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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
F. D. R. APPROVES
DEFERMENT BAN

WASHINGTON, July s. R -
president Roosevelt declined today
N interfere with a Select;ve Ser
vice order banning occupati onal
draft deferments for pre- medical
students after July /.
"No one is more keenly con-
scious than I am Of the need of
maintaining the health Of the ma
+ion and of making sure that we
have an adequate supply of doc
tors" the President wrote Rep.
miller (R-Neb), but in this war
the need of the armed forces for
Young, vigorous men must also
be given thorough consideration"
Miller wrote the President ask
ing him to review the order with
holding deferments for pre-medi-
cal students. The President said
The inter-agency committee OF de-
fe~ments-a group of government
officials set up some months ago
10 study essential occupations -
concluded that present-day medi-
cal students would not be avail
able 10 practice medicine before
1949 and many of them would
nevel practice medicine.
The committee also gave atten-
ton, the President said, to the
fact that young men and women
who do not meet military physi-
cal standards are available to be-
come pre-medical students.
In regard to the future supply of
doctors, the President noted that a
considerable number of eX-service-
men undoubtedly will desire to
study medicine, and that these
men. including many who already
have been discharged, must be
given every opportunity in the
way of education and training"
He said that the interest OF nledi-
cal colleges in promoting the medi-
cal education of well-qualified ex-
servicemen has my hearty sup
port
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
GOVERNOR VISITS
CAPITAL FRIENDS
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star Washington Bireau

WASHINGTON, July 5 - Gov.
J. Melville Broughton, candidate
for the Democratic vice p-esiden-
tial nomination, conferred with
friends here today during brief
stop enroute to Chicago for speak
ing engagements this week.
Following luncheon with Jona-
than Daniels of Raleigh, admin
strative assistant to the President,
Broughton called at the Mayflower
hotel headquarters of the Demo.
cratic national committee for con-
ferences with committee officials.
He called to pay his respects to
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett of Char
lotte, assistant chairman of the
committee in charge of the wo-
mems division, who is booked to
deliver a major address before
the Chicago convention, July 49,.
He learned she was at her home
recovering from throat infection,
which is not expected to prevent
her from filling her convention
engagement.
The governors conferences here
today gave rise to speculation that
he may become a member of
major convention committee. His
current trip to Chicago is not on
committee business, however, He
is slated to address a ''pre-con-
vention session" of the chicago
Executives club, Friday night, and
to appear on the University of
Chicago round table radio program,
Sunday.
1t is likely that while in tlHe Windy
City, he will join with friends in
completing arrangements for
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
COTTON GOODS WANTED

WASHINGTON, July g. 1F =
The Foreign Economic Administra-
ton announced today that the Uni
ted States Commercial company is
undertaking to purchase, for export
to Middle East areas, that portion
of the second quarter ALLEGATION of
cotton textiles that has not been
taken up in commercial channels.
The aim, it was explained, is to
meet an urgent need for cotton
goods in the middle east.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
Purse Snatching
Leads To Arrest

Junior Johnson, "a year old
negro laborer of 1918 South Eighth
street, was arrested and held in
jail yesterday on charges of purse
snatching and assault with a dead
ly weapon on a female, according
to police reports.
Johnson was reported to have
drawn a knife on Mary Elizabeth
Massey and threatened to cut her.
He then snatched her billfold con-
tanning S23, police said, and fled.
officer w. R. Bradshaw made the
arrest. Bond was set at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
Wilmington Fighter Pilot
Bags Nazi Ship Over Caen

I followed him down to 5000
to watch him float down."
Captain Martin is assistant
operations officer of the
Trouble Shooter Squadron, a
unit of Lieutenant Colonel
Harold N. Hollis Ninth Air
Force Hun Hunter Group. He
is a member of the first class
to do all of its training at
West Point. He recently was
selected to broadcast over
NBC his experiences as a
dive bomber and fighter
pilot. He wears the Air Medal
and 10 clusters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
Robson County Baby
Dies Of Paralysis

