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Evening star., 1943-02-05
Political Problems
Gradually Clearing
In Africa, Says Hull
Hints Action Soon to Free
Spanish Republicans
Held in Prison Comps
Pv the Associated Press,

Secretary of State Hull said today
that political problems in North At
rica gradually are being cleared up
and intimated there would be some
thing to announce soon concerning
the fate of several thousand Spanish
Republican prisoners still held in
concentration camps there.
He told his press conference the
release of q French Communist
Deputies who had been under arrest
since 1910 was an example of how
the situation was being clarified
through the efforts of joint Brit
ish- American Commission.
Since the Churchill Roosevelt
conference at Casablanca. he said
there has been decided improve
ment in the general North African
political situation.
In reply to questions as to the
$500 Spanish Republicans still ill.,
carcerated, Mr.. Hull said the Span
lsh government naturally would be
consulted concerning any move af-
fecting Spanish citizens. He added
he was sure there was every dispo-
sition among the British. American
and Spanish governments to COOP
crate in arriving at solution.
Asked whether the Spanish pris-
oners would be transferred to Mex.
leo, which some time ago offered to
give them refuge. Mi Hull said he
nao nothing conclusive to report in
that connection. -
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Nozis Try to Bomb u. S. Planes
To Check Raids on Germany
Technique Formerly Used by Jops Employed
Americans Bruve 40 Below Zero Weather
Earlier Story on Page A-1D

Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
By he Associated Press
AT A UNITED STATES BOMB
Err STATION IN BRITAIN, Feb.
5.-The German air force tried
to drop bombs on high flying
American heavy bombers in
desperate, but futile, effort to
thwart the American daylight
attack on Northwest Germany
yesterday. airmen back from the
attack said today.
They asserted the Germans used
not only the technique of attacking
bombers with bombers but also
hurled fighter planes against the
unescorted Flying Fortresses and
Liberators in seemingly suicidal
fashion.
tThe Japanese also have tried
bombers against bombers with
out success
Battling extremely bad weather
heavy clouds and temperature 40
degrees below zero as we'll as Ger
man bombers and fighters. United
States Air Force raiders plunged
deeper into German Europe than
ever before. Five bombers failed to
return, but none was hit by bombs
Members of the returning crews
said the Germans obviously had re-
ceived orders TO stop us at all costs
and enlisted the aid of virtually
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Washington Highlands Unii
Renews Playground Fight

The Washington Highlands Citi-
zens' Association last night renewed
its fight for additional playground
area for the new Walter B. Patter-
son School
Proposed by Curtis Ingalls,, res
olution approved by the group said
that the present playground space
was too small. 1t was decided that
II the Fort Cradle Park area could
not be turned into schoolgrounds,
then it would be necessary to use
grounds on the other side of the
school on which several houses are
located.
The group also adopted a resolu-
tion urging the transit company to
place bus stop on the corner OF
Nichols avenue and South Capt.
tol streets and ore in The 1900
block OF First street SW. 1t also
requested the transit company to
remove gravel hill in front of a
bus stop on First street S.W.
The meeting was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J.
Woodsmall. 1887 First street S.W.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
U. 5. Propaganda Paper
Will Cost 25c Abroad
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Governments new magazine
Victory will cost some of its for
elgn readers Is cents a COPY from
now on. the Office Of War Infor-
nation reported today.
Victory. designed to compete on
the accessible newsstands of Europe.
Asia and Africa with Germanv's
Signal and other Axis propaganda
publications, is going to press with
its second issue.
The S0-pase first Issue of the pic
ture magazine was given away. and
this policy will be followed in some
areas for No. 2. owl said. Else
where readers will pay to read about
Americas expanding military
might.
The first number was printed in
English only, but hereafter 40 per
cent Of the $4,000 copies to be dis
tributed abroad will be in French,
! Spanish, Portuguese Arabic and
Afrikaans
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Alaskan Highway Link
To Interior Completed

by the Associated Press
EDMONTON, Feb. 5.-A 2OO-mile
winter road has been completed be-
tween Fort Simpson. Northwest Ter
rltory on the Mackenzie River. and
Fort Nelson, British Columbia. on
the Alaska highway. United States
engineers division headquarters here
said yesterday
The road provided the first link
with the outside for the vast, rich
territory lying northeast of the
Alaska highway route.
Engineers headquarters said the
purpose of the road is to enable Ship
ment of supplies and equipment into
the country around Fort Simpson.
Recent reports have told of at least
two other road-building projects in
the wild Northwest country which,
when completed, would link the rich
Northwest Territories block directly
north of Alberta with the Alaska
highway system.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Georgia House
Votes to Label
Horse, Dog Meat
By the Associated Press.

