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Evening star., 1943-10-10
Virginia CAR InstaIIs
Officers at Gadsby's Tavern

Officers of the Virginia Society,
Children of the American Revolu-
tion. were elected and installed at
the fifth annual conference of the
society yesterday at Gadsby's Tav-
ern in Alexandria.
Mrs. Robert V. H. Duncan, State
president, who was reelected, pre-
sided and the new officers were in
stalled by the national president,
Mrs. Louise Moseley Heaton of
Evening star., 1943-10-10
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. c. OCTOBER TO- 1s4s

vile, where they are now tied up"
Mr.. Ansboury said the WLB "has
its wires crossed" in regards to a
telegram received by his local on
the strike. He said he wired the
board, Local 80 not involved in
strike. Done everything possible to
prevent spreading to Louisville area
and have succeeded"
Paul Styles, director of the dis
putes division in the regional WLB
office at Atlanta, who said yesterday
he would take the matter to Wash
ington" after failure of meeting
Of drivers to take any action re-
turned to Atlanta.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
National Press Club
Raises $4,000 al
War Bond Program

War bond sales in excess of $4,000
resulted from the radio War bond
cavalcade at the National Press
Club yesterday, featuring enter
tainers, bands and newspapermen.
Jean Bartel, 10, of Los Angeles,
Miss America of l943, told a large
audience that IF we want our
armies to be the aggressors, we
must be ready to foot bigger war
bills"
Saving is woman's weapon, she
said, adding that for every man
or boy who carries a musket on
the battleflelds, who fires a gun on
destroyer, or flies a plane on a
bombing mlssion-there is a woman
somewhere in the background. 1t
costs more to attack, but attack is
the way to end the war more quick
ly, Saving must take the offensive.
too
Raymond Clapper, war CORE
spondent columnist and who re-
Gently returned from the Mediter-
ranean, also spoke.
Savings Stressed.
Money saved in the form of War
bond purchases, said Paul Wooton
president Of the White House Cor
respondents Association, helps pro-
mote the war effort as we'll as in
suring a financial nest egg for
peace. AS casualties grow there is
recognition Of our irrepaceable man.
power, he stated, adding ''politi-
clans want to win the war without
sacrifices, without offending any
one In England the enemy is
only 20 minutes away. They feel
the war keenly. We do not"
Miss America, a California COL
lege girl, refused to don a bathing
suit for New York Photographers
after she had won her title at
Atlantic City. She says singing is
her career. Meanwhile she is max
ing War bond appearances in so
cities.
AS to proposals of marriage, she
blushlngly confessed she has re-
ceived none personally on her trip.
Il wish l had time to catch up with
my mail. Marriage is fine. includ-
Ing war marriages when two people
feel they love each other. but l
won't think about it until I'm Is
or So"
The cavalcade was broadcast by
Station WWDC. with Mike Hun
nicut of that station serving as
master of ceremonies. Music was
provided by the Army Air Forces
Band. Del Courtney's Del Rio Club
orchestra, Benny Beckner and his
Fourteen Madcap Merrymakers.
now playing at the Roosevelt Hotel
Victory Room. and an orchestra
from The Army, Play by Play"
now playing at the National
Theater.
Dixie Rafter Sings.
Dixie Rafter Miss Washington of
1943. sang. and Evalyn Tyrer played
several piano solos.
Proceeds helped to increase
Washington Third War Loan pur-
chase5, the Capital being $500 600
in excess Of its s94,0o0.o0O quota at
the last tabulation.
Meanwhile, more than $4,000
worth of bonds and stamps have
been sold at the booth in the Statler
Hotel basement set up by Mrs.
Thomas F. Ford. president of the
Congressional Club. Wives of sew
eral members Of Congress are man
ming the booths. Other booths will
be established in main hotels of the
city.
Employees of the Statler Hotel
have made quite record for them
selves, says Mrs John H. Tolan.
wife of Representative Tolan of
California, who yesterday sold four
$50 bonds, four s25 bonds and 5000
worth of STAMPS, mostly to maids
and kitchen help.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Mexico Boosts Bananas

Chiapas has become the leading
banana producing district in Mexico
with 80 to 100 carloads moving to
market weekly.
The book of the week is the War
stamp book. 1t spells Victory If
filled in.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

