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Evening star., 1944-11-20
200 Sought to Shuck
Corn on Nearby Forms

John Jones, extension service
farm placement representative for
the District, today called for 200
volunteers to help shuck corn Sun
day on nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia farms. =
District residents who are willing
to help with the harvest were asked
to register with Mr.. Jones at the
District United States Employment
Of1ce, Fifth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Miss Susie Abel, 73,
Dies at Spring Grove

SreclaI Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, Nov. 2o-
Miss Susie Abel, 73, died yesterday
at Spring Grove, Md, after Hnger-
ing illness.
Funeral services will be held at
3 am. tomorrow at the st. Aloysi-
Gus Catholic Church here, with
burial following in st. James Cath
olic Cemetery.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Louis Brown and Mrs. Leonard Hay
den, and two brothers, John and
Robert Abel, all of Leonardtown.
Corpl. Aloysius Mattingly Abel,
whom Miss Abel adoted. Il in the
Army In Europe.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Great New Army, Navy
Pledged by De GouIIe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov. 20.-Gen. Charles
de Gaulle, In his second radio fire
side chat" to the French people,
promised last night that France
within eight months would develop
a great new army and navy.
Urging public support of the new
liberation" bond issue to strengthen
Frances position before the world,
he reported coal production had
risen from 244,000 tons weekly in
to $4,000 tons last week:
that the Paris electric output in
creased tenfold since August 81 and
was now nearly equal to the prewar
and that 1888 bridges and
other vital structures on communi-
cations lines had been repaired.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
OPA Won't Resume
Rotioning of Coffee
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
A spokesman for the Once of
Price Administration said last night
a resumption of coffee rationing is
mot planned and not even under
discussion"
Coffee supplies now, he said, are
equal to four months consumption
and 100000 bags will be imported
from Brazil during November and
December. After that, he added,
Central American coffee will be
coming on the market.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Virginia Court
Rules Norris
Choice Invalid
81 Voters Law Held
IlIegol;; Extru Session
Of Assembly Likely
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASsOclateQ PreSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 20.-Ths
State Supreme Court of Appeals
held unconstitutional provisions OF
the war voters laws and ruled that
former State Senator Robert o. Nor
ris, jr, was not qualified for ap-
pointment to the State Corporation
Commission, in two unusually i'm
portant decisions handed down to-
day.
The opinion in the war voters case
stated that the court was mindful"
OF the presumption in favor of the
constitutionality of legislative en-
actments, but the conditions of the
Constitution and those of the act
are so irreconcilable as to complete
iy fiout the presumption"
"Contravenes Constitution"
In concurring opinion by Justice
Herbert B. Gregory, it was stated
that the plan for registration and
State payment of poll tax of those
In the armed services Completely
contravenes our Constitution and is
invalid.
ut, in effect, attempts to exempt
that class from the payment of poll
taxes and registration as prerequi-
site to voting. The General Assem-
bly, possesses no power to create ad-
ditional exceptions to section % Of
the Constitution.
The act provides for registration
by mail and the setting aside of a
sum sufficient" as a pool from
which the poll taxes of all service
personnel might be paid on request.
The secretary of the Virginia Com
monWealth was made the agent"
of the service voter for the purpose
of paying the tax
Extra Session Question.
The ruling by the court raised the
question of a possible extra session
of the General Assembly to provide
some legislative means whereby vir-
ginians in the armed forces might
be extended the voting privilege.
In the Norris case, the opinion by
Justice John w. Eggleston stated
that since Mr.. Norris, by reason of
his membership in the Virginia Gen.
eral Assembly sis not qualified to be
elected by that body to be a men,
Der of the State Corporation Com
mission, it necessarily follows that
he was not a qualified person to
fill the vacancy thereon and his ap-
pointment to the Office was void
alb initio."
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Byrd Named to Boord
Of Williamsburg Colony