oS INC hSSOCidtcu fTcSS.
ATLANTA, Feb. 5.-The Georeia
House of Representatives has ap-
proved a bill requiring that horse
and dog meat sold in the State be
labeled mot for human consump-
ton"
The approval came yesterday over
a vehement protest that the House
was handing to the Axis nations
some powerful propaganda mate
rial"
Right now they are shipping
horse and dog meat into Georgia
and using it in~wieners. sausage and
hamburger and l want to stop it,"
declared Representative George w.
Woodruff. He added that wild
horses from the West are being
slaughtered in great numbers, par
ticularly in Kansas City, and shipped
TO us"
Representative George Nicholson
warned that If you pass this bill
you will be giving Germany. italy
and Japan some powerful propa-
ganda. They will hear of this, re-
word it and tell their people we are
eating dog meat, thus bolstering
their home morale"
Eat dog. mans best friendF
shouted Representative c. T. Guy.
ton. Why, the idea! Eat a horse,
the faithful animal that makes the
living for the farmer? We would be
sinking low in the scale of civiliza.
ton
If our soldiers are eating horse
meat 1t is only in emergencies. be-
cause the packing houses are sav-
ing the very best meat for them"
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Americans Fight Way
Through Axis Ring
With 80 Prisoners
1t. Quentin Roosevelt
Tells How Companies
Broke Up Counterottoek
BY HAROLD v. BOYLE.

Associated Pre-" War Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN TUNISIA, Feb l DELAYED, -
1t. Quentin Roosevelt. %, OF Oyster
Bay. N. Y, told today how two
trapped American infantry COM
panies. supported by timely artillery
fire. fought their way with 80 pris-
oners through a ring Of two enemy
battalions and broke up plans for an
Axis counterattack to recapture the
fertile Ousseltia Valley.
1t. Roosevelt. the son of Brig.
Gen. Theodore Roosevelt and grand
son Of the first President Roosevelt.
is on duty here as an artillery OBJ
server.
I'VE already controlled the COM
manding heights Of the western en-
trance Of pass leading to Kairou-
an" he said, and in the early morn
ing one company captured a hill at
the eastern entrance to the pass
without resistance.
We hadn't realized that the Axis
was planning to attack at the same
time with two battalions and some
tanks. The presence of our COM
pany threw their plans out of gear.
so they surrounded the hill
Ran Into Machine Gun Fire.
i rode up in half track with
1t. Col. Clarence Buck of Daytona
Beach. Fla. the commander, to lock
over the situation and Col Buck
decided to bring up another COM
panv to extricate his men.
We rode back down the hill in
q )eep and ran into machine gun
fire, but weren't hit The second
American company advanced to re-
heve pressure on the first company
and captured about 20 Germans,
and then was In turn surrounded for
while
However, together with the first
company, which had so Italian pris-
oners, it was able to execute A.
withdrawal through the enemy lines
10 hill taken by us the previous
day
1t. Roosevelt said the two Ameri-
can companies fought their wav
BACK by platoons, with tough going
every step of the way
All but 30 or 40 men out of the
400 who had been surrounded got
back he said, and while there were
some losses in equipment they were
not serious.
After they pulled back, our ar.
tlilery began to plaster the area and
lnf1lcted heavy casualties among the
Germans and Italians who had
moved in and been caught nat
footed with no foxholes or other
protection.
Didn't Lose Prisoners.
The artillery barrage also flushed
some German tanks out of their
cover in the woods" he said.
Our boys didn't drop any pris-
oners. One infantry captain with a
hand grenade in fist and a rifle In
the other marched back with 40
Italian soldiers ahead ofshim. and
he kept yelling:
What the hell do I do with
these guys?'
One Italian officer said to other
prisoners, Let's make a break for
It, but an American soldier of
Italian extraction overheard him
and beaned him with a rifle butt.
There was no more trouble of that
sort" 1t. Roosevelt declared. ~
The artillery barrage that broke
up any further Axis idea of a coun-
terattack was directed by Maj. Guy
l.. Pace of Denver, Colo.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
U.s.. Troops EncounteI
Heaviest Resistance
On GuadaIcanaI
Enemy Planes Strofe
Front Lines; Destroyer
Shells Jop Positions
Bv WILLIAM NIPPLE,

