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Evening star., 1945-05-15
John W. Grant, "a, Dies;
Veteran Railroad Man

John W. Grant, "a. of 1851 A street
NE, a veteran railroad man and
District resident since 1917, died sud-
denly of heart disease at his home
yesterday.
A native Of Auburn, Va, MI Grant
was a brakeman for a number of
years with the Southern Railway Co.
At the time of the United States
entry into the World War he came
to Washington as a yard conductor
of the Washington Terminal Co. He
retired after an accident in 1922 and
became a salesman for the Home
land Tailoring Co
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Grace L
Grant; two daughters. Mrs. Jeanette
L. Nelson and Mrs. Suzanne G. Hall
and a son. william Eskew Grant, all
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NE Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Raid Sirens Here
Give Swan Song
THROUGH

Downtown Washington heard what
may we'll be the swan song" of the
Districts AFRAID alarm system to-
day
The siren on the top of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. at Tenth
and E streets NV, let loose at 800
am
Several citizens, curious but not
excited, called newspaper Offices to
ask for information.
Herbert A. Friede, chief of emer-
gency communications for the Dis
trict. explained what had happened
Work was being done, he said, in
preparation for disconnecting the
entire system.
A telephone company lineman, he
said, set it all off. The lineman was
working on the batteries which trip
the relays on the leased telephone
company lines which operate the
system.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
DpathH
TABB. CARRIE ELIBABETB

TABB. CARRIE ELIZABETH. On Mon
Day, May IA, 1945. at her residence, 81
TABB beloved Wf. Mn Of EdsaE
ley Bell. Remains resting at Gasch's fu-
neral r home. 4739 Baltimore ave. Hyatts-
wednesday, May 16, at 2:30 pm. Rela-
tives and friends invited. Interment Rock
Creek Cemetery.
TAYLOR, MARY SUSAN. On Monday,
May May Il. Il 1915, At 9 her IRE @residenee. the Ken
loved wife of the late George Washington
TAYLOR and mother OF Mrs. Diller F. Groff.
Mrs @. Percy McGlue. Mrs. John II. Vogt
St, NV. on wednesday. Ma May 'iB IS, at "pinn pm
lnterment (private) in Oak Hill Cemetery.
,aI5 TERRY JESSE: On Sunday. Ma, u,
fERRy II n Sas5and of e ae
usene and Everett e Ter4s Also
relatives and friends. Remains Rem shs may S'hee Be-
yeWsd sftea at his late Tesdenes TUESDAY Nay
church, Merrifeld, Va. vi" Relatives i sapsrsi and
friends invited.
TILLETT ROBERT l.. On Sunday. Nav
13, 1945. ROBERT L. TILLETT. beloved
Tet MatR Sroher F. Of T Mts fsar shr Of pDsn %ns
and Mrs May Moffett. Services at Cham
ners' funeral home, 5I7 11th st. Sc, on
wednesday, May 10, at 2:30 pm. Inter-
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery. 15
WARD. RAYMOND j. On Sunday, May
). wAR6 of a5s soo5 Goth hasprtsi St. ne
~ husband Of the late Mary B. Ward and
and grandfather. Of joyce [. Ward. Fu-
neral services at the above residence on
Wednesday, May l6, at $50 am; thence
to st. Francis de Sales Catholic Church,
10th st. and r. !. ave. ne, where mass
will be offered at am. Interment Glen
wood Cemetery. I5
WHITLEY. JEANETTE. On Monday, May
IA, 1945, at her residence, 233 Oakdale st
NV. JEANETTE WHITLEY. mother of Ed
ward Whitby. She also is survived by
eranddaughter, Mrs Ruth Fisher. and
a daugbter-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Whitby
Notice OF funeral later. Arrangements by
Malvan & Schey.
WILLIAMS. ELIZABETH tLIZZIE). On
Monday. May 4, 1945. ELIZABETH GIZ-
Z1E) WILLIAMS of Is 53rd place Sc She
is the sreat-aunt of Cathryn A. Ingram
and Elizabeth A. Perry and great-grest.
aunt of Margaret Perry. She also leaves
a devoted sister America Geohagan, and
host OF other relatives and friends. After
= pm. Wednesday, May 6, friends may
call at Loves funeral home. 9l3 Florida
ave. W, where funeral services will be
held Thursday. May II, at I:3O pm
Relatives and friends are invited TO at
tend. lnterment Lincoln Memorial Gene
terry. lo
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Wife of Gen. De Witt
Dies in San Francisco

