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Evening star., 1944-03-01
Martin Calls 0PA
Price Control Plan
Absolute Necessity'
House Minority Chief
Demands Swift Action
To Continue Agency
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
House Minority Leader Martin
called today for speedy congress
sional action to prolong the life
of the Price Control Act, declar-
ing price control is absolutely
necessary"
Asking that the House Banking
Committee begin hearings on the
extension Immediately, Mr.. Martin
said:
"We have had too much of the
bureaucratic technique of waiting
until the last minute and then
forcing the acceptance by Congress
of necessary legislation in a form
not desired"
The Office of Price Administra-
ton, created by the act, will expire
June 80 unless the law is renewed.
Representative Wolcott of Michi-
gan, ranking Republican on the
Banking Committee, already has
served notice that the congressional
bloc opposing consumer food sub
sides will seek to put a rider on the
OPA extension outlawing such sub
sides.
An act to attach such a provi-
sion to an act extending the life of
the Commodity Credit Corp. was
met last month by a presidential
veto, which the House sustained.
In formal statement, Mr.. Martin
said: There is no question of the
need of a Price Control Act. With
a scarcity of consumer goods, price
control is absolutely necessary if we
are to avoid runaway prices and
we must not postpone until the
last minute our study of any revi-
sion which might be advisable from
our past experiences"
Mr.. Martin did not elaborate on
what revisions he had in mind.
Chairman Spence said the Bank
ing Committee had not decided yet
when it would open public hearings
on extending the Price Control Act
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Roosevelt Back in Capital;
Talks 10 Military Chiefs

President Roosevelt returned to
the White House today after a
weeks absence and at once con-
ferred with high military and naval
leaders.
The President had lunch with
Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer,
deputy chief of staff to Lord Louis
Mountbatten, Allied commander in
the Southeastern Asia area; then
scheduled meeting at 2 o'clock
with the joint chiefs of staff-Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, Gen.
George c. Marshall, Admiral Ernest
j. King and Gen.. H. H. Arnold.
The White House requested that
there be no mention of the retreat
where Mr.. Roosevelt rested since
leaving here a week ago yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-03-01
INVASION Troops
Seize Admiralty
Island Airfie|d
Macarthur Watches
Landing Unopposed
By Jap Forces
MAP on Page Az

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March
1.-American troops of the 9th
Army have pushed far into ia
pans South Pacific defenses
with a bold landing on the Ad-
miralty Islands under the per-
sonal supervision of Gen. Doug
las Macarthur, who announced
the invasion today.
Dismounted units of the 1st Cav
airy Division hit the beach at Los
Negros Island in the northeast cor
ner of the Admiralty and quickly
captured Momote airdrome in one
|of those perfectly co-ordinated
Army Navy air thrusts which caught
the japanese completely unaware.
Not single enemy plane or ship
disputed the operation.
(The Toxic radio said in a for
eign broadcast today that Allied
troops had landed on the Ad-
miralty Islands and were meet
ing strong resistance from the
garrison, which continues vigor-
pusly to defend itself.")
Macarthur Goes Ashore.
Only 20 minutes after snipers had
been killed along the captured Mo-
mote airdrome, Gen. Macarthur
went ashore, visited the area, COM
mended troops on their clocklike
operation and then returned to a
warship.
Destroyers of the 7th Fleet, COM
manded by Vice Admiral Thomas
c. 'Kinkaid of Philadelphia, carried
the troops to the island through the
Bismarck Sea, which year ago
was almost wholly enemy domain
The invasion, Gen. Macarthur
said, makes the end of the Bis
marck campaign clearly in sight -
and lin addition to troops trapped
in the Solomons, some $4,000 of the
enemy, largely in New Britain and
at Rabaul. are now inclosed."
The soldiers swept aside enemy re-
sistance, and soon Brig. Gen. Will
liam C.. Chase of Providence, r. l.,
on-the-spot commander of the drive
reported that Momote airdrome, one
OF the best the enemy possessed in
the South Pacific, had been seized
The air strip was in excellent condi-
ton.
Tightens Blockade.
Gen. Macarthur watched the in
vasion from the bridge of one of
Admiral Kinkaid's warships. 1t was
the second time he had been per-
sonally present when his troops
went into battle. the first occasion
being a paratroop operation in New
Guinea.
Often has Gen. Macarthur indi-
Gated his interest in returning tc
the Philippines, where he first met
the japanese fighting strength, and
his communique announcement OF
the landing pointedly remarked that
the Admiralties are almost due
south of Guam and 1900 miles from
the Philippines.
The islands, he said, stand al
the northern entrance to the Bis
marck Sea" and the invasion tight
ems the blockade of the enemy:
remaining bases in that area.
First reports mentionely only in
vasion of Los Negros Island, which
lies off the northeastern tip o1
Manus Island, the largest in the
group.
Lorengau, on the northeast tir
See PACIFIC, Page A-1Ol
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Snow Drifts a Feet Deep
In Frederick County
BY the Associated Press.

