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Evening star., 1944-03-21
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Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. T. blue stamps A-8, B-8.
C-8, D-8 and E-8 valid through
May 20 and worth 10 points each.
Blue stamps F-8, G-8, H-8, J-8
and KS valid April l through
June 20. Blue tokens may be used
as change.
Meats. Fats, Etc.-Book No 4, red
stamps AS, B-6, CO, D-8, E-8
and F-8 good through May 20 and
worth 10 points each. Red stamps
G-8, HIS and J-8 good March rs
through June l8. Red tokens NAV
be used as change.
Sugar-Book No. 4, stamp 80 valid
for pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for pounds
for home canning through Febru-
ary %, l945. Stamp No. 81 good
for 5 pounds beginning April /.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. BE-,
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 4 coupons valid
through September 30. Period No.
coupons valid through Septem-
ber 30. All good for 10 gallons per
unit. Consumers in this area
should not have used more than
"a per cent of their total yearly
fuel oil ration as of today.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Sinister looking Gang, With Eorphones, Checks
For Allies on Al! Germun News Broudcusts

civilian and British lieutenant.
The lieutenant and his boss get
along fine.
The report product Of this CO.
operative effort is by no means in
significant. 1t usually runs to about
10 large mimeographed pages with
supplements. It will be carefully
studied by intelligence officers and
particularly by the radio and pub
licationS officials of the psychologist
cal warfare branch whose Job it is
to see that the truth somehow gets
through to Europe's people. 1t will
tell them what they have to combat
that day-What they are up against
They are up against a good deal,
according to the editor in chief of
the report, who said that the Ger
mans lie quite lot The lies differ,
he says, according to the audience.
For instance, the outside world
might be told that there are lots
of potatoes in Germany, while the
Germans might be told that there
are none in England.
1T is interesting work. he said.
You have your finger on the pulse
of Germany and the satellite coun-
tries. The pulse is slowly weaken
ing and you can tell that morale is
not as good as it was, particularly
in the satellite countries"
But some Of the workers in the
monltoring division admit they hear
so much enemy propaganda in the
course OF their work that their point
OF view on the war has become
slightly warped. You can't help it.
they say-the Germans talk so
much.
Evening star., 1944-03-21

and German lawyer who went to
France as refugee, then to North
Africa, where he was later placed
in a concentration camp by the
Germans, finally ending up in the
pioneer corps Of the British Army.
Many like him are political refu-
gees from Europe.
The job starts with the monitors,
most Of whom are in American,
British or French Armies For
hours on end they sit under the ear
phones, twisting the dials. Signif-
cant brOadcaSts are recorded by die
taphones; later the monitors listen
to the recordings, jotting them down
on paper.
Here the translators take over.
They work in a room walled with
maps, for one of their jobs is to
make doublv sure of place names
mentioned in the broadcastS. The
tranSlatlOns group Is composed
largely Of civilians. and no Euro
pean language stumps Them.
Taken to Editorial Room.
The transCriptions of European
propaganda translated into English
are now taken to the editorial room
where the daily report is made up.
Here they are corrected. arranged
and indeXed by a staff of five,
headed by a British sergeant who
used to be chief reception clerk at
the Ritz in London. He speaks
German French and Italian flu
entity and has a Smattering of Rus
sian and Spanish Working under
hlm are an American sergeant and
American private. q British woman
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Air Force l8 months ago, has just
finished his oath mission over Eu-
rope.
He is a waist gunner. with expert
ence in some Of the fiercest air bat
tles-Mariensburg in East Prussia
Munster, Emden, Wilhelmsmhaven
and Brunswick The biggest thrill
he has had out OF the war, he says
is the first Mariensburg raid when
the seeing was perfect and every
bomb seemed to hit in the prescribed
pattern. Hardly building described
in the briefing was left standing. 1t
was a perfect day but mighty hard
10-hour trip.
Tough Christmas Raid.
The Virginian has been on one
really tough mission, that over
France on Christmas eve. The Fly
ing Fortress ran into heavy flax. All
the control cables were shot away.
The top turret gunner was wounded
The pilot was left with no hand con-
trolls. The ship would be handled
only with automatic flight control.
Worst of all, at 10000 feet the
oxygen system was out. 1t was just
about at the level where a man can
live. but precariously, without
oxygen.
The top turret gunner was wound
ed. A piece of fax had cut across
his throat, just missing his jugular
vein. Sergt. Alder carried him back
to the radio compartment and
stopped the flow of blood.
The pilot saw little chance of get
ting the plane back to England. He
would have issued the order for the
crew to bale out, but this would have
meant leaving the wounded man to
his fate. He decided to stick it out
and finally landed safely in England
Had it not been for his wounded
comrade Sergt Alder probably
would be prisoner in Germany.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
DR.. Do|mage Asserts
Wife Was With Him
Al Time Of Theft
Dentist Testifies She
Went With Him
On Business Call

