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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Shrine Circus Set
For Opening tonight

Circus fans at the zopening per-
Torrance tonight of the 30-act
SaSanes show Viii leave the Uline
Arena to witness the ANAL act when
Miss Victoria Zacchini Is shot from
4 cannon 400 yards through the air.
The size Of. the cannon brought
emergency measures yesterday wheg,
all efforts to wheel it into the arena
failed and it was decided that the
stunt should be performed In the
open air. Permission to rope Oh
Third street between l. and NJ street
was granted by Mai. Edward j.
Kelly, police superintendent, and
Miss Zacchini, the only woman ever
to be shot from . cannon, agreed to
the change.
Proceeds from the circus, which
opens at $50 pm. tonight. will 60
for the maintenance OF Is Shrine
sponsored Crippled Children's Hos
pitfalls throughout the Nation. The
third annual production put on by
the Shriners, the show will con-
tinue through next Sunday with
seven evening performances and
six matinees beginning tomorrow.
Almas Temple and Eastern Star
organizations will jointly sponsor
tonight's performance which in
cludes among It's 30 acts q wild ami
NAL exhibit In which the trainer
|unarmed, handles a group Of tigers
and the, Peaches Sky Revue. :.
Tickets for the three-ring bene-
1T show are now on sale at Ballads
134o g street NV; >Almas- Temple
1915 K street NV, and at Uline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Hartford Citizens Group
Maps Postwar Job: Plans
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BEL AIR. Md, Mar. ia Har-
ford County Citizens Committee an
Inounced yesterday formation OF
postwar employment plans for serv-
icemen and civilians and claimed
their county was the hrst in Mary
land to do 30. SO
Col. Sidney Smith, who presided
at the organisation meeting OF the
Citizens Committee on Postwar Re-
employment, said the county hoped
to handle It's own back.to-wurk
problems without Federal or State
help. ..,.
The committee Of businessmen
and farmers. representing 10, indus
tries, planned to compile informa-
ton on available jobs and the num-
Der Of servicemen and civilians who
would be unemployed at the wars
end.
Charles G. Cooley, rehabilitation
officer for Draft Board No. /, Bel
Air, explained that returned service
men would be instructed to file job
applications with their draft boards
which would In turn refer the re-
|Quests to the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Montgomery Dates Sc
For TubercuIar Tests
Silver Spring, Bethesda
Step Up Campaign

Plans for holding early diagnosis
clinics In Bethesda and Silver
Spring have been completed by the
Montgomery County tuberculosis
Association, it was announced today
by Mrs. Dexter Billiard, Rockville,
president.
With the cooperation of the
Montgomery County Health De-
partment, clinics will be held at the
Silver Spring Health Center from
am. to noon and from / to pm
Thursday and Friday. The Be-
thesda clinics will be held at the
Health Center In the Suburban
Hospital on Georgetown road Sat-
urday and April 3, during the sam.
hours.
These X-ray clinics are being
financed by the Christmas Seal
contributions Of county residents
Mrs. William N. Morel, Seal Sale
chairman, has reported that 49,
498.l has been raised from the sale
Of Christmas Seals, exceeding the
previous year by about $4.500.qts
There is no charge for Xrrsys
takensat the acknowledgements elirAes,
Mrs. Billiard said, and employers
and employees Of indvstEies In SilHer
Spring land Bethesda = are urged
to cooperate by attending the
clinics
DR.. v. L. Ellicott, Montgomery
County health omcer. has stated
that this early diagnosis campaign
Is an intense joint effort. by the
county tuberculosis Association and
the Health Department to find I'M
discovered cases in order to reduce
the sources of infection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

him who mails i've copies Of it to
friends within "a hours that Oracle
Fields won $4,000 four days after
following the magic formula. A GER
tain Or. Ambrose" the letter says,
did even better, winning IS $50" but
then broke the chain" and lost
1t all.
The present virus Of the disease,
which has had periodic outbreaks for
centuries, seems harmless enough.
No money is asked from those who
receive the letter. They are merely
let In on good thing" provided
they keep the chain unbroken.
But these magic chains, as the
Post Once Department often has
pointed out in the past, are q head
ache to postal authorities and may
become q serious drain on letter
carrier nanpower In time Of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
lsNRshoniinq
&Remmde.yga

