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Evening star., 1944-01-21
Postwar Labor Board
10 Handle Disputes
Proposed by Davis
By the Associated Press.

NEW xOktkA, JAIL 1l.-N01AImHu
William H. Davis Of the War Labor
Board foresees a need for q postwar
labor board to foster industrial peace
and for . continuance Of final au-
thority Of Government in manage
ment-employe disputes.
Such board, outlined briefly last
night before the National Industrial
Conference Board. q research organ
ization with a membership of busi-
ness executives, would be empow-
cred to make final and binding
decisions"
Representing labor, management
and the public, as does the present
WLB, the postwar agency would con-
slider disputes taken to 1t, and also
would act as an advisory agency to
prevent strikes, Mr.. Davis said.
He also proposed that restoration
of the right to strike be granted
labor as soon as the war is over.
"At the end Of the war, the right
to strike should be restored-if you
can really say that it has ever been
taken away In normal
times the most effective means Of
settling labor disputes has been the
threat to strike"
Management and labor speakers
at the forum on postwar industrial
relations agreed the Government
should act as final arbiter, each re-
ferring to desirability of 1t as
umpire" and the danger of it as
GEAR"
Prentis Asks More Freedom.
H. w. Prentis, jr.. president Of
Armstrong Cork Co. and former
president of the National Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers, called for
drastic revision of present laws az
fecting management and labor re-
lationShips to grant employers more
freedom of action.
He specifically opposed "compul-
sorry arbitration, industry wide COL
lective bargaining and the closed
shop"
Robert j. Watt, international rep
resentative Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, said collective bar
gaining should be fair dealing un-
hampered by one-man czars, anony-
nous spokesmen and bureaucratic
preachers who know all the prices
and none Of the values"
II don't feel too comfortable rs
to what the complexion Of the Gov
ernment will be in the postwar
years" MIR. Watt declared.
Regrets Present Trend.
He said he regretted that the
paternalistic instincts Of the present
leaders seem to, particularly In re-
cent months. have led them into the
mistake Of letting the palace guards
try to manipulate and restrain the
full functioning of independent
trade unions" He suggested instead
that impartial arbitration "is Just
about as far as government should
CO."
AS typical Of the areas in which
he felt management and labor
should work without government,
Mr.. Watt proposed mutual study of
industrial safety, Of competitive ef-
ficiency and of grievance procedures.
Diverging briefly from the postwar
theme, he commented that ut pres
ent the democratic process rs being
hog-tied," and added.
Under the present strange legal
requirements, . wage agreement
agreed to by men and management,
considered by . tripartite panel,
passed upon and probably changed
by the Regional or National war
Labor Board. can be vetoed by q
one-man boss, who makes the rules,
changes them II he wishes and then
acts as both judge and Jury on .
case upon which he did not hear the
facts"
Evening star., 1944-01-21

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON. d. G
FRIDAY, JANUARY a.. 1914

departments would be held respon-
sible and amounts Of such mail
limited.
Also, the Byrd committee recon-
mended abolition Of the present
privilege Of sending through the
mails penalty" mail Weighing more
than four pounds, free Of postage,
except as to that coming, during the
war emergency period, from the
Treasury. War and Navy Depart
ments and the Selective Service
System.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

