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Evening star., 1942-12-07
Chicuqo Livestock
F. w. WoOlworth Co.

CHICAGO. Dec. = !' Omitted States De-
partment of Agriculture .-Salable hogs
10000; total, $4,000; active. 1915 higher
than Fridays average on all weights and
sows; good and choice 20O-30O pounds,
i3;55-65; top l3.70; good and choice 16O-
500-pound sows, 13.55-65; mostly so
up.
salable. cattle, 10000: calves. 1,7OO;
choice fed steers and yearlings strong; all
other grades slow. steady; all buying in
terests worked very cautiously resisting
higher asking prices because of sharply
reduced receipts; bulk steers, 13,25-16.00;
early top, 90, on weighty steers and
16; 40 on light yearlings; choice of prime
weighty steers above. II 90, heifers steady
to strong; best, 1850; bulk, IL 80 IA 90;
COWS weak 81 supply comparati lively larger;
100; bulls steady at 1880 down; vealers
unchanged, 13.50-1 so: stock cattle
steady: medium to good grades still popu-
lar at 10.75-12.25; mostly 1850 on choice
Western calves.
salable sheep 5000: total 1000; fat
lambs opening steady. several loads and
lots fed westerns and native lambs, 525-
20, 20; st strictly good and choice kinds held
clipped lambs No. ! pelts; 15:15.25;- few
common to medium kinds, 6.OO-75.
Evening star., 1942-12-07

OF carefully devised, smooth work
ing plan for provision of skilled men
for the armed forces through special
Selective service calls.
With respect to industrial man.
power, Mr.. McNutt declared any So
luton of this problem must be based
primarily on the willingness of the
people to accept direction and dis
cipline. He said the first major
problem affecting all employers has
been severe loss of manpower to
the armed forces and that each en-
ployer will lose just about as many
men during 1943 as they have hith-
erto lost altogether. Moreover, re-
placements are going to be harder
to get, he predicted.
Mr.. McNutt said to minimize the
effect these Withdrawals on produc-
ton, occupations must be the pri-
mary factory determining deferment.
There are acute shortages of all
types of male labor in 40 major
centers of war production, he ex-
planned, and the commission will de-
eide Immediately on areas where
employers must get their employees
exclusively through employment
service offices.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-Early gain
market strength that raised prices
almost cent bushel faded today
and, as buying subsidized, quotations
retreated to small net losses in some
cases.
December contracts, on which de-
liveries are now being made, were
most in demand, apparently re-
f1ecting the fact. that spot grain
prices are quoted several cents
higher than futures. This was
offset, however, by profit taking
and increased caution of most deal
ers due to the fact that at the
days highs prices were around top
levels in the last two or three
months.
Wheat closed u higher to u lower
compared with Saturday, December,
s1.27k; May, s130A; corn, 3a-s1
down; December, 87-87h; soybeans,
"a higher,
Evening star., 1942-12-07
u. ). Steel DiscIoses
Greatest Expansion
In lis History
More Than Half Dozen
Units to Be Finished
By Midyeor
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. THE United
States Steel Corp. Is engaged in the
greatest expansion program in its
history with more than a half
dozen units scheduled to be finished
in the first half of 1943, Irving S..
Olds, chairman, said today.
The corporation is building new
producing or finishing units near
Pittsburgh, Chicago. Cleveland,
Birmingham, Duluth, Worcester,
Mass; Provo, Utah, and on the
West Coast costing more than $780,
100000, Olds said In reviewing the
corporations first year of war rec
ord. About thirds of this new
expansion work is for the account
of the Federal Government, he said,
the remainder being financed by
the corporations own funds.
Output to Increase.
The steel industry's operations
this week will increase slightly CON-
pared with last weeks figures, the
American Iron and Steel Institute
reported.
The weeks indicated rate of 98.6
per cent of capacity and output of
1,686,70O tons compares with 98.3
per cent in the previous week, which
was equivalent to 1851 900 tons.
A month ago mills operated at an
average weekly rate of 996 per cent
of capacity, which was equal to
1,703,80O tons, while a year ago the
percentage was 97.5 per cent, or
100000 tons.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Bombers, Pounding Continent, Concentrate on Italy
Continued From First Pase.)

