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Evening star., 1942-12-05
Florida Made Separate
Air Forces District
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Dec. S.
Florida has been established as
separate district of the Army Air
Forces Technical Training Com
mand
The two training schools at Miami
Beach and one at St. Petersburg
have been under the general super
vision of a district with headquarters
at Greensboro, N. Cone of the Ma
tion's four.
Brig Gen. A. N. Krogstad arrived
late yesterday to command the new
Florida district. He formerly COM
manded the lst Air Force of the
Eastern Defense Command with
headquarters at Mitchell Field. N. Y.
More recently, he directed estab-
lishment of an AAFTTC school in
Chicago, where large Loop hotels
were taken over by the Army.
One of the Miami Beach schools
will remain under command of Brig.
Gen. Ralph H. Wooten. who estab-
lshed the units here. He has been
on two weeks detached duty as mill
tary aide to President Carlos Arroyo
Del Rio, who toured the Nation.
The other beach school will be
commanded by Col. Allen Kimberly,
who will come here from Jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
Florida, with three of the Nations
AAFTTC schools, becomes the 5th
District.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Racing News
Toduy's Results and Entries for Monday
Results
Charles Town

FIRST RACE-Purse $500: claimins;
3-year-olds and upward; 6is furlonss.
kssy kssI sa, s,'ssss ssoo5 KiTk 1000 sssoo 2soS
Henry's Imp tScocca) 40
Time. leg
Also rsn-True PLATE, Brokers Bud,
Saranite, Detractor, Morocco D,
SECOND RAcE-Purse, $500; claiming;
3-year-olds and upward: 6l7 furlongs.
Labeled Win tTurnbulD $50 40
Durable (Rootl $40
Time. 1925.
Also ran--Lons Less. Vinat ct Un, Fair
Flame. Taut Hemsley
DAILY Double paid SS4.6OD
THIRD RACE-Purse, S400: claiming;
Knitetta fC1aggett) 100 $50 $40
Vendors Lien tAustin) 420 $50
Jack Horner IHernandeZ) 4.2U
Time. :264s.
Also ran-Woridly Scarlet Bow, Mi-Due,
Ksptime, Miss l. @.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. $500. claiming
3-year-oids and up; Ia miles.
Tellevane tBletzackerl $50 300 80
Hada Star (ScoccaD 800 26C
Roush Going CTurnbulD 2.4t
Also ran~Brillisnt Carl Dansis, wausn
Scout, Curves.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Arlington Radio Aide
In Defense Setup Named

John D. Corley today was ap-
pointed as radio aide for the Ar
lington County defense communica-
tions organization. it was announced
by Clifton G. Stoneburner, co-ordi-
nator.
Mr.. Corley will be in charge of
the war emergency radio service
program, in which Arlington is par
ticipating with the District of Co.
lumbia. He is connected with the
War Department and was formerly
attached to the Federal Communi-
cations Commission.
There will be a meeting for all
persons interested in participating
at the courthouse at 8 pm.
Wednesday. County residents with
old radios or radio parts who are
willing to donate them to this serv-
ice are requested to call Oxford 5000,
extension "a, and the material will
be called for.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Army Identifies Victims
OF Gulf Bomber Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA. Fla, Dec. 5.-Names of
seven men killed when MacDill
Field medium bomber crashed In the
Gulf of Mexico near Venice early
yesterday were announced today by
the fields public relations Office.
The dead: Second 1t. Parker j.
Mathews, Kirkwood, Mo-, pilot.
Second 1t. J. C. Workman, HAM
ilton, Tex, co-pilot.
Second 1t. Daniel J. Murphy.
Montreal, Canada. navigator.
Second 1t. Woodrow H. Hiebert,
Newton. Kans.. bombardier.
Staff Sergt. John E. Chase. Cedar
Grove. N. Y.
Staff Sergt. Henry Reichler. New
ark. N. J.
Sergt. Marvin N. Paige, Burling-
ton, VT.
The bomber had been missing
since l0:30 pm. Thursday when it
was scheduled to return from q
training flight.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
80 Bodies Found in Area
Where Sub Sank Liner
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 5.-South African
dispatches said today that 30 bodies
had been washed ashore or picked
up by ships off the Natal coast in
the area where German sub
marine torpodeed the liner Nova
Scotia, plunging TOO Italian war
prisoners into the shark-infested
waters.
The 6.796-ton British vessel was
en- route from Eritrea to Durham at
the time of the sinking. Previous
reports said 1913 prisoners and other
passengers had been rescued by a
Portuguese warship.
A Reuters dispatch from Johan-
nesburg said 280 survivors had been
picked up from the torpedoed Brit
ish liner Landaf Castle, 10,799 tons,
leaving few if any unaccounted for
among her passengers, made up
chiefly of South African soldiers
going home on leave.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Walker Mentioned
For Flynn S Post as
National Chairman
Plan Would Aeoin
Link Cabinet Post With
Purty Leadership

