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Evening star., 1945-10-09
|Storekeeper Loses
Appeal in Girl S Death
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASsoclateo PreSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 9.-The
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
yesterday upheld the conviction of
John Earl Bowie of Fredericksburg
on charge of involuntary man.
slaughter in the death of 19-year-
old Clara Olivia Spencer, also OF
Fredericksburg, on September 10,
1914, after she either fell, jumped
or was pushed from an automobile
driven by Bowie on Route in
Spotsylyania County.
Bowie. who was proprietor Of a
small shop at Quantico, where Miss
Spencer worked, received a 5-year
penitentiary sentence in the Spot
sylvania Circuit Court.
Bowie appealed on grounds that
evidence in the case had failed to
show that Miss Spencer's death was
caused by criminal agency"
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Leonurdtown to Get
ST., 600 Brick Church

By tht Associated Press.
LEONARDTOWN, Nd, Oct. "a
new, enlarged s25. 900 brick church
will replace the present frame
structure Of the JOY Methodist Epis-
copal Church on historic Three
Notch State road here, theN Rev.
George D. Naylor announced yester-
day.
Already $18,3o0 has been pledged
for the building, which will include
a main auditorium. . Sunday
School room and modern electric
kitchen in the basement. The Rev.
Naylor said he hoped construction
would begin beforeHold weather.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Tokomu-SiIver PTA
Plans School Council

Organization of Parent-School
Council to be composed of repre-
sentatives from the faculty, parents
and students, will be studied by the
Takoma- Silver Junior High School
Parent Teacher Association at pm.
tomorrow at the school.
This unit, which would act as a
part of the PTA, would be especially
interested in the curriculum, student
activities and guidance program.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Gov. Dorden to Visit
Gen. Lees Birthplace

Gov. Darden will visit Stratford
Hall. in Westmoreland County, Sun
day, as part of ceremonies marking
the 18th anniversary of the death of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was born
there.
The Robert e. Lee Memorial
Foundation, Inc, has announced
ceremonies will begin Friday, the ac-
tual anniversary date. A Confed-
crate dag will be presented at that
time.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Clark Heads SchIey Comp

Berry E. Clark, Silver Spring, has
been elected commander of the VIM
field Scott Schley Camp, No. Is,
United Spanish War Veterans, De-
partment of Maryland.
Evening star., 1945-10-09

~
FUND.-
@. Who will get the equipment of
liquidated war relief agencies.
A. Equipment will be shifted from
one area to another and from one
relief agency to another as needs
change. For instance, American
Field Service ambulances, no longer
needed for the wounded, will be used
to transport relief supplies in
Europe.
@. What will happen to supplies
that are not needed2
A. There will not be any because
most supplies for War Fund agencies
are shipped for use only when and
where they are needed and the total
needs far exceed the available sup
plies
Evening star., 1945-10-09
The Why Of It
Relief Equipment
Goes Where Needed

fQuestions and answers sup
piled by the Community War
Fund.-
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It's Easy

There's no war bond drive on now, but
bonds are still for sale. The war is going on
just the same, using up munitions food and
other necessities that Mars gulps down at
prodigious rate. One needn't wait for the high
pressure, stepped up drives in order to buy.
Many people don't. They are in the pay
roll deduction system, with part of their earn
ings going into bonds every week Or month,
as they are paid. They are worthy Of praise,
especially when it is considered that many of
them buy an extra bond in all the campaigns,
as well as keep up the deductions.
Yes, SIR there are plenty of bonds at the
banks and postoffices, easily purchased no
line to stand in, and no ration stamps to be
exchanged. There are questions asked, no
identific alton, no red tape It's as simple as
buying package of igarettes-simpler these
days. You just walk up, say a few words,
slap down you money and go out with the
finest security and best investment in the
world.
And it makes you feel so much better. It's
nice work, and you can get it.
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Score: 1O8 T02

