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Evening star., 1943-06-20
Maj. Eliot Says Elimination
OfOWI Branch Would Be Error
Asserts Pottersons Statement on Output Log
Proves Need for More Information

atiSm. For this the services are not
to blame. There is nothing what
ever In the training and experience
OF the average Army or Navy Of
ficer to give him any idea of the
place which public opinion occupies
as a factor in the national war ef-
fort. AS to military information,
his instinct is toward complete
secrecy. He is not equipped to weigh
In the balance the advantage of in
forming our own people on a par
tlcular point as against the dis
advantage of letting the enemy know
something which he might not
otherwise know.
II the domestic branch of the OWL
Is abolished, there will be no agency
to fight for the right of the people
OF this country to have adequate
and timely information as to the
course of the war and the doings of
the American armed forces. That
is a battle which the branch has
been fighting daily 1t has not been
an easy battle. But it is one which
Elmer Davis has fought in the in
terest of the American people and
one for which he deserves the thanks
and not the censure of their repre-
sentatives in Congress.
Interpreters Not to Blame.
We stand now on the threshold
of the greatest military operations
in the history of our country. They
will lead us to victory, and to the
necessity for making great decisions
when victory is won. 1'he Owl is
charged with the vital task of de-
veloping IAN informed and intelli-
gent understanding of the status and
progress of the war effort, and of
the war policies. activities and aims
of the Government" This is a task
which cannot be left undone, or for
the lack of its being done all else
may fail
II our policies are vague, or our
war aims i'll defined, the fault lies
with the makers of policy and not
with its interpreters. Here. too.
Congress can serve us all by taking
share in formulation of policy.
Certainly nothing but increased
confusion can result from abolishing
the central information agency, and
putting public relations back in the
hands of the several departments
and bureaus concerned with the war
effort. Particularly in time of war,
those whose acts are properly the
subjects of public knowledge and
concern, cannot be permitted to
have untrammeled control of the
evidence to be submitted to the
court of public opinion.
Copyright. l943, New York Tribune. Inc.)
Evening star., 1943-06-20
D. {. Sunday School
Association Holds
Annual Conference
Dr.. Crawford Outlines
3-Point Program for
Religious Living

DR.. Clarence w. Crawford, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church, last
night told young people of the goth
annual conference sponsored by the
District Sunday School Association
at American University that relig-
ion should not be looked upon as a
duty but ''as power within your
self to transform your life for you
and make for abundant living"
He urged youth to make three
"long-range decisions" First, he
declared, one should never let any
day pass without spending some
part of it reading the Bible or in
prayer. Secondly. he pointed out
that one should try to let no week
go by without doing something for
some one else.
Lastly DR.. Crawford emphasized,
You should turn over your life
without reservation to God"
Session Curta lied.
Because of the problems of trans
portation, the conference, held in
previous years at Western Maryland
College for three dayss was limited
to one day at American University
Chester H. Jones, vice president
of the Sunday School Association,
presided at the closing session.
Music was supplied by the Ninth
Street Christian Church Vesper
Choir under the direction of the
Rev. j. Lloyd Black, director of
work for the Christian Churches of
the city.
WPB Aide Speaks.
DR.. j. I. Baugher, former superin-
tendent of schools in Hershey. Pa.
and at present associated with the
War Production Boaro. spoke to
Sunday School officers and officials
at their 2lst annual conference fol-
lowing DR.. Cranford's address.
Sunday schools he declared,
should increase production of GUAM
tity and quality IN wartime Wash
'lngton. for God reveals himself
through his teachers
DR.. Charles E. Resser. president
OF the District Sunday School As
sociation, led the group in round
table discussion of The Church
School in Wartime Washington
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Gen. McNair Orders New
Courses in Night Fighting