Postmaster General Frank C.
walker is slated to become chair
man OF the Democratic National
Committee when Chairman Ed
ward J. Flynn steps out of that
office, according to information
obtained today.
II Mr.. Walker becomes the Dem
ocratic national chairman. it will
place that Office once again in the
person of the Postmaster General,
where 1t resided for the first eight
years of the Roosevelt administra-
ton. At that time James A. Farley
was both national chairman and
Postmaster General. Mr. Farley re-
signed both Offices after he had
opposed third term for the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Walker is native of Penn
sylvania, although he has also main
tanned residence and an office in
New York. In his earlier years he
practiced law in Montana and was
member of the State Legislature.
&AC SCI NCu dS Vi GdSuleI Vi UIle DeIllO-
cratic National Committee in 1882,
the year in which President Roose-
welt was first elected Chief Execu-
tive.
In 1888 Mr. Walker was executive
secretary of the Presidents Execu-
tive Council. Later he became ex-
ecutive director of the National
Emergency Council, serving in that
Office until 1885. He was appointed
Postmaster General in 1910, follow
Ing the resignation of Mr.. Farley.
"A number of prominent Demo-
Gratis have been mentioned as pos
sible successors to Mr.. Flynn as ma
tional chairman, among them Leo
Crowley of Wisconsin and Senator
Guffey of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Flynn
let it be known several weeks ago
that he expected to resign the chair
manship. Recently he was in Wash
ington and in conference with the
President.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Pay Bill
Continued From First Page }

no longer receive such additional
compensation.
Saturday Full Work Day.
3. AS wartime measure the
Saturday half-holiday law would
be suspended With the result that
Saturday would become a full work.
ing day. This would have the effect
OF establishing a 48-hour week as
general standard in the Federal
Government during the war period,
and this office would have no OBJ
lection to an Affirmative REQUIRE
ment in the bill which would es-
tablish the 48-hour week as the
standard In the Federal service dur
Ing the war 1t should be noted
that 48hour week would repre-
sent 20 per cent increase in work.
ing time above a basic 40-hour work
week.
a. Section 4 of the bill would
provide much-needed authority to
the Civil Service Commission to
make adjustments of the entrance
or minimum pay rates for various
classes of positions in order to cor
rect inequities under stated condi-
tlons between pay rates fixed by the
Classification Act and those which
are adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the Wage Board
procedure.
The Civil Service Commission is
recommending an amendment to
Section 3 of the bill. The amend
ment proposed by the commission
would suspend the compensatory
time-off and the overtime compen-
sation provisions for SATURDAY. work
in the postal service. The amehd-
ment is regarded by the Bureau of
the Bdget as of great Importance
and should be considered essential
to achieving uniformity of treat
ment for Federal employees.
Inequalities Removed.
There is attached hereto a men,
orandum relating to the cost of the
proposed measure.
Enactment of this bill would 20
far toward removing the serious pay
inequalities concerning which this
bureau has been very critical in the
past. 1t would further serve to bring
about much needed upward adjust
ment in the salary levels OF employees
in the lower income brackets.
The bill. if amended in the form
recommended by the Civil Service
Commission, would be in accord with
the program of the President, and
should in our judgment, receive
prompt and favorable consideration
by the Congress-"
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Glare Boothe Will Write
Script of Chino War Film
Rv the Assnciatnd prnrn

BY the Associated Press.
. GREENWICH, Conn, Dec. S.
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce. playwright
and Representative-elect from the
Fairfield County district of Con-
necticut, leaves Greenwich on Mon
day for Hollywood, where she will
write screen story about the
Chinese war for Twentieth Century,
Fox.
Mrs. Luce travelled in China last
year as correspondent for Life and
Time. the magazines edited by her
husband. While there she was
entertained by Generalissimo and
Nine. Chang Kai-Shek.
She expects to take about 10 DAYS
to write the script, her secretary.
Albert P. Morano, said this morn
ing, and will return to Greenwich
for. Christmas. Her salary for the
picture will be donated to China
War Relief. he said.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Cab Drivers Enlisted
To Aid Safety Drive

