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Evening star., 1944-03-10
Capt. King Writes "a Letters
To Families of % Marines

By Staf Sergt. jeremiah A.
OLeary OF 1922 Quincy street
NE, Washington, D. c., q Nd
rtne Corps combat correspondent
and former reporter on The Star.
CAPE GLOUCESTER, New Brit
ain (Delayed) .-Twenty-four days
l. company spent in the front lines
from the historic day when the
marines invaded New Britain, and
"a marines of L company died here
Twenty-four letters were flown
out of this zone yesterday, letters
written by Marine Capt. William J
King, Of Annapolis, Md, L COM
pany's commanding officer, to "a
families he doesn't know.
To "a American families, from San
Francisco to New York, those letters
VIII be treasured possessions. They
are the Saddest letters Capt. King
will ever write.
Capt. King knew each of the "a
boys who died while fighting under
his command. Some of them fought
with him on Guadalcana..
There is little I can do for the
loved ones of those men of mine
who went west, except give them
my condolences" he said, But |
thought the boys would have liked
me to write their families and tell
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Rockville Soldier Gets
Five-Year Jail Term
By the Associated Press,


FREDERICK, Md, Mar. 10.-Pvt.
Raymond Lee Mills, Rockville, who
escaped from the Frederick Jail
Christmas Eve and eluded State po-
lice for more than a week, was
sentenced yesterday in Circuit
Court to five years in the House of
Correction.
Convicted on two indictments
charging Jail breaking, theft from
a Ridgeville garage and stealing
automobiles, the 22-year-old Mills
testified freely about the escapades.
The soldier told Associate Judge
Patrick M. Schnauffer that he left
an East Coast embarkation point
when he was refused sufficient leave
to visit his wife and child before
leaving.
At hearing January 7 before
Trial Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett,
Mills pleaded guilty to charges of
stealing SAB from a Ridgeville ga
rage December 81, and to the theft
of an automobile in Frederick De-
cember "a, the day of his escape
from Jail.
He was captured by State police
January 2 after a 28-mile chase
which ended only when troopers
wrecked the car Mills was driving.
Judge Schnaffer in pronouncing
sentence, remarked that to over
look situation of this nature would
place a premium on desertion from
the Army"
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Miss Manners Breaks Down
After Disputing Longon's Story
Hearing Is Recessed When She coIIopses
While Describing Meeting With Child

Joan Manners broke down and
wept on the witness stand in Dis
trict Court today when she told how
her 10-year-old daughter, Joan
Langan, failed to recognize her last
fall after two-year separation.
The former movie actress was re-
called to the stand by her attorneys
for questioning on phases of the
testimony given by her former hus-
band, John Langan. Before it was
necessary to recess the hearing be-
cause of Miss Manners collapse, she
had disputed Mr.. Langan's account
of their life together on half a
dozen different points.
She repeated that Mr.. Langan had
seen John Manners, the man she
claims is the father of Joan, on sew
eral different occasions. Mr.. Lam
gan previously had denied ever hav-
ing heard the name before it was
brought up in the current proceed
ings. She also denied having made
statements attacking Mr.. Langan's
morals when she picketed Warner
Bros studio in Hollywood in her
fight for the custody of the child.
She denied there had been stormy
scenes between her and the head
mistress of private school where
little Joan had been staying and
that the child was removed at the
request of the headmistress because
of the mothers conduct. Mr.. Langan
had stated that Miss Manners had
used profane language in the pres
ence of her daughter and other
small children.
Describes Search for Child.
Miss Manners then told of her
search for Mr.. Langan after he dis
appeared with the child in Cali
fornia two years ago. She said she
spent all her time looking for the
girl when she wasn't working.
For. time, she said, she stood
outside the gate at the Lockheed
plant in an effort to trace Mr.. Lam
gan to. his home, after she learned
he was employed at the plant. Her
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Food Inspectors 10 Teach
Sanitation for Cafes

