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Evening star., 1943-06-06
Break in Heat Wave
May Arrive Tonight
With Thunder Storm
Slight Relief Promised
From Gentle Winds
During the Day

Slightly cooler weather and
gentle winds are predicted by the
Weather Bureau for today, but
the only real hope for a break in
the seven-day heat wave which
has resulted in the death of two
persons and several heat pros
trations was pinned on a forecast
of possible" thundershowers
late today.
Last night the temperature re-
manned in the 30s Until a late hour,
after torrid day which saw the
mercury rising to high of 81 de-
grees at 355 pm. The lowest read
ing of II degrees was at 6:l5 am.
The highest humidity reading was
u.
Ellis Fox, Is, colored, of 735 New
Jersey avenue NV, was drowned
yesterday afternoon while swimming
in a water hole at brick yard east
OF Bladensburg road, near New York
avenue NE. The Fire Rescue Squad
and police recovered his body.
No heat prostrations were reported
yesterday. The other death attrib-
uted to the heat was that of a 46-
year-old colored man who died of
sun stroke Friday.
Reporting on the drowning of the
(See WEATHER. Page All
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Allied Flyers Raid Targets
North Of Australia

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Sunday, June g.
Langgoer on the Kai Islands and
Dobo on the Aroes were raided
lightly Friday night, today's noon
communique reported, but action
yesterday virtually was at stand
still because of stormy weather.
The Langgoer airdrome and the
village itself we're attacked by me-
dium bombers which started fires.
The two-engined planes also bombed
and strafed Dobo, setting fires which
could be seen 40 miles away A
coastal vessel in the vicinity took
a direct hit.
The Aroe Islands are 500 miles
above Darwin and the Kai Islands
are just west of the Aroes.
In the same general area, the
airdrome at Laha on Amboina Is
land was bombed in a night raid.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
picture on Page A-l4.)

Chairman Frank c. Walker of
the Democratic National Com
mittee last night announced ap-
pointment of George E. Allen of
Mississippi, former Commissioner
OF the District, as secretary of the
committee, succeeding Edwin w.
Pauley, who recently resigned
because of the pressure of busi-
ness. Mr.. Pauley will continue
for the present as acting treas
urer of the committee.
Mr. Allen served three terms as
District Commissioner. He is a
prominent bushes IS executive, serv-
ing as member of the board of
directors of a number of corpor-
ations. He is vice chairman of the
Infantile Paralysis Foundation and
national chairman OF the March OF
Dimes Committee. He is also special
Evening star., 1943-06-06
3 Italian BottIeships Blasted
By Fortresses in Spezio Raid
Heavy Cruiser, Merchantmen Also Damaged;
Fires Started in Installations

tleship busters s'-bombs which can
smash through armor-the Flying
Fortresses made the longest opera
tional flight of the North African
campaign for the first surprise day
light assault on the Spezia naval
base in the northwest coast of Italy
They made the long hop without
escort, dropping many tons of bombs.
All come back despite minor
italian fighter opposition and the
heaviest flax the italian fleet could
hurl aloft in a desperate effort to
parry this stab at the heart of the
Italian naval defenses.
The raid was painful offensive
blow at the hiding Italian navy, a
navy possibly being held in reserve
to fight any Allied invasion of
Italian soil
The INVASION -jittery Italians had
hoped Spezia harbor might be
(See ITALY. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Maj. Kermit Roosevelt, 53, Dies
In Alaska; Was Son of Teddy
Notice to Family
indicates Death
By Natural Causes

Maj. Kermit Roosevelt, SO, the
adventurous son of an equally
adventurous father, the late
President Theodore Roosevelt,
died Friday in Alaska, presum-
ably from natural causes, the
War Department announced late
yesterday.
Word of Maj. Roosevelt's death
was sent to his widow, Mrs. Belle
Willard Roosevelt, in New York.
She is the daughter of Joseph Will
lard, former Ambassador to Spain.
The report from Alaska, where
Maj. Roosevelt had been on duty
for nearly year, gave no details,
but a War Department spokesman
pointed out the wording OF the
message indicated he had not died
in action. The message said merely
that death had occurred on Friday.
Maj. Roosevelt was the second
of the late Presidents sons to die
in the service of his country. Quen-
tin Roosevelt was killed in France,
while serving in the Air Corps dur
ing the World War.
Maj. Roosevelt's older brother,
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, was
wounded recently in action with
the LIST American Infantry Division
in Tunisia and later was decorated
for gallantry.
Maj. Roosevelt was born at the
Roosevelt family home In Oyster
Bay, N. Y, on October 10. 1889.
Before the World War, he accom-
(see ROCKWELL, Page A.100
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Plane Wreckage Sighted;
Fires Burning in Area
By the Associated Press.