BY the Associated Press.
Additional training for divisions
and other units of the Army in
night fighting. raiding. handling of
mines and other phases OF modern
warfare has been ordered by 1t. Gen
Lesley j. McNair, commander Army
Ground Forces, the War Department
announced yesterday.
Gen. McNair. in ordering the pro-
gram. said it is designed to perfect
the technique of individuals and
units, with particular emphasis on
the essentials brought out by expert
ence in battle"
Evening star., 1943-06-20
U.S.. Used 79OMiIIions
For May Lease-Lend
Total Nears Z Billions
Russia Hos Received
More Thun One-Fourth;
Far East Gets 66 Millions
Ry The Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LeaSe-lend aid in May amounted
to S790000, 900, bringing the total
since the beginning of the program
to sl1 1893 100000
In reporting May figures last
night, Lease-Lend Administrator
Edward r. Stettinious, jr., said So
$50 900, 900 of the total represented
goods transferred and the remain
ing $l,963, 900, 900 services rendered.
such as rental and repair of ships.
For May only, s7l6,0O0,OO0 was for
goods and $74000,O0O for services.
Lease-lend exports to the end of
April, the last month for which
these figures are available, totaled
SO ,260 100000, with April exports
amounting to $839, 900 600, the high
est for any single month.
Exports of munitions to the end
OF April amounted to S4,278O 900 900.
or 81 per cent of all exports; in
dustrial minerals, s2,177,OOO 600. or
26 per cent, and food and other
agricultural products, Sl,8O5 900 900,
or % per cent.
In April. Munitions led all ex-
Evening star., 1943-06-20

tact, in some cases not even by
common sense. 1t is natural that
in a new and rapidly expanding
organization of this sort there
should be initial errors, and it is
natural that the need for the elm
ination of some individuals should
become apparent only after they
have made painful mistakes.
But it is quite another thing to
deprive the United States of an
adequate and complete war infor-
nation agency because individuals
have been tactless and mistakes
have been made. Such an agency is
an indispensable department of a
government at war, and it Is per-
haps even more essential that the
people should be accurately and
honestly informed of what is going
on than it is that our foreign propa-
ganda service should be maintained
at a high level of efficiency.
Stressed by Patterson's Statement.
This fact is sharply emphasized by
the statement of Undersecretary of
War Patterson yesterday that pro-
duction in May has fallen off 5i2
per cent, largely due to over-opti-
mism and complacency on the part
of an inaccurately informed public.
Obviously what we need is not less
information but more accurate and
clearly stated informal ton. The way
to get that is not to eliminate the
agency whose duty it is to provide
us with such information, but to
make that agency do a better Job.
I have long since come to the
belief that it is to the Congress that
the people of this country must look
for administrative reform, in those
cases where the executive branch
fails to perform its duties efficiently.
l have been happy to see congress
Slonai pressure applied by such
agencies as the admirable Truman
committee to straighten out ad-
ministrative tangles. But in this
Ease. it is impossible to avoid the
feeling that the House has welded
the AK out of sheer annoyance.
without giving careful nsideration
TO the results Of its action.
Let me give an example of one
OF these results. which to nv mind
could prove disastrous Ever since
the Owl came into being it has
fought steadily and courageously-
and in most cases Successfully-to
get the Army and Navy to release
more information about the prog
ress OF the war, to win for the Amer
ican people a better idea of what
their sons actually are doing and
suffering overseas and what they
are accomplishing to build up the
sum total Of victory
Services Tend to Secrecy.
The natural tendency of the serv-
ice departments with regard to pub
lie information is extreme conserv-
Evening star., 1943-06-20
D. {. Health Officer
Suggests Stricter
Regulation Of Dogs
Destruction Of Suspect
Animals Recommended,
With Pound Sale Halted

Adoption of more severe measures
"to curb the local mad-dog menace
was recommended to the Commits
sioners yesterday by Health Officer
George c. Rutland as he reported
the discovery of three more rabid
dogs here in the past week.
This was coupled with reports that
about 20 persons were being bitten
daily by dogs, and that in addition
to the three dogs found rabid, seven
others held under investigation are
suspected of having rabies.
Under present regulations. dogs
not muzzled or kept on leash may
be impounded and destroyed after
AZ hours if not redeemed by their
owners or purchased. In the past
some of the more valuable CANNES
have been kept at the pound in the
hopes purchaser would come along
Eight Persons Bitten.
The pound service has intensified
Its activities, however, since the
Health Department reported eight
persons and many dogs had been
bitten by dogs found infected. Yes
terday DR. Rutland said TOO dogs
had been impounded in the past two
weeks in keeping with orders for a
roundup of animals not muzzled
or on leash.
-Four new measures proposed by
DR.. Rutland were:
That licensed dogs taken to the
pound be destroyed after the 48-
hour period of grace unless re-
deemed by their owners and that
they may be redeemed only if the
owner will agree to keep the dog in
quarantine for go days-that is. kept
under conditions approved by the
Health Department.
That all dogs found roaming at
large" be apprehended and destroy
ed at the end of 48 hours.
Should Stop Sales.
That any impounded dog which
has been bitten by a rabid dog be
destroyed after 48 hours. unless ar
rangements are made for the animal
to be placed under observation at
dog hospital
That sale of impounded dogs be
stopped for the duration of the
rabies outbreak
One of the three additional rabid
CANNES was reported picked up in
the 1000 block of New Hampshire
avenue NV. Another was stray
mongrel found in the Northeast sec
ton. The third was one of 16 dogs
apprehended by the pound service
in the infected area" near the 400
block of K street NV where
rabid dog was said to have bitten
seven persons over the Memorial
Day week end. DR.. Rutland said
that so far as is known no human
beings were bitten by the three dogs
just reported.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Jewish Center to Open
Day Comp on Sun Deck

