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Evening star., 1942-12-04
Big Labor Need Seen
In Transport Field

Ey' the Associated Press.
The transportation industry must
find and train approximately 500 900
new workers by midsummer next
year 'if the industry is to continue
to perform its job in the war
Joseph B. Eastman, defense trans
portation director, said yesterday.
Eastman asserted that many thou
sand women we're liable and willing
to work in the transportation in
dustry if they we're given an oppor-
tunity," and that many positions
could be filled by older workers.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Rites Today for Gen. Lyon,
Hero of Flight Over Reich
Contracted Illness
After Taking Post
Of Slain Gunner

Funeral services for Brig. Gen.
Alfred j. Lyon, whose exploit in as
Stunning the post of his dead gunner
in a flight over Germany beat off
an enemy attack but later resulted
in his death, were to be held this
afternoon at l pm. at Fort Myer
Chapel.
Gen. Lyon died Tuesday of pneu-
monia at Walter Reed Hospital,
where he was being treated after
being invalided to the United States
from Europe
During one of his many observa-
ton flights over Germany Gen. Lyon
took charge of a machine gun when
his gN6ner was killed and fought off
an enemy attack. 1t was while he
stood in the bitterly cold windstream
of his plane that he contracted "a
severe cold which developed into
pneumonia, from which he never
recovered.
Gen. Lyon had been overseas since
April, 1941, assigned with the first
American officers to go to England
under the Lease-Lend Act. Con-
sidered a brilliant aeronautical en-
gineer, he was a member of the
air staff of 1t Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, commanding general of
the European theater of opera tions.
He was attached to American forces
in the British Isles in connection
with air material after this coun-
try entered the war
AS a young lieutenant in the Air
Forces during the early post World
War period, Gen. Lyon made a
name for himself as a speed pilot
and pioneer in night flying. He Won
wide mention for a cross country
night flight from San Francisco to
Chicago when this phase of flying
was still in its experimental stages.
Gen. Lyon was born at Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, in 1892 A flying Of
ficer for % years, he began his mill
Evening star., 1942-12-04
DR.. Hervie A. Dobson,
0|destG.W. AIumnus,
Is Dead at 100
Civil War Veteran,
Long Resident Here,
Was Lincoln Guard

DR.. Hervie Alden Dobson, oldest
graduate of George Washington
University, who celebrated his Tooth
birthday July 3, died in Madison,
Wis, November 27.
Lester Smith, alumni secretary Of
the University, who made the an
nouncement of DR.. Dobson's death
yesterday, said he died at the home
of his daughter, DR.. J. Helen Den
niston, and her husband, Prof. R.
H. Denniston, of the University Of
Wisconsin.
A graduate of the medical depart
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Clarence Roberts Dies

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec. 4
(Pl.-Clafence Roberts, editor of the
Oklahoma Farmer Stockman and
long a spokesman for agriculture in
the Southwest, died today. He was
born at Clarksville, Tenn, October
l8. 1890.
Evening star., 1942-12-04

fellow countrymen in France and
abroad to resist Nazi aggression
Books he wrote included THE
Making of Tomorrow" and "Hitler's
New Order"
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Oil Spoils Exon

Boys beginning an examination at
Eton, England, found that they could
not write a word because oil had
been mixed with the ink. so the
examination was postponed.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Acids Plant to Be Built

To provide India's factories with
hydrochloric and sulfuric acids
company is building plant in Delhi.
Evening star., 1942-12-04

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Evening star., 1942-12-04
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Evening star., 1942-02-16
District newsboys Sell
1,256,339 Defense Stamps

Newsboys Of four District news
papers have sold 1,256, ,339 10-cent
Defense Savings stamps in the last
five months, out of the national
total of 108 8,635 ,997 stamps.
These figures were released in
Philadelphia today by Howard w.
Stodghill, chairman of the News
paper Advisory Committee of the
Treasury's Defense savings staff, ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Carriers from 762 newspapers In
Al States and the District of Colum-
bia have sold an average Of one
stamp per family per week." Mr..
Stodghill declared, in commenting
on the returns Of Friday. The
home-delivery stamp sale plan was
started last September by the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin, of which
Mr.. StodghiH Is business managers
Pennsylvania leads the Nation
with newsboys from 88 daily papers
reporting sales Of 20,O01 ,975 stamps,
New York is second with 1876, $50
and Ohio third with Il, ,480, ,371.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Ewing Attack Trial Opens;
jury Selection Retarded

