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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Woman Is Injured
BY Auto Following
Fall on Icy Street

/. Mrs. Anne Hasgerty, 50, Of 1o2s
Thirty ninth street NV. was I'd
united to GEORGETOWN Hospital yes
terday with INJURIES received when
she was struck by IN automobile
after falling on the Icy street In the
1900 block Of Thirty -ninth street
NV. Two other persons who tried
to help her up after she slipped re-
ceiyed minor bruises when also
struck by the same vehicle.
Police said the automobile was
operated by Naval 1t. Andre r.
Rhoads. 20, Of 243s Thirty seventh
street NV.
Mrs. Haggerty received frac-
tured shoulder. broken collar bone
and other injuries. Miss Dor
othy Wallace, %, Of 1920 Thirty
ninth street NV, and F. B. Squires,
81. OF 2027 Thirty-fif street NV,
refused treatment.
Ambulance and Auto Collide.
In another accident, an Emer-
gency Hospital ambulance carry
ing 22-month-old patient to Chill
dren's Hospital and an automobile
collided at Thirteenth and /
streets NV. .
Vernon B. Thomas. IS, Of 1852
Brentwood road NE, named by
police as driver Of the car, was
taken to Emergency Hospital In a
scout car and treated for fractured
vertebrae. Police said the driver Of
the ambulance WAS Rufus B
Banion. 43. colored, OF 1894 Cor
coran street NV.
Lloyd r. Duehring. So, Of 400
Thirty eighth street NV, was adj
mitted to Suburban Hospital In Be-
thesda, Md. with fractured YER
zebra received when his automobile
skidded and struck tree in the $500
block Of Tilden street NV.
Policeman Injured.
Policeman Carleton Thorne, 50, OF
Oxon Hill, Md. attached to the
eleventh precinct, received a back
injury when thrown against the back
seat OF scout car in which he was
riding, when the vehicle was In COL
lision with an automobile operated
by William H. Lee, ~, colored, OF
5l2 Twenty-third place NE, ac-
cording to police.
The accident occurred at Fifty
eighth place and Fields place NE,
Lee was charged with driving
through q stop sign and operating
a car with faulty brakes. Mr..
Thorne was treated at Gallinger
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
10. S. Fronts Have
One in I Planes
Built Since 7o41

4 I
Only one in six or seven Of al
warplanes in two major categories
built since Pearl Harbor are light
ing for the Army Air Forces over
seas today.
Air Force officials brought out
that point in q discussion Of log
istics-the service and supply, for
battle areaS-and offered support
Ing data to show why the aircraft
industry must continue to pour new
planes into the long pipelines to
war theaters.
Factories had turned out at q
recent date. l1,106 fighter planes
|of particular make, but only
/ $40 were in service In battle zones,
Similarly, 26,47S bombers OF one
type were constructed, but only 1892
were In operation overseas.
Where did the others 60?
Lease-lend got some Of both
about 10 per cent of the fighters
and 8 per cent of the bombers.
The Navy got some Of the bombers
also. Roughly another 10 per cent
Is being repaired or In 4 reserve
status, and about S per cent Is In
the pipeline between ANAL assembly
and battle zone.
The biggest item Of all Is around
40 per cent permanently lost
through enemy action, or opera
tional or training accidents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Kobe Photos Show
Big Plant Wrecked

~ the Associated Prsss.
B-29 HEADQUARTERS. Guam,
Feb. 6.-Sunday's Super Fortress
attack on Kobe, Japan's sixth larg-
est city. was described today rs
moderately successful"
simultaneously, the Tokyo
radio reported four B-29s made
harassing raids Monday night
and early today. An uncon-
flrmed dispatch recorded by the
Federal Communications Com
mission said two B-29s began
disturbing Kobe's sleep at ll:4O
pm. Monday and were followed
by single bombers at midnight
and lao ann
Reconnaissance photos taken a
hours after stable force of B-29s
bombed industrial areas showed
that no fires were burning. Photos
taken during the strike, however
had established that many hits
were scored and "a blazes started.
A large, unidentified industrial
plant in the center of the city
where six fires were observed, was
substantially wrecked, the photos
indicated.
Damage to the Mitsubishi heavy
industries plant, which Is believed
to be engaged primarily in ship
building. was undetermined, but II
was considered by no means SUBJ
stantial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Two Cab Drivers
Draw Suspensions

