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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-04

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-04
Visits i'm Macon.

Little Barbara Ann King Is spcnd,
ING . .,,. with her aunt. Mrs
Henry Ellis. ~ Macon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-04
Visits i'm Danvillc

Ais CAROLYN" Mile is VISITING
her a,r.,. Mrs. i. *. Miles, in Dan
VILE. c..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-04
WITH OUR BOYS
IN SERVICE
Week Il End Here.

re. John \. Em", 81. nt ca G.
l"n'" Infantry. Fort .Iari..,n. :. C.
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rH'y'''r' Nj and Mrs. John \. X ng.
" me fi"' !;'vh C.n.nuni,r.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-04
Little Know about Colds

Little Known About Colds
Doctors are often i"kcd by their
Friends when they show up with a
fever blister or "A styc. They are
supposed to know 80 much that
they can prevent all such things,
but the unhappy fact is that il is
the common little things that the
medical profession knows the
least about. In this category is
the common cold. We should know
about it. considering that one out
of every three people have from
ono 10 three colds a year. but we
don't.
Physicians arc supposed to be
able to conserve their health bet
ter than the average citizen. but
statistics show. a. compiled by
DIR. Book. of the Department of
Hygiene of Harvard University,
that among the medical students.
" per cent required hospitaliZa-
ton on account Of diseases about
which the faculty had just Ice
turcd to them.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a. W. r.: What is the relation
between ulcer of the stomach and
gallbladdcr trouble?
Answer: Gailhlaldcr trouble
often gives symptoms which arc
very much like ulcer of the atom-
ach. There Is. however. seldom
Evening star., 1942-08-26
|ChilIum Democrats
Indorse Candidates

Prince Georges County candidates
having opposition in the September
8 primary have been indorsed by
the Democratic Club of Chillun
District, with club members pledged
to work for the election Of the en-
tire Democratic organization ticket.
The ticket includes Gov. O'Conor,
Representative Sasscer, Samuel H.
Harvey, Noah Joffe, Leroy Pumph-
rey, DR.. NJ B. Steward, John S.
White and Perry o. Wilkinson for
House of Delegates; and Mrs. Mary
w. Browning, Henry w. Cord.
Charles S. Early, Edward A. Fuller,
Irwin I. Main and Frank B. Smith
for members of Democratic State
Central Committee.
Mrs. Daily La Coppidan of Mount
Rainier was indorsed for re-elec-
ton as chairman of the Southern
Maryland section of the United
Women's Democratic Clubs of
Maryland, .and Mrs. Nora Bollinger
was indorsed for chairman of the
Legislative Committee of that or
ganization.
Evening star., 1942-08-26

The first ship on which young
Haggith served was tanker, tor
pedoed without warning May 20.
The ship went down in an hour and
a half, continuing to fire shells as
she sank. Survivors drifted for six
days before being picked up by a
British cargo ship.
In a few weeks this ship also was
sunk, and again he drifted for three
days until picked up. During the
20 minutes that this second ship
stayed af1oat the German COM
mander came alongside and
apologized to the victims, according
to Haggith.
HE said he was sorry to do it,"
the boy reported. He gave us
cigarettes"
Making a tour Of industrial plants
with Haggith and some times
speaking to three factory shifts
during a 24-hour period, were two
more seamen, Pierre Rodrigues,
French Army veteran of the
Maginot Line fighting, and John J..
Smith, American whose ship was
torpedoed last March. A bomber
sighted the survivors after, 13 hours
! and guided rescue vessels to them.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
D. {. Officer Jap Prisoner,
Made Broader General

Ten officers of the Marine Corps.
including Col. Samuel M. Howard
of Washington, now a prisoner of
the Japanese. have been promoted
to the temporary rank of brigadier
general, the Navy announced today.
Col. Howard, commanding officer
Of the 4th Marine Regiment, was
in command of the marine force
at Bataan and Corregidor when
those places fell to the enemy. He
will not assume his rank formally
until he returns to the United
States.
Another Washington officer. Col
Alphonse De Carre, is included in
the list of promotions.
Other colonies promoted to briga-
der general are James L. Underhill,
San Francisco; Keller E. Rockey,
Stone Harbor, N. j.; Allen H. Tur-
mage, Farmville, N. c.; Ralph J..
Mitchell, New Britain, Conn; De
Witt Peck, Clayton, N Y; Archie
F.. Howard, Comiskey, Kans.; Ben
net Puryear, jr., Orange, Va, and
Matthew H. Kingman, retired, Des
Moines.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Virginia 5 Net Surplus
Placed at $18,639,S79

