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Evening star., 1943-02-02
Price Agencies
Likely 10 Fight
Gas RateAppea|
OPA, Byrnes' Office
Might Oppose Stoy
Of Let's Order

The Ofiices Of Price Administra-
ton and Economic Sterilization
probably will oppose a request for
q stay of the District Court gas rate
order pending an appeal to a higher
court, II such an appeal Is made,
Harry r. Booth, Federal Govern
ment attorney, announced today.
Mr.. Booth, who successfully carried
the 5000. 900 rate fight into District
Court and obtained ruling yester-
day by Justice F. Dickinson Let's
that the case be returned to the
Public Utilities Commission for re-
consideration, said that the OPA
will present a final order to the
court, in accordance with Justice
Let's instructions, within few
days" [
Presumably" he said, "the pres
ent rates will remain in effect until
the final order is entered, although
the company may now voluntarily
go back to the rates prevailing be-
fore November Is. We would GER
tainly approve Of this procedure.
TT is quite likely we would oppose
q stay of the court order pending
an appeal to q higher court. think
Justi6e Let's decision is sound and
unimneachable. I see no need for
an apAeal or any likelihood Of the
successful one"
CounsA for the PUG and the
Washington Gas Light Co., mean
while, were unavailable for COM
ment on the immediate steps they
would take in the light Of the Dis
trict Court decision.
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Justice Black 5 Son
Volunteers for Indu( iioa

Sterling Foster Black, son ot
supreme Court Justice and 1kse;
Hugo L. Black, has volunteered fo9
induction Ia the armed forces and
will 60 to Charlottesville February
IL with 10 others sent by the Alex
andria selective Service Board.
Young Blsck, who was ID Septem-
Der II, Is student at George Wash
ington University, having trans
ferred from Dartmouth College,
where he spent his freshman year.
His brother, Hugo, jr., 20. Is at the
University Of Alabama and expects
to enter ofncers' candidate school
next month.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Navy Officer Course
Starts ii Frederick
~ the Asaeeiatsd Preas.

~ the Aonoe1Ased Pfoo2
FREDERICK. I'D. FEB. 2.-Ap-
proximately $50 naval ofhcer- -candi-
dates from al parts Of the United
States began work at the new Navy
Basic Trimming School In the Francis
Scott Key Hotel here today.
1t. Comdr. John r. Fitzpatrick,
former Warrington Law School
dean, Is in charge. Among his as
sistants are Its. Gray Boyce, Alex
MAlcomson and Earl Heavrin.
Glasses will be held from 8 am. to
SPIN. daily. All candidates attend
Ing are university graduates. Each
class win attend sessions about IS
days.
Stamp, stamp, stamp, the boys are
marching-and 50 are the girls-to
the War savings stamp windows Of
post oflices everywhere. Are you In
the parade?
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Whiiehurst 10 Form
Advisory Board 10
Aid 0CD Department
All Chiefs Of Services
To Be Called into
Monthly Meetings

