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Red Cross
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by Charles A Robinson on raising
s327.603 or lO4 per cent of quota
from 35.422 donors, M. Neal as
serted much work remains to be
done to bring the entire business
community within the Red Cross
fold
some more money for the Red
Cross"
Many Over the Top.
As the score stood today. general
business was owe" the top and still
going strong: Fairfax County had
exceeded its quota by II per cent;
the Federal Government list Of over
subscribed rn IS was steadily grow
ing, residential and city upit5 were
showing continued progress, and
Montgomery, Prince Georges and
Arlington Counties We're working
hard to equal or exceed the Fairfax
County showing.
A group Of women interpreters
from the kalOrama unit of Clark
G. Diamonds residential division
were applauded yesterday when they
reported raising Sl4,649, with a
quota of Sl2950.
Army All Forces headquarters
already has raised 81 900 more than
its quota, Campaign Director Ran
dolph G. Bishop said. Naval Medi-
cal Center doubled its quota TO set
the pace for all Government units.
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u. 5. May Free Shells
For Civilian Hunters
Izook Walton League
Told Of Arrangement


CHICAGO. March 26.-Seth Cor
don, executive director of the Penn
sylvania Game Commission, de-
clared today that negotiations are
under way seeking to release suffl-
Gent materials to make available
reasonable supply of hunting am
munition next fall.
Mr.. Gordon. however, said the Ma
tons SpOrtSmen would not want "a
single shotgun shell or rifle cartridge
produced for civilian use if it will
delay the end Of the war one day"
In an address before the Dist An
nual Convention of the Izaak Wall
ton League of America. Mr.. Gordon
said that "authOrities tell us there
is no shortage of powder or shot.
Those of us who have been close TO
this problem really believe the Fed
eral authorities will see the wisdom
of permitting the production of
civilian ammunition
Citing the huge amount of wild
game taken last year, Mr.. Gordon
said that unless SpOrtSmen and
farmers can get sufficient ammuni-
ton next fail to harvest the crop
of wild meat, not only will this
valuable supply Of food go to waste
but. even worse, it would allow deer.
rabbits and pheaSants to multiply
in some sections to the extent of
becoming pests and thereby causing
much destruction to farm crops"
War bonds are the best buy on
the market today.
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Draft Officials Study
.Co|orado's Order 10
Defer Farm Workers
Hershey Awaits Report
On Governors Action
For Blanket Exemption

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, March ga Cover
nor's move to halt military induc-
ton of agricultural workers raised a
question of authority which was put
squarely up to national selective
service officials today.
Republican Gov. John c. Vivian
yesterday directed Brig. Gen. H. H.
Richardson, Colorado selective serv-
ice director, to notify all draft
boards to Immediately cease induct-
ing men actually engaged in farm
ing, stock raising or dairying."
Gov. Vivian said later he was ad-
vised during the day by State selec-
tive service headquarters that his
order was much in line" with the
latest directive to local boards from
national headquarters.
Boards Await Ruling.
Colorado boards will continue
their present policy regarding the
drafting of agricultural workers
pending decision by Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, national selective
service director, on the Governor
order, Gen. Richardson told news
paper men.
ANY comment on Gov. Vivians
action will have to come from Gen.
Hershey. to whom I submitted the
Governors letter. the State direc-
tor said.
colorado boards are operating on
orders from Washington and those
orders DO not call for blanket de-
ferment of farm workers Each
case Is studied individually and the
question of deferment or selection
rests wholly on whether the indi-
vidual is regularly engaged in and
necessary to an agricultural occupa-
ton
Gov. Vivian. calling induction OF
essential rural workers serious
blow" to national food production
goals. said the authority for his &C
ton was based on sentence of the
Selective Service Act which read
The Governor of each State shall
have charge of the administration
of the selective service law in his
State"
Hershey Silent.
In Washington, the question of
Governors authority in the matter
was officially unanswered. Gen.
Hershey did not comment, and other
Selective Service officials said MOTH
ing would be announced until re-
ports were studied.
Reaction of other Governors to
Gov Vivian's action contained some
expressions of doubt that a chief
executive has the authority claimed
by the Colorado executive
L didn't know the law gave a
Governor that power Gov Andrew
Schoeppel of Kansas said at To-
peka. PERSONALLY. I'd want to go
awfully slow in doing anything like
that"
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MacArthur's Bombers
Hammer Enemy Bases
100 Miles Apart
Two Cargo Ships Hit in
Amboino Horbor; Fires
Started at RubouI
By the Associated Press.


