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Evening star., 1942-05-03
Official Score

BAtttd Tot NfNsom N third.
! Bstted for Csthey in ninth
Cleveland --------- o05 SOL 100-l2
Washington 600 900 003- 3
Runs batted in-De Sautels. Keltner ca,
Heath go, Weatherly. Bagby, Campbell
Estalella. Pofahl. Two;b base hits-Mack.
Hockett, Heath. Campbell. Three-bsse
Campbell, Estalella. Sacrifces-Bagby,
De .sautels, Hockett. Double plays-Ken-
nedy to Pofahl; Repass to Vernon: Pofahl
Cleveland. 4; washinston, 7. Bases on
balls-oG Bsgby. 2: on Neysop. 2; on
Catkey, T. Hits-On Newson. in 8
inni6N; oh Kennedy; 9 in M | innin. Oh
cath}y. LOSING pitcher-Newsom.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

Runs-Robertson (2). Smith (2). Cab
bianelli t2). Mcneil, Gilham. Konizewskl.
l nsrssi Balvin. S sornh.mer. 'ei weIis. % Errors s
Robertson (3). Gilham. Sokol. Fit1ger-
aid. zupic, Kloak, Mylnarski, Gabbianelli.
(2). Reichvein, Chew. Mcneil Sokol Dieck-
Gilman, Gabbianell Mylnarski. Two-base
hits-Zunic. FITZGERALD, Mcneil, Smith.
runs-Gilham. Gabbianelli. Stolen bases
-Bulyin, Bornheimer, Smith. Left on
kases-Georgetown. 8: George Washington,
3. Base on balls-On Wells, 8; on Kloak.
HitsIOn Kloak, 13. In lOA Innings, for
8 runs. Hit by pitcher-By Wells fzunic).
sokol Umpires-Messrs. shoemsker and
Mattingly. 1850
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Totals 81 6 62712 Totals 81 627 10
Batted for Russo In ninth

RunsIMcoosky, York ts}. Soe crosetti. 9Se i Runs
batted in-.York l3). Di Magic Two-base
hits-Henrich. Ross. Home runs-York
(2). Sacrifice-Russo. Double play
Rizzuto to Priddy to Hassett. Left on
bases-New York. 6; Detroit, 3. Bases on
balls-Of Bridges. 4; of Russo, l. Struck
out-By Bridges. 81 by Russo. g Hit by
pitcher-By Russo tHiggins). Umpires-
Messrs. Rue. Geisel and Grieve. Time
80. Administrative paid.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

Boston ----- 900 $50 0o3-11
Errors-Clift. Doerr (2) Pesky Runs
Cliff, McQuillen go. McQuinn t2l: Jud-
mich (2). Laabs (2). Stephens. D Maggio,
Pesky 90, Williams t3), Foxx, Campbell.
Tabor 90. Runs batted in-Laabs -.
Stephens CD, Gutteridge, Judnich, Will
liams az, Tabor (2). Doerr CD. Fox. Two
base hits-Clift, Laabs, Stephens, Foxx
t2D. Di Maggie, Williams, Doerr. Three
base hit-Fox. Home runs-Laabs. Will
liams Sacrifces-Tabor Fox. Brown
Quinn. Doerr to Pesky to Foxx. Left on
bases-St. Louis, 7: Boston,; Z. First base
On p.l pals hallsIoa ar A9asr sroI of Judd 3; Of Of
Auker., l.; by Brown, 1. Hts-On Judd.
5 in 2 innings (none out in third: OF
innings. winning pitcherMBrown'
Umpires-Messrs. Piperas, Summers and
Rommel. Time-2:20. Attendance-1O,261.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