Earlier Story on Page A-14l
The Commissioners today placed
official Endorsement on plans to en-
list some 1,700 local cab drivers as
safety wardens" in the current
traffic safety drive.
Commissioner John Russell Young
said the proposal, sponsored by the
Department of Vehicles and Traffic,
to have cab drivers talk traffic" to
their passengers, lis one of the best
ways I know to reach the public with
our appeals for safe use of the
streets"
The Department of Vehicles and
Traffic announced earlier that in
structions have been given for the
Diamond and Premier companies to
inform passengers of the dangers
involved in careless habits of walk
ing and to set standards of safe
driving by their own operations of
taxi cabs. The program will be
directed primarily at pedestrians,
the Department said.
Commissioners Guy Mason and
Charles w. Kutz Joined Mr.. Young
in praising the cabmen for their
cooperation in the plan.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Some Statesmen 10 Get
More Gasoline Jan. |
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An increase In the gasoline ration
for statesmen working in essential
occupations will go into effect jan
uary !, the Office Of Senator An
drews, Democrat. of Florida said it
had been advised today by OPA.
The travel ceiling. it was said, is
to be fixed at $500 miles a year or
IS per cent OF last years mileage,
whichever is the least.
The greater allowance will be au-
thorized for persons selling food,
clothing, shelter commodities and
articles considered essential to the
public health and welfare
An increase in the ration had
been recommended by Rubber Ad-
ministrator William Jeffers. At pres
ent statesmen generally are allowed
"B' ration books. These allow $50
miles a month, on the basis of Is
miles per gallon, in the West and
about 500 miles in the East where
the basic "A coupons are worth less.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
10 New Fireboots
Installed on Rivers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 5.-The Coast
Guard disclosed today 10 additiona
fireboats will go into service at
principal cities on the Mississippi
and Ohio River next month, to boil
ster fire protection facilities along
vital waterfront installations.
Newly built boats, of a type al
ready in use here, will be sent to
Pittsburgh, Chattanooga, st. Paul
Minneapolis and Louisville. These
are 30-foot, all-steel vessels, built by
the Hanley Engineering Co. of Pros
pect, Ohio. They are propelled and
steered by powerful streams of water
expelled beneath the stern.
A converted ferryboat already Is
stationed at Cairo, H.. and similar
craft will go to Sewiskley, Pa, Rock
Island, H., Paducah, KY, and Mem
phis. st. Louis also will get a Sec
ond, converted boat.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
North Carolina
Starts to Ration
Liquor Supply
By the Associated Press.


RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 5.-All AL
coholic Board of Control stores in
North Carolina will be closed next
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
while registrations will be conducted
for moderate ration allotments, a
spokesman said today
A 25-cent fee will be paid by each
applicant. An individual from one
of the rs dry counties in the State
may register at any ABC store any
time There are 25 wet counties.
The spokesman said about three
quarts of liquor would be available
to registrant from December to
81. A pint a week is expected to be
the limit after the middle of Feb
ruary
News of the stop-sales order be-
came known here with publication
of an advertisement to that effect in
the Raleigh Times. 1t was sent to
the newspaper by the Wake County
Board
The State ABC Board, however,
declined to make an immediate an
nouncement, saying it would release
details later today.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Alexandria Appeals
WPB Storm Sewer Ban

Refusal of the War Production
Board to permit the city of Alexan-
dria to proceed with construction of
the proposed Hancock avenue storm
sewer has led city officials to appeal
to the United States Bureau of Pub
lie Health for a survey of the situa-
ton
A sum of s36,75 was appropriated
by City Council some time ago for
construction of the sewer in order
to remedy conditions to which resi-
dents had been objecting for a long
time Flooded Easements and in
sanitary conditions have been fol-
lowing almost every heavy rain, off,
Gals said.
The proposed sewer would be an
extension of Hoofs Run sewer.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Airnnen
Continued From First Page.)

japanese bomb fell on this side OF
the India Burma border, Gen. Bis
sell declared, adding with smile
Apparently they were too busy In
other areas"
The single foray which the jap
anese attempted was turned back
30 miles from the nearest American
base, he said.
I'VE were able to hurt enemy ship
ping painfully" Gen. Bissell as
serted, declaring that American
flyers had sunk five Japanese ships
of from 1000 to $4,000 tons displace-
ment.
In addition, two 6,O0O-ton cargo
ships and two naval auxiliaries were
severely damaged.
The China. air task force, Gen
Bissell said. destroyed 80 japanese
planes during November and prob
ably destroyed or damaged 13 more
He disclosed that only two American
pilots had been lost in China and
that the India task force had lost
but one heavy bomber. Only three
American fighters were reported
damaged.
The Japanese made three attack.
on American air bases in China dur
ing November, but damage was con.
fined to bomb craters In runways
Gen. Bissell declared.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Army Lists 0Aboard
Bomber Which Fell
In Idaho Canyon
Wreckoee Located After
Two Doys, but Bodies
Are Not Yet Removed
Earlier Story on Page A-8.)

