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Generals
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Erich Won Mannstein, Field Mar
shall Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd Won
Rundstedt and Gen. Johannes Bias
koWitZ.
Advices from usually reliable
quarters inside Germany and occu-
pied countries, the informant said,
indicated that two prime factors
were behind the formation of the
defeatist junta-increasing dissatis-
faction with Hitler's intuition as a
guide to strategy, and his steady
Nazification of the army and high
command.
Some members of the junta were
said to be deliberately provoking
Hitler's ire so as to be dismissed
or relegated from places of re-
sponsibility in order to be able
to blame him directly for the dis.
aStrouS last winter in Russia"
Rommel Defeat Cited.
They were said also to hold him
responsible for the defeat of Mar
shall Erwin Rommel in Africa on
the ground that it might have been
averted had he followed different
tactics in Southeastern Russia and
taken early steps to reinforce the
African forces with soldiers from
the eastern front.
Hitler's speech of November 8, in
dicating that he planned an even
more thoroughgoing Notification OF
the army and further infltration
of MN men into the armed forces
was said to have materially
strengthened the hand of the junta
among old-line army officers.
In that speech the possibility OF
defeat seemed to weigh heavily on
the Fuehrer's mind, for he said he
would never flee the country IL
things went wrong and he declared
that, unlike the Kaiser, he would
never give up.
Allied victories in North Africa,
continued bombings of Germany by
growing Allied air power and the
generally low morale of the country
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Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score, tubs, 40; 1-pound
prints. 4a1a; h4-pound prints, 90 90 score.
tubs. 471a: 1-pound prints, 4s: A-pound
prints, 4Sl2; 81 score, tubs, 47A; 1-pound
prints, 47a4: A-pound prints. 4SA: 80
score, tubs, ~; 1pound prints. AN;
A-pound prints, As; so score, tubs. As;
1-pound prints, 461a; A-pound prints, ~;
ss score; tubs; 454; 1-pound prints 45A;
LIVESTOCK-Calves, 16; spring lambs,
IA
From Agricultural Marketing Admin.
istration. Prices paid net fob. Washing.
EGG@Market steady Prices paid TO,
Federal-State graded eggs received from
grading stations November 19): Whites
o. s. extras, large. 50-53; average. 81;
u. S. extras medium. 41h-44: average
43: q. s. standards, large, 44-45; average
As: u s. trades, 36-3S; average, 37h
Browns U. s. extras large, 5O-51: average
sysi sysrass Z snassSsa ssspa.!as a.ssi imsdiaa
eggs: Current receipts: Whites. 40: mixed
sp.asd colors 1899 RECEIPTS Government
LIVE POULTRY-Market about steady
Fowl. eolored,, pounds and up: 22-23
under 5 pounds. 90. Roosters, mixed col
ors; 1915. Chickens. Delaware. Virginia
and Maryland. Rocks and crosses broilers
and fryers, all sizes 23-24. Turkeys,
young toms, 81 -32; hens. 1894; old toms,
hens and No. rs. %.
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Fighting French Column Joins in Soueeze of Axis in Africa s.
difficult If not impossible for them
to obtain substantial supplies for
some time to come.
Effect of Fight Ana1vzed.

