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Evening star., 1942-08-13

Minister, Senior DR.. Don Ramon
Beteta: the Legal Counselor Of the
Embassy, Senior DR.. Don Roberto
Cordova; the First Secretaries,
Senor Don Rafael Nieto and Senor
Don Salvador Duhart. the latter
having come back early yesterday
from a weeks stay in New York
the Assistant Military Attache for
Air, 1t. Col. P. A. Jose Perez Allende: :
the Assistant Military Attache, Maj
D. E. M. Raol de Zaldo; 1t. Her
nandez Sagarra of the Mexican Navy
and Capt Martinez, aide to Gen,
Sanchez Hernandez.
Officers of the United States who
were among the guests were Col. R.
Townsend Heard, Col. Edward n.
Porter, Col Frederick Glantzberg,
1t Col. Theodore Babbitt, 1t Col.
Lawrence S. Hitchcock, 1t. Col. Egon
Tausch, 1t. Col. Winant Johnston,
Maj. Benjamin Muse, Maj. Freder-
lex N. Leonard and Capt. D. O. Her
ringtO.l.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
By Helen Ran

They don't have uniforms and no
glamour is attached to their work,
but there's a waiting list OF women
who want to join the Alexandria
Health Center Volunteers.
Organized three years ago, this
group of so women has done so well
that Mrs. Flora Casey, clinic di-
rector, says she wouldn't trade them
for an equal number of paid workers.
Mrs. Albert Miller is president of
the volunteers, who are divided into
three units.
The medical aides. headed by Mrs.
Henry Carter, get the doctors rooms
ready and assist during examination
and treatment of clinic patients.
Many are Red Cross nurses aides
and receive credit for their hours
OF service. If they have the Red
Cross uniform, they wear it, but
pink maids dress more often sufflces.
With the clinic open every after
noon from 2:30 until the last patient
has been examined. each of the Is
aides must work at least once
week. And each worker is respon-
sible for providing a substitute
volunteer if she cannot serve, so
one person is apt to work several
days week.
Mrs. Miller said that there is very
little alteration in the schedule,
however. The workers get to know
the patients and become interested
in the cases so they like to keep
regular hours.
Two clerical workers are on duty
every afternoon, one to interview
patients and the other to register.
Tact and understanding are requisite
for this service, and the group of IS
clerical workers, under the chair
manship OF Mrs. Frank Ketcham,
has become expert in handling pa
tients before they reach the doctors
offices.
The auxiliary group, headed by
Mrs. Joseph Wyatt, Is less active
but no less faithful in performance
of duty. OF its II members, four at
a time work one morning a week
making dressings. This is also the
money raising unit of the organiza-
ton, funds from benefits and parties
being turned over to the Health
Center for purchase of permanent
equipment.
All the volunteers get together one
morning month for business
meeting followed by a talk by one
of the doctors. A luncheon after
wards helps promote the fine esprit
de corps which is an outstanding
characteristic OF the entire organi-
zation.
Before joining the volunteers, an
applicant is interviewed first by Mrs.
Casey, and then by the chairman Of
the group in which she wants to
work. A two-week training course
also is required.
None have been dropped after ad-
mission because great care Is taken
to see that prospective members un-
derstand the responsibility of the
task they are undertaking and are
willing to carry it out.
The volunteers have earned such
4 reputation for ability, faithfulness
Evening star., 1942-08-13

other members of their old class,
spent few days at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Christensen, also
members of their graduating class,
in Pipestone, MINI.
They visited Lincoln again before
Mrs. Blue returned to Takoma Park
but Miss Olsen went on to Los
Angeles, where she has accepted a
position as secretary to DR.. w. F.
Norwood, member of the faculty OF
the College of Medical Evangelists.
Prof. and Mrs. Floyd Rittenhouse
of Takoma Park are entertaining
Mrs. Rittenhouses father, Mr.. E.
Darlington Hubbard of Brookneal
Va, and her young niece, Miss Sara
Hubbard of New Market, Va, for a
few days.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Alexandria Health Center
Proud of Volunteers

and energy that any new project
in the community seeks to enlist
their help and interest. Most of
the women have taken on other
Jobs IN war work. but the Health
Center comes first. One worker
was invited to meet royalty on the
afternoon she was due at the clinic,
but the invitation waited until she
was sure that she could get a sub
stitute.
Mrs. Miller is active in the Alex
andria Red Cross, too, heading its
water safety service and serving as
staff assistant. Mrs. Howard
Richards, vice president of the VOL
unteers, is Red Gross chairman OF
nurses aides.
Many others have additional jobs,
but to Mrs. Casey they are her
girls" and to many of the Health
Center patients they are the clinic
ladies'"
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Mrs. Delwin Blue
Returns to Takoma

