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The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03
SOCIAL GROUP

The birthday party was nicely at
tended and those that had birthdays
were Mrs. Dora Williams, Mr.. A. j..
Jenkins. Mr.. Homer Drew. Mrs.
frankie Jackson, Mrs. Rowena Sud-
dith, Mr.. Arthur Shaw and Miss
Odessa Trammell- The birthday
prize was won by Mr.. A. J. Jenkins.
It was given with the compliments
OF the Workers Cafe. 1929 O. St..
of which Mrs. Anna Moore is prop.
rietor. A very delicious repast Of
sandwiches. cake and punch was
served. The next birthday party
will be Oct. 81 and we urge all mem
bers to turn in their birthday date.
*****
The Bingo Party has been planned
for October IS and we are inviting
all members and friends. The party
will beheld in the Social room of
the Workmen's club.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03

Mr.. Millard woods, Executive
Sec'y of the Urban League in LIN
coin was in the city last week.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03
CLUB NEWS
521s 1-2 South 2sth street

5219 IL South goth street
On Friday, Oct. 2, Miss Alberta
Starnes will entertain the regular
and social members of the club.
There will be amusements and lunch
Time: 3 p. m. ALI are invited.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03
OMAHA OUTFITTING

Furnish Your Entire House,
hold at the Omaha OutfittinR
They carry Furniture. Washing
Machines, Radios. Travelling
Bags, Jewelry and All Kinds
OF Coal.
2122 North oath st.
Phone AT. 1852
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03

CARMEL, ND-PIxPAGE-Don Again, owned by Lynnwood Farm
here, is the Premier Percheron Sire for 1871. The award was based on
the winnings Of his progeny at all the larger Percheron shows through.
oat the United States. In the past four years, the progeny of Don Again
have won 66 frsts, IS seconds, II thirds, eight grand and 81 other
championships at major shows throughout this country and Canada.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03
HOME GIRLS
CLUB NEWS


Don't forget the Testimonial Ban
quet sponsored by the Workmen S
Club and Home Defense Girls for
the benefit of the NAACP. The
banquet will be held Oct. II at 4 p.
m. at the Home Defense Club, 2919
Q Street. $1.00 per plate. There
will be prominent speakers from
various outstanding civic organic
ations.
*****
There will be a Health Picture.
Wednesday, October z at the Home
Defense Club, 2919 Q st. Ladies
Only, Time 7:3O p. m.
***
The Community Chest Drive viii
begin Oct. II. We are planning to
have our first Pep meeting on Ocr.
IA, and we urge all members to be
present.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03

E STAMP PARADE

We are planning a party for the
children who attend the parade
weekly.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03

The sick committee: Mr.. Hazel
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Jenkins.
went to Lincoln to visit Mr.. Rob
ert Starnes who is i'll in the Vetcr-
ans hospital. His condition is
somewhat improved.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-03

The President OF the Workmen'.3
Club, Mr.. S. z. Smith wishes to
thank the many friends and mem
bers who most generously contribut-
ed to the support of the NAACP
Benefit Drive which started last
Saturday. The Benefit Party was
IL hugo Success
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Roosevelt Establishes
Railway Labor Panel

Establishment of a National Rail-
way Labor Panel from which will be
drawn emergency fact-f1nding
boards to decide railroad labor dis
putes was ordered by President
Roosevelt today.
Purpose Of the agency is to pro-
vide fact-flnding groups without
forcing railroad unions to call for
strike votes as is now required by
the Railway Labor Act. The rail-
road labor brotherhoods requested
the panel and management Endorsed
the proposal.
With the. railroad unions under
agreement to call no strikes during
the war. they said they preferred to
avoid strike votes, but were desirous
of having recourse to emergency
fact-finding boards If disputes
should arise.
The new panel, membership of
which was not announced. is to con-
sist of q chairman and eight men,
bers. In cases Of disputes, three
members of the panel will sit as an
emergency fact-finding board in
each controversy and its findings in
effect will be final.
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized that he
was taking this action under war
time powers and that there is no in
tent to amend the Railway Labor
Act. .....
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Nazis Reported Pressing
For Tunisian Occupation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 22.-Tass, oflcial
Soviet news agency, said today that
Germany was pressing the Vichy
government to consent to Axis oc-
cupation of Tunisia and defense" of
the French empire on the grounds
that Britain and the United States
intended to seize Tunisian ports.
Quoting reports from Vichy via
Geneva, the agency said Pierre
Laval, Vichy's chief Of government,
was afraid to make the deal lest 1t
cause a negative reaction in France,
but that the Germans were threat
ening to 60 ahead even without
Laval's consent.
Tass said also that German forces
now outnumbered italian in the Gen.
trail Mediterranean, completely DOM
mating all air and sea communica-
tons between Italy and North Africa,
with the German command having
undivided control over the most stra-
tegic points.
German planes and squadrons Of
small submarines restrict Italian op-
erations, and italian stan orders are
Cancelled at German discretion, Tass
said.
For example, an Italian plane
which was carrying out an assign
ment contradictory to German in
structions was shot down by the
Germans over Pantelleria recently.
Tass said, and italian flyers at
MARSHA were arrested by the Ger
mans for refusing to obey Mani ord
ers.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Jury Convicts Man of Murder
After He Is Killed in Court