LUMBERTON, July 5-The first
case of infantile paralysis in Robe
son county this year was reported
today by DR.. E. R. Hardin, county
health officer, who said that James
Atlas Hunt, four-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde E. Hunt, In
dian couple who live on Route 2,
F'airmont, died of the disease
Monday after having been i'll since
Friday.
DR.. Hardin has advised against
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
A TX AIR FORCE P AZ

A TX AIR FORCE P Al
THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER
BOMBER B ASE, England,
July Sit took call for help
from a fighter pilot over Caen
to lead him to the enemy, but
a flash of ship in the Clouds
was enough to insure Capt.
Maurice L. Martin a 'KilI'.
Captain Martin, son of Mrs.
Kent Cloyd Martin, Whining
ton, N. c., flying 'Turbo
Second" (Turbo First is his
dog who sweats him out on
each missioD was leading his
flight when he heard the call,
''Bogies at $4,000" Up he went
in search for them but he could
not find them. Then another
call, frantically. Help me.
There are four on my tail and
I'm out of ammunition
He dived sharply toward
Caen and saw one lonesome
ME-109.
ut was just a FLASH of a ship
in the clouds. gave chase
and he ran. I gave him a short
burst. He got scared and bail
ed out" Captain Martin re-
lated. 81 was about 100 yards
from him when the Jerry
kicked his stick, jettisoned his
canopy and jumped. Of course
he did everything in the books
before 1 got him, but he wasn't
very smart because all he
would have had to do was to
dive into cloud to get away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-06
SCHOOL BUDGET READY

RALEIGH, July 5. - R) - The
state board of education's finance
committee me. here today anc
completed its proposed budget o:
more than $37, 100000 for the 1914
1915 nine-month period to be pres
ented to the board of education
here tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Rites for Dr.. OILS E|zey
To Be Conducted Monday

Funeral services for DR.. Otis
Williamson Elzey, 66. q dentist here
for ~ years, will be held at 2 pm.
Monday at the 8. H. Hines Co. fu-
neral home, 290l Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be In Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
DR.. Elzey. who died yesterday at
his home, 4849 Kansas avenue NV,
was q native of Sharptown. Md. He
was graduated from the Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery, now a
part of the University Of Maryland,
in 1898, and practiced in Baltimore
until 1900 when he moved to the
District.
He was a member of the Maryland
University Alumni Association, the
District Dental Society and the
American Dental Society.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Frances Moore Elzey; a sister, Mrs.
Dorothy Elzey Brigham, and a
brother, Dr.. w. James Elzey, all Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
COP Spending in Montana
To Be Probed, Murray SAYS
ky the Associated Press,

ky the Associated Press.
HELENA, Mont, Nov. 4.-Mon-
tana's hottest gubernatorial fight In
two decades sizzled today toward
the Tuesday climax with an an
nouncement by Senator Murray,
Democrat, of Montana that a Sem
ate committee would sift lavish"
Republican campaign expenditures.
In Butte last night Senator Muir
ray called for the FBI to guard
against any attempted vote steal
ing" He said Senator Green, Demo-
crat, of Rhode Island, Senate Elec-
uons Committee chairman, had as
sured him that Investigators were
on the way and that the COMMITTEES
had asked the FBI to guard the
polls.
Not up for reelection. himself
Senator Murray is supporting Demo
cratic Left Erickson, SO, Supreme
Court justice opposing Kansas-born
Gov. Sam c. Ford, 81, who is seeking
second four-year term. Gov. Ford
is Montanas first Republican Gov
ernOr since 1928.
Gov. Ford commented: Its ridicu-
lous. Let them investigate /.
Just so there is no Gestapo and no
hired thugs"
Senator Murray also charged in a
statement that certain daily news
papers" in Helena, Butte and Bill
ings had refused to carry certain
political advertising and added the
investigators would inquire into
that.
The newspapers reserved COM
ment,
Evening star., 1944-11-04
B. & 0. Trainman Killed
As Auto Wrecks FREIGHT