q. Iiie Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 26.-There
was net unobligated surplus in the
States general fund of $18,639 ,879 Sc
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
State Controller Henry G. Gilmer
reported yesterday.
The annual report of the control
Ter showed gross cash surplus at
the end Of the year of $22 ,058 ,638 90,
of which $3,418,759.33 consisted of
obligations to be carried over and
paid during the present year.
Total receipts of the Common
wealth during the year were listed
as 34,534,252 and total expendi-
lures as 1922, ,729, ,989.
The cash surplus in all funds at
the beginning of the last fiscal year
was $18,881 ,648, while the cash sur
plus at the end of the year was $780,
685 ,911.31 for all funds.
Revenues collected during the year
amounted to s131, ,674,252.31 as COM
pared with 111,028, ,345.81 for the
previous fiscal year.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Two Destroyers Launched
At Kearny 5hipyards
B, the Associated Press.


KEARNY, N. j., Aug. 26.-Twin
destroyers went down the ways to-
day at the yards of the Federal
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co..
bringing to four the number of ships
launched here by the United States
Steel Corp. subsidiary since 1t re-
ceived an Army-Navy "E" award
from Secretary of the Navy Knox
Is days ago.
The destroyer Glennon, sponsored
by Miss Jeanne LIE Jeune Glennon
of Washington, was the first to take
to the waters of Newark Bay. 1t was
followed few minutes later by the
Jeffers, christened by Mrs. Lucie
Jeffers Lyons of New York
The Glennon and the Jeffers were
named in honor of the late Rear
Admiral James Henry Glennon and
the late Commodore William N.
Jeffers. Miss Glennon is a grand
daughter of Admiral Glennon and
Mrs. Lyons great-granddaughter
OF Commodore Jeffers.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Seaman Gunner, IS, Tells Lond
u. S. War Drive Isn't ENOUGH

A 15-year-old British seaman gun
ner, veteran of two torpedoings, told
the War Shipping Administration
today that the American people feel
too safe behind an ocean" to do as
much as they should do in the war
effort.
The youth. Victor Haggith, has
addressed millions of Industrial
workers throughout the country in
the last few months and made final
report on his sea experiences to Ad-
miral Emory S. Land, shipping
chairman, today.
"The only thing that people know
here is what they hear" he declared.
only first-hand experience will
show that they are not safe behind
an ocean, and that 1t can happen
here"
Emphasizing that Americans must
realize that what they are doing so
far is not enough, the gunner told
Admiral Land that he had seen chill
dren and old men and women
bombed, manned and killed till he
"could not Just stand byaand see it
done without doing something about
it. !" He went to sea as the youngest
gunner In the British merchant ma
rine.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Dutch Ship Torpedoed;
West Atlantic Toll AL
p, the Aasociated Press.

Es the Associated Press.
The Navy announced today that a
small Dutch merchant vessel had
been torpedoed and sunk in the
Caribbean area in mid August,
boosting to AL the Associated Press
total of announced sinkings of
United Nations and neutral ships in
the Western Atlantic since Pearl
Harbor.
One crew member was killed. four
are missing, and most of the % sur
vicors suffered burns when a tor
pedo crashed into the merchantmen
just before midnight. The ship sank
in four minutes, but survivors were
picked up As minutes later by a
United States Navy vessel.
"The survivors were just. .~plain
lucky" Chief Officer j. VOLS re-
ported after the rescue. 1.-THE whole
aft end of the ship was covered with
flames"
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Buying Of Subsidiary
Stock Authorized for
Washington Gas Light
D. c. Firm to Acquire
$500 Shares at $10O
In RossIyn Cos Co.

