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Evening star., 1944-04-03
Camp Springs Flyer Saved
AS Flames Destroy Plane

An Army pilot stationed at Camp
Springs Md Army Air Base
escaped injury yesterday when he
bailed out of his Thunderbolt pur-
suit plane over Fairfax Farm, near
Largo, Md, a few seconds before it
burst into flames, air base officials
reported today.
Army officials identified the pilot
as Second 1t. Lee D. Birkey. They
said he was on routine training
flight.
Camp Springs officials said an in
vestigation would be made today.
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Liquor Hearing Postponed

Hearing on complaints against
international Distributing Corp, 119
Fourteenth street NV, wholesale
liquor dealers, was postponed until
April IL when called today before
Federal Trade Commission Ex-
aminer John w. Norwood. The cor
poration Is alleged to have tied in
wine sales with liquor sales.
Evening star., 1944-04-03
13Ki||ed, b Injured
In Accidental SheIIinq
NU. 5. Landing Craft
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCldIeC tTeSS.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor, April s.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz dis
closed yesterday that l3 men
were killed and 46 wounded in
the accidental shelling of three
LCIs Qanding craft, Infantry by
an American destroyer in land
ing assault on Parry Island in
Eniwetock Atoll in the Marshall
Islands on February %.
The admiral termed the accident
a tragic episode" and said the chief
cause was that under difficult con-
ditions of navigation both the de-
stroyer and the landing craft were
slightly out of scheduled positions
with restricted visibility a con-
tributing factor"
The three LCTs were in division
commanded by 1t. Comdr. Theodore
Blanchard of New Rochelle. N. Y
They were a few hundred yards
offshore when hit by the destroyer s
shells.
Messages Exchanged.
With the admiral's announcement,
Pacific Fleet headquarters made
public a message addressed by Rear
Admiral Harry w. Hill, commander
of the Eniwetok expeditionary force,
to Comdr. Blanchard on the day of
the error Admiral Hill said:
'I am deeply grieved by the
deaths and injuries sustained in the
action by your fine men. Gallantry
and contemptuous disregard for
danger displayed by all the LCIs at
tached to this command has been
an inspiration to us all"
Comdr. Blanchard replied: 1--WE
are deeply grateful for the unself1sh
and gallant assistance your observ-
ing officers rendered to us in our
losses this morning. The co-opera-
tion and courtesy rendered all LCIs
by cruisers and battleships made us
feel that we, too, small as we are, are
part of a great fleet"
lHfcStlSdt1On MdQe.
The text OF Admiral Nimitz's an
nouncement follows:
THE commander in chief, Pacific
Fleet, has received the report of a
board of investigation convened to
investigate the accidental shelling
of three landing craft by one of our
destroyers at Parry Island, Eniwe-
tok Atoll, on February 20, 1914
(west longitude date). AS a result
Of this tragic episode 13 men were
killed, and 46 wounded.
"At the time the destroyer was
providing fire support to the first
landing wave of assault troops ap-
preaching Parry Island in landing
craft through heavy smoke and dust
caused by the preparatory lombard
ment. The primary source of error
was that under the difficult condi-
tions of navigation both destroyer
and landing craft were slightly out
of scheduled position, with restricted
visibility as a contributing factor.
THE board was instructed to con-
duct thorough investigation and
to make recommendations to pre-
vent a recurrence. It is recognized,
however, that in any landing oper-
alton on hostile shore close fire
support is essential to prevent heavy
losses during the landing and as
sault and that this involves a CAL
culated risk that must be accepted. 4"
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Commando Kelly
Describes Award in
Two Sentences
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. April s.
When they gave Sergt Charles
E. (Commando) Kelly the Con-
gressional Medal Of Honor three
weeks ago In Italy. 1t. Gen.
Mark w. Clark few In for the
ceremony and the entire seth
Division of the 5th Army stood
at attention.
But the fighting Irishman.
credited with killing at least 40
Germans, told the story in two
sentences in a letter to his
mother, Mrs. Irene Kelly of
Pittsburgh:
Nom, I got the medal. I'm
sending it home to YOU"
Evening star., 1944-04-03
DON'T GET a LOAN
until you do this

