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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Marine Captives Of laps
Not Forgotten, Haf Says
~ the Associated Press.

~ luS ASsOCtated PreSk.
b QUANTTCC, Va, Mar 22-The
marines are not going to forget their
comrades held captive by the Japa-
nese in the Philippines, Admiral
Thomas c. Hart, former command
or in chief Of the Pacific Fleet, de-
lclared today.
Addressing a graduating class at
the Marine Officers' Training School
here, he told the newly commits
stoned officers that he expected most
OF them to go to the Pacific war
IL The Asiatic Fleet lost heavily in
that campaign of two years back, u
he continued. "A part Of those
losses are some thousands of men
who stayed in the Philippines with
the Army in the stand on Bataan
and Corregidor. About half of them
were in the 4th Marine Regiment.
H Some of those men we shall not
nee again. The rest are still on their
kgs-with the time becoming long
for them. Young gentlemen, go on
out there and bring them back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Virginia Service Vote
Plans Are Under Wav
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 22.-Pre-
liminary plans already are under
way to expedite enactment OF legis-
lation which will extend to Virginia
servicemen the right to take part
in elections.
The three bills embodying the
service voting program are expected
to be signed soon after the General
Assembly convenes in its "construc-
tive session" Saturday and, after
the signatures of the Speaker and
lieutenant governor have been
affixed. will be sent to Gov. Darden
for his approval.
After this they will be sent imme-
diately to the printer, and Ralph E.
Wilkins, secretary of the Common
wealth, said yesterday that 5000
copies of the three bills will be
printed for immediate distribution.
Mr.. wilkins also is preparing to
send directive to military and
naval establishments at home and
abroad to notify Virginians in the
armed forces of the existence of the
law,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Pafuxent Air Base Guard
Goes on Trial in S|ayinq
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DISPATCH to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, Mar. a.
Willard B. Upright, ST., about n, 4
civilian guard at the Patuxent River
Naval Air Base at Cedar Point, went
on trial here today on a charge Of
murder before a four-judge panel Of
the Seventh Maryland Judicial Cir.
cult.
Upright, whose address was given
as the 300 block of Sixth street Sc,
Washington. was indicted yesterday
by the st. Marys County grand jury
in connection with the shaving
March 2 of Aviation Machinist's
Mate (First Glass; John L. McVick-
ers, rs, Caroline, w. Va, in a dispute
at the stations civilian cafeteria.
Joseph D. Weiner, Upright's attor-
ney, entered a plea of not guilty.
The case is being heard before
Judges Ogle Marbury and Charles
c. Marbury, John B. Gray, jr., and
William M. Loker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Juvenile Gang Of Five
Accused Of Arson,
Ha|ting Trains, Thefts
Police Blame Movie
For Setting Pottern
Of Boys II to Is

Arson, property destruction, dis
ruption OF railroad services and
HOUSEKEEPING are among offenses
attributed to a gang of five young
sters II to Is years old, released in
the custody of their parents to await
Juvenile Court action. police re-
vealed yesterday.
They were identified yesterday by
police of the Twelfth Precinct as
members of hoodlum group call
ing themselves the Nero Smith
Club"
The group took their sobriquet and
pattern for crime from a motion
picture Of the same name, police
said.
The CLUB" members, all residents
OF the Northeast section of the city,
began their activities last October
by setting fires and turning in false
alarms, according to police. Then
they branched out and tried house
breaking and larceny, police as
serted
Next, police charge, they dis
rupted service on the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad by ripping out tele-
phone lines over which dispatching
calls flowed, Signal devices in the
railroad yards came in for attention
OF the alleged vandals, according to
police allegations, when they de-
stroyed batteries supplying the op-
Grating power
Finally, according to police, they
set fire last week to a barn in the
Brookland and Michigan Park area.
1t was completely destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Allied Civic Groups
To Meet Friday Niqht

The Allied Civic Groups of Silver
Spring will meet at 8 pm. Friday
in the County Building instead of
next Monday, its regular meeting
date. Ralph Boyd, president, an
nounced today.
Mr.. Boyd said the meeting has
been advanced so members can at
tend Mondays meeting of the Silver
Spring Hospital Association, Inc.
Plans for establishment of the hos
uital will be discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Virginia Farm Worker, 10,
Indicted in Two Sayings

