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Evening star., 1941-08-26
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown
Dies Here at Aqe Of 83

Mrs Elizabeth Brown, widow Of
Joshua H. Brown, died yesterday at
the home of her son. Bailey E.
Brown, 1907 Delafield place NV.
rs. Brown was born in Cooke
vile, Tenn, April IA, 1883 She came
to this city in 1914 and she and Mr..
Brown lived at 1924. Massachusetts,
avenue NV She was a member of
the First Baptist Church.
Besides her son, Mr.. Brown, senior
bio-chemiSt in the Bureau of Plant
Industry of the Department of Ag-
riculture, she is survived by a sister,
Mrs. T. Yeargin of Cookeville; a
granddaughter and several nephewS
and nieceS.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow at the w. w. Deal
funeral home, 48l2 Georgia avenue
NV. with burial Friday in Cooke
vile.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Medical Expert Finds
Army Health Excellent

DR.. Perrin H. Long, head of the
department of preventive medicine
at the Johns Hopkins Medical
School. Baltimore, is extremely i'm
pressed by the health record in the
Army"
The famed Hopkins expert who is
chairman Of the Committee on
Chemotherapeutic and Other Agents
of the National Research Council, is
paying informal calls at Army
camps during a trip through the
South and Southwest.
IF it were not for few older off,
GERS whose hearts won't stand the
gaff. and If automobiles were not so
plentiful, there would be practically
no deaths in any of the camps" he
wrote in letter to the Surgeon Cen
erals office here from Ell Paso. Il
think this should be widely known
because it will give friends and rela-
tives of the soldiers a sense of great
er security
DR.. Long, who was a pioneer in
the study of the sulfanilamide group
of compounds. plans to return to
Baltimore in about month.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Women to Find New Cotton Hose a Thrilling
Substitute for Silk, Say Federal Experts

Most groups said they liked par
ticularly the wide-mesh patterns
and saw no insurmountable objec-
ton to them as substitute for
chiffon.
The creators simply say of their
new art that they are making cot
ton stockings as strong and sheer
as silk, that they are harder to
snag or run and that they over
come the standard objections to
old-style cotton hose.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
BY FRANK /. WELLER,


American hosiery shops soon will
place on sale Yankee brand OF
"ersatz silk" Stockings-made OF
cotton
You can hardly tell the substitute
from real silk, the Government in
spectorS claim, adding that it is
many times better than the uncom-
Portable hose Nazi scientists fash
ioned from wood or glass or coal
The Government experts promise to
give the American women cotton
sock so near to silk they'll never
know the difference. That is, unless
the girls simply can't bear "fishnet'
and "spiderweb" designs.
Some Design Required.
I'VE want to please the little
cupcakes.' one expert explained,
but they ought to give us a break,
too. There has to be some design
to give the garment a strength equal
to silk, if the hose is to be equally
light and as nearly invisible as silk" "
Cotton specialists at the Agricul-
ture Departments Beltsville Md
Experiment Station have provided
hosiery manufacturers with so diff
ferent patterns. Many of the pro-
ducers already have started gearing
their machinery for the new output.
Top grades will be made from
long, tough. glossy fiber of the fabu-
louS sea island cotton, which was
common to a free and easy West
Indies civilization centuries ago.
Manufacturers also favor sturdy
soft Pima cotton and the long staple
Mississippi Delta types for fancy
hosiery, but most of the popular
brands selling for 81 and less a
pair will be made by new process
from the short lint upland cotton
abundant in the deep South.
These new stockings, offered to
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Farley Hears Demands
OF Bay Ferry Workers
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 26.-Mai. Ezra
B. Whitman, State Roads Commits
sion chairman. and other Maryland
officials met today to receive a list
of specific demands from union rep
resentatives Of Annapolis -Matapeake
Ferry employees whose strike tied up
service on the Chesapeake Bay Line
Saturday.
Roads Commission officials and
union representatives agreed on the
meeting after the strike Saturday
of more than 100 employees which
suspended ferry service for six hours.
Richard A Bowie. representing the
International Longshoremen's Asso-
citation said last week that the Roads
Commission had refused to meet for
a discussion of wages and hours.
Harry c. Jones, State employment
commissioner who is expected to at
tend the meeting today, said one
factor governing any possible wage
boost would be passenger and vehic-
ular ferry rates, which are fixed by
the Public Service Commission
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Sole of Building Held
In Trust Approved

