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Evening star., 1945-05-22
Virginia Towns GET
Auto Safety Awards
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, May 22.-All
cities and towns in Virginia with a
population of more than 1000, which
had no fatalities for two years OF
more, are being presented honor roll
awards by division captains of the
State Police Department, Maj. J. R
Num-, acting superintendent of State
police, announced yesterday.
Twenty-Five cities and towns will
receive awards for going for six years
without traffic death. Two towns
were to get awards for going five
years without a fatality. Four are
included in four-year list and five
were free of fatalities for three
years.
Nine have been without traffic
deaths for two years.
Awards are being made to chiefs
of police or police officials responsible
for traffic enforcement in the COM
munity.
Among those without traffic
deaths for six years were Berryville
Herndon, Manassas, Shenandoah
Leesbug, Culpeper, Vienna and War
renton.
Showing no traffic deaths for five
years were Harrisonburg and Will
liamsburg, while Blackstone, Chinco-
league, Orange and Quantico have
had none for four years.
Among those on the honor roll for
having no traffic deaths for three
years was Strasburg, and for two
years. Ashland, Winchester, Falls
Church and Woodstock.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Mystic Shrine Is Dedicated
AT Washinqton Memorial

The Mystic Shrine room of the
George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial in Alexandria was
dedicated yesterday by Imperial
Potentate Alfred G.. Alvord, Fargo,
N, OAK. at ceremonies attended by
Shrine leaders from Washington,
Baltimore, Richmond and Alexan-
dria.
Assisting in the dedication were
Imperial Chief Rabban George H.
Rowe, Buffalo, N. Y; Assistant
Chief Rabban Karl r. Hammers,
Pittsburgh; Imperial Treasurer
Leonard P. Steuart, Washington,
and Imperial Recorder Everett w.
Jacocks, Richmond.
A color guard from the Richmond
Acca Temple and the Shrine Legion
of Honor also took part in the dedi-
cation, attended by several hundred
Shrine leaders.
The Shrine room eventually will
house original Shrine documents
and the jewels of the first officers.
A portrait of William J. Florence,
one of the Shrine founders, was un-
yelled yesterday. Paintings of the
three Presidents who were Shrine
members-Nobles Harding, Roose-
velt and Truman-also will be
placed in the room, as will models
of the orders IS hospitals for
crippled children.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
La Fonfaine RetriaI Plea
Will Be Heard Monday

Hearings on a motion for new
trial in the suit against James H.
La Fontaine, who was ordered by a
Montgomery County Circuit Court
jury to pay $4,000 to a gambler who
claimed he lost the money in a
gambling establishment operated by
La F'ontaine, will be held at 10 am.
Monday at the Rockville Court
House before Judges Charles w.
woodward and Stedman Prescott.
Harry S. Wilson, Hyattsville, who
has pleaded guilty to embezzlement
from Washington service station,
won the $4,000 verdict after he
told the jury he lost the money in
the La Fontaine establishment.
Wilson brought suit under an old
Maryland law which provides that
persons losing money at a gaming
table may recover through the
courts.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Commencement Exercises
Under Way in Washington

Commencement exercises have be-
gun among the 200 schools and COL
leges in Washington and vicinity
They will be climaxed with gradua-
ton of thousands of public school
students June 10 and 20.
Catholic University will hold the
first commencement of the season
at 1890 am. tomorrow when 600
students will receive degrees. George
Washington University will hold its
baccalaureate at pm. Sunday in
Washington Cathedral and its
graduation at pm. May 80 in
Lisner Auditorium. American Uni
versity ceremonies are June 4, How
ard University, June 8, and George
town University, June IT.
Most of the private and parochial
schools will hold their exercises the
first two weeks in June.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Couple Believed Drowned
In Bay Boating Accident
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 22.-The Coast
Guard said yesterday that a young
man and woman probably were
drowned over the week end when
their small sailing skiff capsized in
Chesapeake Bay.
The overturned boat was found
floating about 6 miles from Love
Point. The Baltimore Coast Guard
Office identified the missing couple
as Randolph Dashiell, 81, of Rich
mond, Va, who had been staying in
Baltimore, and Miss Jane Hoffman,
Baltimore.
Relatives and friends of the pair
told Coast Guard officers they left
a point near Back River Friday
afternoon, expecting to be gone but
a few hours.
Coast Guardsmen who recovered
the skiff the next day said that
there had been a violent windstorm
over that section of the Bay Friday
night. They said they believed that
the boat had capsized.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Veterans Are Warned
To Safeguard Options
On Farms or Homes

