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Evening star., 1943-04-10
Day
10 beGiiven
By Roosevelt
Marine Bond Concert
To Open Memorial
Dedication Tuesday

President Roosevelt will deliver q
Jefferson Day address that will be
brief and Jeffersonian," Stephen T.
EARLY, presidential secretary, said
today.
The time and place of the speech,
on which the President was working
'oday, are to be announced Monday.
Meanwhile, plans went forward for
dedication ceremonies at the Jeffer-
son Memorial on the south shore Of
the Tidal Basin Tuesday, when the
program, including music, will take
place from 1880 am. to 1890 pm,
Thousands of guests who will at.
tend were asked to be in their seats
by 11:30 am. for the opening of
a concert by the Marine Band, with
Capt. William F. Santelmann con-
Quoting. The concert will con-
tinue for half an hour.
Participants Are Chosen.
Participants in the program have
been selected to represent the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Com
mission, which planned the memo
rial, and the Protestant and Cath
olic Churches-symbolic of Jef1er-
sons ideals of religious freedom.
The presiding officer will be Stuart
G. Gibboney of New York, chair
man of the Memorial Commission,
The invocation will be delivered by
the Rt. Rev. Henry st. George
Tucker. Virginian, who now is
presiding bishop of the Episcopal
Church in America. jefferson was
vestryman of Christ Church,
Episcopal, in Charlottesville, Va.
Grace Moore to Sing.
The benediction will be offered by
distinguished Catholic prelate. the
Most Rev. Peter L. 1reton, Coad-
jutor Bishop of Richmond, Va.
In addition to the opening concert
by the Marine Band, musical num-
bers will include the National An
them, sung by Grace Moore of the
Metropolitan Oper, and America"
by the Marine Band.
The heroic statue Of Thomas
Jefferson has been put in place
In the center of the memorial room
of the colonnaded circular Pantheon
type building.
Arriving few days ago, the
statue has been erected on its pedes-
tai and is being prepared for exhi-
bition when the memorial is opened
to the public.
Present Figure Temporary.
Although appearing like bronze,
the statue was not cast of metal,
because of the shortage of war ma
terlal. For the duration, the statue
OF plaster. from the design of the
sculptor Rudulph Evans, will stand
until it can be replaced.
The memorial room in which the
figure stands is not yet open to the
public although the memorial build
ing itself, with its approach and
broad stone steps, have been a CEN
ter of interest to thousands of per-
sons. especially during the period
the cherry trees are in bloom. Some
blossoms may still be on the trees
for the dedication, experts said to-
day.
The building and grounds will be
open to the public today and up to
8 pm. tomorrow, when it will be
closed until 10 am. Tuesday.
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WPB's Priority Plan
or Fire Escapes in
D. {. Expected Today
Board Officials Promise
To Outline Procedure
For Rooming Houses

Officials of the War Production
Board have promised that some
time today they will outline to Dis
trict officials the exact priority pro-
cedure to be followed by operators
of boarding, rooming. lodging and
apartment houses in applying for
f1re escapes and other safety facili-
ties.
There has been no explanation as
to why there has been delay of
more than two days in detailing
thu priorities system-which has
oeen postponing actual provision of
fire safety facilities on affected
housing units ordered by the Com
missioners.
lJ was assumed to be a case of
the slow grinding of administrative
machinery. The procedural details
were to have been delivered first no
later than Thursday noon, and there
were successive postponements, with
the answer still undelivered last
night.
City Heads to Hear Procedure.
The latest information was that
officials of the construction division
OF the WPB were to consider plans
this morning and that as soon as
this session was over the procedure
was to be given District officials by
l.. A. Anderson. housing priorities
manager for this area.
Approval of requests for fire es-
capes, fire extinguishers and other
safety facilities was expected, par
ticularly since the WPB Thursday
morning announced it had modified
prohibitions against use of steel for
non-essential purposes, and had au-
thorized limited manufacture of
various civilian products using steel
even including millinery wire and
hat frames.
Meanwhile, as one direct result
of the oroer of the Commissioners
for prosecution of rooming house
and similar operators if they con-
tinue business without a District
license. hundreds of such landlords
are seeking information as to why
their license applications have been
denied. Tt is indicated many are
taking steps to bring their places
into compliance with District regu-
lations and law.
Commissioners Firm.
The Commissioners are maintain
ing their stand that requirements
must be met or operators will be
prosecuted If they continue to dc
bus iness otherwise. Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech has
said time and again he will prose-
cute any and all operators who
operate without a permit. as soon
as the necessary information is sup
| piled to him.
It came to light yesterday, how
ever, thar some inspectors have de-
cided as practical matter to delay
temporarily, formal reports of non.
compliance, in "a few instances in
which proof was given by landlords
they have placed orders for fire
safety facilities or have applied TO,
priorities. and otherwise were un.
dertaking to comply with the law
and the orders of the Conmis.
sioners.
How long this period of grace
will be extended for these landlords
or just how far the Commissioner.
will permit inspectors to use theil
own discretion, was not indicated
last night.
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Motormon Acquitted
In Truffic FotuIity

