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Evening star., 1943-02-04
M Admits Flaws
n Fuel Oil Raiionino
OF Small Residences
Formula Modification.
For Their Benefit
Forecast Next FuIl

Tue Once Of Price Administration
Is ready to admit that there are
certain weaknesses In the fuel ot]
rationing program and that small
residential consumers have been
treated . little too harshly, 1t was
learned today.
Although the agency is standtns
valiantly BY its basic formula on the
ground that 1t Is the best-known
method for distributing oil, experts
within the organization are begin
ming to realize that the application
forms which the public has been
required to III out for this seasons
allotment are somewhat too COM
plicated. "a
Especially form No. 1lO4. for
eoxilary rations," one OPA oficial
said. That's the worst Of the lot. +"
Used for Added Ration.
Form No. s11o4 must be filled out
By consumers who must have more
OIL than was originally granted them
BY their rationing boards. II Is also
used BY persons who need to use
coupons that have not yet become
eligible.
This Is the form that leads frus-
Gated oil consumers to convert to
coal Or, leave for Florida. It is q
highly lteAlistic document, packed
With questions and demanding certi-
lications Of doctors, heating engi-
neefs, plumbers or architects.
An indication OF Its effectiveness
Ia detsrring consumers from trying
to get more oil is the fact that in
the District only $40 auxiliary ra-
taons hlvt been issued-less than
pGr cent Of the o0,634 original ra-
lions granted.
Aid 70 Small Consumers.
It d understood that notifications
ore being made In the formula for
the benefit Of consumers using 500
salons Of oil or less and will be
ready next fall. These consumers,
it'was discovered. cannot easily bear
b suffer the same proportionate
reductions imposed on oil users in
larger homes. Most OF the hardship.
the OPA has found, has been among
this class Of consumer. .
FOR the most part, however, the
o4 rAtioning system will be the same
q the method currently being USED.
oonsaimArs whose rations this season
have been adequate probably wfll not
Be asked 70 all out . new set Of
complicated forms. but win merely
b required TO reapply for Issuance
of the same allotment.
Wh1ther Or not the validity Pc
f3oS of tn oosipolls viii " abolished
remains IN epen qusst1en, but The
faqt that validity dates this season
heke shssn frequently changed to al
loW for wide ovsrlapping indicates
t1At les stringent limtta&ious viii be
Imposed next seAson.
Evening star., 1943-02-04

viIi Mace the sick lady in Boston.
Hovcyer. on the musical score,
thu popular verdict against hartend.
ers may be mistake. The world
often n,isj,,dges It's great men. At
any rate. q musical note has been
received from q licensed bartender.
Il begins: i.
"Dear Sir: How about musical
column7 Now we got you! What
about the Sibelius Third Symph..
and movement"
Right there the impulse was to
bundle the letter up again and send
It back marked Wrong Address"
or Opened by Mistake" or some
thing. What did he mean by that
crack about "the Sibelius Third
Symph.. End movement? Was there
any mystery about 1t? Or was it
Just a general question like What
about the Dodgers this season?"
Through the Fog.
Probably the eminent Arturo Tos-
canini or Maestro Oscar Levant or
even Onkel Franz Frisch. the man
ager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, would
have leaped at a chance to dis
course musically on 'the Sibelius
Third Symph., End movement" But
they weren't around to lend a hand
or sound a single note. There was
nothing to do but plunge ahead In
the letter, hoping that the fog would
break gradually.
Il once saw famous novelist in
the dollar section at Carnegie Hall.
His eyes were full OF tears. Bee
thoven did 1t. He knew I noticed
his tears. IT'S beautiful he said
to me apologetically. He seemed to
think he owed me an apology. At
q rehearsal at the Metropolitan
Opera many years ago Alfred Hertz,
the conductor. trusted me with 4
1ive-dollar bill to buy him two
handkerchiefs.
Somewhere IN the Indian Ocean
n 1923 or 1924 was wine steward
Evening star., 1943-02-04
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.


