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GOOD MORNING! ITH the lifting of the siege of Lenin grad, the Nazis probably will say Stfttftg 5 THE WEATHER. ri Pao and Vielnltr: Colder Taendaj. Vw Mfiiro: Cnld tin norlhtaat portion and considerably colder elsewher PER erly Tuesday with temperatures raofinc from aero north portion to ireeiinr cx-POPV sooth portion. Continued cold dur-VUrl Ini with diminishing winds. that their position in Russia has ttecome "more serious." It was serious last week.

Even Hitler must know by now that Germany cannot win. 41 63rd YEAR No. 19 EL PASO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1943 Full Leased Wire Report of The Associated Pies (API The United Press (UP) International Newa Service Central Press 12 PAGES RECIPROCITY WALKER NAMED Newly weds More Trade May Increase Custom Duty Anticipated increased im Democrat Head Blasts Flynn Critics Chicago, Jan. 18 (UP). The Democratic National Committee named Postmaster-General Frank C.

Walker as its new chairman today, then bluntly asked the Republican Party to stop quibbling and devote its efforts to a program of economic security for the portations which are expected to result from the new re ciprocal trade agreement be tween the United States and Mexico are expected to more U.S. Troops Seen Taking Over Area Of Coal Strike White House Takes Wildcat Lay-Down Under Scrutiny Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 18 (UP). The first definite break in the ranks of striking anthracite miners occurred here today when two locals, representing nearly 4000 of the 15,000 strikers, voted to resume work tomorrow. Washington, Jan.

18 (INS). Settlement of the Pennsylvania anthracite coal mine strike, by force If necessary, appeared certain within the next 24 hours tonight as the War Labor Board turned the case over to President Roosevelt for final action. Following the strikers' defiance of a second WLB ulti- Iatum to return to work, the board today unanimously Voted to refer the strike to the White House for a decision which could include the use of troops to reopen the mines. than offset losses which the War's Most Dramatic Blockade Is Cracked In Seven-Day Battle Capture Of Kaincnsk Brings Triumphs On Bolh Ends Of Long Russian Front Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 19 (UP).

The Red army broke the 16-month siege of Leningrad, Russia's second city, and captured the ancient fortress of Schluessel-burg 23 miles to the east yesterday in a triumphant climax to it's sixth great winter offensive, the Soviet high command announced today. Special communiques proclaiming impressive Soviet triumphs at both ends of the now virtually unbroken 1800-mile battle line also reported the capture of the rail station of Kamensk, major German railroad base 85 miles north of Rostov. Seven days after the Leningrad offensive was launched, the massive German line cracked and Soviet troops battering out from the old Czarist capital joined those driving in from the southeast, lifting one of the most dramatic sieges of the war. Two special communiques officially confirmed foreign reports of the Leningrad offensive for the first time and reported widespread Soviet gains on the southern El Paso Customs District would otherwise suffer be man in the streets. cause of greatly reduced duties.

This was the opinion of Federal officials. The committee also bristled against "bureaucrats" in its own The agreement, which makes a party by passing a resolution of fered by James C. Quigley, Ne cut of 50 per cent on most items, braska committeeman, commending Eugene Casey, one of the Presi becomes effective Jan. 30. Federal officials were inclined to believe that the lowered tariffs would bring in a mounting tide of imports, including items that have dent's untitled assistants as one "who has fought the evils of bureaucracy and worked for the forgotten man." seldom been brought across be The committee's fighting mood cause duties were considered prohibitive.

Sheep and lambs are in the last class. The present duty is $3 a head. The new duty will be $1.50 a head. was revealed in a resolution of gratitude voted for Edward J. Flynn, retiring chairman, whose appointment as Minister to Austra If the volume of importations Is not increased by reason of the re This step was followed by a decision to send six WLB members lia is under fire by Republican leaders.

The committee wished Flynn success in his new appointment, and termed the Republican INVESTIGATION duced duties, then officials thought to confer with White House of attack an undercover attempt to discredit President Roosevelt. losses in revenues might approximate 30 per cent. "There is a big chance that the reduced duties will net an increased volume of imports," an offi LONDON ALSO RAIDED The belligerence of the Demo House Group OkehSeen OnWarProbe cial said. "Such, of course, would cratic leaders was voiced further in an address prepared by Walker in a nationwide radio broadcast. Walker criticized the Republicans for offset losses occasioned by the fronts above, below and east of Rostov.

