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Evening star., 1945-10-22
Five Die, Seven Hurt
lin Traffic Accidents
On Nearby Highways

Five persons are dead and
seven others are injured, one
critically, as the result OF week.
end traffic accidents in nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
A 23-year-old Army Air Forces
veteran of IS missions over Ger
many, Stanley j. Schum, 1919 Ia
koma avenue, Silver Spring, and
his companion, Miss Betty Florence
Gensel, 81, of 1918 Fifth street NV,
were killed when their car crashed
into an embankment at the traffic
circle at Lee boulevard and Lee
highway near Fairfax late Satur-
day.
Four others in the same car were
seriously injured. They were listed
as.
Mrs. Carolyn Smith, SO, who re-
ceived broken left arm and leg;
her husband, Howard A. Smith, 80,
broken left shoulder; William r.
Smith, %, broken leg, all of 3811
Fifth street NV; and Miss Lee
Luise Sobottka, %, face cuts, 2019
N street NV.
Had Seven Battle Stars.
Mr. Schum, who had been a ser
geant and waist gunner during
the war, was discharged only six
weeks ago. In addition to seven
battle stars he held the Distin-
guished Flying Gross, the Air Medal
yith four oak leaf clusters ann
! Presidential Unit Citation. Eae
was native, of Washington enc
A. graduate of Mckinley HiSt1
School. s@s$~@A \
Miss Gensel was employed with
the public health nurses educa-
ton service here.
Two cousins who had not seen
each other for II years, Arthur
Hartman, 35, of Portsmouth, Va.
and Mrs. Grace v. Bushong, 20, of
1888 Thirteenth street NE. were
killed late yesterday when their car
left the road in Suitland, Md, and
struck tree, according to Prince
Georges County police.
A third occupant of the car, Mrs.
Isabel Childs, 80, of $685. Thir-
teenth street NE, Mrs Bushong S
sister, suffered serious head injuries
Mr.. Hartman, a salesman, was mar
ried and the father of two children.
Pvt. William L. Bushong, husband
of one of the victims. has been over
seas 18 months. He has been in
the Army for two years and former
ly was a carpenter for the District
schools
Pvt. Irving C. Childs, husband oI
the other occupant, is on his way
from the West Coast to be dis.
charged. He has recently returned
from the Pacific theater. Before 60.
ing into the Army, he was employed
by the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission.
Corporal Killed by Auto.
Corpl. Jarrel G. Connell, 36, o1
Fort Belvoir, was killed Saturday
night and Dolly r. Herrell, of 631
South Fairfax street, Alexandria
was injured when struck by an auto.
mobile while they were crossing
Route / near Ingleside, according te
State police.
Police listed the driver as 1t
Robert Koch. 20, of Des Moines
Iowa. stationed at Camp Lejeune
N. c. Miss Herrell was taken tt
Fort Belvoir Hospital. She is suf.
fering with head injuries.
William Drake, 38, of the 90t
block of K street NV, was injured
when struck by a hit-and-run driver
at Lee boulevard and Fillmore
street, Arlington, late Saturday, &C.
cording to the Clarendon rescue
squad which took him to Arlington
Hospital. He was released yester.
day after being treated for heae
| injuries.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Marine S Widow Gets
Long-DeIayed Check
After Story Appears

The Marine Corps today mailed
g-delayed death gratuity check to
Mrs. Anna Degges and her five sons
after disclosure in The Star yester-
day that the widow of q Marine
private had received nothing since
his death on Okinawa, August %.
Asked by The Star why it had
taken nearly two months to send
the death gratuity, which is equal to
six months pay and is supposed to
tide widows over until pension and
insurance payments begin, the Ma
rine Corps gave this explanation:
r.. The. report of Pvt. Ernest e.
Degges' death reached Marine Corps
headquarters here September 6. No
cause of death was given. Since the
war, Board of Inquiry investigates
all deaths in the field.
Needed Written Ruling.
On September 20 headquarters
received the report giving the cause
of death-a heart complication
On October 3 the case reached
the gratuity section of the casualty
branch. Since it must be established
that a man did not die of his own
misconduct before the gratuity can
be paid, the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery usually is asked for a writ
ten ruling.
In this case, however, the bureau
was telephoned and gave a verbal
ruling that the death was not
caused by misconduct.
On October 6, the gratuity claim
was prepared and mailed to Mrs.
Degges. She returned it on Oc-
tober S. BY October Is all the
papers had been signed in the
casualty division. The papers were
then sent to the paymaster, legal
section, for a check on all the
forms.
The papers were checked and in
dorsed by october II and the next
day authoity for payment was signed
and sent to the disbursement officer
A final examination of the papers
and making out Of the check usually
takes two or three days.
Allotment Check Stopped.
The allotment check, which hao
been the sole support of Mrs. Degges
and her five children since her hus-
bands induction, was stopped be-
cause it is always last paid for the
month in which the death occurs
regardless of cause, the Marine
Corps said.
The Veterans Administration was
investigating today to see why Mrs
Degges had not received the S1O(
pension or $40 insurance payment
Meanwhile, Mrs. Degges has been
living on the contributions of friends
and strangers.
George Merrilees, chairman of q
committee formed by the Chillum
Citizens Association to help Mrs
Degges, said that since the publica-
tion Of the story in The Star yester-
day, he had received several offers
iof substantial contributions.
The association hopes to work out
some form of public subscription to
establish a trust fund for the dead
Marines small sons that will enable
Mrs. Degges to rear them as thei,
| father would have wished
Evening star., 1945-10-22

