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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Catholic Leaders Mee'
Al National Shrine 10
Open 2-Day Session

National leaders of Catholic de-
votional groups dedicated to the
Blessed Mother met today at the
National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, Catholic University, in
the first of two-day session mark
ing the 25th anniversary of the cor
nerstone laying of the shrine.
The Marian Congress business
sessions started after delegates at
tended mass at am, with the
shrine director, the Rev. John j.
Reilly, officiating.
The Rev. Joseph A. Sicily, C. NJ,
OF Philadelphia, national director of
the Central Association of the Mi
raculous Medal, described the origin
of the Medal of the Immaculate
Conception through apparitions OF
the Mother of God to Sister Cath
crime La Boure in Lourdes, France,
November 81. 1880.
Wearing Of Medal Advocated.
He advocated wearing the medal
as another of those tremendous
trifles which even in everyday life
carry such weight. For us to wear
a medal upon our breasts is signal
to Mary that we need her aid, and
Mary has promised to recognize that
signal always"
The Very Rev. E. Kilian Lynch
o. c., of Tarrytown, N. Y, national
director of the Scapular Apostolate
representing $4,000 members of the
Carmelite Orders Scapular Fellow
ship, told the Congress 1--WE believe
the Scapular Apostolate to be of
greater Importance at this hour than
perhaps any other hour in the his
tory of the world"
The Importance of the Sorrows
OF Mary were described to delegates
by the Rev. Terence A. Seery, O. S. M,
of Chicago, national director of the
Perpetual Novena to Our Sorrowful
Mother.
Rosary Crusade Discussed.
The Rev. Francis x. Woods, G. S. c.,
Of Albany, N. Y, discussed the
3-year-old Family Rosary Crusade
to bring the rosary into the home
of every Catholic family.
Tomorrow the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic dele
gate to the United States, will cele-
brate a solemn pontifical mass al
1890 am. in the shrine. The sermon
will be delivered by the Rev. Joseph
L. Lilly, c. NJ, assistant professor
of sacred scripture in the schoo1
of sacred theology at Catholic Uni.
versity.
Because tomorrow, the Feast o.
the Immaculate Conception, is thu
patronaI feast of the university
classes will not be held at the uni.
verSity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Miss Mary Fletcher Dies;
Jefferson Davis Defendant

Miss Mary E. Fletcher, IA, men,
Der of an old Georgetown family
and direct descendant of Jefferson
Davis, the Confederate President,
died Wednesday.
Services were to be conducted by
the Rev. DR.. Franklin j. Bahanan
lat 2:15 o'clock today in Oak Hill
Chapel, with burial in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Miss Fletcher, who lived for IS
years in the 1900 block of Eleventh
street NV, was the daughter OF
the late Susan A. and Francis E.
Fletcher. She is survived by sister
Miss Frances r. Fletcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

Radio-dispatched taxicabs be-
came near-reality in Washington
today when two such vehicles were
placed in operation on an expert
mental basis.
The Yellow Cab Co. has been au-
thorized by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission to conduct the
experiments for 80 days. Alden T.
Heating, general manager, said that
If the experiments are success
as many of the company's 610 taxis
as are necessary to serve the public
will be equipped with two-way DASH
board radios SO that they can be
dispatched anywhere.
Under the system, when the cab
company's Office receives call for
a taxi the vehicle nearest the local
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
$500 Fine Is Imposed
On Falls Church Man
In Gas Coupon Case

William May, 20, Falls Church,
son Of Mrs. Maurice May chief
clerk Of the Fairfax County Ration
Board. was fined $500 and put on
probation for two years by Judge
Sterling Hutchinson in Federal Court
at Alexandria yesterday after he
pleaded guilty to illegal possession
of gasoline ration coupons in June,
1914.
The case had been postponed
from the time of Mays arrest until
his recent discharge from the Army.
Stanley Albion Reid, 20, Fairfax
County, member Of the Jehovah's
Witness sect, was sentenced to two
years in the custody of the attorney
general for failure to report for
Selective Service induction. Judge
Hutchinson said he will recommend
commitment to q reformatory. As
sistant United States Attorney
George r. Humrickhouse said Reid
had q brother who received the
same sentence on a similar charge
several months ago.
Judge Hutcheson sentenced Robert
Evans Poole, "a, Americas, Ga, to
the custody Of the Attorney General
for year with the same recon-
mendation for escape from a civilian
service camp. Poole, also a men,
Der of the Jehovah Witnesses, was
found guilty by jury on Wednes-
day. He said he will appeal.
In another Selective Service vio-
lation case, Thomas Alvin Saunders,
38, was found guilty Of failure to
notify the Arlington Board of his
change Of address. He will be
sentenced by Judge Hutchinson to-
day. He Is q member of the Inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL Pentecostal Holiness
Church, and was classified as a con-
scientious objector.
Six men were sentenced for escape
from the Lorton Reformatory as
follows: George r. Wilson, Is
months; Frank J. Papek, eight
months; Raymond B. ONeal, one
year and a day; Earl Childress
eight months; Paul Williams, eight
months, and Elmer Norton, one year
and a day. AL sentences are to
start at the expiration of the SEN
fences being served when the escape
was made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
McVay Trial Delayed
Until tuesday 10 Await
Additional Witnesses

