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SoIomons
Continued From First Page.)

attacking Japanese force Of n
planes.
American Advantages.
United States advantages in the
possibly decisive sea battle in the
Solomons were expected to lie in the
fact that the marines have had
time to dig in and consolidate their
positions since they stormed ashore
on the islands two and a half weeks
ago.
Supported by substantial Navy and
Army sea and air forces, the de-
tenders, as at Midway, had the ad-
vantage of being able to send land
based aircraft against sea attack.
After the Navy's first communique
yesterday on what it termed de-
velopment OF an expected violent
attempt" to recapture the American
held bases, one official who de-
clined to be quoted by name, ex-
pressed the opinion that I'VE are
winning the second round OF the
battle of the Solomons"
But, he added quickly, "the round
is not over yet"
Following Is the text of the COM
munique issued at Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters today:
Northwestern sector:
Darwin - Two enemy planes
dropped bombs near the airdrome
under cover of darkness. Damage
was negligible.
"Timor-Allied medium bombers
raided enemy installations, starting
fires.
Northeastern sector:
"Rabaul- -Gasmata: In night at
tack Allied heavy bombers dropped
8 tons of high explosive and in
cendiary bombs on runways, hang
ars and dispersal areas and the sea-
plane base, starting fires visible for
| 40 miles.
"Buna: Our fighters executed two
successful surprise attacks against
enemy planes on the ground de-
spite rain and poor visibility. An
anti-aircraft position was silenced
and three type Zero fighters were
set aflre in the first raid. The
second attack left 10 additional
fighters burning on the field-a
total of IS. There was no attempt
at interception and all our planes
returned safely.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Secret Weapon
Continued From First Page. J

tasks such as boring guns, which in
the United States is done only by
skilled mechanics"
Gen. Barnes expressed belief that
American industry must train women
for similar tasks.
A spokesman for the Ministry of
Supply, under whose auspices the
general came to Britain, interrupted
to say that in production Of certain
parts of a new British anti-tank
gun, 80 per cent of the work was
done by women.
The spokesman said the ministry
was considering sending a group of
British munitions workers to the
United States to instruct American
women in certain types of work.
British and United States ord
nance already is rapidly being CO.
ordinated SO that it can be used
INTERCHANGEABLE by the two armies,
Gen. Barnes said, and cited such
devices as anti-aircraft artillery and
gun mounts.
He described himself as astonished
at how little bombing had damaged
British industry.
The general said his mission would
leave soon to return to Washington.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Wushinqton Produce

BUTTER-93 score, tubs. 444; 1-pound
prints. 45A; A-pound prints, 45a4; 90
score, tubs, 43A; 1-pound prints. 43s4
A-pound prints, 44A: 81 score, tubs. 43;
1-pound prints, 4312; A-pound prints, A;
90 score, tubs, 42s4; 1-pound prints 43A:
54-pound prints 4334; 80 score, tubs, AZ:
! pound prints, 4212; K4-pound prints, -43;
50 score, tubs, ia: 1-pound prints, 42A;
A-poupd prints. 1924.
LIVESTOCK--Calves, 49, spring lambs,
IA.
Egg and Live Poultry Markets.
=, From Agricultural Marketing Associa-
EGGS-Market steady. Prices paid for
grading stations August 90 Whites, U. S.
extras. large, 44i2-47, average. ASA; y.
s. extras, medium, Al -43, average, 41z;
U. s. standards. large, 391a-42, average.
Al; U. s. standards, medium, 34-39. aver
age 35h; U. s. trades 34-36. average,
average, 4412; U. S. extras, medium. 39fa-
AZ, average, 40; U. S. standards, large.
39-41, average. 40; U. s.. standards me-
dunn, 35-3S, average, 36ia; u. S. trades.
1894. average. 331a Nearby ungraded
eggs. current receipts, whites 1885, mixed
colors, "a. Receipts. Government graded
eggs, 1S1 cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Colored. 5 lbs. and UP. 21-22; under 5 lbs.
1920: Leghorn hens. 3 "a lbs. and up. 81
ID; No. Is. 1o-11. BOOSTERS: 1915.
Chickens: Delaware and Maryland, Rocks
and crosses, boilers and fryers. all sizes.
~; 1c prerium for heavier sizes: No. 2s,
90; Reds, 1920; Leghorns, 2l-23. Tur-
keys: Young toms and hens 2s.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
District Bankers
To Help Theaters
Sell War Bonds
John A. Reilly Heads
Committee to Aid
In Compoien
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.

