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Evening star., 1943-03-13
Well Done

1t is hard to get a cook nova
days-even for iails. A middle
western emporium Of restraint ad-
Vertised in vain for culinary help,
until the officials were in a stew.
But one official cooked up bril-
liant idea, Installing himself in a
magistrates court, he sat back un-
obtrusively in the rear, like hungry
pickerel hiding among weeds in wait
for luckless minnoW. Patiently he
inspected the crop Of minor offenders
that ripened into full bloom in the
court, day after day. 1t was the
magistrates practice to ascertain
the profession of each victim, SO the
task was simple, though tedious
Sooner or later everything turned
up, alphabetically speaking, from
able seamen to biologists. At last
came the magic day when a cook
appeared. Springing from his lair,
the jail official grabbed him. The
Judge co-operated nobly, and SO did
the prisoner Given the choice of
going to jail unparoled, in a gallery,
or paroled, in a galley, he took the
latter. Many thanks, your honor"
said the iailer, as he proudly
marched off with his prize. Il don't
know what l would have done with
out your help Too many crooks
were spelling for their broth"
Evening star., 1943-03-13

standards. From the period of its
production, approximately nine GEN.
turies ago, until the camera docu-
mentation of the prevailing struggle
with the Axis, nothing in any proper
sense comparable with it was at
tempted. A bond Of mutuality of
purpose and objective unites the for
gotten needleWomen of the Middle
Ages with the photographers who
currently are working in the Pacific
area, in Africa, in Russia and over
Europe.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

enced some hardship ito which he or she
is not accustomed" We all know that
our first consideration should be for the
men who have given up their homes and
families that we may live as we always
have lived, as free Americans.
Today We have many things rationed
so that the men in our armed forces and
our Allies will not have to face any ad-
ditional hardships through our selfish
ness. Are not the men at Boiling Field
considered part of our armed forces? If
they are, why not give them the pref
erence and close the restaurant to ci-
villains so the soldiers can have faster
and better service that they we'll de-
serve?
have suggestion to make to these
would-be patriotic civilians. Why don't
they bring their lunch to work with
them? Thousands of people all over
the country have been doing it for years.
In that way the men who have been
selected to protect them would not be
inconvenienced and everybody would be
happy.
Isn't it enough that these soldiers for
the past two months have not been per-
mitted to leave the post before $50 pm.
because some civilians complained that
the buses were too full of soldiers and
they could not get on them?
think it would be an excellent idea if
all of us girls working in the post restau-
rant staged "sit-down' between II a m.
and l pm. staring Monday, March l5
Then. perhaps, these chronic kickers
would realize what it is like to work and
have no place to have their lunch.
AN ARMY WIFE.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Says Future Should Be Protected
BY Defense Program Including Air.

To the Editor of The Star:
In our plans for the postwar future
let us be ever mindful of the fact that If
we intend to exert our influence in the
rest of the world we must be prepared to
back up our words with force.
Therefore, let us plan to keep our ma
tional defense program at full strength,
and let us plan to keep the equipment
of the armed military, naval and air
forces of the Nation modernized
We should plan now for the future of
aviation and especially should we plan
now to add to the Presidents cabinet
Secretary of Air, just as we have now a
Secretary of War and Secretary of the
Navy.
We should plan now to have Congress
initiate bills calling for maintenance
appropriations for the continuance,
after the end of present hostilities, of
those new war production plants which
have been manufacturing airplane en-
gines and air bombers for our armed
forces. Under no circumstances should
we allow these few plants to accept con-
tracts for the supply of arms for foreign
countries. These few plants and two
or three shipyards should be subsidized
by our Government to insure the Nation
OF receiving up-tothe minute imple-
ments of defense for the security of this
Nation. Never again should we be
caught as we were in 1899 and 1910, when
we found numbers of our old private
plants under contract to foreign nations
for the supply Of war materials.
FREDERICK @. FROST,
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Suggests Civilians Avoid
Boiling Field Restaurant,
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Something new has been added at
Boiling Field. Beginning March Is, SOL
diers are barred from the post restau-
rant from II am. till l pm. Why? Be-
cause some civilian who no doubt could
not get the service "to which he or she
has been accustomed" complained. So
now the enlisted men on ration money
can 60 without their lunch.
Every one In this country has expert
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Tax Confusion

