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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Differ Re-e|ectd Head
OF COP Committee
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The National Republican Congress
sional Committee has reelected
Representative Otter Of Pennsyl-
vania as its chairman.
Other officers reelected were
Representative Hope, Kansas, sec
rotary: Earl Venable, executive sec
rotary, and Robert v. Fleming,
treasurer.
Vice chairmen reelected, all Rep
resentatives, were Albert Z. Carter,
California; Everett M. Dirksen, IL
linois: John M. Robson, Kentucky,
and Richard B. Wigglesworth;; Mas
sachusetts.
The House Republicans yesterday
elected Representative Brown OF
Ohio to NIL the new Rules Com
mittee post granted the minority
party under the new committee re-
alignment, based on increased Re-
publican membership in the House.
Mr.. Browns election. approved ct
. Republican conference, Is subject
to formal approval Of the entire
House. 1t gives the Republicans I'VE
places on the Rules group, COM
pared with nine Democratic seats.
The old alignment was 10 Demo-
Gratis and 4 Republicans.
The Republicans elected Repre-
sentative Jensen Of Iowa, Ander-
sen Of Minnesota, Dworshak Of Ida
no and Ploeser Of Missouri to seats
on the Appropriations COMMITTEES
and Dewey Of Illinois and Simpson
OF Pennsylvania to III Republican
vacancies on the Ways and Means
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
BY WILLIAM b. KING,
Associated Press War Correspond ant


BOU ARADA, Tunisia, Jan. II
Delayed British infantry and
tanks have pushed Nazi forces
from positions straddling the ar
terial Goubellat road.
A day of brisk battle today left
the Allies and Nazis facing each
other across a narrow. stony valley
8 miles north of here.
(This position thus is about Il
miles south of Medjez-el-Bab.)
In what might have been a flank
ing effort to envelop our advance
positions at Medjez-el-Bab, the
Germans pushed across the Gou-
bellat road and occupied a hill and
a single farm. They were driven
out yesterday by British infantry
men who pushed on today to &C.
cupy high ground on the eastern
side of the important road.
Today tanks supported by in
fantry made a thrust toward Ger
man positions on a high hill just
beyond, but a decisive fight failed
to take place.
Both sides are forced to choose
their ground carefully before
throwing armor into battle.
From the high ground which had
been the German position just the
day before I watched as the Brit
lsh infantry dug in for the night.
There was no movement visible
on the ground held by the Ger
mans. but the oficer beside me
pointed out the road on which IN
iantry had been seen a few hours
before.
A light civilian car in which I was
travelling had to thread its vay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Prof. Burroughs Dies;
Taught Here 40 Years

Prof. Henry Harding Burroughs,
native of Washington, died at
Nacoedoches, Tex, Sunday, it was
learned here yesterday. He was 70.
For 40 years he was instructor of
mathematics and physics at Central
High School, retiring 10 years ago.
He graduated from the old Central
High School in 1887, from WASH
ington Normal School in 1858 and
from Cornell University in 1894.
Surviving Prof. Burroughs are q
daughter, Mrs. T. c. Lacey Of Texas,
and three sisters, the Misses Lillian
and Clara Burroughs OF this city,
and Miss Elizabeth Burroughs Of
California.
Active In fraternal affairs here,
he was past master Of Acacia
Lodge No. Is, F. A. A. NJ, and its
secretary for 40 years. Prof. Bur-
roughs was also = member Of Co.
lumbia Chapter No. l, Royal Arch
Masons; Federal school Mems Club,
Society Of Natives and Sons Of the
American Revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Coal Shortage Held
Unlikely 10 Close
Schools Here
Baltimore Institution
Dismisses Glasses as
Fuel Crisis Grows

