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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
! Have Kept My Promise,
Petain Tells French
BY the Associated Press.

by tue hSSOCldteQ PreSS.
LONDON, Dec. "a. - Marshal
Petain broadcast to Frenchmen last
night message of hope for the
future" and told them he had kept
his 1910 promise to remain among
you"
Marshal Petain's message was ad-
dressed to "Frenchmen, to my
legionnaires, to our soldiers who are
without arms, to our sailors who are
without ships, to our workers who
are working abroad-to ALL"
The marshal declared he had at
tempted to do all in his power to
lay the foundations of peace.
In referring to his promise to the
French, he said:
I'm June, 1910, I promised to re-
main among you.
i have kept my promise.
MY personal sense of honor bids
me to remain at my post at this
time of danger without the army,
without the fleet and in the midst
of an unhappy people,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

on retail sales which may either
increase or decrease some of the
items to small extent, but will ION
the average leave these costs about
unchanged"
The price of butter was fixed at
the wholesale level on a basis of 46
cents per pound of 92-score butter
at Chicago. In the New York, Phila-
delphia and Boston areas, prices will
be three-fourths of a cent higher
than in Chicago, and in San Fran
cisco-Los Angeles Portland Seattle
areas, they will be cents per pound
above Chicago. Generally, prices
elsewhere will be determined by the
usual differential between any par
ticular locality and any of these
three basic areas.
On cheese, the basic price at
wholesale will be 23.25 cents per
pound for U. S. No. / American
cheddar cheese at Plymouth, Wis.
Generally prices elsewhere will be
based on the Plymouth price plus
freight and certain incidental ex-
(see BUTTER, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
5000 Demanding Wages
Quit Work at Kearny Plant
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KEARNY, N. j.. Dec. 25.-Work
halted abruptly last night in the
sprawling yards of the Federal
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. when
more than 5000 employees put down
their tools four hours before the
quitting whistle and demanded their
wages.
A score of windows and several
doors in the plant we're broken dur
ing a demonstration at the pay
masters window, said Chief Patrick
Dolan of the Hudson County police.
A company spokesman said that
preparations had been made to pay
the workers at 1880 am, at the
end of the second shift. The yards
were to have stopped work then for
the holiday today.
When the men began lining up
at the window at $40 pm. the
pay roll had not been made up, the
spokesman said.
Kearny and Hudson County police
established order and the pay en-
velopes were distributed in less than
an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Lottery Helped Raise Funds
For Capitol, Knutson Reveals
Advocates of Leeolzotion Disclose
Some LittIe-Known Oddities
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Going back more than a century
to bolster their claim that Uncle
Sam hasn't always frowned on
gambling for Federal financing, pro-
ponents of a national lottery helped
bring to light today some little
known oddities in connection with
the National Capitol.
Not always has the massive
domed building been used exclusively
by the Senate, the House and the
Supreme Court. An official publica-
ton titled, The National Capitol
discloses that at various times it has
served as headquarters for people
selling such articles as stoves, pots
and pans, mouse raps, watch rib
bons, root beer, or what have you.
Records disclosing this and other
sidelights were dug out of obscurity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Fire Wrecks 2.Acre Plant
Of Indiana Pottery Firm
BY the Associated Presx.

By the Associated Press.
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 25.-Fire
that started in the plant of the
Kokomo Sanitary Pottery Co. shortly
before midnight was brought under
control early today after almost total
destruction of the two-acre estab-
hshment.
Unofficial estimates placed the
damage at 100000.
The company, one of Kokomo,s
largest industries, holds several Gov
eminent contracts. It EMPLOYS
about 500 workmen.
The f1re started in q kiln room and
spread through I'VE plant units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
GUIDE FOR READERS
14-Mun u. S. Patrol Takes Town
In Daring Raid in New Guinea