The trial Of Capt. Charles B. Nc
Way III, charged with negligence
and inefdciency in the loss of the
cruiser. Indianapolis, was adjourned
today until next Tuesday to permit
the arrival of additional survivor
witnesses.
The adjournment was authorized
by Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
at the request of the judge advocate,
Capt. Thomas j. Ryan, jr.
Approximately 20 survivors who
have testified during the court
martial trial at the Washington
Navy Yard were given leave for the
week end and told to return at
am. Tuesday.
Heard No Orders.
Witnesses yesterday testified they
heard no orders issued to the crew
to abandon ship This order was
given by Capt. McVay, Coxswain
Edward H, Reyes of Amigo, Wis.
testified, but was never actually
passed to the crew because the
loudspeaker system was out of COM
mission as the result of the two
explosions which sank the vessel
Other witnesses declared, how.
ever, they were able to reach "sky
lookout control" from their turret!
and stations by phone. This con
troll post was directly over the cap
tain's bridge and it was reported t,
be in communication with the bridge
Chief Gunner Cecil Harrison
of Long Beach, Calf. testified yes
terday that at was impossible TO
any one to know that the ship wa
going to sink until she took a lis
and started to roll" Four or fiv,
minutes after the two explosions, h,
added, "the ship settled down ane
the thought of it sinking didn'
enter my raind-" Only in the las
few minutes did a severe list occur
and then it continued until the
cruiser turned on her side, he added
Ship Didn't Zigzag.
All witnesses agreed the cruiser
was not zigzagging that night, bu
they added that visibility was pool
until about midnight of July 1890
when the explosions occurred
Shortly before midnight the moor
appeared internationally. The ex.
plosions, probably caused by tor.
pedoes, came shortly after midnight
and the 10,000-ton cruiser sank Il
minutes later.
While the trial is open to thu
public, civilian spectators are few
The parents Of at least two mer
who were lost among the $50 crew,
men who disappeared with the shil
have been attending the trials anc
eagerly seeking information from
the witnesses about their sons.
Declining to disclose their iden.
tity, the mother of one explained:
"I'd rather not because I hav
another son in the Navy and i
might hurt him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

effort. The only instructive guide
to good behavior is consideration Of
others, but natural good manners
have to be acquired and such train
ing takes time" The arbiter of ETH
lquette said the war Is partly to
blame for the bobby soxers' be-
havior, but she believes the young
men returning from overseas will
nave good effect on their sloppily
dressed and hammered brothers and
sisters.
Military training is excellent
training in good manners" said Mrs.
Post, who gets thousands of letters
from GIs. 'sThe Blue Book of Social
Usage" and the atlas were frequently
the two most thumbed volumes to
be found in USO clubs during the
war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Corcoran Extends Exhibit
OF Jameson PAINTINGS

Public interest in the exhibition
of war paintings by 1t. Mitchell
Jameson, u. S. N. r., has caused
the Corcoran Gallery of Art to ex-
tend the closing date for the exhibit
one week to December 16, the gallery
announced today.
On exhibit until December rs and
20, respectively, will be paintings by
merchant seamen and combat pho
tographs by Capt. Edward j.
Steichen, q. S. n r., covering the
Pacific naval war from Pearl Harbor
to Tokyo Bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Mrs. Mary Ritz, 81,
Dies at Home Here

