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and two promotions announced.
Eugene M. Thore was elected general
counsel and C. B. Hurd associate
general counsel. Mr.: Thore, a native
Of New York City and a Lafayette
graduate, received his law degree at
Georgetown while employed at
Acacia.
Mr.. Hurd, native of Indiana, has
had both private and Federal legal
experience and been with Acacia
since 1926. He is a George Wash
ington alumnus and a director Of
the Washington Title Insurance Co.
Other Officers Reelected.
Other officers reelected by the
directors were: Howard w. Kacy,
hrst vice president; Samuel E.
Mooers, field vice president: Lloyd
Evening star., 1943-05-09

director, and DR.. John B. Nichols,
advisory medical director.
William M. Smith has been named
IN: assistant secretary. Other ap-
pointive officers are: L. M. Suit,
branch auditor; Otto Hammerlund,
chief agency accountant; A. B..
Amber, jr, assistant actuary; F. J.
Halliday, assistant actuary; K. S.
Carper, assistant controller; T. D.
Cochran, assistant to field vice pres
ident; Burton M. Langhenry (on
leave with the United States Army
assistant to field vice president; DR..
G. M. Beall, assistant medical direc-
tor; George Link, assistant secre-
tary; Edward Duhey, assistant treas
urer, and G. c. Montgomery, assist
ant treasurer.
Members of Acacia Board.
Announcement was made of the
recent reelection by Acacia policy
holders Of the following directors: ::
p. G. Graham, Joseph H. Hines,
Evening star., 1943-05-09

OF the District
writer's Associa.
Life Un d r.
ton by the
Board Of Di-
rectors, 1t was
announced yes
terday. He sue
ceeds George A.
HatZes.
Paul w. HAM
mack, Pruden-
tial, and past
pr e s / MT Of
the Life Insur-
ance Club of
Washington, was
Evening star., 1943-05-09
hns-ManviIIe Head
Believes WLB Plans
To Drop Formula
Brown Cites Order
For Wage Increase in
Compony's Plant
BY the Associated Press.

oy tAte hcSOClhtcQ HICSc.
NEW YORK, May 8.-Lewis H.
Brown, president of Johns -Manville
Corp, expressed the belief today
that the War Labor Board has de
termined to relinquish the fight
against imitation by breaking
through" its own "little steel" for
mula for wage control.
Browns statement was made in
reference to WLB directive grant,
ing a general wage increase Of ~
cents an hour In the company's
Waukegan ml) factory. The wage
order was said to be retroactive to
September 5, 1912. and to call for
maintenance Of union membership
and check-off of union dues.
At the same time Brown made
public a letter to the WLB in which
he said:
II believe the country at large
should be informed that you have
determined to scrap the little steel
formula, and that it is no longer in
effect. Johns-Manville . I.
cAAA AAAaAAy OtAAC4 1CS, as We'll
as the public, must prepare to for
tify themselves against the advance
OF imitation that would result from
the general application of such
decision"
Brown asserted that average
straight-time wage rates at Johns
Manville's Waukegan plant have
been increased % per cent in the
period specified by the National War
Labor Board little steel yardstick,
which sets IS per cent as the stand
ard limit. Average weekly earnings
or take home are about $41 per
week, an increase of more than 46
per cent in the same period. Wages
are not substandard and are in line
with other comparable industries in
Waukekan. =" I can only draw
the conclusion that you have de-
termined to relinquish the fight
against imitation by breaking through
your own formula"
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Taylor Joins Stuff
Of Douglas Aircraft
Special Dispatch to The Star,

SANTA MONICA, Calf, May g.
Douglas Aircraft Co. announced that
Irving Taylor, one Of the best-known
ovation experts and executives in
the industry, will become associated
with the company June /. Mr.. Tay-
lor announced his resignation as
general manager Of the Aeronauti-
cal Chamber of Commerce of Amer
lea, . post held since 1899.
Mr.. Taylor will be assigned to and
work out of the home office of the
company at Santa Monica and will
handle special assignments, accord
ing to A. M. Rochlen, director of
the Industrial and Public Relations
Division,
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Dividends Announced
Chicago Produce
NEW YORK, May 8 R.-

