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Evening star., 1944-08-22
800 1rapshooiers
Poised for Grand
American Event
~ the Associated Press,

~ ~~s eASeVeAeeSo x4CoSs
VANDAL1A, Ohio, Aug. 22.-This
little Ohio town Of some 500 popu-
latiors-made famous as the perma-
nent home Of the Amateur Trap
shooting Association-was ready to-
day for its annual big moment, the
45th renewal OF the Grand Ameri-
can trapshooting tournament.
For the next three days upward
Of 300 Of North Americas most ex-
pert maYksmen will make Vandalia
and Its environs sound like a minia-
ture nth front as they blast away
at 500 clay targets each.
This Is the second straight year
the grand has been conducted on a
three-day and bring -your-own shells
basis. In prewar years the meet
ran eight days and all contestants
were required to buy their shells on
the ATA grounds. The war put an
end to that.
The exact number of entrants
won't be known until the firing gets
under way, but Ray Loring, ATA
manager, predicted there would be
as many as year ago, when 80
States and 8 Candian provinces
were represented.
Loring already has entries from
Cuba and the Canal Zone, SO the
event is assured Of an international
flavor.
The program tomorrow will be
topped by the mems and women's
amateur clay target championships
and the champion of champions
event. The latter shoot is that
which matches all the various State
champions.
Also on the opening days program
will be the husband and wife event,
the father and son or daughter
championship, the State team shoot,
the veterans competition (open to
entrants 10 years of age or over)
the Junior clay target title and the
subjunior clay target championships.
The doubles and the Grand Amer
lean Handicap preliminary will be
shot of Thursday and the meet will
come to a close Friday with the
Grand American Handicep--that
most unpredictable of sports events
which never has been won twice by
the same person.
Jasper Rogers, Dayton toolmaker,
won last year and he'll be back Fri
day. He has changed the oarrel of
his gun with which he won the title
a year ago and he's hoping that will
let him become the first two time
winner in history.
Evening star., 1944-08-22
As Edge Over Chisox
Their First Since al

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.-The
Philadelphia Athletics took the sea-
son series edge over another Amer
ican League club for the first time
since 1941 last night when they
defeated the Chicago White Sox for
the 18th time this year.
The Sox were the victims in Al,
too, when they lost II to the AS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
(See MILLER, Page A,
Schneiders Give Up Restaurant
After 90 Years in Business

A long popular restaurant passed
from the Washington scene last
night when the Schneider family
turned over their cafe at AT Elev-
enth street NV. to a new tenant
and went out of a business operated
successfully by three generations of
the family.
With young Charles Schneider in
the Army and the difficulties of
management multiplied by wartime
conditions, the family decided to get
out of the business opened here
some 60 years ago by the late Mar
tin Schneider, who helped to popu-
lariZe crabs and beer as a luncheon
repast for Washingtonians of an
other generation.
The cafe will be renovated and re-
opened in five or six weeks as the
Chicken Hot Restaurant" featuring
popularity priced poultry dishes,
under management of Louis Frank
and A. I. Wasser.
The old cafe specialized in sea
food, and drew a clientele of down.
town businessmen and lodge mem
bers who knew the late Charles M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Third Victim Dies
|0f Spotted Fever
Donna Mcgee, 5, Fails
In Fight Against Disease

Donna Mcgee, 5, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Garrett w. Mcgee, Green.
belt, Md, became the third victim oil
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
within the last Is days when she
died yesterday at Children's Hos
pital.
The child was stricken about Il
days ago. She was taken to Chill
dren's five days later, where her ILL.,
ness was correctly diagnosed.
The two previous fatalities were
Maj. Alexander r. Moir, SO, head OF
the Royal Air Force Transport Com
mand attached to the British Air
Commission here, who died Nav Ia
at Walter Reed Hospital. and Mrs
Mavis Ruth Scott, IS, Vienna. Va.
who died May 26 at Garfield Hos
pital.
DR.. John Cassidy, resident in pa
thology at Childrens Hospital, said
he did not think the number OF
cases was alarming in comparison
with other years, but that the
deaths were unusually close to-
gether
Health officials and physicians
have warned repeatedly that resi-
dents of nearby counties should ex-
anime themselves closely for ticks
carriers of the disease, and that the
insects should be removed from dogs
with tweezers instead of with the
fingers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Jops Believed Ready to Expand
War in G hinu to Four Fronts
Said to Be Messing Troops for Drives
On Running and Perhaps Chungkinq