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
bet Foster De Witt, wife of Brig
Gen. Wallace De Witt, retired, who
died Sunday at her home, in San
Francisco, following a heart attack
will be held tomorrow at National
Cemetery there.
Mrs. De Witt was in Washington
at the time Gen. De Witt served as
commanding general of the Army
Medical Center from 1885 to 1899
She was active in affairs at the cen
ter and was head of the American
Red Cross at Walter Reed Hospital
for part of her stay She moved tc
San Francisco in 1910, when Gen
De Witt went there
In addition to her husband, Mrs
De Witt is survived by son. 1t
Wallace De Witt, U. S. A., now or
duty at Fort Mcdowell, San Fran.
cisco.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
William |. Matfocks
Funeral Services Are
Set for Tomorrow

Funeral services Tor William l.,
Mattocks, 10, 'of 1347 Taylor street
NV, president of the National
Tribune, who died suddenly at his
home Sunday, will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at the Hines funeral home,
290l Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery, where
exercises will be conducted at the
grave by members of the Richard
j. Harden Camp, No. 2, District
Chapter, United Spanish War Vet
Grams.
Mr.. Mattocks was born in Ma
quoketa, Iowa. He left there in the
early 1905, going to Silver City, N.
Mex, where he worked on the Silver
City Enterprise as an apprentice
printer for a year. He then went
to Albuquerque, NJ Mex, being en-
ployed on the Albuquerque Journal
as printer until he enlisted in
Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders
in 1898. He was a sergeant In
Troop F. and took part in the charge
up San Juan Hill Following his
mastering out in late 1893, Mr.. Mat
tocks returned to his position on the
Albuquerque paper.
Came Here in 1901.
He left New Mexico and spent the
next two years working on papers
in various parts of the country
among them being publications at
Topeka, Kans., and Cincinnati. Mr.
Mattocks came to Washington in
1901 and was employed on the Wash
ington Post for a year before re-
ceiving an appointment to the Gov
ernment Printing Office in Novem-
Der, 1902. He retired from Govern
ment work in 1920 .
Soon after leaving Government
service Mr.. Mattocks became affil-
lated with the American Standard
the official organ of the organized
Spanish War Veterans. When the
firm went out of business later that
year, he went with the National
Tribune Co. to represent officially
the interests of the United Spanish
War Veterans. With the formation
of the National Tribune Corp. in
1926 he became vice president OF
the concern. He served in that ca :
pacity and as editor until 1885
when he succeeded Rice w. Means
former Senator from Colorado. as
president of the organization. The
National Tribune The Stars and
Stripes is a weekly paper. repre-
senting veterans of all American
wars.
Widow, Daughter Survive.
Mr.. Mattocks served as depart
ment commander of the United
Spanish War Veterans in 1920 and
1921 and as national chief of staff
Of the same organization in 1926
and 1927. He was also a member of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post
l40l, Washington Chapter. the
typographical Union of Washing
ton. the Masons and the National
Press Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Bertha Mattocks; a daughter, Mrs.
Cameron Shaw of st. Petersburg,
Fla, and a 16-year -old grandson,
William Shaw.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Heber J. Grant, SO,
Head Of Mormons,
Dies in Salt Lake City
by the Associated Press.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 15.-He-
ber J. Grant, 88, colorful, white
bearded president of the Latter
Day Saints CMormon) Church, died
last night after 81 years of church
service.
Outspokenly opposed to retire
ment of men at the ages of so or
65. he himself worked long hours
daily after he passed 80. Illness
during the last five years forced him
to slow down.
Death was attributed to age. His
family and church authorities were
at his bedside in the hillside home
which overlooked the Utah capital
city, in which he was born. His
father was Salt Lake Citys first
Mayor.
Mr.. Grant was appointed to the
church's Council of Twelve Apostles
Its governing body-at the age of
Is. He became council president in
1916 and church president two years
later.
He served as president and organ
izer of the church's japanese mission
and as president of the European
mission.
In 1886 he authorized organization
by the church of a welfare program
designed to remove Mormons from
public relief rolls. 1t still Is in effect,
operating farms, factories and ware
houses In several Western States.
Mr.. Grant was active in business
and aided in development of the
sugar beet industry in the West.
Seventh president of the church
founded in New York State in 1890,
Mr.. Grant served longer than any
other except Brigham Young. who
led the Mormons on their trek from
Illinois to Utah in 1847.
Noted for his witty remarks. he
once offered this marriage advice
First. find the girl with who you
can live in perfect harmony and
good will. Second, let her do as
she pleases."
His widow and nine daughters
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Frank J. Matters, IS, Dies;
Former Lakes Enqineer

