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Evening star., 1945-01-06
Another Destroyer
Lost; Total Now 81
BY the Associated Press.

6s tue AeeoCibteo Fgesb.
American destroyer losses In the
war stood at 81 today.
The increase came with the sink
ing in the Philippine area of the
destroyer Reid, the 18th naval vessel
lost in the current Philippine cam
paign.
Announcing the loss yesterday
the Navy gave no report on extent
OF casualties but said the vessel
had q normal compliment of "a
Officers and 17s enlisted men.
The Reid's skipper, ,Comdr. s. A.
McCornock, "a, Iron River, Mich,
was reported wounded.
The Reid was the oath vessel OF
all types lost during the war. The
destroyer was at Pearl Harbor when
the japanese attacked on Decem-
Der z, 1871, and participated In the
bombardment Of Kiska, ouadaI-
canal, Arawe, Cape Gloucester
Saidor, Biak and Wake Island. Dur
ing 1912 she sank Japanese SUBJ
marine and recently engaged In
operations on Leyte.
A i.480-ton ship, the Reid was
built by the Federal Shipbuilding b
Drydock Co. OF Kearny, N. j. She
was 341 feet long with a 35-foot
beam and & designed speed Of So
knots. She carried i've 5-inch az
caliber antiaircraft guns.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
More Negro Fire'Inen .
Urged by Civic. il. Group, u,

Pointing out that 81 vacanies exist
in the District Fire Department due
to manpower shortages; the Fedora.
tion OF Civic Associations last night
voted to irldorse the use of colored
firemen in other than the one an-
colored station in Washington.
Fire Chief Stephen Potter ad-
vised the group that several, pieces
Of fire apparatus are out Of use be-
cause of the manpower shortage.
He said II qualified colored firemen
are driving ambulances at local hos
pitfalls because there is q full staff
Of is men at Station 4, the all.cols
ored station.
A committee was appointed to
study the juvenile delinquency prob
lem, especially court handling of
juvenile problems. Asserting that
boys have been out on probation
three and four times on the same
offenses, Dr. E. F. Harris, president,
said the federation plans to ask for
Q stricter handling Of juvenile cases.
The meeting, held in the board
room Of the District Building, was
the regular December meeting. 1t
had been postponed because Of the
Christmas holiday.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Birth ShoIom to Install
New Officers on Jan. Is

New officers of the George Wash
ingtor Lodge, No. a.. Independent
Order Of Birth Sholom, will be in-
stalled January is at m open meet.
ing at the Jewish Community Cen.
ter.
They include Nathan Plothick,
president: Abe Hoffman, vice presi-
dent; Benjamin Feidman, recording,
secretary; Myer spurgeon. financial
secretary; Aaron Becker, treasurer.
and David Falk, Samuel Trupp,3
Samuel Rosenfeld, Nathan Sacks
and Rubin Rosenberg, trustees. Mr..
Hoffman Is chairman Of the Install
lation Committee.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Philippines
Continued From First Page.)

