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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-02

Shirley T. Jones, SIC, another
son of Mr.. and Mrs. I. r. Jones,
entered service last December,
and received "boot" training at
Great Lakes, ILL.,, where he is now
stationed with the Medical De-
partment. He recently spent
several days at his home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-02

Sgt. Carl Roland, another son
of MIR. and Mrs. w. A Roland, of
Clifton, has arrived safely some
where in England. He entered
the Army in July, 1941, and re-
ceived training in Georgia, South
Carolina and California, before
being sent overseas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-02

Pvt. Harry G. Bare, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Bare, of Laurel
Springs, is now stationed at
Camp Butner and says he is get
ting along fine with his work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-03-02

Claude r. Bledsoe, SIC, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Bledsoe, of
Todd, recently spent a Today
leave at his home. He received
''boot" training at Great Lakes,
Ill.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
H. R. WafeI Will Speak
AT American u. Exercises

Harry r. Warfel of the State De-
partment division of science, edu-
cation and art, will speak on "Fire
in Our Ears" at the 30th annual
American University commence
ment services at 8:15 pm. Monday.
June 5, in the Metropolitan Memo
rial Church on the campus.
Paul F. Douglas, president of the
university, will deliver the baccalau-
reate sermon at 4:30 pm. next Sum
day in the Memorial Church, to be
followed by reception from 6 to
7 pm. at his home for members
of the graduating classes, parents
and alumni.
Huston Thompson, former chair
man of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, will be the principal speaker
at the first OF the graduation week
end events, an all-university dinner
at 7 pm. Saturday in the women S
residence hall on the campus. After
the dinner the Campus Capers'
will be staged by the senior class,
dramatizing phases of college edu-
cation in wartime
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Gen. Kirk 10 Address
'GrayL Ladies Graduates

Surg. Gen. Norman T. Kirk will
be the principal speaker at grad
uation exercises for As women
of the 17th Red Cross Gray Ladies
class at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
Walter Reed Hospital Garden. Mrs.
Henry Rea and Miss Margaret Low
er, cofounders of the Gray Lady
Corps. will be present at the gradu-
alton.
Brig. Gen. Hugh j. Morgan, chief
OF the Medicine Division of the Pro-
fessional Service, Surgeon Generals
Office, will speak on the Importance
OF speeding surgical dressings to
the battle fronts at a special Me-
mortal Day service at ii am. Tues
day at the Walsh House, 2020 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV.
An Army nurse back from the
war zone and convalescent soldier
are also scheduled to speak at the
service which lis held in conjunc-
tion with the Red Cross surgical
dressing unit open house. DR..
Charles T. Warner, rector of St
Adams Church, will deliver as the
invocation the new D-day prayer
composed by the Rt. Rev. Henry
st. George Tucker.
With the District quota set at
3,2S5 600 surgical dressings by Sep
tember 80, the local Red Cross unit
is In urgent need of more volun-
teers, it was announced.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Northern District Scouts
Plan Week End Camporee

The Northern District Boy Scout
Camporee will be held next Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, at the foot
OF Colorado avenue west of Six
tenth street, with 300 Scouts ex-
pected to participate.
High lights of the three-day pro-
gram include demonstrations Sat
urday afternoon, camp fire and
court OF honor Saturday night, a
demonstration of walkie- -talkies by
the Army Signal Corps, a bugling
contest to decide the Northern Dis
trict official bugler, demonstra ton
by the Arlington Scout Emergency
Corps, Sunday church services and
a field mass.
Visitors are invited, particularly
for the camp fire and court of
honor Saturday night and the re-
hglous 'ooservances Sunday morn
inc
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Bomb Is Timed
To Burst Between
Roof and Floor
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.--The ordnance
section of the Air Service Command
disclosed today that a new kind
of bomb, which explodes nine ten
thouSandths of a second after i'm
pact, was being used by American
airmen in bombing European OBJ
jectiveS.
Flyers now can control the ex-
ploSion down TO one-ten- -thousandth
OF second. The bomb is intended
to destroy machinery inside fac
tory, and can be timed to explode
in the center OF the plant after it
has penetrated the roof, but before
1t passes through the building and
buries itself in the ground.
A mistake of one ten -thousandth
OF a second in the fuse setting could
be the difference between factory
destruction and merely tearing up
q few yards Of its roof.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
U. 5. Tanker Rescues Crew
OF French DESTROYER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.-The cour-
ageous rescue of the crew of the
French destroyer LIE triumphant
by an American tanker in the Indian
Ocean and the salvage of the ship
after a 1900 tow was revealed
tonight by the admiralty.
The tanker, Cedar Mills, captained
by Morgan Macy, picked up 100
men from the destroyer as the
warship wallowed in mountainous,
shark-infested seas with an almost
fatal 40-degree list.
A storm struck at midnight as
LIE Triumphant was escorting the
tanker. A huge wave flooded the
destroyer's engine and boiler room,
cutting, off steam and electricity.
The Cedar Mills laid oil around the
stricken ship.
After several attempts, we man
aged to get two boats in the water"
Capt. Macy said. THE roll of the
destroyer made it too dangerous to
approach closely so it was necessary
for the men to jump into the water
of the bow and be pulled into the
lifeboats."
The British cruiser Frobisher ar
rived several days later and towed
the destroyer 1900 miles to
Madagascar.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Two Murder Trials
Set for This Week

