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Evening star., 1942-10-29
M'Arthur's DisavowaI
OF Political Aim Seen
As Plea for Control
Action to Unity Pacific
Command Expected After
Generals Statement
By the Associated Press.

Mounting protests against a
divided command in the South
Pacific appeared headed today
for climactic action by what was
regarded in some quarters as an
appeal from Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur for unified direction over
the entire embattled area.
Answering newspaper report at
tributing the two separate commands
in the Pacific chiefly to political
Washington" and Macarthur for
President campaign" the 62-year- -old
leader of United Nations forces in
the Southwest Pacific disavowed any
political ambitions whatsoever"
From his headquarters last night,
Gen. Macarthur declared that any
contrary suggestion must be re-
garded as merely amiable gestures
of goodwill dictated by friendship"
II started as a soldier and I shall
finish as one," he said. THE only
hope and ambition I have in the
world is for victory for our cause in
the war"
Indirect Appeal Seen.
This, topping louder and louder
demands from Capitol Hill for bet
ter teamwork in the Pacific war
theater, was interpreted by some
sources here as at least an indirect
appeal to eliminate any political
considerations that might be ham,
pering his direction of the war effort
in that part of the world.
These sources pointed out that
such a statement from a command
ing officer in the field was highly
unusual and was almost bound to
provoke some decisive action.
The congressional protests became
more vocal this week after Vice
Admiral Robert H. Ghormley was
replaced as commander of the
Southwest Pacific area, embracing
the Solomon Islands. by Vice
Admiral William H. Halsey.
There was no explanation for the
change but it was recalled that
United States naval operations in
that area had cost three cruisers,
the aircraft carrier Wasp, five de-
stroyers and four other ships.
Congress Members Comment.
Recently, Representative Wads-
worth, Republican, of New York
observed there is an inevitable lack
of teamwork when matters common
both to the Army and Navy are
handled separately" and Joined
Representatives Mas. Republican,
of Minnesota and Dirksen. Repub-
lican. of Illinois in suggesting crea-
ton of a congressional high COM
mand" to coordinate military legis-
lation.
Representative Costello. Demo-
crat, of California, has contended
that the Solomons battle lis cry
ing out for redress" and deplored
(See MACARTHUR Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-10-29
|ckes Says WPB Ban
Would Close Needed
Electric Plants
Literal Interpretation
Also Would Stop Work
On Helium Units, He Holds
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
said today that some plants fur
nishing electric power vital to
war production would have to
shut down If WPB insisted on lit
eral compliance with its general
order for curtailment of the use
of critical materials in construc-
ton projects.
Mr.. Ickes said he had asked WPB
to reconsider the order and grant
exceptions. He added that he had
taken the matter up with the Army
and Navy and understood that they
got busy right away"
Literal Interpretation of the cur
tailment order, Mr.. Ickes said, would
prevent construction work on helium
plants in Texas and Kansas for the
military services and power plants
furnishing electrical energy to Navy
bases, shipyards, aluminium plants
and magnesium plants in the North
west.
4AC tOlu Allo plcSo llclcllCc ulle
WPB order was directed to the con-
tractors doing the work, but he was
keeping work he considered neces-
sary going, having given the order
such Interpretation as it seemed the
situation warranted" He said also
he was giving WPB time to make
exceptions"
Cut Interior "to Quick"
Mr.. 1ckes said the Interior De-
partment on its own volition had
closed down before the WPB order
was issued recently every project
we could close without impinging
on the war program" and had cut
ourselves to the quick"
The Secretary said he had not vet
decided whether to ask the WPB to
withdraw the stop work orders it
issued yesterday for six power and
irrigation projects in the West.
The six power and irrigation prof.
ects were ordered to stop work under
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Japs Continue Air Assault
On Allied Bases in India

