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Evening star., 1945-01-31
Admiral Thebaud Wins
Fourth Legion Of Merit

Rear Admiral Leo H. Thebaud,
1908 Nineteenth street NV, has
been awarded the Gold Star in lieu
of the fourth Legion of Merit for his
service as commander Of q cruiser
division and commander Of sup
port unit of a fast carrier task group
in operations against the Marianas,
the Bonins and In the battle of the
Philippine Sea, the Navy announced
yesterday.
THE cruisers comprising the sup
port unit" the citation says, were
always handled In q smart and ef1i-
cient manner and contributed great
" to the efficiency Of the entire task
group. The cruiser planes which
were under his command contributed
invaluable service In the rescue OF
downed carrier pilots and air crew.
men, often at great risk OF the
rescue pilots own life"
Evening star., 1945-01-31
| Vegetable Price
Increases Raise
ID. c. Living Costs

Higher prices for cabbage, lettuce,
potatoes and sweet potatoes raised
the Washington family food bill 0.3
per cent during the 30-day period
ended December Is, the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics reported today.
The general cost-of- f-living index
during that period rose OF per cent,
bringing the index to 1853 per cent
Of the 1869 average. This was
l9 per cent above the level Of q
year earlier, BIS said.
Cabbage led the price increases
WITH q 1854 per cent rise; sweet po-
tatoes, ZIG; lettuce. 17.6, and po-
tatoes, SIS.
The cost Of the average clothing
budget Ii December was Il per cent
above the level Of year earlier, and
miscell ellaneous goods and services adj
vanced 4.3 per cent, the bureau es-
timated.
Fuel, electricity and ice prices and
rents remained unchanged.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Plan 10 Abolish NCHA
Hit by Citizens Group

Disapproval of the McCarran
slum clearance and rehousing bill
was voted yesterday by the Board
of Delegates of the Citizens Coun-
Gil for Community Planning at a
meeting at the YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV. So q
The board approved lin principles 7
the Capper bill covering the same
field, but voted to urge amendments
as yet unformulated in detail, Mrs.
William H. Wells, executive vice
president of the council, said.'a Z
The McCarran bill, submitted at
this session of Congress, would
abolish the National Capital Housing
Authority and set up a new agency
to acquire slum clearance sites
through which private builders
would be afforded a years oppor-
tunity to proceed with the work.
The Capper bill would retain the
NCHA for construction of rental
subsidy low-cost housing.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Former AP Photographer Here
Described as Hero Of Ship Fire
Left Safety to Fight
Flames, Rescue Men
During Enemy Attack
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Capt. j. F.
Bolger, whose ship took fire under
heavy enemy attack, has praised
"the heroic and meritorious achieve
ment" of Charles p. CORY, Associat-
ed Press war photographer who was
aboard.
Mr.. CORY fearlessly, and without
regard for his own personal safety,
endangered by fire and exploding
ammunition, voluntarily joined the
fire and rescue parties" Capt. Boil
ger wrote Kent Cooper, AP execu-
tive director. Leaving a place of
comparative safety for one of grave
danger, he aided in fighting fires
and rescuing personnel until the
fires were extinguished. He was q
surprising and inspiring influence
amid the smoke and flame.
Then, when a call was issued for
blood donations to aid the wounded,
he was the first to volunteer for this
additional service"
Mr.. CORY, "a, whose home is at
Hollis, N Y, entered the AP serv-
ice November IA, 1894, and has
served in the New York and Wash
ington bureaus. He was assigned to
the Pacific war theater last Septem-
ber. He is married and has three
children.
A dispatch from the Western Pa
cific several months ago described a
fire on the ship to which he was at
tached. Mr.. CORY told of the "he-
roic efforts of the crew" and said
"in few hours the damage was al
most repaired and we were ship
shape again-the dirtiest, wettest
bunch of men I have ever seen in
my life, but the most heroes I will
ever see at one time"
A more recent dispatch related
that the photographer and Philip
Heisler of the Baltimore Sun joined
300 sailors in using the weight of
their bodies as ballast to save an
escort carrier from capsizing during
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Coleman R. Brown, Retired
Policeman, Dies al II