Mrs. Delwin D. Blue has returned
to her home in Takoma Park after
vacation in the Middle West. She,
with Miss Yvonne Olsen, went to
Lincoln, Nebr., where they visited
old friends and teachers in Union
College.
Later they, with about a dozen
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Wadswohh Opposes
Group Deferment
OF War Workers
Droft Law Co-Author
Says Congress Won't
Yield TO Pressure

Representative wadsworth, Re-
publican. OF New York. co-author Of
Selective Service legislation. today
voiced his opposition to the plan Of
Chairman Paul v. McNutt OF the
War Manpower Commission 10 defer
Selective Service registrants from
induction by occupational groups.
Calling the blanket deferment plan
destructive Of the democratic
spirit" Representative wadsworth
said he didn't think Congress would
yield to pressure in this regard"
Mr.. McNutt, holding his first press
conference as chairman of the newly
created commission yesterday. made
it clear that he would tell selective
service whom to defer by groups and
in regions where labor was needed,
although he acknowledged that such
a program would conflict with Sc
lective service procedure and would
require legislative changes to effect.
Mr. McNutt's office said today
that the new chairman had not
consulted with Selective Service
officials on how their present defer
ment policy operates before coming
out in favor Of blanket deferments
on occupational grounds.
Pleas Rejected by Congress.
Mr.. Wadsworth disclosed that
Congress in enacting the selective
service law gave earnest considera-
ton to many pleas urging the de-
ferment by law Of various occupa-
tional groups"
"All these pleas were rejected with
practical unanimity," he said. Il
don't believe the Congress will yield
to pressure in this regard. Per-
sonally, I think 1t would be a very
great mistake to single out any
group of our citizens and give them
especially favored treatment.
The spirit of the selective service
law is against such procedure.
Rather. the law makes it perfectly
plain that each individual applica-
ton for deferment shall be passed
upon on its merits by the local
draft board. I think the law should
stand as it is in that regard"
Asserting that you can't draw a
statute which will set up a for
mula." he predicted that once Con-
gress started making exceptions 1t
would never end.
You do 1t for one group and
every other group will pile down on
Congress-" he declared.
Opposed to Democratic Spirit.
II think it would be destructive
Of the democratic spirit" he said.
"Selective service is founded on the
idea that everybody Is liable to
service in the place where he Is
best fitted. II his services are more
valuable outside the Army he Is
deferred"
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee declared
that Congress felt as a principle 1t
was better to let each deferment
rest on its merits.
IF it's going to be a selective
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Sentences Of 7 Upheld
In HyaftsviIIe Robbery
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, April 2l.-
Twenty-year prison sentences i'm
posed in District Court at Balti-
more on Hilliard Sanders and Will
liam Leo Keefe for the So, 900 rob-
berry Of two Hyattsville bank mes
sengers last September Is, were af-
firmed today by the United States
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
James J. Laughlin of Washington
and John J. Henderson of Burling-
ton, N. c., argued the appeal on be-
half of the convicted men, claiming
that affidavits showed Sanders was
in Florida on the day the crime was
committed and taking exception to
remarks of the judge and Assistant
District Attorney T. Barton Har-
rington in the presence of the jury
Jack Dameron and Van Gordon
Stauber, carrying S52,6l6.95 in cash
from the Prince Georges Bank g.
Trust Co at Hyattsville to the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion and a Washington bank, were
held up a few blocks from their
bank by two men who took the
money.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Suspect Re-Enacts HoIdup
Not Knowing Victim Died
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 21.-An 18-year-
old Mexican re-enacted for police
last night the robbery of a Loop
merchant without knowing his VIC
tim had died of injuries suffered
when he was knocked to the pave
ment during the holdup.
Acting Capt. Louis Capparelli said
Ralph Elias had confessed the rob-
berry and Staying of John F. Denvir,
70, whose body was found in an
alley February Is.
Elias and six other persons were
arrested in connection with another
case. Without telling the youth Mr.
Denvir was dead, Capt. Capparelli
took him to the scene where he re-
enacted the holdup.
Capt. Capparelli said Elias, for
merly of Los Angeles, was released
from Jail two days before the kill
ing after having served II months
on a charge of tampering with an
automobile. The captain said he
confessed between so and 100 rob-
berries since February 13.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
u. S. Planes Reported Ferried
To Fight Alongside r. A.F.
Heavy Bombers Due to Arrive First;
Dive Bombers to Be Sent Later