daylight operations, only II Allied
planes were lost, communiques of
the British Air Ministry and United
States Army headquarters said.
Twelve of these were Raj bombers
which participated in the raid on
Etndhoven and two were fighters
engaged in the sweeps over Holland
and Brittany. Only two bombers and
one tighter were lost in the American
raids on Lille and Abbeville.
Low-Level Assault.
The Raj attack on the Eind-
hoven factory, which employs more
than $4,000 persons, was pressed
home from a low level. the Air
Ministry said. So low did some of
the planes fly that their crews
could read the time-12:20 pm
on the big factory clock.
The attack was made in several
waves, with the first scattering
high explosives and the last Drop
ping showers of incendiaries.
1T was the most magnificent
bombing we ever saw" said one
returning pilot.
The attack on Lille was the 18th
on that city. American airmen who
took part in the assault said German
fighters were extremely cautious
about attacking the Flying For
tresses and Liberators, which have
shown they can give a good account
Of themselves.
BY contrast with the mighty Allied
attacks on Western Europe there
was comparatively little German
aerial activity over Britain during
the week end.
A few bombs were dropped on the
south coast Of England by late night
raiders and hedge-hopping German
fighters shot up several villages in
the same area yesterday morning.
but casualties and damage were
reported light.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Africa
Continued From First Page
fighting which cost the Allies heav-
lily in men and materiel.
Air Blows Emphasized,

Aerial blows were emphasized in
reports from Allied headquarters,
and an official Sunday announce
ment said IL Axis planes were de-
stroyed in air combat yesterday
bringing the total to 1856 during the
four weeks of the North African
campaign. OF this number the Raj
was credited with bagging ia, the
United States Air Forces 40, ground
batteries Is and the remaining 7
fell by means undiSclosed.
In the same period the Allies lost
56 planes, IS of them Raj craft
and 81 American. Thirteen Raj
pilots were saved.
Twin-engined fighters were Off
cially declared to have shot down
two more northbound Axis trans
port planes off the east coast of
Tunisia yesterday and damaged
other planes. A merchant vessel
and a schooner were strafed with
machine guns and cannon in the
aerial efforts to pinch off Axis sup
ply lines.
At the Celia Airdrome on Sicily, a
way station of reinforcement for
Hitler's Tuni ian detachments, hits
were scored on field facilities, the
Cairo communique said.
A German high command commu-
nlque broadcast by the Berlin radio
said Allied tank and motor concen-
trations were targets of air attacks.
Bomber formations bombed the
(Algerian port of Bone and Philip
peville at night" the German COM
mand said.
Nazi fighters were declared to
nave shot down six planes in the
Mediterranean area without loss to
themselves.
Nazi Pessimism Indicated.
indication, however, that the Nazis
regarded as inevitable the ultimate
loss OF all North Africa were seen
here in reports that they had told
the Italian high command to order
the evacuation of civilians from
Sicily, strategic Mediterranean island
which might conceivably be used
by the Allies as a stepping stone to
invade Italy.
The Morocco radio, which broad
casts the reports, said the Germans
planned to establish a strong mill
tary garrison in Sicily, which they
already are using as an air base.
The German and Italian high
commands, in their Sunday COM
muniques, boasted of Axis successes
in Northern Tunisia. The Nazis said
their troops were mopping up the
area around Tebourba and had cap
tured 1,100 prisoners and destroyed
10 tanks.
Allied reports of developments in
Central and Southern Tunisia,
meanwhile, continued highly favor
able.
The Morocco radio broadcast
communique from French headquar-
ters announcing that units of the
camel corps had occupied heights
on the Algerian-Libyan frontier
east of Djanet, which is about $50
miles south of Tunis.
Another Morocco radio report said
American and French forces push
ing across Central Tunisia toward
the coastal road to Tripoli had occu-
pied another fortified position.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Russian
Continued From First Page.)

still clinging to their foodhold in the
Northern factory suburbs of Stalin-
grad and apparently were maintain
ing some lines of communication,
but they have been unable to i'm
prove their positions in the steppes
between the Don and the Volga.
In addition to the 1000 Germans
killed in the three-day battle along
the Rzhev-Vyazma railroad, 81 Ger
man tanks, an armored car, 30
guns. IS mortars, $50 machine guns,
10 trucks and four supply dumps
were destroyed, the communique re-
ported.
In another sector of the central
front Red Army troops advanced
and conducted engagements in the
depth of the enemy's defenses," it
was reported.
In the Velikie Luki area, where
the Russians are within 80 miles
of the old Latvian border, the Red
Army pushed through heavy snow
and biting winds to "liberate sew
eral populated points" and captured
large quantities of German equip
ment, the midnight communique re-
ported.
Near Rzhev, where the Soviet
troops are operating on three sides
of the heavily fortified German
stronghold, the communique said,
four German strong points were cap
tured after the 20 NaZi counter
attacks were repulsed.
The scope of the German effort
to reinforce the lines in Russia was
indicated by the Russian announce
ment that of 1872 German planes
shot down during the last week
108 were transport planes. The
Russians reported the loss Of 102
planes in the same period.
Action within Stalingrad appar-
emily was limited to artillery ex-
changes and reconnaissance activ-
tiles, but the Russians said one of
their combat reconnaissance units
wiped out about a company of Ger
mans on the southern outskirts of
the city.
Both westbound railroad lines
from Stalingrad have been cut west
of the city and the Russians were
reported to have reached a point
100 miles west Of the fortress. The
Germans still hold a corridor be-
tween the Volga and the Don.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
have been used for planes. tanks,
guns and ships are wasted"


