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Evening star., 1943-01-26
Curtis Urges House
1oCreaie Committee
On Aeronauiics
Nebroskun Predicts
Big Postwar World
Trade in the Skies
BY the Associated Press

Creation of a House Commit
tee on Aeronautics, with empha-
sis on peace-time commercial
aviation, was proposed today by
Representative Curtis, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska.
The Nebraskan predicted a post
war world trade in the skies" and
said the future for aviation was
so big that we need a committee
assigned to that task alone"
He told the House that the Ma
ton that dominates world airways
after the war will be the greatest
force in world events. Air domina-
ton Will be force for good, he said.
II in the hands of the United States.
Declaring that if this Nation does
not prepare for the job another will
and the United States will become
a Second-rate Nation" He pressed
for immediate action. Other House
committees mad been created he
pointed out, to fill current needs,
and for this Congress to stand in
the way of this progress, certainly
is to get off the beam"
He cited postwar trade with
South and Central America and the
need for a police force" after the
war as factors in support of his
proposal.
II the United States girds the
entire globe with commercial air.
lines" Mr.. Curtis said, "it will
mean the police force that we must
have in many parts of the world
Will be materially lessened because
an air base that can accommodate
a passenger plane can also accom-
modate our military flying units. -
The taxpayers have huge invest
ments, he said, in air bases. schools.
neIdS, factories and other facilities,
thousands of American boys are
oelng trained in aviation, but. he
asked, when this war is over are
we going to send all of these bows
back to loaf in front of the corner
drugstore?"
He saw expansion of peacetime
Worldwide commercial aviation as
the solution to the employment
problem which would offer much
more than giorified leaf-rakine
program"
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Grid Stur Sued for Divorce

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 26 lPl.-
Mrs. Leonard Shaw filed suit for
divorce today from Bob Shaw, all
America end on Ohio State Uni
versitys Big Ten and national
championship football team last
fall. She charged neglect. Both are
from Fremont and were married a
year ago.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
1exas-fo- Indiana Pipeline
Reported Approved
BY the Associated Press.


Representative Wilson, Republi-
can, Of Indiana said today he had
been advised that the War Produc-
ton Board has approved construc-
ton of a 20-inch pipeline from
Texas to Indiana to bring petroleum
products. such as gasoline, into the
Eastern seanoard area.
The line would be separate from
the 24-inch pipeline from the Texas
oil fields into the Illinois-Indiana
area.
Mr.. Wilson said he had been told
by Government officials that the
WIPE approval released steel and
other materials for the construc-
ton work which is to get under
way Immediately. He did not have
other details.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Red Gains Said
To Be Aided by
Nozi Air Losses
Earlier Story on Page A-1)

Earlier Story on Page A-1)
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Jan. 26.-Red Star.
Russian Army newspaper, reported
from the North Caucasus today that
the pace of the Russian offensive
was quickening and declared the
losses of the German air force had
been so great that it no longer was
able to check the Soviet advance.
The newspaper said Col. Gen.
Baron Won Richtofen's aerial COM
mand suffered from insufficient
training for winter conditions, with
the result that more and more DAM
aged German planes were found on
airdromes won back by the Russians.
Others, Red Star said, were un-
damaged but had no gasoline.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 LP,.-
Stock mixed; industrials remain
favorites. Bonds irregular; rails
lose ground. Cotton lower; New
Orleans and trade selling, cover
ing.
CHICAGO.-Wheat lower: in
sympathy with rye. Corn lower;
Eastern demand lighter. Cattle,
fed steers and yearlings strong to
25 up; all interests buying. Hogs
steady to 10 higher; top, $3.50;
active demand.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Nelson PLEDGES
To Rush 55Pct.
OF Rubber Goal
Tells Senate Group
Figure Will Meet
Essential Needs
Earlier Story on Page AID