DEFoRE you get loan, try to solve
- your money problem without
borrowing. See if you can't squeeze
through by trimming your expenses
or by making the things you now
have last you longer. If you do get
loan, the wise plan is to borrow no
more than you really need-and to
pay your loan back as rapidly as
possible to reduce the cost.
Loans without endorsers
Household Finance makes salary, car
and furniture loans to men and women
for constructive purposes. You may
borrow $50 to $500 quickly, privately
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Rent Control Ordered

Argentina has decreed that all
dwelling house rents that have been
increased in the last year must be
restored to their former levels.
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Record for Last "a Hour.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From NOON Yesterday to noon today)
Hlghest, 90, 1901 p.m. Year ago, "a.
Lowest, "a IN Year ago, 81
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, so, on March l6.
Lowest Il, on January 9
Humidity for Last 81 Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 70 per cent, at 2 30 am,
10 est SO per cent. al :, 30 m
<r..- Tide Tables.
Furhlshed by United States Coast and
Geooetlc Survey
u,.L To-Day. Tomorrow.
tSH ------ ---- % am. GA am.
Llp -------.--- 1":04 pm. 1887 o m
hlgh $780, 3:43 L.m. 6:34 o m
Low 1888 m
The Sun and Moon.
CIV .oS Rises. Sets.
Su' .ouay b:i9 am. T:33 p m.
S,oa, tomoiio" S:4S am. 7:34 .. m.
H''oi'' UooaS --- 2:o6 pm. 4:99 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset vi
Evening star., 1944-04-03
American Home Products Corporation

American Home Products Cooperation 81
is management Company of IS major subsidiaries under
six operat: divisions CD pharmaceutical, biological,
tonal and vtanin 2) household products; 90 foods
N cosmetics; go packaged drugs (6) foreign and export
How management company reduces cost.
BY co-ordnang operations central Office can handle
most of the legal engineering financial traffic. purchasing
and ndusralreations work for all subsidiaries leaving
member companies free to research produc
ton and sales That adds efficient operation
savings to you who products
Because produce lesaving drugs and other vital war
suppesas we'll civilian necesstes-we must keep con-
stantly in mind responsibility:
Evening star., 1944-04-03
The Sun and Moon.
H..
PEecipitation

Monthly precipitation in ir
Capital current month to dat
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Looking Ahead With
American Home Products Corporation

Makers Of diversified Of products vital
American home tell how they have responsibility
The post and explain their main ebsevss
Evening star., 1944-04-03
4. To our investors

American Home Products Corporation is able to
report that the past has brought the largest volume
OF business the largest number of employees and the
greatest purchase of materials and supplies in our
18year history.
Gross soes were SS9743,oo2, compared with 500
13e in 1912 Net sales reached ss4o67 1885, as against
AT last year.
Earnings before taxes s13752 ,5o2 as against
s9985,o4e in le42-an alltime high for the company
Net income otter taxes and after deduction of special
reserve of S55o,oOo amounted to o244-eoual to
$3.50 share, compared with $500 -hare in 1o42
Federal and foreign income and excess profits taxes
totalled S8,306348 for 1o43 compared with 500 4o3
the previous year.
Dividends in 1e43 increased by extra 25t on
December %, le43, bringing the total s2o5 share
Evening star., 1944-04-03
ill.,: &@>&
choirmsa q me Board

These are the companies that make up American Home
Products Corporation:
Pharmaceutical Biological Nvienai vhsmins. Aysrst
McKenna Harrison Limited Canada United Stass); Enadss
Laboratories Inc international Vain Division American
Home Products Corporation; Harmon Color Works. Inc; J. B.
Shohan and Co.; Wyeh incorporated Divisions Bovinns
Company General Biochemca Ine The Gland Laborato-
re Inc Peogaar Laboratories Inc, Reichel Laboratories
Inc S. M Corporation Belle Center Creamery Co.,
John Wyeth Bother) Household Products: Boyleidway
Inc Poekossd Drugs The Anaen Company The
pany International Chemical Company Ltd Koynos Com.
The Larned Corp Foods Harold Clapp Inc Wash
ington Coffee Refining Co, p Duff Sons Cosmetics,
Affiliated Products, Inc- Heather Com
Evening star., 1944-12-15

