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Evening star., 1942-12-21

the biggest single days loss suf-
fered by the American bomber
Squadrons.
Huge Nazi Armada Kept Busy.
The toll Of 40 enemy fighter
ships, and pilots reports of huge
columns of smoke and debris raised
by their bombs falling on hangers
and repair shops at the airfield,
emphasized again that Hitler must
keep huge air armada on hand to
fend of the blasting British Amer
lean attacks on his home front.
Even while the airfield was under
attack, nearly 300 aircraft, including
American, were sweeping over
Northern France from lie Havre to
Graveline, but the Germans offered
little opposition.
British Mosquito bombers, mean
while, hit at railway and industrial
targets and an airfield in Northwest
Germany and fighter planes struck
at railway and canal targets in Hol-
land. The Air Ministry said one
Mosquito bomber was downed and
two coastal command aircraft also
were missing.
Crews of the Flying Fortresses and
Liberators said the German fighters
bounded them most of the way to-
ward Romilly- Sur Seine, and on the
return trip to the coast, with some
of the Nazi pilots aiming at the
bomber formations head-on with
guns blazing and lighting up the
edges of the wings of the enemy
plane like Christmas trees"
One tail gunner counted 106 Ger
mans around his bomber in about
two hours, and one pilot said 40 to
80 Germans were on us nearly all
the time" The inland depth of the
raid gave the German fighters ample
time to climb up to attack.
Evening star., 1942-12-21

Dwight D. Eisenhower, who an.
nounced that a part of the French
merchant fleet in North and West
African ports would be used directly
"in the Allied cause" The re.
mainder, he said. would be employed
in supplying French Africa's eco.
nomic needs.
Although British advance ele.
ments apparently were close or
Marshal Rommel's heels, reports
from the front said the vast guam
tity OF mines and BOBBY traps
planted by the Axis forces along
the line of their retreat was MAX
ing the progress difficult.
How many of the Axis troops
had escaped the pocket in which
a large section of Marshal Rommels
rearguard was reported trapped last
Tuesday at Matratin, IS miles west
OF Ell Agheila, still was unknown.
Break Up Into Small Units.
1t was revealed yesterday, how
ever, that the trapped forces-said
to be the equivalent of full divi-
sion-had escaped complete destruc-
tion only by breaking up into small
units and racing through gaps in
the lines of the New Zealand divi-
sion which had cut them off.
The Germans were said to have
left behind 20 destroyed tanks, 80
guns and 500 prisoners.
Allied long-range fighting planes
continued to strafe the German
line of retreat as far west as Buerat
el Hsun, more than 200 miles from
Ell Agheila. Other Allied fighters,
ranging over the Mediterranean
were reported yesterday to have shot
down four big enemy planes flying
toward the Libyan coast.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Raids
Continued From First Page.

Reich was last Thursday, when
Northwest Germany was attacked
in bad weather with loss OF 18
planes.
Six of the big American bombers
were lost, but 40 German fighters
were shot down in the sweep by
United States forces deep into
France yesterday, raid that pro-
duced sharp battles.
Last night, taking another trick
out of its bag, the RAF used new
Whirlwinds as intruders. One Of
the twin-engined, single-seater
fighters, which also can be used as
bombers, toppled over a railway
engine and freight car in hedge
hopping attack over Belgium.
Eight Trains Shot Up.
The Air Ministry news service
said other intruders covered
wide area, penetrated deep into
France, and shot up at least eight
trains. All returned safely.
The German news agency DNB
reported last nights attack by Raj
bombers- was aimed at Western
Germany, and acknowledges some
damage and casualties. Eight
British planes were downed, DNB
said.
The German radio reported that
Nazi planes had made strong at
tack last night on the city of Hull.
causing many fires in docks and
warehouses. Hull, an important port
and industrial center, is near the
Humber Estuary on the northeast
coast of England.
Some of the bitterest air fighting
of the war occurred during the raid
by big United States bombers on
Romilly- Sur Seine yesterday, but the
exact total of enemy fighters
destroyed still was withheld, pending
the completion of operational re-
ports. An Air Force spokesman said
last night, however, that a pre-
liminary check indicated the number
would run to more than 40 planes.
The bag was so satisfactory that
it entailed an extended review of
individual claims, Air Force head
quarters said, adding that its tally
still showed six bombers missing.
Flew South Over Paris.
Flying southwark over Paris, where
many of the American airmen had
their first glimpse of the Eiffel
Tower, the four -motored bombers
soon were beyond range of their
protecting fighters. Then large
formations of German Focke-Wulff
1905 dived to the attack.
I'VE would see their vapor trails
long before the planes were visible.
so we had plenty of notice they
were coming" one pilot said.
The results of the great raid on
the enemy aircraft park and air
drome were called satisfactory.
Pilots and gunners were grimly
enthusiastic over the air fighting,
which did not end until the bomber
formation was picked up by an
Allied fighter escort near the Chan
mel on the return trip.
The main objective OF the Amer
leans yesterday was the Nazi air.
drome at Romilly- Sur Seine, 30
miles east of Paris. The assault
marked the end of an eight-day
lull IN large-scale aerial operations
over France due to bad weather
and represented the deepest day.
light penetration of the continent
oy the big American bombers.
The raiders ran into swarms of
the latest type German fighters
Focke-Wulf 1905 and Messerschmitt
l09s. The six American bombers
which failed to return represented
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Bituminous Output
Neurs Seasons Peak
Py tho Associated press