Converting from now will not be easy. OF
the first ITO applications for permits to hold
conventions, submitted to the War commit
tee which must decide, only two were grant
ed OF all the others, a presiding officer
may. if he wishes, stand before mirror at
home and make his speech. The guest of
honor, safe at home, may rise in his living
room and get off his best jokes, with the
wife to applaud-or do wives applaud?
And the delegates and the resolutions COM
mittees and the others will have to be con-
tent to consider their duties while taking out
the ashes or trying to get a package of
cigarettes around the corner Things are
going to be quieter, no doubt of that. The
War committee on Conventions will see to
that.
Four men comprise 1.-THE chairman Of the
War Production board, the undersecretary OF
the Navy, the under secretary of war and
the deputy chairman of the War Man Power
commission. Their average is high so far,
the score being 108 to 2 in their favor. The
convention outlook was never darker in
America but when needs for transportation
and other factors are considered it is a
bright outlook.
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Wallace Out

President Roosevelt can start looking Tor
another job for the unemployed Henry "A. wal
lace if that political debt still holds good.
Yesterday, for the second time within six
months. representatives of the American peo-
pie showed what they think OF Mr.. Wallace
as the Senate Commerce committee reJecteo
his nomination to be Secretary OF Commerce.
The vote was quite one sided IA to 8.
This curt refusal to allow him to enter the
cabinet was even blunter than many antlcl-
pated.
Before the balloting, Washington observers
were Of the opinion that the committee would
vote to strip the department OF its large lend
ing agencies but approve Mr.. Wallace sas It's
secretary. He had stated that he would still
accept the post, even though its power and
authority be curtailed greatly. h Senate
group, at the same time, approved a revised
measure to shift the RFC and other govern
ment lending agencies permanently from the
department to a Federal loan administrator.
It should be obvious to President Roosevelt
now that Mr.. Wallace and his political and
social PHILOSOPHERS are not acceptable to the
United States as a whole. We are without full
confidence in him and deserves a high
place in the government unless he can carry
the trust of the people,
It was unfortunate that he was nominated.
To many it appeared that Wallace was intent
on using the action to bring his long feud
with the ousted secretary, Jesse H. Jones, to
showdown. He did Both he and Jones are
out today and apparently the battle is over.
Commentator of the wise action of the
Senate committee is quite in order. First, it
prevented a bitter fight on the floor Of the
Senate over the nomination. Second, it blocked
the entrance of a man whose ability has been
questioned into a position that simply is too
big for him. The committee put the welfare
of the country above politics. That's states
! nlanship.
Reviewing the results, it is quite plain that
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Wallace are the
losers, not only in failing to obtain their OBJ
iectives but have suffered serious damage to
their prestige. Mr.. Jones can be credited with
a weak draw. The nation was the real winner,
thanks to the Senate committee.
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he caught the world off guard, practically ev-
erything else he has done has been mistake.
One of the biggest was his failure to invade
England when he had the island practically
knocked out by the aerial blitz and when
Dunkerque had laid Albion open to attack. The
other gigantic piece of dumbness was the in
vasion of Russia, his starting war against the
Muscovite.
His intuition is one OF the most valuable
weapons that the United Nations have. A road
side fortune teller could have done better; a
palmist would have been superior, and a Sec
ond rate astrologer is a positive genius COM
pared with the Austrian corporal.
In fact the only way for Germany to save
anything from the wreckage is to get rid of
Hitler and his crowd, his criminals and his
thieves, his nurderers and master rogues. He
is bad luck to Germany and has already
brought the nation practically to destruction.
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Daily Prayer
FOR CLEAR MINDS

In the presence of Thine, inef-
fable holiness, o God and Father
of us all, we bow in awe and rev.
erence. We worship and adore
Thee in Thy utter righteousness
and purity. Thou hast hidden us
to be holy; and we are shamed
and contrite as we confess our un-
cleanness of thought and word
and action. Thou hast called us
to serve Thee in a holy Cause;
forbid that OUR efforts should be
stained, and weakened by sin.
Save our service men in hours of
temptation. AS they fight On the
near edge of eternity, may it be
as good soldiers of Jesus Christ.
ready to enter His presence. Give
us courage to deal valiantly with
all agencies of corruption that en-
tice them. Lift the level of our
own thinking to such a plane that
we may be constant influence
for good upon their thinking. For
bid that they should dishonor us
or Thee, or we them. Cleanse all
our minds by Thy pure Spirit;
and grant us reunion in unsul-
lied love. Amen.-W.T.E
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No Excuse At All

