davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-04-11
.leaWRstonmig
&Remiinderr@a

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4. blue stamps AS
through KS good indefinitely.
Blue stamps L-8 through Q-s
valid May l and good indefinitely.
Each stamp worth 10 points. Blue
tokens are being used as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4. red
stamps AS through Ms good in
definitely. Red stamps N-8, P-8
and Q-8 valid April %. Each
stamp worth 10 points. Red tokens
are being used as change.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4, stamp 80 valid
for pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4. stamp 40 good for S pounds
for home canning through Febru-
ary %, l945. Stamp No. 81 GOOD
for 5 pounds indefinitely.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. B-2,
CO, B~3 and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Fuel Oil--Periods No. 4 and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Consum-
ers In this area should not have
used more than SO per cent Of
their total yearly fuel oil ration az
Of April 10.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Alexandria Jury Indicts
Worker in Bigamy Case

William Grant Enders, Balti-
more shipyard worker. today faced
trial on charge of bigamy as the
result OF an indictment returned by
an Alexandria Corporation Court
grand jury yesterday.
Enders is charged with marrying
Hilda A. Sonnenleiter In Alexandra
last December while he was still
married to Esther Ruth Hartman,
whom he wed In 1898
Other true bills returned were ::
Ollie Lee Jordan, colored, charged
with the murder, on February 20, of
Pearl May Blue, alias Latter, COL
ored; Joe Garnett, oolored, invol-
untary manslaughter in the death
of Willie Douglas, colored, in an au-
tomobile accident on March II; Ell
Benffeld, grand larceny in the al
legged theft OF a 81 500 diamond ring
from Mrs. Nancy Lee Cogar; Lin
wood Scott, burglary, and Earl
Tucker Campbell, grand larceny,
Evening star., 1944-04-11
First Of 5000 Bahamas
Arrive for Maryland Jobs
Ry the Associated Press.

EJ lhe AScoSlAltd kreSS.
BALTIMORE, April 1l.-Forty
natives of the Bahamas Islands
were In Maryland today-the van
guard Of approximately 5000 Is
landers expected to work on farms
this season.
Eighteen OF the group brought
TO the State by War Food Admin
istration will work on approximately
$50 acres Of Baltimore County truck
farm lands in the Bay Shore area
for r. Ridgely Todd.
Twenty others are quartered on
farms near Cockeysville, also in
Baltimore County.
The islanders came to the United
States more than q year ago and
stayed to work in Florida this
winter.
William Evans, cook for the Bay
Shore group, declared, None Of us
mind working. usually make SIS
a week, my wife $3.50. Back home
/ made $3.50 a week, my wife $3.50"
Evening star., 1944-04-11
0'Conor May Release
Bird for Trial Elsewhere
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, April II. - Gov.
O'Conor considered today recon-
mendation for conditional commu-
tation of sentence for a 32-year-old
desperate once public enemy No. q
to permit his trial in three other
States.
Maryland Parole Director Herman
M. Moser told the Governor that
Charles Bird, now blind, was not ex-
pected to live through his 451 year
sentence, and that If Bird were not
convicted and sentenced in any of
the other States he would be re-
turned to Maryland on parole.
Detainers have been filed against
him by Ohio. Missouri and Massa-
chusetts.
Director J. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
termed Bird public enemy No. 2"
because Of a long record of crimes
committed throughout the Middle
West. He was arrested in Baltimore
August 7, 1898, after Nationwide
search and convicted on seven
charges of armed robbery and one
of assault with intent to rob with a
deadly weapon.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Chest x-RaYs 10 Be Given
In AIexandria Next Week

