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Evening star., 1944-04-22

Rich was arrested In Birmingham
when he tried to pawn a s700 wrist
watch, according to police. Two
men arrested with him were not
brought back. They had escaped
from Kilby Prison in Montgomery
and had long sentences to serve.
Sentences against one Of the men
left in Alabama total 132 years. A
fourth fugitive Is still at large.
The four, according to the police.
held up the Mitchell Liquor Store,
ll22 Connecticut avenue, with
sawed-off shotguns and escaped
with more than $500 on March 8.
Evening star., 1944-04-22
Regional WLB Denies
Lumbermen's Puy Boos,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-The
third regional War Labor Board
yesterday disapproved, with labor
members dissenting. a 10 cents an
hour general pay increase for lum-
bermen employed by timber oper-
ators in Pennsylvania, Northwestern
Virginia and Maryland.
Employees Of approximately 80
companies, each with so to 100 men
are affected.
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Of policies already in use.
Guides Workers to Jobs

It involves guiding workers to ur-
gent jobs, stabilizing employment by
restricting transfers, discouraging
quitting, controlling employment
and stimulating COMMUNICATIVE in
terest in output.
Although Leo Werts of Washing
ton, D. c., assistant VINO executive
director, says it is still too early to
say how the plan is working, here's
che indication. A few weeks ago,
when the plan was taking shape, the
WING estimated the West Coast
would need some 285, 900 more work.
ers soon. Now it has cut that down
to 100000. And production keeps
going on, because the plan gets more
workers on essential jobs, draws
some from less essential work, adds
forces, checks absences and turn
over, arouses communities by pleas,
hints and even threats.
In Portland, L. c. Stoll, Oregon's
manpower commissioner, said with
the plan in effect only 10 days, al
rady there is a definite lessening in
labor turnover"
Seattle and Los Angeles reported
hiring on the upswing.
Labor Utilization
The plan covers many features for
better labor utilization. Many en-
ployers have found out how to get
more work done with fewer en-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
West Coast Plan
Now Solving Woes
On Needed Manpowef
BY WALTER WARREN

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.-Wes,
Coast war work is picking up speed
with the help of thousand and
one manpower control experiments
that have been loosely Jumped under
the name West Coast Plan"
No one can tell you quickly what
that plan is. 1t has as many colors
as Joseph's coat. 1t is green light
to one employer, a red one to an
other, and a spotlight to a third
1t is one thing to Seattle and an
other in San Diego.
In general it is broad system of
varying measures designed to put
the all-too-few workers where they
can do most to win the war
William X. Hopkins, Pacific re-
gion War Manpower Commission di-
rector, says the plan is an extension
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
Rep. Gavagan
Quits House
DemosDrop
Takes Seat New York Su-
preme Court : Party Is
Now Without Majority

WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-Demo-
cratic strength in the House
amounts to only a numerical SUI
periority as the resignation of Rep
resentative Joseph A. Gavagan of
New York left the party without
majority seats for the first time
since 1881.
Representative Gavagan resigned
to take the seat on the New York
State Supreme Court which he was
elected to last November.
His resignation left lineup of
PIT Democrats, 208 Republicans, 4
minor party representatives and d
vacancies. The House majority is
218.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
DIAMOND DEALER
lSCHARGED WITH
ILLEGAL TRAFFIC
Ch ase National Bank Of
New York City Also
Involved in Case

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. - The
Federal Grand jury of New York
today returned two indictments
charging the Chase National Bank
and Leonard j. A. Smit. dealer In
industrial diamonds, for "conspir-
ing and engaging in the illegal
sale of industrial diamonds in vo-
lation of the Trading with the En-
envy Act.
Attorney General Francis Biddle
said the other defendants indicted
on the same charge include two
corporations controlled by Smit,
Anton Smit and Company and Ell
fantum, Inc.
Biddle said the indictments col
lectively charged that Leonard Smit
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12