Airpower forged by Mai. Gen
Claire l.. Chennault was the only
weapon in which the poorly
equipped Chinese had an edge. AS
ISOLATED Press War Correspondent
Clyde A. Farnsworth visited the new
Chinese-American composite wing
(CACW) in Honan and reported this
small air group already had thrown
a wrench into japanese plans.
He said P-40s and Boss had
knocked out much motorized trans
port and had gained complete air
superiority between the yellow and
Yangtze Rivers.
Burma Stronghold Taken.
Mr.. Farnsworth threw significant
light on Japan's willingness to
mount its current offensives: East
ern China bases from which the
18th Air Force and its tactical APP
pendage, CACW, has been virtually
controlling the enemy's eoastwise
shipping, will be of prime i'm
portance in the fulfillment of Adj
miral Chester w. Nimitz's pledge
of driving through to China"
In Burma Chinese American
troops pushed down the Mogaung
Valley, capturing the enemy strong
point at Malakawng. Other forces
were declared making progress
against Notifications guarding the
besieged japanese base at Myitkyina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Japan's great China offensive
today appeared on the verge OF
expansion into a four-front
battle aimed at wiping out new
Allied .airbases now virtually
dominating enemy shipping
along the Chinese coast.
From Chungking unofficial reports
said the japanese were massing In
Indo- China, possibly for a drive on
Running, American airbase on the
Burma road. From Honan Province
came news indicating the invaders
were gathering for a new offensive,
perhaps against Chungking,
The Japanese now are moving
south and west out of North Central
China. The. drive on Changsha has
in five days moved so miles, with
less than 40 to go. Capture of
Changsha, key point of the Hankow-
Canton railroad, would help block
off Southeast China from Allied use.
Civilians Cleared From Changsha.
Chungking authorities said civil
ian evacuation had been completed
in preparation for the fourth Chi
nese defense of the city.
The second offensive, west along
the Yellow River in Honan, appar-
emily was in temporary deadlock,
with Chinese forces attacking in
some places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
els Creep Through Nozi Lines
AT Niqht to Take VeI|etri Hill

slipping past German machinegun
positions so close that bright tracers
fired toward our side of the front
flashed over our heads as we
crawled along.
They eliminated without noise
the few German outposts and SEN
tries which they could not bypass
BY crawling and crouching along
a snake-like course through vine
yards and forests and up almost per-
Ipenoicular slopes, they took advan-
itage of every possible cover.
The closest calls came when the
Germans staged a front line air raid
while we still were in non-man's
land. Flares were dropped. illumi-
mating the whole countryside, and
their deadly brilliance forced us tc
lie motionless for minutes which
seemed like hours. Barking dogs and
braying Jackasses also threatened to
oetray our creeping progress.
The whole venture was like the
Hollywood conception of war. 1t had
never been done by so many before
on this front.
Tonight after "a hours and at a
point miles behind the German
lines, I still can hardly believe the
venture was successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Would Show Preparations.

Schneider by his first name and
swore by the food he provided.
Charles Schneider, son of Martin,
died in February, 1912.
Charles, jr., took over management
of the cafe until he went into the
Army. His mother felt the work of
running the restaurant in wartime
was too heavy for the remaining
members of the family.
The first Schneider place was a
bar and cafe at Eighth and L streets
Sc, near the Navy Yard. Its spe-
cialty was free crabs to 60 with beer
sold over the bar. The custom spread
to other places.
During the First World War, prop
erty around the Navy Yard was
zoned, and Mr.. Schneider opened a
rathskellar on "Lansburgh's corner"
Eighth and E streets NV.
The Schneiders had operated the
restaurant on Eleventh street for 20
years.
The old Washington Herald was
published in the same building be-
fore the paper was bought by Will
liam Randolph Hearst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
BY KENNETH L. DIXON,


BEHIND GERMAN LINES
SOUTH OF ROME, May 81 ODE
layed "A bunch of American fight
ing men staged one of the most
spectacular infantry coups of the
war last night and early this morn
ing by establishing themselves on a
high razorback ridge on Monte Ar
temisio, overlooking Velletri.
They moved in ghostlike stealth
by the hundreds through bright
moonlight and infiltrated German
lines and reserve positions.
At dawn, they were in positions
overlooking Velletri, which still is
contested.
Between these Alban Hills and
Velletri, an unknown number of
Germans are caught in a slowly
closing trap, completely surprised
because the CTS came all the way
without firing single shot.
Our position overlooks Rome to
the north and Velletri to the south
I accompanied the troops in their
Icircuitous l5-mile crawling, scram-
bling and hiding hike.
They accomplished their feat by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
|WlB Plea Averts Strike
On Three Radio Chains
Hy the Associated Press.


