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Evening star., 1944-10-19
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Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps AS through Z-8 and
AS through RS good Indefinite
y. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats. Fats, Etc.-Red stamps As
through Z-8 and AS through KS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in,
Sugar-Book No. I stamps 80 through
80 valid for S pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February 28. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for q
gallons each through November 8.
B-4, Ca, B-5 and C-5 coupons
good for 5 gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November 8
now available by mail to, local
boards. Get applications at serv-
ice stations or Ration Board and
mail in along with back cover of
present A book.
Shoes-Airplane stamps / and 2 In
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Of-Periods No. I and s cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period /,
lS44-5 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers In this
area should not have used more
than 3 per cent Of their ration
thus far,
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Society Burglar Trial
Drawing Near Jury

Final arguments were to be made
today by attorneys in the District
Court trial Of James P. Mitchell
20, society burglar on a charge OF
housebreaking and larceny from the
home of Charles Michael, former
White House correspondent.
Mitchell is accused of breaking
into Mr.. Michael's home in the 320C
block of Cathedral avenue NV. in
September, 1912.
High lights of the trial yesterday
included testimony by Detective
Sergt. Charles Williams and Miss
Barbara jenkins. woman friend OF
the defendant. Sergt. Williams told
OF recovery of allegedly stolen ar
ticles Miss jenkins. only defense
witness, testified that Mitchell had
been beaten up after being arrested
Police officers denied this.
Mr.. Michael told of his home be-
ing ransacked and identified q num-
ber of articles which were said to
have been stolen from it. Mitchell
Is being defended by Attorney James
j. Laughlin and prosecuted by AS
sistant United States Attorney
Bernard Margolius.
Mitchell already is serving q
sentence Of from two and a half to
seven and half years on two other
convictions of HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny. Twenty other charges are
still pending against him. His pre-
vious District Court convictions
were reversed in the Court OF Ap-
peals but upheld by Supreme Court
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Miss Mary Mcdonald Dies;
Montgomery County Native

Miss Mary Jacqueline Mcdonald,
30, a lifelong resident of Montgom-
cry County, died yesterday in Ia
koma Park Sanitarium after a long
illness.
Miss Mcdonald was the daughter
OF the late Capt. John Mcdonald,
former Representative in Congress
from the sixth Maryland district.
She lived many years in Rockville
where she was member of the
Rockville Methodist Church. She
also was formerly member of the
Burden Bearer Circle of Kings
Daughters of Rockville and of the
Rockville Inquiry Club.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
George c. Bradley, with whom Miss
Mcdonald made her home at $500
Rosewood drive, Bethesda, and Mrs.
Jessie Childress of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Reuben
Pumphrey funeral home in Rock
vile. Burial will be in Rockville
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Boy, II, Climbs
Cable 4 Floors
With Broken Lea

With the bone protruding from
his broken right leg, 1l-year-old
Jimmy Wolfe of Baltimore pulled
himself hand-over-hand up an ele-
vator cable four floors to the roof of
warehouse yesterday, the Asso-
ciated Press reported.
Jimmy, who has ambitions OF
joining the Baltimore Orioles some
day, was showing his 4-year-old
cousin how the ball should be hit
The ball landed on the roof of the
warehouse next to his home.
So Jimmy clambered to the ROOT
OF his house and jumped to the ROOT
OF the warehouse. He landed on a
skylight and dropped four floor.
into roofless elevator, breaking hi.
leg and cutting his face.
He dragged himself to the front
door of the building and found i,
locked. Then he made his way back
to the elevator. climbed up to the
cables and slowly and painful,
pulled himself back up on the roof
He was found there little later BY
his mother.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Washie Bratcher 10 Face
Draft Evasion Trial Monda,

Everett M. CWashie) Bratcher,
Washington band leader, and II
other men will be arraigned before
Judge Robert NJ Pollard in Federal
Court at Alexandria Monday on
charges of using drugs to evade the
draft, Assistant United States At
torney George Humrickhouse an
nounced yesterday at Richmond.
Bratcher, who also is under indict-
ment on a charge of making false
statements to a medical officer at
the Fort Myer induction station. is
charged with the use of benzedrine
to create high blood pressure before
taking an Army physical examina-
ton.
A petition filed by the band lead
er's attorneys asking that evidence
obtained by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation from medical officials
at the induction station be excludea
from the trial on grounds that it
violated the defendants constitu-
ticnal rights, was denied by Judge
Pollard
Evening star., 1944-10-19
| Wife Fires Mate
From, Store Job,
Then Sues Hin,

