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Evening star., 1945-04-10
Legion Of Merit Given
Colonel for Typhus Work

Col Ira V. Hiscock, who will be
placed on the Army inactive list
Thursday, has been awarded the
Legion of Merit for his work in
typhus control in liberated coun-
tries, the War Department has an
nounced.
From April, 1943, to February
1945, he was officer in charge of the
Public Health Section. Economics
and Relief Branch of the Civil At
fairs Division. His organization anc
the prompt actions taken by him
the citation said, prevented the
serious consequences which might
have resulted from the dangers o1
disease to which our troops were
exposed"
Col Hiscock's plans to meet con-
ditions in liberated areas prevented
the typhus outbreak in Naples from
becoming catastrophe. Formerly
professor of public health in the
Yale Medical School, he. is return
ing, after release from the Army. tt
become chairman of the Public
Health Department at Yale Uni.
verSity.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Geological Society
To Heur Two Lectures

Philip B. King and S. Spencer
Nye, both employees of the Geologi-
cal Survey, will speak at the Geo
logical Society of Washington meet
ing at pm. tomorrow at the Cos
mos Club, Lafayette Square NV.
Mr.. King will talk on "Tectonic
Map of the United States" and Mr.
Nye will speak on "Orogeny of the
Mexican Plateau and It's Relation to
Ore, Oil and Ground Water" Both
lectures will be illustrated.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Alexandria tuberculosis
Association Elects ToniqhI

The annual meeting of the Alex
andria tuberculosis Association will
be held at o'clock tonight at Carter
Hail. 706 Prince street.
Edward Funkhouser, executive
secretary of the Washington Tuber-
culosis Association, will be guest
speaker. He will discuss the general
tuberculosis association program for
the Nation, covering phases of case
finding, treatment, rehabilitation
and employment for recovered pa
tents
Mr.. Funkhouser has been actively
engaged in the work of tuberculosis
control for the past % years and has
been in his present post for the past
18 months
New officers for the Alexandria
association will be elected from a
slate to be presented by the Nomi-
mating Committee.
Officers who have served during
the past fiscal year are DR.. John
Sims, president; Robert G. Whitoon,
first vice president; Michael Burchell,
second vice president; Robert Reese,
treasurer, and Mrs. Ruth K. Graham,
executive secretary.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
MARYLAND Pilot Who Lost q Lea
Waits Orders to Return to War

One day Gen. Arnold was visiting
the hospital and said, "1s there any
thing can do for you fellows?"
They all asked Gen. Arnold
whether they could fly again. The
general told them to let him know
as soon as they got their new legs
and could walk again.
Meanwhile, the pilots have not
only learned to walk but also to
dance, play golf and tennis, ride
horseback and bowl. They expect
to be ordered to duty any day now
Capt. Jewell had won the All
Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
the Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Purple Heart.
|. He won the DFC when he brought
back his B-24 from a raid on Berlin
after his leg was partially torn of
by fax. ..-. -
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Fireman Gets Six Months
In Liquor-Makinq Case

Manford H. Dagenett, District
fireman who was convicted March
% in Fairfax County Circuit Court
of illegally making liquor, was given
six months in Jail and fined $50
today by Judge Paul E. Brown. I'm
position of Dagenett's sentence had
been delayed pending a report of
the probation officer.
Orrie S. Shelter, 63-year-old Dis
trict parking lot attendant, who
was arrested with Dagenett, was
given a siX-month penitentiary
sentence yesterday by Judge Brown
and was put on probation for three
years.
Dagenett and Shelter were ar
rested March 10 by State Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board agents in
a raid on a cottage in the southern
section of Fairfax County.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Apartment Houses
To Be Visited Today
In Clothing Campaign

