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Evening star., 1943-04-01
Labor Leaders Ask
President 10 Check
Rising Food Prices
Murray and Green Also
Press Representation
In War Agencies

Organized labor leaders today
urged President Roosevelt to
take action to reduce rising food
prices in "a very definite and
rigid way and give labor more
"top-f1ight representation" in
Government war agencies.
AFL President William Green
and CIO President Philip Murray,
spokesmen for the Combined Labor
War Board which conferred with
Mr.. Roosevelt for more than an
hour, said they asked particularly
for labor representation in the new
Food Production and Distribution
Administration headed by Chester
c. Davis. as we'll as a greater voice
in such agencies as the WPB, OPA
and War Manpower Commission.
Want Prices of September Is.
Declaring that economic stabiliza-
tion could not continue to operate
lin a one-sided way" Mr.. Murray
said that 'if wage stabilization is to
be made effective present retail
prices must be reduced to a figure
approximating the figure on the
date when wage stabilization" was
undertaken. This would call for de-
creasing prices to approximately the
level of September Is, 1912
Mr.. Green said he gained the i'm
preston that Mr.. Roosevelt plans
to deal decislyely with the subject" "
He and Mr.. Murray made clear,
however, that they had no commit
ments from the President except
that he will consider their pleas.
The labor leaders cited newspaper
advertisements of medium priced
grocery stores in Canton, Ohio,
which they described as a typical
war production town. as showing
increases in the cost of food bought
by laborers far above their wage in
creases between January, 194l, and
January, 1943.
Increases Cited.
Among the price increases they
cited were butter, 81 per cent; eggs,
50 per cent; coffee, AZ per cent;
canned corn. so per cent; canned
peaches, 1872 per cent; lettuce, 80 per
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Evening star., 1943-04-01
Axis Ship Toll in War
Put al S,o18,000 Tons
By the Associated Press

by the ASSOClaCeQ freSS.
LONDON, April 1.-The Allies
sank, captured or damaged an esti-
mated 8,018,O00 gross tons of Axis
merchant shipping from the start
of the war until the end of Feb
ruary, Lord Bruntisield told the
House of Lords today.
The estimate, the undersecretary
to the Admiralty said. included
4,027 900 gross tons of Italian ship
ping, 1866 900 gross tons of German
shipping and $4,000 tons of ships
belonging to Axis satellites.
The figures did not include the
losses or damage inflicted by our
Russian allies, the details of which
are not available" Lord Bruntis-
field said
Regarding japanese losses, he re-
ferred to a statement by Secretary
of Navy Frank Knox in Washington
on March II in which Knox esti-
mated 1,857,000 gross tons of jap
anese shipping had been destroyed.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Mccormack Backs
Preparation Of New
Compromise Tax Plan
Says Majority Fovors
Partial Forgiveness,
Collection at Source
Earlier Tax Story on Page A-1)

House Majority Leader Nc
Cormick today announced that
he believes the Ways and Means
Committee should bring back
before the House a tax bill pro-
viding for withholding the tax
at the source and with some
measure of tax forgiveness.
He said this opinion is an in
depreciation of the will of the
House. He issued the following
statement:
Some kind of a collection of
taxes at the source bill should be
enacted into law. The withholding
tax which any one agrees to, should
be put into operation on July l. A
majority of the members of the
House feel the Ruml plan went too
far in tax forgiveness, but the re-
committal vote also clearly showed
that the great majority of the House
feel that some kind of partial for
giveness plan should be considered
and passed by the House the same
time that Withholding tax is
passed.
Many of the members who voted
against recommittal, favor some
kind of partial forgiveness plan,
but they voted against recommittal
to avoid delay, being of the opin-
ion that the Senate would pass
some forgiveness plan which would
go to conference and the situation
would be ironed out in conference.
There should be no necessity, as
1 see it, for further hearings by the
Ways and Means Committee. The
thing for the members who believe
that some kind of forgiveness is
necessary from the Governments
angle to put an effective collection
of taxes at the source plan into ef-
feet July l is for them to agree upon
some reasonable plan that will pre-
vent the making of war millionaires,
which the Ruml plan did If they do
that, they will be carrying out the
wishes of the House and that can be
done quickly. In my opinion. if such
bill is reported out of committee
it would pass the House with speed"
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Msgr. |. J. McNamara,
Baltimore Pastor, Dies
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. April 1.-Msgr
Lawrence J. Mcnamara. pastor of
st. Brigids Catholic Church and
one of the best known priests in
Baltimore, died today at the church
rectory. He was "a.
Msgr. Mcnamara had been pastor
Of st. Brigid's for AZ years. He was
ordained so years ago.
A baseball player in his younger
days and afterward an enthusiastic
follower Of the sport, he made a
tour of the world with the New York
Giants at the request of the late
John ]. McGraw, Giants manager
and a friend made in the days when
McGraw handled the Baltimore
Orioles of the International League.
Msgr. Mcnamara was native of
North Adams, Mass. and was or
dained at Baltimore. Before be-
coming pastor of st. Brigid's he
served as assistant pastor of St.
AIMS Church.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Devils Thumb Cracks His Foot;
To Be Out of Derby, Preukness

