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Evening star., 1943-10-10
Montgomery Student!
To Be Trained Over
Obstacle Courses

Obstacle courses are being con-
structed at all Montgomery County
Junior and senior high schools as
part of the countys efforts to CO.
operate in the Nations physical fit
ness program for high school boys
and girls.
DR.. Edwin w. Broome, superin-
tendent of schools, said it is hoped
work on the courses will be COM
pleted by November l. Every high
school boy in the county who is
physically fit will be required to take
the so-called commando" course,
which will be given daily. Girls also
will try OUT over some of the
simpler obstacles.
The expense of the courses will be
borne jointly by the Board of Edu-
cation and the Parent Teacher As
sociations of the various schools.
The course under construction on
the athletic field of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School will serve
AS a model for the others. A. w.
Bender, shop instructor, and Ray
Fehrman, director of physical edu-
cation, will assist other schools in
setting up courses
Built according to Army Navy
specifications, the complete course
will consist of 20 obstacles, includ-
ing a ditch l3 feet long, filled with
several feet of water. which can be
crossed only by stepping on floating
wooden beams: a A. foot fence to
be hurdled an 8-foot wall to be
scaled a l2-foot overhead ladder
which will be traversed by the lump
and catch method. ziz-zag course
to teach side-stepping rail fence
which must be craWled through or
over. knee-lift barrier. a stepping
hurdle, an under and over and
under fence, and an underground
tunnel IA feet long Near the end
of the commando course will be an
extra student who must be carried
the last so yards of the course.
Mr.. Bender and a number of STU
dents are cutting logs on school
property in the county to be used in
constructing some of the obstacles
Lumber is being donated by local
concerns. The tunnels will be made
by burying half dozen barrels, end
to end
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Alexandria War Fund
Pledges Reach S32,507

Alexandria Community War Fund
pledges have reached S32 .507. cam
paign officials announced Yesterday
J. Paul Tribes. executive Secre-
tarv Of the Community Chest and
campaign director, said the average
individual contribution, not includ-
ing special gifts by business firms,
was S8.70. much higher figure than
IN previous campaigns. This. he
said. is good indication that the
goal of $85, ,739 will be reached if an
all-out effort is made by workers
in the next week
Mr.. Tribes also said that 80 per
cent of the total has been received
paid.
Francis Fannon. chairman of the
campaign. announced that Capt.
Ernest Y. C. Chen, member of the
Chinese air force, will speak over
WMAL at 10 am. today on the
suffering of Chinese civilians; in an
effort to solicit War Fund contribu-
tions.. Chinese Relief is a partici-
patlng agency.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
652 Additional Voters
Register in Montgomery

A total of 652 new voters were
registered by Montgomery County
supplemental registration boards last
week at Bethesda and Silver Spring
Of this number, 1854 were Demo-
Gratis, 24l Republicans and Al who
declined to give any party afflliation.
The boards will continue to sit
from to 10 O'Clock five nights
week throughout October and the
fist week of November at the Be-
thesda and Silver Spring County
Buildings. Three additional boards
will register voters in rural areas
beginnlng Monday.
Arthur Hilland, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee
for Montgomery County, pointed out
that new residents who register prior
to November 7 will be eligible to
vote in the 1914 elections.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Service Flag Dedicated
At Bethesda Ceremonies

A service flag honoring the more
than 5000 men and women from
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area in
the armed services was dedicated
Friday night at ceremonies on the
grounds of the Bethesda Fire De-
partment.
The flag was presented to former
State Senator Thomas Earl Hamp-
ton by E. E. Bass. president of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
Music was furnished by the WASH
ington Police Club Boys Band. The
dedication was sponsored by the
Chamber Of Commerce and by serv-
ice and business organizations of
the community. Phil Schafer was
in charge Of ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Winchester Calf Sale
Scheduled for Oct. IS
BY the Associated Press.