Mrs. Mary Scanlon Ritz, 80, a life
long resident of the District, died
yesterday at her home, 1928 New
Hampshire avenue NV. She was
the widow of John Ritz, a brick
layer.
Mrs. Ritz was a member of St
Gabriel's Catholic Church. She is
survived by a son, John Ritz; two
daughters, Mrs. James K. Finnegan
and Mrs. James l.. Considine; three
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Ranlspeck Asks
Raises, Pension
Tells Colleagues
Present $4,000
Solory Is inadequate

Chairman Ramspeck of the House
Civil Service Committee, who is re-
signing from Congress at the end
of the month to become executive
vice president of the Air Transport
Association, urged Congress today in
q farewell message to increase the
pay OF its members and provide itself
with a retirement system.
Mr.. Ramspeck, who is Democratic
whip, said the present $4,000 salary
for Congressman was inadequate.
Referring to his own decision to
leave Congress. Mr.. Ramspeck said
I did not lightly reach such a
decision. It came as the result of
conditions which have an effect on
every citizen of our Nation. It has
been made because, under present
conditions, member of Congress
cannot save anything for old age"
Lauds Former Assistant.
People who do not know the sit
uation will find 1t hard to UNDER
stand that statement. However, it is
a fact to which every one who knows
the truth will testify"
The Georgian's new job is report
ed to pay $4,000 year.
Another factor in his decision to
resign from Congress was the loss
Of a very fine, capable and eff
cient assistant" Mr.. Ramspeck said
He said his aide resigned about 10
months ago to accept a better-pay-
ing job In private industry.
Mr.. Ramspeck said members of
Congress should provide better pay
for their assistants.
Bill in Senate.
The Senate has before it a bill
to boost the salaries of members of
Congress to $4,000 a year. Retire.
ment legislation, under which men,
bers of Congress could buy their
way into the Federal retirement sys-
tenn, was reported favorably yester-
day by the House Civil Service Com
mittee.
The green light" for early House
action was to be considered today
by the House Rules Committee.
The committee yesterday voted
II to to report the bill favorably
This action was buttressed by COM
prehensive hearings conducted by
Representative Randolph, Demo-
crat, of West Virginia, who is to be-
come head of the committee jan
uary /.
J The bill, offered by Representa-.
tive Vinson, Democrat, of Georgis
provides that a department head
member of Congress or other cleo.
tive official may become eligible fol
Government retirement, after five
years, by making the customary
per cent salary contribution to the
!. fund. For members of Congress thi.
would be $4,000 for five years.
Must Serve Five Years.
4 A member of Congress would MOI
be eligible for retirement annuity
unless and until he had served fol
at least five years, and had paic
his per cent contributions for thai
period.
The hearings brought out thai
a member of Congress who retired
at IS after Is years service on Capt.
toll Hill would receive an annuity
of $1,705, whereas a classified Gov.
eminent worker of the same age
and service would be pensioned al
$2,l43.
j For older members of Congress
their annuities would depend on the
number Of back years of service fol
which they would be willing to make
/, the 5 per cent salary contribution.
to the retirement fund, it was ex.
: planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Dr.. LONG to Speak on Jupun

Dr.. Hills Lory Of the japanese
Division of the State Department
will speak on "Democracy's Chances
in Japan" at the first forum dinner
of the International Relations Com
mittee of the Women's Bar Associa-
tion at Gas pm. tomorrow at the
Fairfax Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

Alo We an WI w
haved so badly
as today. Mrs.
Post, who is in
Washington on
a two-day visit,
made this state
ment, particu-
larly about the
bobby soxers, in
an in t e r v lie W
yesterday.
Good man
nerS are not
natural" said
t h e stunning
M RS. Pos t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
United Cos Official Dies

NEW YORK, Dec. Z (R.-Samuel
Lloyd Davis, 40, Shreveport, La.
treasurer of the United Gas Corp.
Shreveport, died suddenly last night
in his room at the Waldorf Astoria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Biologists to Hold Forum

The Biological Society of Wash
ington will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the National Museum to discuss
new pest killers in a forum and
round-table discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07
Emily Post Sees Returning els
Curing Youths Sloppy Manners

Emily Post, world famous author
ity on good taste and author of
"Etiquette-The Blue Book of So
cial Usage" says that young people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