Atlantic and going into service
quickly after mechanical tune-ups
and establishment of base facilities,
most of which have been provided
ready-made by the British.
To follow will be medium bombers
and possibly dive bombers, which
some commentators have long re-
garded as q need of the British air
force. The r. A. F. now has some
on order in the United States. The
shorter-ranged craft must be sent by
ship and will take longer to deliver
Greatest Air Base Seen.
soon at airdromes all over Britain
there will be gathered the force of
planes that will make this country
the worlds greatest air base" said
the London Daily Sketch.
To augment the already powerful
bomber striking force of the R. A. F.
will come hundreds of United States
aircraft-giant bombers, medium
bombers and dive-bombers-flown
by American air crews"
1t is expected that the planes will
be completely serviced by American
mechanics, whose proficiency par
ticularly impresses the British.
Evening star., 1942-04-21

service law" he declared. 1T should
be on a selective basis"
Before Congress would consider
revising the selective service law. he
made it plain. the selective service
system and the War Department
would be asked to give their views
Selective service policy has been
TO collect and forward to local boards
information from various Govern
ment agencies on threatened labor
shortages. These memorandums
were for the guidance of local
boards. 1t was left to their discre-
ton what disposition should be made
OF each case. since local boards are
self-governing.
Mr.. McNutt indicated yesterday
that no legislation would be sought
until his commission-which will in
clude representatives of selective
service and the War Department
has been appointed by the President.
He said he expected the appoint
ments would be announced this
week.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
b the Associated Press.


LONDON, April 21.-First units
of a United States aerial striking
force which will fly side by side
with the r. A. F. already are be-
Ing ferried to British operational
bases, reliable sources reported
today.
Weeks ago, Prime Minister
Churchill and President Roosevelt
said the Yanks were coming. Last
Saturday Gen. George C. Marshall
United States Army chief of staff
reaff1rmed the American decision to
join in Britain's offensive against
German bases in Europe.
Bombers Expected Soon.
London air observers say they ex-
pect to see the red. while and blue
insignia of United States Army
bombing planes in the sky any day
now.
Nearly all aviation correspondents
OF British newspapers have been
specializing on their imminent ar
rival. The first were expected to be
heavy planes capable Of flying the
Evening star., 1942-04-21
'Beor and SeoI' Rock
Ruined by Erosion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
April 21.-Dame Nature, OVERRIDING
a job she had been at for 10000, 900
years, ruined a beautiful rock for
nation she had carved in the Gar
den of the Gods.
With the tools of erosion she had
fashioned the Bear and Seal Rock, "
near the towering east Gateway
rocks of the famed tourist spot.
Sunday the seal portion Of the red
sandstone formation fell and broke
TO pieces Only a small part of the
seals tail and the bear remained in
place.
Biologists have estimated that it
required 10000, 900 years of eroding
by wind, rain and snow to create
the lifelike figure.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Nazis in Holland Allowed
To Attack Private Citizens

German courts in Holland have
reSorted to a doctrine permitting
Nazi storm troopers to attack pri-
vate citizens and property without
interference from Dutch police.
According to the Netherlands
News, the court sentenced an AM
sterdam policeman to IA days in
jail for attempting to rescue Dutch
citizen from rioting Nazis in Feb
ruary last year.
1T is not the task of the police" :"
the court said, ito intervene to safe
guard persons and protect private
property as they used to do in
normal times, even if such events
occur in public. The people should
give way in reasonable degree to
the revolutionary tension, without
interference by the police and other
authorities. That is why the Defend
ant should not have acted as he
did, even if he thought the safety
of the man attacked by the storm
troopers was endangered.
(Copyrisht. 1912, by Chicago Daily Nevs)
Evening star., 1942-04-21
War Has Turned In Favor
OF Allies, Forde Asserts
5y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BRISBANE, Australia, April al
Army Minister Francis NJ. Forde
declared today that the war has
turned in our favor" and that the
approaching Allied offensive against
the Axis will be a staggering spec
tacle."
we will not rest until We are at
full war strength and our forces are
fully equipped. he said in a speech
at Rockhampton. When the Allied
offensive against the Axis is un-
folded it will be a staggering spec
tacle. The day for 1t to be un-
leashed is not yet here. but 1t is not
too far off"
Mr.. Forde renewed his warning
that Japanese attack against Aus
tralia may come within four weeks,
adding:
To think the Japanese will con-
centrate on India and not come here
would be foolishneSs. We must be
prepared for the worst"
He expressed belief the war would
be long and that there would be
further setbacks.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Cor Wrecked Twice,
Stolen in One Doy
Ry the ASSOCIATED Press.

