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Evening star., 1943-08-07
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug. THE log
jam which had kept corn stored
on farms during a period when
it was vitally needed in war pro-
duction appeared to be broken,
grain dealers said today.
Corn professors, who were forced
to close down their plants tenn
porarily in late June because of the
dearth of yellow grain, have OBJ
tanned about 100000 bushels so far
this week-more than they were
able to purchase in June and July
combined.
Offerings of the Nations most
important grain we're being made by
farmers throughout the Midwest and
professors were storing up supplies
by purchases at OPA ceiling prices.
These professors turn corn into
products used in the manufacture
of steel, explosives, paper and other
goods utilized by war industries.
In back of the sudden flow of
corn, which has expanded each day
this week, was a Government guar
antee that farmers who marketed
their grain up to August II would
share in any increase which might
Evening star., 1943-08-07

which his task force carried. He said
they were landed at places on the
beach chosen because they were not
the best landing places. and be-
cause the enemy would not expect
them there. The naval men and the
troops did fine job. he said.
They couldn't have done better.
The soldiers went ashore with their
bayonets fixed and the Italians iust
gave up" he said. Some of the
boats ran continuously for three
days and nights, but the cooks kept
plenty of hot coffee ready and plen-
ty Of food to enable the men to do
good job"
The amphibious boats used were
put In the water alongside the trans
ports. As soon as they hit, the beach
the propeller was thrown out Of gear
and they continued to roll as auto
mobiles.
"Of course" Admiral Kirk said.
"these boats are operated by Army
men who know little Of the rules
of the road of the sea. They would
just run for the beach, and 1t made
no difference to them that some
destroyer was speeding along with
the right OF way. They Just kept
on and made their goal"
The citation which accompanied
the Legion Of Merit presented yes
terday to Admiral Kirk said "the
excellence Of detailed plans and the
training operations coufi,,cted ,,yder
Rear Admiral Kinks capable leader
ship contributed materially to the
successful landing executed on hos
tile shores by the task force under
his command, operating jointly with
the forces of the United States
Arrnv0
Evening star., 1943-08-07
Vienna Man Killed
By Enemy Mine

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Perzel of
Vienna, Va, have been notified by
the War Department of the death
of their son, Sergt. Foster Perzel.
from injuries, received in North
Africa while experimenting with an
enemy land mine.
Sergt. Perzel was one of the first
group of volunteers from Fairfax
County and was inducted at Fort
Meade February IS, 1941.
He was assigned to the engineers
and was sent to Ireland in June,
1912, and to Africa last! December.
The accident occurred in January
while he was taking mine apart to
determine its method of operation.
Sergt. Perzels company COM
mander at the time was Capt. Viii
liam R. A. Kleystauber of Alexan-
dria, who is now a war prisoner in
Germany after his capture in the
Tunisian campaign.
Mrs. Perzel also has received a
letter from an officer with Sergt.
Perzers outfit, 1t. Stephen M. Bar
ker, Georgetown, telling her partic-
ulars of her sons death.
Sergt. Perzel is survived by his
parents, q sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Pettellat of Falls Church, and a
brother, John G. Perzel He at
tended Fairfax High School and was
engaged in the building trade at
the time he entered the service.
Evening star., 1943-08-07
DaWRahoniing
@Reminden@)

Blue coupons, Book STAMPS let
tered N, P, @. r, S and T are
alp valid now.
The N, P and @ stamps will
expire at midnight tonight (Sat-
urday, August ~ The r, S and
r coupons will remain good
through September 20.
Red coupons, Book 2-These can be
exchanged for meats. fats, etc.
Stamps lettered T and u are
good now and will remain valid
through August 81.
v stamps also will be good
through August 81 after they be-
come valid tomorrow.
kugar-For regular allowances OF
sugar for general use coupon No.
13 in book is good for 5 pounds
through August Is.
Stamps Nos. Is and l6 in ra-
ton book No. may be used to
obtain sugar for home canning
Each will be good for pounds
through october 81.
Families needing more than 10
pounds of sugar per person for
home canning must make appH-
cation to their ration boards for
all over this amount.
Gasoline-No. A coupons, good for
3 gallons each, are good through
November 81.
Pleasure driving Is forbidden to
holders of all types of gasoline
rations.
TT" allowances of gasoline for
commercial vehicles are now valid
and will remain good for the next
three months.
B and c coupons, good for 21z
gallons each. expire on dates In
dicated In Individual books
Shoes-Stamp No. IS is good for one
pair through october 81.
Fuel Oil-Period No. ] coupons in
new fuel oil rations became good
July and are valid for 10 gallons
per unit through next January 4
Period No. coupons of last
seasons ration are valid for 10
gallons per unit through Septem-
ber 80.
Each coupon is good for the
number of units marked in large
numbers on its face.
Applications for this seasons
rations should be filled out proper
ly and returned to local boards
Immediately.
Evening star., 1943-08-07
BY WILLIAM J. wHEATLEY.

Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, who
delivered a part of the invading force
to the shores OF Sicily. returned
to Washington yesterday to be deco
rated with the Legion of Merit for
the successful accomplishment of
his task.
From the lessons learned in that
mission he will start training more
forces for other tasks of the United
Nations.
Though the Germans had them
marked from the time they passed
through the Strait of Gibraltar,
the forces were landed and the men
and equipment were unloaded onto
the beach in considerably less than
the eight days estimated by the
Army. Admiral Kinks estimate OF
the time for unloading was better
than that of 1t. Gen. Patton-so
much better, in fact, that he won
bottle of whisky from him On a
bet.
The German intelligence oficers
spotted the force going through the
capes, and even had the lanes
and kinds of ships in the convoy.
While the task force was steaming
eastward to its objective, the Ger
man radio made passionate appeals
to the fighting men abord the ships
Evening star., 1943-08-07
12ob Decline Feared
In Worlds Wheat
Production in 1943
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department says
the 1943 world wheat production, ex-
Guiding Russia and China, may be
about IL per cent below the 4,240,-
100000 bushels estimated for 1912.
This prospective change in pro-
duction reflects large reduction in
North America, offset only in small
part by better prospects for Europe
and India.
With a crop of 791 ,000, GOO bushels
indicated for the United States, the
reduction from last year in North
America may total approximately
SOC, 900 900 bushels.
Prospects in England. Turkey and
Hungary were reported above aver
age; in Rumania and Bulgaria about
average. and in Portugal, Spain. Ger
many and the occupied countries
below average. No estimates were
available for Russia and China.
Some reduction in acreage was fore
cast for Australia.
In Argentina, the government re-
Gently announced the annulment of
wheat agreements with growers
which provided for reductions in
wheat acreages, and requested grow
ers to increase their acreages. Trade
reports from Argentina indicate a
significant increase in acreage there
is in prospect this year, the depart
ment said.
Wheat stocks in the four major
exporting countries-Canada, the
United States, Argentina and Aus
tralia-on July l were estimated at
about 1,770000,0O0 bushels, or about
300,000,000 bushels above the record
reached a year earlier and almost
three times the 10-year 1892 194D
average.
The department said these stocks
are large enough to take care of
normal total world trade for three
years.
Evening star., 1943-08-07
Tax Experts 10 Begin
Answering Questions
On '43 Levies Monday

Federal tax experts will be ready
MonGay morning to begin advising
taxpayers here on the complicated
problem of how to file the new
"declaration of estimated income
and victory tax" which is due on or
before September Is.
About one-third of the taxpayers
in Washington probably will have to
file this new form, which was dis
cl3sed for the first time yesterday,
according to estimates Of Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue Helver-
ing.
When the new forms were an
nounced, the realization that more
cash payments will be due on Sep
tember Is, despite the withholding
tax which already is taking about
20 per cent from pay envelopes,
came as surprise to many Wash
ingtonians. They began calculating
what their prospective obligations
will be.
Publication in The Star of
sample tax form, showing that
typical married man with two chill
dren and a salary of $500 year
will have to pay $11.54 by the middle
of next month, was commended by
revenue officials as a help to the
public in working out its tax prob
lens.
The new tax burden will fall
generally on single persons earning
more than S2,700 year, married
persons with an income of more
than S3,500. and others who have
nots been subject to withholding.
such as agricultural workers and
professional men, including doc
tors. lawyers and ministers.
Briefly. the new system provides
that these people must figure out
how much they owe the Government
in both victory and income taxes for
the whole year 1913 and estimate
how much they will have paid dur
ing the whole year through with
hiding taxes and cash payments to
the collector If the taxpayer then
owes d Uo1dllCS, 'lIS iHOSI pay at
least half of it by September Is and
the other half by December Is.
The local Office Of the deputy col
lector, where experts will be ready
to advise the public beginning Mon
day, is in room 1902 of the Revenue
Building, Twelfth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. The hours
are from $50 am. to 5 pm. daily.
Evening star., 1943-08-07

