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Evening star., 1944-07-20
D. T.. Red Cross Holds
Many Messages Due
To Lack Of Addresses
Service Is Anxious
To Deliver Letters to
Local Residents

Miss Marjorie Collins, supervisor
OF foreign inquiry for the District
Red Cross Home Service, has an
nounced that her department has
a number of communications for
Washington residents whom the Red
Cross has been unable to locate.
The majority of the messages,
Miss Collins explained. are answers
to inquiries at Home Service head
quarters across the street from the
District chapter, 1870 e street NV.
Those District residents for whom
the messages have been received in
clude Werner Tuteur, Marjorie Jean
w. Lee, Arthur c. Henry, William
Davis, Eli Bager, Sammie Ward,
John Thiel. R. Bell, Peter Scharf
Harrison, Aniela, Anita Williford,
Heine Sassen, Loucas Saltos, Andre
Limbenos and Ivan Sole.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
a shorter course in home nursing
has been organized for persons who
do not have the time for the stand
ard 24-hour course. The instruction
will include nursing procedures
taken from the standard course
which are most frequently used in
the hon1Q
The classes, which will be held at
the Walsh House, 2020 Massachu-
|setts avenue NV, and the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth and
e streets N. W.. will begin August
is and continue on August II, 1S, Il,
|22 and %. Morning classes will be
held from 10 to IL O'Clock; afternoon
classes. 1870 to $50 o'clock, and eve
ming classes, 7:30 to $50 o'clock.
Persons interested in enrolling
have been asked to register as early
as possible as each class is limited
to 10 students:
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Funeral Services Held
For Miss Marie Creahen

Funeral services for Miss Marie
E. Creahen. American Red Gross
employe and for many years a resi-
dent of Washington, were held Mon
day at the Shrine of the Blessed
Sacrament.
Miss Creahen died suddenly in
Pittsburgh while visiting a sister.
Mrs. Loretta C. Cook. A brother
the Rev. j. Emmit Creahen. Wa
tauga, S. OAK, celebrated the re-
QUEEN mass. Burial was in Mount
Oiivet Cemetery.
Miss Creahen came here from
Pittsburgh when a child. She had
been employed in the national head
quarters of the Red Cross for many
years. She lived at 4104 Legation
street NV.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Miss e. Blanche Creahen and Miss
M. Ethel Creahen, washington, and
. brother. w. Walter Creahen,
PittSburgh.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Safety Rules
In Use of Tents
Souqht for D. C..

Lack Of safety regulations regard
ing the use OF tents for public as
semblies prompted the Commission
ers yesterday to appoint a commit
tee of three officials to draft rules
for the use of tents.
The city heads made their ap-
pointments on the recommendation
OF Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Joseph D. Arthur. jr. Those named
were Maj. Edward j. Kelly, super
intendent Of police; r. c. Roberts
fire marshal, and Col. John w
Ohemann, director of inspection.
Col. Arthur said he had been un.
able to find any regulations cover
ing tents. He said he had reports
that the Navy Department had de-
veloped method Of fireprooflne
tents.
The regulations sought by Col
Arthur would cover tentage for pub.
lie carnivals, church meetings ano
circuses. The action follows the
recent circus fire in Hartford, Conn.
in which more than 160 persons lost
their lives
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Board Of Trades Plans
For Future Approved

The general work and the future
plans of the Washington Board of
Trades Postwar Planning Com
mittee have been reviewed and con-
firmed at a meeting Of the Com
mittee Of Economic Development
for the Washington. Metropolitan
Area, Robert v. Fleming, CED chair
man, announced today.
During the discussion, all neces-
sary arrangements were made which
would permit the board to proceed
on the Washington Metropolitan
basis.
Vital information on population,
trends and business prospects COM
piled by the research committee
were discussed but 1t was decided
that this information was not ret
ready for release 10 the public.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Liquor License Is Denied
Grocer Near School

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board yesterday denied a class B
liquor license to Israel Yasney,
grocer, of 947 E street S.W.. at a
hearing based on protests filed by
the Southwest Citizens Association,
the Board of Education, the Fair
brother School Parent Teacher AS
sociation and petition by residents
and property holders of that area.
Objection to- issuance of the Ii
cense was due to the proximity of
the store to Fairbrother School. The
board denied the license on grounds
that the location was inappropriate
for issuance OF any class of license
it was said by Thomas E. Lodge
ABC Board chairman.
Present at the hearing were Wal
ter E. Blount, representing the citi-
zens' association: Miss Naomi Hart
on behalf of the PTA, Miss Grace
A. Lind, supervising principal of
the fifth division. representing the
Board of Education and Hugh
Smith, principal Of Jefferson Junior
High School.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Nick, 2-Year-0Id Collie,
Returns From K-9 Corps

