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Evening star., 1945-01-14
Heavy German Fire
Turned on American
Patrols Near Bologna
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, Jan. 13-American 5th
Army combat patrols have struck
less than 9 miles from Bologna and
encountered vicious resistance, the
Allied command announced today.
This penetration, at Canovetta
just west of the main Florence
Bologna highway, and another by
a patrol which attacked San Ansano,
a mile southwest of Canovetta. both
ran into blazing German rifle, gre
made and mortar fire.
Southeast of Bologna on the 5th
Army's right flank a German force
at Lacasetta laid down a heavy fire
on patrols nearing the village. The
Florence -Imola highway town of
Fontanelice also was shelled by the
Germans. and enemy mortar fire
was increased in the area of nearby
Monte Grande
At the eastern extremity of the
Italian front 9Th Army forces, after
several days of relative inactivity,
clashed with the Germans In a
fierce engagement on the spit of
land separating the Comacchio
Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea. The
Allies captured 40 prisoners and
counted 20 German dead.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
continued to slip aggressive patrols
across the Senio River north of
Faenza on the 9th Army sector, and
one SIS raiding party in company
strength made al crossing near
.Ftisag1ario, ss i
Rumors for weeks that Marshal
Kesselring was ill or had been
wounded or killed were declared at
headquarters to have been proved
untrue by capture of an enemy
prisoner carrying a German order
of the day for New Year Day signed
by Kesselring. The order said 81
am leading you in the battle Of
1945.''
While bad weather grounded
heavy bombers for the fourth
straight day, Tactical Air Force
fighters and fighter bombers voided
communications in the Pc valley
between Milan and Treviso and in
the La Spezia area. Gun positions
between Pontremoli and Massa. just
to the north of the western flank
of the '5th Army, were attacked.
More than 100 transport and an
equal number of rail cars were
damaged or destroyed, as well as a
number of locomotives and storage
tanks. Several bridges were hit.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Gen. Arnold Predicts
Bombing Will Destroy
Japan S Industry

The stage now is being set for a
"full-scale strategic bombardment
campaign" against japanese indus
try, not only in the home islands
but also on the Asiatic mainland,
Gen Henry H. Arnold asserted last
night, predicting the enemy's indus
try will not survive the lombard
nlent in store for it."
We'll make them wish they had
stayed at home" the Army Air
Forces chief told the Washington
Chapter of National Sojourners
banquet at the Mayflower Hotel.
"We'u make them wish the airplane
had never been invented. Well
make them wish they'd never heard
of Pearl Harbor."
'"The B-29 missions of the past
few weeks are merely a prologue, +"
he told the audience of military
Master Masons.
He sounded warning, declaring:
II anticipated long and bitter
struggle against Japan. Remember
this: Japan is not a group of mod
erately small islands covered with
infiammable paper houses-as some
people seem to think. :"
Highly Developed Area.
This area comprises highly de-
Veloped, almost sufficient in
dustrial and agricultural unit three
times the size of Germany. And
this industrial unit has now had a
chance to disperse."
The pattern of strategic air war
which he described as successful
against Germany would be thrown
against Japan, the general predict
ed, in a series of "one-two- three"
blows. They are:
81. Neutralize the enemy's air
power. 2. Isolate a battle area of
our own choice by cutting the sup
ply and communications lines.
8. Cooperate in the closest pos
sible ways with our ground or am
phibious forces"
Clark Reelected President.
Maj. 0. w. Clark, POSTMASTER
who was reelected president of the
Washington Chapter of Sojourners.
was installed, together with a long
list of other officers, by Capt. Willis
w. Bradley. u S. N. of San Fran
cisco, national president of the
Sojourners.
Honors were accorded several for
mer officers of the order, including
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, former
chief of Chemical Warfare Service,
and Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet,
former Coast Guard commandant,
who were former national presidents
of the Sojourners; Brig. Gen Robert
H. Dunlop, acting Army adjutant
general, and Col. Charles c.. Allen of
Philadelphia, who were past ma
tional commanders of "The Heroes
of '76," subsidiary of the Sojourn-
ers. Among past grand masters of
Masons of the District of Columbia
present were Paul B. Cromelin,
Charles R. Roberts and Carl H.
Claudy. Col. Edwin S. Bethlehem
acted as master of ceremonies.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
New Quake Strikes
Main Jap Island
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An earthquake struck sHonshu
main island of Japan, yesterday and
although at least one American seis-
mograph recorded it as severe, Japa-
nese reports said it was slight and
that it caused only small damage.
1T was Honshu's second earth
quake in little more than a month
The heavily populated island was
shaken severely December Z.
At that time the japanese said
the tremors were light and had
caused only minor damage. Later
however, they admitted casualties in
the Hamamatsu and Shimuzu area,
and damage to factories in Osaka
and to war industries in other sec
tions.
The Weston Mass College seis-
mograph recorded yesterdays tre-
mors as severe and showed they
lasted about three hours. However
they did not register so strongly as
the December quake.
The Fordham University seismo-
graph in New York also recorded
a quake yesterday, but the Rev. Jo-
seph j. Lynch, seismologist, said
the record was weak and could not
be traced definitely to Japan.
Evening star., 1945-01-14

