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Evening star., 1945-10-22
Verdict Likely Today
In Mrs. Smith, S Trial
In Husbands 5 Death
By the Associated Press

| bS lne ASSOcldteQ Press.
HARRISONBURG, Va. Oct. 22-
A verdict is expected today in the
case Of Mrs. Grace Smith, tried In
Rockingham Circuit Court on a mur.
der charge in connection with the
death of her husband, Frank Smith
Only Judge H. w. Berthram's in.
structions to the jury remained te
be submitted when court opened al
$50 am. The jury was to retire
Immediately afterward to begin its
deliberations.
Smith, an ex-serviceman, was
found dead February 20 in the base.
ment of his home, half-seated on 9
stool with rope around his neck
Indicted with Mrs. Smith was
Ralph Garner, former Harrisonbure
restaurant manager, who will bt
tried later.
Defense and prosecution restec
their cases before court adjourned
Saturday and the attorneys went
into conference with Judge Bertfran
on the instructions to the Jury.
Mrs. Smith took the stand Satur.
day to testify that her acquaintance
with Garner was casual" and that
her husband showed symptoms oil
being nervous, upset and quarrel
some after his discharge from the
Army. She testified that on one
occasion she found her husband In
the basement Of their home tying q
rope to q rafter and that she burned
the rope. Several times, she said
he threatened to commit suicide and
seemed to have q Chip on bis
shoulders. /"
She said her husband came into
her bedroom on the night of his
death and told her he didn't like hef
friends. She said she asked him to
leave but that he pushed her and
she slapped him several times
Later she said she heard him &c
into the basement and then dis
covered blood in the hallway. Then
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Evening star., 1945-10-22
Round Hill Womon Killed
While CROSSING Road

ROUND HILL, Va. (SpeciaD, Oct
22.-Mrs. Elizabeth A. Larsen, IS
OF Round Hill, was killed last night
when struck by an automobile while
she was crossing Route 7.
Loudon County police said M. K
Shirley, owner of a restaurant ir
Winchester, Va, was driving the car
He was released without bond, pend
ing an inquest.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Inquest Probes
Petty Officers S
Staying Today
Restaurant Manager
Questioned, Ordered
To Attend Hearing

An inquest was to be held at 1880
am. today into the fatal slashing
OF a Navy petty officer during a
fight in an uptown restaurant early
yesterday.
Chief Mineman William Davis
Brock, jr., ~, stationed at the
Ordnance Investigation Laboratory.
Stump Point, Md, died of a slash
wound across his throat inflicted
IN the White Tower Restaurant.
5000 Fourteenth street NV, an all
might lunchroom.
Mills Edmonds, 80, of 8l4 L street
NV, manager of the restaurant.
was arrested at his home by Po-
liceman Charles Yeatman of the
10th precinct several hours after
the incident and was to appear
at the inquest. He was questioned
last night in connection with the
case by Homicide Squad detectives.
Was With Friends.
The sailor entered the restaurant
at about $50 o'clock yesterday
morning in company with three
other persons, WAVE Petty Officer
Dickey ". Marlborough of Arlington
Farms, Va. and Mr.. and Mrs. Raw.
mond Smith of 3807 w street NV.
according to police. The four had
been in a booth for about an hour
when the trouble started, witnesses
said.
At that time Mrs. Ella l.. Jones.
81, waitress IN the restaurant, en-
tered and was followed a few
minutes later by Mr.. Edmonds. Both
were just going on duty.
Witnesses said Mr.. Edmonds went
TO a rear room to change clothes
when a salt cellar was suddenly
thrown in the direction of Mrs.
Jones by a member of the Brock
party. Someone in the booth, wit.
nesses declared, then made a de-
mand for faster service, although
Mrs. Jones was still in her street
clothes.
Waitress Phoned Police.
Mrs. Jones said she telephoned
police. At that point Mr.. Edmonds
came out of the back room and told
the party to leave the restaurant.
A struggle ensued during which the
Navy petty officer was slashed. He
was seen to crawl out of the res
taurant and collapse on the side
walk.
WAVE Petty Officer Yarborough
accompanied him to Emergency Hos
pital in a Fire Rescue SQUAD am
bulance. He was pronounced dead
on arrival.
At preliminary questioning, Mr..
Edmonds denied stabbing Mr.. Brock.
He also denied he had a knife or
similar sharp instrument in his pos
session during the alteration and
his statement to police was cor
roborated by Mrs. Jones.
ia Witness Saw Knife.s4
Police SAID one witness. however. owe
made a statement that Mr.. Edmonds
did have knife and that a knife
was seen to flash in the managers
hands during the alteration. )
An autopsy by Deputy Coroner
Richard Rosenberg showed the
cause of death to be the result of
excessive bleeding from a severed
artery, the cut apparently being in
f1icted by large knife.
A veteran of Mediterranean com.
bat duty, Mr.. Brock entered the
service on October 10, 1912. He at
tended the Mine Disposal School
at the Washington Navy Yard.
Police said his wife, Mrs. Sophie M.
Brock, lives in Philadelphia. His
nome adress was given as Phoeniz,
AriZ
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Dr.. McDonoId to Speak

