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Byrnes Sees
More Goods
For Civilians. 5.
Procurement Study
Expected to Free
Men and Material

War Mobilization ector
Byrnes today saw a possibility
that more materials soon will be
released for civilian use.
Mr.. Byrnes said at press confer
ence that he would be greatly dis
appointed" if study now being
made of war agency procurement
policies does not bring about more
intelligent use of manpower and
materials, thereby freeing more goods
for civilians.
The OWN director announced a
few weeks age he had called on all
war agencies to review their pro-
curement policies with the thought
in mind that passage of time might
have made revision possible.
Baruch Or..imistic, Too.
He said today that he was opti-
mistic over the result thus far OBJ
tanned, and that like attitude was
taken by Bernard Baruch, chairman
of the War Industries Board, whom
Mr.. Byrnes recently announced was
assisting him in an advisory ca
pacity. Mr.. Baruch. he commented
said that he wouldn't sell the United
States short.
At the same time, Mr.. Byrnes ex-
planned he is getting reports on the
progress of the programs of the
Army, Navy, War Production Board
War Manpower Commission. the
new Office of Economic Warfare
Agriculture and the War Food Ad-
ministration and plans to keep these
current. so that it will be possible
at all times to have an accurate
picture to place before the War
Mobilization Committee.
One VINO report, he said, has
been prepared and will be sub
mitted at the committee meeting
this afternoon
Plans Detailed Statement.
He said that he had called in John
Hancock. New York banker. to
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Illinois Operators
And UNIV Sign Pact
Allowing Portal Pay
Eieht-Hour Work Day
With Overtime for One
Hour Provided
BY the Associated Press.

The United Mine Workers OF
America announced today sign
ing of a contract with the Illinois
Coal Operators Association call
ing for a heightened work day
and portal-to-po portal pay.
The agreement. subject to ap-
proval by the War Labor Board. runs
from April /, 1913, to March 81. 1945
No direct increase in wages is
applied to the basic hourly rates
The agreement provides:
No strikes shall be called or
maintained during hte life of the
agreement.
The work day shall be heightened
from to hours at the face and
like increase in hours for out
side labor. with time and one-hali
to be paid tor the extra hour The
portal-to-pcrtal pay. shall be ap-
plicable to all work performed dur
ing the life of the contract.
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Nancy de Morigny Indicates
Belief Husband Is Innocent
Tells Reporters Presence in Nassau
Makes Her Opinion Obvious