CHICAGO. May 8 tP.-Butter receipts,
445.750; prices as quoted BY the Chicago
settled.
Ess- receipts. 31.541: prices unclaimed.
tone arm.
total United States shipments. 45S sup
plies very light, demand good, market con-
FUSED; California long white. q. 8. No. 1,
Evening star., 1943-05-09
oil Men Ask Probe
OF 0pA Refusal
To Raise Crude
Requirements Committee
Wants Investigation
Of Browns Ruling
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, May ga congress
sional investigation Of OPA Admin
istrator Prentiss Browns refusal to
boost crude oil prices was requested
today by the Committee on Crude
Oil Requirements, representing IS
producers associations throughout
the Nation.
Gaping four-month study, the
committees resolution, read to the
midyear meeting Of the Independent
Petroleum Association, urged that
Congress take such action as In its
Judgment will enable the oil pro-
ducers to provide continuously
the necessary oil requirements dur
ing this critical war period"
In a statement accompanying the
resolution, the committee declared
the Nations maximum ability to
produce crude oil will be in
sufficient to meet the estimated
minimum total demand by the close
Of this year, let alone providing any
margin OF safety"
National Disaster Feared.
Terming any failure in the crude
oil supply a national disaster" the
statement asserted lack of money
resulting from depressed prices had
caused a decline in the discovery Of
new reserves and the completion Of
productive wells.
"The oil producers believe that
with an adequate price," 1t con-
tinued, "it will be possible to secure
such materials and manpower as
may be required to accomplish sat
isfactory results"
Hitting at Browns reference to q
study of production costs by the
United States Tariff Commission in
turning down the projected price
increase, the statement said:
For any one familiar with all the
details of the Tariff Commission
report to utilize that report as a
sound basis of establishing present
crude oil price ceilings implies ignor-
ance or intellectual dishonesty"
Figures CHALLENGED.
The statement challenged not only
Browns production cost figures and
his contention that shortages of
manpower and materials led to tie
decline in exploratory drilling, but
also his statement on the actual
number of wildcats drilled.
~ The number of wildcat
wells drilled in 1943 Cup to April 26)
was approximately A less than the
number drilled ip the same period
last year." the committee said, adding
the 1912 total was less than that
of 194l.
Whatever the present rate of ex-
ploratory drilling, 1t does not appear
that there will be more than $500
or also wildcat wells drilled during
the year 1913, in contrast with the
$500 minimum that the petroleum
administrator deemed necessary"
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Wool Market Quiet

BOSTON, May 8 F Omitted
States Department of Agriculture)
The Boston wool market was very
quiet throughout the week. The
past demand for to-arrive foreign
wools fell of. The Quartermaster
Corps awarded contracts on several
million yards of wool cloth.
Evening star., 1943-05-09

9. W. ODonneu. named first vice
president, and ]. Donald Sutherland,
Northwestern, now serving his sec
ond term as q director, was elected
second vice president. T. Loehl
O'Brien continues as treasurer.
The new president. Mr.. ODonnell.
is a native Of Washington, char
tered life underwater, director In
the association, George Washing
ton University graduate and mem-
Der of the Board of Trade.
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Foreign Exchange E

.xans%,.Y Y9Ek 2s1.: MaK oKos st.,n iGrsgn n
dollars others in cents):
cANADA-onnelal CANADIAN control
per cent premium. selling. IL per cent
premium; equivalent to discounts on Ca
madam dollars in New @ York Of buyins, e.o1
Canadian dollar In New York omen
market. pa per cent discount or 90s26
q. 8. cents
Europe-0reat Britain. oficial tBankers
FOREIGN Exchange Committee rates.: buy
ing. 4:02; selling. 4.O4.
free, 2S.2O; Brazil, ofncial. 6.05n; free,
6.2On; Mexico, 2O.66n.
Rates In spot cables unless otherwise in.
dicated. Nominal
Evening star., 1943-05-09

