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Washington. D. C.CLOTHES RATIONING AVERTED

Few people know how close thecountry was to clothes rationing a

few inonths ago, at the peak of thewar. The key figure who helped pre-vent it was shrewd Pittsburgh de-partment store wizard Irwin Wolf.

Wolf arid WPB boss Donald Nel-son held scleral conferences en theproblem, at which Wolf pointed out

that retailers, worried about short-ages, wore buying .ill the clothes in

sight, and hoarding huge amountsof one item xxhue hax'.ng no stocksof otiier goods.

Eiriullx*. Ni Ison a-*k ,v i \\ if to sitdown w .th Joseph Weill' r, head ofthe civil.a". supply section of WPB,John Pax :»r:\ u pr. sonting thewholesah rs. and Earl Reed, anotherkey WPB official. Alter going overseveral involved pr po-'i.ls. t. ex re-

tired fr .v. the cent - venc. room anddrafted u simple cider which lim-iti.1 .V.i u takers to ti'e same amountof stock ey hau during the pre-xioas Xiar Tl.e in ru'sal was imme-diately ado; ed by Nelson, andclothes rationing xxas avoided.

Nelson r.i'w calls Wolf's plan "onecf the saviours of the civilian supplysituation lr the U S."

NOTE?One effect of Wolfs pro-gram is t; .t merchants will carry-over or.lv amounts of "ersatz"merihar.di.-e in the p' stxxar period,will not be stuck with poor-qualityIrii rchandise to unload en themoney-Bus e.i public

AI'TI'KM\TH OF V IIXYTl-.i White H. use h..s .hist rec« ivod

e cor.fider.t.al rep rt snowing that6'i 4 pi r cc.t . f A:-.i'. ;ean familieshave sav< d only 11.t> ior rent of themoney put aside by the nation dur-ing war time In ct r words, th.eupper one-third hr. kit f thepeople tuv'kt . iiUOV >? 4 I'iT cert.

Ti.e same r< port points out that.Immediately after V-day in Europe,mil!t plants A. \u25a0 nt.\.:e operat-ing will out ov-.-rv e. thus dr"ppingwages from lr> :? per cent. Oneof the prol lems officials face is aWild rush t cash xv..r l-< nds. notfor lus i spending, i for barene.'essitu if w i>a rs iri middleand lower-income brackets.

dent R osevelt c n < rr-. i aboutxxf.at will h; up r it: t: \u25a0 fr-t weeksimmediate l> aft r '. e war. Ti.epresi i ;nt's >m c advise rs are

ir. the post .ear f ? ri> : will requireh.s great' r persi nal attention to

ci' mestic problemsThey figure that, if the nation

can successfully come through

the fir>.t few weeks after the ar-mistice. then (he demand forpeacetime goods, long denied thepublic, will piek up nationalprosperity. However, the firstweeks of readjustment ate goingto be tough.

DOI.LAR-A-YKAR Ml INThe full ef'o.t hasn t yet perco-

lated down from the top tut. beforehe loft fir China, Donald Nelsonsigned a now s> t * f rules governingthe appointment nf and thecontinued employment < f--\VPB dol-lar-a-year men. It has been felt firstin the textile, clothing and leatherdivisions but gradually is begin-ning to result in changes elsewherein the agency.

Doilar-a-year appointments for thewar emergency period were okayedby the White House four years ago,

the appointments to be made at thediscretion of the agercy chiefs with-out regard to existing law. Criti-cism of the early dollar-a-year ap-pointments gradually resulted in atightening of the poiicy. but Nelsonnever really put his foot down untillast month.

Major dynamite in the orderis Nelson's pronouncement that"No person may he employedon a dollar s year basis whowould he required by his posi-tion on the War Productionboard to make decisions direct-ly affecting his own companyor its competitors." The samesection hans dollar-a-year em-ployment of all lawyers, alltrade association officials, mem-bers of WPB industry advisorycommittees, or any individualsconvicted of anti-trust viola-tions.Dozens of dollar-a-year men with-

in WPB are daily called upon toformulate policy affecting their ownindustries, and consequently theirown companies and competitors. Atthe same time, Nelson's order doesnot reach the even more seriousproblem of salaried employees in aposition to make decisions affectingthe companies from which theycame to the government or towhich they will go when they leaveWashington.

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MERRY-GO-ROUNDC. Jesse Jones, at the age of 70, hasjust come through a major opera-tion, now appears to be in betterhealth.C Maury Maverick, who spent alot of time in France during WorldWar I but saw little of its culture,can be given credit for the army'splan to supply competent guides toconduct servicemen on tours of his-toric monuments not only in Francebut in Egypt, Greece and every partof the world immediately after th«armistice.

THE DAMJI'RY REI'ORTFR. DANHI'RY- X. C.. THI RSDAV. OCTOBER 12. liMl

Yank Fliers Released From Nazi Prison Camp

Left, show * Vanks released from Romanian prison camps lining up for hot showers and new clothing while

their old outfits are deloused. Lower right, another group, former prisoners of Bulgaria, line up for ice

cream sodas in I gxpt. I pper left. Sergt. Eddy Lauary. Lancaster, Ohio, was postmaster in Romanian prison.

Right. Corp. tieorge Cale, Columbus, Ohio, enjoys his lirst \merican meal.

\lmost Everything Went Underground in Franee>'JL »

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Brest's wounded went underground and remained for 32 days during artillery bombings (right). Wounded

xvere not all that went underground. American army discovered vast stores of Sxviss cheese (left) the (iermans

were forced to leave behind. Now tlie (".Is will have something special to put on their K-ration crackers, and

the Nazis xvill be without their prize cheese.

