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Evening star., 1941-12-31
Races

Earlier Rests, Rossvan's, Other
Selections and Entries for To-
morrow, Page Az.
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JAPS CLOSE ON MANILA-Deaied reports lacking
but the southern battlefront reported drawing closer to
Manila today Cd indicate the two routes by which
japanese might approaching the city Domei dispatch
from Shanghai placed the japanese 20 miles from the city,
striking northwest from Lamon Bay Pressure also was
ported on northern defense line co. Strateg foresaw
the possibility falls defense forces
trated in Pampanga Province north Manila might with
draw to mountain srongholds north OF Batangas CD.
A. p Wirephoto.
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Fair Grounds

FOURTH RACE-Purse. $780, claiming
2-year- -olds | mile and 20 yards.
Bead Brooks $50 400 800
Blue Nose tOiver) $50 300
Mae H. tTaylor) $50
Time, :46 Is.
Also ran-Queen Lane, Jewelrs Own,
Mad Bunny.
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No Late Editions
Tomorrow

In observance of the holiday,
The Star will not publish its
$50 and Night Final Sports
editions tomorrow. Subscribers
to these editions will receive
the Home edition.
Evening star., 1941-12-31

The Office of Civilian Defense
for the Metropolitan Area has
asked The Star to publish for
the information of the public
these air raid signals for the
entire region, including near
by Virginia and Maryland:
Alarm-Five blasts of half
second intervals, sounded three
consecutive times; total Of Is
blasts.
All clear-Three long blasts
of one and one-half seconds
each.
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Bombers Blast Path
For Twin Advance:
Foes Losses Heuvv
EnemySpeorheod Is Declared
q Miles Away; Macarthur
Tries to Get Wounded Out
BULLETIN.

War Department communque said after pm
today that Gen. Douglas Macarthur is evacuating
wounded American and Philippine soldiers from the
Manila area the steamship Mactan, converted into
Red Cross hospital ship. They will be taken to Aus
trala. The communique reported the continuation of
stubborn resistance.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
jAPS DRIVE ON MANILA; FALL FEARED NEAR
Russian Attack Will Be Stopped Hitler Tells His Troops
Late News Bulletins
Jesse Jones Named Member of S. P. A. B.

President Roosevelt late today appointed Jesse Jones'
Secretary of Commerce Federal Administrator to
membership the Supply Prores and ALLEGATIONS Board
White House Secretary Stephen Early said the President
had written Mr. Jones that the makes thor
ough and ntegraed consideration of all factors affecting
supplies for military and civilian requremens Credit
tension and financing problems important elements in
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Smothers' Daughter Named Fairfax Virginia

ATLANTIC CITY, N j. ga daughter. to be named
Fairfax Virginia Smathers welcomed early today by
Senator and Mrs William SmatherS The Senator said the
baby named after Fairfax Va the city in which he
married to the former Mary Jim Foley.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Afraid Alarm

(See TOXIC, Page A-5)
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See MANILA, Page A-5)
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(See HITLER, Page A-2D
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Weather Forecast

Occasional showers, slowly rising temperature;
lowest tonight slightly above freezing. Temper
atmes today-Highest 43, at pm lowest, 81.
at BIS am.
From the United erae.s vvearner bureau Report
Full Details A..
Evening star., 1941-01-27
EVENING STAR FEATURES TODAY.

Star Flashes Latest news with Bill (oye,
WNAL, A:30 pm.
Star Sports Laie sports by Ray Michael,
WkAl. s pm.
National Radio Forum: Chairman George
i the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
owes his analysis Of The Iend.Ieass bill. WhAl
al 1890 pm,
Mile o Dimes: Breakfasts several times daily
Of The SiarN B. {. campaign held in conjunction
with ihe national drive against infdniile pa
rayjS, WhAl and WRC
THE EveNlN6I HIGH LIGHTS.
WEV 730-BIondIe becomes mayor of ihe
home town for day, 10 The thderin Of q
7anq Of grating contractors.
VOL, 7:30-There goes the Lone Ranger
On another erand Of mercy and justice!
WRt, 800-Don Voorhees, Orchestra plays
5dses "Erotique." Neyerbeers overture 10
"Dnorah" Melton sings "Je Cros Eniendre
Encore. from B1ei's The Pearl FisheS."
WRC, S30-The feature spot goes TO So
piano Margaret Speaks, who Sings AIbenls
Tango in D.
WNAL. 8;30-TUs or False: Six neds
from Miami u in Ohio msith mentaIites with
an equal number Of siags from neighboHng
Cincinnati U.
Evening star., 1941-01-27


