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Evening star., 1942-09-03

Japan and 1t is somewhere in
the South Pacific, well sheltered
from the American bombers and
the American Fleet, expecting to
60 into action soon.
No naval man would be sur
prised to hear soon that large
feet much larger than the feet
we defeated in the Coral Sea or
at Midway-has made its appear
ance somewhere off the coast of
New Guinea or Australia. 1t is
possible that at this moment the
Japanese are gathering their
transports within striking dis
tance of the Australian continent.
And this time they are not likely
to repeat the mistakes they made
in their previous engagements
with American warships and
planes.
The American high command
anticipates such move by the
Japs and it is hoped that our
commitments elsewhere-outside
the Pacific-have not prevented
Washington from providing our
two commanders in the South
west Pacific with all the weapons
they need.
Evening star., 1942-09-03

purposes only about % niles with
its f1anks protected by impossible
obstacles-the sea on the north and
the salt marshes of the Qattara
Depression on the south. The break
through is a task in which infantry
must play the major part, with tanks
in secondary role.
Rommel cannot, however, depend
on Italian infantry to carry out so
exacting an assignment. He must
use his German infantry, and he
has only two German infantry divi-
sions.
His problem is, therefore, to break
through the line at the most favor
able point and to accomplish this
part of the job before too heavy
losses are inflicted on his precious
and almost irreplaceable German
infantry. This means that he can
not afford to sustain heavy casualties
in probing for soft spots or any other
lengthy process of trial and error.
The job of his infantry is to break
hole for the tanks so that the
tanks can get through into an area
where they can maneuver; and
Rommel must do this job with the
German infantry he has.
Other Sectors Too Risky.
His selection of point for attack
Is based on all the foregoing con-
siderations. The idea of breaking
through the center he must have re-
jected from the first, as representing
far too great a risk with too little
promise of advantages to come, for
his assaulting forces would be
counterattacked from both sides.
To attack the British right flank
along the sea would be the most
direct approach to Alexandria, but
it would be push directly against
the opposing. tide of British REM
forcements coming up the main road
and railway from Alexandria, so
that the farther he went, the sitter
the opposition would become.
Since his losses in German In
fantry must be held to a minimum.
this consideration alone might well
lead to the rejection of an attack on
the British right. Even If break
through were achieved here and the
British flank bent back from the sea,
the German forces pushing through
the gap would be subject to attack
in flank by British reserves coming
Evening star., 1942-09-03
This Changing World
Jups Believed Out to Seize or NeutroIize
AustroIion Continent Regardless Of Cost

If the conquest of Australia
itself is impossible, the Japanese
wish to establish themselves in
the islands astride our lines OF
communication to prevent us
from supplying our forces down
under"
Gathering Large Fleet.
There seems TO be no question
that several of the best Japanese
divisions have recently been
withdrawn from China. Some
observers believe they have been
sent to Manchukuo to reinforce
the Kwantung army for an Of
fensive against Siberia. Others
venture the opinion that they
have been sent to the Indian
Ocean to assist the army In
Burma to conquer India now that
the monsoons are over. Many
competent quarters believe, how
ever, that these divisions which
have been withdrawn from China
have been or are now being en-
barked on transports with the
islands of the Southwest Pacific
as their ultimate objective.
Since termination of the Solo,
mon Islands battle the Japanese
fleet, which was expected to
counterattack, has disappeared.
We know it has not gone back to
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Vast Physical Fitness Program
Will Be Started in New York

girls. Adults, particularly war work
ers and civilian defense forces, will
be organized into athletic groups at
public parks, YMCAs, schools and
Fairgrounds after school hours.
John E. Wade, superintendent Of
schools here, announced that war
training, both physical and mental
would be extended into each phase
of the city school curriculums.
Aviation Courses Planned.
DR.. Wade said the largest single
endeavor will, be to make children
minded" Older boys, he added,
also will be made ship, gun and
tank minded"
Pre-flight aviation courses will be
offered in the city's high schools,
science instruction will be stepped
up and geography will be taught
from a global sense" he said. Girls
will be taught first aid, nursing,
nutrition and sewing.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Tax Turmoil Increases
Treosuy's Change Of Heart on Policy

