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Evening star., 1943-03-16
Trade Board Director,
Honor 0de|| :. Smith
On 80th Birthday
Birthday Cake Cutting
To Be Held Today in
Organizations Office

Odell S. Smith, youngest mem
ber" of the Washington Board of
Trade, who is celebrating his 80th
birthday anniversary today, was
given a luncheon yesterday at the
Willard Hotel by the organiza ton s
Board of Directors and was hon.
ored with a birthday cake today
by the Membership Committee.
The cake cutting today was
presided over by Harry L. Merrick,
chairman of the Membership Com
mittee, at ceremonies in the boards
Office in The Star Building, Elev-
enth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV
At the luncheon yesterday Mr..
Smith was lauded by the Board OF
Directors as "a man who has kept
young in spirit, high in enthusiasm
and ever mindful of his responsible
ties Of service to the community"
I'VE take note" the Board of
directors tribute read, that he
has been a member of the Wash
ington Board of Trade since 1900,
has served on the Membership Com
mittee from 1911 up until the pres
ent, that he was chairman OF the
Midwinter Dinner Committee in
1928, that since 1914 he has been
chairman of the organizations i'm
portant Public Order Committee
and that he has served numerous
terms as a member of the Board Of
Directors. 1t is his spirit which has
kept the Washington Board of Trade
young and growing, for he imbues
all those with whom he comes in
contact with the same enthusiastic
regard for our members and our
activities"
Granville GUIDE, hrst vice presi-
dent OF the board, presided over
the luncheon yesterday in the ab-
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Security Proposal Usurps
State Rights, Mason Saws

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Mason, Republican
OF Illinois, charged in the House yes
terday that President Roosevelt's S
cradle to grave" social security pro-
posal was challenge to State rights
1T is a scheme to give the Federal
Government control of every activity
of the Nation with the States pushed
back into position of impotence-if
not entirely obliterated," Mr.. Mason
asserted.
He cited a paragraph in the Sc
curlty program as recommended by
the National Resources Planning
Board which would give the Federal
Government authority to operate
the plan within a State when that
State refuses to comply with the
Federal requirements"
That paragraph indicates that
any State that doesn't cooperate
with the program is to be policed
from Washington until 1t sees the
light" Mr.. Mason said.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
biq Increase Revealed
In Emp|oye Shifts
To Essential Jobs
MeNutt Asks Employers
To Study Ideo Of
Incentive Vacations
By Jesse O. IRWIN.

A rapid rise in transfers of en-
| ployeS from essential to war
industries was reported by the War
Manpower Commission today as
Chairman McNutt sent instructions
| to area directors to discuss with en-
ployers a plan to grant vacations to
| productive war workers to curb alb
senteeism.
The manpower chief told a press
conference yesterday he was in
favor of granting paid incentive
vacations as we'll as bonuses to at
tain greater production.
He also reported that a sample
survey had revealed that 40 per
cent Of workers had transferred
from less essential work to war
plants after having been inter
viewed by the United States En-
ployment Service. A previous sur
vey showed that only 10 per cent
of 1000 workers interviewee
agreed to transfer from, their non
essential activities to war indus
tries.
Mr.. McNutt declared that TO-
600 Government workers had trans
ferred during the year from non
war to war agencies. He added
that about /, 300 of these workers
had been transferred during the
last 30 days.
Nickerson Takes Position.
At the same time, it was learned
at the commission that Albert L.
NlckerSon, former division director
of the Socony-Vacuum Co. at Bos-
ton. had taken up duties as director
Of the WINGS Bureau of Placement.
The 32year- -old official will be in
charge OF the United States EN-
ployment Servic> the Roster OF
Scientific PERSONAL and the Agri-
culture Division in the event the
Senate confirms his nomination.
Mr.. McNutt said by granting in
centive vacations, which he declared
was originated by Ralph Bard. As
sistant Secretary of the Navy, work
ers would be stimulated to greater
effort and would stay on their Jobs
regularly.
He added that it would be up to
employers to decide whether workers
should be paid for the vacations, but
explained that pay would be neces-
sary to furnish real incentive.
In reply to question as to whether
labor was being blamed for absen-
teeism, Mr.. McNutt said that much
of the present attack is on labor, and
has an unfortunate tendency of
tying up absenteeism with unionism."
Labor Helps Solve Problem.
Labor is doing what it can to
solve this problem" he said. In sup
port of this assertion he pointed to
the plan to cope with absenteeism
formulated by labor and manage
ment in the Northwest. He said he
believed this example was an illus
tration of what labor could do, and
he predicted that labor would do
more to lessen absenteeism.
In response to other questions
about manpower. Mr.. McNutt said
there may be a leveling of in man
power demands of war industry near
the years end as workers perform
more effectively through gaining ex-
perience, but he declared that "as
long as we're in this war we're going
to have manpower problem"
Asked if there is any possibility
that manpower demands may ease
so greatly in such areas as Detroit
that there will be unemployment
rather than work shortages, Mr. Nc
Mutt answered with q fat no"
Evening star., 1943-03-16