Mrs. Blanche Dobkin, described as
president, treasurer and director of
the Brad Heights Market, Inc, 400
block OF Bowen road Sc, yesterday
filed suit asking District Court to
keep her husband, william Dobkin.-
whom the petition said she dis
charged Tuesday as manager of the
business-away from the market.
The suit claims Mr.. Dobkin re-
fused to consider himself discharged
as manager and that he threatened
harm to any one who might be
named In his place. The suit asked
for q permanent injunction.
The suit describes Mrs. Dobkin as
owner of 498 out of the 500 shares
IN the corporation, and states that
Mr.. and Mrs. Dobkin are not living
together.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Home and Garden Mart
Slated at Silver Sprinq

A Home and Garden Mart will be
held at the gardeners cottage on
the grounds Of the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles T. Williams, 1912 Moves
drive, Silver Spring, from 10 am
to 6 pm. Saturday. The Silver
Spring Garden Club is sponsoring
the exhibition.
perennial plants, bulbs, fresh gar
den produce, fruits, honey. house
plants and canned goods will be on
sale. There also will be white ele-
phant booth, baked goods cupboard
and an artcraft table. A home.
cooked lunch will be sold.
The usual 20 per cent retained by
the club as selling agent will be
turned over this year to the Mont
gomery County Council of Camp
and Hospital Services to aid the
council in its project of furnishing
a permanent day room in Fort
Meade as a memorial to the county's
war dead.
The public is urged to attend the
sale. Persons wishing to bring plants
baked goods, art work or other ar
tlcles to be sold are urged to get in
touch with Mrs. Theodore Raines,
shepherd 1868, before Saturday.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Glenn Dale Closes
Two Wards, Greatly
Easing Help Shortage
Number of Patients
Reduced by $50;
Volunteers Are Louded

With Glenn Dale Sanatorium linn
lted to urgent cases in recent months,
the number Of patients has been re-
duced from more than 800 early this
year to 450 and it has been possible
TO close two wards, DR.. Daniel L,
F1nucane, superintendent, said TODAY
DR.. Flnucane emphasized that the
closing of the wards had not been
accomplished by discharges, but by
consolidation of wards. He said the
sanatorium had been able to close a
white female and a colored male
ward, with total capacity of 70 beds
- Some Transferred.
In addition to restriction on new
patients, DR.. Finucane said a num-
Der Of patients had been transferred
to the Upshur Street Hospital. Tit
superintendent did not specify the
exact number.
Il couldn't say enough in praise
of the volunteers" DR.. Finucane
said, in referring to the approxi-
mately 100 persons who have been
doing volunteer work at the insti-
tuition in recent weeks. They were
recruited during the summer to
alleviate the hard-pressed staff of
the hospital and forestan a threat
ened closing of wards and discharge
Of patients.
Most of them work one night a
week and some come on Sundays in
the daytime" the superintendent
added. One colored woman comes
every night and Sundays. She is do
ing very good work and I don't be-
Ieve she has missed day.
OF Great Help.
THE volunteers have been of tre-
mendous help" he added.
The decision to limit Glenn Dale
to urgent patients was announced
July 13. Less than two weeks later
the Commissioners approved a re-
port of Health Offlcer George C..
Rutland, including suggestions for
transfer of noncommunicable cases
from Glenn Dale and Gallinger Mu-
nicipal Hospital to Upshur street
and closing of the women's ward at
Glenn Dale.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Club Women Of 4th District
will Meet al ARLINGTON

The 4th district of the Virginia
Federation Of Women's Clubs will
meet tomorrow at the Community
Methodist Church in Arlington, with
$50 women expected to attend.
The first session, beginning at
9:45 am. will include talks by Mrs.
j. L. Blair Buck. Richmond, vice
president of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs; Mrs. o. F. North
ington, Petersburg, president of the
Virginia Federation; Miss Emma
Gray Trigg, Richmond, district OPA
information executive.
Luncheon will be served at 12:45
pm. in the church dining room, and
the afternoon meeting will be de-
voted to panel discussion of wom-
ems club activities. Speakers will
include Miss Rose Mcdonald, Berry,
vile; Miss Ethel Nash. Fredericks-
burg; Mrs. j. F. Lodge, Leesburg.
and Mrs. Fred M. Alexander, Rich
mond.
Mrs. Arthur Hyde Buell., Herndon
president of the 4th district, will
preside. The theme of the con-
ference will be Working for VIC
tory, Praying for Peace"
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Bethesda Group to Hear
Charles P. Taft Toniqht