by lHe ASS0clateo Press.
BALTIMORE, March IA high
wind drifted snow to 4 feet deep
today in Frederick County, nscessi-
tating the use of four snow plows to
keep highways clear, the State Roads
Commission reported.
Two inches of snow still remained
in Garrett County, but motor traffic
was not hampered. Roads elsewhere
were clear.
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Late Bulletin
OPA Charges Upheld

OPA Hearing Commissioner
Arthur Caruthers, jr., this
afternoon upheld the District
OPA in its charges that Wal
ter Brown & Sons, Inc, one
of three slaughterers in the
District, had violated OPA
price and rationing regula-
ticns, and ruled that suspen-
sion of the firms right to
slaughter and sell meat was
Gin the public interest"
Earlier Story on Page B-1.)
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Temperature Due to Fall
To ID Degrees TONIGHT

The temperature will drop to %
degrees here tonight, the coldest
since February 13, the Weather Bu-
reau predicted today.
Though somewhat colder" to-
night will be clear, with diminishing
winds, the bureau said. Tomorrow
is expected to be sunny with rising
temperatures.
The temperature was % degrees
around 8 am. today. The maximum
temperature today was expected to
be 36 or 81 degrees.
Evening star., 1944-03-01
Swedes Tighten Rules
On Firing on Planes

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, March 1.-Swe-
den will fire on foreign military
planes flying over her territory un-
less the aircraft obviously are in
distress, it was officially announced
today.
Tightening of the regulations
followed the bombing of Stockholm
on the night of February % by
planes which were said to have fired
distress flares before dropping
explosives.
Evening star., 1944-03-01

(See RED CROSS, Page A-l0D
Evening star., 1944-03-01

(See MEAT, Page A-10D
Evening star., 1944-03-01

(See PACIFIC, Page A-1O)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
COY is THE WORD FOR
THE LABOR SECRETARY

Hardest government official
TO smoke out in Secretary of La
Dor Frances Perkins. Not more
than a dozen reporters ever go
to her press conferences, which
are usually held only once a
month to hand out some canned
statement prepared by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics. At the
most recent of these seances, re-
porters thought they had a
chance to get Fanny on record.
War Labor Board panel reports
on the labor demands to break
the Little Steel formula had just
been made public. What did the
Secretary Of Labor think about
them? She hadn't finished read
ing them. Did she think the Lit
tie Steel formula should be re-
vised upwards? We would have
to be very cautious. A lot of
words, a lot of gesticulating
with the hands, but no opinions
you could hang your hat on and
no news.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
BY PETER EDISON

Clare Boothe Luce has just
set a record for what is proba-
bly, the shortest speech ever de-
livered by any congressman or
woman. Requesting unanimous
consent to address the House for
10 seconds, and there being no
objection, the gentleWo m a n
from Connecticut let 60 with
this one: Mr.. Speaker, clear
everything with Sidney" Then
she sat down.
Democratic Party chiefs are
praying that the President will
sail into Governor Dewey and
let him have it good when the
fourth term candidate makes his
two political speeches from
Washington on Sept. % and Oct.
5. The fact is that DeWey's ag-
gressive sniping is beginning to
take effect and it is worrying
Democrats no end. Democratic
Chairman Hannegan, Secretary
IckeS, Majority Leader McCor-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
. BARBS

