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Evening star., 1942-07-20
'Katz AssaiIs Lewis
In Reply 10 Attack
By Local Unions
Labor Official Criticized
At Cumberland Declares
Chief MisIeuds Miners

A resolution condemning Sidney
r. KatZ. secretary treasurer of the
Maryland and District of Columbia
Industrial Union Council, adopted
yesterday by local unions of district
16 at Cumberland, Md, was branded
by Mr. Katz today as another proof
of the unwillingness of John l.
Lewis and his puppets to support the
American war effort"
According to the Associated Press,
the resolution, passed unanimously
at a special convention, condemned
Mr.. Katz and his associates for what
was described as "a vicious and un-
derhanded attempt to discredit and
disrupt the United Mines Workers
of America, district so.
The unions of district Is embrace
Allegany and Garrett Counties, Md,
and Mineral, Grant and Tucker
Counties, w. Va.
Attempt at Dissension Charged.
The resolution, according to the
Associated Press, claimed "the State
was flooded with vicious propaganda
by Mr.. KatZ, attacking the patriotism
and integrity of the United Mine
Workers, District so, and officials OF
the organization" and added that
"Katz is attempting to create dis
sension in our ranks and destroy our
organization" District so is ma
tional mine workers organization
which Mr.. Katz claims is being used
by Mr.. Lewis to raid" CIO unions
Claiming the argument stems back
to the revolt in CIO rank and file
against John L. Lewis and his leader
Ship Mr.. Katz said that "the rank
and file of the coal miners in West
ern Maryland are loyal to the CIO
and are patriotic American citizens
who are being misled by lot OF
John L. Lewis balderdash.'
Dispute Traced to War Stand.
1.-THE dispute goes back to Mr..
Lewis refusal to go along with Mr..
Roosevelt in the war effort" said
Mr.. Katz THE only criticism ever
voiced by the Maryland and D. C.
Industrial Union Council has been
directed against segment of UNIV
leadership which is unpatriotic,
which has been attacking the Com
mander in Chief of our Nation and
which has been creating disruption
in the labor movement. Mr.. Lewis
and his puppets are playing Hitler's
game"
Asked to comment on the reported
unanimity of opinion for the reso-
luton adopted yesterday, Mr.. Katz
said:
Il don't know who voted. Per-
haps Mr.. Lewis hand-picked officials
of district 16 voted. They have no
choice but to echo Mr.. Lewis senti-
ments or they would all lose their
$4,000 year jobs overnight"
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Two Killed, -Four Hurt
In Virginia Munitions
Plant Explosion
BIust in Washer Unit
OF Hercules Operated
Army Ordnance Works
Ry tie Associated Press.

CLIFTON FORGE, Va, July 90
Two men were killed and four
others injured early today in an ex-
plosion in one unit of the Virginia
Ordnance Works at Glen Wilton,
near here.
The plant is engaged in the manu-
facture of munitions, being operated
at present by the Hercules Powder
Co for the Army
The two workmen killed were
identified by the Nicely funeral
home here as w. M. Hill. &c. and
Lawrence Hites, 40, both Of the Glen
Wilton community, which is located
in the Allegheny Mountain country
about 7 miles southwest of Clifton
Forge. Mr.. Hites was married and
the father of two children.
Police Chief j. w Huffman said
four others were taken to Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad Hospital
here with injuries which were not
regarded as serious.
Capt. G. A. Bates, Army ordnance
officer at the plant, could not be
reached Immediately for his version
of the accident, but Chief Huffman
said he was informed it occurred
in the washer" unit of the works
The C. & o. Hospital listed the
four injured as James Leslie, "a,
Glen Wilton; Lowry Mccoy, 80, Lick
Run; D H. Echols, jr., Clifton Forge,
and c. A. Campbell. 49, of Eagle
Rock. Physicians said none of the
four were badly hurt.
The explosion, heard for ten or
more miles, brought crowds toward
the plant early today, but Virginia
State police turned them back.
The accident was the second of its
nature in Virginia within the last
10 days. -Four workmen were fatally
burned in a fire in the Shee cutting
unit of the Radford Ordnance Works
July II. That plant also is operated
by the Hercules Co. for the Govern
ment in the manufacture of mum.
tions.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Arlington Zoning Rules
To Be Adopted Tomorrow

