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kind Of set I've got always needs
some added part that will give bet
ter reception or bigger range or
something else nice that 1t hasn't
got already. That's the dealers
idea, anyway"
Its just like buying 4 car without
any tires or spark plugs, guess
On this account Ramon has even
thought Of turning the set in so that
he won't know what he's missing
with the thing.
A note for afraid emergency files
is contributed by Russ Hawn Of the
Versailles. 1t is also a commentary
on the British character under
duress. cleaned direct from visit
ing British Army ofncer.
Russ was asking how London's
night club habitues confined to their
bistros carried on while Der
Fuehrer's 50O-pound messages Of es-
TEEN were bursting about the streets.
No surprise was it to learn the civil
ian strata came to accept each oc-
casion calmly after the customary
initial exchange Of nervous glances.
1t was the Army men, however. that
exceeded the bounds OF ordinary
courage to become quite practical
about the repetitiouS situation. They
brought their own cots. And If the
raid developed into an all-night al
fair, they quietly untangled ana
made use of them for their 40 wlnks.
Simple as all that.
Joe Sudy's pianist was distressed
man one night last week. Somehow
the organization of the pedal system
suffered a complete breakdown dur
ing one of the bands first numbers.
The hapless lad promptly was re-
duced to a condition Of chattering
horror, which subsided but scantlv
after temporary repairs with a coat
hanger or some such wiry article had
been effected.
There was little expressive. even
less pianisSimo from that corner OF
the Cosmos Room bandstand that
night.
Il
The towns attention has had fur
ther reason to be focused on Aus
tria's Archduke Otto than his aristo-
cratic station and bearing. The pre-
tender TO the HaDsburR throne has.
by popular consent. proven one OF
the most skilled executors OF the
Viennese waltz ever to set foot in a
local ballroom. So much so that
other dancers at the Shoreham for
got their own endeavors to pause
and watch how the Strauss family
meant its music to be danced.
Notes at random:
The Balalaika's S chauve souris re-
vue includes a tableau version OF
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Mata and Hari, the two shades
OF Trudi Schoop appearing currently
at the Troika, have reached a some
what enchanted artistic state where
they can hardly rehearse a serious
entrechat without indulging in bit
of buffoonery while they are about
it. That, apparently, is what years
of thinking and dancing in terms OF
satire will do for you II you have
derived nine-tenths sheer pleasure
from the habit. 49,
Poking tasteful, subtle fun at
humanity through the medium of
the dance has afforded these pro-
fessional partners just that kind Of
thrill and wholly logical reaction.
The long hours of devoted slavery
lightly known as keeping in trim"
are no real annoyance to them, a
fact which should startle the aver
age ringsider who becomes ex-
hausted by that walk from desk to
water fountain. Mata and Hari are
able to chuckle over their fast ses-
sions with Observation-Disclosures
whose imagination sometimes loped
along no closer than Is lengths be-
hind their own in the effort to de-
wise suitable scores for new dance
routine.
This of course is no diScredit to
tin pan alley residents since Mata
and Hari invariably cut the intricate
patterns of their dances first, the
musical impetus tailored afterward
in accordance with the dance de-
sign. The dancers concede this is
frequently frightening task for the
Evening star., 1942-01-15

ANN STUART,
Songstress nth Dick Rooms
Band In the Mdyfo,rer
Lounge.
"volga Boa atman" that is one Of the
nearest things to waxen imagery
skillful lighting and steady posture
cen achieve.
H. NJ s. Pinafore." inauguratins
the Vikings opera-while-you-eat
policy, is scheduled to run for three
weeks against the convenient back
ground provided by the rooms nau-
tical decoration Miss Wentworth's
company includes such well known
local singers as Philip Arnold. Jesse
Veitch, Nina Norman and Richard
Hill.
Grant Thompson Of the Neptune is
looking for people who have one or
all of the following qualifications to
appear with his show: Funny mon
ologues. eccentric dancing, comedy
acrobatics. magic, juggling. clowning
anything laughable Pity Mr.. T.
If all these qualifications show up
simultaneously.
Beverley Stull (and We said "Bev-
erleyD found herself artists model
for brief spell at Burts Trans-Lux.
where a young and earnest Van
Gogh spent an entire evening
Evening star., 1942-01-15

would be responsible for developing
. customs and monetary union.
