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Evening star., 1943-11-11
Union Official B|ames lebanon's President
Poor Brewster Output And Premier Reported
On Mismanagement Arrested by French
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Nov. 11.-Cairo dis
patches said today that the Presi-
dent and Premier of Lebanon had
been arrested by the French Ma
tional Committee of Liberation as
the crisis between the Arab state
and the French over the republics
status reached grave turn.
The dispute apparently reached a
climax several days ago when the
Lebanese Chamber OF Deputies an
nounced that it intended to adopt
several constitutional changes. The
French Committee at AlgierS imme-
diately informed the chamber that
the French Committee must be con-
suited first
The Cairo dispatches said Leb-
aneSe President Shoukri Ell KuWatli
Bey was placed under house arrest
by Senegalese guards yesterday and
Premier Riad Ell Solh and two other
ministers were arrested today.
Disturbances at Beirut.
Disturbances have broken out at
Beirut, the capital, and communi-
cations have been severed from both
Lebanon and the neighboring state
of Syria, the Cairo reports said.
Only two pro-French newspapers
were permitted to publish and other
newspaper Offices have been oc u
pied by troops, it was report ID.
Reuters, British news agency. said
martial law had been proclaimed
by the French Committee through
out Lebanon
The Berlin radio, reporting that
Beirut had been occupied by French
torces, claimed Arab tension was
growing and that general revolts"
were expected in the northern and
southern provinces.
The only Official French comment
on the crisis came today from Jean
Helleu, French delegate general,
who in Beirut broadcast de-
nounced the chambers action as a
plot against France.
Called High Handed
a Cairo newspapers, describing Egyp-
tian Arabs as outraged by the action,
published long editorials terming
the French measures as high
handed" and IAN affront to the
Atlantic Charter"
The chamber stand was based
on the fact that on November 26
194l. the independence of Lebanon
was proclaimed by Gen. Georges
Catroux, then commander of Free
French forces in the Middle East
after his men had joined the British
in overpowering the Vichy garrisons
Lebanon had been under French
mandate since 1920.
The Reuters report said French
troops had been ordered to occupy
all strategic cities in Lebanon. Ar
rest of the Lebanese officials, the
news agency said, was accompanied
by considerable excitement in the
streets of Beirut.
Reuters quoted the Egyptian
newspaper AL Misr as the source of
its information
Evening star., 1943-11-11
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Evening star., 1943-11-11
Three-Power Par|ey
Exceeded His HOPES,
Eden Tells Commons
BY the Associated Press.

BY Cne ASSOClbteQ PreSs.
LONDON, Nov. Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, making
a report on the Moscow confer
ence to the House of Commons
declared today the meeting had
exceeded my hopes" and had
brought a new warmth and new
confidence into all our dealings
with our Soviet and American
friends"
Mr.. Eden, red Armistice Day
poppy in his buttonhole, received
loud applause from the Commons
and then proceeded with a descrip.
ton of the results achieved at the
tri-partite parley.
Mutual Confidence.
THE actual achievements of the
conference seems to me to be soliG
enough" he appraised, but it was
the friendly atmosphere of mutua
interest and mutual confidence ir
which all these conferences tool
place which. to me, will alway.
make the Moscow conference mem.
orable'
He said large measure of credit
Tor success of the meetings must
go to Foreign Commissar Vyache-
slav Molotov for his handling OF the
long and complicated agenda anc
add that Secretary of State HUI
must have felt the results justified
his very gallant venture in making
this long flight from the United
States.
or meaures which were taken ia
shorten the war, Mr.. Eden declared
the results of our discussions under
this head can only be made public
as they develop at the expense of
the common enemy. l have conf
dence that the development will be
found generally satisfactory by the
members Of all parts of the House. "
No DOdging Of Difficulties.
Military discussions perhaps did
more good to the mutual relations
by the frank and exhaustive ex-
Il,
than any other phase of the con-
ference, he said. adding there was
no tendency on the part of any OF
the delegates to dodge any diff
Guilty or important issue that these
matters raised"
He asserted that the delegates
met "on basis OF complete
equality" and strived for one pur-
pose only, to try to bring the war
to an end in victory at the earliest
possible moment and thereafter full
cooperation with each other to en-
sure that the people of the world
might live at peace"
While not pretending that agree
ment had been reached on all the
problems discussed. Mr.. Eden said
reasonable hope could be held "for
even the most stubborn among
them Some of his listeners pre-
sumed this reference to the oues-
ton OF Russias postwar boundaries
He also disclosed that economic
questions had been discussed and ar
agreement reached ION a program
for handling these vast problems, on
many Of which work already has
begun The absence of any eco
,nomic agreement had been men
toned by some commentators as the
principal gap left in the Moscow
conference program.
He explained that only the three
big Allied powers had been included
Evening star., 1943-11-11
Oukes
Continued From First Page.

