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Evening star., 1944-07-15
Demitros ka|onturos Dies;
Wholesale Fruit Merchant

Demitros N. Kalonturos, 50, World
War veteran and resident of WASH
ington for 80 years. died Thursday
after months illness at the Vet
Grams Hospital, Kecoughtan. Va. He
lived at 927 Quincy street NV.
A native of Gythion. Greece, Mr..
Kalonturos had been in the whole
sale fruit business since coming to
Washington in 1914. In recent years
his place of business was located at
1888 Fifth street NE. He received
his early education in Greece and
attended Strayer's Business College.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Georgia Kalonturos; a son, Nick.
and two daughters, Demetra and
Ourania Kalonturos, all of Wash
ington.
Funeral services will be held at
l:30 pm. Monday at Chambers fu-
neral home, followed by services at
st. Sophias S Greek Church at 2 pm.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
tery.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
usLeaves Hartford
For Florida Quarters
BY the Associated Press.

0y Inc ASSOClnLe0 fLeS8s
HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 15.-
Ringing Bros red and yellow circus
train, in three long sections, pulled
out Of Hartford this morning. bound
for winter quarters in Sarasota,
Fla, and rehabilitation from the
disastrous fire of July S.
Spokesman for the circus said
the show would be reconditioned
and sent back on the road.
Preparations for the journey
started last night and continued
until 8 am today, when the last
of the three sections pulled out of
the yards. The remnants of the
main tent, in the flaming ruins of
which l62 persons lost their lives,
were left behind for the investiga-
ton still in progress.
Some Of the circus personnel also
remained behind. Coroner Frank e.
Healy said his inquest would con-
tinue next week, but asserted that
he did not know how many of the
circus employees were still to be
questioned.
Permission for the circus to move
its physical properties was granted
by Superior Court Judge John w
King after the circus had put up a
bond and other assets totaling ap-
proximately $1,000 900.
Lawsuits totaling more than q
million already have been filed and
it was estimated that such suits will
amount to about fve million.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Mrs. John n. B|ankenship
To Be Buried Today

Funeral services for Mrs Edna E.
Blankenship, wife OF John H. Blank
enship, Bureau of Engraving and
Printing employe, who died Wednes-
day at her home. 22l5 Chester street
Sc, after long illness. will be held
at 2:30 pm. today at the Chambers
Southeast funeral home. The Rev.
James Mier, pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church. will officiate at
the services to be followed by burial
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Born in Orton, Ohio, Mrs. Blank
enship moved to Charleston. w. Va.
as girl. Her marriage took place
there in October, 1904. The couple
came to this city n years ago when
Mr.. Blankenship entered the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing. -
Mrs. Blankenship was a member
Of the Ladies Aid Society of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church and the
Pochantas Society, which held a
special service in her home last
night.
Besides her husband she leaves a
son, Pvt. Cecil L. Blankenship. now
stationed at Camp Livingston, La.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Mrs. Josephine Talks Dies;
Gold Star Mothers Official

Mrs. Josephine Talks. 70, of 633
Columbia road NV. national treas
urer Of the American Gold Star
Mothers for the last seven years.
died yesterday in a Denver Colo. }
hospital after Today illness. Mrs.
Talks had been visiting her daugh-
ter Mrs. George Corriveau, in
Denver.
A charter member of the Gold
Star Mothers. Mrs. Talks had at
tended all of the national conven-
tions before they were discontinued
in l941 for the duration OF the
war. Her only son. Parker Talks.
an infantryman, lost his life in the
last war.
Mrs. Talks was the widow of
Charles Talks, and had spent most
OF her married life in Washington.
Active in civic groups. she was a
member of the George E. Killeen
Unit of the American Legion and
the chaplain of the District Wom-
ems Auxiliary Of the American
Legion, member Of the Eastern
Star and the Church of the Epiph-
any. A native of Philadelphia, she
was the daughter OF the late Joseph
and Laura Parkinson.
Besides her daughter, she leaves
brother, Robert Parkinson of this
city, and sister, Mrs. Charles Lam
dram. Luray, Va.
Funeral services and burial will
be held on Monday in Denver.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
CoIored War Writer Back
With Praise for Davis Unit

