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SULLIVAN MEMORIAL PLANNEDAllied Dice Loaded

Minimum Work Week of 48Hours Ordered in 32 War

Plant Cities.

PURPOSE TO PUT LABORWHERE MOST NEEDED

Washington , D. C.—(AP) —The prospect, of: an invas ion ofEurope t h i s year, fo l lowed byu n p a r a l l e l e d prosperity in thepostwar period, was held outto Amer icans Wednesday butu n t i l v ic tory is won they weretold they must work longerhr/urs and adopt a "Spartan stan-dard of living."

To hasten the day of victory,President Roosevelt Tuesday nightordered a 48-hour minimum workweek on the home war front, withtime and a half overtime pay forall those covered by the fa i r laborstandards act.

This means a 30 per cent week-ly wage increase for thousandsnow working a 40-hour week."Until further notice the order

•was limited by War ManpowerCommissioner Paul V. McNutt to32 labor shortage areas, extendingfrom Maine to Washington state andfrom Florida to California.

Immediately the action was an-nounced, Economic Stabilization Di-rector James F. Byrnes went to theradio to give the people a broadoutline of the struggle ahead on thecivil ian front , and particularly towarn against "a creeping inflation."

Hurts Employer.While the program was hailed by

Senator Wagner (D-NY), sponsorof much New Deal labor legislation,as a "blueprint for victory on thehome front," congressional reactiongenerally was mixed.

Chairman Murray (D-MonO ofthe senate small business commit teeexpressed the opinion that the orderwould "have the ef fec t of stillingthe demand for any of the pendingmanpower legislation" now in con-gress.

On the other hand, Senator Ball(R-niinn) declared:"I don't th ink this order wi l l

make much d i f fe rence in manpowersupplies.

"But i t will hurt the employerwho cannot a f fo rd to pay the ex trya m o u n t in wages and it may verywell be the straw that breaks thecamel's back."

Manpower Commissioner McNut tindicated that the 48-hour weekprobably wil l be extended to otherareas later, but it is not likely toreach cities having plent i fu l laborsupplies, New York for example.

A f f e c t e d Areas.The 32 areas affected immedi-

ately are:Bath, Me.; Bridgeport, Water-

bury, Hartford and New Britain.Conn.; Portsmouth. N. H.; Spring-field, Mass.; Buffalo, N. Y.;

Somerville, N. J.; Baltimore andElkton. Md.; Hampton Roads. Va..Washington. D. C.; Akron and Day-ton. Ohio; Detroit, Mich.;

Manitowoc. Wis.; Sterling, 111.;Brunswick, Ga.: Charleston. S C;Macon. Ga ; Mobile, Ala,; PanamaCity. Fla.:

Pascajfoula, Miss.; Wichita,Kan.; Beaumont. Tex.; Cheyenne.Wyo.; Ogdcn, Utah; Las Ve«as,Nev.; Portland, Ore.; San Dieiro,C'al.i Seattle, Wash."In those areas." said M c N u M . "it

(the order) applies to all employ-ment"

Moreover. Fowler V. Harper Me-Null's chief deputy, announced thatit is not discretionary wilh em-ployers, but is mandatory.

A reasonable period of severalweeks will be allowed to pui theprogram into effect. The manpow-er commission.expects to f ind otherjobs for workers forced out by thelonger work week.

Wage Rates the Same.Highlighls of the program as out-

lined by Byrnes, other than the 48hour week, include?

1. No increase in hourly wagerates beyond that allowed by thewar labor board's " l i t t le steel form-

(Continued on page 2. column 4.)

Japs Blastedin Aleutiansand Solomons

Washington, D. C.— (l.\7S) —The navy announced Wednes-day tha t American bombersblasted Japanese posi t ions inKi.ska in the Aleut ians whileother U. S. airmen in the southPacific a t tached enemy posi-tions in the central Solomons.

Text of the navy 276th com-munique follows:

"North Pacific:"On Feb. 8, Liberator heavy

bombers (Consolidated B-24) andMitchell medium bombers (NorthAmerican B-25) dropped bombs onthe enemy camp area at Kiska andon installations nt North Head.

"Seven float type Zeros wereobserved on tlie water but noattempt to intercept was made.All U. S. planes returned."South Pacific: (All dates

cast longitude.)are

"On Feb. f):"Airacobra f ighters (Bell P-3!P

strafed and sank an enemy bargeoff Hooper bay in the northernRussell islands. A number of float-ing drums of fuel oil were de-stroyed in the same vicinity.

"During the evening, a force ofMarauder medium bombers (Mar-tin B-26) with Airacobra anLightning (Lockheed P-38) escort,bombed Japanese positions nnKolombangara island in the Ne\vGeorgia group.

"Results were not reported."During the evening Dauntless

dive bombers (Douglas) withLightning and Wildcat (Grum-man F4F) escort, attacked Jap-anese positions at Munda onNew Georgia island. A largefire was started.

"U S. ground forces on Guad-alcanal advanced to positions one-half mile west of the Segilau riverin the vicinity of Doma Cove.

"On the northwest coast of theisland U. S. troops advanced *cthe northeast as far as Visali. Noopposition was encountered.

"A large amount ofequipment was captured."

cnem;

TO BE CENTEROF BIG BUTTLE

Gen. Sir Harold AlexanderDeclares Axis Defense

Can Be Turned.

BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY

CROSSES INTO TUNISIA

Cold Wave WithSnows Forecast

DCS Moines, la.—(/P)—A coldwave and more snow flurries wereforecast Wednesday to bring to aclose a springlike spell which hasvisited Iowa since the end of lastweek.

Snow in some sections of the slateTuesday night heralded Ihe cominechange of weather. Davenport re-porled about four-f i f ths of an inchof precipitation.

Sub-zero readings were forecastfor Wednesday night at Fort Dodgeand Mason City, while Cedar Rap-ids and "Waterloo residents weretold to expect zero temperatures.

The predicted snow flurries wereexpected to ride in on strong winds.

FIRST CLAY CASUALTY.Gille'te Grove, la. — f/P) — Clay

county's first known war casualtyis Wyatt Wood. 33, whose death inthe South Pacific was reported tohis parents, Mr and Mrs. FrankWood here. He served in the medi-cal corps.

