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Evening star., 1943-09-25
Virginia Will Expand
In Diversified Fields
Under Postwar Plan
l942 Per copito income
Was Boosted to $697
Eosley Group Reveals
By the Assoc.liatet Pres,

o5 tue ASSOCleted FfeSS.
RICHMOND, va, Sept. 25.-The
Committee on Industrial Postwar
Planning Of the State Planning
Board yesterday released a long
range plan for expansion Of Virginia
industry in such diversified fields as
plastics, insulation materials. wool.
maple sugar. manganese and harbor
development.
Headed by Senator James S. Eas-
ley, South Boston, the committee
announced that Virginia's normal
per capita income Of SAT- is only
three-fourths as large as the per
capita income for the United States.
The States war-boomed per capita
income. in 1912 was $6e7, slightly
more than four -fifths as large as the
per capita income for the Nation. .
I'm the postwar period, the COM
mittee pointed out, "this means that
Virginia will have relatively larger
unemployment and conversion pro-
gram"
THE group indicated strongly that
absorption by private industry OF the
postwar unemployment load would
be a far better program than absorp-
ton through public works construc-
ton. Public works and "other forms
of public expenditures" should be
used only as temporary expedients, -
the committee said.
AS specific fields for expansion, the
committee suggested immediate re-
search into the development of In
dustrial plants to utilize forest prod
ucts for pulp, furniture, plastics and
insulating materials.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Investigation Of 'Peon,og!Ie'
Under Work-Fight Law SOUGHT
BY the Associated Press!'

BY the. Associated Press
: BALTIMORE, Sept. 25. -sZane
cMetkleyii associate national secretary;
of Gff1e Workers. Defense League,
says the Civil Liberties Division of
the Justice Department will be asked
to Investigate what he termed an
instance OF peoslage arising from
enforcement of Maryland's work or
fight law
"The Workers Defense League
will petition the Justice Department
to investigate conditions under
which so-called violators of the
Maryland work-or-f fight law are
compelled by court action to serve
parole sentences under the persons
who brought the original complaint"
Mr.. Meckler said yesterday.
I'VE have in mind a particular
case on the Eastern Shore of Mary
land, where a person convicted un-
der the work-or- fight law was pa
rolled In the custody of the plaintiff
and ordered by the judge to serve
his parole period under penalty of
three-month sentence in the House
Of Correction
We have taken pains to substan-
tiate this charge and we claim that
this is peonage."
Evening star., 1943-09-25
December 10
Set for Death
OF fCIatterbuck
Motion to Set Aside
Verdict Of Jury
IS OveYruIed
Special Dispatcf TO me star,

special Dispatch TO The star.
LEESBURG, Va. Sept. 75.--Judgs
r. H. Alexander Of Loudoun County
Circuit Court yesterday overruled q
defense motion to set aside the jury
verdict finding Thomas w. Clatter-
buck guilty of the murder OF Walter
Russell and sentenced the quarry
man to die In the electric chair De-
cember 10.
Russell, hired man on the farm
Of A. Morris Love near here, was
shot to death there June /. Mr.. and
Mrs. Love, their son James and Mrs.
Russell also were murdered. Clat-
terbuck was found guilty last FRI
day by jury OF men brought here
from Madison County.
IN overruling the motion OF Mai.
r. H. Mcintyre, counsel for Clatter-
buck, Judge Alexander said there
had been ample evidence presented
the jury to justify its verdict Of mur-
der in the first degree.
I'm viw of all the circumstances"
he asserted, 'the court feels that it
cannot interfere with the verdict Of
the jury"
With regard to the defendants
confession, which was attacked by
the defense attorney yesterday,
Judge Alexander asserted. II admit
ted the confession and / am still Of
the same mind"
Maj. Mcintyre said he would ap-
peal the case and take 1t to the Su-
preme Court Of Virginia. Under
law he has so days in which to do
this
Evening star., 1943-09-25