Ry the Associated Press.
Production of bituminous coal for
the week ended December IL rose
an estimated 385O00 tons to ap-
proach the seasons peak rate, but
anthracite production was un-
changed, Fuels Co-ordinator Harold
L. Ickes reported today.
Soft coal production for the week
was estimated at 11,5O0,000 tons
compared with a revised estimate OF
11,115,000 tons for the week ended
December 5. Anthracite production
was estimated at 1,101 900 tons dur
ing each week. Mr.. Ickes attributed
the bituminous increase partly tc
action by many consumers to in
crease their storage.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Dec 81 dH Omitted States
Department OF Agricultural .-Salable hogs,
on al weights; good and choice 10000
pounds, 14.40-55: top, 1850; few 150-se
and Choice sb0-55o pounds, 14.00-26s
Salable cattle. 10000; calves: L290;
at advance: fed heifers shared upturn;
beef cows strong to IS higher; other grade
cows strong. bulls. 10-15 up, very active;
heifsr run: bnik. lsSb-ie.s5: top. 1e.TS:
paid for choice but not prime is13.pound p
long .yeariings, 1910; heller yearlings,
1890: most heifers Is .OO-l 90: strictly
rood 1.300-pound fed COWS, l3.t0: cutters,
sage bulls, 1925; new high on crop: veal
ers, 1880 down: stock cattle very scarce:
salablc sheep, 5000; total. $4,000;
slow; early sales good to choice slaughter
lambs about steady q 1923 2 down; @ @ swss
7.60: few 7.76. =
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Seubourd Can Buy
Branch Line Bonds
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 81. Au-
thority to purchase certain first
mortgage bonds of two component
branch lines, the Raleigh and Cas-
ton Railway and the Raleigh and
Augusta Air Line Railway, has been
given to the receivers of the Sea-
board Air Line Railway in an order
entered by Judge Luther B. Way
in the Federal District Court.
The order, effective until Jan. IS,
1943, set the purchase price at 5000
for each $1,000 bond, plus accrued
interest thereon on January l, 1943.
First mortgage bonds of the two
branch lines affected by the order
total $2,200,000, and are about
equally divided between the two
roads.
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Plane Inventor Hired
TODAY'S SALES.
(Reported In Dollars.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Dec. 81 (P.-
T.. M. Girdler, chairman of the board
of the Consolidated Aircraft Corp.
announced today William B. Stout
Detroit inventor and engineer who
developed the first all-metal COM
mercial airplane, and the services
of the Stout Engineering Labora-
tories at Dearborn, Mich, had been
engaged by the corporation.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
lDress Institute
Protests Curb
lon Morkups
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The New
York Dress Institute today pro-
tested an Once of Price Admins
tration regulation restricting mark
ups on the industry's spring models.
The institute, representing 800
manufacturers In the Metropolitan
Area, said that OPA's regulation
287, issued last Monday, would put
them out OF business.
The order limits the markup Of
dresses to ~ per cent, and II the
markup was already greater, resu-
lAtions cali for . reduction Of 10 per
cent.
The New York dress industry em-
ploys about 10000 persons.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Stritzinger Heads
Continental Bukinq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Raymond
K. Stritzinger has been elected pres
ident of Continental Baking Co.,
succeeding M. Lee Marshall, who has
held that position for almost a
decade in addition to serving as
board chairman,
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Visible Grain SuppIy

