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secretary, from the motion picture division of the OWI, is that he was asked to resign by Elmer Davis and OWps new domestic director Palmer Hoyt.
 There was nothing against Mel lett personally or professionally. He was doing an Al job with the pie ture industry But there was big chalk mark against him politically The fact that he had been on the White House staff, was a close friend of the President, caused his demise. It gave OWI critics a chance to say that OWI was the tool of the White House.
 As a result, Davis reluctantly asked Mellett to resign. Mellett agreed, later said he wanted to talk it over with the Boss"
 Following this, Elmer Davis got a phone call from the President suggesting that he talk to Will Hays, Czar of the Motion Picture Industry, before insisting tn Mellett resign.
 Davis called Will Hays. Ant Hays, one-time chairman of tht Republican National Committee ant campaign manager of Warren G Harding, went to bat for FDRi friend, Lowell Mellett.
 However, Davis and Hoyt stucl to their guns. In the end Mellett after further conversations witt the White House, resigned. He l now attached to the State Depart ment, where Cordell Hull can us good man.
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WVULkN EIIUUL1IL ROBERTA LEE

O. necessary thank letter when has been enter informally at dinner?
 No leaving have enjoyed weeks invite her to your home
 O. acquaintance whom she meets bus pay her fare?
 should the insist paying her
 herself socially, should she T am Miss Martha Brown?
 The Martha Brown"
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 bat do not cOmpel
SATURDAY, JULY 31

| Renefic aspects rule strongly on this last day of the month. It should be an suspicious date for naval operations.
 HEART AND HOME: Women are under the best planetary in luences today which is most for tunate for Inequalities that bring together relatives and close friends. The evening gives promise ot TO- nance and girls may expect hap piness through reunions With friends and relatives in the armed forces. Leaves and furloughs will be of special significance to many men who have fought valiantly Ill many battles. For the wounded who return to convalescent centers speedy recoveries will preface spec iaI service in their homeland.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS Great ac- tivity in export centers east and west is forecast. Again the food problem will be difficult, because of the effects of droughts and floods in agricultural areas but amazingly satisfactory results Ill apportioning relief to foreign wal victims are prophesied. Labor diff | faculties should be less trouble some to the Government as wage adjustments are fairly acceptable i Imitation will be something more than a bogey as the cost of living remains high.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: War se- crets which are numerous but nec- essary in the Government proceed ure will contribute to the effects oi fifth column work. Suspicion oi Russias policies and criticism oi Italy's confused attitude will be widely prevalent in coming weeks it is forecast. Astrologers empha- size the urgency of united faitf and absolute confidence in thi: time of supreme test for the Allies l The seers repeat their frequent warning that revolutionary influ' ences will be strong in European nations and that Americans may be susceptible to certain types O. propaganda.
 INTERNATIONAL AIR s Next month is to be a period O great events in history, it is prog nosticated. Victory will appear nea and then far away, but United Ma tions heroic offensives will stead fly advance Neptune in square t. the Sun will assure defeats fo Japan, but foreign astrologers fore tell that the end of the Orienta effort to conquer Asia and even tually the United States will no come until early in 1945 when tn emperor will be deposed and hi subjects faith in his divine heredi : ty will be shattered.
 Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of year of res gain, mentally and financial, , There will be travel and strang experiences for many men and VIC : men.
 Children born on this day prob ably will have changeful n eventful careers. They have tn
 forecast of success through fin
 intelligence and strong characters
 Copyright, 1943)
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LOOK and LEARN sy c. GORDON

largest and the longest? 9 neckte first worn? B. dendrograph? A. How  B. a hppopotamus eat when in captivity?
 
 thigh extending from the socket Of the hip joint o They called first during the revolution. 
  Hay vegetables.
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el . :. 41F1T ROBBIE G0LD5IEIb
 E SIXTEEN TODAY

Young Robbie Goldstein, son of MT. and Mrs. I. Goldstein, cele- brated bis sixteenth birthday to- day by starting to work at the Juneau Lumber Mill.
 Tonight, if Bob is able to sur vive the days occupation, fam fly dinner will be held at his home
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EXPENSIVE GRANDSON

