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Toxic Admits Reverses.

The Toxic radio mentioned the
Japanese reverses for the first time,
asserting that on August 10 Jap
anese forces on the Chekiang-
Kiangsi front Commenced read
justment Of their battle line in order
to secure a more militarily advan-
tageous position in readiness for
future action"
This explanation was attributed
to the press section of the Japanese
Army in Central China. the force
which began the big Chekiang-Ki-
angst drive May Is with the aim of
seizing potential air bases from
which Japan could be bombed and
establishing an all-rail route to con-
quered Singapore.
Previously the japanese have ac-
counted for Withdrawals In China
by saying they had accomplished
their purpose and never had in
tended to stay. No such claim was
made In this case.
The Japanese broadcasts did not
specifically say that any retreat was
being carried out, and German
broadcasts of Toxic dispatches pre-
tended the Japanese were still in
full possession OF their Chekiang-
Kiangsi gains.
japanese Troops Withdrawn.
This broadcast said the japanese
spokesman declared the railway
line from Chekiang to Kiangsi will
be repaired only as uses of this are
necessary for military purposes"
The spokesman was quoted as
saying the Chinese had lost 35,745
dead and 10,2o5 In prisoners in the
Chekiang -Kiangsi fighting.
The Chinese themselves, how
ever, have warned repeatedly that
the Chinese success in Chekiang
and Kiangsi are not due entirely to
military prowess, because the Jap
anese have been mysteriously re-
moving many of the 10000 troops
and strong air force with which
they began the drive.
The Chinese intelligence reports
simultaneously have told OF Japa-
nese troop concentrations along the
border Of Japanese-held French
Indo-China and in Manchuria, sug-
gesting that the Japanese had new
military schemes afoot.
In an official review of the three
and one-half month campaign in
Chekiang and Kiangsi, the Chinese
said the Japanese had suffered more
than 10000 casualties: 14,0O0 at
Kinhwa and Lanchi, $4,000 at Chuh-
sien and 5000 at Shanghai, and that
the situation at present was just as
1t was before the japanese started
the big push down from Nanchang.
The Chinese now hold nearly 200
miles Of the. 450-mile Chekiang-
Kiangsi Railway which the Japanese
grabbed but failed to hold.
The 10000 Japanese soldiers en-
ployed constituted the largest force
used by the invaders on any single
project in China since the Hankow
drive of October, 1888, said the
Chinese review.
The ambitious scale of this project
made its sudden failure-or aban-
donment-all the more suspicious.
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learn to sew and mend and repair,
that they serve as school traffic po-
licemen, that they work in victory
gardens or do summer work on
farms and that they make friends
with the youngsters of new families.
In an appendix, the civilian pro-
lection jobs of the Citizens Defense
Corps are listed with the training
required and the number of work.
ers needed per thousand popula-
ton
Would-be volunteers are told that
only about 81 persons out Of 1000
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Officers 'ToH-With Jops' Sent
Marines Into SoIomons Bottle

Good luck and God bless you and
to he'll with the Japs"
These were the words with which
Col. Leroy P. Hunt. commanding one
of the combat groups in the assault
on the Jap-held Solomons, sent his
Marines into action.
The Navy yesterday made public
the text of the stirring battle mes
sage which Col. Hunt addressed to
his men shortly before they landed.
The message said:
From: Commanding officer COM
bat group "a"
To: Combat group "A"
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part in civilian mobilization, con-
servation, salvage, putting the fam
lily budget on a war basis, preserving
family health, learning the truth
and refusing to spread gossip and
earning V-Home certificate.
Millions in Target Areas.
1t points out that $4,000 900 Amer
leans live in the so-called target
areas. that's one old f1atiron will
provide enough scrap iron to make
four hand grenades, that while Ger
many is spending out of every 10
dollars of the, national income for
war, America at the time of Pearl
Harbor was spending only out Of
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help us to get in up to the shoul-
ders-if we read it and act on it."
The handbook begins by telling
how every person can become a
small fighting unit on the home
front, whether or not he or she has
spare time. 1t speaks of the house
wife who rarely sees the bottom of
her mending basket and of the
breadwinner who works so hard
he hardly ever gets around to fix
ing leaky faucets.
In general terms, 1t goes on to
list protecting themselves, taking
Evening star., 1942-08-30
CycIe Officer Gets Horse

