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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
War Property
Farley thursday

Featuring practical authorities
men who are intimately &C.
Quainfei with sll phases OF tho
surplus war property disposal
probler7 the Society az Industrial
Realtors virtually hsve completed
plans for their national confer
ence In Washington Friday and
Saturday
Among speakers and guests eN.
pecteG are 4 ID HollnShead
chief of Tho real estate division
of the Carnecie-llhnoiS Steel
Corp. who VIII speak on dispose
lion and location 81 industrial
plants in rhe postwar period
Senator Walter +. George al
Georgia Rep. William NJ Colmel
of Mississippi Col John J
O'Brlen army real estate chief
John ! Courtney head Of the
navy real estate department, Col
NICHOLSON, GHT iyaf.r....s1sssStsei!ii Ii
rector; WPB officials Fred KIM
mich project esSentialities dvi-
sion director Milburn Forts, act
ms chief Of plant location. Fred
II DietSch, ahief OF industrial
building section and Joseph s
Wilson assistant 10 Admiral
Nickey OF the Maritime Com
mission.
Several Detroit realtors VIII
attend
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
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Evening star., 1944-04-09
Injunction Sought
On Truck Pay Order

The Midwest Operators Associa-
ton, St. Paul, MINI, and 112 motor
freight transportation firms in the
Midwest filed suit in District Court
yesterday seeking declaratory
Judgment and injunction to prevent
the War Labor Board from enforcing
a directive which, the suit says
means a seVen-cent- t-an-hour in
crease in the wages of about 4,00o
drivers.
Where the drivers operate on q
mileage basis the increase is fourth
of cent a mile, the suit said. This
increase is ordered by the WLB tc
be retroactive to November Is, 1943
and would cost the firms more thar
5000, 900 in back pay, the suit claims
The directive also provides for ar
additional increase which would be
equivalent to three-tenths of cent
per mile for the drivers after July
] of this year, it was said.
The suit says the plaintiffs hau
approximately go per cent of the
total freight tonnage hauled by
common carrier motor vehicles II
Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Da.
kota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska
Missouri and Kansas and that abou
rs per cent of it consists of vital wal
materials.
The suit says the firms already are
paying from 80 to so per cent above
the average standard paid the driv'
ers in the same territory by private
and contract motor carriers.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Easter

Continued From First Page.)
hausted lodging facilities in such
places as the YMCA, Soldiers. Sail
ors and Marines Club and the
United Nations Service Center but
officials of these and other organi-
cations had made provision for the
anticipated overflow.
Arrangements were made to pro-
vide beds for $50 servicemen in the
tent city, on the Virginia side OF
Memorial Bridge and in the south
post gymnasium at Fort Myer.
The American Women's Voluntary
Services announced they had Sc
cured from TOO to 300 overnight
places for members of the armed
forces in private homes. The Sol
dlers, Sailors and Marines Club
Eleventh and L streets NV, where
accommodations were exhausted
early yesterday, was sending travel
weary arrivals to the Bennett Club
Glib c street NV. and the Washing
ton Chapel of Latter Day Saints
Sixteenth street and Columbia road
NV. where approximately 300 beds
had been set up. Overflow from the
United Nations Service Center was
accommodated on cots at the Gales
School, First and G. streets NV.
The influx of travellers was typi.
csl OF conditions in other large cen
ters, the Associated Press reported
New York. where the Easte,
parades Of flnery on Fifth and Park
avenues are famous, drew thousands
Of visitors.
Atlantic City was the goal OF
throngs OF holiday travellers. rail-
road and bus line spokesmen said
and travel facilities to the Midwest
and West were crowded with serv-
ice men and women on furloughs.
Families and relatives of men ano
women In uniform were reported
travelling in large numbers tx
Southern camps, but Transportation
of1lcials said they anticipated ne
difnculty handling the extra trafic
Evening star., 1944-04-09
House Asked 10 Curb
Firms Political Ads
nv the AssociateT Press.

