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LOST.
"a" GAS RATION BOOK. No. F-514OO-A,
1ssued 60 to Joseph Platt' 55l 10Th st. ne
,,!a aASo5ISE S95 RATION = BOOK: n .. Joseph
ARMY IpENTIFIC CATIoN BADGE Thursday
eve. business section or Arnold bus Finder
please telephone Betty Newroth, CHI. 5655s
BHLFOLD. black leather. with 500 cur
rency and servicemsn's identification card.
Thurs. eve: on g st, NV. Reward Phone
BnLFoLD. black, lest on Brookland car
Of Marie and John Doherty: zoo Rhode
Island ave. ne. Apt. 403. DU. 3746. -.
dn beoP ssuea msns o sso f. VAIL
i32 18th st. Sc. Reward. II. s946.
BILLFOLD. containing class "A. gas ra-
ton book. listed in the name Of Norman
license No. l4o23s. ~.
BRACELET. gold and black enamel. in taxi
between Car1ton aM n Hotel AZ and liz Mass ave
Ss.s 81 and Az: eonta1niRs il h& eeffsjn saa
or return papers to 535 ard NV. II.
CIGARETTE CASE, gold, at La Sale du
saTd sa1s Or cai eH'ies Ho ST. Ia ADF re-
esS Finder ey Dles esl lless aieSe e io55 M Re1srd
poG. spitz, black and whits. black oyer e.,,
r.. r. 1854 fss. before Before 4 ''' pm N w
Dod..Chesapeake retriever, 10 months
Call Shannon, Adams $500
DOG. black hound, white spots; white PAYS; avs.
9Th St NV. ia. O56O.
ENGLISH SETTER, female, months old
white, with black and ORANGE ticking: 80, y
yspsty ysr sp2ns ns' Fns Mssne e anf ST. 1ao
EYEGLASSES hifoeal. contained in soft
st. Phone Georgia 5421.
FooD RATION BOOK No; 2: n: W. Wilson,
thorne st. NV. Reward. Emerson 26o..
GAS RATION "A" BOOK, near 10th and
n sts: NV: Kenneth ;.:I. J. HspTiaston' ap1a as 7oe
zi5s' Ii zones Ne'uln 20 l0l = ~. Sc ID:
GAS RATION BOOK made out to and re-
turn to James H. Ely. 5a6 Tuckerman
GAS RATION BOOKS 4 and c. Issued to
turn n to M is7 ssth St Sc. s.e.N11 II.
dASokdNE RAT1os az bo2ks seSp aSs book
l. 4 N. Trading Co. 9Th and D SITS. NV.
GIRLS COAT-Lost at Mount Rainier, Md.
tirrs ,beige, coat. Finder please, call
GLASSES with chain. oxford folding
Elasses), in leather case; lost on Friday,
April 9. Reward. MICHIGAN 2212.
GOLD PIECE So so, Of sentimental value.
Reward. Phone Franklin 3431. IL
LIBERAL REWARD leading to recovery of
new red scooter taken from in front Of
3226 Walbridge pl. NV. Goth and Park I'd.
LIBERAL REWARD for white and tan fox
Hound, lost near White Oak or Colesville
March 20. D. Z. Clark. Phone Metropolitan
SO63 Georgia 864O. 13'
no. / RATION BOOKS. issued to Patricia
Lee Virginia B. and William r. Randolph
0222 Old Bladensburg rd.. Silver Spring,
Nd
0CTAGON WATCH, Gruen, lady's, mono
gram on back. Reward. Phone Ii 1877.
PEARL NECKLACE. between Shoreham
Drug Store and Oyster School. Rewsrd.
PETIT-POINT CANVAS. on st. NV. Re-
POCKETBOOK. lost tuesday, containing
about $40, new leather cigarette case,
Sheaffer pen. etc. Reward Woodley 4O93.
PURSE. with approx. S16. vic. Conn. and
Z St. Friday bet. 5 and pm; money
Needed badly. SH. 6516.
fURSE-Black leather. containing ra-
tion books mo. y, keys and small sum Of
money. Call North 1902. Reward.
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classifications, Chairman Fowler

