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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
| Judge Wounded
las Man, u, Fires
| Shotgun in Court
BY the Associated Press.


saw NNAH, Ga, Dec. 10
Polignac Bourquin, 70, said by police
to have been brooding over litigation
involving his family estate, today
fired two shots from shotgun in
Chatham Superior Court, slightly
wounding the Judge and a prisoner
After the shooting, officers said,
Deputy Sheriff c. r. Ridden left the
courtroom to get his pistol and his
gun was accidentally discharged in
the corridor, wounding Edward F.
Lyons, a Juror, in the lung.
Chief of Detectives John c. Nc
Carthy said Bourquin apparently
had carried grievance for many
years about litigation over the Bour-
quin estate. He quoted the aged
man as saying he thought he saw
one of the lawyers who did me dirt
years ago, in the court room today
One shot grazed the cheek of
Judge Clark Edwards of Elberton
Joe Hobbs. a prisoner on trial on a
minor charge, was wounded slightly
in the head.
w. B. Scott, clerk of court, had
Just arisen from his chair to call
the jury and one load of shot struck
his chair. Scott was cut on the neck
by a piece of flying glass from a
paper weight that was broken by
the shots.
Chief Mccarthy said the shot
gun was brought into court wrapped
In paper. Bourquin was placed in
the Chatham County Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
SenateC|oses;
House Praises
Rayburn' sWork
EuIoeies'Are Paid
Veteran Members
Not Returning
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

Earlier Story on Page Ally
By the Associated Press
The Senate of the Seventy
seventh Congress adjourned
finally today at 2:19 pm, to end
an historic two-year session, and
the House was expected momen-
tarily to finish it's last business.
Minor legislation was handled
during the day. and President
Roosevelt sent letters thanking the
Senators and Representatives for
what they had accomplished dur
ing the last two years.
Eulogies were paid veteran men,
bers who will not return, and the
House praised Speaker Rayburn for
the manner in which he had pre-
sided.
The new Congress will convene
January g.
Able Work Lauded.
The House unanimously acclaimed
Speaker Rayburn for the liable, i'm
partial and dignified" manner in
which he has presided. Represent
ative Rayburn blushed as Minority
Leader Martin of Massachusetts,
offered the resolution of tribute with
a brief speech in which he said
Every member of the House is
proud" of the Speaker.
Representative Rayburn, who had
taken seat in the House while
Representative Michener, Republi-
can, of Michigan presided, thanked
the members.
Representative Tinkham, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts,, black
bearded big game hunter who has
been member of the House since
1915, was praised by Representative
Martin and others as a student of
history, statesman and a great
American. He did not seek re-
election.
Record Cited.
Representative Martin declared
that the departure of Representa-
tive Tinkham, "a forceful and COL
orful figure, Il" comes as tug at
the heartstrings Of his colleagues in
Congress.
Representative Tinkham, said the
minority leader, was always true
to his convictions displaying
courage and stamina" in the years
he served in Congress.
AS big game hunter" he added,
"Mr. Tinkham did not seek out the
small animal and the small bird.
Rather he hunted the lion and the
tiger. So it was in Government
and politics. He did not train his
guns on the Small issues, but on
those affecting the future of man.
kind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
u. ). Rules and Orders
| Declared Too Much
For Small Business
Compliance Physical
ImpossibiIity,' Wholesale
Grocery Dealer Says
Earlier Story on Page AID

