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AlOI plOuuCllOH purposes III
Guiding, of course, machinery, fer
tilizer and seed bought for the
production of farm crop"
The repeal of the per cent
victory tax will be definitely link
ed with the proposed sales tax, :"
Robertson said. TT will require
approximately one-half of the 10
per cent retail sales tax to offset
the revenue loss occasioned by the
repeal of the victory tax, and in
my opinion. that will be the most
equitable and feasible manner Of
redistributing the burden
The administration. which wants
an additional $40. 800, 000,0 i n
wartime revenue raised through
increases in income taxes on in
dividuals and corporations and
higher excise levies. contends that
a 10 per cent sales tax would
crack the economic hold the line"
policy and open the way for wild
initiation.
Economic Sterilization Director
Fred M. Vinson said it would cause
an eight per cent rise in the cost
of living.
Philip Murray, CLIO president
supported this view before the
Ways and Means body and warn
ed that if a sales tax is written
into law labor would demand "a
proportionate increase in their
wages to make up for this unjusti-
fled wage cut" He likened the
sales tax to "a military defeat"
Robertson, leading advocate OF
the sales levy as a substitute for
the Administrators program, con-
tended that the imposi was not in
nationary.
1.-THE anti-inflationary effect of
a sales tax has been fully demon
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One-Sided War On Japs
Seen For Another Year

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17-LR-
The Allied delay in opening long
awaited offensive against enemy
held Burma increases daily the
prospects that the United Nations
may have to fight one-sided war
against Japan for another critical
year.
This possibility is being men
toned frequently here las October
advances without producing evil
dence that an assault on Burma is
imminent.
Naval and military men regard
Burma as the key to a two-sided
war on Japan-a war fought in
Asia as well as the Pacific.
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Badoglio Makes Appeal
For Aid Against Peril
OF Communism In Italy
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
ITALY Oct. 14-Delayed)-(R-
Premier Pietro Badoglio. whose
Italian government has been rec
oonized as a co-belligerent by
leading United Nations, has SAID
that 1.-The Allies must help us, IN
the press and in propaganda, so
that Communism does not stand
a chance in Italy.
The aged marshars declaration
was made in an interview pub
lished today in the Eighth Army
News" field newspaper for
British troops.
Asked whether there is danger
of Communism" Badoglio re-
piled:
after every war there is dan
ger of Communism. People are
excited and overweight after the
distress of war. If conditions are
too bad and they are without hope
they turn to other presumed cures.
Young men, trying to make po'
litical careers for themselves, &c
left rather than right ..
1.-The left offers opportunities
for quick rise. 1t appeals to pas.
sions which are predominant
when people mentally are in a
state of tlux. 49,.
s"The Allies must help us IN the
nress and in propaganda so thai
Communism, does not stand a
chance. The Italian people are
simple simple, in mentality. They are IN.
d di,li Property is very y
evenly divided and we web have ,snd =
large proportion Of small ia9 9or
holders That is not GROUND ~, ~
~: The !; g sssssss ssn Es
Naples they survived on 'es0'
! tables and fruit"
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u. S. SHIPS FOOD
TO g WARFR0NTS
Some OF Areas Said To Be
1900 Miles From
Point OF Origin

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-tP'-
The Senate Naval committee re-
ported today that the United States
is shipping food and equipment to
''at least 80 different fronts, some
of them 1900 miles from the
point of origin
In the midst of the war" the
communique said. 1.-The United
States has built its Navy into the
greatest sea-air power on earth.
It's size is dwarfed only by the
size of the task which fronts it,
The statements were made IN a
terse review of the Nays part II
the war through the conquest OF
the Aleutians in the Pacific and
the landings on North Africa IN
the Atlantic. The committee SAID
that during that time the Navy
fought IS main engagements and
participated in six campaigns.
some of which, as in the Central
Pacific. are still continuing.
The 80 different fronts are not
enumerated but the report brings
out that the Navy is accomplish
ing its task of keeping them sup
plies and at the same time de-
stroying enemy sea-air power in
spite of the fact that it has lost
or given up 484. 521 tons of fight
ing ships, which the committee
described as "a small Navy in It.
self"
The report adds no significant
new information on operations In
the Pacific, combining itself to a
restatement of official commune
cues and previously issued battle
descriptions. :.
OF the battle for the Atlantic II
said that 1.-The pattern obviously
remains an immense one ana one
which changes hourly, and the
crisis with the U-boat campaign
is lust now building to show
down."
To illustrate the enormlty OF
the supply task, the committee re
ported that for the North African
campaign each soldier requires
an average of 10 tons OF supplies
initially and / IL tons per month
for maintenance; that on busy
days the North African Air Force:
Confined on Page Two; Col. IL
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JAPS SEEM READY
FOR NAZI DEFEAT
Correspondent
Says Nation Prepared
For Long War

