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Evening star., 1943-11-27
District Grocery Fire
Loss SET at $4,000

A two-alarm fire at the height OF
the rush-hour late yesterday resulted
IN damage estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000 to Distric,
Grocery store at 5315 Wisconsin ave.
nue. NV, delayed many homeward
bound workers and caused minor in.
juries to 30 firemen.
Fire Department officials are con.
Quoting an investigation of the blaze
which began in the basement ano
sent up thick clouds of smoke that
attracted hundreds of spectators
adding to traffic difficulties.
Capt. William Weber of Engine
Company No. 81 was overcome by
smoke but was revived and returned
to action. Pvt. Samuel Settle of the
same company was blown through q
previously shattered front window
by a backdraft, but received only
minor facial cuts.
Battalion Chief D. c. McMahor
said the damage included the loss
of fresh fruits. vegetables anc
canned goods. crushed when a por.
ton of the floor collapsed. No rea.
son has been ascribed for the fire
although one report was that il
might have been caused by car
tons OF matches stored in the base.
ment. 1t gained headway rapidly
Traffic on Wisconsin avenue was
held up more than half an hour
before hose bridges could be erected
permitting streetcars to operate
Autos and buses were deto,,red
Evening star., 1943-11-27

nificent building-is the great recog-
nizable symbol of religion. 1t draws
people from many parts of the coun.
try, and offers great missionary
opportunity" The bishop, he un.
derstood, was to have an influence
in effectuating this ideal.
The College of Preachers, on Ca
thedral Close was characterized by
him as a unique institution to
which leaders of our own people
gather" 1t offered a chance. saio
DR.. Dun, to ''be the leaven in the
Episcopal Church and beyond. II
can be place" he added, where
deep and troublesome problems oi
the day can be faced honestly ir
prayer. No other place is so vel
fitted"
In the fourth place, the Bishop
elect declared, Washington as the
Capital carried the prestige of the
United States in the world to come
and offered a tremendous anc
frightening responsibility, for re-
ligious influence.
Reluctant to Change Work.
But the principal problem he
faced in trying to decide whether tc
accept the bishopric to which he
was elected last Tuesday, DR.. Dur
explained was whether to leave his
present post as dean of the Episco.
pal Theological School at Cam
bridge, which is selecting and train.
ing young men for the ministry
The main difficulty I face" SAID
Dean Dun, lis not any question
about the Importance Of the work
here, but that feel so keenly the
Importance and responsibility of my
present work. There is nothing more
fundamental to the life of the
church than the quality of young
men going into the ministry.
1T is a question with me as tc
whether to take part in the prepa.
ration of young men to be bishops
or to be one myself" He estimated
that Is or 80 graduates of the in.
stltution of which he is dean were
members of the House OF Bishop.
OF the church.
/ DR.. Dun also frankly discussed
with the press his physical condi
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Disney Denies Joker
In New Tax Measure

A member of the House Ways
and Means Committee denied today
that there was any Joker" in the
House tax bill, requiring labor
unions to make an annual financial
accounting to the Government, as
charged yesterday by the American
Federation of Labor.
Representative Disney, Democrat
Of Oklahoma, third ranking men,
Der of the committee. commented
: that a Joker is something that is
hidden" Everybody, he said was
aware of the presence of the clause
requiring nearly all tax-exempt or
CARNATIONS to file reports. This
would include labor unions, hereto
fore not required to file statements
And besides, why should not Con-
gress require them to make an ac-
scounting?' Mr.. Disney asked.
AFL President William Green has
protested to Majority Leader Nc
: Cormack and the AFL Weekly News
= Service has called on all members to
write their Senators asking that the
clause be eliminated.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.