jury which shortly was to retire
and decide Marigny's fate, the JUS
tice said that most murder cases
must hinge on circumstantial evil
dence.
In circumstantial evidence" he
declared, lit must be shown that
no one but the accused could rea-
sonably have committed the crime.
CircumStantial evidence is not like
3 chain, where the break If one
link breaks the chain.
1T Is more like a rope of sew
'eral strands, which still has some
strength though some strands are
broken"
Entitled to Reasonable Doubt.
Turning to the tingerprint evi-
dence against De Marigny and the
testimony that burned hairs were
found on his hands and arms afte.'
the staying, SIR Oscar deciareI:
The prisoner is entitled to the
benefit of reasonable doubt, If the
prosecution has not proved to you
that the print came from the screen
or that his explanation of the burned
hairs Is untrue"
Concluding his final argument as
court opened. Attorney General Eric
Hallinan had defended the methods
used in introducing the fingerprint.
Speaking in measured tones, he
described "a rising crescendo of en-
nifty between De Marigny and his
father-in-law which reached a cli-
max, he declared, in the Staying.
Called Fortune Hunter.
He said the defendant married 49,
year-old Nancy, daughter of the
slain man, for mercenary reasons.
He told Of letter Nancy wrote her
parents threatening to break with
them unless they accepted De Ma
rigny, and suggested that De Ma
rigny instigated it.
Finally, he declared, with Nancy
in a college in the United States and
Sir Harry planning to leave Nassau,
De Marigny was in such a predica-
ment that in an attempt to get con-
troll OF the family fortune he was
willing to resort to murder"
Nancy, who testified Monday for
her husband, was in the courtroom
but left suddenly when Mr.. Hallinan
began to present the crowns picture
Of the actual Staying.
She complained of not feeling we'll.
Evening star., 1943-11-11
Raj Blasts Germans
Lifeline Into Italy by
Hitting Alpine Railway
~ the Associated Press

1y the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. Britain
based RAF bombers pounded the
German lifeline leading into
Italy last night by striking ap-
proximately 600 miles across
Europe to blast the northern
terminus of the Mount Cenis
Alpine Railway tunnel at Mo-
dane, the Air Ministry announced
today.
All planes returned safely from the
raid, which was the second attack
on Modane within eight weeks, the
announcement said.
simultaneously Mosquito bombers
attacked targets in Western Ger
many and mines were laid in en-
emy waters, the bulletin added.
The attack on Modane, located on
the French side of the italian from
tier, was described officially as well
concentrated" and was favored by
clear weather.
Blocks Repair Of Tunnel.
The raid nipped German attempts
to repair and reopen the tunnel
after the damage it suffered as
result of a riad September Is, and
topped a fortnight of Allied air at
tacks from the south along the Ger
mans Alpine coastal artery into
Italy.
Yesterday more than 500 Britain
based Allied planes had hammered
Hitler's European fortress in sweep
ing daylight raids.
The night assault apparently was
carried out in great force, for OBJ
servers on the British southeast
coast said they heard planes roar
ing out toward the east for more
than an hour before midnight.
The RATS last ma jor night opera
ton was the November attack on
Dusseldorf and Cologne.
Lone Plane Over London.
A major operation yesterday was
the attack by American Marauder
bombers on the Nazi air base at
Chievres, near Brussels.
Early today few antiaircraft
guns in the London area fired upon
a single plane which was not i'm
mediately identified. No air-raid
alert was sounded
A dozen attacks were executed by
Allied squadronS in the daylight
operations yesterday and medium
and light bombers and fighters
thundered back and forth across the
channel hour after hour.
Evening star., 1943-11-11
Trial of Two Continued
On Gambling Churqes

