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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04

husky military policemen herding {
convoy of japanese prisoners towarc
the beach in water up to their waists
and up to the Japs' shoulders
Three dead marines were in the
water. The MP's herded the Japs
out to waiting landing barge. As
the frightened prisoners climb
aboard, they were subjected to muir
derous fire from their own snipers
Three were killed.
I got back in time to be in on the
battle that broke Japanese resist
ance on TaraWa. Several hundred
Japs were holed up for two days in
bomb proof shelter at the end OF
the airstrip, holding up our ad-
vance.
Pfc. Robert Harper, %, Houston
Tex, and Sergt. John Rybin, Is
Laurel, Mont. dashed forward with
their flame throwers while auto
matte rif1emen covered them Al
the entrance Of the bomb shelter
Harper threw his flame on a jar
machinegun nest, charring three
enemy marines beyond recognition
He poured on more fire. There
were screams inside the shelter anc
the Marines rushed forward to cap.
ture their objective.
Harper returned to our post.
Flame Throwers Turn on Heat.
They were all huddled in there
scared to DEATH" he said, Il turned
on the heat and that was all"
From this point on our advanc.
was rapid. Following our advanc.
ing troops, came upon one position
We had held less than five minute.
and counted q Japanese who hac
committed suicide by strapping theil
feet to the triggers of their :if1es
placing the muzzle in their chest.
and pulling the trigger with a kick
During the night, the Japs made
final desperate bayonet charge
They killed two of our flame throw.
ers but were repulsed.
And this morning the island wa.
secured. For the first time we were
able to sit up without ducking
There were a few desultory snipel
shots, but no one noticed hem.
Staff Sergt George Stutsman
Natchez, Miss, brings us two car.
tons of cigarettes and a carton q
matches. We get 5-gallon kee
of water-a real luxury. It rains
briefly, and we stand in the open
soap and shower ourselves OF.
This Is civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Prunkster Sends Parade
Of Vehicles for Woman

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO-Two ambulances, two
hearses and three fire companies
rolled up to Mrs. Roy Olsen's house
on different days last week.
A police car was last in the pro-
cession.
The vehicles came in answer to
calls she did not place, Mrs. Olsen
told the police But she did call
the police to report the parade of
emergency equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Church Federation
Asks Liquor Probe

A congressional investigation of
liquor control and distribution in
the District was asked yesterday by
the Washington Federation of
Churches, meeting at 1751 N street
NV.
The federation unanimously
adopted resolution urging that the
inquiry be made with view to
changing the law to provide more
effective liquor control.
There is evidence to indicate that
many Of the States have forms OF
liquor control which give better pro-
lection to the people than does the
method now obtaining in the Dis
trict of Columbia" the resolution
states.
Wilbur La Roe, jr., chairman OF
the Committee on Civil Affairs and
sponsor of the resolution, said:
This is not a prohibition move
ment, but rather an attempt to es-
tablish for the District a reasonable
and adequate system of control 50
that liquor will not be sold in APP
proximately 1900 establishments
here, including drug stores and gro
ceries, but will be subjected to
tighter control"
In another resolution, the Fedora
ton asked legislation to expand the
jurisdiction of the Boxing Commits
sion to include wrestling.
Certain wrestling matches. par
tlcularly between women, have been
held in the District which are of a
questionable character from moral
viewpoint and which are described
even by experts as more in the ma
ture of burlesque shows than
wrestling Matches" the resolution
reads
The Federation went on record as
opposing the proposed Federal lot
terry called for in a bill introduced
recently by Senator Guffey, Demo
crat, of Pennsylvania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Ernest c. Friss Rites
Conducted at Oakley
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, Dec. A.
Funeral services for Ernest c. Friss
SO, of Clements, Md, who dice
Wednesday at the home of his
daughter, Miss Grace Friss. Alex
andria, Va, were held yesterday al
All Saints Episcopal Church, Oak.
ley. Burial was in the church
cemetery
In addition to his daughter, Mr.
Friss is survived, by his widow, Mrs
Ada Friss; another daughter, Miss
Mary Friss, Alexandria, and foul
sons, Henry and William Friss, both
of Clements; Howard Friss, Alex
andria, and Ernest Friss, Army All
Forces stationed in Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
McNubb
Continued From First Page

