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Evening star., 1944-01-31
Alexandria Complete!
Plans for Red Cross
Fund Campaign
Committee Choirmen
And Aides Announced
By Glenn Richard

Final plans for the organization
OF the Alexandria Red Cross War
Fund Campaign have been COM
pleted, Glenn U. Richard chairman,
announced over the week end.
Francis H. Fannon, who headed
the city's Community War Fund
campaign, and T. Wilford Robin
son, chairman of last years Red
Cross drive will act as assistant
chairmen.
D. c. Book will act as chairman
OF the Special Gifts Committee, on
which Mrs. Frank Mason billiard
will have charge Of individual spe-
clal gifts; Gardner L. Boothe of
gifts from large corporations; and
Thomas M. Jones, jr., of King street
business firms gifts.
Mrs. Marvin Parler will head the
residential canvass, with the follow
ing ward chairmen serving under
her: Mrs. Edward o. Hubert, first
ward; Mrs Sylvern Laupheimer.
second ward; Mrs. H. A. Stewart,
third ward; Mrs. James T. House.
fourth ward; Mrs. John NOEL, fifth
ward, ana Mrs. Edward Kelly, sixth
ward.
Mrs. Joseph Kavanaugh is general
publicity chairman, with Miss
Kathryn Bratton in charge of radio;
j. Paige Marshall and Frank Stover,
theaters; Mrs. Philip Fowler, speak
ers; Clarence j. Hite, window dis
plays, and H. c. Reece, newspaper
advertising.
Mrs. Albert Miller, executive Sec
retary of the chapter, will act as
headquarters division chairman,
assisted by Mrs. Franklin Cowie,
Mrs. Donald King and Mrs. Charles
Homer, jr
Frank G. Jones is chairman of
the business firms and organiza-
tlons personnel committee, with the
following subcommittee chairmen:
Wilburt c. Baggett, business firms;
Cecil j. Cross, city employees; Mrs.
Lillian Matsell, Federal and State
offices; Robert G. Whitton, miscel-
laneous organizations; John L..
TeetS, Red Cross eastern area; Mrs.
Richard F. Jacobs, doctors, and E..
R. Nevitts, lawyers.
DR.. Ernest F.. Campbell will head
the ministerial division; T. c. Will
liamS, the public and parochial
schools; A. D. Respass and Homer
Barrett, the flag and poster: Mrs.
John Swank, the booths; John w.
Tulloch, the special features, and
w. H. Pitts. the colored division.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
3Die, One Badly Huri
In Head-0n Collision
Al Riverda|e
Victims of Crash
Of Car and Trailer
Remain Unidentified

Three colored persons were killed
and another critically injured early
today in head-on collision between
a car and heavy trailer truck on
the Baltimore boulevard at River
dale, Md.
The truck driver, Winfield Bond of
Baltimore, is in Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale, with undeter-
mined injuries.
Details of the crash were lacking,
Policeman Arnett Cord of the Prince
Georges County police said, and
efforts were being made to identity
the two men and a woman killed
in the crash. Another woman was
taken to Casualty Hospital in a
critical condition Examination of
her personal effects yielded no clue
to her identity.
Man Struck by Car.
Struck by an automobile as he
attempted to cross the street at
New Jersey avenue and D street
Sc. this morning, Clarence Har-
grove, At, of Fenton street NE,
was admitted to Providence Hospital
suffering from a possible fractured
knee and sprained hips, police re-
ported.
The driver of the car, police said,
was Edward w. Toepfer of Alex
andria, Va.
Seven persons suffered minor in
juries yesterday afternoon when a
Capital Transit Co. streetcar crashed
into the rear of another streetcar
which had stopped to discharge
passengers at KenilWorth avenue
and Hayes street NE. The motor
man of the moving car, Robert l.
Woody, A, of Landover, Md, said
the brakes failed to operate, accord
ing to police.
Two Taken to Hospital.
Taken to Casualty Hospital, where
they were treated for contusions and
then sent home, were Stanley Kauf-
men, II, of Fairmont Heights, Md.
and Don j. Alvarado, 46, colored, OF
1853 Alabama avenue Sc.
Five other passengers were treated
at the scene for minor bruises by
DR., Louis T. De Nigris, who answered
the ambulance call from Casualty
Hospital.
Taten Payne, SO, colored, of Fair.
fax, was injured critically last night
when his automobile and a trailer
truck collided at the intersection OF
Chain Bridge road and Route 211
at Fairfax.
According to police, the truck was
operated by Richard N. Snyder
Staunton. Va. Mr.. Payne was taken
to Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Aqer Citizens Elect
Jack Peorce President

