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Evening star., 1944-09-07

5000 deaths in England as Z result
OF the bombs which landed. He
said that only 1880 of the 5000
bombs launched since June IL had
reached their goal.
Whereas the earlier bombs each
took life, on the average, the cam
paign against them made such
progress that lately three of the
(See ROBOTS. Page A-40
Evening star., 1944-09-07
McNutt Says Control
OF Labor Will End
With German Defeat
100000 to Lose Jobs
Due to Cancellation Of
War Material Orders

Chairman Paul v. McNutt OF
the War Manpower Commission
said today that manpower con-
trolls will be removed with the
end OF the war in Europe and
assured management and labor
that sanctions will not be used
to meet the manpower needs of
current war production pro-
grams.
with the end of the war in Ger
many" Mr.. McNutt said, this
agency will be in = position to meet
the manpower requirements of war
industry without the controls which
have been in effect in recent
months"
The War Production Board esti-
mated in announcing It's plan for
removing production controls on
X-day-the time of the Nazi sur
render-that about 1000, 600 work.
ers will be released from jobs as q
result of the accompanying slash
in war contracts.
Plan Before VINO Today.
Mr.. McNutt's plan to remove hir-
ing controls on X-day, 1t was un-
derstood, will 60 before the full War
Manpower Commission today, and
the chairman will present the pro-
gram to the Senate War Investigat-
ing Committee tomorrow.
Included in the controls to be re-
moved will be devices as employ
ment ceilings, controlled hiring re-
|ferals, and sthe mandatory 48-hour
week. There repeatedly was some
support in VINO for the retention of
some controls in such critical labor
areas as the West Coast.
Mr.. McNutt's promise that COM
pulsion win not be used to solve
remaining manpower problems was
made necessary by action Of WINGS
Management Labor Committee
which cited "misgivings" over the
possible use Of sanctions In the
minds Of labor, agriculture and
business leaders.
Fearful Of misunderstanding.
Unless such misunderstanding s.
corrected. it will react to the detri-
ment Of the manpower program, /"
the committee said In . statement
addressed to Mr.. McNutt. There
fore, the committee recommends to
the chairman that he request the
Once Of War Mobilization 70 clarity
tSee MANPOWER, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1944-09-07
McCorrun Assured
Senatorial Nomination
3 the Asxociat.f, pra.,

0y tuc ASSUCISIGu FreBS.
CARSON CITY, New, Sept. T.
Senator McCarran was assured OF
Nevadas Democratic Senatorial
nomination as his opponent, 1t
Gov. Vail Pittman, trailing by l,l7s
votes, conceded defeat yesterday In
one OF this States hottest cam
paigns.
With all except % Of the 283
precincts reporting, the 6s-year-old
chairman of the Senate judiciary
Committee had 10,937 votes to Pitt
mans 9,755 rs results Of Tuesdays
election were tabulated.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
20-Cent RongeFinde
Helps Britoin Beat
| Robot Menace
By the Associated Press,

BY the ABSociAted Press.
LONDON. Sept. 7. Sir
Thomas. Merton, a British SCI
enlist, devised q 20-cent range
finder for antiaircraft batteries
which solved the problem OF
sighting on q rocket bomb
against its dazzling Jet name,
1t was disclosed today.
This recalled the use of
dime store device in the Doo-
little raid on Tokyo. Fearful
that their bombsight might fall
into japanese hands, the flyers
substituted 4 l0-cent store
gadget. s.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
$4,000 litters Trucks
As Troin Rips Mail Bog
b the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORT MOODY, British Columbia,
Sept. 7.-Approximately $37 900 was
scattered along the Canadian Pa
CHIC Railway tracks here yesterday
when mail bag, tossed from q
moving train to the station plat
form. fell under the wheels and was
split open.
Postal oficials said today most
OF the n1oney-intended for . lum-
her company payron-had been re-
covered.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Lourel Results

FIRST RACE-Purse, 81 500; clsAming
maiden 2.year-olds; 9 furlongs.
Tawny (Wahler) 5O0 or
Mid knight (Arduini) % 81
Time, 1:1sas.
fisht Man, Bitgay. Tscaro and Identity.
SECOND RACE-Purse, 81, l,5OO; 3-year.
Eafr Ann fBowe-s) $40 800 . AZ
Worries fIeegettJ 500 xsS
Fleetest (Bletzsacker) SIf
Time-1.16hs.
Also ran-Hazels Play, Refresh, Which
Two, HAsaw, Dress 4ag, FAma's Time
DAILY Double paid S13)
Evening star., 1944-09-07
MAP on Page ABB