By the Associated PreSs.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Nov. 90
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Vir-
ginia has been elected to the
Board of Colonial Williamsburg with
three other men who long have
been interested in the Rockefeller
financed restoration of this old Co.
lonial capital.
The others are Mayor George P.
Coleman of Williamsburg, Vernon
M. Geddy of Williamsburg, now first
vice president of the corporation,
and William G. Perry of Boston, a
partner in the firm which has much
to do with the architectural de-
velopment of the restoration.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Five in Iowa Family Die
In Troin-Auto Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SIOUX City, Iowa, Nov. 20.-Five
members of a family were killed and
sixth was injured critically last
night in train-car crash as the
family returned from pleasure ride.
The six occupants of the auto were
pinned in the wreckage nearly three
hours.
The dead: Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E.
Leonard, each about 80 years old;
Larry, 8; Dale, Z, and Doris, 6. The
only survivor was Harold, 2 years
old, whose right arm was severed at
the shoulder. Hospital attendants
said his condition was poor"
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Leaders Course to Open

A training course for scoutmasters
will be held at 7:30 pm. tomorrow
at the Del Ray fVa0 Baptist Sum
day School Building, Alexandria.
The course will be under the direc-
ton OF Joseph A. Ross, chairman
OF the Alexandria Boy Scout Train
ing Committee. All persons inter-
ested in Scout work have been urged
to attend.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Mrs. london Is Speaker

The Rockville Parent Teacher
Association will meet at Richard
Montgomery High School, Rockville,
tomorrow night. Mrs Grace Landon
OF the Social Hygiene Association of
Washington will speak. There will
be a general discussion by parents
and teachers.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
AIexundriuns Warned
Aouinst Fires in Street

Alexandria residents have been
reminded that the burning Of leaves
and trash in the city streets, curbs
and cutters is unlawful and have
been asked by City Manager Carl
Budwesky to stop the practice.
According to Mr.. Budwesky, the
concrete or macadam is seriously
damaged by heat and repairs are
costly to the city. Homeowners are
asked to put the leaves in containers
for collection by the Sanitation De-
partment If they don't have ground
enough to permit bonfire in their
yards.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
White House
Backing Spurs
Stadium Bills
Subcommittee to Act
During Next Week
On Two Measures

Backed by the White House, the
stadium project today was ready fol
its first hearings on Capitol Hill
where three bills relating to the
postwar proposal already have beer
introduced.
A meeting of the House District
Subcommittee headed by Represent
ative Harris of Arkansas will be
held some time this week to take uI
measures introduced by Chairman
Randolph of the full committee and
Representative Weiss, Democrat, o1
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Randolph's bill calls for the
establishment of a three-man cor
poration to plan and build the sta
dium and provides that the corpora
tion be authorized TO issue $4,000, ,00C
worth of bonds which are to be pur-
chased by the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
$4,000 Salary for Chairman.
= The chairman of the corporation
would receive an annual salary OF
$4,000 and the other two members
would get $25 a day for each day
they spent in the service of the sta
dium, for an annual total not to
exceed $4,000.
Mr.. Weiss measure contemplates
a stadium to accommodate 100000
persons and provides for a commits
sion with an appropriation of $780,.
900 to plan the project,
On the Senate side, Chairman
Bilbo of the Senate District Com
mittee said he planned to bring his
group together some time this week
to consider his bill setting up nine
man commission to study and plan
for the stadium. Three members OF
the commission would be appointed
by the Senate, three by the House
and three by the District Commits
sioners.
Legislation Believed Assured.
Widespread sentiment for the
stadium among members of both
Houses indicates at least part of the
preliminary legislation now pending
will be passed. In view of the Presi-
dents statement of support sent to
the stadium rally in the Depart
mental Auditorium Saturday night
little difficulty was expected in get
ting Mr.. Roosevelt's signature on
any stadium bill sent to him by
Congress
Floyd D. Akers, chairman of the
National Stadium Committee, ex-
pressed satisfaction with the sue
cess OF last weeks stadium cam
paign and pointed out that efforts
OF his committee from now on will
be devoted to getting the necessary
legislation through Congress. To
back his plea, Mr.. Akers has the in
dorsements of hundreds of organiza-
tlons and individuals, many of them
prominent in national life.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Japanese e-Americuns
Spread Over Nation
By the Associated Press.

