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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-18
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AMARILLO ARMY AIR FIELD.
AMARILLO. Texas-Frank Davis
ton. cousin OF Miss Flossie c. Minis.
OF 6lOI Haselett street. and Willie
3. Holloway. son OF Mrs. Mary
Holloway. OF 1913 Owen street, De-
troit: have completes their courses
OF study as aviation mechanics in
the Army Air Forces Technical
Training School.
Graduation from this technical
school now fits these men for air
plane maintenance and they will
be sent 10 air bases TO aid in keep
ing Americas Flying FortresseS In
the air for Allied victory
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-18
DEFR OTTER IS
UNRUFFLED BY
War HAZARDS
Nv SGT. TONY SMITH

or Sc Pine Ave. Kane, Pa. Marine
Corps Combat Correspondent formerly Of
the Washington bureau. United Press
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC
-tDelayed)-A master al the art
Of understatement. Marine Sgt,
Thomas Johnson. 24-year-old De-
troit, Mich, Negro. describes his
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-18

e X p er G Al ces
during the con-
quest OF the
VI ari anas Is
lands as inter
esting."
7 h e y were
that and some
thing more. For
this m ari n e,
husband Of Mrs.
Frankie john
son. S19 33rd
street. saw sc-
ton against the
Jacs al both
s an and
Guam.
WArEin0 nS \
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-18
Negro Seabees Possess
Rare Unity On Duty

Wy SEt. DOI6lu "a
Mailman. Sr.. Of 5l-Ol 39th Ave-
nue.. Long Island City. n. ".
Marine Corps Combat corre-
spondentl
PELELIU. PALAU ISLANDS
tDelsyed)-Two hundred Negro
Seabees. grimy and weary from
two days of unloading ships under
enemy fire. were lined up on the
beach here
Il want volunteers for stretcher
bearing on the ridge tonight" an
officer was telling them
And 200 NeS-o Seabees stepped
out as one.
Typical OF Record
9 inciden; is typical OF the rec
ord chalked up by the Seabee bat
talon. that landed Immediately be-
hind assault waves Of NJ ines ! ere
and has been working night and
day since. V unload ships.
wreStle ammunition and heavy sup
2 10 the beach dumps. carry
ammunition 10 the front lines. and
bring back wounded On occasion
Evening star., 1944-08-20
MEN OF IT,.

II you wont 10 hy on
the "areotes' tenm
in the world On AAE
Evening star., 1944-08-20

nir combof crew . go 70 your neores.
AAf Examining Boord see II YOU con
ouolty for the Air Corp, Enlisted Re-
serve. II you quoify. you will receive
this insignia but will not be coIled
for ironing until you ore 10 or over.
When colled, you will be given further
tests to determine the type Of fruinira
you will receive. II you ore truined os
gunner or teohoioion gunner. you will 90
into octuuI combo' q. nom commis.
stoned officer. If your opfi,udes ore
outstondinely high. you moy be troined
os bombordier. noviaoior or pilot,
ond sroduote from hoinina q, O Flight
Officer or Second tieuienon..
But WHOEVER your Job on on AAF DIR
oombot crew. you will be the best
fro'ned f7ier in ony ormy on eorth.
For pre-oviofion troinine, see your locoi
Civil Air Pofrol officers. Also see your
High School principol or odviser about
recommended courses in the Air Service
Division Of the High School Victory
Corps. Ask obout the opportunities for
college troioina through the Army Sps-
eiolized ironing Reserve prosrom.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Fall From Bed Fatal
To MI. Rainier Babv

Billy Coppage, 3-month-old son of
Mrs. Marion Coppage, 1922 P street
NV, an employe of the Statler
Hotel pharmacy, died today at Chill
dren's Hospital where he was taken
yesterday after falling from a bas-
sinette in Mount Rainier home.
Eugene Plummer, Mount Rainier
police chief, said the baby had been
under the care of Mrs. Airline Ten
nant, 1910 Thirty third street,
Mount Rainier. He said the cir
cumstances of the accident are being
investigated by Mount Rainier . nd
Prince Georges County police. Mrs.
Tennant has no license TO operate
a nursery, he said, adding that she
cares for "one or two" ether chill
dren.
Miss Alberta Norris, who rooms
with Mrs. Coppage at the P street
address, said the mother left her
baby at the Mount Rainier home
about a week ago.
Police quoted Mrs. Tennant as
saying she was awakened by the
babys fall. She said the bassinette
overturned and fell on top of the
child.
DR.. James I. Boyd, Prince Georges
County deputy medical examiner
said he and DR.. Richard Rosenberg
deputy District coroner, would per-
form an autopsy to determine the
cause of death.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Bethesda Suit Attacks
County zoninq Order

