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Evening star., 1944-10-29
Justice Department
Bars Sale 10 ALC0A
OF Government Plants
Officials Soy Action
Would Contribute to
Growth Of Monopoly
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A new factor delaying sale of
surplus war plants emerged yes
terday with the disclosure that
the Justice Department has re-
fused to approve the sale of
Government owned aluminium
plants to the Aluminium Co. of
America on grounds that this
would contribute to the growth
of monopoly.
Three huge ALCOA-operated, Fed
Ierally-owned aluminium plants-at
Queens, N. Y, Burlington, N. j., and
Riverbank, Calf, which together
cost more than $1,000 ,OO0-have
been declared no longer needed fol-
aluminium production by the War
Production Board.
Antitrust Laws Are Deterrent.
In due course it is assumed they
would be declared surplus ano
available for sale by the Defense
Plant Corp, but when this occurs
Alcoa will not get consideration as
prospective purchaser, despite the
general policy of giving plant opera
tors first opportunity to buy sur
plus property.
Already alarmed at the indefi-
mite delay confronting them in the
sale of about $4,000, 600 900 worth
OF war plants, as a result of restric-
tions written into the Surplus Wal
Property Act, disposal officers &C.
knowledged that the antitrust con-
siderations would be a further de.
terrent.
Officials of the Surplus Wal
Properties Administration, who
halted all sales of big plants as
soon as the law was signed, have
predicted dangerous delay in, get
ting the Governments aluminium
steel, chemical and other plants
which give employment to 5,0O0,0
persons. into peacetime production
ALCOA Regarded a Monopoly.
A Justice Department spokesman
said the Antitrust Division hac
written the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. that it regards ALCOA g
monopoly and that approval woulc
not be given to ALCOA purchase
of the plants it has been operat-
ing.
Disposal officers pointed out that
in view of the surplus laws strict
provisions against fostering mo-
nopoly, the Antitrust Divisions
opinion would govern their sale ne
gotiations.
Surplus Administrator Will L
Clayton has halted all sales until
the three-man board created by the
bill is appointed He has refused
to serve under the act, which he
calls unavoidable.
Evening star., 1944-10-29

Irish, Hard Pressed,
Defeat Wini, 1877;
Army and Navy Win

A hard-pressed Notre Dame
eleven garnered a last quarter
victory over Illinois yesterday,
1877. as most of the Nations
leading teams managed to
keep on the victory side of the
ledger. Army found Duke stub
born, but won, 27-7. Navy re-
moved Penn from the unbeaten
list, 26-0, and Tulsa was upset
by the Oklahoma Aggies, 46-40.
"Details on Sports Pages.)
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Maj. Bong Bags
37st Plane
In Leyte Action
BY the Associated Press.

AT A LEYTE AIRSTRIP. Oct. 27
Delayed Via Army RADIO -Four
hours after Maj. Richard Bong, top
ranking American fighter ace,
landed with the first Army planes
to be based here, he collected his
31st kill"
All Maj. Bongs planes have been
shot down in the air.
The chunky, blond pilot from
Poplar, Wis, was flying his second
combat mission since returning to
the Pacific theater several months
ago.
Shortly after the Army P-38s
landed on this field five Japanese
planes were reported approaching
from the west. Maj. Bong and
several other pilots took off to in
tercept the raiders before they could
reach this airfield. They did.
Maj. Bong blew up a japanese
fighter and comrades bagged three
others. The fifth Japanese es-
capped.
Maj, Bong's official status in this
area is gunnery instructor. Under
regulations he can take active part
in combat only if American in
stallations are attacked.
Maj. Bong has been the lace of
aces of this war, in all theaters,
since shortly after he returned to
the Pacific from the United States
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Possibility laps Lost
q 4Corriers Raised
At Pearl Horbor
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HAIR
BOR, Oct. 28.-The possibility
that fourth japanese aircraft
carrier was sunk in the battle
south Of Formosa was raised
here tonight.
Naval circles unofficially
dWelt on this as war CORE
spondents awaited a communi-
que from Admiral Nimitz which
would give a complete picture
of the three phases OF the gi-
gantic naval engagement in
Philippine waters.
On october 26 Admiral Nj
mitz announced that two enemy
aircraft carriers were sunk and
third probably sunk as Sd
Fleet planes, warships and sub
marines took on a big force of
japanese moving south from
Formosa. There now appears
to have been a strong possibil-
ity fourth enemy carrier was
in the group.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
High Chinese Official
Declares Two Were
AT Swords Points
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated. Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. ga high
official of the Chinese govern
ment says Gen. Joseph w. Still
well was removed from his Far
Eastern command after a re-
quest from GeneralisSimo Chang
Kai-Shek.
The official, who declines to per-
nit use of his name, says Gen. Still
well and Chang have been "at
swords points" since the battle for
the Burma Road, and that until
Nine. Chang left China about two
months ago she was the one who
kept them from actually fighting
with each other.
Nine. Chiang-now recuperating
in New York from an illness-was
the only communications link be-
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Dewey Raps President
For Reciting Series
.0f War Successes
Asserts He Wouldn't Use
Office to Claim Credit
For Soldiers Sacrifices
By ]. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