Nick, 2-year-old tan and white
collie with q streak Of black, belone-
ing to Mrs. Barrett Parker, 744O
Georgia avenue NV, returned home
yesterday after a year in the Army,s
K-9 Corps. popularly known as the
Wags.
Mrs. Parker said he hadn't
changed much, but was jealous of
the Parker's 3-year-old daughter
Susan and is being kept muzzled
until he becomes used to her.
His owner said Nick recognized
Immediately the people he knew be-
fore he went into the K-9 Corps
last summer at Front Royal, Va.
and made for his favorite spot undGi
the kitchen stove as soon as he was
released from his Army crate.
Nick had grown somewhat durins
the year and came home remarkably
well disciplined. Mrs. Parker needs
to use only four words, sit down.
heel, stay and hup," to make him
obey.
The Army wouldn't tell where
Nick had been.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Sales Of War Bonds
Reach $131,000;000,
1n.4 Pct. Of Goal
Helen Hayes Will Appear
In Conteen Rally on
Treasury Steps

Progress reports on the Districts s
Fifth War Loan campaign today
increased the city's overall total to
$l3l 900, 900. representing 1924 per
cent of the $107 200, 900 goal, but an
increase of only 100000 in Series
"E" bond purchases.
This new report brings the Series
"E" total to SIG, 400 900, or 77.6 per
cent of that $34 400O, 900 quota, with
individual sales totallng $45, 300 900,
or 74.2 per cent Of the $6l 900 900
individual goal.
No new subscriptions were report
ed for the corporations division,
which has exceeded its goal by 86.5
per cent with sales totaling $685.
000, ,00O..
Stage Door Canteen Rally.
Plans for special War Bond
night Saturday, July 20. to be held
on the south steps of the Treasury
Building under the auspices of the
Stage Door Canteen were revealed
by the District War Finance Com
mittee. 81 S
Helen Hayes, stage and screen
star. is scheduled to be mistress of
ceremonies for the program which
will consist of entertainment by
many film notables and other ce-
lebrities and will be held in con-
junction with the regular Stage Door
Canteen program for servicemen.
Admission BY Bond.
Admission to the show will be by
the purchase of War Bonds valued
at 500 or more. The admission
bonds may be obtained either at the
main Treasury entrance, Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, or
at the Treasury's midtown issuing
agency. 6l2 Fourteenth street NV.
Meanwhile 1t was announced that
the employees of the Labor Depart
ment have subscribed 100 per cent
of both their local quota of sl98,-
59l and national goal of s544,9l1,
while Brooks, Inc, 1109 G street
NV. has gone over the top in its
drive for $4,000 in bond sales.
The international Workers Order
No. 528 will hold a bond rally at
$50 pm. tomorrow at the Knights
of Pythias Temple. 1912 Ninth street
NV. to boost their sales to $l25,-
600 to buy a medium bomber. The
group to date has raised $116, 900 in
bond purchases.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Possible Staying
Is Probed in
D. {. Drowning
Fineerprints Show
Body in Loke Was
Navy EmpIoye

Police today were investigating the
possibility of murder in the strange
death of Elton Pumphrey. 36-year-
old Navy Yard machinist, whose
body, dressed in women's clothing;
was found yesterday in Kingman
Lake, in the Anacostia mats, less
than mile from his home, 1899
Naylor road Sc.
Mr.. Pumphrey was missing from
his home since Sunday night. When
discovered floating in the water the
body was so discolored that police
first reported 1t as that Of colored
person.
A flngerprint check at the FBI,
where the prints Of all Government
employees are on file, soon identified
the body as that of the missing Navy
Yard worker. Identification was
corroborated by a check OF dental
work. Mr.. Pumphrey had had an
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Col. Fries Tank Battalion
Led in Advance on s.. lo

1t. Col. Stuart Fries, son of Mai.
Gen. Amos Fries, former chief of
the Army's Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice, commanded a tank battalion
which led part of the advance on
st. Lo Tuesday, clearing mines along
the road before the capture of the
town, according to word received
from Thomas r. Henry, Star war
correspondent in France.
Col. Fries, born in Washington 80
years ago, was graduated from West
ern High School and George WASH
ington University He was appoint
ed to West Point in 1881 and as
signed to a. tank company after
graduation. He served in Hawaii
from 1885 to 1887. His wife lives
at 1901 wyoming avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Argentina S Envoy
Repudiates Report Of!
Hostility 10 Neighbors
Escobor Distributes
Settlement on Article
In Baltimore Sun
By the Associated Press.

