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Evening star., 1943-03-10
VirginiaFarners
.Hit Army, Navy
Drain Of Labor
More Dairy Herds
For Sale; Machinery
Quote Criticized

Virginia farmers are up in arms
over Army and Navy projects hiring
away labor. Senator Byrd, Democrat
of Virginia is protesting the War
Production Boards allotment OF
agricultural machinery to the State
and dairy herds are going on the
auctioneer's block in Fauquier Coun-
ty, which produces 10 per cent OF
Washingtons milk supply.
However, milk production in Fau-
quier remains about the same as
last year, County Agent Walter B
Nourse said. estimating there were
10000 to $4,000 cows in production
and that half the milk was coming
to Washington as fluid milk and
half going into butter and cheese.
In planning to meet the labor
shortage, the Virginia State De-
partmont of Education has in
structed rural school superintend-
ents to attend the meetings Of the
county agricultural boards this
month.
Has Small Allotment.
Senator Byrd protested to Donald
Nelson. WPB chairman, and Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Wickard that
the State. with 148.165 farms. has
been allotted only 385 tractors, 38e
disc harroWs, 141 spring tooth har-
rows ana 258 corn planters"
What this means on the county
level was revealed by County Agent
NourSe. AS chairman of the Farm
Machinery Ration Committee for
the county he has only four new
wheat drills, three new corn plant
ers, two new corn cultivators and
one grain binder to allot
Two dairy herds have recently
been sold in Fauquier, Julian P
Kelly sold his 20 COWS and one bull
yesterday at auction. They we're
purchased by neighboring farmers
A herd Of 36 head recently was sold
at the John T. Pitcher place at
Midlands.
In Montgomery County, Md. Paul
l.. Burdett will sell his herd of So
dairy cattle at auction Saturday
Mrs. Burdett said the sale was
caused by her husbands i'll health
They have suffered no loss of labor
and their two hired men will con-
tinue with them until the sale is
over, she said.
Army Blamed for Labor Drain.
Latest drain on agricultural labor
in Virginia is the construction of
an Army project at the 7O0-acre Vint
Hill Farm near Warrenton. The
Army is sending it's trucks through
out surrounding territory to pick up
laborers at SIS day, according tc
M. Nourse.
Representative Smith, Democrat
OF Virginia plans to suggest to TIE
War Department that it form labor
battalions of enlisted men to work
on its own construction in rural
areas rather than drying up the
sources of agricultural labor with
the high wages possible under cost
plus contracts.
The current problem of Fauquier
County farmers, according to Mr.
Nourse, is one common to other
areas in the Washington milkshed
1t is to mobilize the manpower to
plant their feed crops to continue
their herds. This problem will be at
the critical stage in about four
weeks, when spring comes.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Bishop Freeman Is ILL.,;
Rest Until Easter Ordered

The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop OF Washington, is i'll at his
home at Mount St. Alban, and all
his engagements for the next five
weeks have been Cancelled.
A statement issued at his office at
Washington Cathedral today said :
The bishop is suffering from a
state of nervous and physical ex-
naustlon, and his doctors have Or
dered complete rest until Easter"
Bishop Freeman, it was explained.
is being attended by DR.. William
Earl Clark, DR.. w. Sinclair Bowen
and DR.. H. r. Schreiber. According
to Canon Raymond L. Wolven. the
bishops son-in-law, they believe
that IF this period of rest is car
rled out, there is no reason why he
should not resume his normal actiy-
tiles in the diocese"
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Carrier TO Be Named
For Battle of AnIietam
BY tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 10
An aircraft carrier under construc-
ton in the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Will be named for the battle of An
tietam, Civil War engagement fought
near here, the Washington County
Historical Society has been notified
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland informed the society that
Secretary Of the Navy Knox had ap-
proved the name Antietam for the
carrier.
The society some time ago began
a movement to have the new car
rier named for the battle, Mrs.
Frank w, Mish, jr, president, said
Legislators also have sponsored such
a move
Evening star., 1943-03-10
White e-CoIIar Women
Say Industrial Jobs
Are 0verpubIicized
1t Takes Paper Work
To Turn Out AirpIones,'
YWCA Group Points Out

