davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-07-27

IT used to just sing, but now !
have to make the business decisions,
too," Miss Gladys Swarthout, star of
the Metropolitan Opera, said yes
terday-and she does not like it.
Her husband, Maj. Frank M
Chapman, has been in the Marine
Corps almost three years, "but we
have been SO much luckier than
others I'm not complaining at all. -
Miss Swarthout said she did not like
being an executive" and was wait
ing eagerly until the time she can
turn all business matters back over
to her husband. Maj. Chapman, a
well-known baritone, gave up his
career several years ago to manage
his wife.
The major has been on duty in
Quantico, Va. He now is stationed
in the personnel branch of Marine
Corps headquarters in Washington
and was at the Raleigh yesterday
to meet his wife when she arrived
from their farm at Redding Ridge
Conn, for her guest appearance to-
night as soloist at the final Water
Gate concert of the season.
"We have managed to see each
other almost every three weeks" the
star said, "but, especially as we
worked so closely together before he
enlisted-every meeting is still an
important event"
I'VE are looking forward to con-
cert tours together after the war and
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Chicken, Egg 0vercharges
Cost Thurmont Farmer $50

Selling four chickens and dozen
eggs at a total of $3.50 in excess
of ceiling prices in the Brightwood
area cost Hubert D. Bailey, IS, a
farmer near Thurmont, Md, $50 in
fines in Municipal Court yesterday
The defendant, whose case was
sent to the probation Office OF the
court after he pleaded guilty July
q, was fined yesterday by Judge
Walter ]. Casey.
He previously had paid $40 In
fines for other offenses growing out
of the same case-$20 for operating
as huckster without a license
and $50 for selling poultry other
than by avoirdupois weight.
According to OPA agents, Bailey
sold one chicken for $109 in excess
of the ceiling price on June % and
on July overcharged IT cents for
a dozen eggs and s2.33 for three
chickens. All sales were made to
OPA Investigators.
He was arrested on a vacant lot
in the 5000 block Of Georgia avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
lsiHRstioniinq
&Remindery@a

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
K-2 through P-2 good through
July 81. Stamps Ca through U-2
good through August 81. Stamps
W. through Z-2 good through
September 30. Stamps Al
through Ell good through Octo-
Der 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
To- through x-2 good through
July 81. Stamps Y-2, Ia and
Al through C-1 good through
August 81. Stamps D-1 through
H-i good through September so.
Stamps J-1 through Nj good
through October 81.
Points for Fats--Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound OF waste kitchen fats
you turn In.
Sugar-Stamp No. SO valid for 8
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September /.
Shoes--Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
in Book No. 8 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. Stamp
4 becomes valid August /.
Gasoline-B-7, CT, B-8 and ca
coupons good for gallons eacn.
A-16 coupons valid for gallons
each through September 81.
Fuel Oil-Periods l. 2, 8, and 8
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. Period /
coupons for 1945-46 season now
valid. AL currently valid coupons,
except for serially- numbered cou.
pons Of definite value, viii expire
August 81.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Hearing on GreenbeIt
Sugar Shortage Held

Officers of Greenbelt Consumers
Services, Inc, win appear before the
Office of Price Administration in
Baltimore today to answer charges
Of having an inventory shortage of
slightly more than 10000 pounds of
sugar.
According to OPA officials, the
organization apparently sold the
sugar without obtaining ration
stamps.
S. F. Ashelman, general manager
Of the cooperative, said he dis
covered the shortage shortly after
he took office early this year and
reported it to the OPA last May. =
He explained that his predecessor
apparently had neglected to take
advantage of a bail out" period
granted business firms by the OPA
last year. At that time, he said, if
firm was short in sugar stamps
because OF carelessness and not as
a result of black market operations,
the OPA would issue check to cover
the shortage If it was reported
promptly.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Cannon Primers
Found on Porch
In Mount Rainier

When Louis Lebowitz. Mount
Rainier attorney, arrived at his
home at 3508 Bunker Hill road last
night and saw what was on his
porch, he thought some one was
trying to blow him up."
What he saw was a wooden box
about 18 by 10 inches in size,
marked dangerous, handle with
care" Closer inspection revealed
that the box was stamped as COM
ing from the Lone Star Ordnance
Plant, Texarkana, Tex. 1t was not
addressed to any one.
Believing the box contained dyna-
mite, Mr.. Lebowitz looked no fur
ther but Immediately called Town
Police Chief Eugene Plumer. who
hurriedly called the Army.
An ordnance officer opened the
box and found IL waxed packages
about the size of bricks, with COM
partments for 900 cannon primers,
used to explode powder bags in ar
tillery pieces.
The box was confiscated by mill
tary authorities, who are investi-
eating.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
.SuitIand Office
Costing Million
Planned by U. 5.
Building Would House
1000 in Census,
photographic Units

