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Evening star., 1944-01-14
sy the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-Adrian
Grasselly's fingers trembled slightly
yesterday as he fitted a chisel in a
groove cut on something that looked
like sea-worn glass. He squinted
briefly at the object through jew
eler's glass and then, with a swift
decisive smack. raped the chisel
with short steel bar.
With sound resembling a pis-
tol shot, a chunk few from the
holder and wise onto the work
table One of the men grouped
intently around Mr.. Grasselly
snatched up the chunk. After ar
inspection he nodded his head.
The Liberator, largest diamond
ever found in Venezuela, had beer
cleaved successfully, and a 5000 OO(
investment was safe.
Harry Winston, owner of the dia-
mond, was the first person to speak
His words were addressed to a mar
presiding over several bottles
glasses and ice.
Mr.. Grasselly," he said, will takt
his straight"
The rough stone, weighing Is:
carats, was found in November, 1912
by three prospectors. 1t weighed fal
less than the 3,000-carat Cullinar
and less than the South African
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Chips, Dog Hero of Sicily, First
To Win DSC for Combat Duty

war correspondent, Thomas r.
Henry, in a dispatch from Sicily
described his exploit in capturing
the Italian pillbox after chasing
out two enemy soldiers.
uater c. C. Moore of the
Petroleum Administration in
formed The Star that the Army
had verified his belief that Chips
is dog he once owned and gave
to Gail Wren, a neighbor in
Pleasantville. N. Y. The Wrens
enlisted Chips in the Army and
he trained at Front Royal, Va
Il certainly wish I could get the
War Department to send the medals
or the citation to u.s." Mrs. Wren
said, Il know Chips and he breaks
his collars all the time. He's prob
ably lost his medals by this time"
Corpl. William Haulk, Chips
handler, wrote the Wrens severa
months ago that Chips charged ar
italian pillbox when enemy gunners
opened fire on invading American
soldiers. Corpl. Haulk said the bis
animal leaped at the throat of ar
italian machine gunner, forcing
him to surrender The three other
Italians in the pillbox fellowed suit
promptly. Chips was wounded but
has recovered from his wounds.
"Corpl. Haulk told us that wher
he was in North Africa Chips hac
a girl friend named Lena, who was
also in the Army" Mrs. Wren said
I'VE heard they had some puppies.
The, corporal said that Chips
was heart-broken when he had tx
leave Lena. On the way to Sicily
he was so lovesick and so seasick
that he was Q wreck when he
landed"
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Mrs. A. ]. Mcdonald,
Mother 10 Many
Seryicemen, Dies

Mrs. Adaline Jane Mcdonald. Sc
VINO was known as mother" to
scores of servicemen and neighbor-
hood children she had befriended
died yesterday at her home, 60l
Fourteenth street NE.
Children were the outstanding
interest In Mrs. McDonalds life
Besides rearing two daughters OF
her own, she adopted five foster
children. Two of the adopted sons
brothers, who are now in the armed
forces, have arrived here to at
tend the funeral.
1T was always open house here,
Pvt. Elwood Boswell said today.
Pvt. Boswell and his brother Mil
ton were adopted by Mrs. Mcdonald
when they were and S years old
respectively. Three sisters, Kath-
crime, Betty and Evelyn kaufman
also were raised by Mrs. Mcdonald
Cared for Others.
The house frequently was filled
by youngsters in the neighborhooc
seeking between meals refresh
ments. mo matter how little fooc
there might be in the house, nc
one was ever turned away" Pvt
Boswell recalled
| During the last few years, Mrs
Mcdonald, although in failing
health, tended neiehborhood chill.
dren of mothers engaged in wal
work.
On many occasions, Mrs. McDon.
aid invited groups of soldiers to hei
home. There they would join The
family circle. Mrs. Mcdonald al
ways referred to them as my boys
During the last two years she re-
ceived scores of letters from service
men stationed in all parts of the
world, and they always began
Dear Nom"
Husband Is Dead.
Mrs. Mcdonald was the widow OF
William S. Mcdonald, carpenter
who died five years ago.
Besides her foster children, she is
survived by her two daughters, Mrs
Mary Jane Michael and Mrs. Ada
line Redd, both of Washington; a
sister, Mrs. Bertha wilkins Rose,
Galesville. Md, and grand
daughter.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Monday at the chapel at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, with the Rev.
Daniel w. Justice officiating.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Jack & Heintz
Continued From First Page.)