BY the Associated Press.
RIDGWAY, Pa, Nov. A train
man was killed and much property
damage done in collisions involving
two Baltimore d Ohio trains and ar
automobile early today at grade
crossing
j. r. Deveraux, 27, of Salamanca
N. Y, fireman on a freight train
was pinned under his engine and
killed.
Nine freight cars were piled up
About 100 feet Of roadbed was ripped
up. Both tracks were blocked.
Baltimore d. Ohio Railroad in
veStigatorS said Miss Ella Mae Dush
IS, of Ridgway stalled her car on
the tracks in a fog. Hearing the ap-
preaching Pittsburgh to Buffalo
passenger train, she fed to safety.
In the collision, the locomotive
swung over on another track where
it was struck three minutes later
by freight.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
3 Flyers Killed, J Hurt
In Georgia Plane Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Nov. 4.-Names
OF three men who were killed and
seven who were injured in the crash
OF a B-24 Liberator at Chatham
Field Thursday were released yes
terday by the base public relations
office.
The dead included the planes
navigator. bombardier and engineer
who were identified as follows
Second 1t. Paul E. Bowen. jr.
Pelham, N. Y; Second 1t. Billie L
Pike, Rushville, Ind; Corpl. Robert
D. McCracken, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The injured included:
1t. Edward A. Kaufman, pilot
Columbus, Ohio: 1t. Charles D
Walker, co-pilot, Covington, KY;
Corpl. John w. Bruce, jr., aerial en-
gineer, Short Hills, N. j.; Corpl
Donald F. Behler, armorer gunner
Lehighton, Pa; Corpl. Albert S
Adley, radio operator, Rumford
Me-. Corpl. Marvin N. Krumhelz
assistant radio operator, New York
Corpl, Walter Medzelewski, assist
ant armorer gunner, Rochester. N. Y
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Tired Captor Of 50 Nazis
Home After Two Years

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 4.--Pfc. John
H. zawacki was home from battle
today.
The 39-year -old Erie. Pa, soldiers
impressed pants were stuffed into
scuffed boots when he stepped of an
Air Transport Command plane here
yesterday.
He was unShaven and admitted he
was tired-tired of two years on the
battlef1elds in North Africa, Italy
and France.
Winner of the Silver Star for GAL
lantry in action, Pvt. ZawacN num-
bled that he'd done nothing"
Except capture So Germans
single-handed," interrupted Army
officers.
"Aw, just held my gun on them
until my buddies came up" in
sisted Pfc. Zawacki.
The Army considered it sufIicient
to warrant air transportation home
for the battle-weary soldier.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Murray Accuses Dewey
Of Sowing Discomfort
BY the Associated Press.

