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Weather Forecast Rather warm and windy this afternoon. thunder- showers in late afternoon tures today—Highest, 81, 64, at 6:40 a.m.; 80 at 4 p.m. Prom the United Stairs Weather Full Details on Page Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales. Page 20. or tonight. Tempera- at 3:30 p.m.; lowest, Bureau Report. Ch 90th YEAR. No. 35807. WASHINGTON, 1 ¢ Fpening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION fiucur FINAL l SPORTS UP) Means Associated Press. ). C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. Elsewhers Five Cents Washington and Suburbs THREE CENTS REDS BEGIN OFFENSIVE ON ENTIRE F Late News Bulletins Norris Blocks Red Counterattack Reported by Germans BERLIN (From German Broadcasts) (#.—The Russians in the Crimea have launched a counterattack along the “Tar- tar Ditch,” an old line of fortifications about 13 miles west of the town of Kerch, a spokesman for the high command He added, however, all the counterattacks had said tonight. failed. Nats’ Opener at Cleveland Postponed | CLEVELAND (Special).—The opening game of a three- game series between the Washington Nationals and Cleve- land Indians was postponed weather conditions. Chinese Report Recapt CHUNGKING #.—Authoritative sources reported tonight that Chinese troops, operating only 25 miles southwest of Nanking, capital of the Japan conquered China, had recaptured Hohsien, on the Yangtze. About 100 Japanese were killed in the fight, it was said. Another Panamanian Ship Torpedoed -A medium-size Panamanian merchant ship has been torpedoed off the Atlantic Coast and survivors have been landed, the Navy Department announced late today. First Coral Sea Casualties Reach Australia LONDON (#.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Sydney said today that the first Allied casualties from the Coral Sea naval battle of last week had reached an Australian port and were being taken to inland hospitals. ‘Big Bad Wolf’ Composer Is Suicide NEWHALL. Calif. (®.—Fred Churchill, composer of the song hit, “Who’s Afraid of the fatally wounded today on his Sheriff John Morrell said the death was a suicide. | Senafe Debate On "X’ Cards Barkley Charges Plan Would Impugn | | Members’ Honesty | (Earlier Story on Page A-3.) An objection by Senator Nor- ris, Independent, of Nebraska blocked Senate consideration to- | day of a resolution by Senator| Downey, Democrat, of California, | declaring that members would not seek special privileges in the use of rationed gasoline. Majority Leader Barkley led a vigorous fight against considera-‘ tion of the measure, asserting it was offered because a “teapot explosion” | had been caused by the issuance of X cards to some members of | Congress entitling them to unlimited | access to gasoline for their cards. | Senator Downey’s request for im- | mediate consideration of his reso- | lution declaring it the sense of the | Senate that its members should | waive any “special rights” in gas | rationing, set off the flare of con- troversy. Barkley Hits Resolution. | No vote was tzken on the proposal this afternoon because of ure of Yangtze Port ese-sponsored government for Big Bad Wolf,” was shot and ranch near Newhall. Deputy Joe Jackson, _S'tugeiélown, Dies With Applause Ringing in Ears By the Associated Press. ) NEW YORK, May 14—While the audience still applauded his act, Joe Jackson, 67, famous for 40 years as a tramp bicycle rider on stages all over the United States, collapsed | and died in the wings of the Roxy | Theater this afternoon. Jackson, whose home was at Greenwood Lakes, N. Y. had just finished his act on the stage of the theater. He went into the wings and tapped Buck Wheeler, the stage manager, | on the shoulder and sald “They're still applauding.” | when Senator Norris objected, since unanimous consent is required. | The whole dispute began yesterday | when members of the House criti- | cized colleagues who obtained X | cards entitling them to unlimited gasoline supplies. Such cards must be accompanied | Then he collapsed. The resident | by a pledge that the holder will use | doctor from the Taft Hotel was | his gasoline only for official busi- called and pronounced him dead. | Dess. | The veteran comedian was known | _Senator Barklev opened the debate | to thousands who watched his antics | With a denunciation of the resolu- at the New York World's Fair in | tion on the ground it would impugn Marblehead’s Captain, Given Navy Cross, Tells of Bombing Capt. Arthur Robinson, command- | er of the light cruiser Marblehead— the vessel that was “bombed to hell” in the South Pacific by the Jap- anese—revealed here today how an | enemy mistake had permitted hlsi ship to escape what seemed cerbaim destruction. | Capt. Robinson was at the Navy Department to receive the Navy Cross from Secretary Knox, who told him that the Marblehead’s epic cruise from the battle area to an East Coast port would become “one of the traditions of the Navy.” | Talking to newsmen after the Ship Survives 3 Torpedoe; And Shelling to Reach Port | (Earlier Story on Page A-14.) By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, May 14—A sturdy, medium-size cargo ship sur- vived three torpedoes and a pro- Jonged shelling from an Axis sub- marine and was safe in a Gulf of Mexico port today with loss of one life The ship had gaping torpedo holes in its sides and at least nine shell hits. Chief Mate Holgar K. Mikkelson of Staten Island, N. Y. died of shrapnel wounds and shock aboard a liferaft and his body was returned home. One other man, Radio Op- erator Sam A. Trecino of Simpson, W. V., was injured by shrapnel and hospitalized. The other 36 crewmen are safe Capt. William H. Sheldon of Quapaw, Okla., said the first torpedo struck his ship on the starboard side at 2:35 am. Although the ship began taking water it proceeded at 10 knots trying to escape the sub which was not sighted Bulkheads were closed to regain an even keel A general alarm went out and an S O S was sounded. at 3:55 am. another torpedo hit the ship on the starboard, followed Byrd Crificizes Cost 0f U. S. Farm Program By the Associated Press. Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir- ginia protested in the Senate today that 100,000 farmer committeemen who administer the present Federal farm programs were deducting more than $40,000,000 annually from pay- ments intended for farmers. Senator Byrd said there was a “tremendous variation” between States and counties within the same States on these administrative costs for operating the farmer program. “I have been unable to get a satis- factory explanation of this wide varfation from Agriculture Depart- ment officials,” the Virginia Senator said as he opened his attack on the annual farm appropriation measure. Senator Russell, ®®mocrat, of Georgha, floor manager for the bill, told Senator Byrd he was “in error” about administrative costs of the farm program, asserting that most of this money went not to the farmer committeemen but to employes of associations who must keep records, measure acreage and perform other services. allow- about 7 620 460 460 340 .00 Greymond, kv Moon —Peace Day. Grandiloguent, Mill & 0 1380 R70 380 310 | 11.20 Rush. Wood- iscendent Babiyarnett, Ques- 100: claiming 1 Also ' ran—Rough News, Big Silver Stakes. Grail. $800. turlongs 7.80 claim- 3.60 2.40 2.R0 540 iy Dance. Stelia Mac. Busse Gal. Hadalad, Bolinvar. b 1940, the honesty of the Senate. “Can it be that we can't be Capital theatergoers when two-a- | honestly” he shouted. “Because day vaudeville was at its peak. A |SOme newspaper has undertaken a | been doing his father’s act on Congress? | skates. He was here a few months Refuses to Be Cowed. Capades. refuse to be intimidated. I refuse p to be resoluted into honesty.” am gong to take what I am entitled | to, without any apologies to any “You're right,” put in Senator | Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, 1 “I for one,” Senator Barkley went esentation ceremonies, Capt. Rob- ' [ ronbps prt e, |on, his voice rising, “don’t propose | the Marblehead was critically dam- | ¢ intimidated, or I don’t propose to | aged by Japanese bombers near Java | apologize to anybody if ‘g register- 1 ALy