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Evening star., 1944-08-28
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did" commented DR.. Daniel l..
Finucane. Glenn Dale superintend-
ent. They we're well received by
the patients and deserve a tre-
mendous amount of credit"
AS to whether or not the volunteer
workers took risk of infection,
DR.. Finucane said, THE danger is
SO slight that it is really no more
than the danger one meets any
where. In fact, I would say it is
not as great, because out here we
realize there is a risk, and take
proper precautions"
New classes for volunteers began
this morning, and another begins
tonight under auspices of the Amer
ican Women's Volunteer Services,
1920 Twenty-second street NV
The sanatorium needs 81 persons a
week, working either in the morn
ings, or at night. in order to give
adequate service to its patients, DR..
Finucane said.
Both men and women; ;-ee;ored and
white, are needed. Those interested
are asked to contact the AWVS by
calling Dupont 1878. In the classes
which ended last week and in those
which begin today are man and
women Government employees, as
well as woman members of the
armed forces.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Boiling Field Officials
Estimate Damage
In Fire at $4,000
Couse Of BIoze Unknown:
Army Board Set Up
For Investigation

A blaze in the auxiliary supply
building at Boiling Field yesterday
did about $4,000 damage before it
was extinguished by Army Air
Forces fire equipment and the Dis
trict Fire Department, which sent
10 pieces of apparatus, directed by
Fire Chief Stephen T. Porter.
The cause of the fire is unde-
termined and board OF inquiry has
ben appointed by Col. Robert w. c..
Wimsatt. commandant of the field.
The fire was discovered by a
civilian watchman, Charles A..
Mocklin. who sounded the first
alarm. The building was a wooden
frame structure, 80 by 100 feet
and 20 feet high. and was located
near the base headquarters on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line at
the field. It was about 80 feet
from the main supply building.
Maj. Charles R. Riggs, supply
ofncer. said that about s69. 1000 of
the damage was done to airplane
parts and supplies and to office
equipment stored in the building.
Damage to the building was set at
$4,000. The structure will be re-
built
Although no one at the field
would comment on the cause of
the blaze, it was definitely stated
that sabotage is not suspected.
At the public relations ONCE it
was said that the fire was under
control In half an hour after its
discovery and was out in less than
an hour. No one was injured.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Decorated
200 Hunt All Nioht
For Man Wanted in
Assault on Woman
Member of Prominent
Silver Spring Family
Under Doctors Care

Police and fremen continued to
scour the Silver Spring area today
after an all-night manhunt by 200
persons for a white man who GRIM
inally assaulted 3O-year-oad
mother. member of a prominent Sill
yer Spring family, at pm. yes
terday.
Police said the woman had driven
to the woods near her home and
was gathering plants when she was
attacked. Her assailant was de-
scribed as about IS, with a dark
complexion and wearing a dark
shirt open at the neck. After the
attack she ran back to her car and
drove home and her husband noti-
fed police.
Plain-clothesmen from Rockville
Bethesda and Silver Spring and
volunteer flremen from the entire
area joined the search, which CEN
tered around the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad tracks and the woods
surroupding Hanover Street Bridge
in Silver Spring, the vicinity in
which the attack occurred. Spot
lights were trained on the tracks to
prevent the attacker from boarding
freight train which went through
at 2:15 am.
States Attorney Joseph B. Simp-
son. jr. and 1t. Frank Lane of the
Montgomery County Detective Bu-
reau were in charge of the search.
Mr.. Simpson. stationed at the
bridge, directed the hunt with the
aid of two-way short-wave radio.
Late yesterday. the Red Cross
mobile canteen unit from Bethesda
served coffee and sandwiches to
the searchers.
Police said they were searching
for man reported by two colored
girls to have been seen in the area
earlier. who answered the descrip-
ton of the attacker. He was seen
leaving a box-car near the scene
of the crime, it was said. Three
suspects were questioned last night
and released.
The woman was reported in a
state of collapse and under q physi-
clans care early today.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Three Homes Robbed
Durinq Week End

