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Evening star., 1942-08-17
Two Burn 10 Death
As Fire Sweeps Homes
In Capital Area
Womon and Four Men
Also Are Injured,
Three Seriously

Two persons were burned to death
and five others were injured in fires
in the District and nearby areas yes
terday.
James j. Hockaday, IS. suceumbed
to burns and suffocation when
blaze swept the furnishings and in
terror of the room he occupied at 815
G street SW. Cause of the blaze.
which firemen prevented from
spreading to other parts of the
dwelling, was undetermined. Mr..
Hockaday was pronounced dead on
arrival at Emergency Hospital.
Henry Johnson, q, colored, was
burned to death when his home at
SOFT Nash street. Deanwood, Md.
was destroyed. His mother, Mrs.
Savannah Johnson, 56, was severely
injured escaping from the blaze and
was taken to Gallinger Hospital by
the Bladensburg Rescue Squad.
Two District firemen from No. 81
engine company, which responded
when second alarm was turned in.
were burned while fighting the fire.
They were r. F. Henry and j. E.
Shaffer. Both were treated at the
scene by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad.
Two employees of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. received burns
and shock yesterday afternoon
while working on transformer at
the company's power station at $40
Tenth street NV. Both men, Har-
vey Mills, At. of Arlington. Va, and
Thomas Rutherford %, of Takoma
Park, Md, were treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for serious burns.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Danger 10 World Trade
In Nazi Victory Reviewed

Germany is entrenched so strong
ly in Europe by successive conquests
that the defeat Of Russia would
leave the Nazis the principal great
world power besides the British
American bloc with all the dangers
that this would mean for the demo-
cratic world" the Foreign Policy
Association said in statement last
night.
I'm contrast with Russia, which
would have lost most of its indus
trial plant in the war;" the state
ment continued, "Germany's plant
would be intact, and could resume
peacetime production almost i'm
mediately. The world then would
be confronted with a solid political
economic German dominated bloc
covering the whole OF Europe. Such
a combination would be able to die
tate the terms Of all transactions
with the rest OF the world, and,
notably, oblige American trade,
based on free enterprise, to submit
to its rulings"
German aims in the war, the as
sociation said, contemplate DOM
nance in the field of industrial out
put, and "a monopoly over all trans
actions in foreign resources Of raw
materials, foodstuffs and even man.
power"
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Wife Of John D. Biggers
| Dies al Ohio Home

Mrs. Mary Isobel Biggers, 54, wife
of John D. Biggers, president OF the
Libby Owens Ford Glass Co. and
former production director for the
Office of Production Management,
died in her Toledo (Ohio) home
yesterday of heart attack. She
had been in i'll health for some time.
Mrs. Biggers was widely known
in Washington, where she had lived
with her husband while he held
various posts with the Government.
Mr.. Biggers first came here with
his family in 1887 when he was ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt to
direct the unemployment census
taken at that time. Later he served
in the OPM post and was subse-
quently named by the President as
a special production emissary to
England. During the past six
months he has been back in Toledo
in active management Of the glass
firm.
Funeral services for Mrs. Biggers
will be held from the Biggers home
in Toledo tomorrow.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two daughters. Mrs. Cor
win r. lockwood of Arlington, Va,
and Mrs. Sprague H. Gardiner Of
Little Rock, Ark. and son, 1t.
Reeve K. Biggers, United States
Navy.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Officials Estimate
Second War Budget
Al 90 Billions
U. S. Spending During
Current Year Put
At IT Billions
q, the Associated Press.

