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Evening star., 1944-09-18
Dewey Asks Policy
To Safeguard Labor
From Party Whims
Equality on Reconversion
Urged on Arrival in
Seattle for Speech
BULLETIN.

SEATTLE R.-Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey declared today the
time has come for establish
ment Of a national labor pol
icy so the future of labor need
not depend on a single po-
litical party or the caprice of
an individual" In a train
platform appearance, he
called for equality between
the East, Midwest and Far
West in postwar reconversion
to industrial peacetime pur-
suits"
Evening star., 1944-09-18
MihoiIovich's Son
Captured by Tito
the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOclHted PreSS.
NEW YORK. Sept. ia Yugo-
slav broadcast declared today that
the Partisan forces of Marshal Tito
had captured the son Of Gen. Draja
Mihailovich, whom Tito repeatedly
has accused Of collaborating with,
the Germans.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
LoureI Results

FIRST RACE-Purse, $4,000; the Jaco-
po; 2-year-oldS; 6 furlongs.
War Trophy (Young) $40 800 2.70
Challenging (Dodson) $40 400
Tragedienne (Scocco) $50
Time, 1:16.
Also ran - Brass Man, Z Dipe Wise.
Burra Peg. Gold Beach, Stormy Bill. Black
knight, Neat Pleat Salamander, Temeru.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Hull Insists Hitler Gang
Will Be Brought 10 Trial
By the Associated Press.

D5 lae AsSuCIdItu PleSt.
Secretary of State Hull said today
that Hitler and his arch criminal
associates already are on the Allied
list of Axis war criminals who will
be tried after victory.
They are the last persons who
would be overlooked, he told a news
conference in reply to a question
about published reports that the
Nazi leaders have been left off the
war criminal list because they are
government officials.
Evening star., 1944-09-18

BY the Associated Press.
The House. aiming at a con.
gressional recess to begin b,
Friday night, today tackled post.
war reconversion and surplu.
property bills which have beer
tied up by Senate-House differ.
ences.
The leadership called up the two
points in the reconversion bill which
caused the most trouble-unemploy-
ment compensation for Federal en-
ployes and travel expenses for wal
workers returning to their originaI
homes.
Influential members forecast pri-
vately that the House will reject
these two Senate approved ideas
just as it did before, though only
after a hard fight on the floor.
Separate Bills Considered.
By returning the proposals to
the conferees, the House then
creates another stalemate. Con-
ferees are discussing now revising
the conversion bill, eliminating those
two points and bringing the re-
mainder about which there is nc
argument to House and Senate
floors for foregone approval.
Under the plan, the travel grants
and the compensation subject would
be brought up in separate bills
after the legislators return in No.
vember.
After the conversion problem j:
out Of the road, the House will act
on the conference report on the
surplus property BILL Agreement
was reached between House Senate
conferees on this legislation Friday
night.
Halleck Fears 'Nose Dive"
There is prospect of sharp argu.
ment over the conference commit.
tees compromise of differing Sen.
ate and House measures. The com.
mittee rejected the House plan fo'
a single property disposal Officer
and approved a three-man boarc
to direct disposal of the estimated
500 900 100000 worth of surplus
goods, lands and war plants the
Government will have on its hand:
when the war ends.
In a statement yesterday, Repre-
sentative Halleck, Republican, OF
Indiana, declared the whole surplus
property program is headed for q
nose dive" unless House amend
ments are restored. He noted that
Will Clayton, acting director of sur
plus property disposal, had declared
he would not accept appointment
under the bill.
Those who have read the confer
ence measure understand Clayton's
attitude clearly" Mr.. Halleck said
mo experience business man could
afford to risk his sales reputation by
trying to make the measure, as
presently written, work"
Evening star., 1944-09-18
MAP on Page A-3.)

