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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-03-14

u interpretations of Price Schedule No 80 petroe
nit requests at least week before any contemplated
the fuel section of the OPA says an official motto
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Conservation Officials
Experiment With Salmon

HANCOCK, N. Y-INS- The
Army and Navy may, II the war
lasts long enough. resort to Della
ware River solmon. Conservation
officials of New York and Pennsyl-
vania are considering a plan to
plant some in the rivers head
waters here. Old records show
that the experiment was tried here
many years ago, and that the fish
grew to fifteen inches in a year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
"Tapper" Army Seeks Vital
Rubber i'm Amazon Valley

dies and Malaga. the rubber treeb!
are close together on plantations.
In the Amazon Valley. the trees
are spread over an area OF some
100000 square miles, separated
by every imaginable natural obsta-
Gle. In some places, several rubber
trees can be found within the area
OF an acre, but this is not generallp%
true.
In his testimony before the Sem
ate committee, DIR. Bressman said
emphasis is being placed upon small
rubber farms" rather than upon
huge plantations like those in the
Far East.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Many Languages Spoken 4
At Army Air School

ENID ARMY FILING SCHOOL,
la.-INS-Soldiers from hun
dreds of nationalities and back
grounds have been gathering dur
ing the past few months to this
spot on the "Old Chisholm Traire
making one of Oklahoma's new
melting pots, an Army Camp.
Seventy-six men on the post are
expert in at least one foreign lam
guage. Fifteen languages are spok-
en-, all the way from Lithuanian
to Cherokee Indian. Many of the
soldiers are foreign born, and have
become citizens through naturally
cation.
Typical is Corporal Robert r.
Rainier, member Of the S72nd Ord
nance Co. Corporal Rainer Is tho
brother of Louise Rainier, stage am
screen star.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Antique Car Collector
BUYS Old John Pierce

SYRACUSE, N. Y.-UP-A John
Pierce, predecessor of the Pierce
Arrow automobile. has been sold
by w. f. Kane of Syracuse to Alex
ander f. Ulmann OF Greenwich,
Conn, collector of antique" car. e.
Ulmann intends to rebuild the
machine so 1t will run again. The
40-year-old John Pierce has a sim
gle cylinder engine on the rear axle
and a rumble seat in front OF tho
drivers seat. 1t cranks from the
side.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
BY OTTO G. JANssEN

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON - UP An army
OF "tappers," now estimated to
number some 10000 men, is beating
its way through the sweltering
jungles of the Amazon Valley to
bring out the wild rubber so vitality
needed in the United Nations
effort.
Officials hope that before the
year is ended another 10000 men
will be added to the ranks of the
rubber army" The principal diff
Guilty now is said to be one of equip
ment, although as time goes on the
question of manpower will become
more urgent.
AS an indication of the huge guam
titles Of materials needed in this
vast project, officials estimate that
no less than 100000 tapping
cups will be needed to collect the
rubber. Because of the scarcity of
metals, the use of plastics in their
manufacture is being considered.
seh-Sufficient Units
In addition to the cups needed for
collecting the rubber, thousands of
machetes and other kinds Of cut
ting instruments, shot guns, sleeves,
spouts, wringers, files and other
paraphernalia are required.
Officials explained that each
Taper must be something of self
sufficient production unit" Work,
ing alone, or with small groups, he
must first hack his way through the
dense underground to reach the
lateX-bearing trees. The tapper's
food supply must be obtained with
a gun or fishing line.
When the latex begins to flow,
for shipment. Boats are needed to
move the rubber to the various col
lection points.
An essential quart of the collec-
tors equipment is atebrine, a sub
stitute for quinine used in combat
ing malaria. Dr.. Earl N. Bressman,
director of the Agricultural Division
of the Office Of Inter-American AZ
fairs, recently told n Senate COM
mittee that preliminary equipment
order from Brazil called for the
shipment of 100000 of these tab
let's. Other items requested includ-
ed 100000 shot gun shells, 5000
shot guns and 5000 files. Officials
here hope to obtain in Brazil at least
part OF the equipment needed.
10000 Tons ObtainabIe
Experts call the Amazon rubber
scheme one OF the most ambitious
Inter-American enterprises ever IN
dertaken. The untapped wild rubber
resources of the Amazon Valley are
virtually unlimited and some ex-
perts estimated that 100000 tons
annually could be obtained from this
region if sufficient manpower and
equipment could be made available.
The task, however, is one of gi-
gantic proportions. In the East In
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29

