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Evening star., 1944-12-07

standing in line outside the En-
bassy Room Saturday night waiting
ever SO meekly to get inside were
Myrna 10y and Gene Markey!
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
CHANUKO SUPPER
TO BE HELD AT
TEMPLE TONIGHT

The first annual Chanuko stag
buffet-supper meeting to be spon-
sored bv the Maruus W. jacob
lodge of B'nai Birth will be held
toni ght at 7:30 o'clock in the Tenn
pie of Israel lounge.
Sol Fass. member of the Exc
cutive Committee OF the B'na1
Birth. oldest and largest national
Jewish service organization, n d
immediate past president of Dis
trict Five of B'nai Birth, will be
the principal speaker. Greetings
will be extended by Sergeant Rich
ard Kenstenbaum, Private Bern
ard Hauptman, and Corporal Aar-
on Gershowitz, presently stationed
at Bluethenthal Air Base, who IN
civilian life were actively associ-
ated with the Aleph Zadik Alepn
tn Jewish youth
group sponsored by the B'nai
Birth organization.
Rabbi Harry Bronstein will pro-
nounce the invocation and conduct
the ceremony of lighting the Cha
nuke candles. Henri Emurian,
minister of music in the First Bap-
fist church, will present number
of songs in keeping with the spirit
of the festival. Rabbi Mordecai M
Thurman, of the Temple of Israel,
will preside. During the meeting
Ben Kingoff will be installed as
president of the lodge, and new
will be welcomed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
RATION ROUNDUP
(By The Associated Press)

by The Associated Press)
Meats, fats, etc.-Book four red
stamps A8 through rs and AS
through SIS valid indefinitely. No
more will be validated until Dec.
81.
Processed foods-Book four blue
stamps AS through Z8, AS through
rs, and Az and BIZ valid Indefinite
ly, no more will be validated until
Jan. l.
Sugar-book four stamps 80
through "a good indefinitely for
five pounds each. Stamp 40 good
for five pounds for home canning
thrugh Feb. %, 1915.
Shoes ~ book three airplane
stamps l, 2 and 3 valid indefinite
ly.
Gasoline-13-A coupons good
everywhere for four gallons
through Dec. 81. B-4, CA, B-5 and
C-5 coupons good everywhere for
five gallons.
Fuel oil-old period four and five
heating season. New period one
coupons also void and good
through heating year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Civil Service Asks
Pay Increases For
Government Workers

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. - R -
The Civil Service Commission to-
day recommended raises in the
basic pay rates Of Federal en-
ployes to compensate for increas-
es in cost Of living"
Basic rates for most salaried
positions have not been increas-
ed since the start of the war. the
Commission said in it's annual re-
port. Although pay increases Of
about Is per cent have been made.
the Commission said that overtime
compensation is based on rates
which have been in effect in most
instances for more than 10 years.
The report was brief, emitting
summary Of the years work
with the explanation that "a Ma
ton in the midst of war does not
have time TO review its accom-
plishmens. It also said that Gov
eminent agencies should strive
to set an example when it comes
to conservation of the nations pa
per resources
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
OFFICER SAYS IS
SEABEES RELEASED
DUE TO UNFITNESS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l.-lR-A
Naval officer testified today that
Is Negro oeabees were discharg-
ed for ''unfitness" after racial is
sures arose in their battalion
while fhey were in Trinidad.
Today's testimony was given by
1t. Comdr. Norman F. Godbe at
a hearing granted by the Nays
Judge Advocate General.
Godbe said that while the men
were not charged with specific
offenses and were not given dis
honorable discharges, they had
attended 'seditious meetings." at
tempted ''sitdoWn Strikes" re
fused to obey orders" and threat
ened sabotage Not all counts
applied to all Is, Godbe said.
Arthur Garfield Hayes, New
York attorney representing the
Seabees, noted that because the
men nave other than an 'fhonor-
able discharged they are depriv-
ed of certain benefits under the
''GI Bill of Rights and that their
discharges carry stigma
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12

