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Evening star., 1941-09-18

up. But the whole nation fears
even more severe consequences
are in store for the fatherland
than in 1918. 1t is not prepared
to accept any 8 or 10 point pro-
gram from the western powers.
And the Germans hope to be able
to take advantage of the fear of
Communism in the United States
and Great Britain. A peace cam
paign is declared to have started
already through neutral channels.
The theme goes like this: Sup
posing there is stalemate,
thanks to Russian resistance.
What will happen then? You
British and Americans have
greatly strengthened the prestige
OF Stain and the Third Interna-
tionale in your countries. This
will be exploited to the limit by
Stains agents who may freely
indulge in Communist proga-
ganda under the guise Of helping
the democracies crush Hitlerism.
Will you people be able to stem
the tide Of Communism after the
war when you will be facing un-
believable social and economic
problems? Think it over. Let's
call it a day and join forces
to prevent Communism from
spreading throughout the world.
This song of Herr Hitler was
fully expected In Washington and
London and neither President
Roosevelt nor Prime Minister
Churchill are paying any atten-
ton to 1t.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
The Political Mill
Byrd Amendment and Scope on New Tax Bill
Forecast Conscious Effort to CurtoI Expenditures

Finance Committee and three
of the Appropriations Commit
tee. The members of the House
are to be also members of the
Ways and Means Committee and
of the Appropriations Commit
tee.
Practice FavOrs Retrenchers.
If the usual practice is fol-
lowed by the Vice President and
the Speaker of the House-desig-
mated to appoint the Senators
and Representatives to serve on
this committee-two Democrats
and one Republican from each Of
these standing committees will be
selected. Also, the chairmen and
ranking members of the commit
tees will be chosen. This Is the
expectation Of Senator Byrd.
Should this be done, the new
committee will have among its
members a strong preponderance
of men who have been demand
ing for a long time curtailment
in Federal expenditures, outside
of those for national defense.
Senators Glass, McKellar of Ten
nessee and Nye of North Dakota
would be the representatives of
the Appropriations Committee.
From the Finance Committee
would be Senators George of
Georgia. Walsh of Massa chusetts
and either Senator La Toilette Of
Wisconsin or Senator Capper of
Kansas, depending on whether
Senator La Toilette, who is not
a Republican but a Progressive
party man, is to have the place.
The House members would be
Representatives Cannon of Mis-
souri,, Woodrum of Virginia and
Taber of New York, for the APP
preparations Committee, and
Representatives Doughton of
North Carolina Cullen of New
York and Treadway of Mas
sachusetts, for the Ways and
Means Committee. These are all
experienced legislators, with few
exceptions devoted to economy in
Government expenditures.
Sample Budget Ordered.
Prior to the adoption of the
Byrd amendment. the Senate FL
nance Committee had already
adopted resolution calling upon
the Director of the Budget to
submit to the committee budgets
Evening star., 1941-09-18

DTOdQ ana ueep MAJ. u. fleldIng Eliot.
river with marshy banks in its
| lower course-a formidable military
obstacle But modern defense re-
quires great depth, a succession Of
| positions which gradually absorb
the shock of the terrifically powerful
attack which the weapons of today
make possible. A river is a single
obstacle, wet ditch-no more. EX-
tending along the whole of an army's
front, as did the Dnieper along the
whole of Marshal Budyenny's, it
tends, il it is to be everywhere de-
Tended, to absorb an undue propor-
ton of troops in a linear defense
which is tactically unsound.
1t Is pretty generally accepted that
a determined attack will penetrate
any linear defense. Unless there
are other lines behind defense in
depth there is little hope of stop
ping the attacker. There is little
hope Of defeating him unless there
are also mobile counterattack ele-
ments available to hit him hard at
the moment when he begins to lose
his forward velocity, when he Is
weakened by defensive fire and has
outrun the support of his major
artillery.
Communications OF Concern.
In considering the tactics of a
force which has made a crossing of
a river and is operating beyond it,
| the first consideration of the COM
mander of such force is the Sc
curity Of his line of communica-
tions. This depends on the number
and capacity of the bridges and
fords. 1t is favorite map problem
trick to catch an advancing force
"astride" river, and to destroy
the part which has crossed before
1t can be supported by the part
which has not crossed because of
the lack of capacity of the bridges
This has happened less often in ac-
tual war than in map war, however
because most commanders are ex-
tremely cautious about being taken
unawares In such a situation.
In modern operations. bridges are
naturally the object of intensive air
attacks under such conditions, but
neither in Spain nor Poland nor
France has there been an instance
of disaster Detailing an advancing
force because of destruction of its
bridges. This may well be caused
by the weak character of the air
opposition In each case. There are
suggestions in the communicates oi
both sides that the bridges which
the Germans have thrown across the
Dnieper are being vigorously at
tackled by the Russian air force.
Strategy to Tell.
AS to the further success of the
German operations, good deal de-
pends on Budyenny's scheme of de-
fense. If the marshal, depending
on the broad wet ditch" of the
Dnieper, has used too many troops
in trying to hold that line every
where, the Germans may gain
ground rapidly. If the Russian
commander has, as he did on the
| DnieSter, left the actual defense OF
Evening star., 1941-09-18
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Political intelligence officers
stationed in Germany and neigh
boring territories report an in
creasing uneasiness among mem
bers Of the Nazi party as well as
among the population. For the
first time since the outbreak of
the war the German leaders and
the more educated sections of the
populace are beginning to worry.
They have no fears as yet that
they may lose the war, but
wonder whether Germany can
win it. Another peace offensive
may be expected soon, reliable
Washington sources declare.
Until the Wehrmacht stubbed
Its toe In Russia, there were
Evening star., 1941-09-18

