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Evening star., 1945-12-24
$4,000 Returning GIs
will Spend Christmas
Al Eastern Ports
By The Associated rress.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The Christ
mas at home they dreamed about
for months will come late for more
than $4,000 GIs on the Eastern
seaboard.
Storms at sea delayed some re-
turning troopships. Hundreds of
soldiers were held up by the week
end travel jam which hit an all-time
peak before it began to ease yes
terday.
Nearly $4,000 soldiers are arriving
from Europe today and unless they
live close to the Eastern ports or
separation centers they have vir-
tually no chance of getting home.
The same goes for the 1000 who
arrived yesterday.
Several thousand returnees will
spend the holiday at Camp Shanks
N. Y. Also at the camp are 10,500
men awaiting shipment overseas az
requirements. They are being
granted brief leaves, mostly 24-houl
passes, and those who don't leave
camp will be entertained at parties
The USO is getting several thou
sand girls to join the men in Christ
mas eve festivities.
Sailors arriving at Lido Beach
N. Y, too late for discharge before
Christmas, were given liberty, per-
mitting many of them to go home
They will return after the holiday
for processing.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
40, 900 Veterans Stuck
On West Coast for YuIe

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a (P.-
The transportation jam will hold
more than 10000 veterans in Pa
cific Coast ports over the Christmas
holiday.
A large number of the servicemen
will be entertained in private homes
while extensive plans have been
made to provide holiday festivities
for the remainder.
Airlines, buses and railroads were
moving only fraction of the large
number of men East and arrivals
scheduled for today were far in ex-
cess of planned departures.
San Francisco Bay area camps
held the largest number of men.
Army officials said there were 4l,000
returned veterans in the area, $500
of them living aboard three troop
ships, and 1926 more are due to
arrive within the next "a hours.
In addition, 2o,269 naval person.
mel awaited transportation from
Treasure Island.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
20, 900 Toys Being Distributed
In City by Social Agencies
Grateful Public Making This Christmas
Most Generous in Years, OfficioI Says

This will be the most generous
Christmas in long time, in the
opinion of Mrs. Thomas F. Norton,
secretary OF the Council of Social
Agencies division of family and
child welfare, whose unit has started
distribution of nearly 10000 toys
to children of poor families in the
District.
People seem to feel they have
q lot to be grateful for this year"
Mrs. Norton said. I'VE have been
acting as a clearing house for the
distribution of toys collected by
various agencies in Washington and
the picture is good. We have had
no trouble getting plenty of every
thing for the first time in years."
Mrs. Norton said today.
The council distributes toys COL
lected by numerous organizations,
including the Station WRC Doll
House, the Uptown 'Theater, Gov
ernment bureaus and social clubs.
In addition approximately 5000
were received from the ONCE of
Price Administration samples
which were turned in by manufac-
turing companies to enable OPA
to set price ceilings for them.
Toys Given to Orphanages.
The toys go to charitable mis-
sions and orphanages in the city
as well as directly to individual
needy children.
The council used also to act as q
clearing house for the distribution
of Christmas food to needy fam
lilies, avoiding duplication of gifts
That practice was temporarily dis
continued in 1912, when gifts fell
off sharply with the advent of war,
and Mrs. Norton said it has not yet
been resumed, although contribu-
tions to agencies have been pressing
close to high prewar figures this
season.
Almost all missions and orphan
ages in the city are planning special
programs on Christmas Day. If
Santa Claus is to keep all the ap-
pointments he has for personal ap-
pearances at orphanages tomorrow
morning, he will have to emulate
Superman.
Behind the white beard at st.
Joseph's Home and School on East
ern avenue NE, will be Michael
O'Connell, st. Joseph's boy who
before his recent honorable dis
charge, wore a sergeants stripes
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Blue Ridge Bus Line
IWaIkout Ends After
New Wage Proposal
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclatd Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. "a
Union bus drivers of the Blue Ridge
Motor Lines, who had been in a
continuous meeting" since Friday
night. returned to their Jobs to-
day.
A. H. Keeler, representative of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Electric Railway and Motor Bus
Operators tAFL), said the drivers
voted to return to work last night
after the company reported that
another wage proposal would be Of
fered them the first week in jan
uary.
The continuous meeting" had
caused complete stoppage of serv-
ice on the company's lines between
Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Wash
ington. and between Harrisburg
Pa, and Winchester, Va.
The affected lines normally carry
about 10000 persons a day during
the holiday season, A. F. McDon-
aid, general manager of Blue Ridge
said.
Company officials said buses
which operate from the Greyhound
Terminal in Washington, would re-
sumo scheduled trips today. The
lines operate eight trips a day from
Washington, carrying an average
load of from 400 to 500 passengers
The union is seeking a 40-hour
work week without reduction in pay
from the wartime 48-hour work
week. It also asked for a 10-cent
hourly wage rate.
The company had offered a S.
cent-per-hour wage boost.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

