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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
SEEDED GREENS OPENING
AT BARBARA WORTH COURSE

Jack McLaren had some good
news Saturday FOR Barbara Worth
country club golfers. He said at least
10 or IL of the regular green's on the
course will be open for play this
week end, following the annual fall
re-seeding with rye grass.
Seven green's were open on the
inside nine the middle of the week
and three or four on the outside
nine holes will be open by Saturday,
McLaren said. And that's just what
the players have been waiting for,
he added.
McLaren said play has been pick
ing up lately and last week end saw
a Sizeable turnout.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
FIRE CHIEF MAPS PLANS
For EXTRA EQUIPMENT

A fire truck belonging to the state
forestry division is now housed in
the central city fire station, but the
city has no one to man it. Fire Chief
Corn Reed recommends that the Ell
Centre city council accept the offer
of the state to pay the salary of an
additional fireman up to S185 per
month. The county will be asked to
pay any additional salary necessary
to obtain a truck driver. The citys
only expenditure will be carrying of
the new mans compensation insur-
ance, Reed pointed out.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
DOPE SUSPECT RELEASED
ON BAIL AFTER HEARING

Mar Nun Sing, A. Chinese cook,
was released on $1,000 bail Friday
after he was arraigned in Ell Centre
justice court on charge of possess
sion Of opium.
He was arrested on an Ell Centre
street Thursday night by Deputy
Sheriff Frank Raney and state mar
cotic agents. The arresting officers
said they found bindle of opium
on Sings person. -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
BURNS TO DEATH IN CELL

LINCOLN, Cal, Dec. 8. (P)-
Roger Snow Austin, 49, died Thurs
day in a Jail cell apparently as he
attempted vainly TO escape from
flames which destroyed his cot and
bedding and ignited his clothing.
Coroner Francis E. West of Placer
county said he believed Austin went
to sleep while smoking a cigarette.
Austin had been arrested on a war
rant charging destruction of prop
erty belonging to his landlady.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
War Prisoners
Held in u. 5.
Reach 35q,247

WASHINGTON. Dec. 0. (UP)-
A total of 359,247 prisoners OF war
were held within the United States
as of December /, according TO the
war department. The prisoners in
cluded 305 ,648 Germans, 1,l56 Ital-
ians, and 2.443 japanese. They are
held at 1870 base camps and 295
branch camps in all sections of the
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
GRANTS SOLDIER LIFE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. CUP)-
President Roosevelt has commuted
to life Imprisonment the death SEN
tence given Private Dale Maple,
Middleton, Rhode Island, who was
convicted by a court martial CT de-
sertion and of aiding two German
prisoners of war TO escape from
Camp Hale, Colorado, it was re-
vealed Friday. Maple and the pris-
oners were seized near the Mexican
border by Mexican officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
WRITER FOUND DEAD

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 9. (UP)-
Robert Tasker, author and screen
writer, was found dead in his fash
ionable Chapultepec district home
Thursday and police investigation
indicated suicide by poison.
Friends of Taskef. said he threat
ened to take his life after a quarrel
with his wife, the former Gladys
Flores, a granddaughter CT Costa
Rica's eX-president.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
FACES DOUBLE COUNT

Military policemen reported TO
city officers that William Seigle, 81,
was "panhandling" service men
downtown. The alleged "moocher'
woke up in Jail Saturday morning,
charged with vagrancy and being
drunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foiiOring edit
Oriols are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions UOiced By editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10

More than 10000 research workers.
in 3400 industrial laboratories, are
engaged in chemical research in the
u. S.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10

We've just come from the Siegfried
line We're getting our share of ferries,
but they are digging in. It's awful irri-
tating to US guys when we don't have
enough shells.-T/Sgt Alvin F. Jankow-
Ske. on War Bond tour.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

The prosperity of the world depends
upon the prosperity of all; 1t is Just as
important to the rest of the world that
America should be prosperous as it is
to America that the rest of the world
should be economically in good health
British Ambassador Lord Halifax.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10

The really crucial question that the
United States must face in resuming its
normal peacetime pursuits is not that
of reconversion but that of genuine re-
covery from the conditions of the Nine
teen Thirties.-The Guaranty Survey,
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-10

