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Evening star., 1943-09-15
Royce Takes Over
Brereton Command
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CAIRO. Sept 15-United States
Army headquarters announced to-
day that Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce
has taken over command of all
/ United States forces in the Middle
East from Maj. Gen Lewis H. Brere-
/ ton, who has left for an important
assignment in another theater.
The announcement did not dis
/ close the nature of Gen Brereton S
new assignment.
Gen. Royce, who has been COM
manding general of the 1st Ali
Force at Mitchell Field. Long Island
! since April is the flying general who
in April, 1912. led 13 bombers from
an Australian base on raid against
a japanese position in the Philip
pine Islands.
Gen. Royce received the Distin-
guiShed Flying Cross for his spec
tacular raid on the Philippines and
later was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross
He served as chief of staff to 1t
Gen. George H. Brett, then COM
manding Allied air forces in the
Southwest Pacific
/ Gen. Royce is a native of Mar
quette, Mich. and twice command
ed the lst Pursuit Group at Self
ridge Field. He has several thousand
flying hours to his credit and has
! flown more than a million miles in
/ the last % years
Evening star., 1943-09-15

against the American labor move
ment.'
Charges of this kind are so seri-
Gus and so seriously violate the
precepts of our principles, Mr.
Abramson said. that Mr.. Voorhees,
has a sacred obligation to be more
specific SO that the American work
ing people can meet them under the
light of public examination
"A brief investigation on my own
part at the Campbell Soup Co.
which was mostly involved in this
emergency reveals that the rela-
tions between the union and the
soldiers have been excellent. At
that plant. there is not even a closed
shop. so that even civilians who are
not members of the union are not
required to pay dues, Mr.. Abram-
son said.
Soldier volunteers were employed
also by canneries in Cumberland
Gloucester and Salem Counties.
Evening star., 1943-09-15

thorized total of % centers eventu-
ally will be operating successfully.
Gen Fleming. in his statement OH
the overall program yesterday, said
new or additional facilities will be
approved only where the war need
is abundantly evident and there is
more concrete assurance of their
use
Previously approved projects will
be extended only as effective use is
proved in operation, by attendance
and by satisfactory local support. +"
he added.
Funds will be kept available to
provide additional assistance as the
employment of mothers may be en-
larsed and as sufficient military and
industrial as we'll as community
backing may be obtained to give
reasonable assurance of effective use
Of the facilities.
In general" Gen Fleming said.
the use of the facilities thus far
has been disappointing. He pointed
10 a need for re-examination of the
program. discriminating limita ton
OF Federal fund allotments and a
change III the approach to the
problem.
Nearly Sl2,000,000 had been
allotted up to August /, and total
OF 1885 projects had been approved
Not quite half of these have actually
been put into operation and facilities
IN operation as of August IL were
being used to less than one-half of
capacity.
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Connery

Continued From First Page. '
Evening star., 1943-09-15

Voorhees, said, ito learn that when a
contingent of soldiers reported for
work at certain South Jersey cam
merry the management was in
structed to make the usual union
dues deductions from the cannery
pay envelope of eacn one
Mr.. Voorhees, said he did not know
whether union officials had insisted
upon dues being collected from all
the 1000 soldiers similarly employed
in the State.
He did not identify the union nor
the cannery. He said he understood
the soldiers were not required to
pay union initiation fees.
Unionist Confirms Story.
Several hundred" soldiers paid
union dues of Is cents per week
extending over four or five weeks
this summer Mr.. Schachter esti-
mated. They paid at the temporary
workers rate, whereas the dues for
permanent workers are 81 per
month.
The union had closed shop
agreement with the two canneries
where the soldiers paid dues. the
union manager said. and the COL
lection was required under the
agreement. A group of rs soldiers
worked at each plant during the
height of the labor shortage, he
added.
Officers at Fort Dix told the union,
Mr. Schachter asserted. that the
soldiers were working on an en-
tirely voluntary basis and were
subject to conditions existing in the
plants
Received Union Pay.
The soldiers, he continued. were
paid union wages ranging from so
to 60 cents an hour. their Army pay
continued, land this gave them a
little extra spending money which
they were glad to get"
Berney Henley, international rep
resentative of the United Cannery,
Agricultural. Packing and Allied
Workers (CIO) said at Philadelphia
that this union had never asked or
collected dues. initiation fees or ANY
money whatsoever" from soldier
workers and had approved the use
of soldiers in the canning emer-
gency.
At Newark, Irving Abramson
State CIO chairman. declared that
in the absence of any specific
charge against union, Mr.. Voor-
hees' statement has every indica-
ton of being malicious smear
Evening star., 1943-09-15
Nazis May Gel ItaIy's
Extensive Rice Crop
Ey the Associated Press.