BY the Associated Press.
Spokesman for the Nations
organized wholesale grocers told
the House Small Business Com
mittee today it was a physical
impossibility" for many small
operators to comply with all reg
ulations and orders issued by the
Office of Price Administration
and other Federal agencies.
One of them, Alfred Dorman
Statesboro. Ga. representing the
United States Wholesale Grocers
Association, told the committee 1--WE
don't have. lawyers enough to fig
ure out the various forms.
Physical Impossibility.
w. A. Page. IT., Richmond, Va.
gave the committee summation OF
269 OPA rulings, amendments and
supplements he said the average
wholesaler must comply with, and
added that it was "a physical impos-
sibility" for many of them to do it
because of the cost involved and
the shortage of workers.
Some of the regulations, he COM
planned, have as many as 500 items
to be filled out, and frequently the
rulings are changed before the orig
;nal order can be interpreted. Most
of the forms, he explained, must
be filled monthly.
It's heaping up into pile that
you cannot handle" he commented
No Food Shortage Expected.
Asked by Representative Halleck
Republican, of Indiana if there was
a prospect for a food shortage, Mr.
Page said he did not expect "a serious
food shortage but shortage of many
items we are accustomed to getting
every day"
Advance information on what
articles may be rationed, he asserted
has caused a buying wave that can
not be controlled"
When Mr.. Page said so per cent
of the canned goods produced next
year would be taken over by the
Government. Mr.. Halleck commented
that "it's about time Congress anc
the people" found out where that
part of the goods not needed for the
armed forces would be used. He
commented that approximately 120,.
600 600 Americans had to eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Policeman Testifies
Miss Her|ihy Hoped
Capt. Carr Would Die
Arizona Murder Jury Told
Of Drinking Before
FotoI Shooting
By the Associated Press.

Ds VIC hsSOSidteu fTeSs.
BISBEE, Ariz.. Dec. ia pO-
liceman testified today that red
haired Margaret Herlihy ex-
pressed the hope that Capt.
David D. Carr, her secret hus-
band, would not recover from
bullet wounds inflicted by her.
Miss Herlihy said she was afraid
the captain would kill her if he
got we'll" the policeman, Vernon
Fugatt testified.
Miss Herlihy, daughter of Col
and Mrs E. G. Herlihy, is being
tried for the murder of Capt Carr.
an anti-tank company officer, at
Douglas last August u.s.
Mr.. Fugatt, first officer to reach
the Herlihy home where Capt Carr
was fatally shot. said Miss Herlihy
told him that Capt. Carr choked
her when they quarrelled about
nothing" shortly before they reached
her home, then dashed In the house
after her like q wild beast"
Found Under Bed.
The witness quoted Miss Herlihy
as saying she fired once to scare
Capt. Carr, that after she hit him
with the second shot he grappled
with her and she then shot him
in the neck.
He said the girl was covered with
blood when he reached the house
and that Capt. Carr lay partly
under a bed. He said the girls
mother remarked "If he had only
stayed under the bed this wouldn't
have happened"
One of the prosecutors. in a state
ment to the jury said cries of help
coming from the automobile were
heard as the couple drove through
Douglas. returning home from
night in Aqua Prieta, Mexico.
Bartender Testifies.
The States first witness, DR.. N.
V. AlesSi, the surgeon who treated
Capt. Carr, said he was never able
ito get anything out of him" Para
lyzed from the neck down by a
bullet wound In the neck, DIR. AleSSl
said the debonair captain asked fire.
quently, Am I going to die?" then
pleaded, Don't let me die"
The physician said Capt Carr also
was wounded in the chest and. on
cross-examination, that there were
powder burns on his neck
Pancho Pedroz, Aqua Prieta bar
tender who served Capt. Carr and
Miss Herlihy during their evening
across the international line, testi-
fed under cross-examination that
Capt. Carr asked for double shots"
in his drinks and had four or five"
He said he had served them many
times. and that Capt. Carr never
before had asked for additional
liquor In his drinks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Dr.. 6. W. Grille Is Potent
In Hospital He Founded