seated with his attorney at the de-
fense table, slumped to the floor
and women ran screaming toward
the door.
Circuit Judge James S. Forester
told the jury the wounded man was
alive when carried from the court
room and directed that the case be
taken under consideration.
The verdiot was reported 10 min
utes later. But Shepherd was dead.
A mistrial was ordered in the
same case last Tuesday when the
jury was unable to agree on a ver-
dict. Sherman Clouse, %, and How
ard Hensley, 80, Of Yapcey, KY,
charged jointly with Shepherd,
were granted separate trials and
Judge Forester reset their cases for
the October term.
Christians throat-slashed body
was found on Black Mountain. near
the Kentucky Virginia State line.
The three defendants were ar
rested In Fredericksburg, Va, and
returned here for trial
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Cruiser Prinz Eugen
Runs Blockade and
Arrives al Kie|
Schornhorst, Nuremberg
Also Reported Undergoing
Repoirs at Baltic Base
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 22.-The dam
aged German cruiser Prinz
Eugen has arrived at the Baltic
naval base Of Kiel, it was learned
today, running a sea blockade
for the second time.
The Air Ministry announced four
days ago that British planes had
scored two definite torpedo hits and
one probable hit on the 10,000-ton
cruiser of Southern Norway the
night Of May II.
The Prinz Eugen had been at
Trondheim under repair after a
previous British attack. The vessel
was with the battleships Scharn-
horst and Gneisenau in the dash
through the English Channel from
Brest.
She had been in that French port
under British air attacks since par
ticipating last May. in the battle in
which the battleship Bismarck was
sunk.
The Scharnhorst Is reported also
at Kiel, undergoing repairs. as is the
6,000-ton cruiser Nuremberg.
German warships believed still at
Trondheim include the 35,000-ton
battleship Tirpitz, sister ship Of the
Bismarck, the Hipper. sister ship Of
the Prinz Eugen, and the 10,000-ton
pocket battleShip IeutZoW.
The battleship Gneisenau is at a
Baltic port and the cruiser Seidlitz
Is at Bremen.
The aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin,
now understood to be completed, Is
also in the Baltic.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Agencies Map Plans
For Emergency Aid
In Bombing Raids
President Defines
Roles Of o. c. D., Red
Cross ond F. S. A.

President Roosevelt today made
clear the roles of the Office OF
Civilian Defense. the American
Red Cross and the Federal Sc
curity Agency will play in assist
ing civilian victims If American
cities are bombed.
His announcement followed the
signing of agreements, one between
the once of Defense Health and
Welfare Service and the Red Cross,
signed April II, and the other be-
tween the Red Cross and o. c. D.,
signed Monday.
The President said the joint state
ments or agreements provide the
means through which the work Of
the Government dovetails with the
work Of agencies voluntarily sup
ported by the public.
The 1874 Red Cross chapters, he
declared, can now work on COM
mon understanding with local de-
fense councils and public welfare
and health agencies in every county
in the United States for the safety
and welfare of the American people.
Avoids Duplication.
First in the field will be the Emer-
gency Medical Service OF the Cit
liens Defense Corps, the modified
forces under the o. c. D. The Red
Cross will assist this service in fur
nishing nurses aid, stretcher teams,
ambulances and supplementary
(See AGENCIES, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Enemy Agents Landed in Maine,
Civil Defense Official Reveals