Defense counsel for enlisted men OF rail-
way operating battalion in France, who had
confessed wholesale looting of supplies in
tended for soldiers at the front and else
where including gasoline, hadn't leg to
stand on but made the plea that the men
were victims of extraordinary temptation.
Every rogue and many honest man has
Temptat on is nothing new and as defense
i. isn't worth anything. Hitler was tempted
Criminals OF every sort have been tempted.
Murderers have been tempted Of all the
poor excuses for crime, that is the poorest
If that were excuse for crime, and accept
ed by the courts, at least every other per-
son would break every other law.
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That Intuition

1t was repeatedly Hitler's direction, his Fin
tuition, that brought about the December Of
It was the mind of the troops themselves that
has sent them helter-skelter back toward Ger
many-that arising, of course, from the count
er-offensive of the Americans and British.
Intuition is a poor thing to substitute for
military brains and common sense. Now, Hit
Ter is reported rushing over to the Russian
front, where avalanches Of real disaster was
rolling toward Germany. He is evidently going
to ''intuite" some more. That's lucky break
for the United Nations.
No one man can conquer all the world.
Wiser, more capable men than Hitler have
tried it and all failed. His original idea was
bad one and, despite his first successes when
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BY w. G.. ROGERS
"DINGO, THE STORY OF AN
OUTLAW" by Henry B. La
mond Morrow; $3.50.

This reader is about as afraid Of
dog stories as some people are
afraid of dogs. The dog is an ad-
mlrable creature and mans best
friend; he arouses the family when
fire breaks out, he pulls baby out
from under the wheels of the
speeding auto, he drives the COWS
home, he bounds all over the Alps
with TASKS of whiskey for stranded
Wayfarers. But when he gets into a
book he is sentimentalized out of
all recognition, and I personally
would rather let the baby be run
over than owe his rescue to the
animal fiction writer's usually
make of the dog.
Lamond has changed my opin-
ion, saved my baby. He writes
about White Ears, dingo On the
western Queensland plains in Aus
tralia. He writes about this yell
loW-red wild dog from the dogs
point of view. Instead of being SEN
he is wildly realistic.
There are passages of extraordin-
airy savagery as the dingo is shown
learning the ways of life in the vast
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Chamber Of Commerce
Secretary's Son Is
Following Tradition

There may be something in this
heredity business, after alp con-
cluded Walter j. Cartier, execu-
tive secretary of the Wilmington
Chamber Of Commerce, yesterday
afternoon.
He had just been informed of the
installation of his son, Roderick
Cartier, as executive secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce of Car
mi, Illinois. The younger Cartier
espoused his fathers calling only
two years ago, after having start
ed on career of entirely different
nature. Until his recent change, he
was employed by the West Frank
fort, Ill. chamber.
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SCOUTS WILL AID
PAPER CAMPAIGN

scoutmasters pledged the aid of
Scouts in informing Wilmington
OF the Jaycee scrap paper drive
on February 4, at the Scouter
roundtable Thursday. Lu n r
Hodges, publicity chairman for
the drive, requested help and
Scoutmasters promised the sup
port of their troops.
Elliott O'Neal, district commits
sioner, presided at this meeting OF
commissioners, Scoutmasters, and
assistant Scoutmasters, and pre-
sented a suggested list of activi-
ties for Boy Scout Week, February
|8-14. Boy Scout Sunday, parent
Scout meetings, troop demonstra-
tons, window displays, and other
events will take place during this
tnirty-fifth anniversary of Scout
ing.
Also discussed was the standard
troop rating plan for 1915. Charts
for this plan were given to each
|Scoutmaster and questions were
answered as to the details.
A report on the Wilmington dis
trict meeting and on the council
annual meeting was made by Scout
ers who attended.
Those attending the meeting in
clude Elliott O'Neal, Frank Jones,
J. R. Jones, F. M. Putnam, Jim
Barwick, c. L. Bethea, J. B. Nc
Elhaney, Troy Hodges, H. w.
Wrinkle, Joe Barnes, Winston Gray,
w. P. Jones, Luther Hodges and
Carroll Tinsley.
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Consolidating Vets Activities

