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The sub., 1943-06-03
w" Pipe Shop By Betty Houston

We'll, another two weeks has rolled around and it's time again for another addition. MY, how time flies!
 And still another one of us has gone and joined the armed forces. Joe Delesio. pipefitter helper, left Monday for Fort Devens, Mass, where he will be in limited service. We'll, good luck to him, from all of us. We all hated to see him leave, but I guess there will be plenty to join him before long.
 Why is it that some of the gang around here are getting these short haircuts? Is 1t because they are trying to save money?
 Gertrude McNichol, Martha Bell and Dottie Cassen got good bath last week, even though 1t wasn't Christmas, or a Saturday Night. They were at their job covering pipes when the water pipe explod- ed, giving them all a shower. Quite bit of excitement.
 Anyone wishing to know the ef- feet of what acid will do to the seat of your clothing, ask certain girl down here, and she should know. She sat down in the acid the other day. and the effect was amazing! And the trouble was, no one had a needle and thread with them.
 If anyone wants to hear good tale, ask Mahoney about the time he was managing the A. & P. Mar ket and a girl came around giv- ing away samples of Wasson Oil. It's good one, all right.
 Well, guess this will be all for this time, so keep smiling, keep laughing, and be happy.
The sub., 1943-06-03
A. Mckay Catches
 Fish; Posts Brook

What Angus Mckay had thought was his own private fishing reser- vation has had a poacher. Angus has felt that the brook flowing un- der his office was his to the ex- tent that he placed alongside same a No Fishing Allowed" sign.
 Thursday noon during lunch hour while August was out Gene Fulton and Ted Dixon, without ev- en license, sneaked out with their home made fishing pole and sat on the bridge over the brook hoping to catch a mess of trout for Fridays dinner. After sitting there for some time and having no luck they. finally gave up. This they had to do because they were afraid Angus would come back from lunch and catch them and make a report to Gene Merritt, game warden.
 He made the mistake of tieing his line to a post and letting the hook dangle in the water and for Rot to move it. On his way to the office Angus saw the line and be- tng a veteran fisherman from force of habit he pulled the line In and much to his surprise there was 8 Ash on the end of 1t.
 It is not thought that the fish will be good eating, but Angus is dow doubly anxious that nobody 6lse fishes "his brook"
The sub., 1943-06-03
CIO Inperils Paid
 Holidays Vacation

As July 4 approaches workers at the Electric Boat Company are reminded that under the Independ- ent Union contract, which expires June g, all workers in the past have received triple time for work iag on July 4.
 This was based entirely on pro- vision of the Independent Union agreement. If there is no agree ment made and in effect by July { workers will be paid single time just as on any other day.
 The Independent Union is all ready to protect the workers on this and other holidays but the CIO by its stalling and delaying tactics is very seriously endanger- ing the extra bonus which all workers have always received for this holiday. In fact, 1t is safe to say if the CIO is the Union to ne- aotiate the next contract, since it has never made contract here before, it is almost certain that there will be no extra pay for the Fourth of July.
 In the same way the CIO is en- dangering vacation rights and pay for local workers. The vacation period begins at this time and is based on length of service as of July l. This year the aim of the Independent Union is to get va cations for everybody and the longer 1t takes to get contract and settle the election question the more workers vacation rights and pay are hurt.
The sub., 1943-06-03
Private Jack Cruise
 Changes Army Post

Jack Cruise, as he will be remembered to us, no matter how high he climbs militarily. has changed his address of late and the sports editor of this family journal who thinks a lot of good old Jackson, would like to make his new address known, so that his wagon load of fan mail may get to our buddy all right.
 Jacks new address is:
 PFC John w. Cruise
 18th QM Sales Go.
 Fort Bragg, N. C. If you aren't doing anything this evening, why not drop him 8 line and let him know what's cooking.
The sub., 1943-06-03
No Beach For GrOtOn; Why? MT. Gort Wilbur,
 Sports Editor,
 The Sub,
 GrOtOn, Connecticut