Lem Graves. jr., one of the few
colored newspaper correspondents
accredited to the armed forces
overseas, returned to the United
States this week and is spending a
few days with his wife, Mrs. Theora
w. Graves. and their 3-year-old
daughter at the home of Mrs.
Minnie Peace Hackney, 113O Seventh
street NE.
Mr.. Graves has been on the stan
of the Norfolk (Va.) Journal and
Guide and went to Italy last Decem-
Der to write about the activities of
the two colored flying units and
other colored troops in that theater.
He had high praise for the flying
unit headed by Col. Benjamin o.
Davis, jr., which has been mentioned
in oficial communicates for its ex-
pioits in combat with the enemy.
After leaving Italy, he went to
London, where he spent all OF June
and the early part of this month
before f1ying back to the United
States. He plans a lecture tour
after returning to his newspaper
next week,
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Harold {. Lycette, Retired
Star Pressman, Dies at S

Harold Campbell Lycette, IS, re-
tired pressman of The Evening Star,
died Of heart attack early today
at his home. 10 Randolph place NV.
A native Of Cambridge, Mass, he
came to this city as a boy with his
father, the late John J. Lycette, an
employe Of the Government Print
ing Office. He served his apprentice
ship in the pressroom of the WASH
ington Post. where he was employed
for approximately 10 years. He was
employed in the pressroom' of The
Star for 26 years before Ill health
forced his retirement in Septem-
ber, 1912.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Florence Finch Lycette, a native of
Washington; two sons. serving over
seas. Staff Sergt. Harold F. Lycette
now in England, and Robert F. Ly-
'cette, watertender. third class, with
the Navy in the Pacific: one sister,
Mrs. Harry C. De Groot, Washing
ton, and brother, John Lycette,
Nashua, N. H.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. Monday at the residence
High requiem mass will be celebrat-
ed at 9 am. at St. Martins Church.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Gen. Roosevelt Buried
In Normandy; Son and
High Officers Attend |
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
UNITED STATES 4th DIVISION
CEMETERY IN FRANCE, July l5.-
Machine guns ratified in the distance
and anti-aircraft fire brust in far
away clouds as military funeral
services were held In the Normandy
twilight last night for Brig. Gen.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr.
The generals son, Quentin,
watched as his fathers body was
lowered in the French soil on which
he had fought in two wars against
German aggression Quentin is a
captain in the Fighting 1st" Divi-
sion, which was his fathers favorite.
Beside the grave were six gen.
erals, including 1t. Gen. Omar N.
Bradley. in command of all Ameri-
can troops in France.
Other High Officers Attend.
Others included high-ranking Of
ficers of the 1st Division and the
4th Division. of which Gen. Roose-
welt was assistant commander when
he died of q heart attack Wednes-
day.
The divisional band headed the
procession down the long aisle be-
tween rows of white painted crosses.
Behind it came the firing squad and
color guard bearing the American
and 4th Division flags.
Col. Peter c. Schroeder, 1st Di-
vision Army chaplain and former
pastor of the Lutheran Church of
the Messiah, Flushing, N. Y, and
1t. Col. James A. Bryant, Crystal
Springs, Miss. 4th Division chap
lain, preceded the flag-covered
coffin, carried on an armored truck.
French Toss Flowers in Grave.
Eight enlisted men, the pallbear-
ers, placed the coffin beside the
grave Chaplain Schroeder intoned
the l30th and 123d Psalms and
Gloria Patri" Chaplain Bryant
prayed that those around the grave
take up Gen. Roosevelt's duties so
that the cause he served so nobly
will never fail
Eight riflemen fired three volleys
over the grave. After taps were
sounded, scores of patriotic French
resistance leaders and their families
tossed fresh white and red roses
into the open grave,
Evening star., 1944-07-15
American Air|ines Opens
Sky Freiqbter Service
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 15.-The first
American Airlines sky freighter,
carrying 6.720 pounds of freight and
mail, took off from La Guardia Field
on transcontinental flight at 1884
a m. today.
The flight inaugurated the use of
three freight planes on the lines
daily transcontinental cargo service,
which has been operating since
August. l943. with passenger planes.
The plane was scheduled to stop
in Memphis, Fort Worth and Ell Paso
and to arrive in Los Angeles tonight.
The sky freighters were among Is
planes returned to American Airlines
by the Army and are actually con-
verted sky sleepers.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
BronsonWinthrop,8 80,
Former Law Partner
Of Stimson $, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