i Eebruary. ee ifold how | ing this afternoon I take an X card | hits and one very near miss, stag- | — — — gered off under cover of darkness | (See X-CARDS, Page 2-X.) heading for a friendly port—but not m— expecting to make it. H H ivili el Navy Will Admit Civilians “All during the night after the . pombing we knew we were being | 10 Home Grid Games shadowed by an enemy plane,” he told newspapermen. ‘“The next | BY the Associated Press. N Civilians will be admitted to Navy’s | | three football games here with Wil. liam and Mary, Virginia and | Georgia Tech, Comdr. L. S. Perry, | of athletics. announced today. Existing regulations bar the gen- eral public from Academy grounds. Special arrangements have been With the ship listing badly, the witness the home games in Thomp- captain ordered it abandoned, and ' son Stadium, which is within Acad- the crew left aboard a lifeboat and ' emy grounds, Comdr. Perry said. two life rafts. A few minutes later He also announced that the Navy- shelling the vessel with two guns.| uled here Nov. 14. probably would Between 17 and 20 shells were fired, | be played in Baltimore's Municipal | and the ship showed at least nine Stadium, which also will be used direct hits, but did not sink. for the Navy-Yale game October M. | the ship dly, and that it was Notre Dame contest October 31 possible two submarines engaged in | probably would be held at Cleve- the attack. The crew heard Ger- |land instead of South Bend, Ind. | man voices from the submarine they | “because Notre Dame has too many | marine left hastily with approach of = a plane which signalled that help was coming. L R A3 em patro bonts rom e AT ROCES Earlier Results, Racing Selec- arrived and took the SUVIVOIS| tions and Entries for Tomorrow, aboard. A Coast Guard cutter also Page 2-X. abled ship and took it safely to = Charles Town SIXTH RACE—Purse. 500 on the bridge when they went back | turlongs. aboard the ship. A torpedo had | High Flaid (Wdstock) 16.60 into the air and Fondeneila wley) aboard the ship e The crew members were all Ameri- Storminess, v " Al SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.500: elaim- No Job Left to Do," Oliver =™ . Tt Fobin Gatout) Quits W. P. B. Labor Post Rt vale ‘Queen Queen's Navy Retinue. Five-O-Eight, Eli Oliver, chief of the War Pro- duction Board's labor relations Suffolk DOW"S ney Hillman, former W. P. B. labor | :¥ear-olds and woward: 6 director, resigned “there’s no job left for me Xnight Call iBierman) to do." Chopsticks. !;:ckx Dream of the W. P. B. labor setup, the im- portant supply and training func- | Chyrchill Downs Manpower Commission, leaving Mr. |, FOYRTH RACE_ Oliver’s branch in W. P. B. Subse- Sun Risk (Bodiou) S 4 I c i A¥¢Y B’lrd 1?120&1‘ tate Unemployment Compensation ime. 1:26 35 Commissioner, ~ was appointed 10 | socks. Buechel Eria's Taase. ¥ Wingiih. tion Division.” Pield. | “The only thing left is my de- |“and, under the reorganization, b - | | that's a one-man job.” | g Rt |tive immiediately and that he | Hapoy Winner (Ingess) Fine (Syivester) Joe Jackson was a favorite of trusted to administer a gas card | son, Joe, jr., for several years has| CAmPpaign to undermine faith in the ago as a featured player in the Ice- | ‘T for one, refuse to be cowed. I “I have not registered yet, but I one,” Senator Barkley shouted. sitting nearby. inson reviewed the action in which | g ® 0 cowed, I don’t propose to be | the ship, crippled by two direct bomb | and sign my name to the pledge not | Shadowed Through Night. “(See MARBLEHEAD, Page 2-X) | o, NNAPOLIS, Md. May | Naval Academy graduate manager | immediately by a third torpedo hit. made, however, so football fans can the submarine surfaced and began Columbia game, originally sched- | Capt. Sheldon said the sub circled | Comdr. Perry said the Navy- | saw. Just before daybreak the sub- games scheduled at South Bend.” 8th Naval District Inshore Patrol came and put a line aboard the dis- The crew fowsd & Jage porpelse | SISTR__ERACE-macts_Ase s it oo ey op's Sister (Hernandez) cans. —— |Belmont Park Recognize (Day) 1:45 3.5, Also ran—f Smart. Trafc B: tre