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Evening star., 1942-05-27
Meade Soldiers Invest
Half Million in War Bonds

BY the Associated Press.
FORT GEORGE G.. MEADE,
Md, May 27.-Soldiers at this Army
post have purchased more than a
half-million dollars worth of War
bonds in less than a month Mai
Jay M. Holmes, retiring War bonds
officer, announced yesterday.
Fort Meade has the best record
of any Army post in the country"
Maj. Holmes said.
1t. William S, Sterns. Maj.
Holmes successor, reported total
sales of $516,604 of War bonds to
date. and added the biggest thing
worrying War bonds officers now
is that men who want to buy bonds
may be transferred elsewhere be-
fore we can put them on the line"
1t. Sterns said that $32,494 of
each monthly payroll at the post
had been set aside for War bond
purchases by soldiers. Nine addi-
tional units joined the honor roll
of 100 per cent subscribers yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Worker Is Found Guilty
In BIackout Assault Case
Rx a staff corre.pondent of The STAR

| By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO Md, May
27.-William T. Moore, 30-year- old
Washington iron worker, last night
was convicted of criminal assault
ON a 16-year-old District high
school student during a blackout
March 3.
Imposition of sentence was with
held by Judge Charles C. Mar
bury after a jury returned its ver-
dict.
Moore was charged with assault
ing the girl near Suitland, after
he had offered to drive her home
when she left southeast Washing
ton 5-and-10 cent store where she
was part-time employe. He
pleaded not guilty.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Flyers Warned
Not to Toss Out
Liqhted Smokes
" the Associated Press,


RICHMOND, Va, May 27.-Chief
Fire Marshal James M. Hayes, jr.,
requested through the State Cor
poration Commission division of
aeronautics yesterday that all those
who fly refrain from tossing lighted
cigarettes from airplanes.
He said forest fire wardens had
reported that in some instances the
point of origin of fires had been
in such isolated areas that no cause
could be given unless a careless flyer
dropped lighted cigar or cigarette
from the air.
AS remote as it might seem, the
aeronautics division bulletin said,
it is entirely possible for forest fires
to be started in that fashion.
Evening star., 1942-05-27

The battle for Britain was almost
lost because England had none Of
these giant -motored planes
with which to fight back. We need
thousands of them and they are
coming off the assembly lines in our
production plants at high rate of
speed today. You can help buy
these for your Navy by purchasing
War bonds and stamps every pay
day. Put at least 10 per cent into
bonds or stamps and help your
county go over its quota.
u. s. Treasury Department.
United States Treasury Department
Evening star., 1942-05-27
No Heirs Are Found
To $49,961 Estote
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va. May 27
An estate appraised at s49,961 .09
was listed at the courthouse here
today, with no known heirs
1t was the property of the late
Edward S. Bottomly, chief inspector
of cars for several railroads in this
section. An appraisal, filed by the
administrator, o. L. Snyder, after
sale of personal property, included
Government and State bonds aggre-
eating $5,447.78; stock worth $16,981,
and cash totaling 7,429.56.
Mr.. Bottomly died here some
weeks ago. He came here from New
England 80 years ago. A search by
the executor since his death has
failed to establish any relatives, 1t
vas said.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Staying Of Sweetheart
Was Accident, 0den S
Counsel Declares
Defense Claims Gun
Was Fired in ScuffIe;
Prosecutor Asks Death