Harvester. San Felice, Emerson now 8c.King Erlward Qual i ty Cigar 2 for 6c,

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"Believe U or Not" 14

Brady's Health Talk 1Cedar Falls News 8

City in Brief CClassified Ads .12-1.1Comics 15

Courier Files 4Editorial 4

Markets 13

Merry-Go-Round in News 4Northeast Iowa Events 7Parsons' Movie Talk 11

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War Activities Directory ...... 11

Cairo — (UP) — Thp axis 'Marcl l i l i n e in Tunisia can beturned nnd the ba t t l e to drivethe enemy off the last Africanbridgehead is imminen t with";\11 the dire loaded in our fa-vor," Gen. Sir Harold R, L. G.Alexander, Brilish commander inthe Middle East, said Wednesday.

The Marcth line, about 40miles long, was constructed atthe same time as the Maginotline in France, Alexander said,at a time when people were notthinking in terms of mobile, ar-mored forces.

"The Mareth line can be turned,"ho said flatly.

'The time is approaching, Alexan-der said, when all the warfare inAfrica will be merged into -the

'Tunisian battle.The bad weather should be over

in Tunisia by the end of March.Alexander said. He added that theBritish Eighth army now was outof the desert and was entering re-gions of clay soil.

"The enemy forces with allthei r impeditnentia are now en-tirely out of Egypt, Libya andTrapolitania," he said.

British Cross Frontier.London— OJ.R)—Neutral dispatches

said Wednesday that the BritishEighth army had crossed the Tuni-sian frontier in force on two sec-lors and it was announced official-ly that American Flying Forlresseshad bombed the airdrome again atKairouan.

There was no official confirma-tion of Algerian reports reachingMadrid that Gen. Sir Bernard L.Montgomery's imperials had crossedinto Tunisia from Tripolitania onthe central and southern sectorsand that a major battle was ex-pected east of the French-builtMareth line.

The allied headquarters com-munique said tliat "There is noth-ing to report from our land forceson Ihe Tunisian front."American planes, including Fort-

resses, Lightnings, Airacobras andWai-hawks, planes of the FrenchLafayette Escadrille. and Royal airforce Spitfires were active over awide section of the front Tuesday,however.

At least three enemy fighters wereshot down. Not a single alliedplane was lost.

The Flying Fortresses droppedbombs among 20 to 25 enemy planesdispersed on the Kairouan air fieldand scored hits on a nearby rail-road.

Make Slow Progress.The lighter planes attacked en-

emy positions in the Gafsa-Mak-nassy, Faid and Ousseltia-Pichonareas.

Spanish reports said the bulk ofthe Eighth army was pouring intoTunisia in the wake of advance pa-trols that entered Ihe French pro-lectorale two days ago.

The Eighth army was makingslower progress on the coastal sec-tor, t he dispatches said, because thearea was heavily mined and defend-ed by rear guards and some artil-lery.

Severe fighline was expectedbetween the Eighth army and theAfr ika Korps on thr- eastern sidenf the Marr-th line, 55 to 70 milesinside Tunisia, the dispatches as-serted.

Wednesday's Middle Eastern com-mand communique merely said thatpatrol activity continued along theborder Tuesday, and that badweather hindered air operationsover the battle area.

The Middle Eastern command andRoyal air force's communique re-vealed that axis planes had tried toraid Tripoli Monday night for thefirst time since it fe l l to the Eightharmy. v

Both axis bombers sent on theraid were shot down by all ied fight-er planes, apparently some distance

THEY BELIEVED IT WAS THEIR WAR W THEIR

Will Honor Five Brothers WhoWere Lost Together in

Battle at Sea.

COURIER WILL RECEIVE

FUND CONTRIBUTIONS

School children for years to come Wil l read in their histories how these five Waterloo brothers, pictured aboveaboard the ill-fated U. S. S. Juneau, went into their nation's fighting forces together, served together and were lost to-gether in a Pacific sea battle. Neither Waterloo nor the nation can forget the greatness of sacrif ice made so willinglyby the five. The "Fighting Sullivans," left to right above, are Joseph, 24; Francis, 27; Albert, 20; Madison, 23, andGeorge, 28. •»

Nazi Bomb HitsCrowded Storein English Town

jLondon —(INS)— An enemy raider

scored a direct hit on a large de-partment store crowded with shop-pers in a south England townWednesday afternoon.

It was feared many persons wereburied in the debris.

London expec:=nced its 612th airraid alert of the war Wednesdayafternoon, but Ihc all-clear soundedwithin half an hour and no inci-dents were reported.

The alert was sounded in theLondon area when a few enemyplanes crossed the south coast andappeared to be heading inland inthe general direct ion of London.

Four Shots Fired atArgentina 0/ficial

Buenos Aires —(.ft— A groupstanding before the home ofGuillermo Rothe, Argentina's min-ister of justice, fired four shotsWednesday at the of f i c ia l car inwhich he was leaving for a cabinetmeeting at the government house.

Rothe, a member of PresidentCastillo's national Democrat partyand among those prominently men-tioned as candidates for nextSeptember's presidential election,was uninjured.

Those who fired the shots fled.

Reports No Need forClothing Rationing

Washington, D. C.—(UP)—Thegovernment, striking to combat awave of "scare-buying" of clothingin many areas, Wednesday assuredAmericans that there is no shortageof clothes and therefore no need forrationing.

A joint statement by War Pro-duction Board Chairman Donald M.Nelson and Price AdministralorPrentiss M. Brown denounced"scare buying" as unnecessary andcontrary to the best interests ofthe war program. They said:

"Announcement of shoe rationingappears to have stimulated scarebuying in some parts of Ihe coun-try.

"Such buying is unnecessary. Sup-plies of wool in the United Statesnre larger by several hundred mil-lion pounds than they were whenthe Japs struck Pearl Harbor. Atthe present time there is no short-age of clothing and therefore noneed for rationing."

Ww.chell on Broadway 151 from their objective.

SAVE A LIFE IN 1943!Traffic Toll in City of Waterloo

This Year and LastSince Snrn*Jan \ Dale

134.1 1942Number of accidents ... .53 57Number in jured 10 20Number killed 0 '0

TRIES TO SEE SONIN NEWSREEL 4 TIMESWITHOUT ANY SUCCESS

Kansas City, Mo.—(£>>— Mrs. S. L.Wilson has attended four theatresto see her 17-year-old son, Pvt. Mel-vin Lee Wilson, in a Guadalcanalncwsrccl.

Each time she fainted just be-fore he appeared on the screen.

Her husband, a doctor, accom-panies her and each time has beenready with restoratives.

"Things just seem to go blackwhen I know Melvin is due to ap-pear." Mrs. Wilson explains.

