mrs. William H. Street, of Montclair,
N. j., and Mrs. Oscar Talley of Will
mington, Del; one son, ]. Claude
Krauss, of Aberdeen; one brother,
Mr.. Clarence Krauss, of Secane, Pa;
two sisters, Mrs. Addie Clayton, of
Rising Sun, and Mrs. Laura Bremen
of Lancaster, Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-15
MRS. JAMES r. ABRAMS

Mrs. Clara M. Abrams, 70 years
of age, widow of James R. Abrams,
pioneer residents of Miami and West
Palm Beach, Florida, passed away
in Atlanta, Georgia, December End,
at the home of her daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Weidman.
Mrs. Abrams moved to Miami ON
June 8, 1896. She was member of
the First Presbyterian Church and
former member of the Miami Pion-
GERS. Since moving from Miami, two
years ago, she had been in failing
health, her condition becoming in
creasingly serious in recent months.
Interment was in the family plot
at Woodlawn cemetery, West Palm
Beach, Florida.