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Evening star., 1942-11-05
.Nazis Stress Massing
of Fleet al Gibraltar
Dy the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The German
radio today renewed its broadcasts
reporting the concentration OF 2
powerful warship and transport
heet at Gibraltar and quoted dis
patches from La Lhea, Spain, 81
saying q further convoy OF IA mer-
chantmen reached port late yester-
day.
within the past two days, the
radio said, about 40 twin-engined
and quadruple- -engined aircraft have
landed at the Gibralter airdrome
and left again in the direction Of
the Mediterranean"
The broadcast repeated earlier
German reports that the British air
craft carriers Furious and Argus
the battleship Rodney and large
numbers OF cruisers, destroyers, cor.
..vettes and lighter warships figured
In large-scale ship movements d
the port.
Evening star., 1942-11-05
Longer Work Week
Reported Checked BY
Raw Material Supply
Monpower Commission
Holds AZ or 56 Hours
Would Impair Efficiency
By JESSE O. IRWIN.

Stretching the 40-hour work.
week to 48 or 56 to speed arma-
ment output would not be feas-
ible at this time because of the
lack of raw materials, the Man
agement-Labor Policy Commit
tee of the War Manpower Com
mission is reported to have
decided.
A member of the policy group said
the committees recommendations,
now on President Roosevelt's desk,
also urged Mr.. Roosevelt to grant
the Manpower Commission authority
to control employment and military
iuductions.
The, committee member, who re-
fused to permit his name to be
used, said he personally was in favor
of a 48-hour week, but step above
this straight wage time would i'm
pair worker efficiency and produc-
ton.
This declaration was made after
the Senate Committee on Education
and Labor heard testimony that the
backbone" of the entire war pro-
duction program-the steel indus
try-was averaging only 81 hours a
week because, in some instances,
there is not enough raw steel to
keep the finished products and fac
tories operating at capacity"
Some Even Unemployed.
The witness before the Senate
committee was Van A. Bittner, as
sistant to the president Of the
United Steel Workers Of America.
He added that I'VE have the very
strange situation that men are ac-
tually unemployed or are working
only two or three days week. In
some areas, mills in such work as
the production of thin sheets or
certain types Of wire have been shut
down and steel workers put out Of
work for weeks ct time"
"The simple fact g." he explained.
that we have IS per cent more
finishing capacity in the country
than raw material production, and,
faced with this situation, we have
mills operating part time and men
employed part time"
The committee was informed by
six other CIO representatives that
what Is required is coordination Of
planning on the part Of all Govern
ment agencies and that such power
win be called for by the labor move
ment. The committee Is holding
hearings on the manpower situation
and the labor leaders appeared to
indorse the Tolan-pepper bills to
establish an ONCE Of war mobiliza-
ton which would intergrate procure-
ment, production and manpoWer
agencies and resources.
At the same time, James q. Patton,
(eee NANpOWxlA paes Alb
Evening star., 1942-11-05
Berlin Radio Admits
Withdrawal Of Axis
Troops in Egypt
Declares 'iercest
Resistance Continued;
Minimizes Allied Coins
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-A Berlin
broadcast said today that Ger
man and Italian troops on part
of the Alamein front "have been
withdrawn to prepared second
line"
The broadcast declared, however,
that there can be no talk of
breach OF the German Italian front
by British troops" and said the
Axis forces were continuing "fercest
resistance"
This account was similar to that
OF the italian high command, which
said italian and German armies
Withdrew to new lines to the west"
The italian communique admitted
"our losses have been severe"
Indicating the considerable ex-
tent of the retreat, the Italians said
1t took place late yesterday after a
fierce tank and infantry battle Gin
the region between Ell Alamein and
Fuka." Fuka, 10 miles west of Ell
Alamein, is roughly one-fourth of
the way back to the Egyptian
Libyan frontier from Ell Alamein.
Tobruk, Bengasi Damaged.
The communique also mentioned
"appreciable damage" to Tobruk
and Bengasi, the Axis chief for
wand ports for receiving reinforce
ments and supplies, in air raids on
the two Libyan harbors.
Greatly superior" Allied air
strength was reported, but the COM
munique said Axis fighters engaged
the Allied planes with extreme
vigor" and destroyed rs in two days.
German radios beamed broadcasts
to the Orient, all Europe and the
Americas in an effort to picture the
retreat as a normal move of the
defense under heavy assault pres
sure.
Nazis Minimize Losses.
One broadcast emphasized that
"Rommel still has plenty Of room on
his chessboard and can move as he
likes"
An unidentified spokesman was
quoted as saying Rommel's pres
ent position is more favorable than
ever in view of the constant pres
sure of the 9th Army" but gave no
indication of how his position was
favorable except that behind him
there is excellent terrain"
Evening star., 1942-11-05

