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MAS 30 Six BROOKLYN EAGLE Weather Moderate temperature, with diminishing winds tonight. Sunset, Oimout, 7:46. rrH Sports Extra Wall Street Financial News 102d Yeor. No. 87.

DAILY SUNDAY BROOKLYN, N. MONDAY, MAR. 29, 1943 3 CENTS I NEW YORK OCT MARETH LINE BROKEN; ROMMEL FLEES TRAP URGES RUML Races for Coast as British Seize SOME MEAT 3 Towns Behind Forts, Yanks Gain ADVOCATES STICK TO PLAN Jenkins Asks House Supporters to Fight Any Compromise ARRIVES FOR BORO STORES Wholesalers Get One-Day Supplies As Rationing Starts Some of the meat promised to alleviate a city wide shortage arrived in Brooklyn today as millions of housewives went to their butchers with ration books in their hands to make purchases with points as well as cash for the first time. Deliveries of several wholesale today urged supporters ol I- iTHT iff' I accept no compior Allied Headquarters, North Africa, March 29 (UP) The pressure of an Allied flanking movement behind the Mareth Line has forced Marshal Erwin Rommel to abandon his defense positions there and the British Eighth Army, smashing through the fortifications, has rolled on to capture Matmata, only 22 miles from the big Axis base of Gabes. All along the Tunisian battlefront, even in the far north where the British First Army has been biding its time, the Allies were on the march.

American forces con-tinued to advance eastward from El Guettar, and, altogether, there were six columns pressing the Afrika Korps relentlessly toward the sea. The Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Nya Dag-ligt Allehanda of Stockholm quoted a German military spokeman as announcing that Rommel was withdrawing to stif IH BHfl Jenkins tax legislate and Means Commute that the people "will the pio sa, a major.K oi 'TV Greonpolnt and elsewhere were enough tor a one-day rood supply but not for large purchases by con- a position Tunisia in order to avoid Allied encirclement Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery's Eighth Army vi and infantry through it and retreat on northward for a juncture with the forces of Col. Gen Jurgen von erans, after chipping away at ut ividicuu jiue lor ten nays.

under the Drotectio holds the bridgehead In tanks, guns, vehicles rre heavy. Rommel put THE BRITISH cracked through the northern sea anchor of Assails Robertson Bill Jenkins said the committee proposal was "far worse than the present law As for the bill a compromise proposal providing partial forgiveness Jenkins said that was "a makeshift bill prepared by the Treasury in an effort to thwart the Ruml aerial umbrella, final-1 the Mareth Line, seizfrig Mareth town and' advancing to ly broke through the north- central section of the forti-l up a sl('rl nm agalast lhe Bntm ssr. By rterday th Eighth Army had increased against strongly emplaced enemy the total Of its prisoners to, artillery. The progress has been 6,000, and the British were slow for a wielt- but the steady swineine northward tn strik-P Pressure finally broke Rommel take Matmata. This decisive move forced Rommel to withdraw behind the fortified positions.

Another column threatener1 El Homma. Three American forces were on the move 3t Fondouk in the north, Maknassv and El Guettar. The Allies -e now within 22 miles of the big Axis base ot Gabts. The first five carloads of a shipment of meat arrived today, according to Sylvan L. Joseph, regional OPA Administrator, who said he had been In- DAVIS TAKES OFFICE Washington, March 29 (U.R) Chester C.

Davis took office today as War Food Administrator and immediately befan conferences nn plans for a land army to meet nrsent demands of farmers for aid in producing food. Davis calk agricultural labor administration officials, including Director Wayne Darrow. into con-terencc soon after he took the oath of office. formed by Wilson and packers, that the five carloads 100.000 i pounds already had been distributed to wholesalers. Syh an said he could give no as- surance the 1.250.00 pounds ol meat, mostly beef, being rushed to New York by Chicago packers.

at Gabes 1 slrate8ic plans and he ordered i withdrawal. "32 POINTS, PLEASE" Albert Hess in butcher shop ot 64 5th Ave. is asking Mrs. Henrietta Pflaum for precious red tickets as his brother, Theodore, look on. Mrs Pflaum got four pounds of beef, surrendering four of her 8 point tickets.