Rules of procedure under the new
Arlington zoning ordinance will be
adopted by the Board of zoning Ap-
peals at pm. tomorrow at a meet
ing in the courthouse, it was an
nounced today by Zoning Admins
traitor Donald r. Locke
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy of Ar
lington Circuit Court has appointed
William A. E. McShea. former mem
ber of the Arlington County School
Boards, to fill the vacancy on the
Board of Zoning Appeals caused by
the resignation of Harry w. Porter
who was named to the Arlington
School Board.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Baltimore Pays
Little Heed 10
False Raid Alert
Traffic Continues;
Phones Jam After
Misdirected Call

BALTIMORE, July 20,-"Every-
thing" said George A. Carter dis
apointedly, went along as normal"
That's how Mr. Carter, chairman
Of the Baltimore Civilian Defense
Council, summed up the public's re-
action to the AFRAID alarm signal
that sounded early yesterday morn
ing in Baltimore City and Balti-
more, Howard and Carroll Counties.
The general public failed to CO.
operate" he declared.
Motorists kept moving-every-
thing went along as normal.
Phone Lines Jommed.
Hundreds of people picked up
their telephones and jammed the
lines-which they have been told
many times not to do.
Anytime that signal sounds, ex-
cept when it is an announced public
test, the warning should be re-
garded as the real thing Mr.. Car
| ter said.
The result of misdirected tele-
i phone call, the alarm was sounded
at 831 am, and was followed by an
/ all-clear signal at 8:52 am. But dur
| ing that time thousands of civilian
defense volunteers answered the
false alert, and varied reaction
greeted the alarm.
Generally, the attitude of Balti-
moreans was reported as one Of
curiosity, although many considered
it the real thing. some were doubtful
and others passed it off as test.
Reported by Spotter.
Through Sd Corps Area headquar-
ters. the Eastern Defense Command
Public Relations Office announced
that a Salisbury airplane spotter,
after observing an Army plane, re-
ported his observation through a
Baltimore operator.
This report, the office said, was
flashed directly to the Baltimore
Office of Civilian Defense instead of
being routed through the local filter
center.
Two women at the BOCD warning
center notified Baltimore, Howard
and Carroll Counties, while third
woman sounded the warning signal
over the downtown loudspeaker sys-
tenn.
Volunteers Get Call.
About $40 am. the volunteers
received a call from the filter center
ordering them to notify all warning
centers in the jurisdiction of the
BOCD to sound the all-clear.
A telephone company official re-
; ported that during the alarm, and
,, for about Is minutes afterward. the
number of calls handled by the COM
pany scared to approximately five
times the normal volume, taxing
facilities to capacity.
Pinkney w. Williams, secretary to
the Board of Fire Commissioners,
said the people didn't seem alarmed
Il looked outside and saw pedes-
trians and motorists proceeding
without any visible sign of excite
ment.'
Col. Henry S. Barrett, State direc-
tor of air-raid precautions, asserted
'the spoilers have no business using
red signal message and they are
only supposed to report to the filter
station"
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Sole of War Bonds
In Maryland Soors
PS tht Associated Press.

bs lIit hSSOCldttu HIcSo.
BALTIMORE, July 20.-Walter N
Ruth, State administrator of the
War savings staff, announced that
approximately s6,700,000 worth of
War savings bonds were purchased
in Maryland from July l through
July Is.
State figures represented SIS per
cent increase over the June figure.
Ito meet the quota for july" Mr..
Ruth said, "the State would have to
show only 48 per cent increase over
June, but it has gone well over its
daily quota in SIS per cent in
crease"
This increase of SIS per cent in
Maryland for the first Is days of the
month is running higher than the
national increase which is only "A
per cent over June" Mr. Ruth said.
The quota for the State is Sl3,-
100000.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Income in D. {.
Shows 18Pct.
Gain in 1941
Total $1,034,000, 900;
Maryland, Virginia
Each Up "a Pct.

