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Evening star., 1942-05-19
Press and Radio Fail
To Give News Fairly,
Ramspeek Says
Cites Rotten Reporting
On What Is Going On
On Capitol Hill
By tbs Associated Press.

By tbs Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May 1o.-The
Nations press and radio are failing
to present facts to the public In .
fair way. Representative Ramspock,
Democrat of Georgia said in an
address before the Georgia Post
masters Association.
Mr.. Ramspeck. addressing q BAN
quet here last night, charged there
is a definite lack of information
coming to the public through news
agencies, and added they are doing
some rotten reporting on what Is
going on on Capitol Hill"
He said he realized that q lot Of
his newspaper friends were not 60
ing to like what he said, but that
this was free country and Thank
God, and l can say what I please. +"
Mr. Ramspeck, who authored the
quickly repealed congressional pen
sions bill, said he didn't mean that
the press agencies were failing on
the military side or other matters
of censorship, but facts are not pre-
sented to the public in q fair way"
They are undermining the faith
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Illness Of Juror Halls
Soldiers Murder Trial

The sudden illness of a juror to-
day halted the trial of Johnny Rath-
bun, 20, a soldier formerly attached
to Boiling Field, charged with slay-
ing a taxicab driver. Rathbun Is
on trial for first degree murder.
Presiding Justice F. Dickinson
Let's declared a mistrial and set a
new trial date for June 8.
Berton A. Bromwell, 38, Of 1912
Van Buren street NV, owner Of a
plating company, the juror, was
stricken last night with kidney
ailment and his physician communi-
Gated with Justice Let's.
Rathbun was indicted by the Dis
trict grand jury in March on a
charge of fatally shooting Conrad
L. Steele, SO, on February % on
Eleventh street NE, between East
Capitol street and Massachusetts,
avenue Because the trial was
scheduled for short duration, no al
ternate juror was selected when the
case opened yesterday afternoon.
The prosecutor, William Hitz, as
sistant United States attorney, and
Defense Counsel Ben Lindas con-
ferred with Justice Let's this morn
ing in his chambers and the mistrial
was ordered.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Third 'Mos|em' Held
Under $1,000 Bond
On Draft Charge
Alleged Regional Leader
Detained for Return to
Detroit Jurisdiction

A third member of the "Moslem"
sect today was held on $4,000 bond
by United States Commissioner
Needham C. Turnage pending action
to return him to his draft board area
in Detroit for failure to register.
The man gave his name as Willie
Mohammed, so, colored. and alleg-
edly is a regional leader who came
here for r. siness at the Moslem
headquartl in the 1900 block Of
Ninth street NV. He was arrested
by F. B. I. agents.
Previously Sultan Mohammed,
leader in Milwaukee. was returned
for action there and Elijah Moham-
med. Chicago leader, was held on
IS 900 bond for grand jury action.
Admits He Did Not Register.
Mr.. Turnage asked Willie Mo-
hammed on his arraignment If he
had failed to register. The man ad-
mitted that he had not registered.
DO I understand you refused to
register?" Mr.. Turnage asked
Not under this Government" "
WI lie Mohammed replied.
Mr. Turnage then set his bond at
50 900.
In another case involving failure
to register. Malcolm Wilson, IS, COL
ored. was held on $500 bond pending
removal to the jurisdiction of his
draft board in New York City Will
son claimed he came to Washington
Evening star., 1942-05-19
No. ] Woman in u. S. Industry
Here for Patent Law He0rinu
Changes Opposed
By Miss KeIIems,
SupersoIesmon

