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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Organization 10 Join
Appeal for Mother
In Assault Case
Defense Attorney Gronts
Request to Aid Woman
Who Struck Employer

Sumner Wood, attorney for Mrs
Martha Bowie, 80, colored, Laytons.
vile, Nd, who was sentenced ir
Rockville Police Court Monday tt
one year IN the Maryland Women's
Prison on charge Of assault, an
|nounced today that he would gran,
a request by the District branch Of
the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People tt
join him in appealing the case In
Montgomery County Circuit Court
Mrs. Bowie, mother OF six chill.
dren, had testified that she struck
her employer Of eight years, Mrs
Clarence Small, Laytonsville, on the
chest with her fists because Mrs
Small called her a very bad name
while her employer was driving her
home.
In sentencing Mrs. Bowie. Trial
Magistrate Emma B. Waldrop
termed the assault . very repre-
hensible one" and asserted that the
woman had mo legal provocation'
for the attack.
DR.. L. A. Ransom. professor of law
at Howard University and chairman
of the Legal Committee of the local
NAACP, said he would be glad to
cooperate with Mr.. Wood to see
that justice is done"
Mr.. Small, builder, charged that
Mr.. Wood lis attempting to try this
case in the newspapers" and said
he had intended to ask for leni-
ency, but I have changed my mind
because Of Mr.. Woods statements"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffries
Dies After Iona Illness

Mrs. Elizabeth Josephine Jeffries
70, wife of George B. Jeffries, retired
building contractor, died Monday at
her home, Is Evarts street NE,
after an illness of six months.
A native of the District, Mrs
Jeffries was the daughter of the
late Charles A. and Emily Williams
She was educated at the Immacu-
late Conception School. Last June
3 she and Mr.. Jeffries celebrated
their 55th wedding anniversary.
She was a member of the sodality
of st. Martins Church and belonged
to the Third Order of st. Francis
at the Franciscan Monastery.
Besides her husband Mrs. Jeffries
is survived by three daughters, Mrs
Emily E. Swagart, Mrs. Lillian r
Lettow and Mrs. D. Ralston Knicely
all of Washington; four sons, John
George and James, all of Washing
ton. and Pfc. Charles Jeffries, a
former compositor of The Star, now
on duty with the Army in France;
five grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
High requiem mass will be sung
at 9 am. tomorrow at st. Martins
Church, North Capitol and T streets
with burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Sixty Crane Operators
Walk Out in Baltimore
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. s.-Approxi-
mately so electric bridge crane OBJ
orators, AZ Of them women, STAYED
away from their jobs at the Bethle-
hem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc, be-
cause a girl operator was suspended
for damaging crane, company off,
Gals reported today.
The operators were employed in
the Curtis Bay fabricating shop.
which makes assemblies for Victory
ships.
A spokesman for the yard. a
Bethlehem Steel subsidiary, said the
work stoppage began last night and
involved about 80 operators on each
Of two shifts. Recruitment of other
workers in the yard resulted In
operation of about half a dozen of
the 70 cranes today, the company
representative said.
A spokesman for the operators
told the Baltimore Evening Sun
that the damage was not the girls
fault but was due to removal Of q
safety device through . company
order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Court Hears How
To Tell Health
OfFowI by Eyes

Such technical questions as how
to tell the health Of q chicken by
peeping into its eyes and noting the
color Of its comb were argued yes
terday before the United States
Emergency Court Of Appeals.
The questions came up in q COM
plant brought by IL New York
poultry dealers, asking relief from
an ONCE of Price Administration
regulation regarding grading OF live
poultry.
Counsel for the dealers argued
that OPA grading requirements are
impractical and stated that through
experience and better founded
methods the health Of a chicken can
be determined.
The OPA regulation, it was pointed
out, calls for certain requirements
for grade l chickens, such as a well
meated carcass and a certain amount
OF fat on the bird. Grade 2 chickens
are those that are not diseased, but
do not come up to grade / standards
The court took the case under ad-
visement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Rental Control Violation
Charged in $3.50 Suit

