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Mesa Temporarily Calls
Off Its Four Day War
Plant Strike

CLEVELAND, Feb. 7.-tR-The
National Administrative committee
of the Mechanics Educational So.
ciety of America temporarily end.
ed four-day strike today, send
ing $4,000 members bach to var
jobs in some two-score Ohio and
Michigan plants.
The committee, a 110-membe1
executive board, adopted a resolu-
ton by vote of 102-to-8 in which
it said the union reserves the
right to defend its interests by the
full use of it's economic strength. "
The group named delegation
of 10 members, including Presi-
dent George White and Secretary
Matthew Smith, to wait on'' the
National Labor Relations board
and the War Labor board at Wash
ington tomorrow Smith and White
were served todyy with War Labor
board subpoena &directing them to
appear.
Long and protracted discus
sion,'' said the resolution, result
ed in a decision to temporarily
call off the work stoppage pend
ing a report from Washington as
to whether there is any DISPOSE.
ton on the part of government
agencies having to do with labor
matters to give adequate repre-
sentation to unions not affiliated
to the ALL and CO."
Smith, prior to the committee
session, said MESA was deter
mined to fight IA situation in
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No Justification For Strikes,
Green Tells Labor Convention
Head Calls Upon Workers.
To Give All They've
Got To War Effort

KANSAS CITY, Feb. T. Up =
william Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
made a fervent no-strike appeal
to unions today, calling on Ameri-
| can workers to give all we got"
to the war effort.
Asserting there can be no ''justi-
fication Or excuse for any strike
or stoppage of work. with the
/ lives Of our fighting men and vic
tory in the balance, he told the
convention;
IN omatter how unjust condi.
tons may become, no matte. how
sharp the aggravation may be, the
members of the American Fedora
| ton Of Labor should realize that
they must stay on the job and
keep producing to the limit of their
ability until final victory is won."
Green declared it was labor's
great responsibility to back up the
vast military movements of the
/ United Nations with the greatest
possible supply Of ships, planes.
tanks and guns-"a vast flow of
war materials which in quantity
land quality is certain to over
|Vhelm the enemy" He expressed
confidence in labor's ability to
handle the task.
He cited figures to show the ire
|mendous job the boilermakers
union and other American workers
|are accomplishing. Members of the
union in convention here have as
sisted in the building of $1,000, 600
|deadweight tons of merchant ships
since Pearl Harbo,', equal to the
1entlre worlds tonnage before the
|war; they have produced 3,7OO, 1000
displacement tons of fighting ships,
more than doubling the size of our
Navy within two years.
PRODUCTION in the airplane fac
c y. will reach the rate of 10O,-
vW planes year il 1914, Green
peelared, predicting that ''Ameri-
ra will be able to bmob our enc
nles with, such devastating effect
mat their unconditional surrender.
Ieems inevitable"
declaring national service act
unnecessary as it is unwise, =
.ieen said the ALL will resist
'i'h all its power the attempt be-
continued on Page Three; Col. II
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ing necessities. Rep. lac Cd
Calif.) said p1 .-isions of the bill
altering the war contract renegoti-
alton statutes would permit some
contractors to make excessive
profits. -;
Rep. Knutson (R.- Minn.) said
the tax laws must be simplified
before any more revenue meas
ures are passed.
Congress, he said, should en-
able our citizens to understand and
compute the tax burden imposed
on them"
Piled on top # existing revenue
laws, the new bill will increase
the governments annual income
to an estimated $42, 239, zoe, 900,
without taking into account such
non recurring receipts as pay
ments Of the unforgiven portions
of 1912 income taxes.
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.KOPOL'S FALL NEAR
Soviet Army Crashes Into
Suburbs OF Rich Min
ing Center

LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. SIP
The Red army crashed into the
suburbs of manganese-rich Nilss-
pol on the Lower Dnieper River
yesterday and also wiped out en-
tire German garrisons in the Cher.
kasy pocket 200 miles to the north
west in a merciless determination
Of 175,ooo Axis troops trapped ir
both areas, Moscow announced
early today.
Dispatches filed at midnight in
the Soviet capital by the Associ-
ated Press said both battles were
roaring to a climax with the Rus
slams effectively blocking the es'
cape of five German divisions at
Nikopol.
In the Cherkasy death ring
where the Russians were steadily
beating down the savage resist
ance Of the survivors of ten Ger
man divisions, these dispatches
said the Red army's artillery now
was within Smelling range of Axis
airfields inside the pocket.
That development possibly &C
counted for the fact that the Rus.
sian communicate did not mention
the destruction of any more Ger
man transport planes in the area
after destroying 112 of them in
three days. The Germans had been
trying to evacuate officers by
transport plane.
At Nikopol the Russians smashed
into its eastern outskirts, captur-
ing five villages, among them
Krasno Grigorievka and Novo-
Pavlovka, eight and three miles,
respectively, from the heart OF the
city which Adolf Hitler was re-
ported to have told his troops must
be held at all costs because of its
manganese deposits so vitality
needed for steel armor maufac-
ture in Germany. i ~
"A Moscow broadcast-bunetin re-
corded by the Soviet monitor said
the Germans were fighting with
dug-in tanks and self-propelled
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SERVICE VOTING
FIGHT CONTINUES
Administration Force
Beat Down Attempt To
=. Shelve Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-lRA1n a
last ditch move to beat Federal
war ballot. it's Senate opponents
got the House approved States
Rights bill to. the floor today and
so 'entangled the Senate in par
liamenta-y red tape that further
consideration of service voting leg
islation was put off until tomor
row.
Administration leaders apparent
ly were in control and ready to
push through the Green-Lucas fed
ez-al ballot bill in short order when
Senator Overton D.-La.) moved to
lay it aside and take up the House
measure which leaves the service
vote problem -un to the States
He had been defeated twice be-
fore on similar motions, but this
time switch of votes, chiefly by
Republicans, carried the motion so
to 80 over a vain appeal from
Democratic Leader Barley of
Kentucky for vote first on the
Green-LucaS bill. t
Barley then moved to amend
the House bill by substituting the
Green-Lucas bill for its provisions
Senator Taft CR. Ohio, fighting a
Federal Ballot, offered as an
amendment to Barkley's amend
ment his plan to limit Federal bal
lots to soldier-citizens of those
states which do not provide ade-
quate absentee. balloting proce-
dure.
Confused, Senators began rising
to ask what was the immediate
issue before them and none Of
fered objection W h e n Barley
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
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By NORMAN BELL =
Associated Press War Cor
respondent

ABOARD A U. S. DESTROYER
In THE NORTH PACIFIC, Feb.
A. (Delayed) The First United
States naval force to attack jap
anese home territory is steaming
safely homeward, leaving the flus-
tered enemy on Paramushiro's is
lands Kurabu point firing harm
lessly into the air and sea and
along their own beaches.
Our task force poured shells for
20 minutes into harbor and land
installations on the east and south
sides of Kurabu point today, caus-
ing fires and explosions ashore,
damaged a small merchant ship,
and departed without suffering a
scratch.
1t seemed almost too easy, and
as we left one sailor remarked
why we ought to go ahead and
take that place.
(Paramushiro, lying at the north
ern extremity of the Kurile is
lands, which include Japan itself,
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BOARD APPROVES
BOND PURCHASES

1t was proposed at the regular
weekly meeting of the New Han.
over County Board of Commits.
sioners Monday afternoon that
total of $4,000 be appropriat.
ed for the purchases of war bonds
during the Fourth War Loan drive.
Addison Hewlett, chairman Of the
board, said that the transaction
would be completed Tuesday.
During the last drive the Sep
TENDER, 1913, the board appropri-
ated $85, 1000 for the purchase of
war bonds.
The board adopted a resolution
to secure the necessary equip
ment to open the infirmary at the
county home and remove all bed
ridden patients from the homo
proper to the wards provided in
the infirmary building.
The infirmary was constructed
some time previously, members
of the board stated, but there has
never been the necessary equip
ment in the building to put it into
practical use. Four wards, one for
each race and male and female
patients, make up the construction
of the building, which is separated
for white and negro patients. A
nurse now kept at the county home
will be in the infirmary with
patients at all times. commission
ers said.
The board indicated that fire.
quent visits will be made to the
county home in order to correct
any conditions as they may arise.
A resolution was accepted by the
board whereas letter will be sent
f6nr1fsnvvnI mn Dn r~ ~
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ish holding the shen-raked area
south of Rome.
each local attack that has been
launched by the Germans was a
feeling-out blow for real test of
the beachhead's security" wrote
Daniel De Luce Of the Associated
Press in somber dispatch from
that front.
Pointing out that the beachhead
consisted of low, rolling hills and
cultivated plain unsuited for de-
tense, De Luce added that 1.-The
oeachheads security depends on
its men and guns. But it is easier
and less subject to censorship to
discuss the strategical fate of this
oeachhead on another continent
than by tallow candle light in a
black-windoWed room between the
enemy and the sea-"
Reinforced by elements of the
715th Motorized Infantry Divi-
sion from southern France, the
Nazis rammed drought the Amerl-
can lines west of Cisterna to
depth of about 500 yards early
Sunday morning, but were driven
back by counterattack shortly
after dawn. American artillery was
given much of the credit for repul-
sing this thrust, which occurred
some nine miles northeast of Anio.
For more than week the Allies
(Continued nm Page Two: Col. II
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WASHINGTON, Feb 7.-R-
Congress sent a $2,315, 20O,0 tax
increase bill today to President
Roosevelt, who had asked for $10,.
500, 600, 900 and had criticized the
smaller measure as unrea1istic.
There is considerable speculation
that ne. may show his disapprovel
by letting the bill become law with
out his signature.
A Senate-House conference re-
port. embodying the final draft OF
the measure, slid through the Sen
ate quietly, on unanimous voice
vote. but it encountered consider
able opposition before it was ap:
proved by the House, on a rollcall
vote of 238 to 101.
Rep. Crawford (R. -Mich.) and
Voorhis .-Calif) questioned
whether the measure would deal
adequately with wartime financ-
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BY KIRK L.. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyst

Moscow estimates that Is Ger.
man divisions have been caught in
the double trap sprung by the Red
armies in the Dnieper Bend, but
they represent a probable aggre.
gate of only 175,000 men.
That means the shared divisions
are at half strength. At full
strength the Russians might have
had more than 100000 enemy
troops sewed up in the Dnieper
sack for humiliation, and that
could be decisive.
Whether Russian estimates are
based on known Nazi combat loss
es not replaced or upon knowledge
that some parts Of all trapped di-
visions had already been with
drawn in retreat is not clear.
It seems highly probable, how
ever. that the trapped troops COM
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DAVIS Is VICTOR
In owl SQUABBLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. T. Up :

WASHINGTON, Feb. T. Up =
A month-long undercover wrangle
in the Office of War Inform alton
(OWD eliminated tonight in an
nouncement of the resignation OF
three top-ranking New York Off
Gals of the overseas division head
ed by Robert E. Sherwood.
The settlement was plainly vic
tory for owl director Elmer Davis,
for the dispute originated with his
demand that the three be dismiss,
ed in the interest of better CO.
ordination Of psych' logical war
fare. Sherwood had refused to car.
ry ut the order. ~ &
Sherwood, it was announced,
will continue as director Of the
overseas branch, but will leave
shortly for brief trip to London
to make final arrangements for
IAN intensification of psychological
warfare against the enemy"
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WALLACE CERTAIN
Ed. R. WILL run

!, SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7.-R-
'lse President Henry A. Wallace
' = Today he was confident Pres
y. Roosevelt would run for 2
W.; III term, but would not say he,
would be a candidate for
'eeoho term as vice-president. J
4 40 mere is no doubt in my mind
.o ~. he President will rum Wal
IT,, Salo at press conference
ns " ( D busy round of speech-mak-
[.po NJ me San Francisco area.
Inir osa !, there is a doubt in his
Ia, ASKED K if he would be a candi-
kst \. .ne vice-president replied
,s,. ae did not know. Another
ERs tOn as to whether he would
'lnnilsrly. "i'' was oiS'''lSseo
p ss,ner' in an extemporaneous
Mn NJ, before the Commonwealth
nd T. a. ne urged that the West Coas,
! pos us nation raise your Sites
"a D'1 vi of a great post war
,r cb he predicted great changes
has sDe e.. United states," he said,
irons everything to gain from a
h sn and friendly China" :
:ader sio " 81 appearance before
ny be 0l the Latin American col.
leir he complimented them for
e e, hemisphere, despite "conniv.
ESQ., i 81 the enemy. He also a, ex.
Ars u confidence in the people
rner; seh'lna, and assured South
'ppt ryan icon eonsuls he realized this
,ods frd must be willing to take
ept t from those nations in nav.
ents '0f United States invest.
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Into Home Waters

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Feb.
7.@R-Daring United States war;
ships have pushed the war into
Japan's home waters, 1900 airline
miles northeast of Tokyo, striking
as other American forces forged
new bases in the Marshall islands
from which to hammer Japan's
inner defense ring.
These new bases, at either end
of Kwajalein atoll, were taken with
a loss of only 286 men killed, COM
pared with 1922 japanese killed,
the Navy announced today. Amer
lean wounded totaled LAB and
missing, 50.
Japanese. prisoners numbered
rs, with no estimate of the enc
my's wounded.
The low American casualties
contrasted strongly with the bloody
invasion last November of the Gill
berts, the island group to the
south. There, 1925 men were killed
and 1857 at Tarawa alone. In the
entire Gilberts operation, 1,092
Americans were killed and 1880
wounded.
The figures for the Macshalls
were not final including only casu-
alties reported as of the evening
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
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1900 MILES TO TOKYO
u. S. FORCES New Bases
In Marshalls Casual
ties Reported Light