states:
Requests will not be authorized
unless Cd the incumbent has had
an extended period of specific train
ing or specialized experience which
is necessary to the performance of
the duties of the position; ca the
loss of the incumbent's services will
substantially impair activities es-
sential to the war effort; 80 there is
serious difnculty, not mere incon-
venience or any slight ditnculty, in
replacement because OF scarcity of
available personnel"
To this he added: "You are also
advised that deferment requests may
not be made for periods in excess
of six months, and extensions there
Of will be increasingly dimcult. In
this connection, serious thought
must be given to obtaining, train
ing or reassigning duties within the
deferment period for such key po-
sitions,. since it Is to be expected
that the majority Of men within the
age limits subject to military serv-
ice will be ordered up for induc-
ton ultimately"
Milo Christensen. superintendent
of the Recreation Department, re-
vealed yesterday he is seeking key
position status and draft deferment
for II Of the remaining males in
his stan. Seven of these are ire
gionap playground supervisors, and
the 10 others hold administrative
positions. There were indications
yesterday at the District Building
many of his requests would be de-
MED.
Mr.. Christensen said his depart
ment had reached "rock bottom"
as to men workers, with some al
ready enlisted, drafted or resigned
to take better" jobs. He said the
department was "feminized" now to
the maximum degree" and that
some" male employees were essen
tial.
Evening star., 1943-04-11

Notice to stamp collectors-aM
War savings stamps are genuine and
will increase in value.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Raj Daylight Raiders
Slash al Nazi Rail
And Shipping Targets
GooIs From lie How're to
Holland Pounded After
Duisburg Night Roid
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 10.-British
bombers, attacking in the indus
trial Ruhr Valley of Germany for
the second consecutive night,
hammered the inland port of
Duisburg and other targets last
night and lighter planes contin-
ued the day-night offensive by
slashing at German-uSed rail
and waterway communications
from LIE Havre to Holland in day.
light today.
Carrying out the daylight attacks
at low level. RAF Spitfires, Ty-
phoons and Mustangs damaged four
locomotives, three supply trains, 18
tugs and barges, one trawler, one
dredger and four oil storage tanks.
A large barge was set af1re and
sunk in Holland and a fighter
bomber dropped explosives on a fac
tory at Yvetot, near LIE Havre. The
daylight sweeps cost the RAF five
planes.
The Air Ministry also announced
that three small enemy vessels were
damaged in Spitfire attacks on ship
ping off the French port of Brest.
Eight Bombers Lost.
Eight bombers failed to return
from last nights operations as COM
pared to the 81 lost in the previous
nights Ruhr attack which the Air
Ministry described as "heavy" but
failed to identity the specific targets.
Between the two night bombings the
RAF sandwiched daylight raid on
the Cologne area by swift Mosquito
bombers while fighters shot up
Axis communications in Northern
France.
A few hours after the night raiders
returned to their bases from the
58th raid of the war on Duisburg
the Air Ministry disclosed that the
great Krupp armament works, one
of the mainsprings of Hitler's war
machine, are standing almost COM
pletely idle as the result of attacks
on Essen in which 900 to 1000 tons
of explosives were dropped.
Reconnaissance photographs taken
two days after the last big night
bombing of Essen April 3-4 showed
no smoke rising from any of the
hundreds of factory chimneys The
Air Ministry. describing the photo
graphs as the clearest ever taken
Of the 800-acre Krupp. plant, said
"the works in fact appear to be
almost entirely inactive"
While the big bombers carried
out the third night raid of the
month against the Reich last night,
other Raj planes attacked enemy
shipping off the Norwegian coast
and torpedoed one tanker. Two of
the planes were reported missing.
Duisburg. located about II miles
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FOUND.

H06ARY BEADS on W Vifeinia ave. nr.
60tes at. ne. Identify. L. 67e7.
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BY the Associated Press.

