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Evening star., 1944-07-30
Vail Pittmon to Oppose
McCurrun in Primurv

ELY, New. July 29.-Lt. Gov. Vail
M. Pittman. Ely publisher and
brother of the late Senator Key
Pittman, Democrat, OF Nevada, to-
day announced he would seek the
Democratic nomination for United
States Senator. He would oppose
Senator McCarran, Democrat, Of
Nevada In the primary election Sep
tember 5.
He declared reports the CIO would
sponsor his candidacy were "com-
pletely" false and denied . report
that the CIO had provided q cam.
paign fund of $4,000 to defeat SEN
ator McCarran.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Jinnoh and Gundhi
Expected to Meet
By the Associated Press.

ny the Associated FreSS.
LONDON, July "a Reuters
dispatch from Lahore, India, today
said Mahomed Ali Jinnah, president
Of the Moslem League, disclosed he
had received letter from Mohan-
das X. Gandhi, nationalist leader,
proposing a meeting and said he
had accepted.
Last year the British government
denied Gandhi facilities to COM
municate by letter with Jinnah, who
had invited him to write from in
ternment concerning Gandhi's ex-
pressed wish to end disagreement
between the Moslem League and
the All-India Congress. Gandhi
was released from internment last
spring.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
30z Yanks' AussIe Wives
Await Transport 10 j. 5.
BY the Associated Pres,.

BY the Associated Press.
AN AUSTRALIAN PORT, July
29-Australian wives Of 302 Ameri-
can servicemen have gathered here
for transportation to the United
States, by far the largest such con-
tingent yet assembled.
The party includes 10 babies. For
the most part the young women are
wives of American doughboys
sweating 1T out" in New Guinea or
other South Pacific islands.
Several Of the women have been
married for almost two years. The
wives must wait three years to be-
come United States citizens, but
their children are Americans by vir-
tue Of their fathers nationality,
Evening star., 1944-07-30
kiinq
Continued From First Page.)

rifles pointed skyward, tanks, care
riers and armored cars.
The king walked inspection from
one end of ruler-straight line to
the other, pausing frequently to
talk to the men and women.
Before the luncheon, at tree-shel-
tered 5th Army Headquarters, King
George shook hands with all COM
ers, from generals to CTS.
Clark Receives Medal.
In simple ceremonies he presented
Gen. Clark with the medal of an
honorary knight Of the British EN-
pire. Medals OF honorary Com
panion of the Bath went to Mai.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, chief of
staff, and Maj. Gen. Godfrey Keyes,
commander Of the End Corps.
Gen. Clark, as host, served as
elaborate a luncheon as Army ra-
tions and the countryside could
produce. In an open-air setting
the guests had cold roast beef, fresh
ham, potatoes, salmon and tuna
fish salads, rolls, cheese, intricately-
built jellyroll cake, watermelon and
American bottled beer.
The conversation was animated
among the King, Gen. Clark, Arch
bishop Spellman, Gen. Alexander
Gen. Gruenther and Gen. Keyes and
the other guests.
AS a gesture to mark his first visit
to American troops in italy, the
King abandoned his usual plane and
flew over in Gen. Alexander's COM
fortably converted CAT transport
which had been flown by an Amer
lean crew for more than nine
months.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

MEXICAN AIR CHIEF HERE
Maj. Gen. Gustave Salinas,
head of the Mexican Air Force,
salutes as his national an
them and the "Star-Spangled
Banner" are played on his
arrival at the National Airport
here yesterday. Gen. Salinas
had been overseas as a guest
of the United States Army
high command, and was in
Normandy when 1t. Gen. Les
ley McNair was killed in ac-
ton. He predicted that Mex
lean aviatorS soon would be
in the European offensive.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Extravagant spending of money
At home results in an extraSa agant
spending of blood in battle. Buy
extra War Bonds today to keep our
casualties to = minimum. Let's all
back the attack.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Explosion Kills Worker

