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Evening star., 1942-02-15
Singapore Defenders Check Japs
Despite Intensive Air Attacks;
F|vinq Fortresses in Indies Raid
Hit Is Believed
Scored on Ship
In Mucussur
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The biggest concentration Of
huge, four -engined United States
Army bombers yet reported in
the Pacific campaign attacked
japanese shipping yesterday in
the MacaSSar area, a theater in
which the United Nations have
struck some of their hardest
blows at the enemy.
A War Department communique
late yesterday said that u bombers
of the flying fortress type attacked
enemy shipping and that while
results were not completely ascer-
tanned" it was believed that at least
one big ship was hit. Subsequently
a large fire was observed in the
area Of attack, the department said.
The presence of u of the big
planes in one group led to belief
in some quarters here that this in
dicated reinforcements of heavy
aircraft were reaching the Indies
area. The biggest previously re-
ported fight was on January %,
when eight r-engined Army
planes engaged in one operation.
All Return Safely.
The part of the communique con-
cerning the raid read: Twelve
heavy American Army bombers of
the flying fortress type attacked
enemy shipping in the Macassar
area The results were not COM
pletely ascertained, but it is believed
that at least one large enemy ship
was hit and, subsequently, a large
fire was observed in the area Of the
attack. All of our planes returned
safely"
Japanese artillery on the Cayite
shore again has bombarded Ameri-
can harbor defenses in Manila Bay,
but Intellectually. a morning COM
munique on the Philippine situa-
ton said in telling also OF "aggres-
sive infantry skirmishes' and heavy
artillery exchanges on Bataan Pc
ninsula.
Enemy aircraft were active on all
parts of the Philippine front de-
Tended by Gen. Douglas Macarthur
and his men, the communique said,
without disclosing whether the Jap
anese flyers were bombing. machine
cunning, reconnoitering, or all three.
No Material Damage Done.
The shelling of Corregidor Fort
ress in Manila Bay followed a two
day lull in such activity and again
the Army reported that no mate
rial damage was done.
Word from Gen. Macarthur that
'in some sections of the front enemy
troops are entrenching their posi-
titons" was without amplification.
Some observers saw in it, however,
corroboration Of statements by cap
tured Japanese that the invaders
particularly disliked the accurate
shooting of the American gun crews.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

$500 yards-less than a mile and
a half-of one of the battleships
before throwing over her helm and
loosing her torpedoes in the very
muzzles of the 1l-inch guns and
other rifles of her heavily-armed
foes.
Although hit by one bomb from
the swarm of dive -bombers over
head, she fired her torpedoes lust
as if it had been peace-time
exercise" the Admiralty said. Then
hit by another bomb and blazing
forward, she was in such shape, the
statement added, that "it would
have been an easy matter for the
enemy to have finished her off"
2. Six Swordfish torpedo-carrying
,Coo pATrTT z Dooo ATl
Evening star., 1942-02-15

est type tStructurally SpeaKlng) are
paid the same hourly wage as the
men who erect the monumental
structures or permanent Federal
Office buildings in the Capital. That
wage rate is as much as so per cent
higher than paid by private build
ers on low-rental housing and con-
siderably above rates paid for al
most all of the city's most elaborate
new apartment buildings privately
financed.
That situation exists because the
Labor Department. working under
the Bacon-Davis prevailing wage"
law, has established, without any
extensive investigation, the full
union scale as prevailing wages here
for Government residential building.
In doing that the department
ignored wages paid on private prof.
ects, which still comprise a vast
majority of residential buildings.
1t also overlooked the establishment
by organized labor of "B' unions in
many crafts whose members work
on private jobs at a scale far below
that required by the older or "A"
unions, whose work largely is on
Government or commercial con-
struction.
Wage Rates Set Up.
The department has predeter-
mined wage rates for all Govern
ment construction since the Bacon
Davis Act was amended in August,
1885. Briefly. the act provides for
payment on Government work the
wage found to be prevailing in a
community for projects "of similar
character to the contract work"
The department has further con-
fused its position by setting wages
for F. H. A-sponsored rental hous-
ing developments far under its
scale for public financed projects.
There are thousands of units around
Washington in this privately owned,
insured developments,
more in fact than in all the public
jobs.
Here is a comparison OF Labor
Department determinations of hourly
rates for the latest Alley Dwelling
Authority project Government
financed and one it made last
autumn for an F. H. A. rental de-
velopment, both in Southeast Wash
ington. Each scale was held to be
prevailing" though the A. D. A.
rate undoubtly will be paid here
for all defense housing:
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Child Labor to Harvest
California Fruits
NV the Aescciatsd press