Now is the time for all good citi-
Sens to come to the aid Of the Sixth
War Loan drive.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Croker Dismissed
AS Assistant Pastor
BY Vote Of Is 10 R

BY q vote OF 73 to 48, the First
Congregational Church last night
dismissed the Rev. Bertram Crocker,
assistant pastor, effective today. He
was given six weeks salary.
The vote. in a special business
meeting, was on a motion by e.
Donald Preston, chairman OF the
Board of Religious Education Of the
church, which had called Mr..
Croker to the post last March. In
presenting the motion. Mr.. Preston
cited a long list of instances" to
support his Recommendation that
the services of the assistant pastor
be terminated. Mr.. Crocker was
formerly an Army chaplain, with
the rank of captain.
The session lasted for several
hours, with many speeches being
made for and against Mr.. Crocker.
During the evening q photog-
rapher for morning newspaper
took picture to which a member
of the congregation objected strenu-
ously. The plate was obtained in
what was described as a tussle and
was exposed, spelling the picture.
A joint meeting of two boards Of
the church and the so-called so
ciety's Committee" about week ago
recommended dismissal of Mr.
Crocker by q vote of SO to 8.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Representative CurIey
Named in Civil Action

James M. Curley, Democratic Rep
resentative and former Governor OF
Massachusetts, who was indicted
last January with six other officers
and employees of Engineers Group
Inc, on charges of violating the
mail fraud statute in connection
with an alleged Government wal
contracts brokerage racket. was one
OF five defendants named yesterday
in civil suit filed in District Court
by New York construction firm.
The Key West Construction Co
asked for more than $4,000. I,
claimed that part of that amount
was paid to Engineers Group, Inc.
to obtain certain construction con-
tracts, and part was spent at the
suggestion of the Engineers Group
The contract sought by the New
York firm was never obtained, but
none OF the money was returned
the suit claims.
Besides Mr.. Curley, who was presi-
dent of the Engineers Group. Inc.
until late in December, l941. the
civil suit names two others in
dlcted with him last January. They
are James Fuller, formerly of Wash
ington, who is serving time for send
Ing fraudulent securities through
the mails, and Marshall j. Fitzger-
aid OF Chicago and Washington
said to have served Engineers
Group as secretary and director.
Other defendants named in the
civil suit are Everett r. Hurt, Earle
Building, and Robert M. Thach
Woodward Building.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Fuel Oil
Continued From First Paee.)

paradoxical position of having a
good supply of fuel oil on hand
without being able to deliver to
many of their customers because they
are out of valid rations. One dealer
reported that 100 of his customers
will be without oil by Monday.
Another retailer reported that rs
per cent of his customers were re-
ceiving only small deliveries because
their rations were down to bedrock.
This places an added strain on man
power and trucks and results in un-
economical operations, dealers point
out.
Advance Plea Refused.
The OPA has received at least one
dealer request that period 2 coupons
be made valid in advance of Mon
day. This has been turned down by
the agency on the grounds it would
throw the complicated rationing sys-
tenn out of gear andt only prolong
the day OF real crisis.
Period rations become valid jan
uary rs.
washington, lacking large storage
facilities for civilian oil, operates on
a weekly basis. q condition which
makes the fuel oil situation here
frequently "touch-and-go" prob
lem. Mr.. Thompson said.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
|Seaboard Strike OF;
President Gives Issue
10 Mediation Panel
, the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Presidential action forestalled ct
least for 90 days the strike called
for today on the Seabcard Air Line
Railway.
An emergency mediation board
named by President Roosevelt last
night viii explore the dispute be-
tween the carrier and the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen.
]. @. Wroton, Seaboards general
manager, said the railroad will ac-
cept any decision OF the emergency
board.
D. B. Robertson, union president.
said the strike had been called for
noon today because the railroad re-
fused to grant the union the right
to represent members employed as
engineers In handling their individ-
ual grievances and claims against
the company.
The National Mediation Board
failed to settle the differences.
Mr.. Wroton contended that the
dispute was solely jurisdictional
question between the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
and the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers oyer reinstatement of en-
gineers.
The emergency board viii consist
Of David J. Lewis of Maryland, a
former member of Congress; Hus-
ton Thompson, Washington. attor-
ney, and Maj. Gen. William H
TSchappat. retired.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Suit Against May,
3 Others, Dismissed

