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Evening star., 1943-04-20
Host This Evening

Ensign Ralph Pierce S. Mcdonnell,
U. S. N. R., will entertain at a stag
party this evening in honor of 1t.
Aspirant Robert H. R. Costa, Assist
ant Naval Attache. Fighting French
Navy, whose marriage to Miss Fran
coise Genevieve Alerman will take
place May in this city.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Spent Week End Here

1t. Emanul M. Colman, U. S. A.,
now stationed in New York City,
spent the past week end with his
wife, the former Miss Marie D.
Kuhmerker.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
GripshoIm Passenger Returns,
Another Will Visit Here

A Seventh-Day Adventist. who
with other members of that church
returned to this country on the
Gripsholm. was at his Takoma Park
home today. and the wife of a ma
val officer whose 15-month-old
daughter was born in an intern
ment camp will arrive in Takoma
Park this week to visit her sister
Elihu C. Wood. architect for the
Seventh-Day Adventists, is at the
home of his son, Prof. Wilton Wood
807 Houston avenue. Prof. Wood is
member of the faculty Of the
Washington Missionary College at
Takoma Park
Mrs. Nelson Payne Watkins,
whose sister. Mrs. Earl R. De Hart,
lives at 728 Chesapeake avenue, Ia
koma Park, at present is with her
husband, 1t. Comdr. Watkins, in
New York. She will arrive here
this week.
Mr.. Wood had been designing
buildings in China for the Seventh
Day Adventists for l6 years, and was
taken prisoner by the Japanese on
January l8. 194l. in Hong Kong.
At the prison camp in Hong Kong
Mr.. Wood said, each person was
allotted only AZ ounces of flour, .27
ounce of sugar and .2l ounce of oil
daily. He said two meals were
served a day. at II am. and 5 pm.
Mr.. Wood explained that. although
the Seventh-Day Advenalsts nor
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Hotel Owner and Clerk
Free on Bail After Raid

Neshan G. Shamigian. 81. said by
police to be the owner of the Capital
Hotel. and Roscoe Collins. 66, night
clerk at the place. were released yes
terday after posting bonds of 81 500
each for appearance in court on
charges of operating a disorderly
house. The men were booked after
IS police raided the hotel. in the
1000 block I street NV, Saturday
night, and took 20 persons in Gus
tody.
Three men and two women were
released after posting $40 collateral
on morals charge, while IL persons
including three WAVES, were turned
over to the military police.
The raid was conducted by In
spector Robert Barrett after the vice
squad, under Detective Sergt. Roy
Blick, had watched the place almost
a year.
Two teen-age girls taken in GUS
tody were sent to the receiving home
pending disposition of their cases.
Police said they hA1 notified their
parents in New YorE
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Newspapers Launch Drive
For VitoIIy Needed Poper

With their slogan. Save a Bundle
a Week-Save Some Boys Life
the Nations newspapers today in
augurated an intensive campaign
to salvage 100000 additional tons
of waste paper urgcnUIy needed for
war production, essential civilian
goods and for shipments of am
munltion and food to the fighting
fronts.
The campaign. it was emphasized
will not be a repetition of the first
waste paper drive, which created
an overabundance at a period when
the demand for paper began to
slacken. Some portion of that was
wasted and dealers suffered finan-
cially from break in the market
price. Now, however. the material
is needed almost desperately and
every scrap must be salvaged.
The District of Columbia Salvage
Committee also has intensified its
efforts in this direction. setting aside
one Saturday each month for every
section of the city. when trucks
collect paper saved by householders.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Denoted Policeman
Arrested on Charge
OF |ntoxication

