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Evening star., 1943-04-13
|Agenc:es Here
Take On $500
In February

More than $500 employees were
added to the executive agencies here
in February, bringing the total at
the end Of the month to 287,164, the
Civil Service Commission announced
today. Actually, new employment
totaled around $500, but there were
offsetting cuts in Post Of11ce. Treas
ury, Labor, Civil Service Commits
sion and General Accounting Office
In the field, the net increase was
approximately $4,000, and the total
there on February % stood at 1885,
755.
War, Navy, Office for Emergency
Management, Federal Works Agency
and Reconstruction Finance Corp
were responsible for the increases
both here and elsewhere.
The War Department added 64,-
100 employees outside of Washing
ton, making the total force 1,288 500,
and Navy employed 10000 more per-
sons, raising its staff to 551, 100.
There were slashes in Agriculture,
Interior, Justice, Federal Works and
Tennessee Valley.
The payroll here for the month
was down about s3,0O0,0OO to s5S,-
422,510, and outside of Washington
a decrease of $4,000 900 was shown,
with the payroll at s473, ,9O6, ,668.
The shorter month would account
for much of the payroll decrease.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
DaWRahonmiq
&SRemiinders a
Ne GHlog

Blue coupons, Book 2-Those marked
D, E and F good for rationed
canned goods through April 80.
Red coupons, Book 2-Those marked
A, B and C are valid now and will
remain good through April 80
They can be exchanged for meats
butter, margarine, fats and oils
cheeses and canned fish.
Stamps marked D will become
good April Is and will also be good
through April 30.
Sugar-Stamp No. IL in Book / is
good for pounds through May 81
Coffee Stamp No. 26 in Book / is
good for pound through April IS.
Fuel oil-No. S coupons are valid for
10 gallons through September 80
Gasoline-No. ! A coupons are good
for gallons each through July q
B and @ coupons, good for 8
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes-Stamp II in Book is good
for one pair of shoes through
June Is.
Detailed Yationine information
Uill be found on Page Az OF The
Sunday Star each ,peek.
Evening star., 1943-04-13

War Bonds" drive nears the end OF
it's second month. Total purchases in
schools since September approach
81 100000, but only the $120,000
worth of bonds and stamps sold dur
ing the last six weeks count toward
jeeps.
The children can name the vehi-
cles. Brightwood School settled on
the Brightwood Super and Fighter.
Garrison School named theirs for Joe
Louis, Joe Cans and Joe Walcott.
The fourth will be named for Joe
jeanette.
Woodrow Wilson High School leads
the high schools with total of 13
jeeps. Macfarland is first among
Junior high schools with II jeeps.
Barnard is the leading elementary
school with II jeeps.
At Wilson Teachers College each
$100 contributed toward a jeep is
marked by another piece placed in
the jeep outline drawing pinned on
the school wall by Miss Anna Fort.
In addition, Miss Lillian Hunt has
cut out hundreds of miniature paper
jeeps to be hung around the necks or
from the button holes of contribu-
tors. Five-ninths of a jeep has been
bought by the school so far and the
sponsoring body, Sigma Tau Delta,
expects to complete the job today.
The drive in all schools will con-
tinue until Easter Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Courage Of U. 5. Sailors
Praised by Capt. Catch

The courage and resourcefulness
of youthful and inexperienced Amer
ican sailors under fire was praised
unstintingly by. Capt. Thomas L.
Catch, wounded battleship COM
mander, in brief talk before an
overflow audience at the Sulgrave
Club.
The captain, home for medical
treatment but anxious to return to
sea as soon as possible, admitted
the Japs were tough opponents, but
maintained that the American boys
were just as rugged and even more
courageous. More than half the
complement on his ship, which was
subjected to one of the heaviest
attacks yet made in the war in an
engagement last November, was en-
listed after Pearl Harbor.
Mrs. Roosevelt, representatives of
the Fighting French, WAVES,
WAACS, SPARS, WRENS, Ameri-
can Red Cross and AWVS heard
the talk,
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Cheering Sfax People
Heap Flowers on First
Jeep ! 70 Q J: Enter q 6 City
.Doneine in Streets
Celebrates Withdrawal
Of Nuzis to North
By HAROLD v. BOYLE,


WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
SOUTHERN TUN1SIA, April 10 CDe-
layed) The first American dough-
boy to enter Sfax today was cheered
and his jeep blanketed with flowers
by persons dancing in the streets to
celebrate the German retreat north
along the Tunisian coast.
They were about the happiest
people ever saw in Africa" said
Pvt. William S. Hodges, IS, Merced,
(Calif) dairy farmer whose jeep
was in the vanguard of the British
9th Army force which drove the
Axis from Sfax.
I'VE got within Is miles of the city
last night" Pvt. Hodges said. I'VE
slept with three wounded German
prisoners in an evacuation tent.
People Cheering and Dancing.
We got up at 4 o'clock in the
morning and after being held up a
while by a mine field joined a Brit
ish convoy and stayed with it until
we reached the outskirts of Sfax.
Then a French civilian on a bicycle
guided us into town through back
alleys. The people had the center of
the town blockaded and they were
cheering. dancing and throwing
flowers.
Mine was the only car in the
street and they swarmed all over it,
covering it with flowers and stood on
the radiator making speeches.
There were lots of pretty girls
They didn't kiss me but some patted
me on the back and jumped all over
the car taking pictures.
Three girls-they were pretty or
I wouldn't have hauled them around
and three French fellows got in
the seats and I took them for JOY
ride through town.
Dock Area Blasted.
ut looked real nice where 1t
wasn't bombed, but for about three
blocks near the docks where the
Germans had been bringing in sup
plies it was all blown to hell. They
told me it had been done by Ameri-
can bombers but they weren't at all
mad about 1t.
Later We drove on IL kilometers
north of town, but that was the end
OF the road for us-because that
was as far as the British recon-
naissance force had gone.
There was no sign of the Ger
mans who had pulled out of Sfax
last night. The only enemy we saw
were two Italians walking back
alone along the side of the road
They had been disarmed but had no
guard with them,'
Evening star., 1943-04-13
D. {. Income Tax Office
Open for Extra Hour

With income taxpayers almost
swamping collection facilities at the
District Building plans were an
nounced to keep the cashiers cages
open for everybody in line by 4:45
pm. today and tomorrow. Previous
closing time has been 3:45 pm.
Guy Pearson, collector of taxes,
said the cages would be kept open
as long as necessary to take care
of those in line by closing time,
which means they may be open
until o'clock. On Thursday, which
is the deadline, he said everybody in
line at pm. would be permitted
to pay at the cages.
Allan Brooke, assistant income
tax administrator, estimated that
some 1000 persons had been served
yesterday by his Office. He added
that his clerks also are handling be-
tween 1000 and 5000 returns which
arrive daily by mail.
Mr.. Brooke said that while he was
unable to estimate the total amount
of income taxes which would be re-
ceived this year he said he thought
it would exceed last years total of
about $2,400,OO0.
The cashiers cages open at
8:15 am.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
District Restaurants
Doubt That CEILINGS
Are. Necessary d'I' Here
OPA Price-Fixing Order
Meets With Approval
Of Industry Officials

Representatives of the District
restaurant and hotel industry today
expressed approval of the OPA's
price fixing order on meals. They
said they doubted that local author
tiles would find it necessary to order
price ceilings here.
Both the Washington Restaurant
Association and the Washington
Hotel Association have offered to
cooperate with the District OPA to
determine whether the cost of eat
ing out in the Capital is higher than
it should be- Both groups said they
would assist the investigators in any
way possible and that they believed
most eating places in Washington
would welcome a thorough investi-
cation of their records to determine
whether their prices were in line
with costs.
Arthur j. Harnett, secretary of the
hotel association. said the price
ceiling order. issued by Price Ad-
ministrator Prentiss M. Brown Sum-
day night and giving authority to
establish ceilings to regional OPA
offices, is very fair
Didn't Want to Raise Prices.
''It was not the intent of the
hotels to raise their prices anyway
Mr. Harnett said. Most commodi-
ties have their prices fixed at the
wholesale level now, so it is rea-
sonable to expect eating places to
stabilize their prices"
Mr.. Harnett said he did not be-
lieve the OPA investigation, which
is to be conducted locally by the
District office, would indicate that
prices generally are too high. The
investigators will find, he said, that
hotels now are operating as eco
nomically as possible and that most
of their costs are fixed and incapable
of any substantial reduction. Mr.
Harnett said he did not feel that
local OPA authorities would find it
necessary to put Mr.. Browns order
into effect here.
Washington restaurant prices, ac-
cording to Robert j. Wilson, execu-
tive secretary of the restaurant
group, are lower than in most other
cities. He said that restaurant men
have made conscientious effort to
keep prices of meals down because
of the large number of persons here
who depend on restaurants for all OF
their meals
Approves Local Handling.
Mr.. Wilson said he approved of
that phase of the OPA order which
gives local and regional Offices the
power to determine whether ceilings
should be established.
The local people" he said, "cer-
talnly know more about local prob
lens than the national OPA."
BY carrying on conservation
program, Mr.. Wilson said, restau-
rants here have managed to keer
their costs from mounting too high
He said his organization has been
carrying on an educational CAM
paign intended to teach restaurant
managers how they might use every
bit of food in their kitchens. AS q
result. he said. restaurant men are
studying operations more carefully
than they ever have before.
Will Complete Survey. 4
Robert K. Thompson, District di-
rector Of OPA, said yesterday 1t
would be impossible for him to tell
whether he will recommend the inn
position of ceiling on meals to the
regional Office in New York until
after his Office has completed q
survey now in progress.
Under the OPA order, regional Of
Evening star., 1943-04-13
t9 House Members
Routed From Homes
Fire
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30 Red Cross Nurses
Flee Apartments in
George Washington Inn