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 (P.-Visible
supply of American grain showed
the following changes from a week
ago Tin bushels: Wheat decreased
2,891 900, corn increased 466, 900, oats
increased 345 900, rye decreased st.
600, barley decreased 5000.
Evening star., 1942-12-21

American Bank
ers' Association
has been work.
ing with the
t hire e Federal
bank supervisory
agencies for sew
eral m on t h s
seeking adoption
of a uniform re-
port of earnings
a n d dividends
and a Slnpllfled
report of condi-
tion. Raymond
G. Marx. con-
troller of the
Riggs National
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Money Market

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 dP.-Call money,
steady; l per cent; prime commercial
paper, . per cent; time loans steady;
5000 days, IA; 4-6 months. IA per
cent; bankers acceptances unchanged;
60-9O days. III. per cent; 4 months,
81 per cent; SO months. ss-i. per cent.
Rediscount rate. New York Reserve Bank,
ta) h-1 per cent
(a) VI per cent on reasury paper of one
year or shorter; longer maturities, per
cent.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Two Remaining Pockets.

Two Remaining Pockets.
The Mikado's men at Buna mis-
sion represent one of the last two
remaining pockets of enemy re-
sistance on the Papuan peninsula,
after successive Allied capture Of
Coma, Buna and Cape Endaiadere.
The other pocket is at nearby Cape
6anananda.
The Allied noon communique de-
clared ground had been gained in
other sectors of the New Guinea
battle front, and added:
1.-The enemy's casualties have
been heavy The japanese COM
nlander, 1t. Gen. Horii, is reported
I'd have been killed in action"
No details were given of Gen.
Horii's reported death. He ap-
peared on the New Guinea sector in
November and was known as a
specialist in landing operations.
The beleaguered Japanese forces
In the two pockets were strongly
entrenched in pillbox Notifications,
and were resisting almost to the
last man. Australian troops
swept through to the Cape Enda-
ladere area in an hours assault
Friday, but had to smash past an
elaborate system of pillboxes, some
of steel and concrete, set in dense
coconut groves or among palm
trees.
The general attack following
capture of Cape Endaiadere was
opened against Japanese strongly
fortified in a narrow strip west of
the cape. Here the enemy has a
strong concentration of pillboxes,
especially along creek at the
western end, Associated Press Cor
respondent Bill Boni reported in a
dispatch from the New Guinea
battle front.
Final Stages of Offensive.
This strip itself is clear ground
with swamps paralleling it to the
north and south, adding to the
enemy's defensive position.
American troops followed up be-
hind the wave of Australians which
eNcpt d OdpdilCSC lOi CC CotAlldUCu az
600 men from the Cape Endaiadere
area. The Australians turned west
after taking the cape area, beat of
. Japanese counterassault and dug
In facing scrub jungle.
The assault on the remaining
pockets of enemy troops marked the
final stages of the Allied offensive in
which the japanese were pushed
back across the Owen Stanley Noun
tain range during the fall and herd
ed into the Buna Coma sector on
the northeast coast.
The Japanese still hold, however,
the big strongholds of Lac and Sala-
maua about 180 miles farther up
the New Guinea coast.
Consolidated B-24 bombers blasted
the wharf area there with 500-pound
bombs, starting numerous fires and
wrecking a warehouse. Three OF
eight Japanese fighters which tried
to intercept them were shot down.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALI,

SALES-AFTER CALL,
Capital Traction 1st 5s-$28,O 900 at
1867. So
Capital Transit Co.'S at 2514, 3 at
251s. D. a..
Washington Gas IS pfd.-20 at l00A,
10 at 1904, 5 at 10Oss. 90
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Africa
Continued From First Page.)
central sectors and were in frequent
contact with enemy patrols.

