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The Keesler field news., 1942-06-03
TRAIN 2s LIFE GUARDS

Anotner LIE Guard course
opened at Keesler on Monday.
More than Is additional guards
viii be trained to supplement the
complement now working through
the A. g. r. office.
The training program Is in CO.
operation with and under the sup
ervision Of the American Red
Evening star., 1942-07-16
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, 1912

government to It's rightful SOW
ereignty."
C:r~, C,yJfo y, i1o n1fdA
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difficult. Mr.. Stimson reiterated and
he said information had been made
public as rapidly rs it was received.
Getting Good Production.
Asked about reports that the Navy
planned to acquire land planes for
its operations in various areas, and
how this might affect the Army's
acquisition of aircraft, Mr. Stimson
replied. why, they are going to
take some of our planes, but of
course we are now getting into good
production"
We are helping the Navy in every
possible way" he said, land in some
cases are placing complete air units
with their personnel under naval
command.
This was notably true, he said, in
the case of the coastal patrol.
Secretary Stimson made numer-
Gus miscellaneous announcements at
his press conference today. They
included:
A battalion of Norwegian SOL
diers, including citizens of Norway
living in this country and Amer
leans who speak Norwegian, will be
organized at an unset date at Camp
Ripley. Mimi, to serve with the
Army's ground forces. The Secre-
| tary noted that the battalion o1
Norwegian nations would demon
strate to the Norwegian people all
over the world the determination
of the United States to restore theil
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Arlington Rotion Board
Lists Its Office Hours

Oficials of Arlington County S
Rationing Board announced the
office would be open from $3.50 to
. pm. today, tomorrow and Satur-
day for registration of trucks and
buses. Gasoline books also will be
issued.
1t was announced also that the
board will be open until 10 pm
July 81 to register dealers whose
stations close at 7 pm. and from
$50 am. to 5 pm. July % for regis
tration of dealers whose stations
close later than pm.
! No supplemental gasoline coupons
will be issued until July "a, board
officials said, asking Arlington mo-
torists to watch the papers for an
nouncement of the time.
Board officials said they would
meet with dealers and intermediate
distributors to explain the program
and to answer questions at $50 pm
Sunday in the county court room.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Monpower
Continued From First Page.l

exaggerated their skills on question
naires
That a number of the men have
been found with skills in which
there are shortages, although they
are now engaged in non essential
work An example of this is the
electrical engineer who has been
selling electrical appliances.
The willingness of men to change
jobs was the No. question mark
in the minds of manpower officials
since there is no compelling force,
outside of possible application of a
work or fight" policy to force men
to stransfer to war industry jobs
Mr.. Jones said that some of the
men have asked the effect of war
job on their draft status but he
had referred them to the local
boards for the answer to that.
So far, he said, qualifications for
a job. rather than whether or not
the man has dependents, have de-
termined the selection of those to be
interviewed.
A large percentage of those
already classified as to their skills
fall into the non-essential group,
he said, since Washington is funda-
mentally a white collar town.
Most needed are those with me-
charical skills and professional men
particularly engineers.
The men are classified by primary
secondary and lesser skills, but so far
only those have been called where
the skill needed falls in the primary
group, or the skill in which the man
is most experienced.
Some men have been called fol-
Jobs in other cities, but here the re-
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action has been less favorable. al
though a minority are willing to
leave Washington.
On the postwar e-employment
question, Mr.. Jones said most OF the
men seem unfamiliar with the eXeCu-
tive order guaranteeing them their
Jobs back in the Government service
if they leave to take essential jobs IN
or out of the Government.
Individual Arrangements.
To guarantee employment for
workers taken from private industry,
Mr.. Jones said individual arrange
ments are being worked out with prl-
vate employers.
With Is people working on the
missionaries at the employment
service. the local Office has been
able to move faster than in some
other cities. 1t was understood that
some industrial cities are pressed to
keep up with day-to day placing de-
mands and can allow their employees
to work on the questionnaires only
in their spare time.
Mr.. Jones said the questionnaires
were giving the local office an in
sight into the labor picture here
never before obtained. Heretofore
all records at the employment CEN
ter have been of volunteers, which
kept the office ION the fringe" OF
the labor picture, since a. number
of men either never lost their jobs
or we're able to find new ones with
out assistance from the employment
center.
Many Others to Come
| Draft boards have told him, he
said, that total of 100000 ques-
tionnaires would be sent on when
all those who have already regis.
! tered have returned their filled out
| blanks. No missionaries have yet
been received from the men between
As and "a who registered in Apri
or the 18 to 20 year olds who reg
! istered June 80. Mr.. Jones is ex-
pecting his greatest windfall Of
available skilled men from the for.
mer group.
"If we had cards like this or
women" he said, we would know
the labor picture exactly"
Registration of women is still or
voluntary basis.
In calling in the men for inter
views, Mr.. Jones explained, post
card is used except in cases where
the job for which the registrant i;
wanted is confidential or where the
man is professional who might no.
answer a post card summons.
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Subsidy Arranged
To Lower Cost Of
Gasoline and Oil
RetuiI Price in East
To Be Reduced When
Details Are Completed