One taxi driver has been sus-
pended for 10 days, accused of q
fragrant case of discriminatory ac-
tion." and second driver has been
suspended indefinitely for charging
more than prescribed rate, Chair
man James H. Flanagan of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission announced
yesterday.
The To-day suspension was given
to David L. schriber of the Bell Cab
Co., according to Mr.. Flanagan, for
refusing to pick up three Howard
University students at Union Sta
ton. He gave the name of the
driver found guilty Of an overcharge
as c. T. Lyerly of the Diamond Cab
Co.
Mr.. Flanagan said the commits
sion, which met last month with
representatives OF the Once of De-
Tense Transportation and the Fed
cIhtiOu OF NlGlxSu6 ASSOclaIlOES TO
discuss complaints over taxi service,
was encouraged over decline in
the number of complaints being re-
ceived In the last few weeks.
Similarly, 1t. Joseph Harrington
chief hack inspector, said the few
recent complaints received by his
ONCE have been Of a minor nature
and said most of them have been
ironed out without prosecution.
Mr.. Flanagan has announced the
commission has in mind q program
for dealing with abusive" drivers
and with those who decline to take
passengers to their desired destina-
ton, but It has not been made
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Nefefans' Benefits
Should Include Right
:1o Vote, Finch Says

Wilbur Finch, president of the
District Federation lof Citizens AS
fsociations. declared last night that
sD1strict men in the service will not
.be fully repaid for the part they
sare playing in protecting the Amer
.ican way of life until they and
iother residents of the District are
.given the right to vote.
1T Is my firm conviction" he
said IN the For the Veteran" radio
program over Station WINK, that
mo matter what else we may do
I'VE will not perform our full duty
ito our sons in the service unless
we on the home front continue our
hight to secure for them and our
selves through appropriate congress
.slonal action the fullest measure of
participation through the ballot in
our local and national governments.
What q fine tribute 1T would be
to our sons II. upon their victorious
return to their homes here in the
District, they would ind that while
they were securing ~ their sac
rifices these various freedoms for
peoples IN foreign lands we here
on the home front had secured for
them this basic right which is the
heritage Of all Americans"
Mr.. Finch criticized the District
government for failing to make any
special provisions for veterans out
side of an information center. He
pointed out that Al States. already
have passed some special legisla-
ton for veterans, ranging from
bonuses to income tax and license
tax exemptions.
Mr.. Finch urged citizens associa-
tions to take action "to bestir our
city fathers in Congress and the
District Building to save our city
from the disgrace of being among
the few communities which have
done nothing for these men who
have done so much for u.s.
The federation president also
suggested that neighborhood groups
plan social, recreational and ath-
letic events to give the returning
soldiers something worthwhile to do
in their home communities among
their old friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Air Commerce Proposals
Review Set Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Proposed legislation on interna-
tional air commerce will be reviewed
by Government ofIicials tomorrow
before Senate Commerce subcom-
mittee.
Officials invited to testify included
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics William Burden,
Chairman L. WEIGH Pogue of the
Civil Aeronautics Board and Assist
ant Secretary of State Will Clayton.
The subcommittee yesterday stu
died a report said to favor the all
American flag line" sponsored by
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada, as the chosen instrument"
of-the United States Government in
international flying.
War Secretary Stimson has OPP
posed parts of this plan on grounds
1t would eliminate competition.
Senate Commerce Committee Chair
man Bailey fayors such a monopoly,
however, on the basis that it will
be needed to compete with the Gov
ernment-owned airlines of other
nations. $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
|AH Executives Work
|0n Postwar Program;
May Bill Condemned
BY JAMES r. NEWTON,
Star Staf1 Correspondent.

