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Evening star., 1944-01-10
Early Action Vital
On Two Problems
Pending in Congress
Must Reach Decision
Soon on Subsidies and
Security Tax Freeze
Py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congress reasSembled TODAY
with two definite headlines star
ing members in the face and
pressure mounting for action on
half a dozen other legislative
problems.
BY February IT, the lawmakers
must decide what to do about food
subsidies and the Commodity Credit
Corp, which administers them.
Stopgap legislation enacted Just be-
fore the holiday recess extended the
life of the CCC until that date.
Less than two weeks later. bv
March, a decision must be reached
on the Social Security pay roll tax
rates, frozen by emergency legisla-
tion at their present level of | per
cent each on employers and en-
ployes for the first two months of
this year. Without the legislation
the tax would have advanced auto
matically to per cent on January l.
May Call Up Bill Tomorrow.
The Senate Finance Committee
adopted an amendment to the pend
Ing S2,275, 100000 tax increase bill
extending the freeze throughout
1914, and Chairman George an
nounced it would get first consid-
Grafton when the revenue measure is
called up-possibly tomorrow.
The opening day program was
little beyond formalities.
Less than 100 members were in
their seats in the House when
Speaker Rayburn called the chamber
See COMGDECC nnna A a \
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bers of Congress desiring to join the
Army and Navy must resign.
1t did not mention those who al
ready have entered the armed serv-
ices.
Apparently only three House
members were Immediately affected
by the Presidents order. Repre-
sentative Gore, Democrat, of Ten
nesSee recently volunteered and
now is on furlough with orders to
report at Camp Shelby. Miss, Janu-
ary 10. Mr.. Gore, youngest member
OF TennesSee's delegation, is 36
married and has one child.
AL l can do is what l am or
dered to do" Mr.. Gore said.
Another member is Representa-
tive Jackson, Democrat. of Wash
ington, private in a tank destroyer
unit stationed at Fort Mcclellan
Ala.
The third. Representative Do.
mengaux, Democrat, of Louisiana
recently asked his draft board t.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Big Force of Flying Fortresses
Bombs Capital of Bulgaria
Attack Follows PoIo Roid in First Assault
By Heavy Bombers From Italian Bases

resses, escorted by Lightnings, swept
down on the target. dropping their
bombs on the harbor area, dry
docks and nearby factories. One
of the explosions threw flames
and debris 1000 feet in the air. De-
layed explosions still were shaking
the port as the Fortresses turned
away from the target.
Pola. once an important naval
station of the Austro-H Hungarian
Empire, is one of the three main
supply ports through which the
Germans push their supplies to Nazi
divisions in the Balkans.
Returning Fortress crewmen said
their bombs plastered the entire
harbor area and one merchant vessel
in the port was believed to have
been hit. Submarine pens in the
harbor also may have been damaged,
they said A number of enemy
fighter planes were sighted, but they
made no attempt to attack and anti
aircraft fire was comparatively mild
1--WE caught Jerry at lunch" said
1t. Joseph A. Jones of Colorado
Springs, Colo. The flax was light
and late. I saw more fires and heavy
explosions today than at any other
time"
Like Trieste and Fiume, Pola is
&C.. S~Ev
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Air Attacks From Britain
Limited 70 Small Forays
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-Allied air
activity against continental targets
from British bases over the week
end simmered down to small-scale
forays and none was announced i'm
mediately for last night, although
radio silence in Vichy suggested at
tacks in that area.
Maintaining the record that has
sent aircraft to the attack on Ger
many every night since the New
Year, however, RAF MOSQUITO
bombers again attacked the West
ern Reich Saturday night. Berlin
said the ancient city of Aachen was
the target.
American heavy bombers have
been idle since Fridays strong as
sault into Southwest Germany which
neutral reports described as a
death blow" to chemical plants at
LudWigshafen. The RATS heavy
bombers were out in force last
Wednesday, raiding the Baltic port
Of Stettin.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Second Conviction
OF Viereck Upheld
By Appeals Court
Tribunal Declares Nuzi
Agent Was Sentenced
After Fair Trial

