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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14
Due From Florida

Mrs. Nash Reid of Ponte Vedra,
Fla, with her daughter, Miss Caro-
line Reid, will arrive in the Capital
tomorrow to be the guest for sew
eral weeks of her brother in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Whitehurst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-14

st the home Of Mrs. Ralph H. Dwan.
500 Linnean avenue NV.
Thomas Gillespie Walsh, chair.
man and lawyer member OF the
Commission on Mental Health Of
the District Of Columbia, will speak
at meeting Of Eta Alumnae Chap
ter, Kappa Beta Pi, at 8 O'Clock this
evening at the Mayf1ower Hotel. He
will discuss Procedure in Insanity
Cases In the District of Columbia :"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
SEVEN CONVICTED
IN MOVIE COMPANY
EXTORTION PLOTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 --R- The
convictions of seven men charged
with attempting to extort more than
81 100000 from the motion picture
industry under threats to close
every theater in the United States
was upheld today by the U. S. Cir
cult Court of Appeals.
Six of the defendants, sentenc.
ed to 10 years Imprisonment and
fined $4,000 each, had been des'
cribed by the Government as mem
bers of the old AL Capone gang in
Chicago. The seventh was form
err Newark, N. j., labor official,
who was sentenced to seven years
and fined $4,000.
They were Louis Campagna, "A,
Philip D'Andrea, 81, Francis Mar
itote, SO, Harles Gioe, 80, Paul de
Luica 46, and John Rosselli, 80, all
of Chicago, and Luis kaufman, So
former business agent of the New
ark local and the International AL
lance of Theatrical Stage EN-
ployes (AFL).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
BRITONS WHO SENT
ATLANTIC CHARTER
MESSAGE MISSING

LONDON, Dec. 20.-(P)-Spokes-
men for the Admiralty and Ten
Downing street said tonight they
were unable Immediately to identi-
fly or make available for inter-
views. the radio operators Presi-
dent Roosevelt said had transmit
ted the memoranda of the Atlantic
Charter from the battleship Prince
of Wales.
The President told a press con-
ference in Washington yesterday
that the Atlantic Charter never had
been drafted into a document, but
existed as series of memoranda
which was turned over to radio
operators for transmission at the
time of his conference at sea with
Prime Minister Churchill.
While one Naval source said
Churchill usually took along his
own radio personnel when he went
to sea, the Admiralty said the op-
orators most likely were Naval
men. The Admiralty insisted, how
ever, that queries as to their iden-
tity and whether they survived the
subsequent sinking of the Prince of
Wales must oe submitted in writ
ing.
A Naval source said that if there
is a copy of the Charter memoir
anda it would be in the Admiralty
archives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21

new AIR FORCE
SETUP PLANNED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90 R -
Establishment of Continental Air
Forces Headquarters to relieve
Army Air Force Headquarters in
Washington of some command func-
tons was announced today by the
War Department.
The new unit will be located at
the Camp Springs, Md, Army air
field, II miles southeast of Wash
ington.
1t will be responsible, the War
Department said, for air defense
of the United States, for joint air
ground training and for the organ
ization, reorganization a n d train
ing of service and combat person
incl.
The department explained thai
the creation of the CAT headquar-
tiers will transfer the Operating
features" of Army Air Force
Headquarters into the field, leav
ing higher-level AAF policies NJ
planning in the Washington head
quarters.
Initially, the new headquarters
will be stated by personnel nov
assigned to the Washington head
quarters. The group will move te
Camp Springs early in 1945.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
Solons Say West Front
Conditions Excellent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90 Up -
Congressman inspecting the Am
erican battlefronts in Europe
found things in excellent condi-
ton" Rep. Costello D-CalifD said
tonight.
morale is very high" reported
the Californian, who is acting
chairman of the group which
alighted at the National Airport to-
night after four weeks abroad.
''They are doing an exceptionally
fine job"
The Congressman, members OF
a subcommittee of the House Mil
itary Committee, declined general
ly to talk for publication pending
conference tomorrow with War
Secretary Stimson and Army Of
ficials.
Those reached agreed. however,
with statement on one of their
number that there is nothing
startling to report"
Costello said there appeared to
be no critical shortage of supplies,
although commanders in the bat
tie zones naturally would like to
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
Hundreds Of Germans
Riot In British Camp

