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Evening star., 1942-03-13

trophy. He is the son of Chief Por-
ter of the Washington Fire De-
partment.
= Miss Dorothy E. L. Tuttle, OF the
Bank of Commerce & Savings, car
ried off second honors in the con-
Fest. and Eugene F, Case, another
Siegs National employe, took third
place.
Owing to the war and many
thanges in banking personnel, the
humber of contestants this year
was the smallest on record, The
contest subject was Idle Bank
Funds-Causes and Effects on Com
mercial Banking"
Capital Hotels Head List.
: Washington continues to show the
biggest increase in all categories OF
hotel business, with Philadelphia
making the next best showing for
February.
The Nations Capital. in contrast
to most other cities, had conSid-
erably larger gains than in January;
It's total sales were up % per cent in
February over the like 194l month
the largest percentage of increase
being in beverage sales, which were
up 80 per cent-contrary to the eX-
perience of all the other groups and
localities. This information is con-
tanned in survey made by Horwath
f. Horwath, specialists in hotels and
restaurant accounting.
New Rates Effective Monday.
There is a wide difference of opin-
ion in the financial district over
the raising of commission rates
which was voted by New York Stock
Exchange members yesterday, to be-
come effective next Monday.
The new rates are approximately
IS per cent higher than are now
being charged. A good many Wash
ington brokers feel that it is the
wrong time to advance rates when
business is so slow. Others, how
ever, consider such action neces-
sary. especially when the volume of
trading is at such a low ebb. 1t
will be months before the effects OF
the change are known, brokers here
say.
Today's Trading on Exchange.
Bonds were in better demand on
the Washington Stock Exchange
today. Capital Traction SIS came
out on a $4,000 transfer at l05,
around recent levels.
Anacostia e. Potomac Modified
334s moved on a $4,000 sale at 1861
unchanged, and City & Suburban
Modified 80. sold in the same
amount at 1861, also unchanged.
Capital Transit stock sold at 2112
Potomac Power per cent preferred
at 1l412 and 114s4 and Columbia
Title at 16.
President Visits D. C. Office.
James A. Fulton, president of the
Home Life Insurance Co. of New
York, entertained the members Of
the Vernon w. Holleman Agency
at luncheon this week at the Hay
Adams Hotel Mr.. Fulton discussed
the Home Life's new retirement plar
for its field representatives, which
becomes effective on April /.
The First Federal Savings ano
Loan Association is distributing tc
patrons a pamphlet which states
that during the .ast four years the
association has loaned $11,953 1864
for the purpose of building, buying
or ref1nancing privately owned
homes in the Capital and nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Postal savings in January dropped
to s1.309, 100000. compared with
e1,314,000,000 at the end of Decem-
her and 81 ,3o4 ,0oo,0 900 at the samt
time last year, the Treasury reports
Evening star., 1942-03-13

Approximate Sales Today
HOO AM 10000 1900 Noon 100000
100 Pm 100000 200 PM - 100000
Total 100000
+Unit of trading, ten shares: sales
printed in full. IN bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganiIed 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-annual declara-
ton Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included. xd Ex
dividend; xr Ex rishts. sAIso extra Or
50 p FAR this year " PAYABLE in stock. 9 Paid
last year. h Payable in Canadian funds:
!. k.Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year.
Evening star., 1942-03-13

