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Evening star., 1944-03-13
By THOMAS Il. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

go back to active duty as members
Of bomber crews"
Dr.. Allen, well-known in Wash
lngton, is himself a veteran of five
missions, including the famous
shuttle raid to Regensburg to Africa
and back over Bordeaux to the base
here and has known the experience
of passing out from lack of oxygen
1t was on mission over France
when he had borrowed a mask which
did not fit properly.
Explains Experience.
1--WE experience two kinds of oxy-
gen lack" he says. "One is acute
experienced when the supply is cut
off altogether at 10000 feet or above
by the freezing of the mask or the
failure of the system A man passes
out at once. He can only live very
short time unless oxygen Is given
him. But he revives very quickly
when somebody gives him a supply
and. SO far as we can find out, suffers
no i'll effects. He does not feel
shaky afterwards and remains
perfectly competent to attend to his
job y
"The other is chronic oxygen de-
flciency. This is what I myself ex-
perienced. There was a leak in the
mask and it did not fit properly any
way. Flying along at 10000 feet 1
began to feel rotten all over. 1t was
as if I had eaten some bad food. 1
took of the mask to try to get it on
better. Just then the plane went
up to 10000 feet to get over big
cumulus cloud and before I could
get the mask back on I had passed
into a coma. The bombardier saw
me stretched out and turned on an
emergency oxygen flow and I re-
covered consciousness but for a
long time 1 felt very tired, had a
headache. and was sore all over. 1t
was just like a very bad hangover
The little regulator on the oxy-
gen mask, says DR.. Allen, is the most
important bit of equipment on a
heavy bomber. The life of the man
using the mask depends absolutely
on its working perfectly. If it gets
out OF order his life will last only
two or three minutes, at the most.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
lsNRstonnig
&Remindery@o @o

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc.
Book No. 4, green stamps K, L, and
M valid through March 20 and
retain old values Of 8, S, and
points. Book No. 4, blue stamps
A-8, B-8, C-8. D-8 and E-8 valid
through May 20 and worth 10
points each. Blue stamps F-8.
G-8, H-8, J-8 and KS valid April
l through June 30. Blue tokens
and green 1-point stamps may be
used as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 3,
brown stamps Y and Q valid
through March 40 and retain old
values Of 8, 5, 2 and points. Book
No. 4, red stamps AS, B-8, C-8,
D-8, E-8 and F-8 good through
May 20 and worth 10 points each.
Red stamps G-8. H-8 and J-8
good March 26. Red tokens and
brown 1-point stamps may be used
as change. Red Stamps D-8, E-8
and F-8 become valid tomorrow
and are. good for 10 points each
through May 20.
Sugar-Book No. 4, Stamp 80 valid
for pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for
for home canning through Febru-
ary %, l945.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. B-2.
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 3 coupons good
through Monday. Period No. 4
coupons valid through September
80 Period No. 5 coupons become
valid tomorrow. All good for 10
gallons per unit. Consumers In
this area should not have used
more than 81 per cent OF. their
total yearly fuel oil rations as Of
March Is. -.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Banker in Alexandria
Marks so Years of Service

George Warfleld, executive vice
president of the First National Bank
Of Alexandria, the oldest national
bank in Virginia, is celebrating his
50th year of service with the bank.
A native of Alexandria, Mr.. War
field entered the bank as assistant
teller in 1894. In 1906 Mr.. Warfield
was appointed assistant cashier and
a year later was promoted to CASH
Ter. He assumed the post of execu-
tive vice president in 1892.
Mr.. Warfleld was the first presi-
dent OF the Alexandria Kiwanis
Club, is a past master of Andrew
Jackson Lodge, A. F. and A. M. and
was a high priest of the Mount Ver-
non Royal Arch Chapter. He is a
member of the Washington Street
Methodist Church and was one Of its
stewards for many years. He also
was president of the first power
company in the Alexandria area
the Alexandria County Lighting Co.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

al tuuT Cndl -
ron, 6202 Forty
fourth avenue
West Riverdale,
Md.
E d W a r d
mailed another
package yester-
day to Pvt. Paul
Brown, care of
the postmaster
in San Francis
co. In it were
lots of lit t | e
items to make
Pvt. B oW n
more comforta- -
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Taft Urges Maryland
COP Free Delegates
Policy Advised os Best
For "a and '46 Elections
Bt the Associated Press.