IEt
BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of
the War Production Board today
told a Senate Agriculture Sub
committee that SIS per cent of the
synthetic rubber program, for
which Rub ber Administrator
William Jeffers has been waging
vigorous fight in face of Army
and Navy opposition, would be
carried through as rapidly as
possible"
Mr.. Nelson's testimony came
shortly after the House Naval Af-
fairs Committee ordered an investi-
cation into charges by Mr.. Jeffers
that Army and Navy loafers" are
interfering with war production.
Mr.. Jeffers made his remarks
concerning Army and Navy men in
round table conference of the
Council Of State Governors in Bal
timore yesterday and last night ex-
planned that his criticism was that
there were too many "expediters
from the Army and Navy" Chair
man VlnSon requested the Naval
Affairs Committee to make the in
quiry.
Wheeler Questions Nelson.
The controversy over Mr.. Jeffers'
charges also was brought up in the
Agriculture Subcommittee today
when Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
Of Montana, asked Mr.. Nelson If it
was true that Army and Navy "ex-
pediters' were impeding production.
Il think they were" Mr.. Nelson
replied, but not today"
He explained that ''the system
was changed four or five months
ago. There are still occasional
cases, he said, but when we find
them we take prompt action"
Asked what interference Mr.. JEFF
fers meant when he said, as one
report stated, that the country
could be kept on rubber if interfer-
ence was removed, Mr.. Nelson said
there had been differences of opin-
ion" with the chiefs of staff who
largely dictated the relative i'm
portance' of the various production
programs.
Will Provide Military Needs.
They are not necessarily fights"
Mr.. Nelson said. 'I don't want you
to interpret it as such"
Mr.. Jeffers believed that 65 to 10
per cent of the synthetic rubber pro-
gram should be pushed, Mr.. Nelson
said, but added that the SIS per cent
was estimated to provide rubber for
military needs and essential civil
ian transportation. He said the re-
mainder of the program would be
co-ordinated with other conflicting
programs Of equally great impor-
tance.
The Army and Navy chiefs had
| never approved the SIS per cent di-
rective, Mr.. Nelson said because
they were pressing for other things
But Mr.. Nelson declared that since
he had gone ahead with his pro-
gram. he believed nothing would
impede it.
Asked by Senator Wheeler if the
rumor was true that buses and
| trucks might have to be taken off
the roads, Mr.. Nelson said a low
point in the rubber supply would
be reached next November and De-
cember, but he did not believe I'VE
can take buses and trucks off the
road because they are essential to
our economy"
Move Called Violent.
Mr.. Nelson explained that his SIS
per cent program was embodied in
directive that 25 synthetic rubber
plants be completed as early as pos
(See NELSON, Page 2-X.)
Evening star., 1943-01-26
J. F. HurtIieb Dies

NEW YORK. Jan. 26 tP).-J.
Frederick Hartlieb, president of
Continental Can Co., Inc. died to-
day at New York Hospital after a
months illness. A native of Gin
cinnati, he joined Continental Can
in 1927 as assistant to the president
and became president in Decem-
Der. 1899
Evening star., 1943-01-26
| May Controdicts
lOwn Prediction
|Of Wars End
1e Assoclated Press.

by tnt h6oCClhItI t,teSe.
Chairman May Of the House Mil
itary Affairs Committee. who was
widely quoted last year as predict
ing an early cnd of the war. had
something else to say today about
the wars length.
Nobody is able to say" he told
the House, whether the war will
last years longer, 5 years longer OF
10 years longer
At another point he said:
I'VE don't know whether We are
IN the front part, the middle part.
or the last part Of the most difficult
war in the history of the world"
He was arguing against estab-
lishment Of House Aviation Com
n7ittce.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Body Flown TO Hospital
With Peanut in Luna
~ the AsSoclated Press.

