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Evening star., 1943-09-26

o. 8. Kennedy second class,
listed as the son of Mrs. Viola Toep-
per, 500 block of Mellon street Sc,
was wounded in action, the Navy an
nouneement said.
The names carried on the lists
totaled 122 casualties with four
dead, one wounded and lit missing
Mr.. Kennedy, 26, who joined the
Navy in 1899, was serving on a de-
stroyer in the Mediterranean area.
Prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily,
in which his mother believes he
participated, he served in supply
convoy in the North African the
ater of operations.
Mrs. Kennedy last heard from Olin
on September 3 and in his letter
he expressed hope that the family
was as well as he, she said today
He was last home May 2 on leave.
Two brothers, Frank E. Kennedy
and Ralph Kennedy, are serving in
the armed forces. Frank, a marine
platoon sergeant, is now in the
Pacific and Ralph is stationed at
the Coast Guard Academy, New
London, Conn.
Mr.. Kennedy graduated from the
Hyattsville (Md.) High School in
1885. He was a. sports enthusiast
and played both baseball and bas-
ketball. Before his Navy enlistment,
he was employed by the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Co.
Other sons and daughters of Mrs.
KENNEDY are: Irmine Kennedy
Mrs. Otis Deer, Milton Kennedy.
employed at Hyattsville by the phone
company, and Jack, is, a junior at
Mckinley High School. Her hus-
band died in May, 1912,
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Better Setup Urged
For War Directors
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. Is. - The
American Civil Liberties Union
today urged 'fairer treatment for
conscientious objectors" in a plea
to Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
head of selective service, and At
torney General Biddle, signed by
19 Americans none of whom are
pacifists."
Embodied in a 50-page pamphlet,
Conscience and the War" the plea
proposed:
A more liberal basis for recogniz-
ing conscience; the establishment
of uniform national policy in the
appeals system; removal of military
officers from civilian functions of
handling presidential appeals, pa
roles and the direction of work
camps; individual assignments to
civilian jobs instead of work camps:
provision for pay equal to soldier,
and parole to useful occupations of
large part of the 1,500 genuine
objectors in prison" convicted for
technical offenses."
Signers were listed as including
DR.. Frederick May Eliot, president
Of the Unitarian Association, Bos-
ton; Dean Christian Gauss of
Princeton University, DR.. Felix
Morley, president of Haverford Col
lege; DR.. Mary E. Woolley, former
president of Mount Holyoke College,
and DR.. William Allan Nelson,
former president Of Smith College.
The report said that about 10000
men are registered as conscientious
objectors. -
Evening star., 1943-09-26

WORKERS PLEDGE-Shown above is the Victory Day
pledge signed by 1900 employees the Marinshp
the w Bechte Shpbuldng Co. In honor the
versary of the launching Of the Patrick Henry Liberty
snip The Marlnshp pledge mailed from Sausao
Caf would reach the Maritime Commission here before
similar scrolls to be signed by workers spyards
throughout the country A. Williams Maritime Commission
secretary points out OF the signatures
ward third from ef of the commissioners of the
Maritime Service So Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Three Men From D. {.
Included on Navy's
Casually Report

Three District men-a lieutenant
and two enlisted men-were named
on recent Navy Department casualty
lists, which included Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard personnel.
Navy 1t. q. g. John James
Green, whose wife, Mrs. Theodore
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Chandler Green
resides at 2811
Albemarle street
NV, and Olin
Stevenson Ken
nedy, torpedo
mans mate, first
class, u. S. N,
son of Mrs. Izola
Kennedy, 2001
Evarts S tre e t
NE, were re-
ported missing
in action. Will
II m Nicholas
Appel, G oa S t
Guard seaman.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Stop growing about the things
you can't spend your money for.
You can buy War bonds with it,
Evening star., 1943-09-26

lS-Slso5 COIL SPRINGS; oll-metol coil SPRINGS
thot have been foctoy recondtioned ond re-
dipped; finished in grey; II ore three -ouorter
size and s double bed size 90
25-sl1.ss ALL-METAL COTS; folding cots that
hove been redipped ond finished in grey 30-inch
width; complete with comfortable cotton pad
8.88
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Four Others
AreDanaged
In Solomons
Bombers and Torpedo
Planes Score in Raid
On Escape Flotilla'
Off Guadalcanal
(Hy The .l%>oc,o,cd Pr,vx)

