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The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05

Lipsig; a vocal trio by Priyates
Frymark. George Jordan and War
ren Squibb, accompanied on the
guitar by Jordan, who afterwards
sang Wagon Wheels" accompany
ing himself on the guitar. OF es-
pecial interest was the concluding
feature, during which Private VIII
son X. Anderson baffled the crowd
with sleight-ofhand performances.
Wilson was a professional magi-
clan before entering the service.
Earl Hicks arranged the pro
gram.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05

pital this week At last report
she was doing AS well as could be
expected.
Q Mrs Thomas Edwards Jr. and
son Tommy oil Phoenix, left Tues
day after q weeks visit with Mr..
Edwards parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Edwards. ST. The young
Edwards are former Coolidge res
idents
o John Roche and Joe Harmon
LoLL Mnlu.sla. Lur San Diego %
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05

Edith Johnston returned from the
coast recently anu S now employ
ed al Florence Interument Camp.
Her husband. Corporal Gatzke.
has been sent overseas.
9 Mrs. B. Barnes OF Redwood
City California. arrived Sunday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. J J. Jones for
several months. Mrs. Barnes is
Mrs. Jones aunt
o The season opened on Jayalina
hogs last week and Rufus Johns
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05

0Mrs Jake Chesley spent Mon /
ds- in Mesa visiting her sister.
Oh. C.. Letzring received word |
Friday that his daughter and son
In-law. Captain and Mrs. Robert
widmeyer OF St Petersburg. Flor
ida. became the parents OF a baby
boy on February 26th. He weigh
ed seven pounds. Captain Wid-
meyer returned from the Solomon
Islands a few days before the baby
was born
q Seaman and Mrs. John Sellers
and baby daughter Janet Lee left
Sunday for Los Angeles after
spending a few days here visiting
relatives and friends.
OMr. and Mrs. Ben Mirkin and
children Diana and Melvin spent
Sunday evening at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cohen,
where they helped 10 celebrate
Mrs. Cohen's birthday.
. Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Urton were
this weeks hosts to members OF
the Saturday pot luck supper club.
Those present were Dir. and Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Ware. Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
Bicknell. Mr. and Mrs. c. l.. Skous.
en-. Mr.. and Mrs. F. p. Jameson
and Nate Murray.
OMrs. Lloyd Humphries arrived by
plane Friday from Boise, Idaho, TO
visit her mother-in-law. Mrs. Anna
Humphries.
o Mrs. Edith Gatzke. formerly
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05

report for duty in the Navy. They
are the sons Of Judge ana Mrs.
William G. Roche and Mr. and
Mrs. +. NJ. Harmon respectively
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05
Unusual Program
Marks Ladies Mite
At Lions Club Here

Ladies Night was marked by
program of outstanding interest at
dinner meeting Of Coolidge Lions
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-03-05
COOLIDGE LOCALS

OMrs Jake Chesley spent Mon
ds~ in Mesa visiting her sister.
Evening star., 1943-10-06
Back From the Wars
'Virginiun Tells of Naval Officer
Who Slit 8NoziSentries' Thro0ts
Pvt. Sinclair Lost
His Left Arm
In North Africa

Pvt, Ashton Sinclair of Gloucester,
Va. now cOnValescing at the Forest
Glen Annex of the Walter Reed
Hospital, expects to be out of the
Army in two weeks. He is in good
health and it takes more than a
glance to learn that an artificial
limb has replaced his left arm He
is right-handed and expects to re-
| turn to work with Virginia. soil
survey office. He is a graduate of
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
where he majored in agronomy.
Pvt. Sinclair was aboard a ship
last fall travelling from England in
| the North African invasion armada.
| The ship had been in the Dieppe
raid, and the crew did.its best to i'm
press the American troops with the
warm reception that greets landing
parties. But naval lieutenant who
was to be their beachmaster was
| the one who fascinated the YankS.
A big 200-pound fellow with a
fierce black muStache and a beard,
/ he had been on many raids.
He had personally slit the throats
Of eight German SentrieS," said Pvt.
Sinclair, and it didn't seem to
/ mean anything to him"
Landed Near Oran.
Their landing at little town east
of Oran was unopposed. He was in
an armored unit that had trained at
Fort Knox. KY, and in the Louis
lana maneuverS. His group Joined
the British lSt. Army as it hurried
to take TuniSia before the Germans
did. but the Nazis beat them to it.
He remembers especially the first
Arabs he saw. Four fishermen COM
ing down to the shore on the morn
ing of the landing. On encounter
ing the Americans they went down
on their knees and began praying
to Allah" he said
In reCounting his first encounter
with the enemy, he said. We went
forward to wipe out some para
troopers reported ahead of US in a
valley near Medjaz al Bah"
Pvt Sinclair. like most Virginia
farm boys, has handled firearms all
his life. He qualified as a marksman
in the Army. They wipe out the
paratroopers machinegun nests by
rife fire
Encountered Tanks.
But 1t was almost impossible to
see the result of our fire." he said.
we had only been told about
paratrooperS, he continued, but
Evening star., 1943-10-06
Admiral Leary Gets
Legion Of Merit