 GrOtOn, Connecticut
 Dear MT. Wilbur:
 Although I don't know who Joe Rafferty Is, or where he comes from, or what the Morgan Park is, I do know that as a new arrival in this section of the East, you have nothing to be proud of, as far as bathing facilities and sporting grounds in general go, for the col- Ony of defense workers that are camped in this section, until the bubble breaks.
 I am faithful reader of your stuff and think your column is a damn sight better than some that have read by the so called ex- perts in the big cities. It is be- cause of the fact that l know you have such a following among the workers of the yard that I thought I would write to you in regard to what l have said above about the blistering summer ahead of us without any bathing beach.
 We have in the immediate vicin- ity of the plant, a town by itself, but what has the Town of Groton given us in the form of a beach? Those birds that run the town gov- ernment make me sick. have in my family two children, my wife and myself. I can't afford to take bus and go down to the New Lon don beach every time I want to go in swimming. know of plenty more who feel the same as do.
 Another thing I would like to get clear, if Jim Brady holds so much political power as he says he does here in Groton, why doesn't he try and give us working people a break and get us beach? A Defense Worker.
The sub., 1943-06-03
SMEU GETS TRIAL CREW ADJUSTMENTS

(contlnued from Page one) for every 24-hour period. On the last day they will receive $25 if they are away more than 8 hours If they are away less than 8 hours they will receive their regular hourly rates of pay.
 On the matter of overtime, sea- duty days, for which they are paid
The sub., 1943-06-03

$25 a day, will count as days worked and time and one-haH will be paid for the 9th day and for the 7th day at the hourly rates. In case the 9th or 7th day is sal- ary day then the time and one-haH and double time will apply to other hourly rate days within the work week.
The sub., 1943-06-03

In addition trial crew members will get shift premiums the same as all other workers when they are on hourly rates.
 The above agreements represent considerable additional benefits for the trial crew obtained directly by the efforts of the Independent Un- ion.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Washington Produce

BUTTER-Chip, 54h: quarter, 52A;
solid block. 6lL: cheapest. 50a4.
LIVESTOCK-Calves, 1S; spring lambs.
10.
From Food Distribution Administration,
prices paid net fob. Washington:
EGGS-Market steady. Prices paid for
grading stations March A: Whites. U. S.
extras, large 3S-40; average 39l2: U. S.
extras, medium, Sc; U. s. standards, large,
36-31; average 81.
Browns: U. S. extras. large. 3--39: av-
erage 3S: y. S. extras. medium. SO: U. S.
standards. large. 36-3!;- average "6ha; U.
Nearby ungraded eggs: Current receipts,
whites, "a ,35; mixed colors, U. s.. extras,
standards. medium, 34 u S trades, "a.
Receipts, Government graded eggs, 300
cases.
colored. 45 pounds. 81. Roosters, 5la
pounds and over. 1920. Broilers, under
3 pounds. %. Fryers. 3-5 pounds, 29E
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Munpower
Continued From First Page)

man regarded as more essential on
farm would not be accepted as a
volunteer"
The lack Of planning, Col. Sanders
said in his report to the commit
tee, permits Manpower Chief Paul
V. McNutt and Charles E. Will
son, War Production Board vice
chairman, to determine the armed
forces size and which materials
they should have-without having
any responsibility for the military
success of the Army and Navy.
Col. Sanders said farm planning
under Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard appears still to be in the
paper policy stage"
In summarizing testimony from
various sources Col. Sanders said
The most outstanding deficiency
In procedure, as shown by the testi-
mony, is the lack of coordination
at the top"
AS an example, Col. Sanders as
serted, the War ManpoWer Commits
sion may declare certain occupations
non essential and the War Produc-
ton Board may agree, but there is
no co-ordinated plan under which
the War Production Boarc
would see to the curtailment of sup
plies of raw materials to that in
dustry in an orderly manner nol
any co-ordinated plan Of the WING
to place all that industryS workers
into essential jobs.
There is lack of coordination
under which an administrator who
tul use of the armed forces claims
authority to limit their size" hi
added
Industry has revolutionized its
methods IN order TO make more eff
cient use Of manpoWer. Agriculture
has made no change in methods In
order 10 meet the war situation.
While some excellent basic prin-
clpleS were set forth by the Secre-
tary OF Agriculture as being the pro-
gram Of the Department of Agricul-
ture. 1t was also clear that this had
not progressed much beyond the
paper policy stage.
Time Lost in Conferences.
This, in part, stems back TO lack
OF congressional appropriations and
to a generally confused public opin-
ion on tl:e subject of agriculture
There also is evidence of too much
lost time through too many confer
enceS and too little action, particu-
larly when several departments are
concerned, as in the matter of bring.
Ing in Mexican labor TO assist In the
crop harvesting"
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Draft
Continued From First Page.)

