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Evening star., 1941-10-29
Conditions in Nantes
That Led 10 Killing
OF HoItz Related
British Press Service
Quotes Witness on
Oppression by Nozi Chief

Conditions that led to the Staying
of 1t. Col. Holtz, commandant OF the
German military police in Nantes,
resulting in a Nazi threat to kill
100 more hostages, were related by
an eyewitness in London quoted in
a British Press Service dispatch. A
French resident of Nantes, who has
escaped to England with his wife,
told the following story:
"Holtz first came to Nantes in
July, 1910. but for a long time no
one saw him. He hardly dared go
out and when he did so he was
always encircled by his guards.
Il first saw him when ne came to
the aviation factory in which I was
employed. One day, as the Nazis
we're taking over a part OF the fac
tory with several hundred workers
they had brought from Germany,
Holtz gave the French workers pre-
ciSely six hours to eVacuate their
homes for the benefit of these work.
ingmen. I called upon Holtz TO re-
quest a delay. He replied in a dry.
cold voice I have given my orders.
I never cancel or modify them
And he turned me out.
Fined Nantes Heavily.
"Holtz was the typical Prussian
bully. Under his heel Nantes came
to be the most heavily fined city in
France. A fine Of $4,000 was his
minimum. He never imposed less.
That was the amount levied or
Nantes, for instance. for a low
hanging telegraph wire the Nazis
claimed had been cut. The culprit
was subsequently discovered to have
been a COW, but the fine was not re-
mitted.
incidents Of this nature were an
every day part of the repressive
measures that reused wide indigna-
/ ton. 1t was natural enough that
Holtz ultimately should be the VIC
tim Of an attack.
I "Our cafes are just drinking dens
for the Germans. But they don't
drink in comfort. Somebody sees to
that. They are always apt at least
to lose their overcoats.
Own Restaurant Bombed.
THE Nazis opened one restaurant
for themselves. The first day. as
they were seated at the tables. a
small, handmade bomb sailed in a
window. And somebody else tossed
a handmade bomb into Holtz's office
He couldn't use it for awhile.
It remember fire at a hay-dump
for the Nazis' horses. The Nantes
fire brigade was summoned, but
/ travelled by such a roundabout route
that when it arrived the fire had
| burned itself out.
"On Armstice Day the Germans
awakened to find a Union Jack fly
ing from the highest point in town.
Our women have been wearing
Union Jack handkerchiefs ever since.
THE women have formed a habit
Of treading heavily on German toes,
in the buses, and apologizing, with
profusion, at once.
In March a British bomber
crashed near Nantes. The crew was
killed. The Germans tried to hide
the time and place of burial. They
even went so far as to choose q
secret spot some miles out of town
But when the time came. some 400 Of
us. still friends and loyal allies of the
British, were on hand"
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Funds Urged 10 Extend
Child Welfare Aids
For Defense Workers
Social Agencies Council
Unit Appeals to D. c.
Heads for More Nurseries

The District Commissioners had
before them today an urgent" re-
quest of the Child Welfare Division
of the Council Of Social Agencies
for additional funds to extend
nursery and child welfare facilities
fer the benefit Of children OF de-
fense workers here.
Members of the group made the
appeal for funds, which they said
could be included in the Lanham
Defense Housing Act, after hearing
three speakers at a luncheon meet
ing yesterday in the Y. w. c. A.
outline inadequacy of local facilities
for pre-school children.
Stressing that Washington had
been defined a critical defense area,
the motion made clear that any
enlarged child welfare program
would first benefit children OF Dis
trict defense employees.
appalling Situations Reported.
MISS bOIOtIly ICdAoC SUPP 49,
of social service in the District
Health Departments Bureau OF Ma
ternal and Child Welfare. disclosed
that a recent survey of independent
homes caring for children brought
to light some appalling situations.
OF 10 homes licensed by the Dis
trict to care for children, four We're
found to be inadequate and all we're
"acutely" overcrowded, she said. Two
of the five licensed homes for colored
children were far superior to the
white homes, the survey revealed.
Admitting that the District gov
ernment was backward in this re-
spect, Miss Pearse said that red
tape and long delays were necessary
to revoke the permits. Under the
present District law these homes
are issued the permits for an in
Evening star., 1941-10-29
West Wants Girl Scouts
To Adopt New Name
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 29.-Dr. James
E. West, chief Boy Scout executive,
wishes the Girl Scouts would call
themselves something else.
Boys like to feel they are men
when they become Boy Scouts" the
New Yorker told a banquet as
sembly.
They don't notice there are Girl
Scouts until they get aroun Is years
OLD, but when they do notice it they
usually don't like It,"
DR.. West suggested 1t might be a
good idea for the Girl Scouts and
the Camp Fire Girls to merge.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Rabbi SeeoI to Speak

