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Evening star., 1942-12-30
Virginia State Offices
Get Two-Day Holiday
BY he Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-State
offices here will be closed Friday for
The New Year holiday. and most of
them also will be closed Saturday.
Gov. Darden said that he had not
made Saturday legal holiday but
that State department heads could
keep their offices closed on this day
II they desire. Normally State Of
fees are open only a half day on
Saturdays.
ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 80 tPl. Gov.
O'Conor said today that he had been
unable to reach decision on
whether or not Saturday will be
proclaimed legal holiday for Mary
land.
Banks throughout the State are
not in favor of Saturday being de-
clared holiday, as was December
IS, for the end Of this week is the
end of a quarter and also the end of
the fiscal year for the financial in
stitutions. Gov. O'Conor said.
The Governor said he was waiting
for the opinions Of merchants be-
fore making q definite announce
Uent.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

will be entered in books similar to
regular bank books
When a dealer wants an additional
supply of rationed commodity he
will draw rationed check on his
commodity account and send this to
the wholesaler. This will give the
wholesaler the right to sell the goods
to the merchant and to obtain his
goods from the manufacturer. The
ration checks when received by the
supplier are deposited by him in his
own bank and he draws against
these when purchasing from the
manufacturer.
Washington bankers say it is i'm
portant to remember that ration
banking will not apply to the general
publlc-the average consumer. The
consumer will obtain his ration books
from the board in his territory and
turn over the points. or units, when
he buys rationed goods from the
retailer.
Ration banking is expected to be
more effective and simple than the
existing system. At present volun-
teer members of local boards are
charged with exchanging smaller
ration paper for larger certificates
and the keeping track of the mil
lions of coupons and stamps in
volved In the banks much of this
work will be handled with the same
equipment and in the same way as
are checking accounts.
Overdrafts Banned.
'Overdrafts" are not to be per-
mitted when the program goes into
operation. Merchants will not be
allowed to give vouchers for more
rationed commodities than are COW
cred by ration bank credit at the
time. The banks will be required
to report any overdrafts to the OPA
office at once, penalties being pro-
vided for such offenses.
While details are still in the
formative stage. bankers here are
already familiar with the general
plan for the clearing of ration
coupons Unlike the handling of
War savings bonds, which service
has been at large expense to the
banks, the cost Of ration banking
is to be provided by the OPA ONCE.
the cost Of operation being one of
the big problems on which oficials
are now working.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Powers Assai|s
Fairfax Sewer
Construction
Head of Alexandra
Water Company
Fears Seepuge

Declaring that the new Govern
ment-built Fairfax County (Va)
sanitary sewer is being constructed
In such a way as to endanger the
Alexandria water supply. Jerome
Powers, president of the Alexandria
Water Co., has protested to the
Federal Works Agency against COM
pletion of the line along present
construction methods.
Right of way for the sewer around
the Bancroft Dam, property of the
company. located on Columbia pike
west Of Baileys Crossroads, was OBJ
tanned by condemnation.
Portion of Line Laid.
One portion of the 24-inch line
already has been laid around the
dam. The sewer follows Holmes
Run from the Bancroft Dam to the
conversion dam, distance of more
than three miles.
In letter to the FWA, Mr.. Powers
said the sewer is being constructed
to permit leaks in the joints of the
pipes. These leaks, he added, will
permit sewage to seep into the city
water supply and pollute it. thus
necessitating chlorination and con-
sequent alteration of taste.
In addition, Mr.. Powers asserted
the leaky joints will draw water
from the city supply and greatly
deplete it.
Placed in Loose Earth.
According to Mr., Powers. the
pipes in the major portion of the
sewer are not Graded" in concrete
but are laid in loose earth. Settling
OF the earth, he said, will cause the
joints to loosen, causing even
greater seepage.
Contract for the sewer called for
maximum of 10000 gallons of
water per day per mile seepage. and
the o1nclals of the water company
feel that it will be impossible to
maintain this maximum with pines
ialo without a concrete cradle.
The letter was addressed to Henry
j. Sullivan, in charge of the project.
Mr.. Sullivan said the alleged seep-
age is an engineering problem that
exists In every project of this kind.
He refused to make any further
comment, however, pending COM
pletlon OF the sewer and tests next
spring.
Howard Richards, general man
ager OF the Alexandria Water Co..
mas sent copy of Mr.. Powers
letter OF protest to City Manager
Carl Budwesky with the request that
ne bring it to the attention of CITY
Council in an effort to have that
body also send a protest to the
Federal Works Agency,
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Dry Victory Indicated
In Virginia Counties
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 30.-Any-
thing stronger than 80 in alcoholic
content appears to be definitely out
in Carroll and Grayson Counties,
on the basis of partial returns from
local option referendum yesterday.
The town of Fries, in Grayson
County. which votes as a separate
unit on the wet-dry question. was
reported unof1icially as not casting
a single vote against the drys. 1t
may be day or two before all
county returns are in.
Galax, largest town in the two
counties and situated partly in each,
voted its ABC store out, along with
prohibition of strong wine and beer,
several months ago.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Waitress Shot to Death
At TobIe With Mother

