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Evening star., 1943-01-12
SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE.
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FALLS E CHURCH yA;4 BEDRooMs, 2
frigerator / block bus. $3.50, small
down payment. Chestnut 1913.
TO DEFENgE WORKER WITH CAR, is A..
old los cabin, fruits, berries, grapes. best
water, rich soil. ideal for poultry: school
bus. hard road, elec., tel. available: private;
$1,000 cash. small terms. Box 453-R, Star.
BEDROOMS, bath; large livins room. nsGs. =
focrs. hot-water heat. local coal. cospWS9a cost Egg
last year! AL D, C. conveniences: To-
minute bus service. Garage separate;
trsss complete nut is and fruit fruit pfosram 81 ram.
Rich garden has been producing vegetables
sli Kinds oi flowers; 0 sas sIo.5o&0. & So, ssas SO
d0Ee saaseis lelssar e. t5gst oXEoRD a1e4
CITY MANS l-ACRE FARM.
In nearby Md. on River I'd. mi. from
Bethesda or mi. from Cabin John street,
car. Owner. working in Wash, has been
Kit, garden, very rich soil; peach and cher
ry trees: 7-rm. stucco house, well insulated;
storm windows; beautiful paintings, fne
trees: barn and outbuildings painted white;
dssis,v DEEP well; air.conditioninE house COM
from city. a buy at $11 $50. Phone Sun.
and ewes. after 8, WI. 926s.
ARLINGTON.
2,sToRY, 5:RM. DETACHED HOUSE.
BUILT z ;, YEARE; ga Re- NEWLY WIIs RECoNpI. COZ
9sSGDs ss6 500 se eAa 81 los AI igs MI GLoSs 6oNs a.
HUE, CHESTNUT 244o. EYES. FALLS
INC. REALTORS.
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BETHESDA, MD.
ATsTp AGTTuE RrIY 20 7efi

ATTRACTIVE BUY, So, ,750.
Colonial home. q larse rooms, 8 bed
rooms. screened porch. detached gafage.
the basement. Only 5 blocks from bus,
stores and schools. vacant. Immediate
possession. Reasonable terms. 10 inspect.
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FEW CHOICE PLOTS still available:
city. water and sewerage to each trailer,
modern facilities. Temple Trailer Viii
lage, Duke st. and telegraph rd., Alex,
Va. Temple 27n0
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1O-UNIT APARTMENT.
Investment in Arlington County, where
Govt. projects insure its permanency.
NEW DETACHED BUILDING,
Near schools, churches and stores, in
newly developed section. Priced to show
splendid return. Annual income, S5,4O0.
KELLEY & BRANNER,
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE.

3-STORY BRICK BLDG: STOREROOM. 3
apis, 3 extra sleeping rms all hardwood:
3-story brick bldg. 22x22 in rear to soft.
alley. Phone Franklin 4430.
TWENTY ROOMS. Boar GARAGE. OIL
heat. .qrn .oa, or unfurn. Income, s442 per
2-FAMILY HOUSE, BRIGHTWOOD-A
real investment. This home shows return
of $3.50 per month and is priced we'll
under $4,000. Act now. BE1TzELL.
NV. SECTION, 2 ROW BRICKS, 8 RMS.
bath. elec.; rented to colored; total of
S62 so per mo. Price only $3.50. Call
OWNER. DI. 1880 or RA. 034a.
FOR SALE BY BUILDER. ONE NEW g.
family apt bld--, $40 Greenwood ave, TX.
Pk;, Md: income, S340 monthly. Sliso
IDEAL INVESTMENT, 900 BLOCK IN
graham st. NV. rooms and bath, 20-ft.
row brick 2-car garage, h.-w- coal heat.
Rented. $50 per mo. Price, So $50.
2S13 18th STREET NE.
Large store and apts.: store vacant;
will sell cheap. See Mr.. Pendleton, DU.
346S. or WAPLE e. JAMES. INC. DI. 3346.
2-sToRY, s-UNIT APARTMENT BUILD
Ing, near Cathedral; detached: perfect con-
dition; bargains like this are unusual.
Call quickly. Mr.. Whiteford.
McKEEvER 81 WHITEFORD.
1914 K st. NV DI, 9706.
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ALMA, Groom, sleeps A. nearly new;
S1.400. IL Bank dr., Spring Bank Camp,
Alex. Va: opposite Penn Daw Hotel high
way No ]. Take Belvoir bus. 12'
WINTER IN FLORIDA TRAILER-Travelo
trailer now in Florida, sleeps 4, good tires,
fully furn.; $3.50. WA. 1872. ~.
COMPLETE STOCK of new and used
trailers. Convenient terms can be arranged.
American Trailer Co., 4030 Wisconsin ave-,
WO. 1899.
TRAILER HOME. 24-ft., complete, nearly
new 1912 model: cash only. See at any
time at 5605 Suitland rd., mile and q
half past Census Bldg. 14s
TRAILER CENTER
AT HORNER'S CORNER.
POPULAR MAKES, Ssg5 UP.
ALSO MANY NEW TRAHERS
STANLEY H. HORNER, INC,
bth and Fla Ave. NE ER 1921
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i. q. WHITE, Real ESTATE,
4stahltshed 1910.
77fB via. Ave. VI. 10O0; 8ves. WI Aoz3.
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A STONE HOME.

