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Evening star., 1942-01-05
; Baking Firms Fined
On Price-Fixing Charges
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Three
baking companies and 10 individuals
were fined a total of $4,000 in Fed
eral Court today on their plea of no
defense to charges of conspiring to
fix bread prices in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania Maryland, Delaware and New
Jersey.
They were among II firms and 80
individuals indicted last January
after an investigation by the Justice
Department.
Five of the firms and seven indi-
viduals were fined a total of $35 500
last December IS. They also
pleaded no defense. The remaining
defendants have pleaded innocent
and Judge j. Cullen Ganey today
fixed their trial for the April term
of court.
Today's fines. like those imposed
last month, were made propor-
tionate to the amount of business
each had in the Philadelphia areas
market.
The companies fined were General
Baking Co., New York. $4,000: Con-
tinental Baking Co.. New York. 81
600, and Capital Bakers, Inc, Har-
risburg, Pa, 81 900.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Classified ADVERTISING
Seen as Future Medium
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TROY, N. Y, Jan. 5.-The pub
lie will have to rely more on classi-
fed advertising to satisfy its re-
quirements in the advertising field,
the Association of Newspaper CLASH
fled Advertising Managers of New
York and New England heard to-
day.
Loyal Phillips, Miami, Fla, stress
ing the increased public reliance on
classified advertising during the
war emergency, told the group at
the opening Of a two-day conference
classif1eds now account for three
fourths of the total advertising
lineage in London papers.
Bradford Wyckoff, promotion
manager Of the Troy Record news
papers, asserted newspaper promo
ton now must be carried on
wisely because it could be Of use in
transmitting information to the
enemy"
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Hearing SET Wednesday
On Rubber Farm Bill
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Anderson, Repub-
lican, of California announced today
the House Agriculture Committee
would hold hearing Wednesday on
his bill to authorize the production
Of rubber in the United States.
The measure provided authorize
ton for the Agriculture Department
to take over work started by the
Intercontinental Rubber Co. in the
Salinas Valley, Calf, and plant
As, 1000 acres Of guayule shrub, which
it was said would produce a ton Of
rubber to an acre in five years.
To meet requests that the meas
ure be broadened to include other
domestic rubber bearing plants. Mr..
Anderson introduced a new bill
today which would give the depart
ment authority to plant $1,000 acres
of quayule or other rubber bearing
domestic plants.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Worst Blizzard
And Cold Since
7974Hit Turkey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 5.-The
most severe cold wave and billiards.
that have struck Turkey since 1914
have caused many deaths in all
parts of the country, crippled train
service and threatened this city Of
over a million population with a
dangerous food shortage.
One place in Anatolia reported a
temperature Of So degrees below
zero FahrenheiD, while Ankara. in
the heart of Anatolia, was under
3 feet of snow.
In Istanbul almost 2 feet of snow
has disrupted transit lines and
halted deliveries of vegetables, meat
and coal. Rail transportation in
Western and Northern Turkey was
reported at q standstill, with q num-
Der of trains stuck in snowdrifts.
From Smyrna's famed fruit re-
g1ons came word Of heavy damage
to orchards and olive groves.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
|. .C.Weighs Plea
OF Rails for 10 Pet.
Increase in Rates
Roads Cite Expanding
Costs Due to Higher
Wages und War Needs
BY the Associated Press.

by lle ASSOCldteQ PTeSS.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-Three men,
bers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission today began hearing a
plea of the Nations railroads for
a 10 per cent increase in freight
and passenger rates.
The roads said the increase is
needed because of higher wages be-
ing paid under a recent arbitration
award and because of other in
creased operating costs which they
attributed to the war.
1t has been estimated the higher
wages will add more than $500, 0,000,-
900 annually to the roads pay roll.
In an opening statement r. v.
Fletcher of Washington, vice presi-
dent of the Association of Ameri-
can Railroads. said the need for
handling war traffic without delay
made hearing on fiat percentage
increase necessary rather than a
hearing on higher rates for specific
commodities A commodity hearing
would take too long, he explained.
Water carriers also want higher
rates and will present their evidence
after the railroads have finished,
then shippers will be heard. The
commissioners hope to complete
taking evidence by the end Of the
week and be ready for oral argu-
mentS next Monday.
The I. c. c. men hearing the evi-
dence are Acting Chairman Clyde B.
Aitchison, Charles D. Mahaffle and
Walter N. w. SplaWn.
The large class l railroads-those
with an annual gross revenue of
more than S1,000000 each-are pre-
senting their evidence through the
Association of American Railroads.
Rail carriers in class 2 and 3 are
represented by the American Short
Line Railroad Association.
Approval of the increases as
necessary measure in the national
emergency was voted yesterday at
an advance meeting of the National
Industrial Traffic League, composed
of traffic managers of large shippers
and traffic representatives of various
chambers of commerce.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Present D. 6. Grand Jury
Will Be Held Over

