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Evening star., 1942-06-19
Walter Pierpoint Dies;
Alexandra Contractor

Walter Pierpoint, lifelong resident
of Alexandria, Va, who died Wed
nesday. will be buried tomorrow in
Ivy Hill Cemetery, following funeral
services at pm. at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. B. F. Wood. jr., Of 81
West Oak street, Alexandria.
Mr.. Pierpoint was a heating con-
tractor. He is survived by two sons
Walter E. of Troy. N. Y, and John
A. Pierpoint of Alexandria; seven
daughters, Miss Inez Pierpoint, Mrs
Gladys Blunt of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs.
Meredith Arthur of Washington,
Mrs. Wood, Mrs. H. w. Williams,
Miss Kathryn v. Pierpoint and Miss
Marian A. Pierpoint of Alexandria !;
three sisters, Mrs. Annie Aspinwall
of Washington, Mrs. Dora Spiller
and Mrs. John G.. Runaldue of Alex
andria; three brothers, John A. Pier
point and the Rev. William Pier
point of Washington and Charles
E. Pierpoint of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Maryland Teachers
To Aid Salvage Drive
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Mrs. Ruth Everson enlisted the
aid Of Maryland home economics
instructors yesterday in the task of
household salvage for the war effort.
Mrs. Everson, representing the
women's division OF the general SAL
wage section, Bureau of Industrial
Conservation, War Production
Board, told the l25 teachers meeting
at the University of Maryland that
salvage equipment for retaining
tin and steel from tin cans will be
set up in about two weeks in Balti-
more.
She also asked the teachers to CO.
operate in drive to collect house.
hold fats from which glycerine may
be extracted for use in making ex-
plosives.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Health Group Will Buy
Infant Equipment

In an effort to safeguard the lives
of babies born prematurely, the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Md Public
Health Lay Committee has approved
the pur chase of a Enthusiastically
controlled incubator as well as a
carrying case and kit.
The committee previously had
voted 70 pun chase a heated bed for
the home care of such infants. As
soon as the equipment has been de-
livered, the public will be told where
it will be kept and under what
rules it will be available for the
use of de ctors and nurses in the
area.
Of the 500 babies born each year
to residents of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase area between 80 and So are
premature and need special care,
DR.. v. l. Ellicott, county health Of
ficer, told the group.
Evening star., 1942-06-19

Up in front a jovial little man
blew on a trombone and led the
singers through Deep in the Heart
of Texas" and The Old Rugged
Cross" Finally, this leader, Homer
Rodeheaver, came to The Star
Spangled Banner" Everybody got
to their feet, men in uniform hop
ping up, the civilians untangling
themselves from blankets and news
papers and stiff joints.
Allies Stand, Too.
The Netherlanders hoped up,
too. Nobody stood more stifiy at
attention than they did. When
the sing was over and District Rec
reation Superintendent Milo F
Christensen had been congratulated
by an uproarious crowd for his in
novat ton of the summer song tests,
most of the audience gathered up
their coats and their children and
drifted away.
Not the two Dutch boys. They
still stood, watching the lights wink
out on the rustic stage where tht
band had played. They watched
the marines run with their instru-
ments to waiting buses. They
watched the singers as they walked
and bicycled and drove away.
Finally a curious bystander went
up to the two corporals and asked
them. do you like the sings?"
The corporals consulted each
other with puzzled blue eyes. Yah,
said John slowly.
do you like American"
Another YAH" not so slowly this
time.
Would Live Here.
Would you like to live here after
the war is over, instead of at home
in Holland?'
Words then tumbled quickly
Yah, YAH" said John. Il bring
my family. We come down here
every night. We chew gum and
eat the peanuts like the Americans" "
The he said. quite low:
"At home everybody sit and sigh.
Here, you have a good time. Every
body kiss the girl and let the baby
stay up, very, very late. 1t is war
but you sing just the same"
Yah" said Corpl Jetze. They
pulled their overseas caps a little
lower and walked slowly away.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Burglar Leaves Loot
Outside Apartment Door

