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Evening star., 1944-06-08
1b 10 Get Diplomas
AT HyaftsyiI|e Hiqh..

B. H. Jarman, professor OF edu.
cation at George Washington Uni.
Iversity. WI be the principal speak
ier at commencement exercises fol
s126 graduates OF Hyattsville High
School at pm. June IA ats the
school
The Rev. Keith Gusts, pastor OF
the Riverdale Presbyterian Church,
viii deliver the invocation and bene-
diction. Diplomas will be presented
by Gardner G. Shugart, Prince
Georges County superintendent OF
schools. Music will be provided by
the high school glee club.
The list of graduates follows.
Evening star., 1944-06-08

Academi
Allen. Lorraine Edith
Ballinger. Eleanor M,
Bowers, Melville D.
Briguglio, Emanuel e
Brown, Beverly r.
Cecil, w. j., jr.
Craig, Joan Louise
Day, Harry Walter
Dietrich, Doris E.
Dudrow, Gilbert H.
Dykes. Martha A.
Eichenger. Mary l.,
Greco, William r.
Greenberg, Miriam j.
Gupton, Lucille A.
Harmon, Marjorie A.
Hess, John r. jr.
Hopkins, Mary D.
Irwin, Elmer Harry
Jones, Joan Irene
kensinger, j. L.. jr.
Lineburg, Mary c,
Lyon, Dorothy R.
Commerc
Bell. Harriet NJ
Bergling, Mary A,
Enzor, Geraldine
Gibson, Don c.
Gray, JacQueline I.
Hammer, Betty r.
Harrington, Patricia
Holman, D. H.. jr.
Huether, Dorothy r.
Hughes, Marilynn r.
Hunt. Zenith E.
Ingegneri, Mary
Kelley, Mabel L.
Lewis, Jeanne E.
Martin. Elaine K.
Masoka, Margaret
General
Allen, Richard H.
Anderson, Mira M.
A Armstrong, Louis P.
Ashton, Arnold L.
Baldwin, Russell Y.
Bauman, Doris A.
Bennett, Elaine r.
Blackburn, Peggy v
Blanchard, Lura E.
Bollinger, Deloris M.
Coates, Ellen j.
Collins, Thomas p.
Corbin. Marguerite
Dennis, Wanda j.
Dove, Walter De S.
Flynn. Richard w.
Gagnon, Robert j.
Hickernell, Rita j..
Houck, William P.
Hudson, Harold A.
1ngegneri, John
ISbell, Harold j.
Koch, Robert w.
kinchen, Ira D.
koepper, Fredk., jr.
Kumm, Robert r.
Lowe, June E
Evening star., 1944-06-08
ST. John S Students
Get Diplomas Tonight

John D. Fitzgerald will address
tne graduating class at st. Johns
Coiiege at 8 O'Clock tonight at mill
tary commencement exercises in
memorial Continental Hall, Seven
teenth and D streets NV.
Capt. Michael j. Quirk, 12-plane
ace home from England on fur
Tough, will be present. He is a
graduate of the. class of 1888. Ed
ward Francis Quinn, jr., will give
the yaledictory address and John
Kennedy Greaney will make the
salutatory address. The Rev. Broth
er -GPaul, r. S. c., will preside.
the Hev. Brother E. Leonard. F.
8. Cpresident of st. Johns. .-syill
present diplomas to 10 graduates.
They are.
Evening star., 1944-06-08