The District Bankers Association
will cooperate with the motion pic
ture industry in its campaign to help
the Treasury Department sell a
billion in war bonds during Sep
tember.
John A. Reilly, president of the
association, said today committee
has been appointed to join in the
campaign. The committee Is headed
by Mr.. Reilly, president of the Sec
ond National Bank. Other members
are A. Scott Offutt of City Bank.
Sidney Talliaferro of Riggs National
Bank, Bruce Baird of National Saw
ings e. Trust Co., Albert s. Galley of
Lincoln National Bank and Eldridge
Kendrick, acting secretary Of the
Bankers Association.
Mr.. Reilly will participate in the
program to be staged on the Treas
ury Department steps at 2:30 pm.
next Monday.
Goal Is Increased.
The billion dollar goal for Sep
| tember is an increase from the Au-
gust goal of S8l5,ooo,o00 for the
| country.
Much local speculation has been
aroused over whether Or not pur-
chase of War bonds will be made
compulsory. The campaign to have
| Washington employees voluntarily
purchase War bond with 10 per cent
of their income is being continued
meanwhile.
Opposition to forced purchase Of
bonds was expressed recently by
Boyd Fisher, Midwestern field di-
rector of the Treasury's War savings
staff
There is a nasty conception that
compulsory allotment system is on
the way" said Mr. Fisher in Mid
west speech discussing bonds and
the tax bill. mo tax suggestion Of
fered on the floor of Congress has
gone far enough. Too many ex-
emptions are proposed and the low
er income brackets are not touched.
But more important, it must be
realized that a compulsory system
may result in a loss of patriotic sup
port"
Treasury Backs Voluntary Plan.
Mr.. Fisher said proposed compul-
sorry savings plans would produce
less than a billion dollars a month
required from current income by the
Treasury Department for financing
the war. He emphasized that the
Treasury is firmly behind the vol
untary war savings program.
There are many persons who
honestly cannot put 10 per cent Of
their wages into bonds" he said.
They are as fully protected under
the voluntary system as they would
be under a compulsory savings law.
On the other hand, there are many
others who can afford 20 per cent to
80 per cent more Workers and
farmers whose earnings have been
inflated by the war should turn a
larger proportion into war savings.
The first city in the country In
J which every company can claim at
, least 80 per cent of its employees are
, buying War Bonds, Roanoke, Va,
. was praised recently by Secretary Of
the Treasury Morgenthau, when he
participated in ceremonies there
5 designating Roanoke as the first
Treasury Flag City"
J Ralph Endicott, assistant treasurer
of the Washington Loan and Trust
= Co., has returned from a vacation
. on his farm in New Jersey.
Georgetown Gas Light IS sold al
1181a on the Washington Stock Ex-
d change, the only transaction of the
/, session today.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
| Electric Power
Consumption Sets
| New II. S. Record
2, TIE Associated Press.