A two-alarm fire this morning at
the George Washington Inn, New
Jersey avenue and C street Sc,
routed about 80 Red Cross nurses
and 19 members of Congress and
their families from rooms
The fire was confined to the
fourth floor apartment of four Red
Gross trainees, who were not in the
room at the time. The fire was be-
lieved to have started from an elec-
trio iron.
The room was occupied by Ger
aldine Blanchard, Sonia Seidler,
Marie Frame and Eunice Erickson.
Occupied for many years by men,
bers of Congress, the apartment
house is across the street from the
House Office Buildings Represent
ative Patton of Texas, with his
daughter, Mrs. J. G. LIE Cory, and
his grandson, Pat, 3, were driven to
the street as smoke poured through
the building.
Mrs. Edward McCowen, wife of
the Representative from Ohio, gath
cred a few personal belongings and
ran through smoke filled rooms to
safety. Her room adjoined the one
where the fire was confined.
Among other members of Con-
gress occupying quarters at the
apartment are Representatives
Woodruff of Michigan, Guyer, Kan
sas; Bates, Kentucky; Stewart,
Oklahoma; Creal, Kentucky; Sui
Ivan, Nevada; Ward, Maryland, and
Vursell, Illinois.
H. c. Bond, manager of the apart
ment, ran to the fourth floor with
a fire extinguisher but was unable
to cope with the blaze.
Firemen quickly brought the blaze
under control. Except for water and
smoke damage, the fire was con-
fined to the one apartment.
Built in 1916, the apartment
house has been occupied by men,
bers of Congress for many years.
Much of the material used in the
building, such ss doors, mantel-
pieces and adornments, were taken
from two houses built by George
Washington on the other side of the
Capitol, in what is now Union Sta
ton Plaza.
Former Representative David j.
Lewis of Maryland, now a member
of. the National Mediation Board,
also lives there.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Randolph Sees Capital
As Axis Bombers' TARGET

If the Axis powers are planning
an air raid on this country to boost
the morale of their people, the
target is more likely to be Washing
ton than New York, Chairman RAN
dolph of the House District Commit
tee predicted last night.
washington, not New York, in
my opinion, will be the objective for
an attempted bombing raid if and
when the Axis powers determine on
such an attack" he said. Comment
ing on published reports that Hitler
and Mussolini were considering
raid on New York, he said:
Il think that is just a blind I
think they would rather strike right
at the Capital. We know it would
tbe,a suicide raid. 1t stands to reason
the Axis propaganda machine would
rather tell story Of bombing Gov
ernment buildings in Washington
than of any damage to New York
City, even though that is our me-
tropolis."
Mr.. Randolph said he was not
making the statement to alarm
Washington. but to induce it to be
on the alert.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Hundreds Here
GetCdnceI|ation
|0f Draft Calls
D. G. Officials Act
In Line With Order
To Go Slowly

Hundreds of District men will be
granted postponement of induc-
ton to conform with the national
order to reduce April calls, it was
learned today.
The District met the national
order by simply canceling three in
duction days. Men who had been
notified to report for induction on
those days have been told they will
be informed later when to report.
AS a result, their induction may be
postponed any time from a week to
a month.
The three Cancelled dates were
April 8, 16 and II. The first date
came during the period for the in
ductlon OF colored men. The latter
two days are for white men and
were selected SO that no men would
have to report for active duty on
Good Friday or the Saturday before
Easter.
1t was explained that the induc-
ton schedule for the month had
been set before the order to reduce
calls came. Rather than juggle
the entire schedule, the three in
duction days were Cancelled.
If draft boards are short of men
later in the month, it was said,
they can summon the men whose
induction was postponed. The men
were simply notified that their in
duction had been Cancelled tenn
porarily."
Since inductions have been aver
aging more than $50 men a day and
boards have been sending many
more than that to the Fort Myer
induction station daily to fill calls
after men with physical handicaps
have been rejected, the cancella-
tion order affects at least 500 District
men.
Draft calls for April were reduced
in almost all States at the request
of the Army because the program
was producing more men than had
been expected.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Hurbor Police Recover
Body of Drowned Boy