Two first degree murder trials are
scheduled to be held in District
Court this week.
Tomorrow, Virginia w. Hanzen,
80, colored, of the 300 block of Ninth
street NE, is scheduled to go to
trial before Justice James M. Proc
tor on a charge of fatally shooting
her husband, Antonio A. Hanzen,
40, colored, on Christmas Day in a
house in the 200 block of Massa-
cusetts avenue NV. She also is
charged with assault with a dam
gerous weapon and assault with in
tent to kill in connection with al
legedly shooting and wounding a
colored woman at the same time.
Trial date for the latter case has
not been set. Assistant United
States Attorney John l.. Ingoldsby,
jr., is to prosecute her.
On Wednesday, Leroy Belcher,
20. colored, of the 1900 block Of
Ninth street NV, is scheduled to
face trial on charge of killing
Marvin L. Beauchamp, 81, soldier
from California, who was stationed
here at the National Airport. Belch-
er allegedly struck Beauchamp with
brick and robbed him of SIS. ].
The soldier was found unconscious
on a lot last February in the 300
block of K street S.W., and died
after being taken to Walter Reed
Hospital. Two colored women were
indicted with Belcher, but are sched-
uled. to be tried separately later.
Beauchamp was said to have struck
up an acquaintance with Belcher
and the women to have made a
trip with them in a taxicab lust be-
fore the alleged attack.
Belcher's trial is scheduled before
Justice F. Dickinson Let's. Assist
ant United States Attorney John p
Burke will rrosaci1te
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Flying Clippers Over Coribbeon
Just 'Fomily Business to Shows

say that dad Is hard man, but he
makes me do my work and toe the
line" contributed his son.
The two generations Of the Snow
family sit side by side today in the
cockpits Of Clippers operating on
the inter-American routes out of
Miami. but the son let the elder
Snow handle things when. at the
age Of 3, he made his first hop
With his dad.
/ Not many years later the boy was
flying around in small Luscomb
plane while his playmates were still
thinking in terms OF bicycles. After
studying aeronautiRl engineering
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Detroit Church Slayer
Still EIudes Police
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 27.-Identity of
the killer who stabbed Mrs. Jean
Long to death in the Twelfth Street
Evangelical Church here last Tues
day night continued to elude
Detroit detectives tonight and little
progress in the investigation was
reported.
Police continued to hold Kenneth
Long, her estranged husband, and
Alex Simpson, Chicago salesman
with whom she had dinner date"
she failed to keep Tuesday.
Long sought his release on a
writ of habeas corpus today, but
Recorders Judge John v. Brennan
adjourned the hearing until We'd
nesday, after telling police Long
should be released at once If 1t be-
comes clear no definite charge is TO
be put against him.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
WCA 10 Offer Variety
In Courses This Summer

The YWCA will offer a variety
of courses during the summer term
in its education department. They
range in hobbies through dress
making to language instruction. it
was announced yesterday. The term
Will extend from June S to july 81.
Oil painting, watercolor. block
printing, photography and shep-
nerds pipes will be featured in
hobby classes, and hairdressing and
dressmaking in personal courses.
shorthand, tipping, receptionist
training, writing, book reviewing
speech improvement and. memory
training will be available to business
women. Those taking a language
course will have a choice of French.
German, Portuguese, Russian and
Spanish.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
ProgressIves Reported |
In Move 10 Back Roosevelt
By the Associated presa

By the Associated presa
MADISON, Wis, May 17.-Tns
Capital Times said today that con-
certed and organized movement 10
switch the Progressive party away
from an "anti- Roosevelt and isola-
tionistv to "pro-Roosevelt and id
terventionist" stand was in progress.
Headed by q number OF ProereS-
sive legislators, this movement ID
intended to consolidate Progressive
voters behind q fourth term for
Roosevelt and to nullify, as much
as possible, the foreign policy plarik
adopted by the State convention of
the party at Milwaukee May T." tbs
paper said.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Pilot Wounded,
Gunner Reveals
HE Landed BIZ
BY the Associated Press.