KANSAS CITY, Kans., Aug %
lP.-Motorcycle Patrolman Jack
Eskridge has suffered two skull
fractures In traffic accidents since
he joined the police force last Sep
tember. Chief Will Johns granted
him permission to get horse.
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Weather Report

y
today with moderate
Virginia cool today with scattered showers
Evening star., 1942-08-30

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Hishest, So, 1:l0 pm. yesterday. Year
Lowest, 90, TAB am. yesterday. Year
ago So
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 30. on July l9.
Lowest g. on January IL.
Humidity for Last ~ Hours.
tFrom Noon Yesterday to Noon Today
Hishest, So per cent, At $50 am.
Lowest 6S per cent at 2:30 pm.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today Tomorrow.
High 1901 am. 12:47 Am.
Low - 6:2s am. 1.l6 am.
low ---------- 63s pm. 7:23 pm.
Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets
sun. sun. ,osasyrov tsasy s:3a 7:4s
Moon. today--l0 :32 p,n1. II :O7 N.
Automobile ligfts must be turned on one
Aslsa "1r after sunset.
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Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in tht
Capital fcurrent month to date):
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Twelve thousand nurses are badly
needed In England.
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Readers Guide
News Summary
Foreign.
The Sunday Star, August 80, 1912

Foreign.
Red Army holding in twin battles
for Stalingrad. Page Al
Japanese refuse safe conduct to ship
with prison supplies. Page Az
Japanese retreating before new
drive north Of Canton. Page A-2
Swiss Catholic paper raps French
prosecution of Jews. Page AS
National.
Walkout threatened at Ave Wright
plants. Page Al
Rationing Of fuel oil reported al
ready decided upon Page Al
Houghton resigns as WPB omcial to
save embarrassment" Page Al
Biddle praises handling of war-of-
fense cases. Page Ais
Navy nurses tell of Jap occupation ;
of Guam. Page A-2o
Washington and Vicinity.
Mrs, Herrick quits NLRB to join
Todd Shipbuilding Page Az
Stars arrive today for War bond
rally. Page Ala
Increase of $65,000 sought in 1914
library estimates. Page Ala
Randolph step hailed by group work.
ing for child care. Page A-13
Most federal employees to work on
Labor Day Page A-13
Committee may act on tax exemp-
ton hill. Page Ais
Evening star., 1942-08-30

On the metal collection drive you
have an S card. Go the limit.
Evening star., 1942-08-30

River Report.
mae and Shenandoah RIYers muddy
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& Milk for Needy
Comes 10 End Today;
100 Buyers Affected
lnceused Costs
And Lack Of Supply
Surplus Stop Program

The 5-cent-a-quart relief milk
program comes to a halt today be-
cause of increased costs and the abb
sence of a milk supply surplus.
Inaugurated in August, 1910, un-
der plan for Federal subsidy
through the Agriculture Marketing
Administration, the program was a
boon to families on the relief lists.
During the last month some HOO
relief clients have been buying milk
at a rate OF 1000 or more quarts a
day
Abandonment of the program was
announced last week jointly by Con-
rad Van Hyning, District welfare
director, and Roy Hendrickson, ag-
riculture marketing administrator
The welfare director explained that
withdrawal of WPA workers as
signed to distribute the milk played
a part IN raising costs to point
where the program no longer was
possible. Relief clients had bought
the milk from II distribution sta
tions.
Mr.. Hendrickson said that, while
the ANA unit costs had been only
81 cents per quart in August, 1910,
they went up to cents this month.
The ANA had agreed to pay the
difference between the nickel paid
by the relief client and the total
cost.
The ANA official said that when
conditions become more favorable"
the ANA would examine the posi-
bilities of re-establishing the pro-
gram.
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No Law Found 10 Ban
Drivinq in Afraid Test

