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Evening star., 1945-03-21

I'VE would make up recipes. The
dishes made from some of those
recipes would have killed a man.
I took up as hobby studying about
calories and vitamins, and the
amount of them. in different foods.
Food Was Terrible.
'What we had to eat was %
ounces of steamed rice day, radish
tops from which we made soup, and
fish powder from dried fish. That
was to be sprinkled on the rice.
Finally we threw it away. 1t would
make you begin to see double and
your head would drop forward. You
would have to push your head up
He illustrated with his fist against
his chin.
When the japanese guards saw
a mans head drop forward they
would stay away, afraid of catching
some disease.
Among the guards was a man
we called the White Angel a
naval officer in a white uniform
He was an advocate of mass punish
ment, and he himself would whip a
man, or beat him with an ak han
die.
In December of 1912 and again
in '43 We got Red Cross packages
In August, 1943, I got a package my
family had sent year earlier. There
was deck of cards in it. / traded
it for 5000 worth of sugar, beans
cigarettes and other things.
Il feel fine, now, but my legs are
stiff. I had shrapnel wound in my
left leg on Corregidor. Then, after
working in the rice fields near
Mindanao, there were tropical ulcers
on my legs and I had beri-beri.
"At Cabanatuan, when our troops
came. I was sitting out in front
shooting the breeze about chow and
something to smoke. When the
shooting started, I thought the Nips
were coming to finish us off. Then
I heard some. guy say: Come on,
you guys, get the he'll out of here
You're free. We're Yanks.'
II was down to lot pounds then
I weigh 162 now. My first breakfast
was 81 hot cakes, four eggs and two
cups of coffee"
What do you, personally, think of
the Japs?" he was asked.
He looked around the living room
OF the Ostrom home. His mother
and Mrs. William Dowden, Ruth S
mother, were there. He didn't an
SWer
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Man, 50, Hit by Car,
Dies in Hospital;
Traffic Toll Now Il

The Districts traffic toll for the
year rose to 81 today with the death
of an elderly man in Casualty Hos
pital. 1t was the third fatality in
three days. At this time last year
there were 18 deaths.
jeremiah Hayes, 80, of q Seventh
street NE. died in Casualty Hospital
at 4:40 am. today from injuries re-
ceived March II when, according to
police, he was struck by an auto
mobile at Pennsylvania avenue and
Fourth street Sc.
Police said the car was operated
by Charles P. Dever. %, of 1915 A
street Sc, who will appear at a
coroner's inquest. at later date.
Robert Frank Barnes, 6, colored
son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Barnes
of the 1900 block of Eighth street
NV, died late yesterday in Cas-
ualty Hospital after being struck by
IA grocery truck as he ran across
Eighth street near T street NV.
according to police.
The driver of the truck was listed
by police as Mitchell E. Morton, %
colored, of the 500 block of Sixth
street NE. He win appear at a cor
oners inquest
| An inquest will be held at IL m
tomorrow into the third fatality
which occurred Monday night wher
George S. Crawford, IS, of the 480(
block of T street, Bradbury Heights
Md, died in Casualty Hospital from
| injuries received March 2. He was
struck by car operated, police said
by Roy j. Hodge. IS, of 5122 v street
Bradbury Heights.
In an accident early this morning
Mrs. Carolyne D. Ryce, As, of 4515
West Virginia avenue, Bethesda, Md.
was injured when struck by truck
on Pennsylvania avenue at Four
teenth street NV, according to
police.
Mrs. Ryce was taken to Elner-
gency Hospital and later transferred
to Mount Alto Hospital She suf-
tered broken leg, head injuries ano
severe bruises.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Marines S Death Listed
As Suicide by Coroner

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today issued a certificate of suicide
in the death Of Marine Corpl. Ar
thur E. Harding, "a, of Slidell, La
whose body was found hanging from
a doorknob late Monday in a linen
room in st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Corpl. Harding's medical dis
charge from the Marine Corps had
just been sent to the hospital but
he did not know it had been re-
ceived, hospital personnel said. A
veteran of overseas duty, he had
been a patient at the hospital since
last November.
The body was found in a semi
sitting position and was suspended
by tie-rope used on laundry bags,
according to hospital authorities.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Loudoun County Will Oppose
PotomocDums otPubIicHeorinu
Residents Contend Valuable Lands
Would Be Inundated Under Plan