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14.-Women
and children will have to harvest
the bulk of the Nations fruit crop
this year, says James H. Crutch-
field, member of the board of the
American Fruit Growers.
Here to confer with California
fruit growers, Mr.. Crutchfield said
there would be no fruit shortage.
School children probably will do
most Of the picking" he said. "A
normal crop Is In sight in nearly
all sections Of the country"
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Prevailing Wage as Procticed
Adds Millions to Housing Cost
Workers on Bungalows Get Same Scale
As Those at New War Budnq
By JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The slOOOO0OoO public program to house war workers in
Washington unfolding several fronts will the Gov
millions
policy of paying the oweren defense projects the
highest union building
engaged housing projects
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Many Suicide Attacks Made
In Channel Fight, British Say
One Destroyer Dashed Across Mine Fields,
PIouehed Close to Enemy Before Firing
(Tert OF Admiralty Statement Page A-1sJ
(Tert OF Admiralty Statement on Page A-1sJ


LONDON Feb 4-The and officers of the British Navy
attacks Thursday the wild and
stormy battle English Channel in gallant effort to bring
speeding baeshps SharnhorSt and Gnesenau
Admiralty said tonight in long EXPLANATION
Evening star., 1942-02-15

The department explanation for
the great difference in rates in that
Continued on Page AS, Column -
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Only Agencies
Fail 10 Claim
49,. 49,
War Status
All 10 Departments,
28 Other Offices on
Defense List

10000 OF $4,000 members Of
C. C. c. now on full wartime
basis. Page AS
SALARY AND CLASSIFICATION
protection promised transferred
workers by Tydings. Page AS
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See BATTLE, Page AID
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(See INDIES, Page A-4D
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(see STRATEGY, Page A-12D
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The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
Csc per month.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

(See LA GUARDIA, Page A-12)
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tSee REGISTRATION, Page A-3)
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Continued on Page A-8, Column -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
HUNTING II THE OPEN FISHING
New Royal Oak
.0utdoor Rifle
Range Opened

Construction work on the new
Royal Oak municipal outdoor rifle
range on Starr road. a half mile
east of Woodward, was completed
this week and Il is ready to handle
shooters. The range is protected.
by fence and safety signs have Leen
posted. The Opposition firing line,
recently sodded and handicapped,
was pronounced one OF the best
layouts in the country by Col. Pay
son d. Foster. director OF the Ma.
tional Rifle Association.
John Farrell has been employed
by the recreation department to
supervise the range. which will be
open Monday through Friday from
a p m. 10 9 p. m, and Saturdays
and Sundays from $50 a. m. TO !
D. m
The range was made possible
through tho cooperative efforts oil
the City OF Royal Oak, board oil
education. recreation department
as we'll as financial contribution:
from gun clubs, individuals anc
merchants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
Stream Po|luter
Is Fined $1,000

Michigan trout fishermen scored
a victory this week. when damage
TO trout streams by avoidable pol
luton cost the Leonard Pipe Line
Company a $1,000 fine at the con-
clusion of a suit filed at the re-
quest of the state conservation de-
partment. The case was heard In
Ingham County circuit court.
Oil from breaks in 6-inch
pipe line covered the surface OF
the West Branch OF Cedar River
northeast of Harrison for dis
tance of three miles last fall, kill
ing hundreds of trout. Oil was
lost also just north of Reed City
on Kinney Greek, tributary OF
Hersey River, when a pipe line
storage tank overlooked and the
proper dixie required by the rules
and regulations had not been ade-
quately maintained.
Judge Leland Carr imposed the
1000 fine.
When the case was completed,
more than 200 legal size oil-killed
trout held as evidence were
dumped from Mt. Pleasant
freezer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
No Regulations
To Stop Trials

