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Evening star., 1942-10-15
German Supply Ship,
Under Heavy Escort,
Sunk in Channel
Two Of Accompanying
Vessels Damaged by
British Gunfire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 15.-A heavily
escorted German supply ship, de-
seribed as important, was sunk In
the English Channel early Wednes-
day by British light naval forces,
the Admiralty announced today.
1.-TWO of the escorting vessels were
damaged severely by gunfire, the
Admiralty said. 1t reported that in
g. separate naval clash near the
Channel island of Guernsey one
German R-boat was blown up and
aStorpedo boat was damaged.
Heavily Escorted.
s"An important enemy supply ship
was intercepted and destroyed by
light naval forces in the English
Channel early on Wednesday morn
ing" the Admiralty communique
said. "The strength of the escort
which consisted of torpedo boats and
nninesweepers was such that it was
obvious that the enemy attached
great Importance to the safe pas
sage of this vessel"
sThe engagement was said to have
taken place off Cape de la Hague
and the Admiralty declared that in
this action and in the subsequent
clash near Guernsey enemy coastal
batteries opened fire on our ships
without effect"
< Flames Visible on Coast.
The flames from the two damaged
escort vessels were visible from the
English coast, the communique said.
The rest of the escort was reported
to have scattered and withdrawn.
The important supply ship first
was damaged by gunfire and then
hit with two torpedoes in a motor
torpedoboat attack.
"A heavy explosion followed" the
Admiralty said. "The enemy ship
blew up"
The conlmunique said "only super
fetal damage was sustained by one
Of our ships Casualties were con-
flned to two sailors wounded"
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Russia
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Garrison artillerymen were credited
with destroying three German dug
outs, five siege guns and seven ma
chine guns and annihilating about
two companies of German infantry.
Russian guardesmen were at
tackled by two infantry companies
northwest of the Volga Verdun, but
they were reported to have taken
prisoners and routed the other sur
vivors.
"A hundred dead German officers
and men remained on the battle
field" the communique said.
Shellf1re from Russian guns was
declared to have destroyed two am
munition-laden trains at a German
occupied railway station southeast
Of Novorossisk on the Black Sea
coast,
Evening star., 1942-10-15
CumuIier
Continued From First Page.)

lier's efficient service and said his
tenure of office has demonstrated
the need Of providing the District
Committee with staff familiar with
local laws and background of local
problems.
"Mr. Camalier's work here has
been par excellent" said Senator
McCarran HE was exceedingly
well qualified to handle the COM
mites affairs, and we may find it
necessary to call on him frequently
for advice. The people Of the Dis
trict may know that they have had
a wise and prudent official in Mr..
Camalier."
Among the more important sub
jects he has handled for the COM
mittee are: Creation of the board
to Coordinate Recreational Facili-
ties; merger Of the lower courts; off,
street parking facilities; new va
grancy law; blackout regulations;
creation of the Industrial Accident
Prevention Board, the Rent Control
Act, and the proposed new law to
govern tax exemption for charitable,
religious and educational institu-
tions.
Served as Roosevelt Secretary.
Mr.. Camalier who is Al, took over
the post on August /, 194l.
Educated in District schools, he
served as secretary to President
Roosevelt when the latter was As
sistant Secretary of the Navy.
He served as an investigator for
the Federal Trade Commission in
1925 and 1926; as clerk of the Senate
Committee on Irrigation and Recla-
nation in 1885 and 1896, and as
clerk to the Senate Committee on
Public Lands from 1887 to 1941.
Mr.. Camalier had also held posts
in the District government, working
for the District Water Department
and the Public Utilities Commission.
Mr.. Camalier has practiced law
here for many years and is a men,
ber of the District Bar Association,
the Federal Bar Association, the
American Bar Association, the
Chevy Chase Citizens Association
and other groups.
Evening star., 1942-10-15