0y t0S A10Ocl8be0 ffS41.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, April 10.-The
Germans seizure for their own use
Of his motor transport caused the
capture of Gen. Alberto Mannerini,
former chief Of the italian Sahara
command and r. staff, 1t was an
nounced today.
The British 9Th Army now has
captured more than 10000 prisoners,
the big majority Of whom are
Italians.
Prisoners from the so-called TIN
toria Motorized Division were par
ticularly bitter, saying their vehicles
had been seized for escape by . Ger
man infantry division.
The Wadi Ell Akarit Line, which
Evening star., 1943-04-11
General Phone Tie-up
Threatened by Union
Over Wage Freeze
Strike Ballot Prepared
By Organization Claiming
175,000 Members
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 10.-The
office of Joseph A. Bierne, acting
president of the National Feder-
alton of Telephone Workers, in a
statement issued tonight said a
general tie-up of telephone
communications in the United
States may materialize if Presi-
dent Roosevelt's executive order
on wages bars adjustments of
demands for wage increases by
telephone workers.
The union, an independent Or
ganization, claims a membership of
175,000 and, according to John j.
Moran, eastern regional director and
president of the Long Lines Fedora
ton, an aff1liate, strike ballot is
being prepared for mailing next
week.
1T is believed a general tie-up OF
telephone communications in the
United States may materialize II
the "a cases now before govern
mental agencies are frozen out by
the Presidents executive order" the
statement said.
Bell Official Comments.
Cleo F. Craig, vice president of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph. Co., in charge of personnel
said in a statement:
I'VE know of no matters pending
between the operating companies OF
the Bell Telephone system and
labor. organizations representing
their employees on which full and
complete consideration has not been
given or is in process of being
given by the War Labor Board on
any items in question" y,
A telegram to President Roosevelt
from Mr.. Beirne was made public
saying I'VE have displayed our pa
tience but we now question the wis
dom Of our previous. cooperation
One hundred and seventy five thou
sand, aroused tele phone workers
must be heard if our countrys
economic structure is to remain un-
affected and telephone communica-
tions continued with our outstanding
efficiency" -.
1t was announced that the same
telegram was sent to William H.
Davis, chairman Of. the War Labor
Board, and to James F. Byrnes,
economic stabilization director.
White House Farley Asked.
The telegram also requested "a
personal conference with you (the
.President) so that the viewpoint of
our member organizations can be
properly given to you. Neither the
AFL nor the CIO speak for the Ma
tional Federation of Telephone
Workers."
Mr.. Beirne also charged in the
telegram that the Executive Order
freezing all wages and wage levels
and eliminating chances of granting
inequalities and inequities including
many cases, which have been before
governmental agencies for as long
as one year is positively discrimina-
tory and will unquestionably lead to
serious dislocation of communication
services within the telephone in
dustry."
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RATION BOOK No. > issued to VIM
Hamilton. tr., 1405 Girard st. NV. 13'
RATION BOOK NO l. Mrs sydney JANE,
709 N. Wayne, Arlington, Apt. 2-B.
RATION BOOK NO. !, issued to Mrs Eve
lyn v. Haines. Return to 722 11th st. Sc.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Flyer Drops Candy for Pupils

PUEBLO, Colo. (P. - The two
dozen children who attend Wilson
School in the prairie country 20
miles southeast of Pueblo would like
to know the identity of the airplane
pilot who regularly flies low over the
schoolhouse, dips his wings in salute
and then drops candy bars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

completed and furnished at mid
western factories, it was a matter
of a few minutes for four men to
emplace them and connect electric
lines. 4r
The successful completion of this
project, which is expected to be fully
occupied about July is, is the high
point of a revolutionary change in
housing techniques, motivated by
war necessity.
Deliver Complete Unit.
Completely reversing the centu-
ries-old method of transporting parts
or sections of houses to the site
and then assembling them, the trail
er coach industry has applied as
sembly-line methods to home-con-
struction and delivers complete
units, including essential furnish
ings.
+ Just as mass production tech
niques have changed automobile
manufacture from small-scale out
put at high prices to million-unit ca
pacity at low cost, this new con-
struction method for homes brings
speed, quantity and economy into
housing at time when all these
factors are imperative for the war
effort. Sls3. ma IS
& In manufacture, this method saves
80 per cent on manpower. The mo-
bile houses require less than one
third the ordinary amount of criti-
cal materials, permitting much
greater volume from limited stock
pile. The average trailer coach,
furnished and installed, costs about
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
LIFELINE:
For Small Business

Hope for financial aid for small
store owners, operators Of gasoline
and service stations and other small
businesses adversely affected by the
war was held forth by the Recon-
struction Finance corporation in an
nouncing a loan program.
Jesse Jones, secretary Of COM
.rnerce, said the program would be
in the hands Of the RFC Mortgage
company. The company, he added,
is ready to consider loans against
real estate, including stores, private
ly owned gasoline and service sta
tons and business properties gen.
orally that have lost their earning
power by reason of wartime restric-
tons and regulations.
Mr.. Jones announced that three
types of loans will be considered:
participation loans; refunding loans;
and care and preservation loans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