Sometimes a special agent is
sent to this country to perform
some single task" Mr.. Farnum
added. HE is the pinch hitter, or
the hit-and-run worker. Once his
assignment is completed, he tries to
make his way back to his native
land or to join other spies in this
country"
Mr.. Farnum warned that it was
entirely possible that the enemy
may attempt to land parachutists
or other air-borne troops In Maine"
and added that IAN attempt may
even be made to organize bands of
fifth columnists."
He urged the public to be watch
full, think before you act, but act
instantly If your suspicious cannot
be fully satisfied"
Mr.. Farnum did not disclose how
or where agents already had landed
On the Maine coast.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
War Raises u. S. Employment
Above 100000 in District
Special Unit Considered to Smooth
Out Troublesome Turnover Problem

World War, for whicn peak employ
ment locally was $4,000. the in
crease approximated $4,000.
Concurrently it became known
today that the nuge turnover in per-
sonnel here-and in the country at
large-is becoming a matter Of grave
concern to the Civil Service Com
mission. While the added employ
ment in April was 1000, the COM
mission actually put more than
1000 new employees to work here, it
being necessary to fill about $4,000
vacancies created by designations,
the draft or other causes.
In particular. 1t was said, are resig-
nations proving troublesome. The
extent to which they are figuring in
the turnover. it was amplified, is
evidenced by the situation at the
War Department, where officials
have reported that about one out
(See EMPLOYMENT, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Nelson Doshes Hope
For Oil Pipe Line
To Relieve East

Donald Nelson, War Produc-
ton Board chairman. today
threw cold water on hopes for
construction OF an oil pipe line
to the Eastern seaboard. He
told a press conference:
The pipe line is out unless
you want to give up planes and
tanks"
He told the conference the
Government is anxious to dis
courage civilian driving because
it wants to conserve rubber
through limiting the use Of tires.
Airplanes and tanks require
large amounts of rubber.
Shortly after Mr.. Nelson
spoke, the House Rivers and
Harbors Committee approved
a bill to construct a barge
canal and petroleum pipe line
across Florida and for en-
largement of the Gulf Coast
inland waterway from Florida
to Mexico.
Earlier pipe line story on
page AID.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
By ]. A. FOX.

Federal employment here has
passed the 25O,OOO mark.
Personnel reports to the Civil
Service Commission indicate that
approximately 1000 workers
were added to the constantly ex-
panding executive force in April,
to raise the total we'll over 249,-
900, and the continued growth in
May, consequently, means that
the quarter-million level has
been exceeded, although official
figures will not be available for
several weeks.
The increase indicated for April
is the second largest on record. In
January 5000 employees were added.
Since Pearl Harbcr appr Ultimately
so 900 new jobs have been Allied here.
In the entire period of the firs'
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Chance 10 Fight Coming,
A. f. +. in Ulster Told
BY the Associated Press.

A. E. F. HEADQUARTERS, NOR
THERN IRELAND, May 22.-Unit-
ed States troops in training here
we're told today by Gen. Sir Alan
Brooke, chief of the British i'm
perial general staff. that their
chance to fight mo doubt will come
soon."
After spending several days in
specting American units which
have been toughening up since
January in maneuvers over rugged
terrain, Gen. Brooke declared:
I'VE shall expect great things
from the Americans when an op-
portunity is given them-an oppor-
tunity which no doubt will come
SOON"
Among the forces which he in
spected, giving close attention to
equipment as we'll as men, also were
armored, artillery and infantry
units whose arrival in Northern Ire
land was announced this week.
Before departing today Gen.
Brooke told war correspondents he
had high opinion" of the tanks
and guns the Americans had
brought with them.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Rubber Gar
Sees Public Use
Of PrivateCars
Critical Shortage
Will Force Action,
NewhuII Thinks
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