surtax of SIS per cent. The COM
mittee made it As per cent.
The Treasury's spending tax
proposal appears to be inspired
by two principal motives-first,
to bring the bill up to the So
100000, 900 productivity, which it
originally asked, and secondly, to
head off general sales tax.
The bill as passed by the House
was more than $4,000, 900, 900
short of the Treasury's specifi-
cation and the Senate commit
tee has whitfield 1t down at least
another s750,000,O00, with indi-
vidual income taxes still to be =
considered. This deficiency is
even more marked when the
spending side of the Govern
ment's ledger is considered. The
administration formula of last
January, which the $500, ,000,-
900 tax program was designed
to meet, was that two-thirds Of
war expenditures should be de-
frayed by taxation and one
third by borrowing. Since then
this ratio has approximately re-
versed. The highest taxation
proposed is no more than a third
of the expenditures estimated for
this year.
Revenue Short of Goal.
In view of this situation the
Treasury probably felt that it
could not afford to assume the
position of consenting to a tax
bill SO 600, 900 900 or more short of
the goal it had set. At any rate,
it now has advanced the spend
ing tax" to make up the def
cheney.
Based chiefly on the argument
that some $65 ,000, ,00o, 900 of the
national income-earned by per-
sons in the low income levels-so
far has largely escaped taxation,
the sales tax has been lowering
in the background ever since the
tag bill was hroached. The House
Ways and Means Committee
came within an ace of adopting 1t
and the Senate Committee lat
terly has been pointing the same
way. President Roosevelt and
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau, on the other hand, have
shown no REIMBURSEMENT of their
determination to resist the sales
tax, or any other levy bearing
heavily on the little fellows, to
the last ditch.
The spending tax" is essen
TALLY a sales tax, but one that
would leave the small earners
virtually unscathed. The exact
form in which 1t will be pre-
sented is not revealed, but Sen
ate committee members under
stand that it will apply only after
family spending exemption of
about $1,000 per year. The main
argument advanced against it
is that 1t is just another device
for hitting the middle income
group, which already bears the,
brunt of the income taxes. 2
The one thing that members
OF the Senate committee are sure
!, Of Is that this newest suggestion
: has added to q muddle that al
ready was all but inextricable.
Senator'S who q week ago were
expressing doubt that the tax
bill would be finally enacted be-
fore the November election now
are saying that there Is no
chance at all that 1t will be COM
pleted by that time.
(Released by North American News
paper AlNance}
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Girl Fans Hamper Gable
AT Army Training School
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3.-Clark
Gable is finding his Army role
s'plents toagE99o but 10 the opinion
OF his Pittsburgi1 roommate he's
proving he can take it"-despite a
daily lineup of feminine autograph
seekers. Is, s,4s
They are thinking Of moving
Gable to another wing Of this hotel" .
Sergt. Hyman Grossman said In a
letter from Miami. where he and
Gable are at an Air Forces officers
candidate school. "The reason is
that there are too many entrances
near our room. There are loads of
women every morning watching us
march-looking for Gable"
Sergt. Grossman wrote his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Grossman, that
Evening star., 1942-09-03
RommeI's Present Problem
Eliot Says Success Of Attack Depends
On Fast Breok Through British Lines

along the main routes from Alex
andria.
The attack which Ronmel has
actually delivered against the British
left flank has none of these disad-
vantages. The British communica-
tions in this area are not SO good
as they are on the sea flank, and if
Rommel can succeed in tearing loose
the British flank from the edge of
the Qattara Depression, he may be
able to open the way for his armored
forces to break through past the end
of the depression into the open fat
desert beyond.
The sea stretches all the way back
to Alexandria, but the Qattara De-
preston ends about 80 miles east of
the point at which the British flank
is now anchored to it.
Open Country Ahead.
Beyond that the country is per-
fectly open and practically as fiat
as table top all the way back to
the Nile
1t is quite likely, however, that
the British have a succession of de-
fensive positions anchored between
the sea and the depression and COW
ering the greater part of this dis
tance. A single break through of
their forward line will hardly serve
Rommels purpose.
He is probably superior to the
British in armored forces, but the
British still have air superiority and
they are undoubtedly superior in
infantry as regards both numbers
end quality.
The outcome of the battle may
turn on Ronlmel's ability to batter
his way through succession of
British defensive zones and, In such
a fight the British superiority In
infantry might very well decide the
issue.
Rommel cannot really capitalize
on his superiority in arnor unless
he can get that armor into fairly
open country where he has chance
to exploit its combination OF fire
power and mobility.
This is what he is trying to dc
now, and the fate of Egypt seems
likely to depend on whether he is
successful.
(copyright. le42, New York Tribune, Inc }
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Gas Rate Boost Hearing
Reopens Tomorrow

