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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
Stocks Fail 10 Rise
With A. 7. 81. After
Dividend Is Voted
Utility Coins s., but
Other Leaders Drop;
Bonds Decline
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, May 2o.-A brisk
rise in American Telephone on dec
laration of the company's regular
quarterly dividend of s2-25 provided
no stimulus for the stock market
today and most other leaders lost a
little ground.
Fractionally ahead from the start,
Telephone quickly pushed up for
a gain of 3 points or so after the
dividend announcement In the early
afternoon. On the basis of recent
comment by company officials con-
cerniing prospective tax increases
many in Wall Street had looked
for cut in the disbursement.
The market generally was disposed
to follow the steels. which were
under pressure throughout. United
States Steel, Bethlehem and Youngs-
town Sheet all registered new lows
for year or longer
Heaviness ruled also in most air.
crafts, rails, rubbers and in nu-
merous industrial manufacturing
issues, with declines ranging from
fractions to about a point.
An assortment of merchandising
stocks. air transports and motors
displayed fair resistance near the
final hour.
Transactions were approximately
400 900 shares.
Other Dividends Cut.
Despite the Telephone dividend.
the matter Of diminishing returns
to shareholders entered as a pessi-
mistic element as recent dividend
actions were reviewed On the heels
Of payment reduction by Du Pont
early this week came similar moves
by Public Service of New Jersey
and National Biscuit, with one or
two less prominent companies elm
mating payments entirely.
Helping Chesapeake & Ohios DO
sition in the early proceedings was
report for the four months ended
April 80 disclosing net income equal
to 81 cents share, against IS cents
in the like period last year. April
net income was 81 ,e95 .225. compared
with a deficit of s1,615,776 in the
same month of 1941.
Bonds Lose Ground.
With the exception of a few re-
sistant spots among rails and utili-
ties the bond market lost ground
today
Going into the final hour declines
Of fractions to around a point ruled
among the major groups.
On the offside were Childs Co. IS,
Southern Railway 612s, Texas Co.
IS, st. Paul 4As, Consolidated Edison
3l2s, American Telephone IS. Mis-
souri-Texas adjustment IS, Northern
Pacific IS, Nickel Plate 5l2s and
Pittsburgh g. West Virginia AIS.
Exhibiting resistance to the lower
trend were Portland General Elec-
trio AIS, Atlantic Coast Line AIS,
. st. Louis-San Francisco AIS and
Lehigh & New York As.
United States Governments were
little better in spots on the stock
exchange, but changes were small
and the trend mixed over the
counter.
A few South American loans held
slightly ahead in the foreign de-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
Steel Workers Union
To Forge Extra Pay
For Sundays, Holidays
Murray Opposes PIon
To Freeze Wages in
View Of Living Costs
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVE AND. May 20.-The
United Steel Workers of America,
following c. I. o. policy, has agreed
to give up weekend and holiday
wage premiums within the 40-hour
week, but c. l. O. President Philip
Murray declares. wage freezing
would create an inequality of sacri-
fee
The unions constitutional con-
vention almost unanimously &C
cepted a recommendation of the C.
I. 0. Executive Board stating there
should be no insistence on overtime
rates for Saturday, Sunday and
holiday work within the 40 hours.
The unions Wage Policy Com
mittee studied proposal that en-
ployers be asked to start the 40
hour week on Monday.
Mr.. Murray, the unions chair
man during its six-year existence
as the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, told the convention that
freezing of all wages would work a
hardship on workers whose wages
have not increased with living costs.
He said living costs in steel towns
have risen IS per cent between
March, l94l, and March, 1912. Our
people got an increase of 80 cents
in that time, but living costs have
surpassed 1t by far"
American labor, said Mr.. Murray
is prepared to lose its shirt to win
this war. but labor has consistently
advocated establishment of equality
of sacrifice"
He declared there should be an
early settlement of the Little Steel
wage cases before the War Labor
Board, in which the union is seeking
wage raises of 81 day from Bethle.
hem. Inland, Republic and Young
stown Sheet and Tube.
A plea by Mr.. Murray for peace
and unity within the union and the
c. I. o. was interpreted by some OBJ
servers as an effort to head off any
show Of antagonism toward John L
Lewis. president of the c. I. o
United Mine Workers. Several I'M
ion locals were understood to be con.
sidering resolutions opposing Mr..
Lewis policies.
Il do not want internal strife
within this union or within the
C. I. o." Mr.. Murray told the con-
vention. Mems minds must rise
above internal chickering's when a
nation is embroiled in a world war
Il do not want this convention to
waste single, solitary moment of
its time discussing, by resolution or
otherwise. internal differences of
any description within unions in
America. The steel workers must
become missionaries of good will and
national unity"
Election of Mr. Murray as the first
president of the U. S. w. A. at a
salary equal to the s25, 900 Mr.. Lewis
receives from the U. M. w. was
urged on the convention.
Mr.. Murray, who draws $4,000 a
year salary as vice president of the
U. M. w., has served without pay as
chairman of the S. w. o. c. since its
inception in 1886. Strongly sup
ported by delegates for the U. S.
w. A. presidency, it is expected Mr..
Murray would sever connections
with the U. M. w. if elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
Chicago Cash Prices.

