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Evening star., 1945-08-23
Col. Brophy Appointed
To Civil Aviation Council

Col. Gerald B. Brophy, former New
York lawyer who has served in the
Army Air Forces for three years, is
the new United States representa-
tive on the intereim council of the
provisional international civil avia.
ton organization.
Secretary of State Byrnes yester-
day announced his appointment to
fill a vacancy which occurred when
Edward Warner, former American
representative, was elected presi.
dent OF the council, currently meet
ing in Montreal.
In his prewar law practice Col.
Brophy served as general counsel
for three commercial airlines-TWA,
North American and American Ex-
port.
Mr. Byrnes also announced desig-
nation of Adolf A. Berle, American
Ambassador to Brazil, as head of
this country's delegation to the
third inter- American radio confer
ence to be held in Rio de Janeiro
September 3.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley Enochs Of
the Labor Departments Children's
Bureau was named chairman of the
American delegation to the inter-
American Congress of Social Service,
which will meet in Santiago, Chile,
September 9,
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Wife ofFBI Agent Here
Killed in Auto Crash

Mrs. Speas c. Webb, 80, OF 4532
Van Ness street NV, was killed
instantly yesterday when a car
driven by her husband, Thomas D
Webb, jr., special agent assigned to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
here, crashed into the rear of a
parked truck miles east of Will
liamsburg, Va.
Williamsburg Police Chief w. H
Kelly said Mr.. Webb, who suffered
cuts and bruises on the face and
body, and his two children, Linda
Lou, 4, and Joanna, z, wao suf-
fered abrasions on the face, were
admitted to Bell Hospital in Will
liamsburg.
Chief Kelly said the accident oc-
CURED about $3.50 pm. on a four
lane highway. He said the truck,
driven. by George R. Cowles, 80, of
Toano, Va, had stalled near the mid
Ole OF the road and that Mr.. Webb's
car struck it as he was attempting
to pass a moving van. He added
that the family was en- route to
Washington from North Carolina.
Declaring that Mr.. Cowles had
failed to place warning flares in the
rear OF the truck, Chief Kelly said
the truck driver was charged with
manslaughter and failing to have an
operators permit.
Mr.. Webb is the son of DR.. Thomas
D. Webb, a dentist, and Mrs. Webb,
1925 Hawthorne street NV.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Iaxicab Driver Denies
Beating Woman PASSENGER

Denial that Mrs. Joann E. Bonto.
1900 block of East Capitol street,
was beaten by a taxicab driver last
January-as she and her husband
1t. Comdr. Carroll Bonto, had
charged early this month in a
$780, 900 damage suit-was contained
in an answer filed yesterday at Dis
trict Court.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Bonto. in
the suit filed August 2, charged Mrs.
Bonto was beaten by William B.
Witte, 500 block of Newton place
NV, causing her to lose an un-
born child. They asserted Mrs. Bonto
was passenger in Mr.. Whites cab
at the time the beating is said to
have taken place. They asked for
$50, 900 each.
Besides Mr.. Witte, the suit named
as defendants Henry Haines, $500
block Of Fourth street NV, described
as owner of the taxi, and the Inde-
pendent Taxi Owners Association,
Inc, 100 block Of M street NE.
The answer filed yesterday de-
clared the taxicab was operated en-
tirely under the control Of Mr.. Witte
and that he and the association did
not operate the cab as Joint enter
prise.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Ace With ~ Pacific Kills Fails
To Find Home for Family Here
Col. c. II. MucD DonuId
Seeks Place for Wife,
Son Near Pentugon

