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Evening star., 1945-01-26
Bow|es Says Racketeers
Endanger Meat Program
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Prompted by seizure of $4,000, 900
counterfeit food stamps in Chicago,
Price Administrator Bowles yester-
day advised the public to be on the
alert for activities. of gangsters in
this new field"
OPA agents uncovered the bogus
red ration coupons Wednesday. The
supply seized was enough to buy all
civilian rationed beef in the United
States for three weeks, the agency
said.
Prompt action of our enforce
ment agents in Chicago quickly
stopped newly developed activity
that would have endangered the
entire meat rationing program" Mr..
Bowles said. This is the first indi-
cation of big-time racketeer opera :
tions In red ration stamps"
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Expert on 'v-Bombinq'
OF New York Is Inferned
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 26.-Swedish in
ternment Of scientist who directed
German experiments with a va
rocket for use against New York was
reported last night in a Stockholm
dispatch by Reuters.
The name OF the scientist was
not reported.
The dispatch said the scientist.
until recently head of v-bomb ex-
pertinent station IN Jutland, fed to
Sweden posing as Danish refugee.
After questioning disclosed his
identity, he was interned, but
granted special privileges "in view
OF the fact his knowledge could be
useful to the Swedish general staff J"
the dispatch said.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Mephail and Topping
Reported Buying
New York Yankees
Member Of Syndicate
Has Money Reody, Says
Business Associate
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The New
York Yankees, worlds richest
baseball club, have been sold to
a syndicate made up of Col. Larry
MacPhail, Capt. Dan Topping
and Del Webb, millionaire con-
tractor of Phoenix, Ariz.
The deal. rumored since last Au-
gust, was confirmed by Robert A,
Becker, a business associate of Mr.,
Webb in Phoenix who said that ''Mr
Webb telephoned me this morning
to transfer some money to him there
to facilitate his part of the trans
action"
Neither Col. MacPhail nor Mr..
Webb would comment here, although
the former announced that a press
conference would be held later today
Ed Barrow, club president and
holder OF 10 per cent of the stock In
the enterprise, would not comment
but his office indicated he also would
have a statement later in the day.
Council Must Approve.
The deal. said to involve between
S2,500,000 and 100000, still must
be approved by the Major League
Advisory Council.
All the clubs property, including
the Yankee Stadium in New York
and the baseball parks at Kansas
City and Newark are included ex-
cept for Mr.. Barrow's stock. Three
hundred and fifty players, of whom
all but lis are in the service, also
change ownership.
Col. MacPhail, former head OF
the National League clubs at Brook
lyn and Cincinnati, is now in the
Army but his discharge is scheduled
for February 10.
Topping After Site.
Capt. Topping, husband of Sonia
Henie, is the owner Of the Brooklyn
Tigers of the National Football
League and recently announced he
was seeking a new playing site for
his team. He is heir to tin plate
fortune and presently is in the ma
tines.
Mr.. Webb recently has spent much
time in Washington, where Col
MacPhail was stationed.
The late Jacob Ruppert, brewery
king, and Col. Tillinghast Huston
purchased the Yankees in 1915 tor
$450.000. Col. Rupert later acquired
Col. Huston's interests and when
Col. Rupert died In 1899 he willed
his holdings to Mrs. Joseph Hal
loran and Mrs. j. Basil McG Guire, his
nieces, and to Miss Helen Winthrop
Wyant.
The Manufacturers Trust Co. has
handled the estate in recent years
and 1t is believed that the press Of
Federal taxes brought q slash in
the former asking price of a. .CDO t)(1O
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Senate Committee Votes TODAY
On Taking RFC From Wallace
Pepper Comedies Majority Is in Favor
Of Bill to Divorce 1t From Commerce

