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La gaceta., 1942-12-31

TN esta noche las Naciones
Ia midas tienen derecho a
esperar la victoria defnitiva
que ser& presagio de I'm Mundo
Libre, no va solo con espe-
rama Q intensa conviction
sino con la garantfa que dan
los triunfos militares.
Ninguno de nosotros es tan Ipti-
mista que pc dele engahar por II
creencia de que estamos al final DR.
10 ccntisnda; o de que va no tene-
MOI ante nosetros serios ~obstaculosr
aciagos dfas, reveses y grandes sa-
crihcios, Pero en- 10 que q nuestrc
pats Sc rehere, va Sc ha consumade
con pleno Sxito ell tremendo es-
fuerzo inicial para transformer Ia
pacffca inercia de una democracia
de 100 millones de habitantes en- IA
enargia dinAmica e irresistible de
ciento treinta millones de ciuda-
danos nmericanos dispuestos a Ia
guerra y unidos en- Ia guerra.
Va han pasado los primeros
meses de- confusion y discusiones,
Los hombres y las mujeres de los
Estados Unidos pueden ahora ver
poR sl mismos como Sc desarrollan
ioe planes es~trRtegicos que formu-
Ian su Comandante en- Jefe y sus
dirigentes militares y navales.
Puoden aprecsar Ia sorprendente
naturalexa de Ia hazaha realizada
con Ia ocupaci6n del norte de Afri-
CO, y hacerse cargo del tempo y de
Ia magnitud de Ia preparation que
exigia tan g~igantesca tarea.
Ahora eomprenden que holgaban
las i~ncitaeiones de aquellos sabi-
hondos nuestros que con in~sistencia
pedian L. aperture de un segundo
frente, y que los cuidadosos planes
para csc segundo frente que es
ahora una realidad Sc habian conce-
DIDO muchO antes y estaban va en-
Was de realizarse mientras estos
criticos lsvantaban 81 polvareda.
Ahora pueden juzgar cabaimsnte
Ia falta de vision y de conocimientoi
de los que pedian que abandonase'
moi nuestra polftica para con e
pueblo francis en- los momentol
mismos en- qpa esq politics nos dab'
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
ALGODON PARA COSER POR
so PFFNNIG

La falta de productos textiles
es tan grande en- Alemania que
e hilo de algodon para coser So
10 puede obtenerse mediante en-
trega de cupones de ropa y no
pude adquirirse de cada vez mas
cantidad que por valor de 80
pfennig q centavos).
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
EN- Ell UMBRAL DEL GUAR
TO INVIERNO DE GUERRA

Ell gobierno nazi We venir la
plegada del cuarto invierno de
guerra con creciente ansiedad.
Falta de TODD Y, como consecuen
cia, TODD Sc requisa. Con arreglo
a una nuea orden, Sc esta for
mando una censo de las existen-
cias de estufas portatiles en- po-
der de los fabricantes Y de las
La gaceta., 1942-12-31

Ia notable OCCASION de probar 81
pleno valor-su pleno valor para la
causa por que peleamos y para man.
tener viva ell alma de Francia en-
los dias mas dolorosos de su his
toria: de Francia, cuna de tantos de
aquellos principles de libertad hu.
mana por los cuales nosotros y q
pueblo frances de nuevo luchamos
hoy.
Comprenden que en- Ia campaha
del norte de Africa solo nos gufa un
obietivo-la derrota de las fuerzas
del Eje-que traera consigo la libe-
raci6n del pueblo frances. Todos
los acuerdos a que podamos llegar
con los franceses en- estos primeros
dias en- ell norte de Africa, son de
naturaleza militar solamente, y los
lleven a cabo, por e de su incum-
bencia, los commentaries militares
americanos e ingleses. Abrigamos
la esperanto de que todos aquellos
franceses que representa- las fuer-
zas que ofrecen ~resistencia a Hitler,
o que forman parte de esas fuerzas,
SO uniran como 81 fueran un solo
hombre para respaldar nuestra
empresa militar.
La gaceta., 1942-12-31