District Court was asked yesterday
to approve sale of building at 1707
I street NV. that George Washing
ton University holds in trust under
the will of Levin M. Powell, who
died in 1885.
Proceeds from the building are
used to educate young men about
to enter the United States Naval
Academy or the merchant marine
service in mathematics and as
tronomy.
The university told the court it
wishes to accept an offer of $39,250
for the property and reinvest the
money with the intention OF con-
tinuing the philanthropic educa-
tional work.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Senate Probers AssaiI
0.P. N. and AIcoa in
Plant Building Lag
O'Brion Evoded Request
For Study Of Files,
Truman Asserts
RY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Aug, 26.-Sharp criti-
ciSm of the Office of Production
Management and the Aluminium
Co. of America for delay in build
ing new Northwest plants has been
voiced by members OF the Senate
Defense Industry Investigation
Committee.
Senator Truman, Democrat, of
Missouri, committee chairman at
the tWo-day hearing here, declared
the o. P M general counsel John
Lord O'Brian, had evaded request
by the committee for examination
of the o. P. M. files on aluminium
production.
Senator Truman said he tele-
graphed Mr.. OBrian last night de-
manding that he wire Immediately
yes or no whether o. P. NJ is
refusing committee Investigators
access to files
Promises to Take Steps.
He said effective steps would be
taken to obtain them if necessary.
StresSing the importance of in
creased aluminium production. Sen
ator Truman asserted at the hear
ing after complaints by witnesses
against the o. P. M. and Alumi-
mum Co.:
1T looks to the chairman, from
the testimony heard today, that
Alcoa (the Aluminium Coz is
more interested in remaining a
monopoly than in saving the coun-
try's national defense program
Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York declared:
In the absence of rebuttal argu-
ments it appears that the o. P. M.
is entirely at fault and responsible
for the delay in the aluminium pro-
gram here in this area. My opinion
is based on o. P. NJ. testimony
before this committee, on the testi-
mony of representatives of Alcoa
and on that of competitive pro-
ducerS"
Eichelberger Attacks o. P. NJ.
The sharpest attack on the o. P M.
came from Frank Eichelberger,
president of the Kalunite Co., which
claims new process for extracting
aluminium from alunite, which is
found abundantly in Washington.
He charged he had suffered long
waits and delays before the o. P. M.
You have an idea a few Alcoa
men are getting 81 year from the
Government with the o. P. Mp"
asked Senator Wallgren, Democrat,
of Washington.
That's a great understatement," 4"
Mr.. Eichelberger responded.
He said definitely" in reply to
q query as to whether he felt they
were trying to "harass you and put
you out of business"
Evening star., 1941-08-26
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Evening star., 1941-08-26

Wait minute, girls. Don't
scream This is about cotton
stockings, yes. But ,Ue haze the
,Cord OF your government that
they're not going to bag at the
knees or stretch or sag or trhnt-
eUer they're done to you in the
D0St
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Win Praises of Women.

Offlcials of the experimental sta
ton which has been working out
the new cotton hosiery invited
scores of representative women to
inspect their work and make sug-
gestions. The delegations approved
almost all the patterns 100 per
cent. At least that is the way
Beltsville craftsmen interpreted
such feminine expressions as start
ling" and surprising"
Evening star., 1941-08-26

meet the need created by cessation
of japanese silk imports, constitute
one Of this country's first major at
tempts to substitute native goods
for imported articles.
First stocks of the sheer cotton
hose will appear on the retail mar
ket in about four months. Pro-
ducers timed them to fill store
shelves emptied of the last remain
ing chiffon stockings. Authorities
say retailers have two months sup
ply of silks on hand and manufac-
turers have only enough silk for
another two months production
or, in all, a four-month total of
approximately 100000 dozen pair
When they are gone it will be cot
ton, nylon, rayon or nothing.
Nylon, Du Pont product of coal,
water and air derivatives, accounts
now for 18 per cent of the Wom-
ems needs American women wear
$4,000, 900 dozen pair of stockings a
year
But many women say they do not
like nylon even if it does take an
expert to tell it from silk. They
praise its long-wearing, no-run
qualities, but add that they still
can't shake off a fancy for the ap-
pearance of hose mad of 95 per cent
pure silk,
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Mob Frees Man,
Lacking Evidence
ToLynch Him

