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Evening star., 1942-04-14
SupercoIossuI Bus Exhibited
As Transportation Solution
O. D. T. ond Privote Companies Develop
TroiIer Capable of CorYing l4l Persons

origin and destination. o. D. T.
said 1t would be used-if and when
1t Is decided to start production
as q stop-gap vehicle for mass
transportation OF workers to plants
located in areas where no other pub
lie transportation facilities are
available and where workers would
otherwise depend on private auto
mobiles. Assuming an average load
of two workers per automobile, the
truck trailer unit would carry on IA
tires passenger load equivalent to
that which would otherwise be car
ried in 10 automobiles, using 280
tires, an official said. 1t was also
estimated the tires would. give 120,-
600 miles of service as against be-
tween 100000 and $1,000 for the
average bus.
Looks Good" to Eastman.
Although only the sample trailer
Is available now, officials said it is
readily adaptable to quick mass pro-
duction, and estimated that produc-
ton at the rate of about 1000
trailers a month could be started
within 80 days.
Joseph B. Eastman, director of
mass Defense transportation, took a
ride with group of other officials
and remarked: 1T looks pretty
good to me"
The design was developed by Guy
A. Richardson, director of o. D. T.,
Division Of Local Transport, assisted
by Fred B. Lautaenhiser, technical
consultant to the Automotive
Branch of the Division of Industry
Operations, and by engineers anc
designers of the private companies.
No one would hazard a guess,
publicly, on what might be the pro-
duction cost per unit, but one Off
cial said it would be surprisingly
small"
The trailer was built in an In
diana factory. and made the 618-
mile trip between Elkhart and
! Washington in 80 hours.
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when a dairy truck backed over him
while he played in a wagon near his
home this morning, police reported.
Police listed the driver Of the truck
as Clarence Shaffer Of Route 4,
Alexandria, and said no charges had
been placed against him. At Alex
andria Hospital 1t was said the child,
who remained unconscious, was in
an undetermined condition.
Boy, 4, Critically Hurt.
Jerry L. Thomas, 4, of TOO Sixth
street s. w. was critically hurt last
night when knocked down by an
automobile near his hime. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital by a
passing motorist and found to have
suffered head and rib injuries.
Police said Ben lombard, 80, OF
1Ol7 E street S.W, was the driver
of the striking car.
A youth who police said was
driving a stolen automobile suffered
q broken jaw last night when the
car ended q 7S-foot skid by crashing
into a retaining wall of the Garfield
Hospital grounds.
According to the report, Policemen
]. G. Conroy and G. A. Earle, riding
in a scout car, noticed an automobile
proceeding erratically at Fourteenth
street and Florida avenue NV. They
said the driver failed to comply with
an order to stop, but increased speed.
At Eleventh and Clifton streets NV,
the car went into q skid, struck the
wall and came to rest after a 23-foot
bounce"
Admitted to Garfield.
The driver was admitted to Gar
field Hospital. Police said he identi-
fied himself as william ONeal Nc
CHM of the first block Of H street
NV. He was described as about IL
years old.
A coroner,s jury investigating the
fatal injury in February OF District
policeman yesterday returned q ver-
dict Of accidental death, exonerating
LIE Roy A. Kelly, a, 1406 Webster
street NV, q Capital Transit Co.
bus driver.
The policeman, Irving Rosenberg,
53, 1104 Allison street NV, was
fatally hurt the afternoon Of Febru-
ary II, when the scout car he was
driving In answer to an emergency
call, was in q collision with q bus
operated by Mr.. Kelly, ut Thirteenth
and M streets NV. The ofncer died
four days after the accident.
More than . score Of witnesses
testified at the lengthy inquest
Testimony was at variance as to
whether or not the exhaust whistle
on the scout car was being sounded
Witnesses agreed, however, that the
scout car, proceeding east on n
street, slowed but did not stop, .,
-tranic regulations require, before
proceeding across Thirteenth street
against . red Hight.
In another trafic inquest, the
jury exonerated Benjamin =. Hawk
ins, a, Of 4513 Arkansas avenue
NV, operator Of . streetcar which
fatally injured Frank CLARK, Is, col
ored, Of 1883 Fourth street NV. last
Friday. The death was termed &C.
cidental.
Mr.. Clark was struck on Seventh
street NV. between N and o streets
Evening star., 1942-04-14
lutin Social Problems
Discussed by Students

