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Evening star., 1945-02-26
Truck Victim
Dies; Girl Hurt
by Po|iceCar
Two Officers Injured
When Petrol Wagon
And Auto Collide

Robert williams, SIS, colored, 1904
M street NV, died in Emergency
Hospital yesterday of injuries re-
ceived Saturday afternoon when he
was crushed between a truck and a
freight car in the freight yard at
Sixth and c streets S.W.
He was employed by a drayage
company, police said The truck was
operated by William r. Fitzgerald,
80, colored, first block of @ street
NV, according to officers. An in
quest will be held today.
Leila F. Jarnagin, 8, of 1902 Evarts
street NE, received possible skull
fracture yesterday when struck in
front of her home by a police scout
car which was responding to fire
alarm in the same block.
She was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital and her condition today was
reported undetermined. The car
was operated by Policeman Conner
H. Gould, 38, of 1912 Madison street,
Hyattsyille, Md, police said.
Two Policemen Injured.
In another accident yesterday,
two policemen from the first precinct
were injured when patrol wagon
in which they were riding was in
collision with an automobile at
Ninth and E streets NV.
Policeman Norman F. Anna, 81.
Of 31o1 Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
driver of the patrol wagon, was
treated for back injuries at Proyi-
dence Hospital, and Policeman Hor-
ace Henninger, AZ, of 904 Irving
street NE, received treatment for
back injuries and cuts.
Police said Raymond Langston,
%, of 642 F street SW., operated
the automobile. He was charged
with operating without a District
permit, reckless driving and leaving
after colliding. Daniel Rogers CT
466 E street S.W.. named by police
as owner of the automobile, was
charged with permitting an unli-
censed operator to drive his car.
Man Injured by Bus.
oSocC 11CAl4Ss w. VI u I1dllllilOIh
green S.W., was treated at Casualty
Hospital for a back injury received,
police said, when he was dragged 10
feet after his hand became caught
in the door of a bus yesterday. The
accident occurred in the 3l00 block
of Nichols avenue Sc.
Meanwhile Marine Pfc. Carl
Schmidhammer, IS, Quantico, Va,
remained in critical condition today
with possible fractured skull re-
ceived Saturday night when struck
by a streetcar. The accident oc-
CURED at North Capitol street and
Massachusetts avenue He was
taken to Casualty Hospital and later
transferred to the Bethesda Naval
Hospital. The operator of the street.
car was Donald Holt, 35, of BIT T
street NV, police said.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Vice Admiral Jacobs
DAUGHTER Christens Sub

Miss Mary Jane Jacobs, daughter
of Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs,
head Of the Bureau of Navy Per-
sonnel, christened the submarine
Clagamore at its launching yester-
day at Groton Conn.
Admiral and Mrs. Jacobs attended
the ceremonies. Miss Jacobs lives
with her parents in an apartment
at Twenty third and E streets NV,
near Navy headquarters. She is
secretary in a Washington law office.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Roadside Control Bill
Outlook Declared Dark
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 90 Despite
possible compromises by opponents
and sponsors of roadside control
measures, members of the Maryland
Senate Roads and Highways Com
mittee were agreed today that the
proposed legislation had little chance
of passage at this time.
The roadside control bill would
create a Maryland Roadside Com
mission, consisting of three men,
bers. The commission would declare
a protective area" of up to 200 feet
along the States main highways
and regulate the erection of build
ings, use of and Identification OF
this control area.
1t is no secret, however, that most
Senate committee members feel thai
only the most sweeping amendments
could save the bill from rejection.
AS one lawmaker declared, if the
provisions of the bill had been asked
for over a period of years, most OF
them might be law by now. But tc
ask for such powers all at once vir-
tually eliminated its chances.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Convention Limited
To New War Vote Law,
Virginia Court Rules
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.-A
majority vote for the proposed re-
srticted constitutional convention
will legally limit the convention to
the single task of removing bar
riers to new war voters law, the
State Supreme Court of Appeals
ruled today in declaring valid the
1914 referendum act.
The majority opinion, with JUS
tice Henry w. Holt concurring and
Chief Justice Preston w. Campbell
dissenting, was handed down today
a week before the regular opinion
day, to give more time for study
prior to the referendum date of
March g. The written opinions fol-
low the recent announcement of the
6-1 decision by the court upholding
the constitutionality of the act.
"A bare reading of the act" the
ma jority opinion said, will clearly
disclose that it simply submits to the
people the question whether they
wish to have convention possessing
the limited powers which are defined
in the act.
IF they vote in favor of such a
convention, they and not the Legis-
lature will limit the work of the con-
vention and its scope, and the con-
vention to be held will be limited in
its authority to effecting the
amend9nents submitted to and ap-
proved hH the Electors
Evening star., 1945-02-26
$50 Articles Of Clothing
Donated 10 War Relief