by lIle ASSOCIATED freSS.
NEW YORK, July 15.-Bronson
Winthrop. 80, former law partner of
Secretary of War Stimson and a
leader in society and charitable en-
terprises, died yesterday at his sum-
mer home near Syosset, Long Island
Mr. Winthrop was senior partner
in the firm of Winthrop. Stimson,
Putnam & Roberts, of which Secre-
tary Stimson was the second part
ner until his appointment by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the cabinet.
Born in New York City, a son of
Edgerton Leigh and Mrs. Charlotte
Bronson Winthrop, Mr.. Winthrop
took an A. B. degree at Trinity COL
lege, Cambridge, England, in 1886.
and his A. M. there in 1889. In 1891
he won his LII. B. at Columbia Uni
versity. He had practiced law in
New York since then, from 1893 to
1897 with the firm of Root, Howard,
Winthrop & Stimson, Of which
Elihu Root was partner.
In 1901 Mr.. Winthrop and Mr..
Stimson formed their own law firm.
Mr.. Winthrop was director of
the Bank of Manhattan Co., a
trustee of the American Surety Co.
and honorary vice president of the
Community Service Society. He
was elected to the vice presidency
of the Charity Organization Society
in 1884 and served until 1899. when
that body was amalgamated with
the New York Association for I'M
proving the Condition of the Poor
into the Community Service So
ciety.
Interested in Charities.
His interest in New York City
charities had been keen all his life,
and in 1910 he became a member of
the Charity Organization Society S
Committee on Criminal Courts, re-
manning until 1885, when ne was
made its chairman. The commit
tee, through cooperation with a
group of city magistrates, was sue
cessful in drafting and securing
Legislation for setting up a new
specialized Family Court separate
from the criminal court system.
Mr.. Winthrop was not married
He is survived by -in-law
Mrs Edgerton L. Winthrop of New
York.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Use Of Newsprint Cut
16.4% Under Year AGO
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. July 15.-The Ma
tons newspapers cut their use of
newsprint paper last month 1874 per
cent under the quantity used in June
of last year and 2l2 per cent under
the amount used in the same month
OF 194l, base year for conservation
rules, report of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
showed today.
Newspapers reporting to the as
sociation-they account for about IS
per cent of all newsprint usage
consumed 19l,077 tons in June.
against 220450 year earlier and
242 ,404 tons in the 194l month.
For the six months reporting
papers used l,168,525 tons, or 16.l
per cent less than in the first half
Of l943. and 20.4 per cent less than
in the first half of l941.
Publishers supplies averaged 81
days needs at the end of June. COM
pared with 81 days requirements at
the end of May.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Single U. S. Flyer Lands
Burning Fortress SofeIy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A UNITED STATES 9th AIR
FORCE BOMBER STATION IN
ENGLAND. July 15.-Alone in a
burning Flying Fortress over Eng
land. 1t. Edwin Martens of Ogallala.
Nebr, stuck with the plane to pre-
vent it from crashing into resi-
Dental area of London, subdued the
fire, and finally brought the Bit to
a safe landing.
He was preparing to follow the
crewmen who had parachuted from
the bomb-laden plane when he de-
cided to try to prevent the ship from
falling into London. He partially
quelled the blaze, so hot it was
melting armor plate, by beating it
with an empty bag.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
|vichy Reports Death
OF MandeI in Shift
Ito Another Prison
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July l5.-Georges Nam
del, 50. . French leader who tried
to establish . government in North
Africa to carry on the war against
Germany after France fell In 1910,
was reported by the Nazi-controlled
Vichy radio last night to have been
killed while being transferred from
one prison to another"
While being taken from the prison
De Ia Sante to the French peniten-
tiary service, the car in which Man
del was travelling was attacked on
the road and during the ensuing
struggle M. Mandel was killed." said
the Vichy account, which gave no
date or other details of the episode.
1t was believed he might have been
killed when French patriots ate
tempted to rescue him.
Mandel was Minister Of the In
terror In Premier Paul Reynaud's
cabinet when France fell.
Reputed to have more secret in
formation on French politicians
than any other man in the world,
Mandel had been in Vichy or Ger
Evening star., 1944-07-15
6. ". U. Board Secretary
Critically III in Frederick