doro We gained control OF the Sibuya
Sea and established direct contact
with the southern coast of Luzon."
The landing was at Buenavista,
on the southwest coast. The inte-
rior Of Martinique is virtually i'm
passable. but highway runs along
the west coast beach shelf. The
island is 20 by Is miles in size.
Night Attacks Persist.
On Mindoro. which was invaded
without opposition on December Is,
the enemy persisted in night air at
tacks. Gen. Macarthur said four
japanese planes were shot down by
night fighters and antiaircraft fire.
A few bombs were dropped and some
damage was caused.
American heavy and medium
bombers returned to Clark Field, rs
miles north Of Manila, with q devas-
tating new blow which DESTROYED Sc
parked planes, damaged others and
set Oh explosions and tires in fuel
areas.
Patrol planes destroyed four en-
emy aircraft in harassing attacks
on Laoag airdrome and installations
at Manila Bay. Airdrome facilities
on Mindanao, In the Visayan Is
lands, .Celebes, the Moluccas and
til: Bismarck Archipelago also were
bombed.
Three hundred more japanese
were killed and several captured IL
continued mopping up Of Leyte Is
land. This pushes the total close tc
122 900.
Two Carriers Claimed by Japs.
A Japanese imperial headquarter.
communiQue. today claimed the
sinking Of two American airpian<
carriers, one battleship and one
transport In attacks by Japanese ail
units on Allied conveys in thu
Philippines. The claims lacked al.
lied confirmation.
Quoting the communique, thu
Tokyo radio said the two aircraf,
carriers and the battleship were sunl
last evening during an attack on 1
convoy west of Luzon Island"
The same broadcast, monitored by
the Federal Communications Com.
mission, said the transport vas sunl
during IN attack during landing
operations Of Mindoro Island.
This unconfirmed report appar.
entity was In addition to IN Aircraf,
carrier and two battloships or heavy
cruisers claimed sunk Thursday
evening.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Big Three Unity Split
By Soviet Recognition
OF Poles in LubIin
Hs the Associated Press.

Hs the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 6.-Soviet Russia
mas brought to a head one of the
tnorniest problems facing the i'm
pending big Three" conference by
It's action yesterday in extending
formal recognition to the Polish pro-
Wsional government of Lublin and
making a clean break with the exiled
Polish regime in London, which is
supported by the United States and
Great Britain.
The Soviet move emphasized with
nnality the inability of Russia. the
United States and Britain to agree
on the Polish question and brought
definite split In Big Three unity.
Both Britain and America fol-
lowed yesterdays Russian statement
with reiteration of their announce
ments Of five days ago that they
still were standing by the London
Polish government.
London Poles Not Surprised.
Caught between this terrific dip
lomatic crossflre, the London Poles
officially expressed regret from the
point of view of United Nations
unity" but said they were not sur
prised at the development. Their
spokesman said the Soviet action
makes more difiicult our position
and any hopes of reaching a settle
ment."
Diplomatic and military observers
here believed the Russians, having
made their decision, were ready now
to launch their long expected Often
sive in Poland.
The Soviets severed relations with
the London Polish government in
April, 1943, in dispute over the
finding of the graves of thousands
OF Polish officers in the forests near
Smolensk. Russia accused the Ger
mans Of having killed the officers,
but the London Poles asked the In
ternational Red Cross to investigate
q counter claim by the Nazis that
the Russians had committed the
atrocity.
Moscow Issues Statement.
Although the Russians plainly had
favored the Lublin group since it
was formed several months ago in
Moscow, they had not given it formal
recognition until today.
In announcing their recognition,
the Soviets made no mention of the
London government, saying only
that:
The PreSidium of the Supreme
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Ambassador Bonnet
Asks U. 5. 10 HasieI,
Rearming Of France
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

