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Evening star., 1944-03-13
Red Cross Director Recalls
moments of Terror in Pacific

Sea on a liner, didn't want another
voyage. I found a crew patching
up Liberator. Come on they
said cheerfully. Sure, we think
she II make it. We want to live, too.
Long after land had disappeared
behind, the right motor failed. Then
the inside left motor failed. We
were limping along on two motors
The passengers were myself and a
couple of New Zealand officers.
How about turning back?' we
asked.
Half way Over.
"No use,' they said, we're half
way over
Then one OF the remaining mo-
tors began to take too much gas
and slow down. We were slowly
losing altitude. We put on our
chutes. There was no rubber boat
we learned. I found out what the
airman means by sweating You're
cold but you feel your skin getting
wet.
THE first engine that failed came
on again. We got over the airport
at Sidney in the dark, but We
couldn't put down the wheels OF
turn on the landing lights. The
plane had been shot up in actor
and there was something wrong
with the wiring. We circled the
| field for an hour and a half Finally
the crew got the wheels down. But
the landing lights still wouldn't
work. The ground crew on the field
rolled a plane to the far end of the
runway and turned its lights on
Our pilot slid down and made a
perfect landing in their BEAM
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Jewel Gift Notations
FORGED, Kent Testifies

Notatlons on the inventory cards
of an antique jewel collection valued
at $50,000 indicating that items had
been disposed of as gifts to women
were absolute forgeries," Otis Beal
Kent, wealthy retired tax lawyer
testified today in District Court.
He was being cross examined in
the trial of Mrs. Frances Dolmage
charged with theft of Mr.. Kents
collection
He was questioned at length about
the notations Gift to Sarah" Gift
to Dorothy" "Winifred, Lois, Anita
Isabel"
Mr Kent said that he knew per-
sons with those first names but was
positive no gifts from the jeWelry
collection had ever been made to
them.
This is the second trial of Mrs
Dolmage. The first ended in De-
cember when the defendant became
i'll while teStifying.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

go back to active duty as members
of bomber crews"
DR.. Allen, well-known in WASH
lngton, is himself a veteran of five
missions, including the famous
shuttle raid to Regensburg to Africa
and back over Bordeaux to the base
here and has known the experience
of passing out from lack of oxygen.
1t was on mission over France
when he had borrowed a mask which
did not fit properly.
Explains Experience.
1--WE experience two kinds of oxy-
gen lack" he says. "One is acute,
experienced when the supply is cut
off altogether at 10000 feet or above
by the freezing of the mask or the
failure of the system. A man passes
out at once. He can only live a very
short time unless oxygen is given
him. But he revives very quickly
when somebody gives him a supply
and, so far as we can find out, suffers
no Ill effects. He does not feel
shaky afterwards and remains
perfectly competent to attend to his
job
THE other is chronic oxygen de-
flciency. This is what I myself ex-
perienced. There was a leak in the
mask and it did not fit properly any
way. Flying along at 10000 feet 1
began to feel rotten all over. 1t was
as if I had eaten some bad food. I
took off the mask to try to get it on
better. Just then the plane went
up to 10000 feet to get over a big
cumulus cloud and before I could
get the mask back on I had passed
into a coma. The bombardier saw
me stretched out and turned on an
emergency oxygen flow and l re-
covered consciousness but for a
long time I felt very tired, had a
headache, and was sore all over. 1t
was just like very bad hangover. E"
The little regulator on the oxy-
gen mask, says Dr. Allen, is the most
important bit of equipment on a
heavy bomber. The life of the man
using the mask depends absolutely
on its working perfectly. If it gets
out OF order his life will last only
two or three minutes, at the most.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Report Is Due Today
On Richmond Hotel
Fire Fatal 10 Six
One Of 20 Hurt Leaves
Hospital; Rites Set for
Weaver, Mrs. Price
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Mar. 13.-An official
report on the fire in which six per-
sons lost their lives at the Hotel
Jefferson early Saturday is expected
to be made today to Mayor Gordon
B. Amber.
Oficially, the cause of the fire
which claimed among its victims
State Senator Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal, an outstanding figure
in Virginia political life, and Mrs
James H. Price, widow of the former
Governor of Virginia, is listed as
unknown" Fire Chief A. F. Taylor
said the fire had started in q stair
way well on the second floor, spread
swiftly up the shaft and mush-
roomed out on the fourth, fifth and
sixth floors, where most of the
damage was confined.
Until last night only one of the
20 patients being treated for in
juries received in the fire had been
discharged from the hospital. He
was John E. Mcmahon, Brooklyn
N. Y, who was overcome by smoke
City police and fire chieftains
have been making an investigation
at the direction of the Mayor. Part
of the report due today was to
deal with the condition of fire.
fighting equipment in the hotel.
Public Safety Director NJ. D. Baroff
said Saturday he was investigating
a report that when guests and en-
ployes of the hotel attempted to use
hoses in corridors to fight the flames
they leaked so badly that they were
useless.
Funeral services for Mrs. Price
were to be held at II am. today
at the Ginter Park Presbyterian
Church in Richmond. Burial will
be at $3.50 pm. in Thornrose Gene
terry, Staunton, where Gov. Price is
buried.
Last rites for Senator Weaver will
be held at pm. today at the
Front Royal Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Prospect Hills Gem
etery there.
A special session of the Warren
County Circuit Court was scheduled
at 1890 pm. in the Front Royal
Courthouse to adopt memorial reso-
lutions in tribute to the State
Senator.
Senator Weaver represented the
Duchess of Windsor in 1927 when
she obtained a divorce from her
first husband, 1t. E. Winfield Spen-
Ger, in Front Royal. The Senator
was friend of the Duchses' family.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
New Rules 10 LET Postmen
Wear Cool Summer Garb

