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Evening star., 1943-11-23
President Proposes
Broad Program Of
Veterans Benefits
Submits Fund Request
To Congress in Special
Message on Plans
(Terf on po0e Ar
fTert on Page A-1S.)
By ]. A. FOX.

Calling on Congress to finance
broad program of veteran
benefits, President Roosevelt said
in a message today that this
would give notice to our armed
forces that the people back home
do not propose to let them down" !"
The Presidents recommendations
included provision for reasonable"
mustering-out pay. distributed in
installments, and unem-
ployment compensation for those
members Of the armed forces and
marine who still are job
less when the mastering -out allow
ance is exhausted-two of the major
points covered In program drafted
in July by Special Presidential
Committee and Endorsed in principle
at the time by Mr. Roosevelt. They
also were in line with proposals he
advanced earlier in a Nation wide
broadcast.
Recounting what already had been
done, he likewise urged generous
appropriations" for the disabled in
today's message. which followed a
recent communication to Congress
urging an educational program for
veterans estimated to cost sl,000,-
100000 annually.
Jobs Are First Task.
What are servicemen and wom-
en- want. more than anything else
is the assurance of satisfactory en-
ployment upon their return to civil
life," Mr.. Roosevelt said. THE first
task after the war is to provide
employment for them and for our
demobilized war workers.
The program of proposed benefits,
however, he continued is neededd
for their special protection.
I'VE must make provision now tc
help our returning servicemen and
women bridge the gap from war to
peace activity" he emphasized.
The President made no effort to
Evening star., 1943-11-23
|Dr. Dun Elected
Successor Of
Bishop Freeman.
Washington Diocese
Chooses Eastern Dean
On Third Ballot
Pictures on Page BIZ
BY HAROLD b. ROGERS.

DR.. Angus Dun, dean of the
Episcopal Theological School,
Cambridge, Mass. today was
elected Bishop of Washington to
succeed the late Right Rev.
James E. Freeman.
DR.. Dun, who is 81, was elected on
the third ballot at special conven-
tion of Washington Diocese, Prot
estant Episcopal Church. at st.
Stephen and the Incarnation
Church.
DR.. Dun received 48 out of %
clerical votes and 43 out of IS lay
votes. For election majority was
required in each category.
His closest competitors were DR..
Donald Bradshaw Aldrich, rector OF
the Church of the Ascension, New
York City, who received Is clerical
and II lay votes, and DR.. C. Avery
Mason of the national headquarters
OF the church in New York, who re-
ceived rs clerical and IA lay votes.
Others on Ballot.
FOuf OtnerS on the third ballOe
we're as follows:
DR.. Howard S. Wilkinson. rector
OF ST. Thomas Church. clerical, no
lay; DR.. c. Leslie Glenn, a naval
chaplain. 2 clerical, no lay; the Ret
Edward Gabler, rector of ChTist
Church. Washington parish, no
clerical, lay; the Rev. Clyde Brown.
l clerical, no lay There was one
defective vote in the third ballot.
A motion to make the election Of
DR.. Dun unanimous was defeated
by three nos. DR.. Dun was leading
in the first ballot and gained
strength in both the second and
third.
The Bishop-elect of Washington
is at his home in Cambridge and,
according to convention leaders, il
not expected to come here soon.
-. Subject to Approval
His election by the Washington
convention of clerical and lay dele-
gates must be approved by . ma
jority of the standing committees
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Germans Widen Zone
Of Counterattacks on
20-MiIe Ukraine Front
Lesser Drives Also
Reported From Rechitsu
To Dnieper Bend
e! the Associated Press.

