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Evening star., 1943-04-17
Michael J. Hollands
Funeral Services TODAY

Funeral services for Michael j.
Holland, S3, former Marine Corps
attorney who died at Mount Alto
Hospital Thursday, were to be held
at the w. w. Deal funeral home
48l2 Georgia avenue NV, at pm.
today Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Mr.. Holland was native of Mil
ford Mass, born in 1860, the son of
Michael and Jane Collins Holland.
He was educated at Phillips Exeter
Academy, Harvard University, Bos-
ton University law school and
George Washington University law
school.
Enlisting in the Marine Corps in
1891, he served until 1905, when,
with the rank of lieutenant, he be-
came attached to the Marine Corps
headquarters here as a legal adviser,
continuing in that position until
his retirement in 1882 He was a
member of Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Camp, No. l, USWV.
Mr.. Holland is survived by his
widow and daughter. Miss Janice
Holland, well-known portrait painter
and illustrator of books.
The family residence is at 35O8
Morrison street NV.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, April z LP,-salable cattle.
100; total; 100: compared Friday last week,
choce fed steers and yearlings steady TO
oa meaK; az others weak to ;25 cents lower:
nlgh time stimulated by scarcity rather
than basic strength; heifeTs and cows mostly
20 lower, but underweisht Gamer COWS as
much as 90 off: bulls so to | 90 lower,
to good grades predominated in both steers
and heifers: extreme top, 1175, but prar-
tlcal steer top, L! 90; the 1916 cattle being
fseaahoouts: soa best long yearlings. 1925; bulk
choice 70 prime ;6ss- -poand heifers made mad.
i!"oO: put bulk sold at 14.0O-16 6.25; strict
ly good heifers, cows reached IA so, but
most fat COWS J. .00-1 300, with Gamers
and ana cutters at 5.a5-e.50, .underweisht can
gutter COWS above a75: heavy SAUSAGE
bulls fell to 1900, with light and medium
weight KINDS at 1000 Zoo: vealers closed
At j. OO.l6 90. mostly, 1901 5 80: all
Is 10, mostly 14.0O-15.25.
Saable sheep, 1000: total. 9. 900; COM
pared Friday last week, fat lambs 60-75
vooed lambs Hs. 1890; s vsef: tdGsinf fop, acn
woolskins, 15.75-16.10: only few natives
mere at . 70; good to choice fed Western
ism5s LAMBS 15ol5 3o weeks top on strictly
ter ewes. s.!5-s. so: just good 54-pound
feeding and shearins lambs. l4.s5
=, Salable hogs. 800: total. $500; no
plies; most of meager weekend run com.
euota6ie top around N 20 pfMn for striepe lien
L choice sorted medium weights If ayaila-
barrows and gifts, $50 pounds up, $3.50;
mostly 80. lower; sows. 60.65 of.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Man Gets 5 10 IS Years
For 'Yoking' Robbery

