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Evening star., 1943-09-04
Job Complete :
LETTERS Resigns
As Rubber Gar
Will Return to u. p:
Dewey Is Reported
Urqed as Successor

Rubber Director William M.
Jeffers has handed his resigna-
ton to President Roosevelt and
plans to leave his job within
few days, it was learned au-
thoritatively today.
1t was understood that Mr.. Jeffers
had suggested to the President that
Bradley Dewey be named to succeed
him. Mr. Dewey. head of a Boston
chemical firm, has served as deputy
director in charge of the synthetic
program since Mr.. Jeffers took over
the big job.
While the resigna ton has not been
accepted officially by Mr.. Roosevelt,
it was understood that the President
has unofficially given his consent to
Mr.. Jeffer's departure.
Feels Job Is Over.
Mr.. Jeffers' associates said he was
mot mad at anybody" but felt the
biggest part of his job was over and
that he should return to the Union
Pacific Railroad, of which Is is
President to help solve the trans
portation problem in the Western
area that it serves
The Omaha World Herald. in a
dispatch from it's Washington cor
respondent. said Mr.. Jeffers had
submitted his resignation last Thurs
day.
Mr.. Jeffers was quoted as saying
he told the President he felt "the
big job outlined in the Baruch re-
port had been completed" Syn
thetic rubber plants, he added,
have been and are being brought
in. Tests of the various processes
have been made and all that work
is now behind.
Because of the terrific load.
Western railroads are being called
upon to handle as a result of the
increasing emphasis on the war in
the Pacific, feel my greatest con-
tribution from now on is to return
to the job of handling the opera
tions of the Union Pacific.
Will Take Short Rest.
"Mr. Jeffers said he expects to
spend q few days In New York rest
ing, then viii return to Washington
to wind up few details before COM
ing back to Omaha"
The hard-boiled Mr.. Jeffers sue
1Coa JET3ET-p po,o oI
Evening star., 1943-09-04

Advancing Red Armies Menace
Three Important Nozi Positions
Troops Closing In on Stolino, Konotop
And Smolensk in Widespread Drive

lages which have been in German
hands since the early days of the
Russian campaign in fall OF 194l.
Russian troops were reported clos
ing in on Stalino, German head
quarters for the Donets area in the
south; Konotop. vital junction point
of the Bryansk-Kiev Railway, and
Smolensk, hinge of the north-cen-
tral area and jumping point for
the Germans unsuccessful drive on
Moscow.
A fourth offensive aimed at Bry-
ansk apparently had slowed down,
but had not been stopped. and only
in the Kharkov area did the Rus
slams admit that stubborn German
resistance in the shape of frequent
counterattacks had halted the Red
Army without appreciable gains.
The Russian drive reached Its
height in the Donets area, where
the Red Army advanced to IL
miles on the approaches to Stalino,
twelfth largest city in Russia and
Evening star., 1943-09-04
BY the Associated Press.

LARCHMONT, N. Y, Sept. A.
There's red fire chiefs car labeled
Village of Larchmont" in gilt let
tering somewhere between Pitts
ourgh and Cnicago-and Larch-
mont's Mayor and the chairman of
the local rationing board say they
would like to know jus. where.
James v. Baum, ration board
chief, said the village fire chief,
Alexis B. Cunneen, set out earlier
this week in the car for the con-
vention of the International Fire
Chiefs Association in Chicago,
carrying with him municipal gaso-
line transfer slips which are honored
among municipalities within West
chester County.
Chief Cunneen reached Pitts
burgh. Mr.. Baum said, and found
the slips we're not honored there.
The chief then wired Mr.. Baum for
Evening star., 1943-09-04
British Equip
Bombers toCut
Balloon Gables
Fy the Associated Press.

LONDON. Sept. 4.-The Air Min
istry disclosed today that every
British bomber is fitted with is
cable-cutting devices, which are so
powerful that they can cut through
the heaviest cable in one e-thousandth
OF second.
The devices weigh only a few
pounds and are about the size of a
brick. They enable bombers to
sweep field of operations clear of
enemy barrage balloons before start
ing low level attacks,
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Murder of Charles Hoff
Pole VouIter, Is Denied
By the Associated Press

