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Evening star., 1943-09-06
Helen Richards
Recent Bride of
Flight Officer

Miss Helen Marie Richards, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Helen S. Richards, and
Flight Officer Robert Elwood Rut-
ledge of Bowman Field, Louisville,
were married August 20 in the Lewis
Memorial Methodist Church, the
Rev. Haskell R. Deal off1ciating at
3 o'clock in the afternoon.
White gladioluses and ferns were
used in the church and an organ
recital was given preceding the cere-
mony
The bride was given in marriage
by her mother and wore white satin
made with a train and she carried
white roses and babys breath with
a shower of white setin ribbon.
Miss Helen S. Smith of Fort Lau
derdale, Fla, was the maid of honor
and Miss Doris L. Stanley of this
city was the bridesmaid. They
wore dresses of lace and net, in
shades of pink and blue, respectively.
Their headdresses were of blue and
pink feather butterflies and they
carried roses. Miss Smiths flowers
were of deep pink hue and Miss
Stanley's were yellow.
Mr., George D. Parsons was the
best man and Mr.. Lars Janson of
Arlington was the usher.
Immediately following the we'd
ding a reception was held at the
home of the brides mother for close
friends and relatives.
The bridegroom is graduate Of
the glider pilot advances, Victorville
Army Flying School in California.
He now is an instructor at Maxton
Field in Laurinburg, N. G.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
fingerprints Bring Arrest
In Goldenberg S Robbery

Fingerprints left on empty stock
ing boxes two months ago at Gold
enberg's Department Store, Seventh
and K streets NV, led to the arrest
Saturday night of a 30-year-old
colored man, police reported today.
The suspect was booked by police
as Rhozier T. Brown of 1921 Sixth
street NV. The store was entered
on June IS and July 8. and men and
women's hosiery valued at s370
taken. Brown is charged with grand
larceny.
The suspect was arrested at his
home by Detective Sergts. William
G. Fawsett and G. L. Arlington Of
the general assignment squad.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

tions now operate the largest textile
mills in the Middle West, overalls
for the Navy and boiler suits for the
British Navy are being turned out.
Indiana has instituted a Slaughter
ing program which has made thou
sands of hogs available for State use
and for lend-lease. Maryland's pris-
on canning program, involving many
crops OF tomatoes and beans, was
also mentioned as contributing heav-
lily to lend-lease shipments.
One example Of the use to which
prison labor has been put Is the cre-
alton OF an elaborate system of har-
Dor protection using antisubmarine
and torpedo nets, made at San
Quentin's prison in California.
The prison farming program In 20
States has increased from 75,o00 to
300, 900 acres.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

back to their old jobs. One had a
grocery store. He's going to open
it again when he gets back home.
Some can't wait to get back to the
farm.
They ask about training. They
ask about jobs where they can learn
and make living at the same time.
They want to go in as helpers.
Some Of them. forced out of
schools and into jobs during the de-
preston years, think this is the
time to change jobs, to begin again.
The youths who left high school
to go into the armed forces want
their diplomas. Some of them are
taking courses for high school cred
its in the services. They don't expect
to go back to high school. They'd
feel uncomfortable with students
younger than themselves both in
years and experience, but they ask
about adult education classes, voca-
tional training, technical schools.
And the disabled? They want to
be able to support themselves, not
just live on pensions for the rest of
their lives. The bacteriologist who
developed tuberculosis and can't 60
back to his laboratory, the soil
agronomist who lost hand and
can't hold his instruments, the let
ter carrier who lost an arm-they
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Food Situation Is Worse,
La Guardia Warns 0PA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Mayor r.
H. La Guardia said yesterday that
the food situation in New York City
had failed to improve and that un-
less there was complete change in
OPA regulations, "the whole thing
will bust wide Open"
The mayor said in his weekly
broadcast that rules must be sinpli-
fled, and added that prices have
not been held down."
Despite an increase I'M the kill,
he said, the meat supply this week
was worse than ever"
Commenting on the recent an
nouncement by the Butter g. Egg
Merchants Association of New
York that if no relief was obtained
from OPA price regulations by Sep
tember 13, association members
would be compelled to stop selling
eggs to retailers, La Guardia said:
THAT makes us even. AS I said
before, if the price of eggs goes up
much higher, I will ask the people
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Louise H. Larson
Bride of 1t. Clark

