Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1942, Page 4

A4 s THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 11, 1942. N.B.C.andR.C. A. Sued for $10,275,000 By Mutual System . $275,000 Damage Done To WOL, Anti-Trust Action Charges By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—The Mutual Broadcasting System and six afli- ated stations filed a $10,275,000 dam- age suit in Federal Court today, eharging the Radio Corp. of Amer- ica and the National Broadcasting Co. with illegally restricting the transmission of M. B. 8. Nation- wide network programs. Brought under the Sherman Anti- Trust Act, the suit sought three times the amount of the $3,425,000 damages actually claimed. The complaint charged R. C. A. and its subsidiary, N. B: C., and the officers and agents of the cor- ‘poration with engaging in “an un- lawful combination and conspiracy among themselves and with third persons to injure plaintiffs * * *.” Contracts Challenged. Challenged specifically was the validity of contracts between N. B. C.’s blue network and affiliated sta- tions in cities having less than four stations of comparable facilities. Under option time clauses in some eontracts, the suit alleged, N. B. C. | could on 28 days’ notice “use all or | @8 substantial a part of the time of ® station as it required.” The bill complained this prevented M. B. S. from competing “for the desirable hours.” “Exeept for said unlawful acts and practices, Mutual could have been able to obtain continuous time during the preferred hours on broadcast stations in many impor- tant cities.” The complaint contended further | that in cities having less than four stations, N. B. C. controlled two stations and the Columbia Broad- casting 8vstem the third. Stifling of Competition Charged. “This effectively stifles the growth of any competitive network and if permitted to continue, will make | Mutual's continued existence im- possible,” it said. The suit contended N. B. C. operated its Blue and Red networks jointly, and asked that the corpo- ration be enjoined from carrying out the alleged conspiracy and from maintaining or entering into fur- ther contracts in restraint of the free transmission of programs. The amounts of actual damages | claimed were: Mutual System, $1.- | 000,000; WGN of Chicago, $850.000; ‘WOR of New York, $1,000,000; WOL of Washington, $275.000; WGRC of} New Albany, Ind., $75000; KWK of | St. Louis. $165,000, and WHBF of Rock Island, IlL, $60,000. { Price Control (Continued From First Page.) ——C TR TS hge) as passed by the House and recom- | mended by the Senate Banking and | Currency Committee fixed the parity level at 110. The O'Mahoney amend- ment also provided that no celling should be fixed lower than the Octo- ber 1 or the December 15 price of & farm product, whichever was high- er. The October 1 date is in the House bill. On some commodities, the December 15 price is higher, Taft Proposal Rejected. The administration scored a vio- tory, however, when the Senate de- | Gy feated an amendment offered by | Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio, | H which would have substituted a |2 board of five members to fix prices | B instead of a single administrator. | & The vote against the Taft amend- ment was 65 to 19. Senator Taft, argaing in support of his amendment, insisted that price fixing was partly a legislative i function and partly a judicial fune- tion—not purely work for an ad- ministrator. The chairman of the board he proposed, he said, would also be designated “administrator,” to handle the administrative func- tions of the job. He said that the Senate had al- ready demonstrated, in the amend- ments adopted, that it felt the far- mers must be protected “from the orders of one man.” He said that Mr. Henderson, now functioning as price administrator under executive | order, had by one order put 44,000 automobile dealers and 500,000 of ! their employes out of business. He insisted that a board, under his amendment, would hold hear- ings in advance of price fixing, that it could and would function promptly, and that a hearing before one man, a price administrator, would be merely an “argument.” The House bill, he pointed out, has & provision for a board, but merely to act as a board of appeals after prices have been fixed. | Senator Brown, Democrat, of Michigan, in charge of the bil, fold the Senate that the President %feels strongly” in favor of a one ®an administrator and against a Roard. He said that during the last world war control of food prices had been placed under one man, Herbert Hoover, fuel prices under Dr. Harry A. Garfield, and prices of war ma- terials under Bernard Baruch, and that all had functioned well. Strictly a War Measure. To this Senator Taft replied that these men had set up committees to aid them in price fixing. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- souri opposed the Taft proposal, say- ing that the only justification of the passage of a price-control bill Wwas that it was a war measure and that it should be considered from that point of view alone. He said that it would be just as reasonable to have a “commission” act as com- mander in chief of the Army, or of the fleet in the Pacific or the Atlantic. “This bill has already been com- pletely emasculated in the Senate,” said Senator Clark. The only rea- son he would vote for it, he added, was that the whole matter would B opened up again in conference. «-*The failure of the drive for 'war production up to date,” he said, *Bas been due to the fact that we i placement by & single head for war production.” Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland offered and had adopted an amendment providing for Sen- ate confirmation of all appointments of officials of the Price Control Ad- ministration whose salaries were $4,000 or more. It was adopted by a vote of 72 to 12. Senator Maloney, Democrat, of Connecticut supported the amend- ment, declaring that it should help to serve as a check upon the ap- pointment of a great many men to the Price Control Administration. He said he had heard that floods of men were coming to town, “refugees from industry,” to take jobs with the Price Control Ad- ministration. Advisory Groups Proposed. Senator George, Democrat of Georgia, proposed an amendment calling for consultations with com- mittees representing industries whose prices were to be fixed, before price fixing took place. These com- mittees, he said, would be advisory. The bill.provides for enforcement by a system of licensing.of busi- nesses dealing . in affected com- modities. Every business would be entitled to a license and these could be sus- pended or revoked only by court action, after a prior offense and warning by the administrator. Specifically exempted from price- fixing authority were newspapers and other periodicals, sales of radio time, motion pictures and theaters, railroad and utility rates and rates | for professional services such as doctors and lawyers. - > How the O'Mahoney amendment would work in the case of some commodities was set forth in a table, presented by Senator O'Ma- honey. Actusl 110% Wese price Dparity parity Dec. 15. Dec. 41, in Dec : $1.52 < ‘80 ¥ 995 5 45 18 23 87 101 162 20 34 3 34 1021 1144 1236 988 930 1130 268 208 281 I T 63 54 = g8 am 118 Bweet potatoes, bu. .87 1.39 1.35 ‘obaceo. 23 28 21 23 8 102 140 148 37 29 37 Vote O’Mahoney Plan Passed, 55 to 31 BY the Associated Press. The vote by which the Senate adopted, 55 to 31, yesterday an amendment by Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, to the ad- ministration price control bill in- creasing the limits below which a proposed administrator could not fix | ceilings on farm prices: FOR—35. Demoerats. BILBO Ml BULOW. AD BUNKE! URDOCK CARAWAY RRAY CLARK. Idaho O'DANIEL CONNALLY AH( OVERTON ELLEND] GEORGE OSIER G! RUSSELL HAYDEN SCHWARTZ HERRING BMA’ HUGHES SPENCER JOHNSON, Colo. STEWAR’ LEE THOMAS. Okla. MAYBANK THOMAS. Utah MCcCARRAN VAN NUYS McF. FOR—20. Rebublicans. AIKEN MCcNARY. AUSTIN MILLIKIN BROOKS OMAS, Idaho B TOBEY CAPPER WHITE GURNEY WILEY HOLMAN WILLIS LANGER Prosressives. LeFOLLETTE AGAINST—31, Democerata. AILEY. ANKHEAD ILLGORE BARKLEY LUCAS BROWN RADCLIFTE YRy REYNOLD! ND] TRUMAN CHAVEZ 'UNNELL CLARK, Missourl ~ TYDINGS GERRY WAGNER GREEN WALLGREN GUFFEY Republicans. BURTON LODGE DANAHER TAFT DAVIS VANDENBERG NORRIS 30 Pct. Income Tax Boost In Japan Is Reported BY the Associated Press, NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—A Tokio dispatch broadcast by the Algiers ra- dio and heard by N. B. C. tonight said the Japanese government had declared a 30 per cent increase in