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Evening star., 1943-10-24
Federal Employees Gifts
OF Blood Are REGULAR

Federal employees consistently are
making donations to the District
Red Cross Blood Donor Center to
help save lives of wounded service
men, Lee D. Butler, chairman of the
Blood Donor Committee. said yester-
day.
Mr.. Butler pointed to the follow
ing record of Government donors
Friday: Federal Bureau OF Inves-
ti9ation. 20: Bureau of Standards,
%: Bureau of Aeronautics. IT. Adiu-
tant Generals Office. l3; Social Sc
curity Agency, 10: Navy Yard. Is.
The Navy Yard Mr.. Butler added.
furnishes IS donors daily from Mon
day through Friday.
Prospective donors are urged to
call at the Donor Center in the Aca-
cla Building, or make an appoint
ment by telephone
The Districts blood banks excel
lent record caused the armed forces
to award the District Chapter the
e pennant with star.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Virginia 10 Investigate
Report That Rat Bites
Caused Death Of Baby

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Oct. 23.-The
death of a 4-day-old colored IN
FAINT, who bore lacerations alleged
to be rat bites, at St. Philips Hos
pital Thursday brought a promise
tonight from State, city and hos
pital authorities OF full investiga-
ton into the circumstances sur
rounding the infants death.
Among the developments today
were:
At the order of Commonwealth S
Attorney T. Gray Haddon. a police
investigation of the death Of the
baby was begun.
Gov. Darden announced that he
would do all that can be done .
but tonight he had not completed
full study of the incident.
The Richmond City Health De-
partment inquired into its authority
in the matter and Mayor Gordon
B. Amber declared that If the hos
rital "a unit of the Medical College
of Virginia. doesn't come under our
jurisdiction it certainly should
City health officials said they had
about completed a proposed ordi-
nance putting teeth" into a meas
ure dealing with rat control.
DR.. William T. Sanger, president
Of the Medical College of Virginia
that he would renew his
efforts to purchase the dump area
near the hospital, the alleged breed
ing ground of the rats.
Meanwhile, microscopic exami-
nation of the body was being made
by Dr.. B. Black Schaffer, city cor
oner, who said he probably would
turn the results over to Mr.. Haddon
Monday.
DR.. Schaffer declared that there
really is no doubt but that the bites
on the baby's right arm and face
were made by rat" but he said
the bites were not infected or very
severe.
Mr.. Haddon said the purpose of
his investigation was to determine
II any criminal negligence existed.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Montgomery Names
Child Care Director

Miss Mary McBurney Green
Rockville, Md, has been appointed
director of child care facilities for
Montgomery County. TO be admins
tered under the Lanham Act funds
the County Board of Education an
nounced yesterday.
Miss Green, who is on leave OF
absence from Green Acres School
Bethesda, where she has been in
charge of the Nursery School De-
partment is a graduate of Teacher
College, Columbia University. ". h
a degree in child development. S"e
Is member of the Montgomery
County Day Care Committee fol
Children and vice president of the
Metropolitan District Nursery Edu-
cation Association.
The new director has also done
extensive work with nursery school
groups and student teachers at the
Harriet johnson Nursery School
New York. and New York University
Plans are now under way for the
first of five nursery schools for chill
dren OF working mothers which will
be organized for the Glen Echo area
Ten before-andafter school service
centerS for 6-to-l4-year-old children
are also included in the child care
program for the county.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Cabin John-Brookmont
Nursery Need Studied

A survey is being conducted among
residents of the Cabin John and
Brookmont areas in MONTGOMERY
County to determine whether there
is need for establishment Of a
nursery there.
Mrs. Gordon Cole, Brookmont,
chairman OF the committee in charge
OF the survey, explained that Lam
ham Act funds have been made
available for 10 nurseries for pre-
school are children in the county
The funds will be administered by
Miss Mary Green of the County
Board of Education.
In urging residents to fill out the
questionnaires being left at their
homes, Mrs. Cole asked that anyone
not receiving questionnaire call
her at Wisconsin 692l.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Capt. Abernethy Wins
Navy Cross, Purple Heart

