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Evening star., 1943-01-07

Capt. Bibee at Fort William McKin-
ley. For a while Capt Bibee was
finance officer at Fort San Diego,
Manila.
Lived In Philippines.
Mrs. Bibee lived in the Philippines
for almost two years, coming back to
this country only when the Army
ordered all civilians to leave the
danger zone The notice from the
War Department that her husband
was still alive 10 days before Christ
mas, Mrs. Bibee said, was the hap
piest Christmas present she had ever
received
First 1t. Deason. "a, graduated
from aircraft and ordnance school
at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md,
in October, 194l. Sent to the Phil
ippines, he was stationed with the
Air Force at Clark Field.
A native Of Salt Lake City, Utah.
1t. DeaSon spent most of his life
in California. He received a degree
from the University of California in
1899 and a degree OF master of
science in l94l from the University
of Michigan. 4, 1t. Deason entered
the Army in April, 194l, as a Reserve
officer and was assigned to ordnance
duties.
His brother, DR.. Deason. who
works in the Office of the co-ordi-
nator of fisheries in the Interior
Department, said he received his
last letter from his brother last
Department notice DR.. Deason said
the only other wold of his brothers
whereabouts vas from a friend of
his brother in the Navy who brought
word that 1t. Deason was on Cor
regidor.
Maryland officers on the list, to-
gether with next of kin. are:
Capt. Ervid E. Ericsson; mother,
Mrs. Ina L. Ericsson, Baltimore.
Capt. Earle M. Smiley: mother.
Mrs. May Smiley, West Annapolis.
First 1t. John R. Forsythe;
mother, Mrs. Ethel G.. Forsythe, Bal
timore.
Nine officers from Virginia, with
their next of kin, are:
Capt. Paul r. Cornwall; mother
Mrs. Frances A. Cornwall, Phoebus.
Maj. Charles F.. Harrison: father,
Charles F.. Harrison, Leesburg.
Capt. Allison L. Hartman; mother
Mrs. C. S. Hartman Winchester.
First 1t. Roger w. Swain: sister,
Miss Rosiland Prunty Norfolk.
First 1t. Carl Gottfred Weeks;
sister Mrs. Irwin L. Allen, Fred
ericksburg.
First 1t. William Robinson Will
liams; mother, Mrs. c. B. Williams,
Culpeper.
First 1t. Donald Herbert Wills;
father, Charles H. Wills, Lynchburg
Capt. John D. Wood; wife, Mrs
Wood, Blacksburg.
First 1t. John Oakley; aunt. Mrs.
Matte w. Zimmerman, Lynchburg.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Sd. {. Army Officer,
Held Prisoners by
laps in Philippines
War Department List
Includes ; Maryland
And 9 Virginia Men

Names of three District Army Off
GERS were on the War Department
list released today of 336 American
soldiers who are held as prisoners
of war by the japanese in the
Philippine Islands.
They are 1t. Col. Edwin V. Kerr,
whose wife lives at 4463 Alabama
avenue Sc: Capt. Raymond E.
Bibee, whose wife lives at 1925 M
street NV, and First 1t. Paul w.
Deason. brother of DR.. H. j. Dea-
son. 1916 Jocelyn street NV.
The list included 334 officers, one
enlisted man and one warrant off,
Ger. One OF the officers was Capt.
Willibald c. Bianchi of New Ulm.
MINI, who was awarded the Con-
greSslonal Medal of Honor for ac-
tlon on Bataan on February 3, 1912.
Although wounded twice, Capt.
Blanchi advanced against an enemy
machine gun nest and personally
silenced it with grenades. He then
mounted tank and used its anti
aircraft machine gun against
strongly held enemy position until
he was knocked completely off the
tank by third bullet.
Served at Fishburne.
Col. Kerr, As, the son of Judge S.
B. Kerr of Metropolis. ILL.,, attended
the University Of Illinois and grad
uated from West Point in 1919. A
field artillery officer. he was one of
the officers in charge of the Gold
Star Mothers pilgrimage to France
in 1882. Prior to that time he served
three-year tour of duty in Hawaii
Col. Kerr was in charge of mill
tary training at the Fishburne Mill
tarv Academy for five years until
1887, when he went to Fort Ethan
Allen in Vermont. He went to the
Philippines in 1910.
His son, Edwin B. Kerr, is a first
year man at West Point.
Mrs. Kerr's sister is the wife of
Senator Chavez, Democrat. of New
Mexico. Col Kerr's daughter. the
wife OF an Army major, lives with
her mother here.
Served on Corregidor.
Capt. Raymond E. Bibee, 80. has
been in the Army for eight wears
receiving his commission as an
offlcer while on duty in the Philip
pines. His wife, the former Miss
Gertrude Rogers of Lexington. XIV.
is employed by the Army Air Forces
at the National Airport.
Mrs. Bibee said her husband was
on Bataan when it fell. She added
that she was almost certain he was
also on Corregidor, having identified
MIN IN newspaper photograph.
Mrs. Bibee said the last word she
had received from her husband was
in a letter dated March IA. few
days before Corregidor fell. She said
her husband kept referring in the
letter to the fact that morale is
high" and complained that the
letters she had written him had not
been received.
Mrs. Bibee said her husbands last
letter informed her that he had been
promoted to the rank of captain
early in 1912.
A native of Tennessee, Capt. Bibee
spent most of his life in Kansas.
He attended the Army Finance
School in Washington in 1896 and
1887 In 1899, Mrs. Bibee went to the
Philippines and was married to
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Man Wounds Woman
War Worker, Kills Self
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. 7.-As
Mrs. Zettie L. Zello, about Is. was
waiting for ride to work at a war
plant Yesterday a man identified as
William Joseph Eco, 26, wounded
her and blazed away at her with a
shotgun, Chief William H. Peters of
the Hagerstown Police Department
reported
Chief Peters said Ezo then rushed
into Mrs. zello's home and killed
himself.
Mrs. Zello was taken to the Ha-
gerstown Hospital suffering from
wounds of the neck and right shoul-
der. Her condition was said to be
fair.
Mrs. Zello's husband, Pvt. Frank
Zello. is serving overseas with the
Army.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
to fit them for possible officer COM

