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Evening star., 1944-01-10
Oil Dealers Confident
Demand Can Be Met

What was described as "piece-
meal" fuel oil situation in the Dis
trict was in the process of being
remedied today while oil dealers,
confident they could handle any
normal demand, expressed fear that
an unjustified customer panic would
further complicate the situation.
AS result of reports of a tight
situation due to a collision involving
an oil barge in Baltimore Harbor,
dealers today reported they were re-
ceiving many unjustified calls for
oil, many from householders with
ample supplies on hand.
The shortage, which was attributed
solely to transportation difficulties,
reached its peak late last week when
many dealers reported themselves
short. However, a bargload of house
hold oil reached the city late Satur-
day night; two bargeloads of bunker
oil, used in public buildings, arrived
yesterday, and another barge of
household oil is due tomorrow. Two
additional barges of bunker oil are
scheduled to arrive Wednesday, it
was said.
AS a result, it was said, the situa-
ton here will be entirely cleared up
within a few dayS.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
0DT Is PROBING
Cab Seryiceto
.Mi|itaryCdmps
Penalty Faces Drivers
Violating l0-MiIe
Limit on Trips

At least rs Washington taxicab
drivers face possible revocation of
their certificates of wartime neces-
sity, William N. Tobin, ONCE of
Defense Transportation manager for
the District, said today after check
ing the transporting of marines to
Quantico from Washington rail and
bus terminals.
Mr.. Tobin described the practice
OF running cabs filled with uni
formed men to Quantico, Camp
Pickett and Camp Lee, in Virginia.
as "a racket among some of the
f1y-by-night drivers looking for easy
money"
washington police and military
authorities are cooperating in
checking on the operation of cabs
In violation of ODT regulations re-
strlcting cabs to 10 miles from their
city OF origin, Mr.. Tobin said.
License Numbers Taken.
over the week end 1t. joseph
Harrington of the hack inspection
ofice of the Metropolitan Police and
his men stationed themselves at tha
Union Station and the Greyhound
bus terminals and took the license
numbers of cabs carrying away
groups of marines.
ODT officials and military police
at Quantico were advised of the
license numbers by telephone. Some
OF the cabs bearing the numbers
came rolling into the military reser-
yation. The drivers were questioned
by the ODT men and military police.
Bootleg cabs constitute another
fiourishing racket, Mr.. Tobin said.
Ihese are private automobiles whose
owners are transporting marines and
soldiers to the camps.
according to 1t. Harrington, the
ride to Quantico, SO miles from
Washington, costs the marines $40,
or 81 apiece, as there usually are
five in a cab. The ride to Pickett
or Lee costs $40 each, he said.
Will Be Reported to OPA.
Mr.. Tobin said the operators Of
the bootleg cabs will be reported to
OPA, as they are misusing their
rationed gasoline. He said eight Of
them questioned at Quantico are to
be charged by Virginia authorities
with operating unlicensed cabs.
Mr.. Tobin said another practice
was for Washington cabs to take
parties of uniformed men to Hot
Shoppe restaurants across the High
way and the Memorial Bridges.
There they transfer to Virginia cabs.
which take them to the camps. He
said that as the Virginia camps
were more than 10 miles away, the
Virginia cab drivers operating on
this plan were in violation of the
ODT regulation.
Mr.. Tobin said buses going to
Quantico yesterday were not filled,
4 sna thatsthe Greyhound officials had
7 told them they could put on more
buses. whenever necessary.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
William F. Dorsey, 81, Dies;
Next to Last GAR Member Here
Indian Fighter Was
Oldest Member of
typographical Union

