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Evening star., 1945-04-19
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Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, red stamps
T-5 through KS good through
April %; stamps Y-5, rs, Az
through DE- good through June q;
stamps E-2 through J-2 good
through June 30; stamps K-2
through P-2 good through July 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps CO through G-2 good
through April %: stamps H.
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.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp IS valid for S pounds
through June 2. Next STAMP
scheduled to be validated May /
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81. Be-, c., B-7
and CT coupons good for S gall
Ions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel OitPeriods one, two, three
four and five coupons good for 10
gallons per unit through heating
year. Consumers in this area
should not have used more than
81 per cent of their ration as OF
today.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Dupont Circle Survey
Studied; Tests Go On

AS new borings were being made
along Connecticut avenue to check
underfootings for the proposed Du-
pont Circle underpass, Capt. H. c.
Whitehurst, director of highways,
said today his Office was studying
results of an origin and destination
traffic survey made at the circle
several weeks ago.
Capt. Whitehurst said he was
highly pleased with the survey. He
said that almost 100 per cent of the
cards handed drivers as they en-
tered the circle were returned to
Highway Department employees as
they left the circle. The cards were
lettered so that checkers would know
how many cars entered the circle on
each of the streets and by what
streets they left.
Tentative approval for the under
pass, which provides for separate
tunnels for vehicular and streetcar
traffic on Connecticut avenue under
the circle, has been granted by the
joint board of the Commissioners
and the Public Utilities Commission
When public hearing was held on
the plan in January, it was pointed
out that the streetcar underpass
could become part of Connecticut
avenue subway If one were built.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Officer Who Escaped
Nazi Prison Is Home

Second 1t. Marcellus c. Hughes.
80, who was captured in Africa in
l943 and escaped last January by
walking away from his captors, re-
turned to his home at 4Sl9 North
Washington boulevard, Arlington,
yesterday after two years in cap
tivity, to meet his son, Christian,
2 years old, He had learned of the
birth Of his son through message
reaching him in a prison camp in
Germany.
1t. Hughes is another liberated
prisoner who gives testimony to the
lifesaving qualities of the Red Cross
packages sent the prisoners. Last
January the Germans decided to
evacuate Ohag 64, where 1t. Hughes
was held west of Bromberg in Po-
land. For six weeks before the
evacuation the Red Cross packages
were not delivered and many of
the prisoners faced the march west
in weakened condition.
1t. Hughes escaped by merely
walking away unnoticed from his
guards. Vivid among his recol-
lections is the memory of food given
him by Poles after he and COM
panions had hidden in barn.
The prison fare had been watery
soup, potatoes and black bread. The
meal the Polish friends provided
was milk soup with pork in it and
rye bread. 1T was delicious" 1t.
Hughes said.
1t. Hughes, who is 80, entered the
Army in May, 1941, and was sent
overseas in June, 1912. He was
reconnaissance officer in North
Africa when taken prisoner. His
wife is the former Washington Post
society writer, Carolyn Bell.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Bill 10 Relieve Bondsman
Gets First Truman Veto

President Truman today vetoed
his first bill.
He sent message to Congress
disapproving measure to free a
New Jersey bondsman of a $2,5O0
judgment which the Government
had obtained against him as the re-
suit of forfeited bail bond.
The defaulting defendant for
whom the bond had been executed
was later apprehended and con-
victed, and in his veto message
President Truman pointed out that
from time to time sureties have been
relieved from payment under such
circumstances. In those cases, the
President said, however, the Gov
ernment was always reimbursed for
whatever expenses had been in
CURED in connection with the case,
and the veto measure does not pro-
vide for this customary adjustment.
The bill was one that Mr.. Truman
had signed as Vice Presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Woman Accused Of Using
Auto as LefhaI Weapon

Charged with using her car as a
dangerous weapon" with which to
assault her husband and a woman
companion last Monday, Mrs. Ersell
Prince, 10, of 2431 E street NV,
yesterday was held under $500 bond
for grand jury action.
Municipal Court Judge Walter
Casey held Mrs. Prince after her
husband, Frank c. Prince, %, of
Brandywine, Md, testified his wife
twice drove her car into his motor
cycle at Branch avenue and Penn
sylvania avenue Sc. Riding with
him was Patricia Blenkle, 27, of 305
Seventh street NE, who is in Cas-
uality Hospital with head injuries.
Mrs. Prince is scheduled to be
tried by jury next Wednesday on
additional charges Of reckless driv-
ing and possessing no District
permit.
Mr.. Prince, an employe Of the
Super Concrete Corp. here, testified
he sustained minor head Injuries
in the accident He said he and
his wife separated April 3.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Parents Are Thrilled
At News of Daughter;
Will Help Her Return

