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Evening star., 1944-11-13
DR. 6eorgeD. Birkhoff,
Harvard Professor Of
Mathematics, Dies
~ the AssociaM q Press.

ny INC hsbOCluh q FIeSB.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 13.-Dr.
George d. BirkhofY, 80, Perkins pro-
fessor Of mathematics at Harvard
University since 1888 and interna-
tionally prominent mathematician,
died yesterday at his home.
DR.. Birkhof received international
honors for his work In dynamics, rel
ativity, differential equations and
esthetics and was presented honor
ary degrees from such universities
as Brown, Wisconsin, Harvard, Penn
sylvania, Sofia, st. Andrews, Paris,
Athens and Buenos Aires. He also
held honorary faculty memberships
on San Marcos University of Lima,
Peru, and the University of Chile.
Born in Overisel, Mich, he was
graduated from Lewis Institute in
Chicago in 1902 and from Harvard
in 1905. DR.. Birkhon received his
Phi. D. from Chicago University in
1907.
He taught at Wisconsin Univer-
sity from 1908 to 1910 and at Prince
ton University until 1918. He went
to Harvard as an assistant profess
sor in 1918 and was named a full
professor in 1917.
He was former editor of the
American Journal of Mathematics
and was member OF several ma
tional and international science
academies.
Married to the former Margaret
Grafius of Chicago in 1908, he
leaves, besides his wife, daughter
Mrs. Robert Treat Paine of Wash
ington; two sons, Associate Profess
sor Garrett Birkhoff of the Harvard
department Of mathematics, and
Rodney Birkhoff of Boston.
Funeral services will be held at
the Harvard Memorial Chapel to-
morrow with Dean Willard L..
Sperry of the Harvard Divinity
School ofiiciating.
Evening star., 1944-11-13
Edgar S. Kelley, 80, Dies,
Composer and Author
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Edear
Stillman Kelley, 81, composer, teach
er and author, died yesterday in 4
hotel here.
Mr.. Kelley was dean of compost
ton at the Cincinnati Conservatory
and held a composition fellowship
at Western University. Oxford, Ohio,
where he also maintained q resi-
dence.
Evening star., 1944-11-13
z D. 6. Girls Named
To Phi Betu kuppo

Miss Edith McChesney daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McChesney,
1920 Thirty-sixth street NV, and
Miss Catherine F. Leavey, daugh-
ter of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. E. H,
Leavey, 3637 Upton street NV,
have been elected to membership
in the Alpha of Virginia Chapter
Phi Beta Kappa, at William and
Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.
They will be initiated at cere-
monies December S, when 4 poem
composed for the occasion will be
read by Carl Sandburg, Chicago
poet.
Evening star., 1944-11-13

c lin 3 I o I II e
quaint customs
of the pas t.
Why, SO m e of
them are still
wearing Dewey
Bricker badges.
But in m o. t
" avs our red
brothers are be-
coming tn or.
oughly modern
lied. T y'r e
working in de-
tense plants and
have plenty of
money to spend.
~.
Evening star., 1944-11-13

strange sight to see the squaws
crowding around the incoming trains
and trying to buy Pullman blankets
from the passengers.
And these young squaws are real
bobby blanketers - they're m d
about Frank Sinatra. In fact, they've
made him an honorary chief
~Leaning Bull"
OF course, they like Bing Crosby,
too. They call him The Great
White Father"
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Features, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-11-13
First Destroyer Named
For Womon Launched
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BATH, Me, Nov. l3. For the
first time in the history of the Navy
a combatant vessel has been named
for woman.
The Higbee slid into the ways at
the Bath Iron Works Corp. yester-
day as several nurses looked on. The
destroyer was named for Mrs. Lenah
S. Higbee, former superintendent of
the Navy Nurse Corps, and only
woman ever to receive the Navy
Cross while still alive.
Evening star., 1944-11-13
Health Group Organizes