MORMUGAO. Portuguese India,
Oct. 17.-CP)-High japanese Of
fiicals appear to expect that Ger
many will collapse, but declare
the war will continue for five
years after that, a Chilean CORE
spondent for impartial Of Santa
60. returning home on the ex-
change ship Teia Maru, asserted
today.
The correspondent said the Of
fetal Japanese position was that
the German collapse would not
affect the Japanese greatly, be-
cause Japan was prepared to
stand alone. On the other hand,
the Japanese feel that Germans
fate is greatly affected by Japan's
moves.
The correspondent, not repa-
triate since his country is not at
war with Japan, said so far as he
was able to ascertain from out
ward appearances the Japanese
people still are convinced they
will win the war.
He said the Japanese had been
relatively successful in winning
the support of local populations
in all parts of their captured ter
ritory except the Philippines,
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Ship Siinkings Drop
10 Zero Mark With
U-Boat War In Lull

lAe -1Il in the AXIS U-ooat cam
pa,A continued in the Western
,'.''l'ac last week when no an
.OU-cenents were made of the
~1sUocloE Of Allied or neutral
'" G ships in those waters.
Dlr!ng the past eight weeks only
NV united Nations or neutral mer.
e cn%llfleh have been listed off
NJ vr'l1' as U-boat victims in the
~, "T'lesn Atlantic. bringing the TO-
g ~ Vi such sinkings since Pearl
Haroor to 686.
Both Allied and Axis sources.
co ~1'ef' warned recently that
IN, Submarines would re-en.
he battle of the Atlantic
w., ,qq1pped with heavier armament
ND d. new devices. . - ' -
r. navy secretary Knox said, upor
\ 'G q ing from months tour Of
rst. .. navy bases abroad, that the
~ro,.5 German U-boats were
Atlantic, III lorce In the
pa %~alfal Karl Doenitz, German
ss5 supreme commander, also
Oh, recently. s:5 that with new weap
u.5o,a+n. ana new devices, German
oil . t5a ". viii engage the enemy ir
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104PIanes To
Allied Airnen
c{tort To Take Aerial In
native Proves Cost
Iy To Foe
? DEFENDERS LOST
u.,Arthur's Men Stage
Raids Which Damage
Enemy Bases

,1LIE D HEADQUAR-
rERS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC. Monday, Oct. IL;
lPJ-A Japanese attempt
h wrest the initiative from
NJ. y Allies in the Southwest
p TI war in the air has
.a,+ them 1O4 planes shot
forn or destroyed in a series
If new battles.
y" 4 communique from Gen
sraI Douglas MacArthur's
tsadouarters which told of
these heavy enemy losses to-
day reported only two Allied
names destroyed. Several
we're damaged. however.
New Guinea Losses High
Eighty-four of the enemy planes
we're shot down over New Guinea
and two fell Before Allied fight
frs over Vitiaz strait, which Sc
rsrates New Guinea from New
Britain. Six were doWned over
BUN at the southern tip of Bou-
s2lnviile island in the Northern
Solomons.
Nme japanese fighters set upon
a single heavy reconnaissance
blame over Viuaz strait. Two fell
before the guns of the Allied craft.
The others escaped.
Escorted medium bombers ex-
ecated low-level attacks on the
Eewak and Boram airdromes. Six
enemy bombers and four fighters,
parked in dispersal bays, were
destroyed and u other bombers
were destroyed Or badly damag-
cd. Direct hits silenced five anti
srcraft positions and a sixth gun
was sllenced by strafing.
Numerous explosions and fires
were observed in the dispersal
and supply dump areas" the COM
munique said. Twenty TO thirty
enemy fighters attempted inter
ception and Is were shot down,
With three others probable.
One Of our planes was lost and
number damaged
Medium bombers operating at
night, attacked the airdrome and
supply dumps at Gasmata, New
Britain. starting a number of
fires. At Cape Gloucester, at the
western tip Of New Britain. three
japanese bombers and four fight
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Through that wild and rugged
country pass the only routes over
which it is now practical to plan
for heavy movement of munt .ons
to China.
But Burma cannot be restored
to Allied control without a major
campaign over an immensely diff.
ficult terrain held by strongly
entrenched foe.
Six or eight months ago almost
any qualified informant would
risk a prophecy that Burma would
be attacked soon after the mon.
soon season ended-in October.
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
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STRONG NAZI RESISTANCE CRACKED
IN MANY AREAS ON VOLTURNO LINE;
$ ENEMY FACES COLLAPSE ON DNZEPEk
Bitter Battle RACES
In Yunnan As China
Opens Neu Offensive

