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very same tactics, which he has
used so frequently ever since the
war started. It's the German thesis
that the way to win wars is by
killing the enemy on the battlefield.
There's no use routing an army If it
is able to reorganize and fight again.
That's sound logic and the Nazi all
highest can't complain now when
he has a dish of it thrown in his
own face.
BY his magnificent f1anking opera
ton, Gen. Montgomery made part of
the Axis army stand and fight. That
is exactly what he wanted and the
humiliation of any part Of these
forces or their capture would render
any later defense by Rommel just
so much more difficult.
Tactic a Difficult One.
The British commander again
performed a hat trick, for this out
flanking movement was no ordinary
affair, but as difficult as one could
imagine.
In order to keep out of sight and
to preserve secrecy, the encircling
troops actually moved with their
equipment through precipitous and
dangerous gorges which had not
even been fully explored.
I recently passed through similar
wadies and one feels like fly crawl
ing along the side of canyon. The
greatest credit is due the command
ing officer of this unit and his men.
1t is a feat that long will be sung
in Allied camps.
There is another point of vital
importance to be noted in connec-
ton with this sensational Axis re-
treat. The course of the battle con-
tinues to be Influenced heavily by
the destruction of enemy commune
cations and supplies. British and
American air forces, day and night,
are bombing air bases and transports
on land and sea.
The result is that operations of
the Axis air feet have been heavily
restricted because of the destruction
of supplies and gasoline. This weak
ness in air protection, Of course,
renders fleeing Axis troops vulner-
able to onslaughts by British and
American medium bombers and
fighter planes. Rommel's line Of re-
treat is said to be strewn with dead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
Rice Institute Buys
.$5,165,000 Oil Field
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. ia
100000 cashiers check changed
hands-and Rice Institute became
the owner of Rincon oil field hold
ings that may make it one OF the
Nations wealthiest schools.
The payment was made by Rice
Institute trustees to j. L. Shepherd,
jr., an attorney who represented
the First National Bank of Boston,
the Bank of Manhattan of New
York, Harris Savings & Trust Co.
of Chicago and the First National
Bank Of Oklahoma City.
The banks held liens on the prop
erty, formerly owned by the w. B.
Davis estate, and acquired it through
deed OF trust executed Decem-
Der /.
Rice will pay $5,165,OOO for the
property. Except for the 81 ,00O, 900
cash payment, the debt will be paid
by royalties from the field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
British Use Hitler Tactic
Aim at 'AnnihiIution' Of RommeI
Force Either by Deoth or Capture

and wounded and shattered equip
ment.
Grave Threat to Axis.
One Of the gravest dangers faced
by the Axis in both Tripolitania and
Tuntsia Is the Allied aerial on
slaught against the ports of Tripon
and Tunis.
Trpon already has been rem
dered impotent either for receipt of
supplies and reinforcements or as
an avenue for escape by sea. Thus
Tunis IS virtually the sole hope of
the Axis, and 1t looks like a slim
one.
Should Hitler make any effort to
rescue his troops by sea from Tunis,
he certainly would be inviting catas-
trophe. Not only would his conveys
come under the bombardment Of
the Allied air fleet. but British sub
marines would have a field day.
Thus the Hitlerian forces seem to
be well bottled-up in Northern
Africa. Their safety must depend
largely on their own ingenuity. All
OF which gives further backing to
the theory that the Fuehrer has
assigned them to sacrifice them
selves in a holding operation which
will permit him to reaign his de-
lenses on the Continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
Bill Signed 10 Speed Up
InsanitarY BUILDING Action

Repair or condemnation Of in
sanitary buildings in the District
will be speeded up under a new
procedure authorized in bill
signed yesterday by President Roose-
welt.
In recommending the legislation
the Commissioners advised Con-
gress the present process has been
unnecessarily cumbersome. Under
the old law. when the Board For
the Condemnation of Insanitary
Buildings issued an order, the
properly owner had the right to
apply to District Court for appoint
ment of special board of review.
The new law allows the property
owner a hearing before the general
board, instead of a special board,
but preserves the owners right to
appeal to the courts in the event
of arbitrary action. The new law
also shortens the period of notice
that must be given before the
property is repaired or condemned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

