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Evening star., 1945-06-13
Sanitary Commission
Sued for 100000

The Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission of Maryland is
named defendant in $100,00 DAM
age suit filed in Montgomery County
Circuit Court at Rockville by Joseph
Horgan, route l, Rockville.
The action, brought by Attorneys
Edmund l.. Jones, Washington, and
Robert Peter. Rockville, is an out
growth OF a collision between an
auto, driven by Mr.. Horgan and a
Sanitary Commission truck. Mr..
Horgan claims he was seriously
injured in the crash.
According to the declaration, the
accident occurred October 81, at the
intersection of Massachusetts ave-
nue. and Newport road, Bethesda.
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4 School Principals
In Alexandra Put
On 12-Month Basis

-Four Alexandria school principals
will be employed on a 12-month
basis as part of an experiment for
which funds were made available
recently by the Virginia General
Assembly.
At a meeting of the Board of
Education last night T. C. Williams,
superintendent of schools, an
nounced that money had been re-
ceived to extend the employment
OF four of the school principals.
They will be paid out Of State
funds during three summer months
when they ordinarily would not be
paid. This plan, Mr.. Williams said,
is expected to increase school ef-
ficiency by making administration
year-around matter. During the
summer the principals can make
plans for the next year and study
problems that have arisen during
the preceding year.
The board ratified the selection of
Howard Richardson of George
Washington High School, Mrs.
Pauline Gorham Of Jefferson School,
Miss Leslie Cox of Maury School
and M. P. Pitts of Parker-Gray
School.
The board also approved the ap-
pointment of Irving Lindsey as prin-
cipal of the summer school which
opens this week with an enrolment
of Alb pupils. Miss Leah Dolph was
approved as school attendance OFF,
Ger and Miss Elizabeth Goode as
assistant principal OF Jefferson
School.
Mr.. Williams announced that an
attendance of more than 81 per cent
had been maintained in schools
throughout the season. He also an
nounced that Alexandria stands sec
ond in the State for inexpensive
textbook rentals with an average of
$l68 per grade.
Arthur M. King, chairman of the
board, and Purvis Reynolds, whose
terms expire on July /, expressed TO
the board their appreciation for the
cooperation they have received
during their years of service. The
City Council is expected to name
their successors before the July
meeting of the board.
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7 Jersey Papers Shut Down
As Printers Report Sick
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY, June 13.-Failure
of composing room employees to re-
port fer work today halted publica-
ton of two Hudson County evening
newspapers. The printers say they
are sick.
Herman Lazarus and Sydney
Lazarus. publishers, said the Ba-
yonne Times would not go to press
for the first time in its 75-year his
tory.
The Jersey Journal Of Jersey City
did not publish yesterday, and Ru-
dolph E. Lent, business manager.
said it was unlikely the paper would
be published today.
Printers on both papers are men,
bers Of Jersey City Typographical
Union Local No. "a (AFL).
Lent said disagreement over sew
eral issues in a new contract had
been certified to the Newspaper
Commission of the War Labor
Board about six weeks ago, and that
If the men were staying out to
speed up War Labor Board de-
cision there is nothing the Journal
can do"
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First Woman Elected
To Leesburg Council

LEESBURG, Va. June 13 (Spe-
ciaD.-The first woman ever to
serve on the Leesburg Council pre-
pared today to take her seat on the
towns Governing Board after her
election yesterday in the regular
city election. She is Mrs. F. P
Smoot, wife Of a Leesburg dentist
who polled 100 votes.
Those reelected to the Council
are j. L. Mcintosh, c. w. Fiske
]. L. Oliver, L. C. Rollins and j. H
Turley. E. N. Bradf1eld was re-
elected mayor by a vote of 228, and
George E. Ward was reelected re-
corder.
In the Purcellville election, voters
returned Mayor S. Hawpe Adams to
Office by write-in vote, defeating
A. F. Anderson, the only candidate
to file for the Office. Mr.. Adams
polled SO votes.
Newly elected council members
are H. M. Ball, jr., Aubrey c. Hall
and Roy j. Pancoast. Reelected
to the Council were j. Derry Tribby
c. M. Graham and L. K. Mcdaniel
Robert George was elected recorder
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Bank Employees Seize Man
Presenting $4,000 Check.