A Lay Health Committee has
been organized in Damascus, Md,
and has elected Mrs. Bradley M.
Woodfield president; H. Deats War
field, vice president; Miss Hilda
Hyatt, secretary, and Mrs. Herbert
Hyatt, treasurer,
Evening star., 1944-11-13
Oracle Allen
Comments

Heading east on our bond tour
George and are now passing
through the Indian. country. It's
amazing how these simple people
Evening star., 1944-11-13

Contributing TO the Welfare Of her group," says
Capt McAfee, Director of the Waves, in the cur.
rent issue of TRUE STORY, SIS one of the greatest
satsfactions girl can have and thousands OF
women in uniform are having that opportunity. u
Showing folks in all walks of life how to con-
tribute to the welfare of others, is the deep pur
pose of TRUE STORY MAGAZINE. No wonder it i.
such an unusual force for good .. . as well as the
favorite of millions for reading enjoyment.
NV True Story" on YOUR Blue /! M0n fh
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Guides
Continued From First Page.) }

comprise the Capital Police Board
and they have drawn up . set Of
rules under which the guides have
openerated since October, 1888. Be-
fore that the system worked on q
catch-as-catch-can basis.
OF course, your cousin doesn't
have to employ a guide to show him
about the seat of the legislative
branch of his Government. He may
wander about the Capitol on his own
to his hearts content.
But If he wants to find out who
painted the murals and what they
mean, where the marble came from
or where John Adams was sittins
when he slumped over dead that
will be a quarter. please. Fifteen
cents, may be. II the crowd Is large
enough and bargain rates are in
effect.
No other Government establish
ments has such system, inquiring
has disclosed.
DR.. Luther H. Evans. chief assist
ant librarian at the Library Of Con-
gress, said guides are provided from
the ranks Of regular library en-
ployes to show visitors around the
Library OF Congress.
Wouldn't Think Of Charging Fee." "
We wouldn't think Of charging
10 fee for guide service" Dr.. Evans
said. I'm sure that the charging Of
10 fee would have to be authorized
by an Act Of Congress.
The National Gallery of Art has
. staff Of guides known III the art
world by the fancy name of do
cents. There are three on duty,
Evening star., 1944-08-06
lation either prohibiting or authoriz-

latlOn elther pfonlpltlng or atHnoQE-
ing the practice.
Mr.. Romney said the Capitol
guides make fair living. They will
never get rich, however, he said.
Each guide gets an equal "cut"
from the proceeds Of the tours, ex.
cept that one of their number, elect
ed captain, gets an extra so cents
a day. The captain is elected at
a meeting of the guides once q year.
His job is to direct the activities Of
the others, keep books and accounts
and handle other details.
Action Always Delayed.
Mr.. Doxey said there is some agi-
tation in practically every session
of Congress to eliminate the guide
fees and have the guides placed on
a regular Government pay roll.
Nothing ever comes Of it. he said.
Mr.. Romney thinks the present
arrangement is a good thing for
the Capitol.
Congress has always taken the
position" he said, that the per-
centage Of American people who
visit the Capitol Is really very small
and that it wouldn't be right to
make all the taxpayers pay for the
guide service. Also, even If the
guides were on salary, you would
find most Of the visitors slipping
them tips"
Other Government agencies don't
feel that way about it. Et.ss
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Spurned Man Wounds
Woman, Shoots Self