Jack Pearce has been elected
president of the Ager Citizens As
sociation in Prince Georges Coun-
ty. He succeeds George Brawthen.
Other officers are:
David Jameson, vice president;
Mrs. Donald r. Mead, secretary, and
George Guide, treasurer.
Mrs. Turner Hayden, William En-
glerth, P, G. Ramey and H. I. Snip
pen have been named to the Execu-
tive Committee.
Evening star., 1944-01-31

ships decks, fore and aft, sloped for
ward in grotesque V-shaped de-
sign. The motors were revolving
the flaming ship in advancing cir
cles toward the ifeboat containing
the 36 men.
Pull Frantically at Oars.
Most of the men had been badly
burned before they had a chance
to escape the flaming tanker. Ten
men had lost their lives. Those
who escaped unscathed or with
minor burns tooa turns at the oars,
rowing frantically in an effort to
move away from the oncoming
tanker. But oil-drenched hands
handicapped their desperate efforts.
1--WE seemed to get nowhere fast"
Seaman Peake said today at his
home, where he is spending three
Evening star., 1944-01-31
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
The expected confirmation Of
Sterling Hutcheson as Judge of the
Eastern Virginia Federal District
Court will fill that bench with an
appointee of a Democratic admins
tration for the first time since the
Civil War.
A Senate Judiciary Subcommit-
tee is due to recommend approval
of Mr.. Hutcheson to the full COM
mittee today.
The escond judgeship of the east
ern district, held by Judge Robert
N. Pollard, was created with his ap-
pointment by President Roosevelt
in 1896.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
ESQ Billion War Outlay
Predicted by Freeman
BY the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
CARLISLE, Pa. Jan. 31-The wal
will cost the United States at least
$3.50 900 100000 and the lives of per-
haps a million boys. land can be
compensated for only if we continue
that state of mind which puts coun-
try above caste or class" Douglas
Southall Freeman, Virginia editor
and biographer. told the midwintel
convocation at Dickinson College.
"Sectionalism in ideas and tradi-
ton are splendid" said the editor of
the Richmond News Leader and
biographer of Robert E. Lee, "but
God forbid, not hate or wrath. Only
hate and wrath-not Germany or
Japan-can defeat U.s."
Mr.. Freeman received an honor
ary degree of doctor of laws.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Spectator Wounded
In Traffic Row Dies
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Jan. 31.-Grady An
drews, jr., %, one, of two spectators
wounded during an automobile
accident argument, died yesterday
Police reported he was wounded
when the driver of one of two cars
figuring in the minor accident shot
into a group of bystanders Sat-
urday.
Assistant Police Chief A. j. Hol-
combe said L. T. Brewer, the driver
is held on a charge of suspicion of
mur der.
The other wounded spectator, R.
A. Miller, Is in a critical condition
Evening star., 1944-01-31
PonhondIers Ply
Trade Here STILL:
Ask Biqqer Aims

