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Evening star., 1944-04-18
|20OAnForces Officers Recover
After Mass Food POISONING

regular and emergency ambulances
made almost continuous round-trips
between the oflcers' quarters and
the hospital.
As the hours passed and those who
had eaten the luncheon scattered,
calls for help came from various
Iparts Of the city. BY pm. victims
were being stricken in theaters and
bars. Civilian physicians rendered
first-aid, then sent them TO the
Army hospital.
At the England Hospital, formerly
the Haddon Hall Hotel, two floors
were devoted to the poison cases
All victims, the Air Forces redis-
tribution station announced today,
"have improved so rapidly that they
are all expected to be back in nor
NAL health by this evening"
Col. White said. the announce
ment continued, "that Of the l2s
who were taken to England General
Hospital virtually all had left their
beds and were walking around, anx-
ious to be discharged from the hos
lpital. OF those who were merely
confined to their Ritz Hotel quar-
ters, many had already quit thei,
rooms and there the colonel injected
the true Atlantic City resort touch)
were enjoying Atlantic City's sun
lshine outdoors"
Evening star., 1944-04-18

An exhibit of cold cuts, salads
fish and meat substitutes designed
to stimulate Government cafeteria
supervisors and workers to serve
more delectable food to Government
employees during the summer months
went on display yesterday under the
auspices Of the Welfare and Recrea-
tional Association.
Supervisors, managers and salad
makers from Government cafeterias
wandered about the exhibit at the
Federal Once Building No. 1. Third
and D streets S.W., learning the
tricks Of converting everyday food
into artistic dishes.
Fish and It's Attributes" was the
first sign to catch this reporters
eye. A long pink nodded salmon
stared soberly through a stuffed
olive eye. Red pepper petals sup
ported by leeks made the flower
marking along his back.
Sliced and served as a cold plate
to one Of Uncle Sans workers, he
would sell for IS cents. Price range
OF all dishes was from Is to IS cents
Salads topped the exhibits in pop
ularity. Salad makers busily jotted
down notes on ways to glorify the
orange, grapefruit and strawberry.
Il think any one interested enough
to be salad girl is sensitive to at
tractive things" explained \ Miss
Anne Green, assistant cafeteriz
MANAGE ID the Railroad Retire
Ement Building. The salad bust
ness Just about triples in surnner
Evening star., 1944-04-18

/, especially in temporary buildings,
she added.
Several dining room supervisors
agreed that those preparing food
take greatest interest in making
things pretty" and that the Gus
toners stomach is enticed through
the eye.
Cold cuts, chicken and fish. molds
were all encased in film of jelly
to Keep them moist in the extreme
Washington heat, it was explained
Purpose of the exhibit, according
to Pierre Berard, food consultant to
the associations general manager
and former chef at New York's
swanky Savoy-Plaza Hotel, is "to
bring out in cafteria service the
same attractiveness In food that you
get in the best hotel or restaurant -
Mr.. Berard's forecast for the most
popular 1914 hot-weather dish Is
fish. It Is inexpensive, ration free
and digestible.
American people as a rule love
cold fish," he added.
The Welfare and Recrationel AS
sociation manages cafterias in many
OF Washington's Government build
ings. including Navy, Justice, Treas
ury and Commerce Departments. In
addition to supervisors and workers
from cafterias which it operates
representatives from other Governs
ment cafterias and from the Wash
Iingfon Hotel and Restaurant Asso.
| tctAtion viewed the exhibit.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Plants Need 100000.
|By July, McNuf Says
LII Year Review

War Manpower Chief McNutt to-
idAy marked the second anniversary
lot the establishment Of VINO with !
lprediction that the task ahead Il
the greatest yet faced by his orr
fganixation.
| An additional 900, 900 workers, he
said, must be supplied to industry
IN the first half Of this year, though
I'VE have long since reached the
bottom of the manpower barrel"
At the same time, he urged q
blueprint for an orderly demobili-
zation OF the men in our armed
forces, an orderly rehabilitation
OF our workers in war industries and
an orderly reconversion of our wal
plants to civilian production"
Mr.. McNutt gave this review OF
the agencys work for the last two
years:
A tctl of 100000 persons unem.
ployed at the beginning of 1912 have
gone into war work. In addition
3,5O0,000 women not normally In the
labor force have taken jobs, and @.
00o,O 900 additional part-time workers
and others not considered eligible
for jobs in peacetime have gone te
work.
In l943. United States Employ.
ment Service Offices found Jobs TO,
9,393,196 workers as compared te
6,9l9, 1892 placements in 1912. Oj
those hired in l943, 35.6 per cent
were women for nonagricultura,
work.
| In the last four months of 1943 &
total of 2,137,847 workers asked
| USES offices for job releases. Ol
these requests, 65 per cent were
granted, II per cent denied and the
others were disposed of in some
other manner. such as withdrawal
of the application.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Simple Process Found
Ito Make Soft Wood
Harder Than Ebony
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor.