By the Associated Press.
SOUTH HILL, Va, Dec. 3o.~
Annie Ruth Malone, 21-year -old
waitress. was shot to death last
night while she sat at the supper
table with her mother.
Sheriff c. O. Mullins Of Mecklen-
berg County said Clarence Thomp-
son, 30, had been arrested and q
charge Of murder filed against him.
Miss Malone was shot in the
face by two charges from a double
barreled shotgun fired through the
kitchen window of the Malone home.
Her mother, Mrs. Annie p. Malone,
suffered powder burns from the
discharge Of the gun at close range.
Sheriff Mullins said Thompson
was arrested a mile from the Ma
lone home, in the strip room Of
tobacco warehouse.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Banks Here Ready to Handle
OPA Ration Coupon Accounts
Dealers to Deposit Coupons and Books
And Check Them Out for Commodities

Washington's banks and trust
companies are ready to put ration
banking" or the Nation-wid ham
ding Of ration coupons into effect
as soon as notified to do so by the
OPA. it was learned in the financial
district today
The OPA expected to have the
banks adopt the rationing system
all over the country late in January
However, it is now anticipated that
the new plan will be delayed until
March on account of the great
amount of printed material involved
in starting the novel plan, little O.
this matter yet being ready fol
distribution.
John A. Reilly, president of the
District Bankers Association, said
today that the Capitals bank officers
have already given the matter care
full consideration and are awaiting
the Governments instructions on
methods of procedure. The men,
bers of the association expect to
render very valuable service.
Added Employees Needed.
The banks will have to have many
new tellers to handle the ration
coupons, large number of extra
bookkeepers and great deal of
material on which to make ex-
tensive reports to the OPA to en-
able that organization to exercise
desired controls on all the rationed
articles.
For weeks OPA officials have been
working with special committee
from the American Bankers Asso-
citation on the best and most practi-
cal methods of handling rationing
The plans now being evolved are
based on results of the test made in
Northern New York State banks,
where rationing was carried on for
several weeks. The experiment
proved practical and it was then
announced that the system would
be adopted nationally.
When put into practical operation,
Washington dealers in rationed
commodities will open ration ac-
counts in the banks where they have
their commercial accounts. They
will take the stamps and coupons
which they obtain from consumers
to their banks. and deposit them In
the same manner as they do cur
rency and checks. Their deposits
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Tuloremiu Infections
Reported in Virginia
3y TIE Associated Press

By tfe Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. Bore
ports from Dinwiddie County said
today that several hunters were
suffering from tularemia, or rabbit
fever.
DR.. Francis ]. Clements, Dinwid-
die health officer, said the hunters
apparently contracted the disease
from rabbits they had killed and
handled.
At State Health Department
headquarters here, it was reported
the tularemia situation at this time
Of the year was mot unusual"
Evening star., 1942-12-30