difficult If not impossible for them
to obtain substantial supplies for
some time to come.
Effect Of Fight Analysed.
The effect on future operations
of the blow dealt the Japanese at
sea, as naval men here estimate it,
must be measured not only in ships
sunk, but also in men and materials
lost. Eleven warships and eight
transports were sunk and four cargo
vessels which the Japs had beached
were destroyed after the battle.
Seven warshins were damaged.
But the sinking of the eight trans
ports involved the loss not only of
the ships but also of thousands of
men who were to have been thrown
into a gigantic drive to annihilate
the Americans on Guadalcanal.
Estimates by the Navy at both
Washington and Honolulu put the
total number of Japs killed in the
battle at 10000 to 10000 men.
Yet even this does not tell the
whole story For such an army
must have huge stores of supplies
and ammunition for brief and
limited campaign. 1t must be equip
ped with machine guns and light
artillery and probably heavy artil-
lery and tanks. And all these stores
and equipment also were lost except
for that small quantity which may
have been unloaded after the cargo
ships were beached and before they
were destroyed.
Those familiar with the problems
OF collecting and equipping such a
force as the Japs lost say that it
requires weeks of the most carefully
co-ordinated effort in the homeland
arsenal as we'll as at the bases from
which the attack was launched. The
Japs might be able to get together
in three weeks enough ships and
fully equipped men to form another
expedition, but that would depend
on their having great resources at
their naval base on Truk Island,
about $500 miles northwest of
Guadalcanal.
Otherwise their task will be COM
plicated by the necessity of moving
in men and supplies from other
bases to the north and even from
Japan itself and thus may require
even more time than the minimum
estimated.
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LuvuI
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negotiating with the Germans for
a peace treaty to replace the Nazi-
violated armistice of 1910, prelimi-
nary to bringing France into the
war again as an Axis ally.
Two Officials Resign.
If he sought to do this, 1t is
obscure just how it would be man
aged, since the 1910 constitution
never ratified, but the basis of the
Vichy government - provides that
the Chief Of State himself does not
have power to declare war without
the previous assent of the legis-
lative assemblies" And these as
semblies never have been created.
First results in Vichy of Laval's
advancement were the quickly ac-
cepted designations of Vice Admiral
G. A. J. P. Auphan as Secretary of
State for the Navy, and Robert
Gibrat, Secretary of State for Com
munications.
Admiral Jean Mario Abrial sue
ceeded Admiral Auphan, who was a
supporter Of Darlan. Jean Bichelonne
combined Gibrat's duties with his
present post of Secretary of State
for Industrial Production.
In another Vichy decree, reported
by the Berlin radio, Pierre Cathala
was appointed Secretary of State
for National Economics while re-
tanning his previous position as
finance Minister.
Admiral Abrial is a former gover-
nor general of Algeria and 1t was
assumed that he was expected to
use whatever influence he may re-
tain in the part of North Africa
not yet IN Allied control in an effort
to Offset the efforts of Darlan and
Fighting French to line up the
African French with the Allies.
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War Powers
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start work tomorrow, would specify
the extent to which the President
could disregard existing laws in
dealing with international traffic.
In a special message November 2.
the President told Congress it was
urgent, for the successful prosecu-
ton of the war. that peacetime re-
strlctions be removed and "legis-
lative obstacles" impeding the war
production effort be set aside when
necessary. He asked for authority
ION a selective and flexible basis to
suspend the operation of all or any
such laws"
High officials of the War. Navy.
Justice. Treasury and State De-
partments, as we'll as of the War
Shipping Administration and the
Tariff Commission, backed up the
Presidents stand at closed COM
mittee meeting yesterday, contend
ing generally that peacetime red
tape surrounding movements into
and out of this country must be
cast aside for the duration.
Need of Broad Power Defended.
Undersecretary of War Patter-
son told the committee the legisla-
ton was drafted to fit the war.
"A worldwide, all-out war can
not be successfully prosecuted under
narrow and specific legislation" he
said. TOO little and too late has
been the curse of armies. Too
many and too restrictive laws may
well be as great stumbling block" +"
While perhaps true that no
other war President had been given
such broad power, Mr.. Patterson
declared, neither this country nor
any other country has ever been
engaged in a war like this one
- Our legislation must be geared
to the tempo of this-not some other
war
The bill is born of war. 1t will
die with the war" he added.
Biddle Backs Request.
Attorney General Biddle told the
committee, Il can assure you that
in asking for this legislation, the
President had no intention of exer-
cising the power so as to re-
move customs or immigration bar
riers for any purpose not directly
connected with our war effort.
80 If there are any who are
not satisfied with this assurance
the obvious answer to them is that
the Congress can at any time, ir-
respective of whether or not the
President has declared the war to
be over, terminate this act by con-
current resolution"
Mr.. Biddle cited several examples
to show the legislation is needed to
eliminate unnecessary delays in
prosecuting the war.
He said the So head tax on each
alien entering the country would
become ridiculous" when applied
to a large group of prisoners of war
coming into or passing through the
United States.
The Attorney General reported
that ir> ,ortant foreign government
officials had been delayed on sew
eral occasions because of minor
omissions in their entrance papers.
He cited requirement that all
aliens entering the country be in
spected by officers of the 1mmigra-
ton Service, and said that under
present statutes, 1t applied to many
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distinguished citizens of Allied ma
tions, who came on highly conf
dental missions, and that the delay
resulting from the required inspec-
ton made it difficult to preserve
secrecy.
He added that he had been told,
also, that there was recently a very
long delay at the border when some
Canadian troops entered Alaska as
part of our united war effort. Pre-
sumably the Canadians were held
up by nothing more than the great
mass of documents which our stat
utes required them to fill out"
Certainly" Mr. Biddle COM
mented, "the exigencies of war
should not wait upon such formal
tiles"
Members Alter Views.
A clause which would permit the
President to suspend regulations
governing the movement of informa-
ton in and out of the country was
upheld by Mr.. Biddle on the ground
that technical information must be
easily and quickly transferred be-
tween the United States and the
Allies"
Representative Knutson, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota and Gearhart,
Republican, of California, commit
tee members who previously had
expressed stiff opposition to the
Chief Executives request, intimated
that they would consider supporting
a modified, compromise measure.
Mr.. Knutson said the testimony
of the Government officials had
changed his views, but added that
he would hold out for a one year
limitation on the life of the bill and
for a clause allowing the President
to suspend immigration restrictions
only for those foreigners he deemed
vital to the war effort.
Mr.. Gearhart declared that he
would oppose the bill unless pro-
tective amendments preserving the
legislative rights of Congress" were
inserted, and declared that the meas
ure, in its present form, makes a
wholesale transfer of legislative
power to the Chief Executive"
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