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI. India, Oct. %
japanese air forces continued their
assaults OH Allied air bases in North
eastern India yesterday. but were
met by United States fighters, which
shot down two of the enemy and
damaged several others, it was an
nounced today.
First reports indicated very few
Allied casualties and slight damage,
a communique said.
The American fighters definitely
downed a Zero fighter and a bomber.
The announcement did not name
the airdromes attacked, but earlier
Japanese raids had been against
fields In far Northeastern Assam, on
the ferry route to China.
It was the third day out of four
that the Japanese had bombed air
bases either along that route or
placed to support . possible Allied
invasion Of Burma.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Excessive Recruitinq
Of Doctors Is Called
Civilian Health Peril
U. S. Lucky to Have
Escaped Epidemies,
Pepper Declares
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The "unplanned recruiting" of
doctors for the armed services
has led the Nation to "a danger
Gus health emergency" a Senate
subcommittee charged yesterday
in calling for immediate action to
assure medical care for civilians,
as we'll as soldiers.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida, as chairman of the Labor
Subcommittee on Manpower, issued
the report asserting that there had
been "a tremendous unnecessary
overmilitarization of the doctor sup
ply at the expense of the civilian
population" and that "the Nation
has been fortunate to have avoided
serious local or even national epi-
denies to date"
eff the information supplied this
committee is accurate" the report
said, approximately one-third of
the medical effectives of the country
are now in the armed forces.
Army May Call 2 Out of 3.
According to the information re-
ceived by the committee, the mill
tary services desire to maintain their
present ratio of approximately one
doctor for every 100 men in service" ;"
If that ratio is continued, the re-
port declared, two out of three doc
tors will be in military service next
year, and there will be an average
of only one doctor for each 5000
civilians, contrasted with a ma
tional average of about one to 1,l00
before the war.
I'm some counties in the South
ern States, hitherto fairly we'll sup
piled with physicians. there is now
only one doctor for 1000 individ-
uals," it continued.
The report charged that foolish
and dangerous" methods used to re-
cruit physicians for military serv-
ice had resulted in 'hoarding and
freezing unused doctors in the Amer
lean armed forces in a ratio double
that of the British"
Steps Recommended,
"The conditions are so acute and
dangerous" the committee said,
that this preliminary report is
made public with the recommends
ton that at the earliest possible
moment the following steps should
be taken:
THE President, as commander
in chief, should order a survey to
be made of oversupply and under
supply of medical personnel for both
(See DOCTORS, Page A-41
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Hull Denies Paris Report
He Will Be Moscow Envoy
Hy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-The Paris
radio predicted today that Cordell
Hull would be sent to Moscow soon
as United States Ambassador to
Russia and that Sumner Welles
would succeed him as Secretary OF
State
This change" the broadcast de-
clared, "is a result of Wendell
Wilkes recent statement that the
United States is not adequately
represented in Moscow"
(The Paris broadcast apparent
ly was referring to Mr.. WILKES
radio address from New York
Monday night in which he re-
marked that no man OF cabinet
rank had been sent, to Soviet
Russia by this Government on
special mission to talk to Mr..
Stalin")
Secretary Hull. asked at press
conference for comment on the re-
port, described it as just another
patent instance of German propa-
ganda. .F@
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Ban on Home BuiIdinq
Only Temporary, WPB
Tells Contractors
$4,000 Housing Units
In D. c. Area Tied Up by
Priorities Restriction