Trial of two men on charges of
setting up a gaming table, in con-
nection with which it is alleged
$2-limit poker was played. was con-
tinued until tomorrow after a Dis
trict Court jury had heard evi-
dence throughout yesterday.
The two men, Thomas N Nickles,
IS, and Louis T. Chopoff, 40, are
said by the prosecution to have
taken 5 per cent cut from the
game.
Evening star., 1943-11-11
England Repairs Homes

First aid mas been given to 2,700,-
600 damaged houses in England
and Wales and more extensive work
done to an additional 100000
houses, Ernest Bevan, Minister OF
Health, told the London Master
Buildings Association. In the Lon
don region alone 100000 houses
have been given first-aid repairs and
500,0 900 have had further patching
Evening star., 1943-11-11

sumably was attempting to sneak
supplies through to the Nazi forces
in that section Of the Balkans.
The Air Force made further
sweeps across the Adriatic in sup
port Of the Yugoslav guerrilla forces,
medium sbombers making direct hits
on a merchant vessel at Split and
causing two explosions Medium
bombers also attacked the harbor
at Durazzo, Albania.
Evening star., 1943-11-11

Your heart may bleed for our
wounded soldiers. but to be practical
let your arm do 1t. Call Blood Donor
Center, District $500, and make an
engagement to give some blood.
Evening star., 1943-11-11

There Is no such thing as . blood
less victory. Yours, too, Is needed
by Blood Donor Center. Call Dis
trict 5000 to make an engagement.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Strike Bill Signature
Urged by Conna|Iy
Tells Senote He Hopes
President Will Sign

Senator Connally, Democrat. of
Texas, told the Senate yesterday
that the American people are "ex-
pecting and hoping" that President
Roosevelt will sign the anti-strike
bill now on his desk.
Recalling organized labor's oppo-
sition to the measure, Senator Con-
nally declared:
Il hope the President will not be
begulled by this insistent, this arro-
CANT, this impudent pressure upon
him. The reason these gentle
men probably do not want the bill is
because they think it is constitu-
tional
Il trust that without undue delav
he will approve the bill and will
make it the law of land, as sane
toned by the law-making bodies.
the representatives of the people of
the United States, without regard
to faction or class or group, but
in behalf of the national welfare
OF all the people in prosecuting this
war for survival"
Senator Connally said the bill
which he helped to sponsor was
not anti-labor and that so far as
he was aware no anti-labor bill
has ever been passed by this Con-
gress or any other Congress.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Six Jap StronghoIds
Blasted by Allied
Airmen in Pacific
Ruid on Nuuru Leaves
Fire Visible 40 Miles;
Bostons Hit SnIumuuu
By the Associated Press


our-engined American Lib
orators and Catalina flying boats
set fires visible 40 miles in a
heavy raid last night on the
japanese base at Nauru Island,
$50 miles northeast OF Guadal-
canal, while other Allied bomb
ers pounded five enemy strong
points in the islands above Aus
tralia.
A spokesman at United States
headquarters somewhere in the
South Pacific said iong-range Amer
lean planes hit Nauru in two waves
and left fiery trail of destruction
among bivouacs, oil dumps and other
targets. He said the attack was
very successful"
Preliminary reports indicated all
the raiders returned safely.
From bases in Australia Allied
flyers hammered the japanese at
Selaru Island, in the Tanimbar
group; off Cape Gloucester, New
Britain; Unea Island, Ambona Is
land and in New Guinea. Vengeance
dive bombers struck their first blows
in the Southwest Pacific.
American Boston attack planes
were credited with inflicting havoc
on japanese troops in the sector Il
miles below .Salamaua. New Guinea,
sweeping 81 times over the area to
spray the enemy with cannon and
machine-gun fire.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Thugs, Purse-Snatchers
Attack Woman, ) Men

