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Evening star., 1945-06-09
Henry ". Draper, Retiring
School Official, Honored

Henry w. Draper, veteran Of 50
years service in the public schools,
has been presented book of lauda-
tory clippings and letters recogniz-
ing his forthcoming retirement as
supervising principal of the first
division of elementary schools.
The presentation took place yes
terday at reception given by first
division personnel at the Mayflower
Hotel Mr.. Draper will retire June
80, climaxing q career which began
as q teacher in the elementary
schools and led first to . junior
high school principalship and then
to the division leadership he has
held for the last 1s years.
Miss Margaret lockwood, principal
of the Mann and Stoddert Schools,
gave Mr. Draper the hook at q
ceremony attended by members of
the Board Of Education and Wash
ington school heads. s ---
Evening star., 1945-06-09
Building Group to Hear
McKeIwuy Tell of Tour

Benjamin M. McKelway, associate
editor of The Star, will speak on his
tour of the Nazi internment camps
last month, at the monthly meeting
of the Washington Building Con-
gress, at 1890 pm. Monday, in the
Sapphire Room of the Mayflower
Hotel.
Mr.. McKelway went through
Buchenwald and several other camps
with a group of other newspaper
editors.
Evening star., 1945-06-09

nounced Thursday that Mr.. Mills
had been removed for publicly ex-
pressing "an llnsympathetic stand
and disapproval" of the OPA pro-
gram in an address before public
gathering.
Mr.. Mills, who also is an attor-
ney, said no one in the ofIlce Of the
State OPA can or will tell any one
how to obtain a slaughterer's per-
NIT "or they just refuse to issue
them" and added that repeated
attempts have been made in Wash
ington County by men now out OF
business because the OPA refuses
or does not know how to function" :"
"1f the present operation Of the
OPA continues much longer" he
said. "our entire economy will be
wrecked"
Evening star., 1945-06-09

CONNECTICUT AVENUE AT I STREET-Old dwellings the
west side of Connecticut at street of which have
been converted into business properties This property mme
datey south of Faragut Square, dagonay Connecticut
and street from the Amy-Navy Club The middle
the home of Dr. Harvey Lndsy who pesi
the Washington Board of Health from
Association 1859
Evening star., 1945-06-09

the founders of the Washington Inmary The
the Hill Building located the southeast of
streets above
the American Association of University 1884
street. adons the house shown the sketch by Helen
Catch Durson The tall Gothic type structure the distance
the trees Of Farragu is the Building so
Evening star., 1945-06-09
Price Panel Group
Protests 0PA Action in
Volunteers Transfer

The Once of Price Administra-
tion demand for the transfer Of Mrs.
Beulah S. Goss from the price divi-
sion of the Arlington County Ration
Board, resulting in her resignation,
is a dirty deal which the county
should know about" Mrs. Beatrice
B. Smythe, volunteer price panel
assistant, declared today.
Mrs. Smythe, with 16 other panel
assistants including Mrs. Maxwell
Taylor, wife of Maj. Gen. Taylor.
commander of the 101st Air-borne
Division, have protested Mrs. Goss'
treatment in a letter to Board Chair
man John e. De Lashmutt and
Ralph E. Hendricks, board supervisor
of the Roanoke district ONCE. The
letter stated:
The volunteer price panel as
sistants whose names appear below
have concurred in the following
statement and have asked that it be
transmitted to you.
eve sincerely regret the resigna-
ton of Mrs. Beulah Goss from the
price division of the Arlington
Ration Board.
Because many of us have init.
mate contact with the work of the
division and are women with busi-
ness, professional and administra-
tive experience. we feel that we are
in a position to evaluate the work
of this Office. The burden of en-
forcing ceiling price regulations in
Arlington's $50 retail establish.
ments, of handling correspondence,
of answering two telephones bring
ing in dozens of inquiries daily, OF
clearing the price of every automo-
bile sold in this county, of making
official reports, attending panel
hearings and supervising the work
of volunteers constitutes much more
than a normal work load for two,
and at times three, paid employees.
Mrs. Goss has made a valuable
contribution to the war effort on the
home front. We feel her services
cannot be duplicated and that the
OPA has made most unwise de-
cision." II
The letter was signed by Mrs.
Merritt Boothe, Mrs Teresa Clarke,
Mrs. Justin D'Anton, Mrs. J. A.
Saperstein, Mrs. Ruth Warneke,
Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Ruth Blackman,
Mrs. Edna Reidinger. Mrs. Walter
Quinn, Mrs. r. w. Livingston, Mrs.
Rose Eden, Mrs. Margaret Novem-
Der, Mrs. Oscar Schacter, Mrs.
Beulah Friess, Mrs. David Bluestone,
Mrs Ruth Greene and Mrs. Smythe.
Evening star., 1945-06-09

