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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
HUGE AIR ARMADA
SCARS OVER RHINE

By ALEX H. SINGLETON

ABOARD A GLIDER TUG EAol
OF THE RHINE, March 24.-(P)-
1 saw history's mighties air ar
ALPHABETICALLY 500 miles long
soar triumphantly across the pla-
cid Rhine today, and deposit thou
sands of battle-toughened Amerl-
can and British airborne troops
in the THO Kof an enemy defense
zone plastered in advance by an
unprecedented artillery and bomb
barrage.
The size of the airborne army
was not although some
said it ranged up to 10000 men.
But from a birds eye view in the
co-pilot's seat of sturdy Raj
stirling transport I saw thou
sands of American paratroopers
spill into the air and descend to
the smoke shrouded battlefield
within sight of the Rhine.
simultaneously, elders carry
ing British troops cut loose from
tugs and swooped gracefully to the
shell-pocked ground. Sharp fire
bursts around elders showed the
troops almost Immediately wheel
ed into action.
There were men of the British
Sixth and U. S. 18th Airborne Divi-
sions, specially trained for the
hazardous assignment designed to
pick the rear lock of the German
river defense.
For few GREATNESS minutes, II
was an aerial traffic jam made
doubly hazardous by bursts OF flax
which brought down at least one
transport tug and one glider.
Swirling, darling, and curv1ng
an a dance of the sky to the tune
of engines of 1900 transports over
toned by those of hundreds Of fight
ers, the air armada poured out al
least 10000 to $1,000 men in one
area alone.
Below, only few miles from the
scene of the gallant British air.
borne stand at Anthem, the flat
fields of defenses which Hitler
once vowed never would be breach
ed we're dotted with multi-huee
parachutes and elders pouring ou1
troops and eOllipnent
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
PITCHER DOUBTS
ANOTHER RECORD

EVANSVILLE, Ind. March "a
Up Blond slender Harold New
houser, ace Detroit lefthander and
the winningest pitcher of the major
leagues in 1914, believes he won t
duplicate his 20 victories this seas
on-because he won't get enough
work to win like that
with our improved and
strengthened pitching staff I'll be
lucky to pitch enough games to
win 20. I'll never, win 20 again,
probably not even 25-because l
won't have to- the 23-year-old
Junior American Legion product
declared here at spring training
camp.
Newhouser, who never before in
major league season won as
many games as he lost, piled up a
won-lost record of 1913 in "A. But,
like his workhorse teammate, Paul
Dizzy Trout, he had to toll more
than 300 innings of Al games to do
it. working out Of turn both as
starter and in relief.
I'm glad to have that year be-
hind me-" NeWhouser said. Il don t
think all that work hurt me; 1t
probably did me much more good
than harm. But one season like that
is enough.
This year we've got pitchers
maybe five starters. If I keep in
turn I'll probably work an average
games. If I win two for every one
! lose-and should-that would be
of 5 ID times a month-that's sc
an even 20. So there you are. How
could I win 1872"
Newhouser started and won four
games in six days during the t.
gers blistering September stretch
drive with the Browns last season.
That's as much as the American
Leagues strikeout king expects tc
work in a month this year,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE

The Detroit Tigers, in CONJUNCTION
with the city's public schools and
motor company, have begun a
campaign to collect so dozen bats
for use by schoolboy baseballers.
What the Tigers need is somebody
like Dick Wakefield to use one bat.
Since the doctors told 72-year-
old Ben White he was as rugged
as a man of 40, Ben has been
training more trotters and PAGERS
than he has in the past three years.
Jim St. Clair, chairman of the
basketball rules committee, claims
the only way to satisfy the coach
es would be to invent a game in
which both teams won every time
"A month ago. Glenn Smith,
Penn States exserviceman captain,
won the eastern intercollegiate 49,
pound wrestling title. Now Smith
is 1870 pound candidate for the
baseball team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Golf TOURNAMENT
GROUP Is NAMFo
loO Players Expected T,
Enter Spring Golf
Handicap Event