Chest X-rays for Alexandria chill
dren, and adults will be siven BY the
Alexandra Tuberculosis Associa-
tion Ill next week, 1t was announced
to-day. -. - =
No appointments are necessary,
and = charge Of rs cents will be
made for each examination except
for some high schools. Reports viii
be sent to the family physician or
to the health department.
The following schedule has been
set: e a.
April II, 10, 10 at George WASH
ington High School from o am. to 4
pm. for high school students and
pupils Of the Mount Vernon, JET
ferson, Barrett, Macarthur, George
Mason, Maury, st. Agnes and st.
Mary's Academy schools. Adults
will BE- examined from 1 to 8 pm. all
three days.
April 40, 9 am. to 1890 pm. at
Parker-Gray High School for colored
high school students and pupils OF
the Lyles- Crouch, Seminary and st
Joseph's parochial schools, and from
2 to 8 pm. at Gadsby's Tavern for
adults.
April II, Gadsby's Tavern from 8
to II am. for pupils of the Lee
washington and st. Mary's paroch-
ial schools, and noon to $50 pm
and I to 8 pm. for adults.
April ~, Gadsby's Tavern, o am
to 8 pm, for adults.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Aides Con Relieve
Nurse Shortage

Most Of them have homes to care
for, many Of them have children
but they manage to budget their
time to serve a few hours several
days week.
Actually, after a nurses aide fin
ishes her six weeks training, she
only has to work $50 hours a year,
though most of them work a good
deal more.
Several hospitals have told the
Red Cross they would have had to
shut down wards If it hadn't been
for the nurses aides. Now several
OF them are faced with that posi-
bility if their staffs aren't further
augmented
That's why the Red Cross is max
ing special appeal for women to
volunteer for its next training
course, starting April "a. So far only
II have signed up and 18 more are
needed.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Trailer Removed Fight
Won BY Alexandria !.

Fifty trailers, which brought loud
protests when they were located on
Route ! in Alexandria last June TO
house civilian employees Of Fort Bel
voir, finally have been removed, Jo-
seph Gray Of the Federal Public
Housing Authority said today.
When FPHA leased tract for the
trailers, q storm of opposition was
aroused, ending with q suit in Fed
eral Court, which was won by the
Government agency when Judge
Robert N. Pollard ruled that FPHA
was acting under the Second War
Powers Act. - .
At that time the city was promised
that the trailers would be removed
by October, date later changed to
November when 1t became apparent
that homes under construction at
Fort Belvoir would not be completed
before that time. Several delays re-
suited In the trailers remaining in
Alexandria comparatively unno-
ticed, until recently.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Virginia Peach Survey
i-.>t
Shows Heavy Damage
Apples Only Slightly
Injured by Freeze j
n the Assoeiatad prsss.

BLACKSHURG, Va. April. IL
The peach crop was severely dam
aged In almost all of the important
peach-erowing sections OF Virginia
during last weeks freeze, according
to reports gathered by A. H. Teske,
extension horticuIturist at, ". p. /.
Apples were only slightly damaged.
The heaviest damage to peaches
occurred In the Roanoke section,
Mr.. Teske believes. In some or
chards there was q complete kill.
Other orchards showed so per cent
Of. the buds alive Because OF the
large number OF blossoms, q fair
crop should result In this area ii
the weather continues favorable.
Counts made Friday In the
orchards around Green Bay and
Durkeyille showed that 30 to 40. per
cent of the buds were still alive on
high ground. 90" 49, -.
In the Crozet area, which is the
largest commercial peach-growing
section In Virginia, the damage ap-
pears to be somewhat greater than
around Burkeville.:
As for apples killing was fairly
heavy In Delicious and Blacktwigs
in orchards on low ground in the
Roanoke and other sections, but
even in the more severely damaged
orchards there are still enough good
buds left to set crop. Probably
no bad effects will be found on the
Grimes Golden, York and othe,
apple crops, Mr.. Teske believes.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Wounded Brinq
Foreign Exchange
Problem Home
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

