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Evening star., 1945-11-23
Miss Truman Starts
D. C.-London Plane
On Inaugural Trip

Christened by the Presidents
daughter, an American Airlines
Skymaster took of from National
Airport shortly before noon today
on a fight inaugurating the first
direct commercial air service be-
tween Washington and London.
In presence of her mother and
large group of notables and specta-
tors, Miss Margaret Truman climbed
platform beside the nose of the
big 4-engine transport and swung
a champagne bottle at a steel plate
fastened outside the pilots COM
partment.
After the first and second blows
failed to shatter the ribbon tied
bottle, there was some tension among
those who remembered Mrs. Tru-
mans efforts to break similar bottles
on the noses of Army and Navy
planes last summer. With two
strikes already called on her, how
ever, Miss Truman handed over an
armload of roses to an official,
grasped the bottle-neck by both
hands and took a good, hefty clip.
There followed a gratifying splash
cheered by spectators banking the
nearby observation platforms at the
terminal building. Miss Truman
grimaced as the frothy liquid
sprayed her face and then laughed
with the crowd.
Others participating in the cere-
mony inaugurating weekly round
trips between the two capitals via
Philadelphia, Newfoundland and
Fire included Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee, who
escorted Miss Truman to the plat
form; Oswald Ryan, acting chair
man Of the Civil Aeronautics Board;
Ralph S. Damon, president, and
Charles Speers and Terrell c. Drink
water, vice presidents of the airline.
Representative Randolph said the
new service will stimulate properly
regulated free competition between
airlines, thus insuring rapid prog
ress toward the international realiza-
ton of the importance Of constantly
expanding aviation. Washington feels
proud of the important role it is
playing in this new air age"
American already is flying three
round trips to London from New
York weekly and one from Chicago.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
'WA Names Busch Chief
OF flnferconfinenfaI Division

Frank E. Busch, 3110 Martha Gus
tbs drive, Alexandria, has been
named manager Of Transcontinenta
& Western Airlines' intercontinental
division, it was announced today by
Otis F. Bryan, vice president.
Mr.. Busch has been with TWA
since 1885, when he joined the firm
as co-pilot. He became assistant
manager of the company's four
engine training school in Albuquer-
que, N. Mex, in 1941, and later was
named manager. He has been su-
pervisor Of operations for the inter-
continental division in Washington
for the last several years.
Mr.. Busch succeeds Harold r.
Blackburn, who has been named di-
rector of the Atlantic region Of
TWAS international division.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
|sadore Bieber, Sportsman,
Seriously Hurt in Traffic
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 23.-Isadore
Bieber, prominent New York horse
owner, was in a serious condition
in a Baltimore hospital yesterday
from injuries received when he was
struck bv an automobile Wednesday
night, police reported.
The 55-year-old sportsman suf-
fered a brain conclusion, brain lac
Grafton, and possibly other injuries,
DR.. William H. Mosburg of the Uni
versity Hospital staff said.
Police declared Mr.. Bieber was
knocked down on a busy intersec-
ton.
Bieber's better known animals
racing at Pimlico here include the
fllly BERTHE S. and the handicap per-
former Bright Gallant.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Macarthur Congratu|ates
Eisenhower on New Job
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Gen. Eisenhower, the Army's new
acting chief of staff, yesterday re-
ceived this message of congratula-
ton from Gen. Macarthur at Tokyo:
"Heartiest congratulations, Ike.
We are delighted and all behind
YOU"
Other messages Of felicitation
came from 1t. Gen. Barney M. Giles
of the Army's Strategic Air Force in
the Pacific and 1t. Gen. Robert G.
Richardson, commanding general of
the Middle Pacific.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Individual Sales
Nearing Quotas
choiirmon Warns
Number Of Buyers
Is Disappointing

