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Evening star., 1942-10-29
Auxiliary Fire Pump
Deliveries Begun
In Target Areas
District Expects to Get
40 Of Skid Mount Style
And Sc Of Trailer Type

The three types of auxiliary fire
pumps under the ONCE of Civilian
Defense protective equipment pro-
gram are now in production and
deliveries to communities in the
target areas have begun, OCD Di-
rector James M. Lands announced
today.
The District is expecting sc
pumps-40 of the "skid mount
style and Sc of the trailer type. The
third type of pump, an auxiliary
unit designed to be mounted on
the front end of truck, was turned
down by the District in favor OF
the other types because the appa-
ratus in use here is not suited to
that type. the Fire Department said
Auxiliary Fire Stations.
Receipt of the 56 trailer type
pumps will be the go-ahead signal
for the auxiliary fire stations. Per-
mission OF owners already has been
obtained for locating stations
manned by auxiliary firemen in gas
stations, apartment house garages
and similar sites, but until now
there has been no equipment for
the auxiliaries.
The auxiliary firemen will tie the
trailer pumps to the backs of their
own automobiles and 60 out on fire
calls with them. Sites have already
been chosen for the skid mount
pumps which will be located around
the Lincoln Memorial, beside swim
ming pools and at other points
where a water supply is nearby.
Procurement of the auxiliary
pumps was included in the $100 ,000.-
900 appropriated early in the spring
to OCD but the purchasing pro-
gram has been beset by critical
material problems from the begin
ming. Fire-flghting equipment rep
resents about tWo-thirds of the ap-
preparation.
Loaned by OCD.
The total number of pumper units
in service in the several hundred
communities in target areas will be
doubled in a little more than six
months by the addition of the OCE
auxiliary units, Mr.. Lands said.
The pumps are loaned by OCD or
the basis of the vulnerability of a
community, the likelihood of attack
and the need for such supplement
tary equipment.
Contracts were signed nationally
for $4,000 of these units-9,O00 trail
ers, 5000 skid mounts and 5000 front
end pumps
Two auxiliary bumpers will be pro-
vided for each regular pumper ir
the average target-area city of more
than 100000 population and one fol-
each regular pumper in cities under
that size. One auxiliary pumper will
also be provided for each regular
pumper more than is years old.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Cunudiun War Bond
Subscriptions Climb

OTTAWA, Ontario. Oct. % Ca
madam Press). - Wednesday sub
scriptions to Canada's third victory
loan totaled s43,674,400, raising the
cumulative total for the drives first
nine days to $458, ,258, 800, national
loan headquarters announced today.
Minimum objective for the 18-day
campaign is s75o,0OO,00 During
the first half of the campaign bond
subscriptions were s83 ,258, 300 ahead
of the minimum average pace re-
quired to meet that objective.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
.S1.76a Share Earned
By General Motors
In Nine Months
Result Contrasts With
$3.50 q Share for
Same 1941 Period
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-General
Motors Corp and subsidiaries yester-
day reported net income of $50, $685.
622 for the nine months ended Sep
tember 30, equal. after preferred
dividends requirements. to $l.76 a
common share, compared with $751;
249, lot. or 1886 a common share, in
the like 1941 period.
For the 1912 third quarter net
income was $35,743,411. or II cents a
share, against $43, ,022 1853, or "a cents
share, in the similar three months
year ago.
Alfred P. Sloan, jr, chairman of
the company-normally the largest
manufacturer of automobiles in the
world and now operating almost
completely as producer of war
materials-pointed out third quarter
earnings were calculated on the basis
OF the recently-enacted Revenue Act
Deliveries of war materials in the
first nine months of 1912 were nearly
five times as great as in the like
period a year ago." Sloan said.
He said total net sales were II per
cent less than in the first nine
months of l94l, but 'it was reason.
able to expect that the net sales fol-
the year 1912 would not be greatly
different from those of the year l94l
in which an all-time high recorc
for sales was established"
Inland Steel Co.
Inland Steel Co. and subsidiarie,
reported consolidated net income O.
$2,642, 400, equal to $l62 a capita
share, in the three months endee
September 30.
| In the same period of last year
consolidated net income was $3,675,
| 724, or $2.25 capital share.
| Consolidated net income in tn,
nine months ended September 80
1912, was So, 800, or s497 capita
share, against consolidated net in.
come of $11 ,247 ,342, or Sc 89 a capita
share in the same l941 months.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Chicago Grain
the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-With rye and
corn futures prices at new lows for
the year, the trend of all grain
values was lower today as renewed
selling appeared in the market as
result of the large domestic sur
pluses available and tagging COM
mercial demand.
Most losses were only fractional
but rye sagged about a cent and
corn was down almost that much at
times. Grainmen said hedging sales
were APPARENT in the corn pit in
connection with the new crop move
ment. Ceilings on flour limited de-
mand for both wheat and rye, they
said.
Wheat closed w lower than
Yesterday, December, 1924 Is; May,
l.26: corn. ls-1a down, December,
79-791s; May, 841s-A: rye, 12-7s
down, December. 81: soybeans un-
changed to 70 of; oats unchanged to
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Big Rise in War Output
Declared insufficient
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, Oct. 29.-S. Abbot
Smith, director OF the Governments
Smaller War Plants Corp, said to-
day production of munitions has
increased almost 400 per cent in the
last year-but that is not enough"
Asserting that the Nations smaller
manufacturing plants should seek
aid from his corporation in getting
geared for war production when they
have exhausted all the usual
sources" Smith told a war confer
ence of the Associated Industries OF
Massachusetts,:
mo one knows what enough is
but we do know we shall not even
approach enough until every pos
sible machine in this country is
working at top speed"
Alden c. Brett, consultant to the
Office of the United States rubber
director, told the conference that
despite delays the Government S
synthetic rubber program has now
been placed in competent hands
and that "only gross mismanage-
ment or political interference can
prevent it from working out"
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Hospital
Continued From First Page.

