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Evening star., 1943-10-10

The Evening and Sunday Star Is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
80c per month when Sundays; 90c
per month when S Sundays. The
Night Final Edition and Sunday
Morning Star at 90c when 4 Sum-
days; $100 when Sundays.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

(See HOUSING, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1943-10-10

See U-BOATS, Page A-4
Evening star., 1943-10-10

tSee D. C. FINANCE, Page AS.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Dead|ine Is Tonight
On Salary Limit Bill
Roosevelt Gives No Hint
As to How He Will Act

With the deadline only a few
hours away on the legislation an
nulling his order limiting salaries to
$25 900 after taXes-roughly, SGT $500
President Roosevelt had not indi-
Gated today whether he would sign
or veto the measure, or let it become
effective by inaction. The President
has until midnight to act, otherwise
the measure will become law with
out his signature.
At his press conference yesterday
Mr.. Roosevelt said he had not de-
termined his course, adding he still
had "a hours to worry about that.
Asked about the status of the
measure at his press conference
this morning. Stephen T. Early,
presidential secretary. said it had
been the Presidents habit to issue
explanatory statements when acting
in such matters, but that nothing
was in sight. He added. however,
that this might be one of the chores
on which the President was working
today, as the Chief Executive re-
manned at the White House instead
Of coming over to his Office
The salary limit repeater is tied up
with the bill raising the debt limit
from sl25,000, 100000 to s210,000,-
100000, and a veto would kill that
program in the face of the fact that
the present statutory debt limit is
being speedily approached. and the
Treasury is about to float the new
$4,000, ,0O0, 900 War bond issue.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
MARYLAND Pilot Misses Death
By Mid-Air Parachute TunoIe

became intangled with the shrouds
of the open chute.
The two men f1oated the rest of
the way to the water, Ensign Gibson
dangling unconscious like pendu-
lum.
Once in the water, Mr.. Elwell
managed to keep Ensign Gibson's
head above the surface.
1t. Frank A. Partriarca, an in
structor. watched the incident from
his plane.
1T was exactly 4:59 pm. Friday
he related They were on routine
dive bombing flight, and Ensign
Gibson put his ship into a practice
dive.
They came out successfully. but
at about $500 feet the plane went
out Of control and turned over, l
saw one parachute below the plane,
then the plane crashed. I circled
back and it looked when first
glanced down as If one of the men
had crashed with the plane.
But when I got closer I saw Glib
son dangling unconscious below the
other man in the parachute.
"Elwell could have untangled him
self and reached shore easily. but he
stayed with Ensign Gibson"
Ensign Gibson is expected to
recover.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
By the Associated Press.


MIAMI. Fla. April 10.-A Navy
flyer who fell unconscious from a
crashing plane was saved yesterday
when the lines of his partly-opened
parachute became entangled with
the shrouds of a parachute with
which another flyer was floating to
safety.
The men dropped into the ocean
100 yards offshore. but Aviation
Metalsmith Ernest L. Elwell of
Wichita, Kans., managed to keep
Ensign Harry T. Gibson of White
hall. Md, af1oat until they were
rescued. Ensign Gibson had broken
leg and a broken finger. Mr.. Elwell
was not hurt.
They were on routine training
flight and had just pulled out of a
bombing dive at about $500 feet
when the plane got out of control.
Mr.. Elwell leaped and pulled the
ripcord of his parachute, which
opened. AS Ensign Gibson jumped
he was struck by a stabilizer and
knocked unconscious.
Apparently he had pulled the rip
cord because part of his parachute
came out of the pack
Plummeting downward, he almost
struck Mr.. Elwell's opened para
chute. The lines of his parachute
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Four Derby E|i9ib|es
Work Out at Downs
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 1o.-Dix-
lana Farms Amber Light, running
over a sloppy track, turned in
6-furlong workout over the Churchill
Downs oval in Ills 3-5 today.
The Kentucky Derby eligible was
clocked in 0:49 2-5 for the half.
Three other Derby eligibles were
given workouts this morning.
Warren Wright's Ocean Wave.
getting his first breeze since ship
ping here from Hot Springs, went
half in 0:50 3-5, while Martin Town
sends Bankrupt went three-eighths
of a mile in 0:40 in preparation for
a longer workout tomorrow. The
third Derby horse on the track was
Fire Dust, owned by c. v. Whitney,
which went a mile in 1:52.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Gasoline BIust Skaters
Road Near Baltimore
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 1O.-Manhole
covers were blown up and pavement
shattered today on the Philadelphia
road, near here when 4,30O gallons
of gasoline from an overturned
tanker truck exploded and burned.
The truck turned over at Moores
Run, small stream which crosses
the road and hundreds of gallons of
gasoline trickled into the stream.
Firemen expressed belief that
cigarette tossed from a car crossing
the bridge over the run ignited the
fuel. At once the fuel on the water
f1ared into flames Is feet high and
ran along the surface for about an
eighth of mile, burning trees and
bushes on the banks.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Congress Farm Chiefs
Pledge Support
In Price Freeze
Co-operotives' Leaders,
However, Declare Plan
impossible of Execution
By the Associated Press.

