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Evening star., 1943-05-31

IN consumption to bring it within
the allotment for June. Mr.. Davies
estimated the Mississippi Valley
floods, which washed out the big
inch pipeline, cost Eastern mo-
torists from 100000 to 100000
gallons of car fuel.
Some OF the petroleum products
now transported East are being
used to build up fuel oil supplies for
next winter, when, Mr.. Davies said,
home owners can expect to get about
as much, though no more, than
they received last season. He said
it was highly unlikely the gas situ-
alton will be relieved before the
years end.
Mr.. Davies, whose Office also is
responsible for carrying out the
Army's aviation gasoline program,
declared that the conflict between
high octane and rubber should be
thing of the past" and both could
be carried out.
Success of Both Seen.
There is nothing like getting out
in the field and working out these
problems" said Mr.. Patterson.
From what I have seen here today,
the programs are tied together and
can be carried through in that
way"
Mr.. Jeffers seemed pleased with
the creation of the Office of War
Mobilization, headed by James F.
Byrnes, who as stabilization director
ruled in his favor in battles with the
Army and WPB Chairman Donald
M. Nelson. He was asked if the
move affected his operations.
They have found out that 1t
doesn't pay to fool with the Office
of Rubber Director" he replied.
THE quickest way to get me out of
Washington is to get this rubber
program over the hump
Later he told banquet audience
which included Louisianas Gov.
Jones: Il have but one job to do.
That is to get the rubber program
over with and get the hell out of
Washington.
Plants Must Be Doubled.
In a joint statement, Mr.. Jeffers,
Mr.. Patterson, Mr.. Davies and Mr..
Forrestal said their purpose was to
see actual equipment that has been
built, to see whether where and how
the rubber, and gasoline and de-
stroyer escort programs actually
conflict. and If we find bottlenecks
to eliminate them promptly and OBJ
jectively so that a truly integrated
program will move forward with a
speed which will break our enemies
at the earliest possible date
They agreed that America would
probably need at least 80 aviation
gasoline plants to keep its war
planes flying. Today there are ap-
proximately As such plants in the
country.
They said spot decisions might be
made. but other decisions might
have to wait until their return to
Washington this week.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Gasoline Priority List
ODT Preferential Rdtings
For industrial Truck Services

10.13-Explosives and pyrotechnics
10.14-Navigation instruments.
10.15-Searchlights. 10.16-Power
boils above 10O-pound pressure
1017-Metal tanks. 1O18-Steam
condensers. 1019-Carbon, graphite
products. 1020-Electric motors and
generators. 1921 l. Switch gear
1922 - Reciprocating compressors
and vacuum pumps and power
driven pumps except farm. 1923
Blowers, fans Except ventilators)
1O24-Mechanical power transmits
sion equipment 1c25-Fabricated
pipe. 10.26-Welding rods. 1927
Abrasives. l0.28-Heat exchangers
l0.29-Industrial stokers.
Machine Tools.
1030-Machine tools and attach
ments. l031-Transformers, capac-
itators, and switchboard apparatus
l0.32-Pressure vessels. 1O33-Die-
sci and gas engines. 1o34-Water
publication equipment. 10.35-Lo-
comotives and railroad cars. 1896
Surgical, medical and dental equip
ment and supplies. 10.37-Optical
instruments and lenses. 1O.3S-Con-
struction machinery and equipment
10.39-Liquid oxygen. 1O4O-Chem-
icals for war production 10.4l-Fire
control equipment. 1O.42-Bearings.
10.43-Cranes or hoists. 1044-Forg-
ing machinery. 10.45-T in z
equipment and electrical measuring
equipment. 10.46-Wire and cable.
11.00-SCIENTIFIC TES TING
AND ESEARCH LABORA-
TORIES, to the extent that they
are engaged in any operation relat-
ing to the production or processing
of any munition equipment or mate
rial listed in Paragraph 1000.
