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Evening star., 1942-09-09
made of every metal except silver

made of every metal except silver
and gold.
That's about all they dug out
yesterday but Mr.. Kearney is hope
full of getting out the piece d re-
sistance-an 8-foot high safe that
must weigh a couple of tons. Mr.
Kearney is seeking authorization
to get this out of the way as it
is not used except for book storage
and is never locked.
Mr.. Kearney also is planning to
pull off the window sills some old
rods that formerly were used for
attaching the awnings in the sum-
mer~ Time.
All Me scrap is being sent to
the Government Surplus Property
Yard, Second street and Virginia
avenue, S.W., where it will be
assorted to become scrap for the
materials of war.
The District Commissioners yes
terday issued an order to municipal
agencies directing officers of the
local Government to cooperate ac-
lively with the salvage program.
Supt. of Police Edward J. Kelly
was directed to have his patrolmen
report the number and location of
all "iunked" automobiles. or cars
parked on the street or private
property which do not have tires
on them. The purpose of this is
to follow up to see If the metal
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Sept. Q Omitted States De-
partmnt Of. Asriculture) .-.-Salable hoss,
1900: total 10000: market moderately
active, steady to 10. hisher: most advance
on veights oyer 240 pounds; rood and
14.75: 160-Is0 pounds, 1415-b0; sows
steady to 10 higher: good and choice 800
400 pounds, 1410-35; good 100000
pounds, 13.S5-14.15.
Salable sheep, 5000: total. 10000; late
Tuesday; spring lambs strons to o higher:
bulk good and choice westerns, 1870
14.15; few 14.25; bulk natives, 13.5o-75.
throw outs draggy at $50 down: fat sheep
% lower; bulk ewes, 5.00-6. 90; today's
trade: early bids on sprinb lambs steady to
weak; askins slightly higher or upward to
1925 for choice Western springers: best
natives held 1878 upward; yearlings and
slaughter ewes steady; choice nsht.weight
ewes, 6.2b:. bulk natives. 100000: two
doubles medium to good yearlinEs to feeder
Salable cattle, 1900; calves 500;
choice fed Steers and yearlings. 1915
higher, active at advance: medium to GOOD
grades, 1925 up: early top, 1850; some
held around 1878; numerous loads, Is. 80
strong to 3S hisher: best in load lot 1870 1870
cows. 1915 up. cutters and common beef
cows up most: cutters, S.55 down; most
beef cows 9.00-10 so; bulls strong. heavy
sausAge offerings to IL 90; vealers Arm At
1560-16.b0; stock cattle fully steady.
Every time you lick \ War Savings
Stamp you help lick the Axis.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
WASHINGTON Produce

BUTTER-93 score, tubs, 45A: 1-pound
prints, 45%; N-pound prints. 1914: %
score, tubs, 43% 1-pound prints. AN;
H<-pound prints. 445z: 81 score tubs 43k;
! pound prints, A: A-pound prints Az;
20 score, tubs, 43A; 1-pound prints 43N !:
L4-pound prints, 44M: SO score, tubs. 423t
pound prints, 49,: N-pound prints,
43s-: Ss score: tubs. 42H: 1-pound prints,
421; A-pound prints. 43h
.LIVESTOCk-Calves Is; spring lambs
Ess and Live Poultry Mafkets. ~
Daily report from Aariculture Market
ing ing Admlnlstration. Prices paid net lob.
EGGs--Market steady. Prices paid for
Fedsral-State graded eggs received from
grading stations (September 81: Whites,
y. g. extras, large, 47a-49: averase,s4 s4sEs:
y. 8. extras, medium, Az y. s. standards,
large, 40-43; average, 43; d. s.. standards,
medium, 31-3s: average. 81; y. s. trades,
30. Browns. u. 8. extras, large, 47A7h;
average, -: q. 8. extras medium, 42M -43:
averase. *; Y. 9. standards, large, 39-43:
average, AZ: q. 8. standards. medium, 81 :
3S1a; average, 371a: U. s. trades. 34-37,
average, 36. Nearby ungraded eggs cur
rent receiuts: Whites, 35-36; mixed col
ors 81. Receipts Government Graded esgs.
LIVE PouLTRY-Mark.t steady. Fowl:
miums paid for heavier weights; under s
pounds, 1920; LeEhorn hens. 3Ia pounds
and UP. 15-17; No. 2s, 10-11 BOOSTERS,
1915. Chickens: Delaware, virginia and
Maryland, Rocks and crosses. brcilers and
fryers, all sizes, ~; No. Is, 20; Reds "a 4-o5;
Leghorns, %. Turkeys: YOUNG toms and
hens, 2S.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

