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Evening star., 1945-10-19
Chevy Chase Church
Opening Fund Drive

A campaign to raise $4,000 more
for a new building will be opened
tonight with a mass meeting at the
Chevy Chase Community Methodist
Church. Guest speaker will be
Mayor Theodore r. McKeldin of
Baltimore.
The $4,000 will be added to s25, ,00o
which the church has at its disposal
to complete half the 100000 re-
quired for the proposed construction
Plans call for a large sanctuary
to replace the present stone church
at the corner of Connecticut avenue
and Shepherd street. The old build
ing will remain as an annex to house
the Sunday school.
The wooden wing used by the Sum
day school at present will be torn
down. The new church will include
a basement for community func-
tions, kitchen and a stage where
the Rev. Clifford H. Richmond, pas
tor, hopes the community will hold
amateur theatricals.
The old church building was DAM
aged by fire in March, 1914. The
structure was repaired with $12,50C
in insurance funds.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Meat Dealer Charges
0PA Aide Sought Bribe

%" the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. .~ 19.-Jacot
Spevak, Baltimore meat wholesaler
convicted of conspiring to violate
price control laws, blamed his
troubles" yesterday on his refusal
to bribe an Office of Price Admin
istration aide, one of. whom testi-
fled he had reported a bribe attempt
to Government officials.
Spevak, seeking judicial review in
Federal Court of an OPA order sus-
pending his meat dealings for the
duration of rationing, told Judge w
Calvin Chestnut that Jessie R.
Sachse, in charge of OPA meat
hearings, had sought to collect
SIS 900 from him.
Denying the allegation on the wit
ness stand, Mr.. .Sachse recalled that
Spevak had made such charges
against him in court on three pre-
vious occasions, and added that he
was getting tired of it,"
Through his attorneys, Spevak
convicted last July of conspirine
with Kansas City packing firm tt
violate the Price Control Act, argued
that subsequent OPA adninistra.
tive order, and the agency's denia.
of his appeals. were arbitrary ane
capriciouS"
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Preacher, ; CuItists
Charged With Murder
lin Snakebite Death h....
ey tho Associated Press.

NORTON. Va, Oct. l9.-Con.
monwealth's Attorney John Rob-
erts said the Wise County grano
jury returned true bill yesterday
indicting the. Rev, Harvey O. Kirk
Paul, Dotsen, Leander Ely and John
Wilson on a charge of murder in
connection with the death of the
Rev. Kinks wife following rattle
snake bite at Rd cult meeting in
Lindsey. -.eg .u "a.
Mrs. Anna Kirk was bitten the
night of September l, during 9
snake-handling demonstration Of
the faith -healers' sect The follow.
ing Monday she gave birth to &
child, who died shortly afterward
Mrs Kinks death followed.
The indictment charged that thu
! four named brought the rattlesnakt
to the meeting house and eithel
turned it loose or permitted it to be
turned loose in a crowd of people
which resulted in the biting of Mrs
Kirk, Mr.. Roberts stated.
The four men named have beer
under bond since their arrest pend
ing action of the grand jury.
1t is expected that the case will
be docketed at the criminal session
of the Circuit Court, already in ses.
sion. The criminal session will be.
l-gin October 90
Evening star., 1945-10-19
"a Methodist Ministers
Ordained at Conference
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. Given
ty-four young Methodist ministers
were ordained as deacons and elders
yesterday by Bishop w. w. Peele
before the Virginia Methodist Con-
ference, which also honored its
Army and Navy chaplains at rec
ognition service.
Announcement of ministerial ap-
pointments will be made at closing
sessions today.
Church dignitaries. q Methodist
rear admiral and Methodist briga,
dier general, 300 conference dele
gates and visitors acclaimed nine
from the Virginia Conference
Chaplains N. H. Davis, M. Johns
Gray, J. w. Mast, Harold E. Skelton
M. G. Wilkerson, w. D. williams
j. r. Andrews and G. w. Crumbs
and Mai. Charles A. York, Army
morale officer. About 40 other Army
and Navy chaplains, including the
student body of the Chaplains
Training School at Williamsburg
were guests.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Fredericksburg Man
10 Face
Bank Law Charges
Ey the Associated Press. d 3

