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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
|0PA Promises Arrest
OF ; More Station
Operators Today
Z Others Gronted Bail
On Charges Involving
Illegal Coupons

Service of warrants on three addi-
tional filling station operators on
charges of illegally acquiring and
using gasoline coupons was promised
today by the Once of Price Admin
istration in the wake of two more
arrests yesterday Of gasoline dealers
OPA enforcement officials have
announced the arrest of Isidore M
Schuman, 80, operator of a station
at 1889 Bladensburg road NE.
charged with possession of 1872 gal
Ions OF counterfeit A-10 coupons
and with illegally purchasing 100
gallons worth OF other coupons, and
Curtis E. Brown-Page, 80, station
operator at 1925 Georgia avenue
NV, charged with using 295 GAL
Ions of illegally acquired B coupons
Brown-Page posted 81 1000 bond at
the sixth precinct and was scheduled
for appearance in Municipal Court
today. Schuman posted $500 bond
at the ninth precinct for appearance
IN court Monday.
Meanwhile, five Of the six men in
dicted Monday on charges of con-
spiracy to acquire coupons illegally
were to be arraigned tomorrow be-
fore United States Commissions,
Needham C. Turnage.
They are Joseph r. Burko, former
Police Court clerk and operator OF
a night club here; Raymond L. Cru
ger, who also faces charges in Vir-
ginia of stealing ration board mail
from the Falls Church post ONCE
Joseph Edward OBrien, Thomas E
Hooh and Arnold l.. Harmon.
OPA Enforcement Attorney John
L. Laskey said the sixth man, Cliff
ton K. Gossman, would be arraigned
at a later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
lsiHRstioniinq
&Remiinder6p

Canned Foods, Etc. - Book No. 4
blue stamps AS through "a and
40 through F-S good indefinitely.
Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats. Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-s
through z-8 and AS through C.5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. AL meats except beef steaks.
roast beef and choice cuts of lamb
point free. Until further notice
three red stamps will be validated
every four weeks instead Of every
two weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
viii pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn In. The fact that lard. short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list doe
not mean fat collection IL LEES
essential.
Suyar-Book No. 4 stamps 30. II And
80 valid for s pounds indefinitelv.
Book No. 4 stamp 10 good for .
pounds for home canning through
February 20. 1s45.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for =
gallons each through November 3.
B-S, B-4, C-3 and ca coupons
good for 5 gallons each.
Shoes-Airplaue stamps and Z IN
Book No , good indefinitely for
one pair OF shoes each.
Fuel Oh-Periods No. 4 and S cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Period /.
isA-S fuel oil ration good now
I>H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
1t. c. W. Woodward, Jr.
Receives Bronze Star

1t. Charles w. Woodward, jr., son
OF Judge Charles w. Woodward of
the MONTGOMERY County Circuit
Court, has been awarded the Bronze
Star for heroic service in action"
in Italy, according to information
reaching his parents.
From October through December.
l943, the citation said, 1t. woodward
served as executive ofncer of his
artillery battery. He rendered su-
per1or service on many occasions by
directing fire from his half-track
while under heavy artillery and
mortar IRE.
on many occasions. the citation
SAID, shells landed close to his posi-
tion, and more than once shell frAg-
n1erts r'.rc-d his vehicle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Edqewood Gas Theft Case
Will Go 10 Grand jury
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BEL AIR, Md, Aug. 10.-State' s
Attorney Paul McNabb of Hartford
County announced last night that
he would refer to the county grand
jury the case of q civilian empIoye
at Edgewood Arsenal accused OF
larceny of 1890 gallons of gasoline
unless the War Department acted.
The employe, Ohio Hawk, 49,
trailer truck driver, was indicted on
a charge of grand larceny yesterday
by the Jackson County CIV. Va
grand jury.
Gov. O'Conor has said he would
defer a decision on jackson Coun-
tvs request for Hawks extradition
pending action by the War Depart
ment and Hartford County officials
Mr.. Hawk had told the Governor
at his extradition hearing that he
took the gasoline from q West Vir-
ginia drilling on orders of Col. j. A.
Rogers, jr, commander of the ord
nance assembly plant at Edgewood
Hawk and other witnesses testified
that Mrs. Rogers had attempted to
dispose of large quantity of gaso-
line at several filling stations near
the Army post.
Col. Rogers denied having author
lied Hawk to bring the unrefined
drip" fuel to Edgewood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Aberdeen Powder Test
Kills Soldier, Hurts Civilian
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND
Nd, Aug. 10.--A soldier was killed
and a civilian seriously injured yes
terday when several rounds of am
munition exploded during a regular
test at the Gunpowder Neck section
of the Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army officials reported.
Pfc. John Clinton Curley, IS, of
Monkton, Md, was killed. Richard r.
Curd, jr., Havre de Grace, employe
Of the Ordnance Research and De-
velopment Center, was taken to the
Edgewood Arsenal Hospital.
Aberdeen officials said that Pvt.
Curley, son of Robert L. Curley and
husband of Mrs. Barbara Curley,
both of Monkton. had been employed
as painter by the Bethlehem Steel
Corp. at Sparrows Point before he
entered the Army May II, 1912.
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Harris, jr.
commanding the depot, has appoint
ed board of officers to determine
the cause of the explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Sales Tax Proposed to Raise
More Virginia School Funds
Study Commission Also Hears Limit
On locol Levies Should Be ReIoxed

