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Evening star., 1943-12-14
~ the regular automobile inspec.

by the regular automobile inspec-
ftions here.
While reflections Of passenger cars
by inspectors as OF November 80 was
only IL per cent greater than those
on the same date last year, Mr.. Eld-
ridge pointed out the number Of
items on which each car is turned
down had risen from an average of
three to six.
"All these figures" said Mr.. Eld-
ridge, do not show the actual con-
dition Of our vehicles as seen by the
inspectors on the job day after day
the numerous small things that show
lack of service and that will cause
trouble sooner or later"
SO far this year, the safety official
said, 64 per cent Of the District S
passenger cars have tcen insnectod
and approved IS compared with 76
per cent on the same date last year.
Registrations Drop.
Mr.. Eldridge reported passenger
car registrations, as of November 80,
had declined 18 per cent from the
November, 1912, figure, and that the
drop in registrations between No
vember, l94l, and November. 1912;
had been 1913 per cent. Passenger
cars in the District at the beginning
OF this month totaled 1920 as
compared with 1866 a year before.
So far this year, he said, IL per
cent of all passenger cars had been
Evening star., 1943-12-14
Repair Parts Needed
To Keep Cars Going,
|AAA Board Informed

The condition of passenger cars,
buses and trucks in the District is
becoming progressively worse, and
many vehicles soon will be unfit for
safe driving unless steps are taken
to obtain more replacement parts,
M. o. Eldridge. assistant traffic di-
rector of the District, yesterday told
the American Automobile Associa-
ton Advisory Board at the Hotel
Washington.
Mr.. Eldridge, appearing in place
of William A. Van Duzer, traffic
director, reported on an exchange
of letters between the local bureau
and officials of the War Production
Board and the Office of Defense
Transportation in which the Gov
ernment spokesmen gave assurances
that steps were being taken to bring
more parts into the District. Efforts
will be made, 1t was said, to get
such parts as are shown necessary
Evening star., 1943-12-14
Building Congress
Would Limit kCHA
To S|um Clearance

The Public Housing Committee
of the Washington Building Con-
gress. which is making compre-
hensive study of the program of
the National Capital Housing Au-
thority, and of proposed legislation
which might enlarge powers of
NCHA has reached a conclusion on
two points, it was disclosed yester-
day,
They are:
u. The reclamation of slums is
desirable and necessary and efforts
to accomplish this should be sup
ported.
% The participation of Govern
+ nent in the construction industry
bewond the point necessary to get
rid of slums and take care of the
lowest income group is undesirable
and should be discouraged"
Luncheon Meeting Held.
This was disclosed in the latest
issue of the Congress bulletin dis
tributed to the luncheon meeting
at the Mayflower Hotel, where the
principal speaker was L. F. Liv-
ingston of E. I. du Pont de Nemours
& Co. He discussed plastics and
their use in war, with predictions
as to their postwar use.
The Public Housing Committee Is
headed by Leon Chatelain. ir., an
architect, and includes: John G
Scharf, builder; A. R. Clas. archi-
tect; P. Y. K. Howat. concrete
dealer and E. H Rosengarten
builder.
On the question of the public
housing, said the report, lit is the
opinion of our committee members
: however, that calm. fact-finding
approach may reveal a tenable
middle ground . :"
To Seek Out Facts.
Pointing to the two-Doint conclu-
sions, the report declared g. it
is the intention of the committee
to try to get the facts to enable
1t to decide where the dividing
line between the fields of public
and private housing lies, and what
means for establishing this might
be worked out This will not be
easy, and we are aware that great
deal of thought has already been
devoted to this problem by highly
qualified men. But it is one of the
important questions facing mem
bers of our industry and the Wash
ing Building Congress . may be
able to make a constructive con-
trihution to the whole question"
It was suggested there might be
an evening forum meeting on the
subject, but details for this have
not vet been worked out.
Evening star., 1943-12-14

