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Evening star., 1942-09-02
u. ). Has Half Million
Soldiers Abroad,
kcCIoy Reveals
Germany to Be Bombed
Steadily, but He Expects
Infantry to Win War
B, the Associated Press,


CINCINNATI, Sept. 2.-The United
States plans to make a full test of
a good fling at bringing Germany
to her knees by concentrated use of
air power" Assistant Secretary of
War John J. McCloy said today, but
he added that it still must rely on
ground troops to win the war.
He said that already there were
more than half a million American
fighting men on duty outside the
United States"
Mr.. McCloy, in an address before
the Veterans of Foreign Wars en-
campment here, told how United
States planes already "are fighting
effectively all over the world" as he
outlined 'the facts" about the quail
ity of American warplanes.
Plane Losses Compared.
He reported that Army flyers had
shot down 234 Japanese planes since
February /, while losing 100 of their
own craft, not including planes lost
on the ground, by anti-aircraft fire,
nor the 218 Jap craft destroyed by
the American Volunteer Group.
Telling his audience that Ameri-
cans should feel more encouraged"
about new and improved United
States wraplanes soon to be in action.
Mr.. McCloy emphasized the work of
Flying Fortress planes over Europe
they have been in all important
daylight missions 4" and thus far
all planes have come back"
British Spitf1res were used as
escarts at first, he said. to permit
arrival and coordination of our
own" But Mr.. McCloy added that,
when United States fighters were
ready, 1--WE know we shall be able to
make much deeper sweep into the
continent with our fighter protec-
ton than the Spitfire can afford
u.s."
No Short Cut to Victory.
Mr. McCloy said that the PAT
now in production will "out- perform
and outright any fighter that we
know about at any altitude" and
that IF we keep it up against the
Japs at the rate we are going with
our present equipment we should
feel much encouraged about what
we can do to them with the new
planes that are shortly to be in
action"
Many persons. Mr.. McCloy said
call for short cut to victory" ;"
That, he continued, cannot be
readily found.
Despite the damage done by air
craft, Mr.. McCloy said, "the great
achievements have not been the
bombing of London, Toxic, or Ber-
lin, but the mach through France
and Low Countries, the march down
the Malay Peninsula and across the
Ukraine and through the Balkans.
Stalingrad is today almost knocked
out Of existence by bombs, but that
strategic place on the map still
holds out and so does Moscow be-
cause determined men still defend
these places.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Girl Sought for Theft
From Home of Writer

Police today continued their search
for a 12-year-old colored girl who
yesterday took $50 from the home
Of Mrs. Ruth Finney Allen, writer
for Scripps- Howard papers, shortly
before Mrs. Allen found her hiding
In the bathroom OF her home at
1925 Twenty eighth street NV.
Mrs. Allen, wife of Maj. Robert
s. Allen, newspaper columnist, now
in the army, had just returned from
m out-of town assignment and was
talking to neighbor when she
heard a coin falling on the bath
room floor. The girl fed, taking with
her $50 from Irs. Aliens purse.
A short time before, according to
police, the girl was surprised by a
maid in the home of Ensign George
r. Fink, jr, 1916 Twenty-eighth
street NV, in the act of drinkig
bottle Of champagne which she had
opened with kitchen knife.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Land Sees Ship Program
Achieved by Next Year
B, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. O.
The Nation is well on its way to
realizing our objective of producing
1890 ships of 24,0OO,o00 deadweight
tons by the end of 1943," Admiral
Emory S. Land, chairman of the
Maritime Commission, said here yes
terday.
"Short-wave broadeasts from Ber-
lin, Rome and Toxic tell us our
building program is a delusion and
snare, but I tell you they broadcast
lies,' he declared in an address at
the awarding of Maritime Com
mission IN" to the CONFUSION En-
gineering Co. plant here.
you are producing this program
on time-yes, ahead of schedule, "
he added. You are proving them
liars"
The commission chairman asserted
that we're on the way to winning
this war, but it isn't going to be
easy"
Its going to take ships and more
ships" he said, ito keep the life
lines open between us and the boys
who are out there taking it and
'dishing it out on the front lines.
ITS going to take steel and muscle
and sweat-and it's going to take
boilers"
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Motorman Cleared in Death
Of D. {. Woman Pedestrian

