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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
Fighting Mans Friend;
Pay Allotment
ToAnyC|dssB
Kin Is Optional

Mrs. G.. r.: Q-My son. who Is
in service, would like 10 have my
allotment discontinued. Can he do
so under any circumstances?
A-Yes. A family allowance
for eligible Class r dependents
(parent, brother, sister or grand
child IL entirely optional with
the soldier and may he stopped
at any time At his request.
Mrs. n. NJ. F.: Q-My husband
and I have been separated for two
months. We have a son 16 months
old and my husband pays $50 a
week for our support. Does the
fact that we are separated make
him more eligible 10 be drafted
even though he is contributing TO
our support? I don't think he has
reported his change of address or
his martial status. Is ii my duty
TO report this if he hasn't done so ?
A-The fact that you are
separated definitely makes him
more eligible to he drafted, II he
Is under SO years Of age. IL Is
your duty to notify his draft
board Of these changes IL he has
not done so.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
Income Tax Answers
by Giles kaVanaSh

Q-I operate a Class c restau.
rant and pay monthly sales taa
at 3 per cent. Is that money de-
ductible PC. s. M.
A-Yes. IL your sales tax re-
ceipts are included In gross In
come.
UPKEEP FOR AUTO
Off a single daughter living
at home files her own income tax
must the parents include hei
board Tor money she pays home
as part Of their taxable income
ID. K.
A-See answer 10 ]. S. LIS
question, above.
Q-Are repairs and upkeep or
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Tricks Help Some Butchers
Get Meat in Black Market
Many Subterfuges Uncovered by OPA
Investigators Checking on Supplies

or an occasional bottle Of whisky
in return for selling meat to Gus
toner. This, again, is an evasion
of price-ceiling rules"
Another form of price -dodging at
wholesale was reported by Mahlon
Klein, OPA investigator. He said:
"a specially butcher selling only
the better cuts of meat, chiefly to
persons in higher income brackets,
was told about six weeks ago by his
supplier: The regulations entitle
me to get higher prices from restau-
rants than from butchers like your
self.
From now on, your invoices will
be rendered to restaurant The
butcher agreed This enabled the
supplier to charge the butcher about
20 per cent more than he had been
charging
Meat peddlers, too, have been
"muscling into" retail business, Mr..
Klein continued.
"A peddler will approach retail
butcher and threaten to discontinue
his supply the investigator said.
Then the peddler will make a
proposition: suitcase your market
to me, and I'll continue your supply
In one case a peddler has sub
leased a market, is paying the
butcher $50 week wages and 5 per
cent of the volume and pocketing
the rest of the profits himself. He's
doing a gross of at least s2,5OO a
week.
No law is broken, however, Mr..
Balthis added, unless price ceilings
are fractured somewhere in the
dealings
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Interagency Group
On Food Is Formed
Will Review All Needs
In Light of Supplies

The Agriculture Department today
announced formation of an Inter-
agency Food ALLEGATIONS Committee
representing all major Government
agencies concerned with food prob
lens and designed to review the
requirements of the agencies and to
make recommendations on how
available supplies should be divided.
Its chairman is Roy F. Hendrick-
son, director of the Food Distribu-
ton Administration.
With demands on the Nation S
food supplies becoming greater and
supplies of some critical commodi-
ties too small to meet all needs, it is
increasingly necessary to make al
locations on the basis of thorough
analysis of the urgency of all claims,
the department said.
The committee includes DR.. Rus
sell Wieder, c. w. Kitchen, John M
Cassels and w. w. Wilcox. all of
FDA; Maj. Gen. E. B. Gregory
quartermaster general of the War
Department; Capt. E. F. Ney of the
Navy Department, D. H. Fluharty
Office of Price Administration; Capt.
r. M. Jetmore. Marine Corps: Doug
las c. Townson, War Production
Board; B. w. Thoron, Interior De-
partment; Byron Spence, Lease
Lend Administration; Col. G. E.
Ijams, Veterans Administration
Dewey Anderson and F. T. Merrill.
both of the State Department, and
DR.. E. w. Gaumnitz, Board of Eco
nomic Warfare.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Gen. Arnold Returns
After 35,000-Mi|e Trip