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA. March 26.-Japanese
bases LOO miles apart in the island
arc above Australia were blasted by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's bombers
yesterday, with Amboina, 600 miles
northwest of Darwin, hit hard in
one raid and Rabaul smashed heav-
lily for the second time this week.
An allied communique said quar-
ter-ton bombs hit directly on two
enemy cargo vessels. one of 5000
tons and one of 5000 tons, in AM
BONA Harbor, and that flames shot
up from wharf areas.
Amboina formerly was a Dutch
naval base and now is one of the
Japanese strongholds menacing
Australia.
Fires Started at Rabaul.
For two hours before dawn yes
terday. the war bulletin said, Allied
heavy bombers ranged over Rabaul,
the enemys northern New Britain
Island naval and air base, starting
fres and causing heavy explosions
with bombs weighing up to ton
The cOmmunique said there was
no effort at interception by jap
anese fighter planes.
After last Tuesdays raid on
Rabaul, in which Sd tons of bombs
were dropped on three airdromes
where more than $50 planes were
located, Allied headquarters ex-
pressed belief a substantial number
Of the enemy's aircraft had been
destroyed or disabled
Six hours after Yesterdays attack.
zone Of our reconnaissance planes
over the area observed smoke and
flames from waterfront fires rising
to 5000 feet" today's war bulletin
said.
Raid on GaSmata.
Other Allied bOmberS hit wharf
and warehouses at Gasmata, New
Britain, and one plane made seven
runs over the Ubili area in a three
hour night attack, it was announced.
The airdrome at Lac. New Guinea.
was ralded twice and loW-altitude
attacks were made on buildings at
Salamaua.
Allied fighters shot down a Jap
aneSe medium bomber caught on a
reconnaissance trip over Dyke Ack-
land Bay, below BUna.
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A spokesman for the Navy Bureau
of Ordnance evoked enthusiasm
when he said that unit, after over
subscribing it's quota by S per cent,
is starting out all over again to get
Returns Listed.
An additional list of Sc Govern
ment units reaching their respective
goals was announced yesterday, as
follows:
Office of the Secretary, Agri-
culture - 3ooGe
Office of the Budget and
Finance. Agriculture --- 1887.
Library, Agriculture ----- 1917
Office of Plant and Opera
lions, Agriculture 1907
Bureau of Agriculture Econ
omieS. Agriculture 1927
Soil Conservation Service,
Agriculture ..---- 1920
Cotton and Fibre Branch,
Agriculture 268 ec
Grain Products Branch, Agri-
culture 1917
Special Commodities Branch.
Agriculture 242'e
Food Conservation Branch,
Agriculture ---- 1877
Architect of the Capitol $500 nc
Council of Personnel Admin
iStrator. csc 228cc
Bureau of Law, Federal Power
Commission 1927
Chief Clerks Office, Federal
Security Agency 124'o
Appeals Council, Social Secur-
ity Board -- ll0re
Actuary. Social Security
Board 1920
Mental Hygiene Public Health
Service -------- l4O"o
Regional Office No. 4, Social
Security Board -------- 1880
Indian Affairs. Interior 1907
Solicitor Generals Office,
Justice 1867
Attorney Generals Office,
Justice 1857
Alien Enemy Control,
Justice -- 1907
S pecial War Policies,
.(ustice ~ 149%,
Federal Public Housing Ad-
ministration ---------- llo'r
Naval Disnensarv -------- me-
Novy ward --- 1907
Chief Clerk. Personnel Dlrec-
tor, Post Office Dept go l24%
Reconstruction Finance Cor
norat;on 1853 .,
National Gallery of Art ----- 1000
Third Division Railway Mall
Service --------- 1oo =
p,,reon of Internal Revenue 1907
Committee on Practice, Treas
Dn a7re,,ent 2ooes
Public Debt, Treasury ------- looEo
Office Treasurer Of the United
ctotes 124Gc
Accounting Division, Treas
Recruitment and Manning d.
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vision Maritime Comm. 1877 Il
Chief of Chaplains, War; 100
Smithsonian Institution 1900 10l 9,
Bureau of Training. VINO 49, l03 ac
Manpower Utilization. VINO 1907
War Production Board 1900 lllTe
Money Order Division, WASH
ington Post Office 1857
Inquiry Division, Washington
Post Office -------- ----- 225 n
Mail Bag Depository, Wash
ington Post Office 125 .,
Administration Office, United
States Courts 1897
ABC Board, District of Co.
lumbia 1913 9,
Corporation Counsel's Office,
D. C. ----.-. 1897
Public Utilities Commission.
D. c. ------. -------- $780, lO3 q
Register of Wills lO8 9,
Weights, Measures and Mar
kets ------------ pit,
Office Rent Control -------- 1907
Public Library, D. G. -- l24 r.
Research Dept. Public Schools 1871 e
Weather Directorate, Army
Air Forces ----- -- los "a
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Comdr. G. w. HiI|yord,
Wimbledon Aide, Dies
BY he Associated Pres,