A coroner's jury yesterday cleared
a 25-year-old streetcar motorman of
blame in the traffic death Saturday
OF a woman pedestrian.
Arlie r. Wade, ITO Gales street
NV, was exonerated by the jury
inquiring into the death of Jennie
Jackson, SO, colored, of $50 Twenty
fourth street NE. She was struck by
the streetcar operated by Mr.. Wade
at Twenty fourth street and Ben
ming road NE.
Miss Grace McInterney, Is, a
nurse at the Naval Medical Center
at Bethesda, was in serious condi-
ton in Garfield Hospital today afte,
being injured yesterday when the
automobile in which she was a pas
senger struck tree near Bethesda
police said.
The driver of the car, Mortime,
B. Phillips, 36, of 5458 Thirtiett
street NV, according to police, suf.
fered possible internal injuries ane
face lacerations.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Allied Ground Forces
Battle Japs' Drive
In Kokoda Sector
z Heavy Strofing Attacks
Also Made by Planes,
Macarthur Reports
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GEN. MacARTHURS HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Sept. o.
japanese troops - frustrated at
Milne Bay have hit with in
creasing strength toward Port
Moresby in the Kokoda sector of
New Guinea and "our ground
forces are closely engaged" an
Allied communique announced
today.
ALLIED fighters, in close support
made two heavy straf1ng attacks on
the enemy positions and lines of
communication" the communioue
said.
Australian bush fighters and JAP
anese vanguards had been sparring
Tor weeks in the jungles about
kodoka, a small native settlement
east OF the Owen Stanley Range and
60 miles by air from the advanced
Allied base at Port Moresby.
Jap Airport Smashed.
United Nations bombers have
smashed the makeshift airport
which the Japanese seized there.
Despite quickening action, an
Allied spokesman said there was no
indication that the japanese were
preparing for major push in the
Kokoda sector.
He said japanese casualties in the
fighting at Milne Bay, where land
ing at the southeastern tip OF New
Guinea was broken up last week,
were believed to have been heavy.
The communique dismissed de-
velopments there In 2 sentence, say
ing Scattered jungle fighting of a
guerrilla type continues"
r. B. Leonard, war correspondent
of the Melbourne Herald, wrote to-
day that it had become increasing
ly evident that Allied airmen had
delivered a hard blow to japanese
Zero strength in New Guinea.
At least 80 of the enemy fighters
were destroyed either in combat or
by ground straflng last week, he
said, and others probably were de-
stroyed or damaged.
Reference to Zeros Lacking.
Another feature of communicates
and operational reports of the last
few days, he said in his analysis, has
been the absence of references to
Zero opposition during Allied bomb
ing and strafing expeditions.
He cautioned, however, that no
Allied pilot would suggest that the
Jajanese lacked fighter strength.
There probably has been tempo
rary shortage of Zeros in New
Guinea, he went on, Nbut he consid-
cred it would be folly to imagine
that an air force of Japan's strength
could not replace them.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
President Seen Ready
To Stabilize Wages,
Undecided on Salaries
Stand Must Be Taken
On Farm Price Control
Before Labor Day Talk

BY the Associated Press.
From usually reliable admins
tration sources it was learned to-
day that President Roosevelt has
about decided to stabilize wages,
but is debating whether to in
clude salaries as well.
Wages and salaries, along with
control of farm prices, were de-
scribed by these sources as the major
decisions to be made before the
Chief Executive delivers his Labor
Day message on the cost of living.
Presidential advisers have divided
the compensation question into three
parts, as follows:
Wages-Primarily manual labor,
especially in war factories, paid on
an hourly or daily basis. Unofficial
guesses are that the President will
ask that wage rates in this field be
stabilized, by permitting increases in
the hourly or daily rates of pay only
If the raise is in proportion to the
rise in the cost of living. Apparently,
there will be no interference with
workers getting bigger pay envelopes
by working more hours.
Allowance for Promotions.
Salaries-Mostly white-collar work.
ers paid by the week, month or year,
up to $4,000 year. If included at
all, some allowance probably will be
made for pay raises accompanying
bona fide promotions.
Big incomeS-Salaries and other
forms of compensation in excess OF
$4,000 a year. Some suggestions
have been made of discouraging
such large incomes by forbidding
employers from taking income tax
deductions as part Of their operating
expenses, for more than $4,000 for
any one employe. Also some con-
sideration for budgeting each en-
ployer to total payroll, as in Can
ada, where compensation of indi-
vidual business executives may be
adjusted up or down as long as the
employers total payroll doesn't ex-
ceed some formula.
Farm Price Proposals.
On farm prices the President was
reported to be choosing from three
proposals:
/. Let farm prices find their own
levels, but use Government subsi-
dies to hold down the retail price
of food.
2. Fix price ceilings on farm prod
ucts, as now permitted by law at 110
per cent of parity, and use subsidies
IT necessary to hold down the cost
of food.
3. Use war powers to nullify the
ITO per cent parity provision and
fix ceilings at whatever level that
will keep down the cost of food
without subsidies.
Arguments Over Board.
Another issue to be decided is
whether the President will set up
a super board" to administer the
cost OF living program Oficials ap-
peared fairly agreed to this few
weeks ago, but arguments about who
should and who should not be on
the board have again made its Gre
alton uncertain.
The super board" started out to
be committee of leading Govern
ment officials. Then an outsider was
added to referee intra- Government
squabbles. One of the latest pro-
posals is to add more outsiders to
represent labor and employers.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
One Word Holds Up
City's Sympathy for
Wor-7orn Poland
By the Associated Press.

