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Evening star., 1943-08-23
Ickes Frees $
Mines; Ignores
Lewis Threat
UNIV Chief Had Said
Men Would Work
Only Under u. S.

COAL MINERS DESERVE 81 80
day raise, Kennedy tells WLB.
Page Az
By the Associated Press.
Certain coal mines having con-
tracts with John l.. Lewis United
Mine Workers were restored to
private ownership by Interior
Secretary Ickes today, despite Mr..
Lewis statement in June that
his men would work until Octo-
ber 81 only if the Government
kept control of the properties.
Mr.. Lewis, attending War Labor
Board hearing on wages in anthra-
cite mines, declined to comment on
Mr.. Ickes' order.
Mr.. Ickes, as coal administrator,
announced termination of Govern
ment possession and control of the
mines of So companies, and a spokes-
man said some" of them were op-
Grated under contract with the
UNIV. Asked about Mr.. Lewis
threat, he said, We'll just have to
see what happens.
Mr.. Lewis, in ending the third
general strike by the UNIV in June,
said that his miners were to work
until October 81 only if the Gov
eminent retained control of the
mines throughout that period.
Smith Connally Provisions.
The mines were returned in ac-
cordance with the Smith -Connally
Antistrike Act requirement that
property seized by the Government
be returned within go days after
restoration of productive eff
ciency."
Although citing this provision of
the act, Mr.. Ickes did not reveal his
Interpretation of the provision or
say whether Attorney General Bid
die has given him the ruling he had
asked on what the act requires him
to do about restoring tire mines.
Approximately 3,700 mines con-
tinue uncar Government control.
Mr.. Ickes has been surveying the
productive efficiency" of these mines
preliminary to determining the ap-
plicability of the provisions of the
(See MINES. PAGE A-2l
Evening star., 1943-08-23

dinary conditions, they could not
assure delivery tomorrow because of
American and Brazilian censorship.
Mr.. LoVette was contacted at his
Georgetown home yesterday. He
became interested in the problem of
getting message to Corpl Trainor
to call the overseas operator of the
American Telephone g. Telegraph
Co. tomorrow night
That would be a very simple
thing to do" he said. But you
will have to get in touch with the
communications and security off,
GERS. am afraid you will find them
a bit stuffy about thing like that"
He suggested calling Maj. Gen.
George V. Strong, head of G-2 TN
telligence); Maj. Gen. Alexander D.
Surles, head of the Army'S Bureau
of Public Relations, and Brig. Gen.
Cyrus Rex Smith, acting head of
the Air Transport Command during
Maj. Gen. Harold L. Georges alb
Sence from the country.
Gen. Strong could not be reached
Gen. Surles was in Quebec for the
meetings of President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill and the
combined general staffs.
Gen. Smith, reached at his Alex
andria home, said:
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Chinese Press Asks Allies
To Step Up Jap Drive
3y the AssorIatpd Press

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING. Aug. 23.-The Allied
occupation of Kiska Island in the
Aleutians inspired the Chinese press
today to urge an all-out offensive
against Japan, saying that pro-
crastination was dangerous.
Let Attu and Kiska be the jump
ing boards for an offensive against
the heart of Japan" appealed Tia
kung Pao, suggesting 'co-ordinated
moves from the South Pacific"
Asserting an island-to- island
strategy will not do, the army
mouthpiece, Sac Tang Pao, said the
Allies must skip islands in Dig
strides to hasten Japan's DOOM
All newspapers expressed hope
that reflective action" would be de-
cided on at the Quebec conference.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
John Collier Files Suit
For Divorce in Nevada