AUSTIN, New, June 5.-Sheriff
George Hammond of Lander County
said tonight that Civilian Air
Patrol pilot who sighted a crashed
four -engined plane in the mountains
east of here reported fires burning
in the area, indicating some of the
occupants may have survived
The sheriff quoted the pilot as
saying the plane appeared to be an
Army bomber and that four fires
were observed about 1a-mile apart
in a straight line. Sheriff Ham
mond expressed belief the fires were
started by occupants of the plane.
The pilot saw one body lying in
the snow near the demolished ship
as he circled the mountain area.
A search party is trying to reach
the scene. estimated to be at an
elevation of 5000 feet in rugged
mountains.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
zoot-Suited Youths Beaten
For Attacks on Sailors
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 5.-Bands of
angry sailors ranged the city's East
Side late last night, the sheriffs
office reported, applying fists and
rope ends to zoot-suited youths who
have been blamed for widespread
rowdyism and gangsterism of recent
months, including attacks on sea-
men.
1t. Ambrose Stewart reported nine
seamen were picked up and turned
over to the shore patrol. He made
no estimate of the number of sailors
involved, but bystanders said there
appeared to be about 20 automobile
loads participating in the forays.
At one time the cars concentrated
at an intersection where sailor,
Joe Coleman, was knitted Sunday
night. assertedly by youths clad in
xoot suits.
No one was seriously hurt in last
nights melees, although four of the
weirdly-clad youths were treated at
hospitals for minor injuries.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Soviet Planes Smash
Concentration Of
German Trains
Attacks at Bryonsk and
kurochev Follow Mass
Assault on OreI
BY the Associated Press.

tA''''SS't'HNS
LONDON, Sunday, June g.
LOng-range Russian aircraft
smashed a concentration of Ger
man trains at Bryansk and
Karachev Friday night in a mass
raid which followed the 500
plane assault on Orel, it was an
nounced early today by the Mos
COW radio.
The heavy Russian air blows in
this sector at the hinge of the
central and southern fronts were
the only outstanding developments
reported in the midnight. COM
munique recorded here by the Soviet
monitor.
The bulletin pointed out that the
destruction heaped on the Orel rail-
way junction Thursday night had
caused the Germans to move back
some of their equipment to Kara
chev and Brvansk, 40 and IS miles
respectively. northwest of Orel.
Many Fires and Explosions.
These trains then were attacked
again by the Russians. and many
fires and explosions were caused by
direct hits the communique said
Russian land pressure on Orel
from northeast, east and southeast
has been heavy since last winter
but there was no suggestion that
either side was preparing a land
offensive in that sector.
Red Army troops also hold a wedge
in the Sevsk area, 80 miles south of
Bryansk. A German attack in this
sector was thrown back with heavy
enemy losses, yesterday, the noon
communlque SAID.
The German radio last night said
several hundred German planes had
attacked the great Russian auto
mobile works at Cork Friday in a
raid lasting several hours.
Arms Plant Attacked.
Cork is on the Volga River $50
miles east of Moscow A German
communique earlier had said that
strong German air formations had
attacked a Soviet arms plant on
the Middle Volga."
Neither the Russians nor the Ger
mans had anything to say about the
Kuban area of the Caucasus, where
Berlin had declared the Red Army
was attacking last week in great
strength.
Only scattered land fighting OF
local Importance was reported by
Moscow in the midnight communi-
que. which said the Germans lost
heavily in hurting an infantry bat
talon against Soviet lines on the
northwestern front, and 200 killed
on the Smolensk front.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

