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Evening star., 1943-10-24
.RAF Pounds KasSe|,
Biq Nazi Arms Center;
"A Planes Lost in Raid
! 500 Tons Of Bombs
Dropped on Factories;
Frankfurt, Cologne Hit
By The Associated Press.

BY me Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. GA great
fleet of British four-engined
bombers penetrated heavy
screen of fighters and murky
weather last night and dropped
1900 long tons of bombs in an
effective attack on the German
armament city of Kassel, losing
A bombers on the mission.
A subsidiary force hit Frankfurt
and the small but swift plywooo
Mosquito bombers raided the Co
logne area.
The RATS losses on the Kasse
raid raised the total for the month
to l63 in nine major operations. but
the Air Ministry described the blow
as highly effective Returning crews
brought back photographs showing
huge fires they left burning under
a pail OF smoke, filling The skies fol
a height Of more than 3 miles.
Meet Heavy Resistance.
The Nazis threw up an unusually
heavy fighter force to CHECK this
latest phase of an air bombardmen,
running through both day anc
night, but the British were out il
what was described as very grea
strength and the tonnage equalee
or exceeded the 1900 long ton.
dropped the last time the city wa!
hit, October 3.
The A downed planes represented
the heaviest loss to the British
bomber command since the Angus
81 raid on Berlin, when Al aircrafr
were missing, but the number wa!
under the RATS record loss of 5;
suffered in the August % attack or
Berlin.
Still torn by the October 3 pound
~
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Presidents Head Cold
Develops Into Grippe

Ey the Associated Press
The head cold which kept Presi-
dent Roosevelt away from his office
Friday developed yesterday into
grippe with slight fever.
Although ordered to stay in his
room and not see any callers, the
Chief Executive attended to the
days mail and dictated to stenog-
rapher for good part of the
morning.
Stephen Early. White House sec
retary, said the President had /
degree of fever.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Reds Capture Me|itopoL KeyCity
In South> Sweep On to Crimea;
Japs Cut off North ofFinschhafen
Driven Inland by
Aussies, Blasted
By U. S. Bombers
Ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sunday, Oct. 24.-Japanese hopes
OF escaping to the New Guinea
coast on the Huon Peninsula in
strength have been blasted by
determined attacks delivered by
Australian troops and American
bOmberS.
These attacks blunted the enemy
spearhead and forced him to fall
back Friday from the village Of
Katika westward to a depth of LOO
yards toward his inland jungle
strong positions at Sattelberg.
The Australians, who thus closed
the narrow corridor which japanese
earlier in the week had driven to .te
coast about miles north OF Allied
won Finschhafen, counted more
than $40 enemy dead,
While units of the Australian 9Th
Division succeeded in blocking the
coastal outlet of escape Tor consla-
cradle enemy forces, American
flown Mltchells swept over the rear
areas. They soWed destruction with
their bombs and more than 55 900
rounds of 50-caliber machine gun
fire.
Liberators Blast Troops.
This new aerial devastation piled
up the toll of enemy dead caused
Thursday by a record single day
load of 22l tons dropped by Liberia
tors around Sattelberg on troop
concentrations.
The initial success of small ele-
ments of japanese in driving a mar
row, five-mile long corridor from
Sattelberg to the coast of the penin-
Sula does not seem to foreshadoW a
regaining of the offensive by the
Japanese in the New Guinea
theater
/ The eastward drive, now halted
instead indicates the enemy is near
ing the southern limits of the New
Guinea territory he is willing tc
abandon without a more determined
show Of resistance than he displayed
before yielding Lac and Salamaua
in September.
The direction of the thwarted
japanese coastal drive made it ap-
parent the enemy is not trying tc
recapture the small port of Finsch-
hafen, which the Australians occu-
pied OCTOBER z, 10 DAYS after they
landed from Rear Admiral DAME
Barney's United States Navy am
phibious craft.
+ The Japanese command seemed
bent on trying to get its force out
(See PACIFIC, Page A-2lJ
Evening star., 1943-10-24


ment of the disaster today after in
vestigating salvage possibilities.
Twenty eight merchant crewmen
and members Of Navy gun crews
were saved. most of them leaping
overheard as the flames whipped
over the decks and spread out over
the water.
Persons ashore heard the eXplo-
sion and saw the towering flames
and gave the alarm which sent Coast
Guard craft racing to the scene.
One of the ships. northbound and
riding low in the water with the
weight of the gasoline. had 43 crew.
men aboard. including seven naval
gunners, and only seven men sur
vived.
The other tanker. southbound in
ballast, was manned by a crew of
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Gen. Eisenhower Warns Nation
To Expect Long and Bitter War

