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Evening star., 1945-02-21
lsiNRst,oniing
.Remiinder6p

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Book 4, red
stamps Q-5 through SIS good
through March 81; stamps T-5
through KS good through April
%; stamps Yes, Us, Az through
D-2 good through June 2. Each
stamp worth 10 points. Next series
to be validated ABOUT March 4.
Canned. Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS through Us, Az and
b. good through March 81;
stamps ca through Ga good
through April 28; stamps H-2
through M-2 good through June
q. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Next series to be validated about
March l. r
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
YOU turn In. y - - = -
sugar-Book 4. sugar stamp 81 gooo
for pounds through February 7s.
Stamp IS valid for pounds
through June q.
Gaseline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March a..
B-s. C-5. BIS and CO coupons
good for 5 gallons each.
Shees-Arplane stamps !, 2 and 3
10 Book No. 5 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one, two, three
and four coupons good for 10 gall
Ions per unit through heating
year. Period fiye coupons become
valid March !. Old period four
and fiye coupons from last vim
ter good through year. Consum-
ers In this area should not have
used more than ~ per cent Of
their ration as OF today.
Degree days-Tosal for month, 574 !;
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Counsel for Mcfarland
To Appeal Death Verdict

Attorney P. Bateman Ennis yes
terday filed notice that he is ap-
pealing the recent District Court
conviction of Earl Mcfarland, form
er marine, who Friday was SEN
fenced to be electrocuted on June 26
for the first-degree murder of 49,
year-old3 Dorothy Berrum on the
East Potomac Golf Course last Oc-
tober. - +.
Mcfarland was convicted Feb
ruary l. and on Friday Justice James
NJ. Proctor imposed sentence after
overruling a motion for a new trial.
m his notice of appeal, Attorney
Ennis claims the court erred in re-
fusing to grant new trial on newly
discovered evidence. The notice of
appeal also claims erroneous adnis-
sion OF evidence at McFarlands
triAl alleged erroneous rejection ef
other evidence, and that the court
erred in inStructing the jury. - -.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Alexandra Schools
To Close Two Days

Alexandria public schools viii ibe
closed tomorrow in observance of
George Washington's birthday and
viii remain closed on Friday in Or
der to conserve fuel, T.. c. williams,
superintendent OF schools, an
nounced today. The extra day will
be added to the end Of the school
term, he said
The city's banks and stores will
also close tomorrow and the post Of
nee will make no regular deliveries
on rural or carrier routes and viii
make only one collection from mall
boxes. Stamp windows will be closed,
but workers. will be. on hand to pro-
vide special delivery service.
Tonight Russell Mitchell Post No
600 and Its woman,s auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars viii hold
q dinner at the George Mason Ho-
tel. Robert b. Handy, jr., adjutant-
quartermaster general, and Omar
B. Ketchum, national legislative
representative, will be- among the
speakers, ~
Tomorrow morning members of
the Virginia Department Of WV
viii join the District Chapter Of the
Order Of the Purple Heart in placing
wreaths on Washington's Tomb, and
tomorrow night Alexandria's Com
pany 112 Of the Virginia State
Guar under Capt. Roy w. Keesee
will hold review and presentation
of the company for Mayor William
r. wilkins and members of the City
Council at the armorry. Dancing
and refreshments will follow
The city's celebration will be- cli-
NAKED with the annual birthday
ball OF American Legion Post "A at
Gadsby's Tavern tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Hearing Sci on Stage Line
Bid 10 Operate Planes: I. /
By the Associated Press.

BY the Asspciated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 2I-The
State Corporation Commission has
set March5i3 as the dateafor hearing
ansapplicatien of the, Virginia. State
Lines, Inc, for permission TO Operate
an intrastAte air service rndaatipe
from RoSslyn. f.t
In its application filed yesterday
With the sec the applicant asked
permission to operate one line from
Rosslyn to Bristol via Front Royal
Winchester, Waynesboro,s Staunton
Clifton Forge, Roanoke and Blue
held; another from Rosslyn BY waJ
Of Charlottesville to Lynchbssrg
Roanoke and Galax, with 4 loor
from Eynchburg to Danvilie and
back to Gaiax; . third route. tha,
would link Rosslyn with Fredericks.
burg, Richmond, Cape Cherries ait
Norfolk, and, . fourth from Norfcil
TO Staunton via Cape Charles. Rich.
mond, Charlottesville and Waynes.
boro.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Two Awaiting Senienee
In Theft Of S14o, Watch:

Two men, one Of whom was de-
scribed as q union business agent,
are waiting sentence on charges OF
taking $l40 and q watch. from Joe
r. Smith, 500 block Of q street N w.
John L. sullivan, "a, yesterday
pleaded guilty TO- charge of rob-
berry and William ]. Fry, n, pleaded
sslilty to I charge Of grand larceny
When indicted last December,
sullivan was said to be . business
agent Of Local a Of the Interna-
tional Hod Carriers; Building And
Common Laborers Union.
Justice James VI. Morris permit
ted both defendants to remain ct
liberty On bond pending sentence.
He referred the case tD the pyoAa-
hoa ofdcer for investigation.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Lord HoIifox, FomiIy
Reoch New orleans .
n the Associated rress. :

~ the AssoctAted Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21-The
Earl Of Hahiax, British Anabassado
accompanied BY his wife and their
son. Richard Wood, arrived here by
plane yesterday, although their visit
does not onnciaily begin until tomor-
rur.s S.}.s3,4
The Ambassador viii make . radip
speech here Friday and viii speak
In Jackson, Mics, next Monday.
The British visitors will remain
incognito, 80 to ,speak, until tomor-
row to permit them time Ia which TO
rest ana browse through book shops,
antique shops and other spots Ia the
ejty'y hhtoFic French quarter.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Montgomery Heads
Approve. / Plan ia ]! for
Employees Insurance

Establishment Of group insurance
for all Montgomery County employe,
Is In prospect, the county commits
sioners having approved the pro-
posal at their meeting yesterday In
the Rockville Courthouse.
Joseph Cantrel, counsel to the
board, was instructed to prepare q
bill to be introduced In the State
Legislature by the county legislative
delegation, giving the commissioners
authority to place such q plan in
effect. - .;.>,.. H.,
The plan. submitted by H. King
Mularkey, insurance agent. would
provide disqualification for county
employees and would set up q 81, ,000
life insurance policy for each work.
er. Hail Of the SO cents weekly
premium would be paid by the coun-
ty and the remaining IS cents by
each employe. r.'i-
Employees Also Must Approve.
Lacy Shaw, chairman of the
board, emphasized that II q bill
providing for such q plan is passed
by, the Legisla ture, the system will
not be set up unless approved by
the: employees. '''. r,.g. ~
|, Opposition to petition by the
Applied Physics Laboratory Of the
Johns Hopkins Institute, 8621 Geor-
gia avenue. Silver Spring, to close
an alley adjacent to the building
was voiced by owners of property
along the alley.
j. Ingram Medley pointed out
that the institute already has q wire
fence around the building and that
there Is no need to close the alley
TO public ,.ssss
After ofhcials Of the institute said
the measure would be effective only
for the duration Of the War, n the
commissioners requested that the
institute agree to the temporary
nature OF. the plan in . letter to the
board before any decision is made.
Oppose Proposed Fire Alarm Plan.
The Indian Spring Citizens Asso-
citation informed the board Of its
opposition to the proposed central
FIRE Alarm control system for the
county. - -
w. w. Wadden was reinstated as
a member OF the county police force
Mr.. ,Waddell recently received an
honorable discharge from the Ma
rine Corps.
A one year, renewal permit was
granted Cynthia Warner for opera
ton Of the Cynthia Warner School,
Takoma Park.
/, The commissioner ordered q
public hearing for II: 80 a m. March
q, on an application by DR.. Wheeler
o. Hun for permission to use the
property known as Waverly on the
Rockville pike as q rest home for
convalescents.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Several Questioned
As Suspecis in Death
Of Arlington Woman
Two Are Employees
AT MedicrI Center;
Three Fingerprinted
BULLETIN.