the scrap into the fight, but lacked
full authorization because of the
several agencies which had juris-
diction over the property. He took
his troubles to T. D. Quinn OF the
administrative section of the JUS
tice Department and S. A, Andretta,
Mr.. Quinns assistant. There were
few quick telephone calls and
all that tough red tape melted away
like Japanese resistance before the
gun of a marine.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Kearney
called in G. w. Holt, building su-
perintendent.
II want every piece of loose metal
pulled out of this building imme-
diately,' he said. Il will take full
responsibility for it."
Within six hours, stacked at one
entrance of the court building, was
metal that hadn't seen the light
of day since the 18o0s.
There were old brass lamps that
graced the judges benches back
in the 80s; heavy paper pressing
machine that was broken a year or
so ago; a small safe; nerly 100
heavy awning rods that were dis
carded when the building was air
conditioned several years ago; old
broken file cabinets, and pipes, cleo
trio fans, heavy court seals, a box
full OF hand seals, broken radia-
tor. and scores of other articles
Evening star., 1942-09-09

might be made available to the
Government.
A report to the Commissioners by
the District Salvage Committee
showed that between January l
and July l. $4,000, ,oOe pounds of SAL
wage material has been collected,
not counting the results of the
special rubber collection.
Mr.. Walker announced that he
was prepared to request con-
demnation action by the Federal
Government in instances where
holders of large quantities of needed
materials were delaying disposal
Of the goods.
He revealed that he had served
notice on at least one Washington
business house to dispose of a
large quantity" of metal within 80
days Or be reported to Federal off,
cials.
The committees formula for a
steady and continued city-wide COL
lection was approved by the Com
missioners. This provides for 81
areas, each with an official salvage
chairman, each area to be divided
into smaller units of from six to
nine blocks each, in charge OF a
lieutenant.
Mr.. Walker emphasized that resi-
dents having salvageable materials
may take them to the local depots
or call Republic 8488 for collection
as soon as possible. stating what
and how much material is ready.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
ships whistle. Distress flags were

ships whistle. Distress flags were
run up. af o@5- 81.
Almost Immediately a destroyer
and cruiser started racing to our
rescue. Large cargo nets were swung
over the side, of the burning trans
port. "'' We began climbing down
toward the deck of the destroyer,
clawing at the ropes of the net as
though it was a rope ladder.
Some of the men fell from the
net into the water, but it was still
light and Navy men quickly pulled
them from the water onto the de-
stroyer. I don't believe any of the
passengers we're lost, but I am sure
lot of the crew must have been
burned, the fire spread so fast
Il saw one officer climb out of
the hatch, badly burned. He ran
blindly toward the railing where
other men tried to help him."
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Australia
Continued From First Page.)

"The Gap" which Is virtually only
a trail.
In advancing to the region of
the pass, the Japanese lost heavily
in close fighting in which Allied
patrols frequently used bayonets, it
was reported here.
There were fierce fights between
opposing patrols for the possession
of. small areas of the jungle bor-
dering the trail leading up the
mountains.
One Australian patrol of 20 men
opposed by 300 Japanese. carried
out an effective ambush with ma
chine guns, tommy guns and rifles
Sunday, and the following day an
other patrol attacked japanese
post with grenades and killed SIX
japanese without loss.
The supply problem is particu.
larly difficult for both the japanese
and the Allied forces. Native car
riers climb through steep. rugged
terrain under extremely bac
weather conditions to supply the
! Allies.
/ New clashes were reported al
Mubo, eight miles south of the Jap.
anese base at Salamaua, between
patrols, but the strength of the
Allied units in this region was no.
| disclosed.
Allied heavy bombers added new
complications to the japanese sup
ply problem by setting fire to ,
group of beached barges used tt
bring supplies along the coast t.
Buna, where the japanese landet
for their push toward Kokoda an,
the mountains.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Mail Order Companies
Feel Pressure Of
War Economics
Sales sIumps Reported
In Foce Of Shortages
Of Many Materials
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-War eco
nomics have begun to exert their
pressure on Chicago's great mail
order business.
The houses which supply every
thing from birdseed to bathtubs
report that sales are tumbling in
the face Of war shortages, priorities
and anti-mflation restrictions.
Latest evidence of the trend was
yesterdays report by Sears, Roebuck
& Co. that August sales were OF
$23 ,0os, lot or 26.2 per cent, compared
with the same month a year ago.
In August. 1941, Sears sold $s7 u.s.
593 worth of merchandise. Last
months sales were down to se4. .7os-
486.
Montgomery Wards report for
August showed a drop of 1853 per
cent for the two months. August.
1912, sales were $48, TAO, SGT as against
$57 1903, ,245 year ago.
Credit Business Cut.
A spokesman for Sears attributed
the decline to several factors con-
nected with the war. He said credit
restrictions of the Governments
anti-inflation program had cut the
credit business so per cent, although
some Of it was transferred to the
cash side of the ledger.
What the trade calls hard lines
bicycles, stoves, refrigerators and
the like-were hit hardest because
OF priorities and approaching short
ages. There also was a sharp drop
In the sale of automobile tires.
The slump in August sales loomed
even larger because of exceptionally
good business during August. l94l.
Sears sales for August, l941. were
40 per cent above those of August.
1910.
Butler Bros, another big Chicago
wholesaler, whose primary job Is to
serve independent retailers, has re-
ported a IA per cent increase in Au-
gust sales. The figures were $1O,-
563 ,346 for wholesale sales in August.
l942. and $1o,54S,673 for August,
1941.
Decline Over Long Period.
Viewed over period of months,
however, Butler Bros figures indi-
cate a decline, since in April they
were 1902 per cent ahead of the
same month q year ago. In May
the increase was 1914 per cent. 1t
had dropped to 1858 per cent in
June and to 6.3a per cent in July.
Said Thomas B. Freeman, Butler
Bros president: Undoubtedly we
suffered our share of lost sales be-
cause OF shortage of available goods.
especially in critical materials. Stop
page OF export business and per-
sonnet changes because OF the war. :"
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Chicago Grain
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,
Associated Press Market Write,

CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-Grain prices
continued to advance today, rye
leading the upturn with gains of
about 4 cents, while wheat rose
nearly Q cents.
Wheat and rye were at new highs
since July and oats reached the best
levels since May. Improved -four
business strengthened wheat.
Grain men attributed the fresh
rise on top Of yesterdays gains to
further market adjustment to the
Presidents price control program.
Whereas many dealers had feared
farm prices might be frozen, the
Presidents speech was interpreted
as an indication the administration
hopes to check price rises at around
parity. Since grains are well below
parity, with rye at the sharpest dis
count, any stabilization program
which might be worked out in Con-
gress would be regarded as bullish,
traders said.
Wheat closed 7s-2 cents higher
than yesterday, September, 1.24; De-
cember, 1.27A Is: corn, 5s-1 higher;
September, 84A -3s: December, 86a4 =
y; rye, 3& -4hs higher, September
69A; oats, 70 up; soybeans, 3s
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Stock Market Closes
Lower Under Light
Profit Selling I.
Roll Bonds Make Best
Showing os Issues
Rise Slightly
BY VICTOR EUBANK.
Assoc ciated Press Financial Writer,

AsSNClAteu fTeS8 FINANCIAL Writer
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.--Light
profit selling pushed most stock
market leaders down fractions to
around a point today.
The slow decline followed an early
display Of firmness which encour-
aged bullish forces to hope that the
list was about to establish new
top in the averages for the recent
advance. .....
Transactions totaled about 350, 900
shares.
Wall Street continued in more
optimistic mood on the interna-
tional situation, although the days
war reports contained nothing espe-
cially stimulating to speculative in
terest.
Some utility preferred stocks cut
away from the main trend in the
late proceedings and registered siz-
able advances. This buying move
embraced issues of Electric Power
& Light, American Power 6z Light
and American &c Foreign Power. all
units Gf the Electric Bond e. Share
Co. Their gains ranged from frac-
tions to around 2 points. rFr
Lower in the final hour were
American Telephone, Westinghouse,
U. S. Steel, General Motors, Chrys-
Ter, U. S. Rubber, Goodyear. Du
Pont, Santa Fe and Chesapeake &c
Ohio.
United Aircraft, Douglas, Curtiss-
Wright and Johns-Manville held
modest advances
Rails Lead Bond Advance.
The bond market averaged a little
higher today with a faif sized group
of rails making the best showing ii,
the advancing column near the final
hour.
Up fractions to a point at one
time or another were American
Telephone IS, Baltimore 81 Ohio
stamped convertibles of go, Boston
& Maine 4las, st. Paul IS, North
Western 4as, Rio Grand e. West
ern IS, Erie AIS, Illinois Central
4As and SIS. New Orleans, Texas 81
Mexico 4l2s and Lacelde Gas IS.
Faltering occasionally were New
York Central refunding IS, New
Haven collateral IS, Ohio Edison As
and Otis Steel AVS.
United States Governments were
about standoff on the stock ex-
change and over the counter.
Brisbane IS and Queensland IS
Joined a selected group of South
American loans in higher ground.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Pig Iron Loss Heavy
As Steel Projects
Are Held Up
Iron Age Soys Several
BIust Furnaces Are
Behind Schedule
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-The Iron
Age said today that several blast
furnace and steel expansion projects
were one to three months behind
previous estimates Of completion.
with the resulting loss OF thousands
Of tons of pig iron.
This was true despite the promise
from governmental authorities that
super-ratings were to be granted for
the projects, the trade magazine
said. t
"One large Midwestern blast fur
mace project" said Iron Age, which
was scheduled for completion on
September will not be making iron
until October 1-all because 100 tons
Of steel needed for completion was
displaced on rolling mill schedules
by other steel requirements. This
one case means a loss of approx
mately 80, 900 tons of pig iron which
could have been made if the plant
had been completed on schedule.
THE same situation--lack of ma
terials-applies to other projects"
the trade publication continued.
"One large electric steel project in
the Midwest is being held up two
to three months because certain
steels are not obtainable. Some
steel operators make the gloomy
prediction that unless blast furnace
projects are expedited, and scrap
collections considerably increased.
steel operations may drop as much
as 10 points by February /. 49,.
Results of various iron and steel
scrap collection campaigns have
cheered laymen but have not done
much to relieve concern felt by steel
