davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
MATTER OF SECONDS

A steep bank and half roll, and
the plane cut back across the field
and disappeared from sight in a
matter Of seconds. There was a
cry from the crowd:
There she comes"
You had the sensation of re
membering' that sometime, in the
last few seconds. you had heard
a deep-throated roar. Whether il
was while the plane was overhead,
or after II had passed. you couldn't
say for sure.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
FLOWN FROM TORONTO

The bomber was flown from the
Canadian DeliaWlland factory at
Toronto for a special showing 10
workers of the Nash-Kelvinator
Lansing propeller plant.
j. r. Follett, test pilot for the
Toronto factory. and w. p. l. Fill
ingham, chief test pilot for the
DeHavilland Of England. put on
a real show for the factory work
ers.
Fillingham, a slght-built young
fellow Of about 30. took off on the
initial show flight in half the
length of the Lansing field The
Mosquito fairly hoped into the
air.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
By WARD SCHULTZ

from NdZl HSnleTS
Suicide? No, it's far from il;
pilots of the Raj and RCAF have
been doing it for months and
they claim it's as safe as riding in
a Flying Fortress.
The answer 10 this apparent
paradox is the devastating De-
Havilland Mosquito, the tricky
little hit-and-run bomber which
interrupted Goebbels' speech and
forced Hitler 10 cut his speeches
from two hours to Ia minutes.
In Lansing to attend the first
American civilian showing of the
sensational wooden construction
hattleplane. | learned that the
Mosquito will do well over 400
miles an hour and that Focke-
Wulf 100 fighter can't even come
close 10 catching il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

Various successes were reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Budget Bureau Asks
S2,973,O00 10 Finance
Child Care Program
Nursery Schools Here
Would Be Absorbed
By ChiIdren's Bureau

A requesffor s2,973 600 for a new
national child-care program. to be
operated by the Office of Defense
Health and Welfare Services instead
Of by the Federal Works Agency
which is now operating a child-care
program, is before a subcommittee
Of the House Appropriations Com
mlttee, it was learned today.
The request, made by the Budget
Bureau, has been the subject OF
hearings this week.
If enacted into law the ODHWS
program would absorb the existing
child-care program financed by
Lanham Act funds under the Fed
eral Works Agency and WPA nurs-
cry schools. The District is specifi-
cally included in the proposal, which
means that the District nursery
schools sought under FWA funds
would be operated under ODHWS.
The agencies actually administering
the child-care program, according to
the proposal, would be the Chill
drens Bureau and the Office of Edu-
cation.
The request for funds is for the
present fiscal year, which ends June
80. The proposal states:
This estimate includes provision
for taking over during the latter
part of the fiscal year selected prof.
ects of WPA of the FWA, continu-
ance of which is found to be justi-
fled as necessary for the conduct of
the war"
The plan envisages contributions
from States and cities to make up
the difference between Federal
grants and actual need No part of
the ODHWS fund could be used for
repair, equipment or alteration of
buildings in excess of 81 200, except
sin areas with special needs because
of substantial increase of employ
ment of women"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Selected Stocks Up
Fractions 10 81 in
Quiet Recovery
Favored lndustrioIs,
SteeIs and Carriers
Lead Advance
By VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.-Steels,
rails and selected industrials put a
rallying foot forward in today's brief
stock market after considerable
early heSitancy.
While there was handful of soft
spots at the start, trends stiffened
in the final hour and advances near
the close ranged from fractions to
2 points or so, with many new highs
for the past year in evidence. Trans
ters for the two hours ran to around
100000 shares against last Satur-
days 794,390 aggregate. biggest for
any short session in l943,
The few customers who appeared
IN wall Street discovered nothing
much inspiring in the war news but
most inclined to retrieve soldout
commitments to a moderate extent
on the idea this weeks selloff may
nave served as a healthy correction
OF the lengthy recovery and put the
market in a position to resume the
SWING. Diminishing outlets for idle
funds still were a factor, along with
certain amount of imitation psy-
chology.
| Among assorted new 1923 tops
were American Telephone, Northern
Pacific, Union Pacific, PENNSYLVANIA,
Chesapeake e. Ohio Wabash pre-
terred and Postal Telegraph pre-
| ferred.
Attracting bids were Santa Ee.
Southern Pacific, Atlantic Coast
Line, American Car 81 Foundry,
United States Steel, Youngstown
Sheet, General Motors, Chrysler,
Sears, Roebuck; Montgomery Ward.
Kennecott, Standard Oil of New
Jersey, Texas Co, Douglas Aircraft,
international Harvester, Westing-
house and Allied Chemical.
| Although the financial sector gen.
orally was bulliSh, purchasers tended
to step carefully because of the ap-
preaching tWo-day holiday. Major
| securities exchanges will suspend
Monday for the commemoration of
Washingtons birthday anniversary.
Bonds generally improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Chicago Livestock