MIAMI BEACH, Fla, May 81
Sergt. Robert l.. Fitzpatrick of
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, radio operator
gunner whose exploits in the Pacific
theater earned him the title "one-
man scourge of Japs" today revealed
how he landed a battered Bit
bomber without previous flying ex-
perience after the pilot had been
wounded and the co-pilot killed.
During the return run from a
bombing mission on November s,
1912, the co-pilot was killed and the
pilot wounded by shell explosion in
the cockpit" the 2l-year- gunner
said at the AAF redistribution sta
tion here. Il was called up front by
the pilot and got my biggest thrill
driving that buggy for two hours
and 20 minutes"
Sergt. Fitzpatrick's combat expe-
riences include the killing OF three
Jap captors with knife.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
By the Associated Press.

by Eut ASBOSlhEeu FTckS.
MIAMI, Fla, May 26.-Flying the
Caribbean air lanes becomes a fam
lily affair when Capt. George w.
Snow, senior pilot of Pan Ameri-
cans Latin American division, and
his co-pilot son, George D. Snow,
take over the controls of the big
Clipper ships.
Its a wonderful experience
get big kick out of flying with my
son." Capt. Snow, an Army Air
Forces pilot in the World War, who
now has more than. 10000 hours OF
flying time on his log, said today.
We'll, / wouldn't go SO far as to
Evening star., 1944-05-28
One Killed, Five Hurt
In Destroyer BIost

BY me HAtOclstfu PIthh.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27-One
person was killed, another hurt crit
ically and four others injured today
by an explosion OF fuel tank on
a destroyer at the Mare Island Navy
Yard, 18th Naval District officials
announced.
Names of the victims, all reported
tn be civilian workmen, were not
Immediately revealed.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Army Retires Di Cicco

NEW YORK, May n lPl. - The
public relations office of Mitchell
Field announced tonight 1t. Pas
quale (PaU Di Cicco of the Army
Air Forces has been retired to in
active status due to physical dis
ability. The husband of the former
Gloria Vanderbilt became ill Janu-
airy l and was confined to Mitchell
Field Hospital
Evening star., 1944-05-28

at The Univefsity Of Florida, he
joined Pan American IN December,
1912.
Airminded since 1918 when he
saw Glenn Curtiss take on TO break
the worlds endurance record of
some two hours in the air, the elder
Snow remained with the Army Air
Corps after the World War as an
instructor until 1924. After four
year period of transforming he came
to Miami in 1928 to fly for Pan
American.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Jimmy Lotus, al, Dies;
New York Turf Writer

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 27-Jimmv
Lotus, Al, vice president of the
New York Turf Writers Association
and publicity director at Garden
State IN. j. race park, died today
at the Harkness Pavilion. He was
i'll three weeks.
Mr. LOTUS also was identified with
the Miami fla Herald during
the winter season.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
VuIIee to Go on Inoctive List

LOS ANGELES, May 27 lP)-Lt.
Rudy Vallee, Coast Guard band
leader, said today he would be
placed on the Coast Guards in
active list some time this summer.
The crooner, now 43, said he
would make a final tour with his
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Stone Kills New Yorker

NEW YORK, May 27 (P).-A 10
pound piece Of ornamental stone to-
day fell 16 stories from the cornice
of Broadway Hotel killing Helen
Beebe, 43, a telephone operator, who
had Just left the building for the
day. The sidewalk was crowded,
but no one else was injured.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
J. Edgar Hoover Sets Decree

SOUTH ORANGE, N. j., May 27
fP.--J. Edgar Hoover, director Of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
was awarded an honorary degree of
doctor of laws today by Seton Hall
College,
Evening star., 1944-05-28

One pound Of waste cooking fats
makes enough glycerin 10 manu-
facture one-third pound gun
powder.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Marriage License
Applications

Under d. G. Ia,Ds, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 10uit three tull days and
receiDe their license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1944-04-30

