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Monpower
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to the VINO of all the Selective
Service functions, powers, duties"
and personnel, including the di-
rector" Local Selective Service
boards and appeal board were di-
rected to continue their functions
subject to the supervision" Of Mr..
McNutt.
Navy Halts Recruiting.
In the meantime. Rear Admiral
Randall Jacobs, chief of naval per-
sonnel, yesterday ordered all naval
recruiting Offices to halt voluntary
enlistments of men between the
ages of Is and 81. inclusive.
Heretofore the Navy has enlisted
men between the ages of II and so.
Those II to 18 and those 80 to so
may still be recruited on a volun-
tary basis.
The order will necessitate the Gre
alton of new classes of officer per-
sonnel to provide for the training
OF offcer candidates who now enter
the Navy on temporary or tenta-
tive enlisted basis. This includes
naval aviation cadets.
Special officer candidate classes
affected by the stop order, except
for applications already pending,
are the VS. class of naval aviation
cadets, the vi class OF college men
who have received temporary en-
listed status while they continue
their studies before being commits
stoned, the VT Gloss of deck officer
candidates who also have enlisted
status until commissioned, and the
Vii class of men who apply for
commissions and receive tentative
enlisted status to prevent their be-
ing drafted until the Navy completes
its investigation of their fitness.
Status Undetermined.
Exactly what status will be granted
men of these classes in the future
to provide for their training as
officers rather than enlisted men has
not been determined, and the Navy
said in this connection that "a study
is being conducted to determine the
full effect of the executive order
upon all aspects of the Nays
methods Of acquiring personnel"
Admiral Jacobs made this state
ment:
THE Navy has taken immediate
steps to carry out the Presidents
order. Instructions have been dis
patched to all Navy recruiting sta
tions, offices Of naval officer pro-
curement and naval aviation cadet
Evening star., 1942-12-06

selection boards to stop voluntary
enlistments of all men between the
ages OF 18 and 81 dnclusive)."
Perhaps significantly. the Prea-
dents order changed the set-up of
the Manpower Commission in such
a way as to facilitate the appoint
ment of a chairman other than
Mr.. McNutt at any time the Presi-
dent feels it should be made q
full-time job.
VINO Created in April.
When the VINO was created
originally last April, the executive
order itself provided that the chair
man be the Federal Security Ad-
ministrator-which is Mr.. McNutt.
The order issued yesterday speci-
fies only that the VINO shall have
chairman appointed by the Presi-
dent" with the Federal Security
Agency having a representative on
the commission.
In separate letter, Mr.. Roose-
velt informed Mr.. McNutt that you
are hereby appointed chairman of
the War Manpower Commissioning
serve without salary in addition to
your salary as Federal Security Ad-
ministrator."
Other members of the commission
are representatives of the War,
Navy, Agriculture and Labor De-
partmentS, the War Production
Board, the Civil Service Commission,
the National Housing Agency, and
joint representative of the War
Shipping Administration and the
Of1lce of Defense Transportation.
Policy Committee.
Mr.. McNutt was directed to ap-
point a Management-Labo Policy
Committee representing labor, agri-
culture and industrial management.
and consult with it "in carrying cut
his responsibilities.
The VINO chairman also was en-
powered to prescribe policies and
regulations to be followed by the
Secretaries Of Navy and War in con-
nection with the training programs
for the armed forces carried on in
on-Federal educational institutions.
There was no mention in the
Evening star., 1942-12-06
New Drive for Books
For Servicemen 10
0pen Next Month
D. c. Campaign Chairman
Says Modern, Technical
Works Are Needed