France LIS joining with the United
States and Great Britain in con-
tinuing recognition of the Polish
government-in-exile in LOndon,
rather than the Russian-sponsored
Lublin regime, French Ambassador
Henri Bonnet revealed at . press
conference late yesterday.
His announcement was considered
significant In view Of the recent
French Soviet pact Of alliance nego-
tiated by Gen. Charles de Gaulle
and Premier Stain.
The erkoy, who has reopened the
French Embassy on Kalorama road,
vacant siIlcs the Vichy government
broke OF diplomatic relations with
the United States in the fall of 1912,
was joined in the conference by
Nine. Bonuet and his stan Of diplo-
matte SECRETARIES.
Eager to Regain Colonies.
France has high hopes that the
United States, through lease lend,
will speed the rearmament OF French
divisions, M. Bonnet said, adding
that "the youth of France are eager
to fight" against Germany. After
the defeat Of the Nazis, he added.
France will deploy its armies at the
side of Its Allies in the Far East and
also expects to send a sizable naval
squadron to aid in the Pacific war.
Despite the destruction of a large
part of the French fleet at Toulon
In 1942, M. Bonnet said, France still
has the modern battleship Richelieu
and sizable number of cruisers and
other auxiliaries which it intends
to use against Japan after the de-
feat Of Germany. He said that
France was eager to regain possess
sion of its Far Eastern colonies, IN
cluding French Indo- China, but
"the important thing is the defeat
of Japan
Other high points in the Ambas-
sador's interview were:
l. "A French commission now is
studying the Dumbarton Oaks plan
for a world security organization and
expects In time to present its views to
the United States, Great Britain,
Russia and China. France Is par
ticularly interested in the security
plans inherent in the organization,
which NJ. Bonnet regards as vim
dication Of Frances position after
the World War that the organiza-
ton Of security was the most i'm
portant postwar problem.
Will Help Police Germany.
2. France expects to take part in
policing German territory after the
defeat of the Nazis and favors the
conversion of the Rhineland and
Saar industrial districts-heart of
German military preparedness-to
Ipeacetime industry under interna-
tional control. ~'
When asked whether Gen. Charels
de Gaulle expected to take part In
forthcoming conferences among
President Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain, M.
Bonnet adisclaimed any knowledge
Of the provisional Presidents plans.
He added, however, that France is
prepared and wants to take part
in discussion Of European and world
problems and feels it must share the
responsibilities of the Allies in set
tling them" s2f .as sescl
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Roosevelt
Continued From First Para }

mans are beaten until the last Nazi
has surrendered"
The President then warned
against "the poisonous effects of
enemy propaganda" which he said
were directed at splitting the Allies.
Rum0rs Aid Foe.
Every little rumor which is in
tended to weaken our faith in our
Allies is an actual enemy agent in
our midst-seeking to sabotage our
war effort" he said. There are,
here and there, evil and baseless
rllmors against the Russians-ru-
mors against the British-rumors
against our own American COM
manders in the field.
when you examine these rumors
closely you will observe that every
one of them bears the same trade
mark-'made in Germany We
must resist this divisive propagan-
dave must destroy It,"
The President promised that the
attack on Germany would be re-
newed and despite temporary set
backs 1t will be continued "relent-
lessly" until the Nazis are de-
feated.
In his review of foreign rela-
tions, the President admitted "con-
Germ about many situations-the
Greek and Polish for example," q
reference to differences which have
sprung up between this Govern
ment and those Of Great Britain
and Russia, but he insisted I'VE pro-
pose to stand together with the
United Nations, not for the war
alone, but for the victory for which
the war Is fought"
United by Common Hope.
He asserted that 1T ID not only a
common danger which unites us
but common hope" and that this
hope, shared with US, he said. by
the people Of England and Russia
and China and Of France and
wherever men love freedom is for
q durable and secure peace.
ut viii not be easy to create this
peoples peace" he said. 1--WE delude
ourselves II We believe that the sur
render OF the armies Of our enemies
Will make the peace we long for.
The unconditional surrender Of our
enemies is the first and necessary
step-but the first step only" Stress
ing the belief thata arm foundation
can be built, the President insisted
that It must be in the long run the
work OF the nations themselves.
Already, he said, the problems
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Mrs. Amelia Barief, Mother
OF Treasury Official. Dies

Mrs. Amelia Bartlett, Is, whose son,
Edward r. Bartlett, is commissioner
Of accounts in the Treasury Depart
ment, died yesterday at her home in
Quincy, ILL.,, after a years illness.
A lifelong resident of Quincy, Mrs.
Bartlett had visited here several
times at her sons home, BOLT Ste
phenson place NV.
Other survivors include two sons,
Gerhard r. Bartlett, Quincy, and
Henry H. Bartlett, Los Angeles, and
one daughter, Mrs. Luke Wachter,
Quincy.
Mr.. Bartlett will 60 to Quincy for
funeral services Tuesday.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
On the Roll of Honor
Killed