Samuel Courtney, IS, of Lake City,
S. c., was seized by employees of the
Bank Of Commerce and Savings,
Seventh and E streets NV, yester-
day after he allegedly presented a
check for $1,000 on which was
written a threat.
The check was given to Miss
Jeanne Holmes, "a, a teller, who
told the man she did not have that
much cash on hand, but would 60
to another cage and get it. Police
said she whispered a warning to
fellow employees and two of them
overpowered Courtney, holding him
until officers arrived.
The check was turned over to
agents Of the Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation who are preparing
charges. Miss Holmes could not re-
call the exact wording Of the threat.
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Hearing on ABC System Sci
June 19 in Alexandra
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, June 13.-The
public will get a chance to voice it's
approval or disapproval at a hearing
in Alexandra June 10 on the meth
DDS of distribution of alcoholic bev-
erages in Virginia.
The commission set up by the 1914
General Assembly to study the ABC
Board, will attempt to determine at
the hearing the general attitude of
the public toward rationing, price
and enforcement policies.
1t also is interested in the public's
view on revocation of licenses and
of the so-called social clubs" but
which "in fact are devices to evade
the spirit of the ABC Act"
Findings and recommendations of
the committee will be reported to
the Legislature at least 80 days be-
fore the next regular session.
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Nancy Catch Tells of Thrills
Of 80 Months Duty Overseas
Red Cross Worker
Recalls Release
Of War Coptives
The thrill was mutual.

Inc CQTlu was MUTUAL.
They were American soldiers just
released from captivity in Germany
where through months or years they
hungered for the sight of an Ameri-
can girl.
She was a Red Cross girl who for
30 months had watched and served
and comforted the shattered victims
of battle.
When they came together in the
95th Evacuation Hospital, with the
7th Army, not far from Munich, it
was her greatest thrill of the war
to see their happiness. Undoubt-
edly, for them, it was also the
greatest thrill, considering their
bleak days and nights as prisoners
of war.
She is Nancy Catch, daughter of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas l..
Catch, 3103 Macomb street NV.
Admiral Catch is Judge Advocate
General of the Navy. Miss Catch
landed yesterday in plane from
Europe after 81 months of service
which began at Oran in North
Africa a month after our troops
landed there. She was with gen.
eral hospital and then a Navy hos
pital at Oran for II months.
Four Campaign Stars.
A capsule version of her expert
ence after that is in the ribbon the
Army gave her along with the
nurses in the 95th Evacuation Hos
pital. 1t bears four campaign stars,
Naples. Rome, Southern France and
Germany. But the capsule version
wouldn't tell of dinner with Presi-
dent Roosevelt when he was on his
way to Cairo, nor would it relate
the story of a dinner with Gen.
Eisenhower.
1t wouldn't tell of terrifying
bombs in Naples. 1t wouldn't tell
that she replaced a Red Cross
worker killed with the 95th Evacu-
alton Hospital at Anzio. 1t wouldn' t
tell of landing on D day plus four,
in Southern France. 1t wouldn't tell
of a mad chase northward through
France without food for three days
because the 7th Army advanced so
fast.
1t wouldn't relate anything of a
sudden retreat when a German
break = through threatened near
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Caretaker, IA, Wife
Beaten While Asleep
In Alexandra COTTAGE

An aged couple who acted as
caretakers for Ivy Hill Cemetery
on King street road, Alexandria,
were badly beaten early today as
they slept in upstairs rooms in a
cottage at the cemetery entrance.
The two, now under treatment
at the Alexandria Hospital, are J
c. Winterwerp, IA, and his wife,
Margaret, 72. Mr.. Winterwerp suf-
fered severe head injuries, while his
wife had IA stitches taken to close
a wound over her right eye.
Police, who reached the house to
find the couple in state of collapse
said Mr.. Winterwerp had managed
to reach a telephone in down.
stairs room to call them.
Police had no clues as to the
identity of the intruder. The cot
tage is in a sparsely settled neigh
borfood. Other than the estate OF
commemorative Attorney Albert v
Bryan just across the street, there
are no near neighbors. The couple
lived alone in the cottage.
Police said there was no apparent
robbery motive, as Mr.. Winterwerp's
gold watch was found on dresser
and So in cash was found lying on
desk near the telephone.
Police said several patches of dirt
were found on Mr.. Winterwerp's
bed. and few small pieces of bark
were found on the bedroom floor
A cellar door was open.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
lsiNRstioniinq
&Remiiinde5@a