South American social problems
were considered yesterday in a panel
discussion by Pan-American fellow
ship students of the National Catho-
lie School of Social Service.
Taking part in the panel were
Nadir Kfouri and Maria Jose Lynch
of Brazil, Fanny Montana Of Co.
lombia, Gladys Gomien Caceres of
Chile, Olga Rosello of Puerto Rico
and Dorothy Jose of Hawaii.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Three Deaths Added
To D. {. Traffic Toll
Total for Year 40
Former CopitoI Woman
Killed in virsinio; Boy
Critically Hurt Here
D. c. Truffic Toll
Killed In 1912 40
Killed in same period Of 194l- "a
Toll for all of 1941- 95

An alarming increase in trafnc
fatalities, which has added seven
names to the death roll in five days,
today confronted Washington police
and traffic officials. Two persons
died yesterday of street injuries,
and an autopsy revealed a death
Sunday night as chargeable to
traffic injury three weeks before,
sending the toll for the year to 40.
In addition, a former Washington
woman was killed instantly last
night near Harrisonburg, Va.
The latest local victims are:
38. Mrs. Cornelia Morrow, Al, OF
1925 Nineteenth street NV, who
died in Emergency Hospital Sunday
night of injuries received when the
automobile in which she was q
passenger struck another car at
Connecticut avenue and Kalorama
road NV. March %. John j. Todd.
~. Of the same address, was listed
by police as driver Of the first car.
Struck ut Downtown Crossing.
80. James Quick, 50, Of $40 Sixth
street S.W, who died in Emergency
Hospital yesterday afternoon of in
juries received when he was struck
by an automobile at Fourth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. last
Thursday Police said the striking
vehicle was operated by william E.
Keene. As, Of 1922 Thirty-flfth
street NV.
40. Mrs. Louisa Field, 10, colored,
Of 1154 Nineteenth street NV, who
died late yesterday In Emergency
Hospital several hours after being
struck by truck at Nineteenth and
M streets NV. Police listed the
truck driver as Bernard M. Shart-
zer, %, of Hillside, Md.
Miss Dorothy Greene, IS, CO.
owner of Bear Trap Farm and for
mer leader in Girl Scout work in
the District, was killed instantly
last night in a crash of the station
wagon she was driving on the Valley
Turnpike near Harrisonburg, the
Associated Press reported.
Lost Control Of Car.
1t was believed she lost control
of the machine. The car left the
highway, sheared of a telegraph
pole and plunged into a creek. Ap-
parently Miss Greene was returning
from Washington to the farm, To-
Gated near the George Washington
National Forest at Stokesville, Is
miles southwest of Harrisonburg.
Miss Greene directed the building
in 1880 Of Camp May Flather, Dis
trict Girl Scout Camp near Stokes
vile, and served for three years as
its director.
Earl Elliott, jr., 2, Of the John
Roberts housing project in Alexan-
dria, Va, received a brain concus-
sion and possible internal injuries
Evening star., 1942-04-14

It's IS feet long, weighs 8 tons
and you and 40 other people can
ride IN 1t ut the same time-what II
it7
That in brief describes . super
colossal bus trailer which the Once
of Defense Transportation believes
may answer the problem Of trans
porting the Nations war workers
from central points in cities to out
lying industrial plants.
Designed and built by o. D. T.
and a group Of private companies
the trailer was unveiled In the Mall
yesterday for o. D. T. and War
Production Board ofiicias and a
gathering Of bewildered onlookers
who thought they were seeing an
odd-shaped house looking for a
place to light. --'.-.
They can't accuse the Govern
ment of putting any frills on this
project. The trailer, made almost
entirely of non-critical materials
is as plain as the side of barn, and
the seats are ordinary benchlike
affairs.
OF Ingenious Design.
The chassis embodies an ingenious
application of a conventional de-
sign steel frame with a plywood and
masonite superstructure. 1t rolls or
eight standard truck-size tires, witt
six tires on the 1Ka-ton truck tractor
which pulls it, but because Of the
light weight of the trailer in relation
to the load carried and the use Of
modern-type floating" axle, EN-.
cheney In the use of tires will be fal
greater than In any other type OF
rubber-tired passenger carriers SC
far developed, o. D. T. officials said
There are enough fixed seats fol
81 passengers. drop seats in the
aisles for "a others and an addi-
tional 30 standees can be accomo-
dated. The seating capacity is three
times that of the ordinary city bus
The trailer is designed primarily
for express service, with not more
than two or three stops between
Evening star., 1942-04-14