@. Who was the first woman ply
sician?-S. E. R.
A. DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell, who
graduated in medicine at Geneva
N. Y, in 1849, was the first woman
physician in the world. One author
in writing of her said that during
her years Of study the women at her
boarding house refused to speak to
her and drew aside their skirts In
contempt.
@. What Presidents held a Fed
eral Office other than members OF
Congress after the expiration OF
their term of office?E. L. H.
A. George Washington, who was
made Commander in Chief Of the
Army in 1898 when war threatened
with France, and William Howard
Taft, who was Chief Justice Of the
United States from 1921-1930.
@. Who originated the tug O. war?
R. B. L.
A. Menke says that the Greeks
are credited with this ideas as a
means Of developing the upper body
muscles Of the soldiers so that they
would better be able to drag army
wagons over the ground.
@. How long is tobacco aged?-
V. E. N.
A. After purchase by the manu-
facturer, tobacco is packed in hogs
heads of about 1000 pounds and al
lowed to age for at least two years
to acquire flavor and aroma.
Q. Do members Of the deer fam
ly shed both antlers and horns each
year?-R. E. D.
A. Antlers are shed, horns are
not, except in one case. There is
only one species of mammal OF this
order that has a true horn which
Is shed yearly and this is the Ameri-
can antelope or pronghorn Of West
ern United States.
Q. How is leap year determined?
L. M. e.
A. Every year is leap year which
Is divisible by four without a re-
mainder, except the concluding
years Of centuries, every fourth only
Of which is leap year; thus the
years 1900 and 1900 were not leap
years, but 1000 and 2400 will be.
@. OF what great leader was it
said that he was not q man but a
mission?-F. F..
A. This is a tribute paid to the
Argentine liberator, Jose de San
Martin.
Evening star., 1944-01-21

ginning to affect American public
opinion in the good old American
way-by the healthy exposure OF
news to the cool air Of the citizens
judgment unaffected by the Nazi
or Communist tricks of "indoc-
trination" or by Government order.
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Evening star., 1944-01-21

VVSA oAO0 w I
10 letting the
Ioldiers no w
he truth about
The home front
md do their own
thinking. M r.
Stin1son's job is
not to give them
! a n n e d facts,
lrtifcally con-
footed by some
pf his subordi-
b q tes in tn e
Pentagon Build
Ing.
Unfortunately,
Mr.. Stinson has
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Annie Oakley
OF Split Claims
Germans
, the Associatsd Prsss.


SOMEWHERE IN EGYPT, Jan.
II DelayeO.-A 17-year-old Dali
matian girl who says she killed "a
Germans and she doem't know how
many Italians In two years Of Tight
ing near her home, has been quickly
nicknamed annie Oakley OF Split"
by Allied soldiers stationed at q
camp Of Yugoslav refugees here.
Her real name Is Anka, which
translated means Annie, and she Is
one Of the most colorful personali-
ties In this tented desert camp set
up Is the first haven in the Middle
East for stricken Yugoslavs.
A short, stock youngster with curly
black hair. Anka had fought con-
tinuously with the guerrillas in the
neighborhood Of Split since she was
Is years old, the age all eligible
Partisan children join the army.
Rubber may be synthetic, but the
will Ia victory must be renuine
Evening star., 1944-01-21
| |Huskin's
Answers to
Questions

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question Of fact by writing The Eve
]. Haskin, Director. Washington, D. @.
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Evening star., 1944-01-21
Appeasement Guide
War Department Booklet Tells
Officers How to Color Minds of Troops
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Secretary stmson though Republican, loyal member
he Presidents cabinet and there devolve
ask which, to the least is dcut any
faced within his President
Rooseves fourth among 100000 soldiers who will
Werseas this 1t is within hist
Evening star., 1944-01-21