Formation Of an Advisory Board
to aid In the actual operation Of the
newly established Civilian Defense
Department was planned today BY
Capt. II. G. Whitehurst, who yester-
day took ONCE as District civilian
defense director and commander OF
the Citizens Defense Corps.
In one Of his frst major decisions
since he assumed his new tasks,
Capt. Whitehurst said he was ar
ranging the formation OF an Ad-
.visory Board, which would include
Al the chiefs OF service Of the civil
ian defense organization. He said
II was his plan to have at least one
regular meeting . month and ad-
6tional meetings 10 be called as
needs may warrant. The purpose Of
Aueh mseffnes v1la3d u eenerally
for an exchange OF ideas, with the
,hepe of masking th4 de1ense organi-
1ation work bettex.
~ As preliminary % this plan,
Capt. Whitehuyst has called ! meet
ing, to be held at SO pm. Friday
In the boardroom u the District
Building, Of al Of the chtels0 serv-
Ice and representatives 8e IN Civil
ian Volunteer Once, tn Eacuation
Authority and spokesn1en for the
Civilian Defense Council. headed by
Leonard Tucker and including dele
gates from the area civilian defense
committees. Capt. Whitehurst Is
asking those invited to this session
to bring deputies and assistants a.
they see At.
Capt. Whitehurst said the main
purpose Of this meeting would be for
discussion Of the organization, to
give him . picture Of the needs OF
the various units and to perfect q
unit which viii coordinate all ele-
ments and efforts.
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sonnel or in the operations Of the
local organization.
Although Mr.. Thompson said he
remembered having met Mr.. Leary
previously, the two were not vel
acquainted until the new director
presented himself 1T Mr.. Learyt
ONCE this morning. Mr.. TnUnp1o11
complimented Mr.. Leary On TIL
.smooth-running show" he has a.,
veloped. He said that Is OrA d.
rector he would be available at any
time when problems requiring hi
attention were brought up. s.
Brown Lauds Lesry.
Mr.. Leary revealed today that h
had received . letter from Price
Administrator Prentiss n. Brown
In which the formers resignation
was accepted. Mr.. Brown said Mr.
Leary's decision "came 6 1 sur.
prise to me-" but, that in view o1
Mr.. Leary's poor health, he had "n<
other course but to accept IT,"
Mr.. Brown told the retiring direc-
tor he had every reason to be proud
Of your part in making Z success
Of the program Of the Once ol
Price Administration. He added
that he hoped he would have an op-
portul1ity In the near future to. dis
cuss With Mr.. Leary the local OPA
situation and your views as to
future courses OF policy"
Mr.. Thompson, who has remained
as executive assistant to Mr.. Brown
since Mr.. Henderson's retirement
said he had few details to finish
in his oflice in the Census Building
but that he could be considered q
having taken over his new duties.
d. c. Resident Is Years.
The announcement that Mr.,
Thompson would take over the
duties Of Mr.. Leary for an unspeci-
fied period came from Sylvan Jo-
seph, regional OPA administrator,
with headquarters In New York.
Mr.. Thompson, who has lived In
the Washington area for the last
Is years. is q member Of the Dis
trict Bar Association. Before he
became secretary to Mr.. Hender-
son last May he was admins
trative assistant to Chester Davis
of the Federal Reserve Board fol
nine years and remained with Mr.
Davis when the latter became head
Of the National Defense Advisory
Board In 1910.
The new District OPA directo,
was born in Albany. N. Y, and was
brought to the Capital by his
parents when he was Z years old
He attended Eastern High Schoo
and the National University Law
school.
without Warning."
The announcement that he wa.
to take over the District OPA ONCE
came to Mr.. Thompson, he said
without previous warning.
Mr.. Thompson Is married and has
two children, Robert K, jr., S. and
Judith Ann, Is months. His home
Is at 6403 Fortieth avenue, Univer-
sity Park, Md.
His duties include not only the
carrying out of all rationing pro-
grams instituted by the National
OPA ONCE, but also the enforce
ment OF price control regulations
Friends believe Mr.. Thompson
well fitted for the post, despite his
youth, because Of his experience ir
Mr.. Henderson's ofiice and because
OF his familiarity with the District
and its problems.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Citizens 6roupF Favor,
Boost in Federal
Grant 10 District
4{t
Round Speakers
Of Tukomo ID. C.)Unit
Cite $1,000, 900 Need

A round-table discussion OF the
District budget, which featured the
meeting of the Citizens Association
of Takoma. D. c.. was reported to-
day to have resulted in q general
opinion in favor Of urging the Fed
eral Government to increase its
contribution to District expenses
from $4,000, 900 to at least 80. .000, 900.
That sum Is needed in order that
the city may keep up with its
rapid growth in population and ex-
pansion in improvements" 1t was
said.
1t was announced that, despite
protests OF the association to the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, erection OF 200 houses
on the Shoemaker tract, bounded by
Georgia avenue, Blair road, Eastern
avenue md GerAnium street, will
( Rseceod. The houses II 1s reported,
Will face On Georgia md Eastern
avenues only and not on Blair road
This change meets one Of the prin-
cipal objections contained in the
protest. No houses will be erected
in the middle Of the tract, 1t was
also reported.
Members participating in the dis
cussion last night included Carl v.
Hickman, William H. Parsons, G. M
Purves and william M. Greene.
The Capital Transit Co. viii be
requested to relocate the two bus
stops ON Eastern avenue ct Carroll
and Laurel avenues. It was pointed
out that, due to the narrow side
walks, when several buses line up
at these points, pedestrians are COM
PEELED to walk on the. roadways.
The rejection by the Trafac Bu-
reau Of a request for elimination
Of parking on the north side Of
Cedar street between Blair road
and Sixth street will be followed BY
request by the Police and Fire
Committee that parking be pro-
l,ibited on the north side Of Cedar
street between Fifth and Sixth
streets.
The District Recreation Depart
ment has requested the association
to discontinue holding meetings In
the Takoma Public School. As .
result, Mr.. Greene, secretary, was
directed to arrange for the holding
OF meetings In the Takoma Park
Branch Of the Washington Public
Library, Fifth and Cedar streets
NV.
The meeting last night was at
the residence Of Guy A. Peterson,
vice president, 66l5 First street NV,
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Missing Army Airmon Safe
In Pacific, D. c. Wife Learns