80, como no habfa bastanbes en-
seres para rcemrlazar todos los
destruldos, han sido saqueadas
las tiendas y casas particularss
en- B6lgica y Horsnda y llevados
a Alamania cargamentos ente-
ros Ge mobiliario robado.
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
Els MAS BARATO ROBAR

Ell peri6dico "Reich" da una
.brillante referencia de la vista
hecha por Ell DR.. Goebbels a las
ciudades bombardeadas del Rim
y, entire otras cosas, refiere que
las vfctimas de los ataques ae-
reos Sc limitaron a tomar los
muebles que necesitaban de las
tiendas, aticos, etc. Sin embar-
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
LA INFAMIAD DE LA TIRANIA NAH

no reciben formal alguno. Sc les
retienen sus salaries para pagan
Sus comidas. La comida que re-
ciben diariamente consiste de
200 gramos de pan y una sopa
aguada."
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
DEFUNCIoNES

Hey Sc efsctuara Ell entierro
de la Sra. Ines Sosa, de SO amos,
que aver falleciera en- su domi-
clio, 1917 de la avenida Once.
lie sobreviven dos hijos, Jose y
Albelardo; tres hijas, Sras. Ana
Garcia, Luisa Castillo Y Adela
Garcia, y otros familiares
FL cadaver recibira sepultura
en- el cementerio Colon.
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
You Women Who Suffer From
HOT FLASHES then
Chilly FEELINGS

II you-like so many women between
the ages Of 38 and 52-sufer from
hot flashes, weak, dizzy, nervous feel
ings, distress Of Irregularities, are
blue at times-due to the functional
middle age period in a womanis life
try taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound at once. It's the best
known medicine you can buy that's
made especially for tpon1en
Pinkham's Compound is famous to
relieve such distress. Taken regularly
1T helps build up resistance against
such annoying symptoms. 1t also is
fine stomachic tonic.
Thousands upon thousands Of
women-rich and poor alike-have
reported benefits. Time and again
Lydia Pinkham's Compound has
proved some women's happiest days
often can be during their "40's".
Follow label directions. Worth tryfngl
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
PERMISOS DE CONSTRUC-
CION

Sc concedieron permisos de
construction a Rafael Franco,
D. M. Walker, Corral Cleaners,
L. G leonard, w. B. Wilcox y
Sra. r.. c. Heisen.
La gaceta., 1942-12-31
ANUNt:IESE IN
IA GAtE'TA

ST senior
Compre Ia pintUra B.
[. P. Solamente SC VEN
de en- King-G Greco Hard
ware Co., ga. avenida y
Gale IS.
La gaceta., 1942-12-31

" asf van despejandose las nu-
L bes-nubes de duda, de detrac-
ci6n y de falta de confianza en- noso-
tros mismos. Vemos ahora clara
mente cuan inevitable es la destruc-
ci6n dehnitiva de los ejercitos de ese
criminal paranoico que los alema-
mes fueron tan ciegos en- aclamar
como caudillo; y 10 aplastante de Ia
La gaceta., 1942-12-31

I'm discurso prOnunciddO en-
Il Ia discussion pGbIicd que
auspieid Ell peri6dico neoyor-
exino HERALD TRIBUNE,
81 sefor SKINNER Welles, Sub
secretario de Estddo de los
Estddos Unidos, esboz6 los
ideGles de lln mundo de RbeT-
tad por cuyd consecusi6n
htchan las Naciones midas.
Publieamos hog Ia pTimerG
pdrte de csc importdnte dis
curse. La segundG pdrte la
publicoremOs en- una pT6&i1nG
sdici6H.
La gaceta., 1942-12-31

Ei Svcsccrctorio WeT&e. ,soozo les ideo.o.
'Por los que Iuchon las Nociones. Unidos
'-edi.e que derotudo 81 Eie, 81 mundo demondord complete
Collaboration p%oEtco y Ia ereoci6n de IN
tribunal International o
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Wartime Easter Finds
D. T.. Citizens Turninq
To Church Services
Style Parade Becomes
Secondary; Sunrise
Rites Attracts Crowds

