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Evening star., 1942-02-16
New Draft Ruling Given
For Medical Students
Dy the As,ocistsd Press.

~ Ids A830o1ot8o 1IOoos
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Col. Leonard
q. Rountree, medical director Of the
National Selective Service oreani-
zation, last night announced . new
policy under which first and SEC
ond year medical students and pre-
medical students who have been &C.
cepted for matriculation In ap-
proved medical schools will be given
draft deferments.
Heretofore only third and fourth
yea medical students and tnternes
have been eligible for commissions
which released them from the draft,
Col Rountree said.
The ruling, by the adjutant gen.
eral, applies to students In approved
medical, dental and veterinary
schools. The men will be given
commissions In the Army Medical
Administrative Reserve Corps and
placed ON inactive duty until they
have received licenses to practice.
The commissions may be withdrawn
whenever the students fall behind
In their school work A similar
plan has been adopted by the Navy,
DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor Of the
American Medical Association Jour-
nal, said.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

ADvERTISEAENT.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

ing to repel Japanese landings on
the West Bataan coast.
In a second such operation, he
and Jock walked right into q ma
chine gun" Both were wounded
slightly although the bullet shaved
Capt. Wermuth's ribs on his left
side and came out of his back.
Jock carried him to a hospital,
concealing his own wound.
Two days ago Capt. Wermuth was
out of the hospital and back on duty
although his wound was still painful
He said today he believed no Japa-
nese bullet would get him and that
he would live to see his wife and
to satisfy his ambition to arrange
for Jock to attend military school
in the United States.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
70 ERvoUS
IN NDIGE Tl0N

When you're under q nervous
strain, it can affect you in many
ways. Among other things, excite
ment can cause a mighty uncom-
Portable feeling in the region of
your stomach. Itcan give you a case
OF heartburn, nervous indiges-
tion" or sour stomach. 1t can make
you feel downright miserablel
Nobody knows exactly what
causes these discomforts. But
many people have discovered that,
when their stomachs are upset by
Evening star., 1942-02-16

0GDDllnR over WIN energy ana
ran directly into enemy machine
gun nests and a network of trenches
across the main road. One of the
marines was killed and two others
were wounded, but Capt. Wermuth
and the other two summoned help
and attacked the machine gun nests
with grenades.
Really Poured 1t On.
The following day American ar
tillery pounded the japanese posi-
tions while Capt. Wermuth and
volunteers approached close with
mortars.
I'VE really poured 1t to them." he
said.
They drove the Japanese out,
while the 57th advanced.
Nothing much happened except
that everybody was bombed to beat
hell" his diary for that day relates.
On his next patrol, he was ordered
strictly not to fight, but merely to
look and see.
walking along the road toward
the enemy line, I spotted what must
have been q Japanese admiral's
blue uniform, sword and binoculars
with Filipino apparently leading
him on q sightseeing trip" Capt.
Wermuth said.
Somebody fired and the admiral
took to his heels. We captured the
Filipino"
The following day, Capt. Wermuth
went so far behind the enemy lines
his colonel reprimanded him.
Il told you to go on reconnais-
sance, not to the Manila Army and
Navy Club fol. a drink" the colonel
shouted.
Later Capt. Wermuth actively
participated In Jungle fighting, help
Evening star., 1942-02-16

nervous strain, they can get
prompt and effective relief by
chewing q JEST or two. JEsrs not
only make you feel better fsst, but
the soothing comforting relief
they bring actually lasts Ioneerf
There is no bicarbonate of soda
in JEsrs. They are not q Laxative.
Not constipating. JEsrs taste
like pleasant mints. 10c for .
handy roll B rolls for Csc. Guar
anteed by the makers of Ex-Lax.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

ish Air Force, died Of injuries ho
suffered in an airplane crash near
Monterrey last Wednesday.
Maddux resigned from the r. Az.
and came to Mexico to teach flying.
On q flight to Monterrey he struck
Saddle Peak In Q fog. He was reared
In Fort Worth, Tex, but returned
to England with his family when
the war began.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Wife Is Mighty Proud,
But Wants Him Back