A second drive for books for serv-
icemen will begin here and all over
the country early next month, it
was announced yesterday by Mrs.
Philip Sydney Smith, District
chairman of the Victory Book
Campaign.
The new drive will emphasize
modern and technical books rather
than attic books" Mrs. Smith said.
About 115,O00 books were contri-
bu ed for servicemen here this year
between January Is and June Is. Of
these about 10000 were in such
poor condition that they were sold
for scrap paper. The other 5000
are now being read by servicemen
all over the world.
Although this record of II per
cent of unreadable books was much
lower than the 40 and so per cent
of worn books contributed in drives
in other cities, Mrs. Smith said, a
concerted drive will be made here
for the type of book people are
reading themselves every day.
USO Is Sponsor.
This drive will also be sponsored,
as was the first one. by the United
Service Organizations with head
quarters in New York. The USO
is still anxious to make its goal of
100000 Victory books. so far not
reached because Of the high per-
centage Of unusable books contrib
uted.
Proceeds from sale of the worn
books was used to buy books spe-
cificalIv ordered by the Army and
Navy, Mrs. Smith said These we're
largely technical. The last Ship
ment from the District. for ex-
emple, was complete set of tech
nical books ordered by the Navy
Tor marines and seamen stationed
in Greenland.
Although the public libraries
have not yet been designated as
cfhcial collection stations for the
hooks, the drive is expected to be
conducted mainly as it was before.
publishing companies have begun
to suggest in the frontispieces of
new works that the reader later
contribute the book to servicemen,
Mrs. Smith said. and as a result a
steady stream of books has been
coming in to libraries all over the
country for remittance to the
armed forces.
Pocket Books Popular.
The Cincinnati Public Library. for
example, his compiled a list OF books
which camp librarians all over the
country report as the favorites of
servicemen. This list is available for
any one wanting to know what type
of books to send to a serviceman for
Christmas.
In collecting this list. the library
found it also received thousands OF
individual letters from servicemen
asking for specific books for them
selves. Each letter is turned over to
reader in the library, who sends
the book as his gift to the soldier,
sailor or marine.
Small pocket editions Of detective
stories and classics are especially
popular with servicemen, Mrs. Smith
said.
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after the completion Of three months
basic military training in camps.
Details of this program which had
been submitted to the White House
for approval never have been
officially announced by the War De-
partment. A somewhat similar plan
has been drawn up by the Navy.
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under the control and authority OF

under the control and authority Of
Mr.. McNutt.
The Secretaries of War and Navy,
under the presidential order, are to
be consulted by Mr. McNutt, but are
directed to take such steps as to as
sure the training programs conform
with such policies or regulations" as
the new war manpower head pre-
scribes.
The order also will affect the new
Army program for giving soldiers
technical training in the colleges
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Garden Club Meets

Sligo Park Hills Garden Club will
hold a Christmas party at pm.
Tuesday in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Delar Kimble, 13 Belmont court.
Mrs. Marshall Knight and Mrs. l.
A. Dennison are hostesses There
will be a program of games and
Evening star., 1942-12-06
Lehman Faces Big Problem in Finding
Vast Food Supply for Europe and Asia

pectation Of postwar revolutionary
upheavals in Europe is general here,
and hunger would be one Of the
main reasons for riot and revolt.
Evening star., 1942-12-06

Grease makes gunpowder! Save
waste kitchen fats. Take them to
your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Press Quits Trade Board
Post for Army Duty

William H. Press, executive secre-
tary of the Board of Trade since
February, 194l, resigned that post
yesterday to report for active duty
as a captain in the Corps Of En-
gineer..
Clarence A. Arata, assistant man
ager of the boards Greater National
Capital Committee, was appointed
assistant executive secretary by the
Executive Committee yesterday and
will succeed Mr.. Press as acting ex-
ecutive secretary.
Mr.. Press has been with the Board
of Trade since 1895 When he was
named executive secretary in 1941
he was the youngest man in such a
post in any large city Chamber OF
Commerce or Board OF Trade In the
country. He was then "a. His leav-
ing was termed by L. p. McLachlen.
president of the board, "a major loss
to the organization"
Mr.. Arata, a graduate in law OF
the University Of Cincinnati in 1888,
has been with the board since 1888.
Before that time he was assists
manager of the Convention Bureau
Of the Cincinnati Chamber OF Com
merce.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Eastern Air Lines Reduces
New York Flights 10 Eight

Beginning tomorrow, daily round
trip flights Of the Eastern Air Lines
between Washington and New York
will be reduced from % to flights,
Eddie Rickenbacker, E. A. L. presi-
dent, announced yesterday
The curtailment. he said. results
from the Army need for cargo and
transport planes and the desire to
cooperate in the war effort TO the
fullest extent"
Under the new schedules there
will be four flights daily from Wash
ington to Miami with connections
to Havana, Puerto Rico and both
coasts Of South America, via Pan
American Airways. Atlanta will re-
ceive four flights daily, with one
continuing TO San Antonio, Tex, and
the other to Brownsville, Tex, via
Houston. with connections to Mexico.
Central and South America via Pan
American.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Tuberculosis Essay
Winners Announced

