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Evening star., 1944-01-10
Navy Asks Workers
For $4,000 Additional
Boats for Invasion

Undersecretary of the Navy James
| V. Forrestal has called on the men
engaged in building invasion boats
to throw all their strength to the
Immediate problem of completing
$4,000 additional landing craft need
ed to storm hostile shores.
Meanwhile, the War Production
Board reported that in response to
plea for more steel plate for in
vasion craft, steel mills shipped an
all-time high volume of 1,169, 1876
tons in December. The December
production brought the 1943 total to
13 1882 800 tons, also a new record.
The 1943 output compared with ap-
proximately 1890, 900 tons in 1912.
John T. Whiting, steel division
director, said that while a new
monthly record was established, it
fell short of the goal because of un-
expected interruption to operations
largely due to absenteeism caused
by illness and strikes, and slow
downs at certain mills"
Success of the forthcoming Of
fensives of 1914" Mr.. Forrestal said
in a statement last night, depends
upon this Nations completion of the
vast landing craft construction pro-
gram Invasion dates have been set.
American men are going to storm
hostile shores more difficult than
any We have heretofore tackled.
Heavy casualties must be expect
ed. However, the more landing
craft We have on invasion day the
more power We can put into our
punch, the more versatile our attack
can be, and the lower the casualties
will be in this most hazardous of
military operations, the landing on
te hostne-sheFe in the~{ace of a de-
tsrmmed, sxperienceds we'll equipped
enemy"
The Navy, he said, with the aid Of
manufacturers, shipbuilders and
workers of. the Nation, already has
produced 10000 landing craft, en-
bracing various types, from 450-foot
dock ships to amphibian tractors.
An even more ambitious program is
in prospect, Mr. Forrestal said.
This program includes $4,000 addi-
tional craft of various types. The
total program, therefore, involves
IS 900 vessels and, in addition, some
$1,000 miscellaneous small craft,
rubber boats, RATS, ETC., all needed
in the impending huge operations.
Exclusive of ordnance, more than
$5,000,000,000 will be involved in
landing craft construction. Fifteen
types will be built, each for a
specific need One out of every
four dollars that the Navy will spend
in 1914 for ship construction of all
types will go for landing craft con-
struction.
The landing craft program, he
said, calls for the intelligence, skill.
industry and Drawn Of some 1000
prime contractors, 10000 subcon-
tractors and hundreds of thousands
of employees.
Success of invasions to come" Mr..
Forrestal said, will depend upon the
sweat that we put into these landing
craft today. The sooner they are
built, the sooner will the war be over
and the lower the cost in human
lives. They must be built quickly.
That is our resolution for 1914"
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Busch Kin, 4 Others
Indicted in Draft Case
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10-Gert Hans
Won Gontard, 81, identified by Fed
eral officials as a grandson of the
late Adolphus Busch, st. Louis
brewer, was indicted today with
four other persons on charges of
conspiring to violate the selective
service law.
The indictment returned by the
Federal grand jury charged that the
five men conspired ito the making
of false statements as to the un-
fitness and nonliability" of Won
Gontard for selective service, and
ito unlawfully, wilfully and know
ingly counsel, aid and abet" Won
Gontard to evade service.
Indicted with Won Gontard, also
known as George Grant. were John
Edward Wilson, former chief clerk
of local Draft Board No. 20; DR..
Arnold Aaron Hutschnecker, As,
German refugee physician; Army
1t. Francis x. Grottano, former
New York City detective, and
mICIidCl MdllSdIlO, SCliCtdIy VI lllC
G.. M. Uniform Co. of Brooklyn.
Assistant United States Attorney
]. Gerard Cregan said Grottano and
Mangano told draft board officials
that Won Gontard was an essential
member of the company. Mr. Gre
gan said that Won Gontard never
was so employed.
The Los Angeles board, where
Won Gontard was registered, insisted
later on his induction. Mr.. Cregan
said that Wilson succeeded in get
ting Won Gontard's records trans
ferred here. He was rejected for
service on the basis Of a med
ical history submitted by DR.. Hut
schneider indicating he had been
treated for gall bladder trouble.
In the selective service physical ex-
animation Won Gontard was found
to be in normal physical condition,
Mr.. Cregan said.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