Representatives of the Nations S
home-building industry called on
the War Production Board today
to protest an order halting issu-
ance of priority ratings to private
builders and were assured by Of
fcials there was no intention to
halt permanently the construc-
ton of essential war housing by
private enterprise.
Construction of an estimated
$4,000 private housing units in
the District was held up by the
order.
Col. Gordon E. Textor, vice chair
man of WPB's newly created Fa-
cility Clearance Board, told the
group the order which stopped issu-
ance of preference ratings to
builders was intended merely to
give officials opportunity to re-ex~
anime the national war construc-
ton picture and determine where
housing is needed and how it could
be provided with a maximum saw
ing of scarce materials.
Housing Need Reorganized.
Col. Textor assured the Special
Builders Committee that WPB re-
alizes the need of housing, and that
the private operators difficulties in
providing this housing is fully ap-
preciated by officials. He said
there was no intention of shutting
down the construction industry for
the duration of the war. He said
the WPB review would be COM
pleted shortly and implied that
authorizations would be issued
where housing is needed to help
win the war.
The group which called on Col.
Textor was headed by Frank Cort-
right, executive secretary of the
Home Builders Emergency Commit
tee. Other members of the special
committee were Waverly Taylor,
prominent Washington builder, di-
rector of the association and men,
ber of the Home Builders Emer-
gency Committee; Fritz Burns, Los
Angeles; Joseph Merriam, Chicago,
and Carroll Shelton, Philadelphia.
Private builders feel. member of
the committee said. that they nave
been kicked around" by the Gov
ernment. He said they are told on
one hand to continue to build, while
on the other they are shut off from
preference ratings.
"We would like to know definitely
(See HOUSING, Page A-2O.)
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Alaskan Highway Opened
To Traffic, Stimson Saws
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The entire Alaskan highway is now
open to traffic, Secretary of War
Stlmson announced today, weeks
ahead of schedule.
Motor trucks started this week
moving supplies and equipment to
the garrisons in the North Pacific
outpost, using the entire 1,67l miles
OF the roadway, the Secretary de-
clared.
Thousands of trucks will operate
over the route all winter, CARVING
soldiers and supplies to Alaska" Mr.
Stimson added. plans are under
way to bring loads of strategic ma
terials on their return" ..
The formal opening has been ad-
vanced tentatively to November Is,
instead of December /. Ceremonies
are planned for a point on the
kan-Canadian border.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Hospital Expansion Program
ToBe Finished Next Summer
FWA Tells Senate First Of Projects
Will Be Completed by End Of January

the FWA. A Senate resolution of
October 13 directed FWA to submit
a detailed report of progress made
and general plans within Is days.
The Public Health Service and the
District Commissioners were asked
to file similar reports.
The FWA's report indicated the
first of the expansion projects will
be completed and ready for use by
the end of January, according to
present estimates, and that by the
end of March, about two thirds of
the 1,172 additional beds contem-
plated for the Metropolitan Area will
be ready for occupancy.
The Senate was told that because
of the impermanent character of
the kind of construction permitted
under WPB restrictions, existing
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Petoin Hos Long Talk
With Two Cardinals
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
V1CHY, Oct. 29.-Marshal Petain
conferred at length today with
Pierre Marie Cardinal Gerlier and
Emmanuel Celestin Cardinal Su.
hard, heads of the Catholic Church
in the unoccupied and occupied
zones, respectively. -1l1
Later Marshal Petain, his chief
OF government, Pierre Laval, and
the two cardinals were expected to
meet with the papal muncio. Msgr
Valero Valeri. and the French Am.
oassador to the Vatican, Leon
. Berard.
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Sir Esme Howurd's Son
Prisoner in Germony

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-Lord Howard,
who succeeded to the title Of Baron
Howard of Penrith in 1899 from his
father, who had been known in
Washington as Sir Esme Howard
while he was Ambassador to the
United States, Is . prisoner Of war
in Germany, 1t was disclosed today.
Evening star., 1942-10-29

CONGRESSIONAL MOVE seen to
force relaxing of Nurse Ex-
amining Board restrictions.
Page B-1
COMMUNITY COOPERATION
sought to get inactive nurses to
resume duty. Page B-1
Virtually all the 1,172-bed ex-
pansion program mapped out for
hospitals in the Metropolitan
Area will be completed by the
middle of next year, the Federal
Works Agency reported to the
Senate today.
The completion dates of the IA
hospital projects in the District and
nearby areas were listed as part of
17-page summary of the hospital
situation submitted to the Senate by
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Star Will Answer Salary Queries

The salary regulations issued by James Byrnes
OF economic sabization directly indirectly will affect
every man, woman and child in the United States.
In an effort to help all interested persons reliable
depreciation OF the regulations The Star will glad to
ceive questions from its readers These questions be pre-
sented to reliable authorities and the published as
soon as 1t possible to obtain them all inquiries to
Salary Regulations Editor OF The Star
Evening star., 1942-10-29
Ouukes Shake Turkey

LONDON, Oct. 20 R.-1stanbul,
Smyrna and other places in Vest
ern Turkey were shaken by earth
quakes early this morning. Reuters
reported today. 1t said no damage
was reported.
Evening star., 1942-10-29