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dolIIlr L,rr, .t,.,L. ~
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ing 10 CVaCUatC their troopS
from Guadalcanal the first week
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Bill Provides
State Study
OF Alcoholism

E1lr.Ih. Fob. - -(AP)-N bill de
-.gnC0 20 reduce "thc prevalence ur
chronic alcoholism and tend 10 al
!CNidtC IFS effects" was introduced
today by Representative St"ucv Of
Burke
Hi bin would direct ,hc governor
:" appoint siv-mau commits. ION.
including three physician, and three
iudC"> or cN-IudgCS. 80 make - ,tudv
Il the medical and legal aspects Of
alcoholism ard make recommends
ION. for handling it,
The commission would rt,prrt ~
the governor Ivy July /. 1874. ard
hc III turn would recommend lcgisla-
ton to curb chronic alcoholism
Members world hc paid s. per diem
and expenses.
The senate passed ON second AVID
third readings and sent iu the house
by special messenger - bill bv clar',
ri EdgCC"mhC. Mckee 1T iacl; son and
johnson of Dlpllu to set up "a uni
fled board Of control for mcutIl no
ritalS Ht MOrgantnn. GuldSburu and
Raleigh and CaSwCll Training School
at kinSinn. The measure had been
amended tu provide for lie employ
mCnt Of a general business manager
of the Institutions in addition 70 a
general superintendent Of mental by
giCnC.
Tho byrd would include member.
FROM the cast. piedmont and west
and would meet ut least once = wear
| nj each institution. The general ST.
| pCrintcndcni would to q physician
with special training ~ uSvchlatrv
| and treatment OF mental diseases.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Supply of Teen Age
Youths in State
Nearly Exhausted,
Draft Official Says

Raleigh. Feb. l2--(AP)-Statc
Srlcctivc service officials said
today that North Cardinals sup
ply Of teen age youths was being
drplctcd RAPIDLY and that many
married men would don military
uniforms probably before mid
summer.
The lucu! boards have been draw
n" heavily from these age groups
~" officer said. and the supply i.
becoming exhausted. When this
number is gone we'll either have TO
1rHri those who arc now deferred in
Is "ntial occupations or call those
with children.
9TH" majority of the dcfcrmcnts
now being issued arc going tn those
win" are '.tallv needed to help pro-
1HCc food Tor the war effort"
"Wh.Ir ShInhuinG is considered
-. n'ir' I docs nH' necessarily mean
" d'''.7vu: for draft rcgis'rant."
'"" 'l'ic'r said Right now. we're
"ninring numbers Of mon in the
shipyardS In instances
whore the worker cam bc replaced
= m"n with families. this is being
dome"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12


Officials OF 'hC office al price adj
wiu'StrHtiun said to-day that they had
failed t. find any sensible or work.
able plan of graduating meat ra-
"uS according 10 are nnG arc max
rg final plans no the bass of every
ne. getting the same amount.
This will. i'm effect. give an extra
"l!"tmcni OF meat tu parents of
'biCS. DPN wanted 10 avoid that.
bat The only alternative WAS not To
'iI"w any meat at all Tor very small
children. Since tcCthlug babies con-
sumo al least small amount of
meat. especially bacon the rejected
plan would have forced parents To
divide their mCHgCr rdtinnS with
mall children. Tho mechanics of
coupon rationing did not seem TO
permit any sliding scale,
March 70 is the date that OPA is
#hn"ting at in lis planning of meat
ration.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Married Men Face Draft
BY Middle Of Summer
Man Killed
In Accident

WI TON. Feb l2-(Ap)-
ono was killed and four
"ihcr- iLrcd critically when an
"Npiosiyrs-ladcn high transport
and a WUC.. loaded with workers
c"Ilid"d on a bridge on l.. S.
Highway l.. near mere
/r"H lmmuu ui frcrIJnd died
soon alter tho drc,dcni. Another
white man and three Negroes
W"." reported iu serious roud!-
lions ai local hospital
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Move Poiises
New Threats
10 Invaders
35-Mile Gain Scored
BY Soviet Army;
Allied Offensive
Reported in Africa
ON the ASSOcjdicd Prcxx)

