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Evening star., 1945-10-22
Councilman Wells Sons
Join in Family Reunion

A family reunion was held YES
terday at the home of Councilman
and Mrs. Joseph A. Wells, 68O6 C
street, Seat Pleasant, Md, following
the return of their third son from
military service. The son, First 1t.
Leo Wells, Pikesville, Md, has Just
returned from Pearl 4Iarbor and Is
months duty in the South Pacific.
The other sons, who recently came
back from Army duty, are M/Sergt.
Ambrose Wells, who saw service in
Australia, and Technician BIC Mike
Wells, veteran of Italy.
Yesterday was the first time in
10 years that all members of the
family could be together. Others
attending were four sisters, Sister
M. Adrianne of Baltimore, Mrs.
Catherine Sullivan of Harrington,
Va, and the Misses Rita and Flea
nor Wells of Seat Pleasant. Mrs.
Ida M. Wells of Upper Marlboro, the
Councilman's mother, also was pres
ent, as were Leo, jr., 2, the lieu
tenants son, and Carol Adrianne,
5 months old, Mrs. Sullivans daugh-
ter.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Illness Of Prosecutor
Delays Snyder Ruling

The ruling on demurrer to in.
dictments charging .. Leroy Snyder
suspended captain OF the Montgom.
cry County Police Force, with NAL.
feasance, was deferred in the Mont.
bomery County Circuit Court today
because of the illness of the States
attorney, James H. pugf.
Judges Charles w. Woodward anc
Stedman Prescott of Rockville set M
date for delivering the ruling on the
demurrer, stating it depended wher
MIR. Pugh could return to court.
The policeman is charged with us.
ing members of the county police
force to work on his farm and falsi.
flying police records to show them or
duty when they were on the farm.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Civilian Shipments Replacing
War Curqoes at Potomac Yurds

The number of railroad cars ham
died daily at Potomac Yards, near
Alexandra, has decreased from a
wartime peak Of 10000 to a present
average Of 5000 to 5000, according
to John W. Hall, jr., yard superin-
tendent.
Wartime traffic at the vast freight
yard has largely been replaced by
the goods of peace, officials say.
Parked on the 102 miles of dusty
sidtngs are care loaded with lumber,
with stoves, with plywood, with
fruit and vegetables, with cement,
and hodge-podge of clean mer-
chandise" from bed lamps to baby
carriages.
Only few short months ago most
cArEoes consisted of shipments Of
Mht tanks and trucks on fiatcars,
Grated airplanes, Grated and semi
Evening star., 1945-10-22

Grated guns, and row upon row o1
closed boxcars marked "ammuni.
ton" with terse signs which in ef-
feet said to handle with kid gloves
Although the amount Of traffic
has decreased-it was steady aver
age OF about $500 cars daily in the
spring-the proportion Of loaded
cars to empty has increased about
10 per cent, according to E. c. Nc
Carly, yard manager.
Among the, 1879 employees are B
j. Hall and r. T. Hardin, veteran
railroaders, who handle cattle at
the sheds all the way across the
yards, next to Memorial highway
Law requires livestock in transit tc
be fed and watered every 36 hours.
They said they took care of more
than $1,000 cattle, including calves;
$1,000 sheep, 2,l67 hogs, % horses
and 28 mules In September.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Fire Destroys Large Cabin
AT Roosevelf's 'Shanqri-La'

