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Evening star., 1943-08-04
Roberts Heads Group
To Seek New Bishop

Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts
Of the Supreme Court of the United
States has been named chairman of
for Bishop of Washington to sue
ceed the late Right Rev. James E
Freeman, it was announced today.
A committee of 81 was named by
the Standing Committee on the
authorization last week at special
convention of the Washington
Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, held at Church OF ST
Stephen and the Incarnation.
The committee will make report
to the special convention. now In
recess, after the general convention
which will be held early in October.
Those named with Justice Roberts
are:
Henry P. Blair DR. H. M Bowen,
AquaSco, Md; William r. Castle,
Joseph H. B. Evans, Col w. G. Fay,
Leonardtown, Md: Richard H.
Lansdale, Sandy Spring, Md; Mrs
William Partridge, Thomas E. Rob-
ertson and Charles F. Wilson, lay
members, and the Revs Joseph E.
Elliott, Armand T. Eyler, Reno S.
Harp. Edward B. Harris, r. F.. Henry
Of Oxon Hill. Md: Robert L. Jones
Of Beltsville, Md; r. w. Lewis Of
Mitchelville. Md; A. A. McCallum.
H. H. D. Sterrett, James Valiant of
Indianhead, Md. and Payton r.
Williams.
1t was emphasized that nomina-
rions can be made from the floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-04

ping lanes was far more important
than most persons imagine. There
was no question, he said. that the
blockade was being defied.
This spokesman said there was
definite pro-Ally sentiment among
the Argentine people. but that there
was reluctance to make a diplo-
matte break without some real basis
for severing relations.
The position OF the government OF
Argentina, he said. was not to break
with the Axis unless there was some
trouble justifying such q step.
Argentine merchant ships. he said,
despite the reduction In sinking in
the North Atlantic, continue to take
some risk in coming to New York.
The action, he said, should en-
phasize that there Is no "subterra-
mean agreement" with the Nazis.
The shift in ports also will have
an economic advantage. he observed
by saving rail trafic after shipments
reach the United States.
The action was interpreted by the
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Russia
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ported a notable victory in the
Donets Basin, where they said the
Nazis had been compelled by serious
losses to halt their attacks south
west of Voroshilovgrad after FIVE
days of furious fighting.
This was the second German sum-
mer offensive thrust to break
against the Russian defenses, the
first having fizzled out at Orel in
July.
Considerable aerial activity was
reported all along the front yester-
day, resulting, the Russians said, in
the destruction of l30 enemy planes.
Other units of the German Army
however. were still trying to ad-
vance at Belgorod at the southern
end of the Kursk salient 165 miles
below Orel. The Soviet war bulle-
tin said the Nazis were engaged in
reconnaissance in force, but had
been repulsed with loss of about
300 men. The Russians also said
they seized a quantity of war ma
terial.
The communique reported that
Russian artillery smashed IS Ger
man strong points in the Leningrad
sector. A battalion of Nazi troops
was reported wiped out. On the
Kareyian front Russians attacked
a Nazi trench and killed a company
OF Germans in hand-to- hand fight
ing.
| In the Gulf OF Finland Russian
torpedo planes sank German
patrol boat and two transports, the
comniunique said.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Ed Sullivan Returns
To pc Air|ines Post

Ed Sullivan, who for the last II
months has been on leave of absence
from Pennsylvania Central Airlines
to serve as liaison officer between
the Air Transport Association and
the Army Air Forces, has returned
to Pea as director of sales, J. j
ODonovan, vice president, an
nounced today.
At the same time, Pea today in
augurated another round "trip daily
service between Washington and
Norfolk because of the heavy pri-
ority traffic between the two cities. u
The first increase in service be-
tween the two cities since the COM
pany's equipment was ordered re-
duced in June, 1912, the new sched-
ule will give PC. A. four round
trips daily between the cities.
Associated with PC. A. since
1884, Mr. Sullivan was loaned by
the airline to the Air Transport As
sociation to aid in co-ordinating
military and civilian needs in air
transportation.
Assigned to the Washington traf-
flc ONCE when he joined the airline
in 1884. Mr.. Sullivan was trans
ferred to Pittsburgh as district traf-
fic manager two years later. In
1889 he was made chief of stations
with Offices in Cleveland, and in
1910 was placed in charge of sales
A great deal of his work now will
be concerned with the airline's post
war planning. = -.
Evening star., 1943-08-04