PARIS, Dec. II. - R - Con-
gressWoman Clare Boothe Luce
said today on her return here from
tour of the Western battlefront
that the American people can feel
very lucky in their military
leaders
The Competent representative
House Military Affairs Committee
leave tomorrow for the Mediter-
ranean theater.
Mrs. Luce said she felt some of
the troops were rot getting enough
credit.
Il don't think the nurses get
the break they Deserve she de-
clared. Some have been lieuten-
ants for years. They should get
higher promotions and more often.
IF the people back home only
knew what tough lives the Wacs
are leading and how badly they
are needed and how every com
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Dismal Wen On World
Peace Taken By Scion

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL R -
Senator Gillette D-Iowa) warned
today that unless America takes a
strong stand, the war will end in
''hollow victory defeated hopes
and a vost spread Of totalitarian-
ism.
"As matters now stand.' he told
the Senate, ''our hopes for peace
and our optimism for the develop
ment of relations among the big
three toward general collabora-
ton in the future, give signs OF
disintegrating before our eyes for
want of a firm adherence to NOR
al principles in international rela-
tionships.''
Gillette's Senate term expires
within the month. He told atten-
tive colleagues he did not want it
to close without his expressing a
deep concern over the trend OF
international affairs.
Should the trend continue, he
said, the assured military victory
will be lost politically.
He spoke of news from Europe
which he called tremendously dis
couraging' to American zeal for
creating a t ing world peace.
Some of our allies, he said. are
openly ''extending and consolidat-
ing their own assumed spheres of
influence while Americans are
dying to destroy Hitlerism.
He decried what he termed a
lack Of information of the An,eri-
can people on our relations with
the Allies. He said Russia had i'm
posed news blackout' in East
ern Europe, that he had informa-
tlon that for ten months the Of
nee OF War Information had been
forbidden to mention the Atlantic
Charter in any broadcast, and that
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
THE RUDY VALUES
SPLIT AGAIN A ND
BETTE JANE LEAVES

HOLLYWOOD. Dec - - (F" -
Mrs. Rudy Vallee went home to
mother today. -.
"I'm on my way out right now
she told axreporter who called the
Vallee home.
Mrs. Vallee, the Actress Betty
Jane Greer, attributed this split
with her musician husband to the
same cause of al their other ones
-"clash of temperament. . She
said she was moving to her moth
er's home here and would take
no legal action until she has time
TO ponder the situation.
The Vallees have been splitting
and reconciling since their mar
rage December 2, 1943. Betty Jane
OBJ aimed an interlocutory divorce
decree in July but they made up
again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
PEARL HARB0R
AUTHOR KILLED
Nv The Associated Press

Tokyo finally got around TO ao-
nitting Monday that the japanese
admiral who directed the sneak
attack on Pearl Harbor is DEAD
Domei news agency, in announc.
ing that Vice Admiral Chulchl
Nagumo, killed on Saipan last
July 7, had been "commander
in chief of the task force that leo
The attack on Pearl Harbor,' con-
firmed Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz
statement of July 10.
Domei previously had announc-
ed Nagumo's death in final SUI,
eide attack on Saipan, but ala
not identity him at the time as
leader of the Pearl Harbor assault
which plunged the United states
into World War II. Admiral N1mltz'
however, had announced that Ma
gumo and a rear admiral identl-
fled only as Yano were killed on
Saipan July 7, and said Nagumo
was leader of the Pearl HarDor
raid,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
HILL SEEKS ACTION
Senator Wants To Insure
Flow Of War Supplies

