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Evening star., 1945-05-22
FOOD. T.. Area School,
Begin Graduating
Thousands Of Pupils

Commencement exercises have be-
gun among the 200 schools and COL
leges in Washington and vicinity
They will be climaxed with gradua-
ton OF thousands of public school
students June 10 and 20.
Catholic University will hold the
first commencement exercises at
1890 am. tomorrow in the gym
nasium on the campus. About 525
students will get degrees.
The exercises will be the 56th In
the history of the university. The
Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Bishop
of Richmond and secretary of the
Board of Trustees of the university
will preside. Senator Myers. Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania will speak. The
valedictorian will be Andrew L.
Gaboriault of Cleveland. who made
an outstanding record in chemical
engineering.
The Navy School of Music Band
will play, under the direction of
Musician John B. Paul.
George Washington University will
hold its baccalaureate at pm. Sun
day in Washington Cathedral and
its graduation at 8 pm. May 80 in
Lisner Auditorium. American Uni
VerSity ceremonies are June 4, How
ard University, June 8, and George
town University, June IT.
Most of the private and parochial
schools will hold their exercises the
first two weeks in June.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Veterans Are Warned
To Safeguard Options
On Farms or Homes

Veterans who obtain an option on
farms or homes before their loan is
approved by the Veterans Admin
istration should be sure to get a
written agreement that their option
money will be returned If the loan
is refused.
That was the advice given today
by the Veterans Administration
after several cases where veterans
lost their option money were
brought to its attention
A veteran in Pikesville, Md, re-
ported he had paid $3.50 on a &c.
acre farm, assuming that the loan
he needed to purchase the property
would be approved. On the report
of the county agent that the price
Of the farm was excessively high, -
the loan was turned down and the
owner refused to refund the $3.50
most of the veterans mastering out
pay.
Cite Another Case.
The Veterans Administration
cited another case where a veteran
put up some money on home even
before he found out whether he was
entitled to a CT loan. 1t developed
he was entitled to the loan but the
property was burdened with a
clouded title and the veteran wrote
the Veterans Administration he
had lost his option money.
A spokesman for the Veterans Ad-
ministration also pointed out that
because GI loans are investigated so
thoroughly, the only way would be
racketeers could swindle nd-buying
vterans was by high-pressuring them
into putting up money for options
on property which couldn't possibly
win Veterans Administration ap-
proval and then keeping the option
money.
One West Coast case was men,
toned where veterans claimed they
lost money through taking options
on alleged farm lands which turned
out to be volcanic rock covered with
a thin layer of soil.
Prices Running High.
The Veterans Administration said
there was nothing wrong about put
ting up some money to show the
would-be purchaser is acting in good
faith, but veterans were advised that
the option, earnest or binder agree
be accompanied by written agree
ment that the money was to be re-
funded in case the loan failed to be
approved.
1t was pointed out that farm and
home prices are currently running
so high that hundreds of loans are
failing to be approved because the
asking price exceeds the reasonable
normal value" of the property.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Arlington Boy, IA,
Found Shot in Home

William Gum, 14-year- -old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Gum, 2o16 North
Taylor street, Arlington, was critic
ally wounded late yesterday when a
.22-caliber rifle accidentally dis
charged, sending a bullet into the
youths head, Arlington County
police reported today.
Mrs. Gum said the boy had come
home only a few minutes earlier
and had gone in the house to get
the gun. She was in the yard on
her way to the house when she
heard the shot, she said. She found
her son lying on the floor.
The gun was standing against
a wall behind some boards, she
added. and apparently the trigger
caught when the youth pulled the
gun out. The bullet was found
lodged in the ceiling. Mrs. Gum
said she had tried to get the boy to
give up the gun, but he refused to
part with it because it was present
from his late grandfather.
Mr.. Gum, Pentagon Building
engineer, was at work at the time.
The boy was taken to the Airing
ton Hospital, where attendants de-
scribed his condition as critical.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Consumers Urged TO Apply
10 Ration Boards by Mail