<, Mr.. .Meckler. disclosed that the
Workers Defense League was in
terested in habeas corpus proceed :,
ings now pending in the Baltimore
City Court before Judge william L.
Henderson in case involving an
Eastern Shore resident who was
sentenced to the House of Correc-
ton by a magistrate under the
work-or-fght law.
The case, he said, involved Nelson
Blades, who was sentenced by a trial
magistrate in Somerset County.
Evening star., 1943-09-25

never been heard of since. He re-
ported that the bombs were still
there .s
started looking around trying to
find my way out. There was a Japa-
nese destroyer ahead and to the left Z
1t was the closest thing to me and
decided that was the one we were
going to take. He was maneuvering
TO get broadside to us and we were
banking to the left in order to get
right ahead of his nose.
Before we did get in front of
him, he opened up with his rear
turret-his largest guns, the 5-inch
rifles used against surface ships. He
must have been loading good A-A
shells because they burst behind us
in the air We had just sped through
far too good
Now / was ahead of the DESTROYER
right in her course-and I peeled
of to the right. lining up for her
bow where it was parting the water
into wave and foam. That destroyer
was going fast-possibly IS miles an
hour But We were going faster
about $50 miles an hour. And we
were going right at her I knew we
would be over her before she could
train those big turret guns of hers
on us again. 1t was the automatic
guns was looking out for now and I
corkscrewed and linked a bit, and
then as lined her up again,
pressed the trigger on the wheel that
started my forward machine guns
squirting across the decks.
Checks All Switches.
In few seconds I held the direc-
ton OF the plane right at the bow of
tSee BISMARK SEA, Page B-50
Evening star., 1943-09-25

Mountain range by about 10 to IS
feet.
The formations were all joined up,
except ours, when we got to the
rendezvous at Cape Ward Hunt.
on we all went to the north.
Spots Destroyers.
First thing i saw was a lot of
splashes in the water below me.
They might have been the belly
tanks OF our P-3S fighters, as Capt.
Chudoba suggests, but they looked
like salvo of bombs to me.
figured that a Flying Fortress had
been jumped by zerus upstairs and
had jettisoned her bombs. The sea
was empty to the horizons ahead,
but I thought we must be getting
near the enemy.
A minute later I saw two wakes
and then the deStroyers that made
them. We banked to the left and
ahead Of us was the japanese con-
voy. A third destroyer, right ahead,
blew.-up as I was coming in That
Is. thought it blew up Instead, it
steamed right out Of the smoke. It
was q tanker which had been fuel
ing it that exploded When I went
over / couldn't see thing where the
tanker had been.
/ was sliding down from l, 500 feet
I took glance ahead and esti-
mated that there were at least Is
ships in the CONVOY.
This is it, I thought. This is
what We have been practicing for
months for.
saw some Of Capt. Clark's men
take one ship. There was another
ship already burning right in front
OF me. took ship to the left, a
cargo ship. 81
Lines Up on Target.
As ! came in / opened the bomb
bay doors, unlocked the racks and
lined up on it. I aimed the plane
TO come In over the funnel about
aimidships. I fiicked the bomb re-
lease several times-just sI1abit we
have, because sometimes we carry
40 fragmentation bombs to burst
shrapnel over ground troops instead
Of the two 50o-pound bombs I had
today. One nick should have re-
Evening star., 1943-09-25
pouiUS Tutl 10 Neieo50SO0 Mlef y
And Strufes japanese DESTROYER

While the guns destroyers carry much smaller than
those OF battesps destroyer equipped NTH antai
craft guns Just deadly those of largest units of the
IN fact osth its greater aneuueraby the destroyer
IS the most effective Dessel against attacking planes There
oere 10 desloyes among the % ueses obterated in the
Sdtte o. Bismarck Sea- Capt William Beck e. of Pecos
go. so angry 'ohen his bombs tailed to release against
cargo ship that he attacked destroyer NTH his achine
guns 1t meant that he had to fuH length of
tne oesse tto 5oopound bombs chch any
bullet could haze erploded-but he erey thooht of tint
Evening star., 1943-09-25
High Winds Teor Off
Port of KremIin Roof