Col. Charles H. Macdonald, 80. is
believed to be the Army's leading
ace to survive the Pacific war, but
he can't find a house here for his
family.
After shooting down q jap
anese planes. Col. Macdonald re-
turned from the Pacific three weeks
ago and has been staying with his
wife and son at "a Woodhaven
boulevard, Bethesda.
I'VE are moving tomorrow, don't
know where" said Mrs. Macdonald,
who has spent the last month look
ing for a two-bedroom house near
the Pentagon.
Mrs. Macdonald said she might
be able to extend her stay at Be-
thesda until September, / but no
longer, because 1--WE promised we
would stay only until the owners re-
turned"
When the Army Air Forces made
its last official count in February
Col. Macdonald ranked third among
the aces of the Pacific War. The
two top aces, Maj. Richard I. Bong,
Poplar, Wis, with 40 planes to his
credit, and Maj. Thomas B. MCGUIRE,
jr., San Antonio, Tex, with a score
of 38, we're killed in plane crashes.
While Col. Macdonald served with
the 5th Air Force his wife and san
lived in st. Petersburg, Fla. The
MacDonalds were married in Ha-
waii, where Col. Macdonald was sta
toned when the Japanese bombed
Pearl Harbor.
Col. Macdonald belongs to one
of the wars most outstanding teams
of fighting brothers. His two older
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Fight for Custody
OF Boy, ;, Enters lis
Fourth Day in Court

The custody fight for 3-year -old
Gilbert Shoemaker was scheduled
to be aired for the fourth day in
District Court today before Justice
Henry A. Schweinhaut.
Mrs. George w. Shoemaker, 3l27
Central avenue NE, the boys
mother. is seeking custody of the
boy through a habeas corpus pro-
ceeding. Hearings were begun Mon
day. The action is against Mrs.
Joseph j. Kay, 1926 Ninth street
NE. with whom the child has lived
since he was about 2 months old
and who now does not want to give
him up.
During brief testimony yesterday
Mr.. Kay was recalled to the stand
and Is scheduled to testify further
today. Under cross examination
Mr.. Kay said he believed he had
listed the little boy as his own son
in naming the child as a dependent
in his income tax returns.
~ Wdo 1CAdtCo OQlli t0SIlIIlOtly
that Mr.. and Mrs. Kay had the
child baptized in the Catholic
Church and later became the child's
godfather and goomother, respec-
lively, when the boy was baptized
later in the Lutheran Church, the
faith of his parents, in accordance
with the parents wishes. At the
time of the latter baptism, the
parents did not know the boy al
ready had been baptized in the
Catholic faith, it was said.
During the earlier part of the
hearing, the mother testified she
had left Gilbert with the Kays to
be taken care of because she was i'll,
but that she never intended to let
Mrs. Kay keep the child perma-
nently. Mr.. Kay already has testi-
fed he and Mrs. Kay had the i'm
preston they were to keep him
permanently.
The Kays refused to give up the
boy, it was testified earlier in the
hearing. after Mr.. Shoemaker had
taken the child to the Kays for a
visit last May.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Texas Pastor Accepts
Fountain Memorial Post

The Rev. Frank B. Burress, pas
tor of First Baptist Church, Hawk
ins, Tex, has accepted the pastorate
of Fountain Memorial Baptist
Church, Naylor road and @ street
Sc. 1t. Col. Rupert A. Elliott
U. S. A.. chairman of the Pulpit
Committee. announced selection OF
the new pastor today.
Mr.. Burress will succeed the Rev
w. Bertram King, who left April
to assume his duties as pastor OF
Moreland Avenue Baptist Church
Atlanta.
Mr.. Burress is a graduate OF
Hardin-Simmons College, Abilene
Tex. and holds a master of the
ology degree from Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary at
Fort Worth. He served as pastor
of several churches in Texas before
taking over the pastorate at Hawk
ins about four years ago. He will
preach his first sermon here Sep
tember 2, the announcement said
Mr.. and Mrs. Burress have three
children.
Fountain emorial Baptist
Church, now one of Anacostia's
largest congregations, was a mission
OF Grace, Anacostia and East Wash
ington Baptist Churches until II
was organized in 1908 as Randall
Highland Baptist Church. It's pres
ent name was taken in 1921.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Distant Kin of Blaine
To Be Buried Today