A BOND MONTH SINCE PEARL HARBOR-Niss Alice G.
Wyko ght assistant treasurer Plans
Association Of 1025 Connecticut
Habor Day today by purchasing her 48h bond
proudly displays to Miss Peggy Goldsmith waldorf Nd the
collection she has amassed by bond month
Z, 1e41.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-07

grandchildren,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
Schools

Continued from Page One)
however. the board was advised,
that they must borrow money 10
operate the schools for the first
part OF the school year until taxes
spread in December can be receiv
ed. The amount to be borrowed is
not to exceed $4,000.
The county ALLEGATIONS for the
fiscal wear the board was informed,
were four mills 10 the county, y
mills TO the townships, and lOA
mills to the city schools.
The board accepted the offer OF
federal aid TO keep the nursery
schools at Harriet and Woodruff
Schools open until September. No
new funds have been appropriated
by Congress for this purpose, but
there is enough money left in the
old fund to operate those schools
in which enrolment warrants the
service. The school at Park Ridge.
where enrolment has dropped, has
been ordered closed.
To Ask Bids
Ine SCnOOl DOdIu Will aoh Aoi
bids for painting Of the windows
at the high school. Specifications
may be obtained from Mr.. Chapelle.
A special meeting was called July
20 TO consider bids.
The board approved the pur
chase OF seven new typewriters to
replace. old ones at the cost OF
S45150.
Mrs. Jean Older Scott's applica-
ton for a position as teacher OF
elementary grades was approved.
The board voted to charge the
maximum legal rate for tuition Of
nonresident students.
The course of Bible as Litera-
ture was ordered placed in the high
school curriculum, but the matter
Of military training for boys in
the tenth. eleventh ana twelfth
grades was tabled until a meeting
with Principal Norris Wiltse, Mr..
Chapelle and Edwin Shadford Au
gust 10 to discuss the entire physic
al training and athletic program.
Mr.. Houck appointed the follow
ing committees: teachers, Mr.. Bush.
DR.. L. c. Perry, Mr. Johnson. and
Walter Sturm: business Mr.. John
son. d. T. Quirk, and Mr.. Bush:
/ finance, Mr.. Quirk, DR.. Perry, and
Mr.. Sturm.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
MRS. LUCY HUBER

Ann Arbor, Mich.-Funeral ser
vices we're today for Mrs. Lucy
Huber widow of the late DR.. G. Carl
Huber, who died Saturday night
at her home. following a long i'll.
ness. The services were conduct
ed by Rev. w. P. Lemon. and buri-
al followed in Forest Hill Gene
terry.
Mrs. Huber was a member OF the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton, a charter member Of ri Beta
Phi sorority, Ann Arbor, and was
affiliated with the Presbyterian
Church. She also served for sew
eral years on the Public Library
Board and the Public Health Nurs-
ing Board in Ann Arbor.
She is survived by two sons, Dr.
Karl d. Huber, indianapolis. Ind,
and DR.. John Franklin Huber,
Philadelphia, Pa, one daughter,
Mrs. William Dewitt Adrus. Bronx
vile, n. Y, one brother. John NJ
Parker. Ann Arbor, and nine grand
children.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
Pacific

Continued from Page Onpl
mainland before dawn today by SO
Superforts. They dropped demoli-
ton bombs in a precision strike on
the Maruzen oil refinery 80 miles
from Osaka.
II was the second B-29 raid I'm "a
hours. the sixth in eight days and
only one Of several reported by To
kyo today. Two B-29s were lost in
yesterdays record COO plane fire
raid on four cities. All but two
airmen were rescued.
A total OF IL square miles OF
japanese industrial cities have
been knocked out by B-29s Super
fort headquarters announced after
studying photographs Of four cities
hit last Friday, including the Sase-
DO naval base.
At the other extremity of the en-
pire, uon-essential civilians were
ordered evacuated from the Singa-
pore naval bases now threatened
by the Australian hold on Borneo.
Between these two points where
Tokyo expects inyasions, Allied
bombers sank IS vessels, mostly
small freighters and luggers.
Air raiders from the Philippines
and Okinawa are overlapping
around Shanghai, toward which Chi
nese forces are pursuing Nipponese
withdrawing from East China
ports. Chinese sources said ia
pan had closed all German firms
in Shanghai and interned 100 Ger
mans here.
The Chinese high command an
nounced the important highway
center of Singing. 1S5 miles north
east OF Canton, has been recaptur-
ed. Chinese penetrated Liucheng
and were reported engaged in
heavy street fighting in the city
IL miles northwest OF Liuchow
former L. S. air center recently re-
occupied by the Chinese. Shapoyu.
six miles Of Liucheng, was reported
retaken.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03