While one Baltimore school has
been closed because Of the coal
shortage, there are no prospects now
Of closing any coal-heated WASH
ington schools. it was learned today.
The anthracite shortage in WASH
ington continued about the same"
according to A. P. Brown, head Of
the coal division of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. As
men 60 back to work in the mines
which have been strikebound, Mr..
Brown predicted, more coal will
reach Washington yards before long.
In the meantime, however, q
shortage Of hard coal, particularly
in the chestnut" sizes, continued,
a survey Of dealers showed. Stove"
size also was short. There appeared
to be quite = supply Of bituminous
coal.
Soft Coal Could Be Used.
Most of the furnaces In WASH
ington which burn hard coal could
be turned to the use OF soft coal,
or semi-soft coal, dealers said, with
the exception of the 'latrobe" stoves,
which still are numerous here in
older Washington homes. These
stoves, several of which are in each
home, are made for burning chest
nut" size and do not handle we'll the
larger sizes Of hard coal, or BIZ
luminous coal, a dealer said.
From Baltimore came reports by
the Associated Press of . dan
gerous" coal shortage.
AS 906 pupils at public school
No. 100 were sent home this morn
ing, John w. Lewis, assistant super
intendent Of schools, said that
Forest Park High School would have
to close tomorrow unless coal were
made available, adding that other
schools had only a one-day supply
on hand.
Arthur H. Hendley OF the Balti-
more Coal Exchange said that Balti-
more faced dangerous" coal
shortage as supplies of many retail
dealers dwindled rapidly.
Survey Report Ready Soon.
Mr. Hendley expected to complete
shortly an overall inventory of the
fuel in city coal yards which he
undertook at the request Of the ONCE
of Price Administration.
The results Of the survey. includ-
ing rs large and small dealers, will
be turned over to Leo H. Mccormick,
State OPA director, Mr.. Hendley
said.
There can be no question but
what the shortage is dangerous. +"
the coal official reported.
The situation had been brought
about by the Pennsylvania miners
strike, wartime transportation prob
lens and scarcity of city labor to
transport the fuel to customers, un-
official inquiries revealed.
One Baltimore dealer. who said
his bunkers were virtually empty,
said he was unable to procure sup
plies from the mines.
Another reported he had coal
enough to supply consumers for a
few days, but could not get the labor
to deliver it.
I'll sell coal to anybody who will
come to the yard and get it," he
added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Grocers Here |ndorse
Move 10 Curb Thefts
OF Rationed Foods
Beck OPA Suggestion
To Make PiIferine
Federal Offense

District grocers today welcomed a
suggestion by the once of Price
Administration that theft Of rationed
foodStuffs be made a Federal Of
Tense to curb such offenses by store
customers.
Spokesman for some Of the largest
grocery chains indicated that there
always had been some tsealing from
shelves, especially since the self
service system had increased in
popularity.
Rationing Of sugar and coffee and
prospects Of rationing OF canned
and processed fruits and vegetables
late this month increased the incen-
tive for pilfering, the grocers said.
Reports that "pilferage is rising at
an alarming rate" were made to a
meeting of OPA officials and grocers
Yesterday, according to the Asso-
ciated Press.
Procedure Explained.
Kenneth E. Stauffer, chief of the
processed foods division of OPA, ex-
planned to group of food industry
representatives how they will have
to turn in coupons received from
housewives to replace stocks of
canned fruits and vegetables after
those articles are rationed.
Suppose, several men suggested at
once, a grocer loses q few cans every
day through thievery and thus
doesn't get enough coupons with
which to buy new stock. Some day
he might find himself without mer-
chandise and be unable to get more.
One grocer said the usual pilfer-
age loss in grocery stores used to be
between one-fourth and one-hah of
one per cent. Now, he estimated, it
Is running as high as three per cent.
Mr.. Stauffer said it was imprac-
tical to give grocers a blanket allow
ance for losses, but OPA legal ex-
perts said they would try to help
grocers keep pilferage down by max
ing such petty thefts a Federal
ofense. They indicated they could
do this by issuing regulations under
the Price Administration Act.
Quizxed for Four Hours.
For four hours Mr.. Stauffer stood
up to a barrage Of both technical
and general questions. Here are
some of the queries and answers.
@. How will point values of canned
goods be adjusted to sizes Of cans?
A. OPA will TX separate point
value for each size, Of each item.
@. When will rationing of canned
frozen and dried foods start?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
ComoIier & Buckley
Store Dumuqed by Fire

A two-alarm fire which broke out
shortly after 4 o'clock this morning
IN the rear Of Camalier Il Buckley
leather goods store, 114l Connecticut
avenue NV, destroyed the rear and
ceiling and damaged the stock.
John Wright. assistant manager
OF the shop, said he believed the
fire must have been caused by defec.
tive wiring. It began in . rear ship
ping department and burned almost
all Of . small balcony where the
bookkeeping department works.
Hessler's Photographic studio On
the second story reported damage
from smoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
A. Don't know yet.