Rabbi Henry Segal will speak on
Taking the Initiative" at BIS pm.
Friday at the first of the Friday
evening services this fall at B'nai
Israel Synagogue, Fourteenth and
Emerson streets NV. After the
services there will be a program in
the vestry rooms including a dis
cussion Of the sermon, community
singing and readings from Jewish
literature.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Parr Wins Brown Award

Robert G. Parr of 4447 Volta
place NV. is winner of James
Manning scholarship at Brown
University for academic distinction,
it was announced today. He is q
graduate of Western High School.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
QUOTES LINES

With which she quoted a couple
OF paragraphs from letters she had
written Montgomery. He remem-
bered because, at the time, he had
been impressed by the evident
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
Floor Show Tops
Bob-lo Cruise

DANCING IN the moonlight.
and a lively floor show are two
attractions scheduled for the
three-hour Cabaret Cruise which
the Bob-Lo Excursion Company
has arranged for Friday evening,
June 6.
The s. 6. Columbia Will leave
the foot Of Woodward avenue at
9 p. m. Ralph G. Fletcher, general
passenger agent. announced today.
"A specially-engaged floor show in
Guiding Gregory & Raymond, COM
edy musical team, will be presided
over by Kay Dawson. singer and
mistress of ceremonies. June
Carmen, acrobatic dancep and
Martini, magician. round out the
program.
Dance music will be furnished
throughout the evening by Karl
Spaeth's swing orchestra. The
boat will cruise up into Lake ST.
Clair. docking in Detroit at mid
night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
abbott, Costello Yin
Roles in Rio Rita
Stars in Demand
After Scoring in
Service Films
BY LoUELLA O. PARSONS

HOLLYWOOD. June 4.-Those
two white hopes Of the box office.
Lou Costello and Bud Abbott are
moving 10 M-G-M for Rio Rita"
and l don't care which other stars
are lined up for this musical-Im
betting the exhibitors make these
boys the top attraction. What a
business their In the Navy is
doing second only TO the record
they set in Buck PTivates." It's
no secret that the box office isn't
what il used 10 be-but Lou and
Bud are dragging them into packed
houses.
Now about this deal with
M-G-M. The boys will make one
picture a year at Culver City with
Universal still holding first call
on them the rest of the time. How
well / remember Rio Rita when
Bebe Daniels and John BoleS made
it years ago. II also made stars of
Bert Wheeler and RobeE WoolSey.
the comics, and il is TO be pre-
sumed that il is the Wheeler
Woolsey roles that fall to Bud
and Lou,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04

