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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29
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MEXICO CITY-INS- Officials
OF the Mexican government oil ad'
ministration anticipated today that
construction OF a 2O5-mile oil pipe
line from the Gulf OF Mexico 10 the
Pacific Ocean across the lsthmus
OF Tehuantepec would begin in the
near future. Ideal for the project
by which oil will be piped in either
direction according TO demands
was conceived by Capt. Paul Foley
OF the L. S. Navy and formerly di
rector OF operations for the L. S
Shipping Board.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

T VlNELAND. y. J.-lNS - An
merican tank lieutenant. born
Casino. Italy. was killed in ac-
on in the fighting there last
Month, II was disclosed today by
.he War Department. Mr.. and
Mrs. Angelo Antonelli. were IN
formed by the War Department
that their son. Lieut.. Basil An.
tonelli. IS. had been killed at Cas-.
Nno. Feb s. Lieut.. Antoneli was
torn in the Italian town.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

CHDCAGO-INS- Barney's Mar
ket Club. widely patronized by poll
ticians and others for its steaks.
was charged by the Office OF Price
Administration today with being
overdrawn 4O0.09S red points in It's
ration bank account. That. said
OPA experts, would represent some
10000 steaks. Officials sought a sus-
pension order against the restaur-
ant.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

WASHINGTON ms OPA
Administrator Chester BoWles
announced today that ration
point values for pork will be
cur sharply In March and that
many beef and sausage Items
will show substantial point re-
ductions next month.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

HOLLYWOOD-INS-Mrs. Helen
Gahagan Douglas, Democratic com
mittee-woman from California, to.
day qualified as q candidate for
Congress in the 14th district. A for.
mer actress. she is the wife Of Act
cr Melyyn Douglas.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

MEXICO CITY-lNS-Gen. Anto-
nio Rios Zertuche was slated today
10 head a military mission to AL
giers where he will serve as minis
ter plenipotentiary and envoy ex-
traordinary to the French Commit.
tee OF National Liberation.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

NEW YORK ms Under or
ders OF Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, po-
lice today prepared TO suspend the
licenses of bars and dance halls
where girls under Is years of age
are found in attendance. The estab-
lishments will be ordered closed fol
lowing suspension OF the licenses
under the orders.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

Observation-Disclosures Ken
meth Wherry (R) Nebr., predicted
today that housewives again will
feel the pinch of sugar shortage
in coming months. Assailing the
agreement with Cuba. under which
Cuban sugar Is to be used in pro.
duction OF alcohol. Wherry said ey-
cry effort should be made to in.
crease sugar production in this
country.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

NEW YORK-1NS-A light vote
was expected in today's special
election to choose a representative
from New York's 21st congression.
al district. but leaders of both ma
Tor parties were watching the con-
test closely as an indication OF the
1914 national trend
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

NEW YORK-INS-Despite urg
ing of New Dealers and anti-New
Dealers. former Gov. Alfred E.
Smith has declined to run for the
Z. S. Senate this fall in the event
his friend and fellow Democrat,
Senator Robert F. Wagner, decides
not to try for reelection.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

WASHINGTON-INS- A bill alb
olishing the Farm Security Admin
fstration was scheduled to be given
TO the House Agriculture Commit.
tee today by special subcommit.
tee that has been investigating the
highly-criticised agency.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

HOLLYWOOD-INS-Screen and
radio comedian Bob Hope was
"resting easily" today from the ef-
fects OF cold and an ear infection
that forced him to cancel the first
week OF a five-week cross contry
tour OF service camps. Hope will
join his troupe next week. doctors
said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29

HOLLYWOOD ms Actress
Norma s@iearer was minus $1,000
fchy-studded vanity set and $50
cash today. Shes told police that
thieves pilfered her automobile at
the Glendale depot while she was
seeing her husband, eX-ski instruc-
tor Martin Arrouge, to the train.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Social Eueuts
In Maryland
.CabitaL

