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Evening star., 1943-05-01
Comdr. Myhre Gets
Silver Star Medal
Chevy Chase Officer
Boarded BIozinq Ship

1t. Comdr Floyd B. T. Myhre, SO.
who lives at 20 East Bradley lane,
Chevy Chase, Md, has been awarded
the Silver Star Medal by President
Roosevelt for his efforts in trying to
salvage the destroyed Duncan which
was set afire in an engagement with
the Japanese west of. Savo Island
last October II and IL, the Navy an
nounced today.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that Comdr. William G..
Cooper, 80, of Savannah, Ga, who
commanded the warship which at
tempted to salvage the Duncan, has
been awarded the Navy Cross.
The citation accompanying Comdr.
Myhre's award said he headed the
salvage party which boarded the
blazing and abandoned ship. After
his men had tried to check the
blaze, Comdr. Myhre finally was
forced to abandon salvage opera
tionS.
The loss of the Duncan previously
had been reported by the Navy De-
partment. During the engagement.
the American naval forces sank one
heavy cruiser, four destroyers and
an enemy transport of about 5000
tons.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Paper Charges owl
Promotes 4th Term
Chicago Tribune Says
BIunders Whitewushed

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-The Chicago
Tribune said today that Elmer
Davis, director of the Office of War
Information, was running a propa-
ganda agency which in its domestic
activities is principally engaged in
painting the Washington blunderers
as attractively as possible, with the
object of promoting the fourth
term"
The Tribune's editorial was in re-
ply to a recent statement by Mr..
Davis criticizing an earlier Tribune
editorial as containing about as
much misinformation per square
inch as I have ever seen"
Mr.. Davis quoted the earlier edi-
torial as saying there were 3,64l
draft dodgers" in the Owl. He de-
MED this, asserting the OWL had
obtained deferments for only IS to
10 persons, with 20 applications
pending.
The Tribune today said a member
of its Washington bureau writing
about "the draft deferments among
the 3,641 employees of the Office of
War Information referred instead
to 3,641 deferments for Owl en-
ployes." Asserting it regretted the
mistake, the paper added:
'The gravamen of the charge
against the Owl lies not in the num-
Der of deferments it has sought nor
the proportion of draft dodgers
among its employees but in the fact
that it should have sought a single
deferment or should be sheltering
single draft dodger."
Referring to Mr.. Davis contention
that no evidence existed that Com
muniSts and fellow travellers have
infiltrated the OWL" and that the
FBI had investigated all owl en-
ployes, the paper said:
| IF, with his Davis) experience he
can't spot Communist without the
help Of the FBI, he is not smart
/ enough to be running the OWL"
Evening star., 1943-05-01
TwoHeId in 7 heft
OF Shoes Taken
As Victim Slept

Charged by police with removing
the shoes of man asleep in a
booth of restaurant in the 1900
block of Ninth street NV, William
Dixon, 10, and Walter Spriggs, %,
both colored, were held for the grand
jury on robbery charges. Municipal
Court Judge George D. Nelson set
bond at $500 each.
According to Patrolman Earl
johnson Of the second precinct, the
defendents early yesterday removed
the shoes from Edward Lynch, jr.,
colored, 920 N street NV, who had
fallen asleep.
In addition to the shoes, valued at
s., the pair are accused of taking
war ration book and 81 20 in cash.
Police said Mr.. Lynch did not
awaken until aroused by the COM
motion created when other patrons
observed the robbery. The defend
ants were arrested on the premises.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Plain Peoples Peace
Urged by Pearl Buck
BY the Associa ted Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-Mili-
tarists and industrialists are plan
ming the world of the future "and it
is time the plain people took
charge" Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize
winning author. said last night.
Speaking at the opening session of
a three-day Institute on Minorities,
Mrs. Buck said "the people should
wake up. There never was such a
time in history when we could have
so much hope for better world.
There is not country now that is
unwilling to change it's pattern in
one way or another"
James B. Carey, national secretary
of the Congress of Industrial Organ
izations, told the institute 'our coun-
try has one extremely vulnerable
spot in its armor. Discrimination
against Negroes in our armed and
our production forces has been re-
sponsible for body blows, especially
from our Asiatic enemies"
''It is high time" he added, that
Americans accept the fact that
World War II must finish the job
started 30 years ago with the Eman-
cipation Proclamation"
The institute is sponsored by local
and national labor and social service
organizations.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