BY the Associated Press.
Russian troops have driven
across Bulgaria into Greece,
reaching the Turkish frontier in
the Demotica area after a sensa-
tional 160-mile advance in two
days, the German radio said to-
day IN an Official DNB broadcast,
Another Russian tank column was
reported advancing~ toward Sofia,
the Bulgar capital of 100000.
Demotica Didymoteikhon) lies in
Thrace, the eastern extremity OF
Greece which Bulgaria seized and
occupied after the German conquest
Of the Balkans. 1t is so miles north
Of the Aegean, 100 miles east OF
Salonika and 100 miles northwest
of Istanbul. the former Turkish
capital on the Bosporus.
Invasion ut Three Points.
Bulgaria, against whom Russia
declared war Tuesday night. was in
vaded at three points, the Germans
said, adding:
mo resistance worth mentioning
seems to have been put up in conse-
quence Of the muddled up political
conditions there"
Berlin announced earlier that Bull
garia had broken relations with her,
and unconfirmed Turkish dispatches
said Bulgaria declared war on Ger
many to put the Balkan country at
war with both sides. The Bulgars
pleaded with Russia for an armistice
soon after the Kremlin declared war
during 4 time in which armistice ne
gotiations with the United States
and Britain were begged down.
The Germans said the Russians
crossed the Danube in the area of
Giuriu and Ruse, Romanian and
Bulgar towns facing each other
across the river. and in the area
north of Sonia. The Russian plunge
to the iron gate of the Danube yes
terday gave them control of all the
north frontier of Bulgaria.
Drive Toward Aegean.
"The general direction of march
is toward the Aegean coast" said
the Berlin broadcast, recorded by
the Associated Press. The first Rus
sian 1ncursions into Bulgaria took
place Tuesday, the dAy Russia de-
clared war. the broadcast said.
1.-THE new Bulgarian leftist gov
ernment which Enthusiastically is
being called the 'Kerensky govern
ment' (the transitory Russian re-
gime between the Gar and, the
Soviet Union is said to have
reached an agreement leaving Bull
garian ground to the Soviets with
out fighting" the Berlin radio said.
The collapse OF Hitler's Balkan
house was complete except for Hun
gary.
German forces in the Balkans
appeared to have been trapped, with
their only out. and Cairo
declared six German di-
visions in Greece alone were "vir-
tually in the bag"
Greek Liberation Near.
The Greek government in exile In
Cairo was reported preparing to
move to Athens, believing the day of
Greek liberation was near.
Ankara dispatches dated yesterday
said Bulgaria declared war Tuesday
night after feverish telephoning be-
(C.n pTTT rADTA noCo AN
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Government Seizes
rs More Coal Mines,
Raising Total 10 33
Efforts Made to End
Strike of Steel Workers
At Alabama Mill

The Government today held
possession of 80 soft coal mines
owned by Is companies as the
strike of United Mine Workers
supervisory employees continued
to spread.
Concurrently. move was on foo
to settle the trouble at the Fair
field (Ala) operations of the Ten.
nessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.
where a walkout OF 800 members ot
the CIO United Steel Workers ha.
resulted In the banking OF three
blast furnaces producing iron ano
eight open-hearth furnaces which
produce steel from the iron.
Figures op Output Cut.
Steel ingot production was cut
$500 tons daily by the shutdown OF
the open hearth furnaces and iron
production was cut 5000 tons daily
Finishing units at Fairfield, includ-
ing shipbuilding plates and shapes,
will continue operation as long as
accumulated stocks last. These
units employ approximately 1900
The total of held
mines was increased to 80 last night
when, at the direction of President
Roosevelt, the Interior Department
took possession of Is workings op-
Grated by nine companies in Penn
sylvania and West Virginia. They
employ 500 men and have a daily
production of about 27,0OO tons.
Mines Open Tomorrow.
Appointing high oficials Of the
companies as Federal operating
managers, Secretary Ickes. fuels ad-
ministrator. announced the mines
will be opened for work tomorrow
morning.
Thi- seizure represented q sud
den change in the Government s
policy. Heretofore all the mines of
each company have been taken over,
whether strike-bound or not, in or
der to preserve the company as an
operating unit. Had this policy been
continued, about Is mines would
have been taken over in this group.
The strikes causing THE seizures
are being called by the United Cler-
ical, Technical and Supervisory En-
ployes, = newly organized group
within the United Mine Workers, in
q fight for recognition as q bargain
ing agency.
Strike notices have been posted
in q large number Of mines in Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and Ken
lucky, and almost daily this week
the union members in q new group
of mines have taken strike votes.
Ballot Results Ignored.
George w. Taylor, acting chair
man Of the War Labor Board, has
told the President that work stop
pages are developing In the mines
Immediately after the strike votes,
irrespective Of the result of the bal
loting.
G. r. Potter, deputy solid fuels adj
ministrator, said that In one mine
3 men voted to strike and Is
voted against striking, but q picket
line was thrown up and the mine
closed Immediately afterward.
There were 10 Pennsylvania pits
seized yesterday. these being the
only remaining strike-bound mines
In the State. They employ approxi-
mately $3.50 men.
Earlier yesterday more than 5000
diggers returned to work in 10 pits,
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Germans Report
16O-MiIe Drive
In Two Days
BULLETIN.