Funeral services for James w
Blaine, So, an employe at st. Eliza
heth's hospital for Al years, who
died Monday, will be held at pm
today at the Esther Memorial Epis-
copal Church, Congress Heights
Burial will be in the Forrestville
Md.) Episcopal Church Cemetery
He died at his residence, l21 Wash
ington boulevard, District Heights
Md.
Mr. Blaine was a distant cousin
of James G. Blaine, one-time Secre-
tary of State. He was member OF
Lodge 28 Of the Odd Fellows.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Anna B. Balderson of District
Heights, and two sons, James w
Blaine of Philadelphia and Robert
j. Blaine of Washington.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Gas Heat Restrictions
Lifted, but Equipment
Is Reported Scarce

Wartime restrictions against in.
stalling gas heat for homes and
office buildings have been lifted by
the Public Utilities Commission, but
it was learned today there are few
new gas boilers and furnaces avail
able on the market.
The PUG late yesterday issued the
order revoking it's prohibition on
1.-The addition Of new gas space-heat-
ing facilities" This action followed
a formal request from the Wash
ington Gas Light Co. that gas be
permitted for new heating installa-
tions. There now is no restriction
on the sale Of such furnaces and
boilers.
A gas company official said it has
no boilers or furnaces for sale, but
he said few might be on sale at
plumbing and heating firms in the
city.
A Merchants and Manufacturers
Association official estimated there
would be few of these pieces of
equipment in the hands of private
dealers.
The War Production Board now
permits manufacture of many types
and sizes of gas heating equipment.
No trouble is anticipated on gas
meters, with only one required for
each home. Where it is planned to
install gas heating boiler or fur
mace, larger gas meter is installed
and officials said the company has
plenty of them.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
3 Million Gain in 5 Years
Shown in U. 5. Population
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported to-
day that in the last five years the
United States population has in
creased to about 139, 9,682, ,000-a rise
of more than eight million. This
was nearly twice the increase of the
preceding 10 years.
Noting wartime changes in the
Nation, the bureau said:
There were 10,569 900 births, more
than twice the 5,137 600 deaths (ex-
Guiding war casualties) in the 3k
years ended July l, 1915; there were
an estimated SAT- 900 marriages in
the same period; the dollar volume
in manufacturing nearly tripled in
the past five years, reaching more
than $50, ,000, 900 900 in 1874; retail
trade rose from about $43, ,00O, 900 900
in 1889 to nearly SO, ,O00, 600 900;
wholesale trade practically doubled
in the years, reaching about $780,
00O, ,0O0, 900 last year.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Suicide Plane Hit
Shea, Navy Reveals
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The luck of the Irish ran out fol
the minelayer Shea on her 18th at
tack by Japanese suicide planes.
The ship had dodged kamikazes
an even dozen times before a
Baka bomb scored a direct hit May
while the Shea was on picket duty
rs miles from Okinawa. She suf-
fered IS casualties, including IS
killed and so wounded, the Navy
disclosed last night.
The Baka bomb, a rocket glid-
er carrying a suicide pilot and a
2.400-pound warhead, bored com.
pletely through the 2,200-ton ships
superstructure from the starboarc
side and broke into pieces as II
emerged on the port side. Some OF
the explosive detonated and other
large pieces scattered about the
ships deck.
The attack the Navy said, de.
veloped so quickly that only three
of the ships guns had a chance tt
fire. The Baka struck five second.
after it was sighted coming out oi
the mist.
The explosion dented the ship.
hull and started several fires. Water
entered inner compartments ant
some fuel oil tanks were ruptured
The ship later was returned to the
Philadelphia Navy Yard for repairs
The vessel, converted destroyer
was named for Comdr. John j. Shea
Arlington, Mass, who lost his lift
on the Wasp in September, 1912.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Martin Asks Agencies
To Unity Mental Care
By the Associated Press,


