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Evening star., 1945-03-22
Marshall 10 Testify
Today on Generals
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee called Gen. George C. Mar
shall to Capitol Hill today for a
secret meeting on Army promotion
policy
Recent nominations of nine lieu
tenant generals to four-star rank
brought demands within the COM
mittee for an explanation from the
chief of staff himself.
Gen. Marshall and four other gen.
erals recently were raised to new
five-stsr rank by special legisla ton.
and the proposal for promotion of
the nine lieutenant generals fol-
lowed.
Il guess Wen be greeted next by
the promotion of a flock of ma jor
generals to the three-star category,
Senator Chandler Democrat, of
Kentucky told reporter. 1T looks
like it might save everybody trouble
if We just let the Army promote
officers just as often as they please -
Senator Chandler and Senator
Bridges, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire predicted confirmation of the
nine. but indicated they want TO
question Gen. Marshall about the
justification for some of the pro-
motions.
The nine are Joseph T. McNarney,
Omar N. Bradley, Carl Spaatz,
George C. Kenney. Mark w. Clark,
Walter Kruger, Brehon B. Somer-
veil, Jacob L. Devers and Thomas T.
Handy.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

IN nOSpltal, ne wrote MS mother.
He expects to rejoin his organiza-
ton.
A graduate of Punahou Academy,
In Honolulu, 1t. Silverthorn studied
at the University of Hawaii, at
Maryland University, where he
joined the Marine Corps, and at
Colgate University, where he was a
VIZ student. He was commissioned
at Quantico, Va, in April, 1914, and
left for overseas service last Au-
gust.
1t. Silverthorn's brother, Marine
Capt. Merwin Silverthorn, jr., is a
veteran Of five amphibious landings
in the Pacific. A younger brother,
Robert, 16, is a senior at Woodrow
Wilson High School.
Gen. Silverthorn is a Marine vet
eran of the World War, having
served with the famous 5th Regi-
ment of Marines as a second lieu
tenant in France, including the bat
tie of Belleau Woods. where he was
wounded.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Major British Rotion Cuts
Put OFT Pending Talks

LONDON, Mar. % (P.-Britain's
anxiety over the food shortage was
eased considerably today with in
direct government assurances that
there would be no major cuts in ra-
tions-even in meat-until the whole
situation has been discussed in
Washington.
In looking for a way out of the
crisis. some quarters suggested re-
ALLEGATIONS of shipping. They said
at least two countries-Argentina
and New zealand-had enough meat
to increase shipments to this country
II transport were made available.
Food Minister J. j. Llewellin is
expected to visit Washington to go
over the entire food picture. His
trip appeared imminent as his par
liamentary secretary, William Ma
bane. Cancelled a visit to Northern
Ireland tomorrow to be on hand
during his chiefs absence.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Several Firemen Injured
In $40, 900 Warehouse Fire

Several firemen suffered minor in
juries last night while fighting
stubborn two-alarm FIRE in the
Dickey Bros. feed warehouse at 900
Kenilworth avenue NE, which
caused at least $4,000 damage.
OF undetermined cause the blaze
took 10 hours to extinguish because
hay and straw in the building con-
tinued to shoulder and break out in
fame. Firemen arrived at 10 :36 pm.
and still were there this morning.
The flremen who were injured
stepped on nails or received cuts to
their hands and feet. One of the
men, Pvt. H, E. Jones of No Truck
Company, was treated at Casualty
Hospital for a nail wound Others
hurt were treated by members of
Fire Rescue Squad No. l.
The estimate of at least $4,000
damage was made this morning by
an official of the firm. He said about
one third of the warehouse building
was destroyed. and all of the stock
was either destroyed or damaged.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Uruguay Rutioning Urged
In Move to Aid Exports