Beverle Berry, Alexandria, secre-
tary; Alice Trout, Roanoke, treas
urer; Alice WEIGH, Fairfax, regis
trar; Grace Norris, Danville, his
torian; Johnnie Chloe Walker,
Appalachia, librarian and curator; !;
Alice Mercer Jones, Arlington,
chaplain.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

George Riquard on groupds Of
cruelty.
AS the climax to quarrel, Mrs.
Riquard told Judge A. j. Fritz, her
husband punctured her IS cans of
rationed fruit and vegetables.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

At quaint old Amste House in New Castle Delaware
built before 730here is exhibited of the Nations
oveliest early Colonial chests. Because of the char
acer and distinction of this chest, connoisseur Of
fine furniture had this chest reproduced and added
other pieces to make up the Dorothy Williams Collec
ton. From its noble early American heritage the
Dorothy Williams Collection seems to mpart feeling
of gracious and veable nfornality. It's beauty and
piece follows the simple but exqustey graceful lines
of the original chest. Each piece scaled for modern
homes and apartments GRATED in solid cherry for
lifetime of Mayer quality.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Rutioned Fruit Ruined,
Woman Wins Divorce

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Mrs. Lucille
Riquard was granted divorce from
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Nozi Tank Attack
Is Beaten Down
By Fifth Army
Commanding Heights
In Central Sector
Taken by Allies
IS the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL.
giers, Oct. 23-American artillery
crushed a German counterattacl
at Alife on the 5th Army's righ'
wing in Italy yesterday, knock,
ing out "a number of tanks,
and in the central sector 5tf
Army troops have seized COM
manding heights, it was an
nounced today.
This was the first appearance O!
German tanks in any number ir
some time, but Marshal Albert Kes-
selring's counterattack failed as did
similar effort on the 9Th Army
front near Montecilfone.
The Germans, now firmly en-
trenched in their new mountain
positions, launched series OF
counterblows designed to throw the
5th and 9th Armies off balance
Allied troops not only beat off every
attack, but 9th Army forces ad-
vanced 2 miles to take Lupara. which
controls high ground in Central
Italy.
Torpedo Boats Active.
In sea actions, small units OF the
American and British Navies, in
cluding United States patrol torpedo
boats, sank, captured or damaged
five Nazi-controlled vessels. The
torpedo boats darted far up the
northwest coast of Italy near Leg
horn from new bases in the Mediter-
ranean to make their raid.
In the air Allied bomber fleets
lSee ITALY Page AL
Evening star., 1943-10-23

transport plane, the little troupe
piled their stuff aboard and were off
A couple of hours later they came
down on a rocky, desolate coast
somewhere near the place where
the outfit they were scheduled
to entertain was supposed to be
bivouaced.
Met Medical Officer.
Nobody had been notified that
they were coming. They walked
about the temporary landing field
and finally met an American medi-
cal officer.
I'm Jack Benny" said the actor,
walking up to him with outstretched
hand.
Where in the devil did you come
from?" asked the doctor.
Mr.. Benny explained his mission
The outfit had been bivouaced about
10 miles away, but had been moving
out all day toward the battle line.
A conveyance was sent for the
troupe. A stage was rugged up has
tily on a cottage veranda. They
put on the show for a few hundred
American soldiers with packs on
their backs and rifles slung over
their shoulders, ready to march
(See HENRY, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1943-10-23
House Group Rejects
Higher Income Taxes;
Sales Levy Discussed
George Says Retoi| Impost
Probably Could Be Voted
If Treasury Stops Fight
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Congressional emphasis shifted
back today to proposals for a
national retail sales tax, after
the House Ways and Means
Committee turned thumbs down
on any further increases in in
dlvldual income levies.
Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee told an inter-
viewer that IF the Treasury were
willing to withdraw active opposi-
ton. I'm inclined to think Congress
would accept a 5 per cent sales tax
as war measure"
The Ways and Means group voted
l6 to 8, yesterday against all pro-
posals to increase burdens on per-
sonal incomes. 1t was decided. how
ever to repeal the Victory tax and
adjust normal income tax to pick
up the $4,000, 100000 net now de-
rived from the Victory levy.
CIO Opposes Sales Tax.
The administrations proposal to
collect $500, 100000 additional from
individuals was thus torpedoed as
the committee whose action left
sales tax, increased levies on cor
poration income and larger excises
on so-called luxuries-such as Gig
arettes, liquor, fur coats and soft
drinks-as the only major avenues
to new billions of wartime revenue.
The CIO said in testimony before
the House group that if a sales levy
became law, then labor would de-
mand a proportionate increase in
wages. Economic Sterilization Di-
rector Vlnson warned that this sort
of tax might cause break
through in the wartime hold the
line economic policy.
Senator George said he was in
hearty accord with the Ways and
Means Committee action merging
the victory tax with the normal in
come levy SO as to retain on the
rolls 100000 persons now paying
victory taxes, but not having earn
lngs large enough to come under
income levieS.
Adopts Resolution.
Turning thumbs down on further
income tax hikes, the Ways and
Means Committee approved the fol-
lowing formal resolution:
1T is the sense of the committee
that whatever individual income tax
plan is adopted by the committee
there shall be no additional burden
imposed on the individual taxpayer
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Nazis Report Taking
Island Near Cos
Numerous Prisoners
Freed, Radio Says
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. GA Berlin
broadcast by the German Inter-
national Information Bureau. a
propaganda agency, said today that
Nazi troops had occupied Astypalaea
(Stampalia) Island in the western
part of the Dodecanese group.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press, said numerous
German prisoners were freed. British
forces we're said to have occupied
the island late in September.
There was no confirmation in Lon
don of the German claim.
Astypalaea Island is % miles
southwest of Cos, second most i'm
portant island in the Dodecanese
group, which the Germans claim to
have reoccupied.
On Wednesday the German radio
said German troops with the aid OF
parachutists. had reoccupied the
small Aegean island of Levita, few
miles north of Astypalaea.
Turkish reports said the British
still held Leros Island. however.
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Commissioners Order
All Dogs Muzz|ed
For 3-Month Period
Proclamation Issued
Calling on Owners
To Leash Pets