A man identified as Russell
Heinle, SO. of Glasko, N. j., yes
terday shot and critically wounded
Mrs. George Glazer, 80, at her
home, 6l26 Montrose road, Cheverly,
because she refused to leave her
husband, and then shot and
wounded himself, according to
Prince Georges County police.
Prince Georges County Police
man Richard A. Pearson, who lives
next door at 6126Montrose road, was
at home, he said, when he heard a
child screaming. Rushing out of his
house. he said 4-year-old Georgette
Glazer told him, MY mother has
been shot"
He said he entered the Glazer
home and found Mrs. Glazer lying
on the floor in her bedroom and
Heinle lying on the bed. A rs
caliber revolver was on the floor.
After giving first aid, Policeman
Pearson called the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad and the Hyattsville
Police Station.
The officer said Heinle told him
he purchased the revolver Friday
night, intending to shoot Mrs. Glazer
because "she didn't want to leave
her husband" He quoted Heinle as
saying he met Mrs. Glazer last year.
Policeman Pearson said Heinle ap-
parently entered the house by forc-
ing open screen door in the rear.
Both were taken by the Bladens-
burg Rescue Squad to Casualty Hos
pital where Mrs. Glazer, who was
shot in the head, was said to be in
a critical condition. Heinle, who also
suffered a bullet wound in the head
was said to be in fair" condition.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Japan Plans 10 Arm
Entire People, Forms
New Supreme Council
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Japan's military reverses have led
her cabinet to . decision TO arm
the entire people" and . new su-
preme War Council has been ret up
to cope with the situation.
A Domei News Agency broadcast
in English, beamed to the United
States, said the cabinet had moved
to arm all japanese at the earliest
possible moment" Recorded by the
Federal Communications Commis.
sion, 1t said the action resulted from
. protracted session between the
cabinet and Premier Gen. Kuniaki
Koiso.
Tokyo explained the Supreme War
Council was formed with Imperial
sanction" and the laison council
linking the government with Japa-
nese imperial headquarters was
abolished.
The relationship between the 81.
preme council, the cabinet and i'm.
perial headquarters Is not of q leg
islative nature, but will be governed
mainly by political considerations"
said Domei in a later broadcast.
I'm other words, q decision by
the supreme council will not neces-
sarily exercise legislative restraint
upon the cabinet, which will, how
ever, be politically liable to deci-
sions by the supreme council. Thus,
with the institution of the supreme
council for the direction of the war,
1t Is believed all basic national
policies for the duration of the war
will be subject to decision by the
new organ. - It Is also under.
stood the members of the supreme
council will include top-ranking
officers Of the Army and Navy and
the cabinet minister concerned"
Evening star., 1944-08-06

to his wife here.
Capt. Thomp-
son, I o r m e r
schools editor of
The Star who is
now q field artil-
lery officer in
Normandy, told
this story about
ais closest CALI:
"Just before
midnight" he
" r o I en- q 2 l
flyers few over
and dropped e d
flares to take
n | 6 h t photo
Evening star., 1944-08-06

manent guides at the Government
Printing Once. Miss Hilda Craw-
ford, chief guide, said there were
six girls during peacetime. All are
civil service employees and receive
pay from the GPO appropriation
The Bureau of Printing and En-.
craving, another favorite attraction
FOR visitors, also furnishes free guide
service in normal times. Tours
there have been discontinued fol
the duration, A. w. Hall. Bureau
director said.
Even the Corcoran Gallery of Art
a on-governmental institution
furnishes free guide service. In
fact. jeremiah E. O'Connor, cura.
tor, will be glad to guide any group
Of Is or more persons through the
gallery and give-without charge
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Mrs. Franklin Named
OPA Consumer Adviser
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The ONCE of Price Administra-
tion yesterday announced the ap-
pointment of Mrs. Esther Cole
Franklin, 2700 @ street NV, as the
agency's consumer relations ad-
visor.
She will serve with Mrs. Leone
Growlie, named some time ago as
OPA's Typical Housewife in pre-
senting the consumer point of view
on OPA regulations, Price Admin
istrator Chester Bowles said.
Mrs. Franklin, native of Okla
homa, formerly directed a Nation
wide consumer economics program
for the American Association on
University Women
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Prisoner Of War

