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Evening star., 1942-10-25
0PA 10 Start Printinq
$50 Million Universal
Ration Books al Once
Would Fit Any Program;
Copies to Go to Public
About Jonuory | -.
81 the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
While maintaining silence as
to prospects of coffee rationing
despite reported shortages, the
Office of Price Administration
announced last night that sample
copies of its new universal ration
book were off the press.
Mass printing of $50 0,0O0, 900 copies
of the ingeniously prepared books,
designed to handle any ration pro-
gram which arises, will start in a
few days on almost all the printing
presses in the United States capable
Of turning out the books"
War ration books number two will
be in the hands of the public, OPA
said, about the first of the year, a
date which corresponds with the
previously announced starting time
for meat rationing.
Two complete ration programs can
be handled for at least six months
by the new all-purpose ration book
which is the first of a series of three
or four roughly similar books to be
issued in succeeding months. The
books are designed to handle either
straight coupon system, like sugar
rationing, or point system like that
used in England for clothing.
Each book contains eight pages
(See RATIONING, Page A-80
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Detroit SpoiIs Hoyos' Record;
WhirIowoy Wins at LuureI

lane spanked North Carolina, 2o-l4,
and Princeton's surprising Tigers
disposed Of Brown, 32-13. Cali
fornia's thrice beaten Bears downed
Washington, 1876.
Ohio States Buckeyes, the Ma
tons No. ranking team. continued
to roll along with most other leading
gridiron fAvorites. defeating North
western, 20-6, but Michigan was
upset by Minnesota's reyiving Co
pliers, 1914. Wisconsin remained
undefeated by conquering Purdue,
1870.
Still unbeaten along with Ohio
State and wisconsin were Army,
Boston College. Syracuse and Penn
State In the East; Georgia, Georgia
Tech and Alabama In the South
and Texas Christian Ii the South
west. Army handled Harvard easily,
14-0, and Boston Coll1ge swamped
Wake Forest. 77-0. Syracuse whipped
Cornell. l2-5. and Ts3as Christian
bsat Pensacola Faysr6 31-a
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Civilian Defense
Marks Birthdoy

Forty-three of the 66 Dis
trict civilian defense COM
mittees are raising money.
Thirty-five are recruiting for
the warden service. Some are
plugging right along. Others
only meet when they feel like
It.
What is the civilian defense
committee you elected 4 year
ago today doing now to pro-
tect you?
For the answer turn to the
chart on Page A-l0 and the
story that tells how the city
has weathered : year Of civil
In defense on Page Ali.
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the Japs toward the Marine Corps
lines where mortars and machine
guns are moving them down, OBJ
servers declared.
Flying Fortresses based here have
repeatedly bombmed Jap supplies.
1t. w. w. Thompson of Little Rock
said Marines told him last night
that a huge portion of the enemy
supplies on the beaches had been
destroyed by American bombs.
Jap Zeros continue to attack our
Flying Fortresses, but they haven't
managed to shoot down single one.
OF this, a pilot observed, 1T must
be discouraging to them to repeat
edly attack us and never shoot one
down.
On October 16 our Flying For
tresses sank one Jap transport and
started many big fires among Jap
supplies on the Guadalcanal beach,
including a vast blaze in a gasoline
depot. They downed two Jap fight
ers and shot down a four motor
Jap seaplane.
The JapS managed to salvage
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Weather Bureau to End Ban
On Women Forecusters

weather. A small group Of II women
viii have completed such studies in
December and will, II successful, be
appointed junior meteorologists at
1900 q year. They. too. win FORE
cast.
The Weather Bureau, which meas
ures winds, humidity and. air pres
sure from earth clear up to the
substratosphere, maintains a stan
Of nearly 5000 employees In Is fore
casting centers and some 200 OBJ
servation stations throughout the
country.
Heretofore the bureau has been
strictly stag in Its professional and
subprofessional ranks. Observations
TO Be taken In fail. weather and foul
were considered . mans job. Fore
casting = especially. II seems, such
(eoe I0RDCASTERS, Page A-l7.)
Evening star., 1942-10-25
1ydings Says Washington
Waste Could Beat Hitler
By the Associated Press.


