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Evening star., 1945-07-08

Tweed on the road to Rockville
When he explained his haste and
the missing license, they said it
sounded all right but they would
have to check with their station
They did. and the desk sergeant
ordered them to bring Mr.. Tweed
in.
Mr.. Tweed was driven back to
the Silver Spring police station in
his car by one of the officers. He
explained all over again to the
sergeant. The sergeant said he
would have to hold the car until
things were Strengthened out.
But the sergeant was also man
of rare understanding. He said ii
would be too bad if Mr.. Tweed s
marriage had to be postponed for
lack of a license. And there wasn't
much time left. Accordingly, he
commanded the two officers who
had brought Mr.. Tweed in, to race
him to Rockville with sirens blow
ing. They got to the courthouse
just before the marriage license
Office closed for the day.
Mr.. Tweed was a radioman with
the naval garrison on Guam when
the japanese attacked and con-
quered the feebly fortified base
soon after Pearl Harbor. He was
one of six men who took to the
bushes rather than surrender to
the japanese.
Last American on Guam.
Within a few weeks he found
himself the sole American sur
vivor on Guam. The other five
men had been captured and killed
by the Japs. For the next two and
a half years, his life became a
deadly game of hide and seek with
the Japs He was in danger every
moment Of the day and night. Some
of the natives helped him, bring
ing food and information. To the
islanders, he became a symbol that
the Americans would one day re-
turn to drive out the enemy.
He was rescued on July 10, 1914
Last September he was awarded
the Legion of Merit by Secretary
of the Navy Forrestal for furnish
ing the attacking naval task force
with vital information about Jap
Notifications.
Mr.. Tweed's adventures were pub
lished recently in the book, Rob
inson Crusoe, U. S. N."-his story
of 81 months on Guam as told to
Blake Clark.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Warrant Officer George R. Tweed
43, Navy radioman, who held out
for 81 narrowing months against
the Japs as the sole American sur
vivor on Guam, was married here
last night to Dolores Kramer, %,
War Department employe, who lives
at 4119 North Henderson road, Ar
lington, Va.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Claude A. Brubaker at the
Little Church in the wildwood. Old
Georgetown road and Grosvenor
lane, Bethesda, Md. Mrs. Tweed
was attended by her sister, Miss
Roselle Kramer Mr.. and Mrs.
Tweed left last night for brief
honeymoon.
Mr.. Tweed now is stationed in
Washington where he is attending
the Navy's radio school and catch
ing up on new wrinkles developed
in radio during the two and half
years he lived hazardous, hermit
like existence on the Jap-held
island.
Mrs. Tweed came to Washington
from her home in Milwaukee, Wis.
three years ago. She is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Kramer of
Milwaukee.
Met At a Dance.
The TweedS first met last fall, not
long after his return to this coun-
try. when both were attending a
dance given by the brides sorority
Lambda Chi.
license very nearly postponed the
wedding. Thursday was the dead
line for getting the license, and
Mr.. Tweed drove out to Upper
only to learn he would
have to get the document in Mont
gomery County. He rushed to Sill
yer Spring because he believed he
could get the license there. At the
police station he was informed he
would have to go to Rockville, about
Is miles away, and that he had less
than half an hour to get there.
He dashed out of the police sta
ton so fast that he attracked the at
tention of two officers standing at
the door. To complicate things
further, his car does not bear Ii
cense tags, owing to some red tape
delay in getting the tags from Cali
fornia, where he bought the car a
few weeks ago.
So the police officers hoped into
their own car and overlook Mr.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
8 More D. 6. Area Men
Get Army DISCHARGES