3, the Associated Press.
Work has started on the second
war budget of the United States
and informed fiscal officials guessed
1t might exceed $50 ,000, 900 900.
The Budget Bureau already has
sent notices out to all governmental
agencies asking them how much
money they think they will need for
the fiscal year, which will begin
July l, 1943. Hearings will start in
September, the bureau will help
President Roosevelt revise the re-
quests in December and he will
transmit the budget to Congress in
January
Because of all these steps yet to
be taken, officials explained it is
impossible to predict accurately
what the total request will be. How
ever, they feel that the budget will
be based not so much on what de-
partment heads request as it will on
the estimated productive capacity
of the Nations war industries.
At present price levels, estimates
vi tiilo CdpdCity oPpl OAuIldtC $OO,
900, 900, 900 per year. However, pos
sible price increases and shifts in
production types may boost the cost
in dollars of the second war budget
over $4,000, ,000, 900.
Barring an unexpected early
peace, officials are sure only that
the budget will be the largest in
the history of any nation on earth
The current years spending, al
ready at record proportions, is esti-
mated by the Budget Bureau at
SIT 900 600, 900.
At these rates the first two years
of the present war will cost roughly
$180, 900 000-which can be COM
pared with the aggregate spending
of the Treasury of $l97, ,1SO ,OO0, 900
from the day George Washington
became President in 1889 until Pearl
Harbor was bombed in 1941.
Treasury spending now is at the
rate of $4,000, 900 900 per month. BY
Winter it is expected to reach a
steady rate Of nearly $4,000, ,O0O, 900
per month.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Three D. T.. Girls Hurt
In MARYLAND Accident

-Four persons, three of them Dis.
trict residents. were injured, one
seriously, In trafiic accidents yester-
day in nearby Maryland and Vir-
giniA.
Miss Vickie A. Banks, 19, OF 5014
North Capitol street, suffered a pos
sible fracture Of the spine and frac-
tured ribs when the car in which
she was riding collided with another
on Defense highway near Glenn
Dale, Md, according to Casualty
Hospital, where she was taken after
the accident. Glenn Dale Rescue
Squad officials had no record of the
accident.
Miss Pearl Gertler, 81, of 5924
Ninth street NV, another pas.
senger in the car. suffered frac.
tured ribs, while Allyn Zuckler, %
OF 329 Oglethorpe street NV, sale
by hospital officials to have beer
the driver OF the car, received minol
cuts.
Miss Rosemary Mccartney, %, o
1884 South vietch street, Arlington
received a broken left shoulder ane
cuts and bruises when she wa!
struck by a hit-run driver at Glebs
road and Arlington Ridge road, &C
cording to Arlington police. Sh'
was taken to Alexandria Hospital
Evening star., 1942-08-17
U. S. Bomber Sinks Jap Ship
Hidden in New Guinea Palms

cleverly camounaged to blend with
the shore line and hidden under the
overhanging shore.
The sun was in my face, as we
made our approach but we saw her
nevertheless" said 1t. Hansen to
your correspondent. AS Capt.
Ewbank laid the ship in perfect
run, 1t. Hansen let 60 with his
bombs. Two big fellows struck the
ship fairly and five others caved in
her side. The full cargo of supplies
began bounding upward in flames
Today the ship lies like burned
out match beneath the palms OF the
New Guinea shore as a reminder
that a bomber can hit straight as
we'll as hard.
The co-pilot was Raymond A
Marshall OF Milwaukee, the engineer
was Sergt. William J. Price OF
Clinton, Mo-. the radioman, Sergt
Edward F. Levendusky OF Jeannette
Pa, and the gunner, Sergt. Donald
W, Marker OF Uniontown, Pa.
tcopyright 1s42, b. chieaso Daily Ns~s.)
Evening star., 1942-08-17