"But I'm going to see him yet!"She's t ry ing her f i f l h theatre

Wednesday night.

Employment OfficeLabor Exchange forFarm, City WorkersDCS Moines la.—yp)—The city

employment of f ice is beginning toserve as a labor exchange for citymen who want farm work andfarmers in need of new hired hands,Mayor John MacVicar said Wednes-day.

The office already this year hasplaced eight DCS Moines men onIowa farms which are preparing forthe crop season.

The office reported that about 30more farm workers are needed byfarmers whose requests have beenfiled.

Since last July 15 a total of 484persons have registered at the bu-reau. Of this number about 150have been placed in permanent jobs.Many of the others have obtainedone or more temporary jobs thruthe office.

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Gandhi Startingon 3-Week Fast

Bombay — I/P) — Mohandas K.Gandhi began a 21-day fast Wednes-day in the palace of the Aga Khanin Poona, after the government ofIndia refused to grant his uncondi-tional release from confinementthere.

The 73-year-old Gandhi announcedthat he would take only f ru i t juiceand water during his fasting period.

Gandhi was tnken into custodylast Aug. 9 af ter he instituted a newcivil disobedience campaign againstBritish rule.

JAMES POWERS, SINGER,COMEDIAN, DIES AT 80

New York—-(.-Pi—-James T. Pow-ers. 80, singer and comedian, diedWednesday at his residence in theHotel Ansonia.

He was a nat ive of New YorkCity. aj)d made his f i rs t stage ap-pearance in Boston in 1882.

For the next 40 years Powers ap-peared in a succession of light op-,eras and musical shows.

His widow, the former RachelBodth, with whom he appearedin many plays, survives him.

ACTOR TIM HOLTAIR FORCE CADET

Los Angeles, Cal.—(/P>—Actor TimHolt Wednesday followed his morefamous father into the armedforces.

Jack Holt, Tim's father and aformer movie leading man, is acaptain in the quartermaster corpsat Fort Warren, Wyo.

Tim, known chiefly as a westernactor, became a cadet in the armyair forces.

As a lasting tribute to the gal-lant spirit, and heroic sacrificeof five Waterloo brothers lostin action while serving theircountry, the Waterloo DailyCourier today launches a "FightingSullivans Memorial" campaign.

In so doing, the Courier invitesthe support and memorial fuiidcontributions of all persons in-Waterloo, northeast Iowa, thestate and the nation in an effortto perpetuate the memory of theSullivan brothers, missing: sinceNov. 14, 1942. when their cruiser—the U. S. S. Juneau—was sunkduring a south Pacific sea bat-tle.

Upon the extent of the public'ssupport will rest final decisions as towhat type of memorial will beerected, what ils cost will be andwhere it will be located here.

They Gave Their All. IThe "Fighting Sullivans Me-

morial" will honor, ior years tocome, the five sons of Mr. and Mrs.Thomas F. Sullivan. 98 Adamsstreet, who gave their all in thecause of victory.

Still carried on the U. S. navy'sroll of "missing in action," .the fivebrothers include:

George Thomas, 28, gunner's matesecond class. . ,

Francis Henry, 27, coxswain.Joseph Eugene, 24, seaman second

class.Madison Abel, 23. seaman second

class.Albert Leo, 20, seaman second

class.All five, apparently, perished with

their ship when the Juneau, limpingaway from a heavy attack near, theSolomon islands last November, re-portedly exploded from torpedo orbomb hits.

Joined as Group.They joined the navy, as a group,

Jan. 3, 1942, and had been aboardthe Jurteau since mid-February—-serving together at their own in-sistence, despite the navy's wartimepolicy of separating members of thesame family.

Announcing the "Fighting Sulli-vans Memorial" campaign, , theCourier observes that no Americanfamily since Pearl Harbor has suf-fered such a heavy blow—the lossof five members at once.

High navy officials have dis-closed that never before in Amer-ican naval history has such a trag-edy come to one family.

It may be possible, too, that noother family in the nation will suf-fer such a blow in this war. sincecommanders no longer will permitthat many from one family to servetogether, risking death side by side.

Four Weeks Since News.Four weeks have passed, now,

since the Sullivans' parents, theirsister, grandmother and the wifeand son of Albert heard the tragicnews that the five were "missing."

It has been almost three fullmonths, too, since the Juneau'ssinking.

There has been no official wordfrom the navy to encourage beliefthat any of the five fighting: Sul-livans had survived the sinking.

Only slight hope for the "miracu-lous" escape o£ the five had beenheld by the family since the navy'sannouncement Jan. 11.

One survivor of the Juneau's sink-ing did write the parents here thatthe eldest brother, George, diedaboard a life raft . His letter indi-cated that the other four brotherswent down with the ship.

An Enduring Monument.Whatever form the "Fighting

Sullivans Memorial" takes, it willbe an enduring monument in Wa-terloo to assure that the service ofthe five brothers and the unself-ishness of their family will bekept fresh in the memory of everypatriotic citizen here for genera-tions yet to come.

Inauguration of the memorialcampaign today marks the firstpublic effort toward full recogni-tion of the five Sullivan brothers'bravery.The navy Tuesday announced

that it will name a new destroyer"The Sullivans," but there has beenno move made by tho boys' horn*city nnd slate to honor them, untilnow. ' .. The Waterloo church in which.the brothers were members Tues-day conducted a pontifical requiemmass for the five, whcu ArchbUhop

WEDNESDAY.VEBRUARY 10, 1943 WATERLOO DAILY COURIER, WATERLOO, IOWA

Francis J. L. Bookman, of Dubuque,joined with Waterloo and CedarFalls pastors of Catholic churchesjn paying tribute Vo the Sullivansat St. Mary's ch rch here.

Parents Carry On.Despite their heavy grief, both

.the - parents of the five boys—he<an Illinois Central freight con-.ductor and she a typical mother•and housewife—have tried hard to"carry on, with chin up" since be-in'g advised of the sons' loss.;. Even today, the father and motherwere busy in the east, visiting war•plants under sponsorship of thenavy department, appealing to•workers to speed up production'and hasten the winning of a com-^plete victory for the nat ion andallies.

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan—commend-ed for their courage and spirit inmessages from President Roosevelt.Mrs. Roosevelt. Vice PresidentHenry A- Wallace and others-went to New York Jan. 28 for a

HOUSE BILL IKESJOBS PROTECTION

LMeasure Would Require All

Employers to Reinstate

Ex-Soldiers.