~ the Associated Press.
II GAINESVILLE, Va, Mar ga
Mecklenburg County Circuit Court
grand jury yesterday returned two
indictments of murder and one of
criminal assault against A. B. Tuck,
Is, colored farm worker. Tuck has
been sought since Thursday in con-
,.nection with the double Staying of
Allan P. johnson, ST., 70-year-old
pClarksvine dairy farmer, and his
sister in-law, Miss Laura Dutro, IS.
III The indictment charging criminal
assault was the first intimation that
the woman had been attacked before
she was shot and her body stuffed
into a living room closet together
With that of Mr.. johnson, who had
been bludgeoned to death. The
bodies were discovered last Wednes-
day by Mrs. Johnson, who had re-
turned from visit to Norfolk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Improvement Area Set Up
In Hampshire KnoIIs

The Prince Georges County COM
mlssioners yesterday established a.
special improvement district in sec
ton l, Hampshire Knobs, in response
to a petition by residents of the
area. No opposition was expressed
at hearing before the board in Up
per Marlboro.
The board also approved a re-
quest by Fire Chief T. r. Richards
of the College Park Volunteer Fire
Department for the purchase of a
fire engine and hose to cost approx
mately $1,000
Letters urging the commissioners
to approve the new teacher salary
schedule as contained in the 1944-45
school budget now before the board
were received from the County
League of Women Voters, the Coun-
ty Council OF Homemakers' Clubs
and the Prince Georges Council on
Education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
PennsY 10 Import 500
hexicans for Track Labor
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
VA WILMINGTON, Del, Mar. a.
Arrangements have been made to
bring a group OF 400 to 500 Mexican
workers to Delaware and Maryland
for track maintenance work on the
Maryland division of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad, an official of the rail-
Iyoad said today.
HH The men, expected early in April
will be housed in temporary barracks
now being erected at FIVE points
Along the divisions roadway, which
axtends from Philadelphia to WASH
ington.
lib Camps to house about 200 of the
workers are being erected in Della
ware and 80 more will be assigned
to-a camp at Northeast, Nd. Other
scAmps will be at Baltimore and
Landover. Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
t9 County Se|eetees
Report Next Week

Prince Georges County Draft
Board No. 3 at Upper Marlboro an
nounced today that nine white men
including eight fathers, who passed
their induction physical exam
nations last month, will report tc
Fort Meade Tuesday. Eight white
men, including five fathers, will re-
port the same day for duty with the
Navy.
Draft board officials also an.
nounced that two colored men, both
fathers, have been ordered to report
to Camp Lee Tuesday while 10 COL
ored men, including three fathers
are scheduled to report the same
day to the Navy.
The eight fathers scheduled tc
report to Fort Meade Tuesday are
Elmer F. Mockabee, Joseph A
Noel, George F. Fowler, Willie F.
Elrod, william H. Timms. Wilmer T
Brightwell, John L.. Clendening and
Thomas l.. Evans.
The nonfather ordered to Fort
Meade is Thomas G. Baden.
The five white fathers who will
report to the Navy Tuesday are Will
liam E. Winters, John Caputo, Frank
j. Talbert, Charles j. Phillips and
Cecil H. Satterfield.
The three nonfathers going to the
Navy are Marvin L. wilkins, Ralph
A. Garner and Wesley w. Goldsmith
The two colored men ordered to
report to Camp Lee are William j
Proctor and Herbert C. Colbert.
The three colored fathers sched-
uled to report to the Navy are John
B. Bonds, Bernard C. Tilghman and
John A. Proctor.
The seven other colored men
scheduled to report to the Navy are
Thomas w. Pinkney, James A. Davis
James A. Robinson, Kenneth Shade
Thomas l.. Proctor, James N. Proctor
and Howard w Hall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22

understand me. I make no effort
to detect cars that are going in
excess of IS miles an hour; l merely
observe those that happen to pass
me on my way to or from work
There is no publicity. I make no
report to any one of any observa-
ton and, of course, I do not at
tempt, directly or indirectly to i'm
pose any penalty.
THE letters that I write are on
the theory that any one wants to
make whatever contribution he can
during the war and that he will be
glad to have called to his attention
any regulation in that regard that
has escaped his notice. OF course,
there is always the possibility of
temporary inattention or faulty
speedometer."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Montgomery County
To Enforce Penalties
For Fire Negligence
Residents Are Warned
To Keep Burning
Trosh in Bounds