nurses here in the Red Cross First
Reserve. 1t is from this reserve
that Army and Navy nurses are
drawn.
The appointment was announced
by Miss Lillian E. Bischoff, local
chairman of the nursing service.
Mrs. Baker will interview ap-
plicants for enrolment. Her head
quarters are at 1870 E street NV.
Unmarried women between the
ages of 81 and 40 and who are
graduate nurses are eligible for the
reserve. Those who are accepted
are commissioned as officers in the
Army and Navy.
An effort will be made to bring
back into service in civilian in
stitutions as many inactive nurses
and nurses on private duty as pos
sible, thus releasing younger nurses
for service with the armed forces.
The Government has made the
Red Cross responsible for obtaining
qualified nurses for duty with Army
and Navy forces, 1t was revealed.
These forces are calling for 5000
nurses month.
Mrs, Baker appealed to all nurses
here to get back on the job and
said that a refresher course has
been organized for those who have
been inactive for some time.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
mrs. Sara Roosevelt Plaque
Removed From New York Park

held pending approval by the Mu-
nicipal Art Commission.
Mr.. Moses said Mr.. Schlacht had
asked permission to hold the cere-
mony, but the commissioner said he
replied, There were enough plaques
in the park and that this one would
contribute nothing that was not
already covered"
The commissioner said he told Mr..
Schlacht the Municipal Art Com
mission would have to approve the
project and stuck to that decision
after Mr.. Schlacht took the matter
unsuccessfully to the mayor, then
threatened Mr.. Moses with a
stink"
Mr.. Schlacht denied Mr.. Moses
version of the affair, saying Mr..
Plumeri had applied for permission.
He only agreed to act as chairman
Of the ceremony and notified Mr..
Roosevelt, Mr.. Schlacht said.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Rent Control Offices
In Nearby Areas
Flooded by Forms
PostoI EmpIoye CoIIopses
Under Rush Before
DeodIine Saturday

Rent control officials in nearby
MARYLAND and Virginia today were
flooded with landlord registration
forms after a last-minute rush be-
fore Saturdays midnight deadline
during which an employe accepting
returns in the Hyattsville Post
ONCE collapsed.
James w. Woogerd, area rent di-
rector, said no estimate can yet be
made of the number of returns
MAJ, in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. He expected a
truck load" of forms to come into
his Office at 2l6 Carroll avenue, Ia
koma Park, today.
Mr.. Woogerd said Friday that
only about Is per cent of the ap-
proximately $1,000 blanks distlib-
uted in the two counties had been
returned
Miss Pauline Phillips, who was ac-
cepting forms at the Hyattsville
Post Office Saturday. collapsed un-
der the rush and had to be relieved,
according to Mr.. Woogerd.
Both Mr.. Woogerd and I. Chance
Buchanan, area rent director for
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and
Alexandria, said hundreds of forms
were coming in bearing Saturday
postmarks. They explained that
these returns will not be listed as
late.
They added that any action that
may be taken with regard to late
returns is matter for the OPA
to decide.
In the Arlington Office at 1924
North Highland street, approximately
1000 registrations were received Sat-
urday between 12:45 pm. the days
regular closing hour. and midnight,
Mr.. Buchanan declared, adding that
he could not estimate the total le-
ceived.
A similar rush was experienced
by employees in the Alexandria office
in the Donophin Building, King and
Columbia streets, he added. Heavy
mail containing thousands of addi
tional forms were being received
today at both offices.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Many Institutions
Must Be Remade,
DR.. Douglass Says
University President
Urges Union Of High
And Low Brows