wy me HSSOctni|d IfC%S)
Soviet forces making up the
central Don armies were re-
ported driving ahead within 60
miles of the great hydru-vlcc
trio power city of Dmlrpcropc-
troSk in the Ukraine today after
Il 35-milc advance, while in the
Caucasus Il series OF pitched
battles ragged on the shores OF
The Black Sea.
The thrust toward this major
junction. site OF Il 500. OOO. 900
dam built by American cngi-
nccrS and subsequently destroy
rd by the Russians in their
"Scorchcd earth retreat two
years ago, poised Il triple threat
20 ih" invaders. It:
I. Cut the main railway be-
tween Kharkcv and The frir!ra.
,. Drove u wedge between
the two large German armies on
the southern front.
,. Sharply Increased the dan
ger To the western escape cor
rider" of $4,000 German troops
now under virtual siege at ROS-
TOW.
In the Caucasus. Soviet marinc-
and WarShipS of the Russian fleet
were reported battling luyiuUsly To-
prevent part, of 2nO.n0 uNiS troops
from csCapin" o" the Bluc!; Sc. c"u.r.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Meat Ration
Same 10 All
Rationing Expected
About March %;
Graduated Scale
Plan Discarded

Washington. Feb. I2-(hP-
Babies. children and adults all
Will get the same meat allow
ancc when the rationing plan
G0re into operation. now expect
ed about March 20.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12
Lien Bill Back
To Committee
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waller Hotel.
III LYNN NISHET.

Raleigh. Feb l2-FaCcd with ono
Of ihr longest calendars of the Sos
sion. the house of representatives
Thursday got into prolonged discus
sion ur bin &" deprive laburcrs'
liens Of priority rating where re.
corded mortgages were entered
against property. and finished only
about onc.ihrrd rp the calendar.
Introduced owe days ago bv Rep-
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Laws SaysHe Can't
Decide Contempt Case
Cites Lock Of Authority
In Arbuckle Chorqe

Justice Bolitha J. Laws voiced an
opinion in District Court today that
he is without power to deal with"
contempt proceedings in connection
with the recent Arbuckle embezzle-
ment trial; explaining that his au-
thority would extend only to pro-
ceedings based on indictment for
perjury.
The contempt was charged
against William Withers Arbuckle,
48. former manager of the Senate
restaurant, and Robert c. Hender-
son, witness for Arbuckle at his re-
cent trial and conviction on charges
Of embezzling 81 $50 Of restaurant
funds. It was based on an allegedly
false statement made by Henderson
and said by him to have been due
to faulty memory on his part.
After reviewing the case. Justice
Laws said he based his opinion on
Supreme Court ruling that Judge
has no power to punish for con-
tempt by reason of false testimony
alone.
Otherwise" he commented, "a
Judge would be in a position to
force his will upon witnesses and
control their testimony"
He added that, in a case of per.
jury committed In open court, the
court may not punish for contempt
unless, in addition to the perjury,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Wide Latitude Permitted
On Hiring Control Methods

Wide latitude is given the Dis
trict and other local authorities to
set up methods of hiring control
that are best adapted to local mar
ket conditions, Manpower Chairman
McNutt said today In q statement
seeking to clarity his announcement
On this subject Of last Friday.
He said District employers should
utilize fully existing private and
public hiring channels, providing
these would conform to the stand
ards to be established in the forth
coming employment sterilization
plans for each area.
This program" Mr.. McNutt said,
encourages local initiative and CO.
operative effort in solving man.
power problems. Established hiring
channels available In the commu-
nifty may continue to operate If
they conform to rules which are
to be worked out jointly by local
government, labor and management
to promote the most effective use
Of manpower for the war effort.
Although this policy gives the
regional director authority to CEN
tralize all hiking through the United
States Enpioyment Service. We do
not expect that this authority viii
have to be used except in extreme
casss. In fact. the policy specifi-
ca1ly instructs the regional and area
Manpower directors to make the
fullest possible use Of existing hir-
ing channels and to integrate these
into the manpower program for the
area"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08

there clearly appears "the further
element Of obstruction to the court
In the performance Of its duty.
Il ind no way in which I can as
cribe to their testimony any effect
by way Of blocking the inquiry" he
said.
Arbuckle, meanwhile, is awaiting
sentence on the embezzlement con-
viction.' Justice Laws announced
that he would hear arguments on
the defendants motion In arrest OF
judgment. to set aside the verdict
and for new trial at 10 a m. Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Akron Writer Won't
Tell Marines Names
Strike Story Defended
By Woman Reporter
BY the Associated Press.


