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Evening star., 1942-10-09
Triple Staying
Called Murder
And Suicide .
Bodies of Mother
And Two Children
Found in Cottage

Certificates of suicide and murder
were issued today in the shooting
yesterday of Mrs. Jean Gentry, Is,
and her two children, Ernest, /, and
Betty Lou, 3, at their cottage in
Franklin Park, Fairfax County.
DR.. R. E. Feagans, acting county
coroner, said he signed the certifi-
Gates after an investigation showed
that the mother had shot the chill
dren and then turned the .22-caliber
rifle on herself.
The weapon, single-shot type,
had to be reloaded each time before
it could be fired again, police said.
The bodies were discovered by the
husband and father, Ernest Gentry,
a carpenter employed on a War De-
partment building project, when he
returned to his home early in the
afternoon.
Found on Return From Store.
Mr.. Gentry had not gone to work
yesterday, but made a trip to the
store to get some groceries. He told
police that his wife seemed to be
normal when he departed.
He told Police Capt. Carl Mcintosh
that he was gone several hours" AS
soon as he discovered the bodies, he
ran to the home of neighbor.
Call the police" he screamed.
They're all dead. They are all
dead"
1t was some time before police
were able to find the Gentry home,
which is deep in the woods and can
be reached only over a winding,
rutted dirt road. Mr.. Gentry led
one or two women who live nearby
back to the house, but refused to
enter.
Baby's Body in Crib.
Some one called relative who had
been staying with Mr. Gentry The
neighbors did not want to enter the
house and it was not until a taxi
driver from Washington reached the
scene with Mr.. Gentry's relative
that any one other than Mr.. Gentry
went in to determine whether the
mother and children actually were
dead.
When police arrived, they found
the baby's body in a crib in the bed
room OF the three-room cottage.
The little girls body was on the
floor of the second room and the
mothers body was on a bed.,
Both children had been shot
through the forehead and the
mother had been shot through the
temple. There were powder burns
near the wounds. Apparently Mrs.
Gentry had sat on the edge of the
bed and had fallen backwards after
the 3buflet entered her head.
>> Gun Across Body.
She was clad In slacks and the gun
was found lying across her body.
Police searched the. place thor
oughly, but found no notes which
would have explained the act. Mr.
Gentry said that his wife had been
in poor health Relatives, who live
nearby, said that Mrs. Gentry had
threatened to kill the children and
herself, but that they hadn't paid
any attention to her talking
States Attorney Paul E. Brown.
and his assistant, w. Lewis Leigh,
questioned Mr.. Gentry and the rela-
tives. They said that the couple he'd
lived in the vicinity since 1895, hav-
ing come here from North Carolina.
They had spent some time in WASH
ington and some time in the Vir-
ginia house.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Further Hearing Set
For Oct. ZION Changes
In! In Woo'!.d!:!!ley '!.!:!! Road az Bus
z Senator'S Appear for ~ :.
New Tenfey Circle to
Macarthur Boulevard Line

Hearings on the proposed discon-
tinuance of portions of the Wood
ley road bus line. offered as a con-
servation measure, will be reopened
October % by the Public Utilities
Commission, to record views of a
number of civic groups.
One of three rerouting proposals
advertised for a hearing yesterday,
the Woodley road bus issue was de-
ferred for two weeks to permit citi-
zens associations affected to take
formal action before the record of
the case is closed. A long list of
residents and bus patrons already
have signed protests against some
features of the plan.
Senators Murdock, Democrat, of
Utah, and La Toilette, Progressive,
of Wisconsin. appeared before the
PUG yesterday afternoon to support
civic requests for establishment of a
new bus line between Tenley Circle
and Macarthur boulevard.
Call for Other Routing.
Both Senators said, however, a
better routing should be selected
protesting that operation of buses
through Maud sect and Manning
place would be dangerous. The pres
ent proposal would send buses from
Tenley Circle down Nebraska ave-
nue. and Loughboro road and then
through Maud st eet and Manning
place to Macarthur boulevard.
Senator Murdock, who resides at
the home of his brother, DR.. John
Murdock, at SOL Manning place, ex-
planned that both Maud street and
Manning place have steep grades
and that abrupt turns would be in
volved in that route. Much gear
shifting also would be entailed in
such bus operation, he added.
The roadway of Maud street and
Manning place, he continued, is in
the poorest state of repair" of any
in the section. He suggested that
Macomb street might be found
better route between Loughboro
road and Macarthur boulevard.
La Toilette Opposes Routing.
Senator La Toilette, who resides
at 5000 Manning place, said he was
appearing as Temporary" resident
OF the District and property own
er and that he had Checked his
toga at the door," He recalled that
his father had been instrumental
in. creation of the commission when
serving in the Senate and that he
was speaking on behalf of his neigh
bors. Granting the need for the pro-
posed new line, he joined with Sena-
tor Murdock in urging a different
routing, declaring that operation of
buses on Maud street and Manning
place would be hazardous to life
and limb
Earlier, spokesmen for the Office
OF Defense Transportation and the
Capital Transit Co. had opposed es-
tablishment Of the new line.
The PUG yesterday closed the
hearing so far as this proposed new
service and the suggested revision
OF the Foxhall Village bus line were
concerned, but decisions were re-
served.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Her Bit Pays Dividend

