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(Continued from Page D ment," MT. Roosevelt said in his letters. "rn an effort to discredit those in public service, groundless charges are being made and irre- sponsible rumors circulated that the federal government is Q haven for draft dodgers and 'slackers'.
 "In Simple Justice"
 Tn simple justice to the many fine, public spirited and devoted per- sons in the government employ, these unfair accusations must be emphatically denied"
 Offering figures to silence the mud-slingers," the President said as of Jan. 1, 1943, there were 238, ,l64 federal employees in the armed serv- ices. He estimated the total today at about Q half millions.
 As the house began debate on the so-called draft-deferment bill, Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, R., Conn, an. rounced that she would introduce an amendment to the selective serv- ice act this week which would re- place draftable but essential men in industry with 4-F's and other de- ferred classes.
 The bill to be debated is the so- called draft-deferment bill passed by the senate earlier this month. Originally, 1t was the senate bill which would have deferred all pre- Pearl harbor fathers until Jan. l, but the senate changed 1t to be only a bill to tighten up deferments in industry and government.
 Mrs. Luce's bill, which would not be an amendment to the father- deferment bill but to the Selective Service Act itself, would amount to e partial labor draft.
 It would make all men now de- ferred for any cause subject to draft call for assignment to o manpower pool to be administered by an Army and Navy maintenance corps. That body would route men in the pool to labor-shortage industries on Q regional quota basis.
 When they were called for work duty, the men would get Army pay, food, transportation, lodging, insur- ance and dependency allotments. Their employer would be required to pay into the treasury the differ ence between their Army pay and union wages. First to be called would be 4-F's, then married men with no children, followed by post Pearl harbor fathers and finally by pre-war fathers.
 Mrs. Luce said her bill was an attempt to "equalize the sacrifice between deferred classes and the men who go out and get shot,"
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m. Monday, when he was appre- hended.
 Taxicabs Lonergan used in going from the airport to the home of a friend where he spent Sunday night, and every spot he admitted visiting will be checked today, Loehr said, indicating the intensive search that was being made for the uniform.
 Until all of those details are checked, Loehr said, no effort would be made to return Lonergan to New York. He indicated, however, he expected to complete the checking today.
 Police, after interviewing intimates of Lonergan, said the background of the case was sordid, with more than the usual amount of unpleas' ant unrelationships found in sex crimes.
 Detectives went to cleaning es- tablishments and baggage check rooms, while sanitation departments were warned to keep @ vigilant eye on the uniform worn by Longer gan on his trip to New York. As- Sistant District Attorney Jacob Cru met has said the uniform may tell qiute @ story"
 LOnergan Seen
 Lonergan was seen leaving the apartment of a friend carrying a package Sunday before he left for Toronto, Grument said. Whether he still had the package with him when he boarded the plane was not re- vealed by police.
 Although Lonergan has given two versions of what happened to the uniform, Loehr did not reveal in Toronto whether his three hours of questioning last night had cleared up the conflicting stories.
 One of the versions he gave to a pretty, unemployed showgirl, sep- arated from her husband for a year and a half, and the other to a friend in whose partment he stayed dur ing his weekend visit to New York. The visit coincided with the slaying of the exotic, fun loving daughter of a playlboy father.
 Scratches On Face
 Neither did Loehr reveal whether Lonergan was able to explain sat- the scratches on his face when taken into custody yesterday by Toronto authorities. Loehr en- phasized that no charge hes been placed against LOnergan and that questioning would be resumed today when two New York detectives, enc route to the Canadian city by train, arrive.
 Lonergan. who spent the night in 3 police cell. was expected to waive and the RCAF. which he |oined six weeks ago apparently after c dispute with his wife. was
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U. s. Scores Triumph
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 while a more were listed as anrohahles.''
 Mitchell bombers followed up that raid with an attack from tree-top level that ripped and burned ground positions and smashed 45 and prob- ahiy 6B planes aground. During an holr-iong running air battle with 70 enemy fighters, the raiders and their escort shot down 4S and prob ably B8 Japanese planes.
 Only four allied planes were miss lng from these attacks, although many others were damaged.
 It was the heaviest raid on Rabaul sirce oct. 12 when MacArthur's s bombers dropped $50 tons of ex- plosives on the base and destroyed or probably destroyed IF Japanese aircraft and 123 vessels.
 A lone allied patrol bomber at- tackled Q Japanese destroyer of Cape Orford, 90 miles southwest of Rabaul, scoring direct hits that left the warship in flames and Q total loss. Fighter planes in the same area shot down Japanese hoat plane and sank five costal vessels.
 Another destroyer was attacked with undisclosed results of Cape Gloucester, at the western end of New Britain.
 The main attack in the Solomons fell upon the Kahili airdrome on Bougainville Island Friday, when Army and Navy bombers dropped 12O tons of bombs on the airtield In three separate attacks. Twenty parked aircraft probably were des- troyed and others damaged, and the base itself was rendered temporarily useless.
 The Japanese put up only weak fighter opposition, and one of their planes was shot down. All allied planes returned safely.
 In Q subsidiary attack on nearby Choiseul Island, ground installa- tions were damaged and one Of 2l attacking fighters was shot down. one allied fighter was lost.
 Bomb Positions
