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plan to set up machinery to organ

plan to set up machinery to organ.
ize production on an industry wide
basis"
THE fault of management" he
said, lis that it can't think of over
all industry wide planning, but only
in terms of It's own corporation.
Skilled man-hours wasted in build
ing 1912 cars was criminal in the
face of the imperative need for war
materials" O..
Replying to Mr.. Wilson'S criticism
that the plan envisioned only one
type of plane, Mr.. Reuther pre-
dicted, before the war is over there
will be much more Standardization
in planes"
He added, "the trend is away from
the 81 varieties to make way for
mass production. Very few machines
in the Ford Pratt-Whitney engine
plant cannot be fooled with auto
motive machine equipment"
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Kansas City Journal
SusDends Publication
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March 31.-Ths
Kansas City Journal, An afternoon
daily with q newspaper ancestry
dating back 80 years, announced
suspension of publication today with
its final edition.
Published by Harry Newman and
associates since last October. the
Journal was sold at auction March
70 to a group of bondholders.
1t employed approximately 800
workers, including so on the edi-
torial staff.
Suspension of the Journal left
coverage of the Kansas City (Mo)
field to the Kansas City Star, which
publishes the Evening Star and
Morning Times. The Kansas City
Kansan operates an afternoon daily
in Kansas City, Kans.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Burma
Continued From First Page.)

fighting Of the Burma campaign so
far and said both the British and
Chinese had thrown in reserves to
try to stop the twin japanese drives.
If the situation is to improve
they said. the road blocks behind
the British advance elements must
be cleared. They emphasized the
United Nations air deficiency and
called it sign not only that aerial
reinforcements had failed to arrive
from India, but also that the jap
anese seem to be attaining mas
terry of the air over both the British
and Chinese sectors.
The japanese were believed by
these sources to have called all
their reserves into a great effort to
force a decision in Burma before
the monsoon in mid May bogs down
the Burma front in mud until Oc-
tOber
Evening star., 1942-03-31
First Test BIuckout
In Middle West Success
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT RILEY. KanS.. March 81
The Middle West had its first black
out last night-20OO square miles of
Central Kansas including 10 towns
and the Fort Riley military reser-
vation.
Military and civilian defense off,
cials said the test was successful
and only a few lights in the city of
Manhattan remained on
All city and highway traffic was
halted. At the fort, theater enter
tainment continued behind darkened
windows.
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Australia
Continued From First PaeeO

Southwest Pacific operations by
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Allied airmen describe the jap
anese as daring but their efforts
have been in vain.
Japanese 'stratosphere fighters"
attack at heights where snow fire.
quently is encountered. They dive
on the flying fortresses with all
guns blazing and come out of the
dive just above and to the rear Of
their intended prey.
This usually is an excellent van
Evening star., 1942-03-31
O.P.A. Hos Richmond Office

RICHMOND, Va, March 81 R)-
The United States ONCE OF Price
Administration officially opened a
field Office in Richmond yesterday.
Leo H. Mccormick, acting regional
director of the o. P. A. at Baltimore,
said the primary function of the
Office would be to protect the con-
sumner public"
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Probst Will Proboted

ROCKVILLE, Nd. March 81
{SpeciaD The will of Rene Joseph
Probst, which has been admitted
to probate here, bequeaths his entire
estate to his widow, Mrs. Mae E.
Probst, and names her executrix.
The value of the estate Is not given.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

Continued From First Pageo
accept the proposals. observers
pointed out that no resolution would
be necessary at this stage
II the Congress answer should be
no it would be expedient to issue
a public statement of the reasons
for rejecting the single or multiple
dominion status plan, it was said.
This would be especially needed for
the United Nations which are closely
watching India's reaction and which
apparently approve warmly of the
Cripps terms.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

and also for control OF the defense
of India. Nehru, according TO this
report. believes Sir Stafford can
promise gradual transfer of such
powers during the course Of the war.
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LOST.