The selection of a jury in the case
Of Orman w. Ewing, former Demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Utah, who went to trial today on a
charge Of criminal assault, proceeded
slowly in the criminal branch Of
District Court.
Justice James W. Morris. presid-
ing, heard numerous prospective
jurors ask to be excused from serv-
ing in the case because Of consci-
entious scruples against the death
penalty, which a jury, in criminal
assault case in the District, may
recommend.
Shortly before noon each side had
exercised but one Of its 20 chal-
lenges.
Prosecuting the case are Assistant
United States Attorneys John w.
Ffhely and Charles B. Murray,
while the defense is being con-
Quoted by Attorneys H. L. Nc
Cormick, Charles Henry Smith and
Roy s. Parsons.
The indictment charges that
Ewing criminally assaulted a 19-
year-old Government employe last
October in a boarding house on Six
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Supreme Court Gets
Portrait Of Justice

The Supreme Court art collection
today was presented a portrait by
Sully of Associate Justice Henry
Baldwin. who was appointed to the
bench by President Andrew jackson
in 1880 and who died in 1874
With 20 or 30 members of the
District bar looking on. the presenta-
ton was made by Solicitor General
Charles Fahy to Chief Justice
Harlan Stone and Associate Justice
Owen Roberts, members Of the
Supreme Court Art Committee, in
the east conference room.
Funds with which the portrait was
purchased grew out Of the American
Bar Association convention here in
1893, at which time more than
$4,000 was raised by the District
Bar, the Women's Bar, the Federal
Bar and the Patent Bar to entertain
visiting foreign deIegates.
About $500 being left over, 1t was
placed in trust for use in connection
with the Supreme Court. Trustees
were named, one from each bar,
under Craftsmanship of F. Regis
Noel. of the District Bar. Ralph
Cornell represented the Federal Bar,
Col. w. S. Hodges, the Patent Bar,
and Mrs. Edwina Avery, the Women's
Bar.
The money, it was decided, would
be Used in the dedication of the
cornerstone of the new Supreme
Court Building, but this never took
place, Mr.. Noel said. .
Some was spent IN the purchase
of a bust of Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes which now stands in the
Supreme Court library, Mr.. Noe
added, and the rest was used for
the portrait
Justice Baldwin was born in 1780
and attended Yale University. He
practiced law in Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Red Cross War Fund
Here Lacks Half Of
$750,000 Goal
Campaign Will End
In l3 Doys; Pepco
Donates $3.50

Washington still has to raise more
than half its Red Cross War Fund
goal-s750, ,OOO-it was reported last
night, and the end of the campaign
is only 13 days OF.
The total the War Fund Commit
tee announced includes a large
gift from the Potomac Electric
Power Co.. which jumped the total
by $9,78O.28. OF this, $1,000 came
from the company and the re-
mainder from employees.
A collection of 1,5O0 pennies was
brought in from the telegraph sec
ton of the War Production Board.
Early last autumn members of this
unit ydecided to drop . pnany IN .
bank every time they made an error.
The totAlNis not mea4Rse nf their
efficiency, however, since many
coins went IN lust for fun"
John Fay Macabay, 8, 1921 K
street NV, and Bobby r. Chafnot,
8, 1903 Jocelyn street NV, brought
in $353.15-the proceeds of q play
given by the Rose r. Cohen Child
reL Studios of Drama.
Other donors included anonymous,
81 900; the Maryland-Virginia Milk
Producers Association. $1,l14; Mrs.
Justin B. Ward, $500 Thirtieth
street NV, $1,000; Chestnut Farms
Diary. 1896 60; Theodore w. Noyes.
$500 Tin addition to previous gift
of $500: L. s. Briggs, Inc, SITS;
Giant Food Shopping Center, $186;
Guy, Curran 81 Co., $194.50 firm,
$50; Ernest C. Guy. 500; employees,
$44.50); Julius Garfinkel & Co.,
partial employe report, 1927 "A;
Times Herald employees, $13269;
Associated Press employees, $3050;
National Lumber Manufacturers
Association, $62.25: Wakefield Dairy,
$75; Eagle Laundry, $50: G. g. G.
Coat. Towel and Apron Supply Co.,
$50; Sherwood Bros, Inc, $50.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Red Cross Seeks
Funds for War