as I am concerned. On some Of
them I reported back to him while
I was still abroad. On the others, I
have just made my report.
"(3) The third job I set out to do
was to find out as much as I could,
both for myself and for the Ameri-
can people, about this war and how
it can be won-won quickly so that
we can get back to our jobs again,
and won securely so that the peace
which follows it will hold.
Will Make Further Report.
II have found out a lot. Some of
it I have already reported back from
Cairo, from Moscow and from
Chungking. A lot more I want to
formulate and put in written form
before making a report.
II have a plane waiting for me
noy at the airport to take me back
to New York, where I started on this
trip. I intend to take a few days of
rest in Indiana and then I shall 60
to work on what I myself consider
the most important thing I can do
making careful, crystal-clear reports
to the American people. How long
that will take don't know I do
know-because have found out at
first hand-that a lot of us, includ-
ing public officials, are going to have
to stretch our muscles and our
minds before we win.
Before I go back to work-which
will be at my old job am going
to do what can by an honest piece
of reporting to my fellow citizens to
help in this new job which we all
face of re-educating ourselves to
win this war and to win the peace"
Mr.. Willkie arrived at the National
Airport here late yesterday from
Minneapolis in the plane that had
flown him around the world, piloted
by Maj. Richard Kight, Army Air
Transport Command flyer of Wash
ington. Maj Rights wife and A.
year-old daughter Sally were at the
airport to greet the party.
Smiling broadly, Mr.. Willkie ex-
claimed I'm damned glad to be
back" as he stepped off the plane.
Il have had great trip, which I ex-
pect to tell the American people
about later"
Among those meeting Mr.. Willkie
at the airport was delegation of
Army officers, headed by Col. c. r.
smith, and Minister Liu Chieh of the
Chinese Embassy, representing For
eign Minister T. v. Soong and the
Chinese Ambassador,
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Jump Reported
In Construction
During Week
By the Associated Press.

6y tne Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Engineer.
ing construction volume of $751;.
$4,000 for the week ended today
compared with 1885, 900 in the
previous week and $42,944 900 in the
same week a year ago, Engineering
News-Record reported today.
The current aggregate was 13 per
cent higher than last week and al
most four times as great as that re-
ported for the holiday shortened
period in 1941. Federal construction
made up 81 per cent of the weeks
volume.
Total volume for 1912 to date was
placed at $685. 100000, an increase
of so per cent above the total for
the like 42-week period last year.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Wholesale Food Index
Turns Down in Week
s, .cial Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Recording
the first drop in 16 weeks, the Dun
& Bradstreet wholesale food price
index fell l cent to $3.87 in the week
ended October 13 from the 22-year
peak of 1888 registered a week ago
The increase over last years COM
parative figure of 1929 widened to
17.6 per cent.
Declines during the week occur
red in flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats,
barley, peanuts, rice, hogs, sheep
and lambs, with lard and potatoes
showing the only advances.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Miss Laura E. Burnside,
Victim Of Fall, Dies

Miss Laura E. Burnside, 46, of
1896 Ellicott street NV, who suf-
fered a fractured vertebra in a fall
at her home yesterday, died early
today In Emergency Hospital.
Members of her family told police
Miss Burnside became dizzy at the
top Of = set of stairs and plunged
headlong down the steps.
Miss Burnside was employed in
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
She lived with her sister, Mrs. Car
rie Kennedy. Surviving also is a
brother, George w. Burnside, Rus
sellville, Ind.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Archbishop Suggests
Listing of Axis Crimes

YORK, England, Oct. IS (R.-The
Archbishop of York suggested to-
day that the Allied governments an
nounce specific crimes of the Axis
occupying forces and demand the
surrender of both superior and sub
ordinate suspects "as a preliminary
condition Of the armistice."
Contempt for he quality of mer-
Evening star., 1942-10-15
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Short COW
ering in the spot position and trade
fixing activities kept cotton
prices on the upgrade today. Trad
ing in the October contract will
cease at noon on october 16.
Trading was at slower pace to-
day, with trade and mill buying still
running slightly in excess of hedging
pressure. The cotton consumption
report, putting September disap-
pearance at 966,149 bales. was a
trifle better than expected, and
compared with 877,971 bales con-
sumed in September last year.
Late afternoon values were 20 to
10 cents a bale higher. October,
1914; December, 1927; March, 1874,
and May, 1855.
Futures closed 10 to 40 cents bale
Evening star., 1942-10-15
RFC Loan Payments
Nav Be Deferred
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of Commerce Jones an
nounced yesterday that bank and
trust companies in which the Re-
construction Finance Corp. holds
preferred stock, capital notes or de-
bentures, may defer amortization
of their RFC capital for the dura-
ton, or until further advised.
Jones said that such deferment,
to be at the option of the banks
and trust companies, will not de-
prive them of the dividend rate to
which they are otherwise entitled.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Bank Debts Climb

