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Teacher|s Is Firstin D. T.
Sworn for Traininq
As WAAC Officer
Miss Evelyn F. Greene
To Leuve Next Week
For Des Moines Center

Miss Evelyn Foster Greene, 1920
Morris road Sc, teacher at the
Lovejoy School, Twelfth and D
streets NE, took the oath today as
the Districts first officers training
candidate in the Womens Auxiliary
Army School.
Miss Greene was sworn in by Capt.
Frank S. Sloan, in charge Of the
Army recruiting center at Eleventh
street and New York avenue NV.
Capt. Sloan said he expected at
least five more of the eight WAAC
! officers training candidates from
this area to show up during the day.
Two were turned away yesterday be-
cause the necessary documents had
| not arrived.
| Miss Greene took her oath at 8 As
a m. and promptly set about wind
| ing up her affairs before she en-
trains for the training center at
Des Moines, Iowa, next week end.
She is due to report for training
July 20.
Came Here Ia Years Ago.
The Districts first WAAC officer
candidate came to the Capital ID
years ago from California, where
she lived for nine years after leav-
ing her birthplace, in Hartford
Conn. She began teaching here
five years ago at the Anthony
Bowen School, Third and M streets
S.W. Shortly afterward, she was
transferred to the Lovejoy School
where she has been teaching fourth
graders.
Miss Greene said she was willing
to give up her teaching job for a
WAAC uniform because she felt she
wanted to%do something concrete "te
help out the men who have to do al.
the fighting"
She confessed she was very much
thrilled" at the prospects of enter
ing the Army and is looking forward
eagerly to next week end.
Anyway, I like to travel she
said.
Deprived of the distinction of be-
ing the Districts first WAAC Of
ficer's candidates yesterday because
of the lack of official forms wer'
Mrs. Harriet West, 924 M stree
NV, senior clerk at the Nationa
Youth Administration and wife o
an officer in the Army Medica
Corps, and Mrs. Helen Hamilton
Woods, 3O14 M street NV, public
relations adviser,
Sworn In Baltimore.
Had the necessary papers beer
available, one of these women woult
have had the added honor of beinl
the first candidate to be formal,
inducted in the Third Corps Area
Instead, this distinction went t.
Mrs Evelyn A. Rothrock. a forme
Washington teacher who took he
oath in Baltimore yesterday sool
after she learned of her selection.
Other candidates who are ex
pected to appear at the recruiting
station here today or early mex
week are Matte Evelyn TreadWel
1888 Sixteenth street NV; Jani
Meredith Hight, 100 First street
Benning Station: Mrs. Mariori
Dawson Fling, 2014 North Uptol
street, Arlington, Va: Grace Park
Campbell, 2l20 Florida avenue NV
and Helen Wooddell Sheets, 1873
Lamont street NV.
All those sworn in will be put o.
J furlough until the end of next wee
when they will leave for Des Moine
Third Corps Area candidates.
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month succeeding. Others may, II
they choose. transfer theirs to an
installment-paying basis, provided
the merchant agrees.
But, beginning today, accounts
dating back to May or earlier-not
including purchases made on spe-
cific terms-which remain unpaid
are frozen" until paid under the
revised rules of Regulation w, issued
by the Federal Reserve Board. June
payments will not become delin-
quent until August 10-and so on.
Merchants Must Obey.
It does not matter whether the
balance is $3.50 or 81. The effect is
identical. And it's no use for Gus
toner to exclaim Indignantly, why,
I've been charging things at this
store for Is years and my credit was
never questioned!" His credit is not
being questioned. The merchant
simply is obeying regulation which
leaves him no choice.
If, however, the customer did not
find it feasible to pay in full by the
deadline last night, he could have
and still can make other arrange
ments which will comply with the
new law. He may transfer the de-
linquent balance or the whole ac-
count to an installment plan.
To convert an ordinary charge ac-
count into installment credit, the
purchaser and merchant must sign
a written agreement on terms.
May Restore Good Standing.
The Federal Reserve Board says
an account in default may be re-
stored to good standing If the pur-
chaser enters into "a written agree
ment in good faith to pay the
amount in default within a period
of six months or less from the date
of such agreement by substantially
equal installment payments Of not
less than s5 per month or s1.25 a
week at substantially equal intervals
not exceeding one month"
The monthly or weekly payments,
! naturally, must be sufficient to re-
tire the delinquent balance in six
months. The installments men,
toned merely are minimum require
ments, which will, of course, pay up
some past-due accounts sooner. II
the delinquent amount were, say
$50, the payments would have to be
SIS month.
1t also should be borne in mind
that. since the regulations lay dowr
minimum and not maximum re-
quirements, a merchant may exact
more drastic terms if he feels that
the account requires it. He may
even say the customer may have nc
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Brett Gives Silver Star
10 Five Air Force Officers

GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia, July
IL R.-Lt. Gen George H. Brett,
commander of Allied Air Forces in
the Southwest Pacific, today awarded
five United States Air Force officers
Silver Stars for gallantry in action!
The officers are Capt. Guilford r..
Montgomery, Fort Collins, Colo;
First 1t. Donald j. Green, Oakland,
Calf; First 1t. Frank E. Adkins,
address unknown; First 1t. Eugene
A. Wahl, address unknown and Sec
ond 1t. Thomas j. Lynch, address
unknown.
Brig. Gen. A. L. Sneed of Maxwell
Field, Ala, who was awarded the
Silver Star yesterday, was cited for
leading a flight of Flying Fortresses
in raids against Koepang, Dutch
Timor, May 18 and May 20.
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more credit until all installments
on a budgeted account are paid. He
may ask $40 month instead of S..
even if IS payments would retire
the debt in six months. In other
words, credit still is, essentially, a
transaction between buyer and
seller. The Government simply
says that so much at least must be
done.
Tenth Day Always Deadline.
Those who bought articles on July
/ will have u days to pay for them
to escape being adjudged in default
by the Federal Reserve Board. Pur-
chases made on July 81 must be paid
for in Al days. The deadline is the
10th day of the second succeeding
month, regardless of which days of
the current month the articles were
bought.
But may customer paying up in
installments add to them by fresh
purchasers? He may. so far as Reg
ulation w is concerned. It's up to
the store credit manager to decide.
If the clients credit is good, he
probably will be able to buy what
he needs and add something to the
weekly or monthly payments.
Another question frequently in
cluded in the queries which have
bombaroed John K. Althaus, secre-
tary- treasurer of the Associated Re-
tail Credit Men of Washington, is
this: will 1 be allowed to have an
open and an installment account at
the same store?"
Each Store to Decide.
AnsWer-This is up to each store
The FRB does not care. 1t Is con-
cerned only with cutting down long
term credit and keeping accounts as
fluid as possible - anti-inflation
measures
One large Washington store plans
to allow customers with good credit
to carry both forms of accounts If
they choose. Another big store has
ruled that they must decide which
form of credit they want, holding
that two kinds of charge accounts
for one customer involved too much
bookkeeping.
The merchant, however, is not al
lowed to open a budget account or
add to one if 30-day account in his
store Is delinquent
If purchaser owes, say, $50 for
May and $75 for June and wants 70
cure" the default in the May ac-
count, it will be up to the store tc
decide whether he may budget only
the delinquent $50 or must put the
entire amount on an installmen
basis.
Evening star., 1942-07-11

These select horses cost from $l00
TO Sl65 and our crack cavalrymen
are expert riders and carry on the
traditions which have followed the
cavalry from the earliest days OF
the Army. Purchase Of War savings
bonds will insure good mounts for
the cavalry. You and your neigh
bors buying War bonds and stamps
regularly every payday can help
buy these horses for the United
States cavalry. Invest at least lO
per cent of your income IN War
bonds.
United States Treasury Department
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WAo1Y@. @~1MM
| W'AR BONDS
r. l.