Thugs and purse-snatchers at
tackled three men and a woman in
separate forays last night. taking a
total loot of more than $40.
Pearl Purcell of 1888 Eighteenth
street NV. reported to police her
purse containing 5000 was snatched
by youth as she was walking at
North Capitol and l streets. She
said the youth threw her to the
ground before making his escape
William Pallas of U street NV
told police three colored men
grabbed him from behind at North
Capitol and K streets NV. and
rifled his pockets of SO.
In another yoke job" five COL
ored men set upon Leroy McCul-
Tough of 1854 Ontario road NV.
and robbed him of 56 cents, the
victim reported to police.
Police from the thirteenth pre-
cinct Immediately rounded up a
group Of suspects, two of whom were
identified by Mr.. Mccullough as his
attackers.
Ebert Ponder. As, reported he was
attacked by three men who came
to the rooming house which he
manages at l34l L street NV. and
asked for Nellie"
Told that there was no Nellie on
the premises, the men knocked him
to the ground and beat him, Mr..
Ponder told police. He was treated
at Emergency Hospital for internal
injuries.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

our operations. I know the motion
picture industry's feeling is one of
genuine appreciation for the service
being rendered to the industry
BY executive order, as interpreted
by Mr.. Davis. the Owl Domestic
Branch is instructed to carry out,
through the use Of press. radio, mo-
ton picture and other facilities, in
formation programs designed to fa-
cilitate the development of an in
formed and intelligent understand
ing of the status and progress of
the war effort. and OF the war poll
cies, activities and aims Of the Gov
ernment." 1t also co-ordinatcs the
war information activities of all
Federal departments and agencies.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Head Of NAM Warns
Editors Of Threat Of :
Government SUBSIDY
Crawford Declares
Advertising Program
Imperi's Freedom
By the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, June l9.-Frederick
c. Crawford, president of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
told publishers Of the Nations
smaller newspapers today that loss
of freedom of the press would mean
the lend Of our free competitive
system which, in $50 years: has
raised the masses e from poverty
and depreciation
In a speech before a convention
of the National Editorial Association,
Mr.. Crawford. a Cleveland indus
trialiSt. deplored what he described
as any trend toward Government
subsidies TO newspapers in the form
of disguised advertising" and
added:
THE heart of the matter is this:
We need a reaftimation, a rebirth of
faith in the system of free enter
prise. The greatest drawback to
prosperity in the postwar era is the
uncertainty of Government real
attitude toward private enterprise.
America can. solve all her other
problems if we can preserve free
speech and free press. Given free
dom of communication, we can
freely pool our knowledge and the
ories. We can thresh out differ
encies in debate, we can work out
formulae of conciliation and CO.
operation"
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio
charged last night that the Govern
mentS war news censorship has
been perverted into cheap propa-
ganda device for political purposes"
The Ohio executive declared with
holding of news is a violation of our
rights and one of the most humili-
ating experiences in American his
tory He criticized the cloak Of
secrecy he said was thrown over the
recent international food conference
at Hot Springs. Va.
The charge of news perversion for
political purposes was directed spe-
cifically at the office of War In
formation in conjunction with the
Office of Civilian Defense"
You have seen some of the re-
leases of this agency You know
as we'll as that many of them have
no reasonable relationship to the
war" he said.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
ItuIy
Continued From First Page.)

