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Evening star., 1944-02-17
Irving TressIer, Writer,
Takes Own Life at Home
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 17.-1rving
D. Tressler, 35, author of several
books and former magazine COL
umnist, committed suicide with gas
late yesterday at his home in sub
urban Shorewood Hills, Coroner E. A.
Fischer announced.
Mr.. Fischer said Mr.. Tressler had
been respondent because of Ill
health.
A native of Madison and a grad
uate of the University of Wisconsin,
he was best known for a book, How
to Lose Friends and Alternate Peo-
pie" which he wrote in 1887. He
formerly was employed by the Wis
consin State Journal of Madison,
the Minneapolis Star journal bu-
reau in Washington, Judge and
Scribners magazines. His wife sur
wives.
Evening star., 1944-02-17
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. - A.
~

strange sale of Radio Station
WMCA and the part played by high
off1cials OF the present political ad-
ministration I" Is hush -hush'
move to keep unsavory facts
from the public"
"Cover Up" Charged.
ut is part Of the whole New
Deal scheme to cover up pernicious
bureaucratic practices and the graft
that is inherent in such a maze as
We have in Washington today" they
said.
The statement said that neither
OF the Republicans was present at
the committee meeting, one was
not even notified of the meeting
until after it had been held and
neither was advised of the contem-
plated action"
Let the record show that three
Democrats covered up and sought
to shield the administration Just az
the facts began to hurt" Mr.. Miller
and Mr.. WigglesWorth said.
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Banks Distributing
First Ration Tokens
Under New System

Washington banks today started
to distribute to retail stores the new
red and blue ration tokens which
will be placed in circulation, begin
ming February 27. Banking circles
estimated that several million of the
plastic tokens, which will eventually
take the place of ration stamps. will
be distributed.
At the same time, the Office OF
Price Administration announced
that one-point green stamps, as well
as the blue tokens, will be given as
change In processed food sales dur
ing the first three weeks the plan
is In operation.
1t will not be necessary for con-
sumers to apply for tokens in bulk
They will continue to use stamps as
before and will build up a supply of
tokens through the change method
OPA said 1t would be the first use
OF green stamps as change. One
point brown stamps for meat are
currently being used in this manner
and the policy will be continued dur
ing the change to tokens. Two sets
OF stamps will be used for processed
foods and two for meats and fats
during the three week transition
period.
The last Of the green stamps-K,
l. and M-and the brown-Y and
Twill be valid through March 20
and will be worth 8, S, 2 and l
points, as at present.
Ration book 4 blue stamps Az
B8, C8. D8 and E8-each with a 10
point value-will be valid for
processed foods from February q
through May 20.
Blue tokens-and through March
20, l-point green stamps-will be
given as change for both sets of
processed food stamps.
Red 1o-point stamps A8, B8 and
CO in Book will be good from
February q through May 20, while
stamps D8, E8 and FS will be good
March IL through May 20.
Change for the two sets of meat
stamps will be given in red tokens
and-through March 20-in 1-point
brown stamps.
Evening star., 1944-02-17
District Public School
Drinking Fountains
Hit as Insanitary

Many District public schools have
insanitary drinking fountains, it was
charged yesterday at the Board Of
Education meeting and Supt. OF
Schools Robert l.. Haycock was re-
quested to conduct an immediate in
vestigation.
The charge was made by Adelbert
Lee, board member, who said the
unfit water fountains may run into
the hundreds" Mr.. Lees remarks
came during discussion of the re-
port submitted by Jere Crane. first
assistant superintendent of schools,
on uncompleted repairs which had
been ordered by the board.
Many of the repairs, 1t was point
ed out, were held up because it has
been impossible to obtain priorities
on vital materials. .
Complete Reports Sought.
Il don't think we should bury
our heads in the sand about these
materials" Mr.. Lee said. There is
multitude of such items being
Cancelled and voided without our
knowing any of the details" Mr..
Lee asked Mr.. Crane to file COM
plete reports with the board, giving
reasons for not being able to obtain
the materials.
Mr.. Crane said today that some
old-type fountains, without sanitary
guards, still existed in school build
ings.
Il can't say whether they are &C
tually unhealthful," he commented.
I'D rather have the Health Depart
ment make a statement on that"
The school official pointed out,
however, that since the materials
shortage developed two years ago,
no efforts had been made to keep
up the replacement program in the
schools. He said only a normal
maintenance program" was at
tempted.
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, director
Of school medical inspection, at
tached to the Health Department,
said a large number of the old-style
fountains had been replaced but
many still were in use.
lneOretlcally Dangerous"
Most of them" he said, "are the
oretically dangerous, but relatively
they create small hazards for the
children. If the danger is terribly
acute, we make recommendation
! that they be abandoned"
He described the old fountains as
those in which the water bubbled
up vertically, with no mouth guards
over the nozzle. 1t is possible, he
said, for the water in such fountains
to become contaminated.
For years before materials be-
! came scarce he said, I'VE made
recommendations that all the old
fountains be replaced. The trouble
then was that the money was not
appropriated. 1t became necessary
to carry out the program gradually"
DR.. James A. Cannon, physician
member OF the board, proposed the
Health Department be called into
the picture to insist that the War
Production Board release needed
materials to rectify unhealthful con-
ditions If the board is unable to win
priorities.
Mr.. Haycock said he would in
vestigate the matter at once and
would report to the board when he
felt it necessary.
The board also voted to put the
schools back on five-year painting
schedule and asked the Commits
| sionerS to order the repair shop to
speed up the program Some
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Rankin AssaiIs Field
For Party Given Here
For Press Club Heads
BY the Associated Press.

