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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-08-04
Men in Army and Navy Hospitals Will
Get Originals of Portraits Made of
Them by Prince on His Recent Tour

William Meade Prince brought
home with him, from his four
weeks tour Of Army and Navy
hospitals, crayon portraits of i'll
patients. Most of his subjects
were wounded men. Others were
i'll men. And four were i'll women
2 Wacs and 2 Waves.
The portraits were put up on
the pine-paneled walls of the
studio in the Prince homie out in
Greenwood, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Prince asked some of their
friends in Sunday afternoon to
see them before they were packed
up to be sent to USO headquar-
ters in New York. There they
are to be reproduced by a photo
graphic process. Every original
is to be sent to whoever was
designated, to receive it, by the
person portrayed. 1t goes to a
parent, or a brother or a sister,
or some other relative, or a
friend - according to the direc-
tions written on the back of the
picture. Mr.. Prince is going to
buy set of the reproductions for
himself.
No portrait was made of any
hospital staff member or en-
plOyee. Only patients were elig-
ible as subjects for the artist.
This was an inhexible rule laid
down by War and Navy depart
ments, which arranged the tour
in conjunction with the USO. The
selection Of the men for pOr-
traiturc was made by the hos
pitaI authorities.
"It was as hard work as ever
did it started early in the morn
ing and went on till nearly bed
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-08-04

month to make portraits of
wounded and i'll soldiers. His as
signmentS, one week at each
place, were at the Army hospitals
in Swannanoa, N. c., aud At
lanta and Rome, Ca, and the
Navy Convalescent hospital in
ASheville. In the same period
other artists were visiting, on the
same errand, hospitals in other
parts of the United States. The
artists contribute their services.
Their travelling expenses are paid
by the USO, and they are quar-
tered and have their meals with
the medical stats at the hospitals.
Reports from hospitals all
over the country, telling of the
splendid results of the artists
visits in building up morale, has
determined the Army and Navy
medical authorities in Washing
ton to extend the project.
Mr.. Prince has been appointed
on a Society of Illustrators COM
mittee, among whose other mem
bers are James Montgomery
Flagg, Wallace Morgan, Dean
Cornwell, and Norman Rockwell,
to map out a schedule for the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-08-04

making of portraits at hospitals
not included in the itinerary last
month. There are about eighty
Army and Navy hospitals for
men who have served in the
armed forces in the present war,
and the authorities in Washing
ton want all of them to be visited
by the artists. Mr.. Prince is going
on at least one more tour, but he
doesn't know yet where his as
Signments will be.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-08-04

tlme-but | never enjoyed any
work more" said Mr.. Prince on
his return home. 1T was worth
the trip to listen to what those
men in the hospitals had to tell
of their experiences and to see
their wonderful spirit"
The arrival of the artist in a
ward always stirred the patients
into a joyful excitement. There
was keen curiosity, evidenced by
a craning of necks and a buzz of
guessing and questioning, as to
which patients were to have their
portraits made; and the men
selected were looked upon as the
lucky prize-winners in lottery.
Mr.. Prince would set up his draw
ing board in one chair while he
sat in another, and Immediately
all the patients who were able to
leave their beds would form a
cluster about him and watch the
progress of the drawing. AS more
and more strokes from the pencil
appeared on the paper, and the
face of the subject began to take
shape, the spectators would utter
exclamationS in half-Whispers.
Many Of them had never seen an
artist at work before, and this
production of a likeness, line by
line, right before their eyes,
struck them with awe.
Occasionally, when the position
Of the subject was such that the
artist could not operate we'll with
a chaircasel, he would rest his
drawing board on IA high hos
pitaI-bed.
Some of the visitors at the
Prince home Sunday afternoon
recognized, in one Of the pOr-
traits, Louis dc ArmaS, who left
the University here about two
years ago TO enter the Army, was
wounded in italy, and is now in
the Army hospital IN Rome,
Georgia. He told Mr.. Prince that
he hoped to come to Chapel Hill,
on leave from the hospital, with
in IA month or SO.
The faces in this collection Of
portraits in the Prince studio
show "A wide variety Of shapes,
Of racial origins, Of expressions.
Some Of the faces are gay and
laughing, others are deeply
thoughtful, even broodinR. Some
Of the young men look as if they
had put their troubles behind
them and were ready to start out
light hcnrtcdly upon Whatever
new roads may open out before
them, others give the observer
the feeling that here are young
men who have not yet been able
TO turn their thoughts away from
the terrible sights they have seen.
Mr.. Prince is one Of several
members Of the Society Of Illus
traitors who went on tours Of
Army and Navy hospitals last
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-08-04
Gen. Smith in the Caribbean

