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Evening star., 1945-02-09
Anniversary

MIR. and Mrs. Angelo Spano will
celebrate their 25th wedding an
niversary tomorrow at a dinner to
be given in their honor by the lat
ter's brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. John Galotta.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Music Convention Of

The convention of the Maryland
Federation Of Music Clubs has been
Cancelled, according to an an
nouncement of the Executive Com
mittee. A one-day meeting will be
held May II at a place to be desig-
mated later,
Evening star., 1945-02-09

Mrs. Sada S. Shattuck is spending
the winter months at the Home
stead in Hot Springs.
Evening star., 1945-02-09

Mrs. Margaret Huter announces
the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Freda Huter, to
Corpl. William F. Pickett, q. S.
M. c., son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Pick
EFT of New York.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
Immaculate Conception Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Deaths Reported

Robert Wilkinson, SO. 11l5N st. NV.
M Maud n MURPHY o. S3 Ada%s Fl RI
Elizabeth H. Praets, VI Il, zoos jackson
Mary r.; & G. Backus, 20, Takoma Park, Md.
G gfnss c Nsszer es Ssi Fin S. st. ne
Fred Dysinger, 81; United States Soldiers
fnss Feln Tre e. 1905 50 Gsasss &C. C.
M MoTsrd e f9s IS ST. 7st New R4 Jersey st
M Msry e ehes a. ave. st.
Mart F. Morris, Al. 3iao Y pi. Sc
Beulah a. Green, 40, Al Jefferson st.
kobe er 4: Ellis, e, $3.50 esmbrids. 81 w.
Phoebe Scott, 95, 32la Virginia ave. s.w.
G Gsn1e RsrT gbe 81 go 80 l$h St
i Agnes 5 ReRseas g. 100 aand s. s.
AGn5s Harris S r. 1897 esTra Hnns p
john efa S " Oldham S SIS 1871 st. st. ne
Inward wise 81, So, ~ 81. Columbia I'd
a aan pf kssht o. 4ssl w ven s1
Erlss Rel s. s. E Fl beth r aSspita
E E1nss' Dew eyes s 17 Sq @.s ssSt 81
Ms5y Slsir SO, 1895 c7}l{, St
Mary e. Alburger, SO, 1924 10th st.
Sue Marcley, 81, 419 G st. ne
e enton Wta S g. yss Mars st.
Floyd A. Challey, So, $50 H st. ne.
| Florence Moskey SO. Arlington, Va.
| Joseph Harris, So 1915 C st. ne.
Robert I. Smock, 55, 939 L st. NV:
Matthew T Farnam;; AZ, 1915 18th st.,
Guy Gordon, 80, As T st. s.w.
Della A. Wilmarth. 80: 216 End st. ne.
| James H. Jackson, 20, 5517 Illinois ave
Laverne G. Nelson. %, Rapid City, S. OAK
James M. Gantx infant, 1921 Fairlawr
ave. Ae,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Skiskowski, Still
Robbery,Gets
'8-to-25-Year Limit

Charles ]. Skiskowski, 43, yester.
day afternoon was given the maxi.
mum sentence of from 8 to rs year.
by Justice James M. Proctor o.
District Court for participation il
the robbery last March of two Ma.
tional Bank of Washington employee.
who were attacked as they carried
more than $4,000 across Market
space to the S. Kann Sons Co. de.
partment store. The offense with
which they were charged came un-
der special statute protecting a
national bank.
Michael Quinn, 80, who was con-
victed with Skiskowski and was to
be sentenced, escaped two weeks
ago from the District Jail and Is
still at large. The third man shot
and killed last Spring by FBI agents
in New York.
Before being sentenced, Skiskow-
ski told Justice Proctor he had been
convicted of something he had
nothing to do with" Justice Proc
tor, however, said he was convinced
that SkiskoWski had been driver of
the automobile and knew what the
others were planning to do and had
done. Justice Proctor described the
crime as one of the most serious
which has come before him.
Two young women, Shirley E.
Shelton, Is, and Mary J. Pyle, 81,
were sentenced in District Court yes
terday to serve from one to three
years each for false testimony last
April as witnesses in a Mann Act
case.
Chief Justice Bolitha ]. Laws yes
terday gave Nathan A. Dobbins OF
the 900 block Of F street NV, a
practicing colored attorney here for
many years, from four to Is months
for embezzling more than s1,70O
from the estate of an insane colored
man. Dobbins was convicted in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Work Starts on $75,OO0,OOO
Thousond-Home Project Here