Rear Admiral Herbert Fairfax
Leary, a native of Washington, has
received the Legion of Merit for
Exceptionally meritorious conduct"
while on duty as commander of
Naval Forces in the Southwest Pa
clfic and later as commander of bat
tleships, Pacific Fleet, the Navy an
nounced yesterday.
Now commandant of the Fifth
Naval District, Norfolk, Va, a post
he assumed last May, Admiral Leary
organized the first task force in the
Pacific containing auxiliary carriers
Evening star., 1943-10-06

the next thing we encountered was
tanks of the Tenth German Panzer
DIVISION rolling our way. We got
back into our halftracks and scat
tered. A lot of our halftracks were
Knocked out. The one l was in man
aged to get out of there"
Pvt. Sinclair was hit by shrapnel
when an artillery shell burst near
him. He had Just seen a shell ex-
plode between two Americans, each
not more than 10 feet away from
the burst.
Il thought they were both killed
by the blast which blew them to
the ground, he said. But l learned
they were only bruised.
Il was standing alone and was
Evening star., 1943-10-06

the only one wounded by my she'll
A captain got to me in a few min
utes.
I'm glad to be back. The artery
in my arm bled for six hours, despite
a tourniquet, while they were getting
me to the hospital. They started
blood transfusions right away I lost
count of how many they gave me-"
Evening star., 1943-10-06

and aided in establishing a naval
base in the Fiji Islands.
The admiral, whose residence is
listed as jamestown, r. l., is the
son of the late Rear Admiral Rich
ard Phillips Leary. A destroyer be-
ing launched today at Boston will be
named for the late admiral and
will be sponsored by his grand
Evening star., 1943-10-06

daughter, Mrs. George X. Crozier
III, Wynnewood, Pa. Between them,
the father and son have 10l years
Of service in the Navy.
Educated in schools here and in
Switzerland, Admiral Leary was
Evening star., 1943-10-06

graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1905, fifth in his class. He re-
ceived postgraduate instruction
here at the Bureau of Ordnance.
Navy Department, and at the Naval
Proving Ground, Indianhead. Md.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10

Answer ~ Eesterdsys puzzle.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
Ring Fans Like
BdSord' S Looks
B1 LEO -MACDoNELL

A finely buIit boy 6icct tall and
weighing no moro than l5S
pounds. Jose Ba>ora has made a
deep impression upon Detroit ring
fans IN hls workouts 81 Motor
Cry gym
The Puerto R!ran ha, won local
follower, who arc c>pcrtcd to
back him wbcn Pc climbs INTO the
..l. - I l--,-i = -. = ~
p-a- -kraa-- -H,iE4t py-ttlill 1T b.
Ea-oias first appearance IN a Do
tluf rang.
boys aFo lWetklHg the
Ai-ch3gdu avenue Cy07. Trey viii
polish off today and tomorrow.
j. wjii Bo important because
hD,H boys VIII be fighting for
honOrs a> Va. world middle
WclLht-cnaieudrr. present La
Muua i- the No. contender for
'ho title held by Tony Zalc. nov
m 2ets zee Ba-efa- holds the rHH-
ncr-up pot. despite the fact the
p-rrta RtesH Heid- a decision over
the Bronx battlcr.
Ba,o;a and LaNot'a fought
twice u New York BaSOra WIN
ming the nod IN one and sharing a
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
WOMEN ALSO OPEN

Officers of the league are Ben
gel president. Sherman Lauhl&
land Cole. yiCp presidents and
Fred iiirt2cl secretary treasurer
Last season this league operated
~ the Crest and Ramona Rccrca-
tlons but Tho former has been
named for all matches TINS cam
palgn
Marie Goralcz,k's Enterprise
looms as tho chief threat for
Clara Allen OLYMPIC Recreation
when Tho WGmcn'S $ Major Loop
also opens tonight with T. teams
az The Palace Recreation Hattie
Wooster and LOIS Hoffman have
been added 20 go with Agnes
Ek,trou Elura iloiUS and Marie
Shamlock
Olympic VIII stick 10 the lineup
THAT has dominated women s.
bowling here for some years
Louise StoCkdalo Stella Ha~trck
Irene Schuelor and Ann Wcll, iH
addition 10 Mrs Allen
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

