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Evening star., 1942-10-03
217 Croots Reported Executed
For Staying Of One German

cused of high treason against the
Reich and favoring the enemy"
The others were charged with "ac-
cusing innocent people of approving
Of the assassination of Reinhard
Heydrich."
The Czech announcement said
that in September the Germans shot
70 persons in the former republic.
The German radio broadcast a
DNB dispatch saying the four
Dutchmen were put to death for
"inciting the people of the Neither
lands against the occupying power
and for Communist activity, the lat
ter a favorite catch-all accusation
used by the Nazis.
The official Belgian news agency
said that in Belgium .tf1e Germans
have started picking hostages from
/ among gendarmerie and the police
, forces.
"Gendarmerie and police must
themselves eliminate from theil
ranks those who will not submit te
the occupying power" the news
agency quoted = notice posted by
the German military commander u
| Belgium.
Evening star., 1942-10-03
Byrnes Is Appointed
Sterilization Chief:
Resigns From Court
President Gives Jurist
PoIicy-Moking Power to
Check Living Costs

President Roosevelt today named Associate Justice
James Byrnes director of economic sterilization and gave
MN wide policy making to control the of living
in the United States
Moving swiftly after signing the imitation bill last
gnt Mr. Roosevelt appointed
from the Supreme Court issued executive the
staozauon OF wages salaries profits prices
Price Administrator take action to
rent increases anywhere in the country.
Mr Byrnes post makes economic
tne Nato with power to formulate develop
nauonai economic policy for the purpose preventing
aVoldable increases in the living"
Mr. Henderson, whose folow
r Byrnes dlrecVes ordered the meanwhile
immediately establish for eggs chickens btte
cheese potatoes BROUGHT under control bv
Evening star., 1942-10-03
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The teTt of the White House
statement on dnti-infation fol-
lo1Ds:
The President, last night, i'm
mediately after signing the anti
imitation bill passed by Congress
yesterday, instructed Price Ad-
ministrator Henderson to fix rent
ceilings throughout the entire
United States in all areas city
and rural alike. A copy Of this
letter to the price administrator
Is attached.
He also issued instructions to
the price administrator to place
ceiling Immediately upon all
agricultural commodities which
were exempt under the original
Emergency Price Control Act but
which are no longer exempt
under the statute passed yester-
day.
These commodities include
chickens, eggs, cheese, butter,
potatoes and flour. A copy of
the Presidents letter is attached
hereto.
The President issued the fol-
loving statement with reference
to the statute:
THE Congress has done its
part Ia helping substantially to
stabilize the cost Of living. The
Evening star., 1942-10-03
7 Army Flyers and Civilian
Killed in Texas Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONDO, Tex, Oct. "a training
plane from the Army Navigation
School crashed and burned last
night, killing five Army officers, two
commissioned men and a civil
ian navigation instructor.
Flames from the plane destroyed
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E.
Merriman who were away at the
time
The victims. ...,
First 1t. Milton A. Blaul, jr., 27,
pilot; Burlington, Iowa; Capt Jack
E. Sward, cadet tactical officer, Sa-
lem. ILL.,; First 1t. Roger Berg, %
co-pilot, Mahtomedl, Mimi; Second
1t. Woodrow j. Vereika, "a, naviga-
tor, Brockton, Mass; Second 1t
Donald E. Taylor, 81, navigation
instructor, Syracuse, N. Y: STAFF
Sergt Gerald E. Morrison. 20, Dix
on, Mont; Staff Sergt. Joseph G
Smithey, Is, flight engineer, Green
Vile, Tex, and Alex Kiresuk, "a
civilian meteorological instructor
st. Paul, MINI.
Evening star., 1942-10-03
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. 3.-Two hun
dred and seventeen Croats were
reported today by Reuters to
have been executed for the death
of a German shot during a pa
rade by the German minority of
a Croatian village. Croatia ic
an Axis puppet state, a part of
Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav sources in London could
not confirm the Reuters dispatch
which came datelined, "At the Ger
man frontier"
German firing squads have put to
death IL more Czechs and four
Netherlanders for continued defiance
of Nazi rule, and hostages are being
rounded up from the ranks OF Bel
gums native law-enforcement age :
cies as a precaution against violence
and sabotage, continental advices
said.
The Czecho-Slovak government.
in-exile received word that the
Czechs were executed in Prague
Thursday. Ten of the victims. be-
tween 80 and so years old, were &C.
Evening star., 1942-10-03
I Russian Divisions
Are Wiped Out Near
Leningrad, Nazis Say
Capture Of 1870 Men
Reported; Red RepuIse
At StoIingrod CIoimed
By the Associated Press


BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Oct. 3.-The German high
command reported today that
recent battling south of Lake
Ladoga had ended "in complete
success" with destruction of
seven encircled Russian divi-
sions, capture of 12,37O prisoners
and quantities of equipment.
Seven full divisions would
amount to about 100000 men,
The same communique reported
strong Russian relief actions both
south and north of Stalingrad, but
said they failed after heavy fight
ing" and that the German drive
on the northern sector of the Len
ingrad front everywhere achieved
all objectives set for yesterday"
The Lake Ladoga front. southeast
Of Leningrad, is several hundred
miles from Stalingrad
Equipment Seized.
Equipment captured on the La
doga front was listed as 244 tanks
BOT cannon, 491 trench mortars and
843 machine guns in addition tc
much other war material captured
or destroyed.
Enemy losses in killed exceed
$4,000 and the number of enemy
wounded cannot be estimated" the
communique added of the Ladoga
fighting
The communique said the Ger
mans knocked out Al Russian tanks
in the Stalingrad battle.
"On the Don 'front.'" it added
Italian troops repulsed several en-
emy attempts to cross the river.
Many Prisoners Taken.
In the Rzhev area, several hun
dred prisoners were taken in the
course of German attacks and ir
repelling enemy counter attacks
Twenty-six tanks, ~ guns and 6
large number of heavy and light
arms were captured or destroyed
The enemy suffered heavy casual.
ties"
In the air, it said, German ane
Rumanian planes continued to at
tack Soviet rail and sea suppl,
routes in the Caspian Sea and lowe
Volga area.
Evening star., 1942-10-03
Food Shortage Feared
By House Committee
Despite Nelson View
FuImer Says Farm Probe
Findings Probably Will
Be Released Next Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Drafting a report of their find
lngs in a siX-mOnth investiga-
ton of the general farm situa-
ton, members of the House
Agriculture Committee were in
clined to disagree today with
testimony of Donald M. Nelson
that Americans may not get fat
during the war, but they cer-
tainly will not starve.
Chairman Fulmer said he had dis
cussed the situation with other COM
mittee; members after the hearings
ended, and all were convinced that
there absolutely will be a food
shortage in the near future unless
something is done about the in
ability of farmers to get labor and
equipment to produce enough food
for the United Nations" Al .-~
This committee is cognizant of
the fact that wars are won with men
and military equipment" he added
But men can't fight with the best
| of equipment if they don't have
enough to eat. And workers can't
produce war equipment if they don t
have enough food. It's time we
recognize that fact and did some
thing about it,
Nelson Still Optimistic.
War Production Chief Nelson, tes-
tifying yesterday as the committee's
last witness, stuck to a statement he
made at the American Legion con-
vention last month in Kansas City
to the effect that there will be nc
food shortage.
While it may become necessary to
discontinue the production of LUX
ury'' foods for the duration, Mr.
Nelson said, Il say definitely there
will be enough food to eat"
American ingenuity, he explained
would take care of the food situa-
ton in cooperation with farmers
whom Mr.. Nelson commended for
having done more in the last year
IN tne way OF actually trying to dc
a good job than any other group ]
know Of"
Mr.. Nelson told committee mem
bers they were wrong in believing
that WPB looked on farm needs as
secondary. He said suggestion fol-
lengthening the industrial work
week to conserve manpower was
worthy of serious study and recon-
mended naturalization" of various
governmental agencies interested in
the food problem.
Replies to Complaints.
Replying to complaints that in
dus rial and organized labor groups
received more consideration thar
farmers, Mr.. Nelson declared that
"if we fight the job on the basis Of
(See FOOD Page Az
Evening star., 1942-10-03