his statement to police was cor
roborated by Mrs. Jones.
Police said one witness, however,
made statement that Mr.. Edmonds
did have a knife and that a knife
was seen to flash in the managers
hands during the alteration.
An autopsy by Deputy Coroner
Richard Rosenberg showed the
cause of death to be the result of
excessive bleeding from a severed
artery, the cut apparently being in
f1icted by large knife.
A veteran of Mediterranean COM
bat duty, Mr.. Brock entered the
service on October 10, 1912. He at
tended the Mine Disposal School
at the Washington Navy Yard.
Police said his wife, Mrs. Sophie M
Brock, lives in Philadelphia. His
home address was given as Phoeniz,
Ariz.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Body Born in Toxicob
En- Route to Hospital

Another case of baby born in
"a taxicab was on the records OF
Freedmen's Hospital today.
Mrs. Dorothy Henderson, 81, col
ored, 1l31 Fiftieth street NE, gave
birth to a baby girl last night while
being driven to the hospital. Mother
and child are doing we'll Place of
birth is carried on the hospital rec
ords rs Zen route
Evening star., 1945-10-22
House Approves
D. c. Boundary,
Rent Measures
Off-Street Parking Bill
Also Passed Without
Dissenting Vote

Six District measures, including
legislation dealing with rent control,
the District Virginia boundary and
provision for off f-street parking here,
were passed today by the House
without dissenting vote.
The boundary bill settles nearly a
century of controversy over the
District Virginia line. It now goes
to the White House for signature,
It previously had been passed by the
House, but came back for concur
renee in a minor Senate amendment
made at the request of Attorney
General Clark.
The rent-control measure. which
now goes to the Senate for action,
merely extends the operation of the
Districts separate control over resi-
dental rent ceilings for one year
from December 81.
The parking measure, reported
last week by the House District
Committee, was sponsored by its
chairman, Representative Randolph
Democrat. of West Virginia, as one
step in program to lessen District
traffic congestion.
Provision for Off street Parking.
1t would require that any Federal
building hereafter erected here have
provision for off-street parking ia
cilities for between 10 and 20 pei
cent of the personnel to be en-
ployed. This measure now goes to
the Senate.
The only debate the District legis-
lative program touched of related
indirectly to the exclusion of Hazel
Scott, colored pianist, from appear
ing in Constitution Hall of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
When Chairman Randolph called
up measure to continue the tax
exempt status of properties of the
American Red Cross here, which had
been used during the war emergency
rent-free, by Government agencies
an amendment was proposed by
Representative Biemiller, Democrat
OF Wisconsin.
Makes Point of Order.
The Biemiller amendment would
have added section to the Dis
trict measure to repeal the tax ex-
emption granted under other legis-
lation to the OAR property.
Chairman Randolph Immediately
made point Of order against the
amendment.
Il am not going to allow District
legislation to become involved in
subject matter that the amendment
of Mr.. Biemiller concerns itself with
If the point of order is not sus-
tained,' I shah withdraw this BILL
he said.
Mr.. Biemiller argued that hi.
amendment was germane, since II
deals with tax exemption. as did the
pending bill. Gsoc9s 5 10 -
The brief colloquy was endee
when Speaker Rayburn announced
he was sustaining the point of order
and with this nut of the way, .ths
Red Cross exemption bill was passed
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Inquest Will Probe ;
Fatal SIashing Of
Petty Officer Today

