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Evening star., 1945-05-06
Is Georgetown Gardens
Opened for Tour Today

Thirteen gardens will be open to
the public from to pm. today
in the annual Georgetown tour spon-
sored by the Board of Directors of
Georgetown House for the benefit of
its work. Tickets may be obtained
at pilgrimage headquarters, the
home of Mrs. Robert F. Whitehead
1924 Twenty eighth street NV, as
well as any of the garden gates, the
Willard Hotel and the American
Automobile Association.
Owners opening their gardens are
Mrs. Benjamin Thoron, 1900 N
street; Mrs. William Burden, 1924
Thirtieth street; Mrs Henry Leon
ard, 3038 N street; Miss Katharine
Dougal, 5000 P street; Miss Lucy
Bentley 2918 P street; Mrs. John
Gilliat, 291l O street; Miss Blanche
Halbert and Miss Elizabeth Dean
2816 o street; Mrs. Robert S. Allen,
1925 Twenty-eighth street; Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1887
Twenty eighth street; Mrs. F. Bur-
ran Hoffman, 28l5 @ street: F. Lam
mot Belin, "Evermay," 1923 Twenty
eighth street; the Misses Hollerith
1883 Twenty-ninth street, and Mai.
and Mrs. George Strawbridge, 30l7
@ street.
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bound Tor Day. IL. coi. "AterA'
ton, Ohio, when 1t crashed at 8:15
pm. the Navy said
Wheeler KeSterson. State game
warden supervisor at Ewing, Va,
said the first searching party to
reach the plane early yesterday
found three bodies. He said two ad-
ditional bodies we're found later
Ambulances from the Tennessee
Valley Authority removed four
bodies to Middlesboro funeral
home.
The plane was flying low in a
heavy fog when it struck the side
of Stone Mountain and burned,
nearby residents said.
Col. Walters. who was stationed
at the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
here, was commissioned in the Ma
rine Corps on July 8. 1885, after
graduating from the University of
Maryland. He was born in Brooke
vile, Md, attended Rockville High
School and graduated from Nc
Kinley High. He had recently re-
turned from duty in the South
Pacific where he had participated
in the Midway and EniWetok CAM
paigns. His wife Mrs. Mary G.
Walters. lives at the Viers Mill road
address. His mother, Mrs. Helen L.
Walters, lives at 400 Baltimore road,
in Rockville.
Mate Smernoff was unmarried
and had been at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station since returning
from a tour of duty in San Juan,
Puerto Rico. His next of kin was
listed as a sister, Gladys Smolic of
Chicago.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Drastic Cut Ordered
h AA!F, Air Cadet
Training Program
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Department announced
yesterday that the Army Air Forces
aviation cadet program 'is being
reduced practically" in view of the
European war situation.
Affected are preaviation cadets
and preair crew trainees and mem
bers of the Air Corps Enlisted Re-
serve, who are on inactive status as
civilians until eligible for active duty
following their 18th birthdays.
The Army said aviation cadets
and aviation students already in fly
ing training will be sufficient to meet
future needs for pilots, bombardiers
and navigators.
At the same time, the Army an
nounced termination of contracts
with nine remaining civilian pilot
schools. effective about August 4.
Air Corps enlisted reservists now
have three choices:
l. They may remainin the ACER
knowing that when they are called
to duty they will be in the AAF
but not in air crew training.
2. They may request transfer to
the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps,
knowing that when called they will
be in the Army, but the branch will
depend on current needs.
3. They may request discharge
from the ACER and become sub
ject to current requirements of Sc
lective Service. no longer being open
to deferment as reservists.
The Army said aviation cadets
and students already in preflight
school or recently graduated for
prehight, but not yet in air crew
courses, will be affected by the
change. 1t was indicated that their
current opportunities for air crew
training courses no longer exists
and combat returnees will be given
priority of assignment to available
courses for which they are quail
fed.
From the beginning of 1899
through March, 1945, the AAF
training command graduated 224,-
331 pilots, 1921 navigators, 42.09s
bombardiers and 282,83 aerial
gunners.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
D. {. Soldier, Trapped
II Days j in Cellar Of !
German House, Saved