The postwar foreign trade and invest
ment policy of the United States is in
escapably bound up with the level of our
imports. The dollar exchange which for
eigners need in order to buy our exports
must be furnished primarily through our
UNCONSTITUTIONAL Planning Association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Japs Believed Preparing
T0Give Up Dutch Indies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.- R -
The Japanese are preparing the
political groundwork for an event
full sour grapes evacuation of the
captive Dutch East Indies, semi
official Netherlands sources here
predicted today. -.
A fresh squirt of ballyhoo about
granting independence to the In
dies has been noticed from Tokyo,
including clear cut promise by
Premier Koiso tn a t it will be
granted sometime in the future.
This is interpreted by the Meth
erlands information bureau here as
a distinct switch in the japanese
political strategy, the object being
to depict their departure as volun-
tary VIII en- military necessity
forces them out of the Indies, and
at the same time lead the lndo-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
ONLY THREE VETS
file CLAIMS HERE

Only three New Hanover veter-
ans of the present war have filed
claims for allowances under the
G. I. Bill of Rights, the Unem-
ployment Compensation commits
sion representative at the U. S.
Employment Service office report
ed yesterday.
Since September 4, when tn
UCC started receiving claims from
veterans, seven ex service men
have applied for service mems re-
adjustment allowances, but did not
ask to file for claims as all were
already employed or sent to job
in this locality.
The UCC representative reported
that these applicants can at any
future date file for claims. The
application filed by them simply
means that they are recorded as
veterans, and as such entitled to
draw benefits in the event they
require them durir> the period in
which they are eligible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
CORRESPONDENTS
Are SUSPENDED

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
.11ED EXPED1T1ONARY
nopcE. Sept. 10 R Supreme
.,.donarters announced today that
" war correspondents who made
sh ,snsored broadcasts from Paris
u .'a Is had been suspended for
n1I days effective from the date
" .he occurrence.
o. rhose affected are Paul Man
- Mutual Broadcasting com.
hn nT seaghan John Maynes. Reu
psr ,. James F. McGlincy, United
,e.s, Larry Lesueur, Columbia
5p.roosdcasting company; R o bin
Dr. Dr. BBC, and Howard Marshall.
BIC. .o,o,+ .;s
"ciy accredited war correspon.
,,o+s vino made a voice broadcast
a a.,,,1 Paris, Aug. Is, 1914, without
Inv .;or submission Of their stories to
pporsorship will have t h e r priv
v ueees restored 80 days after their
s hss of regulation.
The correspondents W r. e sus,
,,ded from service on the con-
.p;asnt and we're returned to tho
, ,, Kingdom, where they have
saan permitted to continue their
work,
..,nces we're taken into account:
'' "Tne abnormal situation in which
.,ose correspondents found them.
.olves including t r ct fighting
s,hch prevented immediate move.
nent TO the hotel scribe, where
+hev knew press headquarters, in
cludine censorship, were in process
NJ establishment; the ready prof.
for of broadcasting facilities by the
rado station involved; and the fact
that the material broadcast per Sc
contained no breach of security
Against the foregoing has been
weighed the fact that the cores
nondents violated all agreement to
which each had subscribed, there
by placing in an embarrassing po-
sstion all other correspondents
present VINO obeyed military Or
ders"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

nesians to look on the returning Al.
lies as aggressors.
Hitherto, the Japanese have Civ
en- what they call an advisory
voice in civil affairs to the Indone-
slams but through representatives
who mostly were appointed by the
japanese themselves. The Dutch
interpreted this as a move to builc
the Indies up into superficiauy
independent member of the great
err east Asia Bloc.
Although the japanese have con.
Quoted much propaganda baliyhoc
about the blessings of freedom they
are bestowing, their actual behavior
in the Indies reveals +. a far diff.
ferent picture, the Dutch say.
New Provincial governors ap.
pointed are exclusively Japanese,
and only two 1ndonesian governors
remain. Labor battalions G
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Way To Relieve
Itchy Pimples

When your skin Is irritated with
pimples, red blotches and other
skin blemishes, and you're crazy
with itching torture, here's quick
relief. Get a 35c box of Peterson S
Ointment at your druggist and ap-
ply this delightful soothing balm.
Itching relieved promptly. Smart
ing soothed. Your skin looks bet
ter. feels better. Also wonderful
for itching Of feet, cracks between
toes. Trv if. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Southern War Workers
Provided l68,32l New
Home Units Through MIA

WASHINGTON, Sept. 49, Up -
War workers in e gh t southern
states have been provided thus far
with 1853, 321 new housing units Of
various types under the wartime
program of the National Housing
Agency, Administrator ] h n B.
Blandford, Jr., announced today.
An additional 24,59O units either
are under construction or approved
for the eight states, Blandford add
ed The combined figures include
only housing built under national
priorities. Dwellings and quarters
begun before priorities we're fixed
are excluded in the reports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17
Carolina Beach Repair
Work Starts TOMORROW