manufacturers. -
Output Of steel, the basic raw
material for war. increased slightly
this week to 98 per cent of capacity,
with the greatest gain of SIS points
being made in the Eastern dis
trict. -
Turning to labor, Iron Age said:
Controversy over drafting of in
dustrial and mining workers into
the Army seems to be growing.
While production in the steel indus
try as a whole seems to have been
little affected so far by draft quotas,
many mill operators are thinking
anxiously about the immediate fu-
ture. Draft board policies are
varied through the Nation. Some
Woodworking plants have been
hard hit and others have not"
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Hcrest Scrap Metal Depot First of $40, to Open Tonight
Continued From First Page }

scrap metal, rubber and rags, Mr..
Walker said, adding that when the
depot systems is complete in the
District the present bottleneck will
be eliminated.
Area Chairmen Named.
Mr.. Walker revealed that the four
collection agencies, with combined
heet OF rs trucks, cannot handle all
the requests being made by District
residents.
The agencies are the Salvation
Army, Volunteers Of America, the
Self-Help Exchange and the Good
will Industries. No more calls for
collections under 200 pounds will
be referred to them for 10 days,
Mr.. Walker said. In the meantime,
he added, most of the depots will
have been set up, breaking the bot
tleneck.
BY Monday, Mr.. Walker said he
hopes to have 800 or more depots
in operation throughout the Dis
trict, many of them to be located
at f1re, police and gasoline stations,
garages and automobile salesrooms
Approximately half of the 81 needed
salvage area chairmen have been
chosen, he said.
The Hillcrest depot is the ideal
type and will be the model for
future depots to be constructed
throughout the District, he added
The Districts quota is 34,o00,000
pounds of scrap by January /, 1943.
Referring to the bottleneck in
scrap metal collections, Mr.. Walker
said:
The impact of the newspaper
publicity in the last few days has
made every one so scrap-metal con-
scious that we are swamped But
1t is only temporary bottleneck
Within few days we will be making
collections with a minimum of de-
lay.
THE citizens have responded
nobly, and we are preparing to
handle everthything in scrap metal,
rubber and rags they have to offer"
Some scrap metal in Government
buildings is ensnarled in red tape,
but when a few determined officials
roll up their sleeves and go to work,
the result is hundreds of pounds of
vitamin-plus material for the jaws
of war-and quick!
Scattered through the century,
old District Court structure from
the roof to the basement was scrap
metal of every kind and in every
size and shape
It was piled In old storerooms,
stuck off in corners and lining dingy
tunnels and in general, cluttering
UP the place.
But while it was much in evi-
dence, to get it to the scrap heap
was smother matter because of the
cross jurisdiction over much prop
erty at the court. The architect of
the Capitol controls some. the ad-
ministrative section of the Justice
Department other, and the admin
istrative Office of the Supreme Court !
still more.
The Justice Department is re-
sponsible for most of 1t, however, |
and It's authority on the spot Is
the United States marshal's office |
which operates the building.
Cut Quickly.
Chief Deputy Marshal G. Michael
Kearney saw the need for getting |
Evening star., 1942-09-09
American Air|ines
Nets $1,205,318
For Half Year
Sl.9l-Per-Shore Profit
Compares to $l.32 in
Same l94l Period
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. s.-American
Airlines, Inc, reported today for six
months ended June 80 net profit OF
$l,2o5,3la after charges, Federal
income taxes and obsolescence. This
was equal to $191 a share on the
common stock and compared with
1866, lit, or $132 a share, in the first
half OF 194l.
The report said earnings in the
first half of 1912 did not reflect ex-
cess OF proceeds over book value for
involuntary conversion Of aircraft
in the amount Of $1,140,772 as it
was the present intention of the
company to credit this amount to a
replacement reserve for future ac-
QUESTION of aircraft equipment.
American Sumatra Tobacco.
American Sumatra Tobacco Co.
reported for the fiscal year ended
July 81 net profit OF $6o9, ,446, equal
to $3.17 a share on the capital stock.
THIS compared to $186, ,199, or 81
cents a share, in the preceding fiscal
year.
U. S. Sugar Corp.
United States Sugar Corp. re-
ported for the year ended June 80
net income of $876.633, equal to 80
cents share on the common, COM
pared with $l,o50. .S04, or 81 cents q
share, in the year previous.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Kaiser
Continued From First Page. J