ao GHlG oa F1 Go COMPARED s' F4dsy ea la
week: Choice fed steers and yeerlngs
strong to % mostly 1918 up; top reached
100, highest for February in / D years
next highest price 1926 long yearlngs
1890; light yearhngs. 1915: stable sup
pfly. steers rs. l6:5-l6 50; seneral bulk,
early sharp advance but in addition closed
weak to 35 under late last week; medium
to good grades at 1900 down showed most
decline; heiferS steady, strictly choice
METERS reached 1850; bulk, - .00-l %:
after advancing $3.50, cows lost early ad-
vance closing steady with week earlier
heavy cutters closed at 9.75 down: most
good beef cows sold freely at 13.00-13 so,
strictly good CooradoS reaching 1890
bulls lost early advance and closed steady.
late top heavy sausage offerings around
IA 90 against IA 40 at high time; vealers
strong TO 80, mostly $3.50 higher at 8 so
salable sheep, 1000; total $500: COM
pared Friday last week: Price changes on
al classes were unimportant; fed Western
choice Offerings bulked, at 1575-l6 80;
1900; few to 1885; most shorn lambs
with No, | pelts sold around 1850, few
to -; warnings usually ranged down
ward from IA %; medium to choice ewes
bulked Al 1.a0-915 with a few strictly
choice at 9.25 and slightly above.
nominally steady; not enough good or
week ago market 1920 higher with
weights $50 pounds and over UP most;
sows. 1926 higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Africa
Continued From First Page }

Egypt and Libya, was hampered by
dust storms in its attack on the
Mareth Notifications and aerial &C
tivity in the battle area was brought
to standstill, it was announced.
Other offensive aerial operations
likewise were restricted by weather
conditions, the Cairo communique
said
The North African communique
today said:
Our forward positions in the
Osseltia Valley havesAeen withdrawn
from the eastern to the western line
of hills.
Enemy Attack Repelled.
This adjustment conforms to our
positions further south, where we
occupied the hills to the northwest
of Feriana and Kasserine.
Yesterday our forces repealed a
small enemy attack in the area
northwest of Kasserine
I'm actions near Sbiba several
enemy tanks and self propelled guns
were destroyed
On February ID French forces
took 40 prisoners in a successful
patrol action in the hills north of
Ousseltia.
Yesterday air activity on both
sides was prevented by bad weather
Two of our aircraft previously
reported missing are now known to
have landed away from their bases
in friendly territory"
Djerba Reported Captured.
A Reuters correspondent with the
9th Army reported that British
troops threw Axis forces off Djerba
Island, in the Gulf of Gabes, in the
curve of the Tunisian shore Just
above the Mareth Line. This occu-
patton throws a thanking column
north of the Axis defense posts.
The Vichy radio early today said
Axis troops, after clearing the Gafsa
and Faid areas, had pushed down
between the western edge of the
Chott Djerid, a vast dried salt lake
and the mountains southwest OF
Gafsa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Wives at Glider Base
Plan Victory Form
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. rr...l44 ...
LUBBOCK, Tex, FEB 20-Wives
of enlisted men and officers at the
South Plains Army Flying School
glider base have their own battle to
fight.
They're out to lick the food short
age.
The women have planned CO.
operative victory farm on which
they will do all the work except pos
sibly the blowing, Mrs. Norman B,
Olsen, wife of the posts command
ing officer, is in charge
They haven't decided how many
acres they will cultivate-but they
have square miles of unused post
reservation land available for their
project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
CIeveIand's Firebuq
Works Despite Trap
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Feb. 20.-Cleve-
lands firebug apparently struck
again last night-right under the
noses of those set to trap him.
AS scores of non uniformed
watchers joined police in patrolling
an East Side area in search of the
pyromaniac believed responsible for
II fires in three days, another blaze
broke out in the basement of an
apartment in the same neighbor-
hood.
The latest fire, at 1851 East Seven
ty-flfth street, was discovered by the
custodian, who extinguished it by
the time fire apparatus arrived.
After an investigation, Assistant
Fire Chief James E. Nimmo said it
had all the earmarks of the pyro-
| maniac's work.
Six hundred patrons we're forced
from theater in one of three fires
Thursday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Capital Store Sales
8 Per Cent Above
Year Ago in Week
Sales in Baltimore
And Fifth District
Show Larger Gains
BY DONALD b. HADLEY.