Consolidation of veterans activities into a
single state department of veterans affairs in
Minnesota has proven highly successful in CO.
ordination and expeditng adminis tration of
veterans affairs, the Council of State Govern
ments reports.
The councils information was obtained from
the first annual report of the new Minnesota
state department, which concerns itself with
affairs of veterans of previous wars as well
as the present war.
The new consolidated department has or
ganized and operates divisions OF disabled vet
Grams, relief, pensions and records rehabilita-
ton and accounting. In addition, the report
said there are multitude of opportunities
to assist veterans who come for information
and friendly COUNSEL
In commenting on the activities Of the de-
partment during its first year Of operation,
the report said more than $4,000 letters were
written and received, 1881 office contacts
made and 3742 forms completed for veterans
during the year. Claims officers were success
full in obtaining new pensions compensa-
ton, or increasing existing awards, in 1888
cases.
'ln many instances the need for assistance
is actual and pressing but does not come
within the legal purvew Of the department.
activities the report said. I'm such instances
the department contacts individuals or organ
tzations qualified and empowered to assist the
veteran in the solution of his difficulties
Among the major tasks imposed on the new
department by the 1s43 legislature was ad-
ninistration of 81, 100000 fund for education
al and temporary subsistence aid to veterans
returning from the present W a r. However,
cince the fund was set up the federal or
bill has provided educational aids, and mus.
tering out pay provides much of the stop-gap
assistance intended through state subsistence
grants, the report said At the end of the first
year, the 81, SOC, 900 fund still was virtually in
tact, with only $14,544 expended in benefits
and So, 1877 for tuition.
Need for modification OF restrictions govern
ing administration of the fund will be called
to attention of the 1915 legislature to make pos
sible more effective handling, the report said
One change contemplated would permit grant
ing subsistence allowances for one year afte
discharge instead of six months.
The report stressed the need for expansion
Of field services of the department. Three rep
resentatives now are working with service OF
fcers throughout the state, distributing info1
nation, participating in meetings of veteran
and civic, organizations, and assisting IN mar
dliAg veterans problems
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so THEY SAY

You can't properly do away with all farm
deferments. You can't turn the farmer off and
on like faucet.-WFA Administrator Marvin
Jones.
They drove us back from the house we
were in and set fire to it with flame throwers
In the cellar when we had to leave were
about 40 civilians. I guess they were burned.
We didn't see any come out.-Pvt. Walter
Karpowich of Brooklyn, N. Y, at Hatten
France.
Many of his enemies have said Hitler is
mad, and I for one believe it. 1 believe it
from the evidence of my own eyes and ears.
Colleen Janos Voroes, Hungarian Defense
Minister.
Eleven hospitals were sent overseas without
nurses-that. means deficit of 913 nurses that
we must make up over here or add to the
load OF nurses over there who are badly owe.
worked right now, many of them WORKING ~
hours day.-Maj.-Ge Norman T. Kirk Ar.
my surgeon general
Fish love mustc-Factograph item. Mavho
So but We'll bet there's MANY living roo w
gold fish that's plenty fed UP with radio danca
bands -"@Ao oallce
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omy; it can inform, it can warn,
it can do research, it can consult,
it can propose. But it cannot legis-
late, it cannot administer, and it
cannot command. For it is only
one department in very COM
plicated government.
Properly conceived, Mr.. Wal
lace's function would be to propose
to the President and his Cabinet
general policies needed to keep
production and investment and
consumption in balance at a high
level of employment. When ap-
proved, these would be admins
tration policies to be executed by
the heads of operating depart
ments and agencies under the SUI
pervision of Mr.. Byrnes. Mr.. Wal
lace himself cannot possibly ad-
minister all the policies, and he
will increase his effectiveness-by
fdetaching himself from the bur-
dens, the details, and the sef-in-
terest of power-if he does not try
to administer any of them.
1t is exceedingly important that
this undertaking should not get off
to a false start. The President S
letter to Mr.. Jones was bad enough
in all conscience, but what is most
serious is the doubt which now
must exist as to whether Mr.. Wal
lace has as yet really though out
clearly what he can and should
do. That doubt will be confirmed
lit he persists in trying to merge
the functions of a staff officer with
the responsibility of command.
Copyright, 1945, New York Tribune
Inc.
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Gen. Andrus, Washington,
Commands First Division