The District Red Gross is ap-
pealing for $750, 600 as its quota
Of the American Red Cross
War Fund Campaign for $780,
600, ,000 to provide relief for
American war victims and to
carry On rapidly expanding Red
Cross services for the armed
forces.
Today the District fund stands
at 1000.
Checks should be made pay
able to the American Red Cross
and envelopes marked For the
War Fund"
Any bank will accept your
contribution and forward 1t to
District Red Cross headquar-
ters. zo2a Massachusetts avenue
NV. There are also booths
IN leading hotels. department
stores and at Union Station.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

A first-hand description of Japa-
nese military operations in the cam
paign against Singapore and the
declaration that the British were
caught mapping were given here
today by H. F. Benson. Seventh Day
Adventist missionary who returned
to Takoma Park after nine months
IN British Malaga.
Mr.. Benson was critical Of Brit
ish preparations to meet the Japa-
nese invasion, but corrected some
statements attributed to his wife,
who was interviewed last Friday
when the couple, along with other
missionaries, arrived in New Jersey
from the Orient.
The missionary said the Japanese
had the air to themselves over the
island of Penang, where he had been
stationed. He said he did not see
the British take any steps to de-
stroy stocks of tin and rubber nor
harbor facilities In that important
port before the Japanese came.
Mr.. Benson said, however, that his
wife had been misquoted to some
extent in the Friday interview. She
did not say that she had actually
seen American planes standing
Grated on the docks. but said there
were reports" that the planes had
not been uncrated because no one
knew how to assemble them.
He said that the japanese swooped
low to machine gun the civilian pop
ulation and that they were careful
not to destroy harbor facilities. He
stated that "as far as I know the
British did nothing to destroy the
docks, the tin and rubber ref1neries." p"
Mr.. Benson said that the evacua-
ton of the Europeans was carried
out In a satisfactory manner and
gave great credit to the American
consul, Robert Streeper.
In describing the lack of British
preparation for air raids or for a
"scorched earth policy" on Penang,
Mr.. Benson said that no subter-
ranean areas could be built on the
island because it is just above sea
level. AS for the application of a
"scorched earth" policy, he said, II
guess the British were just caught
mapping"
During the two days Of air raids
that he underwent before he left
Panang, Mr.. Benson asserted, he
neither saw nor heard any anti
aircraft guns nor did he see more
than two or three British planes
in the air at one time.
"And all this WHILE" he conclud-
ed, "the people never realized the
seriousness Of the situation because
the British kept on broadcasting
that there was nothing to fear and
they never let anything else &c
through the radio"
Il was very surprised while I was
in Singapore to see the feeling Of
confidence given out by British Of
ficials there They seemed to believe
that the japanese would never get
down that far and they kept on feed
ing this sort of propaganda to the
natives. 1t was the same in Penang
before the bombs started dropping. u
, Mr.. Benson had gone to Penang
from Japan when evacuation OF
Americans from that country first
began. Except for furloughs, he
had been in Japan 36 years Is q
teacher.
Mr.. Benson's sister, Miss Ethel
Evening star., 1942-02-16
GNU. Foreign Students
Honored by Adviser

