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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-15
Subsidy
Debate
Sl.yImieaI

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS ms
"A r Senate subcommittee was
Aeadlocked today in an sttemp,
70 work ont q compromise on food
suhs dies
|he committee mot behind
closed doors last night with Price
Administrator BoWlcS and Wan
Food Administrator Marvin Jones
After an hour the meeting
tSokc Up without agreement the
Senate majority leader Barley
that chances for a com
promise were slim If they exist
at all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-15
NATIONAL TRAGEDY

"If the Congress should now
desert the price control policy"
Davis wrote, 1T would he
making n decision that would
disastrously affect the daily life
of every American.
1T would. ! am convinced, he
the first act OF a national
tragedy. since IL would in
evitably renew the tragic race
between wages and prices"
The WLB chairman said wage
and salary earners who have ac-
cepted wage sterilization now are
confronted by a growing fear
that Congress is going 10 throw
overheard the price regulation Of
foodStuffS.
''This fear Of the future Il
the real meaning of the recent
wave of demands for wage in
creases i'm our basic industries"
Davis contended.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-15
MOVE IN SENATE

Barklcv said that any changes
in the Commodity Credit Corp
bill which contains a ban on food
subsidies probably would have 10
be made when the explosive
subsidy ISSUE reaches the Senate
floor
The altcr-dark session Of the
subcommittee was called by Bark
Icy on the heels of a warning by
WLB Chairman William II. Davis
that passage Of the CCC bill with
ban on subsidies would lead 10
Skyrocketed wage increase de-
mands and disastrous initiation.
The warning from Davis came
in "A letter 10 Senator Wagner,
chairman Of the Senate banking
and currency committee, which
has the CCC bill before il. Davis
said the basic assumption under
lying the work of the WLB was
that Congress was determined 10
stabilize the prices that wage and
salary earnerS pay for the neceSsI-
ties OF life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-15
Senate Offers
A Deaf Ear 10
Tax Boost Plea


Tho Senate finance committee
gave treasury officials last
chance todsy 20 plead Tor q sun
increase u individual income
taxes hli members freely pre-
ctcte5 the plea would b. rejected.
Treasury Genera CounSc
Randolph Paul and corps or
experts were called before The
committee Ir secret session as 70
sought % complete revision az the
House approved S-Ia9noAon
t7N bl
OPPOSES HOUSE PLAN
Paul was expected also % s>Ss.l
House provision for indignation
az The victory tax with iho normal
income tax, making The normal
Tax rate. per cent and am dC-
comparing minimum tax of 8
per cent
The minimum levy which was
framed hy members Of the Joint
congressional tax committee staff
20 avoid letting 100000 victory
taxpayers escape taxes. has been
attacked by Paul as confusing
and cumbersome
The committee late yesterday
voted repeal Of the second wind
fan tax, adopted as part Of the
pay-aS-you-Co tax scheme This
levy was designed 10 deny toI-
EiVcncSS Of tax 10 persons whose
incomes were swollen during the
war years fan above preWar years
Repeal was proposed on the
ground that II unluStiy hit many
taxpayers Senator George OF
Georgia said that loss OF revenue
probably would be small
LOSS DEDUCTION
The committee adopted an
amendment providing that II an
individual engages IN business and
loses money for five consecutive
years he can be allowed as a de-
ducuon against income tax only
the gross income Of the business
plus $4,000 a year.
The committee voted over
whelmingly 10 freeze the old age
pension pay roll tax AZ ] per cent
each on employees and employers
during 1914 The proposal was
made by Senator Nandenberg.
If the action of the committee
is approved by the two houses
of Congress more than 45.000,000
workers Will be relieved Of the
necessity of paying a ? per cent
old age pension tax next year IN
stead Of the present ! per cent.
The levy viii automatically
step up 10 2 per cent each on
employees and employers Jan l
unless it is frozen al the existing
level.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-15
DRESSES DESIGNED
FOR HOLI-DATING!

