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Evening star., 1944-04-25
Youth Hurt in ScuffIe~
With Soldier Dies

Clayton Croft, II, of 91s South
Twentieth street, Arlington, who
was injured in a friendly scuffle
with q soldier at the Pentagon
Building. died yesterday at Prov
idence Hospital. War Department
officials said a further investigation
would be made today to determine
If the injuries caused his death.
Col. H. w. Isbell, commanding Of
ficer of the Army headquarters at
the Pentagon, said young Croft,
employed as a craftsman in the
Statistical and Clearing Division of
the Army Air Forces, fell when
pushed by soldier. He said the
boy returned to his drafting board
and about Is minutes later tainted
in waShroom. He was taken to
Providence Hospital, where he died
later of a ruptured liver.
Col. Isbell said there is no indi-
cation the youths injury resulted
from his scuffle. He said medical
authorities have indicated Croft
may have injured himself when he
sprang up from his drawing board.
DR.. w. A. Williams of the Public
Health Service, who attended Croft
at the hospital, said the youth had
completely exonerated the soldier.
Col. Isbell said District Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald will per-
form an autopsy today.
A native of Victoria, Va, young
Croft attended Washington Lee
High School when the family moved
to Arlington. He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. c. Croft.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Ferguson Asks Probe
|0f DistiIers' Silence
On Whisky Making
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
Senator Ferguson, Republican,
OF Michigan today suggested
that Congress look into what he
called an interesting" lack of
agitation by the distilling indus
try for a chance to replenish
dwindling liquor supplies.
Senator Ferguson, declaring the
"distillery monopolies" are earning
guaranteed generous profits" by
making industrial alcohol for the
q Government under cost-plus- fixed
fee contracts, said he would call for
early hearings by the Senates Spe-
cial Liquor Investigating Committee,
OF which he is member.
mo one on the committee wants
to resume whisky making. even for
80 days, if it viii interfere with nee
essary production of alcohol for the
war program" Senator Ferguson
said.
AT the same time, it is interest
ing to note the lack of a great de-
mand from the liquor distillery peo-
pie for a holiday.
Counsel for the committee has
been collecting data that may serve
to throw some light on the situation
as 1t exists now"
Asserting that distillery interests
are well represented on WPB ad-
visory committees" the Michigan
Senator declared that "if they exert
the same effort they have in build
Ing up their monopoly, they could,
II the supply and demand situation
permits, be able to bring about a
holiday"
The National Alcoholic Beverage
Control Association at its recent
meeting in New York heard speakers
recommend limited resumption of
whisky making to curb a rapidly
"black market" The WPB
has not permitted the manufacture
OF domestic whisky since October 8,
1912.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Mrs. Emma F. Garvin Dies
AT Home In California

Mrs. Emma r. Garvin, a Presby-
terian missionary in Chile for more
than so years, died Sunday at her
home at Long Beach, Calf. She was
SO years old.
Mrs. Garvin, frequent visitor to
Washington, is survived by sons
and 2 daughters, 20 grandchildren
and great-granchildren. The sons
are Norman Garvin, an engineer at
the Health Center at Bethesda, Md; !;
DR.. Justine Garvin of Cleveland,
Ohio; James F. Garvin of Long
Beach and Hugh Garvin of Cincin-
natl. The daughters are Mrs.
Philip Chaf1in of Bethesda and Mrs.
William A. Eddy of Hanover, N. H.
A sister, Mrs. John Jessup OF Os-
wego, ILL.,, also survives.
Evening star., 1944-04-25

Grease makes gunpowder! Save
waste kitchen fats. Take them to-
your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
1914 Food Problems
To Be Intensified,
VIA Official Warns