total cost of $4,000. Jonathan
Woodner, Inc, same address, is
builder, and Kirkhuf IL Bagley,
Chevy Chase, Md, the architect.
The dwellings will be located at
$500 to 1924 Southern avenue Sc.
and 3435 to 3479 Twenty-fourth
street Sc.
Other permits: Jefferson Con-
struction Co., Inc, TIL Kennedy
street NV, owner and builder;
Corning & Moore, 1921 Twentieth
street NV, architect; one three
story masonry apartment at 604
Kennedy street NV, to cost $72 500.
Toms Auto Service, Inc, 637 N
street NV, owner: Columbia En-
cheering Co., Riggs National Bank
Building. builder; George T. SAINT
myers, 14l0 H street NV, archi-
test; one one-story and mezzanine
auto sales building at 637 N street
NV, to cost sos 900.
S. Kann Sons Co., Eighth and
Market Space NV. owner; James
L. Parsons, jr, Thirteenth and F
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Gen. Bryan Named Acting
Provost Marshal General

Brig. Gen. B. N. Bryan has been
designated acting provost marshal
general of the Army in place of Maj.
Gen. Archer L. Lerch, who was
named military governor of the
American occupied zone of Korea
this week
Assigned to the Office of the Pro-
vost Marshal General in February
1912, Gen. Bryan became assistant
the following December. He has
been directly in charge of all pris-
oner of war functions during the
war. His home is at 1906 Highland
place NV.
The War Department announced
that Gen. Lerch will be accom-
panied to Korea by one of his as
sistants, Col. Loren F. Parmley. For
his services from June 81, 1914, as
provost marshal general, Gen. Lerch
was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
Not Guilty Pleas Reinstated
BY Abatfoir Operator

Ralph p. Counselman, "A, oper-
ator OF slaughter house in the 100
block of Eleventh street S.W., YES
terday withdrew pleas of nolo con-
tendere mo contest) to two of 48
counts in two indictments and REIN
stated pleas of not guilty. One
count charged ceiling price viola
tons, the other alleged false grad
ing. Yesterdays action left the case,
pending more than two and a half
years, where it was before.
Justice David A. Pine had been
scheduled to impose sentence yes
terday on the two nolo contendere
pleas.
The Government, which earlier
had indicated it would dismiss the
other counts in the indictment, later
Informed the court it was unwilling
to do that. Mr. Counselman then
changed his pleas back to not guilty
One of the pleas was to a count
charging the sale of 1853 sides of
veal at 3 cents pound above cell
ing prices. The other plea was to
a single count in a five-count in
dictment charging false grading.
Trial of the case has been set for
January 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08

Building permits this week were
issued to the Shipley Corp, 1882
H street NV, for construction of
80 tWo-story brick houses at a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
World Air Terminal
Plans Open House.

The International Air Terminal
at National Airport, from which the
Brass Hat" Squadron flew secret
war missions all over the world, will
be open to the public tomorrow for
the first time. The modern term
inal was built during the war and
only authorized personnel were al
lowed to enter while military oper-
atoms were in progress.
Visiting hours will be from noon
to 4 pm. tomorrow and December
16, with open house" programs ar
ranged in connection with the Army
Air Forces recruiting drive.
A four motored C-54 of the type
which carried world-famous per-
sonalities on overseas missions will
be on display and visitors may at
tend simulated briefings on the ex-
tensive life-saving equipment car
ried for emergency landings on
land or water.
During the war, such personaees
as the late President Roosevelt,
President Truman, former Prime
Minister Churchill and Clement At
lee, now Prime Minister, and scores
of generals and diplomats passed
through the terminal to and from
points all over the globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS.