Brig.-Gen. Luther Stevens
Smith, native of Troy and alum
nus of the University. has been
appointed director of military
missions on the staff of Lt.-Gen.
George H. Brett, commanding
general of the Caribbean Defense
Command. Gen. Smith was in
the University here for a year
before entering West Point in
1920. He has been in aviation
since 1924.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-08-04

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Evening star., 1944-06-20
Mrs. Ida May TeepIe
Dies After Lonq Illness

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida May
Teeple, 54, who died yesterday at her
home, GA Fifth street NE. after a
long illness, will be held at 2 pm
Thursday at the Lee funeral home
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
ter.
Born in Baltimore, Mrs. Teeple
had lived in Washington since child
hood. She was charter member of
Pride of Washington Council, No. 26,
Daughters of America.
She leaves her husband, Alva D.
Teeple; five daughters, Mrs. Nellie
Randall, Mrs. Thelma Young, Mrs.
Alva Mae Mundy, Miss Lillian v.
Teeple and Miss Mary A. Teeple;
four sons, William D., Robert H.,
Jack H. and Dick H. Teeple; a
brother, Milton H. Wooden; three
sisters, Mrs. Lillian Martin. Mrs.
Edna Tanner and Mrs. Lola Beach,
and eight grandchildren.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Il Mary|anders Held
For Grand Jury Action
On Draft Act Counts
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, June 20. - Twelve
persons accused of violating the Sc
lective Service Act, including three
OF six arrested yesterday, today were
ordered held for grand jury action
here and in Cumberland.
Ten were ordered held here BY
United States Commissioner James
K. Cullen, who fixed June % for
hearings in two other cases. The
two hearings at Cumberland were
for persons arrested by Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation agents yester-
day and third was scheduled to
be arraigned today at Hagerstown.
United States Attorney Bernard
Flynn said the six arrested yester-
day were connected with the cases
of Is persons for whom hearings
were held last week.
Three Held Under 81 900 Bond.
In the latest cases James Roscoe
Pleasant, 35, of Baltimore, filling
station attendant accused of con-
spring with Chief Petty Officer
Chester T. Ruby, attached to the 5th
Regiment Armory induction center,
to violate the draft law, waived
hearing and was held for the grand
jury under $1,000 bond.
Similar bail was fixed by Mr..
Cullen for Daniel Tabor, 20, pro-
prietor of Baltimore grocery store,
and Alfred Eugene Meyers, 80, Of
Temple Hills, brokerage clerk,
also accused of conspiring with
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Robert {. Flynn Funeral
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Robert E. Flynn. 81, real estate
operator and native of Washington,
died Sunday at Mount Alto Hospital
after brief illness.
MIR. Flynn, who lived at the Shore
ham Hotel, had been in the real
estate business for the past 20 years
with Offices at 1719 I street NV.
Formerly he was associated with
Stone 81 Fairfax. During the
World War he served with the
American Expeditionary Forces.
He is survived by brother,
Charles E. Flynn, Eastern sales man
ager of Morton's Salt Co., and two
sisters, Mrs. Harry Warley, New
York City.and Mrs. Foster Miiliken,
jr., East Hampton. Long Island.
Mass will be held at 8 am. to-
morrow at st. Paul,s Church, follow
ing services at $3.50 a m. at the Hines
funeral home. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers include DR..
John Marbury, Gardener Moore,
John Bell, George Burress, Walter
Vannaman, I. E. Shoemaker, j. r.
Skinker, DR.. Harry M. kaufman, L.
w. Groomes, Robert Kehl, Benjamin
Anderson, Leon Tobriner, J. j.
Keeler, Joseph A. Brown and Charles
Robey.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Arabian Pipeline Plan
Reported Abandoned
As Federal Project
BY the Associated Press.