Trapped II days in the cellar of
German house that burned and
collapsed, Pfc Victor H. Nash, 10,
of 1885 Randolph street NV. has
been rescued. The only results of
his trying experience were burns
and minor wounds on his wrist, it
was learned last night
Pfc. Nash was listed in yester-
days Roll of Honor in The Star,
on the basis of the official War De-
partment casualty report, as missing
in action. However, his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth l. Nash, has been informed
that he is convalescing in a rest
camp overseas.
He wrote his mother that he was
in German house when it caught
fire. Unable to escape, he sought
refuge in the cellar. Eleven days
later soldier in the Medical Corps
heard his calls for help and rescued
him. A graduate of Central High
School, Pfc Nash was attending
American University when he was
drafted in December, 1943. He was
sent overseas last October.
Pvt. Clarence P. Carey, %. who
was reported missing in Germany
April 7, returned to duty with his
paratroop unit April 10. the War
Department has notified his wife,
Mrs. Mary G. Carey, 146 Thirty
sixth street NE. Mrs. Carey has
not been informed where her hus-
band spent the II days he was miss
ing.
Pvt. Carey served one enlistment
in the Army Medical Corps from
1887 to 1910. He enlisted in the
Merchant Marine in 1943 and served
in the North Atlantic about a year,
returned to the Army in April. 1914,
and was sent overseas about two
months ago. He has 4-year-old
daughter, Patricia.
Pfc. Hugh v. Booth, another Dis
trict man who was reported miss
ing, has returned to his outfit. He
was reported missing April IL. In a
letter to his mother, Mrs. Annie
Perdue. 1855 E street NE, he said
he was lost with three other men
IL days before he reioined his out
fit.
He wrote that the four passed
through German towns mo G.I. had
ever seen before" and witnessed
thousands" of Germans surrender
ing. A native of West Virginia, Pvt.
Booth came to the District about
two years ago and was graduated
from Eastern High School.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Hard ll'| Coal Deadlock
Coniinues;; Work
Tomorrow Unlikely
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. ,.-,
NEW YORK, May 5.-John L.
Lewis mine workers and the an
thracite operators ended an
other mo decision" conference
today with characteristic 81
lence, indicating there was little
possibility of a resumption of
work by hard coal miners on
Monday, as ordered by the
Government.
Il would have no statement about
anything except the weather." was
Lewis only comment as he emerged
from a conference with his union
leaders.
The union chieftians held an un-
explained session after 40-minute
meeting with the operators. At the
conclusion of the joint meeting the
operators spokesman, Maj. William
w. Inglis. conference chairman, in
dicated the deadlock over the $3.50
travel time pay issue continued.
Continue Talks Today.
Maj. Inglis announced that nego-
tiations would continue at 2 pm.
tomorrow.
The effect of Mr.. Lewis silence
might be continuance of the holiday
already five days old-of $4,000
miners in Pennsylvania.
In the absence of any order from
their president, miners at the pits
indicated they would follow a no
contract, no work" policy.
Felix Tomashefsky, acting presi-
dent of the Glen Alden Coal Co.
local, summed up the miners view
point earlier when he said: The
members of our union are deter
mined not to return to work until a
new agreement has been signed"
1t was probable that even if Mr..
Lewis ordered the miners back to
work or a new contract agreement
were reached, it would be some days
before the union locals could get
the word to their members and lead
them back to their jobs.
Advanced As Compromise.
The suggestion for $3.50 per day
for underground travel time was
advanced as compromise measure
by Secretary of Labor Perkins but
failed to win approval by operators,
although the miners agreed to it.
Secretary of Interior Ickes, when
the negotiations became deadlocked.
suggested months extension of
the old contract with retroactive
pay provisions when a new contract
was agreed upon. Operators said
yes, but miners baked.
Mr.. Ickes then effected Govern
ment seizure of 1863 anthracite COL
lieries and the Monday work order
followed.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
al 900 Virginia Negroes
Reported Paying Poll Tax
3y the Associated press