12.00-A-1 PR EFF Rem TIAL
TREATMENT as against all other
users Gncluding those on Schedule
Al Of trucks shall be given to move
ments of Army, Navy. Maritime
Commission, Coast Guard or lease
lend supplies for export by sea or
air (or in the consecutive stages
antedating EXPORT. Essential sup
plies for all other uses of the above
agencies shall be given a preference
on the same basis as the other con-
sumers in Schedule A.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
1ojo and Jap Navy Chief
Pray for Attu Dead
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. May 31.-Premier
Hideki TOTO of Japan and Navy
Minister Shigetaro Shimada visited
Yasukuni Shrine today ito report
on the gallant fighting of the Jap
anese garrison on Attu and pray
for the repose of the departed spirits
Of the men," wiped out by United
States forces.
A Toxic domestic broadcast
recorded by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, said Toto
pledged his strong determination
for the consummation of the sacred
war"
The japanese propaganda ma
chine portrayed the Attu campaign
as an epic in heroisn, in an ap-
parent effort to veil the defeat and
reported deaths of upward of 1000
OF her fighting men.
Later the Toxic radio attempted
to minimize the loss of Attu. It
quoted the italian military attache
IN the japanese capital as saying
the island has no economic or mill
tary value"
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Flash Flood Sweeps
Wisconsin Town.:
Damage $750,000
One Man Is Missing
As 16-Foot Crest Hits
Spurtu Business Area
BY the Associated Press.


SPARTA, Wis, May 3l.-A flash
flood on Little Beaver Greek swept
through Sparta yesterday, leaving
damage estimated at $750,OOO and
one man missing.
At midnight Saturday the stream
was placid, but by dawn it had sent
a 16-foot flood crest smashing
through the heart of Sparta's busi-
ness district, destroying two main
bridges, flooding scores of houses and
1nundating 20 miles of loWland be-
fore it was absorbed by the La
Crosse River.
Chief of Police Carl Lehman
tentatively estimated damage at
$750,000 in an area of 10 square
blocks.
One man was believed dead. He
was identified by Chief Lehman as
Harry Nickols. 81. who lived in a
house trailer swept away when the
flood channeled down Oak street.
Troops Sent to Give Aid.
Col. Orville Jackson. acting COM
mandant at nearby Camp Mccoy,
dispatched more than 100 soldiers to
aid in evacuation of families
marooned in downtown apartments.
He credited Army engineers under
1t. Col. H. A. Fillinger with saving
several city bridges that were under
mined and threatening to collapse.
Maj. Hans R. Belgel, provost mashal
at Mccoy arrived with the first
detachment of military police before
dawn yesterday.
Army sound trucks also patrolled
the streets, acting as mobile control
centers and issuing directions to
volunteer workers.
Feeding Stations Set Up.
Emergency feeding stations were
set up at St. Patrick's Church and
at the high school canteen by Red
Cross units under Area Director
Gage Baldwin.
Sixty feet Of Water street, the
main business tnoroughfare. was
undermined and crumbled. carrying
with it the main city bridge span.
Farther along, Oak Street Bridge
was similarly demolished.
-Four feet of water raced down
East Main street, flooding IS houses
before the creek joined the La
Crosse.
Nearby communities reported high
water, but only slight flood damage.
At Black River Falls, Chief of Police
Al Young said the Black River was
perilously high, but open sluice gates
had kept it under control,
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Flash Flood Covers
Gordon (Nebr } Business Aree
the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GORDON, Nebr. May 31.-A flash
flood which inundated the business
district of Gordon Saturday night
left damage estimated by Police
Chief Fred Butler at several thou
sands of dollars"
The flood waters came from An
telope Greek, which is tunneled
through the Gordon business dis
trict.
In low-lying section of town,
stranded families were rescued by
firemen and taken in boats to
! higher ground Eighteen inches of
water covered the floors of the Cor
don Journal, the Gordon cafe, a
garage and a theater.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The priority list OF truck Seru-
ices certified to the Office of De-
tense Transportation by the War
Production Board for the ODT's
guidance in granting supplement
tai gasoline 1llotmentS in the
Northeast emergency area fol-
lo1Us. A spokesman for the ODT
explained the numerical Hstings
indicate classes, and a lou num-
Der class has no priority ouer a
higher numbered class on the
list.
