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Evening star., 1945-09-08

Service personnel may obtain
more information by calling the
United Nations Center, National
$500, or any of the following
USOs: Republic 1927, National 343l,
National 0614 or Executive O428,
Colored personnel may call USO,
Decatur 1854, or War Hospitality
Decatur 7768.
Evening star., 1945-09-08

Washington Chapel, Sixteenth and
Columbia road NV, o'clock to-
night.
TRIPS.
National Capital Parks barge trips
along c. & o. Canal, leave George
town lock 3, Thirtieth street south
Of M NV, am. and pm. to-
morrow or leave lock 5, Brookmont
Md, 1l:3o am. and 4:3o pm. to-
morrow.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater. tonight: Kiwanis Bows
Band Of York, Pa, and Lola Beav-
ers program.
USO variety show, USO Club.
Eighth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
OFFICERS.
Dance, Oficers' Service Club of
United Nations, S:45 o'clock tonight.
Dance, Statler Hotel, 8 O'Clock
tonight.
Dance, Junior Ofhcers of Wash
ington, 8 o'clock tonight.
Dance. Officers Club of Wash
ington, 10 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1945-09-08
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Evening star., 1945-09-08
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Evening star., 1945-09-08
TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES
Buy War Bonds and Stamps at Any Local Theater

All Time Schedules Given In Warne,
BIOS. Ads Indicate Time Feature Is
Evening star., 1945-09-08

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Evening star., 1945-09-08
SPECIAL NOTICES

Wade N. Stephens organ recital
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
Good Idea

"My hat, this letter from my
girl friend says she got her nose
broken in three places"
well, tell her she ought to keep
away from those places"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
American Women Pilots Helped Deliver Planes
Which Enabled Red Armies 10 Launch Offensive
That May Have Been Turning Point Of the War

livery from Niagara to Great Falls
Is considered a two or three-day job,
and you'll realize that Miss Grey
>. to say the least :. was working
Overtime. Three Of the seven de-
liveries credited to WASP Mary C..
johnson were made over a 12-day
period-a record Of which any pi-
lot, man or woman, may well be
proud when one considers the sheer
physical exertion involved.
But while WASP Grey's feat Of
making a one-day delivery and
WASP Johnson's feat Of three de-
liveries in IL days are outstanding
examples of WASP performance,
they are not really unusual. The
records of the Third Ferrying group
WASP detachment show that all Of
these women pilots are hard-work-
ing and conscientious. There's Bet
ty Archibald and Pat Dickerson with
records. of two deliveries in eight
days. There are Grace Burge and
Virginia Claire with two deliveries
each in 10 days. And the chances
are that it was weather which kept
some of these girls from equaling
the record of WASP johnson.
When the movement started, these
women ferry pilots were not trusted
as fiy-alones on the "long, long
trail" They were assigned as wing
men to experienced male pilots IA
miliar with the route, But as they
gained experience through hard
work they were graduated to the
fly alone class, and now they take
their turns flying alone, still rushing
planes to the Russians.
But the long, long trail' is not
the only place in which the civilian
women pilots of the Air Transport
Commands ferrying division have
proved their worth in the two years
since Mrs. Nancy Hardness Love
formed the first women's ferrying
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05

Mrs. LenOre Louise McElrOy, OPP
erations officer of the WASP squad
ron OF the Third Ferrying Group at
ROmulus field, Mich. WASP Noel
roy recently made aviation history
when she delivered a big Consolidat-
ed catalina" flying boat (desig-
mated by the Navy as Phys and by
the Army as OA-10s) at one Of the
aviation fields in this country. It
was the first time one of these big
ships has ever been flown by wom-
an pilot. Since then she has flown
more than 80 hours in this type of
ship, adding the time to her already
impressive total of more than 5000
pilot hours.
squadron at the End Ferrying Group
base, Wilmington, Del, on Septen-
Der 10, 1912.
Since that date women pilots as
signed to the Ferrying Division have
flown more than $500, 1000 miles fer
rying planes from factories to des-
tinations within the United States.
Originally assigned only to light liai-
son and training type planes, they
now are qualified to fly 68 different
types of ships, ranging from heavy
four-engine bombers down.
OF their number, 16 per cent are
qualified to fly class four planes such
as the Billy Mitchell and Marauder
medium bombers, and SO per cent
have made deliveries in class three
planes such as twin-engine trans
ports. But, in the ferrying division,
emphasis is placed on the ferrying
Of lighter type planes and fighter
planes, and it is significant to note
that So per cent of the women pilots
in this division are now qualified
fighter pilots, making regular deliv-
cries of Airacobras, Mustangs,
Thunderbolts and Warhawks.
OF even greater significance is the
fact that 100 per cent Of these pilots
hold army instrument ratings and
are qualified to make cross country
flights under weather conditions
which require the use Of instru-
ments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
Time Changes Things