MONTEV1DEO, Uruguay, Mar. %
(P.-Government authorities had
under consideration today a request
by private meat packing plants that
meat rationing be instituted in Uru-
quay to permit fulfillment of export
quotas to the United Nations.
The packers said prolonged
drought had resulted in reduction
Of livestock and expressed fear they
would not be able to meet their ex-
port quotas unless some steps are
taken.
The situation is such. they said,
that many plants face partial shut
downs which would put about 10000
persons o1s of work.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Congress Urged 10 Read
Two Editorials in Star

from Yesterdays Late Editton)
Senators and representatives were
urged today by Senator Capper, Re-
publican, of Kansas to read two edi-
torisls in recent issues of The Star,
He obtained unanimous consent
of the Senate to publish in the Con-
gressional Record an editorial of
last Friday entitled The Funda-
mental Remedy" on the voteless and
unrepresented plight of the people
of Washington and an editorial OF
yesterday entitled Not Onerous-
II Tried" pointing out that no legis-
lator ever has suffered politically
for constructive work on a District
committee.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Super Forts Assault
Rangoon War Targets
Second Time in Week
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
India based Super Fortresses
today bombed important mill
tary installations and storage
areas at Rangoon, Burma, for
the second time in less than a
week.
An announcement from Goth Air
Force headquarters here said
"sizable task force" of B-29s from
Brig Gen. Roger M Ramey's goth
Bomber Command participated in
the raid. The announcement 1ndl-
Gated more than 100 Super Forts
took part.
A dispatch from Guam said the
attack was centered on supply stor-
age dumps on Lake Victoria and
the Mingaladon Airfield canton
ment.
All aircraft returned safely.
The Super Forts encountered
meager antisircraft fire and fighter
opposition. Results were reported
good to excellent" Five explosions
were noted in the dump areas.
The raid followed up last Satur-
days raid on the japanese supply
base in which the India-based Super
Forts bombed storage areas with
what the 10th Air Force described
as good results"
Today's attack gave added sup
port to Allied drives against the
japanese in Burma which resulted
in the capture of Mandalay this
week Rangoon is the main supply
depot for the Japanese in this area
About 10000 japanese troops are
reported squeezed in 75-mile-deep
pocket in the Mandalay area.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Municipal 1heater Group
Names Friends Committee

The Inter Nation Friends Com
mittee of the Washington Municipal
Theater was created yesterday at
the second of series of meetings of
the chairmen and vice chairmen held
at the Tivoli Theater Building,
Fourteenth street and Park road.
Mrs. Emil Hurja. general chair
man, announced this group will be
the nucleus Of the Inter Nation
Friends Committee, which will even
tually include all persons of foreign
countries now stationed in Wash
ington.
The Municipal Theater. designed
to make Washington the cultural
capital of the country, is slated to
present the first Of its productions
in July. At present 1t is conducting
a campaign to raise 100000 to
launch the project.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Continued From First Page }

such as cattle, hogs, sheep and
lambs"
Mr. BoWles told the Senate Com
mittee yesterday that packers are
trying to capitalize on the present
situation to attack price controls.
The industry retorted in a state
ment that it regretted its efforts to
obtain the fair and equitable mar
gin promised to it by law should be
construed by any one as an attack
on price control"
Sympathy for the packers argu-
ment was evidenced in the commit
tee.
Higher Than Assumed Price.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
told Mr.. BoWles that Il think you
are directly violating the law
which requires a reasonable margin
of profit" for professors of agricul-
tural products.
Before Senator Taft made his as
sertiop, Mr.. Bowles had acknow-
ledged in response to questioning
from Senator Reed, Republican, of
Kansas that ceiling prices on pork
products are based on an assumed
price of Sl4 hundred for hogs
whereas the current price is S14.75
While the Banking Committee
moved into the meat situation, for
NAL inquiries by both House and
Senate into the whole food Situa-
ton were shaping up.
A special Senate Agriculture Sub
committee met to organize under
Chairman Thomas
On the House side, resolution tc
create a special seven-member in
vestigating committee received
Rules Committee approval, but
probably will not get to the House
floor until early next week.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

was wounded on
Two Jima Feb
ruary %, accord
ing to word re-
ceived by his
m 0 t h er, All
D oV er roa d i,
c h e Wy Chase,
Md, from both
h e M a r / n e
Corps and from
her son.
The lieutenant,
a platoon leader,
was wounded in
the left foot and
right leg, but
W a S recovering
Evening star., 1945-03-22