LONDON. Dec. 20. - (P - Hun
irsds Of Garmen officers rioted
md 10 escaped Monday night from
prison camp near Penkridge,
mttordshire. it was disclosed to-
night
The prisoners were believed to
have been inspired by news of the
German comprehensive.
All but one Of those who escaped
have been retaptured, although two
got as far as Liverpool and were
;3out to board a ship leaving Eng
lan.
Those who failed to escape con-
nued their disorders all Tuesday
agh. taunting guards and beating
on walls until dawn, when the
yards forced them back to work
;bayonet point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21

have more of everything, especial
ly artillery and ammunition.
They opened the books and
showed us everything" sal
another member.
Fifteen of the II who left Wash
ington last month returned, leav-
ing two of their group in Europe.
Rep. Merritt O-NY) was strick.
en- with pneumonia and remained
in Paris while Rep. Clare Boothe
Luce R-Conn) was in Florence,
Italy. Half a dozen of the group
were suffering from severe colds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21

Interior motives behind t h e law
passed by the Malls Qranian
Parliament, December 2, forbid
ding oil negotiations with any for
eign powers.
1t said the law, passed with "un-
precedented haste,' showed that
statements by 1ranian authorities
that they merely wanted to post
pone signing concessions until af-
ter the war were "hypocritical and
unfair and that the true aim was
to protect ''the monopoly holding
active concessions -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
N. Y. OPERATORS
VOTE TO STRIKE
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
heard nothing about the matter
since. We shall file this strike
action with the WLB and comply
with the law in every respect
A spokesman for the telephone
company declined to night to COM
ment on the strike vote, saying it
was a matter between the union
and the War Labor Board.
In asking a wage increase, the
New York operators joined tele-
phone company employees in sew
eral other cities, including Dayton,
Cleveland. Philadelphia, Kansas
City, st. Louis, Memphis and Louis
vile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)
(Ry TT & Weather Rureau)


Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm. yesterday.
Temperature
1880 am, 80; 1880 am, 81; 1870 pm. 4s;
1880 pm, A.
Maximum S.; Minimum 26; Mean 81;
Normal 43.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
2.66 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2:00a 9:18a
2:35p 9:53p
Masonboro Inlet - 5:57a
12:17p 6:41p
Sunrise, 7:l4 am; Sunset, 5:07 pm;
Moonrise, 1853 am; Moonset. 1885 pm
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
rgARCES FILED
IN VOTE PROBE

,,NcTON. Dec. 90 Up -
V09 - iurv indicted Joseph P.
sis' today on charges of failing
}'n 1yoduce records of the Con-
. g.;onal Education League, Inc,
s'u,' House committee Investigate
81 ,on political campaign spend
d ;odictment of the New York
me ." Teturned as the campaign
+ va" 5irires committee concluded
ppe ,o,,irv into another organiza-
!; myth the American Democratic
i'm ,ol committee - a n d an
Sa~oi od # will meet informally
'll,l' ,,eek TO hear DR.. George C..
a Nm conductor of h e Gallup
?3 r,n acting chairman of the
A 's-i-p+jonal Educational League,
;ndicted for alleged failure to
'' .jare records showing t h e
2v s's.c contributions Of 500 or
'.s W. a report required of all po-
@as campaign organizations.
lI W. anneared before the commit
=. sentember 20 but withheld the
' y, on his contention the or.
w walton is not a partisan poll
~. group. The committee cited
him for contempt.
MI rhairman Anderson D-NM) told
renorter Gallup will appear be-
s,rs tbe committee next week at
h own request. His appearance
riu supplement a recent exami-
,,tion by committee investigators
n .he Gallup Poll methods of
ampling prediction voting senti-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
Russian Paper Raps
TQnian Oil Measure

MOSCOW, Dec. 90 R The
Iranian oil concessions issue was
dragged in the open today by the
Soviet magazine War and the
Working Class, which complained
of discrimination against the Sow
let Union by "the Tehran reac-
tionary clique.''
The Soviet Union wants to help
the oil industry of Iran and does
not plot against her national in
dependence at ALL" the article
said.
The MAGAZINE said there were
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
BIG TEN HEAD