income taxes. New fiscal measures in Japan are expected to increase state revenues by 60 per cent—most of which will come from income taxes, the dis- patch said. The levy on corporations and so- cieties would reach 35 to 75 per cent of their earnings and a sales fax would be hiked to 20 per cent, Jve had too many commissions and O. P. M. with two heads. I the passage of this bill with & C. B. 8. recording of the same § ing taere. At Singapore (2) the city. Civilian Defense Booklet Available After Tuesday Indorsed by top-ranking civilian defense officials, a pamphlet entitled *You 2nd an Air Raid” will be pub= lished by The Star Tuesday. The pamphlet is based on the se- ries by the same name published in The Star, with the information re- vised to meet more recent instruc- tions axd suggestions from civilian | defenss officials. | The decision to publish the ma- | terial in pamphlet form is in re- the inormation on hand for ready refererce. Some of them said they were cipping the articles as they appear>d each day but had missed | one he-e and there. Even those, however, who have made s notebook contziring all the articles will find & number of re- vision:. Among them, for instance, is the advice concerning water. Earlier instructions were to fill bathtuds with water at the air-raid signal as a home fire-fighting meas- ure. Iater, however, it was decided that such a procedure would rob the city of vital water pressure for fight- |ing large fires. Indorsed by La Guardis. Maysr La Guardia, director of the Office of Civilian Defense, sent tlis indorsement to be included in the pamphlet: “The articles published by The Evening Star were checked for offi- cial technical data in the Office of Civilian Defense. This co-operaticn in public service stands out in glar- ing contrast to articles written on the si¢bject and published without information and without the bene- fit of accuracy.” Also giving his approval to the pamptlet, Col. Lemuel Bolles, execu- tive cerector of civilian defense for the District, wrote: “Publication by The Evening Star in ths convenient form, of the wealts of civilian defense informa- tion vhich has been published in the columrns of The Star daily, can be considered as an example of an un- selfish performance of a public duty. performance throughout our nation- al history, justly earned the high esteem in which it is held by the American people. This is another example of its unselfish, patriotic devotion to the public service. Supplies “Fine Basis.” “I urge the people of our Metro- politen Area to take this pamphlet and asudy its contents carefully, so that svery one will be armed with this protective information, should an rgency arise. I urge, too, that none take this pamphlet as the ast word in civilian defense. It is ¢ fine basis, but it must be sup- plemented by study of the columns of Tie Star and our other news- papes each day for the current changes which will occur.” Official instructidns for the han- dling of gas appliances are in- cluded in the pamphlet and else- where in the pamphlet is a longer explination of how these instruc- tions may best be followed. Alo displayed separately from the fuller explanations are the official air-raid signals, placed so that they can be memorized at a glance. The information in the pamphlet is based on the advice and instruc- tions of O. C. D. technical experts, men ‘and ‘women who *have actually raids. sponse to requests and suggestions | from District residents who wanted | “Tte press has, by right of its| KUALA LUMPUR CLAIMED BY JAPANESE—A view of the Central Padang (recreation fleld) of the Selangor Club, better known as the “Spotted Dog,” in foreground atd the Municipal Building (with tower) in Kuala Lumpur. Japanese reports yesterday said the British had abandoned Kualas. Lumpur. However, there was no confirmation from the ° BRITISH MALAYA S50 ROADS s RAILROADS #~v| Mersing il \* Johore Bahry 3Kk, (TN o= == 9 SIN . Various sources said Japanese flanking movements encir- cled Kuala Lumpur from the north, northwest, southwest and east (arrows). British claimed three big fires were started by R. A. ™. bombers among planes at Japanese-held Ipoh Airdrome (1) to the north. They also said a huge blaze was set in & build- the British claimed apparent deflection on Nipponese bombers, who twice