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Evening star., 1944-07-03
Noemfoor Island, Site
OF ; Jap Airdromes,
Blasted Heavily Again

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS. New Guinea, July g.
Noemfoor Island. an egg-shaped lit
tie piece Of jungle land bedecked
with three Japanese airdromes, was
shelled by PIT boats once and heav-
lily bombed twice Friday and Satur-
day
The attacks were reminiscent OF
the softening up that has preceded
Allied landings such as that on Biak
Island in the Schouten group May
n. but there was no indication from
headquarters Of any new invasion
development.
Heavy bomber, mediums, attack
planes and fighters OF the 5th and
18th Army Air Forces took part in
the raids Friday and Saturday. The
Saturday bombing was by more than
l5e airplanes employing 23o tons
of explosives. the largest air strike
in this theater in several weeks.
Thick weather obscured results
of the first raid, but the second left
airdromes and supply sectors blank
eted With smoke. Allied torpedo
boats shelled shore installatio Sat-
urday night.
Noemfoor, Is miles long and IL
across, has been bombed rs times
in IS days. Fifty miles west of Biak
in Ceelvink Bay and q like distance
from Jap-held Manokwari, Dutch
New Guinea, Noemfoor's airfields
are 900 miles from Palau, 900 from
the Philippines.
Another heavy force of Liberators
raided Boeroe Island, in the Banda
Sea 600 miles southwest of Noem-
foor, Saturday. Fifty-eight tons of
bombs destroyed three grounded air
planes and started fires in the air
strip area. One japanese fighter
was shot down.
On Boeroe's west coast, a recon-
Nuisance bomber sank a 1000 ton
cargo ship. Three other small cargo
vessels were sunk near Timor, and
one of Halmahera Island.
Headquarters announced that 524
more Japanese have been killed in
ground fighting on Biak Island and
in the Mafiin Bay area OF Dutch
New Guinea.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
1,715,000 Reported
Killed in Nazi Drive
To Wipe Out Jews
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 3.-A Geneva
dispatch to the New York Times to-
day said Its 900 Jews had been
put to death by the Germans in
Upper Silesian determination
camps" at Auschwttz and Birkenau
In two years ended April IS. 1914.
The report was attributed to in
formation reaching the Internation-
al Church Movement Ecumenical
Refugee Commission Of Geneva and
the Fluchtlingshilfe OF Zurich.
Victims were said to have come
from these countries: Poland, 9Oo.-
600; the Netherlands, 100000;
Greece, $4,000; France. 10000: BEL
gium, $4,000; Germany, 10000;
Yugoslavia. Italy and Norway. So
900; Bohemia. Moravia and Austria
10000; Slovakia, 10000, and foreign
Jews from Polish concentration
camps, 800, 900.
Yet another 10000 Jews from
Hungary were said to have been
killed or died en- route to Upper
Silesia. The Ecumenical Commission
report said the Hungarian Jews
we're subject to malicious, fiendish,
inhuman brutality The Times
story reported that many were
worked to death.
Execution halls at Auschwitz and
Birkenau were said to be fake bath
ing establishments. capable Of dis
patching 1000 to 5000 Jews daily.
Prisoners were led into cells and
ordered to strip for bathing" The
Times dispatch said. then cyanide
gas was said to have been released,
causing death in three to fiye min
utes. The bodies are burned in
that hold eight to 10 at
a time. At Birkenau there are about
so such furnaces. They were opened
March IL. 1s43. by a large party of
Nazi chiefs who witnessed the dis
posal Of 5000 Jews from 9 am. until
7:30 p.m,' according to the report" "
Evening star., 1944-07-03