-~
A Republican complained to the
House yesterday that calendar dis
tributed by the Government desig-
mates all the national holidays ex-
cept Lincoln's Birthday.
Representative Gross, Republican,
of Pennsylvania proposed an inquiry
to find out why.
Thereupon, Representative Bull
winkle, Democrat, of North Carolina
interposed:
Mr.. Speaker, I read all those Lin
coin Day speeches and I observe that
the Republicans are engaged in two
battles-one against Mr.. Roosevelt
and the other against Mr.. Willkie
I can understand them fighting
Roosevelt, but, after all the glowing
things they said about their 1910
presidential candidate, I can't un-
derstand why they treat Willkie that
way"
Not Designated by Congress.
Mr.. BulWinkle, member of the
House Printing Committee, ex-
planned later that the calendar des-
ignates only national holidays pro-
vided by act of Congress, and that
Congress has not so designated Lin
coins birthday. The holidays des-
ignated are Washington Birthday,
New Year Day, July 4, Labor Day
and Thanksgiving
The calendars, bearing a picture
of the Capitol, are produced in the
Government Printing Office and the
distribution is to House members
only, each getting seven, Mr.. Bull
Wlnkle said
Representative Rankin, Democrat,
OF Mississippi joined the House dis
cuSsion to remark:
"Mr. Speaker, in reply to both
gentlemen who have just spoken,
let me call attention to the fact
that the nearest thing to a Desc
Grafton of Lincoln's Birthday that I
know of was party thrown by
Marshall Field the Sd, the playboy
millionaire from Chicago, here in
Washington on Sunday last.
Puts Cost at $500.
II am told that he threw a party
at the Statler Hotel that would
make Belshazzar'S feast look like
Chinese soup kitchen. They had
everything from cocktails to caviar.
I understand that he spent more
than $500 on that WaSteful rev.
elly, at time when every American
is being called on to save and buy
bonds in order to fight this war"
Mr.. Rankin referred to a recep-
ton given by Bascom N. TimmonS,
head of the Washington bureau
of the Chicago Sun, for Sam ONeal,
newly elected president of the Ma
tional Press Club. and Charles o.
Gridley, newly elected president of
the Gridiron Club. Mr. ONeal and
Mr.. Gridley are correspondents of
the Chicago Sun, owned by MI.
Field.
Neither Mr.. Field nor MI Tim
mons had any comment on Mr.
RankinS S remarks.
Evening star., 1944-02-17

The officer was transferred to
Quonset, r. l., two weeks ago for
fighter training. A graduate of
Stanford University, where his
father was a professor, he entered
the Navy in January, l943, after
working six months in Douglas
Aircraft plant. He was commits
stoned at Corpus Christi, Tex. in
November. and later was stationed
at Sanford Fla.
Ensign Canning was an honor
graduate at Stanford, where he
majored in physics and was a Phi
Beta Kappa. He was a swimmer
and spent much time hiking and
cruising while spending the sum-
mers with his family in the Sierras.
The family moved to Washington
from Palo Alto, Calf. in 1941, when
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Il 40, ,OOOGermun Peasants 7 rex
| 800 Miles as Reds Advance

