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drawal OF workers might be used
the report recommends, on permits
sion from the VINO chairman.
Although the committee explains
1t cannot be specific on exactly
what jobs rate deferment. it makes
distinction between the man on
the job and the job that is being
done and declares that blanket
divisions Of Government agencies
into war and non-war agencies
cannot be followed, since it has
found vital war functions exist
ing in agencies seemingly quite
unrelated to the direct war effort. -
1t also cites several borderline
cases and suggests solutions. Where
an executive and his principal as
sistant are both draft eligibles, de-
| ferment of both is unnecessary.
Where two men are holding iden-
teal jobs, the man who has been
there longer should get deferment
preference. Where several workers
are doing similar essential tasks.
any Of them in ga could be con-
sldered for classification into 3-B.
That and a recommendation that
each agency should request from
local boards a Redistribution to
3-B OF all ga men who are en-
gagged in essential work" were the
only references the committee made
to men with dependents in the Fed
eral services.
Agencies Given Initiative.
Confusion existing over classical
/ ton OF Federal workers with de-
| pendentS has ranged from theories
that all Federal workers should be
blanketed into 3-B to the refusal
on the part of some Government
agencies to sign the necessary form
aiding the draft boards In determin-
ing whether or not any workers
/ should be put in 3-B The proposal
on 3-B would give the initiative tC
the agencies but still does not spec
lfy whether the men have to hold
key jobs to win the 3-B deferment
which, outside the Government ap-
plies to men with dependents en-
! gagged IN essential work whether OF
not they are key men.
The committee recommended that
draft ehgibles in war jobs outside
the country be deferred until they
return. 1t cited the difficulty in
finding people to take out-of the
country jobs because transportation
is expensive and sometimes hazard
GUS shipping facilities are overtaxed
replacement by women and older
men sometimes is impossible and in
many instances workers are being
exposed to actual military hazards
Those who rate occupational de-
ferment requests could be virtually
certain the requests would be hon
ored by draft boards because of a
certificate of Government request
backed by memorandum from the
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. c., FEBRUARY D. 1e4a

training program for supervisory
stats and for job training and up
grading along lines already estab-
hshed in the work of the Training
Within Industry Section and in the
work of the Engineering, Science,
Management War Training efforts
of the War Manpower Commission
DIS. We recommend that imme-
diate steps be taken for increasing
the efficiency Of the machinery for
inter-agency transfers among Fed
eral departments and agencies.
Dc. We recommend that agency
heads and personnel executives
should strengthen the control pro-
cedures by which requirements and
engagements of staff are author
lied
D-7. We recommend that the Bu-
reau of the Budget carry on more
rapidly and generally the work of
analyzing and helping to eliminate
unnecessary work, and duplicati tons
of staff and activities both between
and within departments and agen-
cies.
D-8. We recommend that the
heads of the armed forces review
periodically, and in cooperation with
the heads Of such other Federal
agencies as may be involved. the
extension of the activities Of the
military branches to be sure that
civilian functions are not being
needlessly duplicated. The heads of
the armed forces should continu-
ously review their utilization of
men in uniform to assure that they
are not employed in positions which
could readily be filled by civilians
not eligible for military service.
D-9. We recommend that all Fed
eral departments and agencies in
Sutute, under the supervision of the
personnel officer or other appropri-
ate ranking executive, management
employe suggestion committees
which shall hold regular conferences
on methods Of maximizing efficient
operation.
Authorize Certificates.
D-l0. We recommend that the
chairman OF the War Manpower
Commission shall authorize the is
suance OF certificate of Honor
able Deferment for Essential War
employment" to individuals in both
public and private employment who
nave been occupationally deferred
at the request of their employer
and for the period of the deferment
= He shall further direct that such
a certificate be issued by the local
draft board to individuals in this
category at the time when the
notice of determent is issued to
them.
Dill. We recommend that the
chairman of the War Manpower
Commission consider sending copies
OF the executive order which en-
bodies the substance of these rec
concentrations to the several State
county and municipal government
agencies with the suggestion that
they explore the desirability of
adapting for their own use the es-
tablished principles and procedure.
regarding deferment.
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Even in hectic days like these we do not set
aside our policy of once-a-year "houseclean-
ing" All odd lots, broken lines, discon-
tinued stock . in fact, every REMNANT
item is marked for ABSOLUTE CLEAR
ANCE >. and priced so ridiculously low
that most lots will not last through the
half-days selling.
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CHECK FORGER
I. HELD ON BOND
Jos. SimOnas, Is, Under
$4,000 Bail; Arrested
In New Orleans

