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Evening star., 1943-01-22
Army Plane Crashes
Into Eastern Branch;
Six Officers Unhut
Boiling Field Transport
Tears Through Treetops,
Sinks in Shallow Water

Six Army officers escaped injury
this morning, when a two-engine
Army transport plane from Boiling
Field, made a forced landing on the
Eastern Branch of the Anacostia
River. The names of the officers
were not announced.
The plane tore a path through
treetops for 100 yards or more before
it crashed in shallow water not far
from the edge of the branch. The
plane was visible above water,
although its undercarriage was
submerged.
]. G. Green, special police off,
Ger attached to the 18th precinct,
one of the first arrivals at the scene,
said the men aboard the plane had
climbed to the top of the ship and
remained there until rescued by a
small boat sent from the Benning
power plant. The plane, he said,
did not appear to be seriously dam
aged, although part of its tail was
torn off and fell on the bank a few
yards from where the ship finally
came to rest.
Police and fire department crews
found it difficult to reach the scene,
due to huge development project
and nearby city dump. The rescue
squads, however, were not needed.
Civilians were held back by a
Gordon of military police.
The cause of the forced landing
was not made known.
Evening star., 1943-01-22
Deferments SOUGHT
As Means 10 Man
200 More Buses
Capitol Transit Head
Forecasts More Service
If Monpower Is Stabilized

Two hundred more buses of the
Capital Transit Co. could be placed
into service if the manpower short
age is cured, E. D. Merrill, company
president, said today in support of
move for draft deferment for
transit company motormen and
mechanics.
Such deferments are to be re-
quested by the District War Trans
portation Committee, headed by
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer. "A communication to this
effect is ito be filed with, District
Selective Service Director william
E. Leahy.
Mr.. Merrill told the war trans
portation group late yesterday 1,100
men had been trained for transit
work in the past year but there re-
manned a net decrease of 10 men
due to departures. In this connec-
ton he estimated the company had
200 idle buses which could be put
into service If trained personnel
were available.
Reconsideration of all company
employees now rated 3-A, to 3-B,
is to be asked by subcommittee
designated by the Van Duzer group
to meet with Mr.. Leahy.
The group will ask Qualification
of OPA rules relating to commit
tees in war plants to certify car
owners seeking supplemental gas
rations. The group also asks pref
erence for group-riders, over indi-
vidual drivers, as to parking space
on Government-owned lots.
Evening star., 1943-01-22
Xonten Sees Sanitation Danger
With Slash in Refuse Budget
Appropriation Reduced S36,305 in Face
Of Wage Boost and Rising Population Here

Serious difficulties for Washing
tons sanitation services-the COL
lection of trash, ashes, garbage and
other refuse-Were foreseen today
by William A. Xanten, superintend-
ent of refuse, unless there is a SUBJ
stantial increase in his budget for
the new fiscal year beginning July /.
The budget as it now stands allows
the city refuse department 81 $685.
215, for operation and maintenance
reduction of 6,305 under its ap-
preparation for the current fiscal
year, even in the face of wage in
creases and the rising population.
The District Wage Board ADDED
about 100000 a year to the refuse
departments budget December l by
increasing the wages of its per diem
employees, which are not covered in
the new budget.
Pay Hike Not Anticipated.
Without anticipating the higher
salary scale, Mr.. Xanten asked for
$4,000 more for additional help to
clean the streets and alleys, but the
budget allows only $4,000, an
amount, he estimates, will provide
for only seven more workers. And
the crews that collect ashes, trash
and garbage, will be augmented by
six.
Forseeing future conditions, Mr..
Xanten told the Commissioners last
Evening star., 1943-01-22
Senate May Take Up
Bills for District
PAY Boosts Next Week
McCurron to Ask Action
On Raises for Police,
Firemen, Teachers

