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Evening star., 1944-07-30
Silver Spring Red Cross
Asks for Volunteers

A plea for more volunteer help al
the workroom of the Camp ano
Hospital Service of the American
Red Cross at 1903 Georgia avenue
Silver Spring, was made yesterday
by Mrs. o. E. Ragonnet, chairman
The volunteers paint and repair
furniture, reset springs, cover cush-
ions, make curtains and slipcovers
and make and repair lamp shades
and other articles necessary TO,
furnishing recreation areas for sol.
diers and sailors in nearby camps
and hospitals.
Projects now under way include
the furnishing of a chaplain's room
at Boiling Field and recovering o1
40 cushions for the Fort Meade Hos
pital sun room.
Each Thursday from 10 am. tc
noon a class in upholstering is
held. The making of slipcovers Is
taught each Friday morning.
Mrs. Ragonnet also urged persons
who have furnishings or other items
which might be repaired and used
to contact the workroom. She said
there Is great demand for floor
lamps and radios. The telephone
Is Silver Spring 0l21.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Contests Assured
For 6 Congressional
Seats in Virginia
Candidates Hove Anothe
Week to File Formal
Declarations
By the Associated Press.

os tiie ESeOIidtcu EEcsS.
RICHMOND. Va, July 2o.-While
the deadline for filing of formal
declarations of candidacy for Con-
gress is not until August Z, there
are at least six contests in prospect
for the November general election In
Virginia
They include the 1st district, with
Representative Bland, Newport
News Democrat, running against
Walter johnson, Heathsville Repub-
lican: I'd, Thomas l.. Woodward
Suffolk Republican. opposing the
Democratic candidate who will be
chosen in the Tuesday primary from
Ralph Dauthon and Vivian Page
Norfolk, and Porter Hardy, jr.,
Churchland.
Fifth, Representative Burch. Mar
tinsville Democrat, opposing How
ard Carswile, Charlotte Courthouse
independent: 9Th, Representative
Woodrum, Roanoke Democrat, run
ming against John Strickler, Roa-
noke Republican.
Seventh district - Representative
Robertson, Lexington Democrat.
opposing Republican D. Wampler
Earman, Harrisonburg; 9th district
Representative Flanagan, Bristol
Democrat, running against Ralph L.
Lincoln, Marion Republican.
The incumbent in the End district,
Representative Harris, Democrat, is
not seeking reelection
In the 3rd district, Representative
Satterfield, Democrat, is as yet un-
opposed.
Two contestants seek the Demo-
cratic candidacy in the 4th district
p. H. Drewry, Petersburg, and L
l.. Bean, South Hill
In the 9Th district, Representative
Smith, Alexandria, is the Demo-
cratic incumbent.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
BY MARION WADE DOYLE.

Each of Washington's $50, ,OO(
Federal employees probably thinks
he knows which of the Govern
ment's agencies is hottest to work
in, but the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration, official custodian OF
Temperatures, ct al, would Just as
soon not say.
I'VE have no such figures. Take
two days to compile them. Why do
you want to know" Star reporter
was told.
The reporter explained that a lot
of people debated over lunch tables
and Office desks the hottest spot to
labor here from May to October
1t might be interesting to get the
official opinion.
Call back later" the administra-
ton said. We'll see."
No Complaint at OPA.
While the administration was
seeing" the reporter thought she
would do little telephoning her
self.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Then he lowered his voice, took
la deep breath and made his choices.
Hottest: The Air Forces annex
at Gravelly Point.
Next Hottest: The reconverted
non air. conditioned greenhouse
atop the South Agriculture Build
ing.
Third Hottest: The top floors of
several federally-occupied automo-
bile show places in the 1900 block
OF Fourteenth stree. NV.
BE careful" he said. "If those
employees think they're hotter than
other people. they might quit. Why
don't you tell about the coolest air.
conditioned offlces-the Pentaqon,
Interior, Treasury and Archives?"
Later the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration called. Heat, it was
explained, is a, matter Of tempera-
ture, air motion and humidity.
Figures on 1t are not kept centrally.
Besides" an oficial pleaded
Fall will be here soon. Why bring
this up?"
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Roosevelt Group
May Enter Race
For Governor
| Virginia Committee
Considers Opposing
Byrd Nominee
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, July 29.-J.
Louis Reynolds, director of State
activities for the Virginia Commit
tee OF l00," said today that his
committee might back a candidate
for governor to oppose one offered
blythe Byrd organization.
If we feel that the Democratic
candidate does not back our pro-
gram we will nominate another"
Mr.. Reynolds stated. He tempered
his statement. however, by saying
that 1t is "a little too soon" to state
definitely whether or not this ac-
ton will be taken and that the
committee will await develop
ments."
The State Committee of 100 for
the reelection of President Roose-
velt and the Advancement of Demo-
cratic Principles will hold a conven-
ton here in September at which
time it is expected to adopt a plat
form dealing with education, health,
labor, farms and Negroes.
A spokesman for the committee
declared today that the organiza-
ton was not "anti-anything."
The committee met here last week
and reported that it would maintain
permanent organization after Mr..
Roosevelt is elected Membership in
the 100 clubs" throughout the
State is nearing the 10000 mark,
Mr.. Reynolds said, and is still
climbing"
The organization was formed
several months ago under the aus
pices OF Col. Christopher Garnett,
Rixey Smith, secretary to Senator
Glass, and Mr.. Reynolds. The COM
mittee denied assertions that it
constituted IAN anti-Byrd bloc"
In announcing plans for the State
platform, Reynolds came out for a
minimum salary of $1,000 q year
for teachers and he said the COM
mittee is awaiting the reports of the
School Study Commission now
making grass roots" study of
public education in Virginia.
So far the most prominently men,
toned candidates for Governor are
1t. Gov. William Tuck, Thomas
Stanley, speaker of the House of
Delegates. and Representative Rob-
ertson. None Of the three has made
any formal announcement.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
78 Restaurants Get
A Ratings in Montgomery