~ ITt AsaOCIaLed FreSa.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-Twen-
ty-months-old Norman Michael
Cooley, in one of whose lungs a
peanut is believed to have lodged,
was flown here today from Green
vile, S. c., for treatment at Temple
UniverSity's Jackson Clinic.
Physicians said his condition is
not serious and that he probably
will be under observation several
days. He was accompanied here by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Cooley.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
ESQ Persons
Reported Shot
In MurseiIIe
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

Hy The Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 26. Reuters,
quoting dispatch published by
a Swiss newspaper, reported to-
day that ITO men and 80 women
have been shot at Marseille,
where a state of siege was i'm
posed after angry Frenchmen
fired on German soldiers.
The dispatch, in the Journal de
Geneve. implied that the $50 per-
sons were shot as violators of the
Vichy- -ordered state of siege, under
which any one entering the forbid
den zone of the old port area of
Marseille was liable to execution.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Oswald Yorke, Actor, Dies

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 lPr.-Oswald
Yorke, actor of the American and
British stage who played with John
Drew and Maude Adams, died yes
terday in his New York home. His
most recent appearance was with
Jane Cowl in First Lady"
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Corsoges, Wreoths,
| Processed Flowers
Freed of CeiIinqs

BY the Associated Press.
Corsages, wreaths and other
flowers were freed of price reg
ulation today.
The Office of Price Admin
istration, which formerly had
tried to hold prices of processed
flowers at not more than
March, 1912, levels, said it was
withdrawing flower regulations
pending study.
Artificial flowers, however, are
still regulated.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Allied Planes Raid France and BeIqium

LONDON, H1.-SquadronS of American British and Do
mnOn fighter planes sweeps over Axis targets on the
continent today the Air Ministry announced while
medium bombers raded railway installations Bruges
france The Allied fighters Northern Bel
gum reported have knocked down three enemy
ghtrs IN combat while themselves losing planes
bomber attack Bruges out without loss
the ministry said.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
AXIS FEARS DRIVE TO SPLIT AFRICA ARMIES
Late News Bulletins
$4,000 Nozis Killed at StoIinnrod

LONDON P1-Russian troops have virtually completed
the liquidation Of $4,000 German trapped before
Salngrad according special communque heard
here tonight Soviet monitor
Evening star., 1943-01-26
British to Administer TripoIitonio

CAIRO N1-Rchard G. Casey, representing the British
war cabinet in the Middle East told press today
that the British will administer Tripotana as enemy
occupied territory until the end of the
will be decided by the United The North African
colony will benefit from British administration justice
food and SunplieSn be declared
Evening star., 1943-01-26
General, Nine Others Killed in Crash

MOBILE Ala. A1.-Maj, Oscar Farmer, public relations
ofcer at Brookey Field here announced that 10 soldiers
including general officer killed in the crash
Army transport plane Bluff Springs Fla today. Maj
Farmer said the bodies of the beyond
ognton and are being brought to Rrookey Field De-
tails of the accident and aboard
disclosed
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Conrad n. Syme Dies in Carolina

Conrad H Syme, former corporation counsel for the
District died suddenly today the sister
Grey Syme at Hendersonve, N c. Mr. syme lived 3458
Macornb street.
Evening star., 1943-01-26
Weather Report

Rain or sleet; lowest temperature near 30 to-
night moderate winds. Temperatures today
highest, 55 at 1901 m. lowest, So, at 3:45 pm
Full report on page Ala
foel on consumption should be 81 per cent
o. ahotment for period ending February .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
Cattle Production

Seattle feeders producing war
time meat supplies should remem-
Der that after steers reach the grade
of good or equivalent to an "a
carcass, costs of gain rise rapid
ly," warns F. c. Francis of the Uni
versity of Illinois college of agri-
culture.
During the first four months of
the feeding period the largest gains
are made. Then comes a short pc
riod of consistent gains followed by
steady reduction in the daily rate.
Early during this period feeders
should market their cattle, particu-
larly at this time because of high
grain prices and protein supplement
scarcity, Francis advises.
It has been found that calves re-
quire III times as much feed to
produce 100 pounds of gain during
the second 100 days Of the feeding
period as they did during the first.
The amount Of grain it takes to fat
ten the different ages varies little,
because young cattle receive small
amount over long period and old
er cattle receive large amount for
short period.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
POTATOES-NO. z STAFF OF
LIFE