more to some communities labor
ployees.
The VINO officials said this has
cut down labor boarding, improved
worker morale, improved plant or
ganization and boosted man-hour
output The Kaiser Swan Island
shipyards at Portland, which has
been putting out four tankers
month, expects to add SO per cent
to that soon with no other employees
than on July l.
The plan has one common element
along the whole coast-"controlled
referral of workers" That means
putting all hiring into the hands of
the United States Employment Serv-
ice, or such labor, government or
employer agents as the USES ap-
proves.
The system channels workers to
high priority jobs Priority COM
mittees determine where workers
are to be sent. The committees are
headed by VINO officials, include
representatives of the Selective Serv-
ice, War Production Board. Army
Navy, Maritime Commission, War
Foods Administration and Commit
tee for Congested Production Areas
The Office of Defense Transporta-
ton is invited when needed.
Priorities committees recommend
to the VINO that it direct workers
to jobs selected as most urgent by
urgency committees headed by the
WPB. In Portland and Seattle the
priorities committees are employment
ceilings on individual firms, as of
July and August 81. Both divided
employers into three groups. l.
Those authorized to increase en-
ployment; 2, those allowed to MAIN
tain existing forces, and 3, those who
might be called upon to give up
workers.
Hopkins said the plan could have
a big place in the nations war
economy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
BRITISH FARMERS
FACE LONG STRAIN

LONDON - Britain will continue
to make heavy demands on her far
mers until at least 1947, even if vic
tory is won before then, r. S. Hud-
son, Minister of Agriculture, said in
speech.
Last autumn" he said, Il asked
for an additional 100000 acres Of
wheat. and it has been achieved. l
now confidently expect to get we'll
over half as much again"
Britain's 1913 wheat acreage was
more than double the 1889 figure.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
TARTAN BATTLES
NAILS IN latest
FILM AT CAPITOL

! Combining the thrills of modern
warfare and the hazardous exist
ence of the jungle into one film,
producer Sol Lesser introduces an
explosive story as the basis of the
new film, starring Johnny Weiss
muller, "Tarzan Triumphs,' which
opens tonight at the Capitol The
atre.
The. famous Edgar Rice Bur-
roughs' character has added worries
when he encounters for the first
time the complexities of the pres
ent day war. German parachutists
invade the jungle to startle Tarzan,
who is a peace-loving man, and he
is slow to realize their intentions
until appeasement doesn't work
with the Nazis. 1t is then that he
makes war, bringing a rousing story
of many climaxes to the screen.
For the first time in many years,
Weissmuller is provided with new
leading lady with the assignment OF
the beauteous Frances Clifford. Her
appointment to the part came
about as no mere incident. Pro-
ducer Lesser spent weeks searching
! for an actress to portray the role
Of "Zandra," jungle princess.
whose people are enslaved by in
vaders.
Johnny Sheffield, who has been
seen before as Tarzan, Jr., resumes
his role again along with the ia
nous chimpanzee, Cheta, that is
part of the inseparable Tarzan
family.
Villains are many in "Tarzan
Triumphs," RKO Radio picture.
Some of the most hated men of
filmdom including Stanley Ridges.
Rex Williams, and Sig Ruman por-
tray Nazi soldiers. Stanley Brown
and Pedro de Cordoba play SYM
pathetic members of the cast
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
WAKE ISLAND"
OPENS TONIGHT
AT 10Th CENTURY

The dramatization of one of the
most spectacular battles of this war
will be on view when Paramount's
Wake Island" tonight reaches the
screen of the Goth Century Theatre.
The gripping reenactment of the
epic stand of a handful Of cour-
ageous Marines who STAYED off Jap
invasion for fourteen days, features
great cast headed by Brian Don
levy, Robert Preston and Macdonald
Carey. Also included in the roster
of players are Albert Decker, Walter
Abel, Barbara Britton and William
Bendix
Insuring authenticity of detail,
Wake Island" was filmed with the
cooperation of the United States
Marine Corps. John Farrow, dis
tinguished Hollywood director and
himself Lieutenant Commander in
the British Navy until recently in
valided out of service, directed the
new film drama.
1t is throbbing, vital drama that
the new picture promises as enter
tainment, plus the essential mean
ing of this war and what it entails.
The subject should never be forgot
ten, and Wake Island telling, as
it does, the story in terms of human,
dramatic events will help see to it
that It never shall happen again.
Wake Island" recapitulates in its
story the whole stand the sinking
of a Jap cruiser by our aircraft, the
many times invasion attempts were
repealed, the emotions experienced
by Marines and civilians as the bat
tie was being fought
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
FINAL RITES FOR
MARY GEORGE AT
CHAPEL TOMORROW

Funeral services for Mary T..
George will be held tomorrow after
noon at o'clock in the Chapel OF
the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
The Rev. Edward Budde will Off
ciate at the services and interment
will be in the family plot at Ever
green Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
NATIVE BABY DIES

