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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Poraenutes Of Paper
Find Peucetime Uses

MALMO, Sweden.-Paper para
chutes, costing only e-hundredth
as much as silk parachutes of the
same size, are finding many new
uses. They were developed here two
years ago. They are made of strong
paper, have cords of paper yarn anc
can support load up to 1872 pounds
They are adapted to distributing al,
mail, unbreakable merchandise anc
newspapers and have been used sue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10

lard and his outfit boarded a shir
bound for Japan.
Next morning, on deck, there was
|Rico-seasick, but PRESENT.
Rico now wears a set Of o. D.!
made by Japanese tailor, and a sci
of campaign ribbons identical with
billiards.. And he takes his inocu.
lations-in half-sized shots-alone
with the rest of the GIs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
Group Housing Coop
Will Meet Wednesday

Sites for housing project to be
sponsored by Group Housing Co.
Operative, Inc, will be discussed at a
meeting of the organization to be
held at pm. Wednesday at Friends
Meeting House, 2111 Florida avenue
NV.
John Johansen, architect, will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10

discuss several potential sites which
he has studied. The cooperative is
planning community from 300 to
1000 units, including different types
OF homes, apartments, stores and a
theater. Mrs. Mary Fox Herring,
president of the corporation, will
preside.
The cooperative has been in ex-
istence for two years, officials said,
and now is prepared to pick a site
for the development. At last half
dozen potential locations are being
considered, they said.
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Filipino Orphan Who Adopted
Yunk May Get to u.s.. Farm

over to friendly military police and
waved fearful good-by as the
Army caravan pulled out. Rice
stood beside the road, crying Bit
terly.
But when billiard reached white
Beach," there was Rico!
A few days later, the boy disap.
peared-and on September %, Dill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
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A Roosevelt Memorial Bond is be-
ing offered for sale in the Victory
Drive. This bond sells for $50 and
natures at $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-10
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Evening star., 1945-10-23
Gillespie Convicted
OF AssauIting Child

William A. Gillespie, 80, account
ant for the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, was found guilty late yester-
day by Municipal Court fury of
throwing a 7-year-old girl to the
ground July Is after she fought with
his own 5-year-old daughter.
The date for sentencing was not
set by Judge Thomas D. Quinn,
pending the filing of motion for a
new trial as indicated by Gillespie's S
counsel.
DR.. Francis C. Altman of Provi-
dence Hospital testified that X-rays
taken day after the assault in
dicated that the complaining wit
ness, Ashley Hill of "a Chesapeake
street S.W., suffered an inch frac-
ture of the skull
Gillespie said that Ashley struck
his daughter, Joyce, in trying to get
the younger child out of the way as
she roller skated past his apartment
at Chesapeake street S.W. He said
he then caught up his child and
pushed Ashley aside, after which the
child rolled backward and fell on
the grass.
Government witnesses previously
had asserted that Gillespie slam
med" the child to the ground. As
sistant United States Attorney Will
liam s, Mckinley prosecuted the
case
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Richmond B. keech Takes
Oath as Truman Aide

Richmond B. Keech, former Dis
trict corporation counsel, was sworn
in today as one of President Tru-
mans six administrative assistants
and was succeeded as corporation
counsel at the District Building by
Vernon West, former assistant COR
poration counsel. Chester H. Gray,
who has been in District service
since 1928, succeeded Mr.. West.
The ceremony elevating Mr..
Keech took place in the cabinet
room in the presence of the White
House staff. The oath was admin
istered by Frank Sanderson, chief
of accounts.
Mr.. Keech will serve as secretary
to the Board of Medal for Merit
Awards, which confers this decora-
ton on civilians. His other duties
as administrative assistant have not
yet been defined, it was said at the
White House.
Mr.. Keech, a, native Washingto-
nian, served as corporation counsel
for five years.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Phone Wage Hearings
Closed !; Decision
Due by December