There's nothing bad but might be wors.
If any one had said this to Reddy
Fox during the first half hour after
he discovered that he was a prisoner
in Farmer Browns henyard, he
wouldn't have believed it. He
wouldn't have believed word of
1t. He would have said that he
couldn't possibly be worse off than
he was.
He was a prisoner and he couldn't
possibly get out. That is to say. he
couldn't possibly get free. He knew
that in the morning Farmer Browns
Boy would certainly discover him.
1t couldn't be otherwise. That is.
1t couldn't be otherwise as long as
he remained in that chicken yard.
There wasn't thing, not one soli-
tary thing, under or behind which
he could hide. So. to Reddy's way
of thinking. things couldn't pos
sibly have been worse.
But after while, having nothing
else to do, Reddy began to think.
Now, it is surprising how thinking
will change matters. One of the
first thoughts that came to Reddy
was that he might have been caught
in trap, one of those cruel traps
that close like a pair of jaws and
sometimes break the bones of the
foot or leg, and from which there
is no escape. Right away Reddy
realized that to have been so caught
would have been much worse than
being a prisoner in Farmer Browns
henyard This made him feel a
wee, wee, wee bit better, and he
began to do some more thinking.
For long time his thinking didn't
help him in the least. At last, how
ever, he remembered the chicken
dinner he had felt so sure he was
going to enjoy. The thought of the
chickep dinner reminded him that
inside the henhouse it was dark. He
had been inside the henhouse before,
and he knew that there were boxes
in there. If he were inside the hen
house, 1t might be. it just might
possibly be, that he could hide when
Farmer Browns Boy came in the
morning
So once more Reddy went to work
at that little sliding door, where
the hens run in and out during the
day. He already had found out that
1t wasn't fastened. and he felt sure
that with patience he could open it.
So he worked away and worked
away until at last there was a little
crack. He got his claws in the little
crack and pulled and pulled. The
little crack became a little wider.
BY and by it was wide enough for
him to get his head half in. After
this all he had to do was to force
himself through. for as he pushed
and showed, the little door opened.
He was inside at last. There was A
chance, Just a forlorn chance, that
he might be able to escape the
notice of Farmer Browns Boy in the
morning.
Evening star., 1941-01-27

WJSV. 9:O0-Rsdo 1hedier: Shirley, the
temple, with Charles Winninger and Gene
lotkhat in Captain January.
WNAl. 9;3S-Chsmber Music 5otietY Of
Lower Basin Street: Dolores 0NeIl. popular
sonestreY, becomes regular feature Of the
sessions where swing is king and long hair
is something you stuff in mattresses.
WMAl, I0:00-The Australian Society Of
New York marks the t53rd anniversary Of
founding Of the down-under' Commonwealth.
Addresses will be made by Australian Minister
Richard Gardiner Casey and Maj. Gen. James
6, Harbord
WRc, 1O:45-citilens All; New Frontiers
Tor Community Life. -.
5H0RIWAvE pR0GRAh.
VATICAN CITY. 8;3O-News broadcast and
comment HVJ. 96 meg. 3t06 m.
LONDON, 830-leslie Howard. Britain
Speaks" CSC, 958 meg, 3i.3 m.; GSD. Ills
meg, 75.5 m.
LONDON. 1000" Democracy Marches" 6St.
958 meg. 3i.3 m.; 6SD. MS meg, 25.5
m.: 6SL. 6I1 meg. 4oi m.
ROME. 1000-News in English 2P03.
o.63 meg, ST. m; 2R04. 1871 meg, 2S,4
m,; 2R06, 1880 meg, 1915 m.
LONDON, ii00-lisiening Post. CSC, 9.5S
meg" 31,3 m; 65D. IT'S meg, 2S.5 n;
6Sl, 6li meq., A. m.
Evening star., 1941-01-27

Son: Il went up in big airplane,
daddy
Mother: You mean you were
playing that YOU were riding in an
airplane, dear
Evening star., 1941-01-27
POINTS FOR PARENTS
By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
When children are so small
that they haze difficulty in sep
drating the actual from the
imagined, corrections should be
free from emotion and ce.tsure.
Evening star., 1941-01-27
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
This saying is both true and terse:
There's nothing bad but might be worse
Evening star., 1941-01-27

Muvver is maxim some fresh
fudge. Us kids gifts one piece ever
night. just before goin' t bed. The
proglum is how t get the biggest
piece an still be a good zample t
the other kids.
Evening star., 1941-01-27
Not This