tory, over bitter, rough road. Our
men know it, and are ready for it..
But they want to be assured above
all else that the home front is be-
hind them"
The general said the success of
the recent Third War Bond drive
had cheered the soldiers on the
fighting front, but added that there
were times when the men worried
about home front support.
Il think my men would like me to
be brutally honest and tell you that
sometimes in the past they have
worried about how you feel" Gen.
Eisenhower said. They know that
it is your war as much as theirs"
Mr.. Morgenthau, who is touring
(see EISENHOWER, Page AID
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Strong kazi Forces
Block Road 10 Rome
By Bold Counterattac|
KesseIring's Tanks Lead
Costly Assault Against
Advance of 5th Army

F| Inc Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Al
9ierS, Oct. 23.-MarShal Albert
KeSselring's forces, although
thrown back by the 5th Army
after launching a fierce tank led
counterattack in the Alife region.
dug in firmly today in their new
positions on the Massico Ridge
Mount Maltese Line. solidly block
ing the road to Rome.
The hard counterattack was one
of the sharpest the Germans have
put in since their attempt to drive
the 5th Army back into the sea
four days after landing on the
beach at Salerno.
1t cost them dearly. A number
of Nazi tanks we're knocked out by
the deadly fire Of American artil-
lery. but the fury with which it was
launched was an indication of the
Germans determination to hold
their new line stubborn!y.
8th Army Advances.
The 9Th Army also frustrated a
counterattack near Montecilfone
and then advanced 2 miles. taking
Lupara, which dominates high
ground in Central Italy.
An Allied communique detailing
Yesterdays land developments hint
ed further action was in progress
on the 5th Army's front by saving
that the gain made in taking a
commanding height in an unidentl-
he'd area was being exploited"
The object Of the German counter
thrusts was to disrupt Allied often
Slve actions and the Germans in
Variably launch them just before
they think the Allies a1e about to
deliver blow
Allied aviation ranged the battle
area, lending its invaluable support
to the men on the ground by press
ing home numerous attacks against
gun positions, troop concentrations
and motor transport.
Rail CenterS Bombed,
/ Other bombers of the Northwest
African Air Force hit rail communi-
cations at Grosseto, 80 miles above
Rome, and Orvieto, so miles north
Of the capital The Elevsis airfield
near Athens also was hit hard by
medium bombers escorted by Light
nings.
The RAF Middle East Command
also announced that Martha air.
field on the island of Rhodes was
bombed Thursday night for the third
successive night and shipping and
harbor installations were attacked
on NaXos and Syros Islands. These
islands are part of the Cyclades
group which the Germans occupied
after the fall of Greece and used
as the main springboard for the air
invasion of Crete.
In addition to the land and air
(See ITALY, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Argentina Acts 10 QueII
Student Demonstrations
Ey the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO. Oct. 23.-Argen-
tine officials sought to control stu
dents striking against the govern
nents foreign policy by sending
police today to quell a demonstra
ton in Rosario, outlaWing the Stu.
Gent University Federation. anc
closing La Plata University Is days
before the normal date.
"a Buenos Aires dispatch said
a government communiQue
branded the Argentine Student
Federation as subversive and
having Communist connections.
The government said it was pre-
pared to take extremely severe
measures" to prevent any dis
turbance)
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Ey the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking
from Algiers on a War bond pro-
gram, warned the people of the
United States tonight that "it
will be a long, long way to final
victory, over a rough, bitter
road
Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau
who also spoke from Algiers over the
same program broadcast by CHS,
said the American people had over
subscribed the Third War Bond drive
by nearly S4.O00,0OO 900.
Gen. Eisenhower declared:
This is hard war,-a bitter
bloody war. Make no mistake. 1t
will be long, long way to final VIC
Evening star., 1943-10-24

73, including 25 gunners, and q
reached safety.
Most of those on deck perished
instantly.
Christopher P. Finley, %, of
Miami, third engineer aboard the
empty tanker, was at his post at
the time of the crash at 1880 pm.
Il knew something terrible had
happened,' he declared. but every
hand in the engine room stayed at
his post. and that saved lot of
lives.
Two explosions followed i'm
medlately. l cut off the engines and
rushed topside. Forward and amid =
ships were holocaust. The for
ward magazines and gun turret.s
were exploding. I knew the aft
ISoo TANLrEDC Dooo .,
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Lord WooIton Warns
Of World Food Shortuqe
Ey the Associated Press