and father OF the dead women, told
Investigators that his wife and the
boy, who had been visiting at Pa
tapsco, left Thursday for Westmirl-
ster to visit Mrs. Smith.
\ Mr.. Duvall discovered the bodies
yesterday when he went to the house
to deliver a letter.
Mr.. Sponseller said that Mrs.
Sykes was still wearing her coat.
Records Disclose Divorce.
Carroll County court records dis
closed that Mrs. Smith and Fern Le-
roy Smith were divorced September
IA, 1912.
Mrs. Neoma Wentz, 1416 Euclid
street NV, Washington, wife Of
Wentz, brought habeas corpus pro-
cd dings against her husband March
q, charging that he had taken their
3-year-old daughter, Lois. from a
Washington nursery school to West
minister.
Associate Judge James E. Boylan,
jr., awarded custody of the girl to
her maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Edgar Harnish of Littlestown.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Washington Youth
Wins High Award
For Air Exploit
Former Messenger Boy
Was in Bomber Attacked
By Eight Jap Zeros

Theodore Bokoles, 20, of 1855 Pea
body street, a youth of Greek par
entage, who was delivering Western
Union kilograms in Washington be-
fore he volunteered for Army service
three years ago, has been presented
with the Silver Star and the Oak
Leaf Cluster by 1t. Gen. George C.
Kenney, commander of Allied Air
Forces in the Southwest Pacific, the
Associated Press reported today.
He was the radio operator in the
crew of a BIS Mitchell bomber,
which was attacked by eight Zeros
while it was making a run through
heavy anti-aircraft fire to bomb Lac,
New Guinea, last January.
The leader of the Zero pack was
shot down but another blasted sew
eral holes in the bomber's right
engine, and the plane caught fire.
At the same time the bomber's right
wing tank was punctured by anti
aircraft fire and gasoline began to
IlOW out.
1t. William R. Lett, Danville. Ind.
the pilot, managed to hold the plane
in loose formation while the fire
was extinguished by prompt action
of the crew. He made an emer-
gency landing in the water off the
New Guinea coast and the crew
managed to get off safely.
Theodore's sister, Helen, who
works at the British Supply Council
here, said today that she believed
her brother had been in a hospital
suffering from exposure.
He sent me a postcard of Red
Gross rest home in Australia" she
said. II know he would not have
done that if he hadn't wanted me
to know something. He wrote me
later that he was back in New
Guinea"
Theodore's father, Kostas Bokoles.
is q chef in an Arkansas avenue
restaurant.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Letter Found in Bomb
Sent 10 Father CouqhIin
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NUTLEY, N. j., May Post Of
flee employees found in the mails yes
terday what Newark Detective Capt.
Frank O'Neill called "a scare bomb"
addressed to the Rev. Charles E.
Coughlin at Royal Oak, Mich.
Capt. O'Neill, a bomb expert, fired
several rounds of machine-gun bull
lets into it, but it failed to explode
Inside were clock works, ground
glass, a powder not yet analyzed
and nine-page letter not made
public.
Father Coughlin is the nationally
known priest of the Royal Oak
parish's Shrine of the Little Flow
er." He was last in the news about
a year ago, when postal authorities
suspended mailing privileges of the
magazine Social Justice on the
ground it contained subversive
statements.
A ticking sound led to discovery
of the bomb 1t was carried to a
vacant lot behind the post office,
where members of the Newark Po-
lice Department bomb squad and
postal inspectors Investigated it.
The package was described as SIM
liar in size and shape to shoe box
1t was mailed and bore ST .98 postage.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Rites Set for Monday
For Mrs. f. {. Buck