Mother: You know you didn't
go up in an airplane. Tell your
father that you told him story
You know what you said isn't true
Evening star., 1941-01-16

into the Maginot Line, their engi-
neers carried with them complete
plans, drawn to scale, of the ma
jor defense works, including equip
ment inside, the. numbers of the
garrisonS divided into officers and
men, and the location and firing
power of each gun turret
I have seen these plans. labeled
in German and signed by those who
did the drawing. Some were dated
as far back as 1887. Only in a few
instances did the drawings have to
be corrected and then only to In
clude recent improvements.
French Are Fooled.
One man I knoW-an AlSatian-
was connected with the mechanical
department of a newspaper. / saw
him several days before the Ger
mans entered Paris, when he told
me he was getting ready to leave
before the Boches get here"
A day or so after the occupation I
met him on one of the boulevards
dressed in a German captains uni
form!
You never suspected it," he
laughed. But don't feel badly about
it. Neither did the French.
Before the real blitzkreig started
and during the winter lull in fight
ing, fraterniZing between French
and German soldiers produced many
stories. French cenSorS nearly al
ways blue-penciled such accounts
because of strict military orders that
there was to be no joking about the
war. Here are several.
Two artillery batteries-one Ger
man and one French-facing each
other from the Maginot and Sieg-
fried Lines, had an understanding
they would each fire one shell at
4 pm. each day. BY doing this,
and reporting back to headquarters,
the communiques from both Berlin
and Paris could say: Slight ar
tillery activity in the sector.
One smorning about II o'clock the
French battery sent over a shell. 1t
didn't do any damage, but the Ger
mans were angry because it violated
the agreement. So they loaded their
gun and prepared to fire Just
as the officer was ready TO give the
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Woman Voters Announce
Al Merit System Goal

The National League of Women
Voters today observed the 58th an
niversary of the establishment OF
the civil service system with ar
announcement of activities designed
to improve the merit system in
26 States during 1941. The league
released a report to State and local
leagues on significant civil service
gains since the Inauguration in 1884
of its Nationwide campaign for
qualified Government personnel.
High lights of the report disclosed
that:
Eight State Legislatures this year
will consider league-supported State
merit" bills. They are Indiana,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Okla
Evening star., 1941-01-16

back again, they found the last two
pigs gone and note, in French,
tackled to the wall: Thanks for
the pigs, from your German COM
radeS."
Albert Lebrun, when he was still
president of France, went off one
day on a secret inspection tour
of French defenses along the eastern
frontier. So carefully guarded was
his itinerary that only the high
staff officers accompanying him were
supposed to know his destination.
Yet. when Lebrun appeared near
the Kehl Bridge at Strasbourg to
look over into Germany across the
Rhine, big sign went up over the
German pillboXes. 1t read: "Wel-
come to President Lebrun," and
the loud-speakers blared out the
"Marseillaise." The French secret
service never did find out how the
information leaked out.
Food Exchanged.
Even in the advanced front lines,
where patrols clashed frequently,
French and German soldiers estab-
lished temporary acquaintanceships
| often based on exchanges of food
One friend of mine. who spent
months in a forest outpost, COM
planned about the meat that was
sent from behind: Beef, beef, al
| e Id IL. ,,a
gunners suggested one day that
perhaps Fritz" would like to ex-
change 1t for sausage.
He called over to the Germans,
about 200 yards away, and asked
if they'd like to make the swap.
The German who answered was
eager to bargain, SO the two fighters
met between the outr osts, switched
their meat from one pot to another
Evening star., 1941-01-16

homa, oregon, Pennsylvania and
Vermont.
Strengthening existing State
merit systems through further leg
islation and improved administra-
ton will be the major concern of
seven State leagues in Colorado,
Connecticut, Maryland, New York,
Ohio, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
State leagues in California, IL
linois, Maine, Massachusetts, Mich
igan. Minnesota and Tennessee will
concentrate on administrative i'm
proverlents.
Educational groundwork looking
to the support of State civil service
laws stands foremost on the agenda
of State leagues in Iowa, Kentucky,
New Hampshire and Texas.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Collins Again Heads
Young Democratic Club