attempted to reach —A. P. Wirephotos. ‘You and an Air Raid’ Series To Be Published as Pamphlet How to Get Pamphlet Here's how to get the pam- phlet entitled “You and an Air Raid": Copies, singly or in quantity, can be obtained after Tuesday at the first-floor counter of The Star Building at 2 cents a copy. slightly less than the cost of printing. Mail orders for copies should be adressed to “You and an Air Raid” Editor, in care of The Star. Five cents should be in- closed for each copy, to cover the cost of postage and han- dling. | American procedures so that only those methods that could be ap- plied here are included. These, however, have the advantage of being tested under the actual con- ditions that would have to be met should Washington ever hgcome the target for enemy bombers. Because the request from the Of- fice of Production Management that the public refrain from buying ma- terials needed for defense, The Star in preparing this pamphlet has made every effort to suggest meth- ods and materials that would re- quire no purchases. Senate Group Approves Langer Ouster Report Acting Chairman Green of the Senate Elections Committee said yesterday his group had approved a preliminary draft of a report rec- ommending that Senator Langer, Republican, of North Dakota be de- nied a seat in the Senate. He said the committee had sug- gested amplification of the draft prepared by Senators Lucas, Demo- crat, of Illinois and Austin, Repub- lican, of Vermont and another meet- ing would be called, possibly this ‘week, to consider the final draft. The Lucas-Austin report was dis- cussed in an executive session of the committee, which recently voted, 13 to 3, against seating Senator Langer after investigating moral turpitude charges filed against him by a group of North Dakota peti- tioners. Details of the report were kept confidential. Blast dnd Fire Damage Wisconsin Paint Plant BY the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis, Jan. 10.—Fire following an explosion of undeter- mined origin caused damage esti- mated at $25,000 to the Mautz Paint & Varnish Co. plant late today. B. F. Mautz, jr., vice president and manager, said the varnish building, valued at $10,000, and $15,000 worth of stock were a total loss, but cov- 733 15th St. N.W. NAd. 383 Night ond Sen. Reod. 8529 British. Georgia Ore May Help Supply Manganese For War Needs " New Extraction Method Will Enable Low-Grade Product to Be Used By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Jan. 10.—Georgia may play an important part in helping overcome the prospective shortage of manganese, needed in manufac- ture of heavy armament for the Nation's war effort. Garland Peyton, Georgia State director of mining and geology, an- nounced developmen of a process for extracting manganese from low- grade ore. Recent experiments, he said, show that through a “magnetic roast,” at approximately 1,000 degrees tem- perature in a specially constructed furnace, it is possible to bring low- grade ore, found in abundance in the Cartersville district in North Georgis, up to Government specifi- cations. Experiment Made at Norris Dam. ‘The experiments were conducted by researchers of the Tennessee Tenn.,, at the suggestion of the Georgia Division of Mining and Geology. Huge déposits of the ore around Cartersville are of a grade normally under the 48 per cent specifications of the Government. The T. V. A. men, with suggestions from Mr. Peyton, worked out a formula call- ing for intensive heat treatment, with about 20 per cent coke, which changed the iron content of the Georgia product to the desired mag- netic type of iron ore. After heating, the ore is passed through a magnetic separator, which raises the grade to a quality needed for such steel as armor plate, rail- way track iron, and other types of ness to resist penetration. Mr. Peyton said it would be neces- sary to build a plant to process the product. Such a plant could be con- structed for approximately $25.000, he said, with provision for addi- tional units as the industry develops. Georgia Ore Easily Mined. The Georgia ore is easily mined, being of a texture that can be scooped up with a power shovel It resembles coarse, reddish-yellow sand. Estimates indicate several million tons would be available in the Cartersville district alone, Mr. Peyton