A suit for $3.50 damages against
Daniel and Anna Sealock, 48O(
Byers street, Boulevard Heights
Md, for alleged violation of the
Rent Control Act was filed yesterday
by Robert Mallette, 1901 Du Bots
place Sc, in Prince Georges County
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro.
Through his attorney, John v
Hackett, Mr.. Mallette stated in his
suit that on May u, 1912, he rented
the second floor of house owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sealock at the
Byers street address for $35 month
On April 2, 1943. he asserted, the
rent was increased to $45 a month,
which he continued to pay until
February 81, 1914.
Stating the ceiling rental had
been fixed by the ONCE of Price Ad-
ministration at $35 a month, Mr.,
Mallette asserted that he was forced
to pay $40 month extra for II
months. He is suing for $50 dam
ages for each of the IL months. as
permitted by OPA regulations, or
a total of $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Staunton Holds Memorial
For Major Of St. To-
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STANTON. Va. Aug. 9.-Staun-
ton honored its hero, Maj. Thomas
D. HOWE, the Major of St. Lo,"
In memorial services here yester-
day afternoon, the services being
attended by the widow of the hero,
his daughter, Sally, and hundreds
OF friends, relatives and men of
his former regiment.
Conducting the memorial, held in
Trinity Episcopal Church, was the
the Rev. w. Carroll Brooke, rector,
and the Rev. j, Lewis Gibbs, for
many years chaplain of Mai. Howie's
regiment.
Maj. HOWE died last month while
leading his men to the capture of
strategic heights which were the
key to the st. Lo hinge OF the Ger
man position in Normandy. At the
request of his men his body was
ordered escorted into town and was
placed in front of the ruins of the
Church Of st. Croix.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Bethesda Hardware Store
Manager, WA. French , Dies

Walter A. French, 81, of 1900
Fairmont avenue, Bethesda, Md,
died Monday at Suburban Hospital
after long illness.
Born in Beltsville, Md, Mr.. French
spent most of his life in Bethesda
and attended Montgomery County
schools. He was manager of
Peoples Hardware Store in Bethesda
when poor health forced his retire.
ment six years ago. He was a men,
Der of Bethesda Methodist Church.
Survivors include his widow. Mrs.
Mayme T. French; a brother, Pfc.
Arthur B. French, now serving over
seas, and a half brother, Albert
Scholtz, machinist's mate FIRST
class, Coast Guard, now stationed
here.
Funeral services will be held at
Is pm. today at the Humphrey Fu-
neral Home In Bethesda. Burial
will be In Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

Mr.. Randolph also agreed with
Mr.. Maverick that Sunday hours fol-
servicemen's tours of the Capitol
should be extended, particularly
since a number of the men in uni
form come in the afternoon, not
knowing that they can be taken on
tours only from II am. to l:30 pm
on Sunday.
Servicemen Turned Away.
Mr.. Maverick, who visited the
Capitol Sunday, was indignant at
seeing servicenaen turned away dur
ing the afternoon when Government
workers were being shown through
the building.
Mr.. Randolph made 1t clear that
his advocacy of change in the sys-
tenn to eliminate the concession
aspect Of Capitol guiding was not
intended as criticism of any in
dividual guide. BY giving them
credit for their Capitol experience
he indicated, guides who wanted to
stay on under civil service might
be enabled to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Trained Nurse Is Needed
To Teach Class of Aides

Despite an increasing need for
nurses aides in the Districts hos
pitfalls, the Red Cross Nurses Aide
Corps announced today it may have
to postpone its August IA class if a
trained nurse is not found to super
wise the July 10 class through it's
hospital training period to begin
Thursday.
Trained nurses registered in the
District who could help the student
aides on the wards during their hos
pital training are asked to call Re-
public $500, Branch 291, today.
Unless a trained nurse is found
Miss Katherine Prentiss, who has
instructed over 1000 daytime nurses
aides in classroom work, must post
pone her next class to take over
hospital supervision of the previous
class, 1t was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Randolph Urges Paid Guides
For Visitors at Capitol
Maverick Criticism
Justified, Says D. c.
Committee Chairman

A yearly salary for Capitol guides,
selected through Civil Service exami-
nations, was advocated today by
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee to replace the
present system of charging sight
seers Is cents for the Capitol tour.
Mr.. Randolph, who is also a high
ranking majority member of the
House Civil Service Committee, said
he thought the guides should be put
under civil service with credit given
for theri years of experience on the
Hill.
Sore Spot Long Time.
Referring to criticism voiced by
Maury Maverick, former member of
Congress and now chairman of the
Smaller War Plants Corp. and WPB
vice chairman, Mr.. Randolph said
Mr.. Maverick and others properly
have focused attention on a sore
spot that has existed in the minds
of many persons for a considerable
period of time.
Former Representative Maverick
correctly contends. in my opinion,
that visitors to the Capitol building
should not be charged fee or ad-
mission price in connection with an
explanation of the functions and
facilities of the national legislature.
Necessary Service.
capitol guides perform a neces-
sary service They should, however,
be employed on yearly basis rather
than to have their livelihood de-
pend on charge for conducting
tours through the Capitol.
THE work performed by the
guides is dignified, and they have
contributed much to the education
and enlightenment of individuals
and groups who make Washing
ton a mecca. Especially have stu
dent visitors profited by competent
c11idoc -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Mobile Blood Unit Visit
Planned at Fuirlinoton