bE N1it I1SoUCIdLeU FTeSS.
Japanese Americans evacuated
from the West Coast have been re-
located in all States except South
Carolina, the War Relocation Au-
thority reported today.
A summary of the distribution Of
29,740 civilian evacuees as of No
vember Is shows that each of II
States has absorbed more than 5000
persons. Two-thirds of those re-
located are American citizens.
Illinois, with 8,063 evacuees, tops
the list. Chicago alone has 6,593.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Gurden Club Meets Tonight

The Neighborhood Garden Club
of Arlington will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight at Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, North Glebe road and Six
|teenth street. Roger Blake, Falls
Church, will describe the care of
house plants and give directions for
making dish gardens.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Guard
Roufs Enemy
In Maneuvers
Mob Is Dispersed
With Boyonet Attock
In Training Problem

A simulated attempt by approx
mately 40 "Nazi sympathizers and
escaped German prisoners of war"
to seize vital installations in the
vicinity Of the Queens Chapel Air
port near Clinton, Nd, yesterday
was repulsed with heavy losses by
the 9th Battalion of the Maryland
State Guard during maneuvers held
under the direction Of the Sd Serv-
ice Command.
During the afternoon the mob"
again attacked the guardsmen, who
surrounded and captured the
enemy" without shot being fired
The maneuvers were the first of
a series to be held throughout the
State to test the rapidity with
which the guard responds to an
emergency
Yesterdays problem was devised
by Col. Christian Claypoole, iaison
officer between the State Guard and
the Sd Service Command, who
acted as commander. It involved
the recapture of an airport which
theoretically had been taken by the
enemy and quelling a make-believe
riot.
Police Meet Group.
Under the plan worked out by
Col. Claypoole, the enemy, por-
trayed by members of the Maryland
Minute Men, advanced along Queens
Chapel road toward the airport,
shouting and brandishing rifles.
The group was met by approxi-
mately 20 Prince Georges County
police armed with shotguns and
small arms, who formed a road
block. An earlier Spying" attempt
by Policeman Wilmer Suit to learn
the enemy's plans ended in failure
when the officer was captured and
shot"
A call was issued for the State
Guard and small detachment tried
to persuade the mob" to disperse.
After this failed the main body of
guardsmen, consisting of five COM
panies from Prince Georges and
Anne Arundel Counties, was sum-
moned.
Rebellion Stopped Quickly.
AS the enemy retreated to the air.
port the guardsmen sent one COM
pany against the mob" in a frontal
attack. Meanwhile, two other COM
panies launched flank attacks sup
porteL by smoke screen, while a
fourth company helped surround
the enemy by attacking from the
rear. The fifth company was held
in reserve.
In less than half an hour after
fighting broke out between the
enemy and the State Guard, the
rebellion" had been quelled and
the ringleaders captured. Umpires
ruled that 40 per cent of the enemy
and 20 per cent of the guardsmen
were casualties.
The second part of the problem
occurred during the afternoon
when the guardsmen broke UP the
mob by a simulated bayonet
attack.
Although 1t. Col. C. L. Aiello, COM
mander of the 9th Battalion, had
been told of the plan at noon Satur-
day, he managed to get Is per cent
of his battalion strength within six
hours.
The 7th Battalion of the State
Guard, which includes. men from
County, will execute a
similar maneuver about December
is in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Huntington Terrace
Group to Meet TONIGHT

Harry J. DAILY, chairman of the
Laws and Legislation Committee Of
the Huntington Terrace Citizens
Association, Bethesda, will report on
the feasibility Of home rule for
Bethesda at a meeting of the asso-
citation at BIS o'clock tonight at
the Bradley Elementary School.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
? Apartments Damaged
In Colonial ViIIuoe Fire

A fire which started from a re-
frigerator In . Colonial Village
apartment at 1918 North Rhodes
street, Arlington, today resulted in
damage to two apartments, firemen
reported.
Firemen said most of the damage
resulted from water.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Jews to Hold Services

Special Thanksgiving services un-
der the sponsorship Of the Fairling-
ton-Pardairfax Jewish Community
Association will be held at 8.15
o'clock Friday night at Temple Beth
El, 206 Washington street, Alex
andria. A social hour will follow.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Weather Report