Work on a $15.00o,oo0 thousand
home project to be completed over
a period OF six years was disclosed
today to have been started here as
an extension Of the Rock Greek
Forest development, Just across the
District line in Montgomery County
The developer, Sam Fig, who
built about $50 homes in Rock
Greek Forest before the war, an
nounced that excavation has been
started on rs homes and that he
hopes to have SO completed by
June. From that point on, he said
the materials situation will govern
the rate of construction.
The project will cover 225 acres
on both sides of East-West highway
east of Rock Greek park. 1t will
be bordered on the south by Colo
NAL Village and will extend east
to the Falkland apartment project
on Sixteenth street, Mr.. Fig said,
Plans Shopping Center.
The developer, who recently pur-
chased the Silver Spring Shopping
Center, said he proposed to build
a shopping center in the area even
tually.
The houses will range in cost
from about $4,000 to $4,000 and
will be of Colonial architecture.
They will have six and seven rooms
and two baths. with full basement.
All will have three bedrooms. Each
house will have a garage. Eight
different floor plans will be used
for dwellings in the development,
Mr.. Fig said.
Supervision of the project will
be in charge of Edward A. Hyde.
Architects are Arthur P. Davis and
A. L. Anderson. Builder is the
Standard Construction Co. Edward
c. Holmead, formerly cashier of the
Suburban National Bank. Silver
Spring. will be in charge of sales.
Building Permits Issued.
Building permits this week were
issued to the Shipley Corp, 1882
H street NV, for construction of
80 two-story brick houses at a
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terboard hung ceilings ana sp. ..l5lel
system In store building, to cost
$4,000.
National Trucking and Storage
Co., 1895 New York avenue NE.
owner; Essex Construction Co., 1927
I street NV, builder; Johannes &
Murray, 204l K street NV, archi-
tect; one one-story brick, cinder-
block and concrete addition at 1927
New York avenue NE, to cost
$4,000.
F. l.. Belin, 1923 Twenty eighth
street NV, owner; c. Wohlgemuth
jr., McLachlen Building, builder
Deering Davis. 2480 Sixteenth
street NV, architect; one one-story
brick servants quarters at 1923
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-08
w. si.Lth street NV, to COS,

l " Lily sisLuh street NV, to cos.
$4,000.
Robert G. and Kathryn T. Natter,
rs Adams street NV, owner; Rob-
ert G. Matter, same address, build
er; Thomas Yano, Berwyn, Md,
architect; one one-story brick and
cinder block office and garage at
1925 Brentwood road NE, to cost
$4,000.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Cut in Public Relief Grants
Will Be Restored July /

With the beginning of the new
fiscal year July l, the 10 per cent
reduction in public assistance grants
ordered last December will be re-
stored, Ray L. Huff, director of
public welfare, said yesterday.
Mr.. Huff also predicted that fewer
persons would be on relief than in
the 1945 fiscal year. The average
number of cases of public assistance
for the first eight months of the
fiscal year 1945 was 4,208, according
to information recently given Con-
gress, while the estimated average
for 1916 is 1000.
The 10 per cent cut was made in
December to avoid a threatened
deficit of $4,000 to 100000. The
Commissioners refused to request q
supplemental appropriation to avert
the cut. Recently $6,700 was trans
ferred from the penny milk pro-
gram to prevent another 10 per cent
cut.
The grants, beginning with the
new fiscal year, will average per
month as follows: Old-age assist
ance, $35; dependent children, S65 81
families with three children, and
blind, $50.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Mcclellan Will Preesnt
Diplomas 10 PAGES Toniqht

Senator McKellar of Tennessee,
president protein of the Senate, will
present diplomas to IA senior stu
dents of the Capitol Page School
during exercises at 8 o'clock tonight
in the House Ways and Means Com
mittee room in the New House Of
flee Building.
Three other boys who graduated
last February and who were to re-
ceive diplomas tonight will be sent
them by mail, as they are now in
the armed forces or otherwise alb
sent.
Speaker Rayburn and Senator
Burton, Republican, of Ohio will
speak.
The graduates, are: Bobby Gene
Baker, Harold Oliver Clayton, Wes-
ley Newton Dorbandt, Forester
Maphis, Paul Ellis McGaughey. En-
manuel Wolpert Metz, Chester Paul
Middlesworth, Gerald Raymond Pat
terSon, Neal Cornelius Phillips
Rodham Tulloss Rust, Charles
Lindbergh Simmons, James Riley
Springer, Vance Vernon Verhines,
and Albert Colmer Weeks. Those
graduating last February and now
absent are Aubrey O'Neil Clement.
Andrew Leon Haislip, jr., and John
Asa ROuntree. TIT
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Gen. Allen Willing to Comment
On All but Kennedy Affair

Brig. Gen. Frank A. Allen, who
was director of public relations for
the Supreme Headquarters of the
Allied Expeditionary Force during
the crucial months of the battle for
Europe, was back in his Arlington
(VaD home today, willing to talk
about everything except the Edward
Kennedy affair.
Gen. Allen said he would make
no further comment on the storm
that broke when Mr.. Kennedy, who
was head of the Paris bureau of the
Associated Press, released the story
of the German unconditional sur
render at Reims "a hours before 1t
was released officially.
The general is relaxing with his
family at their home, 1921 North
Twelfth street, Arlington, before he
returns to Europe on June % for
another assignment. Before he took
over his public relations post last
September, Gen. Allen was COM
mander of Combat Command B OF
the 1st Armored Division, which
participated in the North African
and Italian campaigns.
Despite the Kennedy incident
Gen. Allen said SHAEF got along
well with all of the 1,193 correspond
ents who were accredited to it.
I'VE never had much criticism OF
censorship" the general said. Every
one appreciated the fact that it
was set up to save lives. The corre-
spondents accepted 1t almost 100 per
cent"
He denied that there was ever any
Evening star., 1945-06-15
I. Coleman Andrews
Named 10 GAO Post