as-you-go plan with reporters yes
terday, the President made some
statements which certainly will nos
serve to clear away the confusion
and misunderstanding which have
enveloped this vitally important
| matter.
Mr.. Roosevelt said it was his i'm
preston that adoption of the Ruml
plan would mean a smaller net re-
turn for the Government in income
taxes. If he was talking about taxes
on l943 incomes, which presumably
was the case, it is difficult to under
stand upon what facts his impression
was based. The Ruml plan would
simply apply current tax rates to
current income. And since the ma
tlonal income in 1913 is greater than
IN 1942-the year that would be
sklpped"-it seems self-eyident that
the net return to the Government
would be greater, and not smaller.
Furthermore. under the existing
set-up, the Treasury seems to be
faced with a substantial loss of reve-
nue. from taxes that it will not be
able to collect or that will prove
very expensive to collect. AS evi-
dence Of this, there is the statement
by the tax collector at Cleveland,
Ohio, to the effect that many per-
sons in that area are not filing re-
turns and are assuming come and
get me" attitude. According to the
collector the latest figures in the
Cleveland Office show 277 1865 returns
received, a decrease of 119,l06 for
the comparable 1912 period. And
that decrease, according to the COL
lector, is more serious than appears
on the surface, since it had been eX-
pected that the lowered exemptions
plus an increased number of workers
would result in about 100000 re-
turns this year as against 100000 in
1912.
This is not condition which is
peculiar to Cleveland On the con-
trary, the indications are that tax
delinquency will be widespread
throughout the country, with the
result that the Treasury is going to
lose revenue. There is only one way
to meet this situation, and that is
by deducting taxes at the source of
income. The Ways and Means Com
mittee wants to do this by standing
pat on 1912 taxes and also deducting
20 per cent of taxable income during
the last six months of this year. But
if taxes on 1912 income alone cannot
be collected, it seems futile to at
tempt to collect both 1912 and l943
taxes at the same time. The only
feasible alternative that has been
proposed is the Ruml plan, under
which taxes would be deducted at the
source, but with 1943 instead of 1912
income as the base.
Certainly, under this method, there
would be no special favor shown
those with high incomes at the ex:-
pense of those with low incomes, as
the President suggested. Nor would
it mean, as he also suggested, that
the people with more money would
pay less. But what it would mean is
that the Treasury, for the first time,
would have an effective method Of
collecting taxes from millions of peo-
pie who cannot pay, or who think
they cannot pay, and that the Gov
ernment would not be faced with
the prospect of an expensive, tedious
and possibly hopeless effort to levy
on those who will not file returns or
who will fail to make their payments.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Name
Address

@. What is meant by "antipope"7-K.
E. j.
A. Antipopes were false claimants Of
or pretenders to the papal throne.
Thirty seven have been recorded.
Q. Who introduced the lease-lend
bil?-M. H.
A. The lease-lend bill was introduced
by Congressman Mccormack on January
TO- 194l
O. In what European city is there a
monument to commemorate the end Of
floods?-F. B. E.
A. Dusseldorf, Germany. The city has
suffered greatly by flooding of the Rhine.
The monument consists of an enormous
iron snake and symbolizes the tanning Of
floods by human intelligence.
@. Does Alaska have daylight all dur
ing the summer?-E. L. H.
A. The Alaska summer is a season of
almost unbroken daylight. The sun
shines brilliantly for 10 or 20 hours a
day, and in the remaining hours 1t is
twilight
@. When were battleships first canou-
haged-S. r. T.
A. Dazzle painting was nrst used by
the British fleet in 1917. As early as
September. 1914, Prof Graham Kerr,
zoologist, had suggested that battleships
might be camouflaged, citing examples
In nature such as the zebra as pattern
to follow.
@. With what church was Mary Baker
Eddy connected before she organized the
Christian Science Church?-R. Id.
A. Mrs. Eddy was connected with the
Congregational Church.
@. How long did 1t take to transcribe
Pepys' diary into understandable Eng
lish?-L. L.
A. John Smith worked over the manu-
script for three years, II or IA hours a
day. The diary was not only written
originally in form Of shorthand, but
parts, which the author considered dan
gerous, were enciphered, ard other pas
sages written phoneticany in foreign
languages before being Transcribed in
shorthand
@. At what hours are the time signals
sent out from Annapolis, Md?-T. w. N.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
time signals are sent from Annapolis
four times day, at am, noon, s pm.
and midnight.
@. Should the word motel" be preceded
by "a" or AMP. w.
A. In the United States the IN" is
sounded, hence 1t is correct to say "a
hotel" In England IAN hotel" is usual.
Many writer's and speakers use "an" be-
fore words beginning with an "h" when
the first syllable is unaccented.
Q. What is meant by the homo
counties in England?-T. T.
A. The counties which encircle Lon
don. They include Kent, Surrey, Essex
and Middlesex
Q. Why is the celebrated Pent House
Theater of the University of Washington
50 called?-R. C. w.
A. The theater is now beautiful, mod
ern building, unique in many respects.
The plays continue to be produced by
the drama department of the university
under the name OF Pent House because
the first plays produced had a pent
house for setting.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Oriter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hnskin.