Work starts tomorrow or Tues
day on the rehabilitation work at
Carolina Beach, where the August
storm damaged public streets
and boardWalks.
The United States government
has allotted the beach $33, 900 IS an
outright grant for reconstruction
work at the resort.
The contractor for the projec is
E. E. Younts, High Point, and the
amount involved. $4,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

been formed replacing the former
notion of labor for renuneI alton
by new notion of labor for CO.
prosperity" to quote the Tokyo ra-
dio. This appears to be outright
slave labor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-17

Furs are truly eloquent Their
quality speaks in the way they
look in the way they wear.
That is why it is always wise to
buy the best quality in any fur. If
YOU have a limited amount of
money to spend, it is best to buy
the finest quality of a less expen-
sive fur than to buy an in
ferior quality of costly fur. And
remember, when you buy furs
here, that the same man who Sc
lects our rare and costly minks
has also selected the less expen-
sive muskrats. The same good
judgment 4. the same priceless
knowledge is applied to every Sc
lection regardless of price.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
|Dr. Howard {. Snyder ,
|Afonement Church
Pastor, Dies al 81

The Rev. DR.. Howard Elias Syn
der, 81, pastor of the Atonement
Lutheran Church, died yesterday in
Mount Alto Hospital after a brief
illness. He was chaplain for the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars and the
American Legion and served George
Washington Post, No. /, of the Le-
gion here.
Funeral services will be held at
11:30 am. Monday at the church,
followed by burial In Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. DR.. Snyder, a
retired lieutenant colonel, enlisted
IN 1893 as private in Company X
lof the Pennsylvania Militia. Since
that time he had served at various
times with the military forces as a
chaplain. During the last war he
was a civilian chaplain at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station.
For several years DR.. Snyder was
president and secretary of the
Chaplains Association. He also
served as editor of its magazine.
He was chairman of the first
Lutheran Commission for Soldiers
and Sailors Welfare, which was in
Strumental in the establishment OF
St Luthern service centers in the
United States.
DR.. Snyder was graduated from
Thiel College in 1902 and later from
Mount Airy Luthern Seminary. He
was ordained in 1906.
He Is survived by his widow
Mrs. Carrie B. Synder, 2419 First
street NV; four daughters, Mrs.
John G. Ball, Mrs. Glen Pincock.
Mrs. William Ellis Tribe and Mrs.
William E. Malley, and nine grand
children.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
WA Approves Grant
10 Build New School
For Anacostia Area

Construction of an elementary
school for the congested Anacostis
area has been approved by the Fed.
eral Works Administration.
The FWA allocated $430,00O fol
the building, which is expected tt
open for the 1944-5 term. Seating
800 pupils, it will replace the over.
crowded Patterson School. Now op.
Grating on a double shift, the Pat.
terson School will close when the
new building opens.
The appropriation, which includes
q grant Of $207 500 in Lanham Act
funds and loan Of 1922 500 to the
District for construction and equip.
ment, provides for a permanen,
building with brick walls and rein.
forced concrete. The new building
will contain 10 classrooms and
kindergarten rooms, contrasted te
the classrooms and / kindergarten
In the Patterson School.
IN aQoltlOn, tne new ScnOOl Will
have a library. playroom, kitchen
and unfinished auxiliary rooms foI
principal and teachers. It will be
located in the vicinity Of Elmira and
South Capitol streets.
Education officials and Anacostia
residents had urged construction OF
q new school to end overcrowded
conditions in the areas schools. A
w. Heinmiller, budget officer for the
District schools, said the project out
lined by the FWA closely followed
the Board of Education request.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
Al D. {. Se|ectees
To Report Monday

