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Evening star., 1942-08-19
10000 Of RommeI's S Men
Reported Captured
RH the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Aug. ia farewell mes
sage to the British 9th Army from
Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck dis
closed today that in the last two
months in Egypt Marshal Erwin
Rommel had lost 10000 of his Axis
troops in prisoners alone.
"In the last two weeks" the re-
firing Near East commander told
his forces, you have stopped the
enemy and forced him on the de-
fensive."
The Egyptian battlefront re-
manned quiet today as Gen. Sir
Harold Alexander took up his new
lob as Britains Near East COM
mander and as newly y-arrived United
States troops bolstered the Allied
reserves for the next phase of the
fight.
The first British communique
since the announcement that Gen.
Alexander had succeeded Gen.
Auchinleck reported only little air
activity" yesterday and minor pa
troll actions Monday night.
Reuters reported In Cairo dis
patch that the new American force
was the biggest contingent SO
far"
Evening star., 1942-08-19
British Adopt New Program
Of Granting Commissions
Hy Raiin to The Star.

By Radio to The Star.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-The outlines
of England's postwar army may be
seen in the new program of granting
regular commissions to men now
holding temporary rank.
The army will be flexible to the
extreme of permitting the expan-
sion or decrease OF any arm, as cir
cumstances require. Special empha-
sis will be given to those men with
flying experience or those prepared
to undertake instruction and to men
Interested in and capable of develop
ing new weapons.
No regular commissions have been
granted since the wars beginning
except to doctors, quartermasters
and those cadets already enrolled
at Sandhurst, England's equivalent
of West Point, which has since been
discontinued. Actually, a shortage
of regular commissioned officers
from the lower ranks existed then
and has since become more acute as
a result of promotions and casual
ties.
CopyriFht, 1912, by Chicago Daily News.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

thracite may be used, however, and
the lower the grade the greater per
cent o. ash residue.
AS the war goes on the experts eX-
pect the amounts of anthracite used
here to diminish because bituminous
coal is mined nearer to the city and
also chsts little less. Until this de-
crease comes, however, Mr.. Xanten
will have to contend with the higher
per cent OF ash left by anthracite
burners.
Until about two years ago, Mr..
Xanten recalls, foremen OF collec-
ton crews were proud of the fact
that they could remember the type
and the number of ash and trash re-
ceptacles Of every home on their
routes, as well as every home itself.
With the great growth of popula-
ton here in the last two years, mi
mute memoriZing of collection routes
has become more and more difficult
Now the City Refuse Department is
net C:lly concerned with marking
down the new homes to be visited for
ashes. but is seriously worried about
the former oil consumers who may
forget to inform the department that
they have shifted.
Maps Needed for Coal.
Every home puts out garbage and
trash for the collectors, Mr.. Xanten
explained, but maps have to be kept
for those who burn coal. Those hous-
ing developments or blocks Of pri-
vate homes that burned oil are
know. to ashmen as "oil alleys"
Although the Refuse Department
always receives a steady number OF
calls for collection changes. it is ex-
pected that the number of ash re-
quests will swing sharply upward by
fall.
The ashes are generally hauled to
a neighboring dump. short haul"
dumps located all over the city. The
ashes are useful as filler for road
beds. Collections are made once
week. an adequate frequency for
health protection as we'll as the looks
of the city Oldtimers still speak
longinely, however, of the days when
quiet Washington streets heard the
rumble of the horse-drawn ash cart
twice a week.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

stairs to the living room. where her
assailant caught her and tried to
thrown her on a divan. AS she
fought him, he again struck savagely
at her face.
Escaping once more, she fled up
stairs, where the attacker cornered
her in her mothers room. hit her
and tried to choke her. Finally he
left when hired man, nearing
sounds Of the struggle, knocked on
rear door.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Ex-ItaIian NobIeman' S
Daughter Beaten in
Home by AssaiIant
Attack on Girl Is Latest
In Series of Assaults
In Media (Pu.) Area