The income of District residents
in 1941 totaled ST .034 600, 900. an in
crease of 18 per cent over the pre-
ceding year, a Commerce Depart
ment report revealed today.
Approximately 1886 900 repre-
sented labor income and returns on
capital accounted for nearly S129,-
100000. Income of unincorporated
business amounted to about $40, ,000,-
000 Government wages and salaries
made up All per cent of the Dis
trict's labor income.
Income for the United States was
estimated at approximately $92,000,-
10000. gain of 20 per cent over
1910. The Districts share of the
1941 payments was approximately
1.13 per cent of the national total,
as compared with n per cent in
1929.
Maryland, Virginia Up.
Income totals in Maryland and
Virginia were 1893 900, 900 and ST.
396, 600, 900, respectively Both States
registered a gain of approximately
"a per cent over the 1910 total
The State income tax figures for
194l are contained in an article in
the Survey of Current Business, a
monthly publication of the Com
merce Department. The article,
prepared by Daniel Creamer and
Charles Merwin of the national in
come division, analyzes the record
gain in income payments to indi-
viduals last year.
Though the increase was not
equally distributed, all States shared
in the gain Increases ranged from
Is per cent in Vermont and New
York to 80 per cent in North Da-
kota.
Arms Orders Help All States.
Income payments generated by
the war effort in 1941 were not re-
stricted to those few States which
received the bulk of the war con-
tract awards, and for two obvious
reasons the report said.
First, there is the fact that exist
ing figures on State distribution of
war orders cover only primary con-
tracts. Subcontracting and the pur-
chasing of materials are important
elements of the war production
program, and the geographical loca-
ton of primary contracts often in
dicates little more than the place OF
final assembly.
Even more pervasive in its ef-
fects on the State distribution of in
come are the repercussions upon all
industries of armament outlays."
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Public Health Survey
OF Laundries Started

A public health survey of Wash
ington laundries was launched to-
day by the District Health Depart
ment, DR.. George C. Rutland, health
officer, announced
In charge of the project is the
departments industrial hygiene en-
gineer, A. T. Rossano, jr.
In a statement announcing the
program the Health Department
said the survey schedule calls for
a study of the processes and meth
DDS employed by laundries and their
relation to the public health. 1t
will determine the extent of health
hazards to which employees are
subjected and it will include study
of the potentialities of the laundry
industry in wartime in the event
of enemy air raids or in time OF
serious epidemics.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Two Knife Sayings
In Richmond Area
Probe by Police
Men Found by Roadside;
Officers Believe Grimes
Moy Be Linked
Star Staff Photo.
p, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, July 20-Two
knife slayings, one early yesterday
in the North Side section of Rich
mond and the other Saturday in
Henrico County just west Of the
city. sent authorities on an inten-
sive search for clues as to the killers
In both cases the victims died OF
knife wounds and in both cases the
bodies were found lying beside roads
The similarity in circumstances LED
officers to believe the two crimes
may have been connected,
Officers in radio police cars, re-
spending to call that woman was
screaming on Second street, near the
Valley road, found the body of a
white man, later identified as Vim
ichio Bichi, 36-year-old clerk in a
downtown confectionery store. The
body, lying beside the road. had the
head nearly severed. A colored man
living in that vicinity told detectives
that he had heard woman scream
ing and later saw a white woman
and a white man get in an automo-
bile and drive away.
Detectives said Bichi had not
been robbed.
Saturday, the body of man was
found lying on Winster road in Hen
rico County with several stab
wounds in the abdomen. The dead
man was identified as Frank E. Har-
grove, Al, Philadelphia Navy Yard
mechanic, who had been visiting
relatives here.
An expensive gold watch was still
strapped to the wrist of the dead
man, but papers known by relatives
to have been on his person, were
missing, according to Henrico
County Chief of Police w. S. He'd
rick.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

One of these guns costs about
$1.500 while a .30-caliber machine
gun costs approximately $500 Our
fighting forces need thousands of
these rapid-fire guns. Even a
small town or community can buy
many of them by uniting in the
purchase of War bonds. At least 10
per cent of your income in War
bonds every payday will do the trick.
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Woman Dies in Plunge
From Apartment Here

A woman who left a note which
police said expressed the intention
of killing herself died early yester-
day after plunge from her seventh
floor apartment at 1886 Eleventh
street NV.
She was Edna Carty, as. Found
unconscious in an alley behind the
apartment building about am, she
was pronounced dead half an hour
later by an Emergency Hospital
physician.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Women to Hold Rally
In Support of Smith

Women supporters of Representa-
tive Smith, Democrat. of Virginia,
candidate for denomination in the
August primary, will hold an open
rally Wednesday evening in Alex
andria.
The meeting, at campaign head
quarters, 1873 North Fairfax street,
will be address by Mr.. Smith. Albert
Bryan, Commonwealth attorney, VIII
preside.
A women's Smith for Congress
organization is expected to be
formed at the meeting.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Missouri River Yields
Body of Cadet Flyer

B! the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, July 20.-The
body of James Chase Fannon. 23-
year-old naval flying cadet from
Centerville, Iowa, was recovered
from the Missouri River yesterday.
Cadet Fannon. winner of many
honors as an amateur golfer in
Iowa, died June II in the crash Of
his training plane while on a rou-
tine flight from the Fairfax Air
Base.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
VFW Post to Present
CoIors to Auxiliary