Washington turned to Easter
devotionS today with a serious
ness fostered by grave response
bilitieS.
Sunrise services and other re-
ligious gatherings overShadowed the
usual fashion parade. The wartime
Capital is crowded this Easter as
never before, and service men and
war workers replaced the tradi-
tional spring sight-Seers.
Every transportation facility was
taxed to capacity yesterday as the
weekend movement got under
way, with train, bus and air lines
reporting that more people were
leaving than arriving in the city.
That probably was due to the fact
that the usual cherry blossom fes-
tival has been Cancelled this year,
along with the Daughters of Amer
lean Revolution convention and the
traditional spring pilgrimages of
high school children, while many
war workers and service men were
going home for brief visits.
Special services were arranged
today for soldiers at nearby camps,
including sunrise observance for
troops of the 29th Division stationed
at Fort George G. Meade. Pastors
of many Washington churches pre-
pared to receive visiting service men
at services throughout the day.
Mild Weather Forecast.
The mild weather of the last few
days is expected to continue today,
with the temperature going some
what above yesterdays maximum Of
72 degrees. A meagcr wartime fore
cast said, Somewhat higher tenn
peratures and rather windy Sum
day"
For the benefit of persons who
hope to go forth in their Easter
finery, however, 1t was predicted
that no rain is in sight for today
Sunrise services were scheduled
(See EASTER, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Colonial Boat Club Razed
By Fire; Homes PeriIed

The Colonial Boat Club, on the
Arlington side of the Potomac, was
practically destroyed last night by a
fire that for a time also threatened
several summer homes along the
river bank.
AS a sequel to the fire, District
Engine Co. No. 23's truck became
mired on the side of River road on
the return journey and for two hours
tied up several pieces of other Dis
trict and Arlington apparatus be-
hind it.
Members of the club, including its
commodore, E. M. Portner; Bob
Gamage, Floyd Metcalf and Gus
Friedrich and the clubs cook, Will
liam A. Carter, 81, colored, saved
some of the clubs property and mar
rowly escaped injury themselves.
The cook suffered slight burns on
both arms in helping remove equip
ment from the club mess hall, which
was burned to the ground.
The fire was said by Mr.. Carnage
TO have been started by an over
heated stove in the mess hall.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
japanese Are Transferred to White Sulphur;
Italians Moved Out, Rebuffed by Nozi S|urs

longer laugh together over the "stu-
pidity and degeneracy" of the last
great democracy, they are finding
much less charm in each others
company.
The japanese victories provided
food for jubilation during the first
few weeks. But the enforced COM
panionship is beginning to pail, and
Germans, Bulgarians, Italians, Hun
garians, find that they are not the
soul mates they had imagined they
were when they cordially exchanged
the information they gathered in
the drawing rooms of Washington.
At first there was real social life
among the internees. The Italian
Ambassador, Prince Colonna, would
invite the German charge d'affaires,
DR.. Hans Thomson, and the Hun
garian Minister, Baron Ghicka, to
dine at his table. The next night it
would be Herr Thomsen's turn to
invite the heads of the other de-
posed missions to dinner. The juniors
dutifully followed suit and enter
tanned each other, played tennis,
walked and danced together. 1t was
like life on board a ship where only
people of similar ideas had en-
barked for world cruise. ?
1t soon developed, however, that
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Higher Rate Set
As War Housinq
Prevailing Pay
Privote Builder Hits,
Labor Chief Louds
Referees Decision
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

