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Evening star., 1945-06-01
BowIes AsksCongress
Ito Name Committee
On Public Information

A suggestion that Congress estab-
lish public information committee
SO the public may be better informed
of its activities was made today by
Price Administrator Chester BoWles
before the Joint Congressional Com
mittee to Reorganize Congress.
Mr.. BoWles said the Office of Price
Administration had found its task Of
enforcing rationing regulations was
made much easier when people un-
derstood the purpose of them.
BY the same standard, he said, the
public would take a much greater
interest in their Government if they
clearly understood the various acts
of Congress.
Mr. Bowles suggested the Public
Information Committee could sift
studies and reports Of other commit
tees, and then tell the American
people accurately, in simplif1ed form
just what Congress is doing.
Representative Monroney, Demo
crat, of Oklahoma asked Mr.. Bowles
if he considers the public's lack OF
information an indictment of news
coverage. The price administrator
replied that he did not, explaining
that today. because of the war
stories affecting the public are often
buried in the inside pages of news
papers and often condensed because
of lack of space. =.
The OPA chief also suggested
that the heads of various Govern
ment agencies meet from time To
time with members of Congress to
discuss their problems.
Another suggestion made by Mr.
BoWles was that more capable peo-
pie be brought into Government
service by raising salaries of execu-
tive positions. He also suggested
that a skilled economic and research
staff be made available to various
committees in Congress.
Mr.. Bowles also Endorsed the Gov
ernment reorganization proposal OF
President Truman.
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When they got there, the woman
had disappeared. The sailor then
was released for lack of complaint
and the police started to look for
the woman.
She was arrested later by seventh
precinct police and held for the
park police.
But the park police could not find
Todd at this point, to act as COM
planning witness and the woman was
released
Todd then reported the loss of his
papers to his commanding officer.
The shore patrol stepped in. The
woman and the wallet now are being
sought.
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; Women Are Honored
As They Quit U. 5. Service

Three women employees of the IN
ternal Revenue Bureau were hon
ored by their associates yesterday as
they retired from Government serv-
ice
Miss Alice A Hall, chief of the
corporation transcribing subsection
of the statistical section, was given
wrist watch by her fellow workers
The presentation was made by Ed
ward w. White, chief of the statis-
tical section. A Government en-
ploye for 40 years. she lives at 3117
Twelfth street south. Arlington, Va.
Two others retired from the same
subsection, Mrs. Lulu NJ. Shea, who
lives at 1908 Douglas street NE, who
served 81 years, was presented with
luggage, and Miss Clara L. Kellogg
TOT Longfellow street NV, who
served % years, received War Bond
and handbag
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they said, told them to sell it anc
give him the money" The men ex.
planned their arrangement was te
sell the meat for 80 cents a pound
and split the proceeds three ways
1t. Shimon added.
Dale was implicated by the two
drivers, who said he paid them S21s
for one delivery, 1t. Shimon said
Storekeeper Denies Orders.
1t. Shimon said the arrest of the
two drivers came through investi-
cation at the store of a coloreo
grocer who admitted he had black
market meat.
at don't order it." 1t. Shimon
quoted him as saying, fellows just
bring it when they have it. Some
times l don't even see them when
they deliver it.
"At $3.50 pm. Tuesday he called
the Office and said some meat had
been delivered and the men who
delivered it would come back later
for their money. We nabbed them
when they came back to collect.
The bill for the meat came to
$195.90. They were Floyd and Nash,
the drivers" About 600 pounds of
meat was seized, and 1t. Shimon
said the drivers identified it as
part of the consignment to Fort
Myer.
1t. Shimon said $218 was recov-
cred from the drivers representing
what they had received for the meat
delivered to Dale's grocery. He said
Dale admitted he had paid the
drivers and even described the bills
he had given them-one 500 bill and
the rest in IS and $40 bills.
THAT looks like a pretty profit
able operation, $218 plus $685." said
1t. Shimon.
The investigation of the first COL
ored grocer still is under way.
Moore Accused by Men.
The two drivers also were quoted
as saying that Moore had signed
the invoice accepting full delivery
when he instructed them to hold
back part of the load at Fort Myer
Questioned later, Moore said he
had subsequently checked on the
delivery and found it was 1900
pounds short, according to 1t.
Shimon. The invoice called for
3,700 pounds of bacon, 1926 pounds
of pork and 5,552 pounds of ham.
The meat was in boxes, with the
weight marked on each box, he
added.
1t. Shimon, who explained he dis
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officer said the amount on hand was
sufficient, but he pointed out that
in the case of beef, for instance, the
supply on hand for sale didn't al
ways last through an entire day.
Commissary meat customers fare
only about third as well as troops
eating in Army messes, it was
pointed out. Twelve hundred SOL
diers now eat daily at the War
College mess.
Authorized purchases are on the
basis of $50 pounds of meat for every
1000 troops, in contrast to 800
pounds for every thousand served
by the commissary, the officer said.
The commissary has been able to
buy only about half its authoriza-
ton, he added.
Now holding War College COM
missary privileges are 4,221 persons,
representing about $4,000 men, wom-
en- and children. For the month Of
May meat purchases averaged 6.6
pounds per person, the sales officer
said.
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HeIicopter Broadcast
Planned for Tomorrow