DETROIT, Feb. 16 (P.-Mrs. Jean
Wermuth, wife of Capt. Arthur w.
Wermuth, credited with bagging 1l6
Japs in the Philippines and cap
Evening star., 1942-02-16

turing many more. is mighty proud
Of her husband, but more than
that, she wants him back.
I'm 70 happy feel like bawing,
but please. please, send my hus-
band back home," she said last
night when informed Of her hus-
bands exploits.
Mrs. Wermuth, . surgical nurse,
Is employed at Ardmore Hospital
at Ferndale. She is living ut the
home Of . brother In suburban st.
Clair Shores.
IT tingle all over" she exclaimed.
Tim too excited to tell you just
how I feel. But I'd rather have
him back than hear that he had
been made q hero"
It was news to her, she said, that
her husband Is q captain.
HE was only Q lieutenant when
he was recalled to active duty .
year ago. And all those decora-
tionsl I'm the happiest woman In
the world tonight"
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Academy Superintendent
Not SURPRISED at Feots

LAKE GENEVA, Wis, Feb. 16 up.
1T doesn't surprise me In the
least" Col. r. p. Davidson, super
intendent of Northwestern Military
Academy, exclaimed when told by
the Associated Press yesterday that
Capt. Arthur w. Wermuth of Chi
cago one of the academy's graduates,
had been named Americas No. l
one-man army by fellow officers
Of the 57th Filipino Scout Regi-
ment.
OF the same sentiments was Capt.
Wermuth's coach, Maj. John w.
Roy, who has been guiding the
athletic teams here for "a years.
He was just an average boy who
did everything he attempted well, I"
the major said.
Capt. Wermuth was q regular
tackle on the football team and .
regular outfielder on the baseball
nine in 1930-31. He also partici-
pated in company basketball and
track for four years and swimming
and crew one.
Capt. Wermuth majored in Eng
Ish and was one Of the staff Of the
"Logbook," school publication. He
earned a craftsmanship rating with
a .30-caliber gun and was we'll
liked by fellow students.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

Turn your waste paper basket into
q savings bank. Don't throw the
paper away-give It to the Govern
ment.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Crosh Injuries Are FotoI
To Texus Aviator
D. the Associated Press,

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 16.-Press
reports from Monterrey yesterday
said Jimmy Maddux, a, . Texas
aviator credited with downing 10
planes while . member Of the Brit
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Daily Talks Scheduled
Al SCULPTURE Exhibition

An exhibition of contemporary
sculpture of the Western Hemi-
sphere, which opened Saturday at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, will be
explained in informal talks daily
by Mrs. Helen Appleton Read, c.
Powell Minnigerode, director CT the
gallery, announced today. Mrs. Read
will speak at II am. and 2:30 pm.
The exhibition was assembled by
the International Business Machine
Corp, Mr.. Minnigerode said, with a
view to bringing together artistic
work of the Americas. Such an ex-
hibition, he added, should help to
cement the cultural relations of all
the countries Of the Western Hemi-
sphere, and bring about better
understanding among their people.
The exhibition. containing 81
pieces, includes subjects from every
nation in North, Central and South
America, and from each State in
this country.
The gallery is open today, as on
every Monday, from IL noon to 4:30
pm: on other week days from 8 am.
to 4:3O pm, and on Sundays from
2 to S pm. There is no admittance
charge.
Evening star., 1942-05-18

price of his article mot higher than
the highest March price Of the
most closely competitive retailer Of
the same class for the same article"
or the article most nearly like it.
Fifth. if none Of the four previous
rules apply, the retailer must put
mis- problems up to an o. P A. re-
gional Office after arriving at pos
sible price through use Of COM
plicated o. P. A. formula-which is
carefully explained in the Bible"
Plans of the Government to buy
high-cost imported articles and sell
them at loss, if necessary. through
the Reconstruction Finance Corp,
were made known to the House
Ways and Means Committee in tes-
timony by Mr.. Henderson made
public yesterday.
Since the United States has no
control over price levels in coun-
tries from which it buys an esti-
mated $1,000 000,000 worth of ma
terials and food, Mr.. Henderson ex-
planned, the r. F. c. will be used to
prevent the impact Of high import
prices on our own price levels" The
tendency Of prices in all these coun-
tries is to rise, he said
In other words" he pointed out.
I'VE expect, through R. F. c.. to
buy at higher prices than our
March, 1912, price and sell at such
price-sell at a loss"
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Prinz Eugen
Continued From First Page. }

tleships Gneisenau and Scharn-
horst fled the occupied port Of
Brest in February and dashed
home through the English Chan
mel.
(On May 3 British reports said
the three ships were definitely
out of action and were laid up
for extensive repairs. They said
the Prinz Eugen was severely
damaged by the British subma-
rine Trident.
(The German communique did
not make it clear whether the
Prinz Eugen was ranging the seas
once again or was being taken
to Germany for repairs)
British Losses Detailed.
The high command reported these
British plane losses:
Malta-Five British planes shot
down.
Channel coast-Five.
Attack on Prinz Eugen-Sever
fighters, % bombers.
Helgoland Bight-Three bombers
Western Baltic-Five bombers.
(This totals only Al planes, but
the high command ofieially
claimed So lost by the r. A. F. in
attacks against German naval
forces and against occupied ter
ritories as well as when ap-
preaching the German coast"
Light German bombers were re-
ported to have effectively raided tht
harbor districts Of Folkestone anc
Hastings on the British south coast
Evening star., 1942-05-18
laps Reported 4 Miles
From India Frontier