LODI.
BEADS-Strine of Iradell, enroute from
mental value TR 42ss f Reward. ss nrs'' 'en''-
BILLFOLD, dark red. containing money
social security card. pass. Reward. Call
BLACK AND WHITE mixed collie and set
ter male: ticked with brown; lost Sunday,
vicinity Chillum Heights GE. $685..
BRACELET. gold, large ,ade setting, valued
as keepsake. Liberal reward Glebe 0s1l
COCKER SPANIEL light beige. with tan
SD1tS' Snd elny No1ihy aG5eorRetown generous re-
Hans Hans, 90 Westgate. Md. Reward. Call
DOG-small, white female. with brown
ears and brown spot on back: lost on Tele
70 Muchacha fS'n e Gai a Hyatts. $3.50 $3.50 or SW write
to Roger PAYNE Smith Lanham, Md. %
GOLD wATCH-Elein., ribbon wristband:
reau. Call shep. 5O5a-J after pm. l.
KEYS. approximately :. on KEY, chain ?
= "a; - ave; Sal SA. $500 br: Is, Between
la EARgE sandsI IRISH aIra tag sss
LIGHT TAN CoIL1E-Phone and address
on collar. Reward. Woodley Oss1.
PISTOL, Smith & Wesson, No. 3!544o.
25. Reward. DU. 6633. %
POCKETBOOK. lady's, large. dark blue.
S., cash =, and d. Bendix Radio Corp; pass. IN
lie St ne LII I094
harness: tag $500 Vicinity 18th and P
aS s.s ob LIBERAL reward. Hobart 1880 or
REwARD-soiid silver cigarette case. slides
to open, has signature Betty on inside;
lost in NV, section. 1t. Comdr. Smeeton,
British Embassy.
RED COCKER SPANIEL PUPPY. ? months
nut 5933.
RING; Rensselaer, .Polytechnic Institute
vic. 18th and Col. I'd. Reward. CO. 2644.
sT:rI rgPPy bEy, %se ns S5pT9 xh White
sil. spr.. Md. Shepherd 4s51-W
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aEl g B1aaan'n Sss4s and 14th 't'' Reward Call
sPTTz AND COLLIE. white, male tag No.
2lO97, Please return, 1859 Swami st. NV
TOPAZ RING last Saturday. between
and pm ho1 at hNssEs staT Smith Hotel Liberal
UMBRELLA--Left in car of lady who
Sunday am. Call sH. 1870.
WALLET; mans, brown; lost in Silver
real estate brokers' license and other
licenses $40 in cash: keep SIS and return
balance to address on real estate brokers
license.
WATCH, pocket, open-faced. yellow gold,
Sat. afternoon bet 18th and and 18th
and M sts NV. Liberal reward, MA. 1920
or Sligo 1856. -
WRIST WATCH. lady's, gold. Hamilton,
black cord strap, broken crystal. Reward
Lincoln 9S7s.
WRIST WATCH mans shockproof. gray
leather band; vic Maeomb st. or Conn
ave. nr. Uptown Theater. reward.
WRIST WATCH-Man's, Hamilton. Prob
ably on N. Washington blvd, Arlington.
Reward. Chestnut 6103.
$50 REWARD-German Shepherd, male,
light tan. white chest, weight approx 100
lbs; VIC North Chevy Chase, Md. Montgom-
cry County tag. 6O33 Reward: WI: 7243,
FOUND.
BRING OR REPORT ABANDONED, STRAY
ANIMALS to Animal Protective Association,
5000 Wheeler I'd s.e AT; 7142. Present
Facilities limited to that class only.
COCKER SPANIEL-White and tan. vicin-
ity of Mount Rainier, Nd. Call Warfeld
3495 after 3 pm.
GLASSES. in brown leather case; found
bv identifying. Emerson 1891.
KEYS (3), on chain, on Hamilton st. near
New Hampshire ave. Call Randolph 6222.
PAIR OF GLASSES. negr gath and q st.
NV. Dupont 517s.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
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Evening star., 1942-03-31
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India

Continued From First Page.
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Maximum Output Proposal.

