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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Meeting Of Big Three Leaders
Nov. Going On, Briton Reveals
Trade Union Leader Gives No indication
As to Where Session Is BEING Held

the great powers and it is taking
place at this very moment"
Sir Walter, secretary of the con-
gress, read a message of greeting
from the Prime Minister.
The German press and radio still
were giving top priority to the big
three parley.
Apart from his onslaught from
the east" Berlin newspapers warned,
1.-The enemy is going to demand
capitulation from us. This de-
mand, behind which stands the
whole destructive will of our
enemies, should prepare us for the
same fate as those Of our Allies
which became weak"
The British Press Association said
no official announcement of the
conclusions reached at the big three
conference lis to be expected until
it has taken place and the leaders
have returned to their capitals"
The news agency said simultane-
GUS statements would then be made
in Washington, Moscow and London.
The trade union conference, the
first since the start of the war. will
tackle such knotty problems as In
dustrial readjustment to peace and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
ConnoIIy Warns Surplus Inquiir,
Not to Smear Boruch, Swope
Goldberg Firms Lowyer Says He's Sure
Neither Had Invested in Auction Componv
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Differences over the trend Of q
surplus goods sale inquiry hared
up today when Senator Connally,
Democrat, Of Texas objected to
testimony which might smear"
Bernard M. Baruch and Herbert
Bayard Swope. as.
Senator Connally, one Of those in
vestigatipg Jacob Goldberg's auc-
ton sale of surplus war goods for the
Defense Plant Corp, broke in at one
point:
II want the committee to find out
the facts regarding Mr.. Goldberg On
any other berg.
Il don't want to have any sug-
gestion Of an effort to smear Mr.
Bernard Barnch or Mr.. Swope be-
cause Of any letter they might have
written to Jesse Jones or anybody
else"
A previous witness before the Sen
ate War Investigating Committee,
Representative Miller, Republican,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Admiral Hart Is BaIdwin's
Choice for Senate Seat
BY the Associated Press,

os the ASSOCl3Ieo 1FeSS.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, Feb. ct
appeared likely today that Admiral
Thomas Charles Hart of Sharon,
former commander of Allied Far
Eastern naval forces and hero of
the evacuation Of Cavite during the
Japanese invasion of the Philippines,
would occupy Connecticut's seat IN
the Senate made vacant by the
death Of Francis T. Maloney, Demo-
crat, January 16.
Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin dis
closed his selection of Admiral Hart
last night in . radio challenge to
leaders of the Democratic State
Senate majority who have baked
efforts to give him the power to
appoint Mr.. Maloney,s successor.
The Governor said he would ap-
point Admiral Hart IF the Senate
will vote me the authority to do So.
but added that In the absence Of
such authority he had determined
to set June, 10. 1915, as the date
for special election"
Support for Gov. Baldwin's choice
Of the admiral came from State
Senator Cornelius Mulvihill, Demo-
crat, Of Bridgeport. Other party
leaders were silent pending Demo-
cratic caucus at the capitol today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
200 u. 5. Planes
Attack Reich in One
Of Greatest Raids
Leipzig, Mogdebure and
Chemnitz Are Toreets
Of Smashing Assault
By the Associated press.