Seventy-eight of Montgomery
Countyis 1873 restaurants have re-
ceived grade A ratings from the
County Health Department under
regulations adopted recently by the
county commissioners.
Restaurants that have not met
health standards are being re-
checked, according to Norman E.
Pennington, chief sanitary inspector
for the Health Department.
Grade B restaurants will be per.
mitted to operate only 30 days after
receiving their ratings, while Grade
A Establishments will continue to
be inspected periodically, Mr.. Pen
nington said.
Among provisions in the regula-
tions are walls and floors which are
clean and in good repair, self closing
doors and windows, adequate toilet
facilities, clean and properly stored
utensils, proper disposal of waste
and refrigeration facilities below so
degrees Fahrenheit.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

the 300 Federal buildings here, hi
was qualified to speak.
First, he said, temporary build
ings are naturally hotter because
OF their flimsier construction anc
lack of r-conditioning. Buildings
of masonry, such as the State De-
partment, even when not air con.
ditioned do not heat up as quickly
as the temporaries.
The employees in these buildings
he continued, nave adopted sew
eral measures for relieving the heat
They steal fans from each other
put wet congresses on their wrists
and damp clothes on the fans, eat
ice cream and fuss. While these
remedies raise body heat eventually
he said. they are permitted because
the employees firmly believe them
helpful.
Gives the Lowd0wn.
Its mental" he said"
Hottest of all the buildings, he
said, are those with yards Of glass
through which the suns rays pour
Evening star., 1944-07-30
'tions have not been de

OF the questions have not been de.
cided.
One defense attorney, Henry H
Klein, walked out of the trial Jul,
5 after he had been fined twice TO!
contempt. He went back to his hom,
IN New York, leaving the defendant
Eugene N. Sanctuary, without coun
sci. The court appointed a new at
torney for Sanctuary. over hi
protest, and bench warrant was is
sued charging Mr.. Klein with con
tempt OF court. He contended, be
fore the United States commissions
IN New York yesterday, that he couls
not be forced to return to Washing
ton on such charge, and the com
missioner gave both sides a week tt
file briefs.
Some defense attorneys hav,
threatened to 60 direct to the Su.
preme Court for an extraordinar,
writ of certiorari aimed at stoppine
the trial on the ground that thu
defendants are being deprived ol
their constitutional rights and are
threatened with irreparable injury
II the case proceeds to an end. Tht
highest court has always been re.
luctant to intervene while q case
was on trial, yet emergency orders
have been issued under rare circum-
stances.
Proceeding Orlerly Now.
Whatever the merits of the meas
ures which the presiding judge took
to quell disorder and maintain de-
cent court room conduct, the trial
now is proceeding in an orderly
way, with a minimum of disturb.
ance. The Government is pushing
ahead with its case, however slowly
The prosecutors insist that it's not
their fault it's taking them so long
to present their evidence. In the
early stages, there were many in.
terruptions-from illness, a week
long contempt hearing in another
court, disorder-and once, when g
jury was nearly impanelled, every
prospective juror in the room was
disqualified because of a prejudicia
statement and the trial had to start
again from scratch.
There are "a defense attorneys
some represent more than one Glen
and, in other instances, there ar,
more than one counsel for a single
defeuoant-and each has his right
TO object or offer a motion at any
time. This necessarily slows up al
procedures. While the court ha:
sought to avoid repetition of ques.
tlonS in the examination of wit.
neSSes, there is bound to be some
overlapping where so many counse
are engaged. In earlier days of the
trial, there were defense tactic.
which the Government called fill.
clustering. Even such identifying
witnesses as employees of the Library
OF Congress were questioned exhaus-
lively. But much delay of this type
no longer impedes the trial. anc
defense counsel. at out-of court con
ferences, have shortened their prob
lngs and objections.
4.OOO Exhibits Available.
Mr.. Rogge expected when the trial
started to close the Government case
by July l. He's just reaching the
most important phases of the Gov
ernment's evidence. Yet he and
Mr.. Burns still hope to shorten the
case they outlined for themselves
More than 1000 Government ex.
hibits were available, but the prose
cution plans to offer less than halt
Continued on Page b., Col. IL
Evening star., 1944-07-30
BY MRS. J. REED BRADLEY.