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 9 P).-It
was a profitable bit of work for
Lynne Baggett, 10 Of Wichita Falls,
Tex, When she appeared at an Army
and Navy relief show in Dallas.
A film scout saw her, and yes
terday she won court approval of a
movie contract with Warner Bros.
which will pay ner s1O0 to 81 900 a
week on a sliding scale over seven
years.
Evening star., 1942-10-09

Uncle Sam is on record ship
building program, the greatest in
the worlds history. We must have
ships to win this war and your
purchases of War bonds will not
only provide the all-important COM
pass, but the ships as well. Invest
at least 10 per cent of your income
in War bonds every payday and
do your bit toward winning the war.
Buy from your bank. building and
loan association, your radio station
or at some retail stores.
-U. S. Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Rution Boord to Meet

MANASSAS, Va, Oct. 9 (SpeciaD
The Prince William County Farm
Machinery Rationing Board will
meet at the county agents Office here
at 1:30 pm. tomorrow to act on
applications for farm machinery
now being rationed. william H.
Wheeler, chairman. will preside.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
Worrenton Fugitive
Gets Life Sentence
Special Dispatch to The Star.

DpeCIaI IIspaUcn 70 The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, Oct. O.
Henry Wines, a former carpenter
who was picked up in Washington
after being recognized by a Warren-
ton youth en- route to Fort Meade
Tor induction, was sentenced to life
Imprisonment yesterday by Circuit
Court jury in the Staying of Frank
Kerns in May.
Mr.. Wines fled from Fauuuier
County after the shooting and was
recognized by w. w. Brown, Sd,
who called police.
Evening star., 1942-10-09
MotHo~RxMM
WAR BONDS.

The ships compass is the guiding
hand of every warship as we'll
as merchant ship, 1t is usually
located Immediately in front of the
wheel so the steersman merely has
to look down to watch his course
through the trackless waters.
Evening star., 1942-10-09

The Axis Is watching you; keep
'em signing, while you keep buy
ing-War savings stamps.
Evening star., 1942-10-09

Uncle Sam will give you many
tanks-H you get In that scrap.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-28

World War | and 4 period o.. great
War activity followed. TINS lasted
dhlI the AtmIstiCe IN 1918 when for
Il ytdf or more the vOIume OF Dusl-
heNr sharply reCeded. The rise Of
me automotNe industries to major
proportions ahd the resumption Of
ioIeIgn trade gave Us. however a
postwar boom vi eight years Of
pdLlaIilg and general expansion. TIN,
resulted IN the "neW era" psychology
q speculation. Stock prices rose 10
astronomical heights.
Recent Events.
Inc rest Of the story is history
Wllh4n the memoyy Of all readers. We
all recall the collapse of the market
n business in 1929, the long q
o! internal depression. Of unemDlev-
ineni, and OF deficit spending. 1t
LOOK about five years for New Deal
pump printing 10 produce a rise
IN business volume. AS to how long
TINS artiicislly-created boom would
nave continued, 30 one knows. AT
~'' '''N' N4iN iitEl " al came along
10 plug up the business leaks.
Now We are engaged in another
period Of rising business volume
n llNIng costs with inflated wages
ana IuII employment all associated
win boom times. For the time being
however. these factors are Temperate
~ beng held back by war scarci-
ueS, prlorltIes, regulations, "forced'
savings, brakes ON in>talImcn;, buv-
inS. and other edicts from Washing
ton. Our boom has come through the
creation Of our enormous armament
industry. This has been large enough
10 absorb the entire automobile in
duStry, the manufacture Of many
consumers goods. and other forms OF
business activity.
What's Ahead
rs snort summary Of the p.st
100 years shows that with all oll,
wealth, legislation, and brains, we
nave found no preventative for bust
ness depressions. Government spend
InS IS now approaching 1873 million
dollars per day. Soon il may be POO
mIIIIon. The effect Of this p o bust
ness and stocks, in spite of taxes
should, before long, be bullish. Even
alter the war ends. we must CON
tmue to arm. We VIII rebuild much
OF the property Of the world lhaf
VT has destroyed. New industries.
led by p~lastics and chemicals. have
a great future. Furthermore, air ey-
press, freight, mail, and passenger
transport companies MAY cause a
great new foreign and home trade
which, in event of a postwar slump
IN other Lines. can ugain put us on
Our feet.
But why continually resort merely
to War on other material thisgs to
pull us out. How many more de
pressions Will it take to teach us
that only a spiritual awakening will
prevent these unemployment slumps
from repeating? The Younger genera
ton Is daily proving in their sacri-
fees that they are far from soft.
The least we oldsters en- do is to
preserve their heritage and make
sure these younger minds are GOV
erned by the right spiritual motives.
The set-up today and for some time
to come, economically, politically,
and spiritually lies up the alley of
Il children and grandchildren.
am confident that our future will
be safe and profitable only if they
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-28
China Says Situation
Is Grave