BY the ASSOclated Press.
/. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 4.-Dis-
patches from Oslo today said it was
officially denied that Charles Hoff
one time world champion pole
vaulter, had been found murdered
near that city. The Swedish press
Yesterday reported the death and
said he had been murdered.
Hoff, Al. for the last three years
has directed the Quisling sport
movement In Norway,
Evening star., 1943-09-04
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P.-The Red
Army threw the Germans
back another 9 to Is miles in
a furious offensive in the
Donets Basin today and cap
tured more than 80 towns and
villages, including the railway
junction of Ivantsevo, a So
Wet communique announced.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-Russian
Armies, gaining momentum in
their summer offensive, were
rocking the Germans back on
their heels all along a 600-mile
front today to threaten three OF
the Nazis' most important re-
manning positions east of the
Dnieper River.
A Soviet communique. broadcast
from Moscow. announced that the
Red Army had recaptured 400 vii
Evening star., 1943-09-04
First American to Invade ItuIy
Landed as Artillery Observer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH 9th ARMY,
Sept. 3 delayed His gunnery
mates claimed for Capt. Timothy
Cleary, observation officer of the
United States, artillery battery, the
distinction of being the first Amer
ican to invade Italy today.
Capt. Cleary of Boston. who was
graduated from Harvard about a
decade ago, obtained the assign
ment to cross the strait with British
forces in order to send back infor-
nation on enemy gunf1re.- He is at
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Little Opposition
Is Met After
New Landings
Firm Grip cIomped
On 1O-MiIe Strip
Along Coast
BY the Associated Press.


British and Canadian troops
have clamped a firm hold on a.
10-mile bridgehead between Reg
gio Calabria and San Giovanni
on the Italian toe, seizing both
towns. and are plunging inland,
Allied headquarters in North At
RIGA announced today.
Only weak opposition has been
encountered along the coast since
the invasion yesterday morning and
large numbers of prisoners have
been captured.
1'he airfield near Reggie Calabria
also has been seized.
Earlier Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-,
hower's headquarters announced
that a second wave of Allied troops
had swept across the Strait OF
Messina, reinforcing the British Sth
Army's original landings.
Melito also was reported to have
been captured and another town,
Scilla, II miles north Of Reggie
Calabria, has been taken, a Berlin
broadcast indicated.
The advance is continuing" an
Allied communique said.
Demolitions attempted by retreat-
ing enemy forces has been largely
Ineffective the communique added.
Nazis Report Landing.
The Berlin radio, after reporting
a second large-scale landing by
Allied forces, indicated that another
invasion had been attempted with
out success.
A German communique, broadcast
by Berlin and recorded in London
by Reuters, reported unsuccessful
attempts to land behind our (AxisJ
defense lines"
The earlier Berlin broadcast said
fatty that Allied forces made a
second landing yesterday between
Melito, Is miles south OF Reggie
Calabria, and Cape Spartivento, an
other Is miles to the east.
The Germans said the second
landings, carried out under cover
OF British warships, met italian
protective forces" who retreatec
into mountain positions.
Little or No Opposition.
An allied naval communloue re-
ported that the landings on the
beaches between Reggie Calabria
| and Catona, some miles north,
met with little or no opposition.
The first loads were cleared well
ahead of the time laid down in the
program, and by early afternoon
tFrldaD the second series of craft
were moving across the strait with
relnforcements and supplies. This
work continues"
Two British battleships turned
their heavy guns against enemy pill
boxes and defenses in the Cape del
Armi area Thursday morning In a
second pre-invasion shelling follow
ing up the bombardment by the 1s-
inch guns of the Rodney and Nelson
earlier in the week.
The heaviest single air assault wa
delivered by Liberators of the United
States 9th Air Force, which laid di-
rect hits on the railway station,
engine repair stops and warehouses
at Sulmona, and covered the rail-
way yards with bomb bursts.
Violent detonations also were set
on IN an explosives factory near the
railway center, Cairo announced.
Six Allied planes were lost in this
and other attacks.
Planes from North Africa met
little opposition, and shot down two
enemy fighters, while one Allied
ship was lost in Thursday night pa
trols. Three other enemy planes
were destroyed off North Africa and
(See INVASION, Page A-l0)
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Pennsylvania Oil Plant
Destroyed by Explosions
By the Associated Press.

bS Ine associated Press.
MARCUS HOOK, Pa. Sept. A.
Fire and a series of explosions de-
stroyed the main three-story build
ing at the Marcus Hook grease COM
pound plant of the Pure Oil Co. to-
day and threatened thousands OF
barrels of oil in storage nearby.
The blaze was brought under con-
troll in midmorning after raging
since before dawn.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
On the High Road
To MESSING