veterans who obtain an option or
farms or homes before their loan is
approved by the Veterans Admin
istration should be sure to get a
written agreement that their option
money will be returned if the loan
is refused.
That was the advice given today
by the Veterans Administration
after several cases where veterans
lost their option money were
brought to its attention.
4 veteran in Pikesville, Md, re-
ported he had paid $3.50 on a &c.
acre farm, assuming that the loan
he, needed to purchase the property
would be approved. On the report
OF the county agent that the price
OF the farm was Excessively high" ,"
the loan was turned down and the
owner refused to refund the $3.50
most Of the veterans mastering out
pay.
Cite Another Case.
The Veterans Administration
cited another case where a veteran
put up some money on a home even
before he found out whether he was
entitled to a CT loan. 1t developed
he was entitled to the loan but the
property was burdened with a
clouded title and the veteran wrote
the Veterans Administration he
had lost his option money.
A spokesman for the Veterans Ad-
ministration also pointed out that
because GI loans are investigated so
thoroughly, the only way would-be
racketeers could swindle land-buying
vterans was by high-preSsuring them
into putting up money for options
or. property which couldn't possibly
win Veterans Administration ap-
proval and then keeping the option
money!
One <Vest Coast case was men,
toned where veterans claimed they
lost money through taking options
on alleged farm lands which turned
out to be volcanic rock covered with
thin layer of soil.
Prices Running High.
The Veterans Administration said
there was nothing wrong about put
ting up some money to show the
would-be purchaser is acting in good
faith, but veterans were advised that
the option, earnest or binder agree
be accompanied by a written agree
ment that the money was to be re-
funded in case the loan failed to be
approved.
1t was pointed out that farm and
home prices are currently running
so high that hundreds of loans are
failing to be- approved because the
asking price exceeds the reasonable
normal value" of the property.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

IeVOhG lllG ClIl-
zenship of Count
r e ne Adelbert
de Chambrun,
son = in = law of
Pierre Laval, the
l n t erfederation
Conference W a S
told last night.
D a n j el M .
Greene. chair
m a n of t h e
Prince Georges
Legislation Com
mittee, said he
would call for
repe al of the
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Skipper Finds He Won
Award ; Years AGO

Comdr. Gardner A. Coas, U. S. N.
R., skipper of the maritime service
training ship American Seaman, had
to come all the way to Washington
to discover he had won the Meri-
torious Service Medal-merchant
mariners second highest award
for exploits nearly three years ago
On his arrival here, Comdr. Coas
requested replacements of his worn
out service ribbons. A check with
his records in the Maritime Com
mission disclosed that he had been
awarded the Service Medal follow
ing the torpedoing Of the steamship
Honolulan, on which he served, of
the African coast in 1912.
For some reason, the notification
never caught up with Comdr. Coas
However, it becomes official this
afternoon when the award is made
aboard his ship by Vice Admiral A
P. Fairfield, U. S. N, retired, security
officer of the commission and War
Shipping Administration.
The citation, which the skipper
saw for the first time this week,
states that Comdr. Coas, as chief
mate of the Honolulan, remained on
board with the master and radio
operator to obtain extra food and
equipment for a lifeboat standing
by. When a second torpedo struck,
and the ship began to sink, the three
jumped overheard and swan to a
nearby lifeboat
During the six days his lifeboat
was adrift, Comdr. Coas displayed
cgreat fortitude in caring for the
physical and mental comforts of
the crew and rendered Invaluable
assistance" to the master in keeping
the ships three lfeboats together
until picked up by British steamer,
the citation adds.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Private Fined $500
In MunsIuuohter Case

