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Evening star., 1943-09-29
Prince Georges Heads
Push Plans for Bids
On Road Project
HyuttsviIIe-Mount Rainier
Highway Specifications
Approved at Meeting

Prince Georges County Commits
sioners today pushed plans 10 ask
for bids on the improvement Of
Thirty eighth street (formerly Pros
pect avenue) in Brentwood and
Thirty eighth avenue and jefferson
street formerly Franklin street ex-
tended) In Hyattsville
Plans and specifications for the
project, one of Is included In the
Prince Georges County improve
ment program established by the
1941 State Legislature, were ap-
proved by the commissioners yester-
day after they were presented by
Fred w. Tuemmler, director of plan
ming of the Maryland-N National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission.
r. I. Avenue Bypass.
Purpose of the improvement is to
open Thirty eighth street and Thir-
ty-eighth avenue and extend them
north and south so as to provide a
bypass route between Hyattsville,
Brentwood and Mount Rainier. 1t
will permit motorists to travel
through the three towns without
using heavily travelled Rhode Island
avenue. ......
The project will include the re-
surfacing of a portion OF Thirty
eighth street between Shepherd
street and Window road. The por-
ton of Thirty-e street and
Thirty y-eighth avenue under the
jurisdiction of the State Roads
Commission is not included in the
work to be done.
A recommendation that the rec
reational program carried on In
the county last summer be made a
permanent part of the county school
system was contained in letter to
the board from the County Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
Playground Report.
TWenty-six Fairgrounds were
operated in the county during July
and August for children between the
ages of six and fourteen. They
were set up by the County Child
Care Committee with the aid OF
funds contributed by the commits
sioners and by the Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The commissioners also approved
an ordinance permitting construc-
ton by the Potomac Electric Power
Co. of an electrical transformer sta
ton on lot 8, block 81. Coral Hills
subdivision The station will pro-
vide more adequate electric service
in the area.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
lsWRahoniinq
s@Remiinders@o

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Blue coupons in Ration Book No.
2: U, v. and w good now and
will not expire until Ostober 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red coupons in
Ration Book No. 2: x, Y and 2
valid now and will remain through
next Saturday October q.
Brown stamps in Ration Book
No. 3: A and B stamps valid
through october 2; G stamps
good through october 80. Cd
stamps will be good October 8
through October 800.
War Ration Book No. 3-Civilians
who have not received these new
books should apply to local ration
boards. Book is already in use.
Sugar-Coupon No. IA in Book No.
/ good for pounds through Oc-
tober 81.
Gasoline-Holders Of old-type B and
G coupons Chose in books num-
bered SGT, 527A, 528 and 528A)
may still exchange them for new
type coupons at their neighbor-
hood ration board.
Review of B and G rations by
local ration boards, has been or
dered by regional OPA, in effort
to eliminate any part of these
allowances not essential.
Forms for A book holders to use
in applying for new books now be-
ing mailed TO motorists. Appli-
cations should be filled out and
returned to local boards immedi-
ately, accompanied by back cover
Of present A book and latest tire
inspection record.
Shoes-Stamp No. 10 in book No. l
good for one pair for an indefinite
time.
Stoves-An new domestic cooking
and heating stoves designed to
burn coal, wood, oil or gas are
now rationed.
CMore detailed Information car
ried every Sunday IN The starr
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Mrs. M. H. Henningsen
Dies in Hospital

j, Mrs. Myron H. Henningsen, 28,
of $3.50 Hillandale road, Chevy
Chase, died yesterday at Doctors
Hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Henningsen came to WASH
ington from Ohio in 1884 to work at
the National Youth Administration.
She remained with the NYA until
her marriage four years ago.
Mrs. Henningsen Is survived by
her husband, an employe of the adj
vertising department of the Ches.
apeake 81 Potomac Telephone Co.; q
son, Myron H., jr.; twin sister,
Mrs. Donna Marks, and her father,
j. A. Wilkerson.
Funeral services will be held at
the Hysong funeral home, and the
body will be taken to Dayton, Ohio,
for burial. -....--.-.,
Evening star., 1943-09-29
AppIe-Picking Leaves Mats
Tired as 0th-|nninq Pitcher

