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Evening star., 1942-09-23
Italian Flyers Are Getting
Better, U. ). Ace SAYS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Sept. 23.-The only Amer
ican ace with the Raj in the west
ern desert, Flight 1t. Lance Wade
of Tucson, Ariz., credited with IA
victories in air combats, believes
italian aviators are getting better.
In a chat with correspondents
today, 1t. Wade said the Italians
had new fighter plane, the Macchi
202, and that its performance ap-
parently had given the flyers more
confidence.
Il believe most fighter pilots in
the desert would rather meet a
Messerschmitt 109 than a Macchi, u
he said. The Germans are inclined
to break off combats after a few
minutes, but italians in the Macchis
may carry on dogfights for as much
as 20 minutes.
Personally" he asserted, Il have
more use for the Italian than the
Jerry as an air fighter"
1t. Wade, who won the Distin-
guished Flying Cross and bar in a
squadron which has won 202 VIC
tories. hopes to get leave to visit
the United States soon.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Women 10 Get Share
In Direction Of Home
Salvage Program
Troining School Here
Ends Tomorrow; Workers
To Supervise Districts

Housewives are going to be given
a greater share in direction of the
household salvage program. it was
indicated at a conference held yes
terday by the women's unit of the
WPB Conservation Division.
Though housewives already have
done a wonderful job collecting
fats, tin cans and other household
scrap" said Mrs. Mary Brewster
White, chief of the unit, they will
now be called on to take more
active part in supervising the pro-
gram of scrap collection.
Mrs. Newton G. Wing, chairman
OF the Washington women's salvage
unit, also addressed the conference.
The Washington units is composed
Of representatives of IA women's
organizations who have been work
ing since April in cooperation with
the District Salvage Committee.
A salvage training school Is being
held here for 13 woman loaned by
business firms throughout the Ma
ton, who will direct the new house
hold salvage campaign. Miss Ruth
Atwater of 1712 Sixteenth street
NV, on loan from the National
Gamers Association, is one of the
regional directors of the campaign.
She will handle the Kansas CITY
region.
She and the other leaders today
are touring Fort Belyoir to see how
iarge-scale "housekeepers" collect
scrap. They will leave Washington
tomorrow night to aid local salvage
committees in forming women's
units.
Part of the plan developing out
OF the conference yesterday is the
goal OF reaching every house in the
United States through women vol
unteers.
The volunteers job will be to con-
vince housewives of their Importance
in the salvage effort, and of the
necessity of conserving all vital
scrap used in housekeeping, Mrs.
White said.
The war we're in Is the war to
win Ruv War hondst
Evening star., 1942-09-23
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The
Herald Tribune, in a copyrighted
dispatch from West African port,
said today that 18 men from a tor
pedoed American freighter had been
saved after having spent 80 days at
sea, subsisting only on concentrated
foods.
1t was trick of fate" the dis
patch said, for the Norwegian vessel
which made the rescue, had changed
it's course by coincidence and came
across the lifeboat in which 10 men
had started out. One had died
after few days at sea.
"Our captain was suspicious" the
Herald Tribune's correspondent
John O'Reilly. aboard the rescue
vessel, said. Submarines use life
boats for decoys. But, as we circled
off our course we could see men in
the drifting boat. Pitiful cries ema-
mated from the craft.
How long have you been adrift?'
our captain shouted.
"Thirty-two days" a voice from
the lifeboat replied.
The captain of the torpedoed ship
was first brought over the side. He
Immediately made for the bridge
formally announced his name and
the name Of his ship.
Il am happy to have you aboard.
the Norwegian skipper replied.
The crew followed. Some were
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Fair lmmunizaiion
In District Is Shown
By Sample Survey
Records Of 1000 Persons
Are Only Beginning
OF City-Wide Check

