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Evening star., 1942-04-28
Atlas Powder On rpportAd
Permanent Ceiling Cuts
Textile Prices Sharply
BY the Associated Press.

iss the Associated PreSs.
Substantially lower permanent
prices of finished piece goods made
of cotton, rayon or cotton-rayon
mixtures were imposed by the Office
of Price Administration yesterday at
the manufacturers and wholesalers
level.
The permanent ceiling replaces a
60-day quick freeze" order issued
in March which put temporary
price lid on these textiles at the
levels of March Til The new CELL
ing is effective May A.
simultaneously, the o. P. A. fixed
maximum charges which converters
may obtain for their costs of proc
essing gray goods" into finished
textiles by bleaching, dyeing, nap
ping, printing or mercerizing.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Eastern Shore Plans
81 600, 900 Offering
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, April 28.-The
Eastern Shore Public Service Co.,
operating in Maryland and Della
ware, proposed yesterday to the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion to issue new 3 per cent 81 ,000,-
600 note to pay off a maturing note.
The new note will be issued to the
Chase National Bank of New York
to pay two-year, 3-per cent ST.
100000 note. due may 20, held by
the bank. The new note will be
secured by the same collateral on
the old note, 81 100 900 per cent
first mortgage and first lien bonds,
series G, due 1916.
The S. E. G. gave interested par
ties until May Is to file requests
for hearing.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
B. & 0. Loodines Show
Gain During Week

Special Dispatch To The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 28.--Carloads
handled by the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad during the week ended
April IS, 1912. totaled 70.365. con-
sisting of AZ, ,486 loaded on line and
27,879 received from connections.
This was an increase of 22.755
carloads over the same week of last
year when the .,>tal was 47,610
comprising 3O,647 !! AIDED on line and
16.963 received from connections.
During the prs*ious week (the
week ended Aprilf f8 the total was
67,697 including i3.376 loaded on
line and 27,32l received from con-
nections. s.r
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Kroeer Sales Hold
Well Above Yeor Aqo

BY the ASsociated Press.
CINCINNTAI, April 28-Kroger
Grocery g. Baking Co. reported to-
day sales of s28, ,361 $50 for the fourth
four week period of 1912. ended
April 18, gain of 26 per cent over
those for the corresponding term of
last year. $22, ,598,293.
Cumulative sales aggregated s108.-
442 ,6S5, or 27 per cent more than the
$85 STA 1894 year ago.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

fUnit OF trading, ten shares: sales
printed in full In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganized under Bankruptcy
Act. or securities assumed by such COM
panies. Rates Of dividend in the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-ennual declara-
ton. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included. xo TX
dividend xr Ex rights Also extra or
extras Cash or stock, e Declared or paid
last year Payable in Canadian funds.
Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

Woodward & Lothrop preferred
stock sold at 123 on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange, a gain of three
full points since the last sale. This is
the high for the year. the low be-
ing 1l9.
Louis c. Grossberg of Washing
ton has been elected a member of
the American Institute of Account
ants. Newly elected institute aSso-
ciates are James H. Kirby, with the
Department of Justice: George A,
Lee, assistant auditor with Potomac
Electric Power Co., and Paul Mat
thews with Paul E. Blocher, 9l0
Seventeenth street NV. OF these
four newly elected members and as
sociates, three are also members OF
the District of Columbia Institute OF
Certified Public Accountants.
Atlantic Refining has declared q
dividend of is cents a share or
common, payable June Is. against
the last quarterly payment of q
cents. The stock is widely helc
here.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Commodity Pricgs

NEW YORK, April asssffhe Associated
PSsyious day, %. ID; ssE ago. $3.50;
1912. Ip41. 1e40: le33-3es
Eaa Hlsh = se292 s5-ds 3ns ssss sSsll44 sSl4
tI926 average equals a0e.1
Evening star., 1942-04-28
New Orleans Prices.

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. April % R1.-Ftrst
May notice day in cotton futures here
today found little demand for the spot
position and ell months were held down
bales here and in New York. 1900.
Closing prices were steady, TO 5 points
net lower
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Odd-Lot Dealings

PHILADELPHIA. April 2s LP.-The Sc
curities Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd-lot
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for April 81 l.s27 pur-
chases involving 1929 shares. 1859 sales
involving 50,044 shares, including 81
short sales involving 1883 shares.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

Spot cotton closed quiet, 5 points lower
Saes e. 90 GOOD Low middna %dd1ins % Raen Rscsnts
1,45l stock, 495,294.
b Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Gen. Cox Warns Disunity
May Rob u. 5. Of Freedom