hospitals have generally been re-
luctant to make application for the
type of additional facilities eligible
for approval"
However, recognizing the critical
need of the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area for increased hospital ca
pacity," the report added, they have
subordinated their own wishes in re-
gard to the public necessity"
The total cost of the expansion
program, FWA estimated, would be
s4,869,77O, including an improve
ment to the clinic at Children's Hos
pi al which will provide no new beds.
OF this amount, $2,748,000 is to be
built entirely from Federal funds
with the hospitals leasing the new
facilities for the duration of the
war;. $l,95l,770 is to be provided
under the grant allotments system
and $4,000 is to be furnished by
the Government in the form OF
loans which must be repaid
Fast Work Schedules.
Most of the new hospital buildings
and nurses quarters are scheduled
to be completed in from 80 to $50
days after work begins. The first
project, a 150-bed maternity ward
addition at GallingersHospital, was
scheduled to be started today and
will be ready for use by the end of
January. This is the only one of
the contemplated new structures in
the program that has so far been
granted WPB priorities rating. A
second Gallinger Hospital project to
provide 1875 general beds is supposed
to be started November Is and COM
pleted by February Is and the ad-
dition of 100 beds at the same hos
pital for venereal disease cases will
be started Novepber 80 and finished
February %.
BY the end of March, I'll of the
1,172 beds to be added to existing
accommodations will have been pro-
vided and ready for use, unless the
projects not yet approved by the
WPB run into priorities difficulties
The last addition to be ready will be
the 100-bed addition to the Alex
andria General Hospital, which will
be completed by July 20. This is. the
only two-story building in the FWA
plan and was approved by that
agency, it was explained, because nc
new elevator need be provided and
the structural steel necessary is to
be furnished by the city of Alex.
andria from existing stocks originally
designated for other purposes.
The following table lists the com.
pletion dates for each project, with
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Dividend Is Ordered
By Stromberg Carlson
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y. Oct. 90
Stromberg Carlson Telephone Man.
ufacturing Co. directors have de.
clared the regular quarterly divi.
dend of $l.62la a share on the 81:
per cent cumulative preferred stock
payable December to stock of rec.
ord November 20.
No action was taken on the com
mon stock.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Maritime Commission
Funds Dissipafed,
Aiken Charges
Vermont Senator Asks
Congressional Probe Of
'CoIIusion, Incompetence
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Senator Aiken, Republican, of
Vermont charged today that the
Maritime Commission had rash
ly dissipated and misused" public
funds and urged a congressional
investigation.
Declaring some of the commits
sion's transactions appear to 90
beyond the realm of dissipation, "
Senator Aiken said:
They smell to high heaven of rank
incompetence and collusion with
private interest, for which the Mari
time Commission and its chair
man tRear Admiral Emory S. Land
should be held accountable.
Letter to Senator Walsh.
In letter to Chairman Walsh of
the Senate Naval Affairs Committee,
Senator Aiken said that from a re-
view of material which has come be-
fore me, 1t appears that:
81. The United States Maritime
Commission has paid exorbitant and
outrageous prices for old and obso-
lete ships.
%. It has paid unwarranted sub
sides for construction based on
foreign costs long after foreign COM
petition ceased to exist.
"3. 1t has paid operating subsidies
after foreign competition virtually
ceased and even increased the
amount of operating subsidies while
foreign competition was rapidly de-
.creasing.
a. 1t has spent millions of dol
lars in subsidizing ships for private
corporations, particularly the Alcoa
Steamship Co., owned by the Alum
mum Co. of America, when these
ships were intended primarily to
carry the goods of the corporation
itself
Interest and Excess Profits.
IS. It has failed to collect the
statutory 3l2 per cent interest charge
from shipping corporations on Sc
cured and miscellaneous accounts
(other than new conStruction con-
stituting an estimated indebtedness
Of $45 5,139,824 (The amount collected
Tor the fiscal year 1912 was $805 900,
while 3iz per cent interest on $45,-
139,824 would amount to sl,579,-
893.84D
IS. 1t has failed to recover excess
profits from shipbuilding corpora
tions.
~. 1t has failed to collect Is per
cent down payment on all ships sold,
although required by law to do So
IS. 1t has repurchased ships for
sale to the Navy, paying the owners
for the full amount they had in
vested without deducting for Use
of the ships or depreciation, as re-
quired by law.
Transactions Assailed.
80. 1t has been a party to trans
actions whereby it has sold ships,
both completed and under construc-
ton, to private corporations, which
have thereupon, in accordance with
understandings had with the COM
mission before it transferred title,
resold the same ships to the Navy
at higher prices which were not
justified by increases in value.
10. It has permitted wilful
extravaganza, incompetent manage
ment and looting to prevail at ship
yards holding contracts with the
commission for the construction of
vessels on cost-plus- -flXed-fee
basis.
"As a result of the Maritime Com
missions extravagant and incom-
petent handling of the merchant
marine, American taxpayers have
been virtually robbed of untold mil
lions"
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL.

