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Evening star., 1943-02-12
Fly Reassures Employees
On Jobs in Wire Merger

Employees of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies
were reassured today by Chairman
James l.. Fly Of the Board Of War
Communications, that they need
have no fear of losing their jobs as
a result of the merger legislation
now pending in Congress. The
House has passed the bill which
would permit the two companies to
merge.
Since the bill passed the House.
said Mr. Fly, Il have been apprised
of some concern on the part of tele-
graph employees. especially Postal
employees, as to whether their serv-
ices will be needed any longer in
the telegraph industry. Any fear on
this score clearly proceeds from a
miSapprehension as to the wartime
needs of the telegraph industry.
Il have stated before and
should like to repeat that the tele-
graph industry is war industry
and its employees are vital to the war
effort. Recent studies have DEM
onstrated that in this important in
duStry there Is a serious shortage
not surplus of employees. Whether
merger is consummated or not, it
is clear that not only are present
employees needed within the industry
but additional employees must be
trained
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Fort Be|voir Teaching Officer Teams Method
Of Attack on Permanent Land Fortificutons

Fer American forces preparing to
step up their offensive in North
Africa. 1t. Gen. Leslie j. McNair,
commander of the Army ground
forces, disclosed today that infantry
artillery-engineer teams are being
given new phases of training at Fort
Belvoir, Va. IN assault operations
against permanent land fortifica-
tiOnS.
Qualified officers from tactical
units are the students in these COM
bined assault teams and they are be-
ing taught also to work in close CO.
operation with other arms, such as
air and air-borne troops
War Department officials said the
present training places new en-
phasis on assault operations, the de-
tails Of which are a military secret.
Applied to the training at Fort Bel
voir. it was said, are the latest
methods developed during land op-
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Wo|cott Says FILA Projects
May Be Postwar Burden
BY TIE Associated Press

BY TIE Associated Press
vision of white fenced homes
surrounded by flowers for war work :
ers, which Representative Wolcott
Republican. OF Michigan, said he
had when Congress passed the Fed
eral Housing Act amendment of
194l, has become In fact barren
dormitory-like dwellings near fac
tory sites.
I'm wondering" he told the
House Banking Committee. how
big the bag is that the Government
Is going to carry when these people
want to get out of the cities after
the war and get homes Of their
own"
The committee was considering
the National Housing Agencv's re-
quest for an additional s4OO 900 =
900 to insure mortgages on war
housing
Abner Ferguson. commissioner of
the FHA under the National Hous-
ing Agency. told the committee that
81 per cent Of the Nations workers
prefer to remain renters, but added
that If Congress passed a pay-as-
you-earn tax bill and compulsory
savings or home investment legis-
latlon 1t would make home owners
out OF lot of renters"
Questioned by com mi;tce men,
bers about the effect Of the Office
OF Price Administration ruling that
buyers must make A oAe-third down
payment to purchase a home. Mr.
Ferguson replied:
Certainly in that it restricts the
sale Of homes, it does interfere
with the program to supply houses. ."
Evening star., 1943-02-12

the Fort Belvoir course. they will
be reassigned to divisions in train
ing. Their experience then will be
utilized in teaching those divisiona
troops how to operate properly
against fixed strong points
Permanent land Notifications may
include strongly defended airdromes
bridgeheads, forts or other barri-
caded Notifications.
When Army divisions engage In
these methods of assault training
Gen. McNair stated, they will oper-
ate in duly authorized fortified areas
which will contain "mock-ups" OF
pill boxes and other types of de.
fensive installations.
For divisional units, Gen
McNair said, the aim OF training is
the development Of maximum pro.
ficiency in the application of the
weapons. equipment and tactics
peculiar to the arm required for USE
IN combined assault operations.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Petri||o Offers Terms
To Call Off Ban on
Music Recordings
Sets Up Four Points
Under Which Union
Will Make Discs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. l2.-James c.
Petrillo. president of the Amer
lean Federation of Musicians
tAFL), announced today that he
had submitted to the recording
industry proposals to end his ban
on federation musicians making
records for public use.
He said at a press conference that
he had invited the industry to ne
gotiate with the AIM Executive
Board at pm. Monday.
The ban has been in effect since
August !.
Petrillo contended throughout the
controversy which began then and
continued in the courts and before
Senate committee, that he ordered
the stoppage to put more union mu-
sicians to work that thousands
among his $4,000 members were
idle because of the use Of juke boxes
by dance halls and recordings by
radio stations throughout the
United States and Canada.
The unions proposals, Petrillo
said, included:
Cd A demand for payment OF a
fixed fee to be agreed on for repro
duction.
~ A fixed fee for each side Of
recordings made by AIM members,
such fee to be agreed on by the
association.
80 The federation to receive from
the company selling wired music
percentage of the price charged.
with the percentage to be agreed
on by negotiation.
% An annual fee for every juke
box used, negotiation to decide the
| fee.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Newfoundland Crash Toll
Is Increased 10 19 Men
BY the Associated Press


