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Appropriations
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sponsibility for the expenditure Of
funds. However, the committee is
convinced that the heads of the pro-
curement branches in the War De-
partment and the Undersecretary Of
War, who has general charge under
the law Of Army procurement, are on
the alert for improper practices. are
doing their utmost to eradicate
them. and are exerting every effort
to limit profits and to recapture ex-
cessive profits"
Plants TO Be Expanded.
Congressional investigations are
no doubt having salutary effect
1t continued. What the depart
ment needs from without more than
anything else is genuine co-opera-
ton in correcting faulty practices
and aid in ascertaining the identity
of those engaging in improper deal
ings or conduct"
OF the $1,000, 900 900 plus, car
ried in the bill for expediting pro-
duction, the great part of this sum
will be used in expanding existing
plants, establishing new ones and
tooling all.
The appropriations made for
lease-lend aid are predicated on
formal requests made from the ma
tions fighting side by side with this
country.
The committee has approved the
budget proposal to establish as one
fund the several appropriations ad-
ministered by the Quartermaster
Corps and Engineer Corps, respec-
lively. This follows a precedent
established in the first World War.
The purpose is to cut down ad-
ministrative work by officers at
tached to operating forces in the
field.
Discussing the appropriations
made for the Maritime Commission,
the committee said:
The committee has great con-
f1dence in the ability Of Admiral
Land head of the commission) and
his associates to carry this program
to successful effort"
The program proposes that g.
100000 tons Of shipping be pro-
duced in the calendar year 1912
and 10000, 900 tons in the calendar
year 1943.
THE United States has embarked
upon the largest production of war
materials ever undertaken by any
nation" the committee said. THE
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Thomas P. Corwin Made
Army Captain al II