AMERICAN GAINS ON LUZON-Arrows locate American ad-
Luzon where MacAhur drove beyond
Aguar and sent patrols Urbiztondo Bayambang
Santa Barbara and Mapandan captured
maintained against the northwest
approximately is territory held by American troops
Wirephoo
Evening star., 1945-01-14
laps Reveal Concern :
I0ver Red Intentions !:
lin Pacific Theafer /
Rs The Associated prass

~ tuS hSsOcldleQ FIesS. n
japanese concern over possible
Russian moves in the Pacific wart
were expressed by Japanese conn.,
mentator in a broadcast beamed.
to unoccupied China last night.
"Stalin will be forced to show hiss
hand in the Pacific war beforeo
April" the Domei News Agency.
commentator said. a.
He was referring to the probable
meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill and~~
Stain and the April deadline for a
declaration Of intention by eithers
party to the Japanese Russian
nonaggression pact.
The Domei comment, broadcast.
over the Japanese controlled Singa-s
pore radio and intercepted by thea
Federal Communications Commis-f
sion, pointed out that the nonaggres-y
sion pact with Russia, signed in
April, 1941, for period of five years,s
provides that should either of the
parties desire to terminate the
treaty, it must give notice of the
intention one year in advance Of
the termination date. Failure. to give,
such notice automatically renews the:
treaty for another five years, the
)omei broadcast said. q,
In the circumstances it is to be,
expected that Britain and ther
United States will focus all their
crooked diplomatic genius on the
Kremlin in the coming weeks to
secure at least Russia's moral CO.
belligerency in respect of the,
Pacific war. If not her full embreil-s
ment with Japan" the speaker conn.,
mented. r
Although Stalin's usual tacitur-.i :
nifty makes 1t difficult for outsiders
to obtain clue to his future policies,
| it is nevertheless possible now to,
see which way the wind blows" :,
Half Of the total resources of the
United States are now being de-,
voted to waging war. Since PEARL
HarbOr war expenditures have
amounted to about $208 ,000, ,000, ,0Oe. =
More War Bond money is needed,
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Bungalow at Bethesda
Destroyed by Fire

Fire yesterday. destroyed the in
terror of frame bungalow owned
by Mrs. Charles Gamage, 308 Gros-
venor lane, Bethesda, causing dam
age estimated by firemen at about
$4,000.
Members of the Bethesda Fire
Department, who responded with
companies from Chevy Chase and
Kensington, said the fire resulted
from short circuit in the kitchen
No one was at home at the time.
Firemen said the nearest water
supply was more than two miles
away,
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Freedom Is Precious
And Prayer Is Noturo|
After Being Hunted
BY CHARLES o. WATKINS,

Aviation Machinist's Mate. Second Class.
written for the Associated Press.)
MIAMI, Jan. 13.-To say that 1 am
overjoyed to be back in this God
blessed free country of ours is
putting it mildly. There are no
words to describe my joy.
In all my life / had thought I
appreciated what it meant to be
free" but it took an experience like
mine-and that of the thousands of
other of our fellow Americans still
in japanese imprisonment-to really
understand what the word freedom
means.
Freedom-beyond the academic
uses a platform speaker or editorial
writer puts the word to.
Freedom Is Treasure.
I don't have to look at a diction-
ary to define it. 1 know, after tor
tuous days and nights of being
stalked like wild animal; after
sweating in deathly silence with
Japs 80 feet away who would have
killed me If they had found me. The
lonely nights spent in the Philip
pine brush melted into lonelier DAYS.
and during the whole two years and
two weeks I played hide and seek
with the Japs, I could think of
nothing but home.
That's the treasure of being free
to be home, where I have the as
surance of seeing my loved ones
again. Home-where I can again
sit in the corner drugstore on Sat-
urday night and sip drinks with a
girl friend, or go to the movies and
not be afraid of the darkness.
It's a blessed feeling to know that
death is not lurking on every cor
ner, or firing squad at every turn.
Learned to Pray.
l stroll down the main streets of
Miami on liberty nights and give
thanks to God that they are filled
with Americans still free, and not
with Japs to prod you with bayo-
nets and hit you with rife butts, or
starve you on cupful of rice.
l also learned to pray-and the
value and spiritual strength it brings
and it didn't take a chaplain to
teach me. The regret of it was that
/ had to wait to learn this in dis
|aster and hopelessness. I learned
to pray on Bataan and Fort Hughes
when dive bombers were plastering
us every hour of the day. OF the
300 men on Fort Hughes, I bet there
wasn't an atheist among them. l
prayed every day that I might live
and get home again. And my faith
was justified.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-02-01
Chinatown Whispers
By the Rambling Reporter
on the occasion of the birthday of
his very charming wife, Leila.