BY the Assoclate6 Press.
Representative Knutsor, Repub-
lican. of Minnesota asked the House
and the Justice Department yester-
day to plug possible loophole
whereby corporations could violate
the Hatch Act by extensive news
paper advertising.
Mr.. Knutson, ranking minority
member of the Ways and Means
Committee, requested Chairman
Summers of the Judiciary Commit
tee to take the matter up with At
torney General Biddle.
He noted in a statement that
there was one case of a corpora
ton using advertising to oppose GER
tain legislation, and the Internal
Revenue Bureau denied it was a
legitimate expense deductible from
taxes. MI. Knutson said he raised
these questions with Mr.. Summers:
/ IF the cost of such advertise
noents is not deductible, then is 1t
legal for the corporation to pay for
them?
2. Has this corporation or any
other spent more than $4,000 IN a
year for such purposes (Which would
violate the Federal Corrupt Prac-
tees Act)?
Mr.. Knutson said the firm in
volved was small, but if it is legal
for that company, then there Is
nothing to prevent corporations OF
great resources from spending mil
lions of dollars with radio networks
newspapers and magazines in the
same manner"
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Eggs Still May Roll
At Zoo, Fairgrounds

Although the two best Easter
Monday Fairgrounds in the Capital
the White House lawn and the
southwest corner of Capitol Hill
nave been closed to the egg-rolline
public, the National ZoolopicaI
Park and dozens of District nlav-
grounds will be open at 9 am. to-
morrow
zoH officials issued only the fol-
lowing stipulation to rollers: Brine
your own eggs. The ZOO restaurant
VIII have peanuts, but not hard
boiled eggs for rolling.
The District Recreation Denart
ment has arranged games and con.
tests at Fairgrounds in every COM
inunlty tomorrow. Two Washing.
ton Community Chest-supportec
agencies, Southeast House. 324 Vir.
glina avenue Sc, and st. Vincent,
nome and School, Fourth anc
Channlng streets NE. will stage
egg rolling contests.
The White House continued its
wartime ban against egg-rolling
despite a plea of the War Fooc
Administration to use some of the
egg surplus that way DESTROYING
OF fooo. the White House said, viii
not start here.
Inc Capitol grounds remained
open to the public the first two
Easter Mondays Of the war, but thi,
year they are closed due to the
labor shortage.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
|11,000 D. T.. War Job,
Available 10 4-Fs,
|WMC Officials Say

Regional War ManpoWer Commits
sion officials followed up warnings
to 4-F's to get into essential indus
try yesterday by advising them that
1000 war jobs are available here
and more than $4,000 jobs are open
to them in this region, which in
cludes Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
The employment service here re-
ported that more than 100 men
called yesterday, mainly to find out
II they were now in essential work
A few of them asked about available
jobs, 1t was said.
VINO said it would not always
be able to match war jobs against
the salary 4-F was making in non
war work, but promised a variety OF
openings ranging from shipbuild-
ing to coal mining with salaries tc
match skill. Jobs throughout the
region, 1t was announced, also are
available in aircraft, landing craft
ship repair, transportation, engi-
neering OF many types and common
labor.
In Washington, where 10000 ad.
d1tional workers will be needed b,
midsummer, the current calls fol
essential workers come from thu
Navy Yard, military and naval con.
struction, the air lines, railroad.
and the Capital Transit Co. amone
others, VINO said.
Men classified 4-F were urged te
check with the local employment
once at SOL K street NV. for gen.
eral industry and construction work
and with the Office at 1922 Fifteenth
street NV. for professional OF
clerical work.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Easter Flowers in Demand
Despite rs Per Cent Cost jump

popular Easter selection and Gus
toners paid from S. to SIS for them.
Easter lilies were also popular and
brought prices ranging from IS to
$25. Hydrangea plants brought as
high as s25 and the ordinary garden
variety sweetpeas sold for 81.
Roses sold from IS to $25 per
dozen. depending on the quality.
Snapdragons sold from Sc to $12,
gardenia plants from S4 to $25. and
azalia plants brought from $3.50 to
s25. Orchids sold from IS to SIS.
Florist attributed the price in
crease to higher labor costs. The
industry is unaffected by OPA price
ceilings.
One florist had his own theory
for this years unprecedented de-
mand for flowers.
Flowers make everything seem
brighter and most of us can use
some added cheer these days." he
said.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Arnold Says U. 5. Air Arm
Will Have Full Test Soon
BY the Associated Press.

