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Evening star., 1941-11-28
Truman Denounces
Promoting Officers
For Extravaganza
Yoo-Hoo Incident Token
More Seriously Than
Waste, Mead Says

A Senate investigation of defense
expenditures in connection with the
building of the Wolf Greek ordnance
plant in Tennessee was in recess to-
day until Monday after hearing
Chairman Truman denounce the
War Department QuartermaSter
Division for promoting officers for
waste and extravaganza"
Senator Truman made his re-
marks yesterday during testimony
on construction Of the shell-loading
plant at Milan. Tenn. He had previ-
ously described testimony Of alleged
waste at the project as shocking.
While the cost of the project was
originally estimated at $40 600 600
the committee has received evidence
that $5l,000,000 already has been
spent although it still is unfinished
Senator Mead, Democrat, OF New
York, remarked that the relations
between Maj. Paul Brewer, former
constructing quartermaster on the
job. and the contractors constituted
a game of you scratch my back and
III scratch yours"
Claims Relatives Hired.
Senator Truman said the evidence
indicated that Maj. Brewer was in
effective because after his sisters
and his counsins and his aunts We're
taken care of by the contractor. he
came down off his pedestal and he
couldn't tell them what 10 do SO they
went ahead and did just what they
pleased.
Senator Mead said recent Incl
dent where soldiers yOo-hoOed at
girls on a golf course was apparently
taken more seriously by the Army
than waste of Government funds"
He inquired what penalty might be
applied to representative Of the
Quartermaster Corps guilty OF NAL
feasance." and whether he was
subject to military court martial" J"
Yes" Senator Truman replied,
but in the cases investigated by
this committee it has been the
custom of the Quartermaster Corps
to promote those responsible for the
things We have found
The senatorial remarks inter-
rupted questioning of Maj. Glenn
r. Hofto. present constructing quar-
termaster OF the Wolf Greek plant
about the activities Of his predeces-
Sor. Mai. Brewer. and his relations
with the contractors. the Ferguson
Oman Co.
Mai. Hofto said he had received
the ''heartiest cooperation" from
the contractors after he took over
the project and told them he would
see that they lived up to their con-
tract.
Offices DiSOrganized.
Concerning Maj. Brewer, Maj.
Hofto said:
He made mistakes. of course I
do know I found the Offices were
and that no one
seemed 10 be taking much RESPONSE
oility.'
Maj Hofto said Gilbert Olson,
mentioned yesterday as $3.50 a
Evening star., 1941-11-28

month co-ordinator employed by the
contractors at Maj. Brewers sug-
gestion, seemed to be handling the
situation.
Maj. Hofto said he found consid-
cradle evidence of idle equipment
for which no use was being made
but on which the Government was
paying rent and that he put a stop
to that practice.
Earlier the committee counsel,
Hugh A. Fulton, produced CORE
spondence he said he had from the
Denny Caldwell Co., Milan automo-
bile dealers. This, he said, showed
that the dealers wrote up" the val
ue of 81 Chevrolet trucks purchased
for rental to the project. AS re-
suit of the write-up he said, the
value of the trucks was set ct So
600 more than they cost.
This correspondence was intro
duced during questioning of Jesse L..
Mckoin, assistant chief zone prof.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Tomade||i's Bond
Reduced 10 $4,000; +;
Hearing Continued
Art Collector Arrested
On Second Charge
OF Mail Froud