Thieves broke into three District
residences over the week end and
stole variety of articles ranging
from antique firearms to jewelry
police reported Cash also was taken.
and woman reported a purse
snatching.
Three rings valued at 5000 were
stolen from the home of Col. Lewis
G. Beardsley. $3.50 Wisconsin avenue
NV. police said.
Mrs. May Dove, 5142 Klingle road
NV, reported that a rifle. an an
tlque musket. a revolver. 30 rounds
OF ammunition. powder horn and
German saber were taken from an
attic bedroom of her home. The
thief, who entered through a base
ment window, also took six silver
dollars, Mrs. Dove said.
A thief entered an apartment at
26l6 Connecticut avenue NV. oc-
cupied by Marjorie johnson, Con-
celia Gardiner and Mary Dellon and
stole radio, $50 in cash and a wrist
watch, police said. =
MIS-. CeleStlne Hamlln, colored,
1l50 Fourth street NE. complained
to police that her purse had been
snatched as she walked in the 1900
block OF Fourth street NE. The
purse contained a $50 War Bond. a
small amount of cash and personal
papers, she said.
Police later arrested William F..
Sizemore, q, colored, 1926 Fifteenth
street NE, and charged him with
robbery in connection with the purse
snatching. He was arraigned today
before United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage, pleaded not
guilty and was ordered held in
$4,000 bail for a hearing Septem-
ber 5.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
la, Guardia S Statement
On SurpIuses Called Unfair
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
E. L. Olrich, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, today described as a
gross injustice" testimony by New
York's Mayor Fiorello H. La Guar
dia that surplus war property is
being disposed of at junk dealer
prices.
Mr.. La Guardia's assertion was
made to the Senate War Investi-
eating Committee and included q
statement that q New York City
purchasing agent had been offered
large quantities of surgical dress
ings, hospital rubber gloves and
evaporated milk at low prices.
Within an hour after Mr.. La
Guardia testified last week, Mr..
Olrich told the House Postwar
Military Policy Committee today,
the Treasurys own enforcement
agencies In New York began an in
vestigation and found mo Irregular
tiles involving any surplus war prop.
erty disposal agencies"
Evening star., 1944-08-28
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS.

The apartments wanted" ads
make diverting reading in Washing
tons apartment shortage. They
hint at tragedy in love and even
homicide in their desperate pleas.
Naval officer and wife would love
to have the impossible, a comfort
able, clean. modern one or two bed
room furnished apartment in the
northwest We have a lovely baby
but will drown him if you say so,
reads one ad.
The dearth of apartments brings
out the worst in many desperate
Washingtonians. Some of their
ruses are innocent and some are not
so innocent, but all testify to the
lengths being travelled by fat hunt
erS.
Brides Offered.
Harried apartment house man.
ayers frequently are offered bribes.
One hopeful will proffer a slO0 bill
no strings attached-for the man.
ayers pocket in return for priority
on the next vacancy. Another hints
at the availability of a case of
scotch. Such tactics, however, the
managers say emphatically, will get
you nowhere.
Cases where outgoing tenants
have sublet their apartments to
friends on the sly are found occa-
sionally. The rent is billed to the
original tenant, and unless the
agent notices new occupants in his
apartment, he does not know the
difference. In one case an apart
ment had been sublet twice before
the trickery was discovered.
One weary fiat hunter waxed po-
etic in her want ad plea. like this:
We're tired of residing in trees,
I'VE pray you on eight bended
knees
To find us place
We can call our home base:
AN apartment for four, if YOU
please"
Story of Shaken Faith.
A story of shaken faith in hu-
manity came to light recently when
Navy officer inserted first this ad:
Sweetest girl ever will marry a
lucky Navy lieutenant commander
next month if he can find a fur
nlshed place to start housekeeping
in Washington area after October |.
We both appreciate and have been
used to nice things, but our budget
Evening star., 1944-08-28

Medal, a gold star in lieu of a
third Navy Cross and another Gold
Star, in lieu Of a second Silver Star,
for courageous work as a submarine
skipper in the Pacific, the Navy
announced today.
The Gold Star in lieu Of a third
Navy Cross was awarded for his
success in penetrating stfong enemy
escort screens and "by a series of
aggressive and well-executed tor
pedo attacks" succeeding in sinking
many enemy ships totalling thou
sands Of tons and damaging another
large vessel.
The Silver Star was for skillful
attack on convoy which resulted
in the sinking Of a large enemy
vessel. While on the same patrol
more than $4,000 tons OF enemy
shipping were sunk and a cargo yes
sci damaged
On another occasion, for which
he received the Gold Star in lieu OF
a second Silver Star, in another
series OF actions, he coolly and cour.
ageously attacked another convoy
sinking two enemy freighters total
ing more than $4,000 tons and DAM
aged three freighters totaling more
than $4,000 tons.
Commodore George T. Owen, 48
was awarded the Silver Star Media
for conspicuous gallantry, in de.
Tending his gasoline-loaded ship
the U. S. S. Curtis, at the time Of
the Japanese attack on Pearl Har.
Dor. Although his vessel was severe
ly DANCED by a hostile bomb hit
and a crashing plane, he directed
the gunflre against the enemy sc
skillfully that his men were able
to destroy several japanese air.
craft and a small submarine.
Commodore Owens wife, Mrs
Mary J. Owen, resides at the High.
lands Apartments, Connecticut ave.
nue. and California street.
Stan Sergt. Robert E. McKnew. jr.
II, whose parents live at 1872 Thirty.
second street Sc, has been awarded
the Air Medal for meritoriou.
achievement while participating IL
sustained operational flights in tn,
Southwest Pacific, the Associated
Press reported today. He is an engi.
neer on a BIS bomber.
A graduate of Anacostia High
School. Sergt. McKnew worked fo
the Veterans Administration a shor
time before entering service il
August. 1912 He went overseas il
September. l943 A few months az,
he was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Apartments Wanted Ads Hint
At Love; Tragedy and Murder
Housing Deorth Brings Out Worst in People;
Ruses Testify to Frantic Search for Flats