which Sergt. Lester Sherman and
Pvt. Roland Acheson, both of Ionia,
Mich, played leading roles. Is
1t. Schwartz told me the story on
a steaming jungle trail leading to
Buna Village.
He and his men were sent out to
the west of Buna Village, across
Siworia Greek, to learn whether the
Japanese were established in that
area. It was a dangerous Job at
best, for they were forced to explore
territory between Buna and the
enemy strong positions at Sanan-
anda.
The flrst night out we swan
the creek and saw evidence there
were Japs around" 1t. Schwartx
tSee VILLAGE, Page A-12)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Foe Routed From Key Position
On Central Tunisiun Front
Increasing Night Patrols Seen limiting
Showdown Bottle May Come Soon

flank, where French troops were
said to have repealed Axis attacks
west of Kairouan.
Reuters reported that the Morocco
radio broadcast a French commune
que saying: I'm the region west of
Kairouan our troops were violently
attacked by the enemy throughout
yesterday. The enemy was repelled
on the whole length of the front,
leaving behind numerous prisoners
and a great quantity of war ma
terial. American aircraft success
fully supported our troops. ="
Medjez-el-Bab is about IS miles
southwest of Tunis. Kairouan is
another IS miles farther south and
about 40 miles west of the port of
Sousse, toward which a French
column has been reported pushing
in an effort to drive a wedge be-
tween the Axis forces in Tunisia and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
> LONDON. Dec. 25.-In the first
significant offensive action on
the central Tunisian front in
two weeks, Allied troops were re-
ported today to have driven the
Germans from a height domi-
mating the important road juno
ton to MedjeZ-el-Bab and held
the position against enemy coun-
terattacks.
Rome and Berlin communicates de-
clared that Allied thrusts were re-
pulsed and the German high COM
mand said "a large number OF Amer
leans" were captured.
The success was announced by
Allied North African headquarters
in a communique which also re-
ported an increase in patrol activity
on the northern end of the front and
sharp fighting on the southern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
BY MURLIN SPENCER.


WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN
NEW GUINEA, Dec. 25.-A 14-man
patrol of fighting Americans re-
Gently captured a native village
from many times their number of
japanese, held 1t long enough to
destroy a cache Of arms and supplies
and then fought their way back to
their own lines.
The commando like raid was one
Of the most daring and successful
patrol actions yet reported from the
New Guinea battlefield. It cost the
Japs between 10 and "a dead and q
number Of wounded.
Black haired 1t. Paul Schwartz
Of Syracuse, N. Y, led the patrol IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Japs Are Driven Back
In Buna Area 10 Last
Line Of Defense
Main Positions Overrun
By Allied Forces in
Double development
By the Associated Press.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Dec. 25.-Allied
troops, in a double development,
have overrun the main japanese
positions in the Buna area of
New Guinea and have driven the
trapped enemy troops back to
their last line of defense, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar-
tiers announced today.
AS a result of the maneuver, in
which Australian and American in
fantry, tanks and artillery partic-
ipated, the Allies now control prac-
tically all of the Buna airdrome and
have pinned the japanese down in
coastal strip about mile long and
500 to 600 yards wide, the announce
ment said.
Fierce Fight Expected.
The battle to wipe out the last
Japanese forces remaining on the
Papuan peninsula thus had entered
its last phase. but Allied headquar-
tiers indicated that fierce fighting
still was in prospect before the goal
is achieved.
at is a prepared and fortified
citadel of resistance" the COM
munique said tersely of the last jap
anese defense line.
Allied airmen, meanwhile, in q
series of operations ranging all the
way from Timor to New Britain,
were credited with sinking an enemy
destroyer and two merchant ships,
damaging a tanker and shooting
down at least five japanese planes.
The destroyer was reported sunk off
the New Guinea coast near Sala-
maua while the two merchant ships
one a 5,000-ton transport-were
destroyed off New Britain. The
tanker was bombed near the Ad-
miralty Islands.
Timor installations Bombed.
In addition, the Allied planes
bombed japanese installations at
Failoro, Timor, and the airf1eld at
Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
Fifteen Japanese fighters jumped
the Allied heavy bombers-presum-
ably Liberators or Flying Fortresses
which sank the transport off Cas-
mata. One was reported shot down
and two others forced out of the
fight, while the Allies suffered no
losses.
Three of nine enemy fighters
which intercepted an Allied air
reconnaissance unit also were de-
stroyed, and two others were badly
damaged and probably crashed.
Another Allied reconnaissance plane
shot down a Japanese seaplane over
the Aroe Islands northwest of Aus
tralia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