BY ne AS.Oclated PfeSS.
LONDON, March Is. - Comdr.
George Whiteside Hillyard, R. N.
'retired), formerly one of England S
best tennis players and secretary of
the ALI England Club at W.mble-
don from 1907 to 1925. died Wednes-
day at Pulborough. He was 70.
Although he never won a Wimble-
don championship. Comdr. Hillyard
won numerous lesser tournaments,
including the German singles cham
pionship in 1897 and the OLYMPIC
gold medal in doubles, with R. F.
Doherty, in 1908
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Hershey Silent;
Awaits Details

Questions of how much authority
Governors have over selective serv-
ice were raised but left officially I'M
answered today after Gov. Vivian's
order to stop the drafting Of farm
workers in Colorado.
Validity of the Colorado chief
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Race Coures Yields Rye

From the Derby Race Course in
England was reaped last season
more than 49, tons of rye, nearly
three times the average WELD per
acre, and all Will be used for seed.
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RAT1qN BqoK NO. G ssnsd 10 M sTs
Takoma Park. Nd ------- |
RATION BOOK NO .. issued TO Berry Nae
Dawson; return to 10, N. Monroe ST.
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"a 2S4! Roq rs S ops1 sas' gas
RATIONs BOOKS, No. !, Nos. 162ls-s
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ST. NV. Lost on March "a, l94'
RINGS CO.. yellow sod ws ss5 and an near ear
Plymouth Restaurant. SH. 134S IS
SUGAR RATION BOOK No. l, serial No.
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Falls Church 20lS. -
SUGAR RATION cooks 60; issued , IT. to
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Schwartz.
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to
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WAR RATION BOOK NO. !, issued to
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sued to Mrs. J. T. Caul. 1897 Conn ave.
NV 90
LIPSTICK REFILL in downtown store.
Please call NE. 5000.
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WAR RATION BOOKS go, No, and No
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Campbell and Thos. r. Campbell, jr.. 1915
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WAR RATIONING BOOK NO. l. issued to
Lillian b Chapele-r. Oxon Hill, Md, Route
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VAR RATION BOOK No. !, Issued to
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FOOD RATION BOOK, Josephine Nc
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WAR RATION BOOK, No . issued to
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WAR RATION BOOK NO. l. issued to
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GAS RATIONING BOOK issued to James
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AIT H6s
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SUGAR RATION BOOK issued to Ella Mae
van Horn, 5O1 f1St ave. Capitol Heights,
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DIAMOND RING-Man'S large diamond;
iost between 18th St and N Y. ave and
1Sth and CrtteNden, sunday March u.
reward Republic no.
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GAS RATION BOOKS Al and B" is
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WAR RATION BOOK, No .. issued to
Kenneth NJ Anderson, jr., 1908 Rhode IS
land ave NV Decatur 1880
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DOG, brown and white, male, answers
name "Fena." near 500 block 18th st. ne:
reward sos Sth st. ne. Apt. 3.
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GAS RATION BOOK &C" issued to John
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EARRING, black Abalone pearl. lost last
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W1RE-HAIR TERRIER. female; no tag:
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Evening star., 1943-01-21