DR.. M. M. Dolmage testified today
he and his wife Frances were en-
route to the Investment Building to
deliver a dental impression for
brldgeWork at the time she is
charged with stealing jewelry val
ued at more than $50,0O0 from Otis
Beal Kent, tax lawyer.
The 6e-year-old dentist repeated
for the court trying Mrs. Dolmage
his story yesterday of phone CONVEX
sations with Mr.. Kent concerning
the missing jewels. He said Mr..
Kent in his talk declared the build
ing operator had seen Mrs. Dolmage
going down the stairway carrying
black handbag. Mr. Kent told him
Mrs. Dolmsge was bright girl, but
had peculiar quirks that caused her
to do these things" he added.
Figuring in today's testimony was
a necklace and pendant which Pros
ecutor Bernard Margolius asked the
dentist to identify. The witness ad-
mitted his wife had worn it at social
functions. 1t is one of the items
allegedly taken from the Kent apart
ment. The dentist did not say
where his wife had gotten it.
DR.. Dolmage said yesterday he
had known Mr.. Kent for 20 years.
His wife. who is 38. he said. had
called frequently on Mr.. Kent's
mother, before her death in 1910.
After Mr. Kent's mother died, Dr.
Dolmage said, his wife worked for
Mr.. Kent constantly, helping him
defend 100000 breach of promise
suit brought by Miss Margaret
Buchanan, nurse who had cared
for the mother. The suit is still
pending in the courts.
The friendship of the Dolmages
and Mr.. Kent continued. the dentist
said, until July %. 1943 when Mr..
Kent telephoned him in great ex-
citement and accused Mrs. Dolmage
of the theft of the jewel collection.
The jewels have never been re-
covered.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Gen. Haskell Awards Citation
To Civilian War Services Here
New OCD Director Halls Droft Aid Center
And War Hospitality Committee Projects

The Draft Aid Center and the
War Hospitality Committee of Civil
ian War Services we're hailed last
night as proof that Americans
need only see what must be done
and they will tackle the job"
1t. Gen. William N. Haskell
making his first public appearance
since his appointment as director
of the National Office of Civilian
Defense, paid this tribute to the two
District projects in presenting Ci-
william War Services with a Citation
tor Merit ''for the valuable and
patriotic services" rendered by the
advisory service to the families Of
selectees and the hospitality group.
Predicts New Challenge.
AT the same time. he predicted
that the drafting of fathers, the
growing employment of women, the
increase in juvenile delinquency and
other home front problems will be
intensified this year, presenting a
new challenge to Civilian War
Services.
Reviewing the brief past of the
Draft Aid Center, he recounted
how a father about to be drafted
had proposed the idea of such a
center to The Star which passed
the suggestion along to Civilian
War Services.
District Selective Service Director
William B. Leahy,, whose organiza-
ton had assisted in planning the
center, pointed out that the center
had been launched less than seven
weeks before with mass meeting in
the same hall, in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building.
Experimental Stage Ended.
The center, he said, had gone from
the experimental stage ito an as
sured agency for continued assist
ance to those needing it" becausue
Of the draft. He pointed out that
over 1000 inuuiEies had already been
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Symphony Will Present
Commando March

The first Washington performance
of Corpl. Samuel Barber's Com
mando March" will be presented by
the National Symphony Orchestra
tomorrow night at Constitution Hall
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor, an
nounced. Soloist at the concert will
be the noted pianist, Josef Hofmann
Corpl. Barber, 33, attached to the
Army Air Forces in New York, twice
has won the Pulitzer Prize for music
and is former hodler of the Prix
de Rome. His Commando March
was composed in February, 1943, ano
first was performed by the Atlantic
City Air Forces Band last May
Later it was recorded for shortwave
broadcasts by the Office of War In
formation.
At the suggestion of Serge Kous-
sevitsky, noted conductor, the com.
poser arranged the work for sym.
phonv orchestra. and in this form
it was given its world premiere last
October by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. under Mr. KouSsevitsky
Evening star., 1944-03-21