More than million units OF blood
plasma - contributed by donors
throughout the country during the
war of the armed forces-will be
made available to every recognized
doctor and hospital in the country
so civilians can get plasnaa free Of
charge, it was learned today.
The actual method of distribution
of the blood plasma-turned back
to the Red Gross by the Army and
Navy--was expected to be announced
by the Red Cross later this week.
Doctors may charge for the trans
fusions but not for the plasnna, a
Red Cross spokesman explained. As
soon as distribution is completed
patients never again will have to
pay for blood plasma," he added.
During the war, the Red Cross
Evening star., 1945-12-24

and a Purple Heart ribbon on his
Army tunic.
The older children will attend
midnight mass tonight. At 8 am.
tomorrow, the children will listen
to carols played by the Metropolitan
Police Boys Band, after which pres
ents will be distributed. The chill
dren will sing Christmas songs at
4:45 pm. over Station WINK.
Other Parties Planned.
The Ladies' Auxiliary saw to it
that st. Vincent's, Fourth and
Charming streets NE, was visited
by Santa Claus Friday; tomorrow,
gifts from the orphanage will be
distributed to the children under
the tree. Yesterday afternoon the
Christmas play was held, together
with performance of the orchestra,
directed by Andrew Bodnar.
The German Orphan Home in
Anacostia will not hold its Christ
mas play until December 30. How
ever, there will be nothing tardy
about the handing out of presents
that will be done at pm. today,
leaving tomorrow free for informal
celebration.
Santa will make another morning
appearance at st. AIMS Infant Asy-
lum, 1900 K street NV, and addi-
tional gifts will be distributed and
entertainment furnished at a party
in the afternoon sponsored by the
National Catholic Community Serv-
ice. Yesterday 20 eighth-grade
members of the Junior Catholic
Daughters of America from Nativity
parish gave the children a party.
One Of the largest Christmas
parties In town was held yesterday
at Central Union Mission, GLIB C
street NV, at which 430 underpriv-
ileged children received Christmas
bags marked individually with their
names and ages. There will be a
party at 7 pm. today for servicemen
living at the mission.
AS many of Washington's home
less and destitute as show up will
get Christmas dinner tomorrow at
the Gospel Mission. 810 Fifth street
NW.-everything from pork to pie
I'VE will start at noon and stop
when everybody is fed" Harvey
Prentice, director of the institution
said today. Gospel began this morn
ing distribution of Christmas food
baskets to so needy families ano
tonight will give out socks and candy
to homeless men.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Cafe Official Robbed
OF 500 Silver Dollars,
Gifts for Employees

Five hundred silver dollars, in
tended as Christmas gifts to en-
ployes of the Crescent Cafe, 723
Fourteenth street NV, were stolen
sometime yesterday from the home
of Lloyd L. Valentine, vice president
of the cafe.
Police said the money was hidden
in a grandfather clock in the home
at 2847 Hillcrest street Sc. The
thives also took $500 in bills and
change which also was in the clock,
and a locket and three watches
valued at approximately $3.50.
Police also are looking for thieves
who broke into cleaning shop last
night, stole an s00-pound safe con-
tanning approximately $4,000 and
carried it away in the proprietor's
own truck.
Burglar Alarm Cut.
Entering the store OF Needles
Wholesale Cleaners and Dyers, 1923
Buchanan street NV, by breaking
glass in the front door, the thieves
also cut the wires for the burglar
alarm, police reported.
The safe was hauled to a nearby
Chevrolet truck owned by Myer
Needle, proprietor of the stores. An
undetermined number of mems suits
and ladies' dresses also were stolen,
police said.
A burglar entered the Pepsi Cola
Bottling Co., 901 Seventh street
NE, last night and stole about 81
from a Sock Polio" contribution
box. Charles Gordon, manager. said
small radio also was taken.
Catholic Rectory Robbed.
Another thief broke into the rec
tory of the Holy Trinity Catholic
Church, Thirty-sixth and o streets
NV, yesterday and stole an en-
velope containing $50. The envelope
was in roll-top desk.
Some one stole an automobile
listed to the Panamanian Embassy
from a service station in the 1900
block Of Bladensburg road NE.
Twenty Christmas turkeys, worth
about 5000, were taken from a re-
frigerator in the Center Market
stand of James r. Cuff, he reported
to police yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Big Staffs Rush
Mail and Express
Deliveries Here
Special Carriers
Expected to Move
Lust-Minute Jam