os ti-c hSSOGldtCd IlCSss
LOS ANGELES, Sept. O.
Poland will have to wait for
Los Angeles Official sympathies
on the third anniversary of the
Nazi invasion until the City
Council decides what to do
about the language of its off,
cial records.
Councilman j. Win Austin
offered the resolution of SYM
pathy yesterday. Concluding it,
he paraphrased Col. Leroy p.
Hunts injunction to the Ma
rines he sent into Tulagi:
Good luck, God bless you. And
to hell with the Nazis."
The word was no more than
out when Councilman Carl
Rasmussen voiced violent pro-
test.
The matter finally was refer
red to the Councils Public
Health and Welfare Committee.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
ConnaI|y Proposes
50 Per Cent Tax on
Excess Earnings
Levy on individuals
Is Patterned After
Corporation Impost
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A proposal for a SO per cent
levy on the excess earnings of in
dividualS was drafted today by
Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas as the Senate Finance
Committee awaited an outline
from the Treasury of it's sug-
geStionS for an unprecedented
spending tax.
Senator Connally said he had
asked legislative aides to draw an
amendment to the new revenue bill
patterned after the excess profits
tax on corporations.
He explained that the proposed
amendment would fix a base period
to compute average earnings of an
individual in much the same manner
that such earnings are figured for
corporations which use this method
for ascertaining excess profits tax
liability.
II an individual made more money
in 1912 than the average for the
base period it was Senator Con-
nally's proposal that he be taxed
50 per cent of his additional or
excess earnings. He said some al
lowances would have to be made for
persons who are on a fixed salary
basis with automatic yearly in
creases in pay.
What am trying to do is to tax
the increase in individual earnings
that has been brought about by the
war BOOM" the Texas Senator told
reporters. Some inequities may
develop, but I believe that this in
crease could stand so per cent tax.
It is because OF the possible in
equities that I afn not proposing a
80 per cent tax such as we have
voted for corporations.
Senator Connally said he planned
to submit his amendment after the
Treasury lays before the commit
tee a new program of individual
taxation built around the proposed
spending tax.
This program was understood to
call for a graduated tax on the ex-
penditures that an individual might
make over and above his regular
income tax exemptions and deduc-
tions, plus special added credits for
payments on debts and savings.
Quarterly collections of this tax
probably would be suggested, if it
were adopted, Treasury officials said.
House Bill Cut Billion.
The need for some new form of
tax was stressed by Senate commit
tee members, who calculated that in
tentative actions thus far they have
cut approximately $1,000, ,00O, 900 in
potential revenues of the House bill,
reducing to $5,271 900 900 the pro-
spective increase in yield over the
present law
Late yesterday, the Finance Com
mittee rejected Treasury proposal
for elimination of percentage deple-
ton allowances now granted petro-
leum and mining enterprises in
their tax bills. This action. came in
the face of statement by Randolph
Paul, Treasury general counsel, that
$200,000,000 additional revenue
might be obtained from this source
without interfering with the war
effort.
Mr.. Paul charged that present de-
pletion rates were inequitable and
unsound. The law allows petroleum
operators to deduct 271z per cent Of
the gross income from oil and gas
properties for depletion. The rate
for sulphur is % per cent, metal
mines Is per cent and coal S per
cent.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Mayor Must Tell Court Why
He Gave Away Historic Cannon

sculptor make a plaster cast Of thu
relic so that copy could be pro-
duced after the war.
1t would be like pawning Of 4
copy OF the Mona Lisa" as better
than the original" said George Z.
Tobin, artist.
The field piece Is in the custody
of the salvage committee, = fact
which has caused Mr.. Tobin much
concern.
He said he couldn't locate 1t in 4
search of the local war councils
junk piles and nobody would tell
him where 1t was. The cannon used
to stand In the chambers of the
Common Council.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Navy Finds Recruit
Too Valuable to Take
p, TIE Associated Press.