oy tne ASSoclateo FIesa.
NEW YORK, Nov. Phillip Muir.
ray, chairman Of the Congress ot
Industrial Organizations, declared
yesterday that Republican Presiden.
tial Nominee Thomas E. Dewey and
his running mate, Gov. John w
Bricker, had resorted to Language
that breeds destruction and dis.
content"
Mr.. Murray told a luncheon oi
the Women's Division of the Ma.
tional Citizens Political Actor
Committee that many hoods" hae
entered the campaign. and sale
when you pick up hood along thu
highway the day after election
under it you will find 4 little mar
named Dewey"
Gov. Dewey may 60 to Bostor
and burn a fiery cross, and Other
leaders Of the Republican party may
resort to Nth and dissension te
confuse and divide the people" Mr.
Murray said. but organizations like
this must think IN terms of serving
human beings. They must come
first"
Mr.. Murray said that labor hao
elevated its standards and obtained
improved working conditions be
cause We had 4 man in Washington
whose heart beat in unison with
the people Of the United States
Evening star., 1944-11-04
| American Stores Head
Denies 0pA Charges
|0f Ration Violations
Ey the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-Wil-
liam Park, president of the Ameri-
can Stores Co., which operates retail
groceries in 4 seven-State area, de-
MED once Of Price Administration
charges Of price ceiling and ration
ing violations in = statement last
night.
The OPA filed two civil suits in
Federal District Court yesterday
stating the company was short 250,-
o00, 900 red ration points and showed
an entire disregard for regulations
requiring individual stores to keep
ration records" November 13 was
set for hearing.
Mr.. Parks statement said. I'VE
are amazed at this action of the
OPA in view Of the fact that q
meeting was arranged with OPA
officials for next Wednesday to 20
over the entire matter. The COM
pany emphatically denies the
charges.
"A large part Of the alleged short
age of red points Is due to the fail
ure Of the Government to allow
reasonable credits which should
have been granted long ago, ac-
cording to the regulations" =
The company. which operates in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, New York, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District OF Colum-
bi, has filed q claim with the dis
trict OPA ONCE for 116,000, 900
points, which 1t claims we're lost
through ration point charges.
The OPA Is seeking an Injunction
requiring the company to cease
and desist from ceiling price VIOLA
tions" and to keep records to meet
requirements.
Evening star., 1944-11-04

Belercse, for Beverly; second prize,
S25. to Z. J. Almquist, for Sunny
jim; metal craft, f1rst prize, s25,
TO Miss Catherine Dawson, for two
silver trays; jewelry, the Charles
Schwartz award of $25 to Mr..
Charles H. Stratton. for two pearl
pins. and the Ayre a. Taylor
award Of SO, to Miss Louise Mosier
for her set Of bracelet, earrings and
pin.
The exhibit will be open through
November rs. The last Metropolitan
State contest was held in 1910.
Beginning this year, the District
AAPL will sponsor 1t as an annual
feature again, Mrs. Miles C. Trow-
bridge, chapter chairman, said.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Man Hurt on Streeicar
Released From Hospital

Alaster Grimm, 81, colored, s3s T
street NV, passenger on the Cap
ital Transit streetear which yester-
day crashed into building at Sew
enth and T streets NV, after split
ting the switch, has been discharged
from Garfield Hospital. He suffered
facial and shoulder injuries.
Twenty five other passengers and
the motorman, Jack Jarvis, 81, OF
900 Ellsworth drive, Silver Spring,
Md, were treated for injuries.
Police said today $40 in change,
SIS in bills and 800 tokens valued at
SIS, stolen after the crash, have not
been recovered.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Warren, on Sick Bed,
Warns Of Disharmony
Il Roosevelt Wins
By the Associated Press.
a ~vH a . Swn~y- 4


SACRAMENTO, Calf, Nov. A.
Gov. Earl Warren OF California as
serted last night that an armed
truce" exists among supporters of
President Roosevelt for the purpose
of bringing about his reelection,
and predicted there would be dis
harmony II Mr.. Roosevelt wins.
Unable, because OF illness, to
broadcast at studio for the Dewey
Bricker ticket, Gov. Warren's re-
marks were made by transcription
prepared during the day at the ex-
ecutive mansion.
THE New Deal machine" the Re-
publican convention keynoter said.
'is being held together today by the
domination Of one man. not by 4
common philosophy Of government
or by any common program for the
future Of America.
Chief among It's constituent parts
are the corrupt city machines Of
Tammany in New York, Hague in
New Jersey, Kelly-Nash in Illinois
and Pendergast in Missouri.
These big city bosses, for the
sake of expediency, are all making
common cause with Browder and
his Communists and with Hillman
and his Political Action Committee
"All Of these incongruous elements
are saddled onto the conservative
Democrats of the South. This con-
glomerate New Deal machine ad-
vocates one doctrine in one part
Of the country. the opposition in
another. 1t breaches political and
economic equality to the Negroes of
the North and West, where they al
ready have such rights under Re-
publican State administrations, and
practices the opposite doctrine in
the Southern and border States.
1T is neither a natural nor a
workable alignment The cogs of
such q machine cannot mesh. The
armed truce within the New Deal
is one OF expediency. 1t is not de-
signed to achieve unity either within
the party or within the Nation. 1t
is designed to win this election. If
1t succeeds, 1t will break open at
the seams after election. just as
certain as night follows day"
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Gen. Leese Commands
New 11th Army Group
By the Associated Press.

