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Evening star., 1943-05-13
House Group 10 Open
Inquiry Into Charges
Of Monroe Deal
Military Affairs Unit
To Meet Monday for
R Street Investigation

Chairman May today called spe-
cial meeting of the House Military
Affairs Committee at 1920 am
Monday to inquire into charges that
a member of the Louisiana delega
ton expected to get "a juicy commits
sion" out of a steam boiler deal
alleged to have been engineered by
John P. Monroe, elf-identifled
manufacturer representative and
host at the widely publicized dinner
parties at 2l01 R street NV.
The inquiry was ordered at the
request of the eight House members
constituting the Louisiana delega-
ton, who, in a letter to Mr. May
declared the charges had been made
by Drew Pearson, newspaper COL
umnist and radio commentator, in a
broadcast Sunday over a Nation
wide network
Mr. May said the witnesses would
be Representative Morrison, Demo-
Crat, of Louisiana. and a New Or
leans businessman who deals in
secondhand boilers.
Was r Street Guest.
Representative Morrison was a
guest at one of the dinner parties
In the big red house on R street, and
has admitted borrowing Mr. Mon
roe's Packard car and placing on it
his congressional tag
One of the excerpts from Mr..
Pearson's broadcast cited by the
Louisiana delegation in its letter to
Chairman May asking for the in
vestigation read:
Also look into Monroe's deal to
buy steam boiler from the New
Orleans Public Service Co., and then
sell it at much higher price to the
Aluminium Corp. I think you will
find that Donald Nelson stopped the
deal-but, especially gentlemen, you
might investigate whether one of
YOUR colleagues, Congressman
from Louisiana, was not supposed
to get a juicy commission"
Representative May said commit
tee investigators were assigned to
check on Mr.. Pearson's alleged
charges soon after receipt of the
letter from the Louisiana delega- =
ton. and had learned that the steam
boiler had never been sold"
May Recall Mr.. Smith.
Chairman May also said the COM
mittee had not fixed a date to CUES
ton Mrs. Eula Smith, who leases the
r street house, but indicated she
probably would be recalled to the
witness stand about the middle of
next week On her first appear
ance two weeks ago she fatty re-
fused to answer questions. Since
then she has been quoted as being
willing to talk.
There are two reasons, Mr.. May
Evening star., 1943-05-13
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, May ia slen-
der, 35year-old Army Air Force
colonel tossed away his cigar, stepped
into big, snub-nosed monoplane
and flew it twice around Wold-
Chamberlain Field here to prove
what he had hoped-that a glider
can be flown successfully under its
own power.
Pioneer Of this flight, believed to
to be the first of its kind ever made
in this country-the Germans are
reported to have done it, too-is
Col. Fred Dent, West Point grad
uate of 1929 and head of the Army's
experimental glider program at
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
AS he climbed out of the 15-place
ship, made here by the Northwest
Aeronautical Corp. Col. Dent smiled
and remarked to reporters:
You can say it was a successful
flight and we hope the craft will
soon lead to important develop
ments."
The flight was historic in this re-
spect: 1t showed that a big glider
can be motorized and flown under
Evening star., 1943-05-13

explained, why the committee has
delayed recalling Mrs. Smith. The
first is, she went to Jacksonville,
Fla, to visit her sick child. The Sec
ond is that the committee investi-
gators needed more time to gather
data to be used in her interrogation.
A subcommittee of the Military
Affairs Committee investigating war
contract brokers-the same group
before which the parties at the r
street house were exposed-side-
tracked its inquiry today in the af-
fairs of the Narragansett Machine
Co, Pawtucket, R. l., pending out
come of the full committees probe
of the alleged steam boiler deal.
Evening star., 1943-05-13

planes, could transport 10000 fully
equipped soldiers. Whether it can
fly under its own power with as
much of load as it can carry,
toWed, the Army doesn't know yet.
1t is going to experiment at Wright
Field further and find out.
Evening star., 1943-05-13

