Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1942, Page 6

President Scans Plans To Help Those Hit by Industry Conversion Temporary Employment Or Direct Relief for Workers Considered Plans for providing temporary employment or direct relief for workers affected by the conver- sion of industry from civilian to military production were to be reviewed by President Roosevelt today in consultation with Fed- eral Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt and Sidney Hillman, associate director of the 0. P. M. Many thousands of workers, a great portion of them skilled crafts- men, are being laid off temporarily while some of the Nation's giant in- dustrial plants are being retooled for military production. This process, in some cases requiring several months’ time, is expected to bear most heavily on the automobile in- dustry. Mr. Roosevelt's only o‘her engage- ment for the day, according to plans shortly before noon, was with Gov. Home:r M. Adkins of Arkansas, for a discussion of domestic production of commerciul d‘amonds. Essential to precision tools used | j;i)o by giness keep going in war-time industry, c.mmercial diamonds for American use are now obtained entirely fiom S :uth Afri- can and South Americar sources. Diamonds of both gem and car- bonado grade occur in peridotite deposits of Southwestern Arkansas, however, and have been brought on fl;u:fl market from time to time since Order for Nelson Deferred. President Roosevelt was still de- ferring ay the issuance of an executive order setting up a new ‘War Production Board with Donald M. Nelson as its chairman. White House Secretary Stephen Farly explained that Mr. Nelson and his legal advisers are conferring with the Budget Bureau with the objective of drafting an order to give the new production chieftain full and unqualified authority. Mr. Early said he did not know whether Mr. Nelson will participate in weekly cabinet meetings, but he expressed assurance that the pro- duction board chairman will have all the power necessary to guaran- tee him full co-operation of Gov- ernment departments and agencies. America faces the possibility of *utterly revolutionary changes” in industrial production to win the war, Mr. Nelson declared yesterday. He added that he is ready to order any shakeup that is necessary. He urged all Government agencies to “carry on with the utmost devo- tion and energy” in letters to William 8. Knudsen, O. P. M. director, and the Undersecretaries of War and Navy. Urges Indomitable Spirit. At the same time, in an address to the country at large, he bespoke “the spirit which refuses either to count costs or recognize obstacles.” The speech, warning that civilian economy would have to give way to war requirements, was written be- fore President Roosevelt’s announce- ment that he would create the War Production Board with Mr. Nelson as chairman and was to have been delivered in person in Vincennes. Ind., last night. Pressure of busi- ness here prevented Mr. Nelson from leaving, however, and the speech was read. “We cannot afford today to direct our war effort by the ordinary, peacetime ‘sensible’ standards,” the address declared. “We need to be cracked enough, if you please, to try to do things that sensible men would not try to do under ordinary circumstances. “Our only hope lies in the spirit which refuses either to count costs or recognize obstacles but which drives furiously ahead with the fixed idea that the important objective will be reached in spite of hell or high water. Nothing Can Be Wasted. “We can't waste anything. We ean't let one worker or one machine be employed making goods for civilians unless those goods are things the country absolutely has to have in order to keep going. We | can’t use any of our basic raw ma- | terials for civilian manufacture | unless the same test is met. “We may have to require manage- ment and labor to adapt themselves to wholly new schedules and methods of operation; we may have to upset commercial and industrial arrange- ments which have endured for many years; we may have to trample on all sorts of privileges and preroga- tives. None of that matters.” In the letter to Mr. Knudsen and the other officials Mr. Nelson de- fined the job as: “To make enough war material to lick Hitler and the Japs, and to do it in the shortest possible time.” While some of the most powerful figures in the Government will be- come subordinate to Mr. Nelson the principal unanswered question today was what would become of the Office of Production Management. It was created originally to have supreme authority over defense production with Mr. Knudsen as director and Stidney Hillman, in charge of labor problems, as co-director, as mem- bers of the Supply Priorities and Al- locations Board, which will be abol- ished. Both will become members of the new W. P. B. Many thought it plain that O. P. M. if it survived at all would become subordinate to Mr. Nelson, that the President’s unquestionable intent was to center supreme power eover industrial production and procure- ment in Mr. Nelson’s hands. Nevertheless, some members of Congress were apprehensive that Mr. Nelson might be given only limited powers, and urged that complete au- thority be vested in him. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas said that if Mr. Nelson is given the power “we will get results,” but that the only thing he feared was that the new director of pro- duction would “not be given the broad authority.” Senator Wiley, Republican, of Wisconsin said he was convinced that a “tough guy” was needed to ‘war production and that “that tough guy must have power.” He urged that members of Congress withhold any criticism and give Mr. Nelson 60 days to see what he could do. He expressed confidence in the results. Warns of Changes. Resalind the most effective possible instru- ment to do it. “Every one connected with pro- duction and procurement, in all agencies of the Government, must carry on with the utmost devotion and energy.” In the meanwhile, the House Small Business Committee was told yesterday by Floyd Odlum, head of the Contract Distribution Division of the O. P. M., that 1 per cent of all available raw materials were sched- uled to be set aside this year to help Mr. Odlum told the committee that there had been miore talk than action in relation to the problems of small business and that what was needed was an independent Gov- ernment agency to deal with them.| * “I hear everybody talk about it/ but there is only one thing that is| going to save little business and that is to give it some work to do and give it some materials to do it.” - | Mr. Odlum said the small business situation shquld be considered en- | tirely apart from the war production | functions of O. P. M. House Committee Told 0f Welfare Problems Now Facing Stafes New Burdens Created By War Conditions Cited by Hoehler Six problems facing State welfare agencies as a result of the war were outlined to the House Defense Mi- gration Committee today by Fred K. Hoehler, director of the Ameri- can Public Welfare Association. Heading the list were unemploy- ment due to priorities and curtail- ment of consumer production and the need of temporary aid to men who have used all their resources | in moving their families to the loca- | tion of a new job. Four other problems he mentioned were: Dependency due to military serv- ice, not serious at the moment, but a potentially important question as the war goes on. Added burdens placed on local welfare agencies in cities crowded by an influx of defense workers, Possible need at s later date of some Federal aid to localities to meet the effects of enemy attack or sabotage. The effect of increased cest of living on relief families. Need for service programs, espe- cially for children in crowded de- fense areas. Families Require Care. Mr. Hoehler gave this summary after the specific problems had been discussed in detail by the following State welfare officials: Howard L. Russell, Pennsylvania; Benjamin Glassberg, Wisconsin; Miss Loula Dunn, Alabama; Elmer R. Goudy, Oregon; Willlam Hodson of New York City and L. M. Lyons of Chicago. Mr. Goudy told the committee | 200 men from one county in Oregon were working on Wake, Guam and other Pacific islands at the out- break of the war, and 70 of them hive families. The fate of the men is not known, but some provmoni must be made for those families, | he said. Representative Curtis, Republican, | of Nebraska said he realized was dislocations have increased some | public welfare burdens, but inquired it it has not also reduced some other items, such as unemployment relief, Relief Drop Slow. 8 for New York City, Mr. Hodson said that up to a month ago the total decline in relief from the peak was 59 per cent on an expenditure basis. At the same time, he said, applications are beginning to increase again due to disloca- tions, and that he does not look for any such decline in future as has already taken place, due to the large number of families having | no employable member. He recom- mended wider application of un- employment insurance to lessen the relief roll. 5 Representative Curtis called at- tention to the enormous new finan- cial obligations the war has im- posed on the Federal Government and said: “I hope my patriotism isn’t challenged when I say the Federal Government might reach a breaking point in the midst of war.” It would be a mistake, he said, to place on the Federal Government any burden that could be handled Ava Gardser. | peals were Willlam Meltzer, otherwise. THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942. 