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Evening star., 1942-05-04
Carnegie-|||inois
Defended by 0Ids
On W.P.B. Charges
Would Be Remarkable
IfSome Orders Had Not
Been Violated, He Says
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
HOBOKEN, N. j., May 4.-Irving
S. Olds, chairman, today defended
the United States Steel Corp. of re-
cent charges by the War Production
Board that its principal subsidiary,
Carnegie-Illin Steel, had "delib-
erately" violated priority orders on
war work.
At the 41st annual meeting of
shareholders Mr.. Olds said:
With the magnitude of Carnegie
Illinois operations it would be re-
markable If there had not been some
instances since May 81, 194l, where
strict compliance with priority or
ders and regulations has not taken
place
But I can assure the stockhold-
ers Of the corporation that such
instances, If any, have not been
deliberate and have been of rela-
lively minor significance in COM
parison with Carnegie Illinois vast
contribution toward fulfillment of
the Government defense and war
production programs.
Gradual Evolution.
"The whole system of priorities
and ALLEGATION has been a gradual
evolution over a period of many
months, dissected through the issu-
ance by the Government Of numer-
Gus rules, regulations and directives.
They have not been entirely
free of ambiguity, gaps and contra
dictions, and a literal compliance
Herewith was difficult. to say the
least.
These words are not spoken in
criticism of any one. The orderly
scheduling of a large steel rolling
mill is a most complicated affair.
The task of those at Washington
formulating the priority orders and
regulations, and of those at the
steel mills putting rolling schedules
into effect to accord with these
orders and regulations, was highly
involved and difficult"
Mr.. Olds said Carnegie Illinois
Steel's plate production increased
from approximately 100000 tons
in 1910 to about 1000 900 in 1941 and
was currently at the annual rate
of 100000 tons.
Points to Production.
Carnegie Illinois Is now" Mr..
Olds said, land for some time past
has been, producing a far larger
share of the entire country's plate
production than its proportion Of
the Nations steel making capacity.
In addition to the construction of
large additional facilities of undis-
closed value, to be owned by the
Government and operated by United
States Steel subsidiaries, Mr.. Olds
revealed that the corporation itself
had expended about Sill 900 900 of
its own funds for additions and
betterments to facilities during l941.
For the current month, he said,
99.l per cent of all steel on Carnegie
Illinois rolling schedule bears .
priority rating Ak, or better.
Analyzing the steel corporation's
1941 net income of $l16,171,075, Mr..
Olds said that it amounted after
income taxes and all charges except
interest on funded debt, to TOO per
cent Of the value Of the net assets,
which are total assets less current
liabilities. This compared, he said,
with 699 per cent in 1910; with 4.59
per cent for the flve-year period,
1e37-1941 and with lbs per cent for
the period 1932-1941.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Washington Produce

BUTTER-e3 score. tubs. ~: l-pouno
prints. 4217; h-pound prints, 43: 90 score,
tubs. 4ot3; 1.pound prints, Al; A-pound
prints. 4034; A-pound prints, 4lH; 80
score. tubs 399.; l-pound prints, 40A; "a
pound prints. 40a.; 80 score, tubs 49,
l-pound prints 39h; A-pound prints, 40
IS score, tubs; 3sh;, l-pound prints 3sA
i<-pound prints, 39L.
LIVESTOCK - Calves, IA; spring
lambs. IA
sIlsss Ss,a net ,.9s- a9e- ggssnins.9q2 -
Federal-Stste graded eggs received from
sradins stations MAY A.: Whites. U. S.
extras, large, 1885, mostly 35; U S.
standards, large 3O-32. mostly 80: u. S.
standards. medium, 29-30, mostly 80:
Q. S. extras, large, 3l-33. mostly 81 E-32;
q. S. extras. medium. 1890, mostly, GOA;
u s. standards, large 29-3l, mostly 80;
U S. standards. medium. 27l7-30, mostly
271z: u. S. trades. 1927, mostly 26.
Nearby ungraded eggs: Current receipts:
Whites, 27.2s; mixed e9ioIs: 2e,27. Re
celpts Government-sraded eRgs. III cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Colored. 4 pounds and up, %; Leghorn
hens, ga pounds and UP. Is: heavier hens
eiShs, s5es.n and Ma2ysnd foef,
and crosses broilers and fryers all sizes
2Q-2l. mostly 20; No Is. l2-l3; Reds
Is-I9. Turkeys, old toms, 1s; old hens
20-2l.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Retailers Enlist 10 Sell
Billion Dollars Worth
OF Bonds and Stamps
Business and Treasury
Representatives Meet to
Nap Huge Campaign