State Veterinarian DR., G. IL.
Clark reports there is no state
department of agriculture imposed
quarantine against rabies in any
Michigan county at present, TO
hamper the training OF dogs for
the hunting season.
Dogs may be trained on game
birds. rabbits and other animals
from the sixtieth day preceding
the opening of the small game
season. according TO the depart
ment of conservation.
With the opening of the hunting
season October Is. the same as
last year. hunters may begin train
ing their dogs August IS. Special
ordinances in counties and town.
ships do not permit the training
of dogs at any time. Hunters are
warned to check with local Off
Gals, especially in Wayne County
and other centers of large popula-
ton, before running their dogs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
Rainbow Sets Record,
travels 430 Miles

The month-old travel record Of
n rainbow trout was shattered
this week. when one was caught
near Erie, Pa. 430 miles from
Gully pond in losco County The
tagged rainbow not only migrated
that distance. but did IL in Ia
months and grew in weight from
pa ounces into a 5-pound fish on
the way.
The tremendous growth attained
by this FISH after reaching lake
waters is not uncommon for rain
bows. the conservation depart
ment'S institute for fisheries re-
search announced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
Dates for
Spor+smen

July 10 Second annual Wolver-
inc state Coon Dog Field Trial
championships at Kerr's Park
on Hamlin road, III miles
south and IL miles west OF
Rochester on Clinton River.
Meet starts AT 10 a. m. Run
under Leafy Oak rules. Ken
Thomas, manager.
July Registered skeet shoot
at Iii Gun Skeet Club, Eight
Mile and Coolidge
July I9-Class G registered
small bore rifle shoot at Flint
Gun Club. First match 9 a. m.
July 1928 Mi h ig a n State
Skeet championships at Will
liams Gun Club. on old Lapeer
road, one mile west OF Davi-
son.
July e6-Annual picnic Ameri-
can SportSmen and Dog Own
Owners Association at Detroit
Creamery Grove, foot OF MIST
near Mt. Clemens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
Ate a Prize
Big Graphic Might Have
Won in Contest

Bill Kendall. a Wisconsin angler,
lest his appetite for panfish break
fasts one that cost him $500 was
the reason.
On q recent trip 10 a northern
Wisconsin lake. Kendall caught a
ctappjc weighing three pounds FIVE
ounces The next morning he ate
tie FISH for breakfast
A few hours later when he told
about his catch. friends informed
him the fish probably would have
won $500 worth Of fishing tackle
- a prize IN national contest for
The biggest fish of each type
caught IN 1912.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
Sunrise-Sunset
Duck Hunting
BoontoMilhigdn
By DON GU.LIEs

Michigan dues hunters. espc-
cially those working in defense
plants, will find the new sunrise
10 sunset shooting hours right
down their alley, providing the
Michigan Conservation Commits
sion adopts the new regulations as
announced this week by the Ma
tional Wildlife Service.
p. J. Hoffmaster. director OF the
Michigan Conservation Depart T.
ment, said Saturday that the COM
mission would undoubtedly go
along with the new liberal changes.
and even 60 so far as to approve
the To-day season.
"The commission, II II saw mt,
could order n shorter season than
the period between september 26
and December 4 set by the fed
eral government" Hoffmaster
said. THE commission also has
the power to reduce bag limits
set by federal regulations How
ever. ~ In unlikely that the com
mission will make any changes
when IL meets August Is
and l6."
According to Harry Ruhl, chief
Of the game division of.the depart
ment of conservation. the present
survey indicates a marked in.
crease" in duck population this
year. although there Is a decline in
some species OF geese. including
the Canada goose. The bag limit
on all but blue geese was reduced
from three TO two by the new fed
cral regulations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