More than $50 articles of clothing
were donated to the United Nations
clothing drive yesterday at a tea
given by Mrs. j. G. White at her
home. ,263S Adams Mill road NV.
1t was one of. the first events held
for the drive, which officially opens
April 1.rG .--sss 54s
Most of the clothes were heavy
woolens, Mrs. White said, including
20 sweaters and nearly that many
overcoats. Henry j. Kaiser is chair
man of the drive, the proceeds Of
which will be turned over to the
United Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation Administration for distribu-
tio1
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Mobile Unit to Accept
Blood Gifts at SuitIund

The Red Cross mobile blood donor
unit will accept blood donations
from 9 am. to 1870 pm. March 6 at
the recreation hall of the WAVES
Barracks, 440o Silver Hill road, Suit
land, Md.
Employees of the Census Bureau
and the Navy photographic Office
may make appointments through
their own organizations. Residents
of Suitland may call Mrs. Harry
jenkins, Spruce 0211-J, and Oxon
Hill residents may call Mrs. Robert
Henry, Spruce o196-J.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Libera|ized Liquor Laws
Proposed by WaIIgren
E. the Associated Press.

EE the ASSOC ated Press.
SEATTLE.-Gov. Mon c. Wall
gren and the Democrats have taken
over in Olympia-with consequent
exits by Republicans-but this cap
itol housekeeping is taking second
place in public interest to the new
administrations proposal to LIBERAL
ize the State liquor laws.
Gov. Wangren wants to permit
sales by the drink, under plan SIM
liar to that used in the District of
Columbia, where he was Represen-
tative and Senator for IL years. At
present, only members of licensed
clubs can buy a single drink and
Walgren argues that intoxication
would be reduced if people could buy
less than bottle at time. Liquor
is sold by the bottle at State stores.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Meeting TO Pay Tribute
To MacLeish Toniqht

Arthur S. Flemming, Civil Service
Commissioner, will speak at 8:1s
o'clock tonight at a meeting oi
Library of Congress employees at the
library, honoring Archibald Mac
Leish, former librarian and now
Assistant Secretary of State. The
meeting is sponsored by library
branch of Local l, United Federal
Workers of America tCIO).
Other speakers on the program
are DR.. Luther Evans, acting IL
brarian, and Arthur Stein, national
secretary-treasurer of the United
Federal Workers of America.
The announcement said the meet
ing is open to all Government en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Clues Found
10 Murders
In Parking Lot
Police Questioning
More Acquaintance
Of Two Victims