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Sept. 25.-High winds
which swept through Moscow Thurs
day night, breaking windows and
uprooting trees, tore of part OF
the Kremlin roof.
Damage was done to buildings
which overlook the United, States
Embassy, but it was not heavy, A
window was blown out of Spasso
House, home of the United states
Ar,oha SSa dAf1 o1fS 1Eos td
e"'s's.s e'fs ha
Stop growing about the things
you can't spend your money for.
You can buy War bonds withdit.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Cos Station Man Fined
For Rution Violation,

Frank Smith, 33,a ,ad200 block E
street sN.wlSl service station at
tendaht, was sentenced yesterday
to a $500 flne or six months, in
Jail for the illegal possession of
four gasoline coupons. He pleaded
guilty before Municipal Court Judge
George .. Nelson. .%..,x4r,hb
The coupons were taken from
desk drawer in the service station
located at 490 c street S.W. Smith
admitted selling the coupons to
truck driver.
Evening star., 1943-09-25

Buy War bonds today so that
you can face your fighting sons
when they come home, and say,
Il did my share toward victory. too"
Evening star., 1943-09-25

leased them both. 1t never occurred
to me there would be any difficulty.
There was flying on alone, watt
ing for my gunner to tell me the
ship had been hit or missed and
whatever had happened
You could see a destroyer OF to
the right shooting ack ack some
place and nearby splashes in the
water where shells were falling.
"Sir, your bombs failed to re-
lease" came over the interphone.
Are you sure?" I replied.
He was sure. .. ....
why don't you climb up and
take good look in the bomb bays?"
/ said Make sure they didn't re-
lease" 80
I just couldn't believe it.
Gunner Lost Later. =
My gunner was a Sergt. Fox. who
parachuted into the sea about
mile off Lac month later and has
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Defense Ribbons Ready
For Maryland Guard
Bs the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Sept. 25.-Pre-
war defense ribbons, authorized by
Gov. O'Conor for the officers and
enlisted men of the Maryland State
Guard who served prior to the at
tack on Pearl Harbor, are ready for
distribution. Brig. Gen. Dwight H.
Mohr, State Guard commander, said,
Stating that much favorable COM
ment from State Guard oficials
had been received. not only on the
decoration itself but on the reasons
which prompted its issuance, Gov.
O'Conor said that it was conceded
to be a deserving recognition for
services which the personnel Of the.
State Guard willingly gave during a
period when the country was not
at war.
The ribbon is a yellow bar with
marrow red and black stripes at
each end. eAa
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Gov. Dorden to Speak
At League Meeting
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press,
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 25.--Gov.
Darden will be one Of two speakers
at a banquet Monday night during
two-day meeting OF the League Of
Virginia Municipalities at the Hotel
Roanoke, 1t was announced yester-
day.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord,
commanding general, Sd Service
Command, Baltimore, also will speak
on civilian defense in the war effort.
During the banquet the leagues
plaque will be presented to Col.
Charles B. Borland, Norfolk city
manager and second vice president
of the league.
Evening star., 1943-09-25


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Institute Of Architects l7s5 New York
division
OF
their
dson
by Duston
Evening star., 1943-09-25

DANGEROUS CLOSE UP-This intimate picture Japanese
destroyer was taken from the plane of William
he sped it carrying two 50opound had
been unable to release and which machinegun
could have exploded AS shown by the wake the destroyer
speeding up in the picture The photo taken
OF the plane which speeding the opposite direction
enafgg glass shows number Of Japanese sailors
stretched the deck Note the feboats swung out
on the davits. @S%eTs "A. A. F. Photo.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