, GIANT, Calf, July % LP).-One
worker was killed and a half dozen
injured, none seriously, in an ex-
plosion at the Chemurgic Corp
plant today.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Armour May Replace
Hayes, Envoy 10 Spain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Carlton Hayes is expected to re-
sign soon as American Ambassador
to Madrid, it was learned today.
In all probability. Norman Armour,
now head of the State Departments
office of American republics affairs,
will be named to succeed him.
Persistent rumors alSe that Juan
Francisco de Cardenas. Spanish
Ambassador to Washington. will be
replaced indicated a possible early
shift in Spanish American relations
to new basis looking toward post
war conditions.
Senor Cardenas said yesterday he
had received no word from his gov
ernment asking him to return to
Madrid but the possibility of his
recall was not discounted among
other diplomats.
Mr.. Hayes. former Columbia
University professor, has been the
target of criticism from some groups
here who say he is inclined to deal
too kindly with the government of
Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
Mr. Armour has a reputation for
dealing directly and bluntly with
the government to which he is ac-
credited. His last diplomatic post
was Ambassador to Argentina,
which has never since been filled
because the United States refused
to recognize the present Buenos
Aires government.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
D. C. Bond Drive Goes Over Top Open Hearings Voted
With $94, 100, 900; ( Sales og On State Nominees
Success of Campaign Is Attributed
To Large Purchases by Corporations

stand now at s26, 100000, only SO
per cent of the s46 900 900 quota has
been attained" Mr.. Waller said.
Unless there is sudden and de-
termined upsurge of E bond sales,
which have reached only Sl4,400,-
900. or 48 per cent of their s30,000,-
600 quota. the Sixth War Loan drive
will be considered a failure"
Mr.. Waller added that the per
cent of sales by corporate which
have oversubscribed their S48, ,000,-
900 quota by 404 per cent. raising a
total of s67 400, 900, were responsible
for today's over-the-top figure
Sales yesterday were the largest
one days sales in the drive so far
tSee, WAR BONDS. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1944-12-08
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

After a 40-minute converSa-
ton at noon with Secretary of
State StettiniuS. the Earl of Hall
fax, British Ambassador. said to-
day the United States and Brit
ain have achieved understanding
on the Greek and Italian political
issues.
Lord Halifax told reporters he did
not think there had been a serious
misunderstanding between London
and Washington at any time. He
added there was certainly no mis-
unoerSt anding as to policy between
himself and Secretary Stettinius.
The British envoy's visit followed
statements by MI Stettinius re-
garded as critical of Londons action
in opposing the appointment of
Count Carlo Sforza as Italian For
eign Minister as we'll as British pol
icy in Greece where British and
Greek government troops are fight
ing Greek insurrectioniSts.
In Greece, the Ambassador told
Evening star., 1944-12-08

The Districts Sixth War Loan
drive went over the top in figures
released today by the War FL
nance Committee. Sales now
total $94, 100000. The quota was
S94 100000.
However, sales of E bonds again
are tagging per cent behind sched-
ule and Wilmer j. Waller, drive
chairman, reminded bond buyers
that the fact that the overall quota
had been reached in no way de-
notes success in the current cam
paign."
Sale of E bonds-the man in
the streets bond-are again lag
ging, and while individual sales
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Dulles, Dewey Aide,
Confers With Stettinius
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
John Foster Dulles, foreign affairs
adviser to Gov Thomas E. Dewey
during the presidential campaign,
called on Secretary of State Stet-
tinius today 1t was his first visit
to the State Department since the
election.
Mr. Dulles had three meetings
with Former Secretary Hull during
the campaign and Mr.. Hull laid
down at that time bipartisan ap-
proach to establishment of a world
peace agency.
Today's meeting indicated Mr..
Stettinius intends to follow Mr..
Hull's policy and continue consulta-
tions with Republican leaders on
peace problems.
State Department advisers on
postwar security sat in on the con-
ference.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Russians Speed Drive
To Slash Budapest's
Links With Austria
Nozis Sent From Viennu
In Effort to Prevent
Capitals EncircIement
Ry lac AssocIated PreSs.

MOSCOW, Dec. 8.-The heavily
armored right wing of the Rus
sian Sd Ukraine Army today was
reported little more than Is
miles from Budapest in the
freely sustained drive to cut off
the Hungarian capital from Aus
trian communications.
Field dispatches said the forces of
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin were
driving a big wedge in the enemy's
flank west of the Danube. but re-
sistance by the Nazis. reinforced by
troops rushed from Vienna, in
creased as the battle neared Buda-
pest.
Saskatchewan, junction of six
rail lines 36 miles southwest of
Budapest, was by-passed by the
Russians in their accelerated drive
up the Danube's bank
The Soviet supreme command still
was silent on what operations Mar
shall Rodion Y. Malinovsky's Ukraine
Army may be undertaking to seal
off Budapest from the northeast, but
he and Marshal Tobulkhin appeared
certain to coordinate closely their
assaults to complete investment of
Hungary's greatest city.
Taking prisoners at the rate of q
900 a day, Marshal Tobulkhin also
widened his grip along the Drava
River within 10 miles of the Croa-
tian capital of zagreb, through
which German divisions in the Bal
kans hope to escape into Austria.
Three new German divisions were
identified as facing Marshal Tobul-
khin-the 44th and list Infantry
from Italy and the 271st Infantry
from the western front. Dispatches
said these had been shifted hur-
riedly when the danger of the Rus
sion Danube bridgehead was real
lied.
Soviet front-line correspondents
declared new, hasty Notifications
between Lake Balaton and the
Danube have been overrun by the
Russian attacks in the Budapest
direction. South of the lake Rus
sian units were last reported spear
heading to within 35 miles of the
Austrian border)
On the northern end of the east
ern front, German nervousness over
winter developments in Poland and
East Prussia was displayed in in
creased reconnaissance raids yester-
day against what are currently
static Russian positions.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
B-29s Hit Two lima,
Key Airfie|d Site, With
Record Bomb Load
Task Force Strikes
In Coordination With
Liberotors and Ships
BY the Assoc!a ed Press.

