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Evening star., 1943-05-30

preparing the books for mailing but
many more are needed. Mr.. Brown
said total of 1000 volunteers would
be needed for the work, although
only about 180 would be working at
any one time.
Volunteers serve at the mailing
center from 10 a m. to 4 80 pm. and
from pm. to 10 pm. Most of those
who show up during the day, accord
ing to Mr.. Brown, are housewives.
Those who offer their services in the
evenings are mostly Government
employees who already have put in
a day at their own offices.
"I believe a great many people
in Washington don't appreciate
what the volunteers are doing for
u.s." Mr.. Brown said Some of
these people have put in as much as
1000 hours at no pay whatsoever
since Pearl Harbor." He pointed
out that he and his secretary and
the porters are the only paid en-
ployes handling the tremendous
mailing job.
Residents Saved Inconvenience.
The work of the volunteers, Mr..
Brown estimated, is saving the
people of Washington an aggregate
of about 350000 hours which they
would otherwise have needed to
stand in line at schools for their
No. 3 book
At the moment, the volunteers
are checking applications and fold
ing the ration books so they can be
quickly slipped into envelopes.
Persons who have been giving their
services during the first week will
be used later to train other volun-
teers in handling the applications
and books.
All of the applications must be
mailed into the mailing center by
June TO- and should be returned as
quickly as they are received. OPA
officials again asked residents to fill
out the cards, merely stamp them
and drop them into a mail box
They will be taken to the right place
They should not be put into an en-
velope and addressed to the national
or District OPA. .
BY July 81 the mailing center
must have all the books ready for
mailing, and during that week they
will be sent out. A post Office sub
station has been set up in the mail
ing center to hasten the work.
Persons willing to offer some of
their time for the work connected
with handling the applications and
books are asked to apply at 1924 F
street NV.
Evening star., 1943-05-30
Two Virginia Boards
Set Up Ration Book
Information Centers
Arlington, Alexandra
Residents Will Be Aided
To Avoid Errors

After nearby Virginia postal au-
thorities reported that 40 per cent
of War Ration Book 3 applications
already handled by post Offices
have been found to be in error. Of
ficials of the Arlington and Alex
andria rationing boards yesterday
set up information centers to aid
in filling the application. Faulty
applications will not be processed,
officials said
Starting tomorrow and carrying
through June 10. deadline for mail
Ing In such applications, the sched-
ule for the centers in Arlington is
as follows:
Kemper School, to 9 pm.
Tuesday and Wednesday; to 9 pm.
June s.
Hoffman-Boston School, to 9
pm. tomorrow and Wednesday; 7
to 9 pm. June Z.
John Langston School, to 9
pm. tomorrow and Wednesday: 7
to pm. June g.
Arlington Post Office to 10
pm. tomorrow and Wednesday,; 7
to 10 pm. June 9.
In addition the regular commun-
lty assistance groups also will give
Book information at Buckingham
center, to 10 pm. Mondays and
Wednesdays; Nellie Gusts School,
7 to 9 pm. Fridays and Cherrydale
Library, to 10 pm. Wednesday. Ap-
pllcantS are urged to use these
centers instead of coming to the
ration Offices. Operators of feet
cars are requested to come into the
offices any day during the next two
weeks for renewal of fleet gasoline
rations.
Alexandria has designated Book
3 information centers at Lvle's
Crouch and Parker Gray colored
schools and the trailer information
center, adjacent to the George
Mason Hotel. Days and hours will
be announced later.
Fairfax also will designate in
formation centers throughout the
county, 1t was stated, with days and
hours to be announced the first of
the week.
Evening star., 1943-05-30
Eight New Bombers Named
For Lost Toxic Raiders
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, May 29.-Eight
tWin-engined bombers were named
today for eight members of Mai.
Gen. James Doolittle's Toxic raid
ing party who were captured by
the Japs.
The ships were named by workers
OF the North American Aviation,
Inc. modification center as tribute
to the airmen who flew the same
kind of planes on the historic mis-
sion.
Names of the eight captured air
men were painted on the bombers.
The eight, some of whom have been
reported executed, are Sergt. Har-
old A. Spatz of Lebo, Kans.; Corpl.
Jacob D. DeshaZer of Madras, Greg,
and Its William FarroW of Wash
lngton, Robert L. Hite of Earth,
Tex; Robert ]. Meder of Lakewood.
N, j.; Chase J. Nelson, Hyrum,
Utah; Dean E. Hallmark of Dallas
and George Barr of Madison, Wis.
Evening star., 1943-05-30
Food
CONTINUED From First Page }