Eighteen District men accepted by
the Navy on their preinduction ex-
aminations have been ordered by
their draft boards to report to the
Navy Recruiting Station Monday
and 20 others who have been on
their postinduction furloughs will
report for active duty in the Army
and Marine Corps Monday.
Scheduled to report to the Navy
are:
Friend, Carl, P. Keith. Willie H.
Garrett, Paul T. Newman Robert T.
Jones, Carroll T.. Ritchie, Adrian A.
Roplnson, Leslie J. Robinson, John ].
Sollers, Bernard P. Weckerly, c. H.
crown, Stanley c. Dickens, John H,
Garofolo Philip F. Hamlin, James L.
HlghtoWer, w. F. Norma, John
Holland, James V. TanZymore, Robert
The following men. inducted into
the Army January "a, will report
Monday:
Tate. Vernon E. Tannenbaum, HI
Owens, Marvin Snowberger E. D.
Hardman, Charles H. Harrigan, James M
Carr, Paul E. Yudkin, Samuel
Shepherd. c. c. Hessler, William NJ.
Miller. Franklin z. Benton, John D.
Key, James x Taylor. Claude p.
Abrams, Martin Redford. Norman
Hun, Harley j. Raulerson, JAKE
Neel, Sam H. Hicks Carl j.
Truman, Charles Pometto, Albert r.
Martin, Edward J. Morgan, David l.
Hamilton, John N. Watson. Charles H.
The following men, inducted into
the Marine Corps January 81, will
report Monday.
Thomas, Leroy E. Hodges, Henry
Rorie, Lee J.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
Navy Stops Releasing
Young Plane Workers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Navy has stopped releasing
men between 18 and Is years old
to return to work In aircraft fac
tories. Assistant Secretary Ralph
A. Bard wrote Senator Wheeler
Democrat, OF Montana yesterday.
Senator Wheeler made public Mr.
Bard's letter along with a letter he
sent to Selective Service asserting
that taking fathers with 10 chill
dren and releasing men from the
armed forces who are single, with
out dependents, is shocking and
should be stopped"
Senator Wheeler said the father
OF Seaman Stephen M. Bushby had
written him that his son was re-
leased from the Navy as one of
approximately 300 men to 60 to
work in aircraft plants and that
the son said it took him only about
Is minutes to learn to do his Job
there.
Mr.. Bard wrote that Mr.. Bushby
was released 'in accordance with
an Army and Navy agreement
which provided for the return of
certain former key employees to Ger
titled essential employment in the
West Coast aircraft industry"
Mr.. Bard said 267 men had been
so released by the Navy up to Feb
r,1arv < hl1t Holi ont hori1a tione for
discharge have recently been can
'celed for such men between the
ages Of 18 and 25, inclusive.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
z Draw Light Fines
In Gas Coupon Case
P. Wirephoto.

Relatively small fines OF 500 and
$50 were assessed yesterday in
Municipal Court against two men
who pleaded guilty to charges Of
illegal possession OF ration coupons
worth s'4oo gallons Of gasoline. A
third man, who also pleaded guilty,
was turned over to the probation
omcer.
Explaining the fines recommended
by his ONCE, Assistant United States
Attorney Jack Diamond said that
police were still seeking the ring
leaders, and yesterdays convictions
merely represented small fry"
Andrew Jackson, colored, At, of
1900 block Union street S.W., was
given a sentence Of $50 days in Jail
or fine of $3.50. Benjamin Lewis,
colored, %, of the same address, was
given sentence of 80 days or fine
Of $l00. Major Witchell, colored, "a,
Of 1900 block Union street S.W., an
employee Of the District Refuse De-
partment, was turned over to the
probation offlcer.
Jackson, according to police, had
coupons representing 9,400 gallons
Of gasoline, part Of which he turned
over to Lewis and Witchell. Po-
lice said Lewis and Witchell had
been selling the coupons. The Office
OF Price Administration identified
the coupons as part of the block Of
coupons representing 10000, 900 GAL
Ions of gasoline, stolen from the
Penn Paper and Stock Co., 1915 Eek
| ington place NE.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
Maverick Cites Plan
To Sell $4,000 Alien
Patents al SIS Each
A plan to sell Is, 600 foreign-owned

A plan to sell 45, 1000 foreign-owned
patents now held by the Alien Prop.
erty Custodian's once to small bust.
ness for SIS each was outlined today
by Maury Maverick at a meeting OF
the Peoples Lobby at the YWCA.
MIR. Maverick. chairman of the
Smaller War Plants Corp. of the
War Production Board, said that
under his plan any one would be
able to use the methods outlined ir
the patents. There would be no ex.
elusive rights sold under them.
These patents" he said, "wil
be available In our II regional ONCE,
and 10l district Offices to any one
who wants them for some price like
SIS a piece. And we will give tech.
nical advice for any small busines.
or for that matter, any big busi-
ness in the United States.
The plan we have worked out
embodies prospective use of lanc
grant college and high school lab.
ora:orjes, plus some private lab.
oratories. If the utilization Of SCI
ence in this modern industrial age
Is not available to the average bust
nessman-if there is cartel control
and monopoly control Of science and
patents-little business has no
chance to 60 forward hereafter"
Benjamin Marsh, executive secre-
tary Of the Peoples Lobby, pre-
sided at the meeting, which was at
tended by about so persons.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
Army Admits Transfer
OF Capt. Rothrock,
Fort Myer WAC Head