sence OF L. P. McLachlen, presi-
dent, who was called to jury duty.
Others who attended were Francis
G. Addison, jr.; James E. Coli
flower, James B. Edmunds, w. w
Everett, Karl E. farrell, George E.
Keneipp, Mack L. Langford, C. Hay
ward Marshall, Joseph C. McGar-
raghy, c. j. Mack, Edgar Morris. E.
Barrett Prettyman. John A. Reilly.
Fred A. Smith and Clarence A.
Arata.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09
See Brother Act
In Silent Pictures

THANKS TO a current revival
Of silent plcturcS Esther Williams
has The chance 10 SOC on the
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09
RAINIER FANoRITE

When LWSc RalnCr was brought
Up 10 Madame Chang kai-Shck a
hoNerinE attendant sand SIMPLY
IL want YOU 10 meet Miss
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09
Nelson Eddy Stirs Women
In Masonic Concert

WHETHER IT was tho blond
hair and very pleasing smile Of
| Nelson Eddy that attracted tho
audience or his singing voice is
beside the point Tile fact remains
that Mr.. Eddy sang a concert Ia
a packed house at the Masonic
Temple last night and the fans
are still signing very audibly
needless to say the feminine at
tendance outnumborcd the male
10y over IS per cent
While it was obvious that the
group present would have pre-
fcrrcd such fayoritoS AS "Ah,
Sweet Mystery Of Life and Rose
Marie" Eddy opened his program
with LaSchia chic PinEa, Han
delS lyric air from "Rinaldo' and
"PapaCcna Cara Tortella!' from
MolartS Magic Flute In the
latter Mr.. Eddy made very good
use of the stage artistry learned
in Hollywood
i 4e-NaS- a1-h4S- -1Ap-tAiHd
number, My Native Land by
Gretchaninon, which was short
and paSsIonately patriotic. and of
course. the songs which told >to-
rleS such as The Bells of Novo-
gorod" and DargomllshSky'> The
Old Corporal, were well received.
The Miller" which tells of The
not-too-Sobcr wheat grinder. dem
onStratcd the humorous side Of
Eddy'S performance, and brought
many ChuCkleS from the audience.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09

II Is best 10 pass over his Tendi-
tion of Rachmaninon's The Moon
Is High which lost most of lis
power, and had the women of the
audience wishing the blond bari
tone would sing some of his lighter
concert favoriteS.
His Frog Went a-Courtin' .
~aS a good piece of American non
sense that pleased the ladies and
gentlemen, as did all of his Selec-
tons from American folk tunes.
The Tower Of Babel" by McGim-
>ey went especially we'll.
That tender lyric love song, u
Saw You There in the Moonlight, A."
was rendered in the typical Eddy
manner as was How Do i Love
Thee
For cncoreS ne sang Meath a
Southern Moon. AT the Bala-
lalka and "Shortnin' Bread, and
frankly We expected 10 see the
stage crowded with feminine fig
any minute -StraRE -ppaS
the wave of signs and applause
As IN his last appearance here.
Mr. Eddy'S voice shows wear. The
lower and middle registers are res
onant enough, but they lack the
heNiblllty necessary for wide range
expression The upper register re-
NcalS growing amount of Vibrato,
especially in the forced numbers.
Mr.. Theodore PaXSon. Eddy'S
accompaniSt was the composer of
He Was Alone, song particu-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09

By thi> tim, Tho FIRST lady Of
China had met many people She
started 70 ciyc her gracious but
tired smile. then. suddenly, her
face lighted M
"Oh, YOU mean Miss Luise
Rainier" she said Then 10 the
star she added, Thank YOU for
the peach blossoms YOU sent me"
LuiSc couldn't have been more
touched. The great lady had re-
membered an incident which. &C
Cured Sin years ago during the
filming of Tho Good Earth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09
Play Offer

