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Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Elliott Blasts
Water Treaty

WASHINGTON, March Is. CUP)
Representative Alfred J. Elliott tDJ,
California, charged late Wednesday
that under the proposed Mexican
water treaty q few wealthy land
owners - in Mexico will gain unre-
. stfIcted use Of American water and
engage in "cut-throat' competition
with cotton growers in southwestern
United States.
The treaty should be recognized
as cotton treaty rather than 4
water treaty, Elliott said in a house
speech. He said it would increase
Mexican cotton acreage from 100000
to 800C00 acres.
NO CROP MARKETS
When the war is out of the way
we will have no market for the crops
our farmers are producing because
of the many crops that will be
grown with this free water" he said
Elliott had tried unsuccpssfully
10 remove the lG0-acre limitation
established under u. S. reclamation
laws, on the size Of land units which
may be irrigated with water from
the central valley project in Cali
fornia. He said he locked in vain
for any proposal to place similar
limitations ON the water for Mexico
I'm effect, Secretary Of Interior
Harold Ickes says to give to land
owners in Mexico uncontrolled use
of water, operated through Ameri-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
New Garment Aids
Airnen Who
Fall in Icy Sea

AKRON. Ohio, March Is. CUP)-
Development of a new one-piece
coveral made Of nylon and SYM
thetic rubber to protect American
airmen forced down in icy seas has
been announced by the B. F. Good
rich company.
The anti-eXposure suit was de-
signed in collaboration with tech
nicianc of the air technical service
at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
II includes built-in shoes, has
rubber-sealed openings only at the
neck and wrists and weighs only
three pounds, c. w LegulliOn, man
ager of Goodrichs machine and
process development department,
said.
Legullion said the suit Is expected
to save many lives because the eX-
treme Shock and exposure in forced
plunges into icy waters are among
the greatest hazards faced by filters,
often causing death in few min
uteS.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Navy Officer Tells of Air TiIts With laps

teamwork when they shot down five
planes. three falling to the guns
of Commander Hedriek. on one
trip
One of the trips a dog fight was
forced on the japanese when He'd
rick's squadron surprised eight Jap
ese planes takin5 cff at Katori.
"Four Of u .potted thom right
below" HedrloE said, and it was
duck soup. 7 Elt one .irst and ne
crashed. Anctaer was .ght II front
of me so I blszed away. The plane
burst into flames and before it sag
ged, I went right through the wall
OF fire
The Hadrick outfit strafed Xatori
after clearing the air and raced to
nearby Chosi airfield where several
Japanese fighters landed and ran
for cover. Hedrick got his third
plane of the day 500 feet from Ka-
tori on the second visit.
After the enemy petered out on
Cape Inubo, we blew west over the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
OPA Announces
Eligible List
For New Autos

WASHINGTON, March IS. up
This country which used to turn out
millions Of automobiles every year
now has Cnly 10000 new cars left.
So the Office of Price Administra-
ton has cut from &c to eight the
categories of persons eligible to huy
new automobiles.
The new cars are 1912 models. the
last Produced by the automC bile in
dustry before it went 100 per cent
into the business Of making weapons
with which to kin Germans and
Japanese.
CPA Chief Chester BoWlas had 4
word of partial consolation for per-
sons cut cut of the neW-car cligi-
hility listt They will be eligible for
1912 used cars.
Groups retained on tie new-car
eligibility list are:
l. Government employees engaged
in e-fighting, crime detection,
mail transportation and enforce
ment of health and safety laws
Physicians, surgeons and mid
wives. who are govcrnmentaliy IL
Censed.
3. Farm veterina: ians, regularly
licensed
4. Public health nurses but not
private nurses.
5. Ministers CT "Icligious practi-
TONERS other than ministers au-
thorized by organized religious
faiths"
6. Members of the armed forces or
state military forces who need cars
for official business.
7. TaXicab owners for replace
ments or approved fleet additions.
8. Owners Of car-rantal businesses
who need cars exclusively for rental
to pelsonc in tie other seven cate
gOries.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Mercy Shooting
OF Trapped
Pilot Reviewed