2, TIE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug 26.-More
electricity was used last week than
in any previous week of United
States history, the Edison Electric
Institute reported today.
Output for the week ended All
gust % was 3,673,717,00o kilowatt
hours, compared to 1854, ,795 900 the
previous week and $3.50, 1000 a
year earlier.
The Pacific Coast, where aircraft
and other war manufacturing take
great quantities of electric power,
used 27.1 per cent more than in the
like week a year ago, while the
Southern States used 10 per cent
more than a year ago.
For the Nation electric power
consumption was up 1877 per cent,
compared to 194l figures.
Besides the South and Far West,
regional gains over last year were
mid-Atlantic, 109 per cent; central
industrial, 9.4 per cent; Rocky
Mountain, 89 per cent; west CEN
trail, 81 per cent, and New Eng
land, 6.2 per cent.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE, Aug. 26 LP UNITED
States Department of Agriculture) Ill
Am. quotations:
Cattle. 275. Mostly steady prices pre-
yailing for limited offering Two loads,
l,209 pounds. Virginia grass steers. 1870;
these having some grain during past winter
season; odd head canner-cutter, common
and medium beef cows. 6-10; good sausage
bulls. Il so
Calves, so. Market steady; good and
choice vealers, 15.50-16. 90.
Hogs, $50. Steady with Tuesday.
Sheep, 125. Steady on all classes; sup
lambs. 1880; West Virginia lambs averag-
ing 10 pounds. slaughter ewes. quotable to
450.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Chicago Grain
: BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,
Associated Press Financial Writer.


CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-With losses
Of about q cent a bushel, the wheat
market today absorbed moderate
selling to Offset the effect of larger
receipts at northwest terminals SO
far this week and to mirror trade
reaction to anti-infation news from
Washington.
Mill buying, reports Of better
flour business and sale of 10000
bushels to be shipped out of Chi
cago helped at times to check the
decline. Dealers bought 10000
bushels Of new spring wheat to
arrive here and southwest reports
indicated farmers would have to
find storage space for large quanti-
ties OF grain now piled on the ground
or risk deterioration of condition
which would make it ineligible for
Government loans.
Wheat closed * i cent lower than
yesterday, September $1.171s-A, De-
cember $120A rs; corn, ss-A down,
September 83h-A, December 85h;
oats, M of; soybeans u n down;
rye, 11a-1A lower. Rye closed at
lows for the season, September at
COZ.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
OPA Lifts Restriction
On Fowl Sales to U. S.
b. TIE Associated Press.

b. TIE Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra.
ton exempted from price restric-
tions today sales to Government
agencies of canned boned chicken
and canned boned turkey.
The OPA said the two commodi-
ties have been in demand by the
Army and the Lease-Lend Admin
istration for the use as hospital ra-
tions. Because of cost increases
since the 1941 crops of chickens and
turkeys, the Army and lease-lend
have experienced difficulty in OBJ
tanning these products.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
GripshoIm
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anese servants who stayed with
them.
Ambassador Grew was asked
about the report from Lourenco
Marques that he snubbed Japanese
Ambassador Nomura and replied:
Il will say only this: I did not
speak to Mr.. Nomura."
There was grim realism in the
comments of the few who granted
interviews. Anderson E. Southard,
Consul General at Hong Kong, de-
clared that ITO stop a Jap you've
got to kill him-this is damn
serious war"
Japs Had "the Stuff"
Hong Kong fell, he said, because
the Japs "had the stuff" and he
admonished that this was some
thing the United States must learn.
1t. Alfred A. Kailmartin of De-
troit, assistant naval attache at
Shanghai, said, "the people in
America thought the Japanese Army
and Navy were a pushover, but that
opinion was not shared by those in
the Far East" ~
y. K. Caldwell of Washington,
consul general at Tsientsin, China,
told on disembarking how his first
information about the war came
from a friend he met on the street.
The next day, he said, Jap guards
had surrounded his house. He was
accompanied by his wife, Grace.
Other Washingtonians leaving the
ship were Miss Marian Arnold, sec
retary to Ambassador Grew; 1t. Col
C.. E. Jackson, military attache at
Bangkok, Thailand, and G. j
Spiker, consul at Hankow.
Some of those leaving the ship
today said they had not been treated
badly by the Japanese, but Harold
S. Gum Of Brookline, Mass, for the
last two years representative of
Warner Brothers in Shanghai, de-
clared that while he had been cau-
toned not to submit to interviews,
he could say that treatment of
prisoners in Shanghai was very bad.
II was jmprisoned-not interned-
for "a days" he said. And all that
time was spent in cell Is by II feet
with 80 other prisoners, mostly
Orientals. Our daily ration was
three bowls of rice"
Miss Dorothy Turner Smith of
Raleigh, N. c., secretary to the
American consul in Shanghai, said
she was interned for seven months
and that her ambition now was to
take all the baths I can"
1t was the first visit to the United
States mainland for Miss Juanita
Griffin, native Of Honolulu, who
served as a clerk in the Treasury
Department Office in Shanghai. She
said she had heard of instances OF
bad treatment at the hands of the
Japanese, but that she had no COM
plant.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
England Mouns With Royal Family on Duke Of Kenfs Death

