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Two Airfields On East
Borneo Assures Biz
Oil Supply

MANILA, July g. WD Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's Allied forces
in the Southwest Pacific have won
aerial control of the Dutch East
Indies with capture of two airfields
on East Borneo, and seizure of
Balikpapan assures them of an ade-
quate oil supply for future opera
tons against the enemy.
The Japanese relinquished the
Manggar and Sepinggan airfields
with only token resistance. They
are fighting doggedly, however,
to prevent Maj. Gen. E. J. Mil
ford's Australian Seventh Division
from overrunning the great Pan
dansari refineries North of Balik-
papan and the two major oilfields
some 30 and so miles to the north
east.
To the Northeast the Australians
are well on their way toward the
oilfields, with their drive reaching
five miles Northeast of Managgar
before running into strong enemy
resistance supported by artillery
and mortars.
Although capture of the air
strips was secondary to the main
objective of taking the oilfields,
the runways are deep within the
Australian perimeter and already
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Toll OF Jap
Ships Mount
As APE DESTROYED
Task Force Readies To
Join Pre-Invasion Air
Offensive

GUAM, Monday, July 9.-WD-.
Fleets of Mustang fighter planes
ripped up two Tokyo airfields yes
terday, destroying or damaging As
Japanese planes in the fourth at
tack in five days on the capital
area, while dispatches revealed
that a powerful U. S. Naval Task
Force was preparing to join the
mounting pre-invasion air often
sive against Japan.
The daily war bulletins from the
headquarters of Adm. Chester w.
Ninitz and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced that Navy, Ar.
my and Marine planes of their
commands had destroyed or dam.
aged eight other Japanese planes
and sunk or damaged 16 ships and
small craft, raising Japanese ship.
ping losses to 305 in Is days.
Tokyo said the Mustangs Of the
Seventh Fighter Command, flying
ia record-equalling 1,645 mile round
trip from Two, attacked the CAPT.
tails airfields and other installa.
tons in three waves, each led by
a B-29 Superfortress. The assault,
confirmed by dispatches, carried
the aerial onslaught against japan
through its 33rd successive day.
Two reports said the Tokyo at
tack was made at midday from
,sw levels against Hyakurigamara
and Tokorozawa airfields and that
the attacking force numbered $50
or more planes. They destroyed
80 Japanese planes, probably de-
stroyed five and damaged seven in
vicious sweeps with rockets and
machine guns.
At Hyakurigahara the hangar
area was left in flames, an cleo.
trio train was destroyed and pow
erhouses were strafed. Three pow.
er shovels also were damaged.
Seven Mustangs were lost but
three pilots already have been res
cued. Only few Japanese fighters
rose to challenge the raiders.
A dispatch from aboard the flag
snip of Vice Adm. John S. Mccain,
commander of fast carriers in Adm.
William F. Halsey's famed Third
Fleet, quoted a high Navy Officer
as saying ''the present mission OF
this powerful task force is to wipe
out Japanese air power and ship.
ing"
Halsey's fleet returned to the
Pacific on May 9th and had moi
been reorted in action since early
June, when his planes swept
Kyushu.
AS Ninitz' planes raked ship.
ping, MacArthur's Fifth Air Force
fighters were disclosed to have
hit Western Kyushu a fourth
straight day since they moved
into new bases on Okinawa last
| week. They attacked targets in the
Stamisaki and Iwakawa areas, de.
stroying locomotive, six railroad
cars and warehouses. Other Mac.
Arthur planes battered Formosa's
airfields, railyards and seaplans
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SITUATION RE DAVIS
REMAINS In DOUBT