House Minority Leader Martin to-
day asked for better coordination
and methods of handling mental
casualties of war"
Mr. Martin made the request in
letters to Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
head of the Veterans Administra-
ton, Secretary of War ,Stimson and
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal.
Mr.. Martin wrote that he was
disturbed by reports indicating that
men with mental disorders are be-
ing discharged by the Army and
the Navy before they are fully re-
covered, presumably on the theory
that these patients then become
charges of the Veterans Admins
tration."
The agency's facilities, he added
"are not adequate to carry the large
case load which has been thrust
upon it,
From what I have heard, Mr..
Martin said, coordination between
the Army, Navy and Veterans Ad-
ministration in making provision for
the care of this type of case has
been, to say the least, imperfect,
and much closer cooperation and
better methods would seem to be
called for"
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Parents Meet
Tonight 10 Map
Fight
Disposition Of New
ChiId-Core Centers
Presents Problem

The postwar retrenchment. which
soon will close % FWA-supported
nursery schools and school-age CEN
ters In the District, posed a new
problem today as parents here and
in Alexandria prepared to meet to-
night to map campaign urging
continuance of the centers.
Miss Katherine Doonan, project
administrator for the Board of Edu-
cation, said she did not know what
will become of six newly built chill
care centers and the District prop
critics at 314 D street Sc. The lat
ter were remodeled with Federal
Works Agency funds for child-care
purposes.
1t was revealed that operation of
the IL white and II colored centers
IN the District had cost total of
about 100000. The program was
launched in July, l943.
Distributes QUESTIONABLE.
Miss Doonan said the Board of
Education distributed Tuesday a
job expectancy QUESTIONABLE to
the child care centers. The pur-
pose, she said, is to discover how
long mothers with enrolled chill
dren expect their jobs to continue,
whether they plan to try to get
another job, how many fathers are
In the armed forces, and other in
formation to indicate the need for
continuance Of the centers.
Miss Doonan said two child care
buildings were erected specifically
for the FWA-supported operation.
One was built by the Navy Depart
ment at the Bellevue Naval Research
Laboratory, 225 Boyer road S.W..
near Boiling Field. Another, a de-
mountable structure, was erected at
Thirteenth and v streets Sc. Both
are for white enrolment.
Other Centers Operated.
In addition, Miss Doonan said. the
program operates three centers con-
structed by the National Capital
Housing Authority. One is for the
Highland Dwellings development at
676 Yuma street Sc. for white chill
dren, and the other two for the
Syphax development at 1725 First
street S.W., and the Parkside
Dwellings at 3785 Grant street NE,
both for colored children.
The sixth is a center at 2210 H
street NE. to serve colored children
living in the Langston Terrace de-
velopment.
Miss Doonan said present plans
cali for school-age centers to close
l5-two days before
opening Of public schools-and for
nurseries to close September 30. In
some cases, extensions may be
granted, but the deadline for all
FWA support is set as October 81.
District parents with enrolled
children will meet tonight at the
home OF Mrs. Dorothy Thmpson. 238
Eleventh street Sc. Alexandria
parents will meet at 7:3O o'clock to-
night at 1000 Abingdon drive, Alex
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Chain Bridge Signs
Are Posted Warning
OF Danger in Rapids