The union Official said his plan
was not put forward just in terms
of 500 planes a day, but was a pro-
posal to reach maximum production
lin the entire industry. 1t was not a
plan for one corporation but was
suggested to the Government as a
Evening star., 1942-01-11
By RICHARD DYER,

RIO DE JANIERO.-An outstand-
ing South American exponent OF
full -fledged support for the United
States war effort will preside at the
Pan-American consultative con-
ference opening here January Is.
He is Oswaldo Aranha, Brazils
affable, outspoken foreign minister.
Since the United States entered
the Var Aranha has proclaimed
Brazil's solidarity with Uncle Sam,
and President Getulio Vargas has
reaffirmed that stand.
But long before the war Aranha
worked tirelessly to line up Brazil
and the rest of South America-with
the United States.
In October he asserted: Brazil
will not remain neutral in the event
OF participation Of any American
nation in a war" President Vargas
seconded him with a warning to ma
tions which might wish to disrupt
hemisphere unity"
Bonds Grow Stronger.
With each succeeding day Brazil
ian officialdom and the Brazilian
press became more solidly attached
to President Roosevelt and his dec
larations that Hitlerism must be
destroyed.
Aranha may have smiled at this
furry for solidarity. He had recon-
mended it, and vehemently, when
the words were not so popular in
South America, during decade in
which totalitarian and democratic
sympahtizers battled for the upper
hand. He had fought for a policy of
closer cooperation with the United
States when that country to some
South Americans was still the Co
lossus of The north"
Friends say that when Aranha
was in Washington as Brazilian
Ambassador five years ago he quietly
started deal to bring North Amer
lean instead of European arms to
his country, and to take his coun-
try's produce to the United States,
not Europe, in exchange.
Out of this eventually emerged q
500, ,OO0, 900 Brazilian United States
agreement for exchange Of arma-
ments and materials. So carefully
was the whole affair put through
that the first news broke only when
the first arms shipment arrived In
| Brazil
Construction Of vital air and naval
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Bradley Hills Residents
To Discuss Bus Needs

The necessity for securing ade.
quate transportation for the Bradley
Hills CMd) area in view Of the
restrictions on sale Of tires VIII be
discussed by the Bradley Boulevard
Citizens Association at 8 pm. Wed.
nesday at the Bradley Hills Country
Club.
Under direction Of L. A. Gravelle.
transportation chairman of the as
sociation. . survey Is being made to
learn the number Of possible users
Of q bus line to the community.
Dean ]. Locke, IN ofncial Of the
Capital Transit Co., will outline the
attitude Of the company on the pro-
posed bus line.
Capt. E.. w. H. Wood, Of the Brit
ish Army, will relate experience in
combating incendiary bombs.
Residents Of surrounding Areas,
interested In transportation prob
lens, are invited to attend.
Evening star., 1942-01-11

bases in Northeastern Brazl-lying
opposite Dakar in West Africa-was
speeded In the months before the
United States entered the war. Bra
lillian Army garrisons in the same
vital sector were built up.
Aranha is the "Gaucho" Of the
Vargas cabinet, the horse GLOWING,
carefree and exuberant type from
Rio Grande Do Sui, the cattle coun-
try of Brazil. Tall. slightly stopped,
nearly always smiling, slightly gray
and still under so, he is one of the
most popular Of Brazilians.
Aranha is one of the triumvirate
which has governed Brazil for the
last decade, and has risen with it.
He became secretary Of the state of
Rio Grande Do Sui in 1923, when
Getulio Vargas was governor Of that
state. In 1880 Vargas was defeated
candidate for the presidency of the
nation. and subsequently staged the
revolution Of that year, under the
able military leadership Of Col. Goes
Monteiro, now general and chief
Of the army staff.
On November 3, 1880. provisional
government was inaugurated under
Vargas. Aranha was named Min
lister of Justice, powerful position
because of its control of all police
agencies. Goes Monteiro remained
In charge Of the army. These are
the same men who run Brazil today.
Vargas Is Still the Boss.
Vargas, still president, is the un-
disputed boss. Aranha occupies the
number two governmental position.
In the interim Aranha has occu-
pied several positions. For q while
Evening star., 1942-01-11
GAO. Asks Recovery
OF $1,153,177,700
Spent by Government
$52,000,o00 Challenged
In Lost Years Accounts;
Bulk Of Items Older