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. Stop execu-
tives OF the American Federation Of
Labor today began formulation Of a
comprehensive postwar program for
improving the position Of the
worker after blasting arguments for
compulsory war work legislation as
based on exaggerated manpower
needs for labor boarding.
The Federation's Executive Coun-
ell renewed. the attack on the May
work -or- jail" bill by declaring that
despite all the claims OF. manpower
needs in war plants an estimated
350. 900 workers would be released In
the first half of this year because
Of cutbacks In war production con-
tracts.
A balance sheet released by the
Council indicated the needs for
manpower of the armed forces and
industry through June--placed at
1,600, 000-could be met from the
present manpower supply. The fig
ures provided for loo. 900 to be taken
from nonessential industry, and the
Council said that reservoir could
supply, many more.
Taft Substitute Favored.
President William Green sent
kilograms to all members of the
Senate urging them to vote against
the May bill and in favor of the
Taft substitute providing merely for
strengthening of present voluntary
manpower controls. His message
asked: Let the workers Of this
Nation continue to demonstrate
that free labor is more efficient than
forced compulsory labor"
Numerous instances were cited
where war plants either exaggerated
need for manpower or were guilty
of labor boarding. The council said
labor wastage was particularly prev
alent in plants on a cost-plus basis,
navy yards and other Government
operations.
Another portion Of the indictment
of labor handling accused the Army
and Navy of failure to plan contract
awards so as to make full use of
already trained manpower.
Nine Firms Releasing 10000.
Along this line, the council said
that 10000 highly trained workers
were being released by nine firms
that had completed landing craft
because procurement
agencies could find no further work
for them. The plants are equipped
to make fuses, casting, ordnance and
do a wide variety of war work re-
curing modern machine shops" IL
was said.
Two Of the largest firms were
named as bravo Corp, Pittsburgh
with 1880 employees, and Missouri
Valley Bridge g. Iron Co., Evans
vile, Ind, with $4,000 workers.
Mr.. Green said the council would
not take up before Wednesday the
question Of readmitting John l.
Lewis United Mine Workers to the
AFL. There still was no definite
indication that Mr.. Lewis and the
Federation had arrived at a solution
OF their differences although some
council members seemed confident
agreement would be reached before
the mfdwfnter sessions close. = =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
front from just north of Monschau
Forest to the northeast.

Showers and Thaws Continue.
Intermittent showers and contin-
ued thaws handicapped operations.
Belgian and Luxembourg natives
said the backbone Of winter perhaps
had been broken and that the un-
usually rigorous January might
presage an early spring.
Texans and Oklahomans of the
rd Army's Goth Division captured
Habscheid, 4 miles inside Germany,
in an advance of more than a mile
The town is part of the Siegfried
Line. The division encountered
barbed wire and mines. Other ele-
ments of the Goth Division secured
high ground southwest OF Hab-
scheid in a 1-mile advance.
In the Campholz Woods, Is miles
southeast of Luxembourg City, SO
Germans counterattacked late yes
terday, but were repulsed quickly
The Bird Army took 400 prisoners
yesterday Supreme headquarters
said 6,9l2 had been captured In
four days ending February 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Surplus
Continued From First paee.l

posal for auctioning SURPRISES" Mr..
Gross said.
He said he wrote letter to Fed
eral officials saying the company
was authorized by Mr.. Baruch and
Mr.. Swope to say that they in
dorsed the company for liquidation
work. He said Mr. Brandt in
structed him to do so.
Neither Interested Financially.
Senator Connolly asked whether
either Mr.. Swope or Mr.. Baruch
had a financial interest in the firm,
and Mr. Gross said he was positive
neither did.
Appearing as a witness, Mr.. Miller
testified that the Procurement Divi-
sion of the Treasury is offering as
surplus medical and hospital sup
plies 53l 900 test tubes, 5,40O, 900
stopper corks and 100000 surgical
dressings, among dozens of other
items, while factories are working
around the clock to turn out more
of the same goods.
He said he understood there is an
18.month reserve of most medical
supplies. =" :, 49,
MIR. Miller asked the committee,
now inquiring into Jacob Goldberg's
auction sales of Defense Plant Corp.
SURPRISES, to look into the informal
bid" method of selling medical sup
plies.
He agreed with Chairman Mead
and Senator Kilgore, Democrat, of
West Virginia that there is a need
for a central clearing house" for
the control of SURPRISES from each
of the agencies. 81 ~ /;
ofiers ssif Recommendation. i
Mr.. Miller recommended that thu
committee:
l. Ascertain the needs of the
2. Find out who is buying surplus
equipment land at what price"
3. Seek to freeze all surplus prop
erty for the time being.
4. Require all property be sold
under the Surplus War Property
Board.
S. Stop all separate sales by mill
tary divisions.
g. Recover the surplus land stop
its production"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Lewis BIames Bureacrats
For Shortage Of Coal
By the Associated Press.