tactics and were urging that Mr..
Wallace be voted up or down, with
the department standing intact as
Jesse Jones left it under the sting
OF dismissal letter from President
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Jones turned direction of the
departmental and Federal loan ad-
ministrator functions over to Under
secretary Wayne c. Taylor yesterday,
thus apparently bowling out of the
official Washington scene.
His departure. coupled with re-
ports that the House might not be
so keen about the enforcement bill,
evidently led to the shift in tactics
among some of those who want to
keep Mr.. Wallace's hands of the
SAC, ,000. .000,0 purse strings of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. and
allied agencies.
Chairman Bailey, who has chal-
Gao yuATT ACE D.--- 40
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Ration-Free, 0dd-Lot Sale
|0f Shoes Opens Feb. 19
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OPA today authorized a ration
free "odd-lot" sale of mems and
women's shoes, beginning February
10 and ending March 3.
The agency estimated that more
than 4,500, 900 pairs of shoes will be
sold during the two-week ration
holiday. This represents only about
3 per cent of rationed shoes in
wholesale and retail stocks.
The last ration-free "odd-lot'
sale was held July 1890, 1914, when
5,785 900 pairs were sold. That sale
included youths and boys shoes
(sizes to 81, but these have been
excluded this time.
The sale price for shoes from a
retailers stocks must be at least Is
per cent below the regular price.
The retiler's mark-up on shoes pur-
chased from another dealer must
not exceed 33k per cent.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
U. 5. Flyers Attack peiping,
Destroy 40 Enemy Planes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Jan. 26.-United
States 14th Air Force P-51s de-
stroyed 40 enemy aircraft, probably
destroyed six and damaged two in q
strike yesterday at air fields in Peip-
ing, an American communique an
nounced today
Five enemy fighters we're de-
stroyed in the air by the northern-
based merican planes, which
wrecked four locomotives and dam
aged another on their return trip.
Three American planes failed to
return.
In the Chinese ground fighti
japanese troops were reported
Army spokesman to have s
down from Western Human ~ D, =
into the slim Chinese hold eI
Canton-H -Hankow railway by ofSef
ing Lokchong, $50 miles non ~
Canton, and Pingshek, is miles fif6
to the south.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Opponents shifted to a frontal
attack on the cabinet nomina-
ton of Henry A. Wallace today
as the former Vice President set
up boundaries on the authority
ne might WELD as Secretary of
Commerce.
The Senate Commerce Committee
scheduled a closed meeting at 2::30
pm. to vote on legislation to strip
the department of control over the
Governments sprawling lending
agencies.
But even as this action neared,
administration critics let it become
known that they believe they have
48 to so votes-enough to defeat the
nomination-if it is considered be-
fore the Senate passes on the di-
vorcement bill.
For that reason, they had changed
Evening star., 1945-01-26
LITER, 81, Undergoes
Operation on His Eyes
" the Associated Press.

koJ ttIc F1oSONIdlEu FTtsS,
WATERVILLE, Me-, Jan. 26.--
George Champion, 80, State prison
lifer who on Monday spent his first
night outside a cell in As years, had
cataracts removed from his eyes
yesterday at Thayer Hospital.
Hospital surgeons said Champion
was resting comfortably but that re-
suits of the operation would not be
known for a few days.
Champion was convicted of the
AK Staying Of woman in Newfield
In 1900. The operation was author
lied BY the Governor and council, to
be financed by State prison funds.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
0PA Revives Policy
OF Definite Dates
For voiding Stamps
Step Is Taken to Avert
Overnight Cancellation
As in Christmas Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The OPA today re-established
a policy of definite invalidation
dates for food ration stamps,
with each series good roughly
four months.
AS at present. new series of red
stamps for meat and dairy products
and blue stamps for processed food
will be validated each month. In
stead Of being good indefinitely
however. they will expire after about
16 weeks.
The agency also restored its ex-
piration policy for sugar stamps,
announcing that Coupon No. "a
the only one now good-may not be
used after February %.
New Sugar Stamp Due Mayl.
Sugar stamp No. IS, good for five
pounds beginning February /, will
be valid through June 2. Overlap
ping this coupon, new stamp is due
to be validated. May /. OPA said.
AS previously announced, the new
sugar stamp VIII have to last three
months, instead of two and a half
months, as in the past. If supplies
improve, the latter ration period
will be restored and the overlap time
when two stamps may be used will
be increased to one and a half
months, OPA said.
The new policy is designed to
avert any additional overnight can
cellations. such as occurred Christ
mas week, when large blocks of
stamps suddenly were invahdated
This was done, OPA said at the
time, because food supplies were
at the lowest point since the war
began"
Food stamps have not had definite
invalidation dates since last spring
Up to then red and blue stamps ex-
pired approximately seven weeks
after issuance.
The agency said restoration of the
policy is intended "to eliminate the
piling up of large backlogs of un-
used stamps and at the same time
to lessen the possibility of con-
sumner buying rushes when stamps
are retired"
OPA's New Schedule.
Here is the new schedule of vail
dation and expiration dates:
Red Stamps-Q5, RS and SIS, valid
since December 8, good through
March 81; is, US, VS., WIS and KS
valid since December 81, good
through April %; VS., rs, AZ, B2, c.
and Do, valid January %, good
through June 2.
Blue StampS-X5, VS., rs, Az and
B2, valid since December /, good
through March 81; CO, d., E2, F.
and G2, valid since January i, good
through April %; H2, J2, K2, Ii and
M, valid February /, good through
June 2.
Sugar Stamps-No. "a, valid since
November 16, good through February
%; No. IS, valid February /, good
through June 2.
Red tokens are not affected by the
new invalidation plan. They will
remain in use as change for REQ
stamps in the meats-fats program.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
NEW FREIGHT EMBARGO to shut
off supplies of Southern produce.
Story on Page AS.

