davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
With Ernie Pyle
ON THE WESTERN FRONT

ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(by wireless)-We had sent e
soldier to the nearest aid station
as soon as we discovered tn e
wounded British pilot, trapped for
eight days in his plane. He had
to drive about six miles.
Just a few minutes after h e
other soldiers finished tearing two
holes in the sides of the plane, a
medical captain and three aid men
popped through the hedge and
came running.
The doctor knelt down and sized
up everything in a few seconds.
He asked an aid man for NOR
phine. The pilot willingly held out
his right arm, and the doctor stuck
needle into the bend of the elbow
The pilot never flinched, but look
ed on almost approvingly.
You're in good condition." the
doctor said to him. This is just
to make it easier for you when we
start to pull you out. Well wait
a few minutes for it to take hold. !"
While we were sitting there on
the ground beside the plane, wait
ing for the morphine to take effect,
the pilot said:
II am delaying you from your
work. I'm frightfully sorry about
it,
One of the soldiers, touched by
the remark, blurted: Good God,
lieutenant, you aren't delaying us.
This is what we're here for. We're
just sorry we've been so long get
ting you OUT
The pilot momentarily closed his
eyes and put his hand on his fore
head. And then, as if in resigna-
ton at his own rudeness in bother
ing us, he said:
"Well, l don't k n ow what
should do without you
So incredibly strong was t h
pilots constitution that the NOR
phine never put him out.
! They waited about 10 minutes.
Then two soldiers took off their
web belts and looped them around
the pilots armpits. The medics on
the other side said they had hold
of his trapped foot and could grad
ually free it.
cts my back that's weak" the
pilot said. 'tAll the strength seems
to be gone from the small of my
back. You'll have to help me
there"
They pulled. The pilot, although
without food for eight days, was
tremendously strong, and he reach
ed above his head to the plane S
framework and helped lift HIM
self. l.
The belts slipped, and the sol
diers took them off. They knelt and
lifted his shoulders with their
hands. They had padded the jag
ged edges of the torn aluminium,
over which they would have to
slide him, with the heavy rubber of
his collapsible lifeboat.
The doctor said, Well be as
easy as we can. Tell us when to
quit
And the brave man said, Go
ahead. I'll stand it as long as
cam
They pulled again. The pilot
made a face and exerted himself
to help them. They slid him slowly
few inches through the hole, un-
til he suddenly called: 'Whoa-whoa
whoa-whoa. My back it's stuck
to the ground. Well have to break
it loose slowly
They surveyed the possibilities a
while, trying to figure a less pain
full way of getting him out. There
wasn't any. He said:
II can't raise my behind at ALL
If you could slide something under
me to carry the weight
j A soldier went running to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
The Road To Berlin
lBx the Associated Press

Russian front: 322 miles measured
from eastern suburbs of Warsaw
2-Northern France: SIG miles measur-
ed from a point Is miles east of Sens.
3-Italian front: COL miles Cneasured from
northern outskirts of Florence).
4-Southern France 608 miles measured
from Grenoble)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Fair Enough

Editors Note-Ths Star and the News accept no
responsibility the personal views Of MI. PegIer
his readers His articles the good purpose OF
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
TOP OF THE MORNING

TOP OF THE MORNING
The man with strong convictions Will al
ways command respect even from those
who sharply disagree with him. 1t IS the
empty house that gets its windows broken.
DR.. ARCHIE WALLACE
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-25
Our Chief Aim

TO aid in every way the PROSECUTION OF
the war to complete Victory.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-06-30
IS SPAUDoS KLU-
30 vEIKLOS

