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rAGE 8A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH MONDAY, JUNE 28. 1943 ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH PROPELLER-PITCH SENTENCED TO DAY IN CUSTODY On Sinking Warship ST. LOUIS SAILOR LOST RECEIVER Receiving Son's Silver Wings DESCRIBES FOR FAKING NAME IN -DRAFT NOW SYNCHRONIZED AUTOMATICALLY William Siar, magazine salesman, IN SUBMARINE SUNG tf FLEER'S HOLDINGS was sentenced to one day in the Invention Allows Pilots More Time for Military Mission Cuts Fatigue. custody of the United States Marshal today by United States District Judge John Caskie Collet after he pleaded guilty of giving a All but One Piece of Firm's Real Estate Taken by Foreclosure, He Testifies.

East St. Louis Soldier Killed in Action in the Aleutians. false name and address on his se lective service registration papers. Siar explained to the court that he registered at Russellville, Ark, 238 BRITISH AND U. S.

PLANES LOST IN WEEK TO ABOUT 200 OF AXIS LONDON, June 28 (AP). THE mighty Allied air offensive over Western Europe and the Mediterranean during the week ending yesterday cost 238 British and United States aircraft, but around 200 Axis planes were destroyed, apart from the enormous damage caused by Allied bombs. The losses were: Over Britain: Axis, R. A.F, none. Western Europe: Axis, 25 by R.

A. F. and "nearly 100" by U. S. heavy bombers; R.

A. F. 164, and U. S.A. A.

51. North Africa: Axis, 68; Allies, 22. Middle East: Axis, 23; Allies, 1. under the name of Ralph Stone. He gave a non-existent address on Park avenue, St.

Louis, aa hia home. He did this, he said, to conceal from his employer, who registered with him, the fact that ha had a previous criminal record. The day after Siar registered, he returned to the draft board, he testified, and gave his correct name. After receiving and answering his questionnaire and taking his physical examination, he was inducted at Jefferson Barracks. He was rejected at the Barracks, ha aald, because of his criminal record.

He was able to produce documents to support his testimony. The Knickmeyer-Fleer Realty and Investment Co. and its subsidiary Arhen Realty and Development operated by Arnold J. Fleer, who is under indictment charged with embezzlement, had about 10 pieces of real estate, all but one of which was mortgaged beyond its worth, when Edward M. Thornhill took over the temporary receivership a year ago, Thornhill testified in Circuit Court today.

Thornhill, who today was appointed permanent receiver for the cloned concerns by Circuit Judge Edward M. Ruddy, told the Court that foreclosure action had been taken on all the property, except one lot on Blair avenue, not excessively mortgaged. Combined deficit of both firms to NEW YORK, June 23 (AP). George W. Brady, chief engineer of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation's propeller division at Caldwell, N.

announced yesterday development of a device by which the propeller-pitch and engine speeds of multimotored airplanes are synchronized automatically by the turn of a single knob. Brady made the announcement at a meeting of the Aviation Writers' Association here. He said the invention allowed pilots and flight engineers to devote more time to their military missions and also lessened fatigue. Synchronization of motor speeds and the pitch of propellers is vital on large planes, Brady said, to reduce noise and vibration, which cause excessive fatigue to combat crews. He explained the conventional propeller control system required? manipulation of four levers, one by one, until the desired adjustments were made.

Brady said the device was developed under sponsorship of the Army and Navy and "has undergone its baptism of fire over several fighting fronts." NORMAN W. WALKER Norman William Walker, St. Louisan who enlisted in the Navy four years ago, is presumed to have been lost in the recent sinking of the small submarine R-12 during training operations off the East Coast, the Navy Department announced yesterday in a telegram to Walker's mother, Mrs. Adele Brown, 5722 Vernon avenue. Another man from this area.

Tech. Sergt Jittie Mardirosian of East St. Louis, was killed in action in the Aleutians May 29, the War Department announced. Walker, 23 years old, was a motor machinist's mate aboard the R-12, the loss of which was announced last week. Some members of the crew of 28 were saved.

The sinking is thought to have been the result of an accident rather than enemy action. Walker w-as a former student at Central High School. His wife, Mrs. Fern Garrison Walker, returned from the East Coast yesterday to MR. and MRS.

GEORGE W. MONROE, 400S Wyoming street, receiving a pair of silver wings from COL. DANIEL S. CAMPBELL, commanding officer of the Army Air Field, Pampa, Tex, Their son. Aviation Cadet Frank R.