Oscar Williams, four-month-old
Native infant, died last night at the
Government Hospital. The father at
Hoonah has been notified, and the
remains are at the Charles w. Car
ter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12

and his various companies, through
the assistance of the Chase Ma
tional Bank "contrived by illegal
means to trade in industrial dia-
monds in contravention to various
wartime laws freezing the funds OF
certain foreign nationals, and pro-
hibiting the export of certain stra-
tegic materials"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
KINCAID HERE BY PLANE

Flying here from Anchorage via
Alaska Airlines, Harrison r. Kincaid
Is at the Baranof.
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HERE FROM NOME

Mrs. Kirk d. Jackson and Lillian
Reyba are guests at the Baranof
Hotel. They are from Nome.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
HAROLD BEAN HERE

Here from Ancorage. Harold r.
Bean is at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE

John H. Sterling is Baranof
guest from Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12

Bond Premier. Jan. IL. A bond
for every seat. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
MARY BEAN IN JUNEAU

Mary p Bean is guest at the
Baranof Hotel She registered from
Skagway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
ANDERSON IN CITY

Arriving yesterday afternoon on
an Alaska Airlines plane from An
chorage, 1. w. C. Anderson is at the
Baranof
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
MRS. POOLE ARRIVES

Mrs. w. E. Poole arrived here yes
terday by plane from Anchorage
She is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-12
HERE FROM SKAGWAY

Here from Skagway. Frank Hanil.
ton is registered at the Baranof.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
$500 and Merchandise
Taken in Three Thefts

Three separate weekend thefts
netted robbers almost $500 in cash
and an undetermined quantity of
merchandise, according to reports to
police yesterday.
Mrs. Nell Townsend, 1897 Fort
Stevens drive NV, lost church con-
tribution envelopes containing $lOO
which she had been saving for
dona ton to the National Memorial
Baptist Church, Sixteenth street
and Columbia road NV, when an
intruder ransacked her apartment,
she told police.
A glass panel in the front door of
the Linen Mart, 1925 G street NV,
was removed by thieves who took
5000 and a quantity of chinaware,
linens and baby clothes, police dis
closed. The proprietor, Irving J.
Heiney, discovered the theft when
he opened for business yesterday.
Joseph L. Smith, manager of
Gulf oil station at Carroll and
Maple streets NV, reported a safe
in the station had been opened dur
ing the week end and SLIT taken.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Washie' Bratcher
Leaves Hotel Band

Pending Qualification of his be-
clouded draft status, "Washie"
Bratcher, blond maestro, has given
up the leadership of his orchestra
in its jam sessions at the Wash
ington Hotel, he said today.
The band leader, who is accused
by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton of using drug to produce SIM
ulated high blood pressure before a
physical examination for military
service, said he and hotel officials
mutually had agreed on the move.
Certain people who might accuse
me of being a draft dodger without
knowing all the facts in the case
might try to drag the hotel into it.
wouldn't want that to happen. The
hotel officials seem to want me here,
but it's best that I get this matter
Strengthened out first"
Bratcher organizer Of the ALL
States Club, leases the hotels ball
room for dances sponsored by the
club.
Bratchers deferment from mill
tary service had been sought by the
Musicians Protective Union, Local
161, In letters to War Manpower
Commission Chairman Paul McNutt
and District Selective Service Direc-
tor William E. Leahy, Bratcher said,
but the plea was rejected.
The orchestra director said that
at the proper time he will present
evidence he is certain will clear him.
self of any suspicion of intent to
evade the draft.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Billion Dressings Made
For Army by Red Cross

One billion surgical dressings for
Army medical depots throughout
the world have been made by volun-
teer workers in the last two years,
American Red Cross headquarters
has announced.
In addition, the Red Cross re-
ports, supplies have been made for
the Navy, 48,0O0,0 900 dressings have
been shipped abroad for civilian war
relief and others have been made
for civilian hospitals in this coun-
try.
In anticipation Of invasion needs,
production has been boosted past
100000 a day, it was said The
3,500,00 volunteers in the produc-
ton corps must supply 80 per cent
Of the Army's needs, according to
Mrs. Richard Bissell, national di-
rector Of Red Cross volunteer
services.
1t also was announced that a
Evening star., 1944-02-08
18 Red Cross Aides
From D. {. Area Reach
WAR Fronts Safely

