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Evening star., 1944-06-19
DR.. Harry F. Reid, Expert
On Earthquakes, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 19.-Dr. Harry
Fielding Reid, IS, professor emeritus
of dynamic geology and geography
at Johns Hopkins University, died
yesterday at his home after a pro-
tracted illness.
DR.. Reid served as special expert
in earthquake records of the Geo
logical Survey from 1902 to 1914
He also was the United States rep
resentative in the International
Seismological Association for many
years.
BY presidential appointment, DR.
Reid was member of a commit
tee of the National Academy OF
Sciences that reported in 1915 on
control Of slides in the Panama
Canal area. He wrote the second
volume of report of the Califor-
MIA State Earthquake Commission
DR.. Reid was professor of mathe-
matics and physics at the Case
School of Applied Science, Cleve-
land, until 1894 when he became
associate professor of physical geol.
ogy at the University of Chicago.
In 1896 he was appointed asso.
ciate professor of physical geology
at Hopkins and became professor
of geological physics in 1901. Ir
1911 he was given the chair of pro-
fessor of dynamic geology and geog-
raphy.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Montgomery Policeman,
Hurt in Chase, Improves

Montgomery County Policeman
Kenneth Miller, who enlisted the
aid of two sailors in arresting a
speeding motorist early yesterday
after the policeman was injured in
the pursuit, was recovering today
In Montgomery County General
Hospital, Sandy Spring, Md.
The motorist, Dallas Blair, 20,
Washington Grove, was charged
with exceeding 10 miles an hour,
reckless driving and leaving the
scene of an accident He was re-
leased under $1,000 bond pending
q hearing in Rockville Police Court.
Police said Mr.. Miller suffered
head and foot injuries when his
motorcycle crashed into the rear of
Blair's car, which stopped suddenly
after sideswiping another automo-
bile on Route $40 near Gathers
burg.
The policeman said Blair leaped
from his car after the crash and
started on foot across a field. He
said he fired two shots at the young
man and asked the two sailors who
were passing to catch him.
The sailors brought Blair back to
the policeman and left without dis
closing their identities.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
lsNRshoniinq
&Reminde1y@o

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps AS through V-8 good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth
10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-AIl meats except
beef steaks and roast beef point
free. Red stamps A-8 through
W-8 continue good indefinitely
for 10 points each. Until further
notice, three red stamps will be
validated every four weeks instead
of every two weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn in The fact that lard, short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection is less
essential.
Sugar-Book No. stamps 80, 81 and
80 valid for pounds indefinitely
Book No. stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
GascIine-No. 10-A coupons good
Tor gallons each through August
8. B-3, B-4, C-3 and Ca coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps / and 2 in
Book No. good Indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Hays Speaks al Opening
OF Mount Rainier Center

Use of facilities at the new Mount
Rainier Playground and Recreation
Center on Thirty fourth street was
in full swing today after ceremonies
yesterday opening the playground.
Representative Hays, Democrat,
of Arkansas declared Fairgrounds
ARE one of the finest means of
teaching cooperation and sports
manship"
Other speakers included Mayor
Floyd B. Matthias of Mount Rainier.
G. Gardner Shugart, Prince Georges
County superintendent of schools;
Trial Magistrate Walter L. Green
and Miss Jane Stouffer, instructor
of the girls unit of the Mount
Rainier Brentwood Police Boys
Club, and Joseph Kozik, club
director.
Mr.. Kozik, also athletic director
OF the playground. presented medals
to several members OF the Boys
Club for outstanding achievements
during the last year.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
0PA Hghtens Regulation,
For New-Car Purchases
By the Associated Press.

6y the AsaOclaIeu fIess.
With the pool of new 1912 auto
mobiles dwindling rapidly, the Once
Of Price Administration today tight
ened eligibility requirements for OBJ
tanning certificates.
Effective Friday, qualified appli.
cants must satisfy local rationing
boards that a new car would be used
principally in an essential activity
The list of qualified persons includes
doctors, nurses, ministers, war work.
ers and others engaged in work
important to the war effort or public
health and safety.
Another change eliminates GER
tificates for persons driving four or
more students, teachers or school
employees to or from schools.
The restrictions provide that
members of the armed services or
persons found fit and waiting call
to duty may sell used 1912 cars
without a rationing certificate only
to members of their own families
In one extension of eligibility
OPA authorized issuance OF certifi-
Gates to USO clubs.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
WAVES Operating Post Office
Prove Expert Puzzle So|vers