BY the Associated Press.
+ THURMONT. Md, Oct. "a
large cabin at "Shangri-La," the
Catoctin Mountain retreat disclosed
to have been the late President
Roosevelts secret White House"
during the war, was destroyed yes
terday by fire.
The story ry-and-a-half structure,
which was situated about $50 yards
from the main lodge where Presi-
dent Roosevelt and former Prime
Minister Churchill conferred, was
occupied by G. B. Williams, superin.
tendent of the Catoctin preserve.
The Marin detachment stationed
there managed to move most of the
contents OF the cabin, but Thur
mont and Smithsburg firemen were
unable to save the structure. They
said preliminary investigation indi-
Gated the blaze was started by 4
defective fireplace.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
High Costs Delaying
Virginia Building Plans
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 22.-Ray.
mond v. Long. executive director o1
the State Planning Board, warned
yesterday that costs of materials
and labor are too high at present
to justify widespread public build.
ing. He added that no building
projects should be undertaken al
this time except those that are alb
solutely needed
Mr.. Longs warning backs up the
statement Of James A. Anderson
State highway commissioner, who
said several days ago that the High
way Department is unable to under.
take its huge postwar construction
program at this time because of cos
OF labor and materials and~ thu
scarcity of labor.
There is some unemployment ir
the State at the present time, but
Mr.. Long attributed the, situation
to the disinclination of workers tx
take new jobs. He advised mu.
nicipal authorities to concentrate or
developing their plans fully so tina,
they can proceed without delay
when conditions improved.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
er the planes would ever reach Cor
RefueIed on Mindanao.

er the planes would ever reach Cor
regidor.
Refueled on Mindanao.
Our plan was for the two Navy
flying boats to fly up from Austria
liza, alight on Lake Lanao in Min
danao, refuel, and come the rest
Of the dangerous way under cover OF
night and then set down close
enough to the mine-infested Rock
to enable us to load our people
aboard in a hurry.
But as the days dragged on the
moose to the South tightened and
the shelling of Corregidor and the
waters around it-night and day
made me wonder If the whole plan
was not outrageous.
On April 26 I received a message
from halfway around the earth,
from land as battered and be-
sieged as our own little world. Gen
Sir William Shedden Dobbie, Gov
ernor of Malta, radioed:
People of Malta send their warm
greetings to the gallant defenders
of Corregidor. They have watched
with profound admiration the mag
nif1cent fight you have put up which
has been great inspiration to us
all. You are. giving untold assist
ance to the Allied cause.
God grant you may soon reap the
fruits of victory"
I replied:
"The officers and enlisted men on
Corregidor deeply appreciate the
sentiments expressed in your mes
sage. In our efforts to contribute
to the common cause of freedom for
which the Philippine and American
troops are now fighting we are in
spired and encouraged by the his
toric stand which has been made by
the gallant defenders of Malta.
with Gods help, bothS ouf peo-
Piles shall soon join hands across the
seas in celebrating the return of
freedom to the democratic nations
of the world"
And I meant It. But knew In
my bones that it would be a long,
long time before there would be any
joining of hands, at least our hands.
I kept these thoughts to myself
never even admitting to my staff
that I was certain no help would
come to us.
Fought With Hope.
My junior officers and the young
men, filled with the God-given opti-
mism of youth, fought with a ray of
hope in their hearts that things
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Six Arlington Libraries
Add ATS New Borrowers

Circulation in the six branches of
the Arlington County library system
during September was 1887 books,
1t was reported by Mildred G. Blatt-
ner, librarian.
The report listed ATS new borrow
ers and 1913 new volumes added,
Circulation of the respective
branches was: Arlington, 4,377;
Aurora Hills, 2,252; Cherrydale.
1887; Clarendon, 4.480; Glen Carlyn.
1865, and Holmes (colored), 536.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Maryland Highway Chief
10 Retire on Pension
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 22.-Ezrs
B. Whitman, chairman of the Mary
land State Roads Commission since
1899. will retire ON pension as soon
as Gov. o'Conor appoints a suc-
cessor.
In announcing Mr.. Whitman's
forthcoming retirement from the
SIC, ,000-a-year post, the Governor
explained that the 65-year Bal
.timorean wished to take advantage
OF his eligibility for retirement for
reasons Of health.
Gov. O'Conor said the admins
tration was sorry to lose such q
capable and efficient public official. 2
Under M. Whitman's craftsmanship,
the Governor said, the commission
has undertaken the greatest pro-
gram Of highway planning and
building In the States history.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Rev. Leo J. Mccormick
To Leave for Baltimore

