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EXPECT GROUND

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council was unable TO take an,
action at the time.
The council requested that the
names be presented at the mex
meeting when the matter will be
taken up for decision.
Confirmation of the special act
passed by the legislature fixing
the salary of councilmen at ST.
per month. was received from
Secretary of State r. A. Gray
who stated that the measure be
came effective on May "a anc
that the salaries are TO be paic
from the general revenue fund
The council voted that the
new rate of pay be made retro
active to June l. with the coun'
Gil to receive the new rate oi
pay on June 20. which will be
the time of the next pay day fol
city officials and employees.
Carlyle Roberts, upon applica-
ton, was granted two weeks
furlough from his duties in the
tax collectors office, beginning
June Is.
j. j. Trevor, whose time as a
member of the Housing Author
ity had expired, was reappoinfed
TO this position, with approval OF
the council.
The appointments of Clarence
Sweeting and Armando Herman
dez,zfire police. as special: police,
were confirmed.
1t was ordered that mass meet
ing of the council be called with
in the next Is days, as requested
by Representative Bernie c.
Papy in order to afford Mr.. Papy
an. opportunity to relate the story
in connection with the provision
in the city charter dealing with
the proposed purchase by the city
of the Key West Electric Com
pany. Mr.. Carr, representative of
the Nuveen Company in Chicago,
which is negotiating the deal for
the city, will be asked to be pres
ent at this meeting as well as
many others who are connected
with the proposition. Mr.. Papy
states that he will give his reasons
for not passing the charter with
the Electric Company provision.
1t ordered that a resolution be
drawn up allowing delinquent
taxes for a certain period to be
paid on a percentage basis of re-
auction.
Jack Long addressed the coun-
Gil relative to arranging for cleo
trical current for the proposed
hospital to be built on Stock Is
land.
The appointment of Armando
Acevedo as police officer by
Mayor Albury, was confirmed.
Bids were received for repair
ing the city's scavanger boat.
One was from Samuel G.. Gates
for S225, while another was from
l. w. Black, the amount of which
was $325. Both of the bids were
for labor only, with the city to
furnish the material. The bids were
deferred until a later date
The appointment of Hector
Castro as a fireman at No. Sta
ton, was confirmed.
A letter was read from Chas. L.
Roberts of the Porter-Allen Co.,
insurance agents, requesting that
a water hydrant be installed at
the corner of Wall and Duval
streets as a matter of protection
from fire of the oil tanks situated
in the Porter Dock Company
yards. The matter was referred to
the public safety committee.
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STILL MORE TAXATION

Observation-Disclosures speak
ers were pointing out today that
taxes in this country are as high
as they are in Canada and Eng
land. il was announced that the
government is trying to hit on new
ways for still more taxes. Cigaret-
ties. tobacco generally and liquors
were among the things on which
1t is intended to place higher
taxes.
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COMMITTEES DISAGREE ON
STRIKE BILL

Observation-Disclosures and
senate committees. appointed to
settle differences over the Con-
nallY anti-strike bill. were unable
TO reach an agreement today.
Members of the house committee
wanted TO include a provision in
the law that workmen give 30
days notice heforsz they declared
a strike. but the Senate members
replied that such a provision
would by infeEencsxRexmit strikes
In war time. .KYLHrrEH
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DAUGHTER BORN

Announcement has been made
of the birth of daughter on June
Z to Mr.. and Mrs. Radford w.
Belyeu at a local hospital. The
New arrival has been given the
name of Donna Jean.
Mrs. Belyeu before marriage
was Miss Dolly Charley of 927
Eaton street.
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Women's USO Luncheon
Served Yesterday

AT loo o'clock yesterday, a
luncheon was served for business
men and women at the USO
Women's Division, 303 Duval
street.
Volunteers who prepared and
served the food were Mrs. B.
Roberts, chairman of the COM
mittee; Mrs. j. H. Stone and
Miss Marcella Nation.
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VISITING HERE

DR.. and Mrs. Harry M. Sacker,
of Meriden, Conn. are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raul Vasquez for
several days. A number of fishing
and swimming parties have been
planned for their entertainment
while here.
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MANY JAP BASES BoMBEr

MELBOURNE. = Many Jap
bases. on small islands off the
coast of northern Australia. were
bombed by Allied planes Yester-
day and today. A lone Liberator
bomber ran across a Jap convoy
in the Coral Sea and dropped
bombs. one of them striking a
small ship.
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THREE opA, coMMITTEEs

WASHINGTON~-Three con-
gressional committees decided TO-
day to hold hearings concerning
the operation of the OPA. While il
was announced that no action
would be recommended 10 dis
solve that government agency, yet
members of the committees assert
ed that many errors the OPA is
committing must be corrected.
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EVERYDAY STAR
CLUB TO ASSEMBLE

& There will be a meeting of the
Everready Star Club held tomor-
row afternoon, beginning at $3.50
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Carl
Soule, 1920 South street.
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2 SUBMARINES FOR BRAZIL.