Norman Collins, clerk to the
Prince Georges County Md police
commissioners, has been reelected
president of the Young Democratic
Club of Southern Maryland, it was
announced today.
Other officers named are Mrs.
Naomi Perrie, vice president; Miss
Loreine York, recording secretary;
Mrs. Ruth Fuchs, corresponding
secretary: Otha Humphrey, treas
urer; Milton Magill, sergeant at
arms.
Committee chairmen named are
]. A. Wynn, membership; Mrs. Sadie
! Fowler, welfare; Mrs. Mamie Buck,
publicity, and Ralph Pumphrey,
athletics.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Nozis Faxed Army Orders in French 'BIitz'
Germans Had Complete PIons of Mosnot Line Drown to
Scale, Correct Except in Few instances

| firing command, sign went up on
the French side. 1t said, in big let
ters, Pardon" The Germans didn't
| fire.
There's the famous yarn-perhaps
true-about the French non-com-
miSsioned officer who won the CroiX
de Guerre for capturing six German
soldiers single-handed What hap
pened, it is said, was that he was
out hunting rabbits, against military
orders, and saw one hop over a
hedge.
He ran up, poked his rife over
the hedge, and, to his amazement,
found he had six Germans covered.
He marched them back, received
congratulations from his commander
and was cited and decorated later.
The rabbit got away.
The story of the -four little pigs"
is famous in Paris. I heard it first
hand from one of my French friends
who says he was involved.
There were French and German
outpoStS, he told me, facing each
other on two ridges in the Saar
region. In the valley between, there
was a small village, abandoned by
all inhabitants except an old man
who had wine shop. Every after
noon from 2 to 4. French soldiers
would go down into the village for
glass of wine. Promptly at 4
they'd leave. and the Germans would
take their places until 6.
Two Pigs for Germans.
One day the French, on their
way to the bistro, caught four little
pigs running wild in the woods.
They put them in an empty house,
and after they'd had their wine,
carried off two of them. The others
they left with a note in German
saying, for our German comrades. "
The next day, when they came
Evening star., 1941-01-16

and went back to their respective
positions.
The next day, after a machine
gun fight, the Frenchman found
the body of the German he had
bartered with the day before.
"C'est la guerre." he said phil
osophically.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Dance at Guithersburo

The Gaithersburg Md High
School Alumni Association will hold
its first dance of l94l tomorrow at
10 pm. in the high school. Accord
ing to the announcement, any one
under 7 or over 70 will be admitted
free.
Evening star., 1941-01-16

China's purchases of United States
products increased about go per
cent in the last year.
Evening star., 1941-01-16

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent
Roy p. Porter. aUho coUered the
blttskrieg in France and then
iporhed tor sir months under the
German military rule of the oc-
c1Ipted zone, relates amazing de-
tails OF the French ArmyS in
ter1lal collapse and anecdotes OF
fhe "phony 1Oar" period in this
third OF four daily StOrieS.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-02
AFL Wins Minneapolis
Drivers Jurisdiction

Minneapolis, MINI. - State Labor
Conciliator Alfred P Blair ruled that
the American Federation of Labor is
entitled to jurisdiction of General
Drivers Union No. 544. The decision
climaxed struggle between the AFL
and CIO for the right to represent
5000 truck drivers here.
The union was an affiliate of the
AFL International Brotherhood of
Transfers, Chauffeurs, Warehouse
men and Helpers of America until
last June, when a faction led by the
Dunno brothers-Miles, Grant, and
Vincent-bolted to the CIO. The
Dunnes are scheduled to be tried in
October on charges that they con-
spired with others affiliated with the
Socialist Workers Party (Trotskyite)
to overthrow the Government Of the
United States.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-02
10000 Miners Strike In Open Revolt
Against Lewis Leadership Of u. N. w.

cics and appeasement stand. The
miners are solidly behind President
Roosevelt and are still angry at Lewis
for betraying the President in the last
campaign.
Furthermore, the miners look with
suspicion at Lewis action in lining up
with the most reactionary isolation
lists in opposing President Roosevelt's
defense policies. Many of the miners
come from countries which have been
invaded and oppressed by Hitler and
they can't understand why Lewis is
trying to embarrass the defense pro-
gram except to spite Roosevelt.
Disillusionment with Lewis leader
ship has prompted the miners to ask
many questions, such as the purpose
of the increased assessments. They
are angry because the United Mine
Workers never has used it's surplus
treasury funds for their relief but has
spent vast sums to help other CIO
unions. ..s. ..,
AS the ranks of the anti-Lewis
strikers grow, observers detect a
strengthening determination among
the miners to get more service and
less dictatorship from their union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-02