and oxcart with their possessions
because "all transport in the Rus
sian area has been reserved for the
German Army"
Without explaining the fate of
the remainder, the dispatch said
100000 peasants of German origin
inhabited the Black Sea area, and
described the journey as being SO
difficult that the long columns
often averaged less than a mile a
day.
The newspaper quoted a German
order that most Of the refugees
would be employed in war factories.
Other German accounts said that
10000 peasants of unStated nation
ality had arrived in Bulgaria from
the Odessa area after travelling for
several months" and that the Bull
garian government, fearing Com
muniSt propaganda, had interned
them in concentration camps.
Evening star., 1944-02-17
'Coverup' Is Charged
As Committee Halls
Inquiryon WMCADea|
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Suspension of a House investiga-
ton Of the sale of radio station
WMCA, New York, a transaction
which the former owner said was
creased from the White House
down." split the committee wide
open today, with Republican men,
bers charging a move to cover up
"unsavory facts"
Chairman Lea, Democrat, Of CAL
lfornia announced yesterday that
the committee would suspend its
inquiry pending completion of court
action In New York in which DON
aid Flamm, the former owner, seeks
to invalidate the sale.
Mr.. Flamm told the committee re-
Gently that he sold the station to
Edward j. Noble in 1941 against his
will because he was convinced that
his license would not be renewed
by the Federal Communicate tions
Commission if he did not sell.
Names Presidential Aide.
Mr.. F1amm brought into the trans
action the names of David K. Niles.
a presidential aide: Thomas Cor
coran, former White House adviser:
William j. Dempsey, former chief
counsel of the FEC, and Leslie Rob-
erts, former radio executive for the
WPA.
The committees action, Mr.. Lea
said was on motion of Representa-
tive Hart, Democrat, of New Jer-
sey, and was concurred in by him.
self and Representatives Magnuson,
Democrat, Of Washington.
The two Republican members,
Representatives Miller OF Missouri
and Wigglesworth of Massachusetts,,
said in a statement that the action
OF the Democratic majority lin
SOuelchinR the inyeStipa tion of the
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MADRID, Feb. l7.-One hundred
and forty thousand peasants Of Ger
man origin, ordered by the Nazis to
evacuate their Black Sea homes in
the face of the Russian advance,
have completed a 1,60O-mile trek
across snow and ice, German news
papers received here yesterday re-
ported.
The accounts said the peasants
had inhabited more than 1000 viii
lagos Of the Kherson area, on the
northern shores of the Black Sea
just across the Dnieper River from
the Russian Army. They were des-
cribed as descendants of Germans
who had held the lands since the
18th century.
The newspaper Deutsche Allege-
melne Zeitung said in a dispatch
from PoSen, Poland, that the refu-
gees were forced to travel bv wagon
Evening star., 1944-02-17

schools. II was brought out, have not
been painted for as long as II years.
Dr. Robert A. Maurer, board mem
ber, was appointed an alternate
member Of the District Board Of
Recreation to serve with G. Melvin
Sharpe, regular member. Mr..
Sharpe explained it was often nee
essary for him to be away from the
city on days when the Recreation
Board meets,
Evening star., 1944-02-17
LOS

bhLLfsUaD tadatfsoat NproWn' containing money
BOSTON Bull, black %d'Va and faie, white. male
pet Phone EN-. siiS reward. t'S rd.'a' '"l-0
BRACELET. oldfashioned yellow gold link
set with blue so and white stones stones; lost Sat
A5Plinsto1 !5L Pc pentsson parking area or wi; vic
rd and Eye sts NV near MlSR Hall
CAT, male. about mos, solid color, dark
om so rd The S. spG on Ss for e
formation c. assistance leading to its its re-
turn:- ". H. Wilkinson. IA 9eol
sFAStEh saSay mas Seen golden 6 Se d
Branch l!15' dr. west of Braddock I'd. Reward.
DOG, white and cream color, part spitz.
Forest Glen rd. near Colesville rd. Tuesday.
dairy, U. S. Soldiers Home. RA. 900,
DOC, wire5haired terrier; MARKINGS. black
RfysEa. Re- Or; oR; o4l3. 4, T., ., ,o.,
morning Reward. CaH co. s567.
FOUNTAIN pen, BLACK schaffer with gold
fpnSr1FfcArIoS fDfs iiFff \ n. BRACELET, Feb ..
Wanda 15-25e43 csn no. 70 4s$4' Il!
pearls and ,eemeralds alternating on each
HoIdl Hord or a3i MaSS NI aye and St Liberal re-
FockETBooK: black cloth. Wed. eve. vic
Miller, 4o1l Tilden st. NV Reward
rockETBo6K Ti'5 5& at spotli4ht Club Reward
for, for return Of glasses and address book
REsTAURoAlSiT' oliI' BooK lost in vicinity O.
Einder please telepnone CHI S?54.
I4th rI Dr. J.; J,;odE3. E. Bowers Brsndy,Wine
WALLET, black leather, Union Station Sun
pat Thornton: ton SeitS reWard eiiie GE 5@S5 @S nan"
WEDDING BAND, old-fa shioned, lost Mon;
day, liberal reward. Will identify. GE
WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER. white. with
large gray, spots; muzzled; tag No. 29ss5
-HAIkEb TERRIER: black spot or
bseGi answers to name Lueky lost vic
1lth and E NV. and Colonial Village, Sat
Io.hsr nrdfy eve9ing ensrayed Edna from
Reward. Call Miss Winn, RE. 600, Ext
WRisr WnaR ostGatf Wafcap.nsdys Pa plain yellow gold
suR!asssy!o y" SsEaTSd cH; s5S4 ~ ll'''A''
Va. on A, B. & w. buss# Reward. Ii
aN6S
WRIST WATCH. lady's Bulova. on Brad
dock Hciehts bus Wed. afternoon. Reward.
Call Alexandria 643l.
WRIST WATCH. lady's gold Bulova, and
bracelet, between Safeway and 18th and
Gus Sts; NV: Reward. AID. 1904.
WRIST WATCH, rose sold with rubies and
diamonds, in vicinity Of 9th, Upshur,
Taylor and Sth sts. NV Liberal reward.
Mrs. Leonard. RA. s433
ANY ONE finding gents black onyx ring
IN Lansburgh e. Bro. housefurnishings
package please return same to Miss Ed
wards: p Lansbureh's, and receive reward.
The ring has a very sentimental value.
S25 REWARD
For information leading to recovery oi
following automobile: Pontiac 194l 2dool
tan sedan coupe. motor PS299S52. tags
D, c. 145-360. Disappeared Dec %
l943, from vicinity Poll Bunker Hill rd.
Washington, D. C. Phone District 394O.
Evening star., 1944-02-17