Col. Jamison is a native Of Rich
mond, Kans., and was graduated
from the Military Academy In 1923
He entered the air service and re-
ceived training at Brooks and Kelly
Fields In Texas. He did tours OF
duty as an instructor at Brooks
Field and in Panama. He later was
transferred to Langley Field, Va.
and after year and q half returned
to Kelly Field as assistant engineer
ing ofdcer.
After completing technical school
at Maxwell Field, Col. Jamison was
transferred to Washington four
years ago, where he remained until
he was sent overseas last July. He
was promoted to the rank Of tenn
porary colonel last March.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Home-Nursing Gloss
Will Open Tonight

A new Red Gross home nursing
class will be held from 7:30 to $50
class will be held from 7:30 to 3
o'clock tonight at 2020 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
An afternoon class in home nurs-
ing, which Is held from l:30 to $3.50
O'Clock. began yesterday ut the same
address. Both courses will last for
six weeks. The evening class viii be
held each Tuesday and Thursday
and the afternoon class each Men
day and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Annex 10 Birney School
Wins Approval Of WA

Federal Works Administrator Phil
ip 3. Fleming today approved .
War Public Works project for the
construction and equipping Of q
one-story school building adjacent
to the Birney School to provide for
the increased enrolment from the
Barry Farm, Negro war housing
project.
The building will be built by the
Federal Works Agency at m esti-
mated cost Of $75,000. The District
Of Columbia was given Federal
grant Of $68, 900 and q loan Of $1,000
to finance the project.
Evening star., 1943-02-02

A week end spent in the belief
that her flyer husband had been
shot down by Jap fighter planes had
become just an ugly dream to Mrs.
Glenn C. Jamison today with the
report that the Army Air Forces
colonel is safe somewhere in the
South Pacific area.
1T was a terrible week end" Mrs
Jamison said. II was afraid would
never see my husband again, and
yet could not help feeling he must
be safe"
Mrs. Jamison, who lives at 2930
Thirty third place NV, was on
duty as a hostess at the Stage Door
Canteen Saturday night when she
first heard from Army friends that
Col. Jamison was reported missing.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Book Review Tomorrow

The Rev. DR.. John X. Cartwright
VIII review Marcia pavenport's "The
Valley OF Decision" at the opening OF
the Critics Forum-Catholic Thought
on Best Sellers at $3.50 pm. toimor-
row In the Mayhower Hotel. Pro-
ceeds will be applied to a fund to
repatriate IL sisters of the order OF
Notre Dame de Namur who are in
termed in Japan. Raymond Garrity
will be chairman.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Area Officials
Meet 10 Study
New Raid Signal
Brig. Gen. Lewis Coils
Civil Defense Heads
To Conference

A move to bring the Metropolitan
Areas air raid signal system into
line with the new uniform pro-
cedure throughout the Eastern
Military Area was to be launched
today at meeting called by Brig.
Gen. John T. Lewis, commanding
general of the Military District Of
Washington.
Invited to the meeting, to be held
In the Munitions Building. were the
three District Commissioners. Col.
Lemuel Bolles. executive of civilian
defense for the Metropolitan Area;
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, new Dis
trict civilian defense director, and
the co-ordinators of Alexandria,
Fairfax and Arlington Counties,
Va, and Charles, Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties, Md.
District officials said they UNDER
stood the meeting was called to
acquaint executives Of the Metro
politan Area with the provisions Of
the new regulations, which become
effective February II throughout tho
Eastern Military Area. They were
outlined in q proclamatico from 1t.
Gen. Hugh A. Drum. commanding
general Of the Eastern Defense
Command.
To Decide On "Au Clear
The discussion was also expected
to include q decision on the signal
| for the "all clear" which cannot bo
given on the sirens. Il has already
been indicated here that the Metro
politan Area would follow the prac-
tice of the Third Service Command,
which neighbors it. In that area
the return Of the street lights, at
night, or announcements over spe-
cial radio ffequencies heralds the
all clear.
Capt. Herbert Frieds, who repre-
sented the Commissioners at the
New York meeting last week at
which the new regulations were ex-
planned, has already reported to tho
Commissioners that some mechanic
cal changes viii have to be made
In the warning devices here to put
the new signal system into effect.
Lands Recemmends Extension.
Meanwhile, Director James n.
Lands Of the Once Of Civilian De-
tense, which initiated action on tho
new regulations. today recommended
voluntary adoption Of the new uni
form protection regulations by all
States outside the Eastern Defense
Command.
Asserting that the regulations rep.
resent q marked advance over the
system first adopted, Mr.. lands
said that in the interest Of maxi-
mum uniformity they should b
adopted by Central and Southern
as we'll as the Eastern, States. The
16 Eastern States and the District
of Columbia are the only ones In
cluded in Gen. Drums proclamation.
The recommendations do not ap-
ply to the Pacific Coast States Of
the Western Defense Command, Mr..
Lands explained, since this area
has already adopted q uniform sys-
tenn to meet its needs and has the
approval OF the War Department.
Evening star., 1943-02-02