Mayor w. Ronald Lane and three
city councilmen returned to Will
mington last night from Washing
ton, but were unable to say whether
Or not Camp Davis would be clos
ed by the Personnel Distributor
Command of the Army Air Forces
Washington sources said tina
they were quite sure that the Will
mington delegation had had an ct
feet on the War Department, ane
probably delayed immediate action
It was disclosed that a join
meeting would be held probably
Tuesday or Wednesday to deter
mine the status Of the camp.
A War Department spokesman
told Mayor Lane that consideration
of the status Of Camp Davis prob
ably would be discussed by al
branches of the armed forces al
meeting soon. Possibly this is tc
determine if Camp Davis could be
used by any other branch Of the
armed services, it was pointed out.
Mayor Lane said last night that
he felt confident that the Whining
ton delegation had done all within
its power to stave off efforts to
close Camp Davis. He had not
been advised that any other
branch of service was considering
the utilization Of the convalescent
center, formerly an anti-aircraft
training center.
Accompanying the Mayor were
Councilmen James E. l.. Wade,
Garland S. Currin and Walter F..
Yopp.
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JONES BEACH, N. Y, July
8.-P)-There were no flies or
mosquitoes on Jones Beach to-.
day.
The first beach test for peace
time use of a Todd Shipyards
DOT fog generator to kill in
sect pests proved to be 100
per cent" successful, observers
reported.
Employees At the beach, one
of the largest in the New York
metropolitan area, said "mos-
quitoes were staggering within
five minutes and died a few
minutes later" and that with
In ''half an hour all flies were
dead.'
A truck bIanketed a four
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AMERICAN GUARD
KILLS 70 PW'S

SAL1NA, UTAH, July 8-W.H-An
American soldier-guard, veteran of
four and one half years Army
service, went berserk early today
and killed eight German prisoners
OF war and wounded 20 others
When he opened fire with ma
chlnegun on the tents where the
Germans were sleeping.
Army officials said Pvt. Clar-
nee V. Bertrcci, %, of New Or
leans, sprayed the tents with bull
lets from his mounted 80 caliber
machinegun until he had exhaust
ed full belt of ammunition.
The prisoners, some $50 men
who had been working on farms
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PEOPLE WATCH SHOW
UNAWARE OF BLAST

NEW YORK, July S.-U.D-An
audience at. the Capitol Theater,
one of .Broadway's largest film
houses, watched a stage show and
a James Cagney film, Blood on
the. Sum-" today, unaware of an ex-
piosion in the rear of the theater
which killed one worker and in
jured another,
Sam McQuade, an attendant in
the air cooling system engine room
where the explosion occurred, died
after a police emergency squad
had worked for an hour to revive
him. A second employe, Joseph
O'Day was taken to Roosevelt Hos
pital. ,
Police said the explosion occur
RED when an oil separator broke
in the air-conditioning equipment,
releasing carbon dioxide fumes.
Two firemen- called to the scene
were overcome by the fumes. A
police emergency squad also was
called when other theater employees
were unable to enter the engine
room because of the fumes.
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MUSTANGS RIP
UP TWO TOKYO
PLANE FIELDS
MACARTHUR LAUDS.
FILIPINO MASSES.
General Addresses First
Congress OF Philip
pines At Manila

MANILA, July g. up General
Douglas Macarthur today told a
cheering session of the first Con-
gress of the Philippines, 1.-THE
magnificent resistance of great
masses of your people have given
to the world a true measure of the
strength of your character and es-
tablished your spiritual capacity
for self = government under any
standards"
Disputing arguments that t h e
Filipinos lack racial characteris-
tics essential to self-government,
the Commander-in-Chief of United
States Army forces in the Pacific
said:
1T is the courage, fortitude and
resiliency of your people that has
permitted this city of Manila to
rise above the destruction of last
February without starvation, with
out food riots, or other disorder,
and without an epidemic.
''There was exemplified the
strength of Filipino character -
height of your stature as a race
an adequate answer to those who
would question your spiritual ca
pacity for self-government.'
The General, an honorary citi-
zen of the commonwealth, wa S
presented to the Congress by Sen
ate President Manuel Roxas ano
House Speake. Josef Zulueta. With
their legislative buildings in ruins,
the Congress met in a frame
schoolhouse.
Macarthur told the Congress he
was fully confident that the Amer
lean people will extend to you the
full measure of trade advocated by
your late great President Manue,
Quezon and do everything else
within their power to assist you
along the road to your nationa.
destiny"
Prior to the war, Macarthur
said, 1.-The question Of national de-
tense offered the most serious OBJ
stacle to reality of your politica.
independence. Altered world con
ditions resulting from the wal
have removed this obstacle.
defense is no longer national
It has become international. Nc
nation however powerful may in
future with safety rely exclusively
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RED HILL SHOOTS
NIAGARA RAPIDS