District of Colurnbia-Cloudy and
cold with intermittent rain, tenn
perature remaining in low 40s this
afternoon and early tonight. Clear.
ing by morning. Sunny tomorrow.
warmer in afternoon.
Maryland-Rain ending tonight;
continued cold. Sunny tomorrow in
east portion, mostly cloudy In west
portion; warmer in afternoon.
notwithstanding in southwest
portion, rain ending in east aud
north portions tonight Sunny to,
morrow, warmer in afternoon.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Tide Tables.
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Evening star., 1944-11-20
Bradley Bond Rally

A bond rally will be held at 7:30
pm. tomorrow at the Bradley Ele-
mentary School, Bethesda under the
sponsorship OF the Parent Teacher
Association. The schools bond quota
in the Sixth War Loan drive has
been set at $500.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Four Corners PTA to Meet

The -Four Corners tMd.) PARENT
Teacher Association will meet at 8
pm. tomorrow at the school. DR..
Eloise Casen will speak on How
Can the Parent Contribute to I'm
proving the SCHOOL,"
Evening star., 1944-11-20
Barton PTA to Meet

Miss Sadie Gladwin, supervisor of
nursing service for the Montgomery
County Health Department, will ad-
dress the Clara Barton Parent
Teacher Association at 8 pm. to-
morrow. The meeting will open
with community singing.
Evening star., 1944-11-20
The Sun and Mo
Precipitatiou

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to datel:
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The Nome nugget., 1944-09-20
THE NEWS TOLD IN PICTURES.
AP FecfUrcs

NP FecfUFcs
 INVASION n,orks one of the greotest turning points in history for Fronee. Few great no- lions collapsed SO quickly, were exploited SO rvthIessIy or foeed SO bIeok q future. And few conquered notions ever survived 10 see such
 a mighty force pour in 10 set them free.
Montana labor news., 1944-06-01
Appointed to Athletic
Board at University

sue Smart, Lew Burdick, and Don
Ryan, all of Butte, have been appointed
members of the athletic board at Mon
tana State University for next year.
other members Of the board are jean
nette Bake, Cut Bank; Prof. A. O..
Cogswell; Dean Burley Miller; Kirk
Badgley, university auditor; DR.. Marvin
Porter, Marcus DAILY, John Lucy and sue
Fraser, Billings.
Miss Smart is completing her fresh
man year at the university. A social
science major, she is the daughter Of
George M. Smart, 1875 w. Porphyry,
Butte.
Burdick is the son Of MI. and Mrs. L..
M. Burdick, 81 West Granite, Butte. A
junior, he was recently elected president
Of the student body at MSU. He is also
ex-officio chairman of the minor sports
board.
Ryan, who is completing his freshman
year at the University, is the son Of
Mrs. Steve E. Ryan, $40 Nevada avenue,
Butte.
Montana labor news., 1944-06-01
HELENA MECHANICS
GET PAY INCREASE

Approvable wage rates of $3.50 per
8-hour shift for mechanics and SIPS per
8-hour shift for common labor in the
nonferrous metal smelters and refineries
of Montana have been established by the
Nonferrous Metals Commission of the
National War Labor Board, the commits
sion announced today.
1t directed the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Company and the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Company to pay the
new rates to mechanics and laborers
working in the East Helena, Mont, plants
Of both concerns. At present the rates
in the East Helena operations are $3.50
a shift for common labor and $50 a
shift for mechanics.
The companies and the international
Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Work
ers of CLIO. which represents the en-
ployes involved, were instructed to nego-
tate regarding appropriate rates for al
other job classifications in the operations
using the new common labor and me.
chanic rates as a basis for such negotia-
tons. The parties are to submit thu
results of their negotiations to the com,
mission within 20 days.
All wage increases are made retroactive
to July /, 1913. Industry members O.
the commission dissented.
In an opinion on the case, Charles A
Graham, commission chairman, noteC
that approximately 80 per cent of labor.
ers n mechanics working in Montana
Continued on Page Four
Montana labor news., 1944-06-01