Keep faith with our fighters-
keep buying bonds through payroll
savings.
Evening star., 1945-06-09
Man Loses Ration Job
After Criticiziing 0PA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, June o.
President Herman L. Mills of the
City Chamber of Commerce said
he was dismissed from the Hagers-
town Ration Board because he
tried to speak truthfully and
frankly" Of the manner in which
the Once of Price Administration
handled the food situation.
1T is a sad situation in these
United States" Mr.. Mills said in a
statement yesterday, when we can
no longer express our views and
oppose things which we believe to
be entirely beyond the American
traditional system of government" {"
The State OPA headquarters an
Evening star., 1945-06-09
Colonel Widow Tells
OF Imprisonment by
Japs on Luzon

"The only consistent thing about
the Japs is their inconsistency,
Mrs. Herbert L. Harries, widow OF
Col. Harries, killed on Corregidor
said yesterday in describing her i'm
prisonment at Santo Tomas on
Luzon.
The Japs accord their prisoners
unexpected courtesies with as little
apparent reason as they inflict
humiliation and torture, according
to Mrs. Harries, who is now living
with her niece, Mrs. Robert B.
Nicely, and 1t. COL Nicely at 2805
Davis avenue, Alexandria.
Col. and Mrs. Harries had been
living In Manila since 1885 when
he retired from the Army. When
the war came he went back to active
duty, leaving Manila on December
81 194l, for Corregidor where he
died of a shrapnel wound.
Ordered TO Santo Tomas.
A few days after her husband left,
Mrs. Harries was ordered to Santo
Tomas. She developed lumbago
from sleeping on the floors and, in
addition, had a badly cut lip from
being struck by Japanese guard. so
her request to go to an outside hos
pital was granted. After two weeks
there, she returned to prison and
asked for permission to return to her
house in Manila, then occupied by
French friends. For reasons Mrs.
Harries cannot explain, her request
was granted and she remained at
home for almost a year.
During that period she had word
from her brother, 1t. Julian Nee
han. who had feigned death to es-
cape during the march of death
from Bataan and was rescued by a
Filipino friend 1t was through him
that Mrs. Harries was informed of
her husbands death. She later
learned that her brother died, a re-
suit of the march.
In May, 1943, when the admins
tration of Manila changed hands,
Mrs. Harries and other Allied civil
ians living in the Philippine capital
who were believed to be in need of
medical care were sent to a con-
valescent camp run by Germans,
where they were permitted to come
and go freely and were treated fair
ly well.
Worked With Manila Underground.
During her time at liberty in
Manila, Mrs. Harries said she was
able to work with the underground,
getting food and clothing to pris-
oners, and was also able to enjoy
certain privileges not accorded
Americans because, with her dark
skin, she was able to pass as
Spaniard by dressing in black
clothes.
1t was during that period that she
was subjected to the humiliation
which still rankles-of being forced
to stand for 80 minutes at a busy
intersection bowling continuously be-
cause she had neglected to bow to
q Japanese sentry while walking
down the street.
She also recalled with anguish
having seen the American flag used
to wash windows and wipe floors in
Manila.
After nine months in the conva-
lescent camp, Mrs. Harries was
again sent to Santo Tomas, where
she remained until her liberation.
After the Japanese took away all
money with which to buy food, the
rights to receive packages from the
outside and the privilege of going
to the outside markets, the actual
starvation of the internees began.
They lived for year on. rice and
corn, Mrs. Harries said, boarding
and rationing the few things they
had left.
Evening star., 1945-06-09
District War Widow
Wins Four Honors al
National University

