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Evening star., 1944-10-15
BuIquriu Bows Out

The announcement from Moscow
that Bulgaria has accepted prelimi-
nary armistice terms formulated
jointly by Soviet Russia and the
western Allies may be regarded as a
hopeful first fruit of the current
conversations between Prime Min
lister Churchill and Marshal Stain
In the Soviet capital. Bulgaria's
enigmatic attitude had constituted
one of the most troublesome phases
of an entire Balkan situation full OF
uncertainties.
The diplomatic tangle about Bull
garia arose more than month ago
when Moscow literally torpedoed
armistice negotiations then proceed
ing in Cairo between the Bulgarian
government Of the day and the
representatives Of Britain and the
United States. The diplomatic tor
pedo consisted of a sudden Russian
declaration of war against Bulgaria,
with whom Moscow had maintained
diplomatic relations. although Bull
garia had formally declared war
against America and Britain along
with the other Axis powers imme-
diately after Pearl Harbor.
The results of Russia's sudden ac-
ton were suspension Of the Cairo
negotiations and the Inauguration
OF negotiations with Moscow by q
new Bulgarian government frankly
pro-Russian in complexion and
pledged not only to military CO.
operation with the Russians against
the Germans but also to an under
standing with the pro-Soviet regime
Of Tito in Yugoslavia. Russia's DOM
nance in Bulgaria was revealed by
the removal of American and British
officers from that country to Turkey
on orders Of the commander Of the
Russian occupation forces In Bull
garia, albeit that singular action was
subsequently disayowed by Moscow.
Evening star., 1944-10-15

abundant Hfe Is spiritual. It is dedi-
Gated 10 God by choice and not BY
force. Moses said: Il set before you
life and death -choose life" Jesus
said: How oft would have gathered
you as hen gathereth her brood be- I
Meath her wings but ye would not. I"
He said again: Il am the way. ths
truth and the life, no man cometh
unto the Father dife) but by me- :.
He that folioweth me shall not walk
in darkness but have the light Of nfe."
Do we have that light?
#xH
How wonderful 1t Is to see SO many
Of our servicemen and women realiz-
ing the value Of spiritual life. The
writer in a 41-year pastorate has given
out nearly Eve thousand testaments to
members joining his church. In each
book he writes the name of the in
coming member and selects life text.
The boys have taken these testaments
with them into camp and on battle
fields. Recently In the invasion of
Normandy one Of the boys was killed.
His mother said to me: My son was
SO clean and fine in all habits and he
was ready to meet his Lord. In one
OF his letters he said, DR.. Balls life
text was 30 comforting while crossing
the Channel for France" In his let
ter to his mother he told where to
find the text, but the censor had
blacked it out, thinking it was a code.
That boy lost his physical existence
for his country but his life was hid
with Christ in God" What Is your
life?
There's long. long trail a-pindino
into the land of my dreams,
Where the Angel hosts are singing
And Gods glory CLEANS.
It's land OF tDondrous beauty
With q city bright and fair;
Our Father tells US In His Word
Lies long, long trau leads there.
There's Book iU3lich He has giuen
That 10iH guide US on the Uay
To the land OF dreams and pisions
With its endless day.
Through the long, long night of
Ddittno
Until our dreams all come true
My Saviour toaIks close By my side
And a0iH toaik that trail uith pou.
Evening star., 1944-10-15
Wbat Is our Life?
Jan.es. tp.5.
By The Req. John Compton Ban, D. D.,
Pastor Emeritus Of the Metropolitan Bapttst Church

In these days when the world q
storm-tossed and shaken with war.
when amid the roar Of cannon and
scream OF shells casualty lists are
mounting, loved ones are being car
ried to cemeteries, others languish-
ing In hospitals, while blood donors
by the thousands give OF that valu-
able fluid that hearts may be kept
beating, the question Ubecomes Of
greatest Importance: why life and
what is It for3
job says life ID wind James de-
clares 1t - . "vapour which APP
peareth for little time and then
vanisheth away" Is that all there
Is to it2 No. indeed! Think Of life
first physically-- wonderful the
human body; what honor God gives
US. Anthropos Greek for MANI has
been defined as "the only being that
can stand erect on two feet, throw
back his head and fix two eyes on one
star" In the light of that definition
let us straighten our frame and fol-
NV 0oa . OAl6AlluA 6uU-
due the earth and have dominion
over It,"
But life Is more than an early pil-
grimage We sympathize with the
priest of the ancient Druids, who,
standing in the temple addressing
the multitude under the light of the
torches, sees a night bird enter
through an aperture, circle around
and dash out on the opposite side,
and cries, "Such is life-out OF the
darkness We came and into the dark
ness we gol"
No, life ends not with hole in
the ground 8 feet by 2. The body
may sink In the seas or rest
in the bosom Of mother earth, but
life goes on. THE spirit returns to
God who gave It," Absent from the
body, present with the Lord"
Life Is more than physical or men
tai; 1t is spiritual. It is Gods great
school wherein we are being fitted for
an existence higher than this and
eternal. Christ said: Life is more
than meat am come that you
might have life and that you might
have 1t more abundantly" The
Evening star., 1944-10-15