the order, Secretary Wickard and
Price Administrator Henderson were
directed to stabilize prices of farm
commodities on the basis of levels
which existed on September Is, with,
additional instructions to make ap-
propriate deductions from parity
price or comparable price for pay
ments made to farmers under the
Soil Conservation and Domestic AL
lotment Act; parity payments made
under the AAA Act, and govern
mental subsidies.
Where the Secretary and price
administrator disagree, the director
of stabilization will settle the matter.
Under still another title the order
directed the price administrator in
stabilizing prices to determine them
in such manner that profits "are
prevented which in his judgment
are unreasonable or exorbitant"
The director was authorized to
direct any Federal department or
agency to use it's authority to sub
sidize and to purchase for resale,
If such measures are necessary, to
! assure the maximum necessary pro-
duction and distribution of any
commodity, or to maintain ceiling
prices, or to prevent a price rise
inconsistent with the purposes of
this order"
Mr.. Henderson also was directed
to fix rent ceilings throughout the
entire Nation.
Letters Sent to Henderson.
In two letters addressed to Mr..
Henderson, who was described off,
cially as already carrying out his
part in the anti-inflation program,
the President said:
Il have signed the cost of living
stabilization bill
Il wish that you would consult
With the Secretary of Agriculture
and Immediately establish ceiling
prices for eggs, chickens, butter,
cheese, potatoes, flour and such
other foods as can be controlled
under existing laws"
tThese and some other farm
commodities were exempted from
control under the original Price
Control Act)
I'm line with my recent message
10 the Congress, you should con-
slider present Government payments
to agricultural producers and sub
sldy payments in arriving at the
minimum ceiling prices.
This Government is determined
to use all of its powers to prevent
any avoidable rise in the cost of liv-
ing"
The second letter to Mr.. Hender-
son said:
That part of the Nation which
has not yet been designated within
defense rental areas should now be
Sc treated. We should make no dis
tlnction between city and country
residents as to their participation in
the total war effort. Certainly the
contribution or agriculture to the eff
fective prosecution of the war is
clear. Therefore, our rural popula-
ton equally deserves to have its
rents stabilized.
Rent Action Requested.
Il wish you would Immediately
issue appropriate orders to prevent
rent increases on urban and rural
dwellings. In such areas as you
deem appropriate to reduce current
rents, I am sure you will proceed to
take such action as may be neces-
sary."
Since the start of the New Deal,
James Francis Byrnes, then a SEN
ator, has been one of its most in
f1uential figures.
First elected to the House as a
Representative of the Charleston
IS. c. district in 1910, he formed
(See IMITATION, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1942-10-03
British Coptoin Killed
In Army Field Tests
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 3-Capt. Viscount
Wolmer, 30-year-old heir to the Earl
of Selborne, was killed yesterday by
an accidental shell hit during army
field exercises in southeast England.
A private also was killed by the
shell which fell among troops ad-
vancing under an artillery barrage.
The accident was one of several
which have occurred since the army
started using live ammunition to
give realism to mAneuvers.
Evening star., 1942-10-03

The Presidents sweeping order
also directed the National War Labor
Board to limit wages and salaries,
and Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard and OPA Administrator Hender-
son to limit farm prices at levels as
OF September Is, as far as prac-
ticable
Order Creates Office.
The order created an Office of Eco
nomic Sterilization in the Office of
Emergency Management, with JUS
tice Byrnes at the head as director.
Also created was an Economic
Sterilization Board with which the
director will consult in fixing policies.
On this board are the Secretaries
OF Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce
and Labor, the chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board the price
administrator, the chairman of the
War Labor Board and two repre-
sentatives each of labor, manage
ment and farmers still to be ap-
pointed.
The order with respect to wages
and salaries declared no increases
or decreases shall be authorized
unless notice of them is filed with
the War Labor Board and the board
has approved such changes.
Limit on Increases.
The board was ordered not to
approve any increases in wage rates
prevailing on September Is unless
such increase was necessary to
correct EMBELLISHMENTS or inequal-
tiles, to eliminate substandards of
living, to correct gross inequities, or
to aid in the effective prosecution OF
the war"
The board also was ordered not to
approve any decreases in wages be-
low the highest wages paid between
January and September Is, 1912
unless to correct gross inequities
and to aid in the successful pros
ecution of the war.
| No increases in salaries now ir
excess of $4,000 year shall be
granted until otherwise determined
by the director (Byrnes)," except
in instances in which an individua
has been assigned to more difficult
or more responsible work"
Also, the order said no salary
shall be authorized in excess OF
S25 900 after the payment of taxes
although the order said regulations
should make due allowances fol
payments on life insurance premi.
ums on policies heretofore issued
and for payments on fixed obliga-
tions heretofore incurred, as vel
as make provision to prevent undue
hardship
Organization to Be Small.
The President in separate state.
ment declared Congress had done
its part in helping substantially tt
stabilize the cost of living" adding
Il am certain that from now or
this substantial stabilization of the
cost of living will assist greatly ir
bringing the war to a successful con.
clusion, will make the transition tc
peace conditions easier after the war
and will receive the wholeheartec
approval of farmers, workers anc
housewives in every part of the
country"
In announcing Justice Byrnes' ap.
pointment, the President said:
This position calls primarily fol
judicial consideration. The organ.
ization will therefore be small. be.
cause the administrative action will
be carried out by the existing agen.
cies."
The executive order authorized tn,
War Labor Board to- continue tt
perform the powers previously con
ferred on it, and extended tn,
boards functions to cover "all in
dustries and all employees"
| Under the apricll1tIlral title n
Evening star., 1942-10-03