~ tue AssOclAtco IIebE.
LONDON, Nov. 4.-The newly
organized II Army Group, operat-
ing in Southeast Asia and including
some American troops formerly led
by Gen. Joseph w. stilweu, was
placed today under the command
Of 1t. Gen. Sir Oliver w. H. Leese
1t. Gen. Sir Richard J. McCreery,
46, was named to succeed Gen. Leese
as commander of the British Sth
Army in italy.
In his new post. Gen. Leese will
serve under the direction OF Ad-
miral Lord Louis Mountbatten. He
succeeds Gen. Sir George Giffard
In the 11th Group command.
The only part Of the 11th Group
SO far publicly identified is the
British 14th Army, but it is known
that American and Chinese forces
led by Gen. Stilwell in Northern
Burma also will come under Gen
Leese'S command.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Woman Bioomist
Gets Suspended Term

Justice James w. Morris Of Dis.
trict Court late yesterday gave Mrs
Garnet Louise otalnaker, AZ, . sus.
pended sentence and placed her or
probation on = charge Of bigany tc
which she had pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Stalnaker. 1t was charged
married Robert D. Stalnaker. nov
on duty In the Pacific, In 1942, and
last May married George Quillen
jr., . cousin Of Mr.. Stalnakcr. In.
vestigators quoted Mr.. Quillen as
stating that Mr.. Stalnaker told him
that she had been divorced. When
indicted on october Is, Mrs. Stall
maker also was charged with per-
jury for allegedly falsifying when
applying for q marriage license
The latter charge was dropped
however, when she pleaded guilty
to the single charge of bigamy. In
placing her on probation, Justice
Morris suspended = sentence OF
from eight months to two years.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
|OPA Sues Fish Dealer
On Price CeiIinq Chnroe

The Once Of Price AdminiStra-
tion yesterday filed . suit against
Jack Stamates, described as trading
at the Potomac Fish Co. 1T the
Municipal Wharves, charging him
with failing to keep proper price
records and Of violating ceiling
prices in the sale Of fish and sea
food.
The suit asks for an injunction
to prevent him from selling ut
above ceiling prices and from SELL
ing until proper records are made
available. The suit was filed in be-
half Of the OPA by John L. Laskey,
enforcement attorney. and by As
sistant Enforcement Attorney r. L.
Williamson.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Tito Forces Besieqe
Serbiun Roll Center
By Tho Axsoci.t.a pr.s.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. A. YuRoslav
forces are besiesins Skoplje, South
Serbian rail center, and Bitolj, l3
miles north Of the Greek border,
communique from Marshal Tito
said today.
Perast, "a village in Rotor Bay,
and Vrlika, In the Upper Cettna
Valley. were captured, the broad
cast bulletin said.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
49th Fighter Group
Bags 53Oth Plane,
Holds World Record
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AT A LEYTC AIR BASE, Nov. A.
When 1t. Milbene Mather, Cedar
Falls, Iowa, shot down q Japanese
plane OF the Philippines recently,
it marked the first time in this war
that an American fighter plane
group had shot down a total of 500
Japanese planes.
1t. Mather's victory was the 500th
for the 49th Fighter Group and
brought fulfillment of a goal which
has sustained the organization
through months OF battles in the
Southwest Pacific.
But the record did not stand for
long. The groups toll of enemy
planes had mounted to $50, as OF
yesterday, before the story of its
S00th victory could be told.
Macarthur Praises Group.
The 49th is unsurpassed in the
air." Gen. Macarthur said in
special press release, adding:
THE 49th, in air battles in the
Southwest Pacific, has set a record
for the destruction Of enemy planes
which I believe IS unsurpassed by
any group of fighters In the world"
These are some of the 49th's
achievements:
They were the first group to tight
the Japanese in the Southwest Pa
cific;
They shot down the first enemy
plane over Australia;
Their leader, Capt. James B.
Morehead, Washington, Okla, was
the first ace of the war in this area;
They few the longest fighter
escort mission in history-1,700 miles
to Balikpapan, Borneo, on October
10, without losing a plane;
In all they have flown more than
$4,000 combat sorties.
Outfit Is Still Hot.
To prove that the outfit is still
hot" its pilots bagged IL enemy
planes in less than "a hours after
their arrival on Leyte, six of them in
the first seven hours. The unit
claims a loss ratio of less than / to
20 enemy ships downed. and In the
six-month period to October, 100
enemy planes were bagged without
the loss of an American pilot.
The group, flying P-3Ss, produced
the Nations leading ace, Maj. Rich
ard I. Bong. Poplar, Wis, whose
score is now SO enemy planes.
Evening star., 1944-11-04
800 Exhibits Displayed
by D. {. Area Artists
al National Museum