Police today admitted they were
no closer to a solution of the double
Staying on a parking lot at Four
teenth and N streets NV. than they
were when the bodies of Edward F
Barker, IS, and Pany Casbarian, So,
were found in trailer on Friday
night.
Questioning of acquaintance OF
both victimes was being broadened
in the nope of finding some clue that
would lead to the slayers. Mean
while, additional detectives were
given specific assignments in the
case, although the entire force has
theoretically been working on the
murder since Friday night.
Police working on the double mur-
der over the week end questioned a
number of persons in the vicinity of
the parking lot, but apparently they
were unable to find any new clues
Today they advanced the possibility
that the murders might have been
committed by out-of-town gunmen
who left the city right after the
shootings.
Bodies Found by Woman.
The bodies were found in the
trailer by Miss Adelaide Sturgis, 1850
Rhode Island avenue NV, a friend
Of Mr.. Barker. The trailer was used
as an Office for the Barnes Auto Loan
Co., of which Mr.. Barker was a part
ner with John Barnes, 1925 Cathe-
dral avenue NV. Mr.. Casbarian.
owner of rooming house next to
the used car lot and loan agency,
was a friend of Mr. Barker.
The bodies were found bound in
side the trailer. Each man had two
.25-caliber bullets in his head. Mr.
Barker was gagged with absorbent
cotton and his mouth was sealed
with 1-inch adhesive tape. Earlier,
police had said both men were
gagged. Mr.. Barker's pockets had
been rif1ed, but Mr.. Casbarian's ap-
parently were untouched.
Definite indication that Mr.
Barker was wearing ring which
had been taken from his finger was
disclosed by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald, although police previ-
ously had denied that the victim
wore a ring. Pawn shops in nearby
areas were being watched today and
confidential warnings went out to
secondhand dealers in the District
to be on the lookout for the ring
DR.. Macdonald said there were no
marks to indicate the man also wore
a wrist watch.
Funerals Arranged.
A search of drugstores in the vi
cinity in an effort to trace the source
of the cotton used to gag Mr.. Barker
was unproductive Both the cotton
and the tape, according to the cor
oner, were such as might have been
purchased in any drugstore.
Meanwhile, funeral services for
Mr.. Barker were to be held at 8
pm. today tsatsI the Hines funfra!
home, 2901' Fourteenth Street NV
Burial will be in Rock Greek Gem
etery. "a. rs -c9r. v..-. --r
Services for Mr.. Casbarian will be
held at pm. tomorrow at Hysong' S
funeral home, 1900 N street NV
with burial in Glehwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Virginia Labor Group
Coils Off Stute PurIey
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Feb. ga de-
cision to hold no State convention
unless there is a relaxation of the
Office of Defense Transportation Or
der against conventions by May has
been reached by the Virginia Fed
GRAFTON of Labor Executive Com
mittee which met here yesterday.
William F. Patrick, president
probably will be held over for third
term unless a convention is held.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Police Hunt
Two Drowning
Victims Bodies
Youths Boot
Copsizes in Swollen
Potomac River

Montgomery County and MARYLAND
State police resumed their search
for the bodies of two Dickerson
(Md9 teen age youths who were
drowned yesterday when their boat
capsized in the swollen Potomac
River at the mouth of the Monocacy
above Dickerson.
Police said the boys, David War;
field, 16, and Walter Poole, jr., IA,
both of Dickerson, were drowned
when their small boat capsized after
they had attempted to anchor it in
the swift current. A third occupant
OF the boat, Russell Racnel, "a,
young Poles brother law, swan
to safety, police said.
Rescuers Hampered.
Police and members of the Glen
Echo and Rockville Volunteer Fire
Departments said attempts to locate
the bodies of the two boys were
hampered yesterday by lack of
boat in which they could cope with
the current. The river was about
IL feet above normal there. One
boat, they said, was brought from
down the river, but workers found
it impossible to control.
w. Valentine Wilson, Rockville
fire chief, said the bodies probably
will be located far down stream.
He said there was very little" res
cuers could do yesterday.
Police quoted Mr. Rachel as saying
the trio had rowed out on a fishing
trip and had anchored the boat
when it began to tip. He said young
Poole and Warfeld fell into the
water when they attempted to
counterbalance the boat.
Rachel Swims Ashore.
Police said Mr.. Rachel, who lives
on farm near Dickerson, managed
to swim through the icy water to
the shore about mile downstream,
where he was found by Harry John
son, proprietor of boat yard. They
said Mr.. johnson took the man to
a nearby garage and notified police.
Police said young Warfeld was the
son of Mrs. William E. Warfield, who
lives at the foot of Sugar Loaf
Mountain, near Dickerson. Young
Poole's father lives at Dickerson and
| is employed as an assistant track
foreman with the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad.
Young Poole was a student at the
Poolesville High School. Both Mr..
Rachel and young Warfeld we're
employed at the National Institute
of Health, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Aviotion Bills to Be Topic

A discussion of two new bills deal
ing with aviation. slated to come
before the current session of the
Maryland Legislature will feature a
meeting of the Aero Club of Mary
land at a meeting at 8 pm. tomor-
row at Jesup Blair Community
House. S. j. Solomon, president,
who has just returned from a tour
of the aviation centers on the West
Coast, will preside.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Sad Day in Lives
OF Ambulance Crew
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Every-
thing went wrong one day recently
for Police Ambulance Driver David
Caution and his attendant, Everett
Garrett.
Returning from false alarm, they
were hailed by child and directed
to a nearby house. A woman leaned
out the window and asked for two
loaves OF bread and a dozen dough-
nuts. Explaining that the ambu-
lance wasn't bread truck, the pair
hurried back to the station only to
go out on another false alarm. The
woman reported on a. fire escape
with broken leg, they found, really
was a dog that had been bitten in a
fight.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Dworshok to Address
Alexandria Rotury Club

