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Evening star., 1945-11-02
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD,

WISE, Va, Nov. 2.-Observers
here believe L. Preston Collins
Marion, has injured himself polit-
ically through his recent contest OF
the Wise County primary vote in
which he won the Democratic
nomination for lieutenant governor
from Charles R. Fenwick, Arlington
Still smarting from the State
wide publicity given this mountain
section during the hearing before
Judge Julien Gum in Richmond
Circuit Court that ended in the
entire county vote being thrown out
because of fraud, observers say that
Mr.. Collins action has embarrassed
Democratic party leaders in Vir-
ginia. This, they say, will not be
easily overlooked by party stalwarts.
Observers also recall that Mr..
Collins advocacy of poll tax repeal
during his campaign for the Demo-
cratic nomination was not looked
on with favor by State organization
forces, and that in addition, his
failure to mention the late President
Roosevelt by name in a keynote
speech delivered at the 1914 State
Democratic Convention angered
ninth district voters who were
stanch Roosevelt supporters.
Move Called "Ill Timed"
One observer here, recognized as
close to Senator Byrd, leader of the
State organization, said that Mr.
Collins advocacy of poll tax repeal
had been "ill timed" in that it fol-
lowed by few days similar stand
by T. Mccall Frazier, who is known
to be on the outs with the organiza-
ton.
This observer pointed out that
while the organization publicly
followed a "hands-off" policy, it is
known that certain State leaders
quietly indicated during the last
stages OF the campaign that Mr.
Collins was not the choice of the
organization, although certain seq
ments of the organization closely
aligned with Horace Edwards, State
Democratic chairman, were strongly
supporting him.
That Mr.. Collins is unpopular in
his home district was evident tc
this reporter after talking to scores
of party leaders and voters. Time
after time he was told that Mr.
Fenwick's majority of over 5000 tc
l22 for Mr.. Collins was mot SC
much vote for Fenwick as a vote
against Collins"
Even in his home county oil
Smyth, political leaders say that
while repl esenting the county ir
the General Assembly, Mr.. Collins
paid more attention to the Rich
mond crowd than in looking after
the interests of his constituents.
Those who have been most active ir
his support agree that he has many
fences to mend" in his own section
Opportunity Seen Lost.
While observers agreed that Mr.
Collins might have emerged strong
leader by taking advantage Of an
apparent desire for certain reforms
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Alexandra 10 Study
Parking Problem

Parking is one of the most Sc
rious problems facing Alexandria
merchants, according to the Traffic
and Safety Committee of the Alex
andria Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to a recommendation
for better parking facilities through
installation of additional meters and
elimination of waste space, the COM
mittee urged more traffic lights and
stop signs, elimination of left-hand
and U turns and relief of traffic
bottlenecks.
A survey of traffic safety will be
made, and committee members have
been assigned subjects for a long
range traffic study in the city.
The committee, which will pre-
sent its recommendations to the
Board of Directors Monday, includes
David Squires, chairman; Beverly
May, H. H. Martin, William G
Illch, ]. C. Gaines, Claude Hoover
and Jerome Kaufmanf
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Injury to Roll Worker, 19
Brings $l00, 900 Suits

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. "A $75, ,00l
damage suit was filed in Federal
Court yesterday against the Penn.
sylvania Railroad in behalf of 10.
year-old Paul r. Graboysky, In
diana, Pa, who said he was injured
by falling crate last year while
employed by the carrier.
In a separate action, the boys
parents, Rudolph and Helen Gra-
bovsky, filed suit for S25, 900, claim
ing they were permanently deprived
of PauIs financial and other assist
ance through what they termed
lasting injuries he had suffered.
The younger Grabovsky. the
plaintiffs claimed, wheeled q 800
pound box into a freight car, and
the crate fell after he placed it al
rest inside the car. He claimed he
was CRIPPLED for life.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Machine Politics Civ
Virginia Low Rank,
Marshall Declares