Five more District area men have
been given honorable discharges
from the Army at the Fort Dix IN.
j. separation center, the Army an
nounced yesterday. A sixth Wash
ington man, Pfc. Robert w. Miller,
1908 UpShur street NV, was re-
leased from the Army through the
separation center at the Indiantown
Gap (Pa. Military Reservation.
The five men released at Fort Dix
are First 1t. Elmer j. Jost, 1924 La
mont street NV; T/5 Raymond H
Anderson, 6506 Potomac drive
Brookmont, Md; Sergt. John F.
Miller, 203-A P street NV; S/Sergt
Louis L. Oddenino, 4533 Iowa ave-
nue. NV, and T/Sergt. Eddie Win
ston, 346 I street S.W.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
0'Conor Asks Truman
To Help Baltimore
Get PAA Airbase
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
BALTIMORE, July Gov
O'Conor today sought presidential
intervention in efforts to have the
Civil Aeronautics Board reconsider
its rejection of a Pan American Air
ways request for Baltimore as a
trans Atlantic base.
In telegram to President Tru-
man, the Governor, whose action
climaxed a series of protests by State
and city aviation commissions and
members of the Maryland congress
sional delegation, declared that the
State was Shocked by the refusal
of the board.
Every factor involved in such a
consideration, geographical loca-
tion, territory served, weather, COM
bine to place Baltimore in a unique
position for trans Atlantic service, ~
Mr.. O'Conor told the President. Il
respectfully urge your assistance in
having the matter reopened and
Baltimore's advantages reconsid-
cred"
POrteStS Also 10 CAB.
Gov. O'Conor, who has just re-
turned from the Governors Con-
ference at Mackinac Island, said his
request TO the President was being
followed up with a similar repre-
sentation to the chairman of the
CAB.
He said he had discussed some
weeks ago with a representative of
the Pan American Airways its plans
for establishing Baltimore as a ma
jor base and said he believed ''in its
sincere desire to do so"
The refusal of the Civil Aero
nautics Board to approve Balti-
more as a transoceanic terminal,
Notwithstanding the desire of air.
lines to fly to Baltimore, tends to
destroy the natural economic posi-
tion of this great city: in fact, of
the entire State of Maryland. It is a
refusal that cannot be justified by
consideration Of all factors in
volved," he declared.
Meanwhile, Senator Radcliffe,
Democrat, of Maryland said that l..
Welsh Pogue, chairman of the CAB,
had told him the board would be
very glad to go into the matter
again"
Tydings Joins Fight.
A Pan American official in New
York stated today that Baltimore
was "one of the few cities on the
East Coast which has land and sea
plane facilities" He added that the
company had 80 days in which to
file an objection to CABS decision
but was unable to state definitely
whether such action would be taken.
Besides Gov. O'Conor and Senator
Radcliffe, protests were entered by
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland; the Baltimore ASsocia-
ton Of Commerce and the Maryland
State Aviation Commission.
Senator Tydings said he did not
believe the CAB is justified by
law or by the facts to injure a great
city's future or to arbitrarily dis
count its great advantages when the
airlines themselves state it is the
most desirable port to USE"
Evening star., 1945-07-08

fighters knocked down four Japs and
drove off Is. Six got through to the
destroyer, but did not damage it
enough to sink it. The vessel not
only remained af1oat after the at
tacks but made her way to safety
and repair.
Lit. Rieman, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin M. Rieman, 1928
Thirty-seventh place, is now at
home. He was born in Washington,
attended Gonzaga High School,
graduated from Mckinley Technical
High School and had year at the
University of Maryland before en-
tering the Navy three years ago. He
trarned at Corpus Christi, Tex, and
Miami before going to the Pacific.
He officially is credited with shoot
ing down two Japanese planes.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Capital to Get PortioI View
Of Eclipse Tomorrow Morning

hundreds of astronomers are ar
irving in the area of totality to OBJ
serve the eclipse. Astronomers
from Franklin Institute and the
University of Pennsylvania will
descibe it in broadcast from VOL
seley, Saskatchewan, between 8:o5
and 8:25 am. over Station WWDC.
Astronomers at the Naval OBJ
servatory here explain that the best
time to study the composition of
the sun is during an eclipse when
the moon blocks out the most
dazzling rays.
The astronomers will use spec
trographs to photograph and meas
ure the rays. But for viewing 1t, a,
piece Of smoked glass still is as
good as anything" they say.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
HouseSet foAct
On Teacher Paw
Bill Tomorrow
Randolph Hopes for
Immediate Passage;
Low Salaries Hit