Sales of all Victory Loan Sc
curities purchasable by individ-
uals, with the exception of i'm
portant Series E bonds, hit 80
per cent of their $15,000,000 Dis
trict quota in yesterdays prog
ress report of the District War
Finance Committee.
Total sales of all Victory Loan
bonds to individuals, including Els,
were $24, 100000, an increase of $780,
600, to 58.1 per cent of the $42, ,0O0,-
900 District quota. The report, ema-
mating from the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond where District
of Columbia sales are processed,
said Series E sales increased $780,
600 to $10,900000 or 40.3 per cent of
the $27 100000 quota.
Despite the fact that totals here
are conforming to the dollar volume
sales pattern, there is no reason to
feel comfortable" about the situa-
tlon, Wilmer j. Waller, chairman of
the committee, said today. He point
ed out that heavy purchases" of
Series E bonds in high denomina-
tions, as well as strong buying of
other securities, were to be credited
chiefly with lifting the total in
dividual sales figures to their pres
ent level
Buyers Below Expectations.
The number of individual buyers
the small denomination purchaser
lis below expectations, Mr.. Waller
said, showing that not enough peo-
pie are participating in the cam
palgn, which ends December g.
Once the saturation point has been
reached in the sale of large-denomi-
nation bonds, progress of the drive
could be impeded seriously if the
little" E Bond buyer falls down on
the job, he declared.
Thousands of persons had visited
the Army Air Forces War Finance
Committee wings of Victory" show
at the Airport yesterday.
The exhibit of combat and utility
aircraft will be held from 10 am. to
5 pm. daily through Sunday in sup
port of the V-Loan. More than
$4,000 in bonds has been, sold to
persons by the Victory Lden cara
van. Those who buy the 5000 ma
turity value Roosevelt Memorial
Bond are entitled to a free ride in
one of five civilian planes loaned for
the purpose.
Inspection of Planes Open.
Other buyers are permitted to in
spect the interior of three large
planes-the Cas- Commando, the
CAT Sky Train and the C-82 FLYING
Box Car. Buyers also are permitted
to inspect the cockpit of a B-29.
Sales of all types of loan securities
In Montgomery County have reached
SSH 1893 towards the countys quota
of $2,500,000, with the drive more
than half over, County Chairman
Fred L. Lutes announced today.
Only IS days are left to make upI
the deficit with the rate of daily
purchase in the past few days ap-
proximately $4,000 per day, Mr..
Lutes said. The purchase rate, the
chairman declared, will have to be
stepped up to $133000 per day
throughout the remainder of the
campaign if the county is to meet
Its quota.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Union Mission Cunteen
To Serve Duck Dinner

To celebrate the Thanksgiving
season q duck dinner will be served
to service men and women who at
tend the Saturday night supper and
religious program at the Central
Union Mission canteen, 613 G street
NV, at 5:45 pm. tomorrow.
A radio Bible quiz program and
the weekly telephone : call : home
contest will follow the dinner.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Dealers Report
Meat as Ample,
Butter Scarce
Continued Shortage
Of Shortcomings and
Oils Predicted

