Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Showers in afternoon and peratures. Temperatures today—Highest, 78, at 2:45 pm.; lowest, 63, at night, with mild tem- 8 am.; 70 at 3:50 p.m. 90th YEAR. No. 35,813, WAR IS GERMANY'S HARDEST, President Approves Overtime Pay Plan for & Congres—sAsked To Enact Law Before July 1 $3,800 Annual Limit to Be Top Allowed Employes By J. A. FOX. With the approval of President Roosevelt, the Civil Service Com- mission today asked Congress to enact legislation to give Govern- ment employes time and one- half pay after 40 hours provided the increased allowance did not raise their compensation above $3.800 annually. Identical letters were sent by the commission to the Speaker of the House and the Vice President. If en- acted, the pay plan would become effective on July 1. Tt is designed, it was said, to bring about uniformity in the provisions for overtime pay for all Federal employes. At present, overtime in the Gov- ernment is limited generally to the skilled trades employes, whose pay is fixed by wage boards or other au- thorities and certain groups in War, Navy, Coast Guard, Pan American Air, the National Advisory Commit- tee for Aeronautics in inspection groups. Professional and sub-pro- fessional classes in the Navy, Coast Guard and Maritime Commission are virtually the only departmental emploves who get overtime pay. Includes All U. S. Workers. The overtime pay plan wili apply to ail Federal employes who are paid on an annual or salary basis and it would include postal service employes. It would replace existing over- time provisions for specified groups of per annum employes In the War and Navy Departments. the Mari- time Commission and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronau- tics. An exception is made in the provisions of the bill for the inspec- tional services. The bill provides only for pay- ment of overtime for work during official hours of duty. An employe who works voluntarily or at the re- quest of his supervisor longer hours ! than those officially set by the head of the agency would not receive ad- ditional compensation. This is the existing procedure. Another feature of the bill permits the heads of agencies or officials designated by them to establish reg- ulations setting official hours of work beyond 40 hours per week without regard to the existing Saturday half holiday law which requires compen- satory time off for Saturday after- noon work 48-Hour Maximum. In the departmental service, the hours fixed by law are 39, but in the | war emergency, War and Navy De- partments have been working 48 hours and other agencies generally 44. Under the commission plan, the head of any agency could, as the war situation might require, establish a 48-hour week. The proposal of the commission will continue the established prac- tice of concluding a day’s pay on the basis of 1-360th of the annual rate of pay and one hour’s pay on the basis of one-eighth of the daily rate. The proposal of the commission. it was pointed out in this connec- tion. maintains without change the basic pay rates for Federal employ- | ment and implies a return to the standard 39 or 40 hour week with- out official overtime work and over- time tompensation after the war. The adoption of this proposal. it was explained. would eliminate all of the existing serious inequali- ties regarding overtime pay and.| in addition, would serve to bring | about an increase in earnings for | the lower paid Federal employeg | commensurate with the rise in the cost of living. | Since Federal salary rates are es- | tablished by congressional enact- ment, it was amplified, it has not| — been possible during the last two years to make any adjustments in the rates of pay in the same manner | that industrial rates have been| changed to take account of rise in | living costs. A spokesman indicated that this proposal for overtime pay should not be considered as a substitute for pending legislation to raise sub- standard rates in the custodial serv- | ice, which already has received ad- | ministration support. | Would Block Pay Bills. | It is expected, however, to result in shelving general pay bills intro- duced by Representative Ramspeck, Democrat. of Georgia, and Senator Downey, Democrat, of California. Citing