Fred H. Esch, retired JUS
tice Department attorney and
father of Mrs. Donner, said to-
day he will take immediate
steps to assist his daughters
return to this country.
He said he and his wife had
not heard directly from their
daughter "for a terribly long
time" and were thrilled be-
yond belief" to know she is in
American hands.
1T means that she is out of
danger of the Nazi beasts" he
said.
Mr.. Esch said he had learned
through the Red Gross that his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Mildred
Fish Harnack, formerly of Mil
waukee, was killed in Germany
in February, 1943. Her hus-
band, whom she married while
he was a Rockefeller Fonda-
tion exchange student at the
University of Wisconsin, was
hanged by the Nazis in De-
cember, 1912, for treason to
the Reich" Mr.. Esch said.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Chevy Chase Girl Crosses Reich
In Wagon to Reach u. S. Lines
Mrs. Donner Tells
Of Her Trip With
; Small Children
BY LEE McCARDELL,
Baltimore Sunpapers War Correspondent
Distributed by the Associated Press.

Baltimore Sunpapers War Correspondent
Distributed by the Associated Press.
WITH THE Goth DIVISION
NEAR THE CZECH BORDER, April
ia former Chevy Chase (MdJ
girl and her three small children
the youngest a year-old baby-are
sleeping in little town here tonight
after 300-mile flight by horse ano
wagon across Central Germany
through lines of the retreating Ger
man Army and into territory occu-
pied by troops of this division.
She is Mrs. Jane Donner, %
daughter of Fred Esch, retired JUS
tice Department attorney, who lives
at 6301 Brookeville road, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Evacuated from Berlin, where her
husband is a university professor
Mrs. Donner and her three small
sons. the Oldest 4, had been four
weeks on the road from Mecklenburg
to Bavaria.
Slim, brown haired and blue eyed
and wearing slacks and a blue
Woolen turtle-neck sweater, Mrs
Donner told her story with cheerful
good humor and perfect poise.
my children, thank goodness, are
tough" she laughed. But they've
all got miserable colds. And the
diaper problem for baby these last
two days has been acute. I feel like
the worst of it is over now. The
war can't possibly last more than a
few days longer, don't you think?"
Born in Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Donner was born in Chevy
Chase and attended high school
there. She took a degree in English
at George Washington University
Evening star., 1945-04-19
D. {. Tops IS States
In Marine Corps Personnel

The District has contributed more
men to the Marine Corps than Is
States, the Navy reported today.
Total Marine Corps personnel at
the end of 1914 was 472 ,682, includ-
ing 34.598 men officers, 824 women
officers, 420,247 enlisted men and
1908 enlisted women.
OF the total, 3,773 were District
men and women-a larger number
than that provided by Arizona, Del
aware, Idaho, Maine, Montana
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire
New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Utah, Ver-
mont or Wyoming.
The District was represented by
614 male officers, 10 female officers,
2,s57 enlisted men and 2e3 enlisted
women.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Dormitory Girls Raising
Polio Foundation Fund

A fund being raised in memory
of the late President Roosevelt for
the National Foundation for Infan.
tile Paralysis at Warm Springs, Ca,
by residents of 13 girls residence
halls here has reached more than
$500, it was announced today.
William j. Bissell, chief of the
Public Buildings Administration
Office Of Residence Halls, said the
drive was spontaneous among resi-
dents Of the halls. It was launched
at memorial meeting in the Ar.
ington Farms Recreation Hall last
Saturday.
Approximately 5000 girls live in
the four groups of residence halls
at Arlington Farms, in West Po-
tomac Park, near Langston Stadium
and at Suitland, Md.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
District-Wide Move
Opens for Community
Hospital for Co|ored