E5 the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. l5.-The posi-
bility that Nazi forces might hold
Northern Italy through the rice
harvesting season this NOR III and
next. and thus boost Italian needs of
food imports, attracted attention in
the grain trade today.
Italy is the most important rice
producing country in Europe, a fact
not realized by many. one big grain
company said: The crop is mainly
| in the Pc River valley in the north
ern part of the country.
Last years Italian rice crop. the
firm reported, was $4,000 900 bushels.
and Italian yields in recent years
have been the worlds largest. The
average yield In Italy, the grain firm
said. Is about 100 bushels an acre.
compared with only 48 bushels in
the United States.
Useage in the country has stepped
up In recent years and consumption
now is about II pounds per capita.
In peacetime heavy amounts were
exported to Germany, with some
shipments also to Hungary. Yuso-
slayiA and France.
Evening star., 1943-09-15

cadet. but washed out" month
later. Then he enlisted as an Army
Air Forces private and eventually
won his commission.
Today he Is home on leave--a
captain, bedecked with medals after
4ol hours of combat flying over
China, Burma and India.
Evening star., 1943-09-15
Perseverance Pays OFF
For Washed Out FLYER
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NYACK, N. Y, Sept. l5.--Perse-
verance paid off for 28-year- -old
Robert Sanford Miller.
Eight Years ago he left college to
join the Army, hoping for a West
Point appointment 1t failed to
come through, so he returned to
civilian life.
In l94l, he became an aviation
Evening star., 1943-09-15
House Group Urges
Retention After War
OF Renegotiation Act

Government aid to industry in
postwar reconversion to civilian pro-
duction, but retention of the Re-
negotiation Act to prevent "exces-
sive" profits on war contracts. were
recommended today by the investi-
eating staff of the House Naval
Affairs Committee.
Meanwhile Harvey w. Moore of
Concord, N. c.. representing the
cotton textile industry, told the
House Ways and Means Committee
that statutory renegotia ton should
be repealed, or If it is continued in
any respect. then the manufacture
of standardized commercial articles
should be exempted from the law"
The Naval Affairs Committees
report, the result of a long investi-
cation, was released by Robert E.
Kline, general counsel, after it haG
been approved by Chairman Vinson.
Mr.. Kline said long list of recon-
mendations would be submitted to
the fun committee. proba bly, early
next week, for passing along to the
Ways and Means Committee.
The latter committee. holding
jurisdiction, over the Renegotiation
Act: only last week began a public
hearing on whether the act should
be retained in it's present form. re-
vised OF repealed. Representative
Cole. Republican, of New York in
troduced yesterday bill calling
for repeal
In summarizing its report, the
Naval Affairs Committee staff de-
clared that those charged with the
administration Of the law have
demonstrated the extreme useful
ness Of the act to the procurement
program, and they have saved the
public treasury very large sums of
money"
While saying that the Renegotia-
tions Act is not the proper vehicle"
for meeting the problems of post
war readjustments. the report as
serted there is an obligation on
the part of Government to assist
industry in meeting those problems.
1t recommended among other
things, that the Government pro-
vide severance pay for employees
whose jobs will end with cancella-
ton of Government war contracts.
Evening star., 1943-09-15

O.D.-United States fighting
words for olive drab, the color of
our soldiers uniforms. They'll be
wearing them until the end of the
war. The more War bonds you buy
the less blood and tears. Back the
attack with an extra $l0O bond in
September.
Evening star., 1943-09-15

Before victory is won. we've got
to build more, fight more and buy
more War bonds. Buy at least a 500
bond during the Third War Loan
above your regular bond buying.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Ann E. Swanson
Weds Mr.. Shea

White slipper satin and old lace
was worn by Miss Ann Elizabeth
Swanson, daughter of Mr.. M. B.
Swanson and the late Mrs. Swanson
for her marriage yesterday morning
to Mr.. William Leopold Shea, which
took place at II O'Clock.
The Shrine of the Blessed Sacra-
ment was the scene of the wedding
and the Rev. Charles E. German
oflciated. Mr.. Swanson escorted his
daughter and Mrs Frank O'Neil was
the matron of honor and only at
tendant.
A bertha of old lace featured the
bodice Of the brides gown and the
lace also formed a hustle effect at
the hipline. A coronet of the lace
held her veil of tulle and she car
ried an old-fashioned bouquet of
white roses. Mrs. O'Neil was cos
TUNED in green and carried an old
fashioned bouquet of summer flow-
ers.
The bridegroom is the son of Mrs.
william Edward Shea and the late
Mr.. Shea and Mr. E. P. Beard
served as his best man. Mr.. Robert
Meaker and Mr.. Donald Gibbs were
the ushers.
MIR. Swanson was host at a small
reception following the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shea leaving later for
a wedding trip, the bride wearing
for travelling blue suit with brown
accessories and a corsage of orchids.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
6eszSy7a a,.a Nhy
Noted Patrons
For Army Relief