Panhandling has decreased dur
ing the war, according to Municipal
Court authorities, but it has not
disappeared.
Even with war prosperity, two or
three men are brought into court
every day and charged with solicit
Ing aims. About an equal number
are charged with vagrancy.
Court testimony shows that pres
ent-day beggars ask for more money
than they did in depression days.
A man recently asked for so cents
to get a cup of coffee, and another
begged for dollar to go to New
York.
The fines run from about S. to
$25, and the men usually go to jail
rather than pay, court officials said.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Five Bomber Crewmen
Die in Colorado Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Jan
31.-Attempting to make an emer.
gency landing Saturday night, g
B-24 Liberator bomber crashed al
Peterson Field, killing five of it.
eight-man crew and injuring three
others.
The plane was destroyed by fire
Listed as killed were:
Sergt. Ernest G.. Eichelberger
Carlisle, Pa; Sergt. John w. Rem
ner, Kansas City; Sergt. Charles G
Henderson, Haleyville, Ala. Pvt
William Craft, Thornton, Ky; Sergt
Leon D. Hodges, Moville, Iowa.
Robert E. Lee of Akron, Ohio
pilot, was injured.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Voith Becomes Secretary
OfGeorgetown President

Charles j. Voith of TAI Longfel-
low street NV. has taken over the
duties of secretary 10 the Very Rev
Lawrence c. German, S. j., presi-
dent of Georgetown University, it
was announced yesterday.
He succeeds John D. Lane, who
resigned recently to become an as
sistant United States attorney for
the District.
Mr.. Voith is a graduate Of Roose-
velt High School and is in his junior
year at the Georgetown school OF
foreign service.
Evening star., 1944-01-31

week furlough. Though his hand
were burned, he took his turn at tn,
oars with the others.
The men soon were exhausted
their fatigue brought on by blistered
oil-drenched hands and frayee
nerves.
Wearily they laid down their oars
resigned to their fate. There.
nothing left to do but pray" one O.
the men said.
Feel Heat From Flames.
The ship was so close now thai
the men could feel the heat from it.
flaming decks as it whirled crafty
only short distance away from the
lifeboat.
The youthful sailor finds 1t din.
cult to explain what happened next
Il guess it was an act of God" he
said as he related what occurred
IN the next few drama-packed min
utes.
I'VE drifted to within yards o1
the tanker when, suddenly, we were
thrown back by the backward force
Of the propellers. The jolt nearly
threw us out of the boat. What
happened was that we had beer
lucky enough to approach the whirl.
ing ship from behind the propellers
If we had approached her from any
other direction the suction would
have forced us smack into the tank
er. Luckily it turned out that we
were thrown in the opposite direc-
ton of the tanker and that saved
U.s."
During the next hour the relieved
survivors watched the flaming ship
reel into the distance.
Escape Detection.
Seaman Peake considers what
happened next an anticlimax. The
men narrowly escaped detection by
the submarine which torpedoed
them. The sub surfaced and threw
out a searchlight in an effort to
locate the survivors, but the light
fell few feet short of the boat.
Spotted soon afterward by a Navy
plane, the men were rescued AZ
hours later by Navy ship. Sea-
man Peake spent the next month
in a hospital recovering from face
and hand burns.
Though his father, Millard F.
Peake, former patent attorney, is
a lieutenant colonel stationed at
Edgewood Arsenal, Md, and a
brother is in the Army Air Forces,
young Peake unhesitatingly chose
the Navy last July a few months
after his 18th birthday.
"I've always liked the Navy" the
youth said, land I still do. In fact,
though its good to see my folks
again, can hardly wait for my fur
Tough to end so I can go back to
sea"
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Former Actor to Talk
To Falls Church Group

A regular meeting of the Falls
Church Community Theater will be
held at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Madison School in Falls Church.
Guest speaker will be Thurlow
White, former actor, who will dis
cuss Acting From the Professional
Viewpoint"
A board meeting will be held
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the school.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Maryland Puts S1,375,000
State Funds in War Bonds