Beautiful 13-rm. house, large lot, mag
niflcently landscaped. Terms can be ar
RANGED. LOCATED IN ROCK CREEK
PARK ESTATES. 1871 N. Portal drive
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REALTOR.

PRICE REDUCED.
Owner transferred, has authorized US to
sell his attractive home on Chevy Chase
blvd. Two-story. rms, bath, det. brk;
screened-in breakfast porch. large side
porch, built-in garage, GAS HEAT and
open fireplace, maids rm. in basement
good terms
HIoBIE,N RICHARDSON q FRANKLIN.
1T41 X ST. NV MA C0-R
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$4,000.
CHEVY CHASE. MD

Ideal home for the larger family; 4 bed
and bath, 3rd floor. Very fine lot, 120xI 40,
gas furnace, 2-car garage For appoint
ment to inspect call EDWARD H. JONES
g. CO.. WO 1900, till pm
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8 rooms. 4 bedrooms. inclosed porch. auto
rooms, auto, heat, 2 lots, gear garage
For quick sale. $500. once open. am
to pm.
H. C. MAYNoR 4 CO., :.
2314 r. l. Ave NE NO 433H
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Two Washington Officers
Listed as jap Prisoners

Word from the War Department
that 1t. Col. Lewis S. Kirkpatrick
commander of Fort Drum in Manila
Bay, and Capt. Robert G. Cooper
one of the defenders of Corregidor,
are held as prisoners of war by the
japanese, has relieved months of
anxiety for two Washington women.
They are the wife of Col. Kirk
patrick, who lives at 340O Porter
street NV. and the mother OF Capt.
Cooper. who lives at 42l5 Thirty
seventh street NV. Names OF the
officers were in list of prisoners
made public today.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick was evacuated
from the Philippines two years ago
with her two children. Roy. now 7,
and Mary, 5. She received the War
Departments telegram telling that
her husband was still alive on May
Is. which was his birthday anniver-
sary. He is West Point graduate
and was born in Oklahoma City.
Capt. Cooper is unmarried. Last
August his mother received a letter
from him written on December %.
l94l. a week before Manila fell.
Capt. Cooper's father is Col. Avery
J. Cooper, in the War Department
here. One OF his brothers is a lieu
tenant colonel overseas and the
other is student at West Point.
Capt. Cooper went to Western High
School here.
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Mrs. Mary f. May Dies;
Lonq-Tim D. T.. Resident