Gen. Somervell admitted that Ger
tain War Department plants had
stopped operating temporarily or
were not running to full capacity
because of shortages in raw mate
rials. But he insisted that none had
been built which were not actually
needed.
He emphasized that the War De-
partment had equipped great army
and transported it overseas.
And we've won our battles" he
added. II defy any one to flnd
finer record"
Il would be the last to disparage
that record" said Senator Millikin,
Republican, Of Colorado, "but on the
civilian side, some things have been
uncovered which are quite shame
full" Es&
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Washington Produce

BUTTER-Local supply situation too un-
certain to quote prices
, ,LIVEsTOCK-calves, 1871; spring lambs,
From Agricultural Marketing Admins
ton:
EGGstMarket steady. Prices paid for
Federal-State graded eggs received from
grazing stations December ~ Whites,
y. S. extras. large, 5O-53. average 81; U.
8 extras: medium. 43-44.. average 43Na;
Y. 8. standards. large. 44-45 average, As;
U. s. trades. 80. Browns, U. S. Extras.
Large; Ia rs 5o-51 ayyeraee 5Oh; y S. extras,
standa Ids, larse. A.; U. S: standards. me
dunn, 3sla: U. s. trades. 36-36Ia: average
36h. Arrivals Of nearby ungraded eggs
seasonaily light and prices Of current re-
celptS largely nominal: Whites, -4O-4l !;
ment graded eggs: 213 cases.
LIVE POULTEY-Market steady. Fowl,
colored, s. pounds and up. 24-25; under 5
peunds. 22.23; REGISTERS. mixed .colors;
i5-l6 Chickens, Delaware. Virginia and
MARYLAND. Rocks and crosses, ,broilers, and
fryers' al sizes. 27!a-2sh. Turkeys:
toms, hens and No. 2s. 20.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Monpower
Continued From First Page. }

planning drastic changes in the
draft system, which, with the en-
ployment service, becomes the COM
missions main operating arm.
Gen. Hershey to Stay.
Mr.. McNutt said Maj. Lewis B
Hershey would continue as director
of the Selective Service system, for
the present at least.
This was the first official word
on Gen. Hershey's position since he
and his agency were placed under
Mr.. McNutt by presidential order
giving Mr.. McNutt control over al
location of military and civilian
manpower.
Asked if Gen. Hershey would con-
tinue as draft director, Mr.. McNutt
replied:
"Yes, for the time being, anyway"
Mr.. McNutt's aides explained that
Gen. Hershey, like Brig. Gen. Frank
j. McSherry, director of the Man.
power Commission's Division of Op-
erations, was regular officer "on
loan" from the Army for his present
work and could be called by the
Army at any time.
Gen. McSherry, shy but resource
9ul Colorado mining engineer, is now
and is expected to continue to be
MIR. McNutt's right-hand man in all
operations other than selective
service.
Obstacle in Program.
One big obstacle stands in the wav
OF the commissions progress-the
McKeller amendment to an appro-
priations bill making it mandatory
for Senate confirmation of all of
Mr.. McNutt's appointments calling
for salaries of $4,000 and over. Mr.
McNutt said a number of competent
men had declined appointments and
the provision was impeding the COM
missions administrative machinery.
The voluntary recruiting ban, Mr..
McNutt explained, will necessitate
q change in the present induction
system which sends selectees di-
rect from induction centers to Army
cantonments. AS the Navy has
strategically located training sta
tions, the problem is not expected
to be difficult one to solve.
However, it Is probable that it
will be item No. / on the commits
sion's agenda when members hold
their first session Wednesday under
the Presidents reorganization plan.
Call to Married Seen.
Suspending the induction of single
men as we'll as married men over 38
obviously will make it necessary for
draft boards to take more married
men under 38 than otherwise would
have been called. Officials said they
had no figures showing the break
down Of draft registrants over and
under 38, however, and thus were
unable to give any estimates Of the
number affected.
The calls now to be made on Sc
lective service by the Navy will not
result in increasing the monthly
quotas of the States, officials ex-
planned. because the quotas in the
past have covered both selectees and
volunteers for all the armed services
and the Navy's needs have been in
cluded in them.
Mr.. McNutt explained voluntary
enlistments have been striking
some plants like lightning-disrupt-
ing training schedules, creating sud-
den shortages in key skilled men and
knocking holes in plans for orderly
replacement"
Solution for Industry.
He expressed belief the ban
would be clean cut and complete
solution of this problem so far as
industry is concerned" But, he ad-
mitted 1t would require careful
weighing as to its effect on military
efficiency and morale. He added it
would also require the establishment
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Westinghouse Output Scars,