Construction of a new Federal
office building at Suitland, Md, at
a cost of more than s1.000.000 will
begin soon. 1t was announced today
by w. E. Reynolds, Public Buildings
Administration commissioner.
The new building. which will be
the third Federal Office structure
at Suitland, will house about 1000
Federal workers of the Census Bu-
reau and the Navy photographic
ONCE and will provide space for a
PBA field Office. The Census Bu-
reau and the photographic Office
both have buildings at Suitland.
Mr.. Reynolds said the new build
ing will be located at Suitland
avenue and Silver Hill road and
will be known as building No. 4.
A 475-foot tunnel will connect the
new building with building No. 8.
To be of reinforced concrete, fiat
slab construction, the building will
be designed to be used as ware
house if necessary. 1t will be a
three-story, "E"-shaped structure
with a 301-foot frontage and a
depth of 1872 feet. Each of the wings
will be 81 feet wide and the entire
building will provide gross floor
area of 233,600 square feet and a
net usable floor space of $4,000
square feet.
There will be eight entrances to
the building. which will be lighted
by semi indirect incandescent type
fixtures. Roads in the area of the
building will be rerouted and land
ScaDed.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Maryland COP Asked
To Pass on Leaders
BY the Associated Press.

6s tne ASsOCIageu FreSss
BALTIMORE, July 27.-Maryland
Republicans were asked today
through a questionnaire from the
Maryland Federation of Republicans
to pass on present party leadership
in the persons of State Chairman
Galen L. TAFT and Baltimore Mayor
Theodore r. McKeldin.
Specifically asked in the question
|naire mailed to $500 persons were
the questions: Are you satisfied
with present State leadership" ane
Has the present State leadership
eliminated factionalism or has il
helped to promote it?"
It also asked whether Mr.. Tai
was capable Of getting all faction.
|together?"
Federation President John H. Nc.
Faul, jr, said the survey on opinion
|of party policy was being carried
out among Republican legislator.
and other ofiiceholderS, members ot
the State Central Committee anc
county and city party leaders.
Mr.. TAFT Is a member of Mayor
McKeldin's staff. The latter, .
leading possibility for 1916 guberna.
torial nomination on the COP ticket
has appointed or re-appointed ,
number Of Democrats to city posi-
tions.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
'AIimony Row Is Almost Empty
Despite Increase in Divorces
Only One Man Sits in Jail as Jobs for
Women, Droft Aotments Cut Problem

miliar sight in the District Court
Building. A gray-haired mother
carefully counted out $3.50 in small
bills on the counter. She wept when
the deputy marshal told her she
needed S158. A lawyer put up the
So, and she walked of happily
with her thrice-married son.
Even though he serves time In
Jail, man still owes the alimony
when he gets out. So he usually
manages to make some arrange
ment for paying up before he serves
the full sentence, Mr.. Boardman
observed.
With jobs easy to get everywhere
more men are running away to
keep from paying alimony, accord
ing to Mr. O'Brien, "but when the
law catches up with them they real
! ly are in hot water"
Although District Court keeps nc
statistics on contempt motions, jus.
tices note that their alimony loads
are lighter. Court officials see ar
apparent decrease in demands fol
alimony and corresponding de-
crease in the efforts of women tc
enforce alimony orders.
No one wants to risk guessing
what will happen when the war il
over. A few observers hope the
wartime emancipation" of womer
will result in fewer women need.
ing or wanting alimony. Mr.. Gil
fears that the alimony battles will
resume in earnest as soon as EN-.
ployment opportunities for womer
decrease.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
New Polio Case Here
Boosts Total 10 49

The number of infantile paralysis
cases in the Metropolitan Area this
year reached 40 today as tbe Health
Department reported another polio
victim.
The new case involves a 2-year-
old boy of the 2700 block of Nichols
avenue Sc. Three other victims.
all Of whom are at Children's Hos
pital, were reported yesterday. They
are an 8-year-old girl from Arling-
ton, 6h-year-old boy from Alex
andria and an 18-month-old boy
from the 27oo block of Knox terrace
Sc.
District cases now total "a out-of-
town cases hospitalized in the Dis
trict total Is. Last year at this time
there were % cases, 8 from out of
town and IA local.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Suburban Hospital
Contributions Total
.S32,352 10 DATE