If you're looking expectantly toward holiday
season full of exciting things to do, then you'll
want the added JOY your fine appearance can give
-. you'll want new dress to achieve it! Finer
fabrics new fattering designs, and unusually
lovely hues . azure, gold purple, red, pink,
greens, as vivid and dramatic or as delicate
could wish! Sizes for Juniors, misses, women!
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Talent Scout Who FooIedD.C
Arrested in Chicago by FBI
Foster Smith Traced
Through 23-Yeor
Crime Record

The arrest of Arnold Lester.
who as Foster Smith" deceived
scores of entertainers and busi-
nessmen into believing he was a
Hollywood talent scout during a
brief stay at the Statler Hotel
here last week, was announced
today by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Lester was apprehended last night
at Chicago hotel, according to j.
Edgar Hoover, FBI director, who
said he was traced through a 23-
year criminal record after police
and FBI agents found his finger
prints on baggage abandoned at the
Statler.
Lester was to appear today before
United States commissioner in
Chicago for removal proceedings to
Washington on a charge of violating
the National Stolen Property Act.
Mr.. Hoover said Lester readily
admitted he had cashed checks a,
the Statler Hotel, drawn on a Holly
wood bank where he knew he haC
no funds, and that he also con-
fessed he had falsely represented
himself as talent scout for War
ner Brothers movie studios. The
man further told FBI agents in
Chicago that there was no basis
for his contention that movie
Capital Capers.' was to be pro-
duced here with such stars as Bette
Davis and John Garfield in leading
roles.
FBI agents traced his movements
See TALENT SCOUT, page A-4J
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Jap Bombers Attack
E|Iice Island Base
One Person Killed, Two
Hurt; Damage Small

Twelve Japanese bombers at
tackled American installations at
Nanomea in the Ellice Island group
Thursday night, the Navy Depart
ment announced today.
One person was killed and two
wounded, the communique said, but
gave no details as to whether they
were Army or Navy personnel. Minor
material damage was reported.
One Japanese plane was downed
by antiaircraft fire.
. The scene of the raid is $50 miles
northwest of the American bomber
base on Funafuti and 420 miles
southeast of the large japanese
naval base on Tarawa Island in the
Gilbert group.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Temperature Due 10 Fall
Below Freezing Tomorrow

Below-freezing temperatures, the
coldest this season, will be felt here
early tomorrow when the mercury
will reach a low of about 80 degrees,
the Weather Bureau forecast toda;
Today will be cool, with the tenn
perature lowering in the low 40s and
reaching high of only about As
degrees, the forecaster said. After
4 or S pm. the weather gradually
will become colder, until the ex
pected minimum of 30 degrees is
reached between 6 and 8 am. to-
morrow.
Continued cold and increasing
cloudiness are forecast for the re-
mainder of tomorrow.
The coldest weather previously re-
corded here this season was at 7:55
am. yesterday, when the freezing
mark was reached. The tempera-
ture was AZ degrees at 8 am. today
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Hungarians Report 100
Convicted Of Subversion
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-The Hun
garian radio said today that 100
Communists had been convicted of
"subverSive activities" after a mass
trial in Kolozwar, Transylvania, and
that 4S of them were sent to prison
while the others were fined.
The broadcast, recorded by United
States Government monitors, fol-
lowed earlier reports of near chaos
in the Carpathoukraine Province of
Hungary, where guerrillas were said
to be making widespread raids.
At the same time the Berlin radio
said that Gen. Wilhelm Schepmann,
chief of the German Storm Troop
organization. had arrived In Hitler,s
home district of Salzburg, in Austria,
for a talk with local SA officers.
The announcement followed reports
Of growing tension in Austria, which
was promised independence by the
Moscow conference.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
German Paratroops
Spearhead Attack
On Island Of Leros
Powerful Raj Bombers
Rushed to Support Of
Trapped British Troops

CAIRO, Nov. 13.-The Ger
mans threw parachute troops,
dive. bombers and seaborne re-
Inducements against British
and Italian troops defending
Leros Island today in what ap-
peared to be an all-out effort to
regain that Aegean stepping
stone.
edged that the Nazis had been sue
cessful in reinforcing their beach,
heads in the second day of bitter
| fighting for the Dodecanese island
but said that the stubborn Allied de-
tenders had inflicted heavy casual
ties upon the invaders
Long-range RAF fighters and
bombers sped to the support of the
beleaguered British garrison, the
fighter planes strafing the German
beachheads in long sweeps over the
island, and bombers blasting away
at nearby island bases from which
Germany could rush reinforce
ments.
The Martha airfield on the Ger
man-held island of Rhodes was hit
heavily; Antimacchia airfield on
nearby Cos Island was raided twice
during the night. and an enemy
convoy was attacked in daylight
yesterday near Antikythera Island,
which lies about midway between
Crete and the Greek mainland. At
least two vessels were hit, the Brit
ish announcement said.
British Blast Shipping.
Shipping and the harbor of Suda
Bay on Crete were blasted twice by
the British yesterday.
Advices to Allied headquarters
here said there was no question that
the situation on Leros was critical.
(BBC broadcast an announce
ment that fighting was still under
way, with the main Nazi drive
moving on Leros, main town on
the island.
(The Berlin radio made the
fiat announcement early today
that the island had fallen, and
said British gains made during
the Aegean campaign, begun
shortly after Italy's capitulation,
had been reduced to the islands
of Samos, Nicaria and Castel-
roSso. There had been no pre-
vious announcement from either
the Allies or the Germans that
! Sec EpOC Dooa oI
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Senate Liquor Probe
May Lay Stress on
Situation in District
Van Nuys Forecasts
Speedy Action on
Scruehom's Request
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