The first organized collections
from apartment houses in the
United National Clothing drive will
start today as a result of pleas from
more than 80 apartments that their
service rooms are packed with cloth
ing for the destitute of War-stricken
countries.
Commissioner John Russell Young
chairman of the local participation
in the Nationwide drive to collect
l50000,000 tons of clothing during
April, said. under the direction OF
the American Women's Voluntary
Services, a 2-ton truck of the Ma
tional Distributors Corp. will stop
at apartments until congestion is
relieved. Mrs. Eberhart Haynes is
AWVS chairman for apartments.
Meanwhile, more volunteers are
needed for the work of sorting
clothes at the central warehouse
469 c street NV, and for arranging
pickup routes. Charles Stofberg
director of organization. said plans
are going forward for the general
collection to be made Saturday at
all depots.
Trucks Of the Salvation Army,
Goodwill Industries, Volunteers of
America, National Brewing Co. and
trucks of the firms of the Wholesale
Liquor Dealers Association will aid
in Saturdays collections. More
trucks are needed, it is said.
Mrs. Lawrence Koenigsberger
chairman of the volunteer motor
corps, is enlisting a large number
of motorists, who are expected tc
begin work by the end of the week
Men are needed for the corps not as
drivers, but to collect donations, ii
was 5aid.
Radio Station WTOP joined the
drive as a collection depot, under
Miss Martha Baker.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, April 10.-A Mary
land pilot who lost a leg in combat
is awaiting orders to return to duty
after his plea to continus. in service
was needed by Gen. H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces chief
The pilot is Capt. Kenneth Jewell
~, a former Cumberland farmer
who with two fellow pilots, 1t. Bill
Kraham, Cooperstown, N. Y, and
1t. Joseph M. Harmon, Boston, de-
cided they wouldn't let loss of their
legs interfere with their flying again
not If they could help it.
They discussed their common
yearning to get back in war planes
several months ago when they were
patients at Walter Reed Hospital
Washington.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
II Brush Burners Fined
In MARYLAND Last Month

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 10.-State
Forester Joseph F. Kaylor reported
yesterday that IL convictions were
obtained and fines imposed during
March for violations of brush-burn-
ing regulations in Maryland.
In most instances, Mr.. Kaylor
said, landowners were convicted Of
either burning brush and debris be-
fore 4 pm. or of failure to take
proper precautions. Fines imposed
averaged $40 and costs.
The State forester also said the
spring season thus far has been one
of the worst on record, with ap-
proximately $50 woodland blazes
during March.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Cold Destroys Fruit
In Roanoke Va.) Area

Py the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va. April l0-At
least 80 per cent of the apple crop
was killed by last Friday night S
freezing weather. area orchardists
reported, and most said the peach
crop was hit even harder. with al
most no peaches" left on the trees.
Robert Nininger of the Nininger
Orchards, said: mo apples and
peaches are left at all except on
very high and sheltered ground
Apple trees in the Bent Noun
tain section were so hard hit that
one farmer there reported: Il don't
have enough apples left on all my
trees to make one apple pie"
The Allegheny County agents
Office said today all apples, peaches
and pears in the section were killed.
There was no damage in the Nor
folk section.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
February Job Placements
y Pct. Above Last Year

Job placements by the United
States Employment Service in Feb
ruary showed a % per cent increase
over February, 1914, for nonagri-
cultural work, the War Manpower
Commission announced today.
OF the 91o,4 ,420 placements in Feb
ruary, VINO announced, 273 ,602 were
for woman workers; 68,551 for vet
erans of this war and 168,395 for
non-white workers
In the District placements in Feb
ruary totaled 4,419, according to the
VINO report.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Admiral Strings Wife
Asks Permanent Alimony
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 10.-The 61-
year -old wife of Rear Admiral Yates
Stirling, jr., U. S. NJ, retired. to whom
she was married for Al years, asked
yesterday that her husbands divorce
suit be dismissed and that she be
given permanent alimony.
In petition filed in Circuit Court
Mrs. Adelaide E. Stirling denied
there was any voluntary agreement
between her and her husband to
separate in 1885.
Mrs. Stirling said her husband
failed to support her after October
1943, even though, she said, he has
been receiving $500 month retire.
ment pay.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Edward Darby Funeral
In Jacksonville Today
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DAWSONVILLE. Md, April TO-
Funeral services for Edward Darby,
rs, retired farmer and one of Mont.
gomery County's best known citi-
zens, who died Sunday at the Fred
erick City Hospital after an illness
of three years, will be held at 2
pm. today at his home here.
Elder T. P. Dalton Of the Primitive
Baptist Church will ofhciate Burial
will be in Monocacy Cemetery,
Beallsville.
A son of the late Lawrence A. and
Sallie Ann Darby. he was a life
long resident of this neighborhood.
He was unmarried. Three brothers,
Lawrence A., Thomas c. and Roger
w. Darby, all of DaWsolIville, and a
sister, Mrs. Margaret Lewis, Ken
Sington, survive.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
All Montgomery
County Bi||sto
beExanliined
Federation Group
To Weigh Values
Of Measures Passed