at the suggestion Of Representative
Knutson, Republican. of Minnesota,
who long has advocated legalization
of lottery to help pay the Federal
overhead.
When Federal funds with which
the Capitol was being built gave out
in 1895, Mr. Knutson said, the State
of Maryland supplied money through
lottery.
The records also showed these de-
tails about the building that is SYM
bolic of the United States Govern
ment:
The statue of Freedom on the
5000, 00O-pound dome originally was
to have worn a phrygian, or liberty
cap, but Jefferson Davis, Secretary
of War at the time, had a crested
helmet substituted because the mat
(See LOTTERY, Page A-6.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Gen. HurIey's Daughter
Weds Aviution Cadet
By the Associated Press

BY the ASSOClateu Press.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Dec. 25.-
Miss Ruth Noel Hurley, daughter of
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Patrick Hurley,
became the bride of David Huey
Hughes, Army aviation cadet, In
Christmas eve wedding ceremony in
Christ Episcopal Chapel. The BRIDE
groom is the son of David A. Hughes
of Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
No Night Final
Edition Today

Due to the Christmas holi-
day the Night Final edition Of
The Star will not be issued to-
day. Subscribers to this edi-
ton will receive the regular
home edition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
One Dies as Dense Foo
Wraps District Area;
Traffic Is Limited
Man Fatally Injured in
Nearby Auto Crash; Bus
Lines, Planes Halted

A heavy Christmas morning
fog blanketed Washington and
vicinity today, hating some in
tercity buses, slowing all other
transportation and being a con-
tributing cause Of one fatal &C
cident and a number of minor
traffic mishaps.
The Weather Bureau forecast that
the fog, which started wrapping, the
Washington area about 11::30
o'clock last night and kept visibility
low. would lift around noon today.
The forecast called for occasional
light rains and gentle winds today.
Temperature tonight will not dip
as low as last night and the mini
mum will be slightly above the
freezing point, the bureau said.
The principal transportation diff
ficulty caused by the white pail &C.
CURED on inter-city bus routes. No
buses left the Greyhound Bus Lines
terminal between 3 and 7:30 am.
and the regular schedule on most
routes was not resumed until after
full daylight.
A National railways driver who
left Washington at l am. tele-
phoned back from below Alexandria
that eight Greyhound buses and
two from National railways had
been halted by Virginia State Police
and would not be permitted to con-
tinue until the weather cleared.
The driver telephoned again at 7
am. to say the buses still had not
resumed their trip.
Air Traffic Halted.
No airplanes entered or left
Washington during the night.
In the city motorists and taxi
cab drivers were forced to travel
slowly. The Arrow Cab Co. said
(See WEATHER PAGE ADJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Man Dies Of Burns;
Three Others Hurt
In Two D. T.. Fires
Nine-Yeur-OId Boy
Carried to Safety
By Fireman
BULLETIN.