Lee Marshall, director of distribu-
ton for the War Food Administra-
ton, warned today that problems
which beset food producers in 1943
will be even more intense" this
year. The problems include labor,
materials and transportation.
At at meeting of Middle Atlantic
States representatives of the Ma
tional Association of Marketing Of
f1cials in the Agriculture Depart
ment, Mr.. Marshall said:
II think many of you will agree
with me that If we want to be sure
of having enough food for the year
around, we are bound to have a sea-
sonal or local overabundance of va
rious commodities, and that as man.
power becomes shorter 1t will become
increasingly difficult to assure that
all our food is used as efficiently as
we would like"
The VITA official added that the
"price Of enough" food may result
from time 70 time in surpluses
which may spoil.
AN1S1Ie duQ ttldt tIlG WdT COOtt
Administration doesn't want to see
any food spoil and, to avoid finan-
cial loss, as well as the loss of the
food itself, VITA has recommended
that it be authorized by Congress
to sell a few commodities at less
than parity if there is a danger of
spoilage.
Mr.. Marshall also pointed out that
despite an increase of milk produc-
ton at present, milk lis going to be
a problem this summer, and if we
don't watch our step during the
summer months, butter and cheese
and evaporated milk are going to be
problems this fall"
The marketing officials, meeting
here in two-day session, also
heard Maj. c. S. Bryan, Office of the
Quartermaster General, tell of in
creased Army requirements for food
this year, particularly for dehydrat-
ed commodities needed for the
growing Army overseas. Food lines
for the coming invasion are in fine
shape" he said.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
1000 Children Pay Tribute
To Cardinal O'ConneII at Mass

time ago. the venerable cardinal,
who died at 81 last Saturday. had
led them in singing hymns he had
written himself.
Throughout the service, youthful
eyes turned toward the bier in front
of the altar wherein rested the body
OF the man who rose from the
humble surroundings of a millhand' S
home to become a prince of the
Catholic Church.
Other masses will be sung tomor-
row and Thursday, preceding the
pontiflcal mass Friday which will
be sung by Archbishop Amleto Cic-
ognani. apostolic delegate, and
which will be attended by Dennis
Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia,
now the only prince of the church
in the United States.
Evening star., 1944-04-25

vertising except In few instances.
William G. Chandler, vice presi-
dent Of ANPA, said that under a
sliding scale of newsprint alloca-
ton the large city newspapers have
taken the heaviest cuts in news
print. He said a survey indicated
that small papers were giving ade-
quate reader service.
Carl A. Jones, publisher of the
johnson City (Tenn) Press Chron-
icle, said some newspapers were
eliminating minor features and
serial stories and increasing local
news coverage, thus trimming their
circulation in outlying areas while
maintaining or increasing 1t in the
immediate local area.
Mr.. Bunting told of efforts to
reduce the turnover of carrier boys
by means of sliding scale increas-
Evening star., 1944-04-25
First District Leads
Schools Paper Drive

Turning in 1850 pounds more
than last Monday. schools in the
first district of The Evening Star
PTA Salvage-for- Victory program
yesterday added 30,720 pounds to the
swelling total of waste paper being
collected to aid the defense program.
Despite the rain, three of the schools
turned in a ton of waste paper. The
three are Jefferson, 1924 pounds;
Randall, 3,039 pounds, and Buchan-
an, 1886 pounds.
Poolesville High School joined the
program with a total collection of
1880 pounds and today Montgom-
cry Blair High School was added
to the collection schedule.
Fillmore, which was temporarily
out of the program, returns this
week and will aid materially in
swelling the fourth districts receipts.
Collections tomorrow in the third
district, together with the leaders,
will be as follows:
Evening star., 1944-04-25

A preponderence of small city
publishers indicated by show of
hands that their newspapers had
not suffered through the wartime
curtailment Of newsprint and that
they have not had to ration ad-
Evening star., 1944-04-25
ANPA
Continued From First Page.

recorded on Sunday, somewhere in
Italy, on a magnetic wire-recorder
and flown to Washington. Mr.. Hud-
son said this electronics machine
had been put into action on the,
fighting fronts to help cover news
areas more thoroughly and quickly.
Confident of Future.
Arthur S. Hodges of the Rockville
Center IN. " Nassau Daily Review
Star, told the association that pub
fishers do not fear Government in
reference with freedom of the press
and believe that newspapers will
emerge from the war with the high
est prestige ever enjoyed.
He spoke as representatives of
Evening star., 1944-04-25