1t. Earl J. Wood, jr.. U. S. A. A. F.,
20, of 1861 Park road NV, is a
prisoner Of war in Germany, his
father, E. G. Wood. an engineer at
the Federal Trade Commission, said
he was notified yesterday.
A native of Lake Joseph, Mich,
1t. Wood graduated from Roosevelt
High School in 1899. He was q
member Of the. track team. Before
enlisting in 1912, he worked as a
research man at Eastman Kodak
Co. in Washington. 1t. Wood took
his training as a bombardier and
navigator at Childress Field, Tex,
and completed his instruction at
Camp Grew, Fla, in March, 1914
He then went to Italy and had SO
missions to his credit at the time
he was taken prisoner on June II
while returning to Italy from Rus
sia.
On an earlier trip, 1t. Woods
plane had two engines disabled by
flax while flying over Bucharest.
He wrote home saying the crew
threw everything out of the ship 80
1t could 60 over the mountains to
Italy. Just after the plane got over
the mountains the third engine gave
out. The plane then landed in the
Adriatic Sea and 1t. Wood was
knocked unconscious He was re-
vived by the cold water and was
later rescued. ..-.e -ss
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Wounded

1t. Col. George E. Schunior, chief
Of the machines record branch in
the Adjutant Generals Department,
who lives at BOAT South Columbus
street, Arlington, Va, has recovered
from wounds received in London
during the robot bombings.
Back at his desk in the War De-
partment now, Col. Schunior said
that on June l8, while in his hotel
room, shell from an antiaircraft
gun exploded outside his room and
a piece Of the shell-"a chunk about
two inches in diameter" his
abdomen. -
Col. Schunior was born in South
Texas and was graduated from
Texas "A. and M. in 1882. Called to
active duty In May, 1941, he was
stationed at Fort Houston, Tex,
until he was transferred to the oper-
ations division of the War Depart
ment General Staff. He left for his
overseas tour of inspection in May,
1914. His wife and 1l-month-old
son reside at the Arlington address.
Pvt. Edward L. de Grcat, H., a.,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. de Groat
of is Ericsson road, Cabin John
Gardens, Nd, and husband OF Mrs.
Fleta de Groat wa seriously
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Mrs. VoIpi's Invention
Solves Two Problems
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associattd Press.
CHICAGO.-A simple invention
has solved Mrs. Helen volpi's two
fold problem.
She couldn't leave her baby alone
to water and care for her Victory
garden adjoining their second-story
apartment. So she attached a hose
to the kitchen sink. held fast be-
tween the teeth of a rake propped
in the window. The garden gets
watered and Mrs. Volpi goes about
her housework and keeps an eye on
her youngster
Evening star., 1944-08-06

yIdEIIS. our dCK. ChpV' An0mpb0h.
ack opened up everywhere and the
sky was red. 1t was like a Fourth
Of July show at the Water Gate.
u was In my bedroll and had
turned on my left side to look at
the flares when bullet whizzed
through the apple tree under which
I lay and thudded into the ground
I knew 1t was close but thought II
was several feet away"
The next morning, he went on, he
found . .50-caliber shell embedded
In the ground beside his head. He
also found holes through the
blankets Of his bedroll and his air
pillow.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Senator Leaves Hospital
TWIN FALLS idaho Arg

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Aug. F1.
Senator John Thomas, Repub-
lican, Of Idaho was discharged from
the County General Hospital to-
night and returned to his home In
Gooding. The 70-year-old Senator
entered the hospital July 10 for Q
rest and physical checkup.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
-s41s,s4s,sssss sls5, ,ss2 $3.50. .12