Five students from Latin America
and two from Turkey, who will be
graduated from George Washington
University next Monday, were hon.
ored yesterday at q tea given by
Prof. Alan Thomas Deibert, the
schools adviser to students from
foreign countries.
The students were Francisco Cas-
tillo Najera, son Of the Mexican
Ambassador; Alex Castro, son Of the
Minister of Ell Salvador; Adolfo
Arfas, Panama; Gustavo Belaval.
Puerto Rico; Jose Arcaya, vene-
zuela, and Filiz and Yildiz Erol.
nieces Of the counselor Of the Turk.
ish Embassy.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Virginia Woman Held
In SIoying of Husband
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARION, Va, Feb. 16.-Sherin
s. r. Dillayd said yesterday that
Mrs. Halle Holmes, 81, was being
held in the Smyth County jail after
the death Of her husband, Roy H.
Holmes, 80, who was killed at their
home in the Clinch Mountain sec
ton Saturday night.
Sheriff Dillard said Mrs. Holmes
maintained that she shot in defense
Of their 15-year-old daughter, whom
she said her husband was choking.
The sheriff said Holmes was slain
by the discharge from q double
barrel shotgun.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Randolph Defers Meeting

Chairman Randolph Of the House
District Committee today called OF 4
scheduled meeting Of the group be-
cause many Of its members were too
busy attending other committee
HEARINGS Or registering for selective
service. The postponed meeting may
Be held inter- Ia the week.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
D. {. Warned
OF Reduction
In Milk Supply
Producers Point ,
To Rising Farm
Costs at Hearing

The Maryland and Virginia MIX
Producers' Association warned today
that Washington faces . reduction
OF its milk supply, despite It's tn
creasing population. unless hnme-
diate financial aid Is given dairy
farmers In this milkshed
Bruce B. Derrick. manager Of the
association, sounded the warning at
the Federal milk hearing ut the
Agriculture Department on the pro-
posal to raise the price Of milk the
farmers supply dairies here.
He cited the loss last week of
one producer who shifted to an
other milkshed because he could
get a higher price
Unless milk producers are given
immediate help. Mr. Derrick added.
"they will be forced to 60 out OF
the dairy business or suffer finan-
cial disaster"
Increased Quotas Seeen.
Because of WaS}1ington'S growing
population, dairy farmers, by the
end of this year, will have to pro-
duce 10000 gallons of milk per day
more than at the present time, the
cooperative official testified.
"The volume OF milk surplus here
has diminished to q near minimum.
No consumer has asked for milk or
cream as yet, and not received it,
but the margin Of safety Is at q low
ebb," he continued.
Mr.. Derrick said that the re-
quested milk price Is well under
parity. Since the war began. he
continued, the demand for milk in
Washington has increased much
more rapidly than in any other large
milk market in the United States.
He added: yet the price to pro-
ducers here has increased less than
half as much as in virtually all OF
the other major markets"
Depression Level Prices.
Mr.. Derrick added that at more
than 1000 retail stores in Washing
ton, consumers may buy milk at
the same price "as in the depths OF
the depression"
Mr.. Derrick said that non-farm
employment and not the draft so far
has been the principal cause OF
labor drain on the farm. Farm
labor rates are soaring, he said, and
farmers are going to have to pay
prices equivalent to defense labor
prices"
Representatives of consumer in
terest groups here were to testify
later tday IN opposition to the pro-
ducers' proposal to raise the price
of milk.
Taking the lead IN oppoaipg the
proposal, which would leAd to at
least a 1-cent per quart increase IN
the price Of retail milk, is the Con-
sumer Interest Committee Of the
local Civilian Defense Council. Mrs.
M. O. Lorenz of the committee will
testify.
Other groups representing con-
sumner interest here have indicated
their opposition to the petition,
which will be acted upon by the Sec
retary of Agriculture some time fol-
lowing today's hearing. If granted,
the increase would become effective
May l.
The producers side of the argu-
ment, which began last Thursday in
the opening hearing, will be present.
ed again today by the Capital Milk
Producers Association.
Edward o. Mather, department at
torney, is presiding at the hearings.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Seret. Ryon Heods Auxiliary

Sergt. John r. Ryan was named
today to take charge Of Washington
auxiliary policemen, succeeding 1t.
John E.. Scott who left today on
military duty. Inspector Harvey @.
Callahan, assistant superintendent
of police, said 1t. Scott has gone to
Camp Lee, near Petersburg, Va, and
has . rank at mfantFy captain.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Vireinion Ends Life;
Ill Health Blamed