II the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee approves the investigation
of the liquor industry sought by
Senator Scrugham, Democrat, of
Nevada, Washington may be one
Of the centers of inquiry into the
present shortage, Chairman Van
Nuys indicated today.
Although emphasizing that the
investigation would be Nation wide.
Senator Van Nuys said he was in
clined to think" it might cover
study of the situation in the Dis
trict.
If the resolution Is approved.
and we get the $4,000 requested to
cover the expenses. We will appoint
an investigator who knows the busi-
ness" Senator Van Nuys declared,
land, of course. Washington will be
one Of the centers Of investigation" "
Prompt Action Seen.
The Indiana Senator who pre-
dicted prompt committee action,
possibly Monday. said If the COM
mittee votes for the Scrugham reso-
luton he will appoint a Subcommit- =
tee tohandle it,
Senator Scrugham said he had in
formation from Government sources
that large quantities Of good liquor
are in stock, and added:
Il have made some personal in
vestigation of this matter, and am
OF the opinion the good stocks
are being held back for profit, and a
large profit"
Sees Bootlessing Spurred.
The Senator said the inquiry
should be made because the present
situation will encourage a return to
bootlegging. From the standpoint
OF public health, he said, the COM
mlttee also should determine
whether some of the liquor being
sold today is stretched" by the ad-
dition of neutral spirits.
The resolution calls for "a full
and complete study and investiga-
ton with respect to the business
practices and operations of the al
coholic beverage industry in all its
phases, including any matters re-
lating to the production, importa-
ton, distribution, purchase or sale
OF whisky. gin, rum. brandy or
other distilled spirits. or wine or
malt beverages. The committee
Shall report to the Senate at the
earliest practicable date the results
OF such study and investigation. to-
gether with its recommendations for
necessary legislation
$4,000 Fund Sought.
An appropriation of $4,000 from
the contingent fund was requested
to cover the costs of the inquiry. In
Some instances, however. Senate
committees have proceeded with
preliminary hearings on proposed
Investigations without waiting for
formal Senate action. This proce-
dure sometimes is followed under
the general authority given all
standing committees to hold public
hearings on measures referred to
them.
Senator Van Nuys suggested that
the inquiry should cover such ques-
tions as the volume of annual sales,
Evening star., 1943-11-13
British Ready 10 Seize
Lebanon if French
Dom End Disorders
Gen. Cotroux Is Ordered
To Scene; De GouIIists
Minimize Conflicts
BY the Associated Press,

Ds tiiS hSoOSldtCO fTeSS.
LONDON, Nov. 13. British
readiness to take control of
Lebanon unless the French end
disorders and solve the crisis in
that small Eastern Mediter-
ranean country was indicated in
high quarters today.
Confronted with the threat of
British Intervention in their quarrel
with the Lebanese Nationalist,
French authorities denied serious
disorders" had occurred, attributing
reports of violence to enemy propa- :
ganda."
British officials declined to say
whether Britain might employ
armed forces, but correspondents
were told they could not exaggerate
the Importance the British govern
ment attaches to maintaining order
in the Near East.
1t was emphasized that Lebanon
is part of a strategic area for which
British troops are responsible.
Military Angles Stressed.
The British Minister in Algiers,
Harold Macmillan, is understood to
have stressed the military con-
siderations in delivering Britain S
protest against the French action in
which French forces were reported
to have clashed with groups pro-
testing the arrest of the high
Lebanese officials.
The government was described as
most anxious to quell any trouble
that might spread elsewhere in the
Middle East where feeling was re-
(See LEBANON PAGE A.ol
Evening star., 1943-11-13
0vercharging on Oranges
Brings Terms Of SO Days
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Federal
Judge Murray Hubert, declaring
The OPA is entitled to support and
the public expects it," yesterday
sentenced two brothers to 60 days in
jail, third to a similar suspended
sentence and fined each $4,000 for
selling oranges at above OPA CELL
ing prices.
The brothers. Victor. Charles and
Andrew Crocco, members of the
wholesale produce firm of L. Crocco
& Sons. pleaded guilty to a six
count criminal information Monday.
Sentenced to Jail terms were Victor
and Charles Crocco.
United States Eugene J. Finnegan
told the court the brothers had sold
more than 10000 boxes of oranges
between June and September at
prices ranging from so cents to 81
each above ceilings and with total
overcharges amounting to about
$50, 900.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
By the Associated Press,