sacks of newspapers and over $50
packages a day.
Ensign Carol Smith of Vista,
Calf, Is the officer in charge, and
active management of the Office Is
assigned to a Cumberland (MdD
girl, Beulah Ruth Athey, specialist
(MD, third class. She Is assisted by
four other mail specialists and six
seamen, first class.
The story of the post Office dates
back to April. A servicewoman
carrying large package was watt
ing at a bus stop when she was
offered ride by a rear admiral. She
explained she was in search of a
post Office open at that hour. She
had just come of watch and there
were no facilities at the barracks.
The next morning Rear Admiral
Joseph r. Redman, director of ma
val communications, put in a phone
call and u hours later the post Of
flee in WAVE Quarters D was in
operation.
Plans now are under way for the
construction OF a separate building
for the post ONCE to facilitate op-
erations.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Army Hazard Pay Scales
GET Committee Backing
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Members of the House Military Al
fairs Committee today indorsed the
general principle of revising Army
hazard pay scales to correct in
equities that have. developed during
the present war.
Their thought, they said, was
prompted by the fact that ajnfan-
trymen fighting sson - beachheads
throughout the world receive no
extra pay for the hazard to life and
limb, although such bonus pay is
given to paratroopers, members OF
the Air Forces and crewmen on SUBJ
marines.
Legislation to boost by a maxi
mum of $40 the monthly pay of foot
soldiers is under consideration by
the committee, with War Depart
ment backing. and may be re-
ported to the House tomorrow II
does not, however, provide that thu
extra money be paid for the hazard.
faced by the infantryman, but
rather that he received the bonu.
for becoming proficient at his work
Under its provisions an expert in
fantryman" serving in the United
States would receive S. extra
monthly, while one in a combat
area would receive $40.
Chairman May joined with othel
committee members in agreeing thai
the pay scales should not be adjusted
until after the war.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Inheritance Tax Laws
SimpIified by District

District inheritance and estate tax
regulations and amendments have
been simplifled and changed to con-
form with decisions handed down by
the courts, the Board of Tax Appeals
and the corporation counsel. Edward
A. Dent, tax assessor, has an
nounced
The present tax regulations on in
heritance and estates have been su-
perseded by these new regulation
after their acceptance by the Dis
trict Commissioners last week.
While the new regulations en-
brace no radical departures from
those heretofore in effect, they have
been greatly abbreviated by the
deletion of all sections which are
virtually repetition of the law it.
self" Mr.. Dent explained.
A limited number of copies of the
new regulations will be available the
latter part Of this week from the in
heritance and estate tax division,
Room at the District Building, Mr..
Dent said.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Red Cross Unit to Plan
Water Safety PROGRAM

The District Red Cross Water
Safety Committee will meet at pm.
tomorrow at Ross School, Seven.
teenth and r streets NV, to con-
slider the summers program. a.
Committee members who will at
tend are Richard S. Tennyson. Dis
trict Recreation Department, chair.
man; John Gates, director of safety
for the American Red Gross Chap
ter; Dallas Shirley, director OF
health and physical education in
the District public schools; Robert
Ayres. assistant director of the We'll
fare and Recreation Association;
William Meyers, director of physical
education at George Washington
University, and Charles Else, di-
rector of the Boys Club of WASH
ington. ..,s
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Motorist Is Fined $50
After Wreck Injuries Three

Paul G. Meadows, %, of Have
lock. N. c., was fined $50 and costs
in Arlington County Court today
on reckless driving charge after
police testified that he failed to
heed a stop sign on South Glebe
road and struck and overturned
the car of Francis E. Thomas, 80,
Of 4848 Lee boulevard, injuring
three persons.
Mrs. Jean Thore, 26, of 1913 South
Kent street, Arlington, was taken to
Emergency Hospital with serious
hip injuries. Mrs. Gertrude Clau-
son of lit Fifteenth road south,
Arlington, was treated at Alexan-
dria Hospital for back injuries and
released. Raymond Glaze, IS, of
Falls Church, Va, was injured
slightly
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Five Home Rule Bills Set
For Hearing in Maryland
BY the Associated Press

