Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 2

ci -i Hollywood A Tuesday May 26 1942 CiriMNew it RFC Aid Ashed To Maintain Judge Steps in When Noble Likens Self to Jefferson "War or no war going to keep right on talking until they lock me up" I Robert Noble loquacious and wrong "Then you said war or no war going to keep right on- talking until they lock me John Barla MeW Housing BureauJtarfS Operations UCLA Caltech' To Train Fliers On Weather Data SACRAMENTO May 26 Wt- Two California Call fornia Institute of Technology at Pasadena hnd the University of California at Los navar been selected to' help train weather offk-en for the Army Air Corps it was announced here to day by Col Loyal Easton re gional control officer for the first weather region Army Air Corps Only three other schools throughout the nation have been similarly honored Colonel Easton Mid They are the University of Chicago Massachusetts Institute of Techhoiogy 1 and New York -University -The special training will ba pro rammed to tum out competent weather officers for tha Army Air -Corps who will be assigned to regular air corps stations The officer training programs will open 'at -Cal-vTcch- and UCLA next September and1 wity continue for pine' months pen-Mion planners more recently arrested for sedition was thus quoted today by Mrs Betty McLaughlin prosecution witness in hia trial with his chief aid Ellis OJonea Isn't it true Mrs McLaughlin thatI said at a Friends of Progress meeting that this country had ha sedition law for more than 100 years-randthat I was within my rights 'in expressing my opinions freely Tt Noble acting as interrogator bf the witness asked "You didn't phrase it that way" she said "You bragged that Atty Gen Biddle had released you after you 'were arrested by-local authorities and you quoted him as Defense attorney asked that "bragged" be stricken from the record was Noble in questioning the witness attempted to establish a parallel betwwmiJiii preachings and those of ThomafoJffenion Daniel Webster and olhefTfamous Americans Bu he ran into a' snag Hailing the questioning Federal Judge Ralph Jenney addressed his remarks Jointly to tha Jury and to Noblp "Drawing this parallel by quoting these famed Americana mean -that these defendants are Innocent of these Judge Jenney Mid WASHINGTON May 26 LIV-Th cost of coffee coal and wool waft advanced by Senators today in pressing rcaa on for Congressional approval of a bill Increasing the RFC borrowing power by $3000000000 and nulhortaing -the payment of Government aub-' aidlea to maintain present price ceilings intact' Senator Brown (D-Mich) ar- ranging to call the measure up for immediate Senate considers tion told reporters that if the bill became law speedy steps were ex- peeled to be taken to subsidize coffee tinnoris and the movement coffee imports and the movement 1 '1' if if I i I Sugar Rationing: for Home Cqnning to Start Actress Says 'iA(Mate Vanished In Blackouts Of coal to New England WOOL TO JOIN LIST Under terms of the measure the" commodity credit corporation would be empowered to borrow up to 1000006000 i tq be Used to supplement the Incomes of pro duerrs and processors ofroucholl bearing crops as soybeans and peanuts with the prospect that wool soon would Join this list 1 Brown explained that 1 (tailings fixed by Price Admin tat ra tot Leon Henderson in general price-fixing orders were such that the' tub duerrs processors and distributors of these! crops could not sell at these levels and make a profit SUBMARINE MENACE In addition to the CCC author! ration the RFC would be permit Plan to Collett Tax at Source Strikes Snag I1 1 By DONALD A YOUNG WASHINGTON May 26 The Administration's drive to collect income taxes at the source was stalled temporarily at least today with House Ways and Means Committee members divided on the question and not certain when it might reach a vote After three days of debate the committee averted a showdown yesterday by adopting a motion to lay the question aside "for further considerstlon" MAf DROP IDEA Many members expressed belief that action means only that Aha committee' could not Immediately foresee a ablution to the numerous ramifications of a py--you go collection program but one said privately that the whole idea might be dropped The Treasury had suggested that 10 per cent of taxable income be deducted periodically from payrolls and from bond Interest and dividends the deductions to be applied to the regular March 15 income tax trill Some members said that the so-called "withholding lax" did not come to a vote yesterday because primarily the whole tax program has not been formulated and it would be difficult to tell how heavily a 10 -per cent deduction might fall in low incomes TO EXCLUDE WORKERS They reported too that although tha Treasury originally advocated It as an inflation deterrent other government official had said that the program could not be placed in operation until about Jap It was assumed most of them said that agriculture and domestic workers would be excluded from the source collections primarily because of the low rates of pay Irregularity of employment and other administrative difficulties Having laid aside the proposal for a time the committee turned to a study of Treasury recommendations that tha estate and gift tax schedules be revised to produce $300000000 more revenue Among other things Secretary Morgenthau asked that the existing Insurance exclusion of $40000 be merged with the present flat exemption of $40000 and that a ingle exemption of $60000 be The county-wide drive