wheat. No. '%,G mixed n Is: No. hard.
~. Corn. No 3 mixed. s2l4; No ] yell
low, S4I2-s5'.: No. =. s4iz, No; 5. s?lz;
No. 4. 71i2-Sl24 sample grade yellow.
12la; No. 3 white. 97-q7'4; No. g. 91la.
Oats, No. ! mixed. 57i2: No. ! white. Sc
No. y. 51o4. Barley, mailing. SOL 90.
nominal: feed and screenings. 50-61. NOM
inal. Soybeans, No. 3 yellow. ssh al q.
Field seed: per hundredweight. nominal:
red top. s.OO-s.75; red clover, l6.OO-1s 90;
sweet clover. 6.5O-q.00.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Allies Ask Turks 10 LET
Red Fleet Out; Nazis Say
B. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The Ger
man propaganda machine raised a
rumor today that the United States
and Britain we're trying to get
Turkish permission to let the Soviet
Black Sea fleet pass through the
Dardanelles.
There was no suggestion of the
source of the rumor, nor any con-
firmation, but the German radio
treated it as a fact and broadcast
German Foreign Office comment
containing an inferential warning to
Turkey.
The first broadcast said:
"Ruraors are current abroad that
British as well as American quar-
ters nave taken steps in Turkey with
the intention to enable the Soviet
Russian Black Sea feet passage
through the Dardanelles.
Upon request it was declared in
this connection in the Wilhelm
strasse that the British and Ameri-
cans may be anxious to secure for
themselves these Soviet Russian
units. but that Turkey has always
maintained a firm attitude as re-
CARDS the Dardanelles problem. Con-
sequenrly Berlin sees no reason to
presume that Turkey may now be
inclined to divert from her former
attitu,,E'
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 12.-Rep-
resentative Fish, overwhelmingly
renominated for Congress from
President Roosevelt's home dis
trict, declared today that Wen,
dell L. Willkie, leader OF his in
traparty opposition, cor any
other rabid interventionist who
interferes with national unity is
doing a disservice to America"
Mr.. Fishs better than 2-to-1 vic-
tory over three rival Republican
candidates featured yesterdays New
York primary election, which also,
brought denomination to six other.
members of Congress who, like him.
were assailed for what opponents
termed their isolationist views be-
fore Pearl Harbor.
Commenting as Representative Fish
piled up his decisive lead, Mr.. Will
kie said that "for the sake both OF
the country and of the Republican
party the fight for his elimination
must be continued"
Earlier, Mr.. Willkie, 1910 Repubh-
can presidential candidate and one
OF several party leaders opposing
Representative Fish, said renominas
ton of the 22-year congressional
veteran would permit Democrats to
'use Fish's record as a symbol Of
Republican political philosophy"
Says People Still Rule.
Representative Fish. In q state
ment issued Immediately after his
denomination was assured, said "the
people still rule in this district" and
added:
"1nterventionists and non-inter.
ventionists are marching shoulder to
shoulder to victory and Mr.. Willkia
or any other rabid interventionist
who interferes with national unity
is doing disservice to America and
aiding and abetting our enemies" :.
These pre-war issues were sunk
at Pearl Harbor." Representative
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Reds sd Army
Is Wiped Out in
Battle, Nazis Say
Russians Captured
Since Spring Put
At 1,044,741 Total
BY tire Associated Press.

