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Evening star., 1944-11-10
5000 Commuters
Delayed as Chicago
Rail Workers Strike
~ the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1O.-Transpor-
tation Of an estimated $1,000
Chicago commuters was dis
rupted this morning when 600
employees of the Chicago, North
Shore & Milwaukee, and the
Chicago, Aurora & Elgin electric
railroads stopped work as efforts
failed to settle q wage dispute.
The strikers, members Of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen
and the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, left their
jobs at the designated hour Of 4 am.
No settlement was imminent in the
months old controversy. A sched-
uled strike last September Is was
ayerted on Intervention Of President
Roosevelt, who referred the dispute
to q special mediation board.
The disruption Of service seriously
affected the transportation Of thou
sands of workers, as well as soldiers
and sailors at Fort Sheridan and
the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station.
Police 1t. George Barnes, who said
policemen were stationed along
routes of both lines in Chicago, said
there was no disorder, but confusion
mounted as commuters sought to
reach their places Of employment in
Chicago and in north and west
suburbs. Hundreds were left strand
ed when the trains halted.
The North Shore normally oper-
ates 165 trains daily on its route to
Milwaukee and on second route to
Waukegan, ILL.,. and the training
center and Fort Sheridan. i
Company spokesmen and union
officials said they had exhausted
every hope Of averting the strike
and said the settlement would come
only by President Roosevelt order
ing the lines be taken over by Fed
eral officials.
The Mediation Board had recon-
mended the roads grant wage in
creases of cents an hour to the
union members, cents an hour less
than they had asked. The Brother
hood councils rejected the proposal
Current wages, rail officials said, are
90 cents an hour for motormen and
and 80 cents for collec-
tors and brakemen.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Russia
Continued From First PAGE. J

Komlo and Besebtelek, all of which
are on communications lines lead
ing north from Budapest to Vienna
140 miles distant.
Third Of Army Used.
Field dispatches indicated the new
operation employed only about one
third of Marshal Malinovsky's total
strength. While there was no indi-
cation when the other two-thirde
might 60 into action the developing
drive was hailed here as the prob
able beginning of q winter campaign
aimed at reducing Budapest and
driving into Germany from the
south,
Great quantities of equipment
have been taken or DESTROYED by
Marshal Malinovskys troops, a spe-
cial Soviet annoupcement said.
Among the items listed as captured
were 386 planes, 1888 tanks and self
propelled guns. 856 guns, $50 NOR
tars, f,795 machine guns and thou
sands of freight cars, trains and
trucks.
The Russians said that in addi-
ton their troops destroyed 4l6
planes, 900 tanks and self propelled
guns. 5000 trucks and hundreds Of
freight cars.
A late Budapest broadcast re-
corded in Bern, Switzerland, said
other Soviet units had renewed their
attacks in Budapests southern
suburbs, where fierce house-to-
house fighting has been reported.
Berlin said other Russian troops
had crossed the Danube River at
Dunafoldvar, 43 miles south of
bomb-battered Budapest. The Ger
man radio said that further south
another Red Army was on the move
again with the crossing of the
Danube at Apatin, Is miles south
OF the Hungarian border by units
Of Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin,s
Sd Ukraine Army.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Memorial to Honor
Mrs. Josephine TuIks

Memorial services for Mrs. Jo-
sephine Talks will be held at 5 pm.
Sunday In the Church of the
Epiphany, on g street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
NV.
Mrs. Talks died last July IA while
visiting her daughter, Mrs. George
Corriyau, in Denver. Mrs. Talks
was q native and lifelong resident
Of washington. Her home was at
633 Columbia road NV. She was
the national treasurer of American
Gold Star Mothers, Inc, at the time
Of her death. She also was the Dis
trict Department chaplain of the
American Legion Auxiliary and q
member Of the Eastern Star.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
$4,000 Bond Fixed
In Powers Appeal

Justice Jesse g. Adkins of District
Court, who on November 6 sentenced
Connie A. Powers, 48, to serve from
two and half to seven and halt
years after conviction on charges oi
grand larceny Of $500. today set
bond at $l5, 900 for Powers release
pending appeal. Powers did not Inn
mediately make bond.
Powers sentence Is In connection
with q amoney-making machine
demonstration in which he allegedly
obtained the 48.50O from : service
station operator.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Election
CONTINUED From First Page.)