head. Capt. Rupert holds the
Silver Star with the OAK Leaf clus-
ter for gallantry In North Africa.
Pfc. Aldred I. Carter has been
wounded in the Mediterranean area
the War Department has notified
his wife, Mrs. Gladys M. Carter,
listed as living at 1923 Reservoir
road NV.
Corpl. Kenneth NJ. Bargmann, 20,
ranger, has been missing in
France since June Z. his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Bargmann, 9116
Flower avenue, Silver Spring, have
been informed by the War Depart
ment. Corpl. Bargmann was grad
uated from Montgomery Blair Sen
ior High School in 1912. He volun-
teered for the rangers in March,
l943. and has been overseas since
November. He has two brothers in
the service, 1t. Evans R. Bargmann,
U. S. A. A. F.. in the South Pacific,
and George H. Bargmann, jr., U. S.
N. R., petty officer, first class, with
the Pacific Fleet.
Pvt. Laurel NJ. Davis, jr., 10. was
wounded in the knee in the South
Evening star., 1944-07-03
American Firms 10 Get : :
.sI
Report on Rome HOLDINGS: s
By the Associated Press.


ROME, July 3. - Mai. Paul -.
Shriver, regional property oontrsl
ofncer for the Rome area, announced
yesterday that holdings of more than
40 American firms representing ia
vestments in Rome of about $50, ,0Oe,.
600 had been assessed and inven.
toried, and that statements would
be submitted to the owners in due
time. sS
The former Colorado State WA
administrator said some firms Cd
ready were operating at q profit. Not
one cent of damage to any real e.
tate property was reported. -
Firms now under protection of ttfe
control office include the American
Express, Otis Elevator, international
Business Machines, Eastman KODAK,
General Electric, Western Electric.
Barclays Bank of London, the ItHf-
ian-American Bank, Metro Gold.
wyn-Mayer, Paramount, Warner
Bros. and other Aim exchanges,
Singer Sewing Machine, National
Radiator, Automatic TELEPHONES,
Helena Rubenstein's and dog trick.
Maj. Shriver said all banks were
solvent. -
Evening star., 1944-07-03
kunsuns in All Walks of Life
I urn Out to Harvest Wheat

son. last years crop was IA POI 900
bushels and the 10-year average was
lbs ,96S 600.
Labor, of course, is the chief
problem. In other years transients
have wandered in to help. But this
year it's mostly up to the Kansans
themselves.
Pawnee. Kans.. probably Is typical.
Among those gathering in the
sheaves are Barber Sam Dumler
Jeweler w. E. Carter, County Treas
urer Clayton Milloway and his dep
uty, Ray Monger, and County At
torney Vincent Fleming. And at
McPherson, Kans., the Rev. G. C.
Browne, pausing to wipe the per-
spiration from his eyes, said he
hoped to stick 1t out for the entire
bountiful harvest.
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'' ~ ~ ALk SOOO lCdltAl
she had suffered with high blood
pressure for the last four years.
Mrs. Smiths death came as a
tragic aftermath to a testimonial
dinner given at the Indian Spring
Country Club Thursday night in
tribute to DR.. Smith, who served
as pastor of the Woodside Meth
odist Church. Silver Spring, for %
years before accepting his new post
as district superintendent. Speakers
at the dinner, attended by about
$50 Silver Spring residents, paid
tribute to Mrs. Smith for her assist
ance to her husband in his work in
the community.
A native of New York, Mrs. Smith
was 43 years old. She attended
schools in Plainfield, N. j., and mar
ried DR.. Smith June 2l. 1922, shortly
after he began his pastorate at the
Woodside Methodist Church.
Mrs. Smith was q member of the
WoodSide Dramatic Club, the Wom-
ans Club of Woodside. the Silver
Spring Chapter of the Eastern Star,
the Mothers Club of Woodside, the
Silver Spring Branch of the Red
Cross and the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Woodside
Methodist Church.
Besides her husband she Is sur
vived by four children, Mrs. Robert
D. Kemp, Clearwater, Fla, whose
husband, Corpl. Kemp, is at Drew
Field: Seaman First Class Ralph
D. Smith, jr., who is on submarine
duty; Cathryn Ann and William
Francis, both of whom live at home.
Also surviving are her father,
Ernest Zeek, Plainfield, N. j.. and
three brothers, Leslie, also of Plain
field; Harold, Oak Hill, w. Va, and
Edwin A., Doylestown, Pa.
Services have been tentatively set
for 8 pm. Wednesday at the Wood
side Methodist Church. Burial will
take place in Hughesville, Pa,
Thursday.
Evening star., 1944-07-03