Department said that during the
1912 fiscal year Jack and Heintz
made a profit of s8,361 900 before
taxes. which is the profit established
for Federal income tax purposes.
The company agreed to use income
tax figures in renegotiation, and all
expense reductions allowed by the
Treasury Department were similarly
allowed In renegotiation.
AT the start of the period during
which this profit was made. the
total investment of the four own
ers of the business amounted to
1854 ,000-increased from an original
100000 capital investment in No.
vember, 1910, as a result of pre-
vious profits on Government busi-
ness.
The 1912 profit of $8.361 ,OO0-
over % times what the owners had
in the business at the beginning
of the year and more than IS cents
on each dollar of sales-was deemed
excessive by the War Department
and by its order is reduced by ST.
100000 to $1,361 900. During the
same period, the four owners of
the business received $5l6.500 for
their personal services, of which
amount $4,000 was allowed by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue as a
tax deductible item"
Forced to Make Return.
The department declared that by
its refusal to agree to an adequate
adjustment of prices and profits,
Jack g. Heintz, Inc, becomes one
of the few companies which the
War Department has been COM
PEELED to order to return excessive
profits after being unable to obtain
voluntary settlement" The de-
partment added that more than
$4,000 other cases have been
processed without the necessity of
such action.
Among the factors considered in
making this determination Mr.,
Patterson said, were the satisfac-
tory production accomplishment of
the company and the success of the
management in meeting production
schedules. However, the fact that
a company operates satisfactorily
cannot be allowed to serve as an eX-
cuse for war profiteering. One OF
the basic policies which must be
maintained during the war is that no
one shall be permitted unreasonable
profit at the expense of the public.
ut must be borne in mind that
the companys business was financed
principally by the Government
which purchased its entire output
It is regretted that Jack g. Heintz
Inc. has not seen fit voluntarily te
conform to the mandate of Congress
that war production shall not pro-
vide source of excessive profits"
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Control Tower
Leads Blind Pilot
Down Safely
v the Associated Press.

CHICO, Calf, Jan. 14.-Stricken
blind suddenly while he was at the
controls of one-man training
plane, Aviation Cadet R. D. Scale
%, of Taft, Calf, landed the craft
successfully yesterday under calm
guidance from a radio control tower
1t. Col. C. w. Thaxton, in the
Army field control tower. heard
Cadet Scale screaming over the
radio that he had gone blind. Col
ThaXton talked to him calmly, in
stilling in Cadet Scale confidence
and courage. Every move of the
plane was directed by Col. Thax-
ton over the radio, even to a sharp
bank necessary to bring the plane
to the ground safely.
Physicians at the Army hospital
said Cadet Scales blindness was oil
a temporary nature.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
BY the Associated Press

Gy the ASSOCldLeQ Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Chips,
canine hero of Sicily, who was en-
listed in the Army after biting a
Pleasantville IN. " garbage man,
has been awarded the Distinguished
Service Gross for using similar tao
tics on the enemy. Dogs for Defense
announced today.
/ Dogs for Defense, through which
Chips went to war, said it had re-
ceived telegram from the Army
Headquarters Corps which revealed
that Chips was the first dog in the
Nations history to receive the
medal.
Mai. Gen Lucian TruScott added
the ribbon to Chips collar-which
already carried the Silver Star and
the Purple Heart-on November 10,
citing the 3-year-old, 100-pound
animal for courageous action in
singlehandedly eliminating a dam
gerous machine-gun nest and caus-
ing the surrender of It's crew." BY
the award. Gen. Truscott waived a
War Department regulation which
permitted animals to be cited for
bravery, but prohibited the actual
award of the medal.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward J. Wren
of Pleasantville, owners of the dog,
half-husky with a strain of collie
and shepherd, have not been noti-
fed formally of the honors being
heaped on the animal, but letters
from his handlers have kept them
informed of Chips explosion the
field Of battle and in matters Of
the heart.
tChips first broke into the news
last August 81 when The Stars
Evening star., 1944-01-14
7 uxes
Continued From First Page }