A suit to nullify recent action
of the Montgomery County Com
missioners rezoning property in the
Edgemoor section of Bethesda to
permit the building of apartment
houses was filed yesterday in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court by
four Bethesda property owners.
Attorney James H. Pugh, repre-
senting Stephen L. Gregg and Elmo
v. Coons, Edgemoor lane. and
Charles D. Wright and Roy E. Grant
of North lane, said the suit seeks to
have declared null and void" the
County Commissioners action last
December in reclassifying property
between Edgemoor and North lanes
from residential A to residential c.
The petition points out that in
April, 1910, and again in April, 1941,
applications iled by Ralph s. and
Abraham M. Morrison, Bethesda, to
rezone the property we're denied by
the commissioners.
A third request for fezoning was
granted last December, although 80
residents Of Edgemoor opposed the
action at a public hearing and de-
nial of the request had been recon-
mended by Col. E. Brook Lee and
James B. Fitzgerald of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, Mr.. Pugh
said.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Rent 0vercharge Of SITS
Claimed in Rockville Suit

A suit for SITS for alleged rent
overcharges has been filed in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court at
Rockville by George w. Beatty, Sill
yer Spring, against Robert A. Bar
bee, Forest Glen, an attorney in
the Civil Service Commission.
Through his attorney, Donald
Lamond, Mr.. Beatty claims that
he rented house from Mr.. Barbee
in Capitol View, near Woodside,
during all of 1912 and part of 1943,
for which he paid $50 a month.
He later discovered that the area
rent control Office had set rent
ceiling of $36.25 for the dwelling,
Mr.. Beatty contends in his suit. He
is seeking to recover $50 in damages
under OPA regulations for each OF
the 1914 months during which the
alleged overcharges were made.
According to Ben G. Wilkinson,
attorney for Mr.. Barbee, however,
the rent control Office did not set
the ceiling rental until September,
1943, when Mr.. Barbee filed an evic-
ton suit in circuit court against
Mr.. Beatty. He said he had stipu-
lated the lower rental at that time
in order to facilitate judgement in
the eviction case, which was decid-
ed in favor of Mr.. Barbee. He re-
called that Mr.. Beatty had been
charged with being disorderly and
subletting rooms in the house.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Maryland AAA 10 Boost
Soil Conservation Funds

Leonard G. Burns, vice chairman
of a Maryland Agriculture Adjust
ment Agency committee on con-
servation materials, today predicted
that s850,0O0 in AAA funds will be
spent this year for soil conserving
materials. This will be $3.50 900
more than was spent last year.
Mr.. Burns said the AAA program
this year calls for maximum pro-
duction of essential war crops on
the States $4,000 farms, and for
the conservation of soil fertility
which usually is lessened during
periods of intensive cultivation. As
serting that Congress has appro-
priated a total of $2,250,0 900 for the
agricultural conservation and pro-
duction program for Maryland,
Joseph H. Blandford, chairman of
the State AAA committee, said ef-
forts will be made to increase yields
of food, livestock feed, oil crops
and fiber vital to the war effort.
Mr.. Blandford said conservation
materials, such as limestone and
phoSphates, may be purchased
through the county Agricultural
Conservation Association or through
regular trade channels. He said the
cost of materials obtained under
AAA contracts may be deducted
from the farms AAA allowance,
and credits against these allow
ances may be made for commercial
materials.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Experts to Address
Calvert County Farmers

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Feb,
N-An important farm meeting
will be held at the Calvert County
Courthouse here at 10:3O am. Sat-
urday, County Agent John B. Nor
sail said today.
Speakers will be j. E. McMurtry
OF the Ofiice of Tobacco Investiga-
tions, Agriculture Department; w.
H. Rice OF the University of Mary
land, who will speak on economics in
poultry and egg production; Albin
0. Kuhn, professor of agronomy of
the University of Maryland, who
will speak on the development of
hybrid corn, and labor saving prac-
tices in the production of feed for
livestock, and w. D. Posey, tobacco
specialist of the University of Mary
land.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Prince Georges PTAs
To Plan Action on Salaries

