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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16


Price Administrator Prentiss
M. Brown declared today that
if such increases" in wages
as are demanded by John L.
Lewis for coal miners are
granted we will lose the flght
against imitation"
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 16.-Rep-
resentatives of operators of
Northern Appalachian soft coal
mines and the United Mine
Workers of America went into
executive session today to debate
terms Of a new contract.
The management labor group
conferred behind closed doors after
John L. Lewis, UNIV president. who
said yesterday his 100000 bituminous
miners would not report for work
unless terms could be agreed on by
the time the present contract ex-
pires on March 81, acceded to the
operators request for private con-
ference
A ajor demand is Mr.. Lewis fiat
insistence on basic $2-a-day wage
increase.
Lewis Agrees to Session.
Mr.. Lewis agreed TO the private
session by a subcommittee after
declaring:
we do not know why the op-
orators are insisting that this con-
ference reduce itself to the pro-
portion of a subcommittee unless
they (the operators feel this is a
more comfortable way to hlibuster
We have no reason to believe
that the operators planned to pre-
sent more constructive proposal
in private than they have in public
If these new proposals are given
in good falkland are to be made
informally-we will consider them if
the workers are willing to approach
the subject on this basis"
Vote Is Unanimous.
When the ballot was taken. how
ever, there was unanimous vote
for the subcommittee conference.
which started at l0:45 am. Public
sessions had been held since rego-
tiations opened last Wednesday.
The subcommittee adjourned for
lunch at 1910 pm. and agreed to
reconvene this afternoon.
Ezra Van Horn, chairman of the
general conference and member
of the subcommittee, said the oper-
ators were still discussing the mine
workers demands with representa-
tives Of the union and had not vet
completed hearing the terms rro-
posed by the miners.
Charles O'Neill, also a committee
member and spokesman for the
Northern operators. said that the
operators had not yet made any
counteroffers or proposals.
Won't Accept Limited Offers.
Mr.. Lewis told the operators:
1t is the position OF the operators
to consider only our proposals under
the rules established by agencies OF
the Government We will not agree
to any offer limited by the dastardly
formula of Mr. Davis of the War
Labor Board. We won't be bound
by such rule.
IF the operators are waiting, by
means of subcommittee time-out
period for the Government to chas-
tise the workers then the subcom-
mittee's work will be as barren of
results as this general conference
has been to date.
The mine workers are again 60
ing to consider that the operators
are acting in good faith and will
present new proposals. With that
view in mind the workers will &C
qulesce to the suggestion for a sub
committee conference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16

The rest OF the tanks, about so, were
in reserve.
Equal Number Of Tanks.
BY counting the armored combat
command in the north, above
Plchon, the Americans had an equal
number of tanks, but they were not
concentrated to meet the German
attack, the spokesman said.
BY tbs am. the German tanks
had oyerrun our artillery position
at Djebel Lessouda. The rest of
our combat team attacked, but lost
heavily he added.
The next day, the 18th. the Amer
leans on both sides of Faid Pass
tried to launch counterattack from
HaJeb Ell Aouin to the north and
Sidi Bouzid to the south.
But the tanks in the combat team
attacking from the north suffered
GRIPPING losses when they ran into
German 8S-millimeter guns which
had been towed right into the battle
by the Nazi armored vehicles.
The combat team attacking from
Sldl Bouzid TO the south also was
smashed back.
Lost Heavy Equipment.
The Americans then decided to
withdraw and started from Sbeitla
to the northeast of Sid Bouzid.
Most of the troops in the Djebel
LeSsoudo got away, but they lost
virtually all their heavy equipment.
while battalion of motorized in
fantry was lost virtually in its en-
tirety at Djebel Ksaira when it was
cut off.
Meanwhile, the troops at Gafsa,
which 1t never was intended to de-
fend, were evacuated They with
drew toward Ferlana.
On the night of February 1916
the strong American armored COM
bat team which had been north of
Plchon reached Sbeitla and was
joined by remnants of the forces
withdrawing from the Faid area.
The Germans came right on the
heels Of the Withdrawing American
units and attacked Sbeitla. They
were repulsed
During the night of February To-
II the Germans again attacked
Sbeltla, but were turned back.
Sbeitla was held until the after
noon of the 18th when the Ameri-
cans withdrew into Kasserine Pass
while to the south Feriana was
evacuated by infantry which moved
northwest toward Tebessa in Al
geria.
Large Unit Overrun.
One large unit of mobile artillery
was overrun by Rommel's panzers.
which cut ahead of them as they
tried TO withdraw. and the whole
/ outfit was lost
The Official spokesman said that
Axis divebombing caused small ma
terial damage and once troops be-
came accustomed to it. morale i'm
| proved
BY nightfall on the 18th Rommel
had Kasserine, Sbeitla and Feriana
On the 18th there was little activ-
ity, but the Germans brought up
artillery and started Smelling Amer
/ leans on the mountains on both
sides OF Kasserine Pass.
The next day Rommel attacked
the pass but was beaten back. On
the next day his infantry filtered
through the mountains on each side
of the pass and it was taken.
Failure OF some one to lay mine
fields in front OF the pass certainly
/ played part in the quick loss" the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
New York Bonk Stocks