Mickey Haefner, included, were
ready to call 1t day.
I'D starve to death if I had to
earn my living picking these things, !"
Leonard said.
Amos H. Chilcott and his brother,
r. w. Chilcott, co-owners of the
orchard, pay 10 cents box to pickers
and an industrious worker can earn
81 or IS a day. Government workers
on Sunday, making a holiday of it,
and high school boys during the
week have been doing most of the
work. Convicts from the State
prison camp also are helping.
Asked who made the best pickers,
Mr.. Chilcott said:
IF you want my honest opinion,
the convicts."
When it became evident that the
Mats were tiring as badly as a start
ing pitcher along about the ninth
inning, Mr.. Chilcott decided to blow
the quitting whistle.
"Pick bag for yourselves" he
said, but they didn't have to do that
Apples appeared from pants pockets
sweatshirts and blouses. Working
for themselves the Mats did better
than on the 10-cents-a-box rate.
Evening star., 1943-09-29

Henebry was leading one flight of
Larners squadron OF strat1ng ana
skip bombing B-25s.
A few minutes later we heard
Can't. Jake Hutchinson, one OF our
own pilots, report that he thought
he had got a transport and we all
felt pretty happy about that.
II Feared Being Too Late.
/ From the chatter on the radio we
feared that there would be nothing
left for the afternoon mission, which
! was to lead.
We heard one Flying Fortress pilot
say: ,..,.
there. Let's go down and strafe
them"
And another pilot reply:
Good idea. I'm followin' you"
There were some whoops and yells
OF "got EN-"
After a while all our planes came
swooping in. Maj. Shearer, the in
telligence officer of the group, had
forgotten to get his laundry bag
out of one of the planes. A navi-
gator had used it to sit on. And
a piece of shrspnel had smashed
into the laundry bag, giving the
navigator nothing worse than a kick
In the pants but messing up the
laundry considerably. Shearer never
did get over kicking about his
laundry.
, The weather was terrible in the
Afternoon. We had an awful time
getting over the mountains. We
finally crossed at 10000 feet. We
were an hour late in getting to the
rendezvous at Cape Ward Hunt, a
big knob of land up the coast where
our patrols on the ground and the
Nips patrols were still mixing things
up. No pilot could miss it.
To our surprise the Fortresses
were still there, circling about up
stairs with swarm of P-38s about
them like gnats. Every one had
been late and they had waited
for lis.
on we went. the Fortresses leading
the parade at about 5000 feet
There were IL OF them and they
Aew in two VS., like migrating geese
Could See Oil Sticks.
Our flight of six B-25s followed a
minute later at 5000 feet. Behind
Us and much lower, were Is B-25s
" one squadron and the 8 B-25s
ID by Maj. Ed Larner.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Alexandria Cuts Tao Cost

Alexandria City automobile tags,
required to be carried on Alexandria
cars in addition to State tags. will be
sold for half price on Friday. The
Office OF the commissioner of revenue
announced today that the tags,
which expire March 81, 1914, can be
obtained for s cents a hundred
weight after Friday instead of the
usual 10 cents q humdredweight for
a year 3 license, --~..-.--- --,--..-.-.-
Evening star., 1943-09-29

The Washington Nationals aren't
apple-knockers after all. A skele-
ton crew of ball players hardly
enough to get up a good game of
one-knocker. showed up yesterday
in the Chilcott Orchards near
Vienna, Va, to pick apples and help
relieve the manpower situation.
Frankly, they look better in base
ball suits.
Moral support was loaned by a
group Of girls from the United
States Employment Service Office.
They tried their hand at picking,
too. but looked much better posing
for photographers.
Picking apples was old stuff,
most of the Mats agreed.
II used to do this when I was
a boy" said Coach Benny
Bengough.
'It comes second nature to me-"
said Coach Clyde Milan.
you've just got to know how it's
done" yelled Outfielder Jake
Powell, swaying precariously in a
tree top.
A half-hour later, all the ball
players, Manager Ossie Bluege,
Dutch Leonard, Nick Altrock and
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Cleveland Sees
0verpdss Tie-up
As Death Trap
PIons to Take Up
Work Stoppoge With
Congress Members

