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premium on individual effort. The
earning power of the fast man is
not restrained by the naturally
slower worker as it Is in group
sharing operation.
Not many years ago perhaps q
majority of manufacturing workers
were paid on a piece basis. The
plan too frequently was used to
abuse workers. When labor or
ganized and grew strong piece work
was tossed out of many shops. A
good portion of management will
admit today that many of the plans
were unfair to the working man.
AL labor refers to the old idea as
"the stretch out" Payment fire.
quently was based on a complicated
formula calling for diminishing
return to the worker as production
rose above the standard level When
the worker became unusually pro-
f1cient he sometimes found the pay
per piece cut from under him.
Job Will BE Large.
With memories OF past expert
ences fresh in their minds, many
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pearance, Powell Moore, first, and
Ben Wiesman. second and third.
Performance. Ben Wiesman, first,
second and third.
A total of SO contestants took
part in the contest.
In another kite competition at
the Stoddert School the grand prize
winner was a father and son entry
belonging to L. G. Gomez and his
son Rudy, 10. of 3342 Reservoir road
NV.
Other winners:
Sub-junior group-First. Tommy
Huffman; second, Bernard Studs,
and third. Deborah Donald.
Junior group-First, Chester Will
nams, second Billy Oakley, and
third, Fred Beeken.
Patterson group-First, Mr.. Co.
mez and son. and second, Herman
Huffman and son, Burton,
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Carter Will Replace
Darwin in Orutorio

Elwyn Carter, baritone soloist Of
the First Presbyterian Church in
New York City, will substitute for
Glenn Darwin, also of New York,
at $50 pm. Tuesday during the
presentation Of Bach's The Passion
According to st. John" in the Ma
tional City Christian Church.
Mr.. Darwin is to be indicted into
the Army this week.
Mr.. Carter, who was engaged by
the Washington Choral Society, will
take over the role as the voice of
Jesus in the oratorio. Musicians
from the National Symphony Or
chestra will assist in the pres
entatiOn.
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RAYMOND Cats Wins
Kite Championship
In Region B Contest
Father and Son Entry
Takes Prize in Events
At Stoddert School

Raymond Cats, 35061a Georgia
avenue NV, flying a standard bow
kite, yesterday was declared cham
pion OF the Region B Kite Contest,
held at the Macfarland Junior High
School under auspices of the, Dis
trict Of Columbia Recreation De-
partment
Raymond placed first in per
formance" In the Junior group. As
an award for having the best kite
of the day" he was given a slip by
the Woolworth 5 and 10 cent store,
5000 block of Georgia avenue NV,
emitting him to 50 worth of mer-
chandise. He represented the Park
View Fairgrounds at the meet.
Three groups-the sub juniors.
boys and girls under II; juniors,
IL, 13 and IA, and seniors, over
14-competed The kites were
judged for workmanship and de-
sign. appearance and performance.
Winners in the different classes
were as follows:
Sub Junior workmanship
and design, Ruml De Boskey. first;
Vincent Scalco. second, and Stanley
Sherman, third. Appearance. Jack
Spiro, first: Stanley Sherman. Sec
ond. and Barbara Johnson, third.
Performance, Irving Friedman. first;
Michael Carta, second, and Tommy
Harrison, third
Junior Workmanship and
design, Robert Rieley. first: Joe
Friedman, second, and Krys Vala-
nos, third, Appearance. Charles
Laverine, first; Joe Friedman, Sec
ond, and Leonard Tauber, third.
Performance. Raymond Cats. first:
Joe Friedman, second, and Glen
Saffran, third.
Senior class-Wormanship and
design, Powell Moore, first, and Ben
Wiesman. second and third. Ap-
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Survey Finds War OUTPUT Falls Short