(See POWER, Page A-20.)
Evening star., 1942-10-29

(See HOSPITALS, Page A-2O)
Evening star., 1942-10-29

(see MANPOWER. Page A-2oJT
Evening star., 1942-10-29
GUIDE FOR READERS

tSee EGYPT, Page A-20D
Evening star., 1942-10-29

(See HOUSING, Page A-2O.)
Evening star., 1942-10-29

(See MACARTHUR, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-10-29

tSee DOCTORS, Page A-43
Evening star., 1942-10-29

Late news and sports are covered On
Pages TX and 2-X Of this edition Of
The Star. experimenting the news Of
the regular homo delivered edition.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
WOODWARD & LOTHROP
TO-" F.AsD 6 STREETS PHONE DIsnnc1 $500
Store Hours-e:3o to 6:l5; Thursdays, 1880 to 9

United stotes War Sovinss Stomps
are now on sole at all Service Desks
except the First Floor, both War
Bonds and Stomps on sole at the 6
Street Branch Of U. S. Post Office,
First Floor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-30
Be on Guard Against Idle Gossip

The crimes of the tongue.
he writes, are words of unkind-
ness, of anger, of malice. of
envy, bitterness, OF harsh criti-
cism, gossip, lying and scandal.
At the hands of the thief or
murderer few of us suffer. even
indirectly, Mr.. Jordan asserts.
But from the careless tongue
of friend. the cruel tongue of
enemy, who is free? No human
being can live a life so pure as
to be beyond the reach of
malice, or immune from the
poisonous carnations of envy.
The insidious attacks against
ones reputation, the loathsome
innuendoes, slurs, half lies by
which the jealous mediocrity
seeks to ruin its superiors, are
like those insect parasites that
kill the heart and life Of a
mighty oak.
Punishment
Scandal, Mr.. Jordan further
SayS,-iS- one of the crimes of
the tongue, but it is only one.
Every individual who breathes
a word of scandal is an active
stakeholder in a society for the
spread of moral contagion.
He is instantly punished by
nature by having his mental
eyes dimmed TO sweetness and
purity,
The above words can be a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-30
By MRS. BEECKMAN
Authorityron Good Manners

THEY SAY she .. Il
hear he :"
Tongues are unruly these
DAYS. Too often we make no
attempt TO stop our tongue,
don't even stop to find out If
what they say is true, but away
we dash to repeat the venomous
words that will shadow or kill
the reputation OF a person who
may be completely innocent.
A Warning
Timely and unforgettable is
this warning from THE Crimes
of the Tongue" by William
George Jordan:
THE second most deadly in
Strument of destruction is the
dynamite gun the first is
the human tongue. The gun
merely kills bodies; the tongue
kills regulations and ofttimes
ruins characters -------
In Mr.. Jordan's book he
writes that each gun works
alone; each loaded tongue has
a hundred accomplices. The
havoc of the gun is visible at
once. The full evil of the tongue
lives through all the years, even
the eye of omniscience might
grow tired in tracing it to its
finality.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-30

though organic, is the exception
10 the rule and diSsolves in the
soil water very quickly.
The organic fertilizers may be
mixed with your soil a week or
more before seeding. The inor-
ganic ones should be mixed in
a day or two before seed is sown.
In this way when the seed
lings sprout they will find a food
supply ready and waiting for
them and can use it Immediately
to grow strong and sturdy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-30

lesson for all of us in these
critical days, when our words
can so easily go scouting for
trouble. Be on guard against
shooting these poisoned darts!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-30
Gardening
Two Kinds
Of Grass
Fertilizers
By ISABEL FUCKER