The first sample survey Of inn
munization of District citizens ever
to be made by the Health Depart
ment shows that new arrivals in
washington are fairly we'll pro-
tected against smallpox. diphtheria
and typhoid, DR.. George c. Ruh-
land said today.
The survey. conducted by so vol
unteers two weeks ago in the Knox
Hill housing community for 76o
white workers and the Frederick
Douglass housing project, with
1000 colored persons. was made
on the suggestion of DR.. Rutland
with the cooperation Of the Civil
ian Mobilization Division OF the
District.
At the Knox Hill housing COM
munity in Southeast Washington,
most of the tenants are Navy Yard
workers from the South. Their
relatively high rate of immuntZation
against typhoid, % per cent, is ex-
planned by this fact, said DR. Ruh-
land. In the same group of FAM
lilies As per cent were immunized
against diphtheria. Sixty per cent
is considered good. Seventy-two
per cent had smallpox vaccinations.
Frederick Douglass Results.
At the Frederick Douglass COM
munity only II per cent of the
tenants had typhoid immunization;
36 per cent were immunized against
diphtheria, and IS per cent against
smallpox. Three-quarters of the
families at the Douglass project have
lived in the District for more than
| five years.
DR.. Rutland stressed that the
survey Of 1000 persons is only the
beginning of city-wide survey and
Washington's degree of protection
against these three diseases can not
be Judged by such small sample.
However, he said, 1t was gratifying to
find that the degree of protection
was as high as it appeared among
new war workers and their families
coming to Washington. 1t is planned
to carry on the survey IN other
sections of the District.
Another TyphuS Case.
DR.. Rutland reported that an
other case of typhus has developed
in the District, but that the Health
Department is doing everything pos
sible to prevent occurrence of any
more.
If nursery schools are started in
the District on large scale, DR..
Rutland said that the Health De-
partment would keep strict check
on medical inspections, and that
pre-school children particularly
should be immunized against diph-
liberia since highest mortality oc-
ours in that group.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
koiser Tries to Find Homes
For 10000 New Workers
BY the Associated Press.

oy the A66OclatEQ Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, Sept. 49,
Henry j. Kaiser, who has done an
amazing job in ship construction
has undertaken another seemingly
impossible task.
He's trying to find living quarters
IN this jam-packed, war; boom city
for 10000 New Yorkers being re-
cruited to work in his shipyards.
He's made a start, but there's a
long way to go.
The Kaiser companies in full
page newspaper advertisements ap-
pealed to Portland residents to open
their homes to shipyard workers;
asked That every available room and
building be rented. The advertise
ments said, Last night 500 men
with their families slept in cars
because they had no place else
to 60"
That was no exaggeration. The
advertisements turned up some
$500 single rooms.
Local Kaiser officials said today
that temporary receiving centers
would be established to feed and
shelter the new workers.
A total Of 27,318 housing units are
under construction or authorized in
the Portland Vancouver (Wash. }
area, but only 800 have been COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1942-09-23

24 Miss Joan Fontaine, screen actress
with three weeks Of experience in
California hospital which includ-
ed attendance at major opera
ton, childbirth and ever so many
other services" arrived in Wash
ington by airliner today, praising
the Red Cross Volunteer Nurses
Aide Corps as the ideal wartime
effort for American womanhood.
Miss Fontaine, who was capped"
last Thursday after completing a
nurses aide course, came here to
speak at the Volunteer Nurses Aide
rally to be held in the Departmental
Auditorium at $3.50 pm. Friday
Mrs. Roosevelt will be the principal
speaker.
A reception committee Of some 20
oficials Of the District Red Cross
Chapter was on hand to welcome
the film star as she arrived Is min
utes ahead of schedule at the Ma
tional Airport.
ITS grand to be in Washington
and It's grand to be nurses aide"
Miss Fontaine said. She was chic
in her Red Cross uniform despite
an "all night sitting up trip across
the continent.
Greeted by Mrs. Rowan.
Miss Fontaine was greeted by
Mrs. Hugh C. Rowan, District chair
man of nurses aide service, who
presented the movie star with a
huge bouquet of American beauty
roses. -.-
Among others in the reception
group were Mrs. Edward A. st
John, chairman of the rally; Mrs
John B. Cleland, jr., vice chairman
Of the volunteer services; Mrs. Ed
ward Barber, chairman of the
speakers bureau; Mrs. L. E. Harris
chairman of the motor corps, and
Mrs. Addison G. Foster, chairman OF
the Newspaper. Committee.
Services in the Nurses Aides, Miss
Fontaine said. is real opportunity
for those women whose early am
bitions to become nurses were frus-
trated by some turn in life.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Missing Persons