Wv = oSS A-cI
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. ia contin.
uous stream of sky-borne rein.
forcements and supplies was
flowing into Holland to-day
and supreme headquarters am
nounced that the Allied 1st All
Army had won the first round
in the battle to lay open the
fiat lands of Northern Germany
for an invasion around the Sieg-
fried Line.
1t. Gen. Miles C. Dempsey's Brit
tsh I'd Army plunged forward from
its bridgehead across the Schelde-
Meuse Canal. Its co-ordinated Of
fensive aimed at linking up with the
bridgeheads established by the air
army-the 7th Allied Army thrown
into the battle of the western front
GA BIC front report said the
I'd Army had broken clean
through the tough crust" in a
7-mile advance inside Holland,
reaching a point only 5 miles
from Eindhoven, where some of
the air army was reported to
have landed)
Spearheads Of the United States
1st Army, which had pierced the
Siegfried Line below encirclec
Aachen, held on grimly to their DO
sitions 20 to Is miles from the Rhine
city of Cologne, turning back waves
of hoarsely screaming Germans
making shoulder o-shoulder "psy.
chological' attacks.
Twenty thousand more German!
surrendered en- masse in a mid.
France pocket below the Loire.
Counterattacks Repulsed.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton's Sc
Army along the Moselle in Eastern
France hammered eastward from
Nancy and northward behind thu
fortress city of Metz after throwing
back repeated German counter.
attacks.
The 7th Army from the Mediter-
ranean threw the Germans out OF
Lure. II miles due west of Belfort
in the gap leading to the Upper
Rhine frontier of Germany, and
were slugging their way north OF
Pont dc Roide toward Montbelarc
down the last Is miles to Belfort
from the south. The Paris radio
said without confirmation that thu
7th Army had entered Belfort. 81
miles from the Rhine,
Below Switzerland 1t. Gen. Alex
ander M. Patch's 7th Army drove
northeast II miles from captured
Modane at the entrance to the
Mount Gents Tunnel into Italy and
reached Lansle-Bourg, less than s
miles from the Italian border.
Landings Going Well"
Gen. Eisenhower announced tha
the air-borne landings in HOLLAND
were going well' in this lates
blow, a blow which might break thu
back of German resistance strained
by the piling up demands of many
fronts.
"One of the greatest air-borne on.
erations in military history" as il
was described by 1t. Gen. Lewis H
Brereton, commander of the 1st All,
Army, was said by the Germans tt
be centered at Nijmegen, only abou
3 miles from the Dutch German
border and IL miles northwest O
Kleve, where the Siegfried Line il
reported to end.
Other landings were reported b,
the enemy radio at Arnhem, 10 mile.
north Of Nijmegen, where bridge.
head would have been established
across the famous water barriers O.
Holland-the Waal River and tn,
Neder Ryn (Rhine).
While these reported landings ap.
parently were designed to secure tn,
(See WESTERN FRONT Pp AID
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Reconversion Issues
Taken Up by House,
Seeking Recess Friday
Conference Report on
Surplus Property Bill
Next in Line for Action
BULLETIN,

The House voted, 239 to 80,
today to instruct conferees to
oppose Senate-approved leg
islation to provide transporta-
tion for war workers back to
their homes or to new jobs.
It also received a motion to
oppose Senate provisions to
blanket 100000 Federal
workers under unemploy-
ment compensation.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Fresh Sky-Borne Troops Pour in
To Bolster Holland Bridgeheads;
Nazi Attacks Fail Below Aachen
Putton's Forces
Also Turn Back
Counteruttucks
BULLETINS.


WITH U. S. AIRBORNE
FORCES IN HOLLAND, Sept.
II (Delayed) R.-The Ger
mans, fleeing from the Allied
airborne invasion in Holland
tonight, have evacuated at
least 13 Dutch hamlets and
villages.
IN GERMANY P).-In the
bitterest fighting since D-day,
American troops today
smashed strong and repeated
German counterattacks sup
ported by far heavier artil-
lery and air action than ever
was met in France or Bel
gium. Supported by fresh
reserves from the Russian
front, the Germans are fight
ing desperately to stop at all
cost the advance of American
forces. But the Yanks' great
thruStS still inch forward
about Aachen, and their at
tacks to the north of Aachen
have gained ground.
LONDON (P).-The Paris ra-
dio asserted tonight that AL
lied air-borne troops have
occupied Tilburg, Nijmegen
and Eindoven in Holland-all
points at which the Germans
said the troops had landed.
Evening star., 1944-09-18