The Commissioners today or
dered all dogs muzzled begin
ming tomorrow for a three
month period and at the same
time issued a proclamation call
ing on all dog owners to CO.
operate and leash their dogs a.
we'll.
Corporation Counsel Richmond
B. Keech pointed out the Commits
sioners have no legal right to re.
quire that dogs be leashed. HI
said dogs may be ordeerd muzzlec
if they are allowed to run at large
but that is as far as the existing
laws permit us to co.
The Commissioners also called or
police to be watchful around school.
and other places where children are
gathered and ordered the transfer
of a truck and several laborers fol
a 60-day period from the sanitar,
engineers office to the poundmaster
Would Aid Roundup.
The transfer of the truck ane
laborers to the poundmaster. simila,
to the move made during the sum.
mer months, is to help in the round.
up of stray dogs.
Frank Marks, District pound
master, said the men transferred
to him would be used to care TO-
the dogs at the pound, thus releas
ing trained and experienced mer
in the sometimes difficult task 0
picking up strays.
The Commissioners made it cleal
that if there still was any dangel
from rabid dogs after the new three.
lCon nnGC nnno A q
Evening star., 1943-10-23
] 900 VINO Employees to Hold
Second War Fund Rally Today
Director McNutt to Urge Participation
By All in Agency in Drive for s., 800, 900

collected s3.5o030-6 per cent OF
quota, and Prince Georges, S2,102 sc
% per cent of quota,
The three divisions which have
been working longes Advance
Gifts. Government and Business and
Finance-are continuing to solicit
all the prospective contributors as
| signed to them. The fourth division
which started work only this week
Metropolitan-has the job of house
toulouse and small Office canvassing
to cover all loopholes left by other
workers.
Funds Pledged by Letter.
| I'VE have to cover the city like
a blanket E. K Morris, chairman
of this division, declared. we can't
( leave a crack" Coleman Jennings
campaign chairman, has promised
the drive will close, whether sue
cessful or not, when Everybody in
the city has been solicited"
/ Meanwhile, fund pledges by letter
have been coming in to the Office OF
Herbert L. Willett, jr.. executive
director.
Pvt. Joseph NJ ODonnell, U. S. A.
! tSee WAR FUND, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1943-10-23
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Staff Corresnonde,t