Contributions totaling $32 ,352 have
been made thus far in the current
drive of the Suburban Hospital
Bethesda. for a working fund. The
campaign goal is $4,000.
Maj. Paul Banf1eld, general chair
man of the campaign, and William
L. Orem, jr, chairman of area Or
ganization, said 1897 individuals
and firms already have contributed
to the drive. They expressed ap-
probation to area captains and
workers for their efforts to date.
Need for Fund Cited.
"The hospitals need for working
funds to carry on its important COM
munity activities is paramount,
Maj. Banfleld said, land efforts will
continue to assure the success of its
campaign"
He explained that the annual
membership dues in the Suburban
Hospital Association are 50 a yeai
and that those who contribute this
amount or more will be given an as
sociation membership. He added
that members of the association
elect persons to serve on the Board
of Trustees.
Evening star., 1945-07-27

to fixing up our home in Connec-
ticut. We won't face as many prob
lens of readjustment after the wal
which confront so many couples
since we have seen each other now
and then" she added.
Miss Swarthout said she has
learned a lot since she's had to
make decisions herself. But / guess
I drive my manager mad" she said
"since I change my mind so often
He will call me and ask my opin-
ion about something's contract ol
contract date-and I say / don't
know. Then, perhaps, I say No
absolutely no. A few hours later
however, I'm likely to cal him and
say I've changed my mind. I'd
rather do the singing and leave all
the rest up to the major. Richard
Crooks is the only singer I know
who is as good manager as he is
a singer"
Her solos tonight will include two
arias, one from Handel's "Rinaldo'
and one from Mozart's Marriage OF
Figaro" The other selections re-
veal her interest in popular music
which she has often sung on the
radio and for recordings. They are
You Are Love-" from Jerome Kern's
Show Boat; Dancing in the
Dark" from Arthur Schwartz's
Band Wagon" and for the first
time on her concert program, BEAT
Out Dat Rhythm on Drum, from
Russell Bennetts production OF
Carmen Jones'"
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Montgomery Development
Protests Diving Plane

Residents Of Burnt Mills Hills
exclusive Montgomery County de-
velopmept, reported today that a
low-fying plane has been diving
at their homes almost every morn
ing for the last two or three
months.
Phil Poston, real estate dealer,
who lives in the development, said
the plane, a single motor job. ar
rives over the homes about 10
o'clock each morning, circles at
about 1000 feet and then dives at
the various homes.
He said the plane then levels of
at an altitude of about 800 feet
goes up again and repeats the div
ing for about half an hour. Then
the pilot leaves.
Mr. Poston said he has complained
to Army and Navy authorities, who
are investigating.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Banker Pleads for St. Johns
On Behalf of Son in Service

CHICAGO, Ill, July a Up.-A
Chicago banker, the father of a
former St., Johns College student
now plotting B-29 in the Pacific,
has written letter to Congress
pleading against the Navy's pro-
posed acquisition of the college be-
cause II know how distressing such
action would be to my son."
Harold Eckhart, addressing Chair
man Walsh of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee, declared that
even though the seizure of the
college may be more convenient tc
the Navy Department than some
other course, such convenience
could not justify the great harm thai
would be done"
st. Johns, the writer continued
was the sole institution he knew
of in the country putting such con
sistent emphasis on teaching mer
how to think. AS a business anc
professional man of many years
experience I have observed how COM
paratively few people really think
and therefore every effort
should be made to keep st. Johns
going and unhampered by the con-
slant threat of having its home
taken from it."
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Garbage ciionS Called
Normal in MONTGOMERY

Collections OF trash and garbage
in the western suburban area OF
Montgomery County are "up tc
normal" Walter C. Griffin, super
visor for the washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, announced
today.
Five extra trucks and Is mer
began work Wednesday to catch ur
on collection schedules, which ir
some cases had Jagged as much as
10 days behind normal.
Although expressing belief that
collections will be maintained on the
twice-weekly schedule, Mr.. Griffith
said the extra men and trucks viii
be kept in reserve.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Veteran Seeks
Job in Places
Where He Served
iy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 27.-Retired
Army Veteran Amst Ferris Ewes, jr.,
of Hagerstown is looking for a job
in Egypt or South Africa.
He spent time in those spots while
lieutenant in the Army, and he
liked 1t SO well that he inserted
the following ad in a Baltimore
newspaper:
"Veteran-Discharged, single, in
telligent, aggressive, wants position
in South Africa or Egypt as agent
or representative. Two years service
in Africa. knowledge of French anc
Arabic languages. Has distributor
and merchant contacts in Africa
and Arabia. Small capital to invest
Highest references"
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Chincoteogue Pony Ride Event
Is Won by Coast Guordsmon
Remains in Saddle for 10 Seconds;
No Contestant Stuys Full Minute