'SOiilIililtu T1OlH FlISJ rage
the cut in retail prices is due to the
fact that the subsidy will apply only
to newly produced butter. The effec-
tive retail date had to be set later
because of pre-subsidy butter that
will be in trade channels during the
Today period.
In this period, OPA explained, the
Dairy Products Marketing Associa-
ton, acting for the War Food Ad-
mlnlstratlon, will stand ready tuntil
midnight of June - to buy at the
Governments support price of 46
cents a pound all butter manufac-
tured before June l which meets its
specifications. DPMA will take de-
livery of this butter up to 10 days
later.
Representative Andersen, Repub-
Hcan, of Minnesota, charged yes
terday that this buying by the Gov
eminent would lead to "3O-dav
butter famine in the United States. .
He declared OPA had begun a
Government purchase program to
acquire 60,00O,0OO to 100000 900
pounds of butter now in storage at
the Accent level to safeguard the
owners against loss when the roll
back to Al cents occurs.
Davis Testimony Cited.
He said the stored butter would
be returned to commercial chan
nels after the rollback goes into
effect, but that the process would
mean scarcity of butter for three
weeks to 80 days.
Testifying before the Senate
Agriculture Committee Friday, Food
Administrator Chester C. Davis said
a general dependence on broad
subsidy payments would be dan
gerous.'
You simply can't make it chief
weapon in the fight against infla-
ton he said. L don't think that
use of subsidies as a means of hold
ing imitation down permanently
would do it."
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
has drafted legislation to forbid pay
ment of subsidies without specific
authorization from Congress.
The subsidies are to be paid un-
der authority of the Price Control
Act of January, 1912. This author
ICES OPA to make subsidy payments
to maintain and promote produc-
ton of agricultural products, and
authorizes the RFC to finance such
payments whenever the President
deslgnates to-be-subsiZed products
as strategic or critical materials. as
has been done in the case of meat.
butter and coffee.
Labor Backs Subsidies.
While Congress could, of course,
amend the Price Control Act in
line with the Senate Agriculture
Subcommittee move to forbid such
subsidy payments unless specifically
authorized by Congress, there was
no indication last night that such
legislation would be acted on soon
by Senate or House.
Labor organizations have been the
most vocal supporters of food sub
sides. In a radio address yesterday,
George Meany, secretary-t treasurer
OF the American Federation of La
Dor, urged that the Government
spend as much as two billion dollars
year, if necessary. in payments to
producers and distributors in order
Evening star., 1943-05-30
| Gas Station Men
| Are Warned on
| Short Measure

The gasoline famine yesterday
moved j. T. Kennedy. superintend-
ent of weights. measures and mar
kets for the District, to adopt
policy of condemning any gas sta
ton pump found delivering short
measure even on the first draught." :"
Also, he warned that in addition
to condemnation proceedings, his
Office would take such other action
as is deemed necessary" in any
short measure case.
1t is of utmost Importance, r..
said, that service station operators
take steps to insure that all pumps
are primed and are delivering cor
rect amounts of fuel.
Mr.. Kennedy suggested that at
the beginning of each business day
gas station operators draw several
gallons from each pump in service
as a check against short measure
which can result from lack of prim-
ing, faulty check valves or air in
the lines.
Domestic help is hard to find
but you may find 1t through a
Want Ad" in The Star.
Evening star., 1943-05-30