Capt. T. Coleman Andrews of
Richmond, who has done extensive
fiscal reorganization work in Vir-
ginia, has been named to the new
post of director of corporation au-
dts in the General Accounting
Office.
The division will carry out the
provision of the George bill which
authorizes an audit Of the accounts
OF the 101 Government corporations
The post of director pays 10000 and
1000.
Capt. Andrews, just released from
the Marine Corps after 80 months in
the Pacific, has a wide reputation as
a specialist and consultant on Or
ganization and management, and
Controller General Lindsay C. War
ren said he considered Capt. An
drews the best selection that could
have been made.
The American Institute of Ac-
countants, it was said, will aid
Capt. Andrews in setting up an or
ganization.
Evening star., 1945-06-15

Turning the Germans from blind
followers of bad leaders into a group
able to think through it's own prob
lens will take lot more than just
punishment-although that, too, is
necessary, Bishop G. Bromley OK
nam, president of the Federated
Council Of Churches of Christ in
America, declared today.
Bishop Oman recently returned
from tour of the European the
ater He is in Washington attend
ing a meeting of the Methodist
Commission of Chaplains.
He was at Buchenwald three days
after it was opened by the Ameri-
cans, and was there when the peo-
pie of Wiemar were brought in to
look at what took place in the camp
outside their town.
Some of the women cried" he
said. Some tainted. Some turned
away. Some only looked and there
was no expression on their faces.
But out of more than 300 persons
talked to by chaplains, none ex-
pressed regret, none accepted an
responsibility. none admitted tha.
the Nazi faith was wrong-only that
it failed"
And even though some were
moved by what they saw-they were
the same people who caught pris-
oners escaping from Buchenwald
and returned them to camp"
Bishop Oxman talked with Mar
tin Niemoeller, famous anti-Nazi
German minister who was interned
for eight years. HE told me there
was no hope for any Germans be-
tween the ages of % and 30, except
those who fought the Nazis," the
bishop said However, he held out
hope that those under % could be
made TO see the wrong of the Nazi
doctrines. Those over 80 are like
sheep, he said. who, having been led
80 long. are lost without theil
leaders,"
One specific thing Bishop Oman
urged in the rc-education of the
Germans Is that the American non
differentiation policy be relaxed
The Germans have been filled with
propaganda about how cruel and
cold the Allies are. It is better that
they see American soldiers smiling
Evening star., 1945-06-15

political censorship. Right now, he
said, all restrictions have been lifted
In Europe except on information
concerning movements of troops and
supplies to the Pacific theater and
on new equipment not yet known
to the Japs.
Gen. Allen said he planned to see
Gen. Eisenhower when the latter
arrives in Washington Monday for
a public welcome.
"The general is a great soldier" )"
Gen. Allen said. II don't think the
people here appreciated the magni-
tude Of his work. He had to work
not only with American troops, but
with units of British, French, Bel
gians and many other Allied ma
tions."
Gen. Allen said Gen. Eisenhower
always got along well with the COR
respondents assigned to SHAEF and
that he regarded them as quasi
staff officers.
Gen. and Mrs Allen have four
children: 1t. w. Gordon Allen. who
has just graduated from West Point;
Laura, a student at the College of
New Rochelle IN. "; Mary. who
has just graduated from the George
town Visitation Convent and will
enter New Rochelle in the fall, and
Frank Allen III, a student at the
Hill School, in Pottstown, Pa.
Gen. Allen has been In the Army
since the last war and for q time
served in the War Department Bu-
reau OF Public Relations here.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
William Perkins Dies;
Former Duke LAWYER
BY the Associated Fress,


LYNCHBURG, Va, June 15.-
William r. Perkins, SO, of Rock
Lawn Farm, Bedford County, for
many years attorney for the Duke
interests and senior partner in the
law firm of Perkins, Daniel and
Perkins, in New York, died early
today in Virginia Baptist Hospital.
Mr.. Perkins became personal coun-
sci for James B. Duke and his
brother, Benjamin N. Duke, in 1918
He was vice chairman of the board
OF trustees of the Duke endowment;
was general counsel for American
Cyanamid Co., of which he was a
member of the Executive Committee
of the board of directors.
Following the collapse of the stock
market, he appeared before COM
mittees of the House to expose the
evils OF short selling.
In 1885, collaborating with John
w. Davis and Nathan L. Miller, he
prepared a brief on the unconsti-
tutionality OF the Agricultural Ad-
Justment Acts.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons, William r. Perkins, jr., Lynch
burg, and Thomas L. Perkins, Rye,
N. X; a daughter, Mrs. Clark N.
Barton, Fl Dorado, Ark; and two
sisters, Mrs. Mildred P. Farrar, Dur
ham. N. c., and Mrs. Matte P.
Barnes, Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow in Court Street
Methodist Church and burial will
be in the family plot here.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
W Day TO Bring 90 Pei.
Cut in Army Contracts
By the Associated Press.