BERLIN tFrom German Broad
casts, Aug. 12.-The destruction
of the bulk of the Soviet 62d
Army, with capture of $1,000 pris-
oners, and the destruction of
more than 1000 tanks and 750
guns, was reported today by the
German high command, which
said this completed the great
battle of the Don bend as other
German troops were advancing
deeper into the Caucasus Noun
tains.
Since the spring campaign began,
1,O44,741 Red Army soldiers have
been captured, the high command
reported in special and regular
communicates.
1t acknowledged that the Russians
had resumed hot diversionary at
tacks northwest Of Voronezh, on the
south central front, and In the areas
OF Rzhev, 100 miles northwest of
Moscow, and southeast of Lake IL
men and on the Volkhov front. All
these attacks were reported repulsed,
however, in bitter fighting, much of
1t hand-to-hand.
The Soviet attacks on the Rzhev
front were made by numerically
superior forces, the communique
stated.
A special announcement told of
the battle of the Don bend and de-
clared German troops and air forces
have annihilated the bulk Of the
SD Soviet Army and strong units
OF the 1st Tank Army in the great
Don bend west Of Kalash."
Since the beginning of the spring
fighting from the battle on the
Kerch Peninsula up to the conclu-
sion of the battle In the great Don
bend" the special announcement
added, German and allied troops
on the eastern front have brought
in 1,044,741 prisoners"
1t gave these figures for Soviet
mechanical losses in the same pc
riod-6,27l tanks and 10,13l guns
seized or destroyed; 1850 planes
shot down in air combat; 664 planes
downed by anti-aircraft FIRE; 432
planes destroyed on the ground.
The regular war bulletin later
added that Axis troops had captured
Slavyansk, about rs miles northwest
OF Krasnodar. but also mentioned
the resumption OF what it called
"diversionary attacks" by the Red
Army northwest of Voronezh, north
ern anchor of the Nazi sweep into
the Don Basin and the Caucasus.
Again emphasizing heavy air at
tacks in the Russian held coastal
areas of the Black Sea, the high
command declared German bomb
ers had sunk a patrol vessel and
two transports along with other
coastal boats and had damaged six
other TRANSPORTS,
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Gen. Barnes in Britain
To CorreIafe Allied Arms
eN the Associated Press.

~ tue ADSOClateO Hfe6o.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-Brig Gen.
G. M. Barnes, chief of the United
States War Department Design Sec
ton, has arrived at the head of a
technical mission to work with the
British in correlating American and
British fighting materal.
Latest developments on both sides
OF the Atlantic have lett many ad-
justments to be made before ma
terial can be used inter- -changeaoly
by both armies as projected in the
joint production program.
Gen. Barnes, who is an expert on
design and manufacture of heavy
ordnance, particularly anti aircraft
artillery, came to London at the
joint invitation OF the British war
and supply ministries to further the
work already started.
A native OF Hastings, Mich, he
was graduated as q civil engineer
and commissioned In the Army in
1910. He is IS.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Russians Withdraw
As German Forces
Widen Operations
-r -..s 80
Attack After Attack
Launched by Foe in
Krosnodur Sector
BY EDDY GILMORE,
Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.


MOSCOW, Aug. 12.-Russian
troops withdrew grudgingly, and
still fighting furiously, into the
wild lands of the Caucasian foot
hills today as the German Army
lunged on between the Black
and Caspian Seas-its greatest
prizes still ahead.
German columns were moving
westward, almost within gunshot of
the Black Sea naval stations of
Novorossisk and Tuapse, and south
eastward toward the rich oil fields
of Grozny and the Caspian Sea be-
yond.
Rolling ever-new reserves and
equipment into the struggle with
their customary talent for supply
arrangements, the Germans con-
fronted the battered Russian forces
at Krasnodar with numerically su-
perior forces and launched attack
after attack, today's midday COM
muniQue said. KraSnodar Is the
main obstacle on the road to Novo-
roSsisk.
THE Germans are trying at all
costs to cross to the southern bank
of river" the midday communique
said. More than 1000 Germans
were killed and IL tanks destroyed
in this effort, the Russians said.
(The river mentioned probably
Is the Kuban, which flows from
Krasnodar into the Black Sea
north of Novorissisk)
Edging along the Rostov-B -Baku
Railway. the Germans reached
(See RUSSIA, Page A-16)
Evening star., 1942-08-12
TOTO and Hiroto
Reported Shot by
Korean Terrorist
Attack Said to Have
Occurred in Toxic
On June II
By TIE Associated Press.