NEW YORK, March Is lP,.-National
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Tuniisiiu
Continued From First Page \

The rest Of the tanks, about so, were
in reserve.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-16
Subcommittee Opens
Coal Wage Talks in
Closed Session
Lewis Warns Operators
Union Won't Be Bound
By WLB Formula
BULLETIN.

MILWAUKEE tP,.-Federal
Price Administrator Prentiss
M. Brown declared today that
if such increases" in wages
as are demanded by John L.
Lewis for coal miners are
granted we will lose the fight
against imitation"
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

just got under way when more trou-
BILE developed-the cooling system
went haywire. They stopped, and
were drifting as they repaired it
when there was an ominous grind
ing sound under the boat-they were
aground on a reef in Subic Bay.
''They rocked the boat, and final
ly started the engines to get them
selves unstuck. But the noise now
attracted the Japs, and a 3-inch
gun on Ilinin Point opened up on
them-splashes coming nearer and
nearer. They worked frantically,
finally burned out all reverse gears
so that the engines were useless.
DeLong gave orders to abandon
ship. They wrapped mattresses In
a tarpaulin to make a raft, and all
got aboard but DeLong, who stayed
to chop holes In the gas tanks and
blow a hole in the boats bottom
with a hand grenade before he
jumped. That was the end of the
81. Then he couldn't find the raft in
the darkness, and being afraid to
call out, swan to the beach.
1.-The raft had showed off with all
twelve aboard at three o'clock.
''He waited on the sands until
dawn. Then, in the gray half-lght,
he picked up the tracks of nine
men. He followed these until they
led into a cIump of bushes, where
he found most of his crew. They
explained they had stayed with the
raft until dawn was about to break.
Fearing sunrise would expose them
to the Japanese, they had decided
to risk a swim to the beach, where
they could hide. But Ensign Plant
and two men, who couldn't swim
very well, decided to stay. What
became of them the nine didn't
know, and no one knows for sure to
this day.
''But the first thing DeLong did
was to post lookouts, and all day
they stayed in that clump, with an
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eye on the Jap observation planes
which flew over them in relays,
watching hot little skirmish be-
tween the Americans and the Japa-
nese on the far shore of the bay. At
one point the Japs were falling back,
and there seemed to be chance
that they could make a run for it
in daylight, rejoining the American
lines. But never was it quite posi-
BILE, and IN the meantime they had
spotted couple of bancas, native
boats, farther down the beach.
1.-TWO men who were sent out to
investigate, crawling on their bel
lies through the grass, returned to
report the bancas were in fair con-
dition. So when the sun had set
they crawled to them and started
getting them in shape. For rowing
they had two paddles, a couple of
spades, and a board. They had to
work fast and quietly, for the Japs
were all around them-just as they
were launching the bancas they
heard japanese voices not two hun
dred yards away.
''But heavy wind came up, and
at nine o'clock at night, both boats
capsized. They righted them, but
the Shovels and the board were lost.
and they now had only one paddle
for each banca. Yet with these
they continued to fight the head wind
until three IN the morning, when
they were so exhausted that they de-
cided to try the shore So DeLong
landed on what he hoped was Napo
Point. They picked their way
through the barbed-wire entangle-
ment on the beach, and then found
themselves up against a steep cliff.
They kept very quiet until dawn.
not knowing whether daylight would
find them surrounded by Americans
or japanese. But when it became
light, the first thing they saw was a
Filipino sentry.
Hey, Joe-got cigarette and
a match?' they called out. And an
hour later they were telling their
story to Captain Cockburn, in the
Ninety-second American Infantry's
field headquarters tent. The nine
were back with US at Sisiman Cove
the next evening"
But we'd never really expected
to see them again." said Kelly. "And
when 1 heard only one boat had
come back from Subic Bay, I got
hold of my doctor.
Now you've got to let me gol'
! said. Here we've lost the third
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
Youth Took Lesson to
Heart With Feet DOrUn!

