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Evening star., 1942-02-13
Advocates Trailer Parks
To Accommodate War Workers. =

To the Editor of The Star:
During the comparatively recent past
have been concerned seeing the large
number Of apartment and dwelling
houses being built in washington.
For about 20 years have been using
every dollar could spare in building
up equities in houses to rent. Many
others have done the same, while thou
sands have made sacrifices to pay for
homes, expecting to sell them when they
reached retirement age, In order to move
where there is warmer climate and .
lower cost of living.
On top Of a big building movement by
private citizens the Government invaded
this field and became a competitor Of
private owners, many Of them men Of
moderate means and widows whose only
income was from rent received.
Before the war started the danger here
was that sooner or later a conservative
administration would come into power
and reduce Government personnel about
one-half, thus vacating thousands of
dwellings and apartments.
Now that the war is bringing so many
more workers here, it is proposed that
10000 additional homes be built at tax
payers expense.
AS The Star Is advocating that this bs
done, you must believe this city's in
creased population will be retained after
the war. II so, where will they get
employment? Surely The Star would
not advocate building homes here that
will be needed only during a war which
may end in two or three years. Surely
you would not want the Government
to spend this money in way that would
result IN wiping out the equities of
apartment and dwelling owners.
The most useless thing in the world is
q vacant house. Taxes and decay 90
right on whether the house Is lived in or
not. Thousands OF your readers would
like to know what you propose to do
with these houses after the war is over.
Hundreds Of families around Washing
ton have solved the temporary housing
problem without public expense. They
are living in trailers and like it. Many
thousands more would do the same II
trailer parks, with ample facilities in
stalled, were available. Washington Is
one of the few cities that will not allow
a trailer park. The Washington Tourist
Camp allows trailers for two weeks only.
But there are many spots in WASH
ington where trailer parks could be
established without being Objectionable
to any one and there are other fine
locations in nearby Virginia and Mary
land.
If the Government should decide to
establish these parks people would pro-
vide their own trailers and the rents
they would pay for space and facilities
would make them self -liquidating. My
wife and I spend several months Of
each year in our trailer and thoroughly
enjoy the change. w. 8. L.
Criticizes Representative for Speech
Defending Pension Bill.
To the Editor Of The Star:
According to the Congressional Record
for February 5, Representative Ramspeck
asked unanimous consent to speak out
Of order" and then proceeded to do Just
that in defense of the bill providing pen
sions for Congressman. We are not
doing, by the action we took here" Mr..
Ramspeck is quoted as saying, anything
for ourselves that we have not done for
q million and a quarter other people
who are on the Federal payroll" The
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the tCriter, although the use OF
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Dith
q Uie,D to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-02-13

@. How large an area does the China
Sea cover?-B. S. G.
A. The area of the South China Sea is
approximately 100000 square miles.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Bv Bertran1 Benedict.

Dy Lne annexation OF Texas In 1845. The
resolution for annexation went through
the House by the narrow margin of 10
votes to SO. And in January, 1848, after
the war was over but before the peace
treaty had been signed, the House Of
Representatives actually adopted reso-
luton declaring that President Polk had
provoked the conflict unnecessarily and
unconstitutionally.
Throughout the Civil War President
Lincoln had to contend with much SYM
pathy with the South among Northern
ers.' In the thick of the struggle the
lower house of the Legislature of Illi-
nois, his own State, called upon him to
end hostilities and negotiate peace. In
Ohio the people gave 40 per cent of their
vote for Governor to the Southern SYM
pathizer, Clement Laird Vallandigham,
although he had been exiled from the
Union and had to conduct his CAM
paign from Canada. And this soon after
the Union victory at Gettysburg!
In all our previous wars, the party Of
the Presidents in Office had election
trouble. What happened to the Demo-
Gratis under Mr.. Wilson has been noted
above.
In the wartime elections Of 1846, the
party In power, the Democrats, lost con-
troll of the House of Representatives to
the Wings. And in 1872, after war had
been declared, President Madison's party
suffered a net loss of 26 seats in the
House. In all these wartime elections
the voters probably felt that the party
running the war would make few mis-
takes If 1t had to meet proper opposition,
would make more mistakes If no strong
opposition were on hand to point them
out, denounce them and profit by them.
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Evening star., 1942-02-13