America must throw its strength
to the cause of mans freedom or
aid mans enslavement by withhold
ing it. Brig Gen Albert L. Cox told
members of the Reciprocity Club of
Washington today at its luncheon
meeting at the Mayflower Hotel.
Pointing out that the price of
national disunity may be the loss
of national freedom, Gen. Cox. COM
mander of the Washington Provi-
sional Brigade, emphasized that the
situation confronting America has
passed the serious state and has
become critical" He said the time
has passed when days count; now
we should reckon in hours"
Americans, he added, must grid
themselves with an all-abiding
faith, a confidence in ourselves and
those around us; we must rekindle
the concepts of life embraced in our
old-time religion"
Asserting that Americas enemies
hate and despise us, Gen. Cox de-
clared American security would end
if the enemy gains control Of the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Mrs. Mary Ellen Hinke|,
Widow Of Banker, Dies

Mrs. Mary Ellen Hinkel, widow OF
Edwin Philip Hinkel, well known
Washington merchant and banker,
died in her sleep yesterday at her
home, 1904 Varnum street NV, in
her seth year.
Mrs. Hinkel was born at Parkers-
burg, w. Va. the daughter Of the
late Thomas and Maria Jane Dolan.
She was educated at the Visitation
Convent in Parkersburg and had
lived in Washington for nearly so
years.
Surviving are four sons, Capt
John v. Hinkel. War Department;
Edwin Philip Hinkel, jr., of this
city; Capt. Paul D. Hinkel. Camp
Lee, Va. and 1t. Thomas S. Hinkel
of Washington; a sister, Miss A.
Gertrude Dolan of Washington, and
two brothers, Henry F. Dolan of
Washington and Edward j. .Dolan
of Miami, Fla.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 10 am. Monday at the Sacred
Heart Church. Sixteenth street and
Park road NV. Burial will be at
the Abbey Mausoleum, Arlington,
Va.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Nelson Calls for Report
On Plant Committees

BY the Associated Press.
Donald M. Nelson. war produc-
ton chief. today asked management
and labor in major war industries
to report to him by April l on prog
ress made in organizing the
joint labor management committees
charged with accomplishing an i'm
mediate speed up in armament out
put.
Mr.. Nelson said instructions for
the campaign would be distributed
to all prime contractors and all
recognized labor representatives" in
plants making tanks. ships, planes,
guns and machine tools within a
few days
A Government official later will
meet with management and labor
representatives in each plant to dis
cuss the program and decide on best
procedure for setting up the COM
mittees and determining their func-
tions.
In a broadcast address Monday
the production chief called for at
least a 25 per cent increase in out
put of present machinery, asserting
that the next few months would be
the most critical in the Nation S
war production effort.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Racing Results
HioIeuh Park

FIRST RAcEEPHrs: RAcEEP5Hrs: s-;;aD,. sl;;soo; claiming
%a,deps; mai % 2-ysar,0ld'' fsmss fSrt9ns % $40
Merry Rhyme (HowelD 400 $50
Ballacon tMeade) 900
Also rsn@Betty Luson. Kings Gambit,
slsnesa ssne,sr wei: HI aoes az ioot,ns ch.fTy r
placed last. fField.
ing: 4-year-olds and upward; s turlongs,
Tin Pan Ailey sWhole,) ss 90 1890 saS 90
Ladies First 'Giloero s.ao sssG ssso
sh1tsstop SEad'o e.. "'
Also r.n3Pf.iri. Dos, ksn.y Mss. sim
"' DAILY Double paid x14sso)
weishts: msidens: 3-year-oids and up:
ri: : EHsl.Ra s5s.,.s cMesde 7,so 4sc &c 4SS tsS
Barnegat DAY 3sO
A5s 5s MS. s' o.mssl mslsn' oEssa Rss
Promise. Gay Chic. Gay Fad, War Bonnet.
.. rogsTa gsiTs, RAaEnr Ssd.a: sss :a; and
Rsst s. bss,n e j,S:S s5 7c :s :s sS aS
z Sazn sDiPasT. cwooib go
Also ran-Judy B.. Sea Chanty. Pilot
Boat Army Grey. Maepal. Bundlins, Play
nelds. Hardvrack and X. Albert
FIFTH RACE-Purse, 81 500: allow
ances Agar -olds and upward: fur
longs. ~
Pelis<e tWieanderN 1890 400 4 30
a Moon Maiden tStricklerl 2.o0 $50
a Challomine tMcCresryr $50
Time. l:25is.
Also ran-Pomiva. Dark Discovery and
Verse
aW. L. Brann entry
Evening star., 1942-03-06
RommeI Reported Leaving
Libya 10 Meet Hitler