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. - B -
Senator Hill DALAI called today
for "solid action" to increase the
flow of munitions and prevent the
needless spilling Of American blood
in this ''most critical hour Of the
war"
For the first time in this war, -
he said in a Senate speech, I'VE
are approaching situation IN
which American troops may die
because our production failed to
keep pace with their needs. On
us rests the responsibility for see
ing that that does not happen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL (R -
Navy Secretary James V. Forces
tai, emphasizing that Yong, tough
fight is ahead in the Pacific, call
ed on individual bond buyers to
day to meet their five billion dol
lar quota in the Sixth War Loan.
In statement, he said the U.
S. S. destroyer Frank Knox, paid
for by New Hampshire bondbuyers
and commissioned in Boston today,
is symbolic Of what the sale Of
War Bonds means to your Navy"
Before our combined operations
on sea, in the air, and On land
can bring the war lords of Japan
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12

the Federal Communications Com
missions foreign broadcast sur
veys of Eastern and Southern Eu-
ropean news are being discontinue
ed.
Owl Director Elmer Davis, on
learning of Gillettes statement
concerning the Atlantic Charter,
said:
mo directive of owl has ban
ned either mention or discussion of
the Atlantic Charter AS matter
of fact on August IA, the third
anniversary of the signing, several
of our overseas broadcasts were
devoted entirely to that subject"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Clare Luce Says Nation
Lucky In War Leaders

mander asked me, could you get
us more Wacs?' then perhaps more
women would join up"
The most difficult supply pro-
blems would have been whipped,
she ventured, ''if we had run the
homefront as well as the battle
'front.' She said she had always
favored legislation to freeze or
draft men into essential war in
duStries plus female CONSUMPTION
if necessary.
One correspondent inquired il
she thought such quick tour
could give much insight into g
complex situation. Mrs. Luce re
piled that the knowledge coulo
only be superficial unless one hao
the background and experience.
But I've been in this war since
1888 and have the background, .
she replied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Seven Philippine
Puppet Officials
Honored By Japan
nv The Associated Press

High japanese imperial decora-
Hons have been awarded by En-
neror Hiro hito to seven Philippine
puppet officials. the Upon agen'
nv Donei said today.
Radio Tokyo, in a broadcast
picked up by the Federal Com.
rn,,nications Commission, quoted
the agency as saying the decora'
IONS were :'for meritor'ous serv-
ices in fostering amity between
Ianan and the Philippines.
The Filipino puppets decorated
were President Joseph P. Laurel
Supreme Court Justice Jose Yulo
Foreign Minister Clara M. Recto
Finance Minister Antonio de las
IS. l1ome Affairs Minister Teo
folio sison, Agriculture Minister
Rafael Altman and Justice Minis
ter Quintin Paroles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Forrestal Asks Public
To Meet War Bond Goal

to their knees, much additional
money and material will be need
ed" Forrestal said.
AS the last week of the fourWeek
drive got under way, the Treasury
announced individual sales of So,
345, 100000
Total sales already beyond e
IA billion dollar goal-were an
nounced as $14,930.oOO, 900.
The E bond figures inching daily
into better position compared
with the schedule mapped out in
advance but still tagging behind
expectations, is S1,319, 0OC 900. The
E bond quota is $3.50, $1,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
MARINE VACANCIES
17.Year-Olds n e e d e d For
Ranks OF Leathernecks

Major John NJ. Greer, OFFICER IN
charge of Marine corps recruiting
in North Carolina, has announced
that number of vacancies tor
the enlistment of young men II
wears of age in the Marine Corps
Reserve are open for this area.
Men so enlisted will be placed on
an inactive duty status and return
ed to their homes to await further
orders to active duty sometime al
ter the first of the new year.
Application and full information
pertaining to enlistment may be
obtained by writing or calling IN
person to the Marine Corps Re
cruiting Station, Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
SECOND VICTIM

SPARTANBURG. Dec. 1l.-LP)--
A grade crossing accident Friday
at Chesnee in which a freight tralr
struck an automobile in funera-
procession today claimed its sec
ond victim when Weldon Romeo
McKelvey, 60, of Chesneo died at
local hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
PEACE PLANS SUPPORTED

NEW YORK. Dec. II. - (P) -
Support of the Dumbarton Oaks
Conference preliminary draft as
a proposal for the establishment
OF a general international organi-
zation,' was pledged today by
the trustees of the Carnegie En-
dowment for In ternational Peace
at their semi annual meeting.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Bethlehem Steel Corn,
Calls $36,ooo,oOO
)ebeniure Issue
~ The Assectated Prese,