With jump of 81 per cent above
the preceding week, Washington de-
partment store sales in the week
ended February 10, were 63 per cent
above the corresponding 1912 week.
the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond reported today.
Baltimore department store sales
made an even better showing with a
gain of AZ per cent over the previ-
Gus week and II per cent above a
year ago
Sales for other cities in the 5th
district were Is per cent above the
preceding week and 80 per cent
ahead of a year ago, while volumes
for the entire district were "a per
cent above the previous week and
68 per cent ahead of a year ago
In the four weeks ended February
Is, Washington sales were 18 per
cent above a year ago, Baltimore
sales were up 81 per cent. volumes
for other cities were ahead 30 per
cent, while those for the entire dis
trict were up 20 per cent
Compared with the preceding
period this year the four weeks
sales in Washington were up 80 per
cent, in Baltimore, "a per cent
higher, in other cities 80 per cent
ahead. and in the entire dirstrict, 33
per cent larger
Gains Above Average.
Compared with other districts,
gains in the 5th district over year
ago were we'll above average in
both the week and the four weeks
ended February ID, the Federal Re-
serve Board reported.
Percentage changes from a year
ago in the II Reserve districts are
given below with the national aver
ages:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
pevers Says u. S.
Will Even Score
OF 7 unis Battle

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 20.-Lt. Gen
j. L. Devers, chief of the armored
forces, said in an interview yes
terday that he was not concerned
over recent setbacks in Tunisia and
that the Germans were bound to
lose the African campaign unless
they knock out five of our tanks for
every one of their own that is lost"
He added that the Nazis were not
destroying our tanks in any such
ratio and declared he knew well
even the score there when the
weather improves"
Gen. Devers said that I'VE have
the guns to knock out anything the
Germans have"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Ceiling Prices on Ducks
Extended Indefinitely
BY the Associated Press.

AsSUCIdIFU EIF5S.
Present ceiling prices on ducks,
scheduled to expire today.swil con-
tinue in effect until a permanent
price ceiling has been worked out.
the Office of Price Administration
announced
Present retail ceilings are based
on the sellers highest prices in the
period September 29-October 2, 1912.
OPA indicated the forthcoming
regulation will not result in substan-
tial price changes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Washington Produce

From Food Distribution Administration
Prices paid net fob Washington;
EGGS---Market steady Prices paid for
Federal Sta e-graded eggs received from
grading stations, February 20 Whites
Y. S extras large. $500: average 40;
U. S. extras, medium. 36-37; average. SO ,:
Y, $. standards, large 31-3s. averase. rs;
"a. Browns, U. S. extras large, $3.50:
average, 80; U. S extras medium 36-37;
average, 36l2; U. S. standards, large. 81
35-37; average, 30, u s trades, - 30;
average. :i5l2. Nearby ungraded eggs cur
rent receipts: Whites. - rs: mixed col
orS, 34-35, Receipts, Government-graded
eggs, sos cases
LIVE POULTRY Market firm Prices
largely nominal Fowl coIored As pounds
y. BOOSTERS, 5i2 pounds and over, 1918
Broilcrs. under pounds, 2s. Fryers. "a
pounds, 29I2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Ginger Rogers Collapse
Traced to Dry Ice Fume:
BY the Associated Press

I BY Jhe ASSOCIATED Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20. - Over
come by carbon dioxide fumes, Ac-
tress Ginger Rogers collapsed yester-
day while going through a dance
routine on a movie set.
A studio physician, DR.. H. o.
Strathearn, ordered her home for
the day.
The fumes were generated from
Try ice used to produce cloud effects
| for the dancing scene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Closing Chcagoi Grain

CHICAGO Feb 90 GP--Whest and rye
contracts, after showing heSitency early
advanced above the preceding close in late
trading today Activity remained light
however. and gains were only fractional
Most traders took to the sidelineS in
view OF the holiday Monday and the pos
Slhility of unpredictable events in wash
lngton, where many OF the price -determin-
ing events are taking place.
Wheat closed is-ts HIGHER. MAY .4His-
"A, July i2as: corn was UNCHANGED at
ceilings. MAY | 90. oats were UNCHANGED TO
Is hiGher, rye advanced Sa-7s. All trading
in Soyo2RnS was halted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
BUNDLES FROM HEAVEN