NEW YORK, April 18.-Lumber is
changed into cross between wood
and plastics, with the hardness, bril-
lance and strength Of plastics, but
all the natural appearance and uses
of wood, by simple chemical
process developed by the Du Pont
Co.
In few days hitherto CONNER
cially useless soft wood can be made
harder than ebony, which takes
hundreds of years to grow and Is
natures hardest wood.
The wood of a thousand at pres
ent unused species of American
home trees can be made to rival the
wood imported from any part Of
the world. The discovery promises
America a postwar self sufficiency
in lumber for all uses.
Wood Soaked In Methylolurea.
The chemical process was demon
strated here yesterday by DR.. J.
F. T. Berliner and associates of the
Du Pont Ammonia department,
Wood is soaked, under heat and
pressure, in methylolurea, a COM
pound of urea and formaldehyde,
both cheap, common chemicals
whose raw materials are coal, air
and water.
In the soaking the compound
forms a resin inside the microscop-
ically small cells of the wood. Struc-
ture and appearance of the wood
are unchanged and it can be sawed
or turned as readily as ever, but
there is far greater hardness.
Balsa wood, for example, one of
the hghtest natural woods, almost
fluffy in appearance, becomes
harder than ebony. In this trans
mutation the balsa is compressed
until 1t Is 10 times heavier than
originally and much less bulky.
The half synthetic wood does not
shrink swell or warp. Drawers and
doors made Of 1t do not stick in hot,
moist weather, even in the tropics.
Polishes Like Marble.
Floors and furniture are nearly
marproof, and If damaged have only
to be sinoothed and rubbed. The
plastic wood polishes like marble.
This wood can be dyed in all col
ors, which completely permeate
structure and do not fade.
The hardening process can be lin
tied to small depth Of the sur
face when artisans wish to retain
Evening star., 1944-04-18
D. B. Kennedy, Baltimore
lndustriaIist, Dies
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 18.-Joseph
B. Kennedy, 55-year- old industrialist
and one Of the first members Of thu
Maryland Racing Commission, died
Yesterday at Mercy Hospital.
& ne became III the first Of the year
but had resumed visits to his o1ice
before he was stricken again SUNDAY
at his home.
Mr.. Kennedy was president OF ar
oil concern and was interested in 9
number of other companies.
When he was elected a director Of
the Fidelity Trust Co. in 1918, hi
was reported the youngest man tt
hold such an Office in any Baltimore
financial institution.
A close friend of the late Gov
Ritchie, he was appointed to the
Racing Commission when it was or.
ganized in 1920. Another of hi.
friends was President Theodore
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
B, the Associated Press.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April
1s.-The Army Air Forces reported
today virtually all of nearly 200
officers who had been stricken with
food poisoning were back on their
feet.
Not one serious case Of illness
had developed. Col. Norman White
|station surgeon, said, though the
telling Of ofiicers by the scores late
yesterday had caused considerable
excitement.
Most Of the victims were pilots
|navigators and bombardiers assigned
to the Air Forces redistribution cen
ter here after serving tours Of COM
bat duty overseas. Also affected
were a number Of wives and other
guests who had lunched with the
flyers yesterday at the oficers' mess
In the former Ritz Carlton Hotel.
The first to be taken Ill were
rushed from the hotel to the Army'i
England General Hospital about
Is pm. As the frequency Of cases
increased, Air Forces trucks from
various activities In the area were
pressed into service to supplement
Army ambulances.
Civilian and military motor cycle
police forced all other traf1lc on busy
Pacific avenue to the curbs as tht
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Funeral Rites. Tomorrow
For Georqe SufcIiffe

Services for George sutclffe, 65
Of 1007 I street Sc, who died yes
terday at George Washington Uni
versity Hospital, will be held at 2:3o
pm. tomorrow in Chambers South
east funeral home, SIT Eleventh
street Sc. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
A native of England, Mr.. Sutcliffe
came to the United States with his
parents So years ago. He lived in
Philadelphia until 1922, when he
came to Washington. He worked for
the Washington Gas Light Co. as q
gas filter for the next two years
leaving to start his own business
He had been connected with the
British Ministry of Supply Mission
for the last 18 months.
He is survived by his wife, Nellie
M. Sutclife; stepson, Samuel Bon
adona; two brothers, John Sutcliffe
OF Camden, N. j., and Howard Sut-
cliffe Of Prospect Park, Del, and a
sister, Mrs. Mary Craig of Cam
den, N. j.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
cCormick Says Red;
Dominate Democrats,
Seek 10 Control COP
BY ths Associated Press.