on a wild pony she had broken and
trained herself.
Two-thirds of the colts sent over
from Assateague and Wallops Is
lands were sold at auction by late
afternoon, and residents of this is
land, for whom pony-penning day
is the biggest event of the year
predicted that only 10 of the ponies
would be returned to their marshy
islands.
Buyers came from all parts OF
the country, and streets surround
ing the carnival grounds were lined
with large trucks to take the ponies
to other States. Ponies sold at an
average of 500 per head.
The ponies, ranging from sand to
dark brown In color, roam the near
by marsh islands during the year
The annual pony penning is q ira
ditional event here, dating back 10(
years.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
By JULIA EDWARDS.

War is bringing a semblance of
peace to the alimony battlefield,
although at first it threatened to do
the reverse.
The number of men committed to
the District Jail for failure to pay
alimony reached new peak during
the year ending July, 1943.
Today one lonely man resides on
what once was "Alimony Row." The
number of commitments dropped to
new low in the fiscal year 1945.
While the divorce rate continues
to rise, the number of women haul
ing former husbands into District
Court for failure to keep up their
alimony payments is decreasing.
"The problem has practically dis
appeared" said Jean Boardman,
attorney.
Less Demanding.
Few women without children are
getting alimony these days, he re-
ported. When women can get jobs
they are less apt to demand enforce
ment of an alimony order.
Men always fiat broke" in front
of the judge more frequently find
the money before the Jail gates
clang behind them, added another
attorney, John j. O'Brien.
The draft also has reduced ALI
mony squabbles, he said. When a
divorced wife qualities for an allot-
ment the Army takes the money out
of a soldiers pay before he can
spend it. Women who never COL
lected on alimony orders have
caught up with their husbands in
the armed forces.
The number of men jailed for
contempt of court jumped from 49
in 1910 to 81 in 1943 and fell to SO in
1945. Howard B. Gill, superin-
tendent of penal institutions, esti-
mates that 80 per cent of the cases
involved nonpayment of alimony.
Calls Them "Shiftless."
Prior to July, 1943, the population
and the number of divorces here
were increasing before either war
time prosperity or the draft had
fully affected these men, Mr.. Gill
pointed out.
"Shiftless" is his word for the
majority of men on alimony row.
They drink too much, spend too
freely, cannot accept responsibility.
Others prefer Jail to supporting
their ex-wives, he said.
Great love can turn into great
hate"
Like one robust inmate, with tat
tooed arms, some tell you earnestly
that they did their best but got
caught short between jobs.
Court attaches call it obstinacy
and responsibility. Before judge
orders alimony, the Domestic Re-
iations Commission investigates the
mans finances. The Judge essays
to set an amount within his ability
toNpay. If cited for contempt be-
cause he didn't carry out the order,
the ex-husband gets 80 days of
grace to erase the citation. He has
a chance to argue and to work out
a system for catching up.
Few Fail to Pay Up.
Not one out of is men brought
to court for being in arrears ever
goes to jail, the lawyers said. Not
one in SO serves full time.
Persons paying up back alimony,
to get their friends and relatives
out of the custody of a United States
marshall, are becoming more IA
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Ry the Associated Press.


CHINCOTEAGUE, Va, July IT.
Calvin Accock, Coast Guardsman
stationed at the Coast Guard in
firmary here, rode a wild marsh
stallion for 10 seconds yesterday
and won the annual pony-penning
award.
Although none Of the riders stayed
the one minute required by custom
in this traditional East Coast Wild
pony roundup, Accock was named
winner of the contest and awarded
$40, 50 for each second he stayed
mounted on the 4-foot-tall albino
stallion.
Delbert Daisey. q Chincoteague
boy, was second In the contest, re-
manning on black -and-white stall
lon five seconds.
A 7-year -old girl, another Chin
colleague native, Marlene Beebee,
won the tanned horse race, mounted
Evening star., 1945-07-27
IWMC Tackles Problem
|0f Jobs for Officers
WHO Lack Experience