Awakened by his wife. 1t. r. w.
Wyatt, U. S. N, leapeo from bed
this morning to find a colored man
crawling on the floor at Monticello
Courts, Alexandria, Va. The in
truder fed, leaving behind him:
One quart of gin, one bottle of
ginger ale and eight shoes. These
were sitting outside the apartment
door. The burglar had discovered
two shoes were not mates and had
returned to match them, police said.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
B|ackoutSpoi|ed
By Auto Lights,
Lands Reports
Also Tells Young
Thot Alexandra
Stood Out From Air

Washington did pretty good"
job of blacking out during the
Wednesday night AFRAID practice
drill, but there we're some notable
exceptions, in the opinion of James
M. Lands, Federal civilian defense
director, which he outlined yesterday
to Commissioner Young, the metro
politan civilian defense co-ordinator.
Except during the half hour air.
raid warning period of the 10 pm
to-dawn practice. automobiles were
permitted to be operated with
dimmed lights. Even.so, Mr. Lands
found this lighting was sufficient to
serve as beacons to enemy aircraft
had any been overhead.
Inspected From Air.
His observations were based on
an extended flight over the National
Capital area in an observation plane.
He was accompanied by Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox, provost marshal for
this area.
Approved materials for masking
or screening automobile headlights
have not yet been made available to
the general public here. 1t was for
this reason dimmed lights were per-
mitted and suggestion that full"
headlights be used was rejected.
Co-ordinator Young, who relayed
to the press the views of Mr.. Lands,
said he had been unable as yet to
find the answer to the problem Of
masking auto headlights, except that
during any actual AFRAID warning
all vehicular traffic would be
stopped, with car lights extinguished,
except for authorized emergency
vehicles.
Alexandria Deficient.
Commissioner Young said he was
told by Mr.. Lands that Alexandria
was not we'll blacked out, so much
so that it stood out" clearly from
the air. giving the enemy pilots. If
any, good bearings to find the
Navy Yard or other vital spots in
| Washington.
Also, he noted that Mount Vernon
boulevard was lighted and he and
Mr.. Young agreed there appeared
no good reason for this, even during
a practice blackout.
Besides the headlight glare, Com
missioner Young appeared particu-
| larly concerned about unobscured
lighting of some Federal buildings.
Civilian morale suffers when citi-
zens and merchants take pre-
cautions seriously, then see Govern
ment buildings completely disre-
garding them, he commented. He
pointed out that the District gov
ernment and local civilian defense
authorities have no authority to
force compliance in Federal struc-
| lures.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Kensington Chamber
To Sponsor Program

The Kensington Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor a program
dealing with national defense this
evening at the Kensington Ele-
mentary School at 8 o'clock.
Motion pictures of the national
defense effort, talks by John Oden,
co-ordinator of national defense for
the county, and Chief Bradley c.
Riggs of the Volunteer Fire De-
partment and a demonstration of
special rescue equipment will fea-
ture the meeting.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Defense Agency Aids Checkup
On Rooming House Conditions
Hundreds of War Workers Are Placed
Daily in Houses Thut Meet Requirements
Third of of articles the District OF Columbia
rooming house problem.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

While the undermanned Health Department inspection staff
been able but scant attention Washngon crowded
roomng houses of them have undergone checkup
Defense Housing which striving the steady
incoming of Government living
quarters.
being by the agency investigate
tions being
Evening star., 1942-06-19
kemper to Teuch

RICHMOND, Va, June 19 [P.-
Col. William M. Kemper, executive
assistant to the Governor during
the administration of Gov. Price,
has been named to the faculty OF
Randolph Macon Academy at Front
Royal. He will assume his duties
next fall,
Evening star., 1942-03-01

Fleming January IL and sent copies
Of the letter to other Government
departments telling them to CO.
operate on studies Of protective
measures for Government buildings
Interdepartmental committees, II
was said, are working on establish
ing standards Of what should be
done in Government buildings and
preparing estimates. Nothing so far
has proceeded further than the
Budget Bureau.
Conference Held.
To arrange makeshift plans for
the Tuesday blackout, Mr.. Peters
called q meeting OF representatives
Of all Government-owned or leased
public buildings yesterday in the
Departmental Auditorium.
He announced that except where
a total blackout would interfere with
the war effort, all public buildings
will be dark between pm. and II
pm. Tuesday night. After II pm.
buildings not occupied by war work.
ers will be lighted only enough for
cleaning purposes.
All non-defense agencies have
been asked to excuse employees on
the night shift Tuesday and defense
agencies have agreed, he said, to
extinguish unnecessary lights. Flood
lighting will not be extinguished on
buildings and other essential struc-
lures where this is an anti-sabotage
procedure.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
BIuckout
Continued From First Page.)


