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the Tarnopol garrison that it was
defending the frontiers Of Germany
end promised all officers and men
high decorations if they held the
city.
Some so miles to the south, other
Soviet troops under Zhukov's COM
mand killed nearly 1000 more Ger
1nalls in the encircled Skala pocket
northeast Of Cernauti. The Soviet
high command said the trapped
enemy was rushing from side to side
in o futile attempt to break out Of
ercirclement.
Soviet tankmen cut into the
thick of enemy forces and crushed
them under their tank tracks and
wiped them out with machine-gun
fire." the Soviet command said in
its midnight communique.
Material Captured
Relentlessly tightening their
moose, the Russians seized several
additional localities. In one village,
81 guns and more than 1000 motor
vehicles and other booty were cap
tured.
<1AAAASV 4OANCc SbAOO OOROIA GU OAAS
German stronghold of Hotin on the
south bank OF the Dniester % miles
northeast of Cernauti, and thrust
deeper into Old Poland to seize Buzz
hany, Al miles northeast of Lwow.
There was no fresh news Of the
progress of the End Ukrainian
Ar1ny's march across the Rumanian
Plains. At last reports, the Soviets
were closing in on the Rumanian
communications hub of 1asi, form
erly headquarters for German Mar
shall Fritz Erich Won Mannstein.
More than 80 towns and villages
were overrun by the Soviets on a
100-mile arc above Odessa, Black
Sea naval base and largest Russian
city still In German hands, yester-
day, with advances ranging up to
IL 1-2 miles.
In addition to Bakalovi, 81 miles
northwest Of Odessa, other key
Is miles north of the BeSsarabian
city Of Chininau, and Wesley Kut,
"a miles northeast of Tiraspof. Both
Chisinau and Tiraspol are import
ant junction points on the threat
ened Odessa-IaSi railway.
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chenko today as a petty traitor
who is "enmeshed in Hitler's nets.
Publication of Kravchenko's resig-
nation statement, the Daily Worker
said, "discloses that Nazi Germany
is 'scraping the barrel of her po-
litical reserves"
Powerful forces are involved IN
Kravchenko's action. the Daily
Worker charged. They were de-
scribed as forces who hate the
Soviet Union, who are mortaly
afraid of its victorious army, who
fear with Hitler the destruction OF
FaciSm, who fear with feverisl1
frenzy the cooperation Of the great
nations Of the world for the eradi-
cation of Fascism.''
Lizard"
Describing Kravchenko as q
''lizard" and miserable weakling,'
the paper referred to his charge
That he Communist International
never has actually been dissolved as
"stale canard''.
Our country IS not no-n1an's
land for enemies of our Allies and
our own war effort" the Daily
Worker said, referring to Krav-
chenko's statement that he was
placing himself under the protec-
ton Of American public opinion.
ut would be sad day If the
United Sttaes became hothouse
for lizards of this kind, an asylum
for characters who are not man
enough to say to the people of the
Soviet Union directly what they
weep over their beers" to a news
paper,
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region broadcast DNB dispatch
said.
The first Nad reports mentioned
only U. S. fighter formations, with
out specifying whether they were
escorting bombers. They added the
usual propaganda claim that the
Americans suffered losses"
A relatively small force of LIBERIA
tors escorted by American Thunder
bolt fighters defied murky weather
to attack German military INSTALL
atoms in the Pas De Calais area
across the narrowest reach of the
channel.
TOday'S Bombardment
Today'S bombardment was the
first by U. S. heavy bomberS based
i'll Britain since Liberators reided
southwest Germany Saturday and
one formation dropped bombs on
the Swiss city of Schaffhausen, near
the German frontier.
(Radio stations at Bremen, CAL
ais, FrieSland, Hilversum and Lux
en1bourg went of the air around
a. m, EWT, United States govern
ment monitors reported)
Though British-based bomberS
had been idle since Saturday, Ital-
ian-based Flying FortreSSeS and
Liberators were revealed offlcially
by Allied headquarters at Naples to
have inflicted considerable dam
age" on railway yards and other
installations in their first raid on
Bucharest, capital Of Rumania, yes
terday.
Many Hits
Many Hits were observed on
tracks, rolling stock, warehouses
and storage dumps In Bucharest
and the capitals northwestern SUBJ
urbs despite a thick blanket OF
smoke that covered the city fol-
many hours, making reconnaissance
difficult.
Damage to the Bucharest railway
yards was expected to hamper SCI
verely German efforts to suppl
their retreating forces in northern
Ruinania some 400 miles above Blu
charest.
The raiders shot down 40 out o.
perhaps 200 German planes which
sought to intercept them, and ont
formation Of Liberators fought {
running battle for 30 minutes. Lib
orators were credited with destroy
ing SO Of the days bag, Fortresses
10, and escorting fighters, three.
Twelve Allied planes were lost 4
yesterdays 400 sorties from Ital
ian bases, including attacks o.
lbridgeA sun poaltieps ard hiyealanl
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vented from attenting by other con-
flicting duties are unable to follow
the course Of developing legislation.
4. Do away with proxy voting,
which is used at present to report
out bills which many Of the men re-
corded as voting have not had a
chance to study.
5. Increase the number Of tech
nical experts assigned to a few of
the more technical committees, such
as appropriations and finance.
6. After committees have been re-
duced and members have been given
little more time to become specia-
lists in their fields. work toward the
project Of holding joint hearing with
corresponding house committees,
thereby doing away with duplicating
testimony and an unnecessary waste
of time for both Congress and wit
neSSeS.
Republican leader wallace H.
White, Jr., Me-, emphasized that
any chances would have to be work.
ed out on a trial and error" basis,
but said that he expected to have
definite plans formulated in another
month or two.
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urged far-reaching United States
participation in postwar world at
fairs.
Dewey repudiated the movement
in his behalf and asked delegate
candidates favoring him to with
draw. His campaign Is being run
without his sanction but few doubt
that he would accept the nomina-
ton If II came to him. He has re-
iterated that he would not seek the
nomination but his closest associates
talk and act like men who are man
aging q pre-convention campaign.
Most political observers here, seem
to feel that Dewey is available.
His showing in Wisconsin prob
ably will bring new demands that
he clarity his position, Ut least by
saying publicly that he would &C
cept the nomination if it were Of
fered. But his associates appear to
be confident that Dewey has said all
he intends to say on that subject.
st. Louis, Mo-, April 5-(UP)-
Six Of Missoufi's 80 delegates to
the National Republican nominating
convention were instructed today to
support Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Of
New York.
The 18th mad 18th districts, each
Of which has two delegates, in
structed them yesterday to do "all
they could" for Dewey. The 10th
district instructed its delegates for
Dewey last week. The 18th district
in naming its delegates In conven-
ton yesterday left them uninStruct-
ed.
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living costs to be up, organized
labor would be in a position to
bargain for comparable increases,
but the so-called white collar worker
would have no one to fight for
him." he explained.
Dilweg observed that while the
Little Steel formula allows a wage
adjustment Of only Is per cent to
compensate for increased living
costs, labor department figures show
that the costs have risen by some
% per cent.
Under the Gore-Monroney plan,
he said, another eight per cent wage
boost would be allowed workers who
already have received the maximum.
is per cent adjustment now allowed
under the Little Steel formula.
The committee Is to begin hear
irtgs next Wednesday on legislation
TO extend the price control and stab
ili2ation acts. now scheduled TO ex-
pire June 81.
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(CONU1nuSQ 1TOu1 rage ~
Christ's feet before he died. Maybe
the coming Easter season will teach
her a lesson"
The housewives, plus two spinsters
and five elderly men, reached their
verdict six hours and IS minutes
after Judge O'Connor delivered
Chaplin's fate into their hands.
Immediately after their decision
was announced, Bediam prevailed
in court. Women spectators surged
around Chaplin and Rugged him.
One feminine admirer even leaped
the rail In her haste and exclaimed
breathlessly:
"Wonder Man"
ooh, Charlie, I think you are the
most wonderful man in the world.
It was the only verdict you de-
served"
Chaplin sought to make a CO.
herent statement to the press. Be-
tween shaking hands and attempt.
ing to fepulse kisses. he managed
to say:
# believe In the American people.
Their instincts are right. American
Justice and the American press
have been most fair, as Is shown
by the verdict here today"
He did not choose to hear queries
about reports from Mexico City
that he had purchased q ranch
near there and intended to leave the
United States, when, as. and Of his
legal tangles with Miss Barry are
cleared away. One Of his. lawyers,
however, denied elnpratically that
his client had bought any Mexican
raA1 atAAA
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Prominent Democrats today
stated That he ex-senator had been
one Of the most conscientious rela-
tive to support of the interests Of
the 10th district. He Is men,
Der of the Washington Park Com
munity club and it Is expected that
he would receive strong support
from that section.
Although Mr.. Lawlor has not yet
definitely stated that he will be
a candidate 1t Is reported that pres
sure from influential sources Is be-
ing brought upon him so strongly
that he may be prevailed upon to
throw his hat in the ring.
Both Mr.. Wallace and Senator
Tobin this week announced their
candidates. from the 10th and 1t
Is expected that the administration
soon will make an announcement
as to its choice.
Ex-Sen. Edward p. Egan has an
nounced his candidacy from the
18th district and 1t Is expected that
he will oppose Sen. Francis Sunlma
Mr.. Egan was former senator III
the 10th but moved from that dis
trict two years ago and now resides
on Fiske street. He Is an official
Of the Waterbury Buckle 90.
Ruv Was. Ronsdm mad GkAmam6,
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In NezV York
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT


The Broadway CarrOuseI: Dorothy
Eamour, center Of attraction In
NE 6tork Club, where she was once
fired let $50 q week. because the
owner got tired Of looking at her"
(. Airline Judge. Nice girl. But
her shoes squeak Guy Kibbee
booking for the source who planted
the phonus- bolonus that he lost
mint at gin. Been playing
camps" said the star, haven't the
tifne to play gamesl" :. Dan STAN
ley Of Winged Victory" dancing
the most feathery rhumba routines
atnce Tony De Marco with the
lighter than peach-fuzz Nancy Mae
Woodbury. DR.. Frank Kingdom,
the radiorator. His book, 1.-THE
Man in the White House" is click
ing The lovely Corinne Mac
Lennon with her Naval Lieutenant
groom, reporting that Vera Devine
(also a girl-show alumnus) Is now
inspector at the Glenn Martin
bomber plant, near Baltimore :.
Lawrence Dennis, indicted ON sedi-
tion charges, and George Sylvester
Viereck (out on bail pending APP
peal Of his prison term for Nazi-
agenting) trading glares with a
columnist.
SalIies in Our Alley: 1t happened
IN a Greenwich Village joynt early
this ayem near Dick Todd'S table
-. A drunk asked the headwaiter
e the orchestra played by request
-. Eyes, sir" said the headwaiter.
'What would you like them to
play?" "Ashk EN-" said the
stew, ITO play cards!" :. Carl Bris-
son overheard it at the Versailles:
II hear Lonergan killed his wife
because she insulted him" :.
"Yeah," was the retort, II hear she
called him a tomboy.'
Midtown Vignette: He's a we'll
known newSpapermaI1 A few
years ago he discovered a young
writer and launched him in the
newspaper business, where he soon
became a popular sports by-liner
-. The protege persuaded the
news-servlce boss to assign him over
seas as war correspondent
The nswapaperman who discovered
the newcomer kept in touch with
his progress via his war
dispatches And then he
died during an ainr raid at sea. -.
Later long-delayed letter OF his
discovered arrived. 1t said in part:
II owe everything to you. If 1t
weren't for you, I wouldn't be where
! am today"
Men10s Of a Midnighter: Gloria
Grafton, one Of Broadway's darlings
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Providence, r. T., April 5-(Up)--
One fireman was injured and five
stores were damaged in q blaze that
swept q two-story brick block at
Thayer and Meeting streets near
Brown University today.
The fire apparently started in the
basement Of Applebaum's Spa.
Fireman william Gardner was
hospitalieed for cuts. Damage wa
ela, 900,
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NSOA4L4AAOA 4IOIiA 4 dBC ~
lative or by adninistrativeaction or
by both, means will be found to in
sure that they do necessary work."
Hershey's announcement that T.
Fs in essential war or farm work
would be placed In the deferred
classes of 1f-A, NIB, no and IrI.C
was in line with o Recommendation
Of the House Military Affairs sub
committee studying draft defer
ments.
The subcommittee, headed by
Rep. John M. Costello, D., CAL,
suggested last week that while
legislative to force 4-Fs into war
work was being prepared, Selective
Service should go head in reclassi-
flying them on the basis Of their
present Jobs.
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ing that the enemy thrusts had
been halted temporarily. They dis
closed, however, that several thous-
and Japanese troops are now mas
sed In the Ikhrul area, indicating
that the invasion drive would be
resumed shortly.
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Home Needed
But Definitely