Twenty or 25 years of machine
politics" in Virginia has resulted in
degeneracy of the State to bottom
place" in the Nation, examples of
which are the Wise County election
frauds and State rate of illiteracy,
Carl A. Marshall, Republican candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor, said
last night.
The nominee from Fairfax, speak
ing over radio station WMAL, at
tackled william M. Tuck, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor for
the latter's description of the Wise
incident as an isolated case"
Sees Threat to Government.
"The facts brought out by the
investigation resulting from the
Fenwick-Collins contest do not sup
port Mr.. Tuck's contention that the
incident was either isolated or IN
usual" he said. Neither can hon
est and thoughtful Virginia citizens
subscribe to Mr.. Tuck's implied sug-
gestion that we should hastily dis
miss from our minds a condition
which threatens the very founda-
tions of representative government. !"
Linking l.. Preston Collins, Smyth
County Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, with the Byrd
organization, Mr.. Marshall urged
voters to reject Mr.. Collins. His op-
ponent, he said, "is one of the par
ties who have permitted the condi-
tions wesf1aye just discussed to exist
for 20 to .25 years" xs4I
4 Continuing, he raped the Delrio-
crat s lack of plan or platform, y
and cited Virginia's low educatior1al
standing as an example of Demo
cratic achievements.
Landreth Gives Talk.
In an address yesterday at .iais
hoflle town q Galax, State Senator
8. Floyd Landreth, Republican can.
didate tor Governor, declared that
his pepiocratic opponent, William
M. Tuck. has fostered nothing con
structiye in his % years service in
the General Assembly.
Mr.. Tuck has only a record of
failure to do constructive things.
He has at all times been member
of the controlling group and could
have the support of that majority
any time he offered legislation of a
constructive nature. Even now he
has no program. What can we ex-
pect?" " - ...- .
Also speaking in Galax, Howard
Carwile, Independent candidate for
Governor, told a group of workers
at the Galax Knitting Mills that
there is a diabolical conspiracy to
steal my vote in the November elec-
tions." Mr.. Carwile said he would
challenge the entire election if the
plan is carried out.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Directors in Hospital
Wait Protest RuIinq
By the Associated Press.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Nov. g.
Conscientious objectors refusing to
work 79 hours week as ward at
tendants on night duty at Eastern
State Hospital, and hospital Of
tlcials, using farm hands to take
their places, are waiting a solution
OF their trouble from United States
Selective Service.
Two selective service representa-
tives visited the mental institution
yesterday and DR.. j. E. Barrett
superintendent, said he expects to
hear from them within the next
day or So"
Spokesmen for the eight objectors
who refused this week to work a re-
vised schedule increasing their week
ly hours OF night ward duty from
u to 79 hours, said again they want
to "offer adequate care for the pa
tients," but that their new working
conditions were bad for both pa
tients and hospital He also added
that by "a carefully worked out
schedule" they arranged to care fol
patients until they were "specifical-
ly' ordered" off the wards.
Eight of group OF nine objec.
tors on night duty refused to worl
79 hours and several others on a day
shift served notice on DR.. Barret
that they would not work q 79-horr
schedule if ordered to. Twenty
nine other members of the uni
signed statement to DR.. Barret
saying they would not work the lon,
schedule.
DR.. Writ A. Warren, an objecto
and assistant physician of the insti
tuition, but who does not belong t.
the unit, issued a statement deplor
ing working conditions at the hospi
tai for both civilian and conscien
| tiOllS 0hiector workerS
Evening star., 1945-11-02

| Coregidor before I reached there
that as far back as January, 1912
at the beginning of the Battle of
Bataan, the question of the survival
of Bataan and Corregidor had been
discussed pessimistically.
At conference on January "a,
Macarthur agreed with staff men
that Bataan was doomed, as indeed
it was, though our forces held 1t
against appalling odds through the
first week of April.
The Corregidor meeting of Janu-
ary concluded, as had been con-
cluded in theoretical plans of years
before, that Corregidor could not
long stand with Bataan in posses
sion of the enemy. 1t stood 27
days. ..pssjT1
At the same conference it was
ordered that supplies of food and
ammunition be withdrawn from
Bataan and 'stockpile raised or
Corregidor which would be capable
OF supplying 10000 men for the
proposed defense of the rock. Mac.
Arthur believed at that time that
Corregidor could stand until july
l, and predicted that Bataan might
fall by the middle of February.
When he was ordered to leave
for Australia on March 10, Bataar
was still only half-conquered, but
he could see the handwriting on the
wall, for at Mindanao he told Off
cers-to whom I later talked al
Tarlac-that Corregidor could not
last beyond June /.
He assumed that would be able
to get force of 10000 men there fol
the Rocks defense, but 1000 was
all I could muster when the time
came-and, as you know, Corregido,
finally went down on May 6.
The men at Tarlac who had been
close to Macarthur during my days
on Bataan told me of the command
er in chiefs great despair over our
inevitable fate. He told Maj. Gen
George F. Moore:
Never in history has a force OF
this size been so left out on a limb. ,
At Tarlac I also learned for the
flrst time the strength of the Jap
blockade. Brig. Gen. Charles Drake
OF the Quartermaster Corps in
formed me that the last supply ship
to come in from the Visayan Islands
to Corregidor arrived February 81
1t was the Elcano, carrying l,OOC
tons, which was about eight davs
rations for Bataan. Two other sup.
ply ships, the San Isidro ano
Legaspi, were sunk thereafter while
en- route to our aid, and that ended
it.
Tomorrow: Wainwright tells
OF his final days at Tarlac.)
(Copyright, 1915, King Feature.
Syndicate. Inc. Reproduction in
whole or in part strictly prohibited. :,
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Schoolgirl Suggests
'Snappy Band 10 Hall
Grid Game Smokinq