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL
LIED HEADQUARTERS, Nov.
13.-American aircraft carriers
have won their first big long
range duel of the war with
Japan's mighty naval and air
fortress of Rabaul.
They beat that New Britain
stronghold to the punch Thursday
sending in the bulk of more than 200
planes, which sank japanese
cruiser and two destroyers, damaged
a cruiser and IL destroyers and shot
down "a enemy interceptors.
Rabaul dispatched 10 revenge bent
medium bombers and torpedo bomb
ers in four attacks aimed at sinking
one of the carriers. Sixty -four were
shot down during an hour and 20
minutes Of flaming action without
accomplishing their mission.
(Secretary of the Navy Knox
said the enemy's target was a
Evening star., 1943-11-13
H.. S. Carriers Sink 3 Jap Ships
And Damage 72Neor RobouI
80 Enemy Planes Shot Down,
While Allies Lose Only II

large aircraft carrier and that
mot a dent" was made in the big
shipJ
Carrier planes were aloft in battle
readiness to tangle with the enemy
bombers, while antiaircraft batteries
of the carrier and escorting warships
dotted the sky with bursting ack-
ack.
Seventeen Allied planes were lost
in defending the carrier and in rails
ing the toll of enemy warships at
Rabaul this month to two cruisers
and five destroyers sunk, 10 cruisers
and 13 destroyers damaged and a
cruiser probably damaged.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
said that minor damage was sus-
tanned by some of the ships in the
Allied carrier force. There were cas-
ualties among the crews.
(The naval formations in the
operation included "a strong
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Duff Cooper Is Appointed
Envoy 10 French Committee
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Nov. 13.-Alfred Duff Cooper
who has held high posts in the
British cabinet, will come to Algiers
as British diplomatic representative
to the French Committee of Ma
tional Liberation, it was learned
today.
He will be in effect British Am
bassador to the French, but it is un-
certain whether he will have the
formal title of ambassador, since
Britain, like the United States, has
not recognized the committee as q
full-f1edged government.
Duff Cooper has been secretary of
war, first lord of the admiralty, and
minister of information. He gave
up the nominal cabinet post of
chancellor of the Duchy of Ian
caster in cabinet changes announced
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Army's Release Of Equipment
Due to Ease Laundry Situation

frozen for II months, most of it In
closed establishments. This equip
ment will be Immediately available
for the laundry and dry cleaning
establishments.
Mr.. Armstrong declared he was re-
signing his position with WPB to
return to the presidency of the
Fletcher Machinery Corp. of At
lanta and the Fletcher Machinery
Corp. Of Louisiana.
The fact that laundry machinery
companies, clamped shut when war
broke out. can now partially resume
distribution and servicing of used
machinery will aid considerably, he
added.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
December 7 Still Regarded
As 1nfomy Day by President

President Roosevelt still considers
December a day "of great infamy"
and will not carry out the terms OF
joint congressional resolution call
ing for observance of the second an
niversary of the japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor as armed services
honor day." it was made clear at
the White House today.
The Senate yesterday completed
Legislative action on the resolution,
sponsored in the House by Repre-
sentative Tolan, Democrat, Of Call
fornia and in the Senate by Sena-
tor Wiley. Republican, of Wisconsin.
The resolution calls on the Pres
ident to proclaim the observance
Evening star., 1943-11-13
American Heavy Bombers
Raid Northwest Germany