Capt. Everett w. Abdill, AZ, U. S. NJ,
formerly Of 1903 Crestwood drive,
Alexandria, whose wife, Mrs. Doro-
thy NJ Abdill, now lives in San
Francisco, was reported killed in
action, according to the Navy De-
partment. Capt. Abdill, native of
Palmyra, N. j., was graduated from
Annapolis Naval Academy in 1924.
He served in the submarine force in
the Philippines and in the Canal
Zone. For about three years, he
served with the Bureau of Naviga-
ton here. Last August he was made
chief of staff Of Navy amphibious
task force and aide to the COM
mander.
First 1t. Robert Janney McCray,
%, was killed in action in Belgium
on December 81, the War Depart
ment has notified his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert j. McCray, who
live near Leesburg, Va. 1t. McCray
was serving with the 1st Army.
He graduated from Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Blacksburg, in
February. 1912, and attended oficers
candidate school at Camp Davis,
N. c., where he was commissioned.
From Camp Davis he went to Fort
Fisher, N. c.. from which point he
went overseas in January, 1914. He
took part in the invasion on D day
and had been active in the fighting
since that time.
Besides his mother and father, he
is survived by one sister, Mrs. Innes
T. Saunders. Cleveland, and an
uncle, Edward Vandevanter, who
lives in Washington.
Sergt. Joseph Owen Hisdon, "A.
was killed in action November 80
in France, the War Department has
notified his wife. Mrs. Johanna
Higdon. POLL Evarts street NE.
Sergt. Higdon was born in Wash
ington and. attended schools here.
He also attended Fork Union Mill
tary Academy in Virginia. When he
entered the service over a year ago,
Sergt. Higdon was employed by the
Safeway Co. in Washington. He
had been overseas with the infantry
since June. Besides his wife, he
is survived by a l4-month.old
daughter, Betty, and his father,
Joseph Higdon Of Mechanicsville,
~ "a 4s at
Wounded as tial
-.@r >
Sergt, John r. Russell, rs, Of 2ol2
Evening star., 1945-01-06
laps Recapiure Town
On Burma Road After
Chinese Action Fails
sy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGkING, Jan. 6-Chinese
forces have lost the China Burma
border town Of Wanting after .
brief occupation, but are expected to
assume the offensive within the al
most immediate future" an Amer
Eican staff oficer said today.
Il Brig. Gen. Meryin E. Gross, as
sistant chief Of stan for plans OF the
United States forces In China, de-
Eclared the Chinese now ARE In posi-
|tion to offer much .graver resistance
than ever before" to the Japanese
and predicted the new Ledo- Burma
Road would be In operation soon.
The recapture of Wanting has di-
rect bearing on opening the new
supply line, Gen. Gross said. The
Chinese high command announced
capture Of the town January 8, but
spokesman at Maj. Gen. Albert G.
Wedemeyer's headquarters said to-
day 1t subsequently was recaptured
and stin Is in japanese hands.
| Chinese jungle troops may mo-
lmentarily take the town, and also
the village Of Namhkam in Burma,
lGen. Gross said. He predicted that
within about 80 to IS days after
ithe Japanese are driven south of the
two towns the Ledo- Burma road
would be in operation.
| That's our objective" the Amer
lean general said. And we expect
to attain it."
+. ASSOCIATED Press Correspond
ent Frank l.. Martin reported
from Myitkyina that Chinese
forces in Northern Burma under
the command Of 1t. Gen. Dan I.
Sultan and those driving west
from China in the Salween re-
gion now were only 20 airline
miles apart. Some advance Chi
nese columns already are within
artillery range of Namhkam.)
i Gen. Gross said the first use Of
the Ledo- Burma Road would be to
transfer from stockpiles in India
much-needed military equipment
which Is too heavy to be taken to
China by air.
Before the Japanese invasion Of
Burma, Wanting was the site of a
Chinese customs station clearing
goods moving northward into China
from Lashio, l16 miles to the south,
Evening star., 1945-01-06
University Park Worker
At Pearl Hurbor Cited