BY ine ASSOC.a seQ HTeSS.
A sizable task force of B-29s
from Brig. Gen. H. S. HanSell'S
21st Bomber Command on Sal
pan dropped a record load of
bombs" on Two Jima in the Japa-
neSe Bonin-Volcano Islands yes
terday.
The strike was in coordination
with attacks by Navy surface ships
and other aircraft. including Liber-
ator bomberS, in an obvious effort to
neutralize the airfelds in the Vol
cano Islands from which the jap
anese have launched raids on Sal
pan.
The japanese base is $50 miles
north Of the Super Fortress base at
Saipan.
Informally, the Goth Air Force an
nouncement here explained that the
record load of bombs meant that
it was the biggest tonnage per plane
dropped so far by any B-2s on any
raid.
NO japanese OppOSItiOh.
Bombing was done through heavy
clouds without interference from
either japanese fighters or anti
aircraft, and all of our planes re-
turned safe Results were not OBJ
served, the communique said.
Two Jima is regarded as the likely
take-off point for 10 japanese
bombers which raided 21st Bomber
Command headquarters Wednes-
day. destroying one Super Fortress
and damaging two others.
! First word of retaliation for that
raid came from Saipan itself, with
an announcement that the B-29s
had added Two Jima to their target
schedule.
The raid came on the heels Of
one in which China based B-29s
bombed an aircraft plant in Muk-
! den. Manchuria. and other military
| objectives, shooting down or damag-
ing 63 japanese planes during a
running fight.
The bag of SO planes represented
| Vic IStSG tOli Scl ny lile eldIlt
ships in their Far Eastern opera
| tionS.
Three Super Forts Lost.
| An earlier communique from the
| Goth Air Force said revised reports
showed three Super Fortresses were
lost to enemy action in the daylight
strike into Manchuria Earlier it
had announced the loss of only one
plane.
/ A large task force" of B-29s par
ticipated in the Mukden raid, a
communique said, adding that it
was continuation of the cam
paign against japanese war pro-
duction'
The japanese have important
steel works and shipbuilding yards
IN their puppet country on the
Asiatic mainland as we'll as many
other war industries such as the
aircraft plant at Mukden. A big
(See B-29S Page As
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Chinese Rail Town
Reported Retaken
By the,Associated Press.

d! lHe Associated PreSS.
CHUNGKING, Dec. 8.-Chinese
field dispatches reported today that
counterattacking Chinese troops
have recaptured Tushan. important
railroad town rs miles southeast of
Kweiyang, in kweichow Province.
There was no immediate con-
firmation from the Chinese high
command, but earlier special COM
munique announced that Chinese
troops had Whitfield down" jap
anese forces fleeing southwark from
Sanho, 81 miles northeast of Tushan.
This war bulletin said the Chinese
had pushed on IL miles after recap
turing Sanho yesterday. Fleeing
japanese troops were reported in
tercepted northeast of Lipo, 80 miles
southeast of Kweiyang, which is the
capital of Kweichow and Burma
road strongpoint
The Chinese high command an
nounced Chinese forces have reached
a point only ~ miles from Wanting
last Burma Road town on the
Chinese side Of the border.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Japan Damaged
ByEarthquake
And Tidal Wave
Landslide Started,
Houses Flooded in
Several Districts
~ the Associated Press.