to roll back" prices to the level
of year ago.
Crltlclzing what he called a gov
ernmental policy to freeze wages
while allowing food prices to zoom,
MIR. Meany urged that the United
States take a leaf out of Britain's S
book and nail down the cost of liv-
ing with firm schedule backed by
subsidies to those who would be hurt
by price roll backs.
British System Praised.
In Britain, he said, using sub
sides and universal and well-en-
forced price control, they have sue
ceeded in mailing the cost of living
down to truly stable level. For
two years the cost of living in Brit
ain has risen less than one-half of
l per cent. Here the cost of living
had admittedly risen more than
twice that much in a single month. -
Mr.. Meany said that the average
weekly pay envelope in the United
States now contains SAL, but it costs
$40 week to support a family of
four in Baltimore, S51 in Seattle.
Wash; $50 in Chicago and S54 in
New York
Food prices have skyrocketed to
dlsgracetul heights. OPA, insofar
as food price control is concerned
has been miserable failure" Mr.
Meany declared.
He said recent strikes were caused
when workers felt themselves driven
IN sheer desperation" because of
the stupid, unrealistic governmental
policy which freezes their wages by
arbitrary edicts on the one hand
and which, on the other hand per-
mlts the prices of food to rise to
unconscionable heights"
Evening star., 1943-05-30
D. &. Girls in Africa Feed u. S. FLYERS
BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star

BY Staff correspondent OF The Star.
ALGIERS CBy MaiD.-Two of
Washington's erstwhile private Sec
retaries now are battling storms of
black sand and desert darkness in
one of the toughest Red Cross jobs
of the war.
They are Lois M. Berney, for
mer secretary to Harry Hopkins, and
Mary Ross Moen, former secretary to
Isadore Lubin, commissioner of la
bor statistics. With them on the
same job are Selma Norbeck, daugh-
ter of the late Senator from South
Dakota. and Lydia Sherwood, niece
of Robert Sherwood of the Owl.
The job is that of driving a Red
Cross clubmobile-a reconstructed
station wagon here in Africa-to
bring doughnuts and coffee to
American flyers home from night
raids. They are operating from an
advance base in the North African
theater.
Given Special Priority.
The girls manage to get around on
twice weekly visits to every squad
ron and gun crew encampment
spread over miles of desolate African
countryside but the boys who fly
the bomber and fighter squadrons
over enemy territory get a club
mobile visit every day-preferably
when they return toward dawn.
This special priority for flyers was
arranged at the request of 1t. Gen.
Carl c. Spaatz and Maj. Gen. James
H. Doohttle.
Selma Norbeck tells of her first
job of this sort which came at the
end of one of the largest and most
successful bombing raids of the
war
The planes came in low over the
horizon she says. I'VE stood there
waiting and plenty scared over
meeting our first mission. First
came the PISS roaring past to the
fighter field, where theV peeled off
Evening star., 1943-05-30

sugar and doughnuts made up dur
ing the night by soldiers who have
been detailed to the job. Two large
doughnut machines are set up in the
rear of the Red Cross headquarters
in each town.
Usually the girls head out on
morning round to bring coffee and
doughnuts to gun crews chilled after
night of watching. Then they re-
turn to headquarters for refills be-
fore a monday call at another
squadron mess. Then comes the
night visits to the returning flyers.
The lives of these girls are rigor-
Gus in the extreme. The greatest
single problems, they say. are baths
and laundry. Special arrangements
have been made for the use of Arab
steam baths taken over by the army.
Evening star., 1943-05-30
8 Important Points
Cited in Applying
For Ration Book ;