telegram to Gov. Dewey thanking
him for his message.
Mr. Roosevelt was asked if he had
won the one election bet he recently
told newsmen he had made. He
laughed and said he had called it of
that he had gotten scared.
He referred to 25-cent bet on the
outcome of a vote in what he earlier
had said was a certain State, with
out having identified it.
Another newSman asked If he
"could be the first to ask you if you
intend to run for a fifth term In
1913"
The President laughed that one
off, too. saying he had been asked
the same question in 1910, and he
believed in 1896. also.
Michigan in Roosevelt Column.
With Michigan now apparently
safe in the Roosevelt column, here
is the election box score on the basis
of returns from all but some 5000
of the Nations 130,789 voting units
Roosevelt, 24,221, ,696; Dewey, 21,-
155,667; electoral vote, 432 to 90; 81
States to II. =
House-242 Democrats, 1877 Re-
publicans, 2 minor parties, four un-
decided Gall in Missouri.
Senate-56 Democrats, 81 Repub-
licans, Progressive, two unsettled
pennsylvania, Missouri.
Michigans 10 electoral votes
shifted to Mr.. Roosevelt when
Wayne County canvassers uncov-
cred a mass of errors in the original
vote counting. With only 16 pre-
cincts unreported, the President has
a lead of 17,109-1 ,097 sos to 1885,
497.
Challenge Of Lasting Peace.
With the election out Of the way
Mr.. Roosevelt and the Seventy
ninth Congress face the dual chal-
lenge to wind up the war and write
. peace that will last.
This, as Gov. Dewey said in his
campaign, Is no one-man job.
On the Presidents part, he faces
The impending conference with
Prime Minister Churchill and Pre-
mier Stain, the Chinese problem
enhanced by removal of Gen. Joseph
w. Stilwell at Chang Kai-shek's S
personal request, decisions on the
makeup of the new cabinet, pro-
vided any changes would be con-
templated; a number Of major ap-
pointments now likely to be made
momentarily.
The retiring Congress, which will
Ieconvene next Tuesday, has some
work to do, but the spotlight hence
forth Is on the new one that con-
venes In January.
This Seventy-ninth Congress must
appropriate the final punch funds OF
war, it must equip the President
with special wartime powers that
are due soon to expire, renew anti
imitation and other economic con-
trolls, act on taxes and other domes-
tic matters. Principally, though, it
will be the peace" Congress.
Two-thirds' Majority Needed.
Whatever Mr.. Roosevelt and his
cohorts work out for the peace must
60 before the Senate and only q
two-thirds' majority there will sane
ton it. That will require some Re-
publican votes. Secretary OF State
Hull has not ignored the Republi-
cans In the Senate and has taken
them into his confidence, as well as
the Democrats, in frequent parleys
on progress OF the peace plans.
Mr.. Roosevelt and the old Con-
gress have battled tooth nd-nail
on some issues where Southern
Democrats teamed up with Repub-
licans. But on major questions in
volving the war, the Congress gave
the administration pretty much
what it wanted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Allies Bomb
|Ndzi Oil Plants

LONDON, Dec. I (INS)-RAF'
heavy bombers went out over Ger
many in strength during the night
and concentrated the weight of
their attack on Duisburg, inland
port and industrial city at the
junction of the Ruhr and Rhine
rivers, the air ministry announced
today.
Thirty-three American war
planes. Is bombers and II fight
ers. previously reported among
the S6 missing from yesterday 5
attacks on German oil plants,
were listed today as safe by
American air headquarters.
Forty bombers and ID fighters
still are missing. However, Off
Gals believe at least eight fight
ers have landed in friendly terri
tory.
The air ministry disclosed,
meanwhile, that more attacks had
been carried out on Va rocket
launching sites in Nszi-held pbr-
tons of the Netherlands yesterday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

the Fl Chico rum deal In which
the state lost 100000 in esti-
mated profits because of overpay'
ment on on the purchase.
The fact that the Star Transfer
Co. former haulers of state
whisky, still owes Michigan Sl2l,.
600 in breakage, missing whisky,
etc. was also mentioned.
Brown said there has been nc
effort made yet 10 collect this
money.
Referring 10 slow movinf
brands in which the state has in
vested S3.304,767. the report said
"From the sales experience
regarding runs and brandies
the commission will have
large amount invested for a con-
siderable length Of time.
Tt II reasonable 10 assume
that had this merchandise been
delivered by the vendors within
a short time after the order
was originally placed much
more could have been disposed
of than there has been"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
10 Above Zero
Due for Tonight