United States Commissioner Need
ham C. Turnage today reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000 the bond Of Juan
j. Tomadelli, IS, charged twice with
using the mails to defraud, and con-
tinued for 10 days the preliminary
hearing op the second charge, which
was placed yesterday.
Mr.. Tomadelli, known here as
Count Tomadelli. is accused of OBJ
tanning nearly half a million dollars
from New Jersey businessman
through schemes involving paintings
and patents OH 'electronic light"
He was released last night on
$4,000 bond after his arrest in q
downtown hotel by Deputy United
States Marshal Howard Hughes, who
bore Federal warrant charging
1858 mail fraud.
Mr.. Turnase. Assistant United
States Attorney John w. Finely and
Myron G.. Ehrlich. attorney for Mr..
Tomadelli, agreed at the hearing
today that passage of time had re-
leased previous bond covering an
other similar charge. The commits
Sioner explained he did not want q
double bond.
Mr.. TOmadelli had been at liberty
on $4,000 bond since last January
when he was arrested on the first
charge OF mail fraud linked to the
case. AT that time. he was living
III a suite at the Shoreham Hotel.
which contained number of oil
paintings. The Government said
Mr.. TOmadelli claimed they were
old masters but in fact were of
little value.
Mr.. Fihelly said that action on
the initial charge was interrupted
after one witness had testified be-
fore a grand jury. The charge still
stands. he added. Mr.. Fihelly ex-
planned that each alleged mailing
OF letter resulting in fraud gives
basis for 4 charge.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
"a Sinkings in Month
Claimed by British
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 28.-Authoritativ
British sources said today that thus
far in November "a Ais ships have
been sunk. four probably sunk and
Is hit in attacks by the Royal Navy
and Air Force in the Mediterranean
Since August the ROYAL Navy has
sunk or damaged l39 AXIS ships in
the same waters. they added
They also denied Axis reports that
the battleShip Malaya had been
damaged. saying she is doing her
work as usual"
The German high command
announced November Is. at the
same time that the aircraft car
rier Ark Royal was sunk, that
the Malaga had been damaged
The German radio yesterday re-
peated this claim
These sources said there was no
confirma ton of Romes claim today
to the sinking of three British sub
marineS
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Huge Rats in Thousands
Plague Los Angeles Area

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28.-Oh, for
4 Pied Piper. -.
A petition signed by more than
100 property owners says that thou
sands of huge rats are infesting the
Bel-Air, Brentwood, Holmby Hills
and WeStwood Hills residential dis
trlctS. The home owners asked that
city health authorities exterminate
the rodents which nest in hedges
and shrubbery and feed on song
birds, fruit and palm dates.
DR.. Paul w. livery, University of
Southern California professor whose
signature tops the petition, said:
Evidently these rats were driven
into this area of fine homes by a
fire in the hills. They are vicious
Evening star., 1941-11-28

ect auditor from Atlanta. The
trucks eventually were purchased
by the Government at "recapture'
value of $49,827 after $28,557 in
rental had accumulated. Mr.. Fulton
declared. while they cost the dealer
but $38 ,916, most Of which was bor-
roWed.
He said the company sold more
than $4,000 worth of truck parts
to the project, some at prices 12O
per cent above Treasury schedules
of what they could have been OBJ
tained for.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Gasoline Ration Opposed

Claiming that present gasoline ra-
tions permit isolated farmers to get
to town only once every fortnight,
the New Zealand Farmers Union
wants the government to increase
their ration.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Faces Jury in SIuyino

Clifton Parks, 35, colored, 1906
Half street Sc, was ordered held
for action of the grand jury yester-
day by coroner's jury in the fatal
shooting of Daniel Shanklin. 36,
colored, 311 Delaware avenue S.W.,
Saturday night
Evening star., 1941-11-28

and fearless, and when I went to
destroy a nest, a big rat actually
attempted to attack me. They de-
stroy avocados, and the songbirds
that once thrived in this area are
gone"
Evening star., 1941-11-28
War Affects Audiences

Movie theater audiences in the
Netherlands Indies are always
smaller during radio broadcasts Of
speeches by President Roosevelt or
Prime Minister Churchill, or new
development in the war.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Red Cross 'Groduotes'
Public Speaking Class

Members of the Public Relations
Committee of the District of Colum-
bia Chapter of the American Red
Cross who have completed course
of instruction in public speaking
were to be graduated at luncheon
at the Westchester Apartments to-
day. Mrs Hugh Butler. teacher Of
the class, was to distribute awards
to the pupil showing the most i'm
provement and to the best speaker.
Members of the class included
Mrs. Farnham Blair, Mrs. Austin
Chinn, Miss Marian Burt Claussen,
Mrs. Howard j. McEldowney, Miss
Martha Belle Moore, Mrs. F. w.
Pennoyer, jr.; Mrs. Alec A. Preece,
Mrs. Leslie Clark Stevens, Mrs. AL
fred E. Wilson, Miss Ruth Woodson,
Mrs. Addison G. Foster, Mrs. c. B.
Mickelwait, Mrs. H. M. McClelland
and Mrs. Victor Wallace.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Lack of Ships Declared
Slowing Evacuation