@. How will point values be de-
termined for different kinds Of food?
A. Points will be determined on
(a supplies available for civilians,
90 reports on sales by Gamers,
wholesalers and retailers and Co a
special survey of housewife habits
being conducted by the Census Blu
reau with the assistance of 5000
typical housewives.
@. Will workers in heavy indus
tries get more rations?
A. Not under initial plans, be-
cause heavy workers needing extra
food will be able to eat all the I'M
ratinoed food they want-especially
fresh fruits and vegetables.
@. viii special diets ordered by
doctors necessitating extra guam
titles of rationed foods be given
special attention?
A. Yes, through local ration
boards.
Trades Permitted.
@. What about people living in
isolated places who stock up once or
twice year?
A. They can make arrangements
with local boards.
@. II housewife buys too many
cans of a rationed food, can she
trade some Of them in without losing
her coupon values?
A. Yes. Grocers can swap cans of
equivalent point values, but thew
can't refund the coupons.
Q. Suppose a housewife comes up
to the end Of ration period, prob
ably a month each, and finds she
has, for instance, 6 unused ration
points, but that isn't enough to buy
anything she wants?
A. The ration periods will overlap
each other by few days, 80 she can
put that from the last period with
any other number Of points from the
next period to make a purchase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
British Troops Break Nozi Grip
On Ateriol 7unisiun Road
Infantry and Tanks Push Foe Beck,
But Decisive Bottle FuiIs to Develop

through the tanks returning from
the sortie against the Nazi hill. The
last lap was made through = plowed
field, then up the sides Of hill on
which the soldiers were preparing
both for attack and defense.
Northward other British tanks pa
trolled the road. but made no con-
tact with Axis forces.
The artillery in this neighborhood
exchange explosive packets through
out the day. Round after round fell
on the coveted German position.
From my vantage point could hear
the crack Of the artillery behind me
followed by the whine of the shell
on its deadly mission. The German
Smelling did relatively little damage
Cavalry Trots Beside Tanks.
Bou Arada, a colorful little cross
road town, presents novel picture
as colonial and metropolitan French
troops mingle with the British unit
Crack French cavalry on dappled
gray mounts trotted beside the
rumbling Crusader tanks. Almost
in the shadow of the battle-smoked
hill teams of French and British
soldiers played rugby football.
United States infantry troops are
holding positions near the current
battle area, but present indications
are that the fight is unlikely to
spread far enough to include them
The Nazi air force which has been
quiet over the battlefield sent two
groups Of Junkers-87s on a bombing
mission against the Americans, but
there were no indications of extern
sive damage to the troops, who al
ready had dug their foxholes deeper
as a result OF occasional Smelling.
The French who hold positions
south of here also were reported
active, but no details were available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
P-TA to Hear Teacher

Mrs. Laura Pendleton MacCart-
ney, teacher and author of music
books for primary schools, will ad-
dress 4 meeting Of the P-TA at
7:30 pm. tomorrow at the Eastern
Bethesda High School. it has been
announced. First-grade pupils will
participate IN the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Russian
Continued From First Page

