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Evening star., 1942-12-24

Adolf Hitler in the fight for the
Mediterranean hardly enable
him to stage a regular military
campaign against the western
part of the French empire in
Africa.
His troops will resist to the
limit in the Tunis- -Blzerte
triangle. They may reproduce
there the kind of dogged re-
sistance that already has made
the name of Stahngrad famous.
French Tunisia, Corsica (now
under Italian occupation and,
eventually, the Balearic Islands,
if they can be included within
the system of defense at a lesser
price than a formal break with
GeneraIisSimo Francisco Franco,
will be strategiCally exploited so
as to delay Indefinitely an Anglo
American landing on the Euro
pean continent.
In such circumstance nothing
could be of greater help to Hitler
than a diversion created by Spain
in Africa, which would compel the
Anglo o-American command to
divide their forces.
But Gen. Franco cannot
seriously consider plunging head
long in an African adventure.
He Is not believed to have more
than IT divisions at his disposal,
six Of them on the other side
of the Strait of Gibraltar. Those
six divisions with additional
troops may, in the aggregate,
reach total of approximately
10000 men. They do not possess
the equipment of a modern
force. Their tank corps, the
legacy Of the Spanish civil war,
are a medley of old Russian,
German and Italian patterns.
Pawn in French Hands.
And the Nazis are not likely
to part with their material in
order to make the troops of the
Caudillo more formidable. They
already have transferred about
400 fighting planes from the
Russian frontier to Tunis. They
cannot afford to weaken them
selves between the Don and the
Volga or elsewhere for the sake
Of providing Gen. Franco with
adequate weapons.
But there are possibilities
within the reach of Gen. Franco
which he is not likely to let pass
unused. In forthcoming months
Americans and British will
tighten their control over French
North Africa. Gradually, a new
French Army will be built up.
Once that doublefold task has
been performed, Spain will find
herself, on the opposite shore
of the Mediterranean, in approx
imately the same position where
she stood as long as France was
a great military power.
From 1920 to 1899, at any mo-
ment 1t was open to the French
forces in Africa to seize Spanish
Morocco without any trouble
whatever. That territory was, in
practice, a pawn deposited in
French hands: 1t answered for
Spain's good behavior.
Evening star., 1942-12-24

energies were diverted to the task of
lntusing strength in our Allies.
The whole American way of life.
that had produced our pilots and our
air crews and the aircraft in which
they had fought; all this was sud-
denly and brutally tested in battle,
We have not been found wanting.
And now at the end of a year
that could have brought disaster. we
have met the challenge. we have
held on every front, and on many
fronts now we are striking back with
increasing and crushing strength, >"
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Stowowoy Plane Gunner Sticks
To Story Despite Official Denial

said. Investigations are still pro-
ceeding."
The denial, however, did not
bother Fraser, who, amplifying his
story, said he was a stowaway on a
plane whose captain and crew were
his friends.
Il can't give names" he said,
because might get somebody into
trouble"
Evening star., 1942-12-24
New York Consul Made
Red Envoy TO Mexico
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24.-The
Russian Consul General in New
York, Victor Alexeievitch Fediu-
shine, has been named Russian
Minister to Mexico, the Foreign
Ministry announced yesterday.
The Foreign Ministry already had
named Luis Quintanilla, Councillor
OF the Embassy in Washington, as
its envoy to Russia.
Fediushlne, a career diplomat.
formerly was chief of the foreign
service personnel Of the Soviet For
eign Office.
Evening star., 1942-12-24
l-Eneined Fighters in Use

BERLIN (From German broad
sssts) Dec. "a lPl.-Various types of
tour -engined fighter aircraft are
,ow employed by Germany, the Ger
man radio said yesterday. II re-
ported the Junkers 80 was one Of
these
Evening star., 1942-12-24
The Political Mill
Possoee Of Labor Draft Deemed Unwise;
Conscrption Might Close Marginal Farms