e. the Associated Press
MOSCOW, Nov. 23.-The Ger
mans widened their main zone
of counterattacks in the Ukraine
along a 20-mile front between
Chernyakov and Korostychey
today as frozen earth on the
Russian front facilitated the
maneuyers of increasing num-
bers of mobile guns.
Lesser but still strong counter
attacks were reported at other prin-
cipal points of contact from the
White Russian sector at Rechitsa to
the Dnieper River bend southwest OF
Dnepropetrovsk.
The army newspaper Red Star said
the mud which had begged the roads
had been dried completely by the
first frosts and fast t-moving enemy
units were prodding for soft spots
in the Russian lines trying to open
flanks to attack by main forces of
the Nazi armies.
(The German high command
communique said the Germans
had withdrawn southwest of
Gomel, while north of that town
they had secured a defensive
victory" against repeated Russian
attacks. It asserted Russian
thrusts northeast of Kerch had
failed.
(The Swedish newspaper Sven
ska Dagbladet said the Russian
air force had begun a new heavy
bombing offensive against the
Baltic ports of Tallin, Riga,
Libau and Windau, in Estonia
and Latvia. These raids were di-
rected strictly against German
shipping and harbor facilities
which are used to service Nazi
(See PTISSTA Page An
Evening star., 1943-11-23
9Th Army Beats Back
Nazi Counterattdck:
Rain Slows Fighting
Foe Driven From Heights,
Americans Wipe Out
Machine Gun Position
By the Associated Press.

IS tue ASSOtldteu TTeSb.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Nov. ga strong German
force has launched sharp coun-
terattack on the British 9th
Army lines northwest of Agnone
but had been beaten back after
two hours OF fighting, official
reports from the front disclosed
today.
Agnone, in the inland sector of
the 9th Army front, was captured
Sunday by Gen. Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery's troops.
(The German high command,
for its part, said the British had
launched an attack with strong
forces" north of the Sangro River
against the Nazi extreme left
wing" along the Adriatic coast.
The broadcast German communi-
que said, however, that "numer-
Gus violent attacks" were halted
niiu OAlC AONdl ucllL was sealed
off,"
(There was no Allied conf1rma-
tion of this supposed 9th Army
offensive. All previous references
to British activity north of the
river, generally regarded as the
German winter line, referred
only to patrol activity
At the same time, other 9Th Army
units chased the enemy from more
high ground overlooking Alfedena
from the southeast in rugged in
land mountain sectors.
American Troops Attack.
American troops attacked and
wiped out German machinegun
position northwest of Montaquila
also inland, without loss.
The Allied communique said that
less rain fell in the last "a hours
but the battle front was still a sea
OF mud and rivers making most
operations impossible.
On the 5th Army front, British
patrols observed movements of en-
Continued on Page A-6, Column s.
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Bon Would Arouse
Women, House
Member Warns
BY the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
Chairman Norton of the House
Labor Committee declared today
that a powerful antisubsidy
coalition was making a political
football of the administrations
efforts to hold down food prices
and was selling consumers down
the river"
Her assertion, in speech pre-
pared for delivery on the floor, came
as the House approached a vote on
legislation extending the life of the
Commodity Credit Corp, but ban
ming consumer subsidies. Passage is
regarded as certain.
Mrs. Norton declared that if the
measure is passed with the anti
(See SUBSIDIES, Page A-60
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Nozi Hangar Blown Up
After Dunish Executions
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 23.- Soon
after the Germans announced the
execution of two Danes, a hangar
filled with planes was blown up by
saboteurs in Copenhagen last night,
reports from Denmark said today.
The resulting fire was said to have
destroyed the hangar. A half hour
later a chocolate factory in Copen-
hagen also was reported set afire.
One of the Danes was said to have
been executed for knocking down
German soldier, the other for
sabotage.
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Living Costs Rise .4% in Month;
Mrs. Norton Backs Subsidies
Price Of Food in
Capital Increases
IL Per Cent