Eighteen former District area resi-
dents are among 126 American RED
Cross workers whose safe arrival
overseas was announced today
They include:
Robert Allan EuWer, field director
to England; Nathalie E. Kennedy
hospital social worker, sister of Mrs
Thomas F. Mccarthy. 1859 Locust
road NV, to Panama Canal Zone
Thomas M. Page, 1859 Monroe
street NV, program director, to
Indiana; Robert E. Read, 1924
Devonshire place NV, field repre-
sentative for civilian relief, to North
Africa.
Henry Michael Rabun, formerly
sports editor Of Washington Daily
News, field director, to Hawaii:
Mary Blaschke, hospital social
worker, graduate of the National
Catholic School of Social Service
here, to Australia; Frederick Clay
ton, American Red Cross war cor
respondent, to Italy: Dorothy Brosin
hospital secretary, former Red Cross
volunteer here, to Hawaii; Margot
E. Cotter, staff assistant, daughter
OF Mrs. William D. Cotter, 6l57
Thirtieth street NV, to North
Africa; Jean Ross Howard, staff
assistant, daughter of Mrs. Robert
c. Howard, 1872 Newton street NV,
to North Africa.
Ruth A. Napier, secretary, daugh-
ter OF Mrs. William E. Napier, 214
A street NE, to North Africa;
Richard Waterman, assistant direc-
tor OF accounting, formerly of 5015
Macarthur boulevard, to North
Africa; Wilfred de St. Aubin, club
director. formerly with Federal
Works Agency, to North Africa;
Miss M. Garland Jones, secretary,
formerly Of RFC, to North Africa;
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Saudi Arabian Ruler
Expected 10 Approve
Pipeline Proposal
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
CAIRO, Feb. 8.-Strong indica-
ton that Ibn Saud, ruler of Saudi
Arabia, will approve the proposal to
lay a long oil pipeline from the
Persian Gulf to the Eastern Mediter-
ranean came from Saudi Arabian
officials in Cairo yesterday.
A member Of that country's Lega-
ton said the King had been aware
OF negotiations in the United States
for several months, and probably
would give his consent provided
suitable returns were made in the
form of goods for development of
the country.
A Legation official said the deal,
II consummated, would make Saudi
Arabia one of the biggest oil
producing countries in the world.
(Secretary of the Interior
Ickes has announced that the
Petroleum Reserves Corp. plans
to build 1,250-mile pipeline in
Arabia under an agreement with
the Arabian-American Oil Co.
and the Gulf Exploration Co. to
reach Arabian and Kuwait oil
reserves. The cost Is estimated
at from $130,000,000 to $165 ,OOO,-
600. Senator Moore, Republican,
OF Oklahoma declared yesterday
the construction plan was
treaty" which needs approval
Of Congress-
Outlet Expected to Be Alexandria.
Both officials and oil men in the
Middle East professed a lack of
knowledge of details of the proposal,
including size of the pipeline or To-
cation of its Mediterranean outlet,
which presumably would be Alexan-
dria.
Expert opinion was expressed that
the line could be completed in six
months If it were the subject of an
all-out effort. This would require a
big quantity of special desert equip
ment, as the line would cross an
area seldom traversed by man. Most
of the route is covered by soft, shift
ing sand. requiring special vehicles
with huge, soft tires.
Only one oil field now is work.
ing in Eastern Arabia, but drilling
has been done at another and a
third discovered. The three fields
are hundreds of miles apart along
the Persian Gulf.
Desires to Build Up Country.
Lack Of transportation is the pres
ent difficulty, but a pipeline would
place Saudi Arabian oil on an ex-
cellent competitive basis in post
war Europe
The belief that Ibn Saud would
agree to pipeline is strengthened
by his known desire to build up the
country. The line would open the
interior OF Arabia, even to the
Arabs, since it would require build
ing of roads.
The King is known to want goods
and supplies more than money. 1t is
recalled here that he was very
friendly to Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce
when the commandant of American
Army forces in the Middle East Wis
tied Arabia in December.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Policeman Slightly Hurt
In MotorcycIe-Auto Crash

