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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-07
III; Book Shelf
By BENJAMIN DeCasseres
Discovered! a New Master
Of Short Story Technique

LII my life I've been the scent for great short
"A soriesany kind long they we'll told and
>pe psychological CUTS"
thought I'd swallowed all from Aesop to "Sak" and
John Collier.
But missed William Irish (Tm told that's real
name). He popped desk from the house of Lppnco
After Dinner Story There four ongshorts in this
volume and To- also behold! had a hero Hall
Fame of Short Story Writers-Wiiam Irish.
Irish is a consummae plot He a champion a
cunning or u.s. He has psychological depth
He's as lerate al hell He kept long past the hour
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-07
Cite Possible Reaction

! suppose what he Is trying
10 get at is that we would all
behave differently IL old Mother
Earth were heading toward the
big bonfire. So far as / can
undel stand this RamuZ- Swiss
MacDougall English. some will
grab for purely dishonorable
purposes the gal they had their
eye on. some will pray. some
viii drag their fapoFite mat
tress with them TO the noun
tains and others will commit
suicide.
At nc end Of the RamuZ
yarn, man moves into the
higher glory and the mean
ing" OF IL all -is-EeVealed= I'm
conventional scenes OF "Tedemp-
ton Old hati
This mighty theme still awaits
its Shakespeare. It's Victor
Hugo. It's Omar Khayyam.
Flatly. Ramuz can't write.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-07

mendous realistic theme. treats
IL as II his brain and mouth
were full of mystical" mush.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
IT'S 2 GREAT WAR LOANS IN ONE!

By this time last year you twice called upon buy War Bonds This is the first time your has called upon you in 1945. That's why this is really tWo great aVar loans iu one.
 expects you do in the 7th War Loan Seven billion dollar must be raised from individuals alone. That's why this is the Peoples Loan. Remember, yo~ part of America-a part of Americas might! Pour ,oar might in the mighty 7th War Loan for yoarsel. for your country. for Victory
Evening star., 1945-02-19
81. Johns Official Denies
School Lacks Finances
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 19.-Richard
T. Cleveland, secretary of the st.
Johns College Board of Governors
and Visitors, taking issue with a leg
islator who said the school "is going
Ito pot" financially, declared that "the
life of the college was never more
vigorous"
Delegate Bertram L. Boone, Demo.
crat of Baltimore, who introduced a
bill in the Legislature to set up a
commission for study of St. Johns
with view to possible assimilation
in the State educational system, as
serted the State was not receiving
a fair return on it's investment. The
State has appropriated funds for st.
Johns since 1911 in return for schol-
arships
Mr.. Cleveland, in a letter to the
Baltimore Sun, declared the college
has become almost entirely solvent
since 1887. In that year the present
administration, headed by DR..
Stringfellow Barr, assumed control.
Mr.. Cleveland said the curriculum
introduced by DR.. Barr has made
the college the most lively and
stimulating educational center in
the United States"
Evening star., 1945-02-19
New Rules Won't Affect
0PA Taxi Rental Suits

New OPA regulations designed to
control rental rates for taxis will
not affect CPA suits now pending
against 154 taxicab feet operators
in the District. In these suits dam
ages totaling $1,597 ,566 are sought
for alleged overcharges in rentals
to individual drivers.
Robert K. Thompson. director of
the District Office of Price Admins
tration, made this announcement
in response, he said, to numerous
inquiries that developed after the
OPA on January 90 announced a
complete new set Of taxicab regu-
lations.
The new regulations are designed
to control rental rates for taxis, and
require fleet operators and others
who rent taxicabs to individual driv-
ers to file their current rates, to-
gether with rent rate schedules of
March, 1912, with the Transporta-
ton and Public Utilities Division of
the national OPA.
The OPA filed its suits for treble
damages against the 154 operators
last August and in December Justice
Matthew Mcclure Of District Court
ruled that OPA had Jurisdiction over
rental rates here. The operators
have appeals pending.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Stadium Commission
10 Organize tomorrow

Members Of the commission
created by Congress to prepare
plans and propose a site for self
liquidatmg Washington Memorial
Stadium are scheduled to meet at
10:30 am. tomorrow to organize and
begin their work.
Invitations were issued today to
other members by Chairman Bilbo
Of the Senate District Committee,
who sponsored the measure for the
commissions study of the project.
At tomorrow's session, which will
be closed meeting, in the Senate
District Committee rooms, the group
is expected to select chairman and
a secretary and perhaps appoint
consultants.
In addition to Senator Bilbo, other
members are Senators Mead, Demo-
crat, of New York, and Burton, Re-
publican, of Ohio; Representatives
Randolph, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia; Lanham, Democrat of Texas,
and Simpson, Republican, of Illinois,
and Commissioner John Russell
Young, Robert v. Fleming, and
Floyd D. Akers, chairman of the
Stadium Committee of the Board
of Trade.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
BY FRANCES LIDE.