The Red Cross mobile blood unit
will visit the darlington School
from 8 am. to 1:30 pm. Friday
under the sponsorship of the Park
fairfax and darlington Community
Associations and the Parkfairfax
CLIO Political Action Committee.
Donors are being recruited by
groups under the leadership of Mrs.
Arthur M. Townsend, darlington,
and Mrs. John B. Britain, Park
fairfax. Appointments in Fairling-
ton may be made by calling Temple
1895, and in Parkfairfax by calling
Temple 7O51
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Police Intensity
Manhunf for
Park Killer
Many Suspects Freed
As Police Admit Case
Will Be Difficult

Facing the prospect Of another
unsolved murder, police today in
tensified their search for the killer
OF Frances N. Erickson, attractive
young architectural designer, who
was stabbed to death by colored
purse-snatcher in Rock Greek Park
Sunday.
Scores Of suspects have been
picked up, held on suspicion and
released after questioning. All, po-
lice said. established that they were
not in the vicinity of the @ Street
Bridge footpath where Miss Erick-
son was attacked as she strolled
toward Rock Creek parkway from
Twenty-third street NV.
Apprehension of the slayer will
be difficult, police admitted. Miss
Erickson gasped out only a meager
description of "a heavy-set colored
man about Is years old" as she lay
dying in the arms of a policeman.
The knife used by the killer and
his victims purse have not been
found.
Yesterday, park police and squad
OF laborers made a fruitless search
OF the area adjacent to the wooded
footpath. 1t was thought the muir
derer may have thrown the knife
away as he fled and that its re-
covery might help establish his iden-
tity.
Miss Erickson's body was sent yes
terday to her home town, Barber,
Mont, for burial.
She had come to Washington only
two months ago from Birmingham,
Mich, where she had been employed
for six years in the main office OF
Saarinen & Swanson, architects.
At the firms Office here, 2017 S
street NV, she was engaged in the
preparation of plans for a modern
housing project for Negroes spon-
sored by the National Capital Hous-
ing Administration. She lived with
a friend, Miss Betty Harriet Cooper,
at 1703 Twenty-first street NV.
only three blocks from where she
was slain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Rotion Coupon Hoard
Bored by Arroionment
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. s.-Pete Guer-
riero, 80, a store operator, was called
before United States Commissioner
James K. Cullen today for arraign-
ment on charges of illegal possess
sion Of:
Five hundred and sixty C, B and T
gasoline ration coupons;
One hundred and fifteen tire GER
tificates;
Coupons worth $1,000 gallons of
fuel oil;
Coupons worth 1000 pounds of
sugar.
He was arrested last night on a
warrant issued by Mr.. Cullen at the
request of the State Once of Price
Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
SO Here Granted
Draft Delay by
Board Of Appeal
Deferments Allowed
Due to Occupations;
All Men Under rs

Occupational deferments for 80
men under rs were approved by the
District Board of Appeal during the
week ending July ~, District draft
headquarters announced today.
Most of the cases involving the
younger men were reviews of defer
ments granted by local boards out
side the District and more than half
OF them were employed at the NAVY
Yard or IN the Navy Department.
Others Deferred.
Deferments for men under 26 also
were approved for the Federal Blu
reau OF Investigation, Interior De-
partment's Geological Survey, Offics
OF Scientific Research and Develop
ment, the National Bureau OF
Standards and the Federal Com
munication Commissions Radio In
telligence Division. The group under
rs also included IL medical and
dental students.
The appeal board turned down
Observation-Disclosures appeals, one
for an Once of Price Administration
executive and the other for a Dis
trict school engineer.
The Government Printing Once
won deferments for three of its men
over 30-an elevator conductor
bookbinder and machinists helper
Six men lost their deferments on
review by the appeal board. They
included Juvenile Court probation
ohcer, who had been deferred at
Government request; two Capital
Transit Co. street car operators, a
service station manager, a news
paper distributor, and a laundry
truck driver.
Hardship Case.
A street car operator for whom
an appeal for occupational defer
ment had been filed was given de-
ferment as a hardship case. He has
f1ve children. A registrant who
works part-time as a minister sought
deferment in AID as a minister but
was kept in SD as a hardship case
He has four children.
In all, the appeal board acted on
AL appeal and review cases. On
appeal, 20 men were granted occu-
pational deferment, one was deferred
as a hardship case and one as a
conscientious objector. Occupational
deferment was denied to ii men and
hardship deferment denied to two
men.
On review Of deferments granted
by boards in other areas. the appeal
board continued the deferments OF
1913 men, including 279 registrants
80 and older and 40 registrants de-
clared unfit for general military
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Pair Of Robbers Given
Terms Of ; 10 Nine Years