LONDON, Feb 7.-(R-The W
shy radio quoted a Japanese com-
munique today as saying that
American forces had landed in the
Kurile islands.
The Nazi-controlled French sta.
ton gave no details and its broad
cast might have been a ga-bled
account of a raid upon those stra-
tegic stepping stones between tho
heart of Japan and the Kamchatka
peninsula. There was no confirma-
ton from any other source.
A Tokyo radio broadcast earlier
today said an American attack on
the northern Chishima Kurile is
lands) must not be regarded
lightly" This came as dispatches
disclosed U. S. Warships had bonn
barded the southern tip of Para
mushiro island, in the Kuriles,
Feb, 4,
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Nazis Preparing For New
Attack On Bridge-Head

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ITALY, Feb. 7-QP)
Slammed back by American troops in their latest attack
the Anzio beachhead powerfully reinforced Nazi d.
visions recoed today and prepared to launch still heavier
onsaughts against the sweastaned Americans and Brit
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North Carolina: Cloudy Tuesday be-
oor,ine colder in afternoon. Showers
Tuesday. ~-..4.
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Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
Evening star., 1944-01-12
|CAA Plans 10 Give Jobs
To Disabled Veterans

Plans for employment Of disabled
veterans in the air trafic and COM
munications divisions of the Civil
Aeronautics Administration were
announced today by Administrator
Charles I. Stanton.
The jobs involve the handling of
radiophones, radiotelegraph and
teletype machines by which traffic
along the 35 900 miles of airways is
controlled. Salaries range from
$l,440 to 5000 a year.
Mental alertness is a prime re-
quisite, as safety of air travellers is
directly involved. An honorable
discharge from the armed services
also is necessary qualification.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
700 Persons Attend
Opening Of School
For Christian Action

With over 700 persons in attend
ance, the School for Christian Ac-
tion and Leadership Education,
sponsored by the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches, last night held
its opening session at the CAL
vary Baptist Church, Eighth and H
streets NV.
Noting that Know Your Bible"
was the most popular course with
an enrolment of approximately 300;
How to Become Real Person in
Confused World" the next with
over $50, and THE Other Side of
Washington third in demand with
more than 100, DR.. Frederick E.
Relssig, executive secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
said these subjects exemplified the
practical as we'll as religious ap-
proach of the school to present day
problems Courses given represent
local, national, international, per-
sonal and religious points of view,
he added.
Dr.. Reissig pointed out that "The
Junior High The Other Side of
Washington" and THE Church in
Action in the Nations Capital" all
deal with local problems of i'm
portance. Marriage and the Home"
preparation for Marriage" and
How to Become a Real Person in
Confused World" have national
appeal. Christianity and World
Order" dealing with the church and
the future peace, is study of
what probably is the biggest prob
lem facing the churches, DR.. Reissig
said.
Know Your Bible" and "How to
Teach in the Church School, are
the only subjects having a confined
religious appeal.
DR.. Howard Thurman of Howard
University, speaking at the first as
sembly of the school, told his audi
ence sometimes the getting to-
gether Of knowledge itself tends to
separate us from the deep RESPONSE
bilities which acquisition of knowl-
edge brings with it." He emphasized
the thought that persons possessing
too much knowledge or power fire.
ouently regard themselves as ex-
empt from the moral and even phys
ical laws of ordinary people. DR..
Thurman concluded by hoping
those truly seeking to know may
realize the true value of things.
The school. under the direction
of Rev Edwin II. Tuller as dean
and Of Rev. Lloyd H. Snyder, jr.. as
assistant dean, will meet on succeed
ing Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9:45 pm.
through February Is Registration
fee for course is $100 while at
tendance for a single session is so
cents. Students still may register
at the next meeting of the school.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY a.. i94I