II her previous record is any in
dication, the Senate Patents Com
m.ttee is going to have it's hands
full with Miss Vivian Kellems. super
salesman and president of a COM
pany that rates Ala on most of its
items.
Miss Kellems came here to testify
today against any possible changes
in the patent law. The hearing has
been postponed but sooner or later
the dynamic industrialist Is going
to have her say
In fact, she's thinking of running
for Congress from Connecticu. if
her brother can run her business.
Since most of her business is with
the Government, she couldn't be
member of Congress and salesman
to Government agencies at the same
time.
Incredibly Energetic.
Five -feet-two. blue-eyed and in
credibly energetic, Miss Kellems has
been here many times before and
has descended into the Districts
best manholes. That was in line
with solving the problem of slipping
underground cables. She sells grips
which are based on the idea that
the harder the pull the tighter the
grip becomes.
A top woman in United States war
production. her grips are being used
in the Signal Corps and the Navy,
as well as on the production line.
She talks knowingly about spans,
spices, cables and other unfeminine
matters, carries around with her the
little finger grip that started the
grip industry. as well as a half dozen
other big and little grips, in a we'll
worn gray bag.
She is one of the three women
members of the Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers although she has
never been formally introduced to
engineering. Fifteen years ago, she
didn't know there was such a thing
as underground cabling.
One of six brothers. who are all
either engineers or preachers. per-
fected a grip and she started SELL
ing it.
Made Lot Of Suggestions.
Because Il didn't know any bet
ter" she made a lot of suggestions
to industry. urging them to aban-
don the old ways Of doing things.
Some of her suggestions were good.
some were terrible, but enough
clicked for her to be named last
wear the No. woman in American
industry.
Although an outright feminist, she
has never hired women in her fac
tory. The work was too hard Tor
them but she's planning TO take on
a number now.
Incidentally, the trend toward
slacks isn't bothering her bit. She
thinks women should dress appro-
priately for their jobs. wears open
toed slippers herself. but after the
war, they'll 90 back to ruff1es and
trailing gowns-you can't change a
woman's nature"
When she does testify on Capital
Hill. some Senators may get new
idea of what a woman's nature is.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Hunter B. Chupmon Dies

WOODSTOCK. Va. May 10
Hunter B. Chapman. 76, president
of the Shenandoah Caverns Corp,
died last night at his home near
Mount Jackson.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Panied Clocks May Tell
Pearl Harbor Attack Time
Nv the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May l9.-Ths hands
on the painted signboard clocks
which invariably read 8:2l nobody
has decided why) will be changed
II the United Horological watch
makers) Association OF America fol-
lows a proposal made at its annual
convention.
The association has for consider
alton a resolution which calls for
7:55 signboard clock with the fol-
lowing notation:
This clock is set to remind us Of
the first shot on Pearl Harbor at 7:55
am. December T. 1941. Remember
the time of the crime of all time"
Scores of reasons have been ad-
vanCed for the 8:2l time on the sign
board clocks. One of the most widely
believed. delegates said, was that the
time marks the assassination or
death Of Abraham Lincoln. But his
torians say it isn't so. that Lincoln
was shot about 10 pm. and died
about 7 am. the next day.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
X.Ray' Editor Denies
Knowing His Paper
Published Sedition :.
Tells Post Office Probe
He Took Articles From
Other Publications

BY the Associated Press.
Court Asher, Muncie. Ind, told
Post ONCE Department hearing
board today that If the statements
printed in his weekly newspaper,
the X-Ray, were seditious, Il didn't
know it,"
Asher appeared without counsel
before three Assistant Postmasters
General to defend the right of his
publication to continue to use the
mails.
Postmaster General Walker or
dered the hearing May 2 to deter
mine whether the second-class mail
ing privilege should be suspended
or revoked on the ground that the
paper carried statements In viola
tion of the So-called sedition clause
Of the 1917 Espionage Act.
Tells Source Of Material.
Asher told the board at the hear
ing that all the articles complained
against were taken from the Con-
gressional Record or large metro
politan newspapers
He added that maybe they were
couched in a little bit different Ian
guage, and maybe they had little
bit different heads" and then went
on to say that he had no possible
connection with the Axis and that
the information which went into
his paper was culled from other pub
lications and from broadcasts
If what have printed was sedi-
ton" Asher said, some of the state
ments I have heard over the air
must be traitorism."
Referring to statement in let
ter from Attorney General Biddle
to the Postmaster General that the
X-Ray circulated in more than IS
States, Asher said that this is just
a small. little country sheet, and
there practically isn't so papers
going out of the State"
Biddle Accused Paper.
In recommending a proceeding to
ban The X-Ray" from the mails,
the Attorney General told Mr. Wal
ker that this publication has en-
gagged over a period Of time in a
sustained and systematic attack on
certain of our activities directly re-
lated to the war effort, as we'll as
on public morale generally. '''
Furthermore, a parallelism has
existed between material contained
in The X-Ray' since December 7,
l94l, and certain of the major
themes broadcast by enemies of this
Nation during the same period"
Evening star., 1942-05-19
) Injured as Auto
Hits Cemetery Wall