Arlington police today
booked Vanderbilt Roebuck,
~, colored janitor at the Ar
hngton Medical Center Build
Ing. for investigation, in the
death Of Mrs. Irene F. <Tullis.
Mrs, Tullis had visited q doc
tor In the building the day she
disappeared.
Arlington police today were qnes-
tioning several" suspects In con-
nection with the death 4 of ], Mrs.
Irene r. Tuliis, 81, Of 351o. North
Eighth street, Arlington. Whose
body was found Monday stuffed In
the manhole Of q sewer in the 200
block OF North Fairfax drive, Ar
lington. ~
Police said two of those being
questioned-a colored man and col
ored woman--are employees Of the
Arlington Medical Center Building,
where the ONCE of DR.. Stacy T. No
land, Mrs. T'ullis' physician. is; 10
Gated. ~, .ssss4
The suspects, all of whom haye
been fingerprinted, also include q
white man. They. were brought to
police headquarters this morning.,
Although admitting that they
were hampered by the six-week
lapse between Mrs. Tullis' disap-
pearanee and the discovery of her
body, police said they hoped to get
. "break" in the case In the near
future.
While police indicated the woman
may have been robbed and murdered,
they added that they have not yet
discounted the theory that she may
have been struck by, q hit-r,in
driver who hurTiedly picked up the
body and later disposed of it. When
Mrs. nllis was found, her head
downward in the manhole, her hat
coat and pocketbook were missing.
County detectives said a. s-inch
stain on the road near the manhole
has not yet been analyzed. They
pointed out that December 81 was
an icy day and that II the woman
had been bleeding, the blood would
have remained on the ice rather
than on the roadway beneath.
Mrs. Tullis had been missing from
her home since December 81, when,
according to her family, she left to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Helen l..
Charlton, l0l1 Parker street, Falls
Church.
According to the report Of DR..
W G. Welburn, county coroner,
Mrs. Tullis, q Navy Yard employe,
died from cerebral hemorrhage
caused by a blow on her head.
Bruises also were found on both legs.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Eonine-c crozed ,Fother
SIcys ChiIdren in lndiu.

& A hunger r-crAxed fethsr pleaded
guilty N ccurt II 0orAkhpur. India,
to numbering hi4 two childreu. His
stogy drew 4 sentence for lie, with
= Recommendation To- the provincial
guxsrnment for ls1iiercy. No said
he HAD beer starving for five days,
but worked his fleld. Exhsusted, lie
went to his home for food, but flnd-
ing none, MS ffsntic. When hig
children came to him beggtAg f0f
feod, he haEksd them To- death With
i spade he. hl4 hrolight frona the
aeld His ula1y defsn5e was that ~
had become sos t0rt1red " hll1ger
III didn't kholN ~ wls doin
''Ths dart aireV locat oouanaent q
lein4 l.dfcant o tn r0vezt q
the nAaAle n le45cs.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Stores Start Survey
OF Damage Caused
~. E
BY. 3-AIarm Fire !.

Omcials OF the Mode, Eleventh
and. r. streets, NV, and Brooks
Mems Store, 10i2 r street NV,
were preparing inventories today in
order to estimate damages caused
by a three -alarm IRE whicfr began
In the basement Of the Mode yes
terday afternoon and filled both
stores with smoke. y
Stocks on both the first floor and
basement floor Of the Mode were
considered almost total losses, Is
q result OF water, smoke and fire,
while stocks in the rest of that
store and In Brooks were damaged
by smoke.
Cause Of Bla1e Studied.
Fire Marshal Raymond C.. Roberts
said today the cause OF the store
Are was being investigated
No one was injured seriously In
the IRE, although eight persons
were treated for smoke inhalation,
and shock Six employees were led
down ladders by firemen from the
fourth floor Of the building after
they had been unable to descend the
smoke filled stairway. ALI the Gus
toners and those saiesmen who were
on the first two floor of the build
ing had little diniclllty in; leaving
the store when the smoke began to
thfcken. Sidney H. Retxenstein, fir1n
satA =
Hoselines snarled trafic In the
area for several hourssas hundreds
Of midafternoon shoppers and ern-
ployes Of nearby stores crowded the
streets to watch.
Those treated at Emergency Hos
pitai for smoke and shock were:
Vincent Pisciotta, 81. 1425 ,v%rplim
street NV, manager Edith Barker,
50, 2l15 r street BE, credit man
aSer, Horace Hector, -. 241E Fifth
street NE, ,sslesmars; Mary ,Tonen,
81, = 80 H street. NV, :seamstfs&ss
Nadine Wilson, "A. $20l -Notth Court
house road, Arlington. Va, assistant
credit manager; Annie .Macroceo, l3,
"a New York avenue NE, tailor,
Jean /, Kingle,. KensinEstons Nd,
hookkeeper;; Rose Pace, IS, az New
York avenue, NE, seamstress. Mr..
Pisciotta also was treated for minor
facial burns, '',>tf, +, /,
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Six Indicted al Baltimore
In Liquor Hljaeking Case
BY the Associated Press.