The father stood in the chancel
and gave a helping hand as q gold
star was pinned on the church serv-
ice flag in memory Of his son.
Then he read his own Prayer for
the Nation"
Come, o Great Physician, watch
by the bedside of the wounded, COM
fort the households that have suf-
fered bereavement and heal the
broken hearted. .
May we who survive daily dedi-
cate our lives anew to the blessed
memory Of those brave young men
who have sacrificed their lives In the
cause of freedom. And by that
sacrifice bring In q new day Of
peace on earth and good will among
men"
Then he pronounced the benedic-
ton.
From the choir came the trium-
pnant strains of Handel's "Hallelujah
Chorus" There was a silent recess
sional and the sounding of chimes.
In this simple ritual at the Cove
nant-First Presbyterian Church yes
terday, fourth gold star was added
to the church service flag.
It was in memory Of 1t. Benjamin
Conkling Mccartney, %, son of the
minister, DR.. Albert j. Mccartney
and Mrs. Mccartney. 1t. McCart-
ney died october l of wounds re-
ceived September 20 while on his
10th bombing mission above a tar
get east of Milan.
Stimson Takes Part.
The flag was pinned in place by
Secretary of War Stimson, member
and former trustee of the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church.
Assisting in the ceremony, which
followed the morning worship serv-
ice, was the minister's brother, DR..
Clarence Edward Noble Mccartney
of the First Presbyterian Church Of
Pittsburgh.
Reading the citation, he recalled
Evening star., 1945-02-19
District 10 Seek Kerosene
SUPPLIES From Baltimore

J. Thomas Kennedy. District
superintendent of weights, measures
and markets, said today that he
will confer with the Petroleum Ad-
ministration for War to see if any
kerosene supplies are available in
Baltimore for dealers here.
He said that six large dealers re-
ceive their supplies from Baltimore
rather than the Washington
terminal.
Mr.. Kennedy in an inspection tour
yesterday found small supplies on
hand in part of the Fifth and Sixth
streets NV. area where there was
none last week.
He reported lines of persons with
bottles and tin cans seeking sup
plies of the fuel,
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Maryland Assembly 10 Get
DOG Control Measure

A bill providing for a State wide
dog law will be introduced this week
in the Maryland Assembly by Dele
gate Royal H. Carlock of Montgom-
cry.
Mr.. Carlock said the measure
transfers all dog control measures
from local authorities to the State
Game and Inland Fish Commission.
The bill also provides that county
treasurers would collect dog taxes.
One-fourth Of the receipts would
go to each county and three-fourths
to the Game and Inland Fish Com.
mission.
Ofncials of the Montgomery Coun.
ty Animal Rescue League said they
are opposed to the proposal, while
officials Of the Prince Georges Coun-
ty Animal Rescue League said they
could see nothing wrong with it."
Maj. Phil Poston, president of the
Montgomery County organization,
said he could see no reason for re-
moving the dog control measures
from the hands Of local authorities
and added that "there is too much
persecution of dogs now"
Evening star., 1945-02-19
One Tavern Violates
New County Curfew

Virtually all Prince Georges
County taverns complied with the
County Liquor Boards request to
close at midnight Saturday, county
police reported today.
Only one establishment was open
after midnight Saturday, police said.
They added that when the owner was
questioned at 80 am, he explained
that he had not understood the
liquor boards request. Police added
that the establishment closed shortly
after they had talked with the
|owner.
Mrs. Mary w. Browning, liquor
board chairman, said he will be
summoned before the board to ex-
plain why he did not comply. "The
board" she said, has authority to
suspend or revoke the license"
She added that the case also may
be referred to military authorities,
who have warned that taverns re-
fusing to close at midnight on
Saturdays may be placed out Of
bounds.
Police records showed that only
one arrest for drunkenness was made
in the county between midnight
Saturday and 2 am. The arrest was
made by Colmar Manor town police,
Evening star., 1945-02-19
|0ne District Resident
Among II Prisoners
Freed by Red Drive