by Lne ASsoclated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Gains rang
ing up to about "a cent were posted
on the grain futures market today
as prices displayed a general but
slow recovery tendency.
Improved shipping demand for
corn, stimulated by the recent slight
price decline, opening Of Senate Ag-
ricultural Committee consideration
of Federal price stabilization opera
tions, and delay in announcement
Of the Government plan to release
loan wheat to flour mills, accounted
for most of the markets strength,
brokers said.
Wheat closed unchanged to 81
higher compared with yesterday
December, s1.24as; May. $780, 4
Corn, as-12 up; December, 827s-a4;
May, 88. Oats, 1s-12 up. Soybeans,
1s higher. Rye, 5s-7s higher,
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OF Gen. Anderson pushing eastward
through Tunisia.
There was no confirmation of this
IN authoritative London circles, but
British observers previously noted
that such an assault was possible
from Lake Chad, in French Eoua-
torfal Africa some 1900 miles south
of the Mediterranean,
Two-Way Operation.
j, Dispatches from Allied headuuar-
ters of 1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover disclosed that the advance
into Tunls1a was two-way opera
ton, one force striking in the north,
where both the naval base of BIZ
zerte and the capital of Tunis are
situated, and the other in the south.
across the trails on a direct route to
Tripoli.
Advance elements of the British
1st Army, together with British and
American parachute troops and
French forces operating with us have
entered Tunisia at several points,"
q communique said.
Contacts have been made with
enemy scouting parties"
Flying Fortresses of Brig. Gen.
James H. Doolittle's command were
reported to have set oil tanks ablaze,
exploded munitions dumps, wrecked
grounded planes and destroyed a
German fighter in daylight raid
on German-occupied Bizerte while
RAF bombers struck at other objec-
tfves in the French protectorate.
'Chutists Moved Up in Autos.
- Parachute troops were utilized as
ground combat teams, moving up as
the van of the advancing force by
motor cars instead of by planes.
Without detail, dispatches said they
occupied several strategic places.
French forces of Gen. Henri Honore
SGiraud, familiar with the territory,
protected the Allied fanks.
simultaneously fresh resistance
to the Axis infiltrations spread in
tTunisia. French parties were said to
have fought German attempts to
land more air-borne troops to boil
sster forces already estimated at
10000.
s "A general mobilization order for
sthe class of 1889 has been issued by
sthe French authorities in North
Africa" the communique said.
AT Oran French troops leaving
s9or the East were accompanied to
sthe train by an escort of honor and
music from the United States forces
there"
Il Axis U-boats and aerial forays
against the American-occupie
North African coast were declared
proving costly.
Enemy Aircraft Destroyed.
> The communique said II enemy
aircraft were known to have been
destroyed, against an Allied loss of
three, during the period from Sun
day through Tuesday in the area of
Bone, Algeria
S THE hunt of submarines by ships
of the Royal Navy, naval aircraft
and the RAF continues" it said,
fand with considerable success"
4 Other developments in the
Mediterranean situation:
s Gen. D'Astier de la Vigerie, 81,
sWho commanded the French air
force in Northern France at the out
break of the war, joined Gen.
Charles de Gaulle in London.
The Berlin radio said Max
.Bonnafous, Vichys minister of agri-
culture, was reported to be drafting
new rationing restrictions in the
face of food shortages due to the
loss OF supplies from North African
colonies.
United States forces we're well
coined by the sultan of Morocco
with an expression of "or best
wishes" for mutual prosperity of
the United Nations.
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S3.17 a Share Earned
By Anaconda Copper
In Nine Months
Result Compares With
$3.77 q Share for
Same l941 Period
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Anaconda
Copper Mining Co. reported for
nine months ended September 80
net income of $27,514,668, equal to
$3.17 a share on it's capital stock.
The statement was exclusive of
the company's equity in undistrib-
uted earnings of subsidiaries not
consolidated, amounting to s526, ITS
In the comparable 1941 period net
income, excluding the equity in un-
distributed earnings of subsidiaries
not consolidated, amounted to $32,-
1851, or $377 a share.
Raybestos- Manhattan.
Raybestos-M Manhattan, Inc. (as-
bestos textiles and other special
ties) reported for nine months tc
September 80 net profit of s1,268,-
924, equal to $2O2 a share on the
capital stock, compared with ST.,
745 1894, or $278 a share, in the like
period of 1941.
General Transportation.
General American Transportation
Corp. reported for nine months
ended September 80 net profit OF
81, ,403 ,551, equal to $231 a share on
the capital stock, against s3,3O4,6 ,683
or $3,17 a share, in the comparable
months of 1941.
Square d Co.
Square D Co., makers of electrical
equipment, reported for the nine
months ended September 80 net
profit of $lS64,5 SIT after reserve of
$6,303,594 for Federal income and
excess profits tax and reserve of
$625,000 for war and postwar ad-
justments. The profit was equal to
S3.55 share on the common stock
For the nine months ended Sep
tember 30 last year net profit was
$2,255,876 after tax reserve of S4,41O,-
IT'S or $5.17 a share.
Symington- Gould.
Symington-Gould Corp, railroad
equipment manufacturers, reported
today net profit of $741, 1892 for the
nine months ending September 80
compared to $726, 165 in 1941.
The figure, determined after pro-
vision for Federal taxes on income
including excess profits taxes, is
equivalent to "a cents per share on
1,012,984 shares of common stock
outstanding. The 194l equivalent
amounted to II cents.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Directors of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad declared dividend
of So common share, payable De.
cember % to stockholders of recorc
November 80.
The last previous payment of the
roads common stock was 81, paid or
December %, 1941.
American Telephone.
The American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. yesterday declared the
usual common stock dividend OF
1925 a share, thereby maintaining
its time-honored rate of 50 annually
1t was made payable January Is tc
stock of record December Is.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Commons to Discuss Army