A potential death trap" has bean
created by the War Production
Boards stoppage Of construction Of
an overpass at the intersection OF
Lee and Washington boulevards in
Arlington, Washington I. Cleveland.
manager Of the District OF Columbia
division OF the American Automobile
Association, charged today.
Mr.. Cleveland said he intended to
take up the matter with virginia
members Of Congress.
WPB rejection Of Public Roads
Administration appeal to complete
the grade separation, which was an
nounced yesterday, was ian instance
OF two governmental agencies work
Ing at crosspurposes," Mr.. Cleveland
said.
Several weeks ago, wPB ordered
work on the partially completed
project stopped because a change In
plans called for the use Of additional
steel. PRA ofiicials said that in re.
tecting the appeal, WPB officials
contended the present road layout
at the intersection would serve traf-
fic needs until after the war.
Weak Link In Chain.
Mr.. Cleveland's statement fol-
lows:
"A potential death trap has been
created by the stoppage of con-
struction on the highway grade
separation at the intersection OF
Lee and Washington boulevards In
Arlington County.
This important unit in the maze
OF superhighways which have been
constructed as a means of travel be-
tween Washington and the Penta-
gon Building, Navy Annex, Fort
Myer and the Washington Airport
becomes q weak link in q chain Of
free-fiowing motor vehicle arteries,
endangering the safety and smooth
operation of tho entire project.
Behind the work stoppage is an
other instance Of two governmental
agencies working at cross purposes.
Part Of Superhighway System.
THE WPB stopped work on the
project after PRA ofiicials, operat-
ing on a blanket authority, have
proceeded with the separation along
with q score Of others, all part Of an
overall superhighway system.
"On an appeal to the Review
Committee, completion Of the prof.
ect has been denied. AS result,
motor vehicle operation will be tied
up at this point and serious acci-
dents probably will ensue.
The saving in critical materials
and money involved in the stoppaae
Is very small as compared to the
great increase to the motoring pub
lie, involving an additional 1000
miles of yehiculdr operation PEI
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Arlington Registrar to Sit
At COP Headquarters

Arlington County's central regis
trar will be at Republican campaign
headquarters, 2117 Wilson boule-
ward, from to 10 O'Clock tonight,
tomorrow and Saturday, H. S. ONO
hundro, campaign managed, an
nounced today.
Persons unable to get to their pre-
cinct or the central registrar were
urged by Mr.. Omohundro to call
Republican headquarters for trans
portation.
Registration deadline for the No
'vember county elections is Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Virginia Presbytery Elects

SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va,
Sept. 20 (P.-The winchester (VaD
Presbytery, opening its autumn
meeting with delegates from So
Presbyterian churches, yesterday
elected the Rev. G. Irwin Lewis of
Charles Town as moderator, sue
ceeding Judge L. C. Kackley, Berry,
Vile, Va. The Office of reading
clerk went to the Rev. Charles H.
-Gibboney, Keysers '-''.------
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Prince Georges Citizens
Warned on Declarations

William A. Duvall, chairman of
the Prince Georges County Repub-
lican State Central Committee, to-
day reminded new residents of the
county that they must declare their
intention Of becoming Maryland cit
iZens before November in order to
be eligible to vote in next years
presidential election.
Mr.. Duvan said declarations may
be made to Brice Bowie, clerk of the
Circuit Court. He said Mr.. Bowie
will visit various sections of the
county for the purpose of taking
declarations, and urged new resi-
dents to watch for schedule, to be
announced later by MIR. Bowie.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Homeowners Win
Street Paving Case
In North EngIewood
Circuit Court Orders
Builder Of Development
To Complete Surfocine

Residents of North Englewood ir
Prince Georges County today hao
emerged victorious in their fight tc
compel j. Victor Dickey, builder OF
the subdivision, to hard surface the
streets in the development.
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court Judges Charles c. Marbury
and John B. Gray, jr., yesterday
handed down decision ordering
Mr.. Dickey to complete the streets
by November S after hearing testi-
mony in suit brought against him
by John G. Robinson, jr, on behalf
of himself and % other property
owners in the subdivision.
Mr.. Robinson, who was repre-
sented by Attorneys Walter l..
Green and v. V. Vaughn, testified
that he had entered into a contract
with Mr.. Dickey providing that
bluestone surfacing be placed on his
street, but that Mr.. Dickey had not
complied with the contract.
Advertisements Cited.
Another resident, Mrs. Harriet
Brophy, said Mr.. Dickey had told
her when she purchased her home
in April, 1912, that he would apply
bluestone surfacing to the street by
June. She also cited newspaper
advertisements by Mr.. Dickey in
which he promised that the sub
division would have surfaced
streets"
Similar testimony was offered by
Mrs. Dorothy j. Miles and Fred
Meetre, two of the plaintiffs in the
suit. Mrs. Miles said she had paid
Mr.. Dickey $100 at his request in
order to help defray the expenses OF
paving the streets, but that no sur
facing had been done.
Some of the testimony centereo
around an agreement signed No
vember S, 1912, by Mr.. Dickey and
approximately Is homeowners. The
agreement provided that the resi-
dents sign notes promising to pay
him a certain sum if he was able
to obtain material to surface the
streets by May /, 1943. If they
were not surfaced by that date. the
notes would be void and Mr. Dickey
would maintain the streets until
November S, 1943.
Materials Lacking.
Mr.. Green contended that the
agreement did not release Mr.
Dickey from his obligation" to hard
surface the streets as he had prom
ised in advertisements and in con-
tracts with several of the home
owners.
Declaring that he was unable to
obtain the necessary material to
surface the streets because it was
frozen by Government order, Mr.
Dickey said he had spent approx
mately $500 to grade and oil the
streets between l941 and the spring
of 1943.
He explained that he had at
tempted to have the streets paved,
but that one contractor had his
machinery taken over by the Gov
ernment while another was unable
to obtain bluestone and oil. He
admitted, however, that the neces-
sary material was now available,
adding that he had not obtained 1t
after he learned that he was going
to be sued. He was represented by
Attorney w. Carroll Beatty at yes
terday's hearing.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Baltimore PSC Allows
Ruise in Tuxicub Rates
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 29.-Taxicabs
in Baltimore have been authorized
by the Public Service Commission
to raise their rates.
The order, issued by the PSC be-
cause IAN increase in revenue is rea-
sonably required to assure continu-
ance of the taxicab service in Bal
timore," will become effective Octo-
ber T. A charge of Is cents for the
first one and two-thirds miles and
5 cents for each additional one-third
miles is to be made. ,..-
The rates now are Is cents for
the first miles and 5 cents addi-
tional for each one-half mile.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Senator LANCER Seeks
Funds to Aid Matthews