Coleman r. Brown, ", OF 1903
Twenty third street Sc, who re-
tired in 1888 after 30 years in the
Metropolitan Police Department,
died at his residence yesterday. He
had been i'll three years.
Attached to the 18th precinct for
81 years, Mr.. Brown was later with
the harbor police. A native of
Remington, Va, he worked as a
nurse at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
when he first came to Washington.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary E.
Brown, he is survived by a son,
Charles Brown; seven daughters,
Mrs. Verde L. Kidwel, Mrs. Mary
Cocimano, Mrs. Violet Crump, Mrs.
Anna Richards, Mrs. Gladys Belt,
Mrs. Alice O'Connor and Mrs. Helen
Knight, and 80 grandchildren, all
of Washington: also three brothers,
| Scott Brown and Beverley Brown,
Riverton, Va, and Russell Brown,
Front Royal, Va, and two sisters,
Mrs. Annie M. Moran, Chicago, and
Mrs. Tiller Miller, Washington.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
b at 9 am tomorrow at st. Francis
Xavier's Church, following services
at the residence at $3.50 am. Burial
will be In Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
0PA 10 Give Sample Toys
To Fathers in Walter Reed

The Office of Price Administration
Is playing Santa Claus to children
of convalescent soldiers at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Between 200 and 300 toys were to
be brought to the hospital this af-
ternoon. The toys, ranging from
little dolls to coaster wagons, came
into OPA's possession through SAM
Piles sent to Washington by manu-
facturers seeking determination on
price ceilings.
Toys will be placed In the custody
of officers in charge of the hos
pitaPs convalescent center. They
will be distributed through various
methods to men with children back
home.
"The main objective is to get them
to patients with children and where
they are most needed" hospital
spokesman said.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Virginia Major Killed
In Action as Prisoner
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LEESBURG, Va, Jan. 31.-Maj.
Charles F. Harrison, jr., "a, of Lees
burg, son of commemorative At
torney and Mrs. Charles F. Har-
rison, was killed in action May 81,
1914, while prisoner of war Of the
Japanese government" his parents
have been notified by the War De-
partment. The telegram did not
explain how Maj. Harrison could
have been killed while a prisoner
War Department officials said he
might have been on a ship torpedoed
by an American submarine.
Maj. Harrison was in the Chem
ical Warfare Service. He was
graduated from West Point in 1888.
He went to the Philippines June 5,
1941, and was taken prisoner at the
fall of Bataan.
From reports received here, he
went through the horrors of the
March of Death"
Mai. Harrison was a member of
the st. James Episcopal Church and
q leader among the young people
here.
Besides his father and mother, he
lis survived by one brother, Capt.
Sterling M. Harrison, USMC, now
stationed at Cherry Point, N. c.,
and two sisters, Mrs. Bertram G.
Harrison, who is making her home
with her parents while her husband,
Col. Harrison, Army Air Forces, is
on duty, and Miss Sara Harrison of
Washington and LeesburR.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
0PA Suspends Shoe Store
On Ration Stamp Charges

The Office of Price Administration
today ordered a five-day suspension
of Murray's Shoe Store, 1910 Four
teenth street NV, on charges of q
shortage of ration stamps with a
equivalent ration value of 1921 pairs
of shoes.
Suspension, which begins Febru-
ary 5, and prohibits the store from
selling rationed shoes, was ordered
by Hearing Commissioner Clifford
r. Snider after Attorney David
Hornstein, counsel for the store,
agreed to a consent order.
Mr.. Hornstein explained to the
commissioner that the company also
operates store in Atlantic City and
that as result of intra- store
transfer Of shoes, inventories be-
came unbalanced"
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Farm Machinery May Be
Returned 10 Raiioninq

Rationing Of farm machinery, s,is-
pended since last fall. may be re-
newed II production slags resulting
from manpower and component
parts shortages continue.
A War Food Administration
spokesman said today the question
of a return of rationing and dis
tribution controls on farm ma
chinery has come up among VITA
officials. While the agency has no
plans of ordering q return Of con-
trolls at this time. It would be only
a matter of hours for VITA to take
the action, he said.
Should young farm hands be
drafted in any considerable num-
bers and farm machinery fail to
materialize, farmers production
problems In 1945 win be did1cult.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
FB| Arrests Man Wanted
In Killing Of Detective
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Wilbur Paul Patterson, charged
with the killing of Detective Harry
Raines of Daytona Beach, Fla, has
been arrested in Omaha, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation announced
yesterday.
I FBI Director j. Edgar Hoover said
Patterson, after boasting he would
never be taken alive, was arrested
In a garage where he was trailed
by two FBI agents. Patterson was
taken without the firing of gun,
MFR. Hoover stated
4 The fugitive was arrested only a
few hours after wanted notices had
been distributed nationally.
Mr.. Hoover said the agents recog-
.nized Patterson, who was with an
unidentified companion when their
icream-colored automobile halted for
IA red light on an Omaha street.
The announcement said the agents
/ Iallowed the Paterson car to proceed
land then followed it to the garage
where the arrest was made.
\ Mr.. Hoover said Detective Raines
/ was shot on January 10, when he
Iattempted to question Patterson
.concerning a stolen automobile.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Cab Group Protests
Mason Stand Against
Need for Gas Probe