SoAedte WAAA V2iSAAy RueiOAS
Allied bombers. which hammered
runis and Bizerte repeatedly last
week, kept the pressure on the Ger
mans. however, by attacking the
railway yards at Sfax with strong
fighter escort, communique said
yesterday.
There were many hits on the
yards and when our bombers left the
target it was obscured by smoke from
fires which had been started" the
bulletin declared.
1t reported that all the American
planes had returned but acknowl-
edged the loss of six aircraft in other
operations.
French Ships to Be Used.
News which promised some allevi-
alton Of the Allied supply difnculties
came meanwhile from 1t. Gen.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Burnu
Continued From First Page J

China. The Japanese at Akyab are
only $40 air miles from Calcutta.
Some quarters viewed the Akyab
thrust as designed to upset any
Japanese plans to smash from
Northern Burma and Yunnan Prov
ince farther north into China.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Chinese Press Halls
Thrust Into Burma

CHUNGKING, Dec. 81 R.-The
Chinese press yesterday hailed the
advance of British forces into
Western Burma as the prelude to
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Dec 21.-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of 35
commodities today advanced to 102.61, new
1912 high.
Previous day, 1O2 ~: week ago. 102.17;
month ago, 100 40; year ago, "a e.
High 1dsai bseH as1s as4i 7sss 7s4G less-ae' esi4
Low 9554 77.03 $3.50 4144
u926 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1942-12-21

Thousands prefer Star want
Ads" There must be . reason. And
there Is: Quick results il the answer
Phone MA. 5000. $50
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Steel Quotations

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 P.-steel prices,
per 100 pounds fob. PITTSBURGH: Hots
rolled sheets, base price. 210;. Ralvanized
sneets' S'oo; steel oars' 2.15., tr3
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Weather Report

FURNISHED BY the United States Weather Bureau)
District of Columbia-Not cold tonight gentle winds
Maryand-Warmer tonight.
Virgtnia-Warmer tonight.
Table
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Weather in Various Cities.

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
y Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
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STOCKS
PUBLIC UTILITY.

H1oCEILJhN EOUG.
Ter Rf&W Cp 1st 4As 194S 1891
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Pacific
Continued From First Page)

I CONTINUED From First Page.)
sailed in near the Vitiaz Straits
larea and put in briefly at Man
bang and Finschafen under Allied
aerial bombardment. The Sun
day communique announced a
Eight cruiser in the formation
was destroyed, its powder maza-
zine exploding after four direct
1lits.)
Evening star., 1942-12-21

CLOSE UP SOVIET OFFENSIvE-Poiners indicate the
newest Soviet drive which has villages which
approaching Merova according last nights reports
Moscow Southwest of Stangrad huge battle for control of
Naz-held Kotelnkovski appeared to be developing
"A Wirenhntn
Evening star., 1942-12-21

Rates of dividends in the
foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the
last quarterly or Semi-an-
nual declaration. Unless
otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not in
cluded. a Also extra or
extras. d Cash or stock.
e Declared or paid so far
this year. t Payable in Can
adian funds X Accumulated
dividends paid or declared
this year. Wv With war
rants XIV without warrants.
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The Sun and Moen.
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Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital tcurrent month to datey:
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BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1942-05-06
H. S. Cruiser Morb|eheod Blasted by Jops in Indies,
Reaches Port After Epic Journey of Il, 900 Miles
Bombed to HeII,'
Steering Gear Gone,
She Gets Home

A heroic and narrowing tale of
United States warship that was
bombed to hell" but brought
through it by crew that refused
to quit was told by the Navy to-
day in relating how the light
cruiser Marblehead - often
claimed sunk by the Japanese
had reached an Atlantic Coast
port for repairs after a hectic
13,000-m trip from the South
Paciflc's war-festered waters.
Badly damaged and torn by bombs
the 7,050-ton cruiser steamed half
way around the world. making a por
ton of the trip with her steering
gear disabled and some times barely
managing to keep afloat, to bring
her wounds Of war home for healing
and testify" the Navy said, Ito the
struggles of captain and crew to keep
heir badly damaged ship going, even
though water at times poured like
a torrent through her sides"
The epic journey was made after
the cruiser was bombed, twice hit
directly and once damaged under
water by near miss, during the
preliminary phases of the battle for
the Netherlands Indies when the
japanese were advancing southwark
through Macassar Strait.
The Navy's saga of the cruiser
follows:
~. S. S. Marblehead, light cruiser
often claimed sunk by the Jap
anese has arrived at an East coast
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Gen. Wainwright
Planned to Stoy
| With Men to End
By DEAN SCHEDLER,

