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MERRY-GO-ROUND Mj Oftew PEARSON ' 1 * * aa ■ L nana' Washington. D. C. CLOTHES RATIONING AVERTED Few people know how close the country was to clothes rationing a few inonths ago, at the peak of the war. 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 the problem, at which Wolf pointed out that retailers, worried about short ages, wore buying .ill the clothes in sight, and hoarding huge amounts of one item xxhue hax'.ng no stocks of otiier goods. Eiriullx*. Ni Ison a-*k ,v i \\ if to sit down w .th Joseph Weill' r, head of the civil.a". supply section of WPB, John Pax : »r:\ u pr. sonting the wholesah rs. and Earl Reed, another key WPB official. Alter going over several involved pr po-'i.ls. t. ex re tired fr .v. the cent - venc. room and drafted u simple cider which lim iti .1 .V.i u takers to ti'e same amount of stock ey hau during the pre xioas Xiar Tl.e in ru'sal was imme diately ado; ed by Nelson, and clothes rationing xxas avoided. Nelson r.i'w calls Wolf's plan "one cf the saviours of the civilian supply situation 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-quality Irii rchandise to unload en the money-Bus e.i public AI'TI'KM \TH OF V IIXY Tl-.i White H. use h..s .hist rec« ivod e cor.fider.t.al rep rt snowing that 6'i 4 pi r cc.t . f A:-.i'. ;ean families have sav d only 11.t> ior rent of the money put aside by the nation dur ing war time In ct r words, th.e upper one-third hr. kit f the people 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. ■ nt.\.:e operat ing will out ov-.-rv e. thus dr"pping wages from l r > :• per cent. One of the prol lems officials face is a Wild rush t cash xv..r l- nds. not for lus i spending, i for bare ne.'essitu if w i>a rs iri middle and lower-income brackets. dent R osevelt c n rr-. i about xxf.at will h; up r it: t: ■ fr-t weeks immediate l> aft r '. e war. Ti.e presi i ;nt's >m c advise rs are ir. the post .ear f • ri> : will require h.s great' r persi nal attention to ci' mestic problems They figure that, if the nation can successfully come through the fir>.t few weeks after the ar mistice. then (he demand for peacetime goods, long denied the public, will piek up national prosperity. However, the first weeks of readjustment ate going to be tough. DOI.LAR-A-YKAR Ml IN The full ef'o.t hasn t yet perco lated down from the top tut. before he loft fir China, Donald Nelson signed a now s> t * f rules governing the appointment nf and the continued employment f--\VPB dol lar-a-year men. It has been felt first in the textile, clothing and leather divisions but gradually is begin ning to result in changes elsewhere in the agency. Doilar-a-year appointments for the war emergency period were okayed by the White House four years ago, the appointments to be made at the discretion of the agercy chiefs with out regard to existing law. Criti cism of the early dollar-a-year ap pointments gradually resulted in a tightening of the poiicy. but Nelson never really put his foot down until last month. Major dynamite in the order is Nelson's pronouncement that "No person may he employed on a dollar s year basis who would he required by his posi tion on the War Production board to make decisions direct ly affecting his own company or its competitors." The same section hans dollar-a-year em ployment of all lawyers, all trade association officials, mem bers of WPB industry advisory committees, or any individuals convicted of anti-trust viola tions. Dozens of dollar-a-year men with in WPB are daily called upon to formulate policy affecting their own industries, and consequently their own companies and competitors. At the same time, Nelson's order does not reach the even more serious problem of salaried employees in a position to make decisions affecting the companies from which they came to the government or to which they will go when they leave Washington. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND C. Jesse Jones, at the age of 70, has just come through a major opera tion, now appears to be in better health. C Maury Maverick, who spent a lot of time in France during World War I but saw little of its culture, can be given credit for the army's plan to supply competent guides to conduct servicemen on tours of his toric monuments not only in France but in Egypt, Greece and every part of 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 » ' J 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. Newest Watch on the Rhine — —~- v """ || 1 The 1044 version of the "Watch on the Rhine," shows a British soldier in command post as he guards the bridge across wall, the Rhine's main outlet to the sea. This is the first time during the present war that Allied troops have taken command of any large section of the Rhine, a fallen stronghold of the Germans. Yank Bombers Hit Philippines - f •"•'' An oil storage dump at Cedu in the Philippines burns fiercely after direct bomb hits which were delivered from bombers oa carrier base from the Third Fleet. As the result of this raid, more than 200 enemy plane* were destroyed, and the softening up of the Philippines continued ip anticipation of Mat Arthur landings in near future. Saddle and Boots • I i i fe "> '. |.