DCS Moines—-(/Pi—A measure set-l ing up a broad, all-inclusive jobprotection program foi"Towans whoserve in (he armed forces duringthe current war was introduced inthe house Wednesday by Rep. Earl

^nationwide broadcast and there-! Fishbaugh, jr., (R-Shenandoah).after were escorted to Washington, j Fishbaugh's bill would requireD. C., by navy officials for visits : thai all public and private em-with Vice President Wallace, Mrs. I ploycrs restore persons who serveFranklin D. Roosevelt and the j in the armed forces to ihe job atnavy's high officers. j the close of the war that they held

Tour War Plants ' whcm tne>' entered service..... ' , ..,„!„! Employes upon reinstatement to

Expressing willingness to 'iclP I their former jobs would regainin every way possible to speed the•'war effort," the parents have, setout upon an extensive tour of per-sonal appearances at war produc-tion centers, under the navy's spon-sorship, to talk with workers.

the pension, seniority and othersimilar r ights they held when theyleft for war. They also would re-ceive the same pay.

Provision is made in the billrship. to talk with workers. foj. eompcUing lhc employer, thruExpected home this week end. I 1(;Kal actioi1) to makc such restora-e Sullivans will have only a Lc\v j The bm armlies to an

short days of rest before they leave, I b 'h Q{ lhc araccompanied by thesr daugh tc i , : , = orcanizsGenevievc, for Portland,. Ore., to ™^* °^officiate at the christening of nnavy tugboat.

The invitation to take part in the.christening came to Mrs. Sul l ivanmonths ago from Secretary of NavyFrank Knox, long before the tragichews that her sons were missing.

In spite of her sorrow. Mrs. Sulli-van has insisted she must go thru\v'th her plans to visit Portland'sshipyards, declaring her sons "wouldhave wanted it that way."

Welcomes Support of All.The Waterloo Daily Courier, in

[taking the lead lo honor the Sulli-rvan brothers, will welcome the'support of all organizations andindividuals in swelling the fundIhru which to erect a suitableJ"Fighting Sullivans Memorial."5 Contributions—which may be in"any amount—should be brought ortmailed to the Courier's business•office, starting today.I The campaign may continue for•weeks, perhaps months.* All money received for the "Fight-ing Sullivan Memorial" will be set•aside in a special fund for that'purpose only.

]No Charge AgainstI General Whose CarI. Struck Iowa Sailor

bill applies to allarmed service and

lions.Covers Public Employes.

One of tiic features of the billis that it applies to both publicand private employers.

Previously veterans' preferencelaws have applied only to publicemployers, such as those of thestates, counties and cities.

The bill would protect only reg-ular employes and would not ap-ply to casual or day workers.

A bill to place the state liquorcontrol commission, which operatesthe 177 retail liquor stores in Iowa,under the control of the state leg-islature was filed in the houseWednesday by Rep. Raphael R. R.Dvorak (R-Toledo).

At the present time the liquorcommission operates as a self-sub-sistent department of the stategovernment and virtually the onlycontrol the legislature or electivestate officials have over the com-mission is that the state executivecouncil, composed of the governorand five of the elected departmentheads, approve leases negotiatedby the commission.

Handles Own Finances.The commission handles all its

own finances and other affairs andremits to the state any unneededsurpluses from its operations.

In recent years it has been turn-ing over to the state about $3,500,-000 a year in profits.

Dvorak's bill would require thatthe liquor commission submit abiennial budget request to the leg-islature as is required of all otherstate departments.

whlen"'h?s"autamobnc"hirAU^"j". , " would be up to the legisla-

' San Diego, Cal.— lU.fi)— Police have'dismissed charges that Maj. Gen.(Holland M. Smith, 61, commanding"officer ol the fleet marine force..San Diego area, was intoxicated'

Has Changed Adolf's Name

IMr. and Mrs. Joseph Mittel admire their two-week-old son, AdolfHi t le r Mittel. in their home, in New York City. The father explainedhe has no liking: for the German fuehrer and named his son Adolf Hit-ler only because he was of German-Austrian descent.

OSS III THRU

mm L U E STighten Assault Semi-Circle

of Troops About City

of Kharkov.

, Burlington. la., sailor, last, 5• week.' Dist. Ally. Thomas Whelan saidJhis office will not f i le a complaint.« Whelan added that he did not be-tlieve Smith was aware that his car'had come into contact with Walters

ture to appropriate the biennialoperating expenses o£ the commis-sion, after making whateverchanges it chose in the commis-sion's request for funds.

Dvorak said experience hadshown that placing such depart-ments under the budgetary control

Land that the case was closed as far | o£ 'hc legislature reSuUedhis office was concerned.

'Sai/s Another FarmLand Boom Likely

* Ames, la.—(U.R)—Two forces like-°Iy to set another land boom in mo-tion are a feeling that the war mayend sooner than expected and Iheattitude that "now is the time tobuy a farm," W. G. Murray, Iowa

;state college agricultural economist,said today.

Murray wrote in the current issueof the Iowa farm economist thatmany tenants are tempted to buyfarms in light of high farm incomes

> during the past year or two andthese same high prices are dazzlingto the city man who has a little ex-tra money in his pocket.

"It is becoming more and moreapparent," Murray said, "that some'sort of control must go into e f fec t .Regulations are necessary to pre-vent a land boom followed by a de-pression, to raise the farm's s tand-ard of l iving, and to keep absenlccownership by city investors fromclouding the real estate picture.

Wheeler May BoltHis

in"greater eff iciency and substantialeconomies."

Another bill introduced wouldset Jan. 1, 1944, as the deadlinefor which judgments and injunc-t ions issued against real and per-sonal property before Jan. 1, 1930,could remain in effect.

To Lift "Clouds."The sponsor, Rep. Andrew J.

Nielsen (R-Council Bluffs) said itwas designed to lift "clouds" overthe titles of certain real and per-sonal property against which judg-ments and injunctions weregranted back in prohibi t ion days.

Nielsen said there were manysuch old orders on the court rec-ords as a resul t of prohibi t ionraids and tha t th i s would providea s imple manne r of c lear ing up allsuch l i l ies.

Another bill would increase theterms of mayors and ci ty coun-cilmen from two to four years.

The s ta te f i sh and game commis-sion inlroduced a measure lo t akefrom Lee counly n v i r t u a l l y un-l imi t ed f i s h i n g p r iv i l eges i t nowholds.