is now on a war basis. Can you
help?'
And then, week later, this:
That sweetest girl ever and one
harried lieutenant commander have
decided there's no sentiment left in
Washington when it comes to
apartment renting. My SOS in
this column last week brought
just two replies, one from .out of
town and one offering house with
father, daughter and roomer.
I'VE don't need big place. but
it should be bright and sparkling
as a bride would like. In return,
there will be no rings left on pol
ished furniture and no cigarette
burns in rugs
Many promises of good care of
furniture. substantial cash in ad-
vance, no pets, no noise. are sprin-
kled literally throughout the apart
ments wanted" ads.
Down to Reality.
Two WAVE officers got down to
reality with this ad:
-. wish cool, roomy apartment,
parlor, bedroom. kitchenette. bath,
fireplace. several windows. near
park; good bus connections to Navy
Department NV, furnished or un-
furnished.
Will also consider hot, stuffy,
ugly, cramped apartment with rick
ETY. furniture, as we are used to
latter"
And this one speaks for itself:
Battered by life in hotels and
sub-hasement foxholes, aging Army
major and convalescent wife guar
antee not to add to Washington
overcroWding one day after end of
present tour of duty if sympa thetic
soul can supply furnished apartment
in modern apartment house. Would
like to sublet from conservative peo-
pie who understand Importance of
dignifled living, creature comforts
and finest of references. Have
looked for four and a half months
in vain, but cannot abandon hope
OF finding such a place in charm
ing northwest section Kennedy
Warren, Brighton and similar apart
mentS preferred"
One hears, occasionally, of the old
racket of executives transferring
their underlings out of town in or
der to manufacture an apartment
vacancy. but this type of conniving
is too drastic a step for most, no
matter how desperate.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Virginia Man
Named Deputy
AtGa||inger
John F. Barker Of
Hampton Selected
For New Post

The appointment of John F..
Barker, superintendent of the Dixie
Hospital in Hampton, Va, as deputy
superintendent of Gallinger Hos
pital, was announced today by the
District Commissioners. Mr.. Barker
will assume his new duties Oc-
tober l.
The deputy superintendent post is
a new one and pays 5000 a year.
The 30-year-old appointee is a
graduate of Northwestern Univers-
ity's School of Hospital Administra-
ton and spent four years learning
hospital administration at the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, MINI.
After leaving the Mayo Clinic he
served for a short while as super
lntendent of small hospital in
South Dakota.
Mr.. Barker's appointment here is
expected eventually to clear the way
for the return of DR.. Daniel L..
Seckinger, acting superintendent of
Gallinger, to his regular position as
assistant health office. DR.. Seckinger
was offered the job of superintend-
ent, but turned it down. explaining
that he was anxious to return to his
life's work, preventive medicine.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Guy
Mason expressed the hope that a
superintendent for the hospital
would be found in the near future.
Mr.. Mason said he had interviewed
two candidates today. He said one
was a hospital administrator and
the other doctor and he was very
enthusiastic" over one of them He
said no further details could be
disclosed at this time.
The Commissioner said the new
trend in hospital administration has
been the appointment of trained
businessmen rather than medical
men.
Running hospital is somewhat
like running a hotel" Mr.. Mason
said. The guests comfort is of
primary importance.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
-Four New Cases
RaisePo|io Total
In Area 10 130
Hospitals Release H.;
Reply From Sister
Kenny Awaited