Many institutions and attitudes
long accepted by peoples in free
world must be made over to meet
the needs of democracy in an
era when authoritarian government
is striving to perpetuate and sane
tify its power, DR.. Paul F. Douglass,
president of American University,
yesterday told the congregation of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church.
The problem of remaking these
institutions, DR.. Douglass pointed
out, devolves on democracy's high
brows-those individuals who can
proceed with. single purpose under
the discipline of an idea for unselfish
ends"
Would Dust middle -BrOws."
The educator cited the necessity
of a union between ''high-brows"
and low -brows" to oust from posi-
tions of pro ninence the middle
brows" whom he refined as be
twixt-and- -betweeners who want to
have a finger in every pie without
proceeding within the periphery far
enough to come under the discipline
OF an idea"
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris. pas
tor Of Foundry Methodist Church,
told a radio audience from Station
WRC yesterday that in the new
world order to be established after
the war, "a superiority complex will
be as deadly as smallpox"
Stewardship Of Privilege.
DR.. Harris insisted race prejudice
must end in every part of the world
where discrimination of any kind
has been rampant.
THE white mans burden must be
interpreted in the light OF the
stewardship of privilege-his privi-
lege to help other people develop
their own wings" he declared. Too
often he has clipped the wings OF
other races or tried to do their flying
for them, bringing them good things
as byproduct of his own advan-
tage. In the new dawning, all that
| Is over"
Patience, understanding and toll
erance were described as important
qualities in getting along with 9TH
ers by Capt. Theodore Jannsen, U
S. A., who addressed the Fellowship
Hour of the Lutheran Church OF
the Reformation last night. Capt
Jannsen said it was more important
to make yourself as useful as pos
sible" than to play up to the boss.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Aug. ia plaque
to the memory Of Mrs. Sara Delano
Roosevelt was removed from a flag
pole in Roosevelt Park by police yes
terday, the action drawing immedi-
ate protest from participants in the
dedication ceremony and sharp re-
ply from Park Commissioner Robert
Moses.
No sooner had a police lieutenant
removed the plaque, explaining that
he was under orders from Mr.. Moses
than Harry H. Schlacht, chairman
of the ceremony, read telegram of
greeting and appreciation which he
said had come from President
Roosevelt.
The action was denounced by Jo-
seph Plumeri, chairman Of the
Roosevelt Park Committee, as very
cheap" but he admitted permission
to place the plaque had been with
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Fiancee Faces Charqe
OF Murder in Staying
.0f Army Captain
Daughter Wos Fighting
For Life, Colonel Says;
Claims She Was Beaten
Py the Associated Press.

p, the Associated Press.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Aug. l7-Deputy
County Attorney Norman Herring
said yesterday he planned to file a
murder charge against Miss Mar
garet Herlihy, pretty daughter of an
Army officer, in connection with the
fatal shooting Of her fiance, Capt.
D. D. Carr.
Cap. Carr died Saturday night
less tnan "a hours after, Police Chief
Percy Bowden reported, he was shot
twice at the Herlihy home. Miss
Herliny was charged with assault
with a deadly weapon few hours
before his death, but Prosecutor
Herring said the complaint would be
changed to murder, probably today.
At The County Hospital, where
Miss Herlihy is being held under
guard, she was reported in semi
hysterical condition today.
1t. Col. E. G. Herlihy, infantry
commander at Fort Huachuca, is
sued a statement in which he said
he found marks of beating on his
daughter and that Il am convinced
she was fighting for her life against
Capt. Carr.
Capt. Carr, o. attached to an anti
tank division at Fort Hutchuca, and
Miss. .Herlihy, who were to have been
married September Is, had been to
Aqua Prieta, Mexican resort across
the border. preceding the shooting.
Carr apparently resented the
fact that We planned to take Mar
garet with us to Fort Benning, Ga.
where 1 have been transferred Col
Herlihy asserted. "We had always
opposed this engagement, but did
not interfere as our daughter was
over 81 years old and we thought
things would work out"
Capt. Carr of Omaha, Nebr., was
a teacher and a newspaper reporter
before he was called to active duty
with the National Guard November
Is. 1910. He was graduate OF the
infantry school at Fort Benning.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
0'Conor Will Propose
70 10 Is Pei. Cutin
Maryland Income Tax
Governor DiscIoses PIon
To Freeze Port Of Fund
For Postwar Use
B. the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Aug. l7.-Gov
O'Conor announced yesterday that
In his fiscal plan to be submitted
to the next Legislature he would
call for 20 to Is per cent reduc-
ton of income taxes.
He also would ask, he said, for
the freezing" of a "goodly' sum
for postwar projects and the use
of an additional sum for present
emergencies, including salary ad-
justments.
Now that the States financial
position is the strongest in its his
tory" Gov. O'Conor said, "a reduc-
ton in income taxes can be made.
- Already 40 per cent reduc-
tion IN real estate taxes has been
effected which places the State tax
rate at the lowest in 50 years. Not
only is it my intention to maintain
the State rate at this low point,
but 1t will eventually be reduced
further"
Postwar Needs Studied.
Gov. O'Conor said his program
contained features of proposals
made by State Treasurer Hooper S.
Miles and Dr. Abel Wolman, chair
man of the State Planning Com
mission. DR.. Wolman suggested the
freezing of the States surplus for
postwar construction, Gov. O'Con-
or said, and Mr.. Miles outlined a
three-point program as his concep-
tlon OF the most practical plan"
1--WE will have over $1,000 900 as
State surplus at the end of next
month when the fiscal year closei,"
Gov. O'Conor said. This unprec,s-
dented amount would have been
increased by $4,000 900 if we were to
take into account this sum which
was set aside to effect the real
estate reduction for both this year
and next year."
Computations are already under
way, he continued, to determine how
much Of the surplus should be set
aside as a working fund As well as
for war emergencies and salary ad-
justments.
Military Outlays Offset.
Incidentally" he added, "it is
Interesting to note that the unex-
pected costs thrust upon the State
for military operations since Pearl
Harbor will be more than offset by
savings in the various depa. tments
during the present fiscal year.
Gov. O. Conor credited the States
strong financial condition" to ad-
ministration. that there vas a re-
fusal to borrow for operating ex-
penses, and that the State has more
than lived within its income"
Evening star., 1942-08-17
New w. and M. Head
Nav Be Named Today
By tie Associated Press.