Continued from Page One)
umn into headIong retreat and
encircled the enemy at Lung
ling, Burma Road town west of
the Salween river, after recap
turing two towns south of Lung
ling.
In the battle of Australia. General
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters,
announced that allisd filters had de
stroyed or damaged at least 200 Jap
anese aircraft in the last six weeks.
including 80 bombers destroyed and
Is damaged. United Nations head
quarters said allied ~interccptors tor
into a squadron Of Is Japanese zero
planes yesterday over the airdrome at
Port Moresby, New Guinea, shooting
down one and damaging six others.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-28
DUKE NAVAL UNIT
PLANS JUNE CRUISE

Durham, NJ Y 28.-Thirty-five
freshman and sophomore students al
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-28
Cotton Prices
Are Lower

New York, May 28-(ATO-Cot-
ton futures opened 5 to 10 ccrt a
bale higher.
Noon prices were UNCHANGED To- 5
cents Il nuIe lower, July 1913. De
etnbel 1853 and March 1914.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-28

Buy War Savings Bond o!
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Keeping Pupils in School
For Air Raids Opposed

The policy Of massing pupils with
in school building under AFRAID
conditions was opposed last night by
the Anacostia Citizens Association,
acting on motion by John J. Wat
son.
Declaring the procedure presented
the danger Of another Knicker-
booker Theater disaster" Mr.. Wat
son argued for a plan that would
send the children to their homes or
to nearby houses when an AFRAID
warning was sounded. The District
Commissioners will be informed OF
the associations recommendation.
Miss Carrie G. Smith was ap-
pointed as delegate to the South
east Council to fill the place sur
rendered by Mr.. Watson.
The association also approved the
present plan of having all stores
open on Thursday nights.
The meeting was held at the Ana
costa Junior High School with Mr..
Watson as presiding officer.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Saving Of Critical
Material Demanded in
Wartime Construction
Army, Navy and W. P. B.
Officials Speak in
Building Symposium

Producers seeking a participation
In the sl1, 500,OOO,OO0 war construc-
ton program were cautioned last
night by Army, Navy and w. P. B.
officials that those who can substi-
tute for the critical materials will be
the ones to get the jobs.
Trying to beat the game and
bootleg in materials won't win the
war" Capt. L. B. Combs, assistant
chief of the Navy Department Bu-
reau of Yards and Docks, told
meeting of professional men and
producers at the Mayflower Hotel.
A symposium on wartime con-
struction, conducted by the Pro-
ducers' Council Club of Washington
in cooperation with Producers
Council, Inc, found the panel of
Government officials in full accord
in interpreting what the battle of
materials" actually means.
He and another w. P. B. official,
Stephen F. Voorhees,, special ad-
wiser to the construction branch.
warned that architects and pro-
ducers planning to enter upon war
contracts must start at the begin
ming to provide for the elimination
of critical materials and for sub
stitutions.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

Australia Fears Loss
Of Coastal Cities,
A. Writer Says
= Capture Would Be Big
Blow to Continent,
Mcdaniel Asserts