C Course.
Lyon. Joetta M.
Marshall, Helen B.
Michel, Joan
+. Mooney. Mildred e.
MotherShead, A. o.
Parker, Eleanor B.
Pearce, Betty M.
Pearce, w. w, jr,
Petit, George E.
Reynolds, Connie L.
Robinson, Marion B.
Roby, Wallace r.
Rodenhausen, II r.
Scherer. Virginia L.
Sellers, Ava Pauline
Simmons. Ralph A.
Slavin, Walter
Snowden, Bruce n.
Summer, Robert r.
Vogel, John Walter
Warf1eld. r. K.
Witherite, M. l..
iaI Course.
Meier, Barbara e.
Petit, Vera June
Rice, Barbara Ann
Rice, Ida May
Richards. Margaret
Ritchie, Betty A.
Rosenblatt, Phyllis
Rosson, John Mach.
Ryan, Barbara L.
Seek, Mary A. D.
Shipley, Ruth E,
Smith, Virginia M.
Snead, Jocelyn G..
Talbot, Alma v.
Wood. Blanche M.
Woodward, Helen l..
Course.
McCubbin, Stacey E.
Mcmillan, Edith l..
Mitchell, Bruce r.
Moore. Robert F.
Moubray, James C.
Meyer, Paul E.
Robey, Frances M.
Roder, Rudolph
Rosie, Catherine T.
Schmidt. Charles G.
Schumacher, Bernice
Seek. Mary Alice
Shriver, Grace M.
Smith. Donald L.
Spencer, Clara C.
Stavely, Louis G.
Stevens, Dorothy w.
Strunk, Frank r.
Sully. Herbert H.
Sutton, William J.
Taft. Allan Ray
Talbot, Mary l..
TanSill, Frances A.
Traband, Sara L.
Wightman, Perry w.
Willis, Randolph w.
Witten. u. N. II.
Evening star., 1944-06-08

Laird, Walter, j., jr.
Manigault, Peter
zabriskie, G., I'd.
'eceived diplomas:
Kilby, T. E., &c.
King. z. D., jr.
Lloyd, Robert B.
McFowin, j. G.
|. Neal. Bernard N, jr.
Page. Michael w,
Prevatt, P. L.
Randolph. r. L., jr.
Rawson. c. A., jr.
Reid, Horace w, jr.
Roper, J. L., 3D.
Suthon, w. A., jr.
Thompson, r. c.
Waxter. Arthur 4, 8.
Evening star., 1944-06-08

Backer, William M.
Hodge. w. G., jr.
knight, John w.
The following r,
AMMAN, Hume O., jr.
Ballenxer. T. c.
Barrett, r. s. 4th.
Bundy, N. H., jr.
Ganaway, Howard H
Craighill, D. H, tr.
Craighill. L.. r., jr.
Crews, G., jr.
Dalton, John G.
Harris, Joseph
Houstoun, w. G..
Roy, Eugene, jr.
Sites, James W., ir.
Tazewell, T. B.. jr.
.yhhn cnf1 = n r.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Police Comb District:
For 7 Escaped Insane

Two escaped inmates Of the GRIM
inal psychopathic ward at Gallinger
Hospital, who escaped from the in
stitution early Tuesday morning,
were the object of an intensive po-
lice hunt today, following disclosure
that one Of them, 16-year-old boy,
is dangerously" insane.
DR.. Winfred Overholser, superin-
tendent Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
where the youth formerly had been
treated, described him Is "brutally
strong and dangerous"
In company with Joseph Hocken-
berry, 20, Of SIS North Carolina ave-
nue. Sc, who was Transferred to the
psychopathic ward from District
Jail. where he was serving . three
year sentence for assault, the youth
beat . 6S-year.old guard almost un-
conscious and escaped.
DR.. Overholser criticized the pro-
cedure whereby persons known to
be insane, can be released on legal
technicalities. According to Or.
Overholser, the youth was released
from st. Elizabeth's on November
10, on habeas corpus, over the
protest OF the hospital doctors. The
verdict, he said, was based on, q
legal technicality that no person
under 18 can be locked up with
adult criminals.
Following the boys release from
st. Elizabeths he was ssnt to the
National Training School. Recently
b Wa Transferred !. W oaHn0sr
000n1tol a. ..... Il
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Sailor May Identify
Girl Amnesia Victim
AT Hospital Here
Wedding Ring, Pictures
Of Several Servicemen
Offer Clues in Cose