A Labor Department referee,
after celebrating nearly a
month, late yesterday recon-
mended the higher union rate
as the minimum wage to be paid
building workers in Metropolitan
Washington in carrying out the
Governments vast war-housing
program.
The findings of Referee Ben
GrodSky were against private build
ers and supported the contention Of
the Washington Building and Con-
struction Trades Council that their
wage scales prevail here. Mr..
GrodSky's recommendation will be
reviewed within the department be-
fore submission to Secretary Per-
kins for final decision. 1t is con-
sidered highly unlikely, however,
that the referees opinion will be
overruled.
In a prepared comment on Mr..
Grodsky's recommendation, James
C. Wilkes, spokesman for the Home
Builders Association of Metropoli-
tan Washington, said:
The taxpayers will pay an addi-
tional $40, 100000 for the 22,00O-odd
defense housing units scheduled to
be built in Metropolitan Washing
ton by the Federal Government be-
cause of the finding handed down
today by the referee of the Depart
ment of Labor in the prevailing
wage case. This calculation is based
on the estimate, a conservative one,
that the higher rates will make
these needed accommodations cost
at least 25 per cent more than if
the Government paid the same
hourly rates as paid by private
builders, who in 1941 built 2o,571
Evening star., 1942-04-05

A series of breaks in water mains
within the Bryant street pumping
station deprived thousands of resi-
dents of the Northeast section OF
water shortly after 10 o'clock last
night, and District Water Depart
ment officials expressed doubt nor
NAL service could be restored before
morning.
Humphrey Beckett. superintend-
ent of the department, characterized
the breaks as "baf1iing," but said
there was mo possibility" of sabo-
tage. He pointed out the grounds
are under heavy guard and windows
Of the buildheg are covered with
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Two New TrestIes Burned
On California Railroad
By the Associatec Press

BY the Associatec Press.
BRAWLEY. Calf, April 4.-The
Southern Pacific Railroad disclosed
today that two isolated branch line
trestles had been burned approx
mately 10 miles from where two
others we're set afire a week ago.
The trestles, one over a dry wash,
the other over an irrigation ditch,
were on a line unused at present
but which connects with the main
Southern Pacific tracks.
In San Diego, F. B. I. Chief Har-
old Nathan announced two suspects
had been taken in custody near
the scene.
Last Sunday two main line tres
ties near INLAND we're destroyed and
rail schedules temporarily inter-
rupted.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Labor Official Pleased.

Naturally we are pleased with the
recommendation" John Locher, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Building
Trades Council said. 1T will greatly
help the Government gets its hous-
ing quickly. It was our contention
all along that the work performed
by our contractors was different
from that of operative builders. We
need those houses and we will see
that the men are here to build
them"
The case was contested under the
Bacon-Davis Act which provides for
payment as a minimum wage on
Government construction that wage
which is held to be prevailing in
community on projects of char
acter similar to the general contract
work"
Mr.. Grodsky's decision was based
on his opinion that housing projects
of operative builders (private enter
prise, usually built for sale or in
vestment, are not comparable to
Government projects erected on
contract. While the housing may
have the same physical character
istics, the operations of operative
builder and Government contractor
are dissimilar, he held. This inter-
probation of compatibility discarded
most of the evidence submitted by
builders to the effect that about SO
per ,cent of housing. Government
and private. built here in the past
year was provided by workers paid
nearly so per cent under high union
scales.
The recommendation maintained
status quo so far as wages paid for
Government housing in this area
are concerned. 1t does not place
ceiling on wages, merely a bottom
below which no Government con-
tractor will be allowed to pay. All
existing public housing in the Dis
IIICG WdS UulIG dt uIlIOlI SCdIc, anu
all in nearby Virginia erected since
last fall when the Labor Depart
ment reversed itself and held union
pay to be prevailing. Likewise,
Greenbelt and several other in
Maryland were erected at "A" scale.
r. HI. A. Projects Affected.
In holding private and Govern
ment housing operations not COM
parable, Mr.. Grodsky left the way
open for continuance of Labor De-
partment policy with regard to wage
determination it has made for pri-
vately built, F. H. A-inSured rental
(See PREVAILING WAGE, P. A-60
Evening star., 1942-04-05
0.C.D. 100 Million
Won n'tProtecf Tarqet
Areas, Lands Says
Sum Nearly Exhausted;
Communities Warned
Of Supply Shortage
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