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 22-Festivities
in Navy circles the end of the week
included the dance this evening at
the Oflcers' Mess at North Severn
and the bowling at the Officers Mess
at the Academy. The bowler have
organized for bowling every Sat-
urday evening through the season
for members and their guests.
Work has started for the annual
Navy Relief Society benefit which
will be held the latter part of
March. Capt. Harley F. Cope is in
charge of production and Prof.
Pease Is director for the show which
this year will be an fashioned
melodrama Love Rides the Rails"
Tryouts for the cast were held
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mccarthy left
this week for their winter home at
Camden, S. c., for the remainder of
the season and through the spring.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson Mccarthy, who will return to
Annapolis in April.
Mrs. Owen P. w. Owings gave a
dance this evening for her daughter,
Miss Martha Currier, who is here
over Sunday. A buffet supper was
served at midnight. Miss Currier,
who is the daughter oof the late Mr..
Dean Currier OF Chicago, makes
her home in New York and will re-
turn there Monday. Mrs. Owings
as Miss Anna Thomas spent much
time in Washington before her mar
riage to the late Mr.. Currier.
Mrs. Royal K. Joshn has Joined
her mother, Mrs. DuBose, wife of
Rear Admiral Laurence T. DuBose,
at her home on Weems Greek, after
visiting in the West.
Mrs. Hubbell, wife of 1t. Comdr.
Howard Hubbell, has joined him and
their children in their home at
Ferry Farms on the Severn after
visiting in her former home in ST..
Louis Comdr. Hubbell accompanied
her to St. Louis and after a short
stay there returned to Annapolis.
Miss Margaret Handy, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Claude Handy,
has gone to Upperville where she
is spending a fortnight with Mrs.
Robert Fletcher.
Mrs. Wright, wife of Capt. Joseph
M. p. Wright, and their three young
sons are remaining in their home
on Southgate avenue while Capt
Wright is on sea duty.
Mrs. Larson, wife of Capt. William
j. Larson, has returned to her An
napolis home after spending several
days in Philadelphia.
Col. and Mrs. William Mitchell
came from New York this week and
were at Carvel Hall for several days.
Col and Mrs. Mitchell formerly
lived in Annapolis.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Dorothy Hall
Il Recent Bride

Miss Dorothy Dix Hall, daughter
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Barksdale Hall of Vonore, Tenn,
became the bride January IL of
Maj. John Albert RoWntree, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl B. Rowntree of
Knoxville.
The ceremony took place in
the chapel of Foundry Methodist
Church, the Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris, chaplain of the United
States Senate, officiating, and a
reception followed at the home Of
Mrs. Jennie Cooper.
The bride has been employed
with the Civil Aeronautics Board
In Washington since 1941. Mai.
Rountree was graduated from the
University of Tennessee and from
Harvard Law School. Before being
called into active service with the
Army Air Forces he practiced law in
Knoxville,
Evening star., 1944-01-23

clubs, neighborhood clubs or what
ever you want to call them-are
springing up all over the lower part
Of Montgomery County; and it is in
these clubs that women are meet
ing to exchange ideas with other
women, to find out from older
women, in point of time of resi-
dence, where to shop, about the
schools and transportation, and in
short how to orient themselves in
the community.
Most of these newcomers come
from here, there and everywhere,
not knowing how long they will stay
nor where they will live next. But
almost as soon as these newcomers
arrive these clubs help them to settle
down in the community and before
very long each newcomer is con-
tributing her share in the work of
the community.
One of these neighborhood clubs,
which is typical of dozens of other
similar organizations in and near
Bethesda. is the Hunt Club of Chevy
Chase Gardens.
Strictly speaking, the Hunt Club
is not club. 1t has no dues and
no officers, and it has nothing to do
with hunting-it is called the Hunt
Club only because its members live
on Hunt avenue.
Scarcely any two of the Hunt
Club members come from the same
place. One came from China, one
from South America. and the others
come from the North, South, East
and West of our own country. Even
the founder of the club came to
Hunt avenue from Singapore.
Yet with all their diverse inter-
ests and different environments
these women find that they have
much in common. Mrs. Cyrus Crilly,
who came here after years in South
America-Ecuador, Peru and the
Argentine, Cuba and Panama-dis-
cusses women's clubs with Mrs. Irv-
ing Brown, most Of whose life has
been lived in Shanghai. Mrs. Crilly
was once elected president of the
Woman's Club of Peru but moved
to the Argentine before she had a
chance to take over the Office. Just
now she Is interested in Junior Red
Cross work and last summer she
was the assistant chairman in
charge Of Jeep House in Bethesda.
Mrs. Browns stories of club work
in Shanghai are just as interesting
as Mrs. Crilly's stories of China
and, by way of contrast, Mrs. Fred
erick Beutel, another Hunt Club
member tells of club work in the
staid and early American atmos-
phere of Williamsburg, Va. Mrs.
Beutel came here recently when her
husband, one-time professor Of law
Evening star., 1944-01-23

