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Evening star., 1944-04-03
Alexandria Court Clerk
Files March Report

The following report for March
has been submitted to Judge James
R. Duncan of the Alexandria Civil
and Police Court by Mrs. Alma
Bryan, clerk and bailiff: City fines,
trial fees, warrant fees, bail fees, fill
ing and indexing and other fees COL
lected, $2,34975; State fines and
clerks fees collected, s24O; sergeant's S
fees collected, $10l; cash depository
bonds collected, $543; fees collected
for justice of the peace, $25; COL
lections for Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court, $762; other fees COL
lected, $79399; total collections for
March, $4,814.74; now on deposit,
$2,818.75.
At the same time, Elliott F Hoff-
man, clerk of the Corporation Court,
reported total of $2,865 collected
for the State during March, and
$127.95 for the city in taxes on deeds.
The State collections were as fol-
lows: Fines, SITS; tax on wills,
$217.80; chancery collections, $62;
marriage licenses issued, $212.
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Leland Students
Go on Air With
School Politics

High school politics took the air
yesterday when four Leland Junior
High School students were allowed
to make campaign speeches over
Station VOL.
Appearing at Ills am. on a
program conducted by Art Brown
and Russ Hodges, representatives
of three school political parties"
outlined their respective platforms
and made their bids for election as
president of the ninth grade.
Extolling the virtues of the Pro-
gressive party was Hunter Creech,
IA, Of Bethesda, while Danny Smith,
Is, was standard bearer for the
Varsity party, and Nelson Embrey,
IA, was the presidential candidate
for the Ace-High party.
The only girl candidate, Jean
Turner, Is, who is running for vice
president on a Progressive ticket,
made no special bid for election.
She used her time on the air to sing
the school song.
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Treasury 10 Launch
Fifth War Loan Drive
For Is Billion June Il
Quote for individual
Subscriptions Increased
To 6 Billion Dollars

The $4,000, 100000 Fifth War
Loan campaign will begin June IL
and run through July 8, it was an
nounced today by Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau.
In line with the 2,O0O, 900 900 boost
in the overall goal, the quota for in
dividual subscriptions has been
raised from IS 500 900, 900 in the last
drive to an even 100000, 900.
Quotas for the District and the in
dividual States have not yet been
worked out.
Must Borrow Great Deal"
Mr.. Morgenthau said the goals
were fixed high because the Ma
tion's Treasury must borrow great
deal OF money this year to keep the
war going" He SAID the war would
cost the country more than twice as
much this year as could be obtained
through taxation.
AS in the last drive, which began
in January and ended in February
the emphasis will be on individual
sales. Only these purchases will be
reported by the Treasury, Mr.. Nor
genthau said, between June IL and
26. After that subscriptions by cor
porations and associates will be re-
ported, although securities to these
investors will be sold throughout
the campaign. The quota for such
buyers will be $4,000, ,O0o 900.
Higher ID. c. Quota Expected.
All subscriptions for bonds and
for Treasury savings notes between
June l and July 81 will be credited
to the drive.
The goals for the District in the
Fourth War Loan drive were $685.
100000 for overall sales and $53,-
100000 for individual purchases
Higher quotas probably will be es-
tablished for the June-July cam
paign because of the increase in the
national objective.
"Since January l." Mr. Morgen-
thau said, "the direct costs of the
war have exceeded $4,000, 900 900
With the critical phases Of the wa,
still ahead of us certainly no decline
in expenditures is now in prospect.
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Painter Burns 10 Death
Near Camp Springs
Body Of Edward Bell
Found in Embers of Home