BY fEe Assoc lateQ fTeSS.
Kilsoo Ham, Washington repre-
sentative of the Sino-Korean Peoples
League, said today he had received a
report from the Orient which he be-
lieved to be true that young Korean
patriot had shot and wounded
Premier Gen. TOTO of Japan June II.
Haan said his information, from
agents of the Sino-Korean League
in Japan, was that Park SooWon, 81,
slightly wounded TOTO with his first
shot, fired at the entry of the old
War Ministry brick building in Toxic
at 1890 pm, but that second shot
missed the Premier. After treat
ment of his wound at a hospital TOTO
was allowed to go to his home.
The second shot, Ham said. hit
former Premier and former Foreign
Minister Hirota, who was following
behind TOTO.
In the ensuing excitement Japa-
nese gendarmes opened fire, Ham
related, and shot Maj. Yuzo Fujita,
whom he described as "a we'll
known Japanese army flyer of great
fame in Japan" During the melee
two japanese photographers from
Nichi Nichi and Hochi were hit and
Soowon was mortally wounded.
Hirota and Maj. Fujita were
rushed to hospitals with serious
wounds, Ham said he was informed.
Soowon was member of a
Korean terrorist society, Eurldan,
meaning the members were pledged
to give their blood for their country,
Ham said, and he was informed
that terrorist bands ARE now Gre
ating terror in Toxic, Yokohama and
Osaka"
The Japanese rounded up 90
young Koreans in Toxic after the
incident, Haan said, and their fate
was unknown to him.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Nazi Sea Offensive
In South Atlantic
in London
Attacks by Surface Ships
And U-Boots Reported
Already Started
by the Associated Press.


LONDON, Aug. IA large
scale offensive by German sur
face and submarine raiders
against the heavy and increas-
ingly important Allied merchant
traffic in the South Atlantic was
predicted today by informed
British naval sources.
Reports from neutral and Axis
sources In the last ~ hours indi-
Gated. it was said, that the attacks
already had started.
These sources cited Rio de janet
ro's receipt Of SOS messages report
ing an enemy surface raider 1000
miles of the Brazilian coast and the
German high commands claim of
yesterday that 1921 tons of ship
ping bound for Egypt had been sunk
recently by German submarines off
the American and West African
coasts.
Supply Route to India.
Not only is the South Atlantic the
chief supply route to India \and
Egypt, but under present conditions
1t Is probably the most important
means Of sending supplies to Rus
sia via Iran.
Wheat and beef from South
America also traverse the new dan
ger area en- route to Britain.
A naval source reported that a
number Of armed Axis merchant
raiders had reached the South At
lantic from ports on the Bay of Bis
cay since the fall of France.
Two were destroyed by the British
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Summary of Todoy's Star

Truman charges steel industry failed
to expand. Page A-3
War effort held up by red tape,
speaker says. Page A
May, Wherry, Griswold win In Ne
braska. Page Ar
Sweeney beaten, McSweeney winner
in Ohio. Page AZ
Senators told Standard Oil retard-
ed alcohol production. Page AS
WPB may close or slow ahead-of-
schedule plants. Page A-l0
Washington and Vicinity.
ODT suggests curtailing Arlington
non-rush bus service. Page A-6
Health Department plans health
survey here. Page B-1
Decision on saboteur accomplices
may be made today. Page B-1
Miscellany.
Marriage Licenses. Page Clio
Births and Deaths. Page ca
Evening star., 1942-08-12
William Dudley PeNey Given
75-Yeor Term for Sedition
Silver Shirt Leader
Denied New TriuI
At Indianapolis
B, tie Associated Press.

B.. tie Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 12.-Wil-
liam Dudley Pelley, founder and
leader of the Silver Shirts OF Amer
lea, was sentenced today to Is years
in prison In the first major sedition
case since Americas entry into the
war.
Federal Judge Robert G. Baltzell
imposed the sentence after denying
a defense motion for q new trial.
The dapper, 52-year-old Pelley,
whom Government attorneys called
"a Benedict Arnold" and IAN Aaron
Burr in their prosecution, was con-
victed a week ago OF II counts Of
criminal sedition in connection with
publications of the Fellowship Press,
Inc, which he headed.
In passing sentence, Judge Bait
zell said he believed Pelley should
be imprisoned "for the duration"
Pelley could have been sentenced
to 20 years imprisonment and fined
$4,000 on each count of the indict-
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Woman Who Cut OFF Foot
Develops Pneumonia
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE. N. c., Aug. 12.-
Mrs. c. F. Thompson, 80. who coolly
cut of her foot just above the ankle
with 6-inch f1shermens knife
after it became entangled in the
driving mechanism of a motor boat,
was in critical condition today at
the New River Marine Base Hos
pital.
| DR.. J. C. Drake, physician in
charge said Mrs. Thompson devel-
oped pneumonia last night, and this
with other complications, might
prove fatal.
Evening star., 1942-08-12

