Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1942, Page 1

Weather Fol Generally fair, not so cold recast Sunday; mod- erate to fresh winds, Temperatures yes- terday—Highest, 24, at 3:10 pm.; lowest, 13, at 11 p.m, Prom the United States Weat Ul Detlis" o Pase Agreeu report. No. 1,920—No. 35,684. ‘]2 ;' s Kuala Lumpur Claimed by Japs After Further Retreat by British; Pownall Stresses Singapore Peril Australian Planes Score Direct Hits- OnEnemy Ship B the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Jan. 10.—Driven back relentlessly after a brief, hard stand along the Slim River, 220 miles north of here, the Brit- ish were told tonight by their commander, Gen. Sir. Henry R. Pownall, that they faced des- perate days ahead in defending the most vital areas, including Singapore. “(A Japanese broadcast heard in San Francisco by C. B. S. claimed the capture of Kuala Lumpur, Malayan rubber capital only 180 miles north of Singa- pore, after attacks from the north and northwest. (Earlier Japanese claims hinted that the British had aban- doned the Kuala Lumpur area after the Japanese had occupied an airfleld only two and a half miles southwest of the city and started an all-out attack on the town from the rear.) That the British carried out the “scorched earth” policy in their retreat was indicated in these re- ports from Central Malaya: All mines in the rich tin pro- ducing area are being flooded and dredges and all equipment de- stroyed. Hundreds of thousands of valuable rubber trees—which require six years of careful tending before yielding—are being ruthlessly chop=- ped down. % Malayan businessmen joined in the campaign of destruction. Those at Kuala Lumpur opened doors of their stores to the public and gave away all their stocks. A Kuala Lumpur newspaper, after publishing 46 years, put out its final edition, summoned its staff and ordered it to wreck the presses. Jap Ship Is Bombed. Bomber formations of Britain's Far Eastern command ranged over Malaya and Thailand while Ameri- can-made Hudson bombers of the | Royal Australian Air Force scored four direct hits on a Japanese ship | fort to drive Gen. Douglas Mac- off the east coast of Malaya. The ship was presumed to have been sunk. Japanese airfields, supply bases and communications were bombed. Two New Zealand fighter pilots downed an enemy bomber ap- proaching Singapore. Gen. Pownall told the defenders in a broadcast tonight that their task was one of hard fighting on the defense. “Japan has the advantage which | lay with the other aggressor nations —she was able to get her blow in first,” he said. “Here, as elsewhere, our task has been to ward off that blow so that the enemy gain as small a chance ; of success as possible. “Our second task is to hold the enemy from vital areas and as far from them as possible while we re- new, regroup and supplement our forces. Engaged in Second Task. “Then we will be able to bring | the enemy to a halt and later drive forward ourselves. in the second of those tasks. “The most vital of the areas which are to be defended and the one which we are absolutely de- | termined to defend is Singapore,” he concluded. The British radio said the Jap- anese had been able to throw (See MALAYA, Page A-8.) | New Air Line fo Link U. 5., South America and Europe By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 10—Au- thoritative sources said tonight Pan American Airways planned to inaugurate a new air service between the United States, South America and Europe by the end of this month. Using Boeing flying boats, the new line would extend from New ork approximately 3.600 miles to Natal, Brazil, across the South Atlantic Ocean about 1920 miles to Bolama, capital of Portuguese Guinea and about 120 miles south of Dakar, and then north some 2,200 mile¢’ to Lis- bon, Portugal. Pan American, informed sources said, would operate the new line under an agreement with the United States Army, which recently requisitioned the company’s equip- ment and is supervising its opera- tions. Only two round trips a month would be made because only one plane is available for the new service. Army Flyers Missing As Plane Plunges in Gulf BY he Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. advanced training plane, believed to be from Ellington Field with two men aboard, plunged into East Gal- veston Bay today. Lt. Randall Schamp, instructor, and Lt. Jack W. Clark, student officer were in the plane. Specta- tors said the craft exploded in the air. They saw no parachutes or {falling bodies. Efforts to raise the plane with hooks failed and arrangements were made to send a derrick to the scene. 4 ! We are engaged | 10—An | p Taken by Nazis To Deny Unrest Foreign Writers Are Impressed by Officials’ Haste By the Associated Press. MAN FRONTIER, Jan. 10.