Favorably impressed with the op-
portunities for great Christian
service as Bishop of Washington, to
which he has been elected, but still
undecided whether to accept, Dr.
Angus Dun of Cambridge, Mass, to-
day continued his conferences with
Episcopalian leaders. He plans to
remain here with Mrs. Dun until
Monday afternoon.
gram was meeting with two Off
cials of the Cathedral Chapter, gov
erning body of the Washington Cat
thedral. which held a session late
yesterday.
DR.. Dun went into conference
with Corcoran Thorn, president of
the American Security & Trust Co.,
who is acting chairman of the
chapter, and with C. F.. r. Ogilby.
chapter secretary. The relationships
between the diocesan bishop and the
Cathedral were scheduled for dis
cussion.
Picture" to Be Explained.
While no definite information was
forthcoming in advance as to the
details of the conference, it was be-
lieved that the whole Cathedral
picture" would be explained to DR..
Dun.
Several changes in the Cathedral
chapter constitution had been pro-
posed some time ago. But the only
definite change which is known to
have been decided on is to enlarge
the responsibilities of the dean of
the Cathedral to relieve the Bishop
Of Washington of his heavy ad-
ministrative load
The opportunity presented for
service through the Cathedral is ap-
preciated fully by DR.. Dun. He en-
phasized this at a press conference
yesterday afternoon at the College
of Preachers while the Cathedral
Chapter was meeting elsewhere on
the Cathedral Close.
The appeal of the Cathedral was
stressed as one of the four oppor-
tunities presented to him as Bishop
elect, DR.. Dunn said
The first task Of the Bishop of
Washington as he saw it was the
opportunity, to be real pastor to
the parish ministers working under
him, in order to try to lift the level
of the whole ministry of the church
in this area He emphasized the
biggest single known factor here to
be the quality Of Episcopal leader
ship"
In the second place. said DR.. Dun.
Il believe this Cathedral-this mag
Evening star., 1943-11-27

officer often assumes a religious at
moSphere."
DR.. Pugh said he wondered why
the Patton incident was kept from
the American people SO long, es-
pecially since it was widely known
among the soldiers in North Africa
and Sicily.
Generally, DR.. Pugh said, the
morale of Americans in the front
lines is high.
Its behind the lines" he said,
where you have morale problems. u
He said soldiers, wherever he
found them, were unable to under
stand home-front strikes.
There are two or three men con-
nected with these strikes he said,
"of whom the boys don't think much.
These labor difficulties hit the SOL
diers harder than any Patton Incl
dent"
DR.. Pugh left Washington on his
world inspection tour on August Is
at the invitation of President Roose-
welt. He said his primary objective
was to further the relationships be-
tween Protestant chaplains and
their churches back home and to
achieve degree of unity comparable
with that which exists between the
Catholic Church and its chaplains.
He said he was gratified to find a
spirit of unity among chaplains of
all faiths and exhibited a St. Chris
topher Medal and Mizuzah, which
had been given him by Catholic and
Jewish chaplains for protection dur
ing his flights.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Patton Incident Had Bad Effect
On roops, Dr.. Pugh Says
Cleric Talked
With General
While on Tour

1t. Gen. George c. Patton's slap
ping of shell-shocked soldier in a
hospital behind the lines in Sicily
was viewed yesterday by Dr. William
B. Pugh, chief executive of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States as having "a very bad effect"
on American soldiers overseas.
DR.. Pugh recently returned from
a globe-girdling tour of American
soldiers in more than a score of
countries, said he spent an hour
and half with Gen. Patton in his
headquarters in Palermo. He de-
scribed the general as rough and
ready type" who mixed "cuss words"
with biblical quotations.
He has definite opinions and
stands by them" DR.. Pugh said.
Il imagine he thinks he's right all
the time" Later, DR.. Pugh said, "I
don't like self-opinionated people
myself"
Sees No Excuse.
II don't think there's ever any
excuse for a general to strike a SOL
der" he commented.
At press conference in the Offices
of the General Commission on Army
and Navy Chaplains, DR.. Pugh said
the Patton incident was a wide
spread topic of conversation among
soldiers in the Mediterranean thea
ter of war. Chaplains serving in that
area, he said, were disturbed by the
episode.
When he entered Gen. Patton's
headquarters, he said, he found the
general with a Bible close to his
hand. He said he drew the con-
clusion that the hospital incident
was in the generals mind at the
time, though no direct allusion was
made to it. Gen. Patton talked a
good deal about taking care of the
men and sustaining their morale,
DR.. Pugh said.
Was Reading Cromwell Biography.
Gen. Patton was reading a biog-
raphy of Oliver Cromwell at the
time, DR.. Pugh said. The clergyman
described Cromwell as a man who
had his opinions and stuck to them"
Maybe that's what appealed to
Gen. Patton Dr. Pugh said.
The minister said the generals
talk with him wasn't always a
parlor conversation" Every once in
a while, he said, Gen. Patton would
utter a few words which DR.. Pugh
classified as "cuss words" and would
then excuse himself. At the same
time. he said, the generals talk was
interspersed with quotations from
the Bible that amazed me-"
DR.. Pugh observed, however. that
when a minister of any religion
visits a high-ranking officer that
Evening star., 1943-11-27

