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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

The stage has been set in the
Senate for one of the hottest DO
htical debates of the Roosevelt
Observation-Disclosures the nomi-
nation of Edward J. Flynn of
New York. former Democratic
national chairman, to be United
States Minister to Australia. The
nomination will be called up tor
discussion when the Senate is In
session next Monday.
The fact that three Democratic
members of the Senate Foreign
Relations Com IN ittee voted
against the Flynn nomina ton,
when a favorable report was Or
dered by the narrow margin of
Is to 10, is indicative of the
closeness of the vote when it
comes in the Senate itself.
Mr.. Flynn's nomination is a
personal one to President Roose-
welt. His critics have charged he
is paying off political debt to
a politician who has served him
well in the past but who in recent
months has been discredited.
Supporters of Mr.. Flynn and the
President reply that the attack
is an effort on the part OF enc
mics to discredit Mr.. Roosevelt.
One thing seems clear. Presi-
dent Roosevelt's antagonism to-
ward very material group of
Democratic Senators - which
went so far in a number of cases
as an effort to purge" them
from the Senate-is coming home
to roost. The President sought
to defeat for denomination all
three Democrats who voted
against Mr.. Flynn in the COM
mittee, either by his personal
efforts or through some of his
friends. There are other Demo-
cratic Senators who have wealth
cred the Roosevelt storm against
them, too, and who appear ready
to vote no" on the Flynn nomi-
nation. Added to them are
Democratic Senators who are
violently opposed to the New
Deal administration for other
reasons.
Fight on Other Grounds.
None of the Democrats whom
the President sought to purge"
admit that their attitude today
grows out of the purge cam
paigns. They will go to the bat
against Mr.. Flynn on other
grounds entirely - and certainly
they can ind enough other
grounds.
The charge will be made that
Mr.. Flynn is not qualified for
diplomatic post. that he has not
had training along those lines,
and that to send him to Austria
liza, an important war area, makes
1t all the worse. However, polit-
ical debts, including large dona-
tions to campaign funds, have
been paid heretofore by many
administrations with appoint
ments to important diplomatic
posts.
1t is an open secret that the
Flynn appointment has been a
source of grief to many OF the
Democrats in the Senate who will
finally vote for him. They have
been importuned by many per-
sons in their States to vote
against confirmation. Newspapers
have attacked the appointment
widely. Some of these Senators
say they intend, during the
course of the debate, to lay the
responsibility for the Flynn ap-
pointment right in the lap of
President Roosevelt If people
feel outraged because of the ap-
pointment, then they should
realize, these Senators insist, just
who is responsible for making the
appointment and place the blame
there.
Republicans, feeling the puo-
lie sentiment back of them, ale
going to town in their opposition
to the nomination. With one pos
sible exception, it is expected that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
Dr.. james <. West Takes
Chief Scout Post Feb. !

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Walter H.
Head, president of the National
Council OF the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea, announced last night that DR..
James E. West would relinquish his
position as chief Scout executive to
become chief scout February l.
He will be succeeded as chief Scout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

executive by DR.. Ebert K. FretwelI
professor Of education at teachers
college, Columbia University.
DR.. West has served as chief
Scout executive for 80 years. In a
message to him on his s5th BIRTH
day May Is, l94l, President Roose-
welt said ito you belongs much of
the credit for the effectiveness OF
scouting in this country"
DR.. Fretwell has been Identified
with the Scout movement for IS
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
MouIton to Be Speaker

Harold G. Moulton. president Of
the Brookings Institution, will speak
at a meeting Of the University of
Chicago Club Of Washington at 4
pm. Sunday in the Cosmos Club.
His subject will be After the War
What"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

THE opinions OF the riters this page their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars EFFORT to give all sides OF questions OF interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed TO The Stars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
Firms Cut Firewood

Forestry committees In Finland
have been ordered to compel the
telling Of s,500.000 cubic feet of tim
Der to be used chiefly for firewood.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Pacific !
Continued From First Page.)

