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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIET!

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at 1890 a. m,
subject: Man
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 We'd
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church
is open every Wednesday from 200
to 400 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is a branch of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
MISSIONARY CHURCH
A. +. Albro, Pastor

Wednesday
7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting
Thursday:
7:30 Ladies Missionary Society al
parsonage
Sunday:
$3.50 Sunday school.
1890 Morning worship.
p. m. Childrens' church.
p. m. Young Peoples Society
1880 p. m. Evangelistic service
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
DEFENSELESS MENNONITE
Stanley Rum. Pastor

Stanley Rupp, Pastor
Thursday:
3:45 Boys and girls good news
meeting
7:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting
Sunday:
9:30 Sunday school
10:30, Morning worship.
7:30 Young Peoples meeting
Children's service in basement
8:15 Evangelistic service
900 "Singspiration" Mr.. Iner
Basinger of Pandora, leader.
Everyone welcome.
In most of the homes of today
there seems to be three shifts:
mothers on the day shift; fathers
on the night shift; and the children
shift for themselves. The Mirror
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Keen Wax Thin

Unless the wax coating on shell
lacked or vanished floors is kept
thin, the floors will be slippery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain lbushel prices) = Wheat
S1.60; Corn s1.i0; Oats 75c; soys
sl.S5.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
CHURCH OF CHRIST

9:30 a. m. Sunday school. The
Mems and Women's Bible class will
have charge of the opening service
10:30 a. m. Lords Supper.
A welcome awaits all who can at
tend these services.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
LUTHERAN CHURCH
w. L. Harmony, Pastor

8 a. m. Sunday school
6:45 p. m. Catechism class
7:30 p. m. Church service
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Iiz This Sundayin. The
30 tll1rrhR8H

Maxwell Anderson's play (sound
film) Journey to Jerusalem. See
announcement elsewhere. Special
music by Junior High school choir.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02

EBENEZER MENNONITE CHURCH
Arnold c. Schultz, Pastor
Thursday
7:30 p. m. Bible study.
$3.50 p. m. Choir practice.
$50 p. m. Women's Chorus re-
hearsal.
Sunday:
$3.50 a. m. Sunday school.
10:30 a. m. Morning worship.
Sermon topic: Every Man A
Preacher"
$3.50 p. m. Radio program from
WIN, Findlay.
7:30 p, m, c. E. programs for all
ages.
8:15 p. m. Evening service. The
message vii be on "The Gospel of
God"
II was glad when they said unto
me, Let US go into the house of the
Lord. Bible.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02

UNITED BRETHREN CHURCHES
Paul B. Zimmerman, Pastor
Olive Branch
Sunday school $50
Pleasant View
Sunday school 9:45
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Band Seeks
Sheet Music

The dance hand Of The 3l2th
Army Service Force IN Tu0iS
North Africa, is seeking sheet
music. Prospective donors are
urged 20 set IN touch with Mrs
Leo Harris, So94 Essex, Van
DYKE.
order War Stamps delivered
90 your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Hero MISSING
Over France

FIRST Ii SaBey B.elawSlu
Flying FdrtreSS pilot has beer
missing in action over France
since March % when he went or
his 25th mission tbe WAY depart.
ment today notified his parents
ANFfr- ana Mrs. fFfFE fi5IFiiFv-yfF-T q
1927 Stockton
1t. BIelawSki who was awarded
The Distinguished Flying Gross
and the Ar Medal with three oak
Leaf Clusters. Wr0tG hls Family on
the day before his last mission
Il have just one more raid 10
make 90 complete my combat
missions. 80 You can quit worry
ing. especially Nom" he wrote.
'T'll make the mission To-
morrow ana I may be able To
get home this SllnameF,
a member Of Catholic Central
High Schools football, baseball
and hockey teams, he WAS Cvadu-
ated from the school in4JHne, 1871.
1t. Bielawski enlisted as an air
cadet in May. 1872, and was sent
overseas last October.
A brother. Pfc. Walter Bielaw-
ak. member Of an air force
ground crew. has been overseas
FOR is months and IS in Italy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
A " OndrOus Tint
For Craving Hair