Washington coal consumers
will have to have their coal bins
inspected by police before they
can obtain more coal, as a result
of the freight embargo estab-
lished by the railroads in large
area of the Eastern United
States.
Five members of an advisory
committee to the Solid Fuels Ad-
ministration, an STA representa-
tive and the District Commissioners
met at the District Building today
and agreed on plans under which
no orders for coal will be filled
except on police certification that
the coal is needed.
There will be another meeting
this afternoon between Commits
sioner John Russell Young and
Supt. of Police Edward j. Kelly to
decide on when the procedure will
become effective.
At the earlier meeting it was
agreed that a person needing coal
should so to his nearest police
precinct, report the fact and ask
that policeman be sent to his
home. The policeman would inspect
the coal bin and the supply of coal
in it, and certify to the need of
coal. That certifcation would be
necessary to have coal delivered
In connection with these plans,
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association worked out a question
naire, but the QUESTIONABLE was not
approved at the meeting. The ques.
tionnare would require a declara.
ton by the coal consumer that he
/ has at least SIS on hand, that there
would be some one in the house
when the coal would be delivered.
1t also would call for the name
of the dealer from whom the house.
! holder last ordered coal
| The ruling on deliveries was made
after the STA Advisory Committee
asked the Commissioners to work
out system to ease the fuel pinch
| here.
Members of the advisory commit
tee are: Fenton Fadeley, Columbia
Fuel Co.; F. H. Hessick, w. H. Hes
sick & Sons; Charles H. st. John,
Griffith Consumers Co.; A. P Brown.
Rinaldi Coal Co., and A. c. Romhilt,
American Ice Co.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
French Telegraph Co.
Given Permit Renewal
BY the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
The Board of War Communica-
tions announced today it has au-
thorized the French Telegraph Co.
to resume operations in the United
States.
The company's facilities were
closed by the board formerly the
Defense Communications Board
May /, 1912.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Russians Near Berlin Province;
BresIau Communications Cut off;
Allies Clear 40 Miles AIonq Roer
Germans Told
Not to Ask About
Refugee Children
the Associated Press.

BY tnt ASS0c1ated FTeSs,
LONDON, Jan. 26.-German par
ents were advised by the Berlin radio
today mot to storm" evacuation
Offices for information on children
who had been moved from heavily
bombed areas to parts of Eastern
Germany now being overrun by the
Red Army.
Wait for news from your child
first" the announcer urged. I'VE are
working day and night under ter
rifle tension and cannot heed indi-
vidual problems"
He said the children had been
moved to prepared quarters in new
reception areas"
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Berlin Claims Sinking
OF 8 Allied Vessels
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Assoclated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 26-A Berlin
broadcast asserted today that u
boats had sunk six fully laden AL
lied supply ships and two Destroy
ers en- route from Britain to France
in recent attacks.
The broadcast declared the cargo
ships totaled approximately 43,900
tons and included three large tank
ers. There has been no Allied con-
f1rmation.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
BIG Roid on Singapore
Reported by jap Radio
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A broadcast Japanese communi-
que said today that several enemy
B-29 heavy bombers" attacked
Singapore early today, and added
the usual claim that absolutely no
damage was caused by this enemy
nuisance raid"
The Tokyo communique, recorded
by the Associated Press, said also
that q lone B-29 later In the morn
ing appeared over the area. appar-
emily on q reconnaissance mission.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
u. 5. Batheship Joins
Other Ships, Planes
In Iwo' lima Attack
Heavy Domoee Inflicted
On japanese Air and
Observation Base
3y the Associated Press.