The United States Court Of
Appeals today affirmed the sec
ond District Court conviction of
George Sylvester Viereck, Nazi
propagandist who was sentenced
last July to serve one to five years
on charges of violating the For
eign Agents Registration Act.
Viereck's first conviction was
voided by the Supreme Court nearly
year ago, but the Justice Depart
ment obtained a new indictment and
the isolationist author was found
guilty by District Court jury in the
second trial. He also was of 90
defendants named in an indictment
returned here last week charging
conspiracy to bring about the Ma
tional Socialist form of government
in the United States and to incite
mutiny in the armed forces.
Trial Declared Fair.
The appeals court decision today
found that Viereck was properly
convicted and sentenced after fair
trial"
Viereck had registered under the
Foreign Agents Act, but failed to
give details of his activities or to
say that he was representative
of the Foreign Office of the German
Reich, it was testified at the trial
The Court of Appeals opinion,
written by United States Circuit
Judge Armistead Dobie, sitting in
as justice of the Court of Appeals,
upheld the admissibility of various
evidence introduced at Viereck' S
trial
The Appeals Court upheld Dis
trict Court in overruling demurrer
to the indictment. In the demur-
rier, Viereck, through his attorneys,
John j. Wilson and Leo A. Rover,
appointed by the court to defend
him, had attacked the indictment
as being faulty.
Safeguards Were Waived.
The court found that Viereck' S
constitutional rights had not been
violated through his having been
Evening star., 1944-01-10

Farms Dormitories and the WASH
ngton National Airport.
Theodore Wiprud, secretary of the
Medical Society, said the society's
subcommittee, which is headed by
DR.. Winfred Overholser, superin-
tendent of st. Elizabeths Hospital.
had agreed action should be taken
at once to meet a situation which
was described as potentially dan
gerous.'
Mr.. Wiprud reported the group
had conferred with DR.. Irma Bache
a psychiatrist at the Pentagon. and
DR.. Beatrice Berle, a surgeon with
the United States Public Health
Service, who reported that during
June, July and August of last year
house directors of the residence
halls had reported 80 cases which
required special attention. The
patients were found to be suffer-
(see PENTAGON, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Reds Drive for Rumania Sw.aeps
To Within IS Miles Of Bug River;
5th Army Scores 2-Mi|e Advance
Sorny Is Reached
By Soviet Forces,
Germans Report
MAP on Page Az
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Jan. 10.-Spear-
heads of Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's S
1st Ukrainian Army driving to-
ward Rumania plunged to with
in Is miles of the Bug River to-
day and neared VinnitSa, rail
city on the Bug serving as main
control point for German COM
munications to the Dnieper
bend.
Other Vatutin units slashing
southwark sent deeper one jaw of
possible trap for thousands Of Ger
mans in the Smela Gap, a Nazi-held
zone in the rear extending eastward
to the Dnieper River. This south
ward drive was pushing toward a
junction with Gen. Ivan S. Konevs
I'd Ukrainian Army, advancing
westward through AleXandrovka
above Kirovograd.
Farther north, the Russians were
within five miles of Sarny (35 miles
inside old Poland.)
Can unconflrmed German re-
port said the Russians had
reached SarnyD
Zhornishche Captured.
Gen. Vatutin's western advance
guards seized Zhornishche. Is miles
from bend of the Bug River.
Zhornishche is 80 miles southeast
of Vinnitsa and % miles from the
important Odessa Warsaw railway.
The Bug River, a natural defense
line, is the eastern border OF Trans
nistria, the Soviet area awarded to
Rumania by the Germans.
Other Russian units pushed
through Schastlivaya, 10 miles east
of VinnitSa itself, threatening to cut
the most important east-west rail-
way left the Germans in the
Ukraine.
"a Berlin communique declared
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Congress Meets;
Message 10 Be
Sent Tomorrow
President to Broadcast
Condensed Version of
Speech at 9 PM.
By ]. A. FOX,