Mrs. Emile Chesley Buck, who
died Wednesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Chesley Kelley, in
Ell Paso, Tex, will be buried Monday
in Rock Creek Cemetery here after
funeral services at pm. at St.
Paul's Church.
Mrs. Buck was the widow of the
Rev. Charles E. Buck, former rector
of st. Johns Church in Georgetown
and st. Paul's Church, Rock Greek
parish. She was one of the incor-
porators of the Episcopal Eye. Ear
and Throat Hospital and the Epis-
copal Home for Children.
She Is survived by another daugh-
ter, Mrs. D. John Williams of Carls-
bad. N. Mex, and three sons, the
Rev., Calvert E. Buck of Chicago,
Harry H. Buck of Cincinnati and
Charles B. Buck of Washington.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Col. Royals S Father Dies
In Carolina Hospital

By the Associated Press.
GOLDSBORO, N. c.. May l.
George G. Royal. 83, pioneer busi-
ness. civic and religious leader Of
Goldsboro and Wayne Counties, died
last night in Western North Caro-
lima hospital where he had been a
patient for year.
The funeral will be held at the St.
Stephens Episcopal Church here to-
morrow afternoon.
Mr.. Royal was widely known in
Episcopal church circles and had
been a member of the vestry of the
local church for more than half a
century. He founded the Argus
Publishing Co. here and was among
those who helped to found the
Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving are two sons. Col. Ken
meth c. Royal of the War Depart
ment legal staff, Washington, and
George c. Royal. jr., Goldsboro.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Mother, %, Throws Babies
To Death; Dies in Plume
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May IA 2S-year-
old mother threw her two daugh-
ters, 4 and S, from the room of a
six-story apartment house here yes
terdAy, authorities said, and then
followed them to death on the
ground below.
Assistant District Attorney Albert
E. Short of Queens County said the
case was closed after he had talked
with the woman's aunt, who said
the woman who died, Mrs. Rose
Tanelian, had stabbed her in vio-
lent quarrel earlier In the day.
Mr.. Short said Mrs. Tanelian, wife
OF dress operator. apparently had
taken her life and those Of her
daughters because she was stricken
with fear" as . result Of the stab
bing.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Mrs. Sidney Webb,
Writer, Dies
Husband Was Member
Of 3 Labor Cabinets
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May Mrs. Sidney
Webb, author and social investigator
who refused to assume the title of
her husband when he was made the
first Baron of Passfield in 1929, died
yesterday at her home in Liphook,
Hampshire, after Today illness.
With her husband, she had writ
ten a number of works on trade
unionism, government and the CO.
operative movement
The contribution OF the Webbs to
the economic thought of their gen.
GRAFTON was very largely joint af-
fair and the names of husband and
wife, Beatrice and Sidney Webb,
were for years linked together in
prodigious volume of publications.
Travelling as ordinary tourists,
they spent a holiday in Soviet Rus
sia in 1882 to study at first hand the
application of Socialism. of which
both were ardent supporters in
Great Britain.
After the tour, Mrs. Webb de-
clared she was convinced Russian
women used too much lipstick She
promptly urged the Communist
party to ban its use.
''The use of rouge, powder and
lipstick," she said then, lis charac-
teristic of a decadent capitalist
civilization, barbaric fashion prac-
ticed by primitive peoples"
Her husband was a member of
three British Labor cabinets and of
numerous royal commissions. In
1922 he became chairman of the
Labor party.
During the baron's last years in
the British civil service, he and his
wife took a share in forming the
Fabian Society. One of their early
companions in this venture was
Bernard Shaw.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Martinique Put Under
Navy Surveillance as
Relations Are Cut Off
Showdown Seen at Hand
As Hungry Islanders
Discomfort Rises
BY the Associated Press.