A possibility that the mystery
surrounding the identity of a brown
haired girl of about 19-an amnesia
victim-may be cleared up appeared
today when sailor, who has just
arrived here from San Antonio,
Texe telephoned Gallinger Hospital
to inquire about her. He planned to
visit the institution later In the day
to see the young woman.
Attendants at the hospital re-
vealed that the woman was wearing
a wedding ring when she was taken
there and had in her purse several
pictures Of servicemen. On the back
of one there was written: San
Antonio, Tex"
The sailor told nurses by telephone
that he arrived here yesterday, ex-
pecting his wife to meet him at the
station, but that she did not appear.
Call Her Jane Doe.
Nurses at Gallinger, lacking the
girls real name, temporarily are
calling her Jane Doe"
Yesterday man in New York,
who had heard of the girls case,
asked police to check whether she
had a scar on her finger. But she
did not.
The amnesia lifted Tuesday, about
the time the girl got of bus on P
street NV. in Georgetown. She ap-
peared today to remember clearly all
that has happened since then.
Locking for Mildred Green.
She said today she was trying to
find q friend whom she knew as
Mildred Green. She recalled walking
over to o street NV. to an apart
ment house near the Scott Hotel,
where she believed her friend lived.
Attendants there told her Miss
Green was at a nearby beauty par
lor. Shortly afterward, Miss Green
arrived, but said she did not know
the patient.
At the time she was taken to
Gallinger, the woman was wearing
a brown coat, a purple sweater, a
black skirt, brown shoes and carried
brown purse. Her clothes, attend
ents at Gallinger said, had no
identifying labels.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Health Aides Study
Ga||inger Resignation

District budget and health OH
cials said today they were working
on the problem of how to meet the
delay in filling the post of DR.. j,
Ross Veal, whose resignation as
head Of surgery at the Gallinger
Municipal Hospital was announced
Tuesday, before the end OF DR.. veal's
accumulated leave on May 81.
They explained that since DR..
Veal's position Is q statutory one,
they cannot I'LL 1t until the accrued
leave has been paid. Since several
senior internes are expected to enter
the armed services by April /, almost
two months before the accumulated
leave expires, Health OfIicer George
c. Ruhland said, I'VE have got to get
relief"
What we can do, I don't know"
DR.. Rutland said. But we ought
to get some assistance before the
end of the accumulated leave"
DR.. Rutland disclosed several days
ago that DR.. william Moses, who
has served on the staff of several
Baltimore hospitals since graduation
from George Washington Univer-
sity Medical School In 1899, Is being
considered for Dr.. Veaps post.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
War Leaders 10 Speak
AT leqion Dinner

Five OF the Nations top war lead
ers will speak tonight at an Ameri-
can Legion dinner in the Mayflower
Hotel in honor Of Secretary of War
Stimson, Secretary of the Navy
Knox and members of Congress
The proceedings will be broadcast
from 10 to 1890 pm. over the Co.
lumbia network.
The speakers will be Gen. George
c. Marshall, Army Chief of staff :
Admiral Ernest J. King, commander
In chief Of the fleet; Undersecretary
OF War Robert p. Patterson, Under
secretary Of the Navy Ralph A. Bard
and Rear Admiral Emory s. Land,
Maritime Commission chairman.
Gen. Marshall and Admiral King
are scheduled to outline the Jobs
ahead on the battle fronts. Some
OF the other speakers will discuss
the proposal for q national service
act. Warren Atherton, national COM
mander Of the Legion and official
host at the dinner, also will speak,
urging expansion Of hospital facili-
ties Tor the wars disabled, vocational
training and provision of educa-
tional opportunities for returning
veterans.
More than 300 members of Con-
gress have accepted invitations to
attend. Others present will include
State leaders Of the American Le-
gion now in Washington for q series
OF conferences on rehabilitation,
legislation, national defense and
postwar planning.
Tomorrow, the Legion's new 23-
member commission on postwar
America, headed by Louis johnson,
former Assistant Secretary of War
and past national commander of
the Legion, will meet for the first
time to study the postwar problems
of foreign relations, preservation of
the peace and domestic economy.
Following its organization meet
ing, to be held at the Mayfiower,
the commission will confer with
Secretary Hull at the State De-
partment at 11:15 am.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
War Fund 10 Rehear
Plea for Child Care