UTICA, Oct. 28.-Taking an
indirect jab at President Roose-
velt's speech on the progress of
the war, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
told the Nation today that, as
President, he would never use
his office to claim personal or
political credit for the magnifi-
cent achievements of the Amer
lean people, or for the sacrifices
of their sons"
Addressing a crowd that gathered
around his train here, the Republi-
can nominee did not mention Mr.
Roosevelt by name, but his remarks
appeared to be aimed at that part
of the Presidents speech in which
he described his duties and respon-
sibilities as Commander in Chief OF
the Army and Navy.
On his way back to Albany, after
delivering his attack on the New
Deal handling of farm controls at
Syracuse, Gov. Dewey also told his
Utica audience that he wants to
begin next January rewriting 1.-The
laws which are choking little busi-
ness to death, and making it i'm
possible to run a business in this
country"
Wants Tax Laws Revised.
Secondly" he continued, Il want
to start revising the tax structure
so that our job-making machinery
can go to work, so that there will
not be 100000 unemployed at the
close of the war, all over again. In
fact, that is so clear that the New
Dealers themselves are saying that
their tax program is a mess.
Thirdly, I would like to start the
greatest house cleaning in history
in Washington, D. C. You may take
your choice on whether we start
with Madame Perkins or Harry
Hopkins, or perhaps you like Ickes
best. And from there I will go right
on down through the list of all those
quarrelling, petty little men, rat
Ting around in big jobs.
! And, then I want to give you
one assurance. that your next Presi-
dent will never use his Office to
divide one part of the American
people from another part. He will
never use his Office to set labor
against agriculture, or business
against labor, or any one section
against any other section of our
country. And he will never use
his Office to claim personal or polit-
ical credit for the magnificent
achievements of the American
people or for the sacrifices of their
sons
In Boston Wednesday Night.
Gov. Dewey was travelling today
through the upper part of the
State, where Republicans hope to
roll up for him a majority sufficient
to overcome President Roosevelt
advantage in New York City. When
he was elected governor in 1912 Mr.
Dewey carried the upstate counties
by more than 100000, but that was
not against Mr.. Roosevelt nor in
presidential year. Impartial OBJ
servers believe that if Gov. Dewey
can go down to the city line with a
margin of $4,000 he will have a
good chance of carrying New York's
Al electoral votes.
After week end of rest in Albany
the Republican nominee will swing
through that important upstate
region again Tuesday, with a stop
at Rochester and a major speech
in Buffalo in the evening.
| Then he will make a whirlwind
(See DEWEY. Page A-17l
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Five i. ). Task Forces
Active in Philippines
Waters, Tokyo States
American Reinforcements
Are Pouring Into Leyte,
Broudcuster Declares