The agreement, signed in the pres
ence of British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden, is the second reached
recently in London by exiled gov
ernments Of countries to the east
and southeast Of Germany.
Previously the governments-in-ex-
lie Of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland
signed an agreement along the same
lines.
From the practical point Of view,
an official said today's agreement
had immediate value only as Ian
indication of the increasing strength
of the bonds which hold together all
the powers allied in the struggle
against the Axis"
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sketching everything III view but the
hat rack. -
That hallowed institution. the one
man band. enters the scene once
again at the Casino Royal In. the
person Of Johnny Wages. who9c GER
tain1y lives up to traditions. Also
at the Casino are the six Florentine'
Girls, who submit an Anchors
Aweigh" routine. and the dancing
team Of Lord and Janis.
They're asking for:
Margarita Lecuona's (sister of
Latin Americas Victor Herbert")
"Babalu" at the Madrillon.
Viennese waltzes Of any descrip-
ton, so long as they are fast, at
the Versailles.
Sasha Lukas' copyrighted Troika
version Of "Intermezzo," which Sasha
contemplates learning to play on the
underside of his violin just for
change.
While at Misha Bess' Balalaika,
Bajan and Circa, Nhe dinner-table
troubadours, made a notable refusal:
Canadian Capers," which they
found after = few tentative strums,
Is anything but number for
balalaika and guitar
- X \
Among those present:
In the Blue Room, Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, former Minister to Nor
way; the Norwegian Minister and
Mrs. de Morgenstierne, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. John Towers.
While at another table Holly
woods Will Hays and Secretary Of
Commerce Jesse Jones.
In the Mayf1ower Lounge, Senator
Chandler OF Kentucky on one eve
ming with Obey "Hellzapoppin'
Olsen, and on another with Gloria
Vanderbilt di Cicco and her husband.
Also present were Cobina Wright,
jr, with her mother and Actress
Fannie Ward; Attorney General
Francis Biddle, Song Writer Vincent
Youmans and Mr.. and Mrs. J..P.
McEvoy giving a farewell party for
Walt Disney, about to leave for the
West Coast and ONCE.
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uttttcS ~ tt- DbtOI CftuUt DUO
Room.
example their prankish Apache
Dance might veil be thankful for
being spared a zeal ordeal.
The theory which Mata and Hari
employ-and hspe someday to bur-
geon forth with their troupe-is a
further development Of the Schoop
school OF thought. Which is to say.
full use not only OF the elements Of
gesticulation and facial mimicry.
but also of the mobility of the classic
dance.
1t is fresh and welcome concep-
ton to theater, and night club fire.
quenters whoe eyes have long
shrieked for resoite from ballroom"
terpsichore.
Ramon of the Madrillon's Trio
Lirico has a confession to make. 1t
is his secret of ,eing able to provide
dancers with Latin American dittieS
which have no been worn thin by
too much contact with the maracas
Ramon, you se.. performs nightly
ritual with his powerful short-wave
radio. tuning II on Cuban outlets
and jotting down whatever tunes
may sound fav,rable for future ref
erence on the oance floor.
Trouble is. he complains, "the
Evening star., 1942-01-15
=. After Dark ...
News and Comment Of the Night. Clubs.
BY the Spectator.
Mark ReEister<f 8. ofnce.
Trade Mark Rerister~f o. s. Patent once.

composer, as II the case Of their
"Fakir Dance" which required mu-
sical transition of all-out propor-
tions to unity some 20 fragments of
everything from, "Scheherazade" and
Samson" to Ritual Fire Dance"
and In a Pers1in Market" Unity.
that is. so that he effect should not
be the same a. an oxcart jogging
over cobbled streets. The composer
asked by this fancy-free pair to
score an original number, to At for
Evening star., 1942-01-15
Gen. ReyboId to Speak

Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold, chief
Of Army Engineers, will speak on
The Engineers in the National De-
fense" before a luncheon meeting
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Pork
Continued From First Page

packer, he said, Is being squeezed be-
tween the high price of live animals
and the inadequate" ceilings on the
processed meat.
The ceilings taking effect today
are based on a price for live hogs of
13A cents per pound, while farmers
actually are receiving nearly Is
cents a pound, Mr.. La Roe said.
A meeting of the association to
consider all price regulations on
meats has been called for II am.
Wednesday in the Willard Hotel, he
revealed.