The Government today demanded
conviction of first-degree murder
against Guy E. Oden, 10. on trial for
his life in District Court, while
Oden's counsel revealed that the
defense in the killing of the boys
l5-year old sweetheart would be
that the shooting was an accident.
Bernard Margolius, assistant
United States attorney, in his open
ing statement, called the shooting
Of Ellen Reid Cannon on July 10.
l941, "murderous, cold -blooded"
act. The prosecutor said Oden had
admitted in a signed statement to
police that he had planned the
shooting the night before
James j. Laughlin, defense at
torney, told the jury of one woman
and II men, however, that Oden's
gun went off by accident when he
was struggling with Mrs. Elizabeth
A. De Vous of 1929 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. who was visiting at
the home of Ellen's sister at ia o
street S.W., where the shooting
occurred.
Four Shots Fired.
Mr.. Laughlin said the evidence
would prove that Oden was carry
ing the automatic pistol with an
idea of pointing it. He said Mrs
De Vous picked up a skillet and
started at the defendant, and that
he attempted to toss the gun aside
to prevent her from taking it from
him. 1t was then tina gun dis
charged four shots, three of them
striking Ellen, the attorney said.
Describing his client as the prod
uct of broken home" Mr.. Laughlin
said the boys parents were divorced
when he was very young. Ellen was
about to become a mother, Mr.
Laughlin said, and Oden had been
driven to distraction" by threats
DR.. Richard NJ Rosenberg, deputy
coroner, a witness, said the fatal
wound was one that went through
the girls left chest, while the other
wounds were superficial.
Young Oden won a new trial after
being convicted the first time.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's, before
adjourning court yesterday, eau
toned the chosen jurors not to read
about the case in the newspapers or
discuss it with any one.
Names of Jurors.
The II regular jurors are Dalton
A. Cook, accountant, 1853 Charming
street NE; Mark F. Bean, super
visor, 3616 Thirteenth street NV;
Robert A. Mack, unemployed, 1906
Benton street NV; Mrs. Catherine
Baylor, colored, housewife, SAG
Twenty fifth place NE; Clarence
v. Niedomanski, store manager,
1885 Warren street NV; Thomas
E. Edmonston, jr., salesman, 1924
Decatur street NV; Clifton G.
Clarridge, jr.. unemployed, 1903
Maple View place Sc; Paul A.
Schlosser, store manager, 5613 Sew
enth street NV; Clifton L. Hop
kins, warehouse employe, 1927 Girard
street NV; Joseph M. Fagan, dis
trict manager, Washington Daily
News, 1902 Twenty eighth street
Sc; Leslie F. Cox, branch manager,
grocery store, 537 Fifth street Sc,
and Raymond T. Harrell, salesman,
176 North Carolina avenue Sc.
The two alternates are Samuel A.
Pearl, printer, Washington Post,
11O1 Massachusetts, avenue NV, and
Edward T. Lyons, photographer,
1929 Twenty-eighth street NV.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Amateur Detective
Convicted of Arson
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOWSON, Md, May H.-Daniel
Wright, accused of setting three
barn fires which he investigated
in the role of amateur detective,
was convicted of arson by the Bal
timore County Circuit Court yes
terday and sentenced to 10 years
in the penitentiary.
Although Wright was accused OF
setting three fires in a two-year
series of barn burnings in the county,
the three Circuit Court judges heard
only one case and found him guilty
of firing the barn Of John T. Moore
Of White Hall last November Is.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Rockville Divorce Granted

ROCKVILLE, Md, May 81 (Spe-
ciaD.-Edward E. Shoemaker of
Brookmont has been granted an ab-
solute divorce from Mrs. Mary D.
Shoemaker of Washington by~Judge
Stedman Prescott. Mrs. Shoemaker
was awarded custody of the couple S
only child, Benedict Edward Shoe
maker.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Alumni PIun Banquet

MANASSAS, Va, May 81 (Spe-
ciaD Mrs. E. N. Dickens, president
of the Manassas High School Alum
nj Association, is in charge of ar
rangements for the annual alumni
banquet Saturday evening in the
school.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Price Freezing Discussed

DR.. Dexter M. Keezer, deputy
administrator of the Offlce of Price
Administration, discussed general
freezing orders at dinner meeting
of the District of Columbia Control
Of the Controllers Institute OF
America last night at the Carlton
Hotel
Evening star., 1942-05-27
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W'AR BONDS
l. -

The giant four -motored Navy
patrol bombers are the worlds most
powerful planes. They cost approx
imately 100000 each. The Navy
also has a lighter bomber called the
scout bomber which costs about
s143 900 apiece.
Evening star., 1942-05-27

Why should your Uncle Sam have
to dun anybody to buy q War bond
to help preserve the democratic way
Of living? Buy . bond As your own
expression of willingness to help.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Nine Here Get Permits
To Purchase New Autos