- t0S 1ADo0StWt00 8IBUYs
NEW YORK, Aue. l.-Dethlehem
Steel Corp. today nottndd holders
of ~, ,O00, 900 Of its serial de-
bentures due 1elS 70 1850 to submit
the. securities for payment in &C.
cordAnce with refunding program
announced last week. Payment win
be made on September / at the
company's transfer once.
The Bethlehem action high light-
ed an unusually large number Of
retirement calls Issued BY well
known corporations In preparing to
utilize surplus cash 70 pay Oh .se-
curittes bearing interest Of 3 per
cent or more, or substitute them
with lower interest paper.
New Orleans Public Service Corn.
called nearly 90. 900 900 Of out
standing s. due In 1852. and 1856.
Scovin Mfg. Co. took similar action
with respect to 44,S00 900 Of 3h per
cent debentilres due In 1850 and the
Niagara Falla Power Co. ARRANGED
to reduce its first. and refunding
mortgage SIS by $l,S53,o 900 from
sinking funds. Schenley Distillers
Corp. called by lot 81 200 900 Of its
a per cent debentures.
Smaller amounts were called In
for retirement by the Morris Plan
Corp, Western Auto Supply Co.,
Koppers Co. and Pennsylvania Wa
ter Power Co.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Stock Buyers Favor
Selected Carriers
And IndustriaIs
NJ VICTOR EUBANK,
Rraaa E1naneial WrifA

NEW YORK. AUG. 1~-Buyers were
q bit more confident In todayb stock
market - selected rails and indus
trials retrieved fractions to more
than q point Of recent losses.
Reinstatement Of bids on . mod
crate basis was attributed TO the
feeling the list had enjoyed . good
correction Of the drive to 7.year
highs and that q sudden collapse Of
the Hitlerites might find home In
dustry better prepared for recon-
version than generally expected. A
wide assortment of stx-month earn
inG, statements-the good and bad
were pretty evenly spht-had scant
eject on stocks concerned "A most
reports provided few 3surprises to
financial analysts.
Dealings picked up at interv&ls
after the opening but turnover for
the five hours Of around 100 900
shares still WAS one Of the smallest
In nearly three months. Top ad-
vances were trimmed In many cases
near the close and scattered losers
were In evidence.
Ahead the greater part of the
session were United States Steel,
Bethlehem, Santa Re, New York
Central. Southern Pacific, General
Motors, Chrysler. United States
Rubber, Sears Roebuck, American
Telephone, Standard Steel Spring
Western Union "a" Du pont, Con-
soAdated Edison, Anaconda and
Standard OH New Jersey. Occa-
siona1 laggardS were Texas Co..
Douglas Aircraft, Eastman Kodak
and American Can.
Bonds steadied with Q number Of
carrier loans in front.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Remington Arms Go. Files
DeniaIs in Trust Case
~ the Associated PresA

~ the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. THE Rem
ington Arms Co. filed denials yes
terday In Federal Court to Govern
ment charges that 1t consptred with
E. Z. du Pont de Nemours and the
Imperial Chemicals Industries, Ltd,
Of England to violate Federal anti
trust laws In the sAle Of sporting
ammunition.
In . civil suit filed January 6, the
Government charged the three COM
panies With consplring to restrain
trade "in chemical products, arms,
including war materials, and am
munition." Du Pont controls I'm
perial Industries.
In filing denials, Imperial said 1t
has At all times attempted AZ
gressively to develop and maintain
its exports to British Empire coun-
tries and the important markets OF
the world"
The Government action, at the
time of Its institution, was sum-
married by Attorney General Bid
die Is charging that the chemical
company and arms hrms have been
and now are parties to contracts
and agreements In violation Of the
Sherman Antitrust Act"
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Chicago Livestock