Those having information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
NTH the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Nd-
tional 1000.
David NJ. Parker, IL, feet 2
inches. 102 pounds, blue eyes, blond
hair. wearing blue white striped
shirt, gray tweed trousers, brown
belt and brown shoes; missing from
1888 Shepherd street NV. since
Monday.
Marie Jarboe, Is, feet 3 inches,
100 pounds. gray eyes. brown hair,
wearing black dress trimmed in red,
brown shoes: and Teresa v. Elliott,
10, feet inches, l23 pounds, gray
eyes, brown hair, wearing green dress
and black shoes; both missing from
Hyattsville, Md, since Sunday.
Wendell Holloway, Is, 5 feet, 105
pounds, dark brown eyes, black hair,
riding blue bicycle, carrying suit
case; Calvin Barger, l6, feet, los
pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, riding
blue bicycle. carrying suit case, and
Jennings Holloway, 16, feet 4
inches, 125 pounds, blue eyes. blond
hair; missing from 4024 Gault place
NE. since yesterday They are
believed to be en- route to Tennessee
Octola Mae harrington, 81, 5 feet
5 inches. ITO pounds, brown eyes and
hair; missing from 1928 D street
NE. since Monday.
Kenneth johnson, IL, colored, 4
feet, 110 pounds, wearing brown
short pants, white shirt; missing
from 457 M street NV. since Mon
day.
Walter Turner, Al, colored, feet
165 pounds, brown and gray hair
wearing gray felt hat, gray checked
shirt, brown trousers and tan shoes;
missing from 1l47 Twenty-flrst
street NV. since Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-09-23

training Of inexperienced persons in
the fundamentals OF farming; ex-
panded use Of women and young
persons on farms; more recruit
ing for industry In cities and less
in farm areas. and fuller ctiliza-
ton of underemployed on farms
by increasing their production.
Asked by committee members
whether it might be necessary to
enact legislation to keep people on
farms, Mr.. Wickard replied:
I'VE may be facing that sooner or
later"
The committees decision to bring
into the open labor situation which
some members said would soon cause
an acute food shortage unless set
tied, came amid indications OF in
creasing support for national service
legislation.
Chairman Fulmer said inquiries by
committee members had disclosed
that selective service officials were
becoming alarmed about the farm
situation.
Winning War Put First.
Representative Flanagan. Demo-
crat, OF Virginia. who headed an ag-
rlculture subcommittee that recently
studied the farm labor problem. said
he was ready to support general
manpower draft if the current hear
ings showed need for it.
We've got job to do: that is to
win the war" Mr.. Flanagan said
IF 1t is shown to be necessary, !
favor drafting men to serve where
ever they are needed, with officials
being empowered to tell one man to
go into the Army. another to 60 into
industry. and another to work on a
farm. There is lot to the fears OF
| some of our committee members that
we are going to face an actual food
shortage unless we do something
about 1t and do it quickly"
Priority System Proposed.
Mr.. Flanagan said he had noticed
a tendency in the past to provide
first for the needs of industry anc
the armed forces without reckoning
on the results to agriculture.
Unless effective coordination ir
assigning men to farm work, in.
dustry or the armed forces can b,
realized, Mr.. Fulmer said, it soor
may be necessary to enact legisla.
ton freezing men to their jobs o.
shifting them as circumstances re.
quire. Such legislation, he said
must permit farmers to pay wages
commensurate with those of in
dustrial plants.
Opposing national service 1egisla
ton at this time, Representative
Pace, who proposed the current com
mittee investigation, suggested es
tablishment of a ''manpower priorit,
system" to prevent raids on farm
labor by the war industries.
Evening star., 1942-09-23