Ps the Associated Press.
MEDIA. Pa, Aug. 19.-An extern
sive manhunt was under way today
following the brutal beating Of the
attractive 19-year-old daughter Of
an Americanized Italian nobleman.
The crime was the latest of a
series of attacks on women in the
Media area, including four slayings.
Most of the cases have never been
solved.
Miss Marise Poppy" Saitto was
struck in her fashionable home at
nearby Bartondale yesterday after
noon by man she described as "a
roughly clad giant"
Miss Saitto told police she caught
the reflection of the intruder in a
mirror as she left bathroom. Alone
in the house, she fed to ner bed
room and tried to lock the door.
The prowler followed. forced his
way into the room and demanded
money Miss Saitto said she pointed
out purse on bureau from which
the man took $475 after striking her
several times across the face.
Breaking away, she ran down.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Maryland COP Meets
To Fill Ticket Vacancies
JUAN T. Triple.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.-The Re-
publican State Central Committee
will meet here today to fill one con-
gressional and two State vacancies
on its ticket.
w. David Tilghman. jr.. chairman.
said all 1863 members of the COM
mittee had been notified of the Bal
timore meeting. The deadline for
party committees to fill vacancies is
Saturday.
The candidates to be nominated
are for the ofnces of attorney gen.
eral and controller and for repre-
sentative from the Sd congressional
district.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
-Four Life Trustees
Elected 10 Board Of
Geographic Society
Rear Admiral Lond,
Juan Trippe, {. {. Norris,
l. B. Wilson Honored

Election Of four life trustees to
the Governing Board of the Ma:
tional Geographic Society was an
nounced yesterday by DR.. Gilbert
Grosvenor, president of the society.
Those honored are Rear Admiral
Emory S. Land, chairman United
States Maritime Commission; Juan
T. Trippe, president Pan American
Air Lines: Ernest E. Norris, presi-
dent Southern Railway System, and
Lloyd B. Wilson, on leave of alb
sence as president of the Chesa-
peake e. Potomac Telephone Co.
to become executive vice chairman
of the American Red Gross for the
duration.
These prominent leaders. chosen
at a meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees at the society's headquarters
here, will join a board of distin-
guished scientists, educators, law
yers, business executives. industrial
lists, Army and Navy officers and
high Government officials in direct
ing the 54-year-old society, whose
world wide membership now is more
than 100000.
Other trustees are:
Charles Evans Hughes, former
Chief Justice of the United States:
Robert V. Fleming, president and
chairman Of the Board, Riggs Ma
tional Bank; Gen. John J. PERISH
ing; Walter S. Clifford, president,
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.; 1t. Gen. H. H. Arnold. COM
manding general Army Air Forces;
Charles F.. Kettering, president. Gen.
eral Motors Research Corp. Ad-
miral William V. Pratt. u S. NJ re-
tired; Leroy A. Lincoln, president
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.:
former Vice-President Charles G.
Dawes; DR.. Grosvenor, editor of the
National Geographic Magazine: DR.
Lyman J. Briggs, director, National
Bureau of Standards; George Otis
Smith, former director United
States Geological Survey; George
r. Putnam, Commissioner of Light
houses, retired; DR.. David Fair
child, special agricultural explorer
Agriculture Department.; Elisha
Hanson, lawyer and naturalist;
Theodore w. Noyes, editor of The
Evening Star: DR.. John Oliver La
Gorce. associate editor of the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine; DR..
Alexander Wetmore assistant secre-
tary. Smithsonian Institution; Rear
Admiral L. o. Colbert, director,
Coast and Geodetic Survey: and DR.
George w. Hutchison, secretary of
the National Geographic Society.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Conversion to Coal Forecasts
Problems in Ash Collections
REAR ADMIRAL E. s. LAND.