SALES-AFTER CALL.
National Mortgage G Investment
pfd-1 900 at A.
Peoples Drug Stores common-25 at
1877.
Capital Traction 1st $500 at
1857.
Potomac Electric Power 5l2 % pfd.-
10 at 1l41s.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Dividend Is Declared

CHICAGO, Oct. 20 H9.-Directcrs
Of Consolidated Biscuit Co. today
declared . dividend Of IS cents q
common share, payable December 10
to stockholders Of record November
10. This Is the first dividend since
payment Of 10 cents q share was
made On Mareh a, f14i. :
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Oct. 20 lP.-Late foreisn
exchange rates follow, tGreat Britain in
dollars. others in cents):
Board rates for U. 8. dollars Buying. 10
per cent premium: selling, II per cent
premium; equivalent to discounts on Ca
madam dollars In New York of buying,
9.g1 per cent: selling 9.O9 per cent
Canadian dollar in New York oper
market. la per cen: discount, or SS3iH
q s. cents. OF i. cent.
Europe-Great Britain. official (Bankers
ForeiSn Exchange Committee rates.. buy
ing; 4.o2; selling. 4.04. open market:
Latin misunderstanding. official.
29.77; free. 1881: Brazil. official. Soon,
free unQuoted: Mexico. 1O.66n
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. n Nominal
Evening star., 1942-10-29
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

by Inc ASSOCldleQ fTeSk.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-Cotton
prices faltered today after a feeble
early attempt to extend the recent
advance. Increased hedge offerings
and fresh local selling, stimulated by
Washington price control uncertain
ties, overshadowed a routine demand
from trade and mill interests to fix
prices on Government textile orders.
The feeling OF doubt over price
control policies was charged with
fresh uncertainties by the introduce
ton of resolution in the Senate
proposing an investigation and con-
tinuing study of maximum prices
fixed on agricultural commodities,
as we'll as payment of subsidies and
operations of the CCC in maintain
ing maximum and minimum prices
on farm prices
Late prices were IS to 60 cents a
bale lower, December, 1929; March,
n
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Munpower
Continued From First Page.)