The welcome" sign remains up at
local ration boards, but If consumers
are interested in saving time, gaso-
line, rubber and shoe leather they
can best serve the war effort by ap-
plying by mail.
This was the advice of District
OPA Director Robert K. Thompson,
who observed that "our only idea in
offering the apply-by mail method
is in the interest of the public and
making things easier for overworked
clerks and volunteers"
The national Office conducted a
survey in the Dallas (Tex.) region
and found that a board can process
10 mailed-in applications to every
one delivered in person.
Mr.. Thompson stressed that
under no circumstances is it the
desire of the District OPA to dis
courage personal calls at boards
whenever necessary"
Evening star., 1945-05-22

Maryland stat Count de Chambrun.
ute of 1785 which conferred the
rights of citizenship upon Gen.
Lafayette and his male heirs. Count
de Chambrun, member of distin-
guished French family, as a direct
descendant of Lafayette invoked this
statute q few years ago and was
accepted as citizen of the State of
Maryland. BY act of Congress after
the Revolution he also is an honorary
citizen of the United States.
Well Known Here.
Count de Chambrun is we'll known
In Washington and New York. At
one time he was assistant military
attache at the French Embassy
here, and he is a nephew of the
late Speaker Nicholas Longworth.
Count de Chambrun's mother was
the Speakers sister. A lawyer, he is
a member of the New York and
Maryland bars. At the time of the
first draft he registered in New
York City.
Last September the count and his
wife were reported in dispatches
from Paris as among French citi-
zens arrested and held for a few
hours for questioning in a search
for collaborationists. However, they
were released Internationally after
several hours, it was stated.
In 1910 the count publicly denied
charges made by . group Of u
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Shelton S Bondsmen
Freed Of Liability

Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Nor
folk. judge of the Federal District
Court In Alexandria, yesterday or
dered Frank E. Treger and George L.
Nails, professional bondsmen of
Alexandria, released from liability
in their posting of $4,000 bond for
Paul Shelton, n, of 1885 North Pow
hatan street, Arlington, because
Shelton is in the Federal reforma-
tory at Petersburg.
The bond was posted for his ap-
pearance in the Alexandria court
on charges of attempted bank rob-
berry and kidnapping. Shelton is be-
ing held at Petersburg in default
of $4,000 bond on a later charge of
automobile theft.
Judge Hutcheson also ordered
Robert l.. Allworth, United States
marshal for the Eastern District of
Virginia, to insure custody of Shell
ton to answer the previous charges
at the opening of the court term in
Alexandria on June 4.
He Is still under an additional
$4,000 bond executed in Arlington
by Treger and Nails on the at
tempted robbery and kidnapping
counts, and under $500 bond they
executed in Fredericksburg on the
automobile theft charge.
The original $4,000 bond was
executed on January Is before
United States Commissioner STAN
ley King in Alexandria, after Shell
ton was arrested in the attempted
holdup of the East Falls Church
Branch of the Falls Church Bank
and the kidnapping of 14-year-old
Grace Wadlington, who was used
as a shield in the getaway. She was
released later in the District.
Shelton was indicted by a grand
jury in the court at Norfolk on Nav
8 and the case was later ordered
transferred to Alexandria for trial.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Murray Asks President
To Allow 201 Pay Raise

The national wage policy should be
changed to permit a wage increase
of not less than 20 per cent for
American labor-to offset the pros
pective reduction in working hours,
President Truman was told today by
Philip Murray, president of the CIO.
who made his first visit to the White
House since Mr.. Truman became
President.
Outlining his discussion with the
President to newsmen later, Mr..
Murray said he pointed out that the
reconversion period is expected to
see the work week reduced from 48
to 40 hours and that compensatory
wage increase is necessary to boost
purchasing power and provide full
employment.
Mr.. Murray said industry had
made a $25, 100000 profit in 1914 and
could pay the increase without start
ing an inflationary spiral
The labor leader left with President
Truman a copy of statement on
CIO postwar policies which he said
had been furnished to the Advisory
Board of the Office of War Mobiliza-
ton and Reconversion.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
z High Schools to Honor
142 Bows Killed in War