Evening star., 1943-05-31

night, left the twin cities of Benton
Harbor and st. Joseph with washed
out main line of a railroad, one dead.
and war plants and homes damaged
to the extent of several thousand
dollars today.
The water receded last night.
One quarter mile section of the
Pere Marquette Railroad, on the
Grand Rapids to Chicago line, was
washed out in four places, with
freight cars strewn across the right
of way and rail transportation halt
ed. Train service may not be re-
stored for two days.
Atwood Holton of Benton Harbor
was electrocuted while helping a
friend pump water out Of the base
ment of his home.
The east end of Benton Harbor's s
main street was flooded and impass-
able except in boats.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Newton
Continued From First Page)

offensive against Germany was
threatened
by the autumn of 1914" declared
Mr.. Jeffers in answer to a question.
the motorist will forget the rubber
program as problem in America"
While the first responsibility is to
fill the requirements of our armed
forces and military demands of our
Allies, with civilians getting what
is left, Mr.. Jeffers said, there should
be plenty of tires for all late next
year. He added the outlook for
rubber was flne-better, in fact,
than 1t appeared short time ago.
No "Cutbacks'' Seen"
Mr.. Patterson declared that while
production of 100 octane gasoline
had improved. ''it is still not up to
military requirements" A reporter
asked him If 1t would be necessary
to cut back manufacture of syn
thetic rubber in order to meet de-
mands for warplane fuel. The Off
cial answered with an emphatic
no"
What do you want to do, start
riot?' asked Mr. Jeffers, address,
ing the reporter.
The current Jeffers-Patterso
Forrestal tour was announced dur
ing the Truman Committee investi-
cation of the Patterson charges that
Mr.. Jeffers' expediting of the rubber
program threatened to cripple our
war effort. After publicly denounc-
ing Mr.. Jeffers and the White
House decision which gave green
light to a large part of the rubber
program, Mr.. Patterson suddenly
told the surprised Senate commit
tee that jeff and I are going on a
tour of high-octane and rubber
plants to break bottlenecks." He
added that jeff and I have had
only one objective, to win the war
Will Visit Shipyards.
The Washington officials are here
to inspect the refinery of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of Louisiana, where both
rubber and aviation gasoline are
made. It was the first leg of a tour
of Southwest oil centers. Mr.. For
restal's interest is the escort vessel
program which is in competition
with rubber and high-octant plants
for scarce equipment, such as
valves, compressors, heat exchangers
and instruments. The party will
visit two Gulf shipyards. Mr.. For
restal, however, failed to appear
at the press conference and declined
to make a statement.
M. j. Rathbone, president of
Standard Oil of Louisiana, con-
tributed to Mr.. Jeffers' cheerful
mood by revealing figures which
showed that the rubber program
had helped, not hindered, the out
put of high-octane gasoline. He
said the intricate chemistry of syn-
thetic rubber will have increased
production of plane fuel at the re-
f1nery by August by 25O,0 900 barrels.
1Nis increase will not be wiped out
until late in 1914, when some of the
ingredients of high-octane gasoline
are drawn of to make more rubber.
Coupon System Hit.
Mr.. Davies declared the critical
gasoline situation in the East was
due largely to the March lifting of
the pleasure-driving ban and to the
loose coupon ratiefling system. He
said 1t was Up to OPA to make
| whatever further cuts are necessary
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Food Delegates Told
Non-Deficiency DIET Is
Government Concern
Measures Sought
To Improve Standards
In Backward. Nations
BY the Associated Press.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, May 81
The United Nations Food Confer
ence was urged today to indorse the
principle of government RESPONSE
bility for the dietary deficiencies OF
low-income and undernourished per-
sons.
A committee of the conference
delegated to explore means of dis
tributing foodstuffs to create a
world free from hunger, recon-
mended also that international
measures be adopted to help back
ward nations improve their food
standards.