overturned and
sank after strik-
ing thin ice on q
lagoon near the
Naval Air Facil-
ity at Charles.
ton, R. l., the
Navy announced
last night.
Enlisted M e n
in a rubber boat
were unable to
rescue the pilot
even by diving,
because of the
position of the
pl a ne, 1t was
said
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Prisoner Parcels Reach
japan, Are Held Up

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE German
news agency DNB reported in a
Toxic dispatch yesterday that the
first shipment of parcels to Ameri-
can prisoners of war has reached
Japan via Vladivostok, but further
plans for distribution will have to be
put back because of what the dis
patch called bad treatment of Japa-
neSe in American camps,
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Coy. Bricker Cancels
Trip Due to Illness
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 17-Gov.
John w. Bricker, candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination,
has been ordered to bed by his ply
sician because of slight cold and
fever. He had just returned from
addressing a gathering in Wheeling,
w. Va.
Gov. Bricker's illness necessitated
cancellation Of a trip to Aberdeen,
S. Oak, where he was to have
spoken tonight.
Evening star., 1944-02-17

Mr.. Canning became consultant
of the Food Distribution Admin
istration. Agriculture Department.
In addition to his parents, Ensign
Canning is survived by two brothers
Sergt. John Canning, Army Signal
Corps, and Ensign Thomas Canning
Of the Navy.
Evening star., 1944-02-17
FOUND.

dawntoSsn GM9lRs BLOUSE LOU size found Wed. in
POLICE DOG. Golden yellow; found in Sc.
No reward expected. TR. O342
Owner please identify. Phone Glebe 1894.
RING on H st. NV. between 21st and
22nd; looks like family heirloom. DI.
Evening star., 1944-02-17
Ensign Canning Killed
In Crash Info Lagoon

Ensign James G. Canning, "a, U.
IS. N. r., son, of Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Canning, 1919 G street NV, was
killed yesterday when his plane
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12
GAINS ARR EXTENDED

g r n MacARTlfUR'S HQ..
NEW GUINEA. March H. GNS)
American marines and army
troops extending their gains in
shores OF three islands washed boy
STIR MI ffT7K SET TTEFfTChrd q
squeeze today upon remaining
enemy held bastions in that vital
archipelago.
Gen MacArthurs headquarters
revealed that the L. S. leather
urckS have seized me arStrip and
village of Talasca ON Willaumez
Peninsula while Yank doughboys
and caNalrymcn fighting as in
fantry strengthened their holds
on Los NcEroS Island and drove
10 point 20 miles from Madang
IN New Guinea.
Allied hombcrS blasted the Lo-
rcngau aiIdrome on ManuS Island
IN Tho AdmiraltieS with 90 tons Of
bombs Friday rommunIque an
nounced today.
Jap shipping in the Ilollandia-
AItape sector OF New Guinea was
heavily hit on Thursday night. The
night raiders scored a near-miSS
on one 2000-ton enemy freightcr,
causing IL 10 run aground and left
another cargo ship IN sinking con-
dItion. A coastal vessel was set
afirp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