The Tokyo radio said last
night that five American task
forces, probably the whole Pa
cific fleet are on the move.
Two task forces are east of Leyte
two east of Luzon and the fifth is
approaching the Philippines from
New Guinea, the report, heard in
London, said.
Earlier, in broadcast heard in
San Francisco, the japanese re-
ported that the situation has taken
a serious turn for them in the Phil
ippines because the Americans were
pouring in reinforcements.
Arrival of 20 to 80 more American
transports in Leyte Gulf Friday was
reported by the broadcast.
Airfields Restored. s.,
The broadcast said the Americans
had been able to restore all air.
fields lying within the Tacloban and
Dufag areas on Leyte Island" and
were trying desperately to con-
struct more airfields."
The japanese conceded they were
outclassed in the air. They said an
average of 300 American planes
raided undisclosed targets in the
Philippines Thursday and Friday.
They claimed japanese aircraft
had attacked American ships and
landing positions with relentless
vigor," but added:
1T is obvious that in spite of
great enemy losses off the coasts of
Taiwan (Formosa) and the Philip
pines and Leyte Gulf, still task
force of substantial strength is in
Testing the nearby waters of the
Philippines. Moreover, when con-
sidering the enemy carrier strength,
together with the number of land
based planes along the coast of New
Guinea, the future condition of the
aerial war requires great caution. "
Claims Reiterated.
The japanese have claimed the
destruction of eight American
carriers, three cruisers and two
destroyers in the naval battles of
the Philippines. In addition they
reported damage to seven carriers,
a battleship and two cruisers.
Japanese troops, the broadcast
added, are attacking one American
division in the Tacloban area and
two divisions in the Dulag area to
the south.
THE enemy" the announcer
said, lis throwing in all of his
strength to determine the fate of
the Pacific and his design cannot
be disregarded."
From Berlin came a broadcast
quoting the Tokyo newspaper Asahi
as warning against too much
optimism concerning japanese sue
cesses," indicating cooling of sue
cess hysteria bred of imperial head
quarters claims.
Asahi said the japanese had lost
438 planes in the fighting in the
Formosa-P Philippines areas, "the
heaviest losses in machines suffered
during the war;" and told of con-
tinued Allied aircraft carrier
strength in the Pacific, estimated
roughly so to 10" despite the
alleged heavy losses listed in Japa-
nese communicates.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Grandstand and Clubhouse
Al Thistedown Burn
By the Associated PresS

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 28.-Fire de-
stroyed the grandstand and club
house at Thistledown race track to-
night. threatening scores Of thor
oughbred horses few hours after
the 21-day fall racing program
ended.
Firemen from Cleveland, Cleve-
land Heights, Bedford, Maple
Heights and East Cleveland rushed
to the scene at suburban Warrens-
vile.
Firemen fought to keep the flames
away from the barns. 1t was neces-
sary to cover the animals heads to
avoid a stampede as smoke pene-
trated to the stables.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Macarthur Report Set
For Army Hour Program
m tha aAreAointa n.A

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 28.-The Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. announced
today that report from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters
at Leyte in the Philippine Islands
will be heard during the Army
Hour program tomorrow.
The network expects to pick up
the generals headquarters about
lis pm, Pacific war time, spokes-
men said They did not know
whether the general would be heard
in person.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
WMAL Will Receive
Stars News Service
On TeIetype Circuit

A new system to give WMAL
a feature and more comprehen-
sive coverage of local news will
be put into operation by The
Star and WMAL next Saturday.
A teletype circuit linking The
Star newsroom directly with the
WMAL studios will begin func-
tioning then.
1t will be used continuously
thereafter to provide WMAL a
constant supply of District and
nearby news as fast as it is COL
lected by Star reporters.
Evening star., 1944-10-29

quent roundup reports, as fast as
the votes are counted, of the popular
and electoral vote for President;
summaries of senatorial and guber-
material contests by States showing
seats gained and lost as we'll as vote
totals in each race, similar sum-
maries by States of the election of
members of the House of Represent
atives, and occasional miscellaneous
results, such as in mayoralty elec-
tions of national interest.
In addition, there will be fre4
(See ELECTION SERVICE. A-l5.)
Evening star., 1944-10-29
10000 Nozis Flee
Toward Meuse
And WuuI Rhine
MAP on Page A-4.)
b. the Associated Press.