0y tuE ASSQClAteu Htess.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 21.-Indict-
ments against five Baltimore men
and Vfrginian charged with hi
jacking q 50o-case load OF, whisky
IN Baltimore December n and un-
lawfully transporting it to Virginia
were returned Yesterday by = Fed
eral grand jury.
i, The men named, each on six
counts, were Francis Edward Walsh.
. driver for . Chicago trucking
arm; Harry A. Taylor, also .. truck
driver; Joseph Bach, former truck
driver; Max Dublin. filling station
proprietor, and Samuel Tabh, al Of
Baltimore, and Leonard D. Smith,
Hampton. Va.
They were arrested JAnuarys18 by
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
which said the truck load Of whisky,
consigned TO Chicago had been
driven instead to Richmond for sale
on the black market.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Police Boy Silver Fox
Trying Bfed through
n, the. Aiaacinted rreax

~ thu; Ays2cjateA fress. ~
CI51CA00 Police In suhurban
OK Park ut forth sans horses
and hounds on m ln1prpudptu fox
Eamt and spotted their quarry pear
an intersection where i had been
reported d It MAs i silper fax.
seiice sdnd housewives el1circled
the animal between tuo. sapArtpent
hsliidinas The fox ufAde hreak
through The Gordon hut befofe he
ran faf 8ertt. Daniel 1aeSns dot
him. With the serigin of the f1x 4
l1ystery essd III sownessSip aqetH-
rained, Oak pafkt tpoaiss ~ Nc
dpe sily lpx ~. g.. 81 J,
Evening star., 1945-02-21
The colored iudllctees "a:
Prince Georges Fine,
Costs Yield 81, ,579

Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie re-
ported the collection Of 34,55s In
nnes and costs last month ct .
meeting OF the Prince Georees
County Commissioners yesterday ia
Upper Marlboro. OF this, amount.
the commissioners receive $l,o7o, 90.
( The board al4o received 4 letter
from the Cottage City Parent-
Teacher Association indorsing .
|mopoaed Ave-pcints program to ex-
pand educational facilities III 1ths
Atate 1he rernxinAer of the boards
segslen was devoted 70 rositins busi-
Evening star., 1945-02-21
College Park Residents
To Discuss incorporation

Members Of the Prince Georges
County delegation to the State Leg
islature win meet with residents OF
the College Park area at e. pm;
Friday In the University Of Mary
land Agriculture Building 70 dis
cuss . proposal to incorporate the
area.
Tentative boundaries a. the area
to be incorporated would include
College Park, Berwyt.a Hollywood,
Lakeland, Daniels Park oak Springs
and Calvert Kills. ssssf 4 :'ss.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Senate in Maryland
10 Open Discussion
Of Home Rule Today
Referrol Of Jim Crow
RepeoIer to Committee
Protested in House
~ the Associated Press.

~ tne ASsoclatea FreA.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 21.-The
much -amended trial horse Of three
home-rule measures-a bill to give
incorporated towns more control OF
their own affairs-was on the State
Senate agenda today as q special
order of business. i<y-,s.
The bill was brought on the floor
last week for consideration Of a
favorable committee report. The
Senate at that time quickly ap-
proved numerous amendments added
In committee, but after an amend
nent which would have exempted
13 counties from its provisions was
offered from the floor, the report
was held over and scheduled for
today.
A hearing on the bill was to have
been held yesterday, but 1t was can
celed when no one put in an APP
pearance. ...t- -s.a ,,....
Expect Lengthy Debate.
An indication that Senate leaders
expected a lengthy floor debate on
the measure was the announcement
yesterday by Senate President Lind
say that today's heavy fllen may
necessitate q night session.
Meanwhile some members of the
House Of Delegates claimed that
they were unaware the bill to re-
peal the Jim Crow law providing
for separate accommodations on
public conyeyances for whites and
Negroes had been introduced in the
House and referred to the Judiciary
Committee until it had already been
sent to committee.
The repeater arrived unheralded
In the y, repeatedly hostile House
while its members were engaged
in debate over a resolution recon-
mending proper enforcement" of
the existing statute and was quickly
referred to committee.
The referTal headed of q posi-
bic move to table it at the outset.
The Jim Grow" repeater passed the
Senate, 20 to 8, last week.
Strict Enforcement Urged.
The resolution urged strict en-
forcement of all State laws and
specified the present Jim Grow"
statute in particular. It, was intro
dueed by Delegate Lehnert, Demo-
crat, of Baltimore and after some
debate was sent to the Judiciary
Committee.
The House received So bills in all,
and passed 80, most Of which were
OF minor Importance or local in
nature.
The Senate held a brief session
which saw eight local bills intro
duced and no measures passed.
A resolution requesting Congress
to limit future Presidents to two
consecutive terms reached final
Senate passage stage by 15-14
vote after the Federal Relations
Committee had reported 1t out with
out recommendations.
Curfew Effects Studied.
Among the measures introduced In
the House were those which would
give magistrates concurrent juris-
diction with Circuit Courts in cases
OF alleged desertion and one pro-
vidfng that prisoners could be
paroled without having served speci-
hed portions of their terms.
Meanwhile, Gov O'Conor dis
closed that State fiscal officers had
started an inquiry to determine
what, If any, effect the Federal Gov
ernment's request for midnight
curfew on places of amusement
would have on Maryland's alcohol
tax revenues.
A fetal of $l2, ,32o, 600 had been
anticipated from these taxes for the
next biennium,
Evening star., 1945-02-21
District, Maryland
Officials Confer'riIlg
On Physicians Fees