A move to enlist city-wide Coop
Grafton in plans for a new COM
munity hospital in Washington pri-
marily for colored persons was un-
der way today, under auspices of the
Northeastern Temporary Hospital
Association.
Representatives of more than 20
civic, social and welfare groups at
tending luncheon meeting yester-
day at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association promised to bring
the proposal before their organiza-
tions.
Edward p. Lovett, chairman of the
sponsoring association, was author
lied to appoint tentative commit
tee in behalf of the project, with a
subcommittee to formulate plans
for establishment, operation ana
maintenance of such hospital.
200 to 800 Beds.
DR.. w. H. Bruce, physician who
has been one of the leaders in the
movement, reported that a hospital
Of from. 200 to 300 beds, at an ap-
proximate cost of $4,000 per bed,
has been suggested by Public Health
Service advisers.
The present plan, he explained,
is to raise funds from private con-
tributions. An offer of land for a
hospital site already has been made
by q Washington attorney, he added
Although site in the Northeast
section is contemplated, he contin-
ued, the hospital would serve the
entire Washington area. It also
would have q policy Of nondiscrim-
ination as to race and creed, he
added.
The need for additional hospital
facilities in the District was cited by
DR.. George c. Rutland, District
health officer. and DR.. Dorothy B.
Ferebee, physician.
Estimating the Metropolitan Area
population at 1858 900, DR.. Ruhland
said 1,648 additional beds are needed
to meet recommended standards of
5 beds per 1000 population.
Population Almost Double.
DR.. Ferebee reported that while
the colored population in the Dis
trict almost doubled from 1929 to
1914, hospital bed capacity for COL
ored persons increased only by 800.
Estimating the ratio of beds for
colored at about AZ per cent of their
population, she said the seriousness
of their health problem is indicated
by a national death rate between 80
and 40 per cent higher than the rate
for whites, and an infant and ma
ternal mortality rate about 2 to /
over that for whites.
The Negro health picture is a COM
plex of factors including lack of
hospital facilities and restricted ad-
missions, poor housing, low incomes
and lack OF educational facilities, she
added.
DR.. Feberee also declared that the
only hospital here open to colored
doctors is Freedmen's and that COL
ored persons are denied group hos
pitalization privileges because of re-
stricted admissions.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Complaint Results
lin Examination Of
School Fountains

Public school principals are ex-
amining drinking fountains for in
sanitary conditions today after
Adelbert w. Lee, Board of Educa-
ton member, complained of the
fountains at Western High School.
Mr. Lee said a "6-inch pipe" was
being used for a fountain at West
ern. A reporter found a narrow
length of pipe about inches high
placed in the center of regulation
fountain bowl. Six of these old
style fountains remain in the school
and are slated for replacement by
summer, Jere J. Crane, assistant
superintendent in charge of build
ings, said. A Heath Department
notice posted above the six foun-
tains instructs students to drink
at the top of the stream and avoid
touching lips or face to any part
of the fountain
Need Many Requirements.
Nathaniel A. Danowsky, principal,
said that many requirements are
needed in the 50-year-old school
and he hoped the fountain survey
would lead to other Improvements
as we'll.
Mr.. Lee asked for a report on the
progress of the year-old fountain
replacement program, which still
had 113 fountains to go in December
The board denied request of the
Eastern High School faculty that
their retiring principal, Charles S.
Hart, be allowed to serve a year
beyond his cheduled retirement this
June. The principalships of both
Eastern High School and Gordon
Junior High School will be open in
June, the board decided, after the
retirement of Mr.. Hart and Frank
A. Woodward, Gordon principal.
Schools Are Named.
The name George Harris Rich
ardson School, was given to an
elementary building at Fifty-t third
and Blaine streets NE, in honor of
the first president of the Fedora
ton OF Civic Associations; Anita
Juberness Turner School" to an ele-
mentary building at Alabama ave-
nue. and Stanton road Sc, in honor
OF the late director of health and
physical education in schools for
colored children, and the name
"Neval Holland Thomas School" to
an elementary building at Anacos-
tia road and Grant street NE, in
honor Of the late president of the
Washington chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People.
The board adjourned with a mo-
ton in respect to the late Franklin
Delano Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Four Elevators Ordered
For District BuiIdino