The House tomorrow will take up
the District teachers pay bill ano
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee hopes" for i'm
mediate passage.
The District Committee, in its IA
vorable report on the measure,
stressed testimony of school officials
that the large turnover of teachers
since 1910 is due to low salaries. Rob-
ert L. Haycock, superintendent of
schools, believes this turnover alone
is justification for passing the bill,
the committee reported. Only 1876
teachers left the service in 1889,
compared to 432 last year.
The committees report, released
yesterday added that more than a
score of cities comparable to WASH
ington have increased salaries since
the District last fixed its rates in
1924. In several instances the SAL
aries paid here are now among the
lowest, the committee said.
Grants S40O Raise.
The measure will give all perma-
nent employees next year at least $400
more than their present base pay.
This is 500 over the $500 temporary
bonus which expired June 80 but
which will become permanent under
the present bill.
Elementary. school teachers-48
rer cent of tie total teaching staff
receive particular attention under
e bill, the committee pointed out.
leir basic pay raise from the pres
It l,400 to 81 300 is the largest
sic raise given teachers.
Ninety per cent of the increases
to teachers. The remaining 10
cent is distributed among super
Dry officers, the committee indi-
ed.
The average maximum grade in
eases provided by the bill are:
ementary teachers, $700; Junior
I'd senior high school teachers,
500; elementary principals, 1888;
lnior and senior high school prin-
pals, $1,000; assistant, associate
I'd deputy superintendents, $2,150,
md the superintendent, $4,000.
Teacher Tenure Safeguarded.
Teacher tenure, educational
We and other employe rights are
feguarded under the legislation,
was reported.
The additional cost of the in
orcases will be 81 1926, 700 next year
2l3,90o for teachers and $112,-
y for officers. This is an increase
$3.50, 100 over the estimated cost
the temporary bonus. In about
years the annual advancements
divided in the bill will have in
eased the overall costs to $2,701,-
20.
Chairman Bilbo of the Senate
district Committee has indicated
will ask his group to consider
ne measure as soon as possible
fter the House acts. He will con-
der the four House hearings
2ther than holding new ones, he
ldicated.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Arlington Board
Speeds Vote
On Playground
To Settle Cherrydole
Issue in z Weeks;
Small Cote Planned

Settlement of the controversy
over the location of the county
playground to serve the Cherrydale
area yesterday was speeded by the
Arlington County Board, which
voted to act on the matter at its
next meeting in two weeks.
Moved by Edmund D. Campbell,
County Board representative on the
Playground Committee, the boards
action followed report by william
P. Groom, jr., county planning en-
gineer, in which he recommended a
smaller entrance from North Twen-
ty-third street in the playground
site.
In his report, Mr. Groom submitted
a sketch showing proposed 60-foot
entrance which, he said, will en-
croach very little if any on the cul-
tivated portion" Of the property be-
longing to Misses Adelaide r. and
Dora H. Trent and Mrs. Walter S.
Gray, on North Lorcum lane. These
three residents, with numerous
other property owners of the area.
petitioned against the location Of
the playground. In their protest.
the petitioners claimed it would
depreciate the value of their prop
erty.
Fourth Location.
BY narrowing the entrance, Mr..
Croom's report said, the Trent prop
erty will have a lot fronting on
North Twenty-third street for ap-
proximately 10 feet, with depth Of
145 feet and lot area OF 5000
square feet, which is 5000 square
feet in excess of the area required
by the county zoning ordinance for
this district.
Acquisition of this site will make
the fourth county playground loca-
ton purchase under a $150,000 bond
issue voted in the 1943 general elec-
ton. In addition to Mr.. Campbell.
members of the Playground Com
mittee are County Manager Frank
c. Hanrahan, Commonwealth's At
torney Lawrence W. Douglas, School
Superintendent Fletcher Kemp and
a member of the School Board.
Vote Ration Board FuHd.
In another report to the County
Board, C. L. Kinnier, county engi-
neer, said street light installations
have been ordered at the following
locations:
South Pierce street at Thirteenth;
South Thirteenth street, east of
Pierce street; intersection of South
Pierce and Fourteenth streets; South
Poe and Fourteenth streets, and
South Queen and Fourteenth streets.
The board also voted $500 ap-
preparation to be used for clerical
help for the County Ration Board.
Mrs. Elizabeth Magruder declined to
act on this matter. stating, 1--WE have
so many complaints about the un-
gracious conduct of paid help at the
ration board that I Spn't feel like
voting it. There's no excuse for
discourtesy anywhere. I think we
should weed out discourteouS per-
sons in any job"
Other actionsg of the board IN
cluded reappointing Col. Christie
pher B. Garnett to four-year term
on the County Planning Canmis-
sion. hearing a complaint registered
by Franklin P. Suter of 42l5 North
Fifteenth street concerning storm
water destroying his yard and ap-
proving expenditures for the last
two weeks amounting to $40, ,078.28,
including a payroll of $34, 4,425.45.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

washington residents who look
at the sun through smoked glass
between 7:05 and 1858 am. tomor-
row will have a partial view of the
first total eclipse visible in this
country since 1882.
The eclipse will reach maximum
of 56 per cent here at 7:59 an,
the Navy Department reports. In
Idaho and Montana, it will be total.
There won't be another total
eclipse of the sun visible on this
continent until 1854.
The direct path of totality starts
near Boise. Idaho, swings across
Canada and ends in Russian Turke-
stan.
The Associated Press reports
Evening star., 1945-07-08
,tter Care Of Ration Books
jrqed on Alexandra Public

