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Evening star., 1942-12-21
French Movie Actress
Escapes Nazi-HeId Tunis
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS,
NORTH AFRICA, Dec. 18 Delayed
-Francoise Rosay, French stage and
motion picture star who escaped
from German-occupied Tunis and
has reached a city behind the Allied
lines. told today how the Italians
arrived in Tunis like conquerors,
"just as If they had taken the whole
country"
Nine. Rosay, known to American
audiences for her part in the picture
Carnival in Flanders" was appear
ing at theater in Tunis on Novem-
Der 8. 81 - "trr' g
"On that morning." she said, II
heard a radio voice telling us that
the Americans had landed in North
Africa. There was great enthusiasm
throughout the town.
"A few days later the Germans
arrived. The members of the Ger
man Afrika Korps were looking
very weary. More German troops
came along and then the Italians.
They came as conquerors. just as if
they had taken the whole country
The Italians, Nine. Rosay said,
were "uncouth, disregardful of 9TH
ers and destructive"
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Marshall Langhorne
Dies; Was Veteran
U. 5. Diplomat
4.73k
Member Of Distinguished
Virginia Family to Be
Buried Here =

Marshall Langhorne. 70. formerly
active in the diplomatic service for
many years, died last night at his
home, 2211 R street NV. 'r
Mr. Langhorne had been in failing
health for about a year and half.
but had been seriously i'll for only
a few days. A member of a dis
tinguished family, he was cousin
of Lady Astor, the former Nancy
Langhorne. q
During his long career in the
United States diplomatic service, he
had been stationed at many posts.
When this country entered the first
World War he was first secretary
of the United States Legation at
The Hague, Holland, and served as
charge d'affaires there during this
absence of the Minister, the late
DR.. Henry Van Dyke.
Aided in Dutch Evacuation. ~
AS charge d'affaires, Mr.. Langs
horne had charge of arranging for
the evacuation of Americans who
returned through The Hague as this
Nation entered the first world con-
flict. He also served as first secre-
tary of the Legation at The Hague
under the late John Garrett, United
States Minister.
Born May 7, 1870, in Lynchburg,
Va, Mr.. Langhorne was a son OF
the late John D. and Mrs. Mamie
Tayloe Langhorne. His mother was
a granddaughter Of Col. John Tay-
loe, who built the Octagon House,
famous historical mansion here.
As a boy Mr.. Langhorne lived
in Washington with his parents.
He attended the old Columbian
University, now George Washing
ton University, and Virginia Mills
tary Institute.
AS a young man he entered the
diplomatic service and first was
stationed in Canton, China, and in
Dalny. Subsequently, he was sec
ond secretary of the United States
Legation in Norway and also served
in similar capacity in Rio de-
Janeiro. After service there he was
charge daffaires in Costa Rica and
afterwards was secretary of the
United States Embassy in Vienna,
prior to going to The Hague. "
Long a d. c. Resident. -
He last was in the service at the
State Department here about 20
years ago and his home had been
in Washington since then. .
Mr.. Langhorne was a member Of
the Chevy Chase Club here, the
Pot and Kettle Club and the Bar
Harbor Club, Bar Harbor, Me. and
formerly belonged to the Metropolis
tan Club here.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mabel Johnson Langhorne, daughr
| ter of the late Ralph Cross Johnson
of this city; two brothers, Col.
George T. Langhorne, U. S. A., re-
tired, of Chicago, and DR.. Cary D.
Langhorne, Upperville, Va. and two
sisters, Mrs. Powell Clayton, this
city, and Mrs. Stanley Washburn
of Lakewood, N. j.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at 230 pm. Wednes-
day. The Rev. DR.. Howard S. Wiki
inson, rector. of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church. will off1ciate. Burial
will be private in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Quiz Of High Officials
On Floors Of Congress
Provided in New Bill
Plan Modelled on British
Question Hour Held Aid
To Better Cooperation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The British Parliament's
question hour" under which
cabinet ministers are subjected
to periodic quizzing, would have
It's counterpart in Congress un-
der legislation drafted as part of
q current move to streamline the
legislative branch Of the Gov
ernment.
An advanced phase of the pro-
gram, which calls also for creation
Of joint congressional high COM
mand" to coordinate the war work
of Congress, the legislation would
allow cabinet members to partici-
pate in debate on the floor.
They would have no voting rights
and could question and be ques-
toned only on matters affecting
their respective departments.
Under existing procedure agents
of the executive branch of the Gov
ernment often are quizZed by con-
gressional committees, but members
of Congress who are not on the
committees are deprived OF an op-
portunity to make inquiries.
Amendment of the rules to permit
executives to participate in con-
gressional debate, in the opinion Of
Representative Thorn, Democrat, of
Ohio, a leading propOnent of the
plan, would serve to elucidate ex-
ecutive proposals and afford prompt
answers to all criticism of executive
acts"
Quick clearing of the atmosphere
of examinations and recriminations
could be accomplished in no better
way" he added. Instead of ac-
cepting secondhand and sometimes
third-hand knowledge about acts of
the executive branch, let the in
vestigations 60 to the best source
of information, the cabinet officer
himself"
To safeguard the officials from
unfair attacks by unfriendly men,
bers of Congress, Mr.. Thorn sug-
gested that restrictions such as Par
lament has placed on the question
hour" might be adopted.
Under the British procedure,
questions must be prepared in ad-
vance to give an official an oppor-
tunity to look up the answers and
prepare himself, and are limited to
matters dealing with his duties.
The inquirer has the right, under
restrictions, to seek further in
formation orally after the official
has replied to the written question.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
1O,OOOp ersons Attend
Widener Art Show
Al National Gallery
High U. 5. Officials on
Hand os Fomed Collection
Is Placed on Exhibition