Bf the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar 13.-Chairman
Galen L. TAFT of the Republican
State Central Committee recon-
mends that the Maryland delegation
go uninstructed to the Chicago Re-
publican national convention In
June.
Mr.. TAFT wrote committee men,
bers and Maryland COP leaders
that amy unnecessary element OF
disunity growing out of presidential
preferences would injure our bright
prospects of carrying Maryland in
this years national election and the
State election of 1896"
He referred to a party division on
Candidate Wendell Willkie and New
York,s Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.
Mr.. TAFT said that since Maryland
law provides a presidential candi-
date must personally sign or file ap-
piication to place his name on the
primary ballot "a full expression is
possible only If all presidential can
diuates should file.
"As some candidates are active
others passive, this is impossible
The ideal solution in our present
Maryland Republican interest 4
would be for no presidential can
dldates to file SO as to permit us tc
| preserve party unity ."
Evening star., 1944-03-13
War Nursery Course
For Volunteers to Open

A lecture course to train volunteer
aides at war nursery schools in
Montgomery County will start at 8
o'clock tonight at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School.
The course consists Of 10 lectures
by experts in child-care work at
g pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Graduates will be assigned to estab-
lish centers for so hours, then spend
200 hours = year in county war
nursery.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

BILE and to show Edward A. Charron.
him that some one was his friend.
1t all began last fall. when Ed
ward, who has no one close to him
in the service, began to wish he
could send a Christmas box to
some one who might not get one
otherwise. Finally he hit on a
plan. and his mother called the
War Department to ask the ad-
dresses of Gen. Douglas Macarthur
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Edward took the money he had
made on his paper route and bought
items to fill two boxes, in accord
ance with lists which had been
Evening star., 1944-03-13
BY HELEN RAU.

BY HELEN RAU.
The spot map in the Office of the
Alexandria Visiting Nurse Service
shows a pink dot in the Potomac
River, representing a tubercular pa
tent under the services care. But
the location was puzZling until a
visit to the patient was made with
Mrs. Virginia Osborne, executive di-
rector OF the organization.
Following one of the city's streets
toward the river, across the rail-
road tracks and into the yard of a
river-front fertilizer plant, Mrs. Os-
borne parked her car by one of the
company's sheds, and picked her
way several blocks" over mounds
of sand waste from the plant, and
ldriftWood to the planks which led
from the shore to two-room house.
boat
In a bed in the main room of the
lhouseboat lay the patient, Mrs. Ruth
Bowen, 35, eagerly awaiting Mrs.
Osborne's visit. Tuesdays and Fri
days, the days the nurse comes, are
the high spots in Mrs. BoWen's life
for almost no one else visits the
houseboat where she has been lit-
ing, weak and bedridden, for many
months.
A pan of water was set on the
small iron stove, used for heating
and cooking, and the scrubbed floor
and neat room were testimony to the
| importance of the occasion.
Until several months ago, Mrs
! Bowen was able to live with rela-
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Gov. Darden Praises
Virginia Assembly
For Effective Work
Appropriations Measure,
Service BoIIot Approved;
Tax Shores Revised
Ey the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, March 13.--Mem-
bers of the Virginia General AS
sembly returned to their homes
today with the expressed gratitude
of Gov. Darden for their effective
work" during the 60-day session.
While the passage of Gov, Dar-
den's omnibus. appropriations bill
OF $235 900 900 highlighted the legi-
slatiye achievements of the AS
sembly. many measures of a con-
structive nature which were designed
to aid the Commonwealth during
the next biennium were passed.
Chief among them was the bet
tering of the financial position o1
teachers by fixing the teacher unit
ALLEGATION at 5000 for the next two
years; providing voting system
for servicemen with poll tax pay
ment being taken care of by the
Commonwealth; increasing the wa,
salary bonus for State employees
realigning certain State educationa
institutions to make more effective
their work and designing a better
educational program for Negroes.
No Action on Sales Tax.
The question of a sales tax wa:
postponed. No one pressed a bill
to carry out the Governors recon-
mendation that a referendum or
the special levy be held Instead
a legislative commission will study
the question and make a report or
its findings by October !.
Gov. Darden recommended the
sales tax referendum, feeling thai
so important matter affecting the
taxation system of the State should
be voted on by the people before it,
adoption. Numerous bills on the
subject were introduced, mostly ir
the Senate, but were turned down.
Increased by the legislators wa!
the amount of funds coming intt
the State treasury to be distributed
among the localities. Under th'
Daughtrey bill. which reduces tn,
States initial take" of liquor profits
localities will get an additional ST.,
10000 in revenues. The State
share of these profits was reduced
from s2,5O0,00O to s750,O0o. The 10
calities also will get two-thirds 0
the new $2,000.000 wine tax ant
100000 for school buses.
May Raise Teachers Pay.
With these funds localities, If the,
so desire, can raise the salaries o
teachers, although the money wa
not earmarked for public instruc
ton, this fact being emphasized re
peatedly on the House floor durin
the final days of the session.
Aside from school and financia
legislation, the bill causing tn
greatest amount of talk was that ex
tending the right to vote to men an,
women in the armed forces with tn
State bearing the expense of meet
ing poll tax payments. Three meas
ures passed, one providing for votin
in Federal elections, another per
mitting voting in State elections
and the third to give Virginia
workable law if Congress repeal
legislation making effective the sec
ond measure,
Evening star., 1944-03-13