MART1NSBURG, w. Va, April
11.-Wounded servicemen being re-
turned from war zones to the New
ton D. Baker General Hospital here
with pockets stuffed with foreign
money are creating a problem for
the finance oncer, who must figure
exchange rates for dozen or more
countries.
For example, a veteran with a
pocket full Of South African, West
African or Irish money is paid of
at the rate Of $4.035 per pound,
while the Australian pound brings
1928, the Egyptian pound $4.138
and the New Zealand pound $3.2442.
Other rates of exchange include
the Iceland krona, about 1914 cents;
the Indian rupee, 30.3 cents; the
Iraq rial, 3.l25 cents: the Iraq dinar,
$40425; the Canadian dollar, 90.91
cents and the Trinidad dollar,
84.477.
1t. B. H. Bardin, who turns for
eign money into United States dol
lars at rates set by the War Depart
ment, ssid . large exchange busi-
ness has been done in the French
African franc, since many Of the
patients come from that theater OF
operations. The franc Is valued at
at fraction over 40 cents. Z
Least trouble Is caused to patients
returning from the Pacific area, It
Bardin said, since many ~serTicen1en
from that area are not paid until
their return to this country. Ameri-
can invasion money Is redeemable
at face value.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Move 10 InvaIidate Will
OF Dr.. J. B. Scott Resumed
sx the Assoeiat4A preas.

BY the Associated Press.
ELLICOTT CITY, Nd, April IL
George A. Finch, 100 West Virgilia
street, Chevy Chase. secretary OF the
Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace, resumed today his ef-
forts to invalidate a will excluding
him from sharing in the estate of
Dr.. James Brown Scott, Mr.. Finch's
predecessor in the foundation post
Mr.. Finch was contended that the
vriter-educator' will and codicil to
the will were signed when Or. Scott
was not mentally competent and
while he was being subjected to un-
due influence.
Under the original document, Mr..
Finch was left the residue of DR..
Scott's estate, amounting to ,ap-
proximately $93, 900, after certain be-
quests. The one Finch has chal-
lenged left the bulk Of the money as
hospital bequests.
The case, originally filed in Anne
Arundel County, was transferred to
the Howard County Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1944-04-11

from 1924 until 1910, and at one time
served potato chips to President
Roosevelt.
She met Mr.. Vaughan in 1928
when the attorney, then a. District
motorcycle policeman, arrested her
for speeding in the District. After
their marriage in 1884, Mrs.
Vaughan persuaded her husband to
leave his job to attend National
University from which he was
graduated in 1897.
Mrs. Vaughan was a member OF
Adah Chapter No. rs, Order of the
Eastern Star. Beside her husband,
she is survived by two sons, 1t. Rob-
ert N. Miller, stationed at Camp
Pickett, Va, and Pfc. James H. Mil
Ter, stationed in England; a step
son, William Vaughan, and two
daughters, Miss Iona Miller, all OF
the Woodley Hills address, and Mrs
Vera Caccivio, Washington.
Funeral services will be held at Z
pm. Thursday at the Fort Lincolr
Cemetery Chapel. Burial will also
Be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery,
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Hospital ReIeases7 3 BOYS
Saved From szcapsized Raft

Three Akx'andria boxsa WHO were
hospitalized yesterday Fat Boiling
Field after they were thrown into
the Potomac River when a raft
overturned, had been returned to
their homes today, police reported.
Two other boys, whose boat cap
sized while attempting to rescue the
boys on the taft, swan to the vir-
ginia shore.
According to police, the three boys
were stranded on a raft in the
channel of the Potomac near the
National Airport. Two other BOYS
came to their rescue in boat and
all five were tossed into the river
when both craft capsized.
The three youths were rescued by
a crash boat from Boiling Field and
placed in the post hospital. They
were identified as David Gates, 13,
of 1141 Colonial avenue; Johnnie
Pierpont, 16, of 1915 Colonial ave-
nue., and Frank Dixon, 13, OF DASH
field lane.
The two youths who swan ashore
were listed as Jack Stewart, 13, of
1136 Colonial avenue and Lewis
Buttgen, IA, of 1917 Colonial avenue.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
A Job T O Be Done