Associated Press. tion Man. Nestonian. branch and a pringlpal aide to Sid- FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1 today, declaring | Graustark (Dattilo) that Under the recent reorganization | Sgredom, e tions were transferred to the War FPOURTH RACE—Purse quently, Wendell Lund, Michigan | Jaf.,Yoih, (Fist) %0 ran—i head the W. P. B.'s “Labor Produc- me Marse Advice." { Faney Pace. 1 |partment,” Mr. Oliver explained, Sportsman’s Park | . He said his resignation was effec- | &, U088, | (1ibier) 360 |planned to return to the labor | Mzt~ P 2.60 3.00 movement as an economic adviser | Al ran. /and labor relations consultant. -~ vl sly | Jane’s ! Boston (Story on Page A-1) YSAN DIEGO, CALIF.—SOLDIERS DRILL FOR DOLLAR AN HOUR — The better to prepare himself to make good at an officers’ training school for which he has passed qualifying examinations, Corpl. Five Jap Bateship 0f 40,000 Tons Are Listed in Manual New Vessels Modeled After Nazis' ‘Pocket’ Ships Also Reported B) the Associated Press. | LONDON, May 14.—Japan has built or has under construetion | five battleships of more than 40,000 tons to oppose the main | British and United States fleets, the new edition of Jane’s Fight- ing Ships, authoritative naval annual, asserted today. In addition to the Nissin and Takamatu, listed in the previous edition, the new book names three | more, the Kii, Owari and Tosa. All these except the Nissin are named for the ancient provinces of Japan. | The yearbook also said Japan is building a new class of 12,000 to 15,000 ton ships apparently modeled | on Germany's pocket battleships. said these actually were | heavy-armored cruisers rather than | battleships (although if they fol- low the German model they will carry 1l-inch or larger guns rather than the 8-inch guns most cruisers carry). These are known now as the Chichibu class. A hint of the growth of the Brit- ish Navy behind the barriers of war- time secrecy was given in photo- graphs in the manual, Included are pictures of new cruisers of the Mauritius and Dido classes, as well as destroyers of the Hunt class and corvettes of the Flower class. The Mauritius is an | 8,000-ton vessel, the Dido, 5,450, and the Hunt, 904. | The edition embodies information | available up to the middle of April. | | At least one photograph shows the | 33950-ton battleship Nelson under ! way after being holed by an Italian torpedo. Major League Games AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Chicago— Philadelphia 000 000 Chicago 201 30 Batteries—Knott and Wagner: and Tresh. At St. Louis— - 101 01 St. Louls ___ 212 00 Batteries—H. Newsome Nigxeling and Ferreil Washington-Cleveland—Postponed. NATIONAL At Brooklyn— Pittsburgh 102 000 001— 4 81 Brooklyn 302 000 02x— 7101 es—Wilkie. Dietz and Pheips; ench, Casey and Owen. At New York— Cincinnati _ 213 000 00 — New York 000 110 0 Batteries—Riddle. Begss. Lamanno: Car- penter, McGee, Feldman and Danning. At Philadelphia— Chicago .. 100 300 001—5 8 1 Philadelphia 000 002 610- 3 71 Batteries—Lee and MeCuliough: Melton, Naylor and Warren. Dietrich and Peaccok: LEAGUE. Today's Home Runs American League. Cullenbine, St. Louls, 1st inning. National Medwick, Brooklyn, 1st inning. Lamanno, Cincinnati, 2d inning. Phelps. Pittsburgh, 3d inning. PFrey, Cincinnati, 3d inning. Elliott, Pittsburgh, 9th inning. Benjamin Landis (left), 35, former Chicago lawyer, has employed fellow dollar-an-hour rate to drill under his command in their spare time. Here he puts them thro \Di_e Monopolyfi Laid to Du Pont, 1 Other Firms Leading Companies Of World, 20 Aides Listed in Indictment BY the Associated Press | The Justice Department an- nounced today that a Federal | grand jury at Trenton, N. J., had indicted eight corporations and 20 of their officials on a charge of world-wide conspiracy to | monopolize the manufacture and sale of dyestuffs. The actual defendants, topped by | the giant E. I. du Pont-de Nemours & Co., are Americans, but the in- |dictment named as co-conspirators | the leading chemical companies in | Germany, France, Great Britain. | Switzerland and Japan, along with | some