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would not upset the little steel
formula.
Contrary to the statement of
Judge Vinson, the passage of this
resolution will not disturb the little
steel formula, nor will it express
directly or indirectly Congressional
disapproval of that formula" the
statement said.
The subcommittee favors tn e
Sterilization Of wages as required
by the Sterilization Act of October
2, 1912, and subsequent presiden-
II; orders authorized by that act.
The gross misinterpretation of this
act has caused so much confusion
that Congressional Qualification
seems necessary. That is all the
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American Warships
Shell Foe On Buka
In Morning Attack
ADMIRAL WILLIAM F.
HALSEY'S HEADQUARTERS,

ADMIRAL WILLIAM F.
HALSEY'S HEADQUARTERS,
Friday, Nov. 19.-R|-Ameri-
can warships, Haunting an inn
piled challenge at the naval
might of Rabaul, have ventur-
ed less than 200 miles from
that Japanese fortress for the
second time this month to 4 ell
enemy air bases on Buka at
the northern tip of Bougain-
vile.
The warships, warding off
damaging blows by Japanese
planes which harrassed their
movement along the coast OF
invaded Bougainville, poured
their shells on Buka for As
minutes, during the predawn
hours Wednesday.
On the west central coast of
Bougainville, the last big enc
my Solomons base barring the
eastern approaches to Rabaul,
American troops have fought
their way inland at Empress
Augusta bay for new gains,
their guns adding more dead
Japanese to a total which has
grown beyond 800 since the
invasion opened November /.
In contrast, American losses
have been little more than 100,
Admiral Halsey's headquar-
terS said
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NORWEGIAN PLANE
PLANT IS BOMBED
Big Liberators Wing Way
Through Zero Weather
To Hit Area

LONDON, Nov. 18--tP)-Ameri-
can Liberators. winging unescort-
ed across the North Sea in be-
low zero weather for the second
time in three days. today smash
ed the Germans biggest Norwe-
gian airplane repair and main
tenance depot at KELLER, outside
Oslo, in another precision attack
designed to eliminate vital COM
ponent of the Nazi war machine.
Nine of the heavy bombers fail
ed to complete the arduous 1900
mile round trip, but Sweden an
nounced that three had landed on
her neutral soil. with crews I'M
injured.
Returning fliers reported that
the long row of buildings compris-
ing the repair depot only II miles
northeast. of the Norwegian capt.
tai erupted in giant explosions.
The bomber gunners shot down
eight German fighters.
The daylight British-based op-
Grafton spread the weight of Al
lied air power in the short space
of IL hours across more than 1000
miles of enemy territory. from
the cold Scandinavian fiords to
Greece.
Last night, the RAJ sent cas-
cades of high explosives down on
the German inland port of Lud-
wigshafen, the site of the world
largest chemical works, while
Mosquitoes, for the third time in
week.. hit Berlin and other West
ern Germany targets. Far to the
south, Northwest African Army
Air Force Flying Fortresses and
Mitchells raided the Athens air.
field for the third consecutive
day.
A conmunique said today's Am
erican operation was aimed at
@'the principal repair and main
tenance base of the Luftwaffe in
Norway"
Stockholm dispatches said Oslo
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lnCO lne War as BRUSH ally IL
came from William B. King, Asso-
ciated Press correspondent at An
kara.
"a few weeks ago." he cabled,
Il was convinced that Turk
would not enter the war before
spring: but now l am convinced
she will be in the war by spring."
If that is true, British reverses
III the Aegean. which General Sir
Henry Maitland Wilson said were
worth their cost in disproportion-
ate casualties inflicted on the foe
end in their diversionary effect,
may be quickly overcome. From
bases in nearby Turkey, Allied
air power could turn the tables
On Nazi garrisons of all Aegean
islands, including Crete and
Rhodes.
The Ankara forecast is highly
significant for that reason n d
also because early Russian-Allied
military decisions to implement the
Moscow policy agreements are
widely expected. Secretary H u l
limited at that in his unprecedented
report to a Joint session of Con-
gress on his rni/sion to Moscow.
Hull said the time is nearing
when Germany and its remain
ing satellites will have to 60 the
way of Fascist Italy" He express.
ed pleasure in reporting that
competent United States mill
tsry commission under General
John R.. Deane is now in Moscow.
Establishment of that military
Eaison and its counterpart in Lon
don is an initial step toward the
military coordination of Soviet apd
Anglo American attacks on Ger.
many. 1t would be the function
ct such military groups to prepare
studies of offensive operations for
final decision by higher authority.
Unquestionably the Aegean stu
elton in its relation to the war IL
Europe as a whole must rate i'm
rediate attention by the highest
Continued IN Pare Five. Col. 81
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of the Railway Labor Act and all
other requirements of law n d
shall be held so to be, anything
in the law of the United States
to the contrary Notwithstanding"
The Scent increase was recon.
mended originally last May by an
emergency board appointed by
President Roosevelt. The unions.
which had asked 20 cents, did not
want to accept it but did so. thew
said, at the personal request of
Mr.. Roosevelt. Then Vinson set it
aside and a new board, appointed
by the president, recommended the
10-cent-4-cent sliding scale of in
creases. Meantime, the railroads
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On the home front Boy Scouts have
been concentrating on wartime ac-
tlvltles. They have rendered valu-
able service as official dispatch
bearers for the U. S. government,
acted as Civilian Defense messen-
gers, worked diligently with the
Salvage Committee. An estimated
"a, 500 hours of community work
have been contributed by these bows
during the past year. Almost l..
100 are enrolled in scouting, includ.
ing new troops in Maffitt Village,
Lake Forest, Nesbitt Courts, Castle
Hayne, and New Brooklyn Homes,
The Boy Scouts is just one of the
27 agencies included in the Com
munity War Chest.
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WEATHER