Robert j. Maghan. jr.. District DO
llceman. who filed a $50, 900 slander
and libel suit November Is against
three District officials. was arrested
last night on a charge of intoxica-
ton
Maghan's demotion from detec-
tive sergeant to private was ordered
last month by Maj. Edward J. Kelly
superintendent of police. Mai. Kelly
subsequently, was named defendant
along with Commissioner John Rus
sell Young and Police Inspector
Robert j. Barrett in the suit filed
by the policeman.
Declaring Maghans arrest was
'unjustiied' Attorney James j
Laughlin filed an amendment to the
original suit in District Court today
detailing his accusations against the
police force
Mr.. Maghan was suspended pend.
ing disposition of the intoxicatior
charge. which is scheduled to be
heard Thursday in Municipal Court
According to seventh precinct po.
lice. Maghan was arrested last nigh
on the complaint of B. C. Eaden. {
civilian guard assigned to Key
Bridge. after attempts to persuad,
Maghan from driving across tn,
bridge were rebuffed
Maghan. who was off duty, wa:
released when he posted $40 collat.
erai. He lives at 4919 Twenty fifth
street north. Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
D. T.. Man and Two
Virqinians Are Listed
AS German Prisoners
1t. Butler Previously
Was Reported os
Missing in Action

1t. WithroW. 25, whose mother
Mrs. Leila P Withrow, lives at the
Arlington address, attended Wash
ington-Lee High School and entered
the Army in April, l94l.
He was stationed with a Coast Ar
tillery unit at Hickam Field, Hawaii
at the time of the Pearl Harbor at
tack. and was awarded the Soldier S
Medal for heroism after he left his
gun emplacement and rescued the
crew and equipment of a burning
American plane which had been shot
down.
AS result of this act 1t. Withrow
then private, was given the oppor-
tunity of entering the Air Forces
officers training schcool and received
his wings last April He was sent
to England in July as co-pilot of
the Flying Fortress Patches and
was reported missing from a fight
over Germany on October IA.
Two men from nearby Virginia
were also listed as prisoners in Ger
many. They are Second 1t. Robert
w. Withrow. 3l07 North Fourth
street, Arlington, and Pvt. Wayne
T. Harris, Route g. Vienna.
First 1t. Richard Butler. %. of 242
Eighth street Sc, previously listed
as missing in action, was reported
by the War Department today to be
prisoner of war in Germany.
1t. Buffers father, Richard J.
Butler, Navy Yard machinist. said
he had never given up hope that my
boy would show up" Mr.. Butler said
the last letter he received from his
son was on October when young
Butler told of his previous nine mis-
sions as a pilot over Germany.
Mr. Butler. his wife and Richard
came to the District three years ago
from Shippensburg, Pa. 1t. Butler
enlisted with the Canadian Air Force
two and a half years ago. then trans
ferred to the Royal Air Force. A
year ago he joined the Army Air
Forces and was commissioned a first
lieutenant.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
lsHRahoniinq
@Remiindery@)

Canned and Frozen Foods, ETC.
Book No. 4. green stamps A, B and
c valid through December 20.
Stamps D. E and F. valid through
January 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. - Book No 3,
stamps L, M and N valid through
January l.
Sugar-Stamp 20 in Book No. 4 good
for pounds through January Is.
Shoes-Stamp No. lS in Book No. 1
and stamp l on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gas0line-No. 8 A coupons good for
gallons each until February 8.
B and C coupons good for GAL
Ions each. B-2 and c. coupons
in books issued after December /
are good for gallons each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders. March 81. 1914.
Fuel Oil-Perlod No. coupons, good
for 10 gallons unit, valid now.
expire January 3. Period No. 2
coupons. valid now, expire Febru-
ary 8. Period No. coupons be-
come valid January 4, remain valid
through March IA. According to
the District OPA, consumers in
this area should not have used
more than 81 per cent of their
total yearly fuel oil ration as Of
December 6,
Evening star., 1943-12-06