One announced the capture of the railway station Of Kamensk, where the Rostov-Moscow Railway crosses the Donets. It said fighting still was in progress in the big town, apparently constituting the mopup after the seizure of the primary objectives. "After seven days of fighting our troops from the Leningrad front and those from the Volkhov front joined hands on Jan. 18, and thereby broke the blockade of Leningrad," the "It is difficult at this time to British Planes Batter Berlin Second Night lack of foresight in clinging to certain political issues to the detriment of the war effort, and invited an opposition program of construc guess what effect the new reduced duties may have on revenues." One innovation in the agreement, which, Customs officials said, was Washington, Jan. 18 (INS).

bulletin said. -A favorable report by the in no other trade agreement they had, provides for zinc, lead and More than 13,000 German troops London, Jan. 18 (AP. Berlin the Manych River, angling into the lower arm of the Don bend from tive proposals. "I do not propose to permit them to justify their continued campaign of destructive criticism on the basis that it is essential to the pros- (Continued On Pace 2, Col.

1) have been killed, the high command ouse Rules Committee, prob- other metals going back on a higher was battered for the second suc op I said, in the furious battles raging bly tomorrow, on a resolution the north Caucasus, the high command repotted. duty 30 days after the emergency, cessive lime last night by a strong RAF force which dropped hun (Continued On Page 2, Col. 2) for a sweeping investigation BR-R-R! 'TAINT WARM At me same lime the high command said the number of German prisoners taken in the offensive south and west of Voronezh near PIONEER DIES before Leningrad, first pocked by German long-range guns on Sept. 4, 1941, wilh the siege ring closing four days later. Commanding the new offensive were Marshal Klementi E.

Voro-shilov, Red army chieftain on the the upper Don had risen to 31,000. ficials this afternoon. It is expected they will recemmend that President Roosevelt, with his wartime powers, make a categoric public demand that the strikers return to work. WLB Chairman William H. Davis, who headed the six members, declared after the White House meeting that the case is now being considered by members of the President's staff.

He declined, however, to give any details of the report made to Presidential Secretary Marvin H. Mclntyre and Economic Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes. six members of the board who accompanied Davis for the White House talks were: Wayne L. Morse, George W.

Taylor, Robert Watt, Van A. Bittner, Cyrus Ching and George Mead. In the meantime, War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt intimated that local Pennsylvania draft boards may decide that the striking miners have forfeited their "occupational deferment" privileges and draft them into service. He declared that "no suggestion has yet been presented" to use selective service machinery to break the strike, but refused to say whether the miners could still be considered as employes of an essential war industry.

ROOSEVELT MAY SEND TROOPS But since the strikers have already defied two WLB orders and the strike has spread since the first return to work demand was issued, it is declared possible that the President may choose to send troops into the areas affected to The ferocity of trw fighting was reflected in the report that while northern front in rally part of the; Joe D. Jackson Funeral Rites Held In Alpine nlNGER ROGERS and her newly acquired husband, Jack Calvin Briggs, Marine Corps private, are shown above. The couple eloped after a brief three months' mcquaintainship which began when. Ginger was on a War Bond drive. Continued Cold Forecast For West Texas By ASSOCIATED MESS Amarillo, noted for its cold weather, had its lowest noon temperature in 10 years Monday as an of the War and Navy Department's behind-the-lines management of the war, was foreshadowed tonight.

Overwhelming committee support for an inquiry into profits by war contractors and brokers, the plant construction programs and claimed inefficiency of personnel, was indicated after a public hearing today during which Democratic leaders demanded the inquiry. The resolution, introduced by Chairman Carl Vinson of the Naval Affairs Committee, would authorize his committee and the House Military Committee separate-1; or by a joint subcommittee, to make virtually an unlimited inves war; and Marshal Gregory K. Zhu-kov, the "Savior of Moscow" when the Germans stormed to the outskirts of the capital. A second special communique, issued simultaneously with the Leningrad bulletin, announced the capture of Kamensk, big German base dreds of tons of the biggest bombs the world has ever known and set great fires in Hitler's capital with perhaps 100.000 incendiaries. The loss of 22 big bombers, com-pared with one the night before, was a heavy price to pay for any raid but British observers said it was not prohibitive in view of the large number of aircraft attacking the very nerve center of the German war machine.