C. B. Green, Mecklenburg, super
intendent of schools, advocated a
sales tax as q means of increasing
revenues.
r. S. Chamberlain, chairman of
the Charlotte County supervisors,
suggested the functions of school
boards and boards OF supervisors
should be combined and that mem
bers of a single board should be
selected by popular vote
c. B. Hastings, GAINESVILLE, rec
commended that the State assume
all school costs. His report also
urged free textbooks, more adequate
supervision, stricter enforcement of
compulsory attendance laws, higher
standards Of admittance to teacher
colleges and popular election OF
school board members.
Mathew H. Coleman, principal OF
the colored school in South Boston
proposed a marriage license tax tc
lraise additional school funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Maryland Legion Opens
Convention Tomorrow

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.-Plans for
the most active and extensive pro-
grant in the 25-year history of the
Maryland Department of the Amer
lean Legion will be discussed at q
three-day department convention
opening tomorrow in Baltimore.
The Legion has a State member
ship of $3.50, and about 5000 del
egates and members are expected to
attend. Approximately 5000 of the
States membership are veterans OF
the present war.
Speakers at the opening session
will include Gov. O'Conor, Mayor
McKeldin Of Baltimore, Maj. Gen.
Philip Hayes, Col. Henry Stanwood
and DR.. Warren L. Flick, manager
Of the Fort Howard Veterans Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
1872 Arrested in DAYS
For Driving Over 50
By the Associated Press.

% tAT AecOClttcu fIeSk.
BALTIMORE, Aug. l0.-A State
police emergency antispeeding cam.
paign. entering its fourth day today
already has resulted in arrests OF
1872 motorists for exceeding the so.
mile-per-hour statutory speed limit
Maj. Edward NICK. johnson said
88 other drivers had been warned
by special trooper patrols operating
cars painted in non-regulation
colors.
The regular khaki-colored police
cars are used to enforce the 35-mile-
per-hour victory speed limit.
Meanwhile, George Hofferbert
Maryland collector of internal reve.
nue., said approximately rs, 1000 State
motorists have failed to purchas<
the S Federal motor vehicle use ia,
stamp and several hundred of thi.
group had been summoned to ap.
pear In Federal Court.
Mr.. Hofferbert reported that tn,
enforcement drive begun last Sat.
urday would be carried on intermit.
tently for an indefinite period, bu
not simultaneously In all parts O.
the State.
He explained that it was not tn,
Governments desire to infiict upol
motorists the SIS fine prescribed To-
nonpurchase or failure to displa,
the use tax stamp, and that person.
would not be prosecuted If the,
could prove compliance upon ap.
pearance in court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Car Knocks Down Shelter
And Pole, Then Hits Truck

A f1ve-passenger sedan went out
Of control last night on the Balti-
more boulevard at the University of
Maryland south gate, knocked down
waiting shelter for soldiers, a con-
crete light pole, struck steel traffic
signal pole and finally hit the rear
end of trailer truck, Prince Georges
County police reported today. None
of the cars five passengers was in
jured.
Police said the car was driven
by Stephen Giles, colored, about 80,
of Richmond, Va. They quoted him
as saying he was driving between
16 and 10 miles an hour" when the
crash occurred.
Both Giles and Theodore r. Ward
Baltimore, driver of the truck, were
charged with reckless driving, police
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
NAACP Aid Is Rejected
In Assault Case AppeaI