CONTINUING FROM Mon
DAYS article. suppose your soil
has been put in good shape
either by cover cropping or by
adding peat moss or manure,
that you have made it loose by
digging and worked it smooth
and fine with a rake. Now
what?
This is the time 10 add the
nourishment the grass plants
will need for the season. OF
course you haven't any plants
Yet, because you haven't put in
any seed, but IL is much simpler
and easier 10 add the fertilizer
first.
Two Types
OF grass fertilizers, as of any
others, there are two kinds.
These are called organic and in
organic. Organic ones come from
an organism whether plant or
animal-that is they were part
of the organism, like tried blood
or bone meal. or else they are
the excrement from one, like
manure.
Inorganic fertilizers are
chemicals and come in the form
Of a powder, mixed with some
sort of filler TO give them bulk.
For the good of your grass
plants, you should use some OF
each kind because they are very
different in their actions. Most
organic fertilizers are very SLOW
to give up the chemicals they
contain. II takes weeks of rain
and the action of bacteria in the
soil TO make their chemicals into
a form the plants can use.
Quick Acting
Inorganic fertilizers, on the
other hand, are easily soluble in
water, some Immediately and
others within a few days or
weeks. This is why they must
be handled with such care and
be applied lightly so as not to
burn plant tissues or overfeed.
You will see Immediately why
both kinds of fertilizers are nee
essary for grass plants. The or
ganic ones will give the plants
a slow, steady supply of food all
season while the inorganic ones
will act as a tonic and will give
the plants a good start, even
though the effects may not last
through the entire summer.
Mixtures
1t is possible to buy grass fer
tilizers that are half organic and
half inorganic in makeup so one
fertilizer will supply both the
short and long time needs of the
plants.
Good organic grass fertilizers
are cotton seed meal urea, tank
age or dried blood. Inorganic
ones are nitrate of coda, calcium
nitrate or ammonium sulphate.
II \ 4
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-30

Yes-theres thrill for you Maxwell House Coffee. For
the makers of this famous blend the worlds largest buyers
of the premium coees grown special high Andean sections of
South and Central America-where volcanic SOIL tropc RAINFALL
and mountain sunshine give the beans faUOr.
Brought thousands of miles the L. S., supplies of these
distinguished, fu-boded Bucaramaneas, rich Medein mellow
Manizae coHees naturally limited. But Maxwell House
continues offer Them making of breakfast luncheon,
dinner coffee rich delight Enjoy Maxwell House this week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20

ST. CLAIR s II o r Z s -
Found dead today inside the
family automobile, Paul Ritzert,
So, of 24622 Manhattan, and his
wife, Helen, IS, apparently died
q week to 10 days ago, victims OF
q double suicide pact. A rubber
hose led into the car and was
connected with the exhaust pipe.
Coroner Howard v. Groes-
beck, Jr., withheld q ruling pend
ing the outcome Of Q double post
norton and the absence Of any
suicide notes. Groesbeck said
Ritxert had been unemployed for
three months and Shores police
indicated his wife was sickly.
The auto was parked inside q
locked garage with rags stuffed
around the windows.
A neighbor discovered the
bodies at 0:28 .. m. today when
she investigated after becoming
alarmed at not seeing the couple.
A son, Paul Of the Shores, sur
wives. He did not live with his
parents.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20
May Robson,
Film Star,
Dies. at"7

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Oct.
20 - @ - May Robson, 78,
veteran AustraliAn-born stage
and screen character actrsss,
died at her home today.
Despite failing health and
eyesight, she had been active In
moving pictures until less than
. year ago.
At her bedside when she died
were her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gore,
and her secretary-companion,
Lillian Harmer, who had been
with her constantly since 1910.
Her Last feature picture was
"Joan on Paris" made last year
by RKo and released early IN
1912. Last winter. she was BE-
fore the cameras for the last
time in . community chest short
subject with Lionel Barrymore
and Lew Ayres.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20

Preliminary plans for the op-
eratten q 4ilel Oh ret,onlne u
MacoMe County w1H % review.
% ~ deoletS o . meeting %
be hsad q p. "a todey - u
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-20
Steady Stream Of Tires
from County Now Apparent
Motorists Send 'Extros to
U. S. Dspots for War Use

Mount Clemens and Macomb
County resid ITS have success
fully passed q stringent test Of
patriotism - they are turning
hundreds of their extra tires to
Uncle Sam to bolster the war
effort.
F. M. Provost, agent for the
Railroad Express Agency in
Mount Clemens, said today that
more than 500 truck and auto
mobile tires had been turned in
by residents since the tire sale
got underway last Thursday with
the United Statee government
as the one and only purchaser.
The sellers, motorists with
more than five tires, have CO.
operated amazingly well In this
area, and employees at the ex-
press agency here gleefully ad-
NIT that they -r kept hopping"
BY the calls TO pick up the ex-
ira rubber.
The tires a. transported to
the Detroit Storage Company in
Detroit from h ere, where the
value Of the relinquished tires,
which will be ratioiIed to mot