by inc ASSOClateu HIeSS.
MIAMI, Fla, April 8,-Gen. H. H.
Arnold today promised seve;al hum
dred Army Air Forces convalescents,
many of them wounded corr bat vet
erans, that with good weather we
ought soon to be able to determine"
Americas full air striking power.
I'VE are just reaching toy strength
now Gen. Arnold, chief of Army
Air Forces. declared during an in
spection of Regional Station Hos
pital No. l. converted from the old
Miami Biltmore luxury hotel.
He asserted that I'VE are well
along Oh program of the destruc-
ton of the German air force" that
will precede "a movement into Ger
many with ground troops"
We have hit their factories and
to such an extent that the German
airplane production has slowed
down." Gen. Arnold said German
fighter plane production has dropped
sharply. We have DESTROYED large
part of the Bulgarian production. ="
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Greeks Report Tsouderos
Will Recall Resignation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CAIRO, April 8.-The Greek Gov
ernment completed a weird cycle to-
night when King Georges exiled re-
gime announced that Emmanuel
Tsouderos would withdraw his resig-
nation as premier and the entire
cabinet would remain in office .'un-
til the immediate crisis is passed"
The Greeks have been trying to
form new government since Mon
day, when Tsouderos resigned and
recommended Sophocles Venizelos
naval minister, as his successor.
With the king not yet arrived from
London, the situation remained in
a state officially described as fluid
and the Hellenic News Service an
nounced that a communication had
been received from the Greek Com
munist Party. The news service
said the communication was signed
by a Communist member of the
Political Committee of National
Liberation, which had attempted to
set up government inside Greece
similar to Marshal Tito's organiza-
ton in Yugoslavia.
This message said, 1--WE agree to
send our representative to parti-
cipate in negotiations, according
to the official announcement.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
|Wife's Death Ends Wall
OF Yank Flown From India
BY the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
WOOSTER, Ohio, April S.-Dea tn
today terminated the bedside vigil
of Technical Sergt. Paul Waggamon
in huShed room at Beeson Hos
pital-a vigil of love made possible
by the Army Air Forces.
Mrs. Margery Flory Waggamon
%, whose second wedding anniver-
sary was frightened Wednesday by
her soldier-husbands presence, died
of cancer after almost years
illness.
The Army's air branch transported
the 27-year-old radio technician
from India, a journey of nine days,
on learning through the Red Cross
that Mrs, Waggamon was near death
The husband who went overseas
last July, quietly expressed his graf
ltude to Uncle Sam with these
words: There's lots of good in a
country whose Army will take the
trouble to bring one of It's soldiers
halfway around the world TO be
with his wife during her last few
days on earth"
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Bennett Asserts Ford
Is Not a Supporter
OF Gerald |. K. Smith
BY the Associated Press.


DETROIT, April g. Harry H.
Bennett of the Ford Motor Co. in
statement today repudiated claims
he said had been made by Gerald
l.. K. Smith, national director of the
American First party, that Mr..
Smith has the support of Henry
Ford.
Mr.. Smith promptly stated: MY
movement has no organic or finan-
cial connection whatsoever with the
Ford Motor Co. No one authorized
to speak for me has ever said So"
Mr.. Benefits statement said: II
understand from newspaper reports
that Smith has told Gov. Thomas
Dewey If Dewey wishes to refer to
Smiths followers he should under
stand that they include such per-
sons as Henry Ford. I want to say
definitely for Mr.. Ford, Mr.. Charles
Lindbergh and myself, If and when
Mr.. Smith ever attempts to include
us with his supporters, nothing Is
farther from our intentions"
Mr.. Lindbergh Is employed BY
Ford as technical eonsultant.
Gov. Dewey in an address Tues
day night said that "the Geralo
L. K. Smiths and their ilk must not
for one moment be permitted tc
pollute the stream of American life.
In reply to Mr.. Bennetts state
ment today, Mr.. Smith said: Henry
Ford was one Of the original direc-
tors of the America First Commit
tee; Charles A. Lindbergh is the
apostle Of America Firsters every
where. In my big mass meetings
no name is cheered as loudly as that
Of Charles A. Lindbergh. My letter
to the Governor Of New York de-
fined the world ilk.' I assume that
all America Ffrsters are of the same
ilk.
Mr.. Harry Bennett is right wher
he says Mr.. Ford and Mr.. Lindbergh
are not listed among my enrolled
supporters. The friends of Mr.
Ford, Mr.. Lindbergh and myself
were the ones who beat Willkie In
Wisconsin. No shrewd politician
will deny this"
Evening star., 1944-04-09
bowIes Acts 10 Curb
Public Access 10
0PA Files, Records
BY the Associated Press.

