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Evening star., 1943-02-17
Legal Tang|e Leaves
ShifIett Case in Doubt
Conflicting Verdiets
Reported Returned

The case of Ernest James Shifiett
AZ, accused of the fatal beating OF
Mrs. Patty Edwards, 40, on August
IT, 1912, is again in legal tangle
following an all-male jury's ap-
parent verdict of manslaughter
against the defendant last night.
The jury deliberated Shifletts fate
for approximately eight hours, and
on returning to Justice Bolitha J.
Laws in District Court with verdict
the foreman is said to have declared
Shif1ett not guilty on the first two
counts of the indictment charging
murder.
According to Sam Silverman, dep
uty clerk of court, a poll of the
jurors revealed that in their de-
liberations the - men had decided
Shif1ett guilty of manslaughter.
James j. Laughlin, attorney for
the accused, objected that the jury S
finding of guilty" came too late
to convict a man who already had
been declared mot guilty"
Harry G.. Kopel. the jury foreman
said today that he was confused as
to the meaning of Mr.. Silverman's
question referring to the first
count"
Mr.. Kopel said he thought Mr.
Silverman was speaking of the de
gree Of guilt and not the counts
of the indictment.
This led him to suspect, Mr.. Kope
said, that the clerk was asking il
Shifett was guilty of first-degree
murder. Mr. Kopel explained he
did not want to give the impression
that Shifett was guilty of first OF
second degree murder.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Services Planned Today
For William F. Bishop, Is

Funeral services were to be held
at 2 pm. today for William F.
Bishop, 73, former real estate dealer,
who died Monday after a three
month Illness. The services were to
be held from the residence, 1907
MORRISON avenue NV, followed by
burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
A resident Of the District since
the late 1905, Mr. Bishop was active
IN the real estate business here until
his retirement about 20 years ago.
He was the husband of the late Mrs.
Fay c. Bishop.
Survivors include brother, Mat
thew H. Bishop, and sister, Mrs.
Mabel Bishop Chamberlain, both of
Detroit.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Margaret Leech Serves
As Hospital Volunteer
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. l7.-It's reveille
in the New York Orthopedic Hos
pital for Margaret Leech. author Of
"Reveille in Washington"
But it took patients and staff from
October until today to learn that
their Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, volunteer
nurses aide, was the author of a
best seller.
Widow of Ralph Pulitzer, publisher
of the old New York World, Miss
Leech took an 80-hour Red Cross
course last spring and received her
cap and pin in May.
She is crazy about the work"
she said, but is not so certain of
her nursing talents. Her outstand-
ing achievement so far is washing
the hair Of patient in bed.
The trick is to wash only the
hair and not the bed" she explained.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Army Film Censored,
Senator Says, After
Screening al Capitol
Col. Munson Asserts
Prelude to War Has
Never Been Altered
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Senator Holman, Republican. of
| oregon charged last night that part
of an Army indoctrination film had
been deleted before it was screened
yesterday afternoon before a group
of members of Congress, but Army
officials denied it.
AS the last scene of prelude to
War;" a Signal Corps picture, flick
cred off an improvised screen in the
Senate caucus room. Senator Hol-
man arose and said There have
been texts deleted from this pic
ture"
II suppose the administration has
its reasons for doing it." he added.
Pressed by reporters to specify
what parts had been cut out, the
Senator said when he saw it at an
American Legion convention it con-
tanned "a criticism of Congress"
The movie was screened at Sena-
tor Holman's request. Col. K. B.
Lawton. chief of the Signal Corps
pictorial section, described the film
as one of series of orientation
pictures shown to soldiers. 1t de-
scribed, with sound effects, the rise
Of Hitler, Mussolini and the mill
tary clique in Japan.
Col. Munson Denies Cuts.
One of the high lights was a pho
tomontage of japanese soldiers
marching down Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
Col. E. L. Munson, jr., technical
information officer of the special
service division, who was in charge
of displaying the picture, said "the
picture shown to Senator Holman
today is unchanged from the picture
previously shown to him"
Hollywood got a double feature
play in the Senate yesterday. In
the morning the Truman War In
vestigating Committee began pub
lie hearings on the activities of such
moviemakers as Daryl Zanuck, now
commissioned officers in the Army.
Senator Truman, who served in
the World War, told reporters after
the hearing that he believed the
Army uniform was for combat SOL
dlers, not for fellows to strut around
in He declared that until last
August 90, Col. Zanuck was receiving
colonels pay from the Signal Corps
and in addition was getting $4,000
week from goth Century Fox for
serving as chairman of its Board of
Directors.
Declines to Testify.
Col. Lawton said that as chairman
OF the Movie Industry's Research
Council, Col. Zanuck assigned the
making of Army training films to
various studios. The committee also
heard that of S1,0500OO paid by the
Government for such films up to
December 10. 1912, Col. Zanuck's
company got s243,515, second only
to Paramount. Nevertheless, Col.
Lawton expressed the belief that the
movie firms were losing money on
the films.
The Senate committee began its
Investigations several months ago
The Army Inspector Generals Office
later began looking into the same
questions, and the Truman COM
mittee made its files available to the
inspector general.
However, 1t. Col. John Harlan
Amen, who conducted the investi-
CATION for the inspector general.
declined yesterday, on orders of
Undersecretary of War Patterson, to
tell the committee what he found
out. Senator Truman said it might
be necessary to summon Mr.. Pat
terson later as witness.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Partial Cancellation
OF One Years Taxes
Gains Backing
Doushton Is Reported
In Favor Of CUTTING
43 Levy in Half
BY the Associated Press.