b o h ~ kle s
broken and re-
ceived other in
juries when q
s h e II exploded
near him in
France on June
l8. according to
word received by
his wife, Audrey
K e e an. 602
p e n n sy | vania
avenue Sc. A
native of New
ark, N. j., Pvt.
Keegan was sta
toned here from
SAon SalA IAI
Evening star., 1944-07-03
Briqodier Marks Missinq
After Burma Crash
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLOMBO, Ceylon. July 3.-Brig
r. N. r. Marks OF the Sd Gurkha
Rifles is missing and presumed
lost" in an airplane crash in the
Mogaung Valley In Northern Burma,
1t was announced today.
Brig. Marks was senior admins
trative stan ofiicer under the late
Maj. Gen. Orde Wingate, British
air Commando leader who was
killed in similar mishap in Burmc
last March.
An official announcement said
Brig. Marks had taken of May IS
in extremely bad weather to visit
Maj. Gen. w. D. A. Lentaigne's
headquarters and had never arrived.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
BY the Associated Press.

by tht Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, July 3.-The Stat
ford County commissioners could
hardly be seen for their yawns today
in their meeting in st. John, Kans.
They struggled into their gathering
at 8 a.m.-so that by 6 am. they
could be In the fields harvesting
wheat.
All over Kansas similar stories
could be told-of BARRIERS allowing
whiskers to sprout unmolested, of
jewelers. forsaking their gems, of
preachers leaving their congrega-
tions-or, rather, Of going with
them to the fields.
For Kansas is harvesting a golden
wheat crop estimated By the United
States Agriculture Department at
l74, $40, 900 bushels. For compari.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
BY the Associated Press.


SAN DIEGO, Calf, July Sin
an unprecedented mercy rescue, a
Navy blimp landed IN the treacher-
Gus sand hills Of the Imperial VAL
ley Desert, 70 miles northwest Of
Yuma, Ariz.. to pick up a Navy flyer
who had parachuted from his plane
late Saturday.
Despite the attempt. the pilot.
whose name was withheld, was dead
when reached by the rescue party
yesterday.
The landing and rescue was &C.
complished despite hazardous
weather conditions, dangerous ter
rain and a ground crew far below
the usually required minimum, the
Navy said In reporting the feat to
day. The blimp was piloted by Il.
Peter I. Culbertson, Minneapolis.
After search planes had located
the airmans parachute-covered
Evening star., 1944-07-03


closed by the Marine Corps, other
than that 1t occurred after June IA.
His mother understood he was at
Saipan.
A bazooka gunner, Pvt. Carpenter
joined the marines 18 months ago
and went overseas from Camp Pen
dleton, Calf, seven months ago. At
attended St. Johns School and
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School.
After entering the service, he
trained at Paris Island, s. c.. and
New River. N. c., before going to
Camp Pendleton.
George L. Hoshall, 80. gunners
mate. third class, u S. NJ, 36l4 o
street NV, died yesterday after
being injured Friday in an accident
Evening star., 1944-07-03
Woman Faces Sonity
Hearing in Boby SIoying
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PfeSS.
Ell CENTRO, Calf, July s.
Hearing on Mrs. Mildred Shelton s
plea Of innocent by reason of in
sanity began today in Superior
Court. She was convicted by a jury
Saturday of murder in the second
degree on charges that she drowned
her l0-month-old daughter by hurl-
ing her into the Colorado River near
Yuma, Ariz., May 10.
The ls-year -old mother had testi-
ned that Corpl. Robert Nell was the
father Of the baby, Mildred Louise.
Evening star., 1944-07-03

served on a merchant transport
and destroyer escort.
A graduate of Holy Trinity
School. Mr.. Hoshall Is survived by
two sisters. Mrs Betty Crockett and
Mrs. Montana Stansbury, both OF
Washington.
Funeral services are being ar
ranged.
Capt. John p. Rupert, o.
Evening star., 1944-07-03

year = old tank
commander, was
wounded May %
as his company,
the "spearhead
of the Rome at
tack" drew near
to the city, he
has written his
parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F.
r u p pc t, 1882
l. q m ont street
NV. He said he
was already up
q n d around"
before on the
Arr{1 An - -
Evening star., 1944-07-03
Miniature Loyette Tells
Story to Yonk in Britoin