Thru a last minu te mix-up inIhe closing days of the 1D39 ses-

* n / f ' S ' o n ' IjC° C 0 l l n ty war, exempted111 1 rf -141 from most of the regulat ions on

open and closed seasons for fish-Washington, D. C. —(INS)— Sen. | ing.

Burton K. Wheeler i D - M o n t ) ! —Wednesday indicated that he wil l A P P R O V E I N C R E A S E INbolt the Democratic par ty in lhc3944 presidential race if an unsa t i s -factory candidate is nomina t ed .

While many pol i t ico! observersexpect President Roosevelt to benominated for a f ou r th t e r m . .Wheeler declined to discuss per- i '"crease i n p r i ces of so-called for-sonalities or possible candidates. ! C1"» '-Vpcs ol domes t i c chee.se.

"While I much prefer to s u p p o r t ] '!hfi increases wore pcnniucd insomeone of my own p a r l y , yet I \ °>'der to place m a n u f a c t u r e r s ofam prepared to support any man ; tho'c: lypcs on a fa i r compet i t ive jwhose first interest is the w e l f a r e ' bnM; ^ i > h m m n i f i i c l u r c r s of Chcd-of the people of the United States i df"'- Ihc lar^esi .selling cheese on

By EDDY GIL.1IOREMoscow — (fi>)— Strong Russian

army forces are pouring thru theBelgorod gap in German defensesrrorth of Kharkov, the only pointon a 200-mile f ront where the in-vaders still hold the line fromwhich they launched their 1042offensive, battlefront dispatchesreported Wednesday.

The great Upper Donets indus-trial city which the Germans have,ield since October, 1941. thus wasmenaced by a lightening semi-circle of assault with the Red armyroughly 40 'miles from its limitsto the north, cast and south.

At the same time the Russiansannounced the repulse of desper-ate enemy counterattacks againsta second semi-circle closing uponRostov, and against the Krama-torsk wedge to the northwestwhich, if carried south toward theSea of Azov, might pinch off thewhole Rostov defense force.

Greatest Gain in Hill Country.The Russians reported their

greatest gains in the snow-piledchalk hil l country between Khar-kov and Orel where the strong-hold of Kursk and the importantrail junction o£ Belgorod fell in48 hours o£ whirlwind assault.

(The German communique re-ported a t ightening of the nazidefense in this sector and said"German divisions in many placesnot only stopped the enemy ad-vance but threw the Soviets backeastward, i n f l i c t i n g heavy casual-ties on them.")

Below Kharkov, Russian troopstrying to dr ive southward aroundthe Donets basin to the Sea ofA?.ov met determined German re-sistance, and the soviet columnsclosing in on Rostov were f i g h t -ing off bit ter German tank unitcounterat tacks , i t was reported.

On Kve of Anniversary .(The newest Russian ga ins came

on ihe eve of the t w e n t y - f i f t h an-n iversary of the formal Russianwi thd rawa l from the war wilhGermany in 1918.

(I t was genera l ly regarded thatthe f:il l of K h a r k o v would deprivethe Germans of any sizable com-m u n i c a t i o n s center u n t i l theycnt i ld f a l l hack on Kiev and set

New York —(U.R)— Adolf HitlerMittel became Theodore Roose-velt Miltel Wednesday.

The baby, christened "AdolfHitler" by his father, Joseph,had his name changed withoutbenefit of a fund-raising cam-paign the father envisaged asresult of the stir caused whenword of the name got about.

While Joseph Mittel stompedangrily about his flat Wednesday,burning Indignant letters whicharrived in the morning mail, Mrs.Mittel appeared at the Jamaicaoffice of the board of health toregister the new name.

"We are going to name himafter one of the Roosevelts," shesaid.

''Not one of the DemocraticRoosevelts, but the other side."She refused to say more.

''The letters said nothing butabuse," he complained, "and oneletter said they would get theFBI after me and deport me.Where are they going to deportme to? I was born in Manhattan."

HOUSE KILLS OFFFIRST 3 INTBWill Try to Complete Work on

Senate Measure to Cut

Tax Thursday.

Gears Nationto War Speed

for Invasion

(Continued)

CERTAIN CHEESE PRICES

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C .—(U.P>—The of-f ice of pr ice a d m i n i s t r a t i o n Wednes-day approved a three-cent . a pound

up defense line behind theDnieper r iver . '

The Ru.ssinns announced therc-c n p f u r c of Belgorod. 50 milesnor theas t of Kharkov. and ofShobr -k ino . only 40 miles to then o r t h e a s t of Kharkov ' s c i t y limits,in a specia l communique.

The movnmr-n t s of Red armytroops n o r t h of Kursk and nor th-west o( Vorono/h point a Russianrlafigrr at Orel, another po in t onthe Moscow-Kursk-Kharkov-Crim-ea r a i l l i ne .

I f you o l J i r i l nn apple ?cecl in Y n c n t n n .]Mr-xii;o. it becomes athr> Mayan.1,.

according to

ula," except in special cases.This formula permits a 15 per

cent increase over Jan. 1, 1941 levelsto compensate for higher livingcosts.

2. Incentive payments to farm-ers to "enable us to increase pro-duction w i t h o u t increasingprices," but no change in thefarm parity formula.3. No further increase in the basic

and essential cost of subsistenceliving. "We must break up theblack markets."

4. Work by all where mostneeded. "If some men can bedrafted and sent abroad at 550 amonth, every civilian must gowhere he can render the greatestservice, even if it means lessmoney."

Bigger War Production.5. Higher taxes to close a $16,000.-

000,000 "gap" between income andthe amount of available goods.

A part of the additional taxationon ''the lower-middle incomegroups," Byrnes said, should takethe form of post-war credits orcompulsory savings.

War plans for 1943, Byrnes said,call for "a very substant ia l increasein our war production over lastyear's record-breaking goals."

"They contemplate, without ameasurable period of time," hesaid, "the invasion of Europe, oneof the greatest mi l i tary operationsever planned in history — a mi l i -tary campaign, which no matterhow successfully and br i l l iant lyexecuted, wi l l involve casualt iessuch as this nation has never be-fore endured."While warning that there 'is no

way that we can hope to improve oreven to sustain our customary stan-dards of l i v i n g dur ing the comingwar yenr." Byrnes declared that itthe worker's present purchasingpower is preserved by a successfulf i g h t agains t in f la t ion i t wil l "con-st i tute t l ie basis of an unparalleledprosperity for American workers inthe postwar period." |

Des Moines — (/P) — The housecleared away nearly a third of itswork on personal income tax pro-posals Wednesday morning, reject-ing three of nine amendments filedto a bill providing for a 50 percent cut in the personal incometaxes lowans will pay this yearand next on their 1942 and 1943earnings. A

All three defeated amendmentswould have provided for more re-lief than the major bill under con-sideration and were knocked downby margins of abouj; five to one.