when the War Food Administra-
tor designated Irish potates as a
nationwide Victory Food Selection
Tor the period October 81 to Novem-
Der 6, he paid high tribute to the po-
.ato growers of the country for their
magnificent effort in expanding the
production of this food" said Rus
sell C. Halves, Marketing Specialist
If the University of Maryland, who
is member of the Northeastern
Vegetable and Potato Council, which
includes organizations of growers
Of potatoes and vegetables in the
Northeastern States.
During the past season growers
nave produced an abundant potato
rop." continued Mr.. Hawes,. For
.unatey, for the food supply of the
COUNTRY, record yields per acre have
.,ade The increased acreage planted
his season even more productive
han usual. The harvest of this lar
sest crop on record is now being
Completed in the late potato produc-
ng areas of the northern and west
5rn states.
However, the very size of the crop
creates serious problems for growers
and shippers. Just at present the ma
jor difficulty is that of storing the to-
al production. Even though storage
facilities in the producing areas were
expanded appreciably during the
summer, there is still need for more
storage room to take care of this
crop in certain areas" explained Mr..
Halves.
Potato prices are as reasonable
1T this time as they are likely to be
turing the entire season." continued
Ir. Halves. Last winter the Depart
nent of Agriculture announced that
support price would be in effect
his season when it requested grow
rs to expand their acreage A loan
program is operating to maintain
his minimum price TO producers.
Therefore, it is not likely that the
rice Of potatoes will go to a lower
evel later on in the season, but it is
much more probable that it will
Use somewhat as the season pro-
crosses.
"If all the consumers who have
satisfactory place to store potatoes
n their homes will purchase from
one to five bushels, or even more,
now at the time of harvest they will
render most practical cooperation
to the producer. First, they will in
crease the total storage actually
available by the quantity purchased
and stored at home. Second, they will
secure all, or major portion, Of
the winter supply of potatoes for
their families and so be protected
against any possible shortage later
ON in the season due to transporta-
ton or other difficulties. 469 MIL
LION BUSHEL CROP-BUT NOT
ONE TO SPARE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
RATION BOOK III WILL BE USED
INDEFINITELY

War Book Ill will remain in use
indefinitely" it was announced re-
Gently by officials of the National
OPA.
Stamps in Book III designated for
use inclue four Of the airplane var
iety for shoes, the first Of these be-
coming valid ON November / and the
second after May /, 1914. Validity
dates of the remaining two stamps
have not yet been determined.
In addition, the brown stamps in
Book III now In use for meats, are
expected to last until tokens are
introduced sometime after February
/, 1914.
Applicants for War Book Nv,
which will be issued this week
through the schools throughout
Maryland, must bring along their
copy of War Book III, State OPA
officials said. Anyone who has not
as yet obtained their War. Ration
Book III may apply at local ration
boards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
WAR AND RELIGION

Boys on the fighting fronts are
attending church services more than
they ever did at home.
One fighting chaplain, who went
through the North African and Sic
ilian campaigns with the G. rs re.
Gently reported that men who "nev-
er went to church back home" soon
became regular members of his con-
gregation. This chaplain belives that
war will not make KILLERS out of
American troops. Only those whose
civilian life did not include a whole
some home-life will have a tendency
to raise hob" after the war, he said.
And these men can be easily spotted
because war brings out true charac-
ter.
ALI in all, he concluded the war
is making the fighters sober-minded
and intensifying their interest in re-
ligion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
Wright Brothers Old Idea
Finds New Favor Today