Harbor police last night recovered
the body of Edgar Fields, 9, colored,
304 M street SW., in the Anacostia
River at the foot of South Capitol
street.
The boy was reported missing Fri
day, but 1t was not. .ntil. yesterday
that police, while questioning his
classmates at Anthony Bowen
School, discovered he had fallen
from q barge of Buzzard Point.
The body was recovered by Police
men Laurence Halstead and Lemuel
Baliles after they had dragged the
river for more than six hours.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
New Cruiser CHICAGO
To Be Started Soon

The new cruiser Chicago, which
will replace the one sunk by Japan
ese bombers off the Solomon Is
lands January 30, soon will be on
the ways, Secretary of the Navy
Knox announced today.
He said a contract for the new
heavy cruiser had been awarded to
the Fore River plant of the Beth
lehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.
The new Chicago, the Secretary
SAID, will be much better vessel
than the one which was sunk, es-
pecially in defense against air at
tack.
The vessel with its equipment will
cost about $40,0O0,O0O The people
of Chicago, through the purchase
of war bonds, raised a total of
S51 ,0l8,566 to cover the cost,
Evening star., 1943-04-13

fees are empowered not only to peg
prices /at the highest price reached
during the week ended last Satur-
dag, but they also may order reduc-
tons in prices wherever they, feel
such cuts are justified.
The order applies not only to res
tatrants and hotels, but also to all
other places serving meals to the
public. AL eating establishments
must file with their local rationing
boards by May copies Of menus
used last week or price list show
ing the charge for every item Of food
and drink they served during the
week.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Hospital Orderly Freed
OF Arson Churoe by Jury

James o. Riley, 20, of the 400
block Irving street NV, a hospital
orderly, has been absolved of arson
charges in connection with a. fire
in the basement of Homeopathic
Hospital, Second and N streets NV,
on November ~, 1912.
Mr.. Riley was acquitted of the
charges by q District Court Jury
after about three hours of deliber-
alton last night.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
jill Mills, Is, Wins
Prize for Caricature
Al Corcoran Gallery
BurIesque Is Feature
Of Annual Exhibit of
Contemporary Paintings

A prize of $40 was awarded today
by the Corcoran Gallery Of Art to
13-year old Jill Mills for her Carl
cature of the prize winning picture
in the gallery's current exhibition
of contemporary American oil paint
ings.
The traditional "burlesque" of pic
lures in the exhibition by students
at the Corcoran School of Art will be
opened to the public tomorrow. Miss
Mills faxed" reproduction of
Henry Matson's Rocks" A bride S
veil and ring were fastened through
the center of the picture. The
"rocks" we're hard baking powder
biscuits screwed onto the canvas.
A second prize of $40 was awarded
to Mrs. Archie Stone for her pic
ture of an inattentive art class at
the school. This symbolized Will
liam Choppers exhibition picture of
inattentive Congress members.
Honorable mentions went to Hazel
Hershberger for another caricature
of Rocks; Robin Grant, for a
still life with a rationed can of
tomatoes on pedestal; Mary Belts,
for dead duck resembling Hitler
and DR.. J. Ellinger, for a picture
of the art jury sailing onto the
rocks.
Judges were Clifford K. Berry
mar .eartoonjst for The, Star; 1t
sRcbbGf argnhs tSN r. aasEtAn sdi-
rector Of the gallery On military
leave, and Heinz Warneke, sculpture
Instructor at the art school.
The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibi-
tion of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings will continue through this
month. Next Monday the public
will begin voting on the favorite
picture in the collection. An award
of 5000 is given to the winner. The
burlesque of the exhibition also will
be on view the rest of this month.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
EIwyn Carter Sings
with Choral Society