Harry c. Davis. SS. secretary of
the Board of Trustees of George
Washington University, is critically
i'll at Frederick Md Hospital, it
was learned today
Mr.. Davis become suddenly i'll at
his summer home at Braddock
Heights, Md, near Frederick, about
five days ago, according to his physi-
sian. DR.. A. T. Brice of Jefferson, Md.
His condition has become worse in
the last two days. DR.. Brice said. His
illness was described as heart con-
dition with complications.
Mr.. Davis is a we'll known edu-
Gator. He has been faculty MEM
Der at George Washington and for
merly operated his own private
school. He is one of the oldest
living trustees of the university. He
graduated from the institution when
it was known as Columbian College.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Thomas ". 0zIin, 50,
Virginia Corporation
Commissioner, Dies
By the Associated Press.

6y toc ASbOCl4beQ fIesA.
RICHMOND, Va, July Estate
Corporation Commissioner Thomas
william Ozlin, 60, for more than q
quarter Of century q leading polit-
ical figure in Virginia. died last
night at st. Luke's Hospital here.
Mr.. Ozlin had been critically Ill
for several days and members of his
family were at the bedside. His
health had been failing since spring.
Native Of Lunenburg.
A native Of Lunenburg County,
Mr.. Ozlin worked his way through
the University of Richmond, where
he received a law degree In 1909. He
started practice in Kenbridge a year
later.
He was elected Mayor Of Ken
bridge, his first political ONCE, In
1912. Three years later ne lost a
close race for the General Assem-
bly,, but made a successful campaign
for the House of Delegates in 1917
and remained in that body until re-
tirement in 1928.
He was best known in the House
for his sponsorship of a resolution
calling for an investigation of the
State Highway Department. Sena-
tor Byrd, then a member of the Vir-
ginia Senate, sponsored an identical
resolution, which led to a reorgani-
zation of the Highway Department
under legislation bearing the label,
"Ozlin-Byrd bill"
Joined With Byrd.
Mr.. Ozlin joined with Senator
Byrd in the successful campaign for
a pay-as-you-go plan for construc-
ton Of roads in Virginia. He served
as Speaker Of the House at the 1928
session and then returned to his law
practice and farming and banking
interests in Lunenburg County.
He was named to the Corporation
Commission by Gov. Pollard in 1888
to succeed George C. Peery, who re-
signed from the commission to be-
come a candidate for Governor.
Mr.. Ozlin wrote a number of opin-
ions while on the Corporation Com
mission bench.
Frequently mentioned as a possi-
BILE candidate for Governor, Mr.. o.
lin announced late in 1910 that he
expected to be a candidate for that
off1ce the following year, but o few
months later he withdrew.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
In mrntnrtant
HARVEY. FANNIE J. In low