New Offensive
Of Fl. Riley
Surprises All
By BOB MURPHY
SPORTS EDITOR

Although his Fort Riley eleven
lost its season opener to Great
Lakes last Sunday the 20-l9
score represented a sileable
moral triumph for Capt. Fran
WEIGH, the erStWhilc Emporia
-tKan4 Teachers College -taeti-
clan. who now coaches Tho
Cavaliers.
Capt, WEIGH introduced an
unorthodoX offcnSe when he
took ener-aS- coach. Described
as wide punt formation,
this pattern OF attack features
a battling overhead game.
The whole thing was so un-
preccdentcd in MidWcStcrn foot
ball that many of Capt Welch'
proteges began 10 wonder If
their coach wasn't out Of his
league.
a number Of the Fort Riley
gridders had played MAJOR col
lege football as Well as top
flight pro bail. They had never
come across anything like Capt,
-tTeich.s effeHSp and they y~eftn I
so sure they'd ever sec anything
like it again
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
NEM TO LEAGUE

Elwood Blake's Murdock and
Ar. Watson Palmer Park Recre-
'atlon, site Of the state tourna-
-ment next January. are new 10
the league So are Herb Mat
thews Kracti<c. Ernie Cottcr s
Five, and Ernie BollcS Five.
Ben CdinS Jerry HcCa thy
formerly Altes; George McLcl-
.lans Young formerly FarrlS
Bros. Tony Coscolenda.s Ramona
Recreation George LaShcr $
Olympic Recreation, Cy Coral
ICZyk,S Sackmau.S, Ellis Walkers :
Standard and Russ Knechts De
.tro!t Sales. formerly PabSt, are
'other fivcS back.
The meeting of Murdock and
PcpSl-COla. two of tho fsvorI'cS
stands out ~ ioniEhtS leading
-na'ch Palmer Park Recreation
and SackmanS. and s &, 5. and
Detroit Sales also VIII share The
spotlight Therman Gibson lead
.II@ individual average >pl.lcr last
season as. moTbcr Of be Luxe
WITH -fTrT rs NOW Win = n =
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
Enjoy Everything

They howl with glco when
Buck stops 40 engage IN A
wordy debate with tho umpire
VINO inevitably wins the decl-
sion Of course.
And they ChuCkic when Bo-Bo
tolls reporters
Washington got me for the
waiver price: Don't be silly.
My hitting alone is worth that
much 10 a team"
When Bo-Bo arrived in Wash
ncton. he vas issued uniform
No. 33. he Immediately pro-
tested
"Not 80, any uniform hut
hat. l just won't wear IL,
hats all"
Why didn't he want uniform
% 337 Bo-Bo considered for
i0ment
II dunno" he finally replied
No reason, ] guess. I Just don't
ant IT,"
Then nc smiled
II tell YOU" he added II
ant No. 90. How's that for
number OF BO-Bo will be
the only one i'm the league wear
Nng No CO."
So tho Senators obliginglY
changed his uniform 10 No 00
10 Bucks vast delight They
know how 10 treat an artist
down in Washington
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
Appreciate 3D. -Bo

Bo-Bo NewSom j. q happy
man these days
lie is back in Washington,
where they appreciate on artist
and where hiS many iacctCd
genius iS not judged solely on
the narrow basis OF whether he
WINS or loses ball games
\ The Senator fans applaud
him when he calls Importantly
10 Catcher Jake Early for a
conference. Thu, always means
Jake has 70 walk all The way
out 20 the pitchers mound,
where the Great One awaits
him
They love il when he throws
his bhnp ball and then EufawS
as his victim misses with a wild
eNa~perated SWING
They lOko u oven hc'foi when
'hc batter occa~ .orallv stop
mo 'Ee ruiEng WlcH and belt
o., "A h.'
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
Pitt (DuIbiGI
For Players