the Rome radio. advised the Italians
that Italy must go on fighting to
save at least its honor"
Flare-up on Frontier.
While dispatches from the Swiss
border town of Chiasso indicated
little news was getting past the
/, italian censorship, reports were re-
ceived there of a fiare-up> on the
Swiss French frontier between
French partisans and italian border
guards. Two Italians were reported
killed.
ChiaSSo also heard reports of in
creased partisan activity in Yugo-
slavia and continued unrest in Hun
gary and other Balkan areas, in
Guiding Dalmatia, Slovenia and
Serbia. Sloyene units were said to
have filtered into the Fruili district
in Northern Italy where $4,000
Slovenes reside to organize partisan
resistance to the Badoglio regime.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Increased Freedom
1oMap Crop Programs
Seen for Farmers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
President Edward A. ONeal of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
expressed belief today that farmers
would have more freedom next year
in determining their individual crop
and livestock production programs.
The trend In agriculture, he
said, is definitely away from CEN
tral Government control and toward
more local, individual control"
Mr.. ONeal made this statement
after comforting with War Food Ad-
ministrator Marvin Jones on plans
for the 1914 food program which,
Mr.. Jones has announced. will call
for record planting of $4,000 900
acres to food and feed crops and the
maintenance of livestock production
at near the present peak.
One of the questions discussed
with Mr.. Jones, the Farm Bureau
chief said. was the matter OF OBJ
tanning farmer cooperation with
production goals of various crops to
be set up under the food program.
The food administrator has indicat-
ed that AAA acreage allotments and
rigid marketing quotas-with the
exception Of the non-food crop of
tobacco-would be abandoned.
Mr.. O'Neal said Mr.. Jones had
asked officers of various ma jor farm
organizations at meeting Yesterday
to give him their ideas on what next
years program should contain. It is
the food administrator hope, Mr.
ONeal said, to lay before Congress
this fall completely worked -out
program.
Tentative plans all for the estab-
lishment Of national, State and
county goals for various crops. Each
farmer would be asked to produce as
much as he could Of the vitally
needed crops. The Government
would depend on production credit.
minimum Government guaranteed
prices, war risk insurance and ma
terial grants to obtain the desired
production.
Others conferring with Mr.. Jones
were Albert s. Goss, master of the
National Grange: Ezra T. Benson.
executive secretary of the National
Council of Farmer Co-operatives.
and James G. Patton. president OF
the National Farmers Union.
Mr. Goss and Mr.. ONeal said they
told Mr.. Jones that the Federation
and the Grange continued to oppose
use of subsidies ito provide con-
sumers with cheap food" Both said
they urged program providing
Government guarantee OF proper"
prices for farm products at the mar
ket place, with consumer prices
based on the farm prices.
IF the Government will set up
such a program, and provide farm
ers with sufficient farm machinery
and labor" said Mr.. ONeal, farm
ers will produce to the limit. The
Government program on hogs proves
that. Nearly three years ago the
Government set guaranteed price
for hogs designed to encourage farm
ers to expand production
Farmers came through. In fact,
they came through too we'll. We
have too many hogs in relation to
the feed supply"
Evening star., 1943-08-04
|WLB Studies Lewis
Appeal for Portal Pay
For Mine Workers