daily, and that she will remain here
until the charge against him is
settled.
De Marigny Is charged with mur-
der in connection with the bludgeon
Staying of Sir Harry Oakes, one of
the worlds richest men.
The pretty, 19-year-old eldest
daughter of the British baronet was
in the United States for medical
treatment of sinus trouble. result
ing from an infection in Mexico a
year ago, when her fathers body
was found.
She came to Nassau yesterday
and soon after her arrival went to
the prison to see De Marigny, greet
ing him with a kiss.
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.AI|iesTakeEnna,
Axis Rail Center;
Hold Half Of Isle
British RepeI Attock
By German Forces
In Cotunio Sector
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, July 21.-
American and Canadian troops
have seized Enna-defense prop
OF all Central Sicily-cutting of
large numbers of Axis forces and
forcing a general withdrawal as
resistance on the island weak
ened almost to the point of coll
lapse.
To the east, British 9th Army
units hammered at the doors Of
Catania, shattering another NaI
counterassault with heavy casualties
and advancing on the seaport, 1t
was officially announced. $50
Half of Sicily now Is in Allied
hands, for all tactical purposes.
Enna's fall cut off Catania from
Western Sicily except for one long.
rough northern coastal road. III
Allied observers reported a gem
eral retreat along all roads leading
up from the center of Sicily, and
Italian prisoners declared bitterly
that German forces in the central
sectors were speeding eastward for
a quick getaway.
Italians Hit Own Government.
The withdrawal appeared intend
ed for a last stand or possible evac-
uation in the Messina area of North
eastern Sicily, or between Catania
and Messina.
Italians complained against their
mans. The Nazis, they declared,
were repeating their African tao
tics of abandoning them every time
the situation became hopeless, fee
ing in all available transport.
They asserted their own Fascist
government had given them too few
guns and food and issued obsolete
transports, armor and ammunition.
The American and Canadian
troops were spearing deeper into
Sicily beyond Emma in a swift,
powerful advance. They are only
about 40 miles from the north coast
of Sicily and are rapidly splitting
| the island in two.
CIhe Italian communique an
nounced earlier that Emma had
| been evacuated and the German
! war bulletin said that 'in the
| western sector of the Sicilian
front German and Italian forces,
unmolested by the enemy, exc
cuted ordered movements accord
| ing to plan" British attacks at
Catania were repulsed, it said.)
Entire System in Jeopardy.
The fall of Emma, As miles west
OF Catania, threw the whole Axis
communication system in Sicily in
jeopardy.
The town controls the main high
way and railroad lines running east
and west across the mountainous
island. and it thus cuts the German
defenders of Catania off from con-
tact with Italian forces in the west.
| These Italian troops have been
yielding ground rapidly and sur
rendering in huge numbers. Most
Of the German troops apparently
are concentrated in the Catania
area, battling desperately to hold
the 9th Army from sealing off the
entire east coast of Sicily by plung-
! ing through Catania up toward
Messina.
With Ennas fall, the only con-
tact between Catania and Western
Sicily is by a single, roundabout
road from Palermo and Termini
on the north coast down around
Mount Etna through Palermo, or
by still longer way along the
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Bishop Hurley Calls
Air Attack on Rome
Tragic Mistake
Former PopoI Aide Sees
Prospect for Just Peace
Dorkened by Roid
Earlier Story on Page A-12D
BY the Associated Press

Earlier Story on Page A-12.)
BY the Associated Press.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, July 81.
The Most Rev. Joseph P. Hur-
ley, Bishop of st. Augustine and
formerly attached to the Vatican
as aide to the Papal Secretary of
State, declared today that every
decent Christian thought and
sentiment within me cries out
that we have made a tragically
mistaken decision" in the bomb
ing of Rome.
Bishop Hurley. now at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, issued his statement
through the chancery here.
THE news of the bombing of
Rome by our own soldiers has
panied me beyond expression" he
said. Il realize very well that the
Fascist government of Italy has
sought with craven cunning to pro-
tect some of its military activities by
carrying them on within the shadow
Of the sacred shrines of Christen-
dom. I appreciate, too, the meticu-
lous care with which our airmen en-
deavoured, though vainly, to avoid
hitting churches and historic monu-
ments in the Eternal City. But
every decent Christian thought and
sentiment within me cries out that
we have made tragically mistaken
decision in the higher moral
strategy of this just war.
Il am convinced, too, that the
raid on Rome has darkened our
prospects for the sort of peace so
ardently desired by all of us.
Whatever the professionals of
war may say about military neces-
sity' good men the world over will
earnestly pray that the Eternal City
be spared further air raids. Such
raids would only serve to imperil
our hopes for a future of Christian
peace -.
g" = Let Washington not be de-
ceived by the obscene chorus of ap-
proyal which is registered in the
regimented press. Our government
will show wisdom and virtue if with
sincere contrition it addresses itself
at once to rebuilding these ruins
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Three Stock Firms
Face Trial August 80
On SEC Complaint
Companies Accused Of
Violating Federal
Securities Lows
BY the Associated Press,