-Four new cases of infantile par
alysis have been reported to the
Health Department in the last "a
hours by Children's and Gallinger
Hospitals, increasing the total cases
from the Washington area since the
outbreak of the disease on July l
to 100. Eighty cases are from the
District and so from nearby COM
munities
Diagnosed at Children's Hospital
was an 1l-year-old boy from the
Northeast section of the city and
4-year-old boy from the North
west area. Gallinger reported a g.
year-old boy from the Northwest
section and 23-year-old white
woman from Takoma Park, Md.
The case of a 1O-year-old girl
from the Southwest section of the
city at Gallinger Hospital, listed yes
terday as new victim, had previ-
ously been reported to the Health
Department and included in their
flgures, leaving the total through
yesterday at 126 from the Metro
politan Area.
FL Patients Released.
TWenty-one patients have left Dis
trict hospitals and are convalescing
N their homes. OF Is patients re-
turned to their homes from Chill
dren's Hospital. eight were from the
District and eight from nearby areas.
Gallinger Hospital has sent home
nve patients, all from the District.
Patients released from Children's
Hospital will be required to get a
clinical checkup each Friday until
released by the doctors. Gonzales.
cents from Gallinger Hospital are in
structed to return from 10 davs tn
two weeks after their release and tn
report for further examinations
When so requested by the clinic.
DR.. George c. Rutland, District
health officer, announced today that
sister Elizabeth Kenny, founder of
tne Kenny treatment for infantile
paralysis victims, will visit the CITY
the end of the week to confer with
District officials Conferences will
be arranged as soon as the date of
1 -~~A oAAA'oi lao UccIl SET.
Will Welcome Miss Kenny.
Commenting on the visit of
sister Kenny, DR.. Joseph Wall.
chief OF staff of Children's Hospital.
said. We will welcome very heartily
Miss Kenny's visit because We are
using the Kenny treatment almost
exclusively. Some years ago we
sent some of our staff members to
take the course of instruction in the
Kenny method in MINNEAPOLIS, and
they are now directing treatment
OF the patients at the hospital"
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger. acting
superintendent of Gallinger Hospi-
tai, said he felt Sister Kenny's trim
to Washington would do great
deal to encourage nurses and aides
on service here
/ Eleven inquiries were received YES.
terday by the District Red Cross
Nurse Recruitment Service in answer
to an urgent appeal over the week
end for Is registered nurses to helm
relieve overworked staffs at Chill.
dren's and Gallinger Hospitals
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Driver to Face Charges
Of Hitting Police Car

Price Robertson, 20, colored, of
81 K street NE, was to appear in
Hyattsville Police Court today to
answer charges of hit-and-run
driving and speeding. made by
Prince Georges County Police Chief
Ralph w. Brown.
Held under $500 bond, Robertson
was apprehended by Chief Brown
after he failed to stop when his
. car collided with that of the police
chief Saturday. Chief Browns car
was scratched in the collision.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
st. EIizobeth's Patient
Dies After Assault

John Wallace. 10, colored, a pa
tient at st. Elizabeth's Hospital, who
was struck by another patient Au-
gust 20 in a fight at, the institution,
died yesterday of fractured skull
suffered in the affray, police re-
ported.
Mr.. Wallace's alleged assailant. ac-
cordlng to police, is Carnegia Palmer.
10, colored. He is being held by hos
pital authorities. police asserted
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Wounded

WOun0e0
Gunnery Sergt. French w. Dins-
more, 20. who was wounded in the
Pacific theater Of operations on July
Q, has returned to active duty, his
wife, Mrs. Clara w. Dinsmore, II
Randolph place NV, has been no.
tilted.
A veteran of the Guadalcanal and
Tarawa campaigns, SergI. Dinsmore
has been overseas since May, 1912.
Born in Castlewood, Va, he served
in the Marine Corps for four years
after his graduation from high
school. Returning to civilian life,
he came to the District as an en-
ploye Of the Capital Transit Co. He
rejoined the Marine Corps in April,
1912.
First 1t. John c. Thornburg, 26.
husband of Mrs Helen Thornburg,
1904 Arundel road, Mount Rainier,
Md, and son Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. E..
Thornburg. 1910 Avondale road,
Avondale Grove, Md, was wounded
August in France when he was
struck in the upper arm by an aerial
bomb fragment while serving as a
reconnaissance oflicer with a field ar
tillery unit, his parents have learned
He Is convalescing at base hospital
in England.
1t. Thornburg, a native of
Beatrice, Nebr.. was graduated from
Beatrice High School and from the
University Of Nebraska. He was
studying law at the university when
he volunteered in July, 1941. He went
overseas in November, 1943, and was
based in England until D-day.
Sergt. c. Douglas Thompson, %.
infantry, was slightly wounded in
action in France on August 7. the
War Department has informed his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B.
Thompson, 3l381a o street NV.
A graduate of Western High
School, Sergt Thompson worked for
the Canteen Corp. here until he was
inducted in the summer Of 194l. He
went overseas about a month ago.
His brother, Pvt. Wilfred Thomp-
son, Is with the Army Air Forces.
Decorated
Comdr. Charles O. Triebel, 36. O,
927 Lee highway. Falls Church, Va.
has been awarded the Silver Star
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Eight Washington Area Men Killed in Action,
Three Others Wounded and One Is Missing