from the United States to an over
seas naval base went astray and
came into the hands of an Air
Force supply officer in England. He
opened the box and wondered
whether gang of American train
robbers were about to start oper-
ating in England-or whether the
Navy had lot of executions
planned in the near future.
Just What Was Needed.
But then it was suggested to him
that this might be just what the
Air Force needed. Complete pro-
lection of the faces of gunners had
proved difficult problem. At high
attitudes it was necessary to wear
the oxygen mask, which often was
not good At. This Navy hood
would fit over it perfectly and could
be arranged to fit tightly around
the shoulders.
Some notifications were neces-
sary, especially mouth outlet for
the oxygen tube. From the start
the mask made considerable re-
duction in frost-bite cases and
these have further been cut down
by providing waist windows in the
plane to protect the waist gunners.
'Frost-bite," says Capt. Herbert c.
Allen Of Richmond, Va, air surgeon
of base here, used to be our big
gest single problem so far as long
extended disabilities were concerned.
Often the men never were able to
Evening star., 1944-03-13
$1,000 Marlboro Blaze
May Be Work Of 'Firebua

A fire which members of the Upper
Marlboro Volunteer Fire Depart
ment said may have been caused
by a "firebug" yesterday destroyed
a barn containing approximately
5000 pounds of tobacco on a farm
owned by Mrs. Robert L. Hall, Upper
Marlboro. Firemen said the dam
age, estimated at about $1,000 is
partially covered by insurance
Firemen recalled that five previous
attempts had been made within the
last two months to set fire to the
field on which the barn is located
Sparks from the flames damaged
an empty frame house about 300
yards away on an adjoining farm
belonging to M. Hampton Magruder
former Maryland collector of in
ternal revenue
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Virginia Ruling Curb,
e-Fixing Power
OF Milk Commission
Holds 1t Connot Set
Different Rotes for
Same Grade
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Mar. 13.-The Vir.
ginia Supreme Court of Appeals
ruled today that the State Milk
Commissions authority to fix prices
extends only to different prices fol-
different grades Of milk and does
not extend to different prices fol-
the same grades of milk.
The court gave its opinion in the
case OF Lucerne Cream e. Butter
Co. of Washington versus the State
Milk Commission. A dissenting opin-
ion from Justice George L. Browning
held that the courts majority opin-
ion "is a grave blow to the Use
fulness Of the milk commission.
The majority opinion, written by
Justice C. Vernon Spratley, held that
there Is no inherent power in the
milk commission to fix the price
of the milk. Whatever price-makine
power it has must be found in the
statute.
Power to Destroy.
at is well-established principle
of statutory construction" the opin.
ion added, that when a specific
power is granted by a statute anc
the limits of such power are therein
marked out, the section granting
the power and not general provi.
sions in other sections of the statute
must be looked to in ascertaininl
the effect and extent thereof.
The authority to fix prices, likt
the power to assess taxes, is the
power to destroy. 1t is an extraor'
binary power and not lightly grant.
ed, and when granted is subject tt
the limitation of the grant"
The case originated in the Alex
andria- Arlington market, where tht
Lucerne Co. was supplying milk il
cardboard containers through Safe
way Grocery Stores. The commits
sion had ruled that the compan,
must charge penny more pc.
quart for its product than for mill
delivered in bottles by other com
panies.
Commission Called Unreasonable.
The creamery contended that tht
commission ruling was arbitrary
and unreasonable, and said 1t woule
not compete with orthodox dairie.
if it were forced to charge more fol
its milk.
The court, admitting that a con.
tainer is as essential as transporta.
ton, held that its cost factor mus
be considered just as other ele.
ments are considered. But once all
factors are taken into consideration
"a price of milk fixed for a grade
must be the same for all milk oi
that grade"
The opinion said that "all thai
the commission can hope to do
after giving consideration to all the
factors of cost of production and
distribution. is to stabilize the mar
ket by fixing a price which will en-
courage the producer and distrib-
utor of milk to continue in business
upon profitable basis, and to pro-
vide an ample supply of an essen
tial commodity to the general pub
lie at fair and reasonable charge y
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Pulmun Confirmed
For Fort BeIvoir Post