hoss 200; sa so..l 1,soo: oGoAiesas,. a.. .st,s.
choice; 170-240 pounds. .14.76; weishti
oyer $40 pounds stsady; few big veisiati
lO-11 htsher; good and choice, 24O-1OC
pounds, at ceiling Of l4.OO: sovs S6-4S
niGneI: some up 30: bulk eood and choice
SOO-b60 pounds, 13.76-f4.OO: complete
, ds dsssisSl. cattle. 5000: ..l.bl. e.lv..
Is hisher: an srades sharsd sSvsncs. bui N
most upturn developed on strictly Eood snU
choice offerings: bulk. Il. 4.OO.i7.3B: strictiS
:Te:s'' .nos nosss nc6e,,nss 4ostiy q; 30. with
Ieeder dealers at 1900: top fed steers
l7.76; next highest price, II. 90; 1910.
pound yearlinRs, 1880; heifer yeariinGs
l1;OO; hetfers strong; cows lO-l6 hieher
Dulls steady: vealers frm at ID. 90 down
most canner and cutter cows. b.Sb-7 80:
oeef cows, S.OO-11 90. with sood ,2Ot,.
pound Montena grass cows to 1925; most
typ. tyHs s9y:sse bulls. li.b0, and heavy "a,
salabie ,heep: 1900: total. q, 1000; m.rk.,
i've spring lambs and shorn ewes fuiiy
steedy sood and choice native sprinrers
l4.6O-lb.l0, with bucks dtscounted N.
medium and good, l2.6O-14.26; common
90; medium to choice shorn netiys
eWsS STEADY TO strong, mostly ,6O-6 9H:
notol0e done ON fed YAAYIin6s
Evening star., 1944-08-01
D. {. Bank CIearinqs
SET Records in July
And 7 Months
~ EDWARD c. STONE.

Bank clearings In Warrington Ia
July again broke al previous rec
ords for that month, cancelled checks
totaling $l79, ,370, ,385.17. against
4168 6o6, ,30S.77 In July . year ago, .
notable gain Of 410, j ,zS3, ,08l 40, George
H. Bright, manager Of the clearing
house. announced today.
Clearings In the flrst seven months
Of this year also set an alltime high
mark by reaching 81 ,202, ,061 ,587 .06
and registering . striking advance
Of $eo, o,643, ,176.l0 over the total Of
$l,ll2, ,40S. .4l0.06 IN the like le4S Pc
nod.
Both the July figures and those
for . longer period indicate that
there Is NO summer hull" In war
time business In the Capital, the
monthly gains being pictured In the
following comparisons with last
year:
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Crude Oil Production
OFF Slightly in Week
By the Associated Press.

6y the A8Soclated Press.
TULSA, Okla. Aug. Limited
States crude oil production declined
1850 barrels daily in the week ended
July 20 10 4.6l7 ,450 barrels daily, the
Oil and Gas Journal said today.
California output dropped 500
barrels daily to S54, ,750; Kansas, g.
050 to 27o, $50; Oklahoma, l,70o to
33e, 500, and Eastern fields, $500 to
81 400.
Production in Louisiana increased
800 barrels daily to $50 $50; Illinois,
1.050 to 207 900; Michigan, $50 to
50,85o: Rocky Mountain area, 4.70o
to $4,000.
Texas output was UNCHANGED at
2.067 800 barrels daily and East
Texas At 363 $50,
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Washington Produce

frises 1 Reid net f.e;S: Wa.hinston: .'''A
Federal-etate graded errs receiysd sro1. IN,
sradins stations Lusust I: wnites-SroWns. %
nvs4srs Mansd eocIs, cah o. F. grade 4: iarse 4s-4
q; g. g; srads 3. hrss, 81; D. :. Srsds
E: $3.50: ayetage, 80. Current receipts
nnsarny uniraded eggs.. $3.50. Receipts
LIVE PoUtIRY-Nsrket steady. Re.
Ssipta liberal Prices paid net fob
sS TSa,ninston min ill., lpernitted transportation
orollefs ana fryers. $3.50: fowl. 26.26
Evening star., 1944-08-01
SEC Gronts Extension