newspapers with less than $1,000
circulation met to discuss wartime
problems affecting small dailies.
Nation wide Survey Made.
MIR. Hodges said a Nation wide
survey conducted by his paper
among 100 editors, publishers, deans
OF Journalism schools and managers
OF newspaper associations had shown
that leading editors and publishers
OF the country are confident of the
future Of the newspaper"
We found a widespread dispose
ton to make the press more inde-
pendent and do better job for the
people" he said. 1--WE found that
there Is no serious fear Of interfer-
ence with freedom of the press by
the Government and sober convic-
ton that the newspaper can meet
any kind of competition from other
media that may develop"
The Long Island publisher said
that 1t was the consensus that news
papers have shown a patriotic de-
sire to serve the country and that
they have demonstrated conclusive
ly their ability to serve effectively"
Twin Responsibilities.
The meeting was opened by Lin
wood I. Noyes of the Ironwood
(Mich) Daily Globe, president of
the ANPA, and Mr.. Hudson, pro-
gram chairman, presided.
MIR. Hudson told the publishers
1--WE have twin responsibilities, first,
to assist the war effort with all our
strength and second, to bring the
truth to all the people"
A summary Of ways and means
to save newsprint was distributed.
Assisting Mr.. Hudson on the Pro-
gram Committee were Arthur p. IT.
wing, Glen Falls IN. W Post Star
and Times. vice chairman; Carl B.
Short, Roanoke (Va.) World-News
and Times Frank Walser, Hazelton
(Pao Plain Speaker and Standard
ISentinel, and Joe M. Bunting,
Bloomington Ill) Paragraph.
Advisory members were Frank S.
Hoy, Lewiston (Me.) Sun-Journal.
land Glare Marshall, Cedar Rapids
(Iowa Gazette.
Newsprint Curtailment.
A preponderence of small city
publishers indicated by show OF
hands that their newspapers had
not suffered through the wartime
curtailment Of newsprint and that
they have not had to ration ad-
Evening star., 1944-04-25
Hicks
Continued From First PAGE

tanned what he described as a
crime laboratory"
Given Time to Get Lawyer.
Accompanied by several special
agents, Hicks was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Need
ham G. Turnage shortly after noon.
Formally charged with theft of
papers from the files of the Civil
Service Commission, the amateur
detective asked for a delay to allow
him to obtain the services of a
lawyer. He was given until pm.
Mystery surrounded several pack
ages carried by FBI men to the
hearing. One bore a large brown
glass bottle, wrapped in newspaper
while another held metal cocktail
shaker: The agents refused to COM
ment on the significance of these
other than to admit that they were
to be offered in evidence when the
hearing resumed.
Hicks pleaded for low bond and
limited that one or more other per-
sons may be involved in the case of
the stolen papers.
To Commissioner Turnage, who
greeted Hicks as familiar figure
in crime investigation here, the
amateur sleuth said:
Please set a low bond, commits
sioner. I've been In the District q
long time and have no intention of
running away. I'm an easy man to
find. My pictures are all over the
country. can be found anywhere
In the United States"
Knew of Investigation.
The last statement drew laughs
from the FBI men and the COM
missioner.
FBI agents limited that the papers
taken from the civil service files had
some connection with a Job Hicks
was seeking. They would not elah-.
crate on this, other than to say the
Evening star., 1944-04-25

ing the boys income in proportion
to their length Of service.
He said interest of the boys In
their jobs was maintained also by
printing newspaper stories of un-
usual things the boys did with their
money and with stories Of war
heroes and others who had served
as carrier boys.
John A. Burke, production man
ager of the Gannett newspapers,
told the forum that experiments In
the use of plastic newsphoto cuts
had proven encouraging in view of
the wartime shortage OF zinc.
Evening star., 1944-04-25
By the Associated Press.


BOSTON, April 26.-More than
1000 of the children he loved paid
their final tribute today to William
Cardinal O'Connell as his body re-
posed in state at the Cathedral Of
the Holy Cross.
At a special solemn high mass of
requiem, just for the children.
chosen representatives OF 325
parishes, schools and institutions
sent up their prayers for the leader
they loved so well.
There were childish sobs heard
through the spacious edifice as Msgr.
Edward G. Murray, rector of St.
Johns Seminary, celebrant of the
mass, intoned the prayers.
Many of the children had sung In
the sanctuary choir. Only a short
Evening star., 1944-04-25

documents we're valuable only to
Hicks and the commission.
The bespectacled sleuth asserted
he had known of the FBI investiga-
ton since its inception April 4. He
declared he had "co-operated" with
the FBI.
On this, the FBI agents said, mo
comment"
Evening star., 1944-04-25
FuIler's Eurth Found

Morocco has new fuller's earth
deposit and expects to supply all Of
the 10000 tons year France has
been getting from Germany.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-17
cep,r.n. Ian ), 49, 1910 Fg1I...lIaa 10.