A large gathering which included
many notables and servicemen
viewed the famous Widener art coll
lection yesterday when the multi
million dollar group of paintings
and sculpture was placed on exhibi-
ton at the National Gallery Of Art.
The donor Of the collection, Joseph
E. Widener, was present at the
opening and smiled his appreciation.
TT Is beautifully arranged" he
said. :
The 600 art objects, including q
liberal representation of such mas
ters as Titan, Rembrandt, Ell Greco,
Reynolds and Raphael, were as
sembled by Mr.. Widener and his
father, the late p. A. B. Widener, at
q reported cost of $4,000 900.
The collection included besides the
many famous paintings, such art
items as tapestries. ceramics, sculp-
ture, jewelry and furniture.
10000 on Hand.
More than 10000 persons were on
hand to view the collection as it
was placed on exhibition for the
first time. DIR. A. Hamilton Rice
of New York, member Of Mr.. Widen
er's family, who came here for the
opening. expressed the opinion Of
many Of the family:
''At first 1t seemed a shame that
this collection ever should have been
taken away from the beautiful set
ting 1t had in Mr.. Widener's home,
but now that see how magnificent
ly it appears here in the National
Gallery and realize that millions Of
people will be able to see it and en-
Joy it, am more than delighted at
the transfer"
The museums stan paid tribute
to Mr.. Widener.
Though splendid works Of art
were left him by his father. 1t was
his choice, his selective instinct,
which raised this collection to the
standard Of the present gift to the
gallery said Director David E.
Finley.
Presented to Nation.
The collection was given to the
Nation by Mr.. Widener in memory
Of his father. The elder Widener
had been gathering the collection
for many years before his death
in 1915.
The Widener collection represents
the third major gift to the $4,000
900 gallery erected with funds given
by the late Andrew w. Mellon.
Mr. Mellon himself gave 126 paint
ings and "a pieces OF sculpture.
Samuel H. Kress contributed 375
paintings and l8 sculptures.
The spectators at the opening
yesterday included Chief Justice
Stone. Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau and Attorney General
Biddle.
No one enjoyed it more than q
10-year-old boy who scrutinized
Andrea del Castagno's unique
painted shield, The Youthful
David" depicting David, sling in
hand, standing above a blood
spattered Goliath. . -...
He sure damned him one the
boy commented.
Evening star., 1942-12-21