over the Republicans. There are five
minor party members. The Demo-
Gratis peak was in 1887, with 1913 to
80.
Montana Race Undecided.
With only one Senate contest out.
standing, that in Montana, the COP
had gained nine new Senate seats
without losing one to the Democrats,
and the latter had lost eight. Inde-
pendent George w. Norris, Nebraska,
also lost out to Republican, Ken
meth S. Wherry.
The Democrats elected Is, which
with Al holdovers, gave them a total
of 56 in the new Senate starting
January 3. Republicans elected 18
and with 20 incumbents not up for
reelection gave them a total Of SO.
The Senate's lone Progressive, La
Toilette of Wisconsin, was not up
this year. ...
This Democratic majority Of II
or plurality of 18 over the Repub-
licans compares with an existing
majority of "a or plurality Of 36.
Lowest majority in recent years was
in 1888, when the division was So
Democrats and SO Republicans.
Highest was in 1887, when it was IS
Democrats to II Republicans.
OF the 80 governorships at stake,
including that in Maine, which
elected September IA, the Repub-
icans won II, the Democrats IS
and Progressives /. Two were still
in doubt-in Idaho and Wyoming.
Counting holdovers, the Democrats
now will have at least % governors.
the Republicans % and Progress
sives l.
Major Contests Not Settled.
The Associated Press tabulations
showed these major political races
undecided:
Montana-Senator Murray, Demo-
crat, incumbent, leading wellington
D. Rankin, Republican, 82,802 to
81 ,4O2, with LIB Of 1,185 precincts
reported.
House races:
California: Twenty-third district
Ed v. Izac, Democrat, incumbent,
40,176; James B. Abbey, Republican,
1885, with 698 out of 735 precincts
reporting.
Pennsylvania-Twenty-second dis
trict, In which Representative
Haines, Democrat, is opposed by
Chester H. Gross, Republican. Mr..
(See ELECTION, page A-z.)
Evening star., 1942-11-05
Russians Hold hazis
In Sta|ingrad and
Caucasus Areas
Reds Even Claim Coins
Northwest Of City and
In Mozdok Sector
BY HENRY C. CASSIDY,