Py the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Dec. Is. DR..
George w. Grille, s7s, today was a
patient in the hospital at Cleveland
clinic, of which the well-known sur
geon was a founder.
He Is under observation. has sub
mitted to X-ray photographs. and
"is coming along all right" said
George w. Grill, hospital superin-
tendent, without disclosing the ma
ture of the illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Germans Drive
ArInoredWedqe
Into Red Lines
Advances Southwest of
StoIingrod Reported
After Heavy Attacks
By the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Dec. 16. German
units slashing hard at the left
wing OF the Red Army southwest
Of Stalingrad were reported to-
day to have driven an armored
wedge into the Russian lines
after mounting full-scale attacks
bolstered by tanks and planes.
Red Star. the Soviet Army news
paper. said the Germans struck
heavily and repeatedly at positions
occupied only recently by the Rus
slams who had not had time to con-
solidate them.
Dispatches from the front indi-
Gated the enemy had advanced
toward a water line and along an
important road, their heavy artil-
lery pounding path before them
and their infantry pushing into SAIL
ents in the wake of the tanks.
The Red Army's offensive on the
central front northwest of Moscow,
however, rolled steadily on through
snow-covered forests studded with
Nazi defenSes.
Defense Points Taken.
The Russian positions on this
front were described as roughly
100 miles west of Kalinin in the
Velikie Luki region. Pravda, the
Communist party organ, said that
despite violent counterattacks sew
eral basic German defense points
in the minefield west Of Rzhev had
been captured.
The Axis attacks southwest of
Stalingrad were described as evil
IDENTIFY the strongest they have been
able to muster since the beginning
Of the Russians winter offensive
November 10, but the dispatches
declared there still was no sign that
they had succeeded in shattering
the encircling ring in which they
were caught before the Volga City.
Some German advance units in
the fresh COMPREHENSIVE were
even forced to retreat. the Russians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Roosevelt GrundchiId
Gets Distuff Names
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Dec. 10
President Roosevelt's newest grand
child, 7-pound 3-ounce girl born
yesterday, has been named Anne
Sturgis, the parents. 1t. 81. g. and
Mrs. John Roosevelt, announced
today.
Anne is the given name of the
mother, the former Anne Clark of
Nahant, Mass, and Sturgis is the
maiden name of the maternal
grandmother. 1t. Roosevelt, young
est son of the President. is on duty
with the Navy Supply Corps at the
destroyer base here. The couple,
married in 1888, have a son, Haven,
2l2 years old. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Fleeing Forces
Delayed by Fire
Al Marble
All American Planes
Return Safely After
Heavy Action
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
By GEORGE TUCKER,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
CAIRO, Dec. 16.-United States
and British bombers are inflict-
ing heavy punishment on Mar
shall Erwin Rommel's snarled
and disorganized columns fleeing
along the road to Tripoli, it was
disclosed today, while the British
9th Army pursued the enemy
well west" of Ell Agheila.
British sources in London
said the vapguards of Britains
9th Army might already be ap-
preaching Zauta Ell Nofilia, some
. 100 air line miles west of Ell
Agheila)
BOmbers Have Field Day.
Light and medium bombers had
a field day yesterday, dispatches
said, daylight revealing that fighters
and fighter ombers during the
night had caused havoc among the
retreating Axis forces, creating road
blocks which persisted for hours.
At these points unattended con-
centrations of Rommel's armored
units presented some of the most
favorable targets the bombers have
seen in the African campaign.
Douglas Bostons, Martin Balti-
mores and North American Mitchells
roared off Allied bases in a daylong
shuttle service to hit the traffic Jams
and the gullies where Rommel tried
to disperse some of his vehicles.
One fire, near the Marble Arch
Airfield, some 40 miles west of Ell
Agheila, was said to have caused
a tieup which disorganized the Axis
retreat for many hours.
All United States Planes Return.
The communique from United
States Army headquarters said all
American planes returned from yes
terday's '.heavy action" United
States fighters downed one Messer-
schmitt and damaged others in an
air battle, 1t said.
Enemy fighters apparently we're
making but slight effort to break
up the attacks, and the more i'm.
portant opposition came from
| ground fire.
A great increase in the volume
OF westward-moving enemy traffic
was noted yesterday, British sources
said, and may mean that Rommels
delaying tactics were proving even
less effective than originally had
been expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Lute Bulletins
Spain Calls New Glass