Winners in a local essay contest
sponsored by the District Tubercu-
loSis Association were announced to-
day. DR.. j. Winthrop Peabody, as
sociation president, presented checks
to the following winners:
College - First prize, Maurice
Winslow, Howard University; second
prize, Norvel Perkins, Howard Uni
versity, and third prize, lola Nc
Leary, Howard University.
High school-First prize. Martha
Cassell, Dunbar High School, second
prize, James Van Rooyen, Armstrong
High School, and third prize. Ruth
Reed, Armstrong High School.
Junior high school-First prize
Gwendolyn Green, Terrell Junior
High School: second prize, Naomi
Crusoe. Browne Junior High School,
end third prize, Emma Montgomery
Randall Junior High School.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
F. Lawrence Walker Buried
After Masonic Temple Rites

The Rev. Dr. John c. Palmer yes
terday paid tribute to F. Lawrence
Walker. recorder Of Almas Temple,
during Masonic funeral services at
the Scottish Rite Temple, $500 Six
teenth street NV.
Referring to Mr.. Walkers Ma
ton wide Masonic acquaintance, DR..
Palmer declared, "A great, strong,
true. loyal. loving friend has been
taken from our ranks"
DR.. Palmer, Prof. Hector Spalding
ard Frank E. Koch conducted cere-
monies before a large gathering OF
Masonic dignitaries and friends of
Mr.. Walker.
A delegation of officers and past
masters of King Solomon Lodge, Of
which Mr.. Walker was member,
participated in the ceremonies at
the temple and conducted the last
rites at the grave in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. The lodge delegation was
headed by Harlie B. Morse. master;
Charles F. Jeter, James R. Beau
biah and John J. Ferber.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Presbyterian Women
Seek Bon on Liquor

By he Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., May 10
An organizati ton listing more than
200 900 Presbyterian women in its
membership announced today it
would begin Immediately cam
paign for return of prohibition For
the duration Of the present national
emergency
The campaign is to be conducted
by the women's missionary organ
izations of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States OF America,
central legislative body for 309 wom-
ems societies.
At the end Of their quadrennial
convention here the women decided
10 promote public sentiment for
war time prohibition by seeking
publicity for it in our local and
church papers, and by making it a
topic of conversation"
Evening star., 1942-05-19
.447 Soviet Tanks
Are Destroyed,
Germans Claim
Lost Remnonts of Reds
In Kereh Area Being
AnnihiIoted, kozis Soy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, May 19.-The German
high command said today Khar-
kov's defenders had destroyed
447 Soviet tanks and repelled
new mass attacks by the Red
Army, while destruction of the
last remnants Of the enemy on
the Kerch Peninsula is about to
be completed"
"a Reuters dispatch datelined
"at the German frontier" said
that Russian resistance had stiff
fened on the KerCh Peninsula
with the arrival of fresh units at
Yenikale, northeast OF the city
of Kerch, from the Caucasus.
Reuters quoted an AXIS dispatch.
On Moscow the Soviet Infor-
nation Bureau said intense
fighting continued in the area Of
Kerch.O
The high command said the total
of 447 Soviet tanks destroyed in the
Kharkov area fighting was attained
yesterday.
Eighty enemy tanks were de-
stroyed yesterday" the high COM
mand said. "A further 81 tanks and
$50 trucks of various types were put
out of action by the air force"
The German statement that
Kerch operations were about TO
be completed" followed by So
hours a Berlin radio declaration
that the peninsular battle could
be considered at an endD
In an area to the rear OF the
central (Smolensk) sector a strong
Soviet band was crushed" the high
command said.
German troops were said to have
gained ground in Central, Northern
and Laplsnd sectors Of the front,
In waters off the Kola PENN
sula (Which. separates the White
and Barents Seas a large freighter
was so badly crippled by a direct
bomb hit that the ships loss can be
reckoned with" the high command
reported. Air raids against Muir
mansk caused considerable destruc-
ton in harbor territory. In aerial
combats the Soviets lost IS aircraft
including IS Hurricanes"
D. N. B. said earlier that German
bombers had sunk 4,000-ton mer-
chant ship in the harbor Of Muir
mansk, Russian Arctic supply port,
and shot down IL Hurricane-type
planes.
Strong German bomber and fight
er formations have again attacked
with bombs of all calibers Russian
troops and columns OF vehicles con-
centrated in the eastern end of the
Kerch Peninsula. D. N. B. reported
1t said the last centers Of resist
ance northwest of Kerch were at
tackled ferceiy from a low altitude.
Evening star., 1942-05-19