feW-if any-in the Reich who
doubted final victory. What the
military and political leaders told
the German people seemed
logical: Russia would be de-
feated and brought to its knees
by the end of September. Stain
would then be in fight and a
government obedient to Berlin
would be organized in the con-
quered territories. A small force
composed mostly of the Reich's
military satellites and second
line German troops would gar
rison the occupied territories.
The bulk of the German Army,
supported by the reorganized
Italian legions, would then start
a campaign against Britain in
the Mediterranean and in the
Near and Middle East.
The American potential did
not unduly worry the German
high command. 1t did not think
that the American Atlantic fleet
could do much to help Britain,
Another Dunkerque.
The German hign command
was not particularly concerned
over the massing of large Brit
ish force in the Middle East. In
fact. according TO reports from
Berlin, when this matter was dis
cussed in the Reich capital. the
military men declared that they
would welcome it: they expected
another Dunkerque and Crete
only on much larger scale.
The German forces advancing
through the Caucasus and Tur-
key would meet the German
troops which were to land in
Syria. And the British-after
the Russians had been eliminated
would be caught in a gigantic
pincer movement. In the mean
time. Italian German forces,
supported by the French, would
advance in North Africa in a
movement against the Suez Ca
nal.
Berlin is now beginning to
realize that all this was a Won
derful dream. It Is now con-
sidered as far from reality as
was the Kaiser's dream to die
tate peace from Paris in the fall
Of 1914.
Although the Germans might
attempt in desperation to engage
the British and the Russians in
the Middle East, clear-thinking
Evening star., 1941-09-18

per River, and
to be pushing
eastward on a
b + o a d front,
threatening the
com munications
of the Crimean
Peninsula with
the interior.
This brings
forward the in
fuence of a river
line on modern
defense. T h e
Dnieper is a
Evening star., 1941-09-18

ment seem to know how to ad-
minister the defense tasks. Ger
tainly Mr.. Lewis could do much
better for America If he were on
the Government side than If he Is
permitted to run rampant as the
leader of the strikers.
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Evening star., 1941-09-18
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT,

Far more strategical interest is
found in the reported German ad-
vances in the Ukraine than to the
slow-moving operations around
Leningrad.
The Germans are reported to have
established several" bridgeheads on
the eastern bank of the lower Dnie-
Evening star., 1941-09-18
American U. Plans Program

A new student orientation pro-
gram will begin tomorrow after
noon at the American University
college of arts and sciences ane
continue for four days to familiarize
new students with facilities of the
university. Registration begins in
Hurst Hall tomorrow afternoon at
8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-09-18

e llow's neck
when he gets a
haircut. BARRIERS
tie everything
I r o m a cro-
cheed apron to a
first edition of
II arold B e II
Wright around
your neck, but
you still itch
half an hour
after you get up
from the chair.
And W no an
Evening star., 1941-09-18

with strikes in
defense in d u S =
tries the country
to the north of
US puts t h e
Roosevelt a d =
ministration t o
shame.
An order has
tust been issued
by the Ottawa
government that
strikes In Ca
madam defense
industries would
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Mrs. Guy Named Registrar