The Washington City Post Office
and Washington agency of the Rail-
way Express Co. today labored to ef-
feet last-minute delivery of Christ
mas packages and envelopes.
Postmaster Vincent C. Burke
promised that all Christmas mail
arriving ~here today would be deliv-
cred. From $50 to 400 volunteer car
riers will continue delivery of Christ
mas parcel post tomorrow morning,
he said, and special deliveries will
continue as usual.
Express Shipments Larger.
c. A. Williams, Washington agent
for the express company, said today
that his agency is "current"-in
other words has everything under
control and expects to effect deliv-
cry of all Christmas shipments re-
ceived today.
While letter mail and parcel post
ran about the same as last year,
the express company reported a 10
per cent increase in shipments this
year over 1914.
Mr.. Williams said that by the end
Of the month his agnecy would have
loaded or unloaded more than 1000
express cars containing more than
100000 shipments requiring 22,0OO,-
600 cubic feet of space. He said that
while the Christmas rush this year
had been greater than last year,
it had been easier to handle due
to an improved manpower situation.
Even SO, he said, employees had
been working overtime and far into
the night and the city had been
combed for trucks to be rented in
place Of the new trucks the COM
pany needs but cannot obtain.
Carrier Staff Doubled.
Postmaster Burke said his staff Of
carriers had been doubled to 1000
for the Christmas season.
Mr.. Burke said the 1884 900
pieces of outgoing letter mail had
passed through postof1ice cancelling
machines in the first % days of De-
cember as against 34,329 900 last
year. There have been 789 900 out
going parcel post sacks as against
$4,000 sacks last year. Incoming
letters have run about go per cent of
outgoing and slight decrease, from
80 PAS to 1884, has been registered
in incoming parcel post, he said.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Two Passengers Burned
As Pipe Bursts on Train

Two passengers were burned early
today when a steam pipe on q
southbound train coach burst as
the train was emerging from the
tunnel at New Jersey avenue and
d street Sc.
Police said the injured passengers
we're Annie L. Curry, Is, colored,
1000 block of Lamont street NV,
and William Milligan, 65, colored.
New York. The woman was treated
at Alexandra Hospital for leg and
wrist burns and released. The man
was treated for leg and arm burns
and held for further observation.
The injured passengers were
taken to the hospital as soon as the
train reached Alexandra.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
First Peacetime Yule
Finds 100000
Troops Still Abroad
B. the Associated Press.


Approximately 100000 soldiers,
sailors and Marines will spend this
first peacetime Christmas either at
sea or in foreign lands.
The Army and Navy made that
estimate.
Last Christmas there were 4,933,-
682 soldiers overseas, compared with
the 100000 who are there now. A
year ago 1.750,000 sailors and Ma
Irines were at sea or overseas. This
figure has been cut to 100000.
The Army and Navy did their
Christmas shopping early. Hun
dreds of thousands Of turkeys, plus
all the trimmings, were bought and
shipped long ago. The Navy started
moving out Christmas trees as early
as October.
How the soldier, sailor or marine
actually will spend Christmas Day
lis up to his theater commander or
ships captain.
But Christmas traditionally is a
big day on any Navy ship. And
the Armys Special Services Division
hopes that enough entertainment is
available to keep the soldiers fairly
happy.
A soldier may spend part of
Christmas Day at a movie, in a
service club, or possibly he'll attend
one of the shows put on by the
253 USO camp units now overseas
| : IF he's a snortS fan he NAV cheer
at the Army sponsored Pacific
Olympics. If he's in Europe he may
be on an Army conducted tour OF
Switzerland.
One Army officer pretty well
summed it up:
"At any season of the year we
can't fill the place of MON ano
pop and the family fireside.
But we're trying"
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Baby Of s Months
in Crib

: Clarence Edward Darnell, 6
months old, was pronounced dead at
Children's Hospital this morning
after being found unconscious in his
crib at 637 I street NV, where his
mother, Mrs. Pauline Darnell, lives.
Police said the child apparently
suffocated after becoming entangled
in bedclothes. A Fire Rescue Squad
worked for approximately an hour
in an effort at resuscitation.
Mrs. Darnell lives with a sister,
Mrs. Eva Mcdaniel, at the I street
address. The husbands of both
women are in military service over
seas,
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Baptist Home Children
To Be Guests of Lions