approximately slO6 900 900 900 pre-
viously appropriated by Congress, but
shown by the Presidents budget
message to be unspent on June 30,
l943.
Insists on Check up.
Before Congress appropriates an
other hundred billion dollars, I want
to find out where some of the billions
are that we've already appropriated,
apparently in excess of actual needs" +"
Senator Bridges said.
Senator johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado. said he was terribly dis
appointed" to find the budget in the
100 billion dollar range. and that he
thought it should have been below
SIS, ,000, 100000. He added that Con-
gress is scraping the barrels bottom
on revenue, and the only realistic
way to bring income and outgo to-
gether is to reduce the outgo
Senator Tydings, Democrat, OF
Maryland, said: The size of this
budget shows the imperative neeo
for every bit of economy everywhere
it can be accomplished without in
jury to the war effort"
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Service Vote
Continued From First Page. J

soldier, "but would make the fran.
chise available to millions of serv.
icemen who otherwise could not
vote this year" He said the re-
sponsibility of making it easier fol
soldiers to vote is not entirely or
Congress. but that the States also
have duty to perform in perfect
ing their laws where necessary.
Validity Left to Localities.
Both the Democratic and Repub-
lican compromises leave the local
election officials free to pass on the
validity of the simplified Federal
ballots after they are received from
the servicemen.
The simplified Federal ballot, un-
der either plan, would be available
only for President, Senators and
Representatives This is one of the
chief arguments used by support
ers of State control, who contend
the armed forces should be given
the opportunity to vote for their
State as well as Federal officials
by having the regular absentee bal
lot mailed to them.
The controversy has hinged or
the statement of War and Navy
heads that it will be difficult tc
distribute and collect the 48 sepa-
rate types of State ballots, with
American forces scattered all over
the world.
Representative Manasco, Demo.
crat, of Alabama, a member of the
House Elections Committee, de.
clared today that if the War anc
Navy Departments could transmit
five-pound Christmas packages tt
the fighting fronts it should be pos
sible to handle the State ballots fol
the November election.
Senator Lucas has pointed out
however, that with men from each
State scattered throughout the sew.
eral theaters of war, the airmai
service would be begged down trying
to carry the bulky State absentee
ballots back and forth in time tt
have them counted in the election.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Public Assistance Law
Asked in Maryland
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. IA recon-
mendation for a general public as
sistance law for Maryland was made
to Gov. OConor today by the State
Department of Public Welfare in its
annual report to the States CHIEF
executive.
Local subdivisions of MARYLAND
are being high-pressured to keep tax
rates down, and the result is that q
group of deserving people are being
denied the assistance to which they
are entitled" the report stated.
The Welfare Department said that
needy cases continued to decline
during 1943 in all categories of public
assistance. However. due to the in
creased cost of living, grants have
been going up but total expenditures
have shown slight decrease from
the 1912 figures.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Chouncey D. Long Rites
Will Be Held Today

Funeral services for Chauncey D
Long, 72, who died Wednesday al
his home. 4612 West Virginia ave-
nue., Bethesda, Md, will be held to-
day at the funeral home of w. Reu-
ben Humphrey, Bethesda. The Rev
H. F. Chandler, pastor of the Meth
odist Church at Bethesda, will con-
duct the services and burial will be
| in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Mr.. Long was native of LOU
doun County, Va. He is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Marian
Beard and Miss Mary Louise Long
both of Bethesda, and Mrs. Flor
ence Compiler. Arlington; three
sons, Douglas w. Long, Washington
and Otis F. and James M. Long
both in the Navy; a sister, a brother
and seven grandchildren.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
President's 5 Sessions
With Press Drop 10
Low Of 50 in Year
BY the Associated Press.