But start saving now for that
heating plant by your purchase of
Var bonds every payday through a
payroll savings plan. War spending
goes on month after month. So War
savings must keep pace, month after
month. Put at least ten per cent of
your income in War savings through
War bonds.-U. S. Treasury Depart
nent.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Rution Board to Move

The Federal Government has rent
ed ONCE space in the Brosius Build
ing, on Montgomery avenue. Rock
vile, for the Rockville Ration Board,
and that agency win move there
Saturday and will be open Monday.
The board has been occupying quar-
ters In the courthouse here.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
Thieves Get $l,7l5 Gems
In Two D. C. Robberies

Theft Of jewels valued at $1,7l5
was reported last night to police by
two women who said their homes
had been entered and bureaus ram
sacked.
Mrs. Landon N. Burchell. 1908
Twenty fourth street NV, said Jew
elry valued at 81 ,365 had been taken
from her home. The loss Of $3.50
worth OF jewels was reported by
Dorothy G. Rockwell. $40 Third
street NV.
Evening star., 1943-02-02
X X
Mkat4e4tR~xW'M
WAR BONDS

Nurse that heating plant along for
It must do you for the duration
Metal every bit we can rake
and scrape up is going into War
production to provide the tools for
our boys on the fighting fronts.
Evening star., 1943-02-02


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The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-07-23
ON ISHlE w WASHINGTON FRONT
 < * j. < By JACK STINNETT 1 Associated Press)
Associated Press)

WASHINGTON - Some military commentators recently have been prefacing their. remarks with Now that we have the Japanese stymied in the Pacific-"
 If there ever was a voice crying in the wilderness that such is Eot the case, il is the voice of Senator Ebert Duncan Thomas, Democrat from Utah.
 First let me tell you about Sen ator Thomas. There are three "Thomases" in the Senate. but they shouldn't be confused. Ebert D. Thomas started life in Salt Lake City 60 years ago, the Mormon son of Mormon parents. He followed family tradition by becoming a Nor mon missionary.
 His mission work took him to Japan and later to China. His col leagues will readily admit that there isn't one of them who knows more about the Orient than Ebert Thomas. He was intimately ac-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-07-23

costs. OPA said it intends soon to set price maximums on retail fish to reinforce the new whole maxi nuns.
 Reply indicates OPA paid little attention to the protest. Mean while. fishermen are tying up their boats while calling the OPA the fanciest list of names we have ever heard in years along the waterfront. Prevailing public expression appears to be that OPA is determined to win the war by OPA regulation if it has to put everybody out of business except the reputed 27o0 young theorists on the legal staff of OPA.
 $
 We have been reading with a great deal of interest "A Report to the People" /" After the Legislature of 1941, you may recall, we all had the privilege of reading "A Report to the People" That report was written by Gov. Ernest Gruening "A Report to the People," vintage of 1943, has been written, says the cover by William R. Carter. MT. Carter, it appears in the pre- face, attended all meetings of the 16th session as a correspondent for the Daily Alaska Empire and has attempted to tell the truth. That attracted our attention. for the author must have established some sort of a worlds record for politi- cal reporters. Never in the history of man. until the present author of A Report to the People" burst on the scene. has a political reporter covered all sessions of any leg islature. Territorial, state or Con- gress. If Author Carter didn't get a very substantial bonus. he should have received one for this remark able feat.
 But Author Carter jumps into his subject with apparent glee and such references as this vicious triumverate'', ''it was certain one of the two was lying, and by keep ing his mouth shut, etc. Obviously. the author was inspired no end We wouldn't know where the in spiration came from. Perhaps it came from this passage in Author Carter's manuscript:
 Among those who served the Territory we'll in my opinion were Representative James Y. Davis, Leo Rogge, Harvey Smith, Mrs. Alaska Stewart Linck, R. E. Hardcastle, Tolbert Scott, Christian Roust. Frank Whaley, Wallace Porter; Senators 0. D. Cochran, N. R. Walker. Hjalmar Nordale, Edward Coffey and Stewart Stangroom.
 Then says the Empires MT Car ter:
 Some of those who came down
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-07-23