examples of how the meas- | ure would work. the commission | said that a $1,400 employe working | 44 hours would receive $3 overtime pay per week or $156 per year. A| $1440 clerk on a 48-hour week would receive $6 additional per| week. Pointing out how the ceiling| would work, the commission said that an employe getting $3,600 could only be paid $200 overtime. No estimate of the probable cost accompanied the commission pres- entation to Congress, but all but a relatively small fraction of the de- partmental employes would benefit. In the World War, Congress at first voted a"bonus of $120 yearly to all employes getting $2,500 annually or less and then raised this to $240. Later, a sliding scale was arranged under which the maximum an em- | ploye could draw, including base | pay and overtime, was fixed at €2.740. 3 | believed is based on suspicion due | ch WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1942—FORTY-SIX £ Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Sta PAGES. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS ‘Washington and Suburbe THREE CEXNTS Eisewhers Pive Cents 40,000 Bombs Used in Raid | On Mannheim | (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 20.—One de- tachment of four-motored Stir- ling bombers carried 40,000 fire bombs to Mannheim and at- tacked that Southwestern Ger- man city last night, Air Ministry sources said. In the resumption of major air attacks on German industrial cen- ters after an 1l-day lull, the Air Ministry said other large forces of Halifaxes, Lancasters, Manchesters and Wellingtons attacked Mannheim with “great loads” of fire missiles and “the heaviest high-explosive bombs.™ “The first reports of the crews give an encouraging description of many fires left burning and of heavy high explosives bursting among industrial buildings,” the Air Ministry News Service added. Campbell New Chief Of Army Crdnance; 62 Are Promoted 15 Brigadiers and 46 Colonels Stepped Up; Many Reside Here Maj. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, jr.. 55, a native of Washington and one of the Army's best- known arms experts, was nomi- nated todayv to be the new chief of ordnance, succeeding Maj Gen. Charles M. Wesson, whose four-year assignment expires June 2. Gen. Wesson is await- ing retirement from active serv- ice. The nomination of Gen. Camp- bell. one of 62 Army officers an- nounced for promotions in the grades of general by the White House, came somewhat as a sur- | prise, for President Roosevelt had previously nominated Maj. Gen. James H. Burns to head the ord- nance department. Gen. Burns, however, is being continued in his present duty with the Munitions Assignment Board at the request of Harry L. Hopkins Mr. Hopkins, who is chairman of the board and supervisor of lease- lend administration, was anxious to retain Gen. Burns in a liaison ca- pacity between the War Depart- | ment and the various activities of the Assignment Board. Given Permanent Rank. Gen. Campbell, who has holding a temporary rank, made a permanent major general The nomination lists included also 15 brigadier generals promoted to the temporary grade of major gen- eral and 46 colonels who will be made temporary brigadiers. Among the new major generals are six who give Washington as their home addresses, while eight of the new brigadiers also claim this city as their home. Among the officers is Col. Joha T. Kennedy, field artillery, holder ~ (See PROMOTIONS, Page A-6.) been was Saboteur Sentenced To Five Years in Prison By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn, May 20 — Frank J. Russo, 23, convicted in Connecticut’s first sabotage case. was sentenced today to five years' imprisonment in Federal court. Russo, a native American, did not contest the Government's charge that on Februarv 26 he jammed a file into gears of a machine at a machine gun plant where he was| employed. Senate Inquiry 0f Story Naming Walsh Impends Barkley Brands New York Post Article as False By G. GOULD LINCOLN. A Senate investigation loomed late today of “motives” back of the publication by the New York Post of a story that Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, chair- man of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, had frequented a “house of degradation” in