to fit them for possible officer COM
mand.
About one-third of the officers of
the Army are graduates of its own
officers candidates schools, which
means they have won their commits
sions after service in the ranks, Mr..
StimSon pointed out. The bulk of
this group was commissioned within
the last six months.
In addition, he said, almost half
of the total officer strength of to-
days Army came from the National
Guard and the Organized Reserves.
The remainder includes officers of
the Regular Army and those ap-
pointed from civilian life because of
special skills.
In the Army'S new specialized
training program in the colleges, he
said, high school graduates from 18
to 81 years of age, inclusive, will be
eligible for basic training, while
those selected for advanced special
lied courses will be chosen from
men who have had at least one year
of college work. The latter must
be Is years of age, but not necessar-
lily under % years as in the case of
those who are to be given basic
training.
For Enlisted Men Only.
All training conducted under this
special Army program is for en-
listed men only. One of the quail
fications is a score of ITO or better
in the Army general classification
test.
The enlisted men selected also
must have completed or be in the
process of completing the regular
basic training of the Army, which
covers approximately three months
Military training of the student
soldiers will continue. although sub
ordlnated to academic instruction.
he pointed out. All men selected as
Army students must maintain pre-
SCribed standards of academic pro-
ficiency, and the entire training
program will be shaped so that the
student soldier will feel that his
training is directly pointed at fitting
him for some concrete military task
Mr.. Stimson told the press con-
ference that more than eight times
as much cargo space per man was
utilized last November for sending
mail to soldiers overseas than was
used in November, 1918.
Mail Tonnage Is Problem.
BY the end of this year, he said,
military authorities had advised
him that 25 ships of 1000 tons
capacity each will be necessary to
keep soldiers mail moving continu-
ously to and from overseas in
stallations.
These Liberty ships are needed
vitally to provide food, ammunition
and raw material for the expedi-
tionary forces. he explained, but the
steady expansion of our overseas
forces presents an ever growing mail
problem.
He attributed the great expan-
sion of the mail service as largely
due to his own success as a pro-
moter." Mr. StimSon for a long
while before Christmas urged the
public to write to soldiers to stimu-
late their morale.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Miners Strike Adds
To Fuel Shortage as
Oil Ration Is Reduced
1900 Union Workers in
Anthracite Fields Out
Despite PIeos to Return
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILKES BARRE, Pa, Jan. T.
Strike of 10000 miners in the Penn
sylvania anthracite fields created a
shortage of hard coal today, even
as the Eastern Seaboard felt the
pinch of newly frightened rationing
of fuel OIL
Outgoing shipments were curtailed
sharply and deliveries to domestic
consumers here in the heart of the
anthracite region were limited to /
ton.
Meanwhile, three local unions of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea. disregarding leaders pleas that
they return to work Immediately,
voted to remain on strike.
Follows Oil Ration Cut.
The shortage was reported after
the OPA slashed fuel oil rations by
Is per cent for all non essential
buildings in II Eastern States
Anthracite is used primarily in
homes, but thousands of house.
holders have converted from oil to
coal in accordance with Government
demands.
The OPA. acting to increase pro-
duction, also granted an increase of
so cents a ton, or about per cent,
in hard coal ceiling prices yesterday
to enable operators to meet higher
production costs The increase was
part of a Government-sponso
plan to boost the mine work week
from IS hours to six days.
An urgent appeal to the strikers
to return and settle their grievances
through proper channels" was made
last night by Thomas Kennedy, in
ternational secretary-treasurer of
the UNIV which had condemned
the walkout. Within a few hours,
however, three local unions passed
formal strike vote and workers in
another colliery voted to go out.
The strike, which started Decem-
Der 80 In one colliery and spread to
nine others. was primarily in protest
against 50-cent a month increase
in union dues voted at a UNIV con-
vention in Cincinnati last October
union spokesmen said. The workers
also sought a $2-a-day wage in
crease.
20 Operators Indicted.
The dues increase. from 81 to 81 so
was supported by union leaders from
the bituminous coal fields and op-
posed by many anthracite leaders
Carl Kratz, speaking for one group
of strikers, said we feel We
did not have justice at the conven-
ton" and that 1926 bituminous
delegates had voting power of 4.027
while anthracite delegates had a vot-
ing power of 1863.
Mr.. Kennedy said the unions
Executive Committee would be asked
to hear any protests over dues anC
that operators would be asked to dis
cusS wages as soon as the six-day
week plan is worked out All pre-
liminaries for adoption Of the plar
have been completed
Earlier yesterday Federal granc
jury in New York indicted 2!
anthracite corporations and 26 o.
their officers or employees on charges
Of violating the Sherman Anti-trus
Act by fixing prices from 1899 unit
the spring of 1912.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
River Terrace Group
Loses Action 10 Get
Furnace Gas Delivery
HousehoIders' Attorney
Considers Tokine Case
To Appeals Court

