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Evening star., 1944-09-28
Trivial Information
Held Vital 10 Enemy

Warning that apparently trivial
information may contain material of
inestimable value to the enemy,
Maj. Albert J. Stowe, U. S. A., told
the Rotary Club yesterday that
every day there is unloosed enough
conversational dynamite to conclude
this war on basis vastly different
than that on which our every hope
and prayer is centered."
Maj. Stowe, who has addressed
more than 300 similar gatherings
throughout the country on this sub
Ject, emphasized that security was
especially important now Ito assure
secrecy and surprise for our military
operations and to keep unnecessary
hazards from paths of loved ones in
service" To illustrate the vigilance
of enemy spies for scraps of trivial
information, Maj. Stowe told how a
woman espionage agent on trial re-
Gently In Detroit explained the way
she had been trained by the German
government to send back "all those
things we have been warning people
not to discuss ever since Pearl Har-
bor."
Referring to our country as "the
most talkative nation on earth"
Maj. Stowe said our regard for free
speech must not betray us into los
ing the battle for information" We
must use our patriotism and our self
control to win this battle. He
especially warned people not to re-
veal the contents of letters received
from loved ones overseas unless "the
news contained in it has already
become public property" through
press or radio publication
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litical group, Revolution Nationale

litical group, Revolution Nationale
Populaire.
The newspaper Liberation asserted
that, although so special judges had
been appointed to handle the purge
the existing basic laws covered only
overt acts Of treason and not the in
formal collaboration which was the
basis Of much Of Frances misery.
Combat expressed fear that i'm
portant industrialists such as the
recently arrested Louis Renault
could absolve themselves by blaming
their activities on the government
Populaire said that due to of1icial
carelessness In sealing up Rena lit S
omces, the lndustrialist's papers had
been allowed to disappear and de-
manded "how long do we have to
wait for Renault's factories 20 be
turned back to the nation?"
The Communist Humanite charged
that imprisoned collabora tionists
were being coddled. The putlica-
ton said Admiral Georges Robert,
sent to FreSnes prison three days
ago, Immediately obtained IN easy
assignment in the prison infirmary
saying that he was i'll. Admiral
Robert formerly was governor of
Martinique:
Evening star., 1944-09-28

Strange Accidents: Alter.
nately bizarre. humorous
and horrible. accidents
have a way of happening
in violation of all the laws
of chance.
Also: BoStons Scollay
Square; Sweet Are the Uses
Of Publicity; Indians on
the Harpath Agdin;I / Hear
america Singing: The
Presidents Press Confer.
enee; n Public Relations
Man Confesses.
Plus Beeks, Fiction. opsa
forum end Alon Dsves's
fsseinatins assvrs ssvdv
sf ne eodd's.Fiy.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Marcel Deaf Reported
Fighting for Nozis
BY the Associated Press

D5 tlIe hSSUCIdItU FItSS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-Marcel
Deaf, the man who coined the de-
featist slogan why Die for Dam
zig?" in 1899, may have an oppor-
tunity to do that very thing him.
self, the American broadcasting
station in Europe said last night.
The broadcast. recorded by the
ONCE of War Information, said the
pro-Nazi French editor had departed
for the eastern front to fight beside
the Germans.
Home cooks in Fire can use only
half as much electricity as last year.
Evening star., 1944-09-28

while d. A. Clement of New Haven,
Conn. was appointed regimental
adjutant.
Midshipman Martin. varsity end
on the Middle football team, will
head the academy regimental Or
ganization from September 30 to
December IA, Supt. Rear Admiral
John r. Beardall announced.
Two Marylanders-O. L. Carey of
Salisbury, and r. p. Hall of Towson
were listed as company COM
manderS.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
French |rked by Delay
In Finding Traitors;
Deaf Aide Imprisoned
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 28.-Georges Alber-
TIM, executive assistant to Vichy
Minister Marcel Deaf, was impris-
oned yesterday in the roundup OF
persons suspected of collaborating
with the Germans.
Paris newspapers simultaneously
complained that the purge was slow
The semiofncial Council of National
Resistance added its protest.
Deaf was Vichy minister of works
and national solidarity. Albertini was
also secretary Of Deat's Fascist po-
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Football Star Commands
Regiment Of Midshipmen
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Sept. 28.-
Benjamin S. Martin of Prospect
Park, Pa, was named commander
of the regiment of midshipmen at
the Naval Academy yesterday.
John J. Armao, jr.. of Philedel-
phia was selected as subcommander,
Evening star., 1944-09-28

WI AhlNNAiOIl. -.-SA |
Will CARDIAC operation some day be
as commonplace as an appended
:omy? 1t is too early to say Yes" with
certainty .. but the time has passed
when the heart was snnetuna sane.
forum into which no surgeon dared
enter. Today ailing hearts - of both
children and adults = are being sue.
eessfully operated upon. Numerous
cases of coronary thrombosis and con.
genital heart malformations, for in.
stance. have yielded to the surgeons
knife. Repairing Hearts by Sur
gerry" by Leona Alberts Wassersug.
is carefully documented message of
hope for cardiac sufferers. Read it
in the October MERCURY.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Dallin, eminent Rus
sian historian and econ.
omist in "Russia's Plans
for Germany" in the
October MERCURY.