A three.man committee c,u,,
ing of William Creighton ,
barnhardt and Vance Chsdwio1,'
has been named TO complete nlaS'
for the 72-hole handicap golt tol p,1i'
ment at the municipal golf conr ,'s,
next month, it was announced ~. ~
night by the City Recreation Nv n.
partment, sponsor of the to,,ro.
ment in conjunction with the M,ni
cipal Golf Committee "D'
Vance Chadwick, of the Recr..
ton Department, disclosed that aa
to the interest in the flight tourr .'
ment conducted at the municin,,
course last fall, when 10 playsp ~,
OF the surrounding area entersd
possibly 100 golfers are expectaS
to enter the handicap tournamen,
1t is the contention of the Qronn
that the two tournaments, the h.T,
dlcap tournament in the spring and
the flight tournament each AN
will become annual events
1t was explained that final Score,
for the four qualifying rounds IA
be played prior to the tournamert
would be averaged and a par oh,
two handicap would be set NM
to exceed 81 strokes.
In the event of ties, they will b,
played together or grouped BY H.
committee for play-offs SUNDAY N.
ernoon, May IS.
| Additional information will b,
released as soon as complete plan,
are made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Senators Beat Cutters
81 In Exhibition Game

BALTIMORE. March 24.-(P)-
The Washington Senator'S opened
their baseball season today by de-
feating the Curtis Bay Coast Guard
Cutters So in well-played ex-
hibition game.
The Cutters failed to handle the
pitching offerings of Lewis Alopa
and Santiago Ulrich, Cuban born
hurlers.
The Senators got ten hits off
Floyd Giebell, former Detroit Tiger
moundsman, and Bob Peterson,
who worked the last three innings.
The linescore:
Washing'n (AL) 10 OIL 010-5 o.
Curtis Bay &C. OO2 900 000-2 8 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Drescher Joins Yankee,
For An Indoors Workou1

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March
A.-(P)-Rookie Catcher Bill Dre,.
cher, up from Newark where he hit
.274 in 122 games last year, Joined
the New York Yankees in time
for an outdoors workout today.
Drescher, classified At because oi
deafness, spent the winter in a
defense plant.
Larry MacPhail, new general
manager Of the club, watched the
drill and said he would not incresH
his $4,000 offer 10 holdout Short
stop Frank Crosettl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
GIANT CENTER TREATED

NEW YORK, March 24.-UH-
George Mikan, Giant center aAs
scoring ace of the Depaul basket
ball team. was given neat treat
ments today for muscle injury
to his left leg received in a work
out yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
BOB NANNI KILLED

DURHAM, March d. - (P) -
Sgt. Roger America (Bob) Nanni
Of the Marines, former Duke all
Southern tackle, was killed in ac-
ton on Two lima on March /,
the Duke Alumni office has been
informed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Sports Roundup

Albion, a mid westerner, and
I've come here tonight to see the
prestige of the mid west upheld"
!. Then he really gave 'em the
works in a pep talk and the Fal-
cons went out to win .72-51. An
derson still doesn't know the stran-
gers name, but he'd like to have
him re-appear again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
HARRISON NAMED

WASHINGTON, March 24-(P)-
President Roosevelt today namee
Wallace Harrison to head the Of
flee of Inter-American Affairs
which has been included in thu
budget for the next fiscal year
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
VISITOR

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sum-
mey have as their guest at
the home on South Third
street, M. M. Gregg, Of Colo
RADIO, a brother of Mrs. Sum-
mey. He came here from Flo
rida, where he spent January
and February, and will leave
soon for his home near Den
yer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
MYSTERY MAN

When Bowling Green was play
ing Long Island U. in Boston earl
Ter this season, things didn't look
very good in the first half: {.
During the intermission coach Har.
old Anderson gave his usual brief
talk. AS he finished a stranger
in the room spoke up: I'm from
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25

In an average year, about 43
per cent Of the worlds forest pro-
duction comes from the United
States.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Begging From Sailors
Sends Two 10 Jail

Municipal Court Judge Thomas
D. Quinn yesterday denounced
street beggars who make servicemen
their targets as he sentenced two
men to so days in Jail on charges
of soliciting aims from servicemen
Its about time this thing should
be broken up" the judge declared.
1T seems that servicemen are prey
for you fellows. There are help
wanted signs everywhere and yet
you won't go to Work-you'd rather
go out and beg"
A sailor testified that one of the
defendants, John G. Knott, 80, of
1888 L street Sc. approached him
in the 100 block of H street NV.
last night, told him he was an "ex-
Marine" and asked for $40 for bus
fare to Norfolk
Another sailor told the court
Louis E. Mercer. 38, of Wilson, N. c.,
approached him for money in the
same vicinity, saying he had just
come from North Carolina and was
looking for work as printer.
The Navy men notified military
police who called Policeman H. c.
Lee of No. l precinct to make the
arrest.
Evening star., 1945-03-18