Mrs. Mary E. May, 81, long time
resident OF Washington. died last
night at her home. l4l3 Hamilton
street NV.
A native of Vienna. Va. Mrs May
moved with her parents to Alexan-
dria in 1864. She came to the Dis
trict in about 1875 and was mar
ried to D. Darby Thompson in 1881
Mr.. Thompson, real estate man
and builder. died in 1913
In 1915 Mrs. May married John F..
May, who died 10 years later For
Is years she was member OF Beth
lehem Chapter, No. 7, o. E. S.. and
in August, 1920. was one Of the or
ganizers and charter members of
Joppa Lodge Chapter
Surviving Mrs. May are two
daughters. Mrs. r. C. Streshly.
Baldwin Park. Calf. and Mrs. G.
Gordon Bailey Of this city.
Eastern Star services will be held
at 8 pm tomorrow at Deals funeral
home. 48l2 Georgia avenue NV,
vita the Rev. Frank SteelmAn. Of
Petworth Methodist Church of1ietat- =
ing. He will also ofnciate at the
services at II am. Saturday at
Deals. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery. --,--..
Evening star., 1943-07-01
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 1.-The boldest
headlines in England's newspapers
today were devoted to the new Allied
attack in the Solomons, with specu-
lation on the time and place Of an
invasion Of Axis Europe lapsing into
what might be termed a conspiracy
Of silence.
Leaving time to tell-and the Axis
to worry-where the blow will fall
the British press expressed satisfac-
ton with Prime Minister Churchill's
forecast yesterday of heavy fight
ing" in the Mediterranean and else
where before the leaves of autumn
fall
With that cautious yet pregnant
forecast we should be content ad-
vised the London Daily Herald.
we want truce to this game of
telling Mars his fortune" said the
Daily Star, for it is definitely harm
full"
There was virtually no probing
into Mr.. Churchill's promise that
there would be fighting elsewhere
than in the Mediterranean. While
the presumption was that he re-
ferred to Western Europe. the sparse
word did not exclude the Russian
front.
The Daily Mail suggested that we
have to look forward perhaps to
months more OF making ready"
- The Berlin radio, broadcasting
Hinder a Stockholm dateline-. and
purportedly quoting Swedish jour-
Evening star., 1943-07-01
President Names Six
To Employment Group

President Roosevelt today ap-
pointed six members to the recently
reorganized Committee on Fair En-
ployment Practice. which is now
headed by the Right Rev. Msgr.
Francis j. Haas.
To represent labor the President
named John Brophy. Congress of
Industrial Organizations: Milton P.
Webster, international vice presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters, and Boris Shishkin,
American Federation Of Labor.
Mr.. Brophy and Mr.. Shishkin are
from Washington, Mr.. Webster from
Chicago.
AS representatives from industry
the President named Miss Sara
Southall. supervisor of employment
and service of the international
Harvester Co., Chicago: p B. Young,
publisher of the Norfolk Journal
and Guide of Norfolk, Va. and Sam
uel Zemurray. president OF the
United Fruit Co.. New Orleans.
The reorganized committee will
function under an executive order
issued on May y by President
Roosevelt. 1t is designed to further
the war effort by preventing dis
elimination in war industries or the
Government because of race, creed,
color or national origin.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
|pay-as.You.6o Tax
On Payro|Is Becomes
Effective Today
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Pay-as-you-go income tax deduc-
tions went into effect for all wage
and salary earners today as the
Government embarked on 4 new
fiscal year that will cost 1t the un-
precedented sum OF $l09, ,000, 900 900.
Through payroll deductions the
Treasury henceforth will keep most
taxpayers substantially up to date
on their share of that fgure-a
share that probably will become in
creasingly large, yet still remain
only a fraction of the total.
Virtually ironclad assurances have
been given that for the rest of this
year at least the 20 per cent to be
withheld from pay checks after per-
sonal exemptions will not be in
creased.
But the rate may go up beginning
next January as result Of confer
ences now In progress among Treas
ury officials, congressional leaders
and Sterilization Director Fred M.
Vinson.
Secretary Morgenthau already has
indicated the Treasury will seek
$4,000 100000 in additional taxes,
and Randolph Paul Treasury gen.
eral counsel, said in a speech at
Newark yesterday that the greater
part of new tax revenue must be
drawn from personal incomes.
The yield from pay-as-you-go at
the present 20 per cent levy is esti-
mated at $4,000 900 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year-an increase OF So
600 900 900 over previous estimates
More than a third OF that in
crease, however, or $1,l00 900 900,
will come from collection next
March Is of one-half of the un-
abated portion OF 1912 tax liability.
Treasury experts say another billion
of the increase will come from the
higher income level this year over
last and the remainder from the
provision limiting abatement to the
lower Of 1912 or l943 taxes
Exemptions under withholding
will be $l2 a week for single persons
$24 week for married taxpayers
plus $6 week for each dependent
Evening star., 1943-07-01
King Named Assistant
Air-Ruid Warden