Marion F. Foggie, 26, colored late
yesterday was sentenced to serve
from 5 to Is years for "yoking" and
robbing Robert E. Demarest, night
club head waiter In passing SEN
tence, Justice Matthew F. Mcclure
said such vicious types of crime
must be stopped
Assistant United States Attorney
John c. Conliff, j., charged that
Foggie, in company with two other
Colored men, attacked Mr.. Demarest
in the 400 block of Massachusetts
avenue NV. early in the morning
of February II and robbed him OF
S42 and pen and pencil set. Mr.
Conllff said Foggie attacked Mr.
Demarest from behind and grabbed
him around the neck. The victim
wheeled out of his assailant's grasp
and hit Foggie in the mouth before
being Subdued by the trio, the prose-
Cutor said.
Justice MCGUIRE declared there
was no question about the defend
ants guilt. that The crime was par
tlcularly vicious, mean and low, -
and there was nothing to be said
IN mitigation of the defendants acts,
Foggle, identified by his victim, was
said to have been Baltimore garage
employe
Evening star., 1943-04-17
DC. Telephones Show
Increase Of 25,303
Over Year Ago
2,044 Gain in March
Lifts Stution Total
To 363,016 Peak
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Another new telephone installa-
ton record was registered in March
by the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. when the number of sta
tlons in service reached 363,Ol6
company officials announced today
This was a gain of 2,044 over the
preceding month, as we'll as an
all-time peak.
AS there were 337,713 telephones
in use in March a year ago, the
increase for the 12-month period
was 25,3O3 stations, a very impres-
sive showing in view of the fact
that the number of new installa-
tions has been limited almost
wholly to those directly connected
with the war effort.
Average calls per day during
March numbered 1852 200, COM
pared, with l,606,33O year ago in
the same month, the decrease being
due to the company's request that
long distance calls be confined so
far as possible to messages con-
nected with war activities, officials
said.
March average. daily calls were
ahead of February when the figure
stood at 1,547,78l, a gain in the
third month of the year of l4,4l9
calls.
Store Sales Up 10 Per Cent.
Department store sales in the
Fifth District from January to
April 10 were 10 per cent ahead of
the like 1912 period and were up
II per cent IN the u Reserve dis
trlctS, the Federal Reserve Board
announced today.
Dallas headed the list with a 81
per cent gain. Kansas City stood
next with 81 per cent pickup,
While store sales in San Francisco
were % per cent better than last
year.
Sales in the Atlanta area were
up 20 per cent; in St. Louis, IL; Chi
cago, 8; Boston, Z; New York, 2:
Philadelphia, 4, and Cleveland, 7
per cent over 1912, the review said.
Insurance Policy Loans Down.
Only half as many policyholders
borrowed on their life insurance in
the two weeks before March is, the
date Of the payment of the first
lnstallment of the Federal Income
tax, as borrowed in the same period
IN 1912, according to the Institute
of Life Insurance.
The number of cash loans in these
two weeks was 48 per cent below
such loans in the corresponding
weeks in 1912 despite the increase
in tax rates and the number of
people paying Federal income taxes
for the first time, the survey said.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. April l. ,P-The Areen-
tine peso reacted today after rising u a
cent yesterday IN terms Of the American
dollar and closed off .02 of a cent at "a 9S
cents in foreign, exchange dealinss after
a slight rise earlier in the day
The upward trend in quota ions of the
Areentine peso in terms of American
money foreisn exchange traders Lointed
out, has reflected the inability of Argen-
tina tc obtain American goods because of
the ship shortaee. Since there is little TO
buy with American money. therefore. the
deslrablity of oWnine dollars lessened as
far as citizens of Argentina were con-
cerned.
Closing rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars, others in centS):
Canada: Ohdcial Canadian Control Boa rd
rates for United States dollars: Buying,
10 per cent premium; selling, ! per cent
premium, equivalent to discounts en- Ca
madam dollars in New YORK of buying,
9.al per cent selling. 90? per cent.
market, oa4 per cent discount or. a0.:5
Europe Great Britain official Bankers
Foreien Exchange Committee rates.. Buy
ing, 4 .O2: selling. 4 .04.
8. Latin America, Argentina 2ffcial, 90:
free, 2i.9S, UP | 90 cent; Brazil official,
6.o3n: free, 5.2on; Mexico. 2o.6t'n.
Rates in SPOT cables unless otherwise in
dicated n Nominal
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Ship Steel Reduction
Is Feared by WPB
Due TO Inspections
Porley Called Here Today
To Discuss Changes in
Plate Specifications