With drastic curtailment of hos
pital services here threatened be-
cause Of the demands Of the armed
forces for nurses, a new appeal WAS
made today for more women to
volunteer as Red Cross nurses aides.
In making the appeal the Red
Cross ofilcials emphasized that the
continued drain of nurses from the
hospitals has made them more and
more dependent on volunteers.
Nurses aides are now working in
IA hospitals at the Blood Donor Gen.
ter, at the Blood Piasma Labora-
tory, at the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Society and at number of
clinics.
Ten OF them have served 1000
hours in the hospitals since Pearl
Harbor, 80 Of them have completed
1000 hours. Some OF them are en-
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Chever|y Youth Wins
Easter Egg Hunt Prize
500. Others Get Awards
In HyottsviIIe Affair

John Bosley, 13, of Cheverly was
grand prize winner yesterday in the
ninth annual Easter egg hunt at
Magruder Park, Hyattsville, held
under the sponsorship of the Prince
Georges County Kiwanis Club and
the Sidney Lust Theaters.
Young BoSley was awarded S.
after finding the gold-colored egg In
the search for 1900 cardboard eggs.
Prizes ranging from cents to 81
were awarded to finders of 500 COL
ored eggs. Nearly 10000 children
and their parents attended the
hunt.
George Tennyson, IL, of Columbia
Park won the pie-eating contest
while Mrs. Alice Deggs, Hyattsville,
took first place in the 'fkid calling
contest. Mrs. Deggs was tied for
top honors last year and was the
winner In each of the two previous
years.
Winners In the races held for
boys and girls during the after
noon were as follows:
!. sevsn and g year old s> boys-Paui
.!;: ssvsa S IA 4 ssssr old ssl,, Nm, J..u
Hins.yssl-oia SSss-sosSSy III Bradlss nj.
imonston.
Nme-year.olG, sirls--AarEaret sturgis
Tsn.sssF-sid. Aoys-BilH Myers and
iNormans Stru1, both of Hyat4sville, tied.
I, IsHs !.';, ,tar-oId siris-Aniss caDecs' Hy-
Eieven-year-old boys--A tie between
Clair Klaes East Riverdale, and Francis
McNailey, 1927 irving street NE.
Eleven-year-old girls-Gloria Love,
Landover.
Tvelve-year-old boys-A tie between
Teddy Hiortdahl, Riverdale, and Glenn
Kogei, Mount Rainier
Twelys-year-old sirls-Barbara Nairn,
Hyattsville.
,Thirteen-year-old boys-Robert Barrett.
Edmonston.
Thirteen -year-olo sirls-Joan Thomp-
son, Hyattsville.
Fourteen and IS year old boys-Robert
aaney. Calvert Homes, Riverdale.
Fourteen and 16 year old girls-Virginia
BuYnside, HyAttSville
Evening star., 1944-04-11
|Copt. Quentin Roosevelt
To Wed Red Cross Girl
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
April l1.-Capt. Quentin Roosevelt
"a, son of Brig. Gen. Theodore
Roosevelt, and Miss Frances Webb
rs, OF Kansas City, Mo, an Amer
lean Red Cross worker, will be mar
ried tomorrow morning in an Eng
lish church. 1t was learned yes
terday.
Capt. Roosevelt and Miss Webb
who is a Smith College graduate
met At New Year eve Red Cros.
party. Capt. Roosevelt Is a veteran
Of the Tunisian and sicilian cam.
paigns, in which he served with Z
l field artillery unit.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
3 Boys Drown as Boot
Cupsizes at Richmond
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April l1.-Threc
small boys were drowned yesterday
when an old rowboat they were
padding on the James River was
swept into the strong current Of a
power plant canal and overturned
Oddcials Of the Albemarie Paper
Co. noticed the boys appeared to
be IN trouble at the mouth Of the
canal and notified the power plant.
Before aid could reach them the
boat had capsized. Racks used for
removing debris from the canal
brought the bodies and the battered
rowboat TO the surface.
Two of the boys were identified
as Edward G.. Vauter, 7, and Thomas
Allen Daniels. 8, both of Richmond
The third remained unidentified
early TODAY,
Evening star., 1944-04-11
AAUW Meets Tonioht