 Over the New Guinea area, allied patrol planes bomber Japanese posi- tionS around Sic, 50 miles north of Finschhafen, and shot down an enemy Medium bombers. A large formation of Japanese Dive bombers, escorted by fighters. attempted to attack allied shipping at Finsch- rafen, but was dispersed by allied flyers who shot down four and probably 10 of the raiders without loss to themselves.
 Long-range allied reconnaissance planes struck at Greenwich Island, more than 400 miles northeast of Rabaul, damaging two cargo vessels in the harbor.
 There was no word of the pro- gress of ground fighting around Finschhafen and in the Rarnu River Valley around Madang, 165 miles to the northwest.
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NCOnUlnueQ 1EOIH FdBS 1J anti-aircraft fire as a cover to their evacuation from the submarine evacuation from the island by sub- marine.
 Kinkaid in his new command will be operating under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He probably will have an important role when the south- west Pacific operations are coordi. mated with the British-led drive inc to Burma.
 Kinkaid said American forces in the Aleutians had some success in getting some of the Japanese subs" which were evacuating the Kiska garrison.
 T hope they were full of evacuees, but don't know" he added.
 Asked as to the number of enemy submarines destroyed, Kinkaid only said:
 We got quite a few-enough to make 1t hurt"
 He sad the Japanese used big submarines for the evacuation, each probably able to carry 100 men.
 Kinkaid made 1t clear that he was not too disappointed over the fact that the Japanese had fled before the American landings were made in Kiska Aug. 12.
 He said the Japanese defenses on the beach were found to be stronger "than we ever dreamed and there would hay been heavy casualties" {" The installations were so well cam. ouflfaged they could not be dis- cerned in photographs.
 AS for the value of the Aleutions as an offensive base, Kinkaid said h ewas so preJudiced in favor he preferred not to get started on the subject.
 "They are extremely important" he said, because they are along the short route to Japan"
 Secretary Knox was asked if he had any comment on reports of in- creased Japanese submarine activity bteween the Hawaiian Islands and the west coast. He said that all he knew about 1t was that shippers of some ships had reported the pres- erce of the enemy raiders.
 We haven't yet found any sub- marines" Knox said. They may be there."
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The victim will be buried tornor- row after funeral services on what would have been her 18th birthday.
 Authorities said 1t might not be necessary to arraign Lessa in district court since the purpose of such ac- lion would be merely to hold him for the Bristol County grand jury and he already Is under a jail sen- tenOe. The grand jury convenes Monday ct Fall River.
 Borrowed Gun
 According to Lessa he went to the wilcox home Saturday to borrow shotgun with the permission oI Shirley's 19-year-old brother David for Q hunting trip.
 q went to his room and got the gun and some shells he said were in q sewing machine drawer" Lessa was quoted. T loaded the gun and came downstairs"
 At this time, Shirley was alone in the house, she having refused to accompany e brother and sister to New Bedford to meet their parents ct e movie. David was at work in a mill.
 Shirley was in the kitchen, Lessa continued. T kissed her few times and then we went into the other room. She was @ swell kid and we liked each other lot all the time lived at the house"
 Police said Lessa, husband Of Shirley's oldest sister Helen, had lived at the house until Wednesday when he left following Q family dispute.
 Stin Loves Wife
 q still love my wife, too" Lessa was quoted. "and I'm sorry that she has to find out about her sister Shirley now"
 Later, according to Lessa, he and Shirley left the living room and "were fooling in the pantry"
 'I was looking at the gun and Shirley was getting ready to wash sR hair" he said "Then 1t hap pened. The safety on the gun was- At working right-Dave will tell you @ae. It just went of. I didn't mean e kill her." He sobbed uncontroll- @bly for several minutes, then con- tinued:
 T don't know how I got her into the other room. I guess half dragged her and carried her to the edge of the house. Then she look ed up at me and said, 1t doesn't matter, I love you, I love you, love you It was awful. I couldn't stay any longer She couldn't talk any more and left"
 Left House
 Lessa said he left the Wilcox house and went to the home of a xkrs. Philip Mcdonnell.
 ''I stayed there until someone Ganae in and said Shirley was dead" hs said. T had plenty of time to naat it but I couldn't leave her"
 1sessa said he returned to the wilcox house, went in, looked at the dead girl, and touched her face and hair. Then, he added, he went out in the yard until police spotted him and arrested him on the old automobile charge.
 I'm sorry I killed her." he said.
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(Continued from Page D that the hair may have been singed while he was lighting a cigarette, singing chickens on his chicken farm or when he lighted candles in lamp during dinner party in his home the night before the father of his third wife, pretty, 19-year- old Nancy Oakes, was slain. One of the women at the party testified that the count had complained that he suffered burns while lighting the candles. The count since has shaved of the beard, explaining his wife did not like 1t.
 Theory Of Fire
 Advancing his theory of the fire, Melchen said the slayer apparently spread some sort of infiammable fluid from an insect spray around the bedroom and touched Q match to 1t.
 Upon lighting, the fuel jumped backward toward the person scat tering 1t, the homicide expert theor- ized
 When Supreme Court Justice os- car Daly, presiding, interrupted to ask how the fire burned in various parts of the room," Melchen replied that there must have been two or more ignitions. He said the smudges in the hallway may have been caused by flash flames" and &C., counted for scorches on the fifth and. sixth steps of the stairway leading to the upper floor bedroom by explaining that a few drops of the burning liquid may have landed on them.
 He said "fyded" may have been the fuel used and that most in- flammable liquids except kerosene could carry flames eight to 10 feet high.
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LANG TO NEW YORK

