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Evening star., 1944-02-04
Projects
For Baltimore Backed
District Rood Links
Included in Program
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Feb. 4.-The pro-
posed bridge across Baltimore har-
Dor and three related projects aggre-
gatlng an estimated cost of s28. 100
200 carried the approval today of the
Maryland Commission on Postwar
reconstruction and DEVELOPMENT.
Estlmated cost of the bridge it.
self is sl2,500,OO0. The related prof.
ects are the Baltimore Washington
connection to the bridge. $1,000 900:
the Baltimore Washington freewav
connection to Franklin street S..
100000. and the Halethorpe over
pass, 100000.
The commission recommended
tnat the War Department be re-
quested to renew its permit for con-
structlon OF the bridge.
states Roads Commissioner Ezra
3. Whitman said he hoped to take
thls action next month.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
.0PAHere0pens
Drive on Gas
Black Market
'Certuin Extinction
Seen for Traders
In illegal Coupons

The District OPA today an
nounced an intensified enforcement
program against illegal transactions
In gasoline supplies here, which, Of
flcials said, would result in certain
extinction" for black market filling
stations trading insration currency.
Ofncials said the breakdown was
part Of national program to wipe
out gasoline black markets. They
added that while black market ac-
tivity here had not shown any
marked increase in recent weeks, 1t
was always threat to existing pc
troleum supplies.
However, officials made it plain
that the most vigorous action would
be taken against stations found to
have purchased counterfeit or stolen
gasoline coupons. A hint of what
faces violators was given last week
when the OPA suspended the busi-
ness OF dealer for the duration OF
the rationing program. The gas
station operator was found to have
acquired coupons illegally.
The program calls for a thorough
and regular check by OPA inspec-
tors of the ratlor banking deposits
OF wholesale distributors. Coupons
found to be counterfeit or otherwise
illegal will be returned to the dis
tributors who, IN turn, will be au-
thorized and required to obtain
from the dealers valid stamps equiv
alent in value to those charged
against the deaiers.
At the same time, ration board.
having Jurisdiction over the dealer.
will be notified and the dealers
permanent inventory Of gasoline will
be reduced. Any dealer who per.
sists in taking illegal coupons will
ultimately force himself out of busi.
ness, officials said.
District OPA officials believe that
the entire gasoline black market car
be wiped out by requiring strict com.
pliance with the requirements OF
rationing regulations. They pro-
vide that only coupons bearing the
proper Identification of the pur.
chaser in ink and which are de-
tached from ration sheets at the
time OF sale can be accepted.
Meanwhile, retail dealers have
been invited to attend a meeting
at $3.50 o'clock tonight in the United
States Chamber of Commerce Build
ing to discuss the new program.
OPA officials said distributors al
ready have met with them and have
agreed to back the plan.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Schools to Stoy Open
To Receive Waste Pope,

Marking the close of a weeks
waste paper salvage drive, both the
North and South -Four Corners
Schools will be open from to 3 pm.
tomorrow and Sunday to receive old
newspapers, magazines and card
board.
The drive is sponsored by the
Parent-Teacher Association and is
conducted by committee headed
by Mrs. Robert Atkinson of North
wood Park. Persons bringing paper
to the school are asked. to tie it In
bundles It possible to fAcilitate the
handling.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
BY the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 4.-Dele-
gate Robert Whitehead of Amherst
called on members of the General
Assembly yesterday to "do some es-
timating of their own" in regard to
the recurring surpluses in the State
treasury.
The statements filed by the con-
troller in response to the House
resolution" Mr. Whitehead said, ARE
most informative. They reveal that
for the seven fiscal years ending
June 30. 1887 to 1943, inclusive
the general fund revenues actually
collected exceeded the budget esti-
mates by the sum of $38,777 ,638."
Mr.. Whitehead also pointed out
that according to estimates made in
September, 1943, the collections for
the year ending January 80. 1914,
will exceed the budget estimate by
So. .796, POT.
'On that basis" the Amherst Del
egate said, for the eight-year period
the collections will exceed the esti-
mates by s47,573,845, or an annual
average of $5,945, ,48O."
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Arlington Gives $4,000
To PARALYSIS Fund