Senator Tydings, Democrat, Of
Maryland, declared yesterday I'VE
could pretty nearly beat Hitler with
the manpower, money and effort
wasted in this bureaucratic mon
strosity Of washington"
IF had the time-if could be
turned loose for one year--I could
save a billion dollars in non -essen-
tial Government expenditures, and
release thousands upon thousands
OF Government workers to Americas
war plants"
Senator Tydings estimated 10 di-
visions Of troops, numbering 10000
men. could be raised from waste
manpower." He continued:
Last July the subcommittee Of
the Senate Committee ON Appropria-
tions analyzed the monstrous waste
Of human effort. and Of machines,
In ofncial washington.
Nothing has been done to allevi-
ate it. There have been virtually no
reductions In the overstaffed and
duplicating departments. Mergers
and cancellations take place. but
the cumbersome managerial over.
head remains.s
Evening star., 1942-10-25
First Daylight Attack
Is Made on Milan by
RATS Bombers
Unoccupied Fronce Also
Roided, Vichy News
Agency Charges
~ the hssociated press,

ny LIE ASaOClaVe0 Efebbs
LONDON, Sunday, oct. 24.-A
large force OF Raj Lancaster
bombers made the first British
daylight attack on military OBJ
jectives in Milan, Italy, yester-
day, 1t was authoritatively stated
here early today, several hours
after the Vichy news agency
charged that British bombers
had made their first attack on
the unoccupied zone of France.
An Air Ministry communlque said
preliminary reports showed the
Milan raid was successful, but ac-
knowledged that three bombers were
missing. The ministry said the at
tack was pressed home from low
level, most bombers going under
a cloud base to drop their charges.
The Raj in its newest assault, a
1,200-mile round trip affair, thus was
carrying on without intermission it's
new campaign against the traf1ic
and industrial centers of northern
Italy. On the two previous nights
the British had heavily bombed
Genoa and Turin and Savona had
been attacked Friday night.
Milan, the latest Italian city to
feel the weight of the terrific load
Of death and destruction carried by
the four-motor Lancasters, is the
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Big Jap SeapIane Tender
Blasted in RabauI Raid
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Sunday, Oct.
25.-A large Jap seaplane tender
was believed destroyed at Rabaul,
New Britain, last night by Allied
hombers, the high command an
nounced today.
The seaplane tender was one OF
the targets picked out by a flight
of heavy bombers which again
struck at the harbor of Rabaul,
where Jap ships have concentrated,
presumably for an impending as
sault on American-held Guadal-
canal in the Solomons to the south
east. An assault yesterday resulted
In the sinking or damaging OF 10
Japanese ships, including a cruiser
and a destroyer.
Today's communique said last
nights assault resulted in hit
amidships with a 500-pound bomb
of a seaplane tender of the Nisshin
Maru class of 1900 tons. Flames
and black smoke enveloped the ship
which was believed ito be COM
pletely destroyed"
The communique also reported
the destruction of at least two and
probably four Jap bombers In a
raid on Lac, vital Jap base on the
north coast of New Guinea and a
raid by IL Jap planes on Darwin,
northern Australian port, which
caused "only slight damage"
Allied ground forces, meanwhile,
continued their advance on Kokoda,
Jap-held base In the Owen Stanley
Mountains.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

Georgetown Joined Illinois, North
Carolina, Washington and Brown
and toppled from footballs unde-
feated list yesterday. The Hoyas
dropped q 60 decision to Detroit at
Detroit. Maryland smothered West
ern Maryland. 5l-0. but George
Washington University absorbed
CLIO whipping from unbeaten Will
liam and Mary.
With Jockey George Woof in the
saddle, Calumet Farms Whirlaway
pulled away from L. B. Mayors
Thumbs Up In the Anal 10 yards Of
a mile and q quarter race at Laurel
to win by a half length, A length
and . half back Of Thumbs Up IN
the $4,000 added Washington Hand
leap came Riverland. Whirly coy
cred the distance on : track dulled
by recent rains in 2:034, Z second
over the record for the race.
Illinois came . cropper against
Notre Dame. which twice came from
behind to earn ! 7l-l4 verdict. Tue
Evening star., 1942-10-25

beds will call for an additional 1,766
persons, including nurses at the rate
of one to every two beds. and auxil-
iary workers-nurses' aides, orderlies
and other trained attendants-at the
rate of one to each bed.
Where this personnel is to come
from is not evident. At present the
District has urgent need for 200 gen.
eral duty nurses to fill out the min
imum staff required for existing
beds. A need four times this great
can mean only that the goal is four
times as far away.
Washington's hospital problem is
not new. Some authorities charge
that it has been "pussyfooted
around" for ysars. Apd one OF them
frankly prays that God doesn't
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Injured Donish King
Takes Change for Worse
!; the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sunday, Oct. 25.--.
A special bulletin issued in Copen-
hagen early today said King Chris
tian x, who was injured last week
when he fell from a horse, had
taken a sudden change for the
worse and was in a serious condition.
The 72-year-old Monarch had
been reported improving rapidly
since the accident, but about 7
o'clock last night his heart developed
an abnormal action. His physician
administered a stimulating treat
ment which resulted In a slight re-
covery, but his condition was re-
garded as serious enough to warrant
special bulletin.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Reinforced Nazi Units
Attack StaIinerad
But Are Repu|sed
Heovy Enemy Losses Are
Claimed by Russians in
Hond-to-hond Fighting
BY HENRY C. CASSIDY,