LONDON. Feb. 6.-Some 2,20C
American planes today staged
one of the greatest mass raids
on Germany, attacking Leipzig
Magdeburg and Chemnitz, the
latter less than 80 miles from the
CzechoSlovak border.
More than 1900 Flying Forressea
and Liberators few in the $50 mile
long sky train which broke into three
sections.
Industries Among Targets.
Leipzig, IS miles south and wesi
of Berlin, Is possible haven for
Nazis fleeing Berlin. Industrial
Chemnitz is 10 miles farther south
west. Madgeburg Is 70 miles west
and south Of Berlin.
Several other towns in Central
Germany also apparently were hit
A preliminary announcement said
the targets were industries and COM
munications.
About $50 Mustangs and Thunder
bolts few escort.
The raid on Chemnitz, IS miles
from Dresden, represented a round
trip fight of 1900 miles.
Delayed Bombs Exploding.
The day raids followed a night
Mosquito attack on Berlin, where
delayed action bombs planted in
Saturdays huge Flying Fortress raid
still were exploding.
Fast two-engined British Mos
quitos kindled new fires in Berlin
last hight, and hit other detectives
In Central and Western Germany
One plane was missing.
A Stockholm dispatch said the
newspaper Aftonbladet was unable
to reach its Berlin correspondent
by telephone this morning, indi-
eating the German capital was
further disorganized In last nights
attack.
From the Mediterranean Allied
air force in Italy came word that
the Germans Bremen Pass line
and main rail routes out, of Italy
to the northeast ARE now thor
'oughly blocked despite frantic ef-
forts OF German repair crews" to
maintain them.
Reconnaissance pictures taken
after Boss heavily battered the
Bremen line yesterday showed the
tracks covered by landslides caused
by effective bombing Of overhang-
ing cliffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Feb. 6.-Sir Walter
Citrine, British trade union
leader, announced today that
Prime Minister Churchill was
meeting with President Roose-
welt and Premier Stain Eat this
very moment"
1t was the first concrete disclosure
from Allied quarters that the three
leaders were .in session. Sir Walter
made the statement at the opening
session Of the British Trades Union
Congress.
He did not give any hint as to
where the meeting was being held.
The French telegraph agency said
the three men were comforting at
Sochi, a Russian Black Sea port 20
miles above the border of Stain
home province of Georgia.
The German radio declared the
meeting was being held either on a
warship in the Black Sea or at a
Black Sea port.
Arrangement had been made for
Mr.. Churchill to address this con-
gress," Sir Walter said. But since
that arrangement was entered into
a conference was arranged between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
1O New Merchant Ships
Delivered in Junuur

By the Associated Press.
Merchant shipyards delivered l2o
vessels aggregating 1928, 296 dead
weight tons in January.
The Maritime Commission, an
nouncing this today, said the figures
compare with las vessels agRregat-
ing 1,356, 1893 tons delivered in De-
cember.
OF last months 100 ships, 80 were
merchant types for merchant serv-
ice, 8 were merchant ships delivered
for military service, and % were
built as military types for Navy use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Yanks Approach
Last Towns Of
Siegfried Line
American Forces
Move on Gemund
And SchIeiden

MAP on Page A-4.)
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, Feb. 6.-Infantry of
the American LIST Army today
slashed into the second concrete
belt of German Notifications to
within 1900 yards of Gemund
and l 900 yards of Schleiden, last
bastion towns of the Siegfried
Line.
The End Indian Head Division,
commanded by Maj. Gen. Walter
M. Robinson, and the 9th Division
of Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig carried
the assault to Gemund and Sch
leiden. both towns of about $500.
Just to the north, the 18th Light
ming Division drove through the
West Wall Notifications to within
$500 yards of Schmidt, north Of
the network of dams controlling
headwaters of the Roer River. Two
of the five dams have been cap
tured.
The American Sd Army, fighting
7 miles deep in Germany, captured
the Siegfried Line village of Hab-
scheid, 6 miles southwest of the
fortified communication center of
Prum. The Germans, however,
moved back into Brandscheid, where
the Bird Army had driven clear
through the Siegfried Line.
Other Advances Scored.
Elsewhere, Sd Army troops ad-
vanced mile and a quarter along
an 8-mile front, capturing Hab-
scheid, Z miles southwest of Prum.
and Schlausnbach, miles north
west At other points, the Sd Army
was Z miles inside Germany and
just over miles from Prum, where
a spider web of railsand roads serves
the German front.
Below Strasbourg, four American
divisions and the French LIST Army
widened to S miles their cutoff cor
ridor which split the Colmar pocket
between the Ill River and the Vos1es
foothills, where Nazi rearguards
were hemmed in a death tran The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

of Nebraska declared there are vast
stores Of supplies classified as sur
plus while the same factories that
made them "are still working "A
hours q day turning out the same
material for the military"
Mr.. Miller demanded that the
Government freeze all its surplus
property pending adoption Of q pro-
gram to sell it under tthe merciless
spotlight Of publicity"
Sen ator Connaly's comments
came during questioning of Joe.
Gross, attorney for Mr.. Goldberg's
Surplus Lquidators, Inc, who sale
Mr.. Swope had performed "a public
service In writing former Com.
merce Secretary Jones asking him Il
interview Mr.. Goldberg and Herman
Brandt. company secretary.
mr.. Swope did not send a letter
to Mr.. Jones until he had made q
complete study Of Mr.. Goldbergi
background and fully acquaintec
himself as to the merit Of his pro
(See STJRPIIJS Pa0e A-l0
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fsee WESTERN FRONT. Page Al
Jops Report U. S. Roid
On Borneo Oil PIunts

