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Evening star., 1944-08-28
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS

The apartments wanted" ads
make diverting reading in Washing
tons apartment shortage. They
hint at tragedy in love and even
homicide in their desperate pleas.
Naval officer and wife would love
to have the impossible, comfort
able, clean, modern one or two bed
room furnished apartment in the
northwest. We have dovely baby
but will drown him if you say so, y
reads one ad.
The dearth Of apartments brings
out the worst in many desperate
Washingtonians. Some of their
ruses are innocent and some are not
so innocent, but all testify to the
lengths being travelled by fat hunt
ers.
Brides Offered.
Harried apartment house man.
ayers frequently are offered bribes
One hopeful will proffer a slOO bill
no strings attached-for the man.
ayers pocket in return for priority
on the next vacancy. Another hints
at the availability of case of
scotch. Such tactics, however. the
managers say emphatically, will get
you nowhere.
Cases where outgoing tenants
have sublet their apartments to
friends on the sly are found occa-
sionally. The rent is billed to the
original tenant, and unless the
agent notices new occupants in his
apartment, he does not know the
difference. In one case an apart
ment had been sublet twice before
the trickery was discovered.
One weary fiat hunter Waxed DO
etic in her want ad plea. like this: !:
We're tired of residing in trees,
we pray you on eight bended
knees
To find us place
We can call our home base:
AN apartment for four, if you
please"
Story of Shaken Faith.
A story of shaken faith in hu-
manity came to light recently when
a Navy officer inserted first this ad !:
Sweetest girl ever will marry q
lucky Navy lieutenant commander
next month if he can find a fur
nlshed place to start housekeeping
in Washington area after October l.
We both appreciate and have been
used to nice things, but our budget
is now on war basis. Can you
help?"
And then, a week later, this:
That sweetest girl ever and one
harried lieutenant commander have
decided there's no sentiment left In
Washington when 1t comes to
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Rockville Man Dies
After Buggy Runaway

Elmer w. Fox. 81. of Rockville,
died early today of injuries suffered
shortly after midnight when he
jumped from buggy after the horse
ran away at the approach of a milk
truck on the Norbeck road above
Silver Spring.
Mr.. Fox struck his head against
the pavement as he jumped. He was
taken to the Montgomery. County
General Hospital at Sandy Spring
by Alexander Perlov, on whose farm
he was employed, but refused to
remain in the hospital for X-rays
OF his head. Mr. Perlov drove him
home and he died there before help
could arrive.
Mr.. Fox was pronounced dead
from accidental causes by DR.. F. ],
Broschart, coroner, police said.
Mr.. Fox's 14-year-old brother and
Clyde Pearson, also of Rockville, slid
OIL the back Of the buggy and were
uninjured.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Throng Sees Faith Cult
Handle Snakes, Fire
BY the Associated Press

oJ inc ASSOClAteQ FIcS6.
ST. CHARLES Va. Aug. o.
Holiness Faith Healers from three
States staged a four-hour demon
stration of snake and fire handling
at Stone Greek yesterday.
The little church was jammed
and curious crowd stood in the
rain peering through the windows
and doors as members of the sect
tested their faith by handling seven
rattlers and copperheads and ap-
piled torch to their bodies. No
one was bitten.
The demonstrations, which at
tracted sect members from Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee,
ended q series Of Sunday meetings
in this tri-state area this summer
which resulted in the death Of one
man from a snakes bite.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Apartments Wanted Ads Hint
At Love- Tragedy and Murder
Housing Deorth Brings Out Worst in People;
Ruses Testify to Frantic Search for Flats