/
Allied forces in
the Mediterran-
can theater.
| The War De-
ar t m e n t an
nouncenlent said
Gen. S m / t h S
former post has
been assigned to
LIT. Gen. James
A. H. Gammen,
former general
officer of tn e
e a S t ern COM
mand of the
| United Kingdom.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Criminal Arrests Rise
68.1 Pct. in Maryland

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 10.-Crimina,
arrests by Maryland State police
were up 68,1 per cent in 1943 over
the figure for the preceding year
Gov. O'Conor reports.
He said 3,416 arrests were made
in 1943 as. against 2,031 for 1941
and that criminal complaints re-
ferred to the department totaled
SGT as compared with 487 for 1912
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Butt to Address Enqineers

William L. Bait, vice chairman OF
the War Production Board, will
address the Washington section
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, on THE Engineer Looks
at 1914" at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
National Museum auditorium, Tenth
and Constitution avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
New Destroyer De Haven
Is Launched in Maine
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BATH, Me-, Jan. 10.-The U. S. S.
De Haven, first ship launched by the
Bath Iron Works, Inc, this year, slid
into the Kennebec River yesterday
One of the new type large destroy
ers, the De Haven is the second to
bear that name in this war. The
first De Haven was sunk south of
Savo Island by the japanese Feb
ruary l, 1943.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Business Group to Meet

George White Of the War Depart.
ment Transport Division will ad-
dress the American Business Asso.
citation on Security of Military In.
formation" at a dinner meeting, al
7:30 pm. tomorrow, in the American
Legion Clubhouse, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
B'nui Birth Gifts Announced

Women of the Montgomery Coun-
ty B'nai Birth have furnished a
day room for soldiers at Fort George
G. Meade, and a solarium at the
Forest Glen Hospital, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Julius Bisno, chair
man Of the War Service Committee.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
III. Gen. W. B. Smith
Named Chief Of Staff
To Gen. Eisenhower

1t. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith of
Washington has been appointed
chief of staff to Gen. Dwight D..
Eisenhower. Until recently he was
Evening star., 1944-01-10

Uganda has sent a trial shipment
OF quartz crystal to Britain, one
sample weighing 36 ounces.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

RUSSIANS DRIVE ON FIVE FRONTS-soid arrows indicate
Russian drives against the Germans in the Ukraine
land today One Spearhead within of Sarny an
other approached the rail junction of Shepetovka
drive from captured Zhonshche threatened
railway The Germans said the reached Sarny
Open indicate possible encrclement of Naz in the
Smea by LIST Ukrainan Red Army driving through
Bukl and the I'd Ukranan Army pushing through
androvka Shaded is territory prewar
Russia. A Wirenhoto
Evening star., 1944-01-10

base pay of 1923 a day.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
(Continued from Page one)

ton that comes pretty close to 700
to the square mile he remarked.
Against this, seventeen western
states, covering three-fifths of our
national area, producing half of its
minerals, possessing three-fourths Of
its potential water power, have a
population of only twenty-seven mil
lion.
The eastern states face Europe of
dubious economic prospects, as far as
this country is concerned, the senator
said. But the seaboard states of the
west face a continent where half the
worlds people live = the half that
offers America the greatest economic
opportunities in our history.
81 speak not only for the west, .
Senator Murray said 1.-THE per cap
tia income in 1912 of the ten under
developed southern states was about
$3.50 below the national per capita
income. If we could raise the per
capita income of these states, by fos-
tering industries they can support
economically, to the level of the ma
tional per capita income for 1912, we
would increase our annual national
income by no less than ten billion
dollars.
what puzzles me is that you in the
east cannot understand the substan-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14

tial benefits that would accrue to
your industries from rising standard
of living in the south and an increas-
ing and prospecting population in the
west"
He declared that he does not now
and never has advocated the hot-hous-
ing of production industries il
the west, but that he does and will
continue to advocate the building up
of economically justifiable process
ing industries in the west, so as to
lay the foundation for the increasing
population the west must and will
have" He referred to conditions IN
his own state, saying: Montana, the
country's third largest state, has
dwindling population of some half a
million It's population today is less
than it was 80 years ago. Montana is
rich in resources; has an unusual
abundance of water power An in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
Next Depression
(Conti,saed from Page One,