r, the Associated rress
~ The once of Price Administration
today promised a reduction in gaso-
line and oil prices on the East
Coast as soon as subsidy provisions
are worked out.
OPA recently permitted an in
crease of 2ls cents gallon on gaso-
line on the East Coast to compen-
safe the oil companies for the higher
cost OF shipping fuel by tank car
than by tank ship. The cheaper
form of tanker transportation had
to be curtailed because. of the sub
marine menace.
4~ Secretary of Commerce Jones yes
terday read a statement to the
Senate Banking Committee III
which he said that unless petrole-
um products could be moved not
only would the civilian popu-
lation suffer from lack of fuel oil
for heat but a great amount of war
production would be seriously
retarded"
, Secretary Jones relayed to the
committee statement from the
rubber industry that with a
minimum amount of natural rub
ber and a modest amount of scrap.
existing tires can, with careful
driving and constant attention, be
kept going for two years or longer y
Retreading with thiokol. which
uses small amounts of critical
materials, can add 5000 to 10000
miles to the life of tire, he said,
and a material called "fexon,' 9
made from oil derivatives, is prom
Using. while the ''so-called butyl
rubber bids fair to make a tire
probably half as good as natural
rubber"
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Mrs. Roosevelt Urges July Diet
Of Peaches and Fried Chicken
Asks Servicemen and USO to Reheorse
Victory Revues' to Insure 'Decency