Rubber may be synthetic, but the
will to victory must be genuine.
Have you bought any War Savings
Stamps today?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17
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over the three harbors in waves.
 Flying fortresses and liberatorS from the 18th air force in Italy made their first raid on Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia yesterday, scoring hits on the Rogosarski air. craft factory and on runways, air- craft and barracks at the main air port. A few Liberators also bombed the Pancevo airfield west of Bel grade.
 Other fortresses struck at the railway junction of Nis, 125 miles south of Belgrade on the main rail- way to Greece, in support of Yugo- slav and Greek patriot forces.
 Formations of both Fortresses and Liberators raided railway tar gets at Turnu-Severin on the north bank of the Danube below the iron gate in southwestern Romania. Re- connaissance photographs showed smoke from burning oil or ammuni- tions and hits on tracks, railway cars and naval workshops, as well as on 8 nearby airdrome. Turnu- Severin also was hit Saturday night by RAF Wellingtons.
 Traffic Suspended A Budapest broadcast heard here said the Germans have suspended all passenger traffic on the Dan- ube "until further notice" because of the danger of mines, throwing an increasing burden on the already severely strained railways.
 LiberatorS scored at least 75 bomb hits on the north sidings of railway yards at Brasov, five-way Romanian railway junction 55 miles north of Ploesti on one of the German escape routes from northern Romania. Lines from Brasov to the west were reported cut at several places.
 Reports from neutral countries last week said the Romanian gov- ernment had evacuated most of it's offices from Bucharest to Brasov because of heavy Allied raids on the capital.
 Main Targets
 All of yesterdays principal tar- gets lay along the railway lines which the Germans have been using to rush supplies and reinforce ments to their beleaguered forces in northern Romania.
 The American heavy bombers total of 75 intercept ing planes on all missions, but only 8 few were engaged. Liberators shot down 10 and escorting Lightnings destroyed three. Seven heavy bomb- CTS and three fighters were lost.
 A 14th German plane was shot down elsewhere during the days 18, 1900 sorties from Italian bases, and an additional three Allied planes were lost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17
Bong Scores Re porter .
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Lightning he cut out one engine in midair, took his hand off the stick and lit a cigarette while the plane flewitsef.
 Did you black out at all during our maneuverings?" he asked as we drifted along on one engine.
 T replied that I didn't, adding that as matter of fact I had rather enjoyed by insides pulled apart dur ing the aerial acrobaticS.
 Blacked Out
 Bong casually remarked that he had been "blacked out" several time during the flight.
 I'm very prone to blackout," he continued, and then noticing the pained expression on my faced, add ed hastily, "Oh, you don't have to worry, even if am blacked out, ] know-or rather by hands know what to do."
 Today'S little pleasure flight was the first Bong has had since he was grounded recently so far as combat flying is concerned.
 If he's sent home and indica- tionS are that he will be - the major has one big ambition - tc fly P-38 over Poplar and "buzz' the main street at about 400 MPH
 They've never seen a P-38 ir Poplar" Bong explained, land To sure like to give the folks an idea of the way these things can fly" Bong hopes he will be allowed tc take the ''Iron Steed" home with him or if that's impossible, he hopes for Lockheed will lend" him plane for that "bussing" mission which he has his heart set on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17

was arrested the next day in Tor onto, where he explained to police that he was wearing civilian suit of Harjes because his uniform had been stolen by a soldier with whom he had spent the night.
 In his unsigned confession 1n- troduced at the trial, Lonergan ad- mitted beating his wife on the head with pair of candlesticks and choking her in 8 fit of jealous anger. He said he had thrown his blood d-soaked uniform in the East river.
 The first effort to bring Lonergan to trial in late February before Judge John J. Present. ended in Q mistrial.
 When the trial finally got under way before Judge Wallace, it de- veloped little of the lurid testimony that was expected to make 1t one of the most sensational in recent years
 Broderick called only three de- fense witnesses, and the trial was completed in two weeks. The jury returned its verdict after nine and one-half hours deliberation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17

(COnC1nueQ rom rage U
 by a day in and day out challenge to combat from their front lines back to their indudstrial areas.
 A statement last Wednesday by a Royal Air Force commentator that the Germans now have 250' to 300 more fighters than they had in Mo- vember caused considerable aston ishment here, to put 1t mildly. It failed to give a full picture from the point of view of the men who are seeing the Luftwaffe daily over Germany.
 A high source said recently that in effective resistance the German air force efficiency had gone down around 30 per cent, largely because of a conservation campaign keeping the planes grounded unless condi- tions force them to give battle.
 Estimates from other sources put the Luftwaffe strength now at 300 fewer than in November and probably 500 to 600 fewer than in January when an intense produc- tion campaign reached its peak of effectiveness.
 The Germans still are capable of putting up serious combat when they can not afford to gamble on staying aground, observers agreed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17
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 Publication
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boys before police seizure.