The rank of captain was given
1t. Thomas P. Corwin, ~, of 1920
Tuckerman street NV. yesterday
by the War Department. A native
Washingtonian Capt. Corwin is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Royal E. Cor
win of 1851 Jefferson street NV.
He was graduated from Tech
High School at the age of 16. There
he was captain OF Cadet Company
H. He finished at the University Of
Maryland in 1885. He held the rank
of senior major in the r. o. T. C.
He was commissioned a first lieuten-
ant in the Army in June, 1899, after
three years of extension work as a
Reserve officer. He will finish a
course in law this year at George
town University and already is a
member of the District bar. His wife
also is a member of the bar.
Capt. Corwin, In active service
since last March, was teller In Riggs
National Bank here before his in
duction,
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theaters In which much Of this ma.
tertal will be used are at varying
distances from our shores and large
numbers Of cargo vessels will be
needed. Unless adequate merchant
shipping Is available, the successful
prosecution of the war will be seri-
ously simpeded."
The committee declared that "the
role Of lease-lend has somewhat
changed since the United States en-
tered the war. Prior to the attack
on Pearl Harbor, lease-lend was our
aid to those nations that were fight
ing the Axis powers in the hope that
our defense would be strengthened
thereby and war kept from our
shores. Lease-lend now has become
potent weapon for assisting those
Of the United Nations who are in
this battle for the preservation OF
their freedom"
Lease-lend aid Is being rendered
to So nations by this country. The
funds In the bill are not earmarked
for particular nations, Aid will be
given where it Is most needed, and
that will be determined by the
President.
There will be q strain on man
power" said Undersecretary of War
Robert p Patterson in his testimony
on the great war production pro-
gram. His testimony before the
House Appropriations Committee
along with that Of War Production
Chief Donald Nelson and Maj. Gen.
r. G. Moore. Army deputy chief of
STAN, accompanied the bill.
Manpower Questions.
Gen. Moore disclosed the Army's
$500 900 man objective for 1912, and
told the committee: I'VE cannot
foresee at this time how many troops
we will need to carry the war to a
conclusion. 1t will actually take our
whole, or all-out, productive capacity,
as we see it, to carry the war to a
conclusion"
Time and again he emphasized
that every bid of the strategic and
critical" equipment was essentially
a part of planning a necessary
cushion to permit prompt and eff
cient supply"
AL probable theaters OF opera
ton are reached by long sea routes.
which are open to attack, and trans
portation losses may be large" he
pointed out.
In questioning Army officials, COM
mittee members repeatedly referred
to recent congressional committee
charges that there was waste in the
defense program and that defense
brokers had amassed untold mil
lions" on war contracts.
For the past year and a half we
have done our best to cope with that
problem" Mr.. Patterson answered,
but the ingenuity of mankind is
infinite"
The committee stressed, too. the
need for striking a balance between
munitions and the men to use them.
will there be sufficient man power
to make the program effective?" de-
manded Representative Ludlow,
Democrat, Of Indiana.
There will be man power" an
swered Gen. Moore, cautisouly, but
II takes time to train man power.
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Vandenberg Urges
Normandie Report
Be Made Public
Says Senute NovoI Group
Should Act Regarding
Fire-Swept Liner
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
Of Michigan declared today that
the people of the country had q
right to know the facts surrounding
the disastrous fire which swept the
liner Normandie and caused her
to sink In New York Harbor.
In a statemen. prepared for de-
livery in the Senate, the Michigan
Senator urged that the Naval At
fairs Committee be permitted to
determine when and how it is best
that the whole facts be disclosed"
Previously he had called for a con-
gressional inquiry into possible
sabotage or criminal negligence.
A special naval board Is investi-
eating the disaster which overlook
the ship, renamed the U. s. S.
Lafayette, while it was being con-
verted into naval auxiliary. The
board, which is conducting its in
vestigation behind closed doors, will
report to Secretary of the Navy
Knox.
Senator Vandenberg said he was
quite willing to let the Navy pro-
coed with its own investigation of
itself" but believed Congress ought
to act, too.
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on data and certcaon by holder that information correct
Printed warnings the Ohce Price Administration call
attention to the maximum penalty Of 10 Imprisonment
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Singapore Governor
Reported Interned
By Jap Forces
British People Without
Further information
On IsIond's FuII
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The British people were without
further information from their own
government today on the fall of
Singapore, although word had been
received in the British capital of the
internment of Sir Shenton Thomas,
governor of the Straits settlement,
and Lady Thomas by the Japanese.
Both Sir Shenton and Lady
Thomas are well, they reported in
message received yesterday by
their daughter, Mrs. John Lotinga, in
London. Prime Minister Churchill
told the House of Commons today
that the London government has
absolutely no information from Sing
apore beyond that which has already
been published in the press.
Pessimism In France.
In unoccupied France the influ-
ential and conservative newspaper
lie Temps criticized today what it
called widespread pessimism In
France over the fall Of Singapore.
THE entry of the Japanese into
Singapore had been foreseen for a
long time," it said. why should
it produce such reverberating i'm
preston? '"'
The great Asiatic invasions-At-
tila's Huns, Genghis Khan's Mon
gols, the armies of Mohamed IL
were not able to prevent Occidental
civilization from taking shape and
asserting itself in Europe and ex-
tending itself In a gigantic manner
In the new world"
600 Miles Without Stopping.
The japanese. who announced
their intention Of remaining Singa-
pore "Shonan Port" meaning liter
ally light of the SOUTH" claimed
that the speed of their drive through
Malaga may we'll be without par
allel in the world"
Maj. Kinzo Nakajima of the Jap
anese Army press section in Toxic
said that in the Malayan campaign
Japanese forces advanced over 600
miles without stopping although 100
miles is generally regarded by mill
tary experts as the maximum dis
tance for one operational force to
cover In a single drive.
The spokesman said: Singapore
always will be the foremost base for
Japanese operations in whatever
area the new japanese drive may be
directed"
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Ship Not Total Loss,
Naval District Holds

NEW YORK, Feb. II P.-Rear
Admiral Adolphus Andrews, COM
mandant of the Sd Naval District.
referred to the ultimate" loss of the
$50, 100000 Normandie yesterday,
but district headquarters explained
later that he did not mean the
vessel was beyond salvage.
In letter to Mayor La Guardia
thanking him for police and fire
work in combating the flames which
eventually caused the giant vessel to
topple over, Admiral Andrews wrote:
The ultimate loss of the ship in
no way detracts from the credit
due you and civilian forces who
lent their every effort In our be-
half"
The district public relations ofice
said later that the commandant
referred to the capsizing Of the
ship when he spoke of ultimate
loss" and did not mean to imply
1t was unsalvageable.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Migration Committee
Voted $4,000 in House