are being urged to can as much
as possible, Miss Nichols said. with
extra amounts of sugar being per-
mitted by the Office of Price I'D
ministration for the purpose.
Miss Nichols went OH to say that
now more than s6O00.000 a day is
being spent for lease lend food, in
cluding more than 100000 dozen
eggs a day and 100000 pounds
of canned and cured pork day.
Canning at Hyde Park.
Mrs Roas evelt has been canning
large amounts of string beans, beetS,
raspberr!es and strawberries on her
Hyde Park estate, she said, with
sweet corn. tomatoes and lima beans
to be canned later. While she has
not done any of the canning her
self. she Is attempting to put up
enough tc avoid having to buy any
more canned food this year for her
Hyde Park or her New York City
home.
Mrs. Roosevelt will attend a
luncheon in New York tomorrow
for Miss Harriet Elliott, former
administrator of the Consumer
Division of the Office Of Price
Administration before going to
Hyde Park where Hans Kinder
National Symphony Orchestra lead
er. will conduct a concert of the
Poughkeepsie Symphony Orchestra
on SUNDAY. Next week she will
attend an International Student
Service Institute in both Asheville
N. c., and Campobello, New Bruins
wick.
Mrs. Roosevelt assured her con-
ference that the management OF
the Meridian Hill hotel for women
had informed her that there would
be no minimum requirement on
salaries for tenants. Originally a
minimum OF $1,000 a year had been
announced.
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Mrs. Roosevelt jumped from a
discussion of the morals of soldiers
to advocating a peaches and fried
chicken diet for Americans during
the rest of July when she held her
press conference at the White House
this morning.
After Mrs. Roosevelt had intro
duced an Agriculture Department
expert who described the surplus OF
peaches and young chickens this
summer, the Presidents wife con-
cluded her conference with rec
ommandation that all shows given by
servicemen by the Office OF Civilian
Defense and other agencies be re-
hearsed first to insure "decency."
While servicemen must be mature
enough to handle their own affairs
before they are accepted into the
Army or Navy, Mrs Roosevelt main
tanned she still believed that when
Shows are done by the OCD or
recreation services, they should be
rehearsed to be sure they are de-
cent"
"VictOry Revues."
The subject was brought up by
newspaperwomen who had attended
the first of series of Victory Re-
vues" at the Sylvan Theater last
Saturday and expressed differing
opinions as to the tone of the acts.
To one newspaperwoman who
mentioned the costumes of the
dancers in the show, Mrs. Roosevelt
said, Il don't believe the soldiers
were shocked =. were they?'
Mrs. Roosevelt stressed that she
had not seen the particular Victory
Revue mentioned.
Miss Alice Nichols of the Market
ing Reports Division of the Agri-
cultural Marketing Administration
told the group that peaches are to
be a victory special" in grocery
stores from today to August . ana
that young broilers and fryers are
specials from today through July Is.
Plea to Housewives.
Housewives are asked to include
some of both of these commodities
in their weekly menus, Miss Nichols
explained, because the huge amounts
of canned and processed food being
sent to Allies abroad has necessl-
tated purchase by American house
wives of perishable foods rather than
prepared ones.
"The American housewife should
put her can opener away where
she can't find it and buy only
perishable foods" Miss Nichols ad-
vocated. A phenomenal hatch" Of
young chickens in the last two years
because of the Agriculture Depart
ment's food for victory drive and an
above average peach crop soon will
flood the market with these two
items.
Both urban and rural housewives
Evening star., 1942-07-16
R. H. Murphy's Funeral
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Special Dispatch to The Star.
+ ROCKVILLE, Md, July 16.-Rich-
ard Hatton Murphy, So, resident
of this vicinity for 80 years, died
Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Penn near here
Services will be held at $50 am.
tomorrow from ST. Mary's Catholic
Church, Rockville. The Rev. Thomas
j. McKew, pastor, will conduct the
rites. Burial will be in ST. Mary's
Cemetery, near Rockville.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Syrian Natives Reported
Attacking British
p, the Associated Press,

FS the ASSOCIATED FIess.
VICHY, July 16.-French press
dispatches from Syria reported today
that outlying Syrian tribes had been
joined by Kurds from Iraq and
Iran in raids on British commune
cations lines across the Eastern
Syrian desert to Mosul on the upper
Tigris River in Northern Iraq.
The attacks Aere said to have
forced the British to strengthen
garrisons along the desert routes
Native demonstrations were re-
ported in some of the British-pa-
troled towns.
The dispatches said natives were
harvesting at night and refusing
to deliver wheat to the British.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Prices
Continued From First Page.)

compensate for rising costs of
living.
No Funds for Subsidies
The Senate in voting on the price
bill yesterday retained a ban against
using OPA funds for subsidies to
business to enforce price ceilings.
But it let Mr.. Henderson retain a
free hand in making appointments
and removed some proposed new re-
strictions on his authority to fix
price ceilings for processed farm
commodities.
On the farm price question, 1t
merely restated existing law pro-
viding that farm prices could not
be fixed below ITO per cent of parity
(the purchasing power farm COM
modities had in 1909-14), and that
price ceilings for processed farm
commodities reflect this ITO per cent
81 parity to the original grower,
A proposal for confirmation OF
OPA jobs over $4,5o0 was stricken
from the bill.
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Given Sulfanilamide.
Soldier first aid kits now contain
five grams of crystalline sulfanila-
mide each for sprinkling on wounds
as protection against infection as
we'll as tablets Of sulfanilamide to
be taken internally.
The Army needs nearly 10000
additional doctors by the end OF this
year, and is setting up nine new
medical officers recruiting boards to
enlist them.
One such Medical Officers' Recruit
ing Board already is operating in
each State, and the War Depart
ment now has authorized creation
of two more in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and California, and one more
in Massachusetts,, Ohio and Illinois
Steel has been substituted for
brass in the manufacture of artillery
cartridge cases, saving enormous
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Stins;on