The entire steel industry has
SO tightened its inspections
since a Senate committee heard
testimony of faxed testing at one
plant that the War Production
Board, it was disclosed yesterday,
is concerned that output of
shipbuilding plates may fall be-
low needs.
WPB announced that representa-
tives of steel companies and Gov
ernment officials will meet here to-
Gay to discuss the entire question of
steel plate specifications and
whether any of them should be
| changed.
Attending the meeting, in addi-
tion to the steel men, will be officials
of the War and Navy Departments,
Maritime Commission, the American
Bureau of Shipping and the ship
building Division Of WPB.
Nelson Asks Speed.
WPB Chief Donald M. Nelson also
made public yesterday tele-
gram he sent to the heads of all
steel plate mills as an aftermath
of the recent disclosure before a
Senate committee that defective
steel plates had been turned out by
the Carnegie Illinois Steel Co., a
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corp.
Mr.. Nelson pointed out in the
telegram that while inspection of
steel plates-used particularly on
ships-had been typed as a result
of the admittedly defective steel de-
livered to Government procurement
agencies. it also was necessary to
bear in mind that "overrigid inspec-
ton" might defeat the speed essen-
tial to the war effort.
1T is vitality important to the war
program" Mr.. Nelson wired the
steel men. that inspections and
tests on steel plate be applied in
such way as to meet two essential
objectives-that the plates meet the
specifications and tolerances set by
the procurement agencies and that
the volume of plate produced and
shipped be maintained at the highest
possible level"
| Volume Must Continue.
Mr.. Nelson added: Il am, of course
aware that since the recent dis.
closures at the Truman Committee
hearings both industrial and Gov
ernment inspectors in every plate
mill in the land have been more
than usually vigilant.
1T is proper that they should be
so, OF course, and I have complete
confidence that there will be NJ
repetition in the industry Of the kine
of thing disclosed before the Tru.
man Committee. But it is equally
important that the volume of stee
plate produced and shipped b.
maintained and over-rigid inspec.
ton practices could easily defea
that end"
Evening star., 1943-04-17
FB| Reports Increase
OF Faulty Welding
To Sabotage Point
Eight Maryland Workers
Held; Speedup to Earn
More Money Is Reported

Faulty welding in shipyards, so
bad that it constitutes sabotage. is
on the increase. according to COM
plants received by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation.
This was revealed today following
the arrest by FBI agents of eight
persons on charges of committing
sabotage on ships under construc-
ton for the Maritime Commission
at the Bethlehem Shipyards at Fair
field and Sparrows Point, Md.
Some WelderS are speeding UP
their work to earn more money by
taking advantage of slack inspec-
ton. Steel plates are joined so
poorly as to hazard the seaWorthi-
ness of ships. The FBI let it be
known that agents are investigating
dozens of complaints of similar
faulty Welding in other shipyards.
Several Months Probe.
Reports of defective welding in
the Maryland plants of the Bethle-
hem Co. have been under investi-
cation by the FBI for several months
as result of complaints made by
the company to the Baltimore Office
of the FBI.
Arrests by FBI agents, it was dis
closed, followed decision by Justice
Department officials that cases of
faulty welding of this type could be
prosecuted under the wartime sabo-
tage statute.
The Baltimore arrests, it was in
dlcated, will probably be followed
by similar moves against workers in
other plants who resort to improper
Welding methods to increase their
earnings.
Ship Losses Possible.
Though the FBI so far has un-
covered no evidence which would
indicate that sabotage of this kind
has been responsible for the loss of
any American ship, this possibility,
it was said, cannot be entirely ruled
out
The increase in the number of
complaints of bad welding, accord
ing to FBI officials, emphasizes the
need for more rigid inspection of
the construction operations in ship
yards, particularly those building
cargo and merchant ships.
FBI Director j. Edgar Hoover
pointed out yesterday that improper
welding is likely to break under
stress, and that it has a tendency to
crack under tension, like piece of
glass.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Mclean Wins 25th Term
With BrookIand Citizens