ROME R.-Allied land, sea
and air forces and Marshal
Tito's Partisan army have
started a combined all-out
offensive in YugoSlavia in
conjunction with the Russian
offensive to seal of all Ger
man escape routes from the
Balkans, Allied headquarters
announced today.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
MAP on Page a.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. lit. Gen
George s. Patton's Sd Arm,
pounded forward on a broat
front today toward the show
down battle of the Siegfried Line
reaching Nancy and driving ;
wedge into the outskirts of Metz
two French Fortress cities ii
the forefield of the Nazi wesr
wall.
To the north, 1t. Gen. Courtne,
H. Hodges 1st Army built up /,
solid 75-mile assault line and drov
forward from its Meuse bridgehead
in q wave similarly directed agains
the Germans last defenses pro
tecting the homeland.
From south of the Belgian cit,
Of Leuven UouvainD to just soutf
Of Sedan, France, the 1st Arm,
was probing into the Ardennes For
est along route taken by the in.
vading Germans in 1910 and to.
ward one of the weaker links o.
the Siegfried Line.
British Advance Reported.
The British I'd Army of 1t. Gen
Sir Miles c. Dempsey. operating
under cloak of silence since seizing
Antwerp and penetrating into the
Netherlands, was reported moving
up to the Albert Canal just south
OF the Belgian border. There it
was said to have run into its. first
organized resistance since jumping
off from the Seine northwest of
Paris.
The Germans declared they had
eliminated a bridgehead across the
Albert Canal just north of Antwerp
and they evidently were attempting
to make stand along that man.
made barrier with its steep walls.
Gen. Patton's forces, too, In theil
push on a 50-mile front toward thu
German border from Luxembourg
to Nancy, were meeting desperate
resistance by Germans who had hae
time to get their breath while Gen
Patton reorganized his supply serv.
ice. Front = line dispatches saic
Moselle bridgeheads near Metz were
gained yesterday only at heavy cost
and in the face of concentrations
Of artillery fire.
1t was not known whether Amer.
leans had penetrated into Nancy
but Metz was under attack on both
the north and south.
YankS Raach Vndc;~u>
Gen. Hodges troops on their left
flank reached Jodoigne, 18 miles
north of Namur and only IL miles
southeast Of Leuven, where they ar
parently where about to link up with
the British I'd Army pushing out o1
that city.
Jodoigne is in the area of the
Gette River. where the Germans re.
ported fighting with the British.
Other 1st Army columns drove
across the Meuse beyond Namur
pushed east of the river from Givet
thrust into the Ardennes Forest east
OF Anchamps, reached Thilay on the
Semoy River 3 miles east of tn,
Meuse in the area northeast O.
Charleville, and reached a point II
miles southeast of Sedan.
To the west, the Canadian Isl
Army invaded Belgium for the first
time, sending an armored Polish
division into the famous Canadian
battle-ground of Ypres, 10 miles in
side Belgium.
The Canadians, with forces al.
ready on both sides of Calais, in
Northern France, advanced to with
in miles west and southwest oj
Dunkerque and prepared to besiege
Germans in the Belgian coasta
strongholds of Ostend and Zee.
brugge.
Faces Greatest Test.
The boasted West Wall which the
Germans began building eight years
(See WESTERN FRONT Do A.
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Nazis Offering Bitter Resistance;
Reds Cross Bulgaria Into Greece
Hodges lst Army
Also Advances on
Siegfried Line
BULLETIN.