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, blue stamps A-s, B-8,
CO, D-8 and E-8 valid through
May 20. Blue stamps F-S, G-8, H-8,
J-8 and KS valid Saturday
through June 20. Each stamp
worth 10 points. Blue tokens are
being used as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps AS, B-8, C-S, D-8, E-8
and F-8 good through May 20. Red
stamps G-8. H@ and J-a good
through June 10. Stamps ks,
LIB and Ms good April 8 through
June Is. Each stamp worth
10 points. Red tokens are being
used as change.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn In.
Sugar-Book No. 4, stamp 30 valid
for pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for S pounds
for home canning through Febru-
airy 70. 1945. Stamp No. 81 good
for 5 pounds beginning April /.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
8 gallons through May 8. b.,
ca, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for 5 gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 4 coupons valid
through September 30. Period No.
5 coupons valid through Septem-
Der 80. All good for 10 gallons per
unit. Consumers In this area
should not have used more than
81 per cent Of their total yearly
fuel oil ration as Of today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Newest Chain Letter Promises
Luck of London to Writers

The old chain letter has had q
current revival.
This time it is the "luck Of Lon
don" that Is being passed around
the world by superstitious people who
promise good fortune to those who
keep the chain intact, but warn
those who break it that bad luck"
awaits.
The letter, which is said to have
been started by an American Army
oficer in London and passed around
the world four times, has been re-
ceiyed by number of Washington
citizens. Apparently the disease is
epidemic in the services. One such
letter received here bears the adj
dress: ~. s. S. Convoy 1901, A. p.
O., San Francisco" &
Recipients are told that 50 power
full Il the charm. Of the letter for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Mrs. Otto Appointed
Physioh,erapist

Mrs. Barbara Gilmore Otto has
been appointed physiotherapist for
the crippled children's program for
Arlington County, it was announced
today by Mrs. Laura T. Boldin,
chairman of the 1nfantile Paralysis
Foundation Chapter.
Mrs. Boldin said Mrs. Otto will be
attached to the staff of the County
Health Department and associated
with DR.. o. Anderson Engh, who
conducts crippled children's clinics
the first Saturday in each month at
the Health Department building,
1900 North Edison street.
A native Of Connecticut, Mrs. Otto
received her training at the Junior
College of Physiotherapy, New
Haven. She was a technician and
later physical therapist at the Gen
eral Hospital, Fresno, Calf, in 1s41
and 1912.
Mrs. Boldin also announced ap-
pointment of Mrs. Marguerite z.
Baughman as the chapters pub
licity director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

early war in the Pacific seems, he
says, like the good old days" Then
the life of the bomber pilot was
free and easy. He did not have to
keep In formation. He largely
picked his own target. II he
couldn't get to 1t there was nothing
to prevent him picking out another.
He was essentially . lone wolf Of
the skies.
But today, he explains, air war
fare Is q mater OF almost split-sec-
ond coordination. Quite rigid
formations must be maintained. IF
you don't keep the formation" he
says, you Just don't come back
and that's all. Probably the most
difficult part of raid is getting .
big formation together at the as
sembly point before making the
mass drive across Europe and II 4
squadron or group is q few minutes
late they might as well 60 back to
England and wait for another day.
Living conditions are better. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Sparks Asks Senate
To Probe WiI|kie
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Mar. 27.-Chargins
that prominent and interested in
ternationalists" were spending large
sums to effect the nomination Of
Wendell L. Willkie, c. Nelson
Sparks, former Mayor of Akron,
Ohio, said he will send a letter to
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, Of West
Virginia, demanding immediate in.
vestigation of charges in his book.
"One Man, Wendell Willkie."
He said yesterday the letter would
remind Senator Kilgore, chairman
iof subcommittee OF, the Senate
Elections Comuitteee Of ,eharges IN
1.-THE book ofrMkh prssshs af a.
|egates through coercion and free
use Of money and the like,n,-at
sthe 1915 hRepAblican5 -convesf@oc,
(which he AAid I,shoufd -..bE invest
gated now 50 as to prevent II hap-
pening again In 1914.
The letter said that in view of Mr..
WILKES current activities as an
avowed candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination, 1T
must be perfectly apparent to the
Nation that large sums Of money
again are being spent by prominent
and interested internationalists' to
nominate President Roosevelt's last
opponent"
In Milwaukee, Mr.. Willkie said:
The picture is becoming clearer
every day. c. Nelson Sparks writes
a book from which indictments for
forgery result. Sparks refers to Ger
aid L. K. Smith and Col. Mccormick,
plumps for both. AS I previously
urged, I do hope the Senate investi-
gates"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Montgomery Service Ballot
To Be Mailed Saturday