BY tho Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. June 19.-Five bills
prepared by DR.. Horace E. Flack
directo~ of the State Bureau OF
Legislative Reference, to provide
home rule for Maryland localities
will be considered Tuesday by a
legislative Council subcommittee
The bills will come before the
council itself Wednesday and
Thursday when number of State
agencies will present proposed legis-
lation. State Senator James J. Lind
say. Democrat, of Baltimore re-
ported.
The main purpose of the recon-
mended home rule legislation for
cities, counties and towns was said
to be to eliminate the legislative
jams in the General Assembly re-
sulting from the introduction of
local hills
Evening star., 1944-06-19

A fully equipped Navy Post Once,
stated entirely by WAVES, has been
opened at WAVE Quarters D, Mas
sachusetts and Nebraska avenues
NV, and already has proved adept
at answering postal brain twisters.
The new unit-said to be the only
one of It's size in the history of the
American postal service stated en-
tirely by women-cites this puzzler
as an example.
A letter arrived addressed to a
certain yeoman, second class, as fol-
lows: WAVE Quarters, Il hope)
Washington, D. c." Attached was a
note: Please help me find this girl
I lost her address when I was de-
tached from my ship. It's really
very important"
The women mail clerks proudly
report they successfully located the
yeoman.
One officer and II enlisted women
run the unit which serves hundreds
Of women quartered in the barracks.
During its first three weeks the new
post ONCE handled approximately
$500 incoming letters, three to five
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Colleges Will Establish
Centers for Veterans
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Rehabilitation centers for disabled
war veterans will be established at
colleges and universities throughout
the country, the Veterans Admin
istration announced yesterday.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, admin
istrator of veterans affairs, said
both job counseling and arranging
for vocational training would be
undertaken at the centers, first of
which will be opened at the College
of the City of New York. Additional
programs will be set up soon in the
various States.
At no cost to disabled men, the
Veterans Administration will pro-
vide professional advice from voca
tional counselors for selecting a
job. Aptitude tests to determine
abilities and interests will be
given. Veterans will not receive
job training at the center to which
they are assigned unless the college
provides the most suitable training
for the occupation selected, Gen
Hines explained.
Transportation to rehabilitation
centers near veterans homes will be
provided, along with meals and lodg-
ing. The mena also will receive
medical care both at the centers
and during subsequent job training
periods
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Test Due on treating
Money as Commodity
By the Associated Press.

os tue AsSoclated fresS.
A new question OF law, whether
money is a commodity in com
merce, is involved in the Govern
ment's small loan case in which Z;
men and 40 corporations were in
dicted last week on antitrust charges
Justice Department attorneys said
yesterday it was the first time money
has been treated as a commodity
in commerce The case rests on
the premise that money itself is a
commodity and when 1t crosses
State lines it puts the money lenders
in interstate commerce.
If they are not in interstate COM
merce they are not subject to regu-
lation under the. Sherman Anti
trust Act. er ~ t -
The indictment returned in San
Antonio, Tex, charges that in the
operations Of the defendants there
is a continuous flow of money, bills
of exchange, checks, drafts and
other media of exchange" between
the headquarters of the various
small loan chains" and their branch
oflces. This flow, the indictment
says. is across State lines.
The Supreme Court has just ruled
that the insurance business is ir
interstate commerce and is subject
to regulation under the Antitrust
Act. But in the insurance case, il
was not money which was treated
as a commodity, but insurance
policies.
The defendants in the small loar
case are charged with conspiring tt
fix interest rates. They also are
charged with conspiring to create
"slush funds" and to use them ir
influencing members of State Leg
islatures and city councils not te
interfere with the high-rate loar
business.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Small Boys, on Rampage,
Wreck School BUILDING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAUGUS, Mass. June. 19.-There
was no school today for the pupils
of the Oaklandvale Grammar
School-all because of the savage
antics of five small boys between
10 and IA years Of age.
Police Capt. Henry P. Wheaton
said the boys invaded from nearby
Everett and wrecked" the school
building, causing damage estimated
at $4,000, before they were appre-
hended.
Capt. Wheaton said the rampag-
ing youngsters smashed all the win
dows on two sides of the school and
then found baseball bats and
climbed inside, clubbing pupils desks
into twisted wrecks, smashing ink
wells, ripping down blackboards and
destroying posters and art work.
The boys were caught red-hand-
ed" by Capt. Wheaton after neigh
bors became alarmed at the noise
of destruction. Later they were re-
leased to their parents and will be
arraigned In Lynn District Court
Wednesday-juvenile day.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Silver Spring Husband
Kills Estranged Wife
And Self After Quarrel
Bodies Are Discovered
On Sidewalk With
Revolver Beside Them

