Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1942, Page 4

A-2 X Nazi Labor Shorfage Reported Growing More Critical Foreign Workers Are Reluctant to Take Jobs; Leaders Worried By MAX HARRELSON, Wide World News. BERN, Swifzerland, Jan. 16—A labor shortage in Germany is re- ported constantly becoming more acute in spite of enlistment of 4,500, 000 new workers since the start of the war. In recent weeks there has been an intensification of German efforts to recruit additional laborers from oc- cupied countries. However, it is Te- ported reliably that foreign workers are showing more reluctance to go to Germany. This coupled with the fact that the available German labor supply has long since been snapped up, is causing German leaders grave con- cern, Nazi press dispatches acknowl- edge. The Germans’ problem is to ex- pand production at the same time they find it necessary to keep calling up new reinforcements to replace losses on the eastern front. During the last few weeks, three new classes totaling 700.000-800,000 men have been called to the colors, leaving new places to be filled in industry and agriculture. Thus far the Germans have re- placed those called up by using war prisoners and foreign civilian workers as well as women. At present it is estimated there are about 2,000.000 foreign laborers in Germany, 1,500,000 war prisoners and perhaps 1,000,000 women work- ers who before the war were not employed. Some Relief In Sight. The situation will be relieved to some extent, observers say, when hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners are put to work, but the problem will not be solved because the greatest shortage is in skilled labor. Many Russians as well as other prisoners are highly skilled, but the Germans are reluctant to trust them in jobs where sabotage might be easy. Latest figures from the German Labor Ministry showed 24,000,000 persons employed in the Reich, ex- clusive of war prisomers. The Frankfurter Zeitung, commenting on this report, said, “There still is a great need for workers in numerous branches.” Adolf Hitler's Volkischer Beo- bachter, reviewing the situation in Alsace, referred to “the ever- increasing scarcity of workers.” In every branch of work, the newspaper continued, “there is a lack of men and women workers. For instance, the demand for metal workers has risen 50 per cent.” 2,000 Openings in One Month. The article said the Alsace Labor Exchange listed nearly 2,500 open- ings for metal works helpers in one month while the demand for women helpers rose from 602 to 1,049. The situation in various other parts of the Reich also is reflected in the increasing number of want ads seeking workers. ‘The Frankfurter Zeitung in recent months has carried six to eight pages of these ads. The number of pages has been reduced recently by use of smaller type, but the number of ads has continued to increase. For example, the Weser Aircraft Co. of Bremen seeks airplane build- ers and draftsmen. The Bayrische Motorenwerke in a single ad of- fered jobs to 31 different kinds of workers. A Berlin factory wants to erect a plant abroad—probably a refinery—and advertises for ma- chine and electrical engineers, con- struction specialists, material test- ers, time-study men and bookkeep- ers. Occasionally one sees items in the newspapers about such workers as cartoon artists in the motion picture industry being ordered transferred to more essential work, The need for every available worker is indicated by such decrees as the one issued by the German Labor Ministry requiring workers to make up time lost during the Christmas and New Year holidays by working overtime without addi- tional pay. Street Car Problem. Another decree provided that only absolutely necessary street cleaning be done. This applied especially to snow removal. Some of the German-occupied and other Axis states are experienc- ing similar difficulties. Dispatches from Budapest men- tioned snow heaped high in the streets because of lack of necessary workers for shoveling. The busi- ness section was cleared only after additional men were brought to the city from rural districts. In France there is an acute labor shortage, especially of agricultural workers, because the Germans still are holding more than 1,000,000 French war prisoners. In Serbia the Minister of Interiar forbade discharge of coal miners without government consent. He also has ordered all men who have worked in coal mines four months out of the last three years to report | for work in mines again regardless of the type of work they have been doing recently. Closedishop Issue Held Outside Labor Unit Control By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Jan. 16.