Brook- lyn, N. Y. and had been seen there in conversation with Nazi agents Earlier today Senator Barkley, Democratic leader, made a ‘state- ment to the Senate based on an in- vestigation of the charges and com- pletely exonerated the Massachu- setts Senator. Senator Clark. Democrat, of Mis- souri, charged a conspiracy to de- fame Senator Walsh and demanded that an investigation into all the facts leading up to the publication of the story be ordered by the Sen- ate. In this he was supported by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana. and Senator Nye, Repub- lican, of North Dakota Clark Awaits Barkley Move. Senator Clark, after the debate in the Senate had ended. said that he would wait and see if a resolution calling for such an inquiry was pre- sented by Senator Barkley. It prop- erly should come from him. Senator Clark said. If no move was made by Senator Barkley, the Missouri Senator indicated he himself would press for an investigation. probably by a special committee of the Sen- ate. Senator Barkley, in his original statement to the Senate on the Walsh story. said: “I shall not go into the question of motives. I can not read the mind of any human in the effort to ascertain his motives. Therefore I can make no intima- tion.” Senator Clark. however, after con- gratulating Senator Barkley on his | statement to the Senate and prais- ing the Attorney General and the F. B. 1. for the investigation which had cleared Senator Walsh, con- tinued: “It does not seem to me that the Senate will have sufficiently done its duty simply by receiving that re- port. The Senator from Kentucky said he was not able to examine into motives. I think for the main- tenance of its own integrity it is the duty of the Senate to examine into the motives behind this filthy con- spiracy to smear a member of this body. Even though the member has been officially exonerated, I do not think we ought to allow the inci- dent to pass without examining into the motives and personalities behind " (See WALSH, Page A-6.) Roues T i Ll Delayed Indefinitely By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDE, Mass., May 20.—The trial of Edward Holton James, 69, Concord lawyer facing an indict- ment charging criminal libel of Pres- ident Roosevelt, was postponed in- definitely today—without explana- tion—at the request of Assistant | Attorney General Frank G. Volpe of Massachusetts. James. who had been held in jail under $10,000 bail, was re- leased in bail of $500. Statements he had made in a pamphlet, the Yankee Freeman, were the basis of the indictment The elderly attorney said he was prepared to prove that the Presi- dent was beyond the jurisdiction of the Middlesex County Court and | that the charges therefore were be- vond the court jurisdiction Senate Committee Defends By the Associated Press. A civilian does not have to be rich or influential to obtain a com- mission in the Navy, the Senate Military Affairs Committee declared today in an official publication. A booklet prepared under the direction of Chairman Walsh cited a letter from Gen. Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, to support the stand that no commissions should be granted on a personal basis. “The commissions which have been sought and granted for service in the intelligence unit have been subject to most criticism,” the pam- phlet declared, “much of which it is to the large number of applicants who have sought to bring pressure on members of Congress and the Navy Department for commissions in this particular branch of the service. “Allegations to the effect that only applicants of wealth and fine social or scholastic backgrounds and in a position to command influence are given commissions, especially in the intelligence unit, are, in the opinion of the committee, unfounded. “The belief that favoritism exists in certain cases in obtaining com- missions and sometimes in obtain-| ing waivers is, in our opinion, due’ 'Navy Commission System to the publicity that has been given to a few isolated cases.” Then it cited the letter from Gen. Lee to Jefferson Davis: “If you can fill these positions with proper officers, not the rela- tives and social friends of the com- manders, who, however agreeable their company, are not always the most useful, you might hope to