mally 90 not eat meat. they we're
forced to do so at the camp in order
to live. He said the meat and fish
were essential to health.
Although we did eat meat" Mr..
Wood said, I'VE never ate pork.
When pork was served we managed
to swap our portions for vegetables. -
He said ST persons died while he
was in the camp, but added that no
deaths occurred among persons who
were in good health when they en-
tered the camp. He said surgical
equipment was made in the camp
from odd pieces of steel pipe.
A Canadian, Mr.. Wood returned to
that country after disembarking
from the Gripsholm and came here
after obtaining his visa. His wife
Mrs. Pearl Wood, met him in Can
ada and accompanied him here.
Mrs. Watkins was in the Philip
pines when this country was at
tackled by Japan. Her daughter
Linda was born while she was in
termed in a concentration camp
Comdr. Watkins had never seen his
daughter until his wife arrived in
New York.
Mrs. Watkins is the daughter of
Mrs. R. E. Murrell and the late Col
Murrell, and made her home in Sill
yer Spring for number of years
She went to the Philippines with
her family in 1910 and was married
there the following year,
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Thieves Ransack Home,
Beat Man, Take S242

Two men who beat and robbed
Leroy L. Searles. 57-year-old retired
craftsman, of $242, after ransacking
his house, tearing up floor boards
and bathroom tiles. and ripping the
bedding into shreds, were sought by
police today.
Mr.. Searles told police he had just
stepped into his home at 557 Fiji
teenth street Sc, about $50 pm
yesterday. when the men. who had
gained entrance through a window
forced him into the front room
bound his hands with wire torn from
the radio. and trussed his feet with
his necktie.
Mr.. Searles said the men syste-
matically ransacked every room in
the house. Floor boards in the
kitchen and bedrooms were ripped
up and the men pulled down tiles
lining the bathroom wall. They also
ripped open mattresses and pillows.
he said.
Mr.. Searles' shouts attracted the
attention of neighbor who rushed
to his aid and called police.
Police attributed the attack to
neighborhood gossip that the victim
had large amount of money in his
home.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Dr.. FischeIis 10 Receive
National Pharmacy Prize

DR.. Robert P. Fischelis, chief OF
the chemicals, drugs and health sup
plies branch of WPB's Office OF
Civilian Requirements has been
awarded the Remington Medal for
outstanding contributions to the
profession of pharmacy, it was an
nounced today.
The award will be presented te
DR.. Fischelis by DR.. Curt P. WINNER
associate dean of the Columbia Uni
versity college of pharmacy, at 8
banquet tomorrow evening at the
Hotel PENNSYLVANIA in New York
City. The affair is sponsored by the
New York branch of the American
Pharmaceutical Association.
DR.. Fischelis came to Washingtor
at the outbreak of the war, organ
izing the Government branch de.
voted to maintaining essential phar-
maceutical supplies for Americans
on the home front Prior to that
time he he'd served as associate
editor of Druggists Circular ano
managing editor of Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry. He also
served as a member of the Nationa]
Health Conference called by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1888.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Wastepaper Shortage
Closes Is Factories;
Schools Challenged

A real challenge to the schools CO.
operating in Tine Evening Star-PTA
Salvage for Victory program came
today with the announcement that
Is factories involving the use of
waste paper have been closed down
and 100 more are running part time
because OF lack of scrap paper.
In order to relieve the present
GRIPPING shortage one more pound
of paper for every three collected
IN the past must be gathered in. This
can be accomplished easily in the
schools If those not now aiding in
the program do so and if children
in the active schools who have not
helped in the past do their part now
Delay in shipment of supplies to
the fighting fronts may easily cause
lost battles or loss of life and ship
ments cannot be made if containers
for the supplies are not available.
SO far. only one high school. Gen.
tral. has Joined in the program,
although last year when the pro-
gram was under way a large amount
OF paper was collected through the
senior schools
Many schools have already turned
in more than 10 tons each, while a
large number more have brought
their collections beyond the 5-ton
mark
The leaders are: Shaw. 6a.782
pounds; Jefferson. 642l2 pounds;
Deal, 537l5 pounds: Randall, 49,
SOL; Taft, 25.550; Mcfarland, 22.-
6l9 Petworth, 22.470; Buchanan.
2l.923; Grimke, 1882; Noyes, 20
873: Sumner Ma eruder. 20,688:
Lafayette, 1910: Francis. 1888;
Wheatley, 1889: Orr. 1921; Mont
gomery, l7269; Browne, l7.147:
Bundy, 1916 Stoddert, 14,4oO:
Hardy, 14,043; Cleveland, 1000;
Mott. 1861: Bancroft. 1928;
Brightwood. ll,78l: Douglas Sim
mons. 1880; Morgan. 1887:
Adams, l1084 Garrison. 1896:
Banneker 1o950; Burroughs, 1O,-
$50, and Morse-Twining. lO.79S.
Collections tomorrow in the sec
ond district will be as follows:
Harrison. Terrell.
Garnet-P Patterson. Moves.
Grlmke. Langdon,
Garrison. Brookland.
Thomson. Burroughs
Cleveland. Bunker Hill.
Morse. Taft.
Twining. Wheatlev
Bundy. Woodridge.
Langston. Emery.
shaw. lexington.
Douglas J.F. Cook.
Simmons.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Public Hearings Slated
On D. T.. Home Rule Bill