tSee HERRIOT, Page A-6)
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(See RAIDS, Page A-2)
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(See FOOD, Page A-2)
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(See AUSTRALIA, Page A-2)
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(See RUSSIAN, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Church Beqins Novenu

The novena Of grace in honor Of
st. Francis Xavier Is being cele-
brated at st. Anthony's Church,
Twelfth and Monroe streets NE,
beginning today, with the Rev. DR..
William Welsh, s. j., rector Of
Georgetown Preparatory College,
Garrett Park, Md. delivering the
sermons. Mass will be celebrated
at 9 am, while other services will
be held at $50 and 7:45 pm.
thr ough March II.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-14
WIFE PLEADS
GUILTY OF
MURDER

Mable Square. "a. 1920 Orleans.
who was charged with stabbing
TO death Major Bibbs, q. on
August 9. pleaded guilty to man
slaughter before Recorders court
Judge Joseph A. ellis. Monday.
On examination OF Mrs. Sqarre
n was brought out that the
young couple had lived together
as common-law man and wife for
five months. A week or so pre-
vious 10 the murder. Mable gave
Major some money to pay a traf-
nc fine and also paid room rent
that he was supposed 10 have
paid. Major did not show up two
days later until they met In a
beer garden. They went homo
where she asked him II he had
snv money. He told her that he
did not have any money and
was through with her She pick
ed IN knife and during the
tussle she stabbed him. He died
from shock and hemmorrage OF
the right lung on Aug NJ 1'ol
m. Mable Square will be sem
fenced next week.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-14

treachery.
Africa has become a spring
board from which the Allies may
eventually invade Europe through
Italy or some other weak spot on
the North shores OF the Mediter-
ranean.
The fate OF many great and
near-great nations now hinges M
on the success or failure OF this
African campaign. But a few
bitter years ago. when the Lion
Of Judah pleaded for Allied IN.
PREVENTION. as Italian hordes laid
waste to his land. massacred his
people and DETAINED his female
subjects. did the Allies either
lack the courage or the foresight
to read the handwriting on me
wall? So Armistice Day. ls42.
finds the whole world fully arm
ed we'll in the frav and with us
eyes turned hopefully and even
fearfully toward the Dark 'on-
tinent." with whom its chief CON
Germ had previously been only
economic exploitation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-14
Alderman
To Speak At
Citizens Meet
Chicagoan
Is Member of
F.E.P. Group

The Citizens Committee o
Jobs In War Industries contiL
uing its fight against dlscrimins-
ton In Detroit. will present Al
derman Earl B. Dickerson. Of
Chicago. H.. at a mass meeting.
Sunday. Nov. Is at the shiloh
Baptist church. 557 Benton street.
Alderman Dickerson Is mem
ber OF the Presidents Committee
on Fair Employment Practice and
an outstanding attorney in Chi
cago.
The Citizens committee climax
ed last week with gigantic
demonstration around the Boule-
ward Building. A picket line lead
by rho chairman. the Rev Charles
A Hill. marched Thursday. Nov.
5. from 3 pm. until s pm. Over
one hundred fifty persons were In
the line. A conference was held
with Mr. Cushman OF the War
Manpower commission AZ which
time the committee was informed
that policy was made IN Wash
ington regarding employment
Representatives. from labor have
been invited 10 attend a meeting
Of the committee FRIDAY evening
~ tho YMCA. Nov. IL AZ : nm,
The purpose ~ this meeting Is N
gain moro labor support for the
committees activity.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-14
DETECTIVE
GEORGE ROSE
RETIRES