A war widow, Mrs. Ellen Lee
Park of 2909 Thirty-third place
NV. won four honors yesterday
at the 10th annual commencement
exercises Of National University
Law School.
A freshman student who took up
law after her husband, Houston S.
Park, a lawyer, was killed with the
Marines on Saipan, Mrs. Park won
the university prize for the highest
freshman average, the Phi Delta
Delta legal sorority class ring for
the best woman's record, the sigma
Delta intercollegiate law fraternity's
annual scholarship for the highest
average in the university, and rec
ognition from two law book publish
ing firms for outstanding work in .
course in contracts.
Degree Awarded Stefan.
Representative Karl Stefan, Re-
publican, Of Nebraska was awarded
an honorary doctor Of laws degree
at the commencement exercises.
The ranking minority member of the
House Appropriations Subcommit-
tee which deals with State Depart
ment appropriations, Mr.. Stefan is
at the United Nations Conference
at San Francisco and sent a message
read by DR.. Charles Pergler, dean
Of the law school.
This generation has witnessed
destruction, unparalleled destitution
and unparalleled hate and bitter
ness" he said. But the supreme
loss in this hour would be loss OF
faith"
Denounces Cynics.
Don't lose faith in the possibili-
ties Of human nature" his message
to the graduates continued. Don't
let the cynics, calamity howlers and
pessimists influence you. They are
the ones who have lost faith"
Through the ages the professional
men-including lawyers-have held
fast to the ideas of a decent hu-
man society, Mr.. Stefan said. The
graduates step into their profession
as the right hand Of justice, he con-
cluded.
Chancellor George P. Barse con-
ferred the degrees on one OF the
smallest classes In university his
tory.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26

The farmer who needs gasoline
to operate a tractor, or other piece
CT farm machinery or equipment
may apply this season as last, to his
War Price and Rationing board,
for his off-highway ration
He estimates the amount of gaso-
line he will need for tie next six
months and the board issues him
the approved amounts in two in
stallments of "E" and "R" coupons.
Beginning May 1St the delivery
record form will be issued by the
boards to non-highway users with
their ration coupons.
A year ago the civilian supply
was in serious danger. Now, such
steps as coupon endorsement, sci
entific tests, at verification centerS,
inventory deductions from dealers
who have turned in stolen or coun-
terfeit coupons, are helping to plug
black market leaks. The mere
careful check made possible by the
keeping of purchasers delivery rec
ord of highway gasoline is in
line with the general policy of TAX
ing all possible steps to see that
civilian gasoline supply stays out of
black market, and in the tanks of
the people who have to have it for
farming and other essential civil
ian needs.
BLACK MARKET
There is talk of meat scarcity
around the entire country. There
is actual scarcity of many areas
crowded with war workers and far
from the main meat producing
centers. Any scarcity creates a
condition in which black market
can flourish. But no black market,
scarcity cr not, can exist without
customers. Farm housewives who
buy meat at the store, or from a
neighbor can prevent the meat
black market from gaining a foot
hold in her community by paying
strict atAantion to ceiling prices
and to ration points. Farmers who
do their own slaughtering, and sell
some of their meat to friends and
neighbors can also help by charg-
ing no more than ceiling prices,
and by collecting ration points to
turn into their boards.
A community which has plenty
to eat" like some of the small
communities in the district, yet
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
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SERVICE

limits its meat buying only to the
amount that can be purchased with
its red ration points, makes some
of its surplus" meat available for
meat scarce areas, and fer army
purchase.
In commenting on the meat Sit
uation in the San Diego area, Stew
art O. Wicklin, OPA district di-
rector, says, We believe the Amer
ican farmer who has broken all
pre-War meat producing records
will cooperate in seeing to it that
the meat he raises goes to fill war
needs here in San Diego and else
where"
CARELESSNESS WITH
INSECTICIDES
Mans relentless offensive against
his insect enemies is taking a dan
gerous toll of his insect friends.
Growers must cooperate with bee
keepers of 678,000 acres Of Califor-
mia orchards will suffer for lack of
pollinatiCn, says DR.. j. E. Eckert
associate apiculturist in the Expert
menU Station of the University OF
California on the Davis campus.
Pollination by insects is essential
to maximum production of a ma
jority CT our fruit, vegetable, seed
and pasture crops, and the bee
keeping industry is the principa
source of pollinators. Careless
methods with insecticides have
taken tolls as heavy as 40 per cent
from some beekeepers. Many api-
aries have been completely wiped
out. Dr.. Eckert says disappearance
of most small farm apiaries was
because CT increased use of agri-
cultural poisons, especially those in
dust form. One California bee
keeper is reported to have lost 1000
colonies last year.
Loss of bees from use of insecti-
cides is largely frcm failure OF
growers to use methods which
would prevent unnecessary destruc-
ton of bees. Much of the loss last
year was from dusting tomatoes
Bees do not visit tomatoes, but
methods of applying the dusts per-
mitted the poisons to drift to other
places where the bees were al
work. The use of powered machin-
cry and airplanes for spreading
dusts is most harmful to bees.
DR.. Eckert suggests several mea-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
SENATE APPROVES FAIRS,
WAGERS ON HORSE RACES