BABYLON, N. Y. Siais
metals Lietuviu Spaudos Klu-
bas pradejo rodyti daug veik-
lumo ir susidomejimo ivairiais
ypac Lietuviu gyvenirno klau-
sinais.
Birzelio IL po pietu cia ivy
ko Lietuviu Spaudos Klubo SUI
sirinkimas, dalyvaujant ~
mian1 skaicius nariu abieju ly-
ciu. Sis susirinkimas buvo ido-
mesnis tue kad atsibuvo toll
nuo New Yorko, Babylon mie.
stelyje, PIP. A. Lapiu viesbu-
tyje. Prize to, grazus ir Sill
tas vasaros oras paskatino vi
sus spaudos darbininkus nors
karta pamitinguoti toll nue
didmiescio, kur oras vesesnis
ir aplinkuma nauja.
Susirinkima pradejo p. A
S. Treciokas, Spaudos Klube
pirmininkas; sekretoriavo V
F. Jankauskas.
Svarstymuose reikalu, kick
ilgiau apsistota prie klausi
ma sio Klubo atstovu New
Yorko Lietuviu Taryboje; tas
klausimas jau per kelis susi
, rinkimus yra tesiamas. Pri
eta prize isvados kad atstova
nera nei atsisake nei Klubas
JUGS atsaukes, todel netenks
nieko daryti, tik paraginti at
stovus kad dalyvautu N. Y
Lietuviu Taryboje ir klubu
raportuotu isdavas is tos ia
rybos darbuotes. Tx tada pa
aiSkes reikalas ir bus galims
init vienoki ar kitoki zygiai.
Visu vienbalsiai uzgirta pa
siusti sveikinimo telegrams
lLietuvai Vaduoti Sajungos sci
mui ir Lietuvos Laisves Varpt
jubilejaus komisijai Chicago
ie, sveikinant ir linkint dele
legatams ir dalyviams siekt
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-06-30

BOLsEVIKU Bimba sake:
'"Kai Lietuva bus islaisvinta
tai Lietuviskiems nieksams
galvos lures nusiristi nuo Pc
ciu''. O kaip bus su Bimba,
kuris galvos neturi?
POETAS Mickevicius dali
nuodavo: "Tu, ,Lietuva, kaip
sveikata". Ia pat ir Stalinas
nuolat gieda. Matyt, be Lie
tuvos jaucia jam bus kaput !!
Lietuvis Pilsudskis (arba Lie
tuvis .Jogaila) gerai vede Sla-
vus Lenkus, kodel Lietuviui ir
Slavq Maskoiu nevesti?
ANUOSYK kataliku Ameri-
ka rase: "Socialistine valsty-
be Lietuvai butQ blogybe ir
mirtis, mes likviduotu jos ne
priklausoma gyvenima''. Ka-
dangi socialistas Grigaitis kaip
tik socialistines Lietuvos nori
tai tegul Amerika paaiskina
kodel Amerikos katalikai koa-
licijoje SUI tais kurie siekia
Lietuvos nepriklausoma gyve-
nina ''likviduoti"?
VYSK. Baranauskas daina-
vo: ''Kalnai ant kalnu, ant
tu kalnu kalnai ir mazi kalne-
liai''. Tas pats ir SUI Ameri-
kos Lietuviu seimais: seimas
ant seimo, o ant tQ seimu -
dar maziukai seimeliai.
BOLsEVIKAS Mizara, DR..
Norem'o "Timeless Lithuania'
'kritikuodamas" sake il paze-
minus Lietuviu tauta posakiu
kad politinis nepribrendimas
demokratija suprasti privede
prie 1926 metu perversmo. Bet
juk ta patti pats Mizara nuo
ryto Xxi vakaro tvirtina - mes
siulo Lietuva palikti Maskvos
naguose! 1926 metu pervers-
mas uztikrino Lietuvos nepri-
klausomybe, Maskva surys
Lietuva SUI kaulukais, SUI kai-
liukais.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-06-30
rimto zygio laimeti kara ir
Lietuviu tautos islaisvinimo.