richer life. In the Army our objec-
tive is quite simple. We teach men
to stay alive. But we've found short
cuts and ways to hold the interest
of our students which are bound to
have an effect on our educational
system in the years to come
Stimulate Interest.
A young lieutenant was giving a
brief lecture to a group of officers
who had been detailed as instructors
and were getting oriented in their
new work And he snapped aside
the curtains from big charts. He
was explaining to them how valu-
able they would find the training
aids they were about to study in the
big exhibit room and any others
they might devise-and he was tell
ing them with the help of training
aids.
why Use Aids?" questioned a big
caption on one chart. And the lieut.
tenants pointer bore down on the
answers. They Stimulate interest
increase vividness, provide fexibil-
ity, save time"
Evening star., 1945-03-18

One of the Marine Corps top
flight officers was married yester-
day to a Marine woman lieutenant
who aroused his interest when she
showed her ability to keep up with
him on a training hike.
1t. Col. Jack Cram, hero of Qua
dalcanal, and 1t. Zua Neff, who
helped lead the 15-mile hike at
Camp Lejeune. N. c., stood before
DR.. Alfred L. Hurst of the Cleve-
land Park Congregational Church
and repeated the VOWS in the home
of Carey Winston, 3438 Thirty
fourth place, NV. Col. Cram, who
comes from Albany, Greg, is Mrs.
Winston's brother.
Maj. James P. Adams, the brides
commanding officer at Cherry Point,
N. c., who gave her in marriage,
told the story after the ceremony.
Col. Cram was back from Guadal-
canal. He won fame, when things
were darkest there, by borrowing
Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger's am
phibian plane, a slow craft never
intended. for combat flight against
the enemy in Notwithstanding two
torpedoes and successfully launch
ing them against a couple of trans
ports landing japanese reinforce
ments
Col. Cram met 1t. Neff. the mar
rator said, when he was back in
North Carolina training a squadron
to fly by instruments at night
against enemy shipping. He was
complaining about the length of the
training hikes they had to take
u miles.
Gust breeze" said 1t. Neff.
I'D like to see you go on one" !"
Evening star., 1945-03-18

said the youthful colonel. She tool
him up.
On the morning of the next train
ing hike, he flew to Cherry Point
and brought her back. With him
she took part in leading the zoe
men of the squadron, calling the
double quicks and the rest periods
He stepped it up to Is miles but
she was out in front at the end.
Right then he became inter
ested," said Maj. Adams.
Right then he was gone" SAID
another officer guest at the we'd
ding.
The bride is from Salt Lake City
daughter of Mormon missionary
now on the Pacific Coast. The
bridesmaid was Marine 1t. Carmen
Fraide, from Los Angeles, who went
through boot camp with 1t. Neff
The best man was Col. Thomas
Ennis, a Marine Corps fight officer
at Guadalcanal.
Brig. Gen. w. L. McKittrick was
another Marine Corps officer at
tending. He told of the remarkable
success of Col. Grams squadron OF
night fighters in recent months in
flying their Mitchell bombers from
Saipan, finding japanese shipping
by radar and attacking it with
rockets.
They said they were not going to
get married until after war" Gen
McKittrick said. That was last
May. But he was called back here
to report on the experience of his
squadron in the night flights. Well
when they saw one another again
they just couldn't be sensible any
! longer"
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Veteran and His War Dog
Perform al Soldiers Home

1t was strictly a veterans affair
last night, when Charles E. Graf
fins, Army sergeant, retired, and
his Belgian police dog, Pal. enter
tanned with a skit in Stanley Hall
at the Soldiers Home.
Sergt Graff1ns, IS, is a veteran Of
the Spanish American War and the
World War, while Pal, s, served on
Guadalcanal until he was dis
charged for disability.
Since the dog returned home with
wound in his hip and bullet hole
through his left ear, he and Sergt.
Grafflns have worked out routine
demonstrating the things war dog
learns to do, such as rescuing
wounded soldiers and pointing out
the enemy. Highlight of the skit
comes when Pal attacks a dummy
represting a japanese soldier.
A resident of the Soldiers Home
since last october, Sergt. Graffins
spends much of his time entertain
ing at veterans hospitals. He is a
retired member of the Treasury
guard force but has been a vaude-
vile entertainer much of his life.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
49 Churches 10 Hold
Special Services
On Good Friday