give new color. beauty, luster 20
those faded dull, CRAVING locks,
Take years of your looks right
al home Fer real professional
looking hair tinting Job at small
cost try this widely used recipe
Get from your druggist one box
Barho Compound. Mix in half pint
OF pure water as directed on pack
age This makes a bic bottle of
one OF the best gray hair prepara-
-tfons YOU can use Simply comb
into the hair as directed GraX-
faded, stfeaked hair If given sOtr,
glossy. lustrous color that will not
wash out, rub off, stain the scalp,
or affect pernanents This color is
uniform, natural looking, most
Beautiful and is easy and econom-
ical 10 maintain Try the popular
Barbo recipe today See how much
younger you will look, and forget
YOU ever had gray hair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-10
Moves 70 Deport JaPs

WASHINGTON. May 10 CUP
Rep Mott CRl of OREGON yes
terday introduced a bin toclass.fy
AN japanese subjects IN this
country as undesirable aliens and
make them subject to deportation
as soon AS The war ends
Evening star., 1944-02-28
MS. Floyd Waggamar
Dies in New England
AFTER Long Illness

Mrs. Jean Mackenzie Waggaman
81, wife of Floyd Pierpont Wagga-
man, who is vice president of the
Waggaman-Br Brawner Realty Corp
here, died yesterday at Nantucket
Island, Mass, after q long illness
it was learned here today.
Born In Boston, Mrs. Waggaman
was the daughter OF Robert F. and
Mary e. Mackenzie. She was edu-
Gated In private schools in Europe
and Cleveland and came to live in
Washington after her marriage to
Mr.. Waggaman. She made her
home at 1902 r street NV.
Formerly active in philanthropic
and civic societies, Mrs. Waggaman
had been a member of the boards
Of Emergency and Children's Hos
pitals. During the last war she
was active in the Ambulance Corps
here and had been connected with
work of the Girl Scouts.
Besides her husband Mrs. Wagga-
man is survived by daughter. Mrs.
Jean Waggaman Harper of Wash
ington, and son, Boatswain Robert
Mackenzie Waggaman, U. s. N. r.
Funeral services have been set
tentatively for Wednesday at ST.
Margaret's Episcopal Church, 1926
Connecticut avenue NV, followed
by burial in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Mrs. 0render Porter
Dies Of Long Illness

Mrs. Orender May Porter, 80,
widow Of George r. Porter and
mother Of 1t. George B. Porter,
U. S. N. r., former State editor OF
The Star, died yesterday. She had
been in failing health for several
years.
Mrs. Porter was the daughter OF
the late Charles and Jane Poole
Brown, and was a lifelong resident
Of the Washington area. For many
years she was active in the Hamline
methodist Church. Her husband
had been an employe OF Woodward
& Lothrop for "a years.
Before entering the Navy a little
over a year ago, her son, 1t. Porter
had been State editor of The Star
for a number of years, and prior
to that was staff correspondent in
Prince Georges County.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the home of her
|son, 915 Highland drive, Silver
Spring. The services will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. Walter F. Wolf,
pastor of the Arlington Presbyterian
Church, and burial will be in Glen
wood Cemeterv
Evening star., 1944-02-28
President Signs CCc Bill
Without Subsidy Ban

By the associated Press.
President Roosevelt today signed
into law the legislation continuing
the life Of the Commodity Credit
Corp. until June 30, 1945-without
any anti-subsidy strings attached.
Previous legislation to continue
Gees general operations. but carry
ing a rider eliminating the admin
istration's consumer subsidies or
various food items, was given q
presidential veto which the House
sustained ''7
The simple extension OF life was
then put through Congress but
Representative Wolcott Of Michigan
ranking Republican on the House
Banking Committee, served notice
he will ofIer the anti-subsidy rider
anew in a bill, soon to be consid-
cred, to extend the life Of the Once
Of Price Administration.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Capt. Carl 5. Drisch|er
Retired Naval Officer, Die,