Justice F. Dickinson Let's in Dis
trict Court today denied an appeal
of so residents of the River Terrace
development in Northeast Washing
ton that the War Production Board
be enjoined from enforcing an order
prohibiting the delivery to their
homes of gas for heating.
The justice ordered the complaint,
arguments on which revolved around
a definition of the term "founda-
ton" in building construction, be
dismissed.
An important point in the Justices
decision was ruling that the WPB
definition of a foundation" is a
reasonable one and within the pow
er of the Government agency to
make.
May Appeal Decision.
Counsel for the residents, who now
are faced with the prospect of con-
verting their furnaces from gas to
coal, announced he would confer
with his clients on the possibility of
taking the argument to the Court
of Appeals.
The case reached trial court after
an 11-month argument involving
the War Production Board. the
River Terrace Co., the Washington
Gas Light Co. and residents of the
housing development centering
around definition of the term
foundation" in WPB regulations
governing the delivery of gas to
new houses.
The residents asked District Court
to enjoin Herbert S. Marks, chief
of the power branch, WPB, from
enforcing a WPB order of February
16 which prohibited the delivery of
gas to new houses where 'founda-
tions," by WPB definition, were
not completed by March l.
The court refused the injunction
but the residents won subsequent
petition in the United States Court
of Appeals, which ordered the ar
gument back to District trial court
on its merits. At the same time,
houSeholders won a petition to have
gas continued until the hearing and
decision by the District Court.
James o. Moore. jr.. and Charles
H. Kendall of WPB, and E. Barrett
Prettyman of the gas company,
counsel for defense, yesterday elic-
tied testimony from housing eX-
perts that the correct definition of
foundation" is a footing. plus
The wall up to the first floor joist." ."
Among those who testified were
Sullivan Jones, j. A. Krug and Her
bert S. Marks of WPB; Lancelot
Sukert of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration and George N Thomp-
son of the Bureau of Standards.
Other Definitions.
Previously, counsel for the resi-
dents had interviewed housing and
construction experts who held that
a Foundation" is a footing" an
argument which the plaintiffs allege
entities them to gas heating. They
claim that 'fOOtings" for the houses
were poured early in February.
Experts who testified for the plain
tiffs further defined foundation" as
that part OF building which car
ries the load and transmits it to
the earth beneath"
Experts who concurred in the
footing definition of a ''founda-
ton were DR.. Henry S. Jacoby. re-
tired Cornell University professor of
engineering: A. J. Scullen, Catholic
University dean of engineering:
Waverly Taylor, District architect
and head of a construction firm
bearing his name; George T. SAINT
myers, architect of the River Ter
race Development. and Myron Davy,
builder.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Chile Has Decisive Data
To Direct Foreign Policy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 7.-Inte-
rior Minister Raul Morales has re-
turned from visits to the United
States, Brazil and Argentina with
decisive" information "to direct the
foreign policy of Chile on the road
which her own interests and soli-
darity with the rest of the American
republics dictate the Foreign Re-
lations Minister said last night.
There was no direct reference to
the issue of this nations relations
with the Axis. but the formal state
ment added that I'VE feel closely
bound to the destinies" of the Amer
ican nations "in these moments de-
cisive for the life of the continent
and the cause of democracy.
Chile and Argentina are the only
republics in the Americas still main
tanning diplomatic relations with the
Axis nations.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
West Coast Civilians
Evacuated by Army,
Stimson Disc|oses
Declares 70 Were Moved
From One Area as
Dangerous to Defense