Several wholesale dealers in the
District, in revealing their stoppage
of pork sales, described the new
ceilings on pork as "the worst ever"
"We can't sell any pork until
something is DONE" the owner of
one concern said. We'll let all the
dogs dry up first"
Expressing belief that there is
mot enough profit in handling pork
now for us to operate" M. L. Kraft,
owner of the District Hotel Supply
Co., said the new OPA order plays
into the hands of the big packers. :"
The biggest packers, he explained,
do such great volume of business
that small profits on each sale are
sufficient to pay their overhead and
return a profit. Small dealers can
not pay their overhead on the mar
gin of profit allowed them under
the present pork ceilings, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-02
oP Confident Of Gains With Light Vote Expected Tomorrow

Chief interest In the governorship
races centers in the pivotal States
of New York, California, Michigan,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Massachu-
sets. Republican leaders are claim
ing victories in all six States. The
first three now have Democratic
Governors and the Democrats say
they will continue to be demo-
cratic next year. They do not con-
cede the other States either.
Put Hopes ON Dewey.
Republicans base their principal
hopes on Thomas E. Dewey to beat
John j. Bennett, jr., Democrat, in
the New York race, and on Earl
Warren, CALIFORNIA; attorney gem
eral, to defeat Gov. Culbert l..
Olson, Democrat.
A victory for Mr.. Dewey would
put him among the top eligibles for
the presidential nomination In 1914,
as he was in 1910, though he has
promised to serve out full four
term if elected Governor. Similarly,
reflections of Cows. Harold E.
Stassen in Minnesota and John w.
Bricker in Ohio might place them
in the Republican presidential or
vice presidential limelight two years
hence.
National issues have been Virtually
non-existent in the State campaigns,
with pre-Pearl Harbor foreign
policies figuring in only a few i'm
portant contests, such as those in
Massachusetts and Illinois.
In a radio speech Mr.. Gannett
quoted several sources, including
Democrats. as saying the war was
being lost In Washington.
Charges Mismanagement.
The trouble" he said. 'lies in the
mismanagement, bungling and con-
fusion here in Washington. It is
due to the ineff1ciency of the Wash
lngton bureaucrats. Bureaus have
been piled upon bureaus. New
Offices are being constantly created,
increasing the disorder. Hundreds
of thousands of Government en-
ployes are falling over each other
under instruction of their work
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will relieve the present critical situa-
ton, the Senate was warned that
hospitals could not be expected to
keep the quality of their services
up to peacetime levels.
1T is expected that during the
emergency, shortage of personnel,
material, equipment and supplies
will make it impossible to maintain
as high standard of hospital care
as would be desirable and possible
in peacetime," the report declared.
The health service indicated that
the 1,072 general beds exclusive of
100 venereal disease beds) expected
to be provided when the expansion
program is completed was actually
nine beds more than will be needed
if the per capita statistics of 1910
are used as a criterion. These fig
ures are based on 80 per cent occu-
pancy.
while the 80 per cent occupancy
rate is higher than that normally
recommended" the report added,
lit is felt that it is not unreason-
able in relation to other wartime
restrictions"
The service also took cognizance
Of the 126 infirmary beds to be
furnished in Government-built dor
mitories here. It pointed out that,
while these beds would serve only
for minor illnesses, they would help
to alleviate the general shortage in
that they would accommodate per-
sons who would otherwise have to
be taken 70 hospitals. ~ ~
1t was noted that the relatively
high average income enjoyed ~hy
persons in the Washington area
combined with the shortage of hous-
ing tended to create a higher level
OF hospital usage here than In most
sections of the country.
Population Up $4,000.
The report showed that, although
the population of the Capital area
has increased from 9O7,816 in 1910
to 100000 at the present time, the
number of hospital beds available
now is about the same as two years
ago.
Seventeen non-Federal general
hospitals in the area, the report said,
gave a total of 1889 ,099 patient-days
of care in 1910, or an average of 1.3
patient-days per capita. On this
basis, it was pointed out, 5,049 beds
are now required at a 80 per cent
occupancy rate. Only 1894 general
beds are now available in the area.
It was shown that IL institutions
in the District, used only for special
purposes, have a total of 12,077 beds
which are not available to the gen.
eral public for ordinary illnesses.