Argentine Ambassador Adrian
Escobar today "categorically repudi-
ated" a recent published report
which he said presents the Argen-
tine Government as harboring hos
tile plans toward Chile and Uru-
quay"
The reprt. Mr. Escobar said, was
written by Correspondent John w.
White from Santiago, Chile. and
published by the Baltimore Sun on
July 1e.
In a public statement distributed
to the press the Ambassador de-
clared that this version, unworthy
of comment, is categorically repudi-
ated by the Argentine Government.
Says White Was Expelled.
He stated that Mr.. White was
expelled from Argentina in 1887
when he was the New York Times
correspondent in Buenos Aires, for
transmitting to the United States
dispatches which Mr.. Escobar de-
scribed as Systematically attacking
the Brazilian government.
The Argentine Ambassadors re-
pudiation of the report was made
three days after Secretary of State
Hull denounced as deliberately
false" Latin American reports that
the United States and Britain were
preparing a policy of appeasement
toward Argentina. State Depart
ment officials said that Mr.. Hull
was not in any way criticizing Mr..
Whites story nor its publication
They said he referred to the South
American reports themselves and
their sources.
Issues Another Statement.
Mr.. Whites story said in part:
Fear is growing rapidly in South
American diplomatic circles here
(Santiago) that Washington and
London are preparing a South
American Munich by which they
will appease the military Dictator
ship at Buenos Aires and then aban-
don Argentina;s small democratic
neighbors, Chile and Uruguay, to
their fate"
In a separate statement the Ar
gentine Embassy today declared its
government considers that the
evacuation of German officials has
been finally terminated with the
departure of second group from
Buenos Aires eight days ago.
One hundred and t1fty-nine Nazis
were repatriated on July 6, and 125
others were shipped out six days
later, both aboard Spanish liners.
Argentina severed diplomatic re-
lations with Germany last winter.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Laurel Coop Members
Plan Election TONIGHT

Members Of the Maryland South
ern States Cooperative organiza-
ton at Laurel will decide matters of
policy and elect two members each
to the Advisory Board and the Farm
Home Advisory Committee at a
meeting at $50 O'Clock tonight at
Scraggsville School.
The two members Of the Ad-
visory Board will be selected from
four nominees. They are Norman E.
Kruhm, George M. Edwards, s. Gil
bert Brown and J. L. Snyder.
Nominees for membership on the
Farm Home Advisory Committee are
Mrs. Edwin Carr, Mrs. Harry A.
Downs, Mrs. Gus Oursler and Mrs.
Earl Brown.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
S9,751 for Nursery Costs
Given ARLINGTON BY FWA

Mrs. 1zetta Jewel Miller, supervisor
OF war public services for the Federal
Works Agency in the Washington
Metropolitan Area, today presented
Fletcher Kemp, superintendent of
Arlington County schools. an FWA
check for $9.751.54 as first payment
on the Governments contribution
of $42,S47 toward the cost of operat-
Ing three war nurseries for children
Of working mothers.
The nurseries are located in the
George Pickett. the Henry Shirley
and ]. E. B. Stuart housing projects.
Fees paid by parents help defray
other operating costs.
Evening star., 1944-07-20

upper molar extracted. The same
tooth was missing from the body
taken from the water.
Autopsy Slated.
An autopsy will be performed later
today at the morgue to determine
whether the man met death by
drowning or was dead when he en-
tered the water.
Family. neighbors and close
friends all were mystified by the
fact Humphrey was clad in woman's
clothing. The body was found
clothed in woman's plaid skirt,
yellow silk blouse. two silk slips
step-ins and over all. blue dress.
Mr.. Pumphrey was last seen Sum
day night, when he walked home
and told his father, John Pumph-
rey, IS, retired Navy Yard worker,
that his motor cycle, on which he
spent much of his free time, had
stalled in the flats.
He went to his room and turned
on an electric fan. At 2 am. Mon
day it had become cooler and his
mother went into the bedroom and
turned the fan of. She noticed he
had gone out and that the bed had
not been slept in.
Mother Became Alarmed.
That did not surprise her, as her
son was night worker at the Navy
Yard and often stayed out late even
on his days off. When he was not
there in the morning, however. she
became alarmed.
Word went around the neighbor-
hood that the motorcycle had been
found near the river and it was
feared Mr.. Pumphrey had been
drowned, Young people in the sec
ton wanted to organize a party to
search the woodland patches in the
neighborhooo.
John Humphrey, the father, in
sisted today that his son was mur-
dered. In the few minutes they had
talked Sunday night, he said, his
son discussed repairing the boxlike
frame house surrounded by peach
trees and a flourishing Victory gar
den in which the, family has lived
for 80 years.
A gang must have hazed the son
by dressing him in the women's
clothes, the father ventured, and
death had come in the scuffie.
Regarded as Santa Claus.
Elton Humphrey was regarded as
a year-round Santa Claus by the
children of "Twining City" a group
of old houses surrounded by new
row houses south of the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge spanning the
Anacostia River.
Mrs. William E. Tayman, mother
OF Motorcycle Policeman John Tav-
man, who lives across the street,
said that Elton, who made $50 a
week, spent all his money helping
people in the neighborhood.
If he heard that any of the kids
around here were going to miss out
at Christmas she said, "the house
would be full of toys and there
would be coal in the cellar-and
they wouldn't know who was doing
it."
Evening star., 1944-07-20