The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Jesse H. Jones are among those
in the cabinet circle who will be
present at the Army Emergency
Relief benefit this evening The
occasion is the first showing in
Washington of Irving Berlin's This
Is the Army" which is a technicolor
picture made by Warner Brothers
and to be shown in the Earle The
ater. This first showing of the film
is under the auspices of the First
Nighters' Committee, of which Mrs.
George r. Holmes is chairman, and
the proceeds from this showing will
be used for the worth while work of
the Army Emergency Relief
The Undersecretary of the Navy,
Mr.. James v. Forrestal with Ad-
miral Ernest J. King, commander
in chief of the United States Fleet
and chief of naval operations. and
Mrs. King will be among the rerk-
ing officials and officers at the
benefit.
Others expected to attend the
showing of the picture are the Di-
rector of the Economic Sterilization
Board and Mrs. James F.. Byrnes,
the Director of the Federal Reserve
System and Mrs. Mariner Eccles.
Evening star., 1943-08-12

in civic and club circles for a
number of years. At present she is
secretary of the board of trustees of
Goodwill Industries and also secre-
tary of the Twentieth Century Club.
Mrs. Nichols. graduate of Smith
College, is past president of the
Washington Branch of the American
Association of University Women.
She also served for many years as a
member of the board Of, the Young
Women's Christian Association of
Washington.
She Is the mother Of two chill
dren. Her son. 1t. Howard B.
Nichols, is a pilot in the Army Air
Forces. and her daughter, Anne
Nichols, is student at Holton-
Arms Junior College.
In her new post, Mrs. Nichols will
direct the participation of local
women in the Treasury Depart
ment's huge bond selling campaign
scheduled for the fall. She has just
returned from a 10-State confer
ence at Boston of women leaders In
war finance work Sacrifice" will
be the key word used by the wom-
en- volunteers during the coming
drive, she said
Attention will be directed to sac
rifice in such matters as pleasure
trips. new clothes, new pieces Of
furniture and new odds and ends
for the household, she explained.
I'VE know that the billions the
Government must have are avail
able" she continued. I'VE have
only to make up our minds that we
are going to do without things and
lend the Government our money"
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Zonta Club Told
OF Moth Control

Practical suggestions on the con-
troll of household pets. with par
ticular reference to moths featured
the weekly luncheon program of the
Zonta Club yesterday The guest
speaker was Miss Helen Sellers.
junior entomologist of the. Agricul-
ture Department. Bureau OF En-
tomology.
Moths cause destruction OF al
least $1,000,000 worth of property
annually. according to the speaker
In wartime. however. the battle
against such household pests be-
comes even more important because
so many household articles and
clothing now are irreplaceable, she
pointed out.
One of the best ways to remove
moths is to hang infested clothing
out In the sun, taking care to see
that pockets are turned out and
that there are no other folds present
in which the pests can find protec-
ton from the light rays, Miss Sellers
said. If summing can't be arranged,
the clothing should receive a thor
ough brushing, she added.
1t is possible to destroy the pests
by exposing them for short tina
to temperatures of between 120 and
130 degrees, she continued. On the
other hand, moth larvae are in
capable of causing harm at tempera-
lures of so degrees or lower.
Good housekeeping, such as fire.
quent vacuum cleaning of floors
and rugs, helps to keep the pests
under control, the speaker explained.
Dry-cleaning or washing in strong
solution of neutral soap kills
moths, but doesn't protect against
reinfestation.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Jones Acts 10 Give
Farmers Big Voice in
War Food Programs