A bass drum contains enough
steel for two bayonets; a trumpet
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
Fort Pulaski Shrine To
Be Closed For Duration

SAVANNAH, Ga.-UP-The Fort
Pulaski national monument, his
toric shrine visited by 10000 per-
sons each year, has been closed to
the public for the duration.
The strategic location of Fort
Pulaski, fertilization used during
the Civil War and engineered by
Robert Z. Lee, shortly after his
graduation from West Point, caused
officials to close it.
Built during the 1820s, Fort Pu-
laski had been under improvement
for seven years. 1t was dedicated
as national park in the fall OF
1888. Naval officials said the fort
and grounds would be maintained
and turned back to the Department
Of Interior following the war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29
TALKS TO TREES, JAILED

FORT WAYNE. Ind. up
George Fletchik, transient, was
picked up by police, who found
him talking to the trees" He
was booked for vagrancy.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
British Bombers Blast
Docks al St. hazaire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 16.-British bomb
ers blasted at docks in the German
occupied French port of st. Nazaire
last night, the Air Ministry an
nounced today, and observers ex-
pressed belief the raiders were seek
ing out destroyers and other light
craft which accompanied the NaZi
battleships Scharnhorst and Gneise-
nau on their spectacular dash
through the English Channel last
Thursday.
These sources said it was highly
possible that the escort vessels had
returned to st. Nazaire after the
Channel foray. The port also is
known as a base for German SUBJ
marines operating in the Atlantic.
The attacking r. A. F. squadrons
was not large, bad weather pro-
hibiting any extensive operations
over the continent, informed quar-
ters declared.
The official announcement said
British bombers also had carried
out offensive patrols along the Nor
wegian coast yesterday, during the
course of which they damaged q
German supply ship.
All planes which took part In the
raids returned safely to their bases
the announcement said.
1t added that the crew of British
bomber which had been reported
missing after Saturday nights at
tack on Mannheim, Germany, hac
been rescued from the sea.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Mechanical Refrigerator
SUPPLIES Can Last Month
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Slightly more than one month S
normal supply of mechanical refrig-
orators must suffice for American
homes before rationing goes into ef-
feet for the duration" War Pro-
duction Board officials said today.
Each retailer will be permitted,
under the new freezing order, to
place in the hands of the public only
one-twelfth the number of refriger-
ators he sold in 1941, or 10 refriger-
ators, whichever figure is greater.
The retail dealer must start count
ing sales from 10 am. eastern War
time) last Saturday. At that time
all stocks not in the hands of re-
tailers or already en- route to them
we're frozen in manufacturers ware
houses.
Factory sales Of refrigerators last
year-which would reflect with rea-
sonable accuracy the retail turn
over-amounted to 3,700,0 900 units.
When the permitted sales quota
has been exhausted by a retailer,
the remaining refrigerators in his
stock will be frozen automatically
The exact form of rationing has
not yet been decided on.
The w. P. B. contemplates that a
pool of 10000 refrigerators will be
available by April 80, when manu-
facture must cease. That supply
will be apportioned to fill military
and the most essential civilian
needs. There is no restriction on the
sale or manufacture Of iceboxes.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
| Pitcairn Island
| BewiIdered by
Collect Cargo
By the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10
Some one sent ~ tons of food to
Pitcairn Island, but It left the
islanders somewhat bewildered.
In the first place they weren't
starving. In the second place the
cargo was sent collect. ''7s
The story was told in letter re-
ceived by Mrs. Kathryn Greenwood
from Miss Lucy Christian, a direct
descendant of Fletcher Christian,
leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
The food arrived on a freighter
from Fiji, Miss Christian related
The islanders spent an entire day
taking the food by small boat from
the ship to shore, a distance of two
and one-haf miles.
When all was ashore the captain
presented his bill. Pitcairn's resi-
dents couldn't pay, so they placed
the food in storage Much of it will
spoil Included we're 200 sacks of
wheat, which cannot be kept long
in the muggy climate.
There was almost no sweetstuff,
which the islanders want most.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Yomoshito Dictates Singapore Peace Terms;
PercWoI Yields in Historic 49 Minutes