Food inspectors of the Health De-
partment, through the cooperation
iof the Washington Restaurant Asso-
citation, will teach the principles of
personal hygiene and food SANTA
ton in each of % districts set up
by the department, Health Officer
George C. Rutland, announced to-
day.
DR.. Rutland also announced that
evening and night inspections in
restaurants will be stepped up to
prevent sanitary laxity during rush
hours. DR.. r. r. Ashworth, chief
of food inspection service, will hold
periodic conferences with the in
spection staff to increase efficiency
of inspectors.
A restaurant managers certificate
has been drafted by the department,
which will be issued to operators
who pass final examinations on food
sanitation.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
7 Brothers Fined SIS
In Drive on GARAGES

Two brothers, both garagemen
paid $25 each in Traffic Court
yesterday as the result of a police
drive to enforce an ordinance re-
quiring garage operators to report
all cars brought in from street &C
cidents.
Benjamin Poms, 38, who operates
a garage at ZIG C street NV. was
fined S25 by Judge Ellen Raedy
while Samuel Poms, 80, who operates
a garage at 1920 U street NV
forfeited $25.
Police said they had frequently
warned garagemen since last sum-
mer that the 17-year- old statute
must be obeyed, but they had re-
ceived little cooperation.
The law requires garagemen to
make report to police within "a
hours after car damaged in an
accident has been brought in.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
lsHRshon;nq
&Remmidersm

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps K, L, and
M valid through March 20 and
retain old values of s, 5, 2 and !
points. Book No. 4, blue stamps
AS, B-8, CO, D-8 and E-8 valid
through May 20 and worth 1C
points each. Blue tokens and
green 1-point stamps may be used
as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 8
sbroWn stamps Y and 2 valid
through March 20 and retain old
values of 8, S, and points. Book
No. 4, red stamps A-8, B-3 and C-8
good through May 20 and worth
10 points each. Red tokens and
brown 1-point stamps may be used
as change. Red Stamps D-8, E-S
and F-8, become valid Sunday and
are good for 10 points each
through May 20.
Sugar-Book No. 4, Stamp 80 valid
for 5 pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for 5
for home canning through Febru-
ary %, l945.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. b.,
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Shoes-Stamp Is in ration book
No l good for one pair through
April 30 Airplane stamp l in
book No, 3 good indefinitely.
Fuel Oil-Period No. coupons good
through March 13. Period No. 4
coupons valid through September
30. Nos. 3 and coupons good for
10 gallons per unit. Consumers In
this area should not have used
more than 78 per cent of their to-
tai yearly fuel oil rations as of
March 8.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Cathedral Staying Case
Anaignment Delayed

Arraignment of Julius Fisher, 81,
colored handyman at the Washing
ton Cathedral, on an indictment
charging first-degree murder in the
Staying of Miss Catherine Reardon,
81, assistant librarian of the Cathe-
dral, was postponed today in District
Court to permit the defendant to
obtain counsel. The arraignment
was reset for next Friday.
Appearing before Chief Justice
Edward c. Eicher, the defendant
said my sister promised me she
would get me a lawyer" Justice
Eicher replied that he would grant
the defendant time to obtain coun-
,sel
Fisher was indicted by the grand
jury Monday four days after Miss
Reardon's body was found in the
crypt of the library.
Evening star., 1944-03-10

can voice and it gave him a sense
OF contact with security. He told
me that he still was at an altitude
of 5000 feet. A few minutes later
he had landed safely and the plane
and perhaps all the crew were
saved. This Is the sort of thing
that goes on at all control towers. -
"Talk Planes Down."
Sometimes it is necessary to "talk
a plane down" when the field is
covered with fog. Ordinarily it
would be directed to another field
but sometimes there are none open
in this part of England. Also the
craft may be disabled, or short of
gas. 1t is possible to bring him
down, if conditions are not too bad
by combination of voice and pyro-
technics.
The anxious moment of the day in
the control tower comes when the
ships are returning from a mission.
The approximate time of their re-
turn is known, provided everything
has gone according to schedule
From the time the call of the first
returning bomber is picked up until
the last has been accounted for is
nerve-racking period-and the
control tower is the first to know OF
those which will not return.
Evening star., 1944-03-10