UNITED STATES Sd ARMY
HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE
R.-Lt. Gen. George S. Pat
toms armor and infantry
forced the Moselle below Metz
today, gaining a bloody foot
hold on the rivers east bank.
In fighting Of rising fury,
however, American forces
farther down the Moselle in
the Pont-a-Mousson area were
thrown back across the river.
The fighting there was heavy
and losses were of consider
able proportions as the Ger
mans held dominating hills.
Evening star., 1944-09-07

(See BULGARIA, Page A.
Evening star., 1944-09-07

LSee ROBOTS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1944-09-07

tsee DEWEY, Page A-1a0
Evening star., 1944-09-07
Weather Forecast

Temperatures today-Highest, IS, ct
1:30 p.m.: lowest, 90, ct 4:3s an. Yes
terday-Highest. S6, at 4 pm; lowest,
IS, at 6:54 am.
Evening star., 1944-09-07

(See COAL, Page A-8.)
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Negro Leader Utters Solemn Warming

/
sentative Mordca W. Johnson president of University
speak recently spoke
AS reported by the Associated Negro Press the Pittsburgh
this leader of his
which he measured his who
thoughess declared many people
that the whites will have keep fighting for
that maybe at last they will let Free He
that "he emotional contempt of oeourh America working
population against the the
the solidarity of the country although
important exception this Indictment declared according
the Negro had been naster in the past
five than before history
Negro
liberal forces the United States do not muster more strength we
will turn fascist within the years. occurs
which the darker peoples nda Russia
would be ptted against the United States fight
In such struggle the suggested
may be the "deemnatve factor has
crises national history comes pre-
then the Jews and then all labor
tered additional quick strength" This notice. some
Harlem soapboxer speaking this leading Negro
college president in Amerca-The Christian Century.
Fight for FEPC Funds
The Fair Employment Committee is applying for $685.
OO 70 carry on It's because 1t the Federal making
effort to eliminate Americas the employment
American who loves his and loves fair
everything block effort the
reacionaries in Washington to hold up this budget.
All of dsessngly that the FEPC
success acquainted with the numerous handcaps
under which will be the first to
concede that the committee has had
employment practice though able to WELD only moral
force
That certain elements regard of the
FEPC as dangerous precedent is seen in the anv made to
kill off, the latest of which headed
course Georgia. who Employment Prac-
tees Committee" through his amendment Independent
Bill
This present long as there are people
like Senator Russell in this country especially having authority
Washington.
To guard against element lovers of farpay
must only fight for the FEPC budget
for the of Federal law furnishing severely
against czens because OF COLOR creed or nationality thus giving
the FEPC cudge of mere moral force
There is certain element this country
playing fair where the concerned the only
thing that element respects Pittsburgh
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Pilgrim Baptist Church: With
Easter just a few weeks off, both
the Sunday school and the church
have taken up the discussion of the
life of Christ. Rev. s. E. Ware, the
pastor, is continuing his series of
sermons on the seven words from
the cross. His text last Sunday
was on "My God, My God, Why
Hast Thou Forsaken Mel" The
Gospel chorus and the Senior choir
furnished the musical background.
A. ]. Thornton, Minneapolis, guest
soloist, sang "I'm Waiting and
Watching"
During the invitation period, E.
Ruth Powell, noted soprano from
Chicago, sang ooh Lord, Send Me-
and "Stand By Me-" Mr.. T. T.
Taylor of Chicago was visitor.
At 4 p. M, the Ladies Aid Society
observed their 44th anniversary.
DR.. Isaac Fisher was the guest
speaker. After the services a re-
ception was held.
Next Sunday morning, March &c,
Rev. Ware will preach from the
sixth and seventh words spoken
from the cross, at Is Finished
and "Father Into Thy Hands ]
Commend Ny Spirit" In the after
noon, Rev. Ware will leave for
Pittsburgh, Penn, where he will
conduct revival services for Rev. ].
W. Parrish, pastor of the Metro
politan Baptist church.-Leatrice
Dodd.
Border Methodist Church: The
Lenten spirit is growing in inten-
sity and in dimension. A repre-
sentative proportion of the men,
bership is laying aside daily a self
denial offering for the great day
of our year-Easter Sunday. Many
are making their pledges for the
new parsonage rally which will be-
gin Easter Sunday. The minister is
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meditating on the theme Reality
and Truth" for the morning mes
sage on Sunday, March 26.
Border church will sponsor a
Sunday Evening in Art" at Phyl-
lis Wheatley House, Sunday, March
26, at $50 p. m. The Interracial
Dramatic group, under the direc-
ton of Miss Grace Walker, will pre-
sent can Interracial Play" The
cast includes Misses Marion For
berg, Lillian HOFFMAN, Jean Lud-
wig, Betty Ludwig and Mrs. Avis
Ware Carter. Miss Ruth Pittman
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OA14AC 4O4 U4OOuy TlOLluR OH CQG
Negro, one begins to wonder. In
like vein, so-called leaders, white
or Negro, cannot assume total re-
sponsibility for the analysis and
solution of the problem; for the
major responsibility for the spread
of this cancerous growth rests with
the mass of the common people
and, because of this, the ultimate
solution also rests with them. For
the Negro, alas, major steps toward
the mitigation of racial segregation
and discrimination are often fore
stalled, since, either deliberately or
unwittingly, these contravene the
dicta of Southern customs and
tradition.
What does the Negro want in
America? Quick as a flash, the
bourbon white Southerner and his
Northern counterpart contemptu-
ously below: "Why, social equality,
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International
Business Girls
Hold BANQUET