to the strikes, slowdowns and
insistance upon the 44-hour work
week which interfered with maxi
mum production in this country
in the last two years. Some
thing should be done about these
things-but not the passage of
labor draft act. The resentment
of the workers if labor draft
was enforced would be a far
greater deterrent to speedy pro-
duction than all the strikes,
slowdowns and existing labor
laws and regulations.
Different Draft Angle.
There is another angle. When
men are drafted for military
service they work and fight for
the country-symbolized by the
Government. When men are
drafted to work in Shipwards,
factories, mines and on farms
they will be drafted to work for
private employers. This gives a
very different aspect to the pic
ture.
Many American farmers in re-
cent months have been reSentful
over what they call the special
favors granted to industrial la
Dor. They have seen wages go
higher and higher in the indus
tries. They have seen hundreds
of thousands of farm workers
leave their farms and go to work
in the better paying factories.
They have seen farms unable to
run because of lack of hands to
work them. And some of them
have been inclined to favor a la
Dor draft.
A universal service act, how
ever, would make farmers just
as liable for consumption as in
dustrial workers. For example,
a Washington bureaucrat might
say to farmer: What you are
doing is uneconomical. You can
be of more service if you leave
your own piece of land and go to
work on John Jones farm, which
is an economic unit. Get along
over to Mr.. Jones'" Or the
keeper of a little store, under
universal service act, would be
in a position in which he could
be told to shut up shop and go
to work for big chain.
Job for New Congress.
1t may be said that none Of
these things would happen if a
labor draft act was put through.
The mere existence of the law
would make drastic action un-
necessary. No one knows that to
be a fact. Probably no one
realized into what a state the
country and the people would
be thrown by the price control
act, with its rationing atten-
dants. And no one knows how
the present situation is to be
unscrambled.
Because it would be unwise to
pass labor draft act, however,
does not mean that conditions
cannot be improved greatly.
Something should be done to pre-
vent stoppages of work in war
plants. Something should be
done to put the country on
longer work week. Something
should be done to prevent racket
eering by labor leaders. These
are things that Congress, when
1t comes to Washington next
month, can tackle with advantage
to the country. 1t probably will.
Much will depend, then, on the
attitude of the unions themselves,
for they are politically powerful.
And upon the strength of Con-
greSs' own backbone.
During the last two Congresses
every possible obstacle has been
placed in the way of remedial
labor legislation by the Admins
tration and by New Dealers on
Capitol Hill and by the unions
themselves.
Evening star., 1942-12-24

servers q c
scribed Span
ish affairs as
explosive. 1t
rather sounds
like a riddle.
What is the
explanation?
The first
point to be
S tre S S g d is
that in all
pro b a b ility
the material
r G S o IL r c e S
ouoilohln tn
Evening star., 1942-12-24

bCOpNl DJ W II - - l
conscienceS allow
them to face
several ways at
once:
They argue
that the Gov
ernment is not
tough" enough
to run q total
W ar, a n d that
Leon Henderson
was prope y
showed out be-
C a u S e he was
much too tough.
Evening star., 1942-12-24

sister since they
greeted them at
the railroad sta
tion, and t h a t
t h G c h at the
p parents had
with the chill
dren ridtn 2
home from the
station is tn c
longest one they
viii have during
t h e Christmas
vacation.
The late Harry
Evening star., 1942-12-24

tlOflS, winch re-
CARDS the war IN
the Pacific as
secondary, per-
mits Japan to
entrench herself
in the m a n y
areas she now
commands, t 0
make intensive
use of oil and
o I n e T mineral
resources a n d
slowly but surely
to replace her
shipping losses.
Evening star., 1942-12-24

word goes out
that officials
of the Man
power Com
mission have
such a meas
ure un d e r
consideration.
The very able
ana paCrlOJlc
a u t h or of
military con-
S Grip t 10 n
m e a S u I e S
both in the
last war and
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Water Supply DecentruIized

To supplement the City's water
supply in case of damage to the
mains, Dublin is constructing 80
tanks, each with a capacity of 5000
gallons, throughout the city.
Evening star., 1942-12-24

HE opinions of the 0riter this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented tn The
Stars effort to all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-12-24
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

With the opening of the Sew
enty-eighth Congress just around
the corner discussion of labor
draft bill crops up again. The
Evening star., 1942-12-24
McLemore-
Vocation Doys
Duze Pa and Mo
Bv HENRY McLEMORE.

The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year.
The children are at home from
school,
Where are they, daddy, dear7
Mamas asking daddy that. and
daddy's asking mama that. Neither
can answer because neither knows.
It's even money they have had
only feeting glances of brother or
Evening star., 1942-12-24
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

Continuing my researches into
obscurantism, let me give you some
more arguments that are palmed
off on the people by political free
Evening star., 1942-12-24
By PERTINAX.