TOXIC (From Japanese Broad
casts, May 18 R).-Domei today
reported relentless Japanese pursuit
of British and Chinese forces still in
Burma and japanese forces were
said to have reached a point within
1 miles of the Indian frontier.
In a japanese air attack on
Assam Province, India, it was re-
ported seven United StateS-built
planes were destroyed on the ground
at an airfield near Manipur.
Imperial headquarters announced
yesterday that a British force OF
10000 had been crushed near
Kalewa on Wednesday and that the
British left 5,935 dead on the field
The Japanese said 1895 prisoners
were taken.
The japanese announced the cap
ture of Katha, about midway be-
tween Mandalay and Myitkyina to
the north in fighting ito annihilate
the remnants Of British and Chi
nese troops still in that district"
Evidence that siZable Allied forces
still were in Burma was found in
the imperial headquarters an
nouncement that "in recent fighting
the japanese encountered an enemy
force numbering more than 32,350
In one sector" The communique
did not mention the resulting action
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Gas Flow Through Florida
Hurts Morale, Ickes Told
AZ the Associated Press.

By the Askoclhted PreS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. May 1s-
The sight of loaded gasoline trucks
from Florida Gulf coast ports pass
ing through the rationed area en-
route TO non-rat toned sections tends
to create poor morale among the
States citizens. Gov. Holland has
informed Secretary Ickes.
Seeking the removal OF Florida
and Georgia from gasoline rationing,
the Governor advised the Federal
petroleum co-ordinator that barges
have brought more gasoline into
Florida Gulf ports recently than
storage facilities could hold
The Governor emphasized that
frequent truck haulings of gasoline
have been made from Gulf ports in
the rationed area to non-rationed
sections Of Alabama and West
Florida.
The Governor told the co-ordina-
tor that reports showed heavy de-
liveries OF gasoline to Miami by
barge during March and said this
long and dangerous towing is not at
all necessary, as these barges could
have made delivery on the West
Coast for transhipment OF the gaso-
line by railroad or truck or through
the intercoastal canal from Fort
Myers to Stuart.
The gallonage which could have
been delivered to Florida by these
same barges could have been
largely increased by confining their
delivery to Gulf ports"
Evening star., 1942-05-18
yesterday, the Associated Press re
"A. P. Wirephoto.

yesterday, the Associated Press re-
ported.
The effect was noticeable in sew
eral ways. Church attendance
dropped in Philadelphia. New York
ers got acquainted with their neigh
bors, sharing rides to golf courses
and beaches. Ambulance attendants
and police reported no accident calls
in such widely separated points as
Albany, N. Y, and Atlanta, Ga.
Transport trucks had all the room
they needed on highways.
Trolleys damned in Other Cities.
In contrast TO the situation here,
however, trolleys and buses in other
cities were jammed. A golf club
in Atlanta put shuttle bus service
in operation from the end of a
streetcar line.
State police in Maryland, Georgia,
New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl-
vania patrolled vast stretches OF
empty roads.
AS the first rationed week end was
being observed, President Thomas
P Henry of the American Automo-
bile Association urged that the Gov
ernment give the people authori-
tative reports on the rubber and
gasoline situation.
He declared conflicting statements
from various officials had left the
country in an utter state Of con-
fusion Is TO shortages, rationing
objectives and rationing inequah-
ties"
"It is imperative" he said. that
the Government give the people a
consistent story as TO the facts. and
that the telling Of 1t be not left to
subordinates but come from the
people vested with authority-if nee
essary, the President of the United
States.
The motorists Of the country are
perfectly willing to assign their
vehicles for war purposes when they
are needed. In the meantime there
should be an end to threats of con-
fscation and communicating, the
only effect OF which has been to
cause millions of people to question
the value of conserving property
that might be taken from them over
night"
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Annual Convention
OF District p.-T. A.
Opens Tomorrow
Morning Session Will
Include Reports and
Awarding Of Scrolls