ton, volunteering the information
that he had undergone eight or nine
major operations when a child after
being stricken with infantile para
lysis. He admitted he was lame,
but said he loved bicycling and fire.
quently made trips with Mrs. Dur
and his two boys up to a distance OF
Is miles or more a day. This, he
said with smile, sometimes pro-
vided amusement for the people OF
his home town, and, he added, if he
came to Washington as a bishop he
would be willing to provide the same
kind Of surprise here
He likes to take walks, Dean Dur
said, and has spent much time
canoeing. He also explained that ir
his country home at Heath, Mass.
he liked to put on old overalls anc
do what he called rough carpentry
work" He said he had done SUBJ
stantial reconstruction work on the
summer home which formerly was a
creamery.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Is Witnesses Listed
For Opening Days Of
Home Rule Hearinu
Additional Dates Will Be
Announced to Heor Views
Of Many District Groups

Witnesses from 13 organizations
are scheduled to be heard during
the first two days of public hearings
on the McCarran home rule" meas
ure-now set for December 7 and 8
under plans announced last night
by ]. G. Sourwine, counsel to the
Senate District Committee.
Additional hearing dates are ex-
pected to be announced later by
the subcommittee considering the
proposal. in view of the long list of
groups that have taken actions re-
garding the measure.
Originally scheduled to be opened
Monday, the hearings were post
poned yesterday at the request of
Senator McCarran. who now is en-
route to Washington from a trip to
the West, which included a stay in
his home State, Nevada. He is due
here Monday and the Senate Dis
trict Committee is expected to hold
one or more meetings to consider
pending legislation and reports be-
fore the home rule" question is
tackled.
The first witness scheduled for
December 7 is DR.. Meyer Jacobstein,
who is associated with the Brook
lngs Institute. Others to be heard
the same day are Wilbur S. Finch,
chairman of the Local Suffrage
Committee Of the Federal ton of Citi-
zens' Associations; representatives
of the District League of Women
Voters, Kenneth P. Armstrong of
the Burroughs Citizens Association,
Spared A. Wood of the Citizens
Forum of Columbia Heights, and a
representative Of the National Law
yers' Guild.
On the next day, the following
are scheduled to testify: Joseph c.
McGarraghy, representing the
Washington Board of Trade; Sid
ney r. Katz of the Maryland and
District Industrial Union Council
(CIO), Mrs. Marvel Ball of the
United Office and Professional
Workers of America and Prof. Leon
A. Ransom and Mrs. Pauline Coggs
OF the National Association for Ad-
vancement Of Colored People and
a representative of the Communist
party.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Two Face Arraignment
On Harrison Act Charoes

Nelson S. Oegore, 80. of the 1900
block of Ninth street NV, and
William w. Brown, 20, of the 140C
block Of Sixth street NV. were
to be arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham C. Turnage
today on charges of violating the
Harrison Narcotics Act after raids
on their homes yesterday.
The raids, staged by Treasury De-
partment agents working with Dis
trict police, resulted in seizure of a
quantity of what was described as
drug = administering paraphernalia
No narcotics were found.
The men were held under bonds of
$4,000 each.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Bill Would Waive
Wait Clause for
Service Nuptiu|s

District legal procedures would be
speeded for marriage of members
OF the armed services and the mer-
chant marine, under bill intro
duced by Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee. The
change would be effective for the
wars duration. ---
Members Of the armed services
OF Allied Nations also would be COW
cred under provisions of the bill,
which would waive the present
waiting period. Persons may not
be married here now until the fifth
day after the filing of an applica-
ton for license.
Maryland and other States have
passed measures similar to the
Randolph bill.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
|ABC Head Accepts
Van Nuys' Bid 10
Discuss Liquor Setup
Lodge Declares Group
Ready to Cooperate
With Senute Probers

Chairman Thomas E. Lodge Of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board has accepted an invitation to
discuss the Districts liquor prob
lens with Senator Van Nuys, chair
man of special liquor Investigate
ing committee, early next week.
The invitation, Mr.. Lodge said
last night, came by telephone. The
ABC chairman said he informed the
Senator that "he would be very
glad to come" to Capitol Hill when
ever he was wanted. Asked whether
the whole board would go before the
investigating committee, Mr.. Lodge
said that would be up to Senator
Van Nuys.
Mr.. Lodge said he did not expect
to be called before Tuesday. Earlier
in the week Senator Van Nuys, who
pointed out that he had received Of
fers of cooperation from State and
Federal agencies, said he was a
little surprised that the board
nearest the committee hadn't come
forward. In reply, Mr.. Lodge said
he and his board would cooperate
whenever invited.
So far the ABC Board members
have not commented on the ration
ing plan submitted Monday by the
Executive Committee of the Dis
trict Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation, calling for limiting the sales
of whisky to one bottle to a GUS
toner
After lengthy conference yes
terday between the board and Of
f1cers Of the association, both sides
reported that no conclusions had
been reached and that further dis
cussions probably would take place.
Several weeks ago the board re-
vealed that suggestions for possible
changes in liquor regulations prob
ably would be submitted to the Com
missioners. However, the board said
yesterday that conferences with diff
ferent members of the liquor in
dustry were still in progress.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Robinson, TradeB Board
Planning Unit Head
Named 10 CED Post
rs Business. and Civic
Leaders Are Appointed to
locuI Postwar Committee