Nopn7, FORECAST:
CLOUDY II ~ CAROLINA: Fair to partly
NY and warmer today,
fp, Aastern Standard Time)
MeteoSo,oon.; 5. Weather Bureau
lending ! o .9as data for the "a hours
1850 P; m, yesterday.
In Temperature
|s8, 7:3o 4 H. IS, 7:30 a M, 36, 1870 p m
|mam q =, M m. 81. Maximum 81, Mini
Vs. Mean 48, Normal IS
Il. m, q M M; IS, 1870 a. M, 90, 1:sC
Total Precipitation
b MAJ NJ = Ter Tor the a hours ending 7.sr
|o62 IL inc6 nlnee the first of the month
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RECHITSASEIzED
Enemy Escape Corridor
From Gomel Is Mar
rowed Down
VITAL RAIL LINE CUT
Russians Recover From
Slight Setback Near
Zhitomir

LONDON, Nov. 18.-(P)-
The Red army split the Ger
man forces in White Russia
and the northern Ukraine to-
day by capturing the import
ant rail junction of Koros-
ten, and also narrowed the
enemy's escape corridor from
imperilled Gomel to less than
rs miles by topping the pro-
tectlve stronghold of Rechit-
sa after a furious three-day
battle.
Two orders of the day by
Marshal-Premier Joseph Stall
in announced the twin VIC
tories below and above the
Prlpet marshes. They were
broadcast by Moscow and re-
corded by the Soviet moni-
tor.
The last north-south rail-
way available to the Ger
mans, the Leningrad-O Odessa
railway 60 miles short of the
pre-war Polish border, was
cut at Korosten late vester-
day after a two-day struggle
by Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's
forces which already had eff
fectively split the enemy's
forces in the Southern and
Northern Ukraine by taking
Zhitomir, As miles below Ko-
rosten.
Heavy Attacks Broken
Recovering from Wednesdays
slight retreat in the Zhitomir sec
tor, the Russians also beat down
heavy German counterattacks be-
tween there and Korostyshev, in
flicting huge losses on Field Mar.
shall Gen. Erich Won Mannstein's
tank and infantry forces the daily
communique said.
A night attack routed the enemy
srom Rechitsa, 100 miles across
the Pripet marshes northeast OF
korosten, and only IS miles west
OF Gomel on the railway to War;
saw. The Russians also flowed
westward Is miles to take Vasile.
vichi.
Vasilevichi is only % miles north
east of Kalinkovichi, another juno
ton on the Leningrad-Odessa rail-
way 80 miles north of fallen Ko-
roster.
Moscow dispatches told of a new
oddly in the Rechitsa attack
German troops retreating in the
opposite direction from Berl1n.
The Rechitsa garrison was hut1
ed eastward across the Dnieper
river by troops under Gen. Con-
stantin Rokossovsky, who stopped
cold the brief German summer Of
fensive last July near Belgorod in
a prelude to the massive r d
army counter-offensive which has
not yet halted.
The enemy units were thrown
into the arms of their own Gomel
troops between the Dnieper and
Sozh rivers for either a last-ditch
fight or retreat northwestward
along the railway running to
Zhlobin. Other Russian units cross
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SECURITY AHEAD
Precedents Broken By APP
pearance Of States
men In Congress
JS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED
Senators And House Mem
bers Greet Secretary
With Applause