BY lnt Associated Press @aEa
RICHMOND. va, Oct. 1s.-Paul
Karsten, jr., 81, former vice presi-
dent of the defunet Farmers e. Mer-
chants State Bank of Fredericks-
burg, surrendered to Federal author-
tiles here yesterday. 8 q
Hugh N Rekes, Leesburg dairy
man, and his wife. MIA. Lillian Com
nor Rakes, were expected by the
Federal sefneers to give fthemselves
up after Indictment Of aiding and
abetting william Reeves Gardner in
misapplying funds of the Fredericks-
burg bank. -
Karsten was arrested on charges
.of violating the Fedefxl. Reserve Act.
Waving commissioners hearing
IheS vas released under $4,000 bond
to await Federal District Court
action.
A non-est return was filed in the
Office of Federal Court in connec-
ton with Joseph Edwin Profit,
Floyd, member of the House of Dele
gates; Kyle M. Weeks, law partner
Of Profit; Joseph A Sewers, cashier
in the Floyd County Bank, of which
Profit is president, and D. E. Nelson,
retired Roanoke real estate dealer.
These four, with Karsten, Rakes
and his wife and Clarence Leslie
Robey, president of the National
Bank of Purcellville, Loudour
County, and Harry Lamson, Wash.
ington, D. c., real estate man, were
the nine persons charged in the
grand jury indictment with aiding
and abetting Gardner.
Bail for Rakes was set at $3.50, ,OoC
and for the other eight at $4,000
1t was explained by Assistant United
States Attorney George r. Humrick-
house that bond for Gardner, if he
were not already confined in the
State Penitentiary, would have been
$25 200, and that the higher bond
for Rakes was recommended because
he and Gardner were the principal
offenders in the case. He said he
believed that persons other than
Rakes named in the Indictment had
not proflted directly from the al.
legged fraud unless they had received
money from Rakes.
Evening star., 1945-10-19

Sergt. Robert "Anzio Bob
Schreiber, 81, who owns 5000 medals
but only carries an even 500 with
him when he travels, is in town this
week.
Sergt Schneider did not earn all
of his medals. He collected them
during his travels with the Army in
Europe. He was recently discharged
from the Army after seeing action
at Sicily, Salerno and Anzio, Italy.
At his own expense, Sergt
Schreiber is touring the hospitals
displaying and lecturing on his COL
lection of medals. During his weeks
stay in Washington he will make
the rounds of the hospital wards
under the auspices of the American
Red Cross.
The sergeant spent Al days under
fire at Anzio-the oldest fighting GI
present-and there earned his nick
name of "Anzio Bob" He was
wounded by fragments from a 500
pound bomb during that action.
After his week of work in Wash
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Audit Reveals z Errors
In Fouquier Accounts
BY the Associated Eress

by the ASSOcidtCO freSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 19.-Audits
of accounts and records of Fauquier
County, including those of the Board
of Supervisors, School Board, Finance
Board, commissioner of revenue
treasurer and Board of Public We'll
fare, were approved yesterday by
State Auditor J.. Gordon Bennett
with two minor exceptions.
1t was shown the Board of Super
visors paid N. M. Lewis, full-time
deputy sheriff, STAT for work as a
special county policeman, a practice
disapproved by the attorney general.
A payment made by the Board OF
Supervisors to the Fauquier Demo-
crat, published by a board member
Hubert B. Phipps. was criticized as
being mot in conformity with the
code section which prohibits a men,
ber OF Board of Supervisors from
being interested, directly or indi-
rectly, in any claim against his
county"
Evening star., 1945-10-19