Seen through the eyes Of the twt
pilots who new President Roosevelt
on that 15.4S8- mile aerial trip to and
from North Africa. the President L
an excellent air passenger, "as much
at case In 4 plane as on the deck
Of battleship." and also a good
navigator" who knows his land
marks without aid Of q map.
In fact, 80 1t turned out, Mr.
Roosevelt actually navigated the
two giant passenger planes at Diff
ferent times-once over the Carib-
bean Sea and again over stretche.
Of Northwest African coast with
which he was familiar.
The two Who shared RESPONSE
bility for Mr.. Roosevelt's safety were
a Pan American Clipper pilot, How
ard M. Cone. jr, of Douglaston
Long Island, N. Y. and Capt. Otis
+. Bryan Of Arlington. Va, at the
controls OF a four -motored Douglas
transport Of the Transcontinental
Il Western Airlines.
Pilots Ten Of Trip.
At the War Department yester-
day afternoon, the two pilots gave
interesting sidelights Of the presi-
dental trip, heaped Admiring praise
on their distinguished passenger.
Pilot Cone. who new Mr.. Roose-
welt for S,777 miles OF the trip, was
struck by the Presidents familiarity
With the Caribbean and the West
Indies. After leaving Miami, Fla,
he said. the President undertook the
Job Of actually navigating the
plane.
"As We approached Haiti we few
some miles OH our course to get q
good view Of the Citadel" he said
The President pointed it out to us
and knew other landmarks and dis
played q great deal Of knowledge
about geography"
All jumps on the long trip were
made by daylight.
Approaching Dakar, on the African
hump" he new the plane low" At
5000 feet. THAT gave the President
= splendid view Of the French war
ships In the harbor, In which he was
very much interested" he explained.
Alternating between planes, Mr..
Roosevelt became . passenger Of
Capt. Bryan on Z nonstop night
from Bathurst, In Gambia, North
west Africa, to the city Of Casa
blanca. At various times, he said,
Mr.. Roosevelt personally directed
the plane. proving himself = good
navigator.
He would point out harbors and
cities, Identifying them without aid
1 4 map" the pilot said. Over
Caseolanca, Mr.. Roosevelt displayed
keen interest in the ships in the
harbor. In the city Itself and the
various military installations.
4 was IN Bathurst and later In
Liberia. Capt. Bryan said, that Mr.,
Roosevelt experienced perhaps the
two happtest moments Of the entire
trip"
TlriHea ~ Soldier ssng.
A. the President stepped out Of IN
Army joep In Bathurst, before
going on 70 oAsablanca. Capt. Bryan
said . regiment Of native Algerian
soldiers marched BY. That was In
terestine In itself. but the soldiers
were singing one OF their native war
spn&1,s The soldiers wene, wen
drilled and their voices were Thrill.
Ling, something 70 remember" he
described. Mr.. Roosevelt was great
y pleased and thrilled, too"
Everybody N the presidential
party was covered with dust from
Evening star., 1943-02-04
One Small Voice BY John Kieron
4 Bartender Who Served Bruno Lessino With Music

Music hath charms to soothe the
s6ud0e breast,
70 soften rocks, or bend the
knOtttd oak.
From The M0uyyiHg Bride, By
william ConoTeUe.J
The common belief Is that bar
tenders have m occupational dis
like TO music. This Is due to the
1act that many weary bArtenders,
Evening star., 1943-02-04
Congress IN Brief
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Evening star., 1943-02-04
Akers to Outline Chorter

Richard Akers Of Bethesda, vice
president Of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Civic Federation, will outline
the aims Of the proposed Montgom-
cry County charter at = meeting
Of the Chevy Chase Terrace Com
munity Association next Tuesday
evening In the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Recreation Center.
Evening star., 1943-02-04
Full Nazi Withdrawal
In Caucasus Possible,
Stimson Declares
Says Loss Of 3 Cities
Would Force Germons
To Lost June's Front
By the Assoctsted Press.

Gs tAae aSSOCt9tSu FIeSSs 3
Secretary of War stimson pre-
dicted today that II the Russians
capture three key cities-Kursk,
Kharkov and Rostov-the Nazis
will be forced back to the point
where they started last June" :
A general Mad withdrawal I'm the
entire Caucasus area" Is now pos
sible, the Secretary told q press con-
ference, and he gave . part Of the
credit for impressive Russian victo-
ries to growing shipments of lease
lend supplies both via the northern
convoy route and Via Iran In the
south,
In reviewing the wars progress,
Secretary stimson said United States
convoy losses through. the northern
routes were lessening. and that I
far greater per cent OF the lease
lend supplies were reaching their
goal -.
u. 3. Builds Iran Heute.
IN addition, he said those supplies
being shipped around Africa by the
southern route were being sped b
the Russian front BY the building
Of new overland tfanspcgtAtion W.
ternS. b Iran BY. American troops.
These facilities already have been
much increased and viii b In
creaSed even more Ia the next few
weelks," 1kr. otmeon said.
Lauding The Russiai1 Army. The
Secretary termed the Nad defeat at
StalinerAd the worst h German
military history. However. he re-
minded his hearers to remember
that the Red triumph game only
after . long and costly struggle =
fn. Rnichs the Russians NJ W1lch a
b6eh nIeh IA Slriii. II
\. Drain isr Nsrth Africa.
Nr. atirnspq painted y the lack
NJ is n1ou{a sthe kn fron
Am ~ hak t6e Germans
naiGht Il plAfnins : new ofKensive.,
r. notsd dfst that the North AZ
fican AIlied offensive had drawn
same Of the NAd air power from the
Russian front, and that increasing
bombing Of European industrial
centers by Allied planes had forced
the Naxis to protect those sectors
with planes from the front, then
added:
However, It would appear that
the once mighty German air force
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CHINA:
Rout laps