The Rev. Leo ]. Mccormick, su-
perintendent of schools for the
Baltimore and Washington Arch
dioceses and assistant pastor of St.
Michael's Church, Silver Spring
will leave here this week to make
his home in Baltimore. Father Nc
Cormick, who had served for four
years as assistant superintendent
OF schools, was appointed superin-
tendent last month. He succeeds
the Rev. John I. Barrett, who died
IN August.
Father Mccormick, native OF
Washington, will be replaced as as
sistant pastor of st. Michaels by
the Rev. William H. Jameson, as
sistant pastor of st. Paul's Church
here.
Father Mccormick is a graduate
OF st. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore
and ,also studied in Rome, Italy
and at Catholic University in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
'Darden Lauds Gains
In Virginia Education
In Reply 10 Landreth .
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 22.-Gov
Darden said last night that "fal
from being ashamed of what Vir-
gnia has done in public educationg
y is much encouraged by whsi
has happened since the close of tit
III The "V5tu aoveTlrts Qtatement WI
made in answer to State Senator
S. Floyd Landreth, who, the Gov
ernor said, ''in a speech at Fin
castle on the night of October 16
took Mr.. Tuck lieutenant governor
and Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor) to task for making any ref
erence to progress in Virginia un-
der the Democratic party"
What I wish to do now is to
place before the people of our State
what has been done in one field
the field of public education the
Governor said. Far from being
ashamed of what Virginia has done
in public education, I am much en-
couraged by what has happened
since the close of the first World
War"
The Governor cited the need for
repairs and Improvements at State
institutions as we'll as for expan-
sion. He added the State must make
greater provision for medical care
for Negroes. who constitute 26 per
cent of the population. A death
rate among Negroes four times as
high as among whites, the Governor
said, shows the need for more ade-
quate care.
Gov. Darden said the State may be
faced with liquor problem "ex-
tremely delicate and hazardous. /"
Rapidly increasing Federal taxes
on liquors, he said, may bring the
bootlegging problem back unless
some way is found to reduce the
price. He said he did not con-
slider the revenue from liquor stable
enough to predicate continuing bud
gets on it and that he would tell
the General Assembly so in Janu-
ary.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Antilobor Veterans Unit
Predicted by CorwiIe

DANVILLE, Va, Oct. % Dr.
Howard Carwile, independent can
didate for governor, continued his
campaign yesterday with an ad-
dress to the tobacco workers union
here. Mr.. Carwile replied to labor
address made at Alexandria by viii.
liam M. Tuck, Democratic guber-
material candidate.
When your master, Senator
Byrd, supports and sponsors any
antilabor measure in the United
States Senate, how do you think
that any Virginia labor unions will
be immune?" asked Mr.. Carwile.
Mr.. Carwile accused capitalists O,
putting gulf between veterans and
labor unions. He predicted the
formation of an antilabor veteran.
organization. He emphasized that
unions must be open to colored and
foreign-born workers and advocated
a closed shop.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
George Walker Installed
By Pressmen's Union

George Walker of the Washington
Post was installed as president OF
Local s <of the American Pressmen's
Union yesterday at a banquet at the
Hotel Hamilton attended by 200
persons.
Other officers for the coming year
will be John Ratio, Star, vice pres
ident; j. M. Costello, Star, secretary
and treasurer; T. E. Franklin,
Times Herald, recording secretary;
Frank Waple, Times-Herald, SER
|geant-at-arms; Alfred Palmateer,
Star, executive board member:
Charles Sonnefeld, Post. executive
board, and j. H. Mccullough,
Times Herald, correspondent to
American Pressmen. Cornelius
Ryan. head day pressman for the
Times-Herald, was master OF cere-
monies.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Six Ferryboats Idle
At Hampton Roads as
Crews Go on Strike
BY the Associated Press.