The War Labor Board had
under advisement today the plea
of John L. Lewis for approval, as
a fundamental right of miners
of the portaRto-portal pay called
for in the new contract between
his United Mine Workers and
Illinois soft coal operators.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
meanwhile, invited the manager OF
each coal mine taken over by the
Government to suggest when the
property should be restored to pri-
vate control, though he did not COM
NIT himself to comply with the sug-
gestions.
Mr.. Lewis was quiet and self
effacing in his appearance before the
board yesterday, in contrast to
months of defiance. as he argued
that portal-to-portal pay would
bring the compensat ton basis of
American miners only up to the
standard universal In civilized coun-
tries.
First Appearance Before Board.
Soft spoken and so retiring he did
not even enter personally into the
discussion until direct questions were
addressed to him, Mr.. Lewis made
his first appearance before the board
an anticlimax to the months in
which he has ignored WLAB orders
and criticized the panel as packed
against labor" Since he last refused
to deal with 1t. WLB has been
clothed with authority and power
Of subpoena.
American miners, Mr. Lewis said
are "the only mine workers in any
civilized country who do not receive
compensation for travel time at each
end of the shift"
He told the board that only the
name "portal-to-portal pay" is new,
and the UNIV has held for more
than 40 years that its members were
entitled to such compensation.
Under the agreement with the
Illinois mine owners, the workers
would receive $1.25 q day for under
ground travel time. That figure was
arrived at in negotiation to pay for
time spent currently between the
mine gate and the working face, and
to hquidate within the two-year life
Of the contract the back pay for
such time to which the miners con-
tend they have been entitled since
October, 1898, under the wage and
hour law.
Illinois Contract Only Issue.
They also would work an addi-
tional hour q day. at the coal face,
at the overtime rate of time and a
half or $3.50. Free tools and equip
ment previously approved by the
WLB would bring the daily increase
In miners earnings to about 50.
While the case before the WLB
concerns only the proposed Illinois
agreement, the UNIV has held it up
as basis for settlement Of the wage
controversy which has led to three
general strike in the Nations coal
pits and to Government seizure of
the mines.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Eden
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statement raised no hopes that an
immediate peace Is in prospect.
On the contrary there was a grow
ing belief that new, heavy blows
must be inflicted-perhaps a light
ming land drive into the Italian
mainland itself even while the bat
tie of Sicily is in full swing-to take
Italy out of the war before Germany
consolidates her position in the pen
inSula
Last nights offer by Mr.. Eden to
accept surrender from any qualified
Italian spokesmen regardless of for
mer affiliations came in a surprise
debate in Commons. He said.
I'VE are as war cabinet anxious
to see Italy accept the uncondition-
al surrender she was offered and
anxious to see facilities given to
her SO that we can turn the war
even more vigorously onto Germany.
I'VE are anxious to see a peace in
which Italy can play her part as a
respectable nation once again.
Would Be Pleased, He Says.
IF we accepted unconditional
surrender from any one I would not
regard myself as thereby recogniz-
ing them in the least. l would be
extremely pleased 10 accept uncon-
ditional surrender from Hitler to-
morrow
German broadcasts were backing
to the limit what apparently was
Premier Badoglio's program-that
the war must 90 on-despite indica-
tions that Mussolinis successor does
not speak for the great masses of
the Italian people. The fact that
he is using his control of the gov
ernment and the army to stif1e the
overwhelming public clamor for
peace indicates. it was believed, his
intention of playing the German
game as long as possible.
Swiss reports that quiet reigns
now in the towns of Northern Italy
where last week mass peace demon
strations were reported, we're ac-
cepted as evidence that Badoglios
military repression of public opinion
has been successful.
Press and Radio Urges Fight.
The government inspired Italian
press and radio continued to ridicule
any Allied surrender terms, attempt
ing to convince the people that
they would be no better of if they
ceased fighting. The Rome radio
said that even food would be taken
from the Italians to maintain Allied
military operations from her soil de-
spite Gen. Eisenhower explicit
pledges to the contrary.
AS time worked for German ends
Istanbul relayed reports. uncon.
firmed from other soIrces, that the
Nazis had seized three Italian ships
carrying Italian troops to Italy wher
they appeared in Suda Bay, seeking
fuel. There were no details as tt
where the vessels had come from
but Badoglio had been reported
summoning Italian garrisons bach
from the Balkans and Russia.
indicative Of the controlled pres.
attitude was the Rome newspaper
Giornale dItalia, which had SHIFTED
from Fascist policy Immediately
after the downfall OF Mussolini
Yesterday an editorial, broadcast b,
Evening star., 1943-08-04
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told of driving two friends to their
homes, near Westbourne, after he
had been host at dinner party the
night OF July 7.
He said he returned home about
1:45 am. and went directly to bed -
Capt: Meichen related. De Marigny
lived with a longtime friend, the
Marquis Georges de Visdelou Guim-
beau.
DE Marigny Said the marquis
took a girl to her home about 2 As
am. and returned shortly after 3.
He said the marquis came to his
bedroom and talked with him.
He said he arose early and went
directly to his chicken farm.
1T was not until he returned to
town about 1880 am. De Marigny
said, that he learned for the first
time about Sir Harry's death when
he was told by j. H. Anderson.
Capt. Melchen already had de-
scribed the scene in the death room
1T appeared" Capt. Melchen told
Magistrate r. E. Field, that Sir
Harry first was set afire while he
lay on the floor not far from his bed
Apparently he managed to get
through the bedroom door into the
hall.
Smudges on Hall Wall.
THE indications are that he tried
fN Inury, ho to CT i,,r,
There were smudges on the hall
wall where his body fell against it.
There were burns and SCOT spots, too
on the stairs and the rail.
This indicates that he was afire
before he got into the hall"
De Marigny smiled at acquaint-
anCes in the small courtroom as he
made his fifth appearance before
Field. His magistrate wife, Nancy
Oakes' eldest daughter, heard part
Of yesterdays testimony, but left In
the afternoon for Miami, saying she
was going on an eTand in connec-
tior with the case.
She was en- route to New York BY
airplane today
Capt. Melchen related the events
ow the day Sir Harry's body wa,
found on the bed in his room by
Harold G. Christie, a house guest
at Westbourne.
He said there were bloody towels
in the bathroom adjoining 81,
Harry's bedroom.
Defense Challenges Points.
The defense was wasting no op-
portunitieS to challenge point by
point the prosecutions testimony.
When Capt. Barker testified yes
terday that De Marignys finger
print was on screen in the bedroom
where Cakes body was found. De
fense Attorney Godfrey Higgs swift
ly brought out that some prints were
not obtained from the screen until q
day after the discovery
Capt. Barker explained that hui
midity had made it impossible to
complete the job in one day.
Mr.. Higgs also brought out that
other prints on the screen had been
identified, including those of Mr.
Christie: those of the medical ex-
aminer and of Maj. Herbert Penn
berton of the colonial police
Evening star., 1943-08-04
| Store Is Fined
| $3.50 for Third
Health Offense