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. -(P)- Ath-
letic directors of the Big Ten Will
discuss a successor to the late
John L. Griffith as conference attn
letic commissioner at the meeting
of the National Collegiate Ahle1c
Association in Columbus, Ohio, Jan.
1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
Lemon uiceRecipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

neuritis pain. try this simple inexpensive home
recipe that thousands are using. Get a pack
age Of Ru-Ex Compound, two-week supply.
today Mix 1t with a quart Of water, add the
all and pleasant. You neeo only tablespoon
fuls two times day. Often within 4S hours
- sometimes overnight - splendid results are
obtained. II the pains do not quickly leave
and II you do not feel better. return the
empty package and Ru-Ex will cost you moth
ing to try as it is sold by your druggist under
An absolute money back guarantee. Ru-Ex
Saunders Drug Store and drug stores everywhere,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21

ACCORDING to Cape May County
police, when Philadelphia Patrol
man Edwin G. Broseman, Al, found
his estranged wife, Mrs. Marguer-
lite Broseman (above), 81, embrace
ing ex-Marine veteran of Guadal-
canal, Michael Semsey, 80, he shot
and killed both at his mother-in-
laws home in Wildwood, N. j. The
patrolman then turned the re-
volver on himself. (International)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
CONTRACTS AWARDED

RALEIGH, Dec. 20.-RHCon-
tracts for the construction OF a
three story addition to the nurses
home at the State Hospital for the
Insane were awarded today to
concerns submitting low bids. The
total award was $67, 454.25.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-21
Paul Porter To Take
Oath As FEC Member

#ASHINGTON, Dec. 20. - (R -
Paul A Porter will become a
member of The Federal Communi-
cations Commission tomorrow I'M
der a recess appointment. FEC Of
dcials said tonight
They said the publicity director
for the Democratic National Com
nree in he fall politic5' cam
paign will take the oath al i am.
His name would be expected to 60
before the next Congress, conven-
ing in January
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
Capital Talk

The tale of woe of the Office OF
War Information in Washington
does not consist losely of trying to
make the Army and Navy give out
! information, nor of waging war
with the Congress for more money
and with the press corps for more
news. Those are three important
fronts, but the bloodiest of all Is
the battle which Owl wages with
the other civilian offices of the
government, trying to get them to
agree on what is what and what
should be told the American people
about all manner of things per-
tanning to the war effort.
Getting and giving out this Of
ficial dope was one of the standing
assignments given Owl when it was
first set up 1t was also an as
signment given to Owls predeces-
sor. the late and unlamented Office
of Facts and Figures. OFF started
off on the wrong foot by trying to
do the job with pamphlets. OWL
continued this line until it was dis
covered that the costs were excess
siye and the results negligible be-
cause the United States simply is
not a tract-reading country. So
Owl hit upon the technique OF
digging up its data and making it
available to the established in
formation media of press. maga-
zines and radio in the form of
duplicated reports, leaving it up to
the writer's and speakers to rehaSh
such of the material as they de-
sired.
80 REPORTS IN PAST YEAR
These owl reports seldom get
out into general circulation except
in some of the larger cities where,
sometiems, a newspaper will repro
duce full text. From 1000 to 5000
copies Of each report are run off, at
cost of $86 per report, they say,
and there it ends. In the past year
there have been about 80 OF these
reports. All have been on more or
less controversial subjects, but
you'd never know it from reading
the reports, which are pretty mid
ding dull. They have to be. 1t
isn't the fault of the writer's, but OF
the system.
Every report which concerns a
subject of interest to more than one
agency has to be cleared by them
all. That's where feuds begin.
It took six weeks to get out the
report on civilian gasoline supply
The Office of Petroleum Admins
traitor for War Harold l.. Iickes
wanted to say one thing and the
then Office of Price Administrator
Prentiss M. Brown wanted to say
something else. Most of the time OF
preparation was consumed in trying
to get the two parties to agree ON
not only the facts, but what should
be said about them.
Last summer when there was a
temporary butter shortage the WaI
Food Administration wanted to get
out quick report explaining why
owl didn't like what VIA pre-
pared, and Owl took six weeks to
get together the material is wanted
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
A PRESIDENTS PROMISE
(Santa Monica Outlook

The threat of a railroad strike has
brought out the very interesting fact that
early i'm the negotiations President Roose-
welt promised Mr.. George NJ. Harrison,
president of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Clerks, that request by the men for an
eight-cent an hour raise in wages would
be granted.
1t will be recalled that the men and
the railroad executives agreed on that
figure and the War Labor board approx
ed it Then Mr.. Fred NJ. Vinson, the
Presidents economic stabilizer, vetoed
the raise and consented only to a gradual
ed scale which gave the best paid men
four cents an hour and the lowest paid
eight cents an hour increase. This class
discrimination pleased none of the men
and the strike vote followed.
Whatever the outcome OF this labor
difficulty, the railroad men are not like
" to forget the Presidents promise and
the way it was broken, and the public
will hardly forget it either.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
Butchers
Ignore WPB