apartment renting. MY SOS ir
| this column last week brought
just two replies. one from out o1
town and one Offering a house with
father, daughter and roomer.
We don't need big place. but
1t should be bright and sparkling
as a bride would like. In return
there will be no rings left on pol
lshed furniture and no cigarette
burns in rugs"
Many promises of good care OF
furniture, substantial cash in ad-
vance. no pets. no noise, are sprin-
Killed. literally throughout the apart
ments wanted" ads.
Down to Reality.
Two WAVE officers got down te
reality with this ad:
".. wish cool, roomy apartment
parlor bedroom, kitchenette. bath
fireplace, several windows. near
park; good bus connections to Nav,
Department NV, furnished or un-
furnished.
will also consider hot. stuffv
ugly, cramped apartment with rick
ETY. furniture, as we are used to
latter
And this one speaks for itself:
Battered by life in hotels and
sub-basement foxholes. aging Army
major and convalescent wife guar
antee not to add to Washington
oVercrowding one day after end of
present tour of duty if sympathetic
soul can supply furnished apartment
IN modern apartment house. Would
like to sublet from conservative peo-
pie who understand Importance of
dignif1ed living, creature comforts
and finest of references. Have
looked for four and a half months
in vain, but cannot abandon hope
OF finding such place in charm
ing northwest section. Kennedy.
Warren, Brighton and similar apart
ments preferred"
one hears, occasionally, of the old
racket OF executives transferring
their underlings out of town in or
der to manufacture an apartment
vacancy, but this type of connivine
Is too drastic a step for most, no
matter how desperate.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Shir|ington Store Robbed
OF $4,000, Hams and Beel

The recently opened Shirlington
Supermarket on the south boundary
of Arlington County, which serves
Parfairfax and Harrington, was
entered early yesterday by burglars,
who took Compound safe contain
ing $4,000 to 5000 in cash. accord
ing to report the proprietor,
Charles w. Greenburg, made to
county police
The burglars evidently drove up
in truck, pried the bars from the
back window, opened the door and
took the safe ,out.
In addition they took l6 hams and
four or five rear quarters of beef.
The market is brilliantly lighted
by neon signs all night and is in an
open space OF the new Henry c..
Shirley highway. where the approach
Of any one could be seen at a dis
tance.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
200 Hunt All Niuht
For Man Wanted in
Assault on Woman
Member of Prominent
Silver Spring Family
Under Doctors Core

Police and firemen continued to
scour the Silver Spring area today
after an all-night manhunt by 200
persons for a white man who GRIM
inally assaulted a 30-year-old
mother. member of prominent Sill
yer Spring family, at 6 pm. yes
terday.
Police said the woman was gath
ering plants in the woods near her
home when she was attacked. Her
assailant was described as about IS,
with dark complexion and wear
ing a dark shirt open at the neck.
She ran back to her home and her
husband notified police.
Plain-clothesmen from Rockville,
Bethesda and Silver Spring and
volunteer firemen from the entire
area joined the search, which CEN
tered around the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad tracks and the woods
surrounding Hanover Street Bridge
in Silver Spring, the vicinity in
which the attack occurred. Spot
lights were trained on the tracks to
prevent the attacker from boarding
freight train which went through
at 2:15 am.
States Attorney Joseph B. Simp-
son, jr., and 1t. Frank Lane of the
Montgomery County Detective Bu-
reau were in charge of the search.
Mr.. Simpson, stationed at the
bridge, directed the hunt with the
aid of a two-Way short-Wave radio.
Late yesterday, the Red Cross
mobile canteen unit from Bethesda
served coffee and sandwiches to
the searchers.
Police said they were searching
for a man reported by two colored
girls to have been seen in the area
earlier, who answered the descrip-
tion of the attacker. He was seen
leaving a boX-car near the scene
of the crime, it was said. Three
suspects were questioned last night
and released.
The woman was reported in a
state of collapse and under a physi-
clans care early today.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
|Woodrum Requests
Virginia Legislature
To Repeal Poll Tax
If Stute Doesn't Act,
Federal Government
Will, House Member Says