to register homes available -to defense workers today took definite shape director Kenneth Sampson reported to the County supervisors Under supervision of Sampson Santa Monica- resident who ta handling tha program in addition to hia County Job as land' use engineer for tha Regional Planning Commission a staff of fieri ral workers supplied by the WPA began work this morning The actual field work of listing available housing facilities for people employed- in 'the defense plants will be done by volunteers Sampson Hid Headquarters for the campaign has-been established in the 'Civic center building on Broadway and district offices -are set up in Bellflower and San Pedro A tlonal district offices will soon established In Pasadena' Ingli wood in the West Los Angelea-Sahta Monica area and in the South-Central Lai Angeles' Ares The San Fernando Valley phase of the program will be handled through the defense housing survey already established there with Its headquarters in Burbank The county's survey ta under the general supervision of a commission of 18 men representing the City and County of Los Angeles The project comes under the National Housing Agency Hero's Mother Given Award The son of a Los Angeles woman was awarded the soldier's medal posthumously in Washington today for heroism In a fatal attempt to rescue a child from a burning building at Ketchikan Alaska The posthumous award wu made to Private Charles Steward of Salt Lake City Utah who was overcome by carbon monoxide gas last' January 8 when he' rn tered a burning building 4n an effort to save the life of a child who wm trapped inside mother Mrs Geraldine Turley lives at 19434 Washington Blvd' ted to pay subsidies on non-sgri-if cultural produces Browji ex She might as well have been married to a ghost Linda Brent actress today explained In seeking a divorce from Steve Cornell ac tor for all she ever saw of him during a month of marriage "He disappeared continuously on week ends and during black outs" Misa Brent- told Superior Judge Roy Rhodes tq support her charges of cruelty 1 had no home life no love and no attention" Married at Las Vegas last March 1 28 Misa Brent Mid she had de a cided on divorce on April 15 when her elusive mate disappeared the lasl time lor 10 days Legal names Of the couple art Lucy East and Leonard East SECRETARY DEAD WASHINGTON May Finnan 76 secretary of the Ns- lion Association of Letter Car riers ta dead Sugar rationing1 for home ban-1 ning will begin tomorrow Applications for canning certificates may be made at local rationing boards between 10 am and 4 pm It was pointed out by Paul Barksdale ItOrr Mat rationing administrator In addition those persons who were unable to apply for ration books during the original registration periods may obtain them at the same places It was emphasized that those persons who had too much sugar on hand during the May 4 to 7 period to obtain a rationing book must appear at rationing board to apply again if they have now used up a sufficient quantity of the sugar to entitle them to a book For canning purposes each housewife may have one pound for each four quarts of finished canned fruit and one pound per person per year for Jama Jellies or frtrij butters The amount of canning must not be an unreasonable quantity based on previous practice needs and other factors Sugar will be issued for canning purposes only during the season of fruits to be canned Later as other fruits come into season additional sugar may be drawn uid the smaller allot' ment for Jellies and Jama waa based upon the classification of plained that the submarine' menace on the Atlantic Coast had forced moat coal 'transportation off ships and on to the railroads where the cost of getting It to New England from Pennsylvania and other paints was about $1 a ton additional To keep New England dealer in business he aid the RFC probably would meet this additional coat Senator Taft tR-Ohk) laid he thought no more than $500000000 was necessary for the Commodity Credit Authorization While he said he was opposed the principle of government subsidies he indicated no strenuous fight would be made on the btll RAIL COUNSEL DEAD OMAHA Neb May Funeral services are being planned for Arthur Spencer 69 western general counsel for the Union Pa-rifle Railroad who died last night Engineer Tells Of Plans for 'Com' Rubber WASHINGTON May 26 A Nebraska engineer testified today that he could build the necessary 'plhnls and produce 100000 tons of synthetic rubber from com and wheat for less than the cost of hauling the grain for conversion into alcohol at existing distilleries further East George Johnson Chief Engineer of the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District also charged before a Senate agriculture subcommittee that sin of the Important officials of the War Production Board's chenjical division formerly worked for the U' Industrial Aktohol Co or its subsidiaries and sought to stave off competition for that firm CHARGES OBSTRUCTION "It seema-flutt if they can prevent it tldnrace not going to permit anybocF'lo build any plant that would be in competition with that company" Johnson testified "That seem to ba their principal Job" The engineer iaid that at a conservative estimate the cost of shipping grain to existing distil' leriet from points West of Kansas City and Omaha would average 40 cents a bushel including storage and handling charges He said 80000000 bushels of grain would be required to make 200000000 gallons bf alcohol on th basis of an estimate by Secretary of Commerce Jones The alcohol would