--Rations Of rice, sugar and
other staples parachute from a
United States Army transport
plane in the Maya hill country,
India. American soldiers man
ming a lonely outpost placed
the white cloth T on the
ground as a target" for the
bundles. Bales on ground near
target T attest to accuracy of
plane creW.-A. P. Wirephoto
from the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20

Rates Of dividends IN the
foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the
last quarterly or Semi-an-
nual declaration. Unless
otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not in
cluded, a Also extra Or
extras. d Cash or stock.
Paid last year. PAYABLE
in stock. & Declared or paid
so far this year. h Payable
in Canadian funds. k Ac-
cumulated dividends paid OF
declared this year. WV with
warrants. XIV Without war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20

Appr0xImate Sales Today.
l1:00 AM. 1888. $40 1900 Noon 6lo 500
lfUnit OF trading, 10 shares; sales print,
ed IN full. In bankruptcy or receivership
or Delng reorganlzed under Bankruptcy
Act' or securities assumed by such com
panles. Rates of dividend in the FOREGOING
.aole are annual disbursement based +on
tne Iast quarterly or semi annual. decla-
extra dividends are not included. xd Ex
dividend. xr Elk rights Exclusive OF ex-
ira or extras. d Cash or stock ePaid
last year. Payable in stock. rDe-
ciared or paid so far this year. Payable
n Canadian funds. Accumulated diyi-
lens paid or declared this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Four-MiIlion Fund Roised

The Red Gross agriculture fund,
sponsored by British farmers, has
raised S4000,000 in two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
New York Cotton

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Feb 2O-Increased trade
price fixing, coupled with short covering,
came into the market near the close to-
day and rallied cotton futures prices TO
tered in the near months
Futures closed As to rs cents a bale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20

Wheat. sample grade mixed. so Corn.
No. , yellow, 9ti2, No. !. 92-96ta. No ;
81 -92' sample grade $3.50 Oats, No .
white. 6la4; No. ] special red heavy, so -.
Barley. mailing, $751; O6, nominal hard,
zS-ai nominal: feed. '@-s4, nominal.
Field seed. per hundredweight, nominal.
timothy, 4.15-5. 90. alSike, u Ou-25 90.
fancy rcd top, 1850: red clover, 20. 90
900: sweet clover, 7.50-950, alfalfa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-20
Baltimore Stocks

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 20
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Attu
Continued From Page One


ications Commission. No imme-
diate confirmation came from
Washington or any other Allied
source, but frequently in the
past the Japanese have been the
first to announce important
military encounters.
AIR POWER
With u. S. forces firmly en-
trenched with an effective steel
stripped air base on Amchitka
Island. in the Andrean group,
20 miles east of Kiska, the
American attack on Attu was
seen as a step toward virtual en-
circlement of Kiska.
Some 10000 japanese troops
are reported on Kiska, posing a
bombing threat to Alaska and
even to the American west
coast. The Attu garrison is be-
lieved TO be considerably small
er.
Should Attu fall the Amer
leans would be astride the Japa
nese communication line to
Kiska, rendering the Japanese
position there untenable.
Moreover. the Americans
would be only 760 airline miles
from the japanese naval and
air base of Paramushire at the
northern end Of Japan's Kurile
Islands just south of the Kam-
chatka Peninsula.
Both Attu and Kiska have
been targets of incessant U. S.
aerial assault. Bombs were cas-
caded down on both whenever
the Aleutian weather lifted suf-
ficiently for u. S. aircraft to
leave their bases.
Attu was bombarded April 80
by a naval task force, and this
- together with the Furnishing
air blows seemed certain to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
New Officers
Join SeIfridSc
Field Staff