Associated SreSS war CoETespOnOeHt.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aus
tralia, Thursday. May lit. Gen.
Jonathan M Wainwright, COM
mander of the Americana Filipino
forces on Corregidor, foresaw the
role he must play in the fall of the
fortress but told me weeks ago of
his determination to stay with his
men
Dean Schedler was Associated
Press correspondent with Ameri-
can forces on the Bataan Pen
insula until the eve of Battan's
fall. He reached Australia three
weeks ago.
The night before I left Corregidor
the general told me:
Il have been with my men from
the start and If captured will share
their lot.
I'VE have been through so much
together that my conscience would
not let me leave before the final
curtain.
Americans. shaken by the loss of
Bataan, should not feel that the fall
of the Manila Bay forts is a double
tragedy, but rather an exempliflca- =
ton of the grimness of our spirit
when we stay to the end with the
job to be done"
Evening star., 1942-05-06
| Defense Chiefs
| Back Lands
On D. C.. Plan

Federal Civilian defense officials
today staunchly supported, at con-
ference with the Commissioners. the
recommendation of James M. Lam
dis, Federal o. c. D. director, for
decentralization of the Districts
communica ton control center-the
key to mobilization and use of
Washington's air-raid protective
services.
Previously the Commissioners had
heard members of the District Pol
icy Committee for Civilian Defense
defend the effectiveness of the pres
ent centralized control system.
At the conclusion of today's hear
ing for the proponents of the new
plan. Commissioner Young, metro
politan civilian defense co-ordina-
tor, said he hoped to arrange a
round table conference within the
next week" between advocates of
the two systems, in the nope of ar
irving at joint tions.
The Commissioners were told to-
day that the decentralized system
had been established in a number
of places in New England. includ-
ing Boston, and that it was being
applied at various other places, in
Guiding Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Norfolk.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Newsom Pitches
1-Hit Game as Mats
Beat Tigers, 10
His Single in Seventh
With Buses Loaded
Touches OF Six Runs
BY BURTON HAWKINS,

Burly Buck Newsom of the Mats
gained a large measure of re-
venge on Detroit today at Crit
fifth Stadium, beating the Tigers,
7 to 0, by pitching the first 1-hit
game of the major league season
Traded to Washington by Detroit
several weeks ago after a lengthy
salary squabble with the Tigers
management, Newsom notched his
fourth victory of the season, retir-
ing 18 men in order until he walked
Rudy York with two out in the
ninth inning.
1t was Newsoms single with the
bases loaded that touched of a
6-run seventh inning for the Mats
in which the Tigers committed four
errors. Roger Cramer delivered the
only hit of Newsom when he
tripled TO left in the third
FIRST INNING.
DETROIT-Pofahl threw out
BloodWorth. Cramer flied to Ortiz
McCosky walked York famed.
WASHINGTON - Ortiz flied to
Harris. McNair threw out Spence
Vernon walked. Campbell popped to
BloodWorth.
SECOND INNING.
DETROIT-Harris walked Hig-
gins flied to Campbell Harris took
(See BASEBALL. page 2-Y0
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Raymond DonieII Heads
London Correspondents
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 6.-The Associa-
ton Of American Correspondents in
London today elected Raymond
Daniel Of the New York Times,
president; Edward Beatty of the
United Press, vice president: Robert
Bunnelle of the Associated Press,
treasurer, and Helen Kirkpatrick of
the Chicago Daily News, secretary.
The new Executive Committee in
cludes the following in addition to
the four officers:
William Stoneman, Chicago Daily
News, the retiring president; Ed
ward Murrow Of C. B. S., Bill Lang
OF Time Magazine, Joseph Evans of
the New York Herald Tribune
Robert Post of the New York Times,
c. A. Smith OF International News
Service. and Paul Manning OF the
Newspaper Enterprise Alliance.