.rimto zygio laimeti kara ir
Lietuviu tautos islaisvinimo.
Issamiai issikalbeta Bendro
Lietuviu selpimo Fondo reika-
lu. Nors dabar ir truko daug
tikru ziniu apie tai, vienok re-
miantis turinciomis ziniomis
padaryta isvada kad tas Anne
rikos Lietuviu zygis yra zymus
zingsnis j geraja puse ne tik
selpimo darbe, bet ir Lietuvos
laisvinimo reikale. Tuo vado-
vaujantis, Spaudos Klubas NJ
sistate Bendra Lietuvos selpi-
mo Fonda remit.
Prize progos pakelta klausi-
mas pastaru ivykiu Lietllvoje,
apie ta skelbta sukilima, ir
pareiksta ivairiu nuomoniu.
Shame susirinkime Lietuviu
Spaudos Kluba istojo placiai
zinomas veikejas Jonas Bal
tus.
Pasibaigus mitingui, ponas
ir ponia A. Lapiai visus spau-
dos darbininkus pakviete val
SENS. Poni Prane Lapiene,
patti budama zurnaliste, gerai
supranta visu savo plunksnos
draugu uzpelna, ir uz tai su-
teike jiems malonuma savo ma
muose. ]. Praeivis.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-06-30

BOLsEVIKAI pfanesa sma-
la nztepe savo 'partija" ir pa,
vadine ja "asociacija". Sis 70
dis paeina nuo zodzio 'sasilas"
Asociacija Lietuviskai reiskia
"asilu cioce".
ASILO medali Primo laips-
nio 81 karta suteikiame boise
viku Vilnies korespondentui is
Philadelphijos, kuris savo il
gom ausim nugirdes buk para
su po peticija uz Lietuvos lai-
sve rinkejai pasakoje jog bu-
sia prasoma "Lietuva pavesti
Juliui Smetonai, kuri Amerika
kontroliuos'. Sveiks, brolau
asile, bolseviku correspondence
SENIAU dainuodavo, ."Bu-
vo dede Vilniuje", o dabar,
'FBuvo Lenkai Maskvoje".
BOLSEVIKAS Pruseika ana
diena parase straipsni "Kaip
Caro- Valdzia Nusileido Lietu-
viu Tautai". Matot kokie tie
Lietuviai tautieciai buvo pasi-
rye ir daug laimejo! O da-
bar, Lietuviai bolsevikai lank-
stosi raudonam carui Stalinui,
o uz tai nieko negauna ir tick.
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ILLUMINATING COM
PANY PRlIMS KARIIJS
ATGAL DIRBTI

Apdovanodamas auksinemis tar
nybos sagutemis so darbininku ku-
RE istarnavo istisai 25 metus prie
Illuminating Company, Mr.. Eben
G. Crawford, prezidentas, pareiske
kad visi bizniai nuo dabar privaio
deti pastangas paruosti darbinin-
kams darbus po karo.
Mr.. Crawford primine 46 vyrams
ir keturioms moterims kurie gavo
auksinius tarnybos zenklukus kad
jie tos kompanijos tarnyboje buvo
1918 ir 1919 metals, kas buvo pas
kutinicji / Pasaulinio Karo metal
ir tuoj po to.
"Kiekvienas is 172 Illuminating
Company tarnautoju kurie buvo
pain1ti karinen tarnybon pirmame
Pasauliniame kare. ir kurie garbin-
gai atsitarnave buvo paliuosuoti,
jei tik norejo sugryzti vel prize sios
kompanijos, buvo paimti atgaI
darbus', Mr.. Crawford pasake.
"Mes to paties nusistatymo lai-
kysimes ir dabar link suvirs SOC
musu tarnautoju kurie turejo palik-
ii darbus ir isejo Armijon ar Lai-
vynan II Pasauliniame Kare. Xxi
siol jau 81 kompanija prieme atgal
visus savo darbininkus kurie buvo
garbingai paleisti sio karo metu.
"Vienas is svarbiausiu tikslu in
dustrinio vystymo programo kuri
musu kompanija uzsibrezusiai vyk-
do, yra tai pagelbeti uztikrinti ST.
items vyrams ir moterims - ir vi
stems kittens is Didziojo Clevelan-
do srities kurie dabar randasi mill
tarineje tarnyboje = nuolatini, pro-
duktyvi ir pelninga darba po karo'''.
Lake vakarienes, kuri atsibuvo
Hotel Carter, Mr.. Crawford paskel-
be jog iteikta sidabriniai tarnybos
zenkleliai 172 kittens Illuminating
darbininkams kurie istarnavo isti-
sal Is metu sioje kompanijoje Tu-
Ii ju dabar randasi ivairiuose karo
frontuose visame pasaulyje.
Tarp kitu buvusiu toje vakariene-
je radosi Mr.. ]. T. Kedmore, vice
prezidentas, kuris tarnauja sioje
kompanijoje 81 meta.
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POP KONCERTAI