1t. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, COM
mander Of the Army Air Forces, has
returned here after a 35,0OO-mile
flight to combat areas in North AZ
RIGA, the Middle East, India and
China. the War Department an
nounced today. ..-.y .. .... ..
Gen. Arnold had flown to North
Africa to take part in the "uncondi-
tional surrender" conference at
Casablanca. After inspecting Air
Force fighting units along the North
African coast, he held conferences
with British Field Marshal Sir Ar
chibald P. Wavell. 1t. Gen. Joseph
w. Stillwell, commanding Army
forces in India and China, and Brig.
Gen. Claire L. Chennault, chief of
American Air Forces in China. He
consulted with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek at Chungking.
Gen. Arnold disclosed that eX-
haustive tests made in China with
a captured japanese Zero plane had
exploded the theory that this latest
model was a super warplane.
ut has maneuverability due to its
light construction and it's lack of
ruggedness, fire power and protec-
tive armor plate" Gen. Arnold said,
but our planes will climb with it
and have greater top speed and
greater diving speed
He said American fighter planes
were no longer using the hit-and-
run plan originally devised in COM
batting the zeros. They now stay
and fight with them, employing tao
tics which have been developed since
early encounters with the Zeros.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Tire Recap Ration Lifted
On Autos, liqht Trucks

The Office of Price Administra-
ton announced today that rationine
restrictions on recapping of passen-
ger car and light truck tires had
been removed and that from now on
1t will be possible for any one to get
a recapped tire without a rationing
certificate.
The plan to take material for re-
Gaping tires off the ration list was
announced earlier this month. The
OPh order made it effective today
The action, approved by Rubber
Director William NJ Jeffers, is de-
signed to reduce the demand for re-
placement tires. Recapping requires
about half as much reclaimed rub
Der as new war tire"
Recapping of large commercial
vehicle tires still is governed by ra-
tioning restrictions. = 81
OPA's order today makes no
change in the .rationing of replace
ment tires, including used and re-
capped castings.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
1000 H. P. Fighters
Enter Pacific Action
Declared Far Superior
To Any Jop Planes

By the Associated Press.
PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 20-The
United States Navy's Vought Corsair
fighting planes, among the fastest
high altitude scrappers in the world,
have entered action in the Solc.nons
area, Admiral Chester w Nimitz.
commander in chief of the United
States Pacific Fleet, announced to-
day.
He said this probably was the
first report of 1000 horsepower,
single-engine fighters in combat
anywhere.
Designed for high altitude opera
tions, the gullwing Corsair has been
described as being in the 400-mile-
an-hour class" Admiral Nimitz said
Manufactured by the Vought-
Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the
United Aircraft Corp, the Corsair
is the first fighter designed around
the 2.0O0-horsepoWer Pratt e. Whit
ney alr-cooled engine"
The Corsair is said to outspeed any
other models flying in upper levels
Of $4,000 feet or above, and. is far
superior to anything the japanese
have shown in the war over the
Pacific.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.-The
butcher. mindful of empty trays
and disappointed customers waiting
back in his market, enters the pack
ing house and tells the cooler man
with straight face and sly wink:
Good looking side of beef you
have there. Betcha S25 it weighs
200 pounds
Its a bet" says the cooler man,
hooking the beef to the scales. The
pointer swings to 2lO.
"Doggone, I lose" the butcher
grins, handing over $25-plus the
price of the beef-and driving away
with the meat.
Such is one of the BLACK market
in-meat subterfuges reported to be
employed by some butchers here to
stock their empty showcases, Frank
Balthis, State attorney for the Office
of Price Administration, said yes
terday.
OF course such practices are il
legal, said Mr.. Balthis, for by pay
ing extra, in the form of a lost bet,
the butcher violates price ceilings.
How does the butcher make up,
from his customers, the extra
amount he paid as bet?
We've had lot of complaints
of upgrading-selling inferior grades
of meat at the ceiling prices OF
choice cuts Mr.. Balthis said. "In
one case. butcher was reported
to be selling ground New York cut
for TO cents pound. But it actual
ly was 25-cents-a-p pound hamburger.
There have also been complaints
that certain butchers accept tips
Evening star., 1943-02-20
rs Wounded in Pacific
To Receive Purple Heart
BY the Associated Pres.