By the Associated Press.
STEGER, In-Mrs. Martha Rob-
bins wanted her husband, Corpl.
Charles w. Robbins, stationed in
England, to see the clothes she had
made for their first baby.
She sent him q miniature layette
Of clothes made from the same ma
terial as those she has provided for
the baby-fancy embroidery in
cluded,
Evening star., 1944-07-03

ly of a cerebral
h e m orr h a ge
shortly b e fore
noon yesterday
q t Emergency
Hospital.
She was strick-
en- in her home
at 1907 Allison
street NV. as
she was prepar-
ing to leave to
attend morning
church services.
Although sh e
had been active
and apparently
Evening star., 1944-07-03
Y. P. |. Cites Alexondrion

Z. A. Mason, Alexandria, kas
among seven VPI students who
made A grades in every subject
during the spring quarter, recently
ended, it has been announced by
the college registrar. Others On
the honor list included D. B. Kear-
ney and j. w. Lohr, both Of Ar
Angton. and E. F. Moore, Vienna.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
On the Roll Of Honor
'2D.C. Men Killed, 4Wounded;
Silver Spring Ranger Missing

west Pacific, but has returned to
active duty, the War Department
notified his father, Laurel M. Davis.
402 Eleventh street Sc. Pvt. Davis
came here II years ago with his
family from South Carolina and
attended Browne Junior High
School before going to work as
messenger at the Pantagon Build
ing. In the service a year, he has
been in the Pacific six months.
Pvt. William J. Keegan, 23, had
both angles broken and received
Evening star., 1944-07-03

ABOARD his ship
which was being
S e ed at
Tampa. Fla.
A n a t i've of
Washington, Mr..
Hoshall was en-
ployed for 10
years by the Po-
tomac Electric
Power Co. before
e n t e ng the
N a Wy approxi-
m a t e ! y lS
months ago. He
had b cen on
duty in the At
lantic. and had
Evening star., 1944-07-03
Americans on Saipan
Hold Ridge Positions
For Showdown Battle
~ the Assoeiated Press.

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor, July s.
American forces held strategic
new ridge positions today above
the town of Garapan and nearby
Tanapag Harbor, on the north
western coastal stretch Of Sal
pan which may be the center
Of an imminent showdown
battle.
Gains Of from 500 yards to a mile
were made along the entire front
Saturday, Admiral Chester w
Ninaitz announced, bringing about
90 per cent of Saipan under Ameri-
can control. Garapan was sur
rounded on three sides. Yank units
on the east coast were 51a miles
from the islands northern tip.
Earlier, Admiral Nimitz reported
the burial Of 6,015 Japanese dead
the capture Of more than 200 pris-
oners, destruction or capture Of &c
tanks, from June IA through June
%.
(Howard Handleman, repre-
senting the combined Allied
press, said the Americans ex-
pected to meet large Japanese
forces soon in a decisive battle
somewhere near Northern Cara
pan and Tanapag Harbor, which
begins its upward swing a short
distance beyond the town.
Garapan Penetrated Further.
Saturdays attack was made under
the aerial, naval and artillery bonn
bardment. 1t was preceded by a
predawn Japanese aerial thrust at
transports and screening vessels,
which was repulsed with mo dam
age" Two of several Japanese
planes were shot down during this
10th japanese aerial counterattack
In the Saiman campaign.
Yanks storming heights east Of
Garapan added a third side to en-
circlement of that former capital;
surrounded previously by land
forces on the south and naval units
on the west.
Admiral Nimitz's Sunday COM
munique said our forces have pene-
trated further into Garapan."
"a subsequent combined Allied
press dispatch from Richard
Johnston described the "razing"
Of the shell-scarred town by ar
tillery, naval guns and mortar
fre.)
In the center of the battle line,
American units slogged through
hazardous terrain to heights COM
manding Tanapag Harbor.
Much Jap Equipment Seized.
Presumably. artillery could be
based on these heights to augment
the naval bombardment of Japa-
nese troops and installations, near
Garapan and the harbor.
On the east, the Americans were
within 51a miles of the Japanese
held Marpi Point airdrome. The
Americans also captured the noun
tain town of Charan Tabute, some
81 miles inland and slightly south
OF Garapan.
Admiral Nimitz said marines and
soldiers seized large quantities of
enemy equipment, including food
and ammunition. No further de-
tails were given.
The front now extends from Gar
apan due east to the islands center,
then north nearly a mile, then east
and northeast to the coast.
Seventh Army Air Force LIBERIA
tors resumed the steady bombing of
Truk. in the Carolines, Friday night.
Army Navy and marine planes. at
tackled the Marshalls.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
29 Passengers Injured
As Ferry Hits Pilina
By the Associated Press.