Serija Pop koncertu teikiamu Gle
veland Summer Orchestra, vado-
vybeje Rudolph Ringwall, pradejo
antra savaite, IL ketvirtas koncer-
tas atsibus sestadienio vakare, Lie
pos I, puosnioje Public Auditorium.
Solistas Sestadienio vakare bus
kitados Clevelande gyvenes dabar
Metropolitan Operos tenoras, Do
maid. Dame, kuris dalyvavo percita
pavasarI su Metropolitan Opera.
Thietai gaunami iSanksto Tay-
lor's tikietu ofise arba ta patti va
kara Public Auditorijoje.
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Auksciausia Cash
kama uz Jusq Kara mokes
RERK-LEAVITT
1921 St. Clair Ave.
GLenville 7154
AR ZINAI kad ivyksta
Svarbios Paskaitos?
kalha Jurgis Vanagas
CLEVELAND, OHIO

CLEVELAND, OHIO
Prakalbos atsibuna kas ketvirta-
dlenlo vakara, nuo 500 val, antra-
su Peck's Hall, 1446 E. 82nd Street,
3-cias aukstas (antros durys nuo
kampo e. SIND st. ir Wade Park
Ave.). Izanga nemokamaj, rinklia-
vos nebus. Rengia ir kviecia Sv.
Rasto tyrinetoja. (Skelbimas)
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zMONlJOS ISTORlJA
6lO pusl. didumo knyga - kama $500

6l0 pusl. didumo knyga - kama $500
stai didzicusia knyga kokia tik galit tik9-
It's w 500 sauti: raveiksluota tvirtais ap-
dino virSeliais, populiariska lengva kalta
parasyta, staTbiom raidem. Apsakoma prs
sauo storijcs eiga, didieji karai, kure te,
sesi po 81 metu, zymieji karzygiai ir iu
darbu pedsakai. Napoeono uzpuolirlas Ru-
sjos ir IT, Rasit aprasyta joje kaip zmu-
mia gyveno, kariavo nuo pat rries-istori-
niu laiku, per visus an1zius Xxi n1usu dienu,
kokios buvo ,lidzios ir galingos tautos n
ju valdovai.
Siuskit laiske $500 su savo adresu If
prasykit prisiusti jun1s Clio puslarip
didumo Znlonins Istorija.
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NAMAI PARDAVIMUI

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kanb. gerame stovyje pavienis
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kambariu semi-bungalow, gerame
stovyje, didelis lotas ir garaziai.
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J. BYRNE

PAINTING and PAPERHANGIN'
Uzlaikom pilna pasirinkima
WAGENMAN MALIAVQ,
VARNISHES ir ENAMELS
Sieniniu Popieru ir reikmenu
Taipgi Popieriuojam If
Maliavojam Namus.
limos klesos darbas. 1867
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FURNISHED KAMBARIS

Vyrui ar merginai, Lietuviu sell
mole, apie nauja parapija. Grazus
kambaris su paskira ineiga. Tele-
fonuokit kasdien tarp 6 ir T., sekm.
tarp 2 ir 7. w. $500. (29)
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Boys Traffic Death
Is Held Accidental