Arrangements were being com
pleted today by Chairman McCar-
ran Of the Senate District Commit
tee for public hearings to be opened
at 10 am. tomorrow on the Distric,
home rule bill and the Hol-
man District Charter Commission
measure
Hearings are scheduled both fol
tomorrow and Wednesday and addi-
tional sessions will be called ii
necessary. Members of the sub
committee of the Senate District
Committee considering the bills are
Chairman McCarran and Senators
Tydings, Overton, Burton and Bush
field.
The first witness listed for tomor-
row is DR.. Meyer Jacobstein of the
Brookings Institute Others in
clude Wilbur S. Finch. chairman of
the local Suffrage Committee of the
Fedora ton of Citizens Associations:
spokeSmen for the District League
of Women Voters, Kenneth P. Arm
strong of the Burroughs Citizens
Association, Spared A. Wood of the
Citizens Forum of Columbia Heights
and spokesmen for the National
Lawyers Guild.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Community yu|e Tree
Abandonment Urqed

The Commissioners have suggest
ed to the White House that the an
nual community Christmas tree be
omitted this year because of war re-
strictions, he announced today.
There can be no lights on the tree
he said, In addition, he said. deco
rations probably will be even harder
to get than last year, when thou
sands of school children contributed
one decoration each.
The Commissioner said he hac
written letter on the subject to the
White House and expected an early
reply. He anticipates the White
House will agree to his request.
The Recreation Department., ir
charge of community Christmas ar
rangements, will call a meeting OF
the Tree Committee to decide if any
other large downtown Christmas
ceremony will be scheduled in place
OF the tree. Milo F. Christensen
superintendent of recrea ton, said.
Neighborhood community Christ.
mas tree celebrations, he empha
sized. will 60 on as usual-withou,
lights.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
.0PA's Work Aided
By $500 Volunteers
In D. {. During Yea
Retired Russiun Admiral,
British Aides Wives
Swell Workers Ranks