War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones today announced appointment
of William L. Nelson, former Demo-
cratic Representative from Missouri
as his special assistant in charge OF
agricultural war boards amid indi-
cations that VIA officials were
going ahead with a plan fostered by
former Food Administrator Chester
c. Observation-Disclosures of the
food program and the placing OF
more responsibility in the hands OF
farm people.
Mr.. Nelson, who was defeated In
last falls elections, served nine
terms in the House and for many
years was a member of the House
Agriculture Committee.
The new Official took over his
duties yesterday and announced 1t
was his and Mr.. Jones intention to
give the folks back home" greater
responsibility In running future farm
programs. Regulations issued from
Washington. he promised, will be
held to minimum.
Opposition to Controls Seen.
Some observers see in this an
nouhcement Of less centralized con-
troll a realization by the administra-
ton OF mounting opposition to Gov
ernment controls.
Mr.. Jones, in a radio address
Monday night, gave the first public
confirmation of another shift in the
administrations farm program
that of lifting virtually all crop con-
trolls for 1914 crops and placing
farmers on a purely voluntary"
basis in reaching food goals next
year.
simultaneously with announce
ment Of Mr.. Nelson's appointment,
the VIA reported that an impor-
tant group of farm leaders had
been added to State Agricultural
War Boards. The men comprise the
State secretaries and commissioners
Of agriculture.
The war boards, created originally
by Secretary Of Agriculture Wick
ard. are made up of representatives
of Federal and State governmental
agencies dealing with agriculture.
These agencies include the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration,
the State Extension Service, the
Farm Security Administration, the
Farm Credit Administration, the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics,
the Food Distribution Administra-
ton Foreign Service, the Rural Elec-
trification Administration and the
Soil Conservation Service.
Authority in Field.
Heretofore the war boards have
been largely administrative units for
the Agriculture Department and the
Food Administration. 1t is the plan,
Mr.. Nelson said, to give them much
greater authority in mapping out
State and local production pro-
grams.
Meanwhile, unofficial estimates oi
the cost to operate the 1914 fooo
program ranged as high as bill
lion dollars. VIA officials are well
on their way to completing plans
for the program, which is expected
to set production goals considerably
above this years prospective output
Some time after Congress returns
next month the legislators will re-
ceive budget requests from VIA.
The money would be used largely
to support farm prices at levels de-
signed to encourage farmers to pro-
duce to the limit of their resources
Because production costs have ad.
vanced somewhat and Congress ha.
eliminated AAA benefit payments
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Paulett GuHey
Hostess to Guild

Miss Pauletta Guffey, sister OF
Senator Joseph F. Guffey, was host
ess yesterday afternoon to the
members of, the Membership Com
mittee of the Chamber Music Guild
The party was given in the charm
ing garden of Senator Guffey and
his sisters on Benton place, an in
formal meeting to discuss plans for
the coming season of the guild being
held in the drawing room of the
house.
Mrs. Thomas Burke. wife of the
chief of the Division of International
Communications of the State De-
partment. is one of the three direc-
tors of the Chamber Music Guild
serving with Mr.. and Mrs. Marcel
Ancher. Mrs. Burke also is vice
chairman of the Membership Com
mittee, of which Mr.. Stanley Wood
ward is chairman.
The guild plans four concerts
through October, November and De-
cember, the programs to be given in
Memorial Continental Hall. The
guild quartet, composed of Mr..
Emanuel zetlin and Mr.. Milton
Schwartz, violinists; Mr.. George
Wargo, viola. and Mr.. Ancher, Gel
list, with assisting soloists will give
the programs.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Resident Notes
From Suburbs

Mr.. and Mrs. Warner B. Rags
dale and their daughter Ruthmary
and Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Douthat
and daughter Ann have returned to
Silver Spring after several days stay
at Rehoboth Beach.
Miss Rebecca Grifith OF Baltimore
is spending a week with her mother,
Mrs. Howard Griffth of Silver
Spring.
Miss Jean Thomas of Silver Spring
has gone to Virginia Beach to visit
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Spangler.
Miss Isabel Prichard, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Prichard of
Takoma Park, is spending a week in
New York visiting friends.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
NJ OrriSes Entertain
For 4 AMBASSADOR

The Turkish Ambassador and
Mime. Ertegun were the guests of
honor at a dinner given last eve
ning at the Shoreham by Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Morris.
Among the other guests present
were Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Emory 8
Adams, Brig. Gen. David McCoach,
former District Commissioner, and
MRS. McCoach; Rear Admiral and
Mrs. l.. O. Colbert, the Second Sec
retary of the Embassy and Nine.
ornan kutlu, Miss Selma Ertegun
and Miss Ismet Sanli, who is a
guest at the Embassy at present.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
ITS Drivers Halted
For Failure 10 Show
S. Auto Use Stamp