The best observers on the spot
think Spain will remain neutral
until the end of the war. But a
few days ago these same OBJ
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Americans
Not Told of
Big Asia Job
Allied Strategy
In Pacific Seen
ProIoneine War
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The big unanswered question in
Washington is whether time is or
is not working in favor of Japan.
The strategy of the United Ma
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Question of Strategy.

The real question is whether the
United Nations strategists should
permit the Japanese to consolidate
their positions today and make the
problem of 1914 and 1945 so increas-
ingly difficult to solve except at a
cost of hundreds of thousands of
lives.
The invasion of Burma, which
has just begun, is recognition by
the United Nations that Japan must
be kept from closing off the Burma
road permanently and that a chan
mel Of supplies for troops and air.
planes to build air fields and gasoline
depots in China for their use must
be opened at once
The broad objective in a victory
over Japan contemplates a lombard
ment from China directly on the
mainland of Japan. 1t contemplates
also the aid of Russia. Americans
logically should be clamoring for
Russia to open up a second front in
the Far East to benefit the United
Nations there, especially since the
Allies now have opened up second
front in North Africa to divert Nazi
air power and troops from the
Caucasus and Stalingrad battle
zones.
fVA
active ally, an attack from Alaska
by air can be made simultaneously
with attacks from the Russian and
Chinese mainland. To this end
shipping and airplanes and fuel for
the planes must be made available
throughout 1943, or else the jap
enese will have enough time to re-
place the losses inflicted by the
American Navy in 1912.
Burma Drive Encouraging.
The progress of the Macarthur
campaign northward from Australia
through New Guinea is necessarily
slow. But in the last week a
diminution in air activity by the
japanese in the Solomons area is
being associated with the need fol
defense against the sudden launch
Ing of major offensive by the
British and American Air Forces in
Burma.
The Burma campaign is a decidedly
encouraging sign, for it means that
the japanese air forces will bt
thinned out to fight in many areas
Bt one time just as Hitler's air power
Is being spread out. But the United
Nations must send many times the
air power now in the Far East and
many times the ships that now
jravel the Pacific before enough sup
plies will be assembled and enough
troops put into the fray to begin
TO whittle down Japan's immense
sOnQuests.
The area held by Japan today in
nuare miles exceeds all of con-
anental Europe. The Japanese moved
rapidly to capture that territory and
acquired valuable air bases. The
American people have not been told
Of the big job that lies ahead tc
latch up with the japanese nor is
Il clear TO the public that delay
means an advantage for Japan. Time
is working not for the United Ma.
tions, but for Japan.
Reproduction Rights ReseryedD
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Not Found Wanting.

And so the past year has been
dark and hard one for us-fighting
on eight fronts against enemies who
had been hardened by long combat.
enemies that had ruthlessly planned
the hour of striking, while our
Evening star., 1942-12-24

Japan started the war with a huge
merchant feet. While American
submarines have inflicted some
losses. it is believed that these do
not outweigh the japanese capacity
to replace. But even if there were
q gap, the residue of japanese mer-
chant shipping is so large that it
outnumbers by many times the
American merchant vessels avail
able for use in the Pacific.
Being able to transport cargoes
and troops by the China Sea to the
Netherlands East Indies, the i'm
preston prevails that Japan is rap
idly making use of the resources
she has captured and that unless
the United Nations can soon harass
those sea lanes or begin to bomb
the Japanese factories, the Toxic
regime will be able to prolong the
war by at least two or three years
beyond any ending of the war in
Europe.
The widespread assumption pre-
walls that when Hitler is beaten the
British fleet will be available to help
the American Navy, but unless a
sufficient number of troops can be
modified to retake the Dutch East
Indies with their valuable resources,
Japan will have little cause for
worry about supplies to maintain
her navy and air force. To trans
port an army of 100000 men to do
battle with the japanese two or
three years hence will take an i'm
mense amount of shipping and GER
tainly tremendous amount of fuel
oil to maintain the ships that will
be carrying supplies to the troops.
The undertaking is of such a gi-
gantic nature that it may dwarf the
North African expedition and any
others begun heretofore by the
Allies.
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Others Send Greetings.

