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Evening star., 1943-06-18
Sports al West Point
Given Strong Backing
By Superintendent
. Gen. Willy Tells House
OF Athletics Value in
Training Officers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Competitive sports as training for
Uncle Sans fighting men won
strong support today from Maj. Gen
Francis B. Wildly, superintendent OF
the United States Military Academy
at West Point.
His opinion was expressed in testi-
mony before the House Appropria-
tions Committee after Representa-
tive Powers, Republican, of New
Jersey declared that he understood
there is q movement on foot to
stop athletics at West Point" and
called it ridiculous.
"All of us at West Point" said
Gen. Wilby, feel that 1t would be
a very sad day for West Point II
competitive athletics are abandoned.
We feel that competitive athletics,
and especially the body contact type
of athletics, Is one Of the finest
things in the training Of soldier.
I'VE feel that the training and
morale of the whole cadet corps
will suffer II that Is omitted"
Chairman Snyder Of the sub
committee in charge Of the bill
agreed and said one reason why
athletics should be continued at
West Point 'is Just this: If ath-
letics were discontinued at West
Point, in less than four years from
the time they were stopped, the
fellows who have been considering
going to West Point, fellows who
would make top-notch colonies and
generals, would decide to 90 to other
schools"
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Army Health at Peak,
Gen. Magee Declares
1912 Hospital Coses
Is Per Cent Under 1o4l

The health of the Army has never
been better than at present, Maj.
Gen. James C. Magee, until recently
Army Surgeon General, told the
House Appropriations Committee
during hearings on hte Army supply
bill reported to the House today.
He testified that hospital ad-
mittances for 1912 for all causes, in
Guiding disease and injury, were
approximately Is per cent less than
in 1941.
From the information available,
Gen. Magee said it would appear
there is no serious widespread health
menaces existing among Army per-
sonnel stationed abroad.
Preventive medicine measures now
In effect in the Army, he said, range
from the long established vaccina-
ton for smallpox to planned and
concerted efforts to prevent and
control epidemic diseases in the
Army; from such homely sanitation
measures as the best methods of
dishwashing to widespread mosquito
control activities both in this country
and abroad"
Evening star., 1943-06-18
S3,374,156 Bankruptcy
OF Mrs. Croker Closed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSOclAteo PfeSt.
MIAMI, Fla, July 18.-The 1874 =
l56 bankruptcy case Of the once
fabulously wealthy Bula E. Croker
of Palm Beach, widow Of Richard
C. Croker, was officially closed yes
terday with the notation by L. Earl
Curry, Federal bankruptcy referee,
that it was a case with no assets.
Croker, q former Tammany chief
tain, died in Ireland In 1922. leaving
a fortune in cash snd property
which became the object Of court
battles here and abroad.
In 1887 Mrs Croker filed a volun-
tary petition for bankruptcy in Fed
eral Court here.
Her magnificent Palm Beach home,
the schedule showed. was heavily
mortgaged, as was the castle near
Dublin, where Mr.. Croker died.
The final report Of S. j. Tucker Of
West Palm Beach. who was ap-
pointed receiver, showed the only
receipts were $500 realized from sale
of equity in the Irish castle and
500 from other sources. Disburse-
ments totaled $1.12297. The re-
ceiver's fee was 500 and that Of
the referee less than SIS.
Mrs. Croker was last reported in
Saltwater. Okla.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
House Tax Group Weighs Plea
To Shift to Cool Virqinio Hills

be able to get some real work done
In the cool and quiet of the Ale
ghany Mountains"
His proposal was that the COM
mittee members pay their. own ex-
penses-s4 a day. 0ncidentally,
there are some fishing waters near
by
Mr.. Robertson presented the prop
osition at an Executive Committee
session. No decision was reached.
Secretary Of the Treasury Nor
genthau said yesterday he agreed
with Chairman Doughton Of the
Ways and Means Committee that
no additional taxes should be levied
on 1943 incomes. and he admitted
there was no hope now for full
achievement of the administrations
goal of $4,000, 900 900 additional
revenue in the fiscal year beginning
July l. The Treasury's new goal is
$4,000, 100000
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Borrowing Libera|ized
By Library for Summer
Evening Hours Extended
To 10 O'Clock on 5 Doys