approximately 275 motorists who
failed to have on display the yellow
IS auto use tax stamp were halted
during the rush hours yesterday at
Sixth street and Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV. and at Waterside drive
beneath the P and @ Streets Bridges
NV.
They were stopped by two Dis
trict motorcycle policemen, D. C.
Diehl and Aubrey Yowaski. who
were assigned to assist In the In
ternal Revenue Bureau drive.
Nearly 100 offenders who had not
bought the stamps were allowed to
buy them from the internal revenue
deputy collectors, to sign an aff1-
davit that the stamps had been
stolen or lost. or to promise to buy
them.
The drive was initiated by A
Parks Rasin, acting collector of in
ternal revenue at Baltimore, who
requested the District Commits
sioners to permit the local police
to help the deputy collectors. L. A
Chamberlain, assistant chief of the
Income Division, Washington Office
said.
Mr.. Chamberlain stated that the
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Edna E. Moore
Becomes Bride
In Clarendon

White gladioluses and carnations
against a background Of palms and
lighted candles formed the setting
in the Clarendon Presbyterian
Church last evening for the wedding
of Miss Edna Earle Moore and Mr..
Philip Graydon Hudson, the cere-
mony taking place at O'Clock with
the Rev Isaac Steenson officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John James Moore of
Arlington and is a graduate of Will
son Teachers College. Mr.. Hudson,
who is on leave for Government
service from the faculty of the Uni
versity of Arizona, is the son of Mr..
ana Mrs. James E. Hudson of Tolle-
son, Ariz. He was graduated from
the University of Arizona and also
the University of Illinois.
Escorted and given in marriage by
her father, the bride wore a dress Of
white organdy, eyelet embroidered,
with veil of illusion fastened to a
Mary, Queen of Scots headdress
featured by ruffles. A strand of
pearls, the gift Of the bridegroom,
was worn about her throat and she
carried shower bouquet of white
roses and stephanotis.
Miss Catherine Myers Moore was
maid of honor for her sister, wearing
gown of yellow lace and maroui-
settle with headdress and bouquet
of mixed summer flowers.
Mr.. Bruce r. Morris was best man
and those serving as ushers were Mr..
Harry G. Brainard and Mr.. Clarence
H. Cramer.
After the reception, which was
held at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson left for
a wedding trip with the bride wear
ing a gray suit with green accessories
and a corsage of white roses. On
their return they will make their
home in Arlington at 92l North
Wayne street.
Evening star., 1943-08-12

received his wings in the Naval Air
Corps Reserves at Pensacola, Fla
When the engagement of Miss
Flather to Ensign Davidson was an
nounced in December he was cadet
In training at the Anacostia Naval
Base. He was graduated from Dart
mouth College with an A. B. de-
gree in literature and attended
George Washington University be-
fore entering the service.
White flowers banked the candle
lighted altar for the ceremony and
Miss Marie Sauter played an ap-
propriate selection of music as the
guests assembled and also the we'd
ding marches.
White mousseline de sole and rose
Chantilly lace formed the dress of
the bride, who was escorted to the
altar by her father and given by him
in marriage. Her veil of illusion
draped from coronet of orange
blossoms and long strand of
pearls, the gift of the bridegroom,
and pearl earrings completed her
costume. She carried shower bou-
ouet of white orchids encircled by
white gladioluses and stephanotis.
Mrs. Robert Edward Crote, jr.,
was the brides matron of honor and
only attendant. With her dress of
pale blue marquisette she carried a
bouquet of talisman roses and gyp-
sophia and wore a coronet of the
same flowers.
Mr.. Davidson was best man for
his son and the ushers were 1t.
d. g. Charles Stewart, 1t. Cutler
6. Collins, Ensign George Elmer
Father, jr., brother of the bride;
Ensign Arthur Feikert of Pensa-
cola, Ensign William Clark and En-
sign Norbert Aubuchon. The couple
left the church under the crossed
swords of these young officers.
Mrs. Ira E. Paine of Grand Island.
Nebr.; Mrs. John l. White of West
field, N. j., and Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip
Collier of Scarsdale, N. Y, were
here for the wedding and the small
reception which was held in the
home OF the brides parents.
When Ensign and Mrs. Davidson
left for a wedding trip the bride
was wearing blue flannel ensemble
with white accessories and a cor
sage of white orchids.
Evening star., 1943-08-12
Interesting Weddings Yesterday;
Elizabeth Flather AMONG Brides

Long time residential Washington
interest last the wedding
Episcopal Church.
of
Virginia,
the bride is daughter Flath
graduated from Randolph Macon
ABB
He the
Mr. Mrs Robert and Tuesday