Authoritative circles heard today
that Secretary Ickes' proposed
Arabian pipeline has been definitely
abandoned as a Government project
in favor of private construction.
But a spokesman at Mr.. Ickes'
Petroleum Reserves Corp, which
sponsored the original plan, stated
there was nothing new to report
pending resumption of talks with
the British"
AS an alternative to Federal con-
struction of the projected 1,250-mile
line, it was learned, the Government
will offer loans to private companies
to help defray the cost, estimated at
between $3.50, 900, 900 and $165 600, ,000
Senator Moore, Republican, of
Oklahoma recently descxibed the
pipeline project as dead duck, ?"
but said an official announcement
probably would be delayed purely
as a face-saving gesture"
AS now contemplated the line
probably could not be built until
after the war. Upon its completion
this country, in cooperation with
Great Britain, would supervise pro-
duction, much as is now done in
domestic fields. 1t was understood
Russia would be asked to cooperate
to prevent price cutting and indis-
criminate marketing.
Britain controls SIS per cent and
this country the remainder of the
Middle Eastern oil fields, estimated
to contain a $4,000, ,0o0- barrel re-
serve,
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Fumigoting Gas Kills Boy, Girl
Hidinq From Welfare Officials

the house on which fumigation no
tices were properly posted,
Mrs. Rita Staufenberger. who said
the children often ate at her house.
told police:
II last saw them Thursday. I
asked Bobbie to go to the grocery
for me. He said he couldn't go
because the lady in the store said
she would call the police if 1 went
there I later learned the chill
dren had run up a $5 grocery BILL
Police are seeking the father
who, they said, had not been at
work or at his rooming house ad-
dress for five days.
Two other brothers, John. Is, and
Norman, II, are in an institution.
Another brother, Edgar, IS, and a
sister, Geraldine, 20, live with
friends. Police said the mother
died five years ago.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
%

Ruby, pending hearings June %.
In each Of the nine cases held
over from last week Mr.. Cullen or
dered the defendants held for grand
jury action on varying amounts OF
bail. Those held were:
Ruby, accused of aiding, abetting
and counseling inductees in evadine
selective service, 5000 bail.
Sergt. Leon D. Shapiro, Is, for
mer civilian psychologist, and Corpl
Morris Molofsky. 80, Russian born
alien, both charged with Ruby
$4,000 and $1,000 bail, respectively.
Others Held.
-Four prospective inductees, held
under 81 900 bail each on charges Of
making false statements In attempts
to avoid military service - Charles
w. Herzog, 36, department head of
an investment banking firm; Roland
L. Zimmerman, IS; John Hurst
Bowen, jr., a bookkeeper, and Arthur
c. Yost, jr., "a, all Of Baltimore.
Basil Jeffers, Baltimore shor
foreman accused Of aiding and
Evening star., 1944-06-20
George H. Morris Dies;
Justice Of Peace

Justice of the Peace George H
Morris, as, town treasurer and a
member of the Upper Marlboro
Board of commissioners, died early
today at Georgetown Hospital after
a brief illness.
A lifelong resident of Prince
Georges County, Mr.. Morris had
been employed at the Riggs Ma
tional Bank here for the last 26
years. He was in charge of the
new accounts department there at
the time of his death.
He was active in Upper Marl-
boro political affairs and was in
strumental in obtaining water and
sewers for the town in 1899. He
had lived in Upper Marlboro since
1880.
He was q. member Of the Marl-
boro Lions Club, the Maryland Min
utemen and the Maryland Police
Association. He also was treasurer
of Trinity Episcopal Church, Up
per Marlboro.
Besides his widow, Mrs, Bessie S.
Morris, he is survived by his father,
Henry L. Morris, vice president of
the First National Bank of South
ern Maryland, Upper Marlboro; a
brother, 1t. Henry L. Morris, jr.,
stationed in the South Pacific, and
four sisters, Mrs. George B. Mer-
rick and Mrs. Montgomery Nor
row, Upper Marlboro; Mrs. Alice
Elmore, Washington. and Mrs. John
Wolfe, New York City.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Thursday at the Ritchie
funeral home, Upper Marlboro.
Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-06-20

Burnt Mills Reservoir and the pos
sibility that it would adversely
affect water supply.
Another site in Wheaton, COM
prising 1,o71 acres, was proposed by
Phil D. Poston, Silver Spring. but
was rejected yesterday after Navy
officials said 1t would not meet
their requirements.
While declaring that he would
like very much to have the project
located entirely in Montgomery
County" Lacy Shaw, chairman of
the Board of County Commits
sioners, said the Paint Branch site
was perfectly agreeable" to the
county.
Approval of the location also was
voiced by Col. E. Brooke Lee, Mont
gomery County park commissioner
and Harry r. Hall. chief engineer
of the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
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Evening star., 1944-06-20
Rites for Oswald {. Barber
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Oswald C.
Barber, 40, Of 1903 Isherwood street
NE, who broke his neck Sunday
diving from a pier at Long Beach,
Nd. will be held at IL am. to-
morrow at Chambers funeral home,
SIT Eleventh street Sc. Burial
will be in Arlington National Gem
etery.
An employe Of the Railway Ex-
press Co., Mr.. Barber was a mem
Der Of the Potomac Lodge Of Ma
sons and the Lions Club. A native
OF Milwaukee, he had made his
home here about 18 years. Shortly
after the World War he served three
years in the Marine Corps.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane Barber; his
mother, Mrs. Della Barber, and a
daughter, Mrs. Beverly Baber, all
of Washington.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SIeepIess Nights

Doctors say your Kidneys contain Is mile
OF tiny tubes or filters which help to purify tn,
blood and keep you healthy When they ge,
tired and don't work right in the daytim.,
many people have to get up nights. DOM
neglect this condition and lose valuable, rest.
ful sleep.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, 1t
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
pains. leg pains, loss of pep and energy,
swelling: pufiness under the eyes, headaches
and dizziness.
nal, Dont wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
fnis. used successfully by millions for over 40
years: They rive happy relief and will help
sne 10 niles OF kidney tubes flush out poison
80 waste from your blood. Get Doazs Pills,
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Milton J. Hine, Retired
Businessman, Dies

Milton ]. Hine, retired business
man, died yesterday after an illness
OF several months at his home, 613o
Thirty-second street NV. Funeral
services will be held at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Hysong's funeral home,
Thirteenth and N street NV. The
Rev. DR.. John r. Edwards will of
flciate. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Mr.. Hine is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Norman L. Hine; two daugh-
ters, Miss Harriet L. and Marion E.
Hine; two brothers, Harry o. Hine,
retired secretary of the Board of Ed
ucation, and Arthur S. Hine of Hell
lertown, Pa, and sister, Miss Anna
M. Hine, Conyngham, Pa.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Site on Paint Branch
Approved for Huge
Navy Ordnance Plant

A 1,OOO-acre tract along Paint
Branch in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties today bore the ap-
proval of House Naval Affairs Sub
committee as q site for $4,000, 900
naval ordnance laboratory.
The action was taken at a meeting
of the subcommittee yesterday after
naval officials and representatives
of both counties said the proposed
site was very satisfactory.
The site, which comprises ap-
proximately 750 acres in Mont
gomery County and $50 acres in
Prince Georges County, lies along
both sides of Paint Branch east of
Hillandale and west of Beltsville.
Will Employ 700.
The laboratory will be constructed
to relieve congestion at the Naval
Gun Factory at Anacostia and will
employ approximately 700 persons
following the transfer of activities.
Several other sites had been con-
sidered by the subcommittee, but
were turned down because they
failed to meet Navy Department re-
quirements. They included one at
Wheaton and another at Beltsville.
It was estimated that the Paint
Branch site would cost approx
mately $500000. No information
could be obtained on when work
would begin.
Representative Sasscer, Demo-
crat, of Maryland, in expressing
his satisfaction with the Paint
Branch site, said 1t was close to
the University of Maryland and
to housing facilities in the Uni
versity Park and College Heights
areas of Prince Georges County.
Wheaton Site Opposed.
He added that objections had
been expressed to the Wheaton site
because of its proximity to the
Evening star., 1944-06-20
McNarney Expects
As Troop Shipments
To Stay al High Rate
BY the Associated Press.


1t. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney,
deputy chief of staff, won't predict
when the war will end, and he be-
lives that, although this country
will have an overseas fighting force
of 100000 men by the end of the
year, "the movement will likely con-
tinue at a high rate during 1945,"
These statements were part of
Gen. McNarneys testimony before
the Senate Appropriations Commit
tee considering House-approved
$40, ,107, ,785, ,795~ measure to finance
the War Department during the
fiscal year starting July 1. The
testimony was made public today.
ct wish I could tell you how long
1t will take us to Iberate Europe
and to crush our foes in the Pa
cific," he told the Senators, but mo
man can at this moment predict
with accuracy the time it will take.
II can assure you, however, that
as our forces go into battle, they
have every advantage which it has
been humanity possible to provide.
That they will win is certain. We
hope that it can be done in the
minimum amount of time with the
minimum number of casualties, and
at the minimum expense.
Called Nations Top Army.
"We have today the greatest
Army the United States has ever
m obilized 1t is well-trained,
equipped with superior weapons,
and deployed worldwide. 1t is now
definitely on the offensive on all
fronts"
Gen. McNarney said the 3,698, 900
soldiers now outside the United
States exceed by more than 10000
men the peak overseas strength in
the World War and are only $780,
600 men short of equalling the
entire strength of the army at the
close of the last war.
The officer testified the Army is
making every effort to keep boys out
of overseas infantry service until
they are at least 10.
Senator Gurney, Republican, of
South Dakota had remarked, I'VE
are getting quite a kickback" be-
cause, he said, the War Department
made "a very definite statement"
when the draft age was reduced to
18 that youths of that age would be
given at last years training be-
fore being sent overseas.
Reports keep coming in, Senator
Gurney added, of boys who have
been in the Army only a few weeks
finding themselves fighting in Italy,
with the result that the good faith
of the War Department as well as
the lawmakers Is being challenged.
Cites Rule on 19-Year-Olds.
Gen. McNarney said he believed
an examination of the record would
show the War Department never
had promised that no 18-year -olds
would be used as replacements, but
added:
"I have a rule in the Army Ground
Forces that no young man under 10
years Of age assigned to the infan-
try will be sent overseas. If he is
in an artillery unit or service unit
that rule does not apply"
He noted the Army Service Forces
get about six months training, but
that they are not normally engaged
In active fighting.
In some instances, he said, young
er men were taken from replace
ment training centers and sent
overseas, but that was because of
enforced demands at the fronts and
the fact that selective service did |
not call or furnish 1a-year-olds for
several months.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Mrs. BeIIe.SiIIimun Dies
Wife of Former Judse
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SHEFNELD, Mass, June 90
Mrs. Belle Eddy Silliman. IS, of East
Orange, N. j.. member of the
OAR, died yesterday at her summer
home here.
Mrs. Silliman was the wife of
Reuben D. Silliman, New York at
torney, who was Federal judge
in Hawaii in 10000. She also
leaves a son, Sherwood
Evening star., 1944-06-20

abetting others to evade the draft.
81, 500 bail.
James Charles Rupprecht, 30. Bal.
timore plumber, similarly charged,
81 900 bail.
In Cumberland Enoch w. Fleek,
38, Of Clarksville, and his niece,
Mrs. Cecil A. Lawrence, Cresaptown,
were held under $1,000 bond each
for action Of the Federal grand jury
In Baltimore. Earl s. Keefer, "a,
Hagerstown, is the other person to
be arraigned today.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
BY the Associated Press.

BUFFALO, N Y. June 20-A
brother and sister we're found dead
Yesterday in the kitchen of their
former home. which Saturday was
fumigated with cyanide gas, De-
tective Sergt. William T. Fitzgib-
bonS said
Mr.. Fitzbiggons identified the two
as Robert Howard, II, and Ruth
Howard, II. He said they and their
father, Edward Howard, a one
armed Delaware. Lackawanna d
Western switch tender, had been
evicted from the house before
June !.
Mr.. Fitzgibbons said the children,
attempting to hide from welfare au-
thorities. apparently had been Sleep
ing in the garage and, during
rainstorm Sunday morning. forced
a cellar window to gain entrance to
Evening star., 1944-06-20

Goebbels called our Flying For
tresses Flying Cofiins." We need
more Of them over Germany. Let's
all back the attack: Buy more
War Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-06-20

zines with other people. GIFE, to
save paper, prints fewer copies
can't meet huge reader demand.)
Second, bundle up all old maga-
zines and newspapers for salvage.