William c. Pullman, 80, of Fairfax
County has been confirmed by the
Senate as postmaster at Fort Bel
voir, Va. His nomination was sent
to the Senate by President Roose-
welt several weeks ago. He has
served as acting postmaster at the
Army post since May /. 1912, when
he succeeded D. j. CARRIER, retired
Mr.. Pullman was born at Cameron,
Fairfax County, and attended the
public schools in the county and in
Alexandria. He was employed by
the State ABC Board before enter
Ing the postal service. He Is mar
ried and has one daughter.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Co|mar Manor 10 HoIt
Delinquent Tax Sale
Despite 1943 Law
Prince Georges OfficioI
And Torvestod Disogree
On New MoryIond Law
Star Stan Photo.

Despite the passage of a law at the
1943 session Of the State Legislature
authorizing Prince Georges County
to handle the sale Of all delinquent
property in the county for taxes, the
town of Colmar Manor has decided
to hold its own tax sale April 3.
The law, which affects virtually
all counties in the State, provides
specifically that any property In a
town on which taxes or street as
sessments are in default, shall be
sold by the county and not by the
town, as heretofore.
Mayor John N. Torvestad of Col
mar Manor explained that decision
to hold tax sale in the town was
taken because Of the failure OF
County Treasurer r. Ernest Smith
to hold the annual county tax sale
scheduled for the first Monday Of
leach March. Z ;f taies I
Mr.. Smith asserted recently that
the county tax sale would not be
held this year since the law was
passed too late to enable him to in
clude all delinquent town property
in the sale. He added that many
towns did not prepare their tax sale
lists properly.
Declaring that Colmar Manor has
been forced to hold a sale this year
to protect ITSELF" Mayor Torvestad
said that unless some sort of tax
sale is held, the town will lose its
right to. establish a lien on delin-
quent property"
Mr.. Smith refused to comment on
the towns action. An ofncial of an
other town in the county stated,
however, that he doubted whether a
valid title could be issued for prop
|erty sold in the Colmar Manor tax
sale.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

vision. Born in Capitol View, Md.
he attended the Kensington Ele-
mentary School and the Takoma-
Silver Spring High School.
Before entering the county police
force, he was employed at Barrett's
filling station in Silver Spring.
A brother, Charles w. Moulden
jr., LOG Westmoreland avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md, said yesterday
friends have heard from his brother
since he was wounded and it is be.
lieved he is now back in action.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
18 Rockville SeIectees
Report al Fort Meade

Eighteen selective service regis.
trants of Local Board No. l, Rock.
vile, left today for Fort Meade, Md.
to begin Army service. The only
nonfathers were Ernest B. Lipforc
and Francis l.. Ward. The others
were William F.. Bready, Lee Bran
denburg, Avery H. Brumitt, Dougla,
Conners, Albert G. Kirkman, Viii.
mer L. Souers, Elmer R. Nicely
Charles E. Grogg. Herbert Matthias
Arthur W. Stang, Jean C. Pack
Harry o. FaWley. jr: Ralph w
Offutt, Luther NJ McIlwee, John E
Wilson and Guy A. Merry.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
u. Of M. to Graduate
ITO Students March IS
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
One hundred and ten students al
the University of Maryland will be
candidates for degrees at the end
of the winter quarter. Commence
ment exercises will be held the
morning Of March 25.
The group is comprised of &c men
and A women. Among them are
a number of Army specialized train
ing students who are scheduled tc
leave the university before April
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Report Is Due Today
On Richmond Hotel
Fire Fatal 10 Six
One Of 20 Hurt Leaves
Hospital; Rites Set for
Weaver, Mrs. Price
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Mar. 13-An official
report on the fire in which six per-
sons lost their lives at the Hotel
Jefferson early Saturday is expected
to be made today to Mayor Gordon
B. Amber.
Officially, the cause of the fire,
which claimed among it's victims
State Senator Aubrey G.. Weaver,
Front Royal, an outstanding figure
IN Virginia political life, and Mrs.
James H. Price, widow of the former
Governor of Virginia, is listed as
unknown" Fire Chief A. F. Taylor
said the fire had started in stair
way well on the second floor, spread
swiftly up the shaft and mush-
roomed out on the fourth, fifth and
sixth floors, where most OF the
damage was confined. a5sf
Until last night only one OF the
20 patients being treated for in
juries received in the fire had been
discharged from the hospital. He
was John E. Mcmahon, Brooklyn,
NY, who was overcome by smoke.
City police and fire chieftains
have been making an investigation
at the direction of the Mayor. Part
of the report due today was to
deal with the condition of fire.
fighting equipment in the hotel
Public Safety Director M. D. Barof
said Saturday he was investigating
a report that when guests and en-
ployes of the hotel attempted to use
hoses in corridors to fight the flames
they leaked so badly that they were
useless.
Funeral services for Mrs. Price
were to be held at II am. today
at the Ginter Park Presbyterian
Church in Richmond. Burial will
be at $3.50 pm. in Thornrose Gene
terry, Staunton, where Gov. Price is
buried.
Last rites for Senator Weaver will
be held at pm. today at the
Front Royal Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Prospect Hills Gem
etery there.
A special session of the Warren
County Circuit Court was scheduled
at 1890 pm. in the Front Royal
Courthouse to adopt memorial reso-
lutions in tribute to the State
Senator.
Senator Weaver represented the
Duchess of Windsor in 1927 when
she obtained divorce from her
first husband. 1t E. Winfield Spen-
Ger, in Front Royal. The Senator
was a friend of the Duchses' family.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Lyon VILLAGE Club Elects