Christmas messages also were
transmitted to the men Of their
commands by 1t. Gen. Lesley j. Nc
Nair of the Ground Forces and 1t.
Gen. Brehon B. Somervell Of the
Services Of Supply.
"Spread-eagled around the earth,
fighting across eight distant horizons,
our Air Forces this Christmas season
are again dedicating their lives to
bring peace on earth to the nations
Of the world," Gen. Arnold declared.
A year ago at the time of the
"treaCherouS' attack on Pearl Har-
bor the United States was fighting
only on the factory front" he re-
minded, Our own American Air
Forces were lacking in equipment
for the task that was suddenly thrust
upon us by cunning enemy" he
said.
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Coming Year 10 Bring
Air Victory 10 Allies,
Gen. Arnold Predicts
Thanks For-FIung
Forces for Achieving
'Bruve Miracle

A prediction that America and
her Allies will win the war in the
air" this coming year was made
today by 1t. Gen. Henry H. Arnold,
commander of the Army Air Forces,
in a Christmas message broadcast
to his officers and men on far-fiung
fighting fronts.
For US the sun is rising For
our enemies setting" Gen. Arnold
said in his greetings, which were
made public at the War Depart
ment.
And so now in deepest gratitude
I send forth my greetings to you
men who have worked this brave
miracle" it added. Wherever you
may be fghting-from distant Ice
land to more distant Australia, from
Alaska to Britain, from North Africa
TO Cairo and India and China-I
send you assurance that this Christ
mas marks the beginning of a bright
year, proud year, year in which
the mounting strength Of our Allies
and our own armed forces will win
the war in the air and march on
toward that peace on earth for
which we all fight"
Evening star., 1942-12-24
Iuthrran
FAlT

Lee Blvd. at Jackson, Arlington, Va.
Hoo a-m---ChristmaS Morning
OUR SAVIOUR Is BORN"
ROBERT V. RIEKE, Pastor.
Evening star., 1942-12-24

So you want Toxic bombed again?
Well, bombs cost money, so help buy
some with War bonds and stamps.
Evening star., 1942-08-26

nearly six hours of work in morning
and afternoon sessions, is given the
boys. They spend long periods on
conditioning work and in learning
fundamentals on the tackling and
blocking dummy and pushing the big
line bucking pillow around. Six
hours may sound bit too hard for
some of the youngsters, but working
periods are spaced wisely, and all
students at the school received
thorough physical examination be-
fore they could enter.
Big Staff Trains Boys.
Deming has a big staff of expert
enced football players helping at the
school. His chief assistant is Frank
Kavalier, Washington :. Lees back
field coach, who was an all-around
player at George Washington In 1885
and 1886. Others are Elwood Glenn
ents, former player at Catholic u;
Eddie johnson, Richmond; Walter
Sether, George washington, and
Milo Sonnen. Maryland.
Sether and Sonnen, incidentally,
will be coaching two of the new jun
ior high teams this year, Sether at
Thomas Jefferson and Sonnen at
| Swanson,
Evening star., 1942-08-26

borrowed one that encircles the
waist of 300-pound Steve Owen
to make it bit tougher. If
Red Cochrane can get leave from
the San Diego Naval Base to
fight on the USO card at the
Garden September 10, Fritzie
zivic finally may get that return
fight he's been itching for ever
since Cochrane took the welter
title from him.
Dots all, brothers - Jimmy
Hines, who supervised that re
mote control golf tourney for
big insurance company, analyzed
the cards of 11,039 golfers who
played on courses of over $500
yards. He came up with the news
that the hardest hole to score on
was the first. which required an
average of SIS strokes, and that
they needed 5.3 strokes on the
18th. Maybe they were just try
ing to make both ends meet.
Todays guest stare. M.
Gibbs. Baltimore Sun: Babe
Ruth has changed a lot since his
active diamond days. The Babe
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Mats Like Water Finding Level
As Lady Luck Deserts Them
Club Now Must Be Content With 9TH Place;
Drops Two to Browns; Mosterson Shines