reader cGn get the dnstCer to 1ny
question OF tact by Uritine The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J, HGskin, director. Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Q. How many rivers will be crossed by
Big Inch" the oil pipeline &C. L. N.
A, 1t will cross l3 large rivers and
extend 845 miles.
@. What States have received the most
war contracts?-H. G..
A. According to the National Indus
trial Conference Board, they are: Cali
fornia, Michigan, New York, Ohio. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts and Indiana.
@. How many Negroes are serving in
the Army?-C. L. Y.
A. The War Department says that the
Negro personnel now totals more than
100000, serving in every arm and branch
Of the service
@. What is the high tower Of the
University of Pittsburgh used for?-F.
E. H.
A. Within the tower are l39 labora-
tories, 81 classrooms and l3 lecture rooms.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

With the landing of that big and
welcome convoy, even all the Maltese
cats are purring happily.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

Children's Favorite Songs-A COL
lection Of 1l8 nursery songs and
singing games that will appeal to all
children and will be welcomed by
kindergarten and primary grade
teachers. Complete with words and
music. and the arrangements are in
keys within the range of children's
voices. Directions for playing the
singing games are included. The book
is bound in a durable, gay-colored
cover, and is illustrated To secure
your copy of this attractive publica-
ton inclose IS cents in coin, wrapped
in this clipping, and mail to The
Star Information Bureau.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Zenith Radio
Maintains High
Earnings Level
Net for Fiscal Year
Seen $3.22 Share; Firm
Adding TO War Orders

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-Despite
the complete cessation of Zenith
Radio Corporations normal civilian
business and the diversion of fac
tory facilities to war work, the
company's earnings have been
maintained at a highly satisfactory
level.
For the six months ended Octo-
her 81, last. the first half of the
fiscal year, profit was estimated at
approximately S2.14 share of
capital stock. compared with $1.53
a share for corresponding six
months of 1871. While il is still
too early TO estimate the probable
earnings for the fiscal year ending
next April 30. indications are that
they will likely run even with TO
somewhat ahead OF the 1882 a
share earned for the year ended
April 30, 1912.
Zenith has set aside liberal re-
serves out OF current income 10
take care of any deductions that
might be necessary, due 10
contract renegotiation. In the
meantime, substantial new orders
continue 10 oe received on a direct
contract basis.
Like other firms in the radio
manufacturing field. Zenith has
made unusual progress in the de-
velopment Of new electronic de-
vices and radio transmitting and
receiving apparatus under impetus
Of the war effort. While much Of
Nthis new equipment is Of type
hat cannot be given general pub
'Iicity until after the war, many
of the features now in use for
military purposes Will be incor-
porated in postwar civilian APP
paratus.
Indicative Of the pace AT which
Zenith's plant is working, the
company revealed that in two days
recently, more goods were turned
out and delivered 10 the govern
nent than the company had manu-
, featured IN an entire year, 20 years
ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Complete
Major Portion Of
.Retoo|ing Job
Some Of Machines Seen
Diverted 10 Making
of Other Products

CLEVELAND. Feb. 13.-Ma-
chine tool industry has completed
the major portion of its job of re-
tooling America for war, accord
ing to National Machine Tool
Builders Association.
Before the year is over, the in
dustry will be looking for more
work to do, the association says
in a booklet called Machine
Tools"
Industry's backlog of untitled
orders today represents seven to
eight months output. but with
most of the nations war plans
now equipped machine tool orders
are showing a decline from the
1912 rate.
while demand for machine tools
will remain heavy throughout the
war, some companies will find de-
mand falling below capacity" the
booklet said.
This will mean that CONVEX
SION is now for the first time, be-
coming a possibility in the ma
chine tool industry. A part OF the
industry's expanded facilities may
shortly be available for making
products other than machine tools.
Machine tool facilities consist
chiefly of machine tools OF the
very types used for the manufac-
ture of parts for guns, airplane
engines, tanks and other items OF
war material requiring precision
work.
1t would not be difficult to
convert a portion of a machine
tool plant, in most cases to some
other type of work and still use
the major portion of the facilities
of that plant for building machine
tools.
Citing the industry's produc.
manual programs for the army
navy, and air forces, announces
more than doubles its studio, pro
subsidiaries report for the year end
I1943 volume to 1878, SCI 900.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Detroit Produce