Monroe, was killed June 1 in an airplane crash and the parents were awarded the wings he would have received at graduation exercises yesterday. Cadet Monroe had completed his course at the Army's twin-engine advanced flying school at the base. Shot to Death, Shotgun Nearby. Eura Clinton Higgs, 23-ycar-old welder at the Anheuser-Busch plant, 721 Pestalozzl street, was found shot to death early this morning in the living room of the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

James A. Riggs, Dorsett road and Marine avenue, St Louis County. A 12-gauge shotgun and a note Stolen Kings Keturned. Three rings valued at $180 were returned to Mrs. Mary Hoffman, 1394 Hamilton avenue, through the mail Saturday, she told jolice yesterday.

She had previously reported they were stolen from her purse June 21 at a night club at 1176 North Kingshighway. The rings were returned in an envelope bearing an East St. Louis postmark, she said. tals about $191,000, he said, and assets, he added, consist of about $1000 3 U. S.

Chemical Firms Are saying he intended to kill himself were found in the kitchen. in cash in the bank and a "remote possibility of collecting $10,000 in claim. When the firms were Accused of Plotting Cartel placed in receivership a year ago, liabilities totaled $313,000, but that make her home with Mrs. Brown. Mardirosian, 25 years old, was in the Medical Corps, and had been sent to the Aleutians three months ago.

He had attended Lafayette figure included the liability of one dating back 20 years which, he said, had resulted in great wartime xiaiaLgww.i firm to the other for capital stock which the receiver said was Continued From Page One. neas, and subjecting them to the control of the cartel, Clark said. Titanium compounds are used as advantages for the United WITH REAL BOOT jUlCts School in East St. Ixuis and was a truck driver before he entered "At the time these transactions' Assets listed in the receiver's re were made," Rockwell said, "they were considered legal and proper. Today, under current conceptions military service.

He was the brother of Harry Mardirosian, 4821 Converse avenue, East St. Louis. of law enforcement, they are considered illegal by the Department of Justice." or YUGOSLAV GUERRILLA CHIEF National Lead's co-operation with NAMED WAR MINISTER AGAIN companies in Norway, Great Brit ain, Germany, France, Canada and Japan, Rockwell said, "was for pigments in the manufacture of paints, glass and rubber, displacing other materials such as litho-pone and white lead. The department estimated that 98 per cent of the compounds are employed for war purposee. Division of Market.

The indictment alleges that the defendants divided world markets into exclusive areas through agreements with foreign co-conspirators and the formation of joint companies under agreements initiated early in the 1920s. The Department of Justice described the operations this way: Titan Kogyo Kabushihi Kaisha, the purpose of developing the tita TheTastelhalis Pleasing The Tang that's Refreshing nium industry and its techniques and at all times before and during port for May, 1942, included notes and parcels of property and capital stock with a face value of $291,000, but said that $280,000 of these items were considered worthless. With the appointment of Thorn-iill as permanent receiver, claims of the firms can now be disposed of as soon as the court sets a time for claims to be presented, provided there is money to pay them. Fleer, operating head of the concerns, who was arrested last Feb. 23 after a year's absence Worn the cffices at 3129 North Grand boulevard, is at liberty under $15,000 bond.

Indictments against him charge that he defrauded three clients of a total of $10,500 by collecting payment on deeds of trust and not forwarding the money to the holders, by misrepresenting deeds of trust he sold. the war the company and its competitors had filled all Government CURTISS- WRIGHT CORPORATION ChuwuncsLiu jcl SpsiciaL fyxqinsutfdnq XopJnt and JsimfilcdsL TRAINING CLASS I OR MEN AND WOMEN The purpose of this class in to train personnel for responsible poxitions in our engineering deportment. Vte are interested in interviewing applicants who have had experience) in the sheet metal layout and development, nr structural steel layout field. Also those whose educational background includes studies in descriptive geometry and trigonometry, SALARY WHILE LEARMG Eligible applicants will be employed at once and will be placed In school July 12, 1943. intensive training program is of six week duration, 48 hours per week.

Time and a half paid for all hours over 40. Students will he given courses in blueprint reading, shop mathematics, template layout and fabrication, and in the use of tools and instruments used in the Loft and Template Department. The type of instruction offered will appeal to men and women who are interested in a career in the aviation industry. Only men who are exempt from military service will be considered. Essential workers must have a statement of availability.

All applicants should have some proof of citizenship. Apply Monday or Tuesday, June 28 or 29, Between 2 P. M. and 8i30 P. M.

UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 410 N. BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS, MO. Engineering Personnel Representatives Will Conduct Interviews. LONDON, June 28 (AP).

Gen. Diaja Mihailovic, the Yugoslav guerrilla leader, was reappointed Minister of War yesterday in the new Yugoslav cabinet formed by Mimilos Trifunovlc, former Minister of Education. Trifunovic will be both Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He was a close collaborator of M. Pasic, the Serb Premier, during World War I.

Because of Mihailovic's inability to attend cabinet sessions. Gen. Peter Zivkovitch was named Acting Minister of War. Milan Grol, president of the Serbian democratic party, was named Minister of Foreign Affairs. requirements." Rockwell said the chief source of titanium pigment before the war was India, and with this cut off, National Lead developed at its own expense a production program sufficient to supply all demands.