MOSCOW, Sunday, Oct. 25.-
The Germans threw two freshly
reinforced infantry divisions, 80
tanks and large" air forces
against Russian positions in
Stalingrad yesterday, the Soviet
midnight communique said early
today, but after bitter hand-to-
hand fighting the Nazis were
thrown back with heavy losses.
The new attack, launched after
fresh troops wer,s brought in to re-
place nearly 10000 whom the Rus.
slams said they had killed in two
days, was directed ct the factory
district in the northern part of the
battle-torn city.
In this area alone, the communi-
que said, more than 1,500 Ger
mans were killed yesterday and II
tanks destroyed.
The heaviest enemy losses, how,
ever, were in southern sector of
the Stalingrad front where one
Soviet formation was said to have
killed 1000 men, destroyed 81 tanks,
100 guns and 26 planes. The Rus
slams also captured $50 German
tanks which had been disabled in
previous engagements and were be-
ing used as firing positions.
Heavy Fighting Reported.
Heavy fighting was continuing
both northwest Of Stalingrad and
south of the city.
In one sector northwest of the
city, the communique said, Soviet
troops made slight advance, over
came enemy mine fields and barbed
wire entanglements and broke into
enemy positions.
The Germans launched four coun-
terattacks, but were forced to fall
back after losing about $50 men.
South of Stalingrad the Russians
killed about two companies of Ger
man infantry in one engagement,
the communique said.
Farther south in the Caucasus,
the Russians were on the defensive
both in the Mozdok area and along
the Black Sea-
The communiQue said, however,
Evening star., 1942-10-25
By LISBETH SOLLING.

Women, always considered very
unpredictable, are going to predict
the weatherl
The last barriers have crumbled at
that stout stronghold against fem
inine invasion: the United States
Weather Bureau. When girls first
were admitted grudginsly into the
bureaus professional services last
summer, it was proclaimed that no
woman would be permitted to do
weather forecasting, which Is ! very
ticklish feat. Neyerl
But already the weather Bureau
Is searching the national field for
some 10 Nosnen college graduates
willing to study naetsoroloey for nine
months On sovefnment subsidy,
after which they win slowly be
edged into the art of forscasting the
Evening star., 1942-10-25
II Sections in Area
Picked for Housinu
Of War Workers
Government to Leuse
And Remodel Homes
Under Nation Wide Plan
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Seven sections OF washington,
including close-in residential
areas, and four regions in nearby
Virginia were designated yes
terday by the Rational Housing
Agency as districts in which the
Government will lease and re-
model large residences for war
workers.
s,me historic mansions are likely
to be included If their owners are
willing to lease them for the dura-:.
ton, it was indicated, though the
program is just starting and no
deals have yet been negotiated.
willard r. Day, regional repre-
sentative Of the MIA, said that more
than 800 property owners already
had inquired about the lease-con-
version plan and 200 of these had
left their names at the new War
Housing Center so they may be no.
tified when application forms are
ready.
Day Halls Response.
This is a fine showing Mr.. Day
commented, land if the response
continues, there probably will be
no need to consider compulsory
billeting of war workers or COM
Wandering of homes"
Mr.. Day announced recently that,
despite the heavy program of con-
struction for war housing completed,
underway or scheduled, Washington
inevitably would face shortage of
dwellings, and the Government must
rely largely on the, conversion of
private homes to provide enough
space.
With the most feasible areas des--
ignated, the Housing Center will
be prepared tomorrow to accept ap-
pncations from interesteds home
owners.
The District areas include four in
the central part Of the city, one in
Georgetown and two in Anacostia
In Virginia, one section is in Alex
andria and three in Arlington
County.
THE II districts in which the
program will be launched" Mr.. Day
explained, were selected as the
(See HOUSING, Page A-40
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Salvage Committee
TO Provide Trucks
To Move Heavy Metal
Transportation Plan Is
Expected to Increase
Collections Here