b. the Associated Press.
BY standing vote Of IS to IS, the
House granted yesterday an extern
sion of life to its special Committee
on Defense Migration under a $4,000
allotment.
The action came only after several
protests on the floor that the COM
mittee, headed by Representative
Tolan Of California was inquiring
into matters unrelated to defense
migration.
Mr.. Tolan announced later his
group was leaving for San Francisco
to open hearings there Saturday
on problems involved In the evacua-
ton Of alien populations from the
Pacific Coast States.
Evening star., 1942-02-17

tnat Cney SnoulQ 0reak out INTO the
trade routes or to the Mediter-
ranean.
No one can doubt the vigor and
courage with which the enemy
squadron were attacked as soon as
its movements were perceived.
OF course, every one Is very sorry
that these ships were not sunk.
The only questions which are open
are: First, why was their move
ment not detected shortly after
daylight, and, secondly, was contact
and liaison between the coastal COM
mand and the Admiralty and also
between other r. A. F. commands
and the Admiralty as close as it
should have been.
At the suggestion Of the Admiralty
and the Air Ministry I have directed
that an inquiry shall be held into
these points. The inquiry will be
secret, and I doubt very much
whether its results will be found
suitable for publication.
I am not prepared to give any
information about the inquiry or
any undertaking that its results will
be made public.
Threat to Conveys Removed.
Although 1t may somewhat sur
prise the House and the public. I
should like to state that in, the
opinion of the Admiralty, with
which I most cordially concur. the
abandonment by the Germans Of
their position at Brest has been de-
cidedly beneficial to our war situa-
ton.
A threat to our convoy routes has
been removed, and the enemy has
been driven to leave an advantage
GUS position. The diversion of our
air bombing effort, which though
necessary was so wasteful. is over,
and q heavier scale of attack on
Germany is now possible in which
all the near misses will fall on Ger
man and not on French dwellings.
Further, both the Scharnhorst
and Gneisnau have received damage
in their passage which will keep
them out of action for some time
to come, and they will have to have
gunnery and other practice. Before
they can again play any part in
the war the Royal Navy will be re-
inforced by various important units
of highest quality and similar
strengthening process is going for
word in the Navy of the United
States.
Whatever smart of disappoint-
ment or annoyance may remain in
our breasts that the final forfeit
was not eXacted, there is no doubt
that the naval position in the At
lantic. so far from being worsened,
Is definately eased.
have also been asked whether
I will make a statement about the
fall Of Singapore.
This extremely grave event was
not unexpected and its possibility
was comprised within the scope Of
the argument. (which I submitted to
the House on the occasion of the
vote Of confidence three weeks ago.
The House has, Of course, many
opportunities of discussing this and
other aspects Of the war situation.
I am sure it would be great mis-
take for us to start to discuss it this
afternoon in the short time avail
able
I have no information to give to
the House other than that con-
tanned in the public press, nor would
it be prudent to speculate in detail
on various evil consequences which
may follow from the fall Of Singa-
pore.
Won't Join Discussion.
Moreover. it would ill-become the
dignity Of the government and of
the House and would render poor
service to the alliance of which
we are a part If we were dragged
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Calcutta Editor Demands
Beoverbrook Resion

CALCUTTA, India, Feb. II R.-
Editor Arthur Moore of the Cal
cutta Statesman today called for
the resignation Of Britain's Minister
of War Production, Lord Beaver
brook, whom he styled "the evil
genius OF the inner cabinet"
He charged Lord Beaverbrook
with boarding tens of thousands of
aircraft and tanks in England be-
hind his Maginot Line of the
(English Channel" claiming the
minister was obsessed with "the in
vasion bogey."
Mr.. Moore alleged that Lord
Beaverbrook rejected pleas last year
for American machine tools and ex-
perts to build up war industries in
India and for planes to train pilots.
Evening star., 1942-02-17

Ths rsnsainrd In this Bk valid
hs eA h.s signed the rcri6r'r ~~ and void detached
the Regulations. a father mother
iS) In umc.tions dneule or com.
plants, onr io~siR Hoard.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Army Unable to Deliver
Bombers to Macarthur
Nv tbe Axeoc;ot.d pr.se