to go back home before they were
killed.
Rough Sea Gives Trouble.
While the Mediterranean is usual
ly very calm in summer, unhappily
Admiral Kirk said, it got very
rough before the landings were
started. There was high wind and
the sea was very choppy. The as
sault ships, made over from luxury
liners. he said, don't ride the sea
as well in their new military fit
tings.
This made the landing a little
tough, because of the difficulty of
launching landing boats while the
sea was rolling the ship.
I'VE were under German flares
the greater part of the night" Ad-
| miral Kirk continued. "I felt like
fly under microscope. You
couldn't see what was up in the air,
and there were times when we were
alarmed lest we fire at our own
aircraft.
There was one case where orders
went out to ship to stop firing at
a friendly plane, and back came
the word from the ship: Well. that
| friendly so-and-so just dropped a
stick of bombs on u.s."
He had high praise for the men
who made up the 45th Division,
Evening star., 1943-08-07
Gill Murder Theory
Discarded After Autopsy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug district
Attorney Frank S. Hogan says an
autopsy has not changed the police
theory that the death of Mrs.
Janet Snowden Gill, 29-year-old oil
heiress, was caused either by &C
cident or suicide"
. The woman died June / in H.
story plunge from a suite at the
Hotel Savoy Plaza and her body
had been exhumed for the autopsy.
Mr.. Hogan said yesterday the re-
suits of the examination show
there were no indications that the
deceased met with foul play. There
Is no evidence in the reports to dis
prove the theory that death was
caused either by accident or
suicide
Mrs. Gill was the wife of Capt.
William Sherman Gill Of the Army
| Intelligence Service.
Evening star., 1943-08-07

to go back home before they were
killed.
Evening star., 1943-08-07
Bicycle Contest Held
At BeItsviIIe Center

Winners in bicycle parade and
race at the Beltsville (Md) Ele-
mentary School playground were
announced yesterday.
First prize for the best deco
rated bicycle went to Nora Byerly
with Yvonne Moser the winner In
the tricycle. contest.
Peter Curtin came in first in a
bicycle race for boys, while Mary
Jane Swales proved to'be the fast
est cyclist in a similar race for girls
Raymond Moser was the winner in
a tricycle. race.
Evening star., 1943-08-07

ADMIRAL GETS DECORATION-Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk
commander OF the Amphbious Forces United States Atlantic
Fleet decorated with the Legion Merit Undersecreay
OF the Navy James Forrea Admiral Kirk also bottle
of whisky from 1t George Patton
American 7th Army Sicily when bet that Navy would
unload on Sicily in less than scheduled eight days
A. P. Photo.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
DC. Citizens Will Chop Wood
In Park for First ime Sunday

Private citizens will invade one
of the National Capital parks and
cut their own firewood for the first
time Sunday.
Any one who has an ak or a saw
will be permitted to go to work in
the Melvin c. Hazen Parkway, leg
of Rock Greek Park which runs
from Connecticut avenue near the
Bureau of Standards to Broad
Branch road in the park proper.
Those interested must report at
Pierce Mill. Beach drive and Tilden
street in Rock Greek Park, at
am. Sunday to sign up. From that
point, they will be assigned to areas
where employees of the National
Capital Parks Service will designate
specific trees which may be cut up
until pm.
Woodcutters are supposed to bring
their own tools, but a few axes and
saws will be available to those who
do not own them.
Irving c. Root, superintendent of
the National Capital Parks, said
citizens may be invited later to clear
other sections Of the park of dead
and fallen trees If the response Sum
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Airfie|d al Athens
Virtually Destroyed
By Bombing Attacks
U. 5. Flyers Also Roid
Lorisso Air Base; Italian
Ground Activity Limited

