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Evening star., 1945-01-02
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Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS, Y-5, Us, A-2, through
CO. good for 10 points each indef-
nitely. All stamps validated before
December / are Cancelled.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps Q-5 through KS good for
10 points each indefinitely. All
stamps validated before December
/ are Cancelled.
Points for FatS-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound OF waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Sugar stamp "a good for
pounds. Stamps 80 through 80
and special canning stamp 40 can
celed. Another will be validated
February l.
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March 81.
BIS, C-5, B-6 and CO coupons
good for 5 gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
In Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one and two cou-
pons good for 10 gallons each
through heating year. Period three
coupons valid January Is. Old
period four and five coupons from
last winter good through year.
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than SO per cent
Of their ration as Of January /.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Carpenter in Torpedo Station
Hopes to Be Full Time Santa
Writ Hoke Piuns
To Repair Toys
Without Charge

Writ H. Hoke, 62-year- -old, once
retired joiner at the naval torpedo
stations carpenter shop In Alex
andria, plans to become a year
round Santa Claus" when the war
is over and he is no longer needed
in the war effort.
Mr.. Hoke is not satisfied with hav-
ing come out of retirement to do his
part by working at the torpedo sta
ton. He puts his entire pay into
War Bonds, drawing only So cents
a week-which represents the change
left over from the bond deductions.
Mrs. Hoke, who is employed in the
Synthetic Rubber Branch of the War
Production Board, does the same
thing and the Hokes maintain that
they don't care If they get any in
terest SO long as they get the prin-
cipal back when Uncle Same no
longer needs it.
The boys who are fighting aren't
getting anything back" Mr.. Hoke
said, so why should we expect
INTEREST,""
Born in Iowa, Mr.. Hoke had a
furniture business in Minneapolis
until 1910, when he retired and sold
his business. Mrs. Hoke, who had
worked at various times in the busi-
ness Office, had been taking civil
service examinations "just for fun
and was offered q job in Washing
ton just at the time Mr.. Hoke re-
tired, so they both moved. selling
their property and putting the
money into War Bonds. The rev.
'enue from the business was invested
to give them q life income, Mr..
Hoke said.
After trying to lead q life of lei
sure here, Mr.. Hoke decided he was
still too young and healthy for any
thing like that, so he took a job
with Federal Works Agency, trans
ferring to the torpedo station in
June, l943.
While Ia the furniture business,
Mr.. Hoke had learned cabinetmak-
ing and upholstering, so was quail
ned to work IN carpenter shop.
Evening star., 1945-01-02

In fact, Miss Tyler was the first
girl to arrive at the school, Mrs.
Roszel said, adding that she has al
ways ranked high in her work and
been very popular with her class
mates, who are almost as excited as
she is over her movie career.
Mrs. Tyler is making her home at
Portsmouth, Va, while Capt. Tyler
is serving in a North African base
hospital, and Miss Tyler spent
Christmas with her family. She has
two sisters who are married to naval
officers and younger sister who is
a student at Mary Washington Col
lege: Her brother is in the Army
in California, so she hopes she may
see him while she is in Hollywood.
Miss Tyler was born in st. Croix,
Virgin Islands, and like all children
of naval officers has lived in various
parts of the country, including Cali
fornia, where she spent a year. After
she completes her education she ex-
poets to carry on the family tradi-
ton and join the Navy Nurse Corps.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
London Germans Split
On Whether Il Was
Hitler Who Spoke
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER,
Former Chief of the Associated Press
purean in Pprlip