Washington letter carriers will be
allowed To wear cooler and more
comfortable clothing during the
summer, Postmaster Vincent Burke
announced today
Under new rules issued by the
Postmaster General, the carrier won't
have to wear wooden trousers, a tie
specified uniform gray shirt. but
toned at the collar, or buttoned long
sleeves. Mr.. Burke said
Sport shirts and turn down COL
lars will be permitted, but they must
be of light gray color.
Trousers are to be of the light
gray or slate color but may be
"chambray, cheviot, palm beach
cloth or other light gray or slate
color washable material of appro-
pirate weight"
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Fuel Oil Requests
Made by Only 551,
District 0PA Reports
Break in Cold Wave HuIts
Anticipated Rush for
Coupon Borrowing

Only a relatively few Washington
homes appeared today to have been
out of fuel, despite dealer estimates
that thousands were faced with dry
tanks, as the District Office of Price
Administration reported that total
of 551 requests for exchange of
period No. 5 coupons for currently
valid coupons had been received up
to this morning.
OPA headquarters at 5601 Con-
necticut avenue NV. remained open
all day yesterday to receive applica-
tlons OF distressed householders, but
only 189 requests were made. Sat-
urday night 1862 applications for
emergency heating oil were received.
A large majority of the requests
came from dealers who applied for
their customers. Only 78 individ-
ual applications were filed, OPA
said.
One dealer estimated today that
all who had applied had received
oil. A number of suppliers operated
through the day yesterday, he said
A spokesman for dealers claimed
last week that by this afternoon a
third of the city's fuel oil users
would be without supplies. Period S
coupons become valid tomorrow
The national OPA announced that
each coupon is worth 10 gallons.
A break in the cold wave allevi-
ated suffering of some homeowners
who Informed dealers they were
about out of oil but decided they
could get by until tomorrow, an OPA
spokesman said. Colder weather
was forecast for tonight and may
force other householders to apply.
A spokesman for the industry
here. commenting on criticism
leveled at the OPA for failure to
act last week, pointed out that the
final decision on any prevalidation
or an exchange arrangement rests
with the Petroleum Administration
for War
That agency had maintained that
petroleum supplies in the East were
below minimum working levels
and any change in the valuation
date might upset the balance.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
lsNRahoniing
&Remm;dery@