The District Congress OF Parents
and Teachers will hold its 29th an
nual convention beginning at GAS
am. tomorrow in the Departmental
Auditorium.
The morning will be devoted TO
general business, including the an
nual reports Of the president and
treasurer, awarding Of scrolls and
revision of bylaws. Mrs. Albert l..
Gardner, national chairman OF con-
gress publications, will speak on
"Unchanging Truths"
After a luncheon recess the dele
gates will reconvene at 80 pm. TO
hear DR.. Helen Mitchell Of the staff
of Federal Security Administrator
Paul v. McNutt discuss nutrition as
it affects health and mental and
physical strength. This will be fol-
lowed by a panel discussion Of prac-
tical application Of health knowl-
edge.
DR.. N. p. Nelson, executive sec
retary of the department Of health,
physical education and recreation
Of the National Education Associa-
ton, will act as co-ordinator, and
panel members will include DR.. Rex
Buxton. director of the Washington
Institute of Mental Hygiene; Mrs.
Ola Day Rush, head of the depart
ment of home economics of the pub
lie schools: the Rev. C. E. Haw-
thorne. pastor Of Wallace Memorial
Presbyterian Church; Health Ofhcer
George c. Rutland. Miss A. Grace
Lind, supervising principal Of the
fifth division Of the public schools,
and Mrs. Gardner.
The convention will continue at
10 am. Wednesday and conclude
with the fellowship dinner at 7;3o
pm. at the Willard Hotel. Mrs.
Charles Sinclair is dinner chairman.
During the Wednesday morning
session DR.. Charles Schottland Of
the Children's Bureau will discuss
day care of children. and Capt.
Rhoda Milliken of the Women's
Bureau OF the Police Department
will discuss what the war is doing
to the youth of Washington. Newly
elected officers also will be installed.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Is Teehniques Used
To Stir u. 5. Discord

BOSTON, May Is F.-Fifth COL
umnists have Is techniques for pro-
ducing disunity. the American
Psychiatric Association was told to-
day.
The report was made in a study Of
propaganda by Drs. Edward A.
Strecker and Kenneth E. Appel of
Philadelphia
Propaganda. they said. is a science
Honest propaganda is a means of
building morale and combating
enemy propaganda.
One subversive method, they re-
ported. is alleged free speech. which
is really bought and paid for by
designing plotters.
A clever one is Justification Of
ones memory so that he comes to
believe events were different from
the real facts. Others are magnify
ing small details until they obscure
the main issue. spreading dissatis-
faction among armed forces, melting
capital against labor and vice versa
inciting both against the Govern
ment.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Corporal Is Decorated
For Pearl Harbor Feat
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclated Press.
SANTA ANA, Calf, May 18.-
Mai. Gen. Ralph P. Cousins deco
rated Corpl. Charles H. Young, 20,
Natrona, Pa, at the Santa Ana
Army air base yesterday for gal
lantry in action at Pearl Harbor
and for showing the initiative which
makes .e.nericans the soldiers they
are.
The citation said Young, then a
private stationed at Hickman Field,
had had no instruction with a
machine gun, but nevertheless as
sembled one and delivered effective
fire against Japanese planes De-
cember 7.
Here's how Corpl. Young tells It:
Pvt. Edward Finn, a buddy of
mine, helped me get the machine
gun, in three pieces, out onto the
baseball diamond. Somehow we
got 1t together.
"A fellow that came along showed
us how to start the ammunition
belt in it. 1t was a .50-caliber gun
ard when I pulled the trigger II
started going.
I'VE fire about 700 rounds. Some
of the planes went down in flames
but others were shooting at them
too.
The field was marked by bomb
craters before the Jap planes left
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Russia
Continued From First Page)

indicated the Russians probably
were holding out in the coastal
region around Yenikale, eastern
most city in the Crimea, on the
peninsula jutting out from Kerch
toward the Caucasus
(The Berlin radio reported last
night that $4,000 Russians and
huge quantities of supplies had
been captured at Kerch and said
the battle there could be consid-
cred at an endD
In detailing the results Of the
fighting before Kharkov, the Rus
slams asserted they had recaptured
more than 300 populated places and
approximately 1900 German soldiers
had been taken prisoner.
I'VE destroyed 400 German tanks
210 guns, 33 mortars, ait machine
guns, about TOO trucks, more than
100 supply carts. II dumps OF vari-
GUS kinds and lat planes" the In
formation Bureau declared.
Among captured equipment the
Russians listed 365 guns, Is tanks,
1873 mortars, 80 trucks, 1884 mines,
$4,000 hand grenades and vast
amounts of ammunition.
All these figures, 1t was explained
covered only the first Ave days OF
the offensive. which began last Tues
day. and the Information Bureau
indicated that still greater successes
could be expected.
Red Star painted q picture Of a
disordered German retreat. with
Russian tanks and cavalry pouring
through a great breach in the enemy
lines. 1t failed to specify the sec
tor where it said German resistance
had been smashed, but other Rus
sian reports said Red force flank
ing Kharkov was approaching Kras-
nograd after pulverizing lombard
ment of the Nazi lines.
Krasnograd, formerly known as
Constantinograd, is about midway
between Kharkov and the Dnieper
River, toward which the Russians are
driving. The city is strategically
important as a railway center and
its fall would be a severe blow to
German communication lines in the
Ukraine,
Evening star., 1942-05-18
| Ration VioIotors
|Foce Stiff Fine,
| Term