John Collier. commissioner of In
dian affairs has filed a suit for di-
vorce against Mrs Lucy Wood Collier
on the grounds Of cruelty. according
to word received here this afternoon
from Reno, New
The Golfers were married in Phil
adelphia in 1906 They have three
children, Charles Wood, Donald and
John Collier.
Mr.. Golfers office here said moth
ing was known Of any divorce pro-
ceedings. His secretary said he had
been on an inspection tour of the
Southwest for several weeks and was
not expected back until September
She said Mr. Collier was last re-
ported in Nevada but not in Reno
Mrs. Collier also is out of town.
Mr.. Collier has been commissioner
since 1888. His nome is in Falls
Church. Va.
When they were married, Mr.
Collier was social worker with
immigrants.
Mr.. Collier was founder and secre-
tary of the National Board of Re-
view for motion pictures and edited
a magazine from 1926 until 1888,
when he was appointed Indian af-
fairs commissioner.
He is the author of numerous
poems
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Knox in Quebec,
High Commissioner
OF Australia on Wav
Soone Confers With
President; New Blows
AT japan Hinted
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

QUEBEC, Aug. 23.-The arrival
of Secretary of the Navy Knox
and an announcement that Sir
William Glasgow, Australian
high commissioner in Canada,
would follow indicated today
that the Quebec war conference
was aiming hefty new blows at
Japan.
There was good reason to believe
that the Allied high command might
have decided to mass sufficient
bomber strength in the eastern
bulge of China to play havoc with
enemy lifelines in the China Sea
and blast the japanese mainland
itself.
Mr.. Knox came in from Washing
ton by plane late this morning and
was to dine with President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill of
Britain tonight. The Australian
high commissioner was on the way
by train from Ottawa,
Soong Goes to Citadel.
T. V. Soong Chinese Foreign Min
lister, who few up from Washington
yesterday, went to Quebecs massive
old Citadel in the forenoon for con-
ferences with the President lasting
through lunch.
While Mr. Churchill and Prime
Minister w L. Mackenzie King of
Canada arranged q midday drive
Evening star., 1943-08-23
By GEORGE KENNEDY.

Acting Secretary of War Robert
A. Lovett asked the Army today to
help Washington stenographer
marry her soldier fiance in Brazil by
telephone.
The girl is Bernice Edna Lynch,
slender and shy, but 81 and deter
mined. With a minister lingering
near, she has tried unsuccessfully
for three days to reach Corpl Ber-
nard F. Trainor, % He is with the
Air TRANSPORT Command at Natal
Brazil, and it was his suggestion
that they be married by phone be-
fore his expected transfer into a
combat area. Censorship made it
impossible to give the Natal operator
information enough to locate him.
The office of Nelson Rockefeller,
Co-ordinator of Inter-Amcrican Al
fairs, the American Red Gross and
the Pan American AirwayS also we're
active today seeking arrangements
that will insure Corpl Trainor be-
ing near a telephone for another
try at 8 O'Clock tomorrow night.
Western Union reported that,
while a cable filed yesterday notify
ing the corporal of the renewed
wedding date tomorrow night would
reach him in few hours under or
Evening star., 1943-08-23
General Retreat
By Nazi Troops
Is Indicated
Heavy Fighting West
Of Former CopitoI Of
Ukraine Reported
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-Premier-
Marshal Stain announced the
capture of Kharkov today and
the Germans appeared to be in
general retreat across South
Russia.
Stain order of the day to field
commanders, broadcast by the Mos
COW radio and recorded here by the
Soviet monitor, told of the seizure
of the city by storm.
The German high command COM
munique, issued earlier in the day,
had admitted the loss of Kharkov,
saying the Nazi garrison withdrew
without Russian pressure.
Directed to 1t. Gen. Ivan Konev,
Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin and Gen.
Orlovsky, Stains order said:
To-day, August %. our troops of
the steppe front, with active coll
laboration from the flank of troops
of the Voronezh and southwestern
fronts, as result of fierce engage
ments, broke the resistance of the
enemy and took by storm the town
of Kharkov.
Thus, the second capital-our
native Kharkov--is liberated from
the yoke of the German Fascist
blackeuardS. CKharkov is a former
capital of the Ukraine.)
High Military Skill.
In offensive engagements for the
liberation of the town of Kharkov
our troops displayed high military
skill, courage and ability to maneu-
YER"
The fall OF the city was announced
first by DNB, German news agency,
which asserted the evacuation was
one in which Russian pressure had
no part. In broadcast announcing
withdrawal from the base, DNB
said Kharkov was no longer "valu-
able center of traffic and supply"
and declared all important installa-
tions there had been destroyed by
the Nazis before they pulled out.
kharkov, the great industrial CEN
ter in the Ukraine, was last recap
tured by the Russians in February
and lost by. them again in March
and has changed hands four times
In less than two years.s4
1t represented the major Nazi po-
sition east of the Dnieper River and
has been the base of a salient from
| which the Germans could thrust
out to menace the Russians any,
where from Moscow to the Cau-
casus.
Russian broadcasts and reports
from the Germans themselves indi-
Gated violent fighting west of the
city. The Nazis were at pains to
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Shark Meat Becomes Popular
And Now It's q Scarce Dish

