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Evening star., 1944-03-19
ID. {. Heads Press
Plea for Passage Of
Check Liability Law
Urge Reasons for Relief
Of Banks in New Memo
To Chairman Randolph

Sticking to their position despite
opposition by the Justice and
Treasury Departments and the
General Accounting Office, the Dis
ltrict Commissioners have again
urged approval of the bill to relieve
banks of liability when paying
checks fraudulently drawn to non
existent persons or other dummies. !"
The bill, now being considered by
House District Subcommittee
headed by Representative Lesinski,
Democrat, of Michigan, was intro
duced at the request of the District
Bankers Association, with the in
dorsement of other Washington
business groups, after some local
banks were held liable in the
Stitely case for over 100000 for
cashing checks drawn to fictitious
payroll by a Government agent.
Noting opposition from the Fed
eral agencies, the city heads in a
new communication to Chairman
Randolph of the House District
Committee, made public yesterday,
quoted from a decision by the
United States Court of Appeals in
the Stitely case to emphasize the
lproblem of caShing of Government
pay checks under the present legal
!rule.
| The Commissioners reminded the
committee that the court had said,
though upholding the Government
! in that case, that. several States
had changed their negotiable in
struments laws in the manner pro-
posed in the pending District bill
and had added there is much to be
said for passage of similar amend
ment' to the District law since Gov
ernment pay checks circulate "vir-
tually on the basis of currency"
The city heads added: The Dis
trict Government issues thousands
Of pay checks, but can make only
limited provisions for caShing them
AS a result the expense and respon-
sibility of cashing these pay checks
are imposed upon local banks and
merchants"
Attorney General Biddle wrote the
committee the necessity of uni
formity in the law of negotiable in
struments from the standpoint of
the business community" rendered
tke proposed Amendment "unde-
sirable."
Controller General Lindsay War
rem contended the delay and ex-
pense would be too great" if the
Federal Government were required
to investigate minutely, in advance,
every demand for disbursement nee
sarry in connection with this oper-
ton.
Earlier, Daniel w. Bell, Acting
Secretary of the Treasury, in oppos-
ing the measure, had said vigilance
on the part of banks and others
cashing Government checks was the
! proper answer to the problem.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Pre-lnduction School
To Open March II
As Civilian Program
Militory Authorities Will
Assist in Some Phases,
Gen. Lewis Announces

Opening of the Pre-Induction
School to help men facing induc-
ton prepare themselves for service
was announced last night by Mai
Gen. John T. Lewis, commanding
the Military District of Washington
The school will be jointly oper-
ated by the Red Cross, Recreation
Department and the National Rifle
Association. Although essentially a
civilian program, headquarters of
the Military District will assist on
some parts Of the program, Gen.
Lewis said.
Registration for the school will
be held at Central High School
from to 10 pm. Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday with classes
beginning March 27. Glasses also
will be held at Dunbar High School
but the date Of registration and the
start of classes there have not vet
been announced.
In both schools, classes will be
held from Monday through FRIDAY
evenings from 7:30 to 1890 pm
Men between IT and 38 will be
eligible. Instruction will be free ex-
cept for the expenses necessary ir
the, craftsmanship classes and the
cost Of textbook and bandage fol
those enrolling for first aid.
The courses will include first ait
and swimming, craftsmanship, ply
sical training and judo.
Plans for the school were com.
pleted by Richard Tennyson of the
recreation department, C. R. Rogers
National Rifle Association, and Johr
w. Gates Of the District Red Cross
organizer and director of the school
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Woman Turns
Detective, Finds
Stolen Rabbits

Mrs. Dorothy N. Kittredge, 22l
Seventh street NE, reported to po-
lice yesterday that two of her 40
rabbits had been stolen from her
back yard hutch. She had been
raising them for Easter.
Then she did some sleuthing on
her own. She used professional,
police methods-she bought some
information.
For Is cents little colored boy
told her that a woman down the
street had wanted to buy some live
rabbits. Police went to the house,
found the rabbits and arrested
three colored boys of IL, l3 and IS
years of age. They will be arraigned
Monday in Juvenile Court.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
House Group Studies Buying
OF Dormifory for Pages