The first broadcast from a hell
copter in flight to demonstrate how
these planes are used in rescue
work, photography, transportation
of wounded and other air work re-
quiring vertical landing ability will
be heard on THE Fighting AAF"'
at 1:30 pm. tomorrow over Station
WMAL.
"The Fighting AAF," new air
forces radio show produced under
the supervision of the Office of Ra-
dio Production, also will feature the
experiences of travelling on actual
bomber and fighter-plane missions
over Japan.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
LANCER Charges Bell Plant
With Coercing Inspectors
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
! Senator LANCER, Republican, OF
North Dakota yesterday asserted
in the Senate that Bell Aircraft
Corp, Buffalo, had forced inspec-
tors ito either approve defective
aircraft-or else be temporarily
without means of making a liveli-
hood
1t was the ninth Senate speech
Senator LANCER has made accusing
various aircraft companies of re-
leasing defective planes.
The North Dakotan told the Sen.
ate of "a senior plane inspector who
could no longer approve defective
production and who is today unem-
ployed because the Bell Aircraft
Corp. refuses to grant him release
and the War Manpower Office al
Buffalo declines to grant him a caro-
of availability
At Buffalo, Bell Aircraft officials
said: I'VE would welcome an inves-
tigation by Congress or by any
properly authorized investigating
body at any time. The record Of
the airplanes speaks for itself"
Evening star., 1945-06-01
NoCompIoinont, No Defendant
But Sailors $4OAre Missinq

Police had a man in custody yes
tArday but the complainant disap-
pEared. Later they had the COM
plainant but the defendant had
disappeared.
To-day they haven't anybody.
This is what happened:
William Jennings Todd, seaman
lie, attached to the Naval Receiv-
ing Station here, was accosted near
the Greyhound Bus Terminal by a
Weman who said she was a police
woman. She asked for his identifi-
cation. A wallet containing his
papers and $40 changed hands. She
then turned him over to two park
policemen and everybody started for
the second precinct.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Truman Sends D. T.. Plea
For More Funds 10 Conqress

Requests by District officials for
7l,233.71 in supplemental and de-
ficiency appropriations for the re-
mainder of the fiscal year, which
ends June 30, were transmitted to
Congress yesterday by President
Truman and were referred to the
House Appropriations Committee
The largest item is $4,000 addi-
tional for the support of INDECENT
insane at St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Other items called for $500 for
operating expenses for the Public
Library, $5 $50 for the authors Office,
S4,400 for maintenance of municipal
buildings and $1,43625 for settle
ment of judgments against the Dis
trict.
Deficiency items totaled s17,462 As,
most of which was for audited
claims for apparatus purchased for
the Fire Department.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Nuzi Surrender
Documents to Be
Put on Display

The original military surrender
papers and documents covering the
ending of hostilities by Germany
will be placed on display at the
National Archives next Wednesday
the anniversary of D day, it was
announced by Scion j. Buck, Archiv-
ist of the United States.
Ceremonies appropriate to the OBJ
servation of the day will be an
nounced later. The priceless docu-
ments will be added to the exhibit
on President Roosevelt and Interna-
tional Cooperation for War and
Peace which are now being shown
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Third Truckman
Held for Inquiry
|nMeat Probe
Officers Seek Source
Of 900 Pounds of
Veal Found Recently