| ABOARD A BATTLESHIP OFF
TWO JIMA. Jan. "a Via Navy
Radio (Delayed) Striking 75O
miles from Tokyo, this mighty
battleship, accompanied by cruis-
ers and destroyers, pounded Two
Jima today, seeking to blast the
Ienemy's underground positions
on this last major stronghold
southeast of Japan.
(This is the first disclosure that
battleship participated in bonn
harding the fortresslike island)
Cruising slowly along the shore,
the task group ripped the island
from the level lands on the north to
the dominating peak on the south
ern tip.
Only when storm clouds and rain
forced the withdrawal of spotting
planes did the relentless lombard
ment of the 16-inch rifles of the
battleship, the 8-inchers OF the
cruisers and the smaller guns of the
destroyers halt.
AS the force steamed away, three
cargo ships were left in wreckage.
One probably loaded with gasoline
exploded, the giant blast hurting
fame and smoke high above the
550-foot volcanic peak. The two
others were beached, burning
fiercely.
Ships Burn.
Occasional explosions sped the
flames of the burning ships.
On the little island, by 2 miles,
which dominates the Volcano group,
hundreds of shells tore into the
airf1elds, heavy artillery positions,
unloading and dock areas and dual
purpose batteries.
L was very well satisfied with the
results. All primary targets were
pin-pointed," said the commander
of the force.
II believe the approach was vir-
tuallNa surprise to the enemy until
just preceding the bombardment, E"
the task force commander con-
tinued.
Earlier in the day the island had
been pounded by bombs, with B-29s
participating in the co-ordinated
strike which took the task force
deep into Japans home waters.
Opposition Is Lacking.
Throughout the assault the Japa-
nese failed to give any material op-
position.
Eight enemy planes were seen and
five were destroyed. They made only
half-hearted attempts to attack.
One sped from the island field to-
ward the battleship, but was forced
to turn off and shot down in flames
by the destroyers' guns. Another
crashed in the sea, two were de-
stroyed on the ground and a fifth
was probably shot down by spot
ting plane.
Enemy coastal batteries were
turned on the destroyers which
darted close inshore, but were si-
lenced in short order to end the
meager opposition to the hour-and-
a-half bombardment under brilliant
sunlight. Todayb attack was the
second of the year and the sixth of
the war.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
MAP on Page A-3.J

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 26.-American 9Th
and British I'd Army troops to-
day cleared the entire west bank
of the Roer River for 40 airline
miles from Holland to below
Duren, achieving a strategic
Springboard for attacks against
the industrial Ruhr and the
Rhineland.
Flame-throwing infantry of the
9th Army advanced more than a
mile in limited night attack, cap
turing Brachelen, 27 miles south
west of Dusseldorf, and 81 Siegfried
Line pillboXes. The German sur
vivors withdrew completely to the
east bank of the river.
British patrols just north report
ed they reached the Roer on front
of several miles without contracting
the Germans Associated Press
Correspondent Wes Gallagher re-
ported from the 9Th Army front.
This clears the I'd Army sector west
Of the Roer and liberates the Sit
tard sector of Holland"
18th Army Counterattacks.
At the opposite end of the western
front, the American 7th Army coun-
terattacked last night and wiped out
one crossing over the Moder River
near Haguenau, f1attened another
and whipped the Nazis momentarily
to a standstill.
Seven or more German divisions
had gained more than mile toward
Strasbourg in the biggest enemy of
fenSive since the Ardennes break
through.
Although there was no inclina-
ton at supreme headquarters to
the force with which the
Germans were striking in Alsace,
or the imminent threat to the po-
litical prize of Strasbourg, 1t. Gen.
Alexander M. Patch appeared to
have his 7th Army set for the blow.
He had plenty of space which he
could conveniently yield if necessary
to the three tank, one parachute,
one mountain and at least two in
fantry divisions attacking.
Ardennes Bulge Flattened.
In the central sector of the front
the 1st and Sd Armies hammered
the Ardennes bulge flatter.
II wi
forces have opened a new at
tack on a broad front between
Malmedy and the Sure River, the
German radio asserted today.
Berlin said the attack was
aimed at crushing the German
front in the Ardennes. Focal
points of attack were placed
north of st. With and east of
Houffalize.
c"The Americans succeeded in
capturing some villages, but their
attempted break-through was
frustrated" the broadcast de-
clared)
The American 102d Infantry Di-
vision, commanded by Maj. Gen.
Frank A. Keating, dissolved the
Siegfried Line strongpoints shielding
Brachelen population, 5000 at
better than one minute.
The Rhenish Prussian town lies
9 miles northwest of Julich, IA below
Munchen Gladbach and 20 miles
west of Cologne. Coupled with
quickening British advances, the
Allies were along the Roer from near
Roermond to below Duren.
Roer Strong Natural Barrier.
The river is the strongest natural
and fortified barrier before the
Cologne plain and the Rhine.
The 9th Army had been relatively
inactive for six weeks during which
it took up positions of the Roer
vacated by the United States list
Army which countered the German
offensive farther south in the Ar
dennes.
In the north. the British I'd ARMY
Evening star., 1945-01-26
2 British MPs MISSING
On Flight in Italy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 26.-Two members of
the British Parliament-J. d. Camp
bell and Capt. r H. Bernays-were
missing today on a plane flight from
Rome to Bari. Italy.
The two, with four other members
OF Parliament, had toured the Ital-
Ian battle fronts. The other four,
travelling in second plane, arrived
at Bari safely.
RAE pilots hew over the route but
reported no signs Of the missing
craft.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
FEC Begins Tour Tonight