BY the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va, May 5.-Ap-
proximately 4l,000 Negroes paid their
poll taxes in Virginia in 1914, but
only $4,000 registered to vote. A
booklet prepared by DR.. Luther P.
Jackson for the Virginia Voters
League entitled, '"The Voting Status
of Negroes in Virginia" said:
DR.. Jackson said that those who
pay their taxes and do not register
to vote constitute the drones of
Virginia political society" He de-
clared that the fault is not that of
registrars, because to-day the over
whelming majority draw no color
line"
Evening star., 1945-05-06
0PA Has No Plan 10 Cut
Butter Ration Value
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The OPA has no plan for reducing
at this time the ration point value
on butter, despite reports from some
areas of surplus.
A rationing official said yesterday
that the current value of "a points
a pound has brought good distribu-
ton throughout the country for the
first time in long while. This stu
alton would not continue, he added,
if points were cut.
The official said also that points
were being kept high during the
current flush production period so
that some can be stored for the
slack output season next fall and
winter.
Cold storage space is ample to
avoid spoilage, he said, adding that
retailers are trimming their pur-
chaSeS in line with demand,
Evening star., 1945-05-06

AnacOStld NaVal
Air Sation, were
a m on & fiv e
persons kille e d
FIR I'd ay night,
W h e n a N a V Y
p ! a n e crashed
a n d b u I'm e d
about IA miles
east of Middle
boro. KY.
The pl a n e, a
twin e n g ! n e d
Beechcraft, took
off from Anacos-
tia at 5:28 pm.
Friday and was
A.~l L. nau
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Belgium and Germany before he
was taken prisoner in Belgium dur
ing the first days of the Won Rund-
sted breakthrough. A native of
Birmingham, Ala, he came to Wash
ington about nine years ago.
Sergt. Leslie II. Jackson, 3439
Oakwood terrace NV, has been re-
ported liberated in dispatch from
Lee McCardell, Baltimore Sun pa
pers war correspondent. Sergt.
Jackson was captured a year ago
when his plane was shot down over
Germany and was interned at
Stalag l7-B A native of the Dis
trict, he was graduated from Gen.
tral High School and attended
Georgetown University School of
Foreign Service.
Sergt. Peter NJ. Adams, 2800
Woodley road NV, was also among
those named by Lee 4McCardell as
lbera ted. A Bit gunnt she. had
been irterned at StalNsl7-B.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Super Forts Strike
AT Jap Home Islands
; Times in One Day
By the Associated Press

bS the Associated PreSs.
GUAM, Sunday, May 6.-Striking
three times in one day against the
Japanese homeland. American Super
Fortresses yesterday lashed a major
aircraft plant on Honshu Island and
strategic airfields on Kyushu.
1t was the first strike of the war
against the sprawling naval plane
manufacturing plant at Kure.
In support of the American inva-
sion OF Okinawa, the B-29s twice
blasted airfelds on Kyushu Island.
325 miles to the north. An early
morning raid by between Is and so
of the giant bombers was directed
against Iota and Tachiari airfields
on the northern part of the island.
Late in the afternoon about so of
the Marianas-based Super Forts
bombed the Kanoya naval air sta
ton and the Shiran and Ibusuki
airdromes on Southern Kyushu.
Between $50 and 200 B-2es struck
the Hiro naval aircraft plant at
kure, on Japan's main Honshu
island. The big plant, producing air.
craft engines and frames. was at
tackled from medium altitude shortly
before noon.
Maj. Gen. Curtis Lemay, chief of
the 2ist Bomber Command, said re-
turning flyers reported they scored
good to excellent" results in the
morning strikes against the north
ern Kyushu fields. This afternoon
raid-visual bombing at medium al
titude-brought good results.
Waves of B-29s have lashed IT
Kyushu airfields 10 times in II days.
radio Tokyo acknowledged the
latest raids and made the uncon-
flrmed claim that japanese in
terceptors achieved considerable
fighting results" over Kyushu.)
In Washington the Goth Air Force
headquarters announced that the
three-way strike had cost three of
the Super Forts in combat.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