Laura T. Boldin. chairman of the
Arlington Infantile Paralysis Fund
Committee. estimated yesterday
that the county had crossed ap-
proximately $4,000 from the birth
day ball and the March of Dimes.
Complete reports from Fort Myer
theaters, churches, schools and the
March of Dimes booth will be made
later, she said, but an incomplete
check indicates the county crossed
over four times last years proceeds.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Darden Grants C|atterbuck
Reprieve Until May 5
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. "A re-
prieve has been granted Thomas w
Clatterbuck, 80, who was to have
died this morning as the slayer OF
five persons, 1t was learned here to-
day from the ofI1ce of the secretary
Of the Commonwealth.
Gov Darden granted an extension
OF time to May S, on the request of
defense counsel. who had filed a
petition to the State Supreme Court
OF Appeals for a writ of error on
January II.
Clatterbuck was sentenced in
Loudoun Circuit Court last Septem-
Der in the Staying of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Love. James Love, jr., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Russell, on
the Love farm in Loudoun County
June l. He was tried specifically for
the murder of Mr.. Russell.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Ticket SelIout Reported
For COP Women's Rally

All tickets for the Montgomery
County Republican rally and Lin
coin day dinner to be held Feb
ruary II at the Chevy Chase Wom-
ems Club have been sold. De Witt
w. Zook, chairman of the ticket
committee, announced today.
Mayor Theodore r. McKeldin of
Baltimore will be the principal
speaker.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Ministers Elect Osoood

Inc Rev.sHenry R. Osgood, pastor
OF the First Baptist Church of
Hyattsvllle, has been elected presi-
dent OF the Prince Georges County
Ministerial Association. Other Of
f1cers are the Rev. r. L. Whitten-
burg, Suitland Christian Church
vice president; the Rev. w. Clark
Main, Hyattsville Memorial Meth
odlst Church, recording secretary
and the Rev. John D. Long, Uni
verslty Park Church of the Breth-
rem, corresponding secretary and
treasurer.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Alexandria Autoist Hurt

Richard White, 81, of Oil Jeffer-
son street, Alexandria, was injured
last night when his automobile
struck an electric light pole at Green
and South Patrick streets, in Alex
andria, police there reported today
White, who was treated at Alex
andria Hospital for leg injuries, was
charged with reckless driving, po-
' lice said.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Victory Garden Plans
|WilI Be Exhibited

An exhibition of Victory garden
plans will be held at 8 pm. Tuesday
at the Bethesda Elementary School,
1t was announced today. The ex-
hibit will conclude a garden lecture
series sponsored by the Montgomery
County Victory Garden Committee.
After the exhibition an open forum
will be held.
Evening star., 1944-02-04

tAcCIl q v Z II u Z,
Capitol Heights,
Md, who was
killed January
q in a plane
crash while max
ing a rou tin e
flight at Jack
sonville, Fla. He
will be buried
with m | ! i t ar y
honors.
1 uc y U u II 3
Navy flyer was
the son of Mr..
andMrS. Michael
Korn. Besides
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Save This Newspaper

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., 1944-02-04
Single Building
Code Asked in
Prince Georges
Citizens Federation
Requests Action
BY Planning Unit

Formulation of a uniform build
Ing code for the suburban region of
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties was urged in a resolution
adopted unanimously last night by
the Prince Georges County FEEDER
alton Of Citizens Associations,
meeting in the County Service
Building, Hyattsville.
The resolution, presented by
Daniel M. Greene, chairman of the
Laws and Legislation Committee,
points out that the present building
code Is "antiquated" and that a new
one Is needed to maintain construc-
ton standards required for safety
and health
Mr.. Greene said an act passed at
the last session of the State Legis-
lature authorized the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission to adopt uniform
building regulations in view of the
anticipated widespread increase in
building construction after the war.
AT present, he said, the commits
sion is preparing new Zoning ordi-
nance Tor the area. Coordination
OF construction regulations and zon-
ing is necessary for the orderly de-
velopment of an urban community,
Mr.. Greene's resolution said, re-
questing the commission to draw up
new building code to be presented
together with the proposed zoning
ordinance to residents of the re-
gional district for their approval.
Simpler Tax Law Asked.
In another resolution, also pre-
sented by Mr.. Greene, the fedora
tion urged Congress to enact a sim
plifled and readily understandable"
income tax law for individual tax
payers.
The present law. according to the
federation, instead of simplifying in
come tax procedure, has caused such
confusion among taxpayers that
many are compelled to obtain assist
ance from tax experts.
In addition, the federation pointed
out that the present law is unjust in
that it required taxpayers to esti-
mate by "guesswork" their expected
future income and penalties them
II they underestimate their income
by more than 20 per cent.
The federation also indorsed the
bill introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Sasscer, Democrat, of
Maryland, providing for the pay
ment OF emergency compensation to
disabled veterans discharged from
the armed forces.
Present Delay Cited.
Under existing law, it was ex-
planned, there is gap between the
discharge of wounded veterans and
the payment. caused by delay in es-
tablishing claims before the Vet
Grams Administration.
The following committee chair
men were appointed by Walter F.
Mulligan, federation president:
Mr.. Greene, laws and legislation;
Luis Granados, county affairs; Louis
A. Day, public utilities; DR.. R. C.
Wiley, education; Mrs. Betty Tay-
man, public health and safety; Will
liam G. Copley, membership; Frank
Fierstein, hospital; Paul Paxton,
publicity; Fred w. CAST. PARKS and
flood control, and Charles Leubner,
zoning.
Delegates to the interfederation
conference are Alfred D. Bailey, Mr..
Copley, DR.. Wiley, Blair Riegles, Mr..
Greene, Mr.. Cast, Mr.. Mulligan and
Ralph G. Tuttle.
Members of The Evening Star
Trophy Committee are Charles l..
Sayre, Edward Miller and Mr. Pax
ton. The trophy will be awarded
at the April meeting of the feder-
alton.
Evening star., 1944-02-04