Wartime demand for high speed,
high altitude, highly maneuverable
airplanes has turned the minds of
aviation designers back to an idea
the Wright brothers put into prac-
tice in their pioneering days-the
use of propellers rotating in oppo-
site directions.
The modern dual rotation propel-
Ter, or contraprop, is mounted on a
single engine hub, one prop behind
the other. The Wright brothers,
fearing that the torque (twist) re-
action of the single propeller might
throw their primitive plane out Of
control, used two props of opposite
pitch mounted on each side of the
engine and driven in opposite direc-
tons by chain drives from the en-
CINE crankshaft.
The more powerful engines of to-
day, developing as much as 1000
horsepower, have made torque elm
ination imperative. Torque tends
to make an airplane roll in the oppo-
site direction from the rotation Of
the propeller, and gyroscopic reac-
ton additionally has a tendency to
force the plane in a direction at
right angles to Its normal course.
Dual rotation propellers eliminate
both difficulties and much of the
strain on both the plane and the
pilot, who now has to compensate
for the deviations by skillful guild
ing Of the plane.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
Dry Cleaning in Germany

Il has been estimated that civil
ian drycleaning in the Reich is down
to less than 10 per cent of the pre-
war figure. Schindler's, which was
Berlin's biggest plant, closed more
than two years ago. Plants in Ham,
burg, which supplies chlorine-type
solvents to drycleaners throughout
Germany, now no longer do so be-
cause these compounds are needed
for cleaning war machine parts or
making artificial smoke compounds
or else they are earmarked for the
army. What little drycleaning IL
available in Germany is probably,
according to this informant, carried
on with bootleg kerosene.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
THE GREAT TAX REBELLION

Never did a tax proposal get
cooler reception by Congress than did
Treasurer Henry Morgenthau's plan
to raise an additional $10,5O0,O0O,-
900, of which $4,000, 100000 would
be increased income taxes. This
would involve merging that Victory
tax with the income levies (to sim
plify administrator lowering ex-
emptions of married persons from
$1,000 to $1,1OO, and allowing only
$500 each for dependents.
Another billion would be taken
from corporations; two and half
billions more would be raised in ex-
else taxes especially on items like
liquor, tobacco, travel, gum, SOFT
drinks, ect.), and nearly half mil
lion more would be collected from es-
tate and gift taxes. Treasury officials
suggested that a part might be re-
funded after the war. 1t was further
suggested that Social Security pay
ments might we'll be increased to get
further revenue.
The Treasury plan met with hos
tile reception from both Democrats
and Republicans-even from Chair.
man Doughton of the House Ways
and Means Committee and Chair
man George of the Senate Finance
Committee, who were relied upon tt
guide the measure through. }rheJ
did not think the public could stant
$50 percent raise in its income
taxes. From various sources cam'
the suggestion of substituting II
per cent sales tax, which, its spon
sors claimed, would yield $4,000,
10000 almost painlessly. They ais
argued that it was the best tax witt
which to combat imitation.
Economic Sterilization Director
Fred M. Vinson, appeared to try tt
persuade Congress that the Treasur,
bill was the best to be had, and tina
sales tax would be "inflationary.
But Congress seemed not to be i'm
pressed. Sentiment was especial,
strong against increasing the in
come tax, lowering exemptions, AM
abolishing the Victory tax. Senate
George declared the sales ia.
,(strongly opposed by labor uniol
leaders, to be the only substitute 70
the Victory taxa substitute tina
would not remove some 10,00O,00'
taxpayers from the rolls.
Chairman Doughton predicted tn
bill would be ready by the end of tn
year, though probably short Of tn
Treasury goal. The Treasury hinte'
that it would be willing to accept les
than it asked for.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-10-29
Nazis Rely ON Wood

Goering's selection as Reichforst-
und Jaegermeister, "Germany's
chief forester and master hunter"
was no idle appointment. Goering
has stated: ''To be without wood in
war is nearly as bad as to be with
out bread"--an appropriate remark
when it Is considered that German
soldiers are eating wood sugar and
wood proteins and the meat of cattle
fattened upon wood-made fodder.
The basis Of Germany's "ersatz" in
dustries Is wood. Their Buna tires
are made from wood alcohol; their
trucks are driven by wood-gas; lu-
bricants are obtained from tree
stumps; explosives are nanufac-
tured from wood pulp and the waste
liquors of paper mills.