The Labor Department re-
ported today that the cost of
living in large cities rose four
tenths of l per cent from mid
September to mid-October, the
second consecutive month in
which prices have increased.
The cost of living advance, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics said, was
due principally to increases in the
price of eggs. clothing and miscel-
laneous goods and services. Food
prices climbed six-tenths of / per
cent over the month because of a
7 per cent seasonal increase for
eggs. OPA regulations provided for
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Army Firmly Defends
Cano| Oil Contract as
Forced by War Needs
Replies to Ickes' Advice
To Scrap Big Project;
Didn't Consider Cost
B! the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
The War Department stuck to
its guns today on a Sl30000 600
oil project in Northwest Canada,
which Secretary of Interior Ickes
has said Ought to be junked
now"
Undersecretary of War Patterson
described the program-designed to
provide gasoline and other petro-
leum products for American forces
In Alaska and CANADIANS "a bold
undertaking" of which the War De.
partment is proud and James H
Graham, special assistant to Mr.
Patterson. said war needs justified it.
They testified before the Truman
Committee, which heard Mr.. Icke.
declare yesterday that he, as petro-
leum administrator for war, had not
been consulted about the project. for
which the United States is footing
the bill.
Il never consider costs in time OF
war; Mr.. Graham testified in stand
ing by his recommendation in favor
of the Canol development at White
Horse.
No Time for Costs.
Asserting there was no time to get
estimates of manpower and mate
rial requirements, Mr.. Graham de-
clared:
"Gentlemen. there was war 60
ing on and there still is a war going
on I've been taught not to con-
slider costs in time of war"
The witness, now on leave of alb
sence as dean of the University OF
Kentucky's school of engineering
said he was $l-a-year adviser to
1t. Gen. Brehon Somervell at the
time the recommendation was made
Gen. Somervell issued the directive
for the project.
TT was justified on the grounds
of military necessity alone" Mr.
Graham told the committee. "As an
economic proposition, the whole
thing was cockeyed from the be-
ginning
Mr.. Patterson testified that the
results so far have surpassed our
hopes"
Army Financed Project.
Under Gen. Somervell's directive
the Army financed development of
oil fields near Fort Norman. con-
struction of 550-mile pipeline from
Norman to White Horse and re-
moval of an aviation refinery from
Texas to White Horse.
Gen. Somervell, Chairman Truman
declared, acted the same day he
received memorandum from Mr.
Graham after conference at which
the Imperial Oil Co. of Canada
expressed belief the oil fields could
be developed to a capacity of 5000
barrels day.
Mr.. Patterson said the project
grew out of vigorous efforts of the
Army to produce a local supply OF
petroleum products along the land
and air route to Alaska" and added
THE Army took bold and prompt
action in the dark days of ~. We
Evening star., 1943-11-23

shocked soldier in a hospital tent
because he thought the soldier was
Sinking his duty.
The incident occurred early in
August when the Sicilian campaign
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Mrs. Roosevelt Doubts
Story Of Sons Capture
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., Nov. 23.-Mrs
Roosevelt takes with a grain OF
salt" report her son, Elliott, has
been shot down over enemy terri
tory.
II heard from Elliott not so long
ago and he said everything was all
right she stated last night after
attending the premiere of March
ing with Johnny" musical show
sponsored by the National CIO
War Relief Committee here.
The Presidents wife was the guest
of Philip Murray, CIO president,
who presented her to the audience.
She also went backstage to greet the
cast.
Provincial de Como, an obscure
newspaper of Como, Northern Italy
yesterday published a report that
one Of President Roosevelt's sons
had been made prisoner after
parachuting from a plane over Ger
many. The paper attributed the
report to its Berlin correspondent.
Evening star., 1943-11-23
Illness Fatal to Charles Roy

HOLLYWOOD (P.-CharIes
Ray, who gained national
fame for his portrayal of
country pumpkin roles on the
silent screen, died today after
a long illness. He was 81
years old.
Evening star., 1943-11-23
News
Bulletins
Hayes Succeeds Reckord

Brig. Gen. Philip Hayes to-
day was named commanding
general of the Sd Service Com
mand, with headquarters in
Baltimore, the War Depart
ment announced. He succeeds
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Record,
who is to be given another as
signment, as yet unannounced.
The Sd Service Command in
cludes Maryland, the District,
Pennsylvania and virginia,
Evening star., 1943-11-23

(See PACIFIC, Page A-18.)
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(See BENEFITS, Page A-6)
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(See RAIDS, Page AS.
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Continued on Page AS, Column /
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-3D
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(See CANOL,
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Continued on Page A-6, Column s.
Evening star., 1943-11-23