report, described as being critical of
certain policies and operations of the
commission.
Committee members also were re-
ported as apprehensive as to whether
Mr. McNutt would submit the report
to President Roosevelt because of its
tone. They said the committee was
in agreement that the commission
had not handled manpower problems
effectively in general and they were
anxious to acquaint the White House
with the facts.
Labor Members Object.
Labor members voiced opposition
to the national service legislation as
proposed by Mr.. McNutt. They say
the commission has not given volun-
tary methods a fair trial. Manage
ment members declared they have
not dissented to any of the labor
panels proposals and were compl-
mentary in acknowledging labor's
cooperation with their policy
forming efforts.
Committee members were out
spoken in their concern over state
ment accredited to Mr.. McNutt that
he considered them purely as "ad-
visory" to him and that he held the
power of veto as to whether the
report would be submitted either
whole or in part to the White House
The committee plans to devote the
remainder of the week In completing
the statement.
Chairman Responsible.
The executive order under which
the commission operates, it was
pointed out, places full responsibility
with the chairman, and the COM
mission itself and other committees
formed by the commission act In an
advisory capacity to him.
Members of the committee said
the report would recommend recog-
milton of management-labor COM
mittees in the field and the
strengthening of the operations Of
the United States Employment Serv-
ice so that it could be depended on
to function as a central agency for
recruiting. transferring and placing
of labor.
The service has been critized by
Congress as being in need of a
thorough housekeeping of incom-
petent personnel who respond to
State and local pressure before tax
ing action in accord with national
manpower policies.
Members say the report would
indorse the proposal Of the House
Special Migrant Investigation Com
mittee for an overall central agency
to establish a comprehensive ma
tional program of war production,
nanpower mobilization and economic
stabilization.
WLB Plays Important Role.
It also appears inevitable that the
War Labor Board would play an
important role from now on in the
solution OF manpower problems,
especially those pertaining to spirat-
Ing Of labor. It was reported that
many employers are now requesting
WLB to approve voluntary wage In.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Markets Will Close
For Election Day
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-All do
nestle financial and commodity mar
kets, excepting various livestock re-
ports. will be closed election day
Tuesday. November 3.
Canadian securities exchanges and
the Winnipeg grain market will
operate as usual.
London exchanges also will be
open.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Bank CIearings Drop
From Years High
|0f Previous Week
Total for q Cities
Shows Only NominoI
Gain Over 1941
BY the Associated Press.

oy tuS AoSuCAAtCu fISSh.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-Bank
clearings in the week ended Wednes-
day declined sharply from the 1912
peak in the preceding week and
registered only nominal increase
over the corresponding period of
1871, Dun g. Bradstreet reported to-
day. A heavy contraction at New
York was mainly responsible.
Transactions at % leading cities
aggregated 7.120.398, 900. drop of
81 ,258, ,565,000 from the week before
and 2 per cent ahead of $6,977,-
492 900 in the like week of 1941.
Clearings at New York amounted
to 1881 $4,000, compared with
1880, ,958. 900 year ago.
All other cities reporting except
Philadelphia showed a rise over
194l. The biggest gamers were:
Seattle, 484 per cent: Omaha, 40.8
per cent; Portland. Oreg, $40 per
cent; Richmond, 34l per cent, and
Atlanta, 29.3 per cent.
Construction Expands.
Engineering construction awards
of $103, 3,282, 900 in the week ended
October 20 compared with $87, $685.
900 last week and $l02 ,695 900 in the
like 1941 period, Engineering News
Record reported today.
The current weeks aggregate
brought 1912 volume to So 1874 ,585, 900,
an increase of SO per cent over S.
250,2l0,0O0 reported in the 44-week
peHod last year.
Federal construction accounted for
$89, $50 900 of this weeks total. New
construction financing for the year
to date OF 1856 1913 900 was 81 per
cent higher than 5000 .2O6 900 re-
ported for the same period of l94l.
LOadings Below 1941.
The Association of American Rail-
roads reported today that 903, 3,246
cars of revenue freight were loaded
during the week ending last Sat-
urday.
This was an increase of 2,479 cars
or O3 per cent, compared with the
preceding week; decrease of lO,359
cars. or IL per cent. compared with
year ago. and an increase of 65.589
cars, or 7.8 per cent, compared with
1910.
The report classified the loading
compared with last week and the
corresponding week a year ago, as
| follows:
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Weather Report

District OF CoumbaWarmer
Vnginia-Somewhat tonight
southwest portions -
Maryland-Somewhat warmer tonight
Evening star., 1942-10-29