The probability that a substan-
tial part of one years Federal in
come taxes might be Cancelled
gained weight today as the House
Ways and Means Committee ap-
preached showdown votes on a
myriad of proposals for a pay-as-
you-go system.
Speculation on the amount of can
collation. was intensified by report
that Chairman Doughton had sug-
gested half of 1943 taxes might
be abated to help put the $4,000, 900
taxpayers on current payment
basis.
Such cancellation in the eyes of
the Treasury, would erase approx
mately s6,500,O0O, 900 of Government
assets"
Proposal Gains Favor.
The proposition was reported to
have gained some favor among the
Is committee members. the ma
jority OF whom previously had indi-
Gated they would turn thumbs down
on a proposal by Beardsley Ruml,
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Bank Of New York, to cancel 1912
taxes completely.
Under the Doughton suggestion, or
any other pay-as-you-go tax plan
that might be adopted, the taxpayers
still are required to file their 1912
returns and pay an installment Of
at least one-fourth by March IS.
The chairman refused to tell re-
porters what he had told the COM
mittee, now meeting behind closed
doors after completing public hear
ings, but said everything is just in
the discussion stage"
AS reported by committee sources,
the plan he discussed would cut in
half the tax bill against each indi-
viduaPs 1943 income. but 1912 OBJ
legations still would have to be paid
in full during 1943.
Would Cancel Surtax.
Some committee members said
privately the choice of a pay-as-
you-go facility appeared to have
narrowed to the Doughton sugges-
ton and a proposal by Representa-
tive Robertson, Democrat. of Vir-
ginia that the 6 per cent normal
and first-bracket surtax OF 13 per
cent be Cancelled out for small and
large taxpayers alike.
The Robertson plan would cancel
1912 taxes completely for about 10
per cent of the taxpayers, these
being the low-income bracket per-
sons, who would be converted to
pay-as-you-go, and the higher in
come brackets, while having the
levy lifted on the first $4,000 of
their 1912 taxable income, would 90
ahead paying their taxes in the
subsequent year as at present.
Both the Robertson and Doughton
suggestions contemplate the levying
of a withholding tax, or around 19
or 20 per cent on net taxable in
come, as means of making weekly,
semi-monthly or monthly deduc-
tions from earnings, to be applied
against actual taxes computed after
each tax year.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Congress in Brief
the Associated Press