HC UT gtCI VI tbS yOttOUtVS
article, for II years Berlin CORE
spondent OF the Svedish neiDs-
paper, the Stockholrns- Tidtngen,
has Just returned to Stockholm.)
BY CHRISTER JAEDERLUND.
tcopyright. 1e45. BY the Associated Press.)
STOCKHOLM, Mar pa train
from Bydgoszcz, bearing local Nazi
party leaders, recently arrived at
Berlin railway station while thous-
ands Of the capitals residents stood
outside.
The smartly uniformed leaders
who were the first to leave Bydgos-
zcz, in Northwestern Poland. as the
Red Army approached, carried all
their luggage and were met by a
feet of motor cars. Their situation
contrasted sharply with the misery
of other refugees.
The Berliners spoke their minds.
The crowd grew so threatening the
party leaders became nervous and
ordered the guards to fire-into the
air.
The affair became so widely
known that the leaders had to pay
with their lives. They had broken
the one condition under which Hit
Ter allows his Nazi comrades liber-
ties at the expense OF the popula-
ton. They had been found out"
Called Shooting Practice"
These Berlin people were no
rabble. Their attitude represented
the true feelings OF the German
nation and they had to be calmed
Therefore, Hitler ordered the exc
cution of the Bydgoszcz party lead
ers as deserters Party officials in
Berlin, asked about the incident
were directed to say it was merely
shooting practice"
| Germany has become a vast refu-
gee camp and the refugee problem is
one reason for the cleavage which
has developed between the Nazi
party, the army and the ordinary
civilian
The refugees also were bitter
against the German soldiers who
they all said, plundered German
towns.
One woman said, "A soldiers job
is to recapture lost towns not to
plunder them"
Caravans Of Refugees.
| Most of the refugees were agreed
that If the defeated German Armies
were swept into state of disinte
grafton then no one would be safe
in his own home. Most German
soldiers, after six years of army
life, have no home to which to re-
turn.
All over Germany great caravans
Of refugees are inching along. Fiji
teen miles day is about all they
can cover. They trudge past the
carcasses Of horses and other ami.
mails which collapsed and died fol
lack of fodder.
The whole course OF the evacuation
on the eastern front, which wa.
marked by panic and confusion
showed that Hitler was surprised b,
the sudden collapse OF the Vistuls
front He had never expected the
Red Army would reach the Oder a
such speed.
( He had sent such large forces tt
the west for the Ardennes offensive
that the eastern defenses were seri.
ously weakened. When the general!
questioned whether 1t would be pos,
sible to hold the east front Hitler
was reported to have replied: III
must, because it must
Feared Evacuation Panic.
Hitler gave orders that no PROVING,
was to be evacuated without his per.
sonal approval because he feared il
would cause panic. The ban pre-.
vented the proper preparatory or.
ganization. Refugees from the cas-
travelling by train or caravan wer,
counted in the millions, yet the
constituted only q fraction of thu
Evening star., 1945-03-22
1900 T on Jap Transport
Domooed OFT Hoinon

CHUNGKING, Mar. % lPD.-B-
24s of the United States l4th Air
Force damaged a 7500-ton enemy
transport off Hainan Island yester-
day, today's communique reported.
P-5ls attacked a japanese airfield
In French Indo-China and damaged
four locomtives.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Boqotu Water Shortage
Forces Many to Leave

By the Associated Press.
BOGOTA, Colombia. Mar. a.
The Colombia government today
urged all residents who can do so
to evacuate this capital city of 400
900 populat tion because of a water
shortage caused by prolonged
drought.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
; Turkish Pupers Reopen

ANKARA, Mar. % (Py.-Three
leading Turkish newspapers, which
were suspended last year for
criticizing the government, have
been given permission to resume
puplica ton Immediately.
Help the Red Cross War Fund
drive now.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Americans Get Wise
Quickly to Japanese
Using Wooden Tanks
BY CHRIsTER JAEDERLUND.

Hy the Associated Press.
WITH THE 4lst DIVISION
IN ZAMBOANGA. P. l., Mar.
22.-Mobile wooden tanks were
employed by the Japanese in
their defense of Zamboanga in
an effort to throw the American
tanks off balance.
Infantrymen destroyed a few
of the Hollywoodian tanks with
small -arms fire, then discovered
the ruse and quickly cleaned up
the japanese camouflage artists.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Gen. Si|verthorn' S Son
Wounded on Two lima