A suggestion that the state pro-
hibit the taking of wood duck Is
expected 10 he turned down at the
next commission meeting. Federal
regulations now permit the taking
Of one wood duck. The commits
sion. however. would be justified
in making the rail reason conform
10 the regular waterfowl season.
although under federal regulations
the open season may begin as
early as September l.
Ruhl said regulations allowing
sunrise to sunset shooting appar-
entity was for the purpose OF equal
ising shooting hours along borders
OF time zones. and to simplify a
misunderstanding of wartime and
standard time. Ruhl also believes
that the possession Of one wood
duck should be allowed 10 pro-
tect hunters from honest mistakes
roffmaster said the department
would get out their own time
table" giving the correct sunrise
and sunset time. which varies from
week 10 week az the season pro.
%resses.
'EveninK Shooting
LLOYD EAgan. president OF the
Detroit Sportsmen's Congress, said
the new regulations would benefit
Detroit hunters, whose extended
hours Of work In war industries
would now permit them 10 get out
for some evening shooting" here
tofore prohibited,
p. II. tHy) Dahlka, president of
the Monroe County Rod and Gun
Club. fought for the sunrise 10
sunset regulations al the North
American Wildlife Conference in
Toronto last spring, along with
the use of live decoys. Eagan.
who opposed the use of live de-
cuys. favored the extended hours
OF shooting. The National Wild
life Federation, however, turned
down both live decoys and sunrise
TO sunset shooting.
The supply OF waterfowl this
year should be the greatest In
history for Michigan duck hunters.
II reports coming out Of the north
ern Canadian breeding grounds
mean anything. According to Tom
Main, general manager Of Ducks
Unlimited. favorable nesting con.
ditions and an abundance OF water
exist throughout most of northern
Canada.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19
Alaska Has Only II
DAYS 10 Grow Things

The lowest United states July
temperature Of record is 10 de-
grecS. occurring in Colorado and
Wyoming. and the highest. 134
degrees IN Death Valley. Cal.
Barrow. Alaska. has an average
annual growing season Of IL days.
The last killing frost OF spring
comes about July 4 and the first
IF fall about July n.
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04

A 28-lb cabbage, "reared" by Max Sherrod is on sale at the Trading Post. The price is around log a pound and the money received for it will be donated to the fund to buy the health nur-| se's car.
 An army officer was watching a private do every1 thing but wre stle with an ornery and very agile army mule.
 The officer askeds Mas that .aule ever kicked you?"
 The painting private re- piled, "No, sir. At least, he ain't yet; but he fre- quently kicks the place where I recently was att"
 -HolabirG Exhaust A pedestrian is person with three fairly good tires.
 Calgary Herald.
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04

A Scot and his wife walked from their farm to the county fair, the wife laden down with heavy lunch basket. Arrived at the fair, he considerably saids "You'd better let mo carry the basket now, Nary. we might get separated in tho crovd."
The Valley settler., 1942-09-04

Professor Give ne soue of that pre- pared onoaceticacidester of salicylic acid.
 Drug Clerk Do you mean aspirin, sir? Professor . Yes, that's it. I never can remember thnt unrae.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14
Fats and Fixures

One of the simplest war aids asked by Uncle Sam " one which does not require even the slightest self-sacrifice - is the saving of fats and greaSeS. The response thus far has been good but not good enough. Perhaps that is because saving waste grease is so very simple that it's im- portance has not been realized.
 To make up a shortage caused by Japanese aggression, and then to supply the added needs brought by war, Ameri- can housewives must save and take to their meat markets = for forwarding to Uncle Sam = half billion pounds of waste fats this year.
 That is only fourth of what Aas been wasted in the past. But since the year was half gone before the campaign be- gan it is about half of what could have been saved if every housewife co-operated to the limit. Some will shirk. Therefore, the rest must contribute enough more to make up for the laggards.
 Grease and fats produce glycerine, and this is made into nitroglycerine and other explosives. Glycerine is needed also as float for ships compaSses and in the mechanisms which throw depth charges overheard at axis submarines. one pound coffee can will hold two pounds ot grease. This is enough to make the ex- plosive needed for five antitank shells.
 In the past we got almost billion pounds a year from Far Eastern sources cut off by the Japs - coconut oil and copra from the Philippines palm oil from the Dutch East Indies and Malaya, tung oil from China, perilla oil from Man. churia and Japan.
 We can replace part of this loss, and get something toward the billion addl- tional pounds required by war, from Latln American sources, if we can spare cargo space in ships. The more we get from home, the more shipping we can use directly against the Axis.
 So out of American frying pans and broilers - from the drippingS of steaks and chops beef and pork and lamb roasts, chickens and turkeys and ducks and geese = must come fat for glycerine for explo- sives for shells and bombs and depth charges to win this war.
 Pour off the drippings through strainer into tin can. When the lard or vegetable fat gets too old to fry dough nuts or potatoes or fastnachts, dump 1t into the can Around the first of the week, when the butcher isn't too busy, take him anything you have from pound up. He will pay the market price, ana send the fat to the intuition makers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14