The appointment of Charles A
Robinson. chairman of the Wash
ngton Board of Trade Postwar
Planning Committee, to the Com
mittee for Economic Development
was revealed today.
Mr.. Robinson, who is vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Chesapeake e. Potomac Telephone
Co., was named to the CED, headed
by Charles Studebaker, after per-
mission had been granted by the
Board of Trade. The appointment
was made by j. Stewart Bryan OF
Richmond, Va, chairman of the
CED for the Fifth Federal Reserve
District.
Local Committee Named.
The names of the 26 members of
Mr.. Robinson's Postwar Planning
Committee were announced by the
Trade Board yesterday. They in
clude business and civic leaders in
widely diversified local activities.
The local postwar planning group
was established by the board when
1t became apparent that the various
proposals for the peacetime era now
under discussion by other Trade
Board committees and by dozens of
other local agencies would have to
be analyzed and co-ordinated into
a well-rounded program. The COM
mlttee's principal interest will be to
digest the plans submitted by such
groups for the Capitals postwar de-
velopment and to act as a clearing
house and source of information for
all interested bodies.
The planning activities will en-
brace not only the District but also
Alexandria and Arlington and Fair
fax Counties in Virginia, and Mont
eomery and Prince Georges Counties
In Maryland.
To Weigh ID. c. Proposals.
Serious consideration will be given
to the peacetime plans of the Ma
tlonal Capital Park and Planning
Commission of which Maj. Gen. U.
S. Grant, Cd, a member of the
boards committee, is chairman One
OF the first proposals to be taken
up by the Trade Board group will
be the planning commissions ex-
tenslve proposals for the develop
ment of the District east of the
Capitol and the orderly demobiliza-
ton of Government activities in
the postwar period.
. A research committee has been
set up, under E. T. Magruder of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., to assist the boards
Postwar Planning Committee and
is currently engaged in studies to
determine postwar popula ton in the
Washinton Metropolitan Area and
probable Government employment.
Members of this committee in
Clude:
Fischer Black, Potomac Electric
Power Co.; John Ecker, Capital
Transit Co.; Dean Frederick Feiker
of George Washington University:
Father McPhelan, Georgetown Uni
versity, secretary of the committee;
George Mock, Washington Gas
Light CO., and Emerson Schmidt of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce. Hugh E. Impey is secretary
of the committee.
Evening star., 1943-11-27

dS posi- engineer Shortly before his
death.
1t. Slack attended George Wash.
ington University here and for q
number OF years was employed BY
District penal institutions.
He was member of the Masonic
fraternity of Occoquan and the
Alexandria Boat and Country Clubs
1t. Slack is survived by his widow
the former Florence E. Botkin OF
Lorton, Va; his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. H. F. Slack, Occoquan, Va.
and half sister, Mrs. O. M. Lee
Akron. Ohio.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Four Robid Docs Seized

The total of rabid dogs captured
this month in Alexandria was raised
to four when two more dogs were
turned over to police yesterday, DR.
w. A. Browne, city health officer
reported. One dog was picked up in
the 5000 block of Mount Vernon ave-
nue., and the other was taken on
Mount Ida avenue. DR.. Browne
warned owners that dogs must be
or on leash when off the
home premises.
Evening star., 1943-11-27

Denver, Colo, ii
was learned here
yesterday.
1t. Slack re-
ceived his COM
mission in the
Army in June,
1912. He was as
signed post en-
gineer at Peter
son Field. Colo
r a do Springs,
Colo. the follow
ing August and
had been trans
ferred to the in
ternment camp
at Greeley, Colo.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Navy Pharmacist Killed