Purchase of house in the vicinity
of the Capitol as a domitory fol
Senate and House pages not living
with their parents or other relatives
may be recommended soon by the
House Public Buildings and Grounds
Committee.
Authorization of the plan is pro-
vided in bill under consideration
by the Lanham Committee which
tentatively has elected a home con-
tanning Is bedrooms that would ac-
commodate 80 boys.
Funds for the purchase would
come from the National Housing
Administration and operation of
the home for the IL to 16 year-old
pages would be placed under the
architect of the Capitol, David Lynn
Location of the house was not
revealed, pending approval of the
bill and closing of the purchase
transaction.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Ni|itaryPo|ice
ProbeCrash Of
Pentdgon Bus
Hospitals Admit
a Of rs Injured;
Driver Free on Bond

Military police last night were in
vestigating the A., B. and w. bus
crash in which 26 persons, most OF
them bound for work at the PEN
taeon Building, were injured yester-
day.
AT least three women passengers
and an Army captain were hospital
ized as a result of the crash, which
occurred directly in front of the
Pentagon's south parking during
the morning rush hour.
Robert Mitchell, A., B. and w.
traffic manager, said the bus driver,
Charles Fisher, %, of 2412 South
Twenty-seventh street, Arlington,
gave substantially this story to mill
tary police:
The bus, with a standing load,
was travelling northeast, approach
ing curve in the road. A Federal
Works Agency truck, parked on the
road, was half hidden by two large
directional signs between the truck
and the bus.
Sun Blinded Driver, He Said.
curve, the driver was momentarily
blinded by the sun and did not see
the truck until he crashed into it.
Although one passenger told re-
porters the bus was so crowded the
driver couldn't possibly see the
right-hand side of the road, Mr..
Mitchell said several other pas
sengers had told him the passengers
were standing behind the white line
at the front of the bus.
The driver was charged with
reckless driving in a preliminary
hearing before United States Cons
missioner Stanley King in Alexan-
dria and released under $3.50 bond
to appear for final hearing at 2
pm. March 28.
The bus, Mr.. Mitchell said, was
bound from Alexandria to Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. via the Pentagon.
Four Under Treatment.
The injured under treatment in
hospitals were Mrs. Rosaie c..
Prahm, ITO Fourteenth street NV,
and Mrs. Vaska L. Hinkleman, 3808
Mount Vernon avenue, Alexandria,
both taken to Alexandria Hospital,
and Capt. James I. Clover, Ord
nance Department, of 2347 South
Arlington Ridge road, and Mrs
Kathryn Bond, liza West Alex
andria avenue, Alexandria, both
hospitalized at Walter Reed.
The other accident victims, most
of whom suffered from shock, cuts
and bruises, were released after
treatment at the Pentagon's Army
and civilian dispensaries, and
Emergency and Alexandria hospi-
tails.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Randolph Asks Action
|0n Bills 10 Increase .
ID. {. Cadets, Middies
Committees Failure
To Report Measures
Believed Due to War

Declaring the requests of the
Commissioners for an increase in
the number of District appointees
at the military and naval academies
were reasonable and modest, Chair
man Randolph of the House Dis
trict Committee yesterday planned
appeals to the House Military and
Naval Affairs Committees for speedy
favorable action.
Bills providing for an increase
from six to IL in the number OF
District cadets at West Point and
from five to Is in District midship-
men at Annapolis were introduced
more than seven months ago.
Voicing belief that the bills had
failed to receive favorable report
from the committees only because
they were burdened with national
measures of vital Importance to
the war effort, Mr.. Randolph said
he would make personal appeals
to Chairman Vinson and Chairman
May of the Naval and Military At
fairs Committees.
Representative May recently gave
a strong personal Endorsement of
the cadet bill and it was referred
to subcommittee headed by Rep
resentative Costello, Democrat of
California, which conducted hear
ings.
The District has fewer appointees
at the academies than 13 States
having less population, but the city
heads, to be on the conservative
side, did not ask for appointments
equal to the States on a population
basis. The Commissioners have been
advised the academies have the
facilities to care for the six extra
cadets and the 10 additional middies
Recalling that he had written
letters to Chairmen Vinson and May
last December 9. asking approval
of the measures, Mr.. Randolph said
The requests are reasonable and
II considered on population basis
alone are modest. Favorable action
is long overdue and the District
has the right to expect Congress
to provide the justifiable increase.
L am of the opinion that the
committees, burdened with legisla-
ton necessary to the prosecution of
the war, have neglected rather than
opposed the proposals submitted by
the Commissioners"
He said he would ask Representa-
tive Costello as well as the commit
tee chairman, to aid in bringing
about early House action.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Oil Executive Arrested
In Death Of Wife
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
! WINCHESTER, Mass, Mar. 10
Henry D. Vanderwvk, 40, wealthy
official of an Everett and New York
oil company, was arrested tonight
and booked on a charge of man.
slaughter in connection with the
death of his wife, Mrs. Rena M
Vanderwyk, 48, whose battered body
was found today in the driveway of
her home in the exclusive West
Side district.
Bail was placed at SIS 900 at the
prder of District Attorney Robert F.
Bradford Of Middlesex County, who
conducted the investigation.
Police said Mrs. Vanderwyk ap-
parently had been struck by an
automobile in the driveway of her
home. The body was clad in a
black housecoat and her slippers
were found near the body.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Plans Are Advancing
To Paint Capitol Dome