Time Changes Things
Uncle Eb-By golIy, hosO be ye, Eph?
1t be somethin' like forty years since I
seed ye, amt it?
Uncle Eph-Yep. You an me be the
same age, amt toe?
Uncle Eb-Don't kno,O, Eph. But zoe
used ter be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
The Old Sergeant Didnt Want to BE Petcoat Herder'

Petticoats," the sergeant mumbled
to other male members of the crew.
Grumbling, he supervised the
starting of the engines. Grumbling,
he settled back in the depths Of his
humiliation as the huge plane took
off, bound for delivery under lend
lease to the British at Montreal.
Women fiyin' in the Army" he
muttered in disgust, adding for en-
phasis, land me with 'em. He'll"
But on arrival at Montreal, it was
a different story.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05

''I'm sorry, num-" the sergeant
greeted his pilot, ''for what said
back there. I'd a dunn sight ruther
ride with you than a lot Of them
young fellows"
That, remarked WASP Pilot Lee
more McElroy, veteran woman civ
ilian pilot with 5000 air hours to
her credit, twas about the finest
compliment ever received" You
see, the sergeant is crowding so and
any male who flies plane is a
''yeung fellow" in his vernacular.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

Released py western newspaper uuons
THIS is a story of the great
Il 1914 summer offensive of the
Red army which historians Of
the future may write down as
the turning point of the war. 1t
is the ittle-known story of the
contribution of a small group of
American women to the success
of that drive, of the part they
played in making it possible for
the determined Russians, who
had stopped the Nazi hordes
at the gates of Moscow and Stall
ingrad, to push them back across
the plains of White Russia and
the mud of Poland to the very
German border itself.
It is the story of the civilian
women ferrying pilots of the Air
Transport Commands ferrying
division, a skilled, determined
and courageous little group from
among the members of the
Women's Air Force Service
pilots, popularity known as
WASPs.
This story begins just about year
ago. The "clouds Of planes" which
President Roosevelt had promised at
the beginning Of the war (and at
which our enemies had scoffed)
were rolling from American produc-
ton lines. Lend-Lease was making
these planes, especially the fighter
planes, available to our allies, the
Russians. But it's "long, long
trail'' from the factories of America
to the Eastern front-it winds from
the Bell Aircraft factory in Niagara
Falls, N. Y, across the fertile Mis-
sissippi Valley, the Great Plains
of the West, the Rocky mountains,
the wilds of Canada and Alaska, the
steppes of Siberia and the Ural
mountains to Moscow, and then the
Eastern fighting front.
How to get these fighter planes to
the Russian front-and especially to
deliver them in time for the great
Russian offensive-that was the
question. To fly them there seemed
to be the logical way, but fighters,
with their limited range, must avoid
long overwater flights. An overland
route was needed. That need had
been foreseen long before and the
trail" previously mentioned, had
already been established by the Air
Transport commands ferrying divi-
sion and its Alaskan division.
The War department accorded No.
l priority to the movement of Amer
lean planes to the Russian armies
and the problem of getting them
there was assigned to the ATC fer
rying division, commanded by Brig.
Gen. Bob E. Rowland, to its pilots
and its groups. AS matter of fact,
planes of many types were moved to
the fighting fronts, taken there by
men pilots, both American and Rus
sian. But this story deals only with
the fighter planes and the Women's
Air Force Service pilots.
The ferrying divisions third fer
rying group, based at Romulus,
Mich, was assigned the mission of
ferrying the deadly, fast Airacobra
from the Bell factory in Niagara
Falls to Great Falls, Mont, where
the Seventh Ferrying group took
over for the delivery to the Rus
slams at Fairbanks and at Nome.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
The sergeant was "Old Army"