William F. Dorsey, one of the Dis
trict's two surviving members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, died
yesterday at his home at 1922
Twentieth street NE. He was "a
years old.
A resident of Washington since
1889, Mr.. Dorsey was quartermaster
general of the Kit Carson Post No.
2, Department of the Potomac, GAR,
a Mason and the oldest living mem
ber of the International Typo
graphical Union He retired from
the Government Printing Office in
1920 after 81 years of service.
Mr.. Dorsey was born March 8,
1849, at Rising Sun, Ind. He was
years old when, with his parents,
he joined the movement of settlers
to the West His family stopped in
Nebraska, then the heart of the
Indian country.
Killed an Indian.
At an age when youngsters of this
generation are engrossed in school
young Bill Dorsey divided his time
between working his fathers farm
and fighting Indians. The Indian
fighting was very grim and very real
and Bill Dorsey had shot and killed
an Indian before he was Is.
Shortly after the outbreak of The
Civil War, he tried to enlist in the
Union Army but was rejected be-
cause Of his youth. Undaunted, he
joined covered wagon train en-
route from Nebraska to Colorado.
There he falsif1ed his age and be-
came member of Company E., I'd
Cavalry. He participated in many en-
gagements against the redskins in
wyoming, South Dakota and Colo
RADIO and came to know many of the
fabulous characters of the old West,
among them Buffalo Bill, Kit Car
son and Gen. Custer.
After the war he became an ap-
prentice printer on the Nebraska
City News. On completion of his
training he joined the Typographical
Union in 1868. Later he worked on
various newspapers throughout the
West, among them the Omaha
World Herald, Rocky Mountain
News, Denver, and the Cincinnati
Enquirer He was organizer and
first president of the Typographical
Union on the Lincoln (Nebr0 Jour-
nal.
Came Here in 1889.
Mr.. Dorsey moved here in 1889,
and short time later Joined the
Evening star., 1944-01-10
0PA Calls Conference
To Review Liquor Ceilings

BY the Associated Press.
Proposed increases in the Federal
excise tax on distilled spirits and
wines today caused the Office of
Price Administration to order re-
view of present retail ceilings on
alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
The OPA reported that a retail
liquor industry advisory committee
will meet here January IL to con-
slider the effect of tax increases, now
before Congress, on retail prices.
The retailers will meet with joint
liquor industry group composed of
distillers, rectifiers, importers and
State-operated liquor store execu-
tives to continue the same inquiry,
on January l3.
Retailers from each State are
represented on the Retail Advisory
Committee.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
BY FRANCES LIDE.

Of the platform, Bill McGarrahan
self-styled kids evangelist" and
Americas adventure pilot" is a
soft-voiced mild hammered man
scarcely five feet tall, with a pale
serious face.
Once he leaps on the stage, how
ever, to launch commando cam
paign" through drama tization of
Bible stores. he is a dynamo of en-
ergy-turning handsprings one mo-
ment, crouching on the floor the next
or hurtling about on a chair he uses
to represent chariot.
He was greeted with squeals of
excitement last night from between
so and IS youngsters at the National
Tabernacle, 6440 Piney Branch road
NV, where he opened his drive for
Washington Commands" with
promises of "thrill-packed drama
and souvenirs, prizes, awards and
treats" He also announced that a
real, live pig" will make an appear
ance on the platform one night soon
Uses Many Props.
The evangelist works against a
background of stage properties in
Guiding a golden commando castle
and a devils fort" which will be
stormed later on as his youthful
recruits bring their friends out to
meetings His props also include a
Ncah's ark and a whale which can
be manipulated SO that it will
swallow man alive"
Last nights drama was the first
installment of Gods Superman, "
from the Bible story of David and
Goliath in which the shepherd boy
is pitted against a giant so huge
they had to have a scrap drive to
get his armor."
In his Interpretation, Mr.. McGar-
rahan made much of two prelim-
mary contests between David and a
bear and lion, managing to portray
both antagonists at the same time.
Mr.. McGarrahan's technique in
dramatizing Bible stories represents
a deliberate attempt to use devices
used in comic strips popular with
youngsters.
Several years ago." he said. 81
Evening star., 1944-01-10
SO Pct. Of Jelly Supply
Allotted to Civilians

fy the Associated Press.
Civilians have been allocated 50
per cent of this seasons supply of
commercial jams, jellies, marmalade
and fruit butter.
This quantity, the War Food Ad-
ministration said, is enough to fill
consumer demands under current
ration point values.
The armed forces will get q per
cent, the remainder going to Allied
nations and to other foreign areas,
Evening star., 1944-01-10
.lesWRshonmig
@RemindersM