Bishop, SILT Andover road, Chevy
Chase, and First 1t. Arthur Gordon
Perry. 4201 Queensbury road, Hy-
attSville.
One Of First Draftees.
1t. Browning, "a, is stationed at
Camp Pickett, Va, in the infantry.
He was in the first group of draftees
to leave from the District.
A native of Norfolk, Va, he spent
most of his life in the District. grad
uating from Eastern High School
and attending Wilson Teachers Col
lege for three years. Before going
into the Army he was employed in
the bookkeeping department. of the
National Metropolitan Bank. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Brown
ing, live here, while his wife, the
former Miss Mildred Brady, is hv-
ing near his camp.
/ 1t. Ball has been commissioned
and ordered to active duty. =
| Capt. Jones, 80, entered the Army
Air Forces in August, 1912, and is
now stationed at Gravelly Point. A
native of Utah, he formerly was em-
ployed by the Navy Departments
Bureau Of Supplies and Accounts.
While a civilian employe of the
Navy, he attended Georgetown Uni
versity, graduating in 1912. His
wife, Mrs Marian Jones, and two
children live at the Arlington ad-
dress.
Practiced Law Here.
Capt Bishop is native of Wash
ington. After attending public
schools here, he received his law
degree from Columbus University.
He practiced law here before enter
ing the Army Air Forces last Febru-
ary 18. Capt. Bishop and his wife
live at the Chevy Chase address.
1t. Perry Is stationed at Oliver
General Hospital in Augusta, Ga.
His parents, Col. and Mrs. A. j.
Perry, live in Hyattsville.
1t. Perry attended the University
of Maryland for one year and was
graduated from the University of
Georgia in 1910. Before enlisting
in the Army in 194l, he was en-
ployed by the War Department. He
is married and has one child.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Three Sunday Walks
Scheduled for Parks

National Capital Parks has sched-
uled the second in the series of
naturalist programs for Sunday. it
was announced today by F. F. Gill
len, acting superintendent of parks.
The bird walk will begin at
Lovers Lane on r street near Thir-
ty-first street NV, at 7:30 am,
and will continue through Montrose
and Dumbarton Oaks Parks In
Georgetown. 1t will be conducted
by w. Drew Chick, jr., assistant
park naturalist; G. r. Shoemaker,
Mrs. Chester Snow and Miss Airline
H. Dufour of the District Audubon
Society.
At 3 pm. Sunday. a nature walk
will start from Stop No. 80 on the
Cabin John car line, Macarthur
boulevard, south of the Glen Echo
amusement park Mr.. Chick will
lead the group over a section of the
c. a. 0. Canal toWpath near Glen
Echo.
The camera group, which will
tour part of Rock Greek and Mont
rose parks, will meet. at the west
end of the Massachusetts, avenue
bridge over Rock Creek at 3 pm.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Bridge Tournament
To Open Tomorrow

The Cumberland Valley Cham
pionsl1ip Contract Bridge Tourna-
ment, which begins it's fifth annual
contest at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the, Wardman Park Hotel, has taken
on a, victory angle.
Money usually spent for awards
will be contributed to war orphans
scholarships. Victory certificates, to
be redeemed in trophies after the
war, will be presented to winners
and runners-up.
Tomorrow the Women's pair
championship and mems pair
championship to be run off con-
currently, will begin at $3.50 pm.
The women's pair is being defended
by Mrs. Robert Dubois and Mrs.
L. D. johnson, both of Washington.
The mems pair is a new event.
The mixed pair championship,
scheduled for $50 pm. Saturday, is
defended by Mr. and Mrs. w. S.
Athey of Washington. The first
Sunday session, beginning at 1:30
pm, will be qualifying round, the
finals to be run at 7:30 pm.
Special pair games for nonqualifi-
ers and any other pairs who wish
to play simultaneously will begin at
7:30 pm. also.
The tournament, usually staged
in Frederick, Md, but held in WASH
ington this fall, because of war;
time transportation facilities, is
sponsored by the Washington
Bridge League.
Capt. Russell j. Baldwin, tourna-
ment director for the American
Contract Bridge League, will con-
duct the series of games, in which
600 entries from the Middle Atlantic
States are expected.
| The Executive Committee Is
headed by Mrs. Allan Rutherford of
Baltimore and 1t. Comdr. w. A.
Corley of Washington, William
Cheeks, tournament manager for
! the American Contract Bridge
! League, announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