An Eastern High School junior
has a remedy for students smoking
at football games-fast-moving en-
tertainment during the halves.
Nina Brendel, 16, has told Prin-
cipal John Paul Collins that most
of the forbidden smoking is done
between the halves. If a snappy
band-perhaps led by Nina herself
as a drum majorette-could enter
tain the students, the 20-minute
half period might pass without
smoking, she believes.
Mr.. Collins has asked the blond
junior to work out some entertain
ment to present at the Eastern
Bulls Preparatory game next Fri
day.
Has Never Seen Drinking.
Nina said she has never seen any
drinking at games, as was charged
by Adelbert w. Lee, Board of Edu-
cation member. But she and most
Of the II high school principals
have admitted that some smoking
goes on.
Mr.. Collins, Pacific veteran re-
Gently appointed to the Eastern
principalship, said there used to be
entertainment and sale of soft
drinks between the halves 40 years
ago." He has told Nina and class
mate of hers, Maybelle Carter, l6
that they would render a service
to Eastern if they arranged for the
entertainment and soft drinks. 4
Nina has not yet mastered ftfle
[drum majorettes' baton but. .shs
ehopes to by the big Eastern Aiis
costa football game Thanksgiving
DAY. - is ess. s>@s :
Mr.. Collins said he did not wan
to expose Nina to any heckling from
the audience. He has Dot, yet ap
proved the drum majorette idea.
& ideas on Entertainment. go
\ Some Of Nina's. flares for enter,
Itainment are: A contest to choose {
Efnascot to appear between halves
thrilling by either the cadets or thu
high school band; parading by abou,
six drum majorettes, and maybe
some elephants"
Nina is not sure where she is 20.
ing to get elephants, but she is 90.
ing to try. Mr.. Collins would be
amazed if anybody keeps pet ele-
phants, he said. But if the appear
ance of elephants will stop student
smoking, he is willing to try it.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Collins o|iticoIHopes Believed
Spiked by County Vote Contest

on the part of the Virginia elec-
torate, they say he let slip this op-
portunity by waiting until his for
mer opponent had announced in
favor of revision of the absentee
voters law.
MIR. Fenwick, In an address this
week before an Arlington Demo-
cratic rally, announced that he NAV
again seek State Office" and called
for revision OF the absentee voters
laws to prevent future election ir-
regularities. Persons close to Mr.
Collins said that he had considered
urging the repeal of the absentee
voters laws.
Observers, who took Mr.. Fen
wlck's statement to- mean that he
may seek the governorship four
years hence, predicted that his
chances, compared to those of Mr.,
Collins, are extremely good"
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Medical Corps Major Wins
Divorce in Rockville
listed by precincts, they are:

Maj. Orville Eslick, 81, of the
Army Medical Corps, stationed at
Fort Lewis. Wash, yesterday was
granted a divorce from Lucille Es-
lick, 81, Glenhaven, Md, in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court. He
charged his wife was unfaithful.
In granting the divorce, Judge
Stedman Prescott awarded custody
of the couples two children to the
husband. He described the wifes
conduct as "disgraceful," adding
that she "did not have enough
character to restrain herself from
such conduct while her husband
was fighting for his country"
Witnesses testified that for the
past several months, Mrs. Eslick had
been going around" with a taxi
cab driver.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Virginia 10 Act
On Boundary
Next January
Changes in AZ Act
Con Rotify Bill,
Medley Believes

