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Evening star., 1944-05-03
James J. Connor, %, Dies;
Retired Railroad Official

James John Connor, 90, former
superintendent of engineers for the
Grand Trunk Railroad, died yes
terday at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Abram F. Myers, 1904 Con-
necticut avenue, Chevy Chase, Md
Mrs. Myers is principal attorney
in the Office of the solicitor of the
Agriculture Department and is the
wife of the former chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission.
Mr.. Connor was born in Gorham
Me-, and spent his childhood in New
Hampshire. He worked for the
Grand Trunk in Portland, Me-, for
40 years, coming here after his re-
tlrement Is years ago.
Besides Mrs. Myers he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Lydon
Connor, 80, another daughter, Mrs
Russell Hardy of Kenwood, Md, and
a granddaughter.
Requiem mass will be sung at
10 am. Friday, at the Shrine of
the Most Blessed Sacrament, 3728
Quesada street NV. Burial will be
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Rites Set Tomorrow
For D. A. Defandorf

Daniel Arthur Defandorf, 10, for
mer senior administrative assistant
inthe Governments Division of the
Census Bureau, died Monday at his
home in Fairland, Fairfax County
Va.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in the Community
Methodist Church, Key boulevard
and Bryan street, Arlington, with
the Rev. Walter NJ Lockett, jr., Of
f1ciating. Burial will be in the old
Wesleyan Chapel Methodist Gene
terry, near Havre de Grace, Md.
Mr.. Defandorf, a native of Seward
N. Y, had been with the Census
Bureau for more than ~ years al
the time of his retirement in De-
cember, 1912.
Long active in church affairs, he
was superintendent of the adul,
division of the church school of the
Community Methodist Church. He
also was president of it's adult class
and at various times had served al
trustee, steward, treasurer anc
teacher of the adult class.
He was member of the Modern
Woodmen of America and the Ny
ron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27, oi
the Masons.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs
Elizabeth Lewis Defandorff; q
daughter, Miss Ruth Mary Defan-
dorf, and several nieces ano
nepheWs.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Civil Service Report Asks
Leave Payments in Cash

The accumulated leave OF Fedora
employees would be payable in cash
to persons leaving the Government
service-or to their heirs in case OF
death-if the recommendations OF
the Civil Service Commission to
Congress are adopted.
The commission, in its 1o43 annual
report, declared that such legisla-
ton would be helpful, particularly
to persons on the Government pay
roll called into the armed services
The money would be paid, in such
cases, in lump sums. The report
to the President urged the executive
department to arrange for the in.
PRODUCTION of its material informa-
ton to the legislative committees
dealing in budgetary matters.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Dratha.