All other needs of this city, larger
than st. Augustine, Fla, are being
provided by the FPHA. Equipped
Fairgrounds dot the 290-acre site,
and two schools have been erected
for the children. A ,non-denomina-
tional church will be available to all
residents. Four community and rec
reation buildings will provide facili-
ties for stage shows, motion pic
lures, games, meetings and dinner
parties.
Four large play areas, each large
enough for full-sized baseball field,
will be available for adults, and sew
en- stores will occupy large COM
mercial building, eliminating the
need for travelling into the city to
shop. ,vasst
Each trailer has a plot at least
26 by 46 feet. Drainage has made
the soil fertile, and a Victory gar
den usually appears outside each
unit few days after the family
moves in. Some build small picket
fences around their gardens, add
ing the final touch of suburban at
mosphere.
All trailers when delivered were
standard olive drab, but because
camoufage is not important at this
site they are being repainted vari-
GUS hues, to suit the taste of the
occupants.
FPHA rentals on these furnished
homes range from Sc to SO week,
far lower than prevailing rates for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
TRADE tPACTS: ~
Green Ltght by House

Surviving debate and the threat Of
Gripping Limitations, President
Roosevelt's reciprocal trade pro-
gram was extended by the house Of
representatives for a term Of two
years. ssi rs 4.S.Gto ssA
AS, debate had divided on party
lines and the Republicans had sup
ported, series Of amendments
which the. Democrats charged would
have sheenat'a kiss of death" to the
entire program, Speaker Sam Ray
burn had rallied support sufficient
to insure favorable action. While
gaining main support from Repub-
licans, the amendments were offered
by Democratic Congressman West Of
Texas, only, New Deal member Of
the house ways. and means commit
tee to oppose extension Of the act.
Reciprocal trade pacts have been
negotiated with a nations in the
last nine years. -s, vl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

60 per cent as much as the low
priced demountable house. Further
important savings are made in man.
power at the site, since four men
can have a trailer ready in d few
minutes, while even a demountable
house requires several hours. Since
war housing isoneeded in labor
scarce areas; this has made trailers
even more popular.
. Employment in the Norfolk Navy
Yard, (which is to be served by the
Portsmouth trailer community, Is
due to increase about 40 per cent in
the next few months. The speedy
availability of the mobile homes
will make it possible for the navy
to recruit workers long before it
could have if il. had to wait for other
types of living units. The effect
on the naval shipping program will
be important to the early completion
of the war.
Trailers Accommodate Families.
OF the $500 units in Trailer City,
2,640 are standard trailers, normal
ly housing two to four persons. The
other $50 are expansible mobile
houses, which are transported like
trailers but have wings that are
opened at the site to form extra
rooms. With a few quick move
ments these expansibles form four
room homes, comfortably accommo-
dating families of six.
This proportion of two sizes pro-
vides ample quarters for large fam
lilies as well as smaller ones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
CURB:
War Plant Building

Ordering halt on virtually all
war plant construction which cam
not be completed by October 1, the
War Production board announced
that the nation now has enough in
dustrial plants to produce the mar
terials required to beat the Axis.
Meanwhile the board had directed
widespread conversion of machine
plant tools and other existing facili-
ties to the production Of more ur-
gently needed goods. Calling its ac-
ton Significant milestone in the
war program" the WPB said that
men and materials released by its
new directives would be channeled
elsewhere into the war program.
WPB officials estimated that con-
struction of between $500, 600, 900 and
81 ,00O, 10000 in new war plants
would be halted, even if it were nee
essary to dismantle partially COM
pleted ones. Many machine tools
orders will be cancelled, and tool
plants will be converted to the pro-
duction Of things that shoot"
The announcement emphasized
that there "has been no easing-off
in the demand for critical materi-
ais; there is on the horizon no in
dication whatever Of a lessening in
the demand for labor" sfa p"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
WAGE BOOSTS:
WLB MAY Act

The War Labor board got back
some Of its discretionary authority
to make wage adjustments. James
F. Byrnes, economic sterilization di-
rector, announced the new policy in
directive specifying that the board
may now raise wages ito aid in the
prosecution of the war or correct
gross inequities."
Mr.. Byrnes, however, qualified his
action with the limitation that such
wage adjustments must not cause
price rises or stand in the way Of
price reductions.
The new policy directive was is
sued in response to the WILLIS ap-
peal for Qualification of its position
as result of President Roosevelt's
recent ''lnold the line anti-indation
order. The board had complained
that It was virtually stripped Of all
discretionary powers in wage cases,
since the Presidents order had linn
tied its actions.
While restoring authority to elimi-
nate gross inequities'' Mr.. Byrnes'
directive did not restore to the board
the power to correct inequalities"
which It held prior to the Presidents
hold the line" order.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
Worlds Largest Mobile Community,
Built Of $500 Trailer Coaches,
Will House $1,000 Naval Workers
Removal After War Will No Ghost Town. improvements Construction
Expeted t Stimulate Fuure Use by Migrant Workers.