Due to underground mining of the
Butte Copper and Zinc Company, car
ried on by its tenant, Anaconda Copper
Mining Company, the Garfield school Of
School District No. /, Silver Bow county,
has been destroyed, It's walls have set
tied, and what was once appraised at
$10O, 900 of property by the people of
Butte, has become of no value at all, and
has been made dangerous for any per-
son to enter. The school board, acting
through five of its members, gave notice
that it would release the Anaconda and
the Butte Copper and Zinc Companies
from all liability by reason of destruction
of this building, and would trade the
land for another piece of land adjacent
to the high school stadium.
Finally, the citizens of Butte, speaking
through the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Council, appointed a committee to
contest the boards action, alleging that
the board had no authority to give away
any cause of action, and that the land
which was going to be traded by the
Company for the Garfield school site,
was itself undermined by the Companies
just as badly as the Garfield school site,
and also that it had no value by reason
of its nearness to the high school be-
cause underground mining had already
done $250,000 worth of damage to the
high school itself, and that it is in
process Of disintegration from under-
ground mining. One of the fascinating
things about this funny trade was a pro-
vision that the Anaconda Company could
mine under the land hat was to be
traded to the school district without any
liability for damage to any buildings that
the district might put upon this land.
The Honorable jeremiah j. Lynch
granted a preliminary injunction against
action Of the board. The matter came on
for hearing on a motion to quash, pre-
scented by the county attorney actiong for
the school board, with an attorney from
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company
sitting in the court room carefully tax
ing note of the proceedings. On the
morning of the 9th, Judge Lynch over
ruled the motion to dissolve the injunc-
ton; sustained it in force pending a final
trial, announced to the public that the
school board had nc power to give away
any cause of action; that it was uncon-
stitutional under two provisions and that
it was also void at common law. The
citizens are contemplating an attempt to
force the school board to seek an in
junction prohibiting the Anaconda Com
pany and the Butte Copper and Zinc
Company from undermining the high
school.
In the complaint of the citizens it was
alleged that there were already a great
many cracks in the new high school
walls, n Of which is letting in air from
the outside.
The citizens were afraid that if the
school board was not checked in its gen
erous career, that the next move would
be a trade of the high school for the
land once known as the old Big Ship
an old Company boarding house, which
was abandoned fifteen years ago, and
that in the trade, there would be a re-
lease from all damages TO the high
Continued on Page Four
Montana labor news., 1944-06-01
WARD AS CULPRIT
DULLS HEARING
FOR DAILY PRESS

WAsHINGToN-FP)-Read for a
Roman holiday at the expense of the
National War Labor Board, big-name
newspaper writer's piled into the House
office Building May % when the special
House committee onened it's investigation
of the seizure OF Unlcago's Montgomery
Ward plant.
But as the hearing progressed and
WLB Chairman William H.. Davis cleared
the air to show how fairly the WIB had
acted and how it was Wards refusal to
bargain and not any transgressions of
the union that was the root Of the
trouble, the eager news hounds lost in
terest.
But wait until Sewell Avery shows up
next week, one of them said during a
recess. Then they'll have some real fire
works
Fireworks and not the truth make
headlines-and a%nti-union fireworks will
be so much the better.
Rep. Chas. S. Dewey (R.-Ill) has cast
himself into the role of trigger man for
the mail order house, but he didn't get
very far in his pickering with Chairman
Davis.
After Dewey had come off second best
in his clashes with Davis, the newsmen
said: 1.-THE Republicans need a real lead
err here"
Dewey attempted to make much Of the
fact that although the government had
seized Wards Chicago plant, a Sears
Roebuck store at Minneapolis was left
untouched. Dewey introduced the two
big mail order catalogs to show the
houses do the same kind of business.
But" Davis explained, "the Sears case
at Minneapolis was not in our jurisdic-
ton. It was a refusal to bargain case
handled by the NLRB. There was no
It was pointed out, too, that the Chi
cage Ward plant involves over 1000 per-
sons and is the national center Of the
firms operations while Sears at Mime
apolis is a subordinate retail store and
the situation involved only LOO persons.
The special committee has as its chair
man Rep. Ramspeck (D.-Ga.) who is
well-informed on the issues and gener-
ally disposed to be fair in his treatment
of witnesses. The hot Republican mi
nority won't get too far under him,