A third meat delivery truck driver
has been taken into custody fol
questioning in investigation of the
black market in meat, the United
States district attorneys Office said
today.
Additional developments including
charges to be filed against still
another man are expected.
The questioning of the truck driver
today was the sequel to the discovery
of 600 pounds of veal when, accord
ing to a spokesman at Fort Myer
officers recovered about 1900 pounds
of meat that had been held out for
black market purposes from one
order of approximately 512 tons
scheduled for delivery to the Army
posts commissary. The veal was
not part of the commissary order
he said. Presumably the question
ing of the driver sought to establish
the source of the meat and the
circumstances of its delivery.
Four Men Arrested.
The arrest of four men in con.
nection with the diversion of the
meat from Fort Myer was an.
nounced late yesterday by 1t. 10,
seph Shimon, special investigator
for the district attorneys office
They are held under bond or
charges of conspiracy to violate
OPA regulations by selling meal
without points.
A thorough check of earlier meat
deliveries at Fort Myer is being
made by the commissary there anc
belief was expressed that the short
age in deliveries is not of long
standing. 1t was said at the forl
that the commissary has an elab.
crate t-accounting system Il
make sure the butchers are not
cutting WaStefully and that the
system should reveal any shortages
in deliveries.
However. 1t. Shimon said it wa!
his belief the diversion of meat from
the Fort Myer commissary had beer
going on for six or eight weeks.
Four Held in Inquiry.
The civilian receiving clerk at the
commissary, Jesse D. Moore, 33, o.
Falls Church, Va, along with two
drivers for the meat truck owned by
Mirman Bros, 5l2 Twelfth stree
S.W., and Almore M. Dale, "a, col
ored, operator of store at l26t
Sumner road Sc, were brought be.
fore Commissioner Needham C. Tur.
mage late yesterday. Moore's bono
was set at $500 and the other'
were held under 81 900 bonds.
Mr.. Turnage said Moore and DALI
pleaded not guilty, but that the twt
drivers, Samuel Floyd, 80 and Charlie
Thomas Nash, 25, both colored, in
dicated they would plead guilty
However, since they were not repre-
sented by counsel. mot guilty
plea was entered in each case.
hearing was set for June 6.
Boxes Held Back.
According to 1t. Shimon, the tw'
truck drivers said they held back /
boxes of pork. ham and bacon from
Tuesdays delivery to Fort Mye
upon instructions from Moore. who
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Independent Stores
Nearly 1000 Out of
| Meats in Mid-Moy

Nearly 100 per cent of the Dis
trict's independent food stores
had no beef, veal, lamb or pork
during mid-May. and of Sc
cities surveyed by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics none showed
smaller meat supplies than
Washington. the Labor Depart
ment disclosed today.
Sixty-t"o per cent of the Dis
trict stores were without even
frankfurters or bologna. the
survey indicated.
Other percentages listed by
the agency were butter, II per
cent out: margarine, 10 per
cent; shortening, % per cent;
lard, 26 per cent; cooking and
salad oils, 3 per cent; canned
peas, 5 per cent; canned grape
juice, 10 per cent and canned
pineapple juice, n per cent.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
InfantiIe Paralysis Cases
50% Higher Than in IA
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 1.-The Ma
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Inc, announced today,
"on the eve of infantile paralysis
summer outbreaks" that the num-
Der of cases of the disease is run
ming about so per cent ahead of a
year ago.
DR.. Don w. Gudakunst, medical
director of the foundation, said as
of mid-May new cases this year
totaled 642 as compared with 424
for the same period last year.
This is not an alarming situation
but it should be watched carefully"
he said.
Sharp increases have been re-
ported in New England, the Middle
and South Atlantic States and the
East South Central States, he said,
while the number of cases on the
Pacific Coast and West South Gen.
trail areas has dropped. The re-
mainder of the country is running
about the same as last year, he
declared
Evening star., 1945-06-01
College Heights Becomes
Port of University Park

College Heights today officially
became part of the town of Uni
versity Park. Md, and the fifth
ward of that community.
Registration of all voters for the
election on June Is will be held
at the public school Monday and
June II. In the election three
councilmen will be chosen. One
of these will represent the new ward.
Adding College Heights to Uni
versity Park brings the population
of the community to about 1000
persons.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Police, Fire Basic Pay Raise
Endorsed by House Group
Proposed Amendment Would Exclude Officers
Already Retired From Increase in Pension

sentative of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Activities of police in ticketing
motorists for overtime parking came
up during discussion of the proposed
fire and police pay boost and Chair
man Mcmillan asked for definition
of "a good policeman"
Sergt. Richard A. Burton respond
ed: He is an officer who meets his
responsibilities well and faithfully
with the least complaints and the
least arrests
Mr.. Mcmillan added: Il agree. y
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Three Identified
By DR.. Lindsay
AS AsKidnapers
Suspects, Held in
lynchbure, Face
Robbery Charges