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
W., W., x-2, Y-2 and 70 re-
main valid through September
80; stamps E-2 through J-2 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
D-1, Ell, FL, GIL and HI re-
main valid through September
80; stamps No through So good
through June 80. Stamps T-2
through X-2 good through July 81
Stamps Y-2, Z-2, Al, B-1 and
OIL valid 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.
Sugar-Stamp No. SO valid for S
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September l.
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are valid
through June 81. B-6, c., B-7
and CT coupons good for S GAL
Ions each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and
In Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. An as-yet-
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August 1.
Fuel Oil-Periods 1, 2, 8, and
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. AL
currently valid coupons, except for
serially numbered coupons of def1s
mite value, viii expire August 81.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
|WMAl Aiding Farmers
In New Weather Forecasts

Cooperating with the Weather
Bureau and the Maryland and Vir-
ginia Extension Services, Radio
Station WMAL now is bringing
long-range weather forecasts to
farmers in this area.
The new 72-hour forecasts are
made twice daily, at sos am, and
1914 pm. Mondays through Sat-
urdays. From information sent by
agricultural agents, it now is pos
sible for the forecaster to tell farm
ers not only that the day will be
cold and damp, but that it will be
poor haying weather.
The new service has been de-
scribed by county agents as a "val-
liable" contribution to farming, par
ticularly in view of the present food
shortages and the need for increased
production.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Virginia Catt|emen Map
0PA Marketing Conference
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STAUNTON, Va. June ia
committee of Virginia cattlemen,
headed by Agriculture Commissioner
L. M. Walker, jr., will leave soon for
Washington to confer with OPA
representatives in an effort to OBJ
tain improvements in livestock mar
kets.
The committee was appointed
Monday night at meeting of 100
livestock dealers, producers and
breeders, who met to discuss how
prices may be stabilized, the market
strengthened and how more outlets
can be obtained for cattlemen in
Virginia. Mr.. Walker said Virgin
ians have more livestock in their
pastures than ever before.
Date of the meeting will be set
after Representative Robertson of
Virginia confers with OPA officials.
Discussing what he called a de-
clining livestock market, despite the
shortage of steaks in retail stores,
Mr.. Walker declared that there is
no shortage of cattle, yet conditions
are chaotic"
In roundtable discussion, cat
tlemen evidenced a general dissat-
isfaction over the appointment of
Representative Anderson of New
Mexico as Secretary of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1945-06-13

Strasbourg. 1t wouldn't list the long
days and nights in the tent wards
of the hospital, encouraging hope
in the wounded and the surgical
cases. particularly those mutilated
or with amputations.
Greatest Thrill.
"The greatest thrill, though" Miss
Catch said, was when our boys
who had been prisoners of war
started streaming back. They all
were routed through hospitals for a
checkup. The way they grinned and
beamed and sat around and just
looked at us was enough to-wen,
it was the finest thing that hap
pened to me-"
Her worst time in the service, Miss
Catch said, was just after the 7th
Army crossed the Rhine.
THE Germans had mined the area
thickly," she said. land almost every
case that came in demanded major
surgery. Most of them were ampu-
tation cases. They kept coming
until we had a big backlog of sur
gerry. That was the worst time.
But our GIs are the greatest
soldiers in the world. There isn't
any question of it. They have a
sense of humor that carries them
through anything"
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Front Royal Flyer Freed
From Nazi Prison Camp

Flight Officer Thomas H. Riven.
bark, rs, Army Air Forces, of Front
Royal, Va, was liberated April 2s
from prison camp in Moosburg
Germany, by the 14th Armored Di-
vision.
Flight Officer Rivenbark, the pilot
of a Bog bomber, was shot down
over France in April, 1914.
A native of Teacheys, N. c., he
attended public school in Hopewell
Va, and moved to Front Royal in
1888. He entered the service In
May, 1941, and went overseas two
years later.
A brother. Pvt. Thomas v. Riven-
bark, is stationed with the Amer
lean occupation forces in Germany.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Prince Georges
May Get 7 New
Swimming Pools
Work Would Be Part
Of$1,000, 900 Program
Of Improvements