Brooklyn - OOI lO2 OO1- 4
Pittsburgh 400 :3O2 Olx-lO
Runs-Rizzo (2l. Medwck Reese, Rowe,
Martin t2l,. Wasdell (2), Elliott 3D.. Di
Runs batted in-Di Magic (2l, Fletcher,
Van Va Robays 90, vauEhan. DapPer 90.
man. Two-base hits-Van Robays Her
man, Wasden: Di Maggie CD, Elliott.
bases----Brooklyn. 8; Pittsburgh. ii. bases
on balls-On Davis. !; OF Rowe. 2; Oh
Milkie. /; of Kehn. l. Struck out-By
i in !, inning; Oh kehhn. s in 2as innings:
of Rowe. 10 In AZ innings. Hit By
pitcher-By Rowe Di Magic: Losing
don and Goetz. TimN2:40. Attendance
-l7,2l0.
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Totals 81 10t25 10 Totals 80 II 2717
Ran for Cliff in ninth.
One out when winning run scored.
Batted for Butland in fourth
Ran for Foxx in ninth.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
5000 Handicapped Placed
In VIRGINIA Defense Jobs
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 26.-More
than 5000 physically handicapped
men and women in Virginia have
been trained by the rehabilitation
division of the Department of Edu-
cation and placed in defense jobs,
Dabney S. Lancaster, superintendent
OF public instruction, said today.
The division, DR.. Lancaster said
is daily getting requests for physi-
cally handicapped persons trained to
do mechanical, stenographic or
other types of work. The persons
already placed in jobs are working
as civilian employees with the Army
Air Forces, in a defense plant in
Bristol, on several construction jobs
in the State, at Langley Field, as
Government stenographers and at
the Richmond air base.
One hundred persons are now be-
ing trained as card-punch machine
operators, preparing themselves to
take jobs with Federal agencies in
Washington. Nearly 1000 others
are taking vocational courses.
1--WE have many opportunities for
placement and training OF physically
handicapped persons" DR.. Lancaster
said. Most all of the jobs are vital
to the war effort and the employers
prefer men unfit for military service
because Of physical imperfection."
About 5000 men, classified as AZ
by Selective Service. have been re-
ferred to the Department of Educa-
ton.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Winchester Wa.) Flyer
Tells Of African Battle
BY the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER. Va, Dec. 26.-Lt
Harry w. tDutch) Ebert, jr., of the
United States Army Air Forces
wrote his sister, Jean Ebert, that he
was shot down recently deep in
enemy territory in North Africa and
then was rescued by British flyers
The 25-year-old lieutenant at
tended Randolph Macon College at
Ashland for three years and then
was graduated from the University
of Virginia. His sister holds a
civilian pilots license here.
1t. Ebert was the navigation officer
OF a Flying Fortress which was re-
turning to its base from a bombing
raid when it encountered a squadron
of German fighter planes. For Is
minutes the big bomber slugged it
out with the Nazis. a crash landing
being made after three of the four
engines were knocked out and more
than 200 bullets had punctured the
ship.
1t. Ebert said he luckily escaped
injury during the fighting and crash,
but that the tail gunner was
wounded three times. The crew
spent the night in the desert beside
the plane. Next morning a chance
British patrol sighted the men and
picked them up, returning them to
their base.
1t. Ebert already has been dec
Grated for his share in a big scale
American bombing raid in the Medi-
terranean area. He was navigator
on the commanding officers plane
In raid on the Italian feet and
naval base June Is.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Nazis Admit Usinq> Planes
To Rush Supplies 70 Russia
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN F'rom German Broad
casts, Dec. 26-The German high
command reported today that Nazi
forces were being supplied by air
transports flying day and night to
"hotly contested" areas in several
sectors of the Russian front.
(This was the first German
mention of the use Of planes to
provision Axis forces on parts of
the Russian front. an indication
that winter and the Red Armys
counterdrives, pocketing some Of
the enemy and cutting some rail
lines. were creating q grave sup
ply problem foN the Nazis. The
Russians already have reported
the Germans relying heavily. and
at great cost, on air fleets for
supply)
The communique said heavy Rus
sian attacks, backed by planes, tanks
and artillery, had been renewed in
the Velikie Luki area, about 80
miles from the Latvian border, but
had been repulsed.
In the Don region and between
the Don and Volga Rivers. the COM
munique Naid, Soviet attacks were
continuous. but were stopped and
the attackers were thrown back at
many points.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Maryland Coal Shortage
Hits Pou|trymen Hardest
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, Md. Dec. 20
Possibly hardest hit by the current
coal shortage on Maryland's Eastern
Shore are poultrymen, whose plant
stoves operate mainly on nut coal
All nut coal has been reserved
by many Eastern Shore dealers for
poultry plants exclusively, domestic
users being diverted to stove coal
or other fuels.
Coal dealers reported they had
from 800 to 400 tons of nut and
stove coal on order, while in many
instances, there wasn't a pound of
either in their yards
Some had light supplies of egg
pea, buckwheat and soft coal
Orders were not being accepted
from those who had enough coal on
hand to last several days. Only
small deliveries were being made
tt any customer.
Demand for nut coal by the
broiler chicken industry was re-
ported up 20 per cent, while the
supply had increased only 8 per
cent.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Food
Continued From First Page J