airdromes and harbor capable Of
accommodating a good sized fleet.
Capture of the Salamaua air.
drome September II and the Lac air
base September 16 has been followed
quickly by increased fighter and at
tack plane activity over New Britain
Today's communique reported that
fighters, identified by a spokesman
as P-40s, dive-bombed installations
on the tiny island of Gasmata.
Beauforts, medium bombers, set
supply dumps afire and exploded
ammunition in the Kimbe Bay re-
gion, which is $50 miles from Ra-
baul and slightly more than $50
miles from Lae-Salamaua. Long
range fighters previously have moved
into this sector.
In other air activity reported to-
day, Mitchells swung inland along
the Markham Valley beyond posi-
tions seized by paratroopers Sep
tember S. The bombers dropped
many tons of explosives and fired
Al 900 rounds of ammunition at JAP
anese trying a back door escape
from the debacle at Lac. The
Mitchells roamed as far as Ragit-
suma, 80 miles northwest of Lac
without spotting an enemy plane.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Nozis Reported RepuIsed
By Yuqosiov Patriots

NEW YORK. Sept. Is (P.-The
Morocco radio said today a commu-
nique broadcast by the Free Yugo-
slav radio" reported that tank
supported German formations were
repulsed in an attack on positions of
Yugoslav patriots near Split and
that the Germans lost 300 men killed
and two tanks destroyed.
The Moroccan broadcast recorded
by United States Government mon
itors, quoted the communique as re-
porting that there had been heavy
fighting around Gorilla and Ljubl-
Jana, but that the Germans failed to
break the lines of the Army of
Liberation" Yugoslav patriots also
repulsed Nazi attempts to land on
the islands of Sipanj and Mljet in
the Adriatic Sea, sinking one troop
ship and one supply ship, the COM
munique said.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
5 Brothers Reunited
On Coast Guard Leave

Five Silver Spring brothers serv-
ing with the Coast Guard, who en-
listed together last October, were re-
united this week when they spent
furloughs with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Wayman E. Fincham, 1914
Second avenue.
Stationed in various parts of the
country on sea duty, the brothers,
by coincidence, received leaves at
the same time. All have returned
to duty except Edwin, 10, who was
operated on for appendicitis Tues
day at the Naval Medical Center,
Bethesda. He is stationed at George
town, S. C.
The other brothers are Weldon,
81. gunner's mate, first class, who is
on sea duty; Electricians Mate
Leonard, %, stationed at Arkansas
Pass, Tex; Alvin, "a, at Bay Shore.
Long Island, NJ Y, and William, Is,
at Pensacola, Fla.
A sixth brother, Lewis, IS, a war;
rant officer in the Army, is some
where in England.
The Finchams have two other
sons who expect to be called into
service shortly under the father
draft. They are Lester, 33, an, en-
ploye of the Government Printing
Once. and Aubrey. 81. who lis with
the telephone company. The young
est son. Charles. is. carries out war
projects with his high school work.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Ii. Col. Felix A. Todd
Decorated PosfhumousIy

1t. Col Felix A. Todd, who for
merly lived at 212 Granville drive,
Silver Spring. has been awarded
posthumously the Legion of fsMerit
for exceptionally meritorious con-
duct" the War Department an
nounced today. Col Todd was killed
in an airplane accident near SAKE,
Va, on June 80.
In announcing the award, the
War Department said Col Todd was
instrumental in organizing and exc
cutting the system of officer candi-
date school instruction which was
used as an example by other serv-
ice schools.
! AS assistant to the Assistant Chief
of Staff, Army Ground Forces, from
July 81, 1912, until his death, Col.
Todd materially assisted in formu-
lating training technique for ground
force infantry units, the War De-
partment stated.
"His entire service was marked
with accomplishment which did
credit to himself and to his coun-
try" the citation concluded.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Finnish Leader Want,
Red Guarantees and
Normal Relations
BY the Associated Press


STOCKHOLM, Sept. 25.-vaino
Tanner, Finland's Finance Minister
and Social Democratic Party head,
declared last night that if Finland
could get guarantee that we will
not be threatened by permanent
danger" from Russia I'VE would be
ready to establish normal relations" !"
In speech at the Helsinki COM
munity hall. Tanner said "our op-
ponent, "the Soviet Union, is much
stronger than the world had
thought" and continued:
ut (Russia) cannot be conquered
militarily. AS realists, we must take
that into consideration in our for
eign policy.
I'VE must start from fact in the
future and will have to live as neigh
bors to strong Russia. We should
try to establish as good relations as
possible with the Soviet Union. If
we could get guarantee that we
will not be threatened by permanent
danger from that direction we would
be ready to establish normal
relations"
Tanner asserted that while Fin
lands aim was to get out of the war
"it is quite clear that we cannot be
satisfied with any other peace except
one which guarantees our safety in
the future" He said the Kremlin
was "as silent as a Sphinx" in the
matter, and added that if Russia
wished to convey its ideas lit surely
will find channels"
He discouraged the discussion of
peace within Finland, saying such
talk was progressing everywhere in
the land and adding ''it is difficult
to see who could gain by it.
the cleverest thing would be if we
at home stopped discussing peace
1t cannot help it forward, but could
only be of use to the enemy"
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Police Ii. FIaherty
Promoted 10 Captain