MIAMI.-Two United States
submarines will be turned over
to the Brazilian government here
on Saturday morning. They viii
make nine warships that this
country has supplied Brazil since
the beginning of the war.
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OFFICER, wife and s.
month-old baby desire a mod
ern apartment, house or room in
private home. Will furnish ref
erences. Phone 743-J. jun7-3t
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MILK PRODUCTION

NEW YORK.-Americah farm
ers have been asked to produce
81 billion quarts of milk in 1913.
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others were forced TO scatter and
return 10 their bases.
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Navy river gunboats are usual
~ named for island possessions OF
the United States.
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BAN PRACTICE

BALTIMORE.-Six states have
banned capital punishment in ia
vor of life Imprisonment.
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WANTED

TEEN AGE BOY, white or colored,
to help with deliveries in furni-
ture shop, either full or part
time. Apply $40 Southland St
jun9-3t
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the taxation and records con-
mittee.
II was ordered than an ordIn
ance be drawn I'd requiring
that all scsvenger bills be pad
at the tax coIlectoris office-
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Knox bids public avoid demo
bilization cry when war ends.
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FURNISHED OR UNFINISHED
HOUSE or Apartment. Box v,
care of Citizen. jun8-3tx
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HELP wANTED-MALE
FOR RENT

FOR sREN Tr-Apartnent with
priYatst bath, flor two months.
Apply Army & Navy Store, all
so upstairs 1902 Duval street.
Phone 235-J. jun 8-2tx
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FIFTY MILES AN HOUR

CHICAGO The whitetailed
deer can run at a speed of so miles
an hour for short distances.
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LOST
FOUND

FOUND-Man's new bicycle.
Owner can have by identifying
and paying for. this advt. Chas.
Fernandez. 416 Amelia st.
jun9-1tx
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QUIET COUPLE desires furnish
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or children. Write Box H.L.C.,
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be forced to take some action in
Evening star., 1943-09-09
President Urges u. S. to Keep
Pace in War Bond Buyino

tlon, general business, credit unions,
investment securities. City Post
Office and women's groups.
Supplementing these large units
were the Speakers Bureau and the
Executive Committee. Because en-
ployes of retail stores occupy both
buying and selling roles, the num-
ber OF volunteers runs into uncount-
ed thousands, officials emphasized.
Bond rallies scheduled today in
cluded. Washington Gas Light
Co, at 10 am, with Sergt. Jim
Munro, Washington native injured
in North Africa, and Coxswairl
George Haboush, another North
African veteran. as speakers: an
employees meeting at Goldenberg's
at HAS am; rally at the Young
Mems Shop at 1l:l4 am: meeting
of the War Finance Committee's s
Construction Division at $3.50 pm,
and rally for employees of Morton S
at IL 80 am.
Mortimer Lebowitz, Morton's ex-
Evening star., 1943-09-09

ecutive, said enthusiasm is running
so high at his store that Sill 900 al
ready had been subscribed in ad-
vance of the campaigns ofIicial
opening.
Officials of the Peoples Drug Stores
announced that all OF their stores
will sell bonds throughout the cam
paign.
Jim Spain, War bond chairman
for the city's liquor dealers, said
the beverage industry has set
quota of s2,100,0o0, divided equally
among the city's 13 major liquor
wholesalers, or $16l 900 for each.
Every one is out to beat the Globe
Distillers group, who have issued
challenge to the rest of us with
the boast they would again equal or
exceed the $385,000 they raised in
the Second War Loan" Mr.. Spain
asserted.
Edward C. Baltz, chairman of the
Building and Loan Division. said
the Building and Loan League had
authorized its Advertising Commit
tee to prepare and release for pub
lication in local newspapers an ex-
tensive advertising campaign in
support of the current drive. Mean
while L. Clark Brown of the firm
Evening star., 1943-09-09
Col. Todd Appointed
War College Commandanf

Col. william Neeiy Todd, r., re-
Gently returned from Central Africa,
has been assigned as post COM
mandant at the Army War College
here, it was announced today.
He succeeds Col. Claude L. Gam
Die. who held the post temporarily
and now has returned to duty as
post director Of supply and services.
Col. Todd. who served with the
Cavalry, is from Leavenworth. Kans.
Evening star., 1943-09-09

seats available to purchasers Of
bonds Of sl0o or less.
Exchange tickets may be obtained
by purchasing bonds at any OF
Washington's 18 downtown banks
and at the War bond booths CT the
following 10 merchants who are
jointly sponsoring the show: Julius
Garfinckel g. Co. Goldenberg's, the
Hecht Co., Jelleff's. s. Kann Sons
Co, Lansburgh & Bro, the Palais
Royal, Raleigh Haberdasher, Sears,
Roebuck g. Co. and Woodward a.
Lothrop. Exchange tickets must be
traded for seating tickets at Cap
Evening star., 1943-09-09