NORFOLK, VA, Oct. 22.-Al
ferryboats on the Pine Beach-New.
port News and Willoughby Old Poin,
Comfort runs operated by the Ches.
apeake Ferry Co. were tied up today
as members of two marine unions
went out on strike for a change II
working iiot1fs. a
Service ceased at 6 am, the dead
line fixed by the Master Mates and
Pilots Local and the Marine En-
gineers Beneficial Association Local
IL for the company to meet de-
mands for a cut in working hours
The two unions represent the ncens-
ed personnel, numbering about As
deck and engine room officers.
Three of the idle ferryboats are
at the Pine Beach, two at Willough-
by and the sixth at Newport News
This was the second strike within
10 days. Members of another sea-
mems union-the Seafarers' Inter-
national Union-walked off the
Pine Beach-Newport News ferries
October 13, but returned on October
Is when the company agreed to
enter into negotiations regarding
pay increases. These negotiations
are still in progress with a meeting
scheduled tomorrow.
Capt. B. T. Hurst, secretary of the
Masters, Mates and Pilots local, and
w. E. Ball, business manager for
the Engineers Association, said to-
day they were hopeful of a settle
ment. Although nothing has taken
place to effect an agreement since
meeting with company officials
Thursday. .,-s
The union spokesmen said they
are asking reduction in the pres
ent watches Of "a hours on and "a
of, and that no question of pay is
involved.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Uncle Identifies Boby
Found in Trash BorreI
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 22.-A bah,
boy found Friday night in a trash
barrel by a soldier has been identi.
fed as Albert Lee Wise, son of Army
Pvt. William Wise of Baltimore.
Capt. Henry j. KriSs OF the Balti-
more Detective Bureau said the
child was identified by an uncle
who said he recognized him from
pictures in newspapers.
Capt. Kriss said the baby's moth
er, 21-year-old Margaret Wise, had
not been seen since Friday after
noon when she left her mother in
law's home with the baby.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Municipal Officials
Are Told by Darden
OF Higher Tax Needs
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 22.-The
Virginia League of municipalities
at its 10th annual convention today
found additional revenues for addi-
tional services the first and foremost
postwar problem for themselves and
for the State.
AS the delegates met to discuss
their own problems, they had be-
fore them the statement from Gov
Darden that "the people of Vir-
ginia may as well be told the fact
that increased taxation will be
necessary if the State and localities
are to maintain high standard of
service during the postwar years. u
Five luncheon meetings were to
follow the first general session this
morning to receive the reports of
Charles B. Borland, city manager of
Norfolk and league president, and
Harold I. BaumeS, executive Secre-
tary. The most important of these
luncheons brings together Mayors
and councilmen from Virginia cities
and towns for forum on postwar
municipal problems.
Speakers on today's program in
cluded State Highway Commissioner
James A. Anderson, who planned to
discuss postwar streets in cities and
towns, and Philip M. Klutznick
commissioners of the Federal Public
Housing AUTHORITY.
Gov. Darden, who spoke at a pre-
convention session of the Executive
Committee, told the delegates they
might expect lower revenues from
real estate taxes because of the ten
dency of people to move outside city
limits with the return of adequate
transportation. The Governor said
the State would offer all the aid it
could, but that a material revision OF
State tax laws would be necessary to
make much assistance possible.
Discussing the States problems,
the Governor said the normal rev.
enue from 1885 to 1899, inclusive,
was just above SOS, 100000 and that
the State within the next year would
begin feeling the effect of leveling
of effect in high revenues during
the war period.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Body Born in Toxicob
En- Route to HospituI

Another case of baby born In
q taxicab was on the records of
Freedmen's Hospital today.
Mrs. Dorothy Henderson, 81, col
ored, 1l31 F1ftieth street NE, gave
birth to a baby girl last night while
being driven to the hospital. Mother
and child are doing well. Place Of
birth is carried on the hospital rec
ords as zen route"
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Marines Widow Gets
ong-DeIayed Check
After Story Appears