Signs warning canoeists and per-
sons in other small boats away from
the waters in the vicinity of Chain
Bridge were installed a quarter mile
below the span by the harbor police
yesterday in an effort to avert
drownings in that section of the
Potomac.
The signs were ordered by the
District Commissioners after The
Star stressed their necessity last
April, following the drowning of a
sailor in the swift rapids just above
the bridge.
In addition to the rapids, the
waters for considerable distance
below the bridge are considered
dangerous by police because of the
swirling current, and have been the
scene of many water accidents.
1t. Otha R. Sanders, command
ing the harbor precinct, expressed
the hope small boatmen, particu-
larly newcomers to the District, will
abide by the warnings.
11oWCSCl, SdllOCloIS ~Cic S6c1 W
ignore the new warnings and to
paddle right into the dangerous
area.
Asked why he ignored the signs,
one canoeist said: Il was hungry,
and was going to get sandwich in
a store near the Virginia side of the
bridge"
The accident which prompted The
Stars interest in the matter oc-
CURED last April l. Radio Tech
nician first class Robert Allen
Corliss. 27, attached to the Naval
Research Laboratory at Bellevue.
D. c., was drowned when his canoe
capsized as, police said, he and a
companion were shooting the rap
ids" above Chain Bridge. Mr.. Cor
liss' companion, Ensign, James c..
Andrews. q, also of the; Naval Re-
search Laboratory. recovered the
canoe and reached the Virginia
shore.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
lsiHRstioniing
&Remiindersea

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
Ga through U-2 good through
August 81. Stamps v-2 through
Z-2 good through September 80.
Stamps Al through Ell good
through october 81. Stamps FL
through XII good through No.
vembe5 80.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound OF waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sug1r-Stamp No. Sc valid for 5
pounds through August 81. Nexo
stamp valid September /.
Shoes Airplane stamps, /, 2, 8 ana
I In Book No. 3 good indefinitely
soi one pair Of shoes Fch.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Two Overchorge Claims
Settled Voluntarily

Two District food dealers volun-
tarily have settled overcharge claims
by payment of total of 1858, the
District OPA announced yesterday.
David Fox, owner of the Holly
Delicatessen, 1910 Georgia avenue,
paid $50 TO the enforcement division
OF Ration Board 50 to settle claimed
overcharges of cents on canned
meat, 2 cents on cereal and 2 cents
on rice.
D. & w. Market, 1900 K street
NV, paid $213, three times q
claimed overcharge Of $7l.03 on
peas. beans and canned tomatoes,
to settle charge filed by the price
panel Of Board so.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Red Cross Aide
Dies Of Polio;
Sixth Victim
5 New Coses Listed,
Bringing TotoI for
District Area to lis

1nfantile paralysis today claimed
its sixth victim in the District this
year with the death of Miss Doro-
thy Huston. 27. of 1920 Walsh street.
Chevy Chase, Md, in Gallinger Hos
pltal, as five new cases were re-
ported by the Health Department.
An employe of the American Red
Cross since April, 1897, Miss Hus-
ton became i'll Friday and was ad-
mitted to the hospital as a respira-
tory case.
The five new cases today brought
to lis the total reported in the
Washington area so far this year,
compared with ITO cases reported
during the corresponding period last
year.
A breakdown of the origin of
these cases, however, shows that
this year there are fewer cases from
the National Capital and more from
out of town than last year. OF the
lis so far this year, IS originated in
the District and so from nearby
areas; whereas of the ITO cases as
OF this date last year, 10 were from
Washington and 40 from out of
town.
The figures represent cases treated
in the District and do not represent
any which may originate in the
nearby areas without coming to
Washington for treatment.
The six deaths equal the number
for the comparable time last year,
The percentage of nonparalytic pa
tlents now stands at IS per cent Of
the total this season as compared
with 43 per cent last year. But this
difference is SO small as not to be
conclusive, Health Department off,
cials said.
Soldier, 81, Stricken.
The flve new cases reported today
included a 31-year-old soldier.
master sergeant from the 1900 block
of Alabama avenue Sc, who was
sent to Walter Reed Hospital.
The other cases are: A l7-year-
old colored student from Howard
University who was taken first to
Freedmen's Hospital and now is at
tiallinger Hospital; a 2h -year-old
boy from the 100 block of Third
street NE, at Children,s Hospital:
a 5-year-old girl from the 100 block
OF N street S.W., at Children's Hos
pital, and a 9-month-old boy from
Wood Acres, Md, at Children's Hos
pital.
United States Public Health Serv.
ice officials reported today that the
Nationwide outbreak of the disease
might be tapering off" and local
authorities gave assurance that
Washington's hospital facilities still
are adequate to meet the demand.
An official of the USPHS said the
Nation appeared to be CLOSE to the
peak week" in number of new cases
reported. For the week ending
August l8, 692 new cases were re-
ported throughout the Nation com.
pared with 671 cases for the preced-
ing week, he said.
Increase Tapers OFF.
Although this was an increase Of
Il, the increase is far less than the
197-case increase between the two
preceding weeks, it was pointed out.
The total cases for the entire year
up to August 18 was 4,276, compared
with 6,262 for the corresponding
period last year.
Richmond, Va, announced the
total cases for the year in Virginia
rose to 161 yesterday with the re.
porting of 7 new cases. Two of
them were from Richmond, two
from Arlington, one from Fairfax
County and one from Tunstall, New
Kent County
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Railroad Worker Killed
When Jack Handle SIips