Justice Matthew F. Mcclure of
District Court today sentenced two
men to serve from to 9 years each
for the 1880 robbery last April of
Joseph Koraka, news vendor.
The men are Paul A. McCraw, 81,
no fixed address, and Jack A. Pat
ten, 20, of the 1900 block of Belmont
street NV. Both we're convicted in
June by jury.
Mr.. Kozaka was robbed in the YES
tibule of his home in the HOO block
OF Eleventh street NV. He had the
money with him to purchase a
larger newsstand. He was badly
beaten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
OPA Asks Injunction
Against PLUMBING Firm

The Office Of Price Administra-
ton filed an injunction suit yes
terday against Amberger g. Wohl-
farth, Inc, plumbing firm, 470I
Forty first street NV, charging the
company with violating an OPA
regulation by performing construc-
ton and maintenance services for
customers without keeping a proper
record for the OPA.
The suit also alleges the firm
failed to comply with the OPA
regulation by failing to notify Gus
toners that such services are I'M
der OPA regulation. It asks that
the firm be restrained from engage
ing in such business until it has
complied with the OPA regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Sove 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 maya
ZINES Is needed. Notify some
school child In your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
IL Selectees Indicted
From Chevy Chase Area

Montgomery County Selective
Service Board No. 3, Chevy Chase,
today announced the names of Is
selectees who were indicted into the
armed forces Monday at Baltimore.
They are:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
50 District Men Report
10 Armed Services TODAY

Scheduled to report for induc-
ton into the armed forces at Fort
Myer today are SO Washington men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

Cavey, George R.
Haber, Paul E.
Horstkaml, W. M.
kaplan. Walter j.
kramm, Joseph
Lynch, William A.
Shapiro. Edward s,
Sumner, John w.
Wiener, David
Ant, erson. Russell E.
Akin. Sidney T.
Button, George F.
Morris, Earl e.
Nicely, Roy H.
Scholsburg, William
Wellman, Harold w.
Dickinson, 8. D.
Burton, La wrence E.
Glass, John s.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-28
Mount Clemens Kiwanis
10 Bowl Detroit Rivals

Two teams from the Mount
Clemens KiWanis Club will meet
two teams from the Northeast
KiWanis Club of Detroit in the
first Of home and home series
at the Bowl-O-Drome Sunday at
2 p. m. The return match will
be rolled at the Turner Alleys
on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit
on February 10.
Bob Winslow, Otto Nickel,
Fred Kendrick, Bill Held and
Bob Baldwin will make up one
team for the Mount Clemens
Club while the other will be the
regular team in the Bath City
loop of Ralph Clark. Herb Par
res. Joe LaRiviere. Mac Trabue
and Jack Galbraith.
The visitors will have Art
Krause, Otto Sauer, Reg Hugo,
Charles Borchard and Bob Hut
Gibson on one team and Ed
Snethkamp, Darl Mapes. Joe
Stutzke, Jack Stiles and Jerry
DueWeke on the other.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-28

those old contraptions operated
by the pulling of rope.
Il figured Id last about a
day, and | did, reminisceS Pete.
Il got a break, however, when
the same day the manager of the
hotels billiard room was fired.
The boss told me TO take over.
PETE WINS RED BALL TITLE
Il was told not to play, but
practlSed when | wasn't watch
ing good players perform. One
day a drummer came in looking
for action. There was no one to
play him except me. ! beat him
80 straight games. When the
boss heard about this and saw
the days receipts, he lifted the
ban against my playing.
Another day tall man came
in and we played game or two
He was Connie Mack, then man
ager of the Milwaukee baseball
club. l wound up as the Brew
ers' bat boy"
Peterson enlisted for the war
with Spain, returned to win To-
cal championships.
He bagged the red ball cham
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-28
Auto Accident Made Peterson
Trick Shot Billiard Champion