BY The ASSOCIATED Press
DUMFRIES, Scotland, Oct. 23.-
LORD Woolton, British food minister
warned a farm girl rally today that
a Worldwide food shortage was de-
veloping, and said that in II
months from today we shall be lucky
If we still can have one shilling
twopence about "a cents worth OF
meat weekly"
Evening star., 1943-10-24

Community War Fund contri-
buttons have reached total of
81 ,49o, ,424l9-52 per cent of the
S4,800,0O0 quota Fund head
quarters announced last night
as the drive entered its fourth
week.
Leaders of 10000 volunteer solici-
tors for the campaign win meet at
1890 pm. tomorrow at the United
States Chamber of Commerce for
their second general report lunch
con.
Coleman Jennings. campaign
chairman. is hopeful that all returns
will be filed and the drive quota
reached by the end Of next week.
We ought to finish soliciting by
the end of this week. he said last
night. "and clean up the drive by the
Evening star., 1943-10-24
10000 Nuzis Lost
In Effort to Set
Up Winter Line
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. Sunday, Oct. "a
The Russian Army captured the
key city of Melitopol after II days
of street fighting and swept on
southwark today through the
fiat, muddy plains toward the
Crimea.
Moscow reports said Soviet motor
lied columns swung out in pursuit
of the Germans in a race to cut off
the Crimea at Perekop and Kherson
after smashing the laSt-ditch Ger
man stand in Melitopol.
The Germans lost more than
10000 men in their vain attempt to
establish winter line in the ravaged
city, and triumphant Moscow COM
munique, recorded by the Soviet
monitor, described Nazi losses as
extraordinarily heavy"
Hundreds of Prisoners Taken.
The Germans had rushed infantry
divisions. tanks and artillery into
the city, hoping to halt the Russians,
but bitter hand-to-hand fighting
forced back the defenders street by
street More than 1000 Germans
we're killed in the last day alone
while ST tanks and l8 guns were
wrecked. Large quantities of war
material were captured and several
hundred prisoners taken.
The fall of Melitopol yesterday
undermined the entire German de-
Tense strategy in the South. Ahead
Of the Russians were 135 miles of
indefensible steppes leading to the
mouth of the Dnieper River.
Premier Marshal Joseph Stain
announced the victory in a special
order Of the day describing Melito-
pol, on the Molochna River and the
main railway into the Crimea. as
'the most vital 'strategical center
Of German defenSeS" on the south
ern front.
The city guards the approaches
TO the Crimea and the lower reaches
of the Dnieper," Stain pointed out
In his announcement, perhaps indi-
eating he intends to send his armies
without pause into the Crimea Pen
tnsula, where it is estimated a Ger
man force Of about 100000 men is
entrenched,
German Front Shattered.
Today's victory definitely shat
tered the German front from Ia
porozhe to the Sea of Azov. which
Hitler apparently had planned to
hold as a continuation of the al
ready-brokcn nicper line.
The triumph also brought a new
threat to the large German armies
cornered Approximately so miles to
the northwest in the great bend OF
the Dnieper. RusSian armies driv-
ing down behind these forces from
the north made further progress to-
day.
The Soviet daily communique. re-
corded by the Soviet Monitor. re-
ported continuing advances both
south and southeast of Kremenchug
where they last were reported but
IS miles from the ore center of
Krivoi Rog, and south of Pereya-
slaV, where they began developing
new break-through Friday.
Stain ordered 20 saIvoes fired from
224 cannon in Moscow tonight. an
explosive fanfare reserved for the
Red Army's greatest triumphs. It
was the first firing Of the Soviet CAP
italS victory guns since the arrival
OF Secretary of State Cordeu Hull
and Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden
House to- House Fighting,
Melitopol first was entered II davs
ago, but so fierce was German re-
slStance that progress was made
only a block at a time in house-to-
house fighting reminiscent of the
siege Of Stalingrad.
Hitler was reported to have o.
tSee RUSSIA. Page 40
Evening star., 1943-10-24

AMOS ALONZO stage
Watching defeat from bench.
A. P. Wirephoto.
versity, rs to 7, in a game be-
tween two of the strongest teams
in the South.
"Details In Sports Section.)
Evening star., 1943-10-24
SO Men Die in Gasoline Inferno
As 7Qnkers Collide Off Florida
28 Survive Crash Near Palm Beach
Which Sets Off Load Of Plane Fuel
BY the Associated Press.