executive, indicated the 10-hour
blackout had been ordered to prompt
citizens to prepare for what may be
total nightly blackouts In the spring
He pointed out that for months
the Of1ce of Civilian Defense has
been urging completion of blackout
preparations so defense and civilian
activities could proceed normally
even If q nightly blackout was Or
dered. The o. c. D. has made it
clear that the enemy goal is disrup-
ton OF production effort, which
would inevitably come if the only
method of obscuring lights was to
turn them out.
The Army's interceptor commands
have the authority to order black
outs when needed and some military
authorities have predicted that clear
weather in the spring may bring
such an order to the so-called
target area" which extends inland
800 miles from the Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf coasts.
Strategic Points Protected.
The Public Buildings Administra-
ton so far has provided blackout
materials for only what they term
strategic points that would have
to be kept in operation even under
AFRAID conditions and has installed
q 24-hour control system for relay
ing AFRAID warnings to group and
building wardens, giving them the
signal to extinguish all lights on
short notice.
This latter arrangement, how
ever, would mean ceasing operations
in the agencies, including those in
volved In the war effort.
Federal departments not under
the Public Buildings Administra-
ton have Jared better since they
have their own maintenance ap-
preparation. Most OF the agencies
under the P. 3. A. have no custodial
appropriation, being merely tenants
of the P. B. A. Materials for
blacking out strategic points" come
from P. B. AS operating fund.
The Government Printing Office
will be pretty well blacked out"
Tuesday night. 1t has been run
ming into some difficulty getting
enough blackout material and also
has been experimenting to find
Evening star., 1942-03-01

launched ct the Sun shipbuildins
& Drydock Co, and ct the Consoh-
dated Shipbuiiding Yards in New
York's Bronx, the PC-4s7, . subma-
rine combat ship, slipped into the
water.
The latter was christened by Mrs.
John D. Bulkeley, whose husband
was cited for driving a motor tor
pedo boat into Binanga Bay, Luzon,
the Philippines, to torpedo q 5000
ton Japanese ship. Before the
PC 487 was fully of the ways the
keel for the PC 900 was put in place.
Another Navy vessel, the YMS-26,
a l35-foot minesweeper, was
launched at the Greenport Basin
& Construction Co.. Greenport
N. Y, and at the Ventnor Boat
Works, Ventnor. N. j.. a new Army
aircraft rescue boat, the Pts, was
launched, the first Of a series of
such vessels to be built there.
Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark, wife
Of Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
souri, sponsored the Maritime Com
mission cargo ship, Titania, q CO
ship Of $3.50 deadweight tons, which
is under construction at the Federal
Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.,
Kearny, N. j.
At Detroit, the Leon Fraser, a
Great Lakes ore carrier, was
launched at the Great Lakes En-
gineering Works, first Of five vessels
which company officials said would
be able to carry enough ore on q
single trip to build eight destroyers.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