Three men were injured, two
seriously. when q car in which they
were riding crashed into q stone
wall near the Pennsylvania avenue
gate OF Cedar Hill Cemetery early
today.
Prince Georges County police
listed the driver as Lloyd Beasley,
81, Of 3948 c street Sc, who re-
ceived extensive fractures and lacer-
ations about the face. Riding with
him, police said, were Harold Eek,
90, 2225 Shannon place Sc, who
received multiple face and scalp
lacerations and fractured leg. and
Charles McCleaf, "a, 500 Trenton
street Sc, abrasions and contusions
about the leg.
Evening star., 1942-05-19

Of the people in our democratic form
of Government" he asserted, "and
If that democracy Is destroyed then
20 will the free press be destroyed" !"
The Representative said that no
Government official should have an
x" card if gasoline was as scarce
as the people are being told"
He said that he had not received
an *" card.
Mr.. Ramspeck said that reporting
Of the congressional pension bill was
an example Of not reporting facts,
declaring that newspapers did not
cite the many benefits that Govern
mont employees would have received
from the bill.
Evening star., 1942-05-19

So remember! No matter wben or wbere
you buy Chestnut Farms Sealtest Milk, you
can be certain Of its purity and keeping
qualities.
Ask your grocer for Chestnut Farms
Sealtest Milk-buy it from one of our
milkmen-or telephone Michigan 1o1l
for home delivery.
Evening star., 1942-05-19

on business and had asked a local
draft board to have him transferred
from New York last month.
Was in New York.
On April II, his induction date,
however, he was in New York He
told Mr.. Turnage he thought he was
not due for induction because of his
request for transfer, despite the fact
he had passed his third physical ex-
animation.
In the hearing before the COM
missioner today Wilson maintained
he was in Washington on business
involving an invention to help this
Government win the war.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Japanese Sees War
If Russia Supplies
China With Arms
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME From Italian Broad
casts, May 19.-Should Russia
supply China with arms, this
would be a cause for war, Tos-
hio Shiratori, former Japan
ese Ambassador to Rome, said
in an interview today.
Russia has been reported
supplying China with arms for
almost five years over a long
road extending into Central
China from the Siberian prov
ince Of Turkestan. Whether the
supplies still are flowing now
that Russia is heavily engaged
Is uncertain.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
j. ). War Production
Will Astound Axis,
Gen. 5omerve|| Says
Urges Engineers Aid
To End BottIeneck
In Transportation

Terming transport afloat and
ashore "our greatest bottleneck,"
1t. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell said
last night that the transportation
engineer who puts to work any
scheme for increasing our trans
portation efficiency will be as great
a national hero as the general VINO
wins battles on the field
Addressing some 1000 men at the
Mayfower Hotel, representing 10
engineering societies, the Armys
Services of Supply commander said
Americas big task is to get war
materials where they are needed py
the shortest possible route and in the
shortest possible time.
Hitler and the Japanese have no
copyright on military genius. he
said, adding their sole advantage
has been discipline and head
start"
While production and civilian CO.
operation are essential to victory,
the fact remains that this, like all
other wars, is a soldiers war Gen.
6omervell said.
Scrap Vital. Bait Stresses.
William L. Bait, chairman OF the
W. P. B. Requirements Committee,
said the importance OF scrap today
hardly can be exaggerated. He
cited conservation of steel, alloys
and other critical materials as ENDS
which can be achieved through
revising specifications and better
technique and better ingenuity on
the part of management.
Asserting that America is building
tanks and planes in numbers that
would astound and diSmay the die
tators." Gen. Somervell said:
When Hitler put this war on
wheels he ran it straiSht down our
alley. When he hitched his chariot
to an internal combustion engine ne
opened up a new battle front front
that we know we'll. It's called De-
troit.
Hitler to Meet New Enemy
when Hitler took this war into
the skies he rose into our own ele-
ment. Well meet him there on even
terms. We're meeting him there
already. From Brest to Berlin he
feels our strength, and as the days
Of summer lengthen he'll feel 1t
again and yet again without respite.
when Hitler brought civilian
populatio into the war as innocent
victims, he unthinkingly brought in
the German people. And now that
the German people are beginning
to feel our wrath, and as thousand
OF their cities and towns soon will
feel it, they will know that Hitler's
promises are written in water. And
Hitler will meet a new enemy g.
It will be his own people, and retri-
button will be swift and merciless.' y
Evening star., 1942-05-19