3 Patricia Meorison. BIRTHDAY BALL ATTRACTIONS—Here ‘re three of the Holly- wood celebrities who will decorate the President’s Diamond Jubllee Birthday Celebration here on J: ary 30. |Birthday Ball Heads Add Rosalind Russell To Stars Coming Here Patricia Morison Also To kelp Celebration; Play Tickets on Sale The names of Rosalind Russell and Patrie’a Morison yesterday were added to ~he list of Hollywood stars coming lere for the President's Diamond Jubilee Birthday Celebra- tion on Junuary 30. The lis: already includes Mickey Rooney and his young bride, Ava Gardner, vho are coming here from Boston wnere Mickey is scheduled to appear at a Red Cross benefit. Mickey i: hoping to ride in the Fort Mye: Horse Show January 28 and 29. - Miss Rissell, who has been trying to get here for the celebration for the last three years, but always previousl; has been tied up in pro- ductions, wrote in accepting her invitation: “I have a soft spot in my heart for Washngton, for it was in this city and at the Belasco Theater that I re:elved my first good press notice. This was long before I went to Hollywood and was snowed under with notces, good and bad. The play was ‘The Second Man’ and I have the rellowed clipping testifying to the iact that I was a good actress.” Tickets for the “command per- formance’ of Lillian Hellman's “Watch o the Rhine,” which will be perforned January 25, went on sale toda~ at the National Theater. The Wnshington committee was yesterday notified that while Greta Garbo ceanot attend the celebra- tion here she will appear for the first time in a radio broadcast under the auspices of the March of Dimes. This broaicast is scheduled for Jan- uary 24, vith Eddie Cantor as mas- ter of ce;emonies. At 4:15 pm. Monday Mrs. Roose- velt will 20li h#r annual women's meeting it the White House with Mrs. Iren: Caldwell and other lead- ers of thy: work here acheduled to take part in the national broadcast. Three Draft Appeli;lls Granfed Deferments Only 3 >f 34 draft appellants were granted gutright deferments by the District rd of Appeals in cases announced today. Given Class IIT ratings because of depenients were George B. M. Hofmann 23; Hyman Halpern, 26, and James Leo Hefferman, 22. The case of Albert Pierce Gault, jr., who clairted conscientious objection to milita:y service, was referred to the United States attorney’s office. The incuction of Claudis E. Cor- nell, 27, was stayed by the board for 90 dass. John Henry Drescher, 23, a student, was given a defer- ment fron service until the first of next moith to complete a school term. The ca:es of Aaron Taub, 24, and Charles <laude Cash, jr., 22, were held up or additional information. Those urned down in their ap- 24; Julian C. Douglass, 22; Harold Nor- man Hain, 27; Joseph Zahradnik, 24; Martn M. Schreiber, 21; Rob- ert Louis Linz, 25; Joseph Schacter, 24; George 1. Mahoney, 25; Martin David Leskey, 22; Chester F. Bora- tenski, 2¢; John Salley Kirkley, 25; Bernard *rancis Saffell, 26; William Jerome Cornik, 23; Richard Robert Smith, 2§; John Michael Kamrad, 23; Heny Benjamin Osman, 21; Harold Wolman, 23; George Mason Smith, 3., 25; James Pharr, 27; Solomon M. Ringel, 25; Joseph S. Ornstein 27; Frank Garvin Read, 23; Bermard L. Turpin, 26; Prancis X. Battiste, 22, and Paul Aloysius Abell, 26 Guerr llas Report Killing Nazi Officers in Malaya By Cable t« The Star and Chicago Daily News. SINGAPORE, Jan. 15.—British guerrilla:, operating behind Japan- ese lines (n Northern Perak claim to have kiled two German officers in uniform and say that money found on the bndies was German. The lust headquarters statement was to tie effect that no reports of Germans being in Malaya had been substantated. This latest report also still awaits official confirmation. (Copyrigit. 