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Evening star., 1943-09-29
Maj. Charles Griffith.
Officer and Writer,
Dies in Philadelphia

Maj. Charles T. Griffith, 81, u. S.
A, retired, noted for his treatise on
overcoming pain, died yesterday at
his home in Philadelphia, the Asso-
ciated Press reported today.
Maj. Griffith was the brother of
Mrs. John Russell Young, wife of
the District Commissioner.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Friday at Arlington National
Cemetery.
Frostbitten in Army.
Maj. Griff1th suffered severe FROST
bite while stationed at Fort Riley,
Kans.. in his youth, and as result
one leg was amputated in 1915 and
the other in 1929 During his con-
valescence, he evolved his plan for
diverting attention from pain and
later wrote book. Power OF Diver
sion," which became source of aid
to many crippled persons.
Born in Baltimore, his family
moved to Georgetown when he was
IL years old. He attended public
schools here and received prepara-
tory training for West Point at Cedar
Croft, Cornwall, N. Y, and school
in Summit, N. J.
He joined the Regular Army in
1908 and served on the West Coast.
in the Philippine campaign, the
Veracruz campaign under Gen.
Frederick Funston and on the Texas
border. During the Veracruz cam
paign he served as lieutenant IN
command of mounted scout and
machine gun company.
Served in World War.
During the First World war he
served as a professor of military
science and tactics at the University
of Pennsylvania for two years. He
retired in 1919.
Mai. Griffith married Miss Caro-
line Tiers of Philadelphia June Is
1911. He was a member of the
Maryland Historical Society in
Baltimore and the Army and Navy
Club of Washington. the Sons of the
American Revolution, the Military
Order of the World War and the
Houston Post of the American
Legion.
Maj. Griffith was division manager
of machinery firm in Philadelphia
Besides Mrs. Young, he is survived
by his widow and another sister
Mrs. Frank T. German, wife of Real
Admiral German OF the United
| States Coast Guard.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Dealer Freed Of Charges
OF Selling Spoiled Chicken

Benjamin ]. Rotter, proprietor of
the Bethesda Wayside Market. was
acquitted yesterday of charges that
he sold or offered to sell diseased
or corrupted poultry" at hearing
before Trial Magistrate Albert E.
Brault in Bethesda Police Court.
Judge Brault said the prosecution
had failed to prove the chicken in
question was spoiled at the time it
was sold.
He also upheld objections by
James H. Pugh, attorney for Mr..
Rotter, to admission of State evi-
dence charging several other chick
ems in the defendants possession
were spoiled.
Approximately Is Bethesda resi-
dents testified that poultry and
other products purchased at the
market had been of excellent quail
ity.
Assistant States Attorney Alfred
D. Noyes prosecuted the case.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Nation Again Faces
Banana SHORTAGE
BY the ASsociar-d Prose

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, Sept. 29.-The
last of the big fruit boats on the
West Coast Central and South
American run went into Govern
ment service today and that IS why
there will be fewer bananas in the
Nation-even green ones.
There will be no more bananas
shipped from the West Coast by
rail to the East and Middle West,
according to G. D. Boswell West
Coast manager of the United Fruit
Go, one of the worlds largest ba-
mana growing and importing con-
Germs.
Some will still trickle into the
Eastern half of the Nation through
Gulf and Atlantic ports, however.
-Four small banana boats remain
of the feet in the Pacific and these
can kau1 only about 5000 carloads
a year, all told, Mr.. boswell esti-
mates, compared with 1880 car
loads in past years.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Victory Sill Far0H,
Byrnes Declares u
War Conference Here