The seasons first real winter
weather will increase in frigid-
ness, tonight with the mercury
falling to near 10 degrees above
zero. the weather bureau reported
today.
Skies will remain overcast, with
occasional snow flurries today and
tonight. Saturday will be con-
tinued cold with slowly diminish
ing winds. the bureau said.
Temperatures of Is above had
been anticipated for early today,
but the lowest official reading
was % degrees at a a. m. The
highest today was expected to be
about %.
Winter descended elsewhere in
Michigan. too, with from 3 to 5
inches of snow blanketing the
Upper Peninsula. Falls of 8 to 8
inches were recorded in the Gay
lord area where state highway
department plows cleared roads.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
2 Drives
Open ON
Austria

LONDON, Dec. tUPt-fwo
powerful Red armies bsttled
through widening breaches In the
German defenses at both ends q
a 250-mile Hungarian front today
in twin drives that carried within
100 miles of Austrian soil in the
south and broadened the Soviet
hold on the vital Tarnow-Buda-
pest railroad In the north.
The biggest Soviet gains were
marked up in the south, where
armored spearheads fought west
ward beyond captured PEGS to-
ward Lake Balaton and the
Austrian frontier. and north along
the Danube, barely Is miles be-
low Budapest.
Meanwhile. Red forces to the
north stormed into Eyer from
the south. east and west, and
routed the Nazi garrison after a
savage, all-day street battle.
On the northern wing, the Rus
slams drove four miles north of
the Hernad River line and cap
tured Szikszo. on the main rail-
way line from the German Polish
base al Tarnow TO Miskolc, seven
miles TO the southwest.
Miskolc was invested closely on
three sides, and the fall OF that
bastion seemed a matter OF days
at most.
German reports told Of fierce
fighting on the immediate eastern
and southern approaches to Bud
apest, acknowledging that the
thunder OF heavy artillery IRE
uaS ehakinp tho canital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
5thStopsNdzii
Drive in Italy

ROME. Dec. I tINS)-Heavy
fighting ragged today on the center
of the italian front as the Ger
mans made savage attempts to
re-establish their Gothic Line posi-
tons south of Bologna which were
seized a month ago by the u. S.
Fifth Army.
Bitter clashes occurred in the
area south of Mt. Castellaro and
east of Mt. Belmonte. where the
Fifth Army halted the desperate
thrust of the Nalis which re-
gained at least two towns for. the
Germans.
The Fifth Army right flank
countered the offensive of Field
Marshal Kesselring's columns by
slamming forward to wrest Mont
Fregnano and the town of Ira
monti. near the F'lorence-Faenza
highway, from Nazi control.
The British Eighth Army
launched a strong tank-supported
dlldCh ukdAiSt ule ruehxd-No
VIENNA highway and battered Ger
man defenses in the Albereto sec
tor where the Germans bar the
road to Russi.
British patrols crossed the La
none River and engaged the en-
envy south of the key highway
junction of Faenza.
A feet of 500 Allied bombers
and fighter-bombers joined the
battle with attacks against Ger
man positions and communica-
lions In the Pc Valley,
Bombers wrecked key bridges
east OF Milan while the fighter
| b ON bers concentrated their
sweeps against communication
arteries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Final Wayne Ballot
FIGURES Due in Week

Official certificstion OF the
Wayne County results Of the Nov.
election is expected by next
Wednesday or Thursday.
which time the Wayne Coun
canvassing board believes IL VII.
have completed its check OF
errors in the original tabulation.
il was announced today.
Chief source of errors reported
was assumption that because
straight ballots were cast for
President the same number OF
straight ballots were cast for
partisan state and county candi-
dates.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
YugosIav Pdrtisans
Seize Another Town