southwest Of Velikie Luki, on the
central front west of Moscow,
but said that the offensive con-
tinued to roll on in the Caucasus.
(The communique was broad
cast by the Moscow radio and
recorded by the Soviet Monitor
in London.
(Of the lower Don battle is
said "the enemy is striving to
stem the advance of Soviet
troops, hurting large forces of
tanks and infantry into the
battle. In one sector the Hit
lerites concentrated about 100
tanks and launched fierce coun-
terattacks Our troops repulsed
all the enemy counterattacks,
disabled IL tanks and killed more
than 800 German officers and
men ."
c'In the area southwest Of
Velikie Luki, despite tremendous
losses in manpower and equip
ment, the German command is
throwing large forces of infantry
and tanks into the counterat-
tack. Repelling the Hitlerite
counterattack, our troops are in
f1icting heavy losses on the en-
envy. In one sector alone the
Germans lost in killed about 500
officers and men. -"
("In another sector our troops
destroyed II German tanks. In
addition, one of our attachments
surrounded and completely an
initiated a company of enemy
automatic riflemen."
(Russian aviation was credited
with sinking a 5000 ton German
transport in an undisclosed Axis
port.
(The capture of the health re-
sort of Mineralnye Vodi found
two trainloads of German troops,
with their munitions, waiting in
the city to move toward the front,
the communique said. Soviet
tanks and armored cars then
were reported to have swarmed
into the city, killed the troops
and captured the train.)
Front Straightened.
The push that took Kuberle wa
down the Stalingrad = Tikhoretsl
from Zimovniki. The cap
ture of a series of towns north from
Kuberle for 81 miles and a flankin,
drive to Vesioly, about 80 mile,
south of Zimoniki, has straightene<
the front in that sector.
Hero of the Caucasus drive wa.
announced as 1t. Gen. Maslennikoy
who just a year ago helped saw,
Moscow with the recapture of Kal
inin. a key city northwest Of tn,
Soviet capital. Several other gen
erals aiding Maslennikov in tn,
Caucasian offensive were also sin
gled out by Soviet authorities TO
The first announcement of tn,
Russian successes In the Caucasu.
was given In q special communion,
broadcast by Moscow and heard b,
the Soviet Monitor in London whit
that 1t was repeated thre,
times, with marching songs of tn,
Russian cavalry played after eacl
broadcast.
London sources also picked up {
Rome broadcast which quotet
Dienst AVS Deutschland, German
Foreign Once publication, as com.
menting that "the most rigid re.
serve must Be maintained regafdin,
the fighting In Russia, Is the RUS,
slams are displaying their creates
stzenSth new."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Wheat and Corn Prices
in Chicago Grain Pit
~ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. II R.-Wheat
and corn prices broke sharply in
fairly heavy trading today in re-
action TO the once Of Price Ad-
ministration's freezing Of all cash
and futures corn quotations gen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
orally at the highest levels pre-.
Vailing YESTERDAY.

Grain men were stunned at the
OPA's order, which hit the market
shortly before the opening There
was heavy liquidation in the first
few minutes. Trading was at the
most active pace in many weeks.
Wheat prices were of more than
cents at one time, but later re-
covered quickly. Near the end of
the first half hour wheat losses
averaged about IN cents, with May
at $780,, compared with yester-
days close Of $1.40H to Il.
The rally in wheat failed to carry
into the corn pit. Prices on the
maize contracts were down about
cents with May, 97la, compared
with a close Of 993s to n yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

The hest way 70 rest for victory
h to dig deep int that peeketbeek
o. purse and buy War savings
staAD6
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Weather Report

'
Coumbia-Colder tonight,
degrees fresh winds
Maryland vsnia-coder and continued windy tonight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry. Potomac clear at Great
Falls.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

"UO1O Cpco0 DcHVCfIcS.
Discussing the Philadelphia-to-
Buffalo pipeline, Mr.. Hedden said:
Information which I believe to
be reliable indicates that trainload
lots Of crude oil are being handled
Eastbound TO Philadelphia by way
Of Buffalo. The schedules Of these
trains show that the tank cars are
used in the haul between Buffalo
and Philadelphia on . through
movement from Lima, Ohio, for q
total Of at least three days, includ-
ing the return Of the empties to
Buffalo. II the contents Of these
can ware put Into ths pipeline q
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-02-10