The Community War Fund will
grant the Child Care and Protection
Committee a rehearing on its re-
quest for funds to support the coun-
selling and day-care program for
children under years, it was an
nounced today.
The Executive and the Admis-
sions and Budget Committees of the
fund tentatively plan to meet Feb
ruary IA at the Hamilton National
Bank, fund officials said, to consider
a request for nearly $4,000 to finance
the Day Care Office one more month
while other sources of revenue are
being explored. A request for $29,-
900 to carry the program for a year
had been denied previously by the
committees. with the suggestion
that some other source of income
might be found.
Mrs. Henry P. Chandler, commit
tee chairman, said the request for a
months support was necessary while
the slow process of checking other
agencies is carried out. Miss Doro-
thy D. Pearse, day care director, said
only enough money is left to carry
the onice through till closing time
tomorrow and that she did not
know" what she would do till the
committee meets 10 days from now.
She said her employees had offered
To work without pay.
The major part Of the day care
program, for children over 2, Is
supervised by the Federal Works
Administration and is being admin
istered by the Board of Education.
The service, now temporarily with
out backing, interviews working
mothers of small children and To-
Gates foster homes for them.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Patterson Approves
Tax Bill Modifying
Renegotiation Law

-Conferees on the q, ,3l5 800 900 new
tax bill have done a constructive
piece of work" In amending the War
Contracts Renegotiation Act, Under
secretary Of War Patterson declared
today.
Mr.. Patterson said the present act
was all right with him, especially as
1t had saved war agencies nearly
50, ,000, 900 900. He believed. how.
ever, the amending provisions in the
tax bill would provide . '-workab ble
law" and offer . good solution to
most OF the objections that have been
raised by the Army and Navy and
other war agencies.
The Undersecretary said the
So, ,00o, ,000, 900 recovered In reneeotia-
tions could hardly be termed q total
net saving, since . good part Of it
eventually would have been returned
to the Government through excess
profit taxes.
But nearly $4,000, ,ooo, 900 of it is
an actual net saving" he added.
Meanwhile, observers pointed out
that President Roosevelt could allow
the tax bill to become law without
his signature provided Congress
sticks to Its present timetable for
final approval Of the measure. It
has been approved by conference
committee.
No one on Capitol Hill professed
to know whether the Chief Execu-
tive intends to veto or sign the bill. In
view Of his sharp criticism of it. some
believed 1t likely he would let 1t
become law without signing it-pos-
|sibly sending the legislators q re-
minder OF his conviction that the
Treasury needs more money.
Chairman George Of the Senate
Finance Committee conferred with
Chairman Doughton Of the House
Ways and Means group, then an
nounced that hnal action probably
would be taken by Congress Monday.
The conferees' Recommendation win
come up f1rst In the House, then
In the Senate.
II the bill y cleared to the White
House Monday and Is not acted on
by Mr.. Roosevelt, it would become
law February 10. (Sundays are not
counted in calculating the constitu-
tional To-day period)
If 1t becomes law February 1s, the
sharp excise tax increases, which
are counted on to yield 81 ,05l 800 900
a year, would 60 into operation
March /, for the general effective
date Of the excise boosts is set for
"the first day of the first month
which begins more than 10 days
after the date Of the enactment"
Evening star., 1944-02-03
lsWRshoninq
&Remmidety@a