Charles said the sharp-voiced
woman to her husband on the
train, "don't you remember it was
a pair of slippers I presented to
you the Christmas before we were
married that led to our marriage?
You remember how nicely they
fitted, don't you? Well, Charles,
one day when we were going to
picnic, you had your feet on a
seat, and when you weren't look
ing I took your measure. But for
that pair of slippers I don't be-
ieve we'd ever been married"
A young man sitting opposite
with girl, Immediately removed
his feet from the seat.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
Dn1dMQba7
|MERRfGO-ROuND
| NJ ES oREw HEARs0s
Washington, d. c.
AIR PRISONERS IN GERMANY
y oREw 1EAzs0N

The fate of American fiiers IN the
Doolittle raid has raised the ques-
ton: What happens to airnen who
go down over Europe? Here is the
answer from an officer of the U. S.
bomber command in England.
If fiiers bail out and get down
safely over France, Belgium or oc-
cupied Europe, their chances of get
ting back to England are pretty
good. They become prisoners of
war, but in the course of exchanging
prisoners, they may soon get back to
base.
If they bail out over Germany,
there's not much chance of getting
back. But so far as we know, the
treatment of air prisoners is similar
to that of other prisoners, and varies
according TO rank.
There is one incident, however,
that damns the German record-the
story of Paddy Finucane. Most peo-
pie suppose that the famous Raj
ace lost his life because his Spitfre
crashed into the channel after being
hit over France.
The truth is-though this has nev-
er been pubIshed-that as Finucane
was falling, he was strafed by Ger
man machine gunfre, and he was
already dead when he hit the water.
Thus new meaning comes to
Finucane's famous phrase, This is
it, chaps"
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

In the records of
those days his home
run mark, extreme
ly low, was not even
mentioned. It was a
matter of hits, runs
and stolen bases.
In 1915, Cobb
scored IA runs and
stole SO bases. His
combination ofspeed
and srnartness along
the towpaths was
one of basebaHs
oroafacf features
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
FDR'S CONGRESSMAN

As commander-in-chief, the Presi-
dent has supreme powers IN the con-
duct of the war, but he is Just an
other citizen on the books of the
Hyde Park, N Y, rationing board.
At recent White House meeting,
the President was telling three con-
gressmen, Gale, Republican, of Min
nesota, Jackson, Democrat, of Wash
ington, and Manasco, Democrat, Of
Alabama, about the "red tape" in
volved in buying meat and groceries
on his trips home to Hyde Park.
"I have my problems with point
rationing the same as you fellows"
he grinned.
why don't you write your con-
gressman?" suggested Republican
Representative Gale.
The President reflected briefly,
then threw up his hands and roared
with laughter.
"Oh, no." he exclaimed, mot
thatI"
The man who represents the Hyde
Park district in congress is Hamilton
Fish, one of the most vitriolic, vi
Imperative foes the President has in
congress.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

lntereS ting ball
game-1 to 0, or 9
to 8?
For the first time
in over 20 years the
fan colony may have
its chance to look at
much lower scoring.
No other sc eason
ever opened with a
Gle an sprea ad of
shutouts, such as
the 1943 balata spe-
cial, presented to
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
The Ty Cobb Brand