MADRID (P.-The Spanish
Army today ordered the mill
tary class Of 1889 to report for
service December 20. This was
the third class called since
partial mobilization of SPANS
armed forces was authorized
November 16.
Bomber Crash Kills Three
ST. PAUL, Mimi. P.-Lt.
H. w. YOunt of the Army Air
Forces modification center at
the st. Paul Airport an
nOunced today a B-24 heavy
bomber had crashed a few
miles east Of here, killing the
three occupants.
n Held in Draft Case
NEW ORLEANS (R,.-Fed-
eral authorities today an
nOunced that FL cOlOred per-
sons had been arrested here
in connection with an alleged
conspiracy to encourage eva
sion Of service in the United
States armed forces. The ar
rests followed secret grand
jury indictments charging II
Of the group with conspiracy
to advise and instruct persons
not, to serve in expeditionary
warfare, and three of this
group and four others with
failure to report for induction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
New Workers Retrieve
Papers From Trash as
Delivery Strike Holds
Porleys Set Today by
Publishers and Group
From Delivery Union
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK P).-Arthur S.
Meyer, chairman of the State
Mediation Board, said today
he expected the strike of news
paper deliverers would be GER
titled to the War Labor Board
momentarily. He said he was
telephoning the facts to the
WLB and expected certifica-
ton will come within an
hour"
Earlier Story on Page A-5.)
By Tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-N News
starved New Workers took what
steps they could today to keep
informed while a newspaper de-
livery strike kept most of the
city's papers out of general cir
culation for the third day.
The Newspaper and Mail De-
liverer's Union and the Publishers
Association of New York ended
separate all-night meetings without
effecting settlement which again
would permit delivery of the papers
to post OFFICES, news stands and
stores. Representatives OF the
groups said that further confer
ences would be held today.
Asked this afternoon whether the
case would be certified to the War
Labor Board, Arthur S. Meyer
chairman of the State Mediation
Board. replied: There is no basis
for that belief at this time but any.
thing can happen"
Believes Strike Will Break"
However, Fred w. Croxton, rep.
resentative of the United States
Cancellation Service, who is also
participating in the mediation, ex.
pressed the belief "the strike will
break one way or another this
afternoon
If the strike is certified to the
WLB, the usual procedure would
call for a directive to the workers
to return to work pending a review
of the case.
Meantime, a newspaper-today's
yesterdays or even Monday's-wa!
priced possession, especially amonl
the citys committing millions OF
train and subway. The few copie!
which were discarded were general,
retrieved from trash receptacles ane
read literally ragged. Some rider.
turned to magazines, some brough
books, others perused the car card
with new interest, and still other
merely dozed
Many Phone Calls Made.
There were numerous calls tt
newspaper and press association of
fees about specific news develop
ments.
The papers continued to prin
complete editions. but again cur
tailed press runs sharply. selling in
dividual copies at their main Offices
The Dailv News reported 2l,00
copies of its Monday and Tuesds,
editions sold in this manner.
Philadelphia and Newark papers
as well as those from more distan
cities, were in heavy demand a
news stands and quickly sold out
In Newark the Evening News ane
Morning Star Ledger suggested thei
readers caution news dealers to re-
serve copies as protection agains
the unusual demand for them ant
said extra copies could not be printed
because of newsprint shortage.
Circulation Of the afternoon daily
PM, not a member of the Publish.
ers' Association. skyrocketed. 1t!
business manager, Lowell Leake
said the normal press run OF around
$4,000 was near 100000 yesterday
and was being increased to TOO ,O0(
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

stopped. pointed ahead a ways and
said, Captain, there's Jap there
and can't get a grenade OUT
THE Jap apparently heard us
because he began cutting loose. All
the cover could find was grass and
those bullets were coming close. luke
slipped away and I watched him.
He slithered through the grass to
the side of the Jap, stood up, walked
forward like he was hunting rabbits
and shot the Jap through the head.
From then on there was no stopping
him.
Il kept him close by me after
that. Every once in a while he
would stop short and I would hear
the crack of his rifle and would
say: Now what, Zuke?' He would
point to a tree and I would see a
Jap hanging down a little ways.
(Other dispatches from New Guinea
ICoa CpUsNJ|rD nee y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
BeItruni and WeIIes
Confer on Espioneoe

Chile's activities in combating
espionage and other threats to the
security of the Western Hemisphere
were discussed by Minister of In
terror Raul Morales Beltrani, in a
45-mlnute conference today with
Undersecretary of State Welles.
Chilean Ambassador Rodolfo
Michels, who accompanied the visit
Ing cabinet officer to the State De-
partment said afterwards they had
an appointment with President
Roosevelt soon at the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