DOVER, Del, Nov. q P).-A
pharmacists mate stationed at the
naval auxiliary air station at Chin
cotegue, Va, jumped or fell from
the cab of a moving truck near
here today and was fatally injured
The Navy withheld his name pend
ing notification of next of kin. The
driver said the man was hitch
hiking
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Twins Have Same Number
NORTH HOLLYWOOD Calf "a

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calf. LP,.
Viola and Violet Paonessa, iden-
teal twins, are accustomed to shar-
ing things. But the Federal Security
Administration carried it too far. 1t
gave the girls the same social Sc
Curitv number.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Casey Will Address
K. Of { Breakfast Here

Former Representative Joseph E
Casey of Massachusetts will be guest
speaker at breakfast after the
annual communion mass of Wash
ington Council, Knights of Colum-
bus, at 8 am. tomorrow at St. Paul's
Church, Fifteenth and v streets
NV.
The Rev. Patrick J. Begley, coun-
Gil chaplain, will celebrate the mass
Msgr. Patrick j. Mccormick, rector
of Catholic University, will preach
the sermon. The breakfast will be
held at the council home, 1901 r
street NV
The sooner you get that War saw.
ings stamp in your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
Swift Action for New Citizen

CHICAGO R.-Twenty minutes
after Mrs. Isabella F. Pierson of
Rockford, ILL.,. native of Scotland
obtained United States citizenship
she was sworn into the WAVES
Her husband, John, is in the Army
stationed at Fort Monmouth, n. j.
Evening star., 1943-11-27
If. Harry {. Slack
Of Alexandria Dies

1t Harry C. Slack, 35, of e12
South st. ASaph street, Alexandria
Va, died on Wednesday after a brief
illness at Fitzsimmons Hospital
Evening star., 1943-10-01
be able to reach foxholes II the Nips
start hitting U.S."
Missed jap Raid.

be able to reach foxholes II the Nips
start hitting U.S."
Missed Jap Raid.
When the pioneering ply landed
as the sun was setting over another
lagoon farther south, the first beach
ohlcer who greeted us said: You
fellows had narrow escape. Nano-
mea was raided by IL bombers just
few minutes after you left"
Anxious for those with whom we
had just been talking, we pieced
together the meager details coming
through. Nanomea's guns had
opened up bitter fire on the Japs,
who, with unusual boldness, came
over apparently unprotected by
fighter escort. Their first runs were
made at 10000 feet, but. finding that
the Americans had not neglected
antiaircraft guns in their defenses,
were forced to climb to $4,000.
The most significant of all was
the fact that the Japs spent 80 full
minutes over the atoll, making a
dozen separate runs. Since they
were at least $50 miles from their
nearest airbase, this lengthy me-
thodical examination of their tar
get, with their fuel reserve con-
Stantly diminishing, seems to indi-
Evening star., 1943-10-01

cate on what close terms the bloody
blows Of aircraft are being ex-
changed in the duel between the
Jap-held Gilberts and the Ameri-
can-held Ellices.
For the moment, the Americans
hold the offensive upper hand on
the island chain, but the Japs are
retaliating in the air.
Gen. Price Aids Wounded.
While the Japs caused little es-
sential damage, both the Navy and
Marines suffered some casualties.
At the crack of dawn, another fly
ing boat was en- route to Nanomea.
Maj. Gen. Frederick Price himself
took part in the evacuation Of the
wounded and our dead were laid to
rest in ground already so hardly
taken, with Nanomea's coral giving
them final protection.
Your correspondent had an op-
portunity to see with what Navy
expediency and marine dispatch our
wounded were handled. Not one in
jured man was left on Nanomea.
Loaded into the big Navy flying boat,
after the crew had had an hours
rest. they flew total Of 1,100 miles,
making the last edge to safety in an
emergency -rigged transport plane
Evening star., 1943-10-01

under the care Of q short. reddish
haired doctor. 1t. Meyer Zelics Of
Cincinnati. DR.. Zelics is a psychia-
trist and an expert on treating bat
tie shock as well as a general prac-
titioner. In the transports chilly
cabin two serious stretcher cases,
like the blanketed, walking wounded,
shared green lime lozengers with
your correspondent.
One man. somewhat bomb
shocked, stared straight ahead but
the others never failed to respond
when spoken to or smiled at. Both
serious stretcher cases were oper-
ated on few minutes after the
planes wheels touched American
soil. The one who had laid on the
port stretcher lived, the one who had
rested on the starboard side died.
The passenger acting as emer-
gency aidman to the wounded was
Comdr. Samuel Wilder King, an ex-
pert on Polynesia and longtime Con-
gresham from Hawaii.
The big marine transport, piloted