The regular District grand jury,
slated to go out of Office today with
the close of the October term of
District Court, will be continued on
duty as an additional grand jury
so the Justice Department may con-
duct an inquiry into an antitrust
building materials case.
The grand jurors will be used
mainly as an aid to the issuance of
subpoenas to get certain information
from business houses in the building
industry, offlcials explained. The in
quiry will be under the direction Of
Assistant Attorney General Thur
man Arnold, who is in charge Of the
Antitrust Division at the Justice
Department.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
-Four Men and Woman
Held in S115,000 Bail
On Spy Charges
One Accused of Sendinq
information Abroad
About U. S. Army
"A. P. Photo.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Four men,
including Kurt Frederick Ludwig,
38-year-old American-born son Of
German parents, and one woman
pleaded innocent in Federal Court
today to an indictment charging
conspiracy to violate the espionage
law and were held in bail totaling
$ll5,000 for trial January IA.
Ludwig, reputed head of the spy
ring; Rene C. Froelich, 81. Hans
Helmut Pagel, 20, and Frederick Ed
ward Schlosser, 19. were each held
in $25,000 bail, and Mrs Helen
Pauline Mayors former bail of $l0,-
900 was increased to $4,000.
Information About Army.
Judge Simon Rifkind asked Lud-
wig If he understood the nature of
the proceedings when he pleaded
innocent
Il understand nothing of the
courts procedure of the United
States" Ludwig said.
Ludwig was arrested near Seattle,
Wash. last summer on charges of
sending abroad information con-
corning the strength of the United
States Army-specifically, that he
sent out information on the dispo-
sition, numerical strength and equip
ment of the Army.
Executive Assistant United States
Attorney John Sonnet asked that
Mrs. Mayors bail be increased be-
cause he had ascertained that her
part in the alleged conspiracy was
more serious than believed at first.
Former U. S. Soldier.
Froelich. formerly employed by a
German news agency closed down
by the Government, was an Army
private at Governors Island when he
was arrested last fall
Pagel was a brewery worker and
Schlosser an apprentice machinist.
Two other alleged members of the
spy ring. Paul T. Borchardt, 55, and
Carl Victor Mueller, 35, pleaded in
nocent to the indictment last week
and were held in SIS, 900 bail each.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Bank Aide Identifies Two
As Hyattsvi||e Robbers
Earlier story on Page A-6.)


Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 5.-Two men
charged with being members of the
gang of three which held up two
Hyattsville Md bank messengers
last September 25 and escaped with
$50, 1000 in cash, were identified by
one of the messengers today as their
trial started in Federal Court here.
The messenger, 17-year- Jo-
seph Jackson Dameron, while on
the witness stand. pointed to one of
the defendants, Hilliard Sanders, q,
and said:
That is the man who drove the
car in the holdup." He then pointed
to the second defendant, William
Leo Keefe, AZ, and identified him as
the one who too kthe money from
our car" and who held the pistol"
Under cross-examination of al
most an hour Dameron repeatedly
affirmed his statement that Sanders
and Keefe were two of the robbers
and denied that he had ever picked
police photographs of other persons
as the robbers.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Labor Board Upheld
By Supreme Court
InLoriIIard Case
Question Of Voting to Pick
Bargaining Agent Ruled
Matter for N. L. R. B.