President Roosevelt, on the
advice of his physician, will send
his annual message to Congress
at noon tomorrow rather than
deliver it in person, and then will
broadcast a condensed version
to the country tomorrow night,
Press Secretary Stephen T. Early
announced today as the second
session of the Seventy-eighth
Congress opened.
Because of the cold and grippe
which has kept the President away
from his Office for nearly two weeks
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire, his
personal physician, asked Mr.. Roose-
velt not to deliver his State of the
Union message in person. The Pres
ident deferred to this suggestion but
decided to go on the air with a
shortened version of the speech. All
networks are expected to carry the
speech between and $50 pm.
wants to Prevent Relapse.
Mr.. Early said Admiral McIntire
did not want the President to run
the risk of possible recurrence of
his illness.
Mr.. Roosevelt has delivered his
last three annual messages to Con-
gress in person.
The message is expected to deal to
a major degree with domestic prob
lens, and Mr.. Roosevelt's decision
to go on the air underscored the
Importance he assigns them.
Mr.. Early had nothing to say on
the contents of the message Asked
about reports that the President
would ask for national service legis-
lation, he replied:
That has been commented on
very generally, and I do not like to
say with the message coming so
Soon."
/ The Chief Executive remained at
the White House today but kept a
number of engagements. He ar
ranged to see congressional leaders
at 4 o'clock this afternoon to discuss
prospects for the session. This hour
was suggested by Speaker Rayburn,
who wanted to have the work of
Congress organized before the con-
ference, Mr.. Early said
Hull Luncheon Guest.
The President lunched with Sec
retary of State Hull and at 2 o'clock
was to see Secretary of the Navy
Knox and Chairman Vinson of the
} House Naval Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Roosevelt will not hold his
usual budget seminar with news
men in advance of the delivery of
the budget message this year. In
stead, the session will be conducted
by Budget Director Harold D. Smith
and Wayne Coy. assistant director
The time has been tentatively set
for o'clock Wednesday afternoon
and the budget message will 60 to
Congress Thursday.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Allied Bombers Aid
Marines in Bitter
Bergen Bay Fighting
Ground Forces Renew
Drive to Clear Jops
From Gloucester Area
By the Associated Press.

bS lHe ASSOCldteQ freSS.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Jan.
10.-Bitter ground fighting is
raging in Northwestern New
Britain, with Allied bombers
supporting the United States
marines renewed push to clear
the japanese from the Bergen
Bay area near Cape Gloucester.
Bombers concentrated So tons of
explosives on enemy forward posi-
tions, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
communique said today. A head
quarters spokesman said the battle
was resumed Friday after a lull, and
the high command announced that
the marines had reached Hill $50
in an advance of mile and three
quarters and had killed 200 Japa-
neSe.
Hill 660, an artillery observation
point, is south of Silimati Point,
where marines landed December 26
Ground patrol clashes also were
reported in the hills in the air.
drome area farther west, todays
communique said Marines captured
the airdrome December 30, four
days after the invasion began.
10 Jap Planes Shot Down.
Bombers and fighters of the South
Pacific Command struck enemy in
stallations at Cape st. George on
the southern tip of New Ireland
The target area is across narrow
st. George Channel from Rabaul
japanese stronghold in Northeast
Ned Britain.
Stiff enemy interception of the
attack Friday gave evidence the
Japanese will resist desperately any
attack that might eventually soften
a new landing spot for f1anking
assault on Rabaul. At least 10
Japanese interceptors were shot
down and probably two others. Six
OF our planes were lost.
BomberS struck also at the pro-
tective airdromes of Rabaul itself
Liberators bombed Vunakanau air.
drome in the morning and Aus
tralian Beauforts pounded Lakunai
and Tobera airdromes at night. The
dispersal areas were left af1ame,
the communique said.
Neither japanese nor Allied plane
losses were mentioned. In raids in
the preceding Is days, however, more
than 100 japanese planes had been
downed in the Rabaul area.
CA Toxic broadcast today said
$50 Allied planes attacked Ra-
'baul yesterday morning and made
the wholly unconfirmed claim that
81 aircraft including 10 prob
ableS" were shot down from the
assaulting formations. The broad
cast, quoting an imperial head
quarters communique, added that
(See PACIFIC pace A-90
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Reds Reported Trying
To Land Behind Nozi
Lines on Black Sea
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PreSS.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-The Ger
man high command said today
that Russian forces had at
tempted a landing west of
Ochakov, Black Sea port about
40 miles inside the southern
anchor of the German line, but
had been beaten off.
Ochakov lies almost midway
between the mouth of the
Dnieper River, which is the
southern end of the German
line, and Odessa, the great
Nazi-occupied Black Sea naval
base.
The landing attempt. which
was not confirmed from Mos
COW could have been intended
as flanking movement against
the southern German anchor
the southern arm of a Russian
pincers movement to trap Ger
man forces in the Dnieper bend
area.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
War Outcome Hinqes
On Battles in Russia,
Nazi Spokesman Says
Asserts World Will Be
Amazed When 1t Learns
Of Soviet Reserves
BY PAUL GHALI,
Foreign Correspondent of The Star
and Chicago Daily News