Keeping their powder dry,
congressional farm leaders
pledged their support today to
President Roosevelt's effort to
hold the line against imitation
with a virtual freeze -of prices,
wages and salaries at their ex-
isting levels.
But from farm organization lead
ers came outspoken criticisms of the
edict, with one terming it "impos-
sible of execution"
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of
Alabama, told reporters that he in
tended to support the Presidents
latest executive order in good faith
so long as everybody is treated
alike"
Watch for Break through.
But there are indications that any
break-through on the wage front is
likely to be followed by a revival of
demands for the enactment of leg
islation, such as the Pace bill, to in
clude farm labor costs in parity
calculations and thus boost farm
prices.
And from leaders of four major
national farm organizations came
open expressions of displeasure at
the Presidents order.
Albert S. Goss, National Grange
master, said, THE Presidents plan
is based on the false assumption that
we can maintain our existing stand
ards of living in the face of enor-
nous losses caused by war; and
Edward A. O'Neal, president Of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
said he was "dumbfounded" by the
order. He asserted that farm prices
are not responsible for imitation, and
added thet 1T looks like the Presi-
dent Is hitting at the farmer"
Ezra T. Benson. executive secre-
tary Of the National Council Of
Farmer Co-operatives, termed it "a
play to build up a position from
(see IMITATION, Page A-33
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Survivor Tells of Race to Escape
Flaming OnS Spreoding on Sea
Life Preservers and
Rufts Set Fire
In Torpedoinq
BY MICHAEL ROLIARD,


(Roliard, II, OF Nauasota, Ter,
a Navy gunner on the United
States merchant ship torpedoed
early in April, told this story from
a Miami hospital bed. 1Uhere he is
recovering from painful burns.)
By the Associated Press
MIAMI, Fla, April 10.-Three of
us swan a race with death out
there, and there were times when
1 thought we would be the losers.
One of the three died after we
fought our way clear of burning oil
that raced behind us on the sur
face of the sea.
I had just come off duty and
turned in when the first torpedo
struck. 1t threw me out of my
bunk. Fire fared up, and the
lifejacket of one of the men began
to blaze I helped him outside and
up to the bridge, where I finally
succeeded in getting his lifejacket
off.
He was B. B. Calhoun, another
gunner, from Abbeville, Ala.
Ship Sinks Quickly
Meantime another torpedo ex-
ploded and the ship really blazed
up and was sinking fast. Despite
the danger, R. E. Neeley of Spring.
town, Tex, one of our gunners, went
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Krupp Arms Plants
Nearly All Idle After
Heavy Raj Raids
Reconnaissance Photos
Show No Smoke Rising
From Factory Chimneys
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, April 1O.-The giant
Krupp armament works, one of
the mainstays of Hitler's war
machine, is almost completely
.dle as a result of the RATS
shattering 900 and 1000 ton
bomb raids on Essen, the Air
Ministry announced today. short
ly after another big night at
tack on Duisburg and other Ruhr
Valley industrial objectives.
The Air Ministry said the latest
evidence of the damage done the
krupp works was obtained in recon-
Nuisance photographs taken two
days after the big attack the night
of April ga They failed to show
any smoke rising from the hundreds
of factory chimneys.
The photographs were the clearest
ever taken of the 600-acre plant, the
Air Ministry said, and the works
in fact, appear to be almost en-
tlrely Inactive
Eight bombers failed to return
from last night attack on Duis-
burg. the third night foray against
Germany this month.
Following up the night raid, the
RATS Spitehres, Typhoons and
American made Mustangs slashed at
German-used rail and waterway
communications from lie Havre to
Holland today. They damaged four
locomotives, three supply trains, 1e
tugs and barges, one trawler, a
dredger and four oil storage tanks
Air Ministry sources said.
Enemy shipping off the Norwegian
coast also was attacked earlier in
the night by coastal command air.
craft, which torpedoed one tanker
Two coastal command planes are
missing, it was announced.
Important Factory Center.
Last nights raid was the 58th
OF the war on Duisburg, large in
land port which last was blitzed on
the night of March 26. About Il
miles west of Essen, it has many i'm
portant war factories, and is one of
the biggest railway functions in the
Ruhr.
The RATS new round -the-clock
bombing of the continent was re-
sumed Thursday night with a heavy
raid on the Ruhr area, but the OBJ
jectives that night were not
announced.
-Four Focke-Wu 1905 were shot
down and several others severely
damaged by Spitfres and Typhoons
on offensive patrols in the Cap Girls
Nez area of the French coast shortly
before dusk yesterday, the Air Min
istry News Service said.
All Allied fighters returned safely
One of the RAF pilots was Nor
wegian who got his first kill of the
war-it came on the third anniver-
sary of the Nazi invasion of Norway.
After damaging and dispensing the
German group one squadron of Ty-
phoons turned their guns on three
ICeo pATnC pooo 2l
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Allied Food Par|evs
Are Set for May 1S
AT Hot Springs
Marvin Jones Will Head
U. S. Delegation at
Postponed Session