Motorcycle Policeman Ashley A.
Aderholt, 80, of 1909 T place Sc.
suffered minor foot| injuries last
night when his motorcycle collided
with an automobile at Second and
E streets S.W. He was sent home
after receiving treatment at Emer-
gency Hospital and will report to
the police clinic today.
Police said the driver of the car
was William A. Stein, %, Of 4515
Dix street NE.
An 8-year-old colored boy, Ray
Holt, 2426 Shows court NV, was
in a critical condition in Emergency
Hospital today as result of in
juries suffered yesterday when he
was struck by an automobile while
crossing the street near his home.
Hospital attaches said he has pos
sible fractures of the skull and hip.
Operator of the automobile, ac-
cording to police, was Lester F.
Bowles, 48. of the TOO block of Eight
eenth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Ce||er Renews Fight
To Bar Use Of Funds
For Silver Subsidy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The perennial silver subsidy fight
was on again today as the House
began consideration of the Treasury
Post Ofiice appropriation bill.
Representative Celler, Democrat,
Of New York said he plans again to
offer an amendment, as he did last
year, to prohibit use of any part of
the appropriation for administration
Of the Silver Act of 1884.
The act pledged the Federal Gov
ernment to purchase domestic silver
until the Treasury stock amounts to
one-fourth the total monetary stock
Of the country (gold and silver or
the price of silver reaches $l.29 an
ounce. The present price of silver
Is TILL cents an ounce.
Metal Released to Industry.
The Celler bill died last year as
part of a compromise by which
Treasury silver was released for war
industry and for commercial use.
%"I certainly shall offer my amend
ment again." Mr.. Celler said. "It
served a purpose last year and con-
ditions are far worse today than a
year ago. Many metals like copper,
lead and zinc, which are mined in
conjunction with silver are plentiful
now and the argument that q bonus
price for silver is necessary to en-
courage production of the other
metals can not be successfully MAIN
tanned
"Certainly there can be no justifica-
tion for the outlandish price of TIL
cents an ounce"
Mr.. Cellar said he Is not against
subsidies on principle, but considers
that each subsidy must justify itself
and that he does not believe that
silver can qualify.
Morgenthau Backs Cellar.
His position again will have the
support of Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, who in hearings before
the House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee referred to the silver pur-
chase plan as "glaring inequity"
Il think it is wholly unnecessary"
Mr.. Morgenthau said. Il have
recommends its repeal. The country
would get along just as we'll without
It; I think it would get along better"
The Treasury bought SO 500 ,OOO, 900
worth of domestic silver in the first
nine months of 1943. The committee
was told it had outstanding about
81 1920, ,000, 900 worth of silver GER
tif1cates, backed by store of the
metal totaling approximately $685.
600 600 ounces
Evening star., 1944-02-08
jap Steamer Founders,
500 Persons Missino
sy the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-The Japa-
nese passenger steamer Suisui Maru
with TOO aboard foundered Sunday
near Kagoshima and 500 persons
are missing, the German news
agency DNB said last night in
broadcast recorded by the United
States Foreign Broadcast Intelli-
gence Service.
kagoshima is major port Of
Kyushu, southernmost of the main
japanese islands. The cause of the
ships sinking was not stated. She
might have struck a mine or been
torpedoed.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Star Staff Photo.

repay them some day for what they
had done for him. Sixty years later,
he sent check. for $1,000 to Lin
coin University, his old Presbyterian
school.
The years have not appreciably
dimmed the verve and fire in his
voice. And he still stands straight.
His sense of humor also has re-
manned with him during the years.
He evoked frequent chuckles from
his listeners, as he lightheartedly
related his struggles for an educa-
ton and foothold in society.
HE has the energy and stamina
Of a l6-year-old," said DR.. Thomas
E. Boorde, pastor of the Anacostia
Baptist Church, in speaking of DR..
Brooks. Others attending to pay
tribute to Dr. Brooks were DR.. E. H.
Pruden, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, and DR.. w. Bertram King,
pastor Of the Fountain Memorial
Baptist Church and president of
the White Baptist Council.
All were generous in praise of
their colleague. But DR.. Brooks took
their plaudits modestly. God has
been good to me-" he said.
Another affair to honor DR.. Brooks
Is being planned for February 81,
when the Committee on Religious
Life in the Nations Capital will
sponsor a reception at 4 pm. in
Perkins Hall of the Universalist Ma
tlond Memorial Church, Sixteenth
and S streets NV. All of Wash
ington's clergymen, representing all
denominations and races, will be in
vlted to attend. DR.. Seth Brooks,
pastor Of the Universalist Church, is
chairman of the Committee on Re
liPious Life