Pvt. Mac B. Allen, colored, 80, sta
toned at Fort George G. Meade
was fined 5000 in Hyattsville Police
Court yesterday on a charge of man.
slaughter.
The soldier was identified as the
driver of a car which struck Grover
G. Slight, an employe of the Ma
tional Memorial Cemetery, as he
was working on the lawn of the
cemetery. March 30. The cemetery
Is located near Muirkirk, Md.
Pvt. Allen said everything "went
black" just before the accident
After filing an appeal, he was re.
leased under $1,000 bond.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

Maryland stat Count de Chambrun.
ute OF 1875 which conferred the
rights of citizenship upon Gen.
Lafayette and his male heirs. Count
de Chambrun, member of a distin-
guished French family, as a direct
descendant of Lafayette invoked this
statute few years ago and was
accepted as citizen of the State of
Maryland. BY act of Congress after
5he Revolution he also is an honorary
citizen of the United States.
Well Known Here.
Count de Chambrun is we'll known
in Washington and New York. At
one time he was assistant military
attache at the French Embassy
here, and he is nephew of the
late Speaker Nicholas Longworth.
Count de Chambrun's mother was
the Speakers sister. A lawyer, he is
IA member of the New York and
Maryland bars. At the time of the
first draft he registered in New
York City.
Last September the count and his
wife were reported in dispatches
from Paris as among French citi-
zens arrested and held for a few
hours for questioning in a search
for collaborationists. However, they
were released Internationally after
several hours, it was stated.
In 1910 the count publicly denied
charges made by a group of IA
American writers that he was a
Nazi "stooge." The charge had been
made in pamphlet printed and
circulated by the group AS late as
1912, however, he was reported in
press dispatches to be acting on of
flcial errands for his father-in- law,
chief collaborationist in the Vichy
regime.
Early in the war he served as
liaison officer between the French
Army and the British Expeditionary
Force in Flanders. After Dunkerque
he flew to Washington and saw
President Roosevelt, repeatedly to
inform the President on French
military operations.
Spent Honeymoon in U. S.
Count de Chambrun and Marie
Laval were married in 1885 and
spent their wedding trip in this
country. known as a bearer of
goodwill to the United States during
the 1930s, the countess had accom-
panied her father when he came to
see President Hoover in 1881.
The counts father, Gen. Count
Adelbert de Chambrun, great-great-
grandson of Lafayette, had a dis
tinguished military career and once
was French military attache here.
He represented French war veterans
at national American Legion con-
ventions in 1888 and 1899 and also
attended the Yorktown Sesquicen-
tennial in 1882 as aide to Marshal
Petain. An uncle, Count Charles de
Chambrun, a noted diplomat, was
born at the French Legation here.
The count in 1910 published a
book, II Saw France Fall" His
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Election Boord Names Clerk

The Montgomery County super
Visors OF elections yesterday ap-
pointed Miss Rose K. Dawson of
Rockville assistant chief clerk to
the board effective June l. The po-
sition was created by the last Leg
islature. Miss Dawson is Republic
an member Of the permanent board
OF registry for the county. The
chief clerk to the election board is
F. Byrne Austin, who also is Demo-
cratic member of the permanent
registration board.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Six More D. {. Area Men
Due for Discharge Today

Six additional Washington area
men, some of them with more than
100 points, were scheduled for dis
charge from Fort George G.. Meade
today. A Fort Meade spokesman
said the center had released more
than TOO men from Washington and
neighboring States since point dis
charges began 10 days ago.
The group scheduled for discharge
today includes:
Pvt Fred Horn, 230 v street NV;
T/Sergt. Francis H. Geduldig, 531
Shepherd street NV; T/Sergt. Will
liam E. Moran, $40 South Court
House road, Arlington, Va; T/Serst.
Donald C. Pinkney. 200 New York
avenue NV; T/5 Givdin R. Carter,
1900 Champlain street NV, and
Sergt. George A. Cook. 1913 Emerson
street NV.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Alexandria, Arlington
Cadet Corps TO Compete

The Cadet Corps of George WASH
ington High School, Alexandria, and
Westinghouse High School, Ar
lington, will hold their annual COM
petitive drill at 2 pm. tomorrow on
the Alexandria High field. The
winning company will receive the
40 and 8" Trophy. presented by
Alexandria American Legion Post
No. "a.
The Alexandria corps will be
represented by Company B, boys,
commanded by Cadet w. Cameron
Roberts, jr., Company G, girls, will
be commanded by Capt. Catherine
Newton. In the Washington-Lee
Corps, Company A, boys, are COM
manded by Capt. Bernard Fox, and
Company L, girls, by Capt. Mary
Alice Wager.
The drill will be judged by Capt.
George w. Dunlap. assistant pro-
fessor of military science and tao
tics at the University of Maryland.
Maj. Marlin S. Reichley, ROTC
commander at Georgetown Univers-
ity, and Capt. Charles c. Luther.
ROTC commander at George Wash
| ington University,
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Steps Taken 10 Prevent
Suicide Of QuisIinq
BY the Associated Press.