State Senator William y. Medley
Arlington, today said he had INC
doubt" but that the Virginia Gen
eral Assembly will ratify the Vir-
ginia-District boundary bill recently
signed by President Truman when
the Assembly meets in January.
In 1912, he said, the General As
sembly adopted an act which was
essentially prior ratification of the
Randolph bill, then being considered
by Congress. He said the General
Assembly can amend and re-enact
the 1912 measure so as to ratify the
boundary bill.
Senator Medley added, however
that Virginia will lose considerable
revenue through the elimination in
the bill Of a Scent tax per gallon
on aviation gasoline consumed in
intrastate business at the National
Airport.
In operation Of the old Hoover
Airport, he said, the State collected
about $4,000 annually from this
tax. The National Airport property
is ceded to Virginia under TENS OF
the new measure. The National
Airpot replaced Hoover Field.
Under the compromise measure
worked out by Chairman Randolph
OF the House District Committee
with Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, OF Virginia and Representative
Stefan, Republican, of Nebraska the
United States will retain exclusive
jurisdiction of the National Airport
except Virginia is permitted to re-
tain the rights of taxing non- Gov
ernment road vehicle motor fuels
sold there and to control liquor sales
and consumption at the airport.
He said he believes the aviation
division of the State Corporation
Commission will dispute ratification
of the bill because of this tax-losing
clause.
At the same time, Commonwealth
Attorney Lawrence w. Douglas and
Arlington County Manager Frank c.
Hanrahan expressed their satisfac-
ton with the measure, which was
designed to end the mo mans land"
across the Potomac.
Evening star., 1945-11-02

against the day when I could pos
lsibly deliver it to his family.
/ Suffers Heart Attack.
Brig. Gen. Stevens was another
who had the misfortune to become
seriously i'll. He developed an
abscess on his liver and suffered a
slight heart attack We were able
this time to have him moved to a
hospital.
But the hospital the Japs chose
was the one at Camp ODonneIl,
the worst nest in the Philippines.
That was July 26, 1912, and the
rest of us silently resolved that we
must not become any sicker than
we were-a resolution that was in
creasingly hard to make come true,
when we looked at our bony bodies
and regarded the days supply of
food. Brooding over this, one of our
officers lost his mind.
Tarlac brought together men who
had been separated on Bataan and
Corregidor and it was a time for
quiet exchange of experiences and
beliefs.
1t was there, as I have reported
that I learned from Brig. Gen.
Clifford Bluemel the full story of
the sorry condition of his 31st Phil
ippine Army Division on the eve of
the Jap strike at Luzon. From other
division commanders I heard SINH
lar stories of frightening unprepar-
edneSs, confirming my own obserya-
tions. We had, indeed. faced a care
fully trained foe with one of the
most helpless armies in the history
OF arms. 1t was no comfort, sitting
there in our rags at Tarlac, to con-
slider the state of our preparedness
on the eve of war which had
been brewing in Washington diplo-
matte circles for a long time be-
fore the blow fell.
Works on Diary.
I spent some time with my diary
while at Tarlac, adding experiences
and reading earlier passages. over
and over again. I had begun that
particular book of memoirs on April
2, 1912, and the first entry in the
book always confronted me when I
opened it to add to my story. That
first entry, written just short of
two weeks after ! took over Gen.
MacArthurs old place on Corregi-
dor, read: 5r
ION this date I hereby pledge
myself that unless ordered by higher
authority to do SO I will not move
my headquarters to the south, in
the event that the fall of Cor
regidor is imminent, but will, if
necessary, surrender myself with my
troops
mo other course of action would
be honorable
Now, in Tarlac prison, I learned
from officers who had served on
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Wise Electoral Board
Makes Changes in Officials

By the Associated Press.
WISE. Va, Nov. al. B. Rich
mond, secretary of the Wise County
Electoral Board, has announced a
general reshuffling of election off,
cials, for the Tuesday election.
A. complete new set of officials is
scheduled to take over in Pound
precinct, where votes cast in the
Democratic primary were voided ir
a court action contesting the elec-
ton, as result of which L. Preston
Collins won the nomination fol
lieutenant governor.
Only approximately so of the pri-
mary officials will serve in the gen.
Ieral election.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
PrinceGeorges
Bus .Reroutinq
Plan Opposed
Federation Fears
BottIeneck' DURING
Rush Hours