Children at the Bethesda Baptist
Home will be treated to q turkey
dinner, presents from a Christmas
tree and a program of entertain
ment at the Kenwood Country Club
Friday evening, with the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Lions Club as hosts
Robert M. Burklin is chairman of
the Program Committee. The enter
tainment will feature an illustrated
talk by Dick Mansfield.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
YuIe Exodus
From Capital
SetsRecord
Huge Crush Eases,
With Many Facilities
Found Unneeded

Washington's biggest Christmas
travel rush in history ended today.
Transportation officials haven't be-
gun to count the tickets they sold
but they agree they have set an
all-time record for the holiday
season.
Planes actually left Washington
National Airport with empty seats.
Bus lines stopped running extra
sections. Union Station settled
down to normal.
Officials of the Washington Term
inal Co. called it "the best and the
worst" travel week end on record.
Trains from the West still were
arriving three and four hours late.
but few passengers had to wait for
accommodations here.
Like Tomb" at Airport.
The Greyhound Lines reported
that its terminal had cleared all
waiting passengers to the South and
Southwest by o'clock last night.
Short distance bus travel continued
heavy today.
1to 4Ar>C q bOlilb OuG 1iClC 6lSIlCO
a spokesman for the airport. There
were quite a few mo shows" today,
with few asking for Cancelled tickets.
OF all the children who became
separated from their parents in the
holiday travel jam, only one had not
been returned by today. A young
colored woman who left Union Sta
ton yesterday reported to West Vir-
ginia police that she still has a q
year-old boy entrusted to her by
mother of three children as they
were trying to get on Chesapeake
& Ohio train.
Couldn't Locate Mother.
Miss Angeline Ross of Glen White,
w. Va, said she was not able to
locate the mother after getting on
the train with the child. She said
she would see to it that the child
was not forgotten on Christmas If
Its mother could not be found.
The Travellers Aid booth at Union
Station restored IL children to their
parents over the week end. But
the mother in this case did not come
to Travellers Aid or to police.
Rough estimates by transportation
officials indicate that 100000 Wash
ingtonians have left town for Christ
mas by automobile, bus, plane and
train. Servicemen had a difficult
time getting out of Washington
Some of those going long distances
may miss Christmas Day at home,
but all who stuck it out eventually
got on trains and buses yesterday.
All Transport Facilities Used.
Every available piece of transpor-
tation equipment in the country was
used to break the travel jam. Penn
sylvania Railroad estimated 1t
handled more than a half million
persons ON its New York division
alone. Atlanta, Ga, expected its tie
up to continue through Christmas
eve.
The American Automobile Asse-
citation said warmer weather and
improved road conditions had en-
abled many persons to use their
automobiles to escape the crush on
trains and buses.
The travel jam had let up every
where today. The numbers travel
ing through Chicago had dropped
sufficiently for railroads to REIN
state rules against standees. Thou
sands who managed to squeeze on
trains to Miami arrived only to
find that space In hotels was as
scarce as space on trains.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
|Army's Grocery Bill
Drops to 70 Million
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Army's grocery bill in October
was the smallest since the summer
of 1912.
Quartermaster Corps market pur-
chases of perishable subsistence
items totaled a little under '$29,-
000, 900. the War Department said
yesterday.
The peak Of Quartermaster mar
ket purchases, the department said,
was in June, 1945, when $182, ,242,-
898 In perishables were bought.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Promoted