with only small arms and were con-
stantly in view, the Japs never at
tempted to strafe them, he said. In.
stead. they concentrated on the air.
field and the planes as their pri-
mary target after their long fight.
The japanese resent being taker
prisoner, considering it dishonorable
he said and told another story OF
a Jap flyer who, when being rescued
drew a pistol on the rescuer.
We were prepared for that said
Comdr. Dexter, leaving the fate
Of the treacherous flyer to the in.
flection of his statement.
The prisoners taken We're exam
ined "as Of their clothing and per-
sonality." he said, and many val
liable things have been obtained
Letters and personal effects taken
from United States marines at Wake
and Midway were found, in some
cases.
Close-Range Fighting.
Describing the strategy Of the
jungle fighting, the officer said that
most of the battles on the island
had been fought at distances OF
from so to 125 feet. The Japs perch
in trees and snipe as the marines
approach. They wait until other
guns are firing before opening their
own fire, and thus defy detection.
At times in the past the marines
have had all they could do" to
hold the island. but now have the
definite upper hand, with the Japs
too tired and hungry to be inter-
ested in heavy fighting. the re-
turned commander said. He brought
as his personal souvenir a Japa-
nese battle flag, bearing messages
from the family Of the fighter. The
Japs wear these on their bodies sin
regions where they dread being hit. .
also carry q bamboo prayer stick
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Reduction in MILEAGE
OF City, County Cars
Sought in Maryland
State Roads Commission
Gets Strict Rules for
Use of Vehicles
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Dec 30.-Restric-
tions concerning use of automobiles
owned by the State Roads Commits
sion were in effect today and State
officials called on Mayors and other
local officials to take steps to con-
troll use OF vehicles owned by their
communities.
Capt. Andrew T. Conner of the
State police force was named by
Gov. O'Conor to govern the use
OF all State-owned cars-especially
those used by Roads Commission
employes-in conformity with OPA
regulations. The Roads Commits
sion uses more State-owned cars
than any other department.
Capt. Conner, holding the title of
State mileage conservation admin
istrator, has asked all department
heads to submit lists of the motor
vehicles in their care with complete
information as to their license num-
bers and mileage.
Will Check on Trips.
Capt. Conner also requested the
selection of one person in each de-
partment to be responsible for the
control of vehicles and to certify
all applications for gasoline and
tires.
Notification of any planned trip
to some portion of the State must
be sent to Capt. Conner, who plans
to have employees of various depart
ments double-up in one car where
possible
He also asked Mayors and county
commissioners throughout the State
to appoint mileage administrators
with authority to control the use
of vehicles owned by the respective
communities.
Rules Set Up.
Instructions sent to State Roads
Commission department heads and
district engineers over the signature
of Assistant Chief Engineer Robert
Reindollar say in essence:
All personal use of cars is re-
stricted.
Only department heads and en-
ployes in the engineering division
who are subject to call "a hours a
day will be permitted to take their
cars home at night
Cars taken home by individuals
must be stored at the expense of
the individual
Will Pool Cars.
Arrangements will be made for
the storage Of all other cars, now
assigned to individuals. at a CEN
tral location and those cars will
be pooled and assigned to individ-
uals as needed.
Cars may be taken home by en-
ployes having early-morning as
signments the following day or by
those having night assignments.
Weekly reports will be required as
to places visited and miles Travelled
May Not Leave County.
Trips in excess of so miles must
be approved in advance by depart
ment heads.
Persons assigned to work in a
particular county or maintenance
district must not leave the county
without permission of the district
engineer.
There will be no restrictions on
car assignments to employees OF the
right of way department, since many
Of their contacts for acquisition Of
rights of way must be made at
night. Only 10 men are now en-
ployed in this department.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Red Cross Meeting Set
Jan. 8 in Silver Sprino

The annual meeting OF the Silver
Spring branch, Montgomery Coun-
ty Chapter, American Red Cross,
has been set for pm. January 8,
at the County Building in Silver
Spring. it was announced TODAY bv
Mrs. Donald r. Sabin, branch
chairman.
Officers will be chosen from a slate
presented by the Nominating Com
mlttee, or nominations may be
made from the floor. Annual re-
ports Of the work of the services
will be given and future activities
discussed,
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Virginia Teachers Hear
Talk on School Standards
!; the Associated Press.