sault. and then himself with
drawing as the assault was about
to be delivered. What is not
clear is the crucial point as to
whether the bulk of Rommels
force was still at Agheila and is
now fleeing westward toward
Tripoli, or whether he already had
succeeded in withdrawing i'm
portant elements of his Afrika
Korps to safety in Western
Tripolitania.
II the latter is the case, the
German purpose Is, of course, to
concentrate the whole of their
North African forces in Tunisia,
and we may expect to hear of
German forces moving from
Tripoli northWard along the
coastal road toward Tunis. If, on
the other hand, by reason of lack
of fuel or lack of transport, Rom
mel has been unable to get very
much of his fighting force away
from Agheila, it begins to look as
though the Afrika Korps may be
broken up piecemeal along the
cruel desert road to Tripoli and
that very little of it will escape.
Allies Rule Skies.
The British apparently have
complete air superiority in this
area, and where such superiority
exists the capabilities of the air.
plane in pursuit are formidable
indeed. The action at Wadi
Matratin indicates that Gen.
Bernard L. Montgomery's pur-
suit on the ground likewise is be-
ing pushed forward vigorously,
which Is evidence that his supply
system Is working with that eff
f1ciency and precision which was
to be expected. Not only have we
already seen one example of Gen.
Montgomery's remarkable abil-
tiles in the organization of lines
of communication but we must
remember that in the present in
stance his communications have
been almost entirely free from
hostile air interference.
However, the rapidity Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
Port Of Afriko Korps Saved
SizobIe Force May Have Escaped
To TripoIi, Maj. Eliot Believes

German withdrawal suggests that
the German elements at Agheila
were possessed Of considerable
mobility themselves and it still
seems quite likely that there was
nothing left there except those
mechanical and motorized forces
which could be withdrawn quick
ly when the time came. 1t does
seem probable that Rommel I'M
derestimated the swiftness and
vigor of the British pursuit, but
even so there remains a very
good possibility that Rommel has
contrived to move at least q
part-how large a part is the
great questioned his original
force westward to areas where it
can be refitted and reinforced for
operations in Tunisia.
Plan Last Stand in Tunisia.
The German foothold in Africa
is becoming more and more con-
stricted in size. 1t is quite pos
sible that in the end the Ger
mans plan to consolidate and
hold small area in Northeastern
Tunisia as long as possible to
maintain control of the Sicilian
Strait. Their great difficulty in so
doing is, OF course, their tenuous
line of communications, which
cannot be maintained by sea and
which requires the constant and
active presence Of a large air
force to protect it.
How long the Germans will
consider the maintenance Of
their Tunisian position to be
worth the constant drain on
their air power remains to be
seen. Certainly, from their point
of view, a trained soldier already
in Africa is worth half a dozen
soldiers sitting in Sicily await
ing transportation to Africa
which may get them there or
may not. For this reason the
extent of loss inflicted on Rom
mel's retreating army by the
British is of great Importance.
1t must, of course, be expected
that the rate of Montgomery's
advance will slow down as he
proceeds westward. He is still a
long way from Tripoli, and the
closer he gets to the Axis air
bases in western Tripolitania the
greater will be the enemy inter-
ference with his supply columns.
He is marching through a COM
pletely barren and waterless
country, along a coast devoid Of
ports, where naval support is OF
little value to him. He Is, there
fore, not likely to take Tripoli or
even Misurata in one grand rush.
But when all this has been
said, it is nevertheless plain that
the great Allied pincers in North
Africa are closing in upon the
Axis forces and that the days Of
Axis domination of any part OF
the African continent are def
nitely numbered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