BY the Associate Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 31.-Gov
O'Conor yesterday announced the
purchase of $1,375, 900 in War Bonds
by Maryland in the Fourth War
Loan campaign.
The subscription was made from
funds of the teachers retirement
system, State accident fund and
the State employees retirement sys-
tenn, Gov. O'Conor said.
OF the total purchase, $1,1OO, ,OOO
will be allocated to the counties
and the remaining s275,000 will be
credited to Baltimore citys quota
Evening star., 1944-01-31
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., 1944-01-31
Daytime Sewing Glass

Women interested in forming a
daytime sewing class under Mrs
Sigrid Stephenson of the County
Board of Education are asked to get
in touch with the temporary chair
man, Mrs. Philip Hauser, 1912 Oneida
lane, Bethesda, Wisconsin O827. Be-
ginning and advanced sewing and
clothes renovation will be taught.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Stories of Veterans
Wanted by Star

This is another Of a series Of
interviews with men from the
Washington area who have
returned from overseas duty.
Friends and relatives OF service
men returning from battle zones
are urged to write or telephone
the city editor of The Star at
MA. 5000. The Star wants to
give these men OF the armed
forces a chance to tell their
stories to the thousands of in
terested Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Talk on Park PROGRAM

Fred w. Tuemmler. director of
planning for the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, will discuss the program
for development of Montgomery
County's park system at meeting
of the Rockville Izaak Walton
League chapter at pm. Wednes-
day in the Police Court hearing
room, Rockville.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
IS USO Hostesses
To Appear in Comedy

Thirty-flve junior hostesses of the
Bethesda USO will appear in a
musical comedy written and directed
by William Jarvis, to be presented
at $3.50 pm. Friday at Leland Junior
High School, in celebration of the
third anniversary of the National
USO.
The performance will follow a
bond rally staged by the Leland stu
dents, with Brooke Johns as master
OF ceremonies. After the rally and
show dance will be held.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Mrs. FrieI Elected

Mrs. Anna Friel was elected chair
man OF the Westboro Victory Club
at the annual meeting last week
Other officers are: Mrs. Mary Fran
ces Casson, vice president and Sec
retary, and linda Gathop, treasurer
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Mary O'Sullivan at ]
pm. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1944-01-31

object is a tor
pedoed t a n k e r
ahre and each
complete turn
brings its mur-
derous propellers
nearer your life
boat.
That's the pre-
d | C a m e MT in
which 17-year-
old Will q m
Thomas Peake,
seaman, hrs t
class, of 1877 Up
shur street NE,
a former McKin-
ley High School
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Cup Offered in Bond Drive

The Bethesda Board of Trade is
Offering a silver cup to the Bethesda
business man or woman decorating
his or her window to the best ad-
vantage for the Fourth War Loan
Drive. Judging will be held Thurs
day by Mrs. Page Furth's retail mer-
chandising class at Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Founders Day Meetinq

The Mathew F. Maury School
P-TA in Arlington will hold a
Founders Day meeting at 8 pm
tomorrow. A regular business meet
ing will precede talk by George
r. Hammond, safety director of the
District division of the American
Automobile Association, who will
discuss safety education of school
children
Evening star., 1944-01-31

student, and IS companions found
themselves one early morning in
November after their oil tanker had
been torpedoed by German SUBJ
marine.
The motors, curiously enough, had
not been damaged when the tor
pedo struck the tanker amidships
Nearly torn in two by the blast, the
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Attorney Kyle Morrison Dies

BRISTOL, Va, Jan. 81 (R.-A.
Kyle Morrison, 81, an outstanding
lawyer in Southwest Virginia, died
in the Abingdon Hospital yesterday
He had been in i'll health for several
years.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Church Dinner Planned

The women of Walker Chapel
Church, North Glebe and Dittmas
roads, Arlington, will serve a roast
beef dinner from $50 to 8 pm. Wed
nesday at the church, 1t has been
announced.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Back From the Wars
Back From the Wars
D. c. Sailor, II, Tells of Escape
From Flaming Merry-Go-Round