Loudoun County Va) residents
were forming their lines today to
present a solid front of opposition
to the proposed Potomac River flood
control plan at public hearing
here April 3 before the Board of
| Army Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors.
David N. Rust, owner of a large
farm on Goose Creek, was appointed
at mass meeting at the Loudoun
County Court House yesterday to
head committee to organize coun-
ty opposition to the project.
The proposed flood control plan,
calling for construction of IA dams
along the Potomac and its tribu-
taries, at an estimated cost of $685.
100000, would food valuable farm
land along Goose Creek and Broad
Run and would inundate bottom
land along the Potomac River in
the eastern section of the county,
residents said.
Sees Flooding of $4,000 Acres.
Asserting that the Izaak Walton
League of America is definitely op-
posed to the project" DR.. w. B.
Holton, a member of the leagues
Executive Board, told the meeting
that he could see little benefits from
the flood control plan, since an
estimated $4,000 acres of valuable
farm land would be flooded perma-
nently instead of occasionally inun-
dated by seasonable floods.
DR.. Holton said the major result
of these dams would be the genera
tion of hydroelectric power, and the
minor results would be flood control,
pollution control and recreation. LAS
this section lies near the coal pro-
ducing areas. it would be cheaper to
generate power by steam than by
hydroelectric developments on the
Potomac River" DR.. Holton said.
He added that he could "see little
benefit from pollution CONTROL" and
that the recreation advantages
would be negligible" since large
areas of mud flats would be formed
along the reservoirs. Game fish,
he said, would give way in a few
years to the rough fish such as carp
and catfish.
Loss of Historic Acres Predicted.
DR.. Holton said "acres of intense
historical value would be lost for
ever by the encroaching waters, and
the birds and flowers in the Great
Falls gorge would be destroyed for
ever"
Thomas B. Byrd, Clarke County,
a brother of Senator Byrd, said that
in addition to destroying valuable
farm land, the proposed dams also
would injure those who serve agri-
culture, since many farmers would
go out of business.
D. S. Wallace of the Virginia Con-
servation Commissions division of
water resources said he also opposed
the project.
Meanwhile, opposition to the prof.
|ect in West Virginia appeared to be
growing. with the announcement
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Smith Suggests Chests
In Nearby Areas Air
Troubles With D. T.,

The suggestion that other Com
munity Chest officials in suburban
Virginia are not satisfied with their
relations with the Washington
Chest and might welcome the op-
portunity to join Alexandria in dis
cussing their grievances, was made
last night by Representative Smith
Democrat of Virginia at a meeting
arranged by the Alexandria Com
munity Chest Board to consider
campaign problems.
Pointing out. that the problem
caused by the Washington Chests
policy of soliciting funds from Gov
eminent workers who live in Alex
andria is not new one, Mr. Smith
said he served on committee II
years ago that tried to find some
solution to the problem which still
comes up in every campaign.
Although Alexandria is the only
community in the Washington area
which has a separate Community
Chest, Mr.. Smith said he has been
informed that other Chest groups
included in the Washington cam
paign are not satisfied with the way
funds are allocated to their agencies
and might be interested in joint
appeal to Washington Chest Off
cials to come to some workable
agreement.
Pledging his support to Alexandria
in its effort to solve the problem OF
the loss of funds from residents who
work in Government Offices, Mr.
Smith said regretfully that he i:
not too optimistic of satisfactory
agreement unless some move il
made to eliminate all solicitation.
in Government Offices.
The committee, composed of rep.
resentatives of civic groups ane
members at large, voted that thu
Community Chest president, Luther
H. Dudley, appoint an eight-mar
committee from its number to con.
fer with Washington Officials ane
that representatives OF other Chest
groups in the Metropolitan Ares
shall be contacted and invited t
discuss their problems if such q
plan is considered practical.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Rubber Supply TO Fall
Far Below Danger Point

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board warned
last night that the United States
supply of crude rubber will fall 40
per cent below the estimated danger
line by the years end.
The mounting demand for natural
rubber in heavy military tires will
reduce the national stock pile con-
siderably below 1000 tons" in l945,
a special rubber report stated. One
hundred thousand tons is regarded
as the lowest margin of safety.
WPB also asserted that the Ma
tons s725 100000 synthetic rubber
plant must undergo an expansion
costing another S22,000,0O0.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Representative Reports
Theft of Wheel, Tire

Representative Tale, Republican,
of Iowa reported to police today
that wheel, with tire and tube,
valued at S25, was stolen from his
car shortly before midnight last
night.
He told police he was in his house
in the 1900 block of Twenty
street Sc. when he heard a noise
in the vicinity of his car. which
was parked in lot near his home.
When he ran out, he said, he found
the car lacked up on bricks, the
wheel missing and a dirty black
coupe pulling away.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Poker Friends
|0fMrs. Boyer
TO See Medley
Grand Jury to Get
| Murder Case Soon,
Government Hints