Edward ]. Bell, Sc. a painter, was
burned to death early yesterday
when fire destroyed his house on
Temple Hill road, near Camp
Springs, Nd, Prince Georges Go3lpty
police reported today Va = "
Police sud Mr.. Bell scharred bodS
was found son a metal cot near the
chimney in the living room by men,
bers of the Oxon Hill and Clinton
Volunteer Fire Departments. A Ger
tif1cate of accidental death was is
sued by DR.. James I. Boyd, deputy
county medical examiner.
The fire was discovered early yes
terday by a passing taxicab driver
When f1remen reached the scene the
flames had enveloped the dwelling
Firemen were hampered by the
lack Of water, which was obtained
from creek half mile from the
house. Booster pumps were used in
fighting the fire.
Police said the mans wife, Mrs.
Nellie c. Bell, was not at home at
the time of the fire. They said the
house was owned by Mrs. Anita Rob-
inson, Upper Marlboro.
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cult. Maryland law provides that
the Court Of Appeals be composed OF
chief justices of the eight Maryland
circuits.
Judge Marbury is married to the
former Eliza Gardner Cronmiller
They have one daughter, Mrs. Anne
Tasker Oberweiser.
Commenting on the unanimous
Endorsement Judge Marbury re-
ceived from members of the bar,
Gov. O'Conor said:
1T is gratifying to hear from so
many sources that Judge Marbury
has gained the admiration and re-
spect of the men of the legal pro-
fession by reason Of a most salts
flying performance of his judicial
duties.
Lawyers practicing before our
highest court and those conversant
with it are most laudatory in their
praise of Judge Marbury's learning
and keen. insight into involved
questions presented for determina-
ton.
I'm order to have the fullest in
formation, I consulted the judg-
ment Of Is or 80 of the leading
members Of the Maryland bar. In
cluded in the list were former
judges, presidents of the State and
Baltimore City Bar Association and
other outstanding practitioners.
Every single individual recon-
mended appointment of Judge Mar
bury"
In Cumberland Judge Sloan re-
linquished his long-held judicial
duties today with the comment the
stepping down was a "kind of Or
DEAL" He said he intended to re-
turn to private practice.
Judge Sloan was the only Repub-
lican chief judge in the Appellate
Courts 165-year. history.
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Two Alexandra Children
Hurt in Auto Accidents

Two Alexandria children suffered
minor injuries yesterday in traffic
mishaps within a few blocks of one
another, Alexandria police reported.
Raymond Ford, S, of 702 North
Patrick street was knocked down by
a truck as he crossed Duke street
shortly after noon. Treated at Alex
andria Hospital for cuts and shock,
he was later sent home, police said.
The driver of the truck, Henry
Phillips, 50, of the 900 block of South
st. Asaph street, Alexandria, was
arrested on charge of reckless
driving, police asserted. He will be
arraigned today in Civil and Police
Court there.
The second youngster, 3-year-old
Thomas Charles Downey, 1918 Prince
street, was bruised when he ran
from the sidewalk and into the rear
fender Of passing automobile
police reported.
Police said no charges would be
lodged against the driver of the car
Martin Cohen, "a, of 5120 Twenty
fifth street north, Arlington.
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.lsWRstoniinq
&Remiindey@p

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, blue stamps A-S. B-s.
C-8, D-8, E-8, F-8, G-8, H-8, J-8
and KS good indefinitely. Blue
stamps L-8, Ms, N-8, P-8 and
Q-8 valid May and good In
definitely. Each stamp worth 10
points. Blue tokens are being used
as change. April point values OF
canned peas and frozen fruits and
vegetables reduced to zero; canned
carrots reduced 2 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps A-8, B-8, C-8, D-8, E-8
F-8, G-8, H-8 and J-8 good in
definitely. Stamps K-8, LIB and
M-8 valid April 9 and good indefi-
nitely. Each stamp worth 10
points. Red tokens are being used
as change. Point values on butter
and most meats unchanged over
March.
Points for sFats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4, stamp 30 valid
for S pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for 5 pounds
for home canning through Febru-
ary %, 1945. Stamp No. 81 good
for pounds indefinitely.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. B-2.
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for 5 gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Consum-
ers in this area should not have
used more than 80 per cent Of
their total yearly fuel oil ration as
of April 3.
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|0fficia|sExpect
Red CrossGoa|
Will Be Topped
$365, 900 Lacking;
100, 900 Prospects
Still to Be Seen