Access by the public and the
courts to files and documents OF
the Ofice Of Price Administration
Is sharply restricted under terms Of
a new order promulgated by Price
Administrator Chester Bowles.
Published in yesterdays Fedora,
Register, the order is intended. 8
spokesman said, to free the agenc,
from harassment by individuals ir
matters where the OPA is only in.
cidentally concerned"
1t states in formal language, he
said, a policy I'VE have been fol.
lowing right along" "'t- .
The order directs OPA officials O,
employees to respond to court sub.
poenas, but says that "in the alb.
sence Of express authorization IL
the contrary" they should ere.
spectfully decline to make any dis.
closure or produce any . files
documents or other papers or tes.
tify with regard thereto, on tht
ground that such disclosure is pro.
hibited by this order"
The directive has mo application
whatever" to testimony before 8
congressional committee, the spokes.
man said, adding that in courr
cases as we'll permission to testif,
will be granted in all but "nuisanc.
cases" which affect the agency onl,
obliquely.
In some instances, the agency
said, OPA employees have beer
called to testify in divorce cases, TO,
example, where rationing restric.
tions have had an indirect bearing
Records also have been demanded
IN cases of auto theft.
"A number of other Government
agencies have issued the same or.
oer, the spokesman said. 1--WE
should have done so long ago"
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Armed Man, Seized
After Threat, Escapes

Carrying a sawed-off, .22-caliber
rifle, a man identified by police as
Clifton Earl Elliott, 46, was seized
and disarmed at the Veterans Ad-
ministration yesterday after threat
.ening to shoot an employe. He
escaped few minutes later.
The man, a World War veteran
and the father of five children, ac-
cording to police, made his getaway
by hitting building guard who
was trying to lock him in a guard
room.
Police issued a lookout for the
man, who was described as S feet
5 inches tall and weighing 1877
pounds. Police cautioned he might
be armed.
Abraham Rubin, 49l9 Seventh
street NV. tolo police Elliott en-
tered his Office, showed the sawed
off rife and said: II want you and
I'm going to get you" Mr.. Rubin
said he ran around his desk and.
with the aid of other workers, dis
armed Elliott and pinned him
against the wall until the guard
arrived.
Evening star., 1944-04-09

An approximate rs per cent in
crease in the prices Of flowers this
Easter failed to deter holiday
minded Washingtonians from crowd
ing florist shops yesterday in record
breaking numbers.
Many persons who waited until
last night to make purchases were
disappointed as most florists re-
ported sell outs by late afternoon.
Several florists closed for the day
at 3 pm. and others closed at noon,
reopening for several hours last
night for customers who called for
flowers ordered earlier in the week.
Several florists will be open today
filling orders from servicemen over
seas. Most of these orders are for
potted or cut flowers. Everything
possible will be done to deliver
these flowers today, dealers said.
Corsages again proved the most
Evening star., 1944-04-09
White Says Senate
Should Act or She|ve
Radio Legislation
By the Associated Press.

Acting Minority Leader White
suggested yesterday that the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
decide promptly on radio legisla-
ton or abandon that controversial
issue for this session.
He told reporters he hoped he
and Chairman Wheeler of the COM
mittee could work out a bill &C
ceptable to the full group. but
added:
I'm any event, it is desirable that
this domestic legislation be disposed
Of by the Senate or that the COM
mittee should postpone considera-
ton of 1t for this session before we
undertake study of the inter-
national communications situation
and the form Of legislation that
may be needed with respect to this
wider field"
The Senate recently voted the
committee $1,000 to finance study
Of postwar international communi-
cations needs and policy.
The differences within the COM
mittee over domestic legislation re-
fleet the long fight between Chair
man James L. Fly of the Federal
Communications Commission and
officials Of the National Broadcast
ing Co. and Columbia Broadcasting
System over the extent TO which
the FEC should regulate broad
casting.
The broadcasters contend Mr.
Fly wants to dictate radio policies
and censor its programs. Mr.. Fly's
lreply is that the big networks want
to return to their old monopolistic
domination"
Sen. Wheeler says he is opposed
to self-regulation by the industry
though he believes. Congress Should
write into law the regulations the
FEC may administer.
One of the principal disagree
ments within the. committee in
wolves the question as to how far
the law should go in requiring radio
stations to grant equal time to all
sides to be heard on controversial
questions, including time for an
swertng radio commentators.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Plan 10 Construct Autos
For War Workers Scrapped
BY the Associated preSs