The sergeant was "Old Army"
Hash marks indicating nearly 30
years of service adorned his left
sleeve, topped by the stripes of a
master sergeant.
So, you can imagine his reaction
when, on reporting as crew chief on
an army flying boat, he found a
woman civilian pilot Of the Ferrying
Division Air Transport Command at
the controls, another in the CO.
pilots seat.
"After 80 years in the Army herd
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
Longest Distance Flight
Nonstop Is 1868 Miles

The longest distance flown non
stop today over a regular civilian
air route is the 3,563-mile hop
made by the planes of the Qantas
Empire Anyways across the Indian
ocean between Albany, Australia,
and Colombo, Ceylon.
The second longest distance is
the 1876 miles flown between New
York City and Lisbon, Portugal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
Like Cat and Dog

Like Cat and Dog
Mrs. Blake-I wonder why En-
lily and her husband can't get
along.
Mrs. Drake-I think because he
has such logged disposition and
she has catty disposition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
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Joan-So you were disappointed
with your visit to the financial dis
trict in New York?
Jasper-Yes. I lost quite a bit
of money in Wall Street.
Joan-How come?
Jasper-There was hole in my
pocket.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05

NNE, two or three crocheted
~ butterflies form the edge OF
lovely towels, scarfs, or pillow
cases embroidered in these floral
motifs.
Butterfly in pineapple design crocheted
In no time. Pattern 1899 has transfer
pattern Of 5 motifs averaging by II
inches; crochet directions. For this pat
tern send is cents in coins. your name.
address and the pattern number.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05

Don't open your mouth SO
wide," said the dentist. 81 am not
going to climb in there to work."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT 50
Crochet in Butterfly, Floral Motif

Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filing orders for few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to: W
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Arlington Man Fined
In Veteran Aid Fraud

James r. Housey, 1853 North
Nineteenth street, Arlington, yes
terday was fined $25 and costs on a
charge Of receiving money under
false pretenses by Judge Harry r.
Thomas in Arlington County Court.
Raymond M. Mcnamara. treasurer
Of the Washington & Old Dominion
Railroad, testified he had been
called by Housey November and
asked to take a SO annual member
ship in the National Association for
Handicapped American War Vet
Grams, an organization to help dis
abled veterans.
Within an hour after the call.
he told the court, he gave a So
check to an employe of Housey's.
He stated he believed the contribu-
ton was for a worthy cause because
Housey had told him the organiza-
tion's purpose was to establish vet
Grams in positions and assist them.
Housey. told the court the organ
ization was Incorporated in Cal
houn, Mo-, and that he was ma
tional secretary. Testifying that
memberships had been sold in Wash
ington, Alexandria and Arlington
he said he had received only $7s
salary and that money left over
from expenses was deposited in his
personal account in Calhoun bank
Judge Thomas said the defend
ants own statements prove him
guilty" and that "if fraud has moi
been committed, certainly a founda.
ton for fraud has been laid"
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Officers Are Installed
By Kensington Group

4 Mrs. Laura Eaton was installed as
president of the Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Kensington Volunteer Fire De-
partment at meeting last night at
the home Of Mrs. Eva E. Richard
son, Kensington.
Other officers installed were Mrs.
Susan Burdette. vice president; Mrs.
Richardson, secretary, and Mrs.
Louise Taylor, treasurer. Mrs. Es-
ther Carmack was named chairman
Nof the Ways and Means Committee
Evening star., 1945-12-05

sion and later as deputy chief, spe-
cial sections subdivision, G-2 Diti-
sion, supreme headquarters, AEF.
The citation pointed out that in
these positions he was responsible
for "the coordination Of the COM
plex functions of all elements of his
division engaged in occupational
planning"
This required a precise knowledge
of the duties, responsibilities and
functions of all intelligence agen-
cies and great tact and sound judg-
ment in handling the problems of
diverse Allied interests and nation
alities =" the citation said.
Col. Miller, a veteran of the World
War, also wears the Order of the
British Empire. He is a graduate of
Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va, and of Oxford Uni
versity in England, where he studied
as Rhodes scholar.
Col. Miller is a member of the
Board of Visitors of the College of
William and Mary and of St. John S
College, Annapolis. He is widely
known in America and abroad as a
YMCA executive. His wife, Mrs.
Helen Hill Miller, is director of the
National Policy Committee.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Kitchen Help Still Out
AT Arlington Hospital