Colors will be presented by Ar
lington's John Lyon Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, to the auxiliary at
a joint meeting at pm. Thursday
in the American Legion Clubhouse,
it was announced today by E. j..
Steger, post commander.
Participa ton in the national VFW
program to purchase airplanes and
enlist young men as aviation cadets
was approved by the post at its last
meeting.
Brig. Gen. Rufus Lane, USMC,
retired, heads the post committee
and is assisted by Capt. John F.
Bethune, U. S. A., retired; Allan
Prosise and Paul A. Hill.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Nozis Help Sponiords
Develop Glider School
RN the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, July 20-A group OF
Spanish glider enthusiasts supported
by the Air Ministry is developing a
school for gliders which the news
paper Arriba said yesterday may
soon be the largest in Spain.
The chief of the German glider
organization recently visited Spain
and helped choose the field for
the school. The Air Ministry lent
the group two gliders.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Winchester Rites Held
For Harry R. Greene
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatc to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, July 90
Presbyterian services were con-
Quoted today for Harry r. Greene.
70, retired business man, who died
Saturday from heart ailment at
Asheville, N. c., whence he had gone
recently with Mrs. Greene and her
brother, former Mayor w. w. Glass,
on a vacation trip.
Mr.. Greene was a native of New
York State, but had resided here
many years. His widow, who was
formerly Miss Katherine Glass; a
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Franklin. OF
Richmond. Va. and son, Harry r.
Greene, jr., of New York, survive.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Spray Truck Ruling Given

WINCHESTER. Va, July 20 (Spe-
ciaD j. Sloan Kuykendall, Fred
erick County Commonwealth at
torney, has received from Attorney
General A. P. Staples an opinion
stating that orchard spraying trucks
may travel anywhere in the State
over the highways without license
and registration certificate. Neither
is it necessary to have such vehicles
inspected, he said.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Herndon Socialist
To Seek House Seat
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, July 20.-The
State Executive Committee of the
Socialist Party yesterday announced
the selection of Clark T. Robb of
Herndon as the party's candidate for
the House from the eighth district
of Virginia. and simultaneously re-
vealed that Mrs. Catherine Bern
stein Of Richmond was Withdrawing
her candidacy for the House from
the third district.
The committee called for a cam
paign to raise at least $4,000 to
finance the party's activity in Vir-
ginia.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Col. Grymes Assigned
To Sd Corps Area

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, July 2O.-Lt. Col.
Herbert l.. Grymes, prominent for
many years in Maryland political
and legal circles, has been assigned
to duty with the Third Corps Area
headquarters in Baltimore.
Head of the military intelligence
section Of the 29th Division and it's
Oldest Maryland officer in length OF
services Col. Grymes first enlisted
in the National Guard in 1912 as q
private in the cavalry
Col. Grymes was elected to the
legislature in 1920 and ran unsuc-
cessfuily for Congress in 1880.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Indian Lore Is All TOPIC

LAYTONSVILLE, Md, July 20
fSpeciaD Indian lore will be the
subject of ,alk by DR.. S. H. De-
Vault, head of the department of
agricultural economics of the Uni
versity of Maryland, at the July
meeting of the Montgomery County
Senior All Council at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin D. Fry tomor-
row night.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Virqiniu Leeds in Gifts
For Cancer Control
B, the Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
20-Virginia has led all States in
the Union in contributions made
during 1912 for the control of cam
Ger. The Virginia Cancer Foun-
dation raised $33 ,978 06 in April.
In offering his congratulations to
DR.. Edwin P. Lehman of the Uni
versity medical faculty, who is direc-
tor of the Virginia foundation, DR.
James J. Ripley of New York also
said that Virginia's gifts toward
cancer control were third in the Ma
ton on per capita basis
Dr. Ripley is national treasurer
of the American Society for the
Control of Cancer.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Bible School Graduates
EIGHTY in Dunn Lorinq

Eighty children received certifi-
Gates in closing exercises of the
Dunn Loring (Va) Vacation Bible
School in the public school last
night. The school was conducted
by the Rev. H. F. Balthis, pastor
of the Methodist Church, and a
staff of Is teachers.
r. G. Bucklew is chairman of the
Board of Education of the church.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Virginia 10Th Division
Veterans Name Calhoun

P, the Associated Press.
ROANOKE. Va, July 20.--The
Virginia Department., 29th Division
Association, Yesterday elected G. E.
Calhoun of Roanoke as commander
to succeed John r. Brown of Nor
folk and moved to permit veterans
of the new 29th to affiliate with the
association.
Other new officers elected include
Earl Stockton, Staunton, sergeant
at arms
The l943 convention of the de-
partment will be held in Staunton.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Gas Buying Run
Forces Stations
Here toCIose
Motorists Line Up
EorIy in Morning;
Supplies Uncertain