A $4,000 bond was set in superior
court today for Joseph Simonas,
alias Joe Simon, IS. Of New Hagen,
who Is wanted here for forging a
$1,75O check at the Citizens
and Manufacturers National Bank
states Attorney william B, Fitz-
gerald said today the youth Is
enroute here from New Orleans and
will be arraigned in Superior Court
next week.
Simonas was captured "
Orleans Rnf III.
rival Of Clsiek tor Joseph p
Stevens uf the defective bureau and
Sergeant Tficmas F. Laden, acting
county detective attached to the
states attorney Office, who left here
Monday with bench warrant for
his arrest,
It is alleged that the youth in
December, 1941, presented a note
at the Waterbury Savings Bank
requesting all the cash belonging
to Daniel zodorody Of II 1-2 Wood
street. He. was given q check and
told to obtain zodorody's signature.
When his scheme failed there he
applied the same method at the
other bank and succeeded in OBJ
tanning the cash. He also Is wanted
in LaSalle, Ind, for theft Of q car
and money from storeowner for
whom he worked after he fled from
this city.
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BACK TAXES PAID
CHILDLESS WOMEN
Sisters Given $4,l47 as
State Tax Commissioner
Loses Appeal

Boston, Jan. 29.-(UP)-The State
Appellate Tax Boards right to in
vestigate q woman's ability to bear
chiidren has been upheld by the
IuL bench OF the Massachusetts SUI
preme court.
AS result Of the decision, State
Tax commissioner Henry F. Long
sald today, 1t no longer viii be pos
slnle to assess certain taxes which
ior years nave been imposed under
massachusetts, ancient inheritance
tax law. This statute has held that
as long as she lives q woman Is
capable OF child bearing.
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meet IN IN NATAL
F.D.R. in Conference With
Brazilian Chief; MOmefl-
tOus Occasion
BY ]. ALAN COOGAN

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 29.-1(UP)--
President Roosevelt, on his way
home from Casablanca, has confer
red 10 Natal with President 0etulio
Argas of Brazil, Il saWas disclosed
today.
Full details were promised on the
return Of President Vargas to Rio
De Janeiro, probably today,
It was believed that Jefferson
Caffery, United States Ambassador
to Brazil, attended the conference.
He left Rio De Janeiro Wednesday.
The presidents Of the two great
American Republics, allied In war
against the Axis, conferred between
Wednesday night and yesterday
morning at Natal.
It was the first time President
Roosevelt had conferred with a
South American Chief Executive on
South American soil since his voy-
age to Buenos Aires in 1885, when
he attended the continental peace
preservation conference.
News withheld
News Of the Natal conference was
withheld until shortly after mid
night in order that there might be
no premature revelation OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt's return route from
Africa where he conferred at Casa
blanca.
A communique Of the Brazilian
department of press and propagaI1-
da said:
1.-THE president Of the republic
Getulio Vargas has been since yes
terday in Malta. where he met the
president Of the United States
FRANKLIN d. Roosevelt, who was
there en- route from Casablanca to
washington. Details Of this MEM
orable interview will be divulged
after the arrival of President VAR
gas in this capital"
It was made known at the same
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Night-shift Members I'm
able to Secure Trans
portatiOn Facilities
ONLY ONE ACCIDENT;
MANY CARS STALLED
Bus Schedules Virtually
Discarded; School At
tendance Small

Waterbury was digging
itself out today, after the
worst snowstornn in recent
years complicated wartime
routine to a considerable ex-
tent, virtually paralyzing
transportation facilities all
along the, Atlantic seaboard.
An estimated 10 inches Of
snow and sleet fell during
the storm which began yes
terday morning shortly be-
fore z o'clock, and continued u1-
abated into the night.
Exact figures were lacking on the
number Of absentees from defense
plants in the city, but it was under
stood that a large percentage Of the
nigi1t-shift workers were unable to
obtain transportation to their Jobs.
American Brass Company officials
estimated that something under 10
per cent Of the workers in the con-
Germs five local plants were not at
their work, but the figure elsewhere
. was believed to be considerably
larger. Many workers enroute to
Jobs IN the Waterville section were
held VHp, when ice-coated hills made
the willow street-Waterville route
impossible. M
Muta.. TestixaelaE ..-~a.A y
Although only one accident case
was reported while the storm was
raging, stalled cars and trucks of
fered mute testimony Of the trans
portataon delays. Bus schedules were
practically discarded, and commute
ers huddled together in doorways
while the storm was at its zenith,
dashing out now and again to hail
passing buses. Transportation ia
cilitiec were choked between 4 and
6 In the afternoon, but evening
travel was lighter than usual. and
motion picture houses were prac-
tically deserted.
Shortage Of manpower was keenly
felt by the department OF streets,
and despite the fact that the entire
corps was on duty, progress was
somewhat slower than In past years.
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GRAND ALLIED. (,
ASSAULT NJ Ar
TUN|S|A SEEN
American BOmbers Devas-
tate Sfax, Proves Zero
Hour Nears
NAZI RADIO ADMITS
ADVANCES OF ENEMY
Uncle Sans Troops Oc-
Cupy Maknassy Testing
Axis Defenses
BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON

BY WILLIAM b. DICKINSON
UNITED Press staff Correspondent
London, January 90. -
CUP - Devastation Of. Sfax
by the heaviest American.
bomber formation ever as
sembled in North Africa and
the crowding of the Afrika
Korps' rear guard by the
British Eighth Army indi-
Gated today that the zero
hour for a grand Allied as
sault in TuniSia was APP
preaching.
Axis radios were openly alarmed
about the impending action and
the Naz controlled Paris radio said
American forces were advancing
rapidly" between Sfax and Gafsa,
approximately 100 miles inland from
the vital Axis supply port on Tu-
nisia's east coast.
Radio Paris also confirmed that
American troops had occupied
Maknassy, "a miles from the Tripoli-
tanian border in Tunisia, and said
that they were testing defenses the
Axis was preparing between swaInpy
Chott Djerid and Gabes.
Half Hopr Raid IF * =.
TFoa,n u,avae az AyneYia asi haaviAsf,
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STETTINIUS ASKS
MORE ALLIED AID
Extension Of Lend-Lease
ActAnOther Year Urged
By Administrator

washington, Jan. 20 - (UP0 -
Lend-lease Administrator Edward
r. Stettinius, Jr., told the House
Foreign Affairs Committee today
that the lend-lease principle-"the
principle Of total cooperation among
nations in the waging Of wars
the only one ON which a war Of al
lance can be waged successfully.
"The record In my opinion
demonstrates beyond any doubt the
necessity for extending the lend
lease act for an additional year"
he told the committee at the open
Ing Of hearings on extension OF the
act.
IT there Is any question to be de-
bated IN connection with lend-lease
act Il Is, 70 my mind. the question
Of why we have not sent more 70
our Allies, not whether We should
continue TO send supplies 10 them"
stettinius said In . prepared state
naent.
aThls program d an Indispensable
step 10 facilitate the prosecution Of
the war" he said. As far ahead Is
We can see We must act with yl9or
% supply medicine, food, clothing
and oihsr needs for those the NaEls
ard Japanese have aespolled."
OaiIlne Listed
eeliiinluB outlined y. 4. aid 70
lnErian countries A kQllQHAs
Britain - Mxllo now e arms,
fn11s. and ether materials % ri.
Ia|n 40 hf|ne1 u 1'|z1n'n Nzll 4 a.
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AMERICANS BOMB
AXIS SFAX BASE
Big Land Push to Drive
Gernnan-Italian Forces
Into Sea Started
BY PHIL AULT


(UuVeu 6EeCS SS1AA NVEEVoPVAUOAV
Allied Headquarters, North Africa
Jan. 29.-(UP)-The heaviest Amer
lean bomber formation ever assem-
bled in North Africa made q devas-
tating, four-wave attack on the Axis
base Of Sfax yesterday, 1t was an
nounced here today.
Great fires were started in the
harbor and railroad yards of the
Tunisian port in what appeared tc
be a major aerial attack against
Axis bases preparatory to the big
land push to drive the German
italian forces into the sea.
Flying fortresses, Bass and B.
26S, escorted by Lockheed Light
nings, struck Sfax and for a hall
hour-from 2:30 to p. m.-turneo
the city into an inferno.
(The Italian high command COM
munique reported today that ire
mendous damage was done at SfaS
and said that the number Of per-
sons killed and wounded had n,F
vet been reported)
Six enemy planes we're shot down
attempting the defense Of Sfax, and
there were indications that the u
s. 18th air force, after weeks OF
bad weather that hampered opera
lions, finally had firm control OF
the Tinisian skies.
The first wave of American planes
consisted of the flying fortresses
which went to work on the docks
used by the Axis to land supplies
and achievements for Col. Gen.
Jurgen Won Arnim's Tunisian army.
The waterfront was heavily dam
aged and big fires sprang up.
The next two waves consisted OF
B-2Ss-Billy Mitchell bombers--
which attacked the railroad yards
and the barracks at a nearby mill
tary camp. The Mitchells gave O
remarkable demonstration Of Amer
lean precision bombing - making
hits at regular 50-foot intervals
along the railroad yards.
The last wave consisted OF b-2O
Marauders which new over the har-
Dor area and made direct hits on
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WATCH AND $l.O5
LEADS TO MURDER
SchooImate Admits Push
ing Friend, IL, Into Path
Of Speeding Train