BY the Associated PreSS,
Senate:
In recess until Thursday.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinues manpower hearings with
Brig. Gen. IdWal H. Edwards of the
general staff as a witness.
Joint Committee on Reduction OF
Nom Essential Federal Expenditures
opens hearings on agricultural lend
ing agencies.
Special War Investigating Com
mittee hears Secretary Of Interior
Ickes on pipelines.
House:
Continues debate on independent
Offices supply bill
Military Affairs Committee votes
on draft deferment for fathers.
Ways and Means Committee seeks
agreement on pay-as-you-go taxes
Evening star., 1943-02-17
British Papers TO Use
Lighter Newsprint
Ship Shortage Brings
Reduction in Supply
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Brit
ish Information Service said today
that newspapers in Britain had been
ordered, effective this week, to con-
serve use of paper further by using
a lighter weight material.
A saving of 2i2 per cent is con-
templated by this method. Because
of shipping difficulties, newspapers
in Britain have been cut to a daily
quota Of 628 tons of newsprint, a
decrease of over 80 per cent. Lon
don papers now are limited to
four or eight pages, as against Is
to 80 before the war.
Before the" war virtually all
newsprint from Britain came from
Scandinavia. Now it must come
from Canada.
vertising space had been cut to 40
per cent of pre-War for morning
and Sunday papers and As per cent
for afternoons. but that advertising
rates had risen sharply. It said:
advertising rates vary consider
ably, but on the average they have
risen 80 to 40 per cent since the
beginning Of the war. However,
since the size Of papers has been so
drastically cut, almost all advertising
space is considered by the big Lon
don papers to be preferred space.
and the rates have risen by as much
as 100 per cent"
1t added that less than a dozen
of the smallest circulation news
papers, out Of total of 1850 dailies
and Weeklies, have gone out of busi-
ness owing to war difficulties, and
in addition to this, at least 66 new
foreign and English language news
papers, published by Allied govern
ments. have sprung up in Britain
since the war began"
Evening star., 1943-02-17
RAF Again Batters
.Lorient U-Boat Base;
South Wales Raided
Fighter Planes Ronge
Over Continent to
Attack Communications
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb, 17.-Royal Air
Force bombers returned to the
German submarine base at Lor-
lent on the French coast last
night for another concentrated
attack in which only two bomberS
were lost, the Air Ministry an
nounced today.
Meanwhile, fighter command
planes ranged over the continent as
far as Northwest Germany to at
tack communications.
The Lorient raid followed a
double barreled assault by the Raj
Saturday night, when the dock area
was blasted into a mass of flames.
Described by the Air Ministry as the
most important submarine base on
Frances Atlantic Coast, Lorient has
heavily fortified pens for 80 U-boats.
Already it has been the target Of
more than so aerial attacks.
Another important U-boat base. at
st. Nazaire, on the French coast,
was pounded by American Liberator
and Flying Fortress bombers yester-
day.
South Wales Coast Raided..
German planes during the night
raided the coast of South Wales for
the first time this year, a communi-
Que and the Air and Home Security
Ministries said.
In one town II persons were killed
and number injured by dive
bombers, which caused much
damage.
Other German planes raided a
number of other points in Britain,
but the casualties were light and
damage slight, it was announced.
Three enemy planes were shot
down, the communique said, and a
fourth was shot down over Northern
France.
British fighter command pilots
prowling over the continent shot up
at least II freight trains and loco
motives, and bombed railway lines,
bridges and barges, 1t was reported.
Boy, 5, Machine gunned.
Four Focke-Wulf bombers which
struck an east coast town early to-
day injured many persons and
caused widespread damage, it was
said, and a 5-year-old boy was
machine -gunned to his death as he
lay in bed when the planes sprayed
the town with gunfire.
The German radio identified
Swansea as the target of the South
Wales raid.
The Nazi-controlled Danish radio
reported that alerts were sounded
IN Copenhagen and a number Of
other Danish towns late yesterday.
The broadcast. heard by the Asso-
ciated Press, said anti-aircraft bat
teries at Copenhagen went into ac-
ton, but did not mention bombs
being dropped.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Arlington Services Today
For Col. Manchester

Military services for 1t. Col.
Horace H. Manchester, jr., 1874
Princess street, Alexandria, Va, who
was killed in the crash of an Army
plane Saturday, were to be held this
afternoon in Arlington National
Cemetery. Col Manchester was chief
of the air unit of the military in
telligence service in the War De-
partment.
A native Of Worcester, Mass, Col.
Manchester was graduated from
Norwich (VtD University and the
Army Air Forces flying schools at
Randolph and Kelly Fields, Tex.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Constance Wilmont Manchester; a
2-year-old daughter, Jennifer; his
mother, Mrs. Horace H. Manchester
of White Plains, N. Y, and a sister
Mrs Frank Geldard of Fort Worth,
Tex,
Evening star., 1943-02-17