Frank J. Matters, IS, of 3210 Sew
enteenth street NE, for many years
marine engineer on Great Lakes
steamships and a resident of WASH
ington since 1886, died yesterday at
his home after a long illness.
A requiem high mass will be cele-
brated at am. tomorrow at St
Anthony's Church. 1890 Lawrence
street NE, by the Rev. John ]
Coady. Burial will be in Erie, Pa,
Mr.. Matters native city.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
j. c. Wagner, Rogers Heights, Md;
three sons, Raymond Matters and
John Matters. Erie, and Harold
Matters, Washington; one sister,
Mrs. Helen Robe, Tonawanda, N. Y;
10 grandchildren and great-grand-
children.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Funeral Rites Today
For Mrs. /. M. ELIerson

Funeral services will be held at
pm. today at st. Adams Church
Wisconsin and Massachusetts, ave-
nues NV. for Mrs. Lucy Murdaugh
EllerSon, SO, who died Sunday at her
home, 2134 r street NV, after a
long illness. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Ellerson was the widow OF
James r. Ellerson, leading Wash
ington builder and real estate dealer
for many years. She was born in
Upper Brandon, Va; reared in Fred
ericksburg and had lived in Wash
ington IS years.
She is survived by one son, Col
Edmund M. Ellerson, M. c., of Wash
ington, who returned here recently
after serving IA months overseas.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Testimonial Dinner
To Honor Union Aide

Robert c. Lester, for many years
associated with the Bakery Sales
mems Union, Local 80, will be- hon.
ored at testimonial dinner at
8:15 o'clock tonight.
Mr.. Lester is business representa-
tive for the bakery statesmen, presi-
dent of the District Council of
Teamsters, Local SIS, and treasurer
of the Central Labor Union and
Maryland State and District Fed
Grafton Of Labor. which will spon-
sor the testimonial.
Frank w. Lee is chairman of the
Arrangements Committee.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
British Hunt HimmIer
In F|ensburg Area
After Danish Tip
BY the Associated Press.


FLENSBURG, Germany, May Is.
British security police and intelii-
gence officers, acting on rumors sub
mitted by Danish underground or
ganizers, are leading a search for
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler in
the Flensburg area.
Germans also have been alerted to
watch for Himmler. 1t is believed
that Himmler and his reported body
guard of several hundred fanatical
SIS men, might have come to Flens-
burg because the heavily wooded
area and numerous small islands
provide excellent cover. The region
also is close to the Danish, Swedish
and Norwegian borders.
Rumors have circulated that
Himmler recently got in touch with
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, who
has headquarters in Flensburg,
and asked his protection. According
to these accounts, Himmler was told
that if the Germans found him he
would be turned over the to Allies.
A mission from supreme Allied
alCoa4ddi oSAc liz" 4QdA bCI GU oal
the German liner Patria at Flens-
burg. American generals aboard the
ship are in constant touch with
Doenitz, Field Marshal Wilhelm
Keitel and Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl
as well as other high German mill
tary and naval men and diplomats.
The communications of a Ger
man signal school, including
powerful radio transmitter, give
Doenitz contact with the remainder
of Germany The Patria has direct
communications with supreme head
quarters.
Doenitz has not been recognized
as the head of the German state
and his position has mystified dip
lomatic circles around the world.
In discussing this matter one Allied
officer said that Doenitz "is the only
man who has authority and the
| power to carry out our orders"
| War Bonds are now owned by
some 85,000,000 individual Ameri-
cans. More than 8 out of every 13
men, women and children in the
| United States are purchasers.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Meat Shortuqe Forum Slated

A forum for discussion of the meat
shortage will be held at S:15 O'Clock
tonight at the Palisades Field House,
Dana and Sherrier place NV,
under the sponsorship of the Mac
Arthur boulevard branch of the
Women's Auxiliary, CIO, United
Federal Workers of America. Rep
resentatives of the shopkeepers' the
consumer and Government agencies
will take part in the forum.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
AAA 10 Recommend
Postwar Program Of
0H-Street PARKING