Charles P. Taft, director of the
Office of wartime economic affairs
in the State Department, will speak
on "A Community Type YMCA
Program" at a public meeting at
8:15 o'clock tonight in the Bethesda
Presbyterian Church. Mr.. Taft will
be introduced by E. Barrett Pretty
man.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Organization Committee set up in
behalf of proposed community
type YMCA for the Bethesda area
The committee is headed by Fred
erick M. Nettleship. Yves Sauter is
chairman of a committee which will
present list of names for a COM
mittee of management.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Indian Spring Citizens
Oppose Charter Plan

The Indian Spring Citizens Asso-
clation has expressed its objection
70 the Montgomery County Civic
Federation's initiation and support
OF the proposed charter, 1t was an
nounced last night by Moir G. Fer
guson, president.
Members said In a resolution that
the federation, Of which the asso-
clation is a member, should support
definite improvements, reforms and
programs based on an existing fact
or need, rather than go into "the
political field Of initiating and sup
porting an attempt to change the
entire plan and form Of govern
ment."
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Silver Spring to Stort
Health Clinic PIuns

Initial steps to establish an out.
patient clinic in Silver Spring will
be taken when members OF the Sill
yer Spring Health Lay Committee
meet at $50 o'clock tonight at the
Silver Spring Health Center to dis
cuss the project with physicians in
the area.
Mrs. r. c. zschiegner said today
the Lay Committee, Of which she Is
chairman, has voted to establish q
clinic of this type under plans set
up by the State Health Department
The local group is planning to
finance the project until State funds
are available early next year.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Mother Of 6 in War to Sponsor
Last Baltimore Liberty Ship

From now on the Fairfield plant
will concentrate on the faster Vic
tory ships.
Mrs. Alexander so far hasn't
worked up any special emotion over
the launching, for her days are full
of hope, fears, Joy and sorrow for
her boys in England, France, Italy
and the Pacific theater.
II haven't begun to get excited
vet" she said fatty.
Besides what's left of her family
at home, including her husband, five
daughters, son and several sons
in-law, Mrs. Alexander will be at
tended by Jean Parker, film star,
and Venus Ramey of Washington,
this years Miss America"
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Virginia Firm to Build
Turbines for Russio
By the Asxociatsd prexs

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Oct. 10.
Contract to build nine 100000
horsepower hydraulic turbines, to
be installed on the Dnieper River in
Russia. has been awarded the New
port News Shipbuilding & Dry
Dock Co.
Announcement of the award was
made yesterday by company off,
cials. The new turbines will replace
machinery built by the Newport
News company in 1929 and 1882
and which was destroyed by the
Russians in 1941 to prevent them
falling into the hands OF invading
German armies
Evening star., 1944-10-19
By the Associated Press

6y tue ASSOClAteQ fEeSS.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 19.-The 384th
and last Liberty ship to be pro-
duced at the Bethlehem Fairfield
shipyard, original home of this wars
major cargo carrier will be launched
today, with one of this city's OUT
standing war mothers as sponsor.
Mrs. Elsie M. Alexander, who has
six sons and stepson in the Army,
Navy, Marines and Seabees, will
christen the s. s. Samar, whose
launching will mark the end of an
emergency era in which approxi-
mately $500 Liberty ships were
constructed in three years to meet
quick war needs.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
y 911-ki|e Military
Road Opened 10
Camp Springs
Boiling Field Link
| To Air Bose Will Be
Part Of Parkway