In this service they can be Of
aid to their country and at the same
time realize one of the goals that
events Of their lives prevented" she
added.
Can Relieve Nurses.
There is pressing need for hos
pital help, she said. Military serv-
ice is taking nurses from civilian
duty at the rate of 5000 month.
They must be replaced with aides
who, by performing professional
nursing duties, can relieve registered
nurses of the so-called manual work.
1T is the duty of every woman
who has leisure time to lend her
service to this cause" Miss Fontaine
said. mo one can afford to be idle
in these times"
Miss Fontaine qualified as a
nurses aide after a six-week train
ing course and three weeks of actual
work in hospital at Los Angeles,
she related.
Those three weeks were the real
thing, but I can truthfully say that
our entire class went through the
course without wavering. Not one
of them," the astress stated with
pride.
Guest at White House.
Behind a police escort, Miss Fon-
taine's automobile, at the head of a
motorcade OF Red Cross officials,
preceded from the airport to the
Mayflower Hotel. Later today there
was to be reception in her honor
and on Friday evening she will be
guest at a dinner at the White
House, it was announced.
Mrs. Harry Hopkins, a nurses
aide, will be chairman of the pro-
gram for the rally. District lead
ers have been invited to attend and
some 300 women's clubs, OAR chap
ters and Parent Teacher Associa-
tions each have been invited to send
four delegates to the affair.
Mrs. Dwight Davis and Miss Mabel
Boardman also will be among those
who will address the rally.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Luck Saves 18 Americans
After 81 Days in Open Boot

able to crawl up the rope ladder
Others were hauled aboard. Their
leg muscles were wasted away from
disuse, their bodies were weak from
exposure and there were red spots
where the sun had burned away
layers of skin.
"As we began to assist them to
bunks," the correspondent reported
"our stern gun started shelling the
empty lifeboat. Several survivors
struggled to their feet for a last
view OF the small craft that had
been their home for 80 days, but
they found their legs were too weak
and they sank back again."
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Police Continue Search
For Slayer of Soldier

Police today were continuing the
search for the slayer of Pvt. Robert
w. Hammer, 81, who was shot and
fatally wounded by a colored man
early Sunday in the 1400 block of
Rhode Island avenue NV.
More than two dozen suspects
have been questioned by police, but
all have been released.
The soldier, who was stationed at
Fort Myer. was shot in the mouth
by one of two colored men who ac-
costed Pvt. Hammer and several
companions. He died several hours
later In Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
West Virginia Man, IS,
Killed by Troin

BY the Associated Press.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Sept.
23.-George Knadler. 86, Of Mar
tinsburg was killed yesterday in the
Baltimore & Ohio yards when he
was struck by the engine Of q
freight train. .-.q .e.-a sn,..
The engineers efforts to stop his
train caused some of. the rear cars
to buckle and leave the rails There
was limited delay in traf1c.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
u. S. Soldier Sentenced
For Threatening Girl
BY the Associated Press.

~ Inc hSSOCidtcu fISSS.
LONDON, Sept. 23.-Pvt. Walter
Scott, Is. of Admission, Ala, member
OF the United States Army Air Force,
was sentenced by an American mil
itary court to two years at hard
labor for Threatening to do bodily
harm" to an 18-year-old girl and
for "wrongfully and unlawfully car
rying pistol"
Scott also was discharged from
the service with forfeiture Of all pay
and allowances.
The prosecution accused Scott OF
accosting June Selby when she was
walking home from Red Cross lee
ture, threatening to shoot her il
she would not go wit. him.
1t charged that Scott brandished
a revolver, saying he would count
three" When he started to count
the prosecution continued, the girl
screamed and Scott hit her on the
head.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
TugweII in Hospital
With Pneumonia
D, the Associated Press.