BE tFs Assoclated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Dec 30.-Public
education standards will be i'm
proved only when its problems are
approached on a national basis, A.
c. Flora, president of the National
Education Association, told 200 pub
lie school teachers attending the
Southeast Regional Conference
OF the MEAS department of class
room teachers last night at Hotel
Roanoke.
Mr.. Flora. speaking at the ban
quet bringing the two-day confer
ence to a close. charged that any
idea that there are equal educa-
tional opportunities for all children
is a myth.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Borborut t,Frietchie Kin,
II, Dies in Frederick
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md. Dec. 30.-Miss
Kittie stover Quynn, II, great
grandniece of Barbara Frietchie,
died yesterday at the Home for the
Aged.
A native Of Frederick, she was q
member of the Evangelical Re-
formed Church and Of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution. A
brother. Charles w. Quynn, sur
wives. $50
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Hogerstown Likes
To Be Rotioned;
Gifts Prove 1t
BY the Associated Press.

by lHe ASSOCIATED freSS.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec.
30.-The Washington County
Ration Board is beginning to
believe the public likes it.
For the past several weeks
gifts of fruit and candy have
been pouring into local ration
headquarters. Some of the
candy has been coming in five
pound boxes and apples by the
bushel have been keeping the
staff supplied for several weeks.
Its not case of carrying
apples to the teacher" said a
member of the staff. No one
gets special favors. People just
think of us"
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Deputy Sheriffs Named

ROCKVILLE. Md. Dec. 80 (Spe-
ciaD To guard property during the
war, Sheriff Robert w. Farmer has
appointed Read N. Calvert, Leonard
Daymude, Clarence L. Lindsey.
Theodore G. Parkman and Henry
G. Walters special deputy sheritIs
for Montgomery County.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Baltimore Gets More Suour

BALTIMORE, Dec. 30.-The OPA
has officially recognized a Is per
cent increase in Baltimores popu-
lation for the purpose of rationing
sugar to industrial users.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

All we had to do was set up and
assemble the 3-inch and anti-air-
craft guns they left behind" he
said. There was IL pompom gun,
too. and I wouldn't be surprised If
some Jap planes didn't get hit with
their own guns.
Although the boats were equipped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
CLEVER WOODEN DEC0YS
THAT Fool LIVE DUCKS

~ ar nc dccovs which hunters
l usc 20 lure ducks, geese and
! other birds within Gunshot in
this county were land end To end
they probably would form a
miniature navy stretching from
tho rock-houud coast OF Maine
to Florida'S sandy TIP.
And if an the good docoys
were separated from the badly
made ones. the inanimatc ducks
and geese fashioned by Lcmucl
Ward. Junior and his brother
steve would be well up at the
head Of the fleet because they
are clever works of art and re-
markably true To life, as the
photographs ON this page show.
The Ward brothers have been
cutting the hair and shaving the
citizens of Cnsheld. Maryland,
tor many years and have been
carving decoys as a sidcline
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

water and on the wing They
put every bit of this knowledge
into their wooden versions rOf the
CICit IRE
Their working models of the
pintail duck are equally authen-
tic.
Such decoys are popular with
duck hunters interested in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

behalf of the nations hunters
have made a careful study of the
coIntrY's waterfowl. especially
ducks and geese They know the
size, shape and coiorInE OF q
Canada Goose from the end of
its rounded bill to- the tip of its
tail. They know exactly how
this handsome bird looks in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Continued from Double Page

