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Evening star., 1945-01-09
1914 Receipts Drop
For Alexandria Court

Judge James r. Duncan of thu
Alexandria Civil and Police Court
has issued an annual report 70,
1914 showing receipts Of $40, ,166. .6s
and disbursements OF $50 1860
leaving q balance OF $3.50 in cash
bonds on January /.
October was the largest month
OF the year with receipts of So
521.81. In 1943 the court recorded
total receipts OF $86 6,254. .5s, with col
lections of $9,896.53 during its
largest month, October.
The following is the breakdown
OF the figures for 1874: City OF
Alexandria, $37 1864: State, 81, ,26O;
cash bonds, SIG, ,762.75 received and
$l6,512.75 disbursed; clerks fees,
$221.25; sergeant's fees, $l.164.50;
issuing justice fees, $3.50 so; other
collections, $3,254.12; Domestic Re
lations Court, 1857 .93.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Virginia Church Council
Opens Sessions Today
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 9.-Dele-
gates from IL leading religious
denominations, representing more
than 100000 church members, will
convene here today when the first
convocation of the recently organ
lied Virginia Council of Churches
meets at 3 pm. DR.. Ernest Trice
Thompson, of Union Theological
Seminary, will preside.
The opening address will be de-
livered by DR.. w. T. Sanger, presi-
dent of the Medical College of Vir-
ginia. DR.. Burkhart, pastor of First
Community Church, Columbus,
Ohio, and nationally known youth
leader, also will speak.
Featuring the program tomorrow
will be DR. Walter w. Van Kirk,
for the last 18 years secretary of the
Department of International Justice
and Goodwill of the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ, and DR.. E.
Stanley Jones, evangelist, author
and former missionary to China.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Eastern Shore Society
To See Scenic Movies

Scenic movies will be presented
by the Virginia Conservation Com
mission at the monthly meeting of
the Eastern Shore Society Of WASH
ington at tbs pm, January Is, in
the club studio Of the Fairfax Hotel,
The pictures, in technicolor and
with commentaries by Lowell
Thomas and Alois Havrilla, include
scenes OF historic spots in Virginia
the Appalachian apple-producing
section and Shenandoah National
Park and Luray Caverns.
Former residents Of the Eastern
Shore are invited and may make
reservations by calling Mrs. Harvey
r. Burkett, Adams SCOT.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Policeman Sentenced
In Striking Of Driver

Charles II. Ward, Falls Church
policeman, was fined $3.50 and given
a 90-day Jail sentence yesterday in
Fairfax County Circuit Court fol-
lowing his conviction by a jury on
charges of felonisusly woundine
Robert H. Jones, AZ, of Colonial VII
lage, Arlington. Ward will not be-
gin serving the sentence until Fri
day when Judge Paul E.. Brown is
expected to announce his decision
on motion by Wards attorney for
a new trial.
Ward and Sergt. Edward Simp-
son OF the Falls Church police
force were indicted by a county
grand jury in November, but a sew
erance of the cases was granted by
Judge Brown. No trial date has
been set for Simpson.
The two policemen are alleged to
have struck Jones on the head in
September when they arrested him
on a reckless driving charge. The
reckless driving charge against
Jones was dismissed in Trial Justice
Court after testimony revealed that
the arrest had occurred out of the
jurisdiction of the Falls Church
police.
Ward was represented by Forrest
Wood, Arlington. Charles Pickett
assisted Commonwealth's ATTORNEY
Hugh Marsh in the prosecution.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Alexandra Grand Jury
Returns I indictments

Indictments were returned against
seven persons by an Alexandria Cor
poration Court grand jury yester-
day.
Included was murder indictment
against Annie May Duvall, colored,
1700 block of Duke street, charged
with the stabbing Saturday night of
Edward Davis, colored, 81, OF the
same address. She entered a plea
OF not guilty. Trial was set for Jan
uary 81.
Richard Langley was charged with
automobile theft and his case was
continued. Gayle Morgan was
charged with grand larceny but was
not present for arraignment. His
attorney entered plea of not guilty
and the case will be tried january 81.
Also scheduled for trial January
81 are the cases of Charles H. Lewis
who pleaded not guilty to a burglary
charge; Walter Montgomery and
Walter Harris, both colored, who
were charged with burglary on two
counts and pleaded not guilty.
Lorenzo Rance, colored, fugitive
was indicted on four counts of grand
larceny.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Auto Tags Refused CoIone|
On Property Tax Rule