would apply only to the case in
which the decision was rendered.
After all, the Constitution says
that no person shall be compelled
In any criminal case to be a wit
ness against himself, so no invol-
untary confession can be admitted
in evidence, and this stands as the
supreme law of the land, no matter
what statute Congress might enact"
Another Session Slated.
The subcommittee headed by Rep
resentative Weaver, Democrat, of
North Carolina. had expected to
wind up its hearings yesterday, but
several opponents of the Hobbs bill
still are awaiting an opportunity
to testify, so Chairman Weaver said
another session would be held some
time next week The Congress of
Industrial Organizations is among
those to be heard.
Mr.. Hobbs told the subcommittee
United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran would submit a statement
for the record. and that other state
ments would be presented on behalf
of arresting officers in cases here in
which confessions have been barred
under the McNabb rule, in which
the Supreme Court held that MUIR
der confessions were inadmissible
because they were taken from de-
PENDANTS who had been held as
long as 48 hours without arraign-
ment.
Mr.. Biddle said he felt that lower
courts in the District and elsewhere
have gone far beyond the intent of
the Supreme Court in constituting the
McNabb rule. He cited as one ex-
ample the Mitchell case in the Court
of Appeals here in which the Gov
eminent has taken an appeal to
the Supreme Court in the hopes of
getting a Qualification of the McNabb
ruling.
In implying doubt that the Hobbs
bill would be entirely adequate, Mr..
Biddle told the subcommittee that
1t would remove the sanction which
the Supreme Court has devised to
implement the right of an arrested
person to prompt or immediate ar
raignment, but the right itself would
remain" and that law enforcement
officers still would be bound by lex
ceedingly stringent arraignment
rules" He said this was not a
satisfactory situation" from the
viewpoint of the Justice Department.
The standard he proposed, the wit
ness said he felt, would assist
materially in the typical situation
where arraignment seems to me to
be justifiably delayed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Knox Answers Critics
On Heavy Casualties
In Taking Tarawa
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The bloody lessons of warfare
that the Americans and japanese
traded at Tarawa brought these re.
actions yesterday from the head Of
the Navy and Marine who was
there:
/. Secretary Knox, taking note Of
criticism" concerning the grievou.
loss Of American life in capturing
the Pacific atoll, asserted the well.
prepared Japanese withstood pre-.
invasion pounding like nothing be.
fore in the history of warfare
2. A Marine Corps combat cor.
respondent, Sergt. Jim G. Lucas
who took part In the operations
said something appeared to have
gone wrong"-that the Marinesshac
expected to find the Japanese prac.
tically wiped out by air and naval
bombardment, but actually encoun-
tered a ferocious defense.
Knox Cites Three Reasons.
The japanese, who killed 1,02e
Americans and wounded 2557 more
before they were annihilated in
three days Of fighting, were able tc
inf1ict such a toll, Mr.. Knox told
a press conference, for three main
reasons:
/. They had shelters and gun en-
placements so heavily built and SO
deeply dug at the main position at
Betio that they could Withstand a
great number of hits"
2. Trees and camouf1age make II
impossible always to get the in
formation needed from aerial pho
Biography in planning an attack. In
this connection, Mr.. Knox said
there had been criticism by arm
chair strategists" that we had in
sufficient information concerning
defenses.
Were Heavily Bombed.
3. A change of wind hung up
some American assault boats on a
reef, where the men were easy tar
gets for the Japanese.
Mr.. Knox said 1900 tons of shells
of all sizes, 700 tons of bombs and
millions of rounds of machine-gun
bullets were poured into the enemy
before the land assaults.
That heavy weight of explosives
and shell fire, he noted, exceeded
the total dropped in big" raid on
the vastly larger target Of Berlin.
Indeed, Mr.. Knox said, most Of the
Tarawa target was within an area
of about square mile
Mr.. Knox was asked about the size
of the American naval force that
stood off Tarawa and bombarded it
to what Sergt. Lucas and his fell
lows thought was sure destruction.
Was it greater than the Japanese
force at the Battle of Midway
Island in 1912? Mr.. Knox was asked.
I can't say" he replied. But if
the Japs had brought the whole
feet from Truk out there we would
have been delighted to have them
come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Soviet Paper Asks Finn:
To Turn on Germans
BY the Associated Press.