Marine Second 1t. Russell Silver
thorn, %, son of Brig. Gen. Merwin
H. Silverthorn, chief of staff of the
Sd Amphibious Corps of Marines,
Evening star., 1945-03-22
District Blood Donations

yesterday -------. 535 persons
Appointments broken
yesterday -- So persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the. Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District 5000 between 9 am. and
$50 pm. weekdays. and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
A broken appointment sac
rifceS time on the part OF
doctors and nurses that can
not be replaced. 1t may sac
rifce the life OF q man on q
battlefield.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

voir, Va, before he entered the
Army in February, 1912. He went
overseas in March, 1914 Corpl.
Grigsby has an 8-month- old daugh-
ter
Pvt. John w. McInnes, 80, Of the
air. borne infantry, was wounded
January 29 while fighting in Bel
GUM. He is now in a hospital in
France, his wife, Mrs. Mabel I. Nc
Innes, 745 Fifty-first street Sc,
said.
Born in Midland. Ark. Pvt. Nc
Innes went TO high school there.
He worked here at the Potomac
Railroad yard as a mechanic be-
fore he entered the service in Sep
tember, 1943. He went overseas in
August, 1914.
Mrs. Evelyn E. Nalley, Fort WASH
ington, Md, was listed today as
wounded in action in the Pacific
theater of war.
Corpl. James c. Richards, son of
Jesse C. Richards, who was listed
as living at $50 Great Falls street,
Falls Church, Va, was included in
War Department list as wounded
in action in the Pacific.
Pfc. Oscar J. 10y, whose wife, Mrs,
Mary E. 10y, formerly lived on
Route 2, Lovettsville, Va. has been
wounded in the European theater
of operations. the War Department
announced.
The following men were listed by
the War Department as wounded
in action. Stories previously ap-
peared in The Star when the next
of kin had been notified.
Pvt. Francis L. Moran, son OF Mrs.
Catherine H. Moran, 602 Pickwick
Lane, Chevy Chase, Md
First 1t. william T. Barnes, son
of Robert l.. Barnes, Ala New Jer-
sey avenue Sc.
Missing
staff Sergt. William F.. HOyle, 80,
a member OF an air forces ground
crew, has been missing in action
since February 6 in the Southwest
Pacific, his wife, Mrs Helen E,
Hoyle, 2023 Fourth street NE, has
learned. She has not been able to
learn any details.
Sergt. Hoyle first entered the Army
six years ago. He re-enlisted when
his first enlistment was finished and
re-enlisted again in October, 1912,
after he had been honorably dis
nh q rood for fo r,i1y roo CONS Carot
Hoyle attended Eastern High School
here and was employed as dietitian
at Mount Alto Hospital before en-
tering the service. He was stationed
at Boiling Field before going over
seas in January. He is the son of
Harry E. Hoyle of Congress Heights.
| Prisoner
1t. William Arthur Hunter, 80,
whose wife, Mrs. Mary E. Hunter,
lives at IL Gallatin street NE, has
been captured by the Germans in
Italy, where he was fighting with
the Canadian Sd Army. Mrs. Hunter
said her husband was taken prisoner
in September.
n HdIlVc Ol rItcSpOIl, LID, LII.
Hunter joined the Canadian Army
in June, 1941, and was sent over
seas in October, 1912.
Seek Support for Bonk
The Montgomery County League
of Women Voters is distributing cir
culars urging support of an inter-
national bank and monetary fund
as proposed in the Breton Woods
agreements. The circular explains
the purposes of the world bank, and
urges residents to write their rep
resentative in Congress to vote for
the Breton Woods agreement
Evening star., 1945-03-22

THE toriter OF the tollowing
article, for II years Berlin CORE
spondent OF the SiUedish neiDs-
paper, the Stockholn1s- Tidtngen,
has Just returned to Stockholm.) J
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11