1942. Chicago Daily News.) By the Associated Press. BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies, Jan. 15—The munitions supply of the Netherlands Indies for the fight against the Japanese not only is abundant but is distributed in scores of dumps buried in deep jungle and impossible to discover by the min- utest air photographs, a returned ion party reported today. Aneta, Netherlands Indies news agency, quoted members of the party on their return from a tour of Java as saying the scores of godowns —warehouses—were so hidden and camoufiaged that the smartest of Japanese ‘spies, 5o numerous in the Mr. Nelson's letter, after stating the aim of his organization, went on to say: " tional that have to be made in order to do this Job will be made. The present or- @anisation must and will evolve into past year, “could not tell their bosses in Tokio their exact location, even if they may know the approxi- mate place.” leaders, Aneta said, and today even Dutch Have Vast Arms Supplies Buried Deep in Indies Jungles the road; leading to them are hid- den by |ungle verdure. Extensive precautions have been taken against self-ignition, it was added, s1d other measures put into effect 50 that millions on millions of bombs, ;shells and cartridges are ready for use. Newspipers welcomed the arrival of Suprrme Commander Gen. Sir Archibaiil P. Wavell to set up head- quarters of the Allied command in the Indiss with a declaration that “you have the Indies’ complete con- fidence :nd we stand behind you as one man” “You ,1ave shown that you have confidence in us by establishing your hesdquarters in this country,” one paper said, “and the Indies will show that they merit this confi- dence. Just as we solemnly promise that the Netherlands shall rise vow—victory will start from the Indies.” A House Group Asked 1 To Save Tire Dealers From 'Exfinclion” * Auto Inquiry Is Told~ Small Firms Will Need Federal Assistance By J. A. FOX. The House Small Business Com- mittee was asked today to save the tire trade from “total economic ex- tinction” as dealers from over the country appeared at a hearing to relate the effect on their business of the new tire-rationing order pro- mulgated in December. The hearing was a continuation of that started three days ago by the House group which is studying the effects of war-time restraints on operations in the automotive fleld. ‘Witnesses told of sales being cut to s trickle by the rationing restric- tions shd said some form of finan- cial aid from the Government was needed. George G. Berger 'of New York, the witness who asked help to pre- vent “extinction,” said that 15,000 to 20,000 independent retailers, em- ploying 57,000 workers, with an annual pay roll of $70,000,000, are menaced. In addition there are several thou- sand wholesalers, treaders and cap- pers. Annual sales, he said, are! $523,060,000. Federal Loans Suggested. Mr. Berger, as well as some wit- | nesses who followed him, urged that the tire business be permitted to re- main in the hands of the indepen- dents, and said there should be fre- quent inventories to permit dealers to get rid of all tire sizes that are not in demand. He suggested also long-term, low- cost Federal loans to improve the financial position of dealers with large stocks. J. L. Girard of Newark, secretary of the New Jersey Tire Dealers’ As- sociation, said that at the rate his concern is selling tires under the rationing program, their stock “will last 30 years.” In the first eight days of ration- | ing, he continued, total sales were | two tires, as compared to a normal daily average of 100. He said his company could hardly last more than two months, and urged a debt- moratorium for dealers. Thomas Graham of Chicago said he had so0ld only one tire in eight days. Tire Retreaders Have Trouble. George Erlinger of New York told the committee that some large manufacturers are refusing to sell camel back, needed for retreading, | to independents and turning it over | instead to their own branch estab- | lishments. J. P. Seiberling, president of the Seiberling Rubber Co., Akron, sug-' gested that the Government take over all new tire stocks held by re- tailers and wholesalers at cost plus and allowance to compensate for losses sustained by the curb on sales. | This would give the Government| control that would provide for or- derly distribution of stocks and aid dealers financially, he pointed out. In s brief reappearance before the committee this morning, L. Clare Carglle, president of the Na- tional Automobile Dealers’ Associa- tion, said his group was “shocked beyond measure” at a section of the auto rationing order issued by the Office of Price Administration yesterday under which the Govern- ment can commandeer the tires and- tubes of the 130,000 cars to be held by them as a “stock pile” for the next year to meet prospective de- | mands. “We can assure you that at no | time were the dealers told that they might have to buy those cars and turn in the tires,” he said. Mr. Cargile said that stored cars must be shifted every 30 to 60 days, to minimize depreciation, and that this operation would be complicated if the tires were stripped from the cars. At the close of today's session the committee recessed subject to call by the chairman. Yesterday, Leon Henderson, price administrator, announced the ten- tative outline of the car ration- ing