oy lie ASooClSteQ fIeSA.
BOSTON, Feb. 6.-President John
L. Lewis of the United Mine Work
ers told Gov. Maurice j. Tobin yes
terday that the mine workers were
in no manner responsible for
shortages of coal in the New Eng
land States.
Mr.. Lewis, in a telegraphed mes
sage to Gov. Tobin, commended that
the shortage was due in part to the
recent embargo for several days of
COAL" which, he said, was blunder
of major Importance on the part of
Government bureaucrats.
The union head sent his message
in answer to a telegram signed
jointly by 'the six New England
Governors at a conference Friday in
which they appealed to the mine
workers to continue maximum pro-
duction of coal
Mr.. Lewis asserted the United
Mine Workers were more than do
ing their part in the war effort.
They broke all production records
during 1874"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Mrs. 5Quezon Predicts :,
New Era for Philippines:

bs Inc ASsoclatec Press.
81 Los. ANGELES, Feb. 6.-Mrs.
Aurora Quezon, widow Of the Philip
pine President, Manuel Quezon, says
the liberation of Manila by Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and his forces
promises a new era of freedom and
liberty for the islands. -. 49,
Mrs. Quezon said she and her
husband had hoped ito return to.
gether to a glorious reunion with
Gen. Macarthur and our people.
But President Sergio Osmena, who
succeeded my husband, is a worthy
leader behind whom all we Filipinos
will rally for the restoration of
freedom and liberty in our beloved
islands" she declared, saying she
would 60 home as soon as possible.
Her husband died at Saranac
Lake. N. Y, last August /.
She praised Gen. Macarthur as
tone Of the greatest generals of all
time and great man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
|5O96 D. {. Manpowel
Declared in Service

"Over so. per cent of available
manpower In this area is already In
service" William E. Leahy, chairman
of selective. service for the District,
told members of the Dupont Circle
Citizens Association last night. 1T
would not take long to exhaust every
Iregistrant We have and still not be
able to meet the quotas" he stated.
Quotas now must be met prin-
cipally from men deferred in IA
or 2-B status, he went on, and busi-
ness can do great service by giving
an inventory Of those men who can
best be spared.
There is manpower enough in the
District, Mr.. Leahy continued, II we
were not confronted with absentee
ism and turnover. Population has
grown to about million and q quar-
ter, he said. approximately so per
cent of whom are gainfully en-
ployed.
Mr.. Leafly estimated that WASH
tngton Is ready to absorb 10000 re-
turning veterans with no trouble.
A resolution successfully presented
by w. H. Gill asked that commit
tee of three be appointed to consider
applications for issuance Of class &C.
liquor licenses on Connecticut ave-
nue. between K street and Florida
avenue NV. Decisions Of this COM
mittee. headed by William CLARK
Taylor, will be referred to the
associations Executive Committee
Copies will be sent to the ABC
Board.
Prompt passage of the Bilbo- Ran
dolph bills increasing the District
quotas to the Naval and Military
Academies from S to Is for Annapolis
| and from to IL for West Point was
urged by the group. Col EJ0. Blss
presented the motion. sssfsi et1
Col. Hugh; Miller conducted the
meeting, held at the Mayflowet
Hotel. st ea a41i9ss y 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Randolph 10 Offer. Bill
To Keen 54-Houlr Week,

Chairman Randolph Of the House
District Committee announced tor
day he: would introduce q bill: prob
ably tomorrow. to continue for an.
other year q wartime liberalization
Of the District minimum wage law.
The amendment now on the
books, which expire June 30, per-
mits women to work more than
eight hours day but not more
than 81 hours a week. and the extra
hours must be related to the war
effort. Time and q half pay is re-
quired for work In excess Of 10
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Williams
.tCentinued From First Page).