eers who, In normal" seasons, are
fenced OF more or less ineffectively
by an electrified guard-line but who,
given the opportunity provided by
thorough American bombing Of
the towns Of the island. would Hike
nothing better than to massacre
their masters"
Evening star., 1944-07-31
La Traviata' Will Be Sung
AT Water Gate Toiiqht

La Traviata" will be given to.
night at the Water Gate by the Ma.
tional Negro Opera Co. with June
McMechen making her debut ir
the role of Violetta. Also includ.
ed in the cast will be Mimic Cato
William Franklin and Joseph Lips
comb.
Faust" which was postponed
Saturday night because of rain
will be presented tomorrow night
with Ruth Logan, Chauncey Brown
and William Franklin as the prin-
cipal singers.
Aida" scheduled for yesterday
has been postponed until next Sun
day when Mimic Cato will sing the
title role. Others in the cast will
be Betty Voorhees,, making her
debut: Parker Paulson and William
Franklin.
The three productions will be
conducted by Otto Lehman and
staged by Frederick Schweppe. Mary
Cardwell Dawson is the sponsor.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Capital Transit InstoIIs Device
To Check Breaks in Service
'Seeing-Eye Dog Will Speed Repairs
By Keeping Track Of All Streetcors

Busy Washington streetcar riders
who may have fumed when some
delay made them late for work, ap-
pointments or dinner, will have less
reason to fret after today.
The Capital Transit Co. equiva-
lent of a seeing-eye dog will go into
operation. aimed specifically at keep
ing watchful eye on streetcars, so
that trouble can be cleared up in a
much shorter time.
The dog" is a small boxshaped
machine. hooked onto wall in the
Office of w. H. Grown, chief dis
patcher. 1922 M street NV. Called
a 'headway recorder" the machine
records on moving tapes the time
a car passes any one of 40 locations
on the system. Then men in charge
of the recorder know at what time
each car is due to pass each Of the
40 intersections. and when no mark
is recorded it signifies trouble.
Calls Power Company.
Immediately one of the operators
calls WSIB, the Potomac Power Co.
emergency radio station, and a call
Is broadcast to the seven transit
company cruising investigators. The
nearest investigator goes to the
scene Of the trouble usually reach
ing 1t within five minutes.
At the 10 check points an elec-
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Postal Clerks Lose
Jobs in Coupon Case
Discharges Complete
Falls Church Shuke-up

Two more clerks at the Falls
Church Post Office will be dis
missed today as a result of dis
closures recently of alleged black
market operations in gasoline cou-
pons taken from the post Office, c.
M. Sale, postmaster, said today.
Mr.. Sale said the dismissal of two
youths would complete the re-
organization of the post Office fol-
lowing the black market charges.
No charges will be placed against
the two youths, it was said.
Oscar r. Miller, Route 2, Vienna,
a clerk at the post Office, was ar
rested Wednesday after being impli-
Gated by statements of two Arling-
tons County youths, who were ar
rested five days earlier, charged with
possessing B and C coupons worth
$4,000 gallons of gasoline, allegedly
Stolen from the Falls Church Post
Office.
Miller, who was alleged to have
been the "tipoff" man. was freed on
81 1000 bond pending Federal grand
jury action.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Charles {. Riordon, II,
Dies; Was Patent Attorney