satellite corporations in South | America and Canada. | _ Thurman Arnold, head of the | Justice Department Anti-Trust | Division, said a world-wide cartel | had “not only resulted in high prices | to the American consumer, but also | has restricted the full development | of the chemical industry, which is | essential to our war effort.” | Affected Explosives. ! “One of the principal means of | the conspiracy,” Mr. Arnold said in a statement,” has been restricting | production of chemical intermedi- ates from which dyestuffs are made and from which important muni- tions, particularly explosives and plastics, could be made.” Other officials said the case, an outgrowth of the exhaustive inquiry into patents and chemicals, was the most far-flung anti-trust action thus far and rivaled in importance the Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) case soldiers at Camp Callan at a ugh the manual of arms. —A. P. Wirephoto. German Long-Range Bomber Driven Off By Iceland Guns By the Associated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 14 —The United States Army announced that a German long-range bomber, sighted off Eastern Iceland, was driven off today by heavy -aati-aircraft fire, with no bombs dropped and the extent of damage, if any, to the raider undetermined. There have been evidence of Germarnt planes prowling .the North Atlantic sea lanes and it was probable this bomber was one of them. Hershey Sees Draft Of Family Heads Info War Industry Joins Army, Navy Chiefs In Indorsing Measure For Pay Allotments (Earlier Story on Page A-14.) BY the Associated Press. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, told the House Military Affairs Com- mittee today it soon might be necessary to induct into the Army more single men who have been deferred and married men with working wives. But, he indicated, selective service has no intention of disrupting “established” families if this can be avoided, although it may be neces- sary to shift heads of families into necessary industrial war work. Gen. Hershey joined Army and Navy officials in indorsing, with reservations, the general provisions of a bill to provide for compulsory allotments of part of servicemen's | pay toward the upkeep of their de- pendents, with the Government supplementing the allotment. “Hardship” Cases. None of the three services repre- sented indorsed & section of the bill | that would allow the Federal Secur- ity administrator to make unlimited payments in “hardship” cases, al- though all emphasized they did not oppose it. Gen. Hershey said there was an ‘immediate and pressing” need for the pending legislation, under which $20 monthly would be deducted from the pay of enlisted men with de- pendents and the Government would add to this $20 for a wife and $10 additional for each child. Besides saving the Government “embarrassment” in certain cases “which we must continue to take,” such as men who married recently, Gen. Hershey said, the legislation would “make a great deal of differ- ence” in morale. It would, he said, remove much worry over financial matters which now naturally disturb a drafted man with dependents. The House yesterday voted " (See HERSHEY, Page 2-X.) to Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, May 14.—Stocks mixed; leaders irregularly lower. Bonds irregular; cheaper rails slant downward. Cotton dull; hedging and small mill buying. CHICAGO.—Wheat, early de- cline regained due to short cov- ering. Corn, better shipping de- mand rallies corn. Hogs, 5-15 higher; top, $14.15; small supply. Cattle, strong to 25 higher; re- duced arrivals. Eonlerees Re;iuce Operating Fund of A.D. A. 10 $12,000 Unexpected Balances And Rent Collections Are Denied to Agency | By 1. A. O'LEARY. | House and Senate conferees on the $2,126,000,000 independent offices bill are understood to have agreed today to limit the Alley Dwelling Authority to an | operating fund of $12,000 for the coming year, which means the agency will lose the remainder of its rent collections and un- expended balances, formerly used as a revolving fund. | Although the conferees recessed | until