service in the Hawaiian and Philip
pine Islands. : Va f.-s-l'".'
A native of Penneld, Pa 1t.
Singer attended high school there
and enlisted in the Army upon
graduation. His wife and 8-year -old
son accompanied him when he was
sent to the Philippines in 1899 but
were evacuated with families of
servicemen in 1941.
Maj. Shanks, a native of Jeffer-
son City, Mo-. is we'll known in the
Washington and nearby area, having
had several tours OF duty here.
Maj. and Mrs. Shanks have two
children. Johnny W., 18, who en-
listed in the Army soon after the
fall of Corregidor and is now a pri-
vate in the Army Air Forces, and
Norman K. Shanks. Is. a, student at
Langley Junior High School.
Maj. Shanks, who entered the
Army in 1920 as a private. was sta
toned in the Philippines before the
outbreak Of the war. His family
returned to the United States in
1899.
Instructor ut West Point.
Maj. Saint. whose last assignment
with the Army in the United States
before being sent to the Philippines
In 1910 was as an instructor at West
Point. was born in Elmhurst, Ill,
and was graduated from the Mill
tary Academy in 1881. He later
took postgraduate work at Prince
ton and Cornell Universities.
Mrs. Saint and their two children,
who returned to the United States
from the Philippines in 1941, are
now living ON farm near Alexan-
dria.
Maj. Saints parents and two
sisters reside in Elmhurst.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Rites for Paul Ricketts,
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Paul r. Rick
etts, so, a plate printer at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
will be held at 8 am. tomorrow in
st. Peters Church. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr.. Ricketts,
died Saturday in Emergency Hos
pital after suffering q stroke at
work.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Sadie Ricketts,; one sister, Mrs.
Frank Milovich, and four children,
Paul, Francis, Eunice and Mrs.
Harry Winters. He was a member
Of the Plate Printers Union and
the Social Oyster Club.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
OPA Butchers Guide Assoi|ed
As Too Tough to Swallow
Just Shows What Lawyers Can Do
With Beef Chart, Senator Butler Says

of the chine bone where the 18th rib
joins the 18th thoracic vertebra."
Trim Away Excess Fat.
Next you trim away the excess
lumbar and sacral fat. But that's
only half the battle in preparing q
trimmed full loin, the book cautions
Then all fat shall be removed
which extends above a fiat plane
using the following two lines as
guides for each edge of the plane
An imaginary line parallel with the
full length of the protruding edge of
the lumbar section Of the chine
bone which line extends inch
directly above such protruding edge;
q line on the inside of the lo:n
2 inches from the flank edge and
running parallel with such edge for
the full length of the loin."
The pamphlet contains a veritable
mine Of information for the layman,
If not the butcher. "Hindquarter, "
the regulations explain, means ''the
posterior portion Of the side remain
ing after the severance of the l2-rib
forequarter from the side" The
forequarter" is 'the anterior portion
Of the side remaining after the
severance Of the 1-rib hindquarter. !"
Need Of Standard Cuts Cited.
The booklet declares rather primly
that the skirt diaphragm shall
not be removed from ar1y cut. or r,o ri
OF the forequarter to which is is
attached"
In a foreword, OPA and the ONCE
\of War Information explain that II
was necessary to get some system
into the cutting Of beef carcasses in
order that the new wholesale price
ceinngs might apply to uniform cuts
OF beef over the country. The order
and the ceilings-affect only beef
carcaSses and wholesale cuts at the
slaughter and wholesale level.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Byron D. Chandler,
'MiI|ion-DoI|ar Kid
Is Suicide al 81
PIoyboy Squondered
Wealth on Broadway;
Wed Four Times
B, the Associated Press.

b3 tne Associated PFeSS.
PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec 21.-The
life of Byron D. Chandler, made
glittering in his days as Broadway's
"Million-Dollar Kid" ended here
yesterday. A justice of the peace
said it was suicide.
The body OF the 62-year-old man
who squandered $4,000, 1000 along
primrose path in a spendthrift Ca
reer that began in the early 1900s,
was found yesterday floating in Lake
Worth. There was a bullet wound
in his chest.
Justice of the Peace T. H. Rick
ards, who said Mr.. Chandler had
shot himself, deemed an inquest
unnecessary. Police Chief l.. O..
Ecklund said the shooting appar-
emily took place on a dock at Mr.
Chambers Palm Beach estate and
the body fell into the water. A
newsboy discovered it.
Despondent Over Health.
Mr. Chandler was said to have
been respondent because of ILL
health and a conviction at Miami
last year on a charge of sending
a leWd letter through the mails. He
was fined $1,000 and given a sus-
pended sentence of year and a day.
Mr.. Chandler was married four
times, each wife an actress and
each marriage ending in divorce
His fourth marital venture was
with Betty Jean West of Vincennes,
Ind, who divorced him last Feb
ruary at West Palm Beach.
Funeral plans were delayed pend
ing her arrival from Hollywood,
Calf.
Inherited Two Million.
He was born at Nashua, N. H.
OF a banking family and inherited
a million dollars from his father
and another million from his grand
father. At %, fresh from Harvard
with charming manner and in
fectious smile, he burst on Broad
way. His antics were spectacular
That first year he married Grace
Stecher, concert singer, and sever
years later London divorce paved
the way for his marriage, to Grace
La Rue, an actress. They were di-
vorced in 1919, and Mr.. Chandler
announced at the time that only
$4,000 remained of his fortune.
His third wife was Luella Gear
another actress. who divorced him
in 1924. Five years later he married
Miss West.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
$500,000 Fire Destroys
Truck Firms Warehouse