An inquest was to be held at II 80
am. today into the fatal slashing
of a Navy petty officer during a
fight in an uptown restaurant early
yesterday.
Chief Mineman William Davis
Brock, jr., 81, stationed at the
Ordnance Investigation Laboratory,
Stump Point, Nd died of slash
wound across his throat inflicted
Tin the White Tower Restaurant,
5000 Fourteenth street NV, an all
night lunchroom.
a, Mills Edmonds, 80, of 814 L street
NV, manager of the restaurant,
was arrested at his home by Po-
fceman Charles Yeatman of the
10th precinct several hours after
The incident and was to appear
at the inquest. He was questioned
last night in connection with the
case by Homicide Squad detectives.
Was With Friends.
The sailor entered the restaurant
at about $50 o'clock yesterday
morning in company with three
other persons, WAVE Petty Officer
Dickey v. Marlborough of Arlington
Farms, Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
n1ond Smith of 38o7 w street NV,
according to police. The four had
been in a booth for about an hour
when the trouble started, witnesses
said.
At that time Mrs. Ella L. Jones,
81, waitress in the restaurant, en-
tered and was followed a few
minutes later by Mr.. Edmonds. Both
were just going on duty.
:" Witnesses said Mr.. Edmonds went
to a rear room to change clothes
when salt cellar was suddenly
thrown in the direction of Mrs.
Jones by a member of the Brock
party. Someone in the booth, wit
nesses declared, then made de-
mand for faster service, although
Mrs. Jones was still in her street
Clothes.
~ Waitress Phoned Police.
Mrs. Jones said she telephoned
police. At that point Mr.. Edmonds
came out of the back room and told
the party to leave the restaurant
A struggle ensued during which the
Navy petty officer was slashed. He
was seen to crawl out of the res
taurant and collapse on the side
walk.
.aWAVE Petty Officer Marlborough
accompanied him to Emergency Hos
pital in Fire Rescue Squad am
bulance. He was pronounced dead
on arrival.
at preliminary questioning, Mr..
Edmonds denied stabbing Mr.. Brock.
He also denied he had a knife or
similar sharp instrument in his pos
session during the alteration and
Evening star., 1945-10-22
WLB Unit Opens
Hearing onD.C.
Phone Pay Fight
Case First One Under
Policy Of Issuing Only
Recommendations

The Washington Federation Of
Telephone Employees today opened
before the War Labor
Boards Telephone Commission on
wage increases to correct gross in
equities" In the pay of 1850 Of the
$500 employees in the Chesapeake
q Potomac Telephone Co.
The hearing was the first under
the WLB policy, effective today, In
which Recommendation" rather
than directive orders will be issued.
This policy was adopted in line with
WLB plans to terminate its activ-
tiles January and stops appeals to
the national WLB.
Seek S5-s7 Increase.
The phone dispute was certified to
the commission by the Labor De-
partment after negotiations over a
contract, which expired April /, had
reached stalemate. Affected are
plant craftsmen and clerical workers
other than those in the traffic de-
partment. Traffic department en-
ployes are represented by another
union.
The union seeks a $5 weekly in
crease for accounting. commercial,
engineering and plant and craft en-
ployes, with the exception of one
group of clerical employees for whom
a 81 increase is sought.
The company contends no wage
increase is justified.
Also at issue are classification
schedules, the schedule of periodical
increases, maintenance of member
ship and the effective date of the
contract. The union seeks to have
a contract retroactive to April /.
and the company takes the position
the contract should be effective on
the date of the commissions recon-
mendation.
Compared With Other Wages.
Al Philip Kane, union counsel.
submitted rates of pay to District
workers in the building trades and
for photoengravers, motion picture
operators and radio technicians in
line with the unions contention
that comparison with wages in
these trades would be justified in
any decision on phone wages.
William G. Gassaway appeared as
counsel for the telephone company.
Presiding at the telephone COM
mission hearing was Pearce Davis,
commission chairman Henry J..
Meyer was the other public member,
while labor members were william
M. Dunn and John j. Moran. IN
dustry members were L. F. Shepherd
and E. M. Fowler.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Verdict Likely Today
In Mrs. Smith S Trial
In Husband 'sDeath
BY the Associated Press,

