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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
$4,000 Here Face
Loss of Ballot

ElEhtN-tWn thousand Registered
voter, who are about 10 be dis
fraHettt>cd -bcrausp they nave u0r
voted IN two years viii be gver
chance TO continue their reg.
iStrauon in a plan announced 10.
day by City Clerk Lesdbetter
I'VE are mailing out $4,000
cancellations within n day or
90" Leadbetter said Attached
to the cancellation notice viii
be a card. All the registrant has
to do ~ sign his name on the
card and mail it back 10 -.
Although these people have
not voted in two years. the
chances are almost ali-nt them
Will want 10 vote in the preSi-
Dental election. BY mailing this
card, they can avoid waiting in
line al the city hall and will re-
lleye vs. Of a lot OF our usual
laSt-minute rush.
Leadbetter SAID that in case,
where cancellations we're mailed
10 m1n--a- tho AIMED -AeIAIGeS.
their registrations could be re-
famed II a member of the family
OF each would note this fact on
the attached card and return II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
4 League Formed
For Polish Aid

Organization ~ the League Tor
Religious Assistance ~ Poland
vas announced today by the Most
Rev Bishop stephen 6 Wo1niCk
auxiliary bishop ~ Detroit. He rs
also one Of the directors. Who lN
working with the approval of tho
bishops Of America
The object Of the organization
Will hc 10 aid IN the restoration
of religious material destroyed
and pundcred by the Germans IN
Poland and 10 provide social
workers n he sent there after
the war 10 revive and establish
religious and educational Insutu-
tionS
4 series NJ seminar courses In
Catholic colleges soon viii be
started to provide more tf-4tftt.tf
assistant workers. Young men and
women who have completed high
school courses VIII be eligible for
the classes which u4ll be con
Quoted locally Al Marygrove Col
lcgp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
Army Transfers
WAC Leader
Times Photo

Can't EVELYN D RundIes. COM
handing officer Of WAC recruiters
FOR tt7p state, wifi leave Monday
for r.. Sheridan. where she will
be assigned a new post in the
Sixth Service Command
First Ii. Nina Muncy succeeds
Capt. RundleS as commanding Of
fcer. 1t. Muncy has been at
tached 10 the Detroit office in the
Bull Building since Dec ~, 1912.
Capt. RundleS since last MSy Is.
As her first official act, 1t.
Muncy announced a new WAC
recruiting drive
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
OIeO Buying al Peak.
Civilians To Get More

WASHINGTON. Jan 6 tINS) 49,
The Food Distribution Admins
traitor. f. VAS learned to-day, witt
announce soon an Increase IN civil
Ian margarine ALLEGATIONS 10
match what is probably the great
e>' demand for the food in MS
tory
Present ALLEGATIONS are on the
basis Of "A million pounds a
year compared 20 q consumption
OF 30l million pounds In 1912, War
Food AdmlnI~tra'Ion sources said.
but even SO this is not considered
enough 10 meet home front needs
So great has been the demand
for thee spread that consumers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
d Toll Calls Break
Bell System Records

NEW YORK. Jan s tNS
Al records of long distance calls
and messages handled by the Bell
Telephone System were topped IN
1919. IL was announced today
Average daily toll conversations
reached new high of $500 600.
2 gain NJ nearly 100000 over the
1912 average Long distance mes
SageS totaled $50 million
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
Camacho May Visit Cuba

MEXICO CITY, Jan s GNS) -
The Mexican congress yesterday
granted permission 10 President
Manuel Avila Camacho 10 leave
the country extraordinarily II is
believed Aviia Camacho soon viii
meet President Gen. Juan Ba-
tlSta Of Cuba.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06
High Schools 10 TraiI
Drivers for Army

Michigan High School >tudenr
todaY were gwen an OPPORTUNITY
~ acquire training 10 help then
serve as drivers IN the army
service Of supply
- driving course using SpcCla
texts and materials provided bN
the Automobile Club OF Michigan
will start IN state high school.
within three weeks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-06

have been buying more margarine
than the OPA has been given 20
ration. II was disclosed and The
agency is in the red on It's mar
aeet,ttfftS
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Home Accident
Deaths Rise to ST.:
-Four New Gases