Fritz Lang goes to New York fol- lowing completion of his directional assignment on paramount's Minis try of Fear" The director will see the current Broadway shows and will search for Q script for possible production as Q stage play.
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kans, leading to speculation that he was to be removed from Italy.
 The United Press informantS said, however, that Rommel's headquar- ters have been established across the Brenner Pass in southern Ger many, where he can direct both the Balkan and Italian fronts.
 Rommell was understood to have "A divisions possibly 360.000 troops - in his Italian command. including seven divisions on the southern fighting front, one in the Rome area and 16 in reserve north of the Pc river.
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When Veronica Lake went Co Mesa, Ark, for scenes with Fran ch0t Tone in Pavamount's "Ihe Hour Before the Dawn" it was the first location trip for her since her debut film. T Wanter Wlngs."
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Admit Loss OfCos Isle

Cairo, Oct. 26-(UP)-Allied Mid- dle EasternT7 eadquarters announced today that British forces have evac- uated Cos Island in the Dodecanese, which was seized from its Italian garrison a month ago.
 "Our remaining land patrols, hav- ing completed their task. have been successfully withdrawn" 8 com munique said.
 There was no indication when or how the British forces were re- moved from the Island. The Ger mans claimed more than a week ago that their forces had recaptured Cos and British bombers have attacked it repeatedly in the past week.
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With the l94S football season mov- ing to its climax, Producer Ted Ceilings has signed Pat O'Brien and Ruth Warwick for a radio dramati- zation of one of the top football pictures of the year, 'The Iron Major" on Columbia's Kate Smith Hour" Friday, october %. (WABC- CBS, 800 to S:55 P. M., EWT. Rel peat broadcast at 1900 Midnight).
 Both O'Brien and Miss Warwick appear in the screen vesion of "The Iron Major"
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not expected to protest his removal to New York. In that event, he may start back here today.
 New York authorities, fin addition to looking for the uniform, were trying to trace Lonergan's move ments in New York Saturday night and Sunday morning, when the heiress with whom hc eloped in le4i despite parental objection, was beat en and strangied to death. Her nude and biudgeoned body was found Sunday night on . Second Empire bed in her luxurious Beekman Place apartment. Two bioodstained lamps fuoEd on the floor were believed to have been the murder weapons.
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"She was wonderfulto me and we cared for each other lot. She was one swell kid"
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A sailor appearing as @ contest ant on Correction Please" the Jim McWilliams show on CGS Saturday nights, confided to Jim that before he joined the navy he turned the heads of @ lot of women. T don't wonder" said McWilliams. "You're a handsome fellow" "Oh," that's not it." was the sailors answer. "Be- fore enlisting I was @ hair dresser in @ beauty parlor."
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Widely assorted schedules aren't hlnderlng Phil Spitalny's "HOur of Charm" girls from entertaining men at various service bases and hospitals, even though they often find 1t im- possible to take the entire all-girl orchestra and choir to a given camp. When the whole group can't appear sOIOists and small units from the Or- chestra entertain the service men instead.
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Police Seek Uniform