He'll be out about so days" Will
helm explained. It'll take me about
30 days to get the foot back in con-
dition and about 80 days more to
have the Thumb in racing form
again"
With Devils Thumb, winner of
five straight stake races at Saratoga
last summer and quoted at to l in
the Derby winter books. on the side
lines, the Boeing stable will rely on
Slide Rule, another stake winner as
a 2-yearold last season. He prob
ably will start in the Wood Me-
mortal at Jamaica April II.
Wilhelm explained that the
Thumbs injury itself is not too
serious. but that if the colt ran on
it the hoof might develop a quarter
crack
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Red Cross Tops
Campaign Goal
By $117,400
$l,672,000 Raised
To Date; More
Gifts Expected

Washington reached and passed
its $1,555, 400 Red Cross War
Fund today. Reports showed
gifts from 338,782 contributors
amounted to $l,672 300, or $117,-
400 in excess of quota.
On a population basis the num-
ber of givers here probably puts
Washington in first place in the
Nation, Undersecretary of Com
merce Wayne Chatield Taylor,
Government chairman, said The
campaign officially closes April 7.
Norman Davis, American Red
Cross chairman, was present when
Campaign Chairman A. G.. Neal
announced the total figures, which
placed Washington in the select list
of cities of 100000 population 60
ing over the top.
More Gifts Expected.
Every division except the District
Government unit exceeded its quota.
To date the District employees have
given $21,l59. or 45.8 per cent of
quota. TT will be a different story
when we have our next pay day."
a District official told todays meet
ing.
The table of success follows:
Federal Government, $7O7,1lO or
111.34 per cent; general business,
s439,l76 or 1898 of an upward re-
vised quota city division. Sl53 400
or l0l per cent: residential division,
$202 1886 or los per cent: Fairfax
County, $3l.908 or 1872 per cent; Ar
lington County, 12240 per cent of
quota; Montgomery County, $40 900
or $4,000 above quota; Prince
Georges County, $4,000 above quota
District Government. S21,l59 or As 8
per cent; booths, s6.9l1 of $4,000
quota raised, with only 30 of 81
booths reporting after two days
operations; Junior Red Cross. $4,000
quota in 1872 District schools. S4.768
raised with only II schools reporting
to date.
Hotels Give $4,000 Each.
Gifts of $4,000 each from the
Mayf1ower, Shoreham and Statler
Hotels were announced today by
Chapter Chairman John Clifford
Folger. An announcement by Cam
paign Director Randolph G. Bishop
that 105 of 109 employee of the
Armstrong Cork Co., members of
Asbestos Workers Union, Local No.
"a, had given a days pay amounting
to s1,358.93 brought cheers.
AS result of a subscription cou-
pom printed in The Star, today's
mail brought in $1,000, including one
check for $500, it was announced at
today's report meeting.
The happy news that the District
area quota had been exceeded was an
nounced after Miss Ruth Mitchell,
sister of the late Brig. Gen. Billy"
Mitchell related her experiences in
II Nazi prison camps prior to be-
coming the only American woman
member of the Chetniks of Serbia.
She said she owed her life to food
sent in by the American Red Cross.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Another Pittston Cave-jn
Damages Area in Park
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSTON, Pa. April Resi-
dents of this Northeastern Penn
sylyania anthracite city of $4,000
were on the alert today after a sec.
ton of land sank several feet in
another of a series of mine subsi-
dences that has damaged more than
100 homes, wrecked a high school
and forced a war plant to close
temporarily.
An area so by IS feet in a citv
park dropped late yesterday, snap
ping gas main and cracking the
foundations Of II nearby homes.
The subsidence-a gradual sinking
of land over a mine-occurred over
a Pagnotti Enterprises colliery, Res
idents feared the sinkings may con-
tinue.
Earlier yesterday part of the roof
of Jermyn Green Coal Co. colliery
cayed in and Andrew Swierczinski
As. miner, was killed. Two others
were rescued after having been
trapped for two hours.
A serious subsistence occurred last
week. damaging homes and the
school, and three days later a lesser
sinking forced the Pittston foundry
to close for repairs.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
City Workers End
Baltimore Strike
Municipal Employees
Return on Unions Plea
Ey the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April IA strike
of more than 1000 municipal en-
ployes. including trash collectors
and workmen in the sewage and
water bureaus, ended today as sud-
denly as it started about "a hours
ago.
The walkout was terminated, city
officials reported, after an official
of the Municipal Chauffeurs' Help
ers and Garage Employees Local No
825 (AFL) appealed to the men
to return to work pending arbitra-
ton of their grievances.
The walkout spread today to the
sewage and water bureaus, where
several hundred men refused to
work.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Eden Sees Need
|Of Axis Postwar
| Disarmament
BY the Associated Press