BY the Associated Press
More than 20" American Light
ming fighters and Mitchell bombers
twice raided the Balikpapan oil re-
fineries on Borneo yesterday after
noon, Domei Japanese news agency
reported today.
The unconf1rmed broadcast, re-
corded by the Federal Commune
cations Commission, said damage to
the oft-bombed Japanese oil center
was negligible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Services Will Retuin
Veterans Button Desiqr
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Army. Navy and Veterans
Administration have decided to re.
tain the present design of the vet
Grams discharge button, the War
Department announced today.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
some members Of Congress had sug-
gested change in the button, tax
ing the position it is not sufficiently
distinctive. The War Department
said the decision to retain the design
had been made after q thorough
study" One of the stumbling blocks
to change, it was understood, Is
the fact that large number Of the
buttons are now on hand for dis
tribution.
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New Overseas Edition
VIII Be Out Tomorrow

A new issue Of The Stars
Overseas Edition win be ready
tomorrow. Free copies, with
envelopes for mailing, may be
obtained at The Stars busi-
ness counter and the Victory
Bond Booth In Lansburgh's
Department Store.
The Overseas Edition may Be
sent BY ordinary mail for !
cents, but, 1t win be delivered
much more quickly and win
be all the more appreciated
II sent BY air mail ct n cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
House Banking
UNIT Approves
George Bill
Bottle Over Wallace
Thrown Indirectly
Onto Floor
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Banking Committee
approved unanimously today the
Senate-passed George bill di-
vorcing the Reconstruction Fl.
nance Corp. from the Depart.
ment of Commerce.
Thus the battle over former Vice
President Wallace's nomination AZ
Secretary Of Commerce was thrown
indirectly onto the House floor.
The vote came after committee
Democrats beat back, Is to IL, a
Republican attempt to repeal some
Of President Roosevelt's war pow
ers, to make sure the President
could assign no duties to Mr.. WAL
lace except those of trimmed
down Commerce Department.
Representative Wolcott, Repub-
Mean, Of Michigan, ranking minority
member, announced Immediately
the Republicans would take to the
House floor the fight for this and
other restrictive amendments not
IN the bill written by Senator
George, Democrat, of Georgia.
To Take Fight to Floor.
The Senate is withholding a vote
on confirmation of Mr.. Wallace's
appointment to the commerce
post pending completion Of legis-
lation taking the RFC and sub
sidiary lending agencies away from
y%
Some House anti-Wallace leaders
hoped that a coalition of Repub-
licans and some Southern Democrats
could so amend the George bill that
the President would not sign it and
the Senate would be forced to vote
on Mr.. Wallace as Secretary of q
department retaining the money
agencies.
However, many Southern Demo-
Gratis appeared to be shying away
from any coalition on the advice Of
Senator George that his bill goes
! far enough"
1 Before reporting the bill for House
action the Banking Committee by 4
14-to-12 vote rejected another Re-
publican amendment that would
take the Secretary of Commerce of
the board OF the Export Import
Bank and also turned down a pro-
poSal to insert broader audit plan
for Federal lending agencies.
| Democrats Vote SoIidIy.
/ On the principal amendment, to
repeal the Presidents war power to
reshuffk Federal agencies, Demo-
Gratis voted solidly against and Re-
publicans unanimously for the pro-
poSal,
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Loss Of Sub Tong, Which Saved
~ Flyers at Truk, Announced