By the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, March
28.-The loss Of Australian coastal
cities would mean "the loss Of her
heart, her hands and her feet" G..
Yates Mcdaniel. Associated Press
war correspondent, said yesterday in
reporting that the people are re-
solved to knock the Japanese back
before they get to U.s."
Look at the map Of the South
ern Pacific my Australian friends
tell me-" Mr.. Mcdaniel said in q
broadcast to the United States over
the Blue Network, land you will
see a very good reason why we can
not afford to be pushed out. If we
are, what job 1t will be to get
back, for Southern Australia is
closer to Little America than it is
to Honolulu, and it is a long, long
way farther than that to the United
States"
Mr.. Mcdaniel said Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's dash to the continent
by torpedo boat and plane lifted
the nations already high morale,
but, he observed, the Australian
man In the street is asking, II
American torpedo boats and planes
slip through waters and skies
patrolled by Japanese warships and
warplanes, then why can't Japanese
ships and planes get here?'"
The correspondent said Australia
knows the answer to this question
and "also knows what should be
done about it. Never before have
this people of q fighting race been
more certain that as you know the
other fellow is going to do unto you.
do you also unto him, but do it
first"
Declaring that the government,
the people and the army are rushing
every preparation for q future Of
fensive, Mr.. Mcdaniel said:
Australia is not begging for help.
Her leaders, the men and women
working in her arsenals and train
ing to fight her battles. firmly be-
lieve that Australia offers one of the
best winning propositions America
can hope to find."
Evening star., 1942-03-28
War Labor Board Reveals
Settlement Of Ohio Case

BY the Associated Press.
The National War Labor Board
today announced settlement of the
dispute between the Columbus g.
Southern Ohio Electric Co., Colum
bus, Ohio. and the Transport Work.
ers' Union of America &C. I. o..
The voluntary agreement provides
for a wage increase of 7 cents per
hour for employees in the trans
portation department and an in
crease Of 8 cents per hour for main
tenance and service employees. With
the exception Of cent Of each in
crease. the higher rates were made
retroactive to January l, 1912, the
remaining 1-cent increase becoming
effective the day following signing
OF the contract.
The union security question was
settled by a voluntary maintenance
of membership clause with volun-
tary checkoff. One weeks vacation
with pay also is provided. The
agreement affects SIS employees.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Russia
attacks were on fairly weak
scale. They were reported repulsed.
kozis Ordered to Hold
Six Key Points at Any Cost
Continued From First Page

BERN, March % (P).-The Ger
man Army has been ordered to hold
six main points on the Russian front
at all costs while Nazi transporta-
ton experts effect the difficult move
ment of new supplies for spring
offensive now reported timed for
the third week in April, advices from
both German and neutral areas in
dicated last night.
The points which the Nazis expect
their troops to hold against Russian
attack which in some cases ap-
proaches encirclement are:
Staraya Russa, below Lake linen,
where the 10th German Army long
has been in desperate straits;
Vyazma, bastion Of the deep salient
on the front west Of Moscow; Orel,
Kursk and Kharkov, consecutive
forward positions on a north-south
line protecting the Germans In the
Ukraine and Donets Basin, and
Taganrog. advanced Nazi position
on the Sea of Azov, on the route to
the Caucasian oil fields.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Marine Chief Says Troops
In Iceland Are Ready
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Brig Gen. John Marston. COM
mander of the United States Marine
Corps units which returned recently
from Iceland, said today that Ameri-
can and British forces there would
give "a good account of themselves"
in the event of an invasion attempt.
Il don't mean I think there will be
an attempted invasion tomorrow" he
explained. but that our troops are
prepared for any emergency Both
nations have we'll balanced forces
here. and can give a good account
Of themselves
Gen. Marston told a press con-
ference at the Navy Department that
relations between the Americans and
British there were extremely cor
dial He disclosed that all the Ma
rines he had taken to Iceland orig
inally have now been replaced by
Regular Army units.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Comdr. StahIman Given
Recruiting Assignment

