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Evening star., 1942-04-10
West Coast Fishers
Realize 7 Millions
On Shark Liver Take
Bonanza Caused by
English War Need
Of Vitumin A
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, April l0.-The
run is about over, but the melody
Of nearly 100000 jingling dollars
fingers on with dogfish and soupfin
shark fishermen.
A few boats still are bringing
vitamin-rich nvers from these fish,
but the big hauls Of a few months
ago are only rosy memories.
r. w. Harrison, technologist OF the
United States Division of Fishery
Industries, disclosed that in l94l
Oregon Washington fishermen mar
keted 176,460 pounds of soupfin
shark liver and 2,876,144 pounds OF
dogflsh liver, for an aggregate of
more than $1,8O0,0cO. The bonanza
resulted from Englands wartime de-
mand for vast quantities Of vita
min A.
Prices Climb Fast.
Liver prices climbed dizzily. Soup
fin livers commanded an ordinary
81 per pound at the outset, but be-
fore the year was out a good liver
brought nine times that much a
pound. Dogfish liver enjoyed no
particular demand at the start OF
194l, but reached ST pound last
fall.
Intensive fishing started in late
summer and gave regional fishermen
better year around schedule than
they had before the sharks followed
the tuna into Northern waters
Soupf1n shark and dogfish last year
appeared about the time the tuna
runs were at their height, coming
after the international hahbut sea-
son ended and between the best
salmon fishing periods.
The fishermen take halibut
salmon and crabs in the spring and
early summer, regear in midsummer
and take shark and tuna from late
summer to midwinter.
Some Gear Makeshift.
A variety of gear was used, some
Of it specially designed for shark
and dogflsh, but lot of it make
shift, rigged up by fishermen new to
shark fishing who didn't feel sure
enough of annual runs to sink much
money in permanent gear. Some
men used their halibut gear.
Results varied Some of the lucky
crews reported profits up to $1,000
per man per trip. One buyer re-
marked that amt seaweed' even in
wartime.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Mud-Shy Woman Sits
All Night in Machine
BY the Associateo Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. j., April 10.-Mrs.
Frances H. w. Kenworthy acci-
dentally backed her car down
60-foot embankment into Cooper
River and waited nine hours-all
night-for rescuers rather than wade
through ankle-deep mud.
Police finally noticed the car and
pulled 1t out.
"At first I figured would climb up
the bank for help" said the 45-year-
old attorneys wife. But I had on
my best clothes and didn't want to
ruin them"
Her clothes were spotless.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Metal From Highway
SuIvuqed for Arms
- A. A~z;atLn

By the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The
highway departments giant road
magnet is doing double duty in its
war effort.
In the first 242 miles covered the
magnet picked up more than a ton
of metal pieces which could shred
tires.
The metal was contributed to the
war salvage collection.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Bernhard in England

OTTAWA, April 10 (P.-Prince
Bernhard of the Netherlands ar
rived here from England yesterday
Princess Juliana, his wife, has been
living here with their two daughters
You can't take 1t with you. So why
not put your money In Defense
bonds?
Evening star., 1942-04-10

You'd never suspect this
attractive sofa to contain
a full-size bed. Easily
opened and conceals a
complete bedding COM
partment. Kroehler made
and guaranteed. Covered
in modern tapestry.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
u. ). 10 Guarantee Loans
To War Subcontractors