Once AgainAmercan Mercury Opinion Makes Things Happen
few months Oswald LIBERAL friend of labor
and for editor and publisher The AMERICAN
MERCURY his why Regulated Through
the of The MERCURY he reached important labor
leaders whom his addressed segment of
leaders in and out of What happened matter
record The New York Sun Especial dispatch ad Attracting
widespread interest and attention the capital The
AMERICAN MERcR Other reported upon as news
and discussed editorials arguments significance were aired
radio debates brought about discussion
labor business and again ta1
lHE AMERICAN MERCURY than magazine opinion it is the
magazine of opinion that makes things happen"
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Russia's Plans For GERMANY

Who are Cermany's war criminals?
BY Russian standards they include
not merely the Hitler clique and
few thousand military men who or.
dered atrocities. Moscow indicts
whole classes = the large landowners,
industrialists, bankers, and great sec.
tions of the wholesale and retail
trade. How Russia plans to use war
guilt as social weapon how she
counts on the punishment and de.
strucIion of economic groups to re.
draw the entire pattern of German
society -. how reparations and the
reshuffling of territories and popula.
tions will be carefully shaped to the
same end is told by David !.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Heart Disease And Surgery

Will surgery perform
the miracles for the
heart that penicillin
and the sulfa drugs are
doing for infection?
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necessary to bring about recognition
by other American governments.

necessary to bring about recognition
by other American governments.
Recognition has been delayed by
a recommendation OF the Inter-
American Committee for Political
Defense that member governments
delay recognition pending consulta-
ton with each other.
Penaranda, who was escorted from
the country the day after the revo-
luton, said he was breaking his self
imposed silence for Bolivias sake
and because Of my dignity as a
ruler" He said he believed con-
tinental unity against the new
Bolivian regime should be main
tanned firmly as any weakness would
give proof that fifth columnism
triumphs by Audacity over the timid-
ity Of the democracies.
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Bolivian Envoy Calls
Vice President Of
Uruguay Enemy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, Jan. DIR. Luis
Iturralde Chinel, counselor of the
Bolivian Legation, declared that
Vice President Alberto GUAM of
Uruguay is a traditional enemy
of Bolivia, in formal statement
released tonight to the press.
1turralde said it was on Guanis
initiative that the Inter-American
Committee for the Political Defense
of the Hemisphere recently sug gest-
ed that the American republics first
consult among themselves before
extending recognition to any gov
eminent formed by force in this
hemisphere.
The present Bolivian government,
which has not yet been recognized
by any American Government,
emerged recently in military coup.
Iturralde said the committees rec
ommendation was directed against
Bolivia"
GUAM was not Immediately avail
able for comment.
A diplomat here said the official
reason for postponement of the
recognition of the new Bolivian gov
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Crowley TakesContro|
OF u. 5. Food Buying
In Foreign Nations
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Leo T. Crowley's Foreign Eco
nomic Administration took over
yesterday all the foreign food de-
velopment and buying operations
formerly handled by the Agri-
culture Departments Commodity
Credit Corp. and the War Food
Administration, it was learned
authoritatively.
The FEA is expected to make an
official announcement of the move
tomorrow.
The shift complies with President
Roosevelt's executive order of Oc1o-
Der 6 which directed the change, but
did not specify the date of transfer
Beginning tomorrow all food buy
ing abroad, either for home con-
sumption or reshipment abroad tc
Lease-Lend countries and the fight
ing forces, will be done by the FEA.
It's subsidiary, the United States
Commercial Co., moved from the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. last
summer, will make the actual pur-
chases.
The Gees and WAS domestic
food procurement, which is estimated
at more than 80 per cent of their
activities, is not affected. The Gees
foreign food procurement branch is
being moved to FEA without change
in personnel.
Since foreign food buying is ex-
pected to expand, Government
sources believe the FEA's newest
aquisition probably will become its
largest division.
A high percentage of foreign food
purchases are now made in the Latin
countries, with Brazil, Argentina and
Mexico supplying the largest share
of food from that part of the hemi-
sphere.
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FOUND.