HEADQUARTERS, u. S. 14TH
AIR FORCE, China, March Is.
CUPD-Ouestioned concerning the
court martial acquittal of a 14th
Air Force lieutenant colonel charged
with the mercy shooting of crew
member caught in the flaming
Wreckage of a bomber, Lieutenant
General Claire Chennault indicated
that in his 81 years of flying he had
never experienced a similar case.
The 14th Air Force chief. while
expressing regrets for the incident.
made 1t plain that the death Of this
sergeant gunner in a BPS at the
Chinkiang base was one of those
rare, unfortunate incidents which
sometimes occur when crews are op-
Grating under high tension.
All staff officers concerned with
the court martial stated that pro-
ceedings against the colonel Wit
has been respected throughout This
theater for consideration of his men.
were handled in strictly militaly
fashion. No effort was made to dis
guise the facts or influence the de-
cision Of the court martial board.
Further evidence indicates that
no officer or enlisted man present
at the scene of the bomber crash
objected to the colonel firing at the
doomed sergeant whose legs were
pinned behind the pilots ccmpart-
ment All who expressed themselves
during the rescue efforts, it was
said, clamored for mercy shots.
The bomber was returning from
a mission over the Yangtze basin
when it overshot the runway and
dropped 60 feet into rice fields. The
terrain prevented ground crews
from bringing in trucks or heavy
fire fighting equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

Capital,' he said, lCoking Tor a
fight. We could spit on the center
of Tokyo. so we did. The city
seemed to be asleep and antiair-
craft fire was light We followed
the west coast of the bay south to
inspect the Yokosuka naval base
and there met some real anti-air-
craft fire.
Il must say the present crop O.
Jap pilots not only is unaggressive
bat green. They easily are tricked
and take the offensive only against
struggling planes
Hedrick is aboard Admiral Mitsch-
er's flagship and has u planes TO
his credit
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

can works. built by American tax
payers for American citizens, while
en- the other hand we take away
from these citizens their present
rights Elliott said
BAD FOR VETERANS
H said that although the govern
ment might provide farms for vet
Grams after the war, passage of this
treaty would jecpardize the market
for their products.
The veteran will have to pay for
his water. whereas under this treaty
we furnish free water in cOmpeti-
ton against the veteran" he said.
IF favors or privileges are to be
granted they should be to our own
people first.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
COAST CITIES AWAIT
RENT CONTROL CHECK

WASHINGTON, March Is. up
Eight-War- iammed Pacific coast
cities viii be subjected TO a toor-
to-door investigation of rent con-
troll violations. it was learned Mon
Gay.
The survey will be conducted at
the earliest possible moment, ac-
cordin2 10 Price Administrator
Chester BoWles. 1t will be uncer-
taken b. the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, ne told Representa-
tive Hugh Delacy democrat. of
Washington
Bowles said the OPA planned to
survey Seattle, Portland, san Fran
cisco, Bremerton, San Diego, Vale
"a, and Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SleepIess Nights

Of tinv tubes or filters which help to purify the
blood and keep you healthy. When they get
tired and don't work right in the daytime,
many people have to get up nights. Frequent
or scanty passages with sIHarting and burning
sometimes shows there 10 mething wrong
with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, leg pains, loss Of pep and energy,
swelling, pufiness under the eyes, headaches
and dizziness.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and will help
the / miles Of kidney tubes flush out poison
GUS waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
OWL WAR VET DIES

GARNER Mills, III March I
CUPD-Salina ccunty's last Civil
War veteran, Dennis Mcdonald, 100,
died here recently. Mcdonald and
his father fought on different sides
of the war, his father having been
killed while serving win the Con-
fcderate army Mcdonald was III
the 53rd Illinois Infantry.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
WOULD BOOST SALARIES

SACRAMENTO. march Is. up
The assembly committee on munic-
ipal and county governments Thurs
Gay recommended passage of a bill
providing a $4,000 salary for the
chairman of the San Bernardino
county board of supervisors. The
bill also provides annual salaries
of $1,000 for the other board mem
bers. The state senate has passed
the proposed legislation introduced
~ Senator Ralph Swing. r., San
Bernardino.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
TEACHERS DRIVE BUSSES

DOVER. N H. March 10. ,UP)-B
teachers at Dover have to be YER
satile these days Hit by the man
power shortage, the school COM
mittee gave the additional JOB Of
driving busses to six of its men
teachers.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

Descriptions of the experiences Of
Lieutenant Commander Roger He'd
rick, former resident Of Ell Centro
and BraWley and a nephew Of Mrs
II. G. Jones and Miss Margaret
Hedrick Of El Centro, sound like
the experiences c. several men roll
ed into one.
He led Corsair fighters over Tokyo
three different times, giving the
residents CT the japanese city a
great exhibition Of American aerial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Sergt. Douglas Is First Woman
Assigned to Vice Squad
Veteran to Work
On Problems
Of Woyword Girls