SACRAMENTO, April 26. up
Authority fcr county and district
fairs TO hold horse. races and handle
Wagers On them was yo;ed Thursday
by the senate.
The upper house sent to the as
sembly a bill by Sen. Herbert w.
Slater, CD, Santa Rosa, which
would give fair boards the necessary
permission. Slater said county and
and district fairs have held horse
races in the past but their authority
to do SO was not clearly stated in
the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
Germans Commit Suicide When Russians Appear

committed suicide rather than meet
the red advance on the eastern
front, Stars and Stripes Corre-
spondent Sgt. Thomas Hoge said.
Hoge, who was captured by the
Germans in Holland in September
and recently escaped to Russian
lines, gave GI's first-hand ac-
count cf the awesome Red Army
in a. dispatch published by the
armv newspaper GnCer an Odessa
dateline.
THE most unorthodox army in
the world, the Russians combine
lusty enthusiasm with cold-blocded
ferocity to make for a driving force
that has been shriveling German
opposition to a state of abject ter
ror," he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
WPB Head Denies
Ship Building
For Alien Firms

WASHINGTON, April &c. up
War Production Chief James Krug
denied a charge that American
shipyards are building ships for
use after the war by other coun-
tries.
Krug's denial was made at a
house postwar economic policy
committee hearing after Rep. Rich
ard j. Welch CR1, California,
asked why thousands of workers
were being used to build such ships
if there was steel shortage.
WEIGH said Dutch interests had
borrowed $100, 100000 at IL per cent
for postwar ship construction and
that the vessels were under con-
struction at the Sun Shipyards in
Philadelphia and at yards along
the Columbia river.
MAKES DENIAL
mo steel is being obtained for
any ship unless it is needed in the
international maritime shipping
pool for prosecution of the war"
Krug replied He said steel will re-
main tight to the end Of the Jap
anese war.
81 can substantiate what l say"
WEIGH retorted. "If Mr.. Krug wants
to go with me to the Sun yards
I'll show him"
When committee Chairman Will
liam M Colmer Cd, Mississippi,
suggested that Krug investigate
and report to Welch, the Califor-
nian said:
He won't have to go any further
than Chairman emory S. Land
of the maritime commission.
Adm. Land is the claimant for
all steel used for building Ships -
Krug said IF the admiral is claim
ing steel for war shipping and turn
ing it over to postwar shipping I'd
certainly like to know about it,
LAYOFF COMING
Welch then asserted that the Pa
cific coast ship building program
will be completed by July or Aug
ust and that many thousands of
workers will be laid Off
He said this group would be in
addition to thousands new walk
ing the streets" because of cut
backs in Pacific coast ship and
plane production.
Krug replied that the War Man.
power Commission has thousands of
jobs begging for workers.
Anybody on the Pacific coast
can get job if he wants it," Krug
said 1T may not be the job he
wants and not the wage rate he
wants, but there are plenty of jobs. "
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
Officers Probe
"Wildcat" Taxis

Wildcat" taxi businesses in I'M
perial county are being investigated
by officials Of the office of Price
Administration ano the office of
Defense Transportation, it was re-
vealed from the San Diego office
Thursday.
The so-called wildcat" taxis are
believed to be using black market
tires and gasoline and otherwise
bilking the public by operating en-
tirely outside the law Legitimate
taxi companies are issued only so
much gasoline a quarter and can get
no additional gasoline to keep their
cabs running if they use the allot-
ment before the end of the quarter
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26

sures to reduce the poisoning of
bees to a minimum:
/. Confine poisons to the plants
treated so the materials will not
drift to other properties.
2. Spray crops when they are not
in bloom.
8. Use materials that are least
injurious to interests CT others.
4. Use chemicals only when nee
essary and in quantities no greater
than needed to do an efficient Job.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
WAITED LONG TIME

GLENDALE. Calf, April 26. tUPl
William w. White, II, Glendale.
purchased a revolver So years ago
in Butte, Montana, but he never fir
ed it until Thursday. The initial
shot, police said. came when White
ended his own life because he was
dying by degrees and didn't want To
be bedridden'
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26
WOTORTST FINED S25,
CALLS THE O.P.A.