CLINTON, Utah.-It cost Ross Doninguez $50 to rescue his grand son from a swiftly flowing irriga- tion ditch. After he had pulled young Benny Reyna from the water, Dominguez discovered a $50 bill in his shirt pocket was gone. It apparently had fallen into the stream.
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN T do not take any stocK RELY his promises
 OFTEN MIsPRoNOUNCED Pronounce first as in DATE in AT
 Revoke, rescind, recall, countermand
 WORD STUDY: Use and it is yours Let us each loqays Woo of in the mind NO one who has not seen these glaciers possibly visualize hem-Lubbock
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank everyone who assisted during our recent bereave- ment; for their kindness and words of sympathy in the loss of our be- loved wife and mother; also for the many beautiful flowers.
 MT. F. A. J. GallwaS,
 MT. and Mrs. Harold Gallwas, MT. and Mrs. L. Delebecque, MT. and Mrs. Martin Gallwas.
 adv.
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FOUR FINED IN
 POLICE COURT

Four were fined in City Police Court this morning on the follow ing charges:
 J. R. Kinney, $3, for blocking traffic; Robert H. Crook, $l5. drunk; Talmadge Ferguson, $25, drunk; Henry Gardner, $25, drunk.
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CAPITAL CHAFF

Creekmore Fath, the young BEW lawyer who was called to the White House and who spurred the Presl- dent into stopping the American Cyaninid monopoly deal in Mexico has been drafted. The Vice President of the United States sug- gested his deferment, but Path was anxious to go. There will be loud cheers from Wall Street. |. When the Czechs raised S12,00000( for the cruiser Chicago they got little or no publicity. But when the Sloyak League (which favored Hit Ter .appeasement) raised $3l,25o fol three trainer p%nes, they got tons of it. Long ill, Senator Bot Wagner of New York got back into his old stride during the closing days of Congress.
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BEER SHORTAGE

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-One tap room here put it succinctly, to say the least. "Closed-no suds," said the sign across the door during a recent momentary shortage of beer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-07-30

Under bill passed by the Swedish Riksdag one years service in public dental clinics is made com pulsory for all graduated dentists
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-07-30

In single day recently, the Office of War In formation handed out 53 separate news releases one of which urged conservation of paper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-07-30

Pure silver is being used in making special wartime tin cans" 16 cents worth of silver soldiers 1000 No. cans.
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WIPE ENCOUNTER

It didn't leak out at the time, but Senator Kenneth Winery Of Nebraska almost peeled off his coat and took on an over-bearing WIPE official just before Congress recessed.
 The hushed-up encounter oc-
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
JULY 30

Bob Goldstein John G. Johnson Robert Bonner, Jr. Catherine Gregory R. F. Tomlinson H. R. Mccarthy Fife SamuelSon Mrs. F. L. Simmons
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Mashingioa tesrY-
 Go-Round

Continued from Page one)
Evening star., 1943-12-28

Washingtonians are expected to
throng night clubs in record-break-
ing numbers New Year eve, secure
in the knowledge-if that problem
worries them-that the OPA is keep
ing careful watch to see that they
are not overcharged.
To try to help keep overly enthu-
siastic celebrators from going broke
quite so soon, the OPA has issued a
ruling prohibiting night clubs from
raising New Year eve prices over
last years levels.
Several night clubs already have
been sold out and others report SELL
outs expected for next Friday night.
A few hotels have curtailed the cele-
bration due to the war, but the
majority are preparing for New
Year eve with all the trimmings.
Special midnight shows in all the
downtown and most of the neigh
borhood theaters will take care of
thousands of the Districts war
swollen population unable to secure
night club reservations.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
100000 Cases Of Peaches
To Be Freed 10 Public

The War Food Administration to-
day announced the release within a
few weeks of 100000 cases of canned
peaches owned by Gamers and set
aside for Government purchase.
The peaches will reach retail
markets at about the time that
fresh fruits are in lowest supply,
VIA said. Because latest estimates
indicate that these stocks will not be
needed for Government require
mentS, the Food Distribution Ad-
ministration has authorized the
office of the quartermaster general
to permit Gamers to release the
supplies.
Ration point values on canned
peaches were not expected to be
changed by the VIA release, ac-
cording to OPA officials. Smaller
cans call for 18 points, while larger
cans cost 80 points.
On November VIA ordered the
release of 100000 cases of canned
peaches under similar circumstances.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
D. {. Police Fail 10 Find
Trace Of MISSING Boat