@. Is it permissible to end letter with
typewriter signature?-B. w.
A. It is not. The name should be
written in ink above.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Clark Gable Takes Examination
For Commission in Air Force
Gets Physical Test
At Boiling Field;
May Be Major

Clark Gable took a physical ex-
animation at Boiling Field today,
seeking q commission in the
Army Air Forces.
It was understood on reliable
authority that If the movie actor
passes the physical examination, he
will be commissioned as . major.
The result of the examination
should be known In . few days.
The public relations section Of
the Air Force said it had mo COM
ment" ut this time. It was recalled
that when another actor, Enrol
Flynn, made application for Z COM
mission some time ago. he received
considerable publicity. He failed to
pass the physical examination and
the publicity proved embarrassing
It was believed that the Army was
Withholding news of Mr.. Cables
application until it was definite that
he had passed the physical tests.
Mr.. Gable, 1t was learned from
q source outside the War Depart
ment. conferred with 1t. Gen. H. H
Arnold, head of the Air Forces,
yesterday. It was understood that
Mr.. Gable, II he is commissioned
win make movies for the Air Forces.
1t. Jimmy Stewart. another aeto1
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Overload Fines Protested
By 0DT General Counsel
D, the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 19-Jack G.
Scott, general counsel for the once
Of Defense Transportation, said yes
teerday that Delaware and Pennsyl-
vania are impeding the war effort
and violating an ODT order by
stopping and fining Maryland truck
ers carrying heavy loads of war ma
teriel.
The highway departments of the
two States are interpreting incor-
rectly the emergency weight sched-
ules for interstate trucks set up by
ODT, he added.
Mr.. Scott said Maryland trucking
firms are being fined Improperly
by these States, which are constru-
ing their State highway laws as pre-
scribing the maximum loads which
may be carried by trucks"
Evening star., 1942-06-19
South African Court Bars
Americans Deportation
b. tht Associated Press.

~ tEe Ax6OCIhteQ fTeku.
CAPETOWN, June 18 Delayed
The chief immigration officer at
Capetown was restrained by
Supreme Court order today from
deporting a number OF American
technicians stranded here by a dis
pute with their employers.
The technicians. en- route to an
undisclosed destination where they
were to be employed on an engineer
ing project, arrived in Capetown
several weeks ago and refused to
continue the voyage, complaining of
bad living conditions aboard their
ship.
Ordered aboard a second vessel,
they refused to sail on the ground
she was "overrun with vermin," and
the ship departed without them
June but with their luggage on
board.
Yesterday they were notified by
letter that they had been dismissed
by their employers and immigration
oficials were preparing to deport
them when the restraining order
was issued.
The order is effective pending
determination Of an action which
the technicians have brought against
their employers for alleged wrong
full termination Of their contracts.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Arlington Woman Hangs
Self in Basement

Mrs. Moyble Hannah King, %,
wife of Rodney william King,
assistant district traffic manager for
American Airlines. today vas found
hanging in the basement Of her
home, 3l05 South Hill street, Arling-
ton.
Mr.. King told police he awoke at
7:30 am. and, when he discovered
his wife missing, he thought she
was downstairs cooking breakfast.
Later he found her body hanging
in the basement and called ths
Jefferson district rescue squad.
The husband told police Mrs
King had made two previous at.
tempts to take her life and had,
been undergoing treamtent for
melancholia. -
DR.. w. c. Welburn, county coroner.
pronounced her dead and issued 3
certificate Of suicide. Police said
she had hung herself with a window
sash cord and had kicked . fruit
box from beneath her feet.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Mayor Says u. S.
Away
Towns BuiIdinq
. Associated Press