BY MRS. J. REED BRADLEY.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase youngsters
have been f1ocking by the hundreds
to the Office of Eric Langlands, in
dustrial designer, at 7240 Wisconsin,
avenue to see the model of his
latest invention semilighter-
than-air wingless, jet-propelled
airplane. They gaze in wonder at
the Arriving, ask innumerable ques-
tions concerning its operation and
then go away to return in a few
days accompanied by a dubious
parent.
After being on display at the
headquarters of the Aerodynamic
Research Corp. here, Mr. Langlands
has brought the model back to his
Office preparatory to designing a
50-foot model of the ship which
may soon be built for demonstra-
ton purposes. The Arriving re-
sembles a giant sting ray without
tail.
Mr.. Langlands patiently satisfies
the children's curiosity. He explains
to them. as he has to countless
adults. that in designing the Air
wing it was his desire to combine
the speed of the airplane with the
comfort of the ocean liner. From
the dirigible he took the safety and
load-carrying ability of helium gas;
from the ocean liner the luxury of
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Arlington Fuel Oil Users
To Get Rotions by Sept. !

Arlington Ration Board officials
announced yesterday all fuel oil
coupons will be mailed out by Sep
tember /. with any errors to be
adjusted after October /.
Canning sugar may be applied
for any time until February, 1945
officials said.
Under revised regulations, fur.
Tough gasoline rations are issued
only on furlonghs of three DAYS
or more. Furlough rations for both
food and gas will be issued at the
Arlington Board Mondays and Fri
days from 9 am. to 2:30 pm. and
Wednesdays from 3 pm. to 9 pm.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Denies Operating Tuvern

William a Miles, Laurel, Nd, who
was stabbed July 6 while ejecting
a blind man from his lunchroom,
said last night that Prince Georges
County police had enormously listed
him as the operator of beer tavern
at hearing Friday before Trial
Magistrate Alan Bowie at Hyatts-
vile Police Court. Mr. Miles said he
operates lunchroom and has no
license to sell beer.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
7 D. {. Area Girls Feared
Bitten by Copperhead
BY the Associated Press.

bS tne associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. July
29.-An Alexandria Va.) girl and
a Chevy Chase (Md0 girl were
brought from a camp near Luray
to the University of Virginia Hos
pital today for treatment of snake
bites. They were believed to have
been bitten by a copperhead.
The hospital identified the two
as Alice Ladd, IA, Alexandria, and
Nancy Zimmerman, l3, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer w. z. thinner
man, 6708 Forty-sixth street, Chevy
Chase. At the hospital they were
given antivenom treatment and
their condition was said to be good
Mrs. Zimmerman said the girls
on an overnight hike, had taken
shelter in barn when a storm came
up and were bitten when they went
to the hayloft to sleep. They were
given first aid and rushed to the
hospital.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Prince Georges Boy Scout
Comp Fund Drive Pushed

A total of $3.50 has been con-
tributed in the Prince Georges
County Boy Scout campaign for
funds to improve the scout camp
near Greenbelt The drive is sched
uled to end tomorrow night.
Pointing out only $50 of the more
than 5000 persons solicited have
sent donations, Sam Ormes, public
ity chairman of the drive, appealed
to county residents to mail their
contributions Immediately to Louis
B. Arnold, campaign chairman, care
OF the Prince Georges Bank and
Trust Co., Hyattsyille.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Garden Show Planned
In Chevy Chase Terrace