800; condensed milk, 975,s16; dried
whole milk, asst ,677; meat, fish and
fowl, 957,878,870; fruits, 403,053 .297;
grain and cereal, 710,847.314; lard,
fats and oils, SCI 1923 ,687; other foods,
598 ,305 ,801.
Here are the estimated total Gov
ernment requirements of meat, milk
and eggs in 1912, as compared with
production:
Meat, 6,5oo,oo0 900 pounds out of
% 2,0O0, 100000; milk, 1000, 900, 900 out
of 10000, 100000 pounds; eggs, IT,
$4,000 dozen out Of 4,576,000, 900
dozen.
Other shortage causes include the
heavier eating habits of the soldier
about pounds day, compared with
the civilians pounds. And the SOL
dier eats twice as much of meat and
dairy products and one-third more
of eggs and other proteins.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Second U. ). Leader
Wounded Near Buna
Is Awarded DSC
Macarthur Gives Medal
To Gen. Clovis E. Byers,
Who Bore Tommy Gun
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Dec. 26.-A second
American general wounded during
the fighting near Buna in New
Guinea, Brig. Gen Clovis E. Byers
of Columbus, Ohio. has been award
ed the Distinguished Service Cross
for extraordinary heroism in action.
Gen. Byers was decorated yester-
day by Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Earlier the same award was given
Brig Gen. Albert w. Waldron,
Rochester, N. Y, also wounded in
action near Buna. A third general,
Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider,
Mason City, Iowa, was wounded at
the Buna front in November.
Gen. Byers, carrying tommy gun
In the attack on Buna Village, was
wounded in the hand by a sniper's
bullet. Disabled, he gave his gun
to a soldier, but continued to direct
the assault. He has been promoted
to brigadier general since arriving
in Australia.
Gen. Macarthur also awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross to Aus
tralian Flying Officer John Mowbray
who flew low over Jap anti-aircraft
guns near Buna that same day and
later returned to direct the fire Of
artillery against the guns.
Silver stars were awarded Its.
Fred w. Klatt, jr., Of Durango, Colo,
and Eddie Mack Morgan Of Moor
head, Miss, and STAFF Sergt. Jack O.
Methvin of Arley, Ala.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Friends of u. S. Encountered
All Along Road to Dokor
A. P. Writer and Major Have Few Dull
Moments During 200-MiIe Jeep Trip