Montgomery County residents who
permit trash fires to spread from
their premises to adjoining property
are subject to fine of $40 to 500 or
to imprisonment from 10 days to a
year, the county commissioners
warned yesterday.
Declaring fire departments have
received numerous calls to extin-
guish brush fires caused by careless
ness in burning trash, the commits
sioners instructed Police Chief H
Leslie Carlin to enforce strictly
the law prohibiting the spreading OF
such fires.
The board also asserted that fire
departments are hampered by the
manpower shortage and requested
residents to refrain from setting any
fires on their property unless they
have facilities to control the blaze
Monkey Submits Report.
ALIVE A. Monkey, county inspector
OF weights and measures, submitted
his report for six months ending
March Is. 1t showed that of SOL
pumps inspected for accuracy, $50
were found correct, % over and Is
short. and that of 814 pairs of scales
examined 1872 were correct, II over
and IL short. Most of them have
been re-examined and found cor
rect, he said.
The board accepted the resigna-
ton OF R. Glenn Slicer as a clerk in
the county controllers office. He
has accepted position with the
Maryland-National Capital Parks
and Planning Commission. The
designations of Roscoe F. Purdum
as a member of the county police
force and Charles C. Pearson as an
emergency policeman also were
accepted.
Military leaves of absence were
granted to Policemen Glenn E..
Wood and Daniel c. Barnes, who
are entering the Marine Corps and
Navy, respectively.
Surveyor to Enter Army,
County Surveyor Robert K. Mad
dox, who will report for duty in
the Army soon, was granted leave
OF absence. He informed the COM
missioners that he had deputized
his brother, Sterling r. Maddox, to
serve as surveyor until his return.
Edward Henley, jr., Rockville, was
appointed an emergency policeman
at monthly compensation of SITS.
The commissioners voted an ap-
preparation of 5000 for rental of the
24-acre Blunton tract at Brooke
Vile road and Forest Glen road for
use as Victory gardens. 1t was stated
the owners will pillow, harrow and
fertilize the land and that small
charges against users of the garden
plots would largely Offset the amount
appropriated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Pfc. Chester f. Walker
lis Wounded in Action

Pfc. Chester E. Walker, %, Berwyn
Heights, Md, has been reported
wounded in action in Italy, the War
Department has notified his family.
Pfc. Walker, native of Wash
ington, has lived in Berwyn Heights
for 18 years. He was gra Quated
from the Berwyn Heights Elemen-
tary School and was working as a
carpenter when drafted in March,
l943. He has been overseas since
August. Before he entered the
Army Pfc Walker was a member
of the Berwyn Heights Volunteer
Fire Department. of which his
father, Clinton D. Walker, ST., is
chief.
A brother, Seaman First Glass;
William H. Walker, "a, is stationed
at the Naval Air Station at Hutch
inSon Field, Kans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22

always is sent to fill in some posi-
ton with an experienced crew. Sergt
Currens was off on a 12-hour ordeal
with good deal of fighting all the
way to the target and back. He
got in a few shots at one enemy
fighter. but, he says, II haven't the
slightest idea I hit him"
All Happened Quickly.
IT often wondered" Sergt. Cur
fens says, "how I would react to
my first mission. We've been all
through it in training many times,
but never at great height and
never with anybody shooting. But
1t all happened so quickly and I
was kept so busy afterwards that
didn't have time to get frightened.
Before I realized it, my first mis-
sion was over.
ALSO I often wondered what it
would feel like to fire at another
plane with the deliberate intention
of bringing it down. But I found
that it was all absolutely imperSo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Hearing on Pepco Rates
To Virginia Set April Is

The Federal Power Commission
will open hearing April 10 on the
rates which the Potomac Electric
Power Co. charges the Braddock
Light & Power Co. for power sup
piled Arlington County, including
the Pentagon and the Navy Depart
ment Annex
A commission investigation, the
announcement said, has disclosed
conditions, facts and circumstances
which warrant a public hearing"
Should the FPC find that Pepco
rates are unjust, unduly discrim-
inatory or preferential" the COM
mission will fix new rates to be
charged by the local power company.
The hearing will be held in the
Hurley Wright Building, 1900 PENN
SylVania avenue NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
81 Cases Of Rabid Animal,
Reported in Maryland