Capt. Elmer P Abernethy. whose
wife lives here, has been awarded
the Navy Cross and the Purple
Heart at naval headquarters in the
South Pacific. He was decorated
for fighting his ship. the Pecos.
tanker, for four hours against Jap
dive bombers before it was sunk
March l. 1912, in the Indian Ocean.
according to an Associated Press
dispatch.
Capt. Abernethy now commands
transport in the South Pacific. his
wife said Yesterday at the home of
her mother, Mrs. r. B. Harbaugh.
42l7 Third street NV.
The Abernethvs lived here for two
years when her husband was sta
toned at the Washington Navy
Yard. she said. They went to China
in the Navy service and were living
in Shanghai until the Navy wives
were ordered home He was there
when the war broke out, she said.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
EkI.MoMs @s
V-Mun Award
For Fund Work

E. X. Morris, chairman of the
Metropolitan Division of the Com
munity War Fund campaign, is the
latest winner Of the weekly V-man
award of the Junior Board of Com
merce it was announced last night
The citation accompanying the
award said Mr.. Morris was selected
for his outstanding work in COM
munity fund collections" and added
that over the period of the last five
years probably no volunteer has
devoted more of his time to this
work or obtained such outstanding
results"
Mr.. Morris served as chairman of
the western area Of the Metropol-
itan Unit Of the Community Chest
in 1910. residential chairman of
the same unit in l94l and residential
chairman of the first Community
War Fund last year. In each in
stance. the citation said his divi-
sion exceeded its quota.
Editors note. Mr.. Morris is
the subject OF today's Ciric Page
cartoon. 1Chich ,Oill be tound on
Page C-12.)
Evening star., 1943-10-24
War Fund Events

Events tomorrow in connec-
ton with the Community War
Fund are the following:
1890 pm. United States
Chamber of Commerce; second
general report meeting.
8 pm, 3l59 Wilson bolLe-
ward, Arlington; second Airing
ton County report meeting.
1926 pm. Station WMAL;
Walter Huston. Charles Boyer,
Ida Lupino, Red Shelton. Akin
Tamiroff, Ginny Simms and
Roddy Mcdowell speak on be-
half of the Los Angeles War
Fund drive.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Richmond Woman Ensign
Killed in Air Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GOLTRY, Okla. Oct. 23-An air.
plane accident killed Ensign Eliza
beth I. Seay and 1t. Doyl John
Syring, %. naval authorities at Nor
man Air Station disclosed today.
Ensign Seay, daughter of Mrs. p.
G. Seay., Richmond, Va, was termed
by station public relations officers
the first commissioned officer of the
WAVES to lose her life in line
of duty within the borders of the
United States.
She had been assistant ship store
officer at Norman Her post CORE
sponded to that of post exchange
officer in the Army.
Ensign Seay, with 1t. Syring as
pilot, was en- route on Government
business to the Naval Air Station
at Hutchinson, KanS, when the
crash occurred yesterday.
1t. Syring was the son of Alfred
Syring. Vayland, S. Oak.
The bodies were taken to Norman,
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Nutrition and Nursing
Glasses for ArIinqton

The Arlington county chapter of
the American Red Cross will open
educational courses in nutrition and
home nursing next week, officials
announced yesterday.
Mrs. w. B. TubbS. nutrition chair
man. has scheduled a class beginning
November 2 at pm. at the chap
ter house, 4224 Wilson Boulevard
Under the instruction of Mrs. Ber-
nice Davis, the class will meet Tues
day and Friday evenings for five
weeks.
Mrs. James Pope, chairman of
home nursing. announced class on
that service, to begin at 7::30 pm
November 4, at the Clarendon Health
Center, lll9 North Hudson street
This class will meet twice a week
under the instruction of Mrs. Law
renee j. KirWan
Evening star., 1943-10-24