ington, Sergt. Schneider plans to 20
to the West Coast, where he will
join the merchant marine as a cook
Il only have three Oriental
medals" he explained. II want to
round out my collection and that Is
the easiest way I know to get to the
Pacific. The Japs must have issued
some fancy stuff"
In addition to his medals, Sergt.
Schneider classes himself as a nu-
mismatist, philatelist, conchologist,
geologist, anemologist, world travel
er and lecturer. He has more than
10000 coins and shells in his col
lections.
Il was going good on bugs also,
he said, but my mother told me
that I couldn't keep them around
the house."
Included in his collection are the
Order of the Red Star, the only
medal Premier Stain wears, and
the highest ranking decorations
from every major country.
rs a veteran of two wars and
three marriages. says the sergeant.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Court Denies Motion
To Strike Evidence
In Mrs. Smith S Trial
BY the Associated Press.
HARRISONBURG,

HARRISONBURG, Va, Oct, 49,
Motions to strike the evidence
and dismiss the charges in the case
Of Mrs. Grace M. Smith, on trial
for murder in the death of her
husband, Frank S. Smith, were
overruled yesterday by Judge H. w.
Bertram in Rockingham Circuit
Court, as the case went into its
fifth day.
Smith, veteran of World War II,
was found hanging in the basement
of his home February 20. Police
found two pools of blood on the
floor of an upstairs room. Smith was
at first believed to have been a
suicide, but evidence furnished the
Commonwealth following the police
investigation resulted in murder
charges being brought against Mrs.
Smith and Ralph N. Garner, former
Harrisonburg restaurant man, who
also is being tried on charges of
murder.
Sheriff May Testify Later.
The motion to dismiss the charge
against Mrs. Smith and strike out
the evidence came during the after
noon session after the Common
wealth had rested its case, the court
and counsel adjourning to chambers
for almost an hour to argue the
motions. Before resting its case, the
Commonwealth reserved the right to
call to the witness stand when he is
able to testify Sheriff Sam H. CAL
lender Of Rockingham County, who
has been Ill since Wednesday.
Witnesses heard during the day
included Mrs. David Rhodes, a
neighbor OF the Smiths; DR.. James
r.. Cash, professor of pathology at
the. University of Virginia Medical
School, and H. e. Cation, fingerprint
expert of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation.
Mrs. Rhodes testified that she
saw Garner enter the Smith home
the night of his death and drive
away about 20 minutes later.
Heard MAN Scream"
While Garner was in the Smith
home, Mrs. Rhodes testified, she
heard "a man scream" and a noise
like door falling" Mrs. Rhodes
said she had just gotten home when
she saw Garner, in a car, drive into
the Smith driveway and walk into
the house.
DR.. Cash, who performed a post
nortem examination of Smith S
body about five weeks after his
death, testified that he found
bruises on the forehead, the bridge
of the nose and the face He said
that the crease in Smiths neck
caused by the rope around ii. and
evidence of hemorrhage found after
an incision indicated that Smith
was alive when the rope was placed
around his neck.
DR.. Cash also expressed the per-
sonal opinion, when questioned,
that it was difficult to see" how a
man could hang himself sitting on
a stool with his feet on the floor,
the position in which the body was
found,
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Navy Day Sunday Ceremony
To Honor Those Lost at Sea
Anocostio Air Station Rites to Be CIimoxed BY
Departure of Planes to Drop Flowers on Ocean