NCarller StOTy on rage A-o.)
BY the Associated Press.
SODA SPRING, Idaho, Dec. 5
Ten men died in the crash OF
an Army bomber in a South
eastern Idaho mountain canyon
so inaccessible it took two days
to find the wreckage.
Forest Ranger j. B. Bruce OF
Montpelier, Idaho, and William F
Gagon of Soda Springs found the
smashed plane near 9600-foot-hig igh
Sherman Peak yesterday.
The four -motored bomber hao
been reported missing from the
Pocatello, Idaho, air base since
Wednesday night.
The Rocatello air base Office said
these men were aboard:
Second 1t. Harold K. Simpson
Fitchburg, Mass.
Second 1t. Wendell L. Sims. Pasa
dena, Calf
Second 1t. Thomas j. Waymond
Garden City, Mich.
Second 1t. Chalmers G. Wenrich
Harrisburg, Pa.
Staff Sergt. John E. Lazansky
Cary. III.
Sergt. Neal L. Slinker, Nebrasks
City, Nebr.
Corpl, Charles l.. Walker, jr.. Phil
adelphia.
Pvt. Nicholas Zompetti, Marlboro
Mass
Pvt. Joseph r. Hughes, Bramford
! Conn.
Pvt. Donald w. Seaney, Wichita
Kans.
Air base public relations officer
said this morning the wreckage hae
been located and identified. but tha
the bodies were not yet identified
and had not been removed.
The announcement said the plan,
did not carry bombs and it had no
been determined whether it ex
ploded before or after it struck thu
ground.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Maryland Holly Supply
Largest Since 1884

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-Maryland S
holly crop, which last year brought
woodland owners more than $780,
600, is expected to yield the largest
supply this Christmas season since
the Department of State Forests and
Parks instituted its holly conserva-
tion program in 1884, State Forester
Joseph F. Kaylor said yesterday.
The program provides a Coop
erative system under which wood
land owners prune and treat the
trees to departmental specifications
in order to have a yearly holly crop
instead of decennial crop.
The program also provides mar.
ket for the holly, which is Grated
and shipped to dealers on orders re-
ceived by the department. .
Evening star., 1942-12-05

board States that we must put on
ourselves"
1T does not seem right, If the
people up there are going to be
without heat Mr.. White declared,
that people should be using gaso-
line for pleasure driving"
There arose talk also of a possible
new cut in Eastern gasoline rations
down to gallons for "A" card hold
ers, and forced conversion of oil
burners to coal in homes where the
units are convertible on the basis
of statements by Deputy Petroleum
Administrator Ralph K. Davies.
Gas Ration Cut Advocated.
An OPA spokesman, commenting
on Mr.. Davies declaration at meet
ing of New England Congress men,
bers yesterday that further reduc-
ton in gasoline deliveries was neces-
sary if fuel oil supplies in the North
east are to be maintained, gave the
opinion this could be accomplished
only by a further cut in the basic
gasoline ration from 3 gallons to
gallons.
He spoke anonymously and de-
clined to say whether such a move
was under active consideration.
However, OPA stated officially
that plans were being considered tc
make mandatory the conversion OF
oil burners in those households
where the heating equipment can
be converted to coal.
The burden of proof will be upon
the householder to show that he
cannot do So for financial or other
good reasons" it was said
One proposal being studied woulo
forbid an oil dealer in the 30-State
rationed area to deliver fuel OF
for a burner which could be con.
verted Unless the home owner wa:
able to demonstrate to his ration
board that he could not convert, his
Oil supplies would be cut of.
Deliveries Fall Short.
Mr.. White told the New England
delegation today the essential re.
quirements of their region for al
oils amounted to 324,000 barrel!
daily, and that present deliveries
principally by tank cars, totallec
only 224,000 barrels.
| If the 100000 barrel daily defici
were taken from storage on hand
then theoretically the inventorie
would be exhausted between Janu
ary and January Is, he said, anc
the region then would have to &c
along with 100000 barrels less thar
the estimated minimum require
ments, unless ways were found Il
/ deliver more oil
Mr.. White said that Boston ra,
out of range oil completely thi
week. and he explained this ligh
fuel oil is used extensively for heat
ing purposes by low-income families
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Senate Farm Group
Unanimously Favors
Parity Revision Bill
Pussoge Of Measure
Before Adjournment
Sought by Thomas
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate Agriculture Com
mittee unanimously approved
today a House bill revising par
ity prices upward to include the
cost of labor on the farm.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Oklahoma said there was no objec-
ton to the measure, and it was
reported to the Senate in exactly
the form it passed the House.
The measure was expected to
encounter administration opposition
in the Senate, but Senator Thomas
told reporters:
IF any legislation goes through
before the adjournment of this
Congress, this bill is going to have
consideration.
AS the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee was called into an unusual
Saturday session to vote on the bill,
some legislators predicted farm bloc
support would outweigh opposition
of administration supporters and
bring speedy approval of the meas
ure.
Sees No Reason For Hearings.
Informed of reports that Price
Administrator Henderson or Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wickard might
seek hearings on the bill, Senator
Thomas added, Il see no necessity
for hearings-all this was gone into
prior to passage of the revised price
control law
The controversial bill would re-
quire inclusion of all the farmer S
labor costs, including himself, his
wife and children and his hired
help, in the parity computation
prices of agricultural commodities.
PARTY is an arbitrary price CAL
culated to give farmers the buying
power of some past favorable period,
usually l909-1914)
Henderson Sees HCL Rise.
Government economists have es-
timated the new formula would raise
old parity levels by 10 to II per
cent. Mr.. Henderson contends it
would result in a substantial in
crease in living costs.
Members of the committee said
administration forces were caught
mapping" when the bill was called
up in the House by unanimous con-
sent Thursday and passed without
record vote.
Under the anti-infation law a
floor of 80 per cent of parity, by
the old definition, was put under
wheat, cotton, corn and other basic
commodities and the statute pro-
vided that no ceiling could be placed
over farm commodities at less than
100 per cent of parity or the high
est price from January l to Sep
tember Is, 1912, whichever is higher
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Destroyer, z Transports
To Be Launched in Maine