The American Cab Association to-
day protested to Commissioner Guy
Mason over his reversal of opinion
regarding the necessity for Senate
District Committee investigation of
the gasoline situation here. Mr..
Mason originally had urged an in
quiry, but last week he told members
Of Congress he felt that an investi-
cation was not needed at this time.
1--WE had to use thousands of gall
Ions OF this precious fuel for the
purpose Of getting gasoline, while
we should have been using it to carry
passengers" the association wrote
the Commissioner.
At the same time, the association
protested to the Petroleum Admins
tration for War against communi-
cation from the PAW explaining
that "fuel for taxicab use is not
differentiated from fuel for other
civilian use."
Asserting that 75,0G0 passengers
should not lose rides while taxis
cruise the city looking for gasoline
the association said it was asking
that taxi stations be included with
Others receiving direct delivery in
the Washington area.
The taxi group also made a pro.
posaI to the Public Utilities Com.
mission for simpliication of the
pickup system Of carrying passen.
gers. MANY people would ride i
they understood the pickup system,
the association wrote. MANY NOR
drivers would cooperate if the sys.
tenn were simpler"
The association said that under
the plan only eight direction sign
would be needed to cover any start.
ing point at any time and on passing
any turning point the sign could bt
changed so that any combination
within reason, would be possible.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
| 25-MiIe Walk
ToCourt Wins
Dismissal of Case

/ The story of a 22-year-old Manas-
Isas colored man who walked Is miles
lin the bitter cold to pay an Airing
ton County traffic fine was told to-
lday by Judge Hugh Reid of the
County Court.
Judge Reid said the man, Wilmer
Harris, told him he got up at
lam. and walked the entire dis
litance from his home to the court
house, arriving about five minutes
|before court opened. When he ar
irived, Judge Reid said, his hands
,iwere so cold he could hardly open
1.-THE door.
Judge Reid dismissed two traffic
|Icharges, saying the defendant 'had
'lbeen punished enough" He was
|lthen given q lift to Falls Church
by members Of the police force and
thAre put on . bus for Manassas.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Navy Carpenter
And Boy Die in
Traffic k|ishdps
2 Deaths in 18 Hours
Raise Toll Here
To Six for Year

Two persons were killed In traffic
accidents within 18 hours, bringing
this years traffic death toll in the
District to six.
Thornton j. Fitzgerald, 81, a Navy
Department carpenter, of 1912
Kenilworth avenue NE, was killed
this morning while running from
his home to board streetcar, police
said. He ran in front of one auto
mobile and was thrown into the
path of another. The police have
not determined which of the auto
mobiles first struck him.
Father Of Eight.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was the father of
eight children, police said.
The drivers of the two cars, ac-
cording to police, were Radio Tech
nician ed class Warren B. Blaney,
Is, of 4311 Lily Pond drive NE, and
Electricians Mate (3d class Arthur
E. Edlund, 30, of 1920 Lily Pond
drive NE.
Walter Archie Strickland, 14-year-
old son of Robert G.. Strickland,
Secretary of the Home Missionary
Department of the Seventh Day
Adventist General Conference, was
injured fatally yesterday afternoon
when he was knocked down by a
Capital Transit bus in the 800
block of Ninth street NV.
The boy was downtown seeking
a part-time position, police learned
from his mother. He was a sopho-
more at the Takoma Park Academy
and had been helping his father
with church affairs in his Office at
Takoma Park Mr.. Strickland was
reported in Mexico on official busi-
ness and funeral arrangements await
his return.
Father Not Located.
At the General Conference Offices
it was said that Mr.. Strickland has
not yet been located in Mexico,
although officials of the church
there have been notified. Mr.
Strickland's errand was said to be
In connection with the appointment
of new missionaries.
The bus driver, according to
police, was Edgar N. Robey, 80, OF
Bill Otis place NV.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Jewish 'Bluckbook'
Group Is Formed Here