Capt. Carl Steier Drischler, U. s
NJ, retired, died Saturday at the
Naval Medical Center at Bethesda
the Navy Department announced
today.
Funeral services are to be held
at l:30 pm. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer chapel. Capt. S. w. Salisbury
Chaplain Corps, U. S. NJ, will off,
ciata and burial will follow in the
Arlington Cemetery with full mill
tary honors.
Capt. Drischler was on active duty
In tia Bureau Of Ships suntil' III,
death. His widow, Mrs. Rebecca L.
Drischeler, lives at COS Northview
terrace, Alexandria.
Capt. sDrischler was born in New
York. City August 3, 1897, and wa.
graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1921. Much Of his service ir
the Navy had been In destroyer
squadronS.
Evening star., 1944-02-28

charges Of robbing the Robert e. Lee
Hotel In jackson. They escaped
from the San Quentin (Cahf) State
Prison last December 26 by scaling
wall. They were serving a sentence
In the holdup of q Beverly Hills
hotel.
They broke from the Kinds County
jail by overpowering a jailor and
threatening to kill him II trustees
interferred. The men then forced
DR.. e. A. Copeland, prominent Jack
son physician, and his nurse from
the Copeland car and made their
escape. They took at least five other
cars In their sensational trip.
The State highway patrol said the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation en-.
tered the case after the men were
traced to Greenwood and that they
would question Miss Mcknight and
others who saw the bandits.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Mrs. Mary H. Tee|e,
Club Leader, Dies

Mrs. Mary Hazard Teele, IA, widow
OF Ray Palmer Teele. senior econ
omist at the Agriculture Department
before his death in 1927, died here
yesterday after a long illness. Her
residence was at 3713 Jenifer street
NV.
Mrs. Teele was long active in the
Twentieth Century Club, the Rich
ard Arnold Chapter OF the OAR
the PEG Sisterhood, Chapter B and
the YWCA. She helped to obtain
the Vacation Lodge In Cherrydale
Va, for the YWCA. She was first
president of the YWCA In Chevy
Chase, assisted in the establishment
Of an elementary school there and
was one Of the first officers Of ita
parent-teacher association.
Born in Chicago, Mrs. Teele had
lived In this area since 1897. She
moved to Chevy Chase about 1907
and had lived there for many years.
She is survived by a son, Ray p
Teele, physicist at the Bureau OF
Standards; granddaughter, Miss
Audrey Teele, and two sisters, Mrs
Albert N. Prentiss and Mrs. Francis
A. woodward, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held al
2 pm. tomorrow at Gawler's fu-
neral home, 1756 Pennsylvania ave.
nue. NV, with the Rev. Clarence
Wise, pastor Of the Wesley Meth.
odist Church, ofdciating. Burial viii
be private.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
{. T. Smith Of Washington
Wins Bridge Tourney
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Mrs. Ken
meth Beghold Of Scranton, Pa, and
E. F. Smith Of Washington last night
became the second non-New York
team ever to win the Eastern open
pairs contract bridge championship
when they defeated 81 other teams.
The only other time that New
Yorkers were crowded out was in
1881, when w. c. Cogswell and Nor
man Bonney, both of Boston, won
the title.
The Beghold-smith team scored
540H match points. Ralph Hirsch-
berg and Pfc. Jack Shore Of New
York were second with $40, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. M. Jaeger, New York, third
with 528; Bertram Lebhar, New Ro-
chelle, N. Y, and Simon Rossant,
New York, fourth with SIT.
Last years champions, Jules TILES
and Abraham Goldstein, New York,
finished fifth with SIS after leading
the field going into the final round
The open team Of four event be-
gins tonight, while the women's pairs
event will be run OF tomorrow anc
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
s. J. Corrigan, Lawyer,
Dies Of Heart Ai|menf