Now-as never before-you need a rich,
nourishing milk that has maximum keeping
quaIities. Such milk is our Chestnut arms
Sealtest Milk, Che of the finest in America.
For more than so years-the people Of
Washington have relied on Chestnut
Farms to give them milk of the highest
quality-and never have we failed them.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Flying BottIeship' Gets
New Water Tests Soon
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, May 1e.-Ths
Mars, lotion experimental flying
battleship" built for the Navy by
the Glenn L. Martin Co, will resume
its water tests soon.
Date of the tests for the world Is
largest flying boat was withheld by
military censorship.
One of the ships four engines
caught fire and damaged the huh
when the Mars was being water
tested last December.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
Gable Will
Accompany
Wife's Body

LAS VEGAS. Ney.-The broken
body Of Screen Actress Carole
Lombard. killed with Il others in
the crash Of a transport plane
Friday night. was to be taken 10
Hollywood Monday m the custody
Of her grim-faced husband. Clark
Gable.
Only by using dental charts
flown 10 Las Vegas from Holly
wood. could authorities Identify the
crushed. burned body Of the blonde
actress Mountain climbers and
soldiers recovered Il Sunday from
a snovbsHk beneath the torn wing
Of the Transoontinsntsl and west
ern Airllnes plane. which smashed
into the steep cliff Of a mountain
peak.
Still Unidentified
Ms Lombards body ard eight
others. stiil unidentified. we're
wrapped IN brown army blankets
and raised With ropes Up the face
Continued on Page IL. Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
Armed Thugs Rob
Gas Station Here

Two men. one brsndl.hing a
gun. walked into the Maxwell
service station at 80. 5sth ST and
South Tacoma way st zs5 Sun
day morning. forced the attend
ant 20 lie down behind some oil
barrels. and robbed the cash
register Of $40 IS. police reports
showed Monday.
Clinton sanis. the attendant.
said the man with the gun forced
him 10 he down sf the rear u
the stallion behind the barrels
while the other bandit scooped
The cash out Of the register.
The pair then fled SANS said
that when he got up 10 report the
robbery. he found the telephone
had beea torn from The wall
The attendant told police fhs
men entered lhs station from the
south
After entering. one ~ the fnsn
asked. DO you have any objection
70 being held up"
SANS replied. Yea bsst Ms feel
ings IN me matter apparently we're
not considered By ths robbers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
Prioriiies Set Up for Space
On Commercial Airliners

WASHINGTON - Brig Gen
Donald r. Connolly. military
director Of civil aviation. Monday
established priorties governing
use Of seats and cargo space on
regularly established commercial
sirlinex.
In making public the priorities
schedule, the war department said
reservations for seats and cargo
space VIII be made through regu-
larry established airline agencies
as in the past but that seats will
b assigned only after those that
may be required for Official Use
have been billed
Those entitled 70 priority under
Connslly's order are:
1. White House personnel.
z. Army. navy and marine corps
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20

ferry command pilots travelling
under orders.
s. Personnel Of the armed
forces and allied military mission
whose orders directs travel BY air.
T. Army and navy equipment,
ammunition. supplies and material
essential 70 the war program
s. Personnel Of government de-
partments and agencies whose
activities are essential 70 the var
efforts. and whose travel IL certi-
fled for priority By air.
In a memorandum 70 govern
ment departments connslly re-
quested that great care be used
to limit air travel priontiss to
those cases where such travel Il
esssntisl7 and to avoid disruption
Of civilian uss Of ina s1riinss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20

SACRAMENTO sness bs>ss-
snsd snd weary fif<m<n ffsfa 80
fsmsnso ard foar szsffean1lex
communities early Mond1y betfi<1
. asssstrosas fire 1hleh o<skfDfsd
thousands q gallons - xs@oiEbs
ard al. inlass1 IL ie<sf Ten p<f-
sona. and nasn4esa s71.ooe x&liens
u Deffoisum products stored en
tne ssiiakirts q this elly.
At l>~&s ise.ess E@iis~s II
E@sailas and 81 ssaf ~ n
fism<s.
One q ths injured as not en-
pscted 10 live he wss fsd hli-
schsr. %. VINO suffered second DO
gree burns phsn he eombinstion
truck trailer iesd a gasoline IN
plosled ss M pas loading 70 81
ina Hancock Oh company shsd,
starting ths f.rs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20

The Diamond =. q small gas tug
owned BY the Foss Tug Boat Co.
caught fire a short way from dock
Monday morning. forcing its tao
occupants. Warren Waterman q
COS 80. Prospect and Truman shu-
make q 72I FsWcett ave. Foss
employees. 10 roS ashore Ia q row
boat
The firebOst responded % the
call and firemsn we're forced 70
submerge the boat beneath the
surface Of the water 70 extinguish
the blaze. The Diamond y vas
toWed To the Fozs dock and
bssched. Officials said the boat
could b. repaired. A broken gas
tank was given "a cause Of the
fire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
Stole Sl,500,
Gives Self Up
Took Funds From
McChord Exchange