Arlington Red Cross Canteen
Corps workers and nurses aides con-
tinued today to operate the Arling-
ton Hospital kitchen on an emer-
gency basis as the walkout of the
regular staff of six or eight colored
employees went into its second day.
Hospital authorities said the can
teen corps volunteers, assisted by
several nurses aides, were providing
meals to patients during the emer-
gency.
Karl York, hospital administrator
said the entire kitchen staff had
failed to report for duty yesterday
after having been paid at noon
Monday. He said that no demand
had been made by any of the miss
ing employees, and that it appeared
to be a case of mass absenteeism
rather than strike.
The entire kitchen staff, he said
has been absent without notice on
previous occasions.
Heretofore, he said, the hospital
has been lenient in allowing the
employees to return to work. He
added that he regarded their cur
rent absence as voluntary resigna-
tion and planned to replace the
entire staff as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1945-12-05

nounced by DR.. Hugo Schiff of
Temple Bethel.
In addition to the Gerstenfelds,
the following became citizens:
Estelle May Willard, Frank Trel-
frod Mcclure, Edna Leona Robert
son. George Walter Robertson, Marie
Groat Unverzagt, Sandra Savoie
Ball, Verda Stewart Glib, Canada
Solomon Glovckofsky, David Aus
lander, Joseph Benjamin Amorky
Russia; Gus Rangoes, Greece; Will
liam Anderson, Ireland; Stefan
Ernst Thomas Possony, Valerie
Marie Theresa Possony, Austria
Jenny Wegner, Margaret Theresa
Arnesen, Erich Franken, Marga
Franken, Herbert Block. Marie Char
lotte Block, Germany; Seleta Cecilia
Edwards, British Guinea; Lavinia
Gertrude Messerly, Arthur Ward
Margaret Enid Breitenbach, Kath-
leen Denise Kuzmack, England;
Celia McPeck. Spain; DR.. Maurice
Britton King Edmead, British West
Indies; Diana Won Gunten, New
foundland; Teresina SOHO, Italy;
Thomas Williams, Wales: Magda
Stoeckler, Cuba; Jacob Schlafstein
Poland: Katerina Brent, Turkey:
Rose Blanche Paget, Belgium, and
Vera Dimiter Petrovich Mason, Bull
garia.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Alexandra Grand Jury
Returns Indictments

A 21-man grand jury, with Ross
r. Hunt Of Alexandria as foreman
returned IT true bills in the Federal
Court at Alexandria yesterday.
Those indicted and the charges
follow: Ruth Henderson Pitcher,
violation of the National Banking
Act; Thomas Alvin Saunders and
Stanley Albion Reid, violation of the
selective service laws; George Alfred
Mayo, Robert Joseph Nelson and
Walter Charles Thomas, violations
of the National Motor Vehicle Act;
Leon S. Day, altering Government
check; Wilbert Gordon Slott and
Andrew William Johnson, theft of
Government property.
The following were charged with
escape from Federal penal institu-
tions: Paul Williams George r.
Wilson, Frank j. Popek, Raymond
B. O'Neal, William r. Ottey, jr.:
Lloyd c. Clark, Earl Childress and
Waldron Cherry.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
81 Aliens Granted Citizenship
At Ceremonies in Alexandria

Blue-eyed 5-year-old Ann Marie
Gerstenfeld was one of the most in
terested spectators in Federal Court
in Alexandria yesterday when her
parents, Ernst and Marianne Ger
stenfeld, with 35 other aliens, took
the oath of allegiance to the United
States in naturalization ceremonies
before Judge Sterling Hutcheson.
The Gerstenfelds, who are chang
ing their name to Garfield, are Aus
trians who came to this country in
1889 after Mr.. Gerstenfeld had been
released from a concentration camp.
Little Ann Marie was born in Hart
ford, Conn.
Following the naturalization, the
DR.. Elisha Dick Chapter, Daughters
Of the American Revolution, well
coined the new citizens. Mrs. Dab
ney' Waring, Americanism chair
man, presided. Speakers included
Mrs. Elliott Thompson, chapter re-
gent; Father Joseph Hackett, repre-
senting st. Mary's Catholic Church;
Allen Fredd, representing the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, and
Nicholas Colasanto, representing the
Lions Club. The Rev. DR.. Ernest
Campbell, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, gave the invocation,
and the benediction was pro-
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Virginia 10 Consider
New School Fund Plan
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 5.-A sim
plified formula for distribution of
State school funds to more nearly
equalize educational opportunity" in
all sections of Virginia will be con-
sidered at a meeting of the State
Board of Education here Monday,
DR.. Dabney s. Lancaster, State su-
perintendent Of public instruction,
disclosed.
DR.. Lancaster said considerable
dissatisfaction existed over the pres
ent method of fund distribution,
which he described as complicated
and sometimes unfair"
The board also will continue its
study on the ALLEGATION of the voca-
tional capital outlay fund of $780,
900 appropriated by the 1914 Cen
eral Assembly, with a view to max
ing tentative recommendations to
Gov. Darden. The fund, which DR..
Lancaster said is almost intact, has
been used only at the Regional Vo-
cational School at Manassas and in
Norfolk.
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Loan Drive Near
Goal, but Sales
0fE-BondsLag
Concern Expressed
Over SIowness of
individual Buying