oS tAt aoSOCldleu freSS.
HARRISONBURG, Va, Oct. o.
A verdict is expected today in the
case of Mrs. Grace Smith, tried in
Rockingham Circuit Court on a mur-
der charge in connection with the
death OF her husband, Frank Smith
Only Judge H. w. Berthram's in
structions to the jury remained to
be submitted when court opened at
$50 am. The jury was to retire
Immediately afterward to begin its
deliberations.
Smith, an ex-serviceman, was
found dead February 20 in the base
ment of his home, half-seated on a
stool with rope around his neck.
Indicted with Mrs. Smith was
Ralph Garner, former Harrisonburg
restaurant manager, who will be
tried later.
Defense and prosecution rested
their cases before court adjourned
Saturday and the attorneys went
into conference with Judge Berthram
on the instructions to the jury.
Mrs. Smith took the stand Satur-
day to testify that her acquaintance
with Garner was casual" and that
her husband showed symptoms of
being nervous, upset and quarrel
some after his discharge from the
Army. She testified that on one
occasion she found her husband in
the basement of their home tying a
rope to rafter and that she burned
the rope. Several times, she said,
he threatened to commit suicide and
seemed to have a "chip on his
shoulders"
She said her husband came into
her bedroom on the night of his
death and told her he didn't like her
friends. She said she asked him to
leave but that he pushed her and
she slapped him several times.
Later she said she heard him go
into the basement and then dis
covered blood in the hallway. Then
- a 81. - 1In<J x~1sx 5.ae
Evening star., 1945-10-22
lsiHRst;oninq
.6eMii!.de5Ga

Meats, Fats, Etc. = Stamps Al
through E-1 good through October
81. Stamps FL through XII good
through November So Stamps
Lei through Q-l good through
December 81 Stamps Ri through
vi good through January 81.
Points for Fats Your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points for
each pound OF waste kitchen fats
you turn In,
Sugar Stamp SO good through De-
cenber 81. Next stamp valid
January /.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps /, z, and
In Book No. 3 good indefinitely
for one pair OF shoes each.
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Evening star., 1945-10-22
Twin Baby Girls
Are Christened
On Missouri
By the Associated Press.

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 22.-Twin
baby girls born at an Army air base
on VI day were christened yester-
day aboard the battleship Missouri
The babies, Susan Virginia and
Janis Lorraine, daughters of Army
Capt. Charles E. Wills and Mrs.
Wills. both natives of Missouri, were
christened at the spot on the deck
where ENJOYS of defeated Japan
signed the surrender papers.
They were born at an Army air
base nangley Field, so we thought
We might as we'll bring the Navy
into it, too," Capt. Wills said.
Evening star., 1945-10-22

widely scattered, floating on the
waves. But the ocean was too big
for them, and 80 were those who
slept in it, and we were all pretty
silent as we rode back to Washing
ton In our shiny silver plane.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

7 WAS dashing madly through
i the Capitol the other day
when I ran into Senator Harlan
J Bushfeld Of South Dakota.
He held me with restraining
hand
please let me go." / babbled.
81 am afraid I will he late"
Late for what: ?" asked Sem
ator Bushfeld.
They just appointed . new
official at the national war
agencies" I gasped. land ! want
10 be there before he resignsy'
Senator Bushfield looked at
me Sternly.
There IL no excuse for this
unseemIy haste" he said. "He
may he there for days. They
tell me that some Of these New
Deal bureaucrats last for
weeks"
l told Senator Bushfield IL
was very comforting of him to
say so. but that / did not feel I
should take a chance.
81 got stung that way
couple Of days ago." said. II
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
WALTER WINCHELL n,,esv.v On

THE Intelligentsia: Her critics
L wonder II Katherine Win
Sors tremendous research" for
Forever Amber was confined
10 one book. They allege that
The Fortunes and Misfortunes
Of the Famous Moll Flanders"
written by Defoe away back
In 1881 inspired Amber"
Mary Colum. famous for so
many years as the Forums book
viewer. has book coming out
oon about her life in Ireland.
The title is Life and the
Dream"
Add items on Sophie fuckers
book, Some Of These Days."
that you remember: The time
Eddie Darling, the Palace Thea
ter booker, fulfilled Nora Bayes'
request TO put her pictures back
In the Palace lobby so she could
look at them as she passed by.
Lorette Taylor. who opened in
the new play. The Glass Me-
nagerie," was compared to D,ise
by Ashton Stevens. the Chicago
critic.
After 1s years retirement,
Gilbert Miller's sister. Agnes,
returns to the stage In the Rich
ard Arlen show, Too Hot. for
Maneuvers."
Benn Hall, Boswell for Duell.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06