The highest fine yet levied for a
health violation was meted out in
Municipal Court today when Lewis
Goodman. 935 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, was fined $3.50 by Judge John
P. Mcmahon.
Goodman pleaded guilty to a
charge of having IT'S pounds of de-
composed meat IN his refrigerator
but denied he intended to sell 1t.
This Is the most horrible health
case have ever heard" said Judge
Mcmahon.
According to, Health Inspector
Henry Jenkins, the store has been
cited for health violations three
times since May Goodman was al
lowed to forfeit $25 on the first
charge and was fined $50 in court
last month.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Four Farmers Arrested
For Hog Law Violations

-Four Prince Georges County
farmers have been arrested on
charges of violating the county hog
law. The arrests were the first to
be made under the new law. which
was passed at the last session of
the State Legislature.
The farmers, charged with having
their hog pens less than 1000 feet
from a public road, are C. F. Bartz,
80; H. L. Bartz, 80, both of Clear
view; John Barnes, 43, colored, For
estville, and Alonzo Brooks, 43,
colored, Pumpkintown.
County Sanitary Engineer C. L.
Wood, who swore out warrants
against the four men. said violation
of the law provides for a fine of
from s5 to $50 or 80 days in jail, or
both.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Arlington Public Schools
To Open September 7

Arlington County public schools
will open September 7, it was an
nounced today by Supt. of Schools
Fletcher Kemp.
School officials said they are an
ticipating heavier enrolment this
year than in 1912. when the total
enrolment was l0,325.
Additions to the county system
include new 16-room elementary
school now under construction at
Darlington, defense home apart
ment project in the southwest corner
of the county.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Skillful Fisherman
Saves Drowning Man

Weaver Hill, SO, colored, 932 Forty
eighth street NE, who fell from the
seawan on the east side of the Ben
ming Bridge yesterday, was saved
from drowning by James Jenkins,
colored, 3l2 G street NE.
Mr.. jenkins threw out a strong
fishing line, and it hooked under Mr.
Hills belt. Unconscious when pulled
ashore, Mr.. Hill was given artificial
respiration and later was admitted to
Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Question on HaItinu
Production Is Asked
In hLRB Election
By the Associated Press.