PALM BEACH, Fla, Oct 23Two blacked ankers coided
off the Florida darkness and 80 men
pershed in the flames which spread from the explosion
the vessels laden with thousands gallons
Evening star., 1943-10-24
mime Leaders
Strive 10 End
Strike Today
Roll WoIkout Poll
Results Expected
Within 30 Days

HEATING PROSPECT uncertain
for users of both hard coal and
fuel oil. Page A-4.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
War Fund Contributions Reach
81 Pct. of $4,000, 1000 Quota
S2,498,424 Subscribed; Second General
Report to Be Given at Luncheon Tomorrow

detailed War Fund Report on
PAGE B-5j
Evening star., 1943-10-24

(See RAIDS, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1943-10-24

(See TAXES, Page Alb
Evening star., 1943-10-24

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
80c per month when Sundays; 90c
per month when S Sundays. The
Night Final Edition and Sunday
Morning Star at 90c when Sun
days; $100 when Sundays.
Evening star., 1943-10-24

(See HOUSING, Page A-9.J
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tSee RUSSIA. Page Al.
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See TANKERS, Page
Evening star., 1943-10-24

(See ITALY, Page A-5D
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Late Judge Will
Be h0nored by
Bar Association

The late Judge r.. d. McPherrin
will be honored at pm. Wednes-
day at memorial services TO be con-
Quoted in his court room by the
Imperial County Bar association.
Bar members invited the pioneers
OF Imperial Valley to join them at
the memorial and take part in the
tribute to Judge McPherrin. a
member of the California Bar as
sociation since 1901.
S. p. Williams will deliver the
formal eulogy and attorneys and
pioneers will then speak briefly.
recalling incidents in Judge Nc
Pherrin's life The association will
pass resolutions of sympathy, have
the resolution spread on the min
utes and send a copy TO Judge Nc
Pherrin's survivors. A transcript
OF the entire memorial proceedings
will be presented to Mrs. McPher-
tin, Russell Yeager, bar association
president, said Saturday.
At the meeting Friday bar men,
bers unanimously endorsed District
Attorney Elmer Heald as Judge Nc
Pherrin's successor on the superior
court bench in Imperial county and
approved Gov. Earl Warren's action
In appointing Heald.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Axis Forces Head
Into Death Trap
Continued from Page |

the final phases of the lightning 36hour offensive tha en-
quilted both Tunis Bizerte within five minutes OF one
another yesterday Eisenhower has returned to Allied
headquarters.
s. Patton r tank expert and commander of the IND u
Corps has been transferred another important command
and replaced by Maj Gen Omar N Bradley OF Missouri
Bradley took the command of the 2nd Corps fol-
lowing its transfer from southwestern Tunsla to the
northern front and directed the successful assault on the
great naval base of Bizerte .
patton known to mis- troops as "Old Blood ana cuts
because of his oughness and daring tactics presumably
would play leading role in coming Mediterranean land
ing operations He of the abest and experienced
Hundreds of Allied bombers, fighter bombers and
fighters mercessy bombing and strafing ltaoGer
many vehicles and starting fires Eisenhowers
communique reported the Allies enjoying complete
mastery of the air. and were meeting no effective oppos-
tiOn.
Ranging ahead of the British First army, Allied bomb
ghterbombers and fighters sank II ships set IRE
to destroyer scored hits on several otner vessels ana
blasted dock installations in the gulf and harbor oil runs
yesterday.
SHIPS roll is HIGH
This brought the two-day toll of enemy shipping to AZ
ships and five destroyerS sunk or damaged
Other planes swept norhward to the Sician ports OF
Trapani and Marsala to bomb docks and shipping ~
The Axis made attempt to defend either IunlS or
Bzere once the Allies had pierced their outer defenSes,
despite earlier claims that the Germans would make a
"Tunisgrad' stand to the bitter end.
Front dispatches told of disprited Italian and German
soldiers waiting in the streets of both cities to surrender
protested that they sick of the war and said
We're not Nazis.
Frenchmen and women sobbed and sang in the streets
of Tuns the sweating, dustcovered British tankmen
rolled into the city.
Even while sporadic fighting continued few blocks
away French girls the streets to kiss the victorious
Allied soldiers The people danced for JOY amid smoke
of battle that was practically over ,
The Germans blew up many mStallat0nS before they
fled. ,
THE Italian communique today acknowledged the fal!
Of Tunis and B2ere The German communique sard Bier
had been evacuated but street fighting continued in
TuniS.)
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Truman Committee
Looks into Wrecks