on the occasion of the birthday OF
his very charming wife, Leila.
I'VE counted Mrs. Julia Peters
as one of the living heroes for
hgr share in the liberation of the
philippines, and l do not question
the truth of her story, much less,
the sincerity in telling it, but
think that she had gone too far
in exposing instances, which l be-
lieve must be few and isolated,
about Filipinos, who, driven to a
soaring, burning hate, had bet on
their courage to kill, hack and eat
Japanese livers. How we'll re-
member the many questions I've
been asked if we really have tails.
Corporal Tommy Zabala is in
town getting rest-cure after a
very strenuous campaign in the
Southwest Pacific.
Comments on the shindig at the
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-02-01

Whoever had the nerve in pub
fishing the date of the appearance
of Mrs. Julia Peters, the Filipino
guerrilla-leader, on Friday night,
Jan. 26th must be crazy and
should be sent to the insane asy-
lum, according to some OF the
crowd that appeared at the Cham
her of Commerce building. The
least the author could have done,
if really in possession of a sound
mind, was to. post notice about
the mix-up of the date set for the
occasion. 1t was indeed a dis
grace to the m any American
friends that showed up and got
fooled.
It's love at first sight that's
bringing Kris Isagani and lovely
Judy Reed to the altar of matri-
mony pretty soon.
Frank osias recently gave a big
party at the New Chinatown etery
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-02-01

l.
Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27th'
MIA of New York,-"Should you
people here invite American
friends to any of your doings, be
sure to throw one that'll be more
of an asset rather than a dishonor
to the good name of the commun-
ity." APT, formerly of Honolulu
TIL, Calling guest-speakers
from the audience is amateurlsh'
Back where | came from, we al
ways know the guest-speakers we
invited. and our alert reception
committee receives them and es-
corts tn EN- to their respective
places. What a shame!"
One would think, if he has the
patience to listen, that patriotism
is the motiVating factor guiding
some of the leaders in trying to
lead the community in national
movements. But make the mis-
take of ignoring their names in
the roster of choice offices and
see what happens. You'll be
mighty lucky if they'll only keep
their mouths shut from creating
disunity and dissension.
BIS is a very pitiful victim of
inflated ego of indispensability.
He thinks that he and his CO.
horts are big enuff to question
the actions, and buck the deci-
sions made by the Seattle Fill
Pine Community Council. Remem-
Der, my dear man, that its mem.
bers are bona fide delegates of
recognized Clubs and active or
CARNATIONS in the city.
Quiet and prosperous "-three
word description of Comics
Pool Hall. Mr. Dan Sarusal, pro
prietor and manager, attributes
his success to the belief that
women should stay at home and
let the men work He employs
no women.
What they say about the COM
ing election of the Filipino Com
munity of Seattle and vicinity:
Actin suspectine a bItz. Why,
I've asked Madame President for
a copy of the Constitution and
what answer did get? Nothing!"
Can't you Miss, get copies of it
printed? GC-"If she can't pro-
duce it, we still have the say of
its trainers. They're still kicking
and very much alive"
What the song of the cricket is
to the atmosphere of the country,
the NIGHT CLUB is to the life of
the city. In confederation Marco
limo Unonnl Devina Cbina+o,un
playboy, expressed his opinion that
we find the CLUB, with its har-
mony and rhythm in its music.
the graveyard of inconsistencies
and sorrows. "There is not any
thing to do but to dance, drink
Scotch or bourbon and be merry.
for tomorrow you will be broke
anyway"
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-02-01