After two hours of debate, thechamber recessed until 2 p. m.when additional amendments wereto be taken up in what floor lead-ers said was an attempt to get thetax bill out of the way by Thurs-day night.

Debates Repeal Move First.The first amendment, defeated

84 to 15, would have repealed thestate personal income tax perma-nently.

The second proposal, to cancelthe income tax payments lowansnormally would make in 1943 and1944, was beaten 83 to 20.

The third prqsopal, beaten 83 to17, would have trimmed 75 percent off the normal income taxlowans would pay this year andnext.

The senate two days ago passed47 to 0 a bill by its income taxreduction committee providingthat lowans will have to pay only50 per cent of their normal incometax payments due this year andin 1944.

That bill is the one under con-sideration by the house, which firstmust act on the nine amendmentsproviding a wide assortment ofother forms of tax relief.

Deputy Salary Bill.A bill providing that salaries of

deputy sheriffs should be fixed bycounty boards of supervisors passedthe Iowa seriate Wednesday andwent to the house.

The measure would replace thepresent law which puts a $1,500 ayear limit on the salaries ofdeputy sheriffs in counties of lessthan 50,000 population and a maxi-mum of $1,800 or 65 per cent ofthe sheriffs salary, in countiesover 50,000.

An amendment by Sen. FrankC. Byers (R-Cedar Rapids), to puta floor of $1,400 a year under alldeputy sheriffs' salaries, was de-feated.

The senate also passed a bill tomake the killing, injuring or in-terfering with carrier pigeons pun-ishable by a fine of up to $100or a sentence of not more than 30days in jail or both.

Other Bills Passed.The senate also passd bills to:Eliminate the requirement of a

year's residence in the city lo beeligible for appointment as a milkinspector under civil service.

Appropriate $11,000 to the stale

Gets Replyon Winchell

Washington, D. C.—(/P)—Informa-tion on Walter Winchell's "full sta-tus" in the navy will be soughtfrom high navy officials at a pub-lic hearing soon. Chairman Vinsonof the house naval committee toldthe house. .

Vinson CD-Ga) said the inquirywill be in response to questions pro-pounded by Hep. Hoffman.

The Michigan Republican in aresolution last Tuesday had askedwhy Winchell, as a naval officerhad not been punished for certainstatements he had made over theraido and in his newspaper column.

Knox replied to the resolution ina letter Vinson placed in the record.

The secretary said Winchell wason active duty as a lieutenantcommander in the United Statesnaval reserve Jan. 31, 1943, whenhe broadcast:"You bet I'm prejudiced against

those in high off ice who guessedwrong before Pearl Harbor. They'resi ill guessing wrong.

"I am not in the least comfortedby their confessions of ignorance.

"What worries me most are allthose damn fools who re-electedthem."

Knox replied ''yes" to the resolu-tion's question whether the UnitedStates code did not provide for pun-ishment by courtmartial of any onein the navy "who is gui l ty of pro-fane swearing, falsehood . . orany other scandalous conduct tend-ing to the destruction of good mor-als."

But the secretary sairl the codeapplied only to (lie army in call-ins for punishment of officersusing- "contemptuous" or disre-spectful" words against congress. '

DEATHSGEORGE WEIDLER.

Victim of a heart ailment, GeorgeWeidler, 76, who had resided inWaterloo the past two months witha daughter. Mrs. E. H. Spear, R05Columbia street, dropped dead atColumbia and Center streets Tues-day afternoon while wai t ing for abus to carry him downtown.

Weidler, long a resident of Bre-mer county and at Carpenter, la.,had been ill several months withthe heart ailment, his daughter said.

A native at Germany, he cameto the United States at the age ol1 year.

Surviving, in addit ion to thedaughter, are two sons, Elmer, ofCarpenter, and Edwin, Tripoli, la.;another daughter, Mrs. Philip Milcy,Northwood, la., and a sister. Mrs.Anna Walthes, in Illinois. His wifepreceded him in death.

The body wjs taken to theO'Keefe & Townc funera l home.

THE DAILY RECORD IN BRIEFThe Weather

WATERLOO: Cold wave this afternoonand tonight: low temperature, zero;continued cold Thursday forenoon: lightMIOW flurries this afternoon and earlytonight.

IOWA: Much colder this afternoon andtonight with a cold wave tonight incentral and east portions; lowest tem-peratures Thursday morning, zero to10 below in northwest and north cen-tral and zero to five above elsewhere;snow flurries this afternoon and earlytonight; strong winds and gales thisafternoon, gradually diminishing to--night.

ILLINOIS—Much colder tonight and'Thursday forenoon, with cold wave In•northwest and west central portions;lowest temperature Thursday morning,two lo 10 above in north and five to10 above in central portion; snow flur-ries in north and central portion thisafternoon and tonight: strong windsdiminishing Thursday forenoon.

WISCONSIN: Decidedly colder this a f t -ernoon and tonight, with cold wave inwest and north central portions andnear cold wave elsewhere; lowest tem-perature Thursday morning zero to 8below in northwest and nor th central,and zero to 8 above elsewhere; l ightsnow; strong winds and gales diminish-ing Thursday forenoon.

MINNESOTA: Severe cold in west andcold wave in east portion tonight;blizzard conditions in north and westand near blizzard conditions in south-east portion gradually subsiding in westportion this a f te rnoon and tonight andin eatt portion tonight; strong windsand gales diminishing tonight.

WATERLOO TEMPERATURES.Maximum Tuesday (of f ic ia l ) 38Minimum Tuesday n i g h t (o f f i c i a l ) . . . .19Wednesday, 8 a. m. (official) 20Wednesday, 9 a. m. (downtown) 17Wednesday, 11 a. m. (down town) . . . . . 12Wednesday, 1 p. m, ( d o w n t o w n i .10Wednesday, 3 p. m. (downtown) 11Maximum . year ago Wednesday 3(1Minimum year ago Wednesday 13

Sunrise Thursday, 8;11; itm.sct, 6:?7.