The Senate will be asked to take
up early next week the bills ap-
proved by the District Committee to
give policemen, firemen and school
teachers fiat $3.50 raise, Chairman
McCarran said today.
The bills will be reported Monday
and could be considered Immediately
by unanimous consent. Ordinarily
however, bills lie over one day after
being reported.
These three groups of local en-
ployes were not included in the gen.
eral overtime pay act passed last
month, and for that reason the COM
mittee made the increase date back
to December /.
The general overtime bill will ex-
pire April 80. but before that date
Congress is expected to draft a new
measure for the duration of the war
| The District Committee decided tc
recommend that the fiat increase fol
! policemen, flremen and teachers be
made effective until the war ends.
Evening star., 1943-01-22
.kerri|IUrges
Further Shift
In Hours
Trade Board Hears
Of Transportation
And Fire Hazards

Additional staggering Of work
hours, so that the time Of opening
and closing business establishments
will be further removed from peak
transportation periods, was urged by
E. D. Merrill, president of the Capt.
tai Transit Co., last night at the
January meeting of the Washington
Board of Trade at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Addressing several hundred busi-
nessmen. Mr.. Merrill said there
would be fewer. persons waiting on
corners these cold days because of
traffic congestion eff you will ar
range to shift working hours. 1t
may be necessary to stagger still
further Government hours as well,
If we are to serve the requirements
with reasonable comfort"
Fire Chief Stephen Porter, urging
business firms to get rid of fire
hazards by keeping their establish
ments free of trash, shared honors
with Mr.. Merrill on the speaking
program. Fire-prevention rules,
Chief Porter emphasized, must be
rigidly enforced Neglect in remov-
ing rubbish endangers the life and
property of other persons, he stated,
as he reminded merchants and
other businessmen to use their own
trucks to haul trash away, thus
safeguarding their own properties.
Fire is doubly disastrous these days
because priorities cannot be OBJ
tanned for new construction, he
pointed out.
"Warcasters" Heard.
A high light of the evening was a
"Warcasters" program, featuring
Richard Hardness, Barnet Mover,
Robert Mccormick land Kenneth
Banghart, an NBC weekly program.
They discussed national and inter-
national questions and then an
swered questions asked from the
floor.
Mr.. Merrill revealed that his COM
pany is hauling 1,250O00 revenue
passengers each weekday, or total
equivalent to the total population Of
the Metropolitan Area.
Shifting travel from buses to
streetcars conserves both rubber and
gasoline, the traction company head
emphasized.
Instead of asking for extension
of bus lines" Mr.. Merrill said, I'VE
must expect those who have been
using their own cars to continue
using them but with reduced mile
age, going only to the nearest public
transportation, preferably streetcar
(See BOARD OF TRADE, Pg. Bad
Evening star., 1943-01-22
Agreement Reached
To Seek Funds for
School Lunches
Van Hyning Will Do
All Necessary to Keep
Central Kitchen Going
BY MARION WADE DOYLE.

Retiring Welfare Director Conrad
Van Hyning and Robert l.. Haycock
assistant superintendent of schools
reached an agreement this morning
to appeal for Lanham Act funds to
continue lunches for school children
and the new nursery school pro-
gram. The Wisconsin avenue CEN
tral kitchen, directly affected, also
is expected to serve lunches for
youngsters enrolled in nursery
schools.
Il have agreed to do all this is
necessary to keep the Kitchen go
ing" Mr.. Van Hyning said.
The Board Of Education on We'd
nesday authorized Mr.. Haycock to
approach Mr.. Van Ryning and the
Board of Public Welfare on the pos
sibility of joint appeal for Lanham
Act funds. Joint appeal through
the Commissioners is necessary to
get such funds from the Federal
Works Agency.
Kitchen Personnel Needed.
Money to hire about 10 kitchen
helpers and IA truck drivers Is needed
to continue the school lunch pro-
gram when the Works Project Ad-
ministration personnel is withdrawn
January 81. Food is still available
through a sponsors contribution"
administered by Mr.. Van Hyning and
additional food is given by the Sur
plus Marketing Administration.
Mr.. Van Hyning indicated that the
appeal for Lanham Act funds would
be made on the basis that food also
will have to be prepared for the new
nursery school program to be set up
in school buildings. The appeal to
FTWA for this program has not yet
gone along, Mr. Van Hyning said,
and there is still time to include a
request for kitchen personnel. Lam
ham Act funds cannot be used to
pay for food, but can be used to hire
personnel.
In this way the kitchen could con-
tinue to serve the nearly 5000 chill
dren now receiving the hot lunch
and also the hundreds of youngsters
expected to be enrolled in nursery
schools.
Equipment for 10000.
In addition, the school officers are
considering the possibility of extend
ing the lunch service to children
whose parents work all day and
cannot fix lunch at home. This
would entail payment for lunches,
but would be consistent with the
School Board policy of payment for
penny milk" and payment for
nursery school service.
The kitchen has equipment to
serve about 10000 lunches, Mr.
Haycock said, and thus could han
die more than twice the load it has
carried for the ''necesSitous" chill
dren lunch campaign. When the
school lunch program started about
eight years ago about 5000 children
were served.
The WPA owns the kitchen equip
ment but could turn it over to school
| officials. it was indicated, as long as
assurances are given that the equip
ment would be used to feed school
children.
Evening star., 1943-01-22
District Pastor Joins
Army Chaplain Corps