Largely because of extensive war.
time travels and occasional illnesses
President Roosevelt's schedule oi
tWlce-a-week news conferences has
been badly disrupted.
In 1943 he set new low of SO
thus averaging little more thar
one a week.
Presidential news conferences usec
to be held almost without fail every
Tuesday at pm. and 1920 am
Friday.
The schedule was followed ir
peacetime even when Mr.. Roosevelt,
was travelling or was visiting his
homes at Hyde Park, N. Y, anc
Warm Springs, Ga. In those days
reporters accompanied him on every
trip and conferences were held ever
on trains. ships or by the side of 6
road.
Reporters Trips Curbed.
Only on rare occasions, since thu
Pearl Harbor attack, have the re.
porters assigned to the White
House been allowed to travel with
the Chief Executive, though he ha!
gone on such historically importan
Journeys as those to Casablanca
Cairo and Teheran.
Compared with the SO news con.
ferenceS last year, Mr.. Roosevelt
held 96 in 1912: 81 in l94l: 96 ir
1910 and 83 in 1888 when he spen
10 months in the White House. Tht
total since his Inauguration OF
March 4, 1888 is 92e.
/ Since November 9, two DAYS be
fore he left for the war councils a
Cairo and Teheran. the Presiden
has met with reporters just thre,
times. He was gone from the coun
try for five weeks He held on
conference December II, the da
he got back to Washington. an
other December 81 and a third De
cember %.
| Illness Halts. Work.
| Almost Immediately after that
the Chief Executive contracted in
f1uenza and was away from. hi.
office for another two weeks.
White House officials report HI
now has recovered almost complete
| ". He returned to work in hi
Office two days ago and yesterda!
he had four on-the-record appoint
ments there and at least one of
the-record.
The off -the-record engagement
are those which the press is not sup
posed to know about because tn
White House omits them from tn
daily list of appointments given t
reporters.
The President, convalescing fror
an attack of influenza. Cancelled to
days press conference on the advic
of his physician. Rear Admiral Ros
1T. McIntire, and kept his engage
ments at the White House instea
of going to his Office
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Federal Competition
Scored by Wherry
AT Bank Session /.

| Senator Kenneth S. Wherry. Re-
publican, OF Nebraska made vigor-
Gus plea for elimination of unfair
governmental competition in order
that private enterprise may func-
ton successfully, before $50 WASH
ington bankers and guests at the
Mayflower Hotel last night. He as
serted:
Twenty governmental agencies
are lending money in direct COM
petition with private lending agen-
cies. Nine governmental agencies
engage in housing and construction
work. Sixteen in business and bank
ing; and four in transportation and
power.
In all Of these Government agen-
cies, funds are juggled by transfer
from one agency to another by
executive order. The organizations
are operated by executive order
and are, therefore, not subject TO
supervision by Congress. AS a con-
sequence, the Federal Government
did $23 1000. 100000 worth of busi-
ness in l943, much of which should
have been done by private indus
try"
/ Banking Chairman Introduced.
A Scott Offutt, presiding at the
midwinter meeting of the District
Bankers Association, introduced
Representative Brent Spence, new
chairman of the House Banking and
Currency Committee. He responded
briefly.
Brig Gen. Gerald C. Thomas,
United States Marine Corps. re-
Gently returned from the Southwest
Pacific, gave stirring account of
some of his experiences. He was
in actual combat both at Guadal-
canal and Bouganville.
Resolutions in memory of James
A. Donohoe, late vice president of
East Washington Savings Bank, were
presented by George A. Didden, and
similar tribute was paid the late
Arthur Peter. chairman of the board
of the Washington Loan & Trust
Co, by Charles H. Doing.
Thomas M. Groom offered a
resolution congratulating William
Montgomery on completion of so
years as head of the Acacia Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
/ Miller Convention Chairman.
Il President Offutt announced ap-
pointment of S. William Miller, vice
president Of the Union Trust Co..
as general convention chairman. for
|. the June conclave. L. Clark Brown,
newly elected vice president of the
same trust company, was introduced.
; Many special guests were present,
Including Clarence E. Kefauver,
president, District Building and
. Loan League; j. Clifford, Folger,
l president, Investment Bankers AS
! sociation of America; Edison B.
, Olds, president, Washington Stock
Exchange; Milton w. King, presi-
dent, Bar Association of District
of Columbia; Albert ]. Phillips,
president. Insurance Club of WASH
ington; Charles w. ODonnell. pres
ident, District of Columbia Under
writers Association; d.. Needham
general counsel, American Bankers
: Association; James NJ. Barnes, ad.
. ministrative assistant to the Presi-
: dent; Myles H Quail. president
. Bond Club of Washington. and
Homer Phillips, president, Washing
ton Real Estate Board.
Bruce Baird, second vice president
; OF the association, arranged the
program.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
100000 Lbs. Of Paper
Added 10 Collection
In Single Day