T E M P E R A T U R E S IN OTHLR CITIES.Tuesday

Tuesday's Night ' sHigh Low

Bi'-marck 12 —13Chicajo 48 42Davenport 50 2!)DCS Aloines 4.1 18New York 39 25Omaha .1,1 10Sioux City 34 8Washington 50 34

Fire AlarmsWednesday, 3:30 'a. m.: To Lafayette

and Utica. Waterloo. Cedar Falls S: North-ern Railway Co. box car, on siclins atfreight house: cause, undetermined; dam-age, to interior of car, $400.

Building PermitsHotel Russell-Lamson. 209 West Fifth,

installing acoustical material in maindiningroom, £350.

L. L. LeQualte, 1005 Ridgeway, 10x14uti l i ty building, $100.

V. O. Boleyn, 1912 Plymouth, 9x18poultryhouse. $100.

Harold' C. Gable. Reinbeck, la., moving10x15 frame building from Reinbeck toRaymond, la., thru Waterloo.

John RoofT. 445 La Porte, moving 12x13frame building from 445 La Porte toCubhman Heights.

Licensed to WedRobert E. "Addlngton; 202 Reber. .23Marie Butachy, La Porte City, Iowa.. .21

Divorce Petitions FiledGrace M. Woodyard vs. Way land D.;

married North Plattc, Neb., Aug. 20, 1!)41;separated Dec. 8. 1942; charge, cruelty:plaintiff asks permission to resume maid-en name, Grace M. Corson.

Elizabeth M. La Piere vs. Linus C.:married Waterloo.Aug. 10. 1935; separatedOctober. 1942; charge, cruelty; plaint i f fasks custody children. Patricia Ann, 4,and John Michael, born Jan. 20, 1943, and"reasonable" support money.

Homer T. Peterson vs. Violet E.; mar-ried Sept. 15, 1935, Nashua, la.; crueltyalleged; plaintiff asks custody of twominor children. Charlotte Mae, 6, andSandra Kay, 3, title to premises at 1337Forest, automobile, household goods:granted injunction restraining her frominterfering with his custody of children.

Glenn Farr vs. Jeanelte; married April5. 1942, in Lancaster. Mo.,; cruelty al-leged.

Divorces GrantedHarnhl E. Pat ten . 35. f r om Mildred . 30;

marr ied Sept. 26. IBM, in Missouri;grounds, cruelty.

' Petitions for AdministrationELLIOTT. JAMES T.: Died in W a l c r - '

loo Nov. 2D. 1942; personal propertyvalue .1 at not to exceed $500; letters otadministration asked for daughter, HelenD. Hosteller, 326 Western.

Real Estate TransfersOn page 13 today,

Hens Who Refusedto Lay Eggs Shot;Executioner Jailed

New York—(INS)—A flock of Nor-wegian hens who refused to lay asmany eggs as nazi authori t ies de-manded have been executed, butthe executioner lias been jai led.

The details, broadcast by the Bri t -ish radio, were reported Wednesdayby CBS.

A Norwegian poultry farmer re-ceived a curt note from the localnazi food controller reminding himthat ho had not been delivering hisquota of eggs. He replied:

"I pinned your notice in my henhouse. But in spite of that the henshave refused to lay. I have there-fore shot them for sabotage."

The district gaulieter was notamused so the farmer was sent tojail.

TWO STRANGERS WITHMATCHES STEAL $15

Seattle, Wash.—(IP)—Fred Rosscrwas startled to discover two s t rang-ers in his mom, lighting their waywith matches.

"We're terribly sorry to haveawakened you." said one. ''Yes,we're in the wrong room," said theother.

Next morning Rosser couldn'tfind his wal le t , containing $15.

RATION BOARD STUMPED -BY ONE-LEGGED MAN

Lowell, Mass.—(INS)—Docs a one-legged man have to give up awhole rationing coupon to buy oneshoe? A perplexed Lowell ration-ing board turned Wednesday toWashington for the answer aftera one-legged man asked for a rul-ing.

department of health as a de-ficiency appropriation for the divi-sion of vital statistics.

Transfer authority to commit in-digent patients to the state sani-torium at Oakdale from city ortownship boards of health to thecounty supervisors.

Bills introduced in the senate in-cluded one to permit veterans ofworld war I who had not previ-ously claimed their state soldiersbonus to apply up to Dec. 31, 1044,for such benefits.

INTRODUCE BILL TOAWARD $25,000 FOR

STRIKING OIL IN IOWA

DCS Moines —(iN5i__ A bill thatwould set up a $25,000 bonus for(he first oil-dril ler lo strike oilin Iowa was introduced in thelower house of the Iowa legislatureWednesday.

The bill, wi th a stated purpose ofencouraging oil prospecting, pointedto the need of oil in the war e f fo r tand set forth t h a t geological struc-ture of the state indicates presenceof oil possibilities.

Pointing to the h igh cost of pros-pective we l l -d r i l l i ng , the b i l l asksan appropr ia t ion of $25,000 as areward to the f i rs t person or f i rmto get an Iowa oil well into pro-d u c t i o n .

BRITISH BOMB JAPSIN BURMESE TOWN

and our insti tutions." said Wheeler , i

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r r > p r e : ; c n t

8 Miners Killed in \Wisconsin Disaster

Shullsburg, Wis.—(/Pi—Eight min- ' 110.000.00(1 to 150.000,000 pounds ofcrs were killed late Tuesday and , : ' » i>»" l Amer ican cheese product ion ,two others were seriously i n ju r ed j compared w i t h 700.000,000 pounds ofin the worst Wisconsin mine d i s - Chedda r ,aster on record.

< The dead included two miners jwho were trapped at the C O - f o o t |level of the Mulcahy mine while ithey were repair ing shoring, and isix would-be rescuers from nearbydiggings who plunged in to the col- ; B . - t t i s t a Ird'e Tuesday n i g h t . Cuba'slapsed tunnel and were caught in

lc^ Amer i can m a r k e t .1 lie three r en t s increase p r i m a r -

a p p r o x i m a t e l y

POOP QCTUKUK bb I

AT 3,224,000 TONS

Hyv e in ; i - — i / i 1 ) — Unde r a decreesiqned by President Fulgcncio

a second collapse.A coroners jury, impanelled by

Coroner Gordon Roselip at theshaft, heard testimony of six wit-nesses and decided the tragedy wasan "unavoidable accident."