District gifts to the Red Cross
campaign are expected by the end of
this week to reach the $3,000,OO0
oversubscription mark set by Lloyd
B. Wilson, chairman of the drive,
campaign officials said today.
The prediction was made in view
of the fact there are more than
100000 potential donors in WASH
ington and nearby communities who
have not yet been reached by the
campaign workers, while the Dis
trict shortage is only $365 900, IA per
cent of the goal.
Several additional divisions are
expected to report better than
100 per cent collections at the rally
meeting for all divisions at 1890
pm. tomorrow in the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
National Drive Extended.
In the national drive, which has
also been extended, Leon Fraser, ma
tional campaign chairman, an
nounced that contributions to date
total $4,000, 900, or "a per cent of
the $200,00o,o00 goal. Only 40 per
cent of the Red Cross 3,755 chap
ters have reached or exceeded their
quotas.
Over the week end the District
shortage was cut by some $23 900, the
proceeds of the Red Cross benefit
world premiere of Cecil B. De Miles
"The Story of DR.. Wassell," starring
Gary Cooper, which was shown Sat-
urday night at Constitution Hall.
Alexandria became the second di-
vision to go over the top this week
end, when Western Union workers
an additional $4,000 to
bring the aggregate collection to
SIS, ,977 or 121 per cent of the $45, $3.50
quota. This is the first time in Red
Cross history that Alexandria has
exceeded its goal.
Officials Confident.
The general business division was
the first to exceed its quota, report
ing 10O.07 per cent of the $685., ,439
goal last Friday.
Campaign officials were confident
that the $42,048 deficit in the five
Maryland and Virginia counties
quota of $261,850 would be wiped
out before the week is over. In
dividual county shortages to date
are: Arlington, "a ,488; Fairfax, $15,-
56l; Montgomery, $685., and Prince
Georges, $15,064.
Residential division must raise $18,-
975 this week to meet its quota
and city division must collect $22, ,119.
Government division has the largest
shortage, $182,166, which is more
than half of the Districts deficit.
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Maryland Guard Receives
Ammunition for Trainino
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 3.-Gov.
O'Conor said yesterday the State
Guard already had received from the
Federal Government an allotment of
ammunition for use at the Today
State Guard encampment at Fort
Meade this summer.
Included in the shipment were
106,000 rounds Of .30-caliber rifle and
$500 rounds of .45-caliber Thomp-
son submachine-gun ammunition.
An allotment of Is rounds per man
for rifle practice will be available,
the remainder to be held in reserve
for possible emergency requirements.
The Governor said every guards
man, whether officer or enlisted man,
would be paid for time spent at the
camp-the training period is July %
to August land that enlisted men
also would get subsistence allow
anceS.
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Woman, Struck by Bus,
Faces WEAPONS CHARGE

A charge Of carrying a coflU16
weapon was placed against a womaa
,,Wi1en a pistol was found In hdI
purse after she was struck by al
A. BE- w. bus last night, police
reported today.
: Mrs. Naomi Mitchell, %, colored,
of Alexandria, suffered leg injuries
when the bus, operated by John D.
Duff, 81, Alexandria, struck her at
Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth
street NV, police said. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital where,
police said, the gun was discovered.
Mrs. Mitchell was taken later to
the Womens Bureau and booked.
She will be arraigned tomorrow in
Municipal Court.
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] 900 AIexundriuns Seek
Additional Shoe Stamps

Approximately 1000 Alexandrians
feel the need of new shoes for Easter,
and have already used their airplane
shoe stamp. according to Mrs. Vir-
glnla De Dier, chief clerk of the
ration board, who said she has that
many applications on file for supple
mental shoe stamps.
Mrs. De DER said she would start
processing the applications on Mon
day, April 10.
Evening star., 1944-04-03
100 Rockville Youths
Attend Cunteen OPENING

Approximately 100 youths from
the Rockville area were present at
the opening Saturday night of the
Rockville "teen-age canteen" in the
Wolfson shoe store building on East
Montgomery avenue, Rockville.
The canteen will be open from
4 pm. to $50 pm. Mondays through
Fridays and Friday, Saturday and
Sunday evenings.
The canteen is being sponsored
by the Rockville Recreation Coun-
Gil, of which Leslie Morgan Able
is president, and is being partly
financed by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
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Cobin John SignoImon
Honored in SoIomons

Robert F.. Mason, whose address
is listed as Cabin John, Md, is a
member of a signal construction
company that has been commended
by Maj. Gen. Oscar w. Griswold,
commanding general of Allied forces
on Bougainville Island, the Asso-
ciated Press reported. The commen-
dation read, in part, as follows:
Operating at half strength dur
ing most pressing period and being
given very little time in which to
accomplish its mission, the signal
constitution company has performed
In a most creditable manner. The
resultant neat and constructed
pole-lines are making possible an
efficient signal system of which
every member may we'll be proud"
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Montgomery Defense
Units Hold Drill Tonioht