GERMANS CLAIM CAPTURE of
three more islands in Aegean Sea-
Page Ar
By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Nov. 19-Striking for the
fourth successive day at German
planes massed for a continued
attack in the Aegean, American
heavy and medium bombers vir-
tually completed destruction of
Elevsis -Airfield at Athens yester-
day and bombed another enemy
air base at LariSSa on the Greek
east coast.
While a slight improvement of the
weather permitted lively patrol ac-
tivity and some artillery duelling
on the Italian land front, flooded
rivers still prevented large-scale
action.
The fourth devastating attack on
Elevsis Aairfield in as many days
was made by Flying Fortresses,
whose bombs were shown in photo
graphs to have destroyed or DAM
aged more than a dozen enemy
planes on the ground and left many
fires burning.
The Fortresses encountered heavy
antiaircraft fire, but only half a
dozen fighters in the vicinity and
these were driven off by the P-3S
escort.
Rail Link Bombed.
Mitchell medium bombers, mean
while, attacked the Larissa Airfeld
on an important rail link between
Athens and Salonika, and dumped
tons of explosives on the Grosseto
and Terni railroad yards north of
Rome in Italy.
While Warhawks hammered Ship
ping along the Yugoslav coast, ven-
turing up the Krkia River, where
they sank one steamer and damaged
two others, light bombers and
fighter -bombers took advantage of
the improved weather to sweep
along the front to attack motor con-
voys, particularly in the AscoH and
Aquila areas.
Eight Army units, feeling their
way through rough country toward
(See ITALY. Page All
Evening star., 1943-11-19

day justifies assigning park en-
ployes to put in a full day of their
time
With the standard price of fire
wood at $21 a cord delivered and
$18 cash-and-carry, park officials
were confident the woods will be
teeming with amateur woodchoppers
Sunday. They made it clear that
no merchants or commercial oper-
ators will be permitted to join the
fun.
Last year park employees went
through Rock Creek Park and
cleaned it out. Citizens then were
invited to come down and haul
away the cut wood. This is the first
time the park service has allowed
any one who was not an employe
to lay an ak on any timber in the
valley.
We're pretty short of help this
year." Mr.. Root explained. He point
ed out that all timber which has
been killed by insects or blight or
blown down by storms, is fire haz-
ard as long as it remains on the
ground. The dead trees also provide
breeding places for certain kinds of
destructive wood-boring insects.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Drive Toward Rabau|
Breaks Into Fierce
Fighting in Jungle
American Worships She'll
Buko Bases; Bombers
Busy on 600-MiIe Front
BY the Associated Press.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL
LIED HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 10.
The Allied drive toward Rabaul
has broken out in fierce jungle
fighting on the Solomon and New
Guinea f1anks, with guns of
American warships roaring de-
family less than 200 miles from
Japan's pivotal base and bomb
erS dumping explosives all along
the 600-mile battle arc.
Swinging from east to west across
the war zone, these were the de-
yelopments reported today:
On Bougainville, in the Northern
olomonS-American marines and
soldiers at Empress Augusta Bay,
260 miles southeast of Rabaul, are
bloodily pushing the japanese deep
er into the jungles and have killed
more than 300 of the enemy, against
losses Of slightly more than 100.
since the invasion there on the west
central coast opened November / !;
bombers and strafing fighters are
roaming, without air opposition
along the east and west coasts.
On Buka-Air bases of that island
on Bougainville's north tip, less than
200 miles across open sea from Ra-
baul's naval base, have been shelled
for the second time this month by
American warships which moved
more than 100 miles along the Bou-
gainville coastline Wednesday, driv-
ing off Japanese planes on the way.
(This daring task force supplied a
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Petoin Rebels Against Germans,
|Renounces Laval as Successor
Moves to Restore French Democracy
Also Are flushed Up by Nuzis