DR.. Ralph Mcdonald, executive
secretary OF the department OF high
er education, National Education AS
sociations, will be the principal
speaker at one-day institute or
professional relations to be held
Thursday at the State Teachers
College In Farmville, Va.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
5 Killed, I Hurt
In Weekend
Auto Accidents
Veteran Of IS Flights
Over Germany Dies
In Virginia Crosh

Five persons are dead and
seven others are injured, one
critically. as the result of week.
end traffic accidents in nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
A 23-year-old Army Air Forces
veteran of IS missions over Ger
many, Stanley ]. Schum, 1919 Ia
koma avenue, Silver Spring, and
his companion, Miss Betty Florence
Gensel, 81, of 1918 Fifth street NV,
were killed when their car crashed
into an embankment at the traffic
circle at Lee boulevard and Lee
highway near Fairfax late Satur-
day.
Four others in the same car were
seriously injured. They were listed
as:
Mrs. Carolyn Smith, 36, who re-
ceived broken left arm and leg;
her husband, Howard A. Smith, SO,
broken left shoulder; William r.
Smith, %, broken leg, all of 3811
Fifth street NV: and Miss Lee
Luise Sobottka, %, face cuts, 2019
N street NV.
Had Seven Battle Stars.
Mr.. Schum, who had been a SER
geant and a waist gunner during
the war, was discharged only six
weeks ago. In addition to seven
battle stars he held the Distin-
guished Flying Cross, the Air Medal
with four oak leaf clusters and
a Presidential Unit Citation. He
was native of Washington and
a graduate of Mckinley High
School.
Miss Gensel was employed with
the public health nurses educa-
ton service here.
Two cousins who had not seen
each other for II years, Arthur
Hartman, 35, of Portsmouth, Va,
and Mrs. Grace v. Bushong, 20, of
338 Thirteenth street NE, we're
killed late yesterday when their car
left the road in Suitland, Md, and
struck tree, according to Prince
Georges County police.
A third occupant of the car, Mrs.
Isabel Childs, 80. of 1884, Thir-
teenth street NE, Mrs. Bushong's
sister. suffered serious head injuries.
Mr.. Hartman, salesman, was mar
ried and the father of two children.
Pvt. William L. Bushong, husband
of one Of the victims, has been over
seas 18 months. He has been in
the Army for two years and former
ly was carpenter for the District
schools.
Pvt. Irving c. Childs, husband OF
the other occupant, is on his way
from the West Coast to be dis
charged. He has recently returned
from the Pacific theater. Before 60
ing into the Army, he was employed
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Corporal Killed by Auto. GG
Corpl. Jarrel G. Connell, 36, of
Fort Belvoir, was killed Saturday
night and Dolly r. Herrell, of 632
South Fairfax street, Alexandria,
was injured when struck by an auto
mobile while they were crossing
Route ! near Ingleside, according to
State police.
Police listed the driver as 1t.
Robert Koch, 20, of Des Moines,
Iowa, stationed at Camp Lejeune,
N. c. Miss Herrell was taken to
Fort Belvoir Hospital. She is suf-
fering with head injuries.
William Drake, 38, of the 900
block of K street NV, was injured
when struck by a hit-and-run driver
at Lee boulevard and Fillmore
street, Arlington. late Saturday, ac-
cording to the Clarendon rescue
squad which took him to Arlington
Hospital. He was released yester-
day after being treated for head
injuries.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
'HyuttsviIIe Club to Meet

The Woman's Community Club OF
Hyattsville will meet at 8 O'Clock
tonight at the home of Mrs. Louis
E. Walker, 1898 Madison street. Mrs.
Paul A. jackson, chairman of edu-
cation, has arranged program.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Purents to Orqunize Cubs