The Rev. WILDER H. Wilson, asso-
eiate pastor of Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, 900 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, will leave Janu-
ary 81 for the Army Chaplain
School at Harvard University. On
his graduation he will be commits
stoned a lieutenant in the Army
Chaplain Corps.
The Rev. Wilson, as minister OF
the church's junior congregation
was known for his work among
children. He came to Washington
two years ago from Owingsville, in
the Kentucky Methodist Conference
He and Mrs. Wilson have two chill
dren, Nancy Caroline, 7, and Frank
5. They live at 4610 Second street
north, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1943-01-22

fall he needed additional help for
the following reasons:
THE enormous increase in popu-
lation in the City of Washington,
particularly during 1941 and 1912,
has made it exceedingly difficult for
the existing forces on this work to
cope with the problem of proper
sanitation in alleys due to over
crowded housing conditions. Many
additional communities have been
developed within the District for the
housing of war workers, and it Will
be necessary to extend these street
and alley cleaning services to these
areas.
1T is proposed to supplement pres
ent alley cleaning gangs to the
extent of adding two trucks and
six lahorers to existing forces, OF,
this work. which will have the
Evening star., 1943-01-22
507 Lost With Avenqer
Admiralty Announces
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 22-The Admiral
ty announced today that 507 British
seamen, including SO officers, had
been lost in the torpedo sinking of
the aircraft carrier Avenger during
the French North African landing
operations.
The total number of men aboard
was not disclosed. The Avenger was
one of 16 Allied naval vessels Of
ficially listed as lost out of landing
armadas estimated to have num-
bered $50 transports and warships
Evening star., 1943-01-22
S64 HoIdup Reported

John L. Murrow, 81, of 1913 G
street Sc, reported to police that
he was robbed of billfold contain
ing $64 by two armed men on G.
street Sc, between Eighth and
Ninth streets, last night.
Evening star., 1943-01-22
2 D. 6. Men Sentenced
For Post Office Theft

Two Washington men were given
prison sentences yesterday by Fed
eral Judge Albert H. johnson at
Lewisburg, Pa, on charges of bur-
glarizing the Blue Ridge Summit
Pa) post Office in May, 1941, &C
cording to the Associated Press.
The men were listed as Edwin M.
Van Meter, II, who was sentenced
to a year and a half in Federal
prison, and Norman B. Garrett, Sc,
who was sentenced to year and a
day The two men were accused of
taking a revolver, a holster and a
few stamps of a total value of S38
Both pleaded guilty.
Evening star., 1943-01-22
WAatHo~4~xWM
| WAR BONDS

Nurse that heating plant along for
II must do you for the duration.
Metal every bit we can rake
and scrape up is going into War
production to provide the tools for
our boys on the fighting fronts.
Evening star., 1943-01-22

But stalC saving now for that
heating plant by your purchase of
War bonds every payday through a
payroll savings plan. War spending
goes on month after month. So War
savings must keep pace, month after
month. Put at least ten per cent of
your income in War savings through
War bonds.-U. S. Treasury Depart
nnent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Says Shortage of
Rubber VIII End
In the Yeur 1914