LONACONING, Nd, June 19.-
Representative Byron, Democrat, Of
Maryland announced yesterday she
had persuaded the Federal Gov
ernment to turn over community
house to the State for a hospital,
but Mayor John H. Evans said,
Nothing doing"
The building was constructed by
the National Youth Administration,
and Mrs Byron said she was in
formed by Federal officials that
only acceptance by Gov. O'Conor
was necessary ito complete the
transfer.
i've got something to say about
that, and they are not going to
use the building for . hospital" ="
Lonaconing's 27-year-old Mayor
commented.
That building belongs to the
town. We've put a lot Of money
in 1t. furnished the ground on which
1t stands and, what is more I'M
portant. we hold the deed for the
property.
Now let's see somebody give
away something that doesn't belong
to them. The six members Of the
town council agree with me-"
Sidney r. Katz, secretary treas
urer of the Maryland and District
of Columbia Industrial Union Coun-
ell, said the need for . hospital In
the Homecoming area was acute.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Auto Stickers to Identify
Types of Gas Ration Cards

fective deterrent against any per-
son obtaining and using gasoline
ration books to which he is not
entitled, inasmuch as he will come
under constant public scrutiny"
Numerous letters have been re-
ceived urging OPA to provide some
means Of public notice of the type
of ration book issued to each car,
Mr.. Dean explained.
Another disclosure today was that
a retail price increase on gasoline in
the Eastern seaboard area is under
study by the OPA and that a de-
cision may be announced next
week.
Declining to confirm reports that
the increase might be 3 cents q
gallon, one high official said the
amount had not yet been decided
on.
In effect, an increase would mean
passing on to motorists the added
cost Of hauling gasoline overland
instead Of By tanker. )
Evening star., 1942-06-19

To nip any chiseling under the
permanent Eastern gasoline ration
ing system starting July Is, every
automobile will have to carry q
colored sticker showing the type of
rationing book held by its driver,
the once of Price Administration
announced today.
Those holding the basic A cards
will receive, at the time the cards
are issued, . black sticker with q
large "A" printed on it in white and
the words Gasoline Ration" below.
"B" stickers will be green, &C" stick
ers red and IS" stickers. for COM
mercial vehicles, brown.
All non-commercial drivers will
receive the same sticker, A, at first,
and as they receive supplemental
allotments Of gasoline their stickers
will be removed from the windshieids
and new ones substituted.
Joel Dean, chief Of OPA's fuel
rationins branch. said he expected
the stickef system to prove a a.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Widow Beckers,' Slayer
OF II, Reported Dead
D, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, June 19.-Maria
Petitjean, the beady-eyed Widow
Beckers of Liege," was reported to-
day to have died in the Brussels
prison, where she had been con-
fined since 1896 for the poison muir
ders of II persons and attempted
poisoning Of at least three others.
Legally, she had been dead since
1888 when, at So, she was convicted
and sentenced to execution. Actual
ly that meant life imprisonment, for
since 1853, when q bystander went
insane at sight Of an executed mans
head rolling from the guillotine,
Belgian executions had been only
symbolic
The Widow Beckers, as she was
known through her SENSATIONAL
trial, was found to have picked as
her first victim her own husband
and then followed up by killing
boarders at her home, mostly
wealthy widows.
Her method was to make her
intended victims sick by brewing
for them Becker tea" containing
poison, and then continuing the
poison doses under the guise of car
Ing for the victims during their ILL
ness.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
|VW Presents IS Planes
To Army at Hagerstown
B, TIE Associated Press.

By TIE Associated Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. June 10
Fifteen airplanes, rigged to train
more flyers, were presented to the
Army yesterday by the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars while Mrs. Colin p.
Kelly looked on
The planes were an outright GIFT
from the VFW, which raised the
purchase price through contribu-
tions from members throughout the
Nation.
Mrs. Kelly, widow of the Army
flyer who bombed the Japanese
battleship Haruna shortly after the
outbreak Of war, made q brief talk
during the presentation ceremonies.
The presentation of the aircraft
was made by Max Singer of Boston,
national VFW commander, to Brig.
Gen. Hume Peabody. Gen. Peabody
represented 1t. Gen. H. H. Arnold,
head Of the Army Air Forces.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
More u. S. Aid for Libyon Fight
Believed Sought by Churchill
Desert Crisis Held Likely to Postpone
Big European invasion Until l943
b the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 19.-One of the
main purposes of Prime Minister
Churchill's current visit to the
United States is believed in some
quarters to be enlistment of ad-
ditional United States help in
holding the Near East against
expected German thrusts from
Libya toward Egypt and from
the Russian Ukraine into the
Caucasus.
The extreme gravity of the Lib
Egyptian situation was viewed
today by competent sources as likely
to postpone until 1943 any really
big United Nations land offensive
in Western Europe. although Com
mando raids may be increased.
The hit-and-run raids would meet
the clamor for a second European
Evening star., 1942-06-19
ChennauIt in Chungking,
Presented With Sword
Py the Associated d Press.