Prominent in the social news this
week are the young people taking
leading roles in the Montgomery
Players little theater group: Mrs
James H. Hammond, who will re-
ceive at the tea for the Russian
War Relief; Mrs. william Carter
Bowles, who will preside at the
luncheon of the Public Health Lay
Council of Montgomery County, and
Mrs. Lilly Stone, designer OF the
Montgomery County flag.
Miss Ann Sacks, who played the
leading role in the ''Far-Off Hills,
closing the season for the Mont
gomery Players, shared honors with
other players and the director, Miss
Bessie Sanders, at an informal
backstage party after last evenings
performance. Those in the cast
who were honor guests with Miss
Sacks and Miss Sanders were Mr..
Brandt wilkins and the Misses
Claire and Jane Plummer Rice and
margaret haynoe.
Mrs. Hammond will receive the
guests at the tea this afternoon to
add to the Russian War Relief
at the Woman's Club, of which
Mrs. Hammond is president. The
luncheon of the Public Health Lay
Council Tuesday will mark the an
nual meeting of that group and will
be held at the Hayden Farm.
Miss Stone is in charge of the
ceremonies of the first unfurling of
the county's flag, which she de-
. signed, using the coat-of- arms of
Gen. Richard Montgomery, for
whom the county was named, on
background of yellow. On one side
the figures 1776-1936 appear and
opposite are the words Gardez Bien.
The unfurling will take place We'd
nesday on the County Building.
The girls were honor guests at
another party for the cast at Miss
wilkins home after the dress re-
hearsal, where they had an oppor-
tunity to discuss their parts and
their plans for next year.
Dick Bridgeman, George N. Mat
thews, Barkev Sanders and How
ard Bandy of the "Far-Of Hills"
cast were also at Miss wilkins party
and the guest list included too a
number of the families and friends
of the players.
The mothers came in for their
share of attention at both parties
Jane Rice, prominent for her work
in directing and taking part in the
Montgomery Players productions is
the mother of Claire Rice, and Mrs.
Wilkins, who received with her
daughter and helped to entertain
her guests, is Kay Wilkins" well
known to the Bethesda audience for
the good work she did in last years
presentations of the players group.
The tea this afternoon at which
Mrs. Hammond will receive will
bring out to Bethesda q distin-|
guished group of guests. In the
line with Mrs. Hammond will be
Nine. Bazykin, wife of the First
Secretary of the Soviet Embassy and
Nine. Sliousarenko and Nine. Tsy-
gankova, wives of attaches of the
Embassy staff and Mrs. Bernard
Oliver, chairman of the Russian Re-
lief Drive in Montgomery County,
Evening star., 1944-04-30

| yesterday for Camp Parks, Calf
after a three week leave with his
mother, Mrs. Emily Hall, and sister
Mrs. Virginia Darby. He spent over
a year in Alaska previously.
Mrs. Wilson Clagett will entertain
at a family dinner party tomorrow
in honor of her bother, Pvt. Walter
H. Hershey, who arrived yesterday
from Temple, Tex, for weeks fur
Tough.
Mr.. and Mrs German Griffith
have as their guest for a week the
formers mother, Mrs. Grace Griffith,
of Washington.
1t. Morris c. Ward. Army Air
Force, left today for Tampa, Tex,
after a Today furlough with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Ward.
1t Ward received his wings just be-
fore his visit here.
Mrs. William S. Cooley entertained
Thursday evening at an attractively
arranged bridge party, having as
guests II members of the Thursday
Evening Club.
The Rev. and Mrs. William B.
Everette have returned to their
home in Poolesville after a vacation
in Florida,
Evening star., 1944-04-30
OF Personal Note in CabitaL

City. Miss Jane Simon returned
to her studies at Penn Hall Junior
College Wednesday,
Mrs. Marvin Williams and her
son. David, have left rltheir home
in North Adams, Mass, after a
visit here.
Mrs. Louis Lobel is visiting her
sister in New York for the week.
Mrs. Ida Lion of Baltimore spent
the past week here as the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Cecilia Michaelis.
Mrs. William D. Nye spent the
week end as the guest of Peggy
Kahn and has returned to her home
in Philadelphia
Miss Phyllis Goldsmith has been
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs, Louis Kronheimer, and her
sister, Miss Sue Goldsmith is the
Evening star., 1944-04-30