LONDON. Dec. l CUP - A
Yugoslav communique today re-
ported the capture OF Novi-Pazar,
Ito miles south of Belgrade. and
said Partisan forces were besieg.
ing Cacak and Sjenica.
Novi-Pazar is 40 miles south Of
karaljevo on the Ibar River. the
capture of which was reported
yesterday. Cscak is 20 miles west
of Kraljevo, and Sjenica is 4S
miles southwest OF CAchk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
THE WEATHER

Detro,, and vicinity: snow nurries and
colder tonight, with lowest about Is degrees
Saturday. partly cloudy and continued cold
shippers forecast; Protect shipments dur
ina the next sc hours for North, 5 de-
srees: vest Q to 10 degrees: east. IS;
south, is.
Temperatures Thursday; Highest, - de-
Krees. lowest. as; mean. 30.
Departure from normal temperature Thurs
day; B degrees.
Departure from normal temperature sincs
Jan. 1. = 1904 degrees.
Tempersturs on. year sro today: Highest
Temperatures this date IN past "a Year,;
Highest. 90 degrees In 1e22; lowest. ir
Precipitation In last "a hours ending al
$50 q. m. today: trace.
Departure from normal precipitation since
Jan, l:-639 inches.
Degree dsu for Thursday. Nov. so: IS.
Normal for Nov. so: 81.
Accumulated degree days this month: e7e.
Normal degree days for Nov; TIA.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Belgian Premier
Wins More Support

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 (UP)--
Premier Hubert Pierlot rapidly
gained political strength today
with one after another OF the re-
sistance groups pledging support
for his government.
Communist leaders were silent
in the face of his Allied support
and an announcement that the
cabinet was investigating the coal
transport problem, one Of the
principal issues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
JAP SUB SUNK
S Z. S. SHIPS HIT, JAPS SAY

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 UNS)-
Jap imperial headquarters issued
a communique today which
claimed that five American trans
ports had been sunk or heavily
damaged" in three separate ac-
tons near the Philippines by Jap
air forces.
The communique said that in an
attack Nov. rs off Tacloban. CAPT.
tai of Leyte Island. planes sank
two transports and damaged a
third.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Germans SkepticaI

NEW YORK, Dec. l (INS)--
A German wireless dispatch to
German army newspapers, re-
ported today by the FEC. warned
against undue optimism over the
big" naval victories claimed by
the japanese in recent engage
ments off Formosa and the
Philippines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Graham-Paige Strike
PrObed by Admiral
Continued from Page one)

dent of UAW-C1O. today admon-
ished Dodge strikers to return
after they had spurned the call of
regional directors.
Adde's labeled the stoppage as a
wildcat" strike and said it was in
contravention Of the mandate of
the international union and its
no strike" pledge.
He appealed TO the workers pa
triotism to keep B-29 production
going.
1000 STAY AWAY
First shift of 1000 workers did
not show up this morning at
Briggs, but at Dodge 400 of the
700 first shutters appeared, then
returned home.
Pickets were on duty at Ora
ham-Paige, but none OF the first
shift reported.
The latest strike at the Briggs
pant, Wnlch matted production Of
tanks and airplane parts and af-
fected $500 workers. began on
the day shift yesterday.
Graham-Paige. where workers
struck Wednesday, was picketed
for the second consecutive day
and 300 employees we're absent
from their work on alligator"
tractors for the navy.
Each of the strikes stemmed
from disputes between the COM
panies and locals of the JAW
CIO over seniority rights,
Members of Local 142 JAW
Go at Graham-Paige voted last
night TO remain on strike and
continue picketing until % sus-
pended welders go back to work
with all seniority rights or until
the army takes over.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l
GNS)-Joseph tthe Eye) Tocco.
New York and Chicago Under
world figure. was sentenced TO 10
years In prison and fined 5000
for transporting opium.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
Liquor Nlixup
Barred by Brown
BY AL KAUFMAN
1im,, sur oersrsns.nl