program, which is to be effective February 2, and at the same time agreed to some of the proposals ad- vanced by the dealers to lighten the impact of the curb on their opera- tions. The rationing will be modeled after that developed for new tires, and will be carried out through the same local boards now set up in every county of the country, the O. P. A. announcement said. The total number of vehicles available for ra- tioning when production stops will range between 500,000 and 650,000— officials are uncertaln as to the figures—and of these, 130,000 are to be “frozen” for a year. The prospec- tive supply is based on an estimate of 300,000 to 450,000 which were on hand January 1, plus the current | month's production of 204.000, about | “=.000 of which already have been | turned out. ‘Would List Eligibles. ‘The rationing program has three salient points. (1) A list of eligible buyers will be established, including (a) physicians, surgeons, visiting nurses or farm veterinarians; (b) engaged in fire-fighting, crime prevention or detention, enforcement of laws re- lating to the protection of public health and safety and the trans- portation of the mail; (c) persons who had purchased as of January 2 new cars then in dealers’ hands but had not been able to get delivery on that date. (2) Such buyers, including Gov- ernment agencies needing cars for the purposes listed, must obtain cer- tificates from local rationing boards permitting them to make purchases. In this connection, O. P. M. said: “It's hoped that Government agen- cles falling within the eligible classes will anticipate their new-car needs for some months hence, thus tending to move the vehicles out of dealers’ hands quickly. The ra- tioning boards probably will be in- structed to give consideration to future as well as present needs of such governmehtal agencies in issu- ing certificates.” Certain Categories Exempt. (3) There will be set up certain “exempt” categories of purchasers who will not be required to’obtain certificates in order to buy new automobiles, but who will be re- quired to supply information as to the use of the vehicle. These will include automobile dealers | ga, east of Orel, east of Kursk, east Buggy Make o ; ] Sees Pickup. usiness | : % 3 emaiing ufacturers today -viewed the tire and sutomobile pinth with pardonable equanimity. Edward Knapp of the Standard vehicle Co. went 80 far as to say: “The horse and buggy days are coming again.” He has orders for more than 500 buggies and his pay roll is the largest since 1919—10 men. Mr. Knapp has just returned from Barnesville, Ga., where he bought the stock of the Smith Buggy Co., which guit after 50 years in the busine Mr. Knapp’s firm was founded in 1891 in wbg Olnclnmu.uther;h: big buggy and wagon center. company prospered during the first World War, when automobiles were still ental, but after 1919 began off employes, one by on .. .y Mr. Knapp kept foing during the depression years on orders from South America and occasional spe- cial jobs for Hollywood movie pro- ducers. Recently he received an order for 500 buggies, knocked down, from a mall order house, and 25 more farm vehicles are going to Lafayette, La., in a few days. Bill Authorizing A. D. A. To Borrow s Approyed The House District Committee at a special meeting today favorably reported & bill authorizing the Dis- trict Alley Dwelling Authority to borrow money from public or private sources to‘ continue its $15,000,000 program of slum-clearance and low- rent housing construction. Approval also was given a bill making theft of tires, tubes and other automobile accessories during the war s felony punishable by a maximum penalty of 10 years’ im- prisonment. Theft of such articles [ is now a misdemeanor under District | law and the maximum penalty is a | fine of $200 or two years' imprison- ment or both. | The A. D. A. legislation was in- | dorsed after an explanation of its need by John Ihider, executive | officer of the agency, and approval | of its work by Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman of the Washington Housing Association. Mr.” Thider explained that the A.D. A. is not competifg with private building industry, but is supplement- ing its activities to assure a reason- able amount of low-cost housing units. The present program of the agency, he said, caills for 4,000 low cost housing units, of which 1725 have been completed and occupied. = R i | Bulgars Suppress Y. M. C. A.| BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 15 (P — A Haves dispatch from Sofia today said Bulgaria has suppressed the Rotary Club, Y. M. C. A. and other | clubs and youth organizations. Brotbers Make Mistake NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (#.