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps G, H,
and J valid through February 20.
Stamps X, L and M valid through
March 40.
Meats, Fats, Etc. Book No. 3,
stamps v and w valid through
February 26.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 80 valid
for S pounds through March 81.
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February 70, 1945.
Shoes-Stamp No. 1S In Book No. l
and stamp ! on the "airplane"
sheet Of Book No. 3 valid for an
indefinite period.
Gasolins-No. 3 A coupons good for
) gallons each until February 3.
B. B41. G and C-1 coupons good
AVA 0oAANA3o O0(4As 4AO00 CO0bO8A6
viii expire On date indicated on
= individual books B-2 and ca
coupons In books issued since De.
cember ! are good for 5 gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. For B
coupon holders, February 20.
Fuel OilEPeriod No. 2 coupons good
through February T.. Period No. 8
coupons good through March IA.
No. z and, ;, coupons good for 10
gallons per unit. According to the
District OPA, consumers In this
area should not have used more
j than 81 per cent Of their total
yearly sfuel al ration ~ Of Janu-
=. Az n, 49,. 49,. p .y ..- q
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Officials Deny Plans
For Rationing Coal
By Coupon System
WPB and STA Prefer
Present Control by
DeoIer AIlocotions
Star Staff Photo.

Government officials today de-
MED they planned to begin cou-
pom rationing of coal April / and
expressed the opinion that dis
tribution to consumers in the
next heating season would be
handled on the same dealer-allo-
cation basis as at present.
A published report that coupon
rationing of coal was imminent was
attributed by officials to the fact
that the Once OF Price Administra-
ton has been working on a ration
plan for some time OPA previously
had announced it was polishing up
4 plan for use If it was ordered
to distribute the fuel on a coupon
basis.
It was reported that OPA sup
ported the coupon method of dis
trtbuting coal, while the industry
and the Solid Fuels Administration
preferred the current dealer -alloca-
ton idea. The War Production
Board, it was said, will decide in
March which plan of distribution
will be used.
A WPB spokesman said Chairman
Donald NJ. Nelson is "unalterably'
opposed to strict coal rationing
While the power to order rationinl
is invested in WPB, the spokesman
said, Mr.. Nelson had informed Goa
Administrator Ickes that whateve,
decision is made on coupon ration.
Ing Is up to him.
STA ofncials said they had nc
plans to ration coal on a coupon
basis. The current plan under which
deliveries to dealers are restricted
was reported as working fairly well
It was held that any change in dis
tribution method would bring a
Tightening of ALLEGATION machinery
rather than coupon rationing.
Last August, when the coal short
age first became problem, WIPE
authorized the OPA to ration coal
and told them to set up a plan. That
authority was revoked in November
The WPB spokesman said as far as
he knew Mr.. Nelson's decision
against consumer rationing rep
resented lasting policy"
Omcials conceded that should the
coal shortage become more acute
than Is expected now, there might
be strict rationing of anthracite.
They added that 1t was highly un-
likely that under any conditions
would consideration be given the
raticning of bituminous coal.
Evening star., 1944-02-03

Louis Field, Mo. Cadet r. ". Parker.
The two-passenger plane in which
he was flying crashed near St.
Charles, Mo. He was to have re-
ceived his wings soon.
A native Of Washington, Cadet
Parker was a graduate of Mckinley
High School. Prior to his enlist
ment a year ago, he was employed
by the Chesapeake 81 Potomac Tele-
phone Co. ---,.
He is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Parker; two sisters,
Gloria and Frances, and a younger
brother, Robert, all Of the Concord
avenue address.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
bratcher, 19 Others
Await Jury Action in
Draft Evasion Case
18 Post Bonds for
Hearings February IS;
Two More Arrested