Fighting ice fields on the Potomac
River in a vain search for q small
motor boat reported caught in the
Ice oil Occoquan Bay, harbor police
returned to Washington today with
out finding trace of the craft and
its occupants.
Harbor police shortly before mid
night dispatched the steel-hulled
Charles Evans to the scene. about
Is miles downstream, after receiving
reports of distress signals burnine
from the motor boat.
Searchlights were played in the
area for nearly an hour without
success, police said.
Dangerous ice foes slowed the
Charles Evans, in command of Har-
bormaster Otha R. Sanders, and the
searching party did not return to
Washington until about am.
The police boat was the only craft
strong enough to withstand the ice,
police reported.
Residents along the Virginia shore
at Occoquan first reported seeing
the distress signals and notified
State police, who in turn appealed
here.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Sd Officers Sent
To Western Offices

OMAHA, Dec. % (P).-Eighty-four
officers of the 7th Service Command
have been ordered to proceed to
operating headquarters of railroads
in the nine States of the command,
it was disclosed here today.
Maj. Gen. F. E. Uhl, service COM
mander, said commanding officers
of all posts have been instructed to
report the number of enlisted men
possessing railroad operation ex-
perience.
This is an emergency measure in
preparation for possible develop
ments, Gen. Uhl said, and the men
enlisted will not be detached from
their units and their training will
not be interrupted at present.
Two railroad operating regions are
in the territory under jurisdiction
of the 7th Service Command. Col.
Charles E. Denney, st. Paul, has
been designated regional director of
the Northwestern region and Col.
L. w. Baldwin, st. Louis, South
western regional director.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Col. Mccormick Declines
To Run for President
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Col. Rob-
ert r. Mccormick, editor and pub
Usher of the Chicago Tribune, has
advised an Illinois Republican lead
er that he is not to be considered a
presidential candidate in the Illi-
nois preferential primary next
spring
Ben Berve, chairman of the Re-
publican State Central Committee
announced yesterday that Col. Nc
Cormick expressed his views in a
letter to him after he had sought
his opinion. Mr.. Berve said his
request followed distribution of
10000 petitions by the Republican
Nationalist Revival Committee to
enter Col. Mccormick name in the
primary.
In letter to Mr.. Berve, Col. Nc
Cormick said, IF I would allow my
name to be used in the presidential
primary in Illinois I would have to
cease acting as editor and publisher
of the Tribune.
ut would be great mistake
for me to give up the activity which
has proven to be useful to under.
take one of uncertain value to my
country. 1 desire that my
name be not used as a candidate ir
the preferential primary for Pres
ident of the United States"
Evening star., 1943-12-28
u. S. Destroyer Sunk by laps
Off New Britain, Knox Reveals
Toll in New Landing Operation Not Given;
Marines Drive on Gloucester Air Strips

tanks, were advancing toward the
airdromes in the Cape Gloucester
area and had captured Target Hill,
a 450-foot elevation near Bergen
Bay. The hill was pounded heavily
from the air and by warships before
the Sunday landings.
The loss of the destroyer, Secre-
tary Knox said. resulted from an air
attack four Or five hours after the
operation started 1t was our only
loss, he said.
No details on the destroyer were
given. but Mr.. Knox said the small
transport was only about 100 feet
long.
The Toxic radio quoted Japa-
nese communique as saying two AL
lied cruisers and two transports had
been sunk and three transports
damaged by japanese naval planes,
which attacked an invasion convoy
(See PACIFIC, Page A-1O.)
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Two Railroads Cut
AS Soviets PIunqe
Toward Rumonid
German Flank AIonq
Lower Dnieper River
Also Threatened
MAP on Page All
BY HENRY c. CASSIDY,
Associated Press War CorreSpnndent