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation's Executive and Advisory
Committee this week will make a
study of county legislation passed
at the recent session Of the Mary
land General Assembly prior to rep
resenting the federation April 20 at
a hearing on local bills before Gov.
O'Conor.
The federation, which already has
requested the Governor to veto the
county supervisor bill, last night
empowered the Executive and Ad-
visory Committee to weigh the ad-
vantages against the disadvantages"
Of local bills and to request the veto
of such other bills as it may think
harmful.
While the federation took a def
mite stand on only one local meas
ure, it was pointed out, its recon-
mendations for changes in other
bills were only partially carried out
by the county's delegation in the
Legislature.
Bond Issue Bill Hit.
L. B. Sims told the group that
only seven of nine safeguards rec
Commended for the bill authorizing
a $4,000, 900 bond issue for postwar
works were included in the measure.
He said that the bill was tech
nically a bad bill"
For example, Mr.. Sims pointed
out, the present bill allows funds to
be spent for road maintenance, dis
regarding the federations recon-
mendation that these funds be used
only for capital improvements; the
bonds are not callable, and mature
in 80 years, as against the fedora
tion's recommendation that they
mature at the end of 20 years.
"At the present time" Mr.. Sims
said, I'll per cent of our taxes goes
to pay interest. If we are not care
full we will find ourselves paying
more interest on debts than the
principal
Walter H. McClenon, chairman of
the Legislation and Legal Action
Committee, said that while the COM
mittee felt other local bills. includ-
ing the measure setting up merit
system in the county, were not to-
tally adequate, they represented a
step in the right direction.
Detention Home Plan Studied.
Dr. Harold Morris, chairman OF
the Social Welfare Committee, re-
ported committee representing
social agencies in the county is now
making a study of the proposed
juvenile detention home. He said
that while $4,000 was authorized
for the construction of the home by
the county commissioners. the State
Welfare Department has not ap-
proved the home.
DR.. Morris said he understood that
the State Welfare Department was
not in favor of large detention
homes, preferring the present sys-
tenn of foster home care for chill
dren.
Referring to stsHx1cs, DR.. Morris
said last year IS children, ranging
in age from 3 to l8 years, were de-
tanned in the County Jail at Rock
vile for periods ranging from less
than one day to one colored child
who was detained total of 165 days.
OF the 500 children maintained
in licensed foster homes in the
county. DR.. Morris said, 356 came
from the District. He pointed out
that the use of county foster homes
by QUITO f-county agencies ham,
pered the work of local welfare
groups
Evening star., 1945-04-10
School Heads to Speak

Prince Georges County School
Supt. c. Gardner Shugart and Asst.
Supt. William E. Brish will speak at
meeting of. the Berwyn (Mdo
Parent Teacher Association at $3.50
pm. April "a at the Berwyn Ele-
mentary School. Open house will
be held at 7::30 pm. Refreshments
will be served.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
First '21-Doy' Blood Shipment
Is Flown to European Theuter

The new plan uses expendable
iced containers, developed after in
tensive experimentation to keep the
blood at the right temperature, he
said. Temperature of whole blood
for shipment must remain between
so and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Each container holds "a bottles
containing about a pint and half
of whole blood each. Collections of
whole blood are made in five cities,
including Washington. About 1000
pints a day are being flown to the
European theater
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Henderson Appointed
Assistant Loan Chief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Designation of Charles B. Hen
derson, chairman of the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. Board Of
Directors, to serve also as assistant
Federal loan administrator was an
nounced yesterday.
The Federal Loan Agency said
Mr.. Henderson had been named by
Fred M. Vinson April S, while Mr..
Vinson still was Federal loan ad-
ministrator, to the post SO that
the agency might be administered
without interruption until appoint
ment of q new administrator.
Evening star., 1945-04-10
Georges
Jury Praises
Liquor Curfew
Ban on Transfer
Of Licenses to
Nonresidents Urged