Promoted
Promotions announced recently by
the Army include the following
Washington area officers and en-
listed personnel:
James William Dickey, AAF, $500 @
william HermaG Gag.sIni gs.I1it.r Sigma, Corn,
$500 Massachusetts avenue NV.
FRANCIS So Jefferson Murphree, r., Signal
erals Department, 1925 Ames street NE.
First Lieutenant.
.. William Burton cherin. 1919 Thirty
Everette Roscoe Clarke. AAF, 25 West
James Lee. shumaker, AAF, 1888 South
quincy street Arlington.
Duke Wilson Holmes, Transportation
Gorps' 20 West Chapman street, Alexan-
George Brownield Haskell ouartermas-
ter ter G9rps, % 1888 New Hampshire ave-
ssasr cdlsa 5ss aamSns
Alvin Jonah steinberg TRANSPORTATION
Corps 3Os1 Vista street NE ~'''-'
Louis Graham Biggs, AAF 5131 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant.
Clinton c. Sisson. Transportation Corps
1918 Thirteenth street NV, at New Or
Harold silverstein, Transportation Corps
isOi Calvert street NV, at New Orleans
Army Air Base.
street Sc.
Returnees
Among Washington area veterans
arriving at East and West coast de.
parkatlon points are the following
men who reached New York yester-
day aboard the General McRae:
pu3sE s3srEti Fred Horne. Washington; sergt
fSeodor%e % Wafer WashnstoN stIsss NV coEp Fs
ward Smith, washington; Pfc. Pershine
Anaer;en; h,oS YoSns ss17 IA street NV P5e sSIo
James F. Cruise, 24o7 shannon hsss plsee GM' NV ".
Tfanssl faes strss eoiunS nM Ms
Takoms Park. Md; Tfserst. Robert How
Anderson. Route g.. Alexandris:;' i:' sCSsnTaI 1s.ssf
William II. Glascock, 1923 Duke street
Aexsndria, and md, siserst. Raymond W
The following veterans arrived al
San FRANCISCO Saturday aboard the
Renville:
TIA Joseph F. .Barbella, 1921 Thirty
fifth street NV; Sergt. Edwin N. Henson
George K Rodgers, 3074 Clinton stree,
NE; TIA RAYMOND Fox, 2913 M street
NV; Corpl. Alfred v. Innocenti and Corpl
John A. Innocenti, both of 11S Mors,
street NE. and Corpl. Abe Kurlansky. 72E
Rock Creek Church road NV.
Listed among arrivals at Seattle
Saturday aboard the Etolin were:
Pvt. Walter Pruce, 49, NJ street NV.
Sergt. Samuel Crawford, 425 Dix street
NE: sergt. Charles T. washington, 145s
Eighteenth street NV: Pfc. Earl E. Nap.
pier, 172S EiEhteenth street NV; Pfc
Adrian Page. 1857 willard street NV;
Pfc. Jack Rector, 1895 MARYLAND avenue
Me-: Corpl, Milton l.. Mendelson, 26ls
Eourth street NE, and corpl Eodell o
Evening star., 1945-12-24
News ofD. Men
In Armed Forces
Killed

1t. q. g.) Howard Richard Bridge,
q. S. N. R., whose wife, WAVE 1t.
q. g. Mildred Kormann Bridge, was
listed as living at 1925 Ridge avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md, is listed as dead
IN an official Navy Department re-
lease.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
MORTENsON RETURNS

Ralph Mortenson, who has been tuna fishing in the Puget Sound area with Norman B. Rustad. re- turned to his home here over the weekend. Mortenson and Rustad were tuna lingering, which is simi- lar to trolling at five to six knots per hour, iii water 100 miles off, shore which registered a tempera- ture of approximately 52 degrees. Ralph says it's a good fishing game, especially if the boat is large and the fisherman's stomach strong enough to survive the heavy swell day in and day out. Ralph is now working on his own trolling boat, in preparation for salmon trolling, in adjacent areas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
CRICKET IN PORT

The s. s. Cricket was in port yesterday unloading cannery sup plies and taking on canned salmon. The vessel remained in port for several hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
ANNIVERSARY A

William B. Cuthbert, fisherman, came in Saturday from the Cape Cross fishing grounds to celebrate his fifteenth wedding anniversary with his family here. Cuthbert states that Cape Cross is in reality Little Douglas, as Douglas fisher men there include Joe Reidi and Joe, Jr.; Lester and Leo Weiss, Glenn Rice, George Edwards and himself. Fishing has been fair, he says, but at present there is Q slight lag.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
NO COMPLAINTS

The Douglas Board of Equaliza- tion met for the third consecutive evening on Saturday and the report is that mot a single complaint" from any property owner was reg istered Therefore, it looks like peace and harmony prevails on the tax question, at least on the south ern shores of the Channel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
BACK TO DUTY

Cpl. Warren Grant, who has been visiting his mother and family here for the past four days, re- turned this morning by plane to Ketchikan, where he will report at the Annette Island base and con- tinue on to his new training sta- tion in Lincoln, Neb. Cpl. Grant is gunner in the Army Air Forces, having formerly been stationed at Miami, Fla. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. Leigh s. Grant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
SOUTHBOUND

Southbound for Seattle on yes- terday's steamer were Mrs. Henry Straiger and daughter Jaw, Mrs. George Straiger, who will visit friends and relatives during the balance of the summer Mrs. Straiger has two daughters in Seattle. MT. Straiger is employed in the Aleutians on an Army Base and his contract does not expire until late fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
ATTENTION ELKS.

Regular m eting Wednesday night at Eight. Please be there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
WELL BABY CONFERENCE

There will be Well Baby Con- ference tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 4 D. m, at the Douglas School. Nurse Margaret Welsh will be present.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
SAMMY WAGNER SEVEN

Sammy, son of MT. and Mrs. Robert Wagner. became seven years of age last Thursday, August 2, and enjoyed birthday party at the home Of his parents, with a number of young friends in at tendance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

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