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.
-(P-Secretary of State
Hnll. in a history making
nprsonal report to Congress
m the Moscow conference,
expressed conviction today
that the declaration adopted
there laid the foundation for
nost-war world of peace
and security for all peace-lov-
inc nations, great and small.
aAs the provisions of the
formation declaration are
earried into effect" he told a
Joint Senate and House ses-
sion, there will not longer
he need for spheres of influ-
ence, for alliances, for bal
ances Of power or any otner
Of the special arrangements
through which, in the unhap-
pr past, the nations strove
to safeguard their security
or to promote their inter-
ests.'
laundering Ovation
The 72--year-old secreIary's visit
TO the capital broke precedent and
he was received with an acclaim
mequalled save for the appearan-
ces before the legislators of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill. A laundering ovation.
accompanied by rebel yells"
greeted him when he entered the
House chamber, escorted by a del
egation of senator's and House
members, and was repeated when
he concluded his 25-minute speech.
His address was interrupted fire.
quenty by applause which was
loudest when he paid tribute to the
Soviet people. saying they merit
the admiration and good will of the
people of all countries" and to So
Wet Premier-Marshal Stain whom
he called "a remarkable personal
T. one of the greatest statesmen
and leaders Of this age
The tall, grey secretary stood be-
fore battery of microphones, a
back-ribboned pince nez on his
nose. TO read his address. Seated
on the House floors before him
were the Senate and House men,
berS. cabinet members and diplo- |
mats. Galleries were filled, with
women predominating among those
Who had obtained much-sought adj
mission cards for the first appear
ance of cabinet member before
JOINT session of the Congress.
While Hull made clear that the
Moscow conference left much to
be done in the future, he left moi
DOUBT of his elation over the dec
laratlon by the United States,
Great Britain, the Soviet Union and
Chlna that they recognize the ne
ceSslty of establishing at the ear
lles practicable date a general in
tefhatlonal organization based on
We principle of the sovereign
equality Of all peace-loving states
anu open to membership by all
Such states, large and small"
he wanted to lay particular
s sur he told the legislators, on
t;,,n principle Of equally irrespec-
, dos VI size and strength, and adj
come 0 u.s."
q The secretary made these addi.
'onai major points:
i,, w. Inc conference marked IAN
NJ Migrant st step in the direction both
II inn 'IOl'enlng the war and of MAX
5 provision for The future"
ne mao never attended an in
''"''f'ued on Page Two; Col. 81
-V-
WIN a INV
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Euents In Mediterranean Area
May Offset Capture of Leros
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
(By The Associated Press

Events apparently stirring in the Aegean-Eastern
Mediterranean heater calculated to offset Naz recapue
of Aegean islands from Greenk defenders
For the first time tight-fisted Turkish censorship
has passed flat unofficial forecast Of early Turkish entry
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Che FL lI;25 p, Moonset, 70 AZ d
u Tburs5aaar River stage at Fayettevil,e
sosy' at a. M, $40 feet
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
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BY HAROLD l.. LUNDQUfST. ID, d. Il
OF The Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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THE STORY so FAR: Anne Haywood,
beautiful daughter Of wealthy New
York newspaper publisher, goes on an
assignment to Puerto Rico where Pete
wilcox, a reporter ON her fathers pa
per, is stationed as a U. s. Army In
telligence ofiicer. ON the boat she meets
q young Puerto Rican, Miguel Valera,
and an engineer named Richard Taussig,
OF whom she is Immediately suspicious
in spite Of the fact that he looks like
typical tourist. She does not know that
he is, in fact, German agent ordered
TO destroy Puerto Rico's water supply.
Pete meets the boat, but does not tell
Anne that he, too, has reason TO be
suspicious Of Taussig, although his COM
manding oficer SO far refuses to act.
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Whale Can Hold Breath
As Minutes: Blows Air