HARVEY. FANNIE J. In loving memory
Of my dear mother, FANNIE J. HARVEY
who departed this life four years ago
July ] ). 1880
Days of sadness still come over me,
Hidden tears so often flow:
Memory keeps you always near me,
DEvo1ED DAUGHTER, LAURA M HAIR
VEY DRIVER.
HENDERSON. ELLA. In loving mem
ory Of ELLA HENDERSON, who departed
1910.
Loved in LIE. remembered in death
A gGy ggGEyyoTED FRIEND, JAMES NJ. RoBER-
HERRELL. LUCY NJ. In loving memory
3 q II our Sa Pe,o,ed mother LUCY NJ HER;
four years ago July -, 1870.
Peacefully sleeping, resting n last.
LIES weary trials and suffering are past.
In silence you suffered. in patience you
Until God called you home to suffer no
more.
Sincere and kind in heart and nina.
What beautiful memory you left behind
Mother; who gave us the best of her life,
VINO cherished our secrets. our sorrows
Who taught us to love, who taught us to
Our mother in Heaven. God bless her
HER r. DEVOTED HUSBAND AND Chill
DttEN.
LENNON. ADDIE R. In loving memory
july is, 1895.
Deep in our hearts lies a picture
In memory's frame We shall keep it,
Because she was one of the best.
Our hearts still ache with sadness,
our eyes have shed many tears;
God only Knows how we miss her
,iro
When we think of you dear mother.
And the happy days gone by.
Our hearts still ache with sadness
YoGR Ahs 'fa5S Gov1Se sss' pASeHERs ntG Gg fsss LILLE
AND EVA.
LYDDANE, MARY f. In sad but loving
remembrance of my dear mother. MARY E
LYDDANE, who departed this life three
years ago today, July 5. 1871.
Gone, but not forgotten
TRUDE L. PIERCE.
LYDDANE. MARY ELIZABETH. In
saered rsmsmbIanse IN sn Of my beloved mother.
tered into the Joy of eternal peace July
| 3, 1941
Wherever, tt ere be light we will hear her
HatlnE Tin r,,Es the flesh that would contound
INN 5rtal kindred of the lesser meek,
Disciple of the legion who were kind.
MORTIMER.
NEsBY. MRS. LAURA COOPER. In
loving memory of our beloved one, Mrs
LAURA COOPER NEsBY, who departed
this life ten years ago today. July Is.
1884.
Our hearts still ache with sadness,
Our eyes shed many tears;
God only knows how we miss you
At the end of ten saddened years.
Out of the past comes a memory.
Sweet as the angels above;
Sleep dear Utt1e ono
For you still have our love:
DEVOTED FAMILY.
O., NJ. C.. U. S. A.. AND LAvINIA r. A
ther, serst, THORNTON X. RICHARD
SON, Q. NJ. c., u. S. A., who left us May
10. 1922. and our devoted mother. La
V1N1A P. RICHARDSON. who entered eter-
nal rest four years ago today, July Is,
No fortune or fame can ever compare
And of all Gods gifts, there isn't smother
So precious and wonderful as our dear
mother.
If ever q love existed,
IT ever sweet flower grew;
If ever soul filled its mission on earth,
Then, mother. it certainly was you
THE FAMILY.
SWINSON, EDWARD. In tender mem
ory of my father. EDWARD SWINSON,
July Is, 1887.
MY heart cannot tell how I miss you.
My lips do not known what to say:
God only krows my feelings.
Which hide under my smiles today.
DEVOTED % DAUGHTER, MAUDE o.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
National U. Launches
81 information Unit

A bureau to furnish information
to servicemen on the educational
benefits guaranteed to them under
the &c. I. bill of rights" opened yes
terday at National University.
DR.. Milton I. Baldinger has been
appointed adviser to veterans. His
Office, in the school at 1928 New York
avenue NV, will help any eligible
veteran to make out an application
for the free instruction provided in
the bill
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Youth to Face TriuI
Observation-Disclosures