Eugene L. Rocca, "a, of 1s342 Irving
street NV, passenger in tthe auto
mobile, was rushed to Casualty Hos
pital, where his condition is said to
be critical He is suffering from head
and internal injuries, polices said
Car Carried Is feet.
Witnesses said the crash occurred
when the streetcar, proceeding west
on G street NV, struck Mr.. Hodges
car as it crossed the intersection at
Fourth street. The automobile was
carried about rs feet by the imNact
and the front wheels of the street.
car left the tracks, throwing the car
dlagonally across G street, police
asserted.
The streetcar was operated hy
Wilmer c. Moore. AZ, of 646 F street
Sc, police reported. I
The accident occurred at 3::55 a.m,I
police said, and the noise quickly
brought pedestrians to the scene.
They aided police and fire rescue
squads in clearing the wreckage
and removing the two victims from
the demolished automobile.
Streetcar Passengers Unhurt.
There were only a few passengers
in the streetcar and police said
none were known to have been in
jured.
The dead man, relatives said, was
employed as bartender at a tavern
in the vicinity of Fourteenth and
Kenyon streets NV.
The coroners Office announced
that an inquest will be held later.
dn another traffic accident last
night, Edgar Cole, A. colored, 1850
Sixth street NV, was injured as
he crossed Georgia avenue near
Gresham place NV, police reported.
He is in Freedmen's Hospital suffer-
ing from broken ankle and head
injuries. The driver of the car was
listed by police as James Johnson.
40, colored, 2907 Georgia avenue
NV.
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crew The pilot struggled with the
wheel controls, but to no avail. He
circled the field again and again.
IN constant radio communication
with the control tower.
Put 1t Up to Crew.
No way out of the dilemma could
be suggested. The hours passed and
the gas supply was getting low
Darkness was coming fast. The
crew was called into consultation.
The remaining gas would last only
few minutes at the best All
were unanimous in favor of a crash
landing. The cold was unendurable.
They were hungry.
The pilot put the plane down on
Its belly in what Sergt. Alder de-
scribes as the most perfect crash
landing ever seen" Everybody was
shaken up, but nobody was seriously
hurt. The Flying Fortress itself
was practically uninjured and me-
chanics had it ready to fly again
in a few days.
Sergt. Alder, who was an en-
ploye at the post exchange at Fort
Belvoir before his enlistment in the
Evening star., 1944-03-21

answered by the volunteers who staff
the center, located at Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Commissioner John Russell Young,
regional director of civilian defense.
declared that the idea for the center
was born in Washington and has
now become model for the rest of
the country. He also hailed the con-
tributions made by the War Hospi-
tality Committee, citing particularly
its United States Service Center
and the $1,000 volunteers month
who staff war hospitality services.
John B. Martin, deputy director OF
National OCD, explained that the
citation was awarded for work that
stands out from national view
point
Service for Thousands.
Capt. j. Howard Wellbrock, CHIEF
Of staff of the Potomac River Naval
Command, and Col. William F.
Rehm Of the Military District oi
Washington, emphasized the services
rendered by the War Hospitality
Committee not only to servicemer
stationed here, but to the thousand.
who pass through Washington.
The citation was accepted ful
Civilian War Services by its chair.
man, John j. Hasley, while Harry
P. Somerville, CWS executive, pre-.
sented merit pins to Mr.. Hasley
Joseph D. Kaufman, CWS board vic,
chairman; Floyd D. Akers, Wa
Hospitality Committee chairman
and Miss Josephine Brown, chair
man Of the CWS Family Securit,
Committee, which, with the Chilc
Care and Protection Committee
operates the Draft Aid Center. Mrs
Henry P. Chandler, chairman of tn.
latter committee, also will receive 6
merit pin.
Music for the citation meeting was
furnished by the Metropolitan Police
Department Band, under the lead
ership Of Capt. Charles Benter.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Shelters Aid Servicemen
Awaiting Auto Rides

Two waiting stations have been
built on Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, where servicemen stationed
in the area may wait for rides.
Provided by the Silver Spring
Lions Club, the shelters are on the
north side of the avenue, one just
over the District line in Maryland
and the other directly across from
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. building, about a block
north of the Colesville road.
Residents of the community are
asked to stop at these stations to
give serViCemen lift Weston Ack-
man was in charge of construction
of the booths, which have been
painted white and lettered to at
tract the attention of motorists
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Medical Group to Honor
Kin Of Members in War