tSee RUSSIA. Page A-4D
Evening star., 1944-09-18

(See FOOD. Page A-l2D
Evening star., 1944-09-18

(See RESCUE, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1944-09-18

(See DEWEY, Page A-12)
Evening star., 1944-09-18

(See LYNCHING, Page AID
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Robert l.. Phipps, son
of Mrs. Creasea Mcmillan, of
Glen Arm, Md, formerly of
Grassy Creek, is receiving
training at Camp Blanding,
Fla. He entered service five
months ago.
Sgt. Otis Hodge, son of Mr.. R.
L. Hodge, is somewhere in Eng
land and writes that he is liking
his work very much.
1t. Jean C. Ashley, A. N c.,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
o. Ashley, of Warrensville, has
successfully completed her basic
training at the Training Center
for Army Nurses, at Camp Ruck-
er, Ala. 1t Ashley is now eligi-
BILE for assignment to an Army
General or Station hospital in
this country or for overseas duty.
Bruce MulliS, SIC, son of Mr.
Charlie Mullis and the late Mrs.
Mullis, who entered the Navy
over three years ago, has been
home on leave for the past week.
He is stationed at Norfolk, Va.
Pvt. Byron Mullis, son of Mr.
Charlie Mullis and the late Mrs.
Mullis, who has been in service
for almost two years, is now sta
toned somewhere in the Pacific.
: He writes that he is getting along
fine. y>4I
Winfred Mullis, of the U. S.
Navy, son of Mr.. Charlie Mullis
and the late Mrs. Mullis, is now
stationed somewhere in the Pac-
ific He writes that he recently
saw General Macarthur.
Pvt. George v. HartzOg, son of
Mrs. Sallie Hartzog and the late
John V. Hartzog, of Idlewild, has
notified his mother of his safe ar
rival somewhere in Italy. He has
been in service since November,
| 1943,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Howard C. Hodge, former
ly of Smethport, son of Mr.. R. L..
Hodge and the late Mrs. Hodge,
has been transferred to overseas
duty.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Claude Cockerham, entered the
army in December and had basic
training at Fort Knox, KY. He
is now receiving training as
tank mechanic, there.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

James r. Howell, Sic, (RDM),
of the U. S. Navy, is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wade How
ell, of Todd, this week. He has
been in service for the past Is
months and is now stationed at
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Robert L. Hodge, brother
of Mrs Earl Taylor, recently
left for overseas duty. He was
stationed at Fort George G.
Meade, Md, before leaving.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Carl l.. WOOdie, son of
Mrs j. B. Woodie, of West JEFF
Ierson, has been awarded the
GOOD conduct medal for outstand-
ing fidelity, efficiency and hon
orable service in the line of duty,
somewhere in Italy, where he is
stationed with the Coast Artillery.
S.-Sgt. John L. COckerham,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cock
.erham, is stationed somewhere in
Italy Jack, as he is known to
friends, has been in Italy for the
past fifteen months. He writes
that he recently saw S-Sgt. Lowell
Smithey. of Jefferson, the first
person from home he had seen.
Pic James F. COckerham has
. been + N the Army seventeen
:7zzDz2as and is stationed at Camp
4 -ge, Va He was recently home
@r,n t1aTlough with his parents, Mr.
2sn2 HRS Claude 1Cockerham.
Pvt Charles Ell. COckerham.
arzQac1er son of Mr.. and Mrs
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pfc. Roy A. Phipps, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. L C.. Phipps, of
Nathan's Greek, is now sta
toned somewhere i'm the Aleu-
ton Islands and writes that he
is getting along fine. Pfc.
Phipps has been in service for
the past two years.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pfc. Harold Taylor, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Taylor, of Nathan's
Creek, is with the Marine Corps
somewhere overseas. He writes
that he is getting along fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. James r. WOrley, son of
Mr.. Soloman Worley, of Todd, has
been in service for two years and
is now stationed somewhere in
England. He likes the country
and people very much and is get
ting along fine with his work:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