ready. And they won their Army-Navy
"E' for performing today what yester-
day seemed impossible!
While Philco soldiers of production
are turning out tank radios, communi-
cations equipment, ordnance and
storage batteries, one of their most i'm
portant war assignments is Radar, the
once secret weapon that stands guard
upon our planes and ships. Theirs is the
most dramatic story that has yet been
told from the annals of war production.
But even more important is the
vision of the peacetime sequel to their
war achievements. In radio, television,
refrigeration, air conditioning, only the
future can reveal the untold progress
that will appear under the famous
Philco name when peace is
made secure!
Evening star., 1943-05-13
kAHK, THE SECRET Mz4pox
ZEZZ$ THE SENSATIONAL STORY or
PH/ZCO AT MAR !

N1OW THE SECRET is OUT! The sem
L = sational story of Philco's vital con-
tribution to victory is officially revealed.
It's Radar:-the fabulous secret weapon
whose miraculous power seeks out the
enemy "fhrough fog, clouds, storms
or ddrkness"!
Philco's overwhelming leadership in
the radio industry prepared its scien-
fists and engineers to render this vital
service to our sea and air forces. FIT
teen years ago, since the early days of
electronic research, PhiIco engineers
have pioneered in the field of ultra-high
frequency radio waves, upon which
Radar is based. When the Japs struck
and our fighting forces asked Philco to
perform 'imbossible" tasks of Radar
development and production, Philco
laboratories and production lines were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
Pleasant UnsmiIing Faces
Stand Out Among Crowd
Nv HELEN ROWLAND

expression al the required mo-
ment. She's a woman and she
has gotta look radiant!
That's why it's 50 refreshing
10 see the calm. serene faces Of
the WACS and WAVES IN abb
solute repoSe. without a forced
smile or an artificial shipper or
"a grin TO mar their charm. It's
been so long since I've seen a
girl who didn't bare both rows
Of teeth az me, that I'd forgot
ten how interesting and char
actcrful woman can look
when she's natural
A beautiful smile is the love-
lest thing in the world-but
Mona Lisa was the only woman
who could smile - nous a day
and get away with n!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

IS ANY flower so full Of
charm as lilacs? You'll almost
smell their sweet scent as your
needle slips along with this
well named lazy daisy stitch.
And what a handsome spread
or scarf will result
Pattern Gao contains a trans
fer pattern OF a 13iaxl6-inch
motif: eight motifs averaging
2&4x9 inches; stitches; list Of
materials required.
Send II cents in coins for
this pattern 10 the Laura
Wheeler Pattern Department.
1225 Times Square, Detroit 81,
Mich.
Due 10 slowness of the mails
and other conditions beyond our
control, pattern deliveries are
being delayed. Please be pa
tient.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

TIE MOST amazing thing
10 me about the MACS and
WAVES. is their ability 20
keep their faces straight when
marching or drilling. Have you
noticed it7
A large aggregation ofcomcly
and attractive CirlS-and not a
smile among them, That IS a
great feat. in these days, when
the art OF smiling like a tooth
paste advertisement is carefully
cultivated from the cradle by
the average girl. But il Is a
revelation 10. see how radiant
and pretty a company Of young
women can look, when their
faces are IN repose Natural!
AND TT is & real relief from
the dental grins which FIJI the
pages OF every magazine and
newspaper and overflow into
the ads and billboardS. Did you
ever see a photograph Of a deb
utantc. a screen star, a glamour
glrl or even a gun-moll, which
did not look as though she were
posing Tor popular dentifrice7
oh. how happy, happy they all
look
Why? A man doesn't smile or
look pleased unless he feels like
il. But smiling is woman's me-
tier. No matter what fate hands
her, a girl is expected 10 receive
II with a gladstone smile,
whether it's a husband, a To-
cent bridge prize or a telephone
call from the wrong man.
EVERY GIRL has a special
telephone v0ice--"the voice with
a Smile'--ready and on tap for
boresome calls. But did you
ever call a man at the wrong
moment and get a gushing an
Swer fun of sweetness and
light? I'll say not A man does
not even try 10 look cheerful
and pleasant at his own we'd
ding, He's scared and fiustered
and uncomfortable, and he's not
going TO grin about it! So,
what?
But, no matter how nervous
she feels. a bride is supposed 10
look radiant-and she always
does. The pictures on the so
ciety page always show her
smiling like a beauty prize win
ner while the bridegroom uSu-
ally looks as though he needed
an aspirin. In fact the only
smiling, happy looking pictures
of bridegrooms I've ever seen
were those OF servicemen. Per-
haps they have Steadier nerves
and can take il more calmly.
A GIRL sometimes wonders
how she ever managed TO 60 on
smiling and looking pleasant
when she stops TO look back
over her life with its heart
aches and disappointments. But
the smile is automatic with her,
and her facial muscles just nat
urally spring into the glad, glad
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
Tin Cans.
August Z