boys before police seizure.
 (London newspapers attribute the action to a private fight be tween Australian information Min ister Arthur Calwell and the presi dent of the Australian Newspaper Proprietors' Association. The Times said Calwell had accused Australian newspapers of sending "mischievous messages" to the United States)
 All four newspaper were accused of attempting to juplish censored matter and the police acted under writs issued on complaint of the Commonwealth publicity censor em- towering them to seize all newspa- perS in publishing rooms, on press es and on trucks for an indefinite period.
 First to come under the ban was the Sydney Sunday Telegraph. The Sydney Morning Herald, probably the most influential newspaper in Australia, and Daily Telegraph were next, to be followed by the after noon Daily Mirror and Sun.
 Defending the censorship authori- ties, information Minister Arthur Calwell said he was asking Crown law authorities to consider the question of immediate prosecution of the newspapers. He accused the Sydney Sunday Telegraph of flag rant defiance" of censorship regu- lationS.
 W. M. Hughes and P. s. Spender, opposition members of the War Advisory Council, criticized the cen sorship officials.
 If they are going to shut down on any comment, then of course the cause for which we are fight ing has already gone," Hughes said.
 Spender said the action was con- trery tc the freedom of speech pro- vision of the Atlantic charter and charged that the government "has on accosions imposed press censor tica1 interests
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17

NCOI1tAuuCO 11OLIk 1hSS AJ tivities may have resulted 1 nPrav- da's Cairo rumor" story less than a month later that British officials were talking peace with German Foreign Minister Joachim Won Rib- bentrop.
 Monks informant claimed the points in the peace proposal were:
 Eventual German evacuation of all occupied and conquered coun- tries, including Czechoslovakia.
 2 Abandonment of all German claims to colonies.
 Ultimate disnatling of the Ger man navy.
 Germany would retain no mer- chant navy, but would reach agree ment with Britain concerning Ger man overseas shipments.
 Abolition of Na1 propaganda abroad.
 6 Agreement with the Allies con- cerning civil aviation.
 2 Germany eventually would dis solve its air force.
 8 Germany would always remain in close consultation with Britain on matters concerning common de- fense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17

(Continued from Page J ergan, under the 35 year life sem tence, would be eligible for parole at the end of g 1-4 years.
 The sentence precludes any possi- bility of Lonergan receiving any part of the $7,OOO,OO0 Bernheimer brewery fortune which his wife would have inherited from her grandfather had she lived.
 Lonergan's two-year-old Son, Wayne Jr., remains the sole heir. inasmuch as he will have passed his Fist birthday before Lonergan can possibly be released from prison.
 During Lonergan's trial Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet maintained that a probable motive for Mrs. Lonergan'S murder was the fact that she had cut her hus- band off in her will.
 It was learned that Lonergan will be taken to Sing Sing Prison today to begin his sentence.
 Mrs. Lonergan'S nude body was found on the blood stained bed ot her apartment by Marine Captain Peter Elser. with whom she had a dinner date, and her Socialite mother, Mrs. Lucille Burton.
 Suspicion
 Suspicion immediately attached to Lonergan, from whom she was estranged and who had enlisted in IL. I @SN turned down by the U. s. Army for admitted sexual abnormality.
 Lonergan, police learned, had been in New York the weekend ot the murder, staying at the apart ment of his friend, John HarjeS, member of well known banking family.
 The young RCAF aircraftman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17

(Continued from Page D maintained their hold on section of the Mandalay -Myitkyina railroad above Mawlu, approximately 1855 miles north of Mandalay.
 A communique erroneously had reported air support of ground po- sitions in the vicinity of Shwebo and Yeu, which would have placed the Allies in positianS within 75 miles of Mandalay.
 Mountbatten moved his head quarters from New Delhi to Ceylon, bringing most of the staff and equip ment by rail and air.
 Ceylon is the nearest point to the southeast Asia front as a whole, and one of the main naval bases in the theater, thus keeping Mount batten in close touch with the east ern fleet which is expected to play big part in the reconqueSt of Jap anese-occupied territory.
 (The British radio, quoting one of its correspondents, said Mountbat- tens staff included British, Amer ican and Dutch Army, Navy and air officers, with many British WrenS and American WACS also in the group.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17