Charter membership in the Silver
Spring branch of the American As
sociation of University Women will
be closed following a meeting of
the branch at 8 o'clock tonight at
Jesup Blair Community House, it
was announced today by Mrs. Har-
old P. Morris. president. University
graduates are urged to attend and
take out membership. Mrs. Mark
Eldredge will give an illustrated lee
ture on India as Seen by Our Serv-
icemen."
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Cook and Hill Back
County Charter Rule

Saying they believe q charter form
OF government Is responsive to the
needs and wishes Of Montgomery
County citizens. Claude A. Cook,
Bethesda, and Francis w. Hill, jr.,
Kenwood. candidates for delegates
to the Maryland Republican State
convention, today declared they
favor the adoption OF a charter for
the county.
Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Hill said the
charter form OF government will
result in 4 more economical and
efncient county government.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Five Students to Appear
On Radio Quiz Proqrum

G. G. Cox, principal of Mount
Vernon High School, announces
that five students from the school
will participate in the Americana
Quiz" program, April Is, over Radio
Station WMAL. They were win
ners Of quiz program held in the
school under the direction of Miss
Natalie Disbrow, history teacher.
Students who will appear on the
program include Charles Fenimore,
William Snellings, Dorothy Ann
Wallen, Marion Duncan and Ida
Gillian
Evening star., 1944-04-11
1,WAcresof Woods,
4 Houses Burned in.
Maryland BIazes
.. .
One Fire Moves
). Miles, Destroying
Large Troct
By the Associated Press.

--~~~~sTeS~
ANNAPOLIS, April ll.-Three
brush and woods fires late yesterday
left approximately 1900 acres Of
Anne Arundel County woodland in
charred ruins, Assistant State
Forester H. 6. Buckingham reported
today. ..-> J.
One Of the nres, which started at
Lake Shore and moved approxi-
mately : miles near the Magothy
River in. the direction of Gibson
Island, destroyed about 1850 acres,
Mr.. Buckingham said, and burned at
least four houses. -.
Mr.. Buckingham added that one
man In the Lake Shore area said
he had lost 5000 worth Of tlsh nets.
Several garages also were reduced
to smoldering remains, Mr.. Buck
ingham stated, but actual estimates
on the damage has not been COM
piled. :. ~....
Volunteer fire companies from
county points co-operated with 500
Italian war prisoners from Fort
Meade and forest wardens under
the direction Of District Forest Su-
pervisor Henry Schlosser, and hot
coffee and food were supplied the
fire fighters at Lake Shore by Red
Cross mobile units from Annapolis
and Baltimore.
Mr.. Buckingham believed the Lake
Shore conflagration was started by
careless smokers. -,,.,,
Other nres in the county were: is
acres burned in Joyce Lane, OF
the Baltimore-Annapolis highway;
caused by sparks from bonfire set
by children. -. -. -
Seven acres destroyed near Fern
dale In field and woods fire; cause
unknown. =: 49,
In the: remainder Of the State,
Mr.. Buckingham said reports had
been received Of q IRE in. Charles
County which destroyed 100 acres
Of woodland near Malcolm; three
fires IN Hartford County, destroy
ing total Of rs acres; two fires in
Prince Georges County, burning ap-
proximately. Is. acres, and 10 fires
In Baltimore and Hartford Counties
which burned of rs acres OF woods
and fields, ~
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Federation Approves
Service Aid Council
Al Silver Spring
Organization Of No
Units in County
Is Recommended
BY MRS. J. REED. BRADLEY.