Plans for united action on pro-
posals to increase teacher salaries
and for support of a year-around
recreational program in Prince
Georges County will be formulated
at meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the County Council OF
Parents and Teachers at 2:30 pm.
Sunday In the second-floor audi
torium of the University of Mary
land Administration Building.
Heads of all parent-teacher asso-
Citations in the county have been in
vited in order to coordinate their
work.
Speakers will include Gardner G.
Shugart, county superintendent OF
schools: Wilbur Jones, principal OF
the Marlboro High School and presi-
dent of the County Teachers Asso-
citation; j. Albert Miller, principal of
the Hyattsville High School and
chairman of the Salary Revision
Committee of the Teachers Associa-
ton; John P. Speicher, principal of
the Oxon Hill Consolidated School:
Don Minnegen, acting director of
physical education and recreation,
State Department of Education, and
Richard Mansfield, former chief of
the Detective Bureau OF the Metro
politan Police Department.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
2 Girls Fined for VogroncY
Admit Spending Nights in Cafe

Two 19-year-old girls, who testi-
fed they stayed out from dusk to
dawn nearly every night. were
found guilty yesterday of vagrancy
charges and fined $25 each in Mu-
nicipal Court.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, :"
said Judge Brice Clagett, sin be-
lieving that and in the morning
are not the hours youngsters should
be on the streets. I want them to
take this sentence as a warning and
so am letting them of lightly.
The defendants were Mrs. Mary
Thompson, mother of 20-month-
old child, and her cousin, Miss Mary
Lou Sutphin, of the 1000 block of
Rhode Island avenue NE. Mrs.
Thompson testified she was
estranged from her husband, a
sailor. and lived with her parents
In the $500 block of K street NV.
The girls testified they did not
Evening star., 1944-02-24

work, but hung around restaurant
at Fourteenth and l. streets NV.
every night and talked to friends.
They said they rarely left the res
taurant, which is open all night,
until or am.
Judge Clagett asked Miss Sutphin
whether her parents objected to her
behavior and she said they did.
The jurist said he was surprised
they had not come to court to
testify.
Harold Hawken, defense attorney,
announced he would appeal the case.
The two girls were fined $25 each
on February II after they pleaded
guilty to a charge Of destroying
private property. According to
police. they had started throwing
plates in restaurant at L sereet
and Vermont avenue NV. during
a fight In which . sailor was
stabbed.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
New HeaIfh,BuiIdine
Opened for Service
In Arlington County
Full Operation Delayed
Until Completion Of
$l20, 900 Center

Arlington County's $4,000 Public
Health Building at Nineteenth and
North Edison streets opened for
service yesterday as DR.. Ralph G.
Beachley, county health officer, his
administrative staff, public health
nurses and the Bureau of Santa
ton moved into the new quarters.
Full operation of the center will
be delayed until the building is en-
tirely completed, DR.. Beachley said.
He added, however, that his staff is
prepared to make health examina-
tions, particularly of children desir-
ing re-entrance in school after re-
covering from communicable dis
eases.
Built with Lanham Act funds,
title to the building is retained by
the Federal Government which has
leased it to the county for the dura-
|tion of the war. The land was
given by the Arlington Hospital As
|sociation whose recently completed
hospital is adjacent to the Public
Health Building. All equipment Is
supplied by the county.
Because accommodations for the
public health officer and his staff
the building will house the Bureau
of Nursing and the Bureau of Sani-
tation. tuberculosis, X-ray, We
|nereal disease, dental, crippled chill
|dren, prenatal and we'll baby clinics
are provided for and plans are being
made for later development of a
mental hygiene clinic.
A large auditorium on the ground
floor will be used for classes in home
hygiene, sponsored by the Arlington
Red Cross Chapter, and is available
for meetings of the tuberculosis As
sociation and the Social Hygiene
Board.
The county laboratory will remain
at the disposal plant for the pres
|ent, DR.. Beachley said. Although
facilities for the laboratory we're
planned in the building, the County
Board has asked the War Produc-
ton Board to reconsider applica-
tions for construction of a separate
laboratory on the grounds. This
would allow room in the main build
ing for expansion of the present
public health staff.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
DR.. {. f. Palmer 10 Address
Alexandra Health Meetinu

DR.. Carroll E. Palmer of the
United States Public Health Service
will be the principal speaker at the
monthly conference on tuberculosis
at the Alexandria Community
Health Center at 1890 pm. tomor-
row. His subject will be Mass
Tuberculin and X-ray Surveys"
These monthly conferences are
sponsored by the Alexandria Tu-
bercUlosis Association in cc-opera-
ton with the Health Department
and the Medical Society as a part of
the associations adult education
program.
Mrs. Doris Tompkins, executive
secretary Of the tuberculosis Asso-
ciation, announced that $14,500 was
raised in Alexandria during the re-
cent seal sale campaign. This rep
resents an increase of $4,000 over
last year. The books will not be
closed until the close of the fiscal
year, on March 81, so scattered re-
turns still coming in will be counted
towards the years total.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Woman Dies in Leap
From Key Bridge