.QUEENSTON, ONT. July 8.-U.D
William "Red" Hill made good
his boast that he could outwit both
Canadian police and the turbulent
waters of the Niagara river by
shooting the famous rapids and
whirlpools in barrel today
Hill arrived here just two hours
after he surreptitiously launched
his barrel from secret point, viz
tually under the noses OF police
who had ordered him not to at
tempt the stunt.
Grinning and happy, the 32-year'
old Hill was towed to dock by a
motor boat after his trip, which
was viewed by more than OO,O0O
persons lining the banks OF the
Niagara rivers gorge.
In the motor boat was burly po'
hceman, but he seemed as happy
as the cheering crowds that RED
made it.
He said that his only orders were
ito see Hill got out okay."
Hills seven-mile trip through the
swirling waters was interrupted
only once, when his helper pulled
along side in quiet pool and as
sisted him in bailing out water
which had shipped into the barre
through a sprung seam.
''It was the worst pounding
ever took" Hill said after tn
trip. '1t sounded like a Thousand
brass bands inside the barrel"
Red" outwitted police by taking
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Allied Forces Win Aerial Control Of Dutch
Indies; Chinese Units Smash Jap Lnuasion
Jones Beach Now Bathers Utopia;
DOT Fog Banishes Flies, Mosquitoes

mile long beach area yester-
day with a 15-foot high DOT
fog that blocked from vision a
man standing 20 feet away but
did not affect breathing.
Observers said the beach
twas absolutely clear this
morning." The truck today
again sprayed the beach before
Sundays crowds began arriv-
ing.
The fog, which doesn't rise
but rolls away as fast as ,
man can walk, dissipates with
in a few minutes.
The tests were under direc-
ton of the New York State
Science Service and the Long
Island State Park Commission.
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Routed Enemy Remnants
Are Driven Southwark
By Kai-Shek's Men

CHUNGKING, July g. WH -
Chinese units have smashed a
japanese invasion force near Annoy
40 miles west OF Formosa, and
driven routed enemy remnants at
least 20 miles to the South, Gen.
eraissirno Chang Kai-Shek an
nounced today.
"Our troops are in hot pursuit
of the fleeing enemy" the COM
munique said, adding that heavy
casualties had been inflicted on
landing parties that June 80 beach
ed on the shores of Fukien pro-
vince at a point IA miles East of
Haiteng. The Beachheads have
been retaken by the Chinese, the
communique said.
The enemy force was reported
under attack east of Changpu, ap-
parently fleeing toward the Japa-
nese-he1d Swallow coastal pocket
some IS miles to the South. Annoy
and Swallow are the last two enemy
pockets along a 700-mile stretch of
the China coast from the Chekiang
area to Hong Kong. A force, esti-
mated at from 1000 to 5000 Japa-
nese, holds Annoy. A much larger
garrison is believed to guard the
treaty port of Swallow.
There was no indication of the
strength of the enemy force. Japa-
nese broadcasts recently have ex-
pressed the fear that an American
invasion force soon would land ON
the China coast. The japanese ex-
petition presumably was aimed at
testing the strength of coastal de-
lenses.
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Little Hope
OF MoreBeef
NOT GETTING STOCK
Local Represent atives
Claim No Increase In
Shipments Possible
BY JACK STILLMAN

ny JAIN SI1LLMAN
You can't squeeze blood out o
turnip, and if a pig has only tw,
hams you can't make it two hun
dred. At least that is the concep
ton Wilmington meat packing mel
have of the new OPA amendmen
pertaining to meat distribution ant
control.
w. M. Cameron, representative
in this area for Kingan and Co.,
of Richmond, explained that he die
not believe his company would be
in position to increase shipments
to Wilmington until the beef situa.
ton as a whole is better.
The same opinion was expressed
by representatives of Morrell and
Co. of Souix Falls, S. D., and the
Rath Packing Co., of Waterloo,
Iowa.
Representatives of these plants
stressed that their firms had done
everything within their power to
assure equal distribution of beet
in accordance with supplies avail
able. According to Mr.. Cameron,
there just isn't enough meat being
produced. Here is how he explains
it.
The cattle population January /,
1915, was S2,0O0,000 head, which
was 20 per cent above normal.
Cattle are being marketed in large
numbers. Meat packing plants
under Federal inspection have pro-
cessed more. cattle every month
this year than in the correspond
ing month o. any pre-war year.
This just doesn't add up. How
can there be a beef shortage when
we are producing so much cattle
and are producing so much beef?
But wait.
Everyone knows, of course, that
a big share of all beef is going
to the armed forces. The govern
ment requires every meat packing
plant operating under its regula-
ton to set aside a portion Of all
the good beef it produces for de-
livery to the Army or Navy. In
the early months of this year the
amount taken to feed soldiers and
sailors has been about one-thlrd
of the total supply.
Soldiers are meat eaters, Mr..
Cameron explains. Army life is
strenuous and Army appetites call
for plenty of red meats. Big stock
piles of meat are needed too,
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. g.
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MEATPACKERS
SAY SUPPLIES
RALK OPA LAW
ALL MAJOR FOODS
TO REMAIN SHORT
Meats, Fats, Oil Supplies
To Plague Citizens
Well Into 1916