In addition, there are 535 beds at
Gallinger Hospital and $50 at Freed
mems Hospital restricted for the
use of tubercular patients.
The FWA, in its report received
by the Senate last Thursday, dis
closed that the hospital construction
program now under way was due
to be completed by the middle of
next summer. The first project, the
150-bed maternity ward at Gallinger
Hospital. already has been started
and probably will be ready for use
by the end of January, the FWA
said.
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Week. Steel Output
Expected 10 Dip 10
1,703,800 Tons
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-The steel
industry in the current week will
operate at 99.6 per cent of capacity
and produce 1,7O3,8O0 tons, the
American Iron & Steel Institute
estimated today.
This would compare with last
weeks rate of 101.1 per cent of rated
capacity and an outturn of 1,729,5OO
tons, highest in the industry's his
tory.
Steel authorities said the slight
recession probably reflected some
plant shutdowns for repairs after
the pressure of record production
during much of October.
A month ago the mills operated
at 98.6 per cent and turned out
1886, TOO tons and year ago the
rate was 98.2 per cent and output
1922 400 tons.
Despite this weeks indicated de-
cline, the steel industry was sched-
uled to turn out more tonnage than
in any similar period prior to three
weeks ago.
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Buruch
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decision is reached as to COM
pulsion. 1t is also critical of the
administration of manpower re-
sources, citing the number of Gov
eminent agencies involved, and has
accused the War Manpower Com
mission as being only the CO.
ordinating bureau of this confusion
Labor and farm organizations are
reported solidly behind the plan
of the Tolan Defense Migration
Committee for the creation of a
central agency for the mobilization
Of the country's production, man
power and economic resources. Mr..
Baruch is reported to have informed
friends of his opposition to the
Tolan proposal. Since then he is
said to have taken an active interest
in the manpower problem and will
make a report If requested.
That was said to have prompted
the United States Chamber of Com
merce to announce last Friday-the
same day that Mr.. Murray made
public his conference request-that
it recommended the appointment of
the Baruch Rubber Committee to
study the manpower situation.
President Expected to Act.
In indorsing the Tolan proposal,
the labor and farm leaders empha-
sized that they not only recommend
establishment of a central labor
agency but also that 1t be admin
istered by civilian authorities.
Meanwhile, sources close to Mr..
McNutt said the Nations labor sup
ply problems have so crystallized
during the last fortnight that de-
cisions on all major points are now
resting with the President.
They feel, they said, that the sit
uation has not changed regarding q
decision on legislation for compulsory
control Of manpower. It Is their ex-
pressed belief that the President
would shortly request universal serv-
ice for all men and women between
the ages Of 10 and IS, order the Army
and Navy to cease voluntary recruit
ment, and call on selective service
system to place stronger emphasis
on occupational deferments to keep
key production men In industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-02
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Nov 2 up Omitted States De-
partment Of AgricultlTe) .-Salable logs.
10000: total, $4,000; WEIGHTS, 200 pounds
decline weishts under goo pounds scarce,
1875 lower good and CHOICE, 20eoso o0
good and choice. $4,000 pounds. IA. 3o-5 50.
Salable cattle. 10000; calves, 1000:
strictly good and choice fed. steers and
yearlinss strong to 20 higher: supply 4.
others steady to strong; top. 17:35. paid
1875-1726 heifers strong to % higher;
top, 1880. for 925 pounds. most heifers,
grassy and short-fed kinds, selling at
mostly Il :5O-lS;s5: ~ others steady to
$50 and below: bulls fairly active, fully
steady: weishty SAUSAGE oierings, 1882;
down: stock cattle strong, with choice
western. calves to 1910: yearlings, IA. 80:
ding unevenly lower on fat lambs, held
around steady or Upward to 1850 for
best kinda: few decks common to good
ewes barely steady 1t $50.
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and confusion Of orders. We have
five million men in our fighting
forces, but we have half as many,
or two and half million, Fed
eral job holders. Think Of it! A
bureaucrat for every two men in
uniform. Never was there such
red tape"
He quoted Chairman Truman of
the Senate Defense Investigating
Committee as saying that "a large
proportion Of Washington makes its
living by unravelling one another's
red tape"
What can you men and women
voters do about these alarming
situations?" Mr.. Gannett asked.
Everybody knows that under our
system we cannot change the head
OF our Government by a congress
sional vote OF disconfidence. But we
can dictate change in Government
policies by the kind of Congress we
elect.
