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Downing of 23 Planes, Some by Own Allies, Is Confirmed Here Twenty-three Army transport planes were shot down in the inva sion of Sicily last summer by a combination of Allied and enemy antiaircraft fire when they attempt ed to land troops in the wake of a German night air raid, the War Department has disclosed. Four hundred and ten airborne Infantrymen were lost in the action. Revealing officially the loss for the first time yesterday, the War Department gave assurance that “this action was made the basis of careful study designed to improve Identification and timing and pre vent similar losses in the future.” The incident, which had been cloaked in secrecy for more than eight months, was first mentioned publicly Wednesday by Sergt. Jack Foisie, a correspondent of the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes, in a speech before the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. Stimson Questioned. When questioned at his press con ference yesterday, Secretary Stimson said that incidents of this nature had occurred during the war, but that he did not recognize the figures cited by Sergt. Foisie. Later the department’s official statement was Issued. “The air-borne operation referred to in a morning newspaper dispatch was one of 2,500 in which additional troops were flown in the Gela area on the night of 10-11 July,” the statement said, adding: "The mission was one of rein forcement designed to drop para chute troops within our own lines. This force, consisting of 170 aircraft, received antiaircraft fire from enemy ground forces and from friendly naval and ground forces, with losses of 23 aircraft and 410 personnel. Incident Followed Attack. “The flight arrived in the battle area immediately following an enemy bombing attack and while their flares were still in the air. "The combination of circum stances Involving the approach im mediately in the rear of a hostile bombing attack at night at a rela tively low altitude were the re sponsible factors in the loss of the planes. • * * The Navy concurs in this statement.” No explanation wras made in the statement as to why public an nouncement of the incident was withheld until Sergt. Foisie dis closed it. Kronheim Liquor Hearing Continued Until Monday The Federal Trade Commission hearing on its complaint that Mil ton S. Kronheim & Sons, Inc., liquor wholesalers, engaged in coercive practices in alleged tie-in sales of wines and whisky, will resume Mon day with the defense planning to call additional retailers in an at tempt to disprove the charges. Sixty-six dealers, all of whom have denied Kronheim ever forced them to buy wine in order to pro cure whisky, have testified since Monday. Twenty-one retailers were heard yesterday, and four of these announced they had appeared vol untarily in behalf of the wholesaler. A number of witnesses have testi fied th~t they actually encountered difficulties in procuring enough wines. Mr. Kronheim, testimony showed, supplied many dealers with most of their whisky supplies. Alvin L. Newmyer, Kronheim counsel, said he would continue to call dealers until all of the city’s • retailers have been heard. LOST. APPOINTMENT BOOKS, one black, one tan; also stock report numbers; Robert O. Johnson '-ngraved on black book; also other Important papers, names, addresses: vlc'nlty of 14th. 15th and You sts. or North Capitol and M sts. n.w. Reward. Robert O Johnson, CO. 7666. 18" BILLFOLD, brown leather, containing sum of money, ration books, A. G. O Army identification card: vicinity McLean, Va. Reward. 825. Elmwood 314. 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Also contained Ration Book No. i, issued to Mrs Elizabeth V. Hasney containing No. 2 8 shoe stamp; lost in store at 824 Bla densburg rd. n e. Liberal Reward. LI. 5511. PIRSE, brown, containing glasses, identi fication badge, small amount money, bank book. etc. Reward. ME. 4999. RING, amethyst, in gold setting: lost In vicinity Mount Rainier. Reward. WA. 4825. SETTER DOG, black; responds name ‘‘Boohoo’; strayed from home, near Great Pa-ls. Va. Finder please notify John Layl'n. Falls Church 2425-J. WALLET, brown leather serviceman’s, containing important papers and money; keep mor v, but please return papers. WA 7184 WATCH, lady’s, pink gold. Gruen lost Sat. nig^t. vie. Wis. ave. near M or 44th sts.; reward Dl 7590 WRIST WATCH, lady's Bulova, between Capital Vipw and New York ave . on street, bus oi car. Franklin 5084, after 7 p.m Reward. 