Twenty men had been arraigned
and were awaiting Federal grand
jury action today in connection with
a plot uncovered by the FBI to evade
the draft through use of drugs.
Eighteen of the 20 were charged
with making false statements to
Army authorities as to the use of a
drug which creates high blood
pressure. The other two were
charged with aiding and abetting
evasion Of the draft law through
sale of the drug.
Early In the day 18, including
Evertt M. "Washie" Bratcher, we'll
known orchestra leader and a favor
ite Of Washington "jitterbugs," had
been rounded up by FB1 agents and
arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham C. Turnase.
All posted bond OF 1000, and hear
ings were set on February Is. Two
more were arrested and arraigned
later in the day.
The two rounded up late yester-
day were.
Theodore Hawkins, 81, colored,
1920 Warder street NV, married,
a mail messenger at the city Post
Once. He was charged with SELL
ing the drug, as Samuel A. Stewart,
SO, colored. 80 F street NV, also
a Post ONCE employe, had been
earlier.
Albert Lewis Brooks, n, colored,
truck driver, AIS First street NV,
arrested by FBI agents at Ellerton,
Va. on a charge Of draft evasion
and arraigned before the United
States commissioner at Richmond,
Va.
Army doctors at Fort Myer, it was
explained, became suspicious be-
cause of the large number of po-
tential inductees from the District
who were turned down because Of
seeming high blood pressure. They
asked the FBI to investigate. Agents
discovered evidence that benzedrine
lay behind the reflections.
The drug, which sells legally on
prescription for only a few cents
a tablet, was being peddled lille
gally for as much as 500 a Shot" it
was said.
Questioned by newspapermen be-
fore his arraignment yesterday,
Bratcher denied that he had taken
a drug to evade the draft. He
admitted using drugs, however, to
keep me going" explaining that
he had started the habit when
under stress In preparing for bar
Evening star., 1944-02-03

4
leave until it is unlocked for him.
But the men evidently wedged a
small stick into the door to prevent
it from closing completely, Mr..
Green said. Then, while the guard
was watching another group of
men being shaved and returned to
their cells on the opposite side of
the tier, the escaped prisoners must
have slipped out Of their cells and
through the door to the landing,
where they cut their way to free
dom.
After the second group of men
had left the barber shop and re-
turned to their cells, the guard
made a routine check OF the tier,
Mr.. Green said, and discovered the
pair missing.
1t was possible for the men to
lower themselves to within seven or
eight feet OF the ground by climb
ing down the steel grillwork out
side the window They had used
a small piece of wood wrapped in
cord as a handle for the 10-inch
hacksaw, which was found at the
scene.
Citizens to Visit Jail.
Meanwhile Leo A. Rover, chair
man of the Citizens Committee in
vestigating conditions at the Jail,
announced today the committee
would visit the jail this afternoon
to inquire into the escape.
Mr.. Rover reported that the COM
mittee, which includes Bruce Baird,
president Of the National Savings
& Trust Co., and DR.. Luther Reich
elderfer, former District Commis-
sioner, has made satisfactory prog
ress. The group spent almost all
of last Saturday at the jail inter-
viewing prisoners and intends to in
terview more prisoners as well as
prison officials.
The chairman said the committee
hoped to conclude its investigation
by the end of the month and then
will study the collected data before
making a formal report to the Com
missioners.
The inquiry was the outgrowth
of charges by certain inmates
against the superintendent, who was
accused Of favoritism.
It was the second successful break
at the jail In the last two years.
John E. Eklund, convicted "sniper," !"
made a dash to freedom in July,
1912, while walking from a police
patrol van to the jail. And in l941
Jarvis Catoe, executed murderer,
threw the Jail into an uproar by
climbing up among the dining room
rafters and defying capture. Eklund
was at liberty 81 hours before appre-
hended.
Evening star., 1944-02-03
Streetcars.

The ngures given by Mr.. Eldridge
on accidents were considerably
lower than those presented Tues
day by the transit company. In
a chart showing "all accidents how
ever slight involving streetcars and
buses and their passengers" 7,e48
accidents were listed by the COM
pany for last year. compared with
1.406 accidents tabulated by Mr..
Eldridge. It was explained how
ever, that Mr.. Eldridge's figures
were based only on police reports.
Charles Maize Of Kennilworth
Citizens Association and a member
of the Public Utilities Committee
Of the Federation of Citizens AS.
sociationS, testified briefly.