Y ZASU PITTS hs. received an
offer from Broadway 20 appear m
the play Her First Murder.
there this fall She left the play
IN Chicago 10 take d featured part
IN Let's Face II which co->tar>
Bope Hope and Betty Hutton. If
Miss Pitts accepts Tho New York
offer the SCRIPT Of the play viii be-
revised
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09

ary appropriate the from Golden Angel" On this.
caSon ana very charming I'm its he good with his expert
simplicity PaNsoh who capa Interpretation of The little
oy assisted the baritone played dSonanc that character
several DcbuSsy selections quite piece soloed
well and Polka Chopin's Ftudc IN A Flat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-09
ANN DISAPPOINTED


Sheridan. Oscar Brooks cant make
the trip from Mexico City 10 Holly
wood right now o.. Claire James
may seek still another postpone
rr1ent Of the trial of her divorce
astion against BuSby Berkeley.
However, no reconciliation lndi-
Gated As Yet EX Dead End
Kid Bobby Jordan, now appearing
in n Universal serial reports 10
uncfe Sam IN the middle of May.
He's requested an assignment in
the air corps The coast guard
gets Cesar Romero on June 10
When former Hollywood actor
John Shelton gets his lieutcnantS
bars at Fort Monmouth, Kathryn
Grayson will be looking on proudly
-. Ciro'S here has an assistant
chef named George White. a dish
washer named William Powell. a
cigaret girl named Ronnle Lake
and bus boy named Donald
Nelson
Laird CreCar has becn such a
good boy with his hospital dieting
that the doctors will let him finish
II out at home He also gets 70
play the devil IN Heaven Can
Wait
PLANS VAGUE
Film plans of Howard Hughes
are very vague He says he per
Sonally will have no more time for
them for the duration. but there's
a deal on with another producer 10
make several of his stories. If IT.
jells. Jane Russell will be in the
first. If not. Hughes finally viii
lend an ear 10 those many offers
20 borrow her.
In seven and one-half weeks in
San Francisco, The OUTLAW did
$l64.0O0.
BY the simple fact of her play
ing a girl aircraft worker in Hers
to Hold, Dcanna Durbin has in
spired AZ feminine fans 10 take
war Jobs. Or so they tell the star
in letters. First 10 volunteer was
Mary Pogosi. head Of Deannas
fan club in Chester, Pa.
HOLLYWOOD PARTY LINE
George Reeves. who bowed
quietly out Of so Proudly We
Hail and into the army. already
is training as paratrooper 9.
II must be love with Lynn Bari
and Sid Luft She used Is points
from her ration book 10 buy him
a steak New dispositions are
being taken in Betty Rowland
Ball Of Fire suit against Samuel
G ! d wyn. Her attorney, s. :.
Hahn, says the action will be
pressed q. Rene Rlano and Navy
1t. Tim Mcconnell are romantic.
He few one Of the last planes off
Bataan Ann Corio and Bill
Eythe AT the Beverly Tropics 49,.
Perc Wesunorc stIil haunting the
BAR of Music 10 hear Jan Clayton
sing Nancy Kelly, with her
fingers crossed. told Producers
Fine and Thomas. 4 ike YOU guys
80 well I'd work for YOU for moth
ms Fine, they choruScd
you've got thrce-pIc'urc deal
with options
The Valley settler., 1943-02-19

|have, Joined as voluntary members.
However, in come cit on with emf cree
|ment of the res imontation Of the
members Of the ASSOCIATE on, (and we
have the view Of the Court that
this is REORGANIZATION in one Of the
evi lotion cases last year,, the
Board Of directors have never used
any coercive means to force any
menbe r to comply with the Marketing
Contract. because there has been
c ons iderable doubt about 6esirabil-
ity cf such q course.
all Cooperative educators look
With horror upon any forced member
saip, and It is doubtful If we will
ever be reas onablv successful in
membership elatio and the har-
moni zing Of activities as long es
this conditi On ext SITS.
Tn spite Of the obstacles encount
cred curing this time, the Board
has managed to put the association
on q paying basis, although at
t ines, it seemed as If G. small
group Of rlemb ers Wno were working
for some selfish interest nj 5ht be
able to wreck the whole structure.
The Editor wishes to congratulate
the Poerd members who have stooe
steadfastly against any such move
ments, and who have truly learned
that liberty Is only pres erved by
c ons family watching the enemies cf
the useful members.
To those Board members, who have
resisted all efforts to coorce them
into adopting polici CT making
deciSions on management that would
work unequi tably, the Editor feels
that great vote Of then,1s is due.
Tn member Of the Association
also deserves q lot Of praise be-
cause they always lacked the Board
st any time it was necess cry and
WREN they were able to det ermine
the facts connected with any i'm
portant question, and we wish to
affirm that we really bell eve that
the members Of our Association are
fully capable Of selecting c COM
petent Board Of directors, and that
they are also willing and able to
make success Of this organizes
ton. Decn1te fears on the part Of
some Of our members that we are not
really capable Of aandeling our own
The Valley settler., 1943-02-19