Applications for Ration Book
3 have been delivered in Wash
ington by the post Office. To
insure getting ration books
promptly, each head of a house
hold should:
l. Print all names clearly on
the application card.
3 Answer all questions cor
rectlv.
3. Be sure to sign the card.
4. Tear off the stub.
5. Put a stamp on the card
and drop in mail box.
G. Mail only one application
per family.
7. Don't fold the card.
s. Mail at once.
Evening star., 1943-05-30

one by one, and settled on the
African clay. We counted them as
they went, by. One was missing.
Then came the bombers, slower and
in great dignity, landing at the field
where we waited One came in with
its wings pretty we'll shot up. One
prop of another had been shot away
But they were all there. Suddenly
about 100 tired flyers descended on
us, on their way to the interroga-
ton tent"
Day Starts at Dawn.
The clubmobile girls day starts at
dawn. They are billetted with
French families in nearby villages.
They breakfast at the officers mess
in headquarters town and then
start loading the clubmobiles with
fve-gallon thermos jugs, cream,
Evening star., 1943-05-30
Pre-Fubricuted Houses
Used for Bombed Nuzis

by the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM. May 20. - The
Germans were reported today to
have begun the construction of pre-
fabricated houses for bombed-out
residents of Northwestern Germany,
hit hard by the RAF.
The houses are set up in two
days, fitted with heating and water
circuits. Each family is said to get
kitchen and two rooms.
Evening star., 1943-05-30
Walker Made Assistant
Corporation Counsel

Appointment of Harry L. Walker
as an assistant corporation counsel
was approved yesterday by the Com
missioners on recommendation of
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech.
Mr.. Walker has been assistant
clerk of the Court of Appeals for
the District for the last six years.
The Commissioners approved
salary promotions for Hubert B.
Pair and Una Rita Morris, assistant
corporation counSelS
Evening star., 1943-05-30

the sinking of the ship was the rec
ord on his experience at sea.
No one was injured by the three
torpedoes that struck the ship, Mid
shlpman Smaha said. The men
were more worried about 300 tons of
dynamite for agricultural use which
was aboard, but it did not explode.
He plays the clarinet and saxo-
phone as well as the tonette. He Is
going to New York before shipping
again and he has hopes of appear
ing on the radio.
Evening star., 1943-05-30

supplies for civilian consumers will
be practically non-existent.
The American Butter Institute
and other organizations represents
ing manufacturers and farmers have
denounced the entire program-roll-
back and subsidies-as visionary. i'm
practical and destined to produce
disastrous results
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27
DEATH TO LITTLE FELLOW

The Washington administration, as
represented by Economic Stabilizer
Byrnes and s. T. Pike, of OPA, think
that there are too many filling stations
in the country and now is the time
to starve them out, so have held up
margin increases until such time as the
weaker ones die out until the number
is reduced by half and "some eonsoi-
dations among jObbers reduce expense"
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27
Kevin Well
Ruted Above
100 Bcrrels

S@@AAt.eH~ -ANaA - a.
this week but the melting snow left
seas Of mud and travel is difficult off
the surfaced highway. With the break
in the weather, there were new lOca-
tioBs announced and half a dozen other
notices Of intention to dril have been
filed by operators who wish to buy
casing.
C. Leonard Smith reported this week
that he has re-aeidized his Government
No l well in the Wait pool and it is
now making between IS and 20 barrels
per day, greatly helped by the acid.
Cobb & Coolidge abandoned their
Govt. No. well in West Kevin but
win continue with the program Of six
wells contracted with B. A. s. Aronow
New locations follow:
IdPERIAL-cRAIG-B1ARTM NO. g.
sW NEi4 SEA 1s-35-1W
spudded 2-24-43. Footage is 154O
north of south and 100 feet west of
east
PLoTKE-wARD NO. g.
Sc NEA NEA 29-35-sw
Location. Footage is 900 north of
south and $50 feet west of east line.
TExACo-BRUMs NO. IT.
Sc sen SEA 15-35-2W
Materials. FoOtage is $50 east of west
and $50 feet north of south line.
Other Kevin operations follow:
ANGLo.AMERICAN-ENGLE NO. l.
Sc SEA SWA 35-36-3W
Drilling 1890; Sunburst sand 1897
1715, show oil; finch cemented at
1885. Drilling 1880.
coBB-HARDRoCK GOVT. Os4e4s NO.
l.
sw sEA NEA 17-35-sW
Madison lime contact, 2O15-2O42,
water. Total depth gill; plugged
back to 205k aeidized, no results;
shot with $50 quarts nitro glyeerin;
No results. Abandoned.
DAKoTA-MoNTANA CURRAN NO. 1
sW sWA sWA 6-36-2W
Rig up.
DAY-HALTER NO. A.
NV SEA NEH 17-35-2W
Ran 69s-inch easing 1915.
NEPsTAD-HAUGEN NO. -
CSL NWA NWA 11-35-3W
Contact ls19-1s23; break at 1889
1874, show Of OIL Treated with 1000
gal. Kevin acid. No results; will
reaeidize.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27
49s
ASK HIGHER PRICES