—Two colored brothers appeared in the police line-up today. One was charged with stealing $825 werth of camera equipment from the P. B. I. and the other with trying to sell part of it to two detectives. Russian (Continued From First Page.) of Mozhaisk, in the vicinity'ef Kalu- | of Kharkov, northeast of Taganrog. | Of these points the Russians claim possession only of Kaluga, a railroad center on the Oka River 110 miles southwest of Moscow. Forced to accept battle on Red Japan Promises U S.. To Give Prisoners - Good Treatment Sviss Relay Answer To American Pledge To Observe 1929 Pact By LLOYD LEHRBAS; Associated Press Staft Writer. Japan has told the United States that all captured .Americans would be accorded the good treatment specified in the International Con- vention on prisoners of war, Although Japan’s delegates signed the convention adopted by 47 na- tionsat Geneva in 1929 the pact was never ratified by the Japanese gov- ernment. The pledge made— through the Swiss government—was the first official information received concerning the treatment to be accorded American prisoners of war in the Far East. Soon after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Wi n sent word through the Swiss government that the American Government would live up to the prisoners pact and pro- vide good treatment, food and prison camp quarters for all Japanese cap- tured. Red Cross Co-operating. Marc Peter, former Swiss Minister here and now a delegate of the In- ternational Red Cross Committee, said after conferring with Secretary Hull that Japan had established a prisoners-of-war information bureau in Tokio. A similar American bureau to haudle all questions concerning pris- oners-of-war has been ° established here under Gen. Allen Guillion, pro- vost marshal. The prisoners’ bureau will provide the International Red Cross Com- mittee central office in Geneva with lists of casualties and prisoners as soon as possible. Mr. Peter said no lists had yet been provided by either the United States or Japan and he thought it would be some time be- fore the required information would becorhe available. When obtained, the list of prisoners and casualties will be transmitted to the American Government so relatives may be no- tifled. As Red Cross delegate, Mr. Peter will act as liaison agent in handling all information concerning prisoners, inspect prison camps in this country to make sure treatment of prisoners is in accordance with the pact and food packages to* prisoners. The International Red Cross Committee has delegates performing similar neutral functions in the other belligerent countries. Packages to Be Forwarded. As soon as transportation facil- ities permit, the American Red Cross. or the international office here will forward mail or food packages to Americans held prisoner in belleg- erent countries. s While no official lists have been made public, it is known tha¢ a num- ber of Americans have already been captured by.the Japanese, including marines from Tientsin, Wake and Guam; the crew of an American gunboat seizéd at Shanghai, and an undisclosed number who may have been taken prisoners during the Jap- anese operations in the Philippines. At least 600 American civilians em- ployed in construction work on Wake and Guam also have been taken prisoners. reported to have been taken by the American forces in Hawali and the Philippines, but the War Depart- ment—anticipating future action—is arranging establishment of prisoner- of-war camps in this country. The International Committee will obtain all available information con- cerning American prisoners in bel- ligerent countries, but will not dis- close the name or location of the Army terms, German detachments were reported in Kuibyshev, Russia, to be abandoning hundreds of dead, thousands of wounded and immense amounts of war supplies. ‘A War correspondent of Pravda, Communist Party newspaper, said a Soviet spearhead at the southern tip of the Mozhaisk encirclement arc continued to move westward after the recapture of Kirov, 85 miles southeast of Smolensk. Col. Yevgeni Boltin, writing in the government newspaper Izvestia, | said advance routes west of Moscow had to be cleared of snow, some- times under German fire, for move- ment of heavy equipment such as artillery and armored cars. Nazis Waylaid in Retreat. More than 100 German officers and men were declared in Moscow to have been killed by a Soviet unit which waylaid them in retreat after penetrating to the rear of the Ger- man lines. The Soviet Information Bureau said Red Army fighting operations continued throughout last night in several sectors. A detachment on the central front