BY The Associated Press.
Eighty-one cases of rabid ami
mals-77 dogs and 4 foxes-have
been reported in six MARYLAND coun-
ties since January l.
DR.. A. L. Brueckner, acting direc-
tor of the Maryland Livestock SAM
tary Service, yesterday gave this
breakdown Of the figures:
Prince Georges County-35 rabid
dogs and 2 rapid foxes the en-
tire county now is under quaran-
tine.
Montgomery County - 35 dogs
(part OF the county is quarantinedD
Anne Arundel County-One dog
and two foxes tall except the east
ern section of the county is under
quarantine.
Charles, 2 dogs; Frederick, dog
Washington. dogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Pento9on Land Suit
Settled Out of Court

A Federal land condemnation
case against the West Brothers
Brick Co. of Washington, sched-
uled to be heard today in Federal
District Court in Alexandria, has
been settled out of court, Gardner
L. Boothe, company attorney, said
yesterday.
In the settlement, submitted to
the court in stipulation today,
the firm was awarded sl7,5O0 for
tract near the Pentagon which
has been taken over by the War
Department.
The original amount deposited by
the Government was $1,000, while
$4,000 was the amount asked by
the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Boy 2, Dies, Boby Burned
When Oil Stove ExpIodes
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
FERNDALE, Md, Mar. ga 2
year-old boy was dead and his g.
month-old sister was in a serious
condition today from burns suffered
when an oil stove exploded in their
home near Ferndale.
The boy, Jerry Bieker, son of
Staff Sergt. and Mrs. Alfred Bieker,
died Monday night at the Fort
Meade Hospital. His sister Jane is
a patient there.
Mrs. Bieker. who was outside the
house when the explosion occurred,
told police that by the time she
had reached the children their crib
and bed clothing were on fire. She
carried them from the house, suf-
fering burns on her hands and
arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Couple Awarded SOS
In Rent Control Suit

A Montgomery County jury yester-
day awarded $205 to Capt. and Mrs.
Allan r. Greenhill of Chevy Chase
in the first triple-damages suit
filed in County Circuit Court in
volving rent ceilings. The Green
hills had contended the alleged rent
overcharges totaled approximately
$500 and sued for 1900.
Through their attorneys, Charles
w. Prettyman and william c. De
Lacy, the plaintiffs testified that in
August, 1912. they rented a house on
the Rockville pike owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, also of
Chevy Chase, for 500 month.
A few months before they moved
out in June, 1913, the Greenhills
said they discovered the house had
been rented on January /, 194l at
s6o.50 a month, and that this figure
consequently became the ceiling
rental, under Office of Price Ad-
ministration regulations.
This claim was supported by testi-
mony of James w. Gooderd, area
rent control director for nearby
Maryland He added that after the
Greenhills had moved out, Mrs.
Nicholson had filed a petition with
his Office asking that the rent be in
creased to $75 month. This was
granted.
The NicholsonS, who were repre-
sented by Attorney James H. Pugh,
claimed that the Greenhills had
signed lease for one year but had
moved out two months before the
lease expired. They sought to re-
cover damages to the property to-
falling S462, as well as $145.50 for the
two months in which the house was
vacant.
They also claimed the house had
been rented in January, l941, on
an unfinished basis, but that the
Greenhills had rented the house
furnished.
Mr.. Pugh said he has filed a mo-
ton for a directed verdict to throw
out" the case on the ground the
law under which the plaintiffs are
attempting to recover damages is a
penalty. He added that he also will
file a motion for a new trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Alexandra Refuses
To Assist State in
Improving Route |
City's Small Shore
Of Gasoline Toxes
Cited in Council