—Raymond Smethurst, counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers, de- clared last night that written limi- tations to the functions of the War Labor Board might preclude its consideration of the closed shop issue for “binding arbitration.” In an address before the Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Mr. Smeth- urst interpreted the executive order creating the board as requiring that the board give full effect to existing Federal laws, which he said per- mitted only voluntary and not com- pulsory union shop agreements. “If experience is any guide, we should not expect miracles,” he said. “There will be labor disputes. there will be strikes, and perhaps many of them.” Calling the new board a great {mprovement over the old National Defense Mediation Board, he clared that “labor and manage- ment can do much to contribute by withholding arbitrary demands and by adopting a real willingness to work out their differences peace- fully.” r the Richmond airdrome in Au islands. 'Unifed Nations” Ship Losses Three Times Greafer Than Axis’ 2 1-3-Year Tonnage Tol Listed at 5,919,160 Against 1,974,568 BY the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Althoigh reduced in the last few werks, | United Nations' shipping losses ‘or | the whole war are nearly three | times as great as those of /xis | nations, a check of Associated Pess records showed today. (These records include on'y verified losses and do not i»- clude claims of belligerents. Tke United Nations’ tonnage on tie seas greatly exceeds that of tke | Axis, whose merchant marhie movements are restricted ¥y blockade.) | In the two and one-third years of hostilities, including the Unisd States’ six-week participation, ne | war at sea has cost the Unied | | Nations a total of 5919,160 tonf of | | merchant and naval vessels as| | against 1974,586 tons for the Jxis powers and their associates. ‘War Hits 32 Nations. ‘The war has hit 32 nations, in- | cluding 6 neutrals which have ost | 375,360 tons. Heaviest losses aming | | the neutrals was Sweden, which ost | 127 merchant and naval ships to.al- ing 316,503 tons. | Exclusive of Britain, Norway ‘elt AUSTRALIA—READY FOR ACTION—These American-bullt Lockheed bombers are lined up on Presumably this type of plane, based on the Australian coatinent, could be used in combating Japanese landings on nearby stralia, ready for air action. Communiques U. S. Fleet Sinks Five Jap Ships in Orient Tezt of Navy communique No. 29, issued shortly after noon today, fol- lows: o Far East: Units of the United States Asiatic Fleet report the sinking of five enemy vessels in Far Eastern waters. They include two large cargo ships, two large transports and one medium-sized transport. These sinkings are in addition to enemy ecasualties at sea previously reported. Atlantic area: The submarine situation along the Northeast coast of the United States remains unchanged. ‘There is nothing to report from other areas, The text of War Department com- munique No. 62, outlining the mili- tary situation as of 9:30 a.m. today, reads: 1. Philippine theater: Ground fighting of varying in- tensity continues all along the front line. Enemy shock troops with special training are attempt- ing aggressive inflitrations. At- tack planes and dive bombers are being used incessantly by the Japanese agalnst our front line troops and artillery positions. Many reports reaching Gen. MacArthur's headquarters from the occupied areas indicate that the enemy is svstematically loot- ing and devastating the entire countryside. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas. | the heaviest blows. Her loises amounted to 238 ships of 703169 | tons, or about one-eighth of :he losses of Axis opponents. | 'The war has sent 143,354 ton» of | | American merchant and naval ves- | | sels to the bottom, not countng | United States ships of Pantma | registry. In all, 26 ships under the American flag went down, che records, compiled from communicues |and authentic marine souf:es | showed. | The grand total is 2,269 war and | merchant vessels, of which Britain | | lost 935; Germany, 176; Italy, 36, | | and Japan, 66. Submarines, var- | | ships and planes sank 1272 shops; | mines, 268, and other causes, muny | | unknown, 727. Of the last grup a large number probably were or- | | pedoed, bombed or shelled, but she | manner of their sinking has aof | been disclosed. i Big Warships Destroyed. Since the middle of last Jamary | | 3.703,621 tons of world shipying | were destroyed; in the prececing | year the total was 3,441,443 ton: | The higher figure for 1941-: is | in good part accounted for by the | | 1arge number of great warships ost. | As in merchant marine, Briain| suffered most heavily, losing her | | mighty battle cruiser Hood, 44100 ns; the Prince of Wales, 3000 | tons; the Repulse, 32,000 tons, ind | the Ark Royal, 22,000 tons. Germany lost the 35,000-ton 3is- | marck, conqueror of the Hood; Ja- | |pan the 29330-ton Haruna, | United States the Arizona, 3:.600 | tons, and Ttaly, three 10,000-ton ‘ cruisers, the Pola, Zara and Fiume. Crash Kills Two Youths: One Carried Suicide” Note| By the Associated Press. ! ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 16—"wo youths, one a soldier and the oher carrying a “suicide” note on his | person, were killed instantly waen | their motorcycle careened of | highway and snapped a teleptone pole here early today. . The dead: Julius Emerson Kelly, 19. of koa- noke County, said by officer: to have been the driver and honoribly discharged from the Army on Sep- | tember 20, 1941. | Ralph D. Cole, 22, Stollings, W. | Va., his soldier companion statired at_Hull, Mass. While withholding temporsrily | | his verdict, Br. W. M. Brecten- | | ridge, coroner of Botetourt County, | released a letter found on Kuily's | body stating he was “taking my life to keep my mother from lesing evervthing she owns which is my | fault.” | Dr. Breckinridge said the 1ote | was dated January 10, 19432, at Suf- folk, Va., and contained the spe:ific statement that he would take his | | life “on or before February 1, 942, | unless I can get a ioh 80 I can send | $60 home every month.” Day’s Pay for Defense | EVERETT, Wash, Jan. 16 (P).— | Employes of the Jamison Mill Co. will donate their entire pay tiday to President Roosevelt to use fo~ de- fense. The mill employs 1564 men and company officers estimated the tay's payroll donation would be $1,104. Senate Confirms Ransom: The Senate confirmed yesté-day the reappointment of Ronald Ran- som of Atlanta as & member o the Reserve system for a term of 14 rears from February 1. The text of War Department communique No. 61, issued yesterday afternoon, follows: 1. Philippine theater: The War Department has been advised of the safe arrival at Darwin, Australia, of the Uni States Army hospital ship Mat- tan carrying a considerable num- ber of soldiers and sailors who were wounded in action in the Philippines. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas. Denver Stock Sales Approach $3,500,000; Prices Set Record Load of 20 Hereford Calves Brings $37 Per 100 at Auction BY the Associated Press. DENVER, Jan. 16—8tockmen of the West, vowing to raise more and more meat to help win the war, watched sales of fine animals push toward the $3500,000 mark at the . the | inal day of the National Western | Stock Show today. This is more than a million dol- lars higher than last year's figure and last year was a better-than-av- erage year. The show has cracked the all-time record for prices paid for feeder cattle. Denver never saw anything quite like it before. A load of 20 Hereford steer calves brought the eyebrow- hoisting price of $37 per hundred | pounds at yesterday’s auction. The T. O. Ranch of Raton, N. Mex, sold the load to the OCo- lumbian Steel Tank Co. of Kansas | City after spirited bidding from Towa. The baby beeves—each worth | $165—will be fed on the company's | ranch near Blanca, Colo.. until ready | for the fat cattle show ring or the butcher. Lawrence M. Pexton, president of the Denver Union Stock Yards Co., said the $37 price was $9 higher than any paid for feeder stock anywhere in the Nation and $10.78 more than the previous high in the 36-year history of the show here. Two hundred fifty-seven carloads of feeders went into the auction ring and were knocked down for an estimated $750,000. Fat cattle, sheep and hogs commanded the | | highest prices in more than 10 years. Remarriage Wait Affects Only Virginia Divorces By the Associated Press. PETERSBURG, Va. Jan. 16—In an opinion asked by Clerk of Courts Robert G. Bass of Petersburg, At- torney General A. P. ‘Staples has ruled that the Virginia law requir- ing a six-month waiting period for persons divorced in this State before they can remarry, is not applicable to persons divorced in other States. Mr. Staples ruled that & marriage license should be issued to a Peters- | Mish 'burg woman and a man living in Tllinois. The question was raised by the clerk because the man had been divorced by & decree entered Board of Governors of the Feteral | in | the Hoffman Bros. Co. of 1da Grove, | WASHINGTON, —A. P. Photo. Britain Opens Drive To Clear Record of Women in Uniform Charges of Immorality Among A. T. S. Members | Denied by Leader By WILLIAM H. STONEHAM, Porelgn Correspondent of The Star and Chicago Dally News. LONDON, Jan. 16—Catty back- | stabbing by disappointed aspirants | to high office in the British women's forces has forced the government to | launch a campaign of counter- propaganda to clear the record of women in uniform. | The principal target for slander- ous whispering campaigns has been | | the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the | | largest and most important of all | the women's uniformed services, | which performs 38 different types of | work for the army. According to the loose talk which has gone the rounds of the British Isles, women in this service are not properly supervised and are given to immorality and intemperance. Ac- cording to one particularly phoney !story, one of the organization's | high-ranking officers owes her job | to the fact that she is the mistress | of a cabinet minister whom, in fact, she scarcely knows. The woman fi | question, who sacrificed a luxurious | home life to serve 18 hours daily in | |the A. T. §, has met the cabinet member three or four times strictly ' on business and for only & few min- | | utes at a time. mined.” | Halfaya Pass. | Free French Arrive To Bolster Brifish In Libyan Fighting Are Ready for First Land Attack on Nazis Since Compiegne Armistice B7 the Associated Press. CAIRO, Jan. 16.—Free French farces, ready for their first land attack on the Germans since the armistice of Compiegne, have ar- rived to support British imperial and Allied troops in their attack on Axis hold-out positions in the rocky highlands of Halfaya, on the Libyan-Egyptian frontier, British headquarters disclosed today. ‘The Prench were said to be fully equipped with tanks and armored cars, just as were the De Gaullist forces which fought against the [talians in Eritrea and Ethiopia dur- ing Britain’s conquest of the Italian East African Empire last year. In the battle against the Halfaya garrison—estimated to consist of a mixed force of 7,000 Germans and Italians—today’s British commu- nique reported that “artillery on both sides is again active.” German and Italian intrench- ments about Halfaya Pass menace the supply lines of Britain's desert army, which has knifed more than 300 miles to the west. Mobile columns of the British were declared to be moving slowly westward salong the Gulf of Sirte cpast against stiff opposition “over country which has been heavily Referring to operations midway between the Egyptian border and Tripoli, the Libyan capital, the com- munique said “little change was re- | ported yesterday from the Agheila area.” ! “The enemy again developed con- | siderable air activity against our forward troops,” it reported, “but, as a result of our fighter protection, damage and losses sustained were negligible. “Meanwhile, our own forces con- tinued their attacks on enemy lines | of communication.” Heavy Enemy Losses Reported by Italians ROME, Jan. 16 (Official Broad- cast) (7 —German and Italian air| forces were declared by the high command today to have inflicted | heavy losses on the British forces | fighting for Axis-held positions at | In the central Libyan warfare, artillery duels were noted. “Enemy columns on the march and concentrations of motorized | units and troops were bombed and machine - gunned and dispersed,” the high command said. “Many vehicles were destroyed or dam- | aged.” | Three Hurricanes were declared 0 have been shot down and other | planes were reported set afire or destroyed on the ground. Malta and the Egyptian port of Alexandria were bombed again, the | | Critics Are Denounced. | Detractors of the service wome: | were sharply taken to task by Mrs. | Jean Knox, head of the A. T. 8., and Lt. Gen. Adam, adjutant general of | the British Arm “The A. T. 8.” Mrs. Knox said, | “are helping fight the war and there is only credit due them for that. | They are not immoral, and they do | not drink. They are honest, upright | | citizens drawn from a cross-section of this country.” Lt. Gen. Adam publicly deplored the whispering campaign which he said had reached the army overseas and had caused some soldiers to write home telling their womenfolk | not to join the the A. T. 8. Copscription Rejected. | the women's services may be partly responsible for this week's decision of the “House of Keys," the Isle of Man's Parliament, not to introduce conseription for women. The result is that both the female natives of the isle and the raft of women slack- ers who have sought refuge there will not have to serve until further notice. | Local parents of the isle opposed | | the measure to conscript all women | between 20 and 30 on the ground | that their daughter might be forced | to serve in England. The local wom- | | en themselves seem anxious to serve. (Coprrisht. 1942, by Chicaso Daily Nes Too Pretty, Dotty Lamour‘ Can'’t Enter Plane Plant | By the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, Jan. 16 —Miss Dor- This campaign of slander about | high command said. Ships and gun | battery positions were declared to have been hit at Malta. | Furnaces Shut fo Protect 'Private Firms, C. 1. 0. Says BY the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16—The C.