The Marine Corps today mailed g
long delayed death gratuity check tt
Mrs. Anna Degges and her five sons
after disclosure in The Star yester-
day that the widow of a Marine
private had received nothing since
his death on Okinawa, August %.
Asked by The Star why it hao
taken nearly two months to senc
the death gratuity, which is equal tc
six months pay and is supposed te
tide widows over until pension ano
insurance payments begin, the Ma.
rine Corps gave this explanation:
The report of Pvt. Ernest E
Degges' death reached Marine Corps
headquarters here September 6. Nc
cause of death was given. Since the
war, a 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
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 check on all the
forms.
The papers were checked and in
dorsed by October II and the next
DAY autfoity for payment was signed
and sent to the disbursement Officer.
A Anal examination of the papers
and making out of the check USUALLY
takes two or three days.
Allotment Check Stopped.
The allotment check, which had
been the sole support of Mrs. Degges
and her five Children since her hus-
bands induction. was stopped be-
cause 1t 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 500
pension or $40 insurance payment
Meanwhile, Mrs. Degges has been
living on the contributions of friends
and strangers.
George Merrilees, chairman of a
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
OF substantial contributions.
The association hopes to work out
some form of public subscription to
establish trust fund for the dead
Marines small sons that will enable
Mrs. Degges to rear them as their
father would have wished.
Evening star., 1945-10-22

would take a turn for the better
But I could see in the eyes Of tn,
senior officers the thing that wal
in my own heart. They knew, too
I prayed that the Navy planes
would make it, to take out at leas
some of those brave girls. Nevel
have women worked as gallantly ane
as heroically as our $50 nurses, mos
of them veterans of Bataan, worked
in Malinta Tunnel. Many of tn,
Bataan veterans among them, in.
cluding wounded girls, told me thai
while they were grateful for ever
the little safety of Corregidor they
would have preferred to stay with
the men on Bataan and been cap.
tured with them.
On April %, I think it was, the
Japs finally got part of me. Or
more occasions than I can remem-
Der, I had had to Jump out of my
car on tours around The Rock anc
join the men in shelters during
especially heavy shellings anc
bombings.
On this particular morning I had
just finished breakfast in the con-
valescent mess and was walking to-
ward an exit of the tunnel, intent
on getting some air, making walk
ing tour of a nearby battery and
intent also on smoking one of the
cigars Macarthur left for me.
Shell Bursts Ear Drum.
I paused for a moment to light
the cigar, while still 80 or 40 feet
short of the bulwark that protected
the end of the tunnel, when a 240-
nm. shell hit the barrier with a
splintering roar. The conclusion
in that part of the tunnel was ter
rife: my head S1uiteply. felt rs if
some one had srar,med "a red hot
pipe through one ear and out the
But a cigar is a cigar, especially
one Of Macarthur 1 continued
out through the half smashed bull
wark to view the damage and take
my smoke. I noticed that every
sound. from voices to shelling. was
quieter than before. / thought it
was just temporary impairment
OF my hearing. But as it turned out,
my left eardrum had burst, and the
right ear since then has never been
up to its old standard.
Tomorrow: Gen. Wainwright
arranges for the escape from,
Corregidor of 30 nurses.
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part strictly prohibitedD
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Twin Baby Girls
Are Christened
On Missouri
" The Associated Press.

BY me ASSoclated 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 Gangley Field, so we thought
we might as we'll bring the Navy
into it, too" Capt. Wills said.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Society Honors Truman
And Bishop Tucker
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASsociate6 Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 22.--Presi.
dent Truman and Bishop Henry st
George Tucker. presiding bishop o1
the Protestant Episcopal Church ir
the United States, were elected te
honorary membership in the Society
OF Cincinnati here over the week
end.
Col. Catesby Jones of Washington
and DR.. Douglas Southall Freeman
Capt. Weir Mitchell Tucker Corbir
Braxton Valentine, Frederick Stuart
Valentine. jr. and Charles Court
land Walton, jr., all of Richmond
were elected to hereditary member
ship.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
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you turn In.
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