Cranston, r. l., January 20. -
(UP) - An 11-year-old Cranston
schoolboy has confessed that he de-
liberately showed playmate into
the path of q speeding passenger
train and then robbed the childs
body Of cheap wristwatch and
$1.O5 in cash, authorities announced
today.
A three-man board composed OF
District-Judge Louis w. Dunn,
.CrarstOn city solicitor Edward w.
Day and police chief Nelson Bour-
net met to determine what should
T be done with the lad as result OF
crime that started with an argu-
ment over the watch.
The victim was Clinton Place. Jr.,
II, of Providence who lived near the
Cranston line. He was crushed be-
meath the wheels Of a. New York
New Haven Railroad train two
weeks ago today.
At the time of the accident, the
trains engineer said he believed
that two boys persisted since ne had
seen two near the tracks. But only
one body was found.
The identity Of the second lad was
determined when Chief Bournet
learned that the dead child's chim
was displaying the watch at his
Cranston school.
Questioning brought this confess
sion.
The boys had been playing IN
Cranston during the afternoon and
had argued over the Place boys
watch. The ii-year@old suspect had
frultlessly requested that he be per-
mitted 70 wear II. Near supper time
they started home along q short
cut that led across the rail-
road tracks.
AZ they reached the tracks. Il
was said. they saw the train ap-
eve better walt unill the train
aets By" young Place was quoted.
eidasby-slde they sfocd at TIC
tracks. As TIE train reached them.
fhe suspect alleoedly said, he placed
liis hands On the victims shoulders
and allowed him beneath TIE Uilenls.
tbs train panaea over tnn body
ana eaN0eeiie0 e 4 haik 8nA Ala
r|Irnrel lad fuu IS Ino N0iF, stripped
GA ffln AAH battered H'NM iNHNN
~ #nNFF HA | aNA
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come" said one federal official.
It was indicated that State and
Federal OPA officials might strive
to have the priority plan and i'm
pending closings become effective
Monday or soon thereafter.
every possible means Of saving
and conserving supplies Is being
studied" said regional OPA Admin
istrator Kenneth B. Backman. 1--WE
are doing and plan to do everything
within our power to surmount the
critical oil obstacle and keep peo-
pie warm"
simultaneously, Col Thomas r.
Sullivan, State Emergency Fuel
Consevator, announced that "fuel
oil supplies in Massachusetts are
dropping lower and lower" The
Kerosene situation, he said, was the
worst of the season.
"The combination Of transporta-
ton delay caused by the storm and
the failure of daily shipments to
match daily needs has resulted IN
the kerosene supplies dropping TO
the lowest level of the heating sea-
son." he said.
Col. Sullivan requested that nc
fuel oil deliveries be made to any
consumers who had q reasonable
supply in their tanks.
One OPA official said that the
closing of noii-essential public build
ings was only natural, He said thai
his group was working on the theory
that It was more important TO keet
humans warm than 1t was to have
movie houses, bowling alleys or sim.
liar establishments operating.
It was said that the planned pri-
GRITTY list for fuel oil would see that
such non essential users receiver
supplies only after others were cared
for. A similar provision was made
in the new kerosene priority pro-
gram which affected most Of New
England.
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FOUR U. S. PLANES
LOST in ATTACK
Two Jap DestrOyers DAM
aged in SOlOmOns; Ship
Left Sinking

Washington. Jan. 2o-(UP)-
American airmen. In q new burst OF
aerial activity IN the Solomons
damaged two Japanese destroyers,
two cargo vessels and o tanker, and
downed 10 enemy planes. Six more
enemy planes were probably de-
stroyed.
The Navy said IN q coInmunlQue
that one OF the enemy cargo ships
Was left sinking. Four American
planes are missing.
Meanwhile. American ground
forces on duadalcnnal - largely
Army troops-captured q well.estab.
llslled Japanese command post,
wiped out two other pockets Of re-
slstanee and killed 80 more Japan-
csc.
The first Of sho series o. cir en-
gaaements reported n today's eoia-
InlInlqne occurred On no morning
81 Jan. n fialsnd ilme). y. q
ff'nnIIrrs1 "a Para A.
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.NAzIS BOLSTER
NORWAY ARMY
ReinfOrcements Arrive OPP
posite Sweden; PetsanlO
Capture Not Confirmed
BY HUBERT UxKULL
United Press staff Correspondent