pionship of the world by beating
such as Alfredo De Orc, Albert
G.. Cutler, Joe Capron, Harry
Kline and John DAILY. In this
game the red ball is hit first.
Peterson repulsed William F.
Hatley at Fargo, NJ d., for the
northwestern l42 balkline title
in what he considers his great
est match. He boasts Of his rec
ord of 35 minutes, the f>Stest
match game ever played and in
which he repealed Frank Mag
gioli. 300-88.
NO TRICK TO A TRICK SHOT
Like everybody else. Peter
son, who is a native of Missouri,
predicts tremendous boom in
all sports when the war is won,
gives the same reason - the
playing Of the various games by
so many.
There's no trick to a trick
shot stresses Pete Its strictly
skill and practise.
Charley Peterson tells you
Willie Hoppe is the daddy of all
billiard players, of course. yet
the Bald Eagle makes trick
shots the Old Boy Wonder adj
mits he cant execute.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-28
5|ugging Jake
10 Aiming
al Quick X. O.
New York Fighter
Hos Mark Of s Wins,
One Loss in Detroit
BY WATSON SPOELSTRA

DETROIT, Jan. % - up -
Jolting Jake La Motta of New
York knocks down hearty every
opponent he meets in the ring,
but he has some difficulty keep
ing them down. Tonight he will
try his hand at flooring the dur
able OSsie (Bulldog) Harris of
/ Pittsburgh in the ten-round fea-
ture at Olympia Stadium.
In 10 months La Motta has
gained six victories in Detroit
against a lone defeat in a re-
match with Sugar Ray Robinson.
Tonight he's a TO 2 choice to
duplicate victory he scored
/ over Harris at Pittsburgh year
ago. A 100000 gate is expected.
La Motta is scheduled to enter
the ring at l59 pounds and for
the first time in Detroit he may
give away pound or two to
an opponent.
In another ten-rounder, Irish
Billy Miller of Pittsburgh, win
ner of his last % fights, meets
Jimmy Joyce of Gary, Ind,
brother of Willie Joyce who
worked up quite reputation
T in h lightweight division.
Joyce is replacing Mike Della of
Los Angeles who reported he
suffered hand injury in train
ing
II is quite clear that La Motta
will be shooting for knockout
of Harris. Fritzie Civic, whom
La Motta beat decisively a fort
night ago, stopped Harris in the
tenth round Of fight this month
at Pittsburgh. You don't know
La Motta if you think he doesn't
want to match anything Civic
does
In seven Detroit bouts. La
Motta has floored each opponent
save Jimmy Edgar Of Detroit
and Civic. Five opponents were
on their feet at the finish, how
ever. with the only knockouts
b e n & credited over Charles
Hayes of Detroit and Jimmy
Reeves Of Cleveland.
Miller is likewise favored to
beat Joyce. Miller got away to g
good start Jan. ! by outpointins
Benny Goldberg of Detroit. Thi.
is matchmaker's fourth show OF
the month, which shows what q
fight town Detroit has become
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-28
Swoon-Crooner
Sinatra Muades
Boring Business

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 28-(P
Frankie Sinatra is negotiating
a match for the heavyweight of
whom he has just acquired a
part and says:
II think it's just possible that
l own a piece of the next world S
heavyweight champion
The swoon-crooner referred
to Tami Mauriello Of the Bronx,
in whom Sinatra has just invest
ed $4,000. He wouldn't say
just how much of Mauriello' S
190-pound person went to him
in the deal but implied that it
was considerable chunk.
The singer had luncheon
conference yesterday with eau
tious Cal Working. sole propri-
etor of Turkey Thompson, the
bull-shouldered Negro who also
is among the nations first-class
heavyweights. Sinatra is hope
full that an outdoor meeting be-
tween the two boys can be ar
ranged here next Spring or early
summer.
"Tami will take him sure"
Sinatra said.
He and Mauriello have been
friends for years, so when
frankie got the chance recently,
he didn't hesitate to hand AL
Silvani ten grand of his Groom
ing dough for piece Of the bat
tiers contract.