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Evening star., 1944-02-07
White School Denies
Formal Request 10
Admit Co|ored Boy

John P. Davis, colored lawyer, to-
day took his 5-year-old son to the
Crosby S. Noyes School at Tenth
and Franklin streets NE. and was
refused the right 70 register him
because that school is "for white
children only"
Mr.. Davis applied to the Board OF
Education last week for permission
to enter Michael Davis in the Noyes
School on the grounds the board had
provided no colored school within a
mile of his home at 31o5 Fourteenth
street NE.
The board instructed Miss Grace
Bush, principal of Noyes, to refuse
Michael admittance, asserting that
the validity of the District dual
school system had been upheld in
1910 by decision of the Court of
Appeals of the District. Mr.. Davis
announced at the time he intended
to take Michael to the school today
to establish legal procedure" of ac-
tually being turned down at the
school.
Taken to Principals Office.
Arriving at the school at 8:52 am,
Mr.. Davis was handed a mo. l Ger
tiflcate by student as the first
parent arriving to discuss the be-
ginning of the second term. A
woman entering just behind him
was given No. certificate.
After being seated for a moment,
Mr.. Davis and Michael were led by
another student into the office of the
principal, where he had been Joined
by Miss Grace Lind, supervising
principal Of the fifth elementary
division, and William H. Luers,
president of the Dahlgren Terrace
Citizens Association and chairman
of the Good Neighbor League of
Dahlgren Terrace.
Birth Certificate Presented.
AS reported by the principal, Mr..
Davis gestured toward his son, say
ing 'he is S." and placed a birth
certificate on the desk.
Il have to say cannot enter him, "
Miss Bush said she replied.
rs there any reason?" asked Mr..
Davis. .- --
Because this Is a school for white
children only"
Mr.. Davis thanked her quietly,
she said. and left the office at once
When photographers attempted to
take pictures he covered his sons
face with the birth certificate and
said. mo pictures, no comments"
The board has asked the District
Commissioners to get money for a
site for ,colored school in that area
through a deficiency appropriat ton
and get funds to build q school from
the Federal Works Agency.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

II COmdr. Mccoy:
Y Even in the tunnels Of Corregidor
we could feel the japanese barrage.
One night toward the end Of April
1t lifted for short time. Hundreds
of people went out for breath Of
air and smoke. 1t was pitch dark.
Suddenly the group of people
I around the tunnel entrance seemed
to be struck by lightning. A salvo
| of Japanese 240-mm. shells had
landed in their midst. just one
salvo-no more. Fortunately, it was
dark and the survivors did not have
{ to look on the scene around them.
\ 1t. Col. Mellnik:
The headquarters of Gen. VAIN
Z wright and Gen. Moore were in
Malinta Tunnel. In this tunnel
were the hospital, machine shops,
food and ammunition reserves, radio
station and administration units.
: I was directed to form and take
charge of the Malinta Tunnel guard.
This guard was to prevent a Jap
=raiding unit from getting in and
capturing the headquarters units,
thus bringing about the surrender
of Corregidor.
On the night of May 5, about
e pm, the guard was alerted-an
Eeremy landing appeared likely.
Enemy 240-mm. shells were fall
Ing, The tunnel system literally
Evening star., 1944-02-07

from a prisoner is most eagerly
awaited In thousands of American
homes. especially since the recent
disclosure of Japanese atrocities.
All the Facts Checked.
So the Government in its compre-
hensive coverage OF Axis broad
casts carefully checks, so far as pos
sible, all facts in the broadcast
against information available in
oncial sources here.
Into the office on K street, which
is set up with translators, typewrit-
ers, telephones with earphanes and
receiving machines, pour messages
picked up by powerful receiving sta
tions near Washington in Puerto
Rico. in Texas, San Francisco, Ore
gon and from other listening posts
abroad. TTanslators are constantly
at work sitting the wheat from the
chaff. analyzing broadcasts for high
of1cials in the Government, and
taking careful note of all messages
which NAV concern. an American
prisoner Of war.
These messages are being broad
cast from time to time by both the
Japanese and the Germans. They
usually give the prisoners name and
the name and address of some next
Of kin, usually mother, father
wife. Included in the message often
Is some detail of information which
would not be known outside the
immediate family.
AS soon as such messages arrive
at K street they are forwarded to
the next of kin home address, with
the explanation it came from Axis
sources. In the cases of soldiers
the information Is forwarded to the
War Department., which checks with
the mans service ercord. Most o1
the messages are found to be bona
fide, conforming to the War Depart.
ment's report OF prisoners of var
Some vary in details. About so tt
60 such messages clear through
FBIS here daily. A total Of about
1900 have been handled since the
service began. Everything is done
by FBIS and the War Department
to give full and accurate informa
ton to the family. One anxiou.
father here recently was told by
friends they had heard a message
about his boy. Early next morning
he rushed to the FBIS and there
was the message. through channels
/ in complete text.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Cartel Control 10 Be Topic
Of Conference Saturday