Celebrating the 18th annual Ma
tion-wide observance of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club of the YWCA, white-coual
workers from Maine to California
met last night for dinner at the
Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K
streets NV, to observe not only
the increased opportunities fol-
women in business, but the impor-
tance Of their jobs in the war effort
Claiming that it takes "as much
paper work to build an airplane" as
it does labor, these white-collal
Government workers complained
that women in industrial jobs were
being glamorized as of more vita
Importance to the smashing of tbs
Axis" than those performing paper
work.
Washington is miniature ma
ton declared Miss Flora Hatcher
Of the Office of Price Administra-
ton. Our jobs are in the very
stream of the Nations business"
Miss Hatcher acted as com.
mentator for the evenings program
while Miss Elaine Mamma, Govern.
ment employe acted as rowing re.
porter, interviewing various mem.
bers of the audience as to theil
adjustment and responsibilities il
their own particular line of work.
Those interviewed seemed to be O
an agreement that while there wer'
problems in Washington in regard Il
transportation, housing and the like
their jobs were of enough importance
to the general war program tha
they must make an earnest effort t.
adjust themselves.
The program was under the CO.
Craftsmanship of Miss Marta Hood
K Street YWCA, and Miss Mary
Hawkins, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA
901 Rhode Island avenue NV.
Similar programs were also be.
ing held in YWCA clubs last night
throughout the Nation. 1t is esti.
mated that some 10000 collar
workers patronize AIT "Y" clubs al
over the country for entertainment
and relaxation.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
| Duration Worker
| Is Granted Full
Leave Benefits

War service appointees - those
whose term of employment extends
until six months after the end of the
WARFARE entitled to the same leave
benefits as permanent employees of
the Government, Controller General
Lindsay c. Warren held today.
The ruling, which affects thou
sands, specifically enables war serv-
ice personnel to take annual leave
in advance of its accrual after they
have been employed continuously for
year.
The decision was given TO the
Secretary Of Commerce, and followet
an earlier ruling granting regular
sick leave benefits to war service
appointees.
Government workers get 26 days
annual leave.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Silver Spring Red Cross
Plans Nursing Glasses

Two home nursing classes will be
started soon by the Silver Spring
branch, Montgomery County Chap
ter, American Red Cross. A class
will begin Thursday at the home
of Mrs. r. j. Mehserle, 1l09 High
land drive, and will be held from
10 am. to pm. each Thursday.
Members will bring their lunches
Another class will start Monday
at Falkland recreation room 1901
Sixteenth street, from / pm. to 3
pm. Registration for either course
may be made by calling branch
headquarters at Sligo 2233.
Registrations are also being re-
ceived at the headquarters for those
wishing to donate a pint of blood
when the blood donor unit visits
Woodside Methodist Church from
9 am. to l pm. March "a.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
D.C.Hote|s Hope
ToBeLabe|ed
War Essential
Meeting All VINO
Orders for Industry,
Association Says

The hotel industry heard reports
today that War Manpower Commits
sion regional directors will be given
authority to class them as locally
necessary"
Pending decision by the District
War Manpower Commission as to
the essentially Of the hotel and
restaurant industry a spokesman
Tor the hotel association declined
to comment on statement by
Nathaniel G. Burleigh, director of
WPB'S service equipment division,
that hotels must cut their man.
power and materials requirements
"to the bone"
Evidence of CurtaiIment.
AS evidence Of curtailment actu-
ally going on, even before the essen
tlallty question is determined here.
the hotel spokesman called atten-
ton TO these factors:
/. Every hotel is undermanned.
2. Women are being trained and
substituted for men as clerks in front
Offices, as walters in dining rooms
as dishWaSherS and cleaners. Their
utilization as bellboyS and p0rters
awaits a Manpower Commission rul-
ing, an uncertainty being the total
weight any women will be allowed to
lift.
3. Large banquets, dinners and
lunches to more than so are out be-
cause of the heavy load imposed on
q hotels kitchen and entertainment
facilities. Buffet serve yourself"
banquetS soon may prove the rule
rather than the exception.
Hope to Be Essential.
Mr., Burleigh, in saying hotels must
cut to the bone. added that each
curtailment must be weighed careA
fully to prevent destruction of
civilian service essential to the war
effort and to our domestic economy. -
Under a War Manpower Commits
sion ruling giving regional directors
authority to classify the essentially
OF hotels and restaurants in war
crowded communities such as Wash
ington, hotel operators feel they will
be given the "essential' classical
ton. They emphasized, however.
that restrictions accompany essen
tiality status.
Without this preferred status food
and lodging establishments will be
unable to get United States Employ
ment Service Offices in crowded war
centers to hire workers for them.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Funeral Rites Today
For Mrs. MuhIon Morris

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG. Va, March 10.-Mrs.
Catherine Elizabeth Morris, "a
wife OF Mahlon Morris, died Sunday
at her home here following a long
illness. She was born in Winches-
ter and came to Loudoun County
shortly after her marriage. They
had lived here for 18 years. She
was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Funeral services will be held from
the home at pm. today.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
b. the Associated Press.