Col. William B. Wright, COM
mandant of Sclfridge Field, to-
day announced appointment of
two new staff officers at this
Army air base, as War Depart
ment Investigators continued an
inquiry into alleged Irregular
ties.
Both new officers came from
the Army air base at Jackson
Vile, Fla. Capt. Albert l.. York
took over as base adjutant, and
Major John NJ. Trosbach as Sd
officer, dealing with supplies.
Names of the officers whose
duties they assumed were not
disclosed. Four officers were re-
lieved of duty temporarily pend
ing completion of the inquiry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Phones
Continued From Page One

night" Robert /. WinSloW, man
ager for the company, said, the
traffic official in charge Of the
operators at the old central Of
flee Will speak by telephone
with the cutover dispatcher ano
give him the authorization &c
proceed upon signal from
Mayor Westendorf. All employ
ees concerned in the cutover will
be ready and waiting at their
posts.
WILL PRESS BUTTON
About two minutes later, the
dispatcher will telephone tech
nicians at the old and new CEN
trail offices that the mayor is
about ready TO signal for the cut
over. Promptly at midnight,
Mayor Westendorf will press the
button.
The signal will direct tcchni-
clans at the old office TO pull
the heat coils to disconnect the
subscribers lines from the old
switchboard 1t also will be the
signal for those at the new of
flee TO remove the cutover tools
10 permit the lines TO operate
with the dial central office APP
paratus. The two operations
will occur almost simultaneous
ly and full dial service will &C
into operation practically a
once.
Just before the actual cut
over activity starts, OPERATOR
will interrupt the few calls IN
progress ct that time and ask
the parties to hank up and re-
sumo their conversations mo-
ment or so later. However, the
operators Will be on the look Out
for emergency calls, such as
those for the fire and police de
partments, doctors and hospi-
tails, to make certain hiatt they
will not be interrupted
Dial service will introduce
three new features to replace
the voice of Central" One i.
tho dial tone, steady hum
which replaces the familiar
Number, please?' and serves
as signal that the equipment
is ready to take the order for q
call.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
is Of p Jap
Planes DOWncd

WASHINGTON. May IA Up
- American fighter planes shot
down Is of 25 japanese Zeros
engaged in a furious air battle
over the Russell Islands in the
Solomon Group, the Navy re
ported today. Five United States
planes were lost but two Of the
pilots were saved.
The communique told also OF
heavy bombing raids on Jap
anese installations at Kahili and
Ballale Island in the northern
Solomons.
Communique Number 377 al
so told of bombing and fighter
attacks on the Japanese at Kiska
in the Aleutians.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
r AF
Continued From Page One

Wy anti-alrcraft barrages. The
Germans said al least 81 raiders.
mostly four-engined lbombers,
were destroyed and that 10 9th
ers were probably shot down.
SkODA FORMER TARGET
The last sizeable British raid
on Czechoslovakia was April l6,
when a heavy force reached out
TO smash the Skoda Armament
Works at Pilsen in an attack
that later reports said killed 800
and apparently destroyed every
thing in a 50-acre area. The Brit
isl lost 81 bombers in that as
sault
Before the DuiSburg Wednes-
day night, the last major assault
in the Ruhr was against bort
mund May 4.
Berlin last was bombed April
30 in a minor foray that furnish
ed a diversion from heavy at
tackS on the ports Of Stettin and
Rostock.
The Air Ministry also dis
closed that Raj fighter bombers
were active Throughout last night,
shooting up air fields and rail
way targets in France and Ger
many, and bombing mine
sweeper off Boulogne.
A German retaliation raid
scored several hits in Eastern
England and caused at least sew
en- deaths, the Air and Home Sc
curity Ministries announced.
Two enemy aircraft were des-
troyed. More bodies were sought
in the wreckage of buildings of
an inland town which suffered
concentrated attack, it was
said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-14
Suit Fails
10 Break Will
Romeo Womon's
Wishes Upheld

An attempt to break the will
of Maud Z. Scott, of Romeo,
failed today when Visiting CIR
cult Judge Fred w. George dis
missed the jury and directed a
verdict UNFOLDING the will.
Judge George ruled that the
plaintiff, Blanche Nj. Schneider,
sister of the late Mrs. Scott,
failed TO provo either that Mrs.
Scott was mentally incompet-
ent or was the victim of undue
influence.
Defendant in the action was
Mrs Minnie A. McGuineas, of
Alberta, Mich, in whose con-
valescent home for the aged Mrs.
Scott died Jan. /.
The will divides the residue
of the estate. valued at $500
between Mrs. Schneider and
Mrs. Minnie A. McGuineas after
500 was bcqueathed to Mrs.
Schneider's son, Frederick, also
Of Marquette.
Mrs. Schneider claimed her
sister was mentally incompetent
when she made the will and
that Mrs. McGuineas had influ-
cnced her.
The cssc involved the first
attempt TO break a will in Ma
comb county circuit court in re-
cent years.