A certificate of authority for the
Washington Gas Light Co. to &C
quire $500 shares of 500 par value
capital stock of the Rosslyn Gas
Company was issued yesterday by
the District Public Utilities Com
mission in approving plan by the
Washington company to improve
the capital structure" picture of its
wholly owned suburban subsidiary.
The major result of the book
keeping revision is that the Rosslyn
concerns long-term debt will drop
from the present 8702 per cent of
its total capitalization to 58.48 per
cent, due to the issue of the extra
stock which the parent corporations
will "buy."
Partly Covers Interest.
The stock transfer, in part. Is to
cover payment for $96,27995 In ac-
crued interest on first mortgage
bonds as of dates prior to February
l, 1886, and $685., ,72O.05 represent
ing funds advanced by the Wash
ington company for construction,
including labor, materials, supplies
and services, or cash, made prior
to and to be made by December 81,
1912.
The Washington company also
agreed to extend the maturity date
from February l. 1942, to November
l, 1860, of $81 900 principal amount
Of first mortgage per cent, 30-year
gold coupon bonds of the Rosslyn
company and to the reduction Of
the interest rate thereon from
per cent to AS per cent per year.
Cancels S106,693 Payment.
Involved in the proceeding is a
cancellation by the Washington
company OF an accrued interest pay
ment by Rosslyn of $1O6, ,69318,
which item will be charged on the
Rosslyn books as capital surplus.
The Washington company and
suburban concerns once were owned
by the Washington & Suburban
Companies, a Massachusetts, COM
mon-law trust, representing the
Chase National Bank and affiliated
financial concerns, but some years
ago this foreign control was broken
up by activities of the District PUG.
A concomitant was that the WASH
ington concern bought up the for
eign" holdings in the Alexandria
Gas Co. in 1899, and these were
merged with the Rosslyn concern in
November, 1941. The Rosslyn Co.
has been owned by the Washington
company since 1917.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Truck Kills MESSENGER
On Bicycle; Total Of
Deaths Rises 70 ST
Man. Pushed by Crowd,
Suffers Broken Leg
Under A., B. & w. Bus
D. c. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1912 ------ Ct
Killed in same period 1941 50
Toll for all of 194l 95

The Districts 1912 total Of traffic
fatalities stood at ST today with
the death late yesterday of Allan
R. Thorne, Is, a Western Union
messenger living at 5000 Sixty first
avenue, Riverdale Heights, Md, who
was killed when his bicycle crashed
into Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. truck at Fourth s. 'eet
and Rhode Island avenue NE.
The boy, who lived with his grand
mother, Mrs F. H. Mitchell, at the
Riverdale address, was pedaling
eastbound on Rhode Island avenue
when he collided with the truck,
driven by Kenneth C. Laws of 1908
Woodland road, Silver Spring, who
made a left turn from Rhode Island
avenue into Fourth street, police re-
ported.
The boy died of head injuries en-
route to Casualty Hospital A for
mer pupil at Bladensburg Md
High School, he had taken the mes
senger job on his 18th birthday an
niversary, July 3.
2 surviving the youth are his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne, 7l25
Webster street, Landover Hills, Md:
brother, Richard, 4, and three
sisters, Barbara, 3; Marjorie, Is, and
Patricia, IT, The father is repair
man for the Washington Gas Light
Co.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day from the Francis Gasch funeral
home, Hyattsville, Md.
An inquest into the death was to
be held at noon today, according to
police, who issued summonses for
witnesses.
Phillip Lociciro, As, of 208 Indiana
avenue NV. suffered compound
fracture of the lower right leg early
this morning when crowd acci-
dentally pushed him under the right
rear wheels of an A. B. e. w. bus
at Tenth and D streets NV, police
reported.
According to Officers A. A. Schmidt
and H. c. Lee of the accident pre-
vention unit, the crowd was jammed
at the curb, pressing to get into the
bus, driven by Roy T. Bowman, 40,
OF r. F. D. l, Springfield, Va, when
Mr.. Lociciro was showed under the
wheel as the driver maneuvered the
vehicle into the loading area.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Season Near,
Oyster Supply
May Be Short
Price Rise Probable
With Most Workers
Away on War Jobs