A request by War Labor Board
official that three broadcasting COM
panies withhold scheduled change
in operations today apparently
averted a possible strike of radio
workers.
The National Broadcasting Co
and the Blue network advised the
WLBs acting disputes director
Leonard Berliner, they would COM
ply with his request to maintain the
status quo. A. T. PoWley, president
of the National Association OF
Broadcast Engineers and Techni-
clans, said the Banberger Broad
casting Co. also had agreed to
comply.
Mr.. Powley's organization had
threatened to strike II the CON-
panies gave effect to contract with
the AFL musicians under which the
latter union would get jurisdiction
over pancake turning" operations
In New York, the broadcasters
reported everything normal. Mr.
Powley said he expected the VILE
would set up a panel and hold hear
ings on the dispute, but board off,
Gals said the next step had moi
yet been planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Announcement

The Evening Star is now
sold on the streets and news.
stands for 5 cents per copy.
There is no change in the sub
scription price for home de-
livery, nor in the present
price of 10 cents for single
copies of The Sunday Star.
The Star regrets that the
rationing of newsprint paper
necessitates limiting local ad-
vertiserS for the month of
June to $50 of the advertis-
ing used by them in The Star
during June, 1943.
The Stars allotment of
print paper is less than 80%
of it's use in 1941, although
its circulation, daily and Sum
day, since then has increased
approximately 700.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Nozis Claim Sinking
Of "a Transports

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1.-The German
communique asserted today that
Nazi naval and air force units in
May destroyed "a American and
British transports totaling 131, TOO
tons and % supply ships of 1859, ZOO
tons.
The wholly unconfirmed broadcast
said II destroyers and escort vessels,
two submarines and eight speedboats
were damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
3>657>OOO Overseas Decisive
Action At Hand Stimson Says;
Yanks Push Within Sight Of Rome
Deployment Of
Forces Nearly
Completed
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.

Declaring the period of de-
cisive action is at hand" Secre-
tary of War StimSon said today
the Army has 3,657 900 troops
deployed overseas ready to strike
victory winning blows against
Germany and Japan" by land
sea and air.
The Secretary said the overseas
deployment of the Army Air Forces
and Army Service Forces has prac-
tically been completed. With bases
and shipping available, he asserted.
the increasing numbers of ground
forces in England are now waiting
on the line to engage in battle.
BY the end of this year, Mr..
Stimson said, the Army's overseas
forces will be increased to more
than 100000 men, approximately
two thirds of total strength"
The Army Air Forces, with
slightly less than one-half of its
2,357 900 personnel already overseas.
has a total of more than $4,000
planes of all types, he said. OF
these $4,000 are combat planes.
More than one-han of these combat
planes are overseas, he said, giving
the AAF "the worlds most formi-
dable serial striking force in point
of size and fire power"
Graphic Picture of Strength.
Mr.. Stinson drew graphic pic
trre of the strength of American
forces ON fighting fronts through
out the world. This deployment of
worldwide forces, he asserted. fol-
lows the overall strategy of the
joint chiefs of staff.
Backed by hundreds of thou
sands of other well trained men in
the United States ready to move in
minute detail" Mr.. Stimson said the
Army Ground Forces are being in
creased overseas by steady streams
of thousands.
It was essential, he said, that the
Air Forces and Service Forces be
given priority in overseas move
ments In order to establish bases
for invasion points and prepare the
way for the ground troops.
Already, he said, American forces
overseas exceed by 1.571, 600 men the
peak overseas strength of the AEF
in the World War and is only AGO.
900 men short Of the entire strength
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
French Rail Centers
And Installations Are
Hammered by Raj
Night Raiders Fan Out
Over 200-MiIe Front;
Murk Delays Day Attack
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, June lin stimuli
taneous overnight assaults, pow
Ierful forces of Raj bombers
hammered Nazi defense installa-
tions along the French Channel
coast and famed out over a
200-mile front in France to blast
three of the largest railroad
centers through which the Ger
mans are shutting their forces
to meet the impending Allied
| invasion.
Murky weather prevailed over the
English Channel early today, bring
ing lull in the Allied air offensive,
but late in the day strong forma-
lions of medium bombers and fight
ers headed in the direction of
Boulogne and Dieppe, on the French
invasion coast.
In the attacks on rail centers last
night about 500 Raj night bombers
smashed the Trappes yards, 16 miles
outside Paris; Tergnier, rs miles
northeast of Paris, and Saumur, 15C
miles southwest of Paris. Eight
British planes failed to return from
the operations, which included mine
laying in enemy waters, the Air
Ministry announced. Probably well
over 1900 tons of bombs were
dropped in the night attacks.
Halifaxes and Wellingtons of the
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
bombed railroad tow tracks by the
Danube Rivers Iron Gate Canal on
the Romania-Yugoslavia border last
night.
East Anglia Raided.
After one-night interval the
Germans again sent some planes
against England. These raiders
droned over East Anglia and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Is Divisions Mossed
For Southern France
Attock, Nozis Assert
az the Associatee p,ess.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1.-The Ber-
lin radio asserted today that
Is Allied divisions, five of them
tank divisions, were concen-
trated in French North Africa
for an attack on Southern
France.
The official DNB dispatch
said the divisions will enter the
battle scene in conjunction
with Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hower's invasion of the west
coast of Europe. The troops
were said to include Moroccan
and Algerian units.
The report said it was pos
sible the Allied command would
turn the liberated French island
of Corsica, which lies within 1903
miles of continental France,
into a grand-style invasion
springboard. The Germans
specialized that the Italian
Riviera also might be an in
vasion objective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01