A day camp will be opened on the
sun deck of the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center on July 5. Mrs. Flora
B. Atkln, graduate of Syracuse Uni
versity and Bennington School of
Art, will be administrative director
Others on the staff will be Miss
Natalie Sherman, dramatics: Mrs.
Jean Tourin, music: Mrs. Richard
Glitter, crafts; Miss Mary Miller and
James Mcnamara, swimming and
first aid: Greta Atkin, assistant in
dance; Claire Sugar, assistant in
athletics; Jerry Bernstein. boys
athletics, and Kurt Berlin, assistant
in boys swimming.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Fordhom Honors Morinioo

NEW YORK. June 10 P,.-An
honorary degree of doctor of laws
was conferred here today by Ford
ham University on Gen. Higinio
Morinigo. president of Paraguay.
The degree was presented by the
Rev. Robert I, Cannon. president
OF the university, who praised Pres
ident Morlnigo as having con-
tributed to the success of the great
good neighbor policy
Evening star., 1943-06-20

world for the ideologies Of the
Nazis, Japs or Italians" he insisted.
you can hang Hitler. Hrohito and
Mussolini but still have the ideolo-
gies of those people.
We must do something other
than shoot the leaders. We must
make them know that they have
got 10 pay for following those false
leaders"
Commenting on the possibility
that Italy will sue for separate
peace, Mr.. Waring urged: Let
them quit-but don't make IA sep
arate peace with them.
Italy must be made to pay.
He'll hound them TO their holes but
let us not make any peace with
them until they are definitely
licked"
Evening star., 1943-06-20

ports with $4,000, 900, or 81 per
cent; industrial materials, $2O5 ,0OO,-
600, or "a per cent and food and
other agricultural products, $122,-
600. 900 or Is per cent.
In April, exports of lease lend
goods to the United Kingdom to-
tailed 1868 900 900 and those to Rus
sia $233 100000. Africa and the
Middle East got s104,OOO,OOO of
goods in April China, India, Aus
tralia and New Zealand, $66, ,0O0. 900,
and all other countries, $4,000, 900.
Exports to Russia now total 81
100000, or 26 per cent Of all
lease-lend exports, although that
country did not begin to receive aid
until the latter part OF l941.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
National Auto Death Toll
Drops $4,000 in 1912
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press
NEW YORK. June 19.-The mo-
tor vehicle accident death toll
throughout the Nation in 1912 was
23200. almost 10000 less than in
1941, the National Safety Council
reported today.
The report, made public by the
Greater New York Safety Council
here, showed corresponding de-
crease in pedestrian fatalities from
1850 in 1941 to 10000 in 1912.
Tom A, Burke, executive vice
president of the Greater New York
Council, said that although the
national figures showed a downward
trend in accidents, there are still
far too many when the curtailment
of motor fuel and unessential driv-
ing is taken into consideration"
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Charles {. Perkins Dies;
CIassmate Of Roosevelt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA BARBARA, Calf, June 10.
Charles Elliot Perkins. 81, former
president of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad, died of pneu-
monia tonight.
Mr.. Perkins, native of Burling-
ton. Iowa, was classmate of Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Harvard. He also
was on Harvard's governing board
He was president Of the Burlington
road from 1918 to 1921 and remained
on its board of directors until 1929
After his retirement from business
Mr.. Perkins bought ranch near
here and raised thoroughbred horses
One OF. his horses, Flying Ebony, was
a Kentucky Derby winner.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Negotiate Peace in Axis
Capitals, Waring Urges

