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Evening star., 1943-03-02
Rites for Stuart F. Ball
Will Be Held Today

Stuart Franklin Ball, 3S. former
Washington resident. died Saturday
in West Palm Beach, Fla, after a
brief Illness. He had been in the
wholesale paper business in Cincin-
natl after leaving here some years
ago.
A native of Richmond. Va, he was
educated in Washington schools.
| Following studies at the University
OF Cincinnati, ne spent two years
studying commercial art in Vienna
Besides his wife, Mrs. Virginia
Lynn Ball, he leaves two sons, Stuart
Franklin, jr., and Lynn, all of Gin
clnnati his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey G. Ball of Washington, and
sister, Mrs. Elsie Ball Porter of
Washington.
Funeral services were to be held
today in Cincinnati, according to
word received here.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
District Plan Is Launched
For Area Victory Gardens
Committee to Solicit Funds to Employ
Aide to Get Going Before Season Ends

Organizing for victory gardening
| In the District on neighborhood
scale began today with receipt of a
directive from Clarence A. Aspin-
wall, chairman of the Civilian Mobi-
lization Executive Committee. by So
chairmen here.
Drawn up by Granville GUIDE.
chairman and the District Victory
Garden Committee, the directive or
| ders each area leader to determine
| what victory garden activity is ap-
propriate for your area" and to find
a qualified person to direct the area
program
At the same time it was revealed
that, lacking funds, and unable. due
to the lmminence of planting time
to await an appropriation in a de-
flclency bill now before Congress,
the District Victory Gardens Com
mlttee has decided to solicit funds
TO employ a supervisor and get
going" before Washington's short
spring has come and gone.
AT civilian mobilization headouar-
ters, in the Municipal Center, it was
said the Victory garden project was
the biggest job that has been given
the organization. Last year the or
ganization. working on a neighbor-
mood basis, encouraged the home
canning of foods.
Organization Is Incomplete.
The list of regional and area
chairmen released by civilian mobi-
lization as recipients of the direc-
tive on Victory gardening revealed
how incomplete is the organization.
There are 13 regions, but no chair
man has been appointed in seven.
The city has been divided into 66
areas. OF the So area chairmen
listed several are marked temporary
or acting"
Some work has been done in in
specting park and District lands
made available for community gar
dens. Wilbur Youngman, garden
editor of The Star, accompanied
George w. Harding. horticulturist of
the National Capital Parks, on a
survey of land in Rock Greek Park,
along Reservoir road and Tunlaw
road NV. Mr.. Youngman said there
was some right good land" for gar
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Rancher Killed 4, Died
In Fall , Sheriff Believes
Nv the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
AUBURN, Calf, March 2-Om-
GERS were on the lookout today for
an 18-year-old youth for questioning
in connection with the puzzling
ranch Staying of four persons and
the death of a fifth.
Sheriff Charles H. Silva requested
authorities throughout the State to
watch for Raymond Latshaw, son
of Amos Latshaw, 38. by a former
marriage. Amos was one of the
five found dead on the Latshaw
ranch near here yesterday.
Sheriff Silva has theorized that
Amos, former roadhouse operator
killed his second wife, Ollie, 80; his
father, Charley Latshaw, 81; his
mother, Bertha, IS, and his son,
Charles, 6; then accidentally fell
to his death in a we'll while throw
ing in his wife's body
Raymond Latshaw was reported
to have quit his job at the Sacra-
mento Army Air Depot last Decem-
ber 13 to work at the family ranch.
It has not been ascertained whether
he went there. Sacramento police
said he became delinquent with his
draft board and his present where
abOutS was not known.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Biggest u. 5. Problem
Is Food Production,
Herbert Hoover Saws
Sees Home-Front Peril
Unless 1912 Output
Con Be Maintained
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, March 2.-The Ma
tion's No. domestic problem in the
war effort, former President Hoover
says. is the maintenance Of farm
production at the 1912 level to insure
an adequate supply of food to our
armed forces and to Great Britain
and Russia.
The cutting off of normal large
imports of food ''by submarines and
the Japs" has depleted the Nations
larder," Mr.. Hoover said, but he be-
lieves I'VE can ration down our con-
sumption to support this drain If
we could maintain the 1912 farm
production"
The former President, at a press
conference yesterday, said the coun-
try was confronted with q serious"
decrease in farm products this year
unless remedies were promptly ap-
Piled"
Crop Prospects alarming"
Listing what he termed forces of
degeneration in agriculture" Mr..
Hoover described them as pro
gressive, and If they continue over
long war we can lose the war on
the home 'front.'"
He said harvest prospects were
most alarming" and that already
there are partial local famines in
meat and dairy products in many
parts of the country"
Mr.. Hoover, food administrator
during the World War, said the pro-
spective lack of farm products this
year was due to taking manpoweT
to the armed forces and munitions;
to lack Of farm machinery and fer
tilizers and to decrease in protein
feeds"
He denied statements which he
said were made by Vice President
Wallace and Senator Green, Demo-
crat, of Rhode Island that he had
proposed to reduce the ultimate size
of the Army. Outlining proposals he
had offered, he said Il was the first
to raise the whole question"
He said he believed the Army
should cooperate in helping to har-
vest the l943 crop and that because
of the shipping bottleneck on the
number of men that can be sent
abroad, further draft Of farm boys
can be deferred until after the
planting and harvest of 1943"
He also proposed that townsfolk
should be first trained and then used
to help the farmers, although the
problem cannot be solved by this
means alone" and that "as the bot
tleneck also limits the amount OF
munitions we can send, we might
divert some manufacturing capacity
to farm machinery"
Mr.. Hoover asserted that ration
ing was necessary and he believed
the Government was making an ef-
fort to put food rationing on a fair
| basis
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Machinery Is Set Up
By 0PA 10 Control
Prices Of Eggs
Slight Drop in Spring,
But Small Increase on
Yearly Bosis Forecast
By the Associated Pres s

BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton has completed the machinery
for controlling egg prices by estab-
fishing fixed markups for retailers.
The markup will be added to re-
tailers' net costs, based on recently
established wholesale maximums.
The new basis for establishing re-
tail ceilings will become effective
March II. New wholesale ceilings
become effective March 6. In the
f1ve-day interim retailers ceilings
will remain the individual stores
highest price in October, 1912.
OPA said the new retail ceilings
would be somewhat lower this spring
than those in effect. Year-around
prices, however, are expected to
average l to 2 cents dozen higher.
Independent retailers with a VOL
ume less than $4,000 year may add
II per cent to their net cost of eggs:
independent merchants with VOL
ume of $4,000 to $2500 900, IS per
cent; chain retailers with a volume
of less than $250,OO0, IA per cent, and
all retailers with a volume of more
than $250,00o, IL per cent.
Maximum retail prices must be
inquired each Thursday for each
grade and size sold.
Costs to the retailer will vary with
the normal seasonal up-and- down
swing OF egg prices over the year,
but the same markup will apply
throughout the year, with 50 cents
a dozen estimated as the approx
mate price for Washington from
March to May.
OPA issued a list of representative
prices. While it did not compute, in
this list, maximum prices for all
cities, officials said prices in gen.
eral area would be substantially the
same, the only variation being for
slightly higher or lower freight rates.
The list contained the approximate
maximum retail prices for large
grade A eggs from March l through
May. Other sizes and grades will
vary accordingly.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Rogpicker Finds
| $1,M0, but Dies
Of Heart Attack
BY the Associated Press.