oS tne ASSOCldLeQ ffeSS.
OTTAWA, April british For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden said
today that total disarmament of
Germany. Italy and Japan was
essential to an enduring peace after
this war was won.
Il have no faith in the promises
of their statesmen nor in the
smooth assurance of their apol-
ogists," Mr.. Eden said in an address
before the Canadian Senate and
House of Commons.
There is only one security for
mankind in respect of all of them
To insure that they are totally dis
armed and in no position ever to
try their strength again. Then. in
deed. peace may have its chance"
Mr. Eden said it was better for
the United Nations to build up
mutual understanding and means
Of cooperation as they went along
rather than to devise some elaborate
structure all at once.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
y the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
WITH THE UNITED STATES
FORCES IN SOUTHERN TUN1SIA,
March 20 .Delayed.-An eight
wheeled German scout car with two
front ends-it has a driver aft as
we'll as forward and can speed ahead
or in reverse at more than so miles
an hour-was in the military loot
taken by United States forces in
their latest push.
After being repaired, the heavily
armored scout car and captured
light German tanks were road
tested by the Americans before
being put back in use on the battle
field with the white star of the
Americans painted over the Ger
man cross.
Ordnance said this scout car is
very battle worthy for recon-
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Heavy Blows Dealt
japanese Invaders
In Burma Raids
Oil Installations, Roll
Troekoge and Warehouse:
Hammered by Bombers
Ry the Associated Press.

NEW DELHI, April Limited
States and British aerial squad
rons were credited in communi-
ques today with destructive blows
yesterday against oil inStalla-
tions, railway trackage and
warehouses serving the Japanese
invaders Of Burma.
BIS Mitchells and B-24 Liber-
ators struck at Pyinmana, on the
Rangoon Mandalay railway $50
miles south of Manadaly, and OBJ
servers said they hit warehouses,
railway tracks near the central sta
ton and gasoline storage dump
A large formatio of japanese
fighters attempted to intercept Lib
orators and at least two of the en-
emy planes were shot down.
The previous day Mitchells de-
stroyed machine shops and repair
sheds in an attack on japanese
railway facilities at Maymyo, 35
miles northeast of Mandalay, while
Curtiss P-40s, equipped with light
bombs. executed fire-setting raids
upon enemy installations in North
ern Burma at such points as Npyen-
taung, Wuju and Mohnyin.
One plane failed to return. 10th
United States Air Force communi-
que said.
Oil installations at Bhamo and
Mandalay's rail yards were Raj
targets yesterday, a British COM
munique said.
Fires were started in the main oil
storage buildings, enemy barracks
and other buildings, the British said,
in the daylight attack on Bhamo, on
the Irrawaddy River, east of Katha.
Darkness hid the results of the
attack on the Mandalay yards, 1t
was announced
The war bulletin also said a light
British naval craft braved Japanese
fire from the shore of the Mayu
River, north of Akyab, to sink three
or four Japanese motor launches
Tuesday night.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Woman Meets Image Of Self;
Discovers She's Twin Sister