have | the finest army in the world.” The committee also expressed its determination to encourage per- sonnel officials of the Navy to main- tain a “hardboiled” attitude .wwnrd requests for waivers of age, ‘educa- tional or physical requirements by applicants for naval commissions. It said members had been in- formed by recruiting officers that there have been frequent attempts bv men to obtain waivers, gain com- missions and “escape duty in com- bat units of the armed services.” “Waivers apparently are sought mostly by those lacking all the qual- ifications for commissions in the in- telligence, legal and supply branches of the Naval Reserve,” the booklet continued. “The department admits that there have been waivers grant- ed. but not as generally as'alleged.” The pamphlet sets out the qualifi- cations for enlistment or commis- sioning in the various grades .and ranks of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. 'House Unit Asks Surfax Rates ;Of 121081 Pct. Would Double Income Levy in Lower Brackets By (he Associateé Press. | The House Ways and Means Committee has agreed on new individual surtax rates ranging from 12 to 81 per cent, compared with present rates of 6 to 77 per cent. These new rates, combined with | lower exemptions and higher nor- mal rates, have been estimated to | vield an additional $2,756.000.000 in revenue and would double the in- come tax bill of those in the lowest salary brackets. | Examples Are Given. Representative Cooper, Demo- crat, of Tennessee announced the committee’s action, which he said | was taken yesterday, and reported | that the committee currently was | discussing a Treasury proposal for tax collection at the source. | Tables prepared for the committee showed. for example. that a single man with a $1.500 net income who now pays $69 would pay $171 under the new schedule and a single man | with a $10.000 net income who pavs 7be=17de e Mr,s lcxe e S | $1.493 at present would be faced Wwith a $2.295 tax bill next year. Likewise, a married man with no| dependents and a $1.500 net income who now pavs nothing would pay $45 and the married person with $10.000 net income and without de- pendents, who now pays $1,305, would have to pay $2,064 Raise Corporation Taxes. The members decided to raise the present 31 per cent tax on mutual investment companies to 40 per cent, the present 71'; and 82'; per cent rates on personal holding com- panies to 75 per cent and 85 per cent, respectively. The 27'; per cent rate on non- | 2 resident foreign corporations and on | tonight. non-resident alien individuals was | JOPS Reported Halted increased to 36 per cent. German counterattacks and h Moscow radio said tonight. (Earlier Story Axis convoy in the Mediterra: Canad;RequesIs Vizhy To Close Consular Offices By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, May 20.—The Cana- dian government has asked the | Vichy government of France to | | close its consular offices and agen- | cies in Canada, Prime Minister W. | L. Mackenzie King told the House of Commons today. The request does not mean a | breach of diplomatic relations with | France. however. The Prime Min- | ister told Commons only yesterday that the government had decided not to change the status of the | French legation here or the Cana- dian mission in Vichy for the pres- | ent. | toward the Salween River in “brought to a standstill.” (Earlier Story LONDON (#.—An armed Knox to return to private m | Air Forces to Move | Ferrying Command | Headquarters of the Northeast| | Sector, Army Air Forces Ferrying | Command, will move from the Mu- nicipal Airport, Baltimore, in the| near future, the War Department | announced late today. No announce-| the bases empty. Late News Bulletins Russians Continue Offensive in Southwest MOSCOW (#.