manners to the continental brat al
he is inferiorato the Arab brat. He
or she. seems to bear a charmed
life as he tugs at ones trousers with
the intensely irritating Cigarette
Johnnie" even after endless re.
Dukes.
Perhaps no greater tribute can be
paid to the discipline and long-suf
fering good humor of the Allied sol.
dier than to state that he has stooc
for this. up to the present, without
launching general massacre. MOI
do these youngsters show any more
respect toward their own elders
One suspects that they all grow ur
to be shopkeepers, the difference ir
numbers being the high and justifi.
able homicide rate which reduces
the ranks of the prospective mer.
chants from year to year.
Obviously it is unfair to judge 6
nation from the conduct of such 6
small element of its population. Bu1
the sad thing about it is that thi.
is precisely what the American SOL
dier Is doing-and can't help doing
since it is the element of italian life
brought most forcefully to his at
tention, AS result he may leave
Italy with very bad taste in his
mouth and totally false impres-
sion of the people as a whole.
Make it thrifty Christmas-give
War Bonds. Keep on backing the
attack.
Evening star., 1943-12-14
u. 5. Yields Possession
OF Is Leather Plants
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The Government relinquished pos
session of 13 leather manufacturing
plants in Salem, Peabody and Dan
vers, Mass, last night because, Pres
ident Roosevelt decided, their pro-
ductive efficiency has been restored
After his November 18 appeal to
striking employees of the establish
ments failed to get them back to
work the President ordered the War
Department to take the plants over
That was done November a. and
they have been operated since that
time under direction of Secretary of
War Stinson.
Add part of your bloodstream to
the swelling tide of victory. Call
Blood Donors, District 5000, for ar
Evening star., 1943-12-14

rejected for faulty headlights, more
than 8 per cent for brake defects
and nearly per cent for steering
gear troubles.
The AAA Advisory Board also
heard Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech outline the proposed
bill to permit police to take drivers
Evening star., 1943-12-14

suspected Of driving while intoxi-
Gated before certain designated doc
tors for medical examinations and
to allow the use of these tests as
evidence in court.
John L. Vandegrift, chairman Of
the advisory body, presided over the
meeting.
Evening star., 1943-12-14

their utmost to
b r e a k do W n
whatever friend
ly feeling may
have been in the
hearts of Amer
lean sol d i e r S
when they en-
tered the coun- =
ry.
The former, in
any city which
Is not controlled
by the Allied
military govern
m e MT with an
iron hand, is
Evening star., 1943-12-14
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

SOMEWHERE IN ITALY (By
Aerial Courier. - The rapacious
Italian shopkeeper and the impu-
dent, thieving street urchin are doing
Evening star., 1943-12-14
Very Easy to Make. No
Cooking. Saves Big Money.

No matter what you've
been using for coughs
due to colds, you'll bel
the first to admit that'
this surprising relief,
mixed in your own kit
chen, can't be surpassed,
for real results,
Evening star., 1943-12-14

Make a syrup by stirring 2 cups
OF granulated sugar and one cup of
water a few moments, until dissolved.
NO cooking is needed-a child could
40 It. Or you can use corn syrup or
liquid honey. instead Of sugar syrup.
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Drive
Continued from Page One


Tomatore Horii's army-could
now be considered accom-
plished.
Gen. Horii, who only last
September drove his forces
with 80 miles of the strategic
Allied base at Port Moresby,
was reported killed on Dec. 81.
An Allied communique listed
107 Japanese warships and mer-
chant vessels destroyed or Sc
verely damaged since July %
two days after the Japanese first
landed on Buns-and reported
1913 enemy aircraft destroyed, 81
others probably destroyed and
III damaged.
Japanese naval losses-ships
sunk or seriously damaged -
included six cruisers. 13 de-
stroyers and two seaplane ten
ders.
On the Burma front, Raj
bombers set big fires at the
Japanese base of Akyab, on the
Bay of Bengal, and sTafed enc
my positions near Rathedaung
25 miles northwest of Akyab,
to clear the way for Field Mar
shall Sir Archibald P. Wavell's
British columns driving back
into Burma from India.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-08
Consider Release
of Fdrm-SoLdiers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - (P)
- An official request to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to boost farm
prices and release agricultural
labor from military service was
considered today by congression-
al farm state spokesman.
Senators Bankhead DALAI
and Thomas (D-Okla) said pre-
liminary efforts to reconcile
differences between the admin
istration and the farm bloc indi-
Gated 1.-The real decision is up to
the president"
Chairman Fulmer (D-SC) of
the House agriculture commit
tee, who participated with sena-
tors in a conference yesterday
with Economic Sterilization Di-
rector James F. Byrnes, assert
ed he would meet with Byrnes
again Monday and deliver 1.-THE
minimum proposal acceptable to
the farmers.
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Shakeup
Continued from Page One