Although whales usually spend
less than five or six minutes under.
water in a single dive, there are
records of them being out of
sight for IS to As minutes. Yet
the whale has no gills and must
take it's oxygen from the air and
hold it in it's lungs. Under water,
it's nostrils close and keep water
from entering its lungs.
When the whale surfaces it
blows out the air, which is moist
and gives the appearance of a
spout of water. Actually, no wa
ter comes from the heads of these
monsters. asse as
Whales weigh from IS to 10
tons, but they are strong swim
mers, bending their bodies as do
fish. The whale has the largest
head of any animal that ever
lived. - saai 3
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dropped. She looked like an un-
happy six-year-old.
eyes, he likes it all right" she
admitted half heartedly. "It's real
ly me that wants him to get away.
That's why I'm having Mr.. Taus-
sig to dinner tomorrow night. So
he can talk to Russell. You'll come,
won't you? And be awfully nice to
him? Please, Anne-will your"
She looked out the window. "Rus-
sells leaving, so I'll have to go
now. Remember - eight o'clock.
Russell will come for you. Oh, look
there's Diego Gongaro.
A tall heavy-set man of about fiji
ty, with iron-gray hair, the peck
marks on his face visible from
where they stood, was sitting at one
of the small tables at the corner Of
the terrace, absorbed in his news
paper and cup of coffee. He had a
short clipped mustache and shaggy
eyebrows, and an air definitely
an air, Anne thought.
"Who is he?" she asked.
Hes your friend Miguel Valera's
uncle. But he's not like the Valeras.
He mixes with the Americans. OF
course he's Spanish, he's not Puerto
Rican. And my dear"
She lowered her voice to a whis-
per. HE has mistress. You
know it's quite customary down
here. It's perfectly above board,
except their wives pretend they
don't know it. Well, I've got to 60.
It's perfectly swell having you down.
I'll see you tomorrow"
Anne nodded.
She turned back to the window.
AS she looked down, she saw Diego
Gongaro get up and make his way
casually through the arcade into the
hotel. Almost Immediately Richard
Taussig got up too. Even more
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casually he strolled over to the ia
BILE Diego Gongaro had left and
picked UP the folded newspaper.
He came back to his chair and
sat down again. Anne watched him
unfold the paper, moving back in
stinctively a little behind the long
chintz curtains. She could see very
clearly the piece of letter paper in
side it.
Mr.. Taussig glanced around him,
glanced up at her window, looked
down at the paper in front of him a
moment, and slipped it unobtrusive-
ly into his pocket. He put the
newspaper down on the table, got
up and strolled into the hotel.
The Officers Club at Ell Moro was
inside the gate, overlooking the golf
course, the graveyard and the At
lantic Ocean. 1t was part of the old
Spanish barracks.
When the waiter had gone Anne
said, "Look, Pete-do you know
anything about man named Rich
ard Taussig? He was on the ship"
"Sure," Pete said cheerfully. He
kept from looking at her. 81 know
all about him. He's an interna-
tionally known sanitary engineer.
He's dining with the General on
Friday, and the Governor Satur-
day. He has the blessing of Wash
ington. Why?"
81 just wondered. Do you sup
pose he can do anything about the
water supply at the Granada?"
81 wish he'd start here, if he
can. But you don't have to worry
about Mr.. Taussig. He can't help
his face. He's Okay."
He poured the rest of his beer
into his glass.
"Any other information? Public
Relations is sort Of my job"
"Then do you happen to know
Russell Porter" Anne asked.
my dear, I know everything, .
Pete said blandly. Russell Porter
is the local representative of Con-
solidated. He's in charge Of big
job they've got
He looked at his watch. The Of
ficers had thinned out, leaving the
women sitting around. ''I'll see you
tonight. What about dinner?"
Anne shook her head. "I'm din
ing with somebody else"
mot Miguel Valera?"
She smiled. why not? Don't
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Washington, d. G.
MAGNETIC TORPEDO:

Washington, d. G.
MAGNETIC TORPEDO:
Here is one reason why we needed
the Azores SO badly as an af1tissub-
marine base. The U-boats not only
have new devices but also new
strategy and may converge around
the bottleneck to the Mediterranea
between the Azores and Gibraltar.
DEVICES:
Latest Nazi torpedoes are superior
to the. former type which exploded
only on contact. New torpedoes are
exploded ~ on contact; (2) by
magnetic attraction on coming close
to the steel hull; (3) by the vibra-
ton of the engines of the ship un-
der attack. This makes it possible
for the submarine to succeed in it's
mission much more frequently than
before. A torpedo is much less likely
to miss, since missing actual con-
tact with the target does not now
mean, as previously, that it misses
the target. IL al
STRATEGY:
Conveys have now discovered that
Nazi subs are hunting in packs of
sufficient number to employ the
same sort of naval strategy which
large units of naval vessels are able
to use. A group of submarines will
surface on one side of the convoy,
and thus decoy the escort vessels in
that direction. Meantime, another
group of submarines on the other
side of the convoy will approach
within easy firing range and dis
charge their torpedoes.
Observers believe, however, that
the main artery of commerce from
the United States to the European
theater of war-the North Atlantic
run-is still SO well guarded that
the submarine menace is licked so
far as that run is concerned. It is
feared, however, that the Nazis will
now strike at another vulnerable
point, namely, the Straits of Gil
braltar. Since these straits must be
passed by all Allied merchant ship
ping supplying the Mediterranean
theater of war, including North AT
RIGA, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Italy
and the Adriatic-not to mention all
the shipping now passing through
the Mediterranean bound for the
Straits of Suez and India-this area
is due for a concentrated submarine
attack.
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A VISIT WITH STAIN

Secretary Hull might have got
some interesting pointers for his
Moscow trip from Cuban Arnbassa-
dor Concheso, only Latin American
diplomat who has met Stain.
Brilliant Senior Concheso is both
Cuban ambassador to the U.S.A. and
Cuban minister to Soviet Russia.
Recently he came back from visit
to the Soviet capital during which
he presented his credentials to For
eign Minister Molotoff, and ex-
pressed the polite hope that he might
also call upon Stain. Knowing that
Stain was one of the busiest men in
the world, however, Concheso did
not press the point and actually did
not expect to see him.
So he almost fell out of his ballet
seat one night when someone tapped
him on the shoulder and told him
that Stain would see him in 20 min
utes. How Stain knew the Cuban
diplomat was enjoying the famous
Moscow Ballet, Concheso did not
know.
However, he was told that mo-
tor would call for him at the theater
in Is minutes, and he should be
ready. Concheso consulted a British
diplomat, also present at the ballet,
who told him that the man who had
tapped him on the shoulder was the
Russian chief Of protocol, so he had
better be ready.
It was May, but zero weather in
Moscow. However, Ambassador
Concheso did not find it cold in the
Kremlin. Churchill wore Upper
suit when he called on Stain, and
Mrs. Hull has been worrying on be-
half of her husband about the cold
in the Kremlin.) Only two officers
guarded Stain. One officer met the
Cuban at the entrance of the build
ing and escorted him to Stalin's Of
fee. There he was met by another
officer who took him the rest of the
way. There was no pomp or cere-
mony.
GENIAL JOSEPH
Stain himself was not fierce, but
kindly and genial. His eyes, accord
ing to Ambassador Concheso, are
deep and penetrating, but with wrin-
kles of humor in the corners.
The Soviet premier seemed sur
prisingly well-posted on Cuban prob
lens, knew something about its la
Dor laws and its economic ques-
tons. However, he was not familiar
with Cuban u. S. relations and
seemed to think that Cuba was still
politically dependent on the U.S.A.
The ambassador explained that the
Plat amendment had been abrogat-
ed and Cuba now enjoyed complete
freedom. Na sf
CAPITAL CHAFF
q Capt. Ralph Ingersoll, drafted
away from his editorship of the
newspaper PM, was detailed by the
army to help pilot the Five Flying
Senator's on part Of their war-zone
trip. It is reported that Ingerson is
being queried by the war depart
ment as to who leaked certain in
formation to the senator's II. Gov.
Matt Medley Oh West Virginia, for4
mar III. s. sanaAor will rim FIR the
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! RUTH WYETH SPEARS

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Notice the laundry bag fiat against
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for handkerchiefs and fine things.
Also the shelf covers of bright oil