William Dean, whose address Is
listed rs 44l0 Sheridan street. Uni
versity Park, Nd, Is among 10 naval
contractors employees receiving the
neritorious civilian service emblem
on recommendation Of the Board
of Awards Of the Navy Bureau Of
Yards and Docks. according to m
Associated Press dispatch from
Pearl Harbor.
The awards were made for the
personal effort, outstanding per-
formance and unstinting loyalty
shown BY the workers ct Pearl
Harbor.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Hit-Run Army Truck
Kills British MP
b the Associated Press.

~ the Atsoctated press.
BRIGHTON, England, Jan. o.
James Walker, so, member Of Par
lament and former chairman of
the Labor party. was killed last night
BY . hit-and-run Army truck.
Known as big Jimmy" Mr..
Walker was sent to college by the
Iron and Steelworkers' Trade Union,
in which he later became I promi-
nent leader. He entered the House
OF Commons In 1870.
Told oncs that he would 20 blind
i ne did not eive up his work, Mr..
walker learned Braille ana con-
tinued his manifold activities.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Bequest Gives s., 900
To n Blind Persons
Nv thu Aasociat.d Dr.

By the Associated Press.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Jan. g.
Twenty-seven totally blind persons
will share . $1,000 fund, according
to terms Of the unusual will OF
Thomas Sims Of this city, who died
last March II.
Mr.. Sims will explained that the
bequest was made to express his
gratitude because no blind person
had ever been unkind to him. The
will limits the bequest to totally
blind persons who had lived In
Kalamazoo City or township for
six months Immediately preceding
Mr.. Sims death.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Soviet Press and Radio
Silent on Allied
Stand on Poles
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Jan 6.-The Rus
sian press and radio made no
comment today on the Soviet
Unions recognition of the
Luhlin Committee of National
Liberation as the provisional
government of Poland.
The only reference to the
recognition was the Tass ON
cial statement of IL lines car
ried on the inside Of all news
paers.
No paper mentioned plans
Of Britain and the United
States to continue to recognize
the exiled Polish regime in Lon
don as the government of
Poland.
Evening star., 1945-01-06


Va, was wounded December II by
flak while on q bombing mission
over Germany. his wife, Mrs. Jane F.
Russell, has been informed by the
War Department.
Sergt. Russell, q native OF Cum
berland, Md, attended Western
High School and was employed by
the Capital Transit Co. at the time
he entered the service In December,
1943. He went overseas in Septem-
Der, 1914. He has been on % mis-
sions and holds the Air Medal with
an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple
Heart and Presidential Unit Cita-
ton.
Sergt. Russell has a 3h-year-old
daughter. Dorothy Jane Russell. His
mother, Mrs. Lillian v. Russell, lives
at 1888 Twenty-fourth street NV.
Missing
Pfc. James Alan Cassidy, l9, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Cassidy, 1921
Rittenhouse street NV, has been
missing in action in France since
December II, three weeks after he
entered combat, the War Depart
ment has informed his family. Mr..
Cassidy Is chairman of the Men,
bership Committee Of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade.
Born in Atlanta, Pvt. Cassidy at
tended Gonzaga High School. After
completing his sophomore year at
Holy Cross College, he entered the
service In September, 1943. He re-
ceived his basic training with the
infantry at Fort Benning, Ga, and
has been overseas six months.
Corpl. Charles O. Mercer. "a, hus-
band Of Jacqueline Mercer, 200
Rhode Island avenue NE, has been
missing in action since q flight over
the Mediterranean Sea on Decem-
Der l8, according to word received
from the War Department.
Overseas since November, Corpl.
Mercer was turret gunner on q
B-24. Before entering the service
in January, 1943, he was employed
at the Navy Department here. He
was graduated from Mckinley High
School and received his wings at
Tyndal Field, Fla. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. H. Mercer. live at ISL
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Prisoner
Pfc. Ladislaus Esunas. SO, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Esunas, 1861
Wisconsin avenue NV, has been
reported German prisoner Of war
the War Department has informed
his family. Pvt. Esunas was reported
missing In action in October. He has
been In the Army four years and
has been overseas since last August.
He Is graduate of st. Johns Col
lege and the Benjamin Franklin
IJniyersftv hAre
Evening star., 1945-01-06