Mrs. w B. Tubbs has been elected
head of the Woman's Club of Lyon
Village. Mrs. w. Allan Hunter was
elected first vice president, Mrs
Fred E. Pfeiffer, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Harry w. Howard, re-
cording secretary; Mrs, H. H. Nc
Kinney, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. Harold G. Towner, treas
urer
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Students to Hear Dr.. Minis

DR.. Edwin Minis of the American
Association of Colleges art pro-
gram will speak on Have You Dis
covered American" at a meeting of
the students and faculty of Chevy
Chase Junior College at o'clock to-
night in the college auditorium. DR..
Minis also will speak tomorrow night
on Literature as a Personal Asset"
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Citizens to Elect Three
In Chevy Chase Area

An election will be held from 7
to pm, April IL, at the Brookeville
Pharmacy 6423 Brookeville road,
Chevy Chase, to fill three two-year-
term vacancies on the community
Citizens Committee.
The three members of the COM
mittee, whose terms have expired
are Myron Chaser, James J. Hayden
and Lawrence E. Troth.
G. Herbert Chappelear, 4o7 Tur-
ner street. Chevy Chase Election
Board chairman, will receive nomi-
nations in writing through March 81
Evening star., 1944-03-13
PTA to Hear OAR Aide

An illustrated lecture by Mrs
Swami Sinclair national chairman
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution magazine, on historical
places in Northeastern Virginia, will
be given at the monthly meeting OF
the Charles Barrett Parent Teacher
Association at pm. tomorrow at
the Parkfairfax CVa.) School.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

er, Frederick w.
Moulden, Wood
land Beach, Md.
A I o r m e r
member Of the
M o n t 60 me ~
County police
t orce, 8 erg t.
M VI en- was
attached to the
Silver S pr in &
substation for
about l8 months
before he | e t t
for duty with
the Army, where
he was with an
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Surgical DRESSINGS Shipped

LA PLATA, Md, Mar: Is (SpeciaD. /.
Mrs. T. J. Flesher, Indianhead,
chairman of surgical dressing units
for Charles County, reported today
that county units have completed
and shipped 161 800 items this year
for members of the armed forces.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Boy, II, Sends Gifts to Soldier
And Close Friendship Results

A soldier in the South Pacific
who has no family has found a lit
tie foster brother in Edward A.
Charron, II. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

bull ! e t S. The
adoption of this
black mask was
due to a fortu-
nate mistake. II
is very similar
to a garment
worn by t h e
Navy-especial-
ly by the crews
of PIT boa t S,
who must keep
long wat C h e S
a m id freezing
spray on winter
nights.
Some months
ago a shipment
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Sergt. Thomas T. MoMden
Is Wounded in Italy

Sergt. Thomas F. Moulden, 81, OF
Silver Spring was wounded in ac-
ton in Italy on February 8. the War
Department has informed his faith
Evening star., 1944-03-13

TAXPAYERS FORM TRIPLE LINE-Wearily looking for Uncle
Sans income tax experts to get help people
lines among the thousands who broke all records at the
revenue building today The three lines show queue peo
pie wound like snake doubling back itself nobody
had to stand outdoors cold did