Five Japanese divisions Of $4,000
men were routed as Chinese troops
concentrated along the Yangtze
river. Even as the enemy was thrown
back, American bombers and Chi
nese fighters swooped on the Jap
air base Of Ichang, and 10 tons of
explosives were dropped.
The Jap rout came after they had
thrust south toward the Yangtze in
their drive to the Chinese provision
al capital of Chungking, 295 miles
to the east. According to the Allied
communique, the Chinese armies de-
veloped an encircling movement, cut
off the Japanese line of retreat, and
then chopped up the e%ntrapped units.
Besides raiding Ichang, Allied air
men were active over other sectors
of China. Jap warehouses and rail-
road yards we're blasted at Foochow.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-06-10
COAL STRIKE:
Labor Crisis

Americas wartime labor situation
moved toward a crisis with the
walkout Of approximately $50, OOC
miners after a 30-day truce had
failed to end in a new contract. Sec.
rotary of the Interior Harold Ickes,
nomlnally the operator of the mines
after the government had taker
them over during the first strike
threat, flayed both sides for the dis
ruption of work.
AS a basis for compromise, the
UNIV had suggested a settlement Of
the entire wage question by pay.
ment of $3.50 per day as a solution
OF the portal-to-portal question, OF
compensation for the time, miners
spend travelling to and from their
coal faces above and underground.
The S1.50 payment would be tenn.
porary until a mixed committee had
worked out a final settlement Of the
issue.
The operators proposed portable.
portal pay Of 80 cents a day as a
basis for discussion. The bone OF
contention entered into the issue OF
payment of overtime for IS hours,
which was a condition of the miners
last contract.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-06-10
Shipbuilding Stepped Up
Some Since Early 1905

Mr.. Henry Kaiser's achieve
ments in ship production make an
interesting contrast with the build
ing of British warships a century
ago.
A 74-gun ship named Boscawen
was laid down at Woolwich Dock
yard in 1911 but not launched I'm
til 1874. The 50-gun Worcester was
started at Deptford in 1916.
reached the christening period IN
1881, but remained on the ways
until 1843.
Two ships named Royal Sow
ereign were also in the slow-mo-
ton class. The first began at
Portsmouth in 1888, and had her
name altered to Royal Frederick
six years later. Another 20 years
went by, with very little work
done, before she was renamed
again, this time Frederick Will
liam. Finally, as a screw ship,
she took the water in 1860.
The other Royal Sovereign was
started in the same dockyard IN
1874. Three years later the Ad-
miralty decided to cancel the work
altogether, but they soon changed
their minds, and 1857 saw the ship
afoat at last.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-06-10
ITALY:
Softened Up

Harbors, shipping and airdromes
were left in flames as Allied airmen
flew in from the east and west and
pounded both ends of Italy.
Heavily hit were the port facili-
ties of Naples, on Italy's western
shorellne. To the east, the air base
at Foggia was raided. with ground
ed planes, a gasoline dump and bar
racks offering the target.
In all. $50 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators participated in the as
saults. Despite the fact tina. fierce
fighter opposition was encountered
vcr Naples, the Allies reported no
losses.
Meanwhile. other units Of the
North African air force continued to
pound Sardinia, which sprawls in the
Tyrrhenian sea west of Italy, and
Pantclleria, the tiny island south of
Sicily. where the Axis has devel-
oped underground hangers.
The Allies announced the loss of
but n Lightning in these rai6s. AL
though admitting heavy damage
from A'ied raids. the italians
claimed 10 have shot down 81 British
and American bonbers over Pan.
telleria since May /.
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ATTU:
Kiska Nert?