By the Associated Press.
Representative Woodrum, Demo-
crat, of Virginia came out today
against payment Of a poll tax as a
prerequisite in Virginia, urging the
General Assembly to abolish it at
the earliest possible moment.
Calling attention to the fact only
eight States now levy a poll tax on
voters, the veteran legislator de-
clared that unless the "outmoded'
ballot requirement is voluntarily re.
pealed by the State. Congress prob.
ably will enact a Federal statute to
the same end.
IF We force the Federal Govern
ment to take this action we will have
set a precedent of ominous and far.
reaching effect" he said. 1.-THE
precedent established would be that
the voting qualifications in the
States can be changed by the Fed.
eral Government at Washington.
There are many who would like
to see this step taken-a step to-
ward a further Capitalization of
power in Washington. Let's face
the facts and act accordingly, on
our own initiative and not at the
mandate of Federal authority. I
commend this important matter to
the earnest consideration of the dis.
tinguished and able members of our
State Legislature.
The Virginian said he had voted
previously against anti-poll tax
legislation as an attempted Fed.
eral usurpation of the rights of the
States" even though in his opinion
the poll tax requirement now serves
no useful purpose, irrespective OF
any justification it may have hac
In the past.
Noting that during the last ses.
sion of Congress and again durins
the present session, anti-poll ta>
measures had passed in the House
they were blocked by flllibuster ir
the Senate-Mr. Woodrum added,
1 am frank to say, however, thai
the persistent reluctance of the
States to take action on this matte,
leaves its representatives in Con.
gress in most uncomfortable posi-.
tlon. We may expect in the mex,
Congress a renewed drive that will
probably put the law on the statute
books. In all probability it would be
held constitutional by the Supreme
Court. That would be a tragedy
indeed"
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Man Killed, 10 Injured
In Traffic Accidents:
D. T.. Toll Goes 10 So
SoiIor Dies, J Are Hurt
In Kensineton Crash;
Policeman in Mishup

! One person was killed and 10
others injured, including a police
man, in traffic accidents yesterday
in the Washington area.
Meanwhile, Washington recorded
its Goth traffic death this year when
Wit j. Barta, %, chief fire control
man stationed at the Naval Fire
Control School, Anacostia, died this
morning at the Naval Hospital. Be-
thesda, after being struck by an au-
tomobile August 20 on the Anacostia
Parkway.
The operator Of the car, identi-
fed by police as Charles F. Tar
water, specialist photographer, Sec
ond class, TOPS Eastern avenue, sta
toned at the Naval Air Station,
Anacostia, was placed in the custody
Of naval authorities. The traffic
toll at the same time last year was
IS.
Pharmacists Mate tThird Class
Jack Wilkinson, stationed at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station, was
fatally injured when his car collided
with another at Kensington parkway
and Beech drive. Chevy Chase. He
died shortly after being taken to the
Naval Hospital in Bethesda after
Kensington volunteer f1remen worked
for nearly half hour to extricate
him from the wreckaee.
Seven Others Hurt.
Seven other persons were injured
in the crash. according to Bethesda
police. They are:
William McKelvy, 1902 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda, a passenger in
Mr.. Wilkinson's car: Mrs. Irene
Green, 9808 Kensington parkway,
Identified by police as the driver of
the other car: Mrs. Hazel Cross and
her two daughters. Misses Jean and
Elizabeth Cross, also of the Kensing-
ton parkway address; Air Cadet
Reign Peck, who was visiting the
Gross family, and Mrs. Catherine
Young Of Kensington, all passengers
in Mrs. Green's car. The seven were
treated for cuts and bruises at Su-
burban Hospital, Bethesda.
Policeman Lewis w. Payne. 64,
Arlington, was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital suffering from a
fractured left knee and face bruises
received when his car left the road
at Seventeenth street and Kirkwod
road. Arlington, and ran into ditch.
He is attached to the fifth precinct.
Boy Is Injured.
Donald Harris, 7, of the $500 block
OF Holmead place NV. suffered a
fractured right leg when he was
struck by an automobile at Four
teenth street near Irving street NV
He was admitted to Emergency
Hospital.
Anthony G. Homer, 26, of the l1Oo
block of Holbrook terrace NE. was
admitted to Casualty Hospital with
headinjuries received when he was
struck by hit-and-run driver on
Bladensburg road opposite Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Marie P. Hender-
son, q, Of the 400 block of Third
place NV. was released under $500
bond yesterday following her arrest
Saturday night on a charge of driv-
ing while drunk. Police said Mrs.
Henderson's car struck two parked
automobiles in the 500 block OF Crit
tenden street NV.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
-Four New Polio Gases
In d Hours Raise
DC. Area Total 10 130
Hospitals Release II
Patients; Reply From
Sister Kenny Awaited