sHAFFER, EMMA L. on wednesday
May 3, 1894, at her residence, $500 14th
M Ste Of hs MnA se franz es neaessd
Mrs; Hazel M: Wells and Mrs c. Wilfred
'' fhe residence IL % Of her son sia Alison st. st.
NV. Notice of funeral later.
SPALpING, MARY EMMA. On Tuesday,
M May MARY 4 94 EMMA hsE lfIfsese beloved SoS s.
ss S seantfn nnd sun nga o John ns 8 psns ASyns
Los Angeles, Calf funeral from the
James T. Ryan funeral home, 317 Pa. ave.
hnce on to fsdasS st. sSeteFs Nay charch sheGe se
friends invited Interment Mount olivet
Cemetery.
STANDIFoRD. MARGARET W. On
st. MAY Nv ? &MhRAREr ARG hsE Ts1ssnsf sTasb
FORD, beloved sister Of II. R. standiford
Services at the s.. H. Hines Co, funeral
0s % pm ih Interment ss m oak oa fEHfy Hi ceme Mss
terry.
THOMPSON. CHARLES S. On Sunday,
eHHRLEs s THoMpsoN. .isiss Seloved sS'is hSsSsna
q. Sf Mrs Mrs. caloegtha Thompson. father Of
Charles {: Niekens, 's son-in-iaw Of Mrs. s.
Josephine Scott. nephew of Lucy Thompson
and cousin of Walter THOMPSON. He also
Friends may call at his late residence, 1922
day. May 3. Funeral Thursday., May 4. at
Robert Anderson oficiating. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Arlington Ma
tlonai Cemetery. Arrangements by w.
Ernest Jarvis. 3
WADE, JOSEPH T. Suddenly, on Tues
day May ( Sad JOSEPH WADE ased
Wade. He also Is survived by. three SIS
ters and one brother. Funeral from his
late RESIDENCE, 43 Franklin st ne, Fri;
friends invited Interment in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. ARRANGEMENTS by P. A. Talta-
vull
WALKER, LAURA " On Tuesday, May
Il in 1874. = A at 3720 Upton St. NV. LAURA ".
chevs Chase Nd beloved asS sster Of May
Walker Britton Of the above address and
Grace Walker Nettleton of Hartford, Conn,
Chase funeral home of VIM. Reuben Pun
phrey on Thursday. May 4, at pm. In
terment, private. in Arlington National
Cemetery.
WARREN, VICTORIA M. On Tuesday.
foKz MsK sf4 wN s f2s Endf maheI st. Of ne Ropsf HG
sister Of Mile Green, Mary Pierce and
survived by six grandchildren and other
relatives and friends. Notice OF funeral
later. Arrangements by Malvan & Schey.
WHITE, ALPHoNso. Departed this life
Saturday, April 90, 1914, after short
illness ALPHONso WHITE. He is survived
by loving mother. Mrs. Addie Mahoney;
a stepfather, William Mahoney; four
cousins, Frank: clarence, George and corpl.
sost of e1ss gSw also and
ing at the Barnes & Matthews funeral
home, 614 4ths st. s.w, where funeral serv-
ices will be held Thursday, May 4, ct l
1nterment Payne's Cemetery. 3
WORMLEY, MARGUERITE sTARKE.
On, Sunday. April 80, 1914 at Glenn
pale Sanatorium, MARGUERITE sTARKE
,WAORMLEY, loving wife of Luther W.
and the late Robert E. starke, devoted sis
ter ter OF Cora T. Sneed, Marion H. johnson,
VIVIAN A. Earle c. and Pvt. Robert N.
starke: Also surviving are three nieces,
two nephews and many other relatives and
friends + After pm; Wednesday, May
Z. friends may call at Frazier's funeral
home, 3S9 r. I. ave. NV. Funeral Thurs
day; day; May 4; at 10 am. from st; Georges
Protestant Episcopal Church. End and You
SIS. NV. Rev. A. A. Birch. vicar. Inter-
ment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
}. 5. Jogmetty Dies;
Ex-Newspoper Editor
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May g.
Joshua S. Jagmetty, 73, proprietor
OF the New Belmont Hotel on the
Boardwalk, and a former soldier
and newspaper editor, died yesterday
after a long illness.
Born in Baltimore April %, 1871
he came here as boy.
In addition to managing several
local hotels, Mr.. Jagmetty was City
Hall magistrate here for about q
years
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Susan Jagmetty.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Dr.. ". I. Wooton Dies;
Southern Medical Head

By the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May 3.-Dr
William j. Wooton, ST, Hot Springs
physician and president of the
Southern Medical Association, died
last night at a st. Louis hospital
where he underwent an operation
Saturday.
A native of Poolesville. Md, he
resided here for the last AZ years.
He was a member of the Army
Medical Corps in the Spanish Amer
ican War and was a past president
OF the Arkansas Medical Society.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Nicholas Riley Dies;
Magazine illustrator
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 3.-Nicholas F.
Riley, A, free lance illustrator for
the Saturday Evening Post, Wom-
ans Home Companion and other
magazines, died yesterday at his
home.
Mr.. Riley, who studied painting
in Paris, had been an instructor in
pictorial Illustration at the Pratt
Institute in Brooklyn for II years.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Jack Vennine, IS, Dies;
Expert on Pigeons
Ey the Associated Press.

| Ey the Associated Press.
DENVER, May SACK Venning
65, internationally known pigeor
judge. died here yesterday after 9
Istroke.
He was born in Cornwall, Eng
land, the son of pigeon fancier
and handled the birds from the
time he was small boy. During
the World War he handled pigeons
used in carrying messages.
Mr.. Venning judged at both the
Palace and Royal Pigeon Shows in
London, the Toronto Show and many
in the United States.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Man Surprises Three Thuos

CHICAGO R,.-Tony Romito, IS
years Old and alone, looked like easy
prey to three men who rushed him
at dark corner and began swinging
blackjacks But they hadn't reckoned
on Tony's trade until he jabbed
them into flight with a pair of 12-
inch garden shears. He was a
graVedlgger on his way to work.
Evening star., 1944-05-03

fering compound skull fracture
and internal injuries, died yesterday
in Casualty Hospital.
Mr.. Paris was among group on
streetcar loading platform near
Seventh and X streets NV. when
the horse headed across it, knocking
down several persons.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Binoculars Brine Arrest