The calls Of his 5-year-old son
David'and the smell of smoke awak-
ened Col. David s. Barry about
am. today in time for him to spread
the alarm and guide others out Of
the house at is Kalorama Circle
NV.
Col. Barry Is the son Of the late
David S. Barry. former sergeant at
arms of the Senate.
Mrs. Barry, who returned this
morning with her daughter Bar
bara from Vermont, said Col, Barry
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Orders Are Barred
For Aluminium Sheets
To Slave Off Crisis
BY the Associated Press.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Jan. g.
To head OF a "crisis" in alumni
mum sheet supplies. the War Pro-
duction Board has instructed the
Aluminium Co. of America to close
its order books on that product
for the first four months of 1945,
a WPB official announced today.
Unless manpower is Immediately
obtained, the national demand for
aluminium sheet in l945 will present
the most serious aluminium crisis of
the whole war" said T. e. Covel,
deputy director of WPB's Aluminium
and Magnesium Division, in an ad-'
dress prepared for delivery before
the Knoxville Chamber Of Com
merce.
MIR. Covel said orders already re-
ceived by'ALCOA, the country's larg-
est producer, exceed its anticipated
production through January, Feb.
ruary and March.
Military Demand Rises. -.
Declining orders throughout the
fall months which led ALCOA to
cut production with WPB approval
has brought supplies to a state Of
near-depletion, with military de-
mand for aluminium sheet rapidly
rising, Covel said.
you all recall the wave of optim-
ism that swept the country during
last summer and the early part OF
the fall" Mr.. Covel said. "At that
time orders by the military for
aluminium sheet fell drastically as
every effort was made by consumers
to use up accumulated sheet in
ventories.
Moreover, although there was
talk Of drastic reduction in certain
programs, consumption OF aluminium
sheet did not fall-production did.
'"The Aluminium Co., which had
acquired large carryover Of I'M
ished aluminium sheet as 4 result Of
maintaining production despite de-
clining demand, had no alternative
In the face Of declining orders other
than to reduce production. This
meant allowing employment to
Drop"
Approved by WIPE.
Mr. 'Covel said the cutback had
WPB approval "since it seemed to
be the only sensible policy in antici-
patton Of q drastic decline in war
production as a result of termination
Of hostilities with Germany"
As a result, he said, ALCOA's sheet
mills today are found at low pro-
duction rate, with the inventories Of
aircraft companies and other con-
sumers almost exhausted and Army
and Navy demands rapidly increas-
ing.
Until recently some WPB oficials
assumed that much OF the demand
was unrealistic and that the aircraft
companies did not need all that
they were ordering" Mr.. Covel ad-
mitted.
We have now had an opportunity
to go into this matter in greater
detail and 1t is unanimously agreed
that they do need the amounts that
they have ordered Moreover, they
need it right away and their re-
quirements will increase as the year
goes on"
Primary Aluminium Ample.
The ban on acceptance Of new
orders by ALCOA does not indicate
a shortage Of primary aluminium.
WPB earlier this week announced in
Washington that stockpiles Of ingot
aluminium are ample, but that the
labor shortage In fabricating mills
had created deilcit In the sheet
metal.
Mr.. Covel spoke after an inspec-
tion tour Of the ALCOA mills at
Alcoa, Tenn. BY Army, Navy, WrB
and other officials,