Thomas r. Henry, Star staff
correspondent, tells a dra-
matte tale of three days with
the American Sd Division in
Sicily preceding the capture
OF Messina. Read his thrill
Ing story In The Sunday Star
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

ALLIES ESTABLISH 1oMILE BRIDGEHEAD-British and
madam forces advancing Italy after landings
the Strait of Messna Allied headquarters today
Meito Reggie Calabria Giovanni reported
captured German broadcast said Allied
landed between Melto and Spartivento
indicate the Allied held territory in Sicily
arrows show the apparent direction of the drives inland
"A P. Wirephoto
Evening star., 1943-09-04

tached to a battery of Long Tom
155-millimeteri artillery.
That's wonderful" exclaimed
Mrs. Anna L. Cleary, the captains
mother, when informed that he was
the f1rst American to land. I'm
surely happy to know that he came
through right side up. I'm very,
very happy
Mrs. Cleary makes her home at
Aver, Mass. The captains wife and
two children live in Pine Bluff, N. C.
Capt. Cleary trained at Fort Bragg
before he went abroad in 1942. He
had been drawn from the Reserve
officers ranks,
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Roberto Ortiz Is Bought
By Mats From Montreal
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dlspatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Outfielder
Roberto Ortiz, twice previously with
Washington as pitcher and out
fielder, has been purchased by the
Mats from Montreal for an undis-
closed sum, it was announced here
today by President Clark Griffith.
Ortiz, Cuban, has been" hitting
.306 with Montreal and will report
to the Mats at the close of the In
ternational League season on Sep
tember II.
Evening star., 1943-09-04


vile in Northern France.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. A large
feet of Lancasters raided Berlin
last night from a clear sky, drop
ping 1920 tons of bombs in 20
minutes in an attack which the
British Air Ministry described as
highly concentrated"
Allied bombers roared across the
channel again early this afternoon
to continue round he-clock as
saults on the Nazis. Some Of the
aircraft were identified as Mitchells
and Ventures.
Coastal observers reported big ex-
plosions from the direction of Calais
and Dunkerque.
Last nights raid was the third big
assault on the German capital in
II days. but was not ON the scale
of the two previous ones.
dispatches to Stockholm from
neutral correspondents said gov
ernmeht buildings were hit
CThe dispatches reported that
fighter squadrons met the bomb
ers 100 miles outside Berlin and
there were running fights all the
way to the targetJ
The British lost % bombers from
far-ranging night operations which,
aside from the attack on Berlin. in.
cluded raids on the Rhineland and
enemy airfields in France Mines
also were planted in enemy waters.
Is Shot Down, Nazis Say.
DNB, German news agency. re-
ported in a radio broadcast from
Berlin that preliminary count
showed Is four-engined bombers
had been shot down.
Already the Raj has dropped
more bombs on Berlin than fell on
London in all the long months of
Reichmarshal Goering's attacks and
thus had a cumulative effect far be-
yond the weight of the explosives
let loose
The loss of British planes an
nounced by the Air Ministry was less
GIldll lIdll lllOSt Vi bllc GWu pI
Gus raids-58 and At, respectively.
The bulletin reported that the
Berlin raiders encountered thick
clouds along the route" but said
that over the target the sky was
clear"
The assault eliminated day of
Allied aerial activity which in
cluded full-sc raid by American
Flying Fortresses on the Caudron-
Renault aircraft plant on the out
skirts of Paris and attacks by other
American units on five Nazi airfields
in France, including Romilly-Sur-
Seine.
Fires Still Burning.
A Vichy broadcast. recorded by
the Associated Press, said many fires
still were burning in the Paris
suburbs this morning following the
Fortress raid and that casualties in
cluded 98 persons killed and 352 in
jured.
The German radio as usual de-
scribed the attack on Berlin as a
terror raid but acknowledged
tSee RAIDS. Page A-10.J
Evening star., 1943-09-04
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent,
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-The
Yankees were leading the Mats
today in the second game of
their four game series here.
The score was 81 going into the
ninth inning.
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON-Case singled to
center. Case was out stealing,
Dickey to Gordon Powell singled to
eft. SPENCE walked. On an at
tempted double steal Powell was out
tSee BASEBALL, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1943-09-04
ALLIES PUSH on CAPTURE MANY ITALIANS
Late News Bulletins