After hearing conflicting testi-
mony a coSoners jury yesterday
named Burton Jolles, 38, of 1750
Harvard street NV. as driver of
the car which struck and fatally
injured Ernest Gegar, S. of 10 New
York avenue NE, July Is, but held
the death was accidental.
Mr., Jolles told the jury he was the
driver and an 8-year-old boy testi-
fed that "a man" was driving Two
other eyewitnesses testified, however,
that a woman was driving. Miss
Ruth Diffenderfer, Is, of 2445 Fiji
teenth street NV. was in the front
seat with Mr.. Jolles, police said.
Supporting the testimony of Bobby
Hancock. 8, of 63 New York avenue
NE. were Miss Phyllis Snyder and
Mrs. Margaret Dodd, passengers in
the car, who maintained that Mr..
Jolles was behind the wheel. Three
other eyewitnesses were uncertain
whether a man or woman was
driving.
Bobby calmly told the jury that
he and Ernest were playing with a
group of children. His brother
chased Ernest. Bobby saii, and
Ernest darted into the stree from
between parked cars.
Evening star., 1944-07-26
llesWRshonmig
&Remiinders@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS good indefinitely. Each stamp
worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-8
through Z-8 continue good in
definitely for 10 points each. All
meats except beef steaks, roast
beef and choice cuts of lamb point
free. Until further notice, three
red stamps will be validated every
four weeks instead of every two
weeks.
Points for Fats-Yon meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn In. The fact that lard, short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection is less
essential.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 30, 81 and
80 valid for 5 pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Gasoline-No. l0-A coupons good
for 3 gallons each through August
8. B-3, B-4, C-3 and Ca coupons
good for 5 gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l and 2 in
Book No. 3 good indefinitelt for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 80. Period /,
1e44-b fuel oil ration good now
for 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-07-26
so German Prisoners of War
Help Montgomery Farmers
Nozis Threshine Wheat at Five Places;
Employers Call Them Very Good Workmen

The first group Of German war
prisoners to be assigned to farms
in the Washington area are helping
Montgomery County farmers thresh
their wheat in a move to alleviate
the manpower shortage.
County Agent o. w. Anderson said
80 prisoners were assigned yesterday
to five Montgomery County farms
under a contract with the War De-
partment providing for a total of
30 prisoners. The remaining 20 men
are expected to arrive within the
next few days.
Mr.. Anderson said farmers en-
ploying the prisoners have described
their work as very good" They
are brought to the farms at 8 am.
in Army trucks from Fort George
G. Meade, Md, and are returned
there at 4 pm.
Work in Groups Of 10.
The prisoners work in groups of
10, with each group guarded by
military policeman. Under the con-
tract, they are paid 80 cents q day,
with the Army receiving the differ
ence between that figure and IS
cents an hour, or $2.45 a day. &C
cording to Mr.. Anderson.
One crew Of 10 prisoners b work
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Carriers Trial Delayed
Pending Call for Witness

Because the Government has been
unable to obtain a witness now in
the Maryland House of Correction,
the first-degree murder trial of
Stanford Carrier, 2e, former Silver
Spring boxer, was postponed today
in District Court until the second
week of September.
Assistant United States Attorney
Bernard Margolius said it will re-
auire at least 10 days to get the court
order allowing the witness to ap-
pear
Carrier is charged with murder
ing Paul Higgins, 55, who was run
over by car in an alley in the rear
of 1900 Kenyon street NV. on New
Year Day, 1943. George K. Burton,
alleged to have been Carriers COM
panion, was sentenced June to
serve from to 81 years after hav-
ing been found guilty of second
degree murder.
Carrier will seek his release on
bond at a hearing before Justice
James w. Morris next week, his at
torneys said.
Evening star., 1944-07-26

ing on the farm Of Miss Mary
Brooke. Olney. Another group has
been assigned to the farm of Thomas
c. Darby, Dawsonville, with two
other groups Of 10 men each working
on the farms Of Elmer Walter,
Darnestown, and w. Lawson King
Gaithersburg. Harold C. Smith,
Poolesville, has 20 prisoners working
on his farm.
Prisoners to Work Until November.
Mr.. Anderson said the prisoners
are scheduled to pick peaches and
apples in August, after which they
will cut corn and fill silos. After
that, they will husk corn and pick
late apples. The contract extends
to November.
In Fairfax County, Agricultural
Agent L. S. Greene said county
farms are too far away to enable
the prisoners to be transported
daily from Fort Meade. He added
that county officials have not yet
determined whether auxiliary pris-
on camps can be established.
P. E. Clark, agricultural agent
for Prince Georges County, said he
expected to tile m application soon
for prisoners Of war.
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Final Action Delayed
On Plans 10 Relieve
Glenn Dale Situation
Budget Office Continues
Study Of Suggestions to
Aid tuberculosis Victims