A plea to the public to take better
care of their ration books was made
:. ast night by Mrs. Julia Hennage,
hartman of the food panel of the
.llexandria Ration Board, who stated
nat during the last week of June
'le board received 113 applications
} replace lost food ration books.
Adding that good reasons were
scented in only 10 cases, Mrs. Hen
ge announced that in the future
: panel will interview personally
persons who apply for replace
2nts for lost books.
Mrs. Hennage, who was recently
pointed chairman of the food
mel after serving as chief food
erk for two and half years and
panel volunteer member since
n resignation last Novembe" said
at the board is not trying to AXE
'ything away from persons who
ie their books and realize the
robustness of living for any pro-
lcted period without ration book,
It is only trying to curb care
'SneSS.
She said that few people realize
at there must be reallocation of
I'd when a new book is issued and
at, because of the food rationing
ogram, the panel must be. con-
lced q loss is genuine before a
rlacement can be made.
The recent addition to the food
'lel of Randall j. Hicks, owner of
Beverly Plaza Food Market, was
'nounced.
Other panel members are Charles
( iagle, manager of the George Ma
son Hotel; Julian Chauncey, local
food store owner; w. w. Cunning
ham, veteran ration board volunteer,
and Rudolph Schreiner who has
charge of ration banking at the
Citizens National Bank.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Virginia 0.k.s
Group Health
Insurance Plan
5-Yeor Fight Ends;
$50 Doctors Agree
To Participate
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, July IA five
year campaign led by members of
the Virginia Medical Society was
climaxed today when the State Cor
poration Commission granted au-
thority to the Virginia Medical
Service Association to offer and
sell group contracts for medical,
surgical and obstetrical service.
Nearly $50 doctors throughout the
State, including doctors practicing
in Alexandria and Arlington County,
have agreed to participate in the
program.
The sec order provides for the
establishment of method of group
medicine whereby persons in the
middle-income brackets may obtain
medical attention and surgical treat
ment through the payment of
monthly sums on a contract basis.
The Virginia Hospital Service
Association, sponsors of the Blue
Cross plan of disqualification con-
tracts, will be the agency through
which the new plan will be admin
iStered.
Plan Lists Payments.
Under terms of the order the
Medical Service Association may
offer its services on contracts call
ing for payments of IS cents per
month by single persons, 50 a month
for husband and wife, 50 a month
for family and $1.50 for the wife
of man in service. The rates in
Guide maternity care after 10
months.
Richmond reported that 81 physi-
clans and surgeons will participate
in the program. Other localities
where doctors will participate in
clude Covington, Clifton Forge,
Danville, Martinsville, Franklin,
Fredericksburg, Front Royal, War
renton, Leesburg, Staunton. Hope
well, Lynchburg, Newport News,
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Waynesboro,
Harrisonburg, Suffolk, Williams
burg and Winchester.
The sec reserves the authority to
change, curtail or rearrange the
area or territory to be covered
should it be deemed in the public
interest to do SO.
Describes Doctors Pay.
If the physician is a participating
surgeon, that surgeon will perform
the operation and will be reim-
bursed to the extent of S75 by the
Virginia Medical Service Associa-
ton. If the patient is in a certain
income bracket, this S75-paid by
the association-will represent his
entire bill. If the patient is in a
high income bracket, the doctor
may bill him directly for the diff
ference between the $75 allowed by
the association and the normal fee
of, say, $3.50, charged for patients
in this income bracket.
If the physician is not a partici-
pating surgeon, he will be reim-
bursed to the extent allowable un-
der the contract. This provision
was set up by the Virginia Medi-
cal Society to- protect the free
choice of physician by a patient.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Gen. Norstod Appointed
To AAF Stuff Post

BY the Associated Press.
The Army Air Forces announced
yesterday that Maj. Gen. Lauris
Norstad, chief of staff of the Goth
(Super Fortress) Air Force, has been
named assistant chief of the AAF
air staff.
He will retain his position with
the Goth Air Force while headquar-
tiers of the Goth are being moved
to the Pacific.
Gen. Norstad, 38, is a native of
Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Caribbean Workers
End Salisbury Strike
BY the Associated Press.