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 4.-The Amer
lean retail family. a gigantic total
of 100000 persons, enlisted for the
campaign to sell a billion dollars
worth of United States stamps and
bonds in 1912.
Meeting to formulate plans for the
drive were business representatives
from all parts of the Nation and
Treasury officials A retailers for
victory" clinic and forum, sponsored
by the Retail Advisory Committee
of the Treasury was held at which
reports were made on local and
Statewide campaigns.
In a scheduled address to the
group, which also included Canadian
business executives, Benjamin H.
Namm, Brooklyn merchant and
SOiiiiiIitVCC SlldA AldAl, odlQ OlldI Ill
though retailers would be active
in all phases of the war effort, the
sale of securities Of survival" would
be their number one contribution
to the speedy inevitable defeat Of the
Axis powers"
Mr.. Namm said that the Nations
merchants, ranging from the clerks
behind the counters in the smallest
country stores to the executives in
the largest businesses, have pledged
to sell this year a billion dollars
Of stamps and war bonds.
Mr.. Namm said that on behalf
Of the committee, he had cabled
Gen. Douglas Macarthur that the
retailers of America shall do our
full part to provide you and your
brave men with all the ships and
tanks, planes and guns that you
may need to win this war"
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Chicago Grain
b. tht Associated Press.

b tht Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 4.-Advancing
for the fifth consecutive session,
wheat prices today rose as much as
a cent. but then lost practically all
Of the gain.
Buying Of mills and professional
dealers was followed by scattered
profit taking. Bullishness inspired
by approval of the marketing quota
system and loan programs, with
large percentage of the new crop
expected to be held off the market
II prices do not advance several
cents, was offset by failure Of -four
business to expand in proportions
some traders had expected. Profit
taking was attracted by the net
gains of to cents since last weeks
lows were established.
Wheat closed unchanged to %
higher, compared with Saturday;
May. s12lh-1a; July, sl243s-1z;
corn unchanged to 1s down; May,
8594; July, 683s; oats unchanged to
4 up; soybeans, 's of to Is up;
rye, A-1a higher.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Baltimore Livestock