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7 (P.-A. w.
Robinson, chairman of the Westing-
house Electric & Manufacturing Co.,
reported today the company's pro-
duction rate had increased approxi-
mately SO per cent in the first 10
months of 1912.
The company stepped up monthly
production from 34,00O,0O0 worth Of
equipment in January to more than
$52,O00000 in October - tonnage
enough to fill 1900 freight cars in
a single month, he said in message
to employees at Pearl Harbor day
memorial services held in the COM
pany's plants in Is cities.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Two Oil Tonkers Launched
At Midnjoht in Chester

CHESTER, Pa, Dec. 7 (P.-In q
nighttime ceremony, two $4,000, 900
oil tankers were launched within
II minutes of each other shortly
after midnight at the Sun Ship
building & Drydock Co.
The first, the S. S. Newton, was
christened by Mrs. Susan H. Nc
Lachlan, wife Of yard craftsman.
The S. S. Vincennes, sponsored by
Mrs. Alice v. Nelson, wife of an
assistant foreman at the yard, fol-
lowed soon after.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALI.

capital Traction 1st $500 at 105sa.
Potomac Electric Power SO pfd-3
at 11634, 5 at 1861.
Riggs National Bank pfd.-26 at
1929.
Potomac Electric Power SO pfd-
2 at 1163s.
Capital Transit Co.-1OO at 27. 10
at 81.
Washington Ry & Elec pfd.-2 at III.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Chicago Cash Market,

Wheat, No. 3 dark Northern spring
l2Sa. Corn. new, No. . yellow. So
No. 3, 1890; No 4, S4-S654; No. x
sQ:s4; sample grade, 59-sOa; No. .
white, 10; old. corn, No. . mixed, 90;
No, 2 yellow, 90-92; No. 5. 9Ok Oats,
24h2-55: sample grade white. musty, 50.
Barley, mailing, SOL .04 nominal; feed,
55.67 nominal; Field seed per hundred
weight nominal. Timothy. 1855 90; al
sike; 17.0021 30: fancy red top, 7.OO-5O;
r re dclover' 1s.0O-22.50; sweet clover, 700
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Dividends Announced
, NEW YORK, Dec. 7 lP,.-Dividends de-
Ia rod
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Dec R.-Late foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain in
Canada M Official Canadian Control
Board rates for u s. dollars: buying, 10
per cent premium; selling, IL per cent
premium; equivalent to discounts on Ca
madam dollars in New York of buying
99l per cent; selling, 9.O9 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market. 1134 per cent discount or 1925
U. S. cents
Europe-Great Britain official Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates.: buy
ing: 4.02 selling. 4.04 open market:
cables. 4O4
Latin, America - Argentina, official
2917: free, 93.6S; Brazil official; O5n;
free, 52On Mexico, 20 66n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. n Nominal
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Sears Reveals Sales
IA Per Cent Below
1941 in November
WooIworth Co. Volume
Shows Smaller Gain
During Month
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-Sears, Roe
buck g. Co., mail order and retail
merchandise firm, today reported
November sales of $85 ,009 1852, down
a.. per cent from $50, 1862 ,s72 in No.
vember, 1941, sales for the 10
months ended November 80 were
$74l ,304, ,551, a decrease of So per
cent from $787,016,082 in the 10
months ended November 80, 1941.
F. w. Woolworth Co.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (P).-Sales of
F. w. Woolworth Co. in November
amounted to $36,376,475, an increase
of ~ per cent over $33,776,048 in
the like months of 1941. This was
a smaller increase over 194i than
shown in recent months and was
due to four Saturdays falling in the
month this year, against five in 1941.
In the first II months sales of
$3.50, 8,976,737 were AL per cent above
$314,632, $3.50 a year earlier.
Champion Paper.
Champion Paper e. Fibre Co. and
subsidiaries for the IL weeks ended
November 8, reported net income of
$936,92l, equal, after preferred divi-
dend requirements, to SLAB a COM
mon share, compared with $761 ,575,
or $1l6 common share, in the II
weeks ended November 9, 1941.
W. T. Grant Co.
w. T. Grant Co. reported sales in
November amounted to $14,382 1876,
an increase of 1871 per cent over
$l2,173,5 SAC in the like month in 1941.
Sales in the first II months of $128,-
664,688 were up 22.9 per cent ovec
$l04, ,709,7l5 last year.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
lounchings
Continued From First Page }