Facing the west, Japanese soldiers
bowed in hallowed respect of their
emperor. then with a wild cry
launched a final. suicidal counterat-
tack against American troops on
At.u island.
Moved down by American fire, the
attack collapsed, and the last organ
lied enemy resistance on this west
ernmost of the Aleutian islands
came to IN end, some 20 days after
the first American troops stole
ashore under the protective cover of
U. S. naval units.
Conquest of Attu turned eyes to
kiska. main Jap base in the Aleu-
tians. isolated by the U. S. victory.
Operating from Amchitka. American
airmen continued to hammer the
Japanese airnlane. harbor and camp
installations al the base. Approx.
mately 10000 enemy troops are sup
posed to be stationed on Kiska.
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To Cut Deferments

Only IL million men will be de-
ferred in industry by the end of this
year, Paul v. McNutt, chairman of
the War Manpower commission, de-
clared.
During the year, McNutt said,
5000, 900 physically fit men, includ-
ing fathers, will form the pool from
which 2,700, 900 must be indicted to
round out the goal of II, 900, 900 for
the armed services.
OF the number, McNutt continued,
600, 900 will be deferred for farm
work, 900. 900 will be exempted for
dependency, and $500, 900 will be de-
ferred for industrial work.
McNutt urged employers to pre-
pare for replacement of the 3 million
men now deferred in industry. in
Guiding fathers, whose general in
duction around August l recently
was predicted by Selective Service
Director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her
shey.
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CANNED MILK:
One Red Point

With canned milk production off
Is per cent from last years output
of rs million cans, and with the gov
eminent purchasing half of the sup
ply, the Office of Price Administra-
ton placed condensed and evaporat-
ed milk on the rationed list.
Under the regulations, 14h ounce
cans, or several cans totaling IA
ounces or less, now are worth one
red point. The l41a ounce can is the
size popularity bought for infants,
and the payment of n red point
from their ration book. of course,
will not be felt as severely as by
adults. whose purchase will reduce
their quota of stamps for meat,
cheese and fats.
Officials estimate that the average
adult needs three or four pounds
three or four points worth-ot
canned milk a week, if fresh milk
isn't used.
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PAY-AS-YOU-CO
At Long Last

The house took the first step in the
passage of its conference commit
tees pay-as-you-go legislation.
One hundred and sixty-seven Re-
%publicans Joined with 80 Democrats
in approving the bill, which for
gives all of one years taxes of $50
and allows for a reduction of IS per
cent on the remainder over $50.
The legislation also provides for a
20 per cent tax, after exemptions on
all salaries or wages. Persons OBJ
tanning incomes from other sources,
like farmers, must estimate their
yearly earnings and then pay off
the liability On a quarterly basis.
Persons who are left with a Is
per cent tax after the rs per cent
forgiveness must pay off the re.
mainder in two annual installments,
due in 1914 and 1945. In all, the
government hopes to recapture three
billion dollars under the proposed
bill.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-06-10
FARM SUPPLY:
Simple Priority Needed

BY merely filling out a form drawn
up by himself or his retailer. a farm
er will be able to obtain priorities
on 176 types of supplies. Individual
purchases, however. will be limited
to $25.
The form must simply read: Il
certify to the War Production board
that l am a farmer and that the
supplies covered by this order are
needed now and will be used for the
operation of a farm"
To facilitate its ruling. the WPB
ordered manufacturers to get the
supplies into retailers hands.
Among the scarce items are bat
terics, chains. cold chisels, pitch
forks, hoes, harness leather, galva-
nized pals. pipes, h~orsecollars,
pliers, ropes, shovels. barbed wire
and bale wire. wrenches. tubs and
poultry netting.
WPB also is seeking to speed up
output of axes, boxes, feedtroughs,
egg cases, spraycrs. hand cultiva-
tors. milk pals. wagon hardware
and plowshares.
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BYRNES:
Reports to Nation

The 100, 000th war plane rolled off
the assembly line as the newly ap-
pointed War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes spoke to the ma
ton.
1--WE have at length caught up with
the Axis in our preparations and
are forging rapidly ahead" he said.
I'VE have a long, hard road ahead.
The hardest fighting is yet to come.
Now we must not only keep up our
production but we must assume a
major part in the all-out military
operations of the enemy"
Recounting Americas tremendous
production achievements, Byrnes re-
vealed that the U. S. turned out 100
fighting ships in the first five months
this year; more than 1000 cargo YES
sells were built during the IL months
ending May 81; 100, 900 pieces of anti
aircraft annon have been produced
and $500, 900 machine guns and SUBJ
machine guns manufactured.
BY April l, Byrnes said, the U. S.
will have spent 10 billion dollars in
buying land and building camps and
air fields in this country. Referring
to his new position, he declared that
he would seek to bring unity among
the government agencies entrusted
with carrying out the war programs,
saying their teamwork was as nee
essary as that of the soldiers.
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COP:
Post-War Committee