Judge Nathan Margold yesterday
directed a Municipal Court jury to
return a verdict of mot guilty" at
the end of the Governments case
against Ned Bumgardner. "a. Cap
ital Transit Co. motorman. charged
with negligent homicide In the traf-
iic death March 6 Of Thomas C..
Parker. IS, colored.
Mr. Parker. whose home was In
East Fails Church. Va. died Of In
juries received In an accident at
Eleventh street and Florida avenue
NV. In which he was crushed BY q
streetcar while trying to push his
autouobile Oh the car tracks.
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Late Gifts May Send
D. T.. Red Cross Fund
Beyond $1,900,000
Donations CONTINUING
And Will Be Included
In OfficiuI TotuI

Gifts to the District Red Cross
received through today will be in
cluded in the official 1943 War Fund
total, with the outlook that the
grand aggregate will exceed 1,900,-
600, Campaign Director Randolph
G. Bishop said.
Mr.. Bishop was making a final
check with leaders of the various
divisions, In order to increase
the $1,869 ,282 officially reported
through April 7.
people have not stopped giving
to the Red Cross simply because the
campaign has ended" he stated.
'"They are forgetting about quotas
and making direct contributions for
men in the armed services, through
the medium Of the Red Cross"
Meanwhile, 1t was announced that
the Junior Red Cross, which pledged
itself to raise 5000 in District
schools, has exceeded its quota, 133
schools reporting q grand total of
$s,543. Miss Elizabeth Etheridae,
Junior Red Cross secretary, said 50
schools have yet to report their con-
tributions.
The District government unit,
only division to fail to achieve its
$46,7lO quota as other units re-
ported oversubscriptions, improved
its position somewhat the past few
days by raising its total to So, ,481,
or nearly 70 per cent Of quota.
Two mercy ships sailed last month
loaded with cargoes of food parcels
for delivery to American and other
Allied Nations fighting men held
captive in Axis prison camps, the
American Red Cross announced.
These ships, travelling under safe
conduct from belligerents, sail
alone, unarmed and fioodlighted,
with the Red Cross emblem painted
on their hulls. L. M. Mitchell, di-
rector Of foreign and insllar opera
tions Of the American Red Cross,
said today that these food supplies
actually are reaching American
prisoners Of war.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
AItmeyer Will Discuss
Beyeridqe PLun Tuesdoy

The Beveridge plan of social Sc
curity will be discussed by Arthur
Altmeyer, chairman of the Social
Security Board. at pm. Tuesday
in another of a series of lectures
sponsored by the War Problems
Study Group at Howard University
Mr.. Aaron, director of the Alien
Property Custodian's Office, will lead
the discussion that will follow the
talk. The affair will be held in the
assembly room of Douglass Hall.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Cadet Dead, Another Missing

McALLEN, Tex, April 10.-The
Moore Field public relations office
said last night that Flying Cadet
Chester Robin, %, of New Orleans
had been found dead in the burned
wreckage of his training plane. He
had been missing since Wednesday
night. Flying Cadet Joseph p.
O'Brien, 20, of Brooklyn, has been
missing since 9 pm. Wednesday. the
office reported.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
lsHRatonimvq


Blue coupons, Book 2-Those marked
D, E and F good for rationed
canned goods through April 80.
Red coupons, Book 2-Those marked
A and B are valid now and will
remain good through April 30.
They can be exchanged for meats,
butter, margarine, fats and oils.
cheeses and canned fish,
Stamps marked c will become good
Sunday and D coupons on April l8.
They will also be good through
April 30.
Sugar-Stamp No. IL in Book is
good for pounds through May 81.
Coffee Stamp No. 26 in Book / is
good for pound through April Is.
Fuel oil-No. 4 coupons ere invalid
No. S coupons are valid for 10 gal
Ions through September 80.
Gasoline-No. / A coupons are good
for 3 gallons each through July q
B and @ coupons. good for 3
gallons each, expire on dates tn
dicated In individual books.
ehees-Stamp II in Book Is good
for one pair Of shoes through
June Is.
Detailed yationing Information
Wn be toaNd on Page Az OF The
kNnhnu Cfae narh sn~~k
Evening star., 1943-04-10

time since 1881, Oscar derived his
greatest pleasure from watching
those early morning crowds rushing
to work.
If had to live in a city, I'd pick
Washington. No skyscrapers. 1t is
beautiful; broad streets, splendid
buildings, cultured people"
Fifty years at the top of his pro-
fession. That's Oscars claim to
fame.
Il am proud to have made so
many friends. I don't believe have
an enemy in the world"
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Nuzi Prisoners Recuptured