APPLES Michigan bu. crts. L. & No
J. ~ IN min unless olesty~i's, g - = Z
nsFdou,, 81 5oa2s5 Northern spyf
N.7507 Baldwins. 81 fo@is0; New
York Rhode Island Gresnings 4. 3 No
! 81 in min. 81 t5G 80. Rome Bsautys
ton box. Delicious 100 SIS, fancy s. ~
@5T5' a-ls3.. extra fancy 50 It4t
Rome Besutys. fancy lsrEs sizes s. ~
ws', Virginia. hu. bsst' p.iieiols. L 5
svocLpos -csHforn,s. Hsu. Futrt~
is2n 81 'sg7s5. fair quality ls-so'
nIANs-Fiorids hi hsnrsu Rlse'
Valentines, best mostly s. 5na 3 rs. PEN
iifr,. SOS Is; vaI. 81 500 Is.
BEETs-TeHs' a cru, 5-doI nsh''
BROCCOLI Pony er', Arrora. s. rs
California, 81, Texas. fair. t209
cAHBAGE-Tss.s io' Aas...' s ,',.
hound erts So Oh stock so-lh 'sess
Danish. New York. $3.50 &ehiEAn, SIG
cARRors-Los Anrsl', er,. ariIoris
FORTS, s.doI. ben, s4foa475 best. IS
Texas, 8 dor, t175g5 poorer lower.
cAuLIFLowER-Pony cr'so ~. an
. ,sTs, A soSG Z sog % 0''
cELERY~Fiorids. Ism ert. trinm.'
tops. Golden Heart. dor, 2ag s..5
don. 81 as o 3.5o; 10 cor s. - 2 3 20
: California, ertS. OF Hearts. doE. eel
lophans wrapped, best. - 50.
GRAPES -csliforrla: display l2s'i I'm
psrors fancy, xT5d5.
LFTTUcE-Los Ansels' crs lesests
CA'fornis Imperial valley, dor. and
DOR t550n575
\ LEAF LETTUcE-ohin, hichisan, j"
oSioSs| s0.Ib' ,aek,. Michigan T. s
No / Yenows. med. 81 75n 60 s'ralgh
sin. and larger, 81; Sweet spanish
No /. 3-in and larger. ldano. Utah. S23
50. Mexican Crystal White Wa1 I. g. No
PEAS Mexican. m. ssku,, $3.50.
pOTATOEs-l0o-ln. SACKS. 4. E. No. J
CIR. A: Idaho Russsi Burbank nosu
s3ss637S. few higher lo-ln. cotton sacks
Aoe, Maine. various vareues, I'm mn
s393.lo; So.lh. paper sacks $1,000 80
No. /. washed Triumnhs few sales. 80 lbs
$40: 100 lbs. $40; Michigan Chippewa
81 sog27o: Russet Rurals, 81 So fe,
Green M,s. "a sod2. 10 18Th. paper sack.
43o. New stock: Florida bu. cr,s u
NJ. 1. washed Triumphs. size s. s..
sHALLOTs - Louisans, hhs. 2o-fo7
bchs., mostly S.7S1s.25; ef''" s'do1
'' sPfN :, cIi eu. b,k,s.. savoy Typ,
best, si,75; fair to generally good. 81 25l
$50; cartons; i.do1. csiophane bags
Neutrality-suspicious., 3s-pint erts
81 81.
SWEET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. bu ert'
Porto Rican Vans, ". g. No. / S3.25f
$50, mostly t3256335; North Carolina
m. hskts., Porto Riean Vans, general
good, s2.7517.s5
TOMATOES - io-lb cartons. rsrsen
med. 81
TURNiP TOPS Georgia. bu. hck,'
u as.
RUTABAGAs 49, Canada, 5o-lo. sack
waved XI.l0.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

names on pay rolls or paying the
penalty of overtime wages 10 ex-
perienced workers.
OF course. the 40-hour week
was adopted for reasons that
have been rendered obsolete by
war conditions. 1t was put for
ward during the depression as
a means of spreading the re-
stricted and inadequate volume
of employment then believed TO
be available.
If the purpose Of continuing
overtime for hours in excess of
40 is designed to obviate a cut
in money wages, it would be
more orderly TO reclassify the
accounts, and consider the pre-
vailing hourly rate one forty
eighth of the actual weekly
wages now paid for forty-eight
hours of services.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Break Record
Mich. Dairyne Up 10 Pct. If
Receipts, 81 Pct. in Income