tic economy and free international
trade. Only through international
collaboration between co-operatives
can the cooperative movemer
achieve its goal of bringing abun-
dance to its members, Thedin con-
Guided
In searching analysis of new di-
rectors in our national economy Lew
is Corey, professor of economics of
Antioch college, predicted a moral
victory for fascism in the postwar de-
preston in spite of the military de-
feat of fascism UNLESS steps are
taken to assure the people of free
dom, security and abundance.
Technical progress could solve
these problems" he said, "but they
obviously can not do so if monopoly
controls these chronological adj
vances."
Corey pointed out that few years
ago American liberals were afflicted
with Estate fixation" and turned to
government ownership as the answer
to the nations economic ills. What
we need today, he said is a plural
istic economy made up of private
profit business, public enterprises,
and vastly expanded producer and
consumer cooperative movement.
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14

creasing population in Montana would
stimulate the eastern industries, not
injure them"
Now is the time, in the opinion OF
Senator Murray to start pCnderlng
the question of how to provide peace
time employment for 15,OO0,O0O more
workers than were employed in 1889.
He said:
There is no better way to provide
both-the fullest possible employment
for both capital and labor-than by
turning our attention to the develop
ment of our own vast under-developed
territories. We are thinking of doing
this for other countries, why not do
it at home"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14

CHILDREN IN OCCUPIED
COUNTRIES

Happy childhood is not for the chill
dren in occupied countries, the Czech
oslovak Government Press Bureau
says Children with wise and sad
faces work at mans job, dragging
heavy bags of vegetables and pota-
toes" They know too much, hear
too much and suffer from hunger
They live through bombings, air raids,
and arrests in continual fear
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
RUSSIA TRAINS YOUNG WORKERS

Young graduates of apprenticeship
schools in Russia are sent to basic
Industries such as iron, steel and non
ferrous metallurgy and coal mines,
and to airplane, ammunition, tank and
armament factories, the Soviet Infor-
nation Bulletin reports. Schools I'M
der the Administration of Labor Re-
serves have trained more than 1,600,-
900 skilled workers for Soviet indus
try and transport
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
Defeat of Axis
fContinued from Page one)

staement it is about "World War III
when and if such a war is fought"
it discusses age, Dependency, In
dustrial Deferments, Agricultural De
ferments, National Service Volunteer
ing.
1t concludes:
despite the mistakes of the draft
the system has procured the
men needed to build a force of H.
300, 900 = nearly three times that of
World War l."
Chaos Produces Dictators
David Lawrence in a signed edi-
torial in this magazine a week earlier
Mission To Russia, admits:
"There can be no material reduc-
ton of ornaments unless Britain,
Russia and America join earnestly in
an attempt to achieve such an OBJ
jective (peace).
"And there can be no material re-
duction in armament unless there is
full employment in all countries and
unless economic conditions reach a
point where relationships cannot get
started. Dictatorships arise out of
economic discomfort.
"Tyrants thrive on economic chaos
Hitler came in 1888 and not in 1920
Whether it was due to the fault of
the German leaders or the Allied lead
ers, the fact remains that central
Europe was in state of economic
Reorganization in the decade follow
ing World War |, and a fertile field
was left for dictatorship in Germany
and Italy which, in turn, found in a
national armament economy the only
means to rally nationwide support"
Clio Head Warns
Philip Murray, president CLIO,
voices growing appreciation of the
improbability of peace" under the
profit system Discussing the rea-
sons for organization of the National
Political Action Committee of the
CLIO, he says:
"The government owns $20,000,000,-
600 worth of factories-a new form
Of public domain as important as our
western lands were a century ago.
These must be used to benefit the
people, rather than the few.
IF private enterprise can pay fair
price for them and can operate them
with reasonably full production and
well and good.
"But if business cannot or will not
operate these plants under proper
conditions or allows them to fall idle,
government must be prepared to ope-
rate these plants in the public inter-
est"
Since falling idle" recurrently is
he rule, postponement of social own
ership merely invites another gIobal
atastrophe-soon.
Defeating Axis Won't
Defeating the Axis Powers will not
alone
l. End conditions which produced
Hitler
2. End conditions which produced
Japanese militarism.
3. Justify small satellite states.
4. Raise living standards anywhere
5. Ensure full employment here
OF ELSEWHERE.
6. Abate fear of Anglo-American
domination.
Z. Make deficiteering practical
way of life.
8. Prevent fascism in the American
and British Empires.
9. Give Russia release from dread
of aggression - direct and indi-
rect = against her, by Britain's
and Americas ruling classes.
Only adoption by Britain and Amer
"a of socialized economy-but not
policy of Observation-Disclosures Ger
lany and Japan collapse gives any
ope of aVerting an early continual
on of the present armed conflict
'hatever the re-alignment of nations.
Peoples Lobby Bulletin.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
MExIco'S YARDSTICK
FOR PRICES