draft boards would follow this
procedure:
First, the supply of single men
without dependents and who are
not deferred as necessary" men in
their occupations must be exhausted
in a local board area. Then the
local board reviews the classical
tions of registrants who were de-
ferred in ga and 3-B to determine
which should be reclassified in Ia
and which should be further de-
ferred for occupational reasons or
because induction would cause un-
due hardship for dependents.
Order of Call Outlined.
AS set up by the regulations, the
order in which registrants are called
for military service follows:
/. Single men with no depend
ents 1-A.)
O. Single men who do not con-
tribute to the war effort but who
have dependents (3-A).
3. Single men with dependents
and who contribute to the war
effort (3-B).
4. Men who are not engaged in
the war effort but who maintain
bona fide family relationship with
wife only GA
5. Men who are engaged in the
war effort and who maintain a bona
fide family relationship with a wife
only (3-B).
6. Men who ire not engaged in the
war effort and who maintain a bona
flde family relationship with wife
and children or children only C3-A) il.
7. Men who are engaged in the
war effort and who maintain a bona
fide relationship with wife and
children or children only (3-B).
Can't Attain Uniformity.
Mr.. McNutt pointed out that
while State selective service di-
rectors have been instructed to ad-
just their calls for the armed forces
so as to prevent one local board
from calling registrants from one
group substantially in advance of
the time when other local boards are
calling the same group, "it is not
possible to attain complete uni
formity."
Because of varying conditions in
local board areas, as we'll as in
diffelen States, he said, it has
been necessary to call registrants
with dependents in some States
while single men were still avail
able in others, and in local boards
in some States before all other local
boards in the same State had eX-
hausted their pools Of single men.
There has been no indication yet
whether fathers will be taken by
| order number, regardless of the
number of their children or by their
usefulness to the war effort in
civilian life
Mr. McNutt said. however, in the
| clarifying statement that the recent
non-deterable order primarily indi-
Gated which men with families will
have to be inducted first when men
with families are called"
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Patterson
Continued From First Page.

or mass production is beginning to
be effective now, Mr.. Patterson de-
clared. He cited as an example the
January output Of nearly $4,000 car
blnes, the new weapons with which
officers and non-coms are being
armed
Other important fighting equip
ment which has been in mass pro-
duction for some time, he said, are
now reaching their planned maxi
mum monthly rate The January
output accounted for more than
10000 Garand rifles, $1,000 So
caliber aircraft machine guns, 1000
of the Comm. aircraft cannon and
$4,000 Submachine guns.
A large bulk of these new arms,
he added, are being rushed to battle
fronts in North Africa and the
Pacific and England.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
| Jap Ship Losses
Total 570;; u. S.
| Toll Only 94
,y the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 4.-The loss
of all % japanese ships reported
sunk or in a sinking condition in the
Bismarck Sea battle would raise
to $40 the total of japanese ships
of all types announced sunk since
Pearl Harbor, an Associated Press
tabulation today showed.
United States losses, to date, in
Guiding the recently announced
cruiser Chicago, destroyer Dehaven
and three unidentified torpedo
boats, total 81 ships, naval and mer-
chant.
A table of United States and jap
anese ship losses in the Pacific
area, not including the Jap losses
in the latest United States an
nOIlncement follows.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Wholesale Food Index
At New Hiqh Mark
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SEeClaI DlSpHlCN 10 he OlaI.
NEW YORK, March 4-Continu-
ing its upward trend, the Dun &
Bradstreet wholesale food price
Index advanced l cent further in
the week ended March 2.
This brought the current figure to
$4.07, a new high for the past %
years, and rise of 140 per cent, as
compared to the $3.57 for the same
week a year ago.
Advances during the week oc-
Cured in flour, wheat, corn, rye,
oats, barley, eggs, potatoes, steers,
hogs and lambs. Sheep were quoted
a shade lower.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Volga Shining to Be Resumed.