Bureau in Berlin,
LONDON, Jan. GP).-Seldom has
Hitler speech caused as much
heated controversy among German
exiles and refugees as the one heard
5 minutes after the start OF the
new year when Berlin announced
the Fuehrer had a message to de-
liver.
I spent much of New Year Day
among Germans from the conserva-
tive right to the extreme left, taking
care especially to meet those who
had seen or heard Hitler frequently.
One of those to whom I spoke, in
fact, had been one OF Hitler's oc-
casional advisers on foreign policy
All agreed that this speech showed
that Hitler definitely was no longer
Germany's real leader.
Some believe it was really Hitler
who spoke, but they say he showed
himself a broken and hopeless man.
Some are doubtful whether the voice
was that of Hitler, but they agree
the oratorical effort was poor one.
Some feel positive it was not Hit
ler.
Mos refugees, in any case, believe
the text was ghost written.
Regarding the text, I feel the
speech is blending of well-known
Hitler platitudes with some thoughts
now uppermost in Paul Joseph
Goebbel's mind. I heard the propa-
ganda minister four hours previously
dwell at some length on what he
called .the German miracle" At
the opening of the New Year again
heard that phrase.
Those who deny Hitler spoke make
the following points:
1. Heavy breathing often heard at
the end of paragraph was that Of
a man afflicted with asthma. Hith-
erto nobody ever said the F'uehrer
suffered from asthma.
2. There was not that curious
blending Of Austrian and Hanoverian
dialects which were SO character
istic of earlier speeches. This time
the dialect was Bavarian.
). whoever READ the speech Stum-
bled over or hesitated before pro-
Inouncing the more difficult words.
Hitler previously has used big words
unhaltingly.
4. The speech made no direct ref
.erence to Field Marshal Won Rund-
stedt's offensive or other immediate
facts of the war. Hitler so prides
himself on his military knowledge
he would certainly have discussed
the war concretely.
Those insisting Hitler spoke admit
all this, but say it shows Hitler is
changed man, probably under the
influence of narcotics.
Whichever view is taken, Hitler in
everybody's opinion has revealed
himself as man who can be by
passed. 1t is now Reichminister
Himmler who runs Germany, Goeb-
bells who provides spiritual NUM-
tions.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
I Killed, 5 Hurt as Car
Hits Bridge in Fog
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OWINGS MILLS, Nd, Jan. O.
Two persons were killed and five
injured when an automobile
crashed into a concrete highway
bridge abutment near Owings Mill
during rain and fog yesterday, police
reported
The dead were listed by Balti-
more County police as 1t. Robert L.
Ewell, 80, Maryland State Guard, the
driver, and Mrs. Eugent Abel, jr., 26.
The other five occupants of the
car, treated for cuts and minor
injuries, were Mrs. Ewell, Mr. Abel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Bitzell and
Joseph Edwards. Mrs. Abel was
killed instantly, and 1t. Ewell died
about three hours later in the Uni
versity Hospital, Baltimore All were
returning to their homes at West
minister
1t. Ewell had been employed 18
years by the Chesapeake & Ohio
Telephone Co., five years at West
minister. Besides his widow, he is
survived by three sons, a sister,
Mrs. Rose Chesser of Baltimore, and
a brother. Roland Ewell, serving
with the armed forces in Germany
Mrs. Abel formerly lived near
Hampstead, Md, and her husband S
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Abel,
sr, live in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Virginia Lists Allowances
OF Prosecuting Attorneys
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 2.-The
State Compensation Board yesterday
announced salary and expense al
lowances approved for Common
wealth attorneys of Virginia coun-
ties and cities.
The allowances for the calendar
year amount to 1888, ,405, an increase
Of 2.93 per cent over 1943.
The four Northern Virginia coun-
ties and the city of Alexandria were
listed as follows:
Alexandria, $1,000 salary and nc
expenses; Arlington, $500 salary
and $5,675 expenses; Fairfax, s4,50C
salary and 1890 expenses; Loudoun
$500 salary and no expenses, and
Prince William, $4,000 salary and nc
expenses.
The board also announced salaries
and expenses for city sergeants fol
the 1945 calendar year amounting tc
$295 ,539.83 an increase of 14.47 per
cent over last year. Included in the
list was Alexandria with salary al
lowances of $4,000 and $19.990 ex-
penses.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Navy Officer Sought
After Fleeing Hospital

st. Elizabeth's Hospital officials
today asked police to aid in the
search for 1t. Robert w. Galligan,
%, U. S. N, of Watertown. Mass,
a patient who escaped yesterday by
walking out door behind an at
tendant.
DR.. A. K. Baur, who reported the
escape to police, said 1t. Galligan is
suffering from a nervous break
down.
The officer was described as 6
feet l inch tall, weighing about 165
pounds, with blue eyes and brown
hair. When last seen he was wear
ing a gray sweatshirt and tan trou-
SprS
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Edward R. Gay Resigns
WPB Executive Post
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Edward r. Gay, War Production
Board assistant vice chairman for
civilian requirements has resigned,
effective today.
Mr.. Gay joined WPB in June,
1912. He had been vice president
and director of the st. Regis Paper
Co. in New York. Mr.. Gay once
was news editor of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune and Is a former as
sistant dean of Harvard.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Mrs. Frances Lorkin, 73,
Dies After Yeur's Illness