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest So 4:45 pm. .
Lowest, 40, 6:55 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST, 90. on July 49,
Lowest, 6, on January IL.
Humidity for Last - Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon todya.)
Highest, "a per cent.
Lowest, So per cent. at $50 pm.
TAs Sun and Neon.
s Rises. Sets.
s,n ssn. tns,ss,,r,, sSSs, 5:ss2s am SS:la dDm Pm.
Moon. tOday----- 1O:25 pm. 1914 pm.
Autdmobile liehts must b. turned "a
one.haH hour after sunset.
Tide Tables.
Uurujshed BY United States Coast and
0eodetic survey
Today: Tomorrow.
HiAh ---- il.3e an.
Isy Tax ---------- ,S:iH4 PA n. T:ssa An.
Low ----------- 6:1l pm. 1:35 pm.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
3 higher.

No wheat. Corn. new: No 2 yellow.
yellow. 1918; No 3. !5,a.77: No 4. rs.
Oats No. white. 4lla. Barley mailing.
Field seed per hundredweight nominal
Timothy. .15-5 90; -Alsike; l7.oo-2I 80;
fancy Red Top. 1.00-50; red clover, 1900
22.50; sweet clover. 100000.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
River Repor

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy
this am. at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
muddy at Great Falls.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Evening star., 1942-10-29

Cottonseed Oil. ~
Sleachab|e cottonseed oil futures closed
UNCHANGED to l higher No sales
New Orleans Prices.
futYT.s mEM Sseijp.d SEaiIjGAHsi b.r oct 70 Rcotton
realizing. hsdse selling and unfsvorabl. !
war news. The market closed barely steady. =
rs cents q bale lower
Open. High Low. Close. -
Pee. c.------- 1881 1882 ls.45 1s.45-4s
March, 1879 1873 1884 ia 5S-,,
May------ 1881 1882 1855 1855 e,
July- 1921 lSqI 1874 iSr4-x
Oct lSa9 I 90 800 q eoh'
Evening star., 1942-10-29

:, Cottonseed oil closed steady December.
January March and May. 33h
spot cotton closed steady, rs cents 4
bale lower. Sales, 1870. Low middiins,
i560; middlinE. 1885: good middlins,
I9;3g; receipts, II. .754; stock. 320,O65.
Stop gr0using about the things
you can't spend your money for.
You can still buy War bonds with it.
Evening star., 1942-10-29

Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
BONDS
STOCKS
PIIRIIN nTnITX


Tes Ref&W CD 1St 411s 194S lO3
Evening star., 1942-10-29

Ex dividend. Plus extras. Paid so
Tar this year. E 2es extra $500 extra
20c extra. m 81 so extra. D Paid In
1881. $4,000 extra.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
United States Treasury Position

, TIE position with
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-09
A CLASSIC STALL

Surely the action of both houses of Congress on the proposed bill to increase the size of service mans pay can be interpreted in other way but that of downright stall the part of the legis- lators of both the House and the Senate
 When the bill introduced in the Senate, it called for a basic pay rate o SAP month as com- pared with the old rate now existing of $21. Most service would have been glad to get that extra $2l The House could have approved the bill at the same figure and everyone would have been happy, especially the boys in uniform
 But when the bill reached the House, rider was slapped on asking that the basic rate be $50 This move on the face, looked like the boys in the House were all in earnest, in favor of nice pay raise But in effect this rider started the bill ride that has caused more than a months delay.
 The Senate absolutely refused to approve the bill at the $50 figure proving that they in on the stall also So a compromise committee made up of members from both houses got together and sent the bill back to the House with the SAP figure the compromise" putting the bill on the same footing that it had walked out of the Senate on when it was first introduced Another stall.
 Finally the committee did reach compromise at SAG. halfway between $50 and SAP We thought the thing was settled and for all. But yesterday, the Senate comes forth with proposal that the basic rate be $50
 The next move will be for the House to come back and insist on the $46 figure
 Usually a mans pay is commensurate according to the risk he's exposed to- That isn't with the American soldier While defense workers, snugy tucked away behind the front lines, have been making as much in a day as the soldier makes in month, you haven't heard any talk of strikes in an army camp.
 Australia pays its service men $60 base pay in all branches of the service. Other nations beat the American pay by some margin.
 Fifty dollars month is not too much for our men But even if it had to be $46 SAP, let's pass this bill without any more delay.
 Let's pass it. and then, Congress might be able to devote some of it's time to other questions such ceiling on wages to up the cost of this war a little bit.