BALTIMORE, May 4 lp, UNITED States
Department Of Agriculture Cattle.
l,025, INCLUDING 300 hodovers, steers
slow, mostly 25 love-. than last Thursday;
cows. and bulls moderately active. fully
steady; loads and part loads 960-1 .15O-
pound good grade steers. 1900 the mar
sold from l2 oo-I3 s 90 medium grade
steers ll25- 1900; canner, cutter and
common grade cows mostly 1909 so:
few fat beef cows upward to II 90: sausage
bulls largely 1o.00-75; few beef bulls
Calves 325, strong to so higher; ad-
vance applying 10 choice grade vealers;
top. $4,000. paid Spsringly; good TO choice
I4.oo-I5.90; common to medium largely
Hogs: $500. 70 hisher than rridsy;
211 pounds, IA 420-45; l60-lS0 pounds
ard 22O-?40 pounds. IA 4OO-25; 24O-25O
PSsSs5 PS sSoos66 pounds. 1885, So unas Iso:
l40 pounds. 1320-45; l20-l3O pounds
l3 1925: packing sows, 12.60-13.10.
Sheep, 150; strong to so higher: good
to eholee, 7o-s7- pound spring lambs,
lambs. 14.0o-15.50; no sheep offered.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Steel Producers Fear
Squeeze on Costs
And Prices
O. P. A. Reported Toying
With Ideo Of Cuts,
Puy Ruises Talked
Ry the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, May 4.-Divergen.
cies between policies Of the o. P. A
and the War Labor Board threaten
a squeeze play" against steel pro-
ducers, the magazine steel" de-
clared today.
The Office of Price Administra-
tion is reported toying with the idea
of reducing steel prices, the review
said. while there are indications the
w. L. B. may recommend wage
increase for workers.
Although "it appears improbable
that o. P. A. actually will direct a
reduction in prices under present
conditions" the magazine contin-
ued:
wv. L. B. is studying the request
of the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee for s1-a-day wage ad-
vance in the case of the little steel
companies. While decision in this
case is not expected until June, re-
cent decisions by the board and
comments by board members, espe-
cially its chairman, w. H. Davis
indicate that it is not improbable
the board will recommend at least
some increase. Despite President
Roosevelt's declaration against fur
ther wage increases in his anti
imitation speech April %, w. l.. B.
Chairman Davis said he thought
wages would remain flexible.
Other Costs Rising.
even if the wage increases were
denied other factors are even now
increasing costs. Taxes for the cur
rent year will be much greater than
last. Overtime will become more
common as more workers are drawn
into the armed forces and the labor
shortage becomes more acute.
First-uuarter earnings statements
show sharp declines from the com
parable period last year. In most
cases profit was little more than
half the 1e41 figure, due to wage
increases granted last spring and
to necessity for large provisions Tor
taxes and contingencies"
Shipbuilding requiremnets are
sending plate production toward a
new high this month of around
1000 900 tons. the review forecast
100000 to l25,000 tons above the
April estimate. Bars and sheets
are close to plates in volume Of re-
uuirements for war purposes and
top priorities have accumulated SO
that general ALLEGATION seems likely
to be applied soon.
Mill Operations Up.
Steel-making operations last week
were computed at 80 per cent OF
capacity, up half a point and the
highest since June, 1941-and rep
resentiNg a much larger tonnage
than the 1941 month because of in
creased capacity. st. Louis, drop
ping 5 points to 88, was the only
district to show q decline. Gamers
were Chicago, u to 105; Cincinnati
liz to 80; Detroit, to 90; Cleve-
land, 6 to 93h; New England, to
90. Unchanged were Buffalo. 90;
Birmingham, 95; Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, "a; Pittsburgh, 951a; Wheel
ing, s21a; youngstown, "a.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK May QP).-Late foreign
exchange rates follow 'Great Britain in
dollars. others in centsl
Canada: Ofncial Canadian Control Board
rates for U. 8. dollars: Buying, 10 per cent
premium; sellipg IL per cent premium:
lars in New York Of buying. 9.9l per cent;
selling, 200 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market, l1h per cent discount, or ss.12is
u 8. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, ofncial Bankers
INF; 4,o2; seliinss 4.o4' open market;
ea7T: free. 23. .6sJ Brazil. ofieisl. sobn:
free s. .2on: Mexico 2o.67n.
indicated)
- Nominal
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Money Market

NEW YORK, May 4 P.-Call money
steady; per cent prime commercial paper.
Time loans steady; 5000 days. IA: As
months, u per cent.
Bankers acceptances UNCHANGED
Sixty-ninety days, NJ. per cent.
Four months. ~ per cent.
Five-six months, s.-i. per cent.
l per cent.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Steel Production
Expected to Run
At 1916 Per
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. May 4-The Ma
tons steel mills will operate this
week at 98.6 per cent of capacity,
producing 1.674.800 net tons of in
gots, the American Iron and Steel
Institute estimated today.
That was a decrease of 3 of l
per cent from last weeks $50 per
cent rate, which was equivalent to
1,679 900 net tons of steel, and COM
pared with 98.6 per cent or l,674,80O
tons month ago and 96.8 per cent
or ,562 200 tons year ago.
Evening star., 1942-05-04

Wheat No. . mixed, l.2lN4; No. hard.
I22A
yellow, s4a4 a4-s6s. No. .. s4fa-seia: No 8.
s4,,s4ia; No, 4. s3-s3H; sample grade,
9sa. No. 4. 9s; sample grade. white, 76.
Oats No. l mixed. 5S-5s2: No / white
5S'4-59: No. >. 5sH; No. 3. 56h -5717: No.
4, 55ls-A; sample grade feed. 533.
Barley mailing, s3-1 nominal: feed
and screenings. 56-65, nominal; No .
No. 3, 9S
Soybeans. No . yellow, 1901: No. 4,
INV; sample grade, yellow, 1874.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Pittsburgh Steel Prices

NEW YORK. May LP).-Steel prices
per 100 pounds. fob. Pittsburgh:
Hot-rolled sheets. base price, 2.l0.
Galvanized sheets $50.
Steel bars, 2l5
Evening star., 1942-05-04

o. 10 oT s.n. IN
under Bankruptcy Act, or securities as.
sumed by such .companies. Rates Of divi-
dends in the foregoing table are annual
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other.
wise noted, special OF extra dividends are
not included. I'd Ex dividend. xr TX
stock. Declared or paid so far this year
PAYABLE in stock. Paid last year Pay
dividends paid or declared this year.
Evening star., 1942-05-04