cy tht hSsOClhteO FTeSS.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Aug. 4.-The
question, do you wish to permit an
interruption of war production in
wartime as result of this dispute?'
was laid before war plant workers
today for the first time in a secret
election conducted by the National
Labor Relations Board.
The voting among approximately
1000 maintenance and production
workers of two plants of the Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Co. was
ordered after Attorney General Bid
die ruled that either a minority or
a majority group of employees could
obtain a strike vote under the
Smith Connally antistrike law.
Behind this first plant election
under the new law was a month
long jurisdictional controversy be-
tween District 50 of John Lewis
United Mine Workers and the CIO
United Farm Equipment and Metal
Workers of America.
The NLRB authorized the election
after District so declared its 1900
claimed members would strike in 80
days unless the collective bargaining
controversy had been settled before
the cooling off" period expired.
The board previously had dismissed
District so challenge of NLRB
certiflcation of the Farmers Equip
ment Workers Union as bargaining
agency at the plants until April
Is. 1914.
Work at both plants ceased for
two days in June after District so
members walked out in protest
against the NLRB dismissal of their
petition and picketed the plants.
On July 20 UNIV officials filed suit
in Federal Court, asking that the
NLRB denial order be vacated.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Bodies of Two Troinmen
Recovered From Wreck
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associst ted Press.
ALBANY. Ind, Aug. A. The
bodies of two railroad men killed
when two Nickel Plate Railroad
freight trains collided head-on near
here last night were recovered today
from the mass of wreckage.
The bodies recovered were those
OF Robert Denny of Lima, Ohio. and
Louis Ellerman of Frankfort, Ind.
Ferman Barber of Lima, another
trainman who had been listed by
Ogden Pierce, Nickel Plate superin-
tendent at Frankfort, as among the
missing, escaped death as he left the
east-bound train involved in the
collision as it passed through Mum
Gle, Ind, a few minutes before the
wreck.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Drought Forces Early
Harvest OF tobacco
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 4.-Tobacco
plants are being cut early this year
by farmers of Anne Arundel County
who are trying to salvage some OF
the drought-riddled crop in this
area. County Farm Agent Stanley
E. Day said today.
Due to the six-week drought the
leaves are burning up before the
farmers eyes, Mr.. Day added.
Only about one-third Of the snap
bean crop has been saved by truck
gardeners, the county agent de-
clared, and unless thorough soak
ing rain" comes TO the rescue late
paintings may 60 the way of the
middle of the season cron
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Famed Peory Snow Boby
Now Boasts Grandson
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BENNINGTON. Vt, Aug 4.-The
birth Of a son, Edward Peary Staf-
lord, jr, to 1t. u. g. and Mrs. E. P.
Stafford In Albany IN. " Hospital
yesterday brought a grandson to
Marie Ahnighito Peary Stafford, the
famous Snow Baby" daughter of
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, dis
coverer of the North Pole
The baby's grandmother, whose
middle name, Ahnighito, is an Es-
kmo word meaning Snow Baby"
was born far north of the Arctic
Circle at Anniversary Lodge on
Bowdoin Bay. during one of the
exploration trips OF the then Com
modore Peary. preceding his dis
covery of the North Pole No other
white child had ever been seen In
that Far Northern region.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Grand Circuit Racing
Gets Two More Weeks
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Two addi-
tional weeks at Empire City have
been added to the Grand Circuit,
major league of light harness horse
racing
The Empire track, where New
York State tracks are holding a
combined meeting, will take over
the weeks Of August is and 30.
Three days of Grand Circuit racing,
August 1912, previously had been
assigned to Empire, during which
the SAC, 1000 Hambletonian for 3-year-
old trotters will be renewed.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Boiling Field Crash Boot
Rescues Two From River

Two occupants of capsized sail
boat were rescued yesterday after
noon by an Army crash boat from
Boiling Field.
Those rescued were Harvey Vim
cent Green, 640l Fourteenth street
NV, and Eve Varnett. 1900 F street
NV, who were picked up off the
National Airport.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Defiance Of Axis
Seen as Argentina
Reroutes Shipping
BY the Associated Prsss.

Argentina's decision to reroute her
shipping from New Orleans to New
York was interpreted in authorita-
tive quarters today as direct def
ance of the Axis blockade of the
United States Atlantic coast.
At the same time. Secretary OF
State Hull told his press conference
the action did not necessarily in
volve change In Argentina's neu-
trality position.
A source close to Argentine cir
cles asserted the change In shin-
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Church Bells Peal SoIute
To Queen EIizobeth, 43
Bs the Associated Press.

81 the Assoclated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The bells of
st. Paul's Cathedral pealed a salute
to Queen Elizabeth today as she
celebrated her 43d birthday quietly
IN the country with King George
and the two pincesses royal.
1t was the first time since the
start OF the war that the cathedral
bells had been rung to celebrate a
royal birthday.
Evening star., 1943-08-04
Tribute Paid Lin Sen

President Roosevelt and Secretary
Of State Hull paid tribute to the zeal
wisdom and scholarship of President
Lin Sen of China in messages OF
coincidence which they sent today tc
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek and
Foreign Minister T. v. Soong.
Evening star., 1943-08-04

spokesman as q reputation OF the
former Castillo regime which for
bade shipments to New York.