Besides saving the "a flyers from
the Japanese. the Tang took time
out to shell the beaches.
For that feat the crew, which
normally numbered IS to 10 men,
received the Presidential Unit Cita-
ton 4
The Navy announced the Taug's
presumed fate late yesterday, say
Ing that next Of kin have been
Notified.
y aiso reported the torpedo-sink-
ing Of 9mall United States tanker,
the 10rt Lee. tnt the Indian Ocean
early last November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Ex-Editor Of Pro-Nuzi
French Paper Executed
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 6.-Robert Brasillach,
former editor OF the pro-Nazi news
paper Je Suis Partout during the
German. occupation of France, was
executed today by firing squad for
collision with the enemy.
Despite this. hurrah for France ?
he shouted as the rifles fired.
Courtroom crowds demonstrated
against the death verdict when
Brasillach was sentenced Janu-
airy 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Work Bill Is Needed
More Than Year Aqo,
Stimson Tesfifies
Says eorIy Possoee
Would Have Immediate
Effect on Morale

Secretary OF War Stimson told
a closed session of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee to-
day that manpower control leg
islation is more necessary today
than when he urged 1t a yeal
ago.
Committee members said the Sec
rotary was asked how soon the bill
would begin to show results il
passed now. He Is understood to
have replied the effects would be
felt Immediately on the fighting
fronts. where it would lift the mo-
rale OF the soldiers.
The War Department was repre-
sented AZ standing firmly for the
principles Of the pending bill to
make men between 10 and As avail
able for essential industry If they
are not qualified for military duty
but he indicated it was the commit
tees task to work out the details.
Forrestal win Testify.
Mr.. Stimson and Undersecretary
lof War Patterson were before the
committee all morning, as it began
new hearings that may last q week
or more. Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal and Assistant Navy Sec
Rotary Bard were waiting to testify.
One Of the chief arguments raised
yesterday by Senators who regard
the bill as unnecessary was that
the whole war picture has changed
since the measure was introduced
five weeks ago.
Asked by reporters later If he
thought war developments recently
had changed the need for the bill,
Mr.. Stimson replied:
mot the slightest change in that
respect regarding the need for the
BILL"
Meanwhile, several Senators on
the committee joined today in ex-
pressing belief that the decision to
put OF action pending hearings that
may last more than week does not
mean the measure will be side
tracked.
Burton Sees Better Bill"
1.-The holding of hearings should
mean a better bill, with q better
chance Of passage" said Senator
Burton, Republican, of Ohio who
pointed out that it would have been
unusual If the bill had been reported
without hearings.
Senator Hill. Democrat of Ala
bama, who favors the bill, as
amended to give War Mobilization
Director Byrnes overall supervision,
also agreed that the time to be
devoted to hearings will not prevent
action, unless the hearings should
develop unforeseen information.
Senator Austin, Republican Of
Vermont, one of the leading advo-
Gates Of national service legislation
on the committee, denied today
that the recent Russian advance
on the eastern front would justify
sidetracking the pending limited
national service bill.
Every time you get a favorable
turn in the war situation you get q
drop In production" Senator Austin
said. Men and women withdraw
from war service and return to
former nonessential production, OF
seek place where security for life
Is being established.
"As q consequence we have fallen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
BY RUSSELL BRrNEs.

Associated Press War Correspondent.
BnIBID PRISON, Manila, Feb
6.-MuSty, filthy old Bilibid, erst-
while japanese prison Of horrors,
was begrimed citadel of American
freedom today.
Thirty seventh Division infantry
opened its doors Sunday for the
liberation Of its half-starved, III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Huge Postwar Harbors Bill
Approved by House Group

BY the Associated Press.
The House Rivers and Harbors
Committee today approved q Sem
ate-passed bill authorizing postwar
construction Of navigation, irriga-
ton and hydroelectric power works
to cost nearly $5OO, 600 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Business Area
OfCopitoI
In Flames
BULLETIN.