the Navy League in cooperation
with the Navy Department, stimuli
taneously with similar ceremonies
throughout the world, have been
completed, the Navy announced
today.
Flowers for the ceremony will be
sent by District area residents. They
will be accepted until 8 am. Sunday
Persons wishing to contribute are
asked to send only one flower, pref
erably wild or home grown. They
are to be addressed to the chaplain
Anacostia Naval Air Station, Ana
costa, D. c., and will be refrigerated
until the time of the ceremony.
Under arrangements made by Rear
Admiral F. L. Reichmuth, COM
mandant of the Potomac River
Naval Command. -. Capt. John w
Moore, senior naval chaplain for the
command, will have charge of the
ceremonies. On the plane, to be
piloted by Navy LIT. John L. Foster,
will be Chaplain L. T. Gootee, sta
toned at the field.
Station Band to Play.
At the air station the service will
open with the playing of the Pill
grim's chorus Largo" by the Ana
costa Air Station Band, under di-
rectfpn Of Chief Musician "A. A
Bach, and the singing of the hymn
I"God of Our Fathers"
A salutation will be led by Capt
Moore, with responses by the au.
dience. Chaplain Davis Jacobson
Twill read the 23d Psalm and then {
litany will be conducted in com
memoration of the heroic dead, with
answers by the audience.
| Lynn Allison Of washington vii
sing. Now Let Us Praise Famou,
Men and after her solo child, whit
is yet TO be chosen, will make tn.
presentation of flowers to the plane.
commander.
After singing Of America tn,
Beautiful" music by the band ane
the benediction, the plane will de,
part.
Capt. George A. Seitz, command.
ing officer of the air station, viii
have charge of arrangements fol
planes to carry newspapermen, Nav,
photographers and additional plane.
TO bear flowers if they are needed
| it was said.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Mother Doubtful X-Ray
Can Save Life Of Son, ;
By the Associated Press.

bs tDe Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Oct, l9,-
Mrs. Dorothy Long, mother of David
Long, 8, who is expected to die
within few months from a brain
tumor, said yesterday she is not
placing too much hope in the rec
ommendation of a Baltimore parent
that X-ray treatment might save
her son, but is giving the proposal
consideration.
Maynard Harp of Baltimore tele-
phoned Mrs. Long that X-ray treat
ment appears to be helping his son,
suffering from a cerebellum tumor.
Mrs. Long said: "I consider DR..
(Walter Ed Dandy, Baltimore brain
specialist, perhaps the outstanding
authority on the subject and 1 do
not want to do anything which
might hurt my boy. I want to
await the arrival of my husband,
Corpl. Oscar E. Long, jr., from Ger
many, before deciding to try X-ray
treatments. We all want David to
stay with us as long as possible"
The child's father is believed en-
route home from Germany.
Evening star., 1945-10-19

ceoou Wy Lftc CoHtHtuhtty WW
Fund
O. If I designate where 1 want
my money will go, will my favorite
agencies get it?
A. Yes. Each Community War
Fund agency gets every dollar des-
ignated to it. The rest of its needs
are made up from undesignated
gifts. In recent years less than
per cent of the contributions have
been designated.
@. If I designate where I want
my money to go, will my favorite
agencies get any more money than
If / did not designate?
"A. No. When the agencies joined
In the community campaign they
agreed that they would rely on the
Budget COMMITTEES TO give them their
fair share of total resources. They
, do not wish to have more at the
expense Of other member agencies
@. How can be certain that my
money goes where I want it to GO?
A. One way is to pay your pledge
with checks made out to your pre-
ferred agencies No one else can
cash such checks.
Evening star., 1945-10-19