Forty-nine churches in the Wash.
ington area will hold services dur
ing the noon to 3 pm observance
of Good Friday. the Rev Joseph E
Gedra. secretary of the Three Hours
Observance of Good Friday Com
mittee, announced Yesterday.
Folders listing the churches are
being distributed by the various
civic. fraternal, business and Gov
ernment organizations supporting
the observance, the announcement
said.
Churches to hold services during
the three-hour period are:
Baptist: New Bethel Baptist
Church.
Catholic: Immaculate Conception,
Holy Redeemer, Shrine of the
Blessed Sacrament, st. Agnes, ST.
Francis Xavier, ST. Peters, ST.
Mary's, st. Patrick's, st. Stephens,
st. Thomas Moore, st. Dominic's
Sacred Heart, st. Anthony's, St
AIMS, Holy Name, st. Aloysius', and
st. Michaels churches.
Christian: wilson Boulevard
Christian Church.
Disciples of Christ: National City
Christian Church.
Episcopal: Washington Cathedral,
All Saints, Chapel of the Epiphany
Church of the Epiphany, Grace,
Nativity, st. James, st. Johns at
Lafayette Square, St. Johns of
Georgetown, st. Margaret's, St.
Marks, st. Pauls, St. Thomas, st.
Stephen and the Incarnation, Trim
ity and st. Marys churches.
Evangelical and Reformed: Con-
cordia Lutheran Evangelical
Church.
Lutheran: Lutheran Church of
the Reformation and Grace Luth-
eran Church.
Methodist: Asbury. Foundry,
Metropolitan Memorial, Mt. Zion,
Calvary and Clarendon churches.
Presbyterian: Fourth Presbyterian
Church.
United Brethren: United Breth-
rem Memorial Church.
Universalist: Universalist Nation
al Memorial Church.
The Salvation Army Corps will
also hold services at COG E street
NV.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
| Home Accidents
Fatal to ; Here
| In Last Week

One death from burns and three
from suffocation were recorded here
in the last week by the Red Cross
Accident Prevention Service In Its
home accident survey.
One hundred and twelve accidents
were treated at Washington hos
pitals in the work These included
81 falls, 81 burns, 2 accidental
poisonings, revived gas suffocation,
II foreign bodies in eye, ear. nose,
throat or stomach; % cuts, con-
tuSions and Is miscellaneous. Four
teen were admitted to nine hospitals.
Among unusual accidents, a child
Of years caught a dry cleaning tag
in her cheek. 1t had to be removed
at the hospital. A 16-year-old boy
experimenting with chemistry set
was burned when chemicals ex-
ploded and a lady struck her thumb
against a piano causing injury.
Two children were burned when
alcohol ignited near them. An adult
smoking cigarette in bed was
burned when the mattress caught
fire. A child lost an eye by injuring
it in falling on a funnel.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Wanted Man Runs AfouI of FBI
When He Begs Nickel for Coffee

James Patrick Powers, 80, found
himself in the first precinct lock-
up last night awaiting transporta-
ton to Fall River, Mass, to be
sentenced for criminal assault - all
because he tried to beg a nickel
from stranger for cup of coffee.
According to the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation, Powers &C.
costed an FBI clerk at the corner
Of Ninth and d street NV. yes
terday afternoon and mumbled a
request for a nickel.
The clerk agreed to buy him a
cup of coffee and they started
walking toward Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. AS they strolled along, the
clerk asked, What's a fellow like
you doing bumming coffee when
you could get a job? Don't you
have a draft card and a social Sc
curity card so you can work."
Sure, said his shabbily dressed
Evening star., 1945-03-18

administrative head of the junior
college. At Belvoir he prepares in
struction for the instructors. He is
a sort of chief of staff of engineer
teaching.
Regarded as Revolutionary.
He regards these training aids as
something revolutionary in educa-
ton. After the war, he foresees a
conflict between conservative peda-
gogues and those who have come
under the realism of military educa-
tional methods
Universities. he pointed out, have
hardly touched the field of visual
aids. They have been used to any
extent only in technical schools, he
explained, and have almost endless
possibilities. They are, he said, as
practical for liberal arts courses as
for the laboratory.
Our universities, he commented
have been content to cling to the
old ways of teaching. If they
couldn't interest the students, that
was too bad. They had the wide
purpose of training people for a
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Increase in Property
Assessments in 1947
Predicted by Dent