Radio Tokyo admitted today
that the earthquake yesterday
caused a tidal wave which COW
cred houses with water, started
landslide and damaged build
ings.
After almost a day of denials OF
major damage. the japanese news
agency Domei admitted that Tokyo
was shaken and that tidal wave
inundated houses.
The Domei dispatch, intercepted
by the Federal Communications
Commission, said:
THE seismic center of the earth
quake which hit the Tokyo district
yesterday afternoon was in the Sea
of Enshu
Homes Damaged.
The districts affected by the
earthquake include Hamamatsu,
Shizuoka. Nagano and their vicini-
ties. where some damage was caused
to dwellings.
In ShiZuoka prefecture troughly
125 miles southwest of Tokyo tidal
waves caused some houses to be in
undated, while in Nagoya damage
was slight, with only window panes
| being broken
! TN general. the damage was slight,
with practically no damage caused to
our production facilities Domei
| said
| No mention was made of damage
to shipping. This may well have
| been heavy.
Landslide Reported.
An earlier broadcast by radio said
that "a landslide on a minor scale
and the crumbling of cottages took
place over limited area
! Domeis identification of the cities
in which there was damage indi-
Gated the tremor mad affected not
| only the southeastern coastal area
agonal to the city Of Nagano on the
west coast of Honshu.
/ In addition to Nagano, the cities
of Shizuoka and Hamamatsu on the
southeast coast had suffered some
damage. according to Domei, which
added that in Nagoya-one of
Japans major cities" damage was
slight with only window panes being
| broken"
! The earthquake was recorded by
/ seismographs around the world and
J. j. Shaw, veteran West Bromyich,
England, seismologist. said that it
i was ''one of the greatest tquakesJ
have ever recorded
+ Father Frederick w. Sohon. di-
} rector of the seismological observa-
tory at Georgetown University. said
the earthquake was the largest one
recorded at the observatory since
he assumed his post in 1923. He
said the recording indicated that the
/ seismic center of the earthquake
was in body of water.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Churchill Defends Intervention
Wins Confidence Note> 1890;
U.s. Britain Reach UNDERSTANDING
Halifax Confers With Stettinius
Min;mizes Gravity of Dispute
Complete Consultation in Future
Necessary, Ambassador Declares

reporters, the British government
was faced with a choice of whether
there should be orderly elections or
anarchy or minority coup d'etat.
Asked specifically why Prime Min
ister Churchill had opposed Count
Sforza. Lord Halifax said he could
add nothing to the statements al
ready made on that subject here
and in London.
The Ambassador referred report
ers to Mr.. Churchill's statement in
Commons today for a thorough eX-
position of British policy in Greece.
He said not every one would agree
with the Prime Minister'S position,
but that at least it left no doubt
as to the bases and reasons under
meath British policy.
When a reporter asked whether
he thought the friction of the last
few days had affected good rela
tions between the Allies, Lord Hall
fax replied with an emphatic no
The moral to be drawn from the
incident. he added, was that in the
ICaa JaJJEray pooe aal
Evening star., 1944-12-08
VINO 10 Track Down
War Plant Workers
Who Desert Jobs
Plans Also Being Made
To Divert Labor From
Luxury Establishments
BULLETIN.

Charles M. Hay, deputy
chairman of the War Man.
power Commission, sharply
told Senate investigators to-
day that a solution to the la
Dor shortage cannot await
prolonged debate. He said
legislation giving the commits
sion authority to enforce CELL
ings on civilian employment
would be very helpful"
BY the Associated Press.
The War Manpower Commits
sion is preparing to track down
straying war workers and lead
them back to the war plants.
Plans are being laid also. at a
meeting of VINO regional directors
here, to impose stern employment
ceilings on night clubs, taverns race
tracks and other luxury esta blish-
ments to squeeze able bodied work
ers into militarily productive tasks
Favoring but not expecting legis-
lation-such as that called for yes
terday by Chairman j. A. Krug of
the War Production Board-to put
moore teeth" into manpower rules,
the agency was disclosed today to be
intensifying its application of pow
ers already possessed under its exec
utive order from President Roose-
velt.
One plan to curb excessive turn
over, it was learned. is to trace
workers who quit munitions plants
without certificates of availability
and take jobs elsewhere Tests in
New York State have demonstrated
that the new employers yield these
workers readily when the absence OF
the required quit slip" is pointed
out, VINO sources said.
One or two such instances in q
war plant tends to deter other
workers from leaving, it was stated
VINO Offices will reinforce this eff
fort by stricter standards for grant
ing the availability slips.
The Senate War Investigating
Committee, which is studying labor
shortages in plants supplying the
drive into Germany. summoned foi
testimony today WINGS executive
director, Charles NJ Hay, and his
assistant. William Haber.
VINO feels that present manpowe,
controls will work if, as one Official
put it, "a sense of urgency is again
instilled in the American people,"
Considering the proposal for 9
national service act a dead ISSUE
at this stage of the war, VINO
nevertheless would like to see either
one of two statutory steps taken
First, authority to require the re.
lease of workers from less-essentia
companies, while letting present
machinery suffice to get them ints
useful jobs; and, legal backing fol
WPB to consider manpower wher
allocating materials-in other words
to cut off supplies from firms max
ing wasteful use of labor.
Second, affirmation by statute
OF WINGS present presidentially
granted powers. This would make
violators subject to the penalties o.
the Second War Powers Act.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Beginning tuesday
Senote Committee Plans
Public Questioning of
Grew and ; Others
Ev the Associated Press.