bfuoNtyn-
Dear STR: Last night my wife Ethel and
had our dinner In a restsmenf on Flatbuxh avenue
and there was q couple ef soldiers eating M tina
nsu table % us and Ethel kept watching them
unsa finally sex look. sweet. ] hope you don't
sasank ARA trying 70 bswi You OSn for your
manners but you have got those guys uneasy
shs way you cunning them.
she ses Do YOU mean watching them Joe?
I 100 that 10 exactly what I mean and II you
wlm pardon me. have noticed that every time
yoa see soldiers eating lately you watch them
Aes n you have never seen human beings before.
"a ses II was a Jealous guy could get pretty
sore about II and Ethel ses On. pooh. ! am only
Interested IN seeing how much those soldiers eat.
Ses WHIST DO you care how much they eat?
Ethel ses wen ] think II is very important. I ses
and what have YOU found 0utg She well, some
cot more than others buf none OF them eat
tarribie lot. don't think have seen one that
eats more than my pops when he rs feeling good.
sss yes. but you are talking about champion,
b@hv
She did you eat more when you was n
tha army than you do when you are out OF IL. Joe?
! sss no. bat only because never got
a. much to eat in the army as get out of IL
ard besides never was no pig at eating and
yes know n. Ethel ] ses am really moderate
kind OF an eater.
Ethel scs did you notice II the other fellows In
the army with you ate more than they might
have eaten II they were out OF the army? ses
Ethel. some OF them were real two-fsted eaters
and some were only moderate like myself and in
fact guess you would call 1t a stand off. ! ses
what is all this about anyway, baby.
Ethel ses Joe am making an investigation.
Wherever you 60 trying to buy things the store.
keepers claim they do not have this and they
do not have that because everything goes TO the
army. They do not have meat and poultry and
they do not have butter and eggs and they tell
you II Is because the army takes it all. but l
have not found out from watching those soldiers
and from what you tell me that soldiers extra
big eaters.
h Another thing Ethel ses. have talked to
many of the soldiers who have been TO the
In Europe and in the Pacific and they tell me
that food 10 often scarce at the 'front.' especially
tire kind the storekeepers always out OF and
that they claim the army takes. Ses well baby.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11

guess the army takes lot at that.
Ethel ses do you know how many there are In
the army. Joe? seS think about 10000 600 but
that takes in the navy too. Ethel Ses yes. and
there are 13o.OOo.o0o people In the United States
and the 100000 fellows supposed TO eat half
OF all our meat and poultry and everything else,
too, to hear the storekeepers tell H.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
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ses Just q minute Ethel ! ses are you
begrudEins those poor fellows . few rnouthfuIs
OF grub? Ethel ses you know very well am not
joe But TO hear the storekeepers about the
way they are out OF everything because the army
takes Il all you would think the biggest eaters
In the world are In the army. But have watched
a hundred OF them eat In the past week and ]
think that is enough for me 10 reach an average
of their eating and think they are just medium
caters.
ses well. would certainly hate to think
you was begrudging them something Ethel ses
that is ridiculous but II they are only medium
eaters and IL often food is scarce at the front
what becomes of all those things that the store
keepers are out Of? Ses do you expect to find
out baby? Ethel Of course not. Joe, but think
the storekeepers and the soldiers and US are all
being fooled somehow
a Yours truly
JOE TURP
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
TANKS MOVE CLOSER TO
 CAPITAL CITY
By YATES MCDANIEL and
 JAMES HUTCHINSON

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS ON LUZON, Jan. IT. -(AP)-One week after landing in the Lingayan Gulf, the power full American spearhead is more than a third of the way to Man ila, it was reported today.
 It is still rolling southward in dry, clear weather down the broad central Luzon plain. They have virtually checked on land and In She air, the Japanese re- sistance.
 However, on the left flank of the broadened front, the first Japanese counter attack to the invasion is reported stubbornly held.
 In the Posorrubio sector, the communique said, the blow was repulsed.
 The conservatively worded of- ficial statements located the deepest American penetrations as on the central of the three main north and south highways, about 45 miles from Lingayen and 83 miles from Manila.
 The Yankee column which reached Camiling, which is 30 miles south of Lingayen, is re- ported officially as working its way southward, but the depth of the advance was not pin-point- ed.
 Field reports said that these troops are progressing against nothing stronger than occasional harrassing by patrols.
 Gen. MacArthur's communique gave no details of the intensity of the Japanese counter-attack, but violent enemy reaction ap- peared overdue several days, as the Sixth Army kept the Japan csc off balance.
 Heaviest fighting of the entire front has been under way at Pos-
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
EATEN DEAD
 AT SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Jah. 17.-Gilbert Patten, 78, creator of Frank Merriwell, died of a heart att tack here last night. The author of widely-read boys stories, wrote under the name of Burt L. Standish. He died in his sleep at the home of his son, Marvin Pat ten.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17

orrubio. Rapid gains were scored there as the battlefront widened east and west.
 Around Lingayen Gulf the U. S. troops drove a series of stra- tegic wedges across the main highways of Luzon's central plain, while patrols pushed ahead in the center and captured Bay ambang.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
ON BUSINESS TRIP TO STATES

Joe Wallace, manager and own CT of the Wallace Hotel and Taxi left for short vacation and busi- ness trip via P. A. A. He will go as far as Seattle and expects to return in a few weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
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