A reporter for the Akron (Ohio)
Beacon Journal which published
stories quoting marines as saying
that merchant seamen refused to
work on Sunday on Guadalcanal,
testified to a House Naval Affairs
Subcommittee today disclosure of
these sources would destroy public
faith in any reporter" or news
paper.
The committee had asked Charles
Miller, city editor of the paper, Fri
day to produce the names of the
sources OF the stories which were
denied by Secretary of the Navy
Knox and the commanders in the
South Pacific zone.
Should the names of these boys
be given and they later be punished,
the mothers and fathers of Akron
would never again have faith in
any reporter and certainly not in
any newspaper" Mrs. Helen Water
house, member of the papers stan,
testified.
She explained that she obtained
from furloughed marines informa-
ton that merchant seamen refused
to unload cargo at Guadalcanal and
that the fighting men had to do the
job.
Chairman Magnuson asserted that
the paper was unfamiliar with
maritime procedure, adding that
cargo unloading never was handled
by ships crew.
Mrs. Waterhouse also testified that
just the other day in Washington
she questioned two marines and one
of them told her he had heard OF
the strike" but would rather not
talk about it."
II learned after the publication OF
my story that Admiral emory s.
Land of the Maritime Commission
has made public a statement in
dicating he has 30-odd cases in
volving questions Of discipline In
the merchant MARINE" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Children and Housewives Get
UnscheduIed Afraid Drill

road between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets and Pinehourst Circle
About 100 of Garrison's 700 stu
dents had come to school early to
play, Mrs. 1. w. Tyler, principal
said. They were sent to afraid
posts at once. and then released
when Custodian Walter H. Young
discovered no other sirens had
sounded in the vicinity.
The fireboard and the District
switchboard had hundreds of calls
from residents OF the neighborhoods
involved, according to Commissioner
Young's Office. Repairmen were
sent Immediately to fix the batteries
All the sirens sounded for about
three minutes at 1885 am, and the
Garrison School siren gave an ad-
ditional short blast a few minutes
later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Three Maryland Youths
Burn 10 Death in Crash

BY the Associated Press.
TERRA ALTA, w. Va, Feb. B.
Three Oakland (Md) youths were
burned to death Saturday night
when the truck In which they were
riding on Route I, about mile east
Of here, failed to negotiate a curve,
overturned and caught fire, police
reported.
The youths-James Beckman, 81;
Les Bowman, 10, and Charles Junior
Edgar. 19-were pinned In the blaz-
ing cab of the truck.
Beckman and Edgar were to have
been indicted into the Army>today
Terra Alta is near the Maryland
West Virginia line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08

-Four afraid sirens went of by
mistake at 1885 o'clock this morn
ing, sending school children and
housewives into extra AFRAID drills
and flooding the District switch
board with inquiries.
H. A. Friede, controller of the Dis
trict communications system, at
tributed the blasts to trouble in
telephone batteries located at the
Woodley exchange of the Chesa-
peake &, Potomac Telephone Co.
The sirens are operated through
telephone wires from the afraid
control tower. Those sounding, all
located in the Northwest section,
were at the Garrison Elementary
School, Twelfth and R streets NV;
No. "a Engine Company, Georgia
avenue and Rock Greek Church road
NV; No. II Engine Company, Park
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Youth, Is, Is Indicted
In "a Housebreakinqs
Mann Act Violations
Charged to Women

An 18-year-old colored youth who,
police say, has admitted approx
mately 10 robberies in local apart
ments and rooming houses and
59-year-old woman whom the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
charged with violating the White
Slave Act while posing as a. mas
seuse, were named among 90 in
dictments returned by the grand
jury today.
The youth is Spencer McGruder,
1922 Nineteenth street NV, and
the woman, Mary Anna Swift of the
first block of Raymond street,
Chevy Chase. Md.
Also indicted were two persons
charged with criminal assault, Frank
o. Cain, 80, said to be local taxicab
driver, and Leonard Augustus
Saunders, Al, colored, dish washer In
a Connecticut avenue restaurant.
McGruder was named in IA in
dictments. in Is of which he was
charged with HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny. In one, the charge was
HOUSEKEEPING.
According to Assistant United
States Attorney John L. Ingoldsby
McGruder served an 18-month sem
tence in the National Training
School for HOUSEKEEPING.
The Swift woman was named in
seven indictments. being accused of
transporting girls to Washington
and Maryland for immoral purposes.
FBI Director Hoover said the woman
had operated from an address on
Church street before her alleged &C
tivities from her Chevy Chase home.
Cain is accused of criminal as
sault on an 18-year-old girl early
in the morning Of February l in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Wisconsin Militia Guards
0CD Office After Shake-up
a.f6. A..o<,1f.d pas.