Senator LANCER, Republican, of
North Dakota said today he is
organizing committee to see that
Rives Matthews, Princess Anne
(Md) publisher who was indicted
yesterday by grand jury on a
charge of slandering Maryland
State Controller ]. Millard Tawes,
receives justice.
Senator LANCER said the commit
tee also will seek to raise funds, If
they are needed, to keep Mr.. Mat
thews' paper operating in the East
ern Shore community.
He said he understood charges
had been made by Mr.. Matthews
that State officials had withheld
legal advertising from his paper.
IF it is necessary to raise money,
we will do it," Senator LANCER said.
1--WE don't want to see fearless
paper like that one throttled."
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Charles County Fair
Scheduled October Is

LA PLATA, Md, Sept. 29-The
Charles County Fair will be held at
the fair grounds October Is and 16,
the Board of Directors announced
today.
Premiums will be paid for all
classes Of livestock, poultry, farm
and garden crops, canned goods
sewing and flowers. Entertainment
has not been fully decided on.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
F 4II1E E|U|u'V
BISMARCK SEA VICTORY
Afternoon Petrol of Allied Bombers Finds
Scene of Attack Uttered With Debris

TDo destroyers and three transports cargo Shps-he
latter disabled and listing badlyoere the only
the 22 japanese SHIPS struck in the Bismarck Sea the morning
OF March g. 194 By the co-ordinatedack of 100
Allied planes. The of the holocaust marked the
surface OF the oate great OIL sticks and black specks ohch
the pilots the second attack the day realized
heads OF summing Japanese Capt McWht Who furnishes
the oootng account led the afternoon attack of B25 He
is the OF McWhirt 710 Oglethorpe street
official of the Internal Reuenue Bureau
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Matthew'S 10 Face
Trial in Tawes Libel
Case Next Week
Maryland Publisher
Freed on $500 Bond
After Indictment
BY the Associated Press.