—The Nazi leadership has taken ex- | traordinary measures to deny 1 reports of incipient revolution | | within the Reich, advices to this | border point disclosed tonight. These measures—including the| awakening of foreign correspond- ents in the middle of the night to inform them of the rumors and the Foreign Office denials—came at a | time when Adolf Hitler's own press | chief and all the German news- papers were acknowledging thej’ | gravity of the military situation in | Russia. The admissions, coupled with ap- peals. for a renewal of faith in the | (Continued on Page A-5, Column 1.) | Experts Here Foresee Full-Scale Assault By Japs on Indies Effort to Drive MacArthur Forces Off Luzon Is Expected at Same Time By the Associated Press. Fragmentary news from the | Philippines led some tacticians here last night to the opinion that the Japanese might be | planning an immediate full-scale | assault on the Netherlands In- | dies, simultaneously with an ef- Arthur’s forces off the Island of Luzon. This view was bolstered, they said, by Army reports of an enemy fleet concentration off Mindanao, south- ernmost of the large Philippine Is- lands, together with a massing of Japanese reinforcements on the Luzon front. The fighting on Luzon, mean- while, was in a lull. The artillery {of the two armies banged away at each other from a distance. There were sporadic skirmishes between Japanese and American patrols. Enemy air activity was confined to | observation flights. Additional Landings Seen | ‘The Army announcement of en- emy ships off Mindanao foresaw additional landings on that island and stopped there. Looking further |ahead, however, some observers thought Mindanao would be used as | @ base for the attack on the East | Indies. It is so situated that it | could be used as an important de- pot on the Japanese line of com- | munications. The nearest major island is that |of Borneo, on the northern coast of which, in Sarawak, the Japanese already have established themselves. Beyond lie the Netherlands Indies. It was recalled that American {bombing planes raided Japanese | concentrations at Davao, on Min- danao, a week ago with highly suc- | cessful results and there was much | conjecture as to whether the blow could be repeated Gen. MacArthur's forces, mean- | while, were taking advantage of the {lull: it was supposed, to strengthen | their position on a line on an arc- | like front above Batan Peninsula, | and Subic Bay, the flanks of which | are protected on one side by Manila | Bay and on the dther by the South | China Sea. The terrain, experts on the Philip- | pines said, provided Gen. Mac- Arthur with a natural line of de- fense, but any. further forced re- treat would mean withdrawal to the SOMEWHERE ON THE GER- |. peninsula, with a, consequent aban- Russians Land Heavy Blows on Central Front Advance 30 Miles Beyond Mozhaisk On Either Side By the Assaciated Press. LONDON, Jan. 10.—The Soviet Army ‘onight was reported pressing its uninterrupted coun- teroffensive with conspicuously successful blows in the central sector rorthwest and southwest of Moscow. The twd arms of the pincers seek- ing to trap perhaps 100,000 Nazis about Mczhaisk, 57 miles west of the capital, were extended further. Below Nozhaisk the Red Army claimed recapture of Mozalsk and | to the north the Nazis were said to be ret-eating from Startsa toward Rzhev—jiacing the Soviet ad- vances at least 30 miles beyond Mozhaisk on either side, with the | jaws of the pincers drawing ever | closer. In the Staritsa-Rzhev area the Germans, apparently were trying to make a :tand, for the Moscow radio broadcast a dispatch to the news- paper Iavestia reporting that the Nazis were rushing up planes “amd infantry units are being brought up from deep in the rear.” (B. R C, in a broadcast heard in New York by C.B. S., quoted an Izestia correspondent as report- ing the northern arm of the pincers was making “good prog- ress.”) At the same time the Red Army thrusts had brought them within 25 miles of the North - South | Vyazma-Bryansk railway line, a 140- mile streich already singled out by British experts as the likely site for the Germans to attempt to marshal their retreating forces for & fortificd’ defensive stand. Report Continued Advance. ‘Today’s brief Soviet communique did not locate any actions, but said Russian’ advances continued in “a number of sectors,” and that the Germany were driven out of “a number of inhabited localities.” The 1ight communique was no more specific ia its account of ad- vances i1 several sectors and occu- pation of “a number of localities.” but did claim destruction of 42 German planes yesterday, with a loss of ¢nly six Russian planes. (In ‘he Crimea, said the B. B.C. in a broadcast heard in New York %y N. B. C., five German divisiors around Sevastopol, Rus- sia’s Elack Sea naval base, “are threatened by Russian drives from the east (where they ef- “fected landings at Kerch and Feodosya) and the north (where they lended at Yevpatoriya).” (The Swiss radio broadcast a report that the 600-mile Moscow- Rostov railway line, target of frequent Nazi bombings in the Donets basin drive, had been reoperad. (The German high command, acknowvledging its troops con- tinued on the defensive in the center and north, claimed that Nazi ylanes had sunk a