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APP BREAKING LAW
SAYS U. S. COURT
Three Man Tribunal Rules
Antitrust Statute
Violated

NEW YORK, Oct. 6-CP-A
three-judge federal court held to-
day that bylaws of the Associated
Press sin their present form"
relative to admission of members
are in violation of the antitrust
laws.
The opinion, however, leaves sit
open to them (the APP to adopt
substitutes which will restrict ad-
mission, provided that members
in the same field as the appli-
cant (for admission shall not have
power to impose. or dispense
with, any conditions upon his ad-
mission, and that the bylaws
shall affirm atively declare that the
effect on admission upon the abil
ity of an applicant to compete
with members in the same field
shall not be taken into considera-
ton in passing upon his applica-
ton"
The government in its suit
sought to force the Associated
Press to abandon its membership
structure and make available its
news report to all applicants with
out restrictions.
The governments complaint
that the purchase by the Asso-
ciated Press of Wide World pho
tos from the New York Times was
in violation of the antitrust laws,
was dismissed. The court also
held that if the bylaws are
amended as directed in today's
opinion, the provisions Of exclu-
sivity in a contract with the Ca
madam Press then will not be in
violation of the antitrust act.
A stay of 100 days was granted
to the Associated Press by the
court to give the cooperative news
gathering organization time in
which to make the directed chang
es in the bylaws.
The court concluded:
''Finally, because the interests
involved are so important and so
large: because the injury done
may be so great, if we turn out
to be wrong; and because we are
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Yugoslau Patriots Waging Desperate War
Against Greatly Superior German Forces

Civil war, Drug Tito has welded
his guerrillas into tightly dis
ciplined and hotly idealistic force
that visibiy shows more enthusi-
astic determination than any out
fit I've seen since I met Maj.
Gen. Vasile Novikov's Caucasus
army during the British-Russian
occupation of Iran.
His followers are divided into
two groups. One is the Narodna
Oslobodilacka Voiska - National
Liberation Army. The other is the
Partizanski Odredi Jugoslavije-
Yugoslav Partisan Detachments.
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homemade red stars sewn on their
caps are waging today a desper-
ate campaign of liberation from
the rocky Adriatic coast to the
green banks of the Danube against
a crushingly superior concentra-
ton of German armored forces.
Since the collapse of Italy, the
Yugoslav Partisan army has grown
by tends of thousands.
By sheer daring, Partisan COM
manders have won notable tenn
porary victories and have with
stood heavy reverses.
AS the Germans well know, the
Partisans are fighting today with
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B0L0CNA'S RAIL
| SYSTEM WRECKED
Flying Fortresses Accur'
ately Bomb Important
Junction

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
ALGIERS, Oct. 6.-lR--Aimin3
hundreds Of heavy bombs so &C
curately that hardly one of them
fell outside the target area" Fly
ing Fortresses yesterday wrecked
the rail yards at Bologna, hub in
northern Italy for traffic to the
Bremen Pass, Rome and other
cities.
The big bombers struck in four
waves, and headquarters in an
nouncing the attack today said it
was zone of the most accurate
and successful ever dealt by
Northwest African air power.
Bologna is about 100 miles
south of Bremen Pass on the
main line, a crutch the Germans
depend upon heavily for rein
forcing and supplying their ar
mics in Italy.
"Great accuracy was shown by
the bombers, headquarters an
nounced, land although hundreds
of large bombs were dropped,
hardly one of them fell outside
the target area.
THE railway yards had been
hit several times before, but the
destruction in previous raids
could not compare with this one"
The assault followed a Fortress
Continued on Page Three; Col. a.
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Soviet Drive
Seems Halted
Near Dniieper
Reds May Be Preparing
Communications For
Winter Push
SHORT WAR REPORT
Days Communique Con
fined To Slight Change
On Front

