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Evening star., 1944-08-03
11GasoIine Tank Cars,
Station, Store Burn
In Virginia Wreck
81. 900 Domoee Caused
At CoIverton as Fire
Follows Devuilment

Southern Railroad Co. workers to-
day were clearing burned cars from
the railroads main line at Calver-
ton, Va. after II tank cars carrying
about %, 200 gallons of Army gas
oline jumped the track and burned
yesterday. Burning gasoline ran
down the right Of way and destroyed
the station, q store, garage and q
number Of small business properties
Railroad odcials said the accident
was caused by dislodged coupling
which pulled out and dropped on the
tracks. They estimated damage to
railroad equipment and the gas
oline loss were approximately t25,-
600.
The II damaged tankers, it wa
said, were part Of . 76-car freight
There were rs tankers carrying gas
oline for Army storage In the East
Railroad ofncials reported no cas-
ualties and that damage was con-
fined. to business properties In the
path of the flaming gasoline, which
flowed down an embankment to ths
street below. Telegraph and tele.
phone poles also were burned, dis.
rupting communications.
OmciAls said there was little delay
to main line trafIic because an aux.
ihary track was used to detoul
traflc.
Fire departments from Warren.
ton. Culpeper, Manassas and Rem
ington and . chemical nre-fightint
truck from Fort Belvofr battled t.
save the other Is tankers and t.
prevent the flames, famed by a stif,
breeze, from spreading over tn,
town.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Alexandra Police Radio
To Equal Any in Area

The 5000 radio apparatus nov
being installed in the Alexandris
police station will give the depart.
ment equipment as modern as any
in this area, Capt. Edgar Sims said
today.
Capt. Sims said the equipment
which Is expected to be in operation
by August Is Is of the frequency
modulation type and that an aerial
Is being installed on top OF the
police station to replace the remote
control system from Shooters Hill.
Ten cruiser cars, the IRE chiefs
car and the city ambulance are beins
equipped with 35-watt sets, replacing
the 2O-watt sets now in use.
At the same time, Capt. Sims re-
leased his report for July showina
525, persons taken into custody OF
whom 512 were charged and 4se
convicted.
Although the ma ajority Of the ar.
rests were for trafIic violations, Capt
Sims said only 80 accidents were
reported in July, compared with *
TO 30 In an average month.
There were no fatalities, although
10 resulted In injuries to IL person.
and - In property damage.
There were two murders, one rob.
berry. three burglaries, eight petty
larcenies and one grand larceny.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Agriculture Expert Wins
Victory Gorden Prize

The Bethesda Victory Garden
Center announced today that the
garden Of DIR. c. L. LIE Febvre, a
horticultural expert in the Agricul-
ture Department, has been judged
the best In the Bethesda Chevy
community.
, Victory garden pennants have
neen awarded seven, gardens on a
temporary basis, it was announced.
AL gardens viii be judged for anal
awards in the fall.
In addition to DR.. LIE Febvre those
receiving pennants include DR.. A. C,
roster, Mrs. Gerard Cahill, Mrs.
schultz. Frank Ebaugh, z. L. CAL
ioway and r. ]. Schwoerer. Judges
were Dr.. Le Febvre and Or. Robert
E. Wester.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Plain Clothes Police
To Check 5peeders
Maryland Announces
Drive to Cut Accidents
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 3.-Maryland
State police will use plain clothes
men and cars painted nonregulation
colors in an emergency campaign to
cut down speeding and traffic acci-
dents, beginning tomorrow.
State Police Supt. Beverly G..
Ober, announcing the campaign yes
terday. said the troopers on special
patrols would enforce only the stat
utory 50-mile an hour speed limit,
while crews OF the regular Khaki
colored State police cars would en-
force the 35-mile Victory speed limit.
Automobiles Of the special patrol
viii be equipped with sirens, special
police, signs and electric stop DO
lice" lights. Troopers on night duty
will be uniformed, but stili will use
the plain -colored vehicles.
Mr.. Ober said that the action fol-
loved . 10 per cent rise In fatal ac-
cidents in June over June 1913, &C.
companying = 1851 increase in mo-
tor vehicle operation.
There continues to be q sturdy
trend toward higher passenger car
and truck speeds" the State police
head declared. "The ratio of sever
fty OF accidents Is ct the same point
it was six months prior to the in
PRODUCTION OF the 35-mile Victory
speed limit"
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Darnestown Group Seeks
School improvements