We set out from Bathurst Decem-
ber 10, spreading a large American
flag across the hood of the jeep,
and loading the sturdy little ma
chine with tins of gasoline A fat
bottomed barge carried us across the
2-mile-wide Gambia River. Thirty
yards from the north shore our
barge scraped bottom, but we drove
the jeep into the water and reached
the beach without a whimper from
its engine.
BY mid-afternoon we reached the
French frontier after negotiating
heavy sand and grass trails guarded
by native troops.
Momar Betty Ba Ba Gets Ride.
The first response to our appear
ance at the border was a rush by
the French guards to bring out a
table, bottles and glasses. 1t was
only matter Of seconds, 1t seemed,
until the natives and troops had
turned out to greet us. The native
chief, Momar Betty Ba Ba, asked
for ride in the jeep. He got it.
We headed northward with a safe
conduct pass after shaking scores
of hands, and the French road, by
comparison with those on the Gam
bian side Of the border, was excel
lent. TIM district commissioner
guided us to friends home at Tou-
bakouta, 20 miles inside the border
to spend the night.
The new most there promptly
spread feast equal to anything l
had ever eaten in the United States
OF course, the wines were excellent
The next day we went through
one of the most heavily fortified Sec
tions of West Africa, La Petite
Cote, and the entrance to every
sizable town was protected with
barbed wire and pillboxes. Soldiers
halted us frequently, took look al
our passes, and Immediately became
cordial
At Mbour, two hours from Dakar
we were presented the insignia of
one of the French Foreign Legion S
most famous regiments.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Full Crew Of 81 Escapes
In Atlantic 1orpedoing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AN EAST COAST PORT, Dec. 26.
An entire ships company of So
escaped in three lifeboats when
their medium sized United States
merchantmen was torpedoed in the
North Atlantic about the middle of
November, survivors disclosed today
A single torpedo, fired from an
unseen submarine struck the star
board side of the vessel, near the
No. 2 hold, they said. One lifeboat
was wrecked by the explosion, but
the merchant crew of Al and the
gun crew of II had ample time to
abandon ship in good order in the
three remaining boats.
They were picked up in about an
hour by rescue vessel and only one
man, Romeo Bellevance, of Fall
River, Mass. a merchant seaman,
required medical attention. He suf :
fered rope burns, caused by friction
as he slid down line to a lifeboat
Like most men of his calling, Belle
vance's reaction to his experience
was desire to get back to sea.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Plane Factory Clerks
Join Production Line

New workers in scores of British
aircraft factories are men of mill
tary age who were due to be called
up for military service but have
gone into the plants at the request
Of their employers. While shortage
Of labor is partly responsible for
this transfer to factory jobs another
reason is that clerks in aircraft fac
tory Offices learn many of the essen
tial details of work done at the
bench and are fairly easy to teach.
Employers have told the ministry
Of labor in London that men who
have been Office workers all their
lives are quickly learning the use
Of heavy machines. Girls also are
turning away from the office desk
to work at the shop bench.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
| Will Soldier She
Kissed at Station
|PIeose Write?
A. p. Wirephoto from London.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Conn. Dec. 26.-If
Mrs. Albert Yost of West Hartford
can learn the identity of the soldier
who asked her to kiss him good-by
the young man will be getting plenty
of mail as long as he is in the Army.
The incident occurred earlier this
week at the Hartford depot, when a
group of 100 new draftees was board
ing a train.
Mrs. Yost was on hand to bid fare
we'll to her son, Howard, when the
unidentified youth stepped up and
said:
will you please kiss me good-by7
You see. have no mother"
Mrs. Yost complied and the youth
disappeared before she could ask his
name.
"If any one at the station saw
this boy and could give me his name
l would be grateful as I intend to
write to him" she said today. Many
of my friends are anxious to corre-
spond with him also"
Evening star., 1942-12-26
BY JOSEPH MORTON,
4 aaAri tad PpARs Way TappAanOndani a