Mrs. Marion P. Weston, "a, OF
1902 Key boulevard, Arlington, was
killed last night when she leaped
from the Key Bridge into the Po-
tomac River, police reported today
Police said the body was recovered
near the bridge by Boatswain's Mate
Jack Parratt, attached to the Coast
Guard. She was pronounced dead
by DR.. Joseph Kendrick of George
town Hospital.
Police said her husband, Robert G
weston, who identified the body
said his wife had been respondent
for several months. DR.. Richard
Rosenberg, deputy District coroner
issued certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Newport News Pastor
Heads Virginia Baptists
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Feb. 24.-The
Rev. Floyd w. Putney, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Newport
News, was elected president Of the
Baptist General Association of Vir-
|ginia yesterday at the 12lst annual
meeting of that body.
The Rev. Clyde NJ Parker, pastor
of Second Baptist, Petersburg, was
named first vice president, and DR..
j. j. Wicker, president of Fork
Union Military Academy, second
vice president. Other officers re-
elected were the Rev. Frank T..
Crump Of Richmond, treasurer; the
Rev. Kenneth Burke, Norfolk, re-
cording secretary; the Rev. T. C.
Allen, Richmond, assistant secretary,
and Jesse F. Wood, Richmond, au-
ditor.
DR.. Crump. who has served as
treasurer of the association for the
past "a years, offered his resignation
at meeting of the Baptist Board
of Missions and Education as ex-
ecutive secretary of that group. The
resignation was referred to special
committee for action at the March
meeting of the board.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
EIzey D. Garrison, So,
Fouquier Native, Dies
sy the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
WARRENTON, Va, Feb. "a
Friends here have been advised OF
the death, in Beaumont. Tex, of
Elzey Duncan Garrison, So. ma
tive of Fauquier County, on Mon
day.
Mr.. Garrison, formerly Of Mar
shall, Va, had lived in Beaumont
for Is years and had been head
accountant of the Gulf Utilities
Co. for the last Is years. He was
employed here until the outbreak
of the World War, when he joined
the Warrenton Rifles and went to
the Mexican border. Later he
served overseas with medical unit
recruited in Fauquier.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. H. T. Hammant, Meetze, and
Mrs. Eff1e B. Vaughan, Middleton.
The body will be brought to Mar
shall for burial.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Winds Moderate
After Taking One Life
Homes in District Area
Damaged by Storm

Fair weather and moderate tenn
perature was the Weather Bureaus
forecast for Washington and vicin-
ity today, with no trace of the high
winds which yesterday reached q
velocity of SIS miles per hour. {
The Weather Bureau revealed
that. the winds trailed a storm
which passed north of Washington.
Besides being responsible for the
death Of George Catlett, 81, IN his
cabin on Route /, about 3 miles
south OF Alexandria, the gale up
rooted trees in the District and
lifted four roofs from houses in
Arlington County.
Arlington County police said the
damaged houses are on the west
side of Jefferson Davis highway
between Fifteenth and Eighteenth
streets, that the flying roofs landed
in the highway causing traffic to
be rerputed until engineers were
able to remove the debris. Sew
eral telephone poles also were blown
down about the same time.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
lsWRstoniinq
@Remindery@a

Canned and Frozen Foods, ETC.
Stamps K, L and M in Book No. 4
valid through March 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. - Book No. 3.
stamps v, w and K valid through
Saturday. Stamps Y and z good
through March 20. Spare stamp 3
in Book No. 4 good for 5 points
of pork through Saturday.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn In.
New Ration Tokens - Starting
February 81. blue and red tokens
will be given in change on ra-
toned sales involving green,
brown, red and blue stamps. Each
token Is worth one point; red for
meat, butter, etc.; blue for proc
essed foods.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 80 valid
for pounds through March 81.
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February 28, 1945.
Shoes-Stamp No. Is in Book No. 1
and stamp on the "airplane"
sheet Of Book No. 3 valid for an
indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. B, B-1, G
and C-1 coupons good for gall
longs each. These coupons will
expire on date indicated on indi-
vidual books. B-2 and CO cou-
pons in books issued since De-
cember / are good for 5 gallons
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders. March 81. For B
coupon holders, February 20.
each.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 3 coupons good
through March 13. Period No. 4
coupons valid through September
80. Nos. 3 and coupons good for 10
gallons per unit. According to the
District OPA, consumers in this
area should not have used moro
than 10 per cent of their total
yearly fuel oil rations as of Feb.
ruary a.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Alexandra 10 Launch
Red Cross Drive Monday