Additional summer service was
announced today by the Washington
Public Library. IS . convenience to
book borrowers planning vacations
and those who work 48 hours a week.
Beginning Monday, the Central
Library and its seven major branch
es will remain open until 10 pm.
every weekday except Saturday,
when the closing time will be 5
pm.
To make the one hour later clos
ing time possible, these libraries will
not open until 10 am. daily.
Readers leaving town on vaca- =
tions will be permitted to borrow 10
books and keep them until October
l. Readers not vacationing may also
borrow 10 books and keep them for
four weeks. instead of the previous
two-week period. Only seven-day
books and few current volumes
will not be covered by these rules.
The children's department will
loan 10 books until October to
those going out Of town and five
books for four weeks to other
readers.
Evening star., 1943-06-18

glasses and whistle, and amounts
to $30.76 an enlisted man.
Add 10 cents for musical instru-
ments, and the bill paid by the
Quartermaster Corps a soldier comes
to $2159l. The Ordnance Depart
ment foots the bill for a rifle. bay
onet and scabbard and a steel he'll
ment, $76.50: Chemical Warfare
Service pays 1862 a soldier for gas
mask and protective ointments, and
the Medical Corps supplies a first
aid kit and sulfa drugs, adding an
other "a cents, and making the total
bill $29947.
The Army also reported that the
cost Of the daily ration furnished
each soldier has increased from 66
cents last June to u cents now.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Civilians Facing New
Cuts in Food Supply,
Chester Davis Warns
Says Stock Will Be Ample
For Health and Strength,
But Not for Waste
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June l8.-War Food
Administrator Chester c. Davis says
that no matter how much food our
resourceful farmers produce /.
or how soon the war Is over, we will
not have enough food to satisfy all
the claimants for al! the kinds of
food they want"
In his first public speech since his
appointment as food chief, Mr.. Davis
told the annual meeting of the
Dairyman's League Cooperative As
sociation yesterday that civilian sup
plies will be reduced further "in the
near future" by increased food allo-
cations to lease lend and the armed
forces.
Il am convinced though" he add
ed, that the civilian supply of food
will be ample for health and strength
for all. but will not be enough for
waste"
VIA Resources Pledged.
"A sound national food policy de-
mands that every aid possible be
given to the farmer to help him
produce in 1943 and 1914" Mr.. Davis
said. THE full resources of the
War Food Administration have
been pledged to that end, result
production"
Mr.. Davis said the country would
produce and market much more
meat in the coming IL months than
in the past year, but that because
all food claims could not be met
by animal products I'VE must in
crease production of bread grains
and dried beans and peas and pota-
toes and the oil seeds"
Concerning the management of
civilian food supply, the adminis-
traitor reported that more needs to
be done and less has been done in
that field than on any other factor
entering Government food control"
He added that when price is
eliminated or neutralized as a factor
to determine the flow of goods to
market and nothing is substituted
instead, then there is bound to be
chaos" He said the administrator
hoped to accomplish much in this
field with the help of skilled and
experienced men.
Greatest Feast in History.
Mr.. Davis continued that in the
first full year of the war, American
civilians ate more food than in any
other year in history except 194l and
that "the last two years have been
the greatest feast years in Ameri-
can civilian history"
But the. proportion for military
and lease-lend will be greater in the
future" he warned 1T is a para
dox but realistic one, that, with
every military success, the correct
management of food becomes more
important and more difficult.
Our food is the chief reliance for
encouraging the liberated. people to
help us in the final assaults against
the Axis gates. Our food must con-
tinue to help the British and the
Russians swinging prodigious blows
against our enemy"
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Anti-BIuck Market
Ploy to Be Presented

The anti-black market play, Its
Up to You," will be presented from
Monday through June % by the
Washington Workshop in the Agri-
culture Department auditorium.
Mrs. Margaret Gibbs, who hears
her conscience talk, will be played by
Beatrice Plumer. Other leads are
Porterhouse Lucy, the Black Market
Steak, danced by Olga Lunick;
Farmer Brown, played by John
Flynn; Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, played
by Dean and Mrs. Mary A. Hollis
and Jimmy, the farmers son, played
by Don Bower
Pvt. Maurice Manson Is directing
the production.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
u. ). London Troops
Aid British Crews
Rescue Blast Victims
Oil Bomb Destroys
Post Office; Flames
Sweep Building