dug coal beside them that they
named the section where he worked
THE Royal Corner"
He took up his war post as rear
admiral when hostilities started and
caused the cancellation of his de-
parture to Australia, where, in the
autumn of 1899, he was to have
taken over his duties as governor
general.
His last naval assignment before
he went to the Raj was in the
spring of 1910, when he inspected
the French naval bases at Toulon
and Brest.
Once in the middle of a heavy
raid on London the duke drove Emil
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Poll Tax Elimination
Hailed by Two Groups

The National Committee to Abol-
ish the Poll Tax today hailed the
Senate provision in the service vote
bill eliminating the payment of poll
tax as prerequisite to voting as a
great step forward in the enfran-
chisement of the 10000, 900 disen-
franchised Americans in the eight
Southern States"
Favorable House action on the
measure was urged by the group.
A similar appeal for House sup
port on the bill came today from
a delegation of the National Negro
Council, which called on Majority
Leader Mccormack and Minority
Leader Martin.
Spokesman for the group was
Edgar G. Brown, director Of the
council.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Demand for Furniture
Continues to Decline
Ry tre Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. 26.
The tailspin into which demand
for furniture manufacturers prod
ucts fell in June continued through
July, Seidman & Seidman, ac-
countants to the industry, reported
today. The accountants said there
was mo sign of recovery" and that
July markets were uniformly slug
gish and Disappointing"
Employment in the industry con-
tinued to dwindle, the report said,
with the number Of workers on the
rolls declining 8 per cent compared
to June and II per cent compared
to July, l941.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Progress Reported
In Handling Steel
For War Output
Serop Shortage Still
Plaques Industry,
Iron Age Says
By tie Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.--Iron Age,
steel trade journal, said today there
were definite signs of progress in
current aims for better handling
of the steel situation IN the war pro-
duction picture.
Reports from important steel
centers," the publication said,
where operators are preparing to
60 to Washington this week to set
up September quotas on various
product output, are optimistic that
this directive plan is working so
we'll that it should be retained for
the duration.
Eat the same time it Is under
stood that some similar action on
the distribution of steel products
will be forthcoming, thus dovetailing
the two. II this step is taken in
the same cooperative spirit, the
WPB and steel industry may have
then reached the point where all
that can be expected is being done
with the steel made and shipped"
Scrap Worries Continue.
The review, however, added that
while gains are being made along
the production and distribution
front, there are still hard nuts to
crack on the scrap and manpower
sidelines.
Nothing proves the gravity of the
scrap situation more than an analy-
sis OF July steel output figures. The
rate was 94.5 per cent of the new
capacity figures. Yet had the scrap
sor other metallics been available, at
least 100000 tons more of steel could
have been produced.
For months and months the steel
industry has operated at below it's
full capacity. Given tho right
amount of raw materials, the coun-
try's mills should have, at least for
several months, attained 1925 per
cent OF rated capacity or higher.
On that basis, the inability of the
industry to reach its maximum
rated output spells the loss of
SUI iCly -Ilccucu St6cl at Clne Wnen
it can be least afforded.
Britain May Help.
From reliable sources the Iron
Age is told that strong movement
is under foot to bring scrap from
Great Britain, where supplies are
said to be comfortable for practi-
cally all mills there. The vast
amount of lease-lend activity has
sent abroad hundreds of thousands
OF tons OF home scrap, which has
made a dent In the United States
supplies.
Nov 1t appears that there is a
good chance that soon the scrap
movement will be reversed and
Britain, which for years imported
scrap, will be helping out the United
Nations efforts by sending scrap
back to this country as ballast.
steel output for the country this
week, according to Iron Age esti
mates based on the new rated
capacities, was up point to 97.6 per
cent"
Evening star., 1942-08-26