trans- port, et fire to a merchant ship and damaged a light cruiser and two merchant ships in Crimean waters—indicating the Russians were continuing to reinforce their ounter thrusts.) Held Rersonal Defeat for Hitler, British military experts termed the Geumans’ failure to hold their linés in the Moscow battle zone as & persona! defeat for Adolph Hitler in his self-chosen post as com- mander in chief, and pointed to a new German military phrase—ca “fluid front”—as proof the Nazi armies yere unable to stabilize their (See PACIFIC, Page A-5.) (Se: RUSSIAN, Page A-5.) Of Kearny Give | How the torgedo-torn United States destroyer Kearny was }saved from “sinking off Iceland | at midnight Ociober 17 by the “heroism, gallagtry and devotion | to duty” of her crew was revealed | by the Navy Department yester- day in awarding the Navy Cross to Lt. Comdr. Anthony L. Danis | of Washington and two other | members of the ship’s company. | Letters of commendation were | given to 11 others, five of whom were rewarded also with promotions. The post-battle reports told how 11 men, missing after a German torpedo nearly tore the slim convoy vessel {in half, died at the battle stations to which they had been ordered 10 minutes previously. Ten men were wounded, two seri- ously, in the blast which stunned many others, caused the Kearny to list momentarily with decks awash District Man Among Heroes n Navy Cross by -the force of the explosion, set up a deafening screech. Those receiving the coveted Navy Cross in addition to Comdr. Danis, whose sfficial address is 1540 Forty- fourth street N.W., were Lt. Robert J. Esslizger, engineer officer, of Ypsi- lanti, Mich, and Aucie McDaniel, chief nachinist mate, Naval Reserve, of San Diego, Calif. The awards were made by Vice Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, commander in chief of the Atiantic Fleet. ‘The Navy said that Comdr. Danis “modesily” refrained from mention- ing his own name in reports”of the torpedcing, althbugh his part in the exploit #as commended by the com- mande~ of the destroyer squadron in whica the Kcarny was operating. ‘This oficer stated: “It is considered that the Kearny's perforrance is worthy of com- mendadon and that the example set by her captain and crew will while the ship’s siren, pulled open (8e¢ KEARNY, Page A7) S WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 11, 1945120 PAGES. ¥¥¥ $”SAY, BUD, WHADJA DO WITH THEM BUREAUS WE SEEN YOU WITH LAST NIGHT ? On the gpof! Chiang's 80,000 Men Routed 120,000 Japs In Changsha Battle Aided by U. 5., Chinese Showed What They Could Do if Given Equipment By SPENCER MOOSA, Associated Press War Oorrespondent. CHANGSHA, China, Jan. 10— The enormously increased strik- ing power of the Chinese Army was demonstrated here in the utter rout of a numerically su- perior Japanese force in the in-| vaders’ third disastrous attempt to capture this Hunan province capital. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek threw only 80,000 meg, against 120,- 000 Japanese in the giant battle which not only produced a great against under-gunned but larger Chinese forces. But in the third battle of Chang- sha the tables were turned for the first time and Chiang’s men, bol- stered by American lease-lend aid, showed what they could do once they got the necessary tools in_their hands. 5-for-1 Losses Reported. ‘The enhanced striking power of | the Chinese was demonstrated fur- ther by official figures showing they Inflicted 5-for-1 losses on the Jap- anese at Changsha. Casualties in the immediate vicin- ity of the provincial capital were placed at 21,000 Japanese and 4,000 Ohinese, with many more thousands of invaders killed in their disastrous retreat to the northeast. A Chinese communique said pur- suit of the broken Japanese rem- nants continued today before the Laotao and Milo Rivers, 30 miles northeast of Changsha. In that vast battle area groups of 1,000 Japanese each were declared surrounded and in the process of methodical annihilation by their Chinese tormentors. The official Chinese Central News Agency said Yochow, the Japanese base 100 miles north of Changsha, was crowded with thousands on thousands of Japanese wounded and that trains were carrying additional scores of wounded to Hankow. Dead Still Litter Hills. . Huge piles of Japanese dead still littered the hills east and south of Changsha today; here and there were hastily ‘turned graves and ashes of hurried cremations. These normally placid hills, domi- nating Changsha, changed hands tour times in bloody hand-to-hand fighting before the tide of battle finally changed for the Chinese. “The Japanese troops fell into our trap, according to plan,” ex- plained a Chinese officer who took part in the battle, “Our troops melted away %e!ou the advancing Japanese, but as the invaders began attacking Chang- sha we struck at their flanks and rear, cut their communications and forced them to withdraw.” It was then, the Chinese related, that the real slaughter began for Chinese forces lying in wait blocked the line of retreat and