Carl M. Styles, 80, of the TOO block
of Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, and
his estranged wife, Viola, 26, were
killed early today on Bonifant street
near Georgia avenue, in Silver
Spring. in what Montgomery County
authorities termed a murder and
suicide. The shootings followed a
quarrel, police said.
DR.. F. j. Broschart, county cor
oner, said Mrs. Styles, who lived in
the 8400 block of Dixon avenue,
about block from the scene of the
shooting, was killed instantly by her
husband, who died about two hours
later from bullet wound in his
head at Washington Sanitarium,
Takoma Park.
DR.. Broschart said he has issued
a certificate of murder and suicide.
Both bodies we're taken to the War;
ner E. Pumphrey funeral home in
Silver Spring.
Clarence T. Jordan, a sailor liv-
ing at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Rest Home, Eleventh and
l. street NV, told police he was
sitting on porch near Georgia
avenue ABOUT 2:30 am. when he
heard four shots and rushing
around the corner into Bonifant
street, Mr.. Jordan said he found
the bodies of Styles and his wife
on the sidewalk, a .38-caliber re-
volver beside them.
Mr.. Jordan said he tagged Sergt
Wade Barrett, stationed at Walter
Rood Hospital and former men,
Der of the Silver Spring Volunteer
Fire Department, who was passing
in an automobile. They located
police and called the Silver Spring
rescue squad.
Police said the Styleses had been
arguing earlier yesterday at the
home of a friend, who had driven
them to Georgia avenue and Boni-
FAINT street. They explained that
the two apparently resumed their
argument.
Styles was employed at the Briggs
Clarifier Co., Bethesda. His wife
worker at the Morningside Laundry
in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Mrs. Imogene Baker
Funeral Rites Held
spccisl Disnatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Md, June l9.-
Funeral services for Mrs. Imogene
Baker, IS, widow of Edward L. Baker,
who died Saturday at the home of
her son-in- law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard A. Gloyd, were
held today at the funeral home of
Ernest c. Gartner here. The Rev.
Lawrence Little of Kemptown off,
ciated. Burial was at Kemptown.
Mrs. Baker was a native of the
Kemptown neighborhood. She came
here five years ago. She is survived,
In addition to her daughter, by two
grandchildren, two sisters and two
brothers.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Soldier in Disguise
Of Tipsy Frenchman
Runs German GanheI
Arlington Sergeant
In Same Unit Also Gets
Through Enemy Lines
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
cAsr CAHrAaAAnAAaf

WITH UNITED S T A T E
TROOPS IN FRANCE, June 49,
Back in the United States, 1t. John
Wessmiller of the 9Th Division
Headquarters Detachment, hao
heard a night club entertainer sing
a French song and the refrain had
fingered in his memory.
The song was eau Clair De La
Lune." It was the only French he
knew and he didn't know what II
meant.
The other day he was with q
group seeking a new far-front base
for headquarters. The group took
a wrong turn and hit German re-
sistanee group left behind in the
retreat.
A German gun opened on them
getting two jeeps. A lieutenant and
seven men were taken prisoners.
1t. Wessmiller, in the third jeep
dived for a ditch, crawled through
thorns and over dead Germans ly-
ing near a roadside barn. 1t was
there he found a bicycle.
Throwing away his helmet and
jacket and pulling his pants legs
over his leggings to look more like
civilian, 1t. Wessmiller rode oil
on his bicycle through the German
gantlet, singing eau Clair De La
Lune" at the top of his voice.
His characterization Of tipsy
Frenchman was good enough to get
him safely through the lines.
In the jeep with 1t. Wessmiller
was Sergt. Stephen Grey, II Bed
ford street North, Arlington, Va.
who escaped with sprained ankle
IF you knew how many people
had prayed for my boy, you'd un-
derstand why he escaped" said Mrs
Irving Grey, Sergt. Grey's mother
when she heard about the invasion
incident
Mrs. Grey, who lives at the Ar
lington address, said her son must
have been made a sergeant since
the invasion because none OF his
preinvasion letters had mentioned
the promotion.
Sergt. Grey, who is 80 and has
been in the Army year, was grad
uated from Western High Schoo
and attended George Washington
University. He sang regularly In
st. Stephens Episcopal Church and
has sung in the Washington Cathe-
dral, his mother said.
His Mothers Day letter from Eng
land, Mrs. Grey said, told of hit
singing Mother o. Mine" in ar
English church.
Sergt. Grey's wife, who lives ir
Milwaukee. is expecting to become
a mother herself in July, the senior
Mrs. Grey said.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Cub Exhibit Opens July ;
with 500 Articles