Special Cable TO The Star and chicaso
LONDON, June 1s.-American
"GI Joes." returning to bed at Red
Cross service clubs early today,
found themselves in the front line
Of q rescue squad Of boobies and fire
service units, digging into rubble
and debris barehanded, when q sin
gle German raider smashed one of
London's post offices with q heavy
oil bomb.
They helped drag. out killed and
injured from the fire-swept ruins,
where a sorting stan had been
actively engaged in dispatching par
GELS. The contents of destroyed
parcels were widely scattered and
children from a neighboring shelter
asked to be allowed to help in the
task of salvage.
Permission was granted and
American and Canadian soldiers
and sailors and civilians soon found
themselves working side by side in
rapidly organized volunteer rescue
parties.
The fire quickly gained hold as
the contents of an oildrum bomb
streamed through the building and
the blaze lit up the sky until dawn
when firemen got the situation un-
der control. Today the rescued mail
was stacked up on the street await
ing transport to other post offices,
whence it will be restarted toward
its destination.
This was just one of the incidents
which are occurring regularly in
British towns situated on the coast
and a short distance inland during
the moonlight period, which pro-
vides suitable conditions for enemy
nuisance fighter bomber sneak raids,
which are being kept up at a seri-
Gus percentage of losses to himself
But they are also taking a small,
steady toll of British civilians.
tCopyrishL 1943. by the Chicago Daily
News, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Army Pays $299.47 to Equip
Each Infuntrymun in Field

Equipping each infantryman,
from his Identification tag to his
sewing kit, costs the Army $299 At,
the House Appropriations Com
mittee reported today in sending to
the House the Army supply bill.
A serviceman's individual cloth
ing costs $l1486. His individual
equipment costs $44.76, with an
other 86 cents for shaving and
tooth brushes, comb and razor
blades.
Then there is the "reorganizational
clothing" which includes a variety
of items from waders to bakers
bib. and averages 95 cents per
soldier. "Organizational equip
ment" takes in such items as a
chaplain's hymnal, flags, sun
Evening star., 1943-06-18
u. S. Munitions
| Saved British
from Ron1meI
BY the Associated Press


How the United States Army Air
Transport Command saved the day
for the British when Naz Marshal
Erwin Rommel was pushing them
back toward Cairo was disclosed to-
day in published hearings of the
War Departments record appropria.
ton bill.
Maj. Gen. Harold L. George, head
OF the command. told the story to
the House Appropriations Commits
tee: e
The British were just about out OF
anti-tank ammunition, and the near
est supply was five or six weeks away
by water. They appealed to the War
Department here "and I received an
order to move as much ammunition
as possible.
Within "a hours from the time we
received that order we had airplanes
loaded down to capacity with anti
tank ammunition. The crews flew
through some of the worst weather
ever flown through, and within 70
hours . they arrived in Cairo"
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Army Plans 10 Spend
More Than Billion
On Gas War Plans
House Group Approves
Request for Funds for
Chemical Warfare Unit
By the Associated Press.

.
The avowed intention Of the AL
lies to retaliate in kind If the enemy
uses gas was emphasized today as a
House Appropriations Committee
stamped its seal of approval on
Army plans to spend $l,152, 400, 900
on its Chemical Warfare Service.
The committee approved a new
appropriation of $340, ,025 900, plus
reappropriations of $812,474, 900, aft
er hearing secret testimony from
top officials Of the Chemical War
fare Service. The members declared
they hoped that none of the Axis
powers would resort to that type of
warfare, but added:
The committee is determined
that our own and Allied forces shall
be at all times and In all theaters
completely ready. defensively and
extensively, should our enemies elect
to engage in this diabolical form Of
attack. The committee has every
assurance that our forces are ready
for any eventuality."
The committee issued its report
after hearing Maj. Gen. William N.
Porter, chief of the Chemical War
fare Service, testify that the esti-
mate for funds was based on pres
emily existing plans, using all in
formation, friendly and enemy.
However, as the war develops, the
amount of funds required may sud-
denly change"
Interesting-no less SO because
the answers were given of the re-
cord-were these questions put to
Gen. Porter by Chairman Snyder Of
the subcommittee in charge Of the
bill.
Mr.. Snyder: There is still no
evidence of the employment Of
chemicals by the enemy, except the
unconfirmed report Of the use Of a
small amount by the Japanese
against the Chinese?"
Gen. Porter: mo. sir: there is
not" discussion of the record0
Mr.. Snyder: Have you got any
reliable information, particularly as
to Germany, Of preparation for
using chemicals? You may answer
off the record"
Discussion OH the record)
Mr.. Snyder: Were any chemi-
Gals or chemical equipment cap
tured from the Germans in North
Africa?"
Discussion off the record)
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Army Fund
Continued From First Page.)