Marvin M. Mclean was reelected
last night to serve his 25th term
as president of the Brookland Cit
iZens' Association.
Other officers elected were Charles
Trout, secretary-treasurer, and S. F.
Hildebrand, vice president. Joseph
p. Quinn was chosen to serve with
Mr.. Mclean as delegate to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
A resolution was adopted request
ing the improvement of the gutter
on Kearney street between Tenth
and Sixteenth streets and Otis be-
tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets NE
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO April i tP.-Grains moved
within narrow limits today as traders took
ceilings will be set on cotton over the week
emo: Wheat held firm on a little mill
buying.
Near the end of the first hour wheat
was up about -. corn was uncha uged at
ceilings. oats were ahead "A and rye showed
gains of about y cent
1t was pointed out that following Presi-
dent Roosevelts anti-nflation order wheat
was linked with cotton as farm com
modlty upon which maXlmums were
planned. Ceilings on cotton would be the
first move in the hold 1.-The -line" drive and
presumably would be followed by maxi
NUNS over the bread cereal
At ! m. wheat was ss-ss higher than
yesterday's finish. May. .43l2; July,
l42i2; and corn was UNCHANGED at CELL
Evening star., 1943-04-17
CONCERTS.

CONCERTS.
| Soldiers Home Band Orchestra
Stanley Hall, $50 o'clock this after.
| noon.
Meet the Army Band" ensemble
concert and broadcast, Fort Myel
| tVa) band auditorium, Gas O'Clock
this evening.
DANCES.
Officers Service Club, Mayf1ower
Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight.
War Department, Wardman Park
Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight.
Shipping Department, SafeWay
Stores, Wardman Park Hotel, 10
o'clock tonight
DRAMA.
Arsenic and Old Lace" presented
by the Montgomery Players. Leland
Junior High School, Forty fourth
and Elm streets, Bethesda, Md,
o'clock tonight
FILM.
La Zandunga," Spanish, Pierce
Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard streets
HIKES.
National Capital Parks bird walk,
Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal and the
adjacent Potomac River. meet at
car stop No 25, Cabin John car line,
Maryland avenue and Broad street,
Brookmont, Md, 7:30 m. tomorrow
Capital Hiking Club, l0-mile hike
to Paint Brush. meet at Georgia and
Alaska avenues bus terminal, 9:45
am. tomorrow.
Wanderbirds' Hiking Club, 8-mile
hike along Cabin and Southwest
branches. meet at end of Seat Pleas
ant car line at 10 am tomorrow.
American Youth Hostel, 35-mile
bike trip to Beltsville, Md, meet at
Western Market, Twenty-f first and
K streets NV, 1890 am. tomorrow
RECREATION.
Home Away From Home" library,
games, music, dancing, radio-phono-
graph, Walsh Club for War Workers,
1923 Twenty second street NV, 4
to II pm. today.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Stage Door Canteen. Belasco The
ater, Madison place and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. Tonight: Georges
Boria, Sergt Art Mayhew, Phyllis
Schwartz Milton Schwartz and the
Casino Royal show.
Pepsi-Cola Center for Servicemen,
Thirteenth and G streets NV. free
canteen service, showers, soap,
lounges. checking, towels. shaving
equipment, shoe shines, $50 am
today until 1890 tonight.
Masonic Service Center. New York
avenue and Thirteenth street NV.
Today open, ILL pm: games, sta
tionery, library, showers, shaving
facilities, theater tickets; snack bar
open 4-8 pm; formal dance. or
chestra, hostesses, 8-11 pm. Every
thing free.
Dance for officers, SCOTS Hotel
for Girls, 213l o street NV, $50
o'clock tonight.
Officers Club of the United Ma
tlons, Burlington Hotel, 1920 Ver-
mont avenue NV, 10 am. until
1890 pm. today.
Dancing, Arlington Recreation
Center, Tenth and North Irving
streets (VaD, 8 o'clock tonight.
Games, refreshments, hostesses,
Salvation Army (USO) Club, COG E
street NV, today from 9 am. until
midnight.
Dinner, dancing, Fellowship
House of Covenant First Presby-
terian Church, 1868 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, $50 o'clock tonight.
Dinner, Fellowship. Recreation,
Christian Business Girls Associa-
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Washington Produce