The gaudily attired Ninth street
followers of Allah are declining
sharply in numbers, a Federal in
vestigator revealed today, following
the sentencing yesterday of Cuban
Bogans, As, alias Elijah Mohammed,
and David Jones, Al, both colored,
to from one to five years in jail
on charges of failing to register
under the Selective Service Act.
Local membership in Islam once
ran to more than 100, it was re-
vea1ed, but today less than score
remain faithful to the teachings of
the self -styled colored prophet"
quiet-spoken Georgian who now
must face sedition charge in Chi
cago.
Justice Bolitha j. Laws melted out
the sentences in District Court, CIV
ing Bogans from one to five years
and Jones from one year to four
years and six months in considera-
ton of the fact that he has already
spent approximately seven months
in Jail.
Five Sentenced Previously.
Five members of the cult had
previously been sentenced In Dis
trict Court, in most cases to serve
from one to four years.
The defendants in the District
trials maintained stoutly that their
refusal to register for selective serv-
ice was deeply rooted in religious
principles. They said they were
instructed by Allah to bow to the
East, rather than to the selective
service law.
Jones told the court yesterday
that "allying ourselves with any
people to fight, whether white or
black, is opposed to our religion"
He said the teachings of Allah
directed him to defend himself only
if attacked.
Claims Fear of Allah.
Did not the japanese attack us
you and me?" Justice Laws asked.
The self-styled Moslem answered:
Yes, but no war has been declared
in Mecca
Alter citing his CONSTITUTIONAL
rights on religious matters, Jones
concluded: 81 am absolutely afraid
to disobey Allah"
AS Bogans, who called himself a
"Moos-lem." and Jones heard JUS
tice Laws pronounce sentence, nine
crimson-robed and hooded women
followers of the "Moslem" teachings
sat mute and impassive in the
courtroom.
The two defendants were con-
victed by District Court jury re-
Gently on evidence presented by
Assistant United States Attorney
John L. Laskey. He charged that
Bogans was the leader of about 100
colored persons here and several
hundred in Chicago who profess to
be Moslems and therefore not sub
ject to the laws of the United
States. Jones, reported to be Bogans'
chief Washington lieutenant, was
said to have counseled District fol-
lowers not to register under the
Selective Service Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
Jersey City Jury Frees
Motorman in Tube Crash
BY the Associated Press.


JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. 10
Louis Vierbuchen. Hudson & Man.
haitian Railroad motorman, was &C
quilted by Hudson County jury
last night of a manslaughter charge
resulting from the tube train"
wreck at the Exchange Place Station
here last April 26.
The jury of 10 men and women
deliberated 6 hours and 10 minutes.
Mr.. Vierbuchen dabbed his eyes
with handkerchief as the jury was
polled.
Five persons were killed and pit
injured in the wreck and that por-
ton Of the underground railroad
was tied up for several days.
In the courtroom when the YER
dict was returned were Mr.. Vier-
buchen's wife, Mrs Christine Vier-
buchen, and a number of friends
and relatives.
Earlier in the day the jury rode
tube train to Exchange Place, Jersey
City, to inspect the spot where a
five-car train hurtled around
curve and piled up, turning the
scene into one of chaos.
Mr.. Vierbuchen's lawyers produced
II witnesses in the closing hours of
the trial, IA of them fellow en-
ployes who testified they saw him
on the day of the wreck and that
he was not intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
|MosIen7' Sect's Membership
Declining Under Prosecution
Two More Followers Get Jail Sentence
For Failure to Register for Draft

Much Of Mr.. Laskey's evidence
was based on testimony of Raymond
Weaver. colored. a former member
of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, who listened to "Moslem"
meetings here as an undercover rep
resentative of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Told of Jap Planes.
According to Mr.. Laskel, Mr..
Weaver heard the following story,
among others, at 'Moslem" head
quarters in the 1900 block of Ninth
street NV:
The japanese have huge
stratosphere airship that flies 40
miles above the earth and which
carries in its belly a whole feet of
airplanes. These planes each carry
three 2,000-pound bombs.
THE planes will be launched over
the land Of the blue-eyed devils
(Americans). The bombs are made
so that they will bury themselves
in the earth and will not explode
until some time later. All Moslems
will be warned in advance so that
they may flee. When the bombs
do 60 off, every living thing within
so miles will be killed. The ships
were designed by Allah in Mecca"
Shows Membership Card.
Mr.. Laskey also told the jury that
Mr.. Weaver heard Jones say that
the japanese would invade the
United States and I'VE praise Allah
every time an American ship is
sunk and an American life is lost"
Before the sentencing yesterday,
Bogans handed Justice Laws an
identification" card, explaining its
significance in these words:
Your honor, this card shows that
the bearer is registered Moos lem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
Congo|eum-Nairn Accepts
Hawkes. RESIGNATION
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
KEARNY, N. j., Dec. 19.-The
Board OF Directors Of Congoleum-
Nairn, Inc, manufacturers of floor
coverings, last night accepted the
resignation of Senator ELECT Albert
w. Hawkes. as its 0,000-a-year
president and general manager.
Mr.. Hawkes. agreed to remain
chairman of the board.
Bernard G. Steinetz Of Montclair,
first vice president, was named to
succeed Mr.. Hawkes.. Mr.. Steinetz
has been with the concern II years.
Mr.. Hawkes. announced his secre-
tary in Washington would be Albert
w. levitt of Newark, his cam
paign manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
This Changing World
Nozis Disdoin LovoI's Offer Of QuisIing Army
As They Act to Extend French Labor Droft