A charge against colored youth
OF driving during yesterdays air
raid test was dropped by ithe cor
poration counsel's office in Municipal
Court TO-DAY when it was found that
no city ordinances exist for the reg
ulation Of traffic and pedestrians
during daylight tests.
The youth, George Hughes. 10, OF
86 N street Sc. was arrested by
police in the fourth precinct yester-
day. He was charged with operat-
ing an automobile during an air.
raid test and also with driving with
out District permit.
Judge John P. Mcmahon fined
him $40 on the latter charge in
Traffic Court today.
Corporation Counsel Richmond B
Keech pointed out that until Presi-
dent Roosevelt signs the amended
blackout law for the District-which
gives the Commissioners broad pow
ers to promulgate regulations for
raids, night and day-no ordinances
are available.
He said the Commissioners can
merely request" the cooperation of
the public during a daylight prac-
tice raid.
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No matter how many duties a
household imposes, the woman who
feels she has a stake in the war can
find time for civilian defense job
to judge from some of the women
who already have answered the call
for Red Cross nurses aides.
One of these women is the mother
of two children, a boy of 10 and
daughter of IL. She does all her
own housework, but spends two days
a week serving at Garfield Hospital.
She even found time the other day
to arrange a birthday party for her
daughter.
The war reaches right into this
aides home. Her three brothers are
all in the service, one in the Army,
the second in the Army Air Forces
and the third in the Navy.
Between her volunteer job and her
housework, she doesn't have so much
time to wonder where they are now.
Another woman is the wife of
naval aviator. She not only does
her own housework, but launders
her husbands summer uniforms. In
between times, she is training dogs
for sentry duty at Army posts, which
requires three lessons day.
AS a nurses aide, she works three
days q week in the ante-chamber of
hospital operating room. Her
spare moments she spends wedding
her victory garden.
A third woman Is the wife OF 4
naval lieutenant. Just finishing her
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Furniture DeIuge
Applies Pincers
ToOW Stoff

Confusion reigned yesterday in q
portion of Elmer Davis ONCE of
War Information, set up to end con-
fusion in war news. when a flood of
unwanted Office furniture poured
into the new headquarters in the
Social Security Building.
It turned out Government moving
men were confused and moved a
goodly portion of Uncle Sans stock
pile of desks and chairs into the
new Office. There was scarcely room
left for the people supposed to man
the place.
A portion of the Foreign Infor-
nation Service of the Co-ordinator
of Information was absorbed by the
United Nations News Division of
owl. Henry Paynter, director of
the division, was busy Wednesday
night supervising the transfer when
suddenly he realized enough furni-
ture had arrived.
Moving men kept bringing in desks
and chairs. When Mr. Paynter pro-
tested he was being deluged the men
said they had orders" Twenty,
thirty, forty pieces were trundled in
When the final count was in there
were about so too many desks and
about the same number of extra
chairs. The pieces. marked storage
finally were pushed to a corner of
the big room so the Office could get
to work.
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and Riverside Stadium rings with
shouts of encouragement. AS a
more substantial evidence OF faith,
a woman from Arlington. Va, brings
a roast chicken each Friday evening
as gift to her favorite team. She
is not considered odd. Delicacies
are frequently offered, and an angel
food cake came from as far away as
Baltimore.
Donations Cheerfully Received.
Coins and bills are also thrown
to the participants, especially when
they do dance act that catches
popular fancy, and that is the way
the contestants make most of their
money, says Mr.. Avis. He says that
for his part he has paid their trans
portation here, has installed at cost
of 81 100 a bouncy floor which pre-
vents ankles from swelling. has en-
ployed a physician and trainers and
provides shelter and food.
Altogether, there is business per-
sonnet of about IS, including Paul
Griffin, the outside promotion man
who is staging a public wedding at
the stadium tonight, man at the
door to keep out DRINKS, and a
bouncer inside to throw out any one
seen taking drink, says Mr.. Avis.
AS evidence of high health re-
quirements. the promoter intro
duced the reporter to his "dietitian,"
Phil Caponi. Mr.. Caponi displayed
an attractive stock of groceries and
recalled that in 1924 he cooked one
meal for Gen. John j. Pershing, at
Camp Dodge. Iowa. Ten years
later he triumphed again, cooking a
meal at Waukegan, H., for Mayor
Kelly of Chicago.
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Jobs in District
Set at494,000
In Mid.June
Nations Workers,
PoyroIIs Reported
At AII-Time Hioh