BY Ine ASSOSlAtSQ FTf&s
JACKSONVILLE. F1a.-R. NJ
Aiken, employe of the Jacksonville
Naval Air Station. thought il was
bad enough when another machine
clipped his front fender, but his
troubles had only begun.
A policeman ordered both cars
moved q short distance away while
a conference was called to agree
on damages. When Aiken returned
for his car it was gone, but ii turned
up when ofncers went to another
accident in which the stolen car
had piled into a light pole. The
car was wrecked twice and stolen
once in the same day.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
O'Hure
Continued From First Page)

tCOnID1ueQ from rlTSt rage
tary of the Navy Knox, Representa-
tive Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri,
who appointed O'Hare to the Naval
Academy: Admiral Ernest j. King,
commander in chief of the United
States Fleet; Rear Admiral Randall
Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of Navi-
cation; Rear Admiral John H
Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aero
nautics. and Capt. F. E. Beatty, U.
S. N, aide to Secretary Knox.
President Reads Citation.
President Roosevelt read the cita-
ton on the basis of which 1t. Comdr
O'Hare was awarded the Congress
sional Medal of Honor. 1t said:
For conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity in aerial combat at grave
risk Of his life above and beyond the
call Of duty, as section leader and
pilot of Fighting Squadron 3, when
on February 20. 1912. having lost
the assistance of his teammates, he
interposed his plane between his
ship (the carrier and advancing
enemy formation of nine attacking
twin-engined heavy bomberS.
Without hesitation, alone and
unaided, he repeatedly attacked this
enemy formation at close range in
the face Of their intense combined
machine gun and cannon fire. and
despite this concentrated opposition,
he. by his gallant and courageous
action. his extremely Skillful marks
manship. making the most of every
shot OF his limited amount of am
munition, shot down flve enemy
bombers and severely damaged a
sixth before they reached the bomb
release point (the aircraft carrier.
AS a result of his gallant action,
I one of the most daring, If not the
most daring single action in the his
tory Of combat aviation, he un-
doubtedlv saved his carrier from
serious damage"
Decorated by Mrs. O'Hare.
/ After reading the citation. the
President beckoned Mrs. OHare
from where she was standing by
Secretary Knox and said that
since she was a little more skillful
in such things than he was. she
could put the decoration around
Comdr. O'Hara's neck.
The President lifted the medal
from its box by its white-starred
blue ribbon and handed it to Mrs
! O'Hare, who decorated her husband
while Mr. Roosevelt vigorously shook
| his hand
How long are you going to be
| here?" the President asked the new
commander
The Navy Department knows" he
replied.
The President asked Admiral King
how long Comdr. O'Hare WAS going
to be in Washington
Until we get through with him, >
Admiral King replied.
Then the President handed the
| young hero the case for the medal
and the blue lapel button signifyins
| the award.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Herbert Ed9erton Dies;
Former Insurance Heed

BS the Associated Press.
BELMONT, Mass. April 2l.-Her-
bert Oliver Edgerton, so, for n years
president of the Boston Mutual Life
Insurance Co, died at his home last
night. following a long illness.
Mr. Edgerton retired from the
presidency of the insurance company
in 1887 and had been acting as gen.
eral adviser since then.
He founded the Greenfield Life
Association and was member of
that company from 1895 to 1901.
when he began his association with
the Boston Mutual Life Insurance
Co.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Two D. {. Youths Honored

WAYNESBORO. Va. April 81
(SpeciaD Two Washington boys
are among class presidents elected
by cadets of Fishburne Military
School, it was announced today
They are Adolf Torovsky, Sd. 2800
Connecticut avenue NV, president
of juniors, and Glenn Maher. presi-
dent of sophomores.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Sosscer to Address Rally

LEONARDTOWN, Md, April q
(SpeciaD Representative Sasscer
Democrat. of Maryland and Victor
Kwong, Chinese Embassy attache
will speak at Defense bond rally
at the courthouse here tomorrow
night. r. B. Broun. chairman of the
st. Marys County Defense Bono
Committee, announced today.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Giunts' Skeleton Found

LONDON, [P.-A skeleton of a
man feet tall and apparently hun
dreds of years old was found during
quarrying operations near Ashby-
della -Zouch, Leicestershire.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
Flying Boats Bombed.