Mrs. Roosevelt told the veterans
of Pacific battles the President had
asked her to tell them:
. Everywhere in the world our
forces have done things we thought
impossible when the war began.
Every one in this country is proud
Of you for this and is hoping that
your convalescence here will be
speedy"
Evening star., 1944-07-20
79 CoIored Children Vacation
With White Families n Vermont

Scotland; Montreal and New York
and was ordained into the Congre-
gational fellowship at Alliance
Seminary, Nyack, N. Y. in 1923.
The pastor said he had met no
real opposition to the vacation plan.
and added: I'VE could have placed
Is more of them. We also can do
the same thing for Jewish or Chi
nese children who never get away
from the city,"
Evening star., 1944-07-20
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack Of waste
paper to convert into cartons
Tor Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
ZINES Is needed. Notify some
school child In your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-07-20
r. O. Huffmun Named
To OPA Price Post -,

Robert o. Huffman, Morganton,
N. c., has been appointed acting
price executive Of the Once of Price
Administration, it was announced
yesterday.
He will replace Albert A. Kaplan,
who has been appointed associate
price executive to James M. Gillen,
price executive In OPAs New York
regional once, effective August /.
Evening star., 1944-07-20

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, July 20-Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt paid a surprise
visit to the San Diego Naval Hospi-
tai yesterday to convey the thanks
Of the President to the Navy, Ma
rine and Coast Guard men wounded
while driving the Japanese from
Saipan and the Solomon, Gilbert
and Marshall Islands.
Evening star., 1944-07-20

Mrs. Roosevelt learned details of
the battle for Saipan f1rst-hand
from 1t. Col. Evans F. Carlson,
marine raider leader. who is con-
valescing at the hospital from
wounds received at Saipan. During
her visit with Col. Carlson she was
accompanied by her son, Col. James
Roosevelt, who served with the
marine leader during q raid on
Maxim Island.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
NAVY PROMOTES HAYES TO JUNIOR LIEUTENANCY

The promotion of Willis L.. Hayes to Lieutenant G.g.) US. Navy has just been announced here.
 With the promotion also came a change is assignment. It. Hayes is now permanently located in North Ireland where he is serv- ing as an instructor in an Armed Guard School.
 It. Hayes enlisted in the Navy Feb. 3, 1943. After completing preliminary training courses at Dartmouth and Princeton Univer- sites he was stationed for short time at the Naval Training Base in Norfolk, Virginia. Later he attended the Armed Guard Schools at Little Creek, Va, and Brooklyn, NY. More recently he served as an Ensign on the S.S. Lena Luck enback. It was during his stay in the British Isles following his second trip to England that he received word of his promotion and change in assignment.
 It. Hayes is the son of Mir: and Mrs. Willis L. Hayes, ST., of sos Bloomfield Avenue. His brother Howard was inducted into the army January 6, 1943 and now serves with the Ordinance Division.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
DEATH TAKES DAUGHTER OF MIR. AND MRS. HEDIN

Mrs. Ethel G. Hedin Fippinger, 29, wife of Frederick H. Tipping CT of 30 Belcher Rd., Wethersfield, died Thursday afternoon, April 20, at Hartford Hospital.
 Mrs. Hedin was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Simon Hedin of 59 Brown St. and sister of Kenneth Hedin of the US. Army.
 Besides her parents and brother, she leaves her husband, daught- CT, Miss Susan Fippinger, and also sister, Mrs. Charles Reid of New Britain.
 Mrs. Fippinger was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wethersfield; member of the Wethersfield Graduate Nurses Association, the Hartford Hospital Alumnae Association, having graduated in the Class of 1886 from the Hartford Hospital Training School, and a member of the Women's Missionary Society of St. Paul's Church.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
LOCAL DEMOCRATS NAME CONVENTION DELEGATES