BUTTER-5Os4 to 81
LlVESTOCK-Calyes, 10: spring lambs,
From the Food Distribution Administra-
ton. Prices paid net fob WASHINGTON:
EGGS-Market steady. Prices paid for
Federal-State araoed eggs received from
grading stations april 10: Whites u S.
grade A, large, }9-4O; overage, 3912: U. S.
Grade A, medium. 35-36; average SO: U. S.
grade B. large. 37-3S: average, 37i2; u. S.
erade B, medium. 94-:'5: average. 3412:
U. s. Grade c, 33 Browns, y. S. grade A,
large. 39: u S. grade A, medium. 80: U, S.
grade B, large. -: U. S. grade B, medium.
1896: averaee, IS: U. S. grade C. 33-34
average, 33le Current receipts. nearby
unGraded eggs: whites. 34-34l2: mixed col
ors, 33-33ia. Receipts. Government ded
eggs, 40S cases
recelpts too limte dto establish basis for
prices; roo oters 3i2 pounds and over. 20:
broiiers, under ) pounds, IS; fryers 3-4
Evening star., 1943-04-17

ADbfox1mate SAleS Today.
ll:O0 Am. lo2,355 1900 Noon 45S.SO5
UNIT OF trading. 10 shares; sales printed
IN luli. In bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorganized under bakruptcy Act.
or securities assumed by such compa nies
Rates OF dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual decIara-
tlon Unless otherwise noted special or
extra dividends are not included, xEx
dividend. Ex rights. a Also extra or
extras: Cash or stock. e Paid last year
Payable in stock. & Declared. or paid so
lar this year. Payable in Canadian
funds. Accumulated dividends paid or
declared this year
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Fire Damages Hot Shoppe

The Hot Shoppe, Mount Vernon
boulevard and Powhatan street,
Alexandria, was damaged early to-
day by a fire started by grease in
the kitchen. Oliver Natunen, man.
ager of the restaurant, said damage
to the kitchen and soda bar would
amount to $500.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Williom Munkittrick, 50,
Dies After Heart Attack

William Munkittrick, SO, of 408
Sixth street NV. died after suffer-
ing a heart attack yesterday at the
Commerce Department Building,
where he was employed as a guard.
Police said there were no known
relatives. Mr.. Munkittrick was born
IN Peterboro. N. H., and formerly
had served in the Army.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. April II tP.-Cotton fu-
lures opened ) to Is cents a bale higher.
90. December, 1920: March, 10 sob. b Bid
Apprehension over the expected cotton
ceiling announcc ment brought further
nervous liquidation today, coupled with
lisht hedging. There was some switching
from the. near to the distant months.
the liquidatitn.
Midmornins prices were to 20 cents a
bale lower May. 20.l1; July. 1895: Oc-
Evening star., 1943-04-17

Gentlemen prefer blonds-Patriots
prefer bonds. Buy now.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star,

BALTIMORE. April Ii
Sales. STOCKS. High Low Close
20 BALTIC Transit pfd 10 10 10
100 Eastern Sugar AS VT 2 3 9
BONDS.
$1,000 BALTIC Trans rs A 80 SO SO
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Curb Stocks

N. Y. Curb quotations fur
nished by the Associated
Evening star., 1943-04-17

N. Y. Bond quotations fur
nished by the Associated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-16
YOUR INCOME
TAX
No. IS
DEDUCTToNs FOR BAD DEBTa