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. I R.-En-
gineers' Public Service co. was
granted today by the Securities and
Exchange Commission an additional
four months In which to complete
the expenditure Of $4,000, 900 to re-
acquire publicly held preferred
stock. The extension expires De.
cember Il.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Five Dividends Declared

Five Dividends Declared.
Directors of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. have declared the regu-
lar quarterly dividend OF $50 Der
share on the 6 per cent preferred
stock. payable September to stock
holders OF record on August Is; also
the usual quarterly dividend OF
$1.371 per share on the 5h per cent
preferred stock, payable September
to stock of record August is.
Directors Of the Washington Rail-
way g. Electric Co. have voted the
regular quarterly dividend of 50 pei
share on the common stock, payable
August 81 to holders of record Au-
gust Is: also the quarterly dividend
Of $125 per share ON the preferred
stock, payable September to stock
holders Of record August Is. They
also declared the quarterly dividend
OF $l.25 on the preferred, payable
December l to stock Of record No
vembear Is.
Gas Earnings Slump In June.
Net income OF the WASHINGTON
Gas Light Co. In June amounted tc
$3o1. against $26,202 q year ago q
decrease Of $25,811, 1t was reported
to the Public Utilities Commission
today. Operating revenues Of $722,-
154 showed q decrease of $11c,58s
from last year. Operating expenses
OF $666, ,280 were $685. ass under last
year.
Operations for the first half OF
1943 resulted in net income OF
$1.004 ,234, compared with $l,08l.-
Cos . year ago. q modest decrease
Of 81, 1872. While operating revenues
were Oh $114,601, operating expenses
were reduced by $182 2,648.
Gas sales totaled 1,058,323 thou
sand cubic feet in June, compared
with loss PAT last year. Gas sales to
District Of Columbia customers dur
Ing the month Of June amounted to
628,60A thousand cubic feet, COM
CARED with 824,443 In June q year
ago.
Mccormack Opens Bank Office.
Donald A. Mccormack, assistant
cashier, Riggs National Bank, is in
charge Of the Office opened today at
Walter Reed Hospital for use of the
omcers, Army personnel and pa
tients. Other members of the Office
stad are Howard Massey, Robert M.
Poole and Mrs. Margery LIE Sage
Today's opening. attended by leading
Army officers at the post, indicated
lively business for the new of1ce.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Foreign Exchonoe

NEW YORK. Aug. 1 ap-Yorsisn sx.
ehanse rates follow forsat Britain n dol.
laIs. others In cents):
Canadian dollar N New York opsn mar.
Get. gfi per cent discount, or 90. l03t
United states cents. unchanged.
4.02; selltns, 4.Ol.
Latin Ameries-Arsentina. free, a. "a
Brasil. free; 6.2OA: Mexico. 20.66n.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 R.-.The cotton
market was quiet today a traders awaited
/ further developments on textile ceilings,
crop prospects and the foreign situation.
After reaching gains Of IS cents . bale.
prices eased partially on light hedge selling
Late afternoon nrices we're 10 to 80
cents . bale higher. october, 21.14; De-
eember, 20.06. and March, 2O.77
Evening star., 1944-08-01

Ceeper-Dsssemw Corr. net foe
The half was 43oo, ,Ai3 cr Sill ys.
t436,601 q 81 a year A9o.
Evening star., 1944-08-01
Chicago Groin

C1CAoO. Aug. @.-orain futures
With market influences contradictory and
tradins quiet. Prices generally we're weak
e the opening. but short covering soon
close.
Not encourasins to bullish interests vas
report showins An increase Of 4,3lo oI63
Ply Tor July 70, ~ compared with July 81
Ine total vas 2ss,ee7 .?52 bushels.
rraaers believed, however. that . private
or Two would shov . reduction in wheat
expeetations in this country due 70 rust
and wet harvest damaRe
wheat closed lower to u hisher
compared with Yesterdays hnish, Septem .
ssr !SSs.-h oats were 7, Oh to Y up.
September .05!s LOT, and barley vas y