Under war powers granted to the
executive branch of Government by
Congress, penalties for violation of
the gasoline regulations range up
ward to $4,000 fine, or imprison-
ment for not more than 10 years
or both.
Among persons liable for "crimi-
nal prosecutions the regulations
say are:
ANY person who shall knowingly
and willfully falsify an application
certificate or any record" = or
who shall otherwise knowingly
furnish false information to a reg
istrar, a board, or any other agent,
employe or officer of the Office Of
Price Administration"
ANY person who wilfully per-
forms any act prohibited, or will
Evening star., 1942-05-18
fully fails to perform any act re-

fully fails to perform any act re-
quired."
Furthermore. it is provided that
gasoline transferred in violation of
the gasoline ration order shall be
subject to reQuisition, reallocation
and distribution by appropriate Of
ficers or agents of the United
States"
Any dealer. dealer outlet or sup
plier who has violated the gasoline
ration order may be prohibited
either permanently, or for such
time and subject to such conditions
as may be deemed appropriate, from
selling, transferring or otherwise
disposing of any product" subject
to the gasoline ration or ANY other
ration order now or hereafter pro-
mulgated by the o. P. A."
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Burma
Continued From First Page }

conmunique said. Reconnaissance
was carried out over other parts OF
Burma, and one R. A. F. plane was
lost.
Another British communique in
announcing the landing in the Ka-
lewa area said the British had quiet
ly withdrawn from there some days
ago.
This report also said the move
ment of imperial forces in Burma
continued to be unhampered by any
contact with the Japanese.
Evening star., 1942-05-18

honest mistakes over the next few
weeks"
The ceiling is intended to be lid
on living costs for the duration of
the war. 1t is the most drastic eco
nomic restraint ever imposed in the
United States. Thousands Of arti-
cles are pegged.
The only exceptions important to
the average family are limited list
Of foods, such as eggs and poultry,
butter, flour, mutton and lamb. All
canned and bottle goods, clothing,
milk bread, household sundries. fur
niture and tobocco are affected.
Because March ceilings varied.
different stores may have different
prices under the control. Thus the
buyer still may shop around for the
best bargain.
Guidebooks Are Issued.
As guide to the nearly 1000 900
American retailers affected, o. P. A.
has begun distributing 'shopkeep-
ers' bible" entitled What Every
Retailer Should Know About the
General Maximum Price Regula-
ton" In telling the retailer what
to do, the o. P A. bulletin likewise
lets the customer know what to eX-
pect on the counters Of the corner
grocery or the big department
store.
Five tests are prescribed by o. P.
A. by which the retailer may de-
termine his maximum selling price
under the universal ceiling.
The first basic rule requires the
retailer to take as his ceiling the
highest price at which he delivered
specified article in March. The
key factor is the actual delivery
duting March, rather than the
making OF a sale in that month.
Delivery took place when the GUS
toner received the article or when
1t left the store on its way to the
customer
The second rule covers a retailer
who offered an article for sale in
March, but made no deliveries. His
ceiling will be the highest offering
price-the price marked on the arti
Gle itself or on the shelves or racks
where it was displayed for sale.
Third. for an article neither de-
livered nor offered for sale in March.
the ceiling is the highest price OF
the similar article most nearly like
it" delivered or offered for delivery
during March.
AIxnrnoSs-><
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Miss Henriques Dies;
Once Aided Mrs. Hoover

BY the Associated Press.
WARRENTON, Va, May 10
Miss Aida M. Henriques. rs. who
was secretary to Mrs Herbert Hoo
yer while Mr.. Hoover was food
administrator and during his term
as President, died at her home yes
terday. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow at st. Johns Catho-
lie Church here. Miss Henriques
spent many years in Washington
moving to Warrenton about 10 years
ago.