Sy The Associated Press
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Feb. 20
The military Order of the Purple
Heart, an award given soldiers who
nave been wounded in action, will
be presented tomorrow to casualties
under treatment at the Percy Jones
General Hospital here by Col. Nor
man T. Kirk, commanding officer.
The initial group of rs was
brought here last week with group
OF IT'S casualties from the South
west Pacific area. The first presen-
tation will be made to men not con-
hned to their beds. Col Kirk said.
A second presentation ceremony for
bed-ridden casualties will be held
later. rs
Evening star., 1943-02-20

the number Of hogs week as COM
pared with a year ago"
Iocker plants are located
mainly in the small towns of the
Midwest and West. They rent
out vaults for the storage of meat
and also slaughter animals.)
The institute said unlimited sup
plies of fresh meat may be found
in many country and small town
markets in the Midwest"
Meat Diversion Figures.
Diversion of meat from federally
inspected packing plants. the insti-
tute said, was illustrated by the
manner in which hogs and cattle
coming to these plants in January
fell below estimates. Hogs slaugh-
tered were % per cent, cattle, II per
cent, and calves, 26 per cent under
expectations.
The black market is causing tre-
mendous losses of material vital to
the prosecution of the war, includ-
ing the waste of such materials as
hides, fats and oils and other animal
by-products -. which are essential
to the war effort" the institute said.
The institute classified black mar
kets into two types:
First, the racketeer in large cities
who pays high prices for live ami
mails, then ignores price ceilings
to obtain exorbitant prices for meat.
Second, the small slaughterer in
rural towns who is killing animals
far beyond the quota permitted
him under Government regulations
The institute called attention to
the fact that heavy penalties are
provided for black market opera
tions. 1t added that violations have
only started and will increase in
magnitude if not taken in hand
Immediately"
Mr.. Elson said he had no COM
ment relating to rumors that the
Capone syndicate, which fourished
in the prohibition era, had entered
the black market in Chicago.
Mr.. McKeough. who said the OPA
had been investigating the illegal
operations for the last month, said
the investigator was directed princi-
pally against small country slaugh-
terers VINO were butchering animals
Tar In excess of their quotas" and
selling the meat at high prices in
various cities, particularly Chicago.
Evening star., 1943-02-20

the letters "a to %" will register
Tuesday; "E" to *" Wednesday;
81" to r. Thursday, and the re-
naming letters Friday. Centers will
be open from I'm. to 9 pm. Per-
sons are asked to register early in
the day wherever possible.
Study Effects of Cold.
Meanwhile, officials were studying
the effect of the damage done to
vegetable crops in the Southeastern
States as the result of an unseasonal
cold spell, which virtually wiped out
large crops of snap beans, jeopar-
died the supply of celery, cabbage,
lima beans, peas, tomatoes, egg
plant, early potatoes and citrus
fruits, except grapefruit.
Despite this damage, the Agricul-
ture. Department last night released
for civilian consumption an addi-
tional 100000 cases of canned
vegetables, especially tomatoes and
snap beans, from next summers S
stocks. Smaller increases in the
supply also were ordered in aspar-
agus, lima beans and corn. Some
other vegetables and some fruits, in
Guiding beets and carrots. grapefruit
juice, orange juice and pineapple
juice were reduced in quantity for
civilians and were set aside for the
use of the armed services.
Hotels Freeze Stocks.
Government officials said they did
not believe the damage done to
vegetable crops as the result of the
cold weather would have any i'm
mediate effect on the point ration
ing programs.
Washington hotels and restau-
rants last night were ordered by the
New York OPA regional Office to
freeze on their shelves whatever
stocks of canned meats and fish
they may now have on hand.
"A restaurant, hotel, or similar
institution the order said, may
not open canned fish and meat
which it now has on hand and
serve in salads or sandwiches to the
consumer"
The freezing order is expected to
last about so days. Canned meats
and fish already were frozen in
grocery stores earlier this week.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Canned Goods Move BriskIy
As frozen Hour Approaches
Eight-Point Coupon Will Be Deducted
For.Euch Unit in Excess of Held Toniqht