Detective Sergeant George E.
Rose Of the homicide squad who
has solved many Of the murder
cases involving Negroes in De-
troit retired from the police de-
partment Wednesday. Nov. TO-
after rs years service.
Sergeant Rose first made the
columns OF the Detroit Tribune
An the supreme Linen Laundry
case In which Edward McSwain,
Waterman a. the laundry was
wandered in March. 1899. The
nnrderer left foot print ana
the homicide ace linked Robert
CALDWELL through, the clue. CAD
we'll Is now serving time at MAT
ouette prison. Another outstano-
ing case he worked on was ,ne
nr Bvrd shooting and the Jeane,te
McDonaId case. The Mcdonald
case was the case that brought
about the first Wayne county
grand Jury In 1889. Detective
Rose has worked on and cleared
mn a total Of 10 murders IN MS
"a wears on the homicide squad.
Sergeant Rose Is married. the
father of two children and re-
sides at k755 Berkshire.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-14
MISS WALKER
WINS YALE
POETRY PRIZE

NEW ORLEANS - Margaret
Walker. a gifted colored poet OF
this city was recently chosen by
stephen Vincent Benet as winner
Of this years competition for the
Yale Series OF Younger Poets.
Miss Walker Is the first member
of her race 10 win this award
since the competition was begun
in 1919 for poets who give prom
Use OF contributing literature for
the future OF America.
Miss Walkers book Of poems
entitled. For My People" was
published by the Yale University
press. Critics describe the volume
as the expression Of the times
written in straightforward words
conveying the "contolled intensity
OF emotion" Of this young poei
In commenting on Miss Walkers
LANGUAGE, Mr.. Benet SAYS:
Even when II Is most modern.
Il has something OF the surge Of
Biblical poetry. Ard II IS oh
NlOuS tnHt MISS NdlhtI uecS inot
language because II comes nn.ur-
ally 10 her and is part OF her in
heritance.
"a contemporary writer. living
in a contemporary world. when
she speaks Of and for her people.
older voices are mixed with hers.
the voices Of Methodist fore
hears and preachers who preach
ed the word. tho aronvmous voices
OF many who lived and were for
gotten and yet out OF bondage and
hone made lasting music.
"They are set for voice and the
blues. thew could he sung as
easily as spoken. and first and
last. they are a part OF our
earth.
1T do know that. IN this book.
she has spoken of her neople so
that all NAV listen. think that
is something for any poet 10 have
done"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-14
OAR TO HEAR
MISS MARIAN
ANDERSON

WASHINGTON - Miss Marian
Anderson. internationally famous
Negro contralto singer. has final
Nv accepted the invitation OF the
Daughters or the American Rev
olution TO appear in war bene-
M recital at their Constitution
hall here. The artist had previous
w informed the OAR that her
participation on the program
would be on condition that the
management made no attempt to
segregate the audience on the
basis OF color and with the pro-
vision that she he allowed the
use Of Constitution hall on future
occasions.
These terms were unacceptable
to the OAR. whereupon Miss An
derson consented 10 sing under
the terms OF the original invita-
tion. as proceeds from the recital
will be used for patriotic pur-
poses.
Miss Anderson said she expect
ed there would he no segregation
In the hall on tho evening ~ her
concert and did not exnecf this
concert n establish precedent.
TIE OAR was congratulated on
the floor OF the House last Thurs
dav nv Congressman John Ran
XIV for their refusal 70 permit
Miss Anderson 10 sine under
the terms oha reoueeted
In 1899. the OAR also refused
10 permit Miss Anderson 20 sing
In Constitution hall. because ot
her color. The controversy re-
suited IN n dispute ove- DAp
~ciiciee md the RESIGNATION N
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt as q mem
Der of the organization.