Ely Satin, So, an employee of the
Lawrence Pilot Co., Arlington, was
killed yesterday when the handle of
track leveling jack which he was
operating slipped and struck him In
the Jaw, breaking his neck, Fairfax
County police reported today.
Police said the accident occurred
on the tracks of the Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
at Cameron, outside Alexandria.
Mr.. Saltin, who lived in a b,,nk-
house at the Potomac Yards in Alex-
andria, was born in Yugoslavia and
was a naturalized citizen.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Wife Of FeIeraI Official
Found Hanged in Home

The body Of Mrs. William A
Mattice, IS, wife Of the acting chief
of the climate and crop division OF
the Weather Bureau was found
hanging from a rafter this morning
in the basement of her home at 700
North Nelson street, Arlington, ac-
cording to police.
Capt. Hugh Jones, Arlington
County chief of detectives, said the
body was found about $50 m. by
Mrs. Mattice's 16-year-old daughter,
Helen. The body was removed to the
Ives funeral home, 2847 Wilson
boulevard, Arlington.
Police said the couple moved to
Arlington from New York a few
years ago.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Man Slugged and Robbed
Of Ring and so Cents

Two burly white men accosted him
in the 1900 block Of Park road NV
early today, slugged him and made
of with a fraternity ring and 60
cents, John w. Cleaton, As, of 1856
Kenyon street NV, told police
today.
After the first man struck him on
the cheek, breaking his glasses, the
second went through his pockets,
Mr.. Cleaton said. Before leaving,
one man hit him on the neck with
his fist. The victim was treated
for cuts and bruises at Garfield
Hospital and released.
Evening star., 1945-08-23

brothers went to the Naval Academy
His brother, Comdr. Donald j.
Macdonald, now in Germany, COM
manded the destroyer O'Bannon.
The O'Bannon received a Presiden-
tial Citation for night actions OF
Guadalcanal, Bougainville and other
South Pacific islands.
Another brother, Comdr. H. Alex
ander Macdonald, who was retired
from the Navy in 1887 and recalled
in 1941, is on duty at the Navy De-
partment. Their mother, Mrs.
Charles A. Macdonald, lives at 1927
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Born in Pennsylvania, Col Mac
Donald was graduated from Louisi-
ana State University in 1888 and
won his wings in 1899. He served
in the Southwest Pacific for two
years.
Evening star., 1945-08-23
Mine Sinks Fishing Boot
Off Fenwick Island, Del.
~ the Associated Press.

6y the ASS0ciated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. q. - A
small fishing boat struck q mine in
waters on the shore Of Fenwick
Island, Del, yesterday and sunk,
the 4th Naval District announced.
A Coast Guard spokesman said q
net the boat was towing may have
hooked onto the mine, setting It on.
Three unidentified men aboard the
vessel were rescued BY another toat.