One lane Of the new military
highway connecting Boiling Field
and the Camp Springs Air Base
IN Prince Georges County has been
opened to traffic.
The 9A-mile roadway, built bv
the Public Roads Administrator
at the request Of the War Depart
ment, Is scheduled to become part
OF parkway after the war. While
grading has been completed for the
second lane, the surface has not
been laid.
The completed portion is a strip
OF concrete "a feet wide, allowing
the passage of two lanes of traffic.
When fully completed. the two
roadways will be separated by park
strips varying from 6 to 200 feet
in width.
VIII Feed Into Bridge.
The highway eventually will feed
into the proposed South CAPITOL
street Bridge over the Anacostia
River.
It's present western terminus Is at
nichols avenue and Sheridan road
S.E. Exit roads will be provided at
stanton avenue and Alabama ave-
nue. Sc, in the District, and, in
Maryland, at Naylor road, Branch
avenue, Silver Hill road, Meadow
View road, Mayhem road and State
road 337 before reaching the en-
trance to the Camp Springs base,
At the eastern terminus it feeds into
State road 4 leading to Upper Marl-
boro.
To provide an uninterrupted flow
OF traffic the highway has grade
separations-overpasses or under
passes-at its five intersections and
at the eastern terminus.
Trees Left Intact.
The new highways scenic effect
mas been heightened by leaving in
tact many OF the larger trees in the
PARK strip between the two lanes.
The banks of the cuts and fills are
IN the process of being covered with
topsoll and on the section near the
District line grass already has given
these shoulders a lawn-like effect.
Ihe section of the highway from
the District line to Suitland follows
the course of small tributary to
Oxon Run in a heavily wooded VAL
ley. For virtually the entire length
the foliage screens adjacent builtup
sections, giving the effect of a cross
country highway.
The road already is being used by
hundreds OF employees of Federal
Offices at Suitland, Md.
| Bus. Service Planned.
| Officials Of the w. A. g. M. Bus
Co; said bus service over the new
highway will be established as soon
as permission is granted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ofhcials said petition for a re.
nearing on an application for per.
mission to establish a route now i.
before the commission.
The proposed bus route would be.
gin at the Camp Springs Air Bas.
on Route 4 and would continue
along the new highway to Branch
avenue. Buses would use Branch
avenue through Hillcrest to Thirty.
eighth street, thence into the Dis.
trlct over established routes.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
First Laboratory Unit
For Naval Magnetics
Nearing Completion
Six More Buildings
Will Be Erected on
Paint Bronch Property

Construction of a IS, ,300, 900 naval
ordnance laboratory on a 938-acre
site along Paint Branch in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties is going forward today, with the
first of seven magnetic laboratories
virtually completed.
The first laboratory, which Is
nearly completed, with the excep-
ton Of landscaping and grading, Is
scheduled for occupancy within 10
days and construction of the re-
naming six is expected to start the
latter part Of November or early in
December. naval oflcials said. AL
will be OF nonferrous materials.
Navy officials said contracts have
not yet been let for larger buildings,
including an administration build
ing containing approximately 10000
square feet, general storehouse,
dams and boiler plant Work on
these buildings, however, Is expected
to get under way by next spring
Negotiations for the purchase of
land in the area are In their final
stages, it was said.
Will Centralize Activities.
Offlcials said the new laboratories
will employ approximately 1000
technical experts and will bring
together for the first time the
ordnance laboratory's variety of ac-
tivities now being carried on in
scattered portions Of the Navy Yard.
| Established in 1918, the laboratory
operated with a skeleton staff until
overnight it became one of the most
important research workshops in
the Nation after Germany intro
duced the magnetic mine in 1882
The answer to this German threat
was "degaussing." or the method of
neutralizing ships magnetic field
IN order not to explode nearby mag
netic mines. In addition the labo-
ratory designs and develops mines,
perfects depth charges and their
firing mechanisms and develops
fuzes which in some cases must de-
lay detonation until a bomb or shell
has penetrated heavy armor plate.
Many of its experiments must be
carried on under water, in huge
tanks and artificial lakes.
Capt. Schindler in Command.
The laboratory at present is under
the command OF naval officer who
took to the air in the battle of the
Coral Sea in order to observe better
the fighting tactics of the Japs.
He is Capt. Walter G. SCHNEIDER,
a Wisconsin native and graduate of
the Naval Academy in 1917, who per-
suaded his commanding officer to
assign him as rear gunner on dive
bomber from the Carrier Yorktown
in the attack on Tulagi Harbor.
During the battle of the Coral Sea
he was given credit for shooting
down at least one Jap Zero.
After this attack. Capt. SCHNEIDER
regularly took part in aerial combat
and radioed accounts of battles to
the fleets flagship while his pilot
maneuvered into position against
enemy targets.
When the Yorktown was sunk at
the battle of Midway, he transferred
to another flattop and later was
transferred to the Saratoga.
Holder of the Navy Cross and the
Silver Star, as well as other Navy
citations, Capt. SCHNEIDER was sent
here from the Pacific last December
and placed in command of the ord
nance laboratory,
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Montgomery Women
To Discuss Election