A Washington group Of the Conn
mittee for the Jewish Blackbook has
just been organized here with DR..
Leon Gerber as chairman.
The "blackbook" when published
will present authorized and docu-
mented evidences Of Maxi atrocities
against the jews In Europe and will
demand punishment Of those re-
sponsible.
Members Of the National Execu-
tive Committee include Orson
Welles, Dorothy Parker, Mrs. Rocse-
velt, Franklin p. Adams, Bennet
Cert, Thomas Benton and others.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Coal Situation
Eases; Dinnout
Starts Tonight
Police Report 1,010
Delivery Certificates
Written Since Monde,

Demands for police inspection ano
certification of household coal short.
ages sfor emergency deliveries con-
tinued today although q spokesman
for the trade said the capital was
"over the hump" as to shortage OF
supply.
Meanwhile, the War Production
Boards brown out" order, designed
to save fuel, becomes effective al
midnight tonight. Voluntarily un.
lighted show windows and electric
signs already have dimmed streets
which formerly blazed with electric
lights. So far there have been nc
formal appeals perfected to obtain
notifications of the order in Wash
ington. The WPB has made it clear
mass appeals will not be entertained
Those making appeals must es-
tablish that the order works an ex-
ceptional or unreasonable hardship
or that compliance will endanger
public safety or health. Such ap-
peals must come through law en-
forcement agencies, with the po-
lice, for instance, certifying to the
danger to safety in the strict en-
forcement of the rules.
Write 1,010 Certificates
Police wrote 325 certificates for
emergency deliveries yesterday aft
ernoon and this morning, bringing
the total since the plan started
Monday to 1,010.
One police official working on the
problem said many of the demands
for emergency purchase certificates
were coming from persons who
normally purchased stove coal in
quantities of a bushel or two at a
time. He suggested a modification
of the plan to allow any one to carry
away 100 pounds without certifica-
ton.
Z Suggests Certification.
Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the
Merchants & Manufacturers Asso-
citation, said, however, it would be
better for purchasers of coal in
bushel lots to obtain police certifi-
Gates because then they would have
top priority in obtaining fuel
The association has simplified its
procedure in handling the police
certificates. Instead of the appli-
cant coming to the associations s
Office, he now goes directly to his
coal dealer.
Mr.. Shaw said the associations
role in this new procedure is to see
that all dealers have coal to fill the
orders. One small dealer was out of
coal today and steps were taken to
direct a supply to him so he could
fill orders.
The same procedure is being fol-
lowed in neighboring areas. In
Prince Georges County, Md, ma
chinery for providing the inspections
and certificates has been set up in
Hyattsville. and Marlboro.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Wife Wins Divorce:
Husband Paid Phone
Bill OnIy-for Reason
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 31.-Cir-
cult Court Judge Joseph Sher-
bow awarded Mrs. Jesse H.
Rosenbloom an absolute divorce
yesterday after she testified
that, although her husband
made $25. 900 q year, he refused
to pay any of her bills except
the one for the telephone.
Mrs. Rosenbloom told the
Judge the only reason he paid
that was so that he could call
her up and tell her not to come
where he was.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
Bids Rejected on 440
Lincoln Heights Homes

The National Capital Housing Au-
thority announced today that it had
rejected all bids for construction of
40 dwellings for colored occupancy
on Lincoln Heights, Fiftieth street
near Washington Place NE, be-
cause they exceeded the amount de-
signated for the project.
New bids, the Authority said, win
be advertised for on February 5
and opened on February is. Mean
while, plans and specifications for
the project are being revised.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
lilo Moy Reudmit ltoIy

LONDON, Jan. 81 (Pl-The In
ternational Labor Organization to-
day took under consideration Italy's
application for readmiSsion and
agreed to name representative to
Rome to keep the italian govern
|ment, employers and workers
abreast of ILO work.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
President May Act
To End Conflict Over
New Bridge Proposals