by tne ASSoeEAteu Freb8.
NEW YORK. July 3.-High winds
and flood tide caused the munich
pal ferryboAt Mary Murray to crash
into piling at the south ferry slip
last night, injuring - Of the 1000
passengers aboard.
-Four persons were hospitalized
for oh0ervation and the others were
given first aid by doctors and nurses
called to the ferry landing from
four hospitals.
Evening star., 1944-07-03
New York Police Still Lack
AK
Clue in Woman's S SIayinqss
Dy the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOClAteo FIeSA. -
NEW YORK, July 3.-All night
questioning Of neighbors, felHN-
tenants and tradesmen failed 10
throw any light on the staying pS1
woman identified as Miss Edna Nor
gan, A. West Palm Beach, Flas IN
a second-fioor rooming house apF7f
ment here, police said today. --ss
The woman who, police said, c&ne
here from Florida on June "a, ,was
found dead Saturday night. Anal.
topsy yesterday showed she N1s
strangled. 3.r
Police discounted robbery as. IN
motive after finding Miss MOI
gan's pocketbook, containing $37. and
other belongings intact in her room.
Evening star., 1944-07-03

day.
Marine Pv t.
Collier HI. Car
penter, 20. son
of Mrs. George
w. OKeefe. 4704
Harrison street,
c h e Wy Chase,
Nd. has been
killed in action
in the Central
Pacific, accord
ing to notifca-
ton received by
his parents.
No details of
Pvt. Carpenters
Evening star., 1944-07-03
On the Roll of Honor

Two Washington servicemen have
been killed. four were wounded in
action, and one from Silver Spring,
Md, Is missing, 1t was learned to-
Evening star., 1944-07-03
Mrs. Ralph D. Smith,
|Wife Of Methodist. -.
Official, Succumbs
P. Wirephoto.

Mrs. Ralph D. Smith. wife Of the
newly appointed superintendent of
the Washington West district of
the Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Church, died unexpected
Evening star., 1944-07-03

We must sacrifice our comforts 70
their needs; yes, and even our nsA
Tor their c0mfOHta, s.. i7s1u
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Buy bonds buy more
buy NOW!
Evening star., 1944-07-03

the Regular Army. He was sent
overseas several months ago.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Red Cross Reports
Aid in 81 Disasters

The, Red Cross assisted 6,4ll
families in 81 disasters In the East
ern area during the fiscal year ended
June 80, Joseph Carter, director OF
disaster service for the area, re-
ported to the Red Gross Chapter
Workers Institute in the Chamber
Of Commerce Building yesterday.
In the afternoon session Of the
convention of 80 chapters from
Maryland and Northeastern vir-
ginia, with the District chapter as
host, the workers discussed also the
Junior Red Gross, under the guild
ance Of the Eastern area director,
Howard Bell.
Mr.. Carter urged that all chapters
have disaster committees organized
to reduce unnecessary suffering in
such emergencies. Leaders in the
work must be persons familiar with
local hazards, he declared.
The national enrolment for serv-
ice campaign Of the Junior Red
Cross, the organization in the
schools, takes place from November
/ to Is, Mr.. Bell reported. He called
on Junior Red Cross leaders to
strive to insure the survival of the
vitalized spirit Of service which has
permeated our membership during
the war years"
Today's topics viii be nutrition
service, under the direction of Miss
Helen Everett, assistant director for
the area, and volunteer special
services, led by Mrs. F. Trubee
Dawson, area administrator.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Registrars Listed
For Voting Precincts
In Fairfax County
Residents Reminded
Saturday Is DeodIine
For Signing Up