~ the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Feb. s-Adjt. Gen.
Alvin A. H. Kuechenmeister report
ed today that the situation still was
well in hand" after an armed
platoon 0f State Guardslnen had
moved in on Wisconsin's-civilian de-
tense headquarters to protect State
property over the week end.
Uniformed guards occupied the
organizations executive oiilces in q
downtown building shortly before
midnight Saturday at the direc-
ton Of Acting Gov. Walter s. Good
land after dismissal Of 43 Of the 46
paid workers by Ralph S. Kingsley,
the councils chairman.
The workers were relieved of their
duties after Gov. Goodland had
ordered an immediate halt to mon
essential activities" Informed of
this action by Mr.. Kingsley, Gov
Goodland Immediately dismissed
him, directed Mr.. Kuechenmeister to
take over the craftsmanship, and
ordered the headquarters kept under
armed guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Two Women Released
In Hospital Staying Case
- the Associated Press.

&y tnG Ax3OClAVeQ Tfe63.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 8.-Two women
charged by police with the triangle"
Staying of Victor Caproni as he lay
in hospital bed were released from
Jail today after the Hamilton County
grand jury failed to mention them
IN = report to Common Pleas Judge
Chase Davies.
Prosecutor Carson Hoy said the
charge against Mrs Eleanor Caproni,
wife Of the 29-year-old slain war
plant guard, and Mrs. Pearl Leonard,
who lived with the Capronis, tech
nically could be brought up later.
The grand jury not only passed by
the murder charge against the
women. but also disregarded charge
Of shooting with intent to kill filed
against Mrs. Caproni, Mr.. Hoy said
Caproni was slain January Is in
Good Samaritan Hospital day after
he was wounded during q quarrel In
his home.
Terming their story the most
eordid I've ever heard" Mr.. Hoy said
the women told him of sharing
Caproni's life and abode. first
through love, then fear and hate
engendered partly through his con-
slant threats to kill them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Nazis Step Up Calls
On Laval for Cash
And Supplies
French Chief Given
New Demands, With
No Chance to Protest
~ the Associated Press.

~ lne AeSoclAted Press.
LONDON, Feb. 8.-The bill fol
the German occupation of France
has been raised to soc, 900 900 marks
q month from the former SOC, 600, O00-
mark total, authoritative reports In
dicated today.
Before the war the mark was
valued at 40 cents, but is no
longer quoted in the foreign ex-
change market.)
Pierre Laval, Vichy government
chief. merely received the demand
and was given no chance to object,
informed quarters said.
Other demands on France also
were increased at the time of Laval's
recent visit to Adolf Hitler's head
quarters, these quarters said, al
though the information has been
concealed from the French public.
Payments to Italy for occupation
costs have been stepped up to S.
600 900 marks monthly.
With the increased payments to
both the occupying countries the
printing presses of the Bank of
France. the money-issuing agency,
have been working overtime.
More extensive deliveries Of rail-
road rolling stock are being made to
Germany despite the fact that
more than third of all such equip
ment which France possessed in
1910 has already been surrendered
to the conquerors.
Another $500 skilled French rail-
road workmen are being sent to
Germany in addition to $500 al
ready there.
German demands for wheat have
been increased by an unspecified
amount, although of Frances 1912
crop Of about 1874 100000 bushels,
$4,000, 900 bushels have already gone
to the Reich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Hitler Addresses Group
Of Nuzi GuuIeiters
y the Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb. "a Berlin broad
cast recorded today by Reuters said
Adolf Hitler, receiving a group of
Nazi gauleiters district governors
at his headquarters expressed his
certainty that the severity of the
times and the spirit of the German
people arising out of it will give the
German nation gigantic strength
and will make it invincible."
The Fuehrer's address to the
gauleiters, who met with government
officials Friday and Saturday to dis
cuss means of prosecuting the war,
was delivered with the greatest de-
termination and absolute confidence
in victory" the broadcast said.