Approval of the Service Aid
Council, organized recently at Silver
Spring to provide assistance to serv-
icemen's, families. and recon-
mendation that similar councils be
organized throughout Montgomery
County were voted last night by the
County Civic Federation at a meet
ing in the Bethesda Elementary
School. .,.s
Introduced by Rhees Burkett, the
resolution was supported by Stephen
James. chairman of the Silver Sprins
Draft Board, who helped set up the
council. Mr.. James pointed out that
servicemens families face many
problems involving adjustments in
income, home ownership, insurance
premiums, health and employment
for the wife, and that advice and
material help goes q long way in
bolstering the morale OF the serv-
icemen concerned.
A resolution concerning the COL
lection Of ash, trash and garbage by
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission which was tabled IL,
December to permit further study
BY the Health and Welfare Commit
tee was debated for more than m
hour. only to be tabled again until
the June meeting. It was the con-
sensus that the only practical action
now would BE to let the matter rest
until after this war. At that time. it
was pointed out, definite steps
should be taken to transfer the col
lection from the Sanitary, Commits
Sion to the Board OF County Com
missioners. =. !.
The, CREATION OF q national, park
on both sides Of Great FAILS; with
access roadways on both sides OF
the Potomac River from George
town and Rosslyn, was recorn-
mended In 4 resolution introduced
by Samuel, Stonebraker, chairman
OF the Public Utilities Committee,
and approved by. the federation.
Another resolution : approved
urged .appointement OF Victory gar
den committees by every citizens
association In the county to act as q
liaison between the association and
the local Victory Garden Center.
Whether or not the federation
VIII hold its annual banquet this
year will be decided by the Execu-
tive and. Advisory Committee and
announcement made 1t the May
meeting. A. nominating committee
will be named. ct that meeting.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Court Ruling May Help
Virginia RepIenish ]
Low Liquor Stocks !
ABC Board Hos Right
To Buy at Wholesale os
DistiIIery Stakeholder
BY the Associated Press.

BY the hSSOclateQ EIess.
8 RICHMOND, April 1.-THE vir-
ginia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board, as a stockholder, may ac-
quire more than 100000 cases Of
liquor from the reserve stocks Of
the American Distilling Co. because
Of a decision yesterday in the Fed
eral Court at Peoria, Ill.
The court action at Peoria was
an injunction proceeding to restrain
the American Distilling Co. from
distributing its liquor stocks to
stockholders at cost. An order en-.
tered by Judge L. lie Roy Adair en-.
Joined any stockholder from inter-
fering with the administration of
the firms unusual plan, announced
in November, for the distribution of
its stock of 237 900 barrels Of whisky
among its stockholders at cost.
The suit was brought by Harry
Nedin, st. Louis, stockholder who
sought to prevent operation of the
plan. The Virginia board was not
a party to the action.
State Recently Bought Stock.
The State recently purchased
20 200 shares of the distilling COM
panys stock under authority of en-
act of the 1914 General Assembly,
which authorized the ABC Board
to buy stock in distilling companies
as a means of acquiring liquor for
sale in Virginia.
R. McC. Burlington, board mem.
Der, and attorney General Abram
P. Staples are in Illinois to con.
summate the transaction and the
deal is expected to be completed
this week, although actual delivery
Is expected to be deferred for some
time due to the fact the liquor must
be bottled for retail distribution.
Officials would not comment on
what effect the additional stocks
will have on the rationed sales of
whisky In State stores, now limited
TO a quart a month per customer.
but indicated that If the whisky
were available In the near future
there may be sight relaxation of
the ration allowance.
$3,000,000 Profit Expected.
Approximately $4,000 was in
volved in the boards purchase of
the distilling company's stock. Net
profits on the deal, it is estimated,
will be around s3,o00,00o, accrui,1g
as the whisky Is channeled into the
Virginia retail market.
The company's plan to distribute
its stock of liquor, estimated to be
the fifth largest in the country,
provides that any stockholder may
purchase is cases of a blend of
straight whiskjes for each share Of
stock. He also may buy one case
each Of bottled-in-bond bourbon
and one Of rye for each share, at
a cost Of $46.50 for the two cases.
Evening star., 1944-04-11
Faces Liquor .Churoes

Carl r. Radtke, "a, of Oxon Hill,
Md, will be arraigned today before
United States Commissioner De
Sales Mudd at La Plata ON charges
Of transporting and possessing un-
taxed whisky. Maryland State
Policeman M. l.. Gent said he ar
rested Radtke last night in Seat
Pleasant on q charge of reckless
driving and found 2S gallons of
bootleg whisky in the car.