Montgomery County Civilian De-
fense units, except AFRAID wardens,
will participate in the monthly
mobilization drill from to o'clock
tonight, Judge Albert E. Brault,
civilian defense director, has an
nounced.
Judge Brault said only AFRAID
wardens who have been given special
assignments in the practice will
take part in the drill. All staff
members, especially those in the
control and report centers, are ex-
pected to be at their posts at 8 pm.
Drills were suspended during the
winter months,
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1870 Montgomery Ballots
Mailed 10 Servicemen

One hundred and ninety ballots
for the May l primary elections in
Montgomery County were mailed
yesterday to county servicemen by
F. Byrne Austin, clerk to the county
supervisors Of elections.
The ballots were the first install
ment to be sent under the absentee
primary election law enacted at the
recent special session of the Mary
land General Assembly. Sixty -four
were addressed to men overseas and
went by airmail. The total included
179 Democratic and II Republican
ballots.
Under the law. requests for alb
sentee ballots will be honored by the
Election Board if received not later
than seven days before May /.
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Morbury Becomes Chief Judqe
of Maryland Appeals Court
Upper Marlboro Jurist'
Named Yesterday
By Gov. O'Conor
By the Associated Press


ANNAPOLIS, April 3.-Judge Ogle
Marbury Of Upper Marlboro assumed
office today as chief Judge of the
Maryland Court of Appeals, succeed
ing Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan of
Cumberland, retired.
Judge Marbury, first Southern
Maryland jurist to head the States
highest court, was appointed by Gov
O'Conor yesterday.
The 61-year -old presiding Judge, a
Democrat, had been chief Judge of
the seventh judicial circuit and a
member Of the appellate court since
June 9, 1941, when he was appointed
to succeed the late Judge Walter j..
Mitchell. He was elected to q Is
year circuit court term in 1912.
The Governor said Judge Mar
bury's appointment had been recon-
mended unanimously by the Is or
80 members of the Maryland bar
whom Gov. O'Conor had consulted.
A memorandum left last year by
the late Chief Judge Carroll r.
Bond when his retirement from the
appellate court became imminent
declared that Judge Marbury ode
served prominent consideration for
future appointment as chief Judge" "
Gov. O'Conor said.
The new presiding justice, who
was born in 1882 to the Rev. Ogle
Marbury and Eleanor Brevitt Mac
kenzie Marbury, received a law de-
gree from the University of Mary
land and was admitted to the Mary
land bar in 1904 on his 22d birth
day. He was member of the
Maryland House Of Delegates from
1910 to 1912 and assistant to the
attorney general from 1916 to 1920,
serving as acting attorney general
in 1918.
The jurist headed the State Board
Of Prison Control from 1920 to 1923.
Before going on the bench, Judge
Marbury was attorney to the Prince
Georges County Commissioners and
Laurel town counsel. He main
tanned his law practice in Laurel
and Baltimore for many years.
The Governor indicated he would
appoint this week a successor to
Judge Sloan, Republican, as chief
Judge Of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
The other Court of Appeals men,
bers are Judges Edward s. Della
plaine, Frederick; C. Gus Grason,
Towson; Ridgeley P. Melvin, An
napolis; Levin Claude Bailey, Sails
bury; Stephen r. Collins, Chester
town, and Rowland K. Adams, Baltj-
more.
Each heads his own judicial cir
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Maryland 10 Call on
Wives and Office He|u
To Aid in Harvest
Stote VINO May Enlist
Entire Communities to
Ease Acute Shortage
By the Associated Press,