LONDON, Nov. 10 [P).-The House
OF Commons will hold a secret de-
bate on the organization and train
Ing OF the British Army during its
next series of sittings, it was an
nounced today. The following series
will include a two-day discussion of
postwar reconstruction.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Nov. 19 LP.-Late foreisn
exchange rates follow Great Britain in
dollars. others in cents)
Canada-Oficial Canadian Control
Board rates for U. S. dollars: Buying ID
per cent premium; selling, II per cent
premium; equivalent to discounts on Cana
dian dollars in New York Of buying. 99l
per cent; selling, 9.09. per cent.
-, CaanadIa1ni, sanI n, dollar in New York open
U. S. cents up Is cent
Europe-Great Britain. oficial Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates.: Buy.
ing; 4.o2: selling, 404: open market;
Latin America-Argentina, onicial,
2aIG Tree, "3 "a: Brazil. Official, 6O5n;
free, 520n; Mexico. 90 66n
Mates in spot cable unless otherwise
Nominal
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| More Than Third
|Of Public Debt
Held by Banks
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A Treasury report showed today
that more than one third OF the
Nations public debt was being car
ried by banks last June 30.
OF the total debt figure at that
time - nearly s8O,OO0,O 900 0OO- the
banks held more than 100000 10000
in United States securities.
Remainder was scattered among
other investors, according to the re-
port, which listed total assets in all
active banks in the United States
and possessions on that date as
$92,259, ,991 900.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Iron Record Sef