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Sept. 10
(SpeciaD Mrs. Rosalie Greenwell
Guy has been named registrar of
wills Of st. Marys County to succeed
her husband, Warren Guy, who died
Monday of a heart attack.
Evening star., 1941-09-18

HE opinions of the Oers this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented The
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
McLemore-
A Few Things Have
Scribe Wondering
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

In which wonderer wonders:
Why, after all these years, no
one has invented a gadget that will
keep hair from getting down a
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Lewis Defies
President on
Strike
U. N. w. Chief Might
Be More Effective
As Labor Secretary
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Canada is a democracy and It's
problems at the moment are hardly
different from those of the United
States. but when it comes to dealing
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Hall Upset TO Leave
Three Unbeaten in
.3-Cushion Play
Bozemon, Hoppe, Reisel
Share Top After Rook
Fitzpatrick Scores
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. Feb. 4.-The best of
the billiard stars have an off night,
but 40-year- old Allen Hall of Chi
cago had his on the wrong night.
Hall, undefeated in eight STAINS.
lost his touch" last night and joined
the ranks of the beaten, reducing the
perfect record" group in the world
championship three-cushion tourna-
ment to three-Jay Bozeman. Vale
jo, Calf; Willie Hoppe of New York
and Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia.
Halls conqueror was lanky John
Fitzpatrick of Los Angeles, so to 36.
in so innings. This was Fitzpatrick S
9th triumph in 13 tourney appear
anceS, giving him the best record of
any rookie in the field of experts.
Bozeman and Hoppe maintained
their unbeaten status yesterday,
while ReiSelt was idle. Hoppe goes
after his 9th in row tonight against
Paul Levin, Chicago, and Reiselt
faces dangerous Joe Chamaco, Mex
leo City, in an effort to tie Boze-
mans mark of nine straight.
Earle Lookabaugh of Chicago fell
before Hoppe last night, so to %, in
80 innings. the defending champion
hitting his stride after fighting off
his rivals early challenge. Bose
man defeated former Champion Tiff
Denton, Kansas City. so to "a, in 81
innings. only one frame above the
tourney record held by Hoppe
Chamaco handed another former
champion, Welker Cochran of San
Francisco his third defeat, so to 43
in 40 innings. scoring 19 points in
one hot" streak of three innings
In the fifth match Clarence Jack
son of Detroit defeated Len Kenney
Chicago, so to "a, in 46 innings.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Snorter Lus-
ter looks anthing but a football
coach, but the experts" who've
watched him work tell you this is
just another case where you can't
tell how good your mint julep is by
the frost on the glass.
He's a quiet little man with
specs" this newly named head
coach at Oklahoma University, and
when you meet up with him the first
time, you tell yourself he probably
would be scared to death to trust his
40 pounds out there on the grid
iron with those big, rough guys.
Despite Luster's 19 years as high
school and assistant college coach,
the average fan outside of Oklahoma
and the Big Six territory probably is
wondering where the Sooners dug up
this little man to succeed Tom Std
ham yesterday.
Owen Asks Him to Help.
He's thought so we'll of in the
trade, for instance, that early last
fall, when he came to New York to
study for a masters degree at Co
lumbia, stout Steve Owen, coach OF
the New York professional Giants,
asked Shorter to help him with his
club. Luster guided stout Steve's
backs all during the campaign.
Incidentally, the Oklahoma job
just dropped in Snorter's lap yester-
day. He knew he was being conSid-
cred for the job, but no one out at
Norman had contacted him and he
hadn't heard a thing about it until
the Associated Press called him up
Evening star., 1941-02-04
ChaI|edon Given New
Trainer TO Prep for
100000 Race
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreSS.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4.-Challe-
don. champion of the turf, resumed
work today for the 100000 Santa
Anita Handicap March under a
new trainer, L. T. (WhiteY White
hill.
w. L. Brann. Maryland sportsman
and Challedon's owner. announced
that Whitehill had replaced Don
Cameron, put in charge of the horse
last August when he succeeded Lou
Schaefer. Brann gave no reason for
the switch, but it followed many re-
ports that Challedon, bothered by
series of miShapS, was not making
the desired progress
Yet Challedon had fine workout
Yesterday, and Brann's announce
ment that Whitehill had succeeded
Cameron came while the latter was
en- route to see Brann and inform
him that the thoroughbred seemed
fit and ready.
Cameron issued a brief statement
saying he had resigned because a
trainer. must be in complete charge
without undue interference" He
would not elaborate, but did say he
thought Challedon would be ready
to run March l, barring accident.
One point of difference between
Brann and Cameron, informed
sources disclosed, concerned jockeys.
Brann has had the veteran, George
Uceman) Woolf, aboard Challedon
in all his races since late 1899
Johnny Longden is Cameron's con-
tract jockey, plotting Cameron's own
horses and those of John D. Hertz,
for whom Cameron also trains.
Whitehill said he had no special
plan for conditioning Challedon.
He said he would take look at the
tender heel the champion has de-
veloped and try to bring the horse
along gradually and surely.
Challedon has been cut from Al
to 81. C. S. Howards Midland re-
mains the favorite at 211a to l. Next
in line are Myron Selznick's Can't
Wait and H c. Hills Sweepida at
10 to l.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Gehringer, Willing to Give Way
To Youth, Sees Boys Retarded
BY Hard BcN CurtoiIment