during which he appeared before
two congressional committees and
conferred with high officials includ-
ing President Roosevelt. Mr.. Kaiser
left with a letter from Mr.. Nelson.
The letter asked him to submit
specific data that he could carry
out his proposal without inter-
fering with the current military
aircraft program.
Two weeks ago q committee of
aircraft builders, headed by Donald
Douglas and including Grover
Looming. WPB expert. conferred
with Mr.. Kaiser In California. After
the session the committee prepared
a confidential report which Mr..
Nelson has not made public. The
report, it was said, was unfavorable
to Mr.. Kaiser.
The shipbuilder said today that
he now has additional facts to re-
veal to the Government.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
IajufedOiiiter 'lI Tells
OF Army Plane Crash

BY the AsEoeiated Press.
MoRRfsTDWN, Nj, Sept. s,-sA
badly injured Army lieutenant STUN
bled into home today and reported
an Army training plane had crashed
in heavily-wooded section near
Morristown.
The officer, 1t. r. E. Manchee of
Short Hills, N. j., said there were
three other men in the plane. He
identified the pilot as Capt. Cor
man.
State police had been searching
the woods since am, when Ernst
Payer reported hearing a plane "hy-
ing so low that the house trembled." "
Mr.. Payer told the police he heard a
crash moment later.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Passengers
Continued From First Page

had been flooded. That was the first
,We# h5ew about the magazine. -
He told how a destroyer was
thrown repeatedly against the high
sides of the Wakefield, smashing
her superstructure, and he recalled
the words of the destroyer's cap
tain:
ITO hell with the bridge--hold
her in"
Another survivor described how a
company of marines climbed aboard
the burning YES sci, loaded their
rifles and announced that any one
causing panic would be shot
While gun crews tossed shells
overheard, cargo nets were dropped
down the side of the ship to the
rescue craft. and the passengers and
crew went over the side to safety,
he said.
life" he said. "It was the greatest
exhibition Of courage end devotion
to duty I ever witnessed. The skip
per of the cruiser was probably the
calmest man on the Atlantic. He
was an inspiration to us and the
crew."
Fire Sweeps Length of Ship.
Giving a chronological account
Of the disaster, Mr.. Crabtree said:
"It was shortly after 7 o'clock
Thursday night and I was lying on
the deck near the bow of the ship
when saw men looking over the
rail. I didn't pay too much atten-
ton because I thought they were
watching the destroyers or looking
for submarines.
Then I saw a thin. wisp of smoke
and, like lot of others, I thought
somebody's mattress had caught fire
from cigarette and that they prob
ably would throw the mattress over
board.
While I was looking, probably
only matter OF two or three min
utes, the smoke and fire seemed to
race from one end of the transport
to the other and completely envelop
the ship -.
I'VE were headed into" the wind,
and the skipper quickly hove the
transport around, so that the wind
blew the smoke and flames away
from us instead of from stern to
bow.
There were long blasts from the
Evening star., 1942-09-09
New York Cotton
3, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Cotton
prices moved irregularly today rs
the trade marked time pending new
anti-inhation farm legislation now
being prepared by Congress. A
steadying support came through
ce-fixing operations by mills,
with locals also on the buying side.
This was offset by light hedging
operations.
Late afternoon prices were 10
cents bale lower to 10 cents higher,
October, 1917; December, 1912, and
March, 1884.
Prices rallied to the best levels OF
the day in the final hour as cover
ing by locals aided by mill price
fixing found scarcity of offerings.
Futures closed 10 to rs cents a
hale higher