More than 300 exhibits Of art work,
by artists Of the District area went
on display yesterday at the opening
OF the seventh Metropolitan State
Art Contest. at the National Museum
OF Art, Constitution avenue and
Tenth street NV.
Paintings In oil and watercolor
etchings, wood blocks, sculpture
miniatures and metalcraft are in
cluded In the show which Is spon-
sored by the District Chapter of
the American Artists Professional
League, assisted by the Entire Nous
Club. It's opening is one OF the fea-
lures Of American Art Week, which
ends Tuesday, also sponsored by the
national American Artists Profess
sional League.
The Evening Star donated the
500 prize for the FIRST winner in
the watercolor paintings, and WASH
ington merchants donated prizes to
the winners in other classes. The
prizes were awarded yesterday after
AAVOhs 1AA6CS IA t4IC COkltCSL III
cluded Mrs. Florence Lloyd Holman,
national director of the AAPL; Me-
Gill James, assistant director of the
National Gallery of Art, and Everett
Warner, noted painter of land
Scapes and industrial scenes.
Prize winners in the exhibit are
Oil paintings, first prize. $50, to
Ralph J. Totten, for Florida Mon
day: second prize. a $50 set of oils
to Miss Celine Tabary, for THE
Silo";; watercolor paintings, first
prize. 500, to 1t. Jack Bachelor, fol
"A Railroad Yard" second prize
$25, to Miss Ruth Stafford. for Slave
Quarters, Lee Mansion: black-and-
white pictures. first prize, s25. to
Corpl Syde Browne, for Canal
Georgetown" second prize. s25. to
Rowland Lyon, for Smokey; sculp-
ture, first prize, $50, to Miss Belle
Evening star., 1944-11-04
Fatal Grenade Explosion
Al Aberdeen Is Probed
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
ABERDEEN, Md, Nov. 4.-The
explosion Of hand grenade which
resulted in the death of one person
and serious injuries to two others
during a routine test at the Ord
nance Research and Development
Center of the Aberdeen Proving
Ground was under investigation by
Army authorities today.
The accident, which occurred yes
terday, was fatal to Kenneth e.
Miller, 23, Of North East, Md, a
civilian employe at the ordnance
center since January, 1912.
Injured were 1t. Julius Meszaros.
"a, formerly of Massillon, Ohio, and
now living in Baltimore, and 1t.
Robert c. Milek, %, formerly OF
Omaha, now of Middle River.
Both officers, whose next of kin
have been notified, were taken to
the station hospital, where their
conditions we're reported serious but
not critical.