| I. O. Steel Workers Organizing Com- | mittee claimed today that the clos- | ing of three of the six open-hearth | | furnaces of the Empire Sheet & Tin | Plate Co. of Mansfleld, Ohio, re-| | sulted from moves of some dollar- | a-year men to “protect the private interests they have been connected with.” 8. W. O. C. Director Clinton 8. Golden, in a letter to William L. | Batt, director of O. P. M’s Division | of Materials, said the furnaces were shut down “because they cannot op- erate within the framework of a price schedule based largely on the production costs of the big fellows with the last word in modern equip- ment.” Referring to the dollar-a-year men, Mr. Golden said “they would just naturally use their pesitions to block any effort by a competitor to | secure Government funds or loans to be used for expanding produc- tion, if such resulted in improving existing equipment and facilities.” He said O. P. M. has taken no ac- tion on efforts to interest it in an| expansion program at the Empire | plant. The company has main- tained that with a $900.000 expan- sion it could increase its ingot ca- pacity 180,000 tons per year,”YMr. othy Lamour went to the Glenn L./ | Martin airplant plant yesterday to ajd defense, but company officials kept her outside the factory gates lest she do just the opposite. | No reflection on Miss Lamour, company officials made haste to add, but “when any good-looking woman walks through the plant it costs us 1,000 man hours of labor. Dorothy Lamour might cost us half & bomber.” | The screen star spoke instead at | the Martin housing community, in behalf of defense stamps and bond sales: (Purnished by the United winds. Report for Last 3¢ Mours. TT“‘“ | Yesterday— :"M- = | Record for Last 24 How (Prom noon yesterday to noon 3] hest. 53. at 3 p.m. sesterday: year it. 36. at 10 a.m. today: year ago, 28. Reeord Temperatures This Year. it g8, on Jsavary & west, 8, on January 11. midity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) ighest, 52 per oent. at 7:30 a.m. today. ”Egm. 28 per cent, at 1:30 D.m. 4 Tide Tables. b7 United States Ooast g Toda: (Furnf Geodetie Golden said. Ouste}l Fascist Officials |Given Minor Posts | By the Associated Press. ROME, Jan. 16 (Andi Agency).— Former Fascist Party Secretary Adelchi Serena, who was seld to have asked Premier Mussolini to allow him to resign and become a volunteer for the second time, has been given a minor post as party representative in the corporation of builders. ‘Weather Report States Weather Bureau.) District of colum:‘:lmder :mda.ht with lowest temperature some- | what below freezing; ghing winds. Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia—Colder tonight diminishing - River Report. ’alnmennnmh Rivers clear e i ; Potemac clear at Oreat t 'E:“’ 3 PR Precipitation. ‘Monthiy precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Jecor .83 6.84 I3 D i 1eiie 3 ENPRRE R o - Pt Weather in Various Cities. b 8 { i g ; D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942. CHICAGO.—WHO0O, ME?—Truck Driver Harold Slater (left) of Baltimore, Md., pulled in from there with a load of goods. When Mechanic Lindsey Lowry began work on Slater’s truck the motor “screeched.” He said he lifted the hood and found this baby owl staring at him. Slater said he thought the bird, covered with grease, “hitched” a ride en route to get out of the cold. —A. P, Wirephoto. Arlingfon Revenue Office Gets Realfy Department A real estate department has been formed in the office of Commis- sioner of Revenue of Arlington County Harry K. Green, under ad- ministration of Deputy Commis- sioner James R. Harris, it was an- nounced today. Mr. Harris will have charge of administering all land transfers. the re-assessment of all new subdivis- ions in Arlington County and the assessment of new approvements between the regular four-year real estate assessments by the revenue office. R.A.F.WasBooed Leaving Greece, Officer Relates | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, Jan. 16.—During the | British evacuation of Greece, R. A. | F. pilots were booed and even stoned | by their groundling comrades who blamed them for non-support, igno- rant of the R. A. F.'s handicaps, a | senfor air staff officer says in a re- | view of Near East air activity for | 1941, | But such “dark days” for the R. A. P, at least in the Near East, Vichy Diplomats Used As a Fifth Column, Ex-Aide Charges Information Sent to France Ended Up in Berlin, Offroy Says B the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 16—Raymond Offroy, whe served In the Vichy Prench diplomatic service for_ 10 months but now is allied with the Free French cause, ¢! ed yesterday that Admiral Jean Darlan used the Vichy diplomatic corps as a fifth column and espionage organization for Germany and Italy. M. Offroy