BY The ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The Soviet
newspaper War and the WORKING
Glass today urged the Firms to over
throw their government and declare
war on Germany las the only hope
OF salvation to the Finnish people"
The article was read from Moscow
In CHS broadcast and said the
task could be accomplished with
Russian assistance" 1t warned that
"the Finnish people cannot expect
to await until the eleventh hour anc
still receive the advantages of CO.
Aelligerent."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Sent Marine Marbles

SYRACUSE, N. Y. (P.-The $64
question at the post Office is why thu
WAC sent q marine in New Guinea
a Christmas package of five pounds
OF marbles. Best guess: To use in
bartering with the natives.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11

Ara. music and drama are sub
sidized by the British govern
ment through grant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
By PETER EDsON

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Pro-
duction in the Henry ]. Kaiser
shipyards on the Pacific Coast has
dropped 10 percent III efficiency,
the company says, solely because
of labor turmoil, which continues
as the result of secret agreement
entered into between the CIO and
A. F. of L. representatives, first
revealed in these dispatches yes
terday.
This unpublicized clause agreed
to in connection with the peace and
unity pact announced by the A.
F. of L. and CIO last December 2
is to the effect that nothing in the
peace agreement will conflict
with either party's legal rights,
and this permits continued union
organization activities within the
Kaser plants under t h e rights
granted by the Wagner Act de-
spite the fact that these shipyards
have A. F. of L. contracts.
The three A. F. of L. conferees
Of December 2, who accepted the
secret clause, were directed a
short time later-after the appar-
ent meaning of the paragraph as
serted itself-to get in touch with
their CIO co-peacemakers and ask
them point blank if they inter-
preted this legal rights protection
clause as authorization to continue
raiding. That was early in De-
cenber, 1912. Three months have
elapsed and nothing has happened
except that the National Labor Re-
lations Board counsel have pre-
sented their arguments against the
Kaiser Company for its alleged un-
fair and discriminatory labor prac-
tees, and the hearings were first
adjourned to March IS, and then
to March 29, when counsel for the
Kaiser interests may present their
arguments in rebuttal.
Meantime, at an NLRB hearing
in Portland, Edgar F. Kaiser stat
ed that if the NLRB nullified the
existing A. F. Of L. contracts, and
forced new union elections to de-
termine which side should do the
bargaining for the Kaiser employ
ees, the damage to working eff
cheney that would result would be
equivalent to a thirty day suspen-
sion of production.
When the executive council of
the A. F. of L. met in Miami,
Fla, in mid-January, it ratified the
unity agreement of Dec. 2, which
had already been ratified by the
CIO Executive Council. B u to
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
NAVY IS SEEKING
YOUTHS FOR DUTY
Wants Unlimited Number
OF II Year Old Boys
For Service

"Seventeen-year-old boys are
wanted in an unlimited n'-noer
for enlistment for Naval service
R. L. DeLoach, chief petty officer
in charge Of the Wilmington Navy
Recruiting office, said Wednesday,
as he announced itineraries OF re-
cruiters.
"At least IS per cent Of all II.
year-old youths are being trained
for petty officers ratings in sucn
branches as aviation machlnlst,
aviation radio, aviation ordnance
man, machinists mate, electricians
mate, gunners mate, hospital ap
prentice, and many others, ne
said.
Enlistment in the Naval All
Corps for Aviation Cadet training
lis also open to 17-year-old boys.
C. R. Rhodes, chief petty off
Ger, will be in the following towns
on these dates: Bladenboro postof
flee, March 10; Lumberton postof
flee, March 11-12; Fairmont cham
Der of commerce, March 13; Max
ton postoffice, March Is; Laure
Hill postoffice, March IT; Gibsor
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
HEIRESS TO Aid
FOOD SHORTAGES
Doris Duke Cromwell Re-
ported Converting Farm
To Livestock

NEW BERN. March 1o.-o IN
terest TO North Carolinians Is news
from Somerville, N. j., tnat IN re,
sponse to the government appea' ea
for increased production OF Ou.Iel' ,
eoos and other dairy products'
Mrs. Doris Duke Cromwell, heir-
ess IN the fortune Of the late James
p Duke North Carolina tobacco
rnan,fa cturer, is converting DUKE
Farms, her 2,300-acre estate near
Souerville. into general livestock
farm.
An indication that the conversion
will be permanent and not merely
temporary is seen in the announce
noent of George A. Lefevre, farm
manager that the cattle bred tnere
will be exhibited at dairy shows
after the war.
The first of the IS Jerseys, winch
will comprise the original dairy
herd. have already arrived at the
farm. and number Of Aberdeen
Angus beef cattle and yearllng
bull, Bataan of Wickwire, n We
been purchased, dCcOluliS w
fevre, who says that the cattle
are from "the best blood lines oo-
tainable."
Chickens and turkeys will also
be raised there, Mr.. Lefevre re-
ports, as well as feed crops ana
grains.
In establishing the dairy farm
Mrs. Cromwell is following the ex-
ample set by her father, WI
moved to the Somervile area oo
years ago. Despite his huge TO-
bacco interests, Mr.. Duke, w n
was born on a farm, always re-
tanned his early affection for horses
and cattle. Soon after acquiring
the New Jersey farm site, ne built
p race track there. Later he turn.
ed his attention to the raising OF
high-grade cattle.
During World War I, Mr.. Duke
operated the Duke Farms as
dairy and grain farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11