Eight men from the Washington
area have been killed In action, three
have been wounded, one is missing
and three have been decorated, rela-
tives have been notified.
Killed
Staff Sexgt. Andrew NJ. Carlin, q,
whose wife. Mrs. Bertie E. Carlin,
and l7-month- daughter, Carol
Ann, live at 1401 Sheridan street
NV. was killed in action in the
Mediterranean area on July 7, a
month after arriving overseas.
A flight engineer with the Army
Air Forces, Sergt. Carlin entered
the service in March, 1943, Pre-
viously he was employed as junior
craftsman by the Navy Department
at Carderock, Md. He was a grad
uate of Maryland University.
Sergt. Ralph w. Fleming, 20, ra-
dio operator on bomber, was killed
in an air accident over England on
July 13 as he was about to make
his third trip over Germany, his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Fleming,
80 North Columbia street, Alexan-
dria, Va, have been informed.
A graduate of GeoSge Washington
High School. Alexandria, he was
a junior clerk In the Panama Canal
Division of the War Department
at the time he was indicted in
April, 1s43. He was sent abroad
last May.
Tech. Sergt. Joseph F. Miles, %,
whose wife, Corpl. Dorothy l..
Miles. is stationed at WAC head
quarters Of the Air Transport Com
mand here, was killed during serv-
ice with an air-b:rne division in
France June 26.
Sergt Miles, a former member of
the Texas National Guard, Joined
the Army in March. 1910. He was
sent overseas last October.
Pfc. Kenneth E. Dixon, "a, a
graduate of the Mount Rainier
High School, was killed in the in
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
Tor Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Notify some
school child In your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-08-28

SdoAOii VI + dllCc
on June IL, his
parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lee
D TX on, 4017
Thirty = thir d
street, Mount
r a | n Ter, Md,
have been no.
tilted.
Born in Clare
mont, N. H., Pvt.
Dixon moved to
Mount Rainier
nine years ago.
Prior to enter
ing the service
Evening star., 1944-08-28

III May, lSHI, Ac '
worked as a machinist at the Navy
Yard. A paratrooper, he received
his training at Fort Benning, Ga
Sergt. John w. Condran. 27. of
l74l Church street NV. who had
been overseas since last November,
was killed in action while serving
with the paratroopers in France on
June "a. His wife, Mrs. Kathryn P.
Condrap, is employed at the British
Ministry of Supply here.
Sergt. Condran, native of Phila-
delphia. Pa. started out in the
armored division when he entered
the service in September, 1910. A
former student of Northwestern
University. Sergt. Condran. in civil
ian life, was employed in a Chicago
steel factory.
Pvt. Lester Laing, 26. son of Mrs.
Jacqueline Laing Of Warrenton, Va,
was killed in action during the inva-
sion on D-day.
An employe OF the Railway Ex-
press Office in Warrenton, Pvt.
Laing entered the service in March,
l943. After training at Camp
Wheeler, Ga, he was sent overseas
in June, 1943. and was stationed in
England until the invasion.
Pfc. Raymond Hayes, "a, serving
with the infantry was killed in &C
ton in France on June 18, his moth
er, Mrs. Isabel Hayes. 1854 Univer-
sity place NV, has been informed
by the War Department.
Born and educated in McKees
Rocks, Pa, Pvt. Hayes was formerly
employed as a mechanic in a gas
station there. He entered the serv-
ice in January. 1910, and had been
overseas since October. His brother.
Arthur Hayes. machinist, first class,
is stationed at the Navy Yard here
Pvt. Andrew F. Mitchell, son of
Mrs. Anna M. Mitchell, of Alexan-
dria, Va, was killed in action in the
European area.
Missing
Herman C. johnson, 26. steward,
first class. is missing in action, the
Navy Department informed his
mother. Mrs. Mamie Gary, 2l15 M
street NV. on July q.
Born in Mount Airy. N. c.. Mr.
johnson was an employe of the
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Monument to Bolivar

President Avila Camacho of
Mexico laid the cornerstone for a
huge monument to be erected in
Mexico City in honor of Simon
Bolivar.