Appointment Of Sylvan King
Washington business executive, as
assistant chief air-raid warden in
charge Of commercial and industrial
establishments, was announced to-
day by William J. Mileham, District
chief air-raid warden.
Mr. King. who has been assistant
chief warden in charge of air-raid
messengers for the past year, sue
ceeds Rufus S. Lusk Until his sue
cessor has been named to head the
messenger service. Mr.. King will
continue to supervise. it was an
nounced by Capt n. c. Whitehurst
civilian defense director.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
President Urged 10 Act
To Avert Race Riots

President Roosevelt was urged to-
day by the Committee on Jobs for
Negroes in Public Utilities to use
the power Of Government to prevent
spread OF race riots.
The committee sent a telegram
to the Chief Executive saying:
The current wave OF race riots
requires prompt action by our Gov
ernment to eliminate all racial con-
flicts which play into the hands of
enemies of our war effort. Fascist
instigators OF the riots must be ex-
posed and prosecuted FEPC must
be fully constituted at once and
hearings held in Washington and
Detroit The full power of the At
torney General must be used to pro-
tect Negro citizens. These Axis
inspired efforts to disrupt war pro-
duction and create disunity among
our people must be crushed. Our
committee, federation Of more
than so civic. church, trade union
and lIaternal groups Vrses th2t-yoA
act swsleiy and-decisiyeiy ~. .-@s- =.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Hearing on 0PA Meat
Sale Charges Against
Shanker Closes ,*

Ellsworth Clark, special OPA
hearing commissioner. today had
under advisement the case OF SAM
uel Shanker. who is charged with
selling meat without receiving
enough ration points to cover pa
irons purchases at his four Coun.
try Garden Markets In Alexandria
and Arlington.
The two-day hearing closed yes
terday after meat buyers, store man.
ayers and grocerymen testified for
the defense. e.
Resuming the stand yesterday.
Mr. Shanker said he had offered to
employ Mrs. Beulah Goss, price di-
rector for the War Price and Ration
Board of Arlington, at 500 a week
to assist his markets in avoiding vio-
lations.
Testimony Contradicted.
Leonard Libovitz, former manager
of the meat department in the Al
exandria store. said Irwin M. Huf-
ford of the Alexandria Rationing
Board had given him permission to
lower the point value OF . carload
of meats so he could sell 1t before
1t spoiled His testimony contradict
ed that given Tuesday by Mr.. Huf-
ford, who denied that he had given
permission, and also disagreed with
testimony by two Agriculture De-
partment inspectors. who said the
meat was not in imminent danger
of spoilation."
In support Of his theory that the
meat was about to spoil. Mr.. Libowitz
said several customers had COM
planned after making purchases.
They had said it was dark around
the edges and sour near the bones,
he told Mr. Clark.
The meat was of grade CONNER
cial" rather than good" according
to Mr.. Libitowitz's testimony. The
Government inspectors Tuesday
identified the meat as being grade
good"
Customers Deny Concessions.
The defense presented q state
ment signed by $50 customers Of
the stores that they never had re-
ceived any concessions as to sur
rendering meat coupons nor seen
such concessions.
Mrs. Goss said that she had called
Mr.. Shanker 40 or so times" on
alleged violations. These alleged vio-
lations were on the same articles,
according to her testimony.
Frank Ball and Albert Brick. de-
fense attorneys, are filing a brief
with Mr.. Clark. A decision is ex.
pected late next week.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Trobriond Islanders Famous
For Strange Moral Concepts