MOSCOW, Nov. 5.-The Rus
siahs have broken up all the lat
est Nazi efforts to expand the
invasion salient in Northern
Stalingrad and, in some places
have forced the Germans to
abandon several basic points,
dispatches said today.
I, While bitter attacks and counter.
attacks developed about the ruined
volsa River city. Red Army troop,
were credited with local gains north.
west Of stalingrad, on the Black
Sea front and in the Mozdok sec.
tor of the Central Caucasus.
A successful Soviet holding action
was indicated before the Caucasian
slopes and passes southeast Of Nal
chik.
(The Berlin radio today re-
ported the capture of Soviet
fortified position and repulse Of
Red Army counterthrusts at Sta
lingrad. Axis gains also were
claimed in the Caucasus. Near
Alagir, about 40 miles southeast
Of Nalchik on the approach to the
Caucasus Mountains, the radio
said, fierce offensive fighting is
under way against the enemy,
who is defending himself tena-
ciously."
Heavy Attacks Continue.
; Izvestia said the battle of Stain
grad was characterized by a grow.
ing maneuverability Of Red Army
units.
Observers stressed the heavines!
of the German attacks, however
and at least one point they threw
in a new division. There were many
hand-to-hand clashes. The lates
German loss reported was 1,00l
slain Yesterday.
The Nazi air force bombed thl
city's defenses steadily in supper
of the ground operations. Ther'
have been several hundred flight'
in the last few days.
AS German bombers flew owe
the ruins, a Soviet garrison forc'
broke up repeated ground drives
toward the factories, dispatches said
The Germans sought to knife be-
tween two plants, but this thrus
also was stopped.
German Losses Pile Up.
'In the southern sector Of thu
city's defenses 40 Germans wer'
wiped out" the noon communiqu'
said. Soviet troops destroyed al
enemy artillery battery, 10 machine
| guns and 8 mortars."
The army newspaper Red Star wa
authority for the statement tina
the Germans had lost thousands o
dead in their newest futile attack.
Dwindling of the action on th'
steppes northwest of the city wa.
indicated by the fact that the com
munique' merely said Red Arm.
scouts had penetrated German line
and blown up two dugouts.
Southeast of Nalchik (centra
(see RUSSIA, Page A-18)
Evening star., 1942-11-05
U. 5. Troops Advance
In Drive 10 Gust Japs
From GuadaIcanaI
Widen kipponese Wise
On Airport; Allies Push
On Past Kokodu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Persistent battering of the
japanese by land and air gave
American and Allied fighters
fresh ground gains yesterday in
besieged Guadalcanal and New
Guinea.
Further widening an attempted
Japanese wise that threatened to
close on the American-held air.
field In Guadalcanal, United States
marines and soldiers forced back
the enemy's western flank, captur-
ing about 20 machine guns and 2
small field artillery pieces in the
process.
In New Guinea, westward of the
Solomon Islands, Allied troops un-
der Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Aus
trauan command overcame strong
enemy resistance" and plunged on
through the jungles toward the
Japanese coastal base at Buna.
u. S. Troops Advance.
The Navy reported the continued
American advances in Guadalcanal
last night. Supported by Army and
Navy planes that strafed and
bombed the Nipponese troops and
positions, the United States forces
inched forward along beaches and
through the dense underbrush Mon
day (South Pacific time) to relieve
the pressure on the important air
base.
At the other end of the newly in
stalled enemy wise, east of Hender-
son Airport, recently landed Jap
anese troops presumably were ma
nipulating for hrust at the spring.
board of the American aerial assault
on the foes ships, troops and in
stallations.
For obvious reasons, the Navy
gave no hint of what reception the
American forces were, preparing for
the Nipponese fleet in event of its
return to the Solomons battle area.
The enemy warships, which disap-
peared after suffering heavy dam
age, October 26, in a major air-naval
engagement east of the Stewart Is
lands and about 26O miles northeast
Of Guadalcanal, were expected to re-
appear in formidable" numbers,
Secretary of Navy Knox has said.
Drive Past Kokoda.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters re-
ported the Nipponese New Guinea
invasion which in late September had
penetrated as far as 80 miles from
the Allies Port Moresby base, now
had been pushed back several miles
beyond Kokoda, midway point across
the islands 120-mile waist.
While the ground advance con-
tinued, Allied planes sought to blast
away obstacles on the way to the
Japanese Buna base. The air as
sault which straffed the beaches
and landing areas at Buna, itself
also famed out to subsidiary Nip
ponese bases of Lac and Salumaua
up the coast.
The attacks, executed to hinder
any Japanese efforts to bolster Buna
by sea, set many fires and probably
destroyed an enemy munitions dump
The raiders reported. Medium bomb
ers also announced ''heavy damage
inflicted on Dill and the Japanese
occupied villages of Maobisse and
Alley In Portuguese Timor.
Evening star., 1942-11-05
More War Fund Gifts
Urged by Halifax al
Campaign Luncheon
Ambassador and McNutt
Are Among Guests at
Report Meeting
PICTURE STORY Of the War
Funds promise to the sick and
aged Of Washington. Page A-16

PICTURE STORY Of the War
Funds promise to the sick and
aged Of Washington. Page A-16
Describing the activities of the
United Nations on war fronts of
the world, Lord Halifax, the
British Ambassador, today called
on Washington to respond to the
appeal Of the Community War
Fund in its campaign to raise
$4,141, 900.
Because you have given so gen.
erously," Lord Halifax told the sixth
report luncheon of the campaign
at the Willard Hotel, I'VE are daring
to ask you to give again now to the
peoples of all our Allies, to your own
men in the forces and to those in
Vulnerable enterprises which en-
noble the civic life of this country.
SOur thoughts" the Ambassador
said, "are with the men locked in
that desperate battle in the Solomon
Islands, with the men who at this
hour are hanging on to the ruins of
Stalingrad, with the men who are
fighting in the deserts of North
Africa, with the Army of China,
firm, competent and under proved
leadership after six years Of daunt-
less resistance to an aggressive en-
emy; with brave men of all our
Allies. whether in active military
service or guarding the fate of free
dom under German heel; with the
men at sea by whose devotion the
several fronts of the United Ma
tions are supported; with the men
of the air, who have given us all
a new target Of daring and SELF
sacrifice"
Home Front Needs Cited.
Lord Halifax said, however, that
those who are here should not forget
the necessities Of the home front.
Through the centuries" he said
much of the noblest inspiration has
flowed from the works of mercy
which the heart Of man has moved
him to undertake on behalf Of his
fellows"
Chairman Paul v. McNutt Of the
War Manpower Commission was
among the guests at the luncheon
today.
Since the report session Tuesday
there has been q stream Of activity
ct War Fund headquarters in the
hotel with 50 many volunteers turn
ing in subscriptions that . large
total Of gifts was expected to be
announced today.
Tuesdays announced total Of gift,
was 91,74z, ,381, or 42.12 per cent o1
the 4A.141.O00 goal.
TN . mammoth undertaking Nkl
the Community War Fund, witt
more volunteer workers, more sivers
land yes greater gifts than eve1
(eee WAR FUND. Page A-18J
Evening star., 1942-11-05