The seven-member Federal Com
munications Commission will leave
tonight for a weeks air tour of do
mestie military establishments to
observe development and war uses
OF radio and other electronic devices,
Evening star., 1945-01-26
9TH Army Attack
RepuIses Nozis
Near Hoguenou
BULLETIN.

PARIS R.-Fighting in a
blizzard, the United States 7tb
Army late today cleared tn.
entire south bank of the Moder
River, l6 miles above Stras-
bourg, and stamped out the
gains achieved by the Ger
mans in their new offensive.
American lines were restored
completely.
Evening star., 1945-01-26

Sir additional men from
the District area haze been
reported killed in this uar. See
"On the Honor Roll," Page AZ.
Evening star., 1945-01-26
Coal Consumers
Need PoIice0
For Deliveries
Shortage Causes Order
For Bins Inspection
By Officers Here
BULLETIN.

Solid Fuels Administrator
Ickes today moved to invoke
drastic controls on coal dis
tribution, including denial of
deliveries to consumers with
more than five days supply.
to avert a disastrous fuel
shortage In Washington and
II States of the Northeast and
the Midwest. The emergency
action will remain in effect
until further notice"
Evening star., 1945-01-26

(See PHILIPPINES, PAGE Al
Evening star., 1945-01-26

(See RUSSIA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-11-26
Murray Opposes Bill
To Label Radio Talks

BY the Associated Press.
CIO President Philip Murray yes
terday expressed opposition to bill
by Representative Wood, Democrat
of Georgia to regulate radio sta.
tions and broadcasters.
The measure would require sta
tions to specify whether a commen-
tator is broadcasting news Or
opinions.
1.-THE CIO -" is unalterably op-
posed to attempts to censor or gag
radio broadcasts," Mr.. Murray de-
clared in a letter to Chairman Lea
of the House Interstate Commerce
Committee, to which the measure
has been referred.
Ernest Adamson, counsel for the
House Committee Investigating Un.
American Activities, which Mr.
Wood heads, said last week the bill
is aimed at irresponsible" com.
mentators and did not represent ar
attempt Ito control or gag any
one"
Evening star., 1945-11-26
Trial Of Be||boy Opens
Today in Attack Case

Robert Shackelford, %, WASH
ington bellboy, was scheduled to 70
on trial today in Montgomery Coun-
ty Circuit Court at Rockville on a
charge of attempted criminal as
sault on 22-year-old WAVE Sep
tember 25.
Shackelford, together with Allen
Hughett, jr,,- 18, both of the 1900
block of Seventeenth street NV,
had been charged with crininally
attacking three WAVES last Sep
tember in the Great Falls section Of
the county.
After habeas corpus hearing,
November 2, before Judge Stedman
Prescott In which the iurist ex-
pressed doubt that the charge should
be criminal assault, the grand jury
indicted Shackelford on the charge
Of attempted criminal assault on one
OF the WAVES. Charges against
Hughett were ignored by the jury,
Evening star., 1945-11-26
Bruce Morris Appointed
OPA Auto Price Chief
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
AppointmentasMuce R. Morris
as price executive of the automotive
price branch of OPA was announced
yesterday by John S. Clement, di-
rector of OPA's industrial materials
price division.
Mr.. Morris, who has been assist
ant price executive of the rubber
chemical and drugs price branch
succeeds 10 Roberts of Philadel-
phia, who is returning to private
business. The appointment is effec-
tive November %.
Mr.. Morris is a native. of Girard
Ohio.