A $l2,567 damage suit against
Representative May, Democrat, OF
Kentucky and three other men,
which Mrs. Louise Cove, 1900 block
OF Harvard street NV, had filed on
a claim that she was induced to buy
worthless stock in a mining corpora
ton, late yesterday was dismissed
by District Court Justice Daniel w.
O'Donoghue, who ruled that the
testimony does not make out a case
of fraud"
A department store clerk, Mrs
Cove sought $4,000 which she
claimed she invested for 800 shares
in the Greenbrier Mining Corp. Of
West Virginia; $567, which she
claimed she had paid out as a loan,
and $4,000 damages. Representa-
tive May was said to have been pres
ident of the enterprise.
In his ruling Justice O'Donoghue
said in part: "' The plaintiff has
not been shown to be innocent
young or inexperienced in business
She parted with good stock very
unfortunately. The mining business
is hazardous . . they were taking
their chances"
Earlier yesterday, Mr.. May tes-
tified three mining engineers had
conducted surveys of the Greenbrier
holdings and reported the property
to be rich in Manganese" and that
one of the engineers termed the
mine lone of the best manganese
properties in the United States"
The other defendants absolved by
Justice O'Donoghue were Capt. M
A. Martin, an Army officer of the
1900 block G street NE; Walter E
Blount, 800 block Maine avenue S.W.
and A. j. e. Mullen OF Pasadena
Nd. The trial lasted two davs.
Evening star., 1944-12-15

Peace and plenty, co-owners Of
Americas future. Buy that extra
War Bond today.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Capt. Andrew Shepard
Awarded Silver Star,
His Third Decoration

Capt. Andrew G. Shepard, produc-
ton officer at the Navy Yard, who
already wears the Navy Cross and
the Legion of Merit, has been award
ed the Silver Star "for aggressive
and fearless conduct in handling his
ship in the face of the enemy" be-
tween June IA and August 8 of this
year, the Navy Department an
nounced today.
The citation, presented at the Navy
Yard by Rear Admiral F. l.. Reich
muth, commandant, said that "by
cool and capable direction" Capt.
Shepard caused his ship to deliver
prolonged and effective gunfre'
against the japanese.
Capt. Shepard was awarded the
Navy Cross in January for "extraor-
dinary heroism" as commanding
officer of cruiser operating in
Northern Solomon Islands waters.
In August, 1943, he received the
Legion of Merit for outstanding
services as operations officer on the
stah OF the commander in chief of
the Atlantic Fleet.
A native of New York State, Capt.
Shepard has been on duty at the
Navy Yard since september. He
and his wife live at Quarters H at
the yard.
Comdr. Eli T. Reich, 1857 Law
renee street NE, has been awarded
the Navy Cross for outstanding
bravery while in command of a SUBJ
marine operating against the jap
anese, the Navy Department has
disclosed.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz pre-
sented the award to the 31-year-old
commander, who has been leading
torpedo attacks on the enemy since
the war began. He was stationed in
the Philippines in December. 194l,
and has been in action almost con-
tlnuously since then. Comdr. Reich's
submarine is credited with sinking
more than 10000 tons of enemy
shipping.
Comdr. and Mrs. Reich, the for
mer Miss Jacqueline Hurley. were
married at st. Matthews Cathedral
here IN 1912, when he was home on
leave. Mrs. Reich is employed at
the Navy Department.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Social Hygiene Society
Urqes Prenatal Check

The District Social Hygiene So
ciety. meeting yesterday afternoon
at its offices at 927 Fifteenth street
NV, urged the enactment as soon
as possible of a prenatal examina-
ton law to guard mothers and
babies in the District from syphilis.
Ray H. Everett, executive secre-
tary of the society, said 80 States
now have such laws. They are
notable aids in reducing the deaths
and disabilities due to congenital
syphilis he said.
Mr.. Everett explained that pre-
natal examination laws require
physicians to make blood tests of
expectant mothers. Where syphilis
Is discovered and treatment is
started during the first few months
Of pregnancy, the chances are about
nine to one the baby will be born
free of disease" he said. But If no
tests are made and the disease is
Dot discovered and treated, the
1AanceS are Just reversed"
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Henry ". Gilbert, 30,
Former White House
Police Guard, +, Dies