efforts. to find the child finally were
fruitful, she said, after she en-
ployed a detective agency which in
formed her Mr.. Langan was living
in Chevy Chase, Md.
She visited the home last fall
Miss Manners said, and found little
Joan playing outside. She broke
into sobs when she said the girl die
not recognize her. Mr.. Langan hao
testified that when Miss Manners
drove up to his Chevy Chase home
little Joan ran into the house
screaming and bolted the door.
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough, who
is hearing the custody case, yester-
day made public explanation OF
what he meant by a remark which
he said Judge Stedman Prescott O.
Rockville, Md, had interpreted as
being disrespectful. The remark had
been made the previous day when q
witness was telling of restriction.
which had been placed on his tes-
timony during the Maryland pro-
ceedings.
"Of course" Justice Goldsborougll
had said, "that was not In this
court"
Justice Goldsborough YESTERDAY
declared: "The remark was facetious
and intended to reassure the wit.
ness, who seemed little nervous
and since / made 1t in public, I fee
I should make this explanation.
The child is expected to be callet
to testify for her father today, bu
Justice Goldsborough has not yet In
dicated whether he will take her int,
his chambers for the questioning
Several other witnesses whose namel
have not been revealed, are to b,
called by Miss Manners attorneys.
The court yesterday heard Mrs
Florence Langan, present wife Of Mr.
Langan, testify that little Joan wa.
happy in their Chevy Chase hom.
and that she disliked her rea
another. Mrs. Langan said she love.
the child and wants to keep her
The Langan's also have an 8-month.
old how
Evening star., 1944-03-10

ways again when they return in the
early winter darkness with a thick
white sheet of low-lying mist COW
ering the field. Some may be down
to their last gallon of gasoline
Some may be carrying red lights
to indicate that there are wounded
aboard.
Dramatic Moments.
The control tower has charge of
air traffic over a radius of several
thousand feet, but its influence
often extends far beyond this area
when a ship is in distress. The
bombers are monitored from it after
their take-off, when they have
probably taken their positions in
the air armada about to start east
ward. They are monitored again
before they return.
There are dramatic moments in
the control tower. The other eve
ming, for example, Capt. Magruder
picked up distress call from a
plane belonging to another base.
The craft had a wind milling en-
gine." 1t was still miles from the
English coast. The pilot was pre-
pared to ditch" his ship in the
North Sea and trust the lives of his
crew to rubber life RATS. He was
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Illness of Attorney
Delays Moghon Trial

The trial of Policeman Robert J
Maghan, jr., before a civilian board
appointed to deal with his suspen-
sion on a charge of being under the
influence of alcoholic beverage while
off duty, was continued today until
10 am. Monday because of the ILL
ness of Defense Attorney James A,
Laughlin.
Mr.. Maghan recently was acquitted
on charge of intoxication in NUM-
cipal Court. The trial will be held
in the new Municipal Center.
Evening star., 1944-03-10

them how it was here. I wanted
each family to know that their boy
was given a decent burial, that our
chaplains conducted services at the
graves, and that those graves will
always be neat and honored.
1T is little consolation to tell those
families that five japanese died for
every one of our men who lost his
lie, but l thought the men would
nave liked me to tell them that,
too.
They are all buried together in
a little plot of land overlooking The
sea. The men visit there frequently
to spend a few moments with their
buddies
Il told them that, too"
Evening star., 1944-03-10

losing altitude at a rate of about
200 feet a minute.
Capt. Magruder quickly sized up
the situation. The pilot, shaken
after hard battle, was a little
panicky and his situation might not
be as desperate as he thought. The
first move was to get his exact posi-
ton from the British observer
service.
From then on" says Capt. Ma
gruder, "all l did was talk with
him, but I think that was all he
needed. He could hear an Ameri-
Evening star., 1944-03-10