The United Nations food con-
ference, scheduled to open April
27 has been postponed until May
10 and will be held at Hot
Springs, Va, the State Depart
ment announced today.
At the same time, the department
disclosed that President Roosevelt
had appointed Marvin Jones. judge
OF the United States Court of Claims
and assistant director of economic
stabilization. to head a fve-man del
egation representing the United
States.
Judge Jones was chairman of the
House Agriculture Committee from
1881 to 1910, when he was pomi-
mated by the President to the Court
of Claims. He had been a member
of Congress from Texas since 1917
and became a leader in farm relief
legislation during the early days of
the Roosevelt administration. On
January IS Of this year, Economic
Sterilization Director Byrnes an
nounced he had borrowed the serv-
ices of Mr.. Jones to serve as an agri-
cultural adviser.
Delegates Slow in Arriving.
The State Department confirmed
reports that press and radio repre-
sentatives would be allowed to at
tend the opening session and the
final plenary session, but there were
no indications that newsmen would
be allowed to cover other meetings.
When the conference was first an
nounced March 30, the White House
indicated that all proceedings would
be closed-someWhat similar to the
Casablanca Conference in January
While the postponement was not
$500 NOON DADT TVC noro
Evening star., 1943-04-10
GERMANS FLEE SFAX> HEAD TOWARD TUNIS
Corn Ceiling Price Increased
S Gents a BusheI by Davis
Food Administrator Announces New Program
To EquoIize Feed and Livestock Costs

The program does not contem-
plate, Mr.. Davis said, any change
in the level of either wholesale or
retail meat ceilings.
The program has been approved
by Price Administrator Prentiss M.
Brown. The immediate increase of
5 cents bushel in the ceiling price
OF corn in surplus producing areas
would raise the ceiling from $1.o2
to 81 OF bushel for No yellow corn
at Chicago.
The increase in the corn ceiling
was designed, Mr.. Davis said, to
stimulate the sale of corn, sales of
which have been tied up largely by
owner anticipation of higher prices.
Other phases of the program in
clude:
An increase from $l3.25 to $l3.75
per hundred pounds. Chicago basis,
(See CORN Page A-3D
Evening star., 1943-04-10
First Sinking Off
astCoast Since
August Kills 40
Captain Goes Down
With Flaming Ship;
18 Reach Florida
By the Associated Press.