The Alexandria Rotary Club will
celebrate the 40th anniversary of
the founding of Rotary Interna-
tional with ladies night dinner
dance at the Belle Haven Country
Club tomorrow night.
Charles Henry Mason, club presi-
dent. has announced that Repre-
sentative Dworshak, Republican, of
Idaho will be the principal speaker.
Mr.. Dworshak is former governor of
the Idaho Utah district of Rotary.
The Alexandria club will hold a
round-table discussion at. the Laura
Lee Tea House at 1890 pm. tomor-
row to entertain visiting Rotarians.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Man Drops Dead Chasing
Two Who Had Started Fiqh1

Andrew W. Currier, 40, of Oxon
Hill, Md, died after heart attack
early yesterday as he was chasing
two colored men who had started a
fight at his filling station at Fiji
teenth and Church streets NV,
police said
Mr.. Currier, who had tried to stop
the fight, collapsed on the street
after running a short distance after
the men. He was pronounced dead
On arrival at Casualty Hospital.
The colored men, who were held
pending the autopsy, were released,
police said.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Funeral Rites Set Today
For Harry c. Betson, 81
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
POOLESVILLE, Md, Feb. &c.
Funeral service for Harry C. Bet
son, 54, Poolesville contractor, who
died Friday at Frederick City Hos
pital, will be held at 2 pm. today
from the funeral home of William
B. Hilton, Barnesville. The Rev. C.
A. Michael, pastor of the Poolesville
Methodist Church, will officiate, and
burial will be in Monocacy Gene
terry, Beallsville.
Mr.. Belson is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Sallie Fields Betson;
two daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Key,
Washington, and Miss Frances Bet
son, Poolesville; five sons, Harry c.,
jr.;; Constant W., Edward A., Rob-
ert E. and William C. Betson. all of
Poolesville; sister and three grand
children.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
lsHRstonmiq
&Remiindery@a

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Book 4, red
stamps Q-5 through SIS good
through March 81; stamps T-5
through KS good through April
%; stamps Y-5, Us, Az through
d.. good through June 2. Each
to be validated March and be
good through June 80.
Canned Goods, Esc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS through rs, Az and
B-2 good through March 81;
stamps CO through G-2 good
through April %; stamps H-2
through M-2 good through june
2. Each stamp worth 10 points
Next series to be validated March
and be good through June 80.
Points for Fats-Your meat deale,
will pay two ration points fol
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book 4, sugar stamp "a gooo
for pounds through February 28
Stamp 35 valid for 5 pounds
through June 2.
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March 81
B-5, C-5. B-6 and CO coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely fol
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one. two, three
and four coupons good for 10 gal
ions per unit through heating
year. Period five coupons become
valid March /. Old period foul
and five coupons from last win.
Ter good through year. Consum.
srs In this area should not have
psed more than n per cent OF
their ration as Of today.
Degree days-Total for month. 68l
Total for season to date, $500:
normal for season to date, 3,4OS.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Hobby Saves Tenont
From Custer by Landlord
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY.-A stamp collec-
tor has lived on the ground floor Of
a duplex for several years, but re-
Gently the new owner dropped
around to tell him he would have to
move. The owner wanted the floor
for himself.
Noting the stamps on table, the
landlord announced that he, too.
was collector and the two got
into an interested discussion.
When the landlord got up to go,
he said:
Il can't throw collector out, so
I'll tell the tenant upstairs to move.
instead of you. You've got some
stamps want to trade you out Of"
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Policy Planned
In Price Violations
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Feb. 26. - ViolatorS
of price control regulations in Prince
William County. in cases where the
violation is the first "nonwillful" one
to be reported, will receive a warn
ing and must sign a compliance
agreement, according to Claude E..
Hixson, County Ration Board chair
man.
For repeated nonwillful violations,
the board may impose $25 fine in
each case or may require the seller
to refund the overcharges, which,
ever is greater. Willful violations
will be referred to the district office
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Senator Wiley Will Speak

Senator Wiley, Republican, Of
Wisconsin will address the Mont
lgomery County Republican Wom-
EMS Club at Z pm. Wednesday al
the Bethesda Woman's Club Mrs
John D'Younger, State president OF
the Maryland Federation Of Repub-
|lican Women, will attend. An or
lchestra viii play for dancing.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Doctor 81 Years Old
Practices 66 Years