that institution. A staf1 of hos
tesses Is on hand to conduct casual
visitors through the gallery.
Many Visited FBI Museum,
Before the war the Justice De-
partment sponsored several tours q
day every day through the FBI
crime museum. Regular employees
Of the Bureau pointed out to bug
eyed tourists the bloody shirt in
which John Dillinger died and a
model of the ladder used in the
Lindbergh baby Kidnapping. They
even took the visiting citizens to
the pistol range in the basement
where Omen in the flesh would
blast away at targets with tommy
guns. No fees were ever charged.
Before the war the White House
was one of the most popular spots
with tourists. White House police
men used to lead awed citizens
through part Of the building several
times each day. No charge.
The origin Of the Capitol fee sys-
tern Is cloaked in mystery.
Mr.. Doxey said yesterday that the
organization lust growed up, like
Topsy." Who first authorized the
appointment Of Capitol guides is
unknown.
Legal Lights in Dark.
There Is no authorization for such
appointments In any act OF Con-
gress. Justice Department experts
on such matters are unable to shed
any light on the question Of how
the practice got a foothold.
They agree the guide system Is
definitely a commercial enterprise
but know Of no governmental rezu.
Evening star., 1944-08-06

wounded In France, according to {
War Department telegram sent hi.
wife.
Details of his injuries were no
given to the family either by th'
War Department or from Pvt. D,
Groat's letters home.
He enlisted in the Army in tn.
spring of 1910 and In 1o43 he asked
to be transferred to the paratroops
He was sent to the British Isles ir
January, 1914. -
Born in Nyak, N. Y, he came tx
Washington when he was 3 months
old. He attended Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School and at the time
of his enlistment he was employed
as a painter at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Pfc. Dean r. Long, whose wife
Mrs. Helen B. Long, was listed as
living at $500 Fourteenth street
NV. was wounded in action in the
Mediterranean theater, the War De-
Pvt. Patrick F. Downey, whose
sister, Mrs. Geraldine c. Wells, was
listed as living at 2115 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, was reported. wounded
in the Southwest Pacific area.
First 1t. John C. Einbinder, %
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Elm
binder of 129 North Fairfax street
Alexandria, was reported wounded
last month while serving with the
Anti-tank Corps OF the 47th In
fantry, 9th Division. but according
to his mother he has written that
he Is getting along we'll despite nine
machine-gun wounds and expects
to return to active duty in the near
future.
His parents received his Purple
Heart decoration two weeks ago.
A native of Alexandria, he gradu-
ated from George Washington High
School in 1898 and went to work
for local electrical concern.
In 1910 he toineA the National
Guard, transferring to the Army
in l941 for training at Fort Meade
He. graduated from Officers Candi-
date School at Fort Benning, Ga.
in October, 1912, and was promoted
to his present rank II months later
He has been overseas since Decem-
Der 8, 1943.
Pvt. Walter F. Fowler, %, wa.
wounded In action In France July
8, and is now in a hospital in Eng.
land, according to q notice from
the War Department received by hi.
wife, Mrs. Dorothy A. Fowler, Az.
Third street Sc.
Pvt. Fowler Joined the Army ir
October, 1943, and was sent oversee.
in April, 1914. He attended Suit.
land, Md. High School and worked
as 2 contractor before entering thu
Army. His mother, Mrs. Minnie o
Fowler, lives at 5610 Belt avenue
Suitland, and he also has a small
son, two-years-old, Ronald Waite,
Fowler.
Pvt. Romeo Stellabotta, 80, of sos
Massachusetts, avenue NV. wa.
wounded in the leg July 13 while
serving with the Infantry in Italy
he has informed his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dominic Stellabotta oa
the same address.
A native Of Washington, Pvt
Stellabotta was operating a gas
station on M street Sc. at the
time he entered the Army. A broth.
er, Daniel, Is also in the Army.
Pfc. Walter Whitmer, 21, son o1
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Whitmer
West Falls Church, Va, is recover
ing at MCGUIRE Hospital at Rich
mond from wounds suffered in Italy
the Associated Press reported yes.
terday. He was one of more than
300 wounded men landed at New.
port News Friday.
A native of Broadway, Va, Pfc
Whitmer came to West Falls Church
as a child. He attended Madison
Elementary and Jefferson High
School in Falls Church and wa,
employed as q truck driver for 6
Washington construction firm be.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
+ Federol Toxes Reoch Record
.$4lo. .846. .63o Here in Yeur