Bari, Brindisi. Lecce. Taranto.
Cosenza, Catanyaro, Matera and
part of Reggie Calabria. Sardinia
and Sicily. besieged Italian Mediter-
ranean outpost islands, long have
been under martial law and zones
of operation"
During most of the week. reports
emanating from Italy have pictured
Carlo Scorza, secretary of the
Fascist party. as the dominant fig
ure in the government.
Trustworthy reports from inside
Europe said tide of Italian bit
terness has been rising against
Mussolini, whose adventure into
war already has cost Italy all her
African empire and the Mediter-
ranean islands of Pantelleria. Lam
pedusa, Lampione and Linosa.
Italy, too, has been brought under
devastating aerial bombardment
from Africa and from the British
Isles, and the whole of the ex-
posed peninsula is within range of
bombers. Moreover. Mussolinis
deals with the Germans have re-
suited in an increasing domination
by the senior Axis power.
Trying to Shift Blame.
These reports said Mussolini was
attempting to shift the blame for his
errors on the Fascist party national
directorate and that this was the
reason for the eminence of the di-
rectorate in Italian affairs earlier
this week. However, all members of
the directorate were appointed by
Mussolini. whose title of II Duce
means leader of the party"
(CBS reported from Zurich,
Switzerland, that the italian
government had ordered the
evacuation of all non-essential
personnel from Naples and the
larger towns of Sicily by July 10.
The same source said the evacua-
tion of Sardinia would be COM
pleted by the end of June and
the Vichy radio said Pierre La
val, French chief of government,
had been comforting in Paris with
the prefect of Corsica. That
French island, north of Sardinia,
is occupied by italy,
Evening star., 1943-06-19
0PA Official Warns
OF Women Posinq
As Rent Inspectors
Montgomery Residents
Told Office Employs
Only Men Aides

A warning that women claiming
to be OPA rent inspectors have been
reported entering homes in Mont
gomery County without authority
to inspect the premises was issued
today by James w. Woogerd, area
rent director for Montgomery, Prince
Georges and Charles Counties.
Declaring that four such cases
have been reported in Bethesda and
Chevy Chase in the last month, Mr..
Woogerd urged homeowners not to
admit any one claiming to be rent
inspector unless he or she bears
proper Identification. Mr.. Woogerd
said the impostors may be con-
nected with some racket.
There are only three rent inSpec-
tors on my staff" Mr.. Woogerd said,
and they are men. They are
Ralph Clements. Robert A. Ulia and
Robert E. Heater. Each of the
three has letter of identification
from this office"
About four months ago bogus
men rent inspectors were reported
entering houses in both Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties, osten-
sibly to inspect the premises.
No definite descriptions of the
bogus women inspectors could be OBJ
tanned, Mr.. Woogerd explained.
The following joint statement was
issued by Mr.. Woogerd and States
Attorney Joseph B. Simpson, jr, who
has instructed police to be on the
lookout for such cases:
complaints have been received
thai women are representing them
selves as OPA rent inspectors in
Montgomery County. There are no
women authorized to so represent
themselves. The OPA has no women
rent inspectors in this defense-rental
area. These women are acting with
out authority at law and may be
connected with some racket. If ap-
pretended, they will be prosecuted
by proper authorities.
The police and the area rent di-
rector will appreciate the public re-
porting any woman who represents
herself as an OPA rent inspector.
All duly authorized inspectors at this
time are men and carry identifica-
ton which the public is entitled to
see and should insist on seeing"
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Governor Of Arkansas
Pledges Democrats Funds
B, :he Associated Press.

BY me Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June 19.-
Arkansas will adhere to the Demo-
cratic party line and will contribute
to its 1914 campaign, Gov. Homer
M. Adkins says.
Commenting on reports that some
other Southern States might reject
a party appeal for funds. Gov. Ad-
kinS said yesterday
Il do not think Arkansas is ready
to desert the Democratic party.
think the administration should be
more considerate of the southern
viewpoint, yet l believe that the
abuses have come from the bureaus
and the bureaucrats rather than
from the top administrator men"
He voiced belief that Arkansas
contribution to next years campaign
would be at least as good as the
Sl0O, 900 1t rendered in l94O