CHELSEA, Mass, Mar. 2.-Rag-
picker Thomas Masco died yester-
day--his dreams OF riches never
realized.
The 68-year-old man had worked
for years as a ragpicker in the
Chelsea area and had never un-
covered anything of value.
About week ago he found $1,450
in old-style bills and gold certificates
fastened securely inside the cover
of an old mattress.
Eiated over his discovery, he
rushed to the Chelsea police and
left the money with them for safe
keeping.
Oficers called at Masco's home
yesterday. They found him seriously
Ill. He died only a few minutes
after they took him to Chelsea Hos
pital, victim Of a heart attack.
The chief Of police still has the
money in his safe-waiting the out
come of several claims to the bills.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Japs Still Menace Hawaii,
California Group Hears
~ the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, March q
Charges involving japanese -Ameri-
can activities on the island of Oahu,
Hawaii. since this countrv's entry
into the war, some of which were
described as so startling they could
not be released for publication, were
made before California legislative
committee on n-Americanism.
Chairman Jack B. Tenney de-
elared part of the testimony, sub
mitted yesterday by Ray A. Ander-
son. an electrician on the island last
summer, but now an aircraft COM
pany employe here, could not be
published due to wartime censor
ship.
Mr.. Anderson told the committee
that Japanese Americans work in
the engineering Offices on the is
land. where blueprints and plans of
projects being installed pass through
their hands daily.
Mr.. Anderson testified that much
Of the construction work on military
installations was supervised by Japa-
nese-American foremen.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Boy Windows on Hill
Due for Shrinking,
Wilson Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Well-fed legislators and others
in Washington carrying bay
windows" have been promised a
bit Of shrinking by Representa-
tive Wilson, Republican, of In
diana In a speech before the
House entitled We're Over the
Hill to the Poorhouse."
Pleading for greater produc-
ton to meet this country,s and
the worlds growing food de-
mands, Mr.. Wilson said farmers
are already doing their utmost
and must have further assist
ance, adding:
And while most of the farm
ers I know can't afford to lose
many pounds. there are thou
sands of bay windows in Wash
ington that will look better for
little controlled diet, and. be-
lieve you me, they'll get til"
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Packers Warn Senate
Diseased Animals
Endanger Public
'Unfoir Price Squeeze
And Quote System
BIomed by Spokesman
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Agriculture Committee
was told today that "the worst black
market In meat the Nation has ever
known" is threatening the public
with "all the dangers inherent in
diseased animals
Saying that meat packers, at the
same time, are facing ruin, Wilbur
La Roe. jr, Washington, general
counsel for the National Independ-
ent Meat Packers Association,
blamed what he called an unfair
price squeeze and quota system and
told the committee lit Is tremen-
dously important that the Govern
ment insure a maximum production
OF animals and a maximum use of
processing facilities.
Animals and carcasses are being
diverted from legitimate channels,
he said, land what is more serious,
they are being diverted away from
inspection. At this moment the en-
tire public is threatened with all
the dangers inherent in diseased
animals"
Mr.. La Roe quoted the associa-
tions president, George A. Casey, as
saying that the millions of dollars
the Agriculture Department has
spent to protect the public from dis
eased animals will be lost unless
we can stop the indiscriminate
slaughter of animals on every farm
and under every tree"
Animals suspected of Bangs dis
ease and tuberculosis, he added, used
to have low commercial value.
But" Mr.. Casey wrote Mr.. La
Roe" now that the cattle have been
permitted to advance in price with
out ceiling, the commercial value
Of these diseased animals is so great
that unlicensed bootleggers are buy
ing them from the farmers before
inspection time"
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Conodu Saves Fuel Oil

OTTAWA, Ontario, March 2 (P.-
Curtailment of fuel oil use for
heating purposes, part Of the gov
ernment's campaign to conserve oil
and gasoline, has resulted in q
saving of more than 100000, 900 gall
Ions q year,
Evening star., 1943-03-02

You can place Want Ad" In
The Evening Star as late as IL
o'clock tonight. At the business
counter. or II you have . telephone
cali Ma. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-03-02

Not everybody with a dollar to
spare can shoot a gun straight-but
everybody can shoot straight to the
bank and buy q War bond.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
Bv PAT o'BRIEN
APP Features