that II has been Disseminated
dents approval of recent raise
for railroad workers In lieu Of
time and a half after 40 hours.
Louis ]. Miriani. chairman Of
the regional WLB, said.
I'VE have had no previous in
timation Of this action. The case
is still pending. This union does
not come under the provisions
Of the Wages and Hours Law
because the milk companies are
not engaged in interstate COM
merCe.
600 AT BORDEN
Workers coming under the
act do receive time and a half
after 40 hours. II has been my
understanding that the men i'm
volved in this case have been
paid time and a half for all
work over iS hours"
Representatives of the strikers
declared that many inside dairy
were working 81 and "a
hours a week at straight time.
Six hundred men were affected
at the Borden Co, according 70
NJ J Madel, vice president Two
more will be idle IL the
strike spreads 10 outlying points,
he added
I'VE had no warning what
ever that this strike was com
ing" Madel declared THE
first I learned Of IL was shortly
after a. m. Saturday. All Of
our dealings with the men thus
far have been friendly, although
we are not. of course, in SYM
pa with their action.
The Borden company, like
the workers. would like an early
decision by the NLB, but
doesn't feel tina. this Is the way
TO get IT,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

The conditional however was be-
Heped to be contemporary. re-
Sulting from a shortage of help.
Howard + Simmons, manager
OF the Michigan Milk Producers
Association, said every effort was
being made TO divert a normal
daily flow Of 100000 pounds Of
milk from Detroit 10 other mar
kctS 10 avert SpoIlage.
Farmers we're hurmedly seeking
other outlets for their products. as
condenSing and processing plants
rapidly filled 10 capacity,
A croSS-Section survey OF the
city by the Times showed that
very few retail stores had milk
Saturday night. Stocks left over
from Friday swiftly disappeared
READY TO COOPERATE
The union leader. Ballard, eX-
pressed regret over the hard
ships caused by the strike and
Inconvenience 10 consumers but
was firm in his support Of the
unions demands for overtime pay.
Thine and a half is the prac-
tice in all industry" Ballard
said "Our membership feels
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12
Delaware Farmers
Want No Jap Help

GEORGETOWN. Del March II
GNSj Farmers of Sussex County
damned a biz han here today and
voted Overwhelmingly against
proposed importation Of japanese
field workers
Only fVe in the audience Of
hundreds stood UP IN favor Of
the Japanese colonization scheme
WHOM p rising vote was taken and
they are tfc five biggest vegetable
growers .r tho county.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

me To do 80. A. I understand II.
the labor board has had this
case since laAtMat The @eFl&
ers have repeatedly asked union
officers about the situation and
l guess they just got tired OF
waiting.
"Of course. the walkout Is in
violation of the Go nO-strike
pledge"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

Gus Schollc, regional director Of
the Go said he had discussed the
strike with Roy ScogEInS. nicr-
national representative OF the
Union, and urged MIN 10 do cvCTy-
thing possible to get the men back
on the Job
II will not take any action in
the matter" Schollc said, "un-
less the international union asks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12
HEAVY AIR BLOWS

British and American flierS de-
hvercd smashing blows 10 German
communications IN the Rome area
already badly raked by previous
raids. and then vcercd a few miles
northWard 10 drop bombs on three
key supply points.
Five Allied planes failed 10 re-
turn from their assignments and
one AXIS plane was shot down
durlnc tho daN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

let fever Mrs Carl Square 4545
Avery Whose -ycar-old child s
recovering from infautle paralN-
sS Samue. Martini l730 Mag
roIa. VINO found himself caught
short with no milk for his three
children and Norman Asher 1851
nfa Rosa who Hccdrr milk tor
NJ. i've lhIIdrcn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12
900 Milk Strikers Defy WLB Refuse Supply 900 Home
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handed down until the men re-
turned TO their Jobs.
,I74eFe-Na--fte-vf oiercr-but the
crowd was under heavy guard of
dctectipeS-aed uniformed police
The strikers have agreed TO
keep up deliveries of milk 10 hos
pitalS and army and navy organi-
cations.
Representatives Of both the
army and navy were on the plat
form at the mass meeting.
When BowleS had finished
speaking, strike representatives
took over the microphones and
declared the strike would con-
unuc until the WLB had met
their terms.
1T looks to us," one Of their
leaders declared that the War
Labor Board operates en- the
same basis as the Legislature
in Lansing
ON the platform with BowlcS
and the military officers were
Philip Weiss of the state labor
mediation board and I'd SCoy-
rcrS, representing the federal
cancellation department