Montgomery County supervisors
Of elections expect to begin mailing
ballots to servicemen for the May
primary on Saturday, the day after
the deadline for Withdrawals.
One thousand Democratic and
1000 Republican ballots have been
ordered. Since there is only one
Democratic contest in the county,
that party's ballot will list only the
i've candidates for the Senate nom
nation. ...-.
The Republican ballot will carry
the name of Wendell WilIkie as q
candidate for the presidential NOM
nation as we'll as space to permit
voting in favor Of an uninstructed
delegation to the State Republican
Convention. It will, also list the
names OF four senatorial candidates
and Of IA candidates for State con-
vention delegates. Seven delegates
will be chosen. -..--.--..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
K. ofC. Chief Says Press
kaligns Fires Neutrality
by the Associated Press.

ny Ine ASS0cIAtEd freSS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Mar. IT.
Fra 'lcis p. Matthews of Omaha
Nebr., supreme knight of the
Knights of Columbus, charged yes
terday that Fires refusal to DUST
diplomats Of the Axis powers was
receiving "prejudicial, biased and
unfair treatment -" : tn the Ameri-
can press"
MI. Matthews, speaking at a COM
munion breakfast here, did not
question the right OF the United
States to ask Fire to remove Ger
man and Japanese representatives
from the country, but he asserted /:
THE principles of the Atlantic
Charter, If they mean anything,
should be, observed, and their OBJ
servance would seem to exclude the
maligning Of q neutral nation for
insisting on the democratic right of
maintaining its neutrality, espe-
cially when that neutrality, as il
well known, has been most benevol-
ent 20 far as the United Nations are
concerned" :.
Mr.. Matthews made his comment
while describing . recent tour Of
England and Ireland which he made
as q representative Of the National
Catholic Community Service, 4
member agency Of the. USO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Court May Be Asked
10 Drop Chaplin Case
Ey the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 27.-Charlie
Chaplin may take the stand this
week to deny the Federal Govern
ment's charge that he transported
Joan Berry to New York for I'M
moral purposes. .. .-....,.- a..
His trial on charges of violating
the Mann Act will be resumed to-
morrow in Judge ]. F. T. O'Connor's
court. The Government has almost
completed its case. AS soon as 1t
rests Defense Counsel Jerry Giesler
is expected to ask for dismissal OF
the charges on the ground that
the prosecution has not presented
sufficient evidence to, warrant the
charge. SILK.
If this is denied Chaplin may take
the witness chair.
The defense comedies much Of the
Governments evidence as to times
and places. but denies Chaplin was
intimate with Miss Berry tn October,
1912. when he went to New York.
The prosecutions contends Chaplin
violated the Mann Act because he
furnished Miss Berry's railroad fare
to New York and reputedly gave her
$500 to return to California and be-
cause he allegedly was intimate with
her here and In New York. Cc.lvic-
ton on both counts provides max
imum penalty of 10 years in prison,
a $4,000 fine, or both. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
18th Defendant Surrenders
In Sparrows Point Fraud
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. ia Fed.
eral Bureau Of Investigation round
up of SO shipyard workers wanted
on charges Of falsifying work rec
ords at the Bethlehem Steel Co.
Sparrows Point yard was complete
today following the surrender Of the
last man to the United States
marshal.
Special Agent John w. Vincent
of the Baltimore FBI reported yes
terday that Herbert Lane, Spar.
rows Point, had given himself up.
The arrest in Altoona, Pa, OF VII
liam j.. Wertman, 37th man wanted,
was announced Saturday.
Mr.. Vincent said that both Lane
and Wertman probably would be
arraigned Thursday. the date set
for hearing for the 50 previously
arrested workers, accused OF in
volvement in a $1,000, 0oo-a-year
fraud,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Passenger Is Killed
BY Train at Lanham
j.. Victim g Apparently Fell,
is:- OF PiaHorm onC IFxer =