Ty Cobb has told me more than
once that his interest in baseball
Jagged when Babe Ruth began TAX
ing his home-run swing.
'That," said Ty, "meant the finish
of base running, of scientific base
ball where you had to work for run
at time.
''We had to work our heads off to
get run A run was important.
After the arrival of Babe Ruth and
the rabbit ball, not even five runs
were important In many of the
games"
I can take you back to Ty Cobb
and the campaign of 1911, to slip you
an idea of what Ty Cobb baseball
meant.
In 1911, Cobb made 243 base hits,
scored lat runs and stole SO bases.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
l. THEY WERE
LXPEEN%IDElABlL ! :! ? EN%IDElA1l 80,

ant Commander), squadron commander;
Lieut.. r. b. Kelly, second-in-command;
and Ensigns Anthony Akers and George
E. Cox Jr. Manila has fallen, and we
have lost our naval base at Cavite. Lieut..
Kelly has told how he spent New Years
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

emily customers.
The once noisy blast of the home
run has given way to the widely
scattered plunk of the single or
double, and the odds now are that
any man who can hammer out 20
home runs this season viii lead his
league.
Unless more rabbit meat is fed
the present ball, we may even get
back to the day when Home Run
Baker earned his title and led both
leagues with the magnificent total
of II home runs.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
Hooked Fish

Fish suffer little if any pain
when they are hooked, for there
are very few nerves about the jaw
which could cause the sensation of
pain. Some trout have been known
to be hooked two or three times
In the same day-by anglers using
the same type of bait.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
W.N.u.F

Eve in the hospital on Corregidor, while
Lieut.. BuIkeIey was discussing with the
Admiral plan of escape to China. Lieut..
BuIkeley is telling about a night raid two
of the PIT boats made against the Japs.
Lieut.. BuIkeley rode in the "a boat.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

IT'S true, not every little girl can
boast a bolero dress of her
own! This one is something very
special with its heart-shaped neck,
huge pockets and bow-tied belt.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
I5od!9!iqiQ

WHICH brand of baseball would
w you rather see? The Ty Cobb
scientific type or the Babe Ruth pow
er stuff? Which makes the more
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
The Babe Ruth Brand

The Babe Ruth Brand
Babe Ruth came along as a home
run hitter in 1919. As a left-handed
pitcher he had set a new winning
percentage, even above Johnson,
Mathewson and Alexander. Now he
was on the offensive side.
In Babes tremendous wake the
scientific side of baseball gave way
to raw power. Base-running and
sacrificing became unimportant fac
tors.
Raw power was combined with a
far livelier ball, a ball that piled
up trouble for pitchers and infeld-
ers. The records show all this.
Ruth was on his way to over 700
home runs. "And the point is"
Cobb told me, ''the Babes great
success swept both leagues. They
were now all trying to be home-run
hitters. They were all, or nearly
all, taking the big cut at every pitch
near the plate"
It would be interesting to know
what might have happened to base
ball If Ruth hadn't arrived just at
that time.
The Bambino undoubtedly changed
the game Hands that once choked
the bat after the manner of Keeler
and Cobb, now moved back to the
end of the knob.
Stronger Defense
The games of Cobb and Ruth were
entirely different in many ways. The
same thing happened to polo and
golf, where power became more i'm
portant than control.
Both Cobb and Ruth have their
supporters. The old-timers are al
most solidly for the Cobb game. The
moderns are for Ruth.
The main point is that after over
20 years of power baseball, the
crowds now face a stronger defen-
sive game, where single run might
be important.
This means greater premium on
speed, pitching and defensive play.
If it doesn't work out there is sure
to be a quick change to the livelier
ball-where once again the home run
will supplant the single, the sacrifice
and the steal.
Season Length
This is about what a majority
think about the length of the current
baseball campaign
"Most of the ballplayers now left
have either been deferred on phys
ical grounds or have wives and chill
dren. These children are all young,
many of them between the ages of
two and six. 1t has been announced
more than once that the supporting
heads of such families will be the
last ones drawn into service. Many
of these might be called by midsum-
mer, but hardly by Labor day."
Dissenting Vote
There is a dissenting vote along
this line, to this effect
with the manpower demasd
growing, there ;.ay be a heavy
haul in late May, June and July
upon all electives, whether they
have families or not This would
close the season at much earlier
date"
It might be remembered that
many of these players with wives
and younger children to support have
been IN lighter or lower financial
brackets, with little saved up.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

THE STORY so FAR: The story Of
their part in the battle for the Philip
pines is being told by four Of the i've
naval officers who are all that is left Of
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron }. They
are Lieut.. John BuIkeley (now Lieuten-
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
TOUGH JOB