A memorial introduced in the state
legislature asks congress to give in
creased prices for strategic metals in
cluding copper, manganese, chrome,
zinc and lead. Ceiling prices are hold
ing back maximum production, the
legislature points out.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27

PARENT -AkacAIsPnTB NO. l.
sw NwM SEN 25.s7-Sw
Shut down 400.
PREvoI. q SHAY GOVT. 2 NO. s.
NE Nwh Nwh 15-s5-3W
Contact, 1870, show gas; show oil
1890; Water 2I05-s11O; Total depth
s11O; plugged back TO 1870; aeidiEed
1000 gal. Kevin acid; testing.
PREv0L q sHAY-wAIT NO. 12-
NE NwA NEA 24-s5-2w
No results from acid 1910. Will abd.
RIAERoCK-sCHAGTDT NO. 10
NV Nwk NwH e9-s5-sw
Location. 1t is standard ssO-fOOt To-
cation.
TExACo Co.-LngD NO. 2
NV NWH NwA ll-s5-2w
Drilling 1925
TExACo-swRAR NO. 10
sw sen swA s-s5-2w
Completion: Madison lime contact,
l617-162s; fluid level, zoo feet; acid
lied, 500 gallons; 141 bbl first IA
hours. No water.
TWIN FTELDs-THoAEPsON NO. A.
NE EEh swA 2s-s5-sw
Fishing 1882; Sunburst sand 1890
400; Madison Lime contact 1868
1871; show oil and water, fluid level
200 feet over night. Lime break, 1854
1858, 1900 feet water; plugging back
to 1871 TO aeidize
vANDERPAs-TEE NO. s.
NE NWA NEk 6-34-1w
Contact, I427-142s. Show OIL Total
depth 142s. Aeidized, 1000 gal.
Dowell Shut down.
WELSH BRoTHERS-sTATE NO. p
sw NEA Nwh 36-S5-2w
Location.
WARRINGTON OIL FINDING GOVT.
NO. l.
NE SEA sWA 24-36-2w
Tubing run to aeidize; contact 2110;
casing point 21ss; total depth 225O.
Treated with 1000 gallons Kevin acid.
Showed gas and 1900 feet water.
Shut down 2300
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27
AWAIT PRICE INCREASE

Wyoming producers of black oil ex-
pect within a few days a decision from
OPA on higher prices. 1t looks like
Is to 25 cents increase win be granted.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27

sW sEN sWM e-35-2W

oW % q bW = 8-oo-AW
Completion: Madison lime contact,
l6l7-162s; fluid level, zoo feet; acid
lied, 500 gallons; 141 bbL first IA
hours. No water.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27

NV NWA NWH ll-s5-2W
Drilling 1925.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1943-02-27