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Photo from Marine Corps. rp • 5001 " MILES AT EQUATOR -:- WAKE MARIANAS t *S. } Pacific Ocean TINIAN^ /r.iAM MARSHALL • • ENIWETOK ISLANDS : ,-^v .5 ‘WAMit.tf,; ‘ 1 * isufc -TONAP;^ JALUIT-i •(J|U CAROLINE ISLANDS^ *US4IE TAR'AWA \»’ EQUATOR _ GILBERT * ’ V „”7 NAURU7’”; ,S-"~ ^ manus * Kav.eng OCEAN : NEW*v *Rabauu5k> GU,.NEiM^^£f K SOLOMON f new ^v. islands fekAi^^BRITAIN * _ AMERICANS INVADE MANUS, BOMB TRUK—Arrow indicates Manus Island, largest of the Admiralty group, site of a new Allied landing. Arrow with plane symbol indicates first land based heavy bomber attack on Truk by 7th Army Air Force, which also raided Ponape and Oroluk. —A. P. Wirephoto. Nazi Trick Blamed in Downing Of U. S. Planes by Allied Guns (John A. Moroso, 3d, Associated Press Navy correspondent, who was aboard an assault transport ship during the invasion of Sicily, witnessed the shooting down of American planes by British and American warships during the confusion heightened by German bombing attacks and described the tragic mixup—long sealed by censorship—in the following dis patch.) By JOHN A. MOROSO, Associated Press War Correspondent. LONDON, Mar. 17.—Numerous American C-47s — transport and glider planes loaded with paratroop ers—were shot down during the opening stages of the Sicilian in vasion last July by antiaircraft fire from their own British and Ameri can warships. The barrages were apparently touched off by a Nazi ruse raid. Censors now permit telling how the Germans raced in and bombed our ships just as our planes were flying over in the intense darkness of night. The whole tragic incident is be lieved in retrospect to have been a Nazi trick. The German planes joined the flight formation in dark ness and bombed the ships as they passed over. Some Americans Bail Out. There was a report, too, that some ships in the convoy—mainly small landing craft—did not get a warning that friendly planes were approach ing and that they opened fire before the bombing began. Some antiaircraft batteries also fired from shore. Some Americans were able to bail out and were rescued from the sea. Aboard the ships we had been in formed that our transport planes were to fly over at a fixed time— flying at a specified height from a LOST RATION COUPONS. BOOKS I, 2. 3 AND 4, for Arinin. Adah] George and Marlon Helz, 1602 Carey lane, Sliver Spring. Md Sligo 9170. GAS RATION BOOKS "A” AND ‘'B," Is sued to Daniel C. Walser, 16 East Bradley lane, Chavy Chase. Md WI. 3177. GAS RATION BOOK "B,” Issued to Melvin G. Sanders, 404 71st at.. Seat Pleas ant, Md. 19* GAS RATION BOOK “A,” Issued to How ard A. Cramer. 5809 15th st. North, Ar lington, Va CH 0760. 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D C March 17, 1944.—The an nual meeting of the shareholders ol T-ansburgh & Bro. for the election ol directors to serve the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other buslnesi as may properly come before said meeting, will be held at the office of the corpora tion. 420 7th st. n.w., on Monday. April 17, 1944 at 2 p m I WILL NOT BE responsible for any debt! made by any one other than myselL Jamei D. Jefferson. 1320 V tt. n.w. II* certain direction. We received a second warning as our planes ap proached, to make doubly sure the gun crews did not open fire. But suddenly from the blackness above bombs began screaming down around the ships. One ship captain reported “these friendly planes are dropping bombs on me’—and soon some ships m the convoy opened a barrage which lit the sky. More than a dozen planes fell flaming into the sea—some our own, same the enemy’s. Course of Flight Criticised. Naval authorities criticized our Air Force at the time for flying trans ports over ships that were unloading at anchor. They said the planes should have been directed on a course that would have taken them out of the range of our guns. Surviving aviators said they were puzzled by the order to fly over the convoy. The Army and Navy operated under a joint command in this campaign while the Air Force op erated separately and some men blamed lack of co-ordination for the affair. It should be pointed out that fre quently in amphibious attacks or sea-air battles friendly planes are often shot down by our own people when they dive to attack enemy bombers. NBL Reporter Fired On In Trying to Avert Tragedy NEW YORK, Mar. 17 (JP).—Merrill Mueller, NBC war reporter, who re cently returned from the Italian front, said in a broadcast last night that he had seen the 23 American transport planes shot down by Allied guns off Sicily and that he himself had been fired on in attempting to prevent the tragedy. “From a lucky vantage point I spotted one of our planes against the moon and immediately raised the call of friendily aircraft,” he said. “With Capt. Laurence G. Hoover, jr., of Washington, D. C., I tried to get to the antiaircraft con trol center to report the tragedy then happening. And because the guards thought we were fifth col umnists, we were fired upon by a machine-gun crew. There was a fortunate foxhole nearby.” Mr. Mueller said “only 10 per cent of our aircraft were