We hare trouble finding even a good
utility man. one who can do a fairly
good job all around the infleld."
What's the cause? 1T isn't"
Charley said, that kids have lost
interest in baseball. At all the boys
meetings I've attended I found they
knew all the answers. I think it's
because they don't have opportunity
to play.
$50 many schools have dropped
hardbalr baseball as distinguished
from SoftbalD. Why. when l was a
kid at Fowlerville CMich0, practical
ly all we had to play in high school
was baseball and basket ball. No
football-so that gave us baseball in
the fall as we'll as spring and sum-
mer."
Gehringer. a bachelor who lives
here with his mother, plans to go
to Hot Springs, Ark. on February
20 for some thawing out before re-
porting to the Tigers camp at Lake
land. Fla, March g. He's been feel
ing okay this winter. he says. re-
lieved of a crick-in- back which
gave him severe pain during the
1910 season.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Non-option Rule
Lands Makes
|rks Majors
Protest Is Expected
By National League
At Slate Meeting
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
ASsncia ted Press SnnrfS Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-BackStage
struggles in baseball over rules and
regulations sometimes seem drab
business to the average sports fan.
Sometimes they are, but the ap-
parently technical lawmaking is the
warning rumble before such volcanic
eruptions as Commissioner Kenesaw
M. Lands freeing 80 players owned
by Detroit, or making Pitcher Rufus
Melton a Philadelphia Phil instead
of a Brooklyn Dodger, or keeping
Bob Feller with the Cleveland In
dians
Right now there is another Squab-
BILE between some of the major
league clubs and Lands over a new
ruling that a minor league player
purchased by a big league club
while subject to the baseball draft
cannot be returned to the minors
on option unless waivers are OBJ
tanned.
The ruling and the question of
what could be done about it we're
expected to come up for discussion
today at the National Leagues
schedule meeting.
Order Opposes Clubs Rule.
Lands order varies drastically
with the rule adopted long ago by
the clubs themselves that a player
could be returned to the minors
three times without getting waivers.
The practical effect of the new
regulation is this:
Cincinnati'S world champion Reds
bought a player named Charles
(Chuck) Aleno from their Birming-
ham farm He is a good player.
He might be worth $4,000, maybe
more. But he is a third baSeman.
The Reds have a very able third
baseman now named Bill Werber.
So they probably expected to send
Aleno to some class double-A club
like Indianapolis for a years sea-
soning.
If they still want to do it, they
will have to ask for waivers by the
other major league clubs. If the
Phillies, or the Cardinals, or some
other club should put in a claim,
the Reds would have to turn him
over to that club for the waiver price
of $500, or withdraw the waiver
request and keep him on their own
roster. The Reds have 38 players
on their squad now, but must cut
down to 25 players by May IS.
Landis Would Aid PLAYER.
Another example would be George
Staller, a young leftfelder pur-
chased by the Brooklyn Dodgers
from Montreal The Dodgers have
nine outf1elders, including Left
fielder Joe Medwick, When it comes
time to cut this number to four or
five, Brooklyn will have to get
waivers on Staller to send him to
the minors, or turn him over to an
other major league club for $780,
or release somebody like Paul
Waner, or Joe VoSmik, or Joe Gal
lagher-Which is pretty costly, too
Lands side of the dispute is that
every player capable of holding a
job in the majors ought to have
the chance-if not with one club,
then with another. And, of course,
he's dead set against major league
clubs controlling players in the
minor leagues anyway.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Service Athletes Apt TO Overshudow Civilians

"a
Ing battery, regiment, brigade
1t Will be the this Unless
there's
million young camp actually
IheSe million
This will of all our Army
camps Ask Wild Bill Donovan-he
still believe the
the Army Navy making
100000 civilian competitors.
to a
MONTH which he will be by
If the this will be Anv
boxing, baseball
This is the the quckor the Spring summer
of 194l easily be the
1t easily millions
Inhabitants understand in their
Evening star., 1941-02-04
B|ozis Saves Capital
From Being BIanked
In Indoor Meet
Takes Shotput Events
At Seton Hall; Hoyos,
Terps Fail in Relays
Special Dispatch to The Star.