Mr.. and Mrs. William Ludvik
Larson announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Louise Hunter
Larson, to 1t. Chesley K. Clark,
A. U. S., Saturday.
The wedding was attended only
by immediate members of the fam
lily and several close friends. Fol-
lowing the ceremony a breakfast
was given at The Carlton. The
couple are leaving for Tampa where
1t. Clark is assigned.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

stamps at the Uptown Theater,
and as Jango she works regu-
larly in the canteen at the
Soldiers Sailors and Marines
Club.
"Canteen" is her speciality,
she says. She has taken the
regulation Red Cross and Nutri-
ton courses and she serves in
the Red Cross Canteen at the
District Chapter House. AS soon
as she is 18 (Which won't be
until january she hopes to join
the Mobile Red Cross Canteen
which regulations prevent her
doing until then. She has made
surgical dressings for theRed
surgical dressings for the Red
at the dances given for the
servicemen at Walter Reed last
winter.
This year Miss Harris will be
a senior at Holton Arms School.
She wants to 60 to college she
says, but hasn't yet decided
where. She has studied both
piano and dancing and has
shown considerable talent for
both She comes of a war;
working family. Her father, Maj.
Louis E. Harris, is now in the
Army Air Forces, stationed in
Texas and was a marine in the
last war. Her brother is a
lieutenant in the Army Quarter
master Corps, on duty at Bradley
Field, and her mother, in addi-
ton to managing Maj. Harris
insurance business here, does
grand job with the Red Cross
Motor Corps. She was forced to
resign her job as chairman for
the District Corps in order to
take over her husbands busi-
ness, but she still manages to
remain on active (and VERY
active) duty with the corps.
Ruth Ann is pretty and blue
eyed and brown haired. She
speaks Spanish f1uently, French
moderately we'll. She is very
proud of her war working
family and wants to do a good
job to keep up with them. And
she does good job-or rather
good jobs-too!
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Mrs. r. H. Davis
Is Recuberdting

Mrs. Davis, wife of Col. Robert H.
Davis, U. S. A.. retired, is recuperat-
ing from a serious operation which
she underwent 10 days ago. Mrs.
Shaefer, wife of 1t. Condr. A. B.
Shaefer, formerly Miss Barbara
Davis, came to be with her father
and Comdr. Shaefer joined her for
the week end and holiday. He is on
duty in Atlantic City and they will
return there today or tomorrow.
Also with COL Davis to be near
their mother are the other daugh-
ters. Mrs. Soderberg, wife of Pvt.
Raymond A. Soderberg, U. S. A., and
formerly Miss Elizabeth Davis, came
from Norfolk, where Pvt. Soderberg
Is on duty, and is with Col. Davis
and her sister, Miss Davis. Miss
Davis has entered training for
foreign service with the American
Red Cross,
Evening star., 1943-09-06
100, ,O0OPrison Inmates Boost
Services Food, Clothing Stock

The Office Of War Information re-
vealed today how State prison estab-
hshments using more than 100000
inmates have stepped to the FORE
front in supplying the armed forces
with food and clothing.
Indicating that great progress had
been made in changing State laws
regulating the labor which prisoners
may do. the Owl showed how enor-
nous contracts have been let, most
of them as direct result of auto
matte realization of the part that
prisoners can play in manufactur-
ing, especially in textiles and the
preparation of food.
Two States were listed as having
set outstanding wartime production
schedules: Michigan and Indiana.
In Michigan, where penal institu-
Evening star., 1943-09-06
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

At lonely outpost in the Pacific,
an Army radio operator studies in
dustrial electricity in his free time.
He was an electrician before he
went into the Army. He wants to
be contractor when he comes out.
A 23-year-old guard at an intern
ment camp, student at UCLA be-
fore he enlisted, is taking an Armed
Forces Institute correspondence
course in analytical geometry.
Chemistry was his college major.
He's getting credits toward a degree.
A youth whose job was pressing
mems clothes before he entered the
Army is studying refrigeration. A
38-year-old professional bike racer
wants to manufacture better BIZ
cycle" A 28-year-old former la
borer is studying cost accounting.
Ask the men convalescing at WAL
ter Reed Hospital, those soon to be
discharged, what they want to do.
They talk about synthetic tires and
plastics-"jobs that won't fold up
after the war"
The older men usually want to 20
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Miss Reichmuth
To Be Married