MOSCOW, Oct. 6-(P)-
The Soviet summer often
sive, which for almost three
months rolled the Germans
steadily back across Russia
appears to have come to a
definite halt at the Dnleper
river to prepare communlca-
lions and bases for a gigantic
winter push.
(The shortest Soviet COM
munique since the beginning
of the offensive July IL, took
only SO words to announce
"there were no serious
changes at the front" and to
add that 16 German tanks
were wrecked and SO German
planes brought down in the
days fighting.
(This apparently was OIL
cial notification that the drive
which had hurled the Ger
mans out of Kharkov, Smo-
lensk, Bryansk, Stalino and
thousands of cities, towns
and hamlets had stopped.
Is Natural Hating Place
(Having recaptured the Donets
basin, major portion of the
Ukraine and a part of White Rus
STA, the Soviet army now was
standing for $50 miles along the
Dnieper river from Orsha south
of Zaporozhe-a natural hating
place, as rain mired the dirt
roads along which the Army must
move.
(The communicate was broad
cast by Moscow radio and record
ed by the Soviet monitor.
German broadcasts were more
cautious. Capt. Ludwig Sertorius,
Nazi military commentator, said
sit may still be too early to speak
of definite termination of the
great Soviet offensive. 1t can
nevertheless be stated that the
enemy's offensive energies are
showing considerable signs of ex-
haustion.
(Another G m a broadcast
contended 1.-The real reason for
the standstill of the Russian Of
fensive, according to German
military quarters, was to be
sought in the fact that the short
ening of the German front had
now for the greater part been ac-
complished.''
(The Berlin broadcasts were re-
corded by the Associated Press.
The Red Army is still attacking
in White Russia but the weather
is steadily worsening, and to the
south along the river the major
task of consolidating positions is
under way.
Red Army lines now are longer
than at any time since it began
COUNTER ttacking the Germans.
Commanders have learned much
in this war and the Russians are
not ones to extend lines too far,
especially with winter nearing.
When the Red Army lost Khar-
kov early in 1913 after retakfng
it from the Germans it was be-
cause the lines were too far ex-
tended in bad weather. 1t needed
only one such lesson.
Consolidation means great
amount of repair. There are hum
dreds of miles of railways to get
into shape. Although army en-
gineers do this in surprisingly fast
time it is no one-week job. Hun
dreds of bridges were destroyed
by the Germans. Dirt roads, now
mud, must be repaired:
In every town and Village wa
ter supply systems, electric light
plants, telephone networks and
buildings wrecked by the retreat
ing Germans must be put back
into shape.
Continued on Page Five; Col. y
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Group
S nue. Work
i. ing New Rule
recent curtailment of
Aircraft Warning service
Coast Guard auxiliary,

y.
Ajor civilian volunteer war
> s here, officials of the Of
flee i Civilian defense are Won
dering what the future status OF
the vast local OCD organization
will be.
No instructions have beens re-
ceived from either state or ma
tional headquarters, they said
Wednesday, and until such in
structions arrive, OCD functions
will continue as before.
It was pointed out by a local
civilian defense official that the
OCD's functions are essentially In
a different category from those Of
the Coast Guard organization ano
the Aircraft Warning service, both
spoilers and filter center work
ers.
Although the awe, from which
comes the command to activate
the civilian defense organization
in the event of a simulated OF
real emergency, has curtailed its
volunteer workers and has beer
placed on instant alert basis, the
Avs still guards the East Coas'
and is still likely to flash warn
ings to the control room-neces
stating a full staff in the contro
room, as well as in the other ele
ments of OCD.
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SenatePasses
IncreasedPay
Allotment Bill.
Measure Designed To
Cushion Shock OF Fa-
ther Jnductions
DISAPPOINTMENT KILLED
Congressman Yield To
Pleas OF Gen. Marshall
On Draft Idea
WASHINGTON. Oct.