Sumner Wood, Rockville attorney
for Mrs. Martha Bowie, 50, colored,
OF Laytonsville. who was sentenced
to year in the Maryland Women's
Prison in Rockville Police Court
Monday on a charge of assaultine
her white employer, Mrs. Clarence
Small, said today that he will ap-
peal to the County Circuit Court
without the legal assistance of the
District branch of the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Mr.. Wood said that although he
appreciates the interest of the
NAACP, and its desire to Cooperate
ne does not feel he is in need of
legal assistance in defending his
client.
Leslie Perry, administrative as
siStant of the District NAACP
branch, said attorneys for the or
ganisation had offered to cooperate
with MIR. Wood.
Mrs. Bowie is alleged TO have
struck Mrs. Small, her employer of
eight years, on the chest with her
fists because Mrs. Small called her
a very bad name" while Mrs. Small
was driving her home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Goods Smash Windows to Hail Construction
OF New Quarters for National University
Bricks Fly as Rozine
ofOId Building Begins
On New York Avenue

The dream nearly every one has
had Of throwing bricks through 4
plate-glass window while q police
man stands by without interfering
came true for four co-eds today.
The girls, students at National
University Junior College, were given
the honor Of hurting bricks through
the windows Of q laundry at 1927
New York avenue NV, as the OPEN
ing move in the buildings destruc-
ton to mark the initial step in the
rebuilding, on its 18th anniversary,
of National University. Previous
quarters Of the school in the 800
block of Thirteenth street NV. were
taken over by the Government
July /.
The three-story building Is being
torn down so renovations for Ma
tional University's quarters next
door at 1925 New York avenue NV.
may be made, DR.. Milton I. Bald
niger, acting dean of the Law
School, said. The ground on which
the structure now stands will be
used as a parking lot for student
and faculty cars until materials are
available for building. Renovations
next door are expected to be COM
pleted in time for the university to
open its fall term in September.
Co-eds participating in the brick
throwing ceremony" were Misses
Juanita Lotion, Bill Twentieth
street NJ. Arlington, a secretary at
the Veterans Administration; Mary
Trapnell, 2420 Sixteenth street NV.
OF the Bureau OF Internal Revenue:
Jean Oakley, 1888 Beecher street
NV, of the War Shipping Board,
an Mary Glove. 1928 I street NE, q
secretary in the Justice Depart
ment. All are second-year students
at the University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
MoryIonders Pay U. S.
$3.50 Per Copito Tax
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
A Bureau of Internal Revenue re-
port showed today that Marylanders
paid an average of $16985 per capita
in Federal individual income and
withholding taxes during the year
ended June 30-an increase of nearly
LAT per cent over the previous years
figure of $68.77.
The average was computed on the
basis OF 2.091, 100 population, latest
Census Bureau estimate for Mary
land.
Total of individual income and
withholding taxes paid by Free
Staters in the 1914 fiscal year was
$So5 ,296, lot, $211 ,432,125 increase
over the 1913 aggregate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
By the Associated Press.

SOUTH BOSTON, Va, Aug. TO-
Proposals to remove restrictions on
local taxation for school financing
and to institute a sales tax to raise
additional State funds for schools
were before the State School Study
Commission today at the second
Of the series of public hearings
being conducted throughout the
State.
1t was said yesterday many To-
calities now are taking up to the
maximum amount allowed in taxes
and that any increase could be made
only after passage of State legis-
lation.
Senator A. E. S. Stephens, Isle
Of Wight, who presided during part
Of the hearing, said he believed
restrictions should be removed and
that localities should be allowed
to increase such taxation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Maryland AAA Spends
IS. 689. 941 in Year

Joseph H. Blandford, chairman OF
the Maryland Agricultural Adjust
ment Agency, said today that the
agency contributed $685., 94l dur
Ing the last fiscal year toward the
cost OF war food production, soil
conservation and anti-inflation pro-
grams in the State.
Among the States q counties,
Mr.. Blandford said, Montgomery
County farmers received $279 ,653
and Prince Georges County farmers
received 943.8 In AAA funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Harvest Show ToIks Set