Harold ]. Mekus. 81. formerly of
5307 So. Fife st, was being held
Monday in the city Jail. pending
investigation Of grand larceny.
Police said Mekus surrendered
himself at police headquarters Sun
day night, and signed a written
confession to the theft Saturday
afternoon Of $500 from the Nc
Chord field post exchange. his
place of employment the past eight
months.
Mekus said he paid 1881 in bills
and purchased $50 worth Of gro
ceries. On his person at the time
of MS arrest was 1919. which he
turned over TO police. Officers also
found SIS sewed in the lining Of
his overcoat.
He said he had been living IN
downtown hotel since separating
from his wife and two children
who still live al the Fife street ad-
dress Mekus told officers II was
his intention al the time Of the
theft TO run away with the money.
but that he later became repentant
and gave himself up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
Russ Progress
Offsets Losses
Near Singapore
TooAf'S WAR MOVES
Ma & D pa. Office
By LOUIS 2. kEEMIE
lated Press Ma ANALYST


Disgusting news 81 the progress
0f the battle for Singapore IL part
~ offset By word n continued fps-
san progress On ina bong frat
from hosc0S sDslthsafd 70 the
CrmeA.
ysswanx ira war as an lndi-
visible whole. the snil-axis forces
are losing ground slowly N one
salient TIA Malay psninseln. but
ara gaining steadily IN tao others.
Russia ard 4bys-
ne striking thing about Rus
slss eoUnter-offeaslss. which bs-
gan six weeks age. l. "a en-
tlnuiiy. its pace 10 sl0w bit
steady and methodieal Thsfe Vas
tendency among foreign osssrs-
era for = time 70 bellsye that u
would reach a peak and thTn
slsezsn. while the Germans oalE IN
for the winter.
Ths Germans themselves sx-
pscfsd thls ard established = win
lcontinusd On Page z. Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20

II is no secret that religious
leaders are fearful of a reduction
OF income for missionary purposes
due to public indifference. They
accordingly made plans this week
To counteract apathy and put mis-
sions on the map despite the war.
Most important development
In this respect was the plan,
jointly sponsored by Protes-
tant home and foreign mis-
sionary executives, to hold
Christian world missions con-
vocation In Cleveland, Dec.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
Tacoma Marine
Was on Wake
Gerald ]. Mortin
Now Il Prisoner

A Taeomsn. Gerald :. Martin.
private first class, was . member
% the heroic u = marine gar
rlzpn which stnod off many. many
savage Jap assaults befofe failing.
II VAS resealsd here BY his mother
hondny. /.
Mrs. James Martin. 1890 ~.
sist 1t. received . lsttsf from
Marine corps officials. which
pointed out that her spn probably
wac INV . prisoner 81 war.
Th~ letter said his ssspe
had not spp~ss~d shsss fss On
any casualty nst@ ssd ~ u
prsbsbl~ thai ~ " nov .
pvs.ss~r ~ war" The ritter
began BY confirming sh< fart
thai Pfc. Nsrtis -. attached
20 the Wake isissd marine
garrison ~ shs iss~ u ~
sippss~~~ aissesa
Pfc. Martin vss born IN Ia
coma. Re attended ftoly to<.ry
grade school and Issllsrfnins ana
Lincoln high ~hoois BE 10 ~
years old
Wake islands Esr1son ~lth-
stood ths japanese attacks for
10 days. during which time the
laps paid : toll ~ sessn rsrships
10 The marinsr gum rhs hsrois
dsfsnss made the victory . pyrrse
one ~ far AZ ths snsmy sss
concerned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20

WARRINGTON - Fs5sfsi sx<n.
ei~s gill tsslia 200 esfsas~ hessssas
anlss IN Tseoan sna $50 - tfFsm-
srten - scsn ~ f9nds sxs avail
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chsfi<s ,. Fsim<f snnssne<d
noodsy.
Ths p<<m1osssf unsts ~ig 10 Sec
fhs famslies q nazsreemnis<seasa
army offi<<fs n Ts<ass snd fn<
fsm.ll~s = tisilisn sslpg~ff w1s-
ere IN lsr<<nerfen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-20
D. Saw Hi
ConIni
With Enemy
Admits Soelng JcpD
Aisos y. & Al>uck,
pesuIls LackInQ

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