Assistant Attorney General Wen.
dell Berge, former Representative
Maury Maverick of Texas, Repre-.
sentative Coffee, Democrat, of Wash.
ington and Prof. Walton H. Hamil.
ton of the Yale Law School are
among those who will speak Sat.
urday at one-day conference al
the YMCA sponsored by the Peo.
pies Lobby. Inc.
Bishop Francis j. Mcconnell, Resi-.
dent Bishop of the Methodist Church
in the New York area, will preside
Theme of the conference will be
"Shall 1t Be Century of the Common
Man or Century of Cartel Controls?'
Mr.. Berge will discuss 'The Pres.
ent Status and Strength of Inter.
national Cartels" at the luncheon
meeting, and Bishop Mcconnell will
talk on "The Common People.
Rights"
Paul Sifton, Washington repre-.
sentative Of the National Farmers
Union; Ted Silvey of the CIO anc
Mary Anderson, chief of the Wom-
ems Bureau of the Labor Depart
ment, also are scheduled to speak
There will be discussion periods at
all sessions.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Suspect in Hotel Burglary
Faces Five More CHARGES

Five more charges have been
lodged against Frank Carter. Is,
one OF two men arrested in Penn
sylvania last month on charges of
holding up Wardman Park Hotel
guest. police revealed last night.
Identification of three watches
stolen January II and subsequently
recovered by police in Baltimore
pawnshop, as the property of Vice
Admiral Richard S. Edwards of the
Shoreham Hotel led to a charge OF
robbing the admiral's apartment.
Carter also is alleged to have
burglarized four other homes in the
Shoreham Hotel neighborhood
Police said victims included DR.
William F. Burdick, 272l Connecti-
cut avenue NV: DR.. Frank l.
Milliman, 2731 Connecticut avenue
NV; Edward S. Dove, 200 Con-
necticut avenue NV, and Miss
Mabel L. Reed, 1851 Columbia
road NV.
Victor C. Dillahay, 20, alleged to
have been Carter's partner in the
Wardman Park robbery, has been
held since his arrest on a charge
Of breaking and entering the home
of Mrs. Mabel H. Pittle, 472O Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, last month.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
| Home Fuel Oil
| Is Running Low,
D. C.. Is Warned

The District OPA warned again
today that householders are burning
their fuel oil rations too fast and
unless the trend is halted, they will
not have enough oil left for the re-
mainder of the winter.
No more than 81 per cent Of the
yearly ration should have been con-
sumed to date, OPA said.
More than 1000 homeowners who
have been without fuel or valid cou-
pons to replenish supplies have ap-
piled for hardship rations under an
emergency program which expires
tomorrow.
At that time, period coupons be-
come valid and will be good for 10
gallons a unit. ~
Our oil supply is still critically
short and all conservation measures
should be taken by consumers to
live within their rations," officials
said.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
49 Scarlet Fever Cases
Reported OverWeek End

The Health Department an
nounced today that 40 new scarlet
fever cases were reported over the
week end, bringing the total num-
ber Of cases for the year to 500.
Although health officials have
warned that some parents have been
lax IN observing quarantine regu-
lations,. IL was said no court action
has been taken yet. In past years,
however, fines have been imposed,
ranging from SO to $25.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

At 10 am. orders were sent te
all artillery units to destroy Their
guns and installations by noon
There were few guns left to destroy
However, stocks of ammunition
power plants and other installa-
tions and supplies had to be made
useless.
To most, the surrender came as a
relief. But the silence following the
surrender was worse than the she'll
ing. The sudden opening of a door
falling chair, would make us jump
and finch. In the moment OF sur
render none Of us thought of to-
morrow, for there was no tomorrow
For us, the end had come.
Comdr. Mccoy:
At 11:55 am, May 6, 1942, wrote
out the Navy's last message and
handed it to a radioman at the
sending apparatus. Beam it fol
Radio Honolulu" I said. Don't
bother with code" Then the mes
sage began to 60 out. Going of
air now. Good bye and good luck.
Callahan and Mccoy.
1t was three hours before the I'M
perial japanese marines finally
swarmed into the Navy tunnel.
During that wait, I had time to
think of the two chances I had had
to escape from Corregidor during
Evening star., 1944-02-07
California Stote Society
Elects Hinshuw President