PTemIeT oH7Ufs PTedIcts E0TIY FdT OF Italy
PRETORIA, Union of South Africa Ep-Premer Jan
Christian SHUTS predicted the early of Italy tonight in
broadcast but said another of fighting be-
fore Germany would be defeated He
would disappear physically before the Allied air onslaughts
and the fifth column inside the Reich play part
the Naz fall
Swedish Tanker Attacked by Torpedo Plane
STOCKHOLM lPp.-Sx killed when
torpedo plane attacked the Swedish tanker Svea Reuter-
17OO-ton motorshp in the Baltic Sea Gulf of Riga
Thursday a Swedish communique disclosed today. The
nationality of the plane has not been determined.
Brenner Poss Traffic Remains at StondstiI
NEW YORK Op.-Traffc through the Brenner Pass be-
Germany Italy has been at complete standst
Thursdays daylight raid American Flying Forresse
radio declared today quoting correspondent OF
the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagblade The broadcast
was recorded by CHS.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Sept. (P.-
Stocks mixed: variations narrow.
Bonds steady; rails irregular in
small-scale dealings. Cotton
even preholiday coverings.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

CHICAGO. - Wheat closed
steady; trade light. Rye slightly
weaker: holiday week end cur
tailed trading. Hogs nominally
steady. Cattle nominally steady.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

BULLETIN.
The final score was 81. IA
VOr of the Yankees.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Tons Of Bombs
Dropped on Berlin in
Third Huge Assault
Highly Concentrated
Attack on Nozi CopitoI
Losts Only 20 Minutes
BULLETIN.

LONDON R.-Continuing
the round the-clock aerial
assault on Nazi-held Europe,
Mitchells, Bostons and Ven-
turas roared across the Chan
mel today and bombed the
important railway functions
OF Rouen, Amiens and Able
vile in Northern France.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

Umpires-Messrs. Summers. Weafer and
Rue.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

(See RUSSIA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1943-09-04

tSee JEFFERS, Page ABB
Evening star., 1943-09-04

(See BALDWIN, Page A-1O)
Evening star., 1943-09-04

(See INVASION, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Yankees Beat Mats,
II, Behind Chandler
On Late Inning Rally
Score in Sixth, Seventh
After NiegeIine HurIs
Five HitIess Frames

Lineup.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

Rain and continued cool tonight.
Temperatures today-Highest, 49, at pm low
est Sc, at 5:24 am. Yesterday-Highest 76 at
1901 am lowest, s6, at $50 am. Full report
on page B-4.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29
Tells How To-


rying at the editorial masthead the
following brief and concise statement:
"This paper is unequivocally OPP
posed to:
l. The 40-hour limitation of working
time for labor;
2. The 60-hour limit of work for
labor;
g. Any limitation whatever of work
ing hours for labor;
4. Pay and one-half for overtime;
5. Straight pay for overtime;
6. Any pay whatever for overtime;
Z. High wages for labor;
8. Low wages for labor;
8. Any wages whatever for labor;
10. Anything that organized labor
has done, is doing, or may hereafter
do"
By such a concise statement of the
labor policy of the aforesaid papers,
which by now is, or should be rea-
sonably familiar to the public, much
of the readers time could be saved
and possible shortage of newsprint
be averted, and be it further
Resolved, that copies of these reso-
lutions be sent to the Muscular and
Sentinel, to The Peoples Voice of
Helena, to the Treasure State Labor
Journal and to the Montana Labor
News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29
UniOnists-


CONTINUED from fase oheD
bers of the United Oil Workers Union
of America.
The Muskegon Cooperative Society
which operated small store until
July 1912, opened its first branch
store in a neighborhood section in
August. This society has the active
support of a number of AFL unions.
GAINESVILLE (Wis.) Consumers Co
operative has just moved into mod
ern store in downtown GAINESVILLE. It's
board is composed of ALL and CLIO
mebmers together with professional
people.
Racine Consumers Cooperative
(Wis.), an outstanding example of CO.
operative and union relations, is out
growing its large modern self-service
store and is contemplating the open
| ing of a branch.
Beloit (Wis.) Cooperative, managed
by Chester Hammes, a graduate of
the Midwest Management Institute
held at George Williams College,
last February, is doing an excellent
job in attracting union and profess
sional people to it's modern food store
All the Detroit area co-operatives-
Ferndale, Merto, East Side, Fordson,
Dearborn, Westacres and Ann Harbor
are actively supported by union and
professional people.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29