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The 1044 version of the "Watch on the Rhine," shows a Britishsoldier in command post as he guards the bridge across wall, the Rhine'smain outlet to the sea. This is the first time during the present war thatAllied troops have taken command of any large section of the Rhine, afallen stronghold of the Germans.

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Todd Watley, riding: a backingbroncho, shows the boys and girls,and the Ols, how a Rodeo's bull-dog-ger acts. From the West's wideopen spaces, he has gone east to en-

tertain the members of the armedforces and kids of New York. Rodeoscontinue to operate during war as amorale builder.

Collie Docs WatchYank Bombers Hit Philippines

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MEfSIIJThe lady watching the sleeping

sailor, happens to be one of twingolden haired collie pups, who re-cently became part of the comple-ment of Twin U. S. Naval Vessels.She has two weather eyes peeled f<»ranyone disturb'""** h"'

An oil storage dump at Cedu in the Philippines burns fiercely afterdirect bomb hits which were delivered from bombers oa carrier basefrom the Third Fleet. As the result of this raid, more than 200 enemyplane* were destroyed, and the softening up of the Philippines continuedip anticipation of Mat Arthur landings in near future.

A'ofes of a Newspaperman:Sir William Bcveridge. the British

plan man. has cooked up a new one

to be announced after the Armistice.. . . The gamblers who bought big

property in Miami Beach for the de

luxe season will get an awful shock.There'll be ro gambling, vows thechief of gendarmes. . . . CBS is

grooming Johnny Morgan to repiace

Fred Allen until the latter resumes..

. . The American Fed. of Musi-cians is dickering with the Instituteof Public Relations to woo the pressback for its president, James C. Pe-trillo. The fee involved is reportedat SIOO,OOO. . . . Kileen Stafford andG. Ross are betrothed. ... A noble-man in town has a juicy racket.He charges social climbers SIOO a

night to be seen with him in the bet-ter places.

Those who sneer at foreiqn-born

Americans were given a whacking

across their dcrricrres by colyuiiiist

Lowell Mellett. formerly of the WhiteHouse stall. Colyumed Mellett: "1am also an immigrant: not a firstgeneration immigrant, to be sure,since the first of the family cameover during the Revolutionary War,

but an immigrant just the same. Ican't claim any credit for being anAmerican. Sidney Hillman can. Itwas his own idea, rot the idea of agreat-great grandpa rent I"

James W. Miller of Muskogee,Okla., corrects our observation thatF. Sinatra will net about $25,000from his annual "take" this year of51.450,000. Mr. Miller, a publicaccountant, says Frank will makemore than 25 Gs. He will net a lit-tle more than $75,000. Hot rtiggitty!. . . Ernest Hemingway will startanother war if he isn't careful. Hewrites: "I think any writer, espe-cially a war correspondi nt. is dull inconversation. It's only the phoniesthat are personally colorful" .

The Broadwayites, for the 11th year,visited the grave of Variety's found-er, Sime. . . . Abbott and Cor.tello,who send cartons of ciggies to troopsoverseas, happily wrap each cartonin "the funnies." . . . While over-seas Frances Langford never dranktlie hot tea, which has a medicinaltaste. The torrid South Pacific,strangely enough, has no hot water.So she used the tea to wash herface.

The Writer's War Board devised a

subway and trolley car card showingbabies (of all color) which read:"Must They Die in World War III?". . . The text continues: "Yes! Un-less you work now for lasting peaceafter victory." . . . The cards aredistributed by Americans United forWorld Organization, Inc. . . . Tran-sit companies in several cities aredisplaying them. . . Mayor La-Guardia hoped N. Y. subway trainswould do the same.

... In report-ing the refusal of John H. Delaney(chairman of the Board of Transpor-tation) the N. Y. Times said in past:"Mr. Delaney says he turned downthis particular poster 'because it wasnot of local interest. ... I don't in-tend to give away free publicity toany organization seeking to promotepeace on its own. Our Governmentis well equipped to do that!' "

Not of local interest!

Income tax sleuths are followingthe columns closely to check on thereports of cafe society playgirls andtheir "incomes." . . . The Wind-sors have been plagued by crankletters. Too much publicity plustheir address. . . . Bill Tilden, one-time world's tennis champ, tried act-ing some years ago. He has takenan option on a play which will beproduced soon. . . . Vogue featureeditor, Ruth Portugal, is in MarthaFoley's "Best Short Stories" annualthis time. . . . Another fashion mageditor, Dorothy Wheelock of Harp-er's Bazaar, relaxes all night bywriting detective thrillers.

New York Novelette: You've readabout the case in the papers. But notthis angle. ... It was at a societyparty several years ago. The host-ess' jewels disappeared. . . . Suspi-cion pointed to a pretty young girl..

. . The detectives had the goodson her and pressed the hostess tolet them make the arrest. . . . An-other guest volunteered to help thecrying suspect. . . . He was a law-yer. . . . His skillful plea won thehostess over. She dWn't press thecharge. . . . The girl was let goand married himl . . . Many timesthereafter he had to do his best legalwork getting his bride out of similarjams. .

. . Recently she was ar-rested again?for allegedly stealingjewels. . . . But he can't help hernow. ... He has a bigger case. . . .Fighting for his country.

Madeleine Carroll, the actress,rates your salute. She shelved a

successful career to join the RedCross overseas without trumpetingor fanfare. .

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those who use the "He's a foreign-er!" routine is to remind them theStatue of Liberty is also an immi-grant. . .

. Oh, that Winchell!

Washington hears that General H.Miller, demoted in London by Eisen-hower for allegedly revealing the in-vasion date, will be retired as gen-eral after the war.

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