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps D, E and
F valid through January 20.
Stamps G, H and ] valid through
February 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. Book No. 3,
brown stamps R, S and T valid
through January 20. Book No. 4.
spare stamp No. 2 good for five
points of fresh pork and sausage
through January Is.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay you two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Su5ar-Stamp % in Book No. good
for S pounds through January Is.
Stamp 30 valid for pounds jan
uary 16.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No. I
and stamp l on the 'airplane"
sheet of Book No. 3 valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8.
B, B-1, c and C-1 coupons good
for 2 gallons each. These coupons
will expire on date indicated on
individual books. b. and ca
coupons in books issued since De-
cember / are good for 5 gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81.
Fuel Oil-Period No. coupons, valid
now, expire February 8. Period
No. 3 coupons, valid now, remain
valid through March a. No. 2
and 3 coupons good for 10 gallons
per unit. According to the Dis
trict OPA, consumers in this area
should not have used more than
43 per cent of their total yearly
fuel oil ration as Of .Ian,larv 10
Evening star., 1944-01-10

came to believe the average child
was learning more about Superman
than God and that he believed
more in Superman than God"
Mr.. McGarrahan was born 80
years ago in Chicago, one of five
children of an accountant who
moved his family to Zion City, Ill,
when Bill was only 5. He spent
most of his childhood in the rather
austere city and it was there he
gained his first familiarity with
Bible stories.
Later, when the family returned
to Chicago, he went out for ath-
letics. Despite his small size he
played football as we'll as other
sports during his freshman year in
high school. After that his interest
turned to music and church work.
After his conversion at 16 he took
charge of his first Sunday school
class.
Was Song Leader.
Having made his choice between
"a career with the world and fol-
lowing Christ" he attended Bob
Jones College in Cleveland, Tenn.
for two years, earning his expenses
largely through summer jobs. He
left--toxbecomesaa songs.leaders- TO,
various evangelists, concentrating or
programs for youth. t 49,.
He soon started using "object les
sons" of which his real, live pig
feature is a rather elaborate ex-
ample. He washes the pig in front
of the audience. he explained
powders it, perfumes it and even
paints its hooves with fngernail
polish. Then he dresses it in a
pretty frock and lets it run off to a
mud puddle which he has brought
on the platform. Pigs can only be
changed on the outside" he says;
humans may be changed within
by Gods power"
The most opposition to his tech
nique, Mr.. McGarrahan says, comes
from people who think the best way
to get kids into church is by quite
little talks" Then he adds: Il be-
lieve in quiet talks and prayer, too
but after the kids have gotten an
idea of what it's all about"
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Upper Marlboro Gunner
Cited for Combat FIiahts

Staff Sergt. Gilbert F. Parker "a,
son Of Mrs. L. j. Parker, Upper
Marlboro, Md, a gunner on a Flying
Fortress, mas been awarded two
bronze oak leaf clusters to the Air
Medal for combat flights against the
enemy in the South Pacific, the War
Department announced today.
A native of Upper Marlboro,
where he attended st. Mary's Pa
rochial School, Sergt Parker enlisted
in the Army Air Forces December
16, 1941. He was married in Sep
tember, 1912, shortly before he was
sent overseas. His wife is now living
with her parents IN Quincy, Wash,
Mrs. Parker said.
A butcher, Pfc. Knighton Parker,
29, USMC, is stationed in California.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
81 More Bodies Found
After Ship Collision
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAPE MAY, N. j., Jan. 10
Thirty-Seven more bodies of victims
of the collision of a Navy patrol
boat and merchant vessel 60 miles
southeast of Capt May Thursday
night have been recovered, it was
learned today. bringing the total of
known dead to 81.
The 4th Naval District confirmed
the information but said there would
be no further announcements con-
corning the crash. The patrol boat
which sank was the St. Augustine
formerly palatial yacht. The mer-
chant vessel has not been named.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
New Draft Tests
Begin Monday
AtFortMyer
Most Of January
EIigibIes Due to Go
To Naval Forces