~ the ASSociateo PreSS.
CHUNGKING, June 19.-Brig.
Gen. Claire L. Chennault was pre-
sented with a sword at a dinner
given for him and others of his
American Volunteer Group of flyers
last night by Finance Minister and
Mime. H. H. Kung on the occasion
of the dragon-boat festival, one of
China's great annual holidays.
This social item discloses the
presence in Chungking of AVG fly
ers who previously have been re-
ported in action only over Burma
and Southwest China.
In the same connection, It is not
able that the summer bombing raids
of the Japanese, which have driven
Chungking into its caves annually,
have not yet started. although the
bombing season" which begins
when the spring fogs lift, is more
than q month old.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Victory Will Require
Record Sacrifices,
Admiral King.Warns
Fleet Chief Addresses
Graduating Gloss Of
Gil at Naval Academy.
Picture on Page At
the Associated Press.

% tne ABkoClAted FIeSk.
ANNAPOLIS, June 1s.-Ad-
miral Ernest J. King, command
er in chief of the United States
Fleet, told the graduating class
at the Naval Academy today that
the United States could win this,
"the greatest war in history" "
only at the cost OF "unremitting
labor and q multitude of heart
aches and sacrifices such as this
country has never before known. -
The fleet commander said it was
an appropriate time to quote Prime
Minister Churchills: Il have moth
ing to offer you but blood, toll, sweat
and tears" and added: z
But victory will bring not only
the preservation Of our own free
dom and the restoration of the lost
liberties Of uncounted millions, but
also the firm confidence that when
we have won this war. we Americans.
under the leadership OF the Presi-
dent, will take steps to see to it
that the ability of any person or Of
any people to enslave others. physi-
cally or mentally or spiritually, shall
be forever destroyed"
Recent Battles Cited.
To this end, the admiral con-
tinued, I'VE have only to bear in
mind the association OF United
States armed forces In Bataan, on
Corregidor, in Java, in the Coral
Sea, and, more recently, in the ac-
tions OF Midway and in Alaskan
waters, to have 1t impressed upon
us that we are-all of us-working
together for victory"
Miss Ruth Helena Reed OF Mada-
waska, Me-, Naval Academy color
girl" yesterday officially proclaimed
the 18th Company the academy's
outstanding unit ut q brilliant dis
play of colors and marching men on
Worden Field.
Reximental Parade Held.
The presentation Of the national
and regimental flags to the victori-
GUS company by Miss Reed preceded
. full-dress regimental parade, re-
viewed by the color girl" and Rear
Admiral John r. Beardall, academy
superintendent.
The color ceremony, followed last
night by . farewell ball for all mid
shipmen, set the stage for today's
graduation Of GIL first claSSmen.
The parade of the blue-and-white-
clad midshipraen was the last for
the graduates. who. after receiving
commissions, will 60 on about 10
days leave before reporting for
active duty. -
Evening star., 1942-06-19

front now-something which the
British man in the street hopes
will result from Mr.. Churchills new
est visit to the United States.
Strategists know that Egypt must
be held II the Allies are to bar
Hitler from the Near Eastern oil
flelds and they know that 1t Is the
main bastion against Nazi union
with the Japanese somewhere east
Of Suez for a sharing of the riches
OF the Indies and . cutting OF AL
lied supply lines to Southern Rus
sia.
Importance Stressed.
The presence of American Army
bombers and other war equipment
in this theater proves President
Roosevelt's regard for the i'm
portance OF Egypt and the Suez
Canal. just as the successes Of the
(See LONDON. page A-50
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Roosevelt and Churchill Discuss
War Tasks at Secret Rendezvous;
German PowefWaning> Reds Say
Heavy Roinstorms
Slow Up Fighting
On Khorkov Front
~ TIE Associated Press,