The Washington Choral Society
will perform Bach's Passion Ac-
cording to st. John" at $50 o'clock
tonight in the National City Chris
tlan Church, Massachusetts, avenue
and Fourteenth street NV.
The chorus of $50 voices will be
supplemented by well-known solo,
lists, including Baritone Elwyn Car
ter. Organist HARLAN Meyer and
members of the National Symphony
Orchestra. The performance will be
conducted by Louis A. Potter.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Missionary Societies
To Meet at Rockville

The spring meeting of the wom-
ems missionary societies of seven
Baptist churches in Montgomery
County will be held In the Baptist
Church at Rockville Thursday.
The morning session at II o'clock
will be devoted to business. In the
afternoon a playlet, Two Masters, "
will be presented by members Of
the Rockville society.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
McKeIIur Sees President
On Planning Funds
By the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
Acting Chairman McKellar of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
discussed with President Roosevelt
yesterday the House elimination of
funds for the National Resources
Planning Board, headed by the
Presidents uncle, Frederic A. Del
ano.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Ad Club to Heur Briton

British Advertising in Wartime"
will be the subject Of an address by
Jack Winocour, director of the Brit
ish Information Service, before the
Advertising Club Of Washington at
luncheon at 1880 pm. tomorrow
at the Harrington Hotel. r
Evening star., 1943-04-13

These huge two-ton bombs or
"block busters" cost up to $872 AZ.
Through the use of bombs to de-
stroy enemy war plants, transporta-
ton facilities and warships we are
"softening" them up for the in
evitable invasion. Buy War bonds
and other Government securities to
help our boys on the fighting front.
They give their lives-you lend
your money"
United States Treasury pepar rtmenk
Evening star., 1943-04-13
X X
WAo1Ho~4~1W
WAR BONDS
Bombs for Noxi Cites

When Americas Flying Fortresses
and other bombing craft streak
across the Channel into Germany,
or from MacArthur's airports over
Jap bases in the South Pacific, they
carry the death and destruction for
the enemy which your War bond
purchases buy.
Evening star., 1943-06-06

gascar, Mozambique, the Union of
South Africa, Rhodesia, the Belgian
Congo, French Equatorial Africa
and other countries in West Africa
which he has never visited.
Likes Thorough Coverage.
expect this to take little time" l."
he said. when I go to new place,
l like to cover it thoroughly. Yester-
day spent four hours in hospital
and visited 200 men and talked to
them personally 1t was a disap-
pointment not to be able to see
every man in the hospital and visit
every man in every ward"
He spoke Informally to correspond
ents at United States Air Force
headquarters.
You understand I couldn't say
anything when was moving in the
war zone, but now that I am out of
the front lines and on my way to
places where the war hasn't come, I
feel free to outline my itinerary"
Archbishop Spellman said his
travels were designed especially to
work with American soldiers and
chaplains. He is Catholic military
vicar of American armed forces.
Many stories are told at troop
campfires about Archbishop Spell
man who toured North Africa while
the campaign ragged.
Once in Tripoli he went to visit a
church which had been blasted to
pieces. The doors and windows had
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Torpedo Station Gets
Three-Star NAVY f

A three-Star pennant, signinfying
award of the third Navy e" was
holsted at the Naval Torpedo Sta
ton in Alexandria Friday.
Mrs. Esther B. Fannon, a machine
snop operator whose husband and
four brothers are in the armed
forces, hoisted the pennant, as
sisted by Corpl G.. H. Wallace. ma
rine, who was wounded on Guadal-
canal.
Mrs. Fannan was escorted by
Mrs. A. D. Forester, Miss Bessie
Morgan, Miss Angelina Mirabile and
Mrs. Ernest Bum, all of whom have
four members Of their immediate
families in the Army or Navy.
Capt. r. B. Simons is command
ing officer of the station
DetachmentS from the Army, Ma
rlne Corps. the Navy, including a
group of WAVES recently assigned
to the Torpedo Station. stood at
attention on the roof of the station
during the ceremony.
Evening star., 1943-06-06
Illegal Liquor Sales
CHARGED AGAINST II

Eleven colored men were arrested
yesterday by Montgomery County
police, and warrants were issued for
three others, on charges of possess
sion and sale of liquor without a
license.
The arrests were made tn Rock
vile, Galthersburg, Emory Grove,
Laytonsvillc and Martinsburg in an
attempt to wipe out illegal liquor
traffic in the county. Those arrested
are being held on $1,000 bonds each
in the Rockville Jail pending a hear
ing July l..
The arrests were made by Officers
Marion D. Dayhoff, William Bros
chart, Ralph Offutt, Clayton. Rick
etts, Leroy Mullinix and Ralph
Howard.