The work which hundreds of vol
unteers, including a retired Russian
admiral, retired railroad official
Girl Scouts, clubwomen and the
wives Of Army and Navy officers
have been doing to aid the wal
effort. was reduced to cold statistics
today by the District OPA.
According to Mrs. Clewell Sykes
llaison officer between the District
OPA and the Civilian Defense Vol
| unteer Office. the Russian admiral
has devoted himself to issuing gaso-
line ration books. the women have
aioed as receptionists, stenographers
and file clerks and the Girl Scouts
are performing the weekly duty O!
getting out price lists to local mer-
chants.
1856 Man Hours.
Bit by bit, some working as MANY
as 1900 hours on steady basis
during the year. others coming in
for emergency jobs. the 2,5O0-odd
volunteers have contributed a total
of 46.556 hours at the District OPA
Wives of British subjects in the
Capital on war assignments have
turned out TO swell the ranks OF the
volunteers. Mrs Sykes said. and of
the $500 volunteers. l48 are listed
AS having worked from 100 to 1900
hours during the last year.
According to Mrs Carter Cole OF
$500 Broad Branch road. one of Mrs
Sykes chief assistants who gather
ed the statistics for the annual re-
port, hundreds Of volunteers work
ing less than the l0O-hour total,
piled up 1000 additional hours.
much of it night work In addition,
some 5000 telephone calls were
handled by the volunteers.
More Volunteers Needed.
Despite the assistance rendered
so far, more volunteers are needed,
Mrs. Sykes said last night. The
war work is growing and forces are
especially needed for the anti-infla-
ton fight on the price control
front Those who wish to volun-
teer are urged to call Mrs. Sykes
office at 560l Connecticut avenue.
The telephone number is Ordway
6700.
Meanwhile, the work of the VOL
unteers has drawn the praise of
Robert K. Thompson, District OPA
director.
without the splendid help and
cooperation Of these volunteers" :"
he said, the OPA program could
not have been effectively handled
They have been most generous in
giving their time and their work
has been of an unusually high
Standard"
Evening star., 1943-12-06
CircumstantiaI Case
Points 10 Morton,
Murder Jury Told
Prosecutor Sums Up
Testimony Given
By Witnesses

All the evidence against John WAL
ter Morton, 39-year-old radio me-
chanic charged with second degree
murder, was circumstantial, the
prosecutor told the jury in sum-
ming up today. but, he added, all
the circumstances point to the de-
fendant.
Morton is charged with beating
to death on August % Mrs. Grace G..
Groome, 57-year-old stenographer
Her battered body was found next
day in Rock Creek Park.
Assistant United States Attorney
John P Burke made the closing ar
gument for the Government. He
asked the jury to consider the bru-
tality of the case-the fractured
skull and cerebral hemorrhage.
Testimony Recalled.
Mr.. Burke reminded the jury that
$40 was found in the pocketbook of
the victim and that Morton had
considerable sum on him when ar
rested. The crime, he said, was not
one of robbery.
The prosecutor recalled that two
witnesses in a Fourteenth street
restaurant had testified that Morton
left the place with Mrs. Groome;
that two boys had seen a man
dressed like Morton leaving Rock
Creek Park at o'clock that night.
and that bus driver and a young
woman passenger had seen the man
wearing bloody shirt, board a
downtown bus at Tilden street in
Rock Creek Park. The young
woman, Mr.. Burke pointed out, had
definitely identified Morton.
Alibi Unsubstantiated.
The bars allegedly visited by Nor
ton at the time of the crime still
are operating on Fourteenth street,
Mr.. Burke said, but not a single
witness had been produced to sub
stantiate the defendants alibi.
Charles F. Halter, Morton's law
yer, said some other person could
have come along in the park and
committed this crime.
Mr.. Hailer pointed out that the
defendant, who was 49, had never
been in trouble before. He asked
the jury if the defendants attitude
on the stand did not seem to them
a sincere effort to reconstruct what
had occurred.
In his testimony. Morton denied
ever having seen the victim and de-
MED being in Rock Creek Park on
the night
Evening star., 1943-12-06

tiloh dOl ltlS VIC Nihk'
reunion little Charles. known to his
playmates as Buttons" wandered
out of the house and joined a grour
of older children who were playing
cowboys and Indians" along the
railroad which is near her home.
She said her grandson. who made
his home with her, stepped in front
of Washington bound Baltimore &
Ohio train as north-bound trair
passed en- another track She sale
a cousin, Bobby Torillo 6. saw the
accident and ran home to report
the tragedy
Mrs. Torillo said Buttons was
killed just before noon and only IL
minutes after he had left the house
with his cousin, Bobby, and Dickie
and Genie Brock, next-door neigh
bors.
Il ran from the house, Mrs. To-
rillo said. ''and came on one of
Charles shoes on the railroad bed
where he had been struck I found
fragments of clothing further down
the track, but couldn't go on down
W "llSlt lllc u IN lldu SJOpptu,
about three blocks from where
Charles was struck"
Prince Georges County Police
Officers E. R. Thompson and A. w
Cord said the engineer, F. L. Mad
dox, 4416 Ridge avenue, Halethorpe
Md. reported that he saw the child
on the tracks, but did not have
time to stop the train DR.. James
I. Boyd, county medical examiner
issued a certificate of accidental
death.
In addition to his parents ano
his grandmother, the child is sur
vived by brother, John Robert
Ring g.
The body was removed to the
Gasch funeral home, 4739 Balti-
more avenue, Hyattsville, where
funeral services will be held at 2
pm. today. Burial will be in St
Mary's Cemetery
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Commissioners Seek
Means 10 Meet Needs
.0f Ga||inger Hospital
Senators BoIk Plans
To Increase Institutions
Administrative Stuff