by the ASsoclated PreSS.
The Army is ready in the event
of q sudden Japanese surrender to
cut back 90 per cent of its contracts
within 48 hours, Director of Ma
terrell Howard Bruce said today.
At news conference, in which
he reported that Army procurement
will be pared 80 per cent from two
front war levels during the last
eight months of 1945, Mr.. Bruce
said this probably would be the line
up for cutbacks in the case of a
sudden Japanese capitulation:
l. Production of munitions, such
as big guns, ETC., will be halted i'm
2. Contracts for food and subsist-
ence items will be continued, since
the Army must be maintained for a
time.
g.. Contracts probably will be con-
tinued on new products, involving
research and development.
The 80 per cent slash in procure
ment, he said, will amount to
81, loo, ,000, ,0o0-from projected two
front war level of $27, zoo, ,000, 900 to
$21 ,600, ,00O, 900.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
U. 5. Pay Raise
Bill 10 Be Sent
Conference.
Byrd Still Fuvors
Senate Plan for
Computing Overtime

The Federal employees pay raise
bill will be sent to a joint confer
ence committee for settlement of
House and Senate differences, most
important of which is whether over
time shall continue to be figured at
time and one-twelfth instead Of
full time and a half.
This course was decided on at a
closed session of the Senate Civil
Service Committee today, called to
consider the possibility of having
the Senate accept House amend
ments. which would have sent the
bill to the President for signature.
Chairman Downey announced
that several technical details need
ing further study, aside from the
overtime issue, were brought to the
committees attention. Senator
DoWney added that Senator Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia still favored
adherence to the Senate overtime
provision. The full rate of time and
one-half for overtime in the House
bill would apply on the first $4,000
Of salary.
The present overtime at time and
one-twelfth is figured on the first
$4,000 of salary.
In addition to the overtime pro-
vision, both houses have approved
increases in the basic pay of white
collar employees of the Federal Gov
ernment on a sliding scale, which
would average 15.9 per cent. In the
lower brackets the basic increase
would be 20 per cent on salaries up
to $1,000; 10 per cent between 81 200
and $4,000, and per cent on that
POI ton of salaries above $4,000.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
President Decorates
a With Honor Medal

Three Marines and an infantry
man received the Congressional
Medal of. Honor from President
Truman at a White House cere-
mony today.
While proud families looked on
with ranking officers of Army and
Navy, the President gave the Ma
tion's highest award for valor to
Maj. Everett p. Pope, 26, of Wollas-
ton, Mass; 1st 1t. Carlton r. Rouh,
rs, Underwood, N. j., and Pfc.
Luther Scaggs, jr., %, Henderson,
KY, all Marines, and Pfc. Gino j,
Merli, 81, Pockville, Pa, infantry
man.
. The Marines were cited for heroic
deeds in the Pacific. Maj. Pope led
his men in an assault on Pelelieu
Island in September, 1914, when his
group held out with rocks and bare
fists after ammunition ran low.
1t. Rouh was cited for protect
ing two comrades from a Jap gren-
ade by throwing himself over the
missile. His body was pock-marked
by the grenade blast. One steel
fragment passed through his left
lung and lodged near his heart.
Pfc. Scaggs lost a leg in defend
ing a vital position on Guam last
year.
Pfc. Merli repeatedly feigning
death under probing German bay
onets, handled a machine gun with
deadly effect when the Germans
overran; his position during night
battle in Belgium September As.
Evening star., 1945-06-15
Smyfhe Asks Dismissal
In Mass Sedition Case

Edward James Smythe of New
York, a defendant in the mass
sedition case in which a mistrial
was declared last December after
the death of Chief Justice Edward
C. Eicher, who had presided, filed
motion in District Court yesterday
asking that the indictment against
him be dismissed.
The motion declared that under
the Constitution the case has been
finally heard and cannot again be
presented to a trial jury" The mo-
ton also claims that the jury was
dismissed without any legal right.
Smythe filed the motion in his
own behalf.