An Army colonel living in Alex
aridria and buying home there but
who alegedly refuses to pay per-
sonal property tax to the city be-
cause he claims voting residence
in Maryland, was brought to Alex
andria Police Court today, charged
with failure to have city auto
mobile tags.
The officer, 1t. Col. Harry C. L.
Feast, 2429 Davis avenue, had given
. the Commissioner of Revenue IS
Office a check for $3.50 in payment
for city tags. The check was not
accepted since he allegedly had not
paid property tax of $10.17, in
Guiding penalties, Gordon L. Sand
ers, city license inspector, said.
Judge James r. Duncan continued
the case until tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Coal Users Who Run Short
Must Borrow, Dealers Say

Alexandria coal dealers today
warned residents that with q cold
wave coming, householders who find
themselves without coal must bor-
row from neighbors If their regular
dealer IS unable to supply them.
The dealers, through Francis II
Fannon as spokesman, declared a
survey shows coal stocks to be the
lowest in history with orders at a
peak. The dealers also said there
are not enough trucks and men to
make deliveries.
The dealers said they will take
care OF as many people as possible
and supply those whose need II the
greatest.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
100, 600 y. S. Loss in Europe
Last Month Seen by Draft Aide

the desperate manpower situation
now faced by the Army and Navy
as well as on civilian fronts. He
added:
1T will be surprising If the
casualty figures for December do
not equal 100000. : What the
future casualties will be is your
guess as well as mine; they will
not be small
THAT is why we now face imme-
diate requirements for stepped up
calls for new men for the Army
and Navy which must be one third
higher per month than they were
during the last six months of 1914. .
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Filling Station Priority
System Urged 10 Aid
Must Gasoline Users

A system Of priorities in the dis
tribution of gasoline to service sta
tions here has been suggested to
the Senate District Committee
which is expected shortly to look
into Washingtons recent gasoline
shortage.
Roshan w. Dyar, acting secretary
of the American Cab Association,
in a memorandum to Chairman
Bilbo and District OPA Director
Robert K. Thompson, made this
suggestion:
THE simple solution would be to
deliver first to stations serving only
holders of T coupons, and author
izing those stations to serve holders
OF other coupons whose cars bore
tags registered in the names of doc
tors and other persons of impor-
tance. In this manner all parties
concerned would know where and
when to get gas for the essential
work. To date, no authority has
wanted to take this responsibility. "
The test of any rationing admins
tration, he added, is its effective
ness in distributing essential supplies
as they reach the disappearing point.
The present system of limiting cars
to one-unit purchase and then If
the tank is less than a quarter filled
has resulted in the waste of between
5000 and 10000 gallons a day by
taxicabs searching for supplies, Mr..
Dyar claimed.
Further evidence that the fuel
famine had ended here was seen in
an American Automobile Association
report that since Sunday it had re-
ceived very few" calls from motor
lists unable to locate supply. Many
stations that have not been open for
weeks were back in business today.
The Petroleum Administration for
War estimates that the Washington
area will receive 1862, ,766 gallons
this month, compared with 13,O80.-
1872 gallons said to have been de-
1vered in December,
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Meade Officers to Aid
Virqiniu Battalion Drill

Ofncers and enlisted men. from
Fort Meade, Md, will conduct a
school for members Of the llth Bat
talon, Virginia State Guard, COM
posed OF companies from Northern
Virginia, at Middleburg from 10 am.
to 3 pm. Sunday.
Most Of the personnel of the
battalion, which is commanded by
1t. Col. Everett A. Hellmuth, Alex
andria, will attend the school and
the platoon from Company No. Ill
OF Middleburg viii work out q
problem Of chemical attack on an
enemy.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Warrant
Against Shelton
byFBI
Attempted Robbery
OF FuIIs Church Bunk
Also Is Charged