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, P.-Defense
plant guards seized man seen look
ing at the plant through binoculars
He proved to be an inspector OF
smoke stacks.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
UarA nf Thanka

JONES, MOSES r. / wish to thank my
many friends and relatives for their kind
sympathy and beautiful floral tributes at
the death OF my husband. the late MOSES
HIS WIFE, MRS. LENoRA S. JONES .
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Samuel Paris, 81, Injured
BY Runaway Horse, Dies

Samuel Paris, 81, of 1923 Eighth
street NV, who was knocked down
by a runaway horse Saturday, suf-
Evening star., 1944-05-03

Your War Bond dollars will speed
the march through Toxic and Berlin!
Evening star., 1944-05-03
1n Mrmnrtant.

DANT, CLEMENTS T. In sad but Iov.
ing remembrance of our beloved father
life twenty-one years ago today, Nav 8
1923. =
Evening star., 1944-05-03
PORTER WILLIAM CROFT Guddt

On SATURDAY, April 30, 1914. al Lake
Bo Bedgs; Calf, sergt; WILLIAM CROFT
pORIER, .. s. M. G. r. of Bowie, Md >,
Ter (nee Croft). He also is survived by six
fisters and one brother. Notice OF funeral
Evening star., 1944-05-02
Mcclellan, Chandler
Deny Riff Between
Civilians, Military

By the Associated Fress.
Two Democratic Senators, Nickel.
lar of Tennessee and Chandler ot
Kentucky, today questioned the feal
expressed by Secretary of War Slim.
son that a rift seems to be develop.
ing between civilians and the mill.
tary.
II believe the civilian population
is practically 100 per cent for the
war;" Senator McKellar told re.
porter, land we are backing our mill.
tary forces all over the world. We
are working together"
Mr.. Stimson remarked in a speech
before the American Society oi
Newspaper Editors last week there
appeared to be "a growing disposi-
ton on the part of our people to set
apart the Army and Navy from those
in civilian life"
Asserting such a division sis all
wrong" Secretary Stimson declared
that in it "lies the only possibility OF
our ultimate defeat" He noted that
such a split between the people and
the Army led to the German col
lapse in 1918.
Senator Chandler said:
The fact is the United States
men and women have broken all
records of mankind in producing
weapons and munitions of war
There have been isolated instances
OF failures but one would have to
magnify these to make things look
very bad"
The Kentuckian added that the
military relationship looks
healthy to him and "the Secretary
Evening star., 1944-05-02

A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
washington, d. c. Please inclose g.
cent stamp for return postage.
Evening star., 1944-05-02
Huskin
| to

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

any question Of fact BY writins The
washington. D. c. Please inclose g.
cent stamp for return postage.
@. Where do submarines and other
naval ships obtain their drinking
water?-E. L. H.
A. The Navy Department says
that submarines carry drinking wa
ter in fresh-water tanks. Battle
ships distill their own water.
@. What is the Columbus Cross?-
D. E. r.
A. The Columbus Memorial Light
house, the design of which is a giant
recumbent cross, is known as "the
Columbus Cross" The memorial
will be erected in the Dominican
Republic, seat of the first perma-
nent European settlement in the
New World, with the cooperation
Of the governments and people Of
all the American republics.
@. Has the bullet which killed
President Lincoln been preserved?
&c. o. N.
A. The bullet is in possession of
the Judge Advocate Generals Office
OF the War Department.
@. Which of Gainsborough's
paintings was lost for Is years?-
l.. s. B.
A. The portrait of Elizabeth,
Duchess of Devonshire. Mysteri-
ously stolen in London ir1 1876, it
was taken to New York and Chi
cago and finally, in 1901, traced by
American detectives. The painting
was then sold to j. p. Morgan, sr.
@. How many islands are In the
Mississippi River?-T. F. C.
A. There are TAT islands between
its source and the mouth of the
Red River. Below this point-309
miles from the gulf-there are only
three islands.
@. What are the names of the
male and female figures used in
architecture on pillars?-F. w. A.
A. The female figures used as
supports in architecture are known
as caryatids. The male figures are
known as atlantes. j.
@. How many new vessels were
built for the Army last year,
v. s. B.
"A. In 1943 approximately 5000
new vessels were built for the Army.
The total number of vessels oper-
ated by the Transportation Corps
Is a military secret. More than 155
types Of vessels are included.
@. Is the number of prisoners IN
creasing or decreasing?-E. L. D.
A. The Bureau of the Census re-
ports that the number of prisoners
in State and Federal institutions
has declined by more than one
fifth Sipce 1odn
Evening star., 1944-05-02
On the Other Hand
Defense Tactics in Big Sedition Trial
Likened to Those Used bv Early Nazis