Three fatal falls and one death by
suffocation last week brought the
total number of deaths in home ac-
cidents to 81 since the first of the
year as reported by District of
Columbia Home Accident Prevention
Service survey conducted by the Red
Cross. The suffocation last week
brings the total deaths to four from
that type of accident, since January
L, all of them being infants suffo-
Gated by bed clothing.
Hospitals reported an even 100
home accident cases treated during
the week There were 81 falls, nine
burns, two accidental poisonings.
one accidental shooting, three gas
poisoning cases, IL eye, ear, nose
and throat cases, II cuts and Is mis-
cellaneous.
Included in the report was the
case of a 30-year-old woman who
dislocated her jaw while yawning,
the case of an adult and child in
jured when plaster fell from the
ceiling, three small children who, left
playing in kitchen, turned on the
gas in kitchen stove and were
found unconscious by their mother.
They revived while en- route to a
hospital. An 8-year-old child ate
rat poison, 2-month-old child in
some way obtained a box of pepper
and spilled some in both eyes, and
one child drank large amount OF
kerosene. Cases of stepping on nails.
falling from trees and stumps, falls
while swinging on gates, and insects
in ears, typified spring accidents.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Long Onion Famine
For District Ended
Two Carloads Arrive;
80 More Due This Week

..Washingtons onion famine will
end this week, giving most con-
sumers their first onions in over
six months.
Two carloads of white onions ar
rived here yesterday from Laredo
Tex, consigned to S. A. Freas Co
and Leventhal & Oxenburg, COM
mission merchants In the 1900 block
of Maine avenue S.W.
Approximately 80 more cars are
expected this week with a supply
sufficient for every onion lover In
the city, according to wholesalers
Mr.. Freas reported only a mode
rate demand from stores for the
onions, but he attributed this to
the fact the trade was unaware oi
the shipments. Things should pick
up this week, he said.
Not since last october has there
ben any carlot shipments of onions
here. In some cases, truckers were
offering wholesalers a few sacks OF
onions providing they purchased a
quantity of other vegetables. fire.
quently of inferior grade.
The District Office of Price Ad-
ministration said the retail ceiling
price for Texas white onions will
sell at 81 cents for pounds. The
wholesaler price to stores is 1891
a 5O-pOund sack
Evening star., 1944-04-23
National Airport 10 Get
0CD Award Next SUNDAY

The National Security Award
granted by the Ofiice of Civilian De-
fense for superior. protective meas
ures against air raids, sabotage and
fire will be presented at pm. next
Sunday to Washington National
Airport, second airport in the coun-
try to win this recognition.
Regional OCD Director John Rus
sell Young will make the presenta-
ton on the apron in front of the
Airport Building. Col. Frank A. Nc
Nance. deputy director of the Ma
tional OCD, will speak.
Army and Navy officers and off,
cials of the national and local OCD,
the airlines and the Civil Aeronau-
tics Authority will take part in the
presentation. The Army Air Forces
Band, under the direction of Capt.
George S. Howard, will provide
music,
Evening star., 1944-04-23
BE Kind 10 Animals Week
Will Open Tomorrow

BE Kind to Animals Week"
opens tomorrow with members of
the Washington Animal Rescue
League urging citizens to take
special interest in their pets and
in strays during this period
Posters, depicting the animals
four freedoms-freedom from hun
ger, thirst, neglect and exposure
have been placed in all schools as
reminder to children to take
better care of their pets. The
society also urges dog owners to
keep their canies leashed in COM
batting the rabies hysteria." and
to keep those not on leash in
closed yards.
Pet owners unable to care for
their animals also are urged to call
rescue league headquarters, located
at II o street NV. rather than turn
them loose on the streets.
The leagues annual meeting will
be held at II am. Wednesday at
its headquarters, when 1t. H. M.
Bowman of the Army Quarter
master Corps. will address the
gathering on the animals role in
the war.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
3 Women Go on Trial
Here Tomorrow on
Mann Act CHARGES
One Hopkins Institute
Defendant Is Expected
To Be Stute's Witness

Eight women whose activities were
said to be linked with the former
Hopkins Institute in the 2700 block
of Connecticut avenue NV, will 60
on trial in District Court tomorrow
on charges of conspiracy to vio-
late the White Slave Traffic Act.
One of the eight, however, is ex-
pected to enter a guilty plea and
probably will be Government wit
ness, it was learned. A ninth per-
son, George Francis Whitehead,
who was said to have been a pro-
prietor of the institute, which was
listed as a massage parlor," plead
ed guilty some months ago to both
the conspiracy charge and to trans
porting two women from New York
to Washington He is serving a
one to four year term on the
charges.
The others indicted on the con-
spiracy charge last March and
scheduled to 60 on trial are listed as
Mildred Powell Carter, Wilma Gra-
ham, Nancy Parr. Mildred Calls
Stevens, Ann Henley, Florence
White, Kay Richards Ferreola and
Irene Vinson.
The Carter woman also Is charged
with transporting two young women
from New York to Washington.
Wilma Graham and Florence White
are named in separate indictment
charging them with transporting
within the District.
The case will be prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney
John w. Fihelly. A little black book
listing patrons of the establishment
and said to include many prominent
names, may be introduced at the
trial.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Comdr. Moore to Talk
Before Harvard Club