Hitler found out that his high
powered mechanical and motorized
army begged down in the snow and
mud of the Russian winter Al
though our Army is largely mech
anized the cavalry horse is still a
highly essential factor in this
mount division and in the field ar
tillery. The Army also maintains
remount farms, where many cavalry
horses are bred and raised.
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New Piune Service

MEXICO CITY, July IL (P.-A
new air service between Mexico
City and the Panama Canal was
announced yesterday by the Taca
Airline which has been operating
in Central America for the last 10
years. The new service will parallel
the Pan-American Airways line be-
tween the two points.
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Mexico City Rents Frozen

MEXICO CITY, July II (P.-
Rents in the capital were frozen at
existing levels by presidential de-
cree last night which said the step
was necessary to halt the rise in
the cost of living
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Carter Glass, Sd, Promoted

Carter Glass. Sd. grandson of Sem
ator Glass of Virginia, has been
promoted to first lieutenancy in ths
air forces, the War Department an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Horses Pull Half Autos

Automobiles are being cut in two
in Fire, the rear half and wheels
being hitched to horses, to solve a
! gasoline shortage problem.
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Flowers Polish Shoes

A vegetable found growing In New
South Wales is being used as sub
stitute for shoe blackening, four or
five flowers being required to polish
each shoe.
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Customers Still Can Arrange
InstoIIments on Old Accounts
Credit Policy Of Some Stores More Strict
Than Required Under Reserve Board Order


BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Buying long standing changing result OF the
regulations which only today began campg
charge the though they have been IN
effect since May
duration who to keep their accounts open
month the 10th day of the second
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-07
Use of ZeppeI;ns to Dispatch
Bombers Over u. S. Anticipated
Giant Ships Could Garry Up to 10 Planes
In Silent Approach to Atlantic Coast

the well-authenticated report that
Germany built a dirigible in the
first World War for the express pur-
pose of bombing New York.
This ship was the LILO. the
largest airship produced by the
Reich in that conflict. 1t had a
capacity of $500. 900 cubic feet, much
smaller than either the Graf Yep
pelin or the LZ-130. but could have
made the transatlantic round trip
with ease without refueling. Ger
many was beaten before the raid
could be made and the ship was
destroyed.
The Graf Zeppelin, by COMPARE
son, is a ship of 1000, 900 cubic feet,
and the LZ-13O has a capacity Of
1000, 900. The latter probably could
better the Hindenburg's trans-At-
lantic crossing time of SIS hours for
1t cruises at 70 miles an hour and
has q top speed of IS. Moreover,
years of transatlantic dirigible
operations have given the Nazis a
corps of experienced Zeppelin men.
The airship. it is pointed out,
would have little to fear from sub
marines and surface craft which
menace surface carriers, and II
weather conditions were appropriate,
would be most difncult to locate as 1t
lowered with silent motors near OF
over its American objective.
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Steinhardt Is Named
To Be Ambassador
80 za~1
OF u. ). 10 Turkey
Sending Him Is Viewed
As Significant; Moscow
Post Is Left Open