10 Outgoing pl-
lots of United
Air Lines at the
Washington Ma
tional Airport.
Miss Hansen
of Tremonton
Utah, was as
signed here as
part of United's
regular S t a f t i.
Her duties in
clude those of
helping to check
outbound and
inbound passen-
gers and assist
ing with itin-
Evening star., 1943-09-23

pital last night suffering from head
decorations and possible skull frac-
ture after he was assaulted In hts
home by two unidentified men. :.
Mr.. Mandos said that he was in
bed when the two men, whose de-
Evening star., 1943-09-23

Gay Dy the war
Department.
T h os e listed
were First Lit.
Clarence Ed
ward Browning,
jr., 1882 Nash
pl. Sc; Second
1t. Elgovia Alma
B a ii, dietitian,
whose local ad-
dress was not
g lev e n; G a p t.
Milton Eugene
Jones, 1905 CO.
lonial terrace,
Arlington: Capt.
Evening star., 1943-09-23

Miss Hansen studied at the Uni
versity of Utah and at Utah State
and then worked in an aerial photo
graphic laboratory at Salt Lake
City before she joined the airline
She was assigned here after three
weeks special training at the air.
lines passenger service training
school in Chicago.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Sax, Clarinet Stolen

LOS ANGELES (P).-Life blew a
sour note for Band Leader Freddie
Martin. He told police his ~saxo-
phone and clarinet, valued at $3.50
each, were stolen from the hotel
where the band was playing.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Airline Assigns Woman
As Passenger Agent Here

Miss Marjorie Hansen, said to be
the Nations first woman airline
passenger agent. yesterday began
giving the "all clear to go" salute
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Six D. {. Area Officers
Win Promotions in
Army Services

Promotions and appointments for
two persons from the District. two
from nearby Maryland and one from
nearby Virginia were announced to-
Evening star., 1943-09-23

scriptions he gave police, entered
the room and attacked him. lsine )
large stone as weapon.
The sooner you get that War ~.
ings stamp In your hook, the s~ener
you will get victory in the bar.
Evening star., 1943-09-23
Man Attacked in Bed
BY Two lntruders

Sam Mandos. 40. Of 327 K street
NE. was taken to Gallinger Hos
Evening star., 1943-11-22
THE EVENING STAR, Monday Nov. %, 1s43
Bomber, Doors Open,
Caught in 2,000-Foot
Drop Over Marsha|Is
BY WILLIAM L. WORDEN.
Associated Press War Correspondent.

ABOARD A LIBERATOR BOMB
Err OVER JALUIT, Marshall Is
lands. Nov. Is Delayed This
aircraft dropped one bomb acciden-
tally on the Japanese at Jaluit today
and number Of other bombs inten-
tionally, plus at least two loaded
ASS. one box of K rations, one rub
Der eraser and-except for some luck
almost sent one well-preserved
correspondent to join all this as
lsorted material.
Everything was lovely on this rec
ord-breaking raid, possibly the long
est Of the war, until this plane got
here. 1t got here at an altitude of
10000 feet and Bombardier 1t. N. L.
Shelton Of Danville, Va, had the
bomb doors open and his mouth set
to let loose total load.
The well-preserved correspondent,
yours truly, was doing one thing
which the Geneva Convention will
allow correspondents to do legally
to earn their way on ships. He was
cooperating with Sergt. Robert F..
Newman of Franklin. Mass, in get
ting one heavy aerial camera ready
to do its work.
Over Open Hatch.
This bulky camera is let down on
a hinge over an open hatch about
two-thirds of the way back in the
Liberator. When down, it covers
most of the hatch hole, about 3 feet
square. Yours truly was sitting on
the edge of the camera support, op-
posite the hinge. when came down.
draft-the grandfather of all down.
drafts.
Thirty tons of aircraft dropped
1000 feet in 20 seconds. The pilot
said he knew something was wrong
when he saw package Of cigarettes
in the air beside him.
Your correspondent knew some
thing was wrong when the camera
left him hinging toward the tail of
the ship. Sergt. Newman, on the
side of the ship, grabbed something
behind him and gingerly lifted one
foot out of the open camera hatch.
The tail gunner, Sergt. Roy F.
Evening star., 1943-11-22