Officials of the Districts budget
Office today were studying series
of 10 recommendations by health
officials for handling tuberculosis
patients and to relieve the burden
on Glenn Dale Sanatorium where
there Is an acute personnel shortage.
Although the Commissioners, who
received the report yesterday and
turned it over to the budget Office,
had expected the recommendations
back to act on them today, action
has been deferred for further study
Indications were that officials would
complete their study late today.
Details of the recommendations
were not released.
The recommendations were signed
by Health Officer George C. Ruh-
land. DR.. A. Barklie Coulter, head
of the tuberculosis Bureau of the
Health Department, and DR.. Daniel
4. Seckinger, acting superintendent
fofs Gallinger Hospital.
Several weeks ago, when it was
decided to limit Glenn Dale admis-
sionsg to emergency patients, DR..
Coulter was asked to make a survey
of other facilities for handling tu-
berculosis patients, with a view to
shifting some Of the patients from
Glenn Dale. $50
Although DR. Coulter was said to
have submitted his report early last
week to DR.. Rutland it was not
transmitted to the Commissioners
until yesterday.
Commissioner Kutz and DR.. Ruh-
land yesterday inspected Gallinger
Hospital, where excavation work
has already started for the new
kitchen. which is being financed by
Federal Works Agency loans and
grants.
Evening star., 1944-07-26
$1,000 in D. {. 10 Gel
Hot School Lunches
Hoycock Plans to Apply
For WFA ALLEGATION

Nearly 1000 children in District
schools and nurseries got hot
lunches last year through the War
Food Administration lunch pro-
gram and the same number will
benefit here again next year, Niles S
Baldrige, District representative OF
the WAS distribution office in
Baltimore, said today.
The recent congressional appro-
priation of $5O.0OO,000 for Nation
wide hot school lunches will provide
for approximately the same amount
of care as last year. Mr.. Baldrige
explained. More than 100000
children were served in $1,000
schools throughout the country dur
ing the school year 1894. In many
localities, as in Washington, mem
bers of the Parent-Teacher and
home and school associations as
sisted with serving the food, which
furnishes one-third of the days
nutritive requirement.
Robert l.. Haycock, superintendent
of schools, said his office would ap-
ply for school lunch funds here as
soon as Mr.. Baldrige indicated ap-
plications would be considered. Mr.
Baldrige said details of the alloca-
tions were not yet sufficiently deter
mined to consider application. but
would be In time for opening Of the
school year, September Is.
A few parochial schools also have
benefited under the lunch program
here,
Evening star., 1944-07-26
Edgewood Man Fights
Extradition in Theft
Worker-Soys He Took Gos
At Order Of Army Officer
By the Associated Press.

Is.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, July26.-A CIV
ilian employe at the Armys Edge
wood Arsenal depot, charged with
grand larceny of 1900 gallons of
gasoline, asserted yesterday he took
fuel from West Virginia drilling
on orders from the commanding off,
Ger OF the ardnance assembly plant
at the depot.
Otho Hawk, 40, Edgewood Heights.
Md, told Gov. OConor in an extra
dition hearing that Col. j. A. Rogers.
in charge of the assembly plant, had
ordered him to fill an Army tank
truck with the unrefined gasoline
ostensibly for use at the Army depot.
Oliver D. Kessel, acting prosecut-
ing attorney for Jackson County. w.
Va. quoted the officer as saying he
would state under oath he did not
authorize Hawk to take the fuel.
Three garagemen and filling sta
ton operators Testified that a
couple whom they identified as Mrs.
Rogers and a warrant officer later
asked them. to store large quantity
Of gasoline.
Defense attorneys told the Gov
ernor the Assistant Secretary of
Wars office was investigating the
case which had attracted the atten-
ton of the Edgewood military in
telligence and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The State Of West Virginia has
asked that Hawk and August Zerbie
Little, 10, of Hartford County, be
extpadited on charge of larceny
OF the fuel, valued at Sis, from the
Columbia Carbon Cos. drilling near
Ripley. jackson County.
Gov. O'Connor continued the case
until today when attorneys for the
prosecution viii be heard.