Representative Carl Hinshaw, Re-
publican, of California, was elected
president of the California State
Society Of Washington at a meet
ing yesterday. at the Lee Sheraton
Hotel. More than 200 persons, in
cluding most Of the members of
the California congressional delega-
tion, attended. Representative Hin
shaw succeeds Commissioner Ray C.
Wakefield Of the Federal Communi-
cations Commission,
Evening star., 1944-02-07
lsHRationi1nq
&Remmiders@,

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps G, H,
and valid through February 20.
Stamps K, L and M valid through
March 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. Book No. 8,
stamps v, w and x valid through
February rs.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
every pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn In.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 80 valid
for pounds through March 81.
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No.
and stamp l on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. 3 valid for an
indefinite period.
GasolineANo. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each through tomorrow.
No. ga coupons good for 3 gall
Ions starting Wednesday through
May 8. B, B-1, G and C-l coupons
good for 2 gallons each. These
coupons will expire on date indi-
Gated on individual books. b.
and ca coupons in books issued
since December l are good for S
gallons each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. For B
coupon holders, February %.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 2 coupons good
through today. Period No. 3
coupons good through March IA.
Period No. 4 coupons valid tomor-
row through September 30. Nos.
2, 3 and 1 coupons good for 10
gallons per unit According to the
District OPA, consumers in this
area should not have used moro
than 81 per cent Of their total
yearly fuel oil ration as of Feb
ruary 7.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Birthday Of Lincoln
Church Rites to Mark

The Department of the Potomac
Woman's Relief Corps will partici.
pate February l3 in services at the
First Congregational Church, mark.
ing the 135th anniversary of the
birth OF Abraham Lincoln. Esther
Lippold, department president, will
lead the pledge Of allegiance te
the flag.
Appointive officers of the depart
ment were installed at the last
meeting. They are Mary Parker, Sec
retary;; Genevieve Craig, patriotic
instructor; Addie w. Hickman. field
omcer;; Ann Horn, inspector; Char
lotte Cary, senior aide; Jennie Ham,
ilton. counselor, and Carolyn Lille
press correspondent.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Three Slated 10 Testify
Al Delinquency Hearing

Testimony at the next House Ju-
venile delinquency hearing will be
given by Milo F. Christensen, Dis
trict Recreation Director; the Rev
DR.. John K. Cartwright. pastor OF
Immaculate Conception Church
and Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld
The hearing will be held at 1890
am. Wednesday in the District
Committee Room in the Old House
ONCE Building.
Names of the witnesses were an
nounced by Chairman D'Alesandro
Of the House District Subcommittee
on Public Health. which has been
conducting an investigation into
wartime juvenile delinquency in the
District.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Senator Bridges
Will Be Married
ToU. S. EmpIoye

Senator Styles Bridges, Repubn-
can, of New Hampshire will be mar
ried Friday to Miss Doloris Thau-
Wald, administrative assistant in the
World Trade Intelligence Division
of the State Department.
Announcement of the wedding
was made by Mrs. Clara Thauwald,
mother of the bride-to-be, whose
home Is in st. Paul, Mimi, where
the ceremony will be performed.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Concert Stars 10 Join
400 Federal Leaders
In Symphony Rally

A rally and entertainment for 400
key Government workers in the
forthcoming National Symphony
Orchestra's sustaining fund drive
will be staged at the Hotel Statler at
$50 o'clock tonight.
Heads of the Government COM
mittee symphony representatives
and concert stars will appear to
stress the Importance of co-opera-
ton between the Federal employees
and the orchestra in carrying out
the program.
First step in the campaign is the
special concert for Federal employees
February 16 in Constitution Hall.
Tickets for the Federal Employees
Command Performance" went on
sale today in three Government
buildings and the symphony box Of
flee in Kits Music Store, 1890 G
street NV.
The campaign itself will start
Wednesday with a goal of $4,000
to support the orchestra next sea-
son.
Speakers at tonight's rally will in
clude DR.. Hans Kinder, director of
the National Symphony: Represent
ative Will Rogers. jr.; Civil Service
Commissioner Arthur S. Flemming
chairman of the Government Com
mittee: Robert M. Holmes, jr., presi-
dent of the Federal Employees Recre-
alton Council Marshall Stalley,
president of the Federal Recreation
Committee; DR.. Henry F. Hubbard
assistant to the chairman, Council
of Personnel Administration; Joseph
j Cloud, day city editor of the
Washington Post. and Jay Carmody
drama editor of The Star, who will
act as master of ceremonies.
Musicians contributing their tai
|ents to the rally include Corpl
Glenn Darwin, baritone, formerly
with the Metropolitan Opera; Marie
Nash, musical comedy star; Musi-
clan First Glass; Earl Wild, pianist
and Joan Valentine, soprano, who
will represent the Friendly Society
Evening star., 1944-02-07
500 Gulf Oil Workers
To Get Overtime Poy