When you Slft down all the hula
baloo about Elmer Davis and his
Office of War Information, the only
valid criticism you can make against
the drawing Hoosier is that he is
working too hard. The last two
weeks when he went on the air, he
was so exhausted he had standby
alongside ready to take up his script
If he collapsed.
Davis works far into the night,
tries to read all that his voluminous
office produces, sees almost every
one who wants to see him.
But given tough situation, basic
ally he has done a good job. Sena-
tors like Montana's Wheeler and
Nevada's McCarran, whose acid di-
gestive systems are always poisoning
their political outlook, make a wry
face at Davis. But Wheeler and
McCarran are always demanding
more facts and inside fact is that
Davis has been fighting their battle
IN keeping the American public in
formed.
Most Of Davis fight is getting
news, squeezing it out of government
bureaus which don't want to give,
making the army and navy release
facts which show up their mistakes,
rowing with Czarubber Jeffers be-
cause his estimates on tires are too
rosy.
When Davis stepped down from
his wel-paying radio job to correlate
government information, everyone
envied him his job, thought he had a
softie. But the job of digging news,
accurate news, unpleasant news out
Of the government is not soft. And
ii is not popular.
Davis Is a good newsman. Being
such, he is not popular, never will
be in some quarters.
Note: Davis did his best to re-
lease the story on bombing Tokyo
long ago. Several times he urged
the White House that the American
public should know the facts. Ear
Ier, when the Japs released a pic
ture Of U. S. fiers supposedly cap
tured in the Tokyo raid, Davis want
ed to point out the truth, namely that
these were naval fiers, not Doolit-
ties. They had been captured in a
naval battle. This explanation was
broadcast to foreign countries by
Owl, but Davis, through no fault of
his, was not permitted to tell folks
at home.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
RH7TERS& a
SENIlM6 olRozE<&
The bolero itself might be worn
with other dresses.

Pattern No. s207c is in sizes 3. 4. 5. s.
7 and years. Size bolero and dress
take 2Is yards 35-inch material; yards
rick-rack.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filing orders for few of the
most popular pattern numbers
Send your order to:
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
MERRY-GO-ROUND

q A high ranking army officer, just
back from U. S. tour, makes this
observation: High morale may be
lowered by too much talk of post
war planning, which makes the boys
think the show is almost over"
q If the Japs were still in their
Washington embassy, they could set
their clocks by lanky VIII Clayton,
astute deputy to Jesse Jones, who
walks three miles to work every
morning. He passes the defunct Jap
embassy precisely at eight.
The Ely miner., 1943-05-13
MAIL BAG

81. NJ, Long Beach, Calif.-It is
true that the war department is
shipping beer to U. S. forces in for
eign theaters of war. Beer is not a
part of the army ration, but is avail
able for purchase at the Post Ex-
change. The army claims that the
troops demand beer.
S. T., Washington, d. C.-The ban
on birthday greetings by wire covers
everybody, including soldiers, in the
United States. In other words, you
cannot send greeting messages to
any soldier IN this country.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Seven Reported Killed
In Navy Plane Crash
Transport Croft Burns
In Jersey CornfieId
By the Associated Press.

PENNINGTON, N. j.. April l.
A Navy transport plane crashed and
burned in a cornfield at Copper
Hill, Raritan Township, near here
last night and State police said
seven persons were killed.
The police said six bodies were
recovered from the planes wreck
age and that the seventh was found
20 feet away. They said five occu-
pants of the plane had parachuted
to safety
In New York, the Third Naval
District public relations officer re-
fused to discuss the crash until
after Navy investigator. sent to
the scene, had submitted his report.
He said there would be no an
nouncement of casualties until next
of kin had been notified.
State police said the survivors
we're:
1t. Kenneth Cotton, 81, co-pilot,
of San Marino, Calf; Ensign Ards
Durham, 81, Houston, Tex; Avia-
ton Machinist's Mate First Glass
Roman Somploski, "a, Chicago;
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third
Glass Bernard La Prairie, 80, Detrc,t,
and Aviation Machinists Mate
Third Class Roland Holmes, %,
Clemons. Iowa.
Paul Giodan. on whose property
the plane landed, said he and his
wife were having dinner when they
heard the plane overhead.
1T dropped some fares" he said,
"and then it crashed"
He said it hit the top of a tree
and sheared off a wing as it fell