Capitol Hill attaches yesterday
said plans are under way to give
the dome of the Capitol a new coat
Iof paint as provided in the ap-
preparation bill passed recently by
the House for the legislative branch
of the Government. The measure
includes an allotment of $4,000 for
the painting.
The new coat will be the same
pearl gray. One thousand gallons
of paint will be needed to cover the
28,442 square yards of the dome and
20, ,448 square yards of the central
portion of the Capitol structure, it
was Said.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Nine Volunteers Join
Army; One Goes to Navy

Nine volunteers for the Army and
one for the Navy were sworn in
yesterday.
They were Richard D. Althour, the
Navy, and Frank P. Cogswell, Robert
G. Coleman, Raymond E. Mercer
James c. Thomas, jr., John W. Free
man, Alfred E. Brandon, jr.. Fort T.
johnson. Paul C. Sheek and Leon r.
Mckinney.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

months ago from Winston Salem,
N. c., to work for the Office of
Scientific Research and Develop
ment, Mrs. White has made her
home with friend, Mrs L. r. Boil
ton of the Connecticut avenue ad-
dress. 1t. White is from Chicago
Mrs. White has never studied
singing, although she says she has
sung ever since 1 can remember. ~
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Fl. Myer Dinner Marks
West Points Birthday

The 1920 anniversary of the
founding of West Point was cele-
brated last night by graduates and
guests at a dinner party given by
Col. Howard Donnelly, is, COM
mandant Of Fort Myer, at the Of
ficers' Club on the post Motion
pictures showing West Point at war
and at football contests were shown.
Those present at the dinner were
Evening star., 1944-03-19
OAR to Hear julien Zier

The Falls Church chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion will meet at pm. Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Harry Moran on
North Washington boulevard. Julian
zier of the Pan American Union
will talk on South American rela-
tions.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Gross, Mai. Gen. C.
lngleS, Mai. Gen H
Maxwell, Mai. Gen.
Bliss, Brig. Gen r.
Nelson, Brig. Gen. o.
Richards, Brig, Gen.
TompkinS, Brig. Gen
Arthur, Col. J. d ,ir.
Brannan, Col. F. NJ.
Cockrell. Col. j. E.
DuHameh Col. N. Y.
Galley, Col. c, K.
Rannum, Col R. H.
Herwig. Col, H r.
Johnson, Col A. b.
Lanphier, Col. T. G.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Lewis, Col. c. w.
MacGregor, Col. T.
Monroe, Col T. H.
Parkinson, Col. j. l..
Ruddell, Col. J. c.
Scott, Col. s. l..
Struble, Col S. H.
Young, Col. w. C.
Brand. Harrison
Falk, David p.
Graves, Sidney
Heard. Col. Faulkner
Hodeson, ia mes P.
Jouett, John H
Miller, Bernard A.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05
Acceptance Of UsobIe Fuel
Urged by SFAW Officials,

weather is upon us, to avert cold
homes.
Although there have been
some increases In bituminous
(soft coal production, they have
primarily in the western dis
tricts. The aggregate increase IN
the production of these PREFER
ed southern Goals has been small
and in the case of Pocahontas, 1t
is not expected that as much
will be produced as last year.
There are approximately $4,000
fewer coal miners than last year
owing to inductions irS the
armed forces and the attraction
of work in industrial war plants
and the average age of those re-
naming has increased from ap-
proximately 80 TO As years. To
make matters worse, strikes are
now being threatened by the
United Mine Workers of Amer
lea in their efforts 10 organize
the supervisory employees of
coal mines.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