Hearings on a wage dispute be-
tween 1900 service and clerical en-
pleyes and the Chesapeake g. Po-
tomac Telephone Co. closed today
before the War Labor Boards Tele-
phone Commission.
Participants were given 20 days
to provide additional information
on the present work of the clerical
employees for whom the union is
demanding upward Redistribution
Henry Meyer, co-chairman of the
board, presided today while both
sides summed up their arguments.
Pearce Davis, chairman of the
telephone commission, yesterday
promised, after an all-day hearing
in the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Building, that the WLB
commission would arrive at a recon-
mendation by December.
Recommendations" will be issued,
Mr.. Pearce explained, rather than
an order, in line with WLB policy to
stop appeals so that the board can
terminate its work by January /.
William G. Gassaway, company
counsel, presented arguments to
show the unions demand for IS
weekly increase for accounting
commercial, engineering and plant
craftsmen, and 81 for certain cler-
ical employees was unjustified on the
basis of wages for comparable
trades.
Referring to the unions conten-
tion that periodical increase sched-
ules should be changed to allow pro-
gressive raises after shorter length
of service, company counsel said:
The union is attempting to play
both ends against the middle and
get as much money as possible"
Also at issue are classification of
workers, maintenance of member
ship and the effective date of the
contract, which the union contends
should be retroactive to April l, date
of the contracts expiration. Much
of the testimony dealt with TECH
nical phases Of comparative wage
rates and data dealing with worker
classification.
Affected by the wage dispute are
2,250 OF the firms $500 employees.
The remainder are represented by
another union. It was explained.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Teamsfers and Truckers
MAY Continue Talks TODAY

Representatives of the teamsters
and the trucking companies probab-
ly will meet again today with Labor
Department conciliators who are
trying to settle a wage dispute that
threatens a strike in Washington.
Howard T. Colvin of the Concil-
iation Service said no conclusions
were reached at meeting yester-
day. Well probably talk to them
again today he said. Asked if there
was hope Of averting strike, he
answered, there's always hope"
Present yesterday were A. w.
Stream, president of Local 639 of
the AFL Teamsters' International
Union, and Thomas P. O'Brien, in
ternational representative of the
union. Joseph c. McGarraghy, at
torney, represented the trucking
companies.
The teamsters have twice voted
authorization of a strike but no date
has been set. Three hundred drivers
and helpers employed by IA COM
panieS are involved.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Seventy-two Members
Of District Bar Sworn In

Seventy-two persons who recently
passed the District Bar examina-
tions, were sworn In yesterday at a
general term session in District
Court.
Chief Justice Bolitna j. Laws of
District Court, in talk to the new
attorneys. spoke Of the responsible
ties and obligations of lawyers to
keep the profession on high plane.
The oath was administered by
Deputy Clerk Harry M. Hull, after
the candidates had been presented
by Attorney Walter G. Clephane.
chairman Of the Committee on Ad-
missions and Grievances.
The ceremony was in line with
plan recently adopted at general
term session of the court to have
more elaborate and impressive cere-
mony in open court for swearing in
new members Of the bar. Yesterday
marked the first time in more than
Is years that such a ceremony was
held, it was said.
Besides Chief Justice Laws, other
justices present included Justice
Henry A. Schweinhaut. David A.
Pine and T. Alan Goldsborough.
n
Evening star., 1945-10-23

said that Mr.. Lurton, retired In
terstate Commerce Commission en-
ploye. prefers his wife's two-layer
white cake to the twice-victorious
angel food.
The five cabinet wives did not
try to taste all 200 cakes. Assisted
by some food and radio editors
from newspapers, they divided up
the cakes, laid on long tables in
the Earle Building. Among those
who tasted about 20 cakes apiece
were Mrs. James Byrnes, wife OF
the Secretary OF State; Mrs. Clinton
Anderson, wife of the Secretary OF
Agriculture; Mrs. Tom Clark, wife
Of the Attorney General and Mrs.
Robert Hannegan, wife of the POST
master General.
Runners up with Baker Belzer for
second prizes were Mrs. Lena Day,
631 Longfellow street NV; Mrs.
william Pitt Ewell, 1924 Gunston
road NV; Mrs. Jerry Maiatico, 33o8
Sixteenth street NV, and Mrs.
w II. Seaquist, 2lo Rittenhouse
street NV.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
3OO-Foot TeIeyision Tower
10 Be Asked in Rehearinu