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IS (Spe-
ciaD Bank debts in the 16 Cali
fornia clearing house cities in Au-
gust ran 81 per cent ahead of the
same month last year, bringing the
January-August debts 18 per cent
above the 194l figures, according
to current issue of Business Out
look, published by Wells Fargo Bank.
Evening star., 1942-10-15

cy and exaltation of cruelty into
virtue show, even more than their
denial of freedom, the complete
and irreconcilable opposition of
German totalitarianism to Christian
ideals" the archbishop said in his
first presidential address to the
Northern Church Convocation.
ut is little comfort to know that,
at the end of the war, there will be
stern retribution for these crimes"
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Bank CIearings Drop
Sharply From Peak
OF Previous Week
Morein Above c Comparable
194l Period Shrinks
To 3.4 Per Cent
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Bank clear
ings in leading cities this week fell
away sharply from the high total
of the preceding week, and the
percentage gain over a year ago
likewise narrowed, Dun & Bradstreet
reported today.
Transactions at % leading centers
in the week ended Wednesday totaled
$6,293. 1885, 900, a rise of 34 per cent
over $6,084, TIA 900 in the comparable
1941 week. The total was 81, OF, ,306,-
900 under that Of the week before.
Percentage increases over year
ago in the various cities were:
Omaha, 37.1; Portland, Oreg., 37.3;
New Orleans, $50; st. Louis, 27!7,
and Kansas City, 20.9. Small de-
clines were registered at Boston,
Chicago and Cleveland.
Power Output Gains.
Electric power production in the
week ended October 10 was slightly
above the preceding period and 1913
per cent better than in the COM
arabic week of 1941, the Edison
Electric Institute reported.
Output of 3,7O2 2,299 900 kilowatt
hours compared with 2,794, 900
in the preceding week and 1885,
100000 in the like period year ago.
All major areas of the country
were ahead of last year with output
on the Pacific Coast up 30.8 per
cent. In other regions the per-
centage gain over 1941 was: New
England, 10; Mid-Atlantic, 81;
Central industrial, 81; West Gen.
tral, 1913; Southern States, 15.6;
Rocky Mountain, 84.
Gasoline Stocks Down.
Total stores of gasoline and resid-
ual fuel oil supplies declined in
the week ended October 10, but
distillates showed an increase, the
American Petroleum Institute re-
ported.
Gas oil and distillate fuel eight
fuel oiD stores increased 257,000
barrels during the week to a total
of 46,007 ,O00 Residual Cheavy fuel
oiD supplies were down 355 900 bar
rels to 1851 900.
Total finished and unfinished
stocks of gasoline declined 100000
barrels to 1871 900, compared with
80, 1861 900 at the end of the previous
week and 80,432 900 a year ago.
LOadings Rise Slightly.
The Association of American Rail-
roads reported today that 9O9 ,957
cars OF revenue freight were loaded
during the week ending last Satur-
day.
This was an increase of 1850 cars,
or 0.3 per cent, compared with the
preceding week: An increase of 5000
cars, or OF per cent, compared with
year ago, and an increase of 98,O51
cars, or 12.1 per cent, compared with
1940
The report classified the loadings,
compared with last week and the
corresponding week year ago, as
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Phoenix Assets Up

NEW YORK, Oct IS (P.-Phoenix
Securities Corp, an investing COM
pany, today reported net assets on
August 81 were equal to 50 80 COM
mon share, against Sc 20 on February
% and SASS on August 81, 1941.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Oct, 15,-The Associated
Press weishted wholesale price index OF
IS commodities today declined to 1OO4l.
MoNin prsyi day 1895 GO e Week ago ---1oo.s9
1912. 1941, 1910 1885,
High - 1O1.1s 95.12 1925 9s.l4
Low 1854 77.03 $3.50 41.44
0926 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1942-10-15

Spot cotton closed steady 35 cents
bale higher. Sales, 1895. Low nddling
1859: middling. 1887: good middlng
1899; receipts, 1895: stock, sol ,22S.
Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-10-15

Bonds, like bombs, come in many
sizes. Even the smallest one gives q
Jolt to the Axis-if you buy 1t.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Weather Report

District of light with
peratlre; gentle to moderate tonight
VhgniaOccasiona light portion:
tonight.
Maryland-1ntermittent
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA Oct. is R.-The se-
transactions BY customers with odd-iot
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for October II: 2,42S
purchases involving 68 22O shares: 2.716
sales involving 6S,517 shares, including IA
short sales involving 474 shares.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Washington Gas Light $3.50 pfd.-
10 at 80.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Cottonseed Oil.