The annual picnic and garden
show of the Chevy Chase Terrace
Citizens Association will be held at
2 pm. today at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Recreation Center.
Any resident of the area covered
by the association may enter vege-
tables grown in his own garden.
All gardeners having plots in the
Recreation Center Gardens, regard
less of their residence, may enter
exhibits also.
Games have been planned for the
afternoon with judging of the show
set for 4 o'clock. This will be fol-
lowed by picnic and community
sing.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Falls Church Will Get
Food Locker Plant

A frozen food locker plant Soon
is to be constructed in Falls Church
Va, according to M. T. Rust, hard
ware merchant.
Mr.. Rust said the plant will ad.
join his store. and work is to be
started as soon as sufficient mum.
Der OF lockers are rented. Locker
reservations may be made through
Mr.. Rust.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Arlington Legion InstuIIs

Ray Weaver has been installed as
commander of Arlington County
American Legion Post l39. Edgar
Pumphrey was installed as first vice
commander; Walter E. Fitzgerald,
second vice chairman; John Jen-
nings, adjutant; T. w. Delehanty
first assistant adjutant; William
Sheldon, second assistant adjutant:
James Fox. jr., chaplain; Nolan D.
Mitchell, historian. and Marcus M.
Jackson, service officer.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Herbert Williams. Other members
of the board are Miss Edith Rogers
and John T. Blincoe.
w. F. p. Reid, Groveton, has
qualified as a member of the county
Public Utilities Commission. Both
appointments have been approved
by the county Board Of Supervisors.
L. s. Travis, the other new member
OF the commission, has not yet quail
if1ed but has announced that he will
accept the appointment. The chair.
man OF the commission Is Capt
John Bethune, Falls Church.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Dewey-Bricker Club Elects

Mrs. Ethel A. Davis, president of
the Mclean (VaD Dewey-Bricker
Club, announced yesterday the elec-
ton of club officers. They include
j. A. Sawyer. vice president; Mrs
Nancy Quinn, secretary, and Miss
Flora M. Columbus, treasurer.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
His Lawyer Fired.

Chief Prosecutor Roggs announced
no other reason for the Noble sew
erance. Defense attorneys contend
that the inside reason was to cure
the error committed when the court
ousted MOBILES attorney of choice,
James j. Laughlin. from the trial
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Hard Judicial Task.

/
Justice Eicher was confronted with
the extremely difficult task of main
tanning some semblance of quiet and
decorum and at the same time pro-
tecting the rights of the accused
and thus avoiding measures of preju-
dicial harshness Many observers
predicted that jury never would
be sworn.
But gradually the bedlam SUBJ
sided. Several defense ATTORNEYS
were fined for contempt-perhaps
an unparelled number for a single
trial-unjustly, they still contend
The court issued a stern warning
to everyone concerned, including
the defendants. Some of the de-
tense lawyers took the lead in quiet
ing their clients, persuading them
that it was, after all, not a show,
but a criminal trial, and their best
chance OF winning vindication was
to defend themselves seriously and
with dignity.
Six defense attorneys and one de-
ASAtoAo oPPCdl AllS lUI lllLllScll, Ellis
Jones, have been fined a total of
81 ,220 since the trial began. The
highest individual fine was $500.
Most of the attorneys we're held in
contempt for arguing with the court
after their motions were denied and
refusing to sit down when ordered.
Two fines were imposed for need
lessly prolonging" cross examina-
ton and for persistence in asking a
witness questions ruled out by the
court
All Citations Appealed.
All these contempt judgments have
been carried to the Court of Appeals.
where they are pending. The Dis
trict appellate bench also has re-
ceived, during the Is weeks of the
trial, round dozen other petitions
and motions, also aimed at hating
the pending trial or requiring Jus
tice Eicher to do or refrain from
doing certain things. Thus far the
court has refused In every instance
to interfeD with the trial, but some
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-24
Big Planes Carry
Wounded Men to
Home Hospitals