s. Joseph Corrigan, 81, 1872 Law
renee street NE, Washington attor-
ney, died Saturday night at George
Washington University Hospital OF
la heart ailment.
Mr.. Corrigan was a graduate OF
Mckinley High School and National
Law School, and also attended Cath
olic University and Wilson Teachers
College. He had served as a SUBJ
stitute instructor in law at Eastern
High School. A native of Washing
ton, he was a member of st. Anth-
ony's Church.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph P. Corrigan of the Law
renee street address; his widow
Mrs. Bernice Dollar Corrigan; a son
William, and two sisters, Mrs
Honora T. Lanahan, and Mrs. Teresa
j. Varcolik, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held al
his parents home at $50 am. to-
morrow, and requiem mass will be
said at st. Anthony's Church at &
am. Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
.zsoIt Harsanyi Dies;
Hungarian Author
py the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Zsolt Har-
sanyi, Hungarian novelist and Jour-
nalst, died Of a heart attack at
Budapest in December, according
to word received here by Ferenc
Condor, editor of AZ Ember, Hun
garian weekly paper published in
New York. r. ... ..
Mr.. HarsanyiA novel, e@:The Star
GKxef, fncttpnsi biography OF
Calico, was a. selection Of the
Book of -the-Month Club in Feb
ruary, 1910.
Three others of his books were
published in English. They were
Immortal Franz" a novel about
Franz List, which was issued In
1887; "Througfsa Woman's Eyes," in
1910, and Lover of Life" a nov
elized account of the life Of the
Flemish painter, Pieter Paul Rubens,
in 1912.
At one time he was editor of
Pesti Hirlap, largest daily paper in
Hungary.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
3 Convicis Who Took /
Girl, L, as Hostage
|Caught..in Mississippi
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
GREENWOOD, Miss, Feb. 28.-
The last Of three young San
Quentin convicts who abducted
q 16-year-old girl In q jail break
and police chase through Missis-
sippi has been recaptured.
Kinds County Criminal Investi-
gator J. T. Naugher said Ralph
Ward, 23, was the last Of the-trio
who broke jail in Jackson Saturday
and held the girl for IL hours. Ward
was returned to Greenwood Jail.
Mr.. Naugher said Ward was cap
tured at Tchula by four officers, In
cluding himself. when the fugitive,
car, Q stolen one, turned over at q
road blockade. Several shots were
fired by onacers but Ward was not
hit. Ward came out with his hands
up.
His two fellow fugitives were
trapped and captured last night after
a gun battle with police in Green
wood.
Lawrence Motari, 21, was cap
tured behind q filling station in the
vicinity Of . compress warehouse,
while Roy Drake, 20, was taken from
the compress roof when police Or
dered come down or roll down" "
Ward made his way through the
Gordon Of officers and forced Phillip
Lee, %, Of Greenwood to drive him
in the direction Of Tchula, 30 miles
away. Ward took the car from Mr.
Lee and released him.
Arlene Mcknight, 16, was taken
by the bandits from her home near
Cleveland, Miss, after the escaped
youths shot her father, Joe Nc
Knight, in the leg. He was taken
to the Cleveland Hospital. The girls
mother also was admitted to the
hospital suffering from shock.
The girl was released unharmet
at q plantation near Belzoni, Miss
Wooster Henry, owner Of thu
plantation, said the men spent
about 10 hours yesterday at his
place, holding the girl, him, his
wife, colored yard boy and 8
colored cook.
He said the men forced the cool
to fix them q dinner and said Il
was "the best we've had in years.
They tied up Mr.. Henry. his wife
the servants and the girl and gave
the girl some money Ito get home
on"
The men were being held In thu
Kinds County jail awaiting trial or
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Pucheu's Treason Trial
To Convene Saturday
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, Feb. 28.-The first of
the important French purge trials
will begin in a tiny chamber Of the
Palais de Justice Saturday when
Pierre Pucheu, former Vichy interior
minister. will face a special five-man
court on charges of treason.
BY that time sentence is expected
to have been passed on II concen-
tration camp ofIlcials and guards
who have been on trial the last two
weeks on charges Of murder and
brutality against members Of the
Foreign Legion interned by Vichy.
Pucheu, bitterly assailed by re-
sistance leaders now in the French
Consultative Assembly, was Vichy's
interior minister from July 10, 1o41,
to April II, 1912. Later he came to
North Africa expecting to join the
new regime and was arrested and
imprisoned.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
DratHa.
sWINDELL, EDNA LOUISE,