Uncle Sam says manufacturers
Of can openers can return to 100
per cent production. And June
brides can stop worrying.
With some families, if they
put all their red points end to
end-they won't reach.
Clothes hangers and bobby
pins arc included in Donald Mel
sons civilian production plans.
We hope the women haven't for
gotten which is which.
Checkers would be nice,
restful summertime game - if
you didn't have TO move,
The girl with the incest fig
ure these days has it in War
Bonds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29

busch of East Orange, N. j., and
Herman H. Goldberg of New
York were the winners. 1t was
popular victory by two fine
players.
Dornbusch is apt to be little
optimistic in his bidding, as he
was on today's hand; but he
played it we'll enough TO make
the contract. The choice of the
opening lead made the slam
rather difficult. The first trick
was won in dummy with the ace
of clubs and two rounds of
trumps were taken. When the
uneven distribution was re-
vealed, Dornbusch abandoned
the trump play, and played the
king and ace of spades, then
ruffed spade in his own hand.
This left him with three tricks
in spades in dummy, and the
rest was fairly simple. He played
the third round of trumps, won
in dummy, and discarded his
two clubs and one diamond on
the good spades. He had to lose
one diamond trick, but dummy's
trump took care Of the other
loser in that suit. Those who
reached the same contract, and
d rev all the trumps, could moi
make the slam.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
WELCOME, MR.. KRUG

"Our policy here in WPB is to do everything in
our power to unleash the wor-restroined energy Of
the American economy The government can
help but the government cannot do the Job . .
1t is responsibility to remove every obstacle that
might prevent American business from going boldly
ahead" 49,.
These ore the worlds Of young Mr.. julius Krug
the new octne WPB chairman. Mr.. Krug is prob
obly whot is coIled bureoucrot All his working e
perience hos been in government Jobs But he talks
less like bureoucrot than some Of WPB's business
men,
We think from this sample, thot Mr. Kruo is
going to get on we'll with business and labor His ot
titude is healthy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
LOVE GAME AND SET

Richmond BarrCttS The
Truant' (Dutton: S2.75) is a
story Of change and tennis. Here
is what happens TO Jonathan
Colt when wealthy dilcttante
finds ne has a great talent for
the game and abruptly trans
ports him from his life Of SCClu-
sion into the Smart-Sct Newport
Casino and Forest Wills tennis
world. Colt, despite his sense
o. danger, is irrCvoCably drawn
to tho presiding queen of the
tennis kingdom, MILDLY Fleet,
wife Of the amateur champion.
His bent is not toward the fast,
hard drinking life MILDLY enjoys,
and he knows that her domln-
ccring nature soon makes cap
tive the soul OF any man she
loves. But, star in his own
right, he necessarily travels in
close companionShip with the
Fleets on goodwill tour
through Japan.
The story of the young, her
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
. IN HOLLYWOOD

films for Paulette Goddard,
Kitty" and filmusical, Mas
querade in Mexico" The latter
is giving them a slight headache.
It's supposed TO be a different
kind of musical" Ware said.
You know, a reason for the
music. But all we have so far is
a title and two players, Paulette
and Arturo de Cordova."
And technicolor,' Karl add
ed.
Once they get at it. "Masqucr-
ade in Mexico" probably will be
a cinch for the boys. One Of their
best original stories, Tall, Dark
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
High|ights from the Latest Books

II takes a mighty adroit pen
to portray war characters in a
novel in such a way as to pre-
sent something new and inter-
esting. But Gilbert w. Gabriel,
in his Il Got a Country" (Dou-
bleday, Doran: So has done a
swell job Of portraying three
different personalities in a
story built around a corporal
and two lieutenants in Uncle
Sans Army.
First figure is the corporal,
Frank Hansen. The kid is an
introvert; on the other hand,
Lieutenant Geisser is an eXtro-
vert. while Lieutenant Orm is
swell guy, just in between the
two.
You feel sorry for the slight
Hansen, who uncomplainingly
bears his burden of the war in
frigid Alaska. You feel dis
gusted at the self-centcred an-
tics Of Lieutenant GeiSSer, who
uses superior airs to get himself
a promotion TO a captaincy.
You thrill at the antics of Lieu
tenant Orm, "a devil-may-care
pilot whose chief faults are his
courage, women, and his faith
er's check book.
It's a mighty fine novel Ga
brlel has built around these
three, with some other pretty
swell minor characters TO en-
bclliSh the plot-SiriuS, with
whom the meek Hansen falls in
love: Major Mcclure, a swash-
buckling Irish soldier Of for
tune who befrlendS Hansen, and
Martha Wainwright, Red Cross
gal over whom Lee Orm is dip
py.
The author covers broad
range Of human emotions in this
nOvcl-love, hate, drunkenness,
pseudo elegance, misery. war
and the emptiness and fullneSS
of the human heart. In addition,
he describes i'm minute detail the
life of our men who cleared the
frozen wastes Of the Alcutians
Of the yellow Jap horde. You'll
like Il.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
INTELLIGENT REHABILITATION