officer who brought the Quezon par
ty safely through part of their trip
in an American torpedo boat.
When he first saw 1t. Bulkeley,
Mr.. Quezon said. he had long whis-
kers. big helmet and looked like a
fierce sea wolf" Later when he
met him in Melbourne, Australia
Mr.. Quezon said he was shocked TO
see that the man who had brought
the party safely through was so
young.
The Philippine leader came from
Australia - the United States in an
American ship. landing at San
Francisco. He has with him his
vice president, Sergio Osmena,
Mai. Gen. Basilio ValdeS, Secretary
of National Defense; 1t. Col.
Andres Sorinio, Secretary of FL
nance, and several aides and secre-
taries.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Prinz Eugen Is Lost
To Nazis ) Months,
British Believe
Two or More Aerial
Torpedoes Fired Into
Cruiser, London Says
~ The Associated Press.

~ The Associated Press.
LONDON, May 19.-The powerful
I0000-ton German cruiser Prinz
Eugen was regarded today as
knocked out of the vital battle of
the Atlantic perhaps for three
months by the gaping wounds OF
two or more aerial torpeooes driven
home before dusk Sunday night by
an r. A. F. fighter -bomber squadron
which caught her slipping along the
Norwegian coast.
Reporting that the aerial striking
force reached Norwegian waters
while it was still light. the Air
Ministry news service said the at
tack was pressed home in the teeth
of strenuous opposition from large
force of enemy fighters and heavy
aircraft fire from ships
Great Pillar of Smoke.
One attacking pilot said he saw a
great pillar of dirty black smoke"
rise from the superstruoture of the
cruiser after he sent his torpedo
home.
WCIt i"o
Is seconds apart, the news service
reported. 1t said another pilot saw
q sheet OF fame leap up from the
cruiser after he attacked. He added
he saw other torpedoes running
well toward the ship"
Besides torpedoing the Prinz
Eugene. the British planes peppered
four escorting German destroyers
with cannon and machine-gun fire,
an Admiralty account said.
The attack was placed of Lister
rjord, go miles south of Stavanger
and little more than 300 miles air
line from Northwestern Scotland.
Was Limping Back to Port.
Even at the time of the attack
which put her on the Nazi Navy's
temporarily useless list alongside the
heavily damaged battleships Scharn-
horst and Gneisenau, the Prinz
Eugen was limping back to home
port from Trondheim for repair Of
previous damage, the Admiralty
said
The Admiralty gave an indication
Of the intensity OF the attack in its
announcement that Beaufort tor
pedo-carrying bombers. Hudson
bombers, Blenheim bombers and
Beau fighters took part.
While the Beauforts roared in
close to loose their torpedoes, fighter
planes battled swarm of Nazi
planes and the other bombers strafed
the decks of the Prinz Eugen's four
escorting destroyers with cannon
and machine-gun fire, comrnuni-
que said.
1t reported five German ME-l09
fighter planes shot down and said
the attack cost nine British planes.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Fi|ipinos Continuing
Guerrilla Warfare,
Quezon Is Sure
Commonwealth Chief
Setting Up Provisional
Government Here

President Manuel QueZon Is
sure, he said today. that the Fill
pino people are still conducting
an effective guerrilla warfare
against the Japanese invaders.
Seated at a large desk in the
headquarters of the Resident
Philippine Commissioner, President
Quezon said in his first press con-
ference since his recent arrival in
Washington that he intended to
continue with the establishment Of
a provisional governmental you
can call 1t a government"
He PORTED out that he had with
him only a few of his cabinet, who
had escaped from Corregidor. and
that he felt his activities in the
provisional government might have
to be circumscribed by this room. .
MY colleagues and 1 will function
in all matters in which we have
to function" he said. The gold OF
the Philippine government. which
was brought from the islands. has
come to the United States, he ex-
planned.
No Filipino Quislingx.
President Quezon said -ha had just
come from a meeting of the Inter-
American Defense Council. While
there, he said. he got the impress
sion that the American republics
"are determined to make common
cause with the United States"
If we can make the American
Continent free" he said. Il feel
we can free liberty-loving people
all over the world"
The Philippine Commonwealth
President emphaticaliy denied
charges that there were any "Quis-
lings" in his islands. While re-
ferring to a radio speech by Gen
Emilio Aguinaldo, who had called
upon Gen. Macarthur to surrender
the Philippines. Mr.. QueBon said that
he was not prepared to accuse the
general OF being "Quisling' He
estimated also that the old Philip
pine fighters influence was "prac-
tically nil"
Tells Of Meeting It. Bulkeley.
A picturesque description of his
escape from Corregidor and his trip
to the United States was given by
President Quezon.
Slender, gray-haired. with dark
eyes, the Philippine President was
animated and humorous as he par
ried questions with a big roomful OF
the press. He told of leaving Cor
regidor in a submarine on February
20 and related in detail his meeting
with 1t. John D. Bulkeley. the naval
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Communications Line
Through Assom Roided