The war we're in Is the war to
win! Buy War bonds.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Transit Co.'S at 20; Is at
20; 10 at 20.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
By Privots Wire
OVONNS Direct to The Star

STOCK ano Sales
Dividend Rate Add 90. HiRh.Low. Close.
Aero Supply B .15e- l 5 B
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, May 4 Pp.-
Regular.
Evening star., 1942-05-04
BONDS
STOCKS

M1SOELI-hINEOOC.
Ter Rf&W Cp 1st 4AS 1o4s lO2h
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10
DETROIT EVENING TINES (PHoNE CHERRY SsUu,

nine working hours for six days
a week.
The practice of working two
Jobs at the same time is now
being encouraged, while it was
previously forbidden. Any man
who can work a full day on one
job and a half day on another is
encouraged to do so.
An absolute must for country
people this year is TO work on
farms. Retired farmers and wives
Iof farm workers who have been
living on allowances from their
husbands at the front are par.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10
ticularly hard hit by this decision.

ticularly hard hit by this decision.
Where possible, each person
must also cultivate little garden.
They may augment their regular
food rations by raising chickens
and rabbits. If they refuse to do
the latter they are cut to regular
rations for everything they eat.
A Capitalization of production
in the better equipped factories is
also taking place In order to save
labor and step up production. The
small factories with poor produc.
ton facilities are being closed ano
the workers there are being SEN
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

TO larger. moro efficient plants so
24-hour work scheduled may be
EMPLOYERS PUNISHED
Factory owners who divert
labor from specified channels are
being sent to concentration camps.
One factory manager received
such a sentence when il was dis
covered he was using two women
workers in his plant as maids in
his home.
Because of the number of
women working in Germany, peri
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

odical appeals are made to the men
to berchivalrous towards them.
Official figures show that 1000
900 more women are now en-
ployed than at the beginning OF
the war.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

The 100000 prisoners of war
working in Germany are about
divided between agricul-
ture. road construction and forestry
projects on one side and industry
on the other.
OF the lot II has been admitted
that the Soviet prisoners are of
the least use TO Germany. First.
the ravages of war have reduced
their working capacity and Sec
ondly. the heavy guard necessi-
tated 10 make them work for the
Nazis has made IL impractical.
Although intensified recruiting
OF civilian labor was attempted in
the parts of Russia occupied by
the Germans IL is admitted that
not only Is IL difficult to find
laborers but once they have agreed
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10
Drained Monpower
PeriIsNoziWorPIons
Drafting and Mobilizine Labor
Fails to Keep Fighting Machine Fit

ugo Speck International News Service correspondent who
returned this Germany where he nerned with
other American correspondents after the
reveals in the following article that the Naz labor
shortage importation Of from Italy
and other Hter heel has failed alleviate it,
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, is one Of many
famous features I'm The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

Tomorrow, I'm another inside
story about Germany, Hugo
Speck reveals some moro weak
spots I'm the Nazi war machine.)
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

to come to Germany the problem
of transporting them still remains,
another bottleneck in the labor
problem.
LABOR CONSCRIPTED
Besides recruiting and importing
labor from every place possible,
the conscription Of labor at home
and in the occupied territories is
now being resorted TO in an at
tempt to fill labor needs in Ger
many.
A limit once existed on the time
laborers conscripted in Germany
proper could be held. The limit
used to be three months but that
has been abolished and the 1,y0.-
600 Germans who have been con-
scripted into the jobs tney no|
hold can be held for an indefinite
period by their employers.
Even more binding than this Is
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10
FOREIGNERS AT WORK

OF the foreign workers Az, 900
are women. Only about half OF
these are employed in agriculture
where laborers are SO sorely
needed. The others work as wait
resses. and in textile and canning
factories. :
The Polish workers In Germany
are, for the most part. released
war prisoners. In reality, how
ever. they are still prisoners as
they are not allowed to leave Ger
many or return to Poland. The
Poles are employed in a manner
almost comparable to coolie labor.
In addition to war tax they are
compelled to pay on their wages.
they are taxed a fiat Is per cent
on their earnings and are allowed
no benefits under German social
IeCisIafioys-
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

the scheme now being used IN
certain parts OF Saxony. There
an out-and-out return to the
feudal system has taken place.
The workers are not only bound
TO the employer but unable 10 quit.
But II they do not show sufficient
speed they may be fined for in
efficiency" M
10 HOURS A DAY
Working hours for men have
been fixed at 10 hours a day for
six days a week and a large per-
centage put in two hours overtime
each day. For women. there are
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