mowed down the disorganized Japanese. Air-Raid Alarm The Office of Civilian Defense for the Metropolitan Area‘has asked The Star to publish for the information of the public these air-raid signals for the entire region, including nearby Alarm—Five short blasts at half-second in sounded three Cold fo Moderate Today, Weather Bureau Says Generally fair and not so cold was the Weather Bureau forecast for today. Last night's prediction was that the mercury would sink to between 4 and 8 degrees by morning, al- though an earlier forecast had said it might go as low as zero. Yesterday’'s high was 24, recorded at 3:10 pm. The temperature began dropping shortly afterward and stood at 13 degrees at 11 pm. The fqrecast for Maryland for last night was much colder in the central and east portions. ‘The entire State was blanketed with as State Roads Commission crews iworked unremittingly. | House Will Inquire Info Mainfenance 0f Civilian Morale Tolan Committee to Heor - :Mayor La Guoardia and Mrs. Roosevelt Top civilian defense officials, including Director La ‘Guardia and his assistant, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be heard along | with District officials when con- done to maintain morale and as- | sure the well-being of the Na- tions civilian population during the war. The hearings, scheduled to last three days, will focus first at- tention on conditions in Washington. They will be conducted by the Tolan committee investigating defense mi- gration. In addition to Mayor La Guardia and Mrs. Roosevelt, Chairman Tolan said Paul V. McNutt, director of the Office of Defense Health and Wel- fare Services, has been invited to testify Wednesday. District officials asked to appear for a round table discussion Tuesday include Com- missioner Young; Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of civillan defense; Dr. George H. Ruhland, health officer, and Dr. Frank C. Ballou, superintendent of schools. Conrad Van Hyning, District Public welfare director, will head a panel discus- sion on welfare problems. Of Primary Importance. “Civillan morale in Washington,” Mr. Tolin said in a statement, “is of primary importance and the na- tional capital should show the way in providing good living conditions and the best air-raid defenses for its residents. At the same time we desire to find out about civilian needs and protective measures throughout the country, “Civilian morale is essential to victory, and we must see that our «civilians are cared for with the same devotion we give to the support of the boys in uniform.” Meanwhile, a conference commit- tee of Senators and House members attempted to reconcile differences in legislation passed by the two branches to provide funds for civil- ian defense. A House-approved bill limited the initial outlay to $100,- 000,000 and put administrative con- T (Sec MORALE, Page A-8) Recruifs Arrive Too Fast For Biggest Navy School BY the Associated Press. GREAT LAKES, I, Jan. 10— The Nation’s largest: Navy school has been forced to close its gates because of the flood of incoming recruits. Since Pear]l Harbor, 650 men a day have entered the Naval Training Station here, and today Capt. T. D. Carr, executive officer, said it was possible no more volunteers could be Early Senafe Action 'ls Sought on Move To Halt Transfers McCarran Seeking Ban On Agency Shifts Unless Approved by Congress By WILL P. KENNEDY. A resolution banning transfer | of any Government agency from | | Washington without congres- | sional approval was introduced ate District Committee. An outgrowth of joint hearings by the Senate and House District Com- mittees, the resolution asserted that “the whole fabric of civil and Gov- ernment life in Washington will be | adversely affected” if orders shift- | | ing numerous offices are carried out. Chairman McCarran said he hoped to get action in the Senate early this week on his proposal. If passed, it would require that the moves recently ordered by the Budget Bureau be held up at least until Congress goes into the situa- tion ‘more thoroughly. Leaders Offer to Co-operate. Chairman McCarran said he has | been assured of the co-operation of |Senate Majority Leader Barkley, Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland and other leaders. | The resolution “directs that the gressional hearings open this | director of the budget, before taking ! week to determine what is being any further steps toward removing | any agency or office of the Govern- |ment from the District, submit a report to the Senate giving full and | detailed information as to the |reason for the issuance of such |order, the statutory authority on which it is based, and a full and complete disclosure of all facts in connection with each and every agency or office directed to move.” Chairman McCarran, in his reso- lution, challenged the “statutory authority of any person or Govern- ment’ agency to order such re- moval.” It declared that the moving orders issued by the budget director are “without authority of law and contrary to the will of the