Three men held by Lynchburg
(VaJ police have been definitely
identified by DR.. Janvier w. Lind
say, Washington physician, as
the trio who robbed and kid
naped him early Tuesday morn
ing, police announced today.
One of the three, Rutherford R.
Patrick of Cleveland, also was iden-
tilted by two District taxicab drivers
as the man who robbed them re-
Gently, police said.
The two drivers were Anthony
Rissale, 40, of 6l8 Fourth street
NE. and John T. Smallwood, 30,
of Forty-ninth avenue, Capitol
Heights, Md. Mr.. Rissale was
robbed May 25 of S28 and watch
at Thirty-fourth and Edes streets
NE, only short distance from
the place where another driver,
Leon Avent, was killed recently. Mr..
Smallwood was robbed of S18 Feb
ruary 5 at Forty-first and Lega-
tion streets NV.
Said He Was on Leave.
The two other men held are Fred
die Franklin Martin, a sailor at
tached to the U. S. S. Quincy, who
said he was on leave at the time of
the kidnapping, and James E. Doss Of
the 2600 block of University place
NV.
Meanwhile it was learned that
three District detectives who have
worked on the Avent murder case
left today for Lynchburg. They are
Detective Sergt Richard Felber of
the homicide squad and Detective
Sergts. Joseph Hunt and Nuncio
Bonaccorsy. Inspector Robert J..
Barrett of the Police Department
declined to comment on the sig
nlficance of their assignment.
Former Arrest Reported.
Both Doss and Patrick are dis
charged Servicemen, according to
Inspector Barrett. He added that
Doss was arrested here last year and
turned over to Virginia authorities
on charge OF rophery and attempts
ed criminal assault.
The arrested men will be given a
hearing tomorrow on a charge Of
robbing a Virginia taXicab driver.
Afterward Inspector Barrett hopes
to have them extradited here to
face charges Of robbery and violat-
ing the National Auto Theft Act.
Meanwhile, according to Inspector
Barrett, the FBI, which also has
questioned the three men, is plan
ming to seek an indictment charging
them with violation of the Federal
Kidnapping Act.
DR.. Lindsay was accosted by three
white men at 1;30 am. Tuesday
forced into his own car as he pre-
pared to enter the Episcopal Hos
pital, robbed of S18 and driven nea,
Accotink, Va, where he was forced
/ from his car and left behind.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Merrick Prize Debate
To Be Staged Tonight

The Philodemic Debating Society
Of Georgetown University, oldest
college debating society in this
country, will hold its annual Mer-
rick Prize Debate in CASTOR Hall
on the university campus at
O'Clock tonight.
The question will be Resolved
that treaties of the United States
with foreign countries should be
ratified by a simple majority OF
both houses of Congress. Students
participating will be Paul F. Daily
and Richard Bartlett, affirmative
and Dean R. Bascom and Gerald
Mcclure, negative.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
House Votes to Reduce
Gold Reserve by 15%
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press. n
The House yesterday passed legis-
lation reducing from 40 to Is per
cent the requirements of gold re-
serves to be held by Federal Reserve
banks against Federal Reserve notes
in circulation.
The bill also reduces from 35 to
Is per cent the gold required behind
the deposits in Federal Reserve
banks.
This is necessary, sponsors of the
legislation said, because of the large
increase in outstanding Federal Re-
serve notes due to expanded business
activity and needs for currency.
Evening star., 1945-06-01
Lions Club Horse Show
To Benefit Blind

A meeting place for all blind per-
sons in Arlington County is one of
the projects on this years program
of the Lions Club.
Proceeds from the Lions second
annual horse show, scheduled at
Ballston Stadium at l pm. June II,
will be used for the program.
A number of blind persons have
indicated they would enjoy getting
together with other persons SINH
larly afflicted and the club plans
to provide director to assist them
in ARRANGING a program.
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Evening star., 1945-06-09