Installation Of badly needed
sanitary and heating facilities at the
elementary school tn Darnestown,
Nd, Is sought in q petition ad-
dressed to the Montgomery County
Board Of Education and signed BY
Ito parents and other residents.
Calling present conditions q men,
ace to the health OF children and
teachers. the petition declares the
school has no running water and no
central heating plant. The large
stoves provided. 1t points out, do not
heat the rooms properly and the
children are subject to colds.
In addition, it was said, use Of
outdoor toilets constitutes Z .real
hazard to the health OF the pupils"
Action has been promised BY DR.
Edwin w. Broome, superintendent
Of county schools, - soon rs re-
sources are available, 1t was an
nounced,
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Alexandra Youth Alters
Plea in Staying Case

Earl Garrett. jr.. Is, Of 1875 Duke
street. Alexandra, who pleaded not
guilty when indicted on . murder
charge June II. changed his plea
to one of guilty Of voluntary man
slaughter in Alexandria Corporation
Court today.
On Recommendation OF Common.
wealths Attorney Albert v. Bryan.
his case was referred to Paul zieve.
probation ofiicer, for report on the
flrst day Of the August term.
Young Garrett. whose case In.
volved the nrst Juvenile murder
charge In Alexandria In IS years
and the first for = white man in
nine pears, is alleged to have killed
Perry Quick. 4l-year Alexandra
Navy Yard mechanic, In . f1st fisht
Nay =. Mr. Quick was Z boarder
|at the home of CARROTS grand.
mother.
According to Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Kievo
can recommend . jail sentence OF
one to i've year( continued proba.
tion, or Dismissal but the court u
No. b"s'rd ~ N. re~omprendsticr
Evening star., 1944-08-03
50 Chemical Workers
Strike al Alexandra

More than 50 employees Of the
American Agricultural Chemical
Co. 400 South Lee street, Alexan.
dria, are on strike for the third day
In : demand for ! new contract
embodying : closed shcp and . 90
cent-an-hour wage increase.
The men formerly were membera
OF the Washington-A Alexandria La
bore0 Onion. Local 80. but have
failed to pay dues for more than :
year and claim the Old cputracj
therefore does not Apply "a thsm.
According to J. lfed Kirchner
Northern virginia labor inspector,
the company has agTeed to ~
War Labor Board approval for I
75-cent nt-an-hour wage scale to re-
place the presentS ts-cens-An-hou
scale, but The cl015d shop isglae \
still linsstti~A.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Maryland Draft Call Cut
For September Predicted
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3.-The Mary
land Selective Service director pre-
|dicted today Z September draft
call Considerably lower than the
|wAr-tirne average" and comparable
to some pre-Pearl Harbor quotas.
Col Henry g. StAnwood said he
Expected that men In the 70-to-3a
|ase group would comprise not more
than one-fourth Of the total. He
Explained the lowered call meant
that the armed forces-ncw ct filll
strength -needed only replacementa
for casualties.
The director said Maryland draft
boards two months ago had begun
the drafting Of men over 26 who
were making no contribution 10 the
war effort.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Maryland Council 10 Hear
From Counties Aug. 14-15
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3.-The fire.
quently disputed question OF coun-
ty home rule will come before the
Legislative Council again at its
August 14-l5 meeting when the
group will devote an entire day to
deliberation Of laws covering local
legislation.
DR.. Horace Z. Flack, council
SECRETARY. announced yesterday the
agenda also would Include discus
sions Of licensing Of hospitals and !
report and recommendations 6f the
Maryland Postwar Reconstruction
and Development Committee.
The secretary explained the coun-
ell had been requested BY the Mary
iand-D district Of Columbia Hospital
Association to consider . Law re-
quiring AL hospitals to ~ licensed
and setting up standards for the
institutions.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Virginia Sets Record
In Wor Finuncinq
~ the Associated Press.

- -~ shs'oSAsec0 1Iebes
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 3.-virpi-
MA established the best record Ia
the history Of the State War Finance
Committee by exceeding its quotas
N all types Of bond purchases dur
Ing the Fifth War Loan drive.
James 3. Easley, managing director
Of the committee. said yesterday.
Figures through July 81 show
total sales In Virginia Of 416, $50. 900.
or lSo per cent Of the total quota Of
$157, ,000, 900.
T Bond sales totaled ~, ,544, 900.
or los per cent Of the 340,Ooo 900
quota. Sales Of all bonds to individ-
uals. including ~E" Bonds, elncunted
to ~, ~, 900, or l0e per cent Of the
quota of ~ 900 900.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
) Clothing Firm Partners
Fined for Price Violations
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Aug. s. Three
partners in a Baltimore women's
clothing manufacturing Arm were
fined 81 900 each yesterday by Fed
eral Judge w. Calvin Chesnut after
they pleaded guilty to a criminal
information charging sales of suits
at over-ceiling prices.
The criminal information was fled
In Federal Court June 16 against
Sidney Rosen, Samuel Kaplan and
Saul Surosky, doing business as the
Rosemoore Coat Co.
They were accused in five counts
OF selling womens suits at prices
over the Once of Price Administra-
ton ceilings and in five other counts
OF fasifying records to conceal the
overcharges.
Evening star., 1944-08-03