WASHINGTON, May Sup
Chairman Harry S. Truman, Demo-
crat, Missouri, of the Senate was
investigating committee. said today
that his group is investigating
crashes of service airplanes, but
that it will not shoot off its face"
prematurely.
Representative James H. Morri-
son. Democrat, Alabama. had
charged that service crashes were
becoming a major war scandal and
that officers of the army flying
safety bureau We're "whitewashers
of the highest degree. He asked
why the Truman committee had
not published its findings.
Il think Representative Morrison
is talking through his hat" Tru-
man said. We are investigating
plane crashes. 1t is not the fInc-
ton of this committee to shoot off
its face before facts have been as
sembled and digested. We don't
do things that way, When our ma
terial is presented, it has been OBJ
serbed and we are rather sure that
our conclusions are correct
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

have some idea of what to do in
event of disaster
FAIL TO ENTER
"Saboteurs" failed to get into the
telephone company plant in spite
of "diSloyal" company employe
taking a company truck and at
tempting to bluff the California
State Guarders responsible for pro-
teCting the plant against in
vasion." The bluff didn't work and
the captain of the guard captured
the "saboteur" and turned him over
to the designated authorities. No
one got through the Gordon of State
Guardsmen.
But the FL Centro police. the
highway patrol, and the Southern
Pacific didn't do so well with Bill
Blackard and Frank Jones. who
played the part of the two "Sabo-
teurs" surprised digging up the
main railroad line in front of the
Railway Express office on Main
street.
FLEE AT APPROACH
The "saboteurs" fled at the ap-
proach of the police car. throwing
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
RumI Plan Gets
Group Approval
0Continued from PAGE n

continued from rage II
Mass: Bennett Champ Clark. Mo,
and George w. Radcliffe. Md.
Sen. Peter G. Gerry. D.. r. l.. was
recorded by proxy in favor of The
Ruml plan.
The opposition picked up one
vote over yesterday through the
appearance of Sen. Joseph F.. Guf-
fey, D, Pa. who had participated in
yesterdays voting on the broad
principle of forgiving q Years taxes.
PROVIDES DEDUCTION
The bill provides for payroll de-
ductions of 20 per cent on taxable
wages and salaries to start July l.
This is not an additional tax. II
is calculated on a basis to equal
approximately the six per cent nor
NAL income tax, l3 per cent first
bracket surtaX, and three per cent
victory tax. The victory tax now is
five per cent. but there is an al
lowance for postwar refunds. The
refund system will be abolished.
The 90 per cent Withholding tax
will apply to wages and salaries in
excess of the following amounts.
Single persons, with no depend
ents-S624 a year.
Married persons with no depend
ents-Sl248 a year.
An additional annual exemption
of 1912 for purposes of the with
holding tax, is allowed for each
dependent, regardless of whether
the taxpa-er is married or single.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Legion Committee
Concludes Meet

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 8 oUP)
The American Legions executive
committee concluded its annual
spring meeting last night with ap-
proval of a resolution condemning
defiance of the government in the
ranks of labor or management"
Committee members said the
resolution was aimed directly" at
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers whose strike
last week was the subpect of sharp
criticism during the committed S
tWo-day session.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Count Fleet Is
Preakness Winner

BALTIMORE, Md, May 8. CUP)
Count Fleet, the Kentuck Derby
winner, carried Mrs. John ID. Hertz
yellow and black silks to an easy
triumph in the $4,000 added Freak
ness stakes at Pimlico today with
Blue Swords second and Vincentive
third.
The Count took the lead shortly
after they broke from the barrier
and held it all the way to win
handily by eight lengths before a
roaring crowd of 1000 who had
backed him down to q l to favor
ite.
Blue Swords, the Counts shadow
was five lengths in front of Vim
"cntive after standing off a chal-
lenge by the w. L. Brann colt at
the head of the stretch New Moon,
the ONLY other starter, trailed VIM
centive by 20 lengths.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Couple Injured
. In Train Crash

Mr.. and Mrs. Ramberto Ramon
Sumaget were suffering from mi
nor injuries Saturday sustained
when their car ran into moving
railroad train engine as Sumaget
was driving east on Commercial
street in El Centro Friday night.
The front end of the automobile
was considerably damaged, it was
reported.
Although their injuries were not
serious. Mr.. and Mrs. Sumaget
were taken to a hospital for treat
ment.