Charles E. Riordon, II, of 1925
Montague street NV, patent at
torney, died yesterday at Sibley Hos
pital following an illness of several
months.
A native of Washington Mr.. Rior-
don attended the public schools and
National Law School here. At the
turn of the Century he was asso-
ciated with Butterworth and Dowell,
but later entered practice for him.
self.
Mr.. Riordon was a charter mem
Der of the Carroll Council, knights
OF Columbus. He also was a mem
5ef of the Kiwanis Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary T. Riordon; a daughter, Cecile,
wife of 1t. j. MaXsom Cunningham,
U. S. C. G. r., president of the
Lanman Engraving Co. of Washing
ton: three grandchildren and one
brother, j. Allen Riordon, general
manager of the Norfolk g. Wash
ington Steamboat Co.
Funeral services will be held at
the Church of the NATIVITY, 6001
Thirteenth street NV, at 9 am,
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Tobacco Men Concede
Price Battle Is Lost
Governor Orders Georgia
Markets to Open Today
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Southern f1ue-cured tobacco grow
ers and warehousemen have con-
ceded defeat in their week long
fight for a two-cent increase in an
nounced price ceilings on the 1914
crop.
Turned down in their appeal ear
lier last week by Economic Sta
hilization Director Fred M. Vinson,
the group renewed the attack, but
tressed by governors and members
OF Congress, but late Saturday
heard the final word from OPA OFF,
cials that they could not recon-
mend the requested increase.
AS the decision was being an
nounced, the group received word
that Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia
had ordered Georgia markets opened
today.
Although still maintaining tina,
flue-cured producers were beine
'mistreated" by the ruling, the grour
bowed to the verdict, James F
Brownlee, deputy OPA administra.
tor, told the group he had mot re.
ceived any facts or figures to prove
that the announced ceilings-3s
cents on loose, ungraded tobacco
and 431z cents on tied and graded
leaf-were not profitable" to pro.
ducers.
Presenting the growers case were
Senator George, Democrat, o1
Georgia; Gov. J. M. Broughton o1
North Carolina, Gov. Olin D. John
ston of South Carolina, 1t. Gov
William Tuck of Virginia and H. L
Wingate, president of the Georgia
Farm Bureau.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Pre-Hearing Conference
Planned on Car Rates

A prehearing conference on ten
tative rules of procedure for the
forthcoming hearing of the Public
Utilities Commission on the rates
and value of the Capital Transit Co.
has been set for 10 am. Monday,
September IL, in Room 203 of the
District of Building.
This will be preparatory to a
formal hearing on the fair value OF
the company property, proper an
nual charge for depreciation, fair
rate of return and proper rates.
On Friday, the PUG announced
its ruling denying the Director of
Economic Sterilization and Price
Administrator the right to intervene
in the hearings. The commission
held that since no rate increase was
involved, the two Federal groups
were not entitled to Intervention.
The original order for the transit
investigation was issued last sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Arlington Sun Awarded
; Prizes by Press Group

The Arlington Sun, weekly news
paper published in Arlington
County, won three awards in the
Virginia Press Associations con-
test for weekly newspapers, an
nounced Saturday night at the
closing session of the organization,s s
meeting at Roanoke.
The Arlington weekly took first
place for excellence Of display ad-
vertising, second place for excel
lence of local news and third place
for excellence of general makeup.
r. T. Corbell of the Loudoun
Times-Mirror, Leesburg, took second
honors in the weekly contest for
best news writing, and the Times
Mirror placed second for excellence
of display advertising.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Mrs. E. Lee lie Compile
Funeral Set Tomorrow

BY the Associated PreSS.
CAMBRIDGE, Md, July 81
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for Mrs. E. Lee LeCompte,
wife of the State game warden,
who died Saturday at her home
here after long illness.
Burial in Christ Church Gene
terry will follow services in a Cam
bridge funeral home.
Mrs. LeCompte, a native of Dor
chester County, lived most of her
life in this Eastern Shore COM
munity.
Surviving, in addition to her hus-
band, are four sisters, Mrs. Her.
bert Graham and Mrs. Fred Dose
New York; Mrs. Leroy Templeman
and Mrs. Elise Prouse, Baltimore
and two brothers, Charles Sherman
Baltimore. and Howard Sherman,
Cambridge.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
lsNRstoniinq
&Remiindery6a