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. tUP)
The Butcher Workmen's Union
Local 5O8, entering the third week
of a prayer meeting" work stop
page, has rejected National
War Labor Board demand that its
members return to their jobs at
six meat packing plants.
BY unanimous vote, the union
membership decided to continue the
stoppage in support of demands for
an 81 cents an hour wage in
crease, which was denied by the
WLB.
Milton Maxwell, international vice
president of the butchers union,
said he telegraphed Clyde M. Mills,
chief of the NWLB strike section,
that few employees of butchers
local 500 are not engaged in any
strike, nor have they asked strike
permission of our international un-
ion nor of me-"
"They are merely exercising their
God-given and American right to
seek fair play. They ask why they
should work for any of these six
employers at their trade for less
money than they can receive from
other employers in the same indus
try in this area" Maxwell said
About 80 skilled slaughter house
butchers began self styled prayer
meetings" Dec. II when their wage
demands were turned down.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
A GOOD IDEA

(New York World Telegram)
The American Institute of Account
ants at a recent meeting adopted resou-
ton calling on congress to establish
nonpartisan commission to write SIM
pie revenue law which will express a
permanent and consistent policy of fed
eral taxation"
The resolution pointed out that since
the passage of the original income tax
law of 1913 there have been 20 statutes
revising it.
With each revision the bookkeeping
burden of the taxpayer has increased,
until now the filing of tax return has
become, for most people, bobgoblin
proposition. Congress wou make
friends for itself if it responded to the
accountants suggestion and moved to-
ward simplifying and regularizing feder-
al tax policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
by
Peter Edison

/ BY that time the first butter short
age was over and another situation
had developed.
STAFF SUBDUED
Every effort is maze to boil out
all the propaganda and politics. A
few of the early Owl pamphlets got
out with a suspicion of New Deal
economic doctrine in them am
there was a row in Congress. When
corrective order was issued to cut
out the opinionated stuff last April,
IS of the talented writer's resigned
| IN 4 huff. The staff today num-
be eight, and they're pretty well
subdued.
The question is whether all this
is worth the effort. There Is Moth
ing in any of these jobs that any
entcrprising newspaper couldn't do
for ITSELF If it wanted to. Few
newspapers, and few magazines for
that matter, can spend six weeks
getting a half-column or even
full page. Should the government
do it for them? In wartime, facts
are made available to someone IN
side the government service which
for security reasons aren't given to
the entire press corps. The Owl
writer can't use these facts any
more than the outside writer or an
nouncer could, but having the re-
stricted information, the govern
ment writer can make some state
ments the reporter outside the gov
ernment couldn't get at. Beyond
that, the advantage doesn't exist.
The report system is bad in that
il is a further development OF the
government public relations hand
out system, which contributes to a
lazy. unenterprising press. The re-
port system is not critical OF gov
ernment effort. 1t does not dig Ior
dirt. or expose what's wrong Inc
report system erectS a barrier oe-
tween the independent press ara
the source of the news, because 'ile
independent reporter can't get at
the prime source of the news.
Abolishing the whole business the
day the war ends o. before won't DC
a day too soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
Population Shows
Slight Decrease