The Office of Price Admins
tration. continuing in the face
Of vigorous opposition in and out
OF Congress the subsidy backed
program Of reduction in food
prices promised by Administra-
tor Brown, announced last night
that meat prices would be cut
back 10 per cent, or an average
of 3 cents a pound at retail.
Some of the reductions in the
District area will range up to 6 cents
a pound, including round steak, rib
roast and lamb chops.
The meat rollback will 20 into
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Colombian Consul General
In Chicago Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 5.-Diego Jose
Fallon, 66, Colombian Consul Cen
eral in Chicago for the past 10
years. died in a hospital here today
His home was in Bogota and he
had served in the United States
for 70 years as a member of the
Colombian consular service. He
was formerly consul general in New
Orleans.
Surviving are his widow. Blanca; !;
a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Allen, and
son, 1t. Comdr. Carlos Fallon CT
the Colombian Naval Reserve.
Funeral services and burial will be
held here Monday.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Gas Crisis Eases,
But Fuel for Doctors
Remains Problem
Station Owners Complain
OPA Failed to Arrange
For Necessary Supplies
BI PARTISAN COMMITTEE in
Congress to study gasoline situa-
ton in East. Page Ala.
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

DN "
Washington's gasoline panic
seemed to be almost over last
night with few cars lined up at
service stations awaiting their
turns at gas pumps. Several
places were observed with four
or five cars waiting for fuel, but
many stations reported business
as usual" with cars coming in
all day, but never more than
three or four at a time.
Not tunctloning as successfully,
however, was the Office of Price Ad-
ministration's plan to assure ade-
quate supplies for doctors, ambu-
lances and other emergency We
hicles. OF several station owners
asked for comment last night only
one thought matters we're progress
ing satisfactorily. The others said
OPA had set up the plan but had
done nothing to put 1t in execution
Benjamin H. Foster, co-owner of
Connors and Foster Service Station,
one of nine designated as emergency
fueling depots for doctors. said the
station mad had lots and lots of
calls but no gas" Some doctors
were turned away because no gaso-
line had been received to fill their
needs.
Setup Lacks Only Gas.
1T has been very embarrassing"
Mr.. Foster said, But there is moth
ing we car do about it. Doctors
have had to go to other places to
get their tanks filled and l don't
think they have had any trouble,
but if things get bad again they
still won't be able to get any gas
out of our emergency pump. We
are all set up and ready to go but
OPA hasn't given us any gas
James c. Maloney, operator of
the Doctors Service Station at 11Ol
Eighteenth street NV, said he had
been out of gas two days since the
new plan was announced and had
been unable to get further supplies
from his distributor.
i've got hatful of prescriptions
fSee cAC0T INE poro A1dI
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Barclay Undergoes Surgery
On Ankle in New York
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5-Walter
Walker, Consul General OF Liberia,
said tonight that Liberian President
Edwin Barclay had undergone an
operation on his left ankle, at the
Hospital for Joint Diseases, and was
resting comfortably.
He said the operation was per-
formed by DR.. Leo Meyer, and de-
scribed it as more painful than
serious.
President Barclay entered the
hospital early this afternoon, and
Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New
York announced that the city's off,
cial reception for him, planned for
next Monday had been postponed
indefinitely.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
By the Associated Press.


AN ADVANCED AMERICAN
BOMBER BASE IN NORTH
AFRICA, June 5.-Scores of
American Flying Fortresses dam
aged three 35,OO0-ton Italian
battleships-the pride of Mus
solini's f1eet-in a daylight raid
on Spezia today, and also hit a
heavy cruiser and one merchant
ship in a rain of armor-piercing
bombs.
The battleships were all of the
1910 Littorio class. the Littorio itself,
the Vittorio Veneto and the Roma.
mounting nine 15inch guns. twelve
6-inch guns and twelve anti-air-
craft guns.
Great fires were left raging in oil
depots and harbor installations, and
the American air fleet returned
without the loss Of single ship
Carrying giant, 2.OOO-pound bat
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Retail Meat Prices Ordered Cut
1919 June 27 in OPA RoIIbock
Agency Acts to Control Costs Of Food
Despite Opposition to Subsidy Plan

effect in retail stores June 81 for
all cuts except cured and processed
pork, OPA said. For pork products
the reductions become effective
July 5.
House Sentiment Unfavorable.
OPA's action was taken in the
face of decision by the House
Banking Committee to forbid pay
ment of subsidies by the Commodity
Credit Corp, and protest against
them by the American Meat In
stitute. This organization of pack
ers asked postponement of any sub
sidy plan until the recently-formed
(See MEAT, Page A-21)
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Bishop freeman Remains
In Critical Condition

The Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington since
1928, was reported still near death
early today at his home in the
Washington Cathedral Close, Mount
st. Alban.
The Bishop became Ill several
months ago and considerable con.
Germ has been expressed at the
cathedral during recent weeks. Yes.
terday morning his physician an.
nounced that his condition was ex.
tremely critical.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Rawson Takes
As
Castillo Quits
Only Two Civilians in
New Government
Of Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, June 5 tP.-
Gen. Arturo RaWson formally be-
came the new President of Ar
gentina tonight, succeeding Ra-
mon Castillo, who returned to
surrender the Office after a brief
period of defiance aboard a war
ship.
Gen. Rawson's new 1O-man gov
ernmental leadership includes only
two civilians, the others being army
and naval leaders who marched with
the general to oust the Castillo gov
ernmenU Yesterday.
Although under Castillo Argentina
had remained neutral and was the
only South American government
maintaining relations with the Axis.
there was no official indication i'm
mediatelv OF the policies of the new
leaders.
New Ministers Listed.
The other ministers under Gen.
Rawson are:
Vice President-Rear A miral
Sabo SueyIo.
Minister of the Interior-Rear Ad-
miral SeguEdo Storm.
Minister of Agriculture - Gen,
Diego Mason
Minister Of Foreign Affairs-Gen.
Domingo Martinez.
Minister of Public Works-Gen,
Domingo PisJarini.
Minister Of Finance-Jose Maria
Rosa.
Minister Ct the Navy-Rear Ad-
miral Benito Sueyro.
Minister of Justice-Horace Cald-
eron.
Minister OF War-Gen. Pedro Ra-
mirez.
Rosa and Calderon are the only
civilian cabinet members.
Gan Associated Press dispatch
from Montevideo said Uruguayan
officials were disappointed over
the almost completely military
character of the new government,
and the fact that several mem
bers were known as extreme
rlghtlsts. This, they said. ap-
parsntly exploded earlier hopes
that Argentina finally would be
ruled by a democratic team.
zone Uruguayan official said
Rosa was known as an anti
liberal. Other sources, however,
said the new government might
be rightist in internal matters,
and proAllied in international
policy. Others suggested a watt
and-see attitude)
An official announcement Of the
new regime was issued tonight after
long conferences between Gen. Raw
son and his aides.
Castillo Is Set Free.
Castillo was set free after formally
resigning the presidency, but two
Of his ministers were imprisoned.
They are Interior Minister Miguel
Culaciati. who was a prisoner of the
End Infantry Regiment in the
Capital after surrendering Castillo
at La Plata. and Daniel Amadeo y
Videla, agriculture minister, who
was arrested by police on his ar
rival in a chartered plane from
Montevideo, Uruguay.
The two were taken to the fed
eral penitentiary to await prosecu-
Jon, Government House announce
ment said.
The regular courts will investi-
gate their actions in the adminis-
tration," it added, but gave no in
dication of the charges against
them.
Castillo Text Made Public
Government House also made pub
lie the text of Castillo's resignation
which was addressed to Gen. Raw
son from La Plata. 1t said:
Il present to the commandant
(see ARGENTINA, Page A-5D
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Radio Programs, Poee E-3
Complete Index, Page AZ
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(see GASOLINE, Page A-14D
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(See COAL, Page AID
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(See ARGENTINA, Page A-5.D
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The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
80c per month when Sundays; 90c
per month when S Sundays. The
Night Final Edition and Sunday
Morning Star at 90c when Sun
days; $1.00 when 5 Sundays.
Evening star., 1943-06-06