Church Institute of New York and
the other from the driver Of a
mobile library-put on wheels by
the Gertrude Lawrence Branch Of
the American Theater Wing for
War Service-operating out Of the
town of Dennis for the Coast Guard
stations on Cape Cod.
OF the Coast Guard taste in
books the report from the rubber
tired rolling library-it carries 600
books on a TRIPS, in part, as fol-
lows:
We offer large and varied
selection in literature, but the
classics are greatly in demand.
Biographies and the better type OF
travel and adventure stories seem
more popular than detective stories.
For instance. at an extremely dis
tant point. where only eight Coast
Guardsmen are quartered they
asked for Shakespeare's complete
works, Pilgrims Progress and West
ward Ho."
Pie on the Side.
Another section OF the report
states:
For remote outposts whose COM
plement Of men Is too small TO
attract the attention Of larger Or
ganization in addition to books we
carry games, playing caroS, puzzles
and homemade pies and cakes, all
voluntary contributions.
The pie, Of course, is the genuine
New England touch. It's nice to
know that when the rolling library
arrives on some bleak head!and Of
o wind-swept February day on the
Cape hungry Coast Guardsman
can step up and say:
Thanks, lady, III take two VOL
unnes of Shakespeare ana A chunk
of that apple pie" Or maybe "one
volume of Shakespeare and two
chunks Of that apple pie"
The final paragraph of this report
Is:
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Plan Studied 10 Drop
Donars-and-Cents
Payment by Allies
Vorys Says Benefits
Would Be Measured
In Allied Good Will
Hy the Associated Press.

A tentative plan to assure our
war partners that no dollars
and-cents settlement of lease
lend will be sought after the war
was disclosed today as the House
Foreign Affairs Committee began
winding up hearings on renewal
of the act.
Representative Vorys, Republican
of Ohio, reported he was consider
ing these three stipulations. which
he said had won considerable sup
port among his colleagues:
l. Require that any final deter
mination or settlement of the mu-
tual aid agreements be submitted
to Congress for approval.
2, Provide that no lease lend ma
terial be used in the future to sup
press the principles set forth in the
Atlantic Charter.
3. Set forth, in broad terms, a
restatement of the principles of
lend. to inform the people of
bIllS CUuilbIy anu Vi Jul hllleS LlldJ
this Nation does not expect repay
ment in dollars or material for its
aid. 1t would also set forth that the
benefits to be derived from lease
lend must be measured in good will
and their effect on the world S
economic future.
Both Mr.. Vorys and Representa-
tive Rogers, Republican, of Massa-
chusetts, meanwhile, planned to
press for an opportunity to question
Harry Hopkins, presidential adviser,
on what part, if any. he plays in
allocating lease-lend material.
AS the committee reassembled to-
day sentiment was developing
among several members for a
change in name to make lease lend
the war supply bill"
The suggestion was advanced yes
terday by Representative Herter,
Republican, of Massachusetts, to
make the title more consistent
with the facts Of life"
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Newspapers Rotioned

The supply Of copies Of The
Star is necessarily being linn
tied to neWsdealerS and news
boys to meet only the actual
demand of their customers.
Readers of The Star are
asked to cooperate in this
wartime measure by placing
standing orders for The Star
with their newsstand or news
boy or telephone National 5000
for carrier delivery every eve
ming and Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Soldiers Ability to Act
Confirmed by Doctor
Ry The Associated Prnss

By me Assoclated Press.
FORT DEVENS, MaSs.-The act
ing Of Ray Rand of Lexington, KY.
was convincing to say the least.
He took the part of a character
supposed to have the measles in a
recent USO performance Of the
comedy, Room Service"-and be-
gan to feel Ill during the show.
Now he is in the station hospital
DiagnoSls-the measles.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

big A r m y air
bases. 1t was a
good list, show
ing what wide
reading W a S
being done at
that C a m p 4.
Now come re-
ports Of t h e
reading Of books
on two o I h e r
fronts.
One com e S
from the keeper
of the shelves
in the Conrad
Library at the
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Australia to Honor Reds

CANBERRA, Feb. II [P).-Prine
Minister John Curtin today appealed
to Australians to join celebrations
next Tuesday on the 25th anniver-
sary of the creation of Russia's Red
Army. Soviet flags will fly through
out the continent
Evening star., 1943-02-17
One Small Voice BY John Kieron
Further Reports of Books in War Service

Not long ago there was spread on
the minutes a report of the books
borrowed In one day from the
shelves of a library at one of our
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Calvert County Appointee

PRINCE FREDERICK, Nd, Feb.
l7.-Perry G. Bowen has been named
chairman of the Calvert County
Agriculture Department War Board
for 1943.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