Rate increases sought by the
Washington Gas Light Co. will be
discussed when the public hearing
that began August 18 will be re-
sumed at 10 am. tomorrow in the
board room of the District Building,
the Public Utilities Commission an
nounced yesterday.
The company is attempting to OBJ
tain increases on the basis of its
sliding rule" plan.
Under the old plan, the date for
raising gas rates was to have been
September /. Harry Boothe, OPA
counsel, sought a delay of several
Evening star., 1942-09-03


the administrators chief tax
spokesman, proposed revision
downward Of the corporate tax
levies, voted by the House, on the
ground these were so high as to
threaten destruction of the Ma
tion's business. The second was
Mr.. Paul's suggestion, not yet
clearly defined, of a spending
tax" to tap consumption of goods
and services to the tune of four
or five billions annually.
Mr.. Paul's corporate tax re-
vision, highlighted by insistence
that the maximum overall levy
should in no case exceed 80 per
cent of net earnings, would have
reduced the tax liability of cor
porations by $500, 100000. AS re-
vised by the Senate committee,
the net loss of revenue from this
source will be s720,00O,00o.
"You could have knocked us all
over with a feather" one member
of the committee said, when Mr..
Paul came up with the assertion
that the House rates on corporate
income were too high. No one
could have gone farther than he
did in arguing that these rates
would kill the tax goose and that
the all-in1portant thing, both
during the war and after, was to
keep the free American economy
going"
Great Boon to Business.
There is no doubt that the bill
In the Senate form will prove a
great boon to business, as COM
pared with the House version.
The House maximums Of Is per
cent normal and surtax and 80
per cent excess profits tax were
retained, but as against these
several important deductions
were allowed. Ten per cent Of
excess profit and surtax pay
ments are to be returned after
the war. Within the limit of this
10 per cent post war credit, excess
profit and surtaxes may be used
currently for retirement of con-
tractual debts up to 40 per cent
of the total company obligations.
, a twoAyear carryoyer of back
losses is allowed. This last may
prove the most important of all
when the war ends in that 1t will
permit corporations to charge OF
postwar losses against war
profits.
The au-importAnt crcum-
stance is that with minor excep-
tions these provisions are sup
ported by the Treasury. Mr..
Paul proposed q 10 per cent
postwar credit. The Senate
committee fixed it as only 10 per
cent. Mr.. Paul proposed COM
bined maximum normal and
Evening star., 1942-09-03

weeks, however, so that his unit
could present arguments against the
increase which, he contiended, would
add to the Nations inflationary diff
ficulties. The delay was opposed by
gas company representatives who
contended their firm would lose
money If the increases were not al
lowed to go into effect September /.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
B3 the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. "a war
condition" program in which it is
hoped to incorporate some 1000, 900
residents of New York State imme-
diately after the opening of schools
was announced today by DR.. Hiram
A. Jones, director of the Office Of
Physical Fitness of the State War
Council.
The plan, which envisages phys
ical training for all ages, from
school boys and girls to grandpar-
ents, already has been started with
some success, DR., Jones said.
Voluntary Program Begun.
A voluntary program has trained
100000 since May.
The school program will put en-
phasis on gymnastics to develop
strength, in combative sports for
boys and in active team games for
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Circuit Judge Assigned

LEESBURG. Va, Sept. P.-
Justice George L. Browning, State
Supreme Court of Appeals, yester-
day designated Robert w. Arnold
of Waverly to preside in the Circuit
Court of Loudoun County, beginning
September 8, in place of Judge j. r.
n. Alexander. who is unable to pre-
side because of conflicting of1icial
engagements.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Gable Is p regular guy and / good

sold1er. s2aTs-
Hes been going through the
ropes like all of us and he's not a
spring chicken he said. The heat
.here Is really tough onkhirn '17 a'
serst.! Cheeseman's mother COM
mented:
eyes, Clark and Hymie should get
along fine. Hymie has been in the
Army since a year ago last June
and know he is just as anxious as
Mr.. Gable to become a second lieu
tenant"
The sergeant's father, a house
painter, said, What I like best
Evening star., 1942-09-03
SinqIe Tree Worth 81 200