COMES a note from Terry
Bannan, chairman of the tin
can salvage committee, re-
minding us that il is more
important than ever that
every single tin can be saved.
And that the next collec-
ton date when you are
TO set them out on the curb
-. is Saturday, August Z.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
WyANDOTTI .PJAJT0-wyandotte

COOLED. LAST TIMES TODAY!
"RFAP THE WILD WIND" in Color, 4
with Paulette Goddard ana Ray Mlland.
Extra; Russian Reyels," Musical
VnJIp-Fore.t NJ Mt. Elliott III. 1850 \
iVOn Open B:45 Debutante Dinnerwars
to Ladies Judy Canova, Jerry Colonna
TRUE To THE ARMY Plus John
Archer In THE PURPLE ""
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
nEAppnpN-MIeh. -TeIeEraph DE. 1850 4

nEI TUC-MAck at HOlcOmb PL. 1412 4
JILL iIiL Open 6:45. Park Free. Cooled
by Refrgn. Van Helm, Lionel Barrymore
"TENNESSEE JOHNSON" Barbara stan
wyck. Gary Cooper In 'BAIJ. OF FIRE"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

IRK0. UPTOWN -woodw.rd -s-Mi. To.sco4eo
BRANDON HARVEST" Greer Carson
Ronald Colman Last Feature 10 p NJ
/ Aforementioned Save i0c--i .3O-6 90
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22
lC IIIyc-a3sh Krrcheyal

vi LohL Open $50. Air Conditioned.
Park Free. Free TO Ladies': Eleanor Blue
ovenware. Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland,
THE CRYSTAL BALL" Joan Bennett
Milton Berle, "MARGIN FOR ERROR"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-22

nAUN-SSl0 Gratiot-IroquOis PI.. 25ss
DAWN Cont from 1900. Cooled.
Eddie Albert, Anne Shirley in LADY
BODiGUARD." Johnny Weissmuller and
Frances Clifford. TARTAN TRIUMPHs."
Ladies. Colonial Edgewood Dinnerware.
The Valley settler., 1943-09-10

noaz The All 5o 1eafers { CTS. councsf11 Co 9%
 day evening, Sept. l3, to ne',e
 plans fo1, the All Acrie7erent lay to be held in the near future.
 Ali members should have tGeir records signed by their local lead CTS and turned in to the Extension Office as soon os possible.
 The "klutna A-f Clubs wi Il part ictpete in the reaio pro. rem ged. Sept. l6, over kFQD ct ll:45.
 The Sonrd on1h -onemelsers will meet ct Mrs. Alhrech IS home Tues. Sept. IA.
 The Riverbend Homemokers will seet in the Lossine, home Sept. 8. cellent selection of food prese erv- ation pamphlets. Anyone interes ted| may II at the office for them.
 Anyone Gasirins to have their pressure cookers tes ted mav inquirei about same ct the Extens ion Uffice. At the present t ne the thermome eri Is avoilab1e for testing.
 Dr. j. c. Chamb erlin, Int omolo- gist, woul6 appreciate hav,ng the cutworn qr stt irUs returned as T soon as possible. They nay be turned in to the 1xtenston' Ufftce. The cooperation Of everyone on thi s' matter is necessary in order to make en accurate survey Of the s' 'os' u on:. * x ;: :. :. ;.
 LOCAL rEWs
 Mir. r Mrs. 2. J. "slim" 'cNahon and family ere new Palmer resi- dent They moved to town Saturday from chitino where they have ltvtofor tho past five yeors. Slim is the 1T. s. %ail Contra tor from Folmcr to ch1tinc, Grlkano enc Gokona, and makes trip over the Glenn pfshwav eakly. The McI4ahons vii move in- u cir new log house in the Birch dale additi on, as soon as it is cont pletCd. Hi sS JcHn. oGa SnNcn hos
The Valley settler., 1943-09-10