The Harvard Club of Washington
will hear Comdr. John r. Moore,
U. S. N, on submarines and their
operation at the meeting at the
Washington Club at 8 pm. Wednes-
day.
A graduate of the Naval Academy
Comdr. Moore has had 10 years of
active submarine service. Howard
Mitchell, cellist, accompanied by Sol
Sax, will play. Both are members o1
the National Symphony Orchestra.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Women S Institute Maps
Manpower Conference

The Institute of Women's Profess
sional Relations, headed bv Mrs
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the
board, has responded to the plan
Tor a National Service Act by call
ing conference here May and S,
at which college personnel directors
Will discuss the problems of labor
shortages in critical war programs.
In telegrams to Secretaries Slim
son and Knox, informing them of
the conference, the institute offered
Its offices for presenting specific
lines OF work, which require special
education and training, for which
women are needed.
This will be the third wartime
conference held by the institute to
further the war effort and to follow
the trends in employment and edu-
cation bearing on postwar demands
AT its session last year the group
heard both sides of the proposed ma
tlonal service law. It's concern is
not in the bill, it declared, but in the
actual shortages which make the
agency heads feel such a law is es-
Sential.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
) Women Hurt, One Badly,
In D. {. Traffic Mishaps

Three women were injured in
traffic accidents last night.
Miss Mary Roth, ST, of 234 Twelfth
street Sc, was struck by a street.
car at loading platform at Four
teenth and F streets NV. She
was taken to Emergency Hospital
where it was reported she suffered
a possible skull fracture and pos
sible internal injuries.
Mrs. Amelia Zaleski, 54, of Scran-
ton, Pa, and her daughter. Miss
Mary zaleski, 26, of 2209 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, were injured
when the car in which they were
riding in West Potomac Park struck
a parked car. Miss Zaleski re-
ceived possible leg fracture while
her mother received knee injury.
Both were taken to Emergency Hos
pital. 1t. John Henry of Fort Bel
voir, Va, was the driver of the
car, police said.
Miss Roth was with her sister,
Miss Catherine Roth, at the time
of the streetcar accident. Police
identified the streetcar operator as
James R. Gallagher, 25, of 1125 E
street NE.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Howard U. Students
Picket Restaurant

About 80 Howard University stu
dents last night picketed Thomp-
sons Restaurant in the HOO block
of Pennsylvania avenue NV. for
about four hours with signs protest
ing segregation.
Spokesman for the students, who
identified themselves as the Civil
Rights Committee of the Howard
University Chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, said they had no
special grievance against the restau-
rant.
The protest was directed against
the fact that there are only a
few restaurants in downtown Wash
ington in which Negroes can sit
down and eat, they said. Thomp-
sons was selected, it was explained,
as good example"
Sylvester Becker, Washington and
Baltimore manager of the Thomp-
son chain, decided to serve the
picketers after spokesman declared
that they would leave if their orders
were taken.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

him gently and talked to him about
themselves, the plane and the
flight.
They helped me remember" he
said.
How the crew got back safely
still is military secret. 1t did not
take very long. Frank was placed
in the hospital at once. Two weeks
later-just a few hours after his
mother received her telegram that
he was missing-the Air Transport
Command loaded Frank on a plane
and in three days brought him to
the National Airport.
The sergeant's other clothes had
been sent by his base to the Army
Effects Bureau, Kansas City. All
he had of his own was a torn fight
jacket-"my lucky jacket"--and a
Evening star., 1944-04-23
DC. Flyer, Missing on Raid, Telephones Mother
That He Is Sdfe-ond Back in Woshinqton
Sergt. Frank KnobIe
Puruchuted Into
Nuzi Territory
By MARION WADE DOYLE.