Boston, April 5-UP)-'Have
you a home for us?" n naval
officer advertised today In =
Boston paper. I'VE need q fur
nisled house immedaitely-h
not sooner. Can offer years
lease but cannot strangle 2
year-Old boy, so you'll have to
take him tOO!'
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Windmills originally were used
for grinding grain, hence the name
"mill".
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AOOIlLl11uOQ 1IVIIl ESSE ~
the Luftwaffe just "sits that one
out"
The Germans still are capable
OF staging a furious air battle when
ever they believe conditions justify,
because there were enough planes
between factory and airfield during
tn past weeks of intensive attack
to bring fighter squadrons practical
~ back to full strength. That was
shown in the surprisingly-strong
fighter defense of Steyr in the last
attack by the 18th Air Force based
in Italy. 1t was shown by the fact
that the Raj lost 81 planes the
other night.
Nevertheless, air officials here
look hopefully All an estimated Luft-
waite loss of 2,700 planes to the
9th and 18th Air Forces since Janu-
airy. This figure does not in
clude planes destroyed by fighters
on the ground nor those caught in
the rain of demolition bombs show
cred on fields around the big as
sembly plants. The Germans are
believed to be in no position to re-
place those losses in the future and
with the real Allied air effort still
to come, they must conserve their
strength.
London, April 5.-(UP) -Ameri-
can and British Air Forces have
established definite aerial superb
ority in the skies over Germany it.
self and are now fighting to convert
that ledge" into absolute Suprem-
acy. Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck.
assistant chief of the RAF general
staff, said today.
Peck told meeting Of the Royal
Empire society that Allied Air Force
casualties are averaging less than
one per cent over Italy, North AZ
RIGA and the Pas De Calais area Of
northern France, but the rate Is
somewhat higher over Germany.
He revealed that the Luftwaffe
has been forced to assign four to
five times as many fighter planes
to western Europe as to Russia to
counter the Anglo-American day
and night attacks.
Between 100000 and 1,500, 900
uniformed German anti-aircraft per-
sonnet and 100000 civilian defense
workers, he added, are tied up by
the Allied bombing offensive.
1.-THE hands Of German clocks
now can never point to all clear"
he said.
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MenlOs Of Midnighter: Gloria
Grafton, one Of Broadway's darlings
Evening star., 1944-03-05