Establishment of midnight clos.
Ing hour for. Prince Georges County
liquor establishments has resulted
in marked improvement" in con-
ditions in the county, according to
the report Of the grand jury for the
April term of Circuit Court pre-
sented yesterday to Judge Charles
C. Marbury.
Among those indicted by the
grand jury are Joseph w. Jackson
20, Edmonston, and Robert Cochran
10, Calvert Homes, who are charged
with criminally attacking a 36-
year-old Government worker March
25.
Notes with Satisfaction"
In its report, the grand jury noted
with satisfaction" that the recent
session of the State Legislature
took cognizance of the fact that a
change in the closing hours of
county liquor establishments was
necessary for the peace and good
order of the county,"
County taverns instituted a mid
night closing hour on Saturdays
last February in response to re-
quest by the County Liquor Board.
The former closing hour was 2 am.
This change would be made per-
manent under law passed by the
Legislature.
The jury also recommended a
further revision of county liquor
laws to prohibit the transfer of
liquor licenses to nonresidentS. The
group pointed out in its report that
this provision results in "undesir-
able" persons entering the liquor
business and urged that the county
legislative delegation give serious
consideration" to the matter.
Fifty-nine indictments were re-
turned, while Is cases were ignored
and eight continued for further in
vestigation. The jury examined l59
witnesses.
Forced Her to Enter Car.
Jackson and Cochran are charged
with forcing the 36-year-old woman,
who lives in the HOO block of
Fifteenth Street.N.W., to enter their
car while she was waiting for bus
on Landover road and attacking her
near Dodge Park.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include:
Clarence A. Ford and William G.
Chism, criminal assault; Walter
Wooden, murder; John w. Willis,
assault with intent to kill: Arthur
D. Federman, attempted criminal
assault; Frank Day, jr., and Earl
Kraft, robbery; Earl Mason, jr.:
Francis Ford and James A. Robert
son, burglary; David Jones, forgery;
Charles R. Colvin, James Noone,
Merville Ross. Leroy Spriggs, Will
liam A. Shipley, Dudley Lamont,
Ralph w. Kagle, Carroll Jones and
William E. Burke, larceny and re-
ceiving stolen goods; James Gun
ther, George E. Allen, Bruce. G.
Davenport, Harry l.. Rink and Will
liam R. Williams, storehouse break
ing, and George P. Linkens and
Panos G.. Bellas, morals charge.
Evening star., 1945-04-10

The first cargo Of so-called "21-
day" whole blood has left Washing
ton for the European battlefronts by
Air Transport Command plane un-
der system which prolongs useful
ness of this blood for TRANSMISSION by
nearly a third, it was said today.
Announcement of the shipment
yesterday was made by Brig. Gen.
Fred w. Rankin, director of surgical
consultants, Army Medical Division,
who said that previously whole blood
was suitable for transfusions for l6
days. while under the new plan 1t
will last 81 days
Evening star., 1945-04-10

VOLUNTEER FOR FLOWER SALE-Virgina MacNaught, 46l5
TWenty-rSt NE signs volunteer to sell blue
Disabled American Veterans drive May TO-
Maurice H. Pom Qeft Marine Corps veteran OF
national officer and Comdr
Foscolo c. District DAV chief watch Proceeds will
aid rehabilitation the last and The
HEADQUARTERS will be Fourteenth street and New York
avenue NV Star Staff Photo.
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MlAMl-InScct eggs and toads
from the Argentine 20 combat the
insect pests n the Florida sugar
cane region. fcrtl7cd eggs from
the United States 10 Peru % m
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Former School Teacher Is Only
Negro Woman Physicist AT Also

and helped stimulate Carolyn's
the laboratory and Miss Parker
tests them at the range Of fire.
quercies Immediately above the
broadcast band For each anten-
ma. at each frequency. she COM
petes the ippedance, which is the
resistance TO alternating current
found in electrical circuits These
values are determined so that ra-
dio equipment sets can be matched
10 antennae having similar i'm
pedance, thus yielding the great
est efficiency in operation.
Born in Gainesville. Fla, whore
her father. J. A. Parker, is a phys
rian. Miss Parker was graduated
from the Middleton High school
Tampa. Fla. in 1898 After te""h-
ing year in High Springs, Fla,
she went on TO college, receiving
her bachelor Of arts degree i'm
1898 from Fisk university. Nash
vile. Tenn. and her masters de-
gree in l94l from the University
Of Michigan al Ann Arbor She
maiored in physics AT both insti-
tuiions. specializing in spec
iroScopy for her graduate work.
FROM 1898 TO 1910. Miss Park
or was teaching high school ply
sizes and mathematics-one year al
Rochelle. Fla. where her mother
* principal ~ the Junior High
school: the next wear back al
Gainesville. her hometown In
l94l-'42. she taught eighth grade
at Progressive Huntington High
school al Newport News, Va and
the following year. Miss Parker
received an appointment AS in
>tructor in physics at State Teach
erS' college. Bluefeld. w Va.
Miss Parker comes from a
whole family Of practicing or
potential scientists. Two uncles.
John r. Murrell. in Cleveland.
Ohio. and william Murrell in
Miami. Fla. are doctors. Two
sisters. one graduate Of Tai
ladega college. in Alabama, the
other Of Tennessee State. at
Nashville. are doing work of
quartz crystals at the Signal
Depot. Philadelphia. Pa. Anoth-
er two sisters are chemistry
ma jors. one at Fisk university.
the other at St Augustine col
lege. Raleigh. ". c. DR.. Park
or. the girls father. has always
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been Interested in the sciences
thinking in that direction.
THE TESTING OF radio anten-
nae, on which Miss Parker and
her co-workers are employed. is
but a small part of the extensive
research carried on under the dl-
rection Of ATSC. The Air Techni-
cal Service Command. with head
quarters al Wright Field. is re-
sponSible for the engineering, pro-
curement, maintenance and sup
ply Of all airplaneS and equip
ment used by the Army AIT
Forces throughout the world. The
communication and navigation
laboratory where Miss Parker
works, IS part Of the Radio and
Radar Subdivision. which super
vlscs the research and develop
ment on al alrborne electronlc
equlpmen.
So far. Miss Parker has been
doing her testing only in the lab
oratory or Al the flight line But
pretty soon the young physicist
Will get a chance 10 continue her
work IN the Stratosphere, proba-
bly, IN one Of the BIZ Flying
FortreSses' or C-54 "Skymasters'
with which she has been work
ing Plans are being made 20
have Miss Parker conduct the i'm
pedance test on the aniennae of
planes while I'm actual flight.
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MICHIGAN N A n
SURVIVES LOSS
0 F H s S H Up