"A great load of bombs was dropped and, by the end of the attack, large fires were burning," the Air Ministry said. Two air raid alarms at Born and Basel in Switzerland 40 minutes apart beginning shortly after 11 p. m. (4 p. El Paso W.

tonight hinted to observers that the RAF was shifting its blows at a the Germans wore being slaughtered at a rate of noarly 2000 a day, only 1261 prisoners were taken in the week ending yesterday. Four German infantry divisions were reported routed during the week, along with two infantry regiments, a motorized detachment, and parts of another infantry division. In the 18 months since Adolf Hitler's army of the north closed its grip on Leningrad, battering into (Continued on Page 2, Cot. S) (Special to The Times) Alpine, Texas. Jan.

85 miles north of Rostov on the services were held Monday afternoon in First Christian Church for acy chill descended over most of Joe D. Jackson, 82, who died in his Voronezh Railway. Red armies smashing toward Rostov now have crossed the north the state. The noon reading in the Pan OP AChief Tells Neiv Coupon ern Donets River, northwest of the gateway city to the Caucasus, and handle city was three above. There home Sunday night after a colorful career as a cattleman and educator the early days of the Big Bend, when the west was a wide wilderness and school houses were far apart.

tigation of the War and Navy De partment's home Iront operations. Vinson told the committee he had a list of 121 "contract brokers," who British Smashing Rationing Des Moines, Jan. 18 (UP). Mr. Jackson, born in Bartlett in Bell County on Jan.

6., 1861, came Loccupy the mines. have garnered fees totaling for getting contracts for business firms. liKhtning pace and was now giving Italy a taste of what Berlin took over the weekend. Britain-based bombers last struck (Continned on Page 2, Col. 4) to Alpine in 1885 when there were only 300 residents in the little western town.

He started his career as Kenneth K. Stauffer, chief of the Office of Price Administration's processed foods division, outlined from A to stamps today the new II MEN KILLED "What irks me," he said, "is that Congress lets them get away with it We ought to stop it; it is outrageous. Washington City is full of them." Vinson said that as a result of renegotiation of war contracts by the coupon rationing plan which he said was expected to become ef was intermittent snow all over the Panhandle. Continued cold and light snow were predicted. There was no crop damage and no livestock loss because the wind was light and the grass was not covered.

The mercury was heading downward at Wichita Falls, which had a low of 14 early today. The reading was 14 at 5 and the sky was overcast. Electra feared livestock losses and frozen oil field pipes as the thermometer fell from 23 above zero at 11 a. m. to degrees at 5 p.

m. The highest temperature at Fort Worth was 32 at 4 p. in. today after an early morning low of 19, and by 6 p. m.

the mercury was down to 29. Snow was reported at Lubbock, Clarendon, Qtianah and Borger. The temperature at Pampa was four The board met in emergency executive session this morning after official notification had been received that some 13,500 miners had voted to continue the strike in defiance of the orders issued by both their leader, John L. Lewi and the WLB, to resume work. Lewis has already branded the strike as illegal and has warned the strikers to "cut.

out the foolishness" and return to work. While his leadership as the presi Close To Tripoli Cairo, Jan. 18 (UP). The British Eighth Army smashed past feeble Axis resistance and carried its new whirlwind offensive to within 90 miles of Tripoli tonight, while low-sweeping Allied planes gave Marshal Erwin Rommel's fleeing columns their worst battering since the Battle of Egypt. (The Morocco radio quoted a late report that the British had advanced 125 miles in their drive, which could put them within 70 miles of Tripoli, and Madrid dispatches said Field i-merl services scaling down of fective in February.

Stauffer. with regional OPA officials, addressed a meeting of original allowances the country hecn saved $2,125,000,000. He wholesale and retail grocers from recalled the extensive hearings by nine midwestern states. Today's meeting will "serve as a pattern for his committee revealing exorbitant fees and excessive prices for tools other regional conferences to ex dent of the United Mine Workers of war were fixed in contracts. Union is being openly defied by his own rank and file.

Lewis exolained Vinson told the committee that Marshal Erwin Rommel had crossed the frontier into Tunisia plain the new ration program, the speakers said. Here is the rationing program as outlined by Stauffer and the other Iko-called "sales engineers" were that he had not visited the strike in evident preparation for with- 1 11 (Continued on Pace Col. 2) (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3) drawing his entire army from 1 less because oc the repeated Allied speakers. bombings.

a cowboy in Tom Green County as a youth of 18, and at that age had made several trips "up trail." On his second venture as a youthful trail driver, he was boss in charge of 10 men who were driving 3600 head of cattle. As a member of the old Company of the Texas Rangers, he helped rid the Southwest of its influx of rustlers and desperadoes, and protected railroad workers laying the Texas and Pacific lines from Indian attacks. Several of the "bad men" arrested by him as a Ranger later became his friends, when the western frontier had quieted down somewhat. He married Mss Dorcas Ford of Bell County in 1889, who became one of the pioneer ranch wives of the Big Bend. Mr.