K. Crippen, vice
president q n d
actuary; Robert
B. Montgomery,
vice president;
Donald F. Rob-
erts, vice presi-
dent; ]. B. Pow
ers, secretary; c.
Bayne Marbury,
treasurer; Ralph
E. H e I t muller,
general CONTROL
Ter; DR.. J. r. B.
Hutchinson (on
leave with the
U n ! t e d States
Nos-A -aS:.el
Evening star., 1943-05-09

Homer "A. Holt,
DR.. Cloyd H,
Marvin, John T.
Meany, Joseph
H. Milans, Will
liam Montgom-
cry, Samuel E.
Mooers, Edward
j. Murphy, DR..
j. B. Nichol, L.
p. Steuart and
Roger White
ford.
other direc-
tors are Harry
Blake, James E.
Conihower. c. c.
Croynhs Do1ll a
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LQe 0LA COnSeC-
utive time, it
was announced
yes t e rday. At
the same time
the dire c t or s
paid high tribute
to. the "inspira-
ton, v / S ion,
courage and en-
ergy responsible
for the un-
parallel growth
Of Acacia during
the SO years Of
his leadership"
Other officials
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Lower Net Reported
By Greenfield Top
BY the Associated Press.

oy inc Associated PreSS.
GREENFIELD, Mass, May g.
Despite a gross profit of $6,925, ,796
almost double that of 1941, the
Greenfield Tap & Die Corp. in its
annual report today showed a.net
profit Of $510,828, 6 per cent ier
that Of the previous year. Contract
negotiation returns and taxes
amounted to $4,738,172.
The corporation, which produces
cutting tools and gauges, has lost 700
workers to the armed services, the
report noted, while the number of
woman employees has quadrupled.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
odd-Lse oeoliMes

- e. n 4. - -;
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'DonneI| Elected Chief
OF Life Underwriters

Charles w. ODonnell, manager
Of the Washington ONCE of the
Guardian Life Insurance Co. Of
America, has been elected president
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Montgomery Elected
Acacia President
For 50th Time
Thore Named General
Counsel. Hurd to
Serve as Associate
By EDWARD G. STONE,

Directors Of the Acacia Mutual
Life Insurance Co. have just elected
President William Montgomery di-
recting head OF the company for
Evening star., 1943-05-09
CORPORATION Eurninos

NEW YORK, May R.-Corporate
earning statements released during the
past week, showing profits per share OF
common stock, included:
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Capital Securities
(Oyer the Caanter

The following nominal bid and asked
over the counter Is Of Friday have BEEN
assembled for The Star BY Washin9ton
members Of the National Association Of
Securitieg Dea1ArR Ine
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Washington Stock Exchonoe

reported ". D. 4 Co. ashington d
NsAcT1oNs ON
AND INCLUDING 2. = -
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Weekly Financial Hiqh Liqhts

Sources American Steel Institute Association American Rail-
New
lean Petroleum Institute Dun Bradstreet; and
Banks IN 101 Cities; TO- II, IL and 49, Federal
Treasury maturity
turtles, cent. r Revised
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Stock Market Turns
Higher Fractions
10 81 Or More
Few Wider Advances
Recorded in Busy
Short Session

By BERNARD s. OHARA,
Associated Preas Financial writer
Evening star., 1943-05-09
New York Bunk Stocks

NEW YORK. May 8 R.-National Asso.
citation Securities Dealers, Inc:
Evening star., 1943-06-04
lost-Minute Grid Assemb|uqe
Seen for Pros This Season
Owen Of Giants Feels Loop Should Function
For Good of Servicemen and Civilians