Dr. Morris N. Cohen, H. Ward Pinney and Mrs. Grace Biederman were named delegates to the Dem ocratic state convention at party caucus held Monday night, April 24, in the Town Hall. Delegates to the congressional convention were chosen as follows: Ralph B. Beau ore, James Tomasiello and Francis F. Lagan. The following probate district delegates were chosen: Mrs. Arthur Coutu, Mrs. John A. Wilcox and Mrs. Grace Biederman. The delegates were authorized to name their own alternates.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
B.H.S. BALL TEAM WINS FIRST FIVE OF SEASON

ingof Reid and Pro, some heavy hitting by half dozen of the reg ulars and the almost perfect field ing of the entire squad has carried the local high school baseball club to five straight wins in the initial games of the 1914 season.
 First it was Suffield who felt the sting of the local nine, Bloom field winning the opener to U with Reid striking out 13. Next came the 12 to 4 defeat of New ington with Pro pitching. Then 13 to 5 win over Glastonbury when LaPenna, with double and triple, paced the local lads on a 13 hit spree while Reid was hold ing the opposition in check:
 The team took it's fourth game from Windsor Locks by the shut out when Donny Reid allowed only 3 hits and struck out 7 in chalk ing up his third victory of the year in three starts. The score was to o. s'
 The III LII VIII 1OI CIIC CooAAl Ne~i1 last Friday afternoon when the Newington nine was blasted to the tune of 21 to 5. Powers started this game but had to be relieved by Reid in the second inning.
 The batting record at the end of the 4th game showed LaPenna leading the pack with an average of 500. Pro followed with hit ting record of .466. Pinney, the crack local first baseman, had a mark of 1885. The team has made only 2 errors in the 5 games. The lineup is a follows: Pinney lb, Skruta or Bedding 2b, LaPenna ss, Krantz C, Bergenholtz If, Ven tres of, Christ or Pro If, Reid, Pro, and Powers pitchers.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
SHUPE AND LEVINSON BROTHERS DECORATED
Awarded Good Conduct Medals For Excellence of Service

Staff Sergeant Norman M. Shupe, Pfc Russell c. Shupe, Staff Sergeant Herbert Levinson and Leonard Shupe have received Good Conduct" Medals.
 The Shupes are the sons of MT. and Mrs. Aubrey Shupe, of 94 Elizabeth Avenue. The Levinsons, also brothers, are the sons of MT. MT. and Mrs. Louis Levinson of Blue Hills Avenue.
 All four have been in the service for lenghty periods but Sergeant Levinson is the only one of the quartette who has been engaged in foreign combat duty.
 Sergeant Shupe who was in ducted March 27, 1942, received his medal some time ago while he was in training at Miami Beach, Florida. He is now attached to the 61Othe Training Group of the Air Forces and is stationed at Lincoln, Nebraska. Russell Shupe received his decoration September first. He is with the Medical Corps and located at F't. Bragg, NC. He was inducted on December IS, 1942.
 The presentation of Leonard Levinson's award was made at the close of the year at Camp Clair borne, La., where he is stationed with the 84th Infantry. The medal was given Sergeant Levinson three months ago on the Italian front where he serves as the mess ser geant of the Quartermasters Com pany of the 332nd Service Group.
 Granted only for a record of eff ficient, faithful and exacting per- formance of duty over a twelve months period, the Good Conduct medal indicates a conscientious and capable soldier and is highly praised.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
CLIFFORD FOUND IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP
Red Cross Representative Report Local Flyer Safe

Staff Sergeant Victor H. Cliff ford of the US. Air Corps, report ed last month as missing in ac- ton, is alive although prisoner of war in a German Camp.
 The report of Clifford's safety came to Mrs. Clifford early last week in message from represen- tatives of the Red Cross and was later confirmed by official notice from the War Department.
 Clifford enlisted as an air cadet January 15, 1943. Shortly after that he was assigned to training as an aerial gunner and was serving in that capacity in an American Flying Fortress, operating from an English base, when shot down behind the German lines. What happened to other members of his crew is not known here.
 Sergeant Clifford's local resi- dence is on Mills Lane although Mrs. Clifford departed recently to spend the summer with her sister in Walton, NY.
The messenger., 1944-05-01
MISS WOODFORD TO AID HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Miss Edna A. Woodford of School Street has been appointed a, member of the committee which is studying thee necessary steps of the organization of Bloomfield Historical Society.
 Miss Woodford has devoted much time to the collection of early Bloomfield lore particularly that relating to the Old Farm School District. Her appointment to the c o m m t t ee was made known through a recent announcement from Frederick H. Bidwell, Chair man of the group.