Certificates for nine new passen-
ger cars were issued by the District
Rationing Administration last week,
Whitney Leary, administrator, an
nounced yesterday.
They were issued to the Joslyn
Co., defense manufacturers, 3704
Thirty-fourth street NV; John r.
Myers, electrician, 652 Ninth street
NE; John L. Cotter, sheet metal
worker, 1401 Girard street NV;
Harold Heiges. physician. GIG High
land avenue NV: the Government
Of the Philippines, 1877 Massachu-
sets avenue NV; Gerald B. Bro
ply, United States Army, 2720 Wis
consin avenue NV: Yates B. Wal
lace. pile driver, 1912 r street Sc.
and two for the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Association.
Certificates for passenger car tires
were issued as follows: 7 for grade
l, III for grade 2, II for grade 3, 80
for recapping service and 2 for
tubes.
There were IS taxis given tires
and tubes, and 81, recaps and new
tubes. In addition, 1l2 trucks got
new tires and tubes and l2l re-
capped tires and tubes.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Staff Photo

best training anyone can have to
meet an emergency"
DR.. Braden added that the train
ing course is giving the eight women
valuable experience for rescue squad
work.
Proud of Crew.
Miss Rogers said she is very proud
OF the all-female crew.
IF the armed services keep TAX
ing our doctors, it Is good to know
that capable women first-aiders can
step into the breach" she told The
Star.
They are very sensible women
and we are mighty proud of them
Miss Rogers said in the presence
OF the 1rst-aid class.
Wearing smartly trimmed uni
forms, the first-aiders ride the
ambulances with a doctor and a
hospital driver They work in diff
ferent shifts, some being on duty
from 8 am. to noon, and others from
noon to 5 pm.
There must always be a first In
everything. DR.. Braden expressed
his confidence in the ability of the
eight trainees by saying: Il would
be willing to have them give me
emergency treatment" thus pre-
pairing the public for the day
when Casualty ambulances may be
manned entirely by women volun-
teers in daylight hours. 2
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Network YuIe Programs
Will Originate Here

The American Red Cross will par
ticipate in special Christmas pro-
grams transmitted by national radio
hookups from local stations, begin
ming today.
From 12:l5 to 1890 pm. today,
Station WRC will carry a short
wave program from London. After
one-minute talks by Gen. Hartle
and Admiral Kirk, poem will be
read, and the program concluded
with the singing of Christmas carols
by a group of American soldiers.
A special American Red Cross
Christmas eve broadcast to Aus
tralia through the facilities of the
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Blue Network will be heard over
WMAL December "a from $50 pm.
to $50 pm. Christmas messages
will be delivered by Norman Davis,
Red Cross national chairman; a
typical mother, and a typical
American soldier. Music will be
furnished by the Blue Network Con-
cert Orchestra under the direction
CT Phil Stopak, with songs by Flea
nor Steeber and Wilbur Evans.
On another program transmitted
from London by the Mutual and
Columbia Broadcasting Co.'S and
carried over VOL and WJSV from
9 am. to 10:15, the Hans Crescent
Club of the American Red Cross in
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Salvage Of Tin Cans
Urged 10 Avert Food
Shortage in 1943
Full Cooperation VitoI
To War Effort, Says
District Committee

Householders turning over tin cans
to the District Salvage Committee
will avert serious shortage of can
ned foods about the middle of 1943,
the committee said yesterday.
1T can readily be appreciated, it
was added, that in order to assure
the housewife available supplies of
food packed in tin cans, it is vitally
necessary that every ounce of avail
able tin be salvaged Immediately
Because of the complete cutting off
of important supplies of tin, our
Government has asked every citi-
zen to participate in the prepared
tin can program"
The committee said statistics show
that 1000 tons of valuable No. 2
steel scrap and 10 tons of tin are
destroyed every day in the Eastern
portion of the United States. Com
plete cooperation in the salvage
program will materially assist in
Evening star., 1942-12-20

maintaining sufficient supplies of
tin and steel, it was emphasized.
Householders living in private
homes should place their prepared
tin cans In a suitable container
alongside their garbage on the regu-
lar garbage collection days. The
District Refuge Department will
collect all cans from private homes.
Persons living in apartments should
consult their resident manager or
janitor as to the days prepared tin
cans will be collected, and ask that
a place for depositing the tin cans
on the premises be designated.
To date the Refuge Division
has shipped approximately 225 900
pounds of prepared tin cans, the
District Salvage Committee said.
Cans are to be washed out thor
oughly, tops and bottoms cut out,
labels removed and thoroughly
flattened out.
Letters of instruction have been
sent to all apartment houses in the
District as to procedure in collect
ing tin.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Luther Place Memorial
Cancels Its YuIe Drama