A flaming merry-go-round in the
middle Of the Caribbean Sea is a
fascinating sight. But the scene
loses its splendor when the revolving
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Trade Boord to Elect

The annual meeting OF the Beth
esda Board Of Trade will be held at
l pm. February 7 at the Columbia
Dining Room. Officers will be elected
Evening star., 1944-01-31

KILLED IN ITALY-Lt. John
T. De Bell, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. De Bell, Centerville, Va,
first reported missing in ac-
ton in Italy, has been listed
by the War Department as
killed, according to his family.
1t. De Bell entered the Army
in April, 1910, and received his
wings following graduation in
August, 1943, from the Hondo
(Tex.) Navigation School. He
was a member of a Flying
Fortress crew and recently had
been transferred from North
Africa to Italy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-10

Support prices on farm product
are to be carried out through loans
purchases of commodities for mill
'ry, lend-lease and other govern
nent uses, and by direct payments
on some commodities. SAYS VIA.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
Rams New Grid Squad
Plays Boston Tonight
b the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Sept. with an
almost entirely new squad and q
new coach, Cleveland's Rams re-
turn to the National Football
League tonight in an exhibition
with the Boston Yankees, newest
entry In the national loop.
The Rams, who were out Of the
circuit last season. have six hold
overs from the 1942 squad. They
include Riley Mathewson, all-league
guard; Jake Fawcett, 230-pound
tackle, who originally came from
Southern Methodist; Bill (Red)
Conkright and Bill Rieth. two re-
liable centers; End Joe Gibson and
Quarterback John Petchel.
Aldo (Buh) Donelli, former Du-
|quesne University mentor who fea-
lures the T formation, Is the new
Rams coach.
The Boston club, owned by Ted
Collins, manager of Radio Star Kate
Smith. has six pro veterans: George
Cafego of Tennessee, Dave Smukler
Of Temple and Bob Twenty Grand
Davis Of Kentucky in the backfield !;
Keith Ranspot of Southern Meth
odist at left end, Tom Hargrove Of
Alabama at left tackle and Walter
Dubzinski of Boston College at
center.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
Slater Is Newcomer
ID, Graphing Card

New blood for the Turner Arena
wrestling tonight is Butch Slater
who tangles with Hans Kaempfer
to fill out the card on which the
colorful, bewhiskered Pat O'Connor
the Dublin artist-rassler, meets
Michele Leone.
The big Irishman's match holds
twin headline, status with the pair
ing of Lou Plummer and Angelo
Savoldi.
Promoter Joe Turner also has his
classy New Jersey specialist, Herman
(Dutch) Rohde, meeting Ed (Stran-
gler) White, and will present Duke
Keokuma. an American-born Japa-
nese lad for the first tmie here this
season. The Duke, who is serving
In the merchant marine and has
wrestled frequently in New England,
is matched with Maurice La Chap
pelle.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
|Raeing's 5 War Relief
Fund IN New York
Now s75i,Ooo
D the Associated i prsss.

&3D8O0ARtSW
New York racing's 1914 contri-
button to the Red Cross and the
War Relief Fund goared to 475l ,OOC
Labor Day ct Aqueduct turned over
4l63 900. The 9751 900 came from
seven OF the 10 victory days planned
In the State this year.. In 1943
i've charity days netted $503, ,3ll
but this year the total Is expected
to exceed q million.
Mrs. Ames, winner Of the 4l0, ,OO0
added Capital Handicap at Laurel
was shipped to Garden State yes
terdAy. Nick Wall, who rode the
winner. also returned.
Some OF yesterdays feature race
winners: Narragansett - H AMID
1000. Aqueduct - Fox Brownie
922.20. Laurel-Brief Dance, $500
Garden 6tate-Reztips, $3.50. Wash
ington Pafk-High Resolve, 47.40
Jockey Leonard Bowers Is far II
front for the first two days oi
Laurel's fall meeting. He won fou,
races each day, including the fea-
tured Brookside purse yesterday.
Pensive, winner Of the Kentucky
Derby and the Preakness, but Loser
Of his last eight races, viii run nc
more this year. Trainer Ben Jones
has announced that the star 3-year.
old has bowed . tendon in last
weeks Washington Park Handicap
Two other good ones lost for the
remainder OF the season are Foul
Freedoms, injured in a Labor Day
event at Aqueduct, and Flood Town
the colt owned by, Naval 1t. Edward
Lasker. Lasker said Flood Town
after being beaten in the Walt
Whitman Stake, would await the
l945 campaign.
Evening star., 1944-09-06
BY JERRY LIsKA,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