SHANGHAI, Feb. IA (P).-Lack oi
shipping facilities is preventing q
large number of Americans from
leaving the Far East, shipping Off
cials asserted today in commenting
on the latest United States State
Department advice to Americans to
withdraw.
American President liners sailing
February 26, March 8 and March %
are booked to capacity and all tour
ist accommodations are booked
through July, they said. A few first
class bookings are available in April,
| but they are not sufficient to accom-
modate the large waiting list, they
added.
One travel official said there was
"any number Of Americans who
want to get out but can't" including
many missionaries in Japan and one
group of so Americans at Tientsin.
In the announcement yesterday
that the State Department had re-
newed its advice for the return to
the United States of American wom-
en-, children and men not essentially
required in the Far East, the Amer
lean consulate general in Shanghai
said:
The State Department does not
contemplate sending a special YES
sci or special vessels to assist the
withdrawal. 1t is expected that
American nationals will take ad-
vantage of such transportation fa-
cilities as may be currently avail
able"
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Singapore Consulate
Without Instructions

SINGAPORE, Feb IA (P)-The
United States consulate general said
today it had not received instruc-
tions from Washington to advise
American women, children and
"non-essential" men to leave Brit
ish Malaga. Other Far Eastern
points advised such withdrawal, on
advice of the United States State
Department, yesterday.
1t said such advice probably
would not be transmitted here at
least until practical means of de-
parture were available. At present
the only American passenger vessels
calling at Singapore are the Presi-
dent liners proceeding to New York
by way of the Indian Ocean, Cape
town and the Atlantic, while limited
British and Dutch accommodations
are available via Manila and Hong
Kong.
A survey showed majority of
Malayas 500 Americans were re-
naming, including wives of consular
officials,
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Increasing Numbers
OF 0fAmericans Seek
To Quit Philippines
Ships Tourist Glasses
Are Reported Full for
Months in Advance
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Feb. 14.-War nervous
ness heightened in the Philippines
today with Americans seeking pas
sage homeward in increased num-
berS in the wake of developments
which included the sudden return
of Dutch ship to the safety of a
neutral harbor and orders cancelling
the return of Army officers to the
United States.
Steamship companies reported
they were not having trouble ham
ding f1rst-class bookings, but tour
ist classes we're booked full for sew
eral months in advance.
Other events bringing fresh anX-
iety to this American possession
lying within the fringe of the
Oriental trouble zone included:
l. The State Departments re-
newed advice to Americans to leave
the Orient.
2. An earlier than planned move
ment homeWard from Manila of
wives and children of United States
Army officers.
8. The warning given at Sydney,
Australia, by A. w. Fadden, Deputy
Prime Minister, that grave advices"
had been received concerning the
situation in the Pacific.
Ship Return Heightens Concern.
The unexpected return late yes
terday of the Dutch merchant ship
Tjitjalegka, and the orders to Army
officers cancelling earlier orders for
return to United States, heightened
concern first felt when it was learned
Army families had advanced plans
for departure.
The Tjitjalegka was en- route to
Hong Kong when the ships agency
at Batavia flashed orders, without
explanation the captain said, to re
turn to Manila Immediately and wait
for further orders"
Some of the ships passengers de-
clared presence of Japanese ships
in the China Sea caused the vessel
to seek a neutral haven, but whether
they were naval or merchant ships
was not made clear.
A second Dutch ship three days
out of Manila for United States
also was reported to have received
orders to return, but there was no
official explanation in either case.
DR.. w. Huender, the Netherlands
Indies consul general, denied, how
ever, that there had been general
order issued for Dutch ships to
steam for neutral harbors.
Officers Ordered to Stay.
Sources considered reliable said
Dutch ships in Far Eastern waters
now are operating under orders OF
Dutch naval officers who recently
flew to Manila from Batavia.
High United States Army officers
admitted that certain officers sched-
uled to sail homeward within the
next few days had been ordered to
remain in the Philippines indefinite
ly while their wives and children,
numbering between 200 and 300,
we're due to sail on the transport
Etolin next Monday. More Army
families are scheduled to sail on
the transport Grant in the near
future.
The sudden change in sailing or
ders was not explained officially.
Some quarters ventured that officers
were needed for training purposes
in connection with a 5,000-man in
crease in the Philippine Scouts.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Harvard Announces
20 New Scholarships

The Washington Alumni Club Of
the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration yesterday
announced 20 scholarships have been
made available for students entering
next September.
The awards, carrying maximum
stipend of $1,000 each, are made
possible through the consolidation
of several funds, it was explained.
Applicants. it was stated, must
have personal interview with Glen
Goodman, chairman of the Scholar
ship Committee of the local grad
yates, 1000 Connecticut avenue NV
Unsuccessful candidates for the
scholarships will be considered for
$500 alumni scholarships as we'll as
for other financial assistance avail
| able at the school.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Why Must They Die? No. IS
Analyses Of D. c. Traffic Fatalities