Flowers will be strewn over the
waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the
coast of Delaware Sunday from a
speeding plane amid the blessings o1
a military chaplain.
This ceremony, which will take
place out of sight of land in COM
pliance with a directive Of the Sec
retary of the Navy, will culminate
Navy Day Sunday program In
which Washington will pay tribute
to the memory of soldiers, sailors
and Marines who lost their lives at
sea during the war.
Thousands of District residents
are expected to attend a simple As
minute open-air service near a flag
pole at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station which will begin at 2 pm
Sunday.
Plans Completed.
Immediately afterward flowers
will be loaded in the plane and the
craft will fly eastward to the At
lantic for the final act of devotion
to the men who have perished in
defense Of the Nation.
The public also will be given a
preview of Navy Day celebrations
this week end at the Washington
Navy Yard.
Ofncials announced that the Navy
Yard will be open from l to 4::30 pm
tomorrow and Sunday to permit the
public to see the destroyers Charles
AusbuEne. Dyson, Claxton and Con.
verse and the submarine Tirante
Secretary Of the Navy Forrestal will
present the crews of these ship.
with presidential citations today al
2:30 PM. SsAh
Three Other Subs Coming.
On Navy Day i, october 27, the
Tirante will Leave but it's place
will be taken by three other sub
marines, also veterans of the Pa
cific. They are the Atule, Cobis
and Tyrone. Also on exhibit fol
Navy Day will be the destroye,
escort Lowe and the LIST $50. The
Navy Yard will be open to the
public on Navy Day from 9 to Il
m. and to 4 pm. On the follow
ing day, October 28, the yard will
be open from / to 4:3o pm.
Civilians will be admitted at the
gate at Eighth and M streets Sc.
Final plans for the Anacostia pro-
gram, which is being sponsored BY
Evening star., 1945-10-19
lsiNRst,onmiq
&Remiinder6a

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Stamps Al
through Ell good through October
81. Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80. Stamp
LII through Q-1 good througS
December 81 Stamps Ri through
vi good through January 81.
Points for Fats-your meat deale,
win pay four red ration points fol
each pound OF waste kitchen fat
you turn In.
Sugar-Stamp SO good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January l.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps l, 2, 8 and
4 In Book No. good indefinitely
for one pair Of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Tokomo Park Begins
Adult Night Glasses

Night classes for adults began this
week at the Takoma Park Junior
High School and will meet from
1880 to $50 pm. each Tuesday and
Thursday.
Glasses already formed include
courses in public speaking and Gre
alive arts. II there Is sufhcient
demand there Will be classes in
conversational Spanish and oil and
water color painting,
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Truman Helps Mosons
Honor Son of Old Friend

President Truman last night wit
messed the conferring of a Master
Mason's degree on the son of an old
Missouri friend by Alexandria
Washington Lodge No. % at the
George Washington Masonic Me-
mortal in Alexandria.
He joined about 100 Masons who
watched 1t. Neville Mcmillan,
Grand View, Mo-, receive the de-
gree. The President, when master
of the Missouri lodge, had confer
red the degree on the officers IA
ther, Andrew I. Mcmillan.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
More Relief Funds Sought

The Arlington Alexandria League
|of Women Voters will distribute
petitions tomorrow asking that more
money be allocated for feeding Eu-
ropean nations. A window display
set up this week by the league In
the Shirlington Drug Store has con-
trasted the food consumed by Amer
ican families with the diet oi
Europeans.
Evening star., 1945-10-19

my handling OF it. and the rather
extravagant demands for amend
ments, which were made only a
short time ago by Mr.. Bates and by
Mr.. Locher, am not willing to SUBJ
NIT to any legerdemain which will
put you into position to claim that
you asked for certain amendments
on the nth and I introduced on the
18th.
My position on this Legislation
has been consistent throughout and
/ hope, reasonably intelligent. Yours
has been neither.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Wife Is Best Hunter

RExBURG, Idaho (P.-Dr. and
Mrs. William L. Sutherland went
hunting. DR.. Sutherland returned
with an elk. Mrs. Sutherland bagged
an elk, two-point buck deer and
Ia 300-pound black bear.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Rites to Be Held Today
For Mrs. c. FoxweII
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeclaI Dispatch 70 The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. 49,
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes
Adele Sanner Foxwell, 85, who died
Tuesday, were to be held at 3 pm
today in st. Pauls Methodist Church
here. The Rev. George Dent Naylor
will officiate. Burial will be in the
family plot in the church cemetery
Mrs. Foxwell was the widow OF
Charles Foxwell, who had been post
master and businessman here. She
is survived by one step-child, DR.
Raymond FoXwell of Washington.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Kindergarten School Formed