CHUNkING, Oct. 17.--PCA
new eruption of bitter fighting
in Yunnan province with one of
three main Japanese columns
advancing eastward to the Sal
ween river was announced to-
day by the Chinese high COM
mand.
A Chinese offensive is de-
veloping on the eastern front
between Hangchow and Nam
king, headquarters added.
In Yunnan, a Japanese force
which occupied Pienma Thurs
day continued eastward and by
yesterday afternoon reached
the Salween river opposite Luz
ku, where it was engaged in
bitter fighting.
A second main column ad-
vancing northward from Mang-
yun-Chieh has been "held at
bay" near Siaochungkow, the
communique said. The third
column operating north of the
Burma road continued on near
Chiehtou and Kutungchieh.
Of their own offensive, the
Chinese said their forces had
surrounded Suitungcheng south
east of Hanancheng in the Ka-
MISUNDERSTANDING border
region Of eastern China Friday
morning.
"The enemy attempted to
break through the Gordon, but
was driven back" the COM
munique said, and fighting
continues.
Chinese troops which recap
tured Paiten Friday also took
Tushuchieh the same day.
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every American plane lost, a ra-
tic which rose to more than to l
in figures for a recent six months.
In those six months - March
through Aupust-more than two
and one-half times as many enemy
planes were destroyed as in the
preceding Is months of war. The
actual figures were $3.50 enemy
planes at cost of 1,239 American
craft.
Owls 5000 word report told OF
American plane superiority in ev-
cry major category, asserted that
mo enemy bombing remotely rlv-
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EIGHTH ADVANCES
German Retreat North OF
River Admitted By
High Command
HEAVY FIGHT RACES
Cerreto And Amorosi Fall
To Smashing Allied
War Machine
ALLIED HEADQUAR-

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algiers, Oct. 17.-P
strong German
resistance in four days of ex-
tremely heavy fighting, Am
orleans and British of the
Fifth Army have driven the
enemy back from nearly all
his positions on the Volturno
river line and the British
Eighth Army has pushed
ahead all along it's section OF
the Italian front, official re-
ports said today.
A German retreat north of
the Volturno was admitted
by the Nazi high command
which said in a broadcast
communique that the Allies
attacked in the western Sec
tor of the front where our
outposts had withdrawn"
'"The Fifth Army has COM
PEELED the enemy to withdraw
from the majority of his Vol
turno POSITIONS" said an AL
lied communique from the
headquarters of Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
The bitterest fighting was
raging along the Tierno river
which winds through rough
country southwest from Ger
reto and empties into the
Volturno five miles above it's
confluence with the Galore
river and four miles north
west of Amorosi. Capture of
both Cerreto and Amorosi
was announced by the Allies
yesterday.
Lett frank Menaceu
American units of 1t. Gen. Mark
W. Clark's Fifth Army, punching
through that locality, jeopardized
the left flank of the German line.
At the same time, German eff
forts to continue holding few
river line positions on the 16-mile
sector of the Volturno from Capua
to the Tyrrhenian sea were in dan.
ger of being pinched out.
On the west the Germans were
threatened by British troops who,
since their landings at the mouth
of the Volturno, have consolidated
positions along canal which cx-
tends inland one to three or four
miles north of the river, and on
the east their stand was jeopardiz-
ed by the American occupation of
high ground northeast of Capua
from which guns dominated the
lowlands of the Volturno valley.
(The Vichy radio, quoting Ger
man sources in broadcast re-
COI oCu III iOlloOIl Wy tllC <NoSOCls
ated Press, said the Allies had
landed new reinforcements north
of the Volturno estuaryD
The German communique said
there was ''enbittered fighting"
in the Capua and Campobasso
areas where Temporary dents eff
fected by the Anglo-Saxon forces
were sealed off in counterattacks
made at night"
The Eighth Army continued it's
westward push all along the north
eastern half of the Allied line, with
Nazi rearguards remaining behind
for brisk clashes with Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's advance
patrols only when the terrain was
decidedly favorable fol- defense.
The exact depth to which these
patrols penetrated westward from
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US. Planes And Filters
Proving Best In World

rmOaA.ssHlNGToN, Oct, T.
have nrnu. %arplanes and crews
battle lived st the worlds best in
aircraft shooting u,9'i down 1872 enemy
yt1 bit ba.. While losing 1867 anJ
way. equipment is on the
in That 55t is is, briefly the story Of war
Office Of If w as told today by the
second ren war Information in it's
combat l nlpS on United States
fronts plane performance on mali all
pe 5af score 2s; for Army aircraft fran
T ssss, !, ratio of 70 nea September tala l
oo' Of the sky for
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Rommel's Army Repulsed
By Yug0slavs Near Split