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO. March 6.-Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel, commander of the
Axis African Army which has been
stalemated for several weeks in the
Libyan desert by the combination
of British forces and bad weather,
has left North Africa to confer with
Adolf Hitler, it was reported today.
These reports, which coincided
with information in diplomatic
quarters here, said Marshal Rommel
had departed on February 26 and
that simultaneously the Nazi mill
tary attache in Turkey had left
Ankara to attend the same con-
ference.
Meanwhile British headquarters
reported a continued lull in actual
operations. An army communique
said heavy rains hampered activities
yesterday: The r. A. F. also was
restricted by the weather in its
operations over the Libyan battle
front, but reported raids on Ben
gasi and Tripoli Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Knudsen and Herring
Inspect Plant Where
Blast Killed Is
Former EmpIoye Says
He Lost Job for Report
On Unsafe Practices
Earlier Story on Page A-3.)

Earlier Story on Page A-3)
BY the Associated Press.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, March g.
An official party headed by 1t. Gen.
William Knudsen today inspected
the scene of the Iowa Ordnance
Plant blast which killed at least Is
workmen here Wednesday night.
In the group which visited the site
Of the destroyed three-story TINT
melt unit were Senator Herring of
Iowa, 1t. Col. Otto M. Jank. COM
manding officer at the plant, and E.
F.. Johnstone, general manager for
Day & Zimmerman, Inc, the plant
operator.
The official toll reached Is today
when Clarence Wixon, A, of Farm
ington, Iowa, died in a hospital here.
Five other workmen are missing and
believed dead.
Meanwhile, Marc Burbridge, one
time safety engineer in the plant,
said he had been discharged some
weeks ago after he had gone to
Washington to complain to Federal
authorities over practices allegedly
followed in operation of the plant.
Mr.. Burbridge said he submitted
information on the subject of plant
safety both to the offices of Vice
President Wallace and Senator Her
ring. The trip, he said, was made
after a December IL melt unit ex-
plosion which cost Is lives.
"Burbridge will be given an op-
portunity to state his views before
competent investigating officials. "
Mr.. Johnstone said. In our opinion
he was an incompetent admins
TRAITOR"
Concerning Senator Herring's 8
charges yesterday Of poor house.
keeping" at the plant, Mr.. Johnstone
retorted:
I'VE would be very happy to have
Senator Herring or any investi-
eating committee look over the
plant and decide that for them
selves. The housekeeping in the
plant has been stressed from the be-
ginning OF operations and probably
is at a peak Of perfection at the
present time"
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Lower U. 5. Death Rate
Saves 1890, 900 for Army
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 6-The sta
tistical bulletin of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. says the United
States has 100000 men OF fighting
age who would not be alive today
but for the drop in our national
death rate which has taken place
since 1900.
Under the 1900 death rate that
number would have died by now,
according to the bulletin This addi-
ton to Americas military power, is
a tribute to two things-improve-
ment in medical care and santa
ton, and in food
Furthermore, the bulletin says,
the 100000 are the absolute min
imum, for this number does not al
low for the children who would not
have been born because many in
this great host would not have been
alive to reproduce Sons of the
100000 men already are in the
draft ages.
The bulletin also declares the
American people have been unnec-
essarily disturbed over reports that
45 per cent of our young men are
physically unfit. That, the bulletin
asserts. is entirely unfounded That
figure was based on the rigid stand
ards of selection used while we were
still at peace.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Contempt Laid TO ; More
In Ballot Fraud Probe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del. March g.
A Federal grand jury today charged
three more former delaware officials
with contempt of court In connec-
ton with the jury's investigation OF
alleged irregularities in the 1910
election.
Federal Judge Paul Leahy ordered
J. Austin Ellison, former State adju-
tant general, Clarence L. Pierce, for
mer New Castle County Court COM
missioner, and Albert Stetser. for
mer recorder of deeds in New Castle
County, to appear at 10 am. March
20 and show cause why they should
not be held in contempt Of court.
Mr.. Stetser is member of the Del
aware State Unemployment Com
pensation Commission.
Three other officials were cited
previously. One, Irving H. Craig,
former New Castle County clerk of
the peace, was sentenced to three
months in Jail.
Cases still are pending against the
others, william N. Cam, president
of firm which printed ballots used
in the 1910 election. and Harvey
Webb, foreman Of the firm.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
F. B. |. Denies Probe
OF Nationwide Rinq
OF Draft Dodgers
Says Group Referred to
Is Informal Club of
Deferred Business Men