e he Germang nosy pre- to hs war
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-17
Buried Mine

AimleSSly he moves away from
the path. his idea just to sit down
somewhere and rest a moment.
There is a large rock a few feet
away and he walks toward it. He
doesn't see the flat waffle-Shape
of the mine buried in dirt under
his raised foot
There is no warning presence Of
danger-not like that first night
20 miles in from Salerno when
the Germans circle behind 10 cut
off the battalion and all the next
day Jacks outfit fights its way
out with heavy casualties
There is that farmhouse where
a Nazi tank is supposed 10 be hid
den and Jack and three others
with rifle grenades step around
the house about noontime to face
not one but three tanks and a
lot of Germans.
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Firing Furious

The firing is quick and furious
and general and the three frag-
ments Of Shrapnel that bury in
his right shoulder could have
come from anything-from 88'S 10
mortarS 60 but Jack ignores the
blood running down his arm until
the lieutenant orders him off the
hill for the second time.
ut amt nothing, lieutenant"
Jack protests. "JuSt "A scratch"
But the officer rips the sleeve
off with a knife and sends the
sergeant back
Worse than that, they keep Sgt.
Clapper there--eVen send him
back to Africa where only his vio-
lent objections to medical cap
tain
II didn't come over here 10
get my room and board In
Afric persuade the sym
pathetic officer 10 return this
firebrand 10 his outfit IS days
later.
Jack Will never forget the day
he returned The battalion had
moved on past Benevito and of
ficers and men seeing him walk
ing alone toward the front shout
their pleasure
you're outfit is right over
there-and boy, do we need SER
geants"
November comes, the progress
grows slower. the fighting in the
mountains more rugged.
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Aids Italian Boy
MutiIated by Mine

a mine blew-the ehiidis foot
eff
His ScreanS=fatSetto and pene-
trating in the Slackenlng gunhre
of early afternoon - thread the
hills to reach the puzzled ears of
Jack Clapper lying beside his leu
tenant on the hillside.
There is something painfully in
congruouS in the cries that shock
the war-taut nerves of infantry
S/Sgt. Clapper of Williamsburg,
Pa.
at must be somebody" he
-growiS unnecessarily to the lIeu-
tenant and doesn't wait for an
answer. I'm going down :"
The kid is lying near mined
area at the bottom of the lillian
Italian boy OF - or 14-hiS right
foot butchered half-of and trail
ING blood as he tries TO drag him
self across the level ground TO the
village.
The screams space themselves
with his breathing and with the
Jerking motion Of his body. and
Clapper hurrieS almost angrily
down the slope -.
"Take IL easy. bambinO. he
-Seethes gFHfffii ~ You'll he
okay," and the screams die.
Using his eWn=helt-Jael%a applies
a tourniquet 10 stop the bleeding
and calls for a medic.
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Back at Daylight

Jack can hear their footsteps
heavily ascend to an upper floor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-17

On the evening Of the eighth a
machine gun bullet hicks Glapper
in the left knee.
With nine other Slig htl y
wounded men, Jack spends the
night in large stone house on
top of this disputed hill. Ere
quent counter-attacks have left
the possession of the Hill unde-
termined, so with extreme stealth
and caution the 10 men bed down
for the night in the cellar while
the rest OF the company moves
back TO lower ground TO await
daylight and early morning at
tack.
About 800 p. m. Jack is sitting
on the dirt floor talking in whls-
pers with the others. For a while
they hear the German guns. and
then the barrage lifts. and n the
ensuing silence they know from
experience il won't be long now.
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whore the Germans nuiSiy pre-
pare Themselves tor yteTp.
Clappcr tries not 10 fall asleep
himself a man near hum keeps
dropping off and Jack has 10
wake him often 90 check his
shores. just before daylight, they
sneak out of the building TO make
their way safely back 20 the lines.
on into December the battalion
claws its way north and nothing
can stop them or SGT Clapper
even on that night Of the I'm
when the battalion commander
decides 20 rcconnOiire the left side
of a hill In the process. at that
moment Of being concentrated
by the enemy.
The area 10 his left seems
strangely quiet With the I'M
stinctlve th0roughncSS Of q good
infantryman Jack moves in alone
10 investigate The shadows OF
three men rise In The dark They
could be members oi his own
platoon until one starts running
toward the Germans lines!
In two quick shots Ciappcr
drops the two nearest NaZlS and
sends a bullet after the running
figure. lie falls but gets up and
starts running again SIlhnuetted
on the skyline, Jack picks him off
clean.
Four more Nazis flush from
nearby cover and-beglH 70 run.
To Sgt. Clappcr, such a gun
fight with seven Nazis would
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-17