America is not as close to winning
the war as Germany was during the
Battle OF Britain. or as Japan was
Immediately after Pearl Harhor,
James F. Byrnes, director of the
ONCE of War Mobilization. told 225
business, labor and newspaper Lead
ers at the closing session of a war
conference at Fort Belvoir yesterday.
THE heroes of Bataan still are
prisoners Of the Japanese he said,
"and no full-scale offensive against
Japan has commenced. No Allied
army has yet crossed the borders
of Germany"
Mr.. Byrnes was outspokenly pes
simistic about an early termination
of the war and added that 1t ia
by no means clear that the United
States is as united on the home
front as are its enemies. The war
| will certainly be prolonged because
OF this. he said, and a lack of
internal harmony will cause greater
and not lesser strains on civilian
life.
Wilson, Knudsen Speak.
Previously the delegates seated In
the flag-bedecked theater at the
camp had heard Charles e. Wilson.
executive vice chairman of the War
Production Board, outline the mag
nitude Of the production Job that
lies ahead of American industry.
1t. Gen. William S. Knudsen, direc-
tor OF production, described his
recent month-long trip to the South
Pacific.
Mr.. Wilson maintained America
should be concerned--and at once
with the worth of the job at hand;
estimate what he called its @dinlen-
sions," and determine whether it
has any characteristics which. If
known, would make 1t possible to do
the job better.
In 1940," he said, "only 8 per
cent of our resources were applied to
war measures. Now we are expend-
Ing so per cent or more, at rate
that Is surpassed only by Russia
and Germany. We are outstripping
Canada by so per cent, Great Brit
ain and Germany by 100 per cent
and Japan BY approximately 300 per
(, cent" he said.
Must Double Axis Output.
I'm 1941," he continued, Germany,
Italy and Japan turned out five
times the amount of war goods that
We ourselves produced. In 1914 1t
will be necessary for us to- turn out
twice what they manufacture If we
are to win the war"
After the closing session OF the
conference delegates, who had been
| driven from the Pentagon in buses
to mess halls at Fort Belvoir, went
over Fort Belvoir's $500 acres to
1 witness tank destroying demon
stration, in which land mines and
bazookas were employed Tank
traps, foxholes and defiles which
halt the heavy equipment were also
demonstrated.
Another demonstration to the
southeast of the fort involved the
capture of strongly-held enemy"
position beyond a creek over which
more than 600 electrically discharged
explosive caches had been buried.
The attack was complete with P-47
Thunderbolt support from Boiling
Field and fight of B-25s which
roared up the creek bed at tree-top
level, dropping dummy bombs on
the retreating enemy.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Woman Pleads Guilty
To Espionage Charge
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Sept. 2s.-Another of
the group of men and women &C
cused by the Government of con-
spirihg to send war production in
formationato Nazi Germany pleaded
guilty in United States District
Court here Tuesday.
She was Mrs. Emma Elise Leon
hardt, 56-year-old housewife, whose
East Side home the Federal Bureau
of Investigation asserted was used
as meeting place for the group.
Previously her husband, Carl
Leonhardt, and Walter J. Abt, a
research engineer, pleaded guilty.
Five others, including three women.
have been indicted on similar
charges.
Four have been arraigned and
have been held in bonds of S25, 900
and $4,000 for examination, the
dates for which have not been fixed
Miss Grace Buchanan-D -Dineen,
attractive 34-year-old cosmopolite
and defendant who was a Govern
ment witness before the Federal
grand jury, has not yet been ar
ralgned on the indictment.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Increased Payments
To Dependents Get
Army Endorsement

The Army and Navy today indors-
ed the Senate-approved bill increas-
ing allowances for servicemens de-
pendents, as members of the House
Military Affairs Committee pro-
tested paying benefits to wealthy
wives"
AS the committee opened hearings
on more than dozen measures pro-
viding increases in allowances, sew
eral members contended that pay
meats TO wives and children should
not be automatic. but should be
governed by need.
Maj. Gen. Miller G. White, assist
ant chief of staff in charge of Army
personnel, who said both the War
and Navy Departments were in gen.
eral accord with the legislation,
pointed out that payments to wives
and children had been made auto
matte in the original bill and de-
clared:
You've made dependency allow
ance part Of the pay of the men
you force into the Army through
selective service. / don't think you
should differentiate between the
men after you get them in"
Amendment Asked.
Representative Thomason, DEM
ocrat, of Texas said he favored leg
islation that would make adequate
provisions for the soldiers who gave
up jobs and had no independent
income but that he believed that
the law should be amended so that
1T will not be "abused'' by men
whose families are we'll fixed.
In response to a suggestion from
Representative Sparkman, Demo-
crat, Of Alabama that soldiers
should not be forced to make allot-
ments to "unfaithful wives" Gen.
White said he didn't think the War
Department could become a court
of domestic relations" 'f-','
Although number Of bills to
increase family allowances have
been introduced, partly as a result
of the father draft debate, the COM
mittee concentrated today on the
Senate-approved bill. which boosts
the allowance for wife and child
from $62 to s63 month and in
creases the payment for each addi-
tional child from $40 to Sill a month
Bill Makes Distinctions.
The bill also makes a distinction
between parents, brothers and sis
ters dependent on the servicemen
for their chief support and those
dependent on him only for part
support. A mother, for instance
dependent on a soldier son for hel
chief support would receive $50 a
month, while a parent dependent
only for partial support would re.
ceive $37 month, which was the
original payment.
The bill also provides for thu
Government to make an initia
months payment to the families O.
servicemen so that the family coule
be taken care of in the interim
before an allotment can be taker
from the soldiers pay.
The bill also extends the benefit.
to noncommissioned officers in tn,
three highest grades.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Crowley Asks Survey
By Budget Bureau on
Four-Agency Merger
By JAMES Y. NEWTON,