was said to have captured 8 German tanks, 40 ammunition carts, 22 guns, 68 machine guns and 8 motor vehicles in a single day. Finnish newspapers, encouraged | by the high command’s reports of successes against the Russian Army, attacked the foreign “peace offen- sive,” charging it with attempting to undermine Finnish morale and to eliminate Finland as a factor in the war. The latest high command com- munique declared small, scattered Red Army units had been annihi- lated and a number of local attacks beaten off north of Lake Onega. Civilian Aeronautic Authority, Na- tional Advisory on for Aeronautics, Office of Scientific Re- search and Development, purchasers for foreign governments under the Lease-Lend Act and holders of cer- tain high priority ratings. The provision permitting dealers | camps in which they are held. “Beafing by Purse Snafcher 'Sends Woman fo Hospital A 32-year-old woman was slugged last night by a ocolored purse snatcher who had followed her for several blocks before assaulting her. The slugging victim, Mrs. Ruth Holden, a clerk, of 1116 Sixth street | S. W., was ‘admitted to Emergency Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture and a lacerated head. Police said the man followed her from Seventh and K streets S.W. to Sixth and L streets S.W. before snatching her purse, containing $5, and beating her with his fists. Armed rob also held up a meat store and a nch cleaning estab- lishment last night. Louise Ingley, a clerk at a cleaning branch at 2122 Eighteenth street N.W., was robbed by three colored youths brandishing & nickle-plated revolver. They re- moved $20 from the cash register and took her purse, containing $36. Louis Dorfman, 41, proprietor of & meat market at 1426 New Jersey of $16 shortly before midnight. Ordered to Kelly Field son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Smith of Westmoreland Hills, Md., has been ordered to the Army Air Corps Replacement Training Center at Kelly Field, Tex., it was learned today. Before entering the aviation cadet corps, young Smith was sta- tioned at Lowry Field, Colo. He ttended National University here. R S ] STYLES CHANGE DRY LUMBER DOESNT Call TUROVER 7 WL 6622 BETHESDA, MD. DRY “*Alwa; U Cover” Nation’s Model Lumber Yard 3 U to dispose of those cars for which they had bona-fide contracts before stocks were frozen, was one of sev- eral steps they had advocated. All cars are to be subject to a price- celling, the formula for which was outlined to the House Committee by Price Administrator Henderson. Ms. Cargile said he “presumed” the price level d be acceptable. Included in this price will be a handling charge of 5 per cent based on the manufacturer's list price, with a maximum charge of $75, and & carrying charge for storage of 1 per cent a month, on the list price, up to a maximum of $15, for cars heid after Pebruary 1. This storage allow- buying new cars for resale, and,these Fed- eral agencies: Reconstruction PFi- Corp., Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, Panams Canal, and Geodetic Survey, Coast Guard, r ance also will be given to dealers who handle the 130,000 cars that are to Coast | serve as & “stock pile” for future needs. INSLOW fPAI DR S 922 N. Y. Ave. NA. 8610 ADVERTISEMENT. en, Women Over 40 Don't Be erah'()lslr Feol y, New, P LA e Take T oy e g sl Puriee: 1 1 took supervise forwarding of mail snd | Only a few Japanese prisoners are : avenue N.W, was held up by two | colored men at his store and robbed | Cadet Robert B. Smith, jr., 23, _Missing Persons information reported with the Public Relations Squad of the Police Department, Na~ tional 4000. Deris Martin, 16, 5 feet 3 inches, 135 pounds, blue eyes, black Malr, wearing & black coat, no hat, gray checked skirt, brown sweater, brown oxfords, red socks; missing from 515 Massachusetts avenue N.W. since Saturday. Arthur Meinke, 17, 5 feet 6 inches, 145 pounds, blue eyes, black hair, aring & black overcoat, hlue scarf, brown trousers and shoes: missing from 1121 Twenty-fourth stroet N.W. since yesterday. Juanita MeAllister, 15, 4 feet 11 inches, 90 pounds, brown eyes, light brown hair, wearing blue and white print dress, black fur coat, brown oxfords, blue socks; missing from & Warner street N.W. since yes- ay. Girl, 2, Asphyxiafed Playing With Stove; Father Overcome Alice Bolling Dies From Gas Effects In Arlington Home A 2-year-old girl, Alice Virginia | Bolllnf, was asphyxiated last night | after she had turned on & gas oven jet while playing in the kitchen of her home at 5364 North Sixth street, Arlington, according to police. Efforts by the Clarendon and Jeff- erson fire rescue squads to revive the child were futile, and she was pronounced