most effective and economical ma.
terials.
Treasury Building Equipped.
Materials, have been installed al
the Treasury Department for q
complete blackout in all offices
where night work is necessary.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton (not under p. B. A. has pro-
vided blackout materials for its
Offices in the 1400 block of K street
NV. In the Justice Department
which Is under p. B. A.. venetian
blinds, which are not considered
effective for blacking out, are pro-
vided.
Senate Office Building Ready.
In the legislative group Of build
ings, which are under the super
vision OF the architect Of the Ca2i-
tol, the Senate ONCE Building mas
blackout blinds for all offices and
Is now working on q method OF
blacking out the great windows
in the rotunda. Custodian Hey
wood Bell said he had an appropri-
alton for maintenance and opera
ton of the Senate Once Building
and "I considered blackout prepa-
rations part Of maintenance and
operation"
Essential lights in the Supreme
Court Building have been obscured; !;
the House Office Buildings haven't
sufficient funds to cover all windows
and the Library of Congress has
painted out its skynghts but, with
q well ear-marked maintenance ap-
preparation, cannot purchase black
out curtains.
Apparently protests Of some Fed
eral agencies against the scarcity Of
blackout materials have been tenn
porarily quelled by promises Of an
appropriation. At least one building
official was under the impression
that an appropriation for blackout
materials was already under con-
sideration on Capitol Hill.
This, 1t turned out, Is not the case.
Charles A. Peters, buildings man
ager of P. B. A. and deputy air
raid warden in charge Of Federal
buildings, confided to the Commits
sioners that lack of appropriations
had prevented the blackout program
from gaining more headway but told
reporter he did not know what
had been done toward getting funds.
No Funds Yet Requested.
The Information Division Of the
Federal Works Agency, Of which
P. B. A. is a part, said that "a num-
ber of proposals are being studied"
but that so far there are nothing
more than proposals, that no ap-
preparation has yet been requested.
The Budget Bureau, however. con-
firmed the fact that estimates had
reached it to the extent Of stating
that ''the whole question is under
consideration. 1t requires consid-
cradle amount of study" The official
said he didn't know how much
longer the matter of getting an ap-
preparation for blackout materials
would remain at the Budget Bureau
and added that 1t was "a Nation
wide proposition" providing for
protection of Federal buildings
throughout the country.
It was learned also that the Presi-
dent wrote r. w. A. Administrator
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Four Small Warships
Launched; Cruiser
Is Commissioned
z Tonkers Slide Down
Ways at Chester Po.;;
Ore Corrier Completed
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The war effort was being pushed
yesterday in American shipyards
where several warships and mer-
chantmen slid down the ways and q
speedy light cruiser was commits
stoned.
Busiest center Of activity was
Boston as two "PC" boats, new type
submarine combat craft, were
launched at the Lawley yard, BIRTH
place of Americas Cup defenders
and the 6,000-ton cruiser San Juan
was commissioned at the Boston
naval drydock.
After the former craft, the PC-46s
and PC-464, hit the water, their
places on the ways were taken by
new keels, and prefabricated cross
sections were swung into place. The
yard also pledged $150,0O0 for De-
fense bonds.
The San Juan, a $12, 900 900 vessel,
was launched last September, and
at her commissioning was placed in
charge Of Capt. James C. Maher.
She is unof1lcially rated at better
than IS knots.
At Chester, Pa, two tankers were
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Man, II, But AT
In Spirit Tries
To Join Navy

A resident of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home who said he was
"47 years old in spirit but II by the
calendar" yesterday sought recruit
ing information from the Navy.
Harry Ward Wilson told the. pub
lie relations officers that he had
walked about half the distance from
the home at 5000 New Hampshire
avenue NE.
"T heard the Navy was calling for
men," he said. "I thought I might
take the place of some young fell
low who is doing clerical work, so
he could go out and fight"
Mr.. Wilson expressed keen dis
appointment when he was told that
recruiting officers would consider
only his calendar age, which was
ABOVE the figure for eligible men.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Burmu Rood Builder Here

"The Burma Road and China"
will be the subject Of Col. Hans
Jakobsen, builder Of the first 18O
miles Of the Burma Road and for
five years military adviser In China,
before the Washington Society for
the Hard Of Hearing. 2431 Four
teenth street NV, tomorrow at
8 pm. The talk will follow the
regular lip reading class which will
have the same subject. The meet
ing Is open to the public.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