Monday without settling all | differences, Senator McKeller, Dem- | + ocrat, of Tennessee, said the House members were accepting most of the reductions made by the Senate in an effort to economize on non-war spending. The Senate reductions, scattered through a score of boards and com- missions, amounted to $13,000,000, made up largely of reduced travel expenses and other maintenance items. Revolving Fund Stopped. For the Alley Dwelling Authority, | the House bill originally carried the | usual provision authorizing the | agency to use its rents, amounting to about $55,000 a year, plus any bal- ances from past operations, as a revolving fund. This revolving fund authorization up to now has enabled the A. D. A. to keep its slum clearance program on a self-sustaining basis. The Senate committee abolished the revoiving fund by striking out the House provision, which would | have left A. D. A. without any funds for upkeep of its alley improvement projects, as distinguished from the emergency housing work A. D. A. has carried on with funds obtained from other national housing appro- priations. Recognizing that this would even prevent A. D. A. from collecting the rents on its alley properties, Sen- ator McKellar later proposed that the Senate give the agency a direct appropriation of $12,000, and this | compromise appeared today to have | been made final. This | amount will provide $5,500 for three | | employes to operate the properties, | ! and the remainder for maintenance. | Under this proposal, all rent col- lections will go directly into the “Treasury. | No Decision on T. V. A. Fund. | No decision was revealed on the | controversial Senate proposal to | abolish the revolving fund of the | Tennessee Valley Authority, but | some observers were inclined to be- | | lieve the House conferees would take ; that issue back to their branch for a separate vote before the bill is finally disposed of. | senator McKellar won his fight to prevent the T. V. A. from using | its revenues from the sale of elec- tric power as revolving fund, and | | to require the agency to come to | Congress for direct appropriations. | | This was opposed by administration | | leaders. The conferees also left unsettled | today the Senate amendment to | make it ‘possible for ‘the Maritime | Commission to use $20,000,000 of its | ship-construction fund to build in- | land waterway barges to relieve the East Coast ol shortage. “mued"disperud by British artillery fire, which was settled recently by a con- sent decree freeing thousands of patents for general use during the war. These were named defendants: Allied Chemical & Dye Corp., E. 1. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Amer- ican Cynamid Co. General Aniline & PFilm Corp., General Dyestuffs | Corp., Ciba Co., Inc.; Sandoz Chem- | ical Works, Inc., and Geigy Co., Inc., |all except Du Pont having head- j'Four U.S. Cfiizens Die as Quake Rocks | Ecuadorean Capital | i Vice Consul and Wife | Among Victims; 10 | Killed, 100 Missing By the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May 14—At least 10 persons were killed, including four United | States citizens, in an earthquake | which struck Guayaquil last | night. More than 100 persons | still were missing late today. ‘The known American victims were John M. Slaughter, American Vice Consul at Guayaquil, and his wife; Gerard Edward Temby, manager of | the South American Development Co., and his wife. | The quake struck at 9:07 pm, | wrecking several large and modern | bulldings of the capital. The largest | of these was a clinic in which many patients were feared to have died. Among the missing was Dr. Mo- desto Arreaga Gomez, director of the clinic. | are in Wilmington, Del. | ‘#lso Bertrand A. Ludwig, Charles | F. Weber and P. J. Emmerich, vice | presidents of Allied Chemical; E. R. Ellis, foreign sales manager; G. W. | Talbert, general manager, and E. M. Maxwell, domestic sales manager, of National Aniline and chemical di- vision of Allied Chemical; Lammot du Pont, chairman; W. S. Carpenter, jr., president; F. W. Pickard, vice president; Cesare Protto, director of