Pal 5 WILEY sE7T1kR
Evening star., 1943-12-16

PAT, equipped with a, camera, en-
gagged one Of the specially equipped
Messerschmitts. The first burst
from the Thunderbolt's guns touched
OH the rocket under the right wing
Of the German plane. When the
American fighter returned to base
1t was discovered the camera had
caught the discharge Of the rocket
and pictured its fight.
Effectiveness Reduced.
Mr.. Beall likewise said the effec-
tiveness Of the rocket gun had been
largely reduced. The Germans were
getting a number OF American
planes at first by flying close to the
tight formations OF bombers, and
lobbing the not-too-accurate rocket
shells in the midle Of them. In this
way, the terrific shrapnel burst Of
tho rocket, equivalent of 4 5-inch
shell. did considerable damage.
Simple dispersal tactics made the
attacks ineffective, while the enemy
planes, slowed by some 90 miles An
hour BY the extra equipment, are
easy prey for our fighters.
The Messerschmitts carry a rocket
under each wing. They can fire
only two shots, then they are
through, Mr.. Beau said. ..
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Mrs. CromweI|'s Suit
For Divorce Is Halted
By the Associated Press.


RENO, New, Dec. 16.-The usually
speedy Nevada divorce courts took
time out today in the cruelty divorce
suit Of Mrs. Doris Duke Cromwell,
while 1t awaited arrival Of final dep
positions from Honolulu attastins
to the one-time residence there OF
the 3l-year-old tobacco heiress.
The hearing was ordered con-
tinued until $50 am. Monday by
Superior Judge William Mcknight
yesterday at the conclusion of two
closed hearings. during which Mrs.
Cromwells business representative,
w. L. Baldwin, testified.
William Woodburn. Mrs. Crom-
wells attorney. quoted Mr.. Baldwin
as saying her husband, james H. r
Cromwell, former Minister to Can
ada, had demanded $1,000 900 as a
property settlement in the divorce
action. Mr.. Cromwell. in a state
ment issued last November 3. de-
clared this charge utterly with
out proof"
The first session featured testi-
mony by Mrs. Cromwell and her
secretary, Miss Marian Paschal, and
was concerned principally with
proving the heiress' Nevada resi-
dence.
Mr.. Cromwell has obtained a New
Jersey Chancery Court permanent
injunction barring Mrs. Cromwell
from filing Reno divorce on
grounds she Is 4 permanent resi-
dent Of New Jersey,
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Missionary Prisoners
|0f Japs Reported We'll
~ the Associated Frsss.

oy Lu9 AhboClAteo 1xoao.
BUFFALO, N. r., DEC. l6-The
first direct word Of the safety Of the
missionary Oblates Of Mary I'm
maculate In the Philippine Islands
since the outbreak Of the war was
received yesterday. the Oblate
World reported.
1t came in a letter from the Rev
Joseph F. Boyd. o. M. l., at Santo
Tomas internment camp. Manila, to
the Very Rev. James T. McDermott,
o. N. l., provincial Of the first
American province of the Oblates
Lowell. Mass.
The letter read, in part: would
you please notify my two brothers
that I am safe and we'll. Also you
may do the same for all the Oblate
fathers In the Philippines
In addition to Father Boyd, other
Oblates in the islands include:
Fathers Gerard Mongeau, toilette,
Quebec, Canada; George Baynes,
Chicago; Paul Drone, Belleville, Ill,
and Francis McSorley, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Evening star., 1943-12-16
Nazi Rocket Cannon
Possible But Minor
Menace, Expert Says
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON,