Like most EnRlSH pays VI liie
iammy hand school of playwrit-
ing. there is no attempt TO hide
the guilty party from the audi
snce. They ask you to step right
I'D and shake hands with the
criminal in the first act and then
watch what happens 10 him-or
her-during the course of the en-
suing two acts.
PAYING HER BACK
In this case. the murderess Is
the wretehed heuSekeeper OF gay
old Gaiety girl, who repays her
benefactress by tying curtain
cord around her pretty old throat
and stuffing the lady into an old
bake oven.
This she does TO provide a home
for her two crack-pot sisters, one
of whom collects seaWeed. the
other brain-dust. Both are so
wachy they are unable 10 take
care Of themselves, so instead Of
going 10 the FILA. the elder sister
gets them a home the hard way.
But she has reckoned without a
scapegrace nephew. an insidious
young monster who appears al ex-
actly the wrong moment and pro-
ceeds 20 blackmail his old auntie
until she cracks under the strain.
You'll crack. too, we guarantee.
SLIGHTLY MIsCAST
Ruth Gordon essays the princi-
pal role here and is rather miscast
Fine actress though she Is. Miss
Gordon is unable 10 convey the
terrifcally sinister effect which
Flora Robson. who was the origi-
nator, was able TO wrest from the
part. At times Miss Gordon is
almost blithe about her nasty
work. little like the Girls
Friendly disposing of an old body.
In the third act she displays
heurotic stress which is far more
Convincing.
The two crazy sisters, played by
Mildred Natwick and Dorothy
Blackburn are so splendid that
they're really quite frightening.
Miss Blackburn particularly re-
minds one OF the Jessarnine New
cornbe OF the New York cast.
A GREAT FIND
Equally as good is fluffy Eva
Leonard Boyne as the retired
burles6ue queen who winds up in
the oven. while David Powell. a
fine young English actor and a
newcomer is even better than the
boy in the original, playing the
mean nephew much more aggres-
sively. Perry Wilson makes the
maids part an important one.
Mr.. Windt's direction and the
set are both fine. but we should
like7to make two suggestions. One
Is that the lights should be low
cred TO indicate dusk during the
murder scene and also the first-act
curtain should be held long enough
for the audience 10 get that blood
curdling crash of the body on the
piano keVS Boo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04


Maxwell Anderson Theater Guild
play. A Helen Hayes play is al
ways an event and the combina-
.tion of Hayes and Anderson is one
that has the theater-going public
greatly intrigued.
Reuben has one picture 20 make
for Twentieth Century-Fox before
he goes 10 Broadway TO direct the
Anderson stage play which is a
modern story laid in occupied
France. Daryl Zanuck is looking
for a story for Mamoulian 10 get
going as early as possible so he
can keep his date on Broadway.
LEARNING ENGLISH
The handsome Latin, Alberto
'Villa-and that's the way his
name is 10 be spelled from now on.
will study English for three
months before he has a role of any
great importance. Buddy de Sylvia,
who recognizes in Villa a poten-
tial star of ability, realizes the
boy must be able 10 speak Eng
iish before he attempts 10 act, so
teachers have been engaged and
when he has mastered the intri-
cacieS of the English language
he will be starred in Gentleman
from BuenoS Aires, a Paramount
musical comedy.
Villa is TO have a part in Hula
Honeymoon" the Arthur Horn
blow picture, but since he only has
a small part. il isn't impera-
tive that he be letter perfect as
he must be in his own picture.
MAISIE' STORY
Over the weekend, about the
only movie purchase that seems
10 have been consummated is
"Jollity Building" the profile of a
building currently appearing in
the New Yorker. Kenneth Mac
Kenna bought this series for Ann
.Sothern.
What prompted MacKenna 10
consider these articles is the COM
edy and drama that goes on in
this building in which all the
CRITTERS, drifters and petty graft
ers on Broadway make their head
quarters. There is a wealth of
material for "Maisie" stories.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
Don Rand Leads
Frontenac Show

THE KARYL NORMAN male
revue, which rs weeks ago came
into the downtown Club Fronte-
mac, this week stars Don Rand.
Rand's suave dancing has made
him one of the favorite perform
erS of the cast during the whole
season, but he steps out of the role
of dancer for one of his numbers
TO sing After You've Gone" and
the catchy Loeb Lomond."
Versatile master Of ceremonies
Frank Milton lends his baritone
voice 10 support the 26-act -
entertainer shows.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
Film lime Clock