Gone are the days Of the "oil
alley gone to such an extent that
the city's ash collectors may require
more money from Congress to
handle the so per cent increase
expected in coal ashes in the District
this winter.
In the recent past, the men in
blue denim overalls could skip whole
blocks of residences where there
were only "oil alleys" and never a
brimming ash can. Now, according
to City Refuse Supt William
4. Xanten, so many people are
expected to convert from oil to coal
heating, and so much coal is being
ordered by regular consumers, that
all the maps of District collection
foremen are having to be changed.
Mr.. Xanten fully expects the
amount of ash for collection in the
District to increase at least one
third over it's normal quota of 150,-
900 cubic yards year. If it increases
more than third, Mr.. Xanten said,
he will have to ask Congress for
more money for additional trucks
and workers.
Coal dealers substantiate these ex-
pectations by estimates that so per
cent more coal is being stored away
by consumers tAn any other sum-
mer in the history of the industry.
Twenty per cent of the customers
ordering coal now are new summer
customers who never bothered to
order their coal till the fall in the
past.
The regular customers, who used
to order ton of coal every July,
are now ordering two or three tons
Dealers are busy keeping up with
the demand
So far according to a survey OF
local ccal and oil dealers, 12O burn
ers, less than one-fifth of l per cent
OF the 10000 oil burners in the Dis
trict, have been converted to coal
This is smaller than Secretary OH
Petroleum Co-ordinator Ickes' esti-
mate of one half of per cent con-
version among the Eastern sea-
boards 100000 oil burners.
But grim predictions by Mr.. Ickes'
Office that oil may have to be ra-
toned even if conversion and greater
care cut consumption to the bone is
expected to increase the number OF
conversions greatly within a few
weeks.
Mr.. Xanten estimates that he can
handle $4,000 more cubic yards of
coal ash here than his usual total of
10000 cubic yards without calling
for extra appropriations. But II the
ash collections here soar over zoe, 600
cubic yards year, he explained, he
will have to ask Congress for addi-
tional collection funds.
The refuse collection budget is
worked out flexibly for just such q
contingency, Mr.. Xanten declared
Small sums of money from other
sources within the refuse division
can be applied to the ash situation
up to a total of $4,000 cubic yards
extra.
The ash problem will be furthe,
intensified, according to coal eX-
perts, because the anthracite USED
almost exclusively by domestic con-
sumers here leaves approximately 81
per cent more ash than bituminou,
coal.
Ash Residue Gauged.
Customers in Washington tend tt
burn anthracite coal, it was ex.
planned, because smoke laws require
that only the highest type OF btu
minous coal be burned. Any grade
of the comparatively smokeless an.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Hyattstown Youth Held
On Murder CHARGES

Ray McDonough, 81, residing near
Hyattstown, Montgomery County,
today was charged with the murder
last night of Aoie Cepple Cox, %, of
Gambrilles, Md, Detective 1t. Theo-
dore Vollten Of the Montgomery
County police said
The shooting occurred in the back
yard Of the home of Vernon Nc
Donoush, father of the prisoner, 1t.
Vollten said. He quoted the prisoner
as having said the shooting was the
result OF an argument That began
wine. The police official quoted Ray
McDonough as saying he shot Mr..
Cox with .22-caliber rife after the
latter had aimed shotgun at him.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

vegetables, 3.s per cent, and meats.
0.e per cent. Fractional advances
were reported for several other
foodstuffs. Prices of fats and oils
and sugar declined slightly.
Retail costs Of food not subject
to price control continued to ad-
vance throughout the country. ris-
ing 25 per cent during the month.
Controlled food prices, however, in
creased only 0.3 per cent. The rise
was the result chiefly of higher
prices for fresh milk, beverages and
certain meats.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
RetuiI Food Costs Rise
~ Per Cent in Month

Retail food costs in the District
advanced IL per cent between mid
June and mid-July and are now
1875 per cent higher than in July,
l941, the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics reported yesterday. Food costs
throughout the country increased
IL per cent during the month.
Egg prices in the District in
creased 81 per cent. fruits and
Evening star., 1942-08-19
JobIess Over 81 Increase
Durjnu Last Two Years
3, the Associated Press,

3, the Associated Press.
Despite increased hiring OF work
ers of all ages as result OF the
war. the proportion of persons over
81 in the ranks of the unemployed
has increased during the last two
years, the Work Projects Admins
tration reported today.
Persons in that age group constl-
tuted 20 per cent OF the total num-
Der of iobless last May, against IA
per cent in May, 1910, the report
said, although military inductions
caused the recent large gains in
employment to fall among workers
under 20 or over 35.
The report said those under 70
wears dropped from So per cent OF
the total unemployed in May, l94o'
to % per cent last May, while those
between 25 and 81 years remained
q constant 81 per cent of the job
less in May of both 1s4l and 1912.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
$500 Russian Relief Gift

A contribution of $500 toward the
800 900 quota of the local Russian
War Relief campaign was made by
the welfare fund of the Variety
Club. it was announced yesterday by
Carter Barron, who is associated
with John j. Payette as chairman
Of the Special Events and Theatrl-
cal Committees for Russian war
Relief. The drive will close Au-
gust 81.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Ambulance Crash FoiIs
To Halt Respiration
BY the Associated Press.