WITH U. S. FIRST ARMY, Jan.
|26.-R-Brig. Gen. Cliff Andrus,
Washington, D. c., has been COM
manding the First Infantry Divi-
sion since December 10. He sue
ceeded Maj. Gen. Clarence R.
Huebner, who has been assigned
to another post.
Publication of the change was
allowed today
Andrus was the First Division S
artillery commander in all of its
campaigns in Africa, Sicily,
France, Belgium and Holland. He
assumed command of the division
just before the German break
through and directed its heroic
stand in Butgenbach-"The hot
corner" on the northern shoulder
of the bulge,
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interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Al,

Nal ANALYST
Startling as is Russian success :.
swapping shut the East pruss,a
trap on whole Nazi armv .ss
lunging to within less than 100 u inv
of Berlin along the direct road frns
Warsaw, all within two weeks tin.
an equally amazing spectacle ny.
sents itself to American ewes
the Philippines.
1t is less than three weeks Sim.
Genera, MacArthur's troops no", '
ed ashore in Lingayen Cult ~,
pared to fight the battle of I,uzon
That recapture Of that great nortb
ern island or any substantial NV.
of it, including Manila Bay. woni;
60 far to pave the way for fi,,I
defeat of Japan was beyond oua,
ton. Tokyo broadcasts concedss
that the Philippines and especi.I
ly Luzon and Manila Bay we're N,
key to the war in the Pacific, svs,
to the war in China.
From Macarthur up and dow,
through the American milita,r
command, the most desperate Jam
anese resistance yet encounters
was fully expected. 1t has not vs.,
come. Instead the japanese com,
nand on Luzon has frittered awav
the lives of thousands of its men
in a seemingly useless and Ger,
tainly ineffective delaying action,
mourning losses at ratio Of len.
to-one against those inflicted,
In his stride down the west sid.
of the wide and we'll watered val,
ley that leads from Lingayen Gur
to Manila Bay MacArthur's sd.
vance guard now has reached, can.
tured and passed Clark Field and
Fort Stotsenburg. The fate Of bs
American and Filipino garrison
that so CALAMITY and so long held
out on Bataan and Corregidor no
doubt was decided at Pearl Harbor
but it was in destruction Of most
of American air power in the
Philippines at Clark Field that The
chance was lost to make the cost
to the foe far heavier than it was,
The grim satisfaction of the gen,
eral and his troops in regaining The
site of that tragic disaster can well
be imagined.
Yet there must be even greater
satisfaction for them in the fact
that at Angeles, a step farther south
they stood within dozen miles Of
the only road that leads from tia
Manila Bay area into Bataan pen.
insula, scene of the last stand be.
fore Corregidor.
| The American approach TO Ba.
taan is a more important fact than
that they are now within less than
so mile of Manila itself. It seems
to be toward the entrance to Ba.
taan peninsula that MacArthur is
moving most rapidly. Whether that
is in expectation of japanese Te.
treat into that difficult military
terrain, to parallel the earlier stand
of outnumbered A1nerican-Filipv
troops under his command, oy&
other purposes is not yet cleaIl
American air scouts, rowing LuzA
skies at will, have seen enemy con.
centrations on Bataan for re-
newal Of the battle there with po-
sitions exactly reversed, there has
been no definite word Of it,
1t seems certain, however, that
Macarthur regards Bataan not
only as the last refuge Of out
matched defenders of the entrance
to Manila Bay but as the key 10
reconquest of that bay for an ad
vance naval base to use against
Japan itself, or japanese armies
in China.
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STATE WAR FUND
DIRECTORS PLAN
FEBRUARY FARLEY

RALEIGH, Jan. 26.-The Board
of Directors of the United Va:
Fund of North Carolina will hold
a one day meeting here FeoTr
airy Is. A new Board, including
one representative elected by eacA
County War Fund committee IN 'R
State, will elect officers ana
choose standing committees for lh
coming year. J. E. L, WADE o.
Wilmington, has been elected H"A
New Hanover county.
Permission to hold the meel1!
was given by the War Comnll'H'
on Conventions, of which COL '"
Monroe johnson is chairman
Only two of the first ITO reqaeh
for permission to hold group nS MT,
ings of more than 50 persons nav
been granted. The other Organic
ton was the American RED 1--WE
Community Chest executive, J.,
the State will hold one