Pvt w B. Foer. dated February
1S from military hospital in the
Pacific, Pvt. Foer wrote:
Tell Arnold and Warren (Pvt.
Foer's nephews) that I did get a
few Japs but one of them shot me
In the arm. have been in a cast
for two weeks now but I am feel
ing much better. !" = The Jap that
shot me tried later to get me with
a hand grenade. just did get
out Of the way in time. Kind of
lucky, I guess"
Born in the District, Pvt. Foer
later moved to Asheville. N. c.,
where he attended public high
school. Returning to Washington,
he became associated with his father
and brother in the wallpaper and
painting contracting business. He
Joined the infantry in September,
1912, and has been out of the coun-
try for more than a year.
Pvt. Burke, who began Army
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Japanese Expand Claims
Of Victory in Marianas
BY the Associated

By the Associated Press. L = -.
The Toxic radio claimed last night
that japanese planes had sunk an
American aircraft carrier and seri-
ously damaged another in, addition
to sinking three more large Narships,
OF which two might have been air
craft carriers
The broadcast, quoting a Domei
naval correspondent at japanese
base in the Central Pacific, said the
attacks took place February %
against American naval forces which
raided the Mariana Islands.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz re-
ported on February Is that the
American force battled fierce aerial
opposition from the Japanese, but
no United States vessel was sunk or
damaged. Two enemy ships were
sunk and nine damaged and 81 least
1875 japanese planes were destroyed.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Star Staff Photo.