farm cash income will total upwards of $14,5OO, 100000, or almost 25 per cent above 1941. This condition in agriculture has already resulted in many farms being bought and sold.
 The present increase in the value ot farm lands has not reached the danger ous stage-but the symptoms are appar- ent. That explains why the adninistra- ton is keeping a watchful eye on indica- tionS of a possible runaway of land prices. It is evident in Washington that some kind of action is likely to be taken in the near future, because: land imitation hap pened 25 years ago, and it might happen again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14

member that the poets early work appeared in Garrison's Free YTess, that he edited the Pennsylvania Freeman and the American Manu- facturer, that he was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature ad a candidate for Cogress on the Lib- erty party ticket. and that for thirty years beginning in 1883 he was among the strogest of the abolition ists. His long and ceiibate life began a few days before the act of Con- gress prohibiting importation of slaves became effective on January 1. 1908. Since his death 1t is the Quaker poet that has been euio- gized. This era may Ind much tc admire in his Songs of Labor" and in such pieces as "AstFaea. with its lines: Free from its bonds the mind, The body from the rod; Broken all chains that bind The Image of our dod."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14

got him down. The job-seeker wrote:
 "I have filed an application with the Civil Service COmmis- sion for a position as an ecO- nomiSt.
 "I am a farmer of many years experience and believe \ am eminently qualified for the job I'm after.
 "T have practiced economy all my Hfe."
 INSIDE THE WIPE
 Government officials are no longer airing their differences of opinion in public, but they are still having them, just the same. Latest undercover row at WIPE is between Ernest Kanzler, brother in-law of Edsel Ford and new di- rector general of operations, and J. A. Krug. head of the priorities division, over control of the flow Of materials to war production.
 Krug wants to tighten the reins, take from the Army and Navy the powers they have been exercising, and have WIPE actually "get tough"
 Kanzler, on the other hand, wants to let individual companies have greater freedom and re- sponsibility, even to the extent of giving them large quantities of materials and letting them con- trol, to a large degree, the flow Of production from their plants.
 It was KanlZer's appointment as director of operations that precipitated labor's recent pro- test to Donald Nelson over it's lack of voice in WIPE matters. Labor's dislike of Kanzler dates back to the days when he was a Ford executive.
 More recently he incurred the distrust of union leaders when he intervened with Nelson to keep him from exposing and penalizing General Motors for using critical materials to make civilian refrig- orators in violation of WIPE regu- lations. The violation had been discovered and reported by union officials, but Kanzler told Nelson it would be bad for the country's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14
1t Might Happen Again

Tn World War I farm lands jumped rom Sl0O to $700 an acre in the corn and wheat belts of the middle west. The same sDrt of boom spread all over the country and land value of more than 100000 larns increased 30 billions of dollars. During the first year of World War l, the 6scretagy of the Treasury of the United &iates was appealing to bankers to "stop Ean land boom" and he did his utmost 10 SEspenf d collapse in farm lands following SEe war. Ire was right as the records show 4@rinstlture was tossed into an acute de- '-'seSioss that lasted for dozen years.
 Enswers now have good market TOT .H fIaf thev can produce the same as m Hf1. nesnlle all lhat is said about the F#nfblen nf farmGF1 sad dlficultles lo eeI S'n to opeKnke farms, the Depaftmens
 Aaglerlfure rKedlrig that tne AvSS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14
Selected Poem
DUSK WALK

CBy Harold Vinal in The Christian Science
 Monitor) We walked through silence and our footsteps tell Soft by the meadow and along the marsh And in that Quietness no sound befel stFident across the air there Eas no harsh And thunderous speech 10 make the dusk take on elamor ln the sir, As if we wore Sandals we moved and In that silence spun path with dusk where noon had been before. The very grass waS hnshed before our Tead And all the branches overhead unsurfed, There was no note by which the ears were led, We dld rot speak, we could not say . word: All that was left foF us 70 mark time py. Was but . lonely guli against the asy,