Beyeler Of Fish Haven, Idaho
ducked .50-caliber shells rs they lef,
their safety belts and fioated around
Yours truly also floated. He made
the best jackknife dive of his career
slightly spraddle legged as usual
over the hatch. He went over that
hatch in fraction of a second but
had plenty of time to see consider
able space between the plane and
the ground.
One Leg Around Camera.
Then your correspondent stuck
ono leg around the camera and one
in some stray gear and his head
under one of Sergt. Beyeler's feet
and hung on.
Bombardier Shelton spent Ole
long minute in a second when one
of the biggest bombs on the ship
came off the rack during a brie1
spin. But it fell away from the
ship and dropped miracuolusly on
the target where it exploded as If
it had been planned that way
The pilot, Capt. Pierce Veith of
Independence, Kans. and the CO.
pilot, 1t. r. N. Stafford of Redondo
Beach, Calf, braced their feet and
bit their teeth as they pulled hurt
ling tons of airplane out Of that
spin on the edge OF a cloud.
Everybody looked down. Bomb
ardier Shelton saw the target under
meath and took no more time, but
dropped bombs and things, blew up
below.
That was all there was to it except
checking up. This process showed
that the navigator, 1t. B. L. Moore
of Dallas, Tex, lost his octant, which
hit the deck plane just hard enough
to make it useless. So we are re-
turning to base on dead reckoning
Belly Gunner Sergt. Stan Chodk-
owski of South Milwaukee, Wis.
eventually got out of the ball turret
which he had found uncomfortable
because after the spin he tried the
interphone and got no answer,
principally because all the other
crew members had been thrown so
far out of position they pulled their
headphone connections.
Reserve Rations Lost.
Sergt. c. E. Hale Of Gainesville,
Tex. and Sergt. Harold G. Martin
of Lake County. Calf, made the
most horrible discovery of all. That
dark object which your CORE
spondent saw going down the
camera hatch while parachutes
oxygen masks and other miscellany
were flying about in the tail was q
Box. The box unfortunately con-
tanned not only assorted tin cans
Evening star., 1943-11-22
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.-Youth.
full sea fighters of an almost-forgot.
ten naval era, three apprentice boy.
of half century ago are again ir
battle dress.
Carrying on at this modern Nava
Air Training Center are three of the
last Of the old-time seamen: 1t. L
H. Ripley. Franklin Diamond, CHIEF
gunner's mate, and E. G. Spencer
chief turret captain.
All wear proudly a figure 8 knot
the apprentice boy insigne. marking
a rank that was discontinued in 1904
AS boys-at 50 q month-they did
the work of valiant men.
1t. Ripley enlisted AZ years ago, at
IS. He is teaching later genera
ton what he learned about gunnery
in the Cuban campaign early in the
century: at Vera Cruz. Mexico, anc
in the World War He was ship
mate of Ensign-now Admiral-Hal-
sey on the battleship Missouri in
1904. He calls Vallejo, Calf, his
home.
Chief Diamond enlisted at 16, in
Evening star., 1943-11-22
Three OId-7 ime Sea Fighters
Help Train Modern Sailors

1892, and re-enlisted in 1912 after %
years in civil service had followed
his three early decades in the Navy
He manned 6-inch gun to help
blast the Spanish feet at point
blank range in Santiago Harbor, and
sailed with his flotilla to the Philip
pines In 1901 to relieve Admiral
Dewey's feet.
A youth OF II from Little Rock,
Ark, Chief Spencer entered service