man dead were counted after Rzhev
fell.
Volga Shipping to Be Resumed.
Izvestia, the government news
paper, said veteran Axis troops had
been holding the city and that sew
eral rings of trenches. strong
system of pillboxes and miles of wire
fences, bitches and ice walls had
been set up by the garrison behind
fortified villages on the approaches
to the city.
Simultaneous ssaults were
launched by the Russians from the
east, south and west, Izvestia said,
to recapture the city.
The newspaper asserted that rail-
way communication with Velikie
Luki, $50 miles to the west, would
soon be resumed and that by spring
the first ships would begin to operate
on the Volga, which cuts through
the city and runs to the Caspian
Sea-
This series of triumphs, hard on
the heels of the eight-day Timo-
shenko offensive pointed toward
Staraya Russa after the capture of
Demyansk and Zaluchye, west of the
Valdai Hills, led the Moscow radio
to exclaim:
THE capture of Lgov and Dmitriev
has shown that German hopes that
spring would slow down the advance
OF the Red Army were unfounded.
The Red Army is still advancing" ;"
Slowed by Spring Thaws.
1t was spring and thaws spread
ing in the Donets Basin have been
blamed for some of the slowing down
below Kharkov, north of Stalino and
in the Kuban Caucasus, although
the Soviet communiques have been
frank in noting stiff German re-
sistance and fierce counterattacks.
The only German salient EXTEND
ing into the Russian positions north
of Kharkov is the Vyazma -Bryansk
line, which became endangered with
the fall of Rzhev.
1t was considered here reasonable
to presume that there may be a
general Strengthening of the whole
front from the Baltic Sea to the
Black Sea.
The capture Of Rzhev, 130 miles
west OF Moscow, ended another ever
present menace to Moscow and the
communications between Central
and Northern Russia.
With the invaders in Rzhev, the
Russians were forced to maintain
a large protective force to prevent
any surprise drive on the Russian
capital.
Soviets Delay Announcement.
BY driving the Germans west
ward here as we'll as on the north
western front, the Red Army took
steps toward the liberation of ter
ritorially vast and strategically i'm
portant area.
1n New York, Henry Cassidy,
chief of the Moscow bureau of
the Associated Press now visit
ing in the United States, pointed
out that Moscow has been the
prime objective in 20 months of
Hltler's march into Russia and
that many Moscow observers be-
heved he planned another often
slve this summer despite the Sc
we're drain on his forces. with
RzheV, now city of ruins, as
his key base)
The Soviet authorities withheld
official announcement of Rzhev S
capture for hours after the German
high command described its fall in
familiar language which spoke
about an "evacuation in accordance
with planned movements for Short
| enlng the front"
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Deccu Records Votes
Dividend of rs Cents
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 Tie Star.
NEW YORK, March 4.-Directors
of Decca Records, Inc, yesterday
established a new regular quarterly
dividend rate of 25 cents per share
on the company's capital stock.
The new rate for the first quarter
will be paid on March 80 to stock
holders of record March 16.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
New York Cotton
TODAY'S SALES.

NEW YORK, March P,.-Reports
that Secretary Wickard soon would an
nounce a 10 per cent increase in the 1943
national planting allotment, and q
slackenngS trade demand. overshadowed
lower today.
New Orleans selling and hedging on
small rallies emphasized reports of
smaller spot demand in the South.
Late afternoon values were 20 to 40
cents bale lower: March. 20.29; May,
20.12, and July, 1892.
Increased local selling and liquidation L,
the final hour forced values to the lowest
levels of the day. Prospects Of larger
planting this year also uncovered stop
orders.
Futures closed go cents to S115 4
l,a1o
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Construction Awards
Lao Behind Year Aqo
Py the Associated Press

lne hSSOCldtcu TcSs.
NEW YORK, March 4-Engineer-
ing construction awards this week
moved above the preceding short
ened week but were below a year
ago, Engineering News-Record an
nounced today.
The total of $85 ,8O9 900 compared
with S5464600O a week earlier and
Sl45 ,401 900 in the like week of 1912.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
London Market Slows

LONDON, March 4 tP).-Trading
activity slackened on the stock ex-
change today but the main list fin
ished with a firm undertone. Indus
trials, oils, rubbers and interna tional
issues attracted most of the buying
Home rails were about unchanged.
Evening star., 1943-03-04