ployes OF ofhce equipment firms
pledges totaling 4Ss per cent of their
original quota. Navy Department
employees have subscribed l52 per
cent of their quota.
A Nationwide broadcast on behalf
Of the Community War Fund will be
heard at 1875 pm. tomorrow on
Station WMAL. as seven movie stars
appear on program launching the
Los Angeles Community War Fund
Drive.
Walter Huston will preside. Other
stars appearing will be Charles
Boyer, Ida Lupino, Red SHELTON,
Akin Tsnirof. Ginny sin,ms and
koddy Mcdowell.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Col. Edgar ". Hampton
Gets Oak Leaf Cluster
py the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
ALLIED H HEADQ UARTE,R S,
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA, Oct.
T. Delayed - Col. Edgar w.
Hampton, of the 5th Air Force, was
one of several officers and enlisted
men of that air force who were
awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster in
lieu of an additional award of the
Distinguished Flying Cross. The
awards were made by 1t. Gen.
George c. Kenny, commander of the
Allied Air Forces in the Southwest
Pacific areas.
Col. Hampton, whose address was
listed as Arlington, got the Oak
Leaf, his citation said, for extraor-
dlnary achievement while partici-
pating in SO operational fight mis-
sions in the Southwest Pacific area,
during which hostile contact was
probable and expected"
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Virginia Will Study
Bill on Federal Grants
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Oct. GA proposal
originating in the Pennsylvania
Legislature to prohibit the Federal
Government from tying too many
strings to Federal grants to the
States has been sent to Richmond
for possible consideration by the
1914 Virginia General Assembly.
Seeking a general objective with
which several Virginia State agency
heads are in accord, the proposal is
in the form of a request that Con-
gress call constitutional convention
for consideration of the following
proposed amendment:
"All grants of public moneys tc
the several States or political sub
divisions thereof shall be outright
and without condition, except as
to the public purpose for which they
shall be used Congress shall not
make any law providing to any
State or to the people thereof any
rebate. refund or payment by way
OF taxes Or otherwise, except in the
exercise OF powers delegates to the
United States by the Constitution
Any State, through its proper Off
GERS, may enforce the provisions of
this article by injunctive process"
Congress is required to call a con.
stltutlOnal convention on the appli
cation Of two-thirds Of the States
and it Is to this end that the Penn.
sylvania petition apparently is work.
ing.
Sometime ago group of Virginia
officials went to Washington to pro.
test against what they regarded a.
needless and Wasteful requirement.
imposed by Federal health, socia
security and welfare agencies il
administering Federal grants. Theil
main grievance was the threats tt
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Rites Set Tomorrow
For HorrY F.. MuIIenix

Funeral services for Harry F
Mullenix. SO, of 4849 Leland street
Chevy Chase, Md. who died Thurs
day after short illness, will be held
at pm. tomorrow from the funeral
home of w. Reuben Pumphrey
Bethesda. Burial will be in Arling
ton National Cemetery
Mr.. Mullenix was native. OF
Georgia and lived in Washington
before moving to Montgomery seven
years ago He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Alice Gertrude Null
lenix; son, Ralph Mullenix, Wash
ington, and a stepdaughter, Mrs
Louise Tillotson, Silver Spring, Md
He was a World War veteran,
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Sandy Point Ferry
Terminal Opens Nov. |
pr the Associated Press,


BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-Chairman
Ezra B. Whitman of the State Roads
Commission announced today that
the new Chesapeake Bay ferry
terminal at Sandy Point would be
opened November l.
For the present, Mr.. Whitman
added, the schedule will remain the
same. Any future changes will de-
pend on the traffic carried.
The change in terminals will
shorten the run from Matapeake a
full 100 per cent, as compared with
the trip to Annapolis. where the
present terminal is located The
journey will be four miles instead
Of eight miles.
Mr.. Whitman said the new road
70 the Sandy Point terminal would
not be finished for several weeks
In the meantime motorists will use
the old St. Margaret's road.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Konn Denied New Trial
On Mail Froud Choroes

Py the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-Gustav
H. Kann, Pittsburgh businessman
and former president of Triumph
Explosives, Inc, Elkton, Md, was
denied new trial today on fraud
charges of which he was convicted
October g.
Federal Judge W. Calvin Chest
nut set next Saturday as the tenta-
tive date for passing sentence on
kann, who was convicted of using
the mails to defraud Triumph stock
holders. Kann already is under a
suspended three-year sentence on
another mail-fraud conviction.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
l9 Baptistfhu7ekSess
Expect Visitation Day
To Spur Membership