Weeping Mother Sentences Own Son to 30 Days in Jail His weeping mother sentenced Louis Henschel, 39, of 163-27 25th Drive, Flushing, to 30 days in the workhouse yesterday after she had declared a magistrate's suspended sentence to be ineffective. Henschel pleaded guilty of disorderly conduct. Mrs. Mary Henschel, the mother, suggested the 30-day term after Magistrate Softer had said to her, "You be the judge." Henschel was arrested Saturday night when, it was alleged, he was disorderly at home. In court he said he would stay away from the house, but Mrs.

Henschel de The of Mareth. Toujane lme the Eighth and Matn a. all leading Army hit the Mareth Line with a Rickenbacker Outlived fell to Montgomery. heavy air and land attack and the flanking column which defense crumbled. The veterans Montgomery sent swinging around of thf Eighth Army, victors in the Usefulness, Says Court he southern end of the Mareth I lon" running fuht from El Alemein Line more than a week ago claimed 1 to Tripoli, once more were in pur- World War I Hero Classed With Saboteurs By Magistrate Sala for 'Baiting Labor' lion's share of the victory.

It suit of lne Afrika Korps. this threat to his rear as "much The break-through at the Mareth the pressure of the Eighth Army Une Put the Eighth Army on a frontal assault that caused Rom- wiae plain, dotted with olive '1 to decide to withdraw. Atpres- groves, that leads to Gabes. he Is in full retreat toward the Progress of Six Lines the 1 of The pounds repre- Republican leaders took the view that they should continue to press for passage of the Carlson bill In the House and let the Senate com-' promise Democratic objections. That appeared to be Jenkins' position in opposing any compromise.

Representative Wilbur Mills Ark asked the members not to place Congress on the "sacrificial altar of special interest'' by enacting the forgiveness plan. "With goods growing scarcer every week because of wartime needs, and more money in the pockets of the public than ever before, every action the Congress should take should be toward collection of additional taxes, not for-I giveness of taxes already on the books." he said. Rabbi Loses Arm In Subway Plunge Rabbi Samuel Elkin. 67. of 111 Watkins presiding rabbi of the Home for the Sages of Israel, 263 E.

Broadway, Manhattan, today ap- parently fainted in the B. M. T. 57th St. and 7th Ave.

subway station, Manhattan, and fell in front Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World War No. 1 hero; the newspapers, some borough judges and others were blamed today by Magistrate J. Raymond Sala in Coney Lsland Court for fostering disunity by spreading prejudice racial and Shott Djerid The progress of the six Allied columns which are moving forward to seal the doom of the Axis in American column east of i. according to an Allied arters communique.

It i this which appears to have the ance to get to Gabes ahead clared he had made such promises before. ORDER LABOR ELECTION AT BORO AUTO FIRM The State Labor Relations Board today ordered Bishop, McCormick Bishop, automobile dealers, with main offices at 1221 Bedford to conduct an election by secret ballot among its employes to determine whether 1 the latter desire to be represented by the United Automobile Workers of America, Amalgamated Local 259, C. I I. or the Automobile Service Workers Association. The C.

I. O. unit, which petitioned the board for an I election, alleged that a majority of the employes had designated the union as their collective bargaining agent institutional. It happened when George Meyers. 50.

a clerk, of 2310 E. 7th was arraigned on a cnarge of speeding his bicycle Saturday along the Coney Island Boardwalk. The complaint was signed by S. Frank Bongiorno. special policeman of the Park Department.

In court Meyers said: "I was guilty of riding too fast. But the Star-Wearers Aid Fighters' Morale Servicemen and servicewomen at home in Brooklyn. Queens and Long Island on furlough from the battie Continued Pace I camps policeman told me I was going 30 training but that the management had refused to recognize the losing his left Mble The ri of i Hebraic law and 'BRIDE BY CAPTURE' IMAGE OF DEAD WIFE, SUES FOR ANNULMENT Los Angeles. March 29 (U.R) Mrs. Josephine Robertson.

27, charged many a Seattle drug clerk who kept her locked in a hotel room for five days, threatened to kill her and told her she was the reincarnation of his dead wife. Mrs. Robertson, a war worker, charged she had been a "bride by capture." escaped from her husband March 7 and fled to California. She made the charges in riling a suit to annul her marriage 3 Yank Drives Slash Nazis' Mountain Line Americans Fight Yard by Yard Under Hail Of Fire in Great Push Toward Coast By PHIL AI LT With the American Forces Beyond El Guettar. March 28 (Delayed) (U.R) American troops, opening a big push for the sea, hit the German mountain line in three places today in an attempt to break through the last hill barriers to the Stars of HoiKu .1 These servicemen and service- DRIVER HELD AS GIRL DIES IN L.