Montgomery County. Each one,
except the Suitland plant, will have
capacity of 500 lockers, Mr.. Will
kinSon said.
Each locker will have six cubic
feet of space-enough to accommo-
date $50 to 800 pounds Of food.
Rentals will range from $3.50 to
$3.50 a year, depending on their
location. The lockers will be MAIN
tanned at zero temperature.
The Southern States Co-opera-
tive plants will have 500 lockers
each, with rentals ranging from $40
to SIS a year according to size.
Other plants are now in operation
in Leesburg and Fredericksburg,
Va, and Easton, Chestertown and
Frederick, Md.
Originating in Iowa during the
depression years, the frozen food
locker industry has developed rap
idly since the war because of ration
ing and the difficulty OF obtaining
certain food items.
Available to Families.
Meat, poultry, fish, game, vegeta-
bles and fruits may be preserved in
the lockers for use when prices are
higher or when certain items can
not be obtained. Families can store
the food they grow or purchase
from farmers and housewives can
take advantage of bargain sales or
Uhny, fhAra ie 81 10 -
item.
A person renting a frozen food
locker takes his produce to the
plant, where it is quick frozen, pack
aged and placed in the locker.
Urban dwellers thus can purchase
a hog or calf from q farmer and
have it delivered to processing
plant, where the animal will be
slaughtered, cut and frozen and
then placed in a locker for fu-
ture use.
All processing fees are fixed BY
the Once of Price Administration.
Oficials of the Country Life Arm
said that In the Middle West, a
charge Of $l.50 is made for killing
a hog and $3.50 for a COW. Other
processing fees, including freezing
and packaging, range from to 5
cents pound for different opera
tions. For example. killing q 275-
pound hog and making sausages
from the animal costs only $7.70 at
one Midwest plant.
The plants also have proved a
boon to families afIiicted with
ration point difnculties. If a city
family owns COW for 60 days, no
ration points are required when the
animal Is processed, according to
Frank r. Wilson, secretary-treasurer
OF the Country Life firm. In other
cases where ration points are neces-
sary. a family can pledge its points
over a period Of one year, he said.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Suvs This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack Of waste
paper to convert into cartons
Tor Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
Of old newspapers and maga-
anes y needed. Notify some
school child Ia your hloGk 70
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Navy Wounded at Bethesda
High in Praise of Doctors
They Didn't Even Duck When Shells Burst;
ltWos Just Like q Sunday Picnic Men Soy

beach and that same night was on
hts way back to England. He was
operated on in the galley Of . LIST
but enjoyed steak and cake for din
ner that night.
Knocked Unconscious.
Nineteen year old James b
Bowles, 1924 Iowa avenue NV.
third-class quartermaster on q de-
stroyer escort which had the job OF
screening the battleship Nevada
doesn't know how he was treated
by the medics of the French coast
James was unconscious for two days
after he was thrown into the ali
by an underwater explosion. He
came to on train In England.
He was senior at Roosevelt High
School when he joined the Navy
20 months ago. He said the first
thing he wants to do after the wal
is to finish his education, and that
includes going to college.
Emil r. Saul, 10, Baltimore. 4
first-class seaman and one of seven
men at the interview in wheel
chairs, said he had been playing
10 lot Of football and basket bal
before he joined tho Navy bui
added that IT guess I'm through
with that for q while" He received
. leg wound while aboard the bat.
tleship Texas on June IS.
The Army treated us prett,
good" Emil said. Every time ",
hit something ashore belonging t.
the enemy the Army would let u,
know" The Germans at one poin,
were firing big guns from . church
he said. On the third salyo from
the Nevadas guns the church VA,
fiattened.
Wants More Education.-
Emil Is also looking forward t.
more education when the war i
over.
Ensign Alan B: Cheaney, "A, All.
good, Ala, q Seabee who com.
manded an assault combat demoli.
ton unit, was probably one of thu
first casualties ON D-day. II wa.
only q few minutes in Normandy
when they got me with small arm,
fire. 1t was all over pretty quick,
he said. Ensign Cheaney, who ma.
1ored In civil engineering at thu
University Of Alabama, requested
reporters to mention the Seabee,
II they were going to say anything
about his unit.
Second Glass Ships Cook Donald
Moitzfield, "a, of Brooklyn, Iowa
was asked how he was feeling now
Fine, and the elbows swell here.
The others nodded agreement.
Evening star., 1944-08-03
Sentenced in Assault