and disposition. They are friendly,
adept in the art of carving. On the
other hand, they don't condemn
lying; abortion is common prac-
tice; marriage ties are very slight
and divorces result from trivial
causes.
Missionaries have done consider
able work among the natives in
recent years to lift moral standards.
Unlike other natives. Trobriand
women have considerable share in
tribal life and they are as near
like queens in their haystack- -ap-
pearing huts as native women ever
become. Husbands often do the
harder work and on occasions the
women will order their husbands
about If they need help. While the
men generally are considered to be
the masters. women still have con-
siderable influence.
Village chiefs have considerably
more power than the chiefs in other
islands and reserve to themselves
the privilege OF polygamy.
Sex dominates the lives of the
natives, even to their games, and
they practice crude form Of trial
marriage which does not injure the
reputation of the native belle II
the final marriage does not ma
terialize.
Up to comparatively recent times
sorcery was practiced and was be-
lieved great contributor to events:
Rain, wind. drought. crops. success
In trade or war, health and sick
ness. life and death. Everything was
under the influence of wizards and
witches. and according to the native
idea no one dies a natural death.
Women may be considered witches
If anything enhances their charms
In the eyes of the native men.
The Woodlark Islands are vastly
different. There is one large island
40 miles long and IS miles wide and
six small islands all with only
small native population One of
the few gold-bearing islands known,
it has yielded more than $2,275, 900
of that metal. There are good an
chorages on the south coast of
Guasopa and Suloga Harbors Wood
lark natives are of the Melanesian
type, but there is mixture of
Papuan.
There has been no indication that
the japanese have used either group
of islands. They are fiat enough to
permit the Allies to use them for
airfields pointed at Rabaul.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
British Press Devotes BoIdest
Headlines to Pacific Drive

nalists In London. said the British
people were wondering what au-
tumn leaves Churchill referred to
those OF the Mediterranean coun-
tries or those Of Western Europe"
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press. pointed out that
there was a difference of several
months in the advent of leaf-falling
time in the two war theaters and
charged that Mr.. Churchill was
again procrastinating' on the date
for invasion.
At the most, the Nazi broadcast
said, Mr.. Churchill's words implied
a wait Of about three months before
the Allies strike in Europe.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Powell, Found Guilty
In Vice Case, Gets
10 10 80 Months