Fish continued, "and every fair
minded American knows 1t and re.
sents attempts to revive them" =,
He more than doubled the vote
for Augustus w. Bennett, Newburgh
attorney and strongest Of his oppo-
nents, with State Assemblyman Em-
erson D. Fite and Edward j. Bowen.
other contenders, trailing badly,
Ferdinand A. Hoyt, friend Of the
President and winner of q Demo-
cratic contest with Mr.. Bowen. will
oppose Representative Fish in the
general election November 3.
With only four districts unre-
ported out of 223, Representative
Fish's vote totaled 1886: Mr.. Ben
nett's, 1858; Mr.. Fite's TIC, and
Mr.. Bowen's 90.
Marcantonio Is Winner. -
Outstanding among those surviv-
ing the isolationist issue raised
against them was Representative
Marcantonio, American Labor party
left-wing leader. With support Of
Mayor La Guardia, he won contests
ed nominations on the ALP, Repub-
lican and Democratic tickets Of New
York City's Goth congressional dis
trict. ~
Other Representatives whom the
issue failed to trip were two Re-
pubhcans, Edwin A. Hall. Btag-
hamton, 34th district, and Daniel
Il. Reed of Western New York,s
43d district, and three New York
City Democrats, William B. Barry.
James A. OLeary and Martin J.
Kennedy. N
Voters also elected delegates to
party State conventions August 10
and 20 which will nominate candi-
dates for Governor. National at.
tention is focused by party strug-
gle for the Democratic nomination
which finds President Roosevelt and
State Democratic Chairman James
A. Farley in opposite camps.
Ability of county leaders to make
good on pledges despite efforts Of
rival forces to WOO delegate support
creates a scrambled picture. Mr..
Farley, who managed two Roosevelt
presidential campaigns, is support
ing Attorney General John j. Ben.
nett. Senator Mead claims Mr..
Roosevelt's Endorsement.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
British Admit Loss
Of Carrier; Large
Part Of Crew Safe
Eagle Sunk by Enemy in
Mediterranean; Running
Bottle Is Indicated
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The Brit
ish carrier Eagle has been sunk
in the Mediterranean, but large
part of the 22,6O0-ton warship's
crew has been saved, the Ad-
miralty announced today.
The Eagle carried a customary
complement Of 748 men and Il or
more planes.
A German broadcast heard here
indicated the Eagle went down at
the start of battle which may be
continuing between British convoy
and Axis submarines and warplanes
The broadcast, quoting DNB, said
British capital convoy" escorted
by the bulk of the Mediterranean
feet, had been engaged in the West
ern Mediterranean since last eve
ming.
The original German report said
the Eagle was sunk at midday.
Italians Claim Hits.
Adding to the score Of the reported
action, the Italian high command
said that one of its submarines
scored two torpedo hits at dawn
yesterday on "a large warship of
unascertained type, strongly es-
corted."
The Admiralty said at least one
enemy submarine operating in the
same area as the old carrier already
had been sunk, indicating the Eagle
went down fighting.
A communique said:
THE Board of the Admiralty re-
grets to announce the loss of H.
M. S. Eagle Capt. L. D. Macintosh,
DCS, RND as result of U-boat
action in the Mediterranean. A
large number of ships company are
saved
The next of kin will be informed
as soon as details are received. In
order to avoid anxiety the Admiralty
policy is to endeavor to inform the
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Nozi Bomber Reported
Over Iceland Again