BY the Associated Press.
The Army told Congress today
that plenty" of bombers would be
sent to the aid Of Gen. Douglas
Macarthur in the Philippines "if
we could get them there"
I'VE would have had a lot of them
there by this time If we could get
them there" said Maj. Gen. r. G..
Moore, deputy chief Of staff. in testi-
mony made public by the House
Appropriations Committee.
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Churchill
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battleships were on the flank Of
convoy routes.
They could make q sortie at any
time onto the Atlantic trade routes
or into the Mediterranean"
The Admiralty thus had been
forced to keep a watch, and much
of Britain's bombing effort had been
diverted from Germany to Brest, he
said.
All the near misses will fall on
German and not on French dwell
ngs" henceforth as the result OF
the Germans being driven to leave
an advantageous position"
Mr.. Churchill said that during
the more than 10 months the
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were at
Brest they were undoubtedly hit
several times and repair work was
made difficult"
Therefore the Germans evidently
came to the decision that they could
not maintain them any longer at
Brest."
Choice Of Two Operations.
Once having reached that de-
cision, he added, the Germans had
the choice of two hazardous opera
tions, sailing completely around the
British islands past Norway or
through the Channel.
In the Atlantic, he explained,
they would have run the risk of be-
ing picked up by extensive air recon-
naissance and brought to action by
overwhelming forces as was the Bis
marck.
The Channel run, on the other
hand, he said, would take less than
"a hours, could be made partly in
darkness and during weather of the
Germans choice and would have the
advantage of a powerful shore based
air umbrella.
Our slow conveys have repeatedly
traversed the Straits of Dover and
are repeatedly bombarded by Ger
man guns on the French shore" he
said.
Debate Promised.
As to the extremely grave" event
"a cAiS 2oA OA 04AA6dPOAS, Vic AAllC
Minister promised debate when
carefully considered statements may
be made"
"It would i'll become the dignity
OF the government and of the
House, and would render poor serv-
ice to the alliance of which we are
a part, if we were dragged into
recriminations at time when our
minds are oppressed with a sense
of tragedy and with the sorrow of
so lamentable misfortune" he
said.
The inquiry into the Scharnhorst-
Gneisenau affair, he said, will be
secret and its conclusions probably
will not be announced.
MIR. Churchill also announced
abolition Of the post Of intendent
general In the Near East, to which
Gen. Sir Robert H. Haining was ap-
| pointed Nav 10. 1941.
Evening star., 1942-02-17
Drafting Course Offered

Registration for an intensive 15-
week course in engineering drafting
will be held at 7;30 pm. Thursday at
Montgomery Blair High School, Sill
yer Spring, Md. The course, open to
both men and women, will prepare
the student to start as a beginning
craftsman in any industrial or gov
ernmental engineering oflce.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
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quality
models,
Evening star., 1942-07-01

Awmded m Rnirch employees.
for their mr. corporation r y.
S. Wm Sopinss Bond Payroll Plan
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OUR TOWN HAS GONE MADIFGHTNG MAD US IS
bN
Htr2 md Every Doy!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-02-26
Will Conduct
Prevention of T. B.
Program

zTROY.-The Montana Tuberculo-
sis association, in cooperation with
the Montana State Board of Health
will conduct a Prevention of Tu-
berculosis program" in the Troy
schools in March. Financing of this
program has been aided by the T.
B. seal sale conducted last year in
this community, which was spon-
sored by the Troy Woman's club.
The program provides for the skin
testing only of those children who
present proper request slips signed
by their parents. and shortly after
the tests have been made, parents
and guardians will be notified as to
the results Of the test on each in
dividua1 child
The first tests will be conducted
here on March End, at the high
school, beginning promptly at !
o'clock p. m, and the reading
will be done on the following Fri
day, March 9Th, by DR. e. F. Dixon.
In order to interest both chill
dren and parents in the tests, a
moving picture show on the SUBJ
iect of prevention of tuberculosis,
was shown here, both in the schools
and to the general public last week,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-02-26
Announce Winners
In Essay Contest