Analysis OF traffic death No. 3
has not been published pending
completion OF Official inpestiga-
tion
The place: Wisconsin avenue NV.
Immediately south of Ellicott street
The accident: A 75-year-old man
was injured fatally when struck by
q southbound automobile as he was
attempting to cross Wisconsin ave-
nue. from the east to the west curb
Striking car was proceeding along
Southbound streetcar track, and
pedestrian was hit just before he
would have reached west safety zone
One witness told police operator of
striking car SWerved it onto north
bound streetcar track, vehicle strik-
ing victim as it swerved back, but
operator denied this in inquest teSti-
mony. Pedestrian was picked up 18
feet from west curb and approXi-
mately 20 feet south of point of i'm
pact. He was taken to Georgetown
Hospital and died there three days
later. Autopsy revealed cause OF
death to have been fractured ribs,
abdominal injury, collapsed lung
and exhaustion.
The time: About $40 pm. Febru-
uary 8. The weather: Clear.
The street: Straight, dry, slight
down grade to north. Lighting good
The vehicle: A 1882 coupe with
brakes in satisfactory condition.
Driver and one witness estimated
speed Immediately before accident
at about 25 miles per hour.
The driver: A 30-year-old man
with II years driving experience.
He testified at inquest that he saw
victim as latter walked across north
bound streetcar track and that he
sounded horn at this time. Auto
mobile was between 20 and 80 feet
from pedestrian, but he did not
apply brakes, thinking man would
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Hong Kong Consulate
Besieqed by Americans

HONG KONG, Feb. IA (P).-Amer-
leans besieged the United States
consulate general in Hong Kong to-
day with inquiries concerning cir
culars issued in Shanghai urgent
ly" advising the withdrawal to the
United States of American women,
children and mon men.
Consul General Addison Southard
said, however. there have been no
new Developments in the general
Evening star., 1941-02-14

situation since the State Department
first issued It's withdrawal advice
last October.
He issued circular saying, II
again quietly remind United States
citizens of this area" of Washing
tons advice, but said this reitera-
ton of advice is not meant to be
alarmist ".''
Evening star., 1941-02-14
victim lay after accident.

stand in middle of street until car.
passed, driver told jury. Victim
then stepped into path of vehicle
when it was too late to avoid hitting
him by application of brakes, he
testified. Coroner's jury verdict:
Accidental death. Driver released.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Rebates Charged

Arnold charged that mai or oil
c panieS controlling pipeline
companies were getting excessive
and illegal rebates. or kick-backs.
In other words, pipeline companies
would charge high rates 10 keep
competitors out. hut would pay
in some cases as high as
36 per cent. 10 the oil companies
which owned them.
Twenty-Five companies with sew
eral hundred subsidiaries are going
10 agree 10 cut these dividends TO
I per cent
The state department had bet
ter watch out or the goodwill
visitors from Latin America are
going back there with a lot Of bad
will for Uncle Sam Senorita Mag
dalena Petit. prIze-winning Chilean
novelist. composer and playwright
came 10 Washington for visit
The other day al the invitation of
the state department..
A friend found her sitting in n
dlngy room facing the court in a
Second-rate hotel. Senorita Petit
could not leave. she said, because
a state department official told
her to stay there until he phoned
her about an appointment with
Congressional Librarian Archibald
MacLeish.
She sat there one whole day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
AAA Aide Sees %
Auto Dead in September

A legless man was seriously in
jured in an auto accident Satur-
day AS Ernest p. Davis. acting
safety director Of the Automobile
Club of Michigan. predicted 2S
persons would be killed and 1924
injured in traffic accidents during
Elisha AShworth 81. OF 1929
Jones street, who pushes himself
about on a platform equipped with
wheels. was struck as he crossed
Michigan at Junction avenue by
ear operated by Edward White
head Of New York City.
Whitehead said he was unable
10 see AShworth. who had started
to cross the street in front of
line Of stopped cars when the light
changed.
Davis based his prediction on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
General
Describes Red