PITTSBURGH Sept. IS CUP)
Clark Shaugnuo,sy. Pitt foot
ball coach. muImlcd the loss II
four and possibly SIX freshmen
player, 40 raldIng southern
schools today and invited any
other Pan'hcrs who are toying
with the idea of seeking grecner
pasture -te-do->o at once
They came right on our
campus and offered them terms
they couldn't afford Co turn
down" Suaughue>sy said Of The
southern schools.
The ,oW players reported 10
have lett Pm are halfbacks
Charles RYAN and John keenan,
and tackle, MI1hceI ToSlovich and
Herman DrcWe None were first
StrlngcTs
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
Corbett's Pilot in Dutch

LOS ANGELES. Sept. II CUP)
Joseph Eeen Il. former mana
ger Of heavyweight boxing cham
pion Gentleman jim Corhett
and James j. JcffiieS. was booked
on suspicion of assault with a
deadly weapon today after all
legedly shooting Edward Joseph
Crowley, 40, during an argument
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15
And II Works

Their doubts were all re-
moved however, when they
pushed across three touchdoWnS
against Great Lakes That dis
play Of offensive dynamite has
convinced just about everybody
that the captain has got some
tnIng.
ANY one who can masterTnind
a club 10 three touchdoWnS
against sy tOUEn foe as the
R3luelacketS. knows how 10 build
IAN attack
Fort Riley might have won
the game II tho soldiers had had
the chance 70 practice their
placeklckS with real Sohd goal
posts their target
Fort Riley didn't possess any
goal posts. so IN the week pre-
Ceding the scrap with the GObS.
the soldier placckick artists had
10 direct all their boots az I'M
aglnary uprlght-
Their record OF ono success
ful placeklck in three tries M
tiicates imaginary goal posts
are poor substitutes for the real
tnIng
Great Lakes. by the way. viii
not be loaded down with ALI
American stars the way u was
last year
This year tho emphasis is
upon coordination and spirit
rather than shining regulations.
Most Of the candidates for the
team are undergraduates
Some have just finished high
school but there are enough eN-
perlenccd players 10 gIye the
team balance and direction and
enough willing youngsters 10
FIJI in the gaps
II VIII hc interesting 10 sec
how this club coc, IN compau-
son WITH the galaxy OF lumIn-
aries Who carried the Lakes
colors almost nowhere last fall
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

draw in the other LaMotta. who
figures Detroit his lucky spot, IS
confident hc WIll-rCvcrSc tEe dee
C!S!an -Er.aa@ Beth-af --iusg-f~
OF the WhulW.nd pattern and fans
are promised an exciting evening.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