DAKAR, French West Africa,
Dec. % Delayed The road to
Dakar was. rough and dangerous
but was sprinkled from beginning
to end with friends of the United
States.
These were the findings Of Maj.
Homer K. Heller of Newark, N. j.,
and myself after 200-mile ride
in a flag-draped Army jeep from
Bathurst, British Gambia, to this
fortress city (now occupied by
United States troops and q special
American Army and Navy mission
that will develop it's facilities in the
Allied-North African campaign.
80 you are back again." French
frontier guards exclaimed as our
jeep rambled up to the beginning
of French territory. We're glad"
Maj Heller, the American mill
tary observer in Gambia, drove the
jeep during the two-day journey,
and there wasn't a dull moment
after we had crossed the frontier
that had been closed since the un-
successful British-supported Fight
ing French attack on Dakar in
1910.
Forded Streams In Jeep.
We forded many streams in our
jeep, pushed it through sand up
to the hubcaps, threaded 6-foot ele-
phant grass and chugged along
narrow highway corridors flanked
with barbed wire and bristling forth
fications.
Nearly every French soldier we
saw saluted. Civilians and natives
waved wildly. and the cry "Ameri-
cans" greeted us everywhere. We
were entertained lavishly, and given
enough cognac to float our way to
Dakar.
The only delay in the trip was at
the frontier while the local district
commissioner telephoned to Dakar
for instructions. This call was re-
layed to Gen. Pierre Boisson, French
West African governor general, and
back came the answer: You will be
permitted to cross
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Kieron Quits Times
For Job With Sun
Axth. Associ.t.ap p-.s.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-John
Kieran, the noted sports columnist
who answers questions on the IN
formation Please" radio program,
has resigned from the staff of the
New York Times and will write 4
daily column on general topics for
the New York Sun, effective jan
uary 4.
He explained that he no longer
had time to do the travelling re-
quired Of a sports columnist since
he is making radio appearances in
behalf Of the War Department, the
Treasury Department, the Once OF
War Information and various relief
societies and other organizations de-
voted to the war effort.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
-Four Servicemen
Die in Fire Aboard
U. 5. Troop Transport
Ship Steward Is Hailed
As Hero in PeriIous
Rescue of Naval Officer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Dec. 26.-Fatal burning
Of four servicemen in a roaring fire
aboard an American transport in
Northern waters several weeks ago
was reported yesterday by returned
seamen.
The identities OF the four victims
were not disclosed
Three other servicemen were
burned severely in the 3 am. blaze
which broke out amidship while the
vessel was at anchor.
Hailed rs Hero.
Third Steward Charles (Blackie)
Birdsall was hailed as a hero for
plunging through the smoke to
rescue a Navy lieutenant who was
injured badly and nearly suffocated
The blaze was controlled after tons
Of water were poured into the in
terror in the crews desperate fight
against the flames. Much of the
interior of the one-time liner was
in charred ruins. Paint cracked
from the ships sides from the in
tense heat OF the plates.
Cause of the fire was not deter
mined.
Wallace Taylor. q crew member
who ran up to the deck with Mr.
Birdsall at the first alarm, said:
Roaring Hot.
"She was roaring hot and crack
ling and kissing as we hit her with
water. Out Of all that noise we
heard cry for help. Next thing ]
knew Blackie had put his head down
and dashed right into the alleyway
We kept on with the hose"
The crew members said they un-
derstood Mr.. Birdsall would be dec
Grated for his heroic rescue.
The four victims bodies were
taken ashore for burial following
services on the ship the day after
the fire.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Virginia Limits Sale
OF Fortified Wines
To Abe Stores Jan. |
ObtoinobIe Only in
Bottles; Barred From
Restaurants and Hotels
by the Assoeigtsd Press.