TREASURE ISLAND, SAN
FRANCISCO Calif.-George w.
Peek stewards mate. first class,
USNR. ~. son Of Mrs. Hattie NJ.
Matthews Of $3.50 Antoine street.
Detroit, Mich. has reported into
the Us Naval Receiving Ship.
Treasure Island. after successfully
surviving The sinking Of his snip.
The mlneswecper YMS i6i, just off
the coast Of Borneo
The youngest Detroit sailor
said the minesweeper was en-
gagged in clearing the coastal
channel of enemy mines at the
time ii was hit by Jap gunfire
from the shore. The ship went
down approximately two hours
after il was hit.
THE YMS 4sl took part in nine
sweeping operations which ex-
tended from Mindoro Luzon,
Lalau Mindanao. md Cebu 10
Borneo. where II was sunk III May.
just a little more than q wear from
the time ]; was built The nine
sweeper was commissioned in Bel
bingham, Wsshir gton, on Apri, 81,
1914
Peek. who has been In the navy
almost two years. took MS recruit
training AZ Bainbridge. Nd. and
was assigned 10 the ship from
Shoemaker. Calf.
He has been awarded the Purple
Heart medal for wounds received
when the enemy strafed his group
Of survivors as they struggled in
the water before a navy gunboat
braved the enemy fire 10 pick them
I'D.
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WRIGHT FIELD. O.-MiSs Ca
rolyn Parker, only Negro woman
physicist at Air Technical Service
Command tATSC) Headquarters
and one OF two women scientists
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IN Inc engl-
neering divi-
sion here. is
soon IN have
her wish a
ride in one OF
the airplanes
equipped with
radio devices
she has tested.
T h e 81
year-Old for
mer h | < h
school teach
er In Florida
and Virginia
apple ed Ia
Aircraft Ra-
do LabOratO-
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Major General Willard c. WYman commanding of the
M Infantry Division oresound decerass members Of the
e Tank battalion with the Bronze Star medal for herom
the s3 days OF action which they with the 7si No
vember ls44 Left TO right Master Sergeant Hill Chi
caso ILL., Technical Sergeant William II. Newkirk Ypsanfi
ch Technical Sergeant Louie Palmer Chicago ILL., Technical
Sergeant Archie c. Young Everett Pal Sergeant Otis Johnson
Chicago Ill; Sergeant Daniel Cardel New York. NJ Y. and
Sergeant Louis Mcdaniel Detroit Mich The ceremony took
place in SieYr AusaaUS. Signal Corps photo from BPR
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mates on Stretchers TO safety as the
fires ragged aboard the giant ES-
SEN-ciaSs carrier after the suicide
plane attacks Of Okinawa May IL.
Brown then went 10 the hangar
deck and joined other crew mem
oers IN fsht!ns fires.
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Senators S e e k
Prompt Action
On Employment

NEW YORK-ln letters 10 the
NAACP, L. ) Senators James L
Murray and Robe, =. Wagner
praised inc association, stand for
immediate enactment Of Full En-
ployment Bill No $50 and prom
ised action on the measure a. soon
as possible
Senator WsSnCr promised as
sponsor Of TINS leg .Slauon Nlll
do my best 10 have the bl.I enacted
in the near future hope We can
begin hearings on me oil. very
soon.