A shortage of shark meat. which
Americans wouldn't eat until a few
months ago, has developed along the
Eastern seaboard, it was reported
today by Secretary of Interior
IckeS, who is also co-ordinator of
fisheries.
The demand grew, Mr.. Ickes said,
soon after samples of cellophane-
wrapped shark steaks were brought
to Washington and other Eastern
cities and restaurant managers were
induced to include the dish on their
menus. The restaurateurs and their
customers were so enthusiastic that
orders for more shark meat sudden
ly piled up.
Until people discovered that shark
Evening star., 1943-08-23
0PA Sues TO Require
II D. T.. Cafes 10 Keep
Price Ceiling Records
Civil Actions Charge
Failure TO Observe
Posting Regulations

In an effort to enforce price
ceiling and posting regulations,
the District Office of Price Ad-
ministration this afternoon filed
civil suits against II restaurants,
night clubs and other eating
places, seeking restraining orders
and injunctions to prevent fur
ther alleged violations.
The suits, filed in District Court.
ask for mandatory orders to compel
the keeping of records as required by
the price-ceiling regulation. which
went into effect July 19.
Under the regulation. 1t was
pointed out restaurants are required
to file signed copies of their menus
for the base period Of April to
April 10, l943. with their local ration
boards. They also are required to
have copies of those menus available
for inspection by any person during
business hours and are required 10
have printed on their menu a state
ment to the effect that their prices
are based on the April 4-10 period
and that their menus for that week
are available for inspection, it was
pointed out
Defendants Listed.
Restaurants and operators against
which the civil suits were filed in
Clude:
Louis Calvi, operating the Copaca-
bana. IT'S / street NV, whom the
suit charges with four violation in
cluding failure to file signed copies
of the menu, failure to have a state
ment printed on the menu as to
prices, failure 10 make menus for
the base period available to the pub
lie, and proceeding violations.
Fan and Bills Restaurant. 1923
Connecticut avenue NV. alleged
to have failed to nave the statement
on its menu: and failure to have
menus available for inspection.
Embassy Restaurant. Inc. 928
Fourteenth street NV, failure to
nave statement on its menu and
failure to have menus available for
inspection.
Chen Hong and Kin Yee, trading
AS the Lotus Restaurant. 727 Four
(see CAFES. Page A-2D
Evening star., 1943-08-23

fllets were not onlv' edible but
actually delectable, Mr.. Ickes said,
between 100000 and 5,000O 600
pounds annually were dumped by
the Nations foremost shark by
product firm in Fort Pierce Fla,
which used only the livers and fins.
Mr.. Ickes said sharks could now
be sold in carload lots by any one
in position to supply the demand.
But he pointed out that the in
dustry. is so new that few fishermen
have entered it up to now. The
available shark meat is now packed
In 5-pound chunks and distributed
by freezing plant in Miami which
obtains the meat from the Fort
Pierce firm.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Jops Say They Will Open
Wireless Link to Vatican
,y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-The Toxic
radio told the japanese people today
that direct wireless communications
between the Japanese capital and
Vatican City would be opened
Wednesday as a result of negotia-
tions instituted by the japanese "in
view of the changes in the European
situation
The broadcast, recorded by the
United States Foreign Broadcast In
telligence Service, did not explain
what was meant by the changes"
but they have included the Italian
of Rome as an open city.
which would bar its use as a mill
tary communications center.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Farmer Cuts Oft
Own Arm, Walks
Half Mile for Aid
BY the Associated Press.