play football week ends. Owen isn't
sure that will be practical in a city
like New York, where there's no
special civic pride in a pro football
team. 1t isn't like Green Bay. which
has both the industries and the in
terest in the Packers Nevertheless,
Steve expects that an effort will be
made at the league meeting this
month to establish such a plan on
uniform basis for the entire circuit.
I'VE may have to do the way all
the clubs did in the early days of
this league" Steve grinned Get a
team together Sunday morning and
run signals in the hotel lobby. But
we'll have a team and we'll play
every Sunday.
Sees Need for Game.
II think they want us to play and
I think we ought to play he added
more seriously. We've admitted
about 5000 servicemen to each game
for the last two years and they seem
to like football. The civilians, too
need entertainment. Maybe you saw
them wandering around the streets
last week end when they couldn't
leave town for the holiday and had
no place to 60 A lot of people were
having a miserable time, and it's up
to us to 90 something about that"
Evening star., 1943-06-04
Another |. |. Tie Ruled
As Result Of Dimout
Orioles Runs in llth
At Jersey City Lost
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
When the lights 60 on again all
over the world it will mean one less
headache for Prexy Frank Shaugh-
messy of the International League.
Twice in as many evenings,
Shaughnessy has had to deal with
the problem of games halted by dim
out regulations. But since last
nights affair in Jersey City virtually
duplicated what happened the pre-
vious night in Newark. one ruling
was enough to cover both.
The Baltimore Jersey City game
went into the 1lth inning with the
score tied. 3-3. Then the Orioles
scored twice. but before the home
team could 60 to bat the time ar
rived to dim out the lights and the
game ended. The score reverted to
the 10th and it went into the books
as tie. The only difference be-
tween that contest and Wednesdays
Syracuse Newark tussle was that
the Bears got in few licks and
had two out when the game end
ed-and they didn't know exactly
where they stood until they got q
ruling from Shaughnessy.
Evening star., 1943-06-04
Treated Royalty on Road

Cordell, too, is the fellow who
never obtains the ice for the water
that isn't in huge crock. 1t should
be there, of course, to remedy the
thirsts of the sports writing
wretches, but Cordeu phones some
body to take care of it, that some
body relays the message to some
body else and by the time ice is
sloshed into bug-cluttered water the
scribes have bought cokes anyway
so it doesn't matter.
Griffith Stadiums press box is
unique. At Boston's Fenway Park
attendants fall over you handing
out soft drinks and cigars on Tom
Yawkey, the Red Sox owner. At
Detroit a fully equipped lunch
counter is at the disposal of the
writer's, with beer and harder stuff
available at the mere flick of a
finger.
At Comiskev Park in Chicago
there is neatly decorated Wood
land Bards' room restricted to sports
writer's and radio commentators,
with everything from a corned beef
and cabbage dinner to a glass of
milk there for the asking. In Com
tskey Parks press box an attendant
gives you a choice of two sand
Wiches, cake. lemonade, beer or milk.
Deep in Yankee Stadium's cata-
combs there is a lunch counter for
Evening star., 1943-06-04
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIO
HurIer With p Losses in Row Becomes Star
Four Golf Pors Demoret All of Them Shoot Best Boil

(Hoofbeats) Robertson, the pride
of Winfield, Kans., is the new
general sports editor of the Asso-
ciated Press, replacing Herb
Barker, who now has the bigger
Job OF seeing that your favorite
newspaper gets all the best news
first. Although there may not be
any extra bus service to Randalls
Island for the AAU track cham
pionships, Dan Ferris points out
that the walk across the bridge
isn't any longer than from the
station to Belmont Park. And
who says you can't bet on a foot
race II you're really determined?
Today's guest star-Tommy
Fitzgerald, Louisville Courier
Journal: I'VE wonder if Count
Fleet ever has the feeling that
somebody is following him"
Service dept.-Pvt. Irving Kin
tisch, now stationed at Fort
Bragg, N. c., has been elected
captain of the Newark Univer-
sity track team for next year.
His teammates figured he de-
served the honor although he was
called for active duty when the
Evening star., 1943-06-04
Mats Hold on Second Menuced
AS Tigers Pound to Victory
Detroit Only Half Game Away Following
Its Rout of Mertz in Seventh Innino