! government, which endured until the
collapse of France in 1910, when
Petain set up an authoritarian
regime.
The refusal to broadcast Petain s
speech over the Vichy radio, and
the failure of his decree to appear
in the Official Gazette has created
crisis.
The marshal, according to a re-
liable informant, in which this writ
er has confidence, has sent his res
ignation to the cabinet.
Laval and his advisers continued
today their efforts to change his
mind, and although the result can
not be foreseen, Petain at least has
thrown down the challenge.
Published in Swiss Paper.
The text of the address he had
prepared for delivery was published
in the Swiss Journal de Geneve to-
day.
French-Spanish border reports
reaching Madrid said the Nazis
were making frantic preparations
to take over if the Vichy govern
ment collapses.
tThe marshal has adamanIly
refused to tell the French people
that he has asked" German po-
lice and the military to keep
order in the nation, thereby de-
nying the Nazis an excuse for
rushing troops to Vichy, these
reports said)
The Journal said that authorize
ton for broadcast of the speech
had been refused by the Fuhrer s
seneral Headquarters"
The newspaper said that Petain S
speech promulgated a constitution
as authorized by the July, 194c As
sembly, the last democratically
elected representatives the country
had.
The new constitution was based on
the principle of national sover-
(See pFTAIN pope A2l
Evening star., 1943-11-19

The "McNabb case" stirred
new complications in District
Court today as the Government
was forced to conclude it's pre-
sentation of a f1rst-degree mur-
der case without introducing a
purported confession, which JUS
tice David A. Pine held was mad
missible under the rule laid down
by the Supreme Court in the
McNabb decision last March.
The defendant is Monroe D.
Neely, IS, colored, charged with the
fatal shooting last May of Police
man Charles r. Johnson, IS, who
sought to arrest him. A statement
he made before a coroner's jury was
excluded from his trial yesterday
when Justice Pine decided that the
accused had not been arraigned with
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Draft, Tax Bill Fights Famed
AS Army Bores Excess Funds
Announcement Gives New Aspect
To Current War Production Effort

2. The Army's manpower needs
have been revised downward by more
than half million men. Opponents
Of the father draft in Congress
promptly seized on this as another
argument for their point.
3. The House Ways and Means
Committee formally delivered the
second wartime tax bill which spon-
sors say will raise S2,140, 900, 900 in
new revenue, and Speaker Rayburn
set next Tuesday for starting debate
on the measure.
Announcement of the giant refund
was made by Chairman Snyder of
an Appropriations Subcommittee
which handles Army finances. 1t
Immediately brought demands on
Capitol Hill for lower taxes, closer
(See WAR ETYNnS pooa 0CN
Evening star., 1943-11-19
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The disclosure that the Army
has more money than it requires
gave an entirely new complexion
today to the Nations present war
production effort and what is
needed in the future.
Out of the announcement that the
War Department is turning back
$l3 900 100000 to the Budget Bureau
came these significant turns:
l. The Army was pictured as con-
sidering the mighty production ef-
fort at its expansion peak. Some
drastic cutbacks, notably in small
arms ammunition, already have been
made because enough material is on
hand, or because battle experience
has dictated shifts.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Backers Of Subsidies
Seek Public Support
In Prolonged Debate
Administration Forces
Bose Argument on
Prospect Of Initiation
BY the Associated Press

Outnumbered in Congress,
hackers of the administration S
food subsidy program hope now
to get the public so steamed up
over the issue that President
Roosevelt will win his point
because of pressure from back
home.
This strategy of prolonged debate
in both the House and Senate was
described today by those who con-
ceived it as calculated to bring out
all the points of the controversy.
Thus, they believe, the consumer
will be moved to raise his voice in
time to save the subsidy program
before it is abolished by law.
AS the House entered the second
day of debate on the bill outlawing
such Government financed price
controls, the administration forces
rested their case squarely on the
argument that abolition of subsidies
means imitation. Foes, such as Rep
resentative Halleck, Republican, of
Indiana, countered that subsidies
never would have been necessary if
"a really effective" system of price
control had been adopted in the
first place.
Bread Plan Progresses.
Sticking by their guns mean
time. economic stabilization authori-
ties went ahead with a new $9,00O,-
000-a-month subsidy to hold bread
prices at their current levels.
Sterilization Director Fred M
Vinson announced the program last
night and estimated it would cost
mo more than 100000 month -
Mr.. Vinson said the cost of the
subsidy would be less than a halt
cent loaf of bread. and stated that
without the subsidy bread prices
would have to rise at least l cent a
loaf. His Office said the plan was
devised to eliminate squeeze on
millers resulting from higher wheat
prices, the alternative being to allow
increased ceiling prices for flour.
Secretary of Commerce Jones said