WINCHESTER, Va. Oct. g
Plans have been completed for the
fourth annual Virginia feeder calf
sale to be held here October IS,
under auspices of the Clarke Far
mers Cooperative, Inc.
The sale will be held at the Vir-
ginia Livestock Auction Market with
Col. Coleman Dunn as auctioneer.
Approximately $50 head of Angus
and Hereford steer and feeder
calves have been consigned to the
sale from outstanding herds in
Frederick, Clarke. Loudoun and
Fauquier counties, it was announced
Evening star., 1943-10-10

He took civilian pilot training at
ST Mary's College. Emmitsburg
Md; Navy prefight training at
Athens. Ga. and advanced train
ing at Dallas Tex. He received his
wings July l, after completing a
siX-week course at Pensacola. and
was serving as flying instructor at
the Naval Training Station there
at the time of his death.
His father prominent in Amer
ican Legion circles. conducts radio
business in Bethesda and Rockville
Besides his parents. he is sur
vived by two brothers. Cadet Thomas
G. Magee. on foreign duty with the
Merchant Marine. and Walter A.
tMagee. and three sisters. Marilyn,
Suzanne and Elizabeth Magee.
Funeral services will be at am.
Tuesday at Our Lady Of Lourdes
Church in Bethesda. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery
In the same crash. Aviation Cadet
Dean George Atkinson, Salina,
Kans., also was killed.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Funeral Services Held
For Robert T. Lester
Special Dispatch to The Star.

opeClai Dlsphlch 10 Ihe Star.
GARRETT PARK, Md, Oct. O.
Funeral services for Robert T. Les
ter, u, Spanish-American War vet
eran and retired Government en-
ploye. who died at Mount Alto Hos
pital Wednesday after long illness,
were held yesterday at the chapel at
Fort Myer. Va. Burial was in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Mr.. Lester was a native of Geor-
gia. At the time of his retirement
two years ago he was employed in
the General Accounting Office. He
was Mason
Mr.. Lester is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ellen Duffey Lester:
five children, Mrs. William D. Put
nam and Jean, Page, John and Rob-
ert T. Lester, jr, all of Garrett
Park, and sister, Mrs. Sallie Davis,
Frestproof, Fla.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Mrs. Lily 5. 7. 0sbourn
Rites Set for Today
Special Dispatch to The Star,

SPECIAL DlspdtCn 10 Inc Star,
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. Oct 9.
Services will be held at Zion Epis-
copal Church here tomorrow for
Mrs. Lily Singleton Thomas Os-
bourn, 81, who died Friday at the
home of her daughter. Mrs George
Kearsley Wysong. here. Burial will
be in Mount Hebron Cemetery,
Winchester. Va
Born in Quincy, Ill. she was the
daughter of Gen. James w. and
Parthenia Mcdonald Singleton.
Mrs. Osbourn was twice married.
Her first husband, Francis Worth
ington Thomas. died in 1898. Her
second husband, Dr. Howard Os-
bourn, died two years ago. Four
daughters survive her, They are:
Mrs. Louise Singleton Kemp. Myers
town: Mrs. Wysong, Miss Cora
Elder Thomas. employed in the
office of Gen. George c. Marshall.
Army chief of staff, and Mrs. Par
thenia Marie de Loach, Columbia.
S. c.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
CuIpeper Convention
Nominutes SLAUGHTER
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CULPEPER. Va, Oct 9.-Daniel
French Slaughter was unanimously
nominated to represent the counties
of Culpeper and Rappahannock for
the House of Delegates at the Demo-
cratic convention held here yes
terday.
Mr.. Slaughter's name will replace
that of the incumbent, Burnett Mil
Ter, jr, on the November election
ballot. Mr.. Miller withdrew to serve
in the Navy.
The nominee is the son OF the
late Daniel A. Slaughter, who rep
resented Culpeper in the Virginia
assembly for several terms. He is
. we'll known farmer and dairyman.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

dlI pldllt dCCl-
dent at Pensa :
cola, Fla, it was
learned yester-
day.
B orn in st.
Louis, E n S i G n
Magee was grad
uated from St
Anne's Gram
mar School and
st. Johns Col
lege here. He
W a S attending
Columbus Uni
versity when he
enlisted as a
Naval cadet in
Evening star., 1943-10-10
First Aid Class to Stort