The. Commandant of the Navy
Yard and Mrs. F. l.. Reichmuth
have announced the engagement Of
their daughter, Miss Rosemary
Reichmuth, to 1t. q. g. Herbert l..
Laughlin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Laughlin of Albany The formal
announcement was made at a tea
which Admiral and Mrs. Reichmuth
gave Friday in their quarters at the
Yard.
Miss Reichmuth attended Sidwell
Friends School, Mills College and
the University of California.
1t. Laughlin is on duty at Miami.
He attended Cornell University and
entered the Navy in 1910.
The wedding is planned for the
early autumn.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

Of the Sulgrave Club and of the
Junior League of Washington.
Col. Early, the son of Mrs. w. j..
Early, ST., of Fargo, N. Oak, and the
late Mr.. Early, attended the Sacred
Heart Academy and the Central
High School of Fargo. He is a
graduate of Yale University, holds
a masters degree from the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh and is a graduate
of Georgetown University law school.
He is a member of the Yale and
University Clubs of this city and of
the Junior Board of Commerce.
Col. Early has been on active duty
In Africa for over year with the
Air Transport Command.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

The Brazilian Ambassador, Senior
Carlos Martins, joined Senhora de
Martins and their young family in
Northern New York State, where
she has been since the close of the
brief visit of their Minister of War,
Gen. Oscar Dutra. The Ambassador
will be back later in the week, but
Senhora de Martins probably will
not return until the end of the
month.
The Cuban Ambassador, DR..
Aurelio F. Concheso, will remain
with Sonora de Concheso and their
children at Lake Placid until early
next week, when he will accompany
them back to Washington.
The Bolivian Ambassador and
Sonora de Guachalla had hoped to
have a vacation in Bolivia, but they
are awaiting the visit of their
Minister of Defense, 1t. Gen. Miguel
A. Gambia, who is expected later
in the month.
The Netherlands Ambassador, DR..
A. Loudon, is another of the ENJOYS
who has been able to take belated
vacation. He joined Nine. Loudon
and their family at Nonquit last
week and will be accompanied by
them when he returns about Sep
tenber 20.
The Yugoslav Ambassador and
Nine. Fotitch closed their cottage
at Rehoboth Beach early last week
and again are at the Embassy for
the autumn.
Also returning last week were the
Czechoslovak Ambassador and Nine.
Hurban, who spent a fortnight or
more in the West after the christen-
ing of the Thomas G. Masaryk, a
Liberty ship named for the first
President of Czechoslovakia. Nine.
Hurban was the sponsor for the
vessel, the first of our Liberty ships
to bear the name of a foreign states
man. 1t was Nine. Hurban's first
visit to California and they re-
manned in the West that she should
see its beauties.
The South African Minister and
Mrs. Close joined the group of
Washingtonians at Hot Springs
week ago and will not return until
the middle or end of next week.
The Irish Minister and Mrs. Bren-
nan and their son, Mr.. Robert Bren-
nan, jr., again are in their apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel from
Atlantic City, where they had a
cottage. Mrs. Brennan and her
son were there for several months,
the Minister Joining them for few
days now and then through the
season.
The Danish Minister, M. Henrik
de Kaufman, came back Friday
and Nine. &c Kaufman and their
children joined him yesterday. They
have been in Massachusetts, since
their return from the West Coast
a month ago and on their way
South stopped in New York for
several days.
The Luxembourg Minister, M.
Georges LIE Calais. also is back,
but Nine. LIE Calais remained in
the Berkshires, where she has been
through July and August. She will
not return until the end of the
month. The Grand Duchess Char
lotte and her attractive family are
on their farm in Bucks County, Pa.
The Iceland Minister and Mrs.
Thor Thors are spending "a fort
night at Hot Springs.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Seaman Fefed

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Meadows
had with them last week their son,
Seaman (Second Class Marshall
Robert Meadows who came from the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
where he recently completed his
training.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meadows entertained
at dinner in his honor and Mr.. and
Mrs. James L. Mosher entertained
him at luncheon.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Visited bv Sister

Mrs. Benson, wife of Col. C. C.
Benson, now overseas, has as her
guest in her home on @ street her
sister, Mrs. George C. Collins of
New Orleans, Mrs. Benson, for
merly Miss Helen Dick, and her
sister are former Washingtonians
and are renewing old friendships
during the several weeks stay of
Mrs, Collins.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Miss Fldnnery
Is Engaged to
Col. T. G. Early

Mr.. and Mrs. John Spalding Flan-
merry of Washington and Vineyard
Haven, Mass. have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Virginia Maury Flannery, to 1t. Col.
Thomas Gerard Early, Army Air
Forces.
Miss Flannery was graduated
from the Madeira School and from
Vassar College. She is a member
Evening star., 1943-09-06
! Jean O'Conuell.
| 1t. D0wuev We'd