AKRON, GA 1914 rubber supply
twice as large as that consumed in
this country in a normal peace-time
year was fOreseen tonight by Harvey
S. Firestone Jr.
The manufacturer said he based his
estimates on expected production of
$4,000 tons of synthetic and antici-
pated natural rubber imports.
OF 100000 passenger car tires to
be released for civilian use this year,
100000 are on hand and the remain
ing 100000 viii be made from syn
thetic rubber, the manufacturer re-
ported.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Production Rose
For July Fixed zt
2I.8m B<rrreIg

A production rate of 1880 barrels
per day is fixed for Montana oil fields
during July by the Petroleum Ad-
ministrator for War, reduction of
500 Dbl. per day from the June rate.
This compares with an actual produe-
ton Of $4,000 Dbl. per day during
July, 1912
This reduction came in the face of
increased market demand but possibly
resulted from failure Of Montana pro-
ducers to meet the quota in earlier
months this year.
R. P. Jackson, secretary Of the
Oil Conservation Board, is enroute to
Washington to attend a meeting of
Regulatory Bodies of oil producing
states and while there he has been in
structed to confer with PAW regard
ing the production situation in Mon
tana, since it is hoped that Montana
can exceed the July quota in order
to care for military and essential mar
ket demands
A representative Of the Montana
railroad commission is also attending
the Washington conference.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
In Our
MAIL BAG

1 get kick out of some of the
articles in your little journal, particu-
larly an editorial "America Triumphs
on the Home Front" in your issue of
Saturday, June 5th.
This mornings paper, giving the
action of Congress yesterday in deal
ing with this particular department
(OPA) indicates that they are at least
waking up to the situation as it has
existed in this particular bureau, and
you win notice that they have refused
to provide funds for employment of
anyone in this department who has not
had at least five years of experience in
business of some kind, with the excep-
ton of the head of it, and that is Mr..
Brown. This requirement will clean
that whole gang out, as it is filled with
nothing but young upstairs of college
pinks," and my what mess they have
gotten this country into.
To try to overcome some of this, the
president has insisted on the bonus
business amounting to around five bill
lion dollars to try to smooth the thing
over ON account of the political effect
of it, but have feeling that he has
at least gotten himself into a corner
that he cannot get out of very well by
appointing men to head these bureaus
with such lack of experience, etc.
The best of luck to you.
J. X. WADLEY,
Texarkana, Ark.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Governor Ford
Would Give Jups'
Meet to Miners

BUTTE.-"Why not curtail the
meat ration of Japanese internees and
provide more meat for miners who are
producing the metals to win the wari"
proposed Governor Sam c. Ford at a
mass meeting of Montana copper
miners. Tunnels are dug on "steak, beef
stew and pasties, and not ON peanut
butter-and-jelly sandwiches" said the
governor, one of 25 speakers. The
miners were of mood to cram down
the Threats of Washington bureaucrats
the tons of printed propaganda intended
to dissuade miners from eating meat.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Engineer Thinks
Funds Coming For
Iron Ore Drilling

Belief that the Bureau of Mines will
have funds with which to diamond drill
the Running Wolf iron ore deposit was
expressed in Great Falls Tuesday by
E. W. Newman, district engineer of
USBM at Helena. The new appropria
ton win became available, it is ex-
pected, some time in July. Mr.. Newman
has completed preliminary work and is
prepared to start drilling as soon as
funds are allocated.
Mr.. Newman was here enroute to
Lewistown to inspect drilling ON the
alumina clay deposit northwest Of that
city. Four holes have been completed
and while the deposit has not been
found to be as thick as had been ex-
pected, the quality has been found to
be surprisingly uniform-averagin
around 26 percent. 1t will be necessary
to establish the presence of 100000
tons to justify installation of process
ing plant, although the quality of the
material is far above the average.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
GOES OUT AFTER oPA