The Nations $1,000, 600, 900
Victory Loan drive will be over
subscribed but it may fall short
of success in one important fea-
ture-the sale of Series E bonds
to individuals-War Finance Di-
rector Ted R. Gamble said today,
with announcement that indivi-
dual purchases of victory bonds
in the drive total $3,887 100000
thus far.
The total purchased by individ-
uals is 80 per cent of the national
$4,000, 100000 quota, with the 41-day
campaign officially ending Saturday.
Other War Finance officials, ex-
pressing concern over the showing
of E bond sales, said they total ST.
037 100000 as of today
The District of Columbia stands
seventh among the States on per-
centage basis in the campaign to
reach Series E quotas, having at
tanned 81 per cent of the goal. Only
North Dakota and Montana have
topped their quota of individual
sales.
Chief Goal of Drive.
Main goal Of the drive to sell VIC
tory securities to individuals rather
than to corporations is to sop up
$4,000 100000 of individually held
idle money and thus divert it from
inf1ationary spending. Although the
drive ends formally in three more
days, E bond sales will be counted
through the months end.
THE people who have the extra
money" Mrs. Gamble declared, ARE
in many, many cases, the same peo-
pie who are potential E-bond pur-
chasers. If we are to thwart in
fation we must spend our war
earnings wisely and not toss them
away in manner that will lead
10 false and tragic boom"
Meanwhile, the District War FL
nance Committee said Washing
tonians must purchase $1,000 900
more in Victory Bonds to meet the
city's s42,o0o000 individual sales
quota. Wilmer j. Waller, chairman
of the committee, has expressed
concern at the rate of sale in e
Bonds, which thus far are only 58.1I
per cent of the s270O0,OO0 quota,
or $15,7OO00O.
Aid of Stores Sought.
At the same time, the National
Retail Dry Goods Association asked
stores to support the Victory Loan
In its waning hours by the following
methods:
Show the flag and Victory Loan
hags in stores and windows until
December 8, hold employe rallies to
stimulate workers to buy and sell
extra bonds, devote at least one or
two feature windows to the Victory
Loan featuring the slogan, THE
finest Christmas gift in the world
is Victory Bond" dress a Victory
Girl" for each floor and supply other
employees with ribbon badges to be
worn on duty and devote all ad-
vertising tomorrow and Friday ex-
clusively to the Victory Loan.
The District Commissioners have
declared this Finish the Job Week.
here and requested all of Washing
ton to pitch in and help the loan
90 over the top.
S. Page Nelson, Maryland State
War Finance Committee chairman,
predicted yesterday that Maryland
probably would be among the first
States to exceed their overall W
Loan quota, He said that unusu-
ally heavy corporation subscriptions
made yesterday, the first day COM
panies could enter the drive, as
sured the committee that Mary
land will be successful in its final
$170, 900 900 bond drive
Evening star., 1945-12-05
Two Held for Grand jury
In RuiI Liquor Theft

Following a preliminary hearing
yesterday in Fairfax County Trial
Justice Court before Judge Robert
w. Stump, Rufus Williams, 80, COL
ored, 900 block of Queen street,
Alexandria, and James Brown, 36,
colored, Baltimore, were held for
grand jury action in connection
with the theft of a quantity of
liquor from an r. F. q P. freight
train near Lorton November 16.
The robbery occurred after the
train was stopped when an air hose
was cut. The liquor was removed
from one of the freight cars and
placed in a taxicab. The two men
were captured by guards at the Lor-
ton Reformatory few hours after
the robbery.