his parents, he Ensign M. n. Korn.
is survived by three sisters, Kath-
crime, Mary and Elizabeth, and
five brothers, Pfc Jacob L. Korn,
on duty in Hawaii; Pvt. Daniel K.
Korn, Fort Sill, Okla: Sergt. Karl
M. Korn, New Cumberland, Pa, and
William and Philip Korn.
Ensign Korn was graduated from
Maryland Park High School in 1889
and was later employed in the Cap
itol Heights Post Office. He won
his wings in Pensacola.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Liquor Sules Up Million

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 4 (P.-
Sales in Virginia ABC stores dur
ing December amounted to $3,O26,-
860.10, almost million dollar gain
over the previous month. A spokes-
man for the ABC Board attributed
the increase to holiday buying"
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Ensign Michael H. Korn
To Be Buried in ARLINGTON

Funeral services will be held in the
chapel at Arlington National Gene
terry at l pm. tomorrow for Ensign
Michael Henry Korn, 81, of 4O2 Six
Evening star., 1944-07-23
A 16-year-old Red Army
corporal helps liberate
his own village. A tale
you'll long remember

Germans, but they were now warming the
Russians Fires were burning brightly, but all
was in ruins What had not been scorched
a year or so ago by the retreating armies was
now demolished by the retreating enemy In
the entire village hardly pane of glass re-
NAMED unbroken. But here was another in
habited place recaptured. and the surviving
villagers came out of their hiding places
bundled in shawls and rags to wave to their
own soldiers. At last - at last
The villagers helped the soldiers coil up
the long lines of fallen telephone wires that
ran through the streets They nailed up
broken windows and carried water and wood
They collected fragments of equipment
empty shells and other abandoned material
Colonel Baranov established his headquar-
ters in what had formerly been a drapers
shop There were no goods on the shelves;
in fact more than half the shelves had been
removed. and the boards used to seal up
broken windows. But oddly enough. colored
fashion plates of women S styles remained on
the walls
A round stove in the center of the shop was
already hot and a large copper kettle was
steamlng on top of 1t Little drops of water
slzzled on its hot surface and bounced away
On the long store counter the military charts
were unrolled.
Send for Corporal Noln," ordered the
Colonel He held his hands up TO the heat
of the stove
HE Corporal, mere boy OF sixteen, his
head bundled in great red muftler which his
mother had knitted for HIM out of two old
sweaters soon entered the headquarters and
saluted his Colone..
AT ease" replied Colonel Baranov.
The young Corporal placed his gun near the
door and opened his red woolen muff1er.
You know this place. Boris?'
Yes Colonel know every street, every
house, every barn. 1t IS only SIX leagues from
Mlllikov, my home town. In the summertime
We used to come by bicycle along the valley
road because it followed the stream. 1t was
just little over six leagues But over the hill
past the horse farm it was shorter by about
half league.
And the horse farm is hallway!
Yes just about Only nothing is left of it.
Must be burnt to the ground"
You are sure?"
Yes sir, because if it were standing you
would be able to see it right from this spot.
Colonel Baranov looked at his chart and
drew ring around the four square dots which
represented the house and barns of the old
horse farm
so far" continued the Colonel. every
thing is on schedule. The gears are creased.
It's all timed to the second We can't afford
single slip. For if one man misses here" he
pointed to one end of the chart. then whole
company might be endangered over here ne
pointed to the opposite end of the map. you
Evening star., 1944-09-02
Clothes No Longer Make Stars