—The Red Army ‘“continued its offensive operations” on the southwestern front today after repulsing as occupied new positions, the on Page A-1) British Flyers Attack Axis Convoy VALETTA, Malta (# —British naval aircraft attacked an nean last night and probably hit a2 merchant vessel and a destroyer, it was announced here in Yunnan LONDON (# —Reuters News Agency quoted a spokeésman at United States Army headquarters in New Delhi today as saying the American Volunteer Flyers and the Chinese land forces had made the Japanese pay so heavily for their advance Yunnan that they had been on Page A-1.) U.S. Flyers Cripple German Motor Vessel German motor vessel was left listing and without a sign of life aboard in the North Sea by a mast-high attack by the 2d American Eagle Squadron of the R. A. F. this afternoon, the flyers reported. ‘Thomas W. Allen of Spartanburg, S. C., hit the helmsman, while other pilots silenced the ship’s guns. Navy to Release Brewster Plane Plants President Roosevelt late today directed Secretary of Navy Flight Lt. anagement and operation the plants of the Brewster Aeronautical Cerp. Three cf the com- pany’s plants were taken over by the Government on April 18. Lamanno Is Hero of Reds’ Victory PHILADELPHIA (®.—Rookie Ray Lamanno blasted a home run with the bases loaded today to pace the Cincin- nati Reds to a 10-3 triumph over the Philadelphia Phils. All the Phils' runs came on homers, Ernie Koy hitting for the circuit with one aboard and Bob Bragan homering with ment has been made yet as to the future location of the headquarters. Celebrates 101st Birthday COHOES. N. Y., May 20 (.— Mrs Celena B. Contant. who said she “took in washing up to four | years ago,” celebrated her 10lst birthday today. Major League Games AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Detroit— | Philadelphia 001 002 002— 5 72 | Detroit ___ (Earlier Gasoline Story on Page B-1.) | By the Ansociated Press. | Subcommittee heard today that a patented material used to line the wing tanks of Martin bombers might be utilized in leak-proofing 210 000 000— 3 91 | wooden barges and railroad box | Batteries—Knott, Harris and Hayer. | cars so they could transport sorely | Wagner: Benton and Tebbetts, 11 At Chicag g::?:;d gasoline to the East Coast New York___ 010 011 0 Ernst Holzborn, direc‘or of inter- Chicago ___ 000 000 0 coastal transportation, described the Batteries—Russo and W. Dickey: Diet- Material to the group as mareng, a rieh and Tresh. substance which he said was rubber- Washington at St. Louis—9:30 P.M. | like in consistency, but contained no Boston at Cleveland—Postponed, | Tubber nor any other critical ma- | 'Leakproof Boxcars Seen ‘To Carry Gasoline to East | ployed successfully to line high- octane gasoline tanks of Martin | China for five years. | Mr. Holzborn said the Pennsyl- | vania Railroad now was lining a NEW YORK.—SECRETARY ICKES TAKES THE REINS—With servicemen as passengers, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of Interior and petroleum co-ordinator, took the reins today for a gasless ride to a hotel where he addressed a joint Greater New York-U. S. O. war appeal luncheon. Sitting Senate Favors Sale \0f Grain Stocks at 85 Per Cent of Parity i Farm Bloc Fails to Head Off Proposal After Spirited Fight | (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) By the Associated Press The Senate tentatively ap- proved this afternoon sales of Government stocks of grains for feeding purposes at less than parity prices after a spirited dis- | pute among members of the Sen- ate farm bloc. By a vote announced as 55 to 25 it rejected the attempt of Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma and some corn and wheat belt Sen- | ators to require that any sales of | wheat be at the full parity price of | corn, or about 96 cents a bushel. This left in effect a proposal previ- ously agreed to on a voice vote per- mitting sales of feed grains and 125.- 000,000 bushels of wheat at 85 per cent of corn parity prices, now about 83 cents a bushel 0O’'Mahoney Urges Subsidies. Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of ‘Wyoming told the Senate that under present conditions it would be im- | possible to produce sufficient food | to meet war demands unless Gov- ernment subsidies are paid to farmers. Urging the payment of “honest | prices” for farm products. Senator O'Mahoney supported the amend- ment by Senator Thomas. Senator Russell. Democrat, | Georgia, in charge of the bill. | posed the amendment. Senator O'Mahoney argued that | to sell wheat at a low price that | would automatically pull corn prices 1down could only result in the pay- ment of more subsidies. If farmers | got fair prices, he said, these sub- | sidies could be cut down or elim- inated | “With conditions running as they | | of op- A Senate Interstate Cqmmerce‘ bombers, which had oeen used in ..o he declared, “those in charge {of the price-control system will i know that it will be impossible to | produce the agricultural commodi- SAYS GOERING U. S. Workers ™ CromBad Rain 42 Need, Reich Is Told ‘Terrible’ Winter Campaign Described To ‘Home Front’ | B the Associated Press BERLIN (From German Broad casts), May 20.