BY me Associated Press.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Aug. 90
Leslie 1lSon. 30, working alone on his
farm near here. took out his pocket
knife and cut his right ann off at
the elbow when it was shredded and
locked in the machinery of a hay
baler.
Then he shut off the baler and
tractor and walked half a mile to
the home of neighbor. Hospital
attendants said his condition was
good. Doctors later amputated the
arm again, at the shoulder
1t didn't hurt because it hap
pened so suddenly" Mr.. Olson re-
lated. All l thought Of was the
quickest way to get out of there
I'm going to keep right on farming.
This can't stop me-
Mr.. Olson's wife is in the same
hospital, where she gave birth to a
boy last Tuesday. They have an
other boy, Gerry Dean, g.
My wife took it like a trooper,
the farmer declared.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Bishop Muench Wants
Pope at Peace Table
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 23.-
Pope Plus XII should be given a
voice at the peace table" in the
opinion of Bishop Aloisius j. Muench
of Fargo, N. Oak.
Bishop Muench told the Catholic
Central Verein of America yester-
day that "the holy father, untiring
champion of peace based on JUS
tice and charity, should be given a
voice at the peace table with view
to the elucidation of questions of
principle in regard to morality and
public International law"
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Nazi Chemical Plant
Near Cologne Raided
By British Bombers
Leverkusen Is forget
Of Resumed Assault
On Enemy Areas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. 23.--British
bombers returned to their crush
ing attacks on Germany last
night after an interval of two
nights and the Air Ministry an
nounced that the chemical works
at Leverkusen, 6 miles north of
Cologne, were the special target.
The German radio said DuesseI-
dorf in the Rhineland also was at
tackled and that II British fighters
and a number" of bombers were
shot down in random" attacks on
other objectives in the Western
Reich. The Air Ministry described
these as intruder patrols over rail-
way targets and airfields.
The Air Ministry said five bomb
ers were lost in the nights activities.
Heavy clouds made it difficult to
see results, the communique said.
Attack Resumed in Daylight.
Leverkusen was bombed twice in
1910, but has not been specific tar
get since
Hardly had the night raiders re-
turned than light bombers and
fighters sped out by daylight today
to resume the assaults.
The night attack ended a lull
that had lasted since Thursday
night when Mosquitoes struck at
Berlin.
Spitfires were out in force during
the day and RAF Mitchells attacked
the ST, Omer freight yards. The
Air Ministry said the planes we're
not challenged
A Canadian Spitfire wing encoun-
tered more than IS ME-109s over the
(See RAIDS PAGE a-12)
Evening star., 1943-08-23
KHARKOV RECAPTURED BY RUSSIAN FORCES
Bombers Pound
Rai|wayCen
South Of Naples
Sulerno Yards Left in
SEQ Of Flame; Heavy
Opposition Overcome
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 23.-The
mighty Allied aerial juggernaut
yesterday rolled over Salerno,
another important point in the
Italian mainland railroad system,
virtually smashing the city. in
day and night raids and leaving
marshalling yards a sea of flame,
Allied headquarters announced
today.
Salerno is on the coast south of
Naples, around which Allied heavy
and medium bombers left a trail of
ruin in railway centerS in raids
Friday and Saturday.
The Germans, determined to de-
fend the key points of their lifeline,
threw in about 100 fighters to battle
the Marauders and their escort.
Although today's Allied headquar-
ters communique said % of the
enemy fighters were shot down at
Salerno, later reports placed the
number at 33. Altogether "a enemy
planes were shot down yesterday
for total of five Allied aircraft lost.
ia Enemy Planes Downed.
In the heavy air fighting of the
last four days ia enemy planes have
been downed. it was stated here.
The Marauder squadrons in their
raid yesterday destroyed 81 fighters.
topping the % shot down by these
oombers in the Naples area Satur-
day.
British Liberators and Halifaxes
from the Middle East bombed
Italian rail switching yards Satur-
day at Crutone, a port on the arch
OF the Italian boot a Cairo commu-
nique announced.
the British flyers observed explo-
sions and fires, some near a chemical
factory, the communique said.
British Wellingtons followed IN
the Marauder attacks on Salerno
again last night.
A-36s Used as Escort.
For the first time. ABS Invader
nghters accompanied the Maraude
squadron as escort.
The Italian communioue. broad
cast from Rome and recorded bv
the Associated Press, said great
damage vas caused in Salerno.
Rome asserted l3 Allied planes
were shot down at Salerno by
German fighters and five more
at Crotone and at the Port of
PreveSa.)
Salerno is one. of the railroad
AgateWays to the toe and instep of
the Italian boot.
An electric rail line passes through
the port. Cutting this line would
force Axis army commanders to
route troops and supplies far inland,
more than doubling the distance re-
quired to establish and feed the
AXIS army in Southern Italy.
The Marauder bombers caught
long string of freight cars in an
auxiliary railway yards at Salerno,
blasted many to kindling wood.
threw others off the sidings and set
lire to others. Industrial buildings
and towering mounds of coal also
were reported hit.
40 Interceptors Met.
The bombers' escorts, the powerful
A-36 Invaders, engaged more than
20 German and Italian interceptors
who were trying to break through
and reach the main raiding force.
The Invaders first were officially
announced in use after the invasion
of Sicily. They have been used
mainly as fighter -bombers and have
hung up a SuccessfuS uSrecord While
hunting in packs against ground
objectives.
They were credited officially with
tSee ITALY. Page A-3D
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Late Bulletin
II Price Suits Filed