JERSEY CITY, Feb. 4.-Blond AL
Blozis, American Shot-putting cham
pion, saved the track forces of
Georgetown, Maryland and Catholic
Universities from complete rout
in the Seton Hall games here last
night.
The young giant won both the Is
and II pound shot events in what
amounted to little more than an
exhibition. Pitted against him was
teammate, Earl Audet, and Mike
Motto of st. Johns. Blozis' heave
of SIS feet, inches beat Audet by
51a feet in the 16 pound event.
Motto was 2 feet farther back. Al
had an equally comfortable margain
in the lighter weight with a throw
of 62 feet, Az inches. Audet's best
was So feet 5l2 inches and Motto S
SIS feet, 3 inches.
Johnny Corbett, Catholic U. cap
tain, entered the q mile handicap
but faded quickly and never was a
threat. John Ferrugselli, Irish
American A. A. runner from Newark
won the race. Corbett insisted on
competing despite a recent attack
of flu that sapped his strength.
Maryland's Emile quartet of Bob
Condor, Tom Devlin, Randall Cronin
and Tommy Fields evidently found
the unbanked track not at all to
its liking. 1t was last in a field
of five. Georgetown was third be-
hind Fordham and New York Uni
versity
Georgetown's mile team of Pete
McAtee, Charley Williams, Ken
Lyden and Mort Alnwick trailed New
York University and Pittsburgh in
race run in 1851
Jim Kehoe, Washington A. A.
middle distance star, was way back
in the Archbishop Walsh 1,000-yard
special, following apparently un-
beatable Campbell Kane, John Bori-
can and Gene Venzke.
GeorgetoWn'S freshmen relayers,
Paul James, Al Rogers, Billy Mallow
and Hugh Short placed third in the
mile event for club and college
teams. Fordham won with Seton
Hall second.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
By the Associated Press.

by lne AsSOCldleQ fIeoS-
DETROIT. Feb. 4.-The forth
coming baseball season, his six
teenth as a major Lacquer with the
Detroit Tigers, may or may not be
Charley Gehringer's last-"that de-
pends l guess, on the boys who
sign the pay checks.
If 1941 calls for a swan song, it
won't be a SquaWk. For the veteran
second baseman in no sense regards
himself as an indispensable man,
although he has survived a dozen
shortstops and played under five
managers. and he's quite willing
that youth be served at the Tiger
keystone spot.
But he'd like to see youth do some
serving, for the good of baseball.
Shortage of Young Players.
Gehringer. who will be 38 on May
II, tilted back the other day in his
office swivel chair and smiled tol-
erantly at the paradox of being
practically an old man in one pro-
fession and comparative youngSter
in another manufacturer agenD
He reminisced on the state of the
game. as of 1941 and s26, and noted
an ominous deartb of good young
players and at : time when the
Army draft may ilake every young
prospect count"
so many of tn rockies coming
up nowadays" CT arley observed,
don't seem to realize what good
thing they can make of baseball.
They don't seem to want to exert
that little extra hustle that might
keep them in the majors. So many
appear content to drift on to making
a fair living as big frogs in the
minors. rather than the better pay,
accommodations and fame in the
majors One tip to the youngsters?
1t pays to hustle"
The famine in good prospects
Charley noted. is particularly acute
among infelders. why, when !
came up infielderS-good ones. too
were practically dime dozen. Now
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Hot Sports Competition Revived Camps Morale

can you S c,
hado arlleryguns made pine
that ranged had big holes
We
boz influenza victims.
The Camp high And then
a quick for unknown test.
sport this moraeoobaN baseball
keener harder competition
The thing carried through
At Camp Sewer Greenvile a
the it. The limit
practically the order fellow
Larry MacPhail head Brooklyn Dodgers
Larry the type soldier trimmed
them football We
MacPhas anyway
football