The Supreme Court held today
that the National Labor Relations
Board was within its rights in de-
nying the application of an employ
er fer an election to determine the
bargaining agents for its workers
after the board already had desig-
mated bargaining agent.
In a memorandum opinion the
court said that the question of an
election was for the board to de-
termine.
The decision reversed the action
of the Sixth Circuit Court of Ap-
peals in refusing to enforce an order
of the labor board requiring the
P. Lorillard Co.. tobacco manufac-
turers, to bargain with c. I. o.
tobacco workers local at Middle
town, Ohio, until the employees had
chosen between this union and an
independent union by a formal
ballot.
No Election Called For.
The Labor Board said no election
was called for, as the c. I. o. had a
majority at the Middletown plant
when the proceedings were started
more than three years ago and that,
If there had been subsequent shift
In the membership it was due to un-
fair labor practice of the employer
in refusing to deal with the union.
In other decisions today the Su-
preme Court took these stands:
Declared that war suspends the
right of enemy plaintiffs to prose-
cute actions in our courts" and thus
prevented the Italian Ambassador
from contesting the seizure of the
tanker Brennero and its S431 900 oil
cargo at Hoboken, N. j., last March.
Held that the Federal Power Com
mission has jurisdiction over a COM
pany which operates natural gas
transmission lines within one State
but which obtains the gas through
its parent company from other
States.
Ruling on Grain Rates.
Affirmed a decision upholding the
constitutionality of Pennsylvania
unemployment compensation law.
Upheld an Interstate Commerce
Commission order which prohibited
Kansas City, Mo, and seven other
primary grain markets from having
both through rate with transit"
and a proportional rate" on grain
shipments.
Sustained the conviction of three
men on a charge of, attempting to
evade Federal incomes taxes in con-
nection with the operation of the
Census Publishing Co. of st. Louis,
which printed and sold racing sheets
to bookmakers.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
1O9 Pounds Assigned
To AIsab i He Runs
In Widener Stake
Top Impost Among 90
Thorouehbreds Is l29
For Big Pebble
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Albert
Sabaths Alsab, the 1941 juvenile
champion, will be assigned an i'm
post of 109 pounds If his owner de-
cides to enter him in the $50 1000
added Widener Stakes at Hialeah
Park March Z.
Top impost among the 80 thor
oughbreds eligible for the big event
was assigned to Circle M Ranchs
Big Pebble, last years winner, by
Racing Secretary and Handicapped
Charles j. McLennan. However it
is regarded as certain that Big
Pebble, weighted at l29, will not be
entered.
He had to be withdrawn from
racing because of an injured tendon
and has been shipped to Circle Ms
newly acquired Slickaway Farm
near Lexington, KY, for stud pur-
poses.
Next behind Big Pebble in the
weight allotments were Charles S.
Howards Midland, with l28 pounds;
w. L. Brann's Challedon and Pictor,
and Samuel D. Riddles War Relic,
each with 126 pounds.
Louis Tufano's Market Wise and
Mrs. Parker Corning's Attention
each drew l25 pounds, Mr.. Howard's
Kayak End. 1913, and Woodvale
Farms Our Boots, 12l.
Midland, Challedon, Pictor and
Kayak 2nd are in California, but if
uncertainty continues to cloud the
racing situation there it is believed
possible that at least one will be
brought here for the Widener.
Considerable Widener interest will
center around four -olds-War
Relic, Market Wise. Attention and
Our Boots-each of which holds a
decision over Warren Wrights
famed Whirlaway.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Bids Are Asked by Army
On 900, 900 Blankets
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-The
Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot
today asked for bids on 100000
wool Army blankets and 1895 900
yards of various types of cloth for
Army coats, oTercoats and flannel
shirts.
The informal negotiated bids will
be opened January 20. Deliveries
will begin in March, with the ex-
ception of cloth, lining wool. o. D.
II ounces, which will begin in Feb
ruary, with completion dates in Au-
gust, September, October and No.
vember. Deliveries of blankets will
begin in March and end in May,
Evening star., 1942-01-05
| Boy, 6, Offers
Pony in Letter
| To President
By the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, Jan. Billy
French, 6, wanted to do something
for his country-so he offered his
pony, Jumbo, in a letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Today he had reply from Mar
win H. Mcintyre, presidential secre-
tary, who said:
Judging from the picture in
closed it must be fine pony, and I
know it is a fine boy who is holding
him by the bride We think you
had better keep Jumbo because I
do not believe he is either of draft
age or draft size. want you to
know, though, that your generous
loyalty is very fine thing"
Billy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
French, will do the next best thing
charge playmates a penny to ride
Jumbo, and put the receipts into
Defense savings stamps.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Bridges to Lose No Time
In Applying for Citizenship