By the Associated Press.
Undersecretary Of War Robert p
Patterson told q Senate committee
today that the War and Navy De-
partments expected soon to be able
TO guarantee loans to subcontractors
to provide them with necessary
working capital for war production.
The undersecretary testified at a
Senate Banking Committee hearing
on legislation which would create a
new corporation to aid small busi-
ness in obtaining credit and war
contracts.
Mr.. Patterson said the new pro-
gram for financing subcontractors
would be carried on under an ex-
ecutive order and would 90 into
effect very shortly"
Under the plan, he testified,
Army and Navy funds can be used
to take the risk of loss in ad-
vances made to subcontractors by
regular banking connections of the
subcontractor.
There had been no probelm in
financing prime contractors, the
undersecretary said, because the
War and Navy Departments had
been authorized to make advances
on contracts.
Subcontractors. he said, had often
been unable to start work because
OF lack Of capital for purchase of
equipment and supplies.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Racing Results
TROPICAL Park
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FIRST RAcE-Purse. $1,000; allow
ances; 2-year-olds: 4 furlongs.
sfs. sSy'l EaoSsh says5 bevi be .1. $40 sacc saSS
1ntsrmezzo IMeade) 400
Also .an2Pictosraph. Alasnes. Reward
ed, Eddiebon and Movie Parade.
SECOND RAcE-purs.. $1,000: claim
Well Alright tCampbelD 40 31O $50
Maydig wright $50 $40
Range Dust tMilgan) 400
Hns ESs% Msos Ss Rs4s sssh s:;t s:a
Water Cracker and Happy Winner
DAILY Double paid sI55oJ
mile .nd q oSa Yards s''mins
Searshlight Clark 44.50 1870 1910
BaIneys Gal (Wed.m.n) SO
Also ran@Precision, Gold Coin Miss,
Guest Star. Loch Ness, Mellow, Spritewick,
Miss Garlic, Brown Dancer. Alibi Babe.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, 81 1000: claim
a {%rsh and u0vsf6 sS 5SrlonSs soo
Eauistar Meade $40 46O
g Button Hoie MartineD 800
Also Also TsnMLady Waterloo. Charitable.
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $1,000; allow
Harpy Note (HaskelD $40 caO go
Sam Houston Clark $50 400
On the Fence tThompson) $50
Also ranEGray Dream. Media Luna.
Aunt Ellen. Cassis and Son Islam.
Evening star., 1942-03-20

comment about the controversy AZ
to whether Richard Casey, Austria
liam Minister in the United States
should join the British cabinet as
Minister of State stationed in Cairo
1t was indicated at the legation
that Minister Casey would issue q
statement tonight explaining hk
position in the controversy.
Pleads for Aircraft.
Australia has its mind on the
prospect of offensive war. DR.. Evatt
said, but he pleaded for the imme-
diate provision of all the imple-
ments of war" especially aircraft
and added ominously:
Next month may be month too
late"
He commented: In Australia to-
day American soldiers are fighting
side by side with Australians and
the spirit which animates them is
the spirit OF the Crusaders, a spirit
of valor, which is embodied in Gen
Macarthur.
American soldiers in Australia
know they are fighting for America
but above all they are fighting for
the same elemental things which
finally make life worth living
Evening star., 1942-03-20
|We||es Doubts World
|Wi|| Heed Jap Protest
On 'Ruth|essness
Possibility Seen Charge
Was Made to Obscure
Their Own Atrocities

Earlier Story on Page AID
BY the Associated Press.
Acting Secretary Of State
Welles expressed doubt today
that the world would take seri-
ously a Japanese charge that
British and United States forces
have been unduly ruthless in
their methods of warfare.
The Japanese government should
know, Mr.. Welles commented at his
press conference, that II there are
any nations in the world which
have shown complete disregard for
the rules of warfare and the p-ece-
dents of international law then Ger
many and Japan certainly fall into
that category.
Believed Smokescreen.
In other quarters the Japanese
charge was believed intended to
obscure the atrocities of which the
Japanese themselves have been &C
cused repeatedly.
The Japanese Navy itself grossly
f1outed international law 10y attack
ing Pearl Harbor prior to declara-
ton of war 1t was noted.
Japan was a signer of the 1907
Geneva Convention which codified
previous attempts to humanize the
conduct of belligerents. This was
framed In the light OF the Russo
japanese War, In which the Jap
anese similarly attacked by treach-
cry.
Eden's Charge Climax.
The charges of atrocity thus far
have been virtually all from the
United Nations, and directed mostly
at the Japanese land forces. They
were capped by foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden's recent statement to
the British House of Commons that
bound British soldiers had been
bayonetted in occupied Hong Kong
and civilians grossly mistreated
there and elsewhere.
In the Philippines the War De-
partment has reported such in
stances as the bombing OF the open
city of Manila and the bayonetting
Of bound Filipino soldier. Other
reports have told OF mistreatment
OF civilians in Manila.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
OukIuwn Park