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To quell little sammy's midnight squalling in q recent script of When a Girl Marries," Lilly the maid resorted to her own version of lullaby. Sammy went quietly to sleep to the tune of Pistol Pack in Mama"
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Answers to Mondays Quiz

(a) Charlie Martin (b) Gertrude Lawrence Co Ginny Simms (d) Ev- erett ("Crime Doctor") Sloane (e) Jack Carson (f) Meyer Davis.
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RommeI Gets Top Spot

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Edwin 0. Hills ode to "An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, which the commentator has given annually for almost 8 decade, will be given a special Thanksgiving day network spot of its own this yeaT with all the production trimmings.
 Ed "Archie" Gardner is being swamped by requests from friends for autographed copies of his "Duffy's First Reader" a book written in the Archie idiom now be- ing made available to his listeners.
 Jean Tennyson surprised Co., lumbia's famed photographer, Ca- lente, when he was taking portrait pictures of her recently. The star ot Ire "Great Moments in Music program revealed that she had lived in Italy for two years when study ing music and only ten miles from his home townl
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Navy Names Is
Wayne County
Flying Cadets

Fifteen Wayne County navy
men have been appointed avia-
ton cadets and now are At the
Pensacola. Fla. air training cen.
ter for intermediate flight train
ing. From Detroit are Donald &.
DauI, 200l3 Gallagher: Wilfred III.
DOmpier, 926 Dickerson: Carl C..
Foster. $3.50 Burns; Phillip A.
Hartley, 1854 Waverly; John w.
Nancy 1880 LaSalle: Walter j.
Morgan 1880 Kentucky; Thomas
A. landowner, 1886 Morrell;
Charles j. Sager 103l2 Beech
dale; Douglas ~. Place, 1928
Coyle: Clovis T.. Qulllin. 693l +.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

CADET sAGER CADET DAUL
STEM. William J. StiIIer. Harry r..
Zeller, Raymond Stachecki, Yer
non j. Sloan. Harry \. Ward,
John Morabito. Willie j. Luce
darme. Edward W. kopera, fire.
men. Sd class John ,. Lynn. Allan
ID. Wilson, stanley X. Townsend,
Seamcn. lSt class, sam II. Farina,
fireman. lst class.
Toledo Naval ATmory store
keepers school. George n. AndeT-
son. 4409 W. Philadelphia, and
William X. LaPointe, 2l29 Vine
wood. storckecpcrs. Sd class;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

CADET FOSTER CADET MORGAN
jefferson: Jerome J. Roy 1889
Warrington; Henry ". \. Sor-
omen 1914 RoSclawn Others are
Daniel j. Brewis, 1887 Rivcrbank.
Lincoln Park, alvin II. Perry, 292
Genesee. River Rouge. Richard J.
Schlltters, 1857 Yorkshire, Crosse
Polnte.
NAVY GRADUATES
Great Lake service school,
James q. Mckibbcn, Bruno Tas-
some, Ronald G.. Fisher. torpedo
men, Sd class. Bernard j. Muir
ply. fire controlman, 3d class;
Charles w. LaPointe, Thomas r..
Collins, Paul r. Senstoek, fire.
. men. 1st class, Norman ID. An
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

man. 2742 Calvert, European
army.
To technical sergeant: staff
Sgt. Leonard r. RzepckI. 5221
Jos. Campau, Camp Crowdcr. Mo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