Secretary of War Stimson dis
closed today that in many cases
dangerous civilians" other than
Japanese are being evacuated from
defense areas on the Pacific Coast
"as a matter of safety and common
sense policy"
He made the statement at a press
conference in confirming a report
that 1t. Gen. John l.. De Witt, in
command of West Coast defenses,
recently had ordered the removal
Of some 10 civilians from one area.
There are other people besides
Japs who are dangerous and these
include some of our own citizens"
the War Secretary declared.
Can Move Everybody.
He reminded the public that in
wartime military authorities are en-
powered to clear out whole popula-
tions from any area which they
might consider endangered.
There are some defense installa-
tlons on the West Coast that are
easily subjected to dangers" he
said. For the protection of these
areas, Mr.. Stimson said, the mill
tary authorities can move out
everybody whether civilians or
aliens"
I'VE can't take risks" he added
Mr.. Stimson said Gen. De Witt
had taken precautionary measures
to move certain civilians from one
West Coast area and he added that
the same thing has been done in
other instances and will continue
to be done when the need arises.
The report concerning the West
Coast evacuations emanated from
the annual report of the Civil Lib
critics Union, It was learned.
Outlines Training Program.
Secretary Stimson today pre-
scrlbed the qualifications by which
10000 Army enlisted men will be
chosen for basic and advanced
training in technical subjects at
designated colleges and universities
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Congress Urged to Erect
Memorial to Dr.. Carver

BY the Associates Press.
representative Short, Republi-
can. of Missouri yesterday urged
Congress to purchase for a memorial
the birthplace of the late Dr.
George Carver at Diamond. Mo.
Mr.. Short said he would intro
duce bill to establish a national
monument to DR.. Carver ito do
honor to this great leader of the
Negro race"
Evening star., 1943-01-07
DR.. George ". Carver
Services 10
Be Held Tomorrow
Roosevelt Pays Tribute
To Negro Scientist;
Burial ot Tuskeeee
BY the Associated Press.


TUSKEGEE, Ala, Jan. 7.-While
messages of coincidence from distin-
guished persons continued to arrive
at Tuskegee. Institute, funeral ar
rangements were completed today
for Dr. George Washington Carver.
the slave boy who became almost a
lengendary figure as scientist
Among the first to arrive was one
from President Roosevelt, who
wrote:
The world of science has lost one
of its most eminent figures and the
race from which he sprang an out
standing member in the passing of
DR.. Carver. The versatility of his
genius and his achievements in di-
verse branches of the arts and sci
ences were truly amazing. All man.
kind is the beneficiary of his dis
coveries in the field of agricultural
chemistry.
The things which he achieved in
the face of early handicaps will for
all time afford an inspiration to
y a
privilege to have met Dr. Carver and
to have talked with him at Tuskegee
on the occasion of my visit to the
institute, which was the scene of
his long and distinguished labors."
Other messages to DR.. F. D. Pat
terson, president of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, were IRON Secretary of Com
merce Jones. Gov -elect Chauncey
Sparks of Alabama and Mrs. Marie
Bankhead Owen. sister of Senator
Bankhead of Alabama.
DR.. Carver body will lie In state
at the school beginning at 10 am
today and services are to be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow in the chapel
with the Rev. Harry V. Richardson,
chaplain, in charge. Burial will be
in Tuskegee Cemetery near the
grave of Dr. Booker T. Washington,
founder of the institute.
Evening star., 1943-01-07

In these crowded times, don't let
vacant room 90 unused. Rent it
through a Star want Ad." MA. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
FOUND.