Clear, continued cold today, tonight and
tomorrow; near freezing tonight.
Temperatures today-Highest, 46, at
1:3o pm. lowest, SO, at 2:38 am. Yes
terday-Highest so, at 1901 am; low
est, IS, at 11:59 pm.
Evening star., 1943-11-23

(See PATTON. Page A-18.)
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Guide for Readers

A Associoted Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1943-11-23

|S1DIES, Page A-6.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16
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WOMEN

Patty Berg, famous golf star is now
Private Patty Berg, Lady Leather
neck. while her nearest rival, Elizabeth
Hicks is Il SPAR.
The members of the Marine Corps
WomenS Reserve prefer to be called
Lady Marines. rather than an abbre
waited Alphabetical appelation such as
marks other female branches of armed
service, but my guess is they'll be
dubbed Lady LeatherneckS most of the
time.
$4,000 women volunteers are being
sought in Il campaign being stressed
this month to Free Il Marine t.
Fight" 5000 of these hoped-for-re-
cruits will be placed in ground avia
ton. Already the control towers of the
Naval Air Base nj ATLANTA has been
taken over by Lady Marines and they
the reported to be doing bang-up job.
The first women's Marine Band is to
be organized for duty at the newly
established women'S training base at
Camp lie Jeune New River, \. {.
There are at least 100 different types
of jobs available in the Lady Marines
and those who lack special skill will
he trained in work they are most
adapted TO. They draw the same pay
as men Marines. Officers get 500 al
lowance for uniforms, enlisted person
mel 5000, with medical, hospital and
dental care free They are entitled to
mailing privilege. discounts on trans
portation, theaterS, clubs. hotels. etc.
Even if Uncle sam makes Il sub
Stantial allowance toward the buying
of the clothes every we'll dressed Lady
Marine should wear, he doesn't lay
down any set rules on underwear. SO
underneath those SIappy forest green
uniforms they may 20 for the frillieSt
of frills, and they usually do, just to
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16
DO YOU KNOW?


More books are being printed and
sold today than ever before in the his
tory of any country. An average of
100000 copies of pocket editions ar"
sold monthly with the Pocket Diction-
ary being the best seller.
WILKES Zone World" has sold over
l ,25O,OO0 copies and still pouring off
the press, probably the best non-tiction
seller of recent months.
There are twenty American girls fly
ing in the Eagle Squadron, The British
Air Transport Auxiliary, an organiza-
ton of some 600 hiers who deliver
planes from the assembly lines to Raj
Headquarters all over Europe
Their job is to deliver the planes in
good condition. What planes they are
allowed to fly depends on the class
they are able to handle and the tests
and preliminary training are the same
for both men and women in the ATA.
Few women are qualified to handle q
four engine bomber, but several fly two
engine bomberS and fighters. The girls
sizes have nothing to do with it. y
little five feet two type, slim and
dainty, flies one of those monster Ster-
ling bombers SO big you can drive an
automobile underneath the fuselage, al
most down to the tail.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16
Brddcosting Workers
On Commercial Programs
Given PoY Increase

Washington, -. c. ULNS).-A 10
ers, and announcers performing on
commercial programs of seven broad
casting companies has been unanimous
~ approved by the National War La
Dor Board. The increase is retroactive
to March 8, 1943.
Companies involved are the Nd
tional BrOadcasting Co, WOR Pro
gram Service, Inc, Columbuia Boa rd-
casting System, Inc, and the Blue
Network Co, Inc, all Of New York
Don Lee BOardcasting Co, Of Holly
wood; WGN, Inc, and Agricultural
Broadcasting System, both Of Chicago.
The American Federation of Radio
Artists, AFL, represents the employees.
who work in the companies studios in
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, and Hollywood.
In submitting their agreement, the
parties said no increases in rates for
artists and announcers employed on
commercial programs had been given
since 1910. The increase is therefore,
allowable under the Little Steel
| formula, the board found.
An agreement between the same
! parties for adjustments in rates Of
actors, singers and announcers on live
sustaining programs was approved by
/ the board, with notifications last
May.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16
THEATERS EXTEND PACT
WITH ACTORS UNION