The Commissioners announced to-
day that they had awarded a con-
tract to the Otis Elevator Co. to
replace the six old elevators in the
District Building with four others.
The Otis Co. submitted the lowest
bid, $148,440. The project will re-
quire alterations. The District has
an appropriation of $172,000 for the
change.
Two elevators will be placed In
each end Of the building.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Anthony Eden Visits
University Of Virginia
BY the Associated Press

by Iut ASSOclAteU FfeSS.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
l9.-Anthony Eden, British Foreign
Secretary, paid an unannounced visit
to the University of Virginia yester-
day.
Mr.. Eden. accompanied by his sec
retary and Secret Service men, ar
rived from Washington by car at
about 6 pm. Students on the campus
who recognized the British Foreign
Secretary introduced themselves and,
at Mr.. Eden's request, showed their
visitor around the college, visiting
the buildings designed by Thomas
Jefferson.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
ID. f. Institutions
Forced 10 Start
Meat|ess Days
Senote Food Inquiry
WiIIHeorSIoughterers
At Session Tomorrow

District institutions and mu-
nicipal hospitals have gone on a
two-meatless-days-a-week basis,
and the District is now able to
procure only 40 to go per cent of
its normal requirements of meat.
1t was learned today as the Sem
ate subcommittee investigating
food shortages prepared to in
vestigate Washington's meat
famine and reports of black mar
ket operations.
Chairman Thomas of the Senate
Agriculture Subcommittee has an.
nounced that three District slaugh.
teresa meat packer and large re-
taller have been invited by telephone
to appear before the committee to-
morrow to explain why they had
closed or curtailed operations.
Roland M. Brennan, District Dur.
chasing officer who reported the
changes In municipal feeding, also
disclosed that Lorton Reformatorv
and Gallinger Hospital have been
asked to explore the possibility of
raising rabbits as a means of max
ing up a meat deficit which has
grown worse steadily in recent weeks,
Indicates Action Is Likely.
He indicated that further steps
may have to be taken in the next
few days to improve the meat supply
to District institutions.
Senator Wherry, Republican. Of
Nebraska, a member of the COM
mittee. urged the group to look into
alleged black market dealings in
meat here. He pointed out that off,
cials of the Office of Price Admins
tratlon at recent sessions had belit-
tied the extent of black market deal.
lngs in Washington and other cities.
The committee has asked the
operators of the city's three slaught-
ering firms-Walter Brown & Sons,
Inc; F. Kilsheimer Bros. and Ralph
F. Counselman-to appear, as a re-
suit of recent disclosures they had
closed for indefinite periods. Also
invited were representatives of L. S.
Briggs, Inc, one of the citys biggest
packing plants, and P. F. Casey,
one OF the largest retail outlets.
Briggs has given 80 of its EN-.
ployes two-week vacation, leaving
only small staff to continue with
Army contracts. The Casey stand
in Arcade Market announced its
closing last Saturday.
Arcade Stand Meatless.
Meanwhile. E. w. Green's stand
In Arcade, reported yesterday as
closed for lack of supplies. an
nounced that it was still in business
and hoped to remain open. Mr..
Green said he was continuing to
get limited supply of meat from
his regular wholesale suppliers.
Some stands were closing down on
"a day-to-day basis, and reopening
only when a shipment of meat
came in.
At some stores in the city long
queues of housewives formed, watt
ing the arrival of trucks bringing
limited quantities of meats.
The industry generally agrees that
Washington's meat famine has never
been worse than it has been this
week.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Cathedral Library Slayer
Is Given Another Stuy

The execution of Julius Fisher,
31-year-old colored janitor con-
victed of the murder of Miss Cath
crime Reardon in the Washington
Cathedral library in March, 1914
has been postponed until June 2s
pending the outcome of his appeal
to the Court Of Appeals from his
conviction in District Court. His
electrocution had been set for next
Tuesday.
This Is the third time the exc
cution has been postponed.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
Michael keune Honored
By Food Wholesalers

Michael "A. Keane was honored
last night by the wholesale food
division of the Merchants and Man.
ufacturers' Association for his SO
years in the food industry here. He
was presented a silver plaque at .
dinner in the Washington Hotel.
For many years Mr.. pane headed
hotel supply firm established BY
his father in 1864.
Evening star., 1945-04-19
USO Gets New Job

The United Service Organizations
will take over the new job of provid-
ing recreational services for service
personnel in the Philippines, begin
ming May 1, the Community War
Fund Committee, of which the USO
is a member, announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
USO Club Marks
First Birthday
In FL Centro

