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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-28

CIRCLE ONE of Zion Wom-
ems Guild will hold a potluck
picnic with guests on Wednes-
day at the home of Mrs. Chris
Eschenburg, Romeo Plank road,
Waldenburg, at 1890 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

and abilities can best be used to
make his maximum contribution in
the total war program in his civilian
assignment or in military service"
The committee also was asked to
cooperate with the War Manpower
Commission. and make full use of
its facilities lin order properly to
relate requests for deferment &C
tions concerning Government en-
ployes to the general draft defer
ment policies applicable to all citi-
Zens"
Seeks Sound Policies.
Mr. Roosevelt explained his pur-
pose in creating the committee is
ito assure the establishment of
sound policies and of adequate ma
chipery for quickly applying such
policies to individual cases so that
the Government service, the en-
ployes affected and the the public
can be certain that occupational Dc =
ferments of Federal employees are
permitted only in bona fide cases
of essential employment where ef-
fective replacement is impossible
and that persons so deferred have
been impartially determined to be
most needed in the civilian &C
tivity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

claimed his farmer would have to
produce the following.
Twenty-Five acres of hay and
legumes, Is acres Of wheat, Is acres
Of corn, 10 acres of oats, five acres
Of dry edible beans, five acres of
Irish potatoes and raise six milk
cows, 20 hogs, IL beef cattle, 80
sheep, and 100 chickens.
For this he would be credited
with 1896 units, Mr.. Brenckman
said, adding. Prom this it will be
seen that those who get deferred
classif1cations as essential farm
workers will have to earn It,"
Asserting that we already have
the most acute farm labor shortage
in the history of the country, Mr.
Brenckman declared:
"If the time comes. as Is being
limited occasionally. when 1t may
be necessary to conscript men for
farm work, then I am certain it will
take at least half q dozen of the
conscripts to do the work that is
now being done by one man who
knows his job and has an interest
in making the farm q going con-
Germ"
He added: THAT would not be
making the best use Of manpower F"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Georgian Urges Fight to End
with I ennessee Over Border

He recommended that Georgia,
whether 1t wins or loses, should
proceed with litigation and protect
its dignity and sovereignty and en-
deavor to recover the land lying be-
tween the 35th parallel and the line
of 1878"
The Georgia committee claims
that all of Copperhill, Tenn. and
suburban areas of Chattanooga are
in the lost territory.
At a meeting this week, the COM
mittee asserted that even the 1878
line is not marked and Tennessee
is still encroaching on Georgia ter
ritory.
Unless this is stopped, said State
Representative John T. Dorsey
Well wake up some day and find
that even Atlanta is In Tennessee ,
Attorney General Ellis Arnall, who
becomes Governor next month. ad-
vised the committee several months
ago that Georgia apparently had
acquiesced in the line and was pre-
cluded from recovering the land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
New Guinea StronghoIdEs Fall
Told With Terse Coma Gone

troops in the Coma area to return
the Australian fire.
Sweeping the beach back and
forth with tracers from light and
heavy machine guns, the Austral-
lans wiped out the Japanese at
tempting to escape. Morning saw
the sands strewn with dead. -Four
badly wounded japanese were found
and an Australian soldier carried
one back to field hospital
Moving with extreme caution, the
Australians entered the Coma mis-
sion over piles of japanese dead.
Among huge bomb craters and
blasted shacks a few Japanese re-
naming in foxholes and dugouts
fought on until killed.
One Japanese officer jumped from
his dugout, brandishing a sword at
an Australian officer. A burst from
tommygun felled the swordsman.
Australians said some japanese
pulled the pins from hand grenades.
pressed them to their breasts and
were blown to bits. One shot him.
self with his rifle. pulling the trig-
ger with a string attached to his
toe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
First VINO Nomination
Under New Curb Set Up