said. Our annual big clearance .and your opportunity to buy a fine new or used piano at a real reduction! On sale is practically every new and' used piano in our store—the finest stock in the city — over 75 gronds, spinets, consoles and small uprights of such makes as Knabe, Wurlitzer, Fischer, Weber, Estey, Chickering, Steinway (used), Starr, Kreli,: Valley Authority at Norris Dam, j steel which must have great tou(h-4 Hong Kong Clipper as Captuin, in New York, Tells of Attack That Wrecked Ship at Dock BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 10~Japanese cember T as its crew was plotting a way to get the huge ship to safety, Naval base, struck at fuel installa- tions, radio station and airport and then aimed at the clipper. Standing waist-deep in water be- hind & concrete post while his crew of six crouched behind huge drain pipes, Capt. Ralph watched the Jap- enese fighters roar down on his ship. Ship Soon Mass of Flame. They dived six or seven times, he said, registering effective hits and soon the silver ship was & mass of E Laughingly, he described the water he stood in during the attack as “the hotest water I've even been in.” to leave Hong Kong at 9 that morn- ing with 27 passengers but that he ‘was notified by the airport manager at 5:30 that he might have to make an early departure. Take-off was set for 7:20 and harbor defenses had been notified of the flight, Capt. Ralph related, but 10 minutes before then he was told to delay- his departure. Five minutes later word came that Great Britain and Japan were at war. Shortly before 8 the Japanese planes arrived. From then until the evening of the next day Capt. Ralph and his crew assisted the Chinese National Aviation Corp. with organizing the evacuation of 275 adults and more than 100 children into the interior of China. Last te Leave Danger Zene, Like the captain of a ship, Capt. Ralph was the last member of the Clpiper personnel to leave the dan- ger zone, flying from Hong Kong on the last night flight. and trained Chinese pilots of C. N. A. C. worked for 60 hours in blackout conditions, performing, Capt. Ralph said, “the sweetest job of flying you ever saw.” lowed before the Clipper crew was flown to an Indian Ocean terminal for their flight home. The flight from an Indian Ocean base to the United States was the first disclousure that Pan-American had opened another route to the Far East since the war closed the Pacific route. A Pan-American spokesman said, however, nothing could be revealed about the route followed. Buenos Aires has the widest street in the world; three lanes in each direction in addition to sidewalks, safety zones and gardens. PIANOS for RENT Choose from new and used spinets. grands. consoles and uprights of good makes. Rea- soncble rates TELEPHONE REPUBLIC 6212 BUY NOW...DURING OUR BIG MIDWINTER KlTTIs 1330 G STREET (Middle of the Block) Lancaster, Volimer, Baldwin, Stieff, Minipiano and others — all priced down to where they will move quickly. If you are at all interested in a piano don’t fail to come in during this event—we promise you that it will be well worth your while as seldom before have we been able to offer so many bargains at one time. CALL REPUBLIC 6212 Three weeks in Chungking fol- | that | Jap Bombers Burned |Commerce Bureau To Add fo lfs Staff Crew Plotfed Escape [0f Economists Unit to Work Closely With Rockefeller And Wollace Setups . By OLIVER McKEE. To provide the specialized in- formation needed by the Board of Economic Warfare, the Budget Bu- reau has approved the allocation of $750,000 of emergency funds to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, it was learned yesterday. ‘The new allocation will be used to recruit a corps of industrial and in- ternatidnal economists, with a staff of clerical helpers. The Office of Co-ordinator of Inter-American Af- fairs, headed by Nelson A. Rocke- feller, is expected to make available to the bureau an additional sum of about $250,000 to assemble economic data on Latin American countries. ‘The Washington offices of the bu- reau now have a staff of more than 500. The added resources will result in an increase, in the near future, of more than 300 persons on its rolls. To Hire 100 Economists. Of these, approximately 100 will be economists, with salaries ranging from $2,000 to $5,600. Most of