Friday, April 13, marked the first
anniversary of the USO in Ell Gen.
tro but celebrations were cancelled
because of the death of Franklin
D. Roosevelt, according to Mrs,
Rita Noah, director.
Mrs. Noah and Mrs. Faye An
drews, former director arrived in
Ell Centro last April to take over
the USO, which they operated in
the old canteen until June 27. After
several months of refitting and re-
furnishing, the new USO was Off
cially opened in October.
Sunday a group of servicemen
and junior hostesses, under the di-
rection of Miss Barbara Bowen
program chairman, held a desert
picnic at Boulder Canyon. The day
was climaxed by weiner roast and
campfire later in the evening.
A meeting of the USO operating
committee was scheduled fer 1880
p. m. Monday at the clubhouse. On
Tuesday the junior hostess will at
tend dance at Mitchell Gonzales
cent Hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Society
Clubs
Juanita Clayton
Is Married to
Sgt. Stanley Hill

The Methodist church in Ell Gen.
tro was the scene of the wedding
Saturday afternoon of Miss Juanita
Clayton, daughter of Mrs. M. M.
Clayton of Holtville, to Sergeant
Stanley Hill, son of Mrs. Carl Miller
of Chatsworth, Illinois.
Rev. Hayden Sears performed the
ceremony. Preceding 1t, Mrs. Eu-
gene Waterman sang Believe Me if
All Thoye Endcaring Young
Charms" and played the Wedding
marcnes .or v.le ceremony.
The bride wore sky-blue suit
with a white hat and veil and navy
blue accessories. Her corsage was
of red rosebuds. Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Mayfield of Ell Centro serv-
ed as attendants for the couple.
Mrs. Clayton, mother of the bride
was present, wearing navy blue
and white ensemble with white ac-
cessories and a corsage of red rose
buds. Also present were the brides
aunt, Mrs. v. B. Veal and Miss Rob-
erta Emery, both of Holtville.
The couple will make their home
here as Sergeant Hill is stationed al
the Ell Centre marine air station.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
Churches
Schools
Jean Overlook
Is Bride of
Sat. R. n. Johnson

Miss Jean Overlook, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs E. S. Overlook of Royal
Oak. Michigan, became the bride of
Sergeant Robert H. Johnson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Johnson, OF
Delafield, Wisconsin, at an informal
ceremony Saturday night in the
Methodist church.
Baskets of roses, larkspur and
fern were placed at each side OF
the altar. Before the ceremony
performed by Rev. Hayden S. Sears,
Mrs. Eugene Waterman sang Be
cause. She also played the we'd
ding marches
The bride wore a suit of pearl
gray crepe with matching off
the-face hat and veil and black
accessories. She also wore a cor
sage of orchids
Private Doris McKeown of the
Marine Womens Reserve at Ell Toro
air station, formerly of Royal Oak,
attended the bride Lieutenant
Wayne Molcott, also formerly of
ROYAL Oak, now stationed at the
Ell Centro marine air station, served
as best man
After a brief honeymoon, the
newlyweds are at home at 88l Com
mercial street, where they will live
while Sergeant johnson is station
ed at the marine base
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-16
HOLLYWOOD
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

( HOLLYWOOD. - Greer GarSon's
legs are back in the news today
And again Johnson, with one of
Greer's stockings flying from our
lance, comes to their defense.
Several weeks ago Greer showed
us a newspaper clipping in which
hosiery manufacturer said she was
kncck-kneed. To prove she wasn't
Greer showed us her legs. We re-
ported they were mighty attractive
morsels-which they are. Anybody
who knocked Greer's knees, we said,
didn't appreciate beauty or needed
spectacles.
4 Now, in another interview with
New York newspaper, the same
hosiery manufacturer says Greer is
bowlegged and wears padded stock
ings.
Paul Martin, amusements editor
of the New York World-Telegram,
which printed our story about
Greers gams, couldn't stand the
suspense He rushed kilograms to
Hollywood asking for quotes, photo
graphs, measurements and affidav-
it's to back up our claim.
will make it national issue IL
necessary" wired Martin.
We telephoned Martin the details.
Greer said she had never met the
hosiery manufacturer, that she
didn't wear pads anywhere" and
that she has never purchased any
of his stockings. Size bought her
stockings, she said, in a Beverly
Hills department store. We checked
the store. She does buy them there.
AVERAGE GOOD MODERN
To Amusements Editor Paul Mar
tin, Greer wired:
Il suppose this controversy over