01oU lCt Vi AoAAAAo Woo AAA
flames Monday night as
trapped Japanese soldiers put .
the torch to the EScolta dis
trict. The EScolta, Manila's
main business street, is on the
north bank of the Pasig River.
BIS the Associated Press.
MANILA, Feb. elaboration OF
Manila and more than 5000
prisoners from three years OF
Japanese subjugation was pro-
claimed today by Gen. MacAr-
thur, who Immediately took up
the new war cry, ION to Tokyo!'
The knockout blow was delivered
by paratroopers Of the 18th Air
borne Division, who drove into Ma
Mia from the south in a 35-mile
overnight dash as LIST Cavalry and
37th Division Yanks smashed across
the Pasig River barrier in the city's
heart.
Complete destruction OF the Japa-
nese defenders is imminent" Gen
Macarthur announced. Caught in
a three-way trap, the enemy can
60 only toward Manila Bay, which
is constantly under American bomb
sights.
Bataan Sealed at North.
Corregidor fortress at the harbor
entrance and the nearby Bataan
peninsula could serve as temporary
refuge. Bataan now Is under Amer
lean control, all its roads sealed Oh
at the north.
Gen. Macarthur proclaimed "the
fall of Manila was the end of one
great phase of the Pacific strug-
gle, and set the stage for another.
He added:
I'VE shall. not rest until the
enemy is completely overthrown
We are well on the way, but Japan
itself Is our final goal Our
motto becomes On to Tokyo!'
The wording could be interpreted
as 4 bid for continuing command
In the campaign against Japan
proper and q move to put down
rumors that the Philippines would
.be the end Of the road for the Ave.
star general.
Manila Being Cleaned Up.
Gen. Macarthur made 1t clear q
quick cleanup of Manila's remain
ing japanese could be expected, an
nouncing that his men were rap
Idly clearing the enemy from
Manila" after surrounding the JAP
anese garrison with the moose
formed by the LIST Cavalry, the 37th
and the 18th Airbofne Divisions.
The enemy's complete destruction
Is imminent" Gen. Macarthur an.
nounced, just 20 days after the
Luzon invasion at Lingayen Gull
and 30 days after the first major in
vasion Of the Philippines at Leyte
Island.
Two Of the four bridges spanning
the wide Pasig River, which divides
the capital city, were blown up by
the Japanese In a futile attempt to
block the American advance into the
southern half. One was the big con-
crete and steel Quezon Bridge, the
other the Ayala. Two bridges, how
ever, were left intact.
Eight hundred prisoners of war
and $50 civilian internees were freed
Sunday from the ancient. vermin-
infested, torture-chambered Bihbid
Penitentiary in the center of the
city, such filthy hole it had been
abandoned as q penal institution by
the Philippine government.
No Fight ut Bilibid.
The prisoners were liberated by
the 9th Infantry Division, under
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler OF
Columbus, Ohio, only hours after the
veteran LIST Cavalry Division, led by
Maj. Gen. Verne D. Nudge, freed
3,700 persons, mostly American
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Red Gross Ship Docks

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 6 R.-The
Swedish Red Cross ship Travancore
locked at Coteborg yesterday with
100000 parcels for Allied prisoners
Of war In Germany.
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j. ). Service QuaIifie!
Him for REA Post,
Williams Insists
Nominee Is Defended
By Wheeler as Senote
- Hearings Are Opened

Aubrey Williams. former head
of the National Youth Admins
tration, told the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee he had gone
through the mill" of Government
service and believed his expert
ence qualified him to become
head of the Rural Identification
Administration.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Of
Montana came unexpectedly to Mr..
Williams defense as opposition
from some farm State Senators de-
veloped at the opening of public
hearings on confirmation of the
appointment Of Mr.. Williams to the
REA position.
Senator Bushfield, Republican, of
South Dakota went over Mr.. VIII
liams' record as head OF the NYA
and deputy works projects admin
istrator. remarking that apparently
most of his adult life had been
spent Gin school or relief work." and
added that he could not see amy
thing at all'' that would qualify him
for the business" job Of running
REA.
Experience Cited.
Senator Wheeler pointed out that
much Of the REA work Is In deal
ing with farm co-operatives organ
lied for obtaining cheap electricity
and that Mr.. Williams had expert
ence in administering vast Gov
eminent projects as well as broad
contacts with farm co-operatives
through working for the last IS
months as an organizer for the
Farmers Union.
Outlining his service in various
Government capacities since 1888
the nominee drew the comment
from Senator Wheeler that the
NYA had offered "the most con-
structive Of any Of the relief pro-
grams that were administered"
Later Senator Wheeler, who often
Is at odds with the administration,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

Thirteen additional men from
the District area haze been
reported killed in this ,Dar. See
"On the Honor Roll" Page AZ.
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(See PHILIPPINES, Page A
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DIG THREE. Page A-4.J
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tSee RUSSIA, Page AS.
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(See SURPLUS, Page A-4-
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