HELSINKI. Sept. 6.-The mas
Sacre of Porlampi" which destroyed
two Russian divisions and part of
a third. brought death to 1000
Soviet soldiers and gave Finnish
forces command OF the Karelian
Isthmus. was described today by
General Oesch, whose forces won
the victory.
The defeat Of the Russians at
Porlampi is now hailed as Fin
lands greatest triumph OF the war.
even overshadowing the capture Of
which preceded il.
General Oesch said that the
l23rd and 1l5th Russian. Divisions.
together with remnants of the 43rd
Division. which had defended Vii
puri without success, met their
fate" at Porlampi, six miles south
of the CITY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

records and the 1941 increases il
traffic deaths.
"Most OF those killed will he
men or boys, for increased en-
plOyment seems TO have made
them more careless" said DAVIS.
while the over so age group
will make up the usual large
percentage, the fatalities will
he spread over all age groups,
male and female.
September is one of the worst
months for accidents TO children.
or course. II Detroit motorists
drive more carefully and pedes-
trians avoid taking risks, par
ticuIarly those which are most
likely to cause fatalities. they can
knock the whole prediction into
cooked hat and no one will he
happier than I 10 admit that the
figures were too high"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Price Already Up

Henderson has intimated that
this increase IN cost can he tackled
on 10 the motorists bill What
the companies haven't said whN
Henderson hasn't said what even
Honest Harold 1ckes hasn't said
Is that the companies have already
increased the gasoline prlc 9
enough 10 PAY twice The added cost
Of using tank cars. Here are the
figures.
Railroad and oil experts tell me
that 10 get 10 per cent TO 20 per
cent more gasoline into the East
through use Of tank cars Will add
between quarter and a half cent
n gallon 10 the cost Of all gasoline
sold IN the East. But what isn't
generally realized is that the retail
price Of gasoline has gradually
been tipped whole cent q gallon
already. And what's more, no one
has given any adequate juStifca-
ton for this one cent increase
Unless Henderson changes ms
mind. he rs going 10 disregard II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Face New Boosts
If r ails Begin
to Move Fuel
nv HAUL MALLoN
ris-rirutrd hv King Features svr@ Inc
Fsrrodurfior ir whole or 10 part
STRICTLY prohihted

WASHINGTON, Sept s The
gasoline shortage bocey has Al last
been lad low by. tho MaIoncy com
mttee. hut tho consumer lS not
out Of the woods by a lons shot
In fact eastern auto drivers are
going 10 pay through the nose
twice for the alleged shortage #
they don watch out
The railroads have showed 10000
tank cars right under the noses
of petroleum COORDINATION IckeS
and the ont companies, who APP
psrenty aren much interested IN
thus method Of moving gasoline
con August - this column said
"The railroads are claiming 20 600
tank cars are available
In Two weeks. according 70 the
president Of the Association Of
American Railroads. the deficiency
can he more than met But II Is
gong 10 cost money. say the oil
companies. In fact, they have
already Informally requested Leon
Henderson 10 allow them 10 raise
the price Of gasoline again 10
cover the use OF tank cars which
ere more expensive 70 operate
than tanker ships and harges.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
His Oil Advisers

Ickes is getting ms gasoline ad-
wee from the big OH companies.
II YOU don't believe II. listen 10
this Eight members Of the p
man advisory group for the East.
10 whom lckeS presents his prob
lens. are officials Of the following
eight companies Texas Company,
Socony Vacuum. sun on Com
pany. Shell. Standard Of New Jer-
Soy. Consolidated oil American
on and Wonopd on Company. a
subsidiary Of Pure oil Company.
In addition. Deputy Administrator
Davies is from Standard OIL Of
California. and counsel for the
petroleum administrator IS from
the law firm which represented
Standard of California.
However. one thing the aior
companies didn't get ont OF Ickes
was protection from buster
Thurman Arnold Of the Justice
although they wanted
IL badly.
II hasn't leaked out yet. but
the major companies are about TO
surrender in one Of the two biC
suits Arnold has pending against
bpr1
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07
Railroad Estimate

Substantial tank car shipments
OF oil currently are under way 10
the East as result OF new freight
rate reductions negotiated by
Dowd's committee, and oil and
railroad experts are agreed that if
5000 tank cars were utilized. the
daily shortage of $4,000 barrels
of oil in the East would be wiped
out.
Earlier in the week. President
y. j. Pelley OF the Association of
American Railroads, and Ralph
|Budd, national defense transporta-
ton chief, insisted that at least
10000 tank cars are available.
Dowd. however. characterized
the Pelley-Budd estimates as ex-
cessive and theoretical He said
he did not know the actual num-
Der Of tank cars now idle. but said
his committee was about to make
Its own survey.