APP Features
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-There
will be freshman manager and
at least four rockies in the start
ing lineup when the Washington
Senators open the 1943 American
league campaign-but Clark
Griffith manages to stay optim-
istic.
Probably acting on the theory
hat the Senators can't do much
worse thar they have in the past
several years, Griffith forecasts
a good year for his club in BOOM
own Washington.
The standard Of play won't
be so good as in the past. but
tie competition will be keen
en-" besebalrs old fox al
lows.
Griffith thinks the inroadS
which the armed forces and war
industry have made on player
rosters have cut the more potent
clubs down to the level of the
weaker outfits (notably Washing
,on).
Ossie Bluege, for II years Il
standout at third base for the
Senators and in recent years a
Washington coach, has taken over
as manager, replacing the veteran
Stanley (Bucky) Harris.
When the WashingtonS assem-
bic at a nearby college campus,
probably the University OF Mary
land at College Park, March Is,
Bluege will have only George
Case, Stan Spence. Jimmy Vern-
on and Jake Early on hand from
last years regulars.
George Wyatt, a second base
man up from Columbus of the
American association, is sched-
.uled for the lead-off batting pest.
Gene Moore, an outfielder re-
.cruited from Montreal, is booked
for the center field spot and sec
end place in the batting order.
He will be followed by Case. a
left fielder; Spence, in right. and
Vernon at first.
Hills Layne, who saw service
in the infield for a brief stretch
here last summer. is scheduled to
report following discharge from
the army because of a leg all
ment. Johnny Sullivan, a grad
uate of the Southern association.
will take over at short, and Jake
Early will be back at the back
stopping job.
As for pitchers. Bluese and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
CARDINALS BROKE UP MIGHTY YANKEES

hitting, combined u pfodcce lit
terry performances by Co. l-----,--.
cam ana co4.lLL-.4. d., $500
as Bill DickeY'S via throw Ie.
second base and the trapping CT
Joe Gordon in the last game. 1or-
don, top Yankee batter, couldnt
buy tit until late in the series.
Williams Wins Triple
TED Williams was the Stando4t
batter of the majors, winning the
American league hiGIng tliple ana
pacing the boston hOd ooX into
mo second place, ahead of the
SLipf4SIns4y SC-Oug ot. Louis
Browns. He won the batting crown
with a 500 average, knocked So
homc4s and batted il Isl Il.rs.
HoweVe", the unprchctable, ten
peramenta1 beanpole got into trou-
bic - he was benched for loafing
in Julv and fined $3.50. Boston had
ano i.>: young star in Rookie
Sto- tStop Johnny Pesky, who led
TIC najCrs il hits, 205
Bulky Ernie Lombard of the
Braves won the senior circuit bat
ting championship with a .331 av-
erage while Mel Oft, who did a
fine job managing the Giants into
third place, led in homers with 80
and JOHNNY Mize of the Giants
knocked in ITO runs. Bonham of
the Yankees won 81 games as did
Beazelev while Mort Cooper of the
Cards, who couldn't win either of
his series starts, topped the Ma
toni ritche,s with % triumphs.
Cooper and Gordon won the
most valuable player awards.
Home runs by Lou BourdeaI, !
serving his first year as Cleveland |
manager, and Rudy York OF De
troit gave the Americans 81 |
triumph in the All-Star game and !
the Americans then shut out a |
service team managed by Mickey |
Cochrane so. Rogers Hornsby was
named to the Hall of Fame.
Millions For War Effort
With benefit games during the
season and large slice Of world |
series proceeds, baseball contrib
uted nearly million dollars to
war relief funds. Because Of the |
wartime dimoutS in the East, /
night games were replaced by tWi-
light contests. An epidemic of !
bean ball pitches caused the Ma
tional league to threaten a S20O
fine for managers for every occur
renee. Military calls and trans !
portation problems forced ID OF
the Al minor leagues to fold up.
Baseball attendance was off some !
eight per cent. .-......---.
General Manager Larry Mac
PhaiL of Brooklyn resigned to en-
ter the army and was reo1aced by
Branch Hickey from the Cardinals.
Detroit released Manager Del
Baker and hired Steve. O'Neill.
Bucky Harris of Washington re-
signed end vas repfacedt by Os-
sic Bluege. Bill Terry quit as
farm manager of Giants.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
SCOT COAL MINERS
WORK EXTRA TIME
(By Associated PressD

LONDON, Feb. 2.-Scottisn
miners, as a special tribute to tie
achievements of the F4fty-First
Highland Division in Egypt and
Libya, have hewed out $4,000 eX-
TIA tons of coal. in addition to
working their regular shifts.
Terming the performance a
magnificent contribution in the
fight against Fascism," a national
executive of the Scottish Mine
Workers Union put forth the hope
that new similar efforts would be
made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
ROCKIES HOLD SENATOR'S HOPES