Davies, chairman OF the London
County Council, through the River
side districts for four hours.
Mr.. Davies said later: The duke
appeared oblivious of it ell, and
did my best to look equally indif-
ferent."
On another occasion a bomb ex-
ploded within 80 yards of the dukes
car, showering it with debris. The
duke stepped out unshaken and
calmly talked with neighborhood
people.
The duke was intensely interested
in sports, played golf well, and reg
ularly attended boxing matches,
both amateur and professional.
Evening star., 1942-08-26

ton he spoke at the National Press
Club.
During his tours of the industrial
areas the duke took a great interest
in the workers welfare, especially
the plight of the unemployed. Many
stories are told in connection with
his meetings with the working
classes.
At women's working party he
visited at Plymouth, for instance,
the duke admitted he was quick
with the knitting needles but not
a good knitter" He mentioned a
large blanket he had knitted.
Miners in pit at Whitehaven
felt so honored after the duke had
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Structural Steel
Shipments Decline

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (P.-Ship-
ments Of fabricated structural steel
in July amounted to 181, 1873 tons,
compared to 182,699 in June and
203 3,026 in July. 194l, the American
Institute of Steel Construction re-
ported today. For the seven months
ended with July shipments aggre-
gated 1,258,873 tons, against ,281 ,296
last year.
New orders booked in July
amounted to 1868, compared with
1856 in June and 214,756 in July,
last year. New business in the first
seven months totaled 1,436,575 tons,
compared with 1,520,434 a year ago.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Foreign Exchunoe

NEW YORK. Aug. 26 GP.-Late foreign
exchange rates follow tGreat Britain in
dollars. others in cents:
Canada.
Omcial Canadian Control Board rates
Tor United States dollars: Buying. 10 per
MUM, equivalent to discounts on Cana
dian dollars in New York of, buying, 9.91
per cent: selling. a09 per cent
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 1Ols per cent discount. or S9lS34
United States cents.
Europe.
Great Britain, official Bankers FOREIGN
Exchange Committee rates., buying 402;
selling, 4.O4. open market; cables. 4.O4
Latin America.
Argentina. .oficial 2977: free, 2376;
Brazil oficial. 6.05n; free. 5.20n; Mex
leo, 20.66n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. Nominal
Evening star., 1942-08-26
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Aug % dP,.--Eggs, 24,s31;
steady. Mixed coiors Fancy to extra extra
fancy, 3sh-44; extra; 3s; graded nrsts' Is
dirties No. /. "a average checks, 32-32i 2.
Whites: Fancy to. extra fancy, 43t4-49;
mediums 42-45: mediums, Ala.
Browns: Fancy to extra fancy, 42h-4s;
specials 41A-a; standard, 3SA-a; me-
diurns, 40
Duck egss. 39-41.
Butter, /, "a, 1s9; easier Creamery,
higher than 92 score and premium marks,
42h -43h; o. score tcash markeD, 40;
88-91 score. 40la-41A S5-S7 score. 3S-
39A.
State. whole milk fats, held, 194l
2sH-2aA; full grass. 20; other fresh.
23A-24A.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Trude Zone Shows Profit