ELKTON, Md, March 10.-First
they planned to divide 25 acres of
land into victory garden plots.
Then the citizens of Elkton de-
cided that community farm would
be more efficient.
However, Is acres Of land would
not permit diversification of crops,
they found, so the townspeople con-
cluded that just one product-toma-
toes-Would be raised.
From there it was a simple step
TO expand their plans a notch
further and decide to set up a COM
mon kitchen in which the tomatoes
could be put up" by women folk.
If such a kitchen is found-and
the hackers of the plan are conf
dent it will be-jars of prepared to-
matoes will be kept in a common
warehouse and distributed as needed
to sharers.
Evening star., 1943-03-10

Built sturdily from 60 TO 40 feet
long. carrying four torpedoes, ma
chine guns, depth charges and
smoke screen apparatus, they cost up
to $400,000 Your increased purchase
Of War bonds helps pay for them.
Buy more War bonds every pay
day. you've done your bit-now do
your best"
tUnlted States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
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| WAR BONDS
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Cruising at tremendous speed,
Americas PT~boat feet is sniping
with excellent results at Hirohito S
navy in South Pacific waters. These
powerful little boats are being man
ufactured at many cities throughout
America and racing down our inland
waterways to the sea They are
termed "eXpendableS " but they pack
almost half the wallop Of a full
sized destroyer and cost only a
fraction as much.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Churchill Escape
In BIitz Revealed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
QUEBEC, Aug. "a. - Winston
Churchill narrowly escaped being
killed during the London blitz of
November, 1910, it was disclosed yes
terday.
The British Prime Minister was
dining at No 10 Downing street
with Sir Archibald Sinclair. British
Air Minister, and Brendan Bracken,
Minister of Information.
A bomb fell on the Treasury
Building next door, demolishing it
and killing u persons.
The dining room chandelier at 10
Downing street plopped right into
the center of the Prime Minister'S
table, but no one was hurt.
Mr.. Churchill insisted that his
loyal cook 60 down into the air
raid shelter, but she refused to go
without bringing the party its coffee.
With a fatalistic attitude the
Prime Minister and his two cabinet
members stayed at their table.
And that was the night, it was
revealed, that the British leader
adopted his famous air raid suit.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Italy Reported Selling
Fascist Leaders 10
Offset Iron Guard
BY the Associated Press,

~N'"SN'f''NN
BERN, Aug. PA Lugano dis
patch to the Basler Nachrichten to-
day said the Italian government
had ordered the arrest of former
Fascist party leaders to offset the
organization of a so-called Iron
Guard" under Roberto Farinacci
former secretary of the Fascist
party, who was reported looking
forward to putSch within a few
months"
Milan political circles follow the
Vaccinations of the Fascist eXtrem-
lists with some worry $" the dis
patch said, Among the intellec-
tuals of the party only Alessandro
Pavolini former Minister of Popular
Culture) Joined the movement. =" =
The government caution is such that
not even a letter Carlo Scorza (sec-
retary- general of the Fascist party)
wrote the King placing his services
at the disposal of the crown was
sufficient to release him from arrest. -
Meanwhile, the Neue Zuercher
Zeitung reported that Prince Clan
Giacomo BorgheSe, Governor of
Rome. has resigned and been re-
placed by Senator Riccardo Motta,
65-year-old former prefect who re-
tired in 1887.
The paper added that a complete
press reorganization was contem-
plated by Propaganda Chief CALI,
which indicated that the neutral
press may soon be permitted to re-
enter italy.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Editors Group 10 Aid owl
On Magazine Problems
BY the Associated Press.