The Alexandria City Council. by .
So vote, last night denied . State
Highway Department request for the
city's cooperation in improving
United States Highway No. 1.
The request, made to City Man.
ager Carl Budwesky for presenta-
ton to the council, was that Alex
andria pay one-hah the cost Of
widening the bridge at Four-Mile
Run, and the entire cost OF widening
the highway for 800 feet south Of
the bridge.
The proposal to improve the high
way from Four Mile Run Bridge to
the Pentagon access roads originally
was slated as a Federal Works
Agency project. but was refused by
the Federal agency and undertaken
by the State. Since State funds
cannot be used for highway inn
provements in municipality, 1t was
necessary to ask Alexandria to bear
the cost of work within its limits.
Tax Receipts Cited.
Members of the council who voted
to deny the request pointed out that
the city receives less than $4,000
from the State as its annual share
of gasoline taxes for road improve
ments. The expenditure of $4,000.
the estimated cost of the city's share
OF the widening, they said, does not
seem warranted in view of the small
benefit the city would derive.
City Attorney Joseph M. Pancoast
reported completion of the proposed
smoke control ordinance, copies Of
which were given to Council MEM
bers for study before q public hear.
ing on the measure at 7:30 pm.
Tuesday.
Members of a Citizens Committee
who have been urging adoption OF
such bill and officials OF the rail-
roads and the Virginia Public Serv-
ice Co., who would be affected by
it. will be given copies and asked
to appear at the hearing.
Mr.. Pancoast said the ordinance
Is the result Of study and conference
with engineers and, although tech-
|nical, is comprehensive measure
to control the serious smoke and
SCOT nuisance.
NotabIes on Committee.
The Citizens Committee whose ef-
forts have been largely responsible
for consideration of the ordinance
includes Supreme Court Justice
Black, Judge Thurman Arnold.
Harry Blair, Charles Hoon and other
prominent residents
The council appropriated on sec
ond reading the sum of $12,750 to
construct a storm sewer and con-
crete pavement on Chalfonte drive,
and appropriated also on second
reading, $1,000 for installation Of
fire hydrants in Parkfairfax.
An ordinance was adopted grant,
ing the Southern Railway author
iity to construct spur track on
Union street between Duke and
Wolfe streets for use by the Robin.
son Fuel and Supply Co.
The application of william r.
Watson to rezone the southeast cor
ner Of Madison and Payne streets
from Ca residential to D-2 COM
mercial to permit construction Of
retail stores was granted.
The application Of H. G. Nc
Cartney to rezone q lot at the
southeast corner of Bruce street and
Mount Vernon avenue from ca
residential to Do commercial, and
of Robert S. Nash to rezone unim-
proved square bounded by Madison,
Payne, Montgomery and Fayette
streets from CO residential to E
industrial were voted advertised and
set for hearing on April II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Ickes Still Writes to Autoists
He Sees Violating Speed Law

Secretary of the Interior Ickes,
who among his other duties is Pc
troleum Administrator for War, still
finds time to jot down the automo-
bile numbers of machines which
pass him while on his way to work
through Rock Creek Park.
Soon after former Rubber Di-
rector William letters issued a di-
receive that no car be driven faster
than IS miles an hour, Mr.. Ickes
wrote a number of letters to owners
of cars he had noted travelling in
excess of this speed
Under date of March IA, Mr. Ickes
wrote Washington driver whose
car he reported he had observed ex-
caeding the 35-mile limit:
4 hope that you will not mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22

nal. I was just firing at physical
object. The thought never came tc
me until afterwards that inside il
was human being. 1 think that
is how air war must differ from
any other kind You never see the
other fellow, and I would rather
have 1t that way"
Shortly after crossing the Euro
pean coast, Sergt. Currens had his
first experience with flax.
Flax Called Fascinating.
ut was fascinating to watch" he
says. Far below us was a great
sheet Of white. cumulus clouds
Through this sheet came a lot OF
black puffs in series of four at a
time. There were also lot of red
puffs, but they were not in series
The tracking was accurate, but ]
could not see many hits"
The new gunner also was fasci-
mated, he says, by the tactics of the
German fighters
"A whole flock of them" he says,
would sit out we'll within sights
but out of range and do all sorts
of acrobatic stunts, like lazy
Fights" I suppose they had to do
to kill the time. Their
speed is so much faster than ours
that it was necessary to go through
a lot of stunts to keep behind with
US, watching for the moment when
one of them could dart in.
"It becomes a matter of constant
vigilance. That is the main reason
why my first mission seemed to
pass off quickly. My whole atten-
ton was taken up with watching
them, ready to fire instantly as soon
as one made a dart within range.
The strongest impression I brought
back is that these fellows can't be
lnderestimated."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-22
Funeral Services Today
For Harry FowIey

Funeral services for Harry FaW-
ley, Travilah tMd) merchant, who
died Saturday at the Montgomery
County General Hospital, Sandy
Spring, after long illness, will be
held at 2 pm. today at the funeral
home of william B. Hilton, Barnes
vile. Nd. The Rev. Charles A.
Michael, pastor of the Poolesville
Methodist Church, will conduct the
services. Burial will be in Monocacy
Cemetery, Beallsville.
Mr.. Fawley is survived by five
children, Ruth, Laura, Anna. Charles
and Harry Fawley, jr., all OF Trav-
ilah. He also leaves three brothers
and three sisters.