u the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Sept. %
Gov. Rexford G. Tugwell entered
the Navy Hospital yesterday after.
noon suffering from bronchial pneu-
monia.
DR.. Jose M. Gallardo, who was act
Ing Governor at the time Mr.. Tug
well was appointed year ago, may
again assume the acting governor
ship.
Mr.. Tugweu visited Washington 8
week ago to discuss Puerto Rico.
war problems.
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Food Shortage Seen
By Wickard il Farm
Problem Ism Solved
House Group Urged
By Secretary to Consider
Low to Droft Labor
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard said today that unless I'VE
find some way to deal with the
farm labor problem and other
problems of farm production
satisfactorily, we must find some
way in the not too distant future
to deal with a shortage of food"
Testifying before the House Agri-
culture Committee about a growing
farm labor shortage which he said
cannot be overlooked or ignored -
Mr.. Wickard suggested that "a ma
tional labor service act should be
given consideration"
ut is not simply question affect
ing agriculture" Mr.. Wickard said
1T Is a question which affects the
entire war effort"
Future Is Much Darker.
While 1912 food production has
reached a record high, he told the
committee beginning an investiga-
tion OF the whole farm problem, 'the
future is much darker" since much
labor for the 1912 crop was performed
before the United States entered the
war"
1--WE begin on the 1943 crop with
a labor situation far more threat
ening than a year ago and every
sign points to our losing more ane
more men," he added.
Food Shortage Seen.
Mr. Wickard said that by the enc
OF 1943 farms might lose as many
as 2,000,0 900 more men to the armed
forces and to industry. His esti.
mate was based on an Army O,
5000, 900 to 10000, 900 men by the enc
of next year.
I'VE have now come to a turnin,
point in the road" he said. "Wi
face l943 with the prospect of les.
machinery, less farm labor and prob.
ably less favorable weather. At tn,
same time the need for production
is going to be as great in 1943 a.
it has been In 1912, and may b,
greater, depending on the fortunes
of war"
Higher Wages No Solution.
Up to now, Mr.. Wickard said, az
riculture had offset large part O
its manpower loss through the ex
panded use of women, children ant
older persons, but he added tha
this cannot meet the situation
much longer"
Neither" he said, "can the prob
lem be met by paying higher wages
We must recognize that farmers sim
ply cannot pay wages to compet
with war industry"
Paying higher wages, he said, woul.
force food costs higher and star
a new vicious circle" Of inflationar,
wage and price increases.
Representative Pace, Democrat, o
Georgia pressed Mr.. Wickard for al
opinion on farm bloc pressure t,
include fern labor costs in calcu
lating parity prices in the anti
imitation bill, a step opposed b.
President Roosevelt.
| II we increase farm prices to pu
them on competitive basis witt
fother commodities we will increaS
the cost of living" the Secretar,
replied, adding:
| I'VE ought to be very careful W
Edont do something here which wouI
offset any controls we may adopt"
| Would Freeze Farm WAGES
"I'd like to see wages on the farn
frozen" Mr.. Wickard commented il
reply to another question by MI
Pace.
The Secretary outlined six pro
posals designed to help farmer
meet 1943 labor problems. The,
were:
Retention on farms Of as man,
experienced managers as possible
transportation of workers from sur
plus labor areas to critical areas
Evening star., 1942-09-23

The war we're in Is the war to
win! Buy War bonds!
Evening star., 1942-09-23
Kaiser Recruifino
Is Placed in Hands
OF Federal Agency
Hiring Headquarters
Jommed;; 400 Tentatively
Chosen for Jobs Toduv
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The lam
OF l,60o applicants overflowing into
the street outside temporary hiring
headquarters OF the Portland (orer) )
Kaiser s>ipyards yesterday caused
the United States Employment Sery-
ice to take charge today Of fun
neling job seekers through borough
oflces to Kaiser agents.
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, newly ap-
pointed regional director OF the war
Manpower Commission, announced
the recruiting would be handled by
Government offices through local
unions.
Crowds Of workmen arrived at the
Government bureaus Manhattan Of
nee at 5 am. today, and when doors
were opened at am. more than
LOCO were seeking applications as a
preliminary to interviews with Kai-
ser recruiting agents, headed by
Thomas Murphy.
4VV Tentatively Chosen.
BY 10 am an estimated 1000
men were lined the length of three
blocks outside the employment bu-
reau and 1000 were crowded into
the ofhces. officials said 1000 had
been cleared by that time, with 400
tentatively selected.
Mr.. Murphy, who is here to recruit
10000 workers, announced last night
that beginning Saturday, those hired
Will be sent to Portland in special
trains carrying 900 at $50 each,
the fare paid by the company and
deducted in installments from pay
envelopes.
At least 400 of the 1900 inter-
viewed yesterday, plus those ac-
cepted today, will make up the first
train. Company barracks in Port
land will house 5000 at a minimum
OF $3.50 weekly, Mr.. Murphy said,
and later Government housing prof.
ects will be available.
Applications Run Out Twice.
Hundreds of yesterdays throng of
Job seekers snatched applications, the
supply OF which was twice exhausted,
and were calling for more when hif-
ing was halted in late afternoon.
The shipyards will pay laborers
SS cents an hour, with possible re-
classification as helpers at 95 cents
an hour. Journeymen workers will
receive $1.20 and sub-foremen $1.45
an hour. Special bonuses will be
given night workers, Mr.. Murphy
said. He added the company would
train anyone who were unskilled, al
though 1t hoped to hire many al
ready practiced In heavy building
trades.