No. IS
DEDUCTIONS FOR BAD DEBTG
part II
II q debt has become worthless
during the year, the amount may,
with certain exceptions, be taken as
a deduction In arriving at net Inc
come for Federal income tax purs
poses. Bad debts, occurring IN
course of trade or profession are
shown In Schedule II to arrive Q
net profit Cor .lesS) from business
or profession: other bad debts are
shown In item 10 Of the return,
Form 1040, and must be supported
in all cases with q statement tin
Schedule o. showing the circunls
stances. Loss from corporate see
curities with interest coupons or u
registered form, which become
worthless during the year, and which
are capital assets, are shown 10
Schedule r.
In all cases Of q deduction fer
bad debt, the explanation must show
(b) name and family relationship,
il any, Of, the debtor, (c) when the
debt was created, (d) when It bee
came due, (e) what efforts have
been made to collect the debt, and
(f) how Il was determined to b
worthless. A precise statement Is
required because Of the many dif.
ferent transactions out Of which the
relationship Of debtor and creditor
may arise and the consequent many
definitions Of the word "debt."
In order to be an allowable dee
duction, q debt must become WORTH
less within the year for which the
return Is made. The determination
Of worthlessness Is an important
provision in establishing the allow.
ability Of the deduction. The taxs
payer must take reasonable steps
to determine that there is no probe
ability Of payment or collection, and
must have prima facie evidence to
prove that the debt has no value.
II, in the exercise Of sound business
judgment q taxpayer concludes,
after making every reasonable effort
to determine whether there Is like
lihood Of recovery, that the debt
Is Of no value, o deduction for such
debt may be allowable. Court action.
such as legal judgment or adjudts
cation In bankruptcy Is not necess
sary as proof that the debt Is worth~
less, as indeed It frequently happens
that debt may be worthless before
the debtor has been adjudged
bankrupt. .,s -
A second important provision rec
garding deductibility for bad debts
Is that the deduction must be
taken in the taxable year in which
the debt becomes worthless. The
fact that q debt Is stu held open
on the boows Of the taxpayer does
not mean that 1t has value, and the.
law does not permit o taxpayer to
defer claiming q deductible allows
ance on that account beyond the
year In which II becomes worthless
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-16
Profit Taking In !:
"A. M. Drops Market
Dealings Remain Quiet; War News Has Depressing
Effect &

New York, Feb. 1e--(UP) Profit
taking forced stocks irregularly
lower In quieter dealings today.
with war news from the Tunisian
front less favorable and the tech
nical position Of the market believed
impaired by its recent u1inter-
rupted rise, many traders took
profits. Leading shares sold on
fractions to a point from the IT.
month peak established yesterday,
while trading fell of sharply from
the previous session when turnover
neared the 100000 share level.
Johns-Manville, U. 8. Gypsum,
Mueller Brass, Monsanto Chemical,
Union Carbide and j. I. Case
dropped to 2 points. Union Pacific
reached q new 1943 top at SO Ia
and then plunged to 85, on I Ia
net. Albany & Susquehanna, an in
active, Jumped 4 Ia points to q
new high at 90. .4
General Motors, Graham-P Paige;
Nash and Packard, all equaled their
high and steadied around yester-
days close, while Chrysler eased
l-2 to 70 la. Steel leaders held
within q Ia point range Of previ-
Gus cloSingS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-16
BY ANN FRANCE WILSON
NEA Service STAFF Writer

washington, Feb. l6.--In spite OF
heavy demands for shoe feathers
and the rubber shortage, there Is no
scarcity OF materials for shoe repair,
no need for you TO collect all the
old shoes out Of your closet or at
tic and rush down TO the shoe re-
pair shop with them.
The present favorable. ample
supply Of shoe repair materials Is
entirely dependent on your re-
stFalnt. " you start run on shoe
repairs. the supply may not be
adequate and repairs might have
b be Fatloned.
ORA rationing officials are 70.
Iustant 10 discuss this. for every
time an announcement Is made
that there Is an ample supply OF
any commodity. people don't be-
lleve II and contgaFiwlse, buy all
the more. But again oPA en-.
phaaszes there Ia no shortage o.
repair materials. Your motto
should be. Don't have shoes re-
pairsd unless and until you need
them"
Important point 20 bear IN mind
about tho shoe ralioning order y
Ehat uhile u guarantees vou Ne