EASTMAN, Ga, June 26.-A COL
ored prisoner seized by mob at the
Jail here last night was returned
today for want OF evidence"
Deputy Sheriff Gus Lewis said
that Eddie Lee Spivey, 28-year -old
suspect in an attempted assault on
a 65-year-old farm woman, was
taken away by a mob of more than
100 men that stormed the Jail last
night.
Shortly after midnight leaders of
the mob returned Spivey to the Jail,
turned him over to officers and said
they had been unable to find sufti-
cient evidence to lynch him. Deputy
Lewis said The officer said Spivey
had been beaten lightly, but was not
seriously injured.
Spivey was returned to his cell
and held on charge of attempted
criminal assault.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
ChrysIer, Defending Price
Hike, Answers Henderson
Earlier story on Page ALL
nv the Associated Press,

Ssoh OA "SS - ny
BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 26-Defending
its recent increase in retail auto
mobile prices, Chrysler Corp. issued
a statement today asserting that
the advances had added only $26.62
per car to its net income, while
recent increases in labor, materials,
tools, supplies and other items in
creased the cost of production by
about $27.55 per car.
The statement was issued in re-
ply to a charge by Leon Henderson,
Federal Price Control Administra-
tor, that in declining to withdraw
the price advance, Chrysler Corp.
had refused to cooperate with the
Office of Price Administration and
Civilian Supply.
The Chrysler statement en-
phasized the corporations partici-
patton in the defense program as
evidence of its cooperation with
the Government, and asserted that
"this incident will in no way affect
our continued effort to cooperate
d. with all Government agencies
engaged in promoting national de-
fense."
OF Mr.. Henderson's statement
that Chrysler profits last year
amounted to s37,802, 900, the cor
poration asserted that from these
earnings $23,931 900 was paid to
stockholders in dividends, the bal
ance remaining invested in the
business to finance future growth
and operations"
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Point Out Man
Cruising
AreaWithPoIice
Prisoner Gives Age
As II on Being Held
For Investigation

Earlier Story on Page A-110
Two women victims of recent
robberieS, one of whom was
criminally assaulted, spotted a
colored suspect this afternoon
while cruising the vicinity of the
crimes with detectives and, po-
lice said, identified the man as
their aSSailant.
Homicide squad detectives said
the suspect will be questioned later
in connection with the sex murder
of Jessie Elizabeth Strief, 23-year-
old War Department clerk and anna
teur flyer, whose nude and stran-
gled body was found 10 days ago in
an alley garage in the rear of the
1700 block of @ street NV.
Capt. Ira Keck, acting chief of
detectives, said both women robbery
victims appeared certain of their
identification. The man gave his
age as 81 and said he lived Ill the 500
block of Hobart place NV. he was
being held at headquarters this aft
ernoOn for investigation.
Sighted Walking on Street.
One young woman was robbed
gagged, tied up with cord, criminally
assaulted and left bound to a cloth
ing rack in the rear of a dry clean
ing branch in which she was en-
/ ployed in the 3400 block cf Four
teenth street NV. Tuesday after
/ noon. The other was robbed early
+ yesterday in dry cleaning place in
the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street NV.
The young women were in police
/ car with Detective Sergts. Elmer
Lewis and Dan Jones of the robbery
! squad when they spotted the suspect
walking at Georgia avenue and Co.
lumbia road NV. One of the
women, the officers said, suddenly
cried: That's mimi"
The detectives alighted from the
car and arrested the man. He made
no resistance and was unarmed, il
was said.
Taken to Headquarters.
The suspect was taken to No. IL
stationhouse and removed to head
quarters in a patrol car.
The man was arrested near AZ
other branch of the same laundry
chain which employs the woman
who was assaulted.
Detectives said the woman nearly
tainted when she first glimpsed the
suspect on the sidewalk near her.
The prisoner, police said, denied
all connection with the crime. While
detectives questioned him at head
quarters, other officers went to his
home to search his effects in an
effort to locate a gun or clothing
which might be recognized by the
robbery victims.
The suspect, police said, was wear
ing an unusual pair of sun glasses
with side 'blinkers." The two women
said they were sure the glasses were
the same as those worn by their
assailant. They did not recognize
however, any articles of his clothing
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Senate Told Aluminium Crisis
MAY Force Electricity Rotioning

producer of the critical metal in this
country.
Chairman Truman said that O..
P. M. claimed as late as last De-
cember that sufficient aluminium was
available for military and civilian
needs, but in February truth be-
hind the facts became apparent.
Demand began to outrun supply"
Senator Truman said Alcoa has
maintained a high price and low
production policy" and convinced
o. P. M. of the adequacy of the sup
ply in order to prevent others from
entering a field they had for so
many years successfully monopo-
lized. 1t isn't clear how Alcoa ex-
pected to cope with the situation
when the shortage became ap-
parent"
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Advances Made
Only on Wilma,
Vichy Hears
PIoesti Oil Fields,
Bucharest Bombed,
Moscow Reports
Earlier Story on Page ALL