The announcement said that in
Sundays attack on RabauI, a ship
wharves and runwayS suffered direct
hits and flying boats were bombed
Dispatches from an advanced base
said American planes started fires
in the raid on Rabaul and. in addi-
ton to scoring one direct hit on a
Japanese plane, straddled others
with bombs.
Some United States aircraft re-
ceived slight damage from machine
gun bullets and Shrapnel, but all re-
turned safely.
The American pilots, a spokesman
said, were youngsters of remarkable
/ keenness. A young American cap
tain who probably has more opera
tions against the japanese to his
credit than any other of the Anleri-
cans, said:
7 had taken it in the Philip
pines, I had taken 1t in Java. And
now it was a real pleasure to dish
it out"
One American air ace. a 25-vear-
old lieutenant colonel who is be-
heved TO have brought down about
80 japanese planes in the Philip
pines, is itching to have another
chance against them in fighters.
although his eyes are still affected
from glass spltnters OF his wind
shield which was shattered by jap
snese machine-gun bullets.
Evening star., 1942-04-21
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Evening star., 1942-04-21
Macarthur
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against japanese shipping. wharves,
airdromes and transport services
The communique from Gen. Mac
Artbur's headquarters was signed by
Col. lie Grande A. Diller. press re-
lations officer, who said daily COM
muniques were planned to cover the
entire operations area and replace
various Australian communiques is
sued heretofore.
The first formal headquarters
pronouncement since Gen. Mac
Arthur went to Australia demon
strated that his newly outlined
operational organizatio is now
functiOninp
Evening star., 1942-04-23
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, April 23.-This
weeks tear jerker - While Ed
Dudley was attending dinner
thrown for him by Philadelphia
golf pros the other night, some
one who didn't have the best
interests of golf at heart swiped
the front wheels from his car.
Just before retiring as president
of the Los Angeles ball club, Dave
Fleming ordered a set of 1912
uniforms for the club to make
sure the boys wouldn't be attired
in those knitted affairs the cubs
wear. The Navy win spend $22,-
600 for a new gym and $4,000
for q boxing pavilion at st.
Mary's College, which already
has pretty good athletic facilities.
That ought to give you an idea
of what part sports will have In
preparing the boys to become
flyers. Since he quit baseball,
Hack Wilson has shed 20 pounds.
Postman's paragraph-A cor
respondent from Lexington. KY,
1--WE think he'd be safer to re-
main anonymous) processes to be
worried about one possible effect
of the dropping of football by
many small colleges. Where, he
asks, will Tennessee find breath
er" opponents to play every other
Saturday? And Frank Farrang-
ton of the Fergus Falls (Minno
Journal suggests that the retire
ment of very ample Abe Simon
unquestionably leaves a large
vacancy in heavyweight boxing
circles.
Service dept.--Maybe polo will
Evening star., 1942-04-23
His Auto Wheels Swiped While Friends Fete Ed Dudley
Hek Wilson Sheds 20 Pounds Since Quitting Boseb Greet @ o Beekons er

Sal Bartolo at some early date.
Publicity men of the Southeast
ern Conference colleges i<ye
formed an Interpretive Public
Relations Committee" Wonder
II they'll interpret each others
alibis2 Vic Fleming, the trotting
hoss trainer, had to recall his son
Charley from w. N. Reynolds
North Carolina stable to help
handle his string when the other
two Fleming boys, Bill and
Jimmie, went TO work for Uncle
Sam.
Last laugh-When Roy Coch-
ran, the former Indiana u. flyer,
reported back to the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station after his
triumphs in the winter track
meets he was welcomed by
Admiral John Downes, who re-
marked:
Congratulations. I wouldn't
like to have you running after
me-"
Replied Cochran: "Sir, I'd
hate to have you after mel"