The battle to locate a television
tower in the residential area at
Thirty-ninth and Fessenden streets
NV, will be resumed today when
Attorney Harry s. Wender of Bam-
berger Broadcasting Services, Inc.
goes before the Board of Zoning
Adjustment to ask for a rehearing
The board has already given tenta-
tive approval for a 200-foot tower
on the proposed site, but Mr.. Wender
said he would ask reconsideration Of
a 300-foot tower because the board
approved height will not meet Fed
eral standards.
Mr.. Wender will cite Federal
Communications Commission ruling
which, he said, provides tower
height must be minimum Of 500
feet above the average level OF the
surrounding terrain.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Veterans Unit Takes
Emergency Steps 10
Aid Marine S Widow

The Veterans Administration to-
day took emergency action to speed
pension and insurance payments to
Mrs. Anna Degges, a Marine pri-
Yates widow, whose plight was re-
vealed in The Sunday Star.
Mrs. Degges. whose husband died
August % on Okinawa, leaving five
small sons, said she had filled out
the necessary pension forms twice
but the Veterans Administration
was unable to find any record of her
claims.
A contact representative of the
Veterans Administration was sent
to 630l Eastern avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, today to help Mrs. Degges
fill out the forms again. This time
a Veterans Administration spokes-
man said, the forms will be SUBJ
mitted Immediately and should be
cleared for payments within few
days.
The Veterans Administration ear
lier had asked its New York Of
flee to search the files to find out
why the Degges case had not been
processed. After a preliminary re-
port from New York that no trace
of the files could be found it was
decided that it would be better to
have the forms duplicated than to
delay the processing longer.
A spokesman for the agency said
the Veterans Administration had
been notified of Pvt. Degges' death
on October and had sent out the
pension forns to Mrs. Degges on
October 10, but had no record that
Mrs. Degges had returned the
forms.
When the payments start Mrs
Degges will get 500 in pension and
approximately $40 in insurance
each month. While her husband
was alive she was getting an allCt-
ment of $160 a month.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Grandmother Cake Wins Prize
After Tosting by Cabinet Wives

Five cabinet wives divided the
tasting Of 200 cakes yesterday when
Station WTOP marked its 18th an
niversary with a baking contest.
Mrs. Horace H. Lurton, jr., a
grandmother who has been baking
a long time, was awarded the first
prize of $50 for an angel food cake
with white icing, topped by pink
roses. Mrs. Lurton's cake was de-
scribed as perfection" by Mrs.
Robert Patterson. wife of the Secre-
tary of War.
Among the five winners Of second
prizes of SO was a baker, first class
from the Anacostia Naval Receiv-
ing Station, Albert Belzer of Phila-
delphia. The sailor baked a three
layer white cake, with fresh. flowers
perched in an icing basket on top.
The surprised judges found after
the contest that Mrs. Lurton won
second prize last year with the same
type Of angel cake. Mrs. Lurton's s
family, who live at 2l29 Florida ave-
nue. NV. were surprised, too. Her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas johnson.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Restaurant Man Held
In Fatal Stabbing Of
Chief Petty Officer

Mills Edmonds, 80, of 8l4 L street
NV, manager of the White Tower
Restaurant, at 1920 Fourteenth
street NV, today is awaiting grand
jury action in connection with the
fatal stabbing early Sunday of
Navy chief mineman, William Davis
Brock, 81, during a scuff1e in the all
night lunchroom.
Edmonds was ordered held after
a coroner's inquest yesterday, dur
ing which witnesses testified they
saw him swing at Mr. Brooks throat
with a knife. Mr.. Brock was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at Emer-
gency Hospital, and Deputy Coroner
Richard Rosenberg testified the
cause Of death was a knife slash
across the throat.
Among the witnesses was Dorothy
Kelly of the 1900 block Of Columbia
road NV, a waitress in another
restaurant. She said she was in the
White Tower when Mr.. Brock was
fatally stabbed and told of seeing a
knife In the hand of Edmonds, who
had informed police he did not have
a knife during the scuff1e. ~
Wa Ordered Out Of Place.
The fight ensued when Edmonds
ordered Mr.. Brock, WAVE Petty
Ohicer Dicey ". Marlborough, OF Ar
lington Farms, Va, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Smith, of 1907 w
street NV, from the restaurant
after salt shaker was thrown at
Mrs. Ella L. Jones, waitress.
Some one in the booth, police were
told by witnesses, then made q de-
mand for faster service, although
Mrs. Jones had just come on duty
and was still in street clothes.
Miss Kelly testified she saw Mr..
Brock kick Edmonds twice during
the alteration, and then she saw
the blade of a knife protruding
from the managers left hand and
saw him swing at Mr.. Brock. The
Navy man put his hand to his
throat and there was blood" she
said.
Counterman Testifies.
Robert L. Foster, counterman at
the White Tower and another wit
ness at the inquest, testified the
members of the Brock party were
intoxicated, noisy and talking loud.
He looked at Edmonds and said he
saw this man" with a knife in his
hand during the scuffie and saw
him strike at the officer. Mr.. Foster
said when Edmonds had the knife
In his hand Mr.. Brock was heard to
say, What does he think he's going
to do with that?"
Originally from Phoenix, Ariz., Mr..
Brock was stationed at the Ord
nance Investigation Laboratory,
Stump Point, Md.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Truck Driver Held for Jury
In Death Of Pedestrian