~ . Staff Correspondent Of The star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 16.-Joseph
Seville, 81, who lived near Little
River Turnpike here, ended his life
by shooting himself through the
heart at his home this morning, DR..
T. B. McCord. Fairfax County
coroner, reported.
DR.. McCord said Mr.. Seville had
been in ill health recently. His body
was found in . bedroom with q 80
caliber revolver lying nearby, the
coroner said. DR.. McCord said he
had signed a certificate Of suicide.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Cadet Protest,Ris
Over Plan 10 Chance
Competitive Drills
Delegates Nay Appear
Before School Board;
Porents Write Letters

Protest was reported mounting
today through the ranks of the
high school cadets against proposal
to change the procedure OF the
annual competitive drills.
A delegation-probably including
q representative of each high school
regiment and Brigade Col Robert
Ashford-waS said to be planning
to appear before the Board Of Edu-
cation Wednesday to urge against
change for either company or bat
talon competition.
Proposals by school officials are
for each school to conduct a COM
petition and send the winning unit
to the competitives-battalion or
company, as the case may be. I'm
der the present system all bat
tahons compete against one another
and an sompenltisss' lts against one
another.
Parents Begin Writing.
Under the prcddings Of their sons,
mothers and fathers are writing
to Supt. Prank w. Ballou and mem
bers Of the board objecting stren-
uously to any plan which will not
allow every cadet his chance to
show his ability in Grifith Stadium
as in the past.
There was talk among some cadets
of holding q protest mass meeting,
but this was abandoned in favor
Of orga aized protest before the
board itself. -
Arguments advanced by school Of
f1cers in support Of the change were
that educational waste" would be
eliminated and that transportation
problems would be better met
To this cadets reply there is little
educational waste, since each COM
pany returns to school after its per-
formance. Athletic teams, they say,
get more time of than they. And,
they think, even if buses cannot be
obtained to bring the companies
home. some transportation can be
found.
See 1,1oo Eliminated.
The proposed plan, they contend,
will eliminate LOO cadets from the
competitives and will result in the
grooming Of particular battalion
or company for the competitions at
the expense Of the other cadets who
are trying just as hard.
Furthermore, the cadets charge,
the proposed system will not in
sure that the best battalions or
companies are selected, since one
school may have the two best units
but only one will be able to partici-
pate. Different judges at different
schools will have different standards,
they argue, and each unit should
have the opportunity to appear
before the same judges.
Elimination of the present status
Of both company and battalion COM
petitions would reduce enlistments
in the cadets, they felt, and reduce
the goal toward which they were
working.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
New Buildings Limited
To 7 Stories During War
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
Only an absolute minimum" of
steel and other materials needed
for arms production will be- used
IN defense public works, the Federal
Works Agency announced today.
Baird Snyder. Sd, acting F. w. A.
administrator, said buildings would
be limited TO one and two story
fTeproof and bomb mason
~ and one-story wooden structures.
The limitations apply to schools,
hospitals and hrehouses as well as
to virtually all other types of build
ings.
Mr.. Snyder explained that struc-
lures would be limited to two stories,
because motor driven elevators were
"out" for the duration of the war
and taller buildings would require
steel framework.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
D. G. Girl to Attend Queen

CARLISLE, Pa. Feb. Is (SpeciaD /.
Miss Elizabeth p. Townsend Of
Kensington, Md, has been elected
by the students Of Dickinson College
to reign as queen Of the annual mid
winter ball Saturday. The queens
attendant will include Miss Anne
r. Horn, Washington.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Enoineers to Meet

H. K. Kugel, chief engineer Of the
Districts smoke and boiler inspec-
ton division, will speak before the
Association Of Power Engineers at
$50 pm. tomorrow at ODonnell's
Chill.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Jops Had Air to Themselves
Over Penang, Missionary Says
Wife Misquoted on Croted P|one Story
He Declares; Labels 1t Merely as Report

Benson, lives in Takoma Park. Mr..
Benson is native of Norwalk, Ohio,
and went to school in Mount Yer
non, Ohio.