After first denying reports that
Capt. Evelyn Rothrock, commander
Of the WAC detachment at Fort
Myer, had been assigned to another
position, the War Department late
yesterday admitted that the ofacer,
who recently preferred misconduct
charges against a subordinate, had
been assigned to new duties as as
sistant in training of WACS In the
Washington Military District.
Earlier in the day, military officials
firmly denied report that the
change had been made, declaring
that although Capt. Rothrock had
been given a reassignment Of duties,
she still retained her command at
Fort Myer.
Later in the day, military ON
clals reversed themselves and an
nounced Capt. Rothrock's new as
slgnment. 1t was reported that
the captain would remain in the
military district area here.
Recently Capt. Rothrock brought
charges before a special Army
board in closed hearing against
1t. Virginia Wight, 24-year-old
Philadelphia WAC accusing her of
appearing on the post In slacks
and sweater, refusing to obey an
order asking for statement Of her
finances and associating with en-
listed women.
Countercharges were made by 1t.
Wight's attorney, James J. Laugh
lin, who asserted that his client
was the victim of a campaign OF
persecution" designed to railroad"
her out of the Army The special
Army panel has not yet announced
its decision.
Army officials were noncommit-
tai when asked whether Capt. Roth.
rocks new position was a promo
ton.
TT isn't a demotion," was all an
Army spokesman would say.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
0PA Suit Against Firm
Dropped by Agreement

Through an agreement signed to-
day by an attorney for each side
the Ofilce of Price Administration
dropped suit against Julius Rap
paport, trading as Aristo Cleaners,
Ill Kennedy street NV. The suit
had claimed price ceiling violations
and sought an injunction against the
defendant.
In stipulation filed at District
Court, 1t was stated that the OPA
rs satisfied after several conferences
and full examination Of the records
Of the defendant that any violation
which may have occurred under the
regulations was inadvertent, in.
nocent and solely due to a miscon-
struction OF the regulations
Evening star., 1944-02-12
Police Ordered to Solve
Mrs. Williams Murder
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 12-Police Com
missioner James P. Altman, avoW-
edly dissatisfied with the investiga-
ton of the mysterious Staying of
Mrs. Frank Starr Williams, assigned
one of his assistants last night to
aid officials striving to solve the
crime.
Capt. Michael Naughton was Or
dered to step into the inquiry.
MY only orders are to solve the
case" Commissioner Altman said.
I'm not satisfied with the progress
made"
He disclosed the development after
a series of conferences attended by
Mr.. Altman, Mayor Edward j. Kelly,
Chief of Detectives John L. Sullivan
and Capt. Naughton The investi-
CATION has occupied % days.
Evening star., 1944-02-12
7 More Nurses Killed
As Nazi Shells Strike
i. ). Hospital al Anzio
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD.

Representing the Combined American Press.
distributed by the Associated Press)
AT THE ANzIO BEACHHEAD IN
ITALY, Feb. IL DelayeO.-Two
Red Cross nurses were killed last
night by four German shells which
hit a carefully marked American
field hospital, increasing to six the
number of American women who
have met death in this beachhead
campaign.
-Four died as a result Of last Mon
days air bombing of a hospital, two
nurses being killed and nurse and
a Red Cross worker dying later of
wounds.
The four shells struck between
$50 and 5:45 pm. The first landed
in the road before the receiving
tent, the second hit the receiving
tent, and the final two plunged
through the ward tents. Red Cross
flags few from the tents and a
large one was spread on the ground.
Seven Men Wounded.
The two nurses were preparing
supper in their own tent. Shrapnel
killed them.
No other deaths resulted, but four
medical officers and three enlisted
men were wounded.
In the attacks on the two hes
pitals, total of 80 were killed and
"A wounded.
The falling shells plunged the
hospital into darkness. In the oper-
ating tent, the chief surgeon, Mai.
James Mason of Birmingham, Ala,
was just about to perform a deli
cate abdominal operation and the
patient already was under anes-
thetic.
Nurses Refuse to Leave.
This patient and others were
evacuated to other hospitals as
quickly as possible.
Second 1t. Rita Rourke said the
patients urged the nurses to go to
foxholes land forget about u.s.
But the nurses stayed at their
posts and tried not to show fear"
she said.
Second 1t. Jennie Walker of
Peckville, Pa, declared: There's
not a single nurse who will let this
shelling and bombing of hospitals
chase us off this beach. We are
here to stay"