Grace Walker, director of girls
activities at Phyllis Wheatley
House, led an interracial choral
verse choir in Langston Hughes
"Let America Be America" and
Rev. Robert W. Kelley addressed
the group of about $50 at the In
ternational Business Girls banquet
held at the Minneapolis YWCA,
last week.
Rev. Kelley spoke on the theme
for the meeting "Color Equality in
the World Spotlight" Three Ha-
waiian soldiers from Camp Savage
entertained with their native songs
and dances. Representations,
Austrians, Belgian refugees,
American Whites and Negroes were
in attendance.
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1t is also shown in the action
of lynch mobs of the South which
arrogantly defy the law by walking
into courtrooms for their prey,
burning down jails to take whom
they want, thumbing their noses
at the very cornerstone of our gov
eminent, the Constitution of the
United States, which says every
thing to be desired on paper, but
which must be carried out by the
very men who discriminate, segre-
gate, lynch and burn.
Problems We Face
These, then, are some of the
problems confronting Negro leader
ship. They do not mean the same
to white men as they do to black
men, because the white man can
afford to ignore them, or encourage
his people to make the situation
more difficult. 1t is the white man
who creates the conditions which
require laws or legislation; it is
and will be the white man who
formulates and sponsors laws OF
legislation to prevent them. It is
also he who gives the law the
teeth and force to make the law
effective; and it is he who can and
does make the law Ineffective by
failing to respect and obey it.
The major task of Negro leader
ship in these challenging times is
to educate the great mass of white
people to re-evaluate their moral
viewpoints in relation to the Ne
gro; so that laws and legislation
play minor roles in this business
of people living tremendously to.
gether. One of the weaknesses OF
our society is the great influence
of science and materialism over
moral values and standards. We
must substitute morality for law
if human society is to save itself
On the other hand, Negro leader,
ship must also face the stern and
challenging obligation of setting
the Negroes own house in order.
The Office of Civilian Defense is
practically nonentity today. II
could have been one of the most
potent democratic influences in the
lives of Americans. It muffed that
chance because of fear-fear that
some bigoted demagogues would
show their resentment by curtail-
ing appropriations and "chopping
off heads"
And therein lies lesson, which
we wonder whether others-from
President Roosevelt down to the
lowiest section chief-have missed
There is really no winning percent,
age in appeasement at the expense
of right and justice-whether its
purpose is to gain political support
or agency appropriations.
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of course" Nor can deny that the
Negro Graves social equality. The
fly in the ointment, though, is that
the irate white conceives social
equality" as the desire, on the part
of an irresponsible black, to mate
with a white woman. "Intermar-
riage!" the Negro answers. "What
a ridiculous issue to raise, when
[ am struggling to make a decent
living, while Tending off unprovoked
acts of discrimination and preju-
dice. Certainly want social equal
ity,' but in the humanistic sense
of the term. Don't I know, better
than you, what meaning this term
carries for me? Respect of the
worth of human individuality is in
volved here"
In sum, I desire the unabridged
opportunity to participate in all
those shared relationships of hu-
Continued on Page Four)
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WeHOpe..

Our Minneapolis chief of police personally led raid on an
alleged gambling place Sunday morning Negro establishment
Everybody in the place took ride to Jail.
Time when the police department could get " point front
page headline by radng few small fry Negro establish
Sunday mornings raid led by the department head
the second section of the
MORNING TRIBUNE. Times changed it appears.
Chief Hners policy to arrest found in
favoreas between white
and Negro law violators.
Sometimes it isn't freedom of speech that needit freedom
it.-Desplaines II) News.
that victory the
walters the policy of
pretending the always rgh-Woodstock W Journal
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will sing a group of songs ac-
companied by Mrs. Dorothy Sims.
Mrs Alberta McElroy will whistle
group of religious songs. This
is indeed an artistic treat which
you will not want to miss.
The minister and choir will ap-
pear at Asbury Methodist church at
Bloomington and 45th St. next
Sunday at 7:45 p. m. Rev. Ottar
Hofstad is the minister of the
church.-Church Reporter.