Hazelton, Pa.-More than 10000
Pennsylvania anthracite miners, in
open revolt against John L. Lewis,
have quit work in protest against ar
bitrary increases in union dues and
assessments. More are joining the
ranks of the strikers each day.
Leaders of the rank and file upris-
ing against the dictatorial policies of
Lewis evoked enthusiastic responses
from the miners when they declared
they will remain out of the mines
until the head of the United Mine
Workers rescinds the $40 increase in
dues and assessments.
Henchmen of Lewis tried desper-
ately but unavailingly to convince
the men that they ought to return to
work and settle their differences
later.
Lewis, questioned in his luxurious
Washington, D. C. office, appeared
embarrassed by the strike against his
leadership and declined to make any
comment on it.
Resentment against Lewis among
the anthracite miners springs not only
from the hiking of dues and assess.
ments but also from his political poll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-02
Rail Labor Asking Higher Wages To
Bring Pay Equal To Other Industries

Chicago, III. - Labor spokesmen
opened their case for increased pay
and vacations with pay for members
Of the IA incorporating railroad
unions before the Presidential fact
finding commission, headed by Wayne
L. Morse, dean of the University Of
Oregon Law School.
Bert M. Jewell, president of the
Railway Employees Department of the
American Federation of Labor,
argued that the wages of 100000 rail-
way employees were 80 per cent less
than the rate received by workers in
industries calling for comparable
skills.
He declared that other comparable
industries have granted two or more
wage increases since the railroads
last raised wages in 1887.
"Since 1887 there has been a gen.
eral upward swing in employment,
wages and business generally" he
said. "The workers of other indus
tries have been sharing in this gen.
eral upswing. Carrier management
has been getting it's share, but the
railroad workers have not obtained
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-10-02
AFL CONVENTION
AWAITS KEYNOTE
BY GREEN, F. D. R.
Membership Boom Report
ed BY Delegates Arriv-
ing In Seuttle

Seattle, Wash.-Delegates arriving
here from every section of the United
States for the 61st annual convention
Of the American Federation of Labor
| unanimously expressed their determi-
nation to do their utmost for the ad-
vancement of the national defense
program
They awaited with keen interest
| the keynote address of President Will
liam Green and a special message to
the convention from President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt to point out the way
labor can be of greater service in the
defense drive.
In the spacious lobby of the Olym-
pic Hotel, which will be the conven-
tion headquarters for the next two
weeks, and in the corridors of Eagles
Hall, where the convention sessions
will be held, groups of delegates ex-
changed reports on union progress in
their respective communities.
From all sides came encouraging
news that union membership is in
creasing by leaps and bounds. Shops
that have held out against organiza-
tion for many years are rapidly being
swept into union ranks and many
hitherto unorganized industries are
going union one by one, the delegates
said
These local gains were reflected in
the nationwide membership report by
Secretary-Treasurer George Meany,
which showed the total dues-paid
membership of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor has risen to an all-time
high Of 4,569,056, representing a gain
Of 321, ,6l3 new members in the past
year.
More good news came in the form
of reports of widespread wage in
creases affecting millions of workers
throughout the country. With unem-
ployment sharply reduced by defense
production and with overtime pay
swelling weekly pay envelopes, the
delegates declared that union MEM
bers have not been so we'll off for
long time.
Nevertheless, from many quarters
came expressions of concern over
rapidly rising living costs and the
danger of even more serious imitation
which threatens to wipe out the gains
of the workers.
Fears also were voiced that many
non-defense industries may have to
curtail production or close down en-,
tirely because of the lack of essential
materials The feeling was strong
that definite measures must be taken
soon to avoid the threat of defense
unemployment resulting from the di-
version of materials to defense pro-
duction through the priorities system.
This view was especially noticeable
among delegates from the smaller in
dustrial communities which depend
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their share"
Mr.. Jewell declared that railroad
mechanics received IS cents an hour
compared with $1.25 paid men per-
forming comparable work in other in
dustries, and that the minimum wage
rate for Class l railroads is 36 cents
an hour compared with Is cents in
other industries. Similar differences
exist in working hours and overtime
pay rates, he said.
Horace A. Bacus, statistician for
the clerks union, said he did not be-
lieve that, in the long run, vacations
would cost the railroads anything, al
though there probably would be added
costs in the beginning. His theory
was that increased productivity by
the workers after vacations should
offset the out-of- pocket costs.
Mr.. Bacus took issue with the rail-
roads estimate that, based on 194G
payrolls, the vacations would add
about $4O,O0O,OCO to operating costs.
The increase should average 25 per
cent less, or about $30,00C,O00 an
nually, he argued.