The District Medical Society will
honor the wives and parents of its
members now serving overseas g.
pm. Friday in the society's audi
torium,' l7l8 M street NV.
1t. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift. Marine
Corps commandant. and Vice Ad-
mrial Ross T. McIntire. Surgeon
General OF the Navy, will speak
DR.. Fred R. Sanderson. president
Of the society. will preside.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Guffey Presents Bill
To Force Government
Workers 10 Cast Votes
Senators Would Compel
Employees Who Wish to
Hold Jobs to Register

Declaring voting to be a patriotic
duty that rests on Government
workers as well as others. Senator
Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania
late yesterday offered bill to force
otherwise eligible employees of the
executive branch to register If they
wish to keep their jobs.
A prospective jobholder would
face the same requirement, for the
bill introduced by Senator Guffey,
for himself and Senator Clark,
Democrat, of Missouri provides an
applicant could not be appointed
unless he were a registered voter
in State, territory or possession
Of the United States.
A person of less than the voting
age of the place of his domicile
would be exempt until he is old
enough to vote.
Exempts d. c. Residents"
Centering attention on the lack of
suffrage in the District, the bill car
ries an exemption that a person who
has been bona fide resident" OF
the National Capital for the five
preceding years may be appointed
to a Government job.
Senator Guffey suggested the FIVE
fyeAr District residence Requirement
for exemption might be reduced
it was found to be too long.
Senator Guffey, explaining hi
plan to reporters, declared his sup
port for the plan to grant repre-
sentation in Congress to Distric
residents, but added he was not ii
favor OF an elected city government
for the District.
Too Many Shirk Duty.
The Pennsylvania Senator, who
formerly headed the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee
said he did not know how many
Government workers had been fail
ing to register and vote. He added
however, he felt there were toe
many people, living off the Govern
ment, who are not doing their pa
triotic duty of voting"
He said he had been asked regard
ing nine Pennsylvania applicants
for Government jobs and, on in
quiry, had discovered that only one
was registered for voting.
Senator Guffey said he had never
given thought to that" when asked
II he felt that persons aided in get
ting Government jobs should vote
for those who helped to get them
the jobs.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
ThreeWomenGet
Test Today as
| Mail Carriers

Three prospective "mailwomen'
this afternoon were to accompany
regular mailmen on routes to learn
how deliveries are made. They will
start from the Office of Postmaster
Vincent c, Burke, and if they prove
equal to the task, they are expected
to be given routes of their own.
This is the first time since the last
war that women mail carriers have
been recruited. Two women were
used by the local postal service at
that time. Mr.. Burke's Office report
ed that il the three women qualify,
at least three more will be recruited
from present employees of the Office.
officials declined to name any of
the women in the experiment"
Evening star., 1944-03-21

OF the news vendor. who said Daw-
son snatched several small coins
from q pile Of papers. Ale gave
chase and Policemen John T. Bailey
and Edgar w. Blackburn, passing in
police automobile, joined in.
Police announced that Dawson was
not carrying a large amount of
money when arrested today. After
previous arrests more than 81 900
In cash was found in his pockets.
Police said he had only $3.50 today.
Dawson is under bail awaiting a
jury trial, set for April 6, on an
additional charge of petty larceny
involving a similar incident on
March 6, police asserted.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Modified Fire
Insurance Bill
Gets Initial 0. K.
Subcommittee Asks
Speed in Bringing
Measure to Vote