CAR THIEF GETS 10 YEARS.• Davenport, la.—(/P)—Charles ,T.; Sullivan. 20, of OHurnwa, charged, w j l h the t h o f t of a molar car.plended Rui l ty before DistrictJudge W. W, Scott and was sen-tenced to not more than 10 yearsin For', Madison penitentiary.

s t ig j i r crop was f ixed ;i t 3,1224.000shon ton:;. Of dia l , t o t a l , i t wasdecreed 2.700,000 tons w i l l be for-sale lo the U n i t e d Stales underterms to be agreed upon betweenthe Cuban sugar ins t i tu te and abuyhiK agency designated by lhcUnilcd Stales government .

Shoes can®i"Goieiq Out" Sale

99

Dos M o n i e s — ( A P ) — f o \ v n shoo stores should now have t h e i rfoot w e i i r ! ; i l > o l e < : l " r a t i oned" and " u n r a t i o n c d " . Charles Cownic,s to le shoe r n l i o n i n g d i rec tor , announced here Tuesday.

"Going out of bus inc th" rales would have lo apply to unra t ioncdshors on ly , Cownie snicl .

The nc:\v director told members of the Dos Moines retail shoe deal-ers "Your b i R f j c ^ l problems may

New Delhi — (INS|_ British Well-ing ton bombers Tuesday nightblas ted a jetty and ra i l sidings inthe' Burmese town of Sagaing, onthe Irrawaddy r iver about 15 milesbelow Mandalay, the Ind ia com-mand announced Wednesday. Manyexplos ions and large fires resultedfrom the heavy bombing of theJap-held r i ve r town.

ALPHONSO BENNETT.Alphonso Bennett , 902 Cannon

street, died at 12:15 a. m. Wednes-day at his home of a heart ail-ment. He was 87 years old.

He had lived in Waterloo for15 years, previous to which hefarmed in Wisconsin.

He was born Feb. 7, 1856, inNew York state, the son of Leviand Sarah Bennett. He came toIowa as a young man and mar-ried Ida Davis in Waterloo Blyears ago.

Surviving are two sons, Earl, athome, and Paul, St. Croix Falls,Wis.; two daughters, Mrs. EdwardReider, 437 Vaughan street, andMrs. Ethel Bird, St. Paul, Minn.,and three sisters, Mrs. GeorgeQuivey and Mrs. Alice Parsons,both of Cedar Falls, and Mrs. FredSheeley, 810'.. Walnu t street. Hiswife died in March, 1942.

The body was taken to the RayHurley funeral home.

MARGARET KENYON GARNER.A committal service was con-

ducted at 4 p. m. Wednesday inElmwood cemetery for MargaretKcnyon Garner, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Kennelh L. Garner, 444Bralnober street, who died Tues-day af ternoon in Allen Memorialhospi ta l , half nn hour after b i r th .Rev. G. E. Melchert, pastor ofTrini ty American Lutheran church,officiated at the service.

The child is survived by theparents: one sister, Darlene Kay. 2,and the maternal grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. Harry C. Buehler. 216Moir street.

The body was taken to the Par-rott & Wood fune ra l home.

HARRY W. NAUMAN.The funeral of Harry W. Nau-

man, 113 Lafayette street, who diedMonday in Allen Memorial hospi-tal , w i l l be conducted at 2 p. m.Thursday in the Parrott & Woodchapel by Rev. A. L. Drake, pas-tor of First Baptist church.

Burial will be in Fairvicw ceme-tery.

Casket bearers wi l l be MathcwCarroll. Walter Degelau, John Fur-bvifh. Nels Peterson and WalterZerkle, fellow employes of Nau-msn in Ihe Waterloo. Cedar Falls& Northern Rai lway Co., and ClydeTiittlc.

BENEDICT BETTEU.Frank L. Benedict, 210 Highland

boulevard, secretary of the JamesBlack Dry Goods company, Wednes-day was reported to be recoveringat his home from a l ight attack ofpneumonia.

bo cus tomer r e l a t ions , partic ' jhirly ;f r om women who bought tires:; jshoes last week and w i l l wan t toexchange them for more subsl r t f i -t i a ! models th i . s week."

Ho advised rtcalrrs to l e t Iheirrrp:i i l ; tr exchange policies prevai ladd added that l l icy arc not re-quired lo exchange the shoes andin all cases Ihcy must rece ivestamp 17 for Hie pair f ina l ly ac-cepted.

Rat ion boards arc to use the Gameblanks they now issue for ' c> : t rnsugar a l lo tments un t i l new formsare printed.

Shoe dealers also learned:.Parents of children \vho need

special shoes must present a lellc-r

f rom t h e i r doctor to the rationboard:

Defense workers wil l have prior-ities for special shoos;

Service persons must get an or-der from their commanding o f f i -cer to obtain shoes:

Only shoes pair! for Ivy Satur-day last could be delivered tocustomers by Friday without lossof a rationing coupon.Cownic predicted shocmcn would

receive orders from OPA officialsw i t h i n three weeks to start rationbank ing .

U n l i l then they will not have topresent coupons for wholesale shoeorders received, anri they will havelime to complete stock inventories.

POSTMAN SHOWS UP LATEIN DELIVERY OF STAMPS

W i l m i n g t o n . Del. —<.- Tenyears ago George P. Swain ordereda sh ipment from a Washing ton , D,C,. f i r m .

It arr ived in Tuesday's mai l—postmarked June 5, 1S3?,—and wasthe postman's face red!

The shipment (from a phi la te l icagency): 46 cents worth of stamps.

SHOES MAY BE OBTAINEDFOR DECEASED PERSONS

New York — Undertakershave been calling the district officeof price administration to ask howshoes may be obtained for deceasedpersons. The OPA ruled Wednesdaythat ration board would issue cer-t i f i ca t e s of necessity lo undertakerswhen no adequate shoes were avail-able.

JOHN C. I OLKER.John C. Folkcr. 67, was found

dead at 1 p. m. Wednesday a t hishome at 1344 Lafaye t te street byFrank Dins, who resides upstairsin the same dwelling at 1.1441; La-fayette s t ree t .

Coroner Sidney D. Smith saidFolker had died of a heart attack,probably early Wednesday fore-noon. Folkcr apparen t ly was try-ing to move from a chair to thebed when he was stricken.

In recent years he had been do-ing garden work and painting. Atone lime he had operated a gro-cery" store here. He was twicemarried.

His f i rs t wife and two sons pre-ceded him in death. He and hissecond wife were divorced.

One son. Glenn, was kil led inan a i rp lane accident last summerin Missouri and another son diedmany years ago.

Two sons and one daughter sur-vive.

The body was taken to theO'Kccfc & Towne funeral home.

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