The newest detective sergeant in
the Police Departments Vice and
Narcotic Bureau wears imported
perfume and silk sheer hose.
The officer happens to be the first
woman assigned to the vice squad
and also the first to receive that
rank.
Mrs. Dorothy F. Douglas, 46, who
has been at the Police Department
for nearly is years, thinks that
most modern novels are not as in
teresting as my work" But the
soft-spoken woman, who once was
married to an Episcopal clergyman,
from whom she is separated, real
istically believes her work with way
ward girls will have to be based on
the rules and that she can't be
swayed by "a woman's sympathies. +"
Detective Sergt. Douglas will deal
entirely with women's problems
brought to the vice squad. For
merly some one from the Women's
Bureau was summoned to handle
any special problems arising
through this squad.
When a reporter asked 1t. Rob-
ert S. Bryant, head of the vice
squad, where to find Mrs. Douglas
he showed surprise that any one
should look for a woman in his
office. Apparently he did not know
of Inspector Robert j. Barrett's ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Promotions Are Given
81 Members Of District
Police Department

The Commissioners today an
nounced the promotions of 81 men,
bers of the Police Department, Is
to permanent rank and Is to tempo
rary rank.
The following were promoted from
temporary to permanent rank
Daniel D. Pittman and John j
Ronayne, lieutenants; William F.
Rector, Howard Denable, Frank R.
Barnard and Louis H. Petersen,
seregants; Francis H. Dunn, James
B. Jones, Aubrey s. Yowaiski and
Sherwood L. McCargar, corporals;
Lewis E. Hazard, Dan B. Kennedy,
John L. Sullivan and Garner L.
Norris, detective sergeants; Eduard
A. Daley, Donald R. Weber, James
G. Beach, Summarized B. Tillett, jr.,
and Lawrence A. Hartnett, detec-
tives.
Those who received temporary
promotions were:
Charles L. Van Meter and Howard
V. Covell to lieutenants; Sheldon r.
Mckee, John j. Boyd, Sidney F.
Malone and william E. Rogers to
sergeants; Dorothy F. Douglas, Sam
uel T. Creech and Sigurd Ostenso,
detective sergeants; Francis E. Bur-
CESS, James M. Powell, Ruby G.
Balser, Frank E. Dodson and Schuy-
Ter F. Cox to detectives; Page
Robinson, Robert L. Rison, Wallace
L. Rollins, jr., and Gordon T. Nance,
corporals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Heroism Of Four ChapIains
To Be Told in Broadcast

The heroism of four Army chap
lains, one of them Washingtonian,
will be the theme of radio pro-
gram over the NBC network tonight.
The program, one Of the words at
War" series, will be heard over Sta
ton WRC at 1880 o'clock.
The chaplains, who gave their life
belts to soldiers and then persisted
when the transport Dorchester was
torpedoed off Greenland in 1913,
were 1t. Alexander G. Goode, whose
widow, Mrs. Theresa Goode, and
daughter Rosale, 6, live at 5131 Sec
Iond street NV; 1t. Clark v. Polling,
Schenectady. N. Y; 1t. George l.
Fox, Chicopee Falls, Mass, and 1t
John P. Washington, Newark, N. J.
1t. Goode had been substitute
rabbi at the Washington Hebrew
Congregation before entering the
Army. 1t. Polling, son Of DR.. Daniel
Polling, editor of the Christian
Herald, and 1t. Fox, were Protes-
tants, and 1t. Washington q
Catholic
The script was written by the Rev
Timothy j. Mulvey, o. M. l., Of the
Oblate Scholasticate here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

A 30-year-old father of four, who
entered the Army only last March,
was killed in action February 10
while fighting with the 18th Light
ming Division in the Ruhr Valley.
Pfc. Bartolome Castellanos never
saw the baby, Barta Lea, born five
months ago. His widow, Mrs. Mar
garet Castellanos, lives at 615 Frank
lin street NE. with her four daugh-
tiers. The others are Bonita, g.;
Mary Margaret, S, and Constance, 4.
AS the children gathered to-
gether for a picture Mrs. Castellanos
said, HE would be so proud to see
all his daughters together"
Pvt. Castellanos was a native of
Cuba and the son of the late Dr.
Elizardo Castellanos, prominent
Cuban surgeon. He came to the
United States in 1880 and attended
Roosevelt and Business High
Schools. His father, at that time
a captain in the Cuban Army, took
special course in. heart diseases
at Walter Reed Hospital and studied
military tactics at Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground, Md.
Young Castellanos remained here
and became a naturalized citizen,
after his family returned to Havana
A brother is in the Cuban Air Force.
In 1884 he married Margaret Fera,
whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Stage Door Canteen Opens
'48 Room LOUNGE Toniqht