Indications were seen today that
President Roosevelt may take a
hand in the issue of whether q six
lane single span, br twin bridges of
four lanes each, should be built over
the Potmac to replace Highway
Bridge.
Public hearings before the Bridge
Subcommittee of the House Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee, scheduled for this afternoon,
were postponed subject to the call of
Representative Chapman, Democrat,
of Kentucky, chairman.
While Mr.. Chapman did not say
so, 1t was reported the hearings were
postponed at the request Of the
White House. Also, some sources
said it could be presumed that Gin
terested parties Gaming spokes-
men for opposing Government
agencies be asked to confer
to seek an agreement, and that pos
sibly conferences would be held later
with the President.
Twin Span Opposed.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
and Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, III,
chairman of the National Park and
Planning Commission, have been
fighting the plan of the District
Commissioners for twin-span pro-
ject.
The city heads are supported by
the Public Roads Administration,
the Fine Arts Commission and the
Federal Works Agency.
Yesterday, Gen. Grant conferred
with Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, member of the
House District Committee, on the
bridge proposals. Mr.. Smith re-
Gently renewed his interest in an
old plan for building vehicular tun-
nels under the river, instead of a
bridge, but Gen. Grant told him
earlier studies showed substantial
difficulties were involved.
Representative Smith told The
Star he favored the bridge
plan and that he would present
the views of the Arlington County
board in support Of this proposal
He said he was impressed with the
fact that the two spans would per-
NIT use of one for southbound traffic
and the other for northbound traf-
|fic.
Drops Tunnel Plan.
After listening to the reports of
Gen. Grant on earlier studies of a
vehicular tunnel under the river
Mr.. Smith said he did not plan to
|persue his former suggestion in that
regard, primarily because of the
question of proper grades and nec-
essary replanning and development
|of approach roads, as well as the
Question of anticipated higher costs
for tube.
Gen. Grant said the cost would
be very much greater and members
of the Planning Commission were
convinced the tube plan would not
be advisable because the entrances
would have to be carried SO far into
the District and Virginia as to dis
rupt the present approach roads
systems. Because of the depth to
which the tube would have to be
carried under the river, he explained,
there would be grade difficulties.
Gen. Grant suggested that at some
future time it might be desirable to
put the Railroad Bridge under the
river and underground In Southwest
Washington. He added that former
studies indicated the cost of a tube
for the Potomac would run to some
SIT, ,000, 900 and that today the costs
might prove to be as much as
SIC, ,000, 600.
Evening star., 1945-01-31
|26 D. G, Men Report
To Militurx Forces

The following 26 Washington
men are scheduled to report for
induction into the armed forces
Ia Baltimore TODAY.
Evening star., 1945-01-31

Fuller, Kenneth
Goodman, Morris
Potter, Howard I.
Smith, Norman r.
Del Monte, Frank ].
CAN'T. Vincent ~.
kyhos, Milton
Randall, Marvin q.
Williams, Walter Q.
Cocchiaro. Michael
HetrQ, Angelo ~.
4onfret, william J.
Evening star., 1945-01-31

Hood, Alvin 8.
Powell. Kenneth
Shiplette, Julian M.
arnythe, George D.
Waleski, George 8.
Alplestein, David
Held, Gerald N.
Lucas. Lewis +. jr.
Russell, Dominic w.
sullivan. jones 3
8oxins Joseph D.
KaAl1. sylvan u
xtkin, seymour
Evening star., 1945-01-31
typhoon. The men shifted posi-
tions with each roll of the ship to
place their weight where it would do
the most good.

Mr.. CORY, who was with the
Washington bureau of the Associ-
ated Press from October, 1884, until
last September, formerly lived at
322 North Oxford street, Arlington,
Va. His wife, Grace; their son,
Peter, 6, and twin daughters, Carol
Jane and Grace Margaret, 21z, now
live with her parents in Hollis.
A brother, William j. CORY, pho
tographer's mate, second class, also
q former AP cameraman here, lives
at 1854 North Henderson road, Ar
lington, and is in the Navy's Bureau
of Public Relations. He said a re-
cent letter from his brother report
ed that he had been on Saipan.
Evening star., 1945-01-31

@He was always helping out in the
science lab," said q teacher. @He
spent most Of his free time there" !"
Ralph johnson, who became q
streetcar conductor, then q bos'n's
mate, was lost last summer when his
LIST was torpedoed OF Australia.
Henry Dodd, one Of three brothers
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-01
Shortest
Coal Stock
Forecast

WASHINGTON, July II GNsl
Secretary Of Interior Ickes
warned today that America faces
the coldest winter Of the war un-
less the army releases coal
miners.
Ickes also told the Senate war
investigating committee that the
United States must ship coal 20
Europe to prevent bloodshed and
rioting.
In blunt terms. Ickes lay be-
fore the committee a dark pic.
ture Of the coal situation, and de-
Tended his proposal 10 send coal
to Europe even though America
goes short.
The secretary, who also is fuel
administrator, said that restric-
tionS already placed upon de-
livery Of some eaStern.mined coal
10 househoiders may nave 20 he
extended TO other types OF dornes.
tic coal.
Al the same time Deputy Solid
Fuels ADMINISTRATOR CT Potter
told the Senate Mead committee
that the United States is shipping
Goa Ito Italy while Italian miners
are out on strike in Sardinia, a
coal producing center.