Mrs Francis Snyder Larkin, 70. Of
1921 Mount Pleasant street NV,
died Sunday at the Shadow Lawn
Nursing Home, Falls Church. She
had been i'll more than a year.
A resident of the District area for
IS years, Mrs. Larkin was member
OF the Church of Christ Scientist at
Falls Church. She was a native of
Capon Springs, w. Va.
Twice widowed, she is survived by
a son, Thomas F. Snyder, Vienna,
Va; four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at z
pm. tomorrow at the Hines funeral
home. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Miss Howard to Direct
Service Entertainment

Miss Meredith Howard, organizer
of the United Nations Club, has been
appointed co-ordinator of entertain-
ment for all hospitals in the WASH
blgton military district, the Potomac
Camp and Hospital Council of the
American Red Gross announced to-
day.
Miss Howard will head central
agency whose function will be to as
sure an even distribution of enter
tainment for all hospitalized services
men and women in the District,
Those interested in providing enter
tainment for servicemen may call
Miss Howard at Republic $500, Ex-
tension 1888.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Sixth e Award Is Won
BY Navy Torpedo Plant

The recent award to the Alexan-
ana Naval Torpedo Station of the
NTH star on its Navy E pennant.
representing six periods of opera
ton since the pennant was award
ed, puts the station in the highest
class of production excellence. &C
cording to Capt. R. B. Simons, COM
manding officer.
Capt. Simons said, and he believes
there are only five plants in the
country that have achieved a per-
feet record of six awards since the
war started.
Capt. Simons also pointed to the
employees record in the purchase
of War Bonds and in making Red
Cross blood donations. and an
nounced that torpedoes made at the
station have sunk or seriously DAM
aged 1,085 japanese ships.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
2 Decorated Navy Flyers Work
Again for Their Old Skipper

+ Two naval aviatorS who won the
Congressional Medal of Honor and
the. Silver Star, respectively, for
their daring and bravery in battle
actions in the Southwest Pacific re-
ported to the Naval Air Station at
Anacostia for the New Year to find
themselves again working for the
man who was their skipper at the
time they were honored.
1t. Nathan G. Gordon of Morrill,
ton. Ark, and 1t. Robert D. Dill
worth, Detroit. are the two heroes
who were greeted at Anacostia by
Capt. Stanton B. Dunlap. now COM
manding the station.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Rose Grower Names
His Thorniest Plant
For Secretary Ickes
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
It's ofhcial: Harold Ickes is
a rose.
A Texas rose grower, A. r.
Watkins Of Tyler, has named
his latest and thorniest plant
the Harold Ickes.V
In replying to the request for
permission to use his name. the
Secretary of Interior wrote:
Il was confused until
you explained that the new
rose was one Of an extremely
thorny variety. That would be
appropriate. am so overcome
by, your f1attering suggestion
that all I can say is that / ac-
cept the honor with pleasure.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Hershey, Hines
Help Dedicate
Veterans Center
Kin Of Servicemen
To Comprise Stoff
Of New Project