LANSING. Dec. Thousands of state liquor stamps
quired egaz whisky sales missing Auditor General
Brown renored n audit o Gov. Kelly today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
REMAIN SHORT TIME

AT the Dodge main plant. TOO
workers on the first shift went into
the plant yesterday morning, re-
manned about Is minutes and
then left. On the second shift. 40O
showed up for work bat left a
half hour after they entered the
plant.
AT the Briggs plant the same
thing happened, the first and Sec
ond shift reported for work but
remained in the plant only a short
time.
Jess Ferrazza, president OF
Local PIP UAW-CIO. TO which
the Briggs strikers belong, said
today that foremen denoted TO
production Jobs had been given
top seniority rights all over the
plant instead OF in their own de-
partments as the union contract
calls for.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

Order the United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troIt Times carrier. Hell de-
liver them IN your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

The local claims the company
violated seniority rights by en-
ploying welders to work on a
new tractor assembly line.
Graham-Paige officials yester-
day wired President Roosevelt
and the secretaries of war and
navy asking that steps be taken
TO end the strike in their plant
Immediately.
Ninety day foremen at Graham
Paige left the plant shortly after
reporting when they refused TO do
what the company described as
inventory work.
This secondary wAlkout will in
volve 120 men if the afternoon
foremen join il.
The company does not recognize
the FAA and has no contract, the
Spokesman said,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
LOSSES RECALLED

Many features OF the report
have been made public from time
TO time during the last year by
Brown, based on special reports
to him from r. c. Shepler, special
auditor designated to conduct the
first state survey of the COM
mission.
Included were renunciations OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
.Litte|| B|annes
Realty Group
Says He Exposed Plot
TO Control Surplus I

WASHINGTON, Dec. ! CUP)-
Norman NJ. Littell, ousted AS
Sistant attorney general. charged
today that powerful realty IN
terestS. with representatives in
the government, were trying 10
control disposal Of SIS, ZOO. 900 :
600 worth OF surplus war real
estate.
Meanwhile. Senator Ferguson
(R) of Michigan, took issue with
President RooSevelt's assertion
that Littell demonstrated insuh-
ordination voluntarily airing
his dispute with Biddle.
SPEAKS FOR KILGoRE, TOO
Speaking for himself and Sen
aior- KilGnre- DOT West Viz
ginia, Ferguson told reporters
that Littel had acted AT the
request of the Senate war inveSti-
eating committee which inveSti-
gated the dispute.
We requested Biddle and
Litteil 10 file with the commit
tee statements on the issue of
whether the request for Littell's
resignation arose from his APP
pearance before the commit
tee" Ferguson said.
The statement to MS should
not be treated as insubordlna-
ton"
Littell was dismissed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday for in
subordination to Attorney Gen.
eral Biddle. AS he packed up his
papers preparatory 10 surrender
ing his office at the justice de-
partment, httell's friends in Con-
gress were fighting for an investi-
cation of the rift which broke
into headlines this week.
The former head of the Justice
departments lands division told
an interviewer that the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
was making a powerful drive to
influence or control policy" in dis
poSal of surplus realty. He said
the association had sought TO
"get" him politically.
WARNED LAST AUGUST
Littell last August told the
Senate war investigating commit
tee, headed by Senator Mead CD
Of New York. that the association
had secured key appointments"
In the army real estate section
and surplus property disposal
staff. With an eye on "the gold
in them thar hills" he said to-
day. the association is working
through what he called its Wash
ton hierarchy.
"IR at least two meetings at-
tended by the hierarchy Lit
tell continued. at was admitted
that I had licked them by my
exposures before the Mead
committee last August. but
they would get me yet--po-
liticafly.
RIDDLES INCLINATION
S "They must have soon found
that Mr.. Biddle was already
predisposed In the same direc-
ton"
Walton Onslow. public relations
director for the National Associa-
ton Of Real Estate Boards. char
acterized LittelTs statements as
nonsense" and said they were
completely untrue in every re-
spect."
"Mr. Litteil has a vivid imag-
ination that seems TO be ex-
ceeded only by his lack OF
responsibility" Onslow said.
i Littell said not all members OF
the real estate association were
trying TO grab surplus property.