Associated Press war Correspondent.
WITH ADVANCED UNITED
STATES TROOPS ON GUADAL-
CANAL, Feb. l tDelayed) .-Ameri-
can troops, advancing toward the
main japanese concentrations at
Cape Esperance, today ran into the
heaviest enemy resistance they have
encountered since the beginning of
their sweeping drive along the
northern coast of Guadalcanal.
We were strafed at the front by
enemy planes. We saw United
States destroyer a mile of shore
throw shells into japanese positions
for an hour.
Across the channel. near Savo
Island, we watched japanese dive
bombers attack one of our de-
stroyers.
We saw Jap bombers shot down by
American fighters. American artil
lery fire whirred over our heads and
exploded with terrifying noise and
conclusion just ahead of us. Japa-
nese machine guns and mortars
fired away spasmodically, trying to
reach us.
To top it off, Jap snipers pinged
at us from trees in surrounding
slopes and kept everybody on edge
and stepping lively.
Jap forces. after being routed and
under retreat for 10 days. today
made a stand at Bonegi River about
four miles along the coast north
west of Kokumbona. These Japa-
nese troops are in better physical
condition and better armed than
others we have met
When our advancing troops found
this strong nest of japanese they
were ordered to withdraw a short
distance to allow United States ar
tillery to pound the enemy.
A laundering artillery barrage was
kept up for hours.
1t was discovered that some Japs
had dug into caves in the hillsides
and thus were protected from ar
tillery fire,
Evening star., 1943-02-05

up for lost. When the lobsterman
finally brought them ashore all three
reporters were suffering from sea-
sickness. Only Crockett was able
to leave the boat Immediately and
he staggered to telephone. despite
the fact that his thumb was almost
severed from his right hand when
he was thrown on a lobster hook
in the rough sea.
Not until II hours later did the
Navy confirm officially the facts that
Crockett had brought ashore.
Although Crocket reported the
land warfare in Libya with zest, it
was evident from his messages that
he realized his real ambition when
he joined the British fleet at Alex
andria and began watching the
fierce running battles Of the Med
itteranean from the bridge of a
commanders warship
Mr.. Crockett joined the APPS Bos-
ton bureau in 1887 after nine years
with the Lowell Courier Citizen and
the Lowell Evening Leader. He was
born at Lowell and educated in the
high school there.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
No Gas, No Phone Trial
Gets Manager Jail Term

BY tfe Associated Press.
JEFFERSON. Iowa. Feb. 5.-Carl
H. Daubendiek. manager of the
Jefferson Telephone Co.. was SEN
fenced yesterday to spend 30 days
in the Greene County Jail and pay
4 fine OF $500 for interrupting tele-
phone service in the no gas, no
telephone service" case
Daubendiek was convicted last
Saturday for failing to transmit
telephone messages speedily.
The maximum penalty under the
charge is one year in Jail and a
$500 fine.
The State accused Daubendiek
of Intentionally interfering with
telephone service for two hours the
night of December Is because of an
argument with his rationing board
over gasoline for an automobile he
asserted was needed in the business
Witnesses testified the telephone
manager told them no gas, no tele-
phone service"
Daubendiek denied tampering
with the telephone service and
blamed the interruption on tech
nical trouble with equipment.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Foreign Communications
Rules Unified by Censor
PY the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press.
The Once of Censorship has con-
solidated regulations governing all
international communications in a
step which replaced with a single
code the previously separate rules
for postal, cable and telephone CEN
sorship.
The new single set of regulations
covers all press dispatches. period
icals, books, private and business
letters, cablegrams. radiograms. tele-
phone messages and other communi-
cations leaving the United States.
1t includes list of topics which
may not be mentioned in commune
cations to foreign countries and
which parallels the press code for
voluntary censorship.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
| 29 Officials Needed
To Buy New York's
Paste, Probe Shows
p, rhe Associated Pre-

FN ne As SeoCialeG IfetS-
ALBANY, N. Y. Feb 5.-Out
Of II little bottles Of mucllage,
bought by the State after Off
cial action Dv 20 persons.
evolved an investigation of New
York's purchasing practices to-
day
Gov. Thomas E Dewey or
Gered inquiry into the system of
purchasing minor supplies when
he learned:
Two committee chaIrmen. two
stenographers seven State War
Council employees, IA employees
of the Department of Audit and
Control, the Governors assist
ant counsel and three other
paid employees had 10 service
the order. The bottles cost 70
cents.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Duke EIIington's Ex-Monoger
Gets Suspended Term in Theft