An increase in the assessed valu-
alton Of the Districts residential
property is in prospect for .1947 with
the announcement yesterday by Tax
Assessor Edward A. Dent that his
Office is now engaged in a study of
property sales.
1t will take another year to COM
plete the study and Mr.. Dent said
he does not have the "vaguest" idea
what the revised valuations would
total. His Office has already been
at work on the study for four
months.
The total value of taxable prop
erty in the District was estimated
by Mr.. Dent at about 1870, ,000, 900
this year-an all-time high-ap-
proximately $50, ,000, 900 higher than
the 194l figure, despite restrictions
on construction.
Assessed valuations will not be
raised anywhere near" the present
high market prices for residential
property, it was said, but a number
OF property owners will pay more
taxes than at present. The last
major change in residential prop
erty took place in 1943 when the
value of Georgetown property was
increased almost $4,O00,00O.
Mr.. Dent said wartime imitation
will not have too much of an effect
on the valuation, which is based
on full and true value of prop
erty." This means a valuation of
between 80 and IS per cent of the
sale price in normal times, 1t was
said. In some areas, contrary to ex-
pectations, it is the lower-priced
property which is assessed below true
value.
Realty taxes are expected to bring
in about $4,000 900 on the 1945 as
|sessments. With $4,000, 900 already
paid on the 1945 assessments, an
other $11, ZOO, 900 is expected by the
end of this month. Business prop
|erty values increased $7,O00, 900 this
year, it was added.
Evening star., 1945-03-18

Dodge, who was acting executive
secretary, but has been i'll recently
On his return, Mr. Dodge will re-
sumo his post as director of sta
tistical research for the Board OF
| Trade.
The two previous executive sec
retaries, William H. Press ano
Clarence A. Arata, are now in the
armed services.
Joined Chest in 1941.
In recent years, Mr.. Lewis has
been closely identified with Com
munity Chest and Community Wal
Fund work. He joined the Chest
staff in 1941, serving as assistant
director and campaign manager in
the campaign for funds that year.
When the Community War Fund
was organized here three years ago
Mr.. Lewis became its secretary. He
was particularly concerned with the
Advance Gifts Unit, relations with
organized labor and the delivery OF
campaign supplies and represented
Washington on the Special Services
Division of the National War Fund
A native of Plainville, Conn, Mr.
Lewis served in the World War, die
newspaper work on the New Britain
Evening Herald and the New York
Tribune and for four years was as
sociated with the late Ivy Lee ir
public relations.
Came Here in 1924.
Mr.. Lewis came to Washington ir
1924, becoming executive secretary
of the National Cathedral Associa.
tion. With Carl W., Ackerman, nov
dean of the Columbia School ot
Journalism, he founded "The Ca.
thedral Age" He had general su.
pervision of public relations anc
personnel at the Cathedral offices.
Mr. Lewis is member of Delta
Tau Delta Fraternity, a member ot
st. Adams Parish, secretary of the
Council of the Washington Ca.
thedral and member of the edi.
torial board of "The. Cathedra
Age"
He serves on the USO Council ot
Washington, is member of the
Board of Directors of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches anc
a past president of the Horace
Mann Home and School Association
He belongs to George Washington
Post No. of the American Legion
and the Chevy Chase Citizens AS
sociation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis have three
children and live at 2840 Nor
champion street NV.
Evening star., 1945-03-18

companion, he had a draft card.
The clerk asked to see it and
Powers started fumbling.
At that point the clerk recognized
an FBI agent heading in his direc-
ton and reported that the man
could not produce his draft card.
BY this time Powers was thoroughly
frightened, the agent reported later.
II better tell you the whole thing"
he sighed, I'm wanted in Fall River,
Mass"
The agent and the clerk accom-
panied the man across the street
to FBI headquarters, where they
checked with Fall River. The FBI
said the check revealed that the
man had been convicted of criminal
assault and was out on $4,000 bond
waiting sentence February 10. In
the meantime he left Fall River.
Incidentally, the FBI added, q
check of the mans draft status
revealed he was a 4-F.