Pre-induction physical examina-
tions under the new draft procedure
will begin for District men at Fort
Myer next Monday and the majority
of the men passing the new ex-
animation this month probably will
wind up in the naval forces, it was
learned today.
The Fort Myer induction station
will continue to tnduct men under
the old procedure for the rest of the
month while giving the pre-induc-
ton physicals at the same time.
The first men sworn in under the
new procedure will be inducted Feb
ruary 8.
Because the Navy had been grant
ing only one-week furlough after
induction, while the Army had been
giving three-week furlough, the
Army's supply of men inducted
under the old procedure will last
until February 81 while the Navy's
supply will be exhausted February 8.
For that reason, the following ar
rangement was worked out:
Army Call Starts February %.
All men sworn in from February
8 until February % will go into the
naval forces.
Since the Marine Corps and Coast
Guard previously had granted two
week furloughs, presumably men
will start going into those services
February Is.
The first day on which men will
be called to the Army under the new
procedure will be February %.
These other details of the new
medical procedure also were ex-
planned by spokesmen for the armed
forces and Selective Service.
Men still will be allowed to express
a preference for the service of their
choice, although at the induction
station they will be assigned either
to the Army or the Navy. Later. at
the Navy Recruiting Station they
will be able to express a choice for
the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast
Guard and that choice will be honor
ed as far as quotas allow.
Assignment Awaits Blood Tests.
The men will be told informally
at the induction station for what
branch of service they are accept
able, but that definite assignment
cannot be made until after the re-
suits of their blood tests are known.
Men who want to appeal from
their draft board classification can
do so within 10 days of the reclas-
sif1cation, as before, but the appeal
will not be sent to the appeal board
until they have taken their pre-
induction physical examination.
That is to spare the appeal board
the chore of deciding on the cases
of men who wind up in 4-F.
Men who have to be re-examined
because more than three months
have elapsed between their preinduc-
ton physical and their draft call
will be examined at Fort Myer.
sworn in and sent to camp that
day If they still are acceptable.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
'Pop-Eyed' Bandit Gets
$275 in Grocery Holdup

Police broadcast a lookout for a
colored man with pop eyes" who
early today held up a grocer and
robbed him of 5000 in indorsed Gov
ernment pay checks and SIS in cash.
The grocer. John Sesso, who op-
crates store at 1410 Ninth street
NV, said he was alone when the
robber entered. Pulling a gun, the
bandit ordered Mr.. Sesso to turn
around, then rifled the cash drawer
and removed the checks from the
grOcer'S pocket.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Kenneth A. McRue
Funeral Tomorrow

Memorial services for Kenneth A.
McRae, World War veteran who
died Saturday at Mount Alto Hos
pital after long illness, will be
conducted at 8 o'clock tonight by
Snyder-Farmer Post, American Le-
gion, of Hyattsville, Md, at Cham
bers' funeral home, Fourteenth and
Chaplin streets NV.
Funeral services will be held in
the Fort Myer Chapel at 10 am. to-
morrow, followed by burial with
military honors in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
u. 5. War Plant Fatalities
Placed al $4,000 Yearly
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Casualties in war plant accidents
total $4,000 soldiers of production
killed annually, the War Production
Board reported in inaugurating a
national industrial safety campaign.
John M. Fewkes, head of the in
dustrial health and safety section of
the WPB Labor Production Division,
was named to direct the campaign.
A National Advisory Committee
including delegates from the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations,
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, the National Association of
Manufacturers and the National
Safety Council will work with Mr..
FeWkes.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

SJdtlOHeQ Ill llle
Solomons area,
was kille d on
Christmas Day
when his plane
crashed on his
return from pa
troll duty, ac-
cording to word
received by his
family in Falls
Church, Va.
In a lie t t e r
written to his
p a r e n t S, Col
and Mrs. Fred
L. Smith, LOG
p my tnn road
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Saturday Tabloid Planned

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Jan. 10 (P,.-
The Portsmouth Star has adopted
the tabloid form for Saturday
editions as one means of meeting
the paper shortage. An announce
ment in the paper Saturday said the
length of stories would be cut and
the size of heads reduced to conserve
paper.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Seat Pleasant Youth
Makes Rescue al Sea
Roscoe Jones, lS, Saves
Seaman OFF Cape May

