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Evening star., 1944-10-07
Sailor Fails 10 Locate
Mother Of His 5 Children
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct. IA 36-
year-old sailor prepared to return to
his duties today after a fruitless
search for his wife, mother of five,
who has been missing since Sep
tember 26.
Roger w. Howard, Louisville, elec-
trician's mate, third class, obtained
an emergency seven-day leave to
hunt for his wife, Mrs. Marguerite
Ann Howard, 81. He said he had
received no reply from Navy officials
whom he telegraphed for an extern
sion Of his leave.
He placed two of his children,
Gary, S, and Michael, 8, in an
orphanage. Genevieve, ID, will make
here home with the Catholic Sisters
of Mercy. A relative will care for
the curly-headed baby of the family,
Judith, /. Roger, jr., Is, plans to
enroll in a preparatory school.
Mr.. Howard said his wife was i'll
and had become respondent after a
fruitless two-month search for q
house.
The saibr, stationed at romp-
kinsville, Staten Island, N. Y, en-
tered the service last March be
cause I thought it was the right
thing to do"
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Rution Boord Won't Act
Against Gov. Willis Wife

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, KY, Oct. FIRED
j. Sutterlin, chairman of the Frank
lin County Rationing Board, said
yesterday it had declined to take
any action" regarding use of ra-
toned gasoline by Mrs. Simeon Will
lis, wife Of Kentucky's Governor. on
a political campaign trip.
The board considered earlier in
the week data forwarded it by
George H. Goodman, Louisville di-
rector for the once OF Price Admin
istration, and, as Chairman Sutterlin
put 1t then. decided to think 1t
over until Friday"
I'VE don't believe that our board
has anything to do with it," he ex-
planned. I'VE had no application
for gasoline and no correspondence,
except what Mr.. Goodman sent us,
regarding Mrs. Willis"
Evening star., 1944-10-07
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. Notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
f49 Building Permits
Issued Here in Week

The District government issued
149 permits this week for construc-
ton and repair of buildings at q
total valuation Of s28o,000. The
largest permits went to the firm OF
East Hills, Inc, to build "a two
story brick and cinder block apart
ments at 1-69 Forty-seventh street
Sc.
Other permits included: Alben
Engineering Corp, % Carroll avenue
Takoma Park, Md, 0,000, to build
a two-story brick and cinder block
apartment at 4412-22 E street Sc;
Rev. Henry Coleman. 2710 Stanton
road Sc, $4,000, to build q church
at Stanton and Douglas roads Sc;
East Hills, Inc, s26, 900. to build eight
two-story brick and cinder block
dwellings at 101-121 Forty-seventh
street Sc; East Hills, Inc, SIG, 600
eight two-story brick and cinder
block dwellings at 121-141 Forty
ninth street Sc
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Eisenhower's Invasion Desk
And Chair at Smithsonian

how the general spent 1e hours a
day 1T his desk, swapping out de-
cisions with speed and sure
handedness which excite the envy
of all who watch him." but ex-
plosively declaring to visitors: Hell,
I'm not seeing enough Of this darn
war!"
The excellence Of the craftsman
ship was praised by Capt. Charles
Carey, associate curator OF history.
Mr.. Gallagher, describing Gen.
Eisenhower's ONCE in his report, ex-
planned: His desk Is usually piled
high with dispatches to and from
Washington and London" and
lunch is sometimes eaten at his
desk"
Both desk and chair may be COM
pared for their historic significance
with the camp furniture OF Ma
poleon preserved at the Tnvalides in
Paris. Smithsonian attaches say.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Appeals Court Rules
Zine 1tneI Tine Is
Necessary Work
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. Judge
John J. Parker, Charlotte. N. c.,
has handed down an opinion In the
Fourth Federal Circuit Court Of APP
peals in which he ruled that travel
time on mine property under q
portal-to-portal" wage schedule
constitutes hazardous work neces-
sary to production, thus reversing q
decision Of the District Court at
Roanoke.
Judge Armistead M. Dobie, Char
lottesville, concurred in the opinion
and Judge Morris A. Soper, Balti-
more, dissented.
The appeal was filed in a suit
instituted to obtain declaratory
judgment to the effect that the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1898 does
not require that travel time be in
cluded IN the work time OF miners in
bituminous coal region of West Vir-
ginia.
Appellants were members of Lo-
cal 6,l67 Of the United Mine Work.
ers of America, and the appellees
were officers of the Jewell Ridge
Coal Corp, which employs 900
workers.
In his opinion, Judge Parker said
the reversal would have little prac-
tical effect, since the industry gen.
orally now has adopted the portal
to-portal" computing system for
miners work week schedules. He
cited several Supreme Court de-
cisions In which the danger and es-
sential nature of travel on mine
premises were set forth.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
U. 5. viii Pay $1,000, 900
For Loss Of Liner Coolidge
D. the Associated Press,