Griffith are operating on a
daY-to-dsY basis. They don't
know who will be on hand. or
when. but are hoping Arnold
Anderson, Al Carrasquel. Dutch
Leonard and some Of the 9TH
els show up. Sid Hudson and
Wslter Masterson. two of the
sta rdbYs cf past wears have
entered the armed services.
All of the PLAYERS slated for
assignments have ga
dratt clasSificaticns. In case some
cf them are reclassified and made
subject to induction, Griffith will
have to draw on Charlotte. NJ c.,
of the Piedmont league, or Chat
tanooga of the Southern assecia-
ton for requirements.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
STORY

Laugh Ct the week: Jack Ben
nys story about two naval lieu
tenants doing office work in
Washington, D. c. -. .
The first tciled from dawn till
dark, his desk piled high with
rush work that had to go out.
The other officer just down the
hall led the life of Riley. coming
to work late and leaving early.
L don't understand how yor
do it, walled the drudge one
day.
It's easy, pal" replied the
ether, "once you've mastered nv
system. learned years ago that
no matter where you are in the
world, there's always man named
Smith. So / simply scribble o:
all papers that come my way.
Refer to Smith"
The hell you do reared tha
first. Take off your coat, you
chiseler, I'M SMITH"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
FROM THE NORTHROPS'
SCRAPBOOKS

THE WOLF
If he parks his little fliver
Down beside the moonlit river
And YOU feel he's all a-quiver-
Baby, he's a wolf.
If he says you're gorgeous lookin'
And your eyes set him a-coOkin'
But YOUR eyes amt where he's
lookin'-
Baby, he's a wolf.
If by chance when you are kissin
You can feel his heart a-missin'
And you talk but he don't listen
Baby, he's wolf.
If his arms are strong like sinew
And he stirs the passion in you
So you want him close agin' you
Baby, maybe you're the wolf.
.. THE SHEEP.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-02
Rx DILLON GRAHAM

APP Gestures Sports Editor
NEW YORK, Feb. 2-1942 was
the year a speedy, sharp-hitting
gang of ST. Louis Cardinals did
the job of breaking up the Yam
KEGS.
The New Workers. were. as
usual, king of the walk in their
own league but in the world Sc
ries, the Cardinals turned loose
such a fast, cripplirg attack that
the Yankees, at the finish beat
Ell four games to one, were ali
but stumbling around like Gazed
sandlOtterS.
This triumph came almost as
IN anti-l limax to the Cardinals
reat stretch drive to slice away
l0-game Brooklyn lead and win
the National league pennant in a
stirring duel that lasted right
down to the last d,v. Far behind
tie Brooklyn Dodgers, Wlo in
larly August appeared to have
the flag all but wrapped up, Billy
SOuthW. rth's swift youngsters
won Al out of their last 81 games
to overhaul the Flatbush FusileerS
and grab the bunting in an al
Isl pnoto finish.
Iraning by two games as they
.e,..-.- l.ItJ --OOA4yl., %~pe. ~, &c
lads walloped the Dodgers twice
to gain a tie and then took the
LEAD next Gay, ana We're never
headed, although the aroused
pfodkIyns put up stubborn last
ditch battle to the end,
Yanks Were Favorifes
The Yanks, who made run
away of their loop race, and
clinched their sixth pennant in
seven years on Sept. IA, were series
favorites and it looked like an
timer Yankee sweep in the first
game as Red Ruffing set a new
SEXES record by holding St. Louis
-litless for seven and tWo-thirds
innings. However, there should
have been a sign of what was to
come in the Cardinals last inning
uprising that drove Old Rcd from
the mound before New York won
IA.
From there on out, it was all ST.
Louis, with the Cardinals dazzling
the Yanks with their speed to win
4 straight games. Rookie Johnny
,traight games. Rookie Johnny
Beazley outpitched the Yankee
ace, Tiny Bonham, to win the sec
ond game on Rookie Stan Musials
late single. Lefty Ernie White
shut out the New Workers 20 in
the third game, the Cards put on
a late batting splurge to take the
next 9-S and BeaZley came back
d" win his second game in the
finale which was decided bv a
rinth-inning home run bv anoth-
e. rookie Third Baseman Whitley
Kurowski.
Marvellous catches bv Terry
Moore, great throws by Moore and
Country Slaughter, binding speed
by the base runners, and timely