Mrs. Frank j. Knoble was trying
to sleep Five days before she had
received telegram informing her
that her son, Frank, was missing
over Italy. Long after midnight she
did begin to doze.
The phone rang. Mrs. Noble put
on robe and went downstairs to
answer it. She had been expecting
call from a family friend stationed
on the West Coast.
Hello" said a voice. How are
you alp"
Pine, she said sleepily. How is
1t out there?"
Mother" the voice said. you
don't understand. This is Frank" I"
Mrs. Noble stopped talking. Over
and over again, her son had to tell
her that he had been missing and
wounded but now was safe. In fact,
he was at National Airport. Would
she come and get him?
"I told her not to hurry" Tech.
Sergt. Frank j. Knoble, %, of the
Army Air Forces, said yesterday as
ne described his arrival home two
weeks ago. But she must have had
the throttle wide open. I didn't
wait long"
When the sun came up April 6,
Frank was home with his mother
and sister, eating breakfast in the
kitchen at 500 Van Buren, street
NV. Three days before he had
been mustered out of an Army
hospital in Italy, suffering from
after-affects of a 5000 foot para
chute leap from his disabled Fly
ing Fortress.
1--WE hit the target first. though"
he said. Then a flight of six Ger
man planes attacked the Fortress
and shot up the engines. The en-
tire crew of 10 jumped over enemy
territory. The tail gunner was
killed and Frank received severe
conclusion when he struck his head
against a rock.
After the fall he could not re-
member the names of his compan-
ions, though he had flown 18 mis-
sion with them since he went over
seas in November as radio opera
tor. While making their way from
the enemy country to the safety of
Allied lines, Franks companions led
Evening star., 1944-04-23

taxation, he has been teaching the
law of taxation at Georgetown for
about five years.
Mr.. Prettyman has been inter-
ested in amateur dramatics for
many years. He helped organize
and served as the first president of
the Montgomery Players, county
Little Theater" group, Is years ago
More recently he has acted in the
Kenwood Players, taking the part
of Stephen Early, presidential Sec
retary, in political play.
He and Mrs. Prettyman have a
Victory garden-at their home-10t
Woodlawn avenue, Kenwood, Md
Mr.. Prettyman gardens in a straw
hat and red bandanna. Mrs. Pretty.
mans cans the produce between
tours OF duty as nurses aide ano
housekeeper minus a maid. Their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Courtney
Prettyman, works in the office OF
Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary
of State. Their son, Pvt. E. Barrett
ASeoJ AAoA, 10 ob1G4OIlCu az SdIIlI
Claiborne, La.
Golfer and Fisherman.
Mr.. Prettyman's recreation also
includes occasional baritone singine
with fellow members of the bar as.
sociation; salmon fishing with hi.
wife or son in Canada; coon huntinf
in the Carolinas and golf at the
Chevy Chase or Burning Tree Clubs
AS corporation counsel, Mr.
Prettyman wrote an affirmative,
opinion on the legal question o.
instructing District children on tn,
tenets of Communism that wa.
later upheld by Congressional legis
lation and publicized nationwide b,
the United States ONCE of Educa,
ton. He set up what he calles
"the tough assignment commit
tee, a group of more experiences
counsels in the office who would
upon request--furnish advice {,
younger members.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
f. Barrett Prettymon Elected
President of Board of Trade
B.M MeKeIwoy Is Elevated
To First Vice President

E. Barrett Prettyman, former
District corporation counsel and
well-known attorney and civic
leader, was elected president of the
Board of Trade yesterday at the
annual meeting of the organiza-
tion's directors. He succeeds Gran
vile GUIDE.
B. M. McKelway, associate editor
of The Star, was elevated from
second vice president to first vice
president. and Joseph c. McGar-
raghy, attorney, who served as
secretary during the last year, was
elected seconds vice president, put
ting him in line for succession to
the presidency two years hence.
John A. Reilly, president Of the
Second National Bank, was named
secretary; Edward F. Colladay, re-
elected general counsel; Frederick p
H. Siddons, reelected treasurer
Thornton w. Owen, reelected as
sistant treasurer, and Frank r.
Strunk, sergeant-at-arms.
President Outlines Policy.
Immediately after his election
Mr.. Prettyman promised his ad-
ministration would continue the
boards efforts to plan a more beau
tiful, healthier and efficient post
war Washington. He said he will
call conference of his fellow Of
f1cers tomorrow to plan policies fol-
the coming year.
Mr.. Prettyman, So, is a native OF
Virginia. He served in the Army
during the last war, then was a
newspaperman in Baltimore and
Hopewell, Va. He was special coun-
sci and then general counsel fol
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
before becoming corporation coun.
sci for the District in 1885. Since
1886 he has been in private prac.
tice. 81 He has served as presi.
dent Of the District Bar Association
and the Georgetown University
Alumni Association. An expert or
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Gillespie to Be Guest
At Silver Dollar Dance