Jackson's partner in his early cattle days was Sam Harmon, who now resides in Alpine. Together, the'' two were "cattle kings" and they controlled huge acreages in Brewster County, starting their roving herds in the Hovey and Glass Mountains' country. Headquarters were maintained at the old "WT" Ranch southeast of Alpine. In his (Continned on Page 3, Col. 4) degrees above at 7:30 a.

m. and Libya.) The British were attacking on a rugged, 80-mile desert front run- The Eighth Army had scored an over-all advance of 80 miles since Sale of canned goods and other rationed items will be frozen for a week before rationing begins. Wholesalers will restock retailers' shelves during the week sales to dropped to one degree at 1:30 p. m. It was getting colder at Amarillo, too.

Other 1:30 p. m. temperatures, the High Court Backs AMA Conviction consumers are frozen. weather bureau reported, were: (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3) During that week one adult mem ning from northeast to southwest launching its offensive Friday morn-and were reported throwing their ling on the Wadi Zemzem line, 165 main strength against the desert miles southeast of Tripoli, and somt flank of the line at Beni Oulid.

units had moved 100 miles, from Beni Oulid is the terminal of aBuerat on the coast to Beni Oulid fairly good road running 50 miles on the present Allied left flank, to Tahuna, which in turn is on the! A 30-mile advance was marked high road to Tripoli only 40 miles; up in the last 24 hours in the course beyond. of which the British occupied the All along the front the British desert posts of Sedada and Bir Tala were advancing, a headquarters and took "some prisoners." communique reported, with a gath-; A Rommel's battered remnantl Crash Occurs On Routine Training Trip (Special to The Times) Alamogordo, N. Army Air Base, Jan. 18 Eleven men were killed Sunday afternoon in the crash of a B-24 Army bomber about ten miles north of the Army Air Base at Ala-mogordo. A list of the names of those killed are: Second Lt.

Daniel W. Phillips, Dacono, Second Lt. Donald A. Irwin, Sacramento, Calif, Socond Lt. -lames W.

Mc-Clure, Manhattan, 111., Second Lt. James B. Milligan, Chattanooga, Staff Sgt. William 3. Dyson.

Monrovia, Calif, Sgt. Robert T. Cole, Altoona, Sgt. Chester C. Shoemaker, Lima, Ohio; Sgt, Mnl-vin A.

Plumberg, Kansas City, Sgt, Lcroy H. Wilkins, Dan-bury, T5th Grade William J. Lewis. Jackson, Ohio, and T5th Grade Steve Woytko, Bycsville, Ohio. First Lt.

Wray G. Zi-lt, Pub-lie Relations Officer of the Army Air Base, said that the bomber was on a routine training flight. A board of officers at the Army Air Base in A'amogordo will investigate the cause of the crash. ber will submit all of each individual family's No. 1 ration books to OPA registration stations.

Registration again probably take place in schools. Ration book No. 2 will be issued only to those who obtained a 3-A's In Essential Plants To Be Reclassified To 3-B Washington, Jan. 18 (UP). The War Manpower Commission revealed tonight that all draft boards have been ordered to speed reclassification of married men with dependents from 3-A to 3-B if they are employed In any of the 35 essential industries.

Supreme Body Rules Doctor's Group Guilty Of Infraction Of Anti-Trust Law Washington, Jan. 18 (INS). The Supreme Court today in a decision that may revolutionize the practice of medicine in Number 1 book before Jan. 15. A Number 2 book will be issued icring momentum which it appeared for each member of the family, mod their retreat along every ro.

and desert footpath leading to Tripoli, low-flying Allied fightere and fighter-bombers sought them out and heaped terrific additional (Continued On Page 2, Col. 2) would be climaxed with an attack on Tripoli itself provided Rommel chooses to defend his last Libyan stronghold for political reasons. Militarily, Tripoli lies virtually use- regardless of age. Ration book Number 2 will (Continned on Page 2. Col.