LONDON Oct. 17-(P)-Gen Josip (Tito) Broz
hardhttng Yugoslav Partisans announced today that
they had thrown back Marshal Erwin Rommes Naz forces
near the Adratc port of Split but had been forced to
linquish their hold on Zenca in the Balkan Ruhr.'
This continuation of the fierce struggles ranging almost
the length of Yugoslavia coupled with Allied
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Virginia Scion Planning
Retail Sales Tax Measure

WASHINGTON, Oet I7.-H9-Despite aggressive
Administration and Clio oposition Rep Robertson (DVa)
announced today he would propose to Congress 10 per
cent national retail sales tax linked with repeal of the
per cent victory tax.
The Virginan member of the taX-drafting House
Ways and Means committee said his sales levy proposal
would exempt all purchases and ali purchases
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WEATHER
FORECAST:

NORTH CAROLINA: Warmer
Monday.
Cape Fear River stage at Fay
etteville, Sunday at 8 a. M, 9.15
feet.
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continued on Page Three; Col. g.
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Woman sTriaI in Theft
|0f Jewels Continues:
Kent 10 Testify Again

The trial OF Mrs. Frances Dol
mage. SO, on charges of housebreak-
ing and grand larceny growing out
of the theft of more than $4,000
worth OF rare jewelry from the
apartment of Otis Beal Kent, re-
tired Washington lawyer, resumed
today in District Court.
Mr.. Kent, who told the Jury of
four women and eight men yester-
day how he had collected the jewels
in his world travels, was to return
to the stand for further cross-ex-
animation by Defense Attorney
Robert H. McNeal.
During cross-examination yester-
day in which the defense submitted
number OF receipts purportedly
describing some Of the missing Jew
elry, Mr.. Kent asserted that one
receipt offered was in the jewelry
bag which disappeared from his
apartment.
The session also was marked by
repeated warnings by Justice Mat
thew F. MCGUIRE that the witness
answer directly questions asked by
the defense. Mr.. Kent and Mr.. Nc
Neal clashed over the witness ap-
praisal prices of the missing jewelry
Mr.. Kent said he had known the de-
fendant about l6 years and her hus-
band, local dentist, about 20 years.
Under examination by Assistant
United States Attorney Bernard
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Is Newspapermen
Initiated al Dinner
Of Sigma Della Chi

Fifteen Washington newspaper.
men, including Elmer Davis, direc-
tor Of the once Of War Informa-
ton, were initiated last night as pro-
fessional members OF the Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journalistic
fraternity, as Willard R. Smith was
installed as national president. Mr.
Smith, associate editor of the Wis
consin State Journal. Madison, Wis.
succeeds Palmer Hoyt, publisher OF
the Portland Oregonian and former
deputy director for domestic opera
tions of owl.
A feature OF the dinner meet
ing at the Statler Hotel was
an address by Col. Carlos p.
Romulo, secretary Of information
and public relations OF the Phil
ippine government-in-exile, who
graphically described the last days
on Bataan and Corregidor. He was
ordered OF the fortress by Gen.
Jonathan M. Wainwright two hours
before the defending forces surrend-
cred to the Japanese and carried
sealed messages to Gen. Douglas
Macarthur in Australia.
Added to Roster.
In addition to Mr.. Davis, the fol-
lowing were added to SDx's roster:
Paul Wooten, president Of the
White House Correspondents Asso-
citation; Charles P. Trussell, Wash
ington staff of the New York Times;
Dewey Fleming. chief of the Wash
ington bureau of the Baltimore Sun;
Alexander F. c'Casey"D Jones, man.
aging editor of the Washington
Post; Norman Baxter, assistant to
the Secretary of Commerce; Forbes
Campbell, director of information
for the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation and the ONCE of Alien
Property Custodian; Dr. Diosdado
M. Yap, editor and publisher OF the
Philippine news magazine Bataan.
Also Sol Taishofi, editor OF Broad
casting magazine; Philip Rodgers,
special assistant to the domestic
director Of Owl: 1t. Jack R. How
ard, former assistant executive edi-
tor, Scripps-Howard Newspapers;
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
of the London Times;
George Lyon, Owl deputy domestic
director; Thomas l.. Stokes, Scripps-
Howard Newspapers Alliance; Bar
net Mover, Washington Post colum-
mist, and Maj. Sedley Peck, colum-
mist and magazine writer.
1900 In Fraternity.
Founded in 1909. Sigma Delta
Chi Is a professional fraternity for
men engaged in and preparing to
enter the profession Of journalism
Evening star., 1943-12-16