So that the next Republican ma
tional convention might have the
basis for drawing up an appropriate
platform dealing with the part
America should play in the postwar
worlds reconstruction, 40 prominent
members of the COP were named
to serve on a special committee to
study the question.
Announced by National Chairman
Harrison %Spangler, the committee
consists of 5 senators, IL congress
men, "a governors and 8 party Off
Gals.
According to Spangler, it will be
the duty of the committee to chart
a program embracing the extent to
which this country should commit
itself toward cooperating in MAIN
tanning world peace. Of equal i'm
p%ortance, Spangler said, will be the
committees task Of mapping a
course for our own domestic re
construction.
I'VE must plan for a free and
prosperous a%griculture; labor con-
ditions which will insure labor its
just share; and conditions which will
permit industry to expand, grow, de-
velop and produce the things which
will add to our standard of living"
Spangler declared.
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RUSSIA:
Ndzis Claim Strength

Claiming that waves Of dive-bomb'
ers and fighter planes had levelec
the Russian base Of Krimskaya anc
extended operations beyond in the
Caucasus, the Nazis boosted Of re
establishing their air superiority
over their embattled bridgehead al
Novorossisk.
Even SO, Russian pressure contin.
ued against the Nazis' only foothold
In the Caucasus, with the Reds de.
veloping another threat to Novoros.
sisk by landing troops on the shores
OF the Taman peninsula to the Ger.
mans rear.
Minor action fared on other sec.
tons Of the Russian front. South Of
Leningrad, the Reds reported de,
stroying a network of pill-boxes and
dugouts, while shooting up a freight
train. Before Smolensk, artillery fire
was said to have wiped out two
enemy companies.
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STOCKS: Trading or the Chicago
Stock Exchange dipped to its lowest
volume in % years during the fiscal
year ended April 80. There we're
295 memberships outstanding.
FIGHTER: Survivor of one jungle
crash, 2nd-Lieut. Tommy Harmon,
ex All-American from Michigan, re.
Gently arrived in North Africa for
duty as a fghter-plane pilot.
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NOW, aren't you glad you saved
those tiny scraps of muslin,
prints and plain colors? Just see
what an exciting array of gay PAN
holders can be fashioned from
these bits of material. Whether
you prefer the vegetables, fruit
motifs, flower faces, sunbonnct ba-
bies or pieced designs, your scrap
bag can surely supply the "mak-
ings'-and those odds and ends of
floss will do the rest.
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FRENCH:

informed and disarmed at Alex
andria. Egypt. since June of 1910,
nine French warships will be re-
turned to service in the Allied ranks
within six months.
Among the vessels are the %, 000-
ton battleship Lorraine, with eight
l3.4-inch guns; the 10. 000-ton heavy
cruisers Duquesne, Tourville and
Suffren, with eight s-inch guns; the
7,249-ton cruiser Trouin. with eight
6.1-inch guns; three destroyers with
four 4.1-inch guns, and the l,384-ton
submarine, Protee.
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CHURCH: Wendell Willkie called
upon churches to measure the pub
lie actions Of politicians according
to the yardstick of their own teach
ings.
PRICES: Farm prices gained 2
points between April Is and May Is.
Advances in feed crops, fruits, po-
tatoes and poultry offset drops in
milk. meat and truck produce.
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yNETWYgD
That's Out!

Nov we know that the earth
is round" said the schoolmaster.
Tell me, Thomas, would it be
possible for you to walk round the
earth?"
mo, sir" replied Thomas.
"And why not?"
"'Cause," was the unexpected
reply, II twisted my ankle playing
baseball"
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SOrely Needed

Stubbs uas feeling his tea, to the
kitchen store in the dark, uhen he fell
orer the coal scuttle.
oh. John," called Mrs. Stu5n. Sue
ly, 81 know uhat you need. You should
get uhat they haze on all the battle
ships"
"What's fhaf:9" growled Stubs, rub.
bling his shin.
"Hhy, a range.fnder."