Two public high schools, Western
and Woodrow Wilson, will hold
memorial services at $50 am. next
Tuesday for former students killed
in action.
Western will honor 100 men, and
Woodrow Wilson A. Westerns
honor roll is the longest among the
public high schools in this vicinity.
Army speakers for both services
will be announced later.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Back From the Wars
BY SARAH FLINN,

There's one Washington soldier
back home today who doesn't think
all the German people are bad-if it
hadn't been for the kindness of
some of the civilians there he might
not be home now, he says.
Just about month ago, 1t. John
Q. Blodgett, is Galveston place
S.W., was on the last lap of his long
trek to the American lines from the
German camp, from which he had
escaped after three months i'm
prisonment. He was hungry, tired,
and unarmed, and still days away
from friendly territory.
Three times, when he was so dis
couraged he was almost ready to
give himself up to the SIS troopers,
German farmers took him in, har-
bored him, fed him, and helped him
on his way.
Were Being Evacuated.
This is his story:
I'VE were being evacuated from
our camp, and headed for Munich.
We marched all day and night. The
next night was black dark and
rainy. Two other fellows and I de-
cided to try again to escape It.
'Blodgett escaped once before, but
was caught after several days hid
ing OUT.
1--WE stopped near railroad track.
The three of us slipped out of line
into the darkness and lay down on
the opposite bank of the track. The
line marched on and we were not
missed. We'd walked for two days
already. with nothing to eat but
soup. We were wet, too, and cold.
Soon we saw we couldn't make
it very far. We were desperate and
when we saw lighted farmhouse
we decided to try our luck. We
knocked at the door and I explained
to the woman who answered who
we were. She told us to come in.
Her husband was there, tool have
their names-and we dried ourselves
around the fire and fixed some cocoa
with the last bit we had left from
a Red Cross package. Their son
had been an SIS trooper, but got
kicked out and then was put in a
labor battalion. Their daughter
was being held involuntarily at
German camp.
Sleep in Barn.
"We slept in their barn that night.
There were soldiers stationed all
around us and guard next door.
But that night the farmer let us
listen to his radio-it was a BBC
broadcast, which, of course, is for
hidden. 1t was good to hear the
news-our first since December. We
stayed there three days. Then
there was an air raid and we real
lied 1t was hot spot and moved
out. The farmer gave us a very de-
tailed road map and told us where
to go next.
I'VE walked all night and toward
daybreak got to the little town of
Schwartzach. We went to a farm
house and offered to give them soap
for bread. They were glad to make
the swap and then took us in and
told us we could stay in their barn.
There was Russian laborer
working on the farm. He stole eggs
for US and the farmers wife brought
us boiled potatoes and onions. They
told us there we're nine Germans
billeted on the place and we could
hear the Germans walking around
on the other side of the barn.
1--WE stayed there three days. Then
the Russian came and told us he had
Evening star., 1945-05-22
'Lunchine' Rug Cleaner
Pleads Guilty to Thefts

A rug cleaning employe who took
rugs from the store ostensibly for
a seat while eating lunch. but who
failed to return them afterward.
pleaded guilty in Municipal Court
yesterday to five counts of stealing
rugs from the Yonan Rug Co., 2813
M street NV.
Judge Walter Casey continued the
case to May 81 for report by the
probation officer.
The employe. Homer Moon, 35. of
the 1900 block of Twenty eighth
street NV. sold rugs worth S10o
or more for 81 or SIS, according to
police. His employers say they have
paid out some $4,000 in stolen rug
claims,
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Senate Passes Bill
10 Permit Ga|Iinger
Test Of Prisoners