James D. Taylor, of the Mer-
chant Marines, is somewhere
overseas and reports that he is
getting along fine with his work
He is also the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Taylor, of Nathan's Creek.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Gene E. Wilcox is now station
ed at the Vancouver, Washington,
where he is a postal clerk. He had
served four years with the Ma
rine Corps before the war, and
was employed at Los Angeles,
Calf, before being called back
into service. His wife, the form
err Miss Ethelene Woodington, is
with him.
Pvt. NOrveI F. HOuck, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Houck, is
now somewhere in Italy. He has
been in service since November,
1943.
Pvt. Raymond V. Elliott, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott,
of Smethport, is now stationed
somewhere in the southwest Pac-
ific, and writes that he is getting
along fine. He has written two
letters recently on japanese sta
tionery.
Pfc. Claude Ashley, son of Rev.
and Mrs. A. c. Ashley, has recent
ly been moved to the western
coast in San Francisco, Calf, and
writes that he is getting along
fine. -
Pvt. Ralph Ashley, who is sta
toned at Fort Mcclellan, Ala,
writes that he is getting along
fine with his work
Cpl. Avery III. Miller, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Miller, of
Othello, visited his family last
week, while on fur1ough. His
wife and son also make their home
in the county.
Pvt. Raleigh S. Greer, of Fleet
wood, who is stationed at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo-, spent several
days with his family recently.
His wife, the former Miss Made
line Bledsoe, of Todd, and little
son, Hoyt Dean, returned with
him to Missouri
Gilmer L. BledsOe, H. A., &c, of
Todd, who entered service in
February, has completed "boot'
training and first hospital train
ing at cambridge, Md, and is
now stationed at Charleston, S.
c., at the Naval Hospital.
Robert Breeze Pennington, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Penning-
ton, was among the 1,150 Mid
shipmen graduated on May 81,
from the U. S. Naval Reserve
Midshipmen's School, located on
the campus of the University of
Notre Dame, in Indiana, with a
commission as ensign in the U. S.
Naval Reserve. Ensign Penning-
ton spent Monday at his home.
Sgt. Claude J. Powers, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Larkin Powers, of
Lansing, is now overseas, some
where in England and is partici-
pating in a course designed to
bridge the gap between training
in the States and soldering in an
active theater of war. He is with
the Air Force.
Pvt. Hoyle Stringer, who enter
ed service last month, is stationed
at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Pvt.
Stringer is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Stringer, of West
jefferson, and his wife, the for
mer Miss Ruth Greene, also lives
in West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt Charles Ell. COckerham,
aHaESaer son of Mr.. and Mrs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pfc. Charles Lanier, son of Mrs.
Effie Lanier, has been in service
for over two years and is now
somewhere overseas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Raleigh S. Greer, of Fleet
wood, who is stationed at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo-, spent several
days with his family recently.
His wife, the former Miss Made
line Bledsoe, of Todd, and little
son, Hoyt Dean, returned with
him to Missouri
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. NOrveI F. HOuck, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Houck, is
now somewhere in Italy. He has
been in service since November,
1943.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Cpl. Avery III. Miller, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Miller, OF
Othello, visited his family last
week, while on fur1ough. His
wife and son also make their home
in the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pfc. Claude Ashley, son of Rev.
and Mrs. A. c. Ashley, has recent
ly been moved to the western
coast in San Francisco, Calf, and
writes that he is getting along
fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Gilmer L. BledsOe, H. A., &c, of
Todd, who entered service in
February, has completed ''boot"
training and first hospital train
ing at cambridge, Md, and is
now stationed at Charleston, S.
c., at the Naval Hospital.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Ralph Ashley, who is sta
toned at Fort Mcclellan, Ala,
writes that he is getting along
fine with his work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-08

Pvt. Raymond V. Elliott, son
of MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott,
of Smethport, is now stationed
somewhere in the southwest Pac-
ific, and writes that he is getting
along fine. He has written two
letters recently on japanese sta
fionerV
Evening star., 1944-08-03

that sorely tried country In ulti-
mate victory over Japan. As .
lieutenant general his responsible
tiles. In addition to incidental com-
mand Of Chinese armies, have been
those Of the top command Of Ill
American forces in the vast China
Burma-India theater. Now that be
Is moving to- the rank OF full gem
eral--joining the select company Of
Marshall, Eisenhower, Macarthur.
Arnold and Craig--we may safely
assume that besides winning we'll
earned honor, he is being put in q
position to direct new and far
reaching military tasks in Asia. We
shall have to wait for events them
selves to disclose the nature Of those
tasks, but on the strength OF his
record, we can be sure that the vet
eran Stilwell is amply equipped to
handle them with distinction.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Shifting Finland

The sudden appearance of Field
Marshal Baron Mannerheim as
emergency President of Finland is
the visible phase of a political and
diplomatic situation which, for the
most part, remains obscure. Man.
nerheim's presidency at this juno
ture may be compared to the tip of
an iceberg, seven-eighths of which
is hidden below the surface of the
water wherein it floats.
Finland is in terrifically tough
spot. At the end of June, after
prolonged indecision, the Finnish
government headed by Premier
Linkomies rejected the peace terms
laid down by Soviet Russia and
signed an agreement with Germany
to stick with it through thick and
thin. That ended the Finnish pre-
tense OF waging separate war and
provoked a rupture Of diplomatic
relations with the United States.
But already the gigantic Russian
offensive had begun which has car
ried the Red armies to the heart of
Poland and has just cut the land
communications of the German
armies in the Baltic states on the
southern shores of the narrow
Finnish Gulf. Finland is menaced
with isolation from its German ally
and speedy obliteration by the Rus
sian juggernaut. Militarily, its posi-
ton appears hopeless. The few
second-string German troops sent to
Finland since the agreement cannot
alter or greatly delay the inevitable.
In this extremity both the
Linkomies cabinet and President
Risto Ryti resign in favor of Mar
shall Mannerheim. who assumes
office as sort Of emergency die
tator. From the domestic point Of
view, this makes sense, because the
T-year-old soldier . yenerated BY
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Process of Destruction
By Maj. Georse FieIdinf Eliot