The General Accounting ONCE
has recommended that the Justice
Department institute suit to recover
81 ,177.700, involving expenditures
of questionable legality by the
Government over the last several
years, 1t was disclosed yesterday
by the annual report of Controller
General Lindsay c. Warren.
The principal item-Sl ,152 400 ,686
is a lump sum covering disburse-
ments by the disbursing division of
the Treasury. There are in addi-
ton about 600 individual accounts
where the questioned payments
range from a few dollars to several
Thousand.
1t was said Informally at the
G. A. o. that for the most part the
disputed items probably represent
expenditures for which the Gov
ernment got value received, but that
they were questioned because they
seemingly had been made without
authority Of law.
$1,000, 900 Last Year.
The report also disclosed that the
General Accounting Office had re-
fused to approve disbursements
approximating $52,000,000 which
showed up in the accounts Of vari-
GUS agencies in the last year.
This total included $11 900 900,
which it was charged represented
expenditures made Illegally in
Louisiana by the Work Projects Ad-
miristration and its predecessor.
Works Progress Administration, and
covered projects that were not Of
public character.
The principal projects criticized
were a municipal yacht basin spon-
sored by the city of New Orleans; a
lake front development which was
described as part Of speculative"
real estate proposition fostered by
the Board Of Commissioners Of the
Orleans Levee District, and an
amusement park and beach project
also sponsored by the levee COM
missioners.
Relief funds were siphoned to golf
courses and clubhouse backed by
the State Department Of Conserva-
ton at Vaudeville, La, the report
said, and 1t was alleged also that
the Home for IncurableS in New Or
leans, a private institution, bene-
fitted from Federal funds. Restric-
ti0ns on the use OF certain paving
materials in New Orleans cost the
Government $3.50, 900, it was charged.
Only $l64,s71 Recovered.
The report said that known re-
coveries' of improper expenditures
amounted only to $164,971, but that
actual" recoveries ran much higher.
being reflected in accounts other
than those under discussion.
The report commented on the in
crease in expenditures by Govern
ment representatives in recent years
for attending conventions, and said
"in a few cases" there was doubt as
to whether the expenditure was
proper.
Criticism also was directed at the
use Of Government automobiles for
personal convenience"
Evening star., 1942-01-11

IN 1851 ho Was considered . pos
sibls successor to Vargas - presi-
dent. But elections were postponed
In the face Of Q threatened revolu-
tionary crisis, and since then no
moro omcial mention has been made
OF successor to Vargas.
Aranha went from the ministry Of
Justice to that Of finance in 1881.
and In April, 1894, Vargas named
him Brazil's Ambassador to Wash
ington.
In March. 1888, Aranha was
brought back 70 Brazil as Minister Of
Foreign Affairs. His appointment
brought Brazil and the United
States closer than they ever were
before.
Aranhas charming manner dis
arms the most determined oppon-
ents. He converses easily in Eng
lish, Spanish, Italian and French,
In addition to his native Portuguese.
Those who know him become his
friends even though they may never
agree with him. His manner Is
quick, 1T times temperamental and
seemingly impatient. Yet Aranha
can be very patient II need be.
A Pact With His Mother.
One Of II children, Aranha al
ways has remained closely attached
to his mother, Donna Luisa de
Freitas Vale Aranha, who lives In
q modest 2-story house In Porto
Allegro. More than two years age
he made q bargain with Donna
Luisa. She was to give up sweets
and Aranha, an inveterate smoker
was to drop cigarettes, which prev
iously he had smoked necessarily
Three months after the bargain
Donna Luisa saw her sons picture
flashed in q newsreel shot. She
was shocked to see him putting q
cigarette, left the theater to search
him out at home and upbraid him
Aranha, surprised, pleaded ipno-
cence. Together they deturned te
the theater. At the next showing
Of the newsreel the son was able
to point out that he was Wearing
an old suit, long discarded. The
newsreel had cut in an old shot.
Their compact remains unbroken
Aranha Is the father Of four chill
dren. His eldest daughter Zazilda 1.
one of his most constant companions
and secretary. She is "Zazi" to the
boys of the foreign ministry.
Aranha boasts a doctors degree
awarded him by George Washing.
ton University while he was ir
Washington Among decorations he
has received but seldom displays
are those of the governments OF
Bolivia. Chile, Colombia. Ecuador
Peru, Venezuela, Haiti, Belgium and
Portugal.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Exc. P. N. Auditor
Sentenced 10 Year i
In Tax bribe Case
Convicted 18 Years
After Incident Cited
By Federal Agents
BY the Associsted Press.