New York City ).-The League
of New York Theaters, consisting Of
producers, theater owners and oper-
atorS, has ratified the extension for
another year of the existing minimum
basic agreement with the Actors Equity
Association.
The agreement, says Equity Maga-
zine, the official organ of the actors
union, incorporates all the present
Equity rules and regulations and pro-
vides that if the Government should
change its present attitude with re-
spect to wage increases due to an in
crease in the cost Of living, Equity
may reopen the matter of minimum
salary
The leagues approval of the new
agreement is regarded by Equity "as
an achievement of considerable pro-
portions" in view of the growing
tension and bitterness among labor,
capital and the Government over wage
scales and conditions of work.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16
Halls Shipbuilding Pact
As Wars S Most G Constructive.
Fdr-Redching Development
LABOR TO BE JUDGED BY DEEDS

Portland, Greg QLNS)The Master Shipbuilding Agree
ment worked out by Pacific organized labor and
ment be big factor in making the coast the nations great
est industrial empire John P Frey president of the Metal Trades
Department, AFI4 said here.
President Frey said that in the great industrial
wealth which he visuazed labor will refuse to be exploited but
he warned that labor to be constructive must keep mind
other of Americans will tamey submit to exploitation
Frey spoke the launching of Liberty Ship
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16

for homes and ships and jeeps
and planes. Five times the power
this country had in the last war.
More power than all the Axis
countries combined!
And over 500 of this vast flood
of power came from the electric
companies under business man.
aecment - at low pre.~Gr prices.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16

GI.ANIOR

Never be drab-re-dye it" is the
new slogan since conservation is patri=
otic and necessary. It's easy to dye if
YOU just follow the directions on the
dye package.
Your faded summer stockings can
be made to serve with your fall ward
robes by using the special stocking dye.
It's a good way to match up odd pairs
and this special stocking dye works
we'll on any fabric, whether it be
rayon, nylon, silk, Isle, wool or cotton.
Brighten up your faded underwear,
gloves or blouses with Il package OF
dye. Be sure and use color remover
first if you want to dye something dark
a lighter shade. This color remover is
grand also for removing coffee, tea,
fruit stains ink or similar stains from
white fabrics.
Smart women are realizing that
materials on hand are far superior
than anything they can purchase to-
day. SO canvass those trunks and
closets for the caStOif clothing of other
wears and transform them into wear-
ableS for school or office. W0olenS rare
ly wear out and are softer afterabeing
properly washed in soap flakes ana
cool water.
Remodeling is such fun. 4 caStolf
suit of brother in the Army will max"
Il lovely Jumper, and old trousers may
be made into skirts. using Il simple +
gored or pleated front skirt pattern.
After the trousers are ripped, cleaned
and pressed, turn upSide-down, using
the narrow part for the waiStline.
For something now, the girls hay"
been remodeling their brothers and
fathers suits into Wcarable classic
suits for themselves. SO Il canvass OF
the clothes closets will yield the max
ingsc of many mix and match en-
sembles.
A plastic dress form that sewing
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16

freighters and fighting ships, burn
I'D fantastic amounts of electric
power.
But suppose, when war began, this
power hadn't been ready? -.
Suppose America had had to
wait? A year - or two!
But America did have the power
-and no waiting! Enough power
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16
BIG RAIL PASSENGER GAINS

New York City. = As a result Of
crowded trains filled to utmost capac-
ity in many cases, railroads in the
first > months of 1343 carried 260
per cent more passenger cars, Railway
Age reports. In May, passenger traffic
was 312 per cent above the same 1912
month.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-16

keep up their morale Most of them are
now buying true red lipStick and
nail polish To harmoniZe with the red
cord Oh their forest green peaked hat.
So all you need to sign up. girls, iS
your birth certificate, your educational
record. three letters of reference from
citizens in your community. and Il
record of occupation since leaving
school