Federal warrants charging j. Paul
Shelton, 27, of 1885 North Powhatan
street, Arlington, with KIDNAPPING
and bank robbery were issued to-
day by United States Commissioner
Stanley King in Alexandria on COM
plant of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. Mr.. King said Shelton
probably would be arraigned before
him tomorrow.
Shelton, a former Arlington auto
mobile salesman who Is employed
by the Glenn L. Martin aircraft
plant at Baltimore, was arrested
Saturday by Arlington County
police on charge of attempted
robbery of the East Falls Church
Branch of the Falls Church Bank.
He was being held without bail
pending his scheduled arraignment
today before Judge Hugh Reid in
Arlington County Court on that
charge
In the Federal warrants issued
today Shelton is specifically charged.
under the Lindbergh law, with kid
naping Grace Wadlington, 14-year.
old East Falls Church schoolgirl,
who was used as a shield when the
robbery attempt was foiled by A. H.
Barbor, 78-year-old cashier of the
bank. He also is charged with at
tempting to rob Mr.. Barbor.
Missing Car Found.
Meanwhile, the FBI revealed the
missing black coupe" allegedly
uesd by the bandit after abandoning
one car when the robbery failed,
was found yesterday at Twelfth and
K streets NV. by bureau agents.
The FBI, however, declined to dis
cuss what examinations of the auto
disclosed.
The Wadlington girl accompanied
FBI agents last night to examine
the autos.
Shortly after Federal warrants
had been issued FBI agents filed
detainer for Shelton with Arling-
ton County Commonwealth's Attor-
ney Lawrence Douglas. Mr.. Douglas
said the detaiher was simply notice
that Federal authorities want Shell
ton after county authorities have
finished their prosecution.
The only evidence In the case thus
far released by FBI agents and
police are two receipts issued to a
u. Shelton" by the Universal FL
nance Co. of Baltimore for payments
on loan made on an automobile.
Shelton Not Identified.
Police said the pieces of paper
were found near the auto that was
abandoned by the bandit.
Grace, as well as other witnesses
to the attempted robbery have failed
to identify Shelton as the bandit in
police line-ups.
According to District police, Shell
ton was arrested II times in 1899 on
charges ranging from parking
abreast to obtaining a. permit by
misrepresentation and petit larceny
tof a driving permit. He was ac-
quilted last year in District Court
OF charge of passing bad check.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Workers Will Present
Gift to Seomen Today

A gift of more than $4,000, repre-
senting the earnings on Christmas
Day of f,140 employees of the Bruins
wick (Ga) shipyard Of the ]. A
Jones Construction Co., was to be
presented today to the United Sea-
mans Service by a delegation OF
workmen from the yard.
The presentation was scheduled to
take place in the Office of Vice Ad-
miral Emory S. Land, Maritime
Commission chairman, In the Com
merce Department Building.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
| Miners, Assured
Cigarettes, End
| Work Stoppoge
By the Associated Press.