Second 1t. Marcellus c. Hughes
nephew Of Mrs. Marcellus C
Hughes, 1903 Alton place NV, wa.
the only Washingtonian among q
American prisoners of war in Ger
man camps in Poland who have
been released by the advancing Red
Army, the War Department said
today.
The announcement, termed unof-
ficial, was based on a broadcast by
the radio station of the Polish pro-
visional government in Lublin. The
men listed previously had been re-
ported either as missing in action
or as prisoners Of the German OF
Italians.
Other Liberated Prisoners.
The War Department said that
official confirmation and further de-
tails will be forwarded to the next
Of kin when received.
In additione to 1t. Hughes, liber-
ated prisoners and their emergency
addresses are:
First 1t. Keith M. Askew. Tulalip
Wash.
Pvt. Jese T. Cedille. jr, San An
tonic, Tex.
First 1t. John c. Crown, Bridge
port, Conn.
Pvt. Ambros Harvey, Anaheim
Calf.
First 1t. Robert M. Keith, Port
land, Me.
Second 1t. Gibson B. Kennedy
Wynnewood, Penn.
Second 1t. Floyd Leming, Abb
lene, Tex.
First 1t. Tom r. Magee. Spring
field, Ill.
First 1t. Thomas E. Miller jr.
East Walpole, Mass.
Second 1t. jeremiah w. Moher
Detroit.
First 1t. Charles w. Moore, Mid
dletown, Ohio.
First 1t. Alfred c. Nelson, East
Jordan, Mich.
Second 1t. George w. Oughten
Philadelphia.
Maj. Jerry M. Sage, Tacoma
Wash.
Second 1t. John M. Samonds, jr.
Charlotte, N. c.
Second 1t. Clarence Sherer, Terra
Haute, Ind.
First 1t. Gerald r. Serale, syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Joseph E. seringer. Cleveland,
Ohio.
First 1t. Vincent j. Slomka, Gala
tin, Tenn.
First 1t. John r. Sutherland, But
Ter, Pa.
First 1t. Elton B. Taylor, Alturas,
Calf.
Capt. Roger ]. Teyssier, Westmont,
N. j.
Second 1t. Maurice Topping
Brooklyn.
First 1t. Harrison S. Whitman
Scranton, Pa.
Second 1t. Hiram j. Wright, Baton
Rouge, La.
Second 1t. Adam B. Young, Co.
lumbuS, Ga.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Law Enforcement Probe
To Resume in Norfolk Area

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. ia Joint
subcommittee of the Courts of JUS
tice Committees Of the State Senate
and House will meet March / to be-
gin further hearings on moral and
law enforcement conditions in Nor
folk County.
The group agreed to furnish Judge
A. B. Carney Of the Norfolk County
Circuit Court with full information
on the scope of the inquiry, 1t also
decided to limit its inquiry to six
points in the record Of select COM
mittee of the House which conducted
an investigation last year. The
hearing was decided on after a con-
ference Of the subcommittee here
Saturday.
The six points were not revealed
pending notification Of Judge
Carney.
The proceedings were instituted
at the extraordinary session Of the
General Assembly last year after the
Supreme Court of Appeals refused to
order Judge Carney's retirement.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Stefan Again Fights
Plan 10 Cede Airport

Representative Stefan. Republic
an, of Nebraska today gave notice
that he would continue to fight. any
plan which would cede the Ma
tional Airport to Virginia as a
means of settling the District-Vir-
ginia boundary dispute.
Announcing that he was gather
ing data to support his position, Mr..
Stefan said he planned to outline
the issues in an address to the
House soon.
Mr.. Stefan, ranking minority
member of the; Appropriations Sub
committee In charge of the annual
District supply bills, twice has
blocked House action on a bill
which would fix the District-Vi-
ginia boundary at the present high
water mark of the Potomac on the
Virginia shore-leaving the feder-
ally owned airport within Virginia
He has renewed his interest in the
case since Chairman Randolph OF
the House District Committee re-
Gently reintroduced his bill to enc
the boundary dispute.
Information on the cost of the air.
port, its present and prospective use.
revenues and its relation to Virginia
is being collected by the Nebraskan
He maintains that the airport should
be recognized as part of the Ma
tional Capital and that Virginia
should be given no jurisdiction over
the area.
His position Is similar to that of
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Ne
vada, chairman of the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee, who said recent
ly he hoped the boundary issue
would be settled, but that any bill
passed by Congress should treat
the airport as part of the District.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Loses
Fight 10 Upset
Murder Verdict
Confession Obtoined
While intoxicated
Held Admissible