as q career, and now includes more
than $4,000 men in virtually every
phase OF the field. There are under
graduate chapters at 43 colleges and
universities.
Col. Romulo, delivering his filth
lecture in this country, called on
America to intensity its warfare
against the Japanese before they
become too strongly intrenched
Pointing out that the keynote Of
Japanese propaganda in the Far
East is racial, he said the Japs were
using to advantage Americas Sc
lection Of Germany as its principal
enemy. America. he emphasized,
has fought on the outer fringes Of
Japanese conquered territory, re-
gaining only 1900 square miles of
the 100000 square miles overrun
by the ruthless enemy.
Reactivation of Chapter.
Plans were laid for the reactiva-
ton of the fraternitys Washington
alumni chapter, and Luther Huston,
bureau chief Of the New York Times,
was elected president.
Arrangements for the meeting
were in charge Of a committee
headed by Dick Fitzpatrick, asso-
ciate editor Of the Quill and execu-
tive editor Of Bataan; David Lu,
Central News Agency of China;
Capt. Stephen McDonough, Army
surgeon generals technical infor-
nation section; Luther Huston;
Larry Salter, information director
of the American Medical Associa-
ton: Richard Leban, En- Guardia
magazine; Charles T. Allen, owl
news bureau chief and professor Of
journalism at Northwestern Uni
versity, and Gilbert Gardner, For.
eign Economic Administration.
Evening star., 1943-12-16

Z sister-in-law. The sister in law
got 1t from . teacher. The teacher
got 1t from a cousin In California
who was visiting here.
"The lady said her cousin, who
told the story, Is now back in Cali
fornia-and that the turkey, at last
reports, was still alive and sprouting
some. more feathers.
1T. seems from her story that it
happened in Hollywood-which Is
quite appropriate"
Evening star., 1943-12-16

Margolius, the witness asserted that
Mrs. Dolmage was the only person
besides himself who possessed a key
to his apartment in the 1000 block
Of Sixteenth street NV.
In his opening statement, Mr..
Margolius told the jury the Govern
ment would show that the defend
ant was seen leaving the apartment
building July 20 carrying a black
bag similar to the one in which Mr..
Kent kept his jewels and that the
defendant was in possession of q key
to the apartment
Mr.. Kent testified that he went
out Of the city July 26, leaving be-
hind the jewels, approximately $40O
in currency. some 40 karats of uncut
diamonds and other valuables.
A front door lock in his apart
ment was changed in August, he
said.
Mr.. McNeal informed the Jury he
would show that Mrs. Dolmage was
at work in the Investment Building
the morning Of the alleged theft.
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Georgia Editor
Traces Tall Tale
ToHoNywood
By the Associatsd Press.


AUGUSTA. Ga, Dec. 16.-The
only trace today OF the Augusta
Herald's pinfeather sweater girl-a
denuded turkey clad In homespun
raiment--was one large egg.
The Herald's staff had been
searching for the turk, which Re-
porter Edith Bell said a school
teacher. too tender hearted to WELD
an ak, had chloroformed and dry
picked.
The teacher placed the bird in the
refrigerator, only to have it come
back to life. Overcome with re-
morse, the teacher then was sup
posed to have garbed the denuded
turkey In a sweater, passing up her
Thanksgiving feast
Editor Sam Moss, somewhat
skeptical, qulzzed Reporter Bell and
reported:
Our reporter got the story from
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Court Clerk DriscoII's
Condition Held Critical

Charles H. Driscoll, 40, clerk to
Judge George D. Nelson of Munich
pal Court, was in critical condition
today in Sibley Hospital, following
an abdominal operation yesterday.
Hospital attendants said he will
be given another blood TRANSMISSION
today.
Mr.. Driscoll has served In various
capacities in Municipal Court for
the last five years. and his voice
has become we'll known on the
radio through the daily TRAFFIC
Court broadcasts.