OSLO. Norway, May 20 Delayed
Police have removed all buttons
from Vidkun Quisling's clothes to
eliminate the possibility of suicide
an officer at Moellergaten Prison
said today.
The former puppet premier is de-
jected. 1t was felt that he might
break the buttons and use their
jagged edges to cut his wrists. He
PAGES his cell continually, mutter-
ing or shouting the defense which
he Is expected to present at his
trial for treason.
The Norwegian government still
is reluctant to release any news
about the man whose name became
synonymous with traitor. Yester-
day the British intelligence officer
with the occupation forces was noti-
fed that the military and public
relations officers of the Norwegian
government had requested censor
ship to forbid passage of any news
concerning Quisling. The censors
said they could stop only news
violating military or political Sc
curity and have relayed the re-
quest to supreme Allied headquar-
terS
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Senate Passes Bill
To Permit GaI|inger
Test Of Prisoners

The Senate yesterday passed and
sent to the House bill amending
the District code so that either be-
fore trial or after conviction a de-
fendant in criminal case may be
sent by~judges of the local courts to
Gallinger Municipal Hospital for
mental examination.
The measure was recommended
by the Commissioners, who said ii
had the purpose of giving specific
authority to Juvenile and Police
Courts to assign defendants for
mental observation, when there is
reason to believe they are of un-
sound mind.
Limited to 80 Days.
The hospital commitment would
be for maximum of 80 days, unless
the court found reason to extend
the time. There is provision for a.
jury trial and the measure also pro-
vides for bills of exceptions and
appeals.
The Commissioners said Judges
OF Police Court have explained there
now is no specific authority for
committing defendant to CALM
ger.
Judges of Police Court" they re-
ported therefore have adopted the
expedient in such cases of continu-
ing the case and ordering the de-
fendant sent to Gallinger for OBJ
servation and report, but such action
is possible only in those cases where
the defendant is unable to give
bail"
Pass Auto Tag Bill.
The Senate also passed a House
bill to outlaw Congressional auto
tags 80 days after the opening of
each new Congress. The bill now
goes back to the House for action
on a minor amendment.
Because of an objection, the Sem
ate deferred action on a bill to ap-
propriate $72,500 for the purchase
for park use of property at the
Southwest corner of Sixteenth and
Shepherd streets NV. This bill
was offered as a means of ending a
court and Zoning battle between
Crestwood citizens and Harry Po-
retsky over the latter's plan to erect
an apartment house on the tract.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Torpedo Plant Again Hiring
Labor for Rocket Contracts

The Naval Torpedo Station in
Alexandria again 10 hiring skilled
workers to handle work on rockets
and other ordnance weapons recent
ly assigned to it. A personnel re-
duction had been ordered in Feb
ruary because of a cutback in tor
pedo production.
Capt. r. B. Simons, station COM
manding officer. said the February
order resulted in the loss of many
employees which the station now
must replace.
Asserting that jobs are available
for both men and women, Capt.
Simons said the station has suffi-
cient work on hand to continue op-
Grafton for long time.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
lsWRatonmiq
@1