The Court of Appeals today af.
frmed the District Court first
degree murder conviction last June
of Frederick G. Mergner, 46-year-
old widower and father of five chill
dren, for the shooting OF Mrs. Char
lotte w. Robinson, 30, of the 800
block Of East Capitol street.
Mergner, whose execution had
been postponed pending decision on
the appeal, is now scheduled to 20
to the electric chair April 3.
Confession Held Admissible.
The decision, written by Justice
Miller, oyerruled defense conten-
ton that a confession should have
been ruled inadmissible because
Mergner was intoxicated when it
was made. On this issue, Justice
Miller quoted from a former court
decision as follows:
1.-The drunken condition of an
accused, when making a confession,
unless such drunkenness goes to the
extent Of mania, does not affect
the admissability but may
affect the weight and credibility
with the jury"
Justice Miller added that "al-
though appellant was drunk, there
is nothing in the record to show in
sanity or mania" The opinion then
declared:
The only question, then, Is
whether the jury was properly in
structed concerning this evidence"
Then, after referring to the case
further, Justice Miller said I'VE are
satisfied that the jury was fully and
properly informed as to the use
which might be made of the dis
puted evidence and the weight, II
any, which might be given to it,
Evidence Found Sufficient.
Reviewing the evidence, Justice
Miller said: There can be no ques-
ton of the suff1ciency of this evi-
dence to prove premeditation and
deliberation."
A contention that there was a
delay in Mergers arraignment that
because of this the confession should
be ruled inadmissable, was held to
be without merit.
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner
and Justice Henry w. Edgerton
heard the appeal with Justice Miller.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
5 Charged With Robbery
In s. Grocery HoIdup

Five colored men were charged
with robbery today, following q
holdup in which IS was taken from
a P street grocery.
The police named Charles Dixon
18, of the 600 block Of Irving street
NV; Clyde E. Thompson, %, Of the
5000 block Of Grant street NE;
James A. Holt, 18, Of the HOO block
Of Sixth street NV; Harry D.
Bailey, 18, of the 2100 block of Sec
ond street NV, and lie Roy Glover,
10, Of the 400 block Of Q street NV.
They were charged with holding
up Rubin Levin, so, at 621 p street
NV, on February Is.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Gas Firm Asks
Limit
To Save Fuel
Economy to Keep
War Plants Going,
OWU Director Says

The Washington Gas Light Co.
today renewed its appeal to consum-
ers to burn less gas following dis
closure of another fuel crisis In the
Appalachian area.
Edward Falck, director of the Of
fice Of War Utilities, announced late
yesterday that industrial plants
making vital war material were be-
ing shut down to conserve gas. He
said it is imperative that every one
else using gas reduce consumption
to a minimum so long as the cold
spell lasts.
(The thermometer dropped to
20 degrees this morning and the
Weather Bureau predicted con-
tinued cold weather.
Some of the industrial users whose
gas supply was cut off have standby
equipment, the OWU said, and
would not have to shut down.
An emergency gas cutoff order
affecting amusement places was is
sued during the last gas crisis
February 2.
Statement Being Issued.
An oficial of the gas company
said it was preparing a statement
outlining what conservation steps
should be taken in the new short
age.
In the interim the company urged
its customers to cut down on gas
consumption.
Mr. Falck said In statement that
the situation requires that every
one in the area cooperate fully in
the following emergency program:
/. Don't use your oven at all.
Limit range use to one top burner
at time, then only for preparing
meals.
2. Don't use any room or portable
gas heaters. Set your gas furnace
thermostat down to 65 degrees or
lower.
3. Don't use hot water except
where absolutely necessary"
Several States Affected.
The OWU, q division of the War
Production Board, said the crisis
affected natural and mixed gas lin
the Appalachian Area including
Western New York, western Penn
SylVania, Ohio, West Virginia, Mary
land, Virginia and the District Of
Columbia.
Although Kentucky is In the APP
group, the cold wave is not
effective there, it was stated.
This new crisis is gas is upon us
before the gas systems have had
time to recuperate from previous
cold waves which drained reserves,
said the statement.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Second Drunk Driving Charge
Brings Man 80 Days in Jail