President Roosevelt sent to Con-
gress today the first nomination of
appointments to be made by War
Manpower Chairman Paul V. Nc
Mutt under the Mcclellan amend
ment requiring Senate confirmation
Of all jobs in the Manpower Com
mission of $4,000 and over.
The nominee is Julius Cohen. a
33-year old attorney from Morgan
town, w. Va. Mr.. Cohen is to be a
principal attorney at $500 a year.
Mr.. McNutt said recently he would
attempt to have this restriction re-
moved because it is seriously ham,
pering his appointments.
The Senate inserted the amend
ment in the second supplemental
war appropriation bill after it was
charged on the floor that Mr.. Nc
Mutt was playing politics" in max
ing commission appointments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Mrs. Roosevelt Urges Study
OF British Womun's War Role
No Job They Cannot Do Well
Except Heavy Work, She Says

the Massachusetts, Committee on
Russian War Relief, Mrs. Roosevelt
pleaded for IAN increased feeling of
cooperation and understanding 4"
She said that, while many people in
this country had had prejudices
concerning Russia, it frequently was
true upon examination that these
prejudices were against our own
people. some of whom have not
openly stated their positions and
beliefs
She stated also that many Amer
lean soldiers had gone to Great
Britain with distinct prejudice
against the English" but that she
knew personally many had changed
their minds after living with the
British people
Britain has given 10 times what
we have given" she said, because
the people there know what it
means to be without. There is
much more equality of sacrifice in
England than in this country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Woodriinq
Continued From First Page

party offered one single hope or
took issue with one New Deal phil
osophy. They won because they
had the only candidates who were
running against the New Deal
Democrats. The New Deal Demo-
Gratis we're thrown out because the
voters of America no longer can
stomach their PHILOSOPHERS and no
longer will submit to bureaucratic
regulation and Washington paternal-
ism E.
Republicans throughout the coun-
try have failed to meet their obli-
cations and responsibilities as mem
bers of great minority party. The
party, as such, has done nothing.
said nothing and the course of the
recent meeting of the Republican
National Committee in st. Louis in
dicated that it doesn't intend to do
anything"
Mr.. Woodring said the next step
would be determined by the response
to his proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Prices
Continued From First p,

Continued From First Page.)
5000 in each case or a total Of $500
apiece
Assistant United States Attorney
K. Thomas Everngam, who prose-
cuted the case, told the court that
the overcharging ranged from 100
per cent to $50 per cent.
He said the defendants had been
warned repeatedly of the violations
of the regulations. which were ex-
planned thoroughly to them.
The defense maintained that the
men were not familiar with the
regulations and would have beer
driven out of business" II obliged
to observe the ceilings. A state
ment from three refrigerator re-
building concerns was presented ir
evidence. saying that the companies
had been driven out Of business BY
the OPA restrictions and that five
ot.er companies went out of bust
ness shortly after the OPA regu.
lations went into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Story Of Perpetual Candle in Brittany Church
Honoring u S. Navy Is Told for First Time
Ey the Associated Press.

Ely the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. IA perpetual
candle probably still burns in a lit
tie church on the coast of Brittany,
honoring the United States Navy
because of gift that a young As
sistant Secretary of the Navy made
to the church in 1918
The story of the candle, told for
the first time, now is being distrib-
uted among the people of France
How they receive the story is a war
secret, but here it Is:
Early in August. 1918, the As
sistant Secretary was making an in
spection trip of United States naval
air stations on the Brittany coast
He was proceeding from one station
to another when his pilot car
knocked down an elderly priest, in
juring him slightly. When the As
sistant Secretary got there a few
minutes later, he apologized on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
San Francisco
Continued From First Page.

Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, and
the cruisers skipper. Capt. Cassin
Young, went to their deaths in early
stages of the November 1915 bat
tie in which % japanese ships were
sunk and 10 damaged.
The San Francisco. as the task
force flagship, led an American for
nation between the two Japanese
columns superior both in numbers
and firepoWer, The ship blew up an
enemy cruiser, sank a destroyer and
challenged the l4-inch guns of a
japanese batleship of the Kongo
class so successfully that the enemy
craft was comparatively easy prey
the next day for the torpedoes and
bombs which finally sank it.
The United States lost two cruis-
ers and six destroyers in the en-
counter.
The San Francisco will be repaired
at nearby Mare Island where she
was launched on March 9, 1893.
Comdr. Bruce McCandless of Long
Beach, who took over command of
the San Francisco after his senior
officers were killed and who himself
was wounded, was met here by his
father, Capt. Byron McCandless,
commander of the destroyer base at
San Diego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
BY DEAN SCHEDLER,


SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA.
Dec. 1l.-An Australian command
er's terse announcement at 5 pm,
December 9-"Gona Concentrated
the capture of the tough position on
the northern Papua coast which
was first taken by the japanese
July %.
The Australians slackened fire lust
before dusk to observe enemy move
ments and the possibilities of coun-
terattacks or escapes by the foe. For
the first time. the full effect of
American aerial bombs and heavy
Allied ground fire on the japanese
was plainly evident as the Aussies
saw enemy soldiers wandering about
dazedly.
Australian small arms dropped
several of these japanese from close
range. Near midnight, amid drench-
ing rain. 100 Japanese made a last
and futile-effort to reach their po-
sitions at Sanananada. creeping
along the beach next to the rolling
surf, and leaving a few pockets of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
BY the Associated Press


ATLANTA, Dec. ll.-State Sen
ator Wilmer Lanier recommended
that Georgia drop "gentlemanly"
discussion and accept the challenge
of Tennessee Governor to fight to
hell and breakfast" over the Ten
nessee- Georgia boundary.
The boundary argument has been
going on for years.
Georgia legislators contend that
the correct dividing line is the 35th
parallel of latitude, but that survey
ors. in running this line in 1918,
swung too far south and sliced as
much as mile off Georgia in places
They claim Tennessee is collecting
taxes on about $100, 100000 worth of
property. that should be in Georgia.
The last Legislature named a
committee to seek adjustment Of the
dispute.
Mr.. Lanier quoted Gov. Prentice
Cooper of Tennessee as saying that
he was mot going to talk to any
committee or anybody else about
that line" and that Tennessee ex-
pected to keep every foot of ground
1t had and it would fight any ef-
fort made to hell and breakfast ~
Now that Tennessee has invited a
fight. Mr.. Lanier said, Georgia
should accommodate the State Of
Tennessee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

The American asked how much 1t
would cost.
"One thousand francs-a sum far
greater than we could possibly
raise" was the reply.
The Assistant Secretary thereupon
wrote out a Navy requisition for
5000 and gave it to the aged priest.
Several months later an officer re-
ported that he had visited the
church and that the work of re-
leading the windows was nearly
completed. In one of the bays, he
said, perpetual candle had been
lighted by the priest in honor of the
United States Navy.
Six or eight years later it was still
burning. No doubt it is still burning
noW-unless the Germans have put
it out.
The Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy in 1918, of course, is the Presi-
dent of the United States in 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.

overtime compensation within the
Federal service, during the war
period or until such time as Con-
gress may otherwise provide
The President summarized the
condition OF employees of the Gov
eminent as the largest single en-
ployer in the nation" in three ma jor
classes:
/. Pay rates for most mechanics
and laborers in navy yards and
other production establishments
correspond with prevailing wage
rates for similar work in the same
locality. and so this situation Is
satisfactory, requiring no change.
O. Pay rates for most salaried en-
ployes-clerical workers, postal en-
ployes. professional and admins
trative workers-are generally fixed
by statute. These rates generally
have not been readjusted for several
years, although the work week has
been extended to 48 hours in the
War and Navy Departments. and to
A hours In most other agencies.
3. In the War and Navy Depart
ments, the Maritime Commission
and the National Advisory Commit
tee for Aeronautics. specific legis-
alton has provided overtime pay
for certain groups, for work over 40
hours a week But other employees
in the same agencies and in other
Government departments have not
been given similar overtime pay.
Authority for overtime pay In the
War and Navy Departments expired
on November 30.
Mr.. Roosevelt declared that the
policy of paying overtime to some
Government employees and not to
others. was "a complete violation
Of the principle Of equal pay for
equal work. which has been the
Federal policy in Federal pay mat
tiers since the enactment OF the
Classification Act in 1929
The President explained that he
had approved various extensions of
the limited overtime pay authority
up to November 80. "notwithstand-
ing the gross unfairness and inc
qualities" involved because Congress
had been considering various solu-
tons for the complicated pay prob
lem" and he felt that the extensions
would provide opportunity for IAN
equitable solution"
He added, however, that any fur
ther temporary extension Of over
time pay for limited groups would
only perpetuate a bad situation, and
should be avoided"
ct can be avoided" he asserted,
only by immediate action on the
part OF Congress to deal realistically
with this entire problem He
pointed out that unless immediate
action is taken hundreds of thou
sands OF War and Navy Department
employees will suffer a severe cut in
earnings for the first half of De-
cember, because of the stoppage of
their overtime pay.
Committee Instructions.
In announcing appointment OF the
special committee on draft defer
ment Of Federal employees, MI.
Roosevelt directed the group in for
mulating = uniform policy to work
out standards to determine.
a. Whether an employe is &C.
tually performing duties which are
critically essential to the war ef-
fort.
%. Whether the employee can be
replaced by others who are not
eligible for military service.
IS. Whether the employees skills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
SLecial Dispatch to The Star.