swINDELL: EDNA LOUISE; On Sun.
asy r. ,ns s Mrs st The hom
EpSA LOUISE s%1NpELE. seloSed VII VII,
be Denae services
of VIM. Reuben Pumphrey Tuesday, Feb.
ruary %. at 2 pm. Interment Rockvill.
Union Cemetery.
sE.IE ~ Ms1 s sAzFP MAKH RAz3RD 2R sHRasz HH
Of 37l3 Jenifer st. NV, widow Of the late
MTs Ts sister N pssns Ut Ms snd sv rn
Gawler's chapel. 1855 Pa. ave NV, wher,
services will be held on Tuesday February
49, at pm. Interment private.
THOMPSON, BLANCHE LOVE. On satur.
THoMPsoH beloved i Wife HaAEsh Of s. rhomp a9xs
ssEySss homs a seo The 14th s.. Hines ns Co
msnt Fort Inoon ss e Om nssF IS
nv yA1EGHN. ~, DOROTHY MARIE: Dsp.rtet
fhs LIS Wsdnfss.' 5oRkH p ls sAi
w vsqghn from Msr, ts. osn and Sqsnits
Tuesday, February 20, at : pm, Rev. 3. A
Warren officiating. Interment lincoln Ne.
mortal Cemetery.
. wAGGAMAN. JEAN MACKENZIE. On
Island, Mass. JEAN MACKENZIE, wife Of
sloyd Flo svp Pierpens ie Waggsmsn and mother ol
Y. 8. N. r.. and Jean Waegaman Harper.
Notice Of funeral later. Cleveland. Ohio,
WILLIAMS, HATTIE B. On Friday
EeabrgaTy E a4rra 26' 1874; at New York City;
the late Frederick williams and mother OF
BENJAMIN Williams Of New York City; de.
voted sister of Alice Carter of Washington
D: c. Funeral Tuesday, February 30, at i
p M, from st, Marks Methodist Church
New York City.
WIMSATT. ROBERT CALVERT. Sud.
aenly, rIl,p% on r satqrday; Fesrusry 2s. l944
Of Col. Robert w. c. and Helen Wimsatt
Rsmains resting At the Bsthesda.Chev,
humphrey until pm. Monday, February
s.,, ~, thence to the home Of his aunt, Mrs
Chevy Chase. Md. Funeral on Tuesday
February 20. at the Church Of the BLESSED
Sacrament. where requiem mass will bl
oHred at 10 am. Interment Arlington
National Cemetery. 2S
Evening star., 1944-02-28
In Mrtttnrtattt

BARBOUR, MARY AND SARAH E. A
tribute OF loye to the memory Of our moth
who entered the realms OF eternal Joy
twenty-one years ago. January A., 1923,
and our sister and sister-in-law. SARAH
ruary %, 1887.
L114fAs GGf s'vsa saD Hi cHshGFs Sf9Gyss REED Ess
BULLOCK. FANNIE JEFFERSON. Sacred
FFPaKsos FaFHK BJEIoeK SSf ssfT wSo TSthss as
February "a: 1889. '0 'A"''
Gone is the face we loved so dear,
s.a 4 s bS tqSe pns W. @oset Syed to rSy hear
'"' 0es' Is "i"isi EADY arss saND L IS EDWARD.
v,I2! DULIN, Mr., IDA BRAHLER. BRAHLER
o1ea HAoa ones. safEsa DH sRER s. M pGkS %
our brother, EMIL PAUL BRAHLER, who who
left US Marsh sFsTEhi Iii lssf; Rsb BROTHERS.
CROWN, JOHN W. In loving remem-
JOHN W. CROWN. who departed this lie
three years ago today, February 2s, 1911
| Loved in life. remembered in death.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
LOVE. CHARLOTTE. In loving memory
Of our dear mother, .CHARLOT1E LOVE
who departed this life sixteen years age
today. February %, 1928.
4! ss hand nss aetSs fs'Gni mind ana'
Anxious to please. loath to offend,
A wonderful mother and loyal friend
HER DEVOTED SONS, EDWARD ANr
EUGENE LOVE.
ROBINSON. GEORGE r. In fond mem.
ory Of our devoted father, GEORGE r
ROBINSON who died February %. 1920.
Loved in life, in death remembered.
HIS LOVING DAUGHTERS, MRS MAR.
! LAW.
! SCALCO, DOROTHEA MARIA. Mas,
will be said for the repose of her soul IL
Sacred Heart Church on March 2, 1914
at Am. 29s
dear brother, WALTER SOPER, who died
three years ago today. February 20. 1871
| His weary hours and days Of pain,
His troubled nightg are past
| And In my aching heart ! know
He has found sweet rest st last.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
John 7. ncCas|in, Veteran
OF Theater, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOCIATED Press.
GLEN RIDGE, N. j., Feb. 2S.-
John T. McCaslin, 81, former Balti-
more theatrical booking agent, ma
gician and circus high-wire walker,
died yesterday at the home Of his
daughter.
Mr.. McCaslin, known for many
years in Baltimore as John r., the
Fixer," began his own theatrical
career at IL, as the boy Baritone. j"
He often claimed t. have origi-
mated the idea of the Npresent-day
master Of ceremony. Entertainments
he arranged, including the $4,000
conversion of the old Lehmann's
Hall into a reproduction of the I'M
perial Palace Hotel in Cairo for
the late Van Lear Black, were IA
nous.
Mr.. McCaslin had been in i'll
health for several years. He is sur
vived by two daughters, once the
"McCaslin Sisters" of vaudeville.
They are Mrs. Nellie H. Bittorf Of
Baltimore and Mrs. Lillian Hawkins
of Glen Ridge.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Walter Wood McCasIin
Is Buried in ARLINGTON