Five hundred articles of Cub
Scout handicraft will go on display
in the new National Museum the
week of July under auspices of the
Cub Planning Committee of the Ma
tional Capital Area Council of the
Boy Scouts
Public demonstrations of Cub
Scout activities also are planned
during the week in the museum
auditorium. Handicrafts will be
displayed in the foyer.
In preparation for the main dis
play, cub packs are now holding
exhibits throughout the Washington
area
Evening star., 1944-06-19
A||-MaIe Jury Chosen
In Merener' S Trial
On Murder Charge
Veniremen Questioned
On Possible Prejudice
Regarding Drunkenness

An all-male jury was chosen IN
District Court today to hear the
trial of Fred G. Mersner, 4S-yesr-
old bakery clerk and father Of five
who is charged with first-
degree murder In the staying of
Mrs. Charlotte w. Robinson last
october IS.
The 3o-year-old victim was
dragged from q car and left to die
at the intersection Of Seventh and
A streets NE. after being shot five
times in the face and head.
Questions asked Of the jurors by
Justice James M. Proctor strongly
limited that Mergner's main defense
would be that he was drunk at the
time Of the killing and was not
responsible for his actions. Under
District law attorneys are not per-
mitted to question the jurors re-
garding their qualifications. Ques-
tions are asked by, the presiding
jurist.
Jury Chosen Quickly.
Are you member Of or are youo
employed by any organization work.
ing for the suppression Of alcoholic
beverages" Justice Proctor asked
the prospective veniremen., He also
asked If they would be prejudiced
against Mergner should It prove he
was drunk at the time of the crime.
The jury was chosen in surpris-
ingly fast time-less than 80 min
utes. Five prospective women jurors
were removed as result Of defense
challenges.
The bald, stocky defendant con-
ferred frequently with his attorney.
John H. Burnett, In the selection
Of the jury.
Mr.. Burnett told reporters that It
was likely that some Of Mergners
children might be called to testify as
defense witnesses. However, I hope
it won't be necessary" he said.
Daughter May Not BE Called.
First Assistant United State At
torney John W. Fhelly said that at
the present time he didn't think
that the Government would ca1l
on Mergner's 17-year-old daughter
Elizabeth to testify.
The Government charges that
Mergner had the girl call Mrs. Rob-
inson and arrange q date with him
on the night Of the shooting. Mr..
Fihelly said that other witnesses
would be called to support this allie
cation.
Mrs. Robinson had been house
keeper in Mergner's Spring Valley
home shortly before the staying.
The Government charges that
Mergner was in love with her and
killed her when she spurned his
pleas to return. to his household.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Keystone Auto Club Board
Plans Dinner Tomorrow

The advisory board of the Key
stone Automobile Club will hold its
eighth annual District Day dinner
at pm. tomorrow at the home of
its chairman, Mark Lansburgh,
Bill Idaho avenue NV.
Federal and District officials and
members of Congress who serve on
committees dealing with affairs OF
the District have been invited.
Among topics to be discussed in
formally at the gathering will be
postwar street and highway plans
and the prospect of changes and
additions to the system of traffic
liphts
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Rites Held for CIutterbuck

LEESBURG, Va, June 19 P).-
Thomas William Clatterbuck, who
was executed Friday for the killing
OF Walter Russell, one of five per-
sons slain on a Loudoun County
farm last summer, was buried in the
Hillsboro Cemetery yesterday after
funeral services at the Loudour
Valley Nazarene Church. The
church was filled to overflowing by
friends and acquaintances.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Three-Foot Alligator
Found in Fuirfux

An alligator feet long was found
Yesterday afternoon in the yard OF
Miss Dorothy Isdel on Route 2ll, a
mile west Of Kamp Washington
Fairfax County police caught the
reptile and have it in custody at the
Fairfax Police Station.
Police picked it up in response
to call and said they believe it is
An escaped pet.
Evening star., 1944-06-19
Five Awarded FelIowships

RICHMOND, Va, June 10 (P).-
Five Virginia Negroes have been
awarded summer course fellowships
to the University of Michigan for
conspicuous activity looking toward
prevention and control of tubercu-
losis among the race. it was an
nounced yesterday by Miss Ellen H.
Smith, president of the Virginia
tuberculosis Association. Among
those who will 60 to Michigan for
. course In health education Is
Claudia z. B. Pitts. Arlington.