The Senate yesterday passed and
sent to the House a bill AMENDING
the District code so that either be-
fore trial or after conviction a de-
fendant in a criminal case may be
sent by judges of the local courts to
Gallinger Municipal Hospital for
mental examination.
The measure was recommended
by the Commissioners, who said il
had the purpose of giving specific
authority to Juvenile and Police
Courts to assign defendants for
mental observation, when there is
reason to believe they are of un-
sound mind.
Limited to 30 Days.
The hospital commitment would
be for maximum of 80 days, unless
the court found reason to extend
the time. There is provision for a
jury trial and the measure also pro-
vides for bills of exceptions and
appeals.
The Commissioners said judges
OF Police Court have explained there
now is no specific authority for
committing a defendant to CALM
ger.
Judges of Police Court" they re-
ported therefore have adopted the
expedient in such cases of continu-
ing the case and ordering the de-
fendant sent to Gallinger for OBJ
servation and report, but such action
is possible only in those cases where
the defendant is unable to give
BAIL"
Pass Auto Tag Bill.
The Senate also passed a House
bill to outlaw Congressional auto
tags 80 days after the opening of
each new Congress. The bill now
goes back to the House for action
on a minor amendment.
Because of an objection, the Sem
ate deferred action on bill to ap-
propriate $72,500 for the purchase
for park use of property at the
Southwest corner of Sixteenth and
Shepherd streets NV. This bill
was offered as a means of ending a
court and zoning battle between
Crestwood citizens and Harry Po-
retsky over the latter's plan to erect
an apartment house on the tract.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

story. He was nice and took us
down to his summer cabin on the
river. He sent his daughter back to
the house for some hot potatoes.
we stayed in the cottage and
they brought us food. Even brought
a tablecloth-it was like a picnic
April Is was my daughters BIRTH
day, and I told him about it, SO they
had special dinner for us in her
honor-some kind of potato cake
which was very good.
THE next night he came down
and warned us that some soldiers
We're to be billeted in town. and
probably some would be given the
cottage. We moved again-back to
our second place then-the place
with the Germans and Russian.
The SIS trooper had inspected and
gone on, and they were glad to
see us.
Americans Arrive.
Then the troops came to that
town-so we went back to the river
cottage. Finally that night the
farmer there came down and told
us the Americans had arrived.
They'd taken one of his wife's chick
ens-and had made her cook it. So
we knew they were Americans.
We went into town and stirred
up a ruckus, and found headquar
ters. From there we were sent back
to corps headquarters, and hitched
ride to Paris.
We were on our way home in q
few days-luckier than most. Maybe
1t was because We weren't afraid to
trust the people.
When it is safe to tell their
names, and write ,them.sI will do it.
I hope those three families, at any
rate. don't get it too hard. They
only had potatoes and hay to offer
us-but they gave what they could
and could have been killed for doing
it. They kept us alive. They were
good people"
Evening star., 1945-05-22
lsHRahonmiq
&Remmdery6a

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
Y-5, Us, Az through d. good
through June 2; stamps E-2
through J-2 good good through
June 30; stamps K-2 through P-2
good through July 81. Stamps
O. through U-2 valid through
August 81.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
h. through ma good through
June 2; stamps N-2 through So
good through June 80. Stamps To
through X-2 good through July 81.
Stamps Y-2, "a, Al, B-1 and
C-1 through August 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Susar-Stamp IS valid for S pounds
through June 2. Stamp No. 80
valid for S pounds through Au-
gust 81.
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81 Be-, CO, B-7
and CT coupons good for 51gal-
Ions each. ..
Shoes-Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3
In Book No 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. An as-yet-
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August l.
Fuel Oil-Periods l, 2, 3, and S
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. All
currently valid coupons, except for
serially-numbered coupons of def
mite value. will expire August 81.
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than 90 per cent
of their ration as of today. Local
boards are mailing the 1945-1946
renewal applications. You are
urged to return the application to
the local board at the earliest
possible time.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Capital as Seaport
Seen by Trade Board
Harbors Group Head