e Dyestuffs Division, and Am- brose R. Chantler, director of sale: Dyestuffs Division, of E. I. du Pont. Other Defendants. | Also Ernest K. Halback, president, and Rudolph Lenz, vice president, of General Dyestuff; F. M. Fargo, jr., vice president and director, and Sidney C. Moody, sales manager, Calco Chemical Division of Ameri- can Cyanamid; Hans Aickelin, for- mer vice president of General Ani- line; Walter Saenger, vice president, | and William Zipse, vice president, | of Geigy; Edgar Gossweiler, vice president and treasurer of Sandoz, and Lichtenstein, president of Ciba. | The indictment alleges that a con- spiracy was begun in 1929, with The State Department, announc- | agreements involving Du Pont and ing the death of Mr. Slaughter, said | the leading British, German and today that the vice consul, a junior = Swiss companies, with the German In. the service, was from South dye trust, I. G. Farbenindustrie— | Bend, Ind. largest corporation in the Reich— “This is another instance,” said as the keystone | Secretary Hull in a formal an- Summing up the results of the al- | nouncement,” of a foreign service leged conspiracy, the indictment de- !fum]y who have given their lives:| clared: i {In the service of their country in| “The * * * defendants and co- a8 true s sense-as if. they had heen conspu’a!nrsh have e;lmmated com- 3 3 | petition in the manufacture and sale Kilied upsIaTe basteneln | of dyestuffs in the United States, = 1 They have restricted imports into 15 AXIS 'I'anks DISpefsed and exports from the United States. By British in Libya They have exacted exorbitant prices | By the Associated Press. | from consumers of dyestuffs by fix- CAIRO, Egypt, May 14.—British — ing and maintaining uniform arbi- trary prices. “They have also restricted the forces operating on the central sec- | S¢® MONOPOLY, Page 2 tor of the narrow Libyan front dis- = persed a detachment of 15 Axis | tanks in a sharp encounter yester- day, it was announced officially today. Another small force of enemy tanks was forced to withdraw under a British artillery bombardment, headquarters reported. Still a third group of Axis vehicles, | moving along the coastal area be- | tween Tmimi and El Gazala, was House Votes R. F. C Five Billion Increase By the Associated Press. With little discussion, the House passed today a measure increasing the lending authority of the Recon- struction Finance Corp. from $9,- 1Q0,000,000 to $14,100,000,000. The action came on a voice vote only a day after Secretary of Com- | merce Jones told the House Bank- ing Committee the measure was es- ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), | sential because of the R. F. C.’s huge May 14 (#.—The Italian high com- | expenditures under the war in- mand reported today that British | dustry. submarines had attempted to way- | lay an Axis convoy in the Mediter- | ranean but declared the raiders had | failed to attain their objective. Operations on the Libyan front | yesterday, the daily war bulletin | said, were confined to minor air activity which resulted in the de-i struction of three British planes. GUIDE FOR READERS | | Page. Amusements, | Lost and B-14-15| Found .. Comics, | Obituary B-22-23 | Radio Editorials __A-10 | Society s Editorial Sports __A-17-19 Articles . A-11 | Where to Go, | Finance A-20 ’ B-11| Legal Notices, | Woman's Page, ‘ B-21! B-16-17 | a communique said. Ambush Fails, Italy Says. Extra-Inning Game Halts, Then Averts Woman's Death By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, May 14.—Police credit an extra-inning baseball game with halting a suicide at- tempt by a 30-year-old house- wife Two patrolmen, called to the woman’s home by neighbors, reported she turned on the gas while listening to a broadcast of a Seattle-Los Angeles Coast League game. In the 1ith inning she be- @me so interested she turned off the gas and by the time the game ended in a 5-5 tie four innings later she had changed her mind. Page. A-3| Complete Index Page A-2 ‘ | quarters in New York. Du Pong™ Gy e iy w W wW X 6 X % % % X % 3 o o X g X X ¥ z A £ & )'{’ ‘){' 4 J % 4 \ | £ < % % %) £ < X X