Four new cases of infantile par
alysis have been reported to the
Health Department in the last "a
hours by Children's and Gallinger
Hospitals, increasing the total cases
from the Washington area since the
outbreak of the disease on July
to 100. Eighty cases are from the
District and so from nearby COM
munities.
Diagnosed at Childrents Hospital
was an ll-year-old boy from the
Northeast section of the city and
4-year-old boy from the North
west area. Gallinger reported a g.
year-old boy from the Northwest
section and a 23-year- -old white
woman from Takoma Park. Md.
The case of a l0-year-old girl
from the Southwest section of the
city at Gallinger Hospital, listed yes
terday as new victim, had previ-
ously been reported to the Health
Department and included in theil
figures, leaving the total through
yesterday at 126 from the Metro
politan Area.
2l Patients Released.
Twenty-one patients have left Dis
uict hospitals and are convalescina
in their homes. OF l6 patients re-
turned to their homes, from Chill
den's Hospital. eight were from The
District and eight from nearby areas
Gallinger Hospital has sent home
five patients, all from the District
Patients released from Childrens S
Hospital will be required to get a
clinical checkup each Friday until
released by the doctors. Gonzales
cents from Gallinger Hospital are in
structed to return from 10 days to
two weeks after their release and to
report for further examinations
when so requested by the clinic.
DR.. George c. Rutland, District
health officer, announced today that
he had not yet received a reply from
Sister Elizabeth Kenny. founder of
the Kenny treatment for infantile
paralysis victims, who has been in
vited to visit the city the end of the
week to confer with District officials
Will Welcome Miss Kenny.
Commenting on the proposed visit
of Sister Kenny. DR.. Joseph Wall
chief OF staff of Children's Hospital
said. I'VE will welcome very heartily
Miss Kenny's visit because We are
using the Kenny treatment almos,
exclusively. Some years ago We
sent some of our staff members tc
take the course of instruction in the
Kenny method in Minneapolis. ano
they are now directing treatment
OF the patients at the hospital"
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger. ACTING
superintendent of Gallinger Hospi-
tai, said he felt Sister Kenny's trir
to Washington would do a great
deal to encourage nurses and aides
on service here"
Eleven inquiries were received yes-
terday by the District Red Cross
Nurse Recruitment Service in answer
to an urgent appeal over the week
end for Is registered nurses to helu
relieve overworked staffs at Chill
dren's and Gallinger Hospitals.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Sub Cobezon Sponsored
By Chevy Chase Woman
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
GROTON. Conn.,, Aug. 28.-The
submarine Cabezon, 18th to be
launched here this year and second
this month, slid down the ways
into the Thames River today with
Mrs. T. Ross Cooley, Is Grafton
street, Chevy Chase, Md, serving
as sponsor.
Mrs. Cooley, wife OF Capt. Cooley,
former director bf the ONCE of
Personnel, Navy Department, Wash
ington, and now in command at
sea. was accompanied here by her
14-year-old daughter, Mary Law
renee.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
St. EIizubeth's Potent
Dies After Assault

John Wallace, 10, colored. a pa.
tient at ST. Elizabeth's Hospital, who
was struck by another patient Au-
gust 20 in fight at the institution
died yesterday of fractured skull
suffered in the affray, police re-
ported.
Mr.. Wallace's alleged assailant, acs
cordins to police, is Carnegia Palmer
10, colored. He is being held by hos.
pttal authorities, police asserted.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Arlington CyeIist, IS,
Seriously Hurt in Fall

Thomas j. Ratcliffe. Is, of 29l4
North Twenty fourth street, Airing
ton, is in Arlington Hospital today
in serious condition following an
accident in which he was thrown
off his bicycle and hit his head
against tree.
He was found lying at the side
of the street in front Of 703 North
Jackson street early yesterday by
neighbors.
Arlington police said he appar-
emily had hit a lump in the road.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Virginia AFl Group
Pledges Support 10
Committee Of 100
Federation Says Byrd
Machine Is Not Trusted
To Back Roosevelt
BY the Associated Press.