trial of specific citizens on a specific
charge than debate as to whether
or not the United States should be
In the present war. So patient has
the judge been, indeed, that sincere,
| if sarcastic, observers have been
heard to suggest that we call our
troops home until the debate has
been decided.
But the judge is seeing the case
through in his own way. He seems
confident that in due time the jury
will get the facts which the Gov
ernment and the defense have to
present and that in due time the
jury will bring in its finding Of
guilt or innocence, based on these
facts.
Which, no doubt, is as it should
be, no matter how hard the present
performance may be on the nerves
of some of us.
Evening star., 1944-05-02
World Airline Operators
Open Session in London
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
b LONDON, May 2.-Operation OF
international airlines will be dis
cussed by more than 40 delegates
representing Is companies in IA
countries at the Conference of Inter-
national Air Traffic Operators open
ing today.
Principal subject for the confer
ence will be the provision of aircraft
and equipment to enable the COM
panies to resume service as soon
after the war as conditions permit.
Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, France, Britain, Greece
Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzer-
land, Russia, the United States and
Yugoslavia will be represented.
Evening star., 1944-05-02
|Corcoran Af Gallery
Plans Niqht Exhibitions

The Corcoran Gallery of Art
which has planned q series of eve.
ming openings particularly for the
benefit of service men and women
and war workers, will be open from
7 to 10 o'clock tonight.
A feature of the evening opening
will be a talk by Comdr. Charles
Bittinger, U. S. N. r., noted artist
and scientist, on Adventures in
Camoufage" The talk, to be IL
Illustrated with slides. will begin at
8:15 o'clock.
In addition to the gallery's perma-
nent collection, q special exhibition
of water colors, showing the 18th
Air Force in the Aleutians, will be
on view. The water colors are the
work Of Ogden M. Pleissner, Life
Evening star., 1944-05-02

of War and his associates shoule
always remember that the American
people will never agree to be rur
by the military"
Senator Wiley, Republican, of Wis.
consin offered up the hope thai
Americans will not permit the evi
of disunity to disrupt any construc.
tive effort"
Another Republican, Senator Ship.
stead of Minnesota, commented
that Il don't hear of lot of di-
vision between the people and the
military. The people feel the Army
and Navy are carrying out instruc-
tions."
Evening star., 1944-05-02

the war began. Remembering tht
the excesses of the last war, the ad.
ministration, notably the Depart.
ment of Justice, has presented de-
termined front against hysteria here
at home while our men are fighting
overseas. 1t has sought in every
way to protect freedom of persona,
opinion. Whereas during the Is
months of the last war there were
more than 1000 indictments fol
sedition, thus far during the present
war there have been only Is.
A Unique Spectacle.
Trial of 80 persons is now proceed
ing in Washington under one such
indictment. This trial is presenting
q spectacle that could be witnessed
nowhere else in the world. The
nearest approximation, perhaps, in
recent times was seen in Germany
during the 20s when the Hitler
gang was attempting to destroy the
Weimar Republic by legal" means
There is something shockingly remi-
niscent now of the tactics used by
the Nazis when their members were
on trial in the German courts. The
Nazis turned the courts into sound
ingboards for their propaganda OF
hatred and disunity.
For more than two weeks a Fed
eral Judge has dealt in desperate
patience with the antics Of the
lawyers for the defendants, while
endeavoring to provide them with
a jury completely free from any
suspicion Of bias. Handling an un-
ending succession of legal techni-
calities has not been too difficult;
that is an accepted routine in
American courts. preventing some
Of the attorneys from making q
circus Of the affair, a circus aimed
at newspaper headlines, has been
harder. The Judge cannot be un-
aware that these attorneys are real
ly seeking to try the case, or to use
the trial for their own purposes,
outside his courtroom.
Tactics in the Defense.
Such incidents as the action Of
one lawyer in writing a long letter
to the President-and giving it to
the newspapers-seeking to show
that the trial itself was merely an
attack on persons like Gen. Mac
Arthur, Senators Taft, Vandenberg,
Nye and Wheeler, Representatives
Hoffman, Fish and Rankin, none Of
whom has been connected with the
case: or the motion by the same
lawyer to impound the records Of
certain organizations-not connect
ed with the case-in order that he
may prove that they have been
trying to "besmirch and defame"
the same group (minus Senators
Wheeler and Taft, but plus Gov.
Bricker); such incidents cannot
have escaped the judges attention:
nor the effort to drag Henry Ford
and Col. Lindberghs into the pub
licity enveloping the trial; nor the
fact that one attorney has passed
out leaflets In the courtroom de-
manding the impeachment OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Nor that these at
torneys have been seeking to create
the impression that their clients
are on trial not for sedition, but for
anti-Semitism.
The Judge must know that to any
casual newspaper reader the trial
to date has sounded less like the
Evening star., 1944-05-02