Mrs. Alexander Dittler, who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Estelle
Nordlinger of Woodley Park Towers,
has left for her home in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. David Frank have
been spending the week in New
York.
Mrs. Jesse Kornicker of New York
accompanied by her son, 1t. Robert
Kornicker of Camp Pickett, spent
the week with her mother, Mrs.
Nathan Kahn.
Mrs. Harry Sherry has concluded
her visit at Atlantic City and now
is at her country home near Fred
erick, Md.
Mrs. Morris Simon with her
daugter, Miss Ruth Simon, are at
the Hotel Shelbourne in Atlantic
Evening star., 1944-04-30

guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Meyer
in Takoma Park. The young girls
will return to Philadelphia today
to join their parents, MIR. and Mrs
Alfred J. Goldsmith.
Mrs. Alexander Wolf, jr., has re-
turned from a visit in New York
where she and Mr.. Wolf went to
celebrate their 18th wedding ami
versary. Mr.. Wolf is connected with
the American Red Cross as an as
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Bethesda.Lower Montgomery County
Varied Actiuities for Wee.o
Occupy Maryland Community

and Mrs. James V. Bennett of
Chevy Chase.
The tea will be given in the club
house of the Womans Club of Be-
thesda, Of which Mrs. Hammond is
president.
The Woman's Club of Bethesda is
sponsoring the tea. Mrs. Mark H.
Haller is in charge of the arrange
mentS.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Guests Are Feted
|M GaitbersbHrg

GATTHERSBURG, Va, April 90
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Reed with Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Peter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Kelly of Rockville left
today for Harrisburg, Pa, where
they will attend the international
Rotary Convention tomorrow.
Mr.. Charles Lyddane, U. S. N, left
Evening star., 1944-04-30
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D c. B-1:


sistant field director at Indiana
Town Gap, Military Reservation, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Brylawski
spent the past week end in New
York where their son, Mr.. Edward
Evening star., 1944-04-30

F. Brylawski, u. s. NJ, who is sta
toned in Boston, joined them for q
short stay.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-10
ny PRESTON GROVER

NEW DELHI. March l0-lPl
So fast is 1t. Gen. Joseph w,
Stilwell forcing the fighting
pace in North Burma that a
crisis which will make or break
this years Burma campaign is
now rapidly approaching
Critics who once scofted at
the possibility Of major Bur-
ma action this year have begun
to show surprise and real mites
est in the fact that, with limit
ed resources, Vinegar Joe has
forced his way approximately
100 miles into North Burma.
The leathery-faced General Is
rapidly confronting the Japa-
nese with a major decision -
they must draw forces from 9TH
er Burma fronts to halt Still
wells Chinese and American
columns, or permit him to &C
complish his objective relative
ly unhindered. His aim is to
clear the Japanese from North
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-10
Former Unionists
Sue JAW (CI0) Unit

DETROIT, March 10 - (P -
James Fracassee and Jack Yer
ex, former Ford Motor Co.
employees, filed damage suits of
$4,000 each in circuit court
yesterday. charging the United
Automobile Workers tCfO1 Lo-
cal 600 and four of its officers
with conspiracy to discredit
them with other union mem
bers.
Their charges we're similar
to those made in a suit for $780,
600 filed by Arthur N. O'Brien
on Feb. II.
All three men were suspend
ed from union membership and
discharged from their jobs after
a trial by Local 900 on a charge
they had sought the dismissal of
a woman racial agitator' from
the plant. They were reinstated
following an appeal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-03-10
Swift Crisis in Burma
Campaign Is Indicated

Burma so he can build a new
link TO the Burma road which
can carry supplies TO fighting
forces in China.
Stilwell has been advancing
much faster than the Southeast
Asia High Command thought
possible, So far as Selling terri
tory is concerned. Stilwell's
slow is the biggest operation
going on against the japanese
this side of the Japanese-h held
zones.
Critics in this theater have
questioned the military and en-
gineering feasibility of Gen.
Stilwells Ledo road from north
east India down the Hukawng
Valley and on to North Central
Burma, where it would hook up
with the old Burma road.
Stillwell's reply to both OBJ
JCNllOIlS was SlNNii az a ICNtilt
press conference when he said
his forces had already accomp-
lished what he had been told
heer was impossible"
Vinegar Joe's" action in di-
yerting his American Infantry
column into operations in direct
cooperation with his American
trained Chinese is a drastic re-
vision of the first plan to have
the column led by Brig. Gen.
Frank Merrill merely make a
long-range harassinR penetra-
ton of Burma similar to the
operation conducted last year by
Wingate's raiders.
Instead Merrill's Marauders
made a big left loop around the
japanese and came in 10 miles
behind their ranks to spread
confusion. Such liberty Of action
is perhaps not enjoyed by any
other commander in the south
east Asia command. 1t is per-
haps conceded to StilWell be-
cause he is in command of all
u. S. forces in the China Bur-
ma India theater.