MONTREAL. Feb. l2-The toll of
the crash Of a Royal Air Force Ferry
Command bomber in Newfoundland
Tuesday night increased to 10 dead
last night with the death of one of
the injured, Ferry Command officials
announced today.
Three OF the dead were Americans:
F. A. Duean, captain navigator in
the RCAF, of New Orleans, La:
n. M. Lloyd, a captain in the RCAF,
OF Hollywood. Calf, and j. Stagner,
an RCAF captain navigator of
Dallas, Tex.
Dugan, formerly with the Delta
Alrllnes in the United States. was
said to have broken all records la st
year for flying the Atlantic with
freight. diplomatic mail and Govern
ment-sponsored passengers by max
ing five trips within nine days.
There were two survivors, both of
service personnel.
The dead included the aircraft s
f1ve-man crew and IA passengers. of
whom l3 were Ferry Command per-
sonnet returning to this continent to
ferry aircraft back to Britain. The
other passenger was a member of
the British Army.
The men killed were described as
"top-notch" air crews. They came
from the United Kingdom, Canada
and the United States
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Wounded U.S.. Sailor Wins Fioht
With Jap for Possession of Raft

I'm the darkness I found raft.
but as l attempted TO climb on
man kicked me. I said, hey, buddy,
l just want to climb aboard and
got my answer in Japanese. It
sounded like he was swearing at me.
Il found my knife strapped to my
hip and drew. it as I made a lunge
which threw me on the raft. With
shells whistling overhead we
struggled in the dark for possession
OF it until I finally managed to stab
him.
Even as the Jap fell, he tried to
pull me into the water with him. but
he was covered with oil and I man.
aged to slip from his grasp
After the encounter Fry lost con-
sciousness until he again found him.
self aboard the Astoria. He re-
mained conscious only long enough
to remember seeing flames sweeping
over part of the ship and to recall
being transferred to a DESTROYER.
Seven days later he awoke in hos
pltal in the South Pacific.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Citizenship Defendant
CHARGES FBI Persecution
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press
MILWAUKEE, Feb. l2.-Paul
Knauer, against whom the Govern
ment has started Standardization
proceedings, said yesterday that he
had sent a petition to Congress
asking for q hearing here on the
persecution of the German minor
ity in Milwaukee by various branches
! Of our present administration"
( Knauer. one of "a German born
citizens named in decentralization
actions in Federal Court last week,
was vice president and chief spokes-
man for the once active German
American Citizens Alliance of
Milwaukee.
He declared an inquiry should be
/ directed especially against the Fed
/ eral Bureau Of Investigation, charg
/ ing that it was trying to establish
terroristic stranglehold" against
+ German Americans who are cour-
ageOus enough to refer to their con-
stitutional rights when subjected TO
lnVeSt2a ton"
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Nursery School Being Built
al Mclean Gardens

Construction is starting immedl-
etelv on a nursery school to serve
36 children Of working mothers
at Mclean Gardens. the war housing
development on Wisconsin avenue
Mrs. Herbert Emmerich. chairman
of the Child Care Committee Of the
American Women s Voluntary SerV-
Ice. made the announcement today.
The nursery school, which will be
sponsored by the AWVS. will con-
tain two large playTooms, outdoor
play space. and an administrative
wing for Offices. kitchen. isolation
room and a classroom for adult
training classes.
Children will be cared for SIX days
a week, from 7:30 a m to $50 pm
and training courses for child care
assistants will he given IN the build
ing Chld-care training courses
have been operating under the direc-
ton OF the Emergency Committee
for the Day Care Of Children with
the AWVS cooperating
Mrs. Elizabeth Paddock Highly
will act as director Of the nursery
school and Will be assisted by two
nursery school teachers
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Victory in Fight for Hill 7O2
Saved StoIingrod for Reds
Bitter Four-Month Struggle on Ridge
One of Fiercest Battles of Campaign