evacuate only a small part of the
defending force from Bataan to
Corregidor Fortress.
1t. Routh, who had been inter-
ested in Army life since boyhood,
entered the Philippine Scouts as
q second lieutenant after graduating
from the University of California
last June.
The soldiers father, director of
research and statistics of the United
States Housing Authority. recalled a
letter the youth had written recently
in which he said he expected to
come home safely because the Japs
had 'come as close to me as possible
with everything they have" He
mentioned he had been slightly
wounded, but declared stoutly:
I'VE will take those boys yet"
1t. Routh's parents have lived
here for three years. The ofncer
was promoted from second to first
lieutenant after war broke out.
Evening star., 1942-04-14

means OF reducing wasted time even
before a poll of high school students
made this the major criticism Of the
present physical training program.
Out of the 45-minute periods, 1t
was said, too much time is required
to take the roll-especially in large
classes of 60 to 80 students-with the
result that the benefits of the activ-
ity are reduced and insufficient time
is allowed for the pupils to dress and
get to their next classes.
Mr.. Pearce added, however, that
shortage of personnel also played
large part in the oversize classes and
the wasted time. Reorganization of
procedures alone, he indicated, would
not by any means be the entire
answer.
It has been estimated some 10 ad-
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Retailers O.. K. Ceilings
With Frozen 1rude Costs

Retailers do not oppose price CELL
ings If all costs including rents,
wages, interest, and other business
costs are likewise frozen, spokesmen
for the Retailers National Council
declared after q conference. yester-
day at the Washington Hotel.
The once of Price Administration
should allow reasonable time lag
between wholesale and retail prices,
and different base periods are neces-
sary, the retailers contended. They
emphasized that present retail prices
do not reflect present wholesale
prices.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Financial Aid
Urged for Civil
Defense Army
Boord of Trade Unit
Cites Risk of
Death and Injury

Failure of the Federal and Dis
trict governments to provide finan-
cial protection for the volunteer
civilian defense army risking loss
of life or serious disability must be
rectified If the home front morale is
to be preserved, committee Of the
Washington Board of Trade de-
clared yesterday.
Asserting that businessmen Of
Washington are greatly concerned
as to what relief, If any, Is to be
given families of patriotic volun-
teers killed or crippled in civilian
defense work, the Public Order
Committee of the Board of Trade
decided to confer with the boards
Executive Committee Monday in the
hope of finding a solution to the
problem. .E
Buck Passing Charged.
Odell S. Smith, chairman of the
Public Order Committee, told a
luncheon meeting at the Harrington
Hotel that the question of legal
responsibility for injuries suffered
by defense volunteers is in mo
mans land" status, with the Fed
eral and District governments pass
ing the buck to each other.
He appointed Harry J. Miller
chairman of a committee to con-
fer with District authorities and
the boards Executive Committee.
Mr.. Miller raised the question OF
whether insurance companies would
pay death claims arising from
civilian defense activities when that
risk was not present at the time
policies were issued.
He asked what financial relief
would be given, and by whom, to
families of AFRAID wardens, rescue
squads, first-aiders and all other
volunteer workers killed or pre-
vented from earning livelihood
because of injuries sufT cred in
patriotic duty.
Cites Stone Throwing.
j. Ebert Tune, assistant deputy
warden of the Southeast section, in
asking that free disqualification be
given defense workers injured in
line of duty, said stones were hurled
at one of his sector wardens on
night patrol recently.
Fortunately, none of the rocks
tossed by hoodlums struck the
warden" Mr.. Tune said. But who
would have paid his expenses If he
had been badly hurt?"
Criticism of the helmets dis
tributed by o. C. D. to District
zone wardens was voiced by Edmund
M. O'Sullivan. zone 6 warden in
the Dupont Circle area.
"I was given one helmet for my
zone," Mr.. O'Sullivan said. with
the use of ruler, some one nicked
a huge dent in it. Those helmets
constitute waste of money. They
offer no protection against a hard
blow, much less bullet"
Only 20 helmets were given to the
Dupont area zone, although $500
persons live in the area, Mr.. O'Sul-
Ivan said.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Publisher Is Freed
Of Contempt Charge
In Grand Jury Probe
Hoffman Accuses
Moloney Of Attempt
To Smeor Republicans