Samuel Hairston, colored, OF Alex
andria was sentenced to six months
in Jail in Alexandra Corporation
Court yesterday: A jury found him
guilty Of felonious assault after he
pleaded not guilty to 4 charge of
shot at Onhcer Charles Baber,
who waa trying to arrest him "a
May 26.
Evening star., 1944-08-03

The smiling, happy group OF
young Navy men brought back tc
the United States on the hospital
ship Refuge and who now are pa
tients at the Bethesda Naval Hos
pital just can't think up enough
words Of praise for the Army and
Navy medical men-"medics" to the
boys in the service-who served
them in the Normandy invasion.
All Of the IL officers and men
interviewed yesterday had some
good word for the medics. Typical
Of the comment was that of l9-year-
old Edgar S. Hayman of Dolyestown
Pa third-class signalman who
wanted to be q professional baseball
player before he went into the Navy
Our medics did a swell Job
When shells burst over them they
never even ducked-it was just like
they were attending q Sunday
picnic" young Hayman commented
He received . shoulder wound from
. German 88-millimeter gun on
June while serving with q naval
beach battalion. He is on the mend
but figures that by the time he gets
out of the service he will be too old
to play ball. He has his heart set
on law now.
Saved His Leg.
Il can thank an Army medic fol
saving my leg" Vincent Schettino
23. Of East Boston, Mass, said. A
first-class seaman on patrol craft
he was wounded In ohe ankle by
shrapnel on June IL. A short time
later he was being operated or
aboard q LIST of the French coast
Ensign Sam H. Bryan, 26, Of
Jacumba. Calf, who was In COM
mand Of three landing craft aboard
LIST, believes he was just about
the luckiest Of men. He wa,
wounded In the knee on June 8 BY
shrapnel burst from enemy aircraft
and was taken aboard q ship which
had several doctors on board.
II was picked up by pharmacists
mate, taken below, given morphine
and spiinted up-all In about 10
minutes" Ensign Bryan declared
Many Of the big LISTS carried both
an Army and Navy medical ofIicer
who turned ward rooms and galleys
into emergency operating rooms and
kept on working until their job was
done.
1t. q. g. Milton Rather, IS, OF
the Bronx. N. Y, Coast Guard exec
utiye onicer aboard q Lei, received
a shell fragment In the leg from
an 88 millimeter gun on D-day on
his second trip to the Normandy
Evening star., 1944-08-03

Fremen of the Clarendon Volunteer Fire
marooned worker families from their homes the Juba
Early development basin land in Arlington County
after yesterdays heavy rain. Here Fireman Chnn
carrying Mrs. Mary Journey down the ladder
lowed by Miss Virginia Ruck Wendell assisting
below. Star STAFF Photos
Evening star., 1944-08-03

FIRST WOUNDED FROM THE NORMANDY
YoungH
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
BY CLAIR JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, April IL lR -
Chief reason for shortages of cot
ton piece goods has been made
quate production, although some
goods have been kept off the mar
ket due to maldistribution and con-
fusion over conservation order,
a War Production Board (WPB)
official reported today.
S. A. Palmer, deputy chief of
WPB's cotton fabrics branch of the
textile, clothing and leather bu-
reau, said in a letter released by
Senator Andrews (R.-Fla.) that
scarcities of cotton wash fabrics
'have been caused by decreased
production of our mills, which, in
turn, is attributable primarily to
losses in manpower to the mill
tary and to high wage war indus
tries
However, in answering a query
from Andrews about conservation
order M-317, which set up a for
mula for production and distribu-
ton for war and civilian require.
ments, Palmer added:
Some confusion has existed in
the textile markets with respect
to this order and some goods I'M
doubtedly have been withheld from
sale because of it,
In response to another question
in which Andrews said he under
stood some goods earmarked for
export have accumulated because
mills have been unable to obtain
customers holding export licenses,
Palmer wrote:
1T is true that there may be
some slight maldistribution in the
placement of orders by exporters"
The WPB official added, how
ever, that the problems were be-
ing solved, declaring the confusion
was to be expected but a clearer
understanding of distribution pro-
visions is currently making itself
felt and we feel sure that begin
ming with the second quarter, all
possible available civilian goods
will be fairly and equitably dis
tributed in their customary chan
nels."
He also said that when export
maldistribution situations arose
I'VE have invariably ben able to
place the mills in touch with an
exporter
In addition, Palmer declared
''that in any case in which the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
POSTWAR WORK
MEET HELD HERE
Continued From Page One)