I. AUTO CRASH Melvin Rivers, 26, of 86 Hope was held without bail to await the action of the grand jury today when arraigned before Magistrate Softer in Queens Felony Court on a charge of automobile homicide. Rivers was arrested yesterday in connection with an automobile accident Saturday night at the Maspeth end of the r.rand SI RrifW rnnnertinp Qiippiis and Rrnnk. hat the display of Montreal Is Tied Up By Transit Walkout Montreal, March 29 (U.R) The transportation system of this city, which is Canada largest war center, was tied up today by a strike of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employes C. I.

Union officials said the "2.500 just pride of kith and kin ans that the civilian popula-s fighting a total war whicn a member of the faculty of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. 1899 Prospe-t 1 Place, was removed to Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan. Hospital attendants said that in addition to losing his arm Rabbi Elkin received head and body injuries. The rabbi had completed a radio address at Station WHOM, 29 57th St. Manhattan, about the Home for the Sages of Israel and was bound for the home when the accident occurred.

He did not lose consciousness, according to police. Subway service was tied up lor 25 minutes while police and subway attendants struggled to get him conclusion the G. Robertson. 40, Seattle to of He told me he lost his wife coastal plain of Tunisia. It was a tough, slugging battle I their second a The fighting fighting lyn over Newtown Creek.

An automobile, driven by Rivers, crashed into a "gate." Mary Gudding, 16, of 430 S. 5th a passenger, was killed. Samuel Brown, 16, of 43 Throop and his before and that I was The third duel for high members voted I for an which called for a fight yard of ground gained. ground east ot Maknassy. last night.

The tieup kept reincarnated who had come to him," Mrs. Robertson said, stated further that I looked bis deceased wife and must le his living wife to replace i Strong Americans Press Foi sister, Virginia, 14, also passengers, suffered fractured skulls. Continued on Page 7 ard ind-blown a an Italian jugh the hills along both i standing on a dus Gabes road, nine miles rid h(nh once 3f El Guettar. The Amer- attempting to capture observation post. I is entrenched positions Amen'ans "eeP.

ov A Sop to II Duce Laval Fires 5 Ministers, sands of war workers from their jobs and thousands of children Australian Plane Crash Kills 2 U. S. Officers Melbourne, March 29 (U.R) Two United States officers and three members of the Australian Women's Herman Ooering oin nff iridic nnrl control of heights dom- WHERE TO FIND IT i personal message today to 3 in the knowledge that they are being let down on the home fron The Stars of Honor may be 24 Johnson near Borough or by mail for 25 cents apiece. 'FORTS' POUND JAP BASES IN SOLOMONS Washington, March 29 (U.R' Ai Flying Fortresses have bombed Japanese air bases at Buin Kahili in the Solomons, scoring road to Gabes Mussolini praising md shell fire, tosltions whicjs The' Get a fight fo Germans Claim Toll Of 972,000 Shipping Tons London, March 29 (U.R) Radio Berlin. In a broadcast heard by Exchange Telegraph, today claimed a total of 972.600 tons of Allied ship- i U.

S. dispatches said toe head of the Vichy-fired five Minister manent officials some of whom 1 veloped i three Page i destroyed so far this )nth. Army Auxiliary were among 23 killed in the crash of an Australian Air Force plane near Brisbane Sat-k urday night, it was announced to- The plane crashed into a forest oadcast credited the jnverified total to Japs to Train Boy Fliers London, March 29 (U.R) Japanese in April will begin trai eral Altmayer. last chief of French Intelligence, and Leon Bancal. Italian General Killed College Enrollment Drops London, Mach 29 JU.R) Gen.

Ga- Albany. March 29 (U.R)-The Statt bino Pizzolato, 59, commander of Education Department revealed to-the Italian fapezia Airborne Divi- day that college enrollment had sion, has been killed on the Tunl- I dropped 12 percent since last Fall sian front, according to theRome and was continuing to declinejit aa Radio. I accelerated pace. I the runway and protective wor law announced today. U.

S. planes r.urned from which took place Sunday, "after taking off from Brisbane Airport, killing all occ I pants. mg jboys from 15 to 17 for their air manager of the provmci ii foist-. Radio Berlin reported today i paper Le Peit Marseilla 'l in a dispatch from Tokio. were accused being pr tons.

counted lor 182,500 K).