wise nervous SyStcr1f...
The scream OF a wounded child
four days later is another story.
II doesn't belong 10 the picture.
Which might explain how Jack
Clappcr'S left foot makes its last
step onto the concealed bouncing
Betsy that blows seven deep
holes in his right leg and folds
half Of his left foot back against
the Shlnbone
"My God" says the lieutenant.
coming down with the stretcher.
What happened to you:"
Sgt Clapper is almost crying
with anger-not at anything In
particular except his own relaxed
vigilance and bad luck
After all the fightin' aMA
shootin he walls, ITO step Oh .
mine"
He asks inc officer 10 send MS
gear and souvenirs after him and
then they load Sgt Clapper on the
Strctcher intended for the child.
Before the amputation Of his
left foot. Jack begS the major who
IS looking obviously at his other,
wounds
Whatever you do, major, for
Gods sake promise me you
won't cut eff my right leg !"
And the major promises.
Now. at Walter Reed General
Hospital, Jack Clapper is learning
20 walk with his artificial foot He
wonders If the little Italian kid is
as lucky as he is.
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A mine blew the ehilas foo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-17
Small Arms Fire

The first sounds Of footballs
echo from another room in the
house.
Hands up. chentlemen" a
muffled voice challenges in
English, followed close by bursts
of small arms fire. The sounds
repeated, move from room 10
room.
"When they reach u.s." Clap
per whispers, you guys lay
fat and keep quiet"
Another staff sergeant and a
buck sergeant in the group agree
it's the only thing to do.
Two figures appear in the door
way.
Hands up. chentlemenw the
voice thunders.
The Americans make no sound
II would be easy TO kill the two
Nazis now. but a squad would
quickly follow and the wounded
men know if. Methodically the
Germans spray the room with a
machine pistol. The men on the
ground, untouched, make no out
cry or sound. The figures go away.
Back at Daylight
Jack can hear their footsteps
heavily ascend to an upper floor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-17

Capt Maurice Britt. for
mer Detroit Lions grid
great, who saved a battal-
ion. lost an arm and won a
coveted congressional
Medal of Honor for herOiSm
in Italy. studying his wife's
photo while recuperating.
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Seek Native Help

The aid man and Jack start
walking across the little pass be-
tween the hills TO get native help
from the village when the lieu
tenant calls from above:
wait we're bringing n
etratcharip
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stretcher"
Sgt. Clapper hesitates.
Without being aware Of #, the
vigilance that has protected him
through a dozen battles is at this
moment deserving him.
At this second Jack Clapper has
two good feet and two sturdy legs
even with the bullet nick in tho
knee of the left one And two
strong arms-even with the shrap-
mel holes in the left shoulder. And
two sharp eyeS-the killer kind,
pale-gray and level in young i'm
mobile features-that could four
nights ago shoot IL out in the dark
with seven Germans and come cut
winner .. il was luck. OF course.
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The Western news., 1944-11-02

Mr. Kro has been resident Of Lincoln County for p years
and during ho time has worked diligently public spirited
citizen beho Of the development Of the County He man Of
integrity formnded and with conviction that all citizens
should have justice and equo treatment under the Law He be-
eve ho Lobor Industry and Agriculture should be equd port
werounded economic development that will bring op
portun and happiness every worthy Without hesito
ton he takes the position that elected he will work for and od
equal rights and justice to al people mokng up social
and economic life.
The Western news., 1944-11-02
Oliver Ph PhiIIips
Republican Candidate for
County Attorney
Republican Candidate for

Mr.. Phillips born in Iowa July 6, 1894 and come
Montana 1900 He has lived here that time
cept for years spent acquiring his legal education at the Uni
versty Of Michigan Law School, from which he graduated 1917
He returned Montana and has proctced law This
state since He to Libby July hos purchased prop
ery and expects make Lincoln County his future home
Mr.. Phillips of strong convictions and is fearless in
standing up for he believes be right If elected the peo
pie Of Lincoln County rest assured that he will give them
competent. kindly and considerote treatment.