Nine magazine editors were ap-
pointed to a special advisory COM
mittee today to work with the Office
of War Information on magazine
problems
Similar committees have been ap-
pointed from among radio and
newspaper executives.
I'VE feel" said Palmer Hoyt, di-
rector of Owls domestic opera
tions, that the advice of magazine
editors, whose job it is to look ahead
to the newsworthv and important
events for Interpretation and eluci-
dation in their magazines, will be of
great assistance to the domestic
branch"
Members of the committee are
William l.. Chenery, publisher of
Golfers; Mrs Edna Woolman
Chase, editor of Vogue; George T.
Delacorte, jr., publisher, Dell Pub
fishing Co.; Mrs. Beatrice Gould,
co-editor of the Ladies Home jour-
nal: Ben Hibbs, editor of the Sat-
urday Evening Post; Frank McDo-
nough, editor of Better Homes and
Gardens; Wheeler McMillen, editor
of the Farm Journal; De Witt Wal
lace, editor of Readers Digest. and
Otis .Wiese, editor of McCall's.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Strict Control Imposed
On Italian Press

NEW YORK. Aug. d (P.-The
italian Ministry of Popular Culture
Yesterday was given absolute control
over the Italian press under terms
of royal decree broadcast by the
Rome radio and recorded by CHS
This decree, which was published
In the official gazette, said the
present directors and managing edi-
tors will not be able to continue to
exercise their functions Is days after
the decree has come into effect un-
less they obtain ministerial author
ization."
Newspapers and periodicals may
be conflscated unless they nave gov
ernment authorization, and the au-
thorization may be withdrawn if "the
Evening star., 1943-08-24

rest Of Broenstrupp in . cottage ut
New Galilee, Pa. They named Ade-
laide Pelley and Marguerite Car
michael, both Of Noblesville, Ind,
the former a daughter Of a con-
victed Silver Shirt leader, william
Dudley Pelley; the latter his secre-
tary; Victor Hoye of New Castle.
Pa; Frank w. Mariner. Youngs-
town, Ohio, and Henry Meme, New
lyalilee
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Court Refuses to Free
5 in Broenstrupp Case
BY the Associated Press,

BY the ASSoclAted PreSS,
PITTSBURGH, Aug 24.-Federal
Judge F. P. Schoonmaker yesterday
refused to quash indictments charg-
ing five persons with harboring H.
Victor Broenstrupp several months
ago when he was sought by the
Government on a sedition charge.
The indictments followed the ar
Evening star., 1943-08-24

newspaper develops any action which
opposes the interest of the nation" 4"
Following Mussolini's downfall,
reports from Italy said democratic
and radical newspapers, almost for
gotten under 20 years of repression,
had blossomed forth. A Berlin
broadcast of Rome dispatch said
however, that the regime of Marsha,
Pietro Badoglio in its first days
firmly took the jubilant Italian press
ID hand
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-05-14
Heard In The
LObbieS
BY DAVID DEUTSCH
HOUSE ON r STREET


The fabulous story of John POr-
ter Monroe (alias Monroe Kaplan)
and his house on r Street in
Washington visited by an impOs-
ing array of governmental Of
ficials, officers and sundry inn
pOrtant folk leads one observer to
wish that there might be an ex-
pose of the Jewish r Street
Houses the houses where
little deals are discussed and made
affecting public Jewish matters.
For example, what's really
going on inside the American
Jewish Conference that never
reaches the people who are sup
posed to engage in democratic dis
cusSion of their communal prob
lens For example, the i'm
Fortunate and sad-vOiced plea of
the American Jewish Committee,
which admits it has only 900
members all over the country but
wants some special arrangement
made whereby it can get addition
al representation among the dele
gates to the big Conference :.
And so the accommodating "dem-
Ocrats" arrange a system whereby
Jew who is affiliated with the
American Jewish Committee is, in
effect, entitled to five or a humid
red votes in comparison with just
the average, ordinary Jew who
didn't know enough to get him
self elected to the right clubs or
to inherit the right amount of
money or marry into the right
family Or the discussion that
was held a few Sundays ago in
New York to iron out the iminent
split in Reform Judaism, with a
handful of rabbis taking it upon
themselves in private cOnclave to
determine the fate of great
masses of Jews and of great
causes. The meeting, called in a
spirit of sincere concern by
Adolph Rosenberg, President of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, fortunately set
tied nothing, even though some of
the personalities present were
quite prepared to modify" their
convictions All yes, if only
the Jewish papers had the facili-
ties for r Street house exposes
that the daily papers command.
RUMOR HAS 1T
Lowell Thomas is said to be
making arrangements for broad
casts from Palestine. The noted
air commentator is headed for
North Africa and then the Jewish
Homeland
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-05-14
RUMOR HAS TT