Continued From First Page.)
the Aleutians, where the japanese
have landed on some of the outer
islands, reconnaissance is extremely
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10

and had been conniving with her a
day or two before. They did not go
any farther in the school bus, but
transferred the girls, instruments
and music to a commercial bus and
fled on to Jackson, Tenn, on their
way to Washington
Dishman said a recent schedule
Of the itinerary, published in a col
ored newspaper, enabled him to
know where the orchestra would he
and therefore had the leader, Rae
Lee, arrested here in Jackson at
the Armory.
Lodged in the Madison County
Jail at this time, Rae Lees rhythm
in sharps is in the Jail flats and
the measures of her bars are the
length Of the jailbars. her notes are
small quarters and her rests will be
longer than usual.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10

J FULL TlME-
(by Peter Dana)
New York (Calvin's News Service)
Harlem offices Of the March
on Washington" movement, on the
ground floor Of the Hotel Theresa
building, 18th avenue at 125th St,
are busy full time these days, as
the idea Of protest in the name Of
democratic unity and full mob liza
ton Of American manpower, sym
bolized by the movement, reaches
throughout the country. A Philip
Randolph and his associates, who
have been speaking in a score Of
metropolitan areas throughout the
country in recent weeks, are now a
force for characterization Of Amer
ica's war effort which, whatever,
the embarrassments Of the Admins
tration at Washington, must, it Is
generally believed, count for the
total national good.
If there should be any question Of
the sincerity Of the "'March on
Washington" movement as a result
Of the calling off Of the projected
march in the summer Of 1871, after
certain concessions from Washing
ton, most notable of which was the
establishment Of the Presidents
Fair Employment Practice Commit
tee. it would appear that there is
not sufficient acquaintance with
the continuing work of the move
ment's staff and the increasing en-
thusiasm with which the idea guild
ing the movement is meeting among
colored citizens throughout the ma
ton.
About one thing there can be no
doubt: the energetic and efficient
staff of the movement, mostly vol
unteer workers, entertain no doubt
as to the value and timeliness of
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10

long Identified with labor, industry,
or public activities. Mrs. Maudelle
Bousfield, Principal Wendell Phil
lips High School, Chicago, is a men,
scr Of the committee. The group
will submit its recommendations to
the Chairman of the Commission
and will work in close collaboration
with the Commissions National
Management Labor Policy Commit
tee which advises the Chairman On
matters Of manpower policy.
other Commission officials heard
by the Committee, an all-day dis
cussion Of the War Manpower or
SANITATION and problems related to
he employment and training great
ly increased numbers Of women, in
Fowler V. Harper, Deputy
Chairman of the Commission; Ar
hur j. Altmeyer, Executive Direc-
tor; General Frank j. McSherry, Di-
rector Of Operations; Sara Southall,
and Thelma McKelvey, Of the On
erations staff Of the Commission;
Charles Schottland, Director of the
Day Care Sections of the Office Of
Defense Health and Welfare; Arth-
ur Flemming, Civil Service Commits
and Chairman Of the Nation
al Management Labor Policy Com
mittee; and Raymond Rubicam, Spec
ial Assistant to Chairman McNutr.
Subsequent meetings of the Com
mittee will be held each month il
Washington.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10
MUST INCREASE
NEGRO WOMEN
WORKERS Says McNutt

over 5,OOO,O 900 women. including
an increased number of Negro work
ers, must be added to the total now
employed by the end of 1943, Char
man Paul v. McNutt Of the war
Manpower Commission told the
Commissions new Women's Advis-
DRY Committe at its first meeting
here Thursday, october 4, 1912.
Four-fifths Of all war jobs can be
performed by women, Mr.. McNutt
pointed out, but a long tradition has
limited their employment. Employ
ment Of women is an immediate nee
sssity in some war production cen
ters, he added, because overburden-
ed housing and Transportation faciI-
tiles viii not premit further in-mi-
grafton Of outside workers.
The country's womanpower prob
lem, MI. McNutt said, goes far be-
yond signing women UP for jobs.
It includes training, plant living
arrangements which take account Of
5he presence Of women, and revis-
ion of industrial processes to in
crease the number Of jobs women
can perform.
The Women's Advisory Commit
tee was appointed early last month
by Chairman McNutt to consider
important questions concerning the
WAR Manpower Commission prog
ram for effective use of women in
the war effort. Its membership IN
cludes twelve prominent women,
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10