not getting the production we should
from our war plants. Next fall
when we reach peak production 50
far as capacity and facilities are
concerned, We will not have the
workers to man the plants unless
We increase greatly our labor ef-
fectiveness.
The figure most commonly heard
on all sides as to how much more
production we could get in plants
already in operation and with ex-
isting personnel is Is per cent. Some
place this production potential
much lower, others considerably
higher. A top War Department Of
f1cial told The Star we should be
getting 20 per cent more output. A
man high in the War Production
Board said widespread introduction
OF wage incentive plans would result
In minimum production gain OF
10 per cent. He added, 1T might be
as high as 20 or 30 per cent"
An improvement of 10 per cent
might save the Nation from the
fast-approaching manpower crisis,
and even from defeat in the war. It
certainly should not be impossible
to attain even greater efficiency Is
the opinions of a large number of
leaders who are supposed to know
count for anything.
Three Instances of Incentives.
Without unusual exertion this re-
porter found three war plants
where production had been in
creased from 26 to so per cent re-
Gently through introduction of wage
incentive plans. In two instances
management paid for extra pro-
duction on a group bonus basis, with
all employees of each department
sharing a bonus each time output
was stepped to a prescribed level
The other plant paid workers in
d1vidually on piece basis. Guar
anteed minimum pay was offered
In all three as insurance against
stoppages beyond the workers con-
troll. Other worker protection was
given. In no instance was the faster
pace held injurious to the workers
health.
The experiences plants cited above
are typical of what might be done
in many others throughout the
country. For exaggerated example.
OF the possibilities of incentive pay
ments one could turn to Jack &
Heintz, in Cleveland, or other nearly
similar operations. where the "asso-
ciateS' or workers put in tremen-
dous hours for fabulous pay and ap.
parently like it. The output Del
worker, as we'll as the pay, at Jack
d Heintz is far greater than in the
three plants mentioned earlier. Nc
one expects every plant in the coun.
try to operate in the way of Jack d
Heintz. All that most officials ash
Is just little extra effort.
Jack g. Heintz does indicate there
must be tremendous wastage anc
lost motion in other plants. The
workings Of the place are a mystery
high War Department men admit
Aside from the large volume of pro.
duction. officials do not understand
how the plant can throW money
about so recklessly and still deliver
a comparatively cheap product. I1ae
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AFRAID CHIEF HONORED-Chief Air Raid Warden William
Mleham center this weeks the
Commerce V-Man award He chosen his
civilian defense sale Of War bonds and because he
blood donor He president Of the Reciprocity the
Federation of Bunessmens Associations c. Grew
former Japan presenting the Howard
de Franceaux vice president the Junior Board looks
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ment on the legality Of new plans.
Should the decision be favorable to
incentives and should WLB con-
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tinue to hold the Little Steel line
on day rates, the pay for produce
ton" idea will be hard to stop,
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field shortly after initial landings
In North Africa and he received a
splinter from shell fragment in
one of his eyes.
A native of Richmond, Va, Col.
Bentley left newspaper reporting in
that city in 1927 to enlist in the Air
Corps. For a while after receiving
his wings he was stationed in
Hawaii.
He became associated with an in
ternational incident while serving
as assistant attache at Rome, Italy,
from March, 1910, to May, 1941.
When this country took action
against Admiral LaiS, Italian naval
Httache, for sabotage of Italian ships
lnterned in American harbors, Col.
Bentley'S removal was demanded by
the italian government in retalia-
ton for the removal of their
attache.
For short periods. Col. Bentley
was stationed at Tangiers and in
England. He had an active role with
the air force in the invasion of
North Africa.
Pvt. Dodge, %, who at present is
believed by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. M. c. Dodge, to be in the thick
OF present North African fighting,
wrote in a letter received January
5 that he had received five wounds
land had to swim for his life"
Pvt. Dodge, as he is listed in the
casualty list, also informed his par
ents that he is now corporal and
expects to be made a sergeant soon.
He wrote he is now serving as COM
pany clerk.
A native Of Haymarket, Va, Pvt.
Dodge is a graduate of Western
High School. He was employed here
by the Armour Packing Co. before
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the bombardier could see their
looks Of surprise when the BPS
would not fall"
When the enemy ran out of am
munition after 20 minutes, our
bomber was honeycomb of bullet
holes Capt. Carlisle said,
Capt. Carlisle and the co-pilot, 1t.
Myron G. Mauk of Tabor. Iowa
reached the Allied lines and crash
landed with crippled engine, the
left aileron destroyed. and tail con-
trolls badly damaged.
'As We hit the ground. the tail was
knocked off and the bomber just fell
apart" the captain said.
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going into the Army October 10