Canned Feeds, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps AS through Z-8 and
AS good Indefinitely. B-5 through
F-5 valid tomorrow and good in
definitely. Each stamp worth 10
points.
Meats. Fats, Etc-Red stamps A-a
through Z-8 and AS through C-s
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. All meats except beef steaks.
roast beef and choice cuts of lamb
point free. Until further notice.
three red stamps will be validated
every four weeks instead of every
two weeks.
Points for Fats-Y0u meat dealer
win pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats YOU
turn in. The fact that lard. short.
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection Is less
essential.
Sugar-BOok No. 4 stamps 80, 81 ana
80 valid for S pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 10 good for 8
pounds for home canning through
February q, 1o45.
Gasoline-No. l0-A coupons sood
for 8 gallons each through August
3. BIS, B-4, C-3 and CA coupons
good for 5 gallons each.
shees-Airplane stamps ! and 2 In
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
euel On-Periods No. { and 8 cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 80. Period I.
lsA-6 fuel a2 ration good now
Tor 10 gallonT per unit.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Clifton Forge Starts
Clearing Streets After
S250,000 Fire
County Courthouse Among
Buildings Swept by BIoze;
Documents Are Suved
By the Associated Press

bS lne ASSOCIATED Press.
CLIFTON FORGE, Va, July 81
Residents of this Allegheny County
city today were clearing the streets
of debris-after one of the most
dangerous fires in the community S
history, blaze which destroyed an
ice plant, feed mill, a monument
works and two shops, and swept the
county courthouse The damage was
estimated at $250,0O0.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 6 pm. Saturday in the Clifton
Forge Ice and Fuel Co.'S plant, and
before it could be brought under
control had swept through adjacent
buildings and to the courthouse. de-
stroying the framework supporting
the clock atop that edifice and Drop
ping the machinery to the second
floor of the two-story brick building
Ofi1cial documents on the first
floor of the courthouse, occupied by
the county clerk, treasurer and COM
missioner of revenue, the police de-
partment and the city manager,
were saved
Other buildings destroyed included
the Seacrest Monument Works,
Lanes barbershop, Woolwine's Mar
ket, two apartments over the shop
and grocery. small dwelling and
the Clifton Forge Milling and Feed
Co.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Army's School
OF Government
GoesCo-Ed

The Army's School Of Military
Government at Charlottesville, Va.
has gone coed.
First OF the women students are
four WAC officers who began courses
today in Far Eastern affairs.
Other women will be chosen for
similar classes beginning in Septem-
Der for six-week periods through
February until 20 WAC officers have
Army civil affairs training, the War
Department announced.
The first WAC trainees are Can't.
Alice Gwendolyn Gordon of New
York City, First 1t. Clara Elizabeth
Kramer of Beverly Hills, Calf:
Second 1t. Marguerite Yancy Of
Asheville, N. c., and Second 1t. Ada
E. Leeke Of Burbank, Calf.
After six weeks at Charlottesville.
the WACS will undergo six to nine
months study at q university desig-
mated by the Provost Marshal Gem
erals Once. In addition. to Yale, the
University Of Chicago and the Uni
versity of Michigan, three other uni
versities have been added to the list
Of those which will be used In the
program. They are Harvard. North
western and Stanford Universities.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Auto Use Stamp Drive
Planned in Maryland
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July 31.-A cam.
paign is under way to enforce strict
ly the law governing IS auto uss
stamps in Maryland, a spokesman
for the collector of internal revenue
said yesterday.
He did not indicate the nature OF
the drive, however, or to make pub
lie the number of Federal tax stamps
which had been sold In the State.
Oficials estimated on July 8 that
as many as zoe, 900 Maryland autos
did not bear the stamps. The max.
imum penalty for failure to purchase
the stamp, which should have been
displayed on all motor vehicles in
operation on July /, is SIS fine or
80 days in jail or both.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
1000 D. T.. Vacationists
Needed in Peach Harvest

John Jones, extension service
farm placement director for the
District, said today that 1000 Wash
ington vacationists will be needed
to aid In the peach harvest in Vir-
ginia and Maryland from August Is
to September l.
Mr.. Jones said many peach grow
ing sections in the two States have
applied for war prisoners to aid in
the harvest, but it is unlikely that
prisoners will be available.
He said growers must depend on
volunteers from the District and
other cities in the two States If the
bumper peach crop is to be saved.
Mr.. Jones said volunteers driving
from the District to points in Mary
land and Virginia will be able to
obtain gasoline allotments provided
they fill their cars with other vol
unteer workers. He said volunteers
should contact him at the farm
placement office, United States EN-
ployment Service Office, Fifth and
K streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Mount Vernon Highway
Blocked 6 Hours by Tree