BY the Associated Press.
EASTERN POINT, Conn. June 10.
For the sake of the next genera
ton, the peace that ends this war
must not be negotiated peace but
should be made in Berlin, Toxic
and Rome while those cities are
still smoldering from a rain of AL
lied bombs,' Roane Waring, nation
al commander of the American Le-
gion, said tonight.
Speaking to the 25th annual con-
vention of the Connecticut Depart
ment of the Legion, the Memphis
(TennJ man declared that a ne
gotiated peace would be passing
death sentence on the next gen.
Grafton"
There is no place in the postwar
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Aussies Torpedo Ship

LONDON. June 10 (P,.-Flying
through heavy anti-aircraft fire.
AuStrallan-manned Hampdens of
the Coastal Command attacked
enemy shipping along the Norwe-
glan coast, torpedoing one supply
ship and probably two others. 1t
was authorltatively reported today
Evening star., 1943-06-20

OF war 1nfor-
nation by the
House of Repre-
sentatives seems
to this writer a
most unfortu-
nate mistake.
I would b e
among the first
to admit that
criticism IN ay
justly be leveled
at some of the
actions Of the
branch. It's tech
niques have not
always been dis
tinplliShed hu
Evening star., 1943-06-20
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

Considered from the point of view
OF its effect on the national war
effort as a whole, the elimination
OF the domestic branch of the ONCE
Evening star., 1943-06-20
RESORTS.
XERMONT
NORTH CAROLINA,

DORSET-Near Church. Library, Club; quiet
location. extensive view; Q large rooms,
twin beds, breakfast; $40 and SI2 per
person. MISS CARHART
Evening star., 1943-06-20

HOTEL MACS HEADER, MACS HEAD, NC.
For = genuine vacation. finest surf bathing
and fishing on Atlantic Coast. away from
turmoil of cities and defense areas, ex-
eellent food and service
Evening star., 1943-06-20
SUMMER CAMPS.
MONTE VITA RANCH CAMP.

CAMP NORFLEET, N. H, OFFERS GIRLS
instruction, music, dancing, languages.
sports. Staff member will interview and
sccOmDany camDprS OIL, fnln
Evening star., 1943-06-20
$H0R REHAM
RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY n. J.

SIrsInia Ave. Just off Beach & Steel Pier.
SPACIOUS porch, elevator. free bathing.
outside rooms, innerspring mattressex
guns water. Si.s5 up dav; private bath,
N>oO up. Spec. wkly. Bickar. Own -Mst
Evening star., 1943-06-20

oerSIces IeHu 10 secrecy.
The natural tendency of the serv-
ice departments with regard to pub
/ lie information is extreme conserv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
zoo Return 10 Work
In Cleveland Strike
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, March 18-CTC
United Automobile Workers Union
members ended one day walkout
at the Park Drop Forge Co. by re-
turning to their jobs today, but
members Of the AFL BIacksmiths
and Drop Forgers Union continued
their strike, J. P. Foley and C. J.
McCune of the Police Departments
Labor Relations Bureau reported.
The two police officials said the
strike was caused by a jurisdictional
dispute, They estimated about 200
C1O men went back to work.
Wayne Patterson. business rep
resentative of the AFL union, said
the walkout was unauthorized, and
he urged the men at meeting late
last night to return to their Jobs,
but they voted to remain away.
Every effort is being made to get
the men back into the plant" Mr..
Patterson declared.
Mr.. Foley and Mr.. McCune re-
ported approximately 500 AFL work.
ers walked out yesterday in protest
over the refusal of one man to Join
their union. About $50 CLIO work.
ers then struck in protest against
the AFL action.
William A. Humel, general man
ager OF the war plant. said the con-
pany has contracts with both the
AFL, the CLIO and the unaffiliated
International Die Sinkers' Confer
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Boys Who Saved
Girl Will Get
| $50 Reward

Two colored boys will be rewarded
by Commissioner John Russell
Young tomorrow, each with a $50
check, for their part in preventing
criminal assault on a 12-year- old
white girl by a 20-year- odd white
man Sunday in Pattersons Woods
The youths to be rewarded are
Bonnie Richardson, II. of 1859 Mon
tello avenue NE, and Herbert Greg
Dry, Is, of 1916 Montello avenue NE.
Commissioner Young will present
the $50 checks at ceremony tomor.
row in his Office.
According to DR.. E. F. Hatris,
president of the Federation of Civic
Associations, two l2-year-old white
girls were accosted by man while
walking Sunday in Pattersons
Woods near Gallaudet College. An
attempt was made to assault one of
the girls, DR.. Harris said.
The two colored boys, attracted by
the girls screams, threw rocks at
the man, chasing him out of the
woods and into the hands OF police
Money for the rewards will come
from a special fund set up in Police
Department budget for prevention
and detection of crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
; Convicted on Charges
OF Cemetery Lot Fraud