B: the Associated Press.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. IL
Another long range German bomber
was reported over Western Iceland
yesterday afternoon, but attempted
no attack, Army authorities an
nounccd.
An alarm was sounded on the
north coast in Akureyri, 1celand's
second largest city, with 5000 popu-
lation. No planes were seen, how
ever.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Commissioners Back
Proposal 10 Revise
Tax ExemptionL Law
District Heods Favor
McCurron Bill Over
Hunter House Plan
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The Commissioners went on
record today in favor of revision
of the laws governing tax exemp-
ton of charitable, religious and
educational institutions, many of
which have been held to be tax
able within the past 18 months
under strict Interpretation Of ex-
isting statutes.
They made known their position
in a letter read by Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech, as
Chairman McCarran began Senate
District Committee hearings on his
bill to Hberalize the exemption re-
quirements.
More than a score of spokesmen
for leading religious, charitable,
educational and welfare agencies
of all denominations were present
and will be heard during the hear
ings, which are expected to con-
tinue into next week.
Want Broad Definitions.
The Commissioners did not at
tempt to present or indorse specific
provisions of proposed new law,
except to suggest that the new
law should contain as many general
classif1cations las reason and equity
dictate and as are susceptible of
definite Interpretation and -practi-
cable administration"
The McCarran bill comes nearer
to carrying out that suggestion than
the Hunter bill in the House, which
proposes one broad, all-inclusive
definition of exemption. The Nc
Carran bill contains separate def
nitions for religious, charitable and
educational institutions.
In outlining his own position, Sen
ator McCarran said it will not be
an easy task to write law that will
grant all reasonable exemptions and
at the same time exclude unjusti-
fed exemptions. He pointed out
that educational and charitable in
stitutions, operated without profit
and entitled to exemption. may own
more land than Is Immediately es-
sential to the growth of the agency
(see TAX EXEMPTIONS. Pg A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-08-12
OPA Predicts Meat Rutioninq;
Food Price Rises Scheduled

Meat rationing in some sections
of the country was forecast today
by an official Of the once OF Price
Administration as wholesale deal
ers reported little improvement in
the supply of meats for the Wash
ington market.
Harold Rowe, chief of the OPA
food rationing division, said there
was "a good chance" Of meat ra-
tioning In some form. He would
make no prediction as to how soon
1t might be necessary.
TITS likely to come some time dur.
Ing this wsr, however" hs added.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
Lehman to Keynote
State Convention
Next Wednesday
Special Dispatch to The star.


NEW YORK, August a.
Gov. Herbert II. Lehman has
accepted an invitation to serve
as temporary chairman and
'keynoter" of the Democratic
State convention next Wednes-
day and both candidates for
Governor claim his selection as
. victory.
Delegates chosen in yester-
days State primary will choose
between Senator Mead, backed
by President Roosevelt, and At
torney General John j. Ben
nett, jr., supported by State
Chairman James A. Farley.
The designation of Gov. Leh-
man was proposed by the Far
ley faction, although Mr.. Lef1-
man has indorsed Senator
Mead.
The convention will be held
in Brooklyn August 10 and 20.
Evening star., 1942-08-12
War Is Not Going Well,
Patterson Tells Auto Men
Ey the Associated Press.

r, the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. II. - Under
secretary of War Patterson today
declared II wish I could tell you
the war is going well, but it is not.
We still are on the defensive"
Speaking at ceremonies marking
the Army-Navy production award to
the White Motor Co., Mr.. Patterson
said:
THE duty I am performing here is
a bright spot in a dark war. We
need more bright spots. There is
only one alternative waiting at the
end of the road--victory or death
kill or be killed"
The Undersecretary returned to
Washington Immediately after the
ceremony.