The District OPA today
filed civil suits in District
Court against proprietors of IL
restaurants, seeking TO enjoin
them aaginst further alleged
violations of price ceilings.
Louis Calvi, operator of the
Copacabana, popular night
club, was named as one of the
defendants.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Aug. % (P.-
Stocks heavy; lndustrials lead de-
cline. Bonds soft; most rails in
demand. Cotton steady; hedge
selling offset by price fixing.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Todoy's Home Runs
American League.

EE1'TS@ EcsS1f HzSW uNs
Gordon, New York, 9Th inning.
Spence, Washington, 1st inning.
Heath. Cleveland, 4th inning.
Cullenhine. Cleveland, 9th inning.
Spence. Washington. 9th inning.
National League.
Hopp, st. Louis, Sd inning.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Other League Comes
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
At Detroit

AT Detroit
Morning Camel
New York 900 002 O2O- 4 81
Detroit --- 900 900 O1O-1 81
Batteries--Zuber and Hemsley; New
houser, Henshaw and Richards.
New York at Detroit, I'd Game
Postponed.
At Cieveland-First Game
Boston ----- 102 120 800 9 13 o
Cleveland 80 900 III 04O-7 90
Batteries-Woods, Hushson and Conroy:
smith Center, Heving and Rosar.
Boston at Cleveland. I'd Game
Postponed.
New York at Detroit-5:S0.
Philadelphia at Chicago-5 and $3.50,
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Boston
st. Louis 222 010 30 -
Boston ---- 002 020 90 -
Ba1teries-Lanier and W. Cooper; salv.
and Kluttz.
(OnIy Game)
Evening star., 1943-08-23

(See QUEBEC, Page A-3,D
Evening star., 1943-08-23

lSee MINES, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1943-08-23

(See RUSSIA, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1943-08-23

tSee RAIDS, Page A-12D
Evening star., 1943-08-23

Temperatures today-Highest 9l at 80 pm;
lowest, Sc, at 6:10 am. Observation-Disclosures 80
at 4;36 pm; lowest IS, at am. Full report on
page Ala.
United States Weather Bureau Report
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Weather Report

Somewhat warmer tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-16
~ Y. STOCKS