Earlier Story on Page ALL
By the Associated Press.
With Germany herself silent
on details of the Russian cam
paign, reports from other quar-
tiers, including Moscow, indicated
late today that the offensive had
been stalled on large sections of
the 1,O0O-mile active line on the
fifth day of the epic clash.
The Soviet information bureau
reported tonight that a gigantic
tank battle was raging in Southeast
Poland, with the Germans getting
the worst of it at the hands of the
Red Army.
Its communique, picked up by
radio in London, said also that in
the Cernauti sector of old Bucovina
new German and Rumanian at
tempts to force across the River
Prut boundary line had been frus-
trated and that Russian positions
were maintained all along the Bes-
sarabian border in the face of re-
peated attacks. The Germans and
Rumanians suffered heavy losses
along the Prut, the communique
said.
Oil Plants Reported Burning.
While the Red Army was holding
this line, the Russian air force
bombed Bucharest, the Black Sea
port of Constanta and the oil field
City of Ploesti.
Several oil plants at PloeSti are
in flames" the communique said.
Saying that the Germans Ru-
manian allies are not whole
heartedly in the conflict, the COM
munique added:
"Rumanian soldiers who were
taken prisoner have reported there
are 40 officers and soldiers in each
Rumanian regiment.
r. Behind the Rumanian troops
there is German artillery, the Ger
mans by force driving the Ru-
manians into battle because the
Rumanians are against the war
and against the Germans"
Reports reaching military circles
at Vichy, in German-conquered
France, indicated that the Germans
had made no forward movement
against the Red Army within the
past "a hours except in the thrust
toward Wilma, Lithuania.
The Wilma thrust was described as
the northern jaw of pincers aimed
at gouging a 10,000-square-mile
pocket out of Western Russia, in
cluding Moscow itself. But this
columns counterpart, trying to
push northeast from Brest Litovsk
was said to have been checked.
Russian reports were that all
(See WAR, Page 2-X0
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Resistance SIackens
AS Allies Drive On
To Clean Up Syria
Vichy Men Withdraw
Except When Supported
By Light or Heavy Guns
BY EDWARD KENNEDY,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN
SYRIA, June 26.-Resistance of the
Vichy French grew feebler today
as the British and Free French
forces followed up their occupation
of Damascus with steadily increas-
ing pressure on other points in this
French mandate.
In the air, planes with French
insignia but which appeared to be
German mooels and were believed
piloted by Germans, renewed their
blows against the Allies, however.
The British said these attacks
were hardly felt by them, but caused
casualties and damage in Damascus
Merdjayoun and other towns.
Merdjayoun. a town of 10000
population, has changed hands
three times since the British-Free
French campaign here started less
than three weeks ago. 1t was BADLY
damaged today by six French
marked bombers escorted by fight
erS.
Main Street a Wreck
Entering the town shortly after
the raid, I found that almost every
house along the main street was
wreck. Three civilians lay dead
in the middle of the square, IN
which a fountain still tinkled in
congruously.
Only a few Arabs skunk along the
streets. Every one else had fled.
The British and Free French have
made several small advances in the
past "a hours. They took few pris-
oners, however, because the Vichy
French withdrew hastily except
when supported by artillery or ma
chine-gun nests. Close battle was
difficult to achieve.
Documents and correspondence
seized by the British in captured
centers were said by them to indi-
cate dissent among the Vichy lead
ers in Syria. The British said sew
eral high Vichy officers were under
arrest in Beirut on charges OF not
fighting seriously or Of having op-
(See SYRIA, Page 2-X0
Evening star., 1941-06-26
nv the Associated Press.


A warning that private consump-
ton of electricity might be rationed
to meet a serious shortage" in alu-
minum production was given to the
Senate today by its special Defense
Investigating Committee.
Senator Truman, Democrat, OF
Missouri, chairman of the investl-
eating group, said the shortage OF
this metal was especially serious
because we cannot depend upon our
aluminium estimates and because we
may have to further increase our
airplane programs"
The committee report was critical
both of estimates by the Once OF
Production Management and activl-
ties of the Aluminium Co. of Amer
lea, largest and until recently sole
Evening star., 1941-06-26