SLecial Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Dec. 11.-Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt recon-
mended today a detailed study
of the recruiting of women in
England as a possible solution to
the farm labor and manpoWer
problems in this country, declar-
ing the English had learned that
there is nothing a woman can
not do equally as we'll as a man,
except a job requiring brute
strength"
Mrs Roosevelt said she did not
believe 1t would be necessary to
draft women in this country, be-
cause the manpoWer situation was
not sufficiently acute. She said at
press conference, however, that
Great Britain had gone far beyond
the United States in making the
best use of It's women citizens.
In an earlier speech in behalf of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
S|ayers Of Cabbie
And Policeman Die
In Electric Chair
Two Youths Executed;
One Was q Former
Corporal in Army
BY the Associated Press,

by inc Associated fieSS.
COLUMBIA. S. c., Dec. John
K. Robinson, 10, convicted slayer of
a Spartanburg taxi driver, and Zon-
ME Frazier, 10, Darlington County
colored youth who was convicted Of
killing a Lamar policeman, died in
the electric chair at the State Peni-
Tertiary here today.
Robinson. native OF Ottawa, ILL.,,
and former Camp Croft Army cor
poral, showed little emotion and
when asked for a last statement,
said:
Il have nothing to say"
He was pronounced dead 3 min
utes and Al seconds after the cur
rent was turned on.
Frazier, who preceded Robinson
to the death chamber, said smiling
ly: Il feel good, feel good; my soul
is saved"
Frazier was pronounced dead in
4 minutes and 81 seconds.
Robinson was convicted of the
murder of Kenneth Wofford, elderly
taxi driver, on lonely road last
January f. He claimed he shot
Wofford when the latter suddenly
cried out after Robinson ordered
him from his cab at the point of a
pistol. He said he fired a second
bullet into the PROSTATE mans body
while in the grip Of nervous tension
In direct appeal to Gov. r. M.
Jef1eries last week Robinson asked
for "a chance to live and love and
do all the little things that come
with life" Gov Jefferies denied the
request for clemency. declaring, in
part, From your own statement
the crime you committed was a
horrible one -. I can find no
extenuating circumstances ="
Frazier was executed for fatally
shooting the Lamar policeman last
July with the officers own gun when
he attempted to arrest the youth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Results
Charles Town

FIRST RAcE-Purse, s4oo: claiming
;yssr d1s, and Soo upward f1roags
City Bred tscocca) $50 $50
Star Sprung (Vesselli) $50
Also rsn-sprins Maid, Sally Lunn,
Pigeon, Barbon, Big sneese.
SECOND RAcE-Purse. $500: claiming;
e Grsnd ' stsn 1fitzsera $40 44o $50 IS"
sch T,y. Al a GRAIN $40
Also ran@chaipessy. Old Rose, Long
Less, Osofree, Neon Light
DAILY Double Paid Sl~.sO)
THIRD RAcE-Purss. $500; claiming;
Durable tBetzacker $50 $50 $50
Mi-Due tBalzarettD $50 $50
Clay Hill tMillerl $50
Also ran.Kiolalee. Iran. Bill Bleiweiss,
Tantrum. Taut.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse $500; claiming;
Pilot Boat 1Austln! $40 $40 'c 40
F Fiyds Ws 9qee eR.n sk1r $40 ssssoo
Also -ranwBlue Melody Celtic Knight,
Sweet zaca. Johns Last, Never Home.
FIFTH RAcE-Purse, 5000; claiming:
Big Jack Cclagsett, 1920 $50 $50
NE Mdldndt |MlIleTt .b.UU ~
Macie Margaret tKirk) $50
Time ! SO
Also ran-Camp Meeting, Mary's Lassie
Grand Venture, Annikin and Lena Girl.
SIXTH RACE-Purse. $500 claiming;
for 3-year-olds and upward 81 furlones
McHenry (BoyIe) 1880 500 $50
Bills Rita tBalZsrettN 4.60 3.30
Steady On ,Bletzaker) 800
Time, 81 ga.
Also ran-Maetake StrLmmine, Dulle,
High Clique, Chronos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