Today's visitation program, fea-
ture Of the two-week Baptist evan
gelistic compaign of % Washington
area Baptist churches, is expected
to return 5000 baptized members
to church membership and bring
400 converts seeking baptism, the
Rev James P. Rodgers, chairman
OF the steering committee, said yes
terday.
Opening with church services ex-
pected to attract 10000 worshipers
the pastors and visiting evangelists
from II States plan to spend the
DAY calling upon Baptist and other
families in the church parishes.
Sunday school events, youth group
meetings, special evening services
and related religious activities will
conclude the days program.
DR.. Rodgers estimated that $4,000
persons will have attended services
since the beginning of the drive last
Sunday. The Calvary, F.rSt Baptist
and Bethesda Baptist churches will
bring their campaigns to close to-
night. he said.
Visitors to Preach.
Among the sermons featuring to-
days programs will be those by DR..
Herman Westmoreland of Houston,
Tex, at Brookland Baptist Church;
Rev. D. A. Mccall of Mississippi at
Fountain Memorial Baptist Church;
DR.. G. K. Keegan of Longview, Tev.,
at Luther Rice Memorial Baptist
Church, and DR. William w. Aver.
New York, at the Petworth Baptist
Church.
DR.. Roland @. Leavell. director of
the drive, announced last night that
the daily breakfast meeting at 8:45
am. tomorrow at the YWCA, GA f
street NV, will be devoted to
planning the campaign for the COM
ing week and to a discussion of
perennial program of evangelism in
the local churches.
The Tuesday breakfast will be at
tended by the wives of the pastors
and visiting evangelists. thereby
marking the only departure from
the business routine of these meet
ings, he said.
Hymns Origin Explained.
approximately 200 people at
Luther Rice Memorial Church last
night heard B. B. Mckinney. music
editor of the Baptist Sunday School
Board of Nashville. Tenn, explain
the origin Of his hymns.
Mr.. Mckinney, who is also editor
Of the Broadman Hymnal. ex-
planned how the hymn. He Lives on
High" came to be written to the
Hawaiian tune Aloha" The tune
Is really an old hymn brought into
Hawaii by Presbyterian mission
AIRY and adopted by the natives.
The Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, pas
TOR, announced that Chaplain Will
liam Taggart, who on Friday was
presented a citation by the Ma
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews for his book. My Fighting
Congregation will lead one of to-
days Sunday School classes. Chap
lain Taggart leaves tonight for Mi
ami to resume service with the
armed forces.
DR.. Keegan preached the sermon
on the subject, Have Faith in the
lord "
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Montgomery Ministers
Elect New Officers

The Rev.. Raymond Nelson, pas
tor OF the Baptist Church at Bethes-
da, has been elected president of
the Montgomery County Ministerial
Association. He succeeds the Rev. J.
Virgil Lilly, pastor of the Rockville
Christian Church.
Other officers are the Rev. Wen
dell S. Tredick, jr, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Kensington,
vice president; the Rev H. F. Chan
dler, pastor of the Bethesda Meth
odist Church, secretary. and the
Rev. William r. Brogden, pastor
Of the colored Congregational
Church at Spencerville, treasurer.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Mood Acres Citizens
PIun Halloween Purty

To provide properly supervised fun
for their children Saturday, an
elaborate Halloween party has been
planned by the Wood Acres Citizens
Association. The affair will be held
on the community Fairgrounds,
Starting at 6:l5 pm. there will
be costume parade The children
will march to the playground.
A meeting of the association will
be held at Westbrook School Tues
day night. Plans will be outlined
for a Wood Acres Glee Club.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Seminary Will Install
DR.. WeIIiver Friday
Ey the Associated Press

EH tilt hNHotIated Press.
WESTMINSTER. Md, Oct. 90
DR.. Lester A. Welliver, president
elect of Westminster Theological
Seminary. will be inaugurated Fri
day in Baker Chapel on the Western
Maryland College campus.
The Rev. R. Y. Nicholson Of Bal
tlmore, president of the seminary
board of governors. will conduct the
services.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes. resi-
dent bishop of the Washington
area of the Methodist Church. and
Bishop James Henry Straughn, resi-
dent bishop of the Pittsburgh area,
will participate in the induction.
Approximately 40 colleges, uni
verSties and theological SeminarieS
will be represented in the academic
procession.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Virginia Methodists
Vote to Join Council

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE. Va. Oct. 23.-The an
nual Virginia Conference of the
Methodist Church voted today to
align itself with the Virginia Coun-
ell OF Churches of which three
other Protestant denominations al
ready are members.
Among additional delegates named
to attend the jurisdictional confer
ence of the church which will meet
IN June were A. P. Williams. Alex
andria, for the clergy, and Frank
Ball, Arlington, to represent the
laity.
The conference also accepted Fer
dinand Wagner, Arlington, as one
of l8 new ministers.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Benefit Dance Planned