A man who described himself as
The former piano teacher of Duke
Ellington today pleaded not guilty
ana received a suspended sentence
when charged with the theft OF d
crucif1X valued at 81
The man. Lewis r Thomas. 81.
colored, OF 946 T street NV. said
he formerly owned the Oriental
/ Garden Night Club, where Eihne-
! ton himself Washingtonian
played his first professional engage
/ ment
| Metropolitan Police Detective r
P. Kelly testified he had seen
Thomas leave the Union Drug Store
IN Union Station Wednesday morn
ing with a cruciflx under his arm
He said Thomas formerly had asked
him the price of the cross, bu,
Evening star., 1943-02-05

had returned it to the counter after
learning its price
When the detective saw Thomas
leave the store for the last time
he took him into custody. Later
examination disclosed that Thomas
also had on his person a number
of cigars and an ashtray valued
at $l50, according to Detective
Kelly's testimony. Thomas denied
stealing the ashtray at the time.
He said that he intended to pay
them later" for the crucif1X, which
he said he wanted for his 94-year-
old mother,
In pronouncing sentence. Judge
George D. Nelson stated that the
cruciflx made him mindful Of two
nciples-honesty. which he mem
toned TO Thomas. and charity,
which he said guided him in his
decision
Evening star., 1943-02-05
BY the Associated Press

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. S.
Little Roxy. 2i2- ton elephant who
had to be turned over daily by an
automobile wrecker in her last ILL
ness, is dead after weeks of tender
| care.
Death came yesterday in Mayor
Manson Reichert's garage as Little
Roxy was dangling from the wrecker
crane. Her swaying trunk became
still and her head dropped sud-
denly.
The wrecker lowered her quickly
to the floor and George Powers. her
trainer patted her head, cajoling
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Roxy, 88 -Yeor-O|d Elephant,
Dies in Garage Hospital

her to show some signs of life.
Desperately he tried to force a
stlmulant down her throat, but
tears gushed down his face as he
realized that Roxy was beyond help.
Roxy. 88 years old. was a veteran
trouper. She had toured Europe
and the United States. The Mayors
garage became her hospital last No.
vember. She became Ill after being
stranded here with a small circus
troupe by transportation difficulties.
Roxy, in death. will aid in the
war effort Her body was taken to
the city rendering plant. Fats from
the plant are used in the manufac-
ture Of explosives
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Parme|ee Testifies
At ICC Hearing on
Rail Rates and Fares
Economist Sees Eorninos
Cut by Toxes, Higher
Costs and Depreciation
Earlier Story on Page Alb.


A railroad economist, testifying ir
support Of retention of rate and fare
increases. told the Interstate Com
merce Commission today the carriers
would have earned only $4,000 OOC
more in 1912 than in 194l, despite a
tremendous increase in traffic. if
present levels of prices, taxes and
depreciation had been in effect
throughout the year.
The ICC is considering petitions
filed by Government agencies ask
ing that it rescind freight rate and
passenger fare increases it author
lied last year for the announced
purpose of offsetting wage increases
railroads granted their workers.
A number of livestock dealers and
other associations filed similar petit
tions after the Office of Price Ad-
ministration led Federal agencies in
asking the 1CC to act. The OPA
said it regarded the increases as
inflationary.
Parmelee Shows Chart.
The witness was DR.. julius II
Parmelee. director of the Associa-
ton OF American Railroads Eco
nomics Bureau.
He placed 1912 net earnings Of
class railroads at $3.50 900 000-
a record sum-compared with $780,
100000 in the previous year. al
though railroads performed one
third more freight service and 80
per cent more passenger service
than in 194l.
designed to show that with adjust
ments made on the basis of current
levels of cost and taxes the 1912
income would have been $50. l00, 900.
1T is under these price levels and
conditions that the railroads must
do business now and in the future"
Mr.. Parmelee said This year they
will not pay Federal taxes on the
1912 basis. but on the higher basis
Of l943.
Replacement Costs.
This year. as materials, supplies
and fuel bought in earlier years are
used up and worn out in service at
an increasingly rapid rate, they
must be replaced with coal. oil. ties
and other materials and supplies
bought at present higher prices
The witness also had data show
ing that the railroads spent 1884,
65l,256 last year for additions and
Improvements of road and equip
ment and to reduce obligations.
This included s533,l9l. $40 for bet
terment and s43l .459,6l6 for pay
ment on obligations. of which $685.
594,123 was on long term debt and
sl04.6l5.l30 was on equipment OBJ
legations.
The total spent for betterments
and reduction OF debt in 194l was
$805, ,l6l 100, Mr. Parmelee said.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Copper Would Call
u. S. New Year Day
Good Neiqhbor Day