John A. Remon, chairman of the
Washington Board of Trades River
and Harbor Committee, forsees the
day when the arrival of large YES
sells such as the 424-foot Maritime
Service training ship American Sea-
man wal be common occurrence
on the Washington water front.
The prediction was made during
a radio broadcast from the ship yes
:erday in observance of District
day" on board. City officials and
civic leaders were guests of the
skipper, Comdr. G. A. Coas, U. S. N.
r., at luncheon. The program was
broadcast over Station WRC.
Must Provide Facilities.
Mr. Remon observed that you can
seen now that large boats can get
here" The American Seaman,
which is open for inspection today,
National Maritime day. is one of the
largest vessels ever to dock here.
Mr.. Remon added that it was "our
job to provide facilities" for such
craft and to beautify the water front
''in keeping with the rest of the
Capital"
Commissioner John Russell Young
paid tribute to the nearly 1000
Washington men serving in the
Merchant Marine, commenting that
I'VE are proud of our merchant
service"
Similar tribute was paid by B. M
McKelway, president of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, who also
estimated that about 5000 persons
had visited the American Seaman
since it went on inspection Satur-
day. Until today. admission to the
ship was by purchase of $25 War
bond.
Others Take Part.
Guests also included Commis.
sioners Guy Mason and Col. Charles
w. Kutz and numerous other city
heads.
Others participating in the broad
cast were Comdr. Coas, Capt
Norman L. Queen, chief planning
officer of the Maritime Service; Jack
Rees, author of the Merchant Ma
rine song Ships for Victory" and
Wymer G. Siler, 19. one of 18a
trainees taking a three-week course
on the ship
Young Siler said he was a dairy
farmer before leaving his home in
North Carolina for the service and
that to date he finds he would like
to make the sea a career.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Planners Urged
1oErect Sports
Hall Of Fame
Do Groso Proposes
Stadium Honorinq
Athletic Great

Members of the Stadium Com
mission today were urged by John
Oa GroSa, head football coach of
Holy Cross College, to include a
Sports Hall of Fame in their plans
for the proposed stadium so that
Washington might become the
sports shrine" of the Nation.
The edifice could serve as a clear
ing house for all sports records and
material about athletic greats as
well as serving as fitting tribute
to athletes of the service whose
athletic standards welded the back
bone of the Nation" Mr.. Da Grosa
declared.
A football star in his undergrad
uate days at colgate University,
Mr.. Da Grosa served as assistant
football coach to Lou Little at
Georgetown University from 1925
to 1880. He is now assistant execu-
tive officer of the Federal Security
Agency's Committee on Physical Fit
ness. He appeared with other men,
bers OF the committee to offer sug-
gestions in the building of the
stadium.
Sports Clearing House Needed.
Author of numerous books on
football and physical fitness, Mr..
Da Grossa said that when he started
to gather material for his books he
found that although America is
the greatest sports nation in the
world, there is no clearing house
here for the records of outstanding
events or organization of material
regarding the country's great ath-
letes."
He also proposed that a sports
auditorium be made part of the sta
dium, at which famous sports relics
and mementos would be displayed
and movies of great athletic events
shown.
Harlan G. Metcalf. executive Of
ficer of the FSA committee. and
Louis Schroeder, specialist in ia
cility planning of the committee,
urged that facilities be provided in
the stadium for all types of sports
lncluolng track and swimming.
100000 Seating Asked.
During the hearing Chairman
Bilbo of the Senate District Com
mittee, who is also chairman of the
Stadium Commission, remarked
that he wanted the stadium to be
large enough to seat 200 900 people.
II 1t isn't going to be that large.
I am not interested and don't want
to have anything to do with the
project" he said. We've got to
have the greatest and largest sta
dium in the world
Senator Bilbo, together with Com
missioner John Russell Young and
John Reilly, other members of the
commission who attended today's
hearing, agreed that it would be
feasible to inclose much of the sta
dunn to avoid postponement of
events in case of inclement weather,
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Dr.. SehiIIing Appointed
Westminster Professor
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
WESTMINSTER, Md, May "a
DIR. S. Paul Schilling of the Brook
land Methodist Church, Washing
ton. has been appointed professor
OF systematic theology at Westmin-
ster Theological Seminary, officials
announced last night at the annual
commencement exercises.
DR.. Schilling succeeds the late
president of the seminary, DR..
Charles E. Forline, in the chair. His
appointment becomes effective with
the beginning of the fall term.
The new professor earned his
masters and doctors degrees at
Boston College and studied for one
year at the University of Berlin.