3) the United States unanimously upheld conviction of the Medical Association and the District of Columbia Medical society on anu-irusi cnarges. The high tribunal Joined with the local federal court and throughout the country without fear Opera Is Success Ladder Dickson Used In Climb To Fame of retaliation by the powerful AMA. Despite agreement on the possible Allied Forces In New Guinea Destroy Two Jap Positions Allied Headquarters in Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 19 (AP), Allied ground forces pressing in from the west Monday destroyed two strong Japanese positions that protected Sana-nanda Point, while other troops on the east moved forward with artillery. On the west side General MacArthur's men took Cape repercussions of the case wide disagreement existed on immediate effects.

CriUcs of the ruling declared it will permit "socialization" of medicine and loss of many high standards now enforced by the AMA. Others, however, felt that the ruling merely gives a chance for War Department Orders Tenant Seeks Landlord Lieutenant Wanted 3 Bedroom House U. H. A. tocb ww at one ol the leadmu downtown hotel with his wife and two amall children.

He had to have a houw near Tort BIIm and hadn't been able to ilnd one even after day" of looking. He asked me to help him. We wrote a 24-word rlaailfled ad which he ordered to run In The Timea and Herald-Pmt tor 1 day. PRESTO daya later he and hli family were located In a lovely 3-heel room home on Monroe he killed the ad and now he la happy, the landlord If happy and I am happy. If you are looking for an apartment, home or a fumnhed room, worry no loneer.

Call me at Main (100. A 12-word "Wanted To Bent" ad cot only I16 for 7 daya. You'll be aurpriied! MISS LEE Clawiied Ad-Taker The EI Peio El Peio the U. S. Court of Appeals in ruling' that the AMA and the District Society had unlawfully conspired to boycott the Group Health Asso-cation, out of business.

A non-profit organization, Group Health was formed In Washington to provide government employes with medical care and hospitalization on a risk-sharing, pre-payment basis. Under the Supreme Court deci-lion ending four-year legal battle the AMA must pay fine of $2500 end the District Society a $1500 fine for working against the Group Health Association in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Medical circles, however, viewed the fines as mere tokens in com Students To Report College Station, Texas, Jan. 18 AP). A War Department order to Killerton, a mile and a half up the Before he was 2fl years old, Dickson had sung with the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Opera, Ch'a-tauqua Opera, and the Worcester Festival.

He had sung Valentine in Escamillo in Scarpia in Mer-culio in "Romeo and Ger-mont in "La di Luna in "11 Tonio in He created the role of Garrick in a performance of "David Carrie" at the Worcester Festival. In 1938, Dickson went to New York to continue his studies. There he was awarded two scholarships, one by the Institute of Musical Art and the other by the Juilliard Grad- the Bismark Sea west of New Ire land had good fortune in finding an 8000-ton Jap cargo ship. The bomber planted two direct hits that coast from Sanananda, and then proceeded against Wye Point, 700 yards farther along. There they encountered stiff resistance but over Although it was radio that brought Donald Dickson nationwide fame, the young American baritone, who will make his first appearance in El Paso in concert Friday evening in Liberty Hall, devoted the early part of his career largely to opera and it has paid him big dividends for opera has been the means of his many steps upward.

At 19. h. sang his first operatic role, Ford, in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" at a performance present, ed by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Artur Rodzinski. The great maestro Immediately took a personal interest in the young singer and for two seasons, Donald Dickson appeared in a number of the unecial operatic performances which Rodzinski produced in Clevslwid. 1 day directed all Texas A.

and M. College seniors with War Department contracts calling for commissions to report immediately to their local draft boards for induction. After induction, the seniors will set the ship ablaze and it sank in came it, The communique sized up the 1 eight minutes. group health organizations to challenge the AMA theory of private medical practice on even terms and that the issue may now be fought out strictly on the merits of each. One of the principal charges against the AMA and the District Society in the admittedly lest case was that they had restrained member physicians from consulting group health doctors and used their influence in barring hospital facilities to the group.

Two formations of bombers and parison to the far-reaching import situation as a continuation ot "general liquidation." Patrol activity in the vicinity of Mubo Village near Salamaua accounted for the 40 Japanese ance of the case. fighters, which the communique rated as large, hit Lae again In two separate daylight attacks, destroying one fighter on the ground and starting fires among suppliel uate School. The National Broadcasting Company had taken him under contract, and for 28 weeks, he sang on the (Continued on Page 3, Col, 11 teturn to the campus for graduation txerciscs Friday and proceed from the campus to officers training camps. Entering as corporals, the 5B4 seniors will emerge as Army officer after their training. 5 The decision, it was said, opens the way for doctors and hospitals to loin in firoup health movement A bomber on rcconnaisiunce over 1 ana uu.