The Montgomery County League
of Women Voters will discuss 1.-THE
Issues Of the. 1914 Election" at
1890 pm. tomorrow at the Warner
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Connecticut avenue and Washing
ton street, Kensington, Md.
AS a part of its program to in
form voters Of the election issues
in Montgomery County, the league
has prepared booklets giving ques-
tions and answers concerning the
proposed county charter.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Note Signers Promise
To Pay After Death

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla.-"It's a good trick
if they can do it," muttered County
Clerk Andy Stokes after reading a
promissory note filed in his Office.
The note read:
Thirty days after the death Of
both of the undersigned, for value
received, we, or either of us, promise
to pay to the order of - 81 1,0O0."
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Six Six Boys in Service

PHILADELPHIA tR.-James d!
Six, one of the six Six boys in the
armed forces, Is home on q furlough.
Four of the other six Six boys are
In the Army and the sixth Six is a
sailor.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Charter Talk on Rudio

The proposed Montgomery County
charter will be discussed by Stephen
James at 1895 O'Clock tonight over
station WMAL. Mr.. James is a
member of the board that drafted
the charter.
Evening star., 1944-10-19
Maryland Teachers to Meet

BALTIMORE, Oct. 10 (R.-The
Maryland State Teachers Associa-
ton representative assembly will
hold its 77th anual meeting in Balti-
more tomorrow and Saturday. with
President Thomas w. Pyle, principal
of Bethesda High School, presiding.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-10

A sweeping view OF the
setting OF Russia's massive
final assault" upon Ger
many is afforded by this
map. Striking furiousIy
from white-covered Soviet
territory, Stains ormies
are reespturine great slices
Of the pink-tinted area
from Germany. White ar
rows show direction OF
present oHensives or those
expected TO develop soon.
The red arrows locate
latest assaults in Finland.
White Russia and Poland.
Stains White Russia
campaign is proceeding
rapidly, with five German
divisions annihiIated in cap
turing Vitebsk, five more
eheIked off in taking Bob
ruisk and twelve divisions
facing brutal mechanical
assault on The White Rus
sian battle line from Pskov,
in The north, 10 the out
skirts Of Minsk, White Rus
sis capital, in 'he south.
The drive that re-won three
Man fortresses - Vitebsk.
Orsha and MaeiIev - re-
suited in the capture OF
Minsk and Polotsk. Minsk,
$40 miles from Berlin, is The
gateway north Of The Pri-
pet marshes TO Warsaw.
via BiaIystok and Brest Lit
ovsk, where heavy German
defense is expected. Po-
lotsk is the entrance 10 Lat
via, where the Russians ex-
peet TO drive &c. Riga, seize
Estonis, Lstvis, Lithuania
and adjoining East Prussia
lKoniesberel.
Russian armies in Finland
are driving two ways, One
force, between The Finnish
Gulf and Lake Ledoea cap
iured Viipuri. while another.
between Lsdoes and Lake
Omega, cleared the railway
north TO Murmansk by tax
ing Petrozavadsk. capital
Of Kerelia. Arrow No. | on
map shows route TO Hell
sink, I65 miles from Viipuri.
Stains westernmost sa-
lent has marked time at
Kowel and Tarnopol, south
OF the Pripet marshes. An
early offensive, expected
there, may head toward
Warsaw TO meet a pineer
c o ming from Minsk epd
Beronowicze on the other
sides Of The marshes. A
move from KoweI may head
toward Lwow Expected TO
be heavily defended in a
long range drive TO the
mines and mills Of SiIesia,
west OF Krakow.
Another anticipated So
Wet offensive may head
from the winter staIemate
at lssy, in Bessarabia, TO-
ward Bucharest, Romsnian
capital, and PIoesti.
Mar by Raw Bannlsier
Text by Rene CazenAVs
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-11-29

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