(Continued from Page D the Red Cross at Washington, said that eight special disaster workers and doctors and nurses had been sent from Atlanta to the devastated areas of northeast Georgia and western South Carilna.
 Eeye-witnesses said the Tornado ripped through the stretch of farm ing communities with express-train speed" crumbling homes and build ingS like matchboxes, uprooting trees, overturning cars and disrupt ing communications.
 The heaviest death toll was in Franklin and Hart counties, Geor- gia.
 Doctors and nurses worked by candlelight to administer aid to the injured. At Royston a baby girl, named Susie. was born to MT. and Mrs. Olvin Dove during the storm.
 A young mother. whose husband and two young children were killed before her eyes, said that the tor 1iAdo sounded like 8 wild roaring thing" as 1t swept through Royston. Mrs. Ernest Outz 26, said the family knew the storm was coming T woke the children, my husband and my mother-in-law," she said through swollen, bruised lips. q took all the family up the road piece to a house we thought might be safer. We were setting around when it hit. It was terrible. A fun- nel-like cloud seemed to come out of nowhere. I had the baby in my arms. The next thing I knew, the baby, my husband, my three-year- old girl, and I were lying under a piece of proof. My husband and two sons, Homer, 6, Thomas, 5, were 300 yards from the house, dead"
 The Storm Came
 Best Floyd. g, said he had just retired when he heard the storm coming.
 T screamed for my mother and wife to come quick. I got both of them to crowd between dauble mattress in the bed. Just as a start ed to crawl in, it happened. It was horrible thing"
 Floyd said he found his wife and mother buried under three feet of lumber in the yard. They were not injured seriously.
 The tornado left Royston and surrounding villages almost sham bles. Many homes were roofless, automobiles were overturned on the streets, and the negro sections vir- tually were demolished.
 In Franklin Spring, Ga, John Amason, was blown through two double windows and rolled 300 yards to the highway. Thousands of dead chickens from his farm filtered the highway for more than a mile.
 One woman reported that the storm turned on the water apiGots
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-17
|MocArthur
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MacArthur said his correspond. ence with Miller never had been inc tended for publication. Though he had called Miller's first letter chargs ing that President Roosevelt was attempting to establish a monarchy ''scholarly," the general said his own letters "were neither politically in- spired nor intended to convey blaH1- ket approval of the congressmans views"
 T entirely repudiate the sinister interpretation that they were 1n- tended as criticism of any political philosophy or of any perSonages 1n high ofice," he said. '"They were written merely as amiable acknowl- edgement to member of our hlgh- est law-making body of letters con- taining flattering and friendly re- marks to me personally.
 'STo conStrue them otherwise IS to miSrepresent my intent"
 Miller'S second letter suggested that MacArthur remain silent on his possible candidacy for the nomina- tion but to accept if offered. In a third letter, which MacArthur said he had not received, Mile rasked him to announce definitely whether he is 8 candidate.
 Some quarters here believed that MacArthur'S disavowal of blanket approval of Miller'S political views could be discounted to some degree. Certainly, these sources said, If MacArthur had not approval at least by far the greater part of the letter, he could not have replied that 1t was scholarly" or that he did ''unreservedly agree with the complete wisdom and statesman ship of your comments"
 The text of MacArthur'S State- ment follows:
 My attention has been called to the publication by Congressman Miller of 8 personal correspond with him.
 Insofar as my own letters were concerned, they were never in- tended for publication. Their per- Sual will show any minded per- son that they were neither political ly inspired nor intended to convey blanket approval of the congress- mans views.
 T entirely repudiate the sinister interpretation that they were in- tended as criticism of any political philosophy or of any personages in high office.
 'They were written merely as amiable acknowledgements to a member of our highest law-making body of letters containing dattering and friendly remarks to me person. oily. To construe them otherwise is to misrepresent my intent.
 T have not received Congressman Miller's third letter, in which he is reported to advise me to announce candidacy for the office of the pres ident of the United States.
 'The high constitutional processes of our representative and Republi- can form of government, in which there resides with the people the sacred duty of choosing and elect ing their chief executive, are of so imposing a nature as to be beyond the sphere of any individuals coer- cion or decision.
 T can only say, as I have said before, I have not sought the office nor do I seek it.
 T have devoted myself exclusive 1y to the conduct of the war. My sole ambition is to assist our be- loved country to win this vital strug- gle by the fulflllment of such duty as has been or may be assigned to mo"