For the benefit of the Widows and
Orphans Fund of the Bethesda Paid
Firemen's Associa ton, a dance will
be held at 9 pm Friday at the
Bethesda Women's Club. Persons
buying tickets may turn them back
to the Firemen for the use of service
men and women.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Citizens Group to Meet

Members of the Lyon Village Citi-
zens' Association, Arlington, will
meet at $50 pm. tomorrow at the
Community Methodist Church. Key
boulevard and Bryan street, to hear
candidates for the offices of State
Senator, House of Delegates. COM
missioner of revenue, clerk of court,
trial justice and County Board.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
War Fund
Continued From First Page.D


ernment. $l,4ll 244 28-59 per cent
OF s2,4OO 900 goal and Metropolitan
Returns from the other two coun-
ties participating in the drive are
unaudited but stand approximately
At 708.20-43.5 per cent of quota
for Fairfax County. and s66117O-
IL per cent of quota-for Arlington
County. Arlington County will hold
smother report meeting at its head
quarters at pm. tomorrow.
Team Collects 488 Per Cent.
Highest percentage made SO far
by any one soliciting team has been
reached by H. C. King Of the Busi-
ness and Finance Division, whose
workers have collected from en-
Evening star., 1943-10-24
w. |. Green to Speak

Trial Magistrate Walter L. Green
of Prince Georges County will be the
principal speaker at the semiannual
meeting of the County Federation
Of Womens Clubs at 10 m. Thurs
day at the YWCA. Sixth and E
streets NV. His topic will be "Juve-
nile Delinquency"
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Citizens to Hear HuII

The Westmoreland Hills Citizens
Association will hear talk by Harry
R. Hall, chief engineer for the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion,> at pm. tomorrow in the
Westbrook Elementary School
Committee reports will be given.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
P-TA to Launch Drive

The College Park Parent-Teacher
Association will launch a member
ship drive at its meeting at pm.
tomorrow in the College Park Ele-
mentary School. After the business
session. there will be an entertain
ment program under the direction
of Carl Brockw8y.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Community Council Fire

The Dunn Loring Va) Church
Will sponsor community council
fire at 7;30 pm. Friday. The pro-
gram will include a worship service,
music and stories.
Evening star., 1943-10-24

withdraw or withhold Federal aid
unless various required procedures
were fulfilled.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-01-14
Eostiond On Cotton Labor

Senator James O. Eastand went to work immed-
ately in Washington the farm program he advocated
last in his campaign for election Senator East
land asked for deferment of essential farm labor on
short staple cotton farms and favorable action is an
tcpated from the Department Of Agriculture and from
the Manpower Commission. Prior to now the govern
ment showed willingness to defer only long staple cot
ton workers.
The error of this policy is pointed out by Senator
EAstand in statement which said: II understand thai
farmer must produce cotton one inch in stapR
before he is entitled to DETERRENT
"Ths is wrong as it ignores the food value OF
action seed which is Americas greatest of sup
oily of domestic vegetable fat and oils" Sen. Eastand
said.
Those persons last summer who went around say
ing Eastland was big Delta planter and would do
nothing for the little farmer the hills feel little
silly If he doesn't get something accomplished for
the small and the big farmer wager it won't be be
he didn't try.
The farm-labor problem is very serious as any
farmer will tell you. Practically all the skilled help
remaining the farms indicted into the armed
services the nation will certainly go begging for food
and feed Farm labor is essential to farm production
If Sen Eastand help the little farmers of the state
and other southern states he will have earned for HIM
self the gratitude Of everyone of
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-01-14

family spent Sunday afternoon in
the N. A. Campbell home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bowie ua,o-
ltored Koaeiusko Sunday afternoon.
Mr. A. .. stevens, ST., trirAsaSsed
business fh Kosciuslco Mon1ay
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Price Musselwhtc
Ispent a while Sunday night with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Smith.
Mr.. Troy Floyd who is employed
at the shipyards in New Orleans is
spending a few sdays win friends at
West.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C., M6l40n Of
Tchula spent while in the "A. j.
Stevens home Sunday.
Mrs. B. E. Scott spent Sunday at
ternorn with Mr.. ana Mrs. a.. A.
Campbell.