Leo T. Crowley, new chief of
the Nations foreign economic
activities, has asked the Budget
Bureau to determine whether the
four agencies put under his
charge by President Roosevelt
should be merged as one organ
ization or maintained independ-
emily, with Mr.. Crowley directing
policies and co-ordinating activ-
tiles of all, it was learned today.
Mr.. Crowley requested the bureau
to study thoroughly the organiza-
tlonal efficiency and advise him at
the earliest moment of its findings.
The agencies are the Office of Eco
nomic Warfare, which Mr. Crowley
has headed; the Lease-Lend Ad-
ministration, Office of Foreign Re-
lief and Rehabilitation Operations
and the State Departments Office
Of Foreign Economic Coordination,
which were placed under him Sat-
urday.
Until results of the investigation
are received. the four agencies will
maintain their former identity
Meanwhile, Mr.. Crowley has ap-
pointed administrative heads for
three, of them. Lauchlin Currie,
former presidential assistant and
executive officer of DEW, will be
administrator for that agency; Muir
ray Latimer. chief of staff of the
OFRRO. will direct the organiza-
ton formerly headed by Herbert
Lehman, former New York Gov
ernor. and Bernhard Knollenberg
will head Lease-Lend. Mr.. Knollen-
berg is senior deputy administrator
of that agency.
Status Undetermined.
Status of the Office of Foreign
Economic Coordination, headed by
Assistant Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, has not been determined
definitely, though it was said Mr..
Crowley undoubtedly will retain this
established organization as his "co-
ordinating mechanism.
Two prominent Federal officials
recently became associated with the
office. James Lands, former head
of the Office of Civilian Defense,
was made regional co-ordinator for
the Middle East. while c. B. Bald
win, former Farm Security admin
istrator, was given charge of Italy.
Mr. Crowley has met with the top
officials of the agencies and mapped
working plans with them. AS head
of the new Office of Foreign Eco
nomic Administration, it will be
Mr.. CrowleyS job to eliminate con-
fiict and overlapping authority
among the four agencies. Pending
the Budget Bureaus reports, he has
arranged frequent conferences with
the new agency heads directing the
policies of each. The new overall
economic agency will act as a hold
ing company" as it were, for the
four subordinate organizations.
The presidential order setting up
the overall agency was so worded
it was SAID, that it gave Mr.. Crowley
a great deal of authority to work
out details of the new organization.
He decided Immediately to allow the
Budget Bureau to decide how the
combination could be handled most
efficiently.
Decision of the President to COM
Evening star., 1943-09-29
| Dodgers Vote
| Series Moneyoto
Five in Service !
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29.-The
Brooklyn Dodgers voted today to
split their cut of the World Series
spoils, which will be either third or
fourth place money, among 80 per-
sons with % full shares.
Half shares were awarded to Pee
wee Reese, Pete Reiser, Larry
French, Hugh Casey and Lew Riggs,
who are in military service $500.
Inf1elder Albie Glossop. released
yesterday to the Chicago Cubs on
waivers, was voted a full share, but
this action is subject to the approval
of Commissioner Lands because
the player is now a member of an
other National League club. Clos
sop has been informed he need not
report to Chicago until next spring.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
husso!ini's S Entry
Into Rome Reported
By Belgian Radio
Ey the Associated rress.

EF the Associated Fress.
NEW YORK, Sept 29-In a
broadcast recorded by the owl the
Nazi-controlied Belgian radio net
work yesterday said Benito MuSso-
lini made his entry into Rome"
Monday on the Sd anniversary of
the signing of the tripartite pact.
The broadcast, directed to the
Flemish people of Belgium in the
Flemish language, said Rome to-
day becomes the capital of Repub-
lican Fascist Italy"
The Berlin radio, in a broadcast
recorded in London by the Associ-
ated Press, quoted a Rome dis
patch as telling of long address
by Mussolini to his fellow-puppets
in which he promised an early con-
stitution for q kfngless new state
and threatened to punish those who
had evicted and arrested him.
The Vichy radio listed decisions
by Mussolini's new regime, saying
that under them the Senate, whose
members were nominated by King
Victor Emmanuel, was dissolved
that all Italian fighting forces were
concentrated under the Fascist
Ministry of War; that existing
syndicates are concentrated into
single one" and that the investiga-
tion into the riches of old Fascist
Party members would continue, as
would the investigation into the
records of all italians who held
public Office in the last 80 years.
The Rome radio quoted Mussolini
as saying his reformed government
meant to create Immediately an
Italian army to rejoin the fight
beside Germany and Japan.
The Vichy radio said the govern
ment planned to shift its seat from
Rome because Rome had been de-
clared an open city and the Rome
radio said it probably would set up
house in Verona, where Marshal
Erwin Rommel repeatedly has his
headquarters.
An Italian frontier dispatch to
Die Tat of Zurich, however, said
the government already was located
at Bolzano, about 38 miles south
of Brenner Pass. The Nazi press
has been referring to Bolzano as a
German city," a hint-if the Die
Tat dispatch was correct-that Mus
soiini might be more a Reich pris-
oner than government head.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Mexico HuIts 20 Cars
Of Beef Bound for u. S,
BY the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
M XICO CITY, Sept. %
twenty carloads of Mexican beef
destined for markets in the United
States have been turned back at
Juarez on the border. President
Avila Camacho announced last
night.
The shipment, which had not
been authorized by the Mexican
government, was rerouted to Mex
leo City, which is currently expert
encing beef shortage.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Building Group Elects Locke