BY the Associated Press.
FIRST RAcE-Purse $500; claiming;
4-year -olds and upward: 6 furlongs.
Joe Greenock (BalaskD 1880 7.20 $50
Quero Greenock lie Blanc) $40 $50
Penwipe tTucker) 400
Time, 1:12as.
Also ran-Chubbins canta. I Sweet Pease.
Lynette o.. Takitfrome. Dusky Prince,
Our David. Valvesta and Extend.
Field.
SECOND RACE-Purse. $500; special
weights; maidens: 3-year-olds: 8 furlonss
Bay Flash (Stuller) 1920 1880
Masculine (Brooks) 500
Also ran"Miss Ideal, little Darlin'
Goochie Boy. fPanalaver. fPea Green
Blue Nose.
Field
DAILY Double Paid Sl525O for S2)
THIRD RAcE-Purse s7Oo; allowances;
o-year-olds: furlonrs
Cahors tWallace) 64.00 1890 $50
Singing Sun tKeiper) $40 $40
Mia Mia Iitzenberger) $40
Time, 0:41y.
MT 'sG ia, Is. Rsn' WsS csdes. !zssnoek
land, fJayakay. Field.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 20-Yugoslav
government sources reported today
that 1000 men and boys were ex-
ecuted by German machine -gunners
at Kragujeva last November 81 in a
bloody mass reprisal for q Serb
guerrilla attack on a German patrol
These sources said information
had reached them from witnesses
who said the victims were selected
after a house-to-house search in
which all male residents of the town
were assembled-bewild and I'M
aware of their fate.
They were said to have been led
out in groups of 40 and moved down
in a slaughter that lasted all day.
Yugoslav sources said the Mayor
of Kragujeva estimated about so per
Evening star., 1942-03-20
London Press Protests Threat
To Ban Critical Newspaper

posed that instead of resorting to
such arbitrary powers the govern
ment employ another section Of
the defense regulations under which
the Home Secretary may prosecute
offending newspapers in court If
their publication is likely to hinder
the successful carrying-on of the
war.
The Standard, the Star and sew
eral other papers reminded Mr..
Morrison that the power of sum-
mary execution" was placed in the
Home Secretary's hands only at
the peak Of the 1910 invasion
threat. The Star asked whether
the country Is to Be put into .
sort Of essayist1 straitjacket?"
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Miss Perkins Sees
Women CONSTITUTING
Third Of War Workers
Says They Are Wanted
For Poinstokine Jobs
In Defense PIunts
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
Women will constitute one
third of the $4,000, 900 war work.
ers to be needed by next Janu-
ary, Secretary Of Labor Perkins
told the Institute OF Women's
Professional Relations confer
ence this afternoon at the May
flower Hotel.
Asserting that women excel at
painstaking jobs requiring patience,
dexterity and "sticktoitiveness, "
Secretary Perkins emphasized that
women can do practically any kind
Of war work that is not beyond
their physical strength.
In this category, she included
operation Of punch presses, drilling
and milling machines, lathes,
grinders. polishers and other skilled
tasks. Surveys by her department
showed, she said, that at least one
third Of the jobs in aircraft assem-
bly, factories can be done success
fully by women
Discussing the conversion of
women into war industry workers,
Secretary Perkins said. in part:
Who can tell where this girl and
that one may find the work niche to
which she can best apply her en-
ergies In the war effort? She may
be drawn into factory workrooms
where shells. anti-aircraft guns
jeep cars. Army trucks or bombers
are being produced at high speed
She may develop skills that will be
useful in shipyards. in airports OF
even in activities with the armed
forces There is a chance she may
devote herself to manual labor.
Young women will be concerned
with such matters as Job training
hours. wages. workroom conditions
in relation to health. safety and ef-
fciency on the job, il they are per-
sonally involved"
The fervent desire of all young
people, she added. would be to play
part in winning the global war.
Undersecretary Of War Patterson
was to speak on "A Nation at War
at the institutes banquet at 7:3C
O'Clock tonight.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
6oebbeIs Says Germans
Have Stood the Test
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN drom German broad
caSts) March 20-Propaganda Min
lister Joseph Goebbels acknowledged
today in the publication Das Reich
that the German people had en-
dured SORROWS" during the winter
"and still are doing 50 today to a
considerable extent"
He asserted the German army had
survived the rigors OF the Russian
winter and would start an offensive
in the spring and summer-after
several weeks of thawing and
morass."
Goebbels admitted that about six
months ago the opinion was occa-
sionally expressed that 1t would be
best to end the war as speedily as
possible even though one problem or
another would be solved only partly
or not at ALL" Since then, he said,
"the German people have undergone
q great internal change" and have
stood the test"
He said the Russian leaders re-
garded Germany's projected offen-
sive like a mesmerized rabbit stares
at a snake"
Evening star., 1942-03-20
War Board Asks W. P. A
To Help Salvage Drive