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
Y-5, rs. Az through d. good
through June 2; stamps E-2
through J-2 good good through
June 80; stamps K-2 through P-2
good through July 81. Stamps
O. through U-2 valid through
August 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
H-2 through M-2 good through
June q; stamps N-2 through So
good through June 80. Stamps To-
through X-2 good through July 81.
Stamps Y-2, Z-2, Al, B-1 and
C-1 through August 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp 35 valid for S pounds
through June 2. Stamp No. 80
valid for 5 pounds through Au-
gust 81.
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81. B-6, C-6, BIT
ana C-1 coupons good Tor 5 gal
Ions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
In Book No. 8 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each. An as-yet-
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August 1.
Fuel Oil-Periods 1, 2, 8, and S
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. All
currently valid coupons, except for
serially-numbered coupons of def
mite value, will expire August 81.
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than 90 per cent
OF their ration as of today. Local
boards are mailing the 1945-1946
renewal applications. You are
urged to return the application to
the local board at the earliest
possible time.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Mrs. Henry Soper Rites
|WiII Be Held Tomorrow

Services for Mrs. Henry E. Soper,
who died of a heart attack at her
home, 4205 Twenty-eighth street,
Mount Rainier, Sunday, the day be-
fore her 77th birthday anniversary.
will be held at 10 am. tomorrow at
Nalley funeral home, Mount Rainier.
The Rev. c. R. Pierce, pastor of
the Mount Rainier Baptist Church,
will officiate. Burial will be Monoc-
acy Cemetery, Beallsville, Md.
Besides her husband, she leaves
four daughters, Mrs. Edna G. Reed
and Mrs. Leona w. Steele, Buck
Lodge, Md; Mrs. Daisy c. King.
Mount Rainier, and Mrs. Alice S.
Merchant, Takoma Park, Md, and a.
son, Lingan D. Soper, Mount Rain
ief superintendent of streets. Also
surviving are two sisters, two broth
ers, IL grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Foirfox Jury Indicts
Mon in SIuyinq of Wife

Robert Haley, 81, colored, Fort
Hunt road, was indicted yesterday
by a grand jury at the opening of
the May term of the Fairfax County
Circuit Court on a charge of MUIR
dering his wife, Mary B. Haley.
Haley's case was the only one be-
fore the grand jury. A number of
appeal and civil cases were set for
trial by Judge Paul E. Brown. The
charge against Haley will be tried
June 8.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Senate Group Debates
$500 Expense Account

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee today took up the question
OF whether Senators should have
$2,500 year more added to their
expense accounts.
The House has voted such sum,
written into the legislative appro-
priation for fiscal year, 1916.
A subcommittee of the Senate
completed its report on the tax-free
increase for the full committee's
consideration today.
Senator Overton, Democrat, of
Louisiana refused to disclose the
recommendations of his subcommit-
tee.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

story. He was nice and took us
down to his summer cabin on the
river. He sent his daughter back to
the house for some hot potatoes.
I'VE stayed in the cottage and
they brought us food. Even brought
a tablecloth-it was like a picnic
April Is was my daughters birth
day, and I told him about it, SO they
had special dinner for us in her
honor-some kind of potato cake
which was very good
THE next night he came down
and warned us that some soldiers
were to be billeted in town, and
probably some would be given the
cottage. We moved again-back to
our second place then-the place
with the Germans and Russian.
The SIS trooper had inspected and
gone on, and they were glad to
see us.
Americans Arrive.
Then the troops came to that
toWn-so we went back to the river
cottage. Finally that night the
farmer there came down and told
us the Americans had arrived
They'd taken one of his Wife's chick
ens-and had made her cook it. So
we knew they were Americans.
I'VE went into town and stirred
up ruckus, and found headquar-
tiers. From there we were sent back
to corps headquarters, and hitched
a ride to Paris.
I'VE were on our way home in a
few days-luckier than most. Maybe
it was because We weren't afraid tc
trust the people.
When it is safe to tell theil
names, and write them, will do it
I hope those three families, at any
rate, don't get it too hard. The,
only had potatoes and hay to offel
us-but they gave what they could
and could have been killed for doin,
1T. They kept us alive. They wer,
po0d people" +"
Evening star., 1945-05-22
D. c. Lieutenant Escapes Nozis
With Aid of 3 German Families

heard there would be an SIS search.
We moved on that night,
"At the next town we almost ran
into trouble at farmhouse. There
were lots of kids all around-the
boys were in uniform. 1t seemed it
was refugee camp for Nuremberg
evacuees. They were all not Nazis.
The kids called a man who talked
funny. We just turned and walked
off,
I'VE walked on to the next town
Pruppech. A farmer and his daugh-
ter were working in the field and we
walked up to them and told our