ing of the Camp Springs
Meadows Airport was de-
stroyed by fire of unknown
origin this morning. Firemen
were called from all depart
ments in Southern Prince
Georges County, but were
unable to check the flames
because of lack of water. De-
tails of the blaze were lack
ing because civilians were
stopped at the entrance to
the airport.
One man was fatally burned
and three persons, including a
9-year-old boy carried from a
blazing building by f1remen, were
injured last night and today in
Christmas fires in Washington.
Frederick F. Bellmund, 81, of 1859
Sixth street NV, died this morning
at Garfield Hospital of burns re-
ceived last night in fire which re-
suited when he poured kerosense
in a coal stove In the living room Of
his home.
In two-alarm fire this morning
in a rooming house at 1904 Thirty
fourth street NV, f1remen rescued
three persons who were TRAPPED on
the second foor by flames that RACED
the first floor and basement of the
building.
Nine-year-old Arthur Redmond
was carried through heavy smoke
to safety by James De Chard, former
District heavyweight prize fighter,
who has been a fireman for six
months.
Boys Condition Undetermined.
Burned about the hands, back
and face, and suffering from inhala-
ton of smoke, the boy was taken to
Georgetown Hospital in an unde-
termined condition.
Also treated at Georgetown Hos
spital were his father, Milton Red
mond, who received an arm injury,
and Irvie Senger, 40, a roomer, who
suffered second degree burns to his
hands.
The fire started in a first-floor
room occupied by the Redmonds
when, according to Mrs. Pauline
Redmond, her husband fell against
an oil stove. Mrs. Redmond said
she ran upstairs to warn her 9-year-
old son of the fire. The boy did not
regard the fire as of much import
ance and did not heed her warning,
she said.
Responding to a two-alarm call
as the flames quickly spread, fire.
(See FIRES, Page A-3.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

(See AFRICA, Page ABB
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(See DARLAN, Page A-3O
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(See LOTTERY, Page A-6.)
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(See COMMENT, Page A-2D
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Air Traffic Halted,

(See WEATHER, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Weather Forecast

Moderate temperatures today, not 90
cold tonight. with lowest tonight slightly
above freezing. Occasional light rains
tonight. Highest, II, at 1886 pm:
lowest. 80. at 1859 pm; 80 at noon.
Fuel oil consumption should be "a per cent
OF allotment for period ending January T.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20
HOUSEWIVES:
Face Job Draft

Spokesman for the manpower
commission intimated that one out
of every four American housewives
between the ages of Is and A may
be needed in munitions jobs for this
country to attain full war produc-
ton.
It was indicated that nationwide
occupational registration of women
might be undertaken as means of
cataloguing the country's total fem
mime adult resources.
Paul v. McNutt, manpoWer chief,
has estimated that about 5,000,0 900
more women must be placed in war
Jobs by the end of 1943.
The object of the nationwide reg
istration would be to determine the
number of women available and
willing to take wartime jobs. Of
the SO, 800, 600 persons now employed,
Is, 900, 900 are women.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20
Weekly News
Attack Solomon Islands by Allies Takes Offensive From Japanese

after charges made by Frank Hig-
gins, associated with his father in
New Orleans shipbuilding yard, that
his company had bought steel from
such markets at higher premiums.
The second investigation was un-
dertaken by Congressman Carl Pc
terson, chairman of the house SUBJ
committee investigating the mari
time commission's cancellation last
month of the Higgins company's
contract to build 200 liberty ships
because of an alleged steel shortage.
Meanwhile, Chairman Harry S.
Truman of the senate committee in
vestigating national defense charged
the navy departments bureau Of
ships with negligence or willful
misconduct in connection with the
construction of tank-landing boats.
Senator Truman's charges contained
in letter to Navy Secretary Frank
Knox referred to the navy's insist
ence on substituting its own models
of tank-landing boats for ships Of
proved value built for this purpose
by the Higgins company in New Or
leans.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20