The ultimate objective m battle is
the destruction Of the enemy's armed
forces. 1t Is by taking away from the
enemy his means of resistance that he
may be compelled to conform to the will
Of the victor. It viii be useful to see
how far this process Of destruction has
progressed with regard to Germany.
At sea, the German Navy has not
ceased to exist, but 1t has been reduced
to q nullity, except In the confined wa
ters Of the Baltic. This Is partially due
to heavy losses, and partially, no doubt.
to the effect Of those losses ON the mo-
rale Of the officers and men.
The latter point could not have been
more emphatically illustrated than by
the complete failure Of the German
Navy to do anything to interfere with
the invasion Of Normandy. {,
While 1t Is always possible that the
Germans may make one more stab at
U-boat warfare, for practical purposes
as far as real influence on the outcome
Of the war Is concerned we may write
on the German Navy.
4 AA
The German Air Force IS In very lit
tie better condition. Attrition In air
combat, plus the determined and re-
lentless bombing attacks against its
sources Of production, have very nearly
put the LuftWaffe out Of business. It
still has some defensive power, but OBJ
viously not enough to meet the chal-
lenge Of Allied air power on any major
front. Everywhere the Allied forces
enjoy complete air superiority, with all
It's attendant advantages. Germany has
virtually been disarmed In the air as
at sea.
The exception should be noted, how
ever, that the decline Of the Luftwaffe
may In part be due to the diversion Of
materials and skilled labor to the con-
struction Of the vi (robot bomb) and
Its possible SUCCESSORS. The extent to
which the Germans may substitute
this form Of Offensive power for their
declining air power proper Is not as
yet fully revealed, and We ought not
discount 1t too heavily.
Finally, We come to the German
Army. On May / Of this year. before
any Of the present Allied ofEendves had
gotten under way, the German Army
possessed some $40 divistcns Of al
types, deployed around the huge per-
imeter which they were seeking to de-
fend. These 80 diyisions wars al ap-
portioned to the various fronts, divided
into eight army groups: -Four on the
eastern front and one each IN Italy. tn
BalkAns. western Europe and Gcandi-
nAviA. There wAs then, and = n0w.
no central reserve and no pod q re-
plaOoments.
Since May /, The Germans have saf-
1okod heavy 1nauoa. On III oootern
Evening star., 1944-08-03
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

The Senate, in the new Congress
which takes over in January. will have
. different look, whether the Demo-
Gratis continue their control or the Re-
publicans should win by narrow mar
gin. The primary elections, for NOM
nations, plus the determination Of sew
eral sitting members not to run again,
have already seen to that.
Senator Cotton Ed" Smith Of South
Carolina, colorful opponent Of the New
Deal administration, has been beaten by
Gov. Olin D. Johnston by . consider
able margin. This has been interpreted
as sign that the Democrats of the
South will stick to President Roosevelt
In the November election-despite the
obvious opposition to q fourth term on
the part Of many Southerners.
At the same time, an old supporter
Of Mr.. Roosevelt, Mrs. Caraway, the
Senate's only woman member, went
down to defeat. She used . letter from
the President in her campaign which
referred to her As an old friend. Both
Cotton I'd" and Mrs. Caraway were
veterans Of the Upper House, the South
CArolinian the oldest member in point
Of service. Senator Smith was first
elected to the Senate in 1908 and took
his seat the following year, when the
late President william Howard Taft en-
tered the White House. He had been
one Of the principal organi3ers Of the
Southern Cotton Association. His whole
interest in those days was the advance
ment Of the cotton industry He spoke
often and long about the intricacies Of
the cotton market. He Is closing his
political career as chairman of the Sen
ate Agriculture Committee when cotton
Is selling high and the supply Of cot
ton goods is far below requirements
because Of war conditions. He Is wind
ing up his sixth term In ONCE.
The New Deal has been anathema to
Cotton Ed"-and more RECENTLY the
race issue has entered into the picture.
He was reelected SIX years ago on the