Henderson Robinson, 80, colored,
600 block of Second street NE, yes
terday was ordered held for action
If :he grand jury at a coroner's in
quest into the traffic death of Will
liam Buchanan, SIS, colored, of the
400 block of Kings Court NV.
Wilmer Jameson, "a, of 432 M
street NE, a witness, testified Rob-
inson fed in his truck from the
intersection of Fourth and N streets
NV, Monday, after his vehicle
struck the pedestrian Mr.. Buckman
died of his injuries four days later.
Police found the truck abandoned
near the scene and traced the de-
fendant through its registration.
The coroner's jury issued a ver-
dict of accidental death in the case
of Mrs. Mary Hixson, IA, of 2803
Rhode Island avenue NE. She died
October 7 of injuries received the
day before when she was struck by
a streetcar at Rhode Island avenue
and Newton street NE. Ramsey S.
Gailmard, 46, of 4702 Hamilton
street, Edmonston, Md, said by
police to be operator of the street.
car, was exonerated.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
lsiHRst,oniinq
&RemiindesyGs

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Stamps AL
through Ell good through October
81. Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80. Stamps
LII through Q-1 good through
December 81. Stamps Ri through
vi good through January 81.
Points for Fats-your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp 38 good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January /.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps l, 2, and
4 In Book No. 8 good indefinitely
for one pair OF shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Population Rise
In D. {. Prisons
Seen by Huff
Commissioners Told
Personnel Shortage
Hos Hompered Work

With the end of the war, present
low populations Of District penal
will move upward, Well
fare Director Ray HUFF predicted to
the Commissioners yesterday In his
annual report, at the same time
citing many achievements at. the
workhouse, reformatory and jan.
The average daily population last
year in the three institutions, Mr..
HUFF told the city heads, was 1853,
as compared to 1881 in 1941. He
expects the pendulum to swing back
in the next few years.
Shortage of personnel has hit the
programs in the prisons, as well as
other welfare services, he contin-
ued, but returning veterans are
expected to fill many vacancies.
Achievements Listed.
Achievements in the prisons dur
ing the past year included:
At the Jail-Improved medical
and dental service, resulting in
prompter meeting of court requests
for pSychiatric examinations and
drastic reduction In the number
of prisoners having to 60 to Gal
linger Hospital. An admission pro-
gram covering early medical ex-
animation and clean clothing for
all new admissions. Casework ac-
tivity by long-termers in rehabil-
itation work. Weekly clinic for al
coholics. Improved library, religious
and recreation programs.
At Occoquan Workhouse-Extend-
ed farm activities, resulting In pro-
duce available to the jail. Care Of
Lorton's tubercular inmates in
workhouse hospital. Continuation Of
classification, recreation and edu-
cation programs for women.
At Lorton Reformatory-Re-enn-
phasis on education and classiflca-
tion of inmates: Cooperation with
community by units such as inmate
fire department on and of the
reservation. War efforts, including
entrance by inmates and parollees in
the armed services, blood bank do
nations by prisoners and participa-
ton of experiments of medical re-
search.
New Center Urged.
Attention has been drawn to the
obsolescence of various institutions
because it Is readily visible, Mr.. HUFF
said. Conditions in the non-insti-
tuition services are worse in some
respects, though not so readily ap-
parent, he continued. The public
assistance appropriation was made
quate, he said, forcing a 10 per cent
reduction in grants. However, the
number of persons receiving assist
ance continued to decline during the
past year.
Building in the protective services
for juveniles is directed toward the
abolition of small, costly and made
quate units Of administration, the
welfare director added, and the
establishment OF centers eventually
atLaurel and Blue Plains, -.
The report also states a new
municipal lodging house is needed
to replace the present In the munich
pal center tract.
Mr.. HUFF paid high tribute to the
interest and work of citizens in the
welfare field, pointing out that
civic opinion is not incompatible
with the running of government
department.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Nictory Loan Drive
Holds Key 10 Future,
Devers Tells Workers