BY me Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 21.-Trial
of complaint by the Securities
& Exchange Commission against
Investors Syndicate, Investors
Mutual. Inc. and Investors Syn
dicate of America, Inc, was set
today by Federal Judge Gunnar
H. Nordbye for August 80.
Trial date, was set In conjunction
with motion BY SEC counsel with
drawing a petition for preliminary
injunction in favor, Of hearing the
full complaint as well as motion
for permanent injunction at the
August trial
The SEC has accused the three
companies of violating certain fed
eral securities laws and charged Ger
tain officers with gross misconduct.
The company. denying the SEC
charges recently won a federal
court decision refusing an SEC mo-
ton for temporary restraining or
der.
A principal charge of the COM
plant was that Investors Syndicate
devised a fraudulent scheme"
whereby special offers" were made
to certificate holders to switch"
them out of high interest bearing
certificates when they became most
burdensome to the company
In this connection, it was alleged,
some company salesmen made false
statements concerning the value of
other securities offered and the
necessity for the asserted transfer.
The SEC asked that the company
be prohibited from making such
offers of exchange
The company denied that the spe-
cial offer constituted switch" or
exchange in any respect, said that it
had been Jealous in educating it's
statesmen and that while the SEC
had known of the program for at
least four years. 1t had never OBJ
jected to it until last December
Then. the company said, it promptly
withdrew it. although still believing
it sound. The SEC, in turn, de-
MED knowing details of the pro-
gram until recently.
Solvency of the company was not
questioned and the SEC, in answer
to court question, said no fraud
was charged in connection with Sc
curities offered in the alleged re-
placement of the original certifi-
Gates, .t..
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Late Bulletin
FEC Probe Recessed

The special House commit
tee investigating the Federal
Communications Commission
will delve deeper into activ-
tiles of its Foreign Broadcast
Intelligence Service when it
resumes the inquiry at 10 am.
tomorrow, it was announced
late today by Chairman Cox.
T. A. M. Craven, member of
the commission, will be the
principal witness, according
to Chairman Cox.
Earlier Story on Page A-I.)
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Earlier Story on Page B-1O.)

Earlier Story on Page B-1O.)
BY the Associated Press
NASSAU. Bahamas, July 21.-
Nancy Oakes De Marigny called
in reporters today to tell them
that her trip to Nassau makes it
obvious whether she believes her
husband, who is accused of kill
ing her father here, is innocent
or guilty.
There was no immediate elabora-
ton of the statement.
She made it known in advance of
the late afternoon conference that
she probably would visit Alfred De
Marigny at the Bahamas prison
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Copt. Barry Receives
Top Colombian Award

Capt. James Richard Barry, 1853
Columbia road NV, has been
awarded the Cross of Boyaca. the
highest decoration conferred by the
Colombian government, the Navy
announced today.
The decoration was awarded In
recognition of Capt. Barry's service
as chief of the United States naval
mission to Colombia. ~.
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Germans Seek Escape
From Bombs, Report Says
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, July 2l.-Berlin
dispatches to the Swedish press to-
day described great stream of
Germans flowing through the Ger
man capital to places of greater
safety farther east from the bomb
blasted cities of the west and north
west. Their ultimate destination
was not stated.
Empty stores near railway sta
tions were being utilized as resting
places for the refugees, the dis
patches said, and the ZOO in Ber-
Inns west end also has been con-
verted to this purpose.
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By the Associated Press

/
LONDON, July 2l.-Prime Minister
Churchill informed Commons today
he was not aware that Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower gave newsmen in
North Africa advance information
about the invasion of Sicily, but
implied that. If it were true, he
thought the secret was well kept.
The statement was made in a
written reply to Thomas Naylor,
Laborite member of Parliament, who
asked July 16 If the Prime Minister
was aware such q vital military
secret had been intrusted to Allied
correspondents nearly a month in
advance and II British commanders
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Pope Is Quoted
By Axis Radio as
lanenting Raid
sPontiff's Alleged Note
Says History to Judge
Destroyers Of Shrines
Earlier Story on Page ALI

Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
By the Associated Press.
The Rome radio broadcast to-
day what it described as letter
written by Pope Plus XII to
Francesca Cardinal Marchetti-
Salvaggiani, his vicar general for
the district of Rome, deploring
Mondays bombing of Rome.
The broadcast, in French, was
recorded by the Associated Press in
New York. 1t gave a Vatican City
dispatch of the italian agency Stef-
ani;as authority for purported text
of the letter,
The British Ministry of Informa-
ton in London recorded Vatican
radio broadcast giving the text of
letter from the Pope to Cardinal
Marchetti-Salvaggiani which it said
appeared to be the same as that
broadcast by the Rome radio.
The Rome radio also broadcast a
Stefani dispatch saying that the
Pontiff's letter was given the place
of honor in LOsservatore Romano,
Vatican City newspaper.
The Rome radio broadcast of the
letter quoted the Pope as recalling
his efforts as Bishop of Rome to
insure the safety of the city and
then saying:
Calls Hope Vain.
The broadcast quoted the Pope as
recalling his efforts, as Bishop OF
Rome, to insure the safety of the
city and then as saying:
But, alas, our hope was vain.
And now what we feared has hap
pened. That which we foresaw now
is sad reality, for one of the noted
Roman basilicas, that of San Loren
20 outside the walls, yenerated by all
Catholics for its antique memories,
is now in great part destroyed.
Upon seeing the ruins of this noted
temple the words Of the prophet
Jeremiah come to memory"
"Quomodo obscurantum est
surum, mutatus est color optimus,
dispersi sunt. lapides sanctuarii' ;"
How is the gold become dim, the
finest color is changed, the stones
of the sanctuary are scattered in
the top of every street.)
The Pope also was quoted as call
ing on the faithful to pray that
God may speed the hour of his
mercy when arms are laid down,
souls pacified and the light and joy
OF true peace shall shine again in
troubled world"
Pope Visited Basilica.
Previously the Vatican radio had
reported that the Basilica of San
Lorenzo had been badly damaged in
the raid and that the Pope visited it
late Monday afternoon.
The broadcast attributed the fol-
lowing paragraphs to the Pope:
Reflect upon the severe judgment
that future generations will pro-
nounce upon those who destroy all
that which should be safeguarded
and jealously preserved because it
constitutes the riches and glory of
all humanity and the progress of
peoples.
Consider that hate never was the
mother of peace and that resent
ment provoked by hate and unneces-
sary destruction postpones and
makes less certain and less serene
the day of a peaceful meeting which
cannot come out of the humiliation
of the conquered, but must be based
upon and show itself solely in fra
ternal concord, which reconciles
Evening star., 1943-07-21
AXIS TROOPS FLEEING CENTRAL SICILY AREA
Russians Gain
On Three Sides
lin OreI Drive
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)


BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 21.-Russian
troops captured a railway sta
ton within 9 miles of Orel in a
continued advance on three
sides of the central German base,
a special Russian communique
said tonight.
Sweeping in from the north, the
Russians oVerran 40 populated
places. Another, SO were captured
In drive from the east, including
the railway station of Zolotarevo,
only II miles from Orel.
Yet another army driving up from
the south advanced "in the face
of heavy fire, enemy resistance and
counterattacks," the communique,
recorded by the Soviet monitor from
the Moscow radio, said.
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Friday, Aug. l3, Fixed
For Baltimore Execution

BY the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Md. July 21.-Fri-
day, August 13. was set today by
Gov. O'Conor as the date for the
execution of John Lampkin, colored,
convicted of criminal attack by the
Baltimore City Criminal Court.
Lampkin was given death PEN
atty by the court on June 9 for the
crime committed on March II. the
Governor said. and full hearing
was granted by the Governor to
counsel for Lampkin before final
action was taken.
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Mercury Passes 81;
No Relief in Siaht