hole without ever pulling a gun,
He was down in Carson City
a few months later, still enjoy
Ing his reputation and expecting
everybody TO hunt a wide spot
in the trail when he came along.
This is my birthday" he an
nounccd one morning. Fighting
Sans gonna have a man for
supper fore tn days over. CANT
miss a day like this to celebrate.
With Alex Henderson, a fellow
he'd picked up in Carson, Brown
mounted his horse and started
south. A few miles from Genoa
they refined up at a trail-side
tavern run by Henry Van Sickle,
a good-naturcd Dutchman who
set "A middlin fair table for from
tier times, minded his own bust
ness. and tried TO keep out OF
trouble. He was just the sort
Fighting Sam liked 10 pick on To
shoot. At least Sam thought he
was.
The tavcrn-kcepCr's customers
were Just sitting down to supper
when Brown and his partner rode
up. Brown swung out of the sad
die as Van Sickle walked out
TO the hitching rack
You're just in time, gents
Can put your horses up?"
Nav, l wouldn't eat your
grub" Brown pulled a pistol as
he spoke. I've come to kill yuh
for my birthday"
Van Sickle was unarmed. He
ducked into the house before
Fighting Sam could draw a bead
on him Brown got AS far as the
door There were too many
people inside for his kind of a
game. so GUESSING about 9TH damn
cowardlv Dutchman, he strutted
back TO his horse and rode on.
But the "cowardly Dutchman'
was mad He knew Fighting
Sans reputation as a killer, but
ne didn't wait for help. He grab
bed up a -barreled shot
gun jumped onto one of the
Saddlcd horses and lit out after
the badman.
He overlook Brown in a couple
miles, and let fly with both bar
rels He knocked the outlaw out
of the saddle but just stung him.
Brown blazed away with his pis-
tolls. keeping Van Sickle at a
safe distance until he could get
back on his horse. -.-
Then he took a side trail and
hid out until after dark, but Van
Sickle didn't give up, He rode
on to the next station and waited.
An hour or two later he heard
The clop of a horses hooves and
the jangle of the big spurs Fight
ing Sam always wore.
He waited until Brown swung
ont Of the saddle, then stepped
ont Of the shadows
sam. YOU won't kill nobody
else. The Dutchman's voice was
cold but deadly. Il shoots you
now"
With tho last words Van sickle
pulled tho trigger. \ double
charge Of buCkShoi brought an
end 10 Virginia City's first bad
man
A GtN-FIGIITER OF a differ
n eut type was Langford Peel
Farmer Peel as they called him
lie was the steely-cyed. quiet
kind who always gave the other
fellow a chance, but when they
went for their guns you had to
get out of shooting range fast
lie landed in Virginia city
fresh from a killing in salt Lake
but he wasn't boasting about it.
The camp had pretty sizable
assortment of fellows who were
quick ON the Trigger when Peel
arrived lie wasn't viting
trouble bat some of the others
we're one Of them Dick Pad
dock kept proddIug Peel in the
Howlug Wilderness one night
Pc stood his ground bat fight
my words were beginning 10 fly.
30 y7ih want 20 take Il up 90
Dick asked him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
Ridin' Trail Back to
The Old Wild West
vsass I'oHs sporos

about the coolest in the room.
How'll yuh have IT ?'
ANY way you like"
"All right Pistols at thirty
PAGES. Come outside
AS calm as if he was walking
to the bar for a drink, Peel
walked into the street, backed up
Continued on Page ID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

realistic decoys bring the birds
much closer to the hunters guns
so that there are more clean
shots and fewer crippled birds
left behind TO suffer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

CONSERVATION OF waterfowl ac-
cording to Ducks Unlimited, an
organization of American and
Canadian sportsmen. The officials
of this growing group say that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

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and clothing, bandagcs and equipment
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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-16

He recounted how Carr was
brought to the hospital about l:3C
m. last August Is with two gun
shot wounds. one in the right side
o1 the neck and the other in the
right chest.
The first bullet severed the spinal
core and left Carr paralyzed but
able 10 speak.
He asked Doctor. am 7 going to
Gle and pleaded Don't let me
dio. Or. AlcSSi testified.
SCREAMS HEARD
In his opening address to the
idry Assistant Prosecutor Norman
Herring said he would introduce
witnesses who heard screams from
the Herhhy ear as It drove through
town en- route from Agua Pricta,
Mexico. Other witnesses, he said,
would tell ef hearing two shots in
quick succession, followed by an
other and Of seeing Miss Herlihy
and her mother hurry from the
houSa
Attorneys for the Army colonelS
"a, ,ltor contend that she fired the
.a'al shot II self defense and that
Carr haG beaten and threatened &c
l,ll hee before she crabbed the 80
TC.,.%e" ara started firing.