Declaring peace must be fought
for and backed as vigorously as
war, Gen. Jacob L. Devers, COM
manding general of the Army
Ground Forces, yesterday told 500
volunteer Victory Loan workers of
the District War Finance Com
mittee that complete disarmament
would mean eventual destruction for
the United States.
At the kickoff" luncheon for
Washington's drive to sell $85, ,000,-
900 Victory Bond securities between
next Wednesday and December 8,
the general said:
This is not a pretty world we
live in. In the rs years of peace
after the first World War we found
no successful means of preventing
World War II. Our mission for the
next rs years Is to prevent World
War III.
Must Plan and Pay.
"Ihe only chance we have is to
plan for and pay for an Army OF
1000 900 men-and Navy-which
can be modified within a wear,
None of these plans can be realized
unless public opinion is behind
them. !"
Gen. Devers said the Nation is
contemptuous of professional SOL
diers in peacetime, that profes-
sionals who speak of preparations
for war are called "warmongers."
only once or twice have we
fought an aggressive war" he said.
Our other wars were forced on
us and we were successful because
OF our geographical location and
because we had time to prepare,
In the future, time will be denied us.
Hiroshima was the handwriting on
the wall"
Pointing to the imminent national
drive for $l1, 900 ,0O0, 900 through Vic
tory Bond sales, Gen. Devers added
You couldn't strive for a more
worthy cause. I am confident you
Will exceed the goals you have set.
The volunteer workers, lunchine
1t the Mayflower Hotel, stood al
attention as a picked group of sol.
diers, sailors and Marines executed
the "massing of the colors" cere.
mony to the music of a Marine
drum and bugle squad.
Five Reasons for Loan.
w. j. Waller, chairman of tn.
District War Finance Committee
gave the workers a final predriv.
pep talk, emphasizing the five mair
reasons for the Victory Loan: II
pay the bills for munitions ans
material already delivered and used
to pay the cost of guarding Ger.
many and Japan; to pay for the car,
OF our. wounded and disabled; t.
pay of and provide benefits fol
8,0o0,0 1000 or more veterans to be dis.
charged by next July; and to kee,
the lid on price imitation.
Robert ". Fleming, president O.
the Riggs National Bank, address.
Ing the representatives of labor
Government and business who viii
lead the drive in the Capital, de.
clared:
The national income is bound tt
decline during reconversion. No on,
can predict how far the redemption
OF War Bonds will 60 in the nea,
future. Despite cancellation. of wa,
contracts and rehabilitation, sl1.
000, ,000, 900 will be needed to run tn,
Government until the end of tn,
i1scal year June, 1916, over and abov,
tax revenues. At the same time
the public debt is increasing. Ever,
one should invest in Victory Bono
securities to protect the value O
their dollar"
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Women sBurAssociution
Names New Committees

Mrs. Sara Nero Williams, presi-
dent of the Women's Bar Associa-
ton, today announced creation of
two new committees in her, organ
ization.
One is Committee on Revision
of the District of Columbia Code, of
which Miss Jean A. Vanderbilt was
named chairman The other is the
Committee on the Lorton (Va.)
Reformatory, where District prison.
ers are housed. Miss Helen v. Dolan
was named chairman of that COM
mittee.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Dr.. Ruhlond to Address
Medical Society Here

Or. George c. Rutland, District
health officer will address the Med
ical Society at 8:15 pm. tomorrow
at its headquarters on "Co-opera-
ton Between the Health Depart
ment and the Medical Profession y
DR.. Wallace E. Herrell, assistant
professor of medicine of the Mayo
Foundation, also will speak at the
same session on penicillin.