Frankie Croucher singled Mickey
Vernon across, tied the score in
their half of the sixth when Evans
fetched Pofahl home with single.
The Mats then proceeded to place
the potential winning run on base
in the seventh. eighth, ninth and
tenth innings, but Fritz Ostermuel-
ler stymied them when the chips
were down.
Bunt Helps Win Game.
George McQuinn's single and
Vernon Stephens bunt past Master
son with none out led to the
Browns winning run in the 11th.
Mike Chartak sacrificed and Rick
Ferrell brought McQuinn across
with long fly to Stan Spence in
center.
Washington placed the tying run
on base in its half of the inning
when Case opened with a single,
but George Caster replaced Oster-
mueller and retired Spence, Cullen
bine and Vernon on infleld taps.
Washington enjoyed a brief 10
lead in the first game as Case scored
in the first inning, but the Browns
hammered Early Wynn for three
runs in the fourth. They clipped
Wynn and Bill Zuber for four runs
in the seventh, then added theil
final run off Dutch Leonard in th'
eighth. Leonard was seeing service
for the first time since he suffered
a broken leg on April %.
The Mats won't be able to dt
anything about their 3-game losinl
streak at least until Friday, whel
Detroit invades. Washington vii
be idle today and tomorrow.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The
war almost wrecked the ma
tional tennis championships by
taking what the pros left-Don
McNeil, Bitsy Grant, Jack Kra-
mer, Joe Hunt, Frank Guernsey
and several others - but the
Army and Navy are making a
pretty good contribution to the
entry list. The soldiers are Its.
Russell Bobbitt and c. Alphon-
SO Smith, Sergt. Ralph Adair,
Corpls. j. Gilbert Hunt and Gill
bert A. Hunt and Pvt. Marvin P.
Anthony. Navy men are Ensigns
Ronald Edwards and Robert
Kerdasha and 1t. q. g. Gardnar
Mulloy.
The International Boxing
Union, which used to come out
with some strange names as
world champions, was dissolved
recently, and European Box
ing Association was organized
with headquarters in Rome and
Mussolini's son as president.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Redbirds' Farm
Boys Yet May
Nail Dodgers
Cooper's Victory in ID
Innings Cuts PAGERS
Advantage to 5H
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.-If Mort
Cooper's arm only holds out
The st. Louis Cardinals, baseball's
farm boys, may show the big league
alumni, collectively known as the
Brooklyn Dodgers, how pennants
are won.
Just as the Dodgers were begin,
ming to feel secure in their first
place berth, the Cards came along
to jolt them two nights in row
the second a 2-to-1 affair that took
IA innings and 3 hours and 80 min
utes last night.
And Cooper, considered washed
up last season before an operation
on his arm, pitched the entire IA
innings.
Now 81 Games Behind.
This feat pulled the Cards to
within five and one-half games of
the first-place Dodgers. With near
ly 40 games to play, the National
League is headed right into one of
those stretch drives that made the
league famous-and fills the box
Office cash drawers.
And if good turnout means any,
thing in sparkling the home boys,
the game drew 33,260 fans. record
for a st. Louis night game.
The Cardinals rampage is trib-
ute to the farm system of training
rockies. Every player in the lineup,
except Outfielder Coaker Triplett,
who appeared as pinch hitter
and didn't get a hit, incidentally
is a graduate of the teams extensive
farm system.
Dodgers Are Contrast.
BY contrast. all of the Dodgers
except three were hauled over to
Flatbush from other big league
teams willing to swap players fol
the right amount of cash.
The fans faith in the farm chain
is uncanny.
They just expect Manager Billy
Southworth to reach down on the
bench and pick off one of tht
peaches grown on President Sam
Breadon's farm every time another
victory is necessary.
Maybe they're right.
The Cards have won IA of theil
last Is games.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Army and Navy Contribute Heavily to u S. Net Field
MsoIIs Son H Europ

apparently knew Walter john
sons name without prompting
and didn't say, Hello, kid, as
they met. You hardly can be-
lieve he didn't have some coach
ing on that beforehand"
Service Dept.-First response to
Camp Croft's appeal for golf balls
to keep em driving" on the post
driving range came from Cyril
Sedlak of Garfield, N. j., who
sent couple dozen pellets.
Football coach at Mcclellan
Field, Calf, is 1t. Roy (Wrong
Way Riegels. We can guess
what is the first thing he teaches
his gridders.
Those means from the football
coaches at the Navy's pre-fiight
schools are the real stuff. For
instance, Jim Crowley has Hovey
Seymour of Yale and George
Gonda of Duquesne, who might
do right we'll on his team, but
they'll be gone by October. And
Bernie Bierman will lose, among
others, Illinois Paul Milrosevich
from hts Iowa squad.