KEY WEST, Fla, April TO-
The first submarine attack in
many months in waters off the
Eastern Coast Of the United
States sank a United States
merchantmen early in April with
a loss of 40 lives.
(The Navy said in Washington
that survivors were landed at
Miami, Fla. The last previous
announcement by the Navy of
sinking off the East Coast was
made in August, 1912. officials
refused comment on whether this
represented the beginning of a
new campaign by U-boats in
American WaterS)
True to the tradition of the sea
Capt. James w. Harrel of Houston,
Tex, elected to go down with his
flaming ship after ordering his men
to jump for safety, Navy-approved
stories OF survivors disclosed All
the ships officers and nine enlisted
men of the Navy gun crew are
among those missing.
A blimp-one of the chief weapons
used by the Navy in keeping costal
sea lanes free since last summer
OF marauding U-boats-played a
part In the rescue of the l8 survivors
Many Acts of Heroism.
Acts of heroism and sacrifice were
common when the unescorted vessel
was struck, without warning, about
3 am. on bright, moonlit morn
irg by torpedo which exploded
directly beneath the bridge. A few
moments later another torpedo
blasted the engine room, and the
ship burst into flame and sank, stern
first, in about three minutes.
Capt. Harrel who had received a
leg injury before the ship left port,
limped to the only lifeboat not
af1ame and directed the launching.
only to see the craft capsize because
the ropes fouled.
Jump for it, lads he ordered,
as the vessel settled rapidly.
Then, limping no longer, Capt
Harrel walked straight to his cabin.
The door closed behind him, and he
was seen no more.
Those men who managed to get
away from the ship grasped for
floating debris in a sea filling with
burning oil Five of them saw a
damaged raft float by; and managed
to get to it. They succeeded in at
tracing others to the raft.
Helped Blinded Seaman.
1t. q. g. John H. Kerr of Little
Neck, Long Island, commander of
the Navy gun crew, clung to a piece
of planking until he heard a cry
for help. Striking out in the direc-
ton of the sound, he reached Navy
Seaman R. E. Thron of Saltwater,
Mo-, who was blinded by his burns
and was swimming back into the
flaming oil.
Gunner's Mate William Oscar
Kelly, 20, of Birmingham, Ala, came
to 1t. Kerr's assistance, and between
them they maneuvered Seaman
Thron to the partly submerged raft.
For hours 1t. Kerr sat in water
up to his shoulders holding Thron's
head in his arms He knew the
young bluejacket was dying. Pray
for me-" Seaman Thron mumbled
once, and 1t. Kerr offered a prayer.
A few hours later Thron died, but
the officer still was holding him
when Navy rescue craft arrived.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
IhIder Tells Senator's
DC. Housing Program
Won 'tCut Congestion
Wyekoff, Faulkner Call
For $4,000, 900 Fund
For ADA Projects

The housing program now
planned for Washington is in
adequate and will not relieve
present conditions of dangerous
overcrowding," John Ihlder, ex-
ecutive officer of the Alley Dwell
ing Authority, today told the
Senate District Committee.
Mr.. Ihlder pointed out that the
present housing program is designed
to take care of only migrant"
war workers, and makes no provision
for those who are not war workers
or for those in war work who have
been in the Washington area more
than a year.
A parade Of witnesses at the hear
ing testified that there is an acute
housing shortage here, particularly
among loW-income families, and
proposed several immediate steps as
remedy.
Ask Permanent Building.
Two officials Of the Washington
Housing Association-J. Bernard
Wyckoff, president, and Waldron
Faulkner, chairman of the associa-
tons committee on housing condi-
tions of low-income families-de-
clared an adequate program of per-
manent housing should begin i'm
mediately under the Alley Dwelling
Authority. They called upon Con-
gress to appropriate s5,O0o,o00 for
work of the ADA, pointing out these
funds were authorized some time
ago but never appropriated.
Housing of many families in trail
ers during the summer might be an
immediate step to relieve the pres
sure of overcrowding, Mr.. Faulkner
(See HOUSING, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1943-04-10
MurraySaysU.S. 5.
0verproduces
War Material
$50, 900 Workers Will
Be Out of Jobs in ;
Months, He Asserts

More than 65O,0OO American
war workers will be out of work
within the next three months
because the United States is
producing today more materials
than the United Nations can use
or than the United States can
transport, President Philip Muir
ray of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations said today.
Details pointing to growing unem-
ployment already within few weeks
were contained in extemporaneous
remarks by Mr.. Murray, following
his radio address today before the
conference Of War and Postwar De-
mands for Trained Personnel, being
held under the sponsorship of the
Institute of Women's Professional
Relations at the Mayflower Hotel
Many factories are today con-
fronted with layoffs.' Mr.. Murray
said. THE Army calls it cutbacks,' -
he said
Cites Berwick Case.
no ola ChdIllp1C, IMl Mul dy CllSu
the case of Berwick, Pa, where
small tanks are manufactured
Seven months ago 5000 workers
were employed in this production.
The plant was ordered closed down
three weeks ago. In McKeesport,
Pa, large bombs are manufactured,
he continued. The Procurement
Division Of the United States Army
now maintains, Mr.. Murray said,
that the Nation has produced six
times more heavy bombs than can
be used. For this reason. IS per
cent of the 5000 workers at McKees-
port will soon be out of work
Il am reliably informed" Mr..
Murray went on, that $4,000 air.
craft workers are going to be laid
of soon because too many airplanes
Of certain kind now are being
produced"
Overproduction of small caliber
shells and small guns will soon put
thousands of workers in these mu-
nitions plants out of work, he con-
tinued. According to conservative
estimates more than $4,000 war
workers now wholly employed will
be thrown out of work within the
next three months.
Construction Work Layoff.
A total of 100000 construction
workers are either out of work to-
day or will be out of work within
80 days in consequence of the Fed
eral Government decision to dis
continue practically all building
construction for the remainder of
the war period
The construction industry some
few weeks ago was on the scrap
heap he saiG.
Two months ago the steel indus
tries discontinued fabrication of
heavy steel beams for building con-
struction, he continued, and from
$4,000 to 10000 workers will be dis
located or thrown out of work be-
cause of this.
The Army is closing plants down
IN a great many places" Mr.. Murray
said. THE workers are floundering
around looking for jobs. Why the
cry of absenteeism when all records
show that the American wage Garner
has increased efficiency to a higher
point than any other country in the
world"
Earlier Representative Wads-
worth, Republican, of New York, CO.
(See PERSONNEL, Page Az
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Disney Says Marlin
Plays Politics Over
Income Tax Issue
FIore-up Follows Proposal
For Withholding Levy
Without Abatement
By the Associated Press.