Because of wartime conditions
the Luther Place Memorial Church
Thomas Circle, announced that for
the first time in 18 successive years
it will not present it's annual Christ
mas drama, The Other Wise Man"
based upon the famous legend of
the same name, written by DR..
Henry Van Dyke.
Since 1925, when Bess Davis
Schreiner first produced the dram
atization at the church, thousands
OF persons have seen the play be-
tween Christmas and New Year
The cast was composed of promi-
nent local actors and musicians.
The directors of the play saio
they hope to present it again in
December, 1943.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Day Luborers Needed
By War Department

An unlimited number" of day
laborers are needed by the War
Department, according to Mrs. Will
liam Breau, interviewer in the peS-
sonnel section.
Mrs. Breau announced that appli-
cants for the jobs, which are in
grade at $500 a year, should go
to Room 100, 718 Eighteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

London will feature a servicemens
swing band and glee club, and
message by an American soldier.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

The dollar is war weapon with
the advantages of a boomerang.
Put into War bonds, 1t will return
to you later with interest.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Eight AWVS frstaders attached to the CASUALTY HOS
pa and training against the they
ponce emergency calls alone Dr. Luis Vaarno hospital
SIAN shown giving instructions right Mrs
liam Rltch Mrs AecsPreece Mrs Theodore and Mrs
R. A. Lovett before they left ambulance call
Star Staff Photo
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
HULL SAYS HITLER FEARS DEFEAT

WASHINGTON, Oct. - Adolf Hitler's Berlin address was inter preted by Secretary of State Cor dell Hull as the speech of a man being stalked by the realization of eventual defeat.
 Hull pointed out that Hitler's address --defying the opening of a second front, ridiculing Presi- dent Roosevelt and other United Nations leaders and prom sing vengeance for recent raids - still had the Nazi leaders char aeteristic boastfulness. Then Hull stated:
 "Evidently Hitler is desperate ly preparing his people for still greater hardships."
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
MANY CARGO PLANES ARE PREDICTED

WASHINGTON, Oct. - Tn e Aeronautical Chamber of Con- merce reported that by the end of 1943 thousands of cargo planes will be in operation, linking the United States with her Allies and far flung fighting fronts.
 The Chamber statement said that the number of flying cargo ships in operation will be 50 great that air transportation will approach a parity with ocean transportation.
 The Chamber said that hun dreds of cargo planes produced by American aircraft factories already are in action, carrying cargoes to all parts of the world.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
TO USE FULL NARROWER

WASHINGTON National Sel ective Service Director Lewis Hershey indicated that a total mobilization program might be administered comparatively by the draft system and the string of United States Employment Ser vice offices across the country. Local draft boards and the em- ployment offices already are co" operating closely on deferments for skilled workers. The Employ ment offices operate under the Federal Security Administration, headed by ManpoWer Chief Pau McNutt.
 Hershey said he had heard re ports of undercover conflict be tween Selective Service and the ManpoWer Commission as to who will direct the forthcoming mo- bilization of all man power. He added that so far he has had no direct indication of any such cor flict. The Budget will have a lot to say over which agency will have the final voice, when new total mobilization is sent to Cap itol Hill.
 The Selective Service Director was on Capitol Hill to testify before the Truman Committee in quiring into the whole manpower problem
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
WIEN AIRLINES

Oct. l5-IP lot Steve Miskof re turned from Haycock with Mrs. Laura Hagberg and daughter. Holger JoJrgenson was a passen- ger to Wh te Mountain.
 Oct. l6-Pilot Miskoff made a mail trip to Bluff and Solomon and brought Herbert James to Nome from Lees Camp.
 Pilot Miskoff then left for Kot= zebue with Chas. KenWorthy and Eugene Souss. Tom Beltz was : passenger to Candle.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
OPA HINTS MAY RATION U. $. COFFEE

WASHINGTON, Oct. - A spokesman for the Office of Price Administration warned that cof- fee rationing must be imposed if American housewives continue to buy up existing stocks in grocer ies.
 There havebeen runs on coffee in number of cities reminiscent of the rush to buy up sugar that occurred ust after the war began in 1889.
 The OPA spokesman said that due to shipping shortages it might be necessary to ration cof- fee, but it has not been planned for the immediate future How ever, coffee rationing will come much quicker if the hoarding rush continues.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
Alcohol Making Stopped

WASHINGTON Oct. - The War Production Board has order ed the entire output of the na- tion's distilleries diverted to in dustrial alcohol for wartime pur poses after October 9th.
 The WIPE officials estimated there is now more than three and one-half years supply of bever- age whiskey in the country.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
FOR SALE