BY the Associated Press
The War Production Board today
enlisted the aid OF w. P. A. labor
and trucks to bring in scrap metal
and rubber from the Nations farms.
Lessing j. Rosenwald, chief of the
boards Bureau of Industrial Con-
servation, said the rural areas were
"one of the greatest potential mines
Of metal and scrap rubber"
He estimated the country's $780, :
600 farms had about one-quarter ton
of idle scrap metal each, besides
large numbers of useless rubber
tires or tubes from which reclaimed
rubber could be produced.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Bakers Urged to Stop
SGeing Breed to
Save Time, Labor

By tte Associated Press.
The once Of Price Admin
istration suggested today that
bakers stop slicing bread.
The proposal was offered as
a means of saving time. labor
and paper by Fred Thomas, o.
p. A. official. at a meeting of
the Baking Industry Advisory
Committee called to consider
means or reducing bakery costs
to prevent price advances.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Red Cross Supplies
Reach Poles in Russiu
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
KUIBYSHEV, Russia, March 20.
"A shipment Of food. clothing and
medicine sent to Polish refugees by
the American Red Cross has ar
rived in the Soviet Union.
simultaneously arriving were sim
liar gifts from the Australian Red
Cross and two Polish organizations
in the United States.
LONDON, March 20 R.-The
Polish National Council cabled Pres
ident Roosevelt today its warm
thanks" for magnificent aid to the
Polish population in Russia under
the lease-lend bill as well as for his
very friendly attitude toward Po-
land"
Evening star., 1942-03-20
French minimized
Tanks as Independent
Fighters, Trial Told
Thus No Provision Was
Made for RefueIing on
Battlefield, Court Hears

Earlier Story on Page A-5)
By the Associated Press.
RON, March 20.-WitneSses
and defendants at the Riom trial
agreed today that the French
Army went to war with the i'm
preston that tanks could not
fight as independent units as
they again attributed Frances
lack of preparedness to the
Army command.
Gen. Marcel Sciard, who COM
manded the 1st Army Corps which
pivoted into Belgium to face the
Germans, testified:
Our doctrine was based on the
Idea that tanks could not fight alone
that they could not advance beyond
the visible range of artillery"
Thus, no provision was made
to refuel tanks on the battlefield
and French tanks sometimes ran out
of gasoline and were captured, he
said,
Fuel for Only 5 Hours.
Former Premier Edouard Daladier
one of five men being tried on
charges of responsibility for Frances
defeat, interrupted to say:
Not one French tank had fuel
for more than five hours, which
proves We did not have the idea of
prolonged use of tanks beyond the
visible range of artillery"
M. Daladier's attorney amplified
this, saying:
The fault lay with the conception
of tank warfare as formulated by
the army command"
Gen. Sciard testified that in con-
trast the Germans had tanker
tanks which advanced behind the
combat tanks and refueled them
during battle.
Training Held Inadequate.
Gen. Sciard also said French Army
training was inadequate. He said
one division which he commanded
had not been fully assembled since
1887, all other training having been
given in small groups.
ocdH 1tdSdule, GdIlk O1uCeI, LeSll-
fed the French 37-millimeter anti
tank guns were enormously effec-
tive for the short distance of 80
yards" but not effective at longer
ranges. He said he worked with one
battalion of infantry which had
never maneuvered with tanks
Ragaine also stated the army was
too ready to retreat, citing one re-
treat after a dive-bombing attack
which was something terrifying
due to noise but which caused only
one casualty.
NJ Daladier testified the army had
much material which it never dis
tributed
Guns Seized by Enemy.
Seven hundred and fifty anti
tank guns in army depots fell into
German hands" he said. enough
for IA divisions"
He also quoted an official report
that "at the time of thu armistice
the number of planes intact was
greater than at the time of mobiliza-
tion."
On June Is, 1940 he said, "in the
unoccupied zone alone there were
1900 planes. Of which LOO were
first-line war planes"
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Nozis Order 50 BeIgions
Deported as Revenoe