hurt and neglected after being lib
Grated 10 days ago, believing no ef-
fort had been made to get them
home and that many now were
walking toward the American lines.
I'VE have been living 400 to q
tent, with two faucets of serve 1890
Of u.s." Pvt. Boiling added.
1t. Carter and men freed with him
had high praise for the Russians
who, they said, gave them all the
food they could get their hands on.
1t has not been made clear here
what has delayed sending trucks to
get the American prisoners out Of
Luchenwald, but it was believed to
be negotiations with the Russians to
exchange prisoners liberated on
both sides. A fleet of trucks is due
to head for the camp tomorrow to
start evacuating the Americans,
British and NorWegians there.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
33,A2 Japs Killed
On 0kinawa Since
Landing, Nimifz Says
BY the Associated Press.

GUAM, Sunday, May 6.-Amer-
ican troops have killed 33,462 Japa-
nese and taken TOO prisoners on
Okinawa since their April / in
vasion, Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
announced today. Prisoners include
297 labor troops. The figures are
to May 8.
Until May 3, Admiral Nimitz re-
ported, the American 10th Army
comprising four Army and Marine
divisions-suffered 1928 casual
ties. These were 1887 soldiers and
marines killed, 11,432 wounded and
514 missing. The admiral did not
separate Army and Marine figures
as he has previously.
American ground casualties thus
were less than half as many as the
enemy's and the number killed was
at ratio Of nearly Is enemy troops
to one.
Total Casualties Listed.
Total American casualties for the
entire Ryukyus campaign, begun
March l8, thus far are 1884. These
include 5,551 Navy, of whom l,13l
were killed.
American troops, artillerymen and
straflng pilots killed 5000 japanese
In Fridays wild counterattack OF
regimental strength on the Southern
Oklnawa line, Admiral Nimitz said.
Then, taking advantage of the
enemy's disorganization after his de.
feats both behind American lines as
well as in his frontal attack, Dough-
boys and Marines resumed their
southwark advance yesterday morn
ing.
The Japanese attack on American
forces of Okinawa Friday cost a to-
tai of l6S planes, revised figures
disclosed. Five light American sur
face units were sunk.
Two Tankers Sunk.
Navy search bombers sank two
large tankers Friday in Fusan har-
Dor in Southeast Korea on ths
Korean strait. A cargo ship was
damaged south Of Fusan.
This attack, after previous search
bomber strikes on shipping south
of Korea, appears to be the begin
ming of harassing campaign
against the japanese shipping route
between Korea and the enemy's
homeland.
Fridays air, sea and land counter
attacks by Japanese forces were
welcomed by one American COM
mander today as the writhing of an
enemy desperate in approaching
defeat.
! Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge, whose
oath Corps troops beat back the
first major japanese land counter
offensive on Friday, added that he
hoped the banzai charges would
continue.
Banzai Charges Welcomed.
"It's hell of a lot easier to kill
them that way than to root them
out" he remarked
The Friday attack followed one
Of the widest nights of the Pacific
war, in which the Japanese struck
at American ships with suicide
planes. flying "Baka" bombs and
explosive laden ramming boats
They also succeeded in landing sew
eral hundred troops behind Ameri-
can lines. Some of these were de-
stroyed, others pocketed.
Admiral Nimitz' communique re-
ported IS of the suicide boats were
sunk and that 154 japanese planes
and one "Baka" bomb were shot
down during the Okinawa attack
and related actions.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

street N E. that
he was taken
prisoner by the
Germans on De-
cember 18 and
liberated April
13..
Sergt. Simpson
was an employe
of the Justice
Department be-
fore he entered
the Army in Oc-
tober, l943. He
was sent over
seas last June
and saw action
IL, NJ raondu
Evening star., 1945-05-06
School to Crown Queen

Miss Sherwood will be chosen
and crowned at the Junior Senior
semiformal prom at Sherwood High
School from $50 pm. to midnight
May 18. There will be floor show.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Killed