The Mats have been giving the
Yankees a terrific sort of battle for
the privilege OF occupying the Amer
lean Leagues top spot, but if they'll
take a hasty peek over their shoul-
der, they'll notice Detroit and Phila-
delphia are ready to dispute WASH
ington's second-place status. The
Tigers are trailing the Mats by a
half game.
Detroit has rushed up to challenge
the Mats and with four games re-
naming with the Tigers in the cur
rent series at Griffith Stadium,
Washington can't afford a relapse
without suffering the indignity of
being bumped down the ladder. In
fourth place. game and a half
back Of the Mats, are the Athletics,
who have become annoying to the
leagues other outfits.
With the Mats struggling to keep
pace with the Yankees and at the
same time stave off the teams trail
ing them, Mickey Vernon is involved
in the most miserable slump of his
career with the Mats He hasn't had
a hit in his last IA trips to the plate
and his average has tumbled to a
woeful .169.
Lacks Punch in Spring.
Washington first baseman Is
having terrible time OF it. In his
Evening star., 1943-06-04
By HUGH FULLERTON. Jr.,

Associated FTeSS SpOTtS WrlUeT.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Come-
back record: Ernie Lanigan, the
International Leagues historian,
figures this probably still stands
as a record baseball comeback.
Back in 1888 George Haddock.
one-time battery partner of
Connie Mack, lost 20 straight
games for the Troy, N. Y, club
Then he went to Washington
,and no cracks, please, about the
Senators still getting that kind
of hurler). and lost two more
there. In 1891 and 1892 the same
guy had bounced back to become
a 30-game winner with Boston in
the American Association and
with Brooklyn. Another record,
maybe?
Jimmy Demaret picked four
different partners for a recent
amateur-pro golf tournament at
Detroit's Plum Hollow Club the
other day and the four teams"
tied with best-ball scores of 68.
Jimmy, himself, shot a So.
Righteous indignation " When
the Chicago White Sox blew into
Philadelphia recently, the club
house attendant chalked the
"Frisch" on Jimmy Dykes locker.
Jimmy promptly exploded. Take
that of of there" he beloved.
I'm no Frisch. That Frisch
Is the kind Of fellow who is mean
to umpires and gets thrown out
of ball games"
One-minute sports page-Orlo
Evening star., 1943-06-04

last six trips plateWard Mickey has
struck out three times and is bear
ing no resemblance to the youngster
who batted .29s two years ago. Yer
non swatted home 81 mates that
year and seemingly was headed for
an enjoyable career.
Last year Mickey spurted in the
final weeks of the campaign to lift
his batting average to .272 and again
1T was felt he had struck his stride,
but he has demonstrated convinc-
ingly he is no spring hitter. He
can poke baseball across consid-
erable geography when he's on the
beam, as we jitterbugs say, but re-
Gently his combined swats wouldn't
measure from one end of a Victory
garden to the other.
Mickey was hitless for third sue
cessive game last night as the Mats
absorbed an 80 shellacking from
the Tigers before $4,000 fans at
Grif1th Stadium. None of his mates
was contributing anything terrific
In the way of hitting. however, for
the Mats obtained only seven safe
ties of the combined efforts Of
Virgil Trucks and Dizzy Trout.
York Hits for Circuit.
The Mats came up with a spec
tacular pitcher for six innings in
young Jim Mertz He retired the
first IA batters he faced, permitting
none to whack the ball beyond the
confines of the infleld. He struck
out Rudy York, Jimmy Bloodworth,
Dixie Parsons and Trout successfully
and had the customers loving him.
but the weather was hot and slim
Jim wilted.
The first hit off Mertz. with two
out in the fifth inning, was an en-
phatic blast. Off the bat of York
scared mighty wallop that nestled
among the fans in the left field
bleachers, but entering the seventh
inning Mertz owned a 81 lead be-
cause the Mats had touched up
Trucks for two runs In the fourth.
Washington runs materialized
with considerable help from Catcher
Parsons. George Case thumped a
single off Third Baseman Pinky
Higgins glove and scooted to second
on passed ball. After Stan Spence
walked the runners advanced on an
other passed ball and Case scored
and Spence shifted to third after
Vernon flied to Don Ross in right
field. Bob johnson then fetched
Spence across with a single to left.
Wakefield Starts Rampage.
Dick Wakefield opened the Tigers
seventh with a tremendous triple to
the center field corner. Higgins
walked and Ross grounded to
Shortstop Johnny Sullivan, who
elected to throw TO the plate in an
effort to nip Wakefield. His peg was
late. however, and Detroit went on
from there to produce 7-run
inning.
Walks to York and Rip Radcliff,
singles by Ned Harris. Doc Cramer
(see MATS, Page A-l50
Evening star., 1943-06-04
BY HUGH FULLERTON. Jr.,
ASR0ris ad DreSc Cnorts ur,tay