The long-awaited showdown
on Martinique-problem child of
the Caribbean since the fall of
France in 1940-appeared at
hand today.
Only segment of the French Co.
lonial Empire neither occupied by
the Axis nor at war with it, the
island territory administered by Ad-
miral Georges Robert was cut off
from formal relations with the
United States by order of Secretary
of State Hull, but kept under closest
surveillance by the American Navy.
Both Navy and State Depart
ments awaited further develop
ments" without indicating what
they might be. But Fighting French
headquarters here regarded Admiral
Robert as caught between Wash
ington's official disavowal and the
rebellious discomfort of hungry
islanders, and predicted this dis
content would soon find expression
in action.
Emigres Increase.
A headquarters spokesman said
the number of Frenchmen leaving
Admiral Roberts domain to join
the Fighting French here had been
increasing in recent weeks. Only
last week, he added, Is sailors from
the cruiser Emile Bertin Gmmo-
bilized with other French warships
at Martinique and Guadeloupe)
arrived to join the fight from which
Admiral Robert still stubbornly
holds aloof. Previous recruits from
Martinique included more than 1000
soldiers, among them Maj. Jean
Sarrat, who was Admiral Roberts
island commander of ground forces.
Secretary of the Navy Knox said
no reply had yet been received to
the blistering note in which Mr. Hull
informed Robert the United States
could no longer recognize or ne
gotiate with any French representa-
tive in the Antilles who remains
subservlent or maintains contact
with the Vichy regime" which he
denounced as now an integral part
of the Nazi system"
Latin American reaction to the
Martinique developments was a
vital factor in the Governments
calculations, in view of the conven-
ton entered into between American
republics last year concerning pro
visional administration of European
colonies and possessions in the
Americas"
Within U. S. Defense Zone.
Mr.. Knox said that I'VE have rep
resentatives right there in Mar
Unique" now and added that Amer
ican ships and planes constantly op-
crate around the Caribbean zone.
French warships at Martinique were
demilitarized in accordance with
agreements made with Admiral Ro-
bert about year ago. These YES
sells now lack oil to operate, Mr..
Knox said, and merchant ships at
Martinique lack fuel.
The WarShips were demilitarized
by the removal of essential parts of
machinery which were taken to
CaSablanca and now are in Ameri-
can hands. the Secretary said.
Mr.. Knox explained that Mar
Unique lies within Americas defense
zone and the Navy always had OBJ
servation there" The Navy has no
specially assigned patrol of war
ships around the island, he told a
press, conference, but always main
tains force in that area. Mr.. Knox
declined to indicate what the next
American move would be regarding
Martinique.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Triple Staying, Suicide
Seen in Maryland
Farm Tragedy
Two Women, Boy, 6,
And Man Found Shot
Dead in Westminster
BY the Associated Press.

oS tAe hSSOtidIcO EIGoos
WESTMINSTER, Md, May l.
Carroll County police today pieced
together the story of what they said
was a triple murder followed by
suicide after finding the bodies of
four persons in tenant farm house
near here yesterday.
States Attorney Donald c. Spon-
seller said Ralph Milton Wentz,
about 81, formerly of Littlestown,
shot Mrs. Verna L. Smith, about %,
his housekeeper; the woman's moth
er, Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Sykes, Sc,
and Mrs Smiths son Sterling, s..
Mrs. Sykes. mother of 10 children,
lived with her husband at PatapSco.
The two women, both shot through
the head at close range, were found
seated upright, while the boys body
was found at the foot of the stairs
leading to the second floor. An au-
topsy showed the child had been
shot twice in the head and through
the heart, and investigators said
this indicated that he had put up a
struggle.
Pistol Found in Hand.
Wentz's body, with a bullet wound
in the head, was lying in a bed on
the second floor. Mr.. Sponseller said
an automatic pistol was in his hand.
Mr.. Sponseller,. who said officials
could discover no reason for the
shooting, was continuing the invess1-
cation. Officials said the shootings
apparently took place some time
Thursday night.
Mr.. Sponseller said Wentz rented
house three months ago as tenant
on the farm of Albin Duvall.
Charles Joseph Sykes, husband
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Rev. W. F. Jerome Dies;
Known as Fighting Parson'