b the Associated Press.
The Government win pay $7,000,-
600 as reimbursement for loss Of the
prewar liner President Coolidge,
sunk by mine ip the Southwest
Pacific In October, 1912.
The War Shipping Administration
announced last night that payment
will be made to the American Presi-
dent Lines. Ltd, the firm which
chartered the ship to the Maritime
Commission shortly after Pearl
Harbor. The vessel was being
operated by the Navy when It was
sunk. There was no loss of life.
The Coolidge was one of the
largest combination freight and
passenger vessels flying the Ameri-
can flag before the war. 1t was con-
structed at q cost Of $8,o17, 500, VISA
said, and had a dead weight OF
l7,200 tons.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Literary Fund VitoI
To Schools, Jormun Soys

Should the literary fund be
frozen by the voters this coming
election, the public schools will re-
ceive a mortal blow" DR.. B. H. Jar
man, educational chairman of the
Arlington County Council of Parents
anad Teachers. declared today.
Commenting on the open meeting
scheduled at Washington-Lee High
School at 8 pm. Tuesday, at which
Col Christopher Garnett, a member
of the Board Of Visitors of the Uni
versity of Virginia, will discuss the
proposed legislation. DR.. Jarman
said, Every civic-minded resident
Of Arlington County should make an
effort to hear Col. Garnett discuss
this vital subject"
Evening star., 1944-10-07
By JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.


The desk and the chair from
which Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower
commanded the Allied invasion of
the soft underbelly" of Hitler's
fortress Europe are on exhibition in
the Arts and Industries Building
of the Smithsonian Institution.
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, acting
secretary, announced their reception
and display this morning. Both
pieces of furniture, he said, are in
the care of the institution at the re-
quest of the War Department and
by Gen. Eisenhower's specific desire.
To illustrate how historic the two
articles are, DR.. Wetmore showed a
clipping from The Star dated No.
vember 16, 1912, and headed: "Eisen-
hover Chafes at Desk, Eager to
Fight in Front Line" The story,
written by Yves Gallagher at Allied
headquarters in North Africa, told
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Farm Groups See Danger
In General PAY Boost
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Two major farm organizations
said today they are in sympathy
with "justifiable upward adjust
ments" in wages, but protested re-
fusal OF the War Labor Board to
hear farmer representatives on
proposed general wage increases.
In joint statement, A. S. Goss,
master Of the National Grange, and
Edward A. ONeal, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
further asserted that a general
boost would be unwarranted and
dangerous"
Both organizations said they were
informed that the board had lin
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Judge Sloan Indorses
Reorganization Of
Court Of Appeals
By the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, sOct. Judge D.
Lindley Sloan characterizes the pro-
posal to reorganize the Maryland
Court Of Appeals, to be voted on
in November, as "one of the most i'm
portant and desirable consti-
tutional amendments ever submitted
to the electorate.
The former chief Judge of the
appellate court, now retired, made
the statement in reply to a query
from President F. w. C. Webb of
the State Bar Association, who
asked that Judge Sloan express his
views on the proposed constitutional
amendment.
Meanwhile, President I. Duke
Avnet OF the local chapter of the
National Lawyers Guild, announced
that organization was in favor of the
amendment, which would reduce the
size Of the court from eight to five
members and relieve them of all
trial court work.
Reasons Are Listed.
Judge Sloan, in his statement
made public by the Bar Association,
listed several reasons for supporting
the proposal, which was approved
by the 1943 Legislature after long
and heated debate.
Il think it will add to and not
subtract from the independence of
the judiciary" he said. THE appel
late court should be wholly and COM
pletely independent of the trial
courts. -"
This is a common law State. Our
system is built on the experience of
many centuries; we didn't live
through it all; its principles are
pretty well established and we are
concerned mostly with their appli-
cation.
Two States Retain System.
"Forty-six States have the plan
proposed by the Bond Committee;
two, Maryland and Delaware. have
our system. If we are and have been
right, they're all out of step but us.
"The Baltimore City members of
the Court of Appeals do not have
any local trial work, but I never
heard any criticism of the quality
of their work.
I'm our court eight men sit
around the table in the consulta-
ton room. Often one of them has
been appealed from, and there are
many such cases every term. He
steps out Of the room while the
others sit in judgment on him. I i
think it's wrong; the Court of Ap-
peals ought to be court of appeals
with every judge sitting on all ap-
peals.
We have an eight-man court.
The number ought to be odd and
not even so that there may be a de-
cision on every appeal. Five judges, if
relieved of circuit duties, can do all
the work that eight are doing, now
and so reduce the burden on the
taxpayers of the State"
Evening star., 1944-10-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. A.