Employment in the District in
mid-June totaled $4,000, an in
crease of 5000 over the preceding
month and SO 900 more than in June,
194l, Secretary Perkins reported to-
day.
Civil non-agricultural employ
ment in the UnitedsStates increased
$4,000 during the month to reach a
total of 41,415, 900 for the highest
total on record. The employment
gain since June, 1941, amounted to
100000.
Payrolls at Peak.
Secretary Perkins reported that
the June induces of factory employ
ment and payrolls were at new, all
time peaks, 1884 and 1945 per cent,
respectively, of the 1923-1925 aver
ages. The gains since June last year
were 80 per cent of employment and
278 in payrolls.
Total employment in the Federal
executive service in June was $780,
600. Federal employment increased
100000 during the month; $4,000 in
side the District and $4,000 outside.
During the past year employment
inside the District has increased 46
per cent and outside the District 81
per cent.
Along with the Labor Department
announcement the Civil Service
Commission announced that with
the War and Navy Departments,
the War Production Board and
Office of Price Administration
leading the field, the number of
civilian employees in the executive
branch of the Government in the
District area leaped from 256,457 in
May to 269,l67 in June.
War Agency Hirings.
A breakdown of the figures showed
that the increase of 12,710-496 per
cent-was due mainly to the addi-
ton of 5,317 employees in the War
Department, an increase of 1882
per cent; 2.l83 in the Navy Depart
ment (5.01 per cent?, 924 in the War
Production Board $3.50 per cent?
and 633 in OPA u5.21 per cent?.
Rapid expansion was also noted
in the War Shipping Administration
(8l in May to 1872 in june, the
Alien Property Custodian Bureau
112 to 21D and the Board of Eco
nomic Warfare 1923 to 1890
The commission report also shows
that about 400 guards and laborers
were added to the Public Buildings
Administration of the Federal Work
Agency on per diem basis and 658
employees were added to the Census
Bureau, the latter figure rejecting
in the Commerce Department total
During June, the commission re-
vealed, the decentralization program
was responsible for moving approx
mately 5000 employees from the
Washington area, a reduction dis
tributed chiefly among the Agricul-
ture Department., the Veterans Ad-
ministration and the Treasury De-
partment.
The total personal service ex-
penditure for the area was $45,-
286, 667.
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fort, and they're doing it as the
graduate nurses they relieve from
duty report to the Army and Navy
to tend the husbands and brothers
of other women.
Still needed to fill hospital gaps
in personnel and to stand ready for
the disasters of an enemy bombing
are 500 Red Cross nurses aides.
For the women who want to make
every hour of their day mean some
thing, women who can spare the
time to be useful, there Is another
opportunity to enroll as Red Cross
nurses aide tomorrow.
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The Job in Brief

Qualifications: For Red Cross
nurses aides, women between
10 and so years with high school
education or its equivalent.
Training: Classroom work.
IS hours; probationary hospital
work, As hours. Classes start
August 3, Providence Hospital.
10 am. to II noon. and August
II, Walsh House. 2020 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, 10 am.
to IL noon. All aides must take
20-hour Red Gross flrst-aid
course not later than end of
first year of service or 10-hour
advanced review course If stand
ard course has been taken In
the past.
Hours of work after training:
Yearly minimum of $50 hours
of hospital work, preferably in
a concentrated period.
Where to register: At 2020
Massachusetts, avenue NV,
Monday, Thursday and Satur-
day morning from 10 to IL.
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Boiling Flyer Is Killed
In Crash Near 0xon Hill

Second 1t. Stephen J. Bladykas,
%, of Oyster Bay, NJ Y. attached to
flying squadron at Boiling Field,
was killed last night when his plane
crashed on the Livingston road near
the Oxon Hill, Md, High School.
1t. Bladykas was flying alone on
routine night fight when the plane
snapped off an electric power pole
and caught fire, witnesses reported.
Residents of the area were without
electricity for several hours. Wreck
age from the plane was spread over
a large area, witnesses said. Boiling
Field named \ board Of inquiry
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
SuitIund Girl Burned
In Gasoline Stove BIust

Eleanor Birkett, u year old
daughter of Arnold Birkett, an OPP
tical worker at Washington de-
partment store, was severely burned
about the face and body when a
gasoline stove exploded in her home
at Suitland. Md, yesterday.
She was brought to Casualty Hos
pital by her father, where her con-
dition was reported as fair today.
Mr.. Birkett was attempting to
turn off the stove when it f1ared up,
police reported. He received minor
burns.
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Judges Poy Boost Fixed

RICHMOND, Va, July 81 R.-
Virginia trial justices and their
clerks will receive a total of $7,790
In salary increases for the last six
months of this year In place of the
$35 $50 which they had requested.
q ree-judge compensation board
named by Gov. Darden announced
last night.
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WAat4o~R1xMM
WAR BONDS.