going into the Army October 10,
l94l.
After being stationed in North Ire
land for some time, Pvt. Dodge land
ed with his infantry unit in Morocco
when the Allies made their first in
vaSlOn move. He wrote his parents
that he was taken prisoner by the
French. later released to the Ameri-
can forces and spent some time in a
hospital. He indicated that ne was
returning to his battle station. hav-
ing recovered from his injuries.
Pvt. Russell. %. a native of WASH
lngton, was mentioned in a recent
War Department casualty list on
North Africa. He is the son of Mrs.
Florence Knight.
Pvt, Russell attended school here
IN Bethesda. He entered the Army
in 1941.
Staff Sergt Carp. 26. para
trooper, who was wounded in Africa.
volunteered two years ago. Before
being sent to Africa, he joined the
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ground battery hit the left wing and
engine, forcing the plane to fall out
of formation.
Our plane was dead meat to five
Messerschmitts which attacked, ="
Capt. Carlisle continued. Our tail
gunner damaged one Messerschmitt
before he was killed. The waist
gunner was seriously wounded. Up
front the bombardier- navigator was
slightly wounded and unable to de-
tend the ship"
When Sergs Condon's last turret
gun ceased to7function, the Messer-
schmitts attacked so closely that
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DefenseIess u. S. Bomber Safe
After 5-Messerschmitt Attack

Gernsey I. Carlisle of San Antonio,
the pilot.
when our last gun damned in the
turret, Staff Sergt, Ernest H. Con-
don of Boone. Iowa. declared, All
there is left to do is pray" the
Texan recounted.
The Marauder'S ordeal occurred
February Is after bombing FL
Aouina Airdrome near Tunis. The
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Jews Virtually Cleared
From Norway by Nozis
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Feb. rs. - Reports
from Norway yesterday said another
boatload of Jews-virtually the last
in the country-had been shipped
from Oslo to an unknown fate in
Germany.
There were about 100 persons
aboard the vessel, all of whom had
spent the last two months in con-
centration camp at Grim, near Oslo,
the reports said.
AS result of similar deportations
IN recent months it was estimated
that not more than so Jews now re-
main in Norway.
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Order Cuts Silver Use
In Non Essential Fields
BY The Associated Press.

BY The ASSOCIATED Press,
Silver mined in the United States
has been pL+ by WPB under about
the same restrictions as foreign sill
yer in on-essential manufacturing
uses.
The order limits manufacturers of
sllverWare and other n-essential
products to so per cent of the
amount of silver used either in 1941
or 1912.
Before the war a surplus COM
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Ey the Associated Press.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 26.-The
story of a defenseless Martin Ma
rauder bomber that rode out storm
OF anti-aircraft fire and Commute
attack by five Messerschmitts after
three of its crew were killed or
wounded was told today by Capt.
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son. BOyCe, V a,
q n d Pvt. Bill
Ward, Newport
News, Va.
Col. Bentley,
SO. is back in
this country at
present, accord
ing to his wife,
Mrs. B a r b a + a
Greene Bentley
who works for
the Office Of War
Information. She
said her husband
was Woun d e d
when q, bomb
exploded in a
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HdIdtIoOp corps
While sta toned
at Fort Bragg,
N. c. S erg t.
Carp was dec
GRATED for BRAY
cry by I h e
French in At
RIGA. His COM
pany also was
decorated with
the Purple Heart
for bravery. A
native of Balti-
more. he is the
brother of Mrs.
Celeste corn
b la t t of L a
plata
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Col. Bentley. street NV; Pvt
Henley N. Dodge, 1887 Monroe street
NV, and Pvt. Robert Lee Russell
1925 Volta place NV.
Those from Maryland and Viz
einia are Staff Sergt. Maynard Carp,
La Plata, Md; Pfc Roy w. Beskins,
Marvin, Va; Pfc. Glenwood M. Dod-
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some OF WnOln
have recovered
and returned TO
duty, tie War
Department dis
closed today.
The list also
in c lud e S one
man from Mary
land and three
from Virginia.
The men from
the District are
Col. w lila m
c h a m b erlayne
Bentley, jr., 1917
Twenty I. n ird
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modify bought mostly by the Treas
ury and stored away, silver has be-
come increasingly important in the
war effort as substitute for copper,
tin and other scarce materials,
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North African List
OF Wounded Includes
Three From District
Col. Bentley Is Among
Casualties; Three
Virginions Also Named