BALTIMORE, April 3.-The State
War Manpower Commission will en-
list the aid of Maryland white
collar workers, housewives and even
entire communities in harvesting
and processing 1914 food crops.
State VINO Director Lawrence B.
Fenneman, in announcing plans for
the campaign yesterday, said 14,O00
workers would be required to harvest
and pack the crop, estimated at 10
per cent greater than last years
yield.
The labor shortage was further
complicated by failure of some
sources of supply tapped in 1943, in
cluding Southern immigrant and
soldier labor, the director said.
War Prisoners insufficient.
The VINO has certified prisoner
of war labor in Maryland, but even
II the Army allows use of the pris-
oners "only about 10 per cent of the
needed number of laborers will be
supplied for the food packers" Mr..
Fenneman declared.
Our appeal will be made even to
entire communities in the counties
to help. There have been instances
in other parts of the country where
whole townships have participated
in emergency action to save crops,
and this will probably have to be
done In Maryland this year." he
said.
Mr.. Fenneman listed the antici-
pated labor requirements and the
number available for Free State
fruit and vegetable professors as
follows:
Baltimore, Hartford Counties, 6,192
and 3,265; Eastern Shore, 81 ,524 and
l2,l2o; Western Maryland, 3,535
and 1857.
fses Labor Tapped First. T.
The VINO said IL would certify
prisoner OF war labor Immediately
for the canning, logging and lum-
bering industries and planned to
certify later their use in fertilizer
industries. The prisoners would be
used only as long as the free labor
market could not meet industrial
needs and they would be segregated
from civilian workers.
Eastern Shore canneries have
asked for 920 prisoners and Shore
logging and numbering concerns have
requested 208 Baltimore area can
neries seek 329 and Western Shore
numbering firms $50.
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QOlng WnaC Lney QlQ CQeY PROBABLY
saved their own lives and half
million-dollar plane, even though
Sicilian wine left them with an aw-
full hangover.
Early Methods Crude.
The idea of the mickey finns" was
first used scientifically, so far as
known. by Prof. Mira, psychiatrist
Of the Spanish Republican Army
during the civil war. His methods
were quite crude, approaching those
of the oldtime bartender He would
merely give soldier some knockout
drops and roll him into a foxhole.
When he woke, Dr. Mira found,
the man often would go back into
battle as if nothing had happened,
with no memory of what he had
gone through.
There the treatment rested until
it was introduced by American psy-
chiatrists in North Africa last win
ter. The methods naturally were
crude. The results were amazing.
The chief of medicine for the North
African theater told me he consid-
cred them the outstanding medical
development of the war.
When Allied troops invade Europe
the technique will be much more
advanced and, it is hoped, every SOL
dier who develops an anxiety neu-
rosis will be put to sleep within a
few hours. The patients treated with
brain splinting" here would seem to
be the most unpromising material
possible. Vicious circles have been
set up in their nervous systems and
gone on for months. Some of them
first cracked in Southern Tunisia.
They have been passed from hos
pital to hospital, have had all sorts
of complicated and often painful
treatments, sometimes have been
denounced as takers, and constantly
have found themselves growing
worse. And in many cases a four
day sleep is all that is necessary.
They seem to recover completely.
80 Per Cent Recover.
When this is combined with cer-
tain other treatments 80 per cent of
them go back to duty, apparently
fully recovered. The earlier the
treatment starts the better the pros
poets of recovery. Few patients come
here who have not been sick for four
or five months and who have not
been given up by everybody else.
They have reached the point where
this hospital alone stands between
them and the gangplank-and very
likely lifelong invalidism.
This 80 per cent, it must be under
stood, applies only to men who
cracked in battle-strong, tough men
who ordinarily would have shown no
nervous symptoms throughout life.
They are not constitutional neu-
rotics. They simply reached a point,
probably very high point, where
they couldn't take it any longer.
They were good stuff" to start with.
1t does not apply to the assembly
line as a whole.
But, the doctors here say, how
much better the results will be when
the treatment is applied without any
appreciable time lapse, before al
habit system has had time to build
up. They are training regimental
and battalion doctors who will be !
In the front lines of the invasion
to apply the technique once they
can get man out of range of direct
Are. This usually will be at q front
line evac hospital.
A further, and perhaps greater,
of the treatment is that
it applies to BLOWS" in civilian life
as well as the Army. When a busi-
nessman runs amuck as worries pile
up he is an example of exactly the
same phenomenon. One can vision
sleep centers" in all large cities.
Evening star., 1944-04-03
Navy Wives President
.Christens Wurship

A destroyer escort, the Formoe,
was christened yesterday by Mrs
Albert L. Bolshazy, Greenbelt, Md.
national president of the Navy
Wives Clubs of America, at launch
ing ceremonies at the Federal Ship
building & Dry Dock Co., Newark
the Associated Press reported.
The Formoe was named in honor
of Aviation Machinist's Mate Flrst
Class Clarence M. Formoe, who was
killed in action during the Japa-
Inese attack on Pearl Harbor.