—Reichsmarshal | Goering, speaking at a ceremony | at which decorations were con- ferred on workers, declared to- night, “This war is the hardest Germany has had to fight.” “There are two fronts—the exter- | nal front and the home front,” he said. “The winter campaign has | been terrible. The Fuehrer suffered | deeply for his troops, but he knew | he must not yield | “There was no question of giving up our front positions because be- hind us there was only a heap of ruins. Therefore we had to hold the front—and only those who have e perienced this know what it costs Goering said. “Russia’s entry into Rumania and Finland showed that she intended to put Germany be- tween two pincers and pounce upon her while she was still engaged in a life and death struggle in the west The Fuehrer decided that it was | necessary to strike first.” | “Three extremely hard winters are behind us.” he added. “The elements have not been kind to us. Last vear's harvest was bad. Even now. while we rejoice in good weather, we hope it will rain soon because we need J | l \ Navy and Marines to Enlist Colored Recruits June 1 The Navy and the Marine Corps announced today that enlistment of Negroes will begin June 1 and that the Navy will take approximately 1,000 a month and the Marine Corps about 900 durir e and July The Navy will receive tramning for general service at the Great Lakes Station and in a spe- | cialized 16-week course at Hampton | Institute, Hampton. Va.. they will be trained as electricians, carpen- ters, shop fitters. machinists, metal- smiths. firemen and cooks. In ade dition, there will be a 16 to 24 weeks” training course as aviation ma- chinists and metalsmiths leading to assignment at a naval air station Those who qualify for further training at the Great Lakes station will be gible for one of three groups—a 16-week course to become gunners, quartermasters, yeomen, storekeepers and cooks, and a 16- week course to become radio men and signal men, or a four-week course to become armed guards. The Negroes accepted in the Marine Corps will form a composite battalion including all combat arms of the ground forces and including also billets for recruits who are skilled in various trades and occu- | pations Laca R& Inib?éssei With Belmont Victory By the Associated Press. BELMONT PARK, N. Y., May 20. —Running more than six furlongs for the first time and scoring the most important triumph of her ca- reer, W. W. Crenshaw’s Zaca Rosa carried her California-owned silks to a flashy victory in the 12th Acorn Stakes. run at one mile before 15547 fans here today. Outspeeding 14 other 3-year-old fillies. the fleet daughter of Zacaweista held on to register by a length and a half over William Woodward's Vagrancy. win- ner of the Pimlico Oaks and favo- rite, A. A Baroni's Bonnet Ann was third. a half length farther away, with Mrs. W. M. Jeffords’ Red Ro- | sette. last to leave the gate, a game fourth Zaca Rosa. not named for the wooden boxcar with the material| ties we need unless subsidies are $10.000 Coaching Club Oaks of 11, ressed the hope tlat it would and exp | satisfactory for wooden prove barges. Mr. Holzborn said mareng was invented by R. L. Gray, an engineer | for the Glenn L. Martin Co. of Bal- | timore. | The material could be made up | into cells, the witness said, which, | when filled with gasoiine, expanded | like a balloon to the shape of the outside container. | terials. He said it had been em- NATIONAL LEAGUE. | | At Brooklyn— | | St. Louis____ 000 010 000— 1 41 | e Pacific WGr Council Slogan: | Brooklyn ___ 000 Batteries—M. Cooper ai Wratt and Owen. | | At New York— Chicago ____ 000 002 301— 6 121 | New York.__ 200 010 000— 3 11 1| Batteries—Passean and MeCullough; | Carpenter and Berres. 