The rubber shortage Is so crit
ical that the Government may
find it necessary to order the use
OF private passenger automobiles
for public transportation needs
arising out of the war, Arthur B.
Newhall, War Production Board
rubber co-ordinator, said today
at a press conference arranged
to clear away confusion about
the rubber situation.
Mr.. Newhall, who was introduced
to the press conference as the rub
Der cZar" by Chairman Donald Mel
son OF the w. P. B., said he saw
great necessity to control the use
of civilian tires" and added:
1T may be that all passenger cars
will be needed for public transpor-
tation."
Mr.. Newhall spiked rlmors that
the tires owned by civilians would
be seized, but he foresaw the day
when the transportation facility
represented by the tires might be
requisitioned He said that the tires
now on civilians cars and already
built for civilians cars will take care
Of essential needs for the coming
two years.
Cryptic Remark.
Mr.. NeWhall added that when
Joseph B. Eastman, director of the
once of Defense Transportation,
has determined what is essential
transportation, then he will get It,"
This was taken as a cryptic refer
ence to the prospect of requisition-
ing private cars.
After Mr.. Nelson had described
rubber as the most important
single scarce commodity facing us
today" Mr.. Newhan said that the
Army considered every ounce Of
all the prospective rubber produc-
ton during the next two years as
vital for the war-to make 1t pos
Evening star., 1942-05-22
By the Associated Press.

AUGUSTA, Me-, May 22-Francis
H. Farnum, State director of civilian
defense, said today that accurate
information is in the possession Of
police and Army authorities to show
that foreign agents have recently
been landed on the coast Of Maine. I"
"Others have come into the State
over the Canadian border or from
other parts of the United States" T"
Mr.. Farnum said in a prepared
statement. They are here for no
good purpose and they are in our
midst now. They come to plot, to
damage, to destroy"
Only yesterday civilians and
members Of the Volunteer Defense
Corps were warned by Federal and
State officials in Boston to exercise
especial watchfulness for enemy and
nth column action along the New
England Coast.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
BY the Associated Press.


HARLAN, KY, May 22-Manzo
Shepherd, "A, was shot fatally dur
ing the drama-packed climax OF q
murder trial here late yesterday In
which he was found guilty Of Staying
a taxicab driver on May S.
Shepherd was pronounced dead at
a nearby hospital while a circuit
Jury fixed his punishment as death
in the electric chair for the killing
of Joe Christian.
Jack Heaton, 26-year-old Louel-
len, KY, coal miner and nephew OF
Christian, surrendered to Officers
Immediately after Shepherd was
shot in the courtroom, Sheriff Clint
Ball said.
Sheriff Ball swore to a warrant
charging Heaton with the killing,
but no date for his arraignment be-
fore County Judge F. M. Meadows
was set.
The pistol shot was fired . few
moments after attorneys completed
arguments to the jury. Shepherd
Evening star., 1942-05-22
| British Decorate
| ; on Oft-Roided
Dover Farm
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 22.-Mr and Mrs.
Gilbert w. Mitchell and Grace Har-
rison, their feminine farm hand,
were decorated today for persistently
operating a Dover area farm-Brit-
aims closest to the continent-under
German shelling, machine gun fire
and bombing.
"Unexampled effort, sustained
bravery and devotion to duty" were
cited by the government. Mitchell
was awarded the George Medal,
which is presented primarily to
civilians for acts of great bravery.
His wife, Kathleen, and Miss Har-
rison were awarded the British
Empire Medal.
Buildings on the farm, Nazi
targets off and on for nearly two
years, are probably the most vulner-
able in all Britain. The surround.
ing acreage is stippled with filed
in shell holes.
Except for the frequent occasions
when the three have had to take
cover, the farm work has gone on
uninterruptedly.
Evening star., 1942-05-22


The Chief Executives on-the-rec-
ord expressions of how the Nation
should feel about the conflict fol-
lowed somewhat conflicting views
given earlier In the week by other
high Government authorities. First
Of these was a carefully -worded but
optimistic utterance by Secretary of
State Hull on Wednesday, followed
yesterday by a comparably-guarded
declaration Of caution against over
optimism from an equally authorita-
tive spokesman "Details Of latter
statement are In story on Page
abb
Today, the President remarked
that public opinion tends to fluctu-
Evening star., 1942-05-22