NV. and Lula Robinson. 20. 1875 p
Glen Rose, %. Fort Belvoir. and Ruth
Kelly, Fl, Conemaugh, Pa.
Albert Cunning, 20. Longmont. Colo and
Marian Weld, 26 3l2o Massachusetts,
william Hitafrer, 81. 1915 Fort Davis ST.
Sc, and Emma Bunyea. 90 1870 U
Lloyd Parsons, 40, Walter Reed Hospital
and Ouela Franklin. 81, 625 Lamont
Russell Newman. 81. Hanover, Pa, and
nan y So!h sss sRS !asS tss's Ssses-
Arlington: and Mary Eberhart, %, 1907
Rhode Island ave. NV.
ees MatSs 8ksSHasTs and
Donsld TsId Howe 10y 80; Path. y. z. and Eunice
Audrey Owen, is, 1eoI Eastern ave
Walter Atkinson, p. and Anne Markey,
IL =, both OF Woodside, Long Island.
Charles Osborne e5, Navy Yard. and
Edwsrd Mneomss f. L9uyyass saasord Mass
and Florine Stevens, 10. 1918 18th
Henry aurevich; A.. Bervyn, Md, and
-, ~, New Albany. Ind,
Willie.m Higgins. 81, 4612 46th St NV,
end Miriam Crosley, 10, Mclean Gar
L. Julius, Pluss. %. oauntico, Va. and
R7Se Schrerman. 90, Denver.
joseph Dssimone, 22. Fort Knox XIV.
and Marjorie Raynor, 10, 4ol9 Ely
Lewis Van Wrinkle, 90. Navy Yard. and
Iona Hensey, -, Mount Vernon, KY.
Addison Vars, ir, "a, 2120 18th St NV
and Nancy Kincaid. 90, 5000 Lee High
way. Arlin2ton.
Austin Tierney, 40, 1910 9th ST. NV,
and Mary Parker, 81, ~ Hawaii ave,
Fleming Mcclinton, "a, eao Morton pl.
ne: non.. and Nammie Shepard, 20, New
Charlie Parker, a., 525 Florida ave NV.
and Louise Crawford 80, Richmond,
Va.
Howard Pulles, 80, e37 ard st; ne, and
Louise Thompson. 23, Norfolk, Va
Paul Moran, 21, 1339-A Massachusetts ave
Sc, and Betty Dye, 10, 1910 25th st.
James Erwin. SO, and Nonnie Smith, "a.
both of 1901 Park rd. NV.
John Jones, 81, 1549 4th st. NV, and Jean
johnson, 49, 1924 1st st. NV
Edward Samues, 81. Camp Tyson, Tenn,
and Sylvia Wheeler, %, 1888 Georgia
Milton Winstead %. and corinne Robin
son, Is, both Of 1914 st. NV.
Kenya has repealed it's Scent tax
on gasoline.
Evening star., 1944-01-12

Joe 3 it's. %, 1906 p st. NV, and Jaanita
B4rker. 10. l'253 st: NJ.
JACOB Ware, 33, ard Adelaide Sumiel, 30,
both of 1l59 willard 81. NV.
Samuel Pendletor, %. 1850 u st. NV, and
Edva Brown. -, 9n2 5 st. NV.
James Haelcr, 90 So 2nd ST. Sw.. and
Lorraine Wilson, -, 1235 Delaware
Guy Robinson. Is, 2O2l 18th st. NV.
and Efia Harris. 20 Pope 1lth st. Nv
Howard Cannon 80; and Jeanette Robin
Georse Norman. 10, New YORK. s" and nd Dorsey D;M
Trawick, 20, % P st. ne.
Harvey Carpenter %, Camp Stewart, Ga.
and Bessie Bragg, 9. 3614 st. NV.
Edward Jones. 40, 1s41 1st St s.w, and
Mary Harvey, 80, 1243 Carrollbure
Lee Manning, 30, 1017 18th st. ne, and
=, Novella Hines, 25, 1143 1st st. NV.
Edward Dembo, p, 11l5 Harvard ST. NV
and Earline Collins, 10. Chicago
Everett Lee. fr., 25, New York, and Sylvia
Olden, 26, 1880 New Hampshire ave.
Harrison williams. 4s, $50 Kenyon St
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. C. la10, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 1Cait three tuH days and
receiUe their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
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MODEST WARRIOR RETURNS
Says Real Heroes are Dead

After 80 months at Army Air
Force bases in the South Pacific,
dating back TO the earliest days
of the japanese assault on Aus
tralia, a 36-year-old Selfridge
Field line chief has brought back
one well-considered thought
from the battle areas-and he
doesn't claim it as original
either:
Don't give any credit TO US
fellows who come back. The only
real heroes are those who are
staying over there forever.
Think only Of them"
And the veteran, Master
Sergt. Lester Dick Heling. ex-
pressed himself with undoubt-
ed sincerity when he said it.
In fact, he backed IL up in an
all-too-brief interview by prac-
tically refusing to heroize him
self and declining comment on
the great chapters in AAF his
See SGT. HELING-Page 2