An 18-year-old coast guardsman
OF Seat Pleasant. Nd, was credited
in New York Times dispatch yes
terday with having saved the life
OF a seaman after a collision Thurs
day between a Navy patrol boat
and a merchant vessel off Cape May
N. j., in which 80 men died.
The rescuer, identified as Roscoe
Jones. a coxswain on a Coast Guard
ship, jumped in the water to save
Stanley Matecki IS, of Trenton,
N. j., seaman, second class, who
had been on the Navy patrol boat.
Seaman Matecki was quoted as
saying:
Il jumped overheard and headed
for life raft. I was on it for
two hours. 1t was overcrowded. NV
legs began to get numb. 1 saw six
OF my buddies 60 down and I myself
was hanging over the side only
partly conscious. I felt as though
1 must let go and sink when the
rescue vessel came alongside and
Jones jumped in and saved me-"
Young Jones is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. N Jones, 513 Sixty
eighth street A native of Wash
ington, he moved to Seat Pleasant
with his family about Is years ago
He enlisted in the Coast Guard
about year and a half ago.
According to his father, the youth
Joined the National Guard when he
was Is and was called to duty in the
Army few weeks later when the
National Guard was mobilized. He
was discharged shortly afterward
however, when Army officials dis
covered his age.
Young Jones received his Coast
Guard training at Manhattan
Beach, N. Y, and has been at sea
for about year. A brother, Gene
II, also is in the Coast Guard, sta
toned at Curtis Bay, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Family of Nine Left
Homeless After Fire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
POINT OF ROCKS, Md, Jan. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvia E. Toms and
their seven children were left home
less yesterday when fire DESTROYED
their home near this Frederick
County community.
The blaze, which apparently
started in the chimney, had gained
such headway before it was dis
covered by 17-year-old Connie Toms
that the fire company was not sum-
moned. Some members of the
family had to flee in their night
clothes.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Red Cross Needs Women

The Rockville Red Cross needs
more women to make surgical dress
lngs, Mrs. Rose A. Dawson, chair
man of the committee in charge
said today She also asked for the
loan of sewing machine. Workers
meet at the Rockville fire engine
house Tuesday nights and Wednes-
day mornings and afternoons.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Eoston's S Chief Hotel
Wrecked by Fire
Ey the Associated Prose

Ey the Associated Press.
EASTON, Md, Jan. 10-Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed much
OF the Hotel Avon, Eastern's princi-
pal hotel, within an hour and a half
after it broke out today.
First reports said no one was in
jured and that all occupants had
made their way to safety.
Firemen, assisted by ladder COM
pany from Cambridge, managed to
confine the flames to the four STORY
frame structure.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Save This Newspo ser

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. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Ensign Smith Killed
In SoIomons Area
Virginia Fighter Pilot
Crashed on Patrol Duty

Ensign Ralph Edwin Smith, %,
fighter pilot on an aircraft carrier
Evening star., 1944-01-10

ouSeS, whenever necessary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-20
Use More Eggs, SdUe
Less Plentiful Food

Housewives of this area can make
an important contribution to the war
effort and save ration points by
using more fresh eggs in daily
meals, an official of the nations
largest food distributor said today.
"Our company is glad to cooper
ate with other retailers and govern
mental agencies in the nationwide
campaign to move surpluses in eggs
into consumers hands to avoid waste
of this essential food" said r. r.
Betz, vice-president in charge of
A & P Tea Company operations in
this area. Housewives can help
conserve less plentiful foods by US
ing more of the nutritious, non-ra-
toned fresh eggs at this time"
The company official reported a
seasonal surplus had resulted from
the patriotic response of poultrymen
who, despite manpower and food
shortages, stepped up egg production
to all-time records.
The company is aiding the egg
merchandising drive through news
paper advertising and store posters
and displays which call attention to
the fact that eggs are abundant in
supply, of fine quality and an econ
omical food.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-04-20
Slayer Gets Bill For
Trial

Before he was taken to Columbus
recently to begin serving sentence
of one to 20 years in the Ohio peni-
tentiary for his first degree man.
slaughter, Carl c. Muntz, 81, of OF
tawa, was presented with bill for
$182.66 for court costs.
Ralph Geckle, sheriff's deputy,
took the prisoner to Columbus.
Muntz had pleaded guilty to the
charge which grew out of the slay-
ing of his father, Charles W. Muntz,
83, in their home here Jan. 81.
The court costs of the manslaught-
er case totaled S46.41. The remain
ing $136.25 was added to Muntz's
bill through the alertness of Allen
Litten, clerk of courts.
He learned that Muntz had failed
to pay the court costs assessed
against him 80 years ago when a
jury found mo cause of action, in
his suit against Drs. c. E. and C. o.
Beardsley for damages. The clerk
figured the costs of the suit settled
in 1913 and added them to his bill
which will be assessed against the
fathers estate which Muntz will
inherit.