6S Lne ASSoclateo Press.
LONDON, Oct. %. - Forty
thousand Germans reeled north
ward today in a scramble to get
across the Mas (MeuSe) and
Waal Rhine Rivers and escape
destruction at the hands of ad-
vancing Canadian and British
forces who smashed the enemy
defense lines in Western Hol-
land.
Field dispatches from the muddy
Dutch front said the 50-mile-long
German line from the sea to s Her.
togenbosch had fallen to pieces and
that it was evident a full-scaie Ger
man withdrawal was in progress
after some of the most stubborn
fighting of the Western Front cam
paign.
Significance of the retreat was
pointed up by enemy abandonment
of Bergen Op Zoom, mainland
coastal key to his line.
Nazi Batteries Doomed.
Allied headquarters announced
that, as a result, free use of the
great Belgian port of Antwerp was
now blocked only by the isolated
German batteries at Vlissingen
tFlushing) on Walcheren Island,
and these were doomed
Even when the Germans there
and in the contracting pocket south
of the Schelde are liqu;dated, how
ever, a gigantic minesweeping and
dredging job must be done on the
100-mle Schelde Estuary before
deep-draft ships can use the port
readily, it was disclosed.
On the American and French sec
tors of the Western front in France
and Germany, the situation was
generally unchanged. The United
States lSt Army in Germany made
exploratory patrol thrusts while
American fighter bombers struck
German communications around
Cologne, Dusseldorf and Duren
Heavy German Traffic
These blows were thrown against
heavy German daylight movement
by rail, movement which was not
explained or amplified in field dis
patches that noted, ''the enemy does
not attempt heavy movement by day
unless he is in an emergency situa-
ton at the front or thinks he is"
The Germans also intermittently
shelled the city of Luxembourg and
made nervous patrols against the
Americans. The entire situation
suggested that the comparative hull
on the 1st Army front would not
long endure
With great victory within their
grasp, the Canadian 1st and British
I'd Armies were racing the Nazis for
the Mas and Waal Rhine crossings
Forces Near Junction.
From west to east they scored
these successes:
Canadian infantry crossed the
Beveland. Island Canal to the west
bank and reached to within miles
of junction with the forces ex-
panding bridgehead on the islands
southeast coast.
On the mainland the Germans
abandoned without fight the an
chor of their defense line at Ber-
gen Op zoom, which the Canadians
quickly occupied. The city fell
without shot. Historically called
the key to Holland" Bergen Op
Zoom-"fortress on the Zoom"-
once was one of the strongest for
titled cities in the Netherlands.
The Spanish vainly besieged it in
1888, 1897, 1905 and 1922, 1t was
taken by the French in 1747 and,
while held by Napoleon's troops,
withstood an attack by the English
in 1914. With a population of U.s.
343, it is situated on both sides of
(See WESTERN FRONT page A-s1
Evening star., 1944-10-29

of Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf.
The remaining two cruisers and four
destroyers were severely damaged in
this action and fed, only to be sunk
by subsequent air attacks.
Still another destroyer was dam
aged in separate action off Cebu
by low-f1ying fighter planes.
These new Macarthur figures.
added to combinations of Admiral
Nimitz for the two other battles
east of Samar Island and south of
Evening star., 1944-10-29

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. Joseph w. StilWell was
relieved of the key China
Burma India command yeSter-
day to take what the War De-
partment said will be a new
and important" assignment.
The unexpected shakeup in the
Far East top command, announced
from the White House, Immediately
stirred speculation along two lines:
/. Is the move a definite and
severe reprimand for Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek, stemming from
dissension within Chinese forces and
the japanese threat to overrun
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Todoy's Political
Broudcusts

$3.50 pm, VOL, Vice President
Wallace, speaking from Chi
cago, sponsored by tho Ma
tional Nonpartisan League.
4:30 pm, VOL, Doro t h Y
TIL ON SON, speaking for
Roosevelt in behalf of the In
dependent Voters League.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Gen. StiIweN Recalled Here;
Chang Reported Behind Move
New and Important
Job Said to Await
Vinegar Joe

KWEILIN'S FALL NEAR as Jap
forces drive to city's outskirts. A-4.
Evening star., 1944-10-29

CSee ROOSEVELT, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1944-10-29

Rodio Programs, Pe. C-l0
Complete Index, Pe. AZ
Evening star., 1944-10-29

(See DEWEY, Page AID
Evening star., 1944-10-29

tSee CHANG, Page ABB
Evening star., 1944-10-29

(See STILWELL, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1944-10-29

(See FLEET, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1944-10-29

Zee WESTERN FRONT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1944-10-29

(See RUSSIA, Page A-21.D
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-06
Washable Cottons
Chic and Practical