ried it on, for there were many actors
and actresses who remained on his
payroll long after they had ceased
appearing in his shows. -....-ts
with. him when he died were his
wife, Mrs. Agnes Mary Cohan; his
daughters, Mrs. George Ronkin, and
(See COHAN, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-11-05
. Bv FRANK L. MARTIN,

ASSoclAted FreSS WIT CorreSpoHdent.
WITH ATTACKING FORCES ON
THE Ell ALAMEIN FRONT, Nov.
(Delayed) The enemy's Ell Ala
mein line is crumbling tonight.
It cannot hold out much longer.
The coast road leading westward,
back from the front toward Ell
Daba suddenly has become checked
with infantry crowded into trucks
headed away from the line the
enemy flung to within 80 miles Of
Alexandria and clung to grimly
under II days of punishment.
Night after night since the dusk
of Friday, October %, British En-
Evening star., 1942-11-05
White House Silent
On Republicans
Election Gains

BY the Associated Press.
The White House was silent
today on the Republican gains
in Tuesdays elections. Presi-
Dental Secretary Stephen Early,
asked about the results, replied:
Il have not talked to the
President about the election,
and I'm sure you would not be
interested in my own views"
Evening star., 1942-11-05

An eyewitness account OF the
enemy collapse Uhich cracked
open Marshal Er1Din RommeIs
Egyptian detenses is giDen here
by Frank L. Martin, 1Dho has
been in the front lines since the
North African campaign tDas
launched 13 days ago.
Evening star., 1942-11-05

over the Republicans. There are five
minor party members. The Demo-
Gratis peak was in 1887, with 1913 to
80.
Evening star., 1942-11-05

(See EYEWITNESS, Page A-l8.
Evening star., 1942-11-05

(see TRANSFORMATION, Pg. Alb
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Sy the Associated Press.

.lContinued on Page A-1S, Column ID
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Pooling Of Surplus Parts
For Broadcastinq Urqed

In an effort to keep standard
broadcast stations on the air dur
ing the emergency the Defense
Communications Board has recon-
/ mended adoption by the War Pro-
duction Board Of a plan for pooling
OF surplus parts of stations and dis
tributing them as the need devel-
ops. The plan. it was said, orig
mated with the owners of broad
casting stations.
The plan provides for establish
ing throughout the Nation of II
regional conservation districts. each
to be administered by an admin
istrator and two assistants. to be
selected by and from among the
broadcasters In each area. Their
duties will be to check inventories
of the stations. supervise distribu-
ton of replacement parts and as
sure themselves that efficient op-
Grafton of each station is being
maintained.
inventories will be kept in each
Of the districts and at the Fed.
eral Communications Commissions
| headquarters here Redistribution
will be within the districts, so far
as possible and under the guidance
of the administrators. but where
supplies are not available within q
district, the central office at WASH
ington will handle the distribution.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

machine cunning troops and shoot
ing up ammunition trains.
This boy was magnificent" he
said.
Mrs. Kleckner was stunned by
Raymond's report. Friday. the 18th
Of February. had been Cardells birth
day. his 9th. She asked the Herald
Tribune for further news, and 1t
came through with a supplementary
dispatch from Batavia that still left
the wife in doubt: "Kleckner's
friends say he was straffing Jap
barges brilliantly at Palembang.
They saw his plane downed."
Mrs. Kleckner bases her hope of
seeing her husband again largely on
this later report. II he were STRAIT
fing barges. his plane more than
likely fell in the water. she reasons.
And until she is told some one ac-
tually saw her husband, dead. there
will be doubt in her mind.
ITO me he'll never be dead-he
was so sure of himself" she con-
fided. But If he is dead, he died
happy. He loved it,"
Evening star., 1942-05-24
By PAT JONES.