~ tTe A4bOSieteo fIebB.
MOSCOW, June Waning
Of Germany's offensive power
was implied by a Russian mill
tary writer today and the Soviet
Information Bureau said Nazi
shock troops again had lost heav-
lily during fierce but futile at
tacks on Sevastopol
THE British Broadcasting
Corp. heard by CHS, quoted Ger
man reports today that the Rus
SLAMS had made a landing on
the Crimean coast near Kerch
and that Russian marines at
tempted another landing near
Yalta, southeast of Sevastopol.
No mention Of such landings
was made in German broadcasts
heard in New York.
THE cOmmuniQue of the Ger
man high command, broadcast
from Berlin, reported decisive
success" for the Axis assault on
Sevastopol, declaring that Ger
man infantry attacking from the
north had pierced "the last de-
tense lines of the enemy and
reached Sewernaja Blight, oppo-
site the town Of Sevastopol.'D
Storms Hamper Kharkov Fighting
Coincident with the opening of
the third week of the. Axis drive
against Sevastopol. Crimean naval
base besieged. since last November
2, 1t was disclosed that drenching
thunderstorms had slowed fighting
in an associated operation on the
Kharkov front, 400 miles to the
north.
A communique said Russian units
in q Kharkov front area had killed
more than 1000 Germans and de-
stroyed nine tanks in. repulsing at
tacks over q three-day period. The
dates were not announced.
Northwest of Moscow, the Ger
mans were reported driven out of
several positions on the Kalinin
front.
Prisoners were taken and war
material was SEIZED the communi-
que said.
Russian offcials ignored a
declaration by the German high
command that its forces had
stormed Sevastopol's northern
fortiflcations and were within 2
miles Of the harbor entrance
Numerous Attacks Beaten on.
The heroic defenders of Sevas-
topol courageously and stanchly
beat OF numerous German attacks" +"
the Information Bureau reported of
yesterdays engagements.
One Russian company struck at
two German companies, the bureau
related, killing 100 and forcing the
survivors into "a disorderly retreat"
An artillery battery annihilated 800
Germans in defense Of the base,
the bureau said.
Soviet air units, ranging water
ways As well as the land front from
the Arctic to the Black Sea, were
credited with sinking an Axis trans
port and patrol boat and damaging
five minesweepers and a patrol ship
Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Nikolai Zhuravlev, mill
tary observer of the Moscow News,
(see RUSSIA. Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Will Rogers, Jr., Goes
In Army as Privute
ps the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTA MONICA, Calf, June 10.
Will Rogers, jr, son Of the humor-
ist, enlisted in the Army as 3
private yesterday. A Reserve second
lieutenant in the artillery, he said
he was tired of waiting to be called
up.
Mr.. Rogers, 20, is publisher Of
the Beverly Hills Citizen and earlier
this week fled for Congress In Rep
resentative Leland Ford's district.
Mr.. Rogers. q Democrat, said II
elected he would "let President
Roosevelt decide where I can do
most good. In the Army Of In Con-
sress.s z
Evening star., 1942-06-19
AnoIer Gets Nine Tires

WINCHESTER, Va, June 10
DR.. Ralph 3. Snapp took a day OF
yesterday and went fishing when he
heard fellow-dentists were expected
to do their bit in the rubber COL
lection campaign, and had sue
cessful trip. He caught nine truck
tires which have been turned in to
be reclaimed. They had been
washed down Capon River in West
Virginia to his farm during recent
high waters.
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Official Calls
For Requisitioning
OF Tires for Workers
Lund Says Government
May Have to Buy Those
On Non-EssentioI Autos
B, the Associated Press.

Wendell Lund, director of the
War Production Boards Labor
Production Division, contended
today that tires on non-essen-
tial private automobiles must be
purchased by the Government
and allocated to war workers who
are cooperating fully In carry
ing full loads of fellow workers" !"
The whole victory program rides
on the tires of the workers." he told
a special House committee on de-
fense migration, now studying
methods for full utilization of the
Nations transportation facilities In
the war program.
Even If we assume an ability to
absorb serious economic disloca- :
tion," Mr.. Lund said In a statement,
well over half of our cars must
be kept running Just to make our
war economy function at its present
rate; and this does not contemplate
transportation for the millions Of