A meeting of parents will be held
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Maury
School auditorium in Alexandria to
organize a Cub Scout pack for boys
between the ages of S and IL.
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Evening star., 1945-04-29

such ward, lying crosswise on the
floor shoulder to shoulder. The room
was too narrow for most of them
to stretch their legs. The death rate
in the hospital was from 5 to 20
per cent per day"
The report then described the
medical experiment building, saying
medical scientists came from Ber-
lin periodically to reinforce the ex-
perimental staff. In particular, new
toxins and anti-toxins were tried out
on the prisoners. Few prisoners who
entered this experimental building
ever emerged alive"
/ Efficiency Stressed.
The report characterized the body
disposal plant as "a striking example
of German industrial efficiency.
ut had maximum disposal ca
pacity of about 400 bodies per 10
hour day. All bodies were reduced
! to bone ash, thus destroying all
evidence. All gold or gold filled
teeth were extracted from the
bodies before incineration. This
plant was entirely inclosed within a
high board fence.
mo one except the small operat-
ing force of SIS personnel was al
lowed even to look inside this fence,
and no prisoner who passed within
it as member of fatigue party
or for any other reason ever came
out alive"
There were two batteries of three
fire brick incinerators, each incin-
orator having a capacity of three
bodies. This permitted the incin-
Grafton of 18 bodies simultaneously
and the operation took Is to 20 min
utes. the report said.
Roll call was held every evening
outside the dormitory buildings. In
ternees were required to strip and
bring to roll call the bodies of all
comrades who had died during the
previous "a hours. After roll call q
motor truck drove around the camp
and picked up the bodies and was
driven to the front yard Of the in
cineration plant to await the next
days operations
But this was NOT the only source
of bodies. Emaciated prisoners who
had been around long enough, who
committed infractions of discipline
or who knew too much or who re-
fused to be broken in mind were
arbitrarily condemned to death
: in little camp where pris-
oners slept 16 on shelf. Infraction
of discipline, particularly attempt to
escape, NOT infrequently resulted in
all l6 being condemned. Such per-
sons were Immediately marched on
foot to the incinerator."
Here they were pushed through o
Evening star., 1945-04-29

door and into a shaft through which
they usually fell 13 feet to the con-
crete floor of the basement of the
incinerating plant, the report said
Torture Described.
This room was the strangline
room. AS they hit the floor they
were garroted with a short-double-
end moose by big SIS guards and
hung on hooks along side wal
=. When the consignment had
been all hung up, any who were
still struggling were stunned with
wooden mallet = =. Bodies were
left on hooks until called for by
the incinerator crew.
For Today period in March, the
report said, the incinerator was out
of coal and the bodies were stacked
up in the camp like cordwood until
1900 were collected.
"A fatigue detail of internes was
then organized. The bodies were
loaded in trucks and hauled out OF
camp. The fatigue detail dug one
huge burial pit and threw the bodies
into it, filling it, except for one
end, and covered the bodies. Then
SIS guards shot all members of the
fatigue detail and threw their bodies
into the vacant end and covered
them up"
The report said that the ration at
the regular camp was 600 to zoe
calories daily and 500 calories in
the little camp. For adult health
5000 calorieS are required. It was
an unbalanced diet containing nc
meat, green's or fresh vegetables.
Red Cross Gifts Stolen.
Red Cross packages were almost
entirely appropriated by the camp
commander and distributed to suit
himself to SIS personnel, to citizens
OF Weimar and even to Nordic Ger
man camp prisoners.
AS the American Army approach
ed, the Nazis rounded up some thou
sands of more valuable prisoners
They were marched of in columns
with any who fell out being shot. I,
was estimated that 1000 were killed
this way.
I Others escaped and are now being
rounded up by the Americans.
The report said that published ac-
counts of the use of tatooed human
skin as souvenirs by SIS personnel
were true in every respect"
The wife of one Of the IS officers
started fad that any prisoners who
happened to have extensive tattoing
OF any sort on his body was brought
to her and that If she found the
tattooing satisfactory the prisoner
was killed and skinned and that the
(ses KENNEDY, Page A-sJ
Evening star., 1945-04-29