NEW YORK, March 10 tlPi RUSSIAN
loss Of Kharkov and further reporcuSSlohs
of the Supreme Court decision on the Mi
waukee Railroad brought q quiet. lfregu-
lar decline on the stock market ioday
Selling went ahead in the reorganization
railroad stocks. Losses in the group were
fractional in most Instances, but IN Vie"
Of their low prices the percentage losses
were large
Higher grade railroad issues wore BIZ up
in the early trading but later profit
taking reduced gains. Othcr sections ~
the list drifted lower with few eNf--a-
iions Airline stocks were the Storge>i
as a group. A few special stocks Lad
Sizable gains.
The reorganization rail group accounted
for the bulk of the turnover. Seabaafa
Air Line Railway featured in volume. The
stock sold at 37is cents a share. OF
l25 a share from yesterdays high. Tt
roads preferred stock sold as low Is
81 p a share. Off 50 a share from yes
terdayS high. Chicago Rock Island x
Pacific per cent preferred sold al Sc
cents a share. off 50 . share from the
previous seasons top
In the Airline Goroup. new high were
made by Eastern, Northwest, TranScon-
iinental & Western and United. Eastern
at It's top Of 36a, was up pa points. Air
United made new high and then re
ceded TO q small loss. Motors were quiet
with prices narrowly mixed
Steel issues were featured By Bethlehem
which at its high for the day OF "a show ed
a gain Of IL points. [. :. Steel had a
minor loss. CopperS were barley steady
Dow Jones preliminary closing stock aV-
erages: Industrial 1903. off O.3l: rail
70 AZ. off o.15; utility l7.53 Off ole; e.
stocks a. -, off 016.
Stock sales totaled l .026.620 shares com
pared with ! .365. .420 yesterday. Curb
stock sales were 297 200 shares agaI.st
az l47 yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-16
L. A. 2 4 7
l.. A. PRODUCE

Los ANGELES. March Is UPi- Qua.
dalupe d Santa Maria 4ss-72S 2.OO-2. -.
Asparagus Steady Local select l9-22c
choice 16-lse. Guadalupe loose l5-l7c.
some 19c. Imperial punched select 20S.
extra fancy 1sc, fancy l6c
Bunched vegetables: Steady. Beets 2f=
, dog. l.25-1.5O. best 50. ordinary 75c-
100, carrots . doz. l .25-1.75. small =
100, iced crts. doZ. Imperial 3.50-3. 50.
Yuma small 3.25-3. 80; green onions s doz.
besi 5.5u-6.10; fair !. D.. 90 Santa Maria
10 doz. $50. leeks doz. rs: musta 1
dog. 1.25-l.50. parsley Is doz. .25-I'l5:
radiShes small red, doz. 25O-3. on.
Spinach ! doz. 1.25-l 80. turnipS 2lt3
doz. l.uJ-l.l5. fair 75c. Chard doz.
.2O-l 40
Lettuce: Firm. Dry pack Imperial ! doz
4.2o-i5t: fair 400 IS best 400. ordinary
70 fair 3.o0-3.50. Yuma Is $50: IS IS
400, mostly 400. Pismo IS poor 1.75-
=. .; Santa Maria IS poor ! 500 90.
Peas: Steady Per ID: Pole best Is
11c. San Diego fair 13-14c. bush Imperial
14-15c. san Diego best 14-16c.
Peppers: Steady Per lb: San Diego
bells mediu m14-15c. Small SC. Jalopinos
20c. Puyas 15-17c
Squash: Weaker: white summer In
perial crts. 50O-5.5O fair and large 4. Loo
$50; No. 2s 3.OO-3. 50: Italian san Diego
lugs 4.50-5. 90; Italian San Diego lugs
4.5O-5.OO. fair 35O-3. -. No. 2S 25O-3.Oo.
Imperial crts. 4.75-5. %; fair 4.OO-4.5O No.
2s 2OO-3.O0: yellow c-ookneck Imperial
crts. 4.75-5.0O fair 4.Od-450.
Tomatoes: Firm. Coachella crts. @
tops light pack 40. 12s 100. l6s 3.3g.