'place between the Japanese and
British commanders:
"Yamashita: I wish replies to be
brief and to the point. I will only
listen to unconditional surrender
"Percival: Yes
"Hamashita: Have any Japanese
soldiers been captured by the
BritiSh?'
"Percival: No, not a single one
"Yamashita: What about Japa-
nese residents?'
"Percival: All Japanese residents
interned by the British have been
sent to India. However, their lives
are fully protected by the Indian
government.
"Yamashita: Il shan't hear Il am
not asking) whether you wish to
surrender or not, and if you wish
insist it be Internationally. What
is your answer, yes or no?'
"Percival: will you give me until
tomorrow
"Yamashita: Tomorrow? I can
not wait, and it is understood, then,
that Japanese forces will have to
attack tonight
"Percival: How about waiting
until 1870 pm. TOXIC time $3.50
pm. Singapore time or 10:30 am.
Eastern war time)?'
"Yamashita: If that is to be the
case, Japanese forces will have to
resume the attack until then. viii
you say yes or no?'
"Percival was silent.
"YamaShita: Il want to hear q
decisive answer, and I insist upon
unconditional surrender. What do
you say?'
"Percival: Yes
"Yamashita: AL right, then.
Cease firing must be ordered at ex-
actly 10 pm. I will Immediately
send 1000 Japanese troops into the
city area for maintaining peace and
order. Do you agree to that?' +.
"Percival: Yes =.
''Yamashita: If you Violate these
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Governors Oppose
War Job|ess Fund
Before House Group
Stussen Declares 't J
Plan Would Create
Premium on IdIeness
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. - r ...
Gov. Harold E. StaSsen of MIN
nesota told the House Ways and
Means Committee today that the
Nations Governors almost unan-
imously believed that the admin
istration plan for compenSating
war-displaced workers would
injure and impede the war effort
at this crucial hour"
America canno, afford to put
a premium on idleness at this hour.
said Gov. Stassen, chairman of the
National Conference of State Gov
ernors. I'VE cannot afford to use
the candy stick approach"
Gov j. Melville Broughton of
North Carolina told the committee
that his State did not need the pro-
posed benefits and asked for the de-
feat of the legislation and an end
to sociological experiments at a
time when we don't need them"
Gov. Broughton said the legisla-
ton might even provide an induce
ment for unemployment"
The Minnesota chief executive
and the Governors of a half-dozen
other States appeared to testify on
a bill to provide $500, 900, 900 to in
crease State unemployment COM
pensation benefits for workers tenn
porarily unemployed, as a result
of conversion of industry, for a
maximum 26-week period.
While the hearing was in progress
Speaker Rayburn told reporters that
President Roosevelt was very
anxious to have the bill approved.
1t had been discussed. he said, at
a conference of congressional leaders
with Mr.. Roosevelt today.
Fears Effect in Farmers.
Gov. Stassen argued that the
measure not only could be used to
(See GOVERNORS, Page A-9J
Evening star., 1942-02-16
WAhiIeyF Fire
By Japs on Bataan
Front Reported
Aircraft Also Active;
Intermittent Infantry
Fighting Goes On

Japanese heavy artillery and
aircraft were active along the
Bataan front during the last "a
hours, the War Department re-
ported today.
There was also intermittent in
fantry fighting which is still contin-
uing on several sections of the front
where the Japanese commander
1t. Gen. Masaharu Homma, was re-
ported in yesterdays communique to
be bringing up fresh troops to re-
form his line for a resumption of a
long expected offensive.
There were no reports of enemy
activity along the Cavite shore
where japanese batteries in recent
days have engaged in artillery duels
with the guns Of Corregidor and
i other supporting defenses of Ma
Mia harbor.
The text of the War Department
cOmmunique No. 109, reporting on
developments up to $50 am. today,
follows:
l. Philippine theater:
There was heavy artillery fire in
Bataan during the past "a hours
Intermittent infantry fighting was
in progress on several sections Of
the front.
Enemy aviation was active
throughout the day.
%. There is nothing to report
from other areas"
Yesterdays communique said
(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-90
Evening star., 1942-02-16

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Feb. 16.-A Domei dis
patch from Singapore today gave
this account of the surrender of
Singapore:
LIT. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita,
commander in chief of the Japanese
expeditionary forces, debating jap
anese terms for the surrender of
Singapore at the historic 49-minute
meeting last night with Gen. A. E.
Percival, commander in chief of
British forces in Singapore, per-
emptorily accepted full RESPONSE
bility for the lives of British and
Australian troops as we'll as British
women and children remaining in
Singapore.
Declaring, rely upon Japanese
bushido (the way of the warrior
chivaly),' Yamashita demanded
swift compliance with the Japanese
terms for surrender
THE following conversation took
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Wages Paddy U. 5.
Expected TO Apply
To Private Building
Rote on Defense Housing
Likely to Boost Cost
Of Work in CopitoI
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