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
unchanged. No sales.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct Is (P-Cotton
futures advanced here today on bullish
September consumption figures and re-
ports Of a good spot demand. The mar
ket closed steady 20 cents to ST. bale
Evening star., 1942-10-15

'Ex dividend. t-Plus extras. Paid so
far this year. e29o extra. $500 extra.
k zoe extra. m S1.50 extra. D Paid in
1941. $4,000 extra.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
FREIGHT Loudinos

NEW YORK, Oct. Is R.-Revenue
freight cars handled on railroads report
ing today for the week ended October 10
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Oct. Is Op.-Poultry, live;
steady to ARM 43 trucks: hens. over 8
POUNDS, 2oh: pounds and down. 1914
and down, .colored. ss Plymouth ROCK, IS;
White Rock; 81; springs 4 pounds up. col
22h: under 4 pounds colored, 22Ha: Plym-
outh Rock. 25la White Rock. 26a; bare
back chickens, 1919; roosters, 15k: Leg
colored. II: white. 1917 smaif, colored. Is;
white. Is: geese, Is; turkeys. toms, old,
Butter. nk recefptss o1c 4ss sss youns Nominal, 3n
prices as quoted by the Chicago Price Cur
rent are UNCHANGED.
EsEs receipts, 1890; nominal: prices
UNCHANGED.
Not everybody with . dollar to
spare can shoot gun straight-but
everybody can shoot straight to the
bank and buy q War bond.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
PreeiDitation

Automobile lights must be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
STOCKS


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Evening star., 1942-10-15
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1942-10-15

PUBLIC UTILITY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-22
NAUCY ROTARIANS
 TAKE GOLF MATCH
Waterbury Drops First Half of Annual Here and
 There Series

The first of the annual There and there" golf series between the Naugatuck and Waterbury Rotary clubs was held yesterday at the Wa terbury Country club and the Rub Der Towners went home with a vic- tory. IT 1-2 to 12 1-2.
 Three-point winners were Harold Perry and Ed Sodlosky of the win- ners and State Senator Michael w. Blansfield and Gordon Somers of Waterbury.
 Harold Turnbloom's 84 for Nauga- tuck was low gross, with Gordon Somers, of Waterbury, bagging net honors at 72, a stroke ahead of his teammate, E. R. Stevenson.
 H. Brown, of Naugatuck, had high score of l19; Stevenson took the prize for one birdie; J. Francis Smith had six As; John Redmond had 10 5s; Judge Harry J. Boards ley was tops with eight 6s and Os- car Warner led in Is with six.
 Harry Olson and Art Swan, both Of Naugatuck, played informal rounds, the latter posting 102-l2-- 90 and Swan showing 1O3- -l2-9l.
 War stamps were awarded as prizes.
 The summary, showing gross, handicap, net and points scored:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-22
ELBIE FLETCHER
 NOW HITTING 1909
Pirates First Baseman Lifts Average n Points
 in Six Weeks
BY JACK CUDDY (United Press Stan COrreNn0ndenI

ASBg
 New York, July D. -(UP)-The Camera eye" that blurred during the first two months of the cur rent campaign is back in focus again, giving Elbie Fletcher of the Pirates his bes season at bat since he came up to the majors. Fletcher, broad shouldered first baSeman of the Corsairs, was hit ting only .238 on June II after weathering two months of heart break at the platter. Then he started to fight his way out of the doldrun1s and within six weeks, he lifted his batting average to .309, a raise of II points.
 "This batting improvement Is un- questionably the greatest thing that ever happened to me-" Fletcher says. Tt put me back on my feet, after picking me up at point where was almost ready to admit that I was through"
 Elbie's temporary eclipse at the plate can be attributed in good measure to the fact that he was out of condition because of ofY-sea- son inactivity. But today Fletcher has resolved never to loaf again"
 Fletcher is the boy who put re- verse English on the children's fable about the cricket which fid- dled through the summer and had no "caviar" when the wintry blasts blew. He idled away the winter hours fishing and, occasionally, skating.
 And his "camera eye" was dulled until he was hitting .238 on June Il, after nearly two months of play.
 T was almost ready to give up. For six weeks I had been trying to hit and I couldn't make an impres- sion. Then all of a sudden, I took control of myself and started belt ing out inches for myself up near the top in the National League standings"
 He adds: Prom now on, I'll get me job in a defense plant during the winter to prevent showing up for spring training without harden ing up. For the last Spring trair- ing, reported to Frankie Frisch nj California more than 25 pounds overweight. I scaled 206 pounds. F'risch worked us very hard in Spring training, and I lost 27 pounds. That was pairing 1t of too fast. Since then I put on weight to bring me up to normal-l80 pounds on a six-foot chassis"
 Fletcher = who was nicknamed the "camera eye" because of his ac- curacy in waiting for opposition pitches-it not interested in personal glory. But he does crave a good batting average for the benefit of his club and Manager Frisch, who twas mighty lenient with me during the first two months of this sea- son."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-22
MULv|LLE'S TEAM
 SAVED BY BAGLEy