Under auspices of the Silver
Spring branch, Montgomery County
Chapter, American Red Cross, a
first-aid class will start at 7:45 D.
m. Tuesday at the Silver Spring
f1rehouse. Glasses will be conduct
ed by Earle Culver, captain of the
Rescue Squad, Interested persons
are urged to attend.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Church Group to Meet

The Arlington Council of Reli-
eious Education will hold its fall
dinner meeting at the Cherrydale
Methodist Church, Twentieth and
Monroe streets, north, at 7 p. m.
Tuesday. DR. Frederick E. Reissig,
executive secretary of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches will be
guest speaker.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Appomottox Tops Quota
In War Fund Drive
BY the Associated Press

bE J1t AhoUCIdItd FItSg
RICHMOND, Va, Oct 9.-Appo~.
mattox was reported today as the
first Virginia county to go over the
top in the States current 1900, ,0oa,
War fund drive. .
A telephone call this afternoon
from Senator Charles Moses ir.e,
formed Gov Darden that Appomat--
toX had gone we'll over it's $500
quota and was still going strong.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Livestock Winners

Montgomery County All Cluo ex-
hibitors at the annual Baltimore
Livestock Show last week were
awarded total of $l33 in prizes. it
was announced Yesterday py Roscoe
N. Whipp. assistant agriculture!
agent for the county Twenty- -one
animals were shown by Washington
and Charles White, Laytonsville: 3:
Alice Lechlider Glen: John Rolfe.
Poolesvllle; Robert Hanson. CATH
ersburg: David, Judson and Sumner
Wood, jr., all of Seneca, and Patricia
Bailey. Rockville.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Montgomery Centers
Drew 1895 Children, ,
Lee Says in Report

A total of 1895 Montgomery
County children were enrolled in
81 recreational and five day-care
centers conducted last summer by
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission in
cooperation with the County Board
of Education, it was announced last
night by Park Commissioner E.
Brooke Lee.
In report to the Montgomery
County Board of Commissioners,
Mr.. Lee said the program was con-
Quoted at cost of s47,05622. He
said the commission has on hand a
balance of SIS 5,16415 of the 100000
appropriated for the program and
the s2,22037 collected in fees. This
is available to meet the cost of
other recreational activities.
Mr.. Lee said the three Mont
gomery County members of the
commission have voted to continue
as fall and winter recreation pro-
gram such activities as appear
constructive and reasonable" He
added future programs will depend
largely on the wishes of communi-
ties, school faculties and Parent
Teacher Associations.
Three Buildings Constructed.
MI Lee said that in addition to
paying costs Of the summer program
the commission has paid for the
construction of three recreational
buildings. One Of these buildings is
located at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Recreational Center, and the
other two at Jesup Blair Park. Total
construction cast, he said, amount
ed to s11, ,76O6l.
Mr.. Lee said SO Montgomery
County teachers and four Washing
ton physical education instructors
handled work at the various centers
All recreational staff members OF
the commission participated in the
program. II part time instructors
were used and 50 college and high
school students acted as assistant
instructors.
Had Varied Program.
Throughout the summer, Mr.. Lee
said, competitive athletics, including
baseball and horseshoe pitching for
boys and softball, tennis, badmin-
ton, volley ball and archery for both
boys and girls were conducted Mu-
sic, singing and dance programs
were carried on at number of
centers. he added. Instruction in
handicrafts and music was available
at all centers.
Mr.. Lee said the recreational staff
and members of the commission and
the cooperating members of the
county school staff are convinced
last summers program was wisely
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Ensign A. 5. kagee
Dies in Air Crash

Ensign Adlai Stevenson Magee.
jr. 20, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adlai
S. Magee, 4503 Leland street, Chevy
Chase, Md, has been killed in an
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Annual Meetinq Planned