The Commissioners today ap-
proved the temporary promotion to
captain of 1t. John Flaherty of No.
5 police precinct, at an annual SAL
ary of $500.
Capt. Flaherty, who has been at
the fifth precinct since 1884, is a
veteran of almost 36 years with the
department. Born in 1883, he Joined
the force in 1907, serving with the
detective bureau from 1919 to 1882,
when he was made a lieutenant.
His record shows that he received
81 concentrations for bravery and
meritorious service, and is credited
with the apprehension of a num-
ber of murderers.
The Comissioners' action TODAY
fills nine temporary vacancies in
the department created by members
on military leave. All promotions
are to temporary ranks and were
made on recommendation of Mai.
Edward j. Kelly, superintendent OF
police.
Other promotions follow:
hSSh ep' coiiAA y. 1OOIAdyIlC, pIUIlOGPQ
to lieutenant, at a salary of $3,050 a
year.
Detective Sergt. Thomas j. Sulli-
van, promoted to lieutenant at a
salary of $3,050.
Pvt. John B. Monroe promoted to
sergeant, at salary of $2,75O.
Precinct Detective Horace E. Car
anfa, temporarily detailed to the
Detective Bureau with additional
compensation of $500 year.
Precinct Detective Samuel M.
Scott temporarily detailed as detec-
tive sergeant in the Detective
Bureau, with additional compensa-
tion of $500 a year.
Pvt Martin A. Kelly temporarily
detailed as detective sergeant in the
Detective Bureau, with $500 in
crease in salary annually.
Pvt. Matthew l.. Bailey temporar-
lily detailed as precinct detective
with an annual increase of $240 a
year.
Pvt Joseph D. Loughrin, tempor-
arily detailed as precinct detective,
with an increase of $240 year.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Rumania Is Reported
Seeking Armistice
In Ankara Talks
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, Sept. 25-Reports, some
clearly of German origin, circulated
here today that representatives of
the Rumanian government are ne
gotiating with Allied representatives
at Ankara, Turkey, for an armistice.
The Rumanians first attempted,
the reports said, to omit the Rus
slams and negotiate only with the
western powers, but, falling in this,
agreed to meet the tr1power repre-
sentatives.
There was no indication of the
progress of the rumored meetings,
but Balkan representatives here feel
that such conferences might be
linked with Budapest reports of
growing tension between Rumania
and Hungary over Transylvania,
Northern Rumanian area ceded to
Hungary under Axis pressure.
CHS recorded a London broadcast
OF a report from Istanbul today
that Bulgarian envoy is expected
there soon to seek a basis for Turk
ish intervention with the Allies on
Bulgaria's behalf.
The Berlin radio, reporting or
Axis activity in the Balkans, said
an Albanian national committee
had been formed in that former
kingdom to replace the Italian gov
eminent there after the treason OF
Badoglio and the flight of the AL
banian Prime Minister" Germany
it said, has recognized the COM
mittee.
Mustafa Merlika Kruja, an AL
banian who had spent considerable
time in Italy before the Italian in
vasion, was named Premier of the
Italian dominated government In
1941. The Berlin radios reference
to the flight of the Albanian Prime
Minister" presumably referred tc
him,
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Beayerbrook Returns
10 Cabinet; Anderson
Gets Exchequer Post
Iy the Associated Pres.