Washington is confronted with a
shortage of oysters due to the exodus
of oyster men in the lower Chesa-
peake Bay area to jobs at war plants
and the armed forces.
The lure of higher wages drew
away most of the oyster men and
shuckers in the area last March and
since that time virtually none has
returned.
The area around Solomons Island
is one of the principal sources of
supply for oysters shipped to WASH
ington. DR.. r. v. Truitt, of the
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
at Solomons, Md, estimated that
more than one-fifth of the entire
oyster production in the State comes
from Southern Maryland.
He predicted that while some oys-
ters will be obtained from beds near
Annapolis and Northern Virginia,
there will be distinct shortage in
Washington with rise in prices.
The season opens next week.
Questioned whether there was any
possibility of replacing the OYSTER
men, DR.. Truitt replied: You must
come up in the industry before you
can qualify"
He added: There is one good
factor in the whole situation. The
lack OF labor will give the oyster
beds rest" Many of the beds are
in Government restricted zones
now.
DR.. Truitt pointed out that so
years ago the Chesapeake Bay
oyster beds use to produce more
oysters than the rest of the entire
world. From total Of $4,000 900
bushels of oysters produced in 1890
the beds dropped to 5000, 900 bushels
during the last oyster season, he
said.
A survey of Washington's seafood
restaurants disclosed that some of
them had not even heard of a
potential shortage of oysters, while
others were not worried. In any
event, some said, they thought they
would be able to get an adequate
supply.
One restaurant stated it has its
own oyster beds at Chincoteague,
on the Eastern Shore, and is pretty
well protected" It admitted, how
ever, that restaurants not having
their own sources of supply might
experience shortage In oysters.
Meanwhile, fishing captains on
the Potomac, Wicomico and Patuxent
rivers and Chesapeake Bay still re-
port good hauls in rock, trout, hard
head and Norfolk spot.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Magazines and Games
Collected for Army

Nearly 1000 magazines and sew
eral dozen games, such as cards and
checkers, were collected by block
leaders in the Silver Spring area
of the Women's Activities COMMITTEES
OF Civilian Defense. and sent to Fort
Meade last week, 1t was announced
today by Mrs. C. w. Mitchell Silver
Spring chairman.
The articles were taken to Foft
Meade by the Bethesda division w
the Motor Corps. The group still y
seeking donations of games suitahlS
for use in hospitals or in servire
recreation rooms and magazines fcr
men. These may be sent to NH.
Mitchell at 818 Bonifant street. llli
Mrs. Mitchell also stressed the
need for more blood donors. Those
wishing to donate should contact
Mrs. Mitchell or Mrs. John Keele.
blood donor chairman. IlF
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Miss Washington Title Is Won
By 18-Yeor-OId WurBond Clerk
Miss MoriIyn Maxim
Is Surprised to Tears
Ey Judges Decision

A blue-eyed girl of 18, who came
to the Capital from Fort Wayne.
Ind, a year and half ago and now
sells War Bonds, last night became
Miss Washington"
The girl who will represent this
city at the beauty pageant in At
lantic City, N. j., during the week
of September 7-13 is blond Marilyn
Maxim Of 8 Windlass Green, who
was selected at the Apex Theater
from among IL finalists by a trio of
judges. Miss Maxim was chosen as
the Capitals beauty queen after
all of the dozen contenders had dis
played their various talents and
paraded before Brig. Gen. Albert
l.. Cox, Senator Johnson of Colo
RADIO and Ensign John Dorr. U. S. N.
Runner-up was Mary Bozley, %,
of the Roosevelt Hotel, a singer,
whose home is in youngstown,
Ohio, and who came to Washington
from New York City 10 months ago.
Miss Maxim is a junior clerk in
the War Bonds Division of the
Treasury and works in the new
Armory building at the end of East
Capitol street. She is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Maxim, and
was graduated last June from East
ern High School. Her father is en-
ployed at the Navy Yard. And to
make the patriotic motif complete,
her boy friend, she explained, is
lieutenant in the Navy. now sta
toned in parts unknown.
She was selected last night on the
basis of talent, figure, beauty OF
face, personality and poise. Her tai
ent comprised a song. a whistling
cadenza and roller skating act. The
skating act, she said, was put on
regularly last winter for the boys
at Fort Meade, Md, which must
have delighted the boys.
The statistics are: Weight, 1870
pounds; height. feet inches; bust,
"a inches; waist, "a inches, and hips,
36 inches. Top that with a gleam-
Ing head of hair that sweeps up In
front and droops down everywhere
else, and you have the formula for
Miss Washington" 1S42 edition.
Miss Maxim doesn't drink and she
doesn't smoke. She was accom-
panied and necessarily encouraged
last night by her mother.
The new Miss Washington ex-
her ambition to go to Holly
wood, but she said she thought she
wasn't good enough.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
u. ). Educators
10 Confer on War Duty
With Federal Officials
Four-Doy Meeting Opens
Friday at American U.;
Arrangements Speedy