House. Cleaning Urged.
Through Congress-and through
Congress alone-we can compel a
house cleaning; we can drive out
incompetents; we can retire rubber
stamps; we can implement vitcoryS
The best implement-the only i'm
portant implement for this purpose
is a greatly increased Republican
voice in Congressman in our State
governments
Senator Thomas issued a state
ment charging that "a powerful and
insidious movement on foot" led by
"evil leaders of those forces which
were overthrown in 1892" was trying
to "nullify and wipe out the achieve
ments of the last 10 years In behalf
OF the general welfare"
That war is against our own
people just as surely as Hitler's war
is against our people and what we
stand for" Senator Thomas asserted.
Another prediction statement
found President William Green of
the AFL and President Philip MUIR
ray OF the CLIO jointly urging all
american workers to vote and
elect the friends of labor and de-
feat its enemies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-02

through a hole in a thick layer of
smoke laid down by the escorting
vessels. He got into position to at
tack in the next run.
Il let 60 with my torpedoes very
close, closer than I should have, ("
he said. But knew that if missed
I wouldn't get another crack"
The rear gunner said column of
brilliant orange flame shot a thou
sand feet into the air. A crew of
another plane said they nearly were
thrown from their seats by the force
of the blast, indicating it must have
been carrying ammunition.
Another Raj force going out at
dawn attacked the second ship in
similarly successful manner.
While this was going on the 9th
Army's operations were proceeding
successfully against the enemy along
the Ell Alamein line.
BY contrast with the wide activity
of the Allied air forces, Axis planes
attempted only one bombing raid on
British forward troops yesterday,
headquarters said.
Nazi Bombs Dropped on Own Troops.
allied fighters intercepted the
force and the enemy jettisoned his
bombs on his own troops" declared
the communique. 'tOur fighters shot
down seven Stukas."
A German fighter was reported
shot down later, bringing enemy
losses for the day to eight planes
against one Allied fighter reported
lost.
From descriptions of the action
relayed back from the front it was
evident that the British commander,
1t. Gen. B. L. Montgomery, was TAX
ing no chances with men and
equipment. He was making sure
of his ground before taking a step
forward.
Observers said that each British
advance was preceded by a thunder
Gus artillery barrage, which leveled
enemy positions and enabled the
ground troops to occupy their OBJ
jectives with minimum losses.
In one comparatively small sector
Allied batteries were said to have
hurled more than $500 shells a
minute at the Axis lines in a de-
vastating barrage.
No Major Armored Clash.
Thus far there were no indica-
lions of any large scale operations
by the opposing armored forces, al
though there were reports of isolated
clashes involving tank units.
In one such clash a British in
fantry company, reinforced with g.
Founders, was credited with knock
ing out 80 of so German tanks which
attempted to over-run its position.
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= Republican Congress, and charged
that powerful and insidious
movement" was trying to wipe out
the social gains which he said had
been made by the New Deal.
COP Sees Gains in Senate.
It was announced meanwhile that
the Senate Campaign Expenditures
! Committee had posted investiga-
tors in Delaware, New Jersey, Mas
eachusetts, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island and intended to send
agents to Iowa and Colorado.
Chairman Mcfarland of the Sen
ate committee said the investiga-
tors have been instructed to MAIN
tain close contact with headquarters
for each of the Democratic and Re-
publican senatorial candidates in
chose States and to check thoroughly
any complaints or irregularities they
may receive. The agents also were
told to watch for any irregularities
they might discover on their own.
Senator Mcfarland told reporters
the committee had reports that a
great deal of money is being spent
by the Republican," In Colorado and
FOR that reason he had determined
to send investigators there for a
post-election checkup at least. These
reports came by telephone from
Democratic sources and were not in
the nature of formal complaints filed
with the committee, he said.
Hawkes. Expenditures Eyed.
The committee chairman has been
In controversy with Albert w.
Hawkes., Republican senatorial NOM
11ee in New Jersey, in public state
fnents concerning Mr.. Hawkes. al
legged expenditures, but he said no
specific complaints were being inves-
tigated at this time in the other
States he mentioned.
The Republicans claimed they
would pick up at least seven new
Senate seats-six of them now held
by Democrats and the seventh by
the veteran Independent, Senator
Norris of Nebraska. They have