Chicago Cash Prices.
Wheat was Il to Il cent higher: basis
steady to easy: shipping sales, $4,000
bushels; bookings; receipts, q cars
Corn was unclaimed; basis unbalanced:
shipping sales. $4,000 bushels: bookings.
u 900 bushels; receipts. "a cars.
Oats were Il to l cent lower; basis
| steady for choice and weaker for of
grades; shipping sales, $4,000 bushels. in
| Guiding 10000 bushels for export reported
by a local house; bookings. 10000 bushels;
receipts, 81 cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc ASSoclated Press.
NEW YORK, May 20-Cotton
prices fell back today after a feeble
attempt to extend the recent gains.
Farm legislative uncertainty. a
slackening volume of trade price fix
ing and the statement of Secretary
of State Hull on the possibility of a
victory earlier than expected, were
factors on the decline.
Late afternoon values were 40 to
so cents a bale lower. July. 1925;
December, 1850, and March. 1915
Futures closed 25 to so cents a bale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
Odd-Lot Transactions

PHILADELPHIA. May 90 LP.-The Be-
curities and Exchange Commission re-
odd-lot dealers and specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for May 10: 1.s17
purchases involving 4s.99O shares, 1,775
sales involving l.12S shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20

Men in the armed forces are being
allowed to purchase share in the
democratic United States they are
defending. Do you have to be told
to buy a bond?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. May 20 (Pl.-Cotton
futures declined here today on a state
ment attributed to Secretary Hull thst
he saw some sround for United Nations
victory sooner than had been expected
earlier this year. The market closed
steady, B to points net lower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, May 20 (R,.-Dividends de.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20
Omitted.

Helleman Brew
Electrographic Corp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20

II.UU A.N.-- IU4,0oU II.UU Noon- I6I, TO
100 PM 247.873 200 PM. 299, 425
Total 405, 400
tUnit of trading, ten shares: sales
printed in full. In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganiIed under Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by. such COM
panies. Rates of dividend in the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
ton. Unless otherwise noted. special or
dividend. xr Elk rights. q Also extra or
extras. d Cash or stock, e Declared or paid
so far This year fPayrble in stock. 3 Paid
last year. b Payable In Canadian funds
< Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-20

So you want Toxic bombed again?
Well, bombs cost money, 50 help buy
some with War bonds and stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16

Factory employees will be given their books through the transpor- tation committees of the various plants, MT. Mcknight stated, there by simplifying the task of the VOL unteer workers at the ration board headquarters. Another call for vol unteer workers was made today by the administrator who urged the men and women who served as cashiers for issuing books in July to report again for duty.
 There are no paid workers for the gasoline rationing program in Wa terbury MT. Mcknight repeated to- day denying 8 report which ap- peared in local newspaper. For all of Waterbury's rationing work only seven workers are regular paid em- ployes, not several hundred as enormously reported this morning, he said.
 Computation of gasoline allow ances will continue through tomor- row and the staff plans to have all applications checked by Monday afternoon, when the distribution work starts,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16