peg at and not one of them were able to toss one over his head though it looked as though they were trying everytime they fielded 8 chance. Joe Mulville, who believes his 1923 Catholic University base- ball suit is lucky charm, wore the moth-eaten uniform as he cavorted around second base and as usual luck was with the popular mortician who banged out two hits.
 Fat Meyers pitched the first two innings for the Casman outfit and threw up so many balls before re- tiring new nickname will be ap- ropos henceforth. Beans Leary, former Naugatuck football star, did the catching for the losers. He had an easy night, for not many pitches got by the local batters that didn't land out in the COW pastures.
 Casman himself failed to get into the lineup as he was kept too busy explaining the new basketball rules effective for the next indoor cam paign. Albie Booth. Yale's Mighty Atom of not too many seasons past, got 8 three base hit for the losers, the longest wallop of the night.
 Infield gems were registered by 'Jiggs' Donahue and Mickey Hayes of the winners, former college stars What probably was the most amaz- ing performance of the evening was that of Ray 'Poppa' Snyder who gave an enviablc exhibition of base running despite the extra poundage he's been carrying of late.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-22
YALE'S AUGUST
 SPORTS SLATE

Sat. l. Baseball Varsity, Provi- dence College. 3:00 Freshman, East Sides, 300. Golf. Varsity, Brooklawn, 200.
 Tennis. Varsity, Greenwich Field Club. Greenwich.
 Tue. 4. Baseball, Freshman, Westville A. A. 4:O0
 Wed. 5. Baseball. Varsity, sper- ry E Barnes 400.
 Tennis, Varsity. New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven.
 Sat. 8. Baseball. Varsity. Provi- idence College. Providence. Fresh man. LiE,:rty Bells. 400.
 Golf. Varsity. Shuttle Meadow. Shuttle Meadow. Tennis. Varsity, Greenwich Beach Club, Greenwich.
 Tue. Il, Baseball Freshmna, Grown Dnier. AGO.
 Sat. IS. Baseball Varsity. Brown. Freshman, Hillerest CD.
 Golf. Varsity, New Haven Coui- try Club. Ncw Haven. Tennis. Varsity, American Yacht Club, Rye. New York. Wed. 10, Baseball. Varsity Quonset. Quonset. Sat. 22. Baseball. Varsity Brown, Providence.
 Golf. Varsity. Waterbury Coun- try Club, Waterbury. Wed. 20 Baseball. Varsit ty, Camp Devens, 400
 Sat. 20. Baseball. Varsity Quon- set. 800, FrShsman. Hamden Town Team. 300.
 Golf. Varsity. Wethersfield Club. CD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-22
ABE GREENE SETS
 N. B. A. PRECEDENT

Washington, July 22.-CUP)-The National Boxing Association today shattered a precedent by re-electing Abe Greene as president.
 In a nation wide mail vote, mem bers of the association, representing 5 states and commissions, repealed their rule against president succeed ing himself. and at the same time chose national head, man whose term as commissioner had expired
 Abe Greene has done a marvel ous job in heading the NBA," Col Harvey L. Miller, executive secre- tary, said here today. We are for tunate in having a man of his abil- ity and experience continue in of- flee in this emergency"
 All other national officers will hold their posts for another year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-22
ROSAR RIDES BENCH
 FOLLOWING S25O FINE

Buffalo, N. Y, July 22.-CUP)- Catcher Buddy Rosar of the New York Yankees will not be permitted to divide his time between baseball and the Buffalo police department, Mayor Joseph J. Kelly said today.
 Rosar left the Yankees without permission to take an examination for the police job. announcing he would play baseball in the summer and serve as a policeman during the winter If he passed the test.
 Today, however, Mayor Kelly sad Roear was aware of the civil serv- ice rule that forbids leaves of ab- sence to policemen during their first year of probationary service.
 Rosar is now in Cleveland with the Yankees. He has been fined $250 and is riding the bench. Rol- lie Hemsley. Cincinnati backstop obtained by the New York club a few days ago, is doing the catching in the absence of the ailing Bill Dickey.