From wasteand to city of $500 homes in 46 days
That's the wartime miracle of Trailer City at Portsmouth,
Va where $4,000 persons will make the worlds largest
mobile community.
When the navy found impossible to recruit workers for
the Norfolk because of housing shortages the Federal
Public Housing Authority requested to supply accommoda-
tons quickly The huge trailer project is the FPAs answer to
this request
Nothing approaching this feat has been in hous
ing Through the combined efforts of govern
ment officials contractors and local workers. 100 mobile
transported to the site and placed foun
dalton blocks ready for occupancy Since all the units
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
RUSSIA:
.Donets Flares Ane,U

Even as the Red army had con-
tinued its methodical, grinding drive
against the line of German fortifica-
tions outside Novorossisk, last Maxi
held bastion in the Caucasus, other
Russian forces to the north in the
Donets river valley had opened
fierce attacks near Lisichasnk, about
1875 miles southeast of Kharkov.
For weeks, Soviet dispatches had
reported trainload after trainload of
German troops rolling eastward to
the Russian front. But Hitler had
kept his moves for what would be
his last chance offensive well
masked.
In the action near Lisichansk,
gateway to the eastern Donets basin,
the Russians said the enemy had
tried a wedge-shaped drive into Rus
sian-held territory, but this thrust
was pushed back. In pursuing the
retreating Nazis the Red troops were
able to establish themselves on a
hill Of "great tactical importance. I"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

sub-standard quarters in the city.
Electricity is provided at cost.
Although Trailer City at Ports
mouth is the high-point of the FPHA
use Of trailers, it is expected to be
followed soon by similar projects in
other severely congested centers.
The government already owns more
than $4,000 units, situated in nearly
200 parks throughout the country.
~ Portsmouth Enthusiastic.
Portsmouth is enthusiastic about
its infant addition, for the housing
shortage has been its greatest head
ache since the emergency began.
But even more than the speed Of its
completion, the projects effect on
the city after the war is appre-
'ciated. Residents are glad that when
the need subsidies this emergency
Subdivision" will be moved en-
masse, leaving only the vacant field
it mushroomed from, instead of a
"ghost" community.
George F. Miles, president Of the
Trailer Coach Manufacturers asso-
citation, whose members supplied the
mobile units for the project, sums
up this aspect:
'This city's birth is spectacular,
its contribution to the war effort
will be noteworthy, and its fate when
the war ends will make a dramatic
sequel to the whole tale. For unless
postwar needs exceed expectations,
the whole community is likely to
disappear even faster than it came.
The workers will move on to peace
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

open out to form extra rooms when
they are placed on. their foundation
blocks. The design is similar to the
expansible mobile houses, which
form four-room homes when opened,
and are made by the same manu-
.facturer.
Besides the expansible trailer and
the utility units, the design, of the
expansible. unit is being used in
many other ways. Duplex mobile
houses, with center partitions sepa-
rating two family-size accommoda-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28
OFFENSIVES:
EurODe and Asia Both

Not only Allied smashes against
Hitlerite Europe, but decisive CAM
paigns against Jap-held domains in
Asia and the South Pacific in weeks
to come were on the United Nations
war timetable scheduled by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill in their Washington con-
ferences. -W
That activity against Japan would
be stepped up on a major scale was
indicated by two developments. One
was the presence at the Washington
conferences Of Commander-in-C Chief
Sir Archibald Wavell Of India, Ad-
miral Sir James Somerville, the
Eastern feet commander, and Sir
Richard Peirse, the India, air COM
mander. The other was the disclo-
sure that Admiral William F.. Hal
sey and Gen. Douglas Macarthur
had met to coordinate future OPP
erations in their areas.
Indicative of the trend toward de-
cisive American action was Tokyo
radio report that strong U. S. forces
had invaded the, Jap-held island OF
Attn in, the Aleutians. a.
Observers believed that future
moves on Japan might take on a
nutcracker character. One prong
would close in on. Nippon from the
east, via Halsey's and MacArthur's
combined forces in the Pacific.
The other. would squeeze .Japan's
flank from the Indian ocean and
the India-Bur1ma front, using the
combined commands Of Wavell,
Somerville and Peirse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-28

Complete mobility Of part of Ports
mouth, Virginia's, Trailer City is as
sured by the use of portable laun-
dry and toilet units. II the trailers
in this section should be moved to
another site, these utility units could
move along and be ready for use
as soon as the trailers were re-
occupied. i,
AS used in scores Of government
operated trailer parks, these utility
units are transported like regular
trailers, but have extensions that