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5 (P-
Harry Bridges, waterfront labor
leader. will seek American citizen
ship Immediately, his Office said to-
day, after the Board of Immigra-
ton Appeals in Washington had rec
commended cancellation of deporta-
ton proceedings against him.
The Bridges Defense Committee,
which represented him in two de-
portation actions, issued a state
ment declaring Mr. Bridges will
seek citizenship as quickly as is per-
mitted." He was unable to do so
earlier, the statement said, because
of the long persecution which began
during the 1884 Pacific Coast mari
time strike"
Now that he has been twice
found innocent" the committee said.
I'VE trust there will be no further
delay in permitting him to take his
rightful place in American life
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Tire Thief Is Given
Maximum Penalty
By the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCIATED Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 5.-A man
charged with stealing a single used
tire was given the maximum penalty
for petty larceny of IL months and
s1OO fine here today.
1--WE are at war" said Police Court
Justice Carlton E. Jewett in impos-
ing sentence, land I don't propose
to permit people to go round stealing
other peoples tires. Tires are gold
today and I think it is good for
people in the confines of this city
the theft Of tires"
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Death of Woman Brings
Traffic Toll to Four
Earlier Story on Pare B-1.)

Earlier Story on Page BIZ
The Districts fourth traffic death
of the new year was written into the
records today when the coroner,
after an autopsy, decided Mrs. Ruth
l.. Robinson, 80. colored, 557 Twenty
third place NV, was an accident
victim
The woman, who died yesterday,
tainted at the wheel of an automo-
bile and crashed into gate leading
into the grounds of st. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Cold CIuims Victim

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. 5
(P.-Sub-zero cold claimed victim
here today. John O'Rourke OF
Cleveland, representative Of the fuel
department of the Canadian Ma
tional Railway, dropped dead after
walking a miie to the Grand Trunk
shops, where he was supervising the
stocking of coal. Coroner Willard
Putnam said Mr.. ORourke suffered
heart attack from over-exertion In
the cold.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Court Assignments
DISTRICT COURT.

In any case where postponement
Of the hearing OF motion is to be
requested notice should be given the
motions clerk not later than o'clock
the afternoon before such action is
set for hearing. 1t will be the policy
Of the court not to grant postpone
ment II the aforesaid notice is not
given, except when extraordinary
conditions have prevented the giving
of such notice.
Roll call of motions will be at GAS
am, as heretofore has been the
practice.
MOtions-Justice Jennings Bailey.
Assignments for tomorrow:
In re Wilburn j. Steele; writ.
Redman VS.. Gross; attorneys,
Gaudette-Garvey.
Riggs National Bank VS.. Whelan;
attorneys, Stein-Whelan.
Veach VS.. Government Of the
United States; pro se-attorney,
Mitchell.
Gooding vs. Gooding; attorneys,
Darr, Moran-Conn.
Schrier VS.. Herbert; attorneys,
Blanken-Quinn.
Griffin VS.. Hook; attorneys, Offutt
kelly.
Wall VS.. Maloney; attorneys, Brick
kelly.
Spanos vs.. Mars; attorneys, Aus
tin-HaWken.
Thompson, etc. VS.. Suburban Club
Ginger Ale Co.: attorneys, Conn
Bastian, Adams
Wolf ct al. VS.. Barnewell Bros.
Inc; attorneys. Halpern-Ganse,
BauerSfeld.
Bell VS.. District of Columbia ct
al; attorneys, Jameson, Patterson
Corporation Counsel.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Air Force
Continued From First Page }

force by Britain was to blame. It
should be remembered, he said, that
Germany, too, was using a unified
air force.
The Senator's bill was not before
the Senate for consideration today,
but will be the subject of public
hearings soon by the Military At
fairs Committee.
The Senator emphasized his bill
would not deprive either the Army
or Navy of air units in carrying out
any specific engagement. 1t provides
that units would be under command
OF the Navy or Army officer in
charge, but when an engagement or
attack is primarily in the air, the
Air Corps would be in command of
any land or naval units taking part.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Bridges
Continued From First Page0

began its hearings last November.
The board said in its opinion with
respect to Communist membership:
"We have rejected the evidence
given by (James d. O'Neil and
Harry Lundeberg as not worthy
OF belief. That of ONeil, a witness
who perjured himself on the stand,
comprises unsworn hearsay and is
internally contradictory. That of
Lundeberg, admittedly an active
rival-even enemy-of the respond
ent, is also internally inconsistent.
Further, the records strongly suggest
evasion and equivocation on the part
Of that witness, and it is clear that
on occasion he has made statements
contradicting the ones relied on.
1--WE have, accordingly, concluded
that the case relied on by the Immi-
grafton Service and accepted by the
presiding inspector is not sustained"
Evening star., 1942-01-05
TrioI Dote Set in Alleged
Plot to Call Strike
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclateo freSS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Federal
Judge Simon H. Rifkind today set
January 10 as trial date for Nick
Dean. Chicago night club operator,
and Louis kaufman, business agent
of the Newark, N. j., local of the
international Alliance of Theatrical
Stage Employees GA. F. L.. compris-
ing motion picture operators.
The two are charged with con-
spring to extort more than $1,000
00O, 900 from major movie producers
by threatening to call Nation
wide strike of projection machine
operators.
William Bioff, former West Coast
labor leader, and George E. Browne,
former I. A. T. S. E. president, were
convicted recently under a similar
indictment and sentenced to 10 and
8 years In prison, respectively.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Ready to Win