Altoona REC. 81 $40; .,,.,, .,o"eAs Ayt, va,
0rsh BOWLING TODAY FPoH 10 a ~
DhIlL . y " -SAturfAl2-- S-laaa.z-,tti- p p ~
LPnHWhY i09u EAST JEFFERSON AVE
H"Vu"h NJ g15I
Wod'ro A0sy' ops7 Bo.r,rg TO-DAY Ton
e1trt e. ard After % 3. n
ARGYLE REC, esssp a1,t fGsTslA1s s2sGS. sp a., a.
opsrinea in ladisr Tues.. Hsd. Aitsrooo,
Leagues Open AlieJs Sat all DAY Sun. q 50 or
BEACON REC. ~ ytssoR Al WATERMAN
oosn BoAlos TODAY Uoti p. " ard A',,
20 All Dag fndas, Saturday. srd suru4yS
BOWL -0-DR0ME z ,57o, ,,t, Dt11tR, r.. es 3sso
OPEN BOWLING AT Alt riMEs'
Fs~ Rsser,atio0s Stit LEFT Cocktail Lounge
-nInllIIe ~ EAsr CONGRESS
VNptIlbV 2o ALLEYS 9 TABLES CL SIG
OPEN BOWLING -AIt-r4Mts4--
Fs~ Choice LEAGUE R,ss0atioa, st1i Available
trketun z757 WOODWARD IS ALLEYs
VNSiNV Air-CoHdltiored. ca 1922
fss ctoie, Lsaaus Reservation, SIN Available
OPEN BOWLING AT ALI TIMES TODAY!
CHehE- -TR0MBLY s'5i 8, ostSF tI,S
A'r.'ood'iio0,d for Your Comfort. Open Alley
GR6Sl LANES TStn,JS y AItIys " 40 20 1sss sest'
A Bo~isr'' Paradise Visit Our STAGE Bar AM
Cocktail Lounge. NEVER A OUT MOMENT
DETROIT RECREATION ssetsy sttsytTIs 1I. a. sIs
7s Alleys oOsn Bo~Hns at AL TlMEsi
Convenient 10 All Trsusportation Tines.
DEXTER REC, DEXTER :, Boston ps,sIs, BLVD
Choice LEAGUE Rsss~a,ions are sun Available
0pEA H0Wll TtMECf
bAhUeh heG, CENTRALLY LOCATED
opsn so~iina TODAY from Noon Urtl p. "
Afternoon LEAGUE R'ssrva,lons SIN AsaiiAbl,
cpLun nIuTpU 1871 FERRY PARi
uARhU GtNlnAl ~ s.}72O
plsa,ur. to Bo- at ouie'sr Aue,, N Detroit
Good Trsnspora'io0 Faeilte, su'.strsst cs'
GREAT LAKES =, wso5..1g 90 SAt5'"Gs' ss. s,s
Open BoNli'o-40 ALLEYS IN a RoA-Un'it p. N
and After % p. M.-Cocstsu Bar
IuprpILI prn GENERAL MOTORS BLOC
I'M lhlHI nLV' CENTRALLY LOCATED.
- MODERN ALLEYS
o0sn t'sy DAY Ur,u md0qrt Ma. s's'
u. J. MlLLeTTS 77 T9y"evIt j,y!5; ave
Open Alleys Daily Until Sept. 5
LOVES REC, 20 20 siIs'4sS sRT5,sS 4s55G 4ss[f
Cocktail Lounge murray s3t
1875 Esd Jefferson a, tasGs.n
LUCKY STRIKE fit f41 9GSSO sfSCl TIyfs 7Y as, $
OPEN BOWLING DAILY FROM 10 a. NJ ON
q BRUNSWICK LANES BAR
mt, ELLIOTT REC, T'70 ~ Vt. ,.s.ss ELLIOT
ops0 Alleys A. ~ Urill 7p ~ and after II
VISIT Our Cocktail LOUNGE Excellent Food
NCW CEpVIEW 1889 EAST JEFFERso,
NV HlHflLW Mu s722
lo.Tsam League opsnire Friday, : 70 p N
op'n Bo~iine TODAY Untii p. NJ After ~
NEW cLpEIEln 4477 CHENE ST
WV UNHl iLLu ~ sif6-Ot. 97l0
81. Choice LEAGUE Reservations LETT indrsc
Fluorescent Liahting % Strsa~'insd Alley,
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

Fort Riley might have won
the game II tnc soldiers had had
the chance 70 practice their
placeklckS with real Sohd goal
,..atl .- sEa.r tl4aa4a
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

ANY one who can maStcrTnind
a club 10 three tOUChdOWns
aEaTUyr sy tOUEh q Zoe as the
Rlue Jackets. knows how 20 build
Ban attack
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

Fort Riley didn't possess any
goal posts. so In the week pre-
Ceding the scrap with the GObS.
l. 4
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-15

10 direct all their boots az i'm
aginaTN uprlght-
Evening star., 1943-05-07
By GEORGE KENNEDY.

Mrs. Robert D. Mahoney, who lives
at the corner of Seventh and E
streets S.W., was busy preparing a
Victory garden between her house
and an iron fence and hedge that
stands inside the E street sidewalk
when a policeman from the fifth
precinct station surprised her.
He told her she could not plant
vegetables there. Grass, flowers or
shrubs were all right, he said, but
no Victory garden.
Puzzled and dismayed, Mrs. Ma
honey appealed to Commissioner
John Russell Young in a letter.
Yesterday she received this answer
from G. M. Thornett, secretary to
the Commissioners:
Reply is made to your letter of
April 30. 1943, requesting reconsider
alton of the action of the Commits
sioners relating to the use of land
between the sidewalk and building
line for the planting of a Victory
garden.
Permission "Unwise"
Il am directed by the Commits
sioners to inform you that this
space cannot be used without OBJ
tanning permission from the Com
missioners, except for the sodding
of lawns, flowers and small shrubs,
and the Commissioners are of the
opinion that it would be unwise to
grant permission to plant Victory
gardens on the public parking
fronting of property in the District
of Columbia. The Commissioners
therefore will not authorize the
issuing of permits for such use of
the public parking"
Mrs. Mahoney had stopped plant
ing. She had seed potatoes and
tomato and cabbage sets ready but
it looks as though she can't plant
them.
Two Sons in Service.
"And to think our Government
asked every one to plant every avail
able spot to produce food for our
selves and release food for our SOL
dier boys" she said. Il have two
sons in uniform and one is over
seas. I thought I was going to do
Evening star., 1943-05-07
I Killed, ; Injured
In Army Plane Crash
Huge Bomber Wrecked
At Soda Springs, Idaho
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
SODA SPRINGS, Idaho, May T.
Seven men of a crew of 10 were
killed in the midnight crash of a
four-engined bomber from the Army
air base at Wendover, Utah.
Deputy Sheriff J. E. Williams said
two Of the three survivors were in a
serious condition at the Soda Springs
Hospital.
The huge plane circled the town
for approximately 80 minutes at a
very low altitude, Mr.. Williams said.
then crashed into high tension
power line and plummeted to earth.
The wings and engines broke from
the fuseiage and burst into flames.
Rescuers reached the scene quickly
and none of the victims was burned
Mr. Williams said.
The WenGover base released this
casualty list:
Dead-Second 1t. Donald T.
Arnold of Atlanta. Ga: Staff Sergt
Adolph Zueiiy of Tell City, Ind.
Staff Seret. Richard l.. Atkinson of
Jacksonville, Fla; Staff Sergt. Elmer
c. Borsig of st. Louis, Mo-: Staff
Sergt. Thomas A. Smith of New York
City Staff Sergt. Floyd F. Journeay
of New Hyde Park, Long Island
N. Y: Staff Sergt. George E. Claus
ius, jr., of Chicago, Ill.
njured-Second 1t. Dixie E.
Reese, Silver City, N. Mex: Melvin
H. w. Williams. Cope. Colo, and
Ardby G. Pratt, Lowell. Mass.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Capt. Werner Missing,
Father With A. P. Here