VICHY, March 20 P.-German
authorities in Brussels announced
today that so Belgians arrested as
Communists had been ordered de-
ported to eastern Europe in reprisal
for recent terrorist" attacks in
Belgium.
The announcement said women
and children had been killed and
wounded in the last few days in
dynamite attacks on Belgian ad-
herents of new-order movements"
Deportation of other Communists,
the authorities said, would depend
on the progress of an investigation
now being carried out by Belgian
officials.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. March 20.-The COM
mittee of the London branch of the
National Union of Journalists, to-
gether with a number of British
newspapers, raised an outcry today
over Home Secretary Herbert s.
Morrison's threat to suspend the
tabloid Daily Mirror on the grounds
that its attacks on the government
jeopardize the nations war effort.
The committees resolution
charged the action was "A grave
invasion of freedom Of the press.
Lord Beaverbrook's Evening
Standard asserted that France
fell largely because her people were
gagged and blindfolded." It pro.
Evening star., 1942-03-20

process plants, which tend to use
four shifts.
Claiming that strikes virtually
have disappeared, Mr.. Green said
between January l and March Is Of
l94l strike losses were at the rate Of
IL hours per man-year Of work.
During the same period this year, he
said. the rate was l6 minutes per
man-year OF work.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
La Toilette Shocked
By G|aring Omissions
In Report on LANCER
Bunk Had No Part
In Bond Transactions,
Senators Are Told
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)

Earlier Story on Page A-4.)
Senator La Toilette, Progressive
Of Wisconsin. told the Senate today
he was shocked to find two "glaring
omissions" of fact in the report OF
the Senate Elections Committee
which recommended the exclusion
Of Senator LANCER. Republican. ol
North Dakota on moral turpitude
charges.
Questioning Senator Murdock
Democrat, OF Utah, who was read
ing testimony to the Senate in sup
port of 4 minority report. Senator
La Toilette frequently referred tc
evidence as being either in the
green book or the grab bag"
The green book was the transcript
Of testimony taken at the commit
tees public hearing and Senator La
Toilette described as the grab bag
that testimony taken by committee
investigators. but not printed in q
bound volume.
Bribery Alleged.
Senator Murdock was discussing
the acceptance by Senator LANCER
Of $1,000 for farm lands sold to
Gregory Brunk. Des Moines attor-
ney, who shared in profits OF the
v. w. Brewer Co. from North Da-
kota bond transactions. The ma
jority contended the transaction
represented bribery.
Senator Murdock cited a state
ment in the majority report that
v. w. Brewer used the State Bank
Of North Dakota to finance" the
bond transactions
Senator Murdock asserted that
testimony Of Mr.. Brewer and r. M
Stangler, former manager Of the
bank. was that the bank never In
any way financed any transaction.
for Brewer"
Senator La Toilette said the
charge that the bank. while Mr.
Langer was Governor. financed the
Brewer transactions was the most
serious charge and implication" In
the whole majority report.
"Most Shocking Thing"
IT the Senator's statement Il
correct that there is no evidence
to support that charge in the green
book or In the grab bag OF evidence
and it was not pointed out In the
majority report" Senator La Fol-
lette declared, Il say 1t Is q most
shocking thing"
At another point Senator Muir.
dock said committee appraisers hae
valued the land purchased by Mr.
Brunk at about $500 but said tn,
evidence showed that the Fedora
land bank had made loans on con-
tiguous property equal to the amoun
that Mr. Brunk paid for the land
Senator La Toilette said that hi!
sense Of fairness and justice wa!
again shocked and violated" by thu
majority of the committee for men
tioning the valuation the appraiser!
agreed upon but not mentioning tina
the Federal lank bank had valued
the contiguous property at a ratt
higher than Mr.. Langer's sale price
The Wisconsin Senator said thai
every Senator could not read all tn,
testimony in the grab bag" and ye
in these two respects 1t Is shocking
to me as q man who has to vote or
the right Of a man to retain his sea-
to find two such glaring omission!
Of facts in the majority report"
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Maryland Gourmets
PIon Simple Banquet

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 20. Les
Amis DEscoff1er, an organization Of
Maryland gourmets, will make a
astronomical sacrifice to war at
their annual banquet March 81.
Arthur H. Deute, chief potato
peeler," said that as patriotic ges-
ture, Les Amis would wine and dine
in simple fashion instead Of indulg-
ing in the fancy feasting of former
years.
The drinks won't be fine wines"
he said. They will be Maryland
rye, Maryland beer, water and cof-
fee"
As for the food, it will be a study
in simple Maryland country fare"
Chesapeake Bay oysters, Eastern
Shore fish stew, chicken, ham, corn
pone and spoon bread.