| at the College Of William and Mary,
was sent here In war work,
Here is what some Of the other
members of the Hunt Club do in
the community.
Mrs. Hale knight, one Of the
older members Of the club, is inter-
ested In the health OF children. She
is corresponding secretary OF the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Lay Health
Coupcil and is health chairman of
the Parent Teacher Association of
Somerset School,
Mrs. Ned Brooks works with the
Bethesda branch of the Red Cross
Canteen.
Mrs. Joe Toroett puts in four days
week at her war job. She does
radio publicity for the ONCE of
Civilian Defense and works at the
information desk of the United Ma
tions Service Center.
Mrs. Walton Onslow has already
earned her wings for $50 hours of
airplane spotting out at the Bradley
Hills station. Recently she volun-
teered for work with the AWVS in
Washington.
Another member of the club who
came here recently Is Mrs. Vernon
Tobler, whose husband Is associated
with the Swiss Legation. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tobler came here after 10
years in Seattle. Although her
home is on the other side of the
Atlantic and she is new to the ways
OF the community, Mrs. Tobler has
already volunteered to help with the
cafeteria at Somerset School where
her two younger children, Erika and
little Heidi. are enrolled. Like most
women who have been educated
abroad, she speaks several Ian
guages. However, she is now study
ing Spanish in the adult education
class at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
School, because with a husband in
the diplomatic service. who knows
she might some day be living in
South America and would then need
to know the language spoken there.
Other members of the club are
equally busy in community projects.
Mrs. John Cannon works with the
Parent Teacher Association of both
Leland Junior and Somerset Schools;
Mrs. John Berkeley Wells is inter-
ested in the Lay Health Council, and
both Mrs. Paul Ward and Mrs. Ned
Brooks do Red Cross work. Mrs.
Ward was at Jeep House last sum-
mer and Mrs. Brooks is with one
of the local Canteen groups.
In addition to all their other ac-
tivities many Of these women are
members of the League of Women
Voters and belong to a local study
group. Mrs. H. A. Loughlin, who is
living on Hunt avenue while her
husband, 1t, Loughlin, is on duty
with the Coast Guard, will entertain
the club at its next meeting Thurs
day afternoon.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
BethesdaL lower Montgomery County
Women From Globes Corners
Join IN Community Interests

AS soon as newcomer arrives in
the Bethesda neighborhood she, al
most Immediately, joins a neighb6r-
hood club-that is, If she can find
one in her communicated If she
can't find one, she right away starts
out to organize one.
These little clubs-newcomer
Evening star., 1944-01-23

and Mrs. Carl q. Lans of Arlington
Forest
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Hildebrand
Of Aurora Hills have as a guest Mrs.
Hildebrand's sister, Mrs. Erma Tay-
lor Of Baltimore, formerly Of Elkins,
w. Va,
Evening star., 1944-01-23
.Ozv in Falls Church

Capt. and Mrs. r. j. McMahan
and their two, children, Bruce and
Nancy, of San Pedro, Calf, are
newcomers making their home in
| Falls Church.
Evening star., 1944-01-23
Miss Berry Guest

Ensign and Mrs. Harold G. Graham
Of Falls Park, Va, have as their
guest the latter's sister, Miss Char
lotte Berry Of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Evening star., 1944-01-23

Mrs. GadOl a Guest
Mrs. Pierre L. Gadol of Upper
Darby, Pa, is spending the week
In Drummond, where she Is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer G.
PoWick.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Surprise Strike Ties Up
TRANSPORTATION in Toledo

~ the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 28.-Virtually
all public transportation was 1t q
standstill here today after $50 AFL
.unionists Of the Community Trac-
ton Co. refused to man streetcars
and buses In q surprise strike union
leaders said was called to protest
refusal Of the company to discharge
two inspectors.
G. I. Sherman, president Of the
AFL Amalgamated Association Of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees, said . strike vote
was taken last Saturday and 4
picket line established at barns and
garages at I am. today. AZ ,J
Taxi companies called in of-duty
drivers and private automobile
owners picked, up, war workers witt
ing on street corners: Two bus
lines, operating on ONCE OF Defense
Transportation permits, continued
to take workers to the Rossford
ordnance plant and the Packard
Motor Car Co., which are making
war material.
D. H. Forstard. company ofncial,
termed the strike in direct viola
ton Of the company-union con-
tract"
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Griswold
Continued From First Page