In summary Of its findings, q
section of the conference said:
Governments of all countries
should accept the responsibility, SC
far as it is within their power, to
improve the diet of all persons in
their countries who lack a diet ade-
quate for good health through such
mea sures as:
"1J Social security measures such
as family allowances, social insur-
ance and minimum wages.
go Direct action to make pro-
tective foods available free or at low
prices to groups with inadequate
diets.
"(3) Special measures for such
groups as pregnant mothers, nursing
mothers, infants. children, aged per-
sons, invalids and those with low
pay"
Production Is First Concern.
Another section of the conference,
charged with finding means of ex-
panding food production, issued a
report warning that before attempt
ing to raise the nutritional standards
OF all peoples, the Allied Nations
must solve the tremendous task of
meeting the food problems of the
war and postwar periods. In these
periods attention must be given, it
said, to the problem of alleviating
famine and hunger rather than i'm
proving diets.
In approaching the long-term
problem of creating well-fed
world, it will be necessary, the sec
ton on distribution said, to estab-
llsh freedom from fear.
First of ALL" it said, freedom
from want cannot be achieved with
out freedom from fear. Aggression
and fear of aggression have caused
wasteful employment of men and
wasteful use of material resources.
They have raised barriers to inter-
national trade and other obstruc-
tlons which cannot be removed with
out effective general collaboration
among nations"
The report said nations represent
ed at the conference must affirm
mutual responsibility and take ac-
ton in concert accordingly for the
Evening star., 1943-05-31
AFL Labor Holiday
To Support Strike
Weighed in Baltimore
Meeting Tonight Called
As Transit Dispute
Enters Seventh Day
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 81. - War
crowded Baltimore was faced today
with an American Federation of
Labor work stoppage as union lead
ers were called to meeting tonight
ito consider the labor holiday in de-
tense of Baltimore transit employees. "
The meeting was called in mes
sages broadcast by local radio sta
tions yesterday. One station official
declared the broadcast was author
lied by Harry Cohen, president of
the Baltimore Federation of Labor.
Mr.. Cohen could not be reached for
comment.
In other actions connected with
the threatened labor holiday:
Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin said
holiday was just another name for
a general strike "intolerable in a
community that is so largely dedi-
Gated to the war effort
Robert j. Buxbaum, State AFL
president, disclosed that approx
mately 100000 persons in the Bal
tlmore area would be affected by a
general holiday.
The Baltimore Sun quoted ma
tional AFL President Green as de-
claring he could not approve" a
general holiday in sympathy with
the Amalgamated Association of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach employees.
The Sun quoted Mr.. Green as
adding, "a holiday or strike is the
same thing, regardless Of what you
call it,"
Mr.. Buxbaum said a labor holiday
could mean any length of time
"even year"
The transit company strike en-
tered its seventh day today. Com
pany officials call it failure, assert
ing operations are about 90 per cent
of normal.
The strike was called by the AFT,
union in an effort to force the tram
sit company to comply with War
Labor Board order to reinstate GER
tain discharged employees, cease
recognition of an independent union
and recognize the Amalgamated in
the settlement of grievances.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Pere-Morquette Line
Broken in -Four Places

By the Associated Press.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, May
31.-A quick flood, striking Saturday
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Auto Frightens Horse;
Driver Goes to HOSPITAL

BY the Associated Press.
BALT1MORE.-It was Just like
old times again when Charles
Porter's horse SHE'D at an automo-
bile and ran away, upsetting the
buggy and throwing Porter to the
sidewalk
A policeman stopped the horse
several blocks away, and Porter, 49,
went to the hospital for treatment
of severe cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Freight Cars Collide;
Damage: Spilled Beer
the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-A freight car
rounding q siding here jumped tho
tracks, banged into two other box
cars, which smashed into a watch.
mans shanty.
From the battered shanty came
indistinct voices. A wrecking crew
was summoned and extricated two
men. Said one of the men to the
other:
We'll, that's that. Spilled a quart
of beer"
Evening star., 1943-05-31


indicate classes, and a lou num-
Der class has no priority oUer
higher numbered class on the
list.