troll among the small merchants
of his home State. Newspaper
criticism of OPA policies, he de-
clared, was stronger than the views
of the merchants themselves. The
price forms which merchants must
file, he added, were mot as onerous
as described in the press"
II can't give you any news on
gasoline rationing," the price ad-
ministrator said at one point, Il
feel as badly about 1t as you do. I
regret that the situation is such
that we can't drive our cars, but
realize the necessity for the action" I"
Describing the inevitability of
price increase even under control,
Mr.. Brown said the cost-of living
had risen only half per cent each
month since controls became effec-
tive last spring against an overall
increase of Il per cent since Sep
tember, 1899. He compared this to
an increase of ITO per cent in the
early uncontrolled price days of the
last war.
In his report to Congress, Mr..
Henderson emphasized the prob
lens facing the price control effort
this year.
Slash in Civilian Supplies.
I'm the year that lies ahead" he
stated, "the output of war goods
will be doubled and the supplies
available for civilian consumption
savagely reduced. In the year that
lies ahead, peak mobilization for
war will be attained, with inevitable
strain and pressure throughout the
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Slow Price Increases
Certain, Brown Says
In Taking Over 0PA
Sees Duty to Consumer;
Henderson Says Check
On Initiation Possible

Warning that SLOW, ordered
rise in prices is inevitable and that
it is impossible to hold prices to a
fiat level, Prentiss M. Brown, the
new price administrator, declared
yesterday that it was his job ''to look
after the interests of the American
consumer"
Rationing and price control
should not be looked on as an i'm
position on the people, but pro-
lection for the people," Mr.. Brown
told a press conference shortly after
he was sworn in to succeed Leon
Henderson. I'VE will keep the people
informed as to why we do the things
we do"
Mr.. Brown held out hope for
relief in the East's petroleum short
age by saying that one of his first
actions would be to look into the
situation of supply of such things
as fuel oil and to make every effort
to prepare for next fall and winter" +"
He added that the vital thing in
rationing is to get as full a supply
as possible"
Henderson Reports.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Henderson in his
final report to Congress declared
that imitation can be held in check
if we, as a united country, adhere to
the line that has now been staked
out" He warned that the problems
of economic stabilization during the
first year of the war will be
dwarfted by those of the second
year."
Mr.. Henderson charged that cor
poration profits are too high. He
said analysis of sample of 1924
large corporations showed the aver
age per cent returns on net sales
rose from 81 In 1899 to 1913 In 1910
and 1875 per cent in 1941. He esti-
mated that corporation profits be-
fore taxes in 1912 were nearly s20,-
soc, 900 900, or almost 300 per cent
above 1899.
The continuous increase In cor
porate profits since 1889 we're at
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economy. Furthermore, although the
elements of the sterilization pro-
gram are all In place, their full
development is yet to be achieved.
There must be a still more Wig
orous tax program, supplemented by
an unprecedented expansion of saw
ings. There must be firmness and
toughness in the control of prices
and incomes There must be
broadening of the rationing program
until all essential goods which are
in short supply are equitably dis
tributed. These are requirements
which impose severe demands upon
all. But they must be met and they
can be met"
Mr.. Henderson described as with
out foundation" the charge that
small business Is being eliminated
by price control. While regulations
have worked hardships in individual
cases, business, small as we'll as
large is in better position today
than at any previous time, he said.
Mr.. Henderson declared that mo
price rises within the realm of
reason can protect those small bus
Evening star., 1943-01-21

tributed by Mr.. Henderson to ex-
panded production, increased EN-
cheney and to OPA's desire to facili-
tate greater production. He de-
clared his Office felt impelled to "err
in the direction of laxity rather
in the direction of rigor," because
of the urgent need to expand war
output quickly. This policy, he con-
tinued, must now be superseded by
more rigorous controls"
Moratorium on Policy.
Mr.. Brown said that current OPA
policies will prevail at least until
he has had opportunity to become
acquainted with the new job. He
added that he will make no an
nouncement on policy or personnel
in OPA until he has studied the sit
uation thoroughly in the next two
weeks. He revealed the resignation
of several key officials had been re-
ceived. Action on the designations
will be deferred, too.
Il was placed here to look after
the interests of the American con-
sumner, doing full justice to the
producer, but remembering that
Congress In passing price control
legislation intended that the con-
suming public be protected" he
declared.
The former Senator from Mich
igan said he had heard nothing
from the farm bloc in Congress.
which repeatedly opposed his Sc
lection because he had pushed
through controls on agricultural
product prices last fall. He added
that he would open his door to
Congress this week, and that one
of his duties was to see to it that
Congress had full understanding
and appreciation of the job OPA
was doing.
Asked whether he would be as
tough as Mr.. Henderson was sup
posed to be, Mr.. Brown said:
Il don't think I can change my
personality at the age Of 53."
No News on Gas Rationing.
Mr.. Brown revealed he had per-
sonally investigated some of the
problems resulting from price con-