A broad-gauge postwar program to
provide the public with more or
street parking soon will be recon-
mended by the Joint Committee on
Parking, consisting of representa-
tives OF six official agencies and the
American Automobile Association.
This was disclosed yesterday by
F.. w. Lovejoy, executive secretary of
the committee, at luncheon meet
ing sponsored by the Women's Safe
ty Committee and the D. G. Advisory
Board Of the AAA.
Already a preliminary" report
has been made to the District Com
missioners, said Mr.. Lovejoy, who is
Public Roads Administration expert
cooperating with the District gov
ernment on highway planning. An
Official report is expected within two
weeks.
Two Sites Selected.
Two sites have been selected in
the downtown section, he said, and
three more may be picked there as
possible locations for buildings to
help relieve parking congestion.
Seven lots have been chosen in
areas further out, he said, where, in
the opinion of the committee, off,
street parking should be established
No details on locations were dis
closed.
The District Commissioners still
have the right of condemnation un-
der an act of Congress, of February
1912, Mr.. Lovejoy told the meet
ing. Congress appropriated funds to
implement this parking law for one
year, but has failed to continue
funds into the second year or later
he said.
The Commissioners should plan to
use their powers of condemnation
he recommended. and either lease
the ground to private interests fol
construction of downtown parking
buildings, or else construct the
buildings themselves and lease the
project with full control, including
rates.
Trend in Rates.
The trend in rates, he suggested
should be lower for short periods
and higher for all-day parking. But
he emphasized, the public badly
needs more space to park car.
downtown.
He secuted the much discussed
dangers of decentralization, declar.
ing that shopping centers in outlying
sections would not destroy down.
town values
John Ihlder. executive offlcer oi
the National Capital Housing Au-
thority, warned the group that il
the downtown section were built ul
to its coming capacity, the proposed
plan would be utterly inadequate.
Members of the joint committee
attending were: William A. Var
Duzer, director of vehicles and traf.
fic; Inspector A. E. Miller of tht
Metropolitan Police Department
S. r. Harrison, District deputy en-
gineer of streets; John Nolen. jr.
director of planning, National Cap.
ital Park and Planning Commission
Irving Root, director of Nationa
Capital parks, and Washington I
Cleveland. manager of the Distric
of Columbia division. AAA.
Inspector Miller reported thai
Washington is making a good recore
in the brake testing campaign.
Burton Marsh of the AAA an.
nounced that Washington had wor
third place in the sixth nationa
pedestrian protection contest of the
AAA for its overall pedestrian pro.
gram"
John L. Vandegrift. chairman oi
the District of Columbia Advisory
Board, AAA, and Mrs. George c.
Thorpe. chairman of the Women's
Safety Committee. presided.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
VOGUE Editor Dies

NEW YORK, May Is P.-Mrs
Gilbert Becker, who under the pro-
fessional name of Marcella Nc
Guane was assistant editor of Vogue
magazine. died yesterday. A native
of La Crosse, Wis, she joined the
magazine staff in 1927.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
instrument Group Meets

The Instrument Society of Wash
ington will hear a talk by George
w. Cook, chief of the electronics
sections of the Taylor Model Basin,
on the "TB Carrier Type Strain In
dicator," at 8 O'Clock tonight in the
Interior Department auditorium.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
Home Guilds to Meet

The Washington East and West
Methodist Districts of the Women S
Home Guilds of the Gaithersburg
Methodist Home will meet at II
am. tomorrow at Francis Asbury
Methodist Church, Sixteenth and
Vermont streets, it was announced
today.
Evening star., 1945-05-15
EVANS, FRANK ERNEST, JR On Sun

day. May IL. 1945, FRANK ERNEST
EVANS, Jr. of 1907 N. Lee blvd be-
loved son Of Frank Ernest, sr., and Aurah
Utterhack Evans He also is survived
by one brother. Robert C.. Evans Re
mains resting at the home of his uncle John
Evans, 215 S. Irving st, Arlington, Va.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
May. Is, at 2 pm. Interment Columbia
Gardens. Is
Evening star., 1945-05-15

FoRT LINCOLN CEMETERY, immediateIy
In front of chapel sites. in lot No g.
ehaDel section. Call Kensington 446 from
am. to pm.
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Appeal for Nurses
|Cites Casualties
Outside Bulge
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Aside from casualties resulting
from the German offensive in Bel
gium, $4,000 wounded were returned
to this country during December, 1t
was pointed out today at the War
Department as the adoption of
pending legislation for the drafting
of nurses was urged.
Casualtiessin the early fighting OF
the Belgian bulge are still reaching
the already crowded military hos
pitals.
Off1cials also emphasized that II
per cent of the Army's $4,000 COM
missioned nurses are serving over
seas or are under foreign assign
ment.
Hospitals Reaching Capacity.
General military hospitals in this
country" said a spokesman. "are
reaching capacity loads. Nurses
overseas not only must have help
but those who have served two or
three years abroad are entitled to
be brought home under the relief
rotation system"
Mai. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, the
surgeon general, gives expert nurs-
ing a large share of the credit for
the Army's remarkable record OF
lives saved-97 out of every 100
wounded. He classes nursing along
with front-line surgery. blood
plasma. chemotherapy and early
evacuation from the front lines as
a leading factor.
Gen. Kirk has told Congress the
Army Nursing Corps must be in
creased to $4,000 if wounded and
sick soldiers are to have adequate
care. He feels that the volunteer
plan has failed.
Hearings Resume Wednesday.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee plans to re-
sumo by Wednesday hearings on
a nurse draft bill he introduced
The committee will take up the
measure as soon as it completes
action on compulsory manpower
legislation
Those sponsoring the drafting of
nurses emphasize that drafted
nurses would receive the same treat
ment as those who volunteered
they would be commissioned second
lieutenants and given the same al
lowances and opportunities for pro-
motion.
The Army, in fact, contends hat
the average military nurses receive
higher pay and better occupational
advantages than the average civil
ian nurses, including those employed
under civil service at Army hos
pitals.
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Food Subsidy Fight
To Reopen Tomorrow