SALISBURY, Md, July t. The
strike of approximately 800 Barba-
dians at the Phillips Food Process
ing plant ended today with part Of
the workers returning to their jobs
while the others indicated they also
would go back.
The natives, who had been idle
at the company barracks since Mon
day in a dispute over pay deduc-
tions, agreed to return to their jobs
following a decision of company
and three British liaison officers to
send about so of the natives back
to Barbados, island In the Carib-
bean Sea.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Arlington USES Office
Announces New Hours

The United States Employment
Service Office at 3176 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington, now is open from
$3.50 am. to 1890 pm. each Satur-
day. Monday through Friday Office
hours are $3.50 am. to pm.
Mrs. Ruth Gardner Denham, with
USES in Virginia since 1886, will be
in charge of the Arlington office
during July, it also was announced.
William DuVal, head Of the county
Office, is on a months leave of
absence.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
w. S. Kinq to Speak

w. S. King, social security repre-
sentative in Alexandria, will be the
guest speaker at the luncheon meet
ing of the Alexandria Rotary Club
Tuesday at the George Mason Hotel.
Mr.. King will discuss the benefits of
social security and will conduct a
question and answer program.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
| Arlington Farms
| Nearby Double
| hFiye Years

The, number of farms in Arlington
County-a part Of the Washington
suburban area-has nearly doubled
during the last five years, according
10 Richard B. Gossom, Second Vir-
ginia Farm Census District super
visor.
Mr.. Gosson revealed that the
county now has so farms averaging
1873 acres, as compared to 1910 when
there were ~ farms averaging 1872
acres.
The total farm acreages has in
creased by two during this period,
Mr.. Gossom said, there being 898
acres in farms now as compared to
BOG five years ago.
Ten years ago, he said, the county
had IS farms totaling 1902 acres.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
; District Area Men
Arrive From Europe

Three Washington area soldiers
we're among a group of nearly 5000
who arrived at Camp Patrick Henry,
Va, from Europe yesterday, accord
ing to the Associated Press.
They we're 1t. John G. Morgan,
Falls Church; TI5 George Cooper
Fairfax; and Pfc. Lawrence E. Har-
riSon ARLINGTON
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-02
HO,o They Stand
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tdmes ucUIIlu ItAutI.
Fridays Results
Boston s. Detroit 4.
New York 2, Cleveland 3
Chicago II, Washington 8 III in
nings).
st. Louis 4, Philadelphia 0.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-02
Calendar of
Commencement

June 3-Lincoln Baccalaureate
Services. $50 p. m. EWT.,
Gymnasium; Speaker. Rev.
Fred Cowan. Christian
Church, Ann Arbor.
Normal - Baccalaureate Ser.
vices. 3 p. m. CWT. Pease
Auditorium: Speaker. Presi.
dent Roy w. Hamilton, Alma
College.
-Baccalaureate Ser
vices, 1900. CWT. Baptist
Church; Speaker, Rev. Ray
mon Burns Bair.
JuLe 5-Lincoln--Class day Exer-
cises; Current Events Dur
ing School Life.
June 6-Roosevelt-Class Day Ex-
ercises.
June 7-Lincoln-Commencement
Exercises, $3.50 EWT, gym
nasium; Speaker, Col. owen
J. Cleary, president of Cleary
College.
June S-Roosevelt Commence
ment Exercises. 1900 CWT:
Speaker. A. A. Riddering.
superintendent. Melvindale
School.
June acknowledgements
Exercises, $500 p. m. CWT;
Pease Auditorium; speaker,
President Munson.
June 10-Ypsilanti High School
Baccalaureate Services. 100
EWT, Methodist Church;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-02
SEMI MEMBERSHIP

Grand Rapids. Mich.-The Grand
Rapids Crackpot Club today ex-
tended Sen. Robert Taft. (R-Ohio)
a life membership in the club for
his stand against compulsory mill
itary training. However, there
we're reservations. Offered former
Marine Corporal Robert (Buzz)
Barnes. a club member who lost
a leg on Saipan: IF the good SEN
ator can think Of a direct-mail cor
respondence course which will
teach young Americans how to de-
fend the nation against 5000 mile
bombers and future scientific wea-
pons of war, we will be very happy
TO cancel his membership.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-02
KEEP YOUR MEMORY KEEN

A GOOD memory is useful for
many more purposes at the bridge
table than merely recalling all the
cards that have been played and
all the bids that have been made.
II can be tremendously valuable In
tipping you OF TO the character
isties Of your partners and oppo-
nents. Merely recalling a chance
remark. made by some player at =
previous session. can give you a
esee-ss p his methods and some
times guide you in thwarting his
schemes to trip you.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-02
NO PRODUCE

Kalamazoo, Mich Kalamazoo
municipal market opened today for
the second day without any pro-
duce to SELL. Municipal market
master Elmer Flke blamed the
weather for the lack Of offerings.
He said paintings in the last six
weeks have been delayed far be-
yond normal planting time in many
cases and that many crops growth
has been severely damaged by
frosts.