Capt. Miles Allen Werner, Is, a
fighter pilot in the Army Air Forces
and son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
Werner of Washington and Los An
geles. has been missing in action In
the Alaskan theater since May l.,
the War Department informed his
parents.
Capt Werner's father, who now
covers foreign affairs and the State
Department for the Associated Press
here. served for many years as a
foreign correspondent. Among other
assignments abroad, he was chief
Of the Associated Press Bureaus in
Vienna and Moscow and covered the
Russo Finnish War at the front in
1910. He served in the World War
with the 126th Regiment, Coast Ar
tillery.
A younger brother of Capt. Wer-
ner, George Carleton Werner. has
just been called for active Army
duty. The parents Of Capt. Werner
live in Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY, MAY 1sa

withstanding the fact that no action
has been taken by the Judiciary
Committee.
Similar legislation was passed by
the House last year, but died in the
Senate under the threat of q
fllibuster.
Rankin Fears Strife.
An opponent, Representative
Rankin, Democrat, Of Mississippi,
declared "the only result Of bringing
this measure up On the floor and
passing it at this time will be to
stir up strife among the American
people at time when we need unity
above all things"
Mr.. Marcantonio, sponsor of the
measure, said it would make it pos
sible for 10000, 900 Americans in seven
Southern States to vote in Federal
elections without paying a tax. He
argued that poll taxes are illegal
because no State can place restric-
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Gardens Barred on City-Owned
Property Inside of Sidewalks

my bit and help them. 1t seems
stupid. This place was a mess of
weeds year ago"
The public parking" referred to
in the letter is the land inside the
sidewalk owned by the city. In
the older parts of the CITY, the sec
tions near the Capitol and in Old
Georgetown, this city-owned land
runs right to the building line.
Washington is peculiar in this re-
spect, it was explained at the Dis
trict Building. AS the city was
originally surveyed by Maj. Len
fant, 80 feet was left for streets.
Private ownership began beyond
that. When the streets were put
in, they were 30 feet wide. That
left 80 feet of public property on
each side.
8 Feet Inside Sidewalk.
Space between curb and the in
side of the sidewalk is usually IL
feet, leaving 18 feet of public prop
erty inside the sidewalk-to the
building line in the older sections.
In the newer sections part of the
front lawn nearest the house may
be private property, but private
ownership rarely extends to the
sidewalk.
No one knew where the term pub
lie parking" came from but it was
recalled that in the post-Civil War
days of Gov. Alexander r. Shep-
herd of the District of Columbia
the Street Department was called
the Parking Commission.
Question Considered Earlier.
Under the law, permission of the
Commissioners is necessary for the
planting of anything other than
sod, flowers and shrubs in the pub
lie parking. Early this year, it was
said, the question of giving permis-
sion for Victory gardens in such
space came before the Commission
ers. After asking advice, the Com
missioners decided against it.
Orders recently were sent to the
police precinct captains to tell their
patrolmen to warn residents that
Victory gardens in the public park
ing were in violation of the law.