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps K, l., and
M valid through March 20 and
retain old values of 8, 5, 2 and
points. Book No. 4, blue stamps
A-8, B-8, C-8, D-8 and E-8 valid
through May 20 and worth 10
points each. Blue stamps F-8,
G-8, H-8, J-8 and K-8 valid April
l through June 30. Blue tokens
and green 1-point stamps may be
used as change
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 3,
brown stamps Y and 2 valid
through March 20 and retain old
values of 8, 5, 2 and l points, Book
No. 4, red stamps AS, B-8, C-8,
D-8, E-8 and F-8 good through
May 20 and worth 10 points each.
Red stamps G-8. H-8 and J-8
good March 26. Red tokens and
brown 1-point stamps may be used
as change. Red Stamps D-8, E-8
and F-8 become valid tomorrow
and are good for 10 points each
through May 20.
No. 4, Stamp 80 valid
for 5 pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for
for home canning through Febru-
airy %. 1945.
ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. B-2,
CO. B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for 5 gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Period No. coupons good
through Monday. Period No. 4
coupons valid through September
80. Period No. 5 coupons become
valid tomorrow. All good for 10
gallons per unit Consumers in
this area should not have used
more than 81 per cent of their
total yearly fuel Oil rations es of
March 13.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Virginia Ruling Curb,
ce-Fixing Power
Of Milk Commission
Holds 1t Connot Set
Different Rates for
Same Grade
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Mar. 13-The Vir-
glnia Supreme Court of Appeals
ruled today that the State Milk
Commissions authority to fix prices
extends only to different prices for
different grades of milk and does
not extend to different prices for
the same grades of milk.
The court gave its opinion in the
case of Lucerne Cream & Butter
Co. of Washington versus the State
Milk Commission. A dissenting opin-
ion from Justice George L. Browning
held that the courts ajority opin-
ion "is a grave blow to the use
fulness of the milk commission"
The majority opinion, written by
Justice C. Vernon Spratley, held that
there is no inherent power in the
milk commission to fix the price
of the milk Whatever price making
power it has must be found in the
statute.
Power to DESTROY.
"It is a Well-established principle
of statutory construction" the opin-
ion added. that when a specific
power is granted by a statute and
| the limits of such power are therein
marked out, the section granting
the power and not general provi-
sions in other sections of the statute
must be looked to in ascertaining
the effect and extent thereof.
The authority TO fix prices, like
| the power to assess taxes, is the
power to destroy. 1t is an eXtraor-
binary power and not lightly grant,
ed, and when granted is subject to
the limitation of the grant"
The case originated in the Alex
andria Arlington market, where the
Lucerne Co. was supplying milk in
cardboard containers through Safe
way Grocery Stores. The commits
sion had ruled that the company
must charge a penny more per
quart for its product than for milk
delivered in bottles by other COM
panies.
Commission Called Unreasonable.
The creamery contended that the
commissions ruling was arbitrary
and unreasonable, and said it would
not compete with orthodox dairies
if it were forced to charge more for
its milk
The court, admitting that a con-
tainer is as essential as transporta-
ton, held that its cost factor must
be considered just as other ele-
ments are considered. But once all
factors are taken into consideration,
"a price of milk fixed for a grade
must be the same for all milk of
that grade"
The opinion said that "all that
the commission can hope to do,
after giving consideration to all the
factors of cost of production and
distribution. is to stabilize the mar
ket by fixing price which will en-
courage the producer and distrib-
utor OF milk to continue in business
upon a profitable basis, and to pro-
vide an ample supply of an essen
tial commodity to the general pub
lie at fair and reasonable charge" "
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Man and Two Women
Indicted in Staying
OF Airport Soldier
Two Persons Foce Charges
Of EmbezzIine Big Sums
While Handling Funds
Star Staff Photo.

A 20-year-old man and two wom-
en- were indicted today on charges
of first-degree murder in connection
with the killing early in February
of Marvin L. Bauchamp, 81, SOL
dier stationed at the National Air
port.
Those named are Leroy Belcher,
20, colored. of the 1900 block of
Ninth street NV; Agnes M. Butler,
%, colored. of the HOO block of First
street NV, and Louise E. Carter,
%, colored, of the first block of
Florida avenue NV. The indictment
charges Belcher hit the soldier in
the head with a brick, fracturing
his skull, while in the act of robbing
him.
Pvt. Bauchamp was found uncon-
scious on a vacant lot in the 800
block Of K street S.W. on the mo,n-
ing Of February l and died early
the following morning at Walter
Reed Hospital, where he was taken
after being treated at Casualty Hos
pital. ,,..s5.2 -.a2
Police said Pvt. Bauehamp met
the three accused persons at Fiji
teenth and H streets NE. and ar
rived at the scene of the killing
after riding in taxicab.
The indictment was returned be-
fore Chief Justice Edward c. Eicher
of District Court.
In another indictment, William
H. Simms. 33, of the first block of
Defrees street NV, was charged
with first-degree murder in the
shooting last month of Preston
Thomas, 40, colored, of the 200 block
Of Canal street S.W. during an argu-
ment on the street.
Two persons were charged in in
dictments with embezzling large
funds.
Mrs. Elsie r. lockwood, AZ, of the
100 block of Lanier place NV. was
charged with embezzling more than
$33, 900 while serving as cashier
bookkeeper for the Arthur Jordan
Piano Co., Homer L. Kilt Co. and
trustees of the Arthur Jordan Foun-
dation, respectively.
Mrs. lockwood was named in
three seperate indictments en-
bodying AZ counts.
Harry w, Wilson, SO, was charged
with embezzling more than $4,000
while head bookkeeper for Capital
Service Stations
In all, 80 indictments were re-
turned.
The grand jury ignored % cases,
involving Al persons in connection
with the Internal Revenue Code.
All were described as illegal LIQUOR
dealers found guilty in Municipal
Court.
The indictments were presented
by Assistant United States ATTORNEY
Sylvan Schwartz.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Liquor Dealers Deny
kronheim Forced
Purchase Of Wine
Retailers estify Firms
Dealings Were Not
Unfuir or Burdensome'