and not as cases and that personal
attention be given so that each
man is recommended to a parti-
cular person in whatever agency
he is recommended to.
Since about IL million men
and women will be dealt with it is
necessary to have local clearing
houses composed of representatives
from such organizations as the
American Legion, Rotary, Lions
and Civilian Clubs. Parent Teach
er Association, AFL, CLIO, Cham
Der of Commerce, etc. 1t will be
their task to educate employers to
know their responsibilities to aid
i'll the settlement of disputes and
to suggest and assist in determin-
ing local policies.
The American Red Cross, Amer
lean Legion and Veterans of For
eign Wars will assist in making
claims for veterans, and the other
CARNATIONS cooperating with the
unemployment committee are the
National Veterans Administrator
The Army Emergency Relief and
the Civil Service Commission.
This comprehensive program has
been set up to insure every vet
cram that there is a job for him
and that he will receive able assis-
tapce in secl1rino if
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12

down their arms and surrendered,
a midnight Moscow bulletin said.
Soviet a irmen attacking con-
stantly day and night at Ovidiopol,
ferry terminus on the Dnestr 10
miles southwest of Odessa, also
were declared taking a huge toll
of the enmey, with the full results
not yet known.
In Romania another Red army
had struck SIS miles west of the
Prut River frontier and captured
Pascani, an important rail juno.
ton, and the town of Cristesti
eight miles beyond, Moscow said
Pascani is 155 miles northeast oil
the rich Ploesti oil wells, and the
communique said a. regiment Of
5000 enemy troops was killed
there.
Crippled German soldiers sent
to Crimean rest homes were being
pressed into service in a desper-
ate effort to halt the two powerful
Soviet armies rolling over the flat
steppes, Moscow dispatches said
early today.
But Axis resistance appeared to
be melting swiftly and the Soviet
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
OVER 100 GERMAN
PLANES DESTROYED
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Air Forces and Mustangs of the
Raj Second Tactical Force. In
addition a U. S. Army communi.
cue announced the fighters had
destroyed numerous enemy planes
on the ground during strafing OPP
e. atoms after their escort mission
had been completed.
In the comparable Berlin bat
tie March 6, the U. S. armada shot
down It's Nazis.
Headquarters used the descrip-
tioll in very great strength to
indicate the size of bomber and
fighter forces involved and, de-
spite the formidable resistance Civ
en- by the Germans, the bombers
ploughed through and completed
their missions successfully.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-12
WOMEN PAY FINE
IN FLOWER CASE

r,e penalty for purloining posies
~. Get at $50 and costs by Judge
" w0' winfield Smith in Recorders
o. ,r+ 10 days ago in the case OF
w. Lake Forest housewives who
Nv s,,,itted taking azalea plants from
rsanoonfield Park on March %.
r,,esday morning Mrs. Bruce
,,'d1l]nn. 10 Summit Walk and Mrs.
~ A Northrup, 9 Pinecreat Park
NJ Wv through their attorney, Alton
rornon acce pt d judgment
L s,onded to read $50 and ccs.s.
radop smith then ordered that the
.sa9+ence heretofore imposed be
stricken out
Attorney Lennon had previously
;.+;r,ated that the two might take
nn appeal on the sentence, which
o. described originally as steep"
- natal costs amounted to SCI for
zach Of the women.
W Harrell and John McDon-
IL charged with operating with
~ . license we're each taxed with
costs.
n Y. Denney who plead not
u,il+v to a charge of being drunk
was sentenced to 80 days on the
countv farm. He served notice of
appeal.
n Harris was suspended on good
behaviour. He was charged with
soeeding and having no operator S
license or registration card.
The following cases were cont1n-
ned. Linwood Joseph Pernell
charged with driving under the in
fnence of intoxican Dewitt Hin
son charged with operating an au-
IN while intoxicated, Willie Free
man charged with assault and Ber-
nice Simmons charged with assault
with deadly weapon and damage
to real property.