0S Inc AseoclateQ ffesS.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 28.-Wil.
liam F. Patrick, president Of the
Virginia Federation of Labor, said
today the State Federation's Execu-
tive Board pledged its support to
the Virginia Committee of 100,
which seeks the reelection OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt because the regular
Democratic organization cannot be
trusted to conduct a real campaign
for the Roosevelt Truman ticket"
In resolution adopted here yes
terday, the board noted that the
Virginia AFL has unanimously
called for the election of President
Roosevelt" and said:
THE Byrd-controlled political
machine in this State has shown
by its actions at the State and Ma
tional conventions of the Demo-
cratic party that it opposes the
President and his policies; that it
is overriding the will of the over
whelming majority of the citizens
OF the Commonwealth, and that it
cannot be trusted to conduct a real
campaign for the Roosevelt-Truman
ticket"
Committee Powers Cited,
On the other hand, the resolu-
ton stated, the Committee of 100
represents the aims and aspirations
OF organized labor and a vast ma
Jority Of the citizens OF Virginia"
and can mobilize the widest sup
port among all Virginians behind
the Roosevelt-Truman ticket"
The Virginia Committee of 100 is
headed by j. Louis Reynolds, Rich.
mond, who is an official of the Rey-
nolds Metals Co. A leader in its
formation was Rixey Smith, secre-
tary to Senator Glass of Virginia.
Mr.. Patrick said the Executive
Board also was agreed that the poll
tax should be abolished as pre-
requisite to voting, but did not put
this view into a resolution.
| T. Mccall Frazier, former head of
the Virginia Division of Motor
Vehicles and former member of the
Virginia Liquor Board, announced
last week that he favored abolishing
the poll tax as voting prerequisite.
but wanted it retained for revenue
purposes.
Board Agrees on Revenue.
! Mr.. Patrick asserted tnat the
board agreed that the tax should
be collected as revenue measure
and that an educational test be sub
Stltuted for it as a voting prere-
quisite. He said he had been told
that often poll tax assessments of
sl,700,000 had been as much al
sl,000,000 delinquent, and that, if
collected, this amount would 90 two
thirds to the schools and one-third
to the localities where collected.
| The State AFL president said q
committee would be appointed by
his organization to bring about full
cooperation with the committee OF
100 and that another would be
1 named to. work for the abolition OF
the poll tax in so far as it affect,
voting.
Mr.. Patrick said third committee
4 Will be named to wage an active
campaign to defeat the constitu-
tional amendment which would
freeze the States literary fund at
SIC, 100000 This amendment is to
be voted on by Virginians in a
referendum at the November elec-
ton.
The board also by resolution called
on the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor to
lndorse the candidacy of Mr..
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Driver to Face Charges
Of HITTING Police Car

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

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

Pooling truck deliveries of COM
modities in Britain has saved q, 5,0o0.-
600 gallons of gasoline a year.
Evening star., 1944-08-28
Monument to Bolivar

President Avila Camacho of
! Mexico laid the cornerstone for a
huge monument to be erected in
Mexico City in honor of Simon
| Bolivar.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
Davis Group Planning
Semi-Formal Dance At
The Plantation Club

CAMP DAVIS, Jan. 17-Battery
A of the 453rd Battalion at Camp
Davis will entertain with semi
formal dance at the Plantation
Club from until IL Monday night,
January "a. Guests will be rs Will
mington girls.
Music will be furnished by a
dance orchestra from the 142nd
Band, stationed at Fort Fisher,
and floor show will be provided
by the Camp Davis AAATC Special
Service Office. Pvt. Arnie Sultan
will be master of ceremonies for
the entertainment which will pre-
sent Cpl. Walter Hartenstine and
his dancing doll and two singers,
Miss Rose Anne LaWarren and
Cpl. Vincent Riccie.
Buses to take the Wilmington
girls to the dance will leave al
8 o'clock from the PSO clubs al
End and Orange streets and at 18th
and Ann streets and from the
Woodrow Wilson Hut. Girls wish.
ing to make reservations to 60 te
the dance may call at the Hut OF
the USO at 18th and Ann.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-18
BOLTON

BOLTO. Jan. IT. - Cpl. Carl
Jones, who is stationed in Cali
fornia, is spending several days
with his mother, who has been i'll
at her home. Edgar Jones is also
spending several days at home.
Kenneth Ward, has returned al
ter spending a month with his ia
Their and mother, MIR. and Mrs.
A. B. Ward.
Frank Strauss and daughters,
Jean and Jane, of Washington, D.
c., visited his family in Whining
ton.
Charles Singletary is improving
following an illness at his home.
Mrs. P. P. Vereeh has returned
to her home after spending several
weeks in Whiteville with her sis
ter, Mrs. McCleany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hilburn and
children spent Friday with MIR. and
Mrs. O. B Davis.