Vigorous opposition to a plan to
route all Washington buses serving
Metropolitan Prince Georges County
into the Mount Rainier terminal was
voiced last night by the Prince
Georges County Civic Federation.
The organization adopted a res
olution opposing the plan for presen.
tation at Maryland Public Service
Commission hearing November 27
in Baltimore. The hearing was set.
recently by the commission follow
ing filing of proposals for changes
in bus and trolley routes in the
Metropolitan Area. The changes
were asked by the county Independ-
ent Trade Association and have been
approved by the Capital Transit Co.
A "bottleneck" that would cause
bad conditions at rush hours would
be created by routing all buses to
the terminal, 1t was declared by
Louis A. Day, chairman of the fed
eration's Public Utilities Committee.
He estimated such routing would add
many minutes to the time now re-
quired by the run.
Complete Study Urged.
The resolution asks the service
commission to consider at the hear
ing the complete transportation
system of the Capital Transit Co,
in the county. 1t charges the COM
pany has mot needed the advice
or suggestions of the riding public
and has persisted in the plan to
run all transportation into a So
called terminal, thereby creating a
bottleneck."
The resolution also asks for suffl-
cient time for each community to
discuss every phase of transporta-
ton.
Mrs. Betty Tayman, Cheverly,
said the proposals offered by the
trade association seem to be for
the benefit of the business interests
of the area rather than the riding
public"
George L. Ickes, president of the
Fourteenth District Citizens Asso-
citation and chairman of a special
committee studying means of i'm
proving county school conditions,
reported slow progress.
Dispensary System Proposed.
Something should be done to rid
the county of SO many liquor estab-
lshments, asserted Luis Granandos,
chairman of the County Affairs
Committee. Entrances to the county
are 'marred by liquor places" and
these conditions are keeping many
prospective residents from the area.
He said installation of a liquor dis
pensary system might solve the sit
uation,
+ Mrs. Tayman, chairman of the
Safety Committee, reported an in
crease in accidents.
The North Englewood Citizens
| Association and the Cheverly Mems
Club. Inc, were elected to member
ship. An individual, Mrs. Margit
Fierstein of near Bladensburg,. also
twas chosen.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
lls!wRst,onmiq
&RemiindeyGs

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Stamps FL
through XII good through Mo-
veniber 80. Stamps LII through
"Q-1 good through December 81
s. Stamps RI through vi good
through January 81. Stamps
WI through I'll and green stamp
N-8 good through February 20.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
sstwill pay four red ration points fol-
IEeach pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
lSugar-Stamp 38 good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January /.
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Flanagan Attacks
Wise Election Contest
Decision Of Judge in
By the Associated Press,
RDrCnnI nr

BRISTOL, Nov. 2.-Representa-
tive Flanagan, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia. last night lashed out at the
decision of Judge Julien Gum OF
Richmond in the Collins Fenwick
Wise County election contest.
In a radio broadcast here on
behalf of the State Democratic
ticket, Mr.. Flanagan cited "a de-
cision rendered by Judge down
in Richmond some $50 miles from
the scene Of the alleged crooked.
ness" 7Ss s8F Et
MIR. Flanagan said that while ]
respect courts, and especially do ]
respect the learned judge that rem.
dered the decision in question,
thank God that in free America ]
do not have to agree with court
decisions. And I most emphatically
do not agree with the decision ir
question. I am afraid the learned
upright judge got balled up in hi.
decision by reading too many news.
papers and not enough statutes.
Lacks Legal Justification,
"This thing of judicially deter.
mining that Wise County was i'm
pregnated with political crooks and
thieves and disfranchising the
people of the whole county upon
the showing of crookedness in one
or two precincts, plus the stealing
OF the poll books, is, according to my
way of thinking, without legal justi-
fication, and regardless of politics
will not appeal to the sense of JUS
tice and fairness of the mountain
people" -
Mr.. Flanagan said the investi-
cation made by a Wise County
grand jury into the vote fraud
charges was "a thorough, fair and
honest investigation" This grand
jury's report sis a far different paper
from the decision in question"
(Judge Gunn's), he said.
"The simple fact is that the people
of that section were not for Mr.
Collins in the primary" Mr.. Flan-
nagan declared. Had there been
no fraud in the one or two precincts
in question the result, so far as Wise
County is concerned, would have
been practically the same.
Press Took Up Cry.
"And yet the press and others
took up the cry of fraud and crook.
edness in Wise County and through
high-pressure, evangelical tactic!
just about sold the people on the
idea that Tammany Hall was 8
Sunday school compared to wise,
Evening star., 1945-11-02

given our rice.
After my rice ]
would begin to
walk around the
pr / S on yard,
which was about
200 yards by 100,
I w ould walk
as long as my
strength or Jap
pl a n S for me
permitted. Then,
if ere were
no questio n e RS
about, I would
come back and
read.
Prio on
Evening star., 1945-11-02
Democrats to Meet

An East Falls Church precinct
Democratic rally win be held at
pm. tomorrow at the home OF
Charles r. Fenwick, 2312 North
Quantico street, Arlington. Demo-
cratic candidates for. county Offices
will attend.