With most of the 500. 900 900
appropriated for the Office of
Civilian Defense already spent
and all equipment allocated,
o. c. D. Director James M.
Lands told The Star last night
that the funds Congress made
available to protect the civilian
population is not enough to do
the job the general public is ex-
pecting or to bring adequate
protection even to the Nations
target areas.
He warned that number of COM
munities which expect to get equip
ment from o. c. D. are going to
be disappointed, even though the
500, 100000 is being spread thin.
Whether the o. C. D. is going to
ask Congress for more money to
carry on, the job depends on the
relative needs of the Army and
Navy. In other words, if produc-
ton steps up to the point that the
military needs can be taken care of,
Congress will be asked for funds
to purchase additional protective
materials.
Critical Materials Short.
Dean Lands made it clear that
o. C. D. believes civilian protec-
ton has to take a back seat.
Although o. C. D. has tried to limit
the amount of critical materials that
go into the equipment it is pur-
chasing, certain minimum is nee
essary and the Army and Navy have
Evening star., 1942-04-05
D. {. Budget Revision
Proceeding by Order
OF House Group
Higher Figures Certain;
Young Suggests Need
OF SoIes Tux in IA

Plans to revise the $55 900, 900
District l943 budget, made OBJ
solete by war developments since
it was framed last fall, were dis
closed last night at the Capitol
as a House appropriations sub
committee prepared to open
hearings on the document April
Is, a month ahead of schedule
At the direction of Subcommittee
Chairman Mahon of Texas, the
Commissioners and other munich
pal oficials already have begun the
revision of the original 1943 figures
to which they are expected to add
substantial sums to meet emer-
gency needs unforeseen before
Pearl Harbor.
Looking even beyond the next
fiscal year, the city heads were also
revealed considering the poSSibili-
ties of a sales tax or some other
means of increasing District rev.
enue at that time in view of pros
poets of reduced returns from pres
ent sources due to the war. Com
missioner John Russell Young said
he was convinced no increase in
taxes would be necessary to get
through the 1943 fiscal year be-
ginning next July l, barring unex-
pected demands due to the war
situation. But District officials and
officers of the Budget Bureau ex-
pect to go into the long range rev.
enue picture in conference this
week.
Major changes in the 1943 budget
estimates, it was said. will be de-
signed to provide greater public
health protection for the city's
greatly augmented population. New
items are to be added to give the
Health Department at least $50
additional employees - 66 more
nurses, an enlarged staff of sani-
tary and food inspectors and i'm
proved facilities for venereal disease
control.
Material Costs Up.
Other budget alterations are nee
essary. it was pointed out, because
of rising material costs which have
jumped from Is to 40 per cent since
the Commissioners put the esti-
mates into final shape. Moreover,
it was explained, there are some
items which will have to be de-
leted from the original budget as
a result of priority restrictions on
critical materials.
In other words, Walter L. Fowler
District budget officer, said, since
the 1943 estimates we're prepared
"the whole budget picture has
changed"
The original s55,OOO,OOO estimate
was predicated on continuance of
the existing SITS real and personal
property tax and the annual 5000,
900 lump sum Federal payment
toward District expenses.
Mr.. Fowler expects to send sup.
(See D G. BUDGET. Page A-5D
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Main Break Cuts Off Water
For Thousands in Northeast

heavy mesh which was not disturbed.
Mr.. Beckett said the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission, sup
plying nearby Maryland, might be
asked to send some water through
connecting 12-inch main at
Rhode Island avenue NE. and the
District line. However, he expressed
doubt suficient pressure could be
obtained to make this worthwhile.
The breaks occurred at about
tbs O'Clock, but emergency crews
worked until after 10 o'clock in an
attempt to close a valve which
would have permitted water to by
(See WATER, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Leningrod Troops
Reinforced Over
Lake Lodo9o Ice