Washington retailers said the end
Of meat rationing finds enough meat
available SO every one will be able
to get approximately what he wants.
The situation was not so favorable
in regard to butter. One chain store
head said stores already have been
rationing their butter supplies
among customers for there was not
as much butter as the consumers
with points wanted to buy.
There was general agreement the
deficiency in hydrogenated shorten
ings and cooking oils would continue
for some time.
Beef and veal have been in ample
supply, but pork has been short, one
dealer said. Some dealers, and par
ticularly hotel and restaurant sup
pliers, doubted there would be
enough top grade steaks and roasts
to meet the demand. The top grades
have been in demand because there
has been more money in circula-
ton, one said.
Action Blessing to Dealers.
Dealers called the end of ration.
ing blessing.
President Paul D. Herman of the
District Grocery Stores. Inc, said
counting, checking and depositing
points occupied the greater proper
ton of the time of or 10 persons
in the organizations Office.
"In addition to that" he said,
each individual storekeeper had to
keep track of the points his store
took in. Frequently it meant work.
ing on Sundays to keep the point
accounts straight"
The representative of one big
packing house said the end of keep
ing track of points was "the biggest
relief we've ever had"
Demand Now Slack.
President Robert M. Hardy Of
Nation Wide Service Grocers, Inc,
said the bookkeeping on points be-
came more difficult after the war
because of the feeling that sacrifices
cheerfully made during the war no
longer were needed.
Rationing ends at time of slack
demand for red meat. Right after
Thanksgiving people are eating cold
turkey and turkey hash. There will
be no big stampede" a dealer said.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
$1,000 6Is Expected
To Debark Today on
East, West Coasts
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
More than $4,000 servicemen are
due at three East Coast ports today
and approximately 5000 troops are
scheduled to debark at four West
Coast harbors.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-Gustavus Victory,
from lie Havre-1,991 trops, in
cluding 776th Tank Destroyer Bat
talon; 3o5th and 5s5th Military Po-
lice Escort Guard Companies; 601st
Armored Ordnance Maintenance
Battalion; 100 men for re-enlist-
ment.
General Stewart, from Calcutta
2,552 troops, including 426 patients;
7O5th Railway Grand Division; 26th
and 758th Railway Shop Battalions;
748th Railway Battalion; 3930th
Quartermaster Truck Company;
171st Training Unit.
Hospital ship J. M. Huddleston
and George Handley, from British
Isles; w. s. Young, william Cush-
ing, Peter Mcclure, John Pillsbury,
all from France; Raymond Stevens,
from Belgium; Henry Middleton,
from Casablanca. and Exhibitor.
from India, 3,518 miscellaneous
troops.
At Boston-William T. Barry, from
Leghorn-629 troops including 92d
Infantry Division units; 317th Medi-
cal Battalion, Company M, 371st In
fantry Battalion; 92d Division Ar
tillery, 5097th Field Artillery Bat
talon.
Exchequer, from Marseilles-1,617
troops, including l93d Field Artillery
Battalion; 91st Evacuation Hospital,
high-score personnel.
Samuel Adams, from Antwerp
628 troops, including elements of
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachment, Hath Quartermaster
Battalion; 33Soth, 3390th, 3391st,
3392d Quartermaster Truck Com
panies.
Belle Isle, from Greenland-146
miscellaneous Army personnel.
At Newport News Blue Ridge
Victory = 1888 troops, including
Company H, 291st Infantry; also
following units Of 289th Infantry
Regiment: Headquarters, Service,
Cannon Companies and 1st Bat
talon.
Robert Toombs, Nicholas Gilman,
Walter Christianson, John Forbes,
Isaac Cole, Lincoln Steffens-1,6 SIT
miscellaneous troops.
At San Diego-Attack transport
Slermont; destroyers Gillespie, Cald-
well, Frazier, Bancroft, Kalk, Bailey;
destroyer escorts Joyce, Camp,
Hurst, Marchand; transport de-
stroyer Register - approximately
2,70o Army, Navy and Marine per-
sonnel.
At Decentralization Adams and
Herald Of the Morning, from Japan
-3,054 miscellaneous troops.
At Seattle Obregon,
Garrison and Sewer, from Pacific
ports-1,77 Army and Navy per-
Sonnel,
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Prospects of Home
Persuade 1000 Men
In Pacific to Re-enIist
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 23-Near-
ly 1000 veterans of Pacific fight
ing, attracted by the prospect of
Immediately returning to the
United States, re-enlisted in the
Regular Army at ceremonies
held In the Octagon Theater
today.
They will receive 30-day fur
loughs on arrival In the United
States.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
6-Year-0Id Boy Killed
when Struck by Auto
AS He Crosses Street