ADAMs-"The Great American Broad
east" 1895. 3.43 $50. e57 p. m.
Voice IN the Night" iiia q. m, 2:2s
$50 $40 p m
BROADWAY cAPIToI,-"Rosd 10 Zsn
zihar. IL ~ q m, 2.4s SOS, 1922
?. m; KIT Carson" iii, 4;57, s4'
p N.
FIsHER-"Road 70 Zanzibar" II 30
$40. 7.os 10 p. m. XII Carson" ana
5.3i. $50 p. m.
FOX Blood and Sand /" II a m. 222
bN, 1917 p. m: Naval Academy
los. 527 2 ?. m. Dr. ]. O. 7;4e ?. m
HOLLYWOOD Road 70 Zanzibar" Z
10 80 =. m. Kit Carson. 2 ,. m.
MiCHIGAN-"I Wanted Wings II
a m ? so. $50. 10 30 . m Honey
moon for Three ] 80 5.23. g.i3 D. m
: MADISON -"Too Many Husbands -" II
m. 2 ni j-o2 s.o3. 1900 ?. m "Lady
or Day ~ %. 3.2s. 6-27 e.2s p. m
PALMS-sTATF - Love Cray u 30.
351. 7.06. 1921 D. m. "Wash.nEtor
Melodrama, ll.i6 a. m 2.3i, $40, e.Ol
y, m,
RIv1ERA-"Road to Zanzibar" 1890
A;03. 20. l0fs p. m, XII Carson,
2:25. 5:4s, e:l1 p. m.
UNITED ARTIsTs-"Bny the Kid"
1881. 1888. 1909. 1925 p. m. Rage In
Heaven" HOS a. m, 2:2t. $40, $50
y. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
Rita JOhnson's Spare Time
Spent Writing Fan Letters
BY BURDETTE JAY

knowledge Of dramatic technique
embodied in the criticism.
"And some of II was pretty
pointed criticism, too" he adj
mitted.
Rita's fan letters are not di-
rected 10 stars alone. Many OF
them go to bit players and &c
directors.
81 think a good job deserves
praise" she pointed out. 81 feel
I'm missing a cue II I fail 10
recognize a really well-handled
characterization or scene"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
They Mean It

MARY MARTIN and Virginia
Dale. who play roommates in
Kiss the Boys Goodbye are
actually the best of friends. Mary
helped Virginia with singing test
that won a contract.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
STILL WRITING

Right now. appearing as a sort
of arsenic and old lacy type OF
in Columbia's Heaven
Can Wait which stars Robert
Montgomery. Miss Johnson is still
movies and still writing
10 the players. She told Montgon-
cry on the set she had written him
no less than eight fan letters.
faint true" disclaimed
Montgomery II know your
name and I've never had q fan
letter from a Rita Johnson"
But" explained the actress,
81 never sign my own name.
Sometimes i have TO work with
players 10 whom I've written.
And that wouldn't always be
good"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04

HOLLYWOOD. June 4 - Al
though she doesn't give as much
as she receives. Rita johnson
ranks high as a fan letter writer.
Ever since coming TO Hollywood
Miss Johnson has made a practice
OF writing critical or laudatry let
tiers 10 players she saw on the
screen. Since she averages three
pictures weekly her stamp bill has
been considerable item.
maybe I've never passed the
hero-worship stage" the actress
confessed. "but either good or
bad performances do something
To me. / can't wait 10 get hold
OF pen and paper. to praise or
blame, as the case may be-"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04

earlier IN the
season.
This English
m urd er mys-
terry. so highly
hailed in New
York last sea-
son and pre-
scented at the
Cass this past
Winter, is the
ir d offering
OF tne SpTHlR
Dramatic Fes-
tival in h e
Lydia Mendels-
sohn Theater.
Even with an
entirely differ
ent cast than
was seen here.
this subtle and
psy c biological
h orror play
proves to be a
teeth = chatter
ing experience
in the theater.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
Ladies' Frightens
AnnArbOrAudience
R nth Cor don Is
Rather Weak
in Lead
BY CHARLES GENTRY