Congress, without knowledge of Congress, and that the execution of such orders (See DECENTRALIZATION, A-8) 3 Soldiers Shot in Clash With Military Police By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, la, Jan. 10— Capt. Houston Green of the State police said three colored soldiers were shot here tonight in a street clash between white military police and colored soldiers. - Capt. Green said two of the soldiers were be- lieved to be. in a serious condition. The officer repprted that a white military policeman arrested a col- ored soldier and that the latter’s companions jumped in and beat up the policeman. Capt. Green said that when about 100 State police, city officers and parish officials reached the scene, in a colored residential district, about 400 to 500 colored soldiers had congregated. Censorship Lied, Oregon Reveals Severe Storm BY the Assoclated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., Jan. 10—With censorship barriers dropped by an elapsed time of 48 hours, Oregon could report today that it had a storm—and what a storm—earlier in the week. Snow, sleet :and a silver thaw combined to coat the Willamette Valley and many other areas with ice, disrupting traffic, causing acei- dents, straining transportation sys- tems, breaking off telephone and telegraph communications and caus- ing untold damage to trees. Radio Programs Page E-5 Complete Index Page A-2 u Star Anlis . TEN CENTS 259% Food As Passed Supply Council To Be Formed Churchill to Take Part in Conference This Week on Plan By JOHN C. HENRY. Creation of a single-minded economic council for the united nations, one which would be em- | powered to slash red tape and| operation of matching interna- tional productive /capacities to fighting needs, is expected here within a few days. The structure of such a council, | it is known, has been under discus- slon during the British-American conversations of the last few weeks, | and has been one of the major sub- | jects on which other governments represented in the united front have | been consulted and in which they | are expected to play a part. | Tentatively, it is believed the or- ganization will be supplied either through existing groups or through | specially qualified liaison units with precise information of two kinds; first, the exact requirements in the | way of fighting equipment, and sec- | ond, the natural resources and pro- | | ductive facilities immediately or | | potentially available. U. 8. and Britain To Head. A hard-hitting administrative top ! would then undertake the job of | sbout 2 inches of snow Friday in the Senate late yesterday by matching these two, and would be | | night, but trafic was not disrupted | Chairman McCarran of the Sen- |armed with sufficient authority to | permit no interference with the | | single objective of producing the armaments necessary for winning | | the war. | Since the actual production re- | sponsibility falls heaviest on the | industrial capacities of America and | Britain, these two nations will be | dominant in the personnel of the '.pl'opo.ed council. | Although designations of individ- | uals are still unofficial, it has been reported that Donald A. Nelson, chairman of the 8. P. A. B, and William L. Batt, head of the ma- terials division of the O. P. M., are slated to assume major roles as American representatives. Final confernces on the matter, with selection of the individuals to | take over the task, are expected at | with President Roosevent and Prime supply experts of their two govern- ments and with the other affected governments being fully advised. Face Tremendous Task. One broad measurement of the productive job facing such a control group was stated by President Roosevelt in his message to Con- gress last Tuesday on the state of the Union—a four point program of turning out more planes, tanks, guns and ships than have ever before been imagined. Meanwhile, from the Capitol, the Associated Press reported that there is increasing speculation on the pos- sibility of Associate Justice James F. Byrnes of the Supreme Court being named co-ordinator of the score or more Government agencies now engaged in the production and supply effort. Mr. Roosevelt’s reluctance to ask the former South Carolina Senator to step down from the high court, to which he was named last June 12, was said to have stayed any decision on the question temporarily. -Some well-informed legislators professed to believe that because of this the President might, if he chose to act at all, merely “borrow” Jus- tice Byrnes temporarily to aid in revamping the production organiza- tion. Roberts Sets Precedent. Precedent for such action was set, it was pointed out, when Mr. Roose- velt named Associate Justice Owen J; Roberts head of a commission to investigate the responsibility for faflure of the Army and Navy to be on the alert when the Japanese made their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Before his appointment to the court, Justice Byrnes handled many congressional problems’ for the President and continually was con- sulted about the often-difficult task of translating general policies into legislation. Sentiment among loyal supporters of the President's program for & move of this nature was manifésted when Chairman Connally of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee told reporters he thought s “hard-boiled, two-fisted” adminis- trator ought to be named to take over responsibility of production and supply under the President’s direc- ton. Jop Olympic Star Killed BERLIN, Jan. 10, (Official broad- cast-(/).