The Wilson Boulevard Christian
Church, Arlington, will hold its an.
nual congregational meeting at
p. m. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

planned, well organized and coh3
structively operated, and that the
program proved of great benefit to
the children participating" II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09

create a new problem for the in
dustry and the Government" he OBJ
served, pointing out that there is
barely enough high-grade leather
available for the volume of better
grade shoes now being made.
Repair Orders Increase.
Six out of seven shoemakers sur
veyed reported large increases in
the numbers of shoes brought in for
repair after the announcement of
the rationing order The one shop
that reported merely normal" bust
ness was the President Valet Service
in Chevy Chase. D. C.
In the Northeast section, how
ever, Philip Berkman, owner OF
Berkmans Valet Shop. at 7O6 H
street, said: Il got so many shoes
here I can't see myself. 1 got a
200 per cent increase" Berkmans
Valet has a so per cent colored
clientele and mainly serves working
people.
Downtown. Louis Suskind, man.
ager of the Star Rapid Shoe Repair
Shop, at 625 E street NV, said he
had a rs per cent increase in bust
ness yesterday and today over last
week. Mr.. Suskind said childrens
and adults shoes and mems and
women's shoes of all types were
piling up in the shop.
The Modern Shoe Fixing Store, at
1725 Columbia road. reported plenty
of increase" over last weeks bust
ness. The New York Shoe Repair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
Ruling on Shoes
|ForChHd Wards
OF D. C.. Is Asked

The question Of how the District
government may buy ShoeS-under
the new rationing program-for the
several child wards Of the municipal
government was placed before the
OPA today by Roland M Brennan,
city purchasing officer.
Mr.. Brennan wrote to James S,
Ericsson, chief counsel for the OPA
shoe rationing program, to ask for
an immediate Interpretation of
rules. Specifically he asked whether
use of the rationing books would
be necessary or whether the OPA
could or would issue a blanket au-
thority.
Mr.. Brennan said that the reason
for immediate concern on the part
Of the District was that it now was
soliciting bids, to be opened Febru-
airy 10, for $40 pairs of shoes, as
required by the Board of Public
Welfare for distribution to male
wards, is years old or younger. The
board buys two pairs Of shoes for
each child. one for current use and
one Of size larger for use about
Ax months later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
Shoes on Sale Again
With Coupon No. II
Good for One Pair
Special Stomp to Be
Issued to Take Gore
Of Extra Needs

The Districts stock of shoes,
frozen for the last "a hours after
Sundays rationing order, went back
on sale today with assurance from
OPA officials that special consid-
Grafton will be given in justifiable
instances, particularly in the cases
of growing children and ambulatory
workers.
Store managers reported no I'M
usual buying of shoes as the public
was given its first opportunity to
use Coupon No. II Of Rationing
Book l, which until June Is will
entitle the holder to purchase a
single pair.
While business today was to all
appearances normal, stores expected
an increase in sales later in the
day. Some customers who came in
during the early hours, managers
said. were of the impression that the
freeze on sales would not be lifted
until noon.
OPA announced that its inspec-
tors would be on constant duty
during the next few days to insure
compliance with regulations. Vio-
lations will be reported Immediately,
1t was said.
Stamp for Special Cases.
Allaying fears expressed by the
public yesterday. Robert K. Thomp-
son, acting director of the District
QUA. said people with justified extra
need for shoes would be taken care
of through application to local ra-
tioning boards. He explained that
the coupons would suffice for normal
needs, while special cases, such as
those of growing children and of
policemen and mail deliverymen,
would be solved by the issuance of
a special stamp.
He said there was no reason why
any one should suffer hardship from
the rationing order.
Mr.. Thompson expressed his
opinion at meeting of local shoe
dealers held at the Chamber Of
Commerce auditorium last night to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
Krouse Leaves Curran
For Agriculture Post

Allen J, Krouse, 80, today became
trial attorney with the solicitors
office of the Agriculture Depart
ment, following his resignation yes
terday as an assistant United States
attorney in the Office of Edward M.
Curran.
A graduate of Georgetown Uni
versity law school, Mr.. Krouse has
been associated with the United
States attorneys Office for Is years,
being an assistant there the last
eight years. He successfully prose-
cuted the Baltimore gang" which
terrorized Washington in 1888, and
drew up the District law against
pandering.
Mr.. Krouse lives with his wife and
two sons at COG Quintana place NV.
In addition to his duties in the
Agriculture Department he will also
continue his private practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
Foreign Policy Group
Asks Maintenance Of
Pre-War Reich Area
Urges Development Of
European Federation
When War Is Ended