Grocery stores in the District
were doing a brisk business in
canned goods today as house
wives hurried to stock canned
fruits, vegetables and fruit Juices
before these commodities are
frozen" at midnight tonight.
Store managers said that the last
few days have seen a decided squirt
in the sales of goods which are to be
placed on the rationed list March /,
but they explained there was little
evidence of last-minute boarding
Most customers, they said. were buy
ing in reasonable quantities to take
care of their needs next week and
to make certain they had on hand
at least the five cans per person
which are allowed without deduc-
ton.
Little panic-buying was reported
Since the OPA does not intend to
release the point value of the ra-
toned foods until tomorrow, no one
was able to stock up on those items
which will have high value. When
consumers register at the District
schools from Tuesday through Fri
day next week, however, they will
have deducted from their No. 2
ration books one S-point coupon
for every can in excess of five per
person, regardless of what point
value may have been assigned to the
various types Of foods.
The OPA has ruled that canned
goods in possession at midnight
must be declared, although the
housewife may have used up more
of them before she actually reg
listers next week.
Housewives who are to register for
domestic servants and boarders who
eat at the house were warned by
the Office of Price Administration
that the cans claimed by these in
diyiduals will then legally belong
to them and can be removed if the
maid is fired or the boarder moves
his residence.
Separate consumer declarations
must be filled out by all except
members of a family living under
the same roof, the OPA explained,
although a housewife may act as
agent to register for a servant or
boarder. Consumer declaration
blanks must be cut from newspapers
and filled out completely by each in
dividual, except members of the
family unit filing jointly The
housewife then takes the declara-
tions and War Ration Book No. /
for each person concerned to the
nearest school registration center.
First Registrations Tuesday.
The OPA does not wish to inter-
fere with agreements entered into
by servants or boarders to claim
some of the cans in the pantry the
OPA said. But the Office does wish
to control illegal use of the names
of friends and non-boarders by the
| housewife to entitle her to the pos
session Of more cans. For that rea
son it is being stressed that canned
goods claimed on each separate con-
sumner declaration then legally be-
long to the individual and can be
removed by him at any time
Persons whose names begin with
Evening star., 1943-02-20
War in Africa Topic
Of Geographic Lecture

The stake of the United Nations
and the Axis powers in the outcome
of the war in the Mediterranean was
was outlined by Frederic Christian
last night in a National Geographic
Society lecture at Constitution Hall.
His report was based on a trip he
and his wife made to the area be-
fore the war.
Motion pictures were shown of
Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Greece, AL
geria, Italy, Portugal and the Azores.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Plunge Victim Identified
As Mary |. Montague, 48

A woman who plunged to her
death yesterday from the south end
Of Key Bridge was identified today
by Capt. Rhoda Milliken of the
Women's Bureau as Mary Louise
Montague, 48, of 1903 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
The woman ran from the bus
depot at the south end of the bridge,
witnesses reported, climbed to the
top of the rail and plunged to the
river bank 40 feet below.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Waste in Puerto Rico:
Revealed by Inquiry,jI
Senator Taft Says {:
Ohioon, Back From Tour,
And Vondenbere AssoiI
Bill for Statehood

The Today investigation of con-
ditions in Puerto Rico by a Senate
subcommittee has revealed con-
fusion, overlapping and duplication"
Of governmental agencies, both Fed.
eral and insular, Senator Taft, Re-
publican, of Ohio reported yester-
day. He was the first member of the
group to return to Washington. So
At the same time. the Langer bill
to admit the island possession to
statehood was termed damned
nonsense" by Senator Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan, member of
the Senate Territories and Insular
Affairs Committee. AZ
Senator Taft said the things that
impressed the committee most were
the peoples poverty and the "ag-
graVation OF food conditions and un-
employment through the reduction
IN shipping" He expressed the hope
the committee could agree on steps
| to afford immediate relief, including
the assignment of definite number
of cargo ships. TO
Sub Peril Decreases.
| The submarine menace has dis
appeared "at least temporarily"
from the Puerto Rican trade route.
the Senator said.
! Discussing one big problem of the
island, overpopulation, Senator Taft
SAID we are trying to support a
population of 100000 on an island
whose resources can only support
100000 on standard of living
which even then would have to be
lower than that of the United
| States. To meet that situation, we
have poured in money. over $780,
/ 000,000 in 10 years. with compara-
lively little result" he added. -+
Questioned on the LANCER bill,
Senator Taft said he doubted that
1T is practical to grant statehood at
the present time" 49,
Nandenberg Assails Plan. or
Senator Vandenberg, author Of a
measure which would end the tenure
of Gov. ReXford Tugwell of Puerto
Rico and limit his successors to.
four-year terms, said he believed
the statehood proposal was totally
impossible
Puerto Rico cannot possibly be
left to its own resources for some
time to come" he declared ut
must have practical and sympa-
thetlc development on a practical
basis under orr close pl,ida oce ,,ntj1;
its internal development clearly
warrants the final self f-reliant
achievement of statehood" y
He predicted the bill would never
reach the floor"
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Former Wardens Warned
To Turn in 0CD Property