The problems of Gallinger Hos
pital were being studied again today
by the Commissioners in the light
of the Senate's refusel last week to
approve a deficiency appropriation
OF $15,750 for the reorganization OF
the institutions administrative set
up.
The additional funds had been
sought by the Commissioners to pro-
vide a business administrator, a
chief housekeeper and an account
ant. The Commissioners had hoped
that by increasing the administra-
tive stan. they could tighten the
burden Of DR.. Edgar A. Bocock
superintendent. and thus eliminate
some of the trouble spots brought
to the surface during the recent SEN
atorial investigation into manage
ment OF the hospital.
1t Is understood that District
officials will renew their request for
funds for new administrative officers
at Gallinger when the regular Dis
trict budget is presented to Congress
the early part of next year.
In the meantime. however, one
possibility under consideration is
the use of lapse funds"-funds
available from untitled positions
for the appointment of temporary
administrative officers at the hos
pital. The Commissioners have nc
right, 1t was said, to establish per-
manent positions.
While officials say that undoubt
edly such lapse funds are available
it was pointed out that it raised a
question Of policy as to whether ii
was advisable virtually to circum-
vent the decision of the Senate
Committee by using the monies on
hand.
Regarding refusal of the Senate
Committee to grant another request
for $4,000 for construction of an
other Patterson School, District
budget officials said appropriations
might possibly be obtained from the
Federal Works Agency under the
Lanham Act appropria tions.
Evening star., 1943-12-06

The marine Pvt. R. P. De Bord.
was formerly a member of the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club a,
the Fifth Precinct.
His father, formerly a staff ser
geant in the Army Air Forces. who
served from May. 1912, to July, 1943
is now a member of the Army En-
listed Reserve Corps, A brother
Pvt. Charles L. De Bord, q. is serv-
ing with the Air Forces at Seymour
johnson Field. N. c.
Evening star., 1943-12-06

~ q LdhCS ~~s''eS h' pSte"AHs
Naval Training Station, Ill, where
he completed training with honors
as machinist's mate, second class
He received his promotion to first
class recently.
Mr.. Bateman, who formerly work
ed with his brother. Joseph L. Bate
man, as plumber, enlisted in July.
1912. He was honor man of his pla-
toon during basic training at Nor
folk, Va He attended St. Anthony's S
School. and was graduated from
Mckinley Technical High School.
In addition to his mother and
brother. he is survived by seven
sisters. Mrs Alice Watts, Sister Irma
Mildred, ssh, of Camden. N. j.;
Mrs. Mabel H. Mattingly, Mrs. Rose
Schreck. Mrs. Georgia C. Johnson,
and Adele M. and M. Lola Bateman.
HIS father was the late Joseph l..
Bateman.
Funeral mass will be celebrated
at ST. Francis de Sales Catholic
Church at m. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Readers Club to Present
Christmas Pageant

The Washington Readers Club
will present a Christmas pageant,
''Mistletoe and Holly" at 8:15 pm.
December IA for the benefit of the
Red Cross. It will be given at Pierce
Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV.
The pageant will be under the
direction of Miss Lenore Marie de
Grange in memory of her father and
mother. Col and Mrs. j. W. de
Grange.