By the Associated Press.
BURLINGTON, N. c., Dec. 2l.-
Fire razed the warehouses of Barn
well Bros. unit of Associated
Transport Co., here yesterday.
Twenty trucks and trailers loaded
with merchandise were destroyed
The fire was about q mile beyond
the city limits and firemen, without
water supply, could use only chemi-
Gals.
r. w. Barnwell, an ofiicial of the
company, estimated the loss at
$500. 900. The fire began at the rear
Of the two buildings destroyed. A
third building, workshop. was not
damaged.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Emory L. Ford Dies;
Detroit IndustriuIist
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Dec 21.-Emory Ley
den Ford, 66, president of the Michi-
gan Alkali Co, died at Detroit
hospital yesterday after brief ILL
ness which followed a heart attack.
In addition to his post with the
Alkali firm, Mr.. Ford was president
of the j. B. Ford Co. and vice
president of the Huron Portland Ce-
ment Co. He was one of the foun-
ders of the Detroit Community Fund
and during the first World War was
director of shipping for the Red
Cross.
A native of New Albany, Ind, Mr..
Ford had lived In suburban Wyan-
dotte since his graduation from
Princeton University in 1895.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
BY LEO BRANHAM,


A UNITED STATES BOMBER
STATION SOMEWHERE IN
ENGLAND, Dec. 21-The bat
tered and riddled Wahoo, a Fly
ing Fortress bearing picture Of
tomahawk-wielding Indians on
its nose, came home again yes
terday from a raid on an Axis
target.
The boys who take off from this
bomber field to battle enemy bases
on the continent cannot decide
whether 1t. Robey P. Riordan OF
Houston, Tex, the Wahoo's 25-year-
old pilot, and his crew are the luck
lest guys alive or the unluckiest.
They're unlucky because they get
shot full of holes every time they
cross the Channel. But they are ex-
tremely lucky to get back alive.
1t. Riordan, who brought the
crippled Wahoo back from Lille No.
vember and from Rouen December
II, with one engine shot away and
some crew members wounded each
time, did it again yesterday after a
large force of American bombers
laid waste vital Nazi airdrome at
Romilly- sur Seine, 80 miles east of
Paris. Six of the big planes failed
to return.
Two Engines Damaged.
This time two of the Wahoo's four
engines suffered only heavy dam
age, rather than being shot entirely
away, while, three crewmen rejoiced
in + nbthfh& worse than scratches
from shell fragments
With the planes hydraulic system
out of commission and the bomber
all but uncomfortable, 1t. Riordan
hung on for dear life to the violently
vibrating stick" which threw him
all over the cockpit. In landing the
ship narrowly. missed tractor and
another bomber, because the brakes
were shot into useleSsness.
When the men tumbled out they
were gasping for breath from the
acrid smoke which filled part of the
plane.
1t. Riordan and his co-pilot. 1t.
Edward P. Maliszekski of Crosse
Pointe. Mich, were splattered with
broken glass.
1t Riordan's gunners accounted
for two of the more than 40 Ger
man fighter planes bagged in the
raid. Second 1t. Gerald D. Rotter,
the planes bombardier from Oat-
man, AriZ., got one. and the radio
operator, Sergt. Robert L. Stevenson
of Kirklin, Ind. potted the other.
That brought the Wahoo's bag in
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Reds Charge Nozis Force
Prisoners to Work
BY the Associated Press.