Pfc. Irving L. Baton, %, was
killed in Germany while fighting
with the infantry of the 1st Army on
April II, the War Department has
notified his wife, Mrs. Wilma Bat
ton, 4OO4, Thirteenth street NV.
Born in Fredericksburg, Va, Pvt.
Baton attended school there. He
had worked here at the Navy Yard
and was employed in the railway
mail service here when he went into
the Army last July, his wife said.
He has been overseas since January
of this year.
Mrs. Baton works for the Post
Office Department.
Marin Pfc. Griffin P. Lily, 10,
whose wife, Mrs Virginia Lilly. lives
in Landover Hills, Md, has been
killed in action on Two Jima, Mrs.
Lilly revealed last night. She said
she did not know the date of his
death.
A native of Blue Jay, w. Va,
Lilly attended school there. After
entering the service in January,
1943, he was stationed at the Ma
val Research Laboratory here for
a time and went overseas in Au-
gust 1914
Evening star., 1945-05-06
7 From D. T.. Area Die
In Navy Plane Crash

1t. Col. Julian F. Walters. "a. of
BIG Viers Mill road. Rockville, Md,
and Aviation Machinist's Mate (2ic)
L. J. Smernoff. %. attached to the
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Sergt. Edgar B. Small, "a, son of
Mrs. Anna B. Small, 1925 Jackson
street NE, was seriously wounded
in action in Germany on April 49,
for the second time in less than a
month, his mother has been notified
He first was injured on March %,
also in Germany, and had been back
in combat only a few days when
wounded again.
A graduate of Emerson Institute
here, Sergt. Small worked as con-
-struction foreman with the District
Sewer Department, and then with
the Carnegie Institute before join
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Cholera Deaths Hioh

Half of the cholera cases in the
Punjab of India last year proved
fatal.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Thus TAR in this 1Udr 1888
men from the District area
hare been reported killed.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
On the Roll of Honor

ing the service three years ago
Sent overseas two years ago he was
fighting with the 9Th Armored Di-
vision of the Sd Army when wounded.
A brother, Pvt. James Small, is with
a railway battalion overseas.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

S Sergt. Archie d. Simpson, who
was reported missing in action last
December, has written his wife,
Mrs. Martha C. Simpson, 1926 C
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Phyllis WheotleY
House News

After being given medical exami-
nation by DR.. w. D. Brown, rs
children began the first period of
stay-at-home campers at Phyllis
Wheatley House. Camp is held
Monday through Friday from IL
noon to $3.50 p. m. Call Cherry
1854 for further information. The
second period will begin Monday,
July 9.
The game room is open each day
from 8 p. m. to 10 p. m. for teen
age boys and girls. Other activities
for teen age groups include soft
ball, organized games, movies, quiz
programs, speakers and the Ell
Maestro Canteen. The various pro-
grams will be held in the boys de-
partment, girls department, gym
nasium, assembly and at Sumner
Field.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Credjafawn Party
Success as Usual