Nays behalf and offered COM
pensation.
The priest replied that he most
certainly did not want to accept
any compensation from his friends
Of the American Navy, which was
doing so much in the cause of saw
ing France.
Then he was asked if there was
something that the Navy could do
for his church-a venerable shrine
dating back to the 14th century.
The priests eyes filled with tears
'Oh. If I could have a little con-
tribution toward the fund I have
been gathering all my life to have
the stained glass windows reloaded
1t would mean more to me than any,
thing else in the world" he said.
The panes, he explained were
among the most ancient in France
and had not been reloaded since
about 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

ogize to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
and express to her our sincere
regrets that the unfortunate
statements were made by our
chief executive"
Mrs. Roosevelt has denied a state
ment by the mayor that she told
him, two days after Pearl Harbor
that the United States had lost sly
battleships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
5choo|-Day Nursery
And Tax Exemption
Bills Pass Senate
Fire Sofety Measure
And D. c. Barber Shop
Regulations Approved

The Senate today passed four Dis
trlct bills including the measure
granting tax exemption to non
profit institutions and the school,
day nursery authorization. The
other two bills are:
Commissioners to make fire safety
regulations.
To amend the law governing the
opening and closing of barber shops
in the District.
The tax bill defines the religious
educational, charitable and scien-
tific institutions that hereafter will
be entitled to exemption from prop
erty taxes. 1t goes to the President
for signature, having previously
passed the House.
The nursery bill also had passed
the House, but must 90 back there
Monday for action on Senate
amendment, authorizing the Com
missioners to establish fees to help
meet the cost of maintaining the
nursery facilities. The bill is de-
signed to care for children of work
ing mothers. In permitting the COL
lection of a fee, however, the Sen
ate stipulated that this could be
waived if parent or guardian was
not able to pay.
Tax Exemption Restored.
The tax bill restores exemption to
many charitable, religious and edu-
cational institutions that were de-
clared taxable by the Commission
ers in a series of decisions during
the past two years. In addition to
the new general definitions of the
types of property in the exempt
class, the bill grants specific exemp-
ton to the following organizations
having headquarters here:
National Geographic Society
American Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton. the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the National
Lutheran Home. the National Acad-
envy Of Sciences, Brookings Institu-
ton, American Forestry Association,
the Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington, the American Chemical So
ciety, the American Association to
Promote the Teaching of Speech to
the Deaf, and buildings belonging to
such similar institutions as may be
hereafter exempted from such tax
alton by special acts of Congress.
The barber shop bill and the fire
safety measure must go back to the
House for action on Senate amend
ments.
Abolish 8-Hour Day for Women.
Another local measure, suspend
ing for the duration of the war the
law prohibiting women from work.
ing more than eight hours a day or
six days a week in industry also was
passed, but a half-hour later was
reconsidered at the request OF Sem
ator johnson. Democrat, of Colo
RADIO. There may be another oppor-
tunity next week to take 1t up.
While the tax-exemption bill was
being considered, Senator Barley,
Democrat, OF Kentucky asked for in
clusion Of the Jewish Community
Center, and Senator White, Repub-
lican, Of Maine moved that the
American Tree Association be added
to the exempt dist. Neither OF these
changes were made. however. SEN
ator McCarran told his colleagues
that If any amendments were adopt
ed the bill would have to go back to
the House and at this stage OF the
session might be lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Apology to Mrs. Roosevelt
For Mayors Statement Urged

Earlier Story on Page A-14.)
Ry the Associated P, ess.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. IL
Councilman Roy Hampton, often
at odds with Mayor Fletcher
Bowron, introduced a resolution
before the City Council today
suggesting that the City of Los
Angeles, through its legislative
body, do hereby profoundly apol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
New Orleans

FIRST RACE-Purse. 5000: claiming;
4-year-olds and upward: furlonss
Prince Waygo tTammaroD 4S0 $50 $40
Felsun Brooks 1880 $50
Hutoka tReevesD 32O
Time. 1:l52s.
Also ran-Chilla Nation. Maisco, Sudden
Thought, Orig and Catapult