tied It's hearings to presentations by
labor and industry"
II permission had been granted,
We were prepared to present con-
vincing reasons why wage controls
should not be relaxed or thrown
into the discard at this time" the
statement declared, adding that 1t
Is unfortunate this question should
be brought up In the heart Of 4
presidential campaign"
Agriculture has a vital stake in
this matter" since higher wages in
industry would naturally increase
the prices Of commodities that farm
ers must buy" the farm groups said.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Catholic Institute
For Teachers to Open

The first Of three sessions of the
Catholic Teachers Institute for
priests, sisters and lay teachers of
the Washington diocese will be held
from to pm. tomorrow in st.
Patrick's Hall, the Rev. Leo j. Nc
Cormick, assistant superintendent Of
parochial schools in this area, an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-10-07

EIsENHOWER'S "FLAT TOPg DISPLAYED HERE
On display in the Arts and Industries Building OF
the Smithsonian Institution are the desk and
leather chair used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
when he commanded the invasion Of the Mediter-
ranean islands and Italy two years ago.
Star Stafi Photo.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Jopun PIons Reduction
In Train Service
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IA
wholesale reorganization" Of ia
pans crowded railroads will become
effective Wednesday, the Tokyo
radio reported today.
Ordinary passenger trains" and
those trains of no immediate i'm
portance" will be reduced to the
minimum" the report said.
The purpose is to provide more
coaches for war workers and more
freight cars for the war goods
transport services"
Make the good news better: Buy
more War RnndS
Evening star., 1944-10-07

Extravagant spending Of money
1T home results in an extravagant
spending Of blood in battle. Buy
extra War Bonds today to keep our
casualties to . minimum. Let's all
back the attack.
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IOO-Octane Gasoline
Not For Automobiles

"Post-war motorists will not be
able to use 100"octane gasoline -e-
CARELESS of what they have heard
or read, for pouring 100-octane
fuel into the tanks of postwar cars
would be sheer economic waste"
declares a copyrighted article in
the June issue of Shell News house
publication of the Shell Oil Com
pany.
Saying that at the cessation of
this war;" gentle dlectronic
shaking will awaken the sleepy
head, and an electric eye will turn
on his shower, a robot will feed
him, that he will supervise the
operations of his business by tele-
vision, and that super-streamlined,
high-speed automobiles running ON
100-octane gasoline will zoom from
coast to coast on broad express
highways" is pure fantasy the ar
ticle adds. 1.-THE American public
will have to wait quite while for
such bright dreams to become
reality"
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NAVY RELEASES
CASUALTY LIST

WASHINGTON, July 3-R-The
Navy department today released
casualty list which included the
names of the following North
Carolinians:
Seaman 1st Gloss James Clyde
Black, U.S.N.R., wounded; wife,
Mrs. Margaret Wells Black, Bel
mont, mother, Mrs. Minnie Terry
Black, Gastonia.
Seaman 1st Class Luther Buff,
U. S. N. R. dead, parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufus Allen Buff, Waynes-
vile.
Aviation Machinists mate End
Class Billy Arthur Davis, U.S.N.-
R., dead; previously reported
missing on report of naval casual
ties for May /, 1944; Parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee Davis,
Charlotte.
Motor Machinist's Mate 1st
Class Hoyle Mabon Laton, U. S.
N. r., wounded; Parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Allen Laton, Able.
marie.
Torpedoman's Mate LIST class
Rodney Emons Smith, U.S.N.,
wounded; Parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jonas Smith, Magnolia.
1t. (j.g) Virgil Stowe Weathers,
U.s.N.R., wounded; Wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hewitt Weathers, Lat
timore.
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HOLIDAY TRAVEL
AT Low LEVEL