NEW YORK, June 4.-The tele-
phone rang in the Office of the New
York Football Giants, and stout
Steve Owen picked it up.
Whats the name?" he asked
after a moment. Il can't spell that.
Sure We can use him"
Steve carefully noted down a yard
long name and the address and re-
turned the telephone to it's cradle.
Then he commented briefly: Pune
tured eardrums."
That gives you some idea of the
problems of a professional football
coach these. days and what the
Giants are doing about them. Owen
is the Giants coach.
War Workers Would Play.
Were just going along getting
ready to play football" Steve ex-
planned, blandly. Were contracting
a lot of players and getting some.
We find a few the Army doesn't
want and good many boys who
work in shipyards and factories have
told us they'd like to play on Sun
days"
Several National League clubs al
ready have announced that they will
have their men work at war jobs and
Evening star., 1943-06-04
Councilman Becomes
Front Office Man
For Brownies
ErstwhiIe Chicago Card
Football Coach Will
Have Varied Duties
BY the Associated Press.

Dy INC hSSOClhLSO TTeSS.
ST. LOUIS, June 4.-The St. Louis
Browns have a new front office man
and the Chicago Cardinals are look
ing for a new head football coach
after yesterdays shift which had
the affable Jimmy Councilman re-
signing his gridiron post to take over
as assistant to President Donald L.
Barnes and public relations director
of the American League club.
At Chicago. Charles Bidwell, owner
of the Cardinals, said a new head
coach probably will be signed dur
ing the National League meeting on
June 10 and 20. The teams business
affairs and signing of players will
continue to be handled by Arch
Wolfe. business manager. and Phil
Handler, assistant coach. Bidwell
said He also indicated that Han
dler may succeed Councilman.
Conzelman's new duties have not
yet been defined clearly, but Barnes
said he believed his athletic and
business background made him a
valuable addition to the Browns Or
ganization. He will be responsible
for all normal activities of base
ball press agent, and Councilman
himself suggested his sports con-
facts may prove valuable in helping
the team line up young players. In
addition to his baseball job, he will
be assistant to the president and
public relations director of an in
vestment company in Illinois.
Conzelman's schooling was cut
short at Washington University St.
Louis, by the first World War,
which found him in Navy uniform
at Great Lakes. In addition to
playing and coaching collegiate and
pro football, he has been a boxer.
writer, newspaper publisher, sales
man. music composer, actor and
radio commentator.
Evening star., 1943-06-04

current outdoor season was lust
starting. When 1t. Bob Dunbar,
former Auburn basket ball main
stay, crashed while flying over a
South American jungle, his
rescuer was 1t. c. v. Grace, also
a former Auburn student. Former
British Davis Cup tennis PLAYERS
Charles Hare and Bunny Austin
both are stationed at Atlantic
City, N. j.; Hare in a medical
detachment and Austin taking
basic infantry training. Hare
hopes to be able to play in the
summer grass court tournaments.
Something f1shy-When Coast
Guardsman Gregory Reeser of
Cincinnati returned to San Fran
cisco after year in Alaskan
waters he brought an appeal for
fishing tackle from the soldiers
up that way. On Amchitka
Island, he reported, he saw men
fishing with shovels-and that
didn't mean they needed them to
pile up tall fish stories. They
were actually scooping fish out
OF the streams-that's how plen.
tiful they are" he said.