Large porcelain bath tub with shower attached.
 One lavatOry sink.
 Dinette table and chairs and a twO-leaf serving table.
 Four chests of drawers.
 One 7-tube, long wave Phiico radio in good condition.
 One Westinghouse electric re- frigeratOr All in good cOndi- ti0n. Inquire at Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
STAR AIR ACTIVITIES

Thursday-Pilot Whaley made a round trip to Moses Point with freight and mail.
 Pilot haley also took a load of oil and mail to Beaver Creek.
 Today Pilot Whaley took a load of oil to Beaver Creek.
 Pilot Whaley took express and three selectees to Unalakleet and returned to Nome with express.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
ALASKA QUOTA IS TEN AUTOS FOR OCTOBER

Ten automobiles and 20 bi- cycles is the October quota for Alaska according to a wire re ceived by Mrs. M. O. Johnson. Territorial Rationing Administra tor, from the National Raitoning Board in Washington, D C.
 Quotas for tires and tubes for the month of December have no yet been received, Mrs. Johnson said.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
FOR SALE

Pair of skis, poles, ski press, excellent make and practically new. Pair of white fancy trim Lap boots other miscellaneous articles. Inquire at Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16

Complete up-tO-date dry clean ing equipment for sale. Triplex dry cleaning unit. Brand new Hoffman Press and supplies. Service Barber Shop.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
WANTED TO BUY - Small cabin. Will pay cash. Inquire at Nugget Office.
FOR SALE

Chevrolet sedan. In excellent condition. One new tire and 3 in good condition. Upholstery practically new. Inquire at Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
FOR RENT

Modern tw0-room house. Liv- ing room and kitchen, bath and pantry combined. Married couple preferred.
The Nome nugget., 1942-10-16
FOR SALE

Ladies bicycle, balloon tires, front wheel brake, spring side stand. Late model. Practically new. Inquire at Nome Nugget.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

ada.
 This may be the value in moving freight or troops: it could be of even greater value in shifting battle fleet or 6 school Of submarines. Not only would the voyage from the North Atlantic to the North Pacific be a third as long as via the Pana- ma Canal, but there would be two additional advantages: immunity from observation by the enemy and immunity from submarine and air. plane attack.
 The river highways are also irn- |portalt in terms of flying. MT. Stefansson explains, because fly ing conditions are not good up the Pacific Coast to Alaska. Thus the route to Asia is bound to be down the Mackenzie and Yukon rivers either across the sixty-mile- wide Boring Strait, or across the north- ern Gulf of the Boring Sea, 100 to 300 miles wide. That flying within the Arctic Circle is dangerous is a popular misconception; conditions are considerably better than along many of the commercial routes within the U. S."
 Reinarking that not only the Con- tinentS, but also the islands mass themselves toward the North, the Arctic explorer makes some speci- flc recommendations about flying and transport in that region:
 "The jumps between the islands are short in the North; long in the South. As stepping stones for bomb- CTS or transport planes crossing the oceans they are not necessary, but they are necessary for fighting planes. Instead of shipping these dangerously by sea from New York past Iceland to Murmansk, the thing to do is fly them, if necessary stripped of armament so they can carry extra tankage. Then 1t is easy to make all the hops involved on the North Atlantic route from Labrador to Murmansk. The armament would arrive by transport plane and be reassembled.
 Landing Places
 ''In sending Lend-Lease planes to the Soviet Union by way Of Fair banks and Irkutsk, there is no need for stripped fighters and built-in tankage. If we do our ferrying in winter we do not need prepared air. ports with regulation hard surface landing fields. Then every lake is by nature reasonably good landing field, plenty good enough for exper- fenced Alaska, Canadian and Siher- ian flyers. The distance from Chi. cago to Fairbanks is increased by only 200 or 300 miles if the pilot flies down the Mackenzie along the route used already for rnany years by Mackenzie Air Service and Can- adian Airways. That route can be stocked every summer by railway and river steamboat with all the gas and other supplies needed for next winters ferrying of fighting planes, if they come over in hundreds or thousands" Mir. Stefansson con. cludeS.
 Mature has provided the Arctic with natural landing fields, seaplane bases, and river or ice highways thousands of miles long. The Uni- ted States would be well advised to take advantage of them"