Scrap metal accumulations in
the Districts heavy" drive,
which ends Wednesday, will be
increased by many tons" within
the next few days, Rufus S. Lusk,
secretary of the Building Owners
and Managers Association, said
last night when informed the
Salvage Committee will provide
transportation facilities where
needed.
Less Nimated u tons
24,000 pounds-have been accumu-
lated at the emergency depot, Third
street and Constitution avenue NV.
in the first three days of the heavy"
drive, salvage chiefs estimate.
Approximately Is donations were
received up to last night, with two
tons being added yesterday to pre-
vious collections of less than an es-
timated 10 tons.
Salvage officials pointed out that
many business, commercial and in
dustrial houses have been unable to
move scrap accumulations because
Of a lack of trucks and other trans
portation facilities.
May Call for Assistance.
Starting tomorrow, the Salvage
Committee will accept calls at Re-
public 8488 from owners OF business
establishments who need assistance
in starting their scrap on the first
lap of its journey to the open-hearth
| furnaces.
Mr.. Lusk pointed out that in ths
case of the group he represents
the building owners and managers
of approximately 100 apartment,
houses and Is ONCE buildings-the
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Photo-F!ash Bulb Sale
Restricted byWPB Order

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board yes
terday limited the sale of photo
flash bulbs, after military require
ments are met, to news photogra-
pliers. The action cuts of bulbs
to amateurs, studio photographers
and other non-military users.
Sales are to be restricted to news
papers, periodicals, and news and
news photo syndicates. Purchasers
must certify they come under one
OF these classifications in purchas-
ing bulbs.
The order reduced production of
photo flash and photo flood bulbs
IS per cent, based on 1941 output.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

UdCJlC VI JnC 0OlOl1iOAAo.
That's the story brought back by
bomber pilots who returned from a
mission there today.
Capt. Carl Wuertele of Denver
said American land forces had ad-
vanced Is miles up the beach, and
that crafty Marine Corps jungle
fighters caught japanese landing
force of several hundred men and
exterminated them on the beaches.
Americans have regained control
of the air, the pilots said, and fight
ers now average better than one
Jap fighter or bomber shot down
each hour.
Yesterday eight enemy bombers
and II Zeros were shot down. The
previous day Saturday resulted in
bag of IA Jap bombers and IL
ZeroS.
Flyers said the japanese tried two
land attacks, but both were repulsed
with heavy losses.
United States losses in the fiery
battle have been surprisingly light
for the type of all-out warfare.
Army infantrymen have deployed
into the mountains and are driving
Evening star., 1942-10-25
PIone Gosh Kills Three

CIUDAD TRUJILLO. Dominican
Republic, Oct. "a (R.-A United
States naval plane crashed today in
La Romano, on the south coast,
killing three out Of five persons
aboard, 1t was reported here to-
night. There were no details.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
By PAT JONES.

Federal Works Agency announce
ment a few days ago that Washing
ton will get 1,177 new hospital beds
to meet its wartime needs answered
partially the prayers Of interested
agencies. hut 1t has brought with 1t
q problem that greatly multiplies the
gravity of & situation already recog-
nized as an emergency.
The grave side OF the present pic
ture Is this:
Stating the sorely- needed new
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Fierce Fighting
Continues After
Opening Of Drive
Sy the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 24.-The
British 9th Army cracked
through German Marshal Erwin
Rommel's Ell Alamein line be-
fore dawn today, front line dis
patches said tonight, after open
ing the long-expected Allied Of
fensive with the aid at sea of a
roaring fleet of new type Ameri-
can-made light warships and
American airmen in the thick OF
the desert battle.
What is likely to be the decisive
battle for the Mediterranean was
joined with the Axis forces of Mar
shall Rommel last night in the light
of full moon when Gen. Sir Harold
Alexander's Allied army moved for
ward along the front 80 miles west
of British naval base at Alexandria.
Advices from advanced air bases
tonight said Allied airmen already
appeared to have clear-cut superior
ity in the air space even before the
outset of what doubtless will be a
tough, bloody struggle.
Joining with the army and the
air forces to make the attack a
three-element, all-out offensive,
naval forces of Britain's powerful
Mediterranean feet timed a slashing
bombardment of Marshal RommePs
advanced seaside base at Matruh, 30
miles to his rear, with the forward
surge of guns and tanks.
Dashed Close Inshore.
Reports from Alexandria, de-
scribed these as sleek, speedy Medi-
terranean greyhounds" which dashed
close inshore-so close they could
see planes over the inland landing
fields and poured round after round
of shells into Axis installations.
Catching the enemy unawares,
the seacraft met with no response
from short batteries and escaped a
three hour aerial bombardment
later without casualties and with
only minor damage to one boat,
it was announced.
The British were chary about
giving details Of the first day and
night of an action in which it was
their obvious objective to shove
Rommel back from the Nile door,
step.
To observers it seemed that
larger, secret objective might be to
open the way on North Africa's
sands, already bloodied by the bat
ties of several advances and re-
treats, for blow at the Axis in its
European strongholds by clearing
1000 miles of the southern shore
line of the Mediterranean.
Heavy Fighting Continues.
The official communique said only
that fierce fighting developed imme-
diately and was continuing. News
of the action was almost entirely
from dispatches of front-line cor
respondents. "
Edward Kennedy, Associated Press
correspondent at an advanced Al
lied air base, said pilots returning
at dawn from an all-night blasting
of the enemy's air bases and con-
centrations saw the British forces
already pouring through a gap they
had made in the German and Ital-
ian lines.
1t was evident, however, that the
heavy fighting between tanks and
anti-tank guns had not yet been
joined, for Marshal Rommels tanks
were seen rushing up to meet the
attack.
The 9Th Army, bigger and better
equipped than ever before, thanks
to the pouring in of American mate
rial and manpower, attacked after
the heaviest artillery barrage ever
seen in the desert, he said.
There was no definite word yet
lSee EGYPT, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Shortage of Nurses Is Feared
When D. c. Hospitals Expand
Adequate Stoffing Of New Beds
Will Require ! ,766 More Persons.