Washington, D. c. Capt. Magruder,
former chief of the publications
section of the Federal Security
Agency, was an enthusiastic anna
teur flyer in Washington and owned
his own cub before he joined the
air forces two and half years ago
He not only is a lighthouse
keeper" but traffic control officer
whose job becomes of increasing
Importance as larger and larger
fleets of bombers leave British bases
almost daily. His job is to get the
planes off the ground safely m
order to get them back on the run
Evening star., 1944-03-10
McCarran Advocates
Early Meeting Of Full
District Committee
Former Chuirmon Sees
Need for Passage Of
'Boby Broker Measure

An early meeting of the full Sen
ate District Committee-which has
been marking time in the past
month-was urged today by Sena-
tor McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada
the former chairman of the group
after he announced he was recon-
mending approval of the bill to put
all enlightenment agencies under
District licensing and control.
Senator McCarran said the Tues
day hearing on the baby broker
bill had convinced him of the neec
Of its passage and that he woulc
urge speedy action by his subcom-
mittee. which includes Senators
Tydings Of Maryland and Bridges oi
New Hampshire.
At that hearing spokesmen for IL
public and private groups indorseo
the principles Of the measure and
many denounced the tragic" effects
OF the unsupervised placement ac-
tlyities OF commercial brokers"
Would Amend Measure.
Senator McCarran said he wa.
convinced the bill as approved b,
the House last year should bt
amended to assure the confidential
nature OF the records of the children
their parents and other relatives, in.
volved In placements, and that ther.
was no need to add the suggested
provision that the Board of Public
Welfare or its agent may have &C.
cess to such records.
Also, he approved suggestions thai
regulatory standards should be
broadened to include representa-.
tives OF the clergy and the laity, the
latter most likely to be physician
in private practice.
More than a month ago Senate,
McCarran resigned as chairman oi
the Senate District Committee te
become chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, on the death
OF Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, oi
Indiana.
No Call Yet by Bilbo.
His successor as head of the Dis
trict Committee, Senator Bilbo
Democrat, OF Mississippi, so far has
made no call for committee meet.
ing, first because the committee
calendar at the time was Cleared
OF pending bills on which action was
deemed likely or desirable, and Sec
only because there was involved a
change in the position of counsel te
the committee, along with other
committee aides.
The resignation of Senator Nc.
Carran as committee chairman was
followed by appointment of Julian
SourWine, committee counsel, to an
other post, and later Chairman
Bilbo announced the selection oil
James o. Day, United States attor-
ney for the Northern Mississippi
district, as his successor. Mr.. Day
came to Washington for a few days
but has gone back to his home State
to wind up his affairs as district at
torney. When he will take over the
duties of District Committee coun-
sci has not been announced, though
1t may be within a few days.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Fuel Oil Crisis
Winter'sWorst,
Dealers Say
Firms Have Stocks
But Can't Accept
No. 5 Coupons