dead by Dr. William C. Barr more than two hours after she was found lying unconscious on the | kitchen floor. « Alfred C. Bolling, 26, her father, | who was in an adjoining room asleep I | at the time, was overcome and | taken to Emergency Hospital, where | he was said to be improving this | morning. Police said the tragedy occurrec®| while the child’s mother was on a | shopping trip. When her father lay down on & couch to take & nap, the little girl apparently went into the | kitchen and began playing with the stove. The oven jet was wide open when the rescue squads arrived. Ald was summoned after Patsy | Keys, 4, whose family lives in a nearby apartment, detected the odor | of gas, police said. | "Foolhardy’ fo Relax Tire | Ban Now, Henderson Says Price Administrator Leon Hender- | son today warned that relaxation of tire rationing now, because produc- tion of synthetic rubber is being ex- panded, would be “dangerous and | foolhardy.” Declaring that press comment, based on the recently-announced plan for Government-financed con- struction of synthetic rubber plants, had given rise “to false hopes” that we are now able to relax the tire | rationing program immediately, Mr. | Henderson warned: Five of Crew Reficued : After Bomber Crash Info Mountfainside - Two Die in Army Plane; Bomb Blasts Attract Searching Party BY the Associated Press. NORTH WOODSTOCK, N. H, Jan. 15.—Breaking their way through 5 miles of snow-covered woodland, a volunteer rescue party brought te safety today five of a seven-man crew of an Army bomber which crashed into a mountainside last night, killing two of its occupants. - Army officials said the twin-mo- tored ship was on a routine training flight from Westover Field, Chic- opee, Mass. They gave the names of the crew as follows: First Lt. Anthony Benvenuto, Brooklyn. Second Lt. Fletcher M. Craig, Gridley, Calif. Second Lt. Woodrow A. Kantner, Cranford, N. J. Pvt. Raymond F. Lawrence, Wore cester, Mass. Pvt. Robert P. Picard, Springfield, Mass. Pvt. Richard G. Chubb, North Billerica, Mass. Pvt. Noah W. Phillips, Fayette- ville, Ark. Lts. Craig and Kantner and Pvt, Chubb were taken to the Lincoln (N. H) Hospital for treatment. The Associated Press correspond- ent in the vicinity said that twé died when the big ship crashed into the side of Mount Jim, about 5 miles from the nearest highway, and that three bombs exploded. THe names of the dead men were not imme- diately available. A rescue party, headed by Sher- man Adams, plowed into the woods on snowshoes after hearing the exe plosions. They succeeded in bring= ing the survivors out early today, two of them in critical condition. Three of the injured walked more than a mile before they were picked up by the searchers. City Council Orders Probe By the Associated Press. - FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Jan. 15.—The City Council has ordered an investigation of the Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department, after hearing City Manager L. J. House ton, jr., deplore the action of the firemen in naming R. Braddus Hefe lin as chief to succeed Thomas W, Lamont. (FIRST CONSERVATIVE JEWISH) CONGREGRTION 6th and Eye Sts. N.W. Friday Eve: Services, 8:15 RABBI SOLOMON 3 CANTO!—IA)'?I‘S =D"‘l¥:}. Sermon—Is There to Be s Rainbow After This Flood? Visitors Cordially Invited zummMore Linger Logic Sleep is & tomic—end the best tomic is a_comfortable Mat- tress and Springs. But the TYPE of Mattress and Springs means everything. The highest priced may not be what you should h: at all, “It will be at least 18 months, | and possibly longer, before any sub- | stantial quantity of synthetic rubber becomes available. According to re- ports today from the Far East, rub- ber plantations are being laid waste and processing plants destroyed to | prevent their falling in Japanese hands. Under these circumstances, it-is entirely possible that every pound of synthetic rubber that ean | be produced in the future may be needed for direct military use.” The price administrator asserted that services essential to the health and safety of the public can only be assured of their tire requirements “if the rest of us go without or de- pend upon used or retreaded tires for our cars.” Our onnual 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 15 grands, spinets, consoles and small uprights of such makes os Knabe, Wurlitzer, Fischer, Weber, Estey, Chickering, Steinway (used), Starr, Krell, 1330 G Let us prescribe for you— from our complete stocks of Inner-spring Mattresses and Box Springs—then you will be sure of getting the “tonmic” that will bring health through restful sleep. 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