Stated with women whose hus-
bands and sons are in the service,
the Veterans Information Center of
the District was opened this morn
ing.
On hand to give the center send
on were Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director of Selective Service; Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrators
OF veterans affairs; Charles Ander-
son, head of the veterans preference
section OF the Civil Service Commits
sion; District Commissioners John
Russell Young and Charles w. Kutz,
as well as a dozen Representatives Of
the local agencies who will advise
the center employees.
The center, located in the cottage
In front of the District Building, was
hailed by Gen. Hershey as "the GEN.
ter OF gravity of all our efforts" a
symbol OF what the community is
going to do to see that veterans are
fltted as quickly as possible into the
society they left
Will Need Larger Building.
Gen, Hines pointed out that many
veterans passing through Wash
lngton will use the center. as well
as District residents. He predicted
that traffic at the center will be-
come SO heavy that larger build
ing will be necessary.
Speaking directly to the paid and
volunteer workers who will answer
the questions of veterans and refer
them to the proper, agency, Gen.
Hines emphasized the Importance
OF giving accurate information. He
warned the workers against over
doing" their advice and informa-
ton which, he said, might leave the
veteran dizzy"
While awaiting the arrival of the
first veteran seeking information
center employees heard brief dis
cussions by representatives of each
OF the agencies with programs for
veterans. Represented were the
United States Employment Service,
Selective Service, Railroad Retire.
ment Board, Civil Service Commits
sion and Veterans Administrator.
Maj. Waggaman in Charge.
Headed by Maj. Ennalls Waega-
man, who will supervise the center.
every one of the workers on duty
today has one or more relatives in
the service. One of Mai. Wapea-
mans sons is in India and another
Is veteran after a years service.
! Then there's Mrs. Rose F. Collins.
whose husband is a captain in the
Naval Reserve and whose son is a
lieutenant with the 1st Army, An
other worker is Mrs. Arthur M. GRAY.
whose husband is in the European
theater. One of her sons is a Ma
rlne sergeant in the Pacific, another
is a bomber pilot.
The staff has been trained by the
once OF War Information to inter-
view and answer questions. Obsery.
ers from the agencies assisting vet
erans will be on hand as long a.
needed. All they need now are some
customers.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
St.Mory's Theoter
Gets Only I Rot;
Weather Blamed
ipecial Dispatch to The Star.


LEONARDTOWN Md. Jan. D.
Only one dead rat, brought in by a
l3-year-old Hollywood md boy,
was offered for admittance to the
st. Mary's Theater here yesterday
the first day of a novel campaign
to rid the county of rodents.
Kenneth Duke. operator Of the
theater, is offering admittance to
any show during the day this week
for one dead rat, to assist the rat
eradication campaign being con-
Quoted by DR.. Eugene Peck, county
health officer.
Francis x. Wood. student of the
Hollywood Parochial School, was the
sole contributor.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Human Element Blamed
For Errors in BOMBING
peeial pisnatch to Tn. Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
QUANTICO, Va, Jan. BRIG.
Gen. Frederick H. Smith, deputy
chief of air staff, Army Air Forces,
declared yesterday that medium and
high level bombing shows a gross
error of III to per cent under
normal conditions.
In an address before members of
the 5Sth Reserve Officers class and
the 59th Officer Candidates class
at the Marine Corps schools here
Gen. Smith said this error in pre-
cision operations is due mainly to
the human element He said the
death in Normandy last July of 1t.
Gen. Lesley j McNair, Army Ground
Forces commander, was the result
of such an error.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Spanish Ex-Premier's Broadcast
To New York Barred by Britain

instances. The spokesman said he
was unable to cite specific cases.
but added, Il know there must be
some"
Earlier reports from the United
States said Freda Kirchwey, editor
Of The Nation and chairman of the
meeting. had asked the United
States State Department to inter-
vene on behalf of DR.. Negrin.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
William Tobin Resigns
District ODT Post

William M. Tobin, manager of the
Office OF Defense Transportation for
the District, has resigned and will
be succeeded by Frederic w. Reisner
assistant manager, the regional ODT
in Philadelphia has announced.
District manager since October
1912, Mr.. Tobin is returning to
Brooklyn to become associated with
an automobile concern.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Foctory Wages
Gain rs Per Cent
In Three Years
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Weekly earnings OF workers IN
manufacturing are up rs per cent
since January, 1941, War Mobiliza-
ton Director James F. Byrnes said
yesterday.
Basic wage rates rose 1875 per
cent up to August /, 1914, he said,
and In addition, incentive payments,
merit raises and job upgrading
hiked hourly earnings another 10
per cent, more than offsetting the
rise in living costs.
He added that longer hours, over.
time premium pay and shifts from
lower-pay to higher-pay industries
further increased earnings, 50 that
the total rise was IS per cent.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Discrimination Charged
To British Government

In New York, Miss Kirchwey said:
THE British Foreign Office could
have only one purpose in ruling DR..
Negrin off the air-a desire to silence
criticism and stif1e the demand for
a democratic policy toward Spain.
Whatever changes may be pend
ing in British-American relations
with the Fascist regime in Spain it
seems unlikely that they provide for
a free choice by the Spanish people
as to their government and their
fiItIlre "
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Fat Collections Rise
1903 Pct. Here in 1914;
Tin Cans Drop As Pct.