quarters barely 100 yards from the
nearest point Of the German drive,
Gen. Chuikov described the battle
as like that Of two men locked in
mortal combat, both killed
Losses were so heavy that
neither could advance Gen. Chui-
kov said. The Nazis continued to
hold the hilltop but it was a pyrrhic
victory. The defeat at Mamaev
Kurgan forced the Germans to
switch their offensive plans, a third
time, to the factory district in the
north
1t will be long time before
Kurgans bare hilltop loses the
traces of that fighting. We walked
along the ridge that the Red Army
held and saw the zigzag shallow
trenches approaching to almost the
base Of the watertanks. We saw the
remnants of German dugouts blast
ed by the Red artillery which was
not yet sufficiently powerful to re-
duce the concrete forts.
In forward German positions
pitched crafty, nose downward
lies Nazi tank, a relic of Septeb-
Der q. when it rolled out to meet
the Soviet advance. Capt. Peter
Kostin, one of the men who parti-
cipated In the fearful hilltop bat
tie, said that two Soviet fighters
gave their lives to cripple the
metal monster. They attacked with
grenades. 1t may be one of them
whose khaki tunic is barely visible
still under the sheltering snow.
Guarded by 200 machine guns,
deep in the circular trenches, wire
lines and mine1elds, the Nazis held
their positions against ceaseless at
tacks until January 10-l1 when the
Red Army finally planted its ban
ner on the tank roofs. in the initial
stages of the offensive that finally
released the city entirely from the
Nazi grip.
The impromptu forts were imme-
diately turned against the Ger
mans. One of the snipers is cred
tied with i54 kills from a vantage
point on a reservoir roof overlooking
kurgan's western slopes, which the
Nazis held February :.
There is no way of telling what
might have happened had the Ger
mans been successful in capturing
Kurgan entirely The factory dis
trict battles which followed might
not have been necessary at all. At
any rate the Nazis we're forced to
shift the weight of their attack
northward which brought the dark
est days of all Stalingrad's history.
Such savage fighting in such a
limited area, backed by such power
ful weapons, probably never oc-
Cured before. When the full story
is known of current Red Army Of
tensive. there may be discovered
other Mamaev Kurgans. Like this
Volga hillside. they will join the
slowly lengthening chain of monu-
ments to Hitler's defeats
(Copyright. 1e43. Chicago Daily News. Inc. }
Evening star., 1943-02-12
District Plan Of Buying Shoes
For Child Wards Baked by OPA

The Districts policy of buying
shoes two-pairs- alta time for its
foster children wards, as a matter
of economy and convenience, has
been disrupted by refusal of OPA
shoe rationing authorities to grant
any exemption from the recently
invoked shoe rationing program.
Recently the Commissioners called
for bids, to be opened next Thursday
for provision of $40 pairs Of shoes for
a list of 270 District wards being
cared for in foster homes. District
Purchasing Oficer Roland Brennan
earlier this week wrote to OPA OFF,
cials, asking if blanket authorization
could be given for purchase of shoes
for the charity cases and for per-
mission to buy, as usual. two pairs
at a time for each child. one pair
Evening star., 1943-02-12

for immediate use and one pair of
larger size for use six months or so
hence. OPA refused permission.
AS result, Mr.. Brennan now is
writing to the foster parents to send
in stamps from ration book No.
to cover prospective purchases, but
other difficulties are involved. After
bids are opened and the low bidder
becomes known, the District then
will be obliged to negotiate with him
to determine if he is willing to sell
270 pairs of shoes instead of $40
pairs, at the unit price bid on the
larger number. Mr.. Brennan today
voiced hope the contractor would be
willing, but expressed belief that if
he is not, it will be necessary for the
District to readvertise for bids for
the smaller number.
Evening star., 1943-02-12

erations in North Africa and on
Guadalcanal.
The assault of permanent land
Notifications by integrates and re-
hearsed teams of combined arms is
an outstanding development of this
war said Gen. McNair, who is re-
sponsible for the overall training of
all men In the ground forces.
Successful operations of this ma
ture,' he said, require advance
training and preparations, the en-
ployment of trained assault task
forces composed of infantry, artillery
and combat engineers, as we'll as the
co-ordinated support of other arms
including air and air-borne troops -
Operations Of this kind must be
thoroughly understood before such
assaults are undertaken in the field
for otherwise failure and a reckless
disregard Of life may be the result
When the of1icers graduate from
Evening star., 1943-02-12
BY the Associated Press.