A Washington woman is waiting
hopefully for word from the wilds
Of Sumatra that her war pilot hus-
band Is not dead.
The Royal Canadian Air Force
recently informed Mrs. Anne Bat
taile Kleckner. 4l07 Fourth street
NV, that her husband, Pilot Of
ficer Cardell Kleckner, former en-
ploye of the Bureau of Engraving
here, failed to return from the battle
of Singapore and was believed killed.
But Mrs. Kleckner is divided be-
tween what seems official evidence
and her own conviction that moth
ing could happen to this kid"
Since the fighting at Singapore
in February, two letters and a
package containing two ivory can
dlesticks and a pair Of Egyptian
handmade slippers have arrived.
She is hoping they will be fol-
lowed by news that her husband
was only wounded or captured when
his four-cannon Hurricane plane
went down. -
Last May 30. months after he had
started training in Canada. friends
invited her on Memorial Day out
ing. but she refused and stayed
home. At sam, a telephone call
came through from Nova Scotia. 1t
was Cardell. preparing to leave for
England. That voice over the tele-
phone brought the first little jerk.
Had Tea With Queen.
During following weeks letters ar
rived regularly. He wrote her Of
having tea at Windsor Castle; of
discussing with the Queen the heat
OF Washington; of exchanging ideas
on fishing and gardening with
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Rose, of his initiation into a club
to which he had gone with the
Kings secretary.
Even since February a letter, de-
layed in transmission. has come
from him giving in detail his course
after he left England At Gibraltar
a change in assignments sent him to
Singapore.
Half the aviators in his group were
taken into the Mediterranean
aboard the Ark Royal and, midway,
Evening star., 1942-05-24

took OF in planes to fly to Malta
The ship turned and started back
to pick up the men left behind
including Pilot Officer Kleckner. But
the Ark Royal never finished that
trip. 1t was torpedoed and sunk
Last December "a of the flyers who
remained at Gibraltar got orders to
go fight the Japs. They made the
journey in laps. finishing the final
jump to Singapore by plane. From
there on Lord knows where" wrote
Kleckner.
Letters Stressed Need of Help.
January Is he prepared a letter
In which he said he was faced with
a 90o-mile flight-that last lap.
THE future of Singapore doesn't
look so bright and I'm sure it isn't
going to be bed of roses for any of
us who are there" he added. But
with luck We should be able to hold
out until help arrives"
until help arrives" Time
and again in his letters that plea
was repeated and once he wrote his
wife to talk with a Senator at the
Capitol in the hope Of speeding
Americas part in the war.
Tell him to send us planes" he
pleaded.
Newspapers told OF fierce fightins
at Singapore in which Allied planes
greatly outnumbered. were battling
Then came the night Washington
reporters called Mrs. Kleckner abou,
her husband.
They said Allen Raymond, New
York Herald Tribune correspondent
had revealed in a dispatch from Ba.
tavia that he had learned through
member bf the R. A. F. tina,
"Cardell Is dead"
He referred" the correspondent
added, "to young pilot from Wash
lngton, who left with me a khaki
shirt that is now in my suitcase anc
who left me, grinning, Kid, Ill be
seeing you"
Raymond had interviewed Pilot
Ofhcer Kleckner aboard ship en-
route to Africa and had heard him
unfold a scheme for building hedge
hopping planes far smaller, simpler
and cheaper than any now used for
Evening star., 1942-05-24

With q total Of 1,7O0 War stamps
sold since March 1, when he became
a Star carrier, Paul C. Crider, 13-
year-old senior at Holy Name
School, leads the other carrier boys
in his area, it was announced yes
terday.
Young Crider, who lives at 1703
M street NE, serves between l2O
and 100 subscribers in the North
east section, including the 1900 block
Of Florida avenue NE, the 300 and
900 block of Thirteenth street NE,
the 1000 block of I street NE. and
several other nearby streets.
Paul has no special tips on how
to sell War stamps, but claims he
upped the contribution of one wofn-
an from SIC a week to $25 and some
times $50.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Underwriters to Hold
Luncheon Tuesduy

The Great Washington Associa-
ton of Accident and Health Under
writer's will meet at luncheon at /
pm. Tuesday at the Hamilton Hotel.
Guest speaker will be Chan C..
Mason, who will discuss wartime op-
portunities for accident and health
insurance. The association, recently
formed, is composed of general
agents and representatives of insur-
ance companies specializing In &C
cident and health protection.