But after these men were trained
and equipped there would be no
assurance whatsoever, the Nazi
military men maintain, that at
q given critical moment whole
regiments would not go over to
the Allies.
The French Legion fighting in
Russia has not proved particlarly
valuable and has been kept
mostly behind the actual fighting
line. And this legion was hand
picked from men who had a clear
record Of being anti-communists.
An army such as Laval suggested,
Nazi military authorities con-
cluded, could not be relied on to
fight even In Russia, much less
against an American or British
force.
1t is equally doubtful whether
q sufficient number of "indoctri-
mated officers" could be found to
lead new French army. Prac-
tically the entire officers corps is
still loyal to the "Marechal," but
Marshal Petain is now known to
be less than a figurehead. Ac-
cording to reports from neutral
countries, large number of gen.
erals and colonies besides Gen.
Maxine Weygand were arrested
after Admiral Darlan's desertion
and the sabotaging of the French
fleet at Toulon.
Those who have escaped arrest
have been placed on the retired
lists and sent home where they
are under the vigilant eye of Ges-
tapo agents. The few who are
still in uniform because they COM
mand the military police or hap
pen to be particular pals of La
val, Jacques Doriot or Marcel
Deaf, are equally suspected and
their services are accepted for
more or less perfunctory duties.
Hence, the Laval plan to create a
French army to fight on the side
OF the Nazis appears doomed from
the beginning.
But while the Germans have
turned down this proposition
they have made a counter-ofer
which has been accepted. In
stead OF proceeding to draft
young Frenchmen for military
service Berlin has asked Laval to
proceed with drafting French
workers, to go the Reich. Be-
cause Of danger of Allied bomb
lngs from England and North
Africa, factories in certain French
areas are being removed rapidly
into Prussia, Czechoslovakia and
Poland. This wholesale removal
OF machine and factory hands
had started on a relatively small
scale about three months ago
but was effected mostly by a VOL
untary departure of the workmen
who were offered good pay and a
fair quantity of food.
The voluntary system is now
coming to an end and Laval soon
Will issue a proclamation order
ing the French workers removed
to the Reich in large bodies. Ger
man SIS troops who have made
their appearance in the strategic
portions of France will see that
Lavals orders are obeyed in
stantly. Whether Laval likes this
version of cooperation or not is
lmmaterial. So long as he wants
to hang on to his position he
must play the Nazi tune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

guard is q grim
reminder tn a t
the British COM
Mander Is bent
on the destruc-
ton Of Axis
forces rat h e r
than merely on
the quick acqui-
sition of terri
tory.
Humiliation"
Is a boastful
term Hitler re-
peatedly has ap-
~J,oJ ~ %Lorn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