Eldon r. Powell, 30-year -old
clothing salesman and part-time
musician, was found guilty today by
a jury in District Court of violation
of the Mann Act In bringing Sunny
Gray from New York to Washing
ton to work in the Hopkins Institute,
a Connecticut avenue massage par
lor operated as a call house.
Justice Jesse C. Adkins imme-
diately imposed a sentence of 10 to
80 months in prison.
The young woman, who later went
to Hollywood to appear in the
movies, was not in court when the
jury of nine men and three women
filed in after part of a second day
in the jury room.
At 10 o'clock last night Justice
Adkins excused the jurors with ad-
monitions against reading or dis
cussing the case with any one The
jury had been out four hours and a
half.
M. Edward Buckley, jr.. defense
attorney. told the jury the Gray
girl was putting Powell on the spot"
to protect the man who really
brought her here, one Edward Green,
whose name frequently had entered
the testimony as the man she was
living with in New York before COM
Ing to Washington.
Assistant United States Attorney
Bernard Margolius showed the jury
registration slip at q downtown
hotel signed "Eldon r. Powell and
wife" as corr oboration Of the girls
story that Powell had brought her
here.
AS for the defendants testimony
that he had met the girl on MOON
light cruise on the Potomac, Mr.
Margolius said: You all saw the
witness, a very beautiful young
woman. Girls like that aren't met
unaccompanied on Potomac moon
light cruises"
United States Attorney Edward
M. Curran followed Mr. Buckley in
rebuttal. He again read to the jury
portions of the defendants confess
sion taken down by FBI agents.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, July 1.-The Tro-
BRAND Islands, where American
troops landed in the Southwest Pa
cific's newest action, are rich in
legends based primarily on the ma
tives' widespread reputation as the
most immoral of all the South Sea
islanders.
The islands. OF coral structure,
are in appearance much like the
Buna area of Papua. But rather
than for its physical characteristics.
this territory has been studied most
widely in the past for its moral con-
cepts, based on the dictum that
immortality, even to the extent of
clandestine adultery, is virtue.
Americans who landed on Wood
lark Island in an accompanying
action found small group of
islands with rolling hills and val
leys covered by dense tropical jun
giles. The natives call their land
Murua.
The Trobriands. with 28-mile long
and l3-mile wide Kiriwina as the
principal island, consist of four
large and four small islands.
Some rise abruptly to form coral
cliffs 300 feet high. Others lie just
above the surface Of the water.
I4O Inches Of Rain Yearly.
Like Papua, the vegetation is
dence with the jungle sweating un-
der the tropical sun and often
deluged by rains totaling 40 inches
yearly. The landing was a dif1icult
task because of the treacherous
coral reefs which dot approaches
not only to the Trobriands but to
Woodlark
The soil is rich and some OF our
troops will get their first taste of
native vegetables, such as taro root
yams. which the natives grow abun-
dainty to earn for themselves the
more respectable reputation of being
the best gardeners in the territory
of Papua, of which they are an ad-
ministrative unit under the Aus
tralian government.
But their tribal customs set Tro-
brand islanders apart from the
other sea natives. There are about
$500 natives in all. They are OF
fine physique. made like Polynesians
than Melanesians in appearance
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Slight Damage Reported
In japanese Earthquake
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Toxic radio reported that a
sharp earthquake shook the jap
anese capital and adjacent areas
today. but damage was declared to
be slight.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press, said the epicenter
was located near Shimotsuma. ap-
proximately so miles northeast of
Toxic
A DNB dispatch broadcast from
Berlin reported high buildings in the
lower town" section of Toxic
swayed and trembled for one minute
without causing serious damage. In
some areas bricks were said to have
been loosened. collapsing walls.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Production of Liberotors
Up 800 Pct. Over 1912
By the Associated Press

BY me ASSOCIATED Press
LOS ANGELES. July HAIRY
Woodhead. president of Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft Corp. told a meeting
Of company managers yesterday that
production of four-engined Liberia
tor bombers increased 800 per cent
during the first half of 1943 over
the same period last year.
Deliveries of Liberators. Catalinas
and Coronados from the San Diego
plant increased 81 per cent from
last November 80 to May 81. he said.
despite per cent decrease in per-
sonnel due to increase in produc-
ton efficiency.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Capt. PoweII's Widow
Sponsors New DESTROYER

NEW YORK. July tE).-The U.
S. S. Halsey Powell. destroyer
named in honor of the late Capt.
Halsey Powell. was launched last
night at the shipyard of the Bethle-
hem Steel Co.. Inc. Mariners Har-
Dor. Staten Island Mrs. Halsey
Powell of Newport. R. l., the cap
tain's widow, sponsored the ship.
Capt. Powell. a native of McAfee,
KY. was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal during the World
War. Before his death on Decem-
Der "a, 1896. in Washington. his as
signments in the Navy included
service in the ONCE of Naval INTEL
ligence at the Capital. He also
served as chief of staff Of battle
forces.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Recruiting Of Volunteers
Is Started in Brazil
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July lin a
move interpreted by observers as
preliminary to the eventual dispatch
of an army overseas. Brazil today
oegan recruiting volunteers for her
armed forces. heretofore supplied en-
tlrely by the compulsory service
system.
Gen. Eurico Gaspar Dutra. Min
lister OF War, announced that un-
married men between and 26 years
of age. with at least one year of
training as reservists, might volun-
teer for enlistment in line units.
The army needs men in the front
line he said.
Mobilization, meanwhile, will be
continued along the regular lines.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
CONGRESS in Brief

By the Associated Press.
Senate: -, '7'-'
May. receive farm appropriations
bill for final action.
House:
Seeks compromise on deadlocked
appropriations bills
Dies Committee starts hearings
on Japanese activities.