Thomas D. Howard, jr., 6, of 2606
Forty-flrst street NV. son of a
soldier overseas, was killed by an
automobile yesterday while playing
with some children few doors
from his home.
The accident occurred at 3:45
pm, only a short time after the
boy had finished his Thanksgiving
dinner and while he was dashing
across the street to get his mothers
permission to 60 visiting. He either
slipped or fell under an automobile
driven by 1t. Comdr. William A.
Wood, jr, 1929 Benton street NV,
police said, and was run over by the
left wheel of the vehicle.
Before the arrival of Rescue Squad
No. ambulance DR.. I. S. Grissoff, /,
2510 Forty-first street, was called to
the boys home and gave first aid
and artificial respiration. He was
joined by DR.. William White, Walter
Reed Hospital physician, who also
was summoned to the boys home,
and by men from the ambulance on
its arrival. However. artificial res
piration failed although used for
more than an hotr. The boy was
pronounced dead of fractured skull
by DR.. White at SOS pm.
No charges were made against
Comdr. Wood, but he will be called
to. testify at an inquest, the date
for which has not been set.
Comdr. Wood, 25. is slated to be
discharged from the Navy today
after over four years service in
field work for the Bureau of Ord
nance.
Inquiry on Ambulance.
Neighbors told The Star that there
was considerable delay in arrival OF
the ambulance, but Fire Department
records showing that the rescue
SQUAD vehicle was not summoned
until AIS pm, or 81 minutes after
the accident occurred. The records
showed the ambulance was dis
patched Immediately after fire
alarm headquarters received the
call and arrived in normal time
from its station at 1890 Connecticut
avenue NV.
It could not be learned immedi-
ately who summoned the ambulance
but police said they would investi-
gate the matter today, in view Of
allegations made by person who
told The Star the call had been
Cancelled and then reinstated sew
eral times.
Thomas was a neighborhood ia
vorite. HE was one of the smartest
youngsters In the neighborhood,
said Mrs. Grissoff, wife of the
physician who tried to save his life
Tho boys father, Thomas D
Howard, sr., "a, is an Army infantry
man on duty In China. He went
overseas last June and was sew
enth precinct policeman before en-
tering service.
One of Four Children.
Thomas was one of four children
The others are Roy, /; Jimmie, 2
and Sandra, years old.
The death of the Howard boy and
another which occurred last night
in Casualty Hospital brought the
accident fatality total here to sc
deaths for the year. There were
rs deaths at this time last year
and q total of SO deaths in 1914.
Mrs. Annie E. Matthews, 68, COL
ored, 400 block of Seward square
Sc, died of injuries suffered No
vember 4 when an automobile in
which she was riding collided with
a streetcar at Eighth and D streets
NE. Police said the driver Of the
automobile was Sandy o. Sneed, IS,
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Rabbi Metz to Speak
At Services Toniqht

Rabbi Solomon H. Metz will lee
ture on 'The Testament of Nazi
LEADER at religious services at the
Adas Israel Congregation, Sixth and
] streets NV, at o'clock tonight.
Following the lecture, Marcus Co
hen, Washington representative Aof
the American Jewish Committee,
will speak on ''Why Jews Must Be
Liberal" He will lead the forum
following his address.
Evening star., 1945-11-23

that the appellate vacancy 60 either
to Chief Judge George P. Barse Of
Municipal Court or Attorney Frank
H. Myers.
The elevation of Chief Judge
Barse or some other member of the
lower court would necessitate a re-
arrangement in that tribunal and
the bar association made recon-
mendations to cover that. 1t pro-
posed Judge Brice Claggett for chief
judge and submitted the names of
Jacob N. Halper. Cecil r. Hef1in or
Kenneth N. Parkinson for any
vacancy.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Coffee Subsidy Program
Due for Modification

BY the Associated Press.
John Collet, stabilization admin
istrator, disclosed yesterday the
United States will modify its coffee
subsidy program. Payments will be
made to importers only on coffee
purchased and shipped for United
States consumption after last Mon
day.
Evening star., 1945-11-23