RED IRISH SETTER, female. black studded
collar. no tag. GE 1880.
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the report continued. Nevertheless
production per worker has
fallen relatively less than the dror
that occurred between 1914 and 1919
In 1914, the report said, German
shortages of material, including oil
and rubber, may become critical
The manpower shortage cannot be
relieved by recruiting foreigners
without diluting the labor force and
creating potentially dangerous
political situation
Economic strains will be intensi-
fled, and the increasing disruption
of Axis industries may be expected
as result of increased Allied land
air and sea offensives from all points
Of the compass. -"
However, economic factors alone
without accelerated military often.
sives, cannot be expected to caus,
a German collapse in 1914"
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Army Finds Powerful Chemical
To Fight Typhus, Insect Pests

| choral hydrate-a sedative-anc
mono chlorbenzene, in the presence
of sulphuric acid.
The Army has devised techniques
Of applying the new louise powder
to underclothing with special hand
and powder busters, without neces-
stating the removal of clothing, as
heretofore.
Thus, the military doctors say
it now is possible to apply mass
protective measures quickly for the
armed forces and civilians who
might infect the Army, with a
minimum of equipment and per-
sonnet
Special Solution for Underwear.
1t also can be used in special
solution for inpregnation of under
wear.
Clothing so impregnated will re-
main free Of lice, for as long as two
months, even though it is laundered
once a week during that time.
The chemical first was synthesized
in 1874 by German chemist, but
it wasn't until 1889 that Geigy. Inc
a Swiss chemical firm. reported on
its employment as sn effective in
secticide against moths and plant
lice.
The New York subsidiary of Geigy
called the attention of the Agricul-
ture Department to it late in 1912
when the departments Bureau of
Entomology was we'll under way with
a program designed to provide more
effective insecticides and insect re-
pellants for military use.
With supply of "DDT' i'm
ported by Geigy from Switzerland
none was being manufactured in
this country at that time-Agricul-
tural scientists investigated. Under
direction of DR.. F. C. Bishop, DR..
w. E. Dove and E. F. Knipling, re-
searchers not only demonstrated the
utility of DOT" against certain ag-
ricultural pests-but found a new
use for it against body lice.
In May, 1943, after tests had
shown that the material, when used
in controlled concentrations, was
safe for man, the Army recon-
mended its procurement as standard
equipment, replacing the louise
powder then in use.
The material now is being manu-
featured by Geigy subsidiaries in
this country and by the Dupont Co.
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Ey the Associated Press.