BY int ASSOcluCeu PItSs,
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 1.-Two
internes continued to administer
artificial respiration to David Good
man, 7, today despite an acci-
dent to the ambulance bringing
him to a hospital here from his
home in Jacksonville, Ind.
The boy, suffering from infantile
paralysis, developed respiratory pa
ralysis during the 100-mile trip and
the doctors, although jolted when
the ambulance and truck collided
at an Indianapolis intersection,
Kept at their task. Another am
bulance took the boy to the hos
pital, where he was placed in an
Iron lung"
Evening star., 1942-08-03

azine. to direct their "Semper
Paratus" campaign.
Today Is Units Anniversary.
1t opened today on the Coast
Guards 152d anniversary.
Its surprising how few people
ever heard of the song-or even the
Coast Guard" Editor Lloyd said.
Words and music of the other
service songs are familiar to every
one-from school child to granddad
but how many persons could
whistle the music to these words:
"'Semper Paratus is our guide,
"'Our fame, our glory, too,
:" To fight to save or fight and die i!
Aye Coast Guard, we are for
you"
We're not going to run down
other service songs" he emphasized
However we feel 'Semper Paratus'
is entitled to its day in court and
that It's Just as catchy and militant
as the others.
Aid to Recruiting Seen.
Those songs have done much for
the other services and since we've
gained appropriations to enlarge the
Coast Guard to 135, 5000 officers and
men during the coming year, it's
felt that popularization of the song
would prove a fine recruiting aid"
Mr.. Lloyd said coast guardsmen
feel pretty bad" when they go to
the United Service Organiza ton or
other servicemen's clubs and hear
every service song except their own"
He reported that during recent
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Drive Begun 10 Boost
Coast Guards S Soma
In War Hit Parade
Editor at Annapolis
Leeds Drive to Plug
'Semper Porotus'

BY Wide World
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 3.-If
$4,000 United States coast guards
men have their way, "Semper
Paratus" will become one of the
military hit songs.
1t means always ready" and
it's the Coast Guards official hymn
and marching song. Weather beat
en- coast guardsmen declare it's
every bit as good as the Nays
Anchors Aweigh," the Army's
"Caissons Go Rolling Along" and
Marine Corps Prom the Halls of
Montezuma."
Since guardsmen can't carry on
convoy patrol, track down U-boats,
keep up with other duties and plug
the song at the same time, they
drafted" Edward Lloyd, U. S. c. G.
(retired) of Annapolis, editor of the
semi Official U. S. Coast Guard Mag
Evening star., 1942-08-03

the United States would not deter
his own projected campaign Of non
violent opposition to British rule, on
which the All-India Congress party
is expected to reach a final decision
Friday.
He emphasized that while India
was demanding political freedom she
was not insisting on the withdrawal
OF British troops from the country
nor seeking to impede the war effort
OF the United Nations.
However, he warned, India's "sus-
picion and resistance" will be
stiffened if the Allies ignore "the
sincerity Of the fierce opposition
which is being organized with
ominous unanimity"
Endorsement ExIvcted.
Political observers have little doubt
the Congress will indorse Gandhi's
program, which already has been
approved by the party's Working
Committee, although Balkrishma
Sharma, provincial leader, said he
planned to offer a resolution asking
that the opposition movement be
called of.
The Japanese continued their
efforts to stir up trouble in India
by broadcasting from Bangkok a
speech by Rash Behari Bose, exiled
Indian Nationalist, in which he de-
clared the time was ripe for the
people to rise and win their in
dependence. Bose said japanese
troops already were on the eastern
border Of India, but were postponing
action to see whether the Indian
people would throw off British rule
of their own accord
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Gandhi Warns British
On Failure 10 Heed
Freedom Demands
Declares Disconnected
Elements in India Would
Welcome Jap Invasion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOMBAY. Aug. 3.-The political
situation In India took an ominous
turn today as Mohandas K. Gandhi
warned that British failure to heed
Indian demands for independence
would cause discontented elements
to welcome Japanese invasion.
The little Nationalist leader, writ
Ing in his newspaper Harlan, ex-
pressed the personal opinion that
such a. development would be "a
calamity of the first magnitude"
which he said the British govern
ment should avoid by giving in at
once.
(The British Broadcasting Corp,
meanwhile, reported that Sir
Ramaswami Mudaliar, Indian
representative in the imperial
war cabinet, would leave shortly
for London to take his place in
the Councils of the United
Nations)
6andhi added that the chorus
OF indignation" from Britain and
Evening star., 1942-08-03
New Zealand Is Shaken
By Severe Earthquake