w ADIll4'N ~ = s WV
lp,-The Senate passed to
niqbt by an Overwhelming
vote a measure designed tt
cushion the impact of the in.
duction of pre-Pearl Harbol
fathers into the armed fore.
es BY approving unprecedent.
ed allowances for dependent
children.
Yielding to the pleas OF
General George c. Marshall
the Army chief of staff, the
Senate previously rejected by
a vote of 48 to 26 any post
ponement in the further in
duction of parents.
The vote on final passage
of the bill was 50 to 0.
Substitute Measure Revised
The measure finally approved
and sent TO the House was a re-
vision Of a substitute for the orig
inal bill by Senator Wheeler 3D.
Month"; The Wheeler measure
would have prohibited further IA
Tier inductions until January l.
The substitute, offered by Sen
stors Bailey ON. c. and Clark,
D.-Mol, eliminated all but the
enactng clause of WheelNr's bill.
but the Montanan forced o vote
On the fathers draft issue by Of
fering an amendment to it.
The final Wheeler move was for
postponement of the induction of
parents until after determination
Of the number of non-fathers that
could be mace avails. bic for the
armed forces under provisions de-
signed 10 curtail deferments of
federal and industrial workers for
OANO gQkIO44dl l dSOltS4
Opposing the amendment, Ma
jority Leader Barley ky con-
tended it would postpone drafting
of fathers beyond the deadline of
the original Wheeler bill although
Wheeler argued that this was not
the case.
The Senate also rejected pro-
posal by Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) to
reasons to men under 80 except
deny deferments for occupational
In usual cases, and to set up a
series of categories under which
fathers would be drafted by age
groups from a national pool.
The approval 9f payments of $50
monthly to inc first child of serv-
Ice man and $40 monthly for each
additional child was voted Is to
l with Senator Ball n. Minn.)
yoiclng lone dissent.
The substitute, before the amend
ments were attached was intend
Cd primarily to facilitate the draft
ing Of chlldless federal employees
by tightening occupational defer
ments.
Elsewhere in the capital:
FRED NJ. Vinson, economic sta
ollizauon director, appealed before
me House Ways and Means COM
!n!Itee for the Administration S
oIO'oO0,OO0, 600 tax program. assert
my mat 1t was a minimum re-
quNement to maintain stability in
ae wartime economy Earlier,
Republicans on the committee had
demanded government economies
winch they said could cut the re-
qalfement for new taxes by 40 per
cent.
War Food Administrator Marvin
zones urged the House Banking
Vollmlttee to extend the life OF
lAe commodity Credit Corporation
ana give it $500, 100000 additional
ooiIoWln5 power to help finance
al oS an oc record crop acreage
VI ooo'OOo'00O and hold down prices
10 consumers.
me kIgore War Mobilization
subcommittee reported to the Sen
NOhuhued on Page Five; Col. 4
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Naval Force
Strikes Hard
At Wake Isl,
American Task Unit Shells
And Bombs Jap
CARRIER IS INCLUDED
Bombardment Opens At
Dawn; No Other De-
tails Given
PEARL HARBOR, T. H

PEARL HARBOR, T. H.
Oct. 6-(P)-Japanese in.
stallations and the garrison
at Wake island were heavily
bombed and shelled yester'
day by strong task force Of
the Pacific fleet, said a com.
munique issued today by AID.
miral Chester w. Ninlitz.
The force was commanded
by Rear Admiral Alfred E
Montgomery and included ar
aircraft carrier. The bonn
bardment by naval units be
gan at dawn, said the an
nouncement. No other details
were given.
"a strong Pacific flee
task force, commanded by
Rear Admiral Alfred E. Mont.
gomery, U. S. N, heavily at.
tackled enemy held positions
on Wake island with carrier
aircraft and ship lombard
ment commencing at dawn
October 1913, West Longitude
Time. Further details are not
now available" the commu
nique said.
Follows Conference
This new offensive stroke fol
lowed by day the disclosure from
headquarters of Admiral Ninitz
that a strategic Pacific conference
had been held at Pearl Harbo1
fleet headquarters recently. 1t was
attended by Admiral Ernest j.
King, corlmander-in-c chief of the
u. S. fleet, Admiral William F.
Halsey, commander of the South
Pacific force, and Admiral Nimitz.
Wake Island is approximately
1000 miles west of the Hawaiian
Islands.
This assault on Wake, immor.
talized in the first weeks of the
war by the heroic 16-day stand by
a Marine garrison of 378 officers
and men, was the second Navy
task force attack on the island base
since it fell to an overwhelming
enemy force on December %, 1941
The first attack was made Feb
ruary "a, 1912, by a carrier force
commanded by Admiral Halsey.
Admiral Montgomery's raid was
the third punch delivered against
the enemy's Pacific perimeter out
posts in six weeks. Marcus islane
was bombed and strafed by carrier
planes August 80. A similar task
force bombed and strafed the Gil
bert islands and Nauru island, west
of the Gilberts, on September Il
and 10. Supporting raids were
made by landbased Army and Navy
heavy bombers.
The statement in the communique
that the enemy forces on Wake
were subjected to "ship lombard
ment," indicates that the third If
the present series of Pacific raids
probably was heavier and inflicted
greater damage than the previous
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fThe following presents the first
eyewitness account of conditions
TODAY in fighting Yugoslavia by
the first American correspondent
to return to that country since
the German invasion two and a
half wears ago. The correspond
ent. Daniel de Luce, risked attack
and capture by German and Croat
patrols to obtain this intormatlon.
nv DANIEL DE LUCE
pART1sAN BRIGADE HEAD
QUARTERS IN yUGoSLAvlA'
Oct O. -Delayed) Fiery
young Yugoslav pa'rlo's "''''
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BY KIRKE L, SIMPSON