Retail liquor dealers called as
witnesses for Milton Kronheim Sons.
Inc, today denied at a Federal
Trade Commission hearing that the
wholesaler had ever forced them to
buy wines along with liquor or that
their dealings with the firm had
been unfair or burdensome
The witnesses heard were the first
of more than SO dealers who crowd
ed the hearing room and prepared
to testify in favor of the wholesaler
The FTC has charged Kronheim
with 'coercive practices" in alleged
tie-in sales of wines and champagne
Several dealers volunteered the
information that they actually en-
countered difficulty in purchasing
wines from the firm. None were
able, however, when questioned by
Commission Counsel Floyd O. Col
Inns, to recall what their purchases
amounted to last year.
After six dealers had testified on
behalf of the firm, Mr. Collins
charged that their testimony docs
fore" The FTC recently called
witnesses, several of them former
liquor dealers, who told of having
to buy wine when ordering whisky
from Kronheim.
I'VE can call any retailer in the
city to prove there are no such
actions" Attorney Alvin Newmeyer
informed Trial Examiner John
Norwood. Counsel for Kronheim
then called 1t. Gabriel Tore of the
Navy, second vice president of the
officers Club of Washington, 1400
New Hampshire avenue NV. He
joined with the retailers in denying
that the club had been forced to
purchase wine.
The commission also heard from
Harry c. Wechsler, president of the
Retail Liquor Dealers Association
here and operator Of liquor store
in the $500 block of Georgia avenue
NV, who insisted that he knew of
no instances of tie-in sales with
Kronheim.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Factories Lose ; Men
In 1000 in January
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Factories lost net of three
workers out of every thousand in
January, 1914, Secretary of Labor
Perkins reported yesterday.
She said the rate of hiring was
Ga for every thousand on the pay
rolls, while Ct were leaving the
plants The Ct included 46 who
quit, seven discharged, five enter
ing the armed services, eight laid
off and one leaving for other rea-
sons.
The layoff rate, although still
high due to changing production
needs, declined from 10 per 1000
in December to eight per 1000 in
January" Secretary Perkins said
Evening star., 1944-03-13
ChangeUrged
Interpretation
Scale Of Pepco
FPC Official Testifies
UtiIity's Properties
Have Longer Life

Charles W. Smith, chief of the
Bureau of Accounts. Finance ano
Rates of the Federal Power Com
mission, today advocated before the
Public Utilities Commission revi-
sion in the depreciation policies o1
the sliding scale used in determining
rates of the Potomac Electric
Power Co.
Loaned to the Public Utilities
Commission by the FPC, Mr.. Smith
appeared as witness for the loca,
commission in the annual power
rate hearings He suggested the rate
of PEPCO be changed from an
undepreciated one to deprecated
rate.
At present, the power company is
allowed to set up a depreciation
reserve, on which it pays per cent
interest for the use of the fund
Mr.. Smith testified that he backed
depreciation estimates which took
into account the life-of service oi
the assets of the company.
Less Hazards Claimed.
The witness said that he believed
that PEPCO properties would have
longer life and lower depreciation
rates than the utilities operating in
wider geographical areas. He point
ed out that with an underground
system" the local company faced
less hazards than companies with
outdoor lines in rural areas.
Meanwhile, Chairman James H
Flanagan of the PUG overruled the
objection of company attorneys anG
permitted testimony on the Great
Falls water site to be admitted ir
the record. Testimony Friday by g
Government witness had brought
out that PEPCO in 1912 had ISSUED
a million dollars of common stock
to the Washington Railway g. Elec.
trio Co. for two thirds interest ir
the site, for which it had not We,
received a title.
Pepco History Report Admitted.
Chairman Flanagan also admitted
into evidence a report on the history
OF Pepco prepared by Arthur E
Lundvall, chief accountant of tn,
Federal Trade Commission. Mr.
Flanagan said, however, that tn,
commission believes the question O.
an ownership by the North Ameri.
can Co. in Pepco has no relation
to the present proceedings.
Gregory Hankin, member of tn,
commission, today hssented in writ.
ing to ruling of Chairman Flana.
gan on Friday excluding a question
as to whether the Securities ane
Exchange Commission had inquired
into North Americans ownership ir
Wreco.
"It is automatic that the purpose
OF an administrative hearing is tx
reveal, not to conceal, the facts per.
tanning to the problem under con.
sideration," said Mr.. Hankin. Mr.
Hankin said the commission "shoulc
not thwart" the efforts of any parties
in the hearing to make out a full
case.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Acacia Lodge to Mark
96th Anniversary