000—0 24 W. Coeper: (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) The Pacific War Council, repre- senting seven nations joined in the fight against Japan, reviewed the At Boston— course of conflict in that theater of | war today and coined a victory Eittshegh :;: :;‘]' m ':— : : :]ulonn of “Japan for the Japanese.” [ Batierier—sewsil and Pheips;, Eartey | , Stimulated by an sccounting from | and Lombardi. F | President Roosevelt of detn;ls of the American air raid on Japan A5 N | proper, the council members con- Cincinnati _ 215 000 011—10 13 0| ferred for approximately 90 minutes Philadelphia 000 020 100— 3 6 3| with the Chief Executive at the Batteries—Starr snd Lamanne; Hughes, | White House. Pearson Warres. As the group left their reaction to the story of the daring raid led by Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle was expressed most clearly by Walter Nash, New Zealand minister. “It was a magnificent exploit,” Mr. Nash said. “We'll have to think of mare of the same type. Our ob- jective now is Japan for the Jap- anese.” 1 Mr. Nash said that s full presen- tation of war developments in the ’ | Today’s Home Runs American League. Gordon, New York, 2d inning. National League. Ott, New York, tst inning. Pehlps, Pittsburgh, 2d inning. Lamanno, Cincinnati, 3d inning. Fernandez, Boston, 5th inning Koy, Philadelphia, 5th inning. t ‘Japan for the Japanese’ Eastern half of the world had been spread before the council and that | “the general picture is not bad, ‘although we have a long way to | go.” The graver side of event in that theater was presented by Dr. T. V. Soong, Chinese Minister of Foreign | Affairs, who reported that the Jap- | anese evidently are preparing for a very serious effore to knock China out of the war this summer. He said that Japanese concentrations of men and materials already have been located along the China sea- coast and at Hankow. The fighting on the Yunnan front, however, is so far favorable to the Chinese, he said. Dr. Soong said that the United Nations general staff is considering the situation and that there is no absence of confidence. He empha- sized, however, that his government and others joined with it will not be satisfied with any effort except a victorious one. ~ paid. Subsidv Payments Favored. Meanwhile the Senate Banking | Committee approved legislation | which would empower the Recon- struction Finance Corp. and the Commodity Credit Corp. to make subsidy payments for the purpose | of holding prices down | Borrowing authority of the R.F.C | would be increased by $5,000.000, | and that of the C. C. C. by $1,000, 000.000 under the measure. The proposal, previously approved (See FARM, Page 2-X. House_Hikes FH: Loan Limit to $800,000,000 By the Associated Press. The House completed legislative action today on a bill to boost the total amount of loans which the Federal Housing Administration can insure from $300,000,000 to $800,000.- 000. The measure primarily de- signed to relieve congestion in areas where the population has been in- creased by the war, would permit construction of housing projects with a maximum valuation of $5,- 000,000. GUIDE FOR READERS Page. | Page. Amusements_B-6 | Legal Notices____B-21 Comics ”_B-22-23 Editorials __A-10 | Obituary -.A-12 Editorial dio ety Articles_ _A-18 | Sports Pinance Lost, Found. _A-3 | ‘Where to Go_B-8 ) miles to be run a week hence, was a $10.40 for $2 second choice. Late Races | Earlier Results, Racing Selec- tions and Entries for Tomorrow, Page 2-X. | Charles Town SIXTH RACE—Purse. $400. sllowances: f-year-olds and upwards. about 413 fur- ongs 350 300 280 380 300 3.00 Roman Boy (Acosta) | Try Flying (Eversole) Not_Sure (Bletzacker) | Time. 0.51 4-5 Also ran—Time Her. Arboreal. Dottie. Belmont Park SEVENTH RACE—Purse $3.000 added Ben Brush Handicap. 3-vear-olds and upward X Can't 7.20 640 540 190 580 15.30 Bojingbroke (McCreary) ime. 149 Also ran—8wing and Sway. Moscow IL Suffolk Downs FIFTH RACE—Purse, $1.500 3-year-olds: 6 furlongs. | Mixer (Ryan) Pacification (Dattilo) Airspring (Howell) Time. 1:13% Also ' ran—Second Thought, Ended. Rlue Steel claimine: 880 4.20 Natomas, urse. $1.500 d upward, 8 ft 20.20 SIXTH RACE- allow- uriongs. M 580 3.40 Watch Over (Brunelle) 3.00 240 Rough Time (Dabson) 420 Time, 1:12 Also ran—S8ir Blenheim, Mabo. Taking Ways, Aureole. | Lincoln Fields RACE—Purse. $800; claiming: 5% 620 930 440 300 260 Erias Stans Snow Al Jest, Bk 4