even known she was an adopted
child until the need for a birth cer-
tiflcate arose.
1T was shock to look at an exact
image Of myself. I couldn't believe
It," said Mrs. Whitehead, an at
tractive blond whose husband works
at the Curtiss- Wright warplane
plant here.
The Columbus woman said she
learned she and her sister were born
IN Erie County. Pa, and adopted by
different families. Mrs. Whitehead
was reared in Charleroi. Pa, by
Henry Brewer without being told
she was an adopted child. The sis
ter, whom Mrs. Whitehead declined
TO Identify by her full name, lives
In Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Reversible Scout Car Capable
Of 5O-MiIe Speed Captured

naissance purposes" said 1t. Walter
F. Nye, Is, of Lincoln, Nebr.
1T weighs eight and half tons
and was knocked out by hits of our
37-millimeter shells in the driving
mechanism and the transmission
gears to the front wheels.
1T can 60 forward into battle, fir-
ing, and If the opposition gets too
tough they can slam on the brakes,
throw lever switching the con-
trolls from the front to rear driver
and the car scoots out faster than
1t came"
Among those helping test the
captured vehicles was Pvt. Thomas
Earhart, 20. of Washington, D. C,
Pvt. Earhart, formerly of Clarinda,
Iowa, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. A. Earhart, at 1896 Eleventh
street NV, last February before
going overseas.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Sailors, I; Mats, 0, in 4th;
Two Homers Off Leonard

NORFOLK, Va. April 1.-Norfolk
Naval Training Stations baseball
team, packed with former major
league stars, held a TO lead over
Washington at the end of four in
nings here today in the Mats first
exhibition game.
Phil Rizzuto, formerly of the
Yankees. and Benny Mccoy, for
merly of the Athletics, obtained the
only hits off Dutch Leonard in his
three-inning turn on the mound but
both were home runs. The sailors
then pounced on Milo Candini for
five runs in the fourth inning.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Safe Robbery Nets
$3.50 at Rector's Cofe

Thieves battered open a safe with
meat cleavers last night at Rectors
Cafe, 1345 Connecticut avenue NV.
and stole $3.50 and wrist watch
Mike Vlahos, manager, reported to
police today.
Police said the thieves gained en-
trance by ripping bars off kitchen
window. Meat cleavers from the
kitchen were apparently used by
the thieves to open the safe.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Baltimore Yard Reports
Tie for Curqo Ship Record
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated PreSS.
BALTIMORE, April 1.-The Beth
ehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc, re-
ported today it had tied the national
record for production OF Liberty
cargo ships during March, deliver
ing Is vessels to the Maritime Com
mission.
The California Shipbuilding Co.,
Wilmington, Calf, set the record in
September.
Bethlehem Fairfield reported that
two ships delivered March 3l-the
S. S. John Howland and the S. S.
William H. Welcn-enabled it to
tie the California yards mark and
brought to lot the number of Lib
erty ships delivered since the first
keel was laid April 30, 194l.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
100 FORTRESSES BLAST RONMEL'S SHIPS
Milk Rise 0k'd;
0ne-Cent Retail
Increase Seen
Agencies Approval
Affects District,
Nearby Cities