ST. CHARLES, Va, Jan. "a
work stoppage which grew out of
the cigarette shortage ended yes
terday when the 900 men employed
at the Bonny Blue Mines returned
to work on the promise of one pack
OF cigarettes each daily from the
company store.
The men quit work Thursday
night, a spokesman said, when the
store refused to sell them cigarettes.
The store manager said few men
were buying up his entire supply
and that he halted sales until a
rationing system could be devised.
The mines normally produce 5000
tons of coal per day.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Six Who Failed 10 Send
Children 10 School Jailed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. 9.-Sis
parents are under Jail sentences on
charges that they failed to send
their children to the Frederick
County public schools regularly.
The six, who were given flve-day
Jail sentences and fined, were Mrs
Rebecca j. Owens, Mrs. Alvin
Thomas, S. E. Baker, Dayton Omps
John Grouse and c. E. Splitter.
Warrants were sworn out by
School Supt. L. D. Kline. The par
ents were sentenced by Trial Jus
tice E. Erie Edwards.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Virginia Court 10 Hear
Arguments Jan. II in
Referendum Case
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 9.-The
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
decided yesterday to hear argu-
ments January II in a court test Of
the validity of the act providing fol
a referendum on a restricted consti-
tutional convention.
Acting speedily in recognition OF
the limited time left for prepara
ton for voting by service personnel
in elections this year, the court
later named Albert v. Bryan, Alex
andria attorney, as additional coun-
sci to defend the State controller ir
the friendly test" brought by At
torney General A. P. Staples.
Court to Expedite Matter.
The decision on a date for ora,
arguments was reached at a confer
ence among members of the court
and attorneys.
Chief Justice Preston w. Camp
bell said 1t was the intention of the
court to expedite the matter.
Mr.. Staples, in this connection
suggested the court might consider
rendering a per curiam opinion (b,
the whole court) Immediately afteJ
the case was argued and then hanc
down a written opinion later.
Setting Of Date Delayed.
An opinion upholding the consti.
tutionality of the referendum act
next week would allow for holdin,
the referendum late in February
Gov. Darden has withheld the set.
ting Of a date for a vote on tn,
constitutional convention question
until after the test is made in court
The two petitions filed in tn,
court to test the act passed at tn,
special session of the General AS.
sembly last month will be consol.
idated into one case when ora
arguments are presented next week
The petition by the attorney gen.
eral seeks a declaratory judgmen
as to the validity of the act, Will,
John Locke Green, Republican
treasurer of Arlington County. i
petitioning for a writ of mandarin
to compel the omission of the "in
formatory" statement. This state
ment is designed to limit the con
vention, If called, to removing bar
riers to an effective war voters act
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Assembly Units Start
Work on Maryland
Tax Law Revisions
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 9.-The
most important Senate committees
Finance and Judicial Proceedings
began work today on Legislative
Council bills at their first meetings
OF the General Assembly session.
Up before the Finance Commit
tee, headed by Senator John B.
Funk of Frederick, were a half
dozen measures repeating some sec
tlons and re-enacting others of the
State income tax law.
Meanwhile, the judicial proceed
ings group, led by Senator Joseph r.
Byrnes of Baltimore, was busy with
a proposed revision of the "habeas
corpus" law and a measure which
would impose certain limitations
on execution against property not
covered by a mortgage, in the case
OF Judgment for payment of mort
gage debts"
While the Senate set to work. com.
mittees were yet to be named in the
House of Delegates.
.O'Conor Sends Message.
Last night Gov. O'Conor sent the
expected message on penal Law
changes to both houses. The Gov.
ernor proposed a pair of measures
which would enable courts to impose
indeterminate sentences on male Of
tenders between Is and IS and or
women of all ages, with certain ex.
ceptions.
The Governor said in his message
read by the clerks Of the two cham.
bers, that "the heart" of the meas.
ures was "the recommendation that
indeterminate instead of fixed sen.
fences be permitted, in the discre.
ton of the court, and that the Board
Of Correction be authorized, after
proper study Of the progress of In
mates in these institutions, to afford
these special groups educational and
vocational training and to permit
their release when they are At to be
at liberty"
Names Would Be Changed.
AAAC 6AAAo WoaAu dlcO pIOtlQS IOI
changing the names of the present
State penal farm to "the Maryland
State Reformatory for Males and
the women's prison to 'the Mary
land State Reformatory for Wom-
en-"
During the day Gov. O'Conor met
with delegation of Maryland
District CIO representatives for a
preliminary discussion of the organ
ization's proposed labor policy
agenda' to be submitted to the
General Assembly.
Conferring with the Governor
were Sidney r. Katz, secretary
treasurer Of the State District clio
group and head of that organiza-
tons Legislative Committee; Harry
F. Connor, John Kaluzenberg and
Harry Castle, also committee mem
bers.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
Col. Ludd Decorated
For Service in ltuIv

1t. Col. John G. Ladd, 2819 Forty
fifth street NV, has been awarded
the Legion of Merit for exception
ally meritorious" service in the en-
gineers section of 5th Army head
quarters, according to a dispatch
from Italy.
The medal was presented by LII
Gen. Mark W. Clark IN his last
official ceremony as 5th Army COM
mander before assuming his new
duties as commander in chief Of
the 18th Army Group.
Evening star., 1945-01-09
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-American cas-
ualties on the European war front
for December probably will total
100000 when the lists are COM
pleted, 1t. Col. K. D. Pulcipher
Washington, Of National Selective
Service headquarters said yesterday
ut Is expected that 10000 men
will be needed for replacements in
the next six months" he declared.
Addressing the National Auto
Wreckers' Association, Col Pulcipher
told the convention delegates that
the casualty figures demonstrate
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-30

Senate. So we need all the sup
port we can get"
McCabe interested" his au-
dience of some rs stock insur-
ance representatives by assert
ing that mutual insurance COM
panies are tax-favoreG as against
stock concerns. He also point
ed out that the more coopera-
tives there are the less insurance
business will be available for
the stock companies because
"cooperatives have their own
insurance companies"
He urged his audience to "tell
the farmers" how labor groups
are starting cooperatives in tbs
cities and to warn the farmeN
that these cooperatives soon win
be taking over their farms.
Asked how much the govern
ment is losing in tax revenue
because of cooperatives, McCabe
said:
81 think about half a billion
dollars. But that's only a guess.
It might.Be on the high side"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-30