TOXIC Prom Japanese Broad
casts, May 10 (P).-Strong forms-
tions Of Japanese Army bombers
blasted railway stations, warehouses
and trains yesterday in their initial
raids on Badarpur and Silchar, i'm
portant points on the India Chung
king communication line in Assam
Province, Domei said today.
The flyers took of from base in
Burma, Domei said. In Badarpur.
it said. the city's railway station and
warehouses were smashed while in
Silchar direct hits were scored on
the railway station and train
loaded with retreating troops.
Badarpur and Silchar are roughly
300 miles northeast of Calcutta
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Windsor and Wife Leave
On U. S. Trip Next Week

By the Associated PresA
NASSAU. Bahamas, May l9.-The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor are
expected to leave for a trip TO the
United States as soon as possible
after the celebration Of Empire Day
next Monday.
AS Governor Of the Bahamas. the
Duke will discuss the colonys econ
omy with United States officials at
Washington.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Ex-Assistunt Director of
Geological Survey Dies

Nv the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz.. May 19-Dr.
Charles Rollin Keyes, II, former
assistant director of the United
States Geological Survey, died last
night at his home.
The body will be taken to Des
Moines, Iowa, his birthplace, for fu-
neral services.
DR.. Keyes was assistant State
eeologist of Iowa in 1892 and the
Democratic nominee for the Senate
in 1918. He was president of New
Mexico School of Mines in 1902.
His wife. Mrs. Julia Atkinson
Keyes, survives.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
A. w. TiIIinehost Decd.
Golf Course Designer

By the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, May l9.-Albert
w. Tllinghast, 81, designer of many
golf courses in the United States,
died today.
He was former editor of Golf IL
lustrated and was consultsnt archi-
tect for the Professional Golfers AS
sociation for three years.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
British Repeat Raid
On Akyab and Blast
Burma River Graft
Jops Report Roll Stotions
And Warehouses Smashed
In Assom Air Attacks

BY the Associated Press
NEW DELHI, May 19-The r.
A. F. bombed the Burmese port
of Akyab again yesterday and at
tackled river craft and other tar
gets along the Chindwin River
north Of Kalewa, a British COM
munique said today.
Akyab is but 300 air miles across
the Bay of Bengal from the great
Indian port of Calcutta
The remnants of Gen. Harold
Alexanders British Army have been
Withdrawing slowly along the Chin
win some $50 miles northwest of
Mandalay, and the bulk of the force
is believed to have crossed the from
tier into India.
Evening star., 1942-05-19

Quoting Shakespeare:
at dinner time I pray
you haze in mind
WHERE tce must eat.
Not only at Dinner
time" but at Luncheon
and Supper as we'll
''have the Madrillon in
mind for sumptuous
service and tempting
m enus and you'll
not be disappointed.
The Ghost" Restaurant
Of " ash ington
features variety that
marks every day with
glad surprises.
Luucheon-If:50 to J
Cockfoils~ 10 6
Served with tempting Snscks
Dinner-5:3 TO $50
Dinner dancing beginning at an
Supp<r-10 to \
Carr 4 Don and Trio Lirieo plsv-
ing for uninterrupted danei inG.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
American Club to Meet

Washingtonians who were mem
hers of the American Club of Paris
will give a dinner tonight at the
Army and Navy Club. The guest
Of honor will be Sir Willmott Lewis,
Washington correspondent OF the
London Times.
Evening star., 1942-02-02

. new Identification registration OF
1,100, 900 German, Japanese and
italian nationals, Mr.. Biddle prom
ised that the Justice Department
would continue to be on the .alert
In protecting the internal security
Of our country"
AT the same time" he said, II
want to point out that the persecu-
ton Of economic Or social
can be . two-edged sword. Such
persecution can easily drive people,
now loyal to u, into nth column
activities"
The program Of personal identifi-
cation for German. Japanese and
italian nationals, II years Of age
and over, starts today and will con-
tinue through February z in eight
Western States. In the succeeding
three weeks. alien enemies elsewhere
in the Nation must apply for the
certificates, which are similar to
passports.
Mr.. Biddle said the department
was handling the West Coast sector