and Chicago Daily News
BERN, Jan. 10.-"The outcome
of this war now depends on the
battles in the east, not on the
comparatively insignificant fight
ing in Italy nor on the eventual
second 'front.'" a Berlin spokes-
man told foreign correspondents
at a weekend conference at the
Berlin War Office.
Commenting on the seriousness of
the situation after the fall of
Kirovograd, the spokesman added:
These are the decisive battles of
this war. When the world learns
the amount of reserves in men and
material the Russians have thrown
into the field, the world will be
amazed"
Berlin dispatches today give two
directly opposed interpretations to
the statements, which do not attempt
to gloss over the appalling situation
ldIlIiS Illt 1tlllldll dIl:llGS.
The first one is that the Nazis,
despite their numerical inferiority
are ready to wage a final battle
before Russian troops approach
dangerously near the Reich's from
tiers. Germany intends to put into
the field the reserves it, too, boasts
of having in vast quantities.
Hint of General Retreat.
Another Interpretation is that the
declaration forecast a general re-
treat on the whole front, now 500
kilometers (3l0 niles long. This
second Interpretation was confirmed
by further Berlin statement, ac-
cording to which the Wehrmacht
Ihenceforth will apply it's former
tactics of an elastic defense" and
will not hesitate to correct" the
front even on larger scale than
previously if this can prevent the
(Sao CEPNHAN Doro -
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Supreme Court Refuses to Act
In Red Caps Bargaining Case

The Supreme Court refused
today to reconsider a decision
which was challenged on the
ground that it deprived Negroes
of the right to select their own
representatives for collective
bargaining.
The vote was 81, with Justice
Rutledge being "of opinion that the
petition should be granted, the case
restored to the docket and set for
argument"
IF this Interpretation of the Rail-
way Labor Act prevails" the tribunal
was told, "the plight of the Negro
in the interstate railway labor field
is hopeless"
Reconsideration was sought Of the
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Wartime Strikes
Is Forum Subject

What to do to stop wartime
strikes will be discussed in the
National Radio Forum this
evening by Senator Reed of
Kansas and Representative
Smith of Virginia. The speak.
ers will be introduced H.
Edward Boykin, director sof
the National Radio Foruru.
The National Radio Forum
is a Blue Network feature,
arranged by The Evening Star
and broadcast locally over
The Evening Star Station,
WMAL, at 10:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

courts December decision reversing
a ruling by the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Co.
lumbia that As porters of the st.
Paul CMinn) Union Depot Co., who
were excluded from one labor Or
ganization because they were Ne
groes, had right to select another
union to represent them.
This action left in effect a decision
by the National Mediation Board
that the porters were not craft or
class of employees and could not
select their own representatives.
The Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, which denies Ne
groes full membership, claims that
"a collective bargaining contract it
(See SUPREME COURT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Late Bulletin
Nozis Condemn Ciono

LONDON (P.-A German
news agency broadcast an
nounced tonight that Count
Galeazzo CianO, son-in-law of
BenitO Mussolini and Italy's
Foreign Minister when the
country was led into war at
the side of Germany, had
been sentenced to death at a
NaZi sponsored treas
trial"
Evening star., 1944-01-10
YugosIovs Name Krek
On Allied Commission
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Jan. 10-Mihajlo Krek,
a Slovenian who has headed the
exiled Yugoslav Government In
formation Bureau here, has been
appointed to represent King Peter
on the inter-Allied Mediterranean
Commission.
Krek formerly served in the pre-
war cabinet of Milan Stovadinovic
in 1888 and in the cabinet of Dragisa
Cvetkovic, who was thrown out in
coup in March, 1889, before the
German invasion of Yugoslavia.
The United States, Britain, Russia,
France and Yugoslavia are now rep
resented on the Mediterranean
Commission. Greece has yet to ap-
point a representative.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
New Deal Assai|ed
AS COP Meetinu
"Opens Amid Strife
Campaign Headquarters
Set Up for at Least
; Potential Nominees

S P AN G Err SURVEY" OF
TROOPS may bring inquiry by
Army. Story on Page A-9.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

(See LEGISLATORS, Page A-9J
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(See RUSSIA, Page ABB
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(See VIERECK, Page ABB
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(See GERMAN. Page AS }
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CSee SOFIA, Page A-5D
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(See CONGRESS, Page A-9)
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(See PACIFIC, Page A-80
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Weather Forecast

Fair and cold tonight. Lowest near a
degrees. Tomorrow fair and warmer.
Temperatures today-Highest 80, at
1880 pm; lowest, 20. at $40 am. Yes
terday-Highest, 80, at $40 p.m.;
lowest, II, at 8 am.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-27
TRADING COMPANY
SOLD TO BALDWIN
Morris DispOses Of Business
To Billings Man-StOre In
Operation Since 1906