DOTHAN, Ala, Dec. 10 P,.-Lt.
Albert Holbert. Napier Field stu
dent-ofncer. was killed early today
when the training plane he was
plotting crashed southwest Of Mont
gomery, Ala, the public relations
office Of the field announced. The
field said he was on routine navi-
cation training fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
BY MURLIN SPENCER,


WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA,
Dec. Is (Delayed).-"A shooting
fool" from a Michigan farm who
is as cool while hunting Japanese
as when he was husking corn was
listed in official records today as
one of the outstanding Jap snip
er hunters in this jungle battle
ground.
He is Pvt. Charles luke of Big
Rapids, Mich, and he is officially
credited with % Japs-all plucked
out OF trees and holes with Garand
rifle.
Close behind Pvt. luke is Pvt.
John Combs OF Chattanooga. Tenn,
with II and he got them all at one
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Patrols in Atlantic
Intercept 5000 Ton
Blockade Runner
BY the Associated Press.

Dy tHe Associated PreSB.
LONDON, Dec. 16.-An en-
envy blockade runner of about
5000 tons has been intercepted
by patrols in the Atlantic" the
Admiralty announced today
without further detail.
The Admiralty refused to am
plify its bare announcement,
but naval observers commented
that the ambiguous term in
tercepted" is used when it is
hoped to keep from the enemy
specific information as to
whether a ship is captured or
sunk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
U. S. Curqo Ship Torpedoed

A medium sized United States
merchant vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine In the
North Atlantic during the middle
of November and survivors have
been landed at an East Coast port,
the Navy reported today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Cadet Dies in Plane Crosh

GREENVILLE, Miss, Dec. 16 (P,.
Aviation Cadet Lawrence Ashburn
Tilley, %, of Houlton, Me-. was killed
last night when his basic training
plane crashed and burned 10 miles
northeast of the air base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
TO-, 900 Frenchmen
Recruited for Reich
BY the Associated Pres.

BY The Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 16.-Retuers re-
ported that vichy broadcast said
today that 2o5.000 French workers
now had been sent to Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Charles Town

and Entries for Tomorrow, Pare
TX.
ChurIes Town
SEVENTH RAcE-Purse. $500: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and up: 4. miles
Field O. Gold ROOT HOO $40 $50
Fac Pam tBracciale) 400 500
Part One tHernandez) 360
Time, 1.4S.
Also ran-vindicator Brilliant Carl,
Five. o. -Four, Macie Margaret. Phillips
New Orleans
SECOND RACE-Purse. 5000: claiming:
3-year -olds and upward: Ia miles
Armor Bearer tCrmanl 1880 $50 $50
Ava Delisht tWhiting) eco 500
Bolute Crooks 400
Also ran-Yannie Sid. Key Man and
BarneRat
DAILY Double Paid 1909
THIRD RACE-Purse 5000: claiming;
4-year-olcs and upward; l mile and 20
Tripaway tGreever, 1880 500 800
Yesteryear fwsrren) 800
Also ran-Minotir.. won.na, NJ, Secret.
nlka.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Markets at q GIonce

NEW YORK, Dec. Is tR.--
Stocks Arm; rubbers, rails and
specialties lead advance. Bonds
higher; carriers and utilities head
upturn. Cotton quiet: trade price,
fixing and liquidation.
CHICAGO. = Wheat lower;
profit-taking. Corn about steady:
good shipping business. Hogs
active; steady: top, $14.l0. Cat.
tie, steers, yearlings. 1875 higher;
supply small.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Late Races

Earlier Results, Other Selections
and Entries for Tomorrow, Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

See SPENCER, Page 2-X.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Student Pilot Killed

Continued on Page Ala, Column
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Weather Report

t. u.uer .nis afternoon and tonight, with lowest
Iap@rature near Is degrees Temperatures to-
oay-Highest, A, at 2:30 am. lowest 20 A.
sLo pm. Full report on page A-18
Of Allotment gnsum 9np should be 80 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

(See RUBBER, Page 2-X)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-20

If September 20. 1912