pS Vic hSoutldbtu fEtoS
MOSCOW, Dec. 21-The Soviet
Information Bureau charged today
that documented evidence obtained
in the Stalingrad offensive showed
the Germans were forcing Russian
prisoners to build defenses and per-.
form other military work, contrary,
to all international laws" and under
starvation conditions. ~ ~
Eighty y-seven bodies of Red Army
men were found about the Nazt
prison camp at the newly reoccupied
hamlet of Vertyach, 10 of them
mutilated, the bureau declared. ,
1t said the captives had been
forced to work IA hours a day on A.
diet of from three to four spoonfuls,
OF rye cruel, piece of horse meat
and water.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Capper Says Arnold
Erred in Citing A. ?.
Under Monopoly Act
Konson Declares Curb
On Production Defects
Economy Of Abundance
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Capper, Republican, Of
Kansas declared yesterday he
thought Thurman Arnold, Assistant
Attorney General, was wrong in
classifying the Associated Press as
violating the antitrust laws"
II don understand how he allowed
himself to be forced to bring that
proceeding. which I believe the
courts win never sustain" the Sena-
tor said In discussion of free enter.
prise broadcast over Radio Station
WIBW, Topeka, Kans. Senator Cap
per is publisher of the Topeka
Capital. The paper is a member of
the A. P.
Senator Capper said he agreed
with Mr.. Arnold's belief in the doc
trine Of production in abundance
and that he also believed 'fn the
American way Of life, in the doctrine
OF opportunity for the individual. as
opposed to the doctrine of reg
imentation of the individual in the
interest of social security"
Economy Of Abundance.
I'VE can have an economy of
abundance, after the war, instead of
an economy of scarcity" Senator
Capper continued But we cannot
have abundance If we follow the
practice of restricting production
instead of encouraging produc-
mo farmers that know of believe
In the doctrine of scarcity, restricted
production. Neither do many re-
eponsible farm leaders, in agriculture
or in Congress, believe in restricted
production.
But farmers producing in abun-
dance had to exchange their goods
for other goods and services pro-
Wded on a scarcity basis, and for a
while have been following a similar
program-trying to balance one
wrong with similar wrong. hope
we can get rid of both wrongs in the
postwar period.
Postwar Action Urged.
Fright now, we may as we'll admit,
we have got hold of a bear by the
tail, and the best we can do is to
hold on to what we have and plan
to take advantage of the first op-
portunity to correct the more
obvious evils In our scheme of
things.
What I mean by this is that in
the revamping of our affairs follow
ing the war we must try to get rid
of restrictive policies and program
in our own Countrywide regain
ing and retaining enough national
self suff1ciency that we can stand
upon our own feet in this troubled
world-and then produce the things
we need in abundance.
I'VE must do this II we are to
survive; probably unless we do it
America, modern civilization itself,
may not survive"
Evening star., 1942-12-21

war by the jap
anese in t h e
Philippine Is
lands, the War
Department an
nounced today.
The list in
cluded one off,
Ger from the
District, First 1t.
Paul Fran c 1 S
Singer, W h os e
" life lives at
725 Ninth street
NE.
Among fou r
Virginia officers
Evening star., 1942-12-21
w. A. Mitchell Dies;
Attorney for Schwob

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Willard
A. Mitchell, "A, attorney for the
late Charles NJ Schwab, former
chairman of the board of Bethle-
hem Steel Corp, died yesterday.
Mr.. Mitchell was director and
general counsel for the Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Co., and was a
director and secretary of the United
Zinc Smelling Corp.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Cecil Heods Commission

LEoNARDToWN, Nd, Dee. Il
tSpeciaD w. Paul Cecil, Demo-
crat, has been elected president Of
the Board Of st. Marys County
Commissioners. Benjamin Duke was
renamed clerk, and Philip II. Dor
sey, IT,. reappoibted attorney.
Evening star., 1942-12-21


John N. Shanks,
es at 3610
Thirty = seventh
p i ace, Brent
wood.
L t. 8 in 6 e r,
whose wife Is
employed at the
War Department
here, entered the
Army IA years
ago at the age of
18. and besides
being stationed
at the Arm y
War collie ge
h1re has seen
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Tux Issue Offered

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 tP.-The
city of Portland, Me, today asked
for bids on or before December %
on q temporary loan of 81 1000 900 in
anticipation of taxes, dated January
4 and maturing on October 7. The
loan will be on a discount basis.
Evening star., 1942-12-21

were from the Washington area
They were Maj. Frederick Gilman
Saint, whose wife, Mrs. Jean Crosbie
Saint, lives near Alexandria. and
Capt. Raymond c. Sherman, whose
wife. Mrs. Estelle Sherman, resides
at Waynesboro.
Two Marylanders on List.
Two Marylanders are on the list.
One is Maj John Nicholas Shanks,
Evening star., 1942-12-21
News of Birth Withheld
To Keep Man at War Job

By the Associated Press.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa.
Going to the hospital to have a
baby-her eighth-isn't any reason
to call husband away from a de-
fense job. believes Mrs. Charles
Massie, 10.
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Japs Hold 4 Officers
From District Area,
Army Disc|oses
1t. Paul Singer Of This
City Among l4l Token
By Foe in Philippines

Four men from the Washington
area are included in list of 141
officers of the United States Army
who are being held as prisoners of