Winners in the American Essay
Contest sponsored by the Auxili
airy to the American Legion were
announced Tuesday evening as fol-
lows: High school, Newton Cutler
with first prize, Daisy Hunter with
second. Junior high school, June
Baney, first prize and Patricia
Cairns, second prize.
The contest, open to senior and
Junior high school students, had as
its topic. 1.-THE Characteristics of a
Good American with entries linn
tied to 500 words.
Winners in the unit here will
place their entries in department
contests and winners in depart
ments will compete in the national
contest sponsored by the National
Auxiliary to the American Legion.
National prize is $4,000, department
prizes are So sets of World Book
Encyclopedias published by Quarrie
Corp, and unit prizes are $500
first prize and $1.00 second prize.
Local judges in the contest, which
began about two weeks ago ar1c
closed Feb. 20, were ], A. Krall
Mrs. Jessie Fagerberg, and Mrs
George Blackwell.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-02-26
New Machine
Seals Knots
In Lumber

The J. Neils Lumber Company
has recently installed a machine
that is a new development in
lumber production It is known as
the Neils Knot Sealer and was in
vented by Gerhardt Neils, who is
fin charge of the Neils sawmill at
Klickitat, Wash, assisted by some
of his expert mechanics,
The knots in white pine lumber,
after it passes through the dry
kiln. are very apt to be loose. That,
it can be seen, would greatly re-
duce the value of the lumber. This
machine overcones that fault by
forcing a specially prepared glue
into and around the knot, the glue
sealing the knot tightly into the
board for all time.
The machine is an ingenious de-
vice that permits the operator TO
slide board rapidly along beneath
plunger. When tripped by the OPP
orators foot, the plunger descends
on the knot and forces in the glue
under a 5000 pound pressure. This
! is done quite rapidly and it only
requires a few seconds to work
l6-foot or longer board through The
gluing process. The glue is weather
proof.
This process raises the value o
the lumber one grade or abou
$500 per thousand, said A. j. Agath
er while explaining its operation
The cost thereof Is about $3.50 pc
thousand feet, leaving a profit O
about $3.50 per thousand resulting
from the gluing.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-02-26
Libby Merchants Signing Contract With
Clerks Union-ScoIe of Wages Established;
Work Hours Placed at 48 Per Week

tracts with the Retail Clerks Inter
national Protective Association, an
affiliate of the A.. F. L. Frank c.
Shea of Butte, vice president and
general organizer, mas been here
during the past week meeting with
the merchants and discussing de-
tails. He left yesterday but expects
to return within few days, when
final details will be worked out.
At meeting Of the merchants held
Tuesday night, it was understood
that practically all the merchants
will sign up.
AS is usual when unions are or
ganized, a scale. of wages has been
established. as follows: For jour-
neyman clerks, man, $l08.35 per
month. women, $500 per month.
Amy employee employed year, a
weeks vacation on pay; any en-
ployee employed at least six months
three days vacation on pay.
The wage scale also covers ap-
prentices, with wages starting at
$500 month for men and $4,000
month for women. The appren--
ticeship is completed at the end of
three years of experience.
Hours involved were set at 40
hours per week to comply with the
state law, with time ard half for
overtime.
Raw Pival is clerk of the local
union and Leonard Sleizer is secre-
fary
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-02-26
Working Out
Better Rotioniing for
Tire Trucks.

A new arrangement for the sup
plying of truck tires to industry is
evidently being worked out by tire
rationing officials. Tentative in
auiries and blanks have come to
the local board. Under the pro-
posed plan, it would be possible
for anyone operating a fleet of 20
or more trucks to file an application
for enough tires to take care of
needs for considerable time. These
tires would not be delivered at
once but would 60 into supply
reservoir and could be drawn on as
needed. It is understood local in
dustry is filing applications for a
large number of tires under this
arrangement.
In operation, the plan would per-
nit such operators as auto freight
companies to scatter one or two
tires in each town along their
routes Thus If pinctures occur to
a truck enroute, spare tire could
be obtained in the nearest town.
H. B. Wallace says this plan is not
fully in operation yet but is ex-
rected to be soon.
Sell Frozen Autos"
Mr.. Wallace also states that the
first sales Of frozen autos have
been made Jaqueth & Charnholm
have sold AZ Oldsmobile sports
coupe to Al Huffman and Libby Mo-
tors have sold AZ Dodge sedan &c
Robert Neils. These cars were sold
before January 4, and their delivery
] frozen until further orders.
] MIR. Wallace says the board is
frequently being asked the CUES
ton, when will pre-ordered trucks
be unfrozen2a He says they have
no information in that respect
Neither has the board any lnforma-
ton relative to the time when sugar
will be ratiOned.