Frank osias recently gave a big
party at the New Chinatown etery
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-02-01

Quiet and prosperous
word description of Comics
Pool Hall. Mr. Dan Sarusal, pro
prietor and manager, attributes
his success to the belief that
women should stay at home and
let the men work. He employs
no women.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-02-01

Comments on the shindig at the
The daily monitor leader., 1945-07-12
Blacksmith s Son Becomes
AustraIion Prime-Minister

He is q sincere left wing lead
er with concrete plans for social
reform. When debate becomes
bitter he neutralizes the opposi-
ton by the Lincolnian method Of
telling a story. Private banker
and small capitalist to him are
just ordinary blokes" who will
In due course embrace socialism
and like 1t.
"How far left am u" Chifley
drawled. "Well, opponents to
the right call me COMMUNIST and
on the extreme left they call me
conservative. The truth lies
somewhere in between"
When the depression brought
ruin, starvation and unemploy-
ment to many of his fellow
workers "Chif" dedicated his life
to improving the workers lot.
His greatest monument thus far
IS liberalization of banking laws.
Chifley works from early
morning to midnight. He once
told critics of the governments
wartime austerity program that
he and his wife lived on So a
week. AS Prime Minister his sa.-
ary will be about $40 a week
after taxation.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-07-12
Rescued Yank
Addresses
KiWaniS Meeting

In an informal session, 1t.
Warren Tryloff was guest of
honor at the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Kiwanis Club at
the Medea Hotel, yesterday.
Responding to questions by
his father, Henry Tryloff, the
young bombardier told few
details Of his experiences of be-
ing shot down over Germany
and his seven months in prison
camps.
Other service men guests pre-
sent were Warrant Officer
Gregory l.. Kowalski and three
veterans, Richard Mallast, JOS
eph Obrecht and Edgar Leach.
Walter Fenton extended the
club his 23rd annual invitation
to. hold its midsummer picnic
at his home on Moravian Drive
next Wednesday.
President Joseph Cody pre-
sided.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-07-12
Senote's Unqualified 0. K.
Would Add Weight to Pact

His contention is that James F.
Byrnes, the new Secretary of
State, and Fred M. Vinson, soon
TO become Secretary of the Trea-
sury, ought to restudy it before
Congress acts.
But Barkley said he wants ac-
ton now, adding:
wa delay of few days in con-
s,deration of the Charter won't
hurt anything"
Yesterdays often hilariously-
greeted testimony was provided
by a parade of witnesses, mostly
women, who spoke for relatively
small organizations or for them
selves alone.
One, Mrs. H. V. Somers of
Philadelphia, told the committee
solemnly I'm not a crackpot."
She said she represented 1.-The
people of the United States" and
Connally agreed that was pretty
good representation"
The daily monitor leader., 1945-07-12

CANBERRA, Australia, July
12-R-A former locomotive
engineer and son of q blacksmith
became Prime Minister of Aus
tralia today when the labor party
chose Joseph Benedict Chifley as
its leader.
Chifley, who will be go in
September, has been treasurer
of the labor government and was
the closest friend and confidante
of the man he succeeds - the
late John Curtin.
He won a commanding lead in
caucus balloting over Deputy
Prime Minister Forde and Nor
man John Oswald Maxim, Minis
ter of Navy and Munitions. The
labor party chose Forde as Dep
uty Leader.
Six-foot, pipe-smoking, ruddy
Chifley is little known to the
average Australian. However,
he did impress the rank and file
of all parties as a leader In re-
cent months when he served as
acting Prime Minister.
HEADS LABOR PARTY
He acted when Curtin was i'll
and Deputy Minister Forde was
attending the United Nations
conference in San Francisco. It
was during this period that
Chifley's popularity grew in
labor circles.
In an exclusive interview with
the Associated Press just before
his election was established,
Chifley spoke feelingly Of his
plans for improving the living
standards Of living Of the little
man" of Australia.
He pointed to a large wall map
as he answered a question about
the future of American-Austral-
ian relations.
You'll find the answer In that
map" Chifley said. America
is the dominating Pacific power
bound to keeping the peace in
this vast area. Australia is a Pac-
ific power. The people Of the
two countries will and must
work side by side"
He remarked that circum-
stances, aided by wireless and air
communication had b r ou 6 h t
Australia as close to the United
States as Is Canada.
HARSH VOICED
Chifley speaks with q harsh
Australian accent that worries
his advisers because it doesn't
favor him at the microphone.
However, his folksy humor Is
bound to make him one Of Aus
tralia's most popular Prime Min
listers, political leaders declared.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-07-12