The 96th anniversary of Acacia
Grand Lodge of Colored Masons
viii be celebrated at 8 pm. next
Sunday at the Asbury Methodist
Church. Eleventh and K streets
NV. The Rev. Robert Moten Will
liam, pastor, will be the principal
speaker. Grand Master Allan A. c.
Griffith and Deputy Grand Master
Simpson w. Wallace will preside.
Past Grand Master Royal W.
Bailey will conduct a War Bond and
tag rally to raise funds to complete
payment Of property recently pur-
chased at 2l18-22 Georgia avenue
NV, the site Of new temple.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

BILE and to show Edward A. Charron.
him that some one was his friend
1t all began last fall, when Ed
ward, who has no one close to him
in the service, began to wish he
could send a Christmas box to
some one who might not get one
otherwise. Finally he hit on a
plan, and his mother called the
War Department to ask the ad-
dresses of Gen. Douglas Macarthur
and Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower.
Edward took the money he had
made on his paper route and bought
items to fill two boxes, in accord
ance with lists which had been
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Al-Youth Chorus Meeting
Is Called for March II

The first meeting of an all-youth
chorus of service personnel and
others, expected to comprise 200 to
$50 voices in the second annual
Easter dawn service at the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial, will take place
on March 27, Warner Lawson, dean
of Howard University, announced
today. The time and place of meet
ing are to be decided this week.
The Executive Committee of the
Washington Federation of Christian
Youth met yesterday at the Wash
lngton Federation of Churches
Building, 1851 N street NV, and
announced the theme of the $50
am. services will be Christ in Our
Midst" The committee said "a girl
marines will act as ushers at the
service, which is expected to attract
worshipers from all Protestant
groups in the city.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

al Will 10
ron, 6202 Forty
fourth avenue,
West Riverdale,
Md.
E d W a r d
mailed another
package yester-
day to Pvt. Paul
Brown, care of
the postmaster
in San Francis
co. In it we're
lots of Ii t t | e
items to make
Pvt. B &c W n
more COnfOrta-
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Citizens to Elect Three
In Chevy Chase Area

An election will be held from 7
to 9 pm, April II, at the Brookeville
Pharmacy, 6423 Brookeville road
Chevy Chase. to fill three two-year-
term vacancies on the community
Citizens Committee.
The three members of the COM
mlttee, whose terms have expired
are Myron Chaser. James J. Hayden
and Lawrence E. Troth.
G. Herbert Chappelear, 407 Tur-
ner street, Chevy Chase Election
Board chairman, will receive nomi-
nations in writing through March 81
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Boy, IT, Sends Gifts to Soldier
And Close Friendship Results

A soldier in the South Pacific
who has no family has found a lit
tie foster brother in Edward A.
Charron, Ii, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Dorothy Thompson to Speak

Dorothy Thompson, columnist,
will speak on Germany" at 4:20
pm. tomorrow at Ritchie Coliseum
at Maryland University, College
Park. The lecture, one of a series
for Army students at the university,
is open to the public.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

pIdHeS anu EOSS-
ing ships.
Grey Lusty, a
dark and vigor-
Gus man of 40
or thereabouts,
b a C k from
months as rec
reational direc-
tor for ARC in
the South Pa
cifc, did not
W a n t to talk
about that.
He wanted to
tell about the
Red Cross rest
nAta AKaU
Evening star., 1944-03-13

bul ! e is. The
adoption of this
black mask was
due to a fortu-
nate mistake. 1t
is very similar
to a garment
worn by t h e
Navy-especial-
ly by the crews
of PIT BIO a t S,
who must keep
long wat C h e S
a m id freezing
spray on winter
nights.
Some months
ago q shipment
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Back From the Wars

The Red Cross men and women
who 60 to the distant combat areas
to serve the service men have their
moments of terror - in shot up
Evening star., 1944-03-13

UNITED STATES HEAVY BOMBER BASE IN ENGLAND, Feb 26
An black
highway
the below so temperatures of high attitudes.
O
putting
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Over There With Men From Here
ROBBERS Masks PROTECT
FLYERS IN HIGH ATTITUDES
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

This OF stories Star
District Maryland and Virginia soldiers taking bombing