THE COMBINED and terrify-
ing efforts of Edward Percy and
Reginald Denham 10 make the
crime fit the punishment in their
genteel horror play, Ladies in Re-
tirement," proved to have quite as
hair-raising an effect on an Ann
Arbor audience as upon Detroiters
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-04
BROADWAY BID

Blood and Sand" which heaped
such encomium good world on
the head of its director. Reuben
Mamoulian, seems 10 have been
lucky for him for he has been
PACED by Helen Hayes 10 direct
her in Candle in the Wind" the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18

ling and the Grecian troops falling back along. the Adriatie Sea Coast in disorder, while Fascist columns swept successively through Argiroca- strc. Premet and Porto Palmero.
 The official Italian news agency said Il Duce's armies are in sight of Port Oedda, named after Mussolinis daughter. which is the last Albanian port help by the Greeks.
 A Greek spokesman said sadly: The situation now developing so unfavcrably, is a struggle between two Empires, which has been im- posed on us by Germany and couldn't last indefinitely
 Dispatches from Athens said at least ten German divisions of about 10000 troops are slashing at the Allied lines with the support of thou sands of war planes.
 Australian, New Zealand and oth- CT British troops, fighting in the Mount Olympus sector. are report ed under terrific areial lombard ment while on the west flank, Nazi Panzer columns are knifing down cn the Greek-Albanian border plac- ing the Greeks in jeopardy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
7 SHIPS, LOADED
 WITH FLOUR, 10
 SAIL FOR FRANCE

WASHINGTON, April 18 = Two French ships loaded with 13,5O0 tons of. American flour for unoceu- pied France will sail from New York today-unless they are halted at the last minute by the British or American governments 9z
 American Red Cross officials said that the two vessels, which have been tied up in American ports, have finished loading and are scheduled to leave for Marseille to- day. asp
 The flour is a gift from the Am erican people to the people of un- occupied France, designed to as- sist in providing Frenchmen with bread in the face of a severe wheat shortage which has cut the bread ration to sever. ounces a day
 The British government has granted navieerts permitting th( two vessels to pass through the British blockade with the under standing that the flour will be dis ! Etributed solely in unoccupied France under supervision of the American Red, Cross. .s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
T0NGA55 HERE FROM SEATTLE

Steamer Toneass of the AlasKS Transportation Company docked iH Juneau from Seattle via Sitka at II 80 o'clock last night to unload cargo and sail this afternoon for the south via Ketchikan with nine passengers. Captain of the vessel is M. Merkley. purser Dave Sweeney.
 Passengers for Seattle leaving Juneau on the Tongass were Mar jorie Turnmyer, Miss M. Hulst, MT. and Mrs. Robert Few, Robbie Jean Few, Mrs. D. E. Novak, Gordon Novak, and Mrs. Fay Weber and infant Passengers arriving here on the Tongass were John J. Klein smith, John D. Stockdale, MT. and Mrs J. A. McCann. Jack zavodsKy, Mrs. Helen Chase, Gilbert Chase and William Raudebaugh.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
 All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, who are not, sailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service. volunteer firemen, paupers or in sane persons," are required to pay an annual School Tax of $5.
 This tax is due and payable after the first Monday in April and shall be paid before May l, providing you are in the Territory on said first date; if not, the tax is due within 30 days after your arrival in Alaska or within 10 days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Col lector. Taxes not paid in accord ance with the foregoing require ments shall become delinquent, and each person delinquent shall be subject to a fine of $2.
 All persons subject to, and refus- ing or neglecting to pay said tax are subject to fine of $25, or im- pisonment in jail for a period of one month.
 CITY OF JUNEAU,
 School Tax Collector
 for Juneau.
 Publication dates, April 14715-16- l7-l8-19-21, 1941. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTIIBOUND

Denali scheduled to arrive at
 4.30 o'clock this afternoon
 and sails west at pm.
 Mount Mckinley due Sunday.
 North Sea due Tuesday.
 SCHEDULED SAILlNGS
 . Columbia scheduled to sail from
 c Seattle 9 am. tomorrow.
 Yukon scheduled to sail from
 . Seattle April 9 at 9 am.
 . Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver April g
 o at 9 am. Tongass scheduled to sail from Seattle April 24 SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS North Coast is scheduled to arrive al 5 o'clock this after . noon, docking at Cold Stor- . age. Will not be in port long. . . Baranof due to arrive at 930 . , o'clock tomorrow morning and . . sails south half an hour later. . Q Alaska scheduled southbound . } Monday.
 } Northland southbound Tuesday. . , Taku sch ule d Southbound . next Wednesday,. . } LOCAL SAiLfNGS . } Estebeth scheduled to sail every . , Wednesday at D. m. for Sit- . } ka and wayports. . } Naha leaves every Wednesday . } at l pan. for Petersburg, Port . } Alexander, Rake and way . ports. . }
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
TH0Mp50N TO
 MAKE FLIGHT

Howard J. Thompson, Alaska Weatheologist, will leave tomorrow, weather permitting, on PAA plane for Seattle on what is called ae"familiarization flight.H The pr- pose of the flight is to get ,ac- qnanted with weather conditions and general reporting al@ et
 Mir. Thompson will probably re- main in Seattle for several days before making a return flight to Juneau on the same mission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
SOLDIERS RECEIVE
 COMBAT PRACTICE;
 THEN FIRST AID'

Almost 60 men of the Juneau company of the Alaska National Guard, dressed in fatigue clothes, sprawled and crawled on the ground of the Firemen's ball park for an hour last night as they received their first outdoor extended order drill
 With fixed bayonets and with slung rifles, the infantrymen simu- lated actual patrol and combat ac- ton. After one hours drill on the field, the men were returned to the Fair Building where they received first-aid instruction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18

CT, Rex Foster, Harold Stout. Dick Husby, Col B. c. Dunn, Major D. P. Booth, Mort Powell, J. C. Weeks, H. B. Avakoff, Albert Verhonick and Jack Hurley.
 The Douglas is scheduled to return this afternoon. Also flying south from the Interior is an Electra.
 Two Electras are scheduled to fly to Fairbanks tomorrow morning and the Douglas DC-3 will leave for Boe- ing Field in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
} HaIibuiers
 Sell, Seattle

SEATTLE, April 13-Two Amer ican and one Canadian vessel sold in Seattle today
 The two American halibuters came in from the western banks, the Eldorado with 33,0a0 pounds, selling for l0.h and 10ls cents a pound. and the Kanaga with 10000 pounds. selling for lo7s and 1014 cents.
 The Canadian vessel. the B. c. Clipper, came in from the local banks with 2100o pounds and sold for 10H and 101s cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
DOUGLAS DUE
 FROM INTERIOR
PA Plane Makes Round Trip to Fairbanks win
 17 Passengers

Carrying no passengers, but load ed with mail and express, a PA Lodestar winged out of Juneau this morning bound for Seattle.
 The Douglas DC-3 is scheduled to make round trip to Fairbanks to- day and left this morning with IT passengers for the Interior. They were Frank Iinke. Frank Widager. R. Weir, Bert Conway, George Spei
 gelberg, Mark Craddick, Gene Harp
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
TWO pAsSEaGERl
 FLY COAST TRIP

Pilot Shell Simmons took of for Sitka this morniAg with Mrs. I. Isaacson and Dr. Louis Sharpen burg. He is scheduled to return this afternoon with five passengers, one from Pelican City, one from Angoon and three from Sitka. w N
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-18
CONTRACTS LET
 FOR 1S4 VESSELS

WASHINGTON, April Is. = Awarding of contracts for the con- 5truction of 184 ships costing $364,- 100000 is announced today by the Maritime Commission.