The Mount Vernon Memorial
highway was blocked for six hours
last night after q tree was blown
across the road hallway between
Mount Vernon and Alexandra by
high winds during a thunderstorm,
park police reported today.
Police said trafi1c was detoured
by by way of Fort Hunt road and
Shirley drive. The tree was re-
moved by National Capital Parks
workmen.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Factory Employment
Drops in MARYLAND
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 31.-Factory
employment decreased Q per cent
and payrolls dropped per cent
from May to June in Maryland this
year, John M. Pohlaus, commits
sioner of labor and statistics, re-
ports.
Weekly earning for workers in
Maryland industrial Establishments
in June averaged $49.37.
Employment figures for the first
half of this year were 1913 per cent
below those for the first 6 months
of 1943.
Combined weekly payrolls drop
ped 81 per cent during the same
period, while both payroll and en-
ployment totals showed continued
gain over figures for the first half
of 1912.
Evening star., 1944-07-31

trical contact on the conductor rail
works q relay located beside the
track. The relay closes q telephone
circuit and the telephone V6re car
ries the current to the machine,
causing a pen to make a mark of the
strip Of tape covering that location.
The check points are all in out
lying districts as the congested areas
in midtown are sufficiently covered
by Investigators stationed at busy
intersections.
VIII Continue Calls.
Before the recorder was installed,
when trouble occurred, the motor
man had to get out of the car, 20
to the nearest phone and call in
before any help could be sent.
Drivers will continue to call in with
the new system.
The headway recorder cost Sc, ,0OO
to install and took six months to
complete. 1t will run "A hours a
day, under the direction of George
E. Warder, assistant chief dis
patcher.
Transit company oficials said
they hope to extend the recorder
system to cover buses too. Me-
chanical details for that have not
been worked out. They also plan
to set up their own emergency radio
station to speed up the service.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
WheotIey Estote Sold
For Realty Development

After being owned and occupied
by the Wheatley family for more
than so years, one of Bethesda's s
estates, 'Moreland," has passed into
the hands of realty dealers for
development purposes.
William S. Bowling purchased the
property from DR.. Charles Wheatley
and his two sisters. Mrs. Francis
Borden and Mrs. A. B. Veazey.
Samuel E. Wheatley, District Com
missioner, purchased the 13-acre
tract in December, 1893, as the site
of a summer home for his family of
eight children and built an 18-room
house.
DR.. Wheatley has purchased a
home at 1922 Glenbrook road, Be-
thesda, and Mrs. Borden and Mrs.
Veazey now make their home on
Marion street, near "Moreland."
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Two Virginia Districts
Select Nominees for
Congress Tomorrow
Three-Mon Race in Second
Gets Most Attention;
All Express Confidence
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PrcSS.
RICHMOND, Va, July 3l.--Demo-
Gratis of two Virginia congressional
districts, the second and the fourth,
will pick their two nominees for
the House in the primary tomorrow,
and will observe with particular in
terest the three-man race in the
second for the seat which Repre-
sentative Harris is vacating. In
statements issued over the week
end, the five candidates in the two
districts all expressed confidence.
In the second, State Senator
Ralph Daughton, Norfolk attorney
and president of the Piedmont
Baseball League, said he expected
to be elected. The 58-year-old
State legislator is identified with
the Democratic organization headed
by Senator Byrd.
Former State Senator Vivian
Page, veteran Of 16 years service
in the General Assembly, who has
opposed organization candidates
both in gubernatorial and State
Senate races, said he never predict
ed the outcome of an election. He
added, however, that "the reports
which I am receiving are very en-
couraging." Mr.. Page has received
the expressed support of several la
Dor groups in the Tdewater area in
recent weeks.
George H. Bowers, campaign man.
ager for the third candidate in the
district, Porter Hardy, jr.. farm
leader, said Mr.. Hardy had risen
from the status of "a dark horse
in Norfolk to what looks to be a
winner"
Representative Drewry, Peters,
burg, who has been a member of the
House since 1920, said he hoped to
carry every county in the 4th dis
trict against the challenge of L. l..
Bean, wholesale grocer and former
Mayor of South Hill. Mr.. Bean said
everything "looked favorable" fol-
his candidacy.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Patient Found Hanged
Al Rockville Sanitarium

Daniel w. Leider, 40, a patient at
the Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium,
Rockville, was found hanging from
tree In the sanitarium grounds
this morning, according to Mont
gomery County police.
Police said Mr.. Leider's body, sus-
pended by a rope looped around a
branch of the tree, was discovered
by John Lee, colored, an employe
Of the sanitarium.
They said Mr.. Leider had come to
the sanitarium from his home In
New York City about a week ago.
DR.. Emil G. Bakersfield, Bethesda,
assistant county medical examiner,
said he issued a certificate Of suicide.