Whether the homes OF those
heating with coal will be warm
this fall and winter, depends up
on consumers accepting now
such disable fuel as their dealers
can supply, instead of waiting
for the kind or size preferred,
according to the Solid Fuels Adj
ministration for War.
Pocahontas and other blum
inous (sofD Goals from the
southern fields are generally
preferred for domestic use in
this area. They are similarly
preferred in practically all areas
from and even west of the Miss
issippi TO the Atlantic Coast.
Since they possess special quail
ties which render them essential
for by-product, metallurglcal
and many other special usages
and processes indispensable TO
the successful prosecution Of the
war, which is a matter of first
consideration, large quantities of
these Goals are being taken for
such purposes because not many
other bituminous (sofD Goals
possess those qualities, officials
said.
Last season, because of war
requirements and miners strikes,
dealers could not get enough
of these preferred Goals for
consumer requirements, but they
then had a considerable carry
over from the year before
which, by virtue Of a mild win
ter, enabled them TO provide a
sufficient quantity TO avert any
serious discomfort, it was point
ed out.
Dealers had no such carry
over this season and can make
deliveries only as they receive
coal that has still to be mined.
Because of that, continuing" war
requirements and other reasons
which follow, it is not expected
that enough can be mined dur
ing the coming heating season
TO provide as much of these pre-
ferred Goals as last season. Only
by the purchase of such other
disable fuels as the dealer can
deliver, will the consumer be
able to offset this shortage and
such purchases should not be
delayed because if they are, the
dealer, owing to wartime llmi-
tations upon his manpoWer and
equipment, will not be able to
deliver any kind or size of coal
fast enough, once severely cold
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05
Revea|Aug.30
Raid On Park
Shores Commission
Receives Complaint

ST. CLAIR SHORES-Ten pin
ball machines, of the cash pay
off variety, were confiscated at
Eastwood Park, in East Detroit,
Aug. 80 it was finally revealed
today as members of a st. Clair
Shores group filed a letter COW
ering details of reputed amuse-
ment park gambling operations,
with the village commission.
The raid, conducted following
a complaint filed with Oscar
G. Olander, State Safety Com
mission, was supervised by
Sergt. William Hedt, of the Red
ford post of the State Police.
Sergt. Hedt said that when
his raiding party arrived at the
park, however, members of the
st. Clair Shores group, who had
registered the original complaint
were not, as had been anticipat-
ed, on hand to point out the
gambling devices.
Sergt. Hedt said that while he
found no payoff pin ball ma
chimes in operation he did find,
and confiscate, 10 such ma
chimes located in a closed tent
at the resort.
The raid came to light for the
first time Tuesday night when a
letter signed by William A. Ov-
erbaugh, a member Of the COM
planning group, was read to
members of the st. Clair Shores
Village Commission citing the
fact that Eastwood Park had
several months ago purchased
Jefferson Beach in this COM
munity. 1t stated that several
st. Clair Shores persons on the
night of Aug. % visited East
wood Park and found go slot
machines, five gambling wheels
and a tango game in operation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05
Wasiepaper Drive
Ends Successfully

EAST DETROIT - With the
aid of the American Legion and
the Boy Scout troops the local
paper drive came TO a successful
end Tuesday night, Oct. 3. Total
tonnage collected has not yet
been tabulated but the giant
piles of paper promise a good
return financially.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05
City Of Van Dyke
Meeting a Success
IS Attend Session
Monday at Roth's Born

VAN DYKE - Approximate
ly rs persons interested in the
incorporation of the City of Van
Dyke met Monday night at
Roth's Barn to hear an address
by the Hazel Park municipal
manager who drew an interest
ing parallel between the prob
lens confronting his community
and those of Warren township.
Additional meetings of the
group, open to all residents of
the area, are planned for the
near future.
The recently approved cleo
ton of the incorporation issue
means that vote on the con-
troversial problem will be TAX
en- at the Nov. 7 general cleo
tons.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

Few young fellows who keep
busy as a bee and make good
have to worry about someone
else walking away with their
honey.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
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[B1RTHS
BABY BOY