WITH THE 7TH ARMY IN
SICILY Delayed Golden haired
Hollywood actress Wini Shaw, one
OF Jack Bennys troupe of enter
tainers, was visiting wounded in an
American evacuation hospital here
one day after the afternoon show.
Writing to your best girl?" she
kldded one g. I. whom she saw
painfully trying to write a letter.
NO" said the soldier. I'm try.
ing to write to my buddy's mother
He's Just been killed and I prom.
ised her I'd let her know if any
thing happened to him."
Miss Shaw was Immediately all
sympathy.
Maybe can help you" she said
Who is the letter for?"
The soldier showed her the ad-
dress. 1t was to her own mother
This was the first Miss Shaw had
known of the death of her Oldest
brother, Bill.
With Jack Benny and Larry Adler
fellow entertainers, she had lust
come back to Sicily from Italy.
where the troupe had the expert
ence of playing closer to the front
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Lloyd George, 80, Morries
Womon, SIS, His Aide 30 Years
e Secretary Impressed
Versailles Delegates
By Blond Beauty
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-David
Lloyd George, 80, Britain's Prime
Minister during the World War,
was married today to Miss Fran
ces L. Stevenson, his secretary
since 1918.
Miss Stevenson was described at
the Versailles peace conference as
the "blond bewilderment of Ver-
sailles' because the statesmen there
could not understand such a lovely
woman being secretary to a politi-
clan. She is SIS years old.
Mr.. Lloyd Georges first wife,
whom he married in 1888, died in
1941.
Miss Stevenson became his private
secretary when he was chancellor OF
the exchequer. They first met when
his two daughters, one of whom is
now member of Parliament
brought Miss Stevenson to Downing
street during a school holiday in
1911.
The bride is the daughter Of q
Evening star., 1943-10-23
u. 5. Paid S3,296,500
For Five Ships Worth
$203,807, Aiken Says
Maritime Commission
Accused Of Paying Is
Times Own Valuation
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Aiken, Republican, Of Ver-
mont, said today the Maritime Com
mission recently paid s3,296,500 for
five merchant ships, on which it
mad placed a total valuation of only
S203 ,807, and he demanded a con-
gressional investigation into all
spending by the agency.
Senator Aiken said Controller
General Warren's official reports
we're the basis of his complaints
that the Waterman Steamship Co.
of Alabama was paid 'over 16 times
for the legal valuation" for the five
old ships"
Warren Supplies Figures.
The five ships. the Senator told
an interviewer, were purchased July
Is. He said that at his request, Mr.
Warren's office sent him the follow
ing information on these boats:
The West Kyska, built in 1918 for
the old United States Shipping
Board. An 8,480-ton vessel, it cost
81, ,006 ,807.48 Is years ago. In Sep
tember, 1881, 1t was sold to the
Waterman firm for s76,32O. 1t was
Irepurchased by the Maritime Com
mission July Is for s56O,OOO, despite
a valuation by the commission at
S50.170.
The Lafayette, built in 1919 for
the Shipping Board at a cost of ST.
768,163.16. The Maritime Commits
sion, Mr.. Warren said, paid $685.
600 for it in July, while 1t was valued
on commission books for only
$44,2O
The Kofresi, built in 1919 for ST.
88l 500, and sold to Waterman for
S7O,425 II years later. it was re-
purchased by the Government in
July for s686,7oo, though valued at
$35 ,492.
Reports on Other Ships Due.
The Gateway City, built in 1920
for $1,428,627 and purchased by
Waterman in 1941 for $79,236, re-
purchased by the commission for
s686,900 despite a $35,7l5 valuation
The Arizpa, built in 1918 at a cost
OF s2,OO6.807, and sold to Waterman
in 1881 for s79,236, repurchased fol
$685. 300 despite a s38,230 valuation
Senator Aiken said he also would
submit to the Seante Monday re-
ports on the Pan Gulf and the
Panama City, which the commission
purchased from the Pan-Atlantic
Steamship Corp, owned by Water
man. The Senator said they were
valued at S97,759 by the commits
sion, but that the commission on
September IA paid $1,O89,0 900 fol
them.
Evening star., 1943-10-23