lost to friendly or enemy fire.” Capt. Hoover is the son of Law rence G. Hoover, principal of Cen tral High School and Mrs. Hoover. His wife, Mrs. Virginia Hoover, 6401 Fourteenth street N.W., said today her husband is now in Algiers with a communications and public rela tions branch. A graduate of Central and the University of Maryland, Capt. Hoo ver edited the Prince Georges Post for a year and then served as State editor for the Washington Daily News before entering the Army in 1941. He has been overseas 18 months. MacArthur's Nephew To Make Report Today Douglas MacArthur, 2d. nephew of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, planned to report to the State De partment today on his 15 months’ internment in Vichy France and German". The diplomat arrived yesterday at his home, 2706 Connecticut ave nue N.W., after returning to this country on the exchange liner Gripsholm. Mr. MacArthur, who is 34. served as third secretary of the American Embassy in Paris and Vichy before his Internment. Argentine Woman Bears Quadruplets By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 17.—A 38 year-old Argentine woman gave birth yesterday in a Buenos Aires suburban hospital to quadruplets, three of whom died after a few hours. The multiple birth occurred while verification still was being sought for the previously reported birth of quintuplets to a well-to-do Argen tine rancher and his wife. A baby girl, weighing about 2 pounds, was the only survivor of the quads—two boys and two girls— bom to Senora Cello Giachino de AngiuUi. Reporters, meanwhile, failed to find any registration of the birth of quintuplets here, although Argentine law makes parents responsible for registration of births within three days. The quints were reported to have been born to Senor and Senora Franco Diligenti eight months ago, and kept secret because the parents wished to avoid public curiosity. The Buenos Aires Herald first re ported the birth of the quints, and Senor Diligenti has told newsmen their names are Maria Fernanda, Maria Esther, Franco, Maria Chrls tlna and Carlos. _ Wm Who slept through his en- wl mm tire term as U. S. Presl- Ml Iff dent? David Bice Atchi- Bl ■ 1 son, when inauguration of 1 kl Taylor was postponed one Ml la day. . . . Don’t postpone Mi ■a for another day the en- mm II Tonight’s Special II II COMPLETE DINNER 11 If filet o f boston ml iff SOLE, SAUCE NOR- It [I MANDIE—Here is sole as Bl |l many love It, enhanced bj » 1 ■ sauce of varied seafood. Bl la Palate - cajoling vegetables. Bl la salad, beverage a I EE Ml 11 and wide selection ^ I ivw mm IE of desserts_ ■■ IlLafayetteil If • • • Room VI ff HOTEL LAFAYETTE V [■ 16th and Eye Sts. N.W. BJ Is Mealtime Uneventful? Dininr or lnncbinr here will soon become an anticipated event! DINNERS LUNCHEONS BAR BEVERAGES brrot RESTAURANT Oonneetleat Arena* at B Street _ Air Forces Spokesman Says Ford Production Is Behind Schedule By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mar. 17.—As after affects from recent work stoppages at the Ford Motor Co. continued to mount, a spokesman for the Army Air Forces declared today that pro duction of vital aircraft engines at the River Rouge plant’s aircraft building had fallen behind schedule. No specific reasons were given by the AAF for the decline, but a demonstration and unauthorized walkout a week ago and an automo bile barricade at the plant gates earlier this week resulted in a total of 92 suspensions and discharges from the employ of the company. Twenty-two More Suspended. Ford spokesmen announced the indefinite suspension of 22 addi tional employes last night, some of whom were accused of participating in the demonstration, in which a company official was chased through the plant and equipment in the la bor relations office destroyed. Ten discharges and 60 suspensions pre viously had been revealed. R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, CIO, with which the employes are affili ated, labeled "completely untrue” a company claim that the disciplinary action had been taken with union approval. “Neither I nor any other interna tional or local union officer has approved any of the discharges, suspensions or other disciplinary actions meted out by the company either this week or last week,” he asserted. Assails Ford Stories. Charging that the Ford com pany, through its news bureau, “con sistently has misrepresented the position of the union,” Mr. Thomas explained that UAW-CIO officials review all disciplinary action. “Persons whom we find justly dis ciplined will not be defended,” he said, reiterating that the union “will not retreat” from its no-strike pledge. Then he added: “Persons innocent of the acts charged will be afforded every possible defense and protection by the union.” Richard T. 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