Three men from the District are
Included among % officers and 1913
enlisted men wounded in action in
North Africa since early November,
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not within an army installation, the
commanding officer of the prison
camp is designated by the COM
handing general of the service COM
mand area.
The standard stockade at each of
the prison camps is an enclosure
within double barbed wire fence,
with guard towers covering a mar
row alley between fences. This
stockade is divided into three COM
pounds, containing hut shelters, mess
halls, toilet facilities and other in
stallations to provide for 1000 men.
Within their respective compounds,
the prisoners may circulate freely,
but guarded gates restrict passage
from one enclosure to another.
Guards and administrative person
mel are housed outside the stockade
in nearby barracks and offices.
Will Work as Harvest Hands.
The Office of the provost marshal
general has found that many of the
prisoners were tradesmen, including
carpenters, stone masons, house
painters, but the use to which their
skills may be put is restricted.
Many others were farmers. Their
use in farming will be confined to
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alent of 500 per month for warrant
officers and first and second lieu
tenants; $50 for captains, and $40
for those in the grade of major and
above.
All payments made to prisoners
of war as pay must be reimbursed
at the end of hostilities, precluding
any country or the nationals of any
country from profiting at the ex-
pense of another country with which
they are at war. This pay is simply
temporary arrangement during
their internment.
1t is the right and duty of repre-
sentatives of the protecting powers
Switzerland for Germany and It.
ally, and Spain for Japan-to scruti-
nize all arrangements for the en-
ployment of prisoners under their
protection. These representatives,
who have many other duties in con-
nection with their role, visit prison
camps regularly, inspecting general
conditions and hearing complaints.
They may visit camp and inter-
view the prisoners privately.
Aside from these representatives,
the most potent outside influences
are the agents of the International
Red Cross and the International
YMCA, who also enjoy freedom of
access. The International Red Cross
handles postal and other interests Of
the prisoners, while the Internation-
al YMCA handles welfare and recre-
ational work.
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by gifts from private organizations.
Formal educational courses have
been instituted by the prisoners
themselves in many cases. Libra
ries of various sizes and scope are
established in all of the camps. ORA
mates, music and other cultural ac-
tivities are being developed on an
increasingly wider scale.
National preferences and tastes
are taken into account in planning
the meals for the prisoners. These
menus, covering meals for month,
are prepared in the office Of the
quartermaster general. Substitu-
tons may be made from a list of
foods indicated as approximately
equivalent in food value to any item
on the specified list. For instance,
the Italians at Camp Atterbury,
Ind, asked for more bread and
spaghetti instead of their meat al
lowance. The camp now gets more
-four and less meat. The menu for
typical day at that camp consists
of spaghetti, pork, potatoes, cole
slaw, canned pears, coffee and thick
crusted Italian bread.
The administration of each prison
camp follows we'll established pat
tern. A typical prison camp, for ex-
ample, housing 5000 prisoners, re-
quires the services Of SOC officers
and enlisted men Of the United
States army. This detachment is
made up of three military police es-
cort companies, 81 additional OFF,
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GERS, and three attached officers.
These companies usually are rotat-
ed, one being on actual guard, man.
ming towers and gates, while an
other is in alert and another is en-
gagged in tactical and other train
ing exercises or in supervising and
guarding work details.
The prisoners are organized int
companies of $50 men each, with
each company under an officer of
the army Of the United States. In
turn, battalions are formed within
the camp, all under the camp COM
mander.
Although the company command
err is assisted in administering his
company by enlisted members of.
the army of the United States, in
Guiding first sergeant, a mess and
supply sergeant, clerk, an inter-
prefer and cook, the prisoners them
selves are permitted to organize and
administer their own affairs as
much as possible. From their own
ranks they may choose leaders to
serve as their spokesman in max
ing requests or complaints to the
company or camp commander.
Cooks, BARRIERS, tailors, cobblers and
other essential personnel also are
chosen from among the prisoners.
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A guide to the Arctic Circle will
now accompany every army air
forces pilot required to fly across
the top of the world, the war depart
ment announces. "Arctic Emergen-
cies," little orange-and-blue book
let, will be carried in each f1ier's
emergency kit on future flights far
north.
The booklet was prepared by the
safety education division Of the
army air forces fight control COM
mand, and is a COMPANION piece to
Jungle and Desert Emergencies"
distributed early in May. Like its
predecessor, it possesses an espe-
cially durable cover and water-re-
sistant pages. Authorities on all
phases of life in the Arctice were
consulted in its preparation.
The guide tells how to make suit
able goggles to ward off treacher-
pus snow blindness, how to increase
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Arctic Emergencies Advises Filters How
To Survive Amid the Deep Snow and Cold