by counties.
a. Stock Growing and Grazing
Estrays.
80. Stock Growing and Grazing =
Butchers, meat peddlers.
sc. Simmons and Campbell -" I'm
known" parties.
81 Toomey-Acknowle
3S. Reorganization State income
tax.
80. Price and Campbell - Sale of
property in estates.
40. Toomey-Validity tax deeds.
Al. Toomey-Oaths etc, persons in
service.
AZ. Stock Growing and Grazing =
Stations.
43. Closed primary;
A. Stock Growing and Grazing =
Running at large, bulls.
As. Reorganization-Ha insurance.
46. Simmons, ct al - Valuation OF
court records.
SIM. 6. Stewart, ct al-Ammuni-
ton
SIM. 7. Hammond-Co plus plan.
SIM. s. Stromnes, ct al = Sponge
iron.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29
Controversial

From a selfish financial standpoint,
say, person now spends around 5000
per month for living expenses, and
pays $40 to 500 state income tax per
year, if a 2qo sales tax land that is
a very small one) were passed, 90
of 5000 would be $500 per month or
$4S.00 per year. We think few of our
members would be willing to trade a
500 tax for $48 one.
While the members of the Joint
Board are Withholding final judgment
on said repeal, we are fully aware of
the talk going around here and about
how the revenue lost by repeal would
have to be made up some other way,
and we think the membership also are
aware of the groups who desire a
sales tax.
This subject has been brought to a
focus by the appearance of a member
of the o. R. C. at the legislature in
January and insisting that the Joint
Board work and demand repeal of
our state income tax law, claiming a
meeting was held (by whom we do
not know down in his western Mon
tana territory, and he was authorized
to do so.
AS above stated, the Joint Board
does not at present agree with his
argument, but we want the member
ship to study the enclosed tax sheet,
know who is trying to shift this tax,
and the danger of sales or other
tax to make up the lost revenue, in
case of repeal.
In other words for you men at homo
to see the whole picture and in case
argument do arise on this question,
you will be informed and can explain
the attitude of the Joint Board.
The tax sheet referred to follows:
State Income Tax Assessed for 1871
Broken Down Into Taxable Groups
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-29
taking the lid off all other prices.

!
Though the purpose of the farm
bloc has been to keep farmers and
workers apart, the effect of its anti
war, anti-labor, anti-farmer program
may be to force farmers and workers
to act in unison. An example of this
trend is shown in the 11-point CLIO
Victory Program announced by Philip
Murray on January 10th; one of its
points offers support of the National
Farmers Unions program to assure
adequate food supplies for the United
Nations by immediate war conversion
and expansion of American agricul-
ture."
| This is the first time that national
labor organization has endorsed the
program of a particular farm group.
Heretofore, labor has hesitated to
back the program of any specific farm
group lest it be accused of favoritism
or of meddling in farm affairs Under
the pressure of war, with the need
for unity and expanded production,
the CLIO has come to realize that it
must fight side by side with its farm
allies and that it does not close the
door to cooperation with Grange and
Bureau farmers by supporting a posi-
tive program that is urgently needed
! by practically all the farmers.
Farm and labor leaders have asked
Senator Norris, defeated in the last
election, not to retire from public life
but to head up a Peoples Win-the-
War Council" which would unite prog
ressive republicans and democrats in
common front against the present
coalition of reactionary republicans
and southern democrats. Senator
Norris is reported to have accepted
the offer.
Pres. James G. Patton of the Ma
tional Farmers Union urged Senator
Norris at a banquet in New York City
"to undertake this final task" of unit
ing labor unions, farm organizations,
schools, churches, some businessmen.
some industrialists." Patton stated,
"The hands of the working farm fam
lilies in thirty states are outstretched
eager to make common cause with all
who are genuinely committed to
Peoples War, Peoples Victory and
a Peoples Century. 1t is very late"
Stressing the need for vigilance at
this session of congress, Patton de-
clared that the new council must ride
herd day-by-day on the new congress,
reporting to the people the legislative
and administrative good and bad"
"The people must know the facts if
they are to organize, act, and vote
intelligently."
Pres. Philip Murray of the CLIO also
urged Norris to assume leadership of
the new movement. While neither
the ALL nor the Railway Brother
hoods participated in the opening con-
ferences, supporters of the venture
declared that Norris had been assured
of considerable support from within
the ranks of these organizations.