The Allied swinging-gate attack
in Italy gained another important
stride toward Rome when the Fifth
Army crossed the Volturno, north
of Naples. There is no obviously
strong natural defense position be-
low the Rome-Chieti highway for
new Nazi delaying stand, and
Eighth Army pressure up the Adr1-
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Walter Lippmann Says:
Future Of Europeans
Rests On Just Peace

control Germany during the pro-
stationary period?
In the western countries it has
generally been assumed that we
must occupy and govern. We do
not know with certainty the Rus
sian view. But there are several
indications - their sponsoring the
free German committee and teir
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WEATHER

Mon, FORECAST
cool 0+'1H CAROLINA-Contin rather
u, Eastern Standard Time)
Wy I. S. Weather Bureau)
end 'ggol9oi6oglcal data for the "a hours
$50 p. M, yesterday.
lon Temperature
B. nv d: M, =; 80 a. M, SO; 1880
Nin 'ii,, ~ ! 80 p. m, 3. Maximum Is;
o.; Mean SO; Normal 60.
Ian Humidity
p M 48; 7;3o p. m, S..
To-, Precipitation
o NJ Tor the "a hours ending 7:3t
oo1 20 il since the first of the month
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Tides For Tod

Ldstern Standard)
=, Sunrise, Gil a. M. Sunset ..o
'i99t9n ne AZ p; Moonset '' 04o p m''
CIV ape Pe Fear River stage at Favettevi,,a
"eu''esday' at . a. M. s.15 feet. AN
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Evening star., 1943-08-12
Rites Planned Saturday
For I. Frank Murray

Funeral services for T. Frank Muir
ray, 81, funeral director of TAI Elev-
enth street Sc, who was found dead
yesterday in the embalming room
OF his funeral parlor, will be held at
2 pm. Saturday at his home, 761
Tenth street Sc Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
A native of Washington, Mr.. MUIR
ray was educated in public schools
here. He mad been connected with
the undertaking business here most
of his life
He is survived by his widow. Mrs,
Freda E. Murray; a daughter, Mrs,
Dorothy Novack, and a grandson,
John Hermann Novack. The Rev
DR.. Oscar Blackwelder and the Rev
Ralph w. Loew will officiate at the
funeral services.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid issued certificate of natural
causes in Mr.. Murray's death.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Mrs. Sarah Ann flushing
Dies at Illinois Home

Mrs. Sarah Ann flushing, 80,
mother of William c. flushing,
chairman of the American Fedora
ton of Labor's National Legislative
Committee, died yesterday at her
home in Litchfield, Ill. according to
an Associated Press dispatch.
Survivors include two other sons,
Sumner K. flushing, 400 East Custis
avenue. Alexandria, Va, and John
E. flushing, United States marshal
at Ancon, Canal Zone. Two grand
sons, 1t. d. gD Sumner K. Hush
ing, jr, and 1t. ii. g. William Col
Inns flushing of the Navy, also sur
ViVe,
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Two Assistants Named
For Richmond Keech