The Justice Department today
denied published reports that 1t was
undertaken Nation wide investiga-
ton of "a ring of draft dodgers"
The department explained that
the organization referred to in these
reports lis known by the F. B. I. to
be an informal luncheon club OF
young New York businessmen inter-
ested in placing those of its members
deferred for military service in other
positions in the defense program
J. Edgar Hoover, F. B. I. director,
said his New York office was not In
possession of any confidential COM
munications" regarding this matter,
as alleged in the published accounts.
until late yesterday. the day the
newspaper stories we're published.
At that time, it was explained. two
young men came into F. B. I. head
quarters in New York and asserted
they were the authors of the COM
munications that had been repro
duced in part by New York paper.
They said they were members of an
organization of young advertising
men, Is of whose 81 members had
been placed in deferred draft clas-
sifications. Desiring to serve their
country, they then discussed ways
and means of finding jobs in defense
agencies, principally in Washington.
The purportedly confidential
communications, the department
stated, were two bulletins which one
member of the organization had pre-
pared at his own expense for the in
formation of his associates. These
bulletins, in no sense confidential.
"set forth. some times in slightly
facetious manner, the experiences of
various other members in attempt
ing to obtain Government employ
ment.'
Mr.. Hoover said the data had been
presented to the United States at
torney for the southern district of
New York. who ruled that no viola
ton of the Selective Service Act was
involved.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
House Lets Rankin
Correct Letter Mixup

BY the Associa led Press.
Amused House members consented
today for Representative Rankin,
Democrat, of Mississippi to with
draw from the Congressional Record
a letter which he had published by
mistake in yesterdays issue.
Printed at the conclusion of a
statement by Mr. Rankin in defense
Of the Rural Electrification Admin
istration, the letter was signed, 81.
E. Rankin" and said in part:
ITO school superintendents:
please accept my thanks for your
communication of recent date en-
closing a list of your graduating
class for 1912.
L am taking the liberty of send
ing you an autographed picture,
which I thought you might want
for your school,"
Mr.. Rankin said it was a secre-
tary's mistake that caused the let
ter 10 accompany the statement to
the printing ONCE.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Son Of Ortiz Rubio Quizzed
In Shooting Of Governor
Blythe Associated Press

Blythe Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. March 6.-Fer-
nando Ortiz Rubio, son OF PaScual
Ortiz Rubio, former President of
Mexico, was being questioned today
in connection with the shooting of
Gov. Alfredo Zarate Albarran of the
State of Mexico.
No charges yet have been filed
against young Ortiz Rubio. leader
of the permanent commission of the
state Legislature. He was detained
at the request of state authorities.
Gov. Albarrans condition was de-
scribed as very grave as the result
of five bullet wounds. Reports of
the shooting, which occurred during
the night at a party at the state
capital of Toluca, still were con-
fused. Some accounts said as many
as five persons were injured.
Young Ortiz Rubio denied any
part in the shooting and said he
believed the shots were fired by two
former members of the state Legis-
lature.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
2 Killed, One Escapes
As Plane Falls Into Seq

BY the Associated Press.
mitchell FIELD, N. Y, March
6-Two members of a three-man
crew perished in the crash of an
Army plane in the ocean yesterday
off Barnegat Light, N. j.
The Army identified the dead as:
Second 1t. David Southland, %,
whose mother, Mrs. o. A. Southard.
lives at Orlando, Fla. His body has
not been recovered.
First Glass Pvt. Jack Maxey. 81,
bombardier, whose mother, Mrs.
Matte Maxey, lives at Ada, Okla.
His body was recovered.
The lone survivor was Pvt. George
T. Oswerk, 81, whose father, George
S. Oswerk, lives at Walsenburg,
Colo. He was picked up by passing
ship.
At Grenier Field, Manchester,
N. H, to which the ship was return
ing on a routine flight from Langley
Field. Va, Maj. Carl r. Black, pub
lie relations officer, said the craft
had exploded on impact with the
water and that Pvt. Oswerk had
been thrown clear.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
'Bombproof' ArmorY
Sought for R. 0. 7. {.
At Maryland u.
Public Works 8ourd Asks
$125,000 Federal Funds
To Complete Financing