Donald R. Locke, Arlington
County zoning administrator, yes
terday was elected vice president of
the Building Officials Conference of
Virginia at a convention in Roam
oke. A. r. Lash, Alexandria build
ing inspector, was named to the
Executive Committee.
Evening star., 1943-09-29
Planes
Continued From First Page.)

Wilson, executive vice chairman of
the War Production Board, stated
that the plane production schedule
for 1e44 called for a so per cent
increase in production above this
year. Council members said this
schedule could not be approac ched
unless their manpower problems
were understood and solved.
L. c. Goad, vice president of the
Eastern Aircraft Division of General
Motors, declared that introduction
OF equitable wage incentive plans in
airplane plants would increase pro-
duction Is per cent without necessi-
tsting employment of additional
workers. He pointed out that Cen
eral Motors formerly made wide use
of'incentive plans but dropped them
because Of opposition by labor.
L. D. Bell, president Bell Aircraft
Corp. and head of the council, said
that next year the industry must
build more and more aircraft with
less people" The principal prob
lens confronting manufacturers, he
said, are labor utilization, absen-
teeism, labor turnover and the
proper care of the everyday affairs
Of workers, particularly women,
While they are on the job.
Evening star., 1943-09-29

MRS ROOSEVELT BRINGS MESSAGE-Mss Helen Carl 22 Of
o4 Quincy street NV War Department secretary her
epnone Monday night and bnked with surprise when the
voice at the other said it was Mrs Roosevelt
bringing her message from boy friend Sergt AL Lewis
former Washington stationed in Aus
traa Il met your boy friend in Australia asked me to
call and hello Mrs Roosevelt said said she was
thrilled by the call but thought it joke first
"A P. Photo
Evening star., 1943-09-29
SO, 900 Miles by Bicycle

Miss Mary Warren, who has just
retired after "a years as health
visitor of Wiltshire, England, cycled
at least $4,000 miles on her rounds.
Evening star., 1943-09-29

War bonds are just as much a
weapon as a war plane or a long
range gun; how many bonds do you
own? Back the Attack with War
bonds
The Glasgow courier., 1943-05-20
Farm Fire Loss
Is Cut by Use
Of Back Pumps

HINSDALE-A fire believed to
have been caused from an overheat-
ed chimney destroyed a brooder house
and 200 chickens at the George
Rutherford farm north of Hinsdale
Sunday evening.
The fire was discovered by neigh
borS, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert EStensen,
who were on their way home from
a visit. They located the Ruther-
fords by telephone at Hinsdale,
where they were attending bac-
calaureate services, and notified
other neighbors.
About 100 baby chickens were
saved and the fire was kept under
control by use of portable fire.
fighting pumps brought by neigh
bors. The loss included the brooder
house, chickens and a bin of barley
in the building.
All firefighters reported the
pumps as especially effective. They
have been spotted throughout the
county under directions of County
Agent James K. McGibney to COM
bat range fires
The Glasgow courier., 1943-05-20
HINSDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Wallis returned
to Seattle last week, after spending
several weeks visiting friends at
Hinsdale.
George Greb arrived Monday
morning from Seattle for a short
visit with his sister, Mrs. Billy
Drabbs, and family. He has Just
completed four months duty as a
merchant seaman and plans to en-
ter the army next month.
Mrs. Don Miller and children
Donna Dale and Allen of Chinook
visited friends here Friday.
Mrs. Mary Van de Wiele and Mrs.
Fred Kaul and son left Saturday
morning for Duluth, Mimi, to visit
relatives.
Corp. Allen Hill returned TO Fort
Benning, Ga, Monday morning, af-
ter spending a furlough here.
Private Cliff Harden arrived Sun
day morning from Gilroy Field
Calf, to spend a week visiting rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Craig Jr. and
daughter Betty Jane returned Sun
day from a visit with relatives at
Killdeer, Sask.
V. T. Hartley returned last week
from Rochester, Mnn., where he
went to seek medical attention for
an injured shoulder.
Mrs. Lawrence Luckey and baby
of Glasgow visited at the Joe Kniefl
home Monday.
Deputy Sheriff Billy Drabbs made
a business trip to Glasgow Monday.
Lois Craig and Barbara Rogers
spent the week end at the Albert
Craig ranch north of Hinsdale.
Harry Cosner, deputy game war
den for this district, was in town
Monday from Malta.
Frank Bronx of Thoeny was in !
town Monday.
Corp. John A. JohnSrud arrived !
morning from Fort Knox,
KY, to spend a furlough visiting
MS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Johnsrud.
The Glasgow courier., 1943-05-20
Glasgow Breuities