"LTERNAL IGIJENCE"
little over three years ago, a
small grcup Of our local citizens,
acting rs repres entntives of the
members Il tho Matanuska Valley
Cooperating Association, assumed
the nana cment Of the association
and, II 5'te time, contracts were
entered intO with the A.R.R.C. and
the Farm security itlni ri strait on,
that Transferred the ownership Of
the assoc alton to the members.
Next u2ek, the third Annual meet
ing Of stockholders of the
Associate en-, Will te held and the
results r the year. s business act
ivities Will be presented to the
members
During these past three years:
there has boon q CONT nuol battle
purchase Tor our mcrAecs and many
new ro1lc1as have been ADOPTED ano
business facilities have been es
tablisheo that we're neco@sacy in
order to i.romcte the g-o#th Of our
associations. SO that IL can assume
the p-aca that it was :, . take in
the devel opment CT the Matanuska
Valley.
Ne doubt ic ony Poard OF Direct
ors Of any Cooperative even faced
as MANY c.verse prob @nls rs this
Board di7 curing this lime. One of
the greatest prooloms YES to just -
fly the rr1nciples Of the Ccopera-
tive NOV lent to many Of our ner-
bers who we're neither educated to
the bene its Of the Cooperative
idea and ny who were positively
antas onis+ic to the organization
and One Wlo still are. There is
an Ole sf..-ing shat "yeu can Lead
horse to @ater but you can't make
him drink' and that is just what
the Board was called upon to do,
end the fGct that it was mnnGat ory
that anyone who wishoe 10 rexcin
in the Project, must be q member Of
the Cooperative, has been res onted
by cons eerable number Of members
The Valley settler., 1943-02-19

THE PRICE OF LIBERTY rs STILL
INTERNAL VIGILEN CEN.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08
Toxic Admits
Defeats in
Isles Battles
Broadcast Gives Alibis
For Yankee Gains and
Abandoning of SOlOmOns

CHUNKING, Dec. 8 CUP) =
Tokyo broadcast, presenting what
it said was a true state of affairs
in the Pacific" Wednesday admit
ted series of Japanese defeats and
allied successes there and complain
ed that overwhelming American and
Australian air power had succeeded
in cutting japanese supply lines
"one after another"
The broadcast, apparently intend
ed for home consumption. contain
ed series of apologies and alibi.
for the gradual Japanese Withdrawal
in the Solomons. 1t said there was
reason to regret Japanese STRAIT
egy in the south Pacific as I'VE have
made it possible for the enemy to
extend his bases"
'The Allied air strength is SC
great that our troops fighting in
the south Pacific, after having been
subjected to enemy air bombings
look about and say in surprise
Where have the japanese planes
gone?'"
The commentator pointed out
that the allies used the group at
tack" principle in south Pacific
fighting, and used superior all
power to make successive attacks
on japanese positions.
t,tri
even four or five times he has
attacked us. At first, our planes
rose to intercept, but our gasoline
supplies soon gave out and oul
ammunition also ran out. Our planes
had to land and then the enemy
came and kept attacking us. There
fore, our troops experienced great
difficulties and were at disad-
vantage"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08

Lieutenant General Mark w.
Clark's American and British troops
captured the summit of Mount Ca
mino, drove the Germans from
three village strongholds and mop
ped up the enemy on practically
all the system of peaks lying only
a mile and half from the Via
Casilina, gateway road to the Ital-
ian capital.
Official reports said the Germans
still held the fringes of the north
ern and western slopes which go
down into the valleys of the Liri
and Garigliano rivers.
REAC WEST SLOPES
: At some points American troops
had pushed over the western slopes
Observation-Disclosures of the
rocky heights-to a point where
they could look down upon Ger
mans operating in the valleys at the
Liri-Garigliano juncture.
British troops on Mount Canine
took the villages of Canine, Cocur-
uzzo and Acquapendola, all within
an arc of five miles southwest of
Mignano.
Testifying to the German ten
acity in trying to stall off power
ful Allied forces rolling over the
continued on page 3, col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08