Plans for organization Of the Ar
lington County Harvest Show, sched-
uled for September 1917, will be
discussed at q committee meeting at
8 pm. tomorrow In the Clarendon
Library, 1t was announced today.
Heads of the Arlington garden
groups have been invited to attend
the meeting. which Is also open 10
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Maryland Assembly
To Gel Proposals 10
Reduce Legislation
Amendments Would Add
To Powers of Counties,
Move Up DeodIine
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.-Four pro.
posed amendments to the State con-
stitution which State officials be-
lieve will reduce the average volume
of legislation before the General
Assembly by one-fourth to one-third
will be presented to the Legislative
Council Monday.
The amendments. drawn up by q
council subcommittee headed by
Senate President and Council Chair
man James ]. Lindsay, Democrat, OF
Baltimore County. would cut dras-
tically the amount of local legisla-
ton submitted by directing the as
sembly to:
l. Confer on county commits
sioners powers to deal directly in
such matters as fixing salaries Of
county employees and the purchase
and sale of real estate
2. Allow the commissioners to fix
compensation and expenses OF the
sheriff's Offices and Orphans Courts.
3. Prohibit the introduction of
new bills within 20 days of the
end of a legislative session rather
than the present Today deadline
Legislative leaders explained that
experience showed the bulk Of the
legislation introduced toward the
close of a session to be minor local
matters.
Presentation of the amendments
is expected to occupy all of Mon
days session.
The Maryland-D District of CO.
lumbia Hospital Association will
submit proposals relating to the
licensing of hospitals, while the
State Postwar Reconstruction and
Development Commission headed by
Roy Barton White. president of the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad, will
submit at least a preliminary report
as to its recommendation Tuesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
0'Conor Would He|p
Returning Servicemen
Seeks to Safeguard Stote
Employees in Service
BY the Associated preSS

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. lo.-Gov.
O'Conor today was determined to
seek new legislative safeguards of
the Unemployment rights of State
employees serving in the armed
forces.
The Governor said yesterday that
an actual case had disclosed failure
OF the present law to guarantee to
a returning veteran the position
which he would have been filing
had he not joined the armed forces.
Il consider this situation most
unfortunate" he said. Il am deter
mined to see it corrected in the next
legislative session." He added that
he would request the Legislative
Council to prepare an amendment
to the statute.
The Governor cited the case of
Raymond S. Smack, Worcester
countain and roads commission en-
ploye who was classified as a road
inspector when he entered the
armed services. When he returned,
Gov. O'Conor related, Mr.. Smack
found his co-workers had been up
graded by the Legislature to the
rank of road maintenance engineer
with salary increases.
Mr.. Smack was restored to his old
classification and given a wage raise,
the Governor said.
"A serviceman should not lose
anything because he served his
Nation" Gov. O'Conor declared. 81
go step further and say that
such an employe should be reim-
bursed for the losses he sustains
until the law is changed because it
would seem like plain justice to
provide against financial impair
ment by reason of the inaoeuuacy
OF the law to cover all such stu
ations."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Reward Boosted
For Clue Solving
Park Staying
JeweIer Adds 500
As Erickson Case
Still Battles Police

Police reported no progress to.
day In their efforts to locate the
murderer Of the young woman killed
Sunday by a colored purse-snatchel
In Rock Greek Park. A $500 reward
was offered by the department late
yesterday for any information lead.
Ing to the killers arrest.
The reward was increased to $500
later by Arthur Markell, a jeweler
at $40 F street NV, who telephoned
the police to say he would pay the
added 500 to anyone who gave
them information that would solve
the case.
The body of Miss Frances Erick.
son, 80, architectural designer, who
was fatally stabbed as she strolled
through the park at midday, was
to arrive today at her home town
Barber, Mont, for burial.
Barrett Reports No Clues.
Inspector Robert j. Barrett, CHIEF
OF detectives, said there have been
no developments in the case. Park
police, in whose jurisdiction the crime
occurred, also said they had nothing
to report.
Shocked by the crime, the public
was reporting to the police anything
that seemed to have the slightest
clue to the case.
Two colored men wearing blood
stained clothing were held for ques-
tioning in No. police station, in U
street near Eighth street NV.
Six to Be Questioned.
A cleaners branch store reported
some blood-stained clothes had been
left for cleaning.
Six colored men picked up for
lettering were to be questioned in
the homicide bureau at headquar-
tiers today in the hope they might
be able to divulge pertinent informa-
ton.
Military police turned over to
homicide detectives q battered coin
purse found on one of the high.
way approaches to the Pentagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Arlington Board Meeting
On Water System Called