Jack Lynch, a.. OF ,162z Ssyep-
teenth !strcSt NV, VIE skil1eN In
SANITY at ~LAriham, Nd, eatfS st0day
when he fell beneath q noftflbound
Pennsylvania Railroad train on
which he was . passenger, Prince
Georges County police reported.
Police believed that Mr.. Lynch,
who was employed by the Empire
Restaurant, 1912 New York avenue
NV, was thrown from the three
car MISUNDERSTANDING local
when he tried to 60 from one car
to another. They said there Is a
curve in the track near where the
body was found.
Mrs. Mabel Jones, manager Of a
rooming house where Mr.. Lynch
lived, said she believed the dead
mans home was In New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

The bomber group commanded BY
the youthful colonel, consisting of
four squadrons, has been here q year
and has flown 66 missions over Ger
many and occupied Europe. Col.
Vandevanter himself has participant
ed In u raids in this theater and
always makes sure that he picks the
toughest ones.
Col. Vandevanter's wife, the for
mer Mis- Carol Lathrop, is remem-
bered for the international incident
in which she was the central figure
tn July. 1887, when she was kicked
by . Japanese sentry at Peiping,
China. The affair brought about an
exchange Of notes between the
American and Japanese govern
ments, eliminating IN q diplomatic
apology from the latter.
Mrs. vandevanter and her daugh-
ter now live at the Florida avenue
address.
A little more than two years ago
Col. Vandevanter was a first lieu
tenant, plotting Flying Fortress of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Fairfax Collects S15,509
In Red Cross Campaign

Fairfax County Red Cross OH
Gals announced today that SIS
sos. SO has been collected in the Red
Cross War Fund Campaign. This
Is 80 per cent of the county's quota
Of SAT 900. A..
Omcials said last weeks collec-
tons In the drive amounted to 3d.
781 90.
Mrs. Charles Gibson, staff assist
ants chairman, announced that a
stan assistants course Will be-
gin April at the chapter house In
Falls Church. Glasses will be held
from 2 to 4 pm. each Tuesday
Persons interested in taking the
course have been requested to call
Falls Church 1885. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Warning
Follows 81 Fires
Penalties for Negligence
In Burning Trosh Cited

Montgomery County firemen yes
terday extinguished 81 brush fires
In the Metropolitan Area of the
county, county fire officials reported
today.
Asserting that most of the fires
were caused by carelessness by Vic
tory gardeners in burning OF gar
den lots, firemen again warned that
persons allowing brush or trash fires
to get out Of control and to dam
age other property are subject to
prosecution under State forestry
laws.
Chief E. J. Saekett Of the Chevy
Chase Fire Department and Robert
p. Dunlop, deputy chief Of the
Chevy Chase Volunteer Fire De-
partment and State forestry war
den. pointed out that the law for
bids trash burning until after 4
pm. during March, April and May
and dunnk, September. October, No
iyembess and December ~ (, .Uhsy. said
That "a Of yeSterday's, fires occurred
between 1882 am. and 3:45 pm.
IN Grief Sackett, said the manpower
shQStage. zmakes 1t impossible ofDf
Asemens to cope with 4 large nhm-
Der OF unnecessary" brush fireS. He
warned that persons responsible for
flres which cause damage are sub
ject to a fine Of $40 to $500, or i'm
prisonment from 10 days to a year
Chief Sackett said four of yes
terday's brush fires occurred in the
Bethesda area, four in the Cabin
John area, eight in the Kensington
area, four in the Chevy Chase area,
nine In the Silver Spring area and
two ID the Takoma Park area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
|Mdcorow to Address
Prince GEORGES G. Of C..