B. the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 1.-The Rev. Will
liam F. Jerome, 70, a member of
the Episcopal clergy known as the
Fighting Parson" in the World
War, in which he was wounded in
the Argonne, died in his sleep last
night.
A pastor of Michigan parishes for
so years. Mr.. Jerome served also as
Mayor of two towns and as a men,
Der of the State Legislature.
Mr.. Jerome pioneered in religious
services by radio in the 20s, when
ne drove his sound d-equipped
Church on Wheels" to isolated areas
of the State.
A native of Andover, England, he
came to Canada when he was years
old. He was ordained in Michigan.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Mrs. Martha B. Keane
Funeral Services Monday

Mrs. Martha B. Keane, II, wife
of Michael A. Keane, president of
the Southern Hotel Supply Co.. died
yesterday at her home, 3701 Massa-
chusettS avenue NV.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Of son, Thomas T.
Keane, 2917 Glover driveway NV,
at $3.50 am. Monday, followed by
requiem mass at 10 am. at ST. Ann S
Church. Burial viii be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Keane, q native Of Washing
ton, was married IS years ago. Be-
sdes her husband and son, she is
survived by q daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Anderson; Mrs. H. e. Brooks,
a sister, and five grandchildren.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
127th Bethlehem Ship
BEING Reudied for Sea
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 1.-The Liberty
ship Joseph Leidy was at the OUT
fitting dock Of the Bethlehem-Fair-
field shipyards today, being readied
for sea service.
The vessel, 127th of its type to be
built at the yards, was launched
yesterday, "a days after Its keel was
laid. The Joseph Leidy was named
in honor Of an eminent Philadelphia
physician and surgeon Of the 10th
century.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Motormon Tells Police
3 Robbed Him of S13

Logan Beach, 1859 Thirty fifth
street NV, Capital Transit Co.
motorman, reported to police that
three colored men attacked him last
night on his streetcar and robbed
him of a change carrier containing
$13.
The attack occurred when the
streetcar stopped near Fifteenth and
H streets NE.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Boliviun Aides Arrive

MIAMI. Fla, May l (E). - Jorge
Penaranda Del Castillo, brother of
President Enrique Penaranda of Bo-
livia, and Guillermo Elio Moldiz
secretary to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, arrived by Pan-American
Clipper from South America last
night, en- route to Washington,
where they will await the arrival of
the Bolivian chief executive.
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Dratha