The chapel at Dale Mabry Field
in Tallahassee was the scene of the
wedding August 13 of Miss Jean
O'Connell and 1t. Harry Lee
Downey, jr., Army Air Forces.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh O'Connell of Mount
Rainier and the bridegroom is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Downey
of this city
1t. Downey received his wings at
Napier Field, Dothan, Ala, and now
is overseas.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

to go into the blank market and
stop buying eggs"
La Guardia said he doubted that
the OPA action In lifting the quota
on slaughterhouses would help the
New York meat situation to any ap-
preciable degree.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
1000 Calls Daily
Handled at Quebec

A WAC-operated telephone ex-
change successfully handled an av-
erage of 1000 telephone calls day
during the recent Quebec war con-
ference attended by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill, the War Department dis
closed last night.
Four WAC officers, including Sec
ond 1t. Lillian r. Griffin, 5109 West
ern avenue NV, were in charge of
the Is enlisted WACS who handled
the calls-many of them to overseas
stations.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

Labor Day No Longer Spells
End of The Vacation Season

Labor Daybefore
and the vacation
for from
short time will
from home so large number did in other
officials diplomats joined the
and have had little the
them
much The Ambassador
July. Joined
Evening star., 1943-09-06
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

If you think the younger
generation doesn't do much
war work, you couldn't be more
mistaken. Take for example
teen-age Ruth Ann Harris who
has worked as a volunteer for
the Red Cross for a year (she
gets her years service bar today
and for a little over a year for
the American Women's Volun-
tary Services, selling defense
Evening star., 1943-09-06
DembSeys Return

Former Representative and Mrs.
S. Wallace Dempsey. who have been
on Cape Cod through the late sum-
mer, have returned to Washington
and opened their apartment in the
Mayflower.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Leaves for CoIIeee

Miss Gene Hamilton Ferris, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ
Ferris, left last week for Wellesley
College, where she will enter her
freshman year
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Mrs. Knuds0n Guest

Mrs. Allen Knudson of Richmond
is the guest for few days of Mrs.
Benjamin Smith at her apartment
in Wariman Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Men in Services Are Preparing Themselves
For Jobs That Won't Fold Up After Wor

This IS the second OF a series
OF stories on the plans dealing
NTH the return OF serpicemen to
ciDilian life.
Evening star., 1943-09-06

Tomorrow: When a man goes
back to his old job.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Brick Hits Reich
To Keep Pledge

WASHINGTON, April "a GNS)
The war department disclosed
today that Capt Gerald G. Price
had dropped a brick on Germany
at the request of a home town
friend AT Estes Park, Colo.
THE day Capt. Price left his
job with the Estes Park depart
ment Of public works, Lee VI.
Talent, superintendent of the
Park stan. requested him to
drop a brick on Hitler" the war
department said. He suggested
that II the personal target could
not he reached that the brick be
directed at one of Hitler's i'm
pOrtant war plants in Germany.
Capt. Price got his chance In
the raid by Flying FOrtresses
on the German submarine con-
structiOn center at VegeSack,
March 10. His brick went hur-
thing To the submarine base.
along with many heavy bombs"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Pick Goodfenows'
Fund Leaders
Committees for l943
Campaign Selected

Committees for the 1913 cam
paign of the Old NewsboyS' Good
fellow Fund were announce d
Saturday by Alex Schneider presi-
dent.
walter I. McKenZic was re-
named chairman of the purchasing
committee, Judge w. Mckay Skill
man 10 the municipal committee
George j. Hunter, delivery; Ed
ward w. Diehl, finance; Herman
Lieberman. benefits and b and
Ernest p. LaJoie, newspaper sup
port and membership; N a t h n
Samuels. sales; Joseph w. Brady,
Brady Memorial. VIII C hOnorS
memory of his brother, James J.
Brady. founder Of the fund; James
L. Mahon, welfare; A. Peter Ken
needy, emergency; Alice n. Cor
ham, publicity; William A. Parrish.
badge, and Herman a. Schmier,
speakers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
j. :. Sends Oil
For Spain Plants

WASHINGTON, April "a CUPl
The state department said today
that Spanish ship recently had
taken cargo of u. S. lubricating
oil to Spain but denied published
reports that fuel oil was being
sent to Spain from Philadelphia or
other East Coast points
The department said the oil
shipment was Of n type required
for certain essential industrial and
transportation services and which
under present conditions can he
obtained only in the United
States"
The purposes To which these
oils are TO be put in Spain have
been carefully eXaml ned ny
the United States officials" the
department said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Prices on Meat
Cut for May Il