OLYMPIA, Wash. (P).-Carl Neal,
supervisor of Olympic National For
est, reports he saw in the Quinault
River area a felled sprunce tree
scaling $4,000 board feet of lumber.
Mr.. Neal said it would sell for
81 ,200-or net profit of $400 on the
single tree,
Evening star., 1942-09-03

TO OBTAIN space
for the naneu-
yer of his ar
mored forces.
In | t / ally, his
objective must
be to bre a X
through a mined
and forti fed
position Defend
ed in consider
able depth, on a
S h o r t front
(about 40 miles
on the map, but
for nractic ca |
Evening star., 1942-09-03

r sp o n sible
for the acute
state of tur-
mol in which
the S e n a t e
Finance Com
mittee n ow
finds itself.
There have
been two ma
jor manifes-
t a t ions of
this S h IL t.
The first was
when r a n
dOlph E. Paul.
Evening star., 1942-09-03

I,Guu Odlly ucWS"
papers of the
United States,
the issues in
volved will tend
to be regarded
as extraordinary
and of such
pressing impor-
tance that the
A d m inistration
could not post
pone their set
e m e n t till
calmer days.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

The direction of attack chosen by
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in his
new assault on the British position
in Egypt is significant of his desire
Evening star., 1942-09-03

THE opinions OF the ,ters this their not
necessarily Stars opinions presented in The
Stars effort oiue all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-09-03
BY JAY HAYDEN.

A remarkable change of heart
as respects tax policy, which
seemingly has overtaken the
Treasury Department, is chiefly
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Objective
In A. P. Suit
Questioned
Reason for Bringing
Action in Wartime
Raises Speculation
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Because President Roosevelt. IN
the midst of war, has permitted
Attorney General Biddle to file an
antitrust suit against more than
Evening star., 1942-09-03

about Hymie.s letter is that he said
MT. Gable is good soldier. ! knew
he would be when he enlisted"
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Watermelon Moonshine

: AUSTIN, Tex. Pl-Sugar ration
Ing didn't slow up the moonshiners.
State and Federal agents found a
still in Leon County Using a mash
Of watermelon juice and post-oak
grapes.
United States Coast Guard re-
cruiting station now open at 1900
e street NV.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

= AA~ >~ASS~ Wv 4sSSN ASA SAAS RSA AA0A
July ! to January |, was announced
in early September as $4,000, 900
pounds.
With the showing made to date,
1t IS apparent that the Capital can
aid the Nations steel mills to far
greater extent than the quota in
dicated and salvage chiefs urged the
public not to let up in the effort
to keep the open-hearth furnaces
supplied with material through the
crucial winter months.
Symbolizing the spirit of the CAM
paign in the Capital which has
literally produced q mountain Of
vital salvageable metals, Horace
Walker. executive secretary Of the
D. c. Salvage Committee, said:
III We have hit our quota, 5lst's
double It or txiple 1t BY Janu-
ary l."
The latest AVAILABLE figures were
Evening star., 1942-10-18

reasonable scoundrel OF q crown
prince"
Unequivocally he expressed his
distrust OF Japan. THE Emperor
is q counterpart Of the last Czar, .
he: said. Weak, cowardly, unde-
cided. May he fall Z Victim to the
revolution.
The non-ageression pact with Po-
land, the Fuehrer said with 4 can
dor inspired by the walls and faces
Of stone around him, was made
only to gain time. The non-aggres-
sion agreement and economic pact
with the Soviet Union? Another
piece Of paper. I'VE shall de-
molish the Soviet Union!s he yelled.
Then Hitler preached his crusade
OF terror.
Our strength consists in our
speed and in our brutality.
Our war aim does not consist IN
reaching certain Mnes. but IN the
Continued on fa0e A Col. 81
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Cleanup
Work Starts as
Potomac Falls
Sos Tank Explosion
Increases Menace
At fredericksburg
(Flood Pictures on Page All