VI el1C HAhJ az VIC SiooC VA VIC
World War.
Only 1,466,0 900 Year Ago.
Compared with the more than g.
100000 soldiers now overseas, a year
ago there were only 1,466 900, repre-
senting 81 per cent of the Army's
strength at that time.
In forming a definite pattern" of
global war strategy, Secretary Slim
son said the joint chiefs of staff de-
termined that initial shipments of
men and material overseas should
be for the purpose of plugging the
line" to prevent further expansion
of gains already made by the Axis.
The next step was to ship men and
materials to eliminate the enemy's
outer defenses and prepare the
way for the final phase of decisive
action.
Consequently" Mr.. Stimson said,
"the flow of Army Air Forces and
Army Service Forces personnel over
seas now is on the decline after
reaching its peak during the first
two phases. AS the period of decisive
action approached, the flow of
ground personnel increased"
Mr.. Stimson said the Army Air
Forces have 925 bases outside the
Continental United States. exclud-
ing bases on United States Terri
tories. OF that number, $50 are air.
fields. Many of the bases are en-
ployed by the Air Transport Com
mand in its 10000 miles of air
routes.
Air Forces Near Planned Size.
"The tremendous growth of the
AAFs overseas combat strength,
with an adequate increasing re-
serve" the Secretary said, lust now
is bringing our Army aerial strik-
ing forces to the planned size and
power which assures relentless Of
fensive against the Axis in all
theaters."
An indication of the enormous
shipping necessary to supply Amer
lean overseas forces was given in
figures for this month showing a
record of almost 1000 900 tons of
Army cargo, almost twice the ton
mage moved overseas in May, 1913.
Compared with this volume was the
meager $4,000 tons transported at
the peak of World War shipments,
More than one-half of all the
Army Ground Forces personnel were
deployed for action overseas. 1t is
on the shoulders of these men. Mr.
Stimson said, that the fate of the
final phase of overall strategy, the
period of decisive action, depends. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Gen. Lucas Headed Anzio Force
Until February, Stimson Reveals
Truscott Is Now
In Command Of
Beochheud Troops

Mai. Gen. John Porter Lucas
of Kearneysville, w. Va, was
identified today by Secretary OF
War Stimson as the original
commander of the Allied forces
on the Anzio beachhead until
relieved by Maj. Gen. Lucian X.
Truscott, now in charge of the
present offensive.
Gen. Lucas, who previously had
commanded corps in Italy, was In
command of the landing forces at
Anzio last January 20.
Mr.. Stimson carefully avoided any
criticism in making the disclosure
at his press conference today. He
said merely that Gen. Lucas has re-
turned to the United States to take
=
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Man Shouts Warming
AS He Falls to Death