1t is entirely possible the Germans
may have rocket gun capable Of
bombarding London with huge pro-
jectiles from the French coast more
than 100 miles away, according to
Maj. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, IT,,
chief of Army Ordnance.
AS the man who is in charge Of
American experimentation and de-
velopment of Buck Rogers weap-
ons," Gen. Campbell said In an in
terview that the possibilities for use
of the rocket principle in guns are
almost unlimited.
Recent reports have stated that
the Nazis have huge rocket gun
which they hope to use on London
and other parts of England. One
dispatch described the shell as a H.
ton missile. IS feet long, which be-
cause of the terrific explosive force
generated by its charge Of COM
pressed nitric acid, was effective over
an area Of 20 square miles.
CoYld Propel Pentagon.
ut could throw this building In
that way with the right propulsion, 4"
Gen. Campbell said. That, inch
dentally, would be no small feat.
since the general referred to the
Pentagon.
I the Germans do have the secret
gun, the general declared, it would
necessarily be very inaccurate. For
example, they might be able to hit
London, but they couldn't hit q spe-
cif1c object like Westminster Abbey.
And, even aiming generally at Lon
don, some shells likely would fall
harmlessly in the country.
Gen. Campbell believes the giant
shell would have nothing like the
destructive force described by re-
ports, adding that the value Of such
a weapon would be largely for its
affect on morale.
The general believes we have made
considerably more progress than the
Germans in development of war
rockets. He said he was happy the
enemy does not possess our knowl-
edge.
Few Nazi Innovations.
The Germans, Gen. Campbell
pointed out, have produced little in
the ordnance line in the way of Sc
cret weapons during this war. Means
have been devised already for re-
ducing greatly the effectiveness Of
the plane rocket guns.
In this connection, Wildwood E.
Reall, engineering vice president Of
Boeing Aircraft Co., who has Just
returned from study Of Flying For
tress performance in England, told
a press conference yesterday Of how
our flyers discovered the secret of
the German plane rocket. He said
the weapon caused damage to Amer
ican bombers at first because our
airmen did not know what it was.
Mr.. Beall said that on a raid a
Evening star., 1943-12-16
100000 Stricken
with Flu in U. S.;
Cases Decline Here

With Washingtons epidemic Of
influenza believed to be diminish
ing. more than 100000 cases of
the n1alady throughout the country
were reported today by the Asso-
ciated Press.
The District Health Department,
estimating that 10000 persons had
been Ill since the onset of the
epidemic nearly month ago, saw
indications that the peak had been
reached and expected the number
Of cases to decrease.
DR.. George C. Rutland, District
health ofcer, pointed out that, de-
spite the heavy total estimate, the
number of influenza cases reported
to his department had decreased
for the third straight day. A sur
vey conducted by the Health De-
partment brought the estimate of
l50, 900 cases. The canvas included
Government agencies, department
stores, public utilities and industrial
oAIA PIOACSsOIldl OlllCGS.
A slight increase in the number of
absences from elementary schools
was reported today at the Board
Of Education. They had increased
from 1910 or 80 per cent, yester-
day to 1905. or 32.7 per cent
School authorities did not know
whether this was attributable to
more. cases of influenza or to pa
rental precautions due to the cold
weather. Absences among teachers
continued to decline, with 206 absent
today compared with 242 yesterday
Six Deaths In Detroit.
Detroit reported six deaths from
influenza in the last SO days. Chi
cago had four fatalities, making Is
since December |.
In Ohio the State health depart
ment reported 10 per cent of the
States population affected by the
malady since its outbreak the first
Of the month.
In Philadelphia, where more than
200 900 cases have beer reported.
$4,000 children were absent from
school-l0,000 more than the pre-
vious day.
The Delaware health department
reported 5 per cent Of the populace
Ill. ..
Epidemic Reaches West Coast.
The epidemic had reached the
West Coast and in Seattle Mayor
William r. Devin appealed to citi-
Evening star., 1943-12-16
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