done for the prisoners at this hos
pital was done by the prisoners
themselves in spite of the SIS men.
From there We went to the hos
pital maintained by the German
authorities. 1t is now empty, SMELL
ing of carbolic acid. When occupied,
Satnor said, the prisoners were
crowded in wooden hunks. no mat
tresses. one blanket each, five or six
to each bunk-about 5i2 feet wide
and 7 feet long. There were three
tiers of such hunks.
Dying, 40 a Day.
We were shown records OF the pa
tients. Since January, apparently,
as many as 40 died in one day. An
American Army doctor, who re-
quested that his name not be used,
told me that he saw this hospital a
day or so after the camps liberia
ton. Conditions, he said, were in
describable. The patients, he said,
were taken outside into the fresh
air and sunlight while the place
was being cleared. But many of
them would crawl back into the
hunks and, while there was plenty
of room. would crowd themselves in
again, five and six to bunk. They
had become, the doctor said, "hu-
man parasites" attaching them
selves to each other in order to live.
At one end of this hospital build
ing was consulting room. A pris-
oner, Alven Steinitz, Polish Jew and
four years an inmate of Buchen-
wald, told me that the patients near
Evening star., 1945-04-29

mutation the prisoners were eX-
pected to lose about 40 per cent ir
weight.
Jews, however, seldom, if ever
graduated to the regular barracks
Camp disciplinary measures in.
cluded transferring recalcitrant pris,
oners back to the little camp. Al
persons became too feeble to work
they were also sent back to thi.
camp or to the hospital
"Rations were less than at the
regular camps and the death rate
was very high here-recently two t,
four per cent per day.
Regular barracks: Dormitory
rooms were approximately 42 by 2;
feet and about 10 feet high, or con.
tent of less than $500 cubic feet
In such rooms there were installed
triple deck, SO stacks of three cot.
each, or total of ia cots, each
cot 80 byR72 inches, outside measure.
ment. Most Of these cots wer,
double, two parallel cots occupying
a space go by 70 inches. Aisles wer,
too narrow to permit movement ex
cept with the body edgewise. On.
thousand forty cots into $500 makes
less than IS cubic feet per person
No Heat in Dormitories.
"But since the war, $50 person
have been made to sleep in eacl
such room, five persons on each g.
by 70 inch double cot, or less tha,
40 cubic feet per person There wa
less than one blanket per prisoner
Blankets were thin, sfloddy, and un
dersize. There was no heat in thes,
dormitories.
Hospital: The building wher,
moribund persons were sent t. die
No medicines being available, n,
therapy was possible. Typhus ant
tuberculosis were rampant in tn,
camp. About half of the wards wers
about Is feet deep with one window
at the outside end, and 5ls feet wide
; From six to nine patients occupied
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
World Peace Jubilee Held
In 1872 Stupendous Event

The most stupendous musical
event to take place in America was
the World Peace Jubilee, held in
Boston from June II to July 4,
1872, to celebrate the end of the
Franco-Prussian war, says Col
l1er's. Supplemented by a chorus
OF 10000, the orchestra comprised
1000 instruments, including a bass
drum Is feet in diameter.
To lead this vast aggregation in
a rendition of one song, "The
Beautiful Blue Danube" the COM
poser, Johann Strauss, was
brought from Vienna at a cost of
$4,000.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
Jitterbug Joolery

Definitely, there's a new trend In
jewelry, not SO many gadgets-but
more silver stuff than you have arm
space for. It's traditional to wear
your silver on your left arm and
your I'D. Identification bracelets
on your right arm. It's practically
compulsory to wear short strings of
graduated pearls with everything.
Lend Us Your Ears-We want to
put those metal or plastic hoop ear.
rings on them. And-how about
the drop style earrings? IT'S a rad
ical change from the button types
that have been weighing you down
Sentimental Skunk-His name is
"Stinky" and he's made out of fur
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
FOLLOW THE FAD-sHIONs

It's not always what you wear that
counts, it's how you wear it. For
instance, last year everybody was
buttoning cardigans down the back.
This year it's sharper to wear your
cardigans open down the front over
a blouse with only the top button
fastened. Would you like to hear
more? Read on, MacDuff.
Streaming Scarfs - Much newer
than velvet ribbon bands for your
hair are printed scarfs, folded into
wide crushed bands and tied around
your hair with the ends hanging
down at one side. You look like a
gypsy sweetheart.
Slick Suspenders - The way to
make plain blouse and skirt look
like real ensemble is to add pair
of suspenders. The fad is for felt
suspenders with your name embroid-
cred on 'em.
Hot Feet-Lots of girls are dyeing
those heavy white sweat socks in
bright colors to go with their sweat
ers. Also-lots of girls are wearing
boys argyle plaid socks-the bright
er the better.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
Eldon, Mo-, Airport Is Model for Small Communities