told a. reporter he intends. to vote
to confirm Mr.. Williams.
Senator Capper, Republican, Of
Kansas read into the record express
sions Of opposition to Mr.. Williams
appointment from representatives of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton and the National Grange.
Under questioning by Senator
Lucas, Democrat, of Illinois, Mr..
Williams said that, II confirmed, he
wouM see to it that there was no
discrimination whatever against the
farm organizations which opposed
him. :.
Reviews Record.
Mr.. Williams replied with a fiat
mo" when asked by Senator Bank
head, Democrat, of Alabama if he
ever had been associated with any
Communist organizations He added
that he had never knowingly en-
ployed. Communist.
After reviewing his record in Gov
eminent service, Mr.. Williams said
he slept soundly last night knowing
that no one could bring up anything
I have ever done that I could be
ashamed Of"
At one point Senator Wheeler said
he believed it has been mistake
to, put the REA under the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and thought
it now should be re-established as "a
separate agency so the admins
traitor could be held responsible
and there would be no buck
passing" if things went wrong. 4
NYA Abolished in 1943.
At the start of his testimony Mr..
Williams recalled that he became
"a regional representative for the
old Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration in June, 1888, and later
was made deputy administrator of
the Works Project Administration
He headed the -NYA from the time 1t
was set up by presidential executive
order in 1885 until it was abolished
in 1913.
Earlier Chairman Thomas an
nounced that Senator Stewart,
Democrat, of Tennessee had noti-
fed the committee he intends to
ask that the old files of the Dies
Committee, concerning Mr.. VIII
liams, be made available to the
Senate group
Meanwhile, action on the promo
ton of Col Elliott Roosevelt, SON of
the President, to brigadier general
was deferred for a week by the
Senate yesterday.
Action Forecast Monday.
Senator Bushfleld, who spear
headed Republican opposition to
immediate approval of the advance
ment, conceded that the nomination
probably will be confirmed next
Monday"
Republicans and Democrats ar
gued about the promotion, but did
little talking about what Majority
Leader Barley called the canine
episode. That was the coaSt-to-
coast flight of Col. Roosevelt,s mas
tiff, Blaze. Three servicemen were
squeezed on the plane which car
ried the dog because he had higher
priority.
Held up also were nominations Of,
"a other colonies to be brigadter
generals. The Senate approved, how
ever, the promotions of three major
generals to be lieutenant generals
and 20 brigadiers to be major gem
erals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
White House Is Silent
On Citrine's Settlement
By the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press.
The White House declined COM
ment today on the statement of
Sir Walter Citrine In London that
the big three are meeting "at this
very moment
Jonathan Daniels. an assistant to
the President, opened his daily
meeting with newsmen by. saying
Again I have no news"
Asked about the Citrine state
i1ent, Mr.. Daniels said he could
only point out that Citrine has
no oficial position in the govern
ment" and that he is a labor leader
"about In relation to the govern
rent like Bill Green AFL presi-
eent) IN this country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Death at GoIIinger
Declared Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
yesterday issued certificate OF
suicide in the death of George Fos-
ter, Al, of 146 North Carolina ave-
hue Sc, who was found Sunday
night in his bed in the psychopathic
ward of Gallinger Hospital with a
bandage tied tightly around his
neck, according to police.
Police said Foster was admitted
to Gallinger Hospital on January
rs for physical ailment and was
transferred to the psychopathic
ward a few hours before his death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Washington Seaman
Sofe After Tunker Fire

Gunner's Mate Second Class
Marvin E. Gutridge, SO. Of 2232
Fortieth street NV, who was among
those reported injured in the tanker
collision in New York Bay, tele-
phoned his brother, Curtis c. Gut
ridge, from hospital last night that
he had been in the water for some
time, but was all right.
Formerly a Capital Transit Co.
employe, Mr.. Gutridge had been in
the service exactly three years yes
terday. the day of the collision.
Warren Weinnann, 10. of WASH
ington also was listed as injured.