On Friday; April 30, 1913, at her resi-,
saf2 SosR esTasRd Ro6ER sYf nv vs Rusx 4
Henry TAFT Rodier, mother of Katherine
Elizabeth T1mlin and sister Of Mauds
potte2 raaine fns9h CAREY s and wsm Hasen :.
Services win be held at her late resi-
tives and friends invited to attend. In
terment private. 2
RoDRICK; CARRIE B. On Friday,
RE RoDR1cK. eiu Beloved h0sGeAi vile Of rHh the
late Alfred H. Rodrick and mother of Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Manning and sister of Will
Services and interment private.
SHERRY, JOHN F. On Saturday, May /.
JOIN q +: F., sHEIRY; beloved @ son Of Gertrude
T. Ryan funeral home.
Notice of funeral later.
SHUTE, AUGUSTA PETTIGREW. On
Thursday, April %. 1943, at the home of
her hsrS sisteE in Kittsry. Me, AUGUSTA
Kerfoot Shute.
Funeral services at Upperville. Va.
Monday, May 3, at 11:30 am.
STEWART, AGNES LUCINDA. On Fri
ss Apf st. S aNes hst TudapH EfS6fnss
e tsrfisld ana M Robert ste~s5.: dsysted friend
number Of nieces, nephews, and other rela-
tives and friends Remains anaha at her late
atss Tnesdap Man al Mag D.
the above residence. Rev; Ernest Green Of
Rlmuny en friends Arsnse nssee
ments by w. Ernest Jarvis
THURMAN. RICHARD BERTRAM. On
ABF BELOVED hRssand p
Mamf ,ds Remains sftnE eSapn
NV, until & pm. Sunday, May 3.
:. Services and interment Salt Lake City,
Utah.
TURNER, MARY L. On wednesday
APT s1 ss sas bef t her nes Mrs. IS MARR s. t.
TURNER. wife of the late Charles H. Tur-
ner, devoted mother of Lorenzo H: Turner,
Whiting and Mrs. Gertrude 7. waters; low
Waters, ir,. and Russell and Charles Tur;
many friends. Friends may call at her late
residence after 9 am Sunday.
Epnsany chureb c be sss015sa
am. am A'i Interment Mount olivet Vet Cemetery.
ARRANGEMENTS by Mcguire.
WASHINGTON. GRACE. Departed this
Hs geq on HoIpa Mqnaiy GAc Aps " &AaaS EahS G Of
6l6 Harvard. st; NV. beloved wife of Ed
ward wa washington, , mother Of L9rsnSo
man, Forney London and William Thomas.
Other relatives and many friends also sur
vive.
Remains resting at the John T. Rhines
& Co. funeral home, Bird and Eye SITS. s.w.,
where where funeral service, will be held on
Payne's Cemetery. .
WATTS. WILLIAM. Suddenly, on Tues
day. April -. l943, at his residence. 207
G st. n w. WILLIAM. WATTS, the devoted
husband of Anne Mae Watts brother-in-
law of Mrs. Eva Hall cousin of Richard
Melvin. Other relatives and friends also
survive
Remains resting at the John T. Rhines
& Co. funeral home, 3rd and Eye SITS. s.w.,
where funeral services will be held on
Monday, May 3, at IL am. 1nterment
Rosemont Cemetery.
WEISS, MARY. On Friday April 80,
1a43, MARY WESS. mother of Robert B.
Wess, sister of Martha Stewart.
1 Friends IDS may call at Frazier's tunera;;
home, 3S9 <. I. ave. NV, where funeral
services will be held on Monday, May 3.
at pm. lnterment Harmony Cemetery. .
Evening star., 1943-05-01
Pennies Roise so Million

The Red Cross penny-a- week fund
in Britain has raised over S60,0OO,-
600 since the war began.
Evening star., 1943-05-01

A LITTLE want nd" IN The Star
brings . LOT 81 results. MA. SEQ.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-03
Leaf Market
Labor Problem
Found Critical

Shortening the tobacco market sale
day can hardly break the tobacco
factory bottlcneck within a week,
Arthur II. Surprise, sales supervisor
oil the Henderson tobacco market.
says after visiting the Rocky Mount,
Tarboro, Wilson and Weldon MAJ
ketS.
The labor situation in the East is
critical, Surprise says. In Rocky
Mount, tobacco Is standing as long
as "a hours before buying companies
are able IL move it from the floor.
Some buyers are working full sales
without any floor laborers to move
their purchases until after the sale
is completed.
In Wilson. with ten tobacco fac
tories, the labor situation is practi-
cally as serious as at Rocky Mount.
Tobacco is generally moved Off the
floors within several hours after the
end of the sales but the factories are
Jammcd.
The number of persons following
;nc sales in the various markets is
considerably less than the number
that followed the sales in Henderson
4 year ago. There just aren't as many
l"iirrcrs around the warehouses,
Surprise says, and farmers arc not
following sales beyond the selling of
their own leaf.
Cutting the hours from five hours
to three and half hours will affect
the large markets but will have lit
tie If any effect on the small mar
kctS, the supervisor finds. On We'd
ncSday after five hours Rocky Mount
had block but Tarboro sold out in
about three hours. Yesterday Wilson
could have sold all day but the Wei
don market was blocked for the first
time. and ii was only slight block.
The net result, Surprise believes,
Will be to divert more leaf to the
small markets at the expense of the
large markets.