Cottons were never more in de-
mand than now. The big idea this
spring is the very new suits in dark
colors or lush shades or In beguiling
pastels made of a weave that looks
exactly like handsome sturdy linen.
An orange-colored linen jacket worn
with a slender brown lnen-like
skirt reaches the ultimate in chic.
Smart too is the black or navy jack
ct suit made Of these linen-like cot
ton weaves. You will find in the
wash goods section many new types
such as specially-woven ginghams;
and checks and novelties in SCREEN
prints, also the now-so-popular bal.
loon cloth. Crisp waffle piques'
abound In the new collections. Great
emphasis is placed on chambray
which designers are making up i'm
adorably feminine styles that take,
on little lace edgings and fatterings
low-cut necklines filed in with little.
ruffies and sometimes drawstring eff
fects. 1t behooves the woman who
has taken up the home-sewing hobby
to know her fabrics and visit to
the wash goods section offers a lib
eral education.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-06
Improve Posture

If you want to improve your pos
ture during the day, first, walk as
though you were carrying book on
your head-shoulders down, toes
pointed straight ahead. Second,
without holding your breath, con-
tract and relax the abdominal and
posterior muscles until they show
signs Of firing. If these are properly
done you'll see results in less than
three weeks.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-06

prices would rise and fall in accord
ance with the seasonal demand.
The cattlemen's viewpoint as pre-
sented by Joe G. Montague Of the
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Rails
ers association, boils down his plant
to a simple statement.
Cattle just provide the frames to
hang beef on. The Lord knows
we've produced the frames but
somebody fell down on the job Of
hanging the beef on 'en."
Mr.. Montague told me the other
day that the weights have gone down
faster than even he expected al
though he predicted the glut and
the promised famine ever since the
fixed price was made last October.
They have gone off q to % pounds
head and he expects this will con-
tinue until July when grass feeding
begins again.
''I'm trying to get the cattle off
the ranches but I can't do it. The
feed lots are not taking them be-
cause there isn't any feed. could
sell thousands of pounds Of feed to-
day il I could get my hands on it."
Hoarded Corn
There is plenty Of feed in the shape
of corn in the country but the farm
ers with their government-assured
prices on hogs are boarding it-they
are transforming it into pork. The
government "asked for this" when
it put premium on hog-raising, as
we have explained. But many farm
ers, poultry and dairy farmers and
others outside the corn belt need
feed.
So the government is smack up
against the problem of prying this
feed (corn) loose from the farmers
who are keeping it to feed to their
hogs. The only way they can shake
the kernels loose is to increase the
price of corn. The only way they
can do that without breaking through
price ceilings is to subsidize corn-in
other words, buy it at price which
will make it more profitable to the
farmer to sell it than to feed it to
his hogs.
Montague's argument is that be-
cause the cattle business is seasonal
you have to have fexibility in price.
If the price is nailed down, the cat
tleman will sell his CRASHED cat
tie in September, instead of holding
out for higher prices in the spring,
and save going through the anguish
of zero weather. Of course, under
price control, the theory is that the
fexibility is provided by the SUBJ
sidy-excuse me again-by the gov
eminent offering price premium
which gives the cattleman enough
for fair profit but doesn't increase
the price to the consumer and start
imitation. But the cattlemen don't
want sub-price premiums. They
want prices to rise and fall in the
good old-fashioned way.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-06
Price Premium Battle
Grows in importance
War Food Administration Faces Increas-
ngIy Difficult Problem of Getting
'Bashfup Beef Cattle to Market.
BY BAUKHAGE
NetUs analyst and Commentator.

brought his pigs to market. The gov
eminent fixed the price which the
packers were bound to pay. But so
many pigs arrived that the packer
couldn't pack them and the law
didn't say he had to buy what he
couldn't use. So the farmer, rather
than pick up his pigs and carry
them home again, sold them off at
disgracefully low prices to the smart
boys. Finally the smart boys got
the floor price, the butcher got his
ceiling price which the consumers
with full pocketbooks and empty
stomachs were glad to pay. All the
farmer got was mad.
This happened why? The govern
ment says simply because some
farmers, seeing as how there was
going to be such good market for
hogs, exceeded their quotas-got too
hoggish Zone district in Iowa, I was
told, increased its pig crop by SO per
cent, when the figure the govern
ment had set was Is per cent?. More
about that later.
And so the War Food administra.
ton is afraid the same thing might
happen to the cattle market. And
the banker is afraid. It would be
bad enough if we ran into glut like
the hog-jam but, as one VIA live
stock expert put it, 1--WE shudder to
think what might happen if an early
drouth developed. There would be
a great stampede to move cattle to
market. Transportation and process
ing facilities might not be able to
handle the movement. The result
might be the loss of thousands and
thousands Of head of CATTLE"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-06

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