SAN FRANCISCO, May "a. (UP)
Twelve Cat planes of the armys
air transport command left San
Francisco Wednesday carrying 375
wounded servicemen of the central
and south Pacific campaigns to hos
pitfalls near their homes.
They were removed from Letter
man hospital TO Mills field and
bundled aboard the planes, four
litter cases plus ambulatory cases
to each transport. The first CAT
reared down the runway at TAB
am, and the last at 8:l5.
BY nightfall, the wounded-in-
cluding 80 litter patients-will be
scas,ered among IS army hospitals,
and each casualty will be within
800 miles of his home.
About 80 per cent OF the ambula-
tory cases are malaria victims.
Destinations included army hos
pitfalls at Denver, Colo; Santa Fe,
New Mexico; Brigham City, Utah;
Battle Greek, Mich; Jackson, Miss. +;
Swami Anoa, N. c., Utica. N. Y;
Hot Springs, Ark. Galesburg, ILL.,;
Louisville, KY; Temple, Texas;
ThomaSville, Ga; Memphis. Tenn;
Martinsburg, w. Va; Atlantic City
N. j.; and White Sulphur Springs
w. Va.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-24
Democrats Split
In Texas Meet
Over Fourth Term
PrO-ROOsevelt Faction
Walks Out and Picks
Separte Delegation

AUSTIN, Tex, May "a. CUPl-
A split over the fourth term issue
which resulted in the appointment
of Roosevelt and 'uninstructed'
delegations to the national con-
vention, divided Texas Democrats
into rival camps Wednesday and
provided the basis for a first class
fight over recognition of the war
ring factions at the Chicago meet
ing.
The break occurred at tie partys
state convention Tuesday when the
pro-Roosevelt faction, headed by A
j. Wirtz, former undersecretary o.
the interior ,bolted from the meet
ing and held rump session, NAM
ing a separate group of delegates
to the national convention.
The split resulted from the ques-
ton Of pledging electors to sup
port the Democratic national ticket
regardless of its composition.
WANT TWO-THIRDS RULE
A resolution which favored a re-
turn to the cid party plan of nomi-
mating the candidates for pres ident
and vice president by a two-thirds
majority rule and declaring that
states and parties had a right to
fix their own election rule preci-
pitated the break.
According 10 the terms of the
resolution, if the national conven-
ton did not approve the proposals,
the delegates would be free to cast
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-24
Giant Bombers Set
Blazing Trails
Reich Capital,
Vienna Hit
In Heavy Raids

LONDON, May "a. (UP)
-Warplanes blazed a trail
of ruin across axis Europe
from the channel coast to the
Austrian Alps Wednesday, spear
headed by two big American air
fleets that blasted Berlin and Paris
from the west and the suburbs of
Vienna from the south.
In the most widespread American
daylight attack of the war. some
$500 heavy bombers and fighters
from the U. S. 9th, 9th, and 18th
air forces smashed at the three vital
axis nerve centers, while about
500 other allied planes swarmed
over the French invasion coast.
POUND BERLIN
The British-based American heav-
les, almost 1000 strong, fought
through heavy enemy fighter op-
position to pound Berlin and the
network of Nazi airdromes sur
rounding Paris, while about 750
fortresses and Liberators from the
Mediterranean lashed targets ar
OuliI siCliiid, LII llOl lllClil lldly, dIlt
in Yugoslavia
Axis broadcastS and reports from
the first returning crewmen indi-
Gated the big raids had stung the
luftwaffe into battle.
Hundreds of enemy fighters
swarmed up to challenge the Berlin
raiders, whirling head-on through
the bomber formations in groups
running up to 100 planes.
IN VIENNA AKCA
Similar opposition was encounter
&c on the Vienna sweep, according
TO German radio accounts which
told of violent air battles raging
all the way from the Alps to the
target area and back.
Fortress pilots back from the
Berlin assault reported that they
dropped their high explosives and
fire bombs through a thick over
cast that permitted only occasional
glimpses of the city.
Radio Berlin incicated, however.
that the raid had inflicted heavy
damage on the battered city, de-
nouncing it as another terror at
tack
The Vienna raiders struck their
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-24

line, congress observed the anniver-
sary of the feat that established
Samuel F.. B. Morse as the father
of modern communication.
Morse, the rtist-inventor, had
tapped out the four code words to
his assistant Alfred Vail in Balti-
more 40 miles away. Wednesday,
Ernest E. Norris, president of the
Southern Railway, fingered the
same telegraph key and repeated
the biblical quotation to President
r. B. White of the Baltimore lG
Ohio Railroad waiting TO receive 1t
in Baltimore.
The centennial marked an event
which congress itself had made
possible by allocating $4,000 to
Morse and small group of per-
sistent friends who braved the
laughter OF the public and the PEN
and-ink jeers OF cartoonists 10
transform the artists ideas on elec-
trical communications into actual
ity.
Senator Burton X. Wheeler Cd
Mont, chairman of the Joint con-
gressional committee In charge OF
the celebration. keynoted the oh.
servance with the assertion that
the l00-year-old event opened the
way for IAN amazing electronic
wonderland whose surface Still has
to be scratched.