Friends of Mrs. Nancy Boyer, who
was slain after poker party in her
Sixteenth street apartment two
weeks ago, will attend a special line
up at police headquarters at o'clock
tonight to look at Joseph Medley,
43-year-old escaped convict.
Police would not reveal the names
OF the persons called, but it was
believed the participants in card
game on the night of the murder
would certainly be among them.
Medley, according to police, was be-
lieved to have returned to Mrs.
Boyer's apartment at 2120 Sixteenth
street NV. after the game ended.
Mrs. Boyer's body was discovered
on the morning of March 8, two
days after she died of bullet wounds.
An inquest into the death of Mrs.
Boyer was set for 10 am tomorrow
at the Morgue.
Questioning Continues.
Meanwhile, homicide squad detec-
tives were expected today to con-
tinue questioning the suspect who
was captured by the FBI in ST. Louis
Sunday. They already have had
several sessions with him, during
which he said he wanted to CO.
operate but refused to answer any
significant questions until he had
retained counsel, it was said.
Medley was arraigned yesterday
on charge of fleeing from WASH
ington to escape prosecution of the
Staying by United States Commits
sioner Needham c. Turnage and ar
raigned on murder warrant Mon-
day night on his arrival here under
FBI guard
1t now is indicated that a grand
jury indictment may be returned
against the man early next week.
1t is customary, in major criminal
cases, for the United States attorney
to hurry the case to a grand jury
without waiting complete formal
arraignment, it was said.
Clothing Brought Back.
United States Attorney Edward
M. Curran and John Fihelly, his
assistant, conferred for an hour
and half yesterday with Inspector
Robert j. Barrett, chief of detec-
tives, and four FBI agents. Mr..
Curran said the conferees had dis
cussed the evidence against Medley,
but that they were not yet ready
to make an announcement of their
plans.
: Two suitcases and bundle Of
clothes were turned over to Mr..
Curran by the FBI yesterday. The
clothing included a fur jacket, be-
j lieved to have been taken from the
apartment of Mrs. Boyer. This and
the other items were found in Med
'tley's ST. Louis hotel room when he
was arrested in the company of a
woman early Sunday. A handbag
believed to have been Mrs. Boyer's
: was also found.
Inspector Barrett said a ring hi
! recovered in Pittsburgh has beer
J identified as one taken from Mrs
: Boyer. He said the operator of the
l pawnshop where the ring was found
and an employe could identify Med
; ley as the man who brought it in.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
lsWRshoniinq


Meats, Fats, Etc. Book 4, red
stamps Q-5 through SIS good
through March 81; stamps T-5
through KS good through April
%; stamps US, Us, Az through
d. good through June 2. Stamps
E-2 through J-2 good through
June 80.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS through Us, A-2 and
B-2 good through March 81;
stamps ca through G-2 good
through April %; stamps H-2
through M-2 good through June
2; stamps N-2 through So good
through June 80. Each stamp
worth 10 points.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two. red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp IS valid for S pounds
through June 2.
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through today. Ais
coupons valid through June al,
starting tomorrow. B-5, C-5, B-6,
C-6, B-7 and CT coupons good
for gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, and 3
in Book No. good Indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one, two. three
four and five coupons good for 10
gallons per unit through heating
year. Consumers in this area
should not have used more than 81
per cent of their ration as Of today.
Degree days-Total for month, -273:
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Funds Sought
For Expansion
|0fP|aygrounds
Board to Request
$500 for Plans
- And Specifications