Michigan dairying broke all rec
ords in 1912, both in the volume
of milk produced in and in the
total income received by farmers
according TO the annual report OF
Borden's Farm Products Company
as released by President A. M
Heyboer.
An increase of 1914 per cent ir
the volume of milk receipts is in.
Dictated by the report, which re.
veals that the company bough,
1S1 SOS, 469 lbs. of milk last year
as compared with 1854, 313, 100 lbs
during 1941. Total payments for
milk were $4,772 SAT. an increase
of 81 per cent over the S3,4S4 1896
which the company disbursed dur
ing 1941.
Consumers should not inter-
pref these figures as indicating
increases In the net profit accru-
ing to farmers" Heyboer said.
THE larger sums received for
milk were offset to q considers
BILE extent by substantial in
creases In the cost Of producing
milk"
Current milk production Is run.
ming at about the same rate as q
year ago. he added. A survey oil
2.731 farms supplying the com.
pany on January % showed av.
erage daily production per farm t.
be 164 pounds, AS compared with
165 pounds on the corresponding
date of last year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
East RTfFALn

EAST BUFFALO, Feb i3 tINs). -
800 market, slow. Good
end choice ia0-220 lbs. $3.50. some held
$3.50; compared week ago most weights
steady TO 10 cents lower. ."
CATTLE Receipts, 100: market, gem
sral trade strong Good steers and yesr.
iings SIS n Is so. steers and heifers. Si4. so
= IS. distinctly shortfeds Si41l4.50 so. beef
cows. Si2a n So spsringly S13; cutter and
common. 50 sSdii IS: Gamer, Ssme.65;
strongweiEht sausage bulls. Sl4n lA.25;
D. ght and medium weights. fll p 1873.
CALVES--sslahle receipts. none market.
vealsrs soc higher Good and choice, SIS
9iss0
sHEEP-salabls receipts. none: market.
lambs strong Good and choice 1890
lbs. xis. 81 somewhat sparfngly n SIS Is,
medium 70 good. ttS.5Od i6 throvou,s
around SIC; shorp lambs, No pelu'
tiszs; handyvssht ewes n us.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Wheat Shows
Minor Losses;
Corn Is Steady
Traders Wait Further
Congressional Action
on Price Ceiling Parity

CHICAGO, Feb. ID INs).-
Wheat futures did little more
than mark time in post-holiday
trading today as traders awaited
further developments with respect
to congressional action on price
ceiling and parity legislation. May
dropped sc to $780,. Final
prices were unchanged to &c
lover.
Corn ruled firm, with May adj
Ivancing &C to $3.50. Last prices
were &c to &c up.
Rye, rose around 1c before re-
acting fractionally. May shot up
to Size from Sohc. Prices were
&c to sc higher at the finish
Oats closed hc TO &c up and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Step in Right Direction

The forty-eight-hour week Is
a step in the right direction at
this critical time.
Widely published statistics of
gainfully employed manpower
give a wrong impression. The
figures include men in the armed
services. and, though they are
doing vitality necessary and i'm
portant work, they have been
temporarily withdrawn from the
production of goods and services.
As far as economic goods are
concerned, soldiers, sailors and
airmen are consumers, rather
than producers.
That fact helps to explain
why civilians remaining on pro-
duction lines in industry and
behind plows in agriculture have
TO work longer hours.
Time is a great convincer OF
economic necessity. Barely six
months ago. l was engaged in a
radio debate with the wages
and hours administrator and a
senator from Montana. who
were arguing that the forty-hour
week should be continued. AT
least, they were contending that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
CHICAGO
Livestock Markets
PITTSHTRGH

PITTSBURGH. Feb. - (rNs) CAT.
TLE-Receipts. $50; market steady. Steers,
choice. Si5.75d1s.75; medium 20 good
S1475Hi5 so: common. xi7n ~ so; hetf-
ers, good To choice Si4.75 a 1928; medium
to good, Sill 75n13.25; common. 50 IS n
lI75. cows. good 10 choice, $3.50 q II. so.
medium 70 good, S10d1l; Gamers and
cutters, S7fe: bulls. good 20 choice, $l4
dl5; common N medium, S10n13.I
HoGs-Receipts $50: market steady.
isO-1s0 lbs. S1s.15d1e.25 10000 lbs.
SIs.15Ti6.25 200-220 lbs, sis.15u is rs
22o-250 lbs, Sisd1625: 75o-2e0 lbs
S1575dfs; 2e0-35o lbs, SIS. 500 1878.
n15.50
sHEEP-Receipts so: market steady.
Choice lambs. S1s.50ni7 medium 10 good,
Si4G1s: common lambs, 500 10. ewes,
S5aa: vsthers. ted10.
CALVES-Receipts. So: market steady.
Good N choice Sis, 50 . so medium 10
good SIS 5OdI750