Ps tie Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY.-Navy recruit
ers aren't at all sure whether they
really want L. A. Renegar. after
all. He's too valuable outside.
Enlisted for overseas duty May
26, Mr.. Renegar was told to expect
call to duty any time. While wait
ing he began talking to friends as a
sort Of one-man recruiting ONCE.
His total to date-l0o recruits.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Fuel Oil Rationinq,
Further Restrictions
On Gas Due Soon
Nelson Indicates Plan
Moy Affect Some stotes
In Midwestern Area
- the Associated Press.

. 6s the Associated Press.
Fuel oil rationing and probably
iurtner curtailment of gasoline con-
sumption today confronted Eastern
nouSeholderS and motorists.
Confirming reports that the East
would have less oil for heating
homes, War Production Chief Dom
aid M. Nelson asserted yesterday
that a rationing program would be
announced soon, perhaps later this
week, and might affect some Mid
!. Western States.
AT the same time, a committee
formed by the Petroleum Industry
war Council to study oil trends
/. suggested that because Eastern
. gasoline consumption in the last
Two months exceeded expectation
i the 4-gallon-unit value of ration
coupons might have to be reduced.
Commenting on the situation at
his press conference, President
Roosevelt said the curtailment of
fuel oil likely would be Is per cent
IN some localities.
+ Basic 6S Degrees Planned.
( Mr.. Nelson observed that the
question of which States to include
IN the rationing area would have to
be worked out with several other
details. The reason for extending
rationing to the Midwest, he added
I would be to make additional tank
cars available to supply the East.
[ Omcials studying fuel oil prob
lens, indicated that basic ration
isumeient to heat homes to an aver
age temperature of 68 degrees was
being considered with supplemental
supplies to be issued on the basis of
need.
To induce conversion of heating
equipment from oil to coal when
ever possible, these sources said, it
was planned to withhold supple
mental rations from householders
who neglect to comply.
Gasoline Restriction Seen.
The Petroleum Industry Commit
tee reported, meantime, that while
only 435 900 barrels of gasoline would
be supplied daily to the East for
the next seven months, ,consump-
tion averaged $1,000 barrels a day
from July % to August %.
The committee asserted that fur
ther restrictive measures on gaso-
line consumption in the East were
obviously essential" to assure sufi-
cient supplies for transportation of
enough fuel oils to meet the Easts
winter demands.
Should future check of the indi-
Gated consumption reveal that this
Is not being accomplished" the COM
fnittee said, "the obvious alterna-
tive is the reduction of the value of
gasoline rationing coupons"
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Water Shortens Speech

FARGO, N. Oak. R.-Mayor Fred
Olsen, attending the North Dakota
water conservation meeting, was
called ON to make speech.
My remarks to this water con-
servation group will necessarily be
brief" the Mayor said, explaining
that he had to get home to pump
out his flooded basement.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Ignorant but Ready

TRYON, N. c., P.-An those
questions on the selective service
QUESTIONABLE din't mean much to a
Tryon youth, who couldn't read
well anyhow.
So, in uneven pencil strokes he
wrote across the front OF the ques-
tionnaire:
rs ready when you'se ready"
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Unkindest Civic Cut

SALT LAKE CITY tF.-All Is
confusion in the Chamber OF Com
merce office. An applicant for en-
listment In the Navy gave as his
reason: Il got sick OF Salt Lake
City,
Evening star., 1942-09-02

Three thousand Boy Scouts OF
Western Australia conducted sys-
tematic collection OF aluminium for
war salvage.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
knights Tempiar
Easter Services
Announced Here

Imperial Valley Commandcry No.
5i. Knights Templar, will hold th2
annual Easter service Sun day.
April 5. at pm. in the high school
auditorium with the Rev Mr.. f L.
Carter of the State Street Christian
church, preaching on the topic.
'Tradegy and Triumph.
All Knights Templars. in full uni
form, will parade TO the high school
With a motorcycle police escort.
Central's band leading the paraGe
Members of the order from all
towns in the valley will take part as
we'll as Templars from San Diego
and Yuma Arizona, fezzed ShrinerS
and Master Masosls all participating.
Pastors of the various city
churches will share in the service
which is open To the public
The parade Will start at 2:30 pm.
Easter Sunday and the service, at 3,
with Sir Knight Harry Williams
end Eminent Com mander Sir
Knight Harmon Tyler in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
vichy Says Ports
Closed to Nazis