Henry w. Gilbert, 80, who served
as police guard at the White House
under seven Presidents, died of q
heart attack yesterday at his resi-
dence, 265l Sixteenth street NV.
Born in Covington, Va, Mr.. Gill;
bert worked on his fathers farm
In Botetourt County, Va, until the
age of 81 when he joined the Army
He was honorably discharged in
1890 after five years service in the
Indian wars in Montana and the
Dakotas.
Later the same year he came to
the District and joined the Metro
politan police force with which he
served for "a years before his re-
tirement in October, 1924.
Anecdote Recalled.
Twice during the Harrison ad-
ministration he was detailed for
special duty at White House re-
ceptions. He was assigned there
permanently on March 10, 1893. A
special White House force was es-
tablished in 1924
Mr.. Gilbert came into close con-
tact with the Chief Executives and
in recent years often recalled anec-
dotes about them and their families.
President Theodore Roosevelt
"often used the east room for
wrestling bouts" he recalled. Some
times after dinner he would show
his guests how to kill ferocious wild
animals without using gun. He
often played hide and seek with the
children and also played medicine
ball in the lower corridor"
Wilson Wrote Letter to Son.
Father of the late Henry Chap
man Gilbert, the first soldier to be
accepted under the World War draft
law in July, 1917. Mr.. Gilbert often
told how President Wilson wrote
his son fine letter" and that Mrs
Wilson frequently asked how he was
getting along.
Mr.. Gilbert was past president
of the Association of Retired Police
and formerly was an elder and
president of the Mems Bible Glass
at Fourth Presbyterian Church. At
the time of his death he attended
Central Presbyterian Church.
He Is survived by his widow, the
former Ida Henry. a native of
Washington, whom he married in
May, 1890. He also leaves two broth
ers, Asa Gilbert and Thomas C. Gill
bert, both Of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at the Hines funeral
home. Burial will be in Glenwood
CemeterY
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Philippines
Continued From First Page.>

japanese dead, some 1000 drowned
In the smashing of 10 reinforcement
conveys, 253 prisoners and an esti-
mated 1880 dead inside enemy
lines.
Doughboys of the 77th Division
driving north from Ormoc. seaport
on Western Leye captured last Sun
day, seized the enemy's main supply
depots l mile from the city after
severe fighting, the Friday COM
mun1que said. The 32d Division
maintained pressure at the north of
the Ormoc corridor, where thou
sands of crack Japanese troops are
bottled up.
In the Navy raid on Luzon, n
Japanese planes were destroyed on
the ground and IA in combat as the
carrier aircraft raked airdromes and
shipping in the Manila area and
elsewhere.
The attack, on Wednesday Omitted
States time), virtually dovetailed
with a raid by Army bombers based
on Leyte.
Two Jima was raided Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday by landbased
Liberators and Lightning fighters,
all OF which returned despite heavy
antiaircraft fire. Two Jima is an
important base on the B-29 route
between Saipan and Tokyo.
Haha Jima, $50 miles south of
Tokyo, was bombed Sunday. and
other bombers his> tiny Marcus
Island, 1000 miles southeast of
Tokyo, on Monday.
In the Philippines, Liberators
bombed Bacolod airdrome on Negros
Island with 88 tons of explosives.
Three small freighters were sunk
by patrol planes off the southwest
LuZon coast.
Petroleum installations on Borneo
were set aflame for the fourth
straight day. Two coastal vessels
were sunk there.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Move to Rezone Troct
In Somerset Opposed

The Montgomery County Board
of Commissioners has been petit
toned by the Mayor and Council
Of Somerset, Md, to deny a request
by Louis J. Bergson, jr., to rezone
38 acres of the Bergdoll tract in
Somerset from residential A to resi-
Dental C.
A hearing Of the application,
which would permit the construc-
ton of apartment houses on the
property If approved, will be held at
3 pm. Wednesday at the Bethesda
County Building,