A favorable report on a modified
version of the bill of Representative
Anderson, Democrat. of New Mex
leo to give the District superintend
ent of insurance power to regulate
fire insurance rates on Washington
policies was ordered today bf the
Lesinski Subcommittee of the House
District Committee.
Speedy action was planned in get
ting the bill to the House floor, with
request that the full District Com
mittee be polled on approving the
measure.
The bill, whipped into final shape
during round-table discussion
among Mr.. Anderson, Commissioner
Mason, Albert F. Jordan, superin-
tendent of insurance, and commit
tee members, is compromise be-
tween the McCarran bill, as ap-
proved by the Senate, which was
sponsored by the Commissioners.
and the viewpoints taken by Sena-
tor O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyo-
ming and Mr.. Anderson.
POWer over Rates.
The Commissioner sponsored bill
would give the insurance superin-
tendent power to regulate rates on
the basis of reasonable profits, and
directs consideration OF rates gen.
orally instead of by classes. In the
Anderson bill profits would be con-
sidered, but would not be the con-
trolling factor.
The revised Anderson measure, as
reported today, would eliminate
requirement. that rate adjustments
be based on consideration Of the
classified experience" of insurance
risks, but would leave the rates
charged as the basic consideration
for adjustments.
Mr.. Anderson, who has had per-
sonal experience in insurance COM
pany operations. declared he feared
if the Senate bill were enacted we
would 60 on with about the same
rates that have been in effect for
the past 20 years" He produced
records to show that over recent
years the fire insurance losses in
the District have run to only about
81 per cent of the premiums COL
lected, leaving nearly 10 per cent
for company expenses and profits.
Wants Rates Brought Down.
Stating insuring companies have
been taking about 81, 100000 year.
out of Washington by reason of the
excessive rates, he declared he
wanted a bill passed that would
set up some protection for the tax
payers He said he feared ap-
proval of the Senate bill would pro-
vide inadequate rate regulation"
and demanded that fire insurance
rates "be brought down"
Commissioner Mason and Mr.. Jor-
dan argued that the District, unlike
New York State, has some classes
Of insurance risks that are so small
as. to premium volume that to reg
ulate rates according to classes
would be disastrous. In this they
won their point that a mandatory
provision for classification for rate
adjustments be eliminated.
The Lesinki subcommittee today
also reported favorably on the
Senate-approved bill to amend the
District insurance code to permit the
insurance superintendent to levy
fines up to 5000 for minor violations
OF the District regulations. in lieu of
suspension or revocation of licenses
when the latter penalties are deemed
too severe.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
All Food Rotion Stamps
Now Worth 10 Points

Food shopper were on a complete
10 points coupon basis today as
brown stamps Y and z in Ration
Book No, 3 and green stamps, K.
l. and M in Book No. expired at
midnight last night
From now, regardless of the values
actually printed on coupons, each
stamp will be worth 10 points. Blue
and red tokens will continue to be
given in change when total pur-
chaSes do not add up to an even
10. the OPA said.
The Y, z, K, L and M stamps had
been worth 8, 5, and points, de-
pending on their printed value, and
along with the new 10-point stamps,
had caused considerable confusion.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Dawson Is Arrested Again
On Charge of Snutchinq Pennies

Harry Dawson, 65-year-old retired
real estate man. thrice convicted of
stealing pennies and dimes from
downtown newsstands while his
pockets bulged with bills of large
denomination, was arrested today at
Seventeenth and H streets NV. for
a similar offense, police reported.
Dawson, who lives in the 1900
block of Monroe street NV, was
taken in custody after a chase by
Walter B. Ale, 1909 N street NV,
newsstand operator at the Seven
teenth and H streets corner, police
said.
A charge Of petty larceny was
made against Dawson on complaint
Evening star., 1944-03-21

SAAS AVA dOSd-
c h u S e t is Ma
tional Gu ar d
and spent six
y e ars in the
Marine Corps.
I'D h a d a
little bit of the
Army and Ma
rine Corps so
thought I'd take
the Navy this
t i m e )" S a | d
Officer A IL e n
who is 81 and
the father of
t wo boys-7
v e a + s and ,
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Astor Says Future Peace
Hangs on Unity Of Powers

BS the Associated Press.
Col. John Jacob Astor, publisher
Of the Times of London, expressed
the opinion yesterday that the best
hopes for future peace lay in the
unity of the great powers to pre-
vent aggression mot by formal alli-
ances, but by formulation of policies
together in peace as We have done
in war"
Col. Astor is in Washington en-
route to Canada for a series of ad-
dresses. He expects to be here only
a few days and while here is a guest
at the British EMBASSY.
Evening star., 1944-03-21

months old, respectively.
Mr.. Allen saw service in Nicaragua
when the Marines were chasing
Sandino, the bandit leader, who
eventually surrendered.
A native of Rutland, Mass, where
he gained a reputation as a basket
ball player, Mr.. Allen came here
about 10 years ago, and was for four
years on the Metropolitan Police
Force, assigned to the fourth pre-
cinct.
He has been on the main gate
at the White House since the Pearl
Harbor attack. He lives at 308
East BellefOnte avenue, Alexandria.