sible to win the war in the shortest
possible time and with the fewest
lives lost.
The synthetic rubber production
in 1912 will be about 10000 tons. Mr..
Newhall guessed. He added III the
synthetic production amounts to
$4,000 tons in ls43, it will be a
miracle"
Mr.. Newhall explained that he
was talking about actual synthetic
production, which he emphasized
differs from capacity for production.
He said the present synthetic pro-
gram calls for a plant capacity Of
300 900 tons in 1943, and Secretary
OF Commerce Jones told q Senate
Agriculture Subcommittee yesterday
that the capacity would be increased
by 100000 tons through the use of
grain alcohol.
Possibilities Explored.
Mr.. Nelson and Mr.. Newhall said
the Government is exploring to see
how grain alcohol can be fitted into
the synthetic rubber program. espe-
cially in view Of the fact that during
the last two days the w. P. B. has
learned that the United States has
capacity for producing 100000 900
gallons of grain alcohol above purely
military needs.
The two leading problems in ex-
(See RUBBER, Page A-20
Evening star., 1942-05-22
New Supply Shipments
Received in Russiu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 22.-Izvestia an
nounced today that a number Of
new shipments of supplies for the
Red Army had been received from
the United States, Britain, Canada
and Argentina.
Medical supplies, surgical instru-
ments and woolens knitted by Amer
lean women, were included in the
shipments, seven of them sent by
the Russian war relief committee
in America headed by Prof. Edward
Carter, the government newspaper
said,
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Korean Troops to Guard
Allied War Prisoners
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC From Japanese Broad
casts, May 22-About 1000 young
Koreans. specially trained for two
months by the Japanese Army, will
be assigned to help guard Japan's
British and American prisoners Of
war, freeing Japanese guards for
other duties.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Jops Report Landing
On PuIuwun Island
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, May pa Toxic dispatch
said today that Japanese marines
landed May II on Palawan, western
most of the Philippine Islands, of
North Borneo, occupying the wire
less station and other military es-
tablishments and freeing 102 in
termed Japanese.
Evening star., 1942-05-22
U. 5. Maryland Glass
BaH|eship Sunk by
Sub, Italy Claims
Vessel Soid to Have
Received Z Torpedo
Hits OFF BroziI
By the Associated Press.

BJ the Associated Press.
ROME From Italian Broad
casts, May o. The Italian
high command said in a special
communique today that its sub
marine Barbarigo sank a United
States battleship of the Mary
land class with two torpedo hits
of the Brazilian coast Wednes-
day.
(There was no confirmation
from any other source to bear
out the Italian claim.
(Omcial Brazilian and United
States sources at Rio de Janeiro,
said they had no knowledge Of
any naval engagement in Bra
lillian waters)
The communique said escorting
vessels of the United States naval
formation did not reply to the
attack.
Attack at 2:5O AM.
1t gave the time of the asserted
attack as $50 am, Rome time. and
the place as 100 miles west of the
Brazilian island of Fernando No
ronha, 125 miles off the easternmost
extremity Of Brazil.
(The Barbarigo, with a sub
merged displacement of 1850
tons and surface displacement Of
GAL, has eight 21-inch torpedo
tubes.)
The italian communique put the
displacement of the battleship at
$4,000 tons and said it mounted
eight 406-millimeter G6-inch) guns.
. Stefani, ofncial Italian news
agency, broadcast the special an
nouncement as follows:
"On May 20 at $50 am, Rome
time, of the Brazilian coast, 100
miles to the west of the island of
Fernando Noronha the submarine
Barbarigo, commanded by Capt
EMO GroSsi, attacked a United
States naval formation which was
steaming southwark.
Ship Hit In Bow.
"The Barbarigo. cutting in be-
tween escorting destroyers. at dis
tance of several hundred meters
launched a salvo of torpedoes
against battleship OF the Maryland
class, $4,000 tons, armed with eight
guns of 406 millimeters.
"The battleship was hit in the bow
by two torpedoes and sunk in short
space of time. The escort did not
react"
Evening star., 1942-05-22
,te severely on the basis of incidents

ate severely on the basis OF incidents
which look vague at the time, but
after all are only one development
in ar-reaching war.
Everything possible should be done
to level of this tendency, he added,
suggesting that the press can help
materially in this respect.
There is no reason, he continued,
for overoptimism in one week and
in another. This
f1uctuation is a typically American
habit. he went on. based in the
tendency of overstatemcnt.
In response to questioning, he
agreed that bad news should be
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-05-22
Flood of james River
Menuces Industries
By the Associated Press.

LYNCHBURG, Va. May 22.-For
the second time in less than a week
the James River was a roaring giant
here today-its fury a threat to in
dustrial plants and lowland crops all
the way from Lynchburg to Rich
mond.
Rising rapidly from cloudburst
rains here and to the west, the river
was expected to reach a crest Of 19
feet at Lynchburg early tonight.
Danger point here is 1875 feet,
Weatherman D. E. Nicholson said.