Flying gloves are regularly issued
equipment for American aviators.
They are sturdy, well-made gloves
and the Army gets them in quanti-
ties for $50 each.
Thus for the purchase of only $3.50
in War savings stamps. you can buy
a pair Of gloves for some American
airman. School children, girls clubs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31

and other like organizations could
join forces and invest In War
stamps to buy aviation gloves. At
least 10 per cent OF our annual in
come Is necessary to meet the cost
Of this war. BY buying War bonds
you do your share on the home front
for the boys on the battle front.
United states Treasury Department.
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training, she is looking forward to
working full time as a nurses aide
to I'LL the days when her husband
goes to sea.
These women want to make a very
direct contribution to the war ef-
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-Four Repair Depots
Set Up 10 Protect
City in Emergency
Materials to Be Stored
To Insure Wuter, Sewers
In Any Enemy Attack

Development Of four emergency
depots in scattered locations OF the
District for storage of materials and
tools which would be needed for
quick repairs TO water or sewer
mains If they were damaged by the
enemy, is well under way under q
program revealed today by District
officials.
The plan is intended to insure
continuity Of water and sewer serv-
ices despite any possible sabotage or
enemy bombing. Decentralization
was developed to give greater safety
to the main operating and control
center by storing much of its ma
terial and tools in scattered loca-
tions.
Decentralization also. it was ex-
planned, will reduce the time re-
quired for getting materials and
tools to the scene of any break.
Operating Center.
The present plant will remain the
operating center, but emergency
depots are being set up in Anacostia,
Georgetown, Trinidad and the far
Northwest sections of the city.
The cost Of erecting all four depots
lis estimated at 5000. Sheds. load
ing platforms, electric and oil light
ing and telephones are being set up,
in addition to arrangements for
storage OF materials and tools.
Earlier, plans for series of shell
tiers for persons who may be bombed
out of their homes were revealed by
District OCD officials as they an
trict OCD officials as they an
flounced arrangements for intensive
training of 300 enrolled social work.
ers for service at civilian war aid
centers.
1t was indicated details for the
shelters are yet to be completed, but
training of the 300 workers, enlisted
from the ranks of professional, pub
lie and private social workers, is to
be begun at mass meeting at
pm. tomorrow in the auditorium of
the Agriculture Department.
To-Day Course.
Beginning Monday, all day classes
Will be conducted at the United
States Chamber of Commerce for
the 300 volunteers after they have
registered for the Today course at
Toner School, the headquarters of
the District OCD. The classes will
be under the direction of the Red
Cross and will be given by Miss
Carolyn Flanders.
The mass meeting tomorrow for a
general outline of the detectives will
be featured by talks by Conrad Van
Hyning, District welfare director
and head of the civilian mobiliza-
ton unit of the District Defense
Corps; Miss Josephine Brown, chair
man OF the Family Security Com
mlttee of the Civilian Mobilization
Committee. and Col. Lemuel Bodies,
metropolitan civilian defense di-
rector.
TrOV1oeS FSA Grants.
Under the contemplated plan a
series of shelters are to be provided
for housing and other care of per-
sons made homeless by enemy at
tack. Federal, District and Red
Cross facilities would be employed
TO meet the needs. The Federal Sc
curity Agency, it is explained, would
contribute grants to local communi-
ties to assist in the care of the vic
Tins, to be administered through
District welfare authorities, along
with use Of Red Cross facilities.
The civilian war aid centers would
come under the immediate direction
OF Randolph Bishop. billeting ON
Ger Of the District OCD.
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48 District SeIectees
Will Report Tomorrow

Forty-eight District selectees In
Quoted into the Army on July 10
will report for camp tomorrow after
their two-week furlough, local Sc
lective service headquarters an
nounced.
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Make your decision to get In the
metal now; such Iron determination
viii win.
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Scheduled to report are:

Pechman. Joseph A.
Mulin, S. H., sr.
Kemp, John c.
Guerrero, NJ. D.
Tetreault, Henry
Moore. J. W. jr.
Branch. Philip P.
Hovermale. Ha rry v
Hess. George w.
Murrell, A. K, jr.
Goodwin. Ernest L.
Doud. George L.
Thomas. B. F.
Pryor, William 8.
Steinkamp, Louis
Beasley. Marion r.
ars, George H.
Dollet, Lloyd M.
Watkins. DOME M.
Kendall. Paul
Thomas, Clarence c
Tobey. Donald R.
Cook. Herman L.
Jarrett, Charles H.
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False Alarm Hats Courts.

For two of the jurists-Justice
James w. Morris In District Court
and Judge John p. Mcmahon in
Trafdc Court-it was the second
drill Of the day. A false alarm
earlier forced the two jurists to call
recesses.