| s X > X
CHICAGO. Sept. 6.-Even with
that 2l-2l triumph over the College
Au-Stars under their belts, the
championship Chicago Bears still
are the big question mark Of the
1874 National Professional Football
League race
Actually, Co-coaches Hearty
tHunk) Anderson and Luke Johnsos,
trying to pick up where 1t. Comdr.
George Halas. owner-coach, left on
last year, can fortget all about the
win over the Collegians.
It was accomplished mainly by the
sleight- of -handing Of Ensign Sid
Luckman, dynamo Of the Bears
feared T formation, who now Is back
In the maritime service.
Luckman's Shoes Hard to Fill.
With Luckman gone, the Bears
well may have their back against
the national loop wall as q handful
LOT aging veterans try to uphold q
Ipowerhouse tradition.
The Bears play exhibition contests
against the Warrington Redskins
next Sunday at Baltimore and the
New York Giants the following Sun
day at Buffalo.
In these two games the Bears
must find an answer to their most
pressing question-whou II replace un-
canny Luckman? 1t may be Johnny
Long, former Colgate Star and grad
uate of the Bears Newark IN. j.
farm club: Al Gryo of South Caro-
lima, or Bill Glenn, another Newark
product, or even 35-year-old Gene
Ronzani. star of another Bear era.
At best, none comes close to
Triple-threat Luckman, the perfect
T-formation pilot. Which means
such seasoned ball carriers as Ray
Noting, 30; Gary Faniglietti, 20,
and Ray Mclean, 20, have their
work cut out for them.
Line Has Plenty Of Beef.
Up front the Bears are as beefy
as ever, averaging 224 pounds, but
of the scales they fall considerably
below par. Capt. George Wilson,
playing his eighth season at end,
and Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, tops
among league centers, form the
first-string nucleus.
Two freshmen" Rudy Smeja,
Michigan end, and Guard George
Zorich of Northwestern, may win
Evening star., 1944-09-06
Rio Gronde, With 25 Men Tops,
To Have Another Fun Eleven
He's the fellow who refused to civ

He's the fellow who refused to give
up last fall even when the war re-
duced the male enrolment to 20. At
that time he announced, I'VE shall
not surrender until the gridiron
reaches a bedrock Corregidor."
And II there is any further proof
needed that Beattie and Rio Grande
intend to play football as long as its
humanity possible, it may be noted
that the Redmen may play as many
as eight games this fall. He already
has arranged a home-and- home
series with Muskingum and Kenyon
as well as single games with Otter
bein and Greenbrier Military Col
lege.
Although he expects a squad OF 10
to report for practice tomorrow.
Beattie insists Rio Grande will have
q team this fall even If he has to
use co-eds. He expects to have four
l043 lettermen,
Evening star., 1944-09-06
Bulls Sturts Grid Toll
With Briqht Outlook

Bulls School, pointing toward an
opening game with Mercersburg
October 7, opens grid training Fri
day. Coach Al Gross Is counting on
a big turnout of high school dazzlers
Of last year to take the title again.
Among the so candidates expected
to report are Bill Bulge, Billy Earl
and Myron Gerber, WashingtQ-Lee
all-District flashes; Buddy Fig, who
sparkled for Staunton Military
Academy; Tony Mussolino. Gonzaga,
and Tom Tague,~a returning squad
member.