Justice F. Dickinson Let's, in Dis
trict Court, today directed the re-
lease from custody of Charles B.
Hudson, Omaha publisher Of Amer
lea in Danger"
The jurist signed the order va
eating Mr.. Hudsons commitment
and directing that he be released
after Mr.. Hudson had purged him.
self of contempt of court by dis
closing the name of the printer
who had set up a card that the
publisher distributed.
Mr.. Hudson is scheduled to be q
witness before the District grand
jury investigating propaganda and
the activities of alien agents when
it reassembles on Thursday.
Mr.. Hudson was committed to
District Jail for three months by
order OF Justice Jennings Bailey,
who was temporarily sitting in Grim
inal Court No. !, during the Easter
recess. When Mr.. Hudson was
brought before Justice Bailey late
last week by Special Assistant to the
Attorney General William Power
Maloney, prosecutor, the publisher
declined to disclose the name OF
the printer. Justice Bailey then
passed the contempt sentence.
Revealed Printers Name.
Subsequently Mr.. Hudson ap.
peared last week before the grand
jury and apparently told the name
of the printer. But the prosecutor
said he was unable to contact JUS
tice Bailey to advise the jurist that
Mr.. Hudson had purged himself o1
contempt. A similar situation ex.
listed yesterday, so that Mr.. Hudson
again spent the night In District
Jail.
Offlcials said the reason Justice
Let's, rather than Justice Bailey
signed today's order vacating the
commitment was that the latter
felt it was a criminal matter and
one of the jurists sitting in that
division should act. Justice Bailey
has gone back to the civil division
hearing jury cases.
Meanwhile, reverberations of thu
inquiry we're heard In the House
when Representative Hoffman, Re.
publican, of Michigan charged tn.
Government prosecutor working
with the grand jurors with carrying
on q smear campaign" to defeat
all House Republicans.
The legislator, who appeared be-
fore the grand jury yesterday after.
noon, earlier delivered on the House
floor a speech accusing MIR. Ma.
loney of building ammunitior
for q campaign" and seekint
to defeat "every Republican II
the House." Mr.. Hoffman OBJ.
jected to having his name linked
by the prosecutor with George Syl.
vester Viereck, reputed Nazi propa.
gandist convicted of violating th&
Foreign Agents Registration Act
and with George Hill, convicted d
perjury before the grand jury.
Maloney Assails Statement.
I'm informed that, given three
months, Mr.. Maloney intends to de.
feat every Republican In the House,
declared Mr.. Hoffman.
Mr.. Maloney. queried by news
papermen later. branded the law
makers accusation Is "an unmit'
gated le."
Asked by Majority Leader Nc
Cormack, Democrat, of Massachu
sets for the source Of his Aseriou
charge" Mr.. Hoffman replied tina
he could not reveal It.
The grand jury, after hearing
four witnesses. recessed until 10:3
Evening star., 1942-04-14

ditional physical education instruc-
tors would be required to extend
the Board of Education approved
plan of five periods q week to every
senior high school and put the Junior
high schools on g four-period-a-
week basis. The fice-period program
is only in effect in Calvin Coolidge
High School and partially at Wood
row Wilson High School, due to lack
Of necessary personnel.
The program at Wilson was ac-
complished by "attrition"-that is,
using lapsed salaries made available
by death or retirement of academic
teachers to obtain the needed physi-
cal training instructors. The average
Junior and senior and high school
program is two periods a week.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
| 1t. Routh Killed
| On Last Day of
| Bdtoon Battle

Killed In the last battle for Ba-
taan, First It. James w. Routh, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James W.
Routh of 2511 @ street NV, was
one of the first Washington casual
ties in the final phases of the heroic
struggle.
The 24-year- lieutenant of
Philippine Scouts was killed in
action" the War Department said,
on April 9, the day Gen Wainwright
announced he had been able to
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Noted Boston Women Dies

BOSTON, April IA (P-Lillian r.
Piper, "a, who helped entertain a
host Of celebrities as the first house
manager of the College Club of Bos-
ton when it was established So years
ago, died yesterday at Baker Memo
rial Hospital following q long illness.
Evening star., 1942-04-14

o'clock Thursday morning. Appear
ing before it In addition to Repre-
sentative Hoffman were his secre-
tary; Gerald Winrod Of wichita,
Kans., reputed publisher Of The
Defender" and Mrs. David Stanley
Of Cleveland, Ohio.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Oxon Hill Church Dinner

The Junior Guild of st. Barnabas
Church, Oxon Hill, Nd. will hold q
chicken dinner In the parish hall
from 4:3o to z pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
For q Stronger America
For Stronger America
Schools Taking Up Lost Time
Slack in Physical raining
Procedure Being StreomIined, but Lack
OF Personnel Hondieops Glasses
o q SeresJ
By JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.