WASHINGTON, March 21 Up
"A fundamental issue IN relations
between the United States and Vi
chy, which recently have been in
danger of rupture, was removed to-
day with Vichy's assurances that
Axis submarines and planes will no.
be permitted to enter French por,s
in the western hemisphere.
The assurances were rceived after
he United States sent Vichy a
stiff warning. virtually an ultimae-
um. which presumably conveyed dt
least a hint that this country would
take over the French possessions
Unless the pledges were forthcomy
ing.
Principal possessions involved are
Martinique, Guadalupe, st. Pierre
and Miquelon islands. The first two
are in the West indies; the Others
off Newfoundland
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
Susor Rationins
Signup Date Set

md 10 regional rationing adminiS-
traitors
Registration for regular consum-
ors will be a the nearest grade
school, and for industrial and re-
tail concerns at the nearest high
school
Bane said the commercial regis
tration would embrace industrial
Gsers as bakers, candy and confec-
ten manufacturers. tobacco process
:ors and wholesale and retail eStab-
lshments.
Industrial rationing will be on the
oasis of a percentage of normal use
Individual consumers will get one
pound every two week or three
quarters of a pound every Weel,-
the rationing administration hasn't
decided which
Individual must use their oWr
r,tioning books bat that does not
/ mean that a mother cannot take
III the books to the store and col
lect for her whole family 1t does
mean that Jones cannot transfer
nis book to Smith.
B2ne said the coupon books would
be distributed at the time Of the
registration
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
0rganist Finds
Killing Futile

LOS ANGELES, March 81 Up -
Courtney Fred 6ogers, "a, mild man
nered church organlSt who confessed
killing his mother. father anG
grandmother. found his first ven
ture in the murder-for-p profit scheme
was rather futile
Yes, I killed grandma, Roger
told authorities before he went be-
fore Municipal Judge Oda Faulconor
for a preliminary hearing on charg-
Is Of numbering his parents.
I killed her because I wanted
hcr money. She had a $1,000 insur-
ance policg IN favor Of my mother
put arsenic in her food I hac
specialized IL chemistry and knew
Just what 70 DO
But It turned out TO be rather
futile. tie insurance policy haa
lap5ed and there wasn't any $4,000
But I do get about $500 cash she
Lad leit me for music studies
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22

Sgt. Cleo Rogers. 20. son of MIS-
Della Leist, Boynton. Okla.
construction. it was learned today.
". Walter Timmis, head of the
WPB's heating and plumbing. sairi
the orders. awaiting final action
BY WPB officials. would restrict
such equipment TO defense housin :
projects and 70 plants holding war
contracts for necessary expansions.
They also would provide for sub
stltution Of many materials normally
used in its manufacture to conserve
critical metals for armament out
put.
Among specific proposals to con-
serve materials was one providing
for installation of showers instead
of bath tubs in defense homes.
In industrial plants. unit heaters
would be used instead of hot water
or steam pipes since the later
would use greater quantities of
critical metals.
Terra Gotta and porcelain would
be used for bath tubs and other
plumbing fixtures which now are
made of iron or steel
Officials said 500 pounds Of metal
could be saved through the substi-
tuition of hot air heating for radiat-
ors in housing units which now re-
quire 700 pounds of critical materials
needed for war purposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
Wire Fighting
Volunteers Form
New Units Here

Volunteer fire fighting cempan
les being organized by the council
of defense. the state forest service
and the agriculture extension ser
vice to safeguard Imperial county
farms are continuing organization
and primary activity. Farm Advisor
Frank BeySchlag said Saturday
On Friday night the Jasper dis
trict elected Marvin Gardner as
area fireman and Y. X Reod ant
Willard Wagner as assistants at A
farm center meeting.
The three will act as commit
tee to obta u necessary equipment
In the Magnolia area, Fireman
N. L Fifield and assistants, MaY
Phegley and Y. + Buffers arc
planning a sirYe" of farm fir
hazards and locations of available
equipment between the Mesquite
and Oxalis canals The surref
will be completed within the .leXt
two weeks
Nine Other raachfrs signed up
as volunteer tremen at the organ
i2atisn meeting in Magnolia school
Thursday night.