CADET SOR0NEN CADET QJIT1IN
Harold y. Mick, 1913 Columbus.
seaman. I'd class
Memphis. Tenn. technical air
school. Robert r.. Scott, 5l29
Hillsboro: Eugene ". GoOdeman,
1850 Mark Twain ST. Mays
College pre-flight school. John X.
Lott, Theodore j. Scheppman. De-
trolt. Sampson. y. y. basic
school. Daniel DaSick. S7l Clair
pOlnte, seaman. ID class.
Fort DeS MOines. Ia, training
school. Pvts. Evelyn :. Landau.
1922 Clements: Beatrice Tolmich,
3240 Rochester; Ruth Hileman,
5S09 DeVonShire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

ARMY PROMOTIONS
To captains. 1t. Oswald g.
LANG. 1925 Westmoreland. Boca
Ration Field Fla; Frank A. Refs
Evening star., 1943-04-02
Republic Steel Corp.
Reveals New Records
SET in March
Coke and Pig Iron
Marks Set; Steel Rote
At 1881 Per Cent
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, April 2.-Republic
Steel Corp. reported today its March
coke and pig iron production set
new company records, and steel in
got production reached 1881 per
cent of capacity.
The corporation said coke pro-
duction totaled 464233 tons last
month, compared with the previous
peak of 416,4l5 tons in January,
1912 District coke records were
established at Cleveland, Canton,
Warren, Ohio, and Gadsden, Ala,
plants.
March pig iron production totaled
502, ,587 tons compared with the pre-
vious record of 1926 tons last
October, with Youngstown. Cleve-
land, Gadsden and Massillon plants
surprising their previous peaks, Re-
public added.
New records in monthly steel ingot
production were reported in the
Youngstown and Gadsden districts,
and the company's ingot rate for
the first quarter of 1943 was at 1Ol 6
per cent of capacity.
The company said ingot produc-
ton the first quarter amounted to
2,2l8,940 tons, against 2093, 1923 for
the corresponding quarter last year;
coke output increased $4,000 tons
to 1851 900, and pig iron increased
139 1000 to 1,4l7,0 900 tons.
Evening star., 1943-04-02

like 1912 period, were down per
cent in the fifth district, per cent
in Baltimore, but gained per cent
in the group of other cities, the
Richmond bank said.
Insurance Nominations Held.
Six members of the District Life
Underwriters Association were
nominated for the Board of Di-
rectors at the April luncheon meet
ing yesterday, three to be elected
at the May meeting. The six Sc
lected were w. J. McCausland,
Acacia Mutual; John L. McElfresh,
Connecticut Mutual; Leroy j. Myers,
Mutual Life; William B. Rumple,
Metropolitan Life; j. Donald Suth-
erland, Northwestern, and Leon
KatZ, State Mutual Life.
Fred A. Holderman of the Equi-
table, chairman of the War Bond
Committee, reported that special
plans had been made for an active
part in the coming Treasury cam
paign to sell about 100000 in war
securities in the District. The COM
mittee, in addition to Chairman
Holderman, includes:
George A. Hates, Fidelity; Roger
L. Baldwin, vice chairman, North
western; James A. Barbeau, Acacia;
Albert L. Neveux, Fidelity; Charles
w. ODonnell, Guardian Life; Ar
thur w. Defenderfer, John Hancock
Life; Leon Katz State Mutual;
Charles F.. Suter, Berkshire Life;
John F.. Cremen, Massachusetts,
Mutual; Earl D. Krewson, New York
Life; Frank R. SJrunk, Columbian
National; Edward H. Won Deck, Ma
tional of Vermont, and Raymond A.
Du Four, Pacific Mutual.
The guest speaker, H. H. Irwin,
educational director OF the Massa-
chusetts Mutual, gave a most prac-
tical talk on insurance salesman
ship