Three men were found guilty last
night by a District Court Jury OF
consplring to violate the mail fraud
statute in connection with an al
legged sl,540.000 swindle in the sale
OF cemetery lots on the Baltimore
pike near Laurel, Md.
Convicted were Richard w. Beaver
OF Falls Church, Va; Harry N.
Mitchell of Uniontown, Pa. and
William A. Harvey of Baltimore.
Frank V. Raymond of Baltimore was
acquitted and G. G. Taubeer, an
other defendant, received a directed
verdict of not guilty.
According to evidence introduced
by John l.. Laskey, assistant United
States attorney, the original pro-
motors of the cemetery lot venture
were Deaver and Fred L. Lewis, who
started the operation with an in
vestment of $4,000 each, with which
they purchased 100 acres on the Bal
tlmoie pike near Laurel. They
bought the land, Mr.. Laskey said,
with $4,000 in cash and took out a
$4,000 mortgage. The prosecutor
said Lewis has pleaded nolo con-
tendere.
The promotion, according to the
/ Government, was operated through
Two experimentation Capital
Memorial Park, Inc, and National
Capital Co. Mr.. Laskey charged that
the latter company sold lots through
high-pressure campaigns conducted
/ through the mails and with field
force of more than 100 statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Wilson Student, Is,
Ends Life in Home
Mother Discovers Body
Hanging in Cellar

John Putnam Evans, Is, Woodrow
Wilson High School student, was
found dead early today, his body
hanging in the cellar OF his home
1919 Thirty fifth street NV. His
mother, Mrs. Ruth B. Evans, a Gov
eminent employe, discovered the
body when she awoke during the
night to see If he had returned from
Civilian Defense Night School.
Intern Leslie c. Koch of Emer-
gency Hospital pronounced the boy
dead at 2:20 am. Deputy Coroner
Richard Rosenberg issued a certif1-
cate of suicide.
The boy worked as a Western
Union messenger during vacations
and was taking an OCD course to
become an AFRAID warden mes
senger His sister was away at col
lege and he lived alone with his
mother.
He was found by his mother when
she went to the cellar of their home
early today to see if his bicycle was
there
Earlier Mrs. Evans had tele-
phoned him from work that she
would not be home until late, and
when she came in about 1915 O'Clock
she took it for granted that he was
still in night school, police said.
The time of his death was put at
about Z o'clock last night. Police
man V. V. Holcomb of No pre-
cinct and Sergt. Richard j. Felber
of the homicide squad investigated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Terrell Junior High
Marks 10Th Birthday

Terrell Junior High School is
celebrating its 10th anniversary this
week with special exhibits, classroom
programs and general assembly.
Named for Judge Robert Herbert
son Terrell of the Municipal Court
of the District, the junior high school
occupies the old M street high school
building Glasses were set up there
in 1888 and have since increased in
size so per cent Miss Valerie E
Chase is principal.
The judges widow, Mrs. Mary c.
Terrell, presided yesterday over a
special commemorative assembly at
tended by alumni of the school and
parents of present students. Short
addresses were made by Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president of the
Board of Education, and Mrs. Velma
G. Williams. member of the board
Dr. Garent c. Wilkinson, first assist
ant superintendent OF schools, intro
duced the speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Youth Held in Attack
On Two Girls Here
Arrested After Screams oil
Second Victim Brine Police

An 18-year-old colored youth to-
day admitted attacks on two Gov
eminent girl employees within the
last SO hours. police said, after
screams of an 18-year old Navy De-
partment clerk this morning re-
suited in his arrest.
Besides the attack this morning
the youth confessed attacking a 20
year-old FBI stenographer yester-
day, Detective Sergt John R. Cation
said.
The Navy Department employe
aWoke shortly before dawn at her
residence in the 1900 block of Seven
tenth street NV, she told police
TO f1nd a man in her room. The man
grabbed her by the throat, she said.
She screamed and he fled.
The youth was arrested in the
vicinity a short time later by De-
tectlve Sergts. A. l.. Embrev and
Cation. They were called by neigh
bors who heard the screams.
Yesterdays attack on the FBI
stenographer occurred as she left
her home in the 1900 block of
Wyoming avenue NV. to 60 to work
A man grabbed her, choked her
and threw her to the ground she
told police.
Pollce are questioning the youth
IN connection with other attack
cases.