~ the Assoeigtsd Press.
RICHMOND Va, Dee. 36.-Be-
ginning January !. fortified wines
may be obtained in, Virginia only
IN the State liquor stores.
On ind after that date, under An
act Of the 1s42 General Assembly.
restaurants, hotel dining rooms,
confestionaries or other eating or
drinking establishments viii not
serve the fortified beverages.
The legislation, effective with
New Year, provides that only the
State ABC stores may sell wines
containing more than IA per cent
alcohol by volume.
Control to Be Tightened.
Shortly after his election in the
fall of 1941. Gov. Darden warned
that the sales OF these beverages.
some Of which he described as
spiked heavily with raw brandy,
must be brought under stricter con-
trolls. In his inaugural address he
called on the Legislature to act.
Meanwhile, the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board announced that it
expects its liquor stock requirements
in the first three months of 1943 will
run only about 50 per cent Of those
of the same three months Of 1912.
The supply available from distillers
has been greatly curtailed because
of the changeover by manufacturers
to the making OF alcohol for the
war effort.
In January, February and March
of last year the Virginia ABC stores
sold approximately 100000 cases Of
whisky. Distillers have notified the
board to expect shipment Of only
about half that number of cases in
the next three months.
Rationing System Studied.
However, the planned installation
Of a rationing system for liquor
buyers will tailor the demand nearer
the diminished supply. The v1r-
ginia officials are now studying sys-
TENS already put into force in other
States in an effort to find the best
possible plan. A registration prob
ably will be held for the issuance
Of coupon books.
An unprecedented buying rush
which set up long lines of customers
outside the stores in the larger
Virginia cities, cleared shelves by
Christmas eve. and warehousemen
will work today to I'LL store orders
for the reopening at 10 am. Mon
day.
The three-day closing Of the store
will be the longest since the ABC
system was put in operation in 1884.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Col. lucius I. Nichols,
Railroad Pioneer, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

CHESTER, S. c., Dec. 26.-Col
Lucius T. Nichols. "a, one of the
South's pioneer railroad executives
died of heart attack at his home
here early today. He was promi-
nently associated with various rail-
roads in the South for ga year.
prior to 1887, when he retired.
A native of Halifax County. Va.
Col. Nichols began his railroad
career with the Richmond and Dan.
vile system in 1873. After leaving
this company in 1880, he held ex-
ecutive positions with the Columbis
and Greenville, S. c.. Railroad
East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, and the Chester
S. c., and Lenoir. N. c., Railroad
He served as general manager OF
the latter. which in 1902 became
the Carolina and Northwestern
Railway, until 1885, At that time
he was made assistant to the vice
president, at which post he served
until retirement.
Col. Nichols was twice married
His second wife, Mrs. Katherine
Carswell Coogler Nichols, survives
along with four sons and a daughter
by his first marriage.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Sanity Test TO Be Sought
For Boy Admitting Staying
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CHINOOK, Mont, Dec. 26.-A
sanity hearing will be requested for
16-year old Leslie Schiefers after
he Is formally charged with the IA
tai shooting last Wednesday of
Elaine Allen, Is, in the boys home
in Harlem.
Harry L. Burns, the boys at
torney, announced plans for seek
ing such a hearing.
County Attorney D. J. Sias said
last night he would file a district
court information charging first de-
gree murder.
Earlier, the county attorney de-
clared:
I'm my opinion, the boy was in
sane"
The boy whistled and sang and
played solitaire in Blaine County
Jail. Mr.. Burns said he admitted
shooting the girl with a small
caliber rifle.
Sheriff c. B. Reser and the county
attorney said they believed the
principals were not sweethearts.
Neither would discuss the question
OF a motive.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Two Brothers, Sister
Die in Crossing Crush

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND ISLAND, Nebr.. Dec. 26
"A collision between q Union Pa
cific streamline train and an auto
mobile killed two brothers and q
sister last night.
The dead are Fred McRae, 10;
Vern McRae, Is. and Ina McRae, Is
all Of Doniphan. The two brothers
employed at Omaha, were home for
the Christmas holidays. The crash
occurred ut q crossing near Aida.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Police Search for Maid
As Child, ;, Disappears
BY the Associated Press.


ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-
Rock Island police are investigat-
ing the reported kidnapping of Ken
meth Morrison. 3, who disappeared
Christmas night from the home of
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Melin
E. Morrison of Rock Island, while
they were visiting in Davenport.
Police Chief Tom Sehnert said
search is being made for Miss
Edna Main, l8, maid at the Nor
rison home, who was with the boy
while the Morrisons we're away last
evening and who has not been seen
since.
Miss Main is a former mental
patient at the Dixon IllO State
Hospital, having been paroled to
the Morrisons five months ago, the
chief said.