CONTINUED from Page One)
ommendation, and a repair depart.
ment in the rear which would be
in an industrial district. James
Glasgow Of the city planning com.
mission assured residents that city
ordinances could control the type
Of industry which might be located
there.
A petition seeking coming OF the
same district in accordance with
desires of the residents will also be
considered Aug. 8.
A petition which applies TO the
same district and which divides it
between residential and CONNER
cial, was presented and is to be
considered at the Aug. 6 meeting.
Two estimates for resurfacing
Stanley St. from Forest Ave. to
Holmes Rd. were submitted. Tar
and pebble treatment would cost
S474.32 and a two inch surface,
which was recommended by the en-
gineering department, would cost
s1,122.96. Objections TO the work
will be heard Aug. 6.
Improved appearance OF the city
and greater ease in widening
streets at future dates we're con.
siderations which prompted anoth-
err recommendation by the plan
ming commission. 1t deals with set
backs in business districts and
would provide that the minimum
set back be equal to or greater
than the least setback in existence
at the time OF construction OF a
building but in no case would 1t
need to exceed 10 feet. The pro-
posal was referred to the ordinance
committee.
The planning commission was
given one new problem on which a
recommendation is to be made. Res
idents requested that the west side
OF limerick St. from Davis to Cen
ter SITS. be reclassified as CONNER
cial. Fears were expressed that a
lumber yard with saw mill might
be located there.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
PRODUCE
lMolfs GroeerYl
Soldier Awaits
Death at Home

Fort Worth, Tex, July Sup
Cpl. James f. Newman lay be-
tween his mothers crisp clean
sheets today and enjoyed her "best
in the world home cooking sim.
pie pleasures doctors say death
soon will take from him.
Medical officers set aside Army
regulations TO grant the last wish
of the % year old Bataan and Cor
regidor veteran-that he be taken
home to die.
They said Newman's death GER
tificate would cite "malnutrition
and tuberculosis" as causes OF
death. But they added Il ought 10
read: DIED in action"
The doctors. who fought for five
months in a vain attempt to nurse
Newman back TO health after three
years in a Jap prison camp, shook
their heads regretfully and said
there's nothing more we can do
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
New York Stocks

New York, July 3-Scattered
stocks continued to operate on the
recovery side in today's market al
though many leaders still lacked
rising power.
Commitments were trimmed here
and there because OF tomorrows
holiday when principal exchanges
will recess. Buying again was
based mainly on earnings. divi.
dends and the urge to invest idle
cash.
Dealings were slow from the
start and trends a bit cloudy near
midday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
Municipal Court

Miss Mary f. Carrier, Beulah.
was sentenced to pay fine OF SO
or serve 20 days in the county jail.
She pleaded guilty Of being intox.
icated and disorderly, Monday
night.
Henry Berglund was fined $40 for
speeding.
Total receipts Of the court Mon
day, were S29420.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-03
Daily Market Report
Detroit, July sap

Detroit. July SAP
HOGS salable 700. Steady. prac.
tically all barrows and gifts at
sl4.90 ceiling; bulk sows Sl4.00-
1i15.
CATTLE salsble 500. Fed steers
grading average good and better
steady. lower grades including heif'
ers strong: cows fully steady TO
25c higher: bulls very scarce, Csc
and more higher; stockers and
feeders moderately active. steady:
two loads choice 1880 ID. Michigan
fed steers $500, highest OF the
year to date, load good 10 choice
1856 ID. steers $17.40; medium ard
good steers $14.50-16.50 including
about two loads fleshy Southwest
grassers at $1450-1500; odd head
good dryfed COWS TO SLABS; few
young southwest grass cows $l4.00;
common and medium beef cows
s9.50-lS00; Gamers and cutters
S7.50-9.25; odd head weighty sau-
sage bulls reached $1,000 with me-
dunn and good beef bulls $3.50
1850; part load choice 702 ID. ma.
tive feeding steers $500, short
load good Dakotas $1400.
CALVES salable 700; yealers so ,
higher, top and bulk good and
choice $500, common and medium
S12.50-16.00.
SHEEP salable 500. Moderately
active, fully steady; several lots
good to choice native spring lambs
$3.50 with bucks discounted 800;
fed grassy shorn yearlings $1l.00-
1900; good and choice shorn ma
tive ewes sS.O0-s50; common and
medium largely $5.00-7.00. light
cnlla elipihla down To A2nn