The annual Credjafawn Summer
party was as usual beautiful af-
fair. 1t was held at the Columbia
Chalet in Minneapolis.
The Credjafawn guest list for
the party:
Messrs. and Mines Richie Adams,
enger, Milton Barber, Horace Brown,
George Berry. L. E. Boyd, Rufus Boyd,
Donald Brady, Charles Banks, George
Brooks Jr., Tela Burt, Earl Cannon, Burie
Carmichael, Mym Carter, Sylvester, Will
liam Cassius, Wallace Chambers, Earnest
Clark, Benjamin Younge, Leroy Copes,
Duke Corum, Alonzo Cotton, Robert Cox,
A. L. Crews, Leonard Davis, Rufus Dodd,
John E. Ellis Jr., Walter Early, Enrol M.
Garrett, Willis D. Gates, Kenneth Coins,
Ransom Coins, Eugene Grant, Lee A.
Gwynne, S. E. Hall, Otto Hall, Charles
Hargrave, Thomas Hargrave, George Harris,
S. o. Harris, Harry Harris, Emerson Harris,
Roy Hatchett, Arthur Hedge. Eli Hickman.
Courtney Hilyard, Lewis House, Harold
Rowland, Ronald Hughes, T. ]. Jackson
and Archie James.
Also Messrs. and Mines. ]. R. Jones, Fred
Jones, Tom Jones, Theodore Jones, ]. D..
Jones, Robert Jones, Sr., Ralph Jones, Ham
ilton Kemp, Leroy Lazenbury, George Nc
Coy, ]. L. McHie, Richard Mann, E. v.
Marshall, Woodford Mills, Robert Mitchell,
Carlos Moffat, Willard Moore, George Mum
dell, Bishop Neal, Cecil E. Newman,
Charles Noble, James Oliver, S. v. Owens,
John Mark Patton. Phillip Payne, David
Payne, Louneer Pemberton, Leon Ponders,
Gerald Porter, N. T. Powers, Drexel Pugh,
Ira Rawls, James Riddeaux, Pete Robin
son, Charles Rogers, Jack Ryan Jr., Edwin
Salter, Sidney Salter, Jake Scott, Leslie
Seaton, John Scott, Lloyd Shanks, James
Simms, Frederick Slemmons, Leon Smith,
Lawrence Stewart, Ashmore Stokes, Benz.
Taylor, Paul Thomson, E. Thompson,
Robert Turpin, H. P. Vassar, Archie Wal
ton, James T. Wardlaw, Earl Webb, Will
liam Wellington, M. Wesley, Wayne Will
son, H. D. Williams, Thee. Woodland.
Also DR.. and Mrs. Albert Butler, Maurice
Crouch, Norman Howell, Cornelius Mobiley
and Earl S. Weber. Seaman and Mrs.
Walter Southern and Sgt. and Mrs. Arthur
White. Mines. Grace Bryant, Carolyn Bow
man, Donazell Bronson, Thess Burt, Mar
guritte Carter, Mabel Cisco, Clandia Chat
ham, Evalyn Duncan, Edna Griffin, Viola
johnson, William johnson, Ollie Lewis,
Daisy McAdams, Dorothea Mason, Mag
daIine Oliver, Helen Pittman, Dorothy
Rome, Mae Sisson, Eunice Glass, Robert
Shoffner, Christine Slaughter, Laura Gas
kins, C. Stone, Nina Tolliver, Leila Thomas
and Ann Warricks.
Also the Misses Airline Allison, Bernice
Allison, Margaret Allison, Villa Booker,
Estyr Bradley, Hellaine Galloway, Junauld
Brown. Evelyn Kelly. Joyce King, Betty
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29

home from St. Mary's hospital.
Miss MarjOry Kelley suffered a
light attack of Influenza. She was
removed from the Nurses Home to
st. Mary's hospital.
Miss Mary Dew is progressing
nicely at St. Mary's and hopes to be
at home soon.
Calvary Baptist Church conduct
ed drive which. lasted from March
20 to June 20 in which slap was
raised of which Mr.. G. W. Dozier
reported 81 1000. Mr.. and Mrs. R. j.
Simmons, ST., turned in STA. Mr..
Dozier and Mrs. Simmons will be
crowned King and Queen and be
honored at a reception at some
future date.
Mrs. Anna Winfield spent the
week end in the Twin Cities.
The University of Life, composed
of young people from Calvary Bap-
fist and St. Marks A. M. E.
churches, will give a picnic for the
recent graduates on July 8. A bus
will be chartered to take them to
Park Point Recreational Center and
Eyer Tower. Graduates this year
are Edith Thomas, Morgan Park
High, and Janet Winfield, Clarence
Jones and Robert johnson of Du-
luth Central High. Robert john
son, stationed at Great Lakes
Training Center, will not be able
to attend. The University of Life
will extend him good wishes in the
form of a graduation gift.
The Social Nine met at the home
of Mrs. Sedonia Black, 709 Eighth
Ave. E., last Saturday evening.
Miss Maxine Johnson, daughter
of Mrs. Anna Lee Johnson, now con-
fined in Gillette hospital in st. Paul,
may have to undergo surgery again.