! SHERBROoK. Quebec, April b
R.-Two Nan seamen who escaped
Thursday night from . nearby
prisoner-of-war camp have been rd-
captured. the provost corps reporteh
last night. They were Identified Il
wilhelm oratsch. II. and Irioh
Gross, n.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Hospitals Given Grunts

Private hospitals In Great Britain
receive government grants for spe.
ctAl services. such - the treatment
Of certain types Of disease.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Dominion Rouds Limited

Many areas In mountainous
Dominican Republic are still in
accessible to motor traffic and may
be reached only by horseback.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

HOME OF THE DISTRICTS FIRST MUNITIONS MAKER
Helen Catch Duston has sketched at the left
onay War house occupied by Henry Foxha munitions
king in 1872 The modern day Mr. Robert
Randolph have connected the original old house
street NV with 10Th century Mrs
doph is the granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln. father
Robert Todd Lincoln lived short distance away
N street NV.
The Foxhal house. it is generally known is old that
Evening star., 1943-04-10
IS WAACS Here Selected
For Officer Traininu

Fifteen WAAC auxiliaries sta
toned in the military district of
Washington have been selected for
officer training.
The women reported for duty to-
day at the first WAAC training
center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Their selection was announced by
Maj. Gen. John T. Lewis, COM
manding general of the district.
In the group are.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Mortality Rute Decreases

The British tuberculosis mortality
rate decreased from 1904 deaths per
million In 1900 to 602 in 1888.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

Detailed yationing Information
G'n be toand on Page Az OF The
Sunday Star eech wesk.
Evening star., 1943-04-10

Albert, Catherine c.
Black. Esther M.
Oliver, Mamie P.
Engel. Thrace o.
Thomas, Dorothy v.
Swanson. Ellen V.
Layton, Katherine H
Evening star., 1943-04-10

Sinclair. Mary M.
White. Alma G.
Dunton. Vivian E.
Wolfe, Dorothy E.
Carey, Janice E.
Hammel. Georgia r
Tanny, Eleanor NJ.
Hamilton, Martha J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-14
Coal Troubles Curb
Steel Production
In Pittsburgh Area
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July H.-Iron Age
said today that production OF steel
still was being jeopardized this
week in the Pittsburgh district due
to uncertain conditions in the coal
fields"
, The publication said it was esti-
mated that 1000 miners were idle
Tuesday while IA blast furnaces
were down for lack or fuel.
1t Is now estimated, Iron Age
commented. that the series of coal
strikes which started last spring
caused the loss of 100000 tons Of
steel instead OF the 10000 tons
which the publication estimated
several weeks ago.
THE steel-for-victory drive has
been hampered definitely" the re-
view said. Strategic stockpiles OF
coal and coke probably cannot be
rebuilt to a comfortable level for
the duration Of the war. No imme-
diate step which will end the
troubles at the mines appears to be
in sight.
National steel ingot operations
are 95.5 this week, down one point
from the level of week ago. The
Pittsburgh district shows drop Of
six points to 90.
Demand for fourth quarter steel
by claimant agencies Is reported to
be approximately 22,700,00O tons
against a supply Of about 1900 900
tons. Third quarter demand was
about 100000 tons greater than the
reported fourth quarter require
ments. Third quarter ALLEGATIONS of
carbon and alloy steel were 17,500,-
600 tons. .
In addition to the Pittsburgh
crop of six points to 90, other factors
entering into this weeks ingot pro-
duction decline of one point from
last week, were a drop of seven
points to zoos at Detroit, at Wheel
ing a decline Of three points to IS
and at Buffalo drop of two to l04.5.
Chicago rose two points to 99.5.
Youngstown two points to 94.5,
Cleveland two points to SO, ST. Louis
81 points to l20, and the Eastern
district. 22.5 points to 1903. Philadel-
phia, Southern Ohio River, South
ern and Western districts remained
unchanged"
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Aerial
Continued From First Page)