oy tHC hSSOSlSsco IIcoo.
ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 10.-Eight-
cen years and one week from the
day he allegedly offered two inter-
nal revenue agents $3.50 bribe In
an income tax case in Staunton
Nathaniel James Botwin, AZ. was
convicted in Federal District Court
today and sentenced to serve a
year and day in the Lewisburg
Pa) Penitentiary.
Botwin, Who was employed by the
o. P. M. as an auditor at the time
of his arrett last October. also was
fined 500 hy Judge A. D. Barksdale,
who overruied defense counsels mo-
ton to set aside the verdict, and
rejected peas for probation and
bail.
The accountant. who a Govern
ment prosecutor said lived a fraud
during that II years he was a fugi-
tive after skipping $4,000 bond
maintained his innocence even after
the jury returned its verdict, and
insisted to Judge Barksdale that
he was rot a briber, not a cor
ruptionist.' but a proponent Of good
government.
Refuses to Grant Probation.
Judge Earksdale conceded that
Botwin apparently had led q
"blameless" life since 1924, during
which the accountant had worked
for private firms a New York legis-
lative commission, the town OF
Scarsdale. N. Y: the Federal Power
Commission, the Resettlement Ad-
ministratien, the r. F. C. and the
o. P. M.
But the court refused to grant
probation, on the ground that such
action would give other offenders
an incentive" to absent themselves
from the courts jurisdiction as
Botwin hal done.
The Governments case, as pre-
sented by District Attorney Frank
Tavenner and his assistant, Howard
Gilmer. jr. was that Botwin. was
engaged oy Hyman Greensboro,
Staunton merchant. to help him out
of income tax difficulties.
Botwin went to Staunton with
Greensboro, the Governme n
charged, and in a hotel room on
January 3 1924 offered $3.50 to Roy
S. Gocherour and Rufus P. Bell,
internal revenue agents, if they
would recommend acceptance of a
tax return submitted by Greensboro.
Continued Negotiations.
Botwin based his defense on the
contention that he thought from the
agents comments that they were
attempting to extort graft from him
and he continued negotiations in
an effort to expose them to their
superiors.
About week before he was to
have stooc trial at Harrisonburg in
October, 1924, he abandoned his wife
and left New York in a "distraught
condition. He worked for a while
IN st. Louis as hospital attendant
but was eturned to New York by
his family and resumed his ac-
counting work.
Botwin said he intended reimburs-
Ing Greelstone $2,5OO the merchant
forfeited when Botwin jumped bond,
and also meant to surrender for
trial, but kept delaying. At con-
clusion of today's trial, Botwin ac-
cepted notice of motion for judg-
ment bro1ght by Greensboro to re-
cover the forfeited bond money.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
East Bethesda P.-T. A.
Plans Defense Meetinq

The Parent-Teacher Association
Of the East Bethesda MD Ele-
mentary School will meet at pm.
Wednesday at the school to discuss
defense program involving air.
raid precautions.
Red Cross first-aid classes, to be
held in the school auditorium, are
being formed. Glasses for the train
ing OF the upper grade children in
first aid will start Monday.
Adult classes, giving the regula-
ton Red Cross f1rst-aid certificate.
will be held Tuesdays and Thurs
days from 8 to 10 pm, starting this
week. Afternoon classes for adults
will start January 30, with classes
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days from 3 to pm.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Rabbi Gersfenfe|d Heads
Religious Life Committee

Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld Of the
washington Hebrew Congregation
has been named chairman of the
Committee on Religious Life in the
Nations Capital, it was announced
yesterday following the annual
meeting.
The committee includes religious
leaders Of the Catholic, Jewish and
Protestant faiths. Vice chairmen
named are the Rev. DR.. Albert JOS
eph Mccartney, the Rev. Edward
P. McAdams and the Rev. DR.. Ze
Barney T. Phillips, dean of the
Washington Cathedral. Rabbi Ger
stenfeld succeeds DR.. Mccartney as
chairman.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Is Pct. Of Factory Stoffs
In 1910 Were Women
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
The Census Bureau, coming up
with some statistics related to the
current plan for more women in
war production work, said yester-
day that Is per cent Of the 10000 900
workers in the Nations $4,000 fac
tories In the peacetime of 1910 were
women.
The 1910 census, said the bureau,
showed 50,357,892 females IA years
or more of age in the Continental
United States. OF these, 1886, ,565
were engaged in either regular or
public emergency work.
The number seeking work was
1.265,538 with 9509O4 describing
themselves as experienced.