or of Public Safety who a short
time before had been appointed
by Mayor Orville L. Hubbard.
Hoffman was reported TO have
told Evans that he lacked the
Mayors confidence.
The Mayor charged that Ev-
ans had failed TO stop certain
mutuel racket sales and had oth=
erwise been remiss.
Several months ago." Hub
bard said, There was a shooting
about a numbers racket payoff. l
asked that ii be investigated.
Evans never turned in a report.
Prosecutor Bowling expressed
surprise at the dismissal, declar-
i..g that Dearborn had lot of
racketeering" before Evans be-
came chief Since Evans took
over. he said. the picture has
changed completely"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-08
Camel Corps
ROuts Axis
ON Desert
ALLIED DQUARTERS

ALLIED HEA DQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. g.
CP)-A French and American
Camel Corps. attacking against
heavy odds, has captured Tan
out Mailer, IA miles from
Tarat on the Tripolitanian bor-
der, killing $50 Italians, a
French military spokesman de-
clared today.
Carat is on the Tripolitanian-
Algerian frontier 500 miles air.
line south of Tunis and 500 miles
southwest of Tripoli. This was
the first reported Allied opera
ton in the vast area of South
eastern Algeria Pnown as the
territory of the cases." opposite
tie Fezzan desret of Southwest
IN Libya where another French
force is driving north from the
Lake Chad region)
This action was the only re-
ported land operation on the
fr> mt as bad weather closed in
again on the northern sector.
There was limited air activity.
United States air forces attacked
the Germans at Kairouan, 35
miles southwest of Sousse, and
at the Port of Gabes.
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Admits Larceny
by Conversion
Released Pending
Sentence for Trick

Fred Gillette, As, of 4420
forth Campbell, Detroit. was
free on bond today awaiting sem
tence after he plead I'd guilty
yesterday to larceny by CONVEX
sion before Circuit Judge Neil
z Reid.
Police charge Gillette fleeced
Adam Lolo out of $4,000 early
in February of 1899. Gillette ad-
mitted he was involved in the
deal, but claimed all the money
went to two accomplices, Will
liam Kline and John Ginger.
Ginger and Kline each were
sentenced TO five years proba-
ton by Circuit Judge James E.
Spier, both in May of last year.
Kline was extradited from At
lanta, Ca, to appear here.
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Heroic Air
Group Wins
New HOnOrs
WASHINGTON. Jan. g. {,

w A01llNb YIN, Jan. q - VI
- The valiant 10th lombard
ment Group Of the Army Air
Forces, most decorated Ameri-
can outfit of the VHr after serv-
ice across thousands OF miles of
the Pacific, counted new hon.
orS today.
The war department announc-
ed the group had received its
fourth citation as a unit and
that individual decorations had
-been-gipen- 30 officers and %
enlisted men - the later for
bombing raids Aug 7, 9 and II
on the japanese base at Raboul,
New Britain. The 18th was
Captain Colin Kelly's outfit.
One of the individual cita-
tons went TO First Lieutenant
Edward M Jacquet of Kalama-
90, Mich. lie was awarded the
oak leaf cluster. He is the son
of E. M, Jacquet Of Kalamazoo.
Secrecy covers the actions for
which the group was cited as a
unit. The war department said
only the award was made for
actions details of which are un-
known"
For covering ope: ation in
the marines landing on Guadal-
canal the group had received its
third citation. These actions
perhaps were the vital factor in
the landings since the bombers
destroyed Japanese shipping,
facilities and planes which
might have been set upon Amer
lean transports unloading men
and supplies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-08
Palermo Feels
Aerial Wrath
Allied Bombers
BIost Big Port