Representative Gillespie, Republi-
can, OF Colorado, will be the guest
OF honor at the Colorado State So
ciety's Silver Dollar Dance" at the
Statler Hotel May s.
Featured on the program will be
Patricia Monahan. chosen as the
Silver Dollar Girl of 1914" who
will wear costume spangled with
silver cartwheels in the tradition of
Western mining boom days.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

20-mm. and a 37-mm. shell as SOU
venirs. Admitted almost immedi-
ately to the hospital at Boiling
Field. Frank was released on Fri
day for a 20-day furlough.
His mother meanwhile had in
formed the War Department here
that he was missing no longer. His
name was carried, nevertheless, in
a missing-in- in-action list prepared by
the department some time ago and
released yesterday.
Mrs. Knoble, Franks stepmother
is the widow of Pvt. Frank J. Knoble
of the Metropolitan police. She and
his sister, Miss Margaret Knoble
81, both. work for the Treasury De-
partment. Mrs. Knoble stayed home
yesterday, however Frank wanted
his lucky jacket mended.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Burton Murder Trial
Reopens Tomorrow

The murder trial of George K.
Burton in connection with the
death Of Paul Higgins on New Year
Day, 1943, will be resumed in Dis
trict Court tomorrow, with both sides
presenting their summationS.
Defense Counsel M. Edward Buck
ley, accompanied by chemist and
an auto mechanic, yesterday in
spected the car which Burton is
charged with running over Mr.. Hig-
gins body several times. 1t. William
Liverman of the accident investiga-
ton squad supervised the inspection
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Hospital PIahe to Take
ID From Here to Coost

The Navy reported last night that
IA sailors and marines will be flown
from Washington to California this
afternoon in the first transconti-
mental flight of a naval hospital
plane
The men, all suffering from rheu-
matte fever, will be taken to the
Naval Hospital at Corona, Calf
where they will undergo special
treatment.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Snogging in Norrows
Below Chain Bridge
Draws 300 Anglers

About 300 enthusiasts enjoyed a
frolic of fish-snagging yesterday in
the Potomac rapids below Chain
Bridge.
The shad, perch and herring were
so thick in the swirling waters that
many Of the most successful anglers
merely cut pole from a green
sapling and hung a weight and
graphing hooks to it.
Others, who seemed to enjoy the
casting almost as much as the
catching, were putting weighted
spoons out into the middle of the
river.
The jagged outcropping of granite
on the river edge was lined with
men, boys and few women along
the east edge Of the narrows. There
were almost as many on the Virginia
side at the foot of brownstone pali-
sades.
The catch was phenomenal.
John Bear, his husky 25-year-old
son, Lloyd Bear, and his youngest
son, l2-year-old John Bear, jr., ar
rlVed from WouSVllle, Mo, before
dawn. At pm. they left with two
large burlap sacks filled with fish.
Walter King, a guard at the Fair
child airplane plant at Hagerstown
Md, worked there all night and
then came to Chain Bridge for the
first time to try his luck at snagging
fish. Early in the afternoon he
had catch of 16 beautiful shad
totalling 35 pounds.
The urchins had picnic. They
backed up their favorite fishermen
and in return for aid in unlocking
the fish were given all the small
perch and herring hauled in.
Veterans said it was one of the
best days fishing under the bridge
in memory.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
D. {. Police Join Search
For Escaped Nazi Prisoner

Washington police yesterday were
asked to be on the lookout for an
escaped German war prisoner.
The alarm for the prisoner, police
said, originally was transmitted to
the police of Waterloo, Md, who in
turn said they received it from "a
lieutenant of the Patuxent River
Air Station"
The prisoner, police said, was be-
lieved to be a passenger aboard a
plane.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Mrs. De Gonzales PRADA,
Peru Aide S Widow, Dies

Mrs. Elizabeth de Gonzales Prada,
46, widow of Alfredo de Gonzales
Prada, former charge d'affaires at
the Peruvian Embassy here, died
yesterday at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Emerson Powell, 2101
Connecticut avenue NV.
Mrs. De Gonzales-Prada, native
of Brick Church. N. j., met her
husband while she was working
here. After leaving Washington,
they lived in London where he was
Peruvian Minister. He died about
10 months ago in London.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Police Say Downtown Raids
Net Gambling Equipment

News tickers, horse se-racing sheets
and other equipment were seized
yesterday by police in two raids
on alleged gambling establishments
in the downtown area.
Two men were taken into custody
at an office building in the 900
block of F. street NV, and an
other man was arrested in the 900
block of G street NV. All were
rel ed by police after questioning
The news tickers, police said,
have been confiscated and turned
over to Western Union.