Senator Capper. Republican,
of Kansas, suggests that Con-
gress authorize the President TO
proclaim each New Year Day as
Good Neighbor Day"
The setting aside of such
day, he told the Senate yester-
day in offering resolution en-
hodyine the proposal, would
serve as an 'inspirati ton and
standard for all the days to fol-
low. leading to better relations
at home, in all the Americas
and throughout the world"
Evening star., 1943-02-05
O'Conor Names DR.. Bird
Health Bourd Member
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, Feb. 5-Dr
Jacob w. Bird Of Sandy Spring has
been appointed by Gov O'Conor as
member of the State Board OF
Health in place of the late DR.. Ben
jamin c. Perry of Bethesda. He will
serve the remainder of the fve-year
term of DR.. Perry. which began in
May, 1910.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
Police Captains
| Plea Ends Strike
lat War Plant
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-After bid
ding his Youngest son farewell as he
left to be inducted into the Army.
Police Capt. John Collins reported
for duty at his Bronx police station.
There was sltdown strike he was
told. a. the Acme Laboratory Equip
ment Co. which manufactures meoi-
cal supplies for the Army.
Capt Collins went to the plant.
He talked to the idle employees. He
spoke Of young Americans fighting
in Africa. In the islands of the
Pacific, IN planes over China. over
Europe. He spoke of men still TO
be wounded in action. men whose
lives might be saved by doctors
using Acme equipment-if the
equipment was delivered
He promised that he. personally.
would ask the War Labor Board for
speedy action on the workers COM
plants about wages and working
condition.
After minutes the employees be-
gan to eye one another. They
marched to their benches and began
10 make medical equipment again.
Evening star., 1943-02-05

the spirit Of his citizens will keep
'em buying bonds.
Evening star., 1943-02-05
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK Feb : ,Tt-Nat!onal A
ISOLATION Securities Dealers, Inc
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Women Organize Alexandra
Car Pool and Make 1t Work

The entire system was made pos
sible by the efforts of the city's 600
block leaders who carried the appli-
cation cards from door to door. ex-
planned their purpose, assisted In
filling them out and returned them
to the committee. This group OF
women was organized four months
ago, and the car pool survey was
the third job they have done.
Prior to the issuing OF Ration
Book 2. they made a house to- house
tour, explaining the workings OF
food rationing and carrying instruc-
tional leaflets.
RationinE Is Explained.
One block leader found an Italian
woman who was so baffled by the
mysteries of rationing that she had
not even secured Ration Book l.
Failing in her attempt at an ex-
planation. the block leader took ner
to the ration board and saw to it
that she got the necessary books.
A survey Of the city by the block
leaders resulted in assignment of $50
Victory garden plots by the COM
mittee, and in many more requests
than they could fill. The block
leaders found the land as we'll as the
gardeners.
Mrs. Lee is looking forward to a
survey OF the city to determine how
much available space exists for hous-
ing OF war workers, and also to a
survey for the evacuation committee
Evening star., 1943-06-20

A car pool locating system that
really works is being operated in
Alexandria by women of the Co.
ordinating Committee for Civilian
War Services.
Mrs. Dudley Lee, chairamn of the
committee, said many a person has
come to the center in City Hall,
where large chart acts as rapid
ride selector, fully convinced that
his destination or working hours
make car pool impossible. In a
few minutes, she said. he goes out
again, a member of a ride sharing
group.
Daily from 10 a m. to pm. and
Wednesdays from 7:30 to $50 pm.
drivers and would-be passengers
come to the Office of the committee.
and it is matter of a few moments
for the committee member in charge
to consult the large self -dispatching
car pool boards to see if a car pool
can be arranged.
Divided Into Zones.
The boards marked Rides
Wanted" and Passengers Wanted
are divided into zones, correspond
ing to zones marked out on a map of
Washington. In each block hang
cards filled out by both drivers and
riders, stating where they live, where
they work, what hours they work.
their route 10 Washington, and how
many passengers they can carry if
they are drivers. =
Applicants are given names and
addresses of possible passengers or
lifts. and are told to try TO make
some arrangement and then to
notify the committee of the result.
If. after a diligent search, the
committee is convinced that the ap-
plicant's hours or place of work
make a pool impossible, a state
ment to that effect is signed and
taken back to the ration board so
gasoline may be is
sued.