The Foreign Trade Zone in New
York reported to the Commerce De-
partment that it made a profit OF
$233, $40 last year. The zone, where
foreign merchandise may be un-
loaded or stored without paying
customs duties, unless the goods are
subsequently brought into the coun-
try, received 136.860 tons of goods
worth $88 ,623, 1874 and either shipped
or sent into the United States 1885,
$50 tons worth $73,015 800. Gross
income was $691 1923 and expenses
$428, 1886.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Bond Issue Proposed

Reading Co., Philadelphia, asked
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today for authority to issue
$3,677 900 of general and refunding
mortgage 81 per cent bonds, series
D, which would reimburse its treas
ury for three issues purchased re-
Gently by the company. The COM
pany proposes to retain the new
bonds in its treasury.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Chieaxo Cash Market

CHICAGO Cash Market.
Wheat, No. 3 red. tough, 1.24A; No. 2,
hard, tough. 1854. Corn. No 2 mixed,
l:03a; No yellow, s3-S5; No. 2, 83h -:
No. 3, s3-s4A; No. 4. 82-s3h; sample
grade. yellow. 1918: No. 2 white, 1.O4h
Oats, No. l white, 51 No. 3, 471a-49; No.
1 feed, 46. Barley, mating, s0-95., NOM
inal: feed, 1854. nominal. Soybeans,
sample grade, yellow. 1 .55. Field seed. per
hundredweight. nominal: timothy. 4 80 S5;
alsike, 16 .00-19.50; fancy red top, 7.OO-5O,
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 26.-The securi-
ties and Exchange Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for August 49, 1,47I
sales involving 4l,529 shares. including 81
short sales involving 1885 shares
Evening star., 1942-08-26
BeefIess Weeks Ordered

So farmers could reduce their sur
plus stocks Of fat lambs, New Zea-
land ordered q series of beefless
weeks, and many people had beef
only once in five weeks.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Aug 20 lP.--Butter, re-
cetpts, 1l5,S42; unsettled; prices as quoted
by the Chicago price current: Creamery. 90
other prices unchanged
Egss. RECEIPTS, $3.50; unsettled: current
changed.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Report

FURNISHED b. Weather Bureau)
District of Coumba-Contnued cool tonight; gentle winds
Maryland and Virginia-Continued cool tonight
Evening star., 1942-08-26

Bid. Asked.
Amer Tel Tel (9) -- 119
Capital Transit (a.6O- 22h 23h
N. & W. Steamboat (44)-- 1O5 -
Pot Fl Pow So pfd t6)---'114
Pot FL Pw 5Haqo pf $50 -"113h
Wash Gas 1t com q SOD - 15h
Wash Gs 1t cum CIV pf (4.50) 93 96
Wash Gas 1t cum pf g 00) 100 103
Wash Ry & Ell com (a190O "445 b45
Wash Ry El pfd (5)-"111 l13
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Washington Exchange
BONDS

MISCELLANEOUS.
Ter Rf&W Cp 1st ANS 194S 1924
Evening star., 1942-08-26

River Report
Potomac and Shenandoah muddy at
Harpers Ferry. Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Ca initial lcurrent month to datel.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Aug. 26 QP.-Dividends de-
clared
Accumulated.
Pc. Stock of Pay
Rate. riod. record. able.
Wis P&L n. pf- S1.75-- sal e-15
do 6ea pf 81 so - s-31 els
Evening star., 1942-08-26
s1ocKs

PUBLIC UTILITY,
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Report for Last "A Hours.

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Fairchild Aviation.

Fairchild Aviation Corp, makers
OF navigation instruments and aerial
equipment, reported for the six
months ended June 30 earnings of
$423 $50, equal to $126 a share on
the common stock, compared to
1855 ,049. or $108 share, in the like
period of 1941.
Evening star., 1942-08-26

'Ex dividend. tPlus extras: Paid 50
far this year. e2no extra. h $5 90 extra.
zoe extra. m 81 so extra. Paid IN
1041. $40 extra.
Evening star., 1942-08-26

The San and Neon
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Continued From First Page.)

for other members of the royal
family to go there to comfort her.
Messages Flow In.