One of Laurel's oldest business
concerns, the Laurel Trading COM
pany, has been sold by C.. L. Nor
ris to ]. Willard Baldwin of Bill
lings, according to joint announce
ment this week by the old and new
owners. Baldwin is to take charge
of the business Monday, Oct. 2.
The store is the oldest mercan-
tile enterprise in continuous opera
tion in the city. 1t has never chang
ed location. Morris, a native of
Iowa, arrived here from the state
of Washington, where he had been
located a short time, on the last
day of August 1906, slightly more
than 38 years ago. Laurel at that
time was beginning to mushroom
from a tiny village into a bustling
railroad center, with construction
going ahead rapidly. Morris regard
ed it as an excellent location for
business and became associated with
others in launching the Trading
a name suggesting the
earlier fort-enclosed enterprises that
had done business on western
frontiers.
Several lines in addition to hard
ware were included. Among them
were groceries, furniture and
mortuary. After few years there
were consultations of interests and
various lines were dropped, leaving
shelf and heavy hardware. For sew
eral decades Morris has operated a
store devoted exclusively to hard
ware.
Asked what he expected to do in
future, he said this week he would
ego fishing" and added that be-
cause of prevailing conditions of the
past few years he had been unable
to do the amount of fishing he was
accustomed to.
Baldwin, the new owner, has been
manager of the Billings Clinic the
past six and a half years. He has
been a resident of Montana nearly
all his life. Prior to locating in
he was in business several
years at Great Falls. He is presi-
lent of the Billings Lions club.
He said this week that the store
name, Laurel Trading company, will
,e continued and that the business
will be conducted in future lines
followed in the past.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-27
RED HEART SALES
TO AID CR|PPLES
Women OF Moose Want Cash
To Buy Equipment For
Children's Hospital

Red Heart tag day will be observ.
ed Saturday by Women of the
Moose who will sell tags to help
buy equipment for the Shodair Grip
pied children's hospital at Helena.
Permission was given by Mayor
Thomson in appreciation of the
humanitarian work done by the hos
pital, particularly during infantile
paralysis epidemics.
Last year, through the efforts of
the Women of the Moose, an Emer-
son hot pack machine was purchas
ed for use in the Kenny treatment
of infantile paralysis. This year
they expect to raise funds to buy
equipment for muscular treatment
to be used in strengthening the
back, arms and legs of the children
and aid in complete recovery.
Mrs. Julia Phillips, senior regent
of the Laurel chapter appointed as
chairman of the sales committee,
Mrs. Elsie Kuper, who with her as
sistants will sell the tags and re-
ceive contributions.
The public's aid will assist Grip
pied boys and girls to throw away
their braces and crutches ana again
romp and play like other children.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-27
RELAX RULES ON
OCCUPYING NEW
LAUREL HOUSES
Any Family Now Eligible, Says
Seattle Office OF NHA-Af-
fects Units Ready For Use

"Any family needing housing may
now occupy the privately financed
new family dwelling units in Lau-
rel, Mont" George w. Coplen, reg
ional representative of the national
housing agency, announced Tuesday
at Seattle.
The relaxation will permit work
ers to occupy the war housing who
were not previously eligible. Re-
moval of the occupancy restrictions
resulted from a recent survey by
Dayton T. Yoder, MIA housing rep
resentative for the Laurel locality.
The relaxation affects about ID
privately financed family dwelling
units, some of which are ready for
occupancy. The remainder are ex-
pected to be completed by Oct. Is.
The recent action does not waive
the requirement that two-thirds of
the houses must be offered for rent.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-27
HARVEST
OPENING HERE
At WEEK END.
Growers Notified Lau-
rel Station To Receive
Loads Friday

This years harvest of sugar beets
will begin Friday in the Laurel
farming district, Allen Gatewood,
Great Western Sugar company field
man, announced this week. Beet
raisers are being notified of the
opening Of the Laurel receiving
station.
Stations at Squirting west of Lau-
rel, and at Silesia in the Clarks
Fork valley south of Laurel, also
will open Friday. Others in the
territory supervised by Gatewood
may open Saturday or Monday, de-
pending on conditions. 1t is proba-
BILE that receipts of beets will begin
Saturday at Columbus, but Park
City may not open until Monday.
The date will be determined by
growers wish to begin de-
liveries at that time.
The beginning of the beet har-.
vest, like the earlier wheat and
bean harvests, always is an i'm
portant event in the agricultural
and business year here. This sea-
son a larger number of Mexican
nationals will be employed in the
farm operations, and mechanical
equipment for speeding the harvest
will again relieve some of the man.
power shortage.