MOSCOW, Dec. %. - Gen.
Nikolai Vatutin'S 1St Ukraine
Army swung southwest of Kiev
today in a new plunge toward
Rumania and the old Polish
border, cutting two railroads out
of the Germans discriminating
network of communications and
threatening the flank of the
enemy forces along the lower
Dnieper River.
Gen. Vatutins spectacular ad-
vance through the town of An
drushevka, 120 miles from the Ru-
manian frontier, was preceded by
terrific artillery barrages. 1t car
ried his troops forward approxi-
mately 40 miles from the starting
point of his offensive in the Brusi-
low sector to within Is miles of the
Zhitomir-Odessa lateral railway
line
This strategic railroad, which
Nazi Marshal Fritz Won Mannstein
cleared at heavy cost by his Inflated
November tank onslaught, was
again in imminent danger, accord
ing to dispatches from the front.
Capture of Andrushevka put the
Russians 20 miles northeast of the
key rail city of Berdic.lav, even
closer than they were last month
before Won Mannstein's attack
pushed them back from the Zhito-
mir-Korosten sector. Berdichev is
on major Axis railway feeding
1See RIISSIA pace Az
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Sale of Share Of Network
To Time Is Reported
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-Time mag
azine today was reported to have
purchased a substantial part of
national radio system.
Discussions on the deal. which
have been under way for some time.
included the probability that the
forengn news gathering staffs of
Time, Life and Fortune magazines
would be made available to the
broadcasting chain to expand its
news programs.
1t was recalled that when Edward
j. Noble purchased the Blue Net
work for So, 10000 he had negotiated
with a magazine owner to take a
part interest, but the deal fell
through.
The Time transaction is expected
to involve several million dollars.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
New Year Eve Price Cei|inqs
Ordered in Night Clubs Here

The District has 10 night clubs,
u hotel dancing spots, II restau-
rants with floor shows and innumer-
able taverns which provide dancing
to the accompanying blare of a juke
box.
The Districts 80 bowling alleys
will be in operation and the Chevy
Chase Ice Palace and Ulines Arena
will be open to ice skating enthu-
siasts. More than $500 people will
attend the All States dance at the
Washington Hotel. which is staging
the affair primarily for lonesome,
unacquainted people here. In ad-
dition, there will be numerous pn-
vate parties in homes and hotels.
Though forced to keep the mini
mum or cover prices at last years
level, night spot operators expect
the added volume will mean greater
crosses than last year.
OPA regulations further require
that the quality of the food and en-
(see NEW YEAR. Page A-l0.)
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Emergency Staff
Organized 10 Direct
Eastern Systems
Service Commands
Mobilize Rail Forces
In South and West
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.-Brig
Gen. Philip Hayes, commanding
general of the Sd Service Com
mand, set up today an emer-
gency staff in charge of the 83
railroads in Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia, under the
Presidents order directing seiz-
ure of all railroads.
Roy Barton White, president of
the Baltimore &, Ohio Railroad. was
named director for the Allegheny
region, which covers the three States
of the Sd Service Command. 1t is
one of four regions set up by the
Army administration on the East
Coast.
The emergency organizat ton be-
gan functioning shortly after the
Army officially took possession and
control of the railroads last night.
1t. Col. Willis Pruett was ap-
pointed assistant to Mr.. White, and
Col. M. A. McFadden, zone trans
portation officer, was selected for
the post of executive officer of the
emergency staff.
Gen. Hayes said one or more
Army officers would be named to the
operating headquarters of each rail-
road in the command area.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Secret Weapons Aid
Navy Victories Over
laps, Knox Reports
DiscIoses AZ Carriers
Now Are in Operation
With Latest Planes
BY the Associated Press.