WASHINGTON, April "a CUP)--
New retail price ceilings on beef
and lamb, effective May II. will be
one TO three cents pound below
those which had been scheduled 10
take effect April Is, the OPA an
nounccd today
The original ceilings were held
in allegiance for revision in the
light of President Roosevelt 5
hold the line" order against infla-
t!on.
Price Administrator Brown said
The new ceilings would bring meat
prices down TO one-tenth Of per
cent below February averages.
The reduction from March and
April prices will be larger than
that.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Little Boy Crushed
To Death by Truck

MT. CLEMENS, April "a -
Seven-year-old Richard Bennett Of
3OS7 South River road, Harrison
Township. was instantly killed at
noon Saturday when he was
crushed beneath the wheels OF a
coal truck IN the yard of his
fathers home.
The driver. Arthur Rex. 50. Of
2720 Union Lake road, Harrison
Township. said he did not see the
boy. Richard is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Bennett. Rex will be
questioned at the prosecutors
office Monday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Hold That Line
Faith Grows
Byrnes Is Confident
Program VIII Succeed

WASHINGTON, April "a QNS)
administration officials to-
day were reported to be confident
that they can hold the anti
initiation line despite protests of
labor against wage controls and
demands of producers for higher
prices.
Economic Sterilization Director
Byrnes, spearhead OF the admins
tration effort, has declared that a
strong battle not only will be
waged TO prevent n spiraling cost
of living, but he is certain that
the program will succeed.
Influential members of the Sen
ate and House are strongly sup
porting the administration effort
although they are under heavy
pressure from minority groups.
Said Senator Walter +. George
Cd of Georgia, chairman of the
finance committee:
I'VE must maintain salaries
and wages.
ut is, however, more Inn
pOrtant To all of us who re-
ceive wages and salaries than
any other element that prices
be held in check. This does not
mean an infiexibie rule.
I'VE have all the basic ele-
ments of imitation present. Our
task Is to prevent them from
running away. Things can he
held In check. We are still i'm
control OF the infationary pro-
cess"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Push Bond Sale,
Jeffries Urges

Mayor Jeffries Saturday ISSUED
an open letter to the citizens oi
Detroit" calling on all to speed M
the Second War Loan drive.
The letter read;
"Detroiters: We civilians are
on the spot. The Second War
Loan is our greatest war test, a
test that will show just how
much support we folks on the
home front are willing to give
our men on the battle front.
thine Is flying fast. We can't
delay. The next few days will
tell the story. And, when mid
night next Friday, April 80, rolls
around. Detroit must he over the
top. Buy war bonds today, De-
trolterS. Remember, They GIVE
their lives - you LEND your
money!"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Big Shots Facing
Poultry Prosecution

NEW YORK, April "a tUP1-
Regional OPA officials predicted
today that the Indictment Of three
Delaware poultry dealers would be
followed with more than A score
OF criminal cases in the next few
days in a government drive against
a threatened poultry black market.
Describing the three cases as
only "small-fry." OPk officials
said future prosecutions would in
volve large distributors and pro-
IducerS who have been implicated
Through sales to retailers in New
York.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Two Jailed by FBI
As Fake u. s. Agents

Two private policemen from a
war plant who allegedly posed as
federal agents were Jailed by the
FBI Saturday.
John j. Burns. ~. of 1929
Hampshire. and John j. Douse, b.
of "a Edmond place, are the men
accused. John S. Bugas, FBl
chief, said the pair had gained
entry TO a hotel room at 1858
Second and had stolen S83 from
the clerk. j L. Brown.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Solomons Bases
Of Japs Blasted
Munda Attacked Twice,
; Planes Set Afire

WASHINGTON, April "a CINS)
Five bombing and strahng at
tacks against Japanese bases and
installations in the central and
Solomons were reported
today by the navy.
In two attacks on Munda, in the
central Solomons, bombs were
dropped on the runway, anti-air-
craft positions were silenced and
three grounded enemy planes were
set afire.
The other attacks were directed
against Villa and Rekata Bay, in
the central SolomonS. and against
Kahili in the northern part OF the
archipelago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Puttbrese Commissioned

BATTLE CREEK, April 2I-Al-
bert {. PutlbreSe. past COM
mander Of the Michigan American
Legion and a veteran of the Red
Arrow Division, today was com
miSSlonrd a lieutenant in the navy.