she stepped another long rung up
the ladder of success.
For most of the story Of The
Song of Bernadette.' Jennifer Jones
appeared in a costume that was
supposed to be the discarded clothes
of others-and look what that pic
ture did for her. Nothing short OF
an academy award
Even in earlier days great per-
! formances were not dependent or
the wearing of stylish clothes. al
though most producers seemed tC
think SO. One of Greta Garbo's
biggest early successes was Anna
Christie" in which she played the
unattractive daughter of a boat cap
tain and wore only one seedy outfit
throughout the action.
Paulette Goddard. looked upon to-
day as one of the screens most
glamorous ladies. made her first ap-
pearance as street urchin in a
ragged dress in Modern Times, -
with Charles Chaplin.
Dolores Del Rios career was
launched in What Price Glory
She" PLAYED Charmaine, the French
girl, and went through the picture
in peasant skirt and waist. 1t
made her star.
To pursue the one costume mat
ter further, Dorothy Lamour never
needed anything more than that
Sarong to make her easy on the
eyes and mighty popular at the box
office And Maureen O'Sullivan S
goatskin wrap-around in the Tar
zan' pictures was not exactly what
Fifth Avenue would dictate An
other fashion model. Jinx Falken-
burg, is getting measured for a
sarong to be worn in Song OF
Tahiti and, after a long career OF
dressed-up roles, she's not bit
worried about the prospect.
Wallace Beery's unhandsome mug
makes an appearance in Gentle
Annie" although he doesn't ge,
billing or screen credit. In one
scene. Donna Reed and Marjorie
Main enter saloon and begin look
ing over the rogues' gallery on the
wall. Right in the middle is g
'wanted-dead or alive" poster with
closeup OF Beery's face looking
out. 1t is poster of Beery from
his famous old movie, The Bac
Man
On the DIR. Red Adams" set Var
Johnson, who plays the title role ir
this latest of the DR.. Gillespie Sc.
rieS. is busy administering to hi!
lovely patient, Gloria De Haven
The treatment is a bit unorthodox
They are seated at a lavish nigh
spot in full evening dress
III have a double T-bone steal
with side order of lamb chops.
chirps Miss De Haven, under tn
doctors smiling gaze.
Meat-hungrv fans are expected t.
give this line loud bird.
Evening star., 1944-09-02
| Nathan W. Robertson
Wins Guild Award

Nathan w. Robertson OF the
Washington stan of PM has been
given the 1914 Haywood Broun Me-
mortal award by the American News
paper Guild (CIO), according to an
Associated Press dispatch from New
York.
The award is given annually for
the best newspaper Job in the
spirit Of Haywood Broun," the
guilds first president.
Mr.. Robertson, an international
Twice president at large OF the guild,
was honored for series of stories
concerning the fire insurance lobby,
the Wright Aeronautical Corp in
spection scandal and the Elk Hills
Standard Oil DEAL" the guild said.
Mr.. Robertson, AZ, is the son OF
Thomas E. Robertson, former COM
missioner of patents. He was born
in Chevy Chase, Md, educated at
Michigan University and has been
in newspaper work here since grad
uation. He was with the United
Press and the Associated Press,
leaving the latter when PM was
| organized.
Meritorious mention went to
Columnist Walter Winchell for his
articles on Representative Dies,
Democrat, Of Texas; to Orrin C.
Evans of the Philadelphia Record
for a series on colored soldiers in
Army camps, and to Arnold Beich-
man Of the New York staff of PM
Evening star., 1944-09-02
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOI / XWnOD