— Dispatches from Tokio tonight reported that Suep Opye, famous Japanese pole vaulter who was & place-winner in the 1936 Olympic Games at Berlin, was killed in action in the Philippines. eliminate waste motions in the| the White House in a day or so,| Minister Churchill to be joined by | Cost Rise Seen Under Price Bill by Senate Measure Expected To Be Revised n_Conference By GOULD Li The Senate late yesi passed a wartime price-controi- measure 50 much amended by its farm bloc that critics. said 1t would increase food prices 25 per cent, and Majority Leader Earkley called it a “farm-relief i1l The vote on final passage was 83 to 1. The single opposing was cast by Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, who said he was unwilling to “put the farmers of America in a straight jacket” while leaving industrial wages free to advance without limitation. The farm bioc, aided by some Senators who dislike the one-man control provided in the measure, with Leon Henderson slated as ad- ministrator, ran roughshod over Administration forces for a second time. It brought about the adoption of the O'Mahoney amendment which left many farm commodities free to rise above present levels. The O’Mahoney amendment was carried by a vote of 55 to 31. Coming on top of the adoption of the Bank- head amendment, which places con- trol of farm prices under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, the blow to the Ad- ministration was even greater. Much Rewriting Expected. The measure, intended to help prevent inflation and sky-rocketing living cost, now goes to conference. It is expected that it will be re- written materially in the committee representing the Senate and the House. The Senate struck out the entire text of the bill passed by the House in November and substijifted its own bill. When the bill passed the House with a provision allowing sharp increases in farm prices the word was passed around that Presigent Roosevelt would veto it if it reached him in that form. The President in a letter read in the Senate before the vote on the Bankhead amendment was taken, protested against placing the Secre- tary of Agriculture virtually in con- trol of all farm prices—but to no avail, The O'Mahoney amendment, of- fered by the Democratic Senator from Wyoming, brings into the ad- ministration. of the measure consid- eration of industrial wages by - recting that ‘the Federal Reserve Board's index of industrial wages should be used as a factor in calcu- lating parity figures. The effect of this, it was claimed, was to raise parity about 10 per cent. (Parity is the price at which the Agriculture Department fig- ures that a farm product has the same purchasing power, in terms of non-farm products, that it had in the 1904-14 period.) Wanted Wages Considered. ‘The theory on which the indus- trial wages feature of the amend- ment was written is that, with no control in the law over urban wages, the old “parity” levels between prices of farm products and of the things the farmer has to buy would be far out of line. It was argued that if urban wages are to be taken into consideration in fixing farm prices, this fact would necessarily act as a deterrent on the increasing upward spiral of wages. This argument brought the support of a number of Senators who fear runaway prices of manufactured goods because wages have not been included in the price control meas- ure. Before his amendment was adop- ted, Senator O'Mahoney accepted an amendment offered by Senator Russell, Democrat, of Georgia, and which is contained in the House bil}, providing that no price ceiling should be fixed on farm commodi- ties below the 1919-1929 average—a period when farm prices were the highest in history. ‘The O’'Mahoney amendment would boost the parity level for farm products to 121 per cent. The bill (See PRICE CONTROL, Page A-4.) You aod An Air Raid The series of articles which ran in The Star, describing precautions for the safety of your home and family in an emergency, is being reprinted in pamphlet form. Decision to print the pamphlet was in response to many requests from air-raid wardens, build- ing wardens and others in the civilian defense organization as well as from readers. E ‘The pamphlet bears official indorsement from Mayor La CGuardia, director of civilian defense, and from Col. Lemuel Bolles, executive director of District civillan defense. It may be obtained, after ‘Tueaday, from The Star. See full directions: for obtaining the pamphlet in the article in today's Star on Page A-4. S~ .