A practically bombproof' State
armory for the R. O. T. c. students
at the University of Maryland will
be ready for occupancy by fall If
plans of the Maryland Board OF
Public Works materialize.
Meeting in Annapolis yesterday,
the board approved plans for con-
struction of the 1925 900 project pro-
vided the Federal Government sup
plies sl25.OOO toward the cost, the
Associated Press reported.
The proposed armory would be
used by approximately l,400 R. o. T.
C. students now at the university,
Gov. OConor said.
He pointed out the last Legislature
provided 100000 in bond issue for
construction of an armory, but at
that time there we're only about 400
R. o. T. C. students.
The State is unable to supply
additional funds for larger armory
than originally planned, but univer-
sity officials, Gov. O'Conor added
believe they can get the necessary
remaining funds from the Govern
ment.
The Governor said plans call for
a building of an engineering design
proven in Europe to be the nearest
thing to a bombproof' structure
If Federal funds are forthcoming
the armory could be built and ready
for occupancy in the fall. he added
The board also approved the out
lay of s106,0O0 for the installation
of a new water and sewerage system
and for boilerhouse equipment at
the Cheltenham School for Boys.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Confraband and Aliens
Seized in Albuquerque Area

Earlier Story on Page ALL
BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, NJ Mex. March
6-Federal agents and State Off
GERS in a series of continuing raids
today made heavy seizures Of con-
traband and rounded up a large
but undisclosed number of Ger
man, Italian and japanese enemy
aliens in the Albuquerque area.
The raiding parties were under
the supervision of D. A. Bryce, F. B.
I. special agent in charge.
The raids, still in progress. were
understood to have eliminated ex-
tensive investigation in this sec
tion.
Included in the contraband were
large number of firearms, includ-
ing high-powered rifles and a
sawed-off shotgun, short-wave radio
receivers, cameras of various makes,
one United States Army uniform,
ammunition. Fascist literature. maps
of strategic areas. and a citation
for bravery issued in the Ethiopian
War. accompanied by photograph
of Mussolini.
Both men and women were ar
rested.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Father Jailed
For Holding Son. S
Hands to Stove
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Me, March GA 90
day Jail sentence was imposed today
on William J. Powers, 80, after he
admitted in Municipal Court that he
had placed his 6-year-old son An
thongs hands on a hot stove be-
cause the child took some sugar
from the pantry shelf.
II never heard of such q barbarous
thing" commented Judge Robert w.
De Wolfe.
Powers, a welder, told the court:
II lost my head. I took care of him
after it happened. I was afraid he
would get sugar diabetes. He had
eaten 10 pounds of sugar within
three weeks. I did place his hands
on the stove, but didn't hold them
there"
At a hospital the boys condition
was described as good.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Farm
Continued From First Page)

Farm Security Administration, un-
der congressional attack.
Asserting that F.. S. AS work was
"an absolute necessity" for increased
food production, James G.. Patton,
president of the National Farmers
Union. and M. w. Thatcher. presi-
dent of the National Federation OF
Grain Co-Operatives, declared In
kilograms to every Representative:
ANY attempt to eliminate aid
most essential to Americas family
type farmers through the F. S. A.
will help the land hogs and pros
porous absentee farmers, but will
also help Hitler and bring Ill will
upon all agriculture when supplies
run short"
In another development with a
farm angle, Representative Ellis,
Democrat, of Arkansas described
House Military Affairs Subcommit-
tees investigation of Rural Elec-
IRRIGATION Administration lines In
Texas and Arkansas as a "star
chamber session" but Withdrew the
Characterization after a protest.
j.: May Objects to Statement.
The withdrawal came after Chair
man May of the Military Affairs
Committee demanded on the floor
that Mr.. Ellis words "be taken
down''-a preliminary toward ex-
punging them from the record.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Faddis, Democrat, OF
PENNSYLVANIA accused top officials OF
the War Production Board yesterday
of reckless disregard for conserva-
ton of waar-needed copper in allow
ing construction of the R. E. A.
lines.
Mr.. Ellis declared, that the sub
committee had listened to and be-
lieved" power company officials
without calling for testimony from
Donald Nelson, war production chief.
Mr.. May defended the subcom-
mittee, declaring that its study pro-
duced a report of facts on the copper
situation.
The Patton-Thatcher statement
followed an opinion by Controller
General Warren that the F. S. A.
lacked authority to lend funds to
non-profit corporations organized to
finance the purchase Of land for
settlement of farmers displaced by
the war program.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee, in sending the $685. .000, 900
measure to the floor, wrote in a
clause to present the F. S. A. from
making similar loans in the future.
Administrator C. B. Baldwin said
today that the F. S. A. would abide
by Mr.. Warren's ruling.
F. S. A. officials said loans already
made totaled between $10,000000
and $120000O0. Corporations re-
ceiving the loans were organized by
F. S. A. employees.
Mr.. Baldwin said the ruling
means that the F. S. A. cannot
continue to help farm families dis
placed from their homes by war
necessities to obtain other farms on
which to live and continue their op-
6ations."