Iy the Associated Press.
LONDON. Sept. 2s.--Lord Beaver
brook came back into the British
cabinet today after an absence OF
20 months in q shuf1ie designed to
strengthen the government for the
direction Of postwar planning.
The newspaper publisher, one Of
the most vociferous critics of the
government since he left his post
of Minister of Aircraft Production
almost two years ago after q dis
agreement over the scope of his
position, returned as lord privy seal
but without membership In Prime
Minister Churchill's war cabinet.
As general utility minister he will
assist Mr.. Churchill with special
administrative work and preside
over q number of governmental
committees concerned with both war
and postwar organization.
Anderson Succeeds Wood.
The appointment Of Lord Beaver.
brook was the only one announced
by No. 10 Downing Street which oc-
casioned any surprise. One OF the
major changes was the selection of
Sir John Anderson, 81, former
lord president Of the Council, for
the post OF chancellor OF the ex-
chequer to succeed Sir Kingsley
Wood, woh died Tuesday,
Sir Kingsley was not q member
OF the war cabinet but Sir John
will retain his post on that select
board.
Richard Law, ~, was moved up
from Undersecretary of the Foreign
Once to Minister of State and will
be given the responsibility for For
eign Once work concerned with
postwar planning. Mr.. Law led the
British delegation at the United Ma
tons food conference at Hot
Springs, Va, last spring.
Three other changes were in.
volved in the shuttle.
| ViScount Cranborne becomes Sec.
retary Of State for Dominion Affairs
and retains his post as leader of the
House Of Lords. Mai. Clement
Attlee assumes the ONCE of Lord
President of the Council and con-
tinues as Deputy Prime Minister.
r. @. Casey, who has been Minister
OF State, now becomes Minister OF
State resident in the Middle East.
Popular in Washington.
The Canadian-b Beaverbrook,
often called 'sBritain's little Beaver, !"
lis popular in Washington and Mos
COW,
He has held five government posts
in Mr.. Churchills administration
Minister of Production in 1940-41,
Minister of State for a few weeks
| in 1912, Minister of Supply in 194l-
~, and then for brief period Min
| lister of Production. When he re-
tired from the last post he gave i'll
health as his reason.
One of the chief differences be-
tween Lord Beaverbrook and the
government was his insistence on
a land attack on Western Europe
At one time his demands were SC
insistent that he was criticized in
the House of Lords for trying te
force the governments hand.
He veered sharply on April 20
when he said he was satisfied with
the governments policy.
Evening star., 1943-09-25

Stalingrad, the Russians have ac-
complished two thirds of their task
of hurting the invaders from Soviet
soil.
Hitler's steadily retreating forces
have now given up all but about
230, 900 of the 100000 square miles
OF Soviet territory they held at the
height of their successes, and hold
only about 3 per cent of Russia S
$500, ,O0O-square-mile area.
Even in it's easternmost penetra-
ton at Stalingrad the Germans oc-
cupied only about per cent of that
vast nation.
Since then the Red Army has
driven them westward $50 miles ano
now stands $50 miles from the ole
Polish border. Another 150-mile
retreat would place the German.
on the "Ribbentrop- -Molotov" line
the springboard of Hitler's invasion
| OF Russia on June 6, 1941.
Advance on Kiev. =
The Red troops at Kiev were
separated only by the breadth O.
the Dnieper River from the enemy
Moscow announced in its regular
daily war bulletin.
The Soviet communique hac
announced the capture of Korelly
7 miles northeast of Smolesnk
around which the famous Todt engi.
neers had constructed vast system
of defense.
Other Moscow radio reports said 6
second column of Red Army troop.
was advancing from the north five
miles away while third column wa.
swinging up from the south.
SmolenSk, which has two railroad.
entering it from the west and three
from the east, fell to the German.
July Is, 1941.
Marshal Semeon Timoshenkc
threw thousands of his best troops
into tremendous battle to recap
ture the city in December, 1941, but
was forced back. Marshal Gregory
K. Zhukov tried again in the follow.
ing spring, and was stopped only
after the Germans had counterat-
tackled more than 80 times.
Roslavl, which lies midway be.
tween Smolensk and Bryansk, was
| captured by the Germans soon after
Smolensk fell.
There was every indication thai
the fall of SmolenSk and the eX-
pected capitulation of Kiev woulc
mean that Germany has lost hel
fight with Russia.
Crossings Attempted, Nazis Say.
The Berlin radio said the Russians
already had tried to cross the Dnie.
per River only ! mile above Kie,
where the Desna River joins the
Dnieper, but the latest Soviet com.
munique made no mention of 8
crossing, or an attempt to cross.
Nevertheless, the Germans men.
toned another attempt by Rec
Army forces to cross the river below
Gomel, at a point where the Pripet
River enters the Dnieper. This coulc
serve as a jumping-off place for 8
Russian drive into White Russia.
Russia's great siege guns already
were mounted at Borispol, II mile.
southeast of Kiev, and the Ukrainiar
capital heard the thunder of these
giant batteries as they opened fire
To the northeast, Soviet spearheads
had already swept through Lyeski
| 18 miles from the great Dneipel
base.
Breaching of the Dnieper barrier
at Kiev of the high western bank
of the river probably would force
the Nazis to abandon the whole
length of the lower reaches of the
Dnieper Valley to escape encircle-
ment-just as they have been fall.
ing back for two and one-hal1
months across the Donets Basin and
the Desna salient.
Collapse Of Smolensk is expected
to roll the Germans back to White
Russia and the boundaries of the
Baltic pawn states-Latvia, Lithu-
ania and Estonia.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Permanent Anti-Freeze
To Go on Sale October |
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Owners of passenger cars may
purchase the so-called permanent
types" of anti-freeze beginning Oc-
tober /, the War Production Board
announced yesterday. Until that
date the supply will be reserved for
commercial vehicles, tractors, sta
tionary engines and police cars.
The so-called permanent types"
of anti-freeze are those with an
ethylene glycol base. They will not
vaporize at as high temperature
as will anti-freeze mixtures based
on alcohol.
WPB says it is possible to use
the permanent types" year after
year and recommends that auto
mobile owners save the fluid for the
following winter.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
House Unit Acts to Bolk
Cut in Gas Allowance
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An unofficial House committee
moved today to parry in advance any
effort to reduce the coupon gasoline
allowance for motorists outside the
Eastern shortage area, with Repre-
sentative Brown, Republican of
Ohio, asserting there is too much
bureaucratic bungling and buck
passing on this whole question"
Representative Brown, chairman
of the group which is composed
chiefly of Midwestern, Western and
Southwestern legislators, said sub
committee would meet Tuesday or
Wednesday to discuss the entire gas
oline situation-rationing, produc-
ton and prices.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Housing and Drainage
Contracts Awarded