RALEIGH, July 3.-tRLRequest
bv the Office of Defense Transport
tation that non-essential travellers
stay off public conveyances and
the presence of infantile paralysis
in the Piedmont area were reflect.
ed in decreased holiday travel to-
day and for the most part North
Carolinians planned quiet Fourth.
a check of bus and railroad sta
tons showed comparatively light
travel today, although h week.
end figures were at their usual
high level.
Harvey Roseman, state ODT di-
rector, said he believed govern
ment requests for lees travel were
being taken seriously by the pub
lie "The polio scare no doubt is
having some influence, too," he
said.
A city-county celebration at Fay
etteville was cancelled because of
the paralysis, but at Fort Bragg
the Tooth division planned brief
patriotic exercise for tomorrow.
Medical authorities in the Pied
mont urged that public meetings
be dispensed with.
Although the disease was not alb
normal in the western and eastern
areas, due caution was being taken
Inv authorities there ond tho c;+,,
alton was being closely watched.
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Italian Politics Confuse AMG

complete control of the town
to see that there was no loot.
ing, and generally establish
law and order.
The new mayor" executed
a snappy American military
salute and disappeared with
his police department." The
AMG captain also departed
shortly afterwa-d.
The old mayor of the town
came out of the place where
he'd been hiding during the
battle and what you might call
campaign complications set in.
Translated roughly into Eng
lish, what he said while wav-
ing his arms and calling on his
patron saint to preserve his
sanity was something like
this:
Great Caesars ghost! It
is not enough that I am run
out of office where I have
served so long and honorably,
but this hypocrit who sue
ceeds me and his bunch of
gangsters are lying Fascist
rascals who had been fighting
for the Germans. They have
been shooting at me for three
days. Already they are loot
ing the town themselves"
The military police officer
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who heard his speech couldn't
dare take a chance. He told
his men to round up the Italian
crew, disarm them and send
them back for questioning. Not
trusting the former official
either, he left the mayors
chair temporarily unoccupied.
which was how the AMG cap
tain found it when he re-
turned short time later.
Then he hit the roof, swore
the old mayor was a hypocrit,
the new guys were alright and
concluded by saying that when
ne picked the man for mayor,
dammit, he wanted him to stay
mayor.
The MP scratched his head.
Just then a truck roared by,
loaded with prisoners under
guard. 1t disappeared down
the road.
The MP still was far from
convinced but he quit arguing
and pointed at the vanishing
cloud of dust.
We'll, anyhow, we can't do
anything about it now" he
said. "There goes your whole
blamed city administration"
Up. S.-Both sides still are
demanding a recount, so they
put in a compromise candi-
date.
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With The AEF
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN ITALY,
June 20-Delayed)- Up This
is what you might call the off
year for elections in Italy but
there is a certain little town
some distance north of Rome
which had a bit of difficulty
over selection of it's city ad-
ministcation just the same.
The other day when Ameri-
can troops moved into the viii
lage after a stiff scrap a man
dressed in the uniform of an
Italian army lieutenant came
up to the commander of the
outfit which captured the town.
With him were about 20 uni
formed Italians all heavily
armed.
We've been helping clean
the place out for you,' said
the lieutenant and to prove
his point promptly turned over
eight or nine German prison
ers.
About that time a captain
in the Allied military govern
ment showed up on the scene,
was told what had happened
and turned to the Italian lieu
tenant.
''I'm appointing you temper
airy mayor of the town. he
said. 'These men will be
your police force" indicating
his band of armed Italians. He
told the lieutenant to take
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man was reported missing May
l9 over Germany while fighter
pilot, stationed in England since
March. Before entering service in
February, 1912, he was manager
Of the Riverside Terminal company
of Wilmington.
ENDS FURLOUGH
Richard James Armstrong, store
keeper third class, of the Naval
Air station, Jacksonville Fla, re-
Gently spent Today furlough with
his mother, Mrs. R. j. Armstrong
of Rocky Point.
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IN INVASION