BY the Associated Press.
A proposal for manufacture o1
100000 civilian passenger cars for
war workers died a-borning yester-
day.
The plan was repudiated by
Charles E. Wilson, executive vice
chairman of the War Production
Board.
Automobile manufacturers already
had indicated they would oppose any
plan Tor small-scale production by a
single manufacturer, and Mr.. Wilson
said no such proposal would be Of
tered for the Automobile Industry
Advisory Committees consideration
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Steamer Smoshes Ice.
Opening Whitefish Boy
BY the Associata1 Pres,

BY the Associated Press.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario
April 8.-The steamer Hamonic OF
tne Canada Steamship Lines today
smasheo passage through ice
bound Whiteflsh Bay into Lake Su-
perlor and was immediately followed
through the ice field by a fleet OF
81 lake vessels which had been
strung out from the bay to the Soc
locks awaiting an opening
The Hamonic has been buckine
2l-inch thick ice in Whitefish fo1
two days and marine men had be-
lieved the channel would not be
opened until the ice-breaking cal
ferry Sainte Marie Joined the Ha-
monic at the head of the feet in the
bay. The Sainte Marie passed
through the locks today upbound te
assist the Harmonic In breaking the
ice.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Easter Rites 10 Unite
Troops in Worship
On Far-F|ung Fronts
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 8.-Easter serv-
ices tomorrow will bring together
in worship, Americas far-fung
fighting forces.
Sunrise services are to be held
all around the world, and many
will be broadcast, reaching troops
at the fronts where there is no as
surance that war will hesitate even
for the Prince of Peace.
Within sound of battle, Protes-
tant troops of the 5th Army in
Italy will hold dawn services, con-
Quoted by Chaplain Ropeland c.
Adams of Lisbon, N. H. Music will
be furnished by a military band
directed by Warrant Officer Will
mon N. Trumbull of Worcester,
| Mass.
At second service tomorrow aft
ernoon, 1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark,
commander of the 5th Army, will
read the Easter story from the
Scriptures, and hymns will be sung
by choir of Is soldiers and WACS,
Joint Service Planned.
Another dawn service in a North
African city will combine observ-
ances Of both the Christian Easter
and Jewish Passover.
Easter masses for Catholic troops
in Italy and North Africa will be
conducted in chapels and churches
near where the troops are stationed.
In England and Northern Ireland
where countless American soldiers
are poised for the invasion OF West
ern Europe, observances will range
from the historic, formal ceremony
in London's Hyde Park to services
in scores of Nissen huts.
The Hyde Park services, with a
sermon by the Bishop of London
will be one of the largest held any
where and will be broadcast world
wide beginning at 7:30 am. G:3c
am. Eastern war time).
At one British port a 1O0-voice
colored choir will sing, and In the
evening at a huge United States all
base an English choral society will
sing Handel's Messiah"
Rationing Dims Finery.
There will be the traditiona.
Easter parade along London's Picca.
dilly, although civilians in Britain
have no opportunity to buy decora-
tive Easter clothes under the rigid
|rationing in effect here. The peo-
pie, however, have staged run on
cleaners to get the garments spruced
up, and the rush caused most shops
to close their doors to additional
business in midweek.
Some American soldiers also will
celebrate Easter in Jerusalem
where today groups of monks
civilians and soldiers already were
IcroWding to the Via Dolorosa, the
Holy Sepulchre and the Garden OF
IGethsemane.
One of the most unusual scenes
in the Easter picture at the Holy
City was presented by Polish refu-
gees, many of them children and
all in native dress, carrying wooden
crosses and singing hymns as the
procession passed from one holy
lplace to another.
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Citizens to Fill Three Posts

Three posts on the Chevy Chase
View Citizens Committee will be
filled at an election at 7 pm. Tues
day at the Kensington Junior High
School, 1t was announced yesterday
Candidates are R w Berry, J
Stealey ElmS, F, r. Funkhouser
E. P. Laug, r. M. Mcnamara, A. H
Scott, E. L. Stock, jr.. and Fayette
S. Warner.