Imperial county will Start 1914
with a civilian population CT 55,500
or 4,240 less than when tie Ct1icial
census was taken in 1910.
A compilation prepared by the
California Taxpayers association
showed that the county population
in April. 1880 was 60,903. In April
of 1910 the census showed a popu-
lation of 59,740.
Estimates for 1941 was 60,30O, IN
1912 was 58,400, and in 1943 was 3d.
100. the compilation showed.
Population of the state is eStl-
mated at 8,0l4,000 for January,
1914. by the taxpayers organization.
This is an increase Of LOOT, 600, or
about 16 per cent, over the 6,9o7 ,38'
people shown by the April, l940,
census. Population of the state a
year ago was estimated at 7,795,O0o.
Communities with large war in
dustries have drained manpoWer
and population from many Cali
fornia counties" the assocltlon
found. while two counties, Contra
Costa and Solano. have more than
doubled in population since the
census. twenty-one counties are
estimated to have a smaller popula-
ton for January, 1914, than they
had when the census was taken"
Fifteen counties, Alameda, Con-
ira Costa, Inyo. Lassen, Los An
geles. Marin, Monterey, Napa,
orange, Riverside, San Diego, san
Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Shasta ana
Solano show increases in popula-
ton of Is per cent or more since
the census, the association estimates
Big ten counties in the state TO-
day. so far as population Is con-
cerned, are Los Angeles, 3,2OO,00C
people: San Francisco, 690,0Oo'
Alameda, 625,OOO; San Diego, 407,-
900; Contra Costa, 100000; SANTA
Clara. $4,000; Sacramento, 191,0O0;
Fresno, 100000; San Bernardino
| 1872 900: and Orange, $4,000.
Postwar planning should recog-
nize the return to their old homes
of many of the people who have
gone to war industry areas to work,
the association pointed out. II
ordinary times, the growth OF popu'
lation in California has been wide
spread, with nearly all areas show
ing increases. After victory, popu
lation of many inflated war center
can be expected to drop back to-
ward normal. Local government
planning for the future should pro
vide for such trend in population
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
Sweeping Storms
Cut Over Nation

seacoast were flooded by high tides
whipped up b. strong winds.
Travel conditions were unfavor-
able as far west as st. Louis, which
reported traffic disrupted and all
airplanes grounded by heavy fog.
The fog blanketing the midwest
from Madison, Wis, to Fort Wayne,
Ind, and across lower Michigan,
froze as it hit the streets. Icy pave
ments and poor visibility tied up
traffic, delaying thousands of work.
ers on their way to their jobs. The
temperature in the Chicago area
was 10 degrees above zero.
The country's lowest temperature
of one below was recorded in North
Dakota.
Traffic accidents claimed two lives
in Utah where snow has been fall
ing for "a hours. Alta, Utah, high
in the Wasatch Mountains, had
63 inches of snow. Salt Lake City
10 inches, and Provo, Utah, IL,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
s. Burton Heath
Writes:

merely looking after ones own
family when there is no trained
nurse to be had or even, sometimes,
no physician. 1t has nothing TO ID
with the nurses aid course, ale
is much broader than the fiji /
aid course.
Home nursing training does in
clude minimum of elementary first
aid-What to do and what not to do
in case of bad fall, Group, acute
abdominal pains, aSphyxiation, etc.
But this is incidental.
Primarily, the course teaches how
to take temperature, pulse and res
piration, and what the results
mean, so that one can talk intelli-
gently with a busy doctor or know
whether it is urgent to call one.
1t tells how to recognize early
symptoms of illness, what to do to
protect the family from communic-
able disease, how to take care OF
infants and young children.
The current epidemic of influ-
enza emphasizes the value of such
training. There aren't doctors en-
ough to go around, and there aren't
enough trained nurses. Housewives
have to do much of what can be
done. Intelligent home nursing is
invaluable at a time like this.
The course, given under trained
nurses and using actual classroom
practice as a teaching method, re-
IuireS a minimum of two hours
week and a maximum of four hours
until the student has attended %
hours of classes. If one is obligec
to miss more than two classes Sht
can shift to another group and gC
on from there.
She undertakes no commitment
Of any kind to use her training
outside of her own home. There i
no charge. At the end of the course
4 Red Cross certificate is awarded
TO those who have passed success
fully.
What the medical profession
thinks of the need of such training
is suggested by The action of th
| New York County Medical Societ,
in recommending that physician
urge women to take advantage o
the Red Cross offer
Imperial Valley press., 1944-01-04
False Ad CHARGE
Faces Company

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. CUP) -
Standard Brands, Inc, makers of
Fleischmann's compressed yeast,
was charged by the federal trade
commission Tuesday with making
fallacious claims in advertising the
remedial properties of the. yeast
product.
The FTC complaint described as
false the firms claims that the
yeast would cure severe colds, poor
digestion, fatigue, and premature
senility by offsetting deficiencies OF
vitaminS A, B, and C..
The commission also described as
fallacious the company's represen-
tation that the yeast, together with
raw liver, constituted the only
abundant source Of the vitamin B
complex. Actually, the government
agency said, the vitamin B complex
is easily obtainable in whole grain
cereals, enriched bread, lean meats,
leafy vegetables, beans, nuts, cooked
liver, and milk.
Standard Brands was given 20
days to file an answer.