|Jy fBBSf lb '"' * '' r i - , / ' -\ • . Todd Watley, riding: a backing broncho, shows the boys and girls, and the Ols, how a Rodeo's bull-dog ger acts. From the West's wide open spaces, he has gone east to en tertain the members of the armed forces and kids of New York. Rodeos continue to operate during war as a morale builder. Collie Docs Watch _ | . * rrw s HI flllllilL -jjp^ MEfSIIJ The lady watching the sleeping sailor, happens to be one of twin golden 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»r anyone disturb'""** h"' 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 the chief 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 Institute of Public Relations to woo the press back for its president, James C. Pe trillo. The fee involved is reported at SIOO,OOO. . . . Kileen Stafford and G. 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 White House stall. Colyumed Mellett: "1 am also an immigrant: not a first generation immigrant, to be sure, since the first of the family came over during the Revolutionary War, but an immigrant just the same. I can't claim any credit for being an American. Sidney Hillman can. It was his own idea, rot the idea of a great-great grandpa rent I" James W. Miller of Muskogee, Okla., corrects our observation that F. Sinatra will net about $25,000 from his annual "take" this year of 51.450,000. Mr. Miller, a public accountant, says Frank will make more than 25 Gs. He will net a lit tle more than $75,000. Hot rtiggitty! . . . Ernest Hemingway will start another war if he isn't careful. He writes: "I think any writer, espe cially a war correspondi nt. is dull in conversation. It's only the phonies that 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 troops overseas, happily wrap each carton in "the funnies." . . . While over seas Frances Langford never drank tlie hot tea, which has a medicinal taste. The torrid South Pacific, strangely enough, has no hot water. So she used the tea to wash her face. The Writer's War Board devised a subway and trolley car card showing babies (of all color) which read: "Must They Die in World War III?" . . . The text continues: "Yes! Un less you work now for lasting peace after victory." . . . The cards are distributed by Americans United for World Organization, Inc. . . . Tran sit companies in several cities are displaying them. . . Mayor La- Guardia hoped N. Y. subway trains would 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 down this particular poster 'because it was not of local interest. ... I don't in tend to give away free publicity to any organization seeking to promote peace on its own. Our Government is well equipped to do that!' " Not of local interest! Income tax sleuths are following the columns closely to check on the reports of cafe society playgirls and their "incomes." . . . The Wind sors have been plagued by crank letters. Too much publicity plus their address. . . . Bill Tilden, one time world's tennis champ, tried act ing some years ago. He has taken an option on a play which will be produced soon. . . . Vogue feature editor, Ruth Portugal, is in Martha Foley's "Best Short Stories" annual this time. . . . Another fashion mag editor, Dorothy Wheelock of Harp er's Bazaar, relaxes all night by writing detective thrillers. New York Novelette: You've read about the case in the papers. But not this angle. ... It was at a society party several years ago. The host ess' jewels disappeared. . . . Suspi cion pointed to a pretty young girl. . . . The detectives had the goods on her and pressed the hostess to let them make the arrest. . . . An other guest volunteered to help the crying suspect. . . . He was a law yer. . . . His skillful plea won the hostess over. She dWn't press the charge. . . . The girl was let go and married himl . . . Many times thereafter he had to do his best legal work getting his bride out of similar jams. . . . Recently she was ar rested again—for allegedly stealing jewels. . . . But he can't help her now. ... He has a bigger case. . . . Fighting for his country. Madeleine Carroll, the actress, rates your salute. She shelved a successful career to join the Red Cross overseas without trumpeting or fanfare. . . . Our pet answer to those who use the "He's a foreign er!" routine is to remind them the Statue 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. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT HELP WANTED • Persons now engaged in essential industry will not apply without state ment of availability from their local United States Employment Serrice. Fiperieneed I.aondry and dry cleaning workers wanted. Good hours. tfood pay. Annlv in person »»nl> . 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