WASHINGTON. Representative
Hartley, R., N. ]. will introduce legis-
lation to liquidate the office of price ad-
ministration and transfer its functions
to other government agencies.
His bill would transfer the OPA's
food control functions to the office of
war food administration; gasoline and
petroleum management to the office of
the petroleum administrator for war;
rent functions to the national housing
agency, and remaining functions to the
office Of civilian requirements Of the
wPB.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Adopt 100 Per
Cent Tunk Tobles
For Montdn0 Oil

One hundred per cent tank tables
have been ordered by the Montana
railroad commission for use in guaging
crude oil in Montana, effective July
l, 1913.
Leading pipeline companies and
buyers had already abolished the geo
deduction for water and basic sedi-
ment. The amendment rule provides:
Quantities shall be computed from
correctly compiled tank tables show
ing one hundred per cent of the full
capacity of the tanks. Deductions win
be made for the full per cent of basic
sediment, water or other impurities as
the centrifugal or other tests agreed
upon may show. Correction win be made
for temperature to the basis of so
degree Fahrenheit /. :"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Lead Shortage
Demands
Production

Because Of manpOwer shortages and
other factors, the nation faces de-
cline in domestic lead production, War
Production Board revealed. The opti-
mism Of the recent past has suddenly
been replaced by a feeling of concern
over domestic production following the
revelation Of changing conditions.
A large lead stoekpile which, it APP
peared, would remain constant is being
dug into at an accelerated rate. This
stOekpile had been increasing in vol
ume for some time, but since the end
Of March or the early part of April it
has begun to dwindle. In addition,
domestic production has already de-
clined substantially, one mine reporting
- percent drop in the last 60 days.
The existence of these conditions,
while not alarming at this time, ac-
eentuated the denial of recent rumor
that lead mines were to be closed be-
cause of oversupply.
WPB officials agreed that a false
impression had arisen concerning the
plentifulness of lead, and again empha-
sized the necessity for stepped up
domestic production.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Out" Provided TO
Resume Silver-Leud
Mine Operations

WASHINGTON = The war prOduc-
ton board rejected western demands
that it recind or modify its order
closing nonessential gold mines.
Operators may appeal for permits
sion to continue operations if the
critical material output of the in
dividual mine makes an equal or larger
contribution to the war effort than
the materials and labor used. An appeal
may also be taken if the necessary
labor can be obtained without drawing
upon any essential war activities.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
OPEN LEADING MINE

TRoY.-Montana Mining Milling
Co. has been organized here to open
the Montana Morning and Sunrise prop
critics A 40-ton mill has been pur-
chased at Spokane and viii be installed
by the rganizers-James Cohenour.
John Molyneaux, Frank French and
G. E. Bowers. They have values in lead,
zinc, silver and gold.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
MINING MAN PASSES

ANACONDA.-George Fl. Thomas,
rs, prominent Seattle mining man and
operator of the Hidden Treasure mine
group at Clinton, Mont, passed away
on the streets of Anaconda from a
sudden heart attack on Monday He
reopened the Southern Cross mine in
1887, but recently has been operating
the Hidden Treasure gold mines.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
HoAIEsTAKE IS IDLE

Homestake mine at Lead, S. D., is
now idle and the big stamp mills are
today silent for the first time in many
years, all broken-down ore having been
hoisted and milled. WPB shut down all
gold mines, including the Homestake,
which employed 1000 men.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
DON'T JUNK THE FLIvvER

There are deposits Of oil shade in the
Rocky Mountain states containing a
potential supply Of 80 billion barrels of
crude Oil-sufficient to maintain the
1941 annual rate Of production for 65
years. 1t win cost more, but it win keep
the motors turning.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
Answers Your Questions
on Prospecting

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book gives many facts helpful to the pros
pector. miner and field engineer. Covers
equipment and methods. geologic and min
erulogic doto identification Of important
minerals. und scores Of related fdcts for
practical use.
Handbook for Prospectors and
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
MALTA oETs TTRE sHop

Wally for Tires of Great Falls has
opened tire recapping shop in Malta
in the Shell service station. Claude
Eldridge, formerly of Bozeman, is in
charge, with Ben Peterson and Anton
Muhs of Malta. L. W. Clyde of Great
Falls established the branch.