Lowell Thomas is said to be
making arrangements for broad
casts from Palestine. The noted
air commentator is headed for
North Africa and then the Jewish
Homeland 40.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Dances at Congressional Club
For Junior Officers Success

The informality of the regular
Sunday afternoon dances given
at the Congressional Club for
Junior officers has attributed to
their great success and at each
party there is a large attend
ance. The dances are sponsored
by the associate members Of the
club and Miss Vivian Vestal,
chairman of the group, is doing
a splendid job.
When the dances were started
an orchestra supplied the music,
but now just a victrola Is used
an added emphasis upon the sim
plicity of the. parties.
d, The refreshments that are
served are as simple as the music.
Cookies, many of which are made.
in the kitchens at the club. are
In abundance and now that
warmer weather is here punch
is served. During the winter
months one Of the mos. popular
drinks was hot tea with orange
juice and the officers were fas-
cinated by hot cider.
There always are more officers
than girls present at the dances,
but that is agreeable to the men,
since they prefer to have stag
line.
The dances last from 5 until
7 o'clock. Associate members Of
Evening star., 1943-03-28

The Czechoslovak Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, M. Ladislaw
Fierabend, who is the guest Of
the Minister and Nine. Hurban
at the Legation on Massachusetts
avenue, will 60 to New York
Wednesday. After few days
there he will start West, going
as far as California. M. Fiera-
bend will return here the end of
April and will be here to greet
his President, DR.. Eduard Benes,
when he comes to this country
for visit early in May.
M. Fierabend. came to this
country for conferences with
of1icials and was expected to be
in Washington only a day or two,
SO the Minister and Nine. Hur-
ban planned no entertainment
for him. However, when he re-
turns the latter part of April
they viii have one or two small
and informal parties in his
honor.
The retiring Costa Rican Min
lister and Sonora de Fernandez
have changed their plans and
will leave the middle of this week
for Miami, en- route to their
homeland. They had expected to
leave sooner and join their
daughter, Senorita Leda Fernan-
dez, In Mexico City, where she
went . month ago for q visit.
She has completed her stay there
and returned to Costa Rica, 90
Evening star., 1943-03-28

the Congressional Club are per-
mitted to bring two girls.
Daughters of members OF Con-
gress, who are not members of
the club, are invited to come, but
naturally do not have the guest
privileges.
The club is beehive of activity
every day and outstanding is the
Monday Red Gross day. Every
Monday members OF the club
spend many hours making sur.
gical dressings and other neces-
sary supplies so urgently needed
by the Red Cross.
The club also supervises the
making of dressings at the Lii
brary. Of Congress. This project
Is under the capable direction
of Mrs. Charles Dewey, wife Of
the Representative from Illinois.
The work that is done at the
club is directed by Mrs. Allen J.
Ellender, wife of Senator Ellen
der OF Louisiana.
Since Pearl Harbor the club has
curtailed its social activities and
IN their. place has engaged in the
various work for the war which
can be done behind the lines.
The weekly teas Friday after
moons have become occasions for
hearing instructive and inspiring
talks By men aud women Of &C
complishmant.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Of Czech0slouukia Is Leaving

the Minister and Sonora de
Fernandez will go from Miami
to Cuba and also will visit in
Panama before returning to Costa
Rica.
No official word has been re-
ceived, but the first Ambassador
from the Costa Rican President
Is expected to be Senor Carlos
Manuel Escalante, who has been
Minister of Finance and Com
merce. He will not come as a
stranger at this post, for he was
here a year ago on special mis-
sion, though he came with several
members Of his staff. He will
come back accompanied by Sc
nora de Escalante and their two
children, still of school age.
The retiring First Secretary Of
the Ecuador Embassy, DR.. l..
Neftali Ponce, has started his
return trip to South America and
Is in Miami for several days be-
fore taking off by plane for
Ecuador. DR.. Ponce only came
back to Washington a week or
10 days ago after vacation in
Ecuador, but while he was away
he was appointed chief of protocol
for his foreign Office and when
he arrives in Quito he will take
up his new duties.
No appointment has been made
for first secretary to succeed DR..
Ponce, but it probably will be
tho present Second Secretary,
DR.. jose A. Correa.