WEE SCOT-Was practically left
at the post in his last test only to
close world of ground to be fourth
at the wire. A good one to follow.
ROOM SERVICE - Appears to
have been raced and worked into
the proverbial pink of condition.
He may be hard to dispose of in his
next appearance.
DOUBLRAB-Has been displaying
keen speed in his Tropical tries and
he can hold his own with right fair
sprinters. Should score in short
order.
HAPPY NOTE-This fellow is
nearing top form and when the right
spot puts in its appearance he is
going to be a tough one to dispose
of at furlongs.
HALCYON BOY-Finished second
at huge odds in his last outing and
he is going to improve OF that
effort. A good one to string along
with.
NILON-Threatened in his last
at Tropical and before long he Is
going to trim the same caliber Of
opposition that has been leading
him past the wire.
POPS SISTER-Doesnt call for
very much. but she is as fit as she
can be made and when placed with
her own kind she is going to be tough
to trim.
PATRICIA A-Raced we'll in her
last and bit of improvement should
make her hard to handle in her next
appearance under silks. Watch for
her.
ALIBI BABE-Has been finishing
with the leaders of late and she may
be able to trim cheap chalmers the
next time she is sent to the post.
BATTER UP-A disappointment
in both OF his Tropical outings, but
his workouts and previous winning
form suggest that he will win in
short order.
BLUE WARRIORS a speed ball
away from the gate and he hangs
on in determined style. Any dis
tance up to 1/16 miles suits him.
CHALLANTE - Has considerable
speed and she is nearing best form.
One of these days she will take the
lead with the break and hold sway
throughout.
DISSENSION Displayed
nice form around Chicago, and when
not placed too highly he is going to
ring the bell. A right good claimer.
ELEVENTH HOUR-This son of
Reign Count doesn't call for much.
but he has licked fair opposition at
times and his connections are high
on him
HOTZEA-Proved dismal failure
in his first at this strip, but his
previous excellent form suggests he
will be in the charmed circle soon.
MAGIC STREAM-Has threat
ened in all of his Florida tries and
he appears ready to give an excel
lent account of himself when
matched with chalmers.
MISS GOSHEN-Would have won
her first Tropical try but for being
in close quarters. Finished second
in last test. Due for set of brackets.
PERISPHERE-Has proved dis
appointment in Florida competition,
but his morning trials lead to the
belief that he is ready to spring an
upset.
SPEED TO SPARE is one of the
quickest breaking sprinters on the
grounds and he is going to tow-rope
a good band the first time sent post
ward.
VOLITANT-Has shown winning
form at Tropical and he will score
again the next time he meets the
same sort of opposition. Needs only
q good ride.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Nozi Clothing Collection
Nets $4,000, 900 Pieces
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. S (Official Broad
cast Two weeks of collecting
warm clothing for the German
forces at the front brought in by
Saturday a total of 80, IA POI pieces,
including a fur hunting muf from
the family of the late President
and World War field marshal, Paul
Won Hindenburg.
Relatives of the World War ace.
Immelmann. donated his flying furs
while fur coats also came from
nurses in field hospitals on the east
ern front. In all ISL ,079 fur coats
and fur lined waistcoats were con-
tributed.
Evening star., 1942-01-05
Canada Due 10 Freeze
All Passenger Auto Stocks
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Jan. 5.-An order freez-
ing all stocks of new passenger auto
mobiles in the hands of Canadian
dealers is expected from the Do
minion munitions and supply de-
partment possibly late today or to-
morrow.
1t was understood that only final
formalities remain to be cleared up
before issuance of the order. The
Wartime Industries Control Board
already has announced drastic cur
tailment of production of automo-
biles and light trucks with a view to
virtual discontinuance by March 81.