With the prospect of gasless days
ahead because of slow deliveries
motorists lined up before gas sta
tions early this morning, forcing
them to close in many cases after
less than an hours business.
Station managers were uncertain
when they could expect new de-
liveries, although they are sched-
uled for today, tomorrow and
Wednesday.
Before 7 am. lines of motorists
awaited the opening of stations,
One station, which had saved 300
gallons for today. was sold out in
less than an hour. BY 9 am. a
check of gas stations brought the
response that Were closing up,
don't know when We'll have gas
again"
$500 Inquiries.
More than $500 car owners kept
the American Automobile Associa
tion switchboard busy yesterday with
inquiries as to where they could get
gas yesterday or today.
The AAA reported that not more
than four stations were open yes
terday and they could not remain
open long because of the rush OF
business.
An AAA official predicted today
that "the situation is going to get
worse" because storage supplies are
depleted and motorists were rush
ing to fill their tanks before mid
night tomorrow, when the permanent
gas rationing program goes into
effect.
Buying Orgy Seen.
Meanwhile, Sol A. Herzog, general
counsel of the Eastern States Gas
oline Conference, predicted yester-
day in New York that there will be
a real orgy of buying on Wednesday"
because motorists would want to use
up at once their first eight coupons
to cover two months supply in the
fear that the four gallons per coupon
be cut to two gallons per unit.
Mr.. Herzog said the Eastern
motorists, instead of being merely
an experimental guinea pig" had
become a permanent goat" under
the permanent coupon rationing of
gasoline which becomes effective
Wednesday.
1,n af fcf &c he &c tVn n
to get more gasoline under the
permanent rationing plan, he is
being badly fooled" Mr.; Herzog
-da1 ne 1e'"ip;sog ip;sogsibiiTtIes are that he is
going to get less. We can not see
that it is going to be of any benefit
to the motorists ="
Virginia Fares Better.
He said the gasoline situation in
major cities of the Eastern rationing
area was acute although it was not SO
bad in Virginia and Georgia. There
was no actual surplus Of gasoline in
Florida, he said.
Mr.. Herzog said the OPA had re-
jected a conference-proposed ration
ing plan fixing the limit of deliver
les to retailers at 10 per cent of the
amount received in the same month
last year on the grounds that it was
impossible to connect a distribution
system based upon coupon demand.
with any limitations based on his.
torical sale"
The conference plan, Mr.. Herzoe
said, would tailor" rationing to the
needs of individual communities ano
guarantee enough gasoline to es.
sential workers, many of whom ivee
as far as SIS miles from the place
of their employment. He als'
claimed the proposal would proven
closing of service stations, loss o
property, non payment Of taxes ant
losses to mortgages.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
X n
AhatHo~R~1WiM
| WAR BONDS
l i

The .50-caliber Browning machine
gun is one of the most efficient
short-range weapons used by United
States fighting forces. 1t is effec-
tive at ranges up to 1000 yards and
fires about 600 45-caliber bullets
Der minute
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-06-25

Miss Margaret Moore is spending
this week in McComb.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-06-25

Mrs. j.. NJ. Howard accompanied
by Billy Bacon went to Arkansas
Monday on a business trip.
Doug Goulson, auditor for Miss.
Power and Light. Jackson transact
ed business in Durant last week.
Miss Gladys Rhyme. secretary at
the Baptist Orphanage in Jackson,
spent the week end in Durant with
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Rhyme.
Mrs. j. j. Rogers is visiting rela-
lives in Mobile, Ala.
Mrs. Bette Douglas Of Tutwiler
was a pleasant visitor in the home
Of Mrs. A. A. Porter on the week
end.
Mrs. G. A. Kimberley visited in
The laalc cf Mrs. A. A. Porter
Tuesday, she was enroute TO Kos.
ciusko to visit her brother, f. A
and @. o. Doty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Hays of
Philadelphia were dinner guests o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Hays Tuesday
.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Lyon lef
Sunday for Memphis after spendin,
a pleasant week with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Lyon.
Miss Carolyn Hays is spending
the week in jackson where she viii
pe honored with several lovely par
ies and dances.
Mrs. Rupert Ellard and two daugh
tiers, Elsie and Bobbie, left Tuesda.
to 60 to Gu fport, Biloxi and New
Orleans for a visit.