CLEVELAND. Nov. 10 (P).-Con-
sumption of Lake Superior iron ore
by War-busy steel mills reached an
all-time record of 7,598,664 gross
tons in October At the same time
lower lake supplies mounted to a
new peak of 52,667 .282 tons on No
vember l, the Lake Superior Iron
Ore Association reported today.
The October consumption COM
pared with the previous record Of
7,229,9O0 tons last May. In Sep
tember 7,139,888 tons were melted
and in October of 1941, 6,612, ,186
tons.
For the year to date consumption
stands at 71,01O,316 tons, another
new mark, compared with 62,772 .674
tons to the same date in 1941.
Lower lake stocks of ore are more
than four million tons ahead of the
former record of 48,421 sos tons a
month earlier, and compare with
43,945,751 tons a year ago.
The report showed that during the
month two additional furnaces were
blown in, to make 1873 of 100 in blast
This compared with 176 to 1877
year ago.
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Chicago Cash Market
Wheat. No. 3 dark Northern. 21 Corn
Old, No. yellow. s314 No. 3, s3-s3A
No. 4, So: sample grade. s1l4-ss: No. 2
whise .0a; new, No, yellow, 80; No 3.
1.o5; No. 4, i.oo-l o21a. Oats No. i
white, 52A; No. 2, 90; No. / special red
81 2. Barley, mailing. s5-1 .O4 nominal
dredweight, nominal. timothy. 475-5 90;
alsike, 17.00-21 so: fancy red top, 700
$50; red clover, 1so022.50; sweet clover
100000.
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Bank C|earings Soar
To Second Highest
Mark Of Year +
TotuI for % Cities
81 Per Cent Ahead
OF 1941 Week
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Bank
clearings in the week ended Wednes-
day rose sharply to the second
highest level of the year, Dun S
Bradstreet reported today.
Transactions at % leading cities
amounted to 48,773,000, up 81
per cent from $7,723,7 ,756,000 in the
like period of 1941 and an increase
of $2,116,229,0 900 over the total in
the preceding period.
The more important gains over
1e41 included Omaha, COL per cent;
Kansas City, 30.1: San Francisco,
275; Baltimore, "a, and Atlanta.
235. Philadelphia, Richmond and
Louisville showed small declines.
Construction Expands.
Engineering News Record reported
engineering construction volume for
the past week totaled S1OO,O60 900,
an increase of Sc per cent over
figures for the comparable week of
1941.
Public construction for the week
was up 90 per cent from a year ago,
boosted by rise of 146 per cent in
Federal work. Public construction,
however, was off 68 per cent from
the previous week and Federal
volume down SO per cent
Private construction at $5,971 900
was 81 per cent under the preceding
week and so per cent under a year
ago.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Washington Gas Light common-50
at IS.
Riggs National Bank common-3 at
247A.
Liberty National Bank-2O at ITS.
Capital Traction lst 5s-S5OO at
1855.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Weather Report

FURNISHED by the United Bureau)
District OF Columba-Rather cool tonight; gentle Winds
Maryland Vgnia-Lttle change in ton,cht
Evening star., 1942-11-19

The Axis is watching you; keep
'em signing. while you keep buying
War savings stsmps.
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FIGHTING FRENCH SWING IN TO CLOSE TRAP ON ROMMEL
"A Fighting French force pushing toward Southern
Lbya today to help close the trap Marshal Erwin Romes
battered forces still in Bengas Vanguards
the British 9th Army raced westward along the coastal hump
and south of the Bengas attempt off
the Ell Aghea corridor The Allies continued push
into Tunsa Dark shading of in pointers indicates the
approximate penetration. "A. P. Wrephoto
Evening star., 1942-11-19

Swat the swastika-with War saw
lngs bonds.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
United Stotes Treasury Position
Central Maine Power
Merger Is Approved
Chi r I & P412s 60

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Me-. Nov. l9.-Merger
Of the Central Maine Power and the
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'Ex dividend. I Plus extras Paid so
far this year. e2et extra S5 extra.
k 20c extra. m Sl.50 extra. p Paid in
1941. yS10 extra.
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BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY.
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Report for Last "a Hours.
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were said to be accepted by the
junta as signs of doom for Ger
Evening star., 1942-05-03

Soldiers. Sailors and Marines Club,
lois L street NV. 3 pm. today.
Games. music. refreshments, host
esses, Y. M. C. A., 1736 G street
NV, 4 pm. today,
Buffet supper. games. Y. W. c. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets NV, 4
pm. today.
Singing, accompanied by the Ma
rine Band, District of Columbia War
Memorial, West Potomac Park, spon-
sored by the American Legion, 4
pm. today.
Refreshments, singing. movies,
Eldbrooke Methodist Church, Wis
consin avenue and River road NV,
6 pm. today.
Forum discussion, New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church. Thir-
teenth street and New York avenue
NV. $50 pm. today.
FOR COLORED SERVICE MEN.
Games. Y. M. C. A., 1916 Twelfth
street NV. 2 pm. today.
Dance, hostesses. refreshments.
Leisure Lodge for Service Men. 1899
U street NV, $50 pm. today.