did not take place until August 29
1889, when the First Colored Bap-
tist Church of Washington came
into being. The name was later
changed to its present one. Elder
Sampson White was the first pastor
In October of that year the church
sent Mr.. White to Philadelphia with
instructions to affiliate the congre-
CATION with the Philadelphia Bap-
tist Association, meeting in Phila-
delphia. The request for admission
was tabled for a year, when the
Washington church was taken into
the association, and remained a
member of this group until 1909,
when it transferred its membership
to the Virginia Baptist Convention.
Moses Clayton served as the first
moderator. William Bush was chosen
as the first deacon of record. The
United Aid Society was started by
Lindsay Muse, who later also served
as deacon in charge of the COM
munion service. He acted as presi-
dent of the United Aid Society and
as deacon until his death in 1888.
Pastors serving between Mr. White
and DR.. Brooks were the Rev. Will
liam Williams. Elder Gustavus
Brown, the Rev. Chauncy Leonard,
the Rev. Samuel Madden, the Rev.
D. w. Anderson, the Rev. A. Binga,
ST., and the Rev. Jesse Boulden. Mr.
White returned from his retirement
as pastor in 1853 to serve a second
time in that capacity until 1856.
The Rev. Jerry A. Moore, jr., is
assistant to DR.. Brooks. He is a
graduate of Morehouse College, At
lanta, Ga, and of the School of Re-
ligion of Howard University.
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y,
The class will conduct the service
at the Northeast Mission on Friday
evening.
The King Glass of Anacostia
Methodist Church will have its
monthly breakfast meeting tomor-
row. The class sponsors the local
Boy Scout troop and has named a
committee to welcome and reinte-
CRATE the returning servicemen.
The Mems Class of Congress
Heights Methodist Church will hold
its last meeting of the season at s
pm. June IL. The Rev j. w. Nc
Cauley and Ellis James will have
charge.
Representative Brooks Hayes of
Arkansas will be the guest teacher
of the Vaughn Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church tomorrow.
The Naomi Glass of the Ninth
Street Christian Church will hold a
business meeting at pm. June II.
Miss Frances Churchill will teach
the class tomorrow.
James Arthur Pendleton will teach
the Pinkham Bible Glass of National
Baptist Memorial Church tomorrow.
Former Representative Joseph r.
Driscoll will address the Burial
Glass of Calvary Baptist Church
tomorrow. The last business meet
ing of the season will be held
June a.
Evening star., 1945-06-09
Bible Broudcusts

Eight high schools will be repre-
sented on the broadcast of the
Bible Quiz tonight at 7 o'clock from
the Bennett Memorial Service Club
over Station WWDC.
Schools represented will be East.
ern, Western, Mckinley and Ana
costa High Schools in the District
of Columbia; Washington-Lee High
of Arlington, George Washington
High of Alexandria, Montgomery
Blair of Silver Spring and Mount
Rainier High School. Participants
will include Louise Maehler, Mary
Lee Turner. Dorothy Harvey, Rob-
ert Shirer, Esther Richardson, June
Eckels, Marilyn Piepgrass and
Walter Carl. Evangelist Dale Crow
ley will be, master of ceremonies.
Mr.. Crowley conducts a daily
program over Station WWDC at
6:45 am.
Evening star., 1945-06-09
Dr.. Van Schaick breaches
|At UniversaIist Church

At the Universalist National Me-
mortal Church at II am. tomorrow
DR.. John van Schaick, jr., minister
emeritus, will preach on "The Many
Voices of Nature" and will dedicate
children into the Christian life.
The church school will present a
children's day program at 1915 pm
At 7 pm, there will be an open
house for young people and service
men and women.
The Board of Management will
meet Monday evening. The Wom-
ems Association will hold its annual
picnic at the home of Mrs. Elon G
Salisbury at II am. Tuesday.
The church school will hold a
picnic in the garden of the church
at $50 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1945-06-09
First Methodist,
Bradbury Heights
Churches Merqed

After an existence of 116 years
the First Methodist Church has
merged with the Bradbury Heights
Methodist Church, and the two con-
gregations will hereafter worship in
the latter building at Bowen road
and Alabama avenue Sc. 1t is now
known as the First Methodist
Church, Bradbury Heights.
At services last Sunday the Rev.
Vern J. Munger and the Rev
Thomas B. Ehlers oficiated. Mrs
Jessie P. Gates, an octogenarian
whose record of membership dates
from September, 1878, was in at
tendance She is said to have the
longest continuous membership of
any living member of the former
First Church.
DR.. Horace E. Cromer, superin-
tendent of the East Washington
district, delivered an address at the
evening service.
The First Church was organized
January 7, 1929, by group from
the Ebenezer M. E. Church, now
Trinity Methodist Church.
The First Church building on
Fourth near G street Sc. has been
purchased by the Mount Joy Baptist
Church.