them to get Of the horse quickly
and take speed boat"
Gov. Griswold said the Republican
Governors attending this convention
and the Republican party are inter-
ested first Of all in winning the war.
Team Work Promised.
"They know, the Republican party
knows, the value OF teamwork. Re.
publican leadership will restore
teamwork to the Nation.
The people have turned to Gov.
Dewey because Of the kind Of man
he is and the kind Of record he has
made" Gov. Griswold said.
II can speak Of him because he is
my friend. I like him because he
came up the hard way. He was born
in a small town In Michigan. He
went through their public schools.
He worked his way through the
University of that great State. He
went to the metropolis OF this Ma
tion-and made good.
Il like the kind Of father he is
and the kind Of family he has. I like
the fact that he says grace at meals.
We Americans believe in that.
like him because has has q good
mind. I like the fact that to him
government Is serious business.
Rocket Smashing Record Praised.
IT like him because Of the kind Of
people who are afraid Of him. He
believes in putting crooks in jail
whether they are Democratic crooks
or Republican crooks.
People said you could not smash
the rackets In New York. He
smashed them.
What 4 housecleaning this Ma
ton needs and what, a man to do
the job.
People said that. after being en-
trenched for 20 years you could not
break the Democratic party's hold
on New York State. He broke it
with 100000 votes to spare.
"As Governor OF New York state
what job he has done. When he
took over the State government it
was loaded down with the bureau
cratic growth Of 20 years. It was
cluttered up with political hacks
who after that long q time thought
they had vested interest in their
jobs"
Evening star., 1944-06-28

to veterans for five years following
the war. Other positions may b
added to this list by the President
and at the Civil Service Commission
the opinion was expressed informally
that postal service jobs-cierk, car
rier. and the like-probably will be
In the number.
Veterans will continue to get the
five-point addition to ratings earned
in examination. with the allowance
doubled for the disabled, or for wives
of disabled, or widows.
II veterans are passed over by ap-
pointing officers for nonveterans
the reason must be stated in writing
and the Civil Service Commission i,
directed to rule on the reasonable.
ness Of the action in case Of protest
Appointing officers cannot be forced
to accept any person, but civil serv-
ice officials feel the publicity at.
tendant on the exclusion of veteran!
would serve to guard against in
justices. 1t is because of this tina
1t Is believed that members of Con
gress, In designating postmaster ap
pointees, would be reluctant to ig
more the claims Of qualified veteran
for nothing better than politica
considerations.
Veterans continue to enjoy ex.
emption from the apportionment
law, which allocates positions hers
by State quotas, and the rule agains,
employment Of more than two mem.
bers Of a family also is waived.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Negro opero Coming

The National Negro Opera Co.
Will present Faust" Aida" and
La Traviata" at the Water Gate
on successive nights, beginning July
20. Mrs. Mary Caldwell Dawson u
directing the productions.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
John 7. Bdrrons, Is, Dies;
Kansas City Star Official
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June 28.-John T.
Barrons, rs, advertising manager A
years and director of the Kansas
City Star Co. since its incorporation
In 1926, died early today Of heart
attack.
He was stricken at his home last
night after driving a daughter, Mrs
George E. Ramsey, and q grandson
to the Union Station, where they
boarded a train for their home in
Washington.
Mr.. Barrons was born In Kansas
City, September Is, 1868, the son OF
a contractor. In 1887 he took a job
in the Kansas City Stars business
office. He was named advertising
manager at the age Of %.
Survivors include his widow and
four daughters, Mrs. Mary Rose
Furstenau, wife Of Harold Furstenau
publisher OF the Ludingtpn Mich
Daily News; Mrs. Catherine Day,
wife Of Wilmont E. Day, publisher
Of the Creston uowa) News-Adver-
tiser; Mrs. Harriet Winsor, wife OF
Harold Winsor, publisher of the
Boonville (Mo) Daily News and the
Canton Ill) Daily Ledger, and Mrs.
Ramsey, whose husband Is with the
Budget Department in washington
Evening star., 1944-06-28
| Marine Who Died
Saving Men Gets
Highest Honor
5y the Associated Press.


Marine Sergt. Herbert ]. Thomas,
who threw himself on q grenade to
save the lives Of hts squad In the
jungle fighting on Bougainville, has
been awarded the Congressional
Medal Of Honor posthumously, the
Navy announced yesterday.
The 25-year-0ld sergeant, son of
Herbert Thomas, South Charleston,
w. Va, was leading his squad
against Japanese emplacement.
He hurled a grenade, but 1t struck
dense jungle vines and fell back
into the squad.
"Sergt. Thomas deliberately flung
himself upon 1t to smother the ex-
plosion, valiantly sacrificing his life
for his comrades" the citation said.
inspired by his selfless action, his
men unhesitatingly charged the
enemy machine gun and, with fierce
determination, killed the crew and
several other nearby defenders"
Evening star., 1944-06-28
So District Men Report
To Army and Navy Today