ES me Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. 1.-THE
story of struggle in the dark be-
tween an American sailor with a
mangled arm and a Jap for possess
sion of small raft in the South
Pacific was related today by the
winner-Edward Dry, 20, of ST
Louis.
Fry. a seaman second class. is re-
covering in the Naval Hospital from
effects of the fight and the loss OF
an arm
He was aboard the cruiser Astoria
when the ship was sunk near Save
Island.
"A salvo. hit the superstructure
and sheered of our guns. I found
myself sailing through the air
like flying torpedo" explained
Fry, gun pointer.
Landing in the water some dis
tance from the Astoria. he started
swimming and realized part of his
arm was gone.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Georgia Legislators Kill
Poll Tax Abolition Bill
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Feb. IA House
committee has killed Senate bill
providing for reinstatement OF de-
linquent voters on maximum pay
ment of SO, ending hope for aboli-
ton or modification of Georgia's
s1-a-year poll tax by the present
Legislature.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee yesterday voted, 16 to 2, to
kill the measure and a similar bill
making the payment only S.
The committee previously had re-
ported adversely on a House meas
ure eliminating altogether the poll
tax as a prerequisite for voting.
Meanwhile, the Senate voted for a
constitutional amendment to lower
the voting age from 81 to l8, and
Gov. Ellis Arnall asserted it was the
first such legislative action in the
country.
He said he believed the House
would approve the change. too, and
he promised to campaign for 1t.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Maverick Advocates
U. 5. Hospital Survey
Says War Wounded
Will Tax Facilities
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Feb. IA national
survey to find enough hospital space
for the civilian sick and war wound
ed was recommended today by
Maury Maverick, director of the
Governmental Division of the War
Production Board.
With American armed forces
poised for an offensive. he said, and
with the knowledge that the num-
Der Of war wounded may rise as
nigh as 100000 we must con-
clude that we cannot build enough
hospitals.
Therefore we must use all hos
pital space; we must use all kinds
of buildings that can be adapted TO
such use. This will include seaside
resorts. mountain homes, dude
ranches, Office buildings, spas, fish
ing lodges, factories, ski lodges
and it must be on a large scale.
The survey of these places should
be done now he said in an address
at the midyear conference of the
American Hospital Association.
Mr.. Maverick said that at the
same time existing hospital facilities
should be adjusted to serve the
maximum number of people.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
u. 5. Lifts Passport Rule
For Visitors From Canada
Ey The Associated Press.

~ ne ASSOCIATED Press.
Canadians and British subjects
resident IN Canada soon will be per-
mltted to visit the United States
without passports, the State Depart
ment announced today.
Under an agreement with the Ca
madam government, effective Mon
day, Immigrant border cross
ing Identification card will be issued
by United States conSulates in Can
ada. 1t Will be valid for any num-
Der OF visits during one year. with a
limitation of % days for each visit
These cards will bear an indorse-
ment by a Canadian immigration
officer guaranteeing the re-admissa-
blllty OF the bearer to Canada.
Citizens of the United States al
ready are free TO come and 20 across
the Canadian border without pass
ports The new agreement thus es-
tablishes a certain measure OF reci-
procity.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Nazis Claim RepuIse
OF Reds al Novorossisk
Ey the Associated Press.


LONDON. Feb. 12-The German
radio quoted DNB dispatch today
as saying that Soviet Warships had
attempted to break into German
held Novorossisk Harbor on the
Black Sea, but were driven of by
coastal batteries.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press. said that Soviet
reinforcements had landed near
Novorossisk under cover of arti-
fetal fog and a barrage laid down by
heavy units of the Russian Black
Sea Fleet.
A Soviet force which included
tanks landed in the Novorossisk
area last week from barges in an
effort to cut the German escape
route from the Caucasus across the
Kerch Peninsula into the Crimea.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Newest Jap Fighter
Inferior 10 Warhawk,
Pacific Ace Reports
Maj. Rector Says 2-PIoc'
Plane Is Stout and
Well Armed, However