tia and Crotone airfields with 425 900
pounds of high explosives and in
cendiaries by daylight yesterday.
Great damage was done in the
splintering of at least three hangers,
an administration building and mu-
nitions sheds at Who Valentia. on
the Italian mainland near Messina
Strait, and huge columns OF smoke
rose after the attack at Crotone, on
the South italian coast, where nu-
merous oil fires were started, the
communique said.
Significantly, nc fighter aircraft
rose to intercept any Of the Lib
orators formations. although Crotone
is supposed to be an enemy fighter
base
Widespread and heavy dam
age was wrought on Sicily by the
sweeps of Allied aircraft, Ralph
Howard, NBC representative, said
in a broadcast from Algiers. He
listed $50 enemy trucks destroyed
and 100 damaged, 6 locomotives
and IS freight cars wreckedo
Catania Is Smashed.
Smashing at the most important
enemy coastal airbase ahead of the
racing British 9th Army, American
Flying Fortresses wrought havoc
among parked enemy fighter planes
at Catania. with 90 per cent of the
bombs landing fair on their targets.
Major credit for the heavy toll
of Axis shipping north of Sicily and
land transport, however, went to
the fleet new A-36 Mustang fighter
bombers of the Americans who had
sensationally successful day.
In two days Allied airmen have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-14
sunk four enemy freighters and

sunk four enemy freighters and
damaged three destroyers and two
troop-carrying transports in victories
at sea which have seriously inter-
fered with the enemy's effort to rush
reinforcements into the invaded isle.
Three out Of six Messerschmitts
which rose to intercept the Fort
resses at Catania were destroyed by
Fortress gunners whose group in its
last six missions shot down a total of
As out of l42 planes encountered.
Defense Was "Pitiful."
THE fighter defense was pitiful."
said Sergt. Floyd Pratto Of Water
loo. Iowa.
In continued raids Monday night
by American and Raj bombers. the
Allied airmen said flares seemed to
be dropping all over Sicily.
One flyer reported that "the sky
was so full Of our aircraft that we
almost needed a policeman to relieve
the trafIic jam"
In vertical dives on three Italian
destroyers near Palermo, brilliant
American Mustang pilots scored hits
On two.
I'VE came out of the sun and
several OF our bombs had fallen
before they made any attempt to
separate or dodge-we caught them
flat-footed," said 1t. A. j. Graetz,
Waumatosa. Wis.
Describes Blow on Ship.
An A-36 pilot, It. George r.
Forbes, Of Albany. N. Y. who made
two direct hits on a merchant YES
sci, said: She was listing badly
and was beginning to smoke when
We left, and few hours later when
we came back she wasn't in sight. I
guess We sank her"
Another pack OF Mustangs saved
all their bombs except one for the
Taormina' railroad yards. The odd
one struck an anti-aircraft battery
Il was watching the yards and
all OF sudden they just weren't
there any more" declared Robert
w. Kirsch Of Buffalo, N. Y.
Fifteen trucks loaded with troops
were destroyed by flight OF A-36s
led by Capt. j. c. Gunnison of San
Rafael, Calf.
Besides the confirmed destruction
Of a large number" of grounded
Axis aircraft at Catania, the Flying
Fortresses were believed also to have
knocked out probably Is planes on
the Milo Airdrome.
'One minute I saw Is planes down
there, and then the next minute
there was lot of mushrooming dust
and smoke" said Sergt. H. w. Hug
gins, waist gunner from Green
vile, S. C..
The Allied air force was exacting
a terrific toll of equipment being
moved toward the battle zone by the.
enemy. Last night moving motor
transports, highway intersections,
railway crossings and conveys shell
tered in the woods were sought out
and pounded mercilessly.
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Produce