Stockholm, Jan. 29-(UP)-Ger-
many has resumed strengthening Its
Qualifications in southernmost Nor
way opposite Sweden, dispatches
from Norway said today.
Reinforcements have arrived, meet
ing halls and chapels have been
requisitioned and bunker barricades
and tank traps have been construc-
ted at such towns as Moss, Askim,
Skjeberg, Fredrikstad and Halden
across the Oslofjord from Sweden.
Swedish sources, commenting, said
they had received such reports regu-
larly but were not alarmed since
they considered the measures "a
typical example of customary Ger
man thoroughness," leaving out nc
eventuality.
CThe Swedish government was
careful likewise to say, when 1t re-
Gently announced 1t would defend
its territory and ordered all garri-
son commanders to ignore the
cease fire. orders that it was not
thinking of a possible invasion.)
There was no confirmation here
Of rumors broadcast by European
and African stations yesterday that
Russian Arctic troops had captured
Petsamo, on the Finnish Arctic
coast, on the way to Norway. The
United Press Moscow correspondent
reported that there was no con-
firmation there Of such drive.
It was believed that the rlmor
arose from newspaper reports Of in
tensified activities in northern Fin
land.
It is known that Russian ski pa
trolls operate far behind the Finnish
German lines south Of Petsaino, but
It was believed that Petsarno itself
was still well outside the fighting
zone.
Finnish anxiety at the possibility
Of Russian drives either IN the
north or in the south, across the
KareIlan peninsula north Of Lenin-
grad, seemed increased.
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HITLER MAY NOT
SPEAK TOMORROW
GOebbels to Address Ger
mans on Nazis 10th An
niversary to Power
BY ROBERT DOwsoN

(UMnIe0 EFeSS SyaM COErcSpOmucmbI
London, Jan. 29-(UP)-Berlin
radio announced today that Paul
Joseph Gosbbels, German propa-
ganda minister, would address a
public meeting tomorrow. 10th an
niveb airy Of the Nazi accession to
power, and that Field Marshal Her.
mann Goering, NaM No. 2 and Air
Force Chief, would address the
German armed forces by radio.
It was announced that Goebbels
at the end Of his own speech at 4
D. m. I'll a. m. EWT) would read
q proclamation by Hitler, who In
the past made the anniversary the
occasion Of one Of the most fulsonle
Of his yearly speeches.
Thus the inference was left open
that unless by surprise las had hap
pened once before during the war
Adolf Hitler, confronted by an
memorable advance Of Russia's Red
Army and the imminent liquidation
Of an army Of 220, 900 men sacrificed
to his glory at stalingrad. would
not speak.
W0A8tkMA UEWkgg
But always before Hitler had had
occasion to buster and boast In
1910, the first war year, that he was
going TO crush Britain and France,
and with them .old Chamberlain"
as he called the late British Prime
Minister, and Edouard Daladlet OF
France; in 1871 that the United
states had better be good OF he
would sink all rs ships. and that
Germany would defeat Britain
within the year; In iot2 that,
though he did not know whether
the war would end that year, Ger
many would win.
Ia the 1919 speech ne said also
that though Germany was on inc
retreat at that moment IN Russia
nov that the peak Of winter rigoFs
has paHsed they ltllo Rueainns)
alfaIl soon zee what 4 means 10
taste the German steel"
Place q 0oeHAelsn epcerh Wns
ossr'nf. BoIlh nnl6. w address
~# IN EAna M
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TWO MORE ARRESTS
ON COUPON CHARGES

bridgeport. Conn. Jan. 2D-(Up)
Police announced two additional
arrests today, bringing the total 10
six, Ia an investigation into alleged
thefts and resale Of gasoline and
sugar Fatloning coupons.
Latest 10 be apprchended were
Ladlslaw 0oyenclak, 81. Stratford,
and Bernard Werner, 70. this city,
who were booked on technical
charges of'breach Of peace.
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Boston. January 20. - CUP, =
Business activity In New England
during December advanced 70 i41.l
per cent Of normal. according 70 the
New England Councils index o.
business activity released today.
This equals the previous high Tor
Tea, reached In June, and com
narea fnVoFahly With the revised
index lNure q 1897 per eent 90
November. ~ Docenher. 1871, tle
index nioof a. faIi pr eepl q
nerHaA