To assure consumer necessities in
the market at prices fair both to con-
sumner and producer, the Mexican gov
eminent maintains "Nacional Distri-
buidora Reguladora," which COM
petes with spectators and forces
them to regulate their prices, accord
ing to information made available by
the Office of the Co-ordinator of Inter-
American Affairs. The Mexican
agency has set up bakeries, food
shops and milk stations. This Mex
lean price control system is in con-
trast with price control through main
tenance of ceiling prices in the United
States.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
CHINA STUDIES POSTWAR
PROBLEMS

A commission Of 80 experts has
been established in China to investi-
gate and plan China's postwar needs
for food, clothing, medicine, agricul-
ture and other relief and rehabilita-
ton, the Chinese News Service re-
ports. The commission will prepare
a full report for presentation to the
United Nation Relief and Rehabilita-
ton Administration and will send Al
experts to America for further train
ing ON postwar problems.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14

about 20 years DID," according to
a Domei, Japanese news agency, dis
patch reported by u; S. government
monitors. These workers often go
two days and nights without any
sleep" they must complete emergency
loadings regardless of their weary
condition, and they cannot stop work
during air raid alerts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
u. S. DAIRY EXPERTS
IN REPUBLICS

Two American dairy specialists
have just completed a survey in seven
Latin-American countries where they
worked closely with agriculture de-
partments in each country, the Office
of the Co-ordinator of Inter-American
Affairs reports. The experts studied
production, processing and distribu-
ton of milk and dairy products and
recommended solutions to temporary
food shortages.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
U. S. PENIcILLIN TO REPUBLICS

The United States has completed
plans to send one billion Oxford units
of penicillin to other American re-
publics, the War Production Board
announces. This ALLEGATION was made
mainly as a move to acquaint doctors
and hospitals in other countries with
penicillin and its use
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
The Primary Election
Continued from Page One)

members of the states supreme court We always find the
special of the state of this and exerng
every effort to get friends the court Shouldn't the
people make that they do the same?
With the exception of the candidates for court
Offices all of these candidates the Democratic ticket
We sincerely believe that will make mistake by
voting for them.
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING FOR EVERY CITIZEN
TO DO IS TO VOTE
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
SWEDISH VIEW OF SECRET
MEApON

A Swedish newspaper recently ran
cartoon showing Hitler in deep con-
versation with Goering The CONVEX
sation, as reported to the Office of
War Information, quoted Hitler as
saying: "Rocket-driven bombs have
existed before. Can we really con-
tinue to call this weapon secret" To
which Goering replied: Naturally.
It's secrecy lies in the fact that no
one, not even we, knows where it
will hit"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
BEHIND THE
BATTLEFRONTS
AMG SPEEDS RELIEF
TO ITALIANS

Before Italian refugees returned to
their homes in some parts of Italy
and within a few hours after German
excavations, the Allied Military Gov
eminent had supplies of food and re-
building equipment ready for distribu-
ton to the needy, the War Shipping
Administration reports. More than
5000 tons of relief cargo are being
delivered daily at Anzio.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
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HAITI TO BUY FARM
EQUIPMENT

Haiti, land of small farmers, is
planning to increase it's production
of food by introducing family-farm
mechanical equipment, the Office of
Co-ordinator of Inter-American AT
fairs says.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14