Mr.. and Mrs. George Killenbeck
of Richland were Glasgow business
callers Wednesday. Mrs. Killenbeck
is Courier correspondent at Rich
land.
Among a large Wolf Point dele
cation at the Chamber of Commerce
dinner here were Carl Bull, A. v.
Appelgren, E. B. Styer, Larry Bowl
er and Henry P. Lowe.
E. B. Duncan of st. Paul, agricul-
tural development agent for the
Great Northern spent Tuesday in
Glasgow and aattended the Cham
ber of Commerce banquet.
Mrs. David Boyd of Glendive ar
rived Thursday to. spend her, vaca-
ton visiting her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Leo B. Gregory. Mrs. Boyd's
husband is now in the army over
seas
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Gould of. Kali
ispell are visitors in Glasgow this
week and are guests at the H. o.
Morgan home. Mr.. Gould formerly
operated the Glasgow Motor COM
pany here.
Among Malta men here for the
Chamber of Commerce dinner Tues
day were State Sen. Fred H. Rob-
inson, John Survant, Mayor Hans
Mebust and j. H. LeSselyong, pres
ident of the Malta Commercial club
Martin KaulitZke of New Sarepta,
Alta, spent Wednesday here visiting
The Glasgow courier., 1943-05-20
THOENY
Mrs. ]. NJ. Thoeny

A. Alley and Allen Stuber drove
to Glasgow on business Monday.
MIS-. J. M. Thoeny returned Wed
nesday from a visit in Minnesota
end Wisconsin.
Charles Rogers took his daughters
to Hinsdale Monday morning for
the last week of school after they
had spent the week end at home.
Fred Munger has been helping ON
the Hilda Hunter farm this week.
Frank Schultz purchased horses
in this community Thursday.
Robert Stein had a breakdown
with the road grader Friday and
had to go to Glasgow for repairs.
Lew Baalke came to Thoeny with
the mail carrier Monday.
The Opheim school has finished
the term and the Alley children,
Mary Stuber and Mary Hunter have
returned to their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brost and
sons of Malta visited several days at
the Frank Cradle home and were
callers at Thoeny.
Charles Rogers was a guest Sun
day evening at the Thoeny home.
Lew Baalke, Lewis Acklund, Fred
Munger and Frank Bronx were in
Thoeny Sunday.
Frank Bronx was business caller
at Hinsdale Monday.
The Glasgow courier., 1943-05-20

M. A. Lien of Frazer attended the
Chamber Of Commerce dinner Tues
day.
MIR. and Mrs. Olaf Wellason and
children of Richland we're in Glas-
gov Wednesday.
August Knapp and James Long
Of Oswego attended the Chamber
of Commerce dinner Tuesday.
H. F. Tuttle and w. H. Jacobs of
HinSdale were here for the Chamber
of Commerce banquet Tuesday. s-
Overcoming the Darkness, the
Wormwood and the CALI: thought
for Sunday morning at the Meth
odist church. 1tp
Charles H. McChesney and C. P.
Martin came from Saco to attend
the Chamber of Commerce dinner
Tuesday.
Private Maurice Weiss is here on
furlough from Camp Young, Calf,
and is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Gertrude weiss.
Corp. Maurice o. Wesen arrived
home Sunday on furlough from
Camp San Luis, Calf, to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louise We
sen.
Miss Evelyn Bruce of Portland
arrived Tuesday morning to spend
two weeks visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Bruce. Miss Bruce
is employed in a radio war factory
in Portland.