B, TIE Associated Press.
WILLIAMSBURG. Va. Aug. IL
The Board of Visitors of the College
of William and Mary met in closed
session here today to receive re-
port OF its committee which was
authorized to recommend successor
to John Stewart Bryan as president
of the school, Whether the board
would name the new president to-
day was not known.
The committee included J. Gordon
Bohannan of Petersburg. chairman;
Charming H. Hall, Williamsburg:
Francis Pickens Miller, Fairfax, and
George Scott Shackelford, Roanoke
William and Mary alumni here said
the committee had selected one man
for recommendation to the board.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Man Found in Bay, Lashed
To Buoy; Woman Sought
Fy tie Associated Press.

p. tie Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.-Coast
Guardsmen searched in Chesapeake
Bay off Pooles Island today for Miss
overheard by a swinging jib yester-
day afternoon from a 40-foot sail
boat.
Richard G. Ashton OF Middle
River jumped overheard to rescue
her and the Baltimore Yacht Club
received a call from COLCHESTER that
he mad been found alive, lashed to a
buoy.
Coast Guardsmen said the jib had
broken and that other members of
the sailing party put the boat about
in vain search for the couple.
Evening star., 1942-08-17


York School of Social Work, the
American Foundation to Denmark
and the Guggenheim Foundation
to Brazil and the West Indies.
Author of several books on the
American Negro, DR.. Frazier was
awarded the Anisfleld award OF
1899 for the best book Of the year
In race relations, The Negro Fam
lily in the United States"
DR.. Frazier will prepare qualita-
tive bibliographies, will analyze
the library's collections and make
recommendation for purchases and
will aid in the handling of difficult
reference problems. He will begin
a one-year term September /.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Robber Game Too Realistic