| their enterprise. Their belief II
their leader, "A. Philip Randolph
which apparently is spreading tc
more and more people, is unques,
toned and should appear to extend
the vigor with which they carry for
ward the work of the organization.
THE TIME is NOW!
Typical Of the feeling of the peo-
pie carrying on the organizations
work is the comment of Theophilus
Lewis, recently put in charge Of
the movements publicity. Mr..
Lewis says: THE March on Wash
ington idea must be understood, if
at all, in terms Of the need to mob
ilize our total citizen power. The
March is no mere pressure group,
m~otivated by selfish impulses, try
ing to win an advantage over Other
citizens. While the movement is
attempting to bring pressure to
bear on our responsible government
authorities ... and this is a notable
and approved democratic practice
the pressure is completely Democrat
ic and patriotic. 1t is said on every
hand that America needs her full
resources and strength to win this
war. We of the March on Wash
ington movement take this as the
literal truth; and we believe that
the time is now to do what we a
to e that no prejudice or previous
shortcoming in our national life is
allowed to hinder an about effort
for victory.
Continuing MIR. Lewis asserted
that he did not for one instant agree
with those colored Americans who
say this is no time to be kicking up
a fuss about the situation here at
home, when We are fighting a war.
on the contrary, he said: $50 far
from this kind of talk being patriot
ic or sound, it is Of a piece with the
complacency Of our pre-Pearl Har-
UaEw atraaAsEMaxaNrb9
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10

Dor, pro-isolationist days. And it
is the sort Of thing which has failed
us and will fail us in the trying
days ahead. The March on Wash
ington movement doesn't hope for a
miracle, for the millennium; it is
Immediately concerned to implelu-
ent the total defense of this coun-
try. what all our important lead
ers r calling for. by insisting
on the full and equal participation
Of colored Americans in America.
citizenship and its obligations,
whether in industry, government
work, or the armed Services"
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NEGRO SOLDIERS MISTREATEI
IN ENGLAND?
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Continued from page u
on my part the points of view OF
all concerned will be mutually IN.
derstood and respected
If this means that the prime min.
lister is needing the pleas Of the
southern contingent reported to be
in the majority in the British Isles.
then he will give India and the
darker races another puzzler in
their demands to know why they
are fighting.
1t is reported that several out
bursts have occurred in the British
Isles never reported fully to the A.
m~erican public. Such racial out
bursts are not helpful to the cause
of democracy and when they reach
a point that they have to be discuss
ed on the floor Of the house Cf
commons, it is highly reminiscent OF
the Bourbon southern members OF
our own legislative body who know
no better than to halt important
legislation with racial chickering's.
Nothing short of an official ex.
PLANTATION will satisfy the American
Negroes who are being called upon
to serve without question and with
out promise of redress. Too many
incidents" are also occurring right
here in America to permit this par.
ticular thing to 60 unchallenged
and unnoticed.
Southern whites are taking their
creed Of hatred into the armed fore
es and instead Of fighting against
the foes Of civilization, are help1ns
the cause Of the axis powers bv
their W benlghted ideals, an Offic-
Al 0 fthe war department says.
Wherever they go, they carry
heir p~rejudices and hatreds and try
to inculcate other peoples with them
t is believed that the rank and file
II English subjects are not in AZ
ord with Mr.. Churchill's policy Of
adopting the American procedure
This is proven by the comradeship
which exists among the fighting
men themselves, something ult-
known to the bluebloods and brass
hats at the top.
Sec. Stimson was absent Thurs
day morning and the scheduled
press conference was cancelled, or
some questions concerning the mat.
ter would have been addressed him.
The Omaha guide., 1942-10-10

not accomplished without physical
hardship and ~privation on the part
of the officers and men, but no ham
dicaps of weather or terrain were,
sufficient to dampen the enthusiasm
of the troops or retard prog aess.
Aside from the endurance and ef-
ficiency of the force, among whom
a large detachment of Negro troop
acquitted themselves with special
distinction. three main factors con-
tributed to the speed with which
construction had been carried on,
said tEo war department.
A month ago, TIE feats Of the Ne
gro troops in this difficult task
were recounted by the Associated
Negro Press, which learned Of the
fine work those men were doing.