ration, said Folks had forfeited fines
10 times since 1886 on drunk
charges and asked for the maxi
mum penalty. Today's appearance
in court was Folks fourth, court
records revealed.
Judge Casey rejected the alter
native Of $1,000 fine, saying amy
penalty imposed upon you would
just deprive" his wife and two chill
dren of what they need for support.
Imposing the Jail sentence, he said
"Ill send you down to the jail for
a while SO you can get some of this
alcohol out of your system"
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Fight on Amendment
Delaying Nurse Draft
Due in Committee
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Some members of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee expressed
fear today that the induction Of
nurses to meet the Army's critical
shortage would be slowed up by an
amendment, approved Saturday, to
the draft measure.
This is a provision that eligible
members of the Nurses Cadet
Corps be inducted before any ci-
viiian nurses are called into service
An effort to have the amendment
reconsidered may be made when
the committee takes up the bill for
final action tomorrow.
Chairman May, author Of the bill,
said the amendment would slow up
the draft, although he did not say
whether he would ask another vote
on 1t.
Take Army Training.
Others pointed out that nurses in
training who belong to the Cadet
Corps take their final six months
of schooling in Army or Navy or
veterans hospitals. On completing
this "internship," they are eligible
for commissions. Only some Of
these students would be qualified
for immediate or early service, it
was pointed out, and, while the
machinery Of inducing these was
in motion, civilian nurses already
registered and ready to answer a call
to the colors would have to be held
back.
The May bill provides that nurses
may continue to volunteer while
the process of drafting is being set
up and carried out.
Staff officers at the War Depart
the hope that Congress would hurry
passage Of the measure. The number
of volunteers who have been COM
missioned since the need became
critical, they cited, has been small,
and the nurse shortage is increasing.
VINO Reference Provided.
The committee, which held two
weeks of hearings on the legisla-
ton, adopted several suggested
amendments intended to clarity the
bill and protect essential health
services.
One would require draft boards
to refer suggested deferments to
the procurement and assignment
service of the War Manpower Com
mission, which has classified large
numbers of nurses. Another pro-
vision would protect veterans hos
pitals by allowing the induction only
of nurses in those institutions re-
leased by the Veterans Administra-
ton.
Evening star., 1945-02-19
National vFW Approves
Suffrage for District

The Veterans of Foreign Wars to-
day went on record in support of the
Sumners-Capper plan to empower
Congress to grant representation in
Congress and vote in presidential
elections to District residents.
The action was taken by the Ma
tional Legislative Committee of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, which is
one of four planning committees
meeting today and tomorrow in the
Statler Hotel.
Vice President Truman and all
members Of Congress who have seen
military service have been invited to
attend q dinner in the Statler at
7:30 pm. tomorrow night by
Jean A.. Drummer, VFW national
commander
Evening star., 1945-02-19
Gold Star for Minister'S Son
Placed on Church Service Flag

that, as lead bomber OF . squadron,
1t. McCartney's missions over Rome
and Florence were particularly eff
fective," that he received the Flying
Cross and, posthumously, the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and Purple
Heart.
"He knew life only In the Gre
scendo," he added. The service flag,
with the United States and Chris
tian fiags, were brought into the
chancel by the flyers brother, 1t.
Albert Noble Mccarthy. U. s. N. r.;
Col. e. B. Fletcher, commanding Of
ficer Of the group in which he had
served; Col. william s. Culbertson,
a member Of the church who visited
his grave near Bastia, and 1t. Col.
j. w. Brabner-Smith, also member
Of the church.
Many Service People Present.
For the memorial ceremony, those
seated In the chapel during the
morning service, after the audi
torium was filled, were invited to
come In and stand against the walls.
Many service men and women were
among those present.
Before the congregation were these
words from Shelley's elegy on the
death of John Keats, used on the
cover Of the church bulletin:
"He has outsoared the shadow Of
our night;
Envy and calumny and hate and
pain,
And that unrest which men miscall
delight
Can touch him not and torture not
again;
From the contagion Of the worlds
slow stain
He is secure, and now can never
A heart grown cold. q head grown
gray In vain;
Nor, when the spirits self has ceased
to burn,
With sparkless ashes load an unla-
mented urn"