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. II (P).-
The cops broke up game of cops
and robbers when neighbors COM
planned the play was too realistic
Police Sergt. John Armstrong sale
the cop IS years old, had black
jack and the "robber," also Is, was
armed with three revolvers, ont
loaded. The guns-which the boy!
said they had borrowed" from theil
fathers-were confiscated.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Maryland Guernsey
Awarded Top Honors
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
QUEENSTOWN, Md, Aug. IT,
Twin Hickory's Jane 488.449 Is
queen of all Glass B 4l2-year old
Guernsey cows in Maryland.
The American Guernsey Cattle
Club, Peterborough, N. H., an
nounced that the COW bred by H. j..
Rosebrook, Preston, and owned by
G. Des Canavarre, Queenstown, had
been awarded top honors for the
State.
James record production of
18,079.4 pounds of milk and 1909 4
pounds of butterfat in one year was
announced by Caroline County
Agent George w. Clendaniel.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
TokenFrom Police Cell, Dies

Thomas Boyd, IS, colored, of no
fixed address, was pronounced dead
at Freedmen's Hospital after he had
been found in an unconscious con-
dition in a cell at No. 13 police
precinct station yesterday, Boyd
had been arrested on drunken
ness charge. police said. He was
found Saturday night sitting on the
sidewalk in the l400 block of w
street NV. and was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital for cuts On
the head before being placed in
a cell.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Nv GEORGE WELLER.

Screisn CORRESPONDENT Of The Star and
CHICAGO Daily News.
AT AN ADVANCED OPERA
TIONAL BASE, SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC, Aug. ia keen-eyed
Chicago bombardier, with a fast
thinking Minneapolis boy at the
controls, has set the Japs' merchant
marine back one more freighter
here in the waters north OF New
Guinea. The bombardier, 1t
Edward Hansen, was in the last OF
a three-ship formation led by Capt
John N. Ewbank, who piloted 1t
Hansen's speedy medium bomber.
Coming in low over Salamaua
the Japs' middle base upon the
Northern New Guinea coast, the
bombers swung out over the Narrows
1sthmus, which ends In the bulb
shaped promontory OF Salamaua
Bombs from two planes fell free
upon Jap storage houses but the
Ewbank Hansen plane retained IT.
explosives. At the last momen
they had sighted q Jap freighte'
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Sleeper Found
| Safe After Train
Passes Over Him
2. the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Md, Aug. 17-Fred
Parsons, 60, Berlin teamster, was
tired. So he lay down between the
rails of the railroad track here last
night and went to sleep.
Sometime later, a locomotive
tender and two freight cars came
chugging along and passed right
over Parsons before the alarmed en-
gineer could get his locomotive
stopped.
The engineer hoped out and
found Parsons still asleep and
unhurt.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
City Tokes Over Buses

BY order of Federal Judge Poe
card In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the
city was given the right to take over
Immediately the vehicles and prop
critics of six bus companies although
appropriation proceedings are still
pending.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

G o n 81 res S in
American Negro
studies, Archi-
bald MacLeish,
librarian of Con-
gress, announced
today.
The first col
ored person to
be appointed te
the Ii b r ar "
consultant serv-
ices, DR.. Frazier
has been giver
the title OF fel.
low on three
previous occa
Evening star., 1942-08-17
MRS. Baker 10 Direct
Red Cross Nurse
Recruiting Here
First Reserve Seeks
200 Members Eligible
For Officers Rank

Appointment Of Mrs. Isabelle
Wilbur Baker as recruiting secre-
tary Of the District Chapter OF the
Red Cross Nursing Service was an
nounced today.
Mrs. Baker will have charge of
the effort during August and Sep
tember to enroll more than 200
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Dr.. Frazier 10 Join Staff
OF Library Of Congress

DR.. E. Franklin Frazier, head of
the department of sociology at How
ard University, has been appointed
resident fellow of the Library of
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Owner Saves Four Tires
As Automobile Burns

FOREST GROVE, Oreg - Fred
Benefel was awakened by the loud,
continued appeal OF his auto horn,
He dashed out to find the car
aflre.
He saved four tires
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Man, 80, Offers Iron Bed
To Scrap Metal Drive

LOS ANGELES-C. H. Sholes, 90,
offered his iron bedstead to the
wartime scrap-metal drive:
Il shall not need it very long
ANYHOW"