Saturday will be the last day to
register in Fairfax County in order
to vote in the general election No
vember 7.
Registrars for the Is voting pre-
cincts in the county are listed below
Centerville district - Centerville
precinct, Ann S. Turberville; Clifton
precinct, Fannie M. Kincheloe; PEN
der precinct, Hessie Gooding; SWEET
nam's precinct, Dorothy B. Collier;
Wells precinct. Daisy B. Wells.
Dranesville district - Dranesyille
precinct, Joseph l.. Money; Forest
vile precinct, Arthur G. Speight;
Herndon precinct, r. Kohlwey;
Pleasant Valley precinct, Irene B
Rector; Thompson's precinct, Esther
w. Thompson; Thornton's precinct,
Agnes Slack.
Falls Church district-Annandale
precinct, Gilbert T. Seaman; Falls
Church precinct, Helen M. Lester;
West End precinct, Arthur d. Kerby.
Lee district-Burke precinct, Jo-
seph E. Staub; Lorton precinct,
Louise Davis; Woodyard's precinct,
Lemuel j. Davis.
Mount Vernon district-Accotink
precinct, E. Nell Berry; Franconia
precinct, Nellie T. Broders; Gum
Springs precinct, Mary w. Scheeler; :;
Pulman's precinct, Nellie T. Bowling.
Providence district-Fairfax pre-
cinct, Mabel e. Sisson: Langley pre-
cinct, Elizabeth c. Wells; The Lick
precinct. Lottie II. Bryan; Vienna
precinct, Isabelle M. Prosise.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Montgomery Sergeant
Writes Of Wars Horrors

According to one Montgomery
County soldier serving with the 29th
Division in France, the accounts OF
fighting that we read in our daily
papers cannot possibly depict the
true horrors of war"
Sergt. Robert Gun, former deputy
clerk of the Montgomery County
Circuit Court and former chief OF
the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire
Department, has served with the
29th since he volunteered In 1941
and was in the thick Of the fight on
the Normandy beaches on D-day.
He wrote his wife, Mrs. Ruth Cuff
secretary to Montgomery County
States Attorney Joseph B. Simpson
jr.. that 1t Is impossible to believe
that any one could come through
that alive"
Sergt. Cuff also mentioned, his
wife said, that he had been awarded
the Bronze Star, but was too modest
to tell what the award was for. The
Bronze Star is given for meritorious
service.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Gun
Ashton, Sergt. Gun has been over
seas since October, 1o42. His present
assignment. his wife said. is driving
the car Of his commanding ofncer
Mai. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Bethesda Chamber Hears
Exploits Of Cruiser Boise

1t. Stanley S. Herzmark, who
served aboard the Boise, told of the
cruisers exploits at the annual din
ner meeting of the Bethesda Cham
Der OF Commerce in the Bethesda
Woman's Club, on Georgetown road,
last night.
Among the guests of honor was
Rear Admiral william Chambers,
new commandant at the Naval
Medical Center. Bethesda.
1t. Herzmark, who was on the
Boise In Philippine waters at the
time Of the Pearl Harbor disaster,
said the ship earned the title of ''the
reluctant dragon" and her crew be-
came Hollywood sailors" because OF
her almost miraculous avoidance Of
battle on six different occasions dur
ing the first year Of the war. Be-
fore 1t. Herzmark left the Boise,
however. she had sunk six Jap ships
in n minutes in the Solomons. 1t,
Herzmark now is an executive Of
fiver Of the 10000 WAVES here.
Carl Bachschnaid, president Of the
chamber, made an appeal for q
stronger organization with 100 per
cent of Bethesda business people
represented in order that the groups
postwar plans may be carried out
more effectively. William K. Hodges,
chairman Of the Commercial De-
velopment Committee, told Of the
chambers plan to establish a per-
manent ofdce of information in Be-
thesda before the end Of the year,