WASHINGTON, July g. U.D -
Shortages in all the major food
categories-meat, sugar, fats and
oils-will plague civilians into
1916, survey of government food
agencies showed tonight.
Meat supplies this fall and Win
fer are expected to be no larger
than last year. An increase in beet
marketings will be offset by a fur
Their cut in already small pork ra-
tons. The overall situation will
not show any real Improvement
until late next spring when more
beef and pork are in prospect.
Little hope is held for more SUI
gar until late next year when
Philippine Islands shipments may
be resumed. Domestic supplies are
critically low now.
Butter supplies will remain
small until next summer. Pro-
duction is six per cent behind
1914 while non-civilian demands
have been larger. A 40 per cent
cutback of military purchases, an
nounced last week and effective
next month, will relieve the present
scarcity somewhat.
The fats and oil situation will
remain tight until next spring
when larger pork supplies are
available.
Few changes are expected in
supplies of any of these items I'M
less the new Secretary of Agricul.
ture, Clinton P. Anderson, can
bring order out of chaos. His state
ment Of policy is anxiously await.
ed. He already has indicated that
military requirements and Euro
pean demands are in for 'stiffe1
examination" He has stated in this
connection that civilian ALLEGATIONS
must not be considered residual. -
The best indication of 1915 food
production will be made public
Tuesday when the Department Of
Agriculture issues its July crop
report with the seasons first Of
fetal forecast on all major crops
For example, the size of the corr
crop will have an important bear.
ing on future livestock, poultry and
dairy production.
The present outlook on other
foods follows:
Canned goods-19 per cent few
er canned vegetables and seven
per cent less canned fruit in the
next u months.
Poultry-The shortage existing
since last December should be
broken by large marketings this
fall and a probable cutback in mill
tary buying.
Eggs-Increasingly small sup
plies until next spring.
Wheat and cereals-More than
ample for all needs.
Ample quantities of fresh fish,
but tight supplies of canned.
Fresh fruit and vegetables-Pro-
duction prospects point to supplies
as large as last years record but
transport outlook bad.
Milk-Enough for record con.
sumtion unless a feed shortage de.
velops.
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HIGH Officials At Odds
Over Feeding Berlinians

BERLIN, July 8-lRAThe high
est officials representing the ma
jor powers III Berlin have failed
to break a deadlock over feeding
of the city's millions, and the is
sue may be given the Big Three
to decide.
In the eyes of American and
British officials the issue is so Sc
rious that withdrawal by the West
ern Allies from Berlin may be con-
sidered unless a practical solution
is reached.
The issue is whether the areas
of Berlin taken over by U. S. and
British troops shall receive food
from the Russian held outskirts,
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jap Nurse Fells Marine
With Rock In Wild Fight

OKINAWA.-DelayeO - This
Marine has reason to be bitter
about women.
One-a Japanese nurse-nearly
killed him.
Besides, when she hit him on
the head with rock and knocked
him out, she kept him from pos
sibly killing three Japs instead Of
one.
It happened near the village of
Ibaru as the enemy's organized
resistance was crurnbling.
Marine Corporal David F. DAME, i
10. Of Atlanta, Ca, was carrying
a message to his battalion head
quarters when he passed a bush.
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Newspaper Deliverymen
Vote To Prolong Strike