OF Brown, Goodwin, Olds, an
nounced that his company has au-
thorized the purchase of $25.000 in
. per cent securities during the.
campaign. i
Broadcast Tickets Sought.
The District War Finance Com.
mittee announced that merchants
who are sponsoring the S3,54s. 900
bond broadcast of the Quiz Kids
here September 19 at Constitution
Hall have reported a heavy demand
for tickets. The 3,844 available
seats have been scaled from
$4,000 in bond purchases down to
SIS bonds, with three -fourths of the
Evening star., 1943-09-09

pelrs Concert Bureau, in Ballard's,
l340 q street NV.
The District committee also an
nounced that 1t has established
a bond center at 1913 WASH
ington Building, Fifteenth and II
streets NV, where information
concerning the securities for sale
and order forms, booklets and bull
letins issued by the Treasury may
be obtained. The telephone number
Is Executive 6400, extension $3.50.
Red stamps are not rationed II
they are War savings stamps. Help
yourself and your country.
Evening star., 1943-09-09

EDUCATIONAL.
Evening star., 1943-09-09

800 GA. AVE. NV.
64SS GA AVE. NV.
26 KENNEDY ST NV.
3419 CONN. AVE. NV.
2lf1 Wise. AVE. NV.
1881 MASS AVE. NV.
1 80 BENNING RID. NE.
1898 s. CAPITOL ST.
18th & PA. AVE. Sc.
18th & r. 1. AVE. NE.
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Four Axis Freighters
Scuttled Near Bombay
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW DELHI, March 1l.-Four
Axis freighters of about 1000 tons
each lay smoldering in the tiny
Portuguese treaty harbor of Mar-
MACAO south of Bombay today after
being scuttled and fired by their
crews, government quarters were
informed here.
Three were German ships and one
Italian
They put into the neutral portu-
guese harbor on midas west coast
when the two countries went to
war
Unofficially it was indicated the
crews had become tired of life
aboard ship in the quiet little har-
Dor and further were afraid an order
might come to make a dash for some
Japanese port.
Some OF the ships carried consid-
cradle cargo, which had not been
permitted to be unloaded for Indian
destinations because Of its enemy
origin.
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have done an excellent Job in elimi-
mating work stoppages. -. However,
1t must be pointed out that the
campaign to reduce absenteeism has
not accomplished much. MANY or
carnations have been slow to re-
llnqulsh peacetime featherbed' and
other rules that cut production, and
have not heSitated TO press for in
natlonary wage increases in the
face Of their own long view welfare
and the national defense.
Farmers produced food magnifi-
Gently under handicaps in 1912.
Greater production will be required
in i943.
Prices Of all commodities includ-
ing both labor and farm prices must
be controlled if inHationary spirals
with consequent disaster are 10 be
avoided. The committee does not
believe that leaders who advocate
policies which would result in un-
controlled imitation correctly repre-
sent the views OF the rank and file
OF either labor or farmers"
The committee declared that sell
fish me first attitudes. and bicker-
ing and struggles for power within
the Government. must give way be-
tore a patriotic determination to
place the winning OF the war above
all else.
Calling for harder work, longer
hours and greater sacrifices. the
committee predicted that America
can and will accomplish the ire
mendous task set for her this year. "
Sees L. S. Equipment as Best.
Already. the report said war ma
terial is rolling off the production
lines at rates which the enemy can
not equal, providing our armed
forces the best equipment in the
world.
1T takes time to transport this
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equipment to the theaters of &C
ton" the Senators said, "and vast
quantities of material are now in
transit between the factories and
the front. With every additional
month the impact of this produc-
ton upon our enemies will be
greater"
The committee saw as one of the
primary needs of the year the CEN
tralization of authority in few
officials. limiting perhaps at a war
cabinet. the report said that in
addition TO doing their administra-
tive work they should meet fire.
Quently to eliminate all conflicts of
jurisdiction and be ready to advise
with the President on important
questions of policy while relieving
him completely of purely admins
trative work"
The report applauded the center
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Prisoner 5 Petition
Prompts Investigation
Of Illinois Prisons
Guards Tell Judge They
Were Ordered to Thwort
Hubeos Corpus Moves