the warmth and protective quail
ties of regulation flying suits, what
to eat and how to cook it.
Dietary tips for the f1ier forcefully
grounded north of the tree line are
plentiful and varied. They include
the warning that polar bear ivers
are poisonous. Also, to the pilot
who might be tempted to live on
rabbits because they are abundant,
the booklet points out that such
course will produce rabbit starva-
ton" and possible death.
There are many good things to
eat in the Arctic Circle, including
the familiar mountain cranberries
and blueberries, and the less COM
mon seal hearts and kidneys, cod
liver, or caribou pelvis, perhaps ac-
companied by boiled reindeer moss.
All fungi, except red-capped va
riety which is warned against, are
edible.
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Prisoners of War Are Held in II of Our States:
Some Employed on Farms and Public Projects

Other occupations which will en-
ploy large numbers of prisoners are
road building, irrigation develop
ments, dam construction and prof.
ects Of a similar nature.
All of the enlisted prisoners,
whether working or not, receive an
allowance of 10 cents a day for the
purchase of toilet goods or other
articles from the stockade canteen.
Their pay when working, 80 cents a
day, is deposited in a credit &C.
count. The prisoner may withdraw,
but only in the form of canteen
coupons, one-half of each months
credit up to maximum of $40 per
month.
When working for state or pri-
vate contractor, the rate of pay is
decided upon in advance between
the employer and the camp COM
mander. The rate, however, may
not be less than that of 80 cents
day paid when the work is done for
the federal government.
Officer prisoners are not COM
PEELED to work. If they choose to
work, they are paid the same basis
as the enlisted man. Regardless of
whether or not the officers work,
under the Geneva convention they
are paid in accordance with their
grade and in line with specific ar
rangements between the enemy
powers. This pay for German and
Italian officer prisoners is the equiv
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Glass Stops Bullets, Insulates
Tanks, Filters Blood Plasma

At least a thousand varieties of
glass have war uses. Glass hollow
tile is used to build factories.
Multilayered plate glass, bonded
by plastics, protects men in the
armed forces in trucks, tanks, ar
mored cars, battleships and bomb
erS.
A single airplane has many diff
ferent kinds of bulbs, even those
which yield black light to render
fuorescent controls and maps visi-
BILE to the pilot, but invisible to the
enemy.
X-ray bulbs reveal defects in war
materials and locate shrapnel and
fractures in wounded men.
Optical glass probably plays the
major role. First, there are the new
wide-angle camera lenses.
Binoculars serve for general OBJ
servation. The telescope is used by
the signal corps. The bornb-sight
serves on bombers. The periscope
aids the partly submerged subma-
rine.
Glass mats and woven glass rib
bon and cloth serve as separators to
insulate parts of storage batteries
and electrical machinery. Special
glass ribbon filters the dissolved
blood plasna in hospitals. Glass
sutures or thread for stitching or
sewing up wounds have been de-
veloped.
Glass cloth is nonindamrnable. It
may be waterprocfed and used in
tarpaulins to protect war equipment
against moisture, rain and snow.