(Continued from Page D
 It was reported here that an ap- parent purge in the command was partly due, at least, to the insist ence by some generals that Adolf Hitler was making mistake by concentrating all his forces against Russia and neglecting the middle east.
 But the reports indicated also, that though Hitler was dismissing generals because they dared to chal- lenge his inner voice, he was also paying attention now to the North African front.
 Informants here attributed the visit to Berlin of Field Marshal Er- win Rommel just back in his Afri- can command, to divergencies be- tween what they called the African and Russian schools of thought.
 Blasted Jap Bases
 Chungking, October 16-(UP)- United States Army bombers and fighters blasted the important Japanese base of Lashio in Burma yesterday, setting fires visible for 40 miles, Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's headquarters reported to- day.
 Besides striking the city proper where large fires were started in the southwestern warehouse dis trict, the American planes attacked nearby airdrome.
 Seven hits were scored at the intersection of runways of the air drome," the communique, Still wells 46th, said.
 No American planes were lost, the communique added.
 Lashio is located on the Burma road, China's old life lire, about 200 miles northeast of Mandalay by air.
 During a raid on Mangshieh in southwest Yunnan province Sept. 27, 30 trucks were destroyed and 400 Japanese troops killed" the com- munique revealed.
 97 Bombers DOwned
 valetta, Malta, Oct, 16-(UP)- The Royal Air Force, with a loss of only IS planes, has shot down 97 bombers and fighters in five days of an Axis blitz designed to knock out this British Mediterranean stronghold, cffcial figures revealed today.
 Exact statistics on enemy planes damaged were not available but they were believed to be at least equal the number destroyed.
 Frnch Senegal Trouble
 Bathurst, Gambia, October l6- (UP)-Disturbances were reported today to have broken out in French Senegal. on the west African coast, as the result of French efforts to evacuate civilians from Dakar. Dakar is the capital of French Senegal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16
WORKERS
 ON CHEST DRIVE

Final instruction and report meet ings of several of the fleets set up to campaign for the Waterbury Community Chest drive which opens Monday were held this morning. The drive will be launched officially Monday night at o'clock when an estimated 1900 workers will report for assignments.
 Admiral William Jebb presided at a meeting of the Utilities group at his office, while the special gifts fleet held a report meeting and luncheon at the Y. M. c. A. at noon under the chairmanship of Admiral Levi Wilcox. The Waterbury Far rel Foundry flotilla of the indus trial fleet met with Capt. David Griggs, and a meeting ana tea of the women,s fleet, of which Mrs. Frederick Kellogg is admiral, was scheduled for 3 o'clock this after noon ct st. Johns parish hall.
 Edward Graham, executive secre- tary of the program. is supervising the work. J. Francis Smith Is cam paign chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16
NEWSPAPER SCRAP
 DRIVE TO FINISH
tContinued from Page 1)

N0SAAtAAAeASNA
 
 several men to place 1t on the trucks and later unload it at the depot. Those that are willing to help and have no yet registered are asked to report to Freigh1 street tomorrow morning at o'clock to be assigned to a truck. Anyone who is ur1- able to work the entire day is asked to report at noon.
 Mrs. Stephen Burrall, captain of the Red Cross motor corps, has a1l- nounced that several members of the corps will aid with the collec- tion by transporting workers to areas in which they are most need ed. They will also take workers that appear late to truck so that they can aid with the collection without losing any time.
 Asks CIO to Help
 Alex Cashin, state coordinator
 of organization for the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers, has asked that members of the local CIO unions offer their services tomorrow to pre- vent any bottleneck. At present it appear as though the collection may be partly stalled because of a shortage of volunteers to load the trucks. He asked that the union members do all in their power to help tomorrow even if 1t is only for a few hours. The main prob- lem concerning the collection is q great shortage of manpower, J. Warren Upson, chairman of the sal- wage committee warned. The need for more volunteers has become very serious. Pople in this city have given their utmost for the drive un- til now and they must not fail at the final moment.
 Routes Established
 Edward Darcey, who is directing the collectors, and George E. Greaney, transportation manager of the Diamond Ginger Ale O., have established routes for the collection trucks. The city has been di- vided into 50 zones for greater ef- ficiency. The cards obtained by the Junior Commandos have been assorted as to these zones by the members of the Victory Aides, so that the trucks will not miss a single house in which there is any amount of scrap. Those who aided in sorting the several thousand cards were Mrs. Charles Audet, Mrs. Mat thew Colney, Mrs. Hugh McDon- aid, Mrs. Edwin s. Hunt, Jr., Mrs. Donald Post, Mrs. Walter Upson, Mrs. William M. Crane, Jr., and Mrs. Mark L. Sperry, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16
Russians Are Driven
 Back By Nazi Hordes
tcOntlnued frOm Page D