Appointment of two assistants to
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech was announced today by the
Commissioners. They are Clark F..
King, 80, of Damascus, Md, and
Warren Browning, %, of 5000 Moor
land lane. Bethesda, Md.
Mr.. King has been in District
service for three years as an assist
ant inspector of claims. He is a
graduate of Southeastern University
and took his masters degree in law
this year. He was admitted to the
District Bar in. 1910 and to the
Maryland Bar last year.
Mr.. Browning, native of Wash
ington, is a graduate of George
town University Law School and
has been engaged in law practice
here since 1899.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Mrs. EtheIYn 5. Blake
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethelyn
S. Blake, 81, wife of Comdr. James
c, Blake, Who died Tuesday at her
residence, 1049 Twenty-sixth street
South, Arlington, will be held at
pm. tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will follow in Arlington Gem
etery.
Mrs. Blake, a native of Leadville,
Colo. had lived in Arlington for
about two years. Before Comdr.
Blakes assignment here they resided
in Los Angeles.
In addition to her husband, she is
survived by daughter, Jethelyn
Blake, and two sons by former
marriage, Edward H. Marsh and
Richard A. Marsh.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Funeral Services Held
For Leamon Ledman
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MANASSAS, Va, Aug. l2.-Fu-
neral services for Leamon Ledman,
72, who died at his home here Mon
day, were held at the Manassas
Baptist Church yesterday. Burial
was in the family plot at Pohick
Church Cemetery.
Mr.. Ledman was clerk OF the
Prince William County Court, a po-
sition which he had held for the last
six years. He was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of the late clerk,
George Tyler. under whom he served
as deputy. Mr.. Lehman had been
associated with the clerks office
since 1916. He was native of Oc-
coquan. Survivors include his wild
ow, Mrs Ellen Ann Selecman Led
man, Occoquan; brother, r. S.
Ledman, Washington; son, Horn
baker Ledman, Richmond: daugh-
ter. Mrs. Wiley Maroon. Washington,
and a sister, Mrs. Richard c. Hay
don, Manassas.
Mr.. Ledman was superintendent
of the Baptist Sunday School here
for many years and served as secre-
tary of the Manassas District Home
for Is years. He was also a mem
ber of the Kiwanis Club.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Funeral Services Held
For Mary Ellen KeIiher

Requiem mass for Miss Mary
Ellen Keliher. IS, of 1855 Forty
fourth street NV who died Tues
day at her home, was celebrated at
10 a. m. today at the Church of Our
Lady of Victory. Funeral services
were held at her home preceding the
mass. Burial was in Holy Rood
Cemetery.
Miss Keliher was born here, the
daughter Of the late James Keliher,
and was educated in the public
schools, including Western High
School. Active in Catholic chart
ties, she was a member of the
Christ Child Society and the Ladies'
Board of Georgetown University
Hospital. She had been ill for the
past five years. although her condi-
tion had not been considered seri-
Gus until few weeks ago.
Surviving are her sisters, Mar
garet j. and Annie C. Keliher, with
whom she lived, and five nephews
and nieces.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Jap-Ita|ian Farley
On War Situation
Reported in Toxic
BY the Associated Press.

bF tilc hSSttlhttu TIcSS,
The Berlin radio announced in a
Toxic dispatch that japanese For
eign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu,
German Ambassador Heinrich Stah-
mer and italian Ambassador Mario
Indelli held a conference this after
noon, discussing current problems
which arise for the tripartite powers
from the present war situation" "
The broadcast was recorded by the
Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the Toxic radio said
the session there was being held
coincidentally with IAN important
conference" of Axis leaders in North
ern Italy.
In broadcast reported by United
States Government monitors to the
Office of War Information, the To-
kio radio named the Axis conferees
as Joachim Won Ribbentrop, Ger
man Foreign Minister: Gen. Will
helm Keiter, chief of the Nazi gen.
eral staff Raffaele Guargilia, For
eign Minister in the cabinet of Mar
shall Pietro Badoglio, and Gen. Wit
torio Ambrosio chief of the italian
general staff
Beaming the broadcast in the
German language to Germany, the
Toxic announcer said it deserves
noting" that the two conferences
were being held simultaneously.
However, later Toxic broadcast
in English beamed to Central and
South America, changed the time of
the meeting, saying the Shigemitsu
conference was held in concert
with the meeting which recently
took place in North Italy" among
the German and Italian leaders.