Aoi Ills successor
II t S a tough
t ask for any
one. The other
Is that the de-
parture of ne
m a n will b e
meaningless un-
| e SIS h e basic
policy a n d a d.
m | n Il tr a tive
staff undergo an
overhauling.
The primary
mistake in the
OPA is ifc IN
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the nickels OF the beer drinking
couple who want the "St. Louis
Blues" and the high school kids
In the corner who want to hear
II Always Get the Neck of the
Chicken, So How Did I Get You"
It's enough to make Francis Scott :
Key charge one Of those ramparts -
he was watching when he wrote our
national anthem, the way the song a
gets treated these day. If remem-
Der my history, and I trust my fifth
grade teacher, Miss Heller, was
qualified to mold the young Amer
lean mind, Mr.. Key jotted down the
words of the song as he watched
Americans fight and die for this a
country. r.
THE Star Spangled Banner" is a
song that was born in patriots :
heart at the sight of our flag flying c.
in the face of the worst that the ,
enemy could offer. The words came
to him without prompting. He felt
them and he responded.
Anthem Cheapened. >,
Now what has happened? Only
this. Since Pearl Harbor The Star e
Spangled Banner" has surely and
swiftly been cheapened. Not DELHI
erately, am sure, but cheapened.
nevertheless. 1t is played and played
and played at places it should never
be played.
where and leave without having
THE Star Spangled Banner" sub
stituted for Home Sweet Home" or
Good Night, Ladies" or one of the
other standard closing numbers of
bands. You can't do it.
A night club is no place for the
national anthem. It's a little bit
sickening to see a bartender poise
Martini in mid-air when he hears
the first strains of the song that
tells of the flag that will never be
Il
ing TO see tipsy gent try to come
to attention as the brass hits the :
high notes that tell of the home of
the brave and the land of the free.
Men are dying under the flag,
just as they did when Mr.. Key wrote
it, The emotions that accompany
the sight, or even the thought Of
the sight, of that flag standing out
in the wind, do not belong in smoke
filed, satin lined rooms of pleasure.
Part of Double Feature.
The same is true of moving pic
ture shows. "The Star Spangled
Banner" is being played at the end
of each complete program. 1t has
become, mind you, part of the
double feature. 1t is just another
part of program that records the
perils of Lana Turner, the growth
and development of Betty Cradle,
and the sarong activities of the
Messrs. Abbott and Costello.
1t Is shame. 1t can't help but
be shame, that the song that is
carried in the hearts of our fight
ing men all over the world, is with
them when they take battle stations
against the foe, is played as ushers q.
show people to their seats, other .
people waddle down the aisles, and
usherettes lead people to their seats
in the loge and meZzanine.
1t seems to me that the playing
Of 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner
should be reserved for those times
when men and women are worthy
Of listening to 1t. 1t should serve ,
as an inspiration, not as just an
other piece of music that the bands
have on their racks.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

W pun d iiiShCA
in the slot, and,
while waiting for
your ham and
eggs. get the ma
tional anthem as
played by Jerry
Jerrque and his
Rhythm Boys.
OF course, you
m a y h a We to
walt your turn
to get "The Star
Spangled Ban
ner." Your nickel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

q ] S I rlputloni
Of his forces.
At Agheila,
as previously
pointed gu t
in these ar
ticles, his &C.
ton was that
of a typical
rear guard
forcing tn e
enemy to de-
ploy a n d
m a k e all
p r operations
I or q n a S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

Of what he
c alls tn e
F r g n c h
armed forces,
but which in
fact are only
q make = be-
neve army.
According
70 reports re-
ceived here,
Laval Is most
a n x US to
see the day
W en- the
French SOL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

E opinions OF the writers this page o,u not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented The
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions OF to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
Spanish Leaders Reach
Lisbon on Goodwill Trip
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
LISBON, Dec. 9-Spanish For
eign Minister Gen. Count Francisco
Gomez Jordana and group of mil
itary, economic and Falangist Party
leaders arrived here last night on
goodwill mission and were met
by Portuguese Premier Antonio de
Oliveira Salazar.
Leaders of the two countries will
discuss the problems of their neutral
positions In the war amid q round
Of state dinners and receptions last.
ing until Tuesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Chief Of Government Pierre
Laval is now pinch hitting for
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
and has become the factual head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
II More Are Executed

BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 10 (Pl.-
DISPATCHES from German-occupied
Europe last night reported the exc
cution Of II more persons, 10 IN
Prague and one in Vienna, for Of
lenses against the Reich and black
market operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE.

CAIRO, Dec. Is Delayed The
outfianking movement by Gen. Sir
Bernard Montgomery which cut Oh
q portion Of Marshal Rommel's rear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19
McLemore-
National Anthem
Being Cheopened
By HENRY McLEMORE.

The next thing you know, they'll
have 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
in juke boxes.
Without standing up you'll be able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-19

OPA Stuff
Needs Full
OverhuuIino
Public Must Be
Sold importance
Of Rotioninq
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

There are two aspects to the Leon
Henderson resignation as OPA adj
mlnStrator. One is that the lob
OF rationing will not be much easier