Representative Disney, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma contended in
the House today that Republican
Leader Martin of Massachusetts,
was playing politics over the
controversial issue of pay-as-
you-go tax legislation.
Quickly jumping to his feet, Rep
resentative Martin inquired whether
representative Disney did not be-
lieve that "the will of a majority
of the House should prevail on the
question, and whether House should
not be given an opportunity to vote
on ay-as-you-go system. The
House recently returned the tax
question to committee after voting
down the Ruml skip-a-year plan.
"You want to do the same thing
over again for political purposes"
shouted Representative Disney. who
is a member Of the Ways and Means
Committee.
Heatedly. Representative Martin
cried back that "the gentleman from
Oklahoma is the first man to raise
the partisan cry of politics"
Simple Bill Proposed.
Representative Disney had sug-
gested that simple withholding bill
stripped of any provision for can
ceiling past levies-could be passed
quickly by bringing it before the
House under rule preventing
amendments from being offered.
Such procedure would block any
more to write in the skip-a-year tax
proposal or any of the several COM
promises which have been proposed.
Before his interchange with Rep
resentative Martin, Representative
Disney said that all factions were
agreed on the necessity for a with
holding tax, but contended that any
move to bring up legislation under
an open rule would "precipitate the
same kind Of dog fight" that de-
(See TAXES, Page A-20
Evening star., 1943-04-10
BY the Associated Press.

Food Administrator Chester
Davis announced today new
price control and production
program, including a 5-cent-a-
bushel boost in the ceiling price
OF corn in the surplus producing
areas and designed, he said, to
bring about more equitable
relationship" among livestock.
meat and feed grain prices and
to assure continued heavy pro-
duction of livestock products.
The program did not include CELL
lngs on prices of live hogs as had
been forecast in some quarters, but
did hold such ceilings in reserve for
use in event hog prices do not soon
decline to a proper relationship"
with OPA ceilings on meats.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Duce Reported Planning
To Move Capital
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, April l0.-Reuters re-
ported in a Zurich dispatch today
that Premier Mussolini was under
stood to be preparing to evacuate
his government from Rome.
The dispatch said Mussolini was
reported to have appointed secret
commissions to make the necessary
arrangements. Florence and Bologna
have been mentioned as likely places
for the new seat Of government, it
said.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

below to flood the magazine and
keep our ammunition from explod-
ing. The fire got there first, and
he was killed at that duty. That
explosion really finished the ship.
We tried to launch a lifeboat but
the danger became too great and
SO we jumped overheard into spot
that was free of burning oil, The
ship sank Immediately and sucked
(See EYEWITNESS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Montgomery Calls
For Axis 'Dunkerque'
On Tunis Beaches

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 10
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
cry gave his men of the 9th
Army this message released to-
day:
Forward to Tunis; drive the
enemy into the sea. Let us
make the enemy face up to and
endure a first-class Dunkerque
on the beaches of Tunis."
Evening star., 1943-04-10
House Orders Newsprint Inquiry

The House today ordered investigation into whether
the Government contemplates curtament newspnt
paper which Representative Shafer Republican, of Michigan
said would ENABLE the Congress the extent to
which conspiracy exists to destroy the freedom
press The resolution directed inquiry whether
the Government plans requirement for Federal grade
labelling of articles and the discardng private