A tentative increase in milk
prices at both producer and re-
tail levels for Washington was
approved today by the Agricul-
ture Department and the Office
of Price Administration.
Under the order, dairy farmers
would be granted an increase of
43 cents per hundredweight. Dairy
men here estimated the price boost
for consumers at l cent a quart.
In joint press statement, the two
Government agencies said the retail
increase had not been determined
but would be "in the minimum
amount necessary to prevent i'm
pairment of distribution facilities in
the areas affected"
Inequalities Eliminated.
The order also affects Baltimore
and Philadelphia. The adjustments,
the statement said, eliminate re-
gional inequalities and place the
major markets along the Eastern
seaboard on an even competitive
basis.
Moving quickly after the joint
announcement. the Board of Direc-
tors of the Maryland and Virginia
Milk Producers Association, acting
on behalf of its farmer members
voted approval of the proposed
order late today.
The board stressed, however, that
the increase falls "woefully short
of the 93-cent increase originally
requested.
Meanwhile, OPA and Agriculture
Department officials are expected to
confer on the question Of the retail
increase. OPA stressed the price
freeze on retail milk-noW IS cents
a quart for home delivery-Would
remain in effect until a decision
is reached.
Producers Feared Closing.
The long awaited amendment to
the Federal milk market agreement
came as many dairymen in nearby
Maryland and Virginia warned they
would be forced to close unless given
an increase that would permit them
to meet rising production costs.
Bruce B. Derrick, secretary
treasurer of the Milk Producers As
sociation, said the new order will
stave off further closings of dairy
farms, but he asserted the increase
lis not enough to do the job right. "
The order has been approved by
OPA and Economic Sterilization
Director Byrnes.
The producers association first
petitioned the Agriculture Depart
ment last December l for an in.
crease. Following hearings in jan
uary, the department recommended
a 40-cent raise in February.
Since that date. the matter has
been under consideration by the
other Government bureaus con-
cerned with prices.
Approval Expected.
With the amendment coming so
late in the season, it is believed
the association will give it its ap-
proval now, and later on petition the
department for another increase.
Mr.. Derrick asserted that several
more dairy farms closed down in his
area within the past few days, and
he estimated that 55 had ceased
operations since last September.
One dairy official here pointed out
that the order will force them to pay
the Washington Milk Market Ad-
ministration an additional cents
a hundredweight for milk imported
from other milk sheds Diaries now
pay a similar assessment for milk
produced in this area.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Cunudiens Will Meet
San Diego in Benefit
Py the Associated Press.

Ey tne ASSOCIHIeu PfeSS.
MONTREAL. April 1.-The Mont
real Canadiens of the National
Hockey League will leave for Los
Angeles tonight to play a series Of
games with San Diego Of the Pacific
Coast League for the benefit of
United States war charities.
The San Diego team will be
strengthened by the addition of the
high-scoring Bentley brothers, Doug,
Max and Reg of the Chicago Black
hawks and possibly by Goalie Turk
Broda of Toronto Maple Leafs and
Lynn Patrick of the New York
Rangers.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
By the Associated Press.

os lIc ASnOCidtca EISSs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 1.-If
you walked into a room and saw
one who looked exactly like you
would you believe your eyes?
Mrs. Clara Whitehead, 80, of Co.
lumbus didn't until she learned the
double was a twin sister she had
never known about.
The meeting occurred last week
END in the office of the Children 8
Aid Society at Pittsburgh where
Mrs. Whitehead had gone for help
in getting birth certificate needed
In connection with war job.
Mrs. Whitehead. this Is Alice,
your twin sister" a field worker told
the Columbus woman who hadn't
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Py the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 1.-The highly
touted Devils Thumb, one of the
four top favorites for the Kentucky
Derby, was declared out of the
Derby. the Preakness and the Wood
Memorial Stakes today because of a
cracked right front foot.
Trainer Cecil Wilhelm said he
noticed the crack-''about the size
of dime"-after the colt worked
out five-eights of mile at Belmont
Park on Tuesday. After a telephone
conference with Owner w. E. Boe-
ing. the FLYING Fortress manufac-
turer, in Seattle, Wilhelm said, they
decided to withdraw the bay sor.
of Grand Slam from all the rich
early-spring classics.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Col. Jay Taylor Assumes
Food Administration Post
Earlier Story on Page A-3.

Earlier Story on Page A-3.)
1t. Col. jay Taylor of Amarillo,
Tex, today assumed a post under
Food Administrator Chester G..
Davis and Immediately began work
on the farm manpower problem.
Pending Mr.. Davis return from
st. Louis on Saturday, officials could
not say exactly what standing the
Army officer would have.