The armed forces said yesterday
they have a new and powerful
chemical weapon against body lice,
the carriers of typhus fever and a
dreaded traveller in almost
every military campaign in his
tory.
Moreover, the antilouse chemical,
In experimental tests, rendered a
room destructive to house flies for
a period of three months. and
proved highly effective against a
variety of other pests which plague
man, beast and plant-thus offer
ing wide possibilities for postwar
use.
All production of the chemical
called "DDT'- is limited to
Army and Navy uses, except for lab
oratory experiments.
Army medical scientists declare
the material-used for the first time
on mass scale in the North African
campaign-has proved more effec-
tive against body lice than any in
secticide previously employed. 1t is
used in the form of powder, and a
single application to clothing pro-
vides antilouse protection for a
month.
Effective Against Flies.
Agriculture Department research
ers tried 1t against flies. They said a
single application to the walls rem
dered a room lethal to flies for
three months.
They reported the material ap-
parently is effective against more
different pests than any other insec-
ticide of its particular chemical class.
They've employed it successfully
against 40 to so different pests from
japanese beetles to bed bugs, and
from livestock lice to termites.
The Army's Medical Department
put some of its outstanding men to
work on the chemical in 1912.
Trained personnel Of other Govern
ment organizations and commercial
laboratories assisted.
When the true insect-killing prop
critics of the material began to I'M
fold, high Medical Corps officials
bent every effort to get it into
quantity production.
A synthetic compound, known
scientifically by the name of
dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane,
the chemical is prepared from
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nizing new governments formed BY
force had "tacitly repudiated the
antidemocratic treachery in my
country"
Speaking in this Southern Peru
Wan town he asserted that the new
government headed by Maj. Quail
berto Villarroel would not Hesitate
to make any promise or declaration"
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1914 War Demands
Cant Be Met by Reich
Economy, FEA Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The judgment that "the German
economy cannot possibly be ex-
banded to meet the increasing
strength and pressure of the United
Nations in 1914" was made public
yesterday by the Foreign Economic
Administration.
Japan, on the other hand, I'M
doubtedly will be able to boost heI
production of nearly all kinds Of
arms in 1914, even though a poverty
of shipping handicaps her exploita-
ton of captured territory, the FEA
reported.
If left in possession of her con-
quests for 20 or 30 years, it was said
Japan might easily reach the first
rank of industrial nations" A col.
lapse of Germany would not affect
directly the japanese economy, II
was held, since Japan already is al
most wholly sufficient.
Stone Prepared Report.
The findings were prepared by
William T. Stone, director of FEA's
Special Areas Branch, which han
dies economic welfare analysis.
AS summarized by FEA, Mr.
Stones conclusions were:
Germany - German dominated
Europe is now producing war mate
rails adequate to a prolonged war OF
defense against Allied offensives OF
the present magnitude. While
economic strains will doubtless con-
tribute to German political and mill
tary deterioration during the year
these in themselves will not be suf-
ficiently serious to cause a German
collapse However, the German
economy cannot possibly be ex-
panded to meet the increasing
strength and pressure of the United
Nations offenSiVeS in 1914"
Japan-"Japan has passed the
peak of it's industrial plant expan-
sion, but will undoubtedly be able
to increase the production of arma-
ments for defense in 1914. Shipping
remains the chief economic weak
ness which prevents Japan from
fully exploiting conquered terri
tories and expanding further its
economic base.
Reich Industry Sensitive.
Japan has failed to capitalize
fully on it's conquests since Pearl
Harbor. Primarily the measure of
Japan's war production is the
capacity of its pre-Pearl Harbor in
dustrial plant rather than the raw
material resources of its recent con-
quests"
The drain of pouring munitions
into Russia, Italy and Yugoslavia
stretched taut Germanys war econ
omy," the report said, land has made
the Reich extremely sensitive to
every instance of industrial damage
from British and American bomb
ing" Deprived of economic initia-
tive by the needs of the fighting
front and the necessity of repairing
bomb damage at home, Germany
has been unable to carry out its
planned and orderly exploitation of
Europe's resources.
Germany's diet is somewhat in
ferior to last winters, particularly
in meat content, but it is much bet
ter than it was in 1918"
Consumer Goods Scarce.
Consumer goods are scarce and
bombing has worsened an already
bad housing and utility situation"
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eminent by Argentina, step which
had been expected momentarily,
was that Argentina was studying
additional information. However, it
was reported that Argentina did not
wish to recognize the military junta
until some other American nation
had done so.
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Penorondo Halls Delay
In Recognizing Successor

TACNA, Peru, Jan. l (P).-Ex-
President Enrique Penaranda of b.
livia, overthrown in a coup d'etat
December 10, said in a statement
here today that American govern
ments by their recent agreement to
consult each other before recog-
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Fiq-Tree Rubber Studied

Australian government scientists
believe that rubber can be extracted
from the wild fig tree found grow
ing in Northwestern Australia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

do about IT. We of law enforcement VIII do-are
doing-what can. But the peoples will IS the
peoples will If there were black market Gus
=terHersT-there- would be black market no
biacketesEs. In the final analysis, 1t UP TO
all OF US
We are fighting not only the greatest military
war in our history, but also The skulking enemies
within our own gates Let us forsake all tcUpta-
tons 10 slip into carclcSs VaXS: lei lis aXCI the
tragic consequences OF inaction and indecision.
Vast coalitions Of desperate criminals were
formed; men and women who had engaged In
every form Of outaWry, even 10 mass murder
were assembled under a common banner with
the result that great numbers of affiliated Grim
inals were ready and eager 10 take up new forms
OF laW-bTeaking of the most vicious sort
Those coalitions brought about such vicious
crimes as kidnapping and eXtortion, extending from
end 10 end OF the country.
Let US be men enough, with courage and
determination enough to do our duty fearleSsly
here the front assigned 10
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and Railroad Ave In Newark, n. J.
In this case the driver and his helper were
forced 10 lie in the Of the bandits automobile
and were driven about for approximately three
hours before they were released.
The owner of the automobile taken into
custody by the police, and he denied being in
volved
However Special Agents Of the FBI in close
examination OF the automobile discovered a num-
bcr OF human hairs the upholstery They
carefully picked these from the cushions and sent
them 10 the FBI Laboratory, along with specimen
hairs from the head Of the driver Of the truck
whose load hjacked Sept. Is.
The Bureaus technicians examined the two
sets OF hairs and found that each set had the same
characteristics, and, while this was not a con-
elusive Identification, II did furnish such sub
SIantia- evidence tat-the -eaE-o4EHoF- this
Information had been made known 10 him. gave
a fun confession in which he admitted his par.
tlcipation In all three hi5ackinRs-
after additional investigation, a number Of