BY he Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 1l.-A Federal
Court judges hearing on a State
prison conviCts plea for freedom on
writ Of habeas corpus-which he
described as an extraordinary case
has developed into one-man
investigation of practices at the
States two biggest penitentiaries.
For three days Federal Judge
John P. Barnes, overruling State
officials objections that he had no
jurisdiction to conduct the hearing
has questioned witnesses in his
efforts to get firSt-hand information
about conditions at the Joliet and
Statewide prisons.
State officials. including prison
officers and guards, and prisoners
have testified, and the hearing,
scheduled to be concluded in a few
days, was expected to continue
throughout the week. The hearing
Is on a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus by John Bongiorno. who is
serving l99-year term for murder
ing a Chicago policeman. He con-
tended his sentence constituted
cruel and unusual punishment be-
cause 1t precluded a parole.
Warden Joseph Ragen of the two
prisons yesterday assured Judge
Barnes that he had ordered prison
oInclals TO SEND out petitions for
Wits OF habeas corpus by convicts.
previously, a prison guard had tes-
tined he had been told to tear up
letters and petitions for writs of
habeas corpus ne found in cells.
Another guard said that one convict
had been put in solitary confinement
Tor i've days for attempting to send
an appeal for a habeas corpus writ
to Justice Black of the Supreme
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ing of materials ALLEGATION In
Charles z. Wilson, vice chairman OF
the War Production Board, as q
long step toward eliminating one OF
the worst orgsnizational faults OF
the war setup." In like manner, 1t
called the announcement OF infa-
tion-control policies by Sterilization
Director James r. Byrnes AN out
standing example of the firm de-
termination of basic policies by
Government, even in the face of
opposition from powerful groups"
More such examples are urgently
needed in the year ahead" it added.
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Truman Group Warns
Nation TO Prepare
For Toughest Year
Attributes Shortcomings
In u. S. War Effort TO
3 Bosic Weaknesses
BY The Associated Press.

By he Associated Press,
The Truman committee told
Americans today to brace them
selves for the toughest and
grimmest" year and attributed
shortcomings in the Nation war
effort to three basic weak
nesses," which it said are now
being corrected.
Those weaknesses, the committee S
second annual report declared, are
/. inadequate overall planning
within Government agencies at the
beginning of various programs, and
delay in determining basic policies
necessary to carry out such pro-
grams effectively"
2, Conflicting authority over. and
responsibility for, various phases of
the war program, resulting In delays
and buck passing
3. "Hesitancy of Government to
adopt unpopular or unpleasant
policies long after the facts clearly
indicated such policies were neces-
sary.'
The committee. headed by Senator
Truman, Democrat, of Missouri and
known formally as the Special Sen
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u. 5. Navy Commissions
Aide in British Office

Gerard St. G. Walker. assistant
chief of the Washington Offices of
the British Information Services.
has received a commission as lieu
tenant, junior grade, in the United
States Navy, it was announced yes
terdaV. Mr.. Walker is an American
citizen who for several wears was the
London representative of a leading
New York bond house
Mr. Walker was IN charge Of show
ing British motion pictures of Va
rious phases Of wartime life He gave
special shoWings OF films on civilian
defense for James Lands, chief Of
the United States Office Of Civilian
Defense; Of films on factory protec-
ton during air raids for indus
trlahsts and workers in the Mich
igan industrial area and Of films on
civilian defense for the Southern
States.
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War Program, expressed supreme
confidence in victory despite the
mistakes which have been made.
Recent Improvement Noted.
There has been great improve
ment in the past year, particularly
Of the three basic weaknesses" it
said
No group in the Nation is solely
responsible for the weaknesses. the
report said. continuing:
They have shown up clearly in
Government war agencies, as for
example the failure of the old ONCE
OF Production Management to plan
IN time the expansion of basic raw
materials production, and the intra-
agency confusion and pickering over
the synthetic rubber program.
Much Of this was inevitable in
so vast program involving such a
tremendous disloCation of our
economy AS that necessitated by the
war. Various sectors of the public
have been guilty along with Govern
ment. Perhaps. after all. this con-
dition is due to the fact that we live
under democratic form of govern
ment where men do freely express
their opinions and are not subject
to dictatorial orders.
Some war contractors have
boarded labor and pyramided costs
Many of the huge corporations
which obtained the bulk of war
contracts were slow to spread sub
contracts among smaller concerns.
The latter, in many instances. were
hesltant to convert their plants to
war production and seek war con-
could proftably be made.
The great labor organizations
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Court. Judge Barnes said convicts
for several years had been refused
by prison officials the opportunity
to file petitions for the writs.
He said he regarded the writ of
habeas corpus as a sacred right
of all American citizens, convicts or
not, and that Bongiorno was being
given an opportunity of making a
record to be taken to the Supreme
Court.
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You can't pop corn over match
fame. You can't build a house with
discarded barrel slaves. And wen
never win this war with less than
all we've got and the best we've got.
Buy War bonds.
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