II the Government purSueS Its
policy of paying highest wages to
construction workers on even the
cheapest types of defense hous-
ing it not only will add millions
of dollars to the cost of this
housing but soon will have eS-
tablished the high scale as pre-
vailing in Washington for resi-
Dental building.
A large percentage of the Capitals
new residential construction was
provided by private builders, who
paid far under the Government
wage rate for the work. Private
operations already have been re.
duced considerably by priorities, in
ability TO get financing undel
present uncertain conditions, ant
many other problems resulting from
war which defense officials so fal
have not ironed out for them. Theil
operations will contract more al
they are forced further into COM
petition with federally financed
jobs.
The Government financed wal
housing program, in which more
than $10O.0OO,0O0 will be spent
locally. is just beginning. When it
is in full swing there will be no doubt
as to Washington's prevailing build
ing wage. 1t will be the high rate,
unless Labor Department policy is
altered radically. This rate now is
considered ''uneconomical" for pri-
vate housing capital, but not for
Uncle Sam.
The Labor Department, under the
Bacon-DaviS prevailing wage law
is charged with predetermining
wage scales for Government hous-
ing. Under the National Housing
Act they have the responsibility for
predetermining scales for privately
built and financed rental housing
jobs which are to be insured by the
F. H. A. The wording in both laws
is virtually the same, briefly that
the contractor has to pay the wage
that prevails in a community on
a majority of comparable work.
The department has established
the highest union scale as pre-
vailing" here for the cheapest Gov
ernment housing. For F. H. A.
private projects they have estab-
ished as prevailing" a scale only
half as high.
In explaining this difference in
wages, the Labor Department points
out that speed is essential in pro-
viding defense housing. All of the
contractors, they say, who are large
enough and have sufficient financial
backing to build defense housing
projects are tied by agreements with
unions which bind them to the full
union scale no matter what type
&C.. nnEyrATY TNy|y yITANr Asl
Evening star., 1942-02-16

terms Japanese troops will lose no
time launching general offensive
against Singapore City
THE British made the first move
for surrender at 2:30 pm, February
IS, when three British officers in
cluding Maj. c. H. D. Wild, carrying
white flag, approached the van
guard of the main japanese forces
at sports ground four kilometers
north of the Bukit Timah road, and
proposed to discuss terms and con-
ditions.
"At the instruction of 1t. Gen.
Yamashita, unit commander Sugita
interviewed the British officers,
whereupon he rejected the British
truce proposals and advised uncon-
ditional surrender, adding that if the
British commander was willing to
surrender, the commander in chief
Of Japanese forces would discuss
<G>> a-~NyG No. A a
Evening star., 1942-02-16
New Channel Fight
Reported by Nuzis

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, Feb. 16.-The German high
command reported today another
engagement in the English Channel
announcing that one of its mine
sweepers had fought a brief battle
with two British motor torpedo
boats and was believed to have sunk
one of them.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
CorreI Studying Effects
Of Food on Intelligence
NJ ~. Aseociated press

By the Associated Press.
VICHY, Unoccupied France, Feb
16.-The newspaper Paris Soir said
today Dr. Alexis Carrel is studying
the effects of feeding on the de-
velopment of intelligence" through
the new French Foundation for the
Study of Human Problems, which
he heads.
The Nobel medical prize winner
said he would continue experiments
he started in the United States for
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Keyes Lays Setbocks
OF British Navy to
Air Force Handicap
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 16.-Admiral
of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes de-
clared today that the. ''cruel
humiliation" which the British
Navy has suffered in recent
weeks emphasized the folly
and blindness of those who de-
prived the navy of it's large and
highly efficient air service "a
years ago"
In a speech, the admiral said:
1T is difficult to speak temper
ately of the successive govern
ments responsible for placing
such a handicap upon our
navy"
Evening star., 1942-02-16
12-Minute Roid Alarm
At Anchorage, Alaska
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Feb. 16.-
Anchorage had a 12-minute air raid
alarm at pm. P. w. To yester-
day. No planes appeared, and the
all-clear sounded At 5:12 pm. The
Army gave no explanation.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