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 1.-Scores OF
persons leaving subway station to-
day were startled by shouts from
oberhead.
Looking up they saw Frank
Pereiria, 45-year- window clean
er, plunging eight stories to his
death. His shouts enabled them to
get out of his way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
|laughIin Again Seek.
10 Get Pearl Harbor
Data in Sediiion Trial
Defense Attorney Asks
For Dispositions From
Kimmel and Short
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Another attempt to obtain
testimony from Maj. Gen. Wal
ter G. Short and Rear Admiral
II. E. Kimmel, commanders in
Hawaii at the time of the Japa-
nese attack on Pearl Harbor,
was made today when James j.
Laughlin, representing 2 of the
70 defendants at the sedition
trial, filed in District Court mo-
tons for dispositions from the
retired officers.
Chief Justice Edward c. Eicher
took no immediate notice Of the
motions.
Mr.. Laughlin, attorney for Robert
Noble and Edward James Smythe
said immediate procurement of the
dispositions was necessary to safe
guard the rights of the two defend
ants. Otherwise, the attorney said
it might be too late if the defense
waited until the close of the Govern
ment's case, which probably would
be well into 1945." The national
administration, Mr.. Laughnn added,
might, in the event close presi-
Dental election in the fall is con-
tested, refuse to surrender executive
powers and not allow such testi-
mony.
Would Show Preparations.
Since the defendants are charged
with conspiring to undermine the
loyalty of the armed forces, the mo-
ton stated, ut becomes necessary to
show the exact extent of our prepa-
rations at the time of the attack
on Pearl Harbor."
The two defendants, their attor-
ney said, expect to show by the
testimony of Gen. Short and Ad-
miral Kimmel that "the admins
tration at Washington had knowl-
edge of the irnminence of the JAP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Italian Campaign Costs
$3.50 U. s. Casualties

The italian campaign since the
landing last September, through
May ~ has cost $3.50 casualties.
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed
today.
OF this number, he said, 1856
were killed, 36,910 wounded and
1854 missing.
Mr.. Stimson did not disclose how
many of the wounded have been re-
turned to active duty, but 1t is be-
lieved to be considerably more than
half the total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Miller, Acquitted
OF d. Lind Murder,
Is Silent on Plans
Goes Home With Wife:
Verdict Is Returned
BY Jury in an Hour
BY NORMAN A. KAHL.

Robert I. Miller today was free
to take up the Shreds of life
marred by tragedy after his ac-
quittal last night on a first-de-
gree murder charge.
The 67-year-old attorney, who adj
mitted he fired the two shots that
killed DR.. John E. Lind on February
81. was exonerated by the jury of
II men and ] woman after only an
hours elaboration. Miller was inn
mediately freed from custody by
visiting Justice Ben Moore and
walked with friends and associates
to his law office, just across the
street from the courthouse where
he has been on trial for the past
two and a half weeks.
Miller today refused to talk to re-
porters. His wife, Mrs. Marguerite
Miller, over whom the Staying oc-
Cured, said neither she nor her
husband was ready to make any
statement.
H. Mason WEIGH, attorney who
successfully defended Miller, said he
had urged his client to 60 away for
a rest. He believed Miller eventually
would want to resume his law prac-
tice.
Few Spectators on Hand.
Only about two dozen spectators
were in the courtroom when the
jury filed back to announce its YER
dict, in contrast to the hundreds of
persons who have damned the place
during the trial.
The jury was sent out to DELHI
crate at 5:2l pm. after listening
to instructions on the law from Jus
tice Moore The court announced
that the jury would be allowed to
deliberate until dinner time and
that the members of the jury could
then decide for themselves whether
they wished to continue considera-
(Cao NGTI It'd nora q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
Address by Pope Slated
For a AN. Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June IAN address
by Pope Plus to the College of Car
dinals in the Vatican has been
scheduled for 4 am. (EWT to-
morrow, according to a message re-
ceived today from the Rev. Filippo
Soccorsi, S. j.. director of the Vati-
can radio, by DR.. Max Jordan of the
National Broadcasting Co.
1t is to be transmitted by the
Vatican station on 9.6 and Is mega
cycles and if reception is satisfac-
tory NBC said it may retransmit
from recordings later.