Perhaps one will better appreciate the ArmYs
rehabilitation plan than some Of the overseas vet
erons Of the lost war. For they can remember that
many Of the first men who got to France we're the
lost to return that too often the AEF veteran who
had done some Of the hardest fighting came back
to find most Of the Jobs already snapped up
These and many other inequites Of World War
ore corrected in the pIon Its provisions promise
foirness os we'll as vigorous prosecution Of the war
against Japan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
. SO THEY SAY

We have long since escaped
from the idea that some coun-
tries were merely beds of raw
materials or agricultural pro-
duction, to be exploited for the
benefit of foreign manufacture
ers. Assistant Secretary of
State Adolf A. Berle Jr.
The monthly tonnage OF sup
plies carried into China lover
the hump" is now Is times what
it was a year ago. - President
Roosevelt.
The United States will come
out Of the war stronger than any
country. We will have the larg-
est navy in the world, an air
force beyond anything, Britain.
and Russia will have, and a pro-
duction capacity beyond all call
culation. - DR.. Samuel Guy In
man, Latin American adviser to
Secretary Hull.
The goals that we have set
up for ourselves are those of
security, comfort, self-improve-
ment. AS a nation we ran ahead
of others with our standard of
living. Relative TO most other
people, we are spoiled. - Had
ley Cantril, director Princeton
U. Office of Public Opinion Re-
search.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
THE DEMOCRATS HOPE HE
WON'T WAIT TOO LONG

In ue lS4O campaign against
Willkie, Roosevelt tried to adopt
the policy of not making many
speeches and not campaigning
actively. Wilkes aggressive
ness forced change in that
strategy and in the closing
weeks of the campaign Roose-
welt had to make a lot more
speeches than he had planned,
finally taken over what had
been intended to be big Negro
rally in Madison Square Gar
den, New York and converting
it into a mixed labor rally on
the eve of the election. Some of
the Democratic leaders in the
more doubtful states are now
hoping that man in the White
House won't wait too long this
year.
War Labor Board Chairman
William H. Davis has new and
simple explanation for the pc
riod of reconversion just ahead
What we have to do" he says,
"is to turn our guns into butter
and then. eat the butter"
Davis, in spite of terrific pun
ishment he has had TO take in
one of the most thankless Jobs
in Washington, still is able to
keep his sense of humor. He
talks about his 12-member
board of industry, labor and
public representatives as 'the
IL prima donnas," and so ex-
plains why it may take them
longer than a week to make up
their minds on what to do about
the labor demands to break the
Little Steel formula. When Dav-
is was asked at a press confer
ence if his special presidential
committee was completing its
cost of living report, he said
YEARLY, Il hope to God it is
The committee has been studying
the question since last Novem-
Der. I'm drawing up the report
for the committee to tear to
pieces" says the chairman. The
tearing to pieces will be done
when the board begins DELHI
erations Oct. 8 on modifying the
Little Steel formula.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
PROBLEM CHILD