be converted into butadiene which in turn would be used 4n mkking synthetic rubber "That $32000000 transportation and handling charge would be more than enough to construct alcohol plants where the grain is raised put it through all the processes and produce all the 100-000 tons of rubber" Johnson declared NEED MX MONTHS Beginning as early as last February he said his Nebraska group had applied for priorities necessary for the construction of five grain alcohol plants but had met with no encouragement He said 90 per -pent of the critical material was at hand that they wen not asking for any copper and had planned to use salvaged steel plates in the construction can be making rubber in six months and have our plant! operating at full capacity In eight months if we are allowed to-go ahead with the program" he said WE PASSED THE BUCK 80 WPB TAG WASHINGTON May 26 lAt Senator Smith (D-SC) says WPS means the Buck" Hik interpretation of the abbreviation for War Production Board waa presented during a subcommittee hearing on tha' production of synthetic rubber A witness had just related a story of fruitless effort to interest WPB In the construction of grain alcohol plartts to provide tha basis for rubber" "The time haa come to apeak plainly" Smith Mid "I think we ought to call i spade a spade In fact I if you call it a damned old shaveL" When Chairman Gillette CD' Iowa) interposed that "we've tried to carry out these hearings on courteous basis" Smith exclaimed and walked out of the committee room JOHN BARRYMORE 'DEFINITELY BETTER 1 John Barrymore's condl tion wu definitely improved today Attendants at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital Mid Barrymore had spent hia moat restful night since he waa stricken last week that he ta conscious much of the time and ia able to take a little nourishment Barrymore 60 ta suffering from hypostatic pneumonia aggravated by chronic liver and kidney ailments McDonald Appointed To City tfefense Council Appointment of Cbtlhcilman Ira McDonald as the City Council's representativeoa theCItJt prfense Council was announced by (Council President Vemoh Bennett isy V'- Th appointment was made to fill the position which ha been held during the last year by Councilman Norris Nelson I I S-Carmelo Zito publisher of an anti-Fascist newspaper In San Francisco) who testifies' before the Tenney Committee that he had seen Bay Gty Mayor Angelo Rossi give this salute of the Italian Fascist 0 Mayor Flouts Fascist Charge SAN FRANCISCO May 26 White-haired Angelo Rossi Mayor of San Francisco described by a witness as having been seen giving the Fascist salute declared to an investigating committee today have a passionate and unqualified affection for this Democratic Republic in which was born" on dares question my whole-hearted loyalty to my native land" he said 1 Rossi Mayor of San Francisco for 12 years was the first witness called today by the Tenney Assembly Committee Yesterday Carmeio Zito publisher of an anti-Fascist Italian newspaper here testified he had seen Mayor Rossi give the salute of the Italian Fascists Rotfsil said he was born In Call fomia's Amador County "of patriotic American citizens of Italian origin pioneers of the early 1850's" Rossi said: "My presence here' is based on the damnable lies of irresponsible people who are creating religious and racial bigotry in a city world-famed for it tolerance The foundation upon which this hearing now being conducted ta a glaring example of government by poisoned platitudes and scandalous Rossi was accompanied to the committee roam by his daughter Mrs Henry Morris who may be called as a witness She won Red Ooas uniform Imports From Latin America Mount WASHINGTON May 26 WV- Because of war factors the Commerce Dept said today the United States') buying an increasingly larger amount of goods from Latin America than this country sella to the other American re-Publica vtct Withholding -figure on ktom exports and import the department Mid that in the' first three months ot this year imports qt merchandise: from Latin America exceeded exports- to that region by $72976000 PER HoodBroi In which how to malt summer seem a tot cooler J4 This summer those articles as luxuries Persona registering for rationing books were urged to be able to answer the following questions 'Die name kddresa pnd complete Description of the person to whom the book is to be issued This includes height weight color- of eyes color of hair age and aex If the exact age ia objected to tie applicant may state that the ta of "legal age" If such ta the case If also ta necessary to state the 'amount of white and brown sugar in any form possessed! Rationing boards for tires automobiles typewriters or sugar in the northwest section of Los Angeles are located at tha following placet: Van NuJ and Victory blvd Van Nuya 5256 Lankershim Blvd North Hollywood: 6520 Sunset Blvd 4531 Hollywood Blvd 2154 Sunset Hvd 4680 Witahlre Blvd tonvjjA La Brea-Witahira Bldg Sepulveda and Santa Monica blvd Venice and Lincoln blvd La Brea Ave and Adams Blvd 1707 Adams Blvd and the Beverly Hills City Hall President Ash Fund For Censorship Office WASHINGTON May 26 Congress was asked by President Roosevelt today to appropriate £27500000 for operation of the office of censorship during the fiacsl year beginning July 1 SUITS WEI9H tills you see if you don't feel a lot cooler in a new 'Holltifboob CtitxmNtfoa Val If )i Tatafar Has IMS OMraaf FakUrtlMB IMS Wlkaa li Harlan Palaier annat 'sunasar HoUrwaad Lea AntlH Call! 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