The Arlington County Board will
hold a special meeting at $50 am.
tomorrow, it was announced today
by Leo C. Lloyd, chairman.
Mr.. Lloyd said he called the meet
ing at the request of County Man.
ager Frank Hanrahan to consider
some important matters pertaining
to expansion of the county water
system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Virginia War Fund Quota
Set at $1,90o,oo0
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 10-The
minimum goal for Virginia in the
National War Fund campaign,
which begins October and con-
tinues through November l, will be
81 900, 000 The national goal this
year will be $3.50, 900 900, which will
include the sums being raised for
local use by community funds.
Gov. Darden will continue to serve
as honorary president of the Vir-
ginia War Fund with John Stewart
Bryan as senior vice president and
Virginia's representative on the ma
tional organization,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Letter Charges
Pope Made Deal
With Roosevelt
Sedition Trial Exhibit
Claims Catholic Vote
Promised in 1886


Remaining In the record at the
sedition trial in District Court to-
day, over strenuous defense attempts
to exp,lnge 1t, was a purported letter
from defendant describing Pope
Plus XII, then Cardinal Pacelli,
papal secretary of state, as one of q
little group that discussed with
President Roosevelt aboard a Pull
man car in 1886 delivery" of the
Catholic vote.
The exhibit showed Eugene N.
Sanctuary Of New York, a defend
ant, writing another defendant,
William Dudley Policy, former leader
Of the Silver Shirts, about the
deal" According to the letter,
others who attended the confer
ence" were James A. Farley, the late
Cardinal Mundelein, the late Bishop
Michael James Gallagher, Detroit,
and All unnamed member of Con-
gress. The letter, dated July 81,
1941. said:
THE deal which you referred to
about the delivery of the 1896 Cath
olic vote was made on a Pullman
when Roosevelt, Farley, Mundelein,
Gallagher, Pacelli (now Pope) and
q Congressman were present. am
sworn to secrecy about the name of
the member of the House"
Sanctuary Cites Photostat.
Sanctuary also wrote: In showing
your article on Father Coughlin to
a Catholic friend she remarked that
her church never told its members
how to vote. You probably have
plenty Of evidence to Offset this,
but 1 have a photostat where a list
of candidates to be voted on in
Pittsburgh were marked by the
archbishop for the benefit of his
parishioners."
Pelley's attorney, William j. Pow
ers, Chicago. led the defense attack
on the exhibit. Mr.. Powers said
that as a Catholic he protested
against injecting a religious issue
which had no bearing on the charge,
in the indictment that the rs de-
PENDANTS conspired to undermine
the loyalty of the armed forces.
Mr.. Powers called the exhibit IAN
attempt to smear the Catholic
church, which every Catholic will
resent"
Warns Of Chicago Reaction.
Turning to Chief Prosecutor o.
John Rogge, the defense attorney
added: And this is not going to
help your gang in ChicageIll tell
you that"
Mr.. Rogge read the letter to the
fury. The Government has charged
that the defendants employed the
Nazi technique of stirring up racial
and religious intolerance in prepar-
ing the way for a revolt designed to
set up national socialist state In
this country.
In another letter to Pelley placed
In the record, Sanctuary outlined
difficulties he had encountered, add
ing: THE hatred against me started
when published Tainted Contacts.
which exposed the Federal Council
Of Churches Of Christ" The council
Is a Protestant organization.
The letters were among more than
200 documents seized by the FBI in
\ raid on Pelleys publishing plant at
Noblesville, Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Fairfax County Police
Arrest 263 Durino july

Capt. Carl r. Mcintosh, chief OF
the Fairfax County police, reports
that his department made 1853 ar
rests in July, trafic violations lead
Ing with 100. and drunkenness Sec
ond with 81. Property reported
stolen during the month was valued
at $l,181.50, and stolen property
recovered was valued at $7,467.
The police investigated Il motor
vehicle accidents In which three
persons were killed, and seven in
1ured. Eight accidents resulted IN
property damage only.