READING, Pa. April 1SsCoi.
Robert r. Mccormick said to-day
that sCommunists and their abft-
tors not only dominate the Demo-
cratic party but are actively trying
to control the Republican National
Convention as the New Deal did
in 1940."
They received a serious setback
IN Wisconsin, but they still persist, /"
the Chicago Tribune editor and pub
Usher said in an address before a
conference of the 179th district of
Rotary International.
Communists dominate our Gov
ernment," he asserted, because
-four hundred odd thousand of
them have held the balance
Of power" in New York State, and
New York State has the largest
vote in the electoral college"
Cites Churchill Suggestion"
Later in his address he COM
mented that 1T is suggested that
we combine our Government with
that of the British Empire" and
added:
MY friend, Winston Churchill
suggested to the Republican con-
ference at Mackinac, with the ap-
proval of President Conant of Har.
ward and apparently of President
Roosevelt, that we repeal our Dec
laration Of Independence and re-
enter the British Empire as lower
class subjects of the British crown.
Some Of our millionaires favor
this plan" he said, 80 that they
may buy for themselves the titles
that they can now only purchase
for their sisters and daughters.
Mr.. Roosevelt-cold, calculating
self-seeking politician that he is
has catered to the Communists or
every occasion but one-when they
split with the British. Then he was
guided by his instincts, which by
heredity, education and present en-
vironment were stronger than his
political calculations.
Sees Communist Tory" Pressure.
The fact is above contradiction,
lCol Mccormick declared, that
Troops had not been sent to the Pa
cif1c in number to hold the Philip
pines and have not been sent in suf-
f1cient numbers to recapture then
and free American prisoners suffer
ling untold tortures In Japanese
prison camps, because the Com.
munists and their unbelievable Tory
associates wanted them sent else
where"
Col. Mccormick said he regretted
that our courts have seen fit tc
violate" constitutional amendment.
Safeguarding the rights Of persons
accused of crimes.
II regret" he added, that a tria
is being carried on in Washington
of people of no political conse-
quence, that outrages every Amer.
lean conscience We should petition
Congress to correct this nationa
4 disgrace.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Work to Start on Owls
Rudio
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, April l8.-Con-
struction win begin Saturday on the
Once of War Information's new
81 ,000, 900 short-wave station at De-
lano, Calf, q spokesman for the
Columbia Broadcasting System,
which will operate the transmitter,
said last night.
A short program signalling begin
ming of construction will be broad
cast at that time from the Delano
site and carried through Pacific
Coast stations via station KNX in
HOLLYWOOD.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
More Giant Planes
Predicted by Frye
After Setting Record