made his charges in a 15-page booklet in which he stressed particularly his experi- ences in Greece, where he was acting consul-general at Athens until May, 1841 He said the Vichy embassy there sent to France information con- " cerning military installations in strategic Port Volo, later used by the British as a - troop-landing point. “Three days after the transmis- sion of this information to Vichy.” M. Offroy asserted, “the Italian air force bombed the exact area which had been indicated by our military attache.” He and other Prench officials, he sald, were instructed to find out all they could about British plans for operations in Greece. “Then, at the beginning of April.” | he declared, “I learned in a way | which cannot be.divulged that all | the information I had communi- | cated to Vichy had been brought | to the knowledge of Berlin.” M. Offroy concluded with the statement that he had “every rea- son to believe” his was not an isolated case but merely an in- dication of the efforts Hitler is making “to transform France's foreign representatives into un- | witting collaborators of his fifth | column.” Naval 7Reserve School Graduates Biggest Class By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 16 —The fifth and largest class of midshipmen trained at the Naval Reserve School here was graduated today. Eight hundred young college grad- {uates received commissions as deck ensigns in the Reserve and immedi- | ately were assigned to active duty Information s being assembled have been “amply” balanced by air With the fleet or at shore stations. for assessment of apartment houses, action in North Africa, the com- Today's class increased the alumni business and commercial property. Owners of buildings to be assessed will be notified by the real estate department and invited to consult with the department concerning the assessments. Monthly round table discussions are planned by Mr. Green and his staff to discuss work of the revenue office. Purchase of Defense savings bonds and stamps has been pledged by em- ployes of the revenue office. Mr. Green was designated to purchase bonds and stamps twice a month, Louis Mullgardt Dies; Architect and Writer BY the Asociated Press SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16—The death of Louis Christian Mullgardt, 76, internationally known architect and writer, and one of those present when King Tut-Ankh-Amen’s tomb was opened in 1922, was disclosed America, both born Hoosiers. urged | yesterday. A notice posted on the bulletin board of the Bohemian Club, of which Mr. Mullgardt was a member for a quarter of a century, said he died Monday. | mentator wrote. After the battle of Athens, when on April 19 the R. A. F. nad only 15 Hurricanes—five of which were lost in the last engagement, against | 100 Nazi dive-bombers—the R. A. P. re-formed its lines in Egvpt and achieved an “epic year.” Carole‘ lo_n—ibard Se'li-s $2,017,513 of Bonds BY the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16.—Carole | Lombard proved herself a star in salesmanship in the Nation’s first State-wide war rally. | In one hour yesterday in a crowded corridor of the State House. | the movie actress sold $2.017513 worth of Defense bonds—at the| | rate of $560.42 a second. | Last night she and Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of an audience of more than 12,000 to buy more bonds. “People are learning to do with- out their little luxuries in order to gain victory and peace,” Miss Lom- I bard told the audience. of the Chicago school to more than 2.200. Under command of Capt. B. B. Wygant, the training center opened September 16, 1940, to give qualified young men a basic, four-month course in seamanship. navigation |and gunnery. A similar school is | operated in New York. A class of 900 will begin training January 22 and Capt. Wygant an- nounced arrangements had been completed to train 1250 men in the seventh-class and 1,700 in the eighth. Conservation of Paper Every citizen is called upon to see that not a pound of paper is wasted. Demand from every clerk that any unnecessary wrapping of packages or un- necessary use of paper bags be dispensed with. Do not burn newspapers but. when you have saved enough for a bundle, give them to the school children who are co- operating in the defense pro- gram with the parent-teacher organization in The Star's cam- paign for reclaiming old news- 1 papers. ((/‘xiraorabzary Diamond Opporlunily TAKE YOUR CHOLC 10 $2.75 Qfeakly and No Credit Charges * We've taken engagement rings that were marked at way over $100 and h: SPECIAL SALE at $100 . . . they're the newest designs . by master craftsmen . . . set with brilliant, quality diamonds. An unusual opportunity ! four of our most gorgeous ave reduced them all for a . . fashioned of 14 kt. gold