Construction of two public SWIM
ming pools in the metropolitan area
of Prince Georges County may be
included in a $1,000,O00 improve
ment program for the area.
This was indicated by the county
commissioners at their meeting yes
terday in Upper Marlboro after Judge
Vincent A. Osterman of the county
Orphans Court asked that pro-
vision for two pools to cost approx
mately $4,000 each be made in the
$l,000,000 bond issue approved at
the last session of the State Legis-
lature. ---.
Judge Osterman emphasized the
need for such a project "for our
children" He said the only public
pool IN the county at present is in
Greenbelt and has facilities to care
for only the residents of that COM
munity.
Carson Approves Proposal.
Board Chairman William A. Car
son expressed his approval of the
proposal, but pointed out that it
must be submitted first to an ad-
visory committee to be appointed
soon, which will recommend i'm
provements under the program,
He told Judge Osterman to appear
before the commissioners again if
the advisory committee refuses to
approve construction of the pools.
Street maintenance and lighting
facilities were approved for the
Chapel Oaks subdivision. Also ap-
proved were street maintenance and
the collection of trash and garbage
for Dillon Park.
Trash Contract Approved.
The commissioners approved a
contract with Frederick r. Bean,
Landover, providing for the collec-
tion of trash and garbage in Coral
Hills at cost of $3.50 month.
Residents of the area will pay $15O
a month for the service.
A permit was granted Edward B.
Shugart to operate a riding academy
on lots so and 81, block 25, Greater
Capitol Heights.
Trial Magistrate Arthur P. Owens
reported collection of Sl,35345 IN
fines and costs last month. OF this
amount, the commissioners receive
s439.6O.
Collection Of s32 In fines and
costs during May was reported by
substitute Trial Magistrate Henry
H. O'Neill. Of this, s2l.5O goes to
the commissioners.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Borretts Give $1,000
For Alexandria YWCA

A gift of 81 900 from DR.. and Mrs.
Robert South Barrett to the Alexan-
dria YWCA building fund was re-
ported today at a luncheon meeting
of campaign workers at the George
Mason Hotel.
Report of a $1,000 gift last week
from the Michelbach family and of
several other advance gifts have
given the $4,000 fund a. good start,
according to Miss Alice Whitton,
campaign chairman. Gifts from the
public will be solicited starting today.
DR.. Barrett gave the city the
public library building, the Boys
Club building and donated to many
other charitable funds in the city.
He is the national president of the
Elks as well as a Masonic leader.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Montgomery 10 Stage
Garden Contest Aqain

The annual contest for Victory
gardens in Montgomery County will
be conducted again this year, the
county Victory Garden Committee
announced today.
Interested residents are urged to
register their gardens at their local
Victory garden centers Immediately
so that they can be judged within
the next two weeks. They also will
be Judged again in the fall.
Both backyard gardens and COM
munity gardens are eligible to enter
the contest. The Kiwanis Club will
be one of the sponsors in the Be-
thesda area. Other sponsors will be
announced later.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Knox Estate Accounting
Shows I Million Receipts

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 13.-The first
current accounting in the estate
of Frank Knox, former Secretary
of the Navy and publisher of the
Chicago Daily News, reporting total
receipts of $2,159,281, was approved
yesterday by Probate Judge John
F. O'Connell.
Frederick Lundgren, attorney for
the estate, said sos, 900 had been
placed in trust as a voluntary set
tlement for Mr.. Knox's three sisters
who were to be legatees only if his
widow, Annie, did not survive him
The sisters are Mrs. Emma Fairfield
Kendall, Fla; Mrs. Sarah Reed,
Evanston, ILL.,, and Miss Elizabeth
Knox, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mr.. Lundgren said Mrs. Knox has
already received 100000 in cash
and miscellaneous stocks from the
estate.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
George H. Lamar, 7S,
Prominent Attorney
In Montgomery, Dies