By the Associated Press.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Aug. "a severe earthquake. the
second within six weeks. shook the
entire southern part Of North Island
yesterday.
There was considerable property
damage, but no loss OF life was re-
ported Immediately.
The latest earthquake was slightly
less intense than that of June "a,
but damage to buildings In yelling
ton was extensive due to the cumu-
lative effect Of the successive
shocks.
The city engineer estimated that
the damage in wellington may run
into hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
Hundreds of chimneys fell. thou
sands Of windows were shattered
and large blocks of masonry
crashed into the streets.
Wide cracks opened in a number
of buildings and streets were closed
to traffic in some sections.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

weeks one music publishing COM
pany has undertaken male and
mixed voice arrangements of Sem
per Paratus" and also hopes to have
an orchestrated dance arrangement
on the market this week.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
Virginia Road Builders
Work on Biggest Program
Py tie Associated Press.

EN Is6 hSsoSihtNH lboes
RICHMOND, Va, June 1.-THE
State Highway Commission reported
yesterday that despite wartime
curtailment OF normal road building
the highway department was carry
ing forward the largest construction
program 1t ever has had under
way at one time.
Military access roads which are
Federally financed, flight strips
along certain highways and 16-
mile express highway approach to
Washington involve more than
$4,000, 900.
However, as far as State road
funds are concerned. Highway Com
missioner James A. Anderson was
pessimistic in view of the war and
tire and gasoline rationing. He
estimated that 1923 revenues,
which are derived from the gasoline
tax and motor vehicle licenses,
might drop IS per cent below 1904.
None of the 5000 900 originally
allocated for primary construction
in 1873 has been placed under
contract and there also are, some
allocations from the previous two
fiscal years for projects which have
not got under way, Gen. Anderson
said.
Evening star., 1942-06-17
Banneker Junior Hiqh
Presents Diplomas
To Glass Of 143
Col. HomiIton Presides,
Assisted by Member
Of Student Council

Members OF the graduating class
of Banneker Junior High School re-
ceived their diplomas this afternoon
at commencement exercises in the
school auditorium. There were l43
students in the class.
The presiding officer was Col. West
A. Hamilton, member of the Board
OF Educa ton now on active Army
service. Col. Hamilton presented the
diplomas, assisted by Norman Suth-
erland. member OF the student coun-
Gil. The valedictorian was Barbara
Gentry.
The list OF graduates and the
schools to which they were promoted
follows:
Evening star., 1942-06-17
Bottled by Gird|e and Corset,
DOUGHTY Officer Calls for Aid

She doesn't have to wear any If she
doesn't want to.
Mrs Merry was in charge OF ma
terial samples for the smart hand
bags, gloves, pajamas, bathrobes,
underwear and other accessories the
Army is supplying its feminine
auxiliary.
Mrs. Florence o. Ehrhardt is In
charge of breaking down the uni
form specifications into the numbers
of sizes that will be required. And
what a relief the WAAC has been
for Mrs. Ehrhardt, she says. She
likes working with the average fig-
ure alone, instead of the fatties and
the skinnies and the half OF one and
half of the other that she has coped
with in IS years as a buyer.
Up In Philadelphia Miss Maxine
Spenglers division does the actual
ordering of the materials. even to
the size of the stitching that will be
required. Nothing Is left by her to
the manufacturers imagination.
From Oregon to Florida, the WAAC
private's uniform will look exactly
the same, just as the enlisted mans
does
Evening star., 1942-06-17

the expiration of this time, activities
will be resumed, but under blackout
conditions.
Cooperating with traffic safety
precautions, Roy Hunt of the War
Department reported at civilian
defense meeting yesterday that a
special notice had been sent to en-
ployes asking them to be careful
during the blackout. A similar step
was taken by John J. Hasley of the
Palais Royal. in charge of afraid
precautions in industrial firms. and
by officials of the local schools.
Practice Seen as Necessary.
In urging public cooperation with
every phase of the trial, Commis
sioned Young cited the statement
made last week by Brig. Gen. John
T. Lewis, commanding the military
district of Washington, who said
such practices were necessary, and
added that "our Army and the rest
of our fighting forces depend upon
the intelligent help given them by
the civilian population.H
The blackout was called by the