NEW YORK, June 10.-Short-
age of labor is one of the biggest
stumbling blocks threatening Ger
many's war machine.
Even with drafting and mobiliz-
ing labor in every nook and Granny
of Nazi Europe. Germany has a
serious labor problem which can
never be solved as long as she
keeps between 100000 and H.
600. 900 men under arms.
And because a labor shortage
affects so many branches Of any
country's war effort. Hitler's lack
of manpower behind the lines Is
bound, sooner or later, to affect
adversely the efficiency Of his
fighting forces at the front.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

Where foreigners work in gangs
they are heavily guarded to pre-
vent any possible sabotage.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

1t is reported that the last
category includes some $1,000
Spaniards who are working in
German mines, but that has not
yet been officially confirmed.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

Nothing which has been pub
lished in recent months reveals
more strikingly 1.-The widespread
need for more labor than one
paragraph In the Frankfurter
Zeitung which announces:
Regardless Of the high total
Of employed there Is . need for
labor In many branches Of In
dustry. Resides the armament
industry these include AsricuI-
ture, mining, building transport
and chemical industries"
or more than 2,100,O 900 foreign
ers working in Germany. almost
half were recruited from Poland
while the remainder come from
every occupied country in Europe,
including portions Of Soviet Russia.
According TO the latest official
figures the numbers are as fol-
lows:
Poland LOO8,0O0
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10
BY HUGO sPECK

Init News Service stan Correspondent
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10
SHORTAGE OF LABOR

That there is a critical labor
shortage has been officially ad.
mitted, but officially or otherwise
means of overcoming II have not
yet been discovered.
According TO the last available
official figures, the number of per-
sons employed in Germany totals
over 24,000,000, made up of H.
500, 900 men and 9,400, 900 women.
That includes all foreign workers
except 100000 war prisoners.
But even that vast army OF
workers still does not equal the
lumber employed in Germany In
The summer of 1889 and the Eu-
ropean labor market has been
MIXED dry.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

- ONOAU
SHoWBOAT MOONLIGHT to
T.shmoo Park, Lv. 8:45 p. IN,
Ret. 2:45 a. m, Fare $1.25.
Five hours on the water, one
hour on the Island.
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

Poland
Detroit evening times., 1942-06-10

Y0TIR--yere~s ss NJ. Esrsu. Pr.- fsss =
n,Sm nyyn % Or M 49, rrrcI Tyr y ..r1Ey
CALL foR ELLEnY oCEkNs" W. 0aPInn-
Arkansas State press., 1942-06-26
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1912

way out Of It; she ought to be
made to feel that she knew it
all. Goddamn! He just simply
could not get used to acting like
he ought. He should not have
made her think that something
was happening that he did not
want Eer TO know,
give me time, honey, and I'll
tell you,' he said, trying to
straighten things out,
"You don't have to unless you
want to-" "Don't be that way"
You just can't treat me any
old way, Bigger" 81 amt trying
to, honey"
"You can't play me Cheap
stake it easy. | know what I'm
DOING
81 hope you do" "For Chris
sakes!' 'Aw, come on. ! want
a drink"
NAV, listen. "
keep your business, You don't
have to tell me. But don't you
come running to me when you
need frit nd see?"
"When we get couple of
drinks, I'll tell you all about it,"
"Suit yourself
He saw her waiting at the
door for him; he pus ON his coat;
they walked slowly down the
stairs, saying nothing. 1t seemed
warmer outside, as tho it were
going to snow again. The sky
was low and dark. The wind blew
As he walked beside Bessie his
feet sank into the snow. The
streets were empty and silent,
stretching before him white and
clean under the vanishing glow
of long street of street lamps.
AS he walked he saw out Oh the
corners of his eyes Bessie strid-
ing beside him, and it seemed that
his mind could feel the soft swing
of her body with her, feeling
her body warm and plant to his.
But the look on her face was
hard and distant one; it separated
him from her body by a great
suggestion of space, He had not
really wanted to go out with her
tonight; but her questions and
suspicious had made him say yes
when size had wanted to go for
drink. AS he walked beside her
he felt that there were two Bes-
sizes, one body that he had just
Rad and wanted badly again; the
other was in Bessie's face; it ask
ed questions; it bargained and
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