The Navy is using secret wea-
pons in driving the Japanese
back in the Pacific. Secretary of
the Navy Knox reported today.
He gave no details. however.
Mr.. Knox made the disclosure
in a summary of 1943 activities,
saying:
In the field of new weapons. or
secret weapons. the Navy has by
no means been idle.
The Japanese especially have felt
the sting of weapons which. al
though greatly improved, neverthe-
less are of conventional types.
Japanese and NaZi alike, how
ever, also have felt destrl ction
wrought by weapons not known to
them, and will continue to do So"
New Planes Lauded.
The Secretary also disclosed at
news conference that more than
AZ aircraft carriers are in operation.
He said their offensive sting" has
been increased by the CorSair and
Hellcat fighters, 'the most power
full carrier-b based fighting planes in
the world Also now striking it's
first blows, he said, lis a powerful
new dive bomber
He did not identify the new dive
bomber, but it presumably is the
Curtiss Helldiver. which saw it's first
action against the japanese in a
raid on Rabaul November II. The
Navy said yesterday that it lived
up to our expectations during
combat"
Mr.. Knox disclosed the figures on
aircraft carriers in reporting that
the Navy now has in operation more
than six times as many" carriers as
it had when the japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor. At that time the Navy
had seven carriers. Mr.. Knox's
figures include escort carriers,
Other high points in the Secre-
tary's report of 1943 progress:
The naval aviation arm grew "in a
manner that gives us world leader
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Public to See Little Change
In Railroads Despite Seizure
Army Operation Will Be Felt at Top;
Won't Affect Average Passenger
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Nations railroads oper-
ated today under their first day
of Government control just as
they did yesterday, and it was
doubtful that the public would
see any physical evidence of a
change.
Representatives of the Eastern
Railroad Presidents Conference
Committee expressed the opinion
that Government operation would
follow the pattern of the last seiz-
ure-26 years ago-When regional
Offices were set up for supervisory
purposes only.
Those offices acted as liaison be-
tween the Government and the rail-
roads. The railroads are expected
Evening star., 1943-12-28
1edder Named Deputy
To Eisenhower on
Allied Invasion Staff
Gen. Poeet Appointed
Commander in Chief
In Middle East
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. 28.-In a move
which clearly foreshadoWed the
mighty role air power will play
in the main invasion of Europe,
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur
Tedder, Britain's master air
strategist, today was appointed
deputy to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, supreme commander Of
the Allied invasion armies.
Selection of Marshal Tedder, who
cleared North Africa's skies of the
German Air Force and directed air
cover for the invasions Of Sicily and
Italy, was greeted with approval in
London and his appointment was re-
garded as assuring that the building
of air strength would gain new mo-
mentum.
1t was announced at the same
time that Gen. Sir Bernard (Tolly)
Paget, who fought grim battle of
withdrawal in Norway and for two
years was commander in chief of
the British home forces, has been
appointed commander in chief in
the Middle East at Cairo
Admiral Fraser Possible Leader.
Thus the lineup of commanders
for an encircling assault from west,
north and south was virtually COM
plete.
Although no naval commanders
for the British based invasion have
vet been named Admiral Sir Bruce
Fraser. commander in chief of the
British home feet and hero of the
Scharnhorst sinking, was regarded
as a possible leader.
1t also was announced last night
that Capt. M. R. Holcomb of Pasa-
dena, Calf. had arrived at London
derry. North Ireland, to become
chief staff officer of the United
States operating base at London
derry.
AS Gen. Eisenhower yesterday
promised the complete defeat of
Germany in 1914, the Berlin radio
said Marshals Erwin Rommel and
Karl Rudolf Gerd Won Rundstedt
had held an invasion council of war
at which Marshal Rommel CON
vinced himself of the preparedness
for action of the Western European
area" The broadcast said the for
mer Desert Fox" had found defense
49,,
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Early Churchill Talk
On Invasion Setup
Forecast in London
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. %. The
Daily Mail today said Prime
Minister Churchill, who pre-
sumabiy is in the Middle East
recovering from pneumonia,
would make a speech soon CIV
ing his views on the newly
established invasion setup un-
der Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The newspaper said Mr..
Churchill has been a busy man
for more than a week" ana that
he took a hand in all arrange
ments for the organization of
the invasion command and the
Christmas eve announcement
of the appointments.
An appearance before Com
mons or a radio speech to the
nation after his complete re-
covery and return home would
be in the normal course of
events.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Fare Spurned by as Cabs
Has Drivers Called on CARPET

Forty-five taxicab operators re-
fusal to stop for a passenger who
attempted to flag them down during
a two-month period at Massachu-
sets avenue and Second street NE.
landed them on the carpet at the
hack inspectors Office today to ex-
plain their action.
The complainant was Robert L.
Hill, assistant to the director of per-
sonnel at the Department of Agri-
culture, who took down the license
number of each cab that passed him
by at the corner. He said he usually
spent Is minutes between s:45 and
Evening star., 1943-12-28

9 am. trying to hail a cab each
morning. Being ignored a few times
was not so bad. but the drivers per-
sistent refusal to stop for him finally
reused him to action.
Taxicab operators are required by
law to stop for passengers whenever
hailed while on duty, but there has
been a rising tide of complaints
against the operators who, many
persons have said, have gotten
"choosey" during the transportation
pinch and try to select those who
appear to be better paying custo-
mers.