Breaking III records the District poured s4s
into internal collections
1874 It was announced last night by the Bureau Of
IhS was almost three times
previous nscal year s4S which totalsd tes ga sscl2
Inc enormous swing collections
taxes BY employers reflected report which showed withhold
increased from t422lS 1898 to so6
208.6S in 1874 90 - n v''7
Individual income tax payments also big jump during
the same period from 30
on the other hand declined from ezsSs07 s264s52s
Details OF Of AL
the statement which follows: ~ ~ =
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New Landing on Biak
Increases Peri! 10
!. Trapped Japanese ii {
~ the Associated Press,

6y the Aesociated Press.
HEADQUARTERS, SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC, Sunday, Aug,
g. Strong American forces
stabbed deeper into battered and
! trapped Japanese forces In Brit
ish New Guinea, and a new
!. Landing on Biak Island. more
than 400 miles westward, drew
a tighter moose on other en-
circled enemy units, headquar-
ters announced today.
The retreat Of Japan,s I'd Army
from the Geelvink Bay area. west
Of Biak. continued under heavy AL
lied aerial and naval harassment.
T American forces on the coast have
pushed q miles eastward Of the
Driniumor River In British New
Guinea in heavy attacks which cost
the japanese AL more men. Their
counted toll in that area now IS
4,311.
DIlVC OCShh vVCuuCouays
The coastal forces began the drive
Wednesday, while the inland flank
OF the Driniumor River line was re-
pulsing four suicidal Japanese as
saults in II hours Of fighting, in
which hundreds of Japs were killed.
Through continual Allied aerial
and naval attacks the main jap
anese staging and hiyouac areas
east of the river present a pic
ture Of attrition and disaster in his
rear" the communique said.
It estimated that 10000 of the
trapped force-originally estimated
at 45,0O0-have been employed on
this perilous line Of communication,
with heavy personnel losses" the
conlmunique added.
Supply Base Quickly Occupied.
The new American landing on
Biak was at Korim Bay, on the
islands northeast coast. Thursday
morning. Troops with aerial and
light naval support quickly occupied
the enemy supply base.
Remnants Of the japanese gar
rison on Biak had attempted to
use Korim Bay as an escape route.
It Is northward across the island
from Mokmer Airdrome, which the
Americans captured II days after
they first landed on Biak May 27.
In the Driniumor battle area
Srv1, {ata &c ~ ,,atlae aoc{ IF Affonn-
the advancing American forces
wheeled south Friday after two
days fighting had carried them
eastward Of the river.
The communique, In describing
continual attacks by air and sur
face craft on japanese assembly and
supply areas, said the past weeks
completely integrated teamwork"
had resulted "in a systematic de-
struction of the enemys lines of
communication.
Enemy Communications Blasted.
"The sinking of the constantly
shrinking number of barges, the
destruction by direct hits of truck
columns, roads and bridges, the
burning and firing OF supply dumps
have undoubtedly been contributing
factors to his tactical failure to de-
liver a successful combined and CO.
ordinated attack"
Allied planes and PIT boats con-
tinued to harass Japanese in full re-.
treat from the Geelvink Bay area.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur an
nounced yesterday that the End jap
ansss Army was in full retreat.
from an IT'S strongpoints along. Gea1r
wink Bay and Nothern Vogelkop
Peninsula-a coastal stretch of some
TOO miles.
Two 1,000-ton japanese freighters
were set aflre by Allied aircraft $50
miles east of Palau Island In the
Western Carolines Friday. @
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Hot and
humid with thundershowers this af-
ternoon. Fair and cooler with lower
humidity tomorrow.
Maryland and Virginia-C Continued
hot and humid with thundershowers
In late afternoon. Fair and cooler
tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac ana Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Capt. Thompson
Looks at Flare;
Life Is Saved

Capt. John w. Thompson, IRIS,
interest in a Nazi display Of flares
saved his. life in France but ruined
his air pillow, according to a letter