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Dec. Sat least three
vessels-a destroyer and two coastal
transports-will be launched in
Maine within five days next week,
the 1st Naval District public rela-
tions office announced today.
The destroyed Thatcher will be
launched at the, Bath. Me. Iron
Works Corp. yard tomorrow. The
vessel will be sponsored by Miss
Charlotte Lennie Hyde Of Holly
wood. Calf, great-great-grandniece
of Rear Admiral Henry Knox
Thatcher, for whom the destroyer
will be named.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
0PA Promises MiI|ers
Relief by January
(Earlieg Story on Page A-13.)

NCdTHcS StOTy Dn rage A-l1.t
Price relief for -four millers will
be forthcoming by January /, ar
Office of Price Administration
spokesman predicted today as re-
ports reached Washington that
many -four mills faced shutdowns
because of price squeeze.
"We are aware of the seriousness
Of the problem the spokesman said
There will have to be some relief
but it is not possible now to state
the extent of the relief which can
be granted"
Conferences are under way here
between OPA and six officials OF
leading -four milling firms. An Of
fetal statement is expected within
the next week, and possibly some
interim action may be taken by OPA
before the pending permanent CELL
ing revision is made.
Price ceilings on -four which have
been in effect since October. 3 on a
temporary freeze" basis were ex-
tended indefinitely Thursday.
This intensified complaints from
millers that they were unable to dc
business because grain price in
creases had wiped out their operat-
ing margin.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Civic Groups Founded
In 1853 Holds Banquet
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-The an
cient and Honorable Mechanical
Company of Baltimore, oldest civic
organization in the United States,
held its l7sth annual banquet
Thursday night.
Through the Revolutionary War,
the Civil War and the World War
the company never skipped a ban
quet.
1t was founded in 1853 when 26
mechanics met at dinner to organ
ize a defense against Indians.
Some of the present members also
have organized against possible at
tack. They are AFRAID wardens.
The Indians never raided Balti-
more, and the present members
hope that's good omen.
Evening star., 1942-12-05
Treasury Warns Merchants
Paper Pennies Are IIIequI

Mr.. Morgenthau suggested that
merchants associations cooperate
to pursuade people to turn in their
savings of coins or use them to pur-
chase War savings stamps and
bonds.
Mr. Morgenthau's statement noted
that the Senate had passed and the
House was considering a bill giving
the Treasury great latitude in pro-
duction of small coins. Mints in
tend to produce 1-cent pieces of
Inc-coated steel as soon as the bill
becomes law.
The mint stopped producing PEN
nies some months ago because Of
copper shortage. Recently 1t began
producing new nickel which has
IS per cent less copper than the old
ons.