The huge four -motored Constella-
ton, which set a new speed mark
across the United States, will be a
small plane among large planes
within the next two years, Jack
Frye, president of Transcontinental
and Western Air, Inc, predicted to-
day.
Mr.. Frye, who piloted the big
ship here from California in less
than seven hours, also disclosed a,
press conference that he was
hopeful of having another Constel-
lation in operation for commercial
purposes next year. The ship which
arrived here yesterday will be
turned over to the Army Transport
Command.
The air line official said TWA
would have 40 of the ships in opera
ton as soon as they could be built
after the war. He indicated that the
ships would be used in transconti-
mental and transoceanic service.
Urges Stable Air Policy.
Commenting on postwar aviation
policy. Mr.. Frye said development o1
ships will be tremendous, provid-
ing air lines are given an opportu-
Mtg to develop after the war and are
not barred by artificial limitations. >
He added that the United States all
policy must be stable and forward
looking, not vacillating."
The 57-pasSenger Lockheed Con-
stellation which yesterday set new
speed record in flying here from
Burbank, Calf, In only 6 hours 81
minutes and 81 seconds, was to be
inspected today by Army and Navy
officials preparatory to its accept
ance as freight carrier for the All
Transport Command.
Largest Land Transport.
The huge silver ship, described
by its builders as the largest land
transport, landed at National Air
port shortly before 2 pm. First
OF the ship were the two men who
alternated at the controls, Howard
Hughes, millionaire sportsman, and
Mr.. Frye. They were greeted by
Secretary of Commerce Jones.
The Constellation averaged ap-
proximately 345 miles an hour for
the flight. The time bettered the
Los Angeles-to- Washington record
for a transport plane, set in 1888,
by 3 hours and "a minutes, and the
fastest official time for any plane.
set In 1887 by Mr.. Hughes, by ap-
proximately 80 minutes.
Weighs 40 Tons.
The big three-rudder ship, which
resembles great silver shark, has
a gross weight of about 40 tons and
payload Of more than Il tons. The
wing spread is 123 feet and 1t is
powered with four 18 cylinder
Wright Whirlwind engines Develop
ing $50 horsepower each.
Mr.. Frye said the plane flies and
handles "just like pursuit ship. !"
He added that it also flies "like q
dream"
A specially designed loading stand,
nearly IL feet high, had to be en-
ployed to permit the passengers To
reach the ground. Sole cargo on the
flight was some first-cover mail
which Mr.. Frye said would be auc-
toned for the benefit Of the Red
Gross. .e.ss.. b ~. l.
sLockheed officials said their en-
gineers had estimated the Constel-
latton could cross the continent In
6h hours or fly to Honolulu Ia II.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
4-Yeur-OId Girl Hurt
In Fall From Tuxicub

A fall from a moving taxicab last
night sent Frances Eslie. 4, colored
first block of Fifth street Sc, to
Casualty Hospital, where she wa.
treated for minor head injuries, po-
lice reported.
The child was riding in the cat
with her parents, police said, wher
she opened the door and fell out
Hospitals attaches said her condition
was not serious.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Senator Bones Plans
Are Undetermined
He Says in Hospital

Senator Bone, Democrat, OF
Washington, under Republican
fire for retaining his Senate seat
after being confirmed as a Fed
eral judge, said today his plans
are "yet to be determined"
Acting Minority Leader White ha.
disclosed that Senate Republicans
are considering lodging q forma
protest against Senator Bones fall
ure to resign from the Senate. He
was nominated by President Roose.
welt two weeks ago to the ninth cir
cult bench, and confirmed the same
day by his Senate colleagues. His
resignation would open the way fol
appointment of Republican sue
cessor by Gov. Arthur B. Langlie.
Senator Bone, in a statement
given out by his ONCE, said no one
in the Senate has ever talked to
him about his plans, and he did not
know where Senator White could
have heard reports he did not in
tend to resign until after the next
election, @
Senator Bone was in the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
when he was nominated and con-
flrmed and has been there ever
since.
81 am going to be in the hospital
for an undetermined period" Sena-
tor Bone said. My plans after
that are yet to be determined No
body in the Senate has ever talked
to me about my plans"
His secretary said the Senator
made no agreement with any one
about when he would resign. Sena-
tor Bone previously had said that
after leaving the hospital he wished
to clean up work pending in his
ONCE and the Senate Patents Com
mittee, Of which he is chairman.
before retiring.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Szymczok to Entertain
l30 Blood Donor Aides

approximately l3o Government
agency representatives for the Red
Cross blood donor service will be
the guests of M. S. Szymczak of the
Federal Reserve Board at a 3 pm
tea Thursday at the Federal Re-
serve Building, Twentieth street and
Constitution avenue NV.
Speakers will include Mr.. Szym-
czak as governmental chairman of
the Blood Donor Committee; Lee
D. Butler, chairman of the blood
donor service; Capt. Lloyd r. New
houser, Navy Medical Corps, and
Mrs. Loretta J. Bickford, director
of the blood donor service. Refresh
ments will be served after a new
film. Life Line" is shown.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
President Wont | Run,
Wheeler Believes;
Sees Dewey Victory
BY the Associated Press,
pnCT0N Ar,rf1