By the Associated Press.
SPARTA, Ga.-Hancock County
residents pull to the side OF the
road when they see battered REQ
automobile speeding along, but they
don't follow it to see If there is q
| fire.
It's 87-year-old DR.. Horace Dar-
/ den, hurrying to answer call. He
has just paid his dues to the State
Medical Association for another
year-after 66 years of practicine
medicine.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Navy Identifies
n
Twelve Killed in
AirIinerCrash
List Now Complete;
: Navy Chaplain One
Of Officers Included

The Navy Department toda,
Identified 10 Navy and two marin
victims of the American Airline
crash near Marion, Va, early Fri
day, completing the list of II dead
One Army man, two civilians ant
two crew members also died whel
the coast-bound, twin-engined "Mer
curry" plunged into the side of /.
mountain.
Meanwhile, authorities at the Ma,
rion hospital, where the five sur.
vlvors were taken, said all had {
good chance of recovering.
CAB Opens Investigation.
The Civil Aeronautics Bureau hae
an investigation under way at Ma.
rion, where William K. Andrews
chief investigator, planned to ques.
ton the injured The inquiry will be
concluded in New York, where the
plane took off.
The Navy dead include Comdr
John Frederick Robinson of New
York City, who until detached fol
sea duty several weeks ago, was act
ing assistant director of the Chap
lains Division.
The Army man was 1t. Col. Al
fred G. Frampton, Tulsa, Okla, a
member Of the 9th Air Force, who
had been on detached duty at the
ordnance center in Aberdeen, Md
since earlV this month
Others Killed in Crash.
Other dead announced by the
Navy were:
1t. Charles Beal Swift. jr.. Taun-
ton, Mass; 1t. Morgan Linder Ho-
bart, Hollywood, Calf; 1t. q. g.
Roger De Coverly Moore, Coronado,
Calf; 1t. q. g. Harry Fahrney
Young, San Diego, Calf; Ensign
Henry Wagner. New York City; En-
sign John Weston Pabst, San Diego,
Calf; Ensign Thomas Mcclure
Owen, jr., New Haven, Conn; Chief
Pharmacists Mate Edwin Hughes
Read, Augusta, Tex.
Coxswain Joseph James Wahs,
New York City.
Marine Corps personnel:
1t. Luther C. Smith, jr, Houston,
Tex, and Second 1t. Sam Leonard
Davis, Norfolk, Va.
Those injured included Ensign
Leonard Joseph Ricci, Meriden,
Conn; Ensign Fred Lawrence Mid
daugh, Los Angeles, Calf, and 1t.
Erwin w. Schwartz, Syracuse, N. Y,
Two Women Badly Injured.
Two other passengers, Maj. Carlos
Audifred, Mexico City, and Clyde j.
Pinney, Philadelphia, and two crew.
men, Capt. James E. Stroud and
First Officer r. M. Brigham, both
Nashville. also were killed.
Two women, praised because of
their efforts on behalf of the other
survivors in the narrowing. IL hours
before searchers located the. Wrecked
plane, were found on a later exam
1nation to be injured much more
severely than was first repofted
They are the stewardesS, Mrs.
Sarah Padgett, Nashville, Tenn, who
received fractured skull and frac-
tured clavicle, and a passenger, Mrs
Violet Ulen, Washington, who re-
ceived fractured clavicle, injured
pelvis and sprained ankle. Mrs.
Ulen, wife of Navy captain,
tramped barefooted along the DESC
late mountainside for several hours
before she succeeded in notifying a
farmer of the accident.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Navy Pilot Dies in Crush

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 26 (P.-A
Navy land plane crashed Saturday
at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station
at Oceana, Princess Anne County,
killing its pilot. 1t. q. g. John An
thony Burns, 26, of Wynnewood, Pa,
5th Naval District Headquarters
announced Yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Chevy Chase NCTU to Meet

Miss Laura Lindley, research sec
retary for the Anti-Saloon League
of America, will speak at luncheon
meeting of the Chevy Chase Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union at
1890 pm. Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. j. R. Grinstead, 370l Nor
riSon street NV.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Will Discuss Benefit

The Widows and Orphans Home
Association will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow In the Soldiers and Sailors
Home, 921 Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
to discuss plans for . benefit next
imonth.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Washing Machine Stolen

Thieves stole 500 washing ma
chine from the basement of the
residence of William Munger, 1904
Thirty first street Sc, Saturday
night, police were told yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Degree days-Total for month. 6Sl.
Total for season to date, $500:
normal for season to date, 3,408.