! WASHINGTON, July l2-(H)
Leaders talked hopefully to-
day of a unanimous Senate vote
of approval for the United Ma
tions Charter.
With the Foreign Relations
Committee turning again to pro-
ponents in its fourth day of tes-
timony, democratic leader Bark
ley (Ky) told a reporter 1t now
appears 10 him there may be no
negative votes on ratification OF
the 50-nation agreement.
Similarly. Senator II i'll of
Alabama, the democratic whip,
reported he could find no col
league disposed to oppose the
ratification resolution, although
he forecast that unsuccessful at
tempts would be made to attach
reservations,
1--WE should make this vote
unanimous, Hill asserted. The
Senate went to war unanimously,
let's 90 to peace unanimously.
Palpably unimpressed by the
arguments of Is opposition wit
nesses yesterday that the Charter
destroys American sovereignty
and is in fact military alliance,
committee members arranged to
help Philip Murray. President of
the CIO, and other supporters
today. These include DR.. William
Carr, head of the National Edu-
cation Association.
There also were a few more
opponents on today's list.
Tomorrow tn committee
will hear from John Foster Dull
les, who served as Gov. Thomas
f. Dewey's foreign affairs ad-
visor in the 1944 presidential
campaign. Dulles was principal
advisor to- the American delega-
ton at the San Francisco confer
ence.
Chairman Connally (D-Tex)
said the committee might cons
clude its hearings tomorrow,
when Norman Thomas, former
Socialist candidate for president,
also is scheduled to appear. A
committee vote on the Charter
either Saturday or Monday was
considered likely.
AT the same time, however,
Barkley served notice of his de-
termination to bring the Breton
Woods monetary agreement be-
fore the Senate next Monday.
Although Barkley said ne
thought this would require only
three days, strong opposition to
the international Financial Com
pact has developed, led by, Sen
ator Taft of Ohio, chairman of
the republican conference.
Taft planned a Senate speech
today on the International Bank
section of the agreement. He
added he would complete, pos
sibly tomorrow, a minority re-
port from the banking committee
on the enabling legislation.
Taft has been urging that the
Senate delay consideration Of
the House-approved Bre tt o n
Woods proposal until autumn.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-07-12

PubIi(Cenief
Voters to Pass
on Proposal

EAST DETROIT - East De-
troit voters who 60 to the polls
Wednesday to vote on the $780,
900 purchase of the Nehls estate,
were reminded Wednesday by
City Clerk Stephen X. Hender-
son that the proposition on the
ballot describes the purchase
specifically as "for municipal
purposes"
It does not earmark the pro-
perty for a youth center, recrea-
ton building or any specific use.
Members of the City Council,
Henderson revealed, have re-
Gently discussed the practica-
bility of converting the roomy
family mansion into a city hall
and police station, to- replace the
cramped and inadequate quar-
ters now being used on Nine
Mile road.
If such a plan was favored,
the two-car garage in connection
with the property might be en-
larged for police and fire equip
ment, and the well-built nine
foot basement would be equipp-
ed with cells for prisoners.
Large rooms in the building
would provide adequate quar-
ters for council meetings and
city offices, city officials are
said to have reasoned.
The present one-story city
building and police station
would be turned over to recre.
alton center enthusiasts If city
offices were placed in the Nehls
building, officials suggest.
OPPOSITION DEVELOPS
Originally regarded with
unanimous favor by most Eas;
Detroiters who voiced their
opinions, the $4,000 purchase
has recently been the subject OF
some opposition. East Detroit
kiwanians, voting at the latest
meeting, were evenly divided
on the matter of purchase.
Opponents of the plan contend
that adaptation of the resident ce
for other purposes may prove
costly, although no detailed es-
Inmates have been arrived at.
They also claim space arrange
ment are inadequate for public
recreation or other affairs OF
civic concern. 1t is also pointed
out the building is not fire proof
in the modern sense.
One opponent of the proposal
claimed that it would cost an
additional $4,000 to make the
building usable, fireproof and
provide sanitary arrangement.
for the public.
A number of the strong on
ponents of the proposition state
they are in favor of recreation
facilities of a larger, more SUBJ
stantial and more convenient ma.
ture-as a war memorial to Eas,
Detroit's men in service.
A comparatively light vote 4:
expected Wednesday, and nc
clear trend pro or con has beer
indicated during the past week