Physical training officials Of the public schools moving to
time the limited physical education periods
in effect at most of the cys high schools OF
creasng the value of the activity the students
Hardy Pearc acting director of health and physical educa
on said meeting of his instructors consider
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-21

ming events Of the past .. We
have seen the onslaught of tanks
and the sweep Of planes wipe out
a fine army 0f 100000 tPo-
land's) In a fortnight"
When the Germans by-pasSed
the Maginot and came down
through the broad approaches De
Gaulle had indicated earlier, the
tall tactician was indicated. But
he was too busy TO think about
that. French tank forces under
his command at the battle of
Abbeville won-ton May II, 18 and
10, l910--the only Freich victory
of World War III.
For his work there he was
jumped 10 brigadier general
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had 90 per cent of the stations
closing at 8 p. m. on week days
and at 5 p. m. on Sunday"
Peck said. THE remaining a
per cent are stations controlled
by out Of town interests and
we're trying 10 line them up
now
The curfew is in line with the
governments program 10 conserve
gas and tires for the duration Of
the war.
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vENING TIMES GPHONE CHERRY $500

to-heart talk that will live forever
IN French history.
1.-THE leader who, for many
years, have been at the head Of
the French armies, have formed
a government and negotiated
with the enemy tO cease fight
ing" he said. Certainly we
have been and we are submerged
by the enemy's m g chanized
forces, both on land and In the
air.
II. General De- Gaulle, now In
London, invite French officers
and soldiers, with or without
their weapons, engineers and
specialized wOrLmen from the
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Gas Stations Call
CurfeW Success

Ninety-two per cent Of petroit's
retail gas dealers are cooperating
in the s p. m. curfew as advocated
by the Michigan Retail Gasoline
Dealers Association, said Rankin
A. Peck executive secretary Of
the association. today
"After a three day trial we
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torized units. decided on this
shrewd plagiarism of De Gsullfs
ideas, when he put together the
first panzer division.
IL was about the middle 1905
that French journalist, travelling
in Germany, asked NaZi general
10 name Frances best military
man.
Frances best:" the general
repeated, in obvious surprise.
Hes Charles de GaulIc, didn't
you know"
De Gaulle kept hammering
away.
He warned France In vain
against reliance on the Maginot
Line but he was shouted down by
Maginot enthusiasts.
OPPOSED BY LEADERS
De Gaulie wanted to slap Hitler
down in 1886 when Germany re-
militarized the Rhineland. But.
General Maurin. the minister of
war, and General Ganelin, who
had just succeeded Weygand as
chief Of staff, were opposed TO
intervention.
They felt that Intervention
would take such a strong force
that a general mobilization would
be necessary, and IL might mean
war. De Gaulle was certain a COM
pact little army of professionals
could have nipped the Nazi
menace in the bud, without the.
need OF a general mobilization.
II was at Metz that World War
III caught him. During its So
called "phony" phases. De Gaulle
sent a memorandum TO Gamelin. 4
dated Jan. 70. 1910. warning:
Even IL the enemy has not
built up mechanical force
strong enough 10 break our lines
OF defense, there II every reason
10 believe he II working toward
this end.
THE French people must on
no account let itself be deceived
ny the Illusion that the present
static military situations IL an
indication OF the real nature Of
the war.
THEY SEE ONSLAUGHT
quite the contrary. The
motor gives 10 modern means OF
destruction such power, such
speed, such n radius of action
that the present conflict must,
sooner or later. be marked by
movement, surprises, raids, pur-
suits, infinitely SURPRISING In
scope and speed the most light
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youngest in the French army. and
called IAN admirable leader. ener-
.getic and courageous" by Wey-
grand. lie rode in the first tank in
the great battle, his head sticking
out Of the top.
On June 6 1910 he was ordered
TO Paris and sworn in as under
secretary OF state for national de-
Tense and war That brought him
IN close contact with the British.
SPEAKS OVER RADIO
II was on the night Of June Is,
1910 that De Gaulle spoke over
the British radio to the people OF
France. II was a clear-cut, heart
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GEN. CHARLES DE GAULLE
by BOB C0NSIDINE

Copyright. 1912. by international News Servce)
Gen. Charles de Gaue 6foo6 leader OF the evergrown
Billy Mitchell Douglas Macarthur Patrick
elder in
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he Uneonquerables:
The incorporates
France Ignored
DeGaulIe Genius

tThis Is the fifth article in by Bob Considine about
with all their command for the liberation
OF their homeands)
V-GEN CHARLES DE GAULLE
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World Famous Comics. Three
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