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-United States
heavy bombers. supported by force
OF fighting planes, attacked targets
in Northwest Germany this morn
ing, American air headquarters an
nounced
RAF Mosquitoes blasted unspecifed
targets in Western Germany last
night, an Air Ministry communique
announced today, and fighters at
tackled rail targets in Northern
France and Belgium.
Fighters also sank an enemy pa
troll vessel off Boulogne. The RAF
missions were carried out without
loss.
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Washington Chosen
As Headquarters for
UNRRA, Lehman Says
Congress Will Be Asked
For Funds to Cover
U. 5. Share of Costs
BY BLAIR BOLLES,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. ia
congressional appropriation for
the United States financial
share in the first operations of
the United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administration
will be sought soon after the
UNRRA conference meeting here
reaches a decision on the scope
of it's work, it was indicated
yesterday.
Director General Herbert Lehman
said a joint resolution would be
presented at the Capitol for an au-
thorization of funds, as the first
step toward getting an appropria-
ton. The Budget Bureau has an
observer at the conference.
Washington is to be UNRRA's
permanent headquarters with field
headquarters to be set up later in
London and other points, Director
Lehman told press conference.
Indications are that the i'm
mediate problem Of UNRRA is to
pare down a $4,000, ,0O0-ton estimate
of relief needs of nine European
AXis-occupied countries to a level
which available supplies can meet
without jeopardizing the war ef-
fort and purely military needs.
War Comes First.
The war comes first, Col. John
]. Llewellin, British Food Minister
designate and British conference
delegate, told the conference. He
said supplies of some commodities
will be in very short supply" and
added 1T is no good leading any
one to believe that in those articles
all their needs can be supplied"
The nine countries whose 45,000,-
000-ton need was presented to the
conference are Belgium, Luxem-
bourg, Czechoslovakia France,
Greece, the Netherlands, Norway
Poland and Yugoslavia.
The report came from the London
Inter Allied Committee on Postwar
Requirements, which gave the figure
as requirement during the first
six months after the lands are lib
Grated from the Axis.
Col. Llewellin helped dissipate
any hope that the full amount re.
(See RELIEF. page A-21
Evening star., 1943-11-13
Americans Take
z Italian Towns;
|5angro Crossed
Sharp Fighting
Flares in Region
Above Venofro
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Nov. 13.-American troops
In sharp fighting have captured
two more towns north and
northeast Of Venafro and a Brit
ish patrol has crossed the Sangro
River along the eastern end OF
the Nazi winter line in Italy, i,
was announced today.
Dispatches from italy disclosed for
the first time that the enemy's bitter
counterattacks of Thursday had sue
ceeded in gaining some ground on
the 5th Army's front. In resuming
the advance, 5th Army units re-
covered high ground they had taken
Wednesday, but lost to the Ger
mans Thursday. The new surge
carried the Americans beyond the
limits Of Wednesdays advance.
(The German communique,
without mentioning the day of
the action, said some heights on
both sides of the valley of
Mignano" were retaken by the
Germans in counterattacks after
heavy fighting. The communique
said "the enemy was flung back
to his original positions.D
There was bitter fighting under
extremely difficult conditions at
several points as the Allies lashed
out against the massive Nazi line,
but the front as whole saw little
change during the last "a hours
Allied headquarters announced.
Planes Strike Into Balkans.
Allied airplanes struck out in new
forays into the Balkans yesterday
bombing an oil refinery at Berat
and the nearby Kucove airfield in
Albania. and the airdrome at Mos
tar in Yugoslavia, besides CARRYING
out widespread operations against
German transports and supplies in
Italy.
A naval communique disclosed a
heavy sea bombardment of enemy
positions along the Gulf of Gaeta
Tuesday night and again at dawn
wednesday. Raj planes joined in
the blasting of the Nazis' western
coastal flank. dropping flares to
guide the gunners on the British
destroyers Tyrian. Tumult. Gren-
vile and the Polish DESTROYER
Piorun.
American troops in the push above
Venafro, captured Filignano. 4 miles
north, and Pozzili. 2 miles northeast
OF Venafro. The Germans were put
ting up the most stubborn resistance
on the 5th Army front in the Vena
fro and Mignano regions, where any
deep Allied wedge there would seri.
ously impair other points of their
line.
In one clash. Americans seized a
hill, killing 80 Nazis and woundine
80 more. The retreating Germans
ran into one of their own mine
fields, suffering further casualties
American losses were one killed and
three wounded.
Sth Army Patrol Crosses Sangro.
An 9th Army patrol cut over the
Sangro River at an unspecified point
to the east and wiped out German
machine-gun nest.
Farther southeast, on the 9Th