nuge system OF recreatlOn 1aclll-
ties-new pools and Fairgrounds and
improvements to existing grounds
is envisioned in an $86,500 request
to be submitted to the Commission
erS by the District Recreation Board
tomorrow for preliminary plans and
specifications.
The board, after year of study,
will forward to the Commissioners
the first section of a recreation plan
which will increase Washington
Fairgrounds from 100 to ITO and
greatly expand the equipment at all
the grounds. The cost OF the COM
pleted construction has been esti-
mated at between $4,000, 900 and So
000,000 but preliminary planning
may revise this, Milo F. Christian
sen, recreation superintendent, said.
Mr.. Christensen said he hoped
the Commissioners either could get
the item included in the 1916 budget,
soon to be considered by Congress,
or get an appropriation from the
pending George bill providing for
postwar community planning.
10 New Fairgrounds Sought.
The request for plans for the first
section includes $57,10O for 10 new
Fairgrounds and improvements to
so existing ones. 1t also includes
$29, 400 for architectural plans for
two new pools, at the Taft and
Randall Recreation Centers; i'm
provements to the Georgetown and
Banneker pools, additional COM
munity facilities for existing build
ings at the Powell and Coolidge
Recreation Centers and a gymna- :
SUM at the Palisades Recreation
Center.
The board calls it's plan the "de-
ferred development" program be-
cause the majority of the needs
provided for existed before the war,
Mr.. Christensen explained. Land
for most of the new Fairgrounds
had already been purchased, for ex-
ample, before the Recreation Board
was established and the Recreation
Department organized in 1912,
he said.
The new equipment planned for
existing Fairgrounds includes hard
surfacing, requested for many years
by parents coping with gravel-torn
knees of their children; wading
pools, tennis courts and athletic
fields and floodlights for night &C
tivities at larger grounds.
New Grounds Proposed.
The new grounds planned, Mr..
Christensen said, are: Noyes, Tenth
and Franklin streets NE; Fort
Chaplin, Texas avenue and C street
Sc; Fort Stanton, Seventeenth and
Butler streets Sc: Livingston, Liv-
ingston road and Elmira street Sc:
Payne, Fifteenth and c streets NE:
Macomb, Thirty-fourth and Macomb
streets NV; Reservoir, Elliott and
Clark place NV; Merritt, Jay and
Forty-ninth streets NE; Marshall,
Central avenue between the 5000
and $500 block NE; Keene, Riggs
land Rock Greek Church roads NE;
Kalorama, Columbia road and Kali
mia avenue NV: Trinidad, Hol-
brook street and Mount Olivet road
NE; Fort Mahan, Forty-second
and Foote streets NE; Gallinger,
Twenty-first and F streets NV;
Avalon. Eighteenth and V streets
Sc; Ridge road Sc; Fort Reno,
Fessenden and Thirty-ninth streets
NV: Forest Hills, Thirty-second
and Chesapeake streets NV; Bald
Eagle, Nichols avenue and Joliet
street S.W., and the Watts play
ground, an address not yet deter
mined in the northeast section near
| the District line.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
William P. Ma|oney
Fined $40 for Fight
with Chinese

| William Power Maloney, special
assistant to the Attorney General
who obtained the multiple indict-
ments in the famous sedition case,
was found guilty today of being
disorderly and fighting in the
street" before Judge John Mcmahon
in District Court. He was fined $40.
. DR.. Stephen Pan. vice director Of
the Chinese American Institute of
Cultural Relations, Twenty-second
and r streets NV, arrested on the
same charge, was held not guilty.
Mr.. Maloney," said Judge Nc
Mahon in giving his decision, I'm
afraid it's just case of having a
bad temper and of having lost your
head"
Both the Justice Department off,
cial and Chinese doctor of philoso-
ply appeared before Judge Nc
Mahon today for his decision on
charges made by police after an
alteration on March 10. The row
started at the jewelry counter at
Garfiinckels department store and
ended up in the street with the COM
pact. 145-pound lawyer knocking
his slender 12o-pound opponent over
a trash receptacle. @8
Admonthed by Judge.
Mr.. Maloney, acting as his own
counsel, said that the incident did
not mean that he did not have a
high regard for the Chinese nation
and for Nine. Chang Kai-shek. He
tried to interject that DR.. Pan has
been in trouble before" John D.
Fitzgerald, attorney for DR.. Pan. OBJ
jected and the judge admonished
Mr.. Maloney that as a lawyer he
should know that he could not get
any background in the record.
You testified you never saw this
man before" said the judge.
II am not trying to influence your
honor's finding" said Mr.. Maloney,
Il believe I know what it is going
! to be-"
Reviews Maloney's Testimony.
The judge reviewed Mr.. Ma
loneys testimony on the difficulty
which began when the lawyers wife
got into dispute with three Chinese
over the purchase of watch.
you testified" said Judge Nc
Mahon, that when Mrs. Maloney
telephoned you she was hysterical
You did not know what the difficulty
was and she could not tell you.
You said when you arrived at
the store you saw three Chinese
standing at one end of the counter
with their backs turned. You
turned one of them about (Yung
Tai Lu, Chinese-speaking student
living at the instituted. You said
that he turned quickly and made a
motion which you took to be the
Chinese equivalent of left hook.
"'I struck back you said. At that
moment some one seized me from
behind. The three Chinese ran out
of the store. When I got loose I
ran after them and caught up with
this man CDR. PAM. He aimed a
kick at me. hit him. He kicked
me. I struck him again."
1t was then that Judge Mcmahon
spoke about Mr. Maloney's temper.
Mrs. Maloney was not a witness
in the trial of the disorderly charge
against the two men on March II
nor was she in court today.
Justice has prevailed" DR.. Pan
told The Star after the case con-
cluded. THE courts decision con-
firms my faith in the fairness of the
American courts to persons of al
nations"
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Special Free Showing
Of Circus Scheduled