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June &c.
Defending Champion F. Dixon
Brooke and tourney medalist Earl
Stewart played steady golf today to
survive third-round match play in
the 44th annual National Inter-
collegiate Championship here.
Brooke, of Virginia, holed a 40
foot pitch shot for a birdie on the
17th to take a 3-and-1 decision over
William Zylstra of Michigan State.
Louisiana States Stewart went over
par for the first time in the tourna-
ment, but still managed to edge E.
K. Gravely of Yale and /.
Brooke tackled Otto Greiner of
Baltimore and Stewart met Robert
Brownell of Duke in this afternoon s
fourth round. Greiner had to 60
21 holes to beat Robert Wolfely of
Illinois, l up. Brownell defeated
Cary Middlecof of Mississippi l up.
In other afternoon matches, Mar
shall Carlson of Toledo tangled with
Roy Brownell of Stanford and Dee
Replogle of Stanford matched shots
with Danny Carmichael.
Carlson, Ohio conference cham
pion, reached the quarter finals
with a 2-to-1 decision over Warren
Berl of Stanford, runner-up for the
title in 1899.
Carmichael, Princeton's cage cap
tain and baseball pitcher, also upset
a top-ranking foe, Charley Finger
of Stanford, and 4.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
President Quits Capital;
Will Dedicate Library
BY the Associated Press.

by tnc aSSOCldIeu EtcSS.
President Roosevelt started on
another trip to his home at Hyde
Park, N. Y, today. primarily to dedi-
cate on Monday his $350,000 library
Financed by private contributions
the library will be the repository for
various collections of the President
and for his personal and official pa
pers since the time he entered pub
lie life 80 years ago.
The Chief Executive is expected to
speak briefly at the dedicatory ex-
ercises Monday afternoon. The Ii
brary will be open to the public next
month.
Mr.. Roosevelt probably will be
back in Washington early next week
and may break another precedent
by spending the Fourth of July here
Usually he has observed the holi-
day at Hyde Park.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Strike of 4 Holsters
Stops Work on New
AirpIone Factory
By the Associated Press.

BY tDe Associated FTeSS.
ST. LOUIS, June 26.-Erec-
tion of the structural steel
framework of the Curtiss-
Wright Airplane Co.'S new
plant at Lambert-St. Louis Mu-
nicipal Airport has been halted
by a strike of four members of
the A. F. L. Hosting Engineers
Union.
P. H. Combs, superintendent
of the Overland Construction
Co. of Chicago, which has a
$1,000 900 contract for the steel
work, disclosed the men walked
out Monday night.
Mr.. Combs said the strike
was called because he had re-
jected the unions demand that
he employ a master mechanic
at S2.25 an hour and a helper
at ST so an hour.
They just sit around and
watch the men work" he said.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Bodies of Two Found
In Wrecked Army PIune
By the Associated Press.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 26.-A
wrecked Army plane and the bodies
of two flyers were found at day
light today on ranch five miles
north of San Antonio.
The flyers, 1t. John w. Crews, %
Randolph Field flying instructor
and Pvt. Dennis A. Eckleberg, 18
of the SD School Squadron, hac
been on night weather patrol duty
1t Crews home town Is Columbia
S. C. Pvt. Eckelberg lived at Bell
vile, Tex.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Johnny Wander Nicer
Put in Draft Class ;
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASsoclated PreSs-
RIDGEWOOD, N. j., June 26.-
Johnny Wander Nicer, Cincinnati
Reds southpaw hurler, has been
placed in Glass because of de-
pendents, the Ridgewood Selective
Service local board No. 3 announced
today.
Wander Nicer is a resident of
nearby Midland Park. He is married
to the former Miss Lois Stewart of
Scranton, Pa.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Griffmen and Chisox
Tied, 2-2,in 10Th Of
Final Series Game
Buddy Lewis Drives in
Both Washington Runs;
Chase Opposes Smith
By BURTON HAWKINS.


Washington and Chicago were
tied in the third and final game of
their series at Griffith Stadium this
afternoon.
The score was 2 to at the end
of the 10th inning.
TENTH INNING.
CHICAGO-Kolloway singled to
left. Kreevich sacrificed, Evans to
Bloodworth, who covered first.
Kuhel lined to Chase, who tossed
to Bloodworth to catch Holloway
off second base for a double play.
No runs.
WASHINGTON Smith knocked
down Cramer's smash and threw
him out. Kuhel made a leaping
catch of Lewis liner. Travis flied
to Chapman. No runs.
Washington, 2; Chicago, 2.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Todoy's Home Runs

American.
johnson, Philadelphia, 1st inning.
Finney, Boston, Sd inning.
Weatherly, Cleveland, 4th inning.
Heinrich, New York, 9Th inning.
Johnson. Philadelphia, 9Th inning.
Doerr, Boston, 7th inning.