Early Story on Page BID
The mercury went up to 90 at 3
pm. today with the possibility that
it would rise to SO before sunset, the
Weather Bureau said. No relief was
in sight, it was added
Evening star., 1943-07-21
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, July 81 (P.-
Stocks mixed; steels and rails
lead late rally. Bonds irregular;
some rails advance. Cotton quiet.
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Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston-First Game
Chicago ---- OIL 600 400 2 IL 0
Boston - 600 600 Ok 90
Batteries-Dietrich and fresh; Hushson,
Brown and Conrer, Partee.
At Boston-Second Game
Chicago ---- 203 80
Boston 1890 102 90
Batteries-Grove and fresh; Judd. Kyba
and Partee.
At New York
st. Louis ---- 600 600 900 IL 81
New York 600 600 600 O-0s1
Batteries5sundra. HcllinEsvorth and
Hayes: Wenslon and Dickey.
At Philadelphia
Cleveland - 100 201 90
Philadelphia 600 900 90
Bstteries-smith and Kosar; Flores and
Swift.
Detroit at Washington-S:30.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati-First Game
Brooklyn 49, 600 100 000-1 8 3
Cincinnati OIL 511 01x-11 Is 0
Bstteriss-Hisbe, Allen and Brasan;
At Cincinnati-Second Game
Brooklyn - 0
Cincinnati 8
.Batteries-Head and Owen; Starr and
Lakeman.
At st. Louis-First Game
New York 600 600 100 90
st. Louis 02O 600 10x-3 81
Batteries-Fischer, Adams and LON.
baEdi; Munger and W. Cooper.
At Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 00l OOl 0
Pittsburgh COL O22
Batteries-Conger and Livingston;
kffnEer and Lopez.
At Chicago
Boston -. O01
Chicago - O10
Batteries--Andrews and Kluttx, Bithorn
and McCullough.
Todoy's Home Runs
National League.
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tSee BYRNES, Page 2-X.)
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tSee SICILY, Page A-2)
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Weother Report

From the United States weaths sursau Rsport
Continued warm today and tonight; gen
winds Temperatures today-Highest. 81 +
$50 PM. lowest, 70, At S:55 am. Full reps
> on page A-l6.
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fSee POPE, Page 2-X
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-08

three 30 far this winter to the Sta
lingrad front. the city Of Stalingrad
and the Ukraine.
Visit Front After Battles.
They are permitted on the front
only after the Red Army has won a
victory and consolidated its new
positions. They do not see actual
combat. But they are able to in
spect the scenes of battle and talk
with officers and men who partici-
pated in the action.
In addition to these main sources
of news, the correspondents some
times have interviews with Soviet
authorities, arranged through the
foreign commissariat or the Soviet
Information Bureau, and make in
frequent trips to cities or training
centers in the rear.
Solomon Lozovsky, vice cornmissa1
of foreign affairs and assistant chief
of the Sovinformburo, under Alex
ander Shcherbakov, no longer holds
the press conferences he began early
in the war. He is staying in Kuiby-
shev, dealing with Far Eastern
affairs, while the correspondents
headquarters are in Moscow. Nikolat
Palgunov, former Tass correspon-
dent in Paris, heads the press sec
ton of the foreign commissariat.
Two young men censor all the dis
patches sent from Moscow. They
are Pietr Arurov, former pres.
attache at Toxic, and Viktol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-08

misleading statements about such
action, but usually lapse into silence
on that operation. Such silences are
understood by the Russian people.
During the battle OF Moscow, I
had an opportunity to check on fig
ures given by the communique,
which estimated $50 German We
hicles were destroyed along the road
to Volokolamsk. Driving down that
road, I counted more than 1000
wrecked tanks. trucks and cars.
I asked a Red Army officer why
the figure had been underestimate
and he replied: Hitler overesti-
mates and look what happened to
him."
Figures on enemy casualties
however. sometimes seem to CORE
spondents to be overestimated. This
was particularly so early in the war
when German losses were estimated
at 1,000,0 900 a month, at time when
the Red Army was retreating. Now
that the Russians are advancing
and they have more opportunity to
confirm their estimates, CORE
spondents consider the figures more
reliable.
The correspondents have made
eight group visits to the front. The
first was to the Yelnia sector, west
of Moscow, in September, 194l
There were three to the Moscow
front in the winter of 1941-42, one
to the Rzhev front last August ane
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THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. MONDAY, 1913

Kozhemiako, former secretary Of
embassy at Chungking. Theirs Is
12-hour day, seven-day week job,
going through the kilograms OF
score of correspondents.
The censorship, which was the
strictest of any before the war. some
times limiting dispatches entirely to
what appeared in the Soviet press,
is now among the most liberal. The
censors watch for information which
might aid or give comfort to the
enemy. and also for any that might
be misleading Or incorrect in their
opinion.
But any article which seems to
them reasonable Interpretation
of the facts given by the Soviet
press or communique. or witnessed
at the front, is permitted to pass.
The correspondents now have
comparatively few quarrels with the
censors. Their quarrel is in trying
to get more news from the source.