Barry w. Mulligan, II, of the 5000
block Of Northampton street NV,
was ordered by Trial Magistrate
Albert E. Brault in Bethesda Police
Court yesteray to appear before
Judge Frank Proctor of the Mont
gomery County Juvenile Court on a
charge of manslaughter.
Mulligan was arraigned two weeks
ago before Judge Brualt in connec-
ton with the trafiic death May 10
OF William Howe, 48, Brentwood.
Decision in the case was withheld,
however, until yesterday.
Judge Brault said that Mulligan,
who Is under Is, would be tried in
Juvenile Court. The youth was re-
leased under $4,000 bond pending his
appearance Thursday before Judge
Proctor.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Gen. RooseveIt's Mother
Takes Blow Calmly

BROOKLYN, Conn, July is lP).-
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, mother of
Brig Gen. Theodore Roosevelt and
widow of the President, yesterday
took the news of her sons death in
Normandy calmly and composed
with a sorrow obviously controlled, .
said the Rev. j. r. Jones, pastor of
the Episcopal church here.
The Rev. Mr.. Jones reported he
called on Mrs. Roosevelt at her
ancestral summer home Mortlake
Manor, and while we didn't discuss
the death of her son very much. she
said she had learned of it through
a member of the family and had
read it this morning
Mrs. Roosevelt talked little
about her other sons, too" the min
lister added, mentioning that she
didn't know that the general had
had a bad heart"
Evening star., 1944-07-15
James 6. Williams, Former
Virginia Legislator, Dies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CULPEPER, Va, July 15.-James
Green Williams, "a. former member
Of the Virginia House of Delegates
from Rappahannock and Culpeper
Counties, died at his home here
yesterday after having been an in
valid for several years.
A lumberman and farmer, he was
a member Of the House in the regu-
lar sessions Of 1925 and 1892 and the
special sessions Of 1927 and 1888.
Mr.. Williams was a member Of
the Episcopal Church, the Masons,
the Elks, Knights Of Pythias and
the Society of the Cincinnati.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Jessie
Wood Williams, he is survived by
three sons and two daughters. They
are Capt. G. M. Williams, Rich
mond: DR.. James G.. Williams, jr.,
and William Williams, Culpeper;
Mrs. Douglas Mcmillan, Red
Springs. N. c.. and Mrs. Charles
Rowe. Dallas, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. today from the residence.
Burial will be in Fairview Gene
tery
Evening star., 1944-07-15
5,816 Get Decorations
For Flights on D-doy
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 15.-Ninth Air
Force men who flew in gliders and
sky trains on D-day were decorated
yesterday with Air Medals and Oak
Leaf Clusters by their commander
Brig Gen. Paul Williams of Detroit.
There were 5,8l6 decorations
awarded-42 OF them posthumously
and SO others were sent to relatives
of those missing in action. 1t is
known that four of the latter are
prisoners of war.
The Air Medal usually has been
awarded for five missions. Most of
these men were on their first combat
mission when they went into France
Evening star., 1944-07-15

man hands since shortly after the
fall OF France. The Italian radio on
July %. 1910. said he was arrested
in Spanish Morocco and taken to
Algiers on charges of plotting
against the French government.
Marshal Petains government jailed
him, along with Reynaud, former
Premier Leon Blum and Gen. Maui
rice Gamelin. on war guilt" charges,
but he never was tried.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Mrs. W. S. Humphreys
Funeral Rites Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Winfield
Scott Humphreys, who died Thurs
day at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. Hilleary o. Rose, 1926 Colesville
road, Silver Spring. after a long ILL.,
ness. were held today at the Warner
E. Pumphrey funeral home in Silver
Spring. Burial was in Cedar Hill
Cemetery
Mrs. Humphreys spent most of her
life in Indianapolis. where her late
husband was in business. She came
to Silver Spring about IS years ago.
to live with her daughter, her only
survivor.