Nearly 1000 educators from all
over the country will convene at
American University Friday morn
ing for four days of conference with
top flight Government executives on
education's role in the war effort.
National leaders who will address
the group and hold symposiums with
smaller groups afterward include
Donald M. Nelson and William L.
Bait, chairman and vice chairman
OF the War Production Board;
Harold D. Smith and Wayne Coy,
director and assistant director of
the budget; Claude w. Wickard,
Secretary of Agriculture; Paul v.
McNutt, Federal Security admins
traitor; 1t. Gen. Brehon Somervell,
commanding general of the Army
services OF supply; Leon Henderson,
Office of Price Administration, and
Elmer Davis, director of the Office
OF War Information.
The conference has been arranged
hurriedly and with little publicity
by the Of1ce of Education at the
lnstlgation of its War Commission
Members OF the commission felt. it
was disclosed, that picked educators
from State systems, high schools
and colleges all over the country
should be fully informed on the
national situation before the school
year starts next month so war in
stltutes could be started and educa -
tional effort expended where If is
needed most.
Studebaker Is Chairman.
John w. Studebaker education
commissioner, will be official chair
man OF the conference. He will
open meetings in the American Uni
Verslty gymnasium Friday at am.
and close them late Monday after
noon.
There will be speakers at morning
ana evening general sessions on the
nrst two days, with about 25
symposlums scheduled each after
noon OF the first three davs A
renglous service will replace the
general session Sunday morning M
general session will be held Monday
morning, and the closing session
that afternoon will begin halt hour
early, at l 80 pm.
Speakers who will open the con-
ference Friday will be Mr.. MeN,,tr
Gen. Somervell, Dean Joseph w
Barker. special assistant to the Sec
retary OF the Navy; Fowler Harner
deputy chairman of the War Man
power Commission, and Civil Service
commissioner Arthur S. Flemminp
Mr.. Nelson will open the f,rst
EVENING session at 8 pm. FRIDAY.
followed by Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Gov
ana Secretary Wickard. SATURDAY.
morning, Wartime Calls for Vol,n.
teer Service will be discussed hv
James M. Lands, director of III.
once of Civilian Defense. followed
by Abraham Feller, assistant director
of owl. VI" ee'oi
Other speakers will be Robert w
Coyne, national field director Of the
war savings drive; Lester M. Keez-
er, deputy administrator of OPA
and Mr.. Bait of the WPB. Sat,r-
cay nights speakers have not been
announced.
Church Service Sunday.
After church service and sympos-
iums Sunday morning and after
noon, the general session Sunday
night will be addressed by Elmer
Davis and Senator Thomas, Demo-
crat, Of Utah, chairman of the Sen
ate Committee on Education and
Labor. The church service will be
Evening star., 1942-08-26

Sixteenth and I streets. In the
evening this order would be re-
versed.
Mr.. Hankin explained that such
service must be on an expert
mental basis because so many
factors lie in the future, and we
cannot foresee all of them" He
said the commission thought the
proposed type of service would have
a lesser operating cost than the
present local services. He recalled
that when earlier requests were
made for Sixteenth street express
bus service the company replied
that its extra cost would not be
justified. f.,
II the operating costs are not
less or If the riding habits Of the
public do not lend themselves to
such plan as proposed, then
the service should be modified in
accord with what the conditions
require, Mr.. Hankin said.
Evening star., 1942-08-26
Marines Now Moy Train
To Be Glider Pilots

The Navy announced today that en-
listed men OF the Marine Corps may
now apply for admission to fight
training leading to designation as
naval aviation glider pilot. Here
tofore, only Navy aviation pilots
have been eligible for this training.
Candidates must be at least
private, first class, with eight months
active service, physically qualified,
temperamentaly adapted and under
81 years OF age. Applicants COM
pletlng the training will be used as
co-pilots of large transport gliders.