Laurence A. Steinhardt, who has
been serving as Ambassador to So
Wet Russia, today was nominated
by President Roosevelt to be Ambas-
sador to Turkey. No successor to
the Russian post was designated
1t has been rumored that Maj. Gen
James H. Burns would be offered
the post.
Mr.. Steinhardt would succeed j.
V. A. MacMurray in Turkey; both
are now in the United States.
Secretary of State Hull explained
that Mr.. MacMurray would be given
a position in Washington that would
make use of his extensive knowledge
of Far and Near Eastern problems.
I'm view of Mr.. MacMurrays long
experience in both the Near East
and the Far East" Mr.. Hull said,
"the President Is accepting his
resignation as American Ambassa-
dor to Turkey in order to avail him
self of Mr.. MacMurray's services
here in Washington on expiration OF
his present leave of absence"
The sending of Mr.. Steinhardt tc
Ankara fresh from his diplomatic
service in Soviet Russia was regard
ed in some official quarters as sig
nificant. Turkey has appeared tc
observers here to be wavering back
and forth between the German anC
United Nations cause as the tides OF
war have changed on the Russian
front.
Mr.. Steinhardt. lawyer by pro.
fession. is native of New Yorl
City and a graduate of Columbis
University.
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Nazi Plane, Tank, Sub
Output Up, British Say
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. THE Ministry
of Economic Warfare said today
that Germany is producing more
planes. tanks and submarines than
in the spring of 1871. although the
overall production OF ornaments
has fallen slightly below the peak
level reached at that time.
The ministry said the Germans
were planning to turn out more
planes, but their full aims in sub
marine production had been i'm
peded by the R. A. F.
Armaments production in German
Europe, outside Of Germany, are
not anything like fully utilized-in
France because of the shortage Of
raw materials, in Czecho-Slovakia
because of internal trouble and in
Italy because of shortage OF work
ers and food.
The ministry added that German
war production was not likely to be
seriously restricted during the next
six months by the metal shortage,
but that stocks of some metals,
particularly nickel and copper,
ought to be exhausted by the end
of the year at the present rate.
The Nazis were also in urgent
need of iron ore and paper pulp,
the imports of which were restrict
ed by the fact that they owe $780,
100000 to people in Europe, the
report said. There is also a def
cheney in textiles.
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Italian Press Tells Latins
To Preserve Neutrality
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ROME, Jan. 7 (Andi Agency
Italian newspapers carried today a
semi Official note urging South
American nations to stand for a
benevolent, intelligent neutrality"
when they meet January Is in the
Pan-American Conference at Rio de
Janeiro.'
The decision of the Pan-Ameri-
can conference should not be based
upon the Axis declaration of war
against the United States" the note
said, while "the whole future Of
South American countries lies at
stake"
The note added that "the Axis and
Japan limit themselves to the hope
that at this grave moment in human
history the South American states
can find among their ranks states
men capable of realizing where the
real interests of their countries lie"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-07
BY the Associated Press.


Responsible military officials said
today it is definitely in the cards"
that Germany may use her Zeppe-
Inns in token raids on the East Coast
cities of the United States.
The Nazis, these sources believe,
still have the two dirigibles which
bore the swastika at the wars out
break-the transatlantic veteran,
Graf Zeppelin, and the great LZ-130,
sister ship of the Hindenburg which
was destroyed by fire at Lakehurst,
N. j., in 1887.
Either dirigible could be fitted to
carry up to 10 bombers within easy
striking distance of the Atlantic
Coast and could hover of shore
while the planes loosed destruction
on the cities, experts here said. Or
the Zeppelins themselves could un-
dertake a suicide mission and do
their own bombing.
President Roosevelt, In his mes
sage to Congress yesterday, acknowl-
edged that the enemy might try
air attacks on great population
centers in an attempt at "terrorizing
our people" and undermining
morale.
In the East, Navy aircraft experts
noted, the endency was to think OF
such a possibility in terms Of surface
aircraft carriers, but they recalled
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and six for the Park Police force.
Five street widening projects are
listed to remove traffic bottlenecks.
and increased funds are asked for
traffic lights and traffic safety edu-
cation.
With Washington the Nations No.
l defense center, all the approved
projects, including some of those now
under way for which the budget
carries funds for completion, may
obtain the necessary prioritieS,
officials hope Notable among
projects under way are the new
main Public Library Building on
the north side Of Pennsylvania
avenue near Sixth street NV, on
which work already has stopped, and
five school buildings-the Kramer
Junior High. Spingarn Senior High.
Abbott Vocational, Benning and Van
Ness Schools
Though nearly 100000 less than
regular appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year, the new budget
would have been the highest in his
tory had not Congress, because of
the acute traffic situation. already
authorized the Highway Department
to advance work on projects it pro-
posed to execute in the coming
fiscal year to improve approaches
to the Potomac River bridges. These
include construction of a grade sep
aration at Fourteenth street and
Maine avenue SW., extension of
Independence avenue from Four
tenth street to the Lincoln Mem
orial, erection of an elevated high
way above K street from Rock
Creek to Key Bridge and widening
of Twenty-third street from Con-
stitution to Pennsylvania avenues.
Other Highway Projects.
Notwithstanding the emergency
shifting of highway projects. the
Highway Departments ALLEGATION for
further improvements in the street
and road system amounts to S.
100000. The major portion of this
money is earmarked to take more
kinks out of the highways. Most
costly of the approved projects are
the widening of Independence ave-
nue. from Sixth to Twelfth streets.
Maine avenue SW. from Twelfth
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Three Tire Boards Acting
On First Applications