Fifty mine District men reported
for induction into the armed forces
today. including - for the Army
and 80 for the Navy. Names on the
list follow:
Evening star., 1944-06-28
President Signs Bill Assuring
Job Preference for Veterans

President Roosevelt today signed
legislation broadening the preferen-
tial employment status Of war veter-
ans in the Government and the
Civil Service Commission moved
ahead with plans to apply the meas
ure which gives service men and
women precedence over nonveterans
in getting and keeping Federal jobs.
The new law, it is believed, will put
veterans in particularly strong
position in seeking postmasterships.
1t is estimated that the immedi-
ate administrative cost will be
81, GOT, 900.
As a first step the commission re-
verts to prewar examination pro-
cedure and from now on will give
percentage ratings to all applicants,
Evening star., 1944-06-28

so veterans may be assigned their
proper place on registers. Hereto
fore, this has not been considered
necessary, as the demand for man.
power has been exceeding the supply.
To Confer With Agencies.
The commission, which has the
responsibility for promulgating reg
ulations for the program, also is
preparing for conferences with the
heads of unclassified agencies-such
as the Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION - and the District govern
ment, as the groups come within
the law.
The District government presents
an unusual problem, because of the
methods used for years in selecting
personnel. Under this system posi-
tions have been filled with local eli
gibles from regular registers of the
Civil Service Commission, If pos
sible. Otherwise, the District Com
missioners have been free to dc
their own recruiting, as there has
been no provision for examinations
solely for District positions. Now
some arrangement must be made to
give veterans an opportunity to
qualify for all positions.
In good part the legislation gives
statutory authority to civil service
practices that have been carried
out by executive order, but there
are some important changes in be-
half of veterans who served while
this country actually was at war
Peacetime veterans-except those
now employed-are no longer en-
titled to preference unless they are
injured in line of duty. Their wild
ows also are excluded from benefits
although wives are not.
One innovation restricts the fill
ing Of positions of guard, elevator
operator, messenger and custodian
Evening star., 1944-06-28
NAVY
Mrs. Gillette chrisiens'
New Essex Class Carrier
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June 28.
Another mighty aircraft carrier
of the Essex class, the Randolph,
was towed into the James River to-
day from her craving dock at the
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock Co. plant.
The rev dat-top, seventh ship
OF the Essex class built at Newport
News yards since Pearl Harbor, was
christened by Mrs. Guy NJ. Gillette,
wife Of Senator Gillette, Democrat,
of Iowa. ~ ssr@ - -
Attending Mrs. Gillette as one of
the n1atrDns Of honor was Mrs. E. A.
Merritt, Chevy Chase, Nd. sys6 NJ
I Senator Gillette, speaking as q
member Of the Naval Affairs Com
mittee, told reporters that In the
postwar picture there win be q
need for Navy far In excess of
anything. we envisioned few years
ago. We have such q Navy con-
structed and now we must maintain
It,"
Evening star., 1944-06-28
Her Boby Dead, Marines Wife
Abducts Child to Show Husband

baby when she saw her In q down.
town clothing store yesterday.
i could not disappoint my hus-
band when he returned expecting
to see his child" Mr.. Gibbs said the
woman told him.
She was booked in the city 1ai]
on \ kidnapping charge.
Mrs. RoselA Lucero, the mother
told police her baby was taken from
the store by q woman who had
offered to watch the child while sht
was examining some goods. Tnt
baby Was returned to Mrs. Lucert
last night.
Evening star., 1944-06-28
New Hampshire Bond Drive
10 Pay for DESTROYER Knox
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, N. H., June a.
Cost OF construction Of the destroyer
Frank Knox-to be built in honor
Of the late Secretary Of the Navy
Is to be paid for by funds raised
from the purchase of "E" War Bonds
In New Hampshire. it was announced
today.
r. A. Soderlund. State chairman
OF the New Hampshire War Finance
Committee, said he had been noti-
ned OF the decision by officials of the
Treasury Department in Washing
ton.
Mr.. Soderlund said 1t was expected
the destroyer would cost approx
Evening star., 1944-06-28

mately $4,000. 900. New Hampshirs's
"E" bond quota Is $1,000, 900.
A special committee, headed by
Honorary Chairmen John L. Sulli-
van. Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, and Admiral Thomas
Withers. commandant OF the Ports
mouth Navy Yard, has been ap-
pointed to help raise the difference
between the quota set and the goal
sought.
The late Secretary OF the Navy
long was prominent In New Hamp-
shire public life.