(See PREVAILING WAGE, A-5O
Evening star., 1942-02-16

(See SINGAPORE, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-02-16

(see NEGOTIATIONS, Page A-s)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1942-04-24
INTEREST IS REVIVING in
COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY

Interest is being revived in the HUI
name Society of Worcester County in
conjunction with "Be Kind To Animal
Week" which is being observed April
goth to 25th.
The nationwide observance of "Be
Kind To Animals Week" had its be-
ginning 81 years ago in Massachu-
sets and since then the movement
has gained momentum with the years
and children, particularly, are being
made to realize that every creature
which can feel is akin to them and
that to cause needless suffering is
wicked.
Worcester County maintains a
Shelter" on the Berlin-Ocean City
Boulevard. This is now under new
management with facilities for board
ing pets and also giving instruction
upon the care of animals during pos
sible air raids.
For information telephone Ocean
City 195-W-4
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1942-04-24

unable to travel with their husbands
except during the summer months.
Lieutenant Lovesee says that the
duties of personnel of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey carry them to all
parts of the United States and pos
sessions. Since the start of the war
their surveys are becoming world
wide Many of the commissioned
personnel have been detailed to sur
veys with the Army and Navy and
also some of the enlisted and civil
service personnel have been transfer
red to duty with the armed forces.
Two of the survey ships of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey have been lost
in the Philippines and no word has
been received as to what happened to
the personnel of these ships.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1942-04-24
Oyster Roast For The
Soldiers By Rotarians
> Continued from Page u

the annual event being held in Girls
field. There was a very creditable
attendance, and, as usual, the Girls
field boys put on very attractive
program.
The guest speaker of the evening
was Paul w. Haviland, Esq, of Ore
gon, who is an FBI man. He gave
a very interesting talk bearing on the
history of such organizations in this
and other countries.
While it could be seen that Mr..
Haviland was very careful as to what
sort of information he gave out, he
very clearly showed just what the
FBI had to deal with along the line
of sabotage, espionage, kidnapings,
bank robberies, rumors and other fea-
lures of national disorder. He show
ed himself as particularly we'll in
formed, and very satisfactorily ans
wered all questions put to him after
his one-hour talk.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1942-04-24
CHIRPS
Continued from Page y

ginger cakes and five cents worth Of
cheese enough, too. What did you
+ say was tn price Of cheese now?
Amt it a shame?
Then there was coffee at j. cents
pound; and candy at 1214 cents
the latter taking on modern airs
somewhat.
So, these rapid transit mderns don't
know every thing about the best time
to live, Those old timers had a few
tricks up their sleeves, and these
I present-day folk don't know where
they're at or what they're doing when
they turn snoopy at the residenters
Of the SOS They knew life and how
to live something brand new to
many DIST century highflyers.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1942-04-24
Board ALIotUs County
96 Tires; SO Tubes
Continued from Page -

Continued from Page u
J. F. Twigg. Snow Hill
~. }. Dennis. Snow Hill
p. NJ. Jones. Snow Hill
Ice & Fuel CO., snow Hill
E. S. Gas Corp, s. Hill
II. Lehman, Pocomoke
M. G. Matthews. Pocomoke
A. +. Blades. Pocomoke
Mason Co. Pocomoke Is
Small & Bull, Pocomoke
L. Colona, Pocomoke
+. T. Paradee, Pocomoke
H. Cherrix. Pocomoke
R. N. Birmingham, POGO 2
C. p. Hudson. Stockton
E. E. Paradec. Stockton o
&. Archer Stockton
A. r. Watson, Stockton
H. B. Morris, Bishopville
H. L. Webb, BishopvilIe
PiIchard 4 Co., Bishopvillc i
f. Scarborough, Bishopville /
NJ. J. Hudson. Bishopville ,
S. +. Collins, Newark
Retreads
r. NJ. Scott, Snow Hill
w. J. Grey, Snow Hill ,
c. Taylor, Snow Hill,
S. Heilig, Pocomoke
R. c. Dryden, Pocomoke
S. Bishop, Pocomoke
A. f. Blades. Pocomoke 2
G. T. Mock, Berlin
E. w. Parsons, Berlin
l. Godfrey, Berlin
Nurseries, Berlin 2
J. w. Birmingham, Berlin a
O. J. Cooper, Whaleyville ?
c. Cooper, Bishop
S. Palmer, Bishop
H. W. Brown, Sr, Newark 2
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