From the War Food Administration.
Prices paid net fob. washington:
EGGS-Market steady; prices paid for
Federal-State Graded eggs received from
Grading stations fJuly IA: whites. U. S.
grade A, medium. 40: u s. grade B.
large, Al: U. 8. grade B. medium, 31-3a:
average q "a: browns. o. s. grade A.
large. 43-45: average, A: u S. grade A.
medium, 3a-40: average, 40. U. s. Grade
B, large, la average. Al U. S. grade
B. medium. 1873: average. IS o. s.
grade c, 35-31: average, 81; current re-
ceipts. nearby uneraded eggs: Whites 31i.
mixed colors. 31ha: receipts. Government
LIVE PouLTRYY aSe Market steady 70.
ceipts light; some broilers and fryers 2sIs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-14
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, July IA R.-Late foreign
exchange rates follow Great Britain in
dollars, others in cents):
Canada-Ofacial Canadian Control Board
rates for United States dollars: Buying, 10
per cent premium; selling. IL per cent pre-
MUM: equivalent to discounts on Cana
per cent; selling, 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket. 81. per cent discount or 9O.66a
United States cents. i. cent hisher.
Europe-Great Britain. oficial Bank
ers' Foreisn Exchange Committee rates. !:
Buying, 4 .O2: selling, 4.O4.
Latin Notwithstanding, oficial
2971: free. 25.14: Brazil. ofacial, 6.O5n;
free, B.2On; Mexico. .20.66n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. n Nominal.
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ter OF the line. brought along at
least one tank formations Quebec
regiment. The unit apparently
played a minor role in the landing
operations, indicating to observ.
ers a revision in tactics since the
Dieppe raid. when the light
Churchill tanks begged down on the
pebbled beaches of France.
Naval Guns Can't Aid.
Both Berlin and Rome have in
sisted that now that they have
fallen back on an inner-defense
line, the Allies are entering new
phase in the battle for Sicily much
more dangerous for the attackers"
The inner line, said Guenter
Weber, Transocean war correspond
ent. in a broadcast over the Berlin
radio, is outside the range of Allied
naval guns.
Virginia Gayda, writing in i
Giornale dItalia, said that in al
attempts to advance beyond the
range of naval guns the Allies have
been unsuccessful and that all gains
have been along the coast under the
protection Of the fleet.
The size of the German forces
available for battle on the Ca
tania Plain was not estimated, but
the Germans and Italians are known
to have large reserve concentrations
on the island which have not yet
been thrown against the Allied in
vaders.
(The full strength of Axis
forces in Sicily has been vari-
ously estimated at from $4,000
to 2500O0 men.
CThe Algiers radio in a broad
cast recorded by Reuters said last
night that British and Cana
dian forces already had contacted
strong German elements-after
the capture of Florida, interior
town miles west Of Syracuse.
and that heavy fighting took
place."o
Counterattacks Repulsed.
The Americans have repulsed the
heaviest repeated enemy counter
aattacks of the campaign, maintain
ing the vital left sector of the AL
lied line intact against series OF
thrusts by French-made tanks and
other armored units.
The crack Hermann Goering Di-
vision, rushed from the interior to
bolster Italy's 4th Livorne Division
in it's attempts to block the Ameri-
can advance, was beaten off when 1t
cpllided with the Americans for the
first time Sunday, but the Ger
mars were believed to be reforming
for another slash.
Gen. Pattons forces yesterday
swept 20 miles inland to meet Brit
ish and Canadian forces at Ragusa
and form solid front throughout
Southeastern Sicily.
Altogether, the Allies captured
five additional towns yesterday to
bring the invasion total to Is and
brought In more Axis captives.
-CThe London Daily Herald
QuOleu oil h1SlciS OiOduSoo1 40
saying that the Americans alone
have taken 1000 captives during
the brief compaignD
No Attacks on Ships.
Allied naval forces maintained
their stranglehold on the seas
around Sicily which has been so ef-
fective that there have been no re-
ports of attacks on American and
British vessels by enemy surface
craft in four days.
German and Italian planes con-
tinued their sporadic harassment of
the Allied armada of 5000 warships
and merchantmen-the greatest in
vasion feet assembled in world his
tory-but American and Raj fight
er planes, together with thunderous
antiaircraft fire from the fleets,
have kept losses from air attacks at
an amazing minimum.
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, July IA iP.-Weakness in
rye, ~nicn CROPPED more man an. cent ,n ~
covered on the downsrade, unsettled other
grains today Although selling pressure
was lot heavy. interest in Erains ap-
peared to have slumped materially and
volume was on q rather small scale.
There was some mill buying OF wheat
at the start. pushing prices up fraction
ally but this soon dried up and the bread
cereal declined about cent below the pre-
vious close when more hedging came into
the pit Oats were firm during the first
hour. but then backed down with other
grains
At the close wheat was '71is lower. July
45L. September l.45ssiz; oats were
IA. lower, July '2i7, and rye was down
I. Il D. lulx l
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK. July IA tP,.-War uncer-
tainties, coupled with weather generally
favorable for the cotton crop except in
the Eastern belt. brought scattered liaui-
market today.
Trading was light with the demand
coming through mill buying and from
New Orleans
Late afternoon values were unchanged
to- 20 cents a pale lower. July 2O.70, o.
tober colo and December 1892.
E1Itures clnsed 3 tn on cents hal louer