Comments among Toledo
UAW members who have been
delegates to conventions dur
ing the past three years in
dicate that they share the views
of many other members of the
UAW-CIO relative to returning
to Grand Rapids again this year
for the 10th annual convention.
Typical of the comments heard
relative to Grand Rapids as the
convention city were the words
of one of the delegates to last
years convention. II suppose
that Grand Rapids is okay for
George Adde's and his friends,
but for most of us, its not so
good. I remember last year when
George stood up on the porter's
desk in the Pantlind Hotel and
told everybody who was in the
lobby crying for rooms that he
was going to have everyone
thrown out of the hotel except
delegates to the convention.
That would have been fine, only
we know that Georges staff
and a lot of his friends had
rooms and kept them and they
were not delegates either"
To Write Letters
Some of the Local Unions and
units of Auto Workers Locals
have stated their intention to
write letters to George Adde's
and the International UAW
board protesting holding the
convention in Grand Rapids this
year and asking that it be taken
to some larger city with ade-
quate housing facilities.
Delegates to the 1914 conven-
ton point out that not only were
the housing conditions unsatis-
factory, but that the limited
number of restaurants in the
proximity of the convention hall
made it difficult to secure meals
in adequate time to return to
the sessions without extreme
haste or actually sacrificing
their meals, particularly at noon.
One delegate who has had to
go into the outskirts of the con-
vention city for the past two
years for a room, first in Buffalo
and last year in Grand Rapids
said, "Pm getting sick of George
Adde's telling the International
where it may and may not hold
its annual convention. What's
the matter with the executive
board, are the members going to
stand for this same old story
again?"
Officers Favor Change
Many Unit officers of Local
IL, UAW-CIO, one of the largest
Locals in the Auto Workers
have expressed their preference
for Chicago, Milwaukee, or even
New York and are emphatic in
their opposition to returning
this year to Grand Rapids. One
Unit chairman expressing him
self said, Neither George Adde's
nor anyone else can ever con-
vince me that Grand Rapids is
the only place where we can get
sufficient facilities to handle our
convention. George might kid
the International Board, but he
isn't fooling me-"
Whether any formal protest
will be sent by UAW-CIO
Units was not revealed this
week, but indications are that
written protests will be lodged
by many Local IL Units against
Grand Rapids as the 1945 con-
vention city.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-30
Nurse Aid Courses
To Begin

Friday, April 9th is announced
as the date for the first meet
ing of the new class in Nurses
Aide training at Toledo Chapter,
American Red Cross, Colling-
wood at Bancroft.
"The need for volunteers to
take Nurses Aide training is
greater than ever" according to
Mrs. j. Preston Lewis, chairman
of the Nurses Aide Corps" as
more nurses are leaving daily
to care for the wounded in this
country and abroad"
If you can give 21a hours a
day, five days a week, for the Z
weeks training period, call To-
ledo Chapter Headquarters,
Adams 5146 for an appointment
for an interview.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-30
Slave Labor
threatens
Continued from Page l

ication, union chiefs said, by no
means makes the proposed bill
any less vicious.
O'MahOney Refuses Signature
The Conference Committees
vote the following lineup: O'Ma-
honey (refused to sign), Rep.
Dewey Short ID. Mo- absent
but voted aaginst, last Saturday;
and with these Congressman
signing: Senators Thomas, D.
Utah, Johnson D. Col, Austin
R. VT, Burton, R. Ohio; Repre-
sentatives May D. KY, Thoma-
son D. Tex, Brooks D. La, and
Andrews r. N. Y.
O'Mahoney branded the meas
ure a tremendously dangerous
bill" which started out as a
work-or-fight bill for slackers
and turns out to be directed at
patriotic men, women and chill
dren who have outproduced the
world"
If efforts were made to use
the bill as an anti-strike law it
would provoke sympathy strikes
elsewhere. Senator Thomas as
serted.
The Senate bill had confined
penalties for violations to en-
ployers and this is expected to
provide much of the fireworks
on the Senate floor when con-
sideration of the compromise
measure starts.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-03-30
Tdxes Threaten
Unions Co-ops

MINNEAPOLIS, March "a -
Increased taxes on coopera-
tives, mutual insurance COM
panies, labor unions, and other
groups on the bad list" of the
National Tax Equality Assn. will
be provided for in the next fed
eral revenue bill. This was the
promise delivered by Ben C..
McCabe, president, National Tax
Equality Assn. to members of
the Minneapolis Underwriters
Assn. "a stock insurance set-up)
at a luncheon meeting in Min
neapoliS, March 10.
McCabe said he expects the
bill to be ready after the war
with Germany is over.
II think we have strong
case" the NTEA leader said. 81
think we can get this legislation
through the House, but there is
going to be a hot fight in the