The first batch of applications for
new tires under the Districts tire
rationing program will be acted on
this afternoon by the three boards
assigned the job of doing out the
1922 tires allotted to the District for
January.
BY noon today, 10 requests had
been received at the boards head
quarters in the old Force School
They were from doctors, nurses. con-
struction firms engaged in defense
work and plumbing and heating
equipment firm.
The three boards were scheduled
to meet separately at pm. before
a general meeting of Chairman
Whitney Leary of the Rationing
Board and the Executive Committee
at 4 Dm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-07
British Again Retreat
JAMS Forces Move
Closer 10 Singapore
Nipponese Penetrate
English Lines at One
Point on Perok Front
BY the Associated Press.

SINGAPORE, Jan. 7-Japanese
forces fighting their way down the
Malayan peninsula inched closer to
Singapore today as the British &C
knowledged for the third successive
day that their forces had been COM
PEELED to withdraw southwark under
the steady battering of the invaders.
Heavy fighting was reported on the
lower Perak front, where a COM
munique said the Japanese had
launched violent attack this morn
ing supported by mechanical units
and had succeeded in penetrating
the British lines at one point.
On the opposite side OF the pen
insula, where the japanese were ad-
mitted yesterday to have captured
Kuantan, only 100 miles from Sing
apore, the British continued to with
draw southwark according to plan, "
the bulletin declared.
The announcement failed to dis
close the extent of the withdrawal.
British headquarters indicated
there had been no change In the sit
uation in Selangor state to the
south, where sea-borne invasion
forces yesterday were reported
threatening Kuala Lumpur, 24o
miles from Singapore.
The disclosure that heavy fight
ing still was continuing in Perak
served to dispel doubts whether the
British still held any part OF that
state - doubts which were raised
yesterday by reports of British with
drawals on that front and by men
ton of japanese activity in Selan-
gor State to the south.
1t appeared today that invasion
forces which had inflltrated along
the coast into the Kuala Selangor
area, 24O miles from Singapore, had
made no further progress.
japanese aerial activity over
Malaga was described as consider
able. and Singapore itself had an
alarm last evening, but no bombs
were dropped.
The japanese also bombed Klang
on the Malayan west coast about
200 miles north of Singapore, but nc
damage or casualties were reported
communique said.
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Argentina Bans
| Alliances
| With Americas
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. Enrique
Ruiz Guinazu, Argentine Foreign
Minister, indicated today that his
country could not agree to military
alliances or measures Of pre-bel-
ligerency" at the Rio de Janeiro
Conference of Western Hemisphere
Foreign Ministers opening Janu-
airy Is.
In an interview with La Nacion he
said continental solidarity docs not
imply automatic actions and even
less should it be confused with mill
tary alliances"
He pointed out that Argentina can
not make any engagements Of pre-
belligerency" without approval Of
her Congress.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Naval Committee
heard testimony today that a siz-
able portion Of the japanese fleet
was used to protect the transports
which carried the invaders to Luzon
in the Philippines.
Rear Admiral S. M Robinson told
the committee that the enemy trans
ports were protected by fleet, in
GLIDING capital ships. airplanes and
everything else you can think Of
otherwise" he said, "our subs
would have got at them"
Admiral Robinson made the OBJ
servation in reply to Senator Wiley,
Republican. of Wisconsin. who
wanted to know whether the recent
successful defense of seaplane
tender against prolonged air attack
in Far East waters did not suggest
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Nazi Radio Reports
U. 5. Batt|eship Sunk
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. THE Nazi-con-
trolled station at Hilversum, the
Netherlands, broadcast a report this
morning that japanese torpedo
boats had attacked the United States
battleships New Mexico and Mis-
sippi and that one Of them was
sunk.
(The Associated Press found no
confirmation of the report and no
such claim was heard from the Toxic
radio. In Washington the Navy De-
partment said it had no information
and no comment)
The Hilversum broadcast said the
attack occurred as the battleships
were en- route to Darwin, Australia.