THE only answer to this
question is this: II depends
mainly on the woman, and
partly on the man. II she Is
emotionally stable, does not ex-
pect to get something for moth
ing - which most people do
expect in love - and plans to
give as much as she gets, she
has a good chance of success.
And IL he is tolerant and under
standing, such marriages often
ripen into the happiest of all.
But without these qualities and
efforts on the part Of both, IL is
q risky venture.
2-Only partly true. Some Of
the happiest. most harmonious
marriages are broken up by un-
explainable infidelity of one
partner or the other. Such cases
are not the result of trouble, but
OF a lack Of character.
3-Yes. First. because there
will be more of them in propor-
tion to younger workers: and
second, because IL they do. not
they will have to pay an increas-
ing portion OF their incomes TO
take care Of the older workers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
THESE DAYS
BY George E.
SokolskY

ticularly as the country is fed
up with public servants who
kick the people around.
The particular citizen would
have lost nothing but time and
energy had he filled in the ques-
tionnaire and the information
Paul McNutt desired would not
move a mountain nor hurt a II
hands business.
But the citizen Is fed up with
this constant pounding upon
him.
IT Just does not make sense
to most citizens that now that
the war in Europe is going TO
an end. the administration is
tightening up on everybody and
everything.
Are they afraid that we might
be glad that that war is over?
Are they afraid that once our
minds are off Hitler we might
begin to size up the situation at
home a little more closely,
checking on what has been done
under the strains and stresses of
war and unity?
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
On the
Side

COME film theaters specialize
~ in double feature bills Of
horror stories.
A New Yorker asks me what
would consider tops" In such
a double bill.
I think that would be Frank
enstein" and The Monkeys
Paw"
You could hardly find two
more terrifying tales.
Lord Byron inspired the writ
ing of "Frankenstein."
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelley MARY
Godwin). an Italian prince
named Polidori and Byron were.
in 1916, living in Switzerland.
One night the conversations
switched to ghost stories.
Byron suggested each OF the
persons present write a horror
story to see which could write
the most terrifying tale.
They all started such stories
but Mary Goodwin was the only
one to finish.
Her story. OF course, was
"Frankenstein." That II truly
a chiller: but 10 me not as much
so as The Monkeys Paw" by
w. w. Jacobs.
A British company made q
film of it some years ago.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06

was noted that in many Of the
patients who had enlarged
hearts decrease in the size
of the heart resulted.
FREQUENTLY, patients with
L high blood pressure have
bleeding into the back part Of
the eyeball. known as retinal
hemorrhage. Furthermore, there
may he swelling of the tissue
around the point where the
nerve OF the eye enters the eye-
ball. II was noted that with
the rice diet these conditions
improved and a number Of
patients who were blind as
result Of the hemorrhage re-
gained their eyesight 10 such
an extent that they were able
10 read fine print.
Of course person on a diet
of this type must be kept under
the watchful eyes NJ the physi-
clan because the diet does not
supply all of the necessary food
parts. The physician can make
such changes in the diet as he
deems necessary in light OF the
patient reactions 10 II.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06

1t With You" The shennanigans
Of the Katzenjammer family
continue TO give dinpies a work
out. although quips about the
WPA (remember?) now seem
TO belong to the Ice Age. Critic
L. Kronenberger reported, TT is
still a pretty good play"
A newcomer, Lady in Dam
ger" is a cap-and-bell whodunit.
However, no one could solve
the mystery of the dismal plays
missing laughs. II gave every
indication of becoming a quick
casualty.
The Glass Menagerie" pre-
miered as this paragraph bowed
of TO press.
A DID GOOD NEWS: One OF
IA the Bund camps in New
Jersey has been turned into a
boys, vacation camp. Happy TO
learn that part OF the ". s.
once again belongs TO America.
The legit stage takes bows as a
haven for intellectual issues.
Yet the season has produced
only one expert play on a seri-
Gus theme: "A Bell for Adano."
Trend of the Times: We used
to hear a great deal about Nazi
supermen-now we hear more
about American superfortresses
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-06
UPTON- N-CLOSE

THE advertising fanfares OF
u the San Francisco confer
ence are imposing. Is this a
propaganda campaign intended
to impose once again upon the
good faith of the American peo-
ple-to make them think the
projected world order will have
some American favor in it?
Is the San Francisco meeting
10 blind our eyes 10 a world
played into the lap OF MOSCOW
a move TO make the public
think that q new Pacific era is
developing, while. in sctuality.
Stain gets still a firmer grasp
on global holdings?
Those who prefer to answer
this question in the negative
must be willing to accept much
on trust.
The Roosevelt administration
so neglected the Pacific situa-
ton that Pearl Harbor resulted.
There is reason TO say that
he is even now so neglecting II
that Vladivostok or Port Ar
thur (once more Russian is
likely 10 outrank San Francisco
as mistress of the Pacific Era
The same statesmen are in
the White House who regarded
the Pacific seaboard-not as the
frontierland of opportunity-but
as the backside of America.
HOWEVER. no politician is
II responsible for the way the