cling and group singing is spon-
sored by the Y. M. G. A. and the
Y. w. c. A. and Mrs. Augusta
Shannon is in charge of the pro-
gram.
Irene Saunders will be the dele
gate from the Senior Girl Reser-
yes to attend the mid-winter Girl
Reserve Conference at Tacoma,
March 5-6-7.
The Business & Industrial
Girls elected the following per-
sons to office for the club year.
They are; Ernestine Hale, presi-
dent; Helen Jackson, Yice-presi-
dent; Ruth Branch, secretary,
and Fredrosa Blackwell, treasur-
err. Ellen Torrance is program
chairman. After the business
meeting the club attended the
party at the Coleman Service
club.
The members and friends of the
Phyllis Wheatley Branch are in
vited to attend the Annual Meet
ing, Thursday night, Feb. 18th at
7:45 p. m. T Reverend Harold
Jensen of the First Baptist
Church will be the speaker as
will be Miss Eloise Spencer of
the War Expension Staff of the
National Y. w. c. A. Music will
be given by a chorus from the
senior Girl Reserves who are be-
ing trained by Mrs. Augusta
Shannon.
The Senior Girl Reserves have
asked the Girl Reserve committee
TO be patrons and patronesses at
heir Formal to be given at the
Collins Field House, Feb. 27th.
Members of the Girl Reserve COM
nittee and husbands who will at
end are: Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. |
Reese, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nicholas, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Lenard Clayton, Mr.. |
ind Mrs. Richard Wells, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Roy Harvey. and Mr.. and
Yrs. Donald Weber, Mr.. and |
Mrs, Nesbith Frazier and Mrs. F.
;. Davis.
Mrs. John Prim and Mrs. |
George Taylor are now the ad-
isors for the Junior Girl Reser-
res. A play, 1.-THE Trial of Billy |
cott" is being rehearsed for the
ipring Festival to be given soon.
The committee of Management
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-02-10
GILL" NORTON
FOR COUNCIL

independence - or liberty =
might well be Councilman "Bill''
Norton's middle name = he was
born on the Fourth of July, 1900.
For 40 years "Bill" has been a
Seattle resident, about 20 being
devoted to public service, for
nearly 10 years as police officer
with a record of marked distinc-
ton, the last years as City Coun-
Gilman noted chiefly as Public
Safety expert.
NO man in public service, his
friends and colleagues say. has
done more as a pioneer of modern
traffic safety methods and sys-
TENS than Bill" Norton. He or
ganized and. for nearly 10 years,
directed the Accident Prevention
and Educational Bureau of the
Police Department. His ideas were
SO successful they were incorpor-
ated into a permanent system.
An inveterate worker, with a
gracious personality and backed
by scientific study of modern
methods, he encouraged public CO.
operation where others had failed.
During this period the city sent
bill" Norton to Northwestern
University's famous Tarffic Safe
he was graduated with highest
~ and Police School from which
honors in his class.
"Bill' Norton gave innumer-
able traffic safety talks on the ra-
dio and authored several series of
newspaper articles that did much
to develop Seattle's first real safe
ty program.
"Bill' Norton was later elected
and reelected City councilman by
huge votes.
There are TWO Nortons in the
Council race" Bill points out. If
the voters judge both Nortons by
their records in public life, have
no doubt which Norton will win.
A coincidence is that both Nor
tons served in the police depart
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darkness itself!

darkness ITSELF
mo man can serve two mas
tiers; for either he will hate the
one and love the other, or else he
will stand by the one and despise
the other. You cannot serve God
and mammon.
Therefore say to you. do
not be anxious for your life, what
you shall eat; nor yet for your
body. what you shall put on. Is
not the life a greater thing than
the food, and the body than the
clothing? Look at the birds of the
air; they do not SOW, or reap, or
gather into barns; yet your hea-
venly Father feeds them. Are not
you of much more value than
they? But which of you by being
anxious about 1t can add to his
stature a sinble cubit?
"And as for clothing, why are
you anxious? See how the lilies
of the field grow; they neither
toll nor spin. yet l say to you
that not even Solomon in all his
glory was arrayed like one OF
these. But IL God so clothes the
grass OF the field, which today is
alive and tomorrow is thrown in
to the oven, how much more you
o you of little faith!
Therefore do not be anxious
saying, What shall we eat?' or
What shall we drink?', or. What
are we to put on?' (for after all
these things the Gentiles SEEK
for your Father knows that you
need all of these things. But seek
first the kindom of God and Hi:
Justice. and all these things shall
be given you besides. Therefore
do not be anxious about tomor.
row; for tomorrow will have an.
kettles of its own. Sufficient fol-
the day is its own troubles.
To Be Continued Next Issues