Comdr. James G.. Stahlman,
United States Naval Reserve, chief
of the naval districts section of the
Office of Public Relations of the
Navy Department and in civilian
life president and publisher of the
Nashville Banner, has been ordered
to duty as assistant inspector of re-
cruiting in charge of the Navy's vi
officer procurement program in the
Southern recruiting division.
Comdr. Stahlman will direct the
vi program in Tennessee. Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma and Texas, and will
make headquarters in Nashville
The program is designed to recruit
10000 young men per year among
freshmen and sophomores in COL
leges and universities whose cur
ricula are approved by the Navy
Department.
Comdr. Stahlman was president
of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association from 1897 to
1899 and president of the Southern
Newspaper Publishers Association
prior TO that.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Skipper Reported Lost
In Sub Attack Is Sufe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, N. c., March %
Capt. E. V. Peters, skipper Of a
merchant ship torpedoed by an
enemy submarine of the Atlantic
Coast last week, is recuperating
from a broken leg in hospital here
after being reported lost
Capt. Peters, a strong swimmer,
made his way to safety after the
sinking, which was announced by
the Navy.
Mrs. Peters. who lives in New
York, first was notified after the
sinking that her husband had been
lost. When Capt. Peters was
brought to the hospital here Sun
day. she was notified and now is
with him.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
100000 Divorces
In 40 Reported
| Setting Record
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Divorces were breaking all rec
ords before the war, the Census Bu-
reau said today.
Selective service, occupation with
war duties and other factors may
have reversed the trend, but officials
said figures for 1910, which have
just been compiled. showed more
than one divorce for every six new
marriages.
In 1910, there were 264 900 di-
vorces, or more than four times as
many as in 1901. Divorces increased
in number fairly steadily until 1929,
fell back in the depression years of
1880, 1881 and 1892 and have in
creased every year since except for
1888 which was the business re-
cession" year. Figures included:
1929, ,468: 1882, 16O,338: 1899,
251 900; 1910, 264 900.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Union Leader Accused
In Attack on Workmen

By the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., March 28.x1n-
truders who attacked workmen in
terrupted work today on Topeka S
$4,000 city airport improvement
S. w. Poor, St, foreman. signed
a complaint against C. G. Hamilton
charging assault. Mr.. Poor said
Hamilton was an organizer for q
hoisting engineers union in Kan
sas City, Mo.
Workmen told police the intruders
approached from about IS automo-
biles and halted excavating work by
power scoops. Fighting started after
the project superintendent ordered
work resumed. The outsiders left
before police arrived.
Russell Ralph. owner of the Kaw
Paving Co.. which has the airport
contract. said excavating work was
being handled on an "open-shop'
basis and that wage scales were
higher than the Government re-
quired."
Common labor was receiving 60
cents an hour and machine opera
tors Sl.20 and Sl25 an hour, when
the Government standard was so
cents and IS cents, respectively, the
contractor asserted.
Evening star., 1942-03-28

commandant of the 18th Naval Dis
trict, Canal Zone He reported as
member Of the General Board In
August, 1880.
Held Several Medals.
In addition to the Navy Cross, he
held the Spanish Campaign Medal,
West India Campaign Badge, Mex
lean Service Medal, Yangtze Service
Medal, Victory Medal and the Ecu
adorian Military Order, First Glass.
He was a member OF the Army and
Navy Club of Washington. the
Chevy Chase Club. the Metropolitan
Club and the Military Order Of the
Cariboa. He retired in 1882. due to
incapacity suffered in line Of duty.
Admiral Blakely was a cousin Of
City Commissioner John Russell
Young and a nephew OF the late
John Russell Young, well-known
Washington newspaperman, for
whom both we're named.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Survivor Of Ship Sinking
Dies of Car Crash Hurts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 20.
Albert Brockett, 57-year-old mer-
chant seaman who survived the tor
pedoing of his ship of the Atlantic
Coast, died yesterday Of chest in
juries received in an automobile
accident.
The ship was torpedoed March 10.
Two of the crew were killed, but Mr.
Brockett and the others escaped in
lifeboats. After drifting II hours
they were picked up and taken to
Norfolk.
He was driving Monday afternoon
when he apparently collapsed at the
wheel and his station wagon struck
a parked car. Mr. Brockett was born
in Front Royal, Va.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Morgan Kiwonis Club
Hears Truxtun SuiIor
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va.
March 28.-Bernard Daley, gunner
on the destroyer Truxtun. told the
Morgan County Kiwanis Club that
the morale of the officers and crew
remained excellent when the ship
was being pounded to pieces in a
storm off Newfoundland last month.
Mr.. Daley. on leave, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Nellie Daley. His
hands were frostbitten but he has
recovered.
He was one of ten men chosen to
take line ashore from the stricken
vessel, grounded some $50 feet off
shore. Waves swept him before he
made shore and he was hauled out,
nearly exhausted and frozen, by a
fellow seaman.
Mr.. Daley and three others set
about building a fire while six men
scaled the cliffs in search of help.
A jug of vegetable oil washed ashore
aided in making a fire, he said.