o. me ASSOCldieu fIeAS.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee decided today to hold
open hearings, starting next
Tuesday, on President Roosevelt's
four State Department appoint
mentS.
Senator Clark. Democrat. of Mis-
souri,. who left a closed session early,
told reporters members had agreed
that Joseph C. Grew. named Under
secretary of State, and three other
nominees would be questioned in
public hearings.
He said he assumed that Mr.. Grew
former Ambassador TO Japan, would
be summoned to appear first.
The committee previously had IA
vorably reported the nominations to
the Senate. but that body. in an
unexpected outburst of senatorial
independence. recommitted the ap-
pointments to the committee
The other nominees are Will L.
Clayton, Nelson A Rockefeller and
Archibald MacLeish, to be Assistant
Secretaries under the new regime of
Edward r. Stettinius. ir.. who was
confirmed last week as Secretary of
State.
When the nominations were called
up for confirmation, several Sena-
tors demanded more information as
to the views of the nominees on
important phases of postwar foreign
policy and succeeded in having the
names sent back to committee.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia. who did not vote on the mo-
ton to recommit, yesterday asked
his colleagues to act on the NOM
nations promptly, in order that Mr..
Stettinius may proceed without de-
lay on the important tasks that con-
front him.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Accused Germans PIedqed
Fair Trials by Allies
BY the Associated Press.

by lbe Associated Press.
Gen. Eisenhower today told the
German people the rule of Justice
and equality before the law" will be
established in Germany by the Al
lied Military Government and that
every person accused of crime will
be given an opportunity to defend
himself in open court.
A proclamation issued in Gen.
Eisenhowers name and broadcast by
Allied transmitters. said special mill
tary government courts will be
established in occupied Germany to
punish offenses against the interests
of the Allied forces and the United
Nations.
No death sentence will be carried
out. the proclamation said, without
written confirmation by the su-
preme commander or a representa-
tive nominated by him The broad
cast was reported by the Office of
War Information.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Failure TO Split Allies
Admitted by GoebbeIs
Ry the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec 8-German propa-
ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb-
bells last night practically wrote an
epitaph to his dead hopes of split
ting the Allies when he declared in
the magazine Das Reich:
If We took on each of our three
opponents individually we would
completely rout them. And it can
easily be imagined what we could
do if we had one or two of them on
our side. But, as matters stand, We
have to defend ourselves against
their united coalition of hatred"
In his article. entitled The Deci-
sive Round" Goebbels contended
that Germany's strength is still un-
broken" and had actually been i'm
proved the last few months through
total mobilization. He said, however.
that Germany had no surcease from
bombing "yet-but this will come.
for we are working at it fanatically."
Evening star., 1944-12-08
IA Men, ; Women Killed
In Ferry Pilot Plane Crash
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OMAHA. Dec. 8.-Seventeen per-
sons, including IA men and 3 women,
were killed here yesterday when a
two-engined Army transport plane
crashed and burned at the Omaha
Municipal Airport.
The investigating officer from the
Lincoln Army airf1eld said the plane
was based at Cimarron Field. Okla
homa City, and that all bodies had
not been identified.
The plane, Lockheed advanced
trainer, had arrived here earlier in
the day from Kansas City and was
taking off for Tinker field, Okla.
carrying ferry pilots.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Churchill, Slipping Water, Hopes
Dry Lady Astor Is Pleased

learn to keep your mouth shut, at
any rate for a few minutes" he
snapped at GALLAGHER. Other men,
bers cheered.
At one point when members of
the House cried Speak up," the
Prime Minister raised a glass of wa
ter and remarked he would have to
have "a little lubricant"
Slipping briefly, he turned to Lady
Astor, a foremost prohibitionist and
observed:
Il know 1t. will please the honor
able lady to see me drinking water"