About 500 service station attend
ants with the Gulf Oil Corp. in
the District. Maryland, Virginia,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania may
now be paid time and half for
overtime in excess of 48 hours, the
regional War Labor Board In Phila-
delphia ruled today.
Special permission from the board
was sought by the company because
gasoline station employees are not
covered by the Wages and Hours
Act, under which time and . half is
mandatory for work over 10 hours.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

rocked from their impact. AS fast
as we used up supplies of food or
ammunition, the storage space was
turned into a hospital area. We
had to build triple-decker beds to
accommodate all the wounded.
The nurses behaved like cham
pions. The wounded fully realized
the hopelessneSs of the situation and
made little complaint. About am,
May 6, made routine visit to the
hospital tunnel Everything was
normal. Breakfast was being served.
One blond nurse winked at me and
sang out. ''if you fellows cans chase
those Nips away, we nurses will have
to get out there and do it ourselves. !"
Barriers Replaced.
The entrances to the tunnel were
lit by the glow of motor vehicles
which had been hit by shells and
were burning. I checked on a
machine gun position outside the
tunnel. There found Sergts. Spiel
man and Marshall. Their machine
gun pit had been blasted out several
times during the night. They were
digging themselves out of pile
of rubble which had covered their
gun in the explosion of a heavy
SalVo.
About dawn we received a report
three Jap tanks had landed in the
fighting area. The road leading
through the tunnel had antitank
barricades at various intervals.
These consisted of concrete pillars
to which were attached iron rail-
road rails. During the night these
rails had been removed to permit
an ammunition carrier to get
through, and at one place the bar
ricade was exposed to enemy fire.
When 1 called for volunteers to
replace the tank barrier, Sergt
Scott O'Neil stepped forward with a
detail of 10 men. They replaced
the rails without casualty. Sergt.
ONeil was awarded the Silver Star
No enemy tank got near the head
quarters tunnel until after the sur
render.
BY 9 am. on the day of the sur
render, Jap snipers had infiltrated
our beach defense lines in some
force. Bullets whizzed around the
tunnel entrances, adding a new note
to the scream of falling shells and
the blast of exploding bombs.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Linen Store Looted
of $500 Gosh. Goods

Irving ]. Heiney, proprietor of the
Linen Mart, 1925 G street NV,
reported to police today that 5000
in cash and an undetermined guam
tity of chinaware, linens and baby
clothes were stolen over the week
end by thieves who entered the
store by removing the glass from a
front door.
The theft was not discovered until
this morning when Mr.. Heiney
opened the place for business.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Soldier Dies
After Hit-Run
Injuries Here
Arlington Man
Arrested; Women
Hurt by Streetcor

An Army private, struck by hit
and-run driver Saturday night. died
this morning in Walter Reed Hospi-
tai. His death brought to seven the
number of traffic fatalities in the
District since January l. equaline
the figure for the same period last
year.
Pvt. Jack r. Peck, %, OF Gaines
vile, Ala, a soldier at Fort Myer,
was hit by a car at Thirty fourth
and M streets NV. Saturday night.
The driver failed to halt and the
automobile sped into Virginia over
the Key Bridge, witnesses told police
Arrested later and charged with
leaving the scene of an accident and
falling to give right of way to a
pedestrian was Charles E. Narring-
ton, So, of Arlington, Va, a mechanic
employed by Pennsylvania Central
Airlines.
To Be Held for Inquest,
Police said today that harrington.
who is free in $500 bail, will be re-
arrested and held pending a coro-
ner's inquest into the soldiers death
Two women were injured, one seri-
ously, IN a crash of two Capital
Transit Co. street cars at Thir-
teenth and D streets NE. yesterday
Police said the car in which she
women were injured stopped to dis
cnarge passengers and was struck
IN the rear by second car.
Mrs. Myrtle Stukey, So, Of 1885 1
street NE, was taken to Emergency
Hospital suffering from possible
fractures of the back and neck
police declared Her condition is
critical. The second casualty. Mrs
Annie Diggle, Al, of 1900 Isher.
wood street NE, was treated at the
same hospital for minor bruises and
discharged.
Policeman Injured.
Policeman William j. Weston OF
the ninth precinct, was slightly in.
jured early yesterday when a taxi.
cab in which he was driving a col.
ored cabbie under arrest for drunken
driving 10 the police station
crashed against tree in the 60(
block OF Ninth street NE.
The collision occurred, accordine
to police, when James F. Weaver
~, colored, of Cheverly, Md, at.
tempted to strike Weston with 9
bottle and grabbed the steering
wheel, causing the cab to 20 Out
OF control. Weaver was also injured
when his head struck the wind.
shield as the car hit the tree. Both
were treated at Casualty Hospita
and Weaver was later transferred
to the psychopathic prison ward OF
Gall1nger Hospital, charged with
driving while drunk and assault.
ing an officer.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