More than 1000 employees OF
the War Manpower Commission
were scheduled to hold their Sec
ond Community War Fund rally
today to hear Paul v. McNutt
manpower chief, urge 100 per
cent employe participation in the
drive for S4,800,000.
Mr.. McNutt spoke to a similar
group of VINO employees Tuesday
He was to be joined in his appeal
today by Lawrence Appley, deputy
VINO chairman. The meeting was
scheduled for the auditorium of the
South Interior Department Building
Meanwhile fund officials announced
last night that contributions hao
reached 81, 1886 ,09S.l5-5o per cent OF
quota.
Latest totals for the four divisions
working in the drive are: Advance
Gifts. s4O2 ,802 29-73 per cent OF
quota: Business and Finance, s65l,-
OBI 85-48 per cent of quota; Gov
ernment, 81 ,3O9 ,e4l $3.50 per cent OF
quota, and Metropolitan, SIS ,629. IL
5 per cent of quota.
Montgomery County workers have
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Important Shuttle
Predicted Soon in
Churchill Cabinet
London Paper Forecasts
Addition of Minister
OF Reconstruction
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. Oct. ga major
shuttle in the Churchill govern
ment before the opening of the
new session of Parliament with
"a view to strengthening it for
the tasks ahead" was forecast
today by the Daily Herald.
Declaring the government is pre-
pairing to announce the bigges. legis-
lative program since the beginning
of the war, the newspaper said:
There are reliable grounds for
predicting appointment of minister
of reconstruction with a seat in the
war cabinet and authority over the
whole field of postwar problems
which no minister has yet been
conceded"
The paper said other changes may
be expected to involve alterations in
the war Office, the law Offices, land
the withdrawal from the govern
ment of at least two well known
personalities.
The newspaper hinted that Sir
James Grigg, secretary of state for
war, might be involved in one of the
two latter changes and said that a
number of younger men possibly
would be jumped to higher posts"
Grigg, named to his post February
70, 1912, was the first regular British
civil servant to be shifted in recent
times from a post in the perma lent
civil service establishment to minis
terial rank. He long was known as
the man behind the scene" in the
War Ministry who could push urgent
business to completion in record
time.
The most recent change in the
British Cabinet involved appoint
ment OF Lord Beaverbrook as Lord
Prlvy Seal, announced September a.
1t was said at that time chat The
return of the 64-year-old owner of
the London Daily Express to the
cabinet, where he once hello the min
lstrles of aircraft production. state
and supply. made him available for
any special assignment.
Evening star., 1943-10-23
VIM Shaw Learns Of Brothers. Death in War
BY Chance Encounter With Soldier in SiciIy

lines than had been the fortune of
any other American entertainers.
Benny in Hospital.
Mr.. Benny told of the experience
while preparing to leave the same
hospital, where he had been in bee
for three days with a throat infec-
ton resulting from the Italian ex.
perience. The little troupe, travel
ing in a plane assigned to them by
the Army, had been delayed ir
reaching Sicily while they com.
pleted long tour through Amer.
ican camps along the Persian Gulf
When they arrived one of the out.
fits before which they were sched.
uled to play had pulled out for the
Italian front two or three days be-
fore. Mr.. Benny was keenly dis
appointed.
well, why don't you 60 to Italy
then?" said the Special Services
officer at the camp.
Wont we need orders?" asked
Mr.. Benny. .
mo, take off anyway. I think
we can fix that up later"
Without realizing the unique mis-
sion on which they were embarked
and the danger of flying into the
war zone IN an unarmed, unescorted
Evening star., 1943-10-23
Brotherhoods Act
To Force Showdown
On Pay Demands
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Chiefs Of
the five railroad operating unions
voted today to conduct a strike
poll among their 350,000 MEM
bers. 90
The action was taken at a Joint
meeting of the general chairmen Of
the five organizations after the lead
ers had voiced dissatisfaction with
proposed wage increase of cents an
hour. They had demanded a pay
hike of 30 per cent.
The 4-cent-an-hour pay boost
was suggested last month by an
emergency board, but spokesmen for
the unions termed it an insult"
One union president, David
Robertson of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, said there were volumes and
volumes" OF kilograms from the rank
and file advocating a strike call.
Labors no-strike pledge is becom-
ing more and more untenable," A.
F. Whitney, president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen. told
his organization yesterday. He as
serted that the stabilization pro-
gram is vulnerable" and that "the
time is imminent when labor must
make or break it."
The procedure to be taken for a
strike vote by the five brotherhoods
will require about 20 days, Mr.. Rob-
ertson said. If authorized, the
Switchmen's Union of North Amer
lea, he said. would conduct a mail
vote. but the other four unions
would canvass their members per-
sonally. These unions are those
headed by Mr.. Robertson and Mr..
Whitney and the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers and the Order
of Railway Conductors.
The vote would be reported by
the local chairmen to the general
chairmen, and the latter group would
meet with the brotherhood presi-
dents to set date for a strike.
But, one union spokesman said,
the brotherhoods had not staged an
actual strike in so years." though
a walkout Of rail shopmen in 1922
and 1923 badly crippled the Nations
lines. He also said there was an
outlaw" strike in 1920, but it was
quickly settled upon intervention OF
President Wilson.