Rockwell said that if American business was to have any place in world markets after the war, "it must have now a directive from Government and the people of the United States on how they want which is owned jointly by Kokusan Kogyo Kaibushiht Kaisha, Titan a holding company owned by National Lead, and I. G. Farben-industrie, received the Japanese Empire as exclusive territory. British Titan Products Limited, owned jointly by Imperial Chemical Industries, Titan- and other British companies, received 74 Jjl YEARS I LEADER- rtfSU 4fj FOUNDED jgS: iTfiS Il lllHl r7 international business conducted. As a result of the badgering which American industry is now undergoing at the hands of agen Third Daughter for Joan Bennett.

HOLLYWOOD, June 28 (AP). Rcreen Actress Joan Bennett gave birth to her third daughter, Stephanie, Saturday night. Miss Bennett and Walter Wanger, film producer, w.ere married in Janu- ary, 1940. Diana, 15 years old, and Mtlinda, 8, are her daughters by previous marriages to John Fox and Gene Marker, respectively. TEARS MOTH HOLIS BURNS cies of Government, business has no alternative but to become com rsni the British Empire.

Titangesellschaft, owned jointly by I. G. Farbenlndustrle and the National Lead received exclusive rights in Central and Eastern Europe and the Far East. Italy was reserved for Montecatini. South America was open territory for Titangesellschaft, National Lead and du Pont, but the parties pletely anti-international and firm ly isolationist in sheer self-protec tion." agreed not to compete in this market and assigned to each other certain customers.

Arrangement Canceled. At the outbreak of the present war, tha Department of Justice said, Titangesellschaft was unable to supply the South American market, and National Lead agreed to supply the customers and pay to tha German company the profits received from such sales. This ar rangement was canceled when the United States entered the war. The department aaid National Lead and du Pont and their customers were prohibited from exporting titanium compounds except to South Americi, and all the foreign concerns named were prohibited from importing into or manufacturing titanium compounds in the United States. By this means, the defendants are charged with having obtained a guarantee of no- competition In the United States from foreign companies.

1011 0: -f! r' Food is a War Material! The health and morale of our families as well as our armed forcej are dependent upon it. Farmers are raising more food and most of us have "Victory Gardens," but demands are greater, too. Our armies need more food some of our Allies depend on us for food, and we ourselves need more nourishment in sorder to keep up the faster pace of "war-time" living. That is why your Government urges you to can food at home for next winter's use can all you'll need see that your family has nutritious meals next winter. We'll help you! Attend this demonstration on home canning you'll get a lot of time-saving ideas Don't miss it The statement added that substantially all the Important patents in the titanium field had been pooled by National Lead and du Pont for the purpose of excluding everyone else from engaging- in the titanium industry in the United What a world of relief to find hoes that bend where your feet give support where needed cushion the cole of your feet.

Here's a shoe of glove-oft leather, yet sturdy and long-wearing for tough service. FO MEN, WOMfM AND CHILDREN GROUND GRIPPER-CANTILEVER SHOE SHOP 211 NORTH IIOHTH ST. life H3 States. Tatent Transfer Alleged. The indictment charges further that after the outbreak of the present war National Lead and rr-ii I'v-a.

Lli 1 Titangesellschaft transferred their respective patents to each other in order to prevent possible seizure of the patents in the United States and Germany as enemy property. Clark described the power of the cartel as "sufficient to impose a scheme of restrictive production upon other American producers." "The vital importance, both to our wartime and our peacetime In cooperation with the Consumers' Interest Committee of The Office oj Civilian Defense and 'The Consumer Division of The Office oj Price Administration. economy, of governmental action against cartels has been demon strated emphatically by the effects 2 p. fv of cartel agreements on our war effort," Clark said. "Because of cartels, strategic industries restricted production before Pearl WASTE NOTHING IN WAR You don't need ration coupons for ELECTRICITY but it's a WAR MATERIAL Don't Waste It! Harbor and enormously increased the difficulties of transforming our economy into the arsenal of democracy.

In a whole roster of key industries, years of restraint imposed by cartel argeements created severe and acute shortages. Cartel agreements had jeopardized the very foundations of our military security by limiting production of critical materials. "Because cartels are in effect private economic super governments, ruling over whole segments of our economy, they were able to JjQEED i divide world markets, to under I ELEET1I mine the good neighbor policy by allowing South America to become in many instances the exclusive market of Axis economic interests, and to withhold processes and products necessary for the conduct of the war." Officer's Statement. In New York, Rockwell said National Lead had been indicted for actions under business contracts 12th and LOCUST STREETS MAin 3222 FO VICTORY I BUY WAR BO.