Thousands of children will be
guests of Alnas Temple at a specia
free performance of the fourth an.
nual Shrine Circus on Saturday
April 7, it was announced today
by Howard P. Foley, general chair.
man.
e The youngsters, mostly under.
privileged children but with news.
paper carriers also invited, will b,
treated to full-dress show at II
am. The circus opens at Ulin.
Arena April for a seven-day en-.
gagement.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
Weather Report

District of Columbia Cloudy
with rain ending this afternoon and
temperatures in the Cos. Mostly
cloudy, rather windy and much
cooler tonight, low near 40.
Maryland and Virginia-Consider-
able cloudiness, rather windy and
much cooler tonight. Fair tomorrow
with moderate temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1945-03-21

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today0
Highest, 50, 5 pm. Year ago, 43.
Lowest, 81, 6:55 am. Year ago, 30.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81, on March II,
Lowest, ~, on January 25.
Evening star., 1945-03-21

Degree days-Total for month, 273:
total for season to date, 3,85S:
normal for season to date, 1926.
Evening star., 1945-03-21

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Suryeyo
Evening star., 1945-03-21
The Sun and Mot
PRECIPITATION

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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-18
Ford Picks Ball
TruckSd|esChief

Appointment OF y. = Bal for
nerly manager Of Ford Motor
Co s Des MONIES. Ia branch, AS
truck sales manager for the COM
psny with headquarters IN Dear
born. has been announced by j. r.
DAVIS. director Of sales and sd-
vertSlng. The appointment Is IN
Inc with general expansion OF all
Ford sales divisions now under
way. DAVIS explained.
Rail has had many years eX-
pcrience IN truck and commercial
unit merchandising After World
war trt>-raiE.s- associated with a
Ford retail dealer in Kansas City
as a salesman. and later as used
car manager and sales manager.
Subsequently. he operated Ford
leadership IN Sallna, Kan
A. Kansas City, he served aS
truck and commercial unit super
visor. and as assistant manager.
In january lS+e he vas trans
ierrcd 10 tho Long Beach, Cal
branch. ~ assistant manager and
m MAY 1871 was appointed branch
manager al DcS No.ncS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-18
Civilian Plane S
Housing Solved

4 solution 20 civilian a,.ation's
nro>,rr "noue.nr prrbier7 was
,.efo,os .c.-,-a... u.,n .,,u,,,,o
''-'''- 'I'a' N.'1'l->'''' -''' ''E7'
units, designed for quick erection
and IncNppnsiNe. Individual storage
and ecr,.,o.v- fac,Iiro. ,ou, arc
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-18
Detroit Tire Men
Attend Sales School

-Four special representatives ~
Tho GeneraI Tire and Rubber 60
arc in Akron tH- week 10 take
ps,t in sales school one phase
ut-lhc company s postwar NOR
chandi Using plan The Detroit men
a. INC conference are =. NJ Smth.
6 y NcPcat =. = Laurence and
G. " CaW.g> Dan Collins. man.
acor of rhc company e dcpa partmert
Ct dealer relations, is conducting
me conference
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-18
Winter S Driving
Hazards Stressed

with tho advent of faH and
winter driving conditions VIII be-
come worse with slippery streets
49, poor visibility. and motorists
were urged Saturday by I'd He'd
rcr. national service director of
tho Chevrolet motor division,
Go0craI Motors Corp 10 Use U1OrC
than customary caution n driving
!. Ram and fallen leaves cause
o. ppcry pavernentS and make fall
driving hazardous Shorter days
mean more night driving adding
- Tho pcrlS OF motoring. Fog fre-
Ciently cuts down visibility
During the winter, lCe on the
pavcmentS and sometimes on
WndShields. snow and sleet all
combine 20 make driving more
dangerous. At all times safety
should be the wajchword OF the
driver.
Car owner, should see that their
brakes are adjusted and aligned
TINS Is -tiHe tie test precautions
against SkjddIng
4 good rule 20 follow on slippery
pavementS IS TO do everything
slowly. Start slowly, in high or
second gear If the wheels spin;
accelerate slowly. drive slowly
and stop slowly When applying
the brakes. don push the clutch
pedal in until the car has almost
stopped
Low or uneven tire pressure
sometimes causes uneven hrakinc
Check prcSSurcs regularly.