The bund has gone, but the bond
is here. Buy 1t now for victory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

\/ It'll JUNCTION Of the American and British armies in
w Tunsa and the possible defeat Of Axis forces there in
the future srateests looking ahead to the next
Mediterranean theater looking north TO Sardinia and
east TO Sicily.
Both islands stand in the way Of invasion forces striking
at southern France Italy both heavily reinforced
by the Axis The Nazis have built mighty air bases there
TO harass Allied shipping.
Once Africa has been cleared Of AXIS troops and the
Allies build similar air bases then Sardinia and Sicily
can be stsced Sicily at the foe Of the Italian boot
under shuttle bombing Allies planes swinging from
Tunsis 10 Malta and back again.
Even Malta, the most bombed spot EARTH has
stood in the way Of Axis movements in the Mediterranean
Sardinia end Sicily stand in the path Of the Allies Both
must be aken-somefhng the Axis could not do TO Malta
TO allow Allied ships relatively free passage from Gibra
Ter 10 Cairo.
Some analysts have predicted that The Axis will be
elected from Africa by June Others fuscae Invasion
OF the Continent This year. This may come true.
But any invasion Of Europe from North Africa, say
through the Rhone valley Italy impossible until Sar-
dinia and Sicily have been eliminated Axis sfronghods
Invasion through Greece from bases in Egypt likewise hinges
upon the recspture Of Crete.
Sardinia and Sicily less than hours flying time
from Tuns Constant hemmering Of Axis supply ports in
France and Italy have weakened their supply lines 10 The
two floating air fields" Meanwhile the Allies have been
reinforcing North Africa sending greater numbers Of
planes gasoline and munitions there
When the time for attack comes one Of The heaviest
oera battles Of the expected bit1 war in its full
meaning.
Qualified observers indicate This battle will be lin
ted but they add these limited attacks" will have as
their detectives The wpng out Of obstacles in INC way
Of Continental Invasion The obstacles BEING Sardinia
end Sicily
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
THE SHANGRl-L

The United States Navy, instigated and
abetted by that lover of naval lore, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, is about to break ira
dition There are fairly strict rules for
labelling ships of war: a battleship is call
ed after state, heavy cruiser rates
big city, light cruiser small city, a
destroyer honorS some naval hero or some
distinguished friend of the Navy; and
submarine takes the name of fish or
some animal that is at home in the water.
Aircraft carriers enjoy more freedom,
for they can be named after early lighting
ships of our navy on after battles. Thus
the Saratoga, the Bonhomme Richard,
the Kearsarge. But until now no ship
has been named after an imaginary place,
the creation of a stOry-tellers dream.
One is going to be so entitled. 1t IS, of
course the Shangri-La. In moment Of
inspiration President Roosevelt told the
reporters that the planes which bombed
Tokyo took off from this never-never land
of James Hilton's invention. Actually
their starting point was the rolling deck
of the Hornet, later lost in the Midway
fight. So the new aircraft carrier, for
which we are all being asked to buy an
extra dollars worth OF war savings
stamps this month, will bestow triple
honor: on Mr. Hilton's bold imagination,
on the lost Hornet and on the men who
carried out what was probably the most
spectacular air raid of history
Subscriptions for the Shangri-La are
now we'll past the halfway mark We
are promised that her planes will take
part in another attack on TOkyCs-eXact
date withheld for reasons of security.
Those who haven't contributed their dol
lars should do so at once. We don't wish
to keep the japanese waiting.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-08-10
GIorifying
Yourself
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer

Don't bemoan the fact that your
eyes are small or set close together
A clever makeup job can create the
illusion that they are as large and
limpid as you'd like them to be.
Just the subtlest of an uptilted
line, drawn with an eyebrow PEN
Gil in the other corner of your eye,
will do the trick of increasing the
size of your eyes," demonstrated
beautiful, blond Janet Blair, who is
Something to Shout About" which
is also the title of her latest pic
ture.
For evening-and evening only
to give your eyelashes a heavier,
darker look" says Janet, "delicately
line the upper lid directly behind
the lashes with the same pencil.
But be ever SO careful not TO over
do it, or it will give you hard ap-
pearance."
And, incidentally, if you are on
the fair side, use brown eyebrow
pencil, Only girls with raven-black
hair can achieve natural look with
a black pencil.