Salvage collections of household
fats increased 108 per cent last year
compared with 1943 and increases
were recorded in collections of
wastepaper, but salvage of tin cans
dropped 46 per cent in 1914, Horace
Walker, executive secretary of the
District Salvage Committee, has re-
ported to Commissioner John Rus
sell Young.
Salvage material of all types
wastepaper, tin cans, fats, rags and
garbage grease-amounted to l69,-
283,108 pounds in 1914, an increase
of more than $4,000 900 pounds over
1943, when 111.741,5 ,545 pounds of
material were collected. The figures
released by the committee included
estimated collections for December.
Praise Cooperation.
1T is our feeling that the Com
missioners can be justifiably proud
of the outstanding cooperation
that the citizens of the District of
Columbia have given to this all i'm
portant war program" Mr.. Walker
said in a letter to Mr.. Young.
"On the other hand, we must be
equally conscious of the utmost
necessity for the continuation of the
fullest cooperation in the program
on the part OF our people during the
coming year"
Figures for 1943 and 1914 follow:
Evening star., 1945-01-02
4 Hurt as Auto
Hits Bridge on
Rockville Pike
Two Women, Marine
Among Victims; Other
Accidents Iniure 3

-Four persons, including two wom-
en- and marine, were injured seri-
ously early today when their auto
went out of control and struck a
concrete bridge abutment on the
Rockville pike about a mile north
Of the Bethesda Naval Hospital,
Montgomery County police reported.
The victims were taken to the
Naval Hospital by ambulances.
Officials at the Naval Hospital
identified the injured as:
w. w. Peters. his wife and daugh-
ter, Miss Vivian Peters, all OF
Greensburg, Pa, and Corpl. Richard
B. Mitchell, who was on 72-hour
leave from his ship.
Hospital officials said Mr.. Peters
suffered head injuries and cuts;
Mrs. Peters suffered fractured
thigh and face lacerations; the
daughter suffered compound frac-
ture of the leg and knee cuts, and
Corpl. Mitchell suffered an arm
fracture and torn. knee.
Naval officials said the marine s
pass expired at O'Clock tonight, and
he was returning to duty
when the accident occurred.
Patches Of Ice on Road.
According to police, the accident
occurred when the car, travelling to-
ward the District, apparently went
out OF control on a hill and struck
the bridge at the entrance of Pook' S
Hill, the residence of Crown Princess
Martha of Norway. Police said there
were patches of ice on the highway,
which may have started the car
into a skid.
Police were unable to determine
who was the driver.
Kenneth Thorpe, 2S, specialist,
second class, attached to the Wash
ington Naval Postal Service, of 80
East Linden street, Alexandria, was
injured early today when his auto
mobile skidded on the icy highway
at River road and Gusts avenue
and struck an iron guard fence
along the right of way of the Rich.
Fredericksburg g. Potomac
Railroad, Alexandria police reported.
Police said the impact of the auto
knocked down eight sections of the
heavy iron fence. They said the
sailor was treated for head and arm
cuts at the Alexandria Hospital and
was later transferred to the Naval
in Arlington.
Police quoted the sailors as saying
a companion was in the car with
him at the time. but added that
they had been unable to locate him.
Two Pedestrians Injured.
Two pedestrians were injured here
yesterday in streetcar and bus ac-
cidents, police reported.
Ruth Katz. Is, of 2 Barton Hall,
West Potomac Park, suffered cuts
and a possible fractured leg when
struck by an Arnold Line bus while
walking at Twenty-third street and
Constitution avenue. police said.
She was taken to Emergency Hos
pital, where her condition was said
to be satisfactory.
Ernest B. Fowler, so. Lanham,
Md, was hit by a streetcar while
crossing Benning road in the 1900
block NE. He was treated at
Casualty Hospital for scalp injuries.
Evening star., 1945-01-02
Dr.. BrechbiII to Speak

DR.. Henry H. Brechbill, professor
OF education at the University of
Maryland, will discuss the five-point
legislative program for school I'M
provement sponsored by the Prince
Georges County Council of Parents
and Teachers at meeting OF the
Bowie Md Homemakers' Club at
2 pm. tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
Harry McCauley.