Totals " 488 "a
Does not include the battleship
Oklahoma which capsized but may
be raised.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
NaxC Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS, March pa wave
Of selling in the last hour OF trading here
today dropped cotton futures. so cents
to l.oO a bale. The major influence was
report from Washington that Secretary
Wickard planned to announce 10 per
cent increase in acreage allotment Inc
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Bank C|earings Show
1913 Per Cent Gain
Over Year Ago
TotoI for % Cities
Up Sharply After Week
Holiday Week
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 4.-Bank
clearlngs in the week ended Wednes-
day increased sharply over last
weeks holiday total and continued
higher than volume in the like 1912
period, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. re-
ported today.
Transactions in % leading cities
amounted to S8,5o5 $4,000. up 1913
/ per cent from $7,7l2 ,29S 900 last year
and a gain of s1,450 ,27l 900 from the
previous holiday shortened week.
Important advances over 1912 in
cluded: Seattle, 45l per cent:
Omaha. 435; Kansas City, 1874:
Portland, Greg, 81; Minneapolis,
29.2, and st. Louis, 28.7. Dallas
clearings were down slightly.
Freight Loadings Rise.
The Association of American
Railroads reported. today that 1872
855 cars of revenue freight were
loaded during the week ending last
Saturday.
This was an increase of 30 4O6
cars, or 40 per cent, compared with
the preceding week; an increase
OF 996 cars, or OIL per cent, COM
pared with year ago, and an in
crease Of 26,l85 cars. or 3.5 per
cent, compared with two years ago.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
O'NeiII Reelected

AKRON, Ohio, March 4 (P).-Wil-
liam O'Neill was elected today to his
28th year as president of the Cen
eral Tire & Rubber Co. Directors
also declared a common stock divi-
dend of SO cents a share, payable
March Is to holders of record
March Is.
Gentlemen prefer blonds-pa-
triots prefer bonds. Buy now.
Evening star., 1943-03-04

Your word may be as good as your
bond-but Uncle Sam would rather
have the bond.
Evening star., 1943-03-04

Spot cotton closed steady, so cents a
bale lower. Sales. l.0o3. Low middline,
1886; middine, oO.s6; good middling,
21.31 Receipts 1,949. stock, 3l1,7Sl.
h Bid. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Q 'oo,
STATUTE MIltS

WHERE ALLIED FLYERS SMASHED JAP CONVOY-American
Flying Forresse and Lberaor bobers completed
Japanese at the marked X after
attacks losses: transport
initiated $4,000 troops and personnel
stroyed and % others probably destroyed Wephoto
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Baltimore Stocks
Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE March 4
Sales STOCKS. High. Low. Close.
100 Arundel Corp 1S24 1877 1So+
1853 BALTIC Transit pfd 1lss 11A 1lss
Il Consol Pow com 81 80 81
10 Fidelity & Deposit l29 139 12g
50 Ga S&F Ry st pf 81 81 81
100 Md g. Pa r r ".25 o."5 2."5
New Amster Cas- 242 24i2 %4R
800 Fidel d Guar 30}a 30ia 3oi2
BONDS.
$1,000 BALTIC Tr deb 5s A - 5ll2 81
1000 BALTIC Trans 5s IS 5S rs
Evening star., 1943-03-04

the Russian advance continued with
the capture of IL more towns.
The Russians declared 1000 Ger
man dead were counted after Rzhev
Evening star., 1943-03-04
11th Year in Office
Begun by President;
Fourth Term Urqed
Talk Gets No Response;
Religious Service Held
At White House

Continued From First PageD
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Russia

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Evening star., 1943-03-04
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

MISCELLANEOUS
Ter RI g. w Cp 1st 4As 194S lO3h
Evening star., 1943-03-04

One Flight Intercepted.
/ One flight of Flying Fortresses,
which registered hits and near
misses on cargo ships, was inter-
cepted by Is TO l8 japanese fighters.
/ Seven of the japanese planes were
destroyed and another badly dam
aged
The next fight of Fortresses
scored hits and near hits on cargo
ships and saw 4000-ton ship eX-
/ plode and sink OF the to 10
Zeros which attempted to intercept
/ the fight five were destroyed and
another badly damaged A later
flight of Fortresses shot five of Is
lntercepting planes out of combat
A top cover of fighter planes inter-
cepted from 20 to Is enemy planes
at nigh altitude and shot down 10.
Three more we're damaged.
Among those who took part were
Maj. Arthur A. Fletcher of Wash
ington and 1t. Charles E. Smith of
Pennington, Va, both Fortress
pilots in the thick Of the battle, and
Second 1t. Edward T. Soloman of
Suffolk, Va member of a squadron
/ of Mitchell bombers, who hit a de-
stroyer or light cruiser and aimed
the one remaining bomb at trans
port which blew apart and sank. 1t
was decided this transport had been
hit previously.
Evening star., 1943-03-04
Freight Loadings Rise.
Washington Exchange
SALES.
Bank of Bethesda-2O at 30,

BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1943-03-04

'Ex dividend. books closed. tPlus ex-
tras. aPaid SO far this year. e2fo extra.
hiss extra. k2Oc extra. mSl so extra.
pPaid in 1912. yS10 extra.