pendence was launched August %
and the Princeton christened No
vember 9.
At Bath, Me, yesterday, the Bath
Iron Works launched the destroyer
Thatcher.
In Boston three combat vessels
were launched-a special ship and
two escort craft.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Dec. The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index Of
35 commodities today advanced to 1O1.51.
Previous day 1O1 33: week ago, 1OO.79;
month ago, loose: year ago, $50.
High --1di.5i a5.1a 1895 ss.?4
Low 1854 7T.O3 $3.50 4144
G926 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Weather Report


District of CoubiaContnued moderately cold today with light
and gentle winds tonight
Maand-Coninued moderately today
VnaContnued moderately cold today with light north
In and portions
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Record for Last "a Hours,

Record for Last - Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon todayJ
Hienest' ~ AZ f'!U pm, year sso; 4S'
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90. on July 10.
lowest, 6, on January IL.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Report for Last AS Hours

Humidity for Last "A Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today }
HiEnest. ~ per cent, ~ ESQ pm.
UnNthsr n V>rSAws N1ktas
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Solution for Industry.

He expressed a belief the ban
would be a clean cut and complete
solution of this problem so far as
industry is concerned" But, he ad-
mitted 1t would require careful
weighing as to its effect on military
efficiency and morale. He added it
would also require the establishment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26
Detroit Exceeds
Red CrossQuotd
By $4,000

Detroit contributed 25 per cent
more than its Red Cross quota
and was the first large city ia
reach its quota, the first 10 reach
S1.00000O and led the nation in
the response 10 the Red Cross APP
peal, il was announced today.
Asked for S2000000, DetroiterS
contributed S2512.000 Emmett F
Connely. chairman of the drive
Enthusiasm rather than pre-
else organization marked the
drive" ne said. THE final burst
of giving that pushed us far be-
yOnd our quota came from the
small givers. In homes, In fac
tories, in clubs, churches and
stores, the smaller givers went
far beyond what we thought
they would donate"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26
AII-Star Stuff
Detroit FBl Chief Named
as Air Warden

An all-star team OF air raid
wardens. including John S. Bugas,
FBI head, was named today to
protect $500 federal employees
and others in the building at the
first alert signal. "
Bugas was named by Roscoe B.
Huston, postmaster, as warden of
the ninth floor of the building and
will be responsible for the safety
Of United States Marshal John
Bare and reporters in the federal
building press room, among others.
Each of the other nine floors
OF the building will have a floor
warden under the general direc-
ton of Wilbur G. CARED, assistant
building custodian. named chief
warden of the building. Prelim-
mary plans call for congregation
OF all persons in the building in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26

the corridors of the third. fourth.
fifth. sixth and seventh floors in
event of a raid. Air raid eXper-
fences in London have shown
these to be the safest.
Practice air raids are to be
scheduled.
Other floor wardens named in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26
Mistrial Motion Ruling Due

Judge Arthur Webster was to
rule today on a miStrial motion
growing out of the collapse of Irv-
ing Silber, manSlaughter defend
ant. The state charges SLIDER
faxed the incident, although a
county IN d c a examination
showed him genuinely ill.,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26

cluded Earle f. Koehler, district
supervisor of the alcohol tax;
Ralph II. Oyler, director Of the
narcotics bureau; George M.
Read, clerk of the federal court:
George F. Boos. secret service
head.
La gaceta., 1942-09-04
ACUSADO DE VENDER
NARCOTICS

O'N0 w L'NCC HCoCo
Ell cOmisionado federal Pink
ertcn senal6 finaza de $1,000 a
Jackson T. Youngblood, de 46
amos, acusado de yenta Illegal de
NARCOTICS.
Youngblood, que esta enfer-
mo, ingres6 en- IA carcel por no
tener 81 dinerO de la fianza.
Es la quinta vez que desapa-
rece morfina de les lugares dom
de 6l t~rabajaba.
Vendi6 morfina de la botica
CraytOn Drug Co., de Kissimme
en- ell mes de agosto de 1871.
Ell acusadO reside en- Winter
Garden, donde los agentes fede-
rales lie arrestaron.
ST, senior:
Para pintar mejor su
casa, compre la pintura
B. L. p, vendida exclu-
sivamente pnr K n g
Greco Hardware Co.,
ga. Avenida v Gale Is