Chief Air-Raid Warden William
j. Mileham today issued a warning
to all former AFRAID wardens who
no longer are connected with civilian
defense that they are open to
punishment by law if they fail to
turn in helmets or other Federal
property issued to them while they
were in the warden service.
Mr.. Mileham reported that an ap-
preciable amount of such property,
chiefly helmets, SO far has not been
returned by former wardens, many
of whom left the service for the
armed forces or failed to become
certified
OCD regulations specify that this
property shall be issued only to GER
titled Wardens or to those who are
in the process of becoming certified
and that it is to be charged to the
issuing deputy warden.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Blast at Fort Be|voir
Kills Engineer Officer

First 1t. Russell S. Gribble, %, of
Alexandria was killed in an explo-
sion at Fort Belvoir yesterday, public
relations officials said today.
Capt. S. D. Swami, head of the
public relations office, said no de-
tails of the accident were available
now. He said the explosion was be-
ing investigated by board of
officers.
1t Gribble is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Jeanne Gribble of
1929 Colonial avenue, Alexandria,
and by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
William G. Gribble of Ironwood
Mich.
1t. Gribble, who entered the Engi-
neer Corps in June, 194l, was
graduate of the Michigan College of
Mining and Technology.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
WPB Doubles Quota
Of Wool for Civilian
Fall, Winter Goods
New Amount Will Allow
Production of Normal,
Peocetime' Yordooe

Ey the Associated Press.
Lending emphasis to its repeated
assertions that there is ample wool
for civilian clothing, the War Pro-
duction Board has doubled the quota
of wool allocated for the manufac-
ture of civilian goods next fall
and winter.
The action will make an addi-
tional 100000 pounds Of wool
available for consumer needs, and
WPB said yesterday the new quota
would make possible production of
as much yardage as civilians re-
ceived lin normal peacetime year -
Any wool needed to meet the in
creased woolen and worsted produc-
ton in excess of the large supplies
on hand will be imported by manu-
facturers until the 1943 domestic
wool clip becomes available, said
Kenneth w. Mariner, chief Of
WPB's wool branch.
Mills Asked to Boost Volumns.
Already operating at high rate,
woolen and worsted mills were re-
quested to boost their volume wher-
ever possible to assure that the ad-
ditional wool quotas will be used up
The enlarged quotas are effective
for Worsted manufacturers for the
three-month period following May
2, and for woolen manufacturers
for the siX-month period following
February /.
The production quota for worsteo
producers was increased from Is tC
30 per cent of each manufacturers
poundage in the corresponding
quarter of 1941 and the quota fol
the manufacturer of worsted blend
ed goods was increased from 20 tc
40 per cent.
The quota for woolen manufac-
turers was increased from 2le pei
cent to per cent for all-wool goods
and the quota for blended goods was
stepped up from 1919 to Is per cent
Small Manufacturers Aided.
The order also established for the
first time minimum quotas which
may be used without restriction by
/ small manufacturers VINO nave beer
handicapped by low basic allot.
mentS.
Meanwhile. Luther Reid, director
of rationing information for the
Office of Price Administration, de-
clared last night that the Govern
.ment has no plans whatever tc
ration clothing.
Make that as emphatic as you
can he said. ANY reports to the
contrary are absolutely untrue. Not
only do we not contemplate ration
ing clothing, but even if we wanted
to, there is no machinery in ex-
istence to do it, 1t would take
months to set up the coupon system
and other machinery for the job.
ITO sum up, we are not going tc
ration clothing"
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Senate Committee Ends
Survey in Puerto Rico

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Feb. 90
The senatorial committee investi--
eating conditions in Puerto Rico
concluded week of hearings yester-,
day and Chairman Chavez said the
group had fairly complete picture,
of the island"
Sometimes it is discouraging and
sometimes it is encouraging, Sena-
tor Chavez said. I'VE are hopeful
that we will be able to olhelp."
Senators Bone, Democrat, of Wash
ington and Ellender, Democrat, Of.
Louisiana, who stayed on after other
members left in midweek, heard
final testimony yesterday and, with
Senator Chavez, announced their
intention to return to the island late
in the summer.