Warrant Officer Courtney C.
Hood, 604O Thirteenth place NV,
one of the original officers of the
famed Americal Division, arrived at
Seattle yesterday from Yokohama
with the second contingent of that
division to return home.
Among other District area vet
Grams arriving at East and West
Coast debarkation points are the
following men from this area who
reached Camp Patrick Henry, Va,
yesterday:
1st 1t Robert j. Williams, 17O4 street
nv; s,rs:i ISt Il Glifson E. Davis as l725 Fab H
EeSenth street NV lst It. Thomas
ss4st sobins9n 11s7 po6s sixth street Ne st
NV: Pfc. David Nesmith. 1920 Sixth
9f5 street street sW M Pfc. s9h Alex " a. warSen
800 A street NE Pfc. .Alonza Vaughn, 3O4
i15s Sumner road Sc; N lserst. Roiland
3: Kiehfioe. 5sos N street Sc; Tls JACK
corpl. RAYMOND B: Pearson. 231 Twelfth
place ps ss..aN; Me- Tt5 G Clyde 3. Winegard q
Farragut street \: W.: TIA Percy 3. Mann,
Moore. 1908 Gallaudet Street NE. Tf3
Arthur C. Gould, 1912 Montague street
n1sr. Warren Va earn s1nssx Msss VI Nsxton
Anderson M si5 sfefa Rittenhouse & |s street Hoe NV
NE: sergt. Edward &. Petty. so4 Orleans
P,sse sE iTest pyt MoTTis Bell s2S
3; snallWood. Pfc. John W. Sellers. Pic.
William n; Yates. and s/sergt, Edwin j.
uel W, Tucker, 9I6 queen Street. Alexari-
5AlsTandr4a; a Sssa an md r. LsSSsnss " W Hatch,
Eight Washington men, whose
street addresses are not given, are
scheduled to arrive at New York
today. They are:
8 iSergt.- Clarence E. Brooker. Corpl.
eba THer Ssylor ss eoTp s5eDhen Ps
Woodrow Evans, and Is Henry Paige. w.
Due to reach Boston tomorrow:
Capt, Francis E. Hannah, Capt, Ralph
D., D.; Reed; iaJa, Capt Fpsnk d = Smith TIA Sam
sS5msH SSSnanh 9SsfRh ssfss
M herey sheExHSd Ees pe T4 y:nss ass g Rsn
asrsen. DE- ssrgt; Thomas Jordan. + 4
Adams, jr.. all of Washington. and TIA
OTTO kushmer and TI5 Floyd B. Mayo,
Arriving at Boston today:
TL5 lewis P. Davis, 1881 Georgia ave-
nue. NV: Pfc. Eustace Hunt. 1910 Ninth
svt, clsisnse :. WEilllara. lst It, Hssai Psai
8 s1sergt touis T D. Stevenson; slsergt.
E%gar EbMrstan r. TayDronai aas S.sergt. Clarence
Thomas +, Coles. PFC. James NJ. Simmons. S.
Pvt. Wallace A. Jackson. Pvt. Joseph E.
Newman Pvt. steadman Wyman. S ISergt.
Saamuel Saa Elk. L Curtis, r/2 Willie Burton.
son and s SiSergt. FRANC G. Washington.
al OF washington, and T/5 Herbert Lee,
Alexandria.
Arrived yesterday at Seattle:
TL5 George R. Brown. s45 Seventeenth
street NV; TL5 Thomas Mcfarland. 4O4O
Second street S:W.: Pfc. Earl Davis, 4141
First street S.W., and Pfc. Nicholas Price,
1902 Vermont avenue NV.
lnductees
Evening star., 1945-11-23
RiIeyviIIe Womon Dies;
Accidentally Shot by Son

By the Associated Press.
LUFAY, Va. Nov. 23.-Chief sof
Police Moses said last night that
Mrs. Mabel Huffman died here yes
terday in q hospital after being shot
accidentally by her 13-year-old son.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Governors Mother Dies

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Nov. as
(P1. Mrs. Alice G. Gates, n, mother
OF Gov. Ralph F. Gates Of Indiana,
died tonight at her home here after
q long illness.
Evening star., 1945-11-23

FIRST FREE BOND FLIGHT-MiSS Jeannette Christie of
Arlington Farms the first Roosevelt Memorial Bond
to be given free plane ride the city from the wings of
Victory show at National Airport The pilot of the Piper Cub
Arthur Williams Purchasers of the 5000 maturity value
Roosevelt Bond will be taken flights pm.
today through Saturday. Harris g. Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
lnductees