Alexandria's Red Cross War Fund
campaign to raise $45,800 will get
under way Monday night with a
rally for workers at the USO Club
on Cameron street. Mayor William
T. wilkins issued proclamation
today, declaring March Red Gross
month and urging all Alexandrians
to contribute.
Glenn U. Richard, general chair
man Of the campaign, said Albert
V. Bryan, Commonwealth's attor-
ney, will be chairman Of the rally,
which Is scheduled to start at 8
pm.
A motion picture Of Red Cross
work will be shown and Mr.. Bryan
expects an overseas veteran as guest
speaker.
Guests at the rally will be Vice
Chairmen Francis H. Fannon and
Wilfred Robinson; Ramone S.
Eaton, manager of the Eastern area
of the Red Cross; Mrs. Albert Miller
and G. G. Brown, executive secre-
tary and president, respectively, Of
the Alexandria chapter.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Murray Becomes Member
OF D. {. Boy Scout Board

George H. Murray, 928 S street
NV, prominent colored Boy Scout
leader, has accepted an invitation
to become a member of the Boy
Scout Executive Board, of the Ma
tional Capital Area Council, it was
announced today.
Mr.. Murray has been chairman
of the Sixth District Board of the
Boy Scouts for nearly two years.
Under his leadership, the Sixth Dis
trict, comprising the colored Boy
Scouts here, has purchased and is
developing its own 8e-acre camp
site in nearby Maryland.
Last summer, the most successful
camping season in the history OF
colored Scout groups here was con-
Quoted on the new grounds. Plans
now are being considered to divide
the tract into troop site areas, with
each of the troops in the Sixth Dis
trict charged with responsibility for
developing its area, Mr.. Murray
said.
Mr.. Murray was nominated for
membership on the Executive Board
by r. A. Van Orsdel. The nomina-
ton was seconded by Col. Lester C
Wilson, and unanimously approved
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Rites for Melvin Price
Will Be Held Todoy

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG. Md, Feb. "a
Funeral services for Melvin Stanton
Price, 46, who died Tuesday, will be
held this afternoon at the Chris.
tian Church at Hyattstown, Md
Burial will be in the church ceme-
terry.
For the last four years Mr.. Price
was superintendent of the dairy
farm near Gaithersburg of former
Sheriff H. Clay Plummer.
Mr.. Price was born in Frederick
County, Md. but had lived most of
his life in Montgomery County. He
Is survived by four children, Betty
Mae, Frederick; Shirley M. and Ken
meth Price, both of near Gathers
burg, and Ralph S. Price, Dawson
vile, Md. He also leaves two sisters
and five brothers.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Hearing Set Saturday
On w. & O. D. Plea

A hearing on an application by
the Washington & Old Dominion
Railroad to purchase the Alexan-
dria- a-to-Purcellville line from the
Southern Railroad will be held here
Saturday before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Alexandria -Purcellville line,
now leased by the w. e. o. D. and
operated in connection with the
Rosslyn-to- -Bluemont Junction line,
would be financed through the sale
of promissory notes in the amount
of 60,000 to the Arlington Trust Co.
The notes would bear ~ per cent
interest and would be paid OF at
the rate of $500 a month until the
entire issue has been liquidated, it
was said.
Evening star., 1944-02-24
Two Arlington Bills
Pass Virginia House
Civil Service and Lond
Measures Approved
special Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 24.--A bill
introduced by Delegate j. Maynard
Magruder OF Arlington to permit
the establishment of county civil
service commissions, and a measure
offered by Senator William D. Med
ley, Arlington, to return land from
the State Conservation Commission
to the county were passed yesterday
by the House of Delegates.
Under the provisions of the Med
ley Senate bill 27 acres of land in
the Glen Carlyn section of Arlington
would be returned to the county by
the State Conservation Commission
to be used for park purposes.
A bill requiring the filing of State,
county and city tax returns on or
before May l instead of June /, as
at present, sponsored by Mr.. Ma
gruder, Arlington delegate to the
Virginia Assembly has been reported
out of committee.
With the exception of such returns
made on the basis of a fiscal year,
which should be made on or be-
fore the 18th day of the fourth
month after the close of such fiscal
year, all tax returns would be made
by May l under the bill.
A bill dispensing with oaths or
afirmations in making tax returns,
also sponsored by Mr.. Magruder has
been reported out of committee.
A third bill with committee ap-
proval, proposes that operators of
apartment houses containing more
than four apartments shall, before
February l, file with the commits
sioner of revenue list of names and
addresses of every tenant, as of
January l preceding.
| Mr.. Magruder also introduced a
bill yesterday requiring permits to
purchase pistols in Arlington
| County