ROME (From Italian Broad
casts), Jan. 8-(P)-The Italian
high command said today that
As persons were killed and II
injured in an air raid on Pal
ermo.
The war bulletin said the raid
on the Sicilian port was made IN
daylight yesterday by "Ameri-
can four-engined planes" which
caused damage H-the central
part Of the town"
It was indicated that later
count might find that casualties
were even higher.
German planes attacked a
convoy off the Algerian coast,
the communique said.
Two merchantmen of 5000
tons each were hit and seen
sinking it reported, "while five
more were hit but the final re-
suit could not be observed"
Moderate operative activity"
both in the Sirte region of Libya
and in Tunisia were reported by
the high command, which said
that in Tunisia I'VE repulsed an
enemy attack and took some
prisoners.
Italian planes were said TO
have raided the Algerian port of
Bone and joined with German
planes in attacks on motor
transport columns.
More than so transports
were destroyed and several
more left on fire." the communi-
que said.
In addition TO the four-en-
gined bomber attack on Paler-
mo, the communique said that
some bombs were dropped on
the Slcilian Town of Licata
where 'soro' damage to build
ings was reported and there
were some casualties among the
civilian population"
CAIRO. Jan. g. (R Allied
heavy bombers attacked the
harbor of Palermo, Sicily, in a
daylight raid yesterday while
fighter-bombers blasted at sui
phur factories at Licata on the
southern shore of the island,
British communique announced
today.
The Axis airdrome on Lampe-
dusa Island between Sicily and
Tunisia also was attacked, the
announcement said.
While there was nothing to
report concerning land opera
tions on the Libyan battlefront,
Allied fighters swept to within
40 miles of Tripoli to strafe COL
umns of enemy motor transport
moving westward along the
coastal road, the communicate
declared. At least one German
plane was reported shot down
and others damaged in accom-
panying aerial battles.
The previous night the Tu-
nissan port of Tunis and Sousse
were bombed again by Allied
planes, the bulletin declared.
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Anulllment Asked
by Lana Turner

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 - R
- Glamorous Lana Turner, who
figured in one of the film colo
ny's principal 1912 elopements,
now becomes the first import
ant Hollywood figure to seek her
freedom in 1913.
Honey-haired Lana, who only
a month ago disclosed she i. an
expectant mother, yesterday pc
titioned to annul her marriage
to Broker Stephen Crane, on the
grounds that his divorce from a
previous wife has not become fl
nal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-08
Church School
Opens Monday
Five Churches
Cooperate in Plan

The interdenomin o n ]
School of Religion for members
of churches in Mount Clemens
and neighboring churches will
open Monday at the First Metho-
dist church, Rev. Alfred p. Lam
don announced today.
Cooperating in the school are
members of First Presbyterian
church, Gilbert Memorial Bap-
fist church, Grace Episcopal
church and the Salvation Army
IS we'll as Methodists.
Glasses will be held from 1870
to $50 p. m. on Monday, Tues
day and Thursday of next week
and on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday of this week.
The School is open to every
body, according to Rev. Landon
who will serve as dean with Mrs
Barnum Trombley as registrar.
Five courses are offered but
only one can be selected for stu
dy, Rev. Landon said, explain
ing that the choice can be made
Monday evening A devotional
period will divide the two So
minute class periods held night
ly.
Teachers include Rev. Joseph
L. Kennedy, pastor Of First
Presbyterian; Rev. Harold Hay
ward and Rev. Loucille Hay
ward, pastor and assistant, re-
spectively, at Gilbert Memorial;
Rev. George Merifield, pastor of
Grace Episcopal and Rev. Elmer
]. Hutchinson, a missionary just
returned from Belgium Congo.
The courses and a brief des-
cription of each follows:
Jesus and His Teachings
Rev. Kennedy: This course will
give you better acquaintance
with the teaching of Jesus and
an understanding of their ap-
pllcation for personal and social
living today. Textbook: The
Message of Jesus by B. H.
Branscomb.
ways Of Teaching Rev.
Hayward The value of lectur-
ing, of telling a story, Of dis
cussion, of drama, and of serv-
ic. for others are considered.
low to plan for the class session,
how to use the Bible and how to
appeal to the interests of the pu-
pills are problems of this course.
Textbook: when Do Teachers
Teach" D. S. Campbell.
Christian Worship - Rev.
Merifield; The value of worship,
how to plan worship services,
how worship enriches personal
ity, how to select the elements
for effective worship, the quail
fications of the leader of wor-
ship will be considered in this
course. Special emphasis will be
placed on music in worship. Text
book: Guiding the Experience
of Worship M. c. Powell.
The Christian Task Abroad"
Rev. Hutchinson: World condi-
tons make this course very sig
nificant at this time. The urgen-
cy and magnitude of reaching
the millions of the non Christian
world and the responsibility Of
American Christianity for this
task will be considered. Text
book: Missions Tomorrow" K.
S. Latourette.
Guiding Children in Chris
tian Growth - Mrs. Harold
Hayward: This course deals with
the best methods for guiding the
Christian growth of children
with study of the experience
centered approach No recon-
mended textbook.
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Swing
Continued from Pare One