One small city that is not waiting
until after the war to get ready
for the "air age" is Eldon, Mo. This
community of 1900 has chosen a
site for its airport, or "airpark" as
it will be called, and is working out
plans under the supervision of the
Missouri state department of re-
sources and development, aviation
division.
The airpark will provide land
ing field for all airplanes excepting
large transports, but 1t is intended
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
Using Siluer Increases Its Beauty,
But Handle With Core When CLEANING

Wartime brides aren't getting the
lavish arrays of silver that was the
lucky lot of prewar weddings. How
ever, by the time the war brides
are ready to settle down and start
their new homes, there'll be plenty
of lovely ware available for them,
too. Meanwhile the prewar collec-
tons in already established homes
are getting extra care.
The first thing to think about in
the care of silver is that it is meant
to be used and acquires a lovely
patine with use. Furthermore silver
in constant use doesn't require much
polishing-the regular use keeps it
pretty bright.
But seldom-used silver should be
kept stored away in tarnish-proof
wrappings-the best of these is a
cloth called silver wrap which can
be used just as it is to wrap around
the silver, or it can be used to line
the drawer in which you keep your
silver. Or it can be made into a
bag for hollow ware or into a pock-
eted roll for flat silver.
The best way to care for your sill
yer is to wash it in mild soapsuds,
rinse well, dry thoroughly. Never
immerse knives with hollow handles
in hot water or the cement will be
loosened. Salt damages silver quick
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05

ly by corrosion, SO be sure to wash
each piece that comes into contact
with salt as soon as possible after
use.
Light tarnish on silver can be
rubbed off with jewellers rouge
cloth or a specially treated cloth.
Deeper tarnish requires silver pol
ish which should be applied with
soft damp sponge. For cleaning light
engraving or chasing, use a soft
brush. For deep heavy ornamental
carving, use stiff brush, but taking
care not to rub it over smooth fiat
surfaces that it might scratch. After
polishing, wash thoroughly in soap
suds, rinse well and dry. Then shine
with a soft cloth.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05

for small and medium-sized per.
sonal planes. It will have two run.
ways, one 1890 feet long, the other
1000 feet. Both are 300 feet wide.
The two sodded strips will form an
H." as they intersect at right
angles.
Eldon citizens are financing the
project themselves. The airpark is
located northwest of town on the
main highway, only three blocks
from the business section and one
block from the city limits.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
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For You To Feel Well

For OH 10 reel w ell
"a hours every day, z days every
week, never stopping, the kidneys filter
waste matter from the blood.
If more people were aware of how the
kidneys must constantly remove sur
plus fluid, excess acids and other waste
matter that cannot stay in the blood
without injury to health, there would
be better understanding Of .ohy the
whole system is upset when kidneys fail
to function properly.
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina-
ton sometimes warns that something
Is wrong. You may suffer nagging back
ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic
pains, getting up at nights, swelling.
Why not try Doan's Pills? You viii
be using a medicine recommended the
country over. Doan's stimulate the func-
ton Of the kidneys and help them to
flush out poisonous waste from the
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Doan's today. Use with confidence.
At all drug stores.
"a SO
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
Primitive People

The worlds most primitive peo-
pie are certain nomadic tribes liv-
ing in Central Australia, who still
do not wear any clothes, cultivate
any land, possess any animals but
dogs, or build any kind of home,
merely setting up temporary wind
breaks on cold nights.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05

He holds a little
flower in his paws
and a fur tail curls
up his back. You
see him on sweat
ers and lapels ev-
erywhere, too. He's
a fad!
Stone Studded
Summers - r h e
newest in hair bar
retteS are leather
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
Russians Miss Adolf
Hitler by Two DAYS

LONDON. The Moscow radio
quoted Soviet war correspond
ent as saying Adolf Hitler had
visited a German frontier town
only two days before it was cap
tured by the Red army.
The correspondent did not iden-
tify the town, but said Hitler had
exhorted young and old to take
up arms"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05
"GAY CADETS"
By NANCY PEPPER

at your waistline. It's the newest
ioolery foolery.
Coin COllectors-Girls are collect
ing foreign coins from their Fellows
on a Furlough and are having
them strung together into necklaces
and bracelets. It's the newest form
of jingle-jangle.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-04-05

THESE CHEEKY potholders are
almost too pretty to use!
They're 61a inches, have two blue
birds swaying on a cherry tree
Dough with two cherry blossoms
in shaded pink. A pair of these
will make a most welcome gift.
To obtain complete crocheting instruc-
tons for the two bluebird potholders
(Pattern No. 5844) and color chart for en-