FORT WORTH, Tex, April &c.
(UP)-A Fort Worth motorist, fined
SIS in TIE city court, told the
Judge:
That's tco Elgk. That's above
the ceiling. I'm going to call the
OPA."
He did. The fine remained S25.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26

PARIS. April 26. cUP)-The Ger
mans feared the Russians 50 much
that some Nazi officers and men
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26

Sparkling Glass with Safe
Edge. Choose from Floral,
Cactus, Scotty, Ship, Straw
berry, Cat-tail and American
Beauty designs. Smart! Color
full! Attractive!
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-26

r o a m t y p e
cleaner for fur
niture and auto
mobile u p h o l.
stery.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-31
County Gets $1,768
From Months List
OF Tax Delinquents

Collections completed this week
by Pinal county's sheriffs office
netted the county S1.76S.6S in de-
linquent personal property taxes.
Thirty-five persons with personal
property in the county contributed
the amount.
The first list of persons whose
personal property taxes were de-
linQuent was turned over to the
sheriff's office from the treasurer 4
office in July.
The second list OF personal pro-
perty tax delinquents was handed
the sheriff's office on August 10.
Nine delinquencies were listed In
Coolidge and one in Florence. All
delinquents had paid taxes by this
week II has not been necessary
in making collections to bring suit
as provided by law.
The personal property tax law
which provides that personal pro-
perty must be seized when personal
property taxes become delinquent
was passed by the last legislature.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-31

. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jameson
left Tuesday for California where
they will remain for a short time.
. Mr.. and A. L. NOVEL; and daugh-
ter Nancy returned home this week
after ten days at the Diamond
Rock Lodge near Alpine in Ariz-
onas White mountains.
o Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Marsh have
recently moved into the Lee Ward
house.
Mrs. r. c. Wallace, recently very
. i'll, is reported to be much inn
proved.
% Betty Ryerson of Phoenix was
weekend guest of Jenna Lee Lewis
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Bob Foy. Miss Ryerson and Miss
Lewis will be roommates at La
Sierra college at Arlington, Calf.
this fall.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-31
Entomologist Says
Cotton Fields Show
Need for busting
BY J. NJ. Roney,
Extension Entomoioqist

Weather conditions have benn
ideal for cotton. The Lygus ssp.
continued to decrease in practically
all fields. The stink bug popula-
tions remained about the same.
In Pinal county the counts are
higher than Maricopa county. Most
fields show counts high enough
for dusting. The counts range
from Z TO 25 injurious insects, per
100 sweepings. in all areas.
In Maricopa county the counts.
per 100 sweepings. were: Mesa.
go: Mesa Experiment Station. SO;
Buckeye. SO: Litchfield Park. IA 0.
Cortaro farms in Pima county
show insect counts running about
Is injurious insects per 100 sweep
ings. Some bollworms and aphids
causing damage in spots
In the Midvale region the counts
run about "a injurious bugs per
100 sweepings.
Graham county sweeping counts
range from o TO 21 injurious bugs
per 100 sweepings in the Solomons-
Vile area. The counts elsewhere
are lower.
BE sure to keep beekeepers in
formed about your dusting program.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-31
Legion Auxiliary
Meets to Discuss
Convention Plans

Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary will discuss state conven-
ton plans at their first meeting OF
the year Tuesday. September 4,
at S O'Clock. at the USO.
The USO will be the regular
meeting place OF the Auxiliary
throughout the year. However. the
group vii usually meet on Monday
night.
Tuesday nights meeting will see
Coolidge auxiliary members max
Ing plans for the state convention
to be held in Phoenix October IL.
IL. and 13. Representation from
Coolidge win be based on mem
bership.
Mrs. Pierce Vensel will serve on
the credential committee at the
October convention.
Mrs. Edith Hamilton, auxiliary
president. Is asking members TO
plan TO attend Tuesdays meeting
so that the state convention. post
poned from September to October,
may receive the consideration oil
the entire group.