well-equipped and well-trained enc
mics on two fronts"
Having driven the Axis from
Africa, we intend to deliver the
knockout blow on the enemys home
grounds" he continued. I'VE have
stemmed the forward movement
Of the Japs and are now in the
process Of evicting them from their
conquests. Aerial warfare is being
intensified. This will be followed at
the propitious time by an all-out
blow by both land and air. We will
bring the war home to Japan, Ger
many and Italy"
The 7,533,000 enlisted strength of
the Army is the goal set for the end
of this calender year and includes
an estimated 100000 WAACS. It
does not include 6O3,000 Army and
10000 WAAC officers.
The Army's strength by the end
OF this month, declared Gen. Som
ervell, will be 6,500,000 men, or al
most twice its size at the end of the
World War.
WAAC Wins Praise.
For the WAACS, Both Gen. Nc
Narney and the committee voiced
words of praise.
The committee wrote into its
formal report unqualified indorse-
ment" of the women's organization
and condemned "in no uncertain
terms those who indulge in malig-
ming this splendid group of patriotic
women, who are doing all they can
to aid in the war effort"
Expressing hope that none of
the Axis powers will resort to chem
ical warfare" the committee ap-
proved for the Chemical Warfare
Service a budget estimate of ST.
154,734,o00, including an $812, ,474, 900
carryover from this year.
The committee said it was "de-
termined that our own and Allied
forces shall be at all times and in
all theaters completely ready, de-
fensively and extensively, should our
enemies elect to engage in this
diabolical form of attack" and added
1t had every assurance that our
forces are ready for any eventuality." )"
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Nozis Lost 4,198 Planes
Over Brituin, Croft Soys
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 18-Lord Croft,
parliamentary undersecretary for
the War Office. reported today that
4.198 Axis planes were destroyed over
Great Britain from the start Of
the war to June /.
He said anti-aircraft guns had ac-
counted for at least 732 of the num-
Der.
Lord Croft spoke at the opening
OF an army exhibition of anti-air-
craft weapons.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
BY the Associated Press.

oF VIC hosONiabSu FfcSH.
The House Ways and Means
Committee considered today a
proposal that it betake itself
from hot and humid Washing
ton to the cool of the Virginia
mOuntainS-to draw the first
draft Of a new and bigger war
time tax bill.
Representative Robertson, Demo-
crat. of Virginia. suggested to his
"a committee colleagues that they
convene at a lodge in the Ale
ghanies-near Hot Springs, Va,
1000 feet above sea level.
Ranking members of the Senate
Finance Committee and Govern
ment tax people could go along with
US" he said. The press could go
along, too.
with the kind of weather we're
having in Washington it's hard to
get decent nights sleep. We would
Evening star., 1943-06-18
250-MiIe Moving Job
Cancelled by Mistake
3y the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
SALEM, Oreg.-State highway
employe Ray Better, transferred
$50 miles south to klamath Falls,
loaded his household goods on q
"drive-it-yourself" truck and carted
them to his new home.
He arrived exhausted and hired
two men to finish the job while he
went to bed in q hotel
The men misconstrued his in
structions. When Better awoke, he
found they had driven his loaded
truck back to Salem.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
TuIso City Incinerotor
Sold in Tax Error

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA. Okla-Roy Eckles pur-
chased 13 acres Of land at a tax re-
sale last month.
County Surveyor Tom Collins re-
Gently discovered the land included
the city's ,incinerator.
The property. owned by the city
OF Tulsa, had been put on the tax
resale list through an error.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Old Whisky Barrels
Will Replace Metal
Channel Markers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, June l8.-Charred
oak whisky barrels soon will
bob In the currents of the
Mississippi River, put to a new
wartime use by the Coast
Guard.
Seventy Of the casks have
been converted into channel
markers to replace all-metal
buoys guiding boats along the
stream. Coast Guard officials
say the barrels not only save
steel but are visible at more
than twice the distance of the
metal markers.
Evening star., 1943-06-18

MAROONED 66 DAYS FLYERS RESCUED-Fve members the
crew of Flying Fortress forced down
land rescung Bit picture was made
The this island for 66 bombers wing
shadow in left foreground flyers ght
Master Segt Donald Martin Decatur Ill., Sergt
William Nichols, Keiser Ark; Technical Serg Hunt
Enngham ILL.,; Technical Sergt Robert Turnbul San An
tonic Tex and First It. Ernest Santa Barbara Calf
Technical Serg Theodore Edwards Youngstown Ohio also
the island After locating men, the bomber radoed
their position and they rescued by Navy ply.
"A P. Wirephoto from Navy
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Burns Bazooka Silent
Under Ban on Music
~ the Asseeiatsd Prssa.