BOSTON, April Is. Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana
thinks President Roosevelt's health
will keep him from seeking fourth
term, that no military man can be
elected President and that Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York will
be elected President next fall.
The Senator, here for speaking
engagement. gave his views to
newspapermen at a press confer
ence last night.
President Roosevelt's health" he
said, has not been good since the
Teheran conference. Because of 1t,
he win not be candidate. In fact,
I am certain he does not want the
nomination"
II don't believe Gen. George c.
Marshall will be nominated. / don't
think the american people should
elect a military man. I feel the
same way about any general, in
cluding Gen. Macarthur.
Senator Wheeler maintained that
the Democratic party had been in
power too long and that, as result,
had made many enemies.
'"The Democrats can't expect to
win the election" he said. Every
State north Of the Maxon- Dixon
line will be in the doubtful column
this fall, including Massachusetts,"
Turning to a discussion Of Gov.
Dewey, Senator Wheeler said he had
been conducting himself In a
smooth way and win be drafted" for
the nomination.
"And he will be elected" Senator
Wheeler added.
II wouldn't vote for my own
brother for a fourth term for Presi-
dent" the Senator concluded.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
Eost Central Citizens
To Hear Three Speakers

Members Of the East Central Civic
Association will hear talks on slum
clearance and the fight against
tuberculosis at meeting at 8 O'Clock
tonight at Ephesus Adventist
Church, Sixth and N streets NV.
DR.. Robert Eaves will speak on
slum reclamation. Mrs Grace Tan
ner and Mrs. Flake Pinkett will dis
cuss the tuberculosis problem.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
| Tokyo Observes
Anniversary Of
IDooittIe Raid
By the Associated Press.

=
The Japanese have not forgotten
the bombing OF Tokyo two years age
April 18, 1942-by carrier-bo
American planes, led by Mai. James
H. Doolittle, now a lieutenant gen
eral commanding the United States
9Th Air Force in Britain.
The Japanese radio, in q broad
cast recorded by NBC, said memo
rial services" were held today in
Tokyo.
The broadcast added that q
plaque was unveiled at the Imperial
Boys Military School, which the
japanese say was hit during the
raid, and "all the students vowed
We will be in the army and navy
air forces soon and avenge the
death Of our comrades who perished
on this spot"
Evening star., 1944-04-18
"A. T. & T. Gets Award
For Plant Protection
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The "a associated companies Of
the American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. have been granted the
national security award for SUI
perior organization for plant pro-
lection and security, the ONCE Of
Civilian Defense announced today.
The announcement said the
awards were the first ever granted
to all establishments Of a major
corporation simultaneously.
Evening star., 1944-04-18

the resiliency Of the interior Of nat
ural wood.
Veneers made Of the plastic wood
stick together without glue between
the layers.
The chemical process also uses
sawdust, shayings, flbers OF all
sorts, cotton, leather or bamboo to
form q plastic mass that can be
nodded. The nodded material sets
into permanent shapes. with the
texture of wood.
Evening star., 1944-04-18

Want to send = note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Evening star., 1944-04-18

Want to send . note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Evening star., 1944-04-18

JOIN the attack make your
dollars fight buy extra War
Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Chicago Livestock

500; calves, none; compared Friday last
week: Strictly choice steers and .yearlings
4. 90 new high on crop; good to average
cholce steer and yearlings 1880 higher.
yearlings fully 80 up: common and medium
grades weak; bulk fed steers. 14.50-17. .15:
very liberal supply: l6.75-11.40: best long
yearlings. 11:40: heifer yearlings., 17.35:
fat heilers 25-ao higher; good and choice
pound averages making 1928; top heifers
at -; scaled LOGO pounds grassy. and
Shortfed heifers very uneven at "a. 80
active, shipper,type heavy bulls 25-4G up.
but all others lost early advance: weiehty
Ssdwu Sausage sf offerinss ERIN sold M up to loo and
ply, mediumweight and weighty sausage
bulls II Uo-l2.50, and heavy fat bulls
l3.25-l4.50: cutter cows closed at 800
veaiers steady at 1900 down cuii South
west calves, 5000 90: stock cattle slow at
10; 0;00-i4 30; mostly II 90 49, 80.
pared Friday last week: All classes in very
meaeer supply, strong TO % or more hisher:
native spring lambs unevenly 13.00-l6,35
zoe GOOD ana on ehoee esS
most sales 500 down. with common light
Weishts sorted out at prices ranging down
pound old crop wooled lambs 1900. com
mon 15-pound weights 1880; mixed me
dunn to choice 81 and - pound shorr
few medium and and good @ l!.50els.65. e Gull tc
low medium KINDS 10. O0-1225 good and
choice shorn ewes 1.O0-1 80. common dowr
salsble hogs, 300: total b,5OO: hos
ma rket generally steady: good and choic,
lso-2 0pound weights predomnated al
ago weights go pounds and down steady:
WEIGHTS over 27O pounds weak to 25 cents
Lover: owe msdium n grade 20 cents or more
4 900 unsold: shippers took none