about a mile deep Wednesday morn ing, in an effort to wipe every ves- tige of life from it before sending in tanks and infantry.
 Continuous Bombing
 (Fifteen hundred sorties in a sin gle morning would represent con- tinuous bombing. If morning" was intended to mean period of 12 hours, 1,5O0 would figure to 125 sor- ties an hour or a little more than two minute. If morning" meant from dawn to noon, or period of six hours, 1t would figure to 25O an hour or more than four a minute)
 Other dive bombers attacked river crossings in an effort to isolate a small boxed area, through which the Germans intended to blow to the Volga.
 More than 30,O0O storm troops and 100 tanks moved forward to cross the narrow strip, where, according to all normal calculations, not a single defender should have re- mained alive.
 The enemy vanguard met a hur- ricane of artillery fire from massed Russian artillery that somehow had escaped the bombing. What the Germans had expected to be vic- tory parade turned into bloody combat that might well become the final battle for the city.
 Tanks in deep columns moved forward, dispatches said. They met a hurricane of shells, One by one they dropped from line, shrouded in oily fire. Some, however, advanced until they exposed their Hanks tc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16

over in waves about every two hours, front dispatches said. Between sUn- rise and sunset yesterday seven major land trusts were repulsed but the Russian troops were forced to fall back under the pressure of ad- mittedly superior enemy forces.
 The Naz drive was described as concentrated on an exceedingly narrow front in an effort to smash through to the Volga banks in the northern part of the city.
 Started 48 Hours Ago
 Red Star reported the huge Nazi effort started 4S hours ago with "frightful air attacks on the narrow sector designated for. the. break through"
 "Now the decisive battle for Stal- ingrad Is raging" said the Red army organ. "We must defend the city at any cost"
 GA dispatch from Zurich said g German military spokesman had told neutral correspondents that 'after the reorganization of of Ger man troops, the lull in fighting at Stalingrad ended, and the German offensive was resumed with all re- serves, infantry, artillery and air. craft" He said the fighting was "heavier than, heretofore"
 (Radio Berlin, however, was heard in London broadcasting that Ger man forces on the Russian front had moved into their winter quar- ters.)
 Red Star said the German air force made 1,500 sorties against a sector less than a mile wide and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16
FLYING FORTRESS
 CLIDES TO SAFETY
(continued from Page D

(Continued from Page D
 the Cliffs of Dover-was an aerial adventure for 10 American crew members, including one who just went along for the ride.
 It ended with a Royal Air Force rescue after Swenson had saved two of the crew from drowning.
 The story came out over glass of beer in the officers club lounge where Swenson, husky, blond, and soft spoken, was asked how his men, several of whom were slightly hurt, were getting along.
 Thereafter it was a matter of get- ting the real story of the shippers steady nerves and precision of ac- tion that savel all 10 men of the crew, who disclosed the close CO., operation of the Royal Air Force which resulted in the rescue.
 Swenson's crew fared well enough in the Lille raid, dropped their bombs and started homeWard in a formation led by Maj. Jean R. By erly, Estes Park, Colo.
 Swenson was flying at 22,000 feet, just under a cloud, as Focke Wulf- 190 dived through directly in iron of him.
 "He was trying to get the squad- ron leader" Lieut.. Swenson said. But he only had flash chance to shoot concentrated fire at us and then he swooped up in the clouds before we were able to shoot" :"
 The Germans cannon knocked out the fortress's No. 1 engine and tore a hole in the nose. His machine guns knocked out the No. 2 engine and probably damaged the ignition. The plane started into forced glide.
 T saw white cliffs and headed for them" Swenson said.
 All Became Dizzy
 But meantime he was doing a hundred other things to ensure the safety of the crew. He ordered his men to don parachutes while he was dropping 1,600 feet a minute at 15O miles an hour. He sent out an sos. The windshield began frost ing and Swenson was forced to keen small space cleared with his hand. The planes phones had been knocked out and he had to give or ders by shouts to chuck the waist guns out of the window in order to lessen landing danger. He ordered the ball turret guns pointed down. ward. ordered the bombardier to take the very signal pistol cartridges to the radio room and to take the first aid. kit and the navigator's $ maps.
 I've did not destroy the confi- dential papers because we were pret- ty sure they were going to the bot tom with the plane" Swenson said.
 The cockpit and other windows were opened.
 Most of the crew discarded their flying suits and extra equipment and it was strewn across the chan nel.
 "The waves were 10 feet high but put her tail down about a mile from the cliffs, dragged in the water and then landed" Swenson said.
 Tt was not as bad as I ex- pected."
 A huge sheet of water broke over the fortress and poured in the win dows. Then the crew knew they had less than a minute to escape and initiate the two dinghys.
 Tt went smooth enough" Sven son said. Everybody knew his job and did it, because luckily we had practised only the day before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16
SIX GOVTS. HAVE
 INDICTED GUILTY
Continued from Page D