Four youths from Wilmington
were members of U. S. Naval crews
in American assault force which
invaded, France. For three it was
their first action with the enemy.
The men were: Wright V. Waters,
10, seaman first class, son of Mr..
and Mrs. C. W. Waters of Will
mington, Route l; George C. Field,
Jr. 10, hospital apprentice first
class, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. C..
Field of 7l8 South Sixth street;
Curtis R. Shepard, 18, seaman first
class son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. R..
Shepard of Wilmington, Route l.;
and George T. Hewett, 20, gunner
mate third class, son of Erwin R.
Hewett of 1873 Spofford street. The
day of the invasion, June 6, was
the birthday of HeWett.
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Tech. Sgt. David A. Little, Ord
nance, returning from 20 months
overseas in the North African
theater of operations was expec-
ted to arrive on approximately
June % at Fort Bragg, prior to
reaching his home at 512 Church
street, Wilmington, where he will
visit his mother, Mrs. Edith Little.
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Whiteuiue Negro
Held In Stabbing

WHITEVILLE, July 3-Coroner
H. Hugh Nance announced today
he will hold an inquest into the
fatal stabbing yesterday of Julia
Best, Whiteville negro, next Fri
day night here in Whiteville. The
woman died in the hospital here
four hours after being stabbed
four times, allegedly by her hus.
band Shad Best, of Whiteville.
The man is being held in Jail with
out bond pending an inquest.
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IIOV OOCII IIIdUC
available as yet. Jackson, II years
old, volunteered for Navy service
in January, 1943, and saw action
in the invasion of Africa and Sicily.
Two brothers also are in the Navy,
Altman T. jackson in the Pacific
and Willard R. Jackson in the
Southwest Pacific.
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Word has been
received here
that ] a m e )
Franklin Jack
S o n, seaman
first class, son
of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. G. Jackson,
h a S b e e n
w o u n d e d in
action in per-
Torrance o {
duty. Extent Of
w o u n d S has
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AT ARMORED SCHOOL

Pvt. Marvin L. Hodges of Acme,
Route /, is one of a picked group
of technicians from armored units
all over the country now enrolled
in the Armored school for a course
in tank mechanics at Fort Knox,
Kentucky.
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STATE CALL

RALEIGH, July 3-R- State
Banking Commissioner Quincy P.
Hood today called for a report
of condition of all state banks
operating in North Carolina as of
June 30.
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PRISONER OF WAR

Ats AiANI a.
Perryman, Jr.,
U. S. Army Air
Forces, is a
prisoner Of war
in Germany, it
W a S recently
learned by his
wife, at the
home of her
parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. R.
Byford in Elm
wood.
Lieut.. Perry
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EXECUTRIX NOTICE
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE
Having qualified as Administrative, c.
T. A., of the Estate of Carl David
Peiffer, deceased, late of New Hanover
County, North Carolina, this is to mott
fly all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or before
the 10Th day of June, 1915, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 18th day of June, 1914.
ADELAIDE j. PEIFFER
ADMINISTRATIVE c. T. A, OF THE
ESTATE OF CARL DAVID PEIFFER
The undersigned having qualified as
Administrator, c. T. A, under the Will
of Mrs. Lottie o. Belts. notice is here
by given to all persons having claims
against the Estate of Mrs. Lottie o. Belts
to present such claims to the undersigned
for payment on or before June Is. 1945
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate settlement.
This 18th day of June, 1914.
THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY ADMINISTRATOR. c. T. A.,
UNDER WILL OF MRS. LOTTIE o.
Belts, DECEASED.
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Quebec, Canada, was founded in
1908.
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96,-Help Wanted-Female

WANTED: MAID FOR GENERAL
houseWork or woman to clean by the
day. Health certificate, Dial 2-84l7,
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WOUNDED IN ACTION

Word has been
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CAR TIRES REPAIRED
'a ao5 Irecapped. Reds Tire Service. ZIG
.t.reet 81.
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.Automotive

cTpFR BUICk DOOR SEDAN.
al o owner, good condition, radio. heat
one C.r c. H. Spooner, 1878.