LED ATTACK ON JAP CON-
VOY-Lt. Kenneth D. Casper,
who led a formation of giant
American bombers in the first
Allied blow struck against the
japanese convoy speeding for
the invasion of Java. He de-
scribed the anti-aircraft fire
as intense and continuous"
One hit was observed on what
apparently was a transport.
Two other ships were seen to
break from the convoy and
proceed to the rescue. The re-
turning bombers were imme-
diately refueled and rebombed
for another raid.
u. S. Army Photo.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Indies
Continued From First Page

by all accounts in by far the greatest
strength, however.
Heavy Fighting Elsewhere.
The invasion feet may have come
down from Singapore through the
Karimata Strait or 1t may have
reached the Java Sea by way OF
Macassar Strait-both now under
the enemy's effective control.
Fierce fighting still was raging
however. on the shores Of both pas
sages, on Celebes Island northeast
Of Java and on Sumatra to the
northwest.
In South Celebes one Dutch posi-
ton repelled an attack by grtatly
superior numbers and killed many
Japanese; in another Celebes area
Evening star., 1942-03-01

the Dutch attacked enemy positions:
In central Celebes, they were In con-
tact with the enemy; on the half
Dutch-half- Portuguese island Of IT,
NOR at the eastern end of the Archi-
pelago the battle went on, with
serious losses reported to the in
vader.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Spy Sells Cemetery Lots

RIDGEWOOD, N. j., Feb. % R--
Two soldiers saw a man sitting in an
automobile near an Army camp
studying a map. They took him
before their commanding ofncer
Before he was released, the man ex-
planned he was studying the locality
for prospective customers. He said
he was cemetery plot salesman.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Bunnockburn Citizens

The Bannockburn Md9 Citizens
Association will meet at the Ban
nockburn Golf Club by special invi-
tation Of the club officers at 8:l5
pm. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

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bonds and stamps.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

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Evening star., 1942-03-01

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Evening star., 1942-03-01

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Evening star., 1942-03-01

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Evening star., 1942-03-01

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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-09-18
Butte Car Salesman
A0ain Joins Marines

True to this tradition of Americas
devil dogs" Fred A. Gretig, Butte
automobile salesman, has returned to
the wars with his first love, the ma
rines. He enlisted at the Butte recruit
ing office, district headquarters for
Montana, and was indicted as a staff
sergeant.
Grefig, now 46, was born and reared
in Butte. Twenty-Five years ago he
enlisted in the marines and was sent
to Mare island, California, for his
basic training. Following period OF
intensive drill, his outfit was shot
across the country to Quantico, Va,
embarkation point in those days Tor
service overseas. And then, just as they
were about to go aboard ship, the big
show folded up. Grefig and his buddles
never saw France.
The Butte man was discharged from
the service in 1919 and returned to
his home city. He became assistant
chief electrician for the Butte and
Superior Mining Co., remaining IN
that capacity until 1928 when he en-
tered the employ Of the Murray Motor
Co. as an automobile salesman. He was
made sales manager in 1888, posi-
ton he held until few days ago when
he re-entered the armed forces OF his
country.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-09-18

Will James, So who years ago left
the Montana range lands of his birth
and won fame as writer and painter,
died at Hollywood Presbyterian hos
pital recently.
James. author of more than a score
of self-illustrated books and uncounted
short stories and articles, had been
i'll for months but entered the hospital
only a week before he died.
James, born near Great Falls, Or
| phaned at 4 and reared by a fur trap
per, went to Hollywood about a year
| ago. He accepted a film writing as
| signment, but, as a friend described
it, he and the studios didn't get along
! very we'll" and it was soon terminated
James went to Hollywood on a film,
! assignment. 1t lasted only briefly, how
ever, and of late months i'll health
had kept him inactive. He was born
in 1892.
AT 10 he took his first job as a cow
hand and followed the trade until he
reached his middle twenties.
James had early discovered talent
for drawing and writing and his range
comrades encouraged him. One day,
the story goes, James essayed to break
for him and when he picked himself
from the dirt decided there were easier
ways of making living. So he became
an artist.
He had no formal education-had
never attended school-but the early
teachings impaired by the fur trapper
who adopted him had awakened a
thirst for knowledge and James be-
came an educated man, despite his
lack of formal schooling.
James wrote more than a score of
books and uncounted short stories, all
of which he illustrated himself. and
made large sums of money, but was
believed to have lost most of it. Kelly
said his 12,OOO-acre Montana ranch,
James pride Tor years, had dwindled
through sales and foreclosures to some
IS acres.
Among his best known books were
Smoky written in 1886, and for
which he received the Newberry med