Fancy clothes once made The
screen star but that doesn't hold
true any more In the DAYS of
the Cecil B. de Mile society ex-
travaganzas, it was always a bitter
race among Gloria Swanson. Pola
Negri, Norma Talmadge. Billie Dove
and Corrinne Griffth-to name just
a few-in the clothes sweepstakes
The one with the most bizarre out
fits was the box-offce magnet
Today, judging by a look at the
skinny Wardrobes worn by some
of our greatest feminine stars, Hol-
lywood can paraphrase that line
from the good old 10000 melo-
dramas into Rags are royal raj
ments when worn for stardom S
sake"
Marguerite Chapman is the lat
est to attempt a switch over from
swan to ugly duckling. Columbia
exploited her in several pictures as
the best dressed lady of the
screen Now in "Counterattack,
with Paul MUM, she draws just one
costume. 1t consists of a man
shirt, shoddv skirt. Russian peas
ant boots and cartridge bel. and
revolver. Further. she will face the
camera without makeup.
Next to Rita Hayworth. Marguer-
lite Chapman is Columbia's most
treasured parcel of human property
so the change is something Of a
gamble. It's net much of gamble
however, because there are many
cases in screen history to indicate
that the odds are with her.
1ngrid Bergman, as the Spanish
loyalist in For Whom the Bell
Tolls" wore only one ragged cos
tune throughout the picture, but
Evening star., 1944-09-02
Mrs. Mary {. Partridge
Granted Divorce at Reno

A divorce was granted in Reno
yesterday to Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Partridge, wife of Daniel Partridge
III, socially prominent Washing
ton lawyer. on grounds of cruelty.
Mrs. Partridge, who is we'll known
in art circles here for her water
colors, is the former Mary Eliza
beth Acker, daughter of Mrs.
Charles E. Acker, 200l Foxhall roac
NV. She was married to Mr.. Part
ridge in OCTOBER, 1882, in Wash.
ington.
The court approved a property
settlement made July l3 ano
awarded Mrs. Partridge custody Of
their two children, Sylvia. 8, anc
Eleanor Louise, s.
Evening star., 1944-09-02
Avon Theater Materials
To Be Ready Next Week

Construction materials will be on
hand next week for the construction
of the Avon Theater at Twenty
eighth street and Alabama avenue
Sc. The 100000 structure will seat
1000 persons. according to Fred S.
Kogod, president of the K. B. The
aters. who owns four other motion
picture houses in the District.
Four housing projects have been
built in the neighborhood within the
last two years and there never has
been a theater in the vicinity.
The new theater will have a mod
ern nursery for the care of children
of patrons and a private party room
for civic organizations.
The War Production Board has
authorized the construction.
Evening star., 1944-09-02

questioned that 16-year-old men,
bers of the reputedly gentler sex are
like that, that any one of them could
embody so much of innocent diable-
rie, but it is a foregone conclusion
that no one will bother to be either
serious or quizzical about jamie. y
If they did, Warner Bros. no doubt
would reply that this Is farce and
that the license of farceurs covers
everything. Palpably that Is what
it is designed to do in the case OF
jamie" which already, and prop
erly, has flung Joyce Reynolds into
stardom.
JAMIE" which Washington audi
ences may recall as a stage hit for a
couple of seasons, is the account Of
an emergent woman who may well
give every one pause as to what the
postwar world really is going to be
like. She is an instructive huntress,
a khaki-wackey innocent, artful and
honest in the same breath, biologl-
ical buzz-bomb who leaves the con-
ventions in ruins but retains your
affections nevertheless. We don't
remember that l6-year-old females
are anything like that, and we are
darned glad we don't. At the same
time, we found ourselves laughing
uproariously along with all the
others at the Earle who must have
felt the same way.
The scope that jamie" needed
In it's original play form-but did
not need so desperately that it failed
to make fortune-is its chief
virtue as picture Before the
camera, the heroine has plenty of
room and what she does to the ad
ditional space should happen to
more pictures. What she does to it
actually is to make it shambles,
an amusing shambles If ever there
was one.
In general, the charade. which
provides Miss Reynolds the assis-
tance of such people as Edward
Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Hut
ton and Robert Benchley, follows
the story line of the play
1t is about the Conway family of
Hortonville, Ohio, a family whose
destiny seems to be IN the hands of
innocently wayWard jamie.
Her first escapade is blanket
party. the modern equivalent OF
bundling, which lands her on the
cover of national picture maga-
zine in the act of Smoothing with
her boy friend, Scooper. When the
Army moves in for maneuvers, much
to the distress of JAMES publisher
father who writes warning edito-
rails about the menace, jamie really
gets going With the assistance of
an imaginative soldier who once
went to Yale. she converts the Con-
way house into kind of USO club
without any of the usual rules
The house bears up rather nobly
under the load thus imposed upon
1t, but before the walls begin to
crllmble the elder COnWaVS have