The new "48 Room Lounge" of
the Stage Door Canteen, featuring
maps of all the States and the Dis
trict outlined in bold relief on the
walls, will be opened with a recep-
ton at 10 o'clock tonight, with
representatives from official and
military circles among those at
tending.
Entertainment will be furnished
by Seaman Gene Kelly, Hollywood
actor; the Curtis Bay Training Sta
ton Band, Benny Ribbles Ward
man Park Hotel Orchestra, the
Brass Hatter's Orchestra of the
National Airport and the cast of
the Gayety Theater.
Guests will include Brock Penn
berton, producer of the current
Broadway success, Harvey" and
Lawrence Langner, producer of
Foolish Notion" now at the Ma
tional Theater, and Mrs. Langner.
All visitors will be asked to auto
graph the maps of their home
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Bakery Fined $1,000
In Food Return Case

Holzbeierlein & Sons, Inc, bakers
OF 1849 Seventh street NV, were
fined $1,000 and officials and en-
ployes of the firm an additional
81, 400 by Municipal Court Judge
John P. Mcmahon today for viola
ton of War Food Administration
regulation against accepting the re-
turn of bakery products after sale.
Henry H. Holzbeierlein, president,
and William H. Holzbeierlein, vice
president of the firm, were fined
$3.50 each, and seven other officials
received 500 fines each. Sixteen
truck drivers were fined $25 each.
The company pleaded guilty to
charges of accepting the return of
128 loaves of bread, IA items of
sweet dough products and Is pack
ages of rolls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Divorce Is Granted
To Overseas Veteran

Corpl. Sterling T. Troutman. 2s.
overseas veteran, of the 300 block of
Second street NE, yesterday was
awarded a divorce in District Court
from Mrs. Irene Troutman, %, OF
the 800 block of I street Sc, on
statutory grounds.
The divorce, which was uncon-
tested. was awarded by Justice
Daniel w. ODonoghue. The suit
was filed February 10 and the date
OF the hearing was advanced to per-
NIT the case to be disposed of while
Corpl. Troutman is on leave from
an Army hospital in jackson, Miss
He was hospitalized for an injury
received in a truck accident in
France. He was wounded earlier
and returned to active duty.
Justice O'Donoghue awarded Gus
tody of the couples % months old
son to the mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Appeals Court Hears
Plea 10 Recommit
De Marcos 10 Hospita

Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray today told the
Court of Appeals that failure" of a
District Court trial judge to receive
or consider evidence of prior in
sanity in the case of Julian r. De
Marcos, n, former mental patient at
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, was suf-
flcient grounds to order the ex-in-
mates recommittal.
Arguments through which the
Government seeks to upset the
lower courts recent verdict freeing
De Marcos, and have him recon-
mitted, started before the appellate
tribunal today. Justices Thurman
Arnold, Justin Miller and Henry
Edgerton are hearing the case.
De Marcos. who has been termed
by st. Elizabeth's physicians as a
dangerous paranoiac," was freed at
a habeas corpus hearing in Deem
Der and later returned here from
Knoxville, Tenn, to face a charge
brought against him by the District
grand jury in connection with an
alleged assault on a fellow patient
at st. Elizabeth's.
Today Mr.. Murray admitted that
this indictment was sought to bring
De Marcos back to this jurisdiction
Tor temporary recommitment pend
ing the outcome of the Govern
ment's appeal from the District
Court verdict freeing him.
When De Marcos was released in
December by District Court Justice
T. Alan Goldsborough in a habeas
corpus proceeding, the Government
appealed the verdict on the grounds
De Marcos was dangerous to the
public welfare.
In an opening remark today JUS
tlce Arnold said: obviously it
would be the utmost INSANITY on
the part of the court if it didn't
take into consideration evidence of
continuing disease, such as para
noia."
Representing De Marcos in the
Appeals Court arguments are At
torneys William Leahy and Mich
olas Chase, and George Parker. In
his opening arguments Mr.. Leahy
told the court he would not he
present if De Marcos was dan
gerous to himself or to Others" as
charged by the Government,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
Sick Vets
Offer Real Problem,
Ministers Are Told