Hospitals in Washington noW
are facing the most drastic situa-
ton in their history. The fol-
loiDing is the first OF series OF
articles In ,phich The Star 1Uill
an1lyse their problems and out
line possible solutions. ~
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Jops on GuodoIconoI Are Dying
Like Flies, u. S. Airmen Report
l6-Mi|e Advance by Americans Disclosed;
Our Losses Declared Surprisingly Light
By OLEN CLEMENTS,
Associated Press War Correspondent.

UNITED STATES ARMY BASE IN SOUTH PACIFIC, Oct 10
Deayed)-Japs dying like flies Guadalcana United
pound them all sides in the critical
Evening star., 1942-10-25

tSee SCRAP. Page A-6D
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(See NURSES. Page A-6.)
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(see GUADALCANAL, Page A-2l.)
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(See EGYPT, Page A-8)
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(See RAIDS, Page A-5D
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Continued on Page ALA, Col. -
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(See RUSSIAN, Page A-8)
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(eee E0HECASTEEsS, Page A-l7)
Evening star., 1942-10-25

(See HOUSING, Page A-40
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-30

Bay War SAVING Bond~ a. Stamps
Evening star., 1942-03-03
East Sligo Valley
Plans. Defense Meeting

A defense program will feature
a meeting of the East Sligo Valley
Citizens Association at pm. to-
morrow at the Parkside School,
Silver Spring.
Joseph B. Simpson, jr., deputy
chief AFRAID warden for the county,
will describe the civilian defense
setup. A sample incendiary bomb
will be. exhibited by John Oden,
president of the Montgomery County
Volunteer Firemen's Association.
Sound pictures on the fighting Of
incendiary bombs, London war
scenes and the keeping Of military
secrets, will be shown by James w.
Cummings, chairman off1the Visual
Education Committee Of the Mont
gomery County Civilian Defense
Council. Mrs. Maybelle c. Fickel,
'r- tent, will preside. y
Evening star., 1942-03-03
Arlington Ends
Year Without
Traffic Death

Arlington County, Va, today was
in its second year without a traffic
fatality on streets and roads pa
trolled by the county police force.
The first death-free year was COM
pleted at 1908 pm. yesterday, Civ
ing the rapidly growing community
a record bettered by only six others
in the United States in the 5O,0OO-
100000 population range, according
to National Safety Council figures.
Rigid enforcement and a high
measure of citizen cooperation were
given as reasons for the good show
ing by County Manager Frank C.
Hanrahan. Police Chief Harry L.
woodward and Clifton G. Stone
burner, chairman of the Arlington
County Safety Council.
Chief woodward praised the work
of the police traffic division, headed
by 1t. James j. Scott.
Fatalities resulting from accidents
occurring on Federal property, which
Is not patro4ed by the county police,
are not incAaded in Arlington rec
ords. However, the National Safety
Council has advised county authori-
ties they would have to be charged
to Arlington by the council when
ranking communities for safety
awards.