List for preferential treatment in
the furnishing of truck services for
the basic maintenance, products and
services of the following industries.
SCHEDULE "a"
00-HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL
SUPPLIES.
20O-FOOD:
Facilities for agricultural, COM
mercial and industrial food produc-
ton. farms, food processing and food
preservation, excluding restaurants,
hotels and retail stores. (The def
milton of food for this group in
cludes only the following products
and classes of products:
201-Dairy products. 2O2-Fruits
and vegetables, fresh or processed
(dried, frozen and canned. 2o3-
Meat, fish, poultry and eggs Craw
or processed. 204-Cereals, flour,
meal and bakery products. 2o5-
Lard, shortening and margarine.
2.06-Coffee, sugar, tea, extracts and
spices. 207-Foodstuffs (animal
and poultry feed.
Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION SERV-
ICES:
3.01-Supplies by truck for urban,
suburban and interurban common or
contract or private carriers of pas
sengers or freight, including ter
minals. 3.O2-Railways, including
terminals. -Water-borne ship
ping, including docks and terminals.
304-Airports and airfields. 305-
Oil pipe lines and pumping stations.
3.06-Maintenance and repair yards
or shops used exclusively for the
maintenance or repair of the above
transportation services. 307-Pe-
troleum transport and distribution
equipment.
460-PUBLIC UTILITY SERV-
ICES, including the production, gen.
Grafton, transmission or distribution
of the following for general use by
the public:
40l-Electric energy. 4O2-Nat-
ural gas. 4.03-Manufactured gas.
404-Water.
Communications.
500 - PUBLIC COMMUNICA-
TIONS SERVICES:
5.01-Newspapers, when area de-
liveries have been consolidated in a
manner approved by the ODT. 500
Radio communication and broad
casting. 5.03-Telephone and tele-
graph systems. 5.04-Post Office and
mail service. 5.05-Motion picture
film, when area deliveries have been
consolidated in manner approved
by the ODT.
6.00-MUN1CIPAL SERVICES, in
cluding sewer systems and collection
and disposal of sewage:
60l-Sanitation. 602-Fire and
police stations. 6.03-Courts and
prisons.
700 - MINERAL AND METAL
PRODUCTIONS:
7.01-Metal ore mining. 7.02-
Metal and metal ore refining. 703-
Metal mills. 704-Supplies by truck
for coal mining.
800 PRODUCERS AND RE-
FINERS OF PETROLEUM and
petroleum products.
9.00-NATURAL AND SYNETHIC
RUBBER PLANTS.
Industrial Plants.
10.00-1NDUSTRIAL PLANTS to
the extent of their minimum nee
essary requirements for the pro-
duction or processing or distribution
of the following:
1o.o1-Aircraft aircraft engines,
aircraft parts. 1002-Airplane land
ing mats. 1O.03-Arms and arma-
ment. 1004-Artillery. 1005-Am-
munitions and ammunition boxes.
10,06-Ships and ship parts. 1907
Combat tanks and parts. 1908
Combat vehicles and parts. 1909
Military radio and radar equipment.
10.10-Track-laying tractors. 10.11-
Steam engines. 1912 - Turbines.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
1900 Acres Flooded
By Break in Tennessee
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
DYERSBURG, Tenn, May 81
Some 10000 acres were under waters
Of the Mississippi River today after
the stream poured through a high
road embankment yesterday, driving
about 200 persons from their farm
homes
The barrier-the locally controlled
Tennemo-Booth's Point roadway, a
few miles northwest of here par
TALLY crumpled after being in danger
for several days.
Some $4,000 acres of land in Dyer
and Lake Counties was expected to
be inundated later. However, Army
engineers said all mainline levees
were holding.
Army troops evacuated families
yesterday, and saved most OF the
livestock. They had been combat
ing the flood threat for several DAYS,
Pere-Morquette Line
Broken in -Four Places
BY the Associated Press.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, May
31.-A quick flood, striking Saturday
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