The following six Washington men
have been ordered to report for in
duction into the armed forces today:
Hayward H. Chappell, Charles C. eager
il, Louis B. Jenkins. Charles b Yoder, ir
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-06
.Bonbers Not
Staying Here

The Army Air Forces disclosed
today that its program for recon-
ditioning war weary planes at the
Willow Run Bomber plant will be
halted Oct. /.
Curtailment Of the program was
announced by officers at the Air
Technical Service Command Head.
quarters at Dayton, o., but they
declined to comment on the future
Of the plane storage contract with
Henry Ford.
Under the program, which was
put into operation recently, planes
were flown directly from European
fields to the Willow Run plant for
reconditioning and storage.
More than 400 planes are being
processed for such storage and they
will be flown from Willow Run to
Altus, Okla. and Albuquerque. N.
NJ, before Oct. for disposal by
the Reconstruction Finance Corpor.
alton, the ATSC said.
They said the 400 are but a
small part Of the number OF planes
flown from Europe by the ATSC
for sale by the RFC.
Termination of the plane recon.
ditioning program came only eight
days after the S,6s5th and last B-24
bomber was turned out at the huge
Ford operated plant.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-06
Nazi Members Paw
For Hitler Ideas

Berlin, July 6-AP-Longer work.
Ing hours, forced labor and less
food than most other Berliners is
the price Nazi party members pay
today for having actively support
ed Hitler's ideas.
The men and women who lived
lives Of luxury and enjoyed the
best that the Reich had to offer
since 1888 must get along now on
the same rations as the lowest Of
five categories into which Berlins
citizens are divided-that OF per.
sons not engaged in a productive
occupation.
For food purposes Berliners are
classified as follows: First, work
ers doing the heaviest labor: sec
ond, ordinary laborers; third, OF.
flee workers; fourth, children;
fifth, Nazis and persons without oc.
cupation.
Those in the fifth class are en-
titled to a daily ration Of 10.5 ounc-
es of bread, or OF meat, 024 Of
fats. LOS Of flour, 0.52 Of sugar and
IL Of potatoes. plus a monthly al
lowance Of 0.SS ounces Of barley
coffee, S.5 Of ersatz coffee, or Of
tea and IA OF salt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-06
Mustangs From Two Jinna
Lash at Tokyo Third Day
.Japs Allowed
to Remove
Wounded

Mustang fighters from Two lima
dashed at Tokyo airfields today for
the third successive day. Japanese
broadcasts reported. 1t was their
most sustained operation against
Japan, now being hit also by the
Fifth Air Force which paved the
way for American reconquest Of the
Philippines.
While American Air Forces were
hammering japan and sinking seven
small vessels around the island,
American naval forces permitted
a japanese hospital ship to evacu-
ate ga wounded Nipponese from
isolated Wake Island
In the only noteworthy ground
action Australian troops completed
the conquest OF Balikpapan. Bor-
neo's leading refinery city. captur-
ed the Manggar bomber field, and
drove over mined and booby.trap-
ped coastal highways toward the
rich Samarinda oil field. Retreat
ing Japanese were following the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-06
y. S. Hangover
Doubled W.C.T.U.
Report Reveals

New York. July 6-INS-Nation-
al WCTU President Mrs. d. Leigh
Colvin presented staggering figures
today TO show that the great Amer
lean hangover has doubled and its
cost more than tripled in the II
years since repeal.
Quoting U. S. Department OF
Commerce tabulations, she cited
the following
From 1894 to 1914 Americans
consumed more than 81 and half
billion gallons OF liquor, wine and
beer, for which they spent more
than a billion dollars.
Annual per capita consumption
jumped from 1858 gallons in 1884
to 2O.4s gallons last year and an
nual consumer expenditures from
two billion dollars to more than
seven billion.
During the 11-year period sale Of
draught beer remained constant at
$50 million gallons annually. But
the flow Of packaged beer to homes
increased from a mere $40 million
gallons in 1884 to a billion and a
| half gallons in 1914.