Back from the air front in the
Pacific area. Maj Edward Rector,
26, of Marshall, N. c.. reported to
the War Department today that the
latest japanese combat plane to
make its appearance "a heavier
armored, two-place fighter-is def
initely inferior to The American War
hawk P-4Os.
Maj. Rector who is credited with
IL combat victories, said the average
japanese pilot is "a mixture of
sagacity and childlike gullibility. of
cleverness and almost incredible
carelessness
Carries Rear Gunner.
The new Jap combat plane. which
made its appearance just before he
left for the United States. is a stout
two-engined fighter. well armed"
and carrying a rear gunner in addi-
tion to the customary fixed forward
guns.
Despite its heavier armament, it
is no match for The P-40 Warhawk.
which can turn inside it, outay, out
climb and outdive it, Mai. Rector
said. The Japanese have stripped
some OF these ships of all extra
weight, including most of the guns.
for reconnaissance purposes.
The Japanese guns and ammuni-
ton are definitely inferior to Amer
lcan ordnance, both in fire power
and quality. Mai. Rector said. Their
guns are low velocity types lacking
in range and penetration. The jap
anese are now using inferior ma
terlals in their newer aircraft. he
reported, resulting in reports that
the flying time between necessary
overhauls has been reduced more
than half for the japanese planes
Cites Carelessness.
Inc carelessnesS of japanese pilots
was Illustrated by Maj Rector in
describing an attack by - Jan
nghterS on an American air base
Receiving radio warning of the an
proach. 10 American fighters formed
at high altitude and waited. When
the Japs dove to attack the air.
orome, the Americans pounced on
them and caught them wholly bv
surprise. They shot down 10 of the
II enemy fighters.
Mai. Rector fought first with the
american Volunteer Group in China
ana was transferred to the Army Air
Forces last July. He has received
Ihe Distinguished Flying Cross the
Silver Star, the British DISTINGUISHED
flying Cross and the Chinese 9Th
ORDER OF the Cloud Banner
Evening star., 1943-02-12
landon Calls on President
10 Renounce 4th Term
b. the Associated Press

BY me Associated Press
OMAHA, Feb /. Former Gov
All M Landon of rAaS declared
in an interview toda, hat President
Roosevelt should assure the
American people I'm A. early state
ment that he will not be candidate
for a fourth term
In Washington, Nj Landon
said. 1T seems to be foregone con-
cllsion that the President will be a
candidate for fourth term. They
say its being planned that way
and that's what 1t looks like to us
country boys.
Il don't believe, however, that the
American people are yet ready to
start life dynasty for any man or
any family"
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Eisenhower Digs Up Stars
To Denote Rank of General

Next came wireless message OF
congratulations from Mrs. Eisen-
hover. Then there was one from
Prime Minister Churchill and an
other from Gen. George C. Mar
shall, chief of staff. Finally. early
this morning, came the official noti-
fication from the War Department
In Washington.
Caught short of stars, Gen. Eisen-
hover had to borrow two from a
spare tunic to make his first off
clal appearance as full general
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Uruguayan Council Ended,
Parliament Opens Monday
By the Associated Press.

by tAe ASSOClAteu fIcSS.
MONTEVIDEO. Feb. 12.-Presi-
dent Alfredo Baldomir today ordered
the Council Of State, which had
served as the Uruguayan Advisory
Parliament for almost a year, to
cease functioning as a prelude to
the opening Monday Of the new
Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
Tie Presidents decree carried the
signature of all his ministers.
The council was created by decree
on February 81, 1912, after President
Baldomir had dissolved the parlia-
ment in bloodless coup d'etat.
The Council of State acted under
the chairmanship of President-elect
Juan Jose Amezaga and former
President Joe Serrato.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Big-Iime Football Banned
In College Program
Early Story on Page A-10

IL
Pv he Associated Press
Men assigned to colleges and uni
versities for specialized training un-
der Army supervision won't have
time to engage in bigtime football ="
Col. Herman Beukema. director of
the Army's specialized training pro-
gram. said today.
Beukema, asked by reporters about
the effect Of the special training
program on athletics. said the sched-
ule called for "a to 25 hours of class
or laboratory work and study hours
each week, with another five hours
Tor military training and one hour
OF physical training each day.
From this schedule he said
you can figure out easily whether
there is time to put man in condi-
ton for bigtime athletics"
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Ey the Associated Press

IIVSS.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Feb. l2.-This is
how Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
learned he was entitled to wear
four stars on each shoulder:
The news that he had been made
full general was announced in
Washington and sent by cable to
London, whence it was broadcast
last night. The broadcast was
heard by the captain of a British
naval vessel, who came ashore to
telephone his congratulations to
Ike"