The long fight between Congress
and the administration over pay
ment of food subsidies will be re-
opened tomorrow when the Senate
Banking Committee begins consid-
Grafton of Commodity Credit Corp
from a ban against payment Of such
subsidies after next June 80 without
specific congressional authority.
Offered by Senator Bankhead
Democrat, of Alabama, at the re.
quest of CCC officials, the propose
drew sharp Republican opposition
particularly from Senator Taft oi
Ohio, who sponsored the prohibition
voted last June.
1t was included in a bill to ex-
tend the life of the CCC two year.
from next June 80 and to increase
its borrowing and lending authority
from S3,000,0 100000 to $4,000, 900 900
The Bankhead bill would exempt
from the prohibition CCC operations
designed to support prices or obtain
production of agricultural commodi-
ties, or to absorb abnormal costs In
connection with the Transportation
of agricultural commodities ano
foods"
Asserting the CCC should be a
permanent agency, he declared this
agency had made a profit of S92,-
100000 in the purchase and resale
of cotton alone.
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Police End Travels
OF Wayward Zebra

! A 15-year-old zebra which casu-
ally ambled out of its pen in the
National Geological Park Saturday
night and went on tour of Rock
Greek Park and vicinity, was back
in the Zoo today after meeting with
a few minor adventures.
The animal, a lifelong resident of
the Zoo, was cornered by police in
a ravine near Fourteenth street and
Concord avenue NV, yesterday
and was returned to captivity by
Zoo attendants.
The Zebra, which suffered slight
cuts from brambles, escaped from
its pen by working loose a hook on
the door, according to DR.. William
Mann, director Of the Zoo. During
its travels, it waded through Rock
Greek and swan under the fioodgate
at Klingle Bridge, according to
police.
1t was first seen shortly before
a m. yesterday by Motorcycle Police
man A. A. Aderholt, who called the
police radio dispatcher. Two scout
cars from the Sixth precinct were
then dispatched to the scene and
after cornering the errant zebra,
held it for the arrival of Frank Lowe,
Zoo headkeeper.
One of five species known as the
Chapman zebra, the animal weighs
$50 pounds and is common to Tan
ganyika Territory, British East Al
rica, DR.. Mann said.
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Oliver, WLB Official ,
Beaten and Robbed

Jay Oliver, director of the dis
putes division of the trucking COM
mission, War Labor Board, was bad
ly beaten and robbed early Sunday
in his hotel room in midtown New
York, 1t was reported by the police
of that city who are investigating
his complaint.
Mr.. Oliver. who has been in New
York on Government business, told
detectives he went to the door OF
his room In response to a knock
and was assaulted by two men who
forced their way in and robbed
him of $50. His assailants beat him
with the metal rod of q table lamp
he said.
At the Offices of the WLB here it
was said nothing was known about
the affair, but it was acknowledged
that he had gone to New York City
in connection with his official
duties. Al the address the police
obtained from him in Washington II
was said he was not known. The
nature Of his errand was not dis
closed by the WLB
Evening star., 1945-01-22
Wafer Color Club Prize
Won by Hotchkiss

De Wolfe Hotchkiss was awarded
first prize in the Washington Water
Color Clubs 49th annual exhibi-
ton, scheduled to open next SUM-
day in the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Omar r. Darlington, president of
the club, announced today.
Mr.. Hotchkiss' painting, "St. Pat
rick's in the Rain" won him a $50
War Bond. Other awards were: s25
War Bond to Henry Gasser for his
painting. Rocky Neck Winter. "
First honorable mention to Louella
Boros for her painting, Skating in
Johnson Park; second honorable
mention to Andrea P. zerega for q
painting of prize fight.
Special prize-Graphic Arts-a
$25 War Bond to Chauncey Ryder
for an etching, Village in the
Valley"
Honorable mention to Corpl. sgd
Browne for print of a town in
Mexico.
The jury of awards comprised the
officers and board of managers of
the club.