NEW YORK, July s.-UD-News-
paper delivere1s, who have para
lyzed distribution of New York
major newspapers for more than
week, voted late today to con-
tinue their strike in defiance OF a
War Labor Board order and also
request by the unions executive
board to return to work.
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where American and British ex-
perts say Berlin ordinarily gets
most of its edibles.
A long conference last night end.
ed without agreement. 1t was at
tended by Soviet Marshal Georgi
K. Zhukov. Il. Gen. Lucius D.
Clay for the United States and 1t.
Gen. Sir Ronald Weeks for Britain
It was learned that Clay pro.
posed that commodities produced
in the various occupation zones Of
Germany be bartered among the
Allies, and that as a part of this
arrangement, the Russians might
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Three japanese soldiers leaped on
him. Unarmed, they swung their
fists.
The nurse came out Of the bush
brandishing a rock.
As the four men rolled in the
dirt, the nurse swung time and
again at Daniels head-and mis-
sed.
Daniel suddenly broke loose, tore
his pistol from his holster. His
first shot killed one of the Japs.
His second shot damned.
Mo- the other Japs were clawing
at his throat, trying to choke him.
The scrappy, 170-pound Marine
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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WEATHER
eastern Standard Timc)
IN. TT c Wnn<L- RurAa -

eastern Standard Timc)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, IS; 7:30 am, II; l: 80 pm, 85;
$50 pm, 70.
Maximum SO; Minimum G.; Mean rs;
Normal 70.
Humidity
100 am, SO; 1870 am, 81; 1870 pm, St;
7ao pm, SO.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm.
o64 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
3,43 inches.
Tides For Today
from the Tide Tables published by
U, S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington $3.50 4:24s
10:5sp 4:29r
Masonboro Inlet 7:25a 1:14s
7:50p PAR
Sunrise sos; Sunset 7:26; Moonrise
s'lla; Moonset 7:48c.
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North Carolina Partly cloudy and
rather warm Monday with widely scat
tered thundershowers in afternoon and
evening.
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Evening star., 1945-01-28
finer FUNERALS FOR LESS

CHAMBERS solves your problem by providing Funer
al that will be arranged and conducted in dgnied and
efficient manner together with casket of good quality,
and with the cost of the Funeral not exceeding an
amount you afford to pay. Thousands OF Washing
ton families will endorse the truth of this statement
Evening star., 1945-01-28
EVERY KIND OF CASKET
INCLUDING METAL
SPECIAL SERVICES

CHAMBERS offers over sixty
Special Services with every
funeral-an idea originating with
Mr.. Chambers. His large volume
of business and extensive person
mel makes it possible for him to
render these Special Services :. E.
w. w. CHAMBERS is one of the
largest undertakers in the world
his services include the direct
ing Of every step in funeral
procedure specially mentioned
funeral notices in all local news
papers, a skilled arranger of
floral displays and a motorcycle
service. A telephone call will
command competent staff assis-
tant who will explain in detail
to you many of the Chambers
Services that have brought
comfort to those left behind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Much Company for FerreII in HoIdout Business

Terrell has plenty of the holdout
quarters gives In fact just 20 of players
onnne of the al originally the
Other than Niggeing Terrell
the clubs 1914
missing the
not College
and lnlelderS check ill., there right
Al Powell holding down polcemans n
gomery County has dropped into the Washington
during While
has yet to his the
Powell could fill in outhed regularly year
George Bmks outfeder-fr Milwaukee
where he MT handsome 374 and Walt Cripple
drafted Montreal
there been word from First lin
Johnny Sullivan inandout shortsop year
Griffith he won't be
classified Ia and has passed his physical
Fred Vaughn,
but may turn talk
to shine
his job Canonsburg cop
Cambria hopes to have at camp in
Armando Gallart shostop,
sacker Joe claims they have been Griffith
Is willing to a
As matters he should happy have them around
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BY ANN CLINE.

Washington-Lee girls basket ball
team will face a fighting Sherwood
sextet as preliminary to the boys
final at Tech at 7 O'Clock tomorrow
night for the championship of The
Evening Star tournament.
WaShington-Lee advanced by
trouncing Fairfax, 40-28, and Sher-
wood by nicking Blair, 1922, in a
thriller in semifinal contests at
Richie Coliseum at College Park
last night.
Fairfax was outclaSSed from be-
ginning to end by the potent Little
Generals Louise CARRIER, who was
absent from the preliminary round
paced the Arlingtonians with 19
points and, along with Ruth Miller
and Kay Clees, other speedy for
wards, pushed WI to a ia lead at
the quarter. a 21-15 advantage al
the half and a 1921 margin at the
close of the third period
Once again the Arlington girls
employed their clever sideline pass
ing attack and the Fairfax team
like the other II opponents Wash
ington-Lee has defeated this season
was unable to break it up. High
scorer for Fairfax was Betty Lou
Everhart with II points.