Continued from Page One
and an armful of records, most
ly hot stuff but with a sprinkl-
ing of Brahms and Beethoven
That was three weeks ago.
Production is up 10 per cent
since we started playing the
records" Curry said.
Without disclosing details, he
confided that he was working on
several other psychological ap-
proaches" to boost still more.
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Ruling
Continued from Page One

COHtiHucu IIOm Tdkc OuC
disestablish the Cooperative
as representative of any of
its employees for dealing with
Pottery workers for pay,
grievances and the like.
b. To give immediate and
full reinstatement to their
former and equivalent posi-
tions, without prejudice and
seniority, to Edwin Suer,
Adam Lehl, John Felong and
Arthur Baxter.
C. To reimburse for any
loss of pay by reason of the
Pottery's discrimination the
sum equal to the normal
earnings made from the date
of discrimination to the date
offered reinstatement, less
earnings, to the men men,
toned in b.
d. To reimburse Joyce
Brusseau Gree n, Stanley
Reeder and Alvin Stark from
the date of discrimination to
June 8, 194l in the case of
the Green girl, to the date
Reeder was employed again
= and to May q. 1941 in the
case of Stark.
e. To Pa y Lillian Socia,
Floyd Pearl. Louis Theol,
Stella Baade, George Hout-
hoofd wages lost as the re-
suit of discriminatory lay
offs.
In addition, the order pro-
vides that the Pottery must offer
reinstatement to those who went
on strike Nov. "a, 1941 except
ing Floyd Pearl, Nick Dacko
and Albert Thomas and also
those who have applied for re-
instltement should be immedi-
ately reinstated excepting the
three named above.
If the company lacks suffic-
lent work for those ordered re-
lnstated, the work should be
among all employees
On a seniority or some other
equitable basis, the order said.
The company is directed 10
reinstate Samuel Kogel m a n
within 40 days after he is dis
charged from the army and to
reimburse him for loss of wages
from the time Of his discharge
until he was indicted.
The complaint against the S.
5. kresge company was dismis.
sed.
The complaint against the
Pottery company, citing it as un-
fair by discriminating against
the hire and tenure or terms
and conditions of the employ of
Walter Nofzinger, William
Wendt, William Spanswick, Ell
sic Graham, Evelyn St. Mary
(Hildinger) and Paul Starkey.
was dismissed, the ruling said.
Also dismissed was the COM
plant alleging the Pottery was
unfair in discriminating against
Pearl, Dacho, William Behnke,
Stanley Holmes and Nick Mok-
anyk.
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Africa
Continued from Page One

Germans. said there was "ex-
ceptional activity by Lieut..
Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery's
British Eighth Army, near Mi
surata, 100 miles east of Tripo.i.
Radio Paris quoted German
reports that British troops had
contacted Italian and German
forces at several points along the
Gulf of Sirte, just below Misura-
ia, and said lit may mean the
beginning of new offensive by
Montgomery"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-08
Army Bombers Hit
Jan Bases al Kiska

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - (P)
- The Navy reported today that
Army Air Forces had again
bombed japanese bases at Kiska,
in Aleutian Islands and Mum
da, in the Solomons, but that no
results were reported.