BABY BOY
1t. and Mrs. Edward w. Foley
became the parents of a baby boy
on Sunday, June 25th. He weighed
seven pounds four ouRces and was
born at Florence Hospital. 1t.
Foley, pilot ola Liberator Bomber
was recently injured when his
bomber landed out of control after
a raid over Germany. Former res
ident of Valley Farms, the lieuten-
ant was awarded the Air Medal
and two Oak Leaf Clusters for val
or, shortly before the birth OF his
son. Mrs. Foley makes her home
in Coolidge with her mother.
BABY DAUGHTER
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Miller be-
came the parents of baby daugh'
ter on Saturday, June Gath. She
weighed seven pounds two ounces
and was born at their home In
Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Dave Hill, intends to
sell, transfer, assign, and deliver
his entire business known as
Dawes Buffet" located on Lot 1,
Block Al of Cotton City, proper of
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona, in
Guiding all stock in trade, fixtures
equipment, and furnishings to B.
E. Shanks on July %, 1914.
DAVE HILL (Signed)
STATE OF ARIZONA
COUNTY OF PINAL IS.
Before me Notary Public In
and for the County of Pinal, State
of Arizona, on this 29th day of
June, 1914, personally appeared
Dave Hill, known to me to be the
person whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument and ac-
knowledged to me that he executed
the same for the purpose therein
contained.
Witness whereof 1 hereunto set
my hand and official seal.
A. L. BARTLETT CSigned)
My commission expires July 2
1916.
First publication, June 80, 1914
Last publication, July 81, 1914
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
Coolidge Boosters
Will Tangle With
Air Base Tonight

The Coolidge Boosters are slated
to tangle with Coolidge Air Base
second team at the high school
stadium at S:45 tonight.
In a special game Friday. Cool
idge Air Base defeated Mariana Air
Base . to /. Another outstanding
game of the week was the defeat
of Coolidge Eagles by Coolidge
Air Base first team by score OF
10 0. The Eagles defeated the
Air Transport ten by the same
score earlier in the season, making
the deciding game between the
teams one awaited with interest.
After two weekes of play the
standings of the five teams IN
Coolidge Softball league are as fol-
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

o Coolidge Assembly, Order of the
Rainbow for Girls, has disbanded
for the summer. The Assembly's
next meeting will be held the first
Wednesday in September.
cit. and Mrs. Stanley Snitzer left
Friday for Meridian, Mississippi,
after ten day leave spent visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Cockrill and family and visit via
plane to 1t. Snitzer's father, H.
Snitzer, Los Angeles. Mrs. Snitzer
is the former Doris Cookrill.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
Frank v. Leon
Called By Death

Frank Valdez Leon, 43, passed
away Saturday, June "a, at Phoe-
nix hospital, after five months
illness. He has been Coolidge
resident for the past six years.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 6 a. m. in st. James Cath
olic Church, Father McFadden Of
ficiating.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Antonia. Interment was In
Valley Memorial Park.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30
Recreation Program
Proves Popular

About so young people are taking
part in the morning recreation pro-
gram at Coolidge high school. The
tennis courts, baseball diamond,
and gym are being kept busy by
groups of youngsters from six to
sixteen. The mechanically minded
are spending several mornings a
week in the school shop where sew
eral handicraft projects are under
way.
Many of the older boys are
spending their Saturday mornings
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

81 can't think of anything else you'll need
for your Victory garden, Judge. you've
got pretty nearly everything"
Il think so, too, John. Ever get your
asparagus patch going?"
81 gave that up last year, Judge. Tried it
six years in a row with no luck. Just haven't
got the right soil, guess?"
"Well, / think you're wise, John. :. !. no
use keeping on trying things you know won't
work. Just like prohibition. Statewide pro-
hibition has been tried in this country
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

FOR SALE-Biglow Ranch. 16O.sS
acres unimproved land n mile
west Salt River Valley Water
Users sub station. Has water.
Legal description: Lots one and
two and the south half Of the
northeast quarter of section
three in township six south of
range seven east Of Gila and
Salt River Meridian, Arizona,
containing one hundred sixty
acres and eighty-eight hundredths
of an acre. See Mrs. Josephine
Borree, or write John L. Muir
ply, 523h Highland Ave-, Tue
son, Arizona. j2-6tc
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

on the scrap paper drive. These
include Jackie Davis, Buford and
Earl Crasserhite, Hoxie and Jackie
Cooper, Button Hennessey, Tony
Wilson, Ed Lane, Buddy Kyser,
Louie Davis, Glen Scudder, Charles
and William Ford.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

FOR SALE-3 Acres on Phoenix
Highway. one half mile west of
Experimental Farm near Mesa.
Land now planted in alfalfa
Al irrigation right. $4,000, half
down. rest terms. w. F. McGee,
S. P. Depot, Coolidge. 3OJune1tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-30

OMr. and Mrs. C. J. Wells were
hosts to members of the Friday
Night Supper and Card Club at
their home last week.