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(See CHURCHILL, Page Az
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(eee ROOSEVELT, Page A.10)
, 1943-11-11
Mo~z9o~se1w County
Nah41hioA Union
Council NozeA--

ing this firms books, a price of
$64O was established.
The commodity on which we
received the greatest number of
complaints was refrigerators. To
cite an example here, a ceiling
price is set on all used refriger-
ators whether sold by an indi-
vidual or a company. This par
ticular box, the ceiling price of
which was $21.50, wa sold orig
inally for $500. This party in turn
sold it for $135 who in turn sold
it for $3.50 to another party who
sold it for $189. The last party
contacted us for the correct price
and he was informed that it was
$21.5O So now all five parties
connected with the sale of this
refrigerator have refunded the
difference on the overcharge. -.
eve have received many COM
plants on watches and have ad-
iusted numerous cases of over
charges which reflected a saving
to the customer of from 500 to $40.
"In the service field such as
furnace repair, automobile, electric
appliances of all kinds, we have
been instrumental in keeping
prices down and any complaints
that have been registered with
this office have been thoroughly
investigated.
, 1943-11-11
n OPA IS
Doing For You

The following statement was re-
leased to the Dayton Union News,
and is being published under the
sponsorship of the Montgomery
County Council, by Lewis c. Cook,
of the District Office of Price and
Rationing Control. All of the cases
that are mentioned below r the
report of Investigations made un-
der the direction of Mr.. Philip
Robinson.
"OPA has three main RESPONSE
bilities to the American public
rent, rationing and price control.
The price division controls the
prices of articles you buy. We hear
many complaints that prices are
to high on this article or that
product. To 60 in and explain
why prices are as they are is very
complex because it entails raw
materials, cost of manufacture and
labor. What we would like to
call your attention to is the phase
that is little known, namely, the
handling of complaints from the
consuming public.
when a complaint is registered
against a retailer or an Individual
party, it is then up to this di-
vision to check and determine If
there has been a price violation
or evasion. Since most of the
complaints are at the retail level,
our investigators call upon the
merchant and request his records
and cost and from a given regula-
ton or formula is determined
whether he has made an over
charge or not on the article he
has sold"
, 1943-11-11
Letter TO
The Editor
Bugle Call!

Wake up girls! Stop, think, and
listen for just a moment. This
terrible war that is being fought
to keep all people free, is being
fought by the same men who
fought for the things that you are
now enjoying in the shop. Those
vacations with pay, the rates for
women and men in the shops, the
night bonus, and even the slight
est overtime pay, yer bitterly
fought for by those same men
who are fighting again for all of
us on another front.
These same men have given up
everything for you! They have
given up their homes, their jobs,
and their families, so hat you
might continue to enjoy these
things. The question is: What
will YOU do in return? For the
sacrifices that they have made,
even to their lives, will you give
less than four cents per day?
That is the amount that it takes
to pay dues to your Union, and
THEIRS!
These men will come back, and
they will expect to come back to
the same jobs, the same rates of
pay, the same advantages that
they won for themselves and YOU.
You are directly responsible for
preserving the things that they
fought, and are fighting to keep.
They built a Union to help them
preserve their rights. Nc indi-
vidual can do the job that a
union can in the maintenance of
those rights. Will YOU help to
keep those things for your fight
ing men, or will YOU force them
to take up the fight again when
they come home?
MARVIN c. FREEMAN,
UE Local 755.
, 1943-11-11
JAW 696
Grippe Column

Job settlers who are yelping
about winning the war, increas-
ing production on already highly
timed jobs, and screaming for
speedup! The final word of the
Union to this type of group
leader is, patriotism begins at
home" Most of these supermen
patriots are either on deferrment,
or in Glass OK. Those who are
in this class, in the event Amer
lea is invaded, are evacuated to a
point Of safety just ahead of the
women and crippled children.
Moraine Products WPA! There
are many people who are not yet
aware that the WPA is ended.
The War Manpower Commission
would call the type of work that
is NOT being done in some de-
partments at Moraine Products,
Labor Hoarding," the Union calls
this wasted energy by entirely
another name. Waste, Production,
Allowance! We wonder If the
management collects the seven
per cent cost plus on wasted en-
ergy? No reflection on the worker.
The things that a man must
do to become a group leader!
Building barns for a foreman, or
coming from another shop with
the only recommendation that you
have been discharged for failure
to get along with your fellow
workers. This is the way that
Williams selects them, according
to usually reliable information.
The incentive system! A pro-
posal has been made to manage
ment to abolish the incentive
system in favor of hourly rates.
Keep your eye on this one.