ficulty along the way. For in one
of his statements on the subject
President Green urged that CLIO:
"come back to the AFL, the House
of Labor
Later in speech to the impor-
tant CLIO United Automobile, Air
craft and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America, meeting in
their convention in Chicago, Philip
Murray avoided all reference to this
statement. But he did say: &c.
hope, pray, that their (the AFL's)
attitude will have changed, that ex-
perience has taught the need for CIV
ing recognition to the aspirations
and detectives of those organizations
which make up the Congress of In
dustrial Organizations
Biggest stumbling blocks in labor
peace talks for the seven years that
the two groups had gone their own
way had been personalities and the
refusal or inability of AFL to recog-
nize CLOS organization of unions by
grouping all workers in an industry
into one union. ALL continued with
some notifications to organize their
unions through the craft system. Just
how these two systems could be
dovetailed where there is overlap
ping jurisdiction is what a peace
committee had facing it.
AS far as personalities were con-
cerned, Philip Murray had by
passed John l.. Lewis by appointing
to the CLIO peace committee mem
bers not necessarily committed to
the head of potent United Mine
Workers. Lewis and Green had con-
stantly differed on peace terms in
the past and with the former out of
the front trenches (but still very
much in the fight some observers
were forecasting an outside chance
for united labor front-united for
U. S. victory.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20
u. S. IMPORTS:
Limited BY WPB

In move designed to conserve
precious cargo space on vessels
bound for the United States, the War
Production board made public an
Emergency shipping priorities nst''
limiting imports into this country
to some 500 designated items.
Officials said that some exceptions
to the emergency list would be
made if space is available after all
listed items have been loaded. These
would be limited to cargoes from
the Caribbean area, the British
Isles and Newfoundland.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20
SUBMARINES:
LuU Near II. s.

That American coastal waters are
no longer soft spot for German
submarines was the view expressed
by British officials in a communi-
que from London. Consequently it
was believed that Axis U-boats had
been forced to seek other waters in
which to prey on United Nations
commerce.
Adoption of the convoy system in
the Panama and Caribbean areas
plus increased air defenses were cit
ed as coinciding with a decreased
scale of submarine attacks.
American military authorities
commenting on the recent drop in
submarine sinkings, warned, how
ever, that the Nazis might now be
preparing to bring the full brunt
of their underseas attack against the
heavily conveyed supply lines across
the North Atlantic.
Increasing Allied effectiveness
against submarines was said to be
due to the fact that the ''bottleneck
regarding engines for submarine
chasers, defensive craft and dirigi-
bles has been broken and defensive
craft are coming forward in greater
numbers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20
CARGO PLANES:
Get Green Light

A "go-ahead green light" for the
construction of vast cargo planes in
months to come was given by both
the army and navy.
Speaking for the army, Lieut..
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commander
Of the army air forces, told senate
military affairs committee that 81
per cent of all multiple-engine
bomber planes to be produced for
the remainder of 1912 will be cargo
or transport carriers. Including all
planes of comparable flying range,
he added, 80 per cent of the total
output will be essentially for cargo
purposes.
General Arnold revealed that car
go and transport carriers now being
produced are used to move para
troops and airborne infantry, to tow
gliders and to carry supplies to COM
bat zones. Planes are moving about
100000 tons of material week, he
said.
Speaking for the navy, Rear Ad-
miral John H. Towers, chief of the
Bureau of Aeronautics, disclosed
that the navy is speeding huge pro-
gram for building cargo planes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-08-20
GRAIN AND OIL:
To the Nazis

Though the cost in men and ma
chimes has been terrific, the Nazis
are already reaping the benefits of
their 1912 drive for the oil and grain
riches of the Caucasus.
This was evidenced by an admis-
sion on the part of Red Star, Off
cial Russian army newspaper, that
already the Germans were shipping
train1oads of foodstuffs from the Ku-
ban area. Kuban is one Of Russia's
finest farm sectors but now has been
practically cut off from Soviet con-
troll.
However, the Nazis were not har-
vesting all the grain nor pumping
all the oil that the Russians were
forced to abandon. For as they re-
treated. the Cossack defenders were
employing the "scorched earth"
policy to the best of their ability.
Grain fields and granaries crammed
with wheat were blazing as the Ger
mans advanced to them. Oil wells
in the Maikop field were blown up
by Soviet troops. Yet experts were
forced to admit that the Nazi prize
that remained was worth the battle
losses. For these are the things
Germany needs to continue fighting
oil and grain.
All this fighting was but part of
the main drive toward Stalingrad