Funeral services for Walter
Wood McCaslin, A, Interstate
Commerce Commission field hear
ing examiner, were held this morn
ing at the Hines funeral home, fol-
lowed by burial with military hon
ors In Arlington Cemetery.
A graduate Of George Washington
University Law School, Mr.. NC
Caslin had been associated with the
1CC for many years. He was q
member Of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fra
ternity. A World War veteran, he
died Saturday in Mount Alto
Hospital.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Elsie CARRIER McCaslin, 631 Green
briar street. Silver Spring, Md, and
three daughters, Dorothy, Nancy
and Mary Libbey McCaslin.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Girl Saves Mother in Fire;
Dies on Return for Father
BY the Associated Press.

6y tHe ASSOclaCeo Press.
NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 28.-A
pretty Stage Door Canteen hostess,
l8-year-old Mary Flynn. died yes
terday in an attempt to lead her
father from their burning apart
ment after she already had guided
her mother to safety.
The bodies of the girl and her
father, John Flynn, IS, were found
by f1remen in the apartment after
the blaze had wrecked part Of the
four-storv brick building.
Her mother, Mrs. Catherine Flynn,
was in fair condition with serious
burns in City Hospital.
Mrs. Flynn had not been told last
night that her daughter never re-
turned or that her husbands body
was found in the bathroom where
firemen said apparently he had been
trying to draw water to throw on the
flames.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Deaths Reported

josephine J. Barbour. II. 1905 North
Nettie 1. RILEY, rs. Norfolk, Va.
Rufus F. Gigs, 72, s15 MARYLAND ave. ne.
James j. McNally, 66 Soldiers Home.
Blanche L. Thompson, 65, 1910 Euclid
Jefferson q. Burnett, 80, 1881 18th st. e,
Walter W McCaslin, a. Silver Spring, Md.
Marion Miller. 80. 1901 Longfellow st. NV.
William r. Freshman, 8, Arlington, Va.
Rachel J. Burke, a. 1878 Douglas st. ne.
Anderson w. Hedmon, .63, 708 9th st. sc.
Clarence Beverly. 42, 1914 Marion st. NV
Evening star., 1944-02-28
Soviet Decorotes 80
For Speeding Supplies

MOSCOW, Feb. 20 (R.-Russia s
important supply line for American
supplies through Iran has reached
such point Of performance that
the government has been decorating
supply corps engineers for their work
in speeding supplies to the front.
Thirty eight more Russians have
been awarded the Red Star for their
work.
Evening star., 1944-02-28
|Whittemore Gongster
dies in Baltimore Jail
Py the Associated Press,

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BALTIMORE, Feb. IA man
whom police identified as Joseph
Dietz, State witness in the murder
trial which resulted in the hanging
Of the notorious bandit gang leader.
Richard Reese Whittemore, died
yesterday in the city jail.
Dietz, 44-year-old former member
Of the Whittemore gang, was ar
rested Saturday and sentenced to 30
days for larceny. He suffered two
epileptic fits at the police station
while awaiting his hearing, police
said.