The Meadowbrook Cooperative
kindergarten and Nursery School
has been organized by the mothers
of Green Meadows and Brookside
Manor, Md, for children between
the ages of 31a and 6. The school
is open from 9 am. to noon on
weekdays at 1900 Sheridan street.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Arlington Church Plans
Dedication Sunday

Dedication services for the en-.
larged Faith Lutheran Church, Ar
lington, will be held at II am. sun
day.
Begun in April, the Greater Faith
Church was constructed at a cost
OF $45 900, adjoining the original
chapel It will seat 400 persons.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
Moran Heads Association

Charles r. Moran has been elected
president of the Merrifield Improve
ment Association, 1t was announced
today. B. F. Salisbury was elected
vice president, Miss Corita seoane
secretary and Dana Miller publicity
chairman.
Evening star., 1945-10-19
The Why Of 1t
You Moy Designate
Gifts to Any Agency

fQaestionS and ansUers pro-
Dided by the Community War
Fund.-
Evening star., 1945-08-17
Medal of Honor Given Texun
Who Led Attack While Blinded

A Texan who killed nine Germans,
captured % and tried to keep on
fighting, though blinded and wound
ed, until his commander had to
knock him out has been awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor.
He is LIST 1t. Eli Whiteley, George
town, Tex, who earned the medal
last December ~ in savage house,
toulouse fighting through the fort
ress town of Sigolsheim, France.
1t. Whiteley, research assistant
at the North Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station before the war,
now Is at Dibble General Hospital,
Menlo Park, Calf, the War Depart
ment said last night In announcing
the award.
The 32-year-old officer first was
wounded while leading his platoon
down shell-swept street to attack
German-held house. FRAGMENTS
ripped his left arm.
Unchecked, he rushed into the
house firing his machine gun and
killed two Germans. Hurting rren-
ades, he stormed inside the next
Evening star., 1945-08-17

house killing two and capturing II
OF the enemy. Although his left arm
was useless, he then blasted the wall
OF a strongly held house with ba-
zooka rockets, and wedging SUBJ
machine gun under his right arm
rushed in. One burst killed five more
Germans and IL others gave up. Al
1t. Whiteley emerged from the
house, he was hit again.
One eye was pierced, there was 4
wound on his head. He couldn't see
but he wouldn't give up. Calling to
his men to follow, he staggered to-
ward the next house, trying to con-
ceaI the fact that he was blind.
Said Pfc. Charles K. Donaldson,
Mars, Pa, who was in 1t. Whiteley's
platoon:
I'VE begged him to 90 back for
aid. But he refused, and when our
company commander, 1st 1t. Robert
A. Wanfl, st. Louis, asked him to 90
back he insisted on leading the fight.
The only way 1t. Wann could make
him so back was to knock him out
cold.
Evening star., 1945-08-17
Legion Plans 10 Give
Control 10 Young Men
sy the Associated Press,

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 1.-THE
American Legion soon will campaign
Tor members among veterans of this
war with view of transferring con.
troll of the organization to the
younger men.
We are looking forward to the
time when World War II men take
the Legion over" said Edward N
Schelberling, Legion national com.
mander, said.
When they do they will control
It's policies and ideas and can mould
them according to their own
thoughts and Wishes he added. III
they want to change the charter to
allow more political activity, they
nave the power to do so.'
veterans of this war outnumbe,
eligible veterans of the first war
four to one, National Adiutant Don.
Old G. Glascoff estimated today. He
SAID the present membership in
cludes approximately 1900 900 vet
erans OF the first war and 100000 OF
the second.
AT present only DISCHARGED vet
erans OF this war are eligible. AS
soon as President Truman officially
announces cessation of hostilities
Mr.. Glascof said. the campaign to
enroll the millions of new vetera ms
VIII get under Way