SW NEA SEA 1S-35-1W
spudded 2-24-43. Footage is 154C
north of south and 100 feet west Of
east.
Evening star., 1943-08-16

days and Fridays. in groups up to
20 men.
They said the men were marched
individually to a wall, followed by
single executioner, who pushed the
victim to the ground and shot him
in the back of the head.
-Four other mass graves were
found outside the city, the authori-
ties said. One was near brick
factory where civilians we're exc
cuted
They said that there they saw a
number of civilians who could be
identified by documents. One was
Sophia Belova, actress in the Uk-
rainian opera, whose handbag con-
tained grease paint and music, indi-
eating she had been taken away
while at work.
The Investigations will be fol-
lowed by statement from a special
commission like those on Krasnodar
and other cities which have been
under enemy occupation, setting
forth the German crimes.
Another investigation is being
made to determine whether any
Russian traitors participated in the
German destruction of life and
property. Only a few have been
arrested thus far and authorities
said they would be tried after the
inquiry.
Evening star., 1943-08-16
BY HENRY C. CASSIDY.

OREL, Aug. Is (Delayed) -
Under pale moon shining over
a wall of the Orel prison, Allied
correspondents witnessed one of
the most gruesome sights of this
war in the opening of a mass
grave where Soviet authorities
said the Germans had cast about
5000 bodies of their Russian
victims.
These authorities, conducting a
careful investigation of this and
other evidences of the Germans in
Orel, said most of the victims were
Red Army men who died of starva-
ton while being kept in the grim,
two-story, red brick prison or were
shot in the back of the head behind
the whitewashed prison wall.
No agreement exists between the
Soviet and Germany like the Geneva
Convention on the treatment of
prisoners of war, but Soviet au-
thorities indicated a belief that the
German conduct violated even the
natural, unwritten laws of humane
ness.
Although there have been nu-
merous charges of German atrocities
during the war, this was the first
evidence laid open to American,
British and other Allied correspond
ents in Russia.
They drove through two layers of
barbed wire into field behind the
prison, surrounded by white birch
fence, where medical specialists of
special state commission investigat-
ing German atrocities already were
at work.
Part of a long ditch under the
fence was open, exposing heap of
bodies looking more like burlap bags
than the remains of human beings.
The bodies were placed one by one
on a wooden table for study to de-
ternine the cause of death.
Over the scene hung the rank
odor of decay. 1t was strong enough
to sicken some of the witnesses and
1t. Gen. Nikolai Burdenko, chief
surgeon of the Red Army heading
the investigation, was confined to his
quarters by illness.
Prof. Dmitry Boropaev, assistant
to Gen. Burdenko, conducteN the
examination with five other doctors.
He said about 300 of the total of
5000 bodies were exhumed and the
work was in the preliminary stage.
The prisoners of war were lightly
dressed and some had been shot.
A skull had been placed on the
table showing two holes where, a
bullet had entered back of the head
and passed through the forehead.
So far no documents were found
to establish the identity of any of
the victims, but most of them wore
the clothing of Red Army men.
The main ditch was 100 yards long,
6 feet wide and 10 feet deep, with
the dead in layers of five. There
were seven smaller trenches not yet
opened.
Doctors who started work on
August 6, the day after Orel was
recaptured, drew up separate pro-
tocol for each body to be submitted
to commission.
The bodies will be turned over to
city officials for burial.
Authorities said they were in
formed by prisoners who had sur
vived that the Germans carried out
executions twice weekly, on Tues
Evening star., 1943-08-16
War Neurosis Fought
By Mental Hygienists
With 7-Point Program

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The Ma
tional Committee for Mental Hy-
giene said in its annual report yes
terday that it is carrying on a seven
point program to help protect both
the armed forces and the civilian
population from adverse effects of
war conditions on the mind.
The programs objectives were
listed as:
/. Exclusion of the mentally un-
stable from the armed forces and
their employment in fields of civilian
usefulness.
2. Early detection and treatment
OF incipient neuropsychiatric cases
within the armed forces and prompt
and adequate care and disposition
of the mentally i'll.
3. Rehabilitation of mentally dis
abled civilians and servicemen, both
to augment manpower and to assist
IN individual adjustment.
4. Continuance of civilian services