Turning in more than 10000
pounds of newspapers, magazines
and cardboard, schools taking part
in The Evening Star-PTA Salvage
for Victory program yesterday
brought the grand total of the cam
paign to date to 1,619,119 pounds.
This made almost certain the at
tanning of the second million pounds
before the end of January.
Outstanding performer of the day
was the Wheatley School, which
turned in more than 10000 pounds
One truck load contained an even
10000 pounds, and additional paper
and magazines picked up by a sec
ond truck have not been tabulated
There were many good marks
made during the day. The greatest
improvement in any school was
shown by Hearst, which has been
running along with an average of
about 1000 pounds.
A new system was established this
week, with the Hearst territory di-
vided into blocks and a sixth-grade
pupil established as captain for each
block. One parent in each block
who had a car available to take
paper to school was brought into the
plan. Wednesday afternoon the
children took the paper to the par
ent's home, where it was tied in
bundles.
Yesterday morning it was movec
to the school. In this way, Hears,
jumped its collection from the aver.
age OF 1000 pounds to total OF
3,845 pounds, an exceptionally good
mark for school as small as Hearst
Other marks made yesterday in
cluded Lafayette with $500 pounds,
Stevens with 2,727, and Leland with
5,43l pounds.
Two new schools have enrolled in
the program and will be placed on
next weeks schedules. These are
Davis at Forty-fourth place and H
streets Sc, and Fillmore, at Thirty
fifth and S streets NV.
The new recruits bring the total
in the program to 129 schools.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
British Boy Playing
With Jet Plane Model
Gives RAF ChiUs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. lathe Lon
don News Chronicle said today
that a midlands boy gave the
Raj chills recently when he
was discovered playing with a
model of their jet-propulsion
plane, while work on the new
craft was still in the Ultra
secret stage.
An officer noticed the lad
playing with a model which had
no propellers. asked to see it
and gasped when he realized
what it was.
Without mentioning names,
the newspaper and investiga-
ton revealed that the boys
father was an employe in the
jet plane factory and had made
a model of the plane as a toy
for his son.
Apparently no harm was
done.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Taft Urges Tax Revision
TO Aid Small Businesses
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 14-Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio, today advo-
Gated revision of the laws govern
ing taxation and extension of loans
to small business as postwar plan
for development of small manufac-
turing and distribution concerns.
Addressing the Boston City Club.
Senator Taft said the curren sys-
tenn of high taxation on capital
gains and profits from investment
in business had dried up the
sources" of capital for small busi-
ness ventures, reducing both the
amount of money available for these
investments, and the number of in
dividuals willing to risk their money
with no hope of profit.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Grocery Owner Named
.V-Man Of the Week

For assistance to housewives in
budgeting their ration points and
encouraging cooperation with OPA
regulations. Bellinger Pinckney
proprietor of a grocery at 1911 Con-
necticut avenue. was yesterday
named 'V-man of the week" by the
Washington Junior Board of Com
merce.
In presenting the certificate te
Mr.. Pinckney, the Junior Board dis.
closed that employees of the OPA
and War Price and Rationing Boarc
living in the neighborhood hac
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Frederick S. Jones Dies,
Former Yale Dean

By the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. IA
Frederick ScheetZ Jones, 81. dean of
Yale College from 1909 until his re-
tirement in 1927, died today at his
home here.
Mr.. Jones, a native of Palmyra,
Mo, was dean of the school of engi-
neering at the University of Mime
sofa from 1902 until he came to Yale
University in 1909.
Evening star., 1944-01-14

Mother of u children all in the service Mrs Emma Van Cou
en 58 of St Louis with picture of herself and II of the
children after registering Minute Woman at the head
quaers Of the Fourth War Bond Drive Six the Navy
in the Army the marines and in the merchant
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GUERRILLA5
MAKE WAR
ON GERMANS

MADRID, June 15.-Reports out
of underground France asserted that
a methodic and persistent rising in
the greater part of the French ma
ton is undermining the best laid
plans to hold the Allied invasion
These advices, filtering through
many points of the Franco-Spanish
frontier and through diplomatic
channels, said the guerrillas organ
lied by the underground are actively
leading the French in making
trouble and yet more trouble for
the Germans. Nks
That the Germans have recog-
nized the danger is demonstrated
by the order placing the IL depart
ments of central France and parts
of four others under the same mill
tary rules as those prevailing in the
Atlantic Wall zone.
From Irun came the report that
"Maquis'' is still firmly held and
the city of Tarbes in the foothills
of the Pyrenees, thereby cutting off
large setcion of southern France
from the Mediterranean road and
rail route so important to the Ger
mans.
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RANsoME IN TOWN

/. C. Ransome OF Ketchikan, Is
in town and a guest at the Juneau
Hotel
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raYLoRS IN, TOWN

MI. and Mrs. Harold w. Taylor,
of Gustavus. are in town and are
registered at the Baranof Hotel.