quainted with Admiral Togo and General Nogi.
 Tn my study and teaching of history he says, q start and end with the Orient That puts me out of harmony with most of the history departments of American institu- tions, because most of our history teaching deals with western Europe and America. The rest of the world We let go hang; and we today are suffering the consequences"
 That may sound a little pedantic, but when it comes from a man held in such esteem by his colleagues that he is chairman of the Senate Education and Labor committee. and a member of the committee on Foreign Relations, Military Affairs, Mines and Mining, and Pensions, you can be sure it's not.
 Senator Thomas is not one of the "all-out' critics of postponement of our war against the Japs. Although he is convinced that postponement VI NAA Ia eAEQ aNAAHAA4 III AuuA theater will prolong the war at least a year or two he sees in our present strategy the possibility of saving many lives.
 The records of Guadalcanal. New Guinea and Attn bear him out. These defensive offensiyes against Japanese outposts have been ex- trayagant in dead, wounded, i'll and captured That they have cost the Japs more dead than our own and Allied troops is little compensation.
 Four things should be borne in mind: G) The Japs are a desper- ate people. because they have made a desperate gamble to rule Asia or to go back to the days of Tokugawa Shogunate and isolate themselves again.
 CD Except for the subjugation of inner China and the capture of an
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-07-23

for the 16th session Of the Alaska Territorial Legislature were not well chosen.
 Nr. Carter makes no list in this respect but to keep the record straight, it might as well be re- corded that the legislators in the 18th session not on the list of the Empires Author Carter .'w O served the Territory we1l'' were: Crystal Snow Jenne of Juneau, An dy Gunderson of Ketchikan. Joseph w. Kehoe of Seward, William A. Egan of Valdez, Stanley McCutch- con of Anchorage Jesse Lander of Fairbanks. John J. O'shea, of the Fourth Division. all members of the House and 4. P. Walker of Pelican City, H. H. McCutcheon of Anchor age and Frank s. Gordon of Fair banks. members of the Senate. It was 4. p. Walker, H. H. Mo Cutcheon and Gordon who were Author Carter's vicious triumver- ate"
 On the whole the 1943 version of "A Report to the People" ap- pears to be the first anti-Governor leaflet to make its appearance in the Territory prior to next years campaign
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-07-23
THIlR0UGlE ISH1E SEN lTENIEL
 PERISGOPE
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 Office Of Price Administration. sometimes referred 10 as the Office of Perpetual Ambiguity and com monly known as 0PA, has jumped out of the dog house into the fish house in Alaska with probably more disasterous effect to Alaska indus try than heretofore, if such a thing is possible.
 Black cod fishermen are tying up their boats throughout Southeast Alaska and trollers are starting to do the same thing in protest of OPA's ceiling prices which they charge, were written to benefit wholesalers and processors rather than the fisherman and consumer. After a delegation of fishermen had called at his office in Juneau Gov Gruening jumped into the battle with a fiery protest to the 0PA in Washington, contending OPA failed to consider the particular needs of Alaska.
 Said the Governor, among other things:
 There is a strong feeling here on part of fishermen that the regu- lations were written to benefit wholesalers and processors. instead of consumers generally. l share their feeling emphatically."
 The Chief Executive outlined in his protest that fishermen feel the size differential should be fixed at 12 pounds and over for large salmon instead of II pounas since all fish over 10 pounds are used for mild cure and smoking; that sablefish have not in recent years been priced on basis of size and that all sizes have commanded the same price; that establishing a differential as to size cuts across an established business practice that fishermen have fought for years to obtain, and the margin between the price paid to fishermen and the price allowed the wholesaler in Alaska is 'too great relative to price paid fisher men"
 Aiming at the setup generally in the fish field, the Governor said the much publicized rollback on canned salmon means nothing as it affects only half pound flats of red salmon and practically all fish is canned in Alaska in one-pound tall cans. He declared the 1942 ceilings on canned salmon are fantastically high and there is mo justification Tor them; even the industry men never expected such prices.'
 Washington's OPA replied that that the new fish prices are more than double the market prices of 1886 to 1941 and are generally has. ed on averages fishermen received last year, plus increased operations