JAP WOMEN WORK AS
cTENEnOPEc

Most of the Japanese women work
ing as stevedores with the Japanese
army come from farm areas and are
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14

Patronize the Cooperative in your
community-it is there to serve you!
You cannot control what you do
not own!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
AUSTRALIANS FREE DRUGS PLAN

The Australian governments free
medicine plan is expected to become
effective early next year, the Austria
liam News and Information Bureau
announces. The plan provides that
certain drugs on doctors prescriptions
shall be distributed free, and drug
gists will be reimbursed by the state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
RATIoNING FOR CHILDREN

The number of calories in rations
issued to Polish children up to three
years of age is only one-third the
amount of calories in food rations is
sued to German children, as reported
by the Polish Review magazine. Pol
ish children above that age receive
one-fourth the amount of calories in
food rations and one-twentieth tine
amounts of fats issued to German
children.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
FLOODS DAMAGE DUTCH HOMES

FLOODS DAMAGE DUTCH HOMES
At least 100000 persons in occupied
Holland have been forced from their
homes in areas flooded by the Nazis,
Aneta, Netherlands Indies News
Agency, reports. This number may
be increased 1O-fold if the Germans
carry out their threats of flooded
earth" policy. In order to reclaim
such areas, the Netherlands govern
ment plans to obtain new power
plant equipment in the United States.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-07-14
Inside the Axis
CONTINUED from Page Three)


be bought with our money, because
the price has risen to such an enor-
nous extent" the Bangkok radio told
the That's "It is a sad thing, that
we must agree that the value of our
Thai money has fallen to such an ca
tent that it is no longer possible for
it to breathe, while the price of nee
essary goods has risen to many times
it's former value"
W.
RECIPE
An indication of a severe food
shortage in occupied Asia was con
tanned in a recent Japanese Domei
agency dispatch suggesting new
recipe for ersatz bread and cakes. In
Romanized Japanese-language dis
patch to the controlled press, Domei
suggested that the natives make
bread from powdered tea grounds
Chinese NORWOOD, and the leaves,
stalks and Feelings of different veg
etables and plants"
Domei pointed out that fiber could
be extracted from mulberry bark. 1t
SuSS6Sleu tudI lle I6Sluu6 De uIlcu
and pulverized to yield "a substitute
for flour"
V---
TEXTBOOK ON HUMOR
The German High Command has
issued a brochure to German officers
in occupied Norway providing mate
rial to be used at company pep talks
and stressing the Importance of ''hu
NOR" for sedentary troops, according
to an article in the Stockholm It'd
ningen.
The pamphlet, issued as "Informa
ton for the Troops, Bulletin No. $685.
told the officers to tell the troops
that "humor is the expression of
healthy and original vitality of spirit"
an dthat "humor follows the philos-
ophy: 1T might have been worse"
"In spite of ration cards and short
ages" the bulletin said, "this COM
modify (humor) is plentiful, but many |
have not taken advantage of it."
49,
EPITAPH
Giant caricatures of Adolf Hitler
were drawn ON the sidewalks of Cop
enhagen during the recent general
strike the Stockholm Aftontidningen
Under each caricature, the
paper said, was the inscription
Born 1889, died 1914"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-13

director of the synod; Rev. W. Nor
man Cook of Richmond, director of
young peoples work for the gen.
eral assembly; Miss Louise Crane,
Director of religious education IN
the First Presbyterian Church OF
Charlotte; Miss Kitty McChesney,
director of religious education IN
the First Church of Gastonia; Rev.
and Mrs. S. D. Crane of North
Wilkesboro; Miss Carolyn Newbold,
of Wilmington; Rev. Hugh Powell
of Washington; and Rev. J. M. NC
[Chresney of Goldsboro.
Miss Woodson, who has resigned
after seven years as the synods
director of young peoples work
was presented as silver cream and
sugar set by DR.. Witherspoon II
behalf Of the synod. Miss Betty
Scott Barber of Pittsboro, presi
dent of the synod's young people
work, also presented Miss Woodsor
a check from the conference. Botf
gifts were given in appreciation o.
her efficient service.
Mr.. Cook conducted the morning
,service in the Presbyterian Church
Sunday. DR.. Witherspoon held
commitment service for confer
| ence officers and leaders in n