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 4.-The first of
several million Red Army re-
serves. freshly trained and
brought from every part of the
Soviet Union, were moving into
the line from Leningrad to
Taganrog on the Black Sea to-
night on a plan designed to
throttle the German spring Of
fenSive with a total force of
100000 Russians.
Russians here said the reinforced
Red Aamy had no intention of re-
linquishing the initiative which has
carried it westward since early De-
cember, although it was apparent
the Soviet counter offensive had
lost momentum in recent weeks.
While the midnight communique,
as heard here over the Moscow
radio, again said there had been mo
substantial changes" In the land
fighting, it reported destruction of
% Nazi planes on Friday, to Rus
sian losses of only three, and the
sinking of two enemy transports,
one of 1000 tons. by Soviet war
ships in the Barents Sea.
Leningrad Reinforced.
Soviet dispatches reaching London
said reinforcements had been moved
into the Leningrad garrison over a
double track railway laid across the
ice of Lake Ladoga.
On the Leningrad front. said a
supplement to the midnight war bull
letin, 3,400 German officers and men
were killed in the last three days.
Besides capturing another popu-
lated center in this area, the Rus
slams were described as steadily ad-
vancing in the Kalinin region north
west of Moscow, making continued
cavalry sorties that cost the Ger
mans dearly.
One cavalry unit in two days of
fighting on this front was said to
have put out of action 1880 Nazi
officers and troops while artillery
fire DESTROYED six enemy tanks and
81 trucks.
On the central front the Germans
were counterattacking near Bryansk
with tanks. infantry and artillery.
In one narrow sector where the
Germans used two regiments of in
fantry and IS tanks, the Russians
said the counter-thrust was beaten
of with more than 1000 German
bodies left on the battlefield and
18 tanks damaged.
Russian guerilla bands were re-
ported operating within the Ger
man-occupied city of Bryansk it
self. One group got into railway
depot, wrecking all the locomotives,
Reports from the Taganrog area
said the Soviet Army there was
fighting hard in an attempt to
smash the strengthened German
claw stretched out toward the Cau-
casus.
The German high command s
communique said there had been
isolated Russian attacks in the
Donets Basin, all Of which 1t
claimed were repulSed. The Ger
mans also presented a 3-months'
tabulation intended to show that
the Russians, from January l to
March 81, suffered very heavy
losses" in dead, gave up 1o4,13e
prisoners and lost 2,1e7 tanks, 2,51s
guns and 2,720 planes.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

bowed q trifle less effusively the next
time he ran into Prince Colonna.
Baron Ghicka let slip a remark
in the hearing of the italian Mill
tary Attache, Gen. Adolfo Infante,
to the effect that the Hungarian
Army was really fighting The
postwar world came into discussion
and the Axis diplomats differed
among themselves as to how the
spoils of victory would be shared.
Pretty soon the different diplo-
matte groups were passing each
(See LOMBARD. Page A-50
Evening star., 1942-04-05
HoItzoH Will Be Member
Of New D. G. Appeals Court
Six Appointments
In Prospect Under
Merger Law
Bv ]. A. FOX.

Alexander Holtzoff, for nearly
1S years special assistant to the
Attorney General, will be a mem
ber of the appellate tribunal to
be set up under new legislation
merging Police and Municipal
Courts here and providing for an
intermediate appeals court to
pass on appeals from the re-
constituted bench, it was learned
yesterday.
1t has not been decided if he will
be designated as chief justice of the
three-man tribunal, it was said in
informed quarters.
Six appointments are ir prospect
under the court merger law, but
(See HOLTZOFF, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-04-05

Marquis Rossi-LonEhi. dent that the
representatives of Americas enc
mics got along beautifully only as
long as they were circulating in a
free Capital, where they felt drawn
together by the similarity Of their
activities and purpose. Now that
the Job is done and they can no
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Expensive Saving

NEEDLES, Calf, April 4 (P.-
Eric Wells glanced out the window
of his trailer to see a thief stealing
his spare tire.
Thinking to frighten him, he fired
his .45-caliber pistol at the ground.
The bullet ricocheted and tore
through the tire. The thief scam
pered away, unhurt.