the seige, both of which I had
turned down.
Quilted Schooner.
The first of these escape oppor-
tunities came on the day after
Christmas, 1941 Outside the bay
was the sailing ship Lanakai, a
two-master which had once been
used by Hollywood There was a
place for me aboard, and I could
have received permission to go; but
l was radio materiel officer for the
Navy, and I knew that my services
would be needed in our communi-
cations. I outfitted the Lanakai
with certain equipment and pro-
vided enlisted personnel to operate
it. The Lanakai got through.
Another opportunity had pre-
sented itself the month before. A
small group of us came irltoposses-
sion of the sloop, Southern Seas,
completely outfitted with charts,
food, fuel for the auxiliary engine,
and new sails and rigging. The
Southern Seas was anchored off The
Rock, and a few of us intended to
board her and make for the open
sea at the last moment before cap
ture.
In the last days before surrender,
however, we were too busy to think
Of escape. The Japs began to hit
The Rock with a minimum of 5000
shells day, mostly of about $50
NM, along with some 240s and
loss. On one day they blasted us
with 10000 shells. mostly fired from
gun emplacements on Bataan. Much
of this fire could not be returned.
The Japs massed much of their
artillery in the No. 2 hospital area
on Bataan, an area which we knew
to contain at least 5000 American
and Filipino wounded. The Japs
literally used our wounded to make
ramparts around their guns.
When got ready to use the
Southern Seas it was too late. Two
| days before the surrender the slOop
was stolen from her moorings by
some of our own people Whoever
took her obviously did not know our
recognition signals. AS she passed
one of our outer bastions she did
not answer challenge. She was
riddled with gunfire and sunk. Pre-
sumably all aboard were killed.
Tomorrow: The Enemy Takes Over
| (Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1944-02-07

Instead Of listening anxiously on
your shortwave radio for enemy
oroadcasts about your boy who may
be a prisoner OF war, you may de-
pend on Uncle Sam to let you know
about any such message through an
elaborate system OF Nation wide
listening posts headed up in an
office here in Washington.
No longer is it necessary to catch
such precious words yourself out
of the air, or even depend on some
friends, or strangers who may hap.
pen to hear as they listen in.
The Government has a way of do.
ing the job more comprehensively
more accurately and round the
clock. The system is operated by
the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence
Service of the Federal Communica
tions Commission, known for tn,
sake OF abbreviation as FBIS, no
to be confused with FBI, which i.
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
of the Justice Department..
Service to Families.
Indication that the Government
was doing some such work was di.
vulged generally sometime ago
when warning went out to fam.
lilies not to be taken in by anyone
who wanted to furnish such radio
messages for money. But more de.
tails of the operation have just
come to light. The service is free
to families.
The messages are picked up by 6
kind OF super monitoring system
channeling through the central re.
ceiving station here at 1924 K street
NV. Into this headquarters come
messages from many different list.
ening posts scattered Throughout
the United States and abroad. St
complete is the monitoring, "a hour.
a day, according to experts, tina
it is safe to say that no single pris.
oner's message shot into the air b.
an enemy radio station amid fioot
OF enemy propaganda escapes tn,
keen ears of Uncle Sans officia
listeners-in.
Some of the messages, purportint
to have been sent by the enem,
from men Of our armed forces wht
are prisoners abroad, may be sus
pect. The enemy is not oadcastin,
these messages to give aid and com
fort to relatives back home but t,
entice Americans to listen to propa
ganda. The enemy realizes new