The War Department has an
nounced the award of two contracts
totaling $470,000 for the construc-
ton of housing and drainage facil-
tiles in the Washington area.
One contract went to the E. L.
Daniels Co. of Arlington for housing
there, and involves $4,000 The
other was to Wilmoth Paving Co.,
Washington, for drainage facilities
in Fairfax County, to cost $400 900.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
High Winds Tear OFF
Part of KremIin Roof
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Sept. 25.-High winds
which swept through Moscow Thurs
day night, breaking windows and
uprooting trees, tore Of a part of
the Kremlin roof.
Damage was done to buildings
which overlook the United States
Embassy, but 1t was not heavy. A
window was blown out of Spasso
House. home of the United States
Ambassador.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Orrin S. Parsons Dies;
Was Landscape Artist

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA FE. NJ Mex. Sept. 25.-
Orrin Sheldon Parsons, nationally
known for his vivid New Mexico
landscape paintings. is dead.
The 75-year-old painter died last
night after suffering a heart attack
Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Students Urge Argentine
To Break With Axis
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 25.-The
Inter American student Congress
last night unanimously approved a
resolution introduced by the Boliv-
ian delegation to send a message to
President Pedro Ramirez Of Argen-
tina asking that his government
break relations with the Axis.
In another resolution the congress
voted to reafiirm its support of de-
mocracy and It's principles.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Russia
Continued From First Page.)


grad salient and had repulsed So
Wet tank-supported counterattacks
on the Murmansk sector in the far
north.
Strong Russian attacks on Ger
man bridgeheads on the eastern
bank of the Middle Dnieper River
were hurled back with heavy tank
losses, the communique asserted and
Soviet columns operating north of
Cherkasi were smashed, it was
claimed.
In the nine months since a Red
Army threw back the Germans from
Evening star., 1943-09-25
GuerriIIus
Continued From First Page.

burned the villages of Aetos and
Rodakino.
ISTANBUL. Sept. 25 (P).-Greek
and Serbian guerrilla forces are pre-
pairing for joint action against Ger
man communications and troop con-
centrations, reliable information
from NaN-Occupied Greece disclosed
today.
Three high commanders of the
Andarts, Greek patriotic organiza-
ton conferred recently with Allied
Middle East military officials at an
undisclosed location, the informa-
ton said, and as result they will
meet shortly with Gen. Draja Mi
hailovich or his representatives
somewhere in Yugoslavia to plan
Joint tactics.