George H. Lamar, 78, Rockville,
prominent Washington and Mont
gomery County attorney who was
associated with the late Senator
Blair Lee Of Maryland for several
years, died Monday evening after a
long illness.
Mr.. Lamar, a cousin of the late
Supreme Court Justice L. @. C.
Lamar, was active in Mr.. Lees cam
paign for. the Senate and also in
Montgomery County politics. He
was influential in obtaining local
option for the county and was a
civic leader for many years in both
the county and State. M--..
He served as president sof the
County School Board for six. years
and was an active member of the
Methodist Church.
Born in Auburn, Ala, July 20,
1867, Mr.. Lamar was a graduate
of Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and OF Georgetown University Law
School. He entered law practice
here after graduation.
Until his retirement several years
ago, Mr.. Lamar was trustee for the
Massachusetts Avenue Park and
Heights syndicate in the District.
He was 32d degree Mason, a
knight Templar and past president
of the Southern Society of Wash:
ington. He served a term as ma
tional worthy grand chief of the
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
Surviving are his children, Mrs
Nolan B. Harmon, jr., South Orange
N. j.: Mrs. Richard Waters, Car
son City, New; Mrs. H. Stafford
Bryant, Lynchburg, Va; DR.. Ed
ward S. Lamar, Washington; Mrs
Charles F. Schley, East Orange, N
j., and George H. Lamar, jr., Bal
timore. A sister, Mrs. Annie Cole
of Boonesboro, Md, also survives
Mrs. Lamar died in February.
Funeral services will be conducted
in the Rockville Methodist Church al
1890 am. tomorrow. Burial will be
| in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Marlboro Purchasing
New Fire Equipment

The Marlboro Volunteer Fire De-
partment is purchasing a new 500
gallon fire truck at a cost of ap-
proximately $4,50O. Fire Chief J.
H. Richards announced today.
The new engine will supplement
the two present trucks of 500 and
100 gallons each which are about Is
years old.
Purchase Of the new engine is be-
ing made through popular sub
scription with about $4,000 received
to date. An attempt to raise the
remaining funds will be made at a
carnival to be held July 1921 in
the rear of the Upper Marlboro
Courthouse.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
u. Of N. Students 10 Meet
Today 10 Air Grievances

University of Maryland students
will hold mass meeting at l 20 p m
today at the Coliseum in College
Parkrto abr their grievances against
the institutions administration and
to recommend changes in policy.
The meeting was arranged by the
student board after a 26-member
university student committee con-
ferred with DR.. H. c. Byrd. univer-
sity president, Monday. DR.. Byrd
said students will be excused from
classes from 1:20 to pm. to attend
the assembly.
At Mondays conference with the
student committee, which charged
last week that the university's ad-
ministration was "undemocratic and
dictatorial," DR.. Byrd pointed out
that most of the things of which
the group complained were required
by law.
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Blood Donations SOUGHT

The American Red Cross mobile
blood donor unit will be at the
Hyattsville Elementary School on
Olive street from am. to 80 pm.
June 81. The quota for that day is
160 pints. Appointments may be
made by calling Mrs. Dwight B.
Gait, Warf1eld 1876, or Mrs. r. D.
Mattingly, Hyattsville OIL, both of
the Prince Georges County Red
Cross Chapters
Evening star., 1945-06-13
Simpson Praises Work
OF Police in SoIvinq
|Corens Murder Case

Members OF the Montgomery
County police force who investi-
gated the Corens murder case were
praised yesterday by States At
torney Joseph B Simpson, jr., in
a letter to the county commissioners.
Henry H. Corens, "A, Bethesda,
was sentenced to 18 years in the
Maryland Penitentiary last month
after being convicted of the second
degree murder of his wife Pearl in
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
In his letter Mr.. Simpson said
the crime would not have been
solved had it not been for the fine
work of the policemen assigned to
the case. He said they displayed
outstanding ability and acquitted
themselves in a manner that was
credit to both the county and
themselves"
Will Buy S150,00O Bonds.
The board authorized the WASH
ington Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion to purchase s150,O00 worth of
War Bonds for it's sinking fund.
The bonds will be credited to the
county's quota in the Seventh War
Loan drive.
The commissioners also approved
a resolution providing for a 3O-cent
tax on residents of Capital View
Park for installation and mainte-
nance of street lighting facilities in
the area.
Mrs. Virginia Mclaughlin, public
health nurse, was granted a three
month leave of absence without pay,
beginning Monday. to enable her to
take special course in tuberculosis
nursing at Wayne University, De-
troit.
Carnival Permits Granted.
DR.. v. L.. Ellicott, county health
officer, told the board that during
Mrs. McLaughlin's absence Miss
Doris johnson of the Public Health
Service nursing staff will be as
signed to the county on part-time
basis. .,4s- a9-r'G
The Wild Life Achievement Club
Chapter, Izaak Walton League, was
granted permit to hold a carnival
August 13 to Is, on Georgia avenue
adjacent to the Hot Shoppe, Silver
Spring.
A similar permit was granted the
Takoma Park Lions Club for a car
nival July % to %, on the same
property.