said, 81 don't see how you can
anticipate now what the situation
will be after the war"
Hines recommendation of $500
flat payment was supported later
by House Speaker Sam Rayburn
who said it was possible that the
bill would be brought to the house
floor as early as Friday.
"a man who served on Guadal-
canal will justly feel that he is
entitled to more than the man who
has not left the states" Hines said.
Millard w. Rice, service director
of the disabled American Veterans,
said he favored the flat $500 pay
ment, but this will not discharge
all obligations to servicemen," he
recommended three months fur
lough with full pay prior to dis
charge in addition to the $500.
Homer B. Ketchum, Veterans of
Foreign Wars legislative repreSen-
tative, said he was satisfied with
the $500 payment "if you will come
back later and give them increased
benefits"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08
TURKEY DOUBLES MILITARY STRENGTH
Russians Pour
New Troops
Into Kiev Area
Resist German Pressure
After Slight Losses;
Score on Dnieper Bend
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Dec. 8. (UP)-The Red
army was pouring troops and war
tools across the middle Dnieper
Wednesday to counter intense Ger
man pressure on the nose of the
Kiev salient which had forced the
Russians from several positions
along the Zhitomir-Korosten rail-
road.
The Soviet losses in the Cher
niakhov area west Of Kiev were
offset partially by gains west and
the Russians mopped up northwest
of Znamenka and threw an assault
arc around three sides of that rail
hub. They were within two miles
of Znamenka, the capture of which
would isolate the. entire Dnieper
bend from the north. t
CA German communique said that
Rumanian cavalry division sup
ported by German artillery and air
forces, wiped out Russian bridge
head south of the town of Kerch
on the Crimean peninsula of the
same name. Capturing 1000 prison.
ers in three days of heavy fighting.
NAZIS MAKE STAND
The intensity of the battle west
of Kiev, constant German counter
attacks in the Gomel-Zhlobin sector
and along the Dnieper estuary, and
! the continued shelling of Lenin-
grad exploded any belief that the
! NaziS planned to fall back to Short
er lines. M
The Red army winter offensive
was delayed by mild, freakish
weather. And it will be far from q
puShover.
Having consolidated reclaimed
positions, regrouped, and thrown in
substantial reinforcements along a
50-mile front west Of Kiev, the
Germans renewed their efforts to
roll back the salient. Their maxi
mum objective probably was to
push back to and dig in on the
Dnieper winter line.
RUSS IMPROVE LINES
The Russians were improving
and cultiplying their Dnieper cross
ings over which men and equipment
were streaming to meet the Nazi
challenge.
The destruction of 1913 German
tanks yesterday reflected the scale
of the battle in two sectors alone.
Almost half of them were knocked
out in the Cherniakhov area above
Zhitomir
A Red Star correspondent who
flew over the Kiev area reported
that thin blanket of snow covered
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08
Hurley Gains
Hiu1er Rank

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (UP)-
The White House announced today
that President Roosevelt has sent
to the senate the nomination of
Brigadier General Patrick j. Hur-
ley to be a temporary major gen.
eral.
The nomination apparently was a
reward of Hurleys work as spe-
cial representative of the president
in the Near East and Middle East.
He did much of the groundwork
preliminary to the three-power con-
ference at Tehran.
Hurley, former secretary OF war,
for more than year has been on
a continuous mission for the preSi-
dent in the Middle East, serving as
sort of rowing minister and re-
porter. Previously he was minister
to New Zealand. He was wounded
in the south Pacific during the early
stages of the war with Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08
WRA Aid Denies
Giving Up to
TuIe Internees
Admits Inability to Give
Whites Protection;
Appears at Capital Probe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (UP) -
Director Dillon S. Myer of the wal
relocation authority Wednesday de-
MED that WRA had acceded to de-
mands of rioting Japs at the Tule
Lake, Calf, WRA camp but ad-
mitted white personnel of the hos
pital staff were Immediately with
drawn.
Myer said the committee repre-
Senting the internees had told him
they could mot be responsible" for
the safety of white doctors and
nurses if they were not immedi-
ately withdrawn from the hospital
DOCTOR BEATEN
Myer said he subsequently decid-
ed to withdraw the staff because
they had been through IAN ex-
hausting experience in which one
doctor was beaten by Japs. He
also said he felt the internee COM
mittee would lose face" if some
thing was not done.
How about WRA losing face by
acceding to their demands" asked
Representative Karl Mundt, (R.),
South Dakota. Myer insisted the
action was not taken in response
to demands, and that the white
Continued on page 8, col. II