GOLD RING, Vicinity Lafayette Park.
Wednesday; owner may have same by
REPORT ABANDONED STRAY ANIMALS
to the Animal Protective Association for
Humane Disposition. Atlantic 7142 or
Hillside 107s. Present facilities limited
u, .N-se Only.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Peru Joins Allied Stand
On Property Rights
Ry the Associated Press.

bN IHF ASSOCIdIeO Press,
LIMA. Peru, Jan Peru today
announced its adherence to the
declaration two days ago by II Al
lied belligerent governments and the
French National Committee on prop
erty rights in Axis occupied coun-
tries.
In the declaration, announced in
Washington, the countries said they
would refuse to recognize any trans
terrence to Axis interests of proper
ties forcibly acquired by the occu-
pying nations and would restore
property rights to their rightful
owners when the Axis is elected.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Mrs. Frances Augusterfer
Dies al Bethesda Home

Mrs. Frances Miller Augusterfer,
"a, wife of Raymond J. Auguster-
fer, chief engineer of the National
Institute of Health, died last night
at her home, 82G7 Moorland lane,
Bethesda. High mass will be cele-
brated at 10 am. tomorrow at st.
Martins Church, North Capitol and
T streets. followed by burial in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Angus
terrier is survived by three sons
Eugene. chief specialist in the
Navy, stationed at Norfolk; Ray
mond j., jr., a. Florida shipbuilder,
and William NJ, with the Sperry
Gyroscope Co. in New York, and
two daughters, Miss Rita Auguster-
fer a nurse at Providence Hos
pital, and Miss Madeline Auguster-
ter of Bethesda
Eugene Augusterfer was coach at
ST.. Johns High School, after grad
uating from Catholic University.
He entered the Navy last month.
Miss Rita Augusterfer was a cham
pion swimmer several years ago.
Nogales international., 1943-04-02
Letter From
Private
Tom Woodhouse

A letter to Bob Sands from Pvt.
-om Woodhouse at Camp Howe,
Texas, read, in part, as follows:
Chow the his everything going
!oWn there IN Gods country?
"Hcw is the liquor business, do
1ou still have a few customers be-
ideS your regular booze hounds?
IT am sending you the stripes that
1 have not yet received. Pin then
on Mr.. Rogers or the colored porte
or Mike the cat. They came off OF
a boy who was made mess sergeant
one day and busted the next day.
eve went out in the field the
other night and slept in cur pup
tents and I slept with everything on
including my steel helmet. I woke
up in the middle of cold night
with the chin strap of my helmet
around my neck and I was damned
near strangled, so will leave it off
the next time.
IT got in little dice game today
and took these Alabama cotton
pickers for about $500. They sure
have some hot games around here
on pay day.
Are you and Judge Scatena still
fighting one another?
BEST regards to yourself and Mrs
Sands and Brother Scatena and the
rest of the gang.
Nogales international., 1943-04-02
Son Of Marvin
Smith
Wounded In Africa

The Wan Department listed Sec
md 1t Albert G. Smith of Phoenix
2mcng 247 army personnel reported
Friday as wounded in action in
North Africa His wife lives at the
Arizona Apartments, Phoenix.
1t. Smith is son of Marvin
Smith of Phoenix, former member
of the Arizona legislature, now serv-
ing with the Army in Texas Marvin
Smith was also a veteran of World
War and was wounded during that
conflict.
Marvin Smith will be remembered
as having been main speaker at a
Democratic rally in the Nogales
plaza in the fall of 1910 on the
same night the Republicans held a
Willkie rally here.
Nogales international., 1943-04-02
Kitty Glouer,
ICowgiirl,
Joins WAACS

Catherine E. Glover, better known
to her host of friends as Kitty
Glover, who has been staying at
The Little Outfit Ranch near Pata-
gonia and prion to that owned The
Beanery in Patagonia, has enlisted
in the WAACS, according to the
following appearing in Wednesday S
Arizona Daily Star Of Tucson:
"The khaki uniform and stiff
brown hat of a Waac auxiliary ap-
pears so feminine as to be frighten-
ing to Catherine E. Glover Pata-
gonia cowgirl sworn into the army
in Phoenix yesterday. For many
years, she said, her wardrobe ha;
consisted entirely of those clothes
which could be worn with comfort
on a horse.
Leaving her job on a ranch II
Patagonia, where she taught horse
back riding and conducted overnight
rides, Miss Glover joined the WAAC
through the Tucson recruiting Of
flee.
The only thing I'm not sure
about, she said, is how I'm golnt
to walk when they take my boot
away from me. And it frighten
me a bit to think of having to ge
used to skirt again.