them will be assigned to the divisions of industrial economy and international economy, headed, respectively, by Robert F. Martin and James H. Ed- wards. It is also planned to expand the staff of the American Republics Unit and bring in additional specialists in commodities that play an im- portant part in the economy of South and Central American countries. The Board of Economic Warfare, headed by Vice President Wallace, has about 900 employes. In addi- tion to regulating the flow of Amer- ican exports, the board is making studies of the essential require- | ments of friendly nations and takes | such action as it can to prevent | strategic and other essential ma- terials from reaching members of the Axis through neutral countries. Pre-emptive buying is one of the | methods used to plug up the leaks in the Allied blockade of Germany, Italy, Japan and their satellites. ‘The Board of Economic Warfare is personnel will make possible more exhaustive studies in this fleld. The Board of Economic Warfare is expacted to take over part of the space in the Commerce Department Bullding to be released by the trans- fer of 1200 Patent Office employes to Richmond. Present headquarters of the board are at 2501 Q street N.W. It also occupies space in seve eral other buildings in the District. “The war in the Pacific has inter- rupted the flow of rubber, tin and other vital materials from the Far East. In the event of a prolonged 'war, the shortages will become even more serious. Trade experts of the bureau are now studying the prob- able effects of Far Eastern devel- opments on the economy of friendly nations, as well as on that of the United States. 1f the considered immigration law is passed in Uruguay, it would close the last open door to immigration among the American democracies. FOR BETTER HEARING Before you select o hearing aid, see Sono- tone. Over 50% of all purchasers choose Sonotone because Sonotone gives them better hearing ond because Somotone methods, policies and personnel have earned their CONFIDENCE. This world- wide, scientific service will help you— beforz and after purchase—to avoid serious errors, wasted money, disappoint- ments. Write for beoklet. s free Audiometer your hearing Sonotone Washington Co. 501 Washington Bldg. 15th St. & New York Ave. N.W. Phone District 0921 Come in for test of i OF SUGHTLY USED, RECO | tors we want to move. Bel now. deluxe changer. for $725. price CHIPPENDALE MODEL with with 3 dynomic speakers. Sale price _ - fidelity speakers. Sold price SHERATON MODEL finished Sold when new for $1,095. sale priced at only This one demonstrator only tiful blonde walnut cabinet. one demonstrator A A IT STARTS TO-MORROW! | KiTT's ANNUAL CLEARANCE WORLD FAMOUS DE LUXE AT REDUCED PRICES! Once a year we gather together our entire stock of trade-in Capeharts, recondition them when necessary and place them on sale together with what demonstra- fering—all priced down to where they will move quickly. This opportunity to buy a Capehart at a reduction comes only once in a year so if you are interested in one of these splendid machines don’t miss coming in SHERATON UPRIGHT CONSOLE—14-tube Walnut finished case. One used model now CHIPPENDALE MODEL in walnut finish with 18-tube radio. Sold when new for $1,350. Special sale pric ADAM MODEL in walnut finish. 22-tube rodio with 3 dynamic speakers. Sold when new for $1,270. ADAM MODEL with walnut case. 20-tube rodio, 2 high and de luxe phonograph with ‘‘Play Control.” for $795. This one only very slightly used GEORGIAN MODEL, 1942 type, used as a demonstrator only. Sell new for $595. One only at. ADAM MODEL with 21 tubes and 2 high fidelity speakers. when new for $1,045. Sale _______________ $395.00 in mahogany. 19-tube radio Sells new _____ $495.00 ENGLISH CHIPPENDALE MODEL finished in beautifully carved mahogany. A 1942 model that sells new for $795. MODERNE MODEL—floor sample, 1942 model, in a beau- ALL HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE TURNOVER TYPE CHANGER THAT PLAYS TWENTY RECORDS, BOTH SIDES, CONTINUOUSLY INDITIONED AND SAMPLE ow is listed our present of- radio ond Sold when new -$295.00 Sale $375.00 walnut ease. 20-tube radio Sold when new for $1,425. $375.00 ,,,,,,,, $445.00 This one slightly used model, $545.00 $655.00 Sells new for $1,290. is $955.00 1/1 1330 G Street