PRINCESS ANNE, Nd, Sept. 20.
by grand jury and re-
leased under $500 bail, Rives s.
Matthews, editor and publisher Of
the weekly Somerset News, awaits
trial next week on a charge of GRIM
inal libel arising from stories pub
lished in his paper concerning
Maryland Controller j. Millard
Tawes.
The grand jury, in handing down
the indictment yesterday, said Mr..
Matthews had intended to vilify
and defame" Mr.. Tawes in articles
published in the newspaper in June
in connection with Mr.. Matthews
accusations that Mr. Tawes had
misused gasoline ration coupons.
The indictment held the stories
contained "scandalous, wicked, ma
licious, mischievous and defamatory
libel" and quoted from and inter-
preted two of them.
viii CAN Governor.
Mr.. Matthews said his counsel
would call a number of State ofii-
cials to testify. including Gov.
Q.Conor and Mr.. :9Tawes, adding
that regardless of the trials out-
come, he intended "to lead crusade
of outraged citizens" to Annapolis
during the -1945 General Assembly
"aId demand that Controller Tawes
be impeached for misuSe
Of a State-owned automobile and
contributing to breakdown in pub
lie morale in it's attitude toward OPA
and compliance with OPA wartime
regulations" M
9'Mr. Matthews accused Mr.. Tawes
in a series of articles this summer
Of driving in State-owned car, to
Camp Wheeler, Ga, to attend his
sons wedding, in violation OF the
pleasure driving ban. sTagE
The day after Mr.. Tawes had
been cleared of this charge by a
Somerset County radio board, Mr..
Matthews was arrested on the libel
charge at the direction of Somerset
County States Attorney Prentiss
Evans. His bond at that time was
set at $4,000.
Tawes' Coupons Revoked.
When the State Office of Price
Administration later revoked Mr..
Tawes' personal and occupational
ration book, Mr. Evans said the libel
charge would be pressed anyway,
characterizing the two cases as Sep
arate and distinct"
Mr.. Matthews, a 37-year old ma
tive of st. Louis, who bought the
weekly about four years ago, will be
tried before three Judge panel,
probably Tuesday, Mr.. Evans said.
The States attorney said that I'M
der Maryland law there was no
specific penalty for criminal libel,
but that on conviction the court
could. on its own discretion, levy
fine or Jail sentence, or both.
Will Subpoena O'Conor.
Mr.. Matthews said Coy. O'Conor
would be subpoenaed because the
Governor had made statements re-
garding use of State-owned auto
mobiles"
There were no witnesses brought
before the grand jury and Mr.. Evans
said the indictment was based solely
on articles which Mr.. Matthews pub
lished.
The Board of Directors of the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation, meeting in New York
after Mr.. Matthew's arrest, direct
ed its chief counsel, Elisha Hanson,
to give "any assistance possible" to
Mr.. Matthews.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Jurist Urges
School Fight +.
Judge Bentley Would
Put Social Workers
With Children

Placing of trained social workers
in public schools to detect symptoms
of juvenile delinquency before they
reach the Serious" stage has been
advocated to school officials by Ju-
venile Court Judge Fay L. Bentley.
"One boy had been absent from
school 142 days before he was re-
ported to me-" Judge Bentley told
the Advisory Committee on War;
time and Postwar Problems of the
Child yesterday at the Franklin
School. Il can do nothing until
these cases are detected and brought
to me-"
Trained Workers Needed.
Trained workers, she said, would
be able to devote full time to the
problem of detection and preven-
ton of juvenile delinquency. At
present, Capt. Rhoda Milliken of
the Metropolitan Police Women's
Bureau added teachers have not
been trained to distinguish serious
delinquency from normal misbe-
havior And often let cases go too
long before reporting them.
In addition, Judge Bentley said,
students at the Wilson and Miner
Teachers Colleges should be given
more courses in psychology and in
struction in preparation of refer
rails of children to social agencies
to fit them for better service in the
classroom. The counselors now sta
toned in all junior and senior high
schools for vocational guidance, she
said, could also take over the re-
sponsibility of supervising referrals
OF students to agencies.
More counselors should be OBJ
tanned for the elementary schools,
she continued, where evidences of
delinquency first appear. The Judge
also recommended many more con-
ferenceS between school and social
agency administrators and a set pro-
gram OF referral of children to agen-
cjes.
Checkup of Absences.
Stressing that no case of even one
days unexplained absence should be
ignored, Judge Bentley told Hugh S.
Smith, principal of the Jefferson
High School. to bring before her
the parents of any student absent
more than two days without ex-
planation. Supt. of Schools Hay,
cock promised that a closer check
up OF absences would be made.
Capt. Milliken concluded the con-
ference with a plea that after-school
recreation be planned in such a way
as to Stimulate the child,s own ini-
tiative rather than boring him with
a Standardized program"
Evening star., 1943-09-29


pla n e S of our
squadron, and I
lost.
O ur B IS
squa a d ron was
operating from
the strip vari-
ously known as
Laloki, or IA Mile
or S C h W INNER
Field. The Sec
ond name was
the distance of
the field from
P o r t Moresby;;
the t h ird was
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Leonurdtown Woman
Dies of Gun Wound

Mrs. Mary e. Totten, SO, of Route
2, Leonardtown. Md, died yesterday
in Providence Hospital from gun
shot wound in her chest, Maryland
State police reported. Police said
Mrs. Totten was wounded Monday
at her home. They had no details
on the shooting.
Evening star., 1943-09-29

given it in honor Can't J. R. Mcwhirt.
of an American pursuit pilot who
was killed down under in 1912.
We had been on the alert several
days. The feeling among our crews
was somewhat similar to that de-
scribed as prevailing at the Kila
Evening star., 1943-09-29
CHAPTER XI.
By CAPT. JOSEPH B. McWHIRT
George Kennedy,

Star staff Writer.
/ did not go on the morning at
tack because I tossed a coin with
Art Small to decide who was going
to lead the six