streets and the so-calIed Medical
Center Parking Ramp on the south
side Of the same block. Housed in
this center with its hospital and two
medical buildings are more than 500
doctors. dentists, technicians, labo-
ratories, and many specialized serv-
ices for medicine and dentistry.
DR.. Charles Stanley White, promi-
nent surgeon and president of the
four corporations, headed the group
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because it said he was "unsuited to
the job"
Greeted as administrator of Doc
tors Hospital. the newest in the city,
DR. Bocock was installed late yester-
day by officers of the four medical
center corporations, which own the
center. These officers, all doctors,
had selected him to manage the in
stitution owned by physicians, sur
geons, dentists, and members of
allied professions. He succeeds
John A. Lindner.
Responding to a warm welcome,
DR.. Bocock said:
Il consider it distinct honor to
have been selected as administrator
OF Doctors Hospital. It is unques-
tionably one of the outstanding in
stitutions in the entire country. 1t
Is serving an ever increasing func-
ton in medical progress in the Ma
tion's Capital, and 1 shall devote
Evening star., 1944-03-05

azine sponsoring first prize vfnna1a
Entries must be In by April !, r. Z
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Liquor Dealers Must File
inventories by May |

Warning dealers holding alcoholic
beverages Of all kinds for resale that
a new floor stock tax is levied by the
new 1914 Revenue Act, r. E. Tuttle,
district supervisor of the Treasury
Alcoholic Tax Unit for this area.
announced last night that full and
accurate" inventories Of stocks must
be made before April /, and returns
made to the Collector of Internal
Revenue on or before May /.
Blanks will be supplied by the
collectors Of internal revenue or
their local deputy collectors, Mr..
Tuttle said. The local of1ice Is in
the Revenue Building at Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-03-05

Of officers who installed Or. Bocock.
Others included DR.. Oscar b. Hun.
ter. secretary; rr. Charles w. Hyde,
treasu' .rd Or. Fred A. Moss, .
diree' ~ IN the group was Miss
Am1 "a. ,, assistant admins
trato. IA .1e hospital, who for IL
yesy& ~es assistant administrator of
= u rs Hospital at New Bruns-
- j.
Bocock, who is 81, had wide
expe nee in hospital executive
work long before coming to Wash
ington-in France, Panama and
Colorado.
Served In World War.
Born in Virginia, DR.. Bocock OBJ
tanned his medical education at the
Medical College of Virginia, from
which he was graduated In 1915.
He interned at st. Luke's Hospital.
at Richmond, Va, where he served
as resident surgeon. Becoming a
medical officer in the Army in 1916,
he attended the Army Medical
School from 1915 to 1917 and was
assigned first to be surgeon In
charge OF the post hospital at Fort
Randolph, Panama Canal Zone.
Sent overseas, he served as executive
and as commanding officer Of Mes
mes Hospital Center, In France,
which cared for thousands of vet
Grams of the war.
Returning from overseas after the
end Of World War I, DR.. Bocock, then
major In the Army Medical Corps
was assigned as superintendent of
st. Tomas Hospital in Panama, /
municipal institution. Under super
vision Of the government OF Panama
he became director general of hos
pitals for the republic and directed
the enlargement of hospital facili-
ties. This included construction OF
the new $2,500,0OO st. Tomas Hos
pital and eight other new hospitals
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Air Line 10 Award $3.50
In Prizes 10 Writers

Prizes totaling 1920 will be
awarded In the seventh annual
competition sponsored by Trans
continental d Western Air, Inc, for
American newspaper and magazine
writer's and photographers whose
published work in 1943 was out
standing in the field Of military or
civilian aviation, it was announced
yesterday.
Award groups include all news
paper writer's In the United States;
writer's on newspapers of less than
100000 circulation; magazine writ
ers and syndicate, newspaper or
magazine photographers. The an
nually rotating TWA trophy will 60
to the newspaper, syndicate or mag