Healing the spiritually sick re-
turning veteran is going to be a
graver postwar problem than curing
the physically hurt serviceman, the
Rev. DR.. Harold Phillips, pastor of
First Baptist Church, Cleveland,
yesterday told the Washington Min
isterial Union meeting at the Church
of the Epiphany, G street near
Thirteenth street NV. The Rev.
Stephen G. Spottswood. vice presi-
dent of the union, presided.
DR.. Phillips warned that some
men coming back will not make the
readjustment to civilian life. Those
who have been wounded in spirits
as we'll as those hurt physically will
present the Nation and the church
with grave problems" he declared.
The clergyman took issue with those
who assert the war is producing a
great spiritual revival. The saying
there are no atheists in foxholes''
merely means, he commended, there
were few before. War only makes
people more strongly confirmed in
what they were"
In his sermon at the MONDAY
service preceding the union lunch
con, DR.. Phillips stressed that man
is responsible for his actions in
this world. He asserted the effort
to shift the blame for our failings
to "predestination" is counterbal-
anced by the fact we rarely claim
our good doings were the result OF
foreordained fate. "Heredity and
environment do not tell the whole
story in mans doings," he said. Re-
sponsiveness must be an added in
gredient for either good or evil, he
said.
The League for World Brother
hood announced at the Ministerial.
Union meeting that meetings relat.
ing to "the hope for enduring worlo
democracy" will be held on March
10 and "a and April Z and 81 al
8 pm, at 1916 H street NV. Speak.
ers will be Prof. William L. Hans.
berry of Howard University, March
| 10; Franklin M. Thorne of Balti'
more, March "a; Col. Ben c. Lind
Military Attache of the Korean
Commission, April z, and Robert Xxi
Washington Nisei Council presi'
dent; George Kan, Chinese Com.
munity Church young peoples organ.
ization president; Valerian Smith
Howard University student, ane
Larry Day, New York Avenue Pres.
byterian Young Peoples Forum pro.
gram chairman, at panel discus.
sion, April 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27
COOPERATIVE Federation
To Hear Mrs. Roosevelt

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will ad-
dress the, Potomac Cooperative
Federation at 8 o'clock tonight in
the Interior Department auditori-
UNI upon the opening of the Free
dom Fund drive, which will be con-
Quoted in the Washington area in
conjunction with a worldwide
campaign to rehabilitate co-opera-
tives in stricken nations.
Other speakers will be Charles
P. Taft of the State Department,
DR.. Frank Munk, director of train
ing OF UNNRA, and Representative
Voorhis, Democrat, Of California.
Theme of the discussion will be
Building for Freedom Through
Co-operatives." The Federation is
the co-ordinating agency for the
Consumers Co-operatives in the
District, Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-27

attempt to compare last night with
a Saturday night, which has, for
some time, had the midnight dead
line, the managers floundered.
Even allowing for the difference
between a Monday and a Saturday,
there's still big change. The
crowd tonight was sober, quiet, al
most sad. Saturday, they leave at
l2-but at least they argue about it"
Night Workers Hit Rule.
While nightclubbers had little
70 say and few complaints, the wait
ers, cab drivers and paper vendors
who keep night owls hours for
strictly business reasons, were not
so silent nor so carefree.
Its running my business" one
cab driver said. "All the time I'm
working at night. In the day, I
work some place else. Now I got to
quit at IL. I might as well try to
run the car on three tires
Another, asked if he planned to
take his regular customers to il
legally open bars, said, well, I
don't know where any are-yet." He
also didn't know about the warning
that any driver who aided violators
of the curfew law would be subject
to loss of gasoline rations.
Paper vendors began packing up
after midnight. why are the
papers going to keep on putting out
early editions? Who's going to buy
them--the milkmen?" one asked.
Hours Revised.
The mattresses and walters were
the most downhearted. One or two
seemed happy that they could get
home earlier, but most deplored the
loss of money from the tips made
from IL on.
Most of the managers were stoical
about the loss of business. The
Lotus Club and the Carlton Hotel
began luncheon dancing yesterday.
The Trade Winds opened at 5 pm.
instead of $50, and while few people
came before Z, the management
hopes after the curfew really gets
underway, their clientele will come
at the earlier hour Matt Windsor,
owner of the Windsor Room, plans
not to lose any of the time for which
he pays his musicians. The two
hours that they cut off at night will
be spent playing in the afternoons
for service hospitals, he said.
1--WE will lose some business" one
manager said. Receipts aren't as
high, naturally. Maybe it won't be
such a big help to the fuel situation.
But If 1t is, we are willing as
long as the law says close at IL,
we'll 90 on closing at 1859"