At the request of the Army, the
War Manpower Commission is now
graphing with the problem of
peacetime jobs for young officers
who never held job before they
went to war, Robert Goodwin
VINO executive director, said today
He emphasized VINO does not in
tend to give priority on job oppor-
tunities to officers over enlisted men,
but is only trying to do for the OFF,
GERS what 1t has already done-by
Army resquest-for the enlisted
men.
Mr.. Goodwin explained that when
the Army originally requested VINO
to study the skills acquired by men
In the armed forces and match
them against the requirements for
civilian jobs, no mention was made
of officers.
Training and Skills Studied.
Later, he said, the Army started
worrying about the special problems
of the young men who left high
school or college to 60 into the
armed forces and became leaders.
VINO, he said, has compiled the
information on what it takes to be
an officer and Is now surveying ex-
ecutive, supervisory and technical
fields, and others, to find out how
young officers can make use of their
Army training.
AS part of the survey, he revealed,
United States Employment Service
Offices here have been asked to give
case reports on discharged officers
who have been successfully placed
on civilian jobs. This information
will be circulated to VINO analysts
and job counselors throughout the
country to give clues in the place
ment of other returning officers.
Develop Special Talents.
The directive emphasized that
the officers responsibility in the
armed forces was not exclusively in
leading men into battle, but in
volved training, supervision and
control of groups of men and care
of servicing Of extremely important
material.
ut is extremely difficult to meas
ure the value of such experience, ~
the director said. without doubt IL,
many cases, it has developed quail
fications which could not be ap-
proximated during a normal work.
ing career covering much longer
period. -
I'm many instances, training or
retraining for a civilian occupation
will be necessary, or because the
job of an average officer does not
train him in any specific vocational
skill which can readily be utilized in
any competitive labor market"
The directive also pointed out that
many of the young officers have
married since they went into the
armed forces and they and their
families are accustomed to living
on an officers income and under
standably they do not want to alter
their standards of living"
Local officers were told it was
their responsibility "to assist these
young officers to the greatest degree
possible to find suitable employ
ment."
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Expert Says 8 Million Lost
In Wheat, Tomato Crops
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July 27.-Dr. T. B.
Symons, director of the University
of Maryland Extension Service, said
yesterday the damage to wheat and
tomato crop from recent heavy rains
was eight times the. $1,000,000 loss
estimated by the Weather Bureau
for all Maryland crops.
DR.. Symons said the loss to wheat
and tomato crops in Maryland was
S8,000,000, based on figures from a
check by county agents and an in
spection of Eastern Shore farms
by DR.. G. H. Mahoney, head of the
Horticultural Department of the
university.
The Weather Bureau said Mary
land farmers suffered 81 100000 crop
loss through the recent heavy rains,
and gave the tobacco loss at $500 ,00O
DR.. Symons said the tobacco crop
In Southern Maryland suffered so
heavily that he expected an average
loss of about Is per cent. He said he
believed his figures on the crop
damage were conservative"
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Operator Is Acquitted
In RiverduIe Deuth

Munford Mullings, "a, of the 40C
block of w street NE, Capita,
Transit Co. street car operator, was
acquitted of a manslaughter charge
in Hyattsville Police Court yester-
day.
A streetcar operated by Mr.
Mullings struck and fatally injured
William T. Phelps, 81, Riverdale
June 27. near the victims home
Prince Georges County Policeman
Charles F. Caldwell testified that
Mr.. Phelps was deaf and dumb and
could not hear the air whistle or
the streetcar just before he was
struck.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Blood Bank G Contributions
Luq Badly in Arlington

Eighty-seven persons broke their
appointments and Al were rejected
at yesterdays visit of the Red Cross
mobile blood donor unit to the Ar
lington Red Cross blood donor CEN
ter at the Clarendon First Baptist
Church.
Only 76 pints of the 160-pint quota
were donated-the second lowest
contribution in the history OF the
chapters blood donor service, .ofi-
cials reported.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
virginio Druft Quote
Ruised for September
By the Associated Press.

d IIIt BHSUIldItu FIeSN.
RICHMOND, Va, July 27.-Vir-
ginia selective service boards have
been assigned a quota for Septem-
ber slightly In excess of the August
quota, Col. Joel D. Griflng, State
director, has announced.
If new registrants fail to meet
the increased demand, local draft
boards will reclassify registrants
under 80 now deferred because OF
essential employment in industry
and agriculture, he said.