~ the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, juno 1S-Bob
Burns basooka isnt . musical In
strument, NBC says.
Nevertheless, not Z single bazook
issued from the gaspipe contrap-
ton last night. The Burns pro-
gram went on the air without
music after James Petrillo's Amer
ican Federation Of Musicians Union
protested its broadcast from
Chicago.
The script called for q bazooka
solo, but Burns probably was being
tactful, NBC explained; or maybe
he just hadn't time. Certainly
bazookas aren't banned. It In
sisted.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
PIun lndiun Center

President Avila Camacho Of Mex
leo has authorized the Indian Affairs
Department to purchase a large
hacienda at Tula,. capital of the
ancient Toltec empire that fiourished
1000 years ago, for the establish
ment Of an Indian center.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
Will Teach Prisoners

In repairing the earthquake
damage to the jail at Valdivia, Chile.
a library and workshop is being
added and two instructors will give
courses in carpentry and electricity
to the inmates.
Evening star., 1943-06-18

Something to sell. Something to
buy? Use . Star Want Ad." Phone
MA. 5000,
Evening star., 1943-06-18
THE EVENING WASHINGTON, D. G., FRIDAY 1s4s

Here's the spend during II months
the $ appropriation BY
ationsC
The echo., 1943-06-25

Cut out every one Of those extra
trips your laundryman used TO
make in the name OF service" and
our boys can make a lot Of extra
trips with b0mbers in the name Of
freedom.
l. On the day previous to regu.
lar pickup day, inspect all extras"
such as curtains, washable rugs.
slip covers, bed spreads, blankets
and quilts If they are soiled, place
them with your regular laundry
bundle and avoid a last minute rush
when the laundryman calls; per.
maps even eliminate a special trip
back later in the day. So, remem.
Der to have these launderable "ez-
tras" ready for when they are cleaa
and sparkling they make home
much easier place to forget our
cares and worries.
& 2. II possible, round out yoUs
supply Of wearing apparel and
household linens so that on his reg.
ular call to your home, the route.
man can (a) deliver your cleaa
laundry, (b) collect for it, (c) pick
up soiled articles. This results in
one call every period instead OF
TWO or three.
3. Ii you can't t be home wher hs
ronteman arrives, arrange with =
nelghbor to accept anC ay fo-,
your laundry Do the same FOR her
Telephone changed instructions d.
rect to the laundry a day ahead q
scheduled delivery if possible.
These seem like small things but
added all together and multiplie4
by all delivery services Of evers
kind, such a simple routine actually
saves thousands of miles of un
necessary wear on tires That's why
our government has asked every
one, homemaker and businessman
alike, to do everything possible I.
eliminate extra" deliveries.
UNNECESSARY ..NN@>~
The echo., 1943-06-25
ILOOKE&oH
Win IosEPHlNE HUDDLEsTON

"Save now to have for the flu.
ture" is as true for tires on delivery
trucks as for tires on our own cars,
And the very best way to save
rubber tires, is to cut out every
unnecessary request for special and
repeat calls.
? To homemakers educated to a
way Of life wherein the word "ser.
vice" is synonymous with delivery
at any and all times, avoidance q
extra calls means breaking a long
established habit. For this reason
the American Institute of Laun-
dering gives US some suggestions
for cooperating with our laundry
and save rubber for Uncle Sam.
The echo., 1943-06-25

Please notify tn e office whenever
you change your address in order ths,
we might change the address on ow
mailing Est. Whenever we mail or
a paper and it comes back, we havy
to pay to get it out of the post ofice
Editor.
NOTICE
Presidents who send in Cashier'a
Checks will please forward 10c ex-
change on same. Please put this os
your Memo book and govern your
selves accordingly.
General President.
The echo., 1943-06-25
Continued from Page 1

famous scientist.
The George Washington Carver Lib
erty ship was launched at Richmond,
California, this May. 1t is the Sec
ond to be named for a famous Negro.
The first one, the Booker T. Wash
ingtsn, is already in service under
the command Of a Negro captain,
Hugh Mulzac. A third S hip, the
Frederick Douglass, has been assign
ed for construction.
The echo., 1943-06-25

MEMBERSHIP PER LODGE AS
REPORTED BY THE VARIOUS
LOCAL PRESIDENTS IN THE
JUNE BOARDS. ALL MEMBERS
REPORTED $125 EACH. THE
NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT
EACH PRESIDENT REPORTED IS
AS FOLLOWS:
Evening star., 1943-12-21
The Mink-Warmed Ginny Sim.
Speaks of Quaint Avocation
BY JAY CARMODY.

Avocation department: Ginny is very beautiful and
-
The two Of them look Fifth
Massachusetts, that surprises dayghts
when you talk with Miss Sims
this department talked
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