The worst fuel oil crisis of the
winter faced Washington today as
dealers predicted that third OF
the city's users of oil-about 1850
homeowners-would be without sup
plies by Monday afternoon. PERIOD
No. 5 oil rations do not become
valid until Tuesday.
They estimate that already sew.
eral thousand homes are without
fuel or down to danger levels. The
District Office of Price Admins
tration admits the seriousness Of
the situation, which finds local ra.
ton boards swamped with house
holders attempting to receive sup
Elementary rations to tide them ovel
to next week.
Issue Hardship Rations Only.
Local OPA officials, however, are
unable to do more than issue small
hardship rations, many of them fol
only 10 and Is gallons at a time
The dealers, in turn, have thousands
of orders waiting to be filled wher
the new coupons become good Tues
day. One distributor estimated he
had backlog of 1000 orders, which
he said will require week or more
to fill.
Lester Scott, director of the oil
heating division of the Washington
Merchants and Manufacturers AS.
Sociation, announced that he hae
appealed twice in the last "a hour.
to the national OPA to validat.
Period No. coupons Immediately
thus permitting dealers to start new
deliveries now. Under the present
arrangement, he said, trucks ane
manpower are being used for only
short = term deliveries - deliverie.
which will have to be repeated mex
week.
Il have been told bluntly tha
nothing could be done about tn,
situation" Mr.. Scott declared.
The national office, meanwhile
served notice that it does not ex
pect to prevalidate period S coupons
The vast majority of consumer,
through the country are still within
their rations and should have enough
to carry them through to the new
period, a spokesman said. He sale
the supply situation in the East wa,
tense" and would remain so fol
several more weeks.
Cold Wave Partly Blamed.
The current cold wave was partly
blamed for the crisis, and MI
Scott pointed out that theo.
retical degree-day consumption
which the OPA had estimated woulo
be reached March IA, had beer
passed by consumers here three days
ago. He described the situation
here as extremely critical"
He pointed out that dealers were
well stocked with supplies but were
in the peculiar position OF not being
able to deliver them to customers.
The Petroleum Administration
for War warned several weeks age
that it would not be advisable fol-
the OPA to pre-validate coupons
because "the supply position woule
not support such STEP" The agen'
cy also pointed out that "even If W.
did not have our present serious
transportation problems, our suppl,
situation would not support with
drawals Of heating oil more rapid,
than is called for in the presen
coupon timetable"
A spokesman for the PAW reiter.
ated this stand yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Save 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-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Legion Meeting Set

Residents of Kensington, Md,
with relatives or friends in the serv-
ice, are invited to attend an Amer
lean Legion Bill of Rights" meet
ing at s pm. Tuesday In Kensing-
ton Armory, according to an an
nouncement
Evening star., 1944-03-10
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

UNITED STATES HEAVY BOMBER ENGLAND 26
tDeayed)Lke lighthouse
of heavy bomber
AT this particular station the
Magruder whose wife, uanta,
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Over There With Men From Here
D. C.. FLYER IS BOMBER
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

This one OF series OF stories By Star correspondent
District Maryland Virginia soldiers taking
OF Germany.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
Eide " Parizi odstranili
gauleitra.

New York (CTK) = Praz-
sky nacisticky list der Neue
Tag" prinasf 8. prosince zpra-
WI z Paffze, Poole niz byli
francouzskou policif zatceni
pachatele atentatu ma DIR. Rot
terra, zastupce Gauleitra pro
Francii Sauckela. Pachatelem
pry byl lid a komunisticka te-
roristicka skupina, ktere prina-
lezel, m6la vetsinu zidovskych
clenG. Velitel SIS We Francii O.
berg vyslovil parfzske policej-
nj prefecture sve zvlastni uzna
nj "a %1spesnou praci.
FrancouzStf vlastenci jiste
radi vidf, kdyz Jim okupacnf u
fady usnadnujf praci a okate
oznacuji zradce Francie, ktef1
neujdou trestu, jakmile S parfz
skych vezf znovu zavlajf tri-
kolory.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
Upozornsnf filatelistEm.

New York (CTK) " listo-
padu 1913 byl vydan v Londy-
ne pametnf arsfk peti znamek
S ceskym a anglickym napisem
"Vystava ceskoslovenskych
znamek v Londyne. 1918-1943.
Povoleno ceskoslovenskou VIA
dou." Znamky arsfku mali ma
pis Ceskoslovensko a vyskytly
Sc zpravy, re jde o vydanf Off
cialnfch postovnfch znamek
csl. vlady v Londyne. K tomu
Sc sdeluje dredne z Londyna,
re jde O vydanf soukromeho IL
sku soukrome spolecnosti, KITE
re csl. vlada dala toliko SOU
HAS k vydan1 s tim, re znamek
nebude pouzito pc valce v pos
tovnfm styku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03

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Delnik odbyva sve schuze treti
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