Fred G. Macarow, assistant gen.
eral manager Of the Chesapeake IL
Potomac Telephone Co. and vice
chairman Of the Washington Ad-
visory Committee of the National
Committee for Economic Develop
ment, will address the Prince
Georges County Chamber of Com
merce at 8 O'Clock tonight at the
County Service Building at Hyatts-
vile.
Mr.. Macarow will discuss meth
DDS by which counties adjacent to
Washington can best promote their
mutual postwar interests.
Harry r. Hall, chief engineer of
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, also will speak,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Rabid Dog Bite Fatal
10 Woman After
Nearly Five Months
Mrs. Kirby Wos Token
To Hospital Weeks After
Apparent Recovery
Apparent Recovery

A woman who was bitten by .
rabid dog in front Of the shoreham
Hotel In October died 10 days ago in
Gallinger Hospital it was learned to-
day.
She was Mrs. Estelle Kirby, IS, Of
1884 Twenty-eighth street NV. Mrs.
Kirby, who then lived In Arlington,
was knocked down by q large pointer
dog, which leaped on her in front
Of the Shoreham on October 10. The
dog bit Mrs. Kirby on her head sew
eral times.
Mrs. Robert D. Conrad, wife Of .
naval of1cer, struck the dog with
q stone and it ran down Connecticut
avenue, biting other persons before
it was killed.
Mrs. Kirby was given extensive
pasteur treatment DR.. Melvin p.
1saminger, Health Department ON
cials, said.
He said the case was an unusual
one, because Of the time lag of al
most five months before her death.
Mrs. Kirby apparently had recovered
from the experience.
A little over two weeks ago she
was taken to the hospital. Six days
later she died. Microscopic exam
nation of her brain indicated death
resulted from the dog bite, DR.. Isam-
niger said.
The department is awaiting results
Of the incubation Of mice with .
serum made from Mrs. Kirby's blood,
he said. 1t takes about two weeks
for the rabies virus to take effect,
he explained.
Mrs. Kirby was the second person
in the District to die from dog bites
since last summer The first victim
was Sergt. Harold L. Whitman, an
MP at the Army War College.
Mrs. Kirby was widow, mother
of two sons and daughter, William
G. and Marion L. Kirby. She was
buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Three Canoeisis Swept
10 Death Over Dam
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. IA girl
and two young men were swept over
the 13-foot Paramount Dam while
canoeing on the. rain-swollen
Schuylkill River last night.
The body OF Joseph Osowiecki, 16,
discharged from the Navy two weeks
ago because Of his age, was re-
covered several hours later. There
was no immediate Identification Of
the missing couple. youth wearing
q sailors uniform and q dark
haired girl In black coat.
The tragedy occurred ut about
pm. and was witnessed by more
than . score Of persons. .%
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
|SoIute-S oldie Week
|Druws London Throne
BY the Associated Press.

0s the AbSociated frese.
LONDON; Mar. .27.-London's cur
tailed transportation facilities were
swamped yesterday when the great
est crowd which has damned the
capital since the coronation of King
George VI poured into the city for
the opening Of Salute-the- Soldier
Week. ....
Thousands Of out-of -towners were
stranded as bus and train services
proved Inadequate and many spent
the night trying to sleep on news
papers spread on the floors Of sub
way stations.
Many women tainted after stand
ing for hours In bus and subway
queues. ~, -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
School to Hold Open House

Open house will be held at
o'clock tonight at George Washing
ton High School, Alexandria, to pro-
mote better understanding and CO.
operation between the community
and teachers. The program will in
clude talk by H. r. Richardson,
school principal, and an exhibition
OF work done by students. Refresh
ments will be served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Body Of Test Pilot Found
In Chesapeake Boy
BY the. Associated Press.

DS tne. ASsoc1ated Press. - :. !
GLEN BURNIE, Md, Mar. 81
County authorities reported today
the finding Of the body of 1t. Dale
G. Kercher, about rs, of Indian
apolis, who was killed January "a
when a plane he was testing crash
ed in Chesapeake Bay.
The body was found yesterday
near Tydings- On The Bay by Capt.
Frances Finch, a retired naval
ofncer who was strolling along the
beach. Identification was confirmed
by Army Air Force officers at the
Glenn L. Martin Co.'s aircraft fac
tory, where 1t. Kercher had been
a test pilot for nearly q year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Petty Officer Literally
Token at His Word

By the Associated Press.
OMAHA few days after losing
his billfold containing $50, Petty
Omcer Lessert Skinner Of the
Omaha shore patrol got q telephone
call from the finder, who asked what
reward he would give for the BILL
fold. 80
The petty officer told the caller
It Was up to. him. The next day the
petty ofncer received the bilifoM In
the mAil-Eainus the 80.