Allied troops IN ltOly can De HeY '"'H
the native residents attitude little hard to toke
Correspondents dispatches indicate that the over
ooe Italian is pretty discontented He complains that
food and other necessities were more plentiful and
utilities and transportation services we're better un-
der the Germans.
Obviously this average Italian has warped con-
ception of Allied strategy and aims 1t is hard for
him to believe that the Allies landed in Italy, not
primarily to improve his lot in life and restore his
comforts but to attack the Axis ct weak point
and speed the winning Of the war.
The bloody, difficult Italian campaign is near
ina it's end But there still Nozi and Fascist lto'-
ian forces to be overcome before the southern door
to Htlers Germony is opened. 10 finish this lob IS
the reason for the Allies presence in ltoy 1t is easy
to understand their annoyance when in the midst
of it all, people not long transferred from the stotus
of enemy to cobeIIigerent start gripping about &C
commodotions
But it is also easy, as distance, to pity the ItoI-
ion attitude while not approving it. For here we
have perfect example Of what happens to die
totor ruled nation when the dictator is gone. For
more than 20 years in Italy the state was ALL 1t told
the people how to live and what to think, whom to
love and hate how many children to have For more
than 20 years individuality was stfIed and oPPosi-
ton suppressed The jobs Of thousands depended
on their loyalty and obedience to the stote And
when, on the brink Of defeat palace clique kicked
Mussoln out, there nothing to build on.
The greet majority Of Italians have no political
experience, responsibility or initiative. Who among
them really knows the workings Of democracy, the
love Of individual freedom that is worth fighting
for the duties that go With the privileges of that
freedom? Only handful Of old men.
The younger ones who should be providing Wig
orous and dynamic leadership have grown to man.
hood in reeimented atmosphere in which the po-
ternoI stote always knew BEST and would take care
Of them if they stayed possvey in line and avoided
thinking and complaining
It is troeic but not surprising that the Italians
complain They have read the Four Freedoms and
ore disappointed thot these freedoms didn't start at
once.
This condition will not be overcome quickly And
it will be encountered all again in Germany.
We shall find thot tototoronisrn is lingering dis
eose with slow, painful convoIescence, and with
plenty Of headaches for doctor as we'll as patient.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29

mit-like Colt is we'll done, a
psychological study which is alb
sorbing. The tale of the fam
Gus tennis star, battling for his
soul as we'll as his title, is less
convincing and somewhat ster-
eotyped. But the latter part of
the book is rescued by descrip-
tons of tennis matches which
will make many 3ports-Writer
envious. In them, rather than
in the love story, Richmond
Barrett has a real claim on his
readers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

mack and other bigwigs have
tried their hands at answering
Dewey's charges, claiming they
are based on misinformation,
half-truths or deliberate I'M
truths. But denials never get as
much attention as accusations.
Also, the wilder the accusations,
the more some people like 10 be-
lieve them. Dewey, in other
words, has taken the offensive,
which is a good side to be on in
any political campaign. "Offen-
sive," says one very irritated
Democrat, lis right"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29
WESTERN COLOR

You'll remember Rainbow
Ripley and his range detective
work from his escapades with
Seng Mei-lang, the beautiful
Chinese girl on whom he had a
crush. Also you'll remember his
partner, Grumpy Gibbs, the
short Teller with whom he pair
ed in solving so many range
mysteries.
So you'll get a belt out Of
reading Bliss Lomax' latest Of
fering on the adventures of this
pair-"Horsethief Creek" (Dou-
bleday, Doran: 81.
Plot is based on the double
murdcr Of Glenna Gordon's ia
Their and their Chinese cook.
And it takes the caliber of the
Ripley-Gibbs team to find out
that a rival rancher, linked up
with a Chinese leader, was the
guilty party. Gold enters the
picture, as does Seng Mei-lang
again.
When an author, writing
mystery story, keeps his chief
character in an insane asylum
for three-quarterS of the book,
YOU have something. That's
what Virginia Perdue does in
Alarm and Excursion Crime
Club: So.
Nick Matheny finds himself in
the BOBBY hatch wondering what
happened to him following an
explosion outside his plant in
which nc was developing a new
aviation gasoline. II takes you
quite a while following the
slow recovery Of his memory to
piece the story together and find
that an untrue wife was at the
bottom of it-she and doting
no good father. Finale of the
book isn't what you'd think it
would be, especially with such a
considerate nurse as Miss Cha
PIN
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29

CHICAGO-U.P)-The Canad-
ian National Railways recrea-
ton associations have issued az
appeal TO the public for used
and discarded tennis balls,
which will be turned over TO
military hospitals. DR.. j. p. Nc
Guigan, medical officer of the
railway, explained that grasping
and squeezing a tennis ball by
an injured person is OF great as
sistance in treatment Of local
fractures OF fingers, hands or
wrists.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-29

and Handsome" which won an
Academy ward nomination,
was based on a 12-Word memo
from Daryl Zanuck which read:
Il want a story about gang
ster who is afraid Of blood"
Bill GoodWin-A Hungarian
song writer having difficulty
with English told Bill he was
going to San Francisco for the
week end. Curious about train
reservations, Bill said: Are you
going on the Lark ooh, no,
replied the tune-smith gravely,
its strictly on business"