Nearly half the expectspt ,,
In Great Britain attend nr V'as''
clinics established by tn. Nv,ns'al ,.a
ment. soVtn,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
Local Man Reported
Prisoner OF Japanese

Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Simmons
of 1906 South Third ST., were notl-
fled Wednesday that their son.
Robert D. Simmons, 81, OF the
United States Navy, is now a
prisoner of war Of the Japanese
in the Philippine islands.
Notification was received from
the Navy department, which said
it had received its report from the
International Red Cross IN Iokyo.
Young Simmons, who was a
fireman, firs+ class, entered the
Navy in 1910. He attended White
vile High school and was resld-
ing there at the tire he ENLISTED.
Mr.. Simmons saio the last time
they heard from him was through
cablegram from Manila, r. L.,
on December 18, 1941. Although
the war with Japan was under
way at that time, Young Sim.
mons had not been captured and
told his parents don't worry, I'm
10 K"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
RAILROAD LABOR
SAID UNDERPAID
Wage Statistician Declares
Comparison Reveals
Deficiency

CHICAGO. March 10. Ia A
wage statistician today told the
Presidents Emergency Fact Find
ing board hearing the railroad Ia
Dor pay demands that 1853 per
cent of all minimum wages sur
veyed by him outside the railroad
industry were higher than those
paid for comparable work for the
carriers.
E. L. Oliver of Washington. DC.
testifying in behalf of Is unions
of incorporating personnel repre-
senting 100000 railroad employees,
told the board he had surveyed
rates paid crafts comparable to
those in railroad work on a ma
tionwide basis. Outside the indus
try, he said, 1853 per cent of all
minimum rates he studied ranged
from 70 to IA cents an hour COM
pared with the 46 cents an hour
general minimum for carrier en-
ployes, and with 36 cents an hour
paid some rail hands.
Oliver said he surveyed a total
of 3, ,675 rates. Of these. 1859 were
above the scale paid in the rail
road industry. SO were in the same
range in and out of the industry
and 18 were below those paid by
the roads.
The IS unions Of such workers
as clerks, telegraphers, yardmen
and other railroad workers not di-
rectly employed in running trains,
have asked for an increase of 20
cents an hour, with a 70-cent min
imum.
The emergency board Of three
experts in labor negotiations has
been hearing the labor side of the
issue since the hearings opened on
March l. After the unions have
rested, the railroads, represented
by conference committees, w i'll
present their witnesses in opposi.
ton to granting the wage demands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
w11 M1NeroN MORNING STAR. WILMINGTON. \: G:

A. tho outset Of the hearings
a1 "a. s tor the brotherhoods de-
elared eIuasi' railroad labor faced IL, IN
u1eassu ;ne Standards under the war econ,
nrgv lmg s'a and that the wage demand
un was intended na to prevent IAN in
svita @dt able loss in actual wages as
measured by the purchasing power
u In nAr reply, management counsel
.sserted war time prosperity OF
the the carriers was mot genuine. :.
and and that its increased volume OF
traffic will collapse on the day
the war ends" He said it was
to the brotherhoods' best interests
to see that the lines have funds
in reserve after the war to main
tain and restore the railroads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
Several Allied Ships
Said Sunk In Atlantic

NEW YORK March 10. - R -
Aneta. Netherlands news agency
renorted today in a dispatch from
Paranaripo, Surinam, that sever
Al Allied ships-probably eight
have been sunk by enemy action
near the coast of French Guiana.
News Of the sinkings was disclos-
ed when 30 survivors were landed
at Paramaribo this morning, 1t
said. adding that details could not
be obtained Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11

postofice, March II; Laurinburg
postoffice, March 1919; and Fair
mont postoffice, March 20.
H. ]. Davis, recruiting represen-
tative for this district, will be at
postoffices in the following towns
on these dates: Pink Hill, 9 to IL
a. M, March Is; Beulaville, to 5
p. M, March is; Chinquapin, 9 to
~ a. m. March 16; Kenansville, I
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-11
PLAYWRIGHT ILL

LONDON, March 10.-LP}-Noel
Coward has been taken Ill at Ex
eter and the first night Of his play
present Laughter" has been can
celled. The Press Association said
Coward was very ill., with a tenn.
nerature of 104,