first message to
Congress and he
sought during
his years as
P re 81 d e mt to
make sure that
{ h e American
Gov e r n m e n t
should be nei-
ther too strong
n or too W e a X.
The present ad-
ninistration has
been struggling
with the same
problem sin C e
Evening star., 1944-05-02
Pulutine PreIote Dies

MADRID, May 2 (P.-Franz Mef-
fert, rs, Palatine prelate of the
House of Pope Plus XII, died last
Wednesday at a hospital in Glad
bach in the Rhineland, after short
illness, 1t was announced in German
newspapers received here yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-05-02

Magazine war-artist correspondent.
For the series Of evening openings,
admission Is free and the general
public Is invited, the gallery en-
phasized. The next evening OPEN
Ing Is scheduled for MAY 8.
Evening star., 1944-05-02
By LoUeH MeHeff.

Must . government of necessity
be too strong for the liberties of its
people or too weak to maintain its
own existence?"
Abraham Lincoln said that in his
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-08-24

"One reason was so wei
coined at headquarters I think,
was because J followed right
behind the 3OO,OOOth U. S. truck
that had just arrived. Mai.
Gen. John r. Deane, chief of
the U. S. military mission to
Moscow.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-08-24
Sunday School
League Picnic

A picnic has been planned for the
entire Sunday School Bowling
League, to be held at the City Park,
Tuesday, August goth, at the North
Pavilion. The committee in charge
of the supper promises a fine picnic,
and would like to serve supper at
$3.50 p. m.
The entertainment committee will
be on hand with games for every
one and we are sure that IL will be
well worthwhile to attend.
A business meeting will be held
during the picnic in order to find
out il all the churches Will partici-
rate in the league this year.
Each bowler and family are ex-
pected to be present to help make
this picnic a success and each one
is asked to bring his or her knife,
fork, spoon and cup
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-08-24
W.. Lee Elgin Named
To Committee

c. F. Joyner, Jr, president of the
American Association of Motor We
hicle Administrators has announced
the appointment of w. Lee Elgin,
Maryland's Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner, as a member of the execu-
tive dommitSee of that organiza-
ton. This assembly consists of mo-
tor vehicle commissioners from all
of the States and the District of
Columbia. In selecting Mr.. Elgin
for this high office Mr.. Joyner said:
Under the authority invested in
me, as president of the association
l am appointing you as member of
the executive committee to serve
until the next annual conference is
called. / do hope you will accept
this appointment as ] know l, as
well as other members of the COM
mittee, will enjoy working with
you"
Mr.. Elgin has notified Mr.. Joyner
of his acceptance and will take an
active part in the tentative pro-
gram now in the making by com
mittee members.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-08-24

The Owls come home again tomor-
row, meeting Wilmington in the first
of four game series, and the man
agement has designated tomorrow
night as Family Night" The men
of the family viii be admitted to the
game for so cents, the women mem
bers for 80 cents, while the young
sters will only pay a quarter. So
dad, plan to take the whole family
to the game tomorrow night The
Owls are playing great ball right
now. They've got new shortstop
who has really got something on the
ball and make no mistake about it,
those Owls are going to get into the
playoffs. So don't let anything stop
you and your family from seeing
that game with Wilmington tomor-
row and remember the special Fam
lily Night prices. fifty cents for you,
thirty cents for the missus, and only
two bits for the kids.
p. S. There will be lots of prizes
too.