The vast job OF cleaning up the
city in the wake Of the flood be-
gan last night as the Weather
Bureau flood forecasting division
reported the swollen Potomac
River, still running swiftly, would
fall below flood stage some time
between 6 pm. and midnight to-
night.
The river, which reached an all
time high of 1756 feet above mean
low water at the Wisconsin avenue
gauge in Georgetown, was falling
last night at the rate of three -tenths
OF foot an hour. Before noon to-
day K street in Georgetown and
Maine avenue bordering Washing
ton Channel were expected to be
freed of water.
No rain was in prospect for any
OF the flooded areas of Maryland
and Virginia today, the Weather
Bureau said last night. The fore
cast for the District was slightly
cooler with gentle winds.
While District officials hesitated
to estimate property damage until
waters had receded from flooded
areas, Engineer c o m m ssioner
Charles w. Kutz said the damage
would be less than in the 1886 flood.
That year the river rose to 172
feet at Wisconsin avenue. e..
Property damage in parts of Vir-
ginia, Maryland and West Virginia
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Hitler Speech Hitting Rulers
OF Italy and japan Revealed

tCopyrisht 1912, by the Associated Press }
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-Adolf Hit
ler, in a roaring speech to his
generals nine days before war
began, expressed the deepest con-
tempt for the rulers Of Italy and
Japan and told his soldiers
bluntly "our strength consists In
our speed and in our brutality" /"
What was said At this notable
meeting on the heights Of Berchtes-
gaden was reported for the first time
today by Louis Lochner, former
chief OF the Associated Press bu-
reau in Berlin. Mr.. Lochner's 4
source was authentic. His informa-
ton came from 4 German oficer
who risked his life to give 1t to him
The date Of Hitlers tiatribe was
August n. 1889.
Looking imperiously over his col
lection Of ghttering boots and
cropped heads. the Fuehrer shouted
out what he thought about "thai
nit-wit Of = king In italy ana "thl
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Seohowks Lose
To Notre Dame;
MARYLAND Beaten

High light of yesterdays football
was the $50 defeat inflicted !! or
Bernie Bierman's Iowa Seahawks by
a Notre Dame team which earlier
had been beaten once and tied once
1t was the first defeat for a Bierman
team in 81 games. Another Navy
Pre- Flight eleven's undefeated rec.
ord was spoiled wnen Boston Collegs
nosed out Jimmy Crowley's North
Carolina Cadets, 7-6.
In this section, Georgetown tied
Auburn. 6-6, last night at Grifiith
Stadium; Maryland lost to v. NJ.
900. at Lexington. and Navy
downed Yale, 1876, at Baltimore.
Other outstanding results wera
Dukes $40 rout Of Colgate, North
Carolina's 1896 win over Duquesne
Alabama's so decision over Ten.
nessee, illinois, LAT win over Iowa
Wisconsins 13-T defeat Of Great
Lakes, Ohio States 26-0 rout Of
Purdue and Army's 34-6 defeat oi
Columbia.
At Laurel, Alquest easily defeated
vincentive In the Spalding Love
Jenkins Handicap, while Thumbs
Up won the Maryland Handicap
with vagrancy fourth. Boysy won
the Continental Handicap at Ja.
maica after Riverland was dis
qualified.
(Details in Spsrts oectien.l
Evening star., 1942-10-18
&1.,32q,000 Granted
70 Expand Hospital
Facilities in District
Additional Funds Provide
494 More Beds, Bringing
TotuI Increase to 1,l77
BY PAT JONES.

With the announcement yes
terday that an additional 81 ,329,-
600 had been released for the
hospital expansion program by
the Federal Works Agency, the
District appears to be more than
two-thirds of the way toward its
goal of 1,700 beds to meet Wash
ingtOn's wartime needs.
AS announced by Brig. Gen
Philip B. Fleming, FWA administra-
tor, the supplementary funds will
provide 494 beds, in addition to
other necessary improvements.
This addition will mean that the
bed capacity in the Metropolitan
Area will be increased by LIT, more
than doubling the 55O-bed expansion
provided in a recent F'WA allotment
of $3,207 500. Included in the total
are % new beds for the Montgomery
County General Hospital at. Sandy
Spring and $50 beds for venereal
sdisease patients at Galiinger Hos
pital.
The expansion made public yester-
day was decided on after more ex-
tensive study of population figures
1t will provide ISL new beds at
Georgetown Hospital, A beds and A
bassinets at Garfield, So beds at Sib-
ley, u beds and 70 bassinets at
Emergency, "a beds at Columbia and
1875 beds at Gallinger.
Funds also are provided for an
admission desk area and an addition
(See HOSPITALS, Page A-5.)