Norway made its world Enemy No. Vidkun Quisling.
 Quisling is charged, among other things, with selling out his country and preparing the groundwork for the German invasion.
 The next six on Norway's list are:
 No. 2-Albert Viljiem Hagelin, deputy leader of Quislings Nazi party, charged with cooperating with the Germans and acting against Norwegian interest.
 No. 3-Jonas Lie, just resigned as Quislihg's chief of police, charged with establishing torture chambers and with directing the Norwegian Gestapo terror which has resulted in hundreds of executions land untold tortures" of Norwegian citizens.
 No. 4-General Paul Redeiss, Ger man gestapo chief in Norway, charged with perpetrating 35 execu tions in the Trondheim area in ad- dition to other terror campaigns.
 No. 5-Guidbrand Lunde, Quis- ling minister of propaganda, known as the Little Goebbsls, charged with treason.
 No. 6-Hendrick Rogstad, Ges- apo chief in the Trondheim area, charged with directing executions in the recent terror wave. No. 2 Wilhelm Schettfau, Ges- tapo interrogation officer, whose brutality knows no limit" charged with torturing Norwegians by thousands in concentration camps.
 No. 8-Ernst Doennum, Norweg- ian Quisling GeStapo interrogation officer, charged with assisting in the torture.
 Norway Has 1,OOO
 Norway's list contains more than 1000 names. The evidence against the war criminals is so detailed that it fills a special safe in the Nor wegian Ministry of Justice here. Heading Jugoslavia list of thous- ands, including Germans, Hun garians, Quisling Jugoslavs and Italians are:
 No. 1-German Gen. Fritz Zim- merman, charged with ordering the massacre of every man and boy in the town of Kragujevac. On. Oct. 21 1922 3,600 men and boys were executed in patches of 50. No. 2German Gen. von Dan- klemann, charged with sending tens of thousands of Serbs to concen- tration camps and executing tens of thousands more with the aim of wiping out the Serb race" No. 3-Hungarian Gen. Feran Bojor, charged with ordering the massacre of every Serb in the vil- lage of Noyissad.
 No 4-Ante Pavelic, Croat Quis- ling, charged with selling out Croa- tia, enabling the Germans to tn- filtrate the country without op- position, and ordering the murder of all serbs in Croatia.
 No. 5-Eugene Kvaternik, just dismissed as chief of police of Zagreb, implicated in the assassin ation of King Alexander. No. 6-Giovanni Mazzolini, Italian governor of Dalmatia, under whose rule the Italians destroyed by naval and air bombardment hundreds of Montengrin towns and villages.
 No. 7-Gen. Milan Medic, Quisling premier of the puppet Jugoslav regime, charged with cooperating with the Axis. Medic will hang as a political prisoner" 8 Jugoslav spokesman said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16
WILL STAY MARRIED

Hollywood. Oct. IS - (UP) - Film Star Victor Mature. now a coxswaln in the Coast Guard. will remain married for the duration of the war.
 His wife. Martha. widow of Or chestra Leader Hal Kemp. asked dismissal of her divorce suit flor Che duration. at least" They had been married a year when Mrs. Mature hronRht the suit last July.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-16

hidden Russian anti-tank riflemen and grenade throwers.
 Red Tanks Jump In
 At this stage, Red tanks rur1bleo out and added their flrepower to that of Soviet artillery. The narrow corridor became a cauldron of hot lead, high explosive and flying shrapnel.
 German tanks burst into flame Hundreds of storm troopers were killed.
 Then, the Germans rushed ur fresh forces, and at the end of the day had advanced slightly at several points, at cost of more than 1,500 men killed and 45 tanks.