Health Oficer George C. Ruhiand
and Theodore Wiprud, District Med
ical Society secretary. were to con.
fer In Annapolis today with Mary
land officials TO protest the States
ban on. borderline certificates per.
hitting District doctors to treat
patients in nearby Maryland.
The han originally was invoked
by the Maryland Board Of Medica.
Examiners October 81, and waS fol.
lowed by protests by the medical
society and DR.. Rutland, who IS alse
secretary-treasurer Of. the District
Commission on Licensure.
Urged BY. Bethesda Man.
The meeting OF. District ofncial
with the Maryland board of exam.
liners was urged, it was understood
by Albert Walker, member Of thu
Maryland House of Delegates from
Bethesda. Mr.. Wiprud said 1t VA,
stu unwise to have q ban on Dor.
derline certificates during the wal
and expressed hope difficulties coule
be ironed out.
The MARYLAND order banned tn.
Issuance OF any new border-line Ger,
tificates, which cost only 81. com
pared with $50 for . regular license
In December the District licensur,
body retaliated rather sregretfuIly
bv ordering the discontinuance, 4
Of Noyembef s OF similar certin
Gates to Maryland doctors. s.
Eighty-five doctors from Mary
land holding border-line certificate
were permitted to continue practic
/ in the district and no Actton Va
taken against Maryland doctor
holding certificates Issued betor
November. I. !, s s..3i
The Maryland examiners virtual.
served notice on District physician
that II they, expected to continu
practice. In the nearby MetroppltfAl
Area they would II expected TO %
/ tain regular licenses. The Mary
land board took no sctaon Aesflls
certificates issued prior 70 Ncvpm'
der /. = - !. ss''-- -. e & =.
The Medical society has said tina
doctors do not object to, paying so
but. think they should spend tn,
time. reqQired TO get D tMarylans
license tending, to their patients
Some District physicians, 1T Is BE-
lieved, have obtained State Licenses
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Parole Hearing Listed
Today for Mrs. -RnndIe
Bs the Associated Press.

By Inc ASBoclkttd Frebs. = = n -
/; ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. 21-The
parole application Of Mrs: Helen
Aileen Randle, serving five years Il,
the womenS prison for manslaugh-
ter, was among 66 cases set for hear
ing today before +. Murray Benson,
director Of parole and probation at
Annapolis.
Mrs. Randle was convicted of
manslaughter IN the shooting Of IT.
year-oid Allen Wiley early in 1913
in the Randle home ct Bay Ridge,
near Annapolis. 80.
Evening star., 1945-02-21

" was q black ssfgt. FitsgsFaN.
night when Sergt.. Fitzgerald s group
set out from American headquarters.
They slipped past German outposts
and innltrated q group OF four pill
boxes housing the enemy regimental
headquarters: e ,''
The Americans entered three Of
the pillboxes, reused the command
Ing onicer and ~ other occupants
from deep siumber and took them
prisoner. Then, with the. aid Of
captured German, the Americans To-
Gated and laid siege to the fourth
enemy stronghold with grenades
and bazooka bursts aimed at the
door ~ -- - $50 - 81, . .s-A
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Bird. All Exhibit, I oniaht

An exhibit sof 20 painting md
etchings of birds viii be held III HIS
O'Clock tonight at the l1aeeting AZ
the District Audalbor S0saety In H.
ralisad Field H6uss, Sn0tfier and
Edt1i1pds plHce n. m. T11es pafntthe6
and eteliines were done IN Rok1r3
pcyy tefspn and nehs6h q slEcte 4