Allied peace planners should make
no attempt to break the territorial
unity Of Germany as 1t existed in
1888, but should foster the gradual
development Of European fedora
ton in which Germany would be a
member, the Foreign Policy Associa-
ton proposed here yesterday.
II the Allies are to win a decisive
victory. they must emphasize repeat
edly that the Nazis, not the German
people as whole, are the enemy
and that the United Nations have
no intention of annihlatinf the
German nation, said report titled
What Future for Germany?"
The survey was written by Vera
M1cheles Dean, research director of
the association.
Fav0rs War Criminal Trials.
While stressing that a postwar
plan for Germany should not be
based on vengeance, the report made
this observation:
If the Nazi leaders and the chief
perpetrators of atrocities in occu-
pied areas previously have not been
disposed of by the Germans them
selves in the course of the over
throw of the Nazi regime, an inter-
national commission should be es-
tabllshed to try war criminals.
1t would appear advisable to
include Germans in this commits
sion"
The European federation, the re-
port advocated, would be based on
the representation of all the Con-
tinent's national groups, large and
small. Such federation would be
preferable to European league of
states based on the representation
OF sovereign territorial units whose
boundaries, especially in Eastern
Europe and the Balkans, seldom CO.
incide with national groupings"
The associations report warned
that il conditions permitting orderly
political and economic development
of Europe are not established at
the earliest possible moment after
United Nations victory, then
postwar anarchy, superimposed on
the ravages of war may spell the
destruction of what remains OF
European civilization"
Wants Germany Occupied.
Even if it should ultimately prove
possible to abandon the use of force
| as outlined in the Atlantic Charter,
1t would seem inadvisable for the
United Nations to disarm imme-
dlately after the war, the report
stated. The United Nations should
maintain nucleus of armed forces
in Germany, which would include
| nonNazi Germans.
In other words, said the report,
Germans should be given an oppor-
| tunity to participate in the ibera-
ton of their own nation, as we'll as
| conquered Europe, from NaZi rule.
The survey also advocated estab-
lishment of an international war
! materials commission which would
| control the distribution of raw ma
terials needed for modern industry
the creation Of an international edu-
| cational commission with Germans
| among its members, and the re-
quirement that Germans supply
| labor and technical skill for the
| reconstruction of regions devastated
by German armies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
0pA Cant I Promise
; Pairs Of Shoes
Official Says Supply
Hinges on Production
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The Once
Of Price Administration has not
guaranteed that each person will be
able to purchase three pairs of
shoes year, w. w. Stephenson of
Washington, chief of the footwear
division of OPA, said last night.
Speaking to $500 retail and
wholesale shoe dealers, Mr.. Stephen
son declared:
1.-THE three pairs per year ration
must not be taken as a definite
commitment by the OPA. The OPA
thus far has decreed only one pair
Of shoes for each person for the
next four months. What happens
after that depends upon produc-
eion-the vital factor"
He added that the OPA hopes it
will be able to maintain a three
pair-a-year ration schedule, but he
added that no promises could be
made on that score
Questioned after his address as to
how the three pairs per year story
became circulated, Mr.. Stephenson
said the statement was put out "by
somebody who had a brainstorin in
Washington"
He explained that it was possible
that the coupon to be designated as
valid for a second pair of shoes this
year may have to cover a five
month, instead OF a four month, pc
Rod. Mr.. Stephenson said even this
statement was not definite and that
the actual rationing of shoes after
the first four months would depend
entirely on shoe production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
Senator Smith Undisturbed
By Rationing Of Shoes
BY the Associated Press

SN me Associated PresS.
Senator Smith, Democrat of South
Carolina has fumed against many
Government regulations in his "a
years in Washington. but there is
one that does not disturb him.
He doesn't like gasoline rationing,
other rationing programs and what
he terms generally as 'regimenta-
tion,' but the latest rationing pro-
gram-for shoes-leaves him unwor-
ried
He'll" Senator Smith snorted.
"Shoe rationing won't bother me.
That's two more pairs year than I
usually buy"
Dean of the Senate in point of
service, Senator Smith has Just re-
turned to the Capital after recover
ing from bad fall which sent him
to the hospital.
Senator Smith believes the great
est problem facing the Nation is one
of manpower, manpower to work the
farms especially.