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Evening star., 1944-03-20
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Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps K, l.. and
M, with old values of 8, 5, 2 and
points, expire tonight. Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-S, B-8, CO, D-8 and
E-8 valid through May 20 and
worth 10 points each. Blue stamps
F-8, G-8, HIS, J-8 and K-8 valid
April l through June 20. Blue
tokens and green 1-point stamps
may be used as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 8,
brown stamps Y and z, with old
values of 8, S, 2 and / points, ex-
pire tonight. Book No. 4, red
stamps AS, B-8. C-8, D-8, E-8
and F-8 good through May 20 and
worth 10 points EACH Red stamps
G-8, H-8 and J-8 good March 26
through June 18. Red tokens and
brown 1-point stamps may be
used as change.
Sugar-Book No. 4, stamp 30 valid
for S pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for S
for home canning through Febru-
airy %, l945. Stamp No. 81 good
for 5 pounds beginning April /.
ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May g. B-2,
CO, B-3. and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 4 coupons valid
through September 30. Period No.
coupons valid through Septem-
ber 30. All good for 10 gallons per
unit. Consumers in this area
should not have used more than
"a per cent of their total yearly
fuel oil ration as of today.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Gen. Wilson Shot Down in Raid
On Berlin; Lived Here ? Years
FeIIed by Flax While
Leading Wing;
Wife Is in Arlington .

While leading an American COM
bat wing on a raid over Berlin
March 6, Brig. Gen. Russell A.
Wilson, 38, formerly attached to the
Army Air Forces general staff here,
was brought down in flames by en-
emy fax, the Associated Press re-
ported yesterday in a dispatch from
a British bomber base.
During their two-year residence
in Washington, he and Mrs. Wilson
lived at 1922 I street NV. Mrs.
Wilson is now staying with her
father, r. B. Owens. 1918 Twenty
sixth road South, Arlington.
Looked Forward to Raid.
Gen. Wilson's participation in the
raid came on the day he was pro-
NOTED from colonel to a brigadier
general. Associates said that he
long had looked forward to hitting
Germany's greatest city.
Earlier Gen. Wilson had taken
part in other heavy air assaults
against the enemy, including that
on Marienburg on October 9 which
resulted in total destruction of a
large German aircraft factory. For
his part in this raid he was awarded
the Silver Star.
None Saw Plane Crash.
Crews of other ships in the for
nations attacking Berlin said the
Flying Fortress of which Gen. Will
son was acting as co-pilot was struck
by huge burst of flax while il wa
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Soldiers Declared Angry
AT Congress and Lewis
By the. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 2O.-Pfc.
George Meyers of Cumberland, who
resigned the presidency of the Mary
land-District of Columbia Indus
trial Union Council (CIO) to Join
the Army last year, said yesterday
that American soldiers were angry
at Congress but more wrathful at
John L. Lewis.
In Baltimore on his first furlough
since his induction, Pfc. Meyers said
the soldiers he had met have a
sullen feeling about Congress. be-
cause they believe Congress fears it
will be ousted if soldiers have an op-
portunity to vote.
They resent the fact that taxes
are not higher and fear that they
will have to pay for the war, as we'll
as win it."
The servicemen, Pfc. Meyers de-
clared, believe Mr.. Lewis, head of the
United Mine Workers. is an isola-
zionist and that he had encouraged
strikes.
The former CIO official said he
thought most soldiers would vote
for a fourth term for President
Roosevelt.
They laugh at Dewey and
Br1cker, but they dislike Gen. Mac
Arthur. The men who have served
IN the Southwest Pacific just don't
like Macarthur and the men in
this country do not want general
for President" Pfc Meyers asserted
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Bethesda Incubator Baby
Reported Doing Fine

The 5-pound 14-ounce baby boy
born Saturday to Mrs. Charles F
Kelly, 8632 Garfield street, Bethesda
at the Suburban Hospital, is doing
fine" in its incubator, hospital
officials reported today.
The birth, the first caesarean
operation performed at the hos
pital, was preceded by a dramatic
search for an incubator by the Navy
two Federal agencies, New York
industrialist, local businessman
and the Maryland State police. An
incubator finally was obtained from
the Naval Medical Center at
Bethesda.
Alfred E. Davidson, head of the
New York manufacturing concern
from whom the hospital had Or
dered incubators some time ago
arrived at the hospital at midnight
Saturday with an incubator packed
in his car.
Hospital Supt. j. Dewey Lutes
said the baby has been transferred
from the Naval Hospital incubator
to that brought by Mr.. Davidson
The naval incubator will be re-
turned to the medical center.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Neighbors Save Family
FeIIed by Escaping Gas

A family of three owe their lives
today to the quick thinking of their
first-foor neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Klimkiewicz, 1923 Thirteenth
street ne.
Detecting the odor of escaping
gas yesterday morning, the couple
dashed upstairs and found Ernest
White, 54, and his two children.
Mrs. Barbara Herbert. %, and
Chales White, IA, slumped uncon-
scious in their apartment. Mr.. White
was lying on the bathroom floor and
Mrs. Herbert, wife of a Navy man.
was IN the living room. The boy
was discovered in his bed.
Discovering that the gas was
escaping from kitchen stove, Mrs.
Klimkiewicz opened all the windows
while her husband called the Fire
Department.
Members of Rescue Squad No. 1
who responded to the call worked
over the victims for two-and-a-half
hours before they were removed to
Casualty Hospital. Doctors reported
that all three were doing nicely
today, recovering from the effects Of
the gas.
Neither Mr.. White, carpenter
nor his two children could explain
how the gas happened to be es-
Gaping.
Evening star., 1944-03-20


The Flying Fortress dropped its
bombs and turned home, dropping
slowly back through the squadrons
in their rear. Finally" says It.
Mouat, 1--WE were the last men in
the whole 9th Air Force. So we
knew we had to hit the deck. Our
fighter escort couldn't cover us any
longer"
Fly Close to Ground.
They plunged through the clouds
until they were close to the ground
and headed for home. Enemy fight
ers, they knew, would have trouble
getting at them down so low, but
folks on the ground in almost every
village they passed over did their
best to knock down the crippled
plane. Flax guns, machine guns
and, 1t. Mouat believes, rifles, re-
volvers and even shotguns were
fired at them. A fax shell slashed
through the ship near the tail, cut
ting the tail gunner's parachute,
but failing to explode until it was
far beyond the ship.
we We're taking evasive action"
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Occoquon Eastern Star
Will Install Officers

New officers of the Occoquan (Va)
Chapter, No. SO, Order of the Eastern
Star, will be installed at 8 pm. Friday
at Occoquan. They are Kathyrn B.
Green, worthy matron,; William G.
Heider, worthy patron; Mary E.
Davis, associate matron: Herbert H.
Baker, associate patron; Georgia
Shepard, conductress; Lola B.
woodward, associate conductress:
Blanche w. Hanger. secretary; Ma
bel M. Petellat, treasurer.
Rosina Joyce, chaplain; Margaret
Tyler, marshall Louise H. Davis,
warder; Frank L. Brown, sentinel;
Betty Davis, Adah; Ella Windsor,
Ruth; Eta Baggett, Esther; Pearl
Best, Martha, and Ellenora Gooch,
Electa.
Evening star., 1944-03-20

find you can't see a thing. When
you fly regularly you can see even
SpeckS miles away. And you can
even scent enemy planes, or so it
seems"
Flying constantly obviously has
brought results for Capt. Johnson,
who has destroyed six German
planes on his last six missions.
He says he has a sore neck al
most all the time from twisting
continually in all directions looking
for enemy planes from the very
minute he takes off
Capt. Johnson has been on rs
missions and has flown 1917 hours
on raids. He calls his Thunder
bolt Lucky"
His ship has been hit three times
in action. His narroWest escape
was few months ago over Muenster
when his plane was so badly shot
up he was prepared to bail out.
Just as I was about to bail out
| thought, He'll, this is Germany
and it'll take me a long time to get
back from there so ! just kept
flying"
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Fighter Aces Neck Stays Sore
From urning to Spot Nuzis

BY the Associated Press.
A U. S. FIGHTER BASE, Eng
land, Mar. 20. - Capt. Robert S.
johnson, leading American fighter
ace in this theater with % German
planes to his credit, says he'd rather
fly than eat-a statement that is no
eXaggeration because he's missed
more than one meal to put his red
nosed Thunderbolt through it's
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This blond, 24-year-old flyer from
LaWton, Okla, who has knocked
down six enemy planes over Berlin,
declares there are two things a
fighter pilot must have if he hopes
to surVlVe-"good eyes and a good
neck.
. If you haven't got those he adds
grimly, you're a goner."
Capt. Johnson, who first soloed a
plane when he was IA years old, is
coldly methodical about his flying
confident without being cocky.
Flying is firing, but I want to
fly every day" he says. 1T keeps
your eyes accustomed to spotting
enemy planes. After a layo1 you
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Concessions Pay State
Half Profit, Agency SAYS
py tho Assoc;atas pra-.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 20. - The
Maryland Roads Commission, an
swering a statement that it per-
mitted food concessionnaires to op-
crate on State ferries. free of charge
said today that half the concession
profits are paid to the commission
George T. Harrison, who had op-
posed the closing Saturday night of
the Romancoke- Claiborne ferry
said that before June, 1941, when
the State took over the ferries, a
private operating company received
$4,000 annually from the concession
naire. Since then the State has
been paid nothing, he maintained
Chief Auditor William A. Codd
of the commission said MARYLAND
collected the same rate until De-
cember, 194l, when, because the con-
cessionnaire was not earning enough
to continue the rate, it was agreed
he would pay the State half his
profits.
Mr.. Codd said the commission
planned to operate on the $3.50
basis until the end of the war and
then advertise for bids.
Evening star., 1944-03-20

da-Chevy Chase area, Mrs. Foster
had long been active in civic and
church work in her community.
The Kuhn Cup is awarded an
nually by the Bethesda Chamber of
Commerce in memory of the late
Mr.. Kuhn, former managing editor
of The Star, and one of the leaders
of the chamber.
Established First Library.
Active for many years in the New
comb Club of Chevy Chase, Mrs.
Foster was a member of the Library
Committee of that organization
which established the first library
in the area.
Mrs. Foster continued her cam
paign for public library for the
community, and in 1899 a bill was
passed authorizing the project. The
Bethesda Public Library Associa-
ton was formed to administer the
funds. Mrs. Foster was treasurer
of the Board of Trustees.
Mrs. Foster also was active on the
board Of the Bethesda Methodist
Church and had long served in it.
Sunday school. She was superin-
tendent of the primary department
before she became i'll three years
ago.
Served on Hospital Board.
She also had been a member OF
the Montgomery County Federation
OF Women's Club and of the Women's
Board of the Montgomery General
Hospital.
A native of Butler, Ala, Mrs. Fos-
ter had been resident of the Wash
ington area since 1918.
She is survived by her husband
Arthur B. Foster, patent attorney;
son, Robert Douglas Foster, in the
Army; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Ann
Davis of Baltimore, and Mrs. Ida
Mae Shepard of Georgiana, Ala, and
two brothers, James Fulford of
Mobile, Ala, and Al C. Fulford of
Georgiana.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Reuben
Pumphrey funeral home, 1857 Wis
e1tn 1Veiise, Bethesda. Burial will
be private
Evening star., 1944-03-20
0'Conor Grants Parole
10 Z Convicted SIayers

James Barcus, colored, who was
sentenced in Montgomery County
Circuit Court to Is years in the
Maryland Penitentiary on a charge
of second-degree murder, was one
of seven prisoners granted paroles
yesterday by Gov. O'Conor, accord
ing to an Associated Press dispatch
from Annapolis.
Also paroled were Edward Selby.
sentenced to three years in the
Maryland Penitentiary after his
conviction in Montgomery County
Circuit Court on charge of sec
ond-degree murder. and Earl L.
Mathers, sentenced by Prince
Georges County Police Court to
three years in the Maryland House
of Correction on a charge of assault.
Evening star., 1944-03-20

purpose of the FCA is to make long
and short term credit available for
farmers through a co-ordinated sys-
tenn. 1t also provides credit facili-
ties for farmers co-operatives.
Congress has not looked into the
Farm Credit Administration for
many years." Mr.. Cooley said. "The
time has come when we should"
The subcommittee touched on
farm credit in recently introduced
bill transferring all assets and duties
OF FSA to the Farmers Home Corp.
This same legislation would transfer
emergency feed and seed loan activi-
ties from the FCA to the farmers
home agency,
The farm credit inquiry would be
designed, Mr.. Cooley said, to de-
termine if any of the work can be
consolidated and If the structure
can be improved and made more
economical
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Man Ends Life When Told
Wife Obtained Warrant

After being told that his wife had
sworn out warrant against him
on an assault charge, George L.
Patterson, 35, shot and killed him
self early yesterday in his home at
Beltsville, Md, while two Prince
Georges County policemen waited
outside his bedroom door to arrest
him
DR.. James I. Boyd, county medi-
cal examiner: who issued a certifi-
cate of suicide, said Policemen
Charles F.. Caldwell and H. C
Burgess had gone to Mr.. Patterson S
home to serve the warrant.
When informed of the charge
against him, DR.. Boyd said, Patter-
son asked the officers to wait until
he got his overcoat. They con-
sented and permitted Patterson tc
enter the bedroom
The two men heard a shot i'm
medlately after Patterson had closec
the door. When they opened the
door they saw Patterson lying or
the floor with a 45-caliber revolver
in his hand and a bullet wound ir
his head.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Archbishop Cur|ey Marks
40th Year OF Ordination
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 20.-The most
Rev Michael J. Curley, Archbishop
Of Baltimore and Washington, yes
terday observed the 40th anniversary
Of his ordination. There were no
formalitieS.
Archbishop Curley was ordained
March l9, 1904, by Pietre Cardinal
ReSphigi, vicar general to the late
Pope Plus X, in the Church of st.
John Lateran in Rome He was as
signed to the Parish of De Land in
the diocese Of ST. Augustine, Fla.
The prelate was consecrated
Bishop of St. Augustine on June 80,
1914, and succeeded Cardinal Glib
bons as Archbishop of Baltimore on
November 30, 1921.
After the election of Pope Plus
XII, Archbishop Curley was named
archbishop of the new see Of Wash
ington on July %, 1899 He was
born in Ireland on October IL. 1879
and is one of the few prelates in the
world who are heads Of two separate
archdiocese.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Job|ess Compensation
Paid by Board in '43
Lowest on Record
Report Shows 81 ,l34
Checks TotoIine $482, ,122
Mailed During Yeor

The District Unemployment Com
pensation Board paid out $482, 1872 88
IN benefits during 1943, the lowest
figure since the board began MAX
ing payments in 1888, according to
the annual report released yester-
day.
Rejecting the low level of un-
employment resulting from the war
the report showed that 81 ,134 checks
were mailed last year, with the
average amount estimated at SIS. 40.
In 1942 benefits totaled $1.157.OOO
and in l941 the figure was s2,127,-
600. The first year payments were
made the total was $1,000, 900, ac-
cording to the board.
I Officials estimated that in the six
years the board had paid out
I$8,087s s279.55 in benefits, with 1885,
TOO checks mailed.
The boards special investigation
section collected delinquent pay
ments totaling $171 ,957.31, while the
collection section received delinquent
returns Of $51 ,723.45 during 1943.
Commenting that present condi-
tlons are "too unsettled" to permit
specific recommendation for amend
ments to the District Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act, the report
stated:
THE progress of the war, con-
version to postwar employment and
the purchasing power of the dollar
will determine whether the increase
in the weekly benefit amount from
$18 for 10 weeks to $40 for 20 weeks
of total unemployment as provided
in the 1943 amendments can be con-
sidered adequate compensation"
The board pointed out that the
revision of the employer payroll
tax structure has had the effect OF
a general reduction in the average
contribution rate from 2.7 per cent
to 05 per cent for 1914,
Evening star., 1944-03-20
1t. Gordon FeeIey, II,
MISSING Over Europe

Second 1t. Gordon Feeley, 27, for
merly of 1903 Ashmead place NV,
has been reported missing in action
over Europe since February 10, it
has been learned by friends here
1t. Feeley. Flying Fortress navi-
gator, is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Feeley, Miles City, Mont He
was employed in Washington at the
Interior Department for five years
before entering active service in
l941, when he was sworn in with
the National Guard. Later he was
transferred to the Air Forces.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Officials Honor White
For Leadership in
Maryland Assembly
New Speaker Praised
BY O'Conor for Aiding
Administration

More than 100 Prince Georges
County residents and State and
Montgomery County officials yester-
day honored John S. White of Col
mar Manor newly elected Speaker
of the Maryland House Of Delegates,
at a cocktail party and buffet sup
per sponsored by the County DEM
ocratic Caravan Club at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club.
Gov. OConor and other speakers
described Mr.. White as an "excep-
tionaly fine public official" and the
Governor said the success of the
administrations program in Annap-
oils has been due IN q large de-
gree" to his efforts.
Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
of Maryland, presented Mr.. White
with gavel as symbol of Prince
Georges County's affection for you
and pride in your achievements"
Other speakers included Judge
Charles c. Marbury of the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court;
Henry w. Cord, Caravan Club presi-
dent and chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee for
the county, and T. Howard Duckett,
prominent county banker.
Among others attending were Will
liam A. Carson, president of the
Board of County Commissioners;
Judge Vincent Osterman of the
County Orphans Court, Lacy Shaw,
president Of the Montgomery
County Board of County Commits
sioners; Ben G. Wilkinson, Mrs.
Genevieve Wells and James w. Gill,
members of the Montgomery County
delegation to the General Assembly:
Perry 0. Wilkinson, Prince Georges
County delegate, and James j.
Lindsay, jr.. of Baltimore County,
president of the State Senate.
A former mayor of Colmar Manor,
Mr.. White has been a member Of
Prince Georges County delegations
to the Legislature since 1885. He
was House majority leader before
his election as Speaker.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Collision With Pillar
Fotul to Truinmun

John w. Tucker, jr., %. employed
as a brakeman for the Washington
Terminal Co, died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital of injuries re-
ceived last Wednesday when he
struck a concrete pillar between the
tracks in Union Station after Jump
ing from a train,
MI Tucker, who lived at 1916
Montello avenue NE, had been ad-
mitted to the hospital with a frac-
tured pelviS.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
Youth Under Medical
Study in Shooting
Of Chevy Chase Girl
Victim Is Reported
Improving Despite
Bullet in Spine

John Cameron, 19-year-old Chevy
Chase. (Mdo youth who police say
has admitted shooting 14-year-old
Patricia Kerlin Thursday, was un-
der observation at a Rockville sani-
tarlum today while the girls condi-
ton was reported improved.
The girls mother, Mrs. William
j. kerlin of 1869 Brookeville road
Chevy Chase, Md, said that unless
complications develop, her daughter
Will walk again. The bullet pene-.
trated the girls hip and lodged in
the lumbar vertebra. 1t probably
cannot be removed, Mrs. Kerlin said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin j. Cameron
OF 65l3 Maple avenue, the youths
parents, have called or visited the
kerlin home daily since the shoot
ing to inquire about Patricia's con-
dition, Mrs. Kerltn said.
Originally released under $1,000
bond, young Cameron has been
confined in the Chestnut Lodge
Sanitarium with the consent of his
parents. States Attorney Joseph B.
Simpson, jr., disclosed. He is
charged with assault with a dam
gerous weapon.
Although the county grand jury
meets today, the case will not be
presented until Mr.. Simpson has
received reports from Dr.. Dexter
M. Bullard, head of the sanitarium.
and DR.. George H. Preston, Mary
land commissioner of mental hv-
giene, who will also examine the
YOUTH Mr.. Simpson said.
Patricia was shot with a .22-cali-
ber rifle as she rode her bicycle
from the garage of her home
Thursday night after declining to
go out with young Cameron, ac-
cording to the story Montgomery
County police said Cameron had
told them.
Evening star., 1944-03-20


and more liberal quantities of ce-
reals, dry beans and soybean prod
ucts for liberated areas. But he
added:
In considering the responsibility
OF the United States in helping to
meet food requirements of the
United Nations, it should be kept in
mind that the United States is not
the food basket of the world"
Must Step Up Production.
AS relief demands increase, he
said, food production will need to
be stepped up in the other United
Nations and in areas to which they
have access.
Meanwhile, crop experts of the
Agriculture Department met be-
hind closed doors to evaluate re-
ports from all parts of the country
on contemplated sowing this spring.
VIA has set the 1914 acreage goal
at 100000, ,000-16,000 900 more than
last year. The crop report will be
released at 3 pm.
Mr.. Jones made this forecast of
civilian supplies for 1914:
While supplies of some foods
will be less than would be needed
with unrestricted demand, other
foods will be available in ample
supply so that every one can have
enough good and nutritious food to
satisfy his needs"
AS to supplies beyond military
and civilian requirements, his re-
port said:
Export Food Limited
Foods available in the United
States for export constitute only a
small proportion of the food re-
qulrementS of the United Nations
and of liberated areas. This is true
even of important kinds that we
normally porduce in excess of our
own supplies"
OF the total exportable supplies
OF food available from all the United
Nations, Mr.. Jones said, this coun-
try has only per cent of the wheat,
grain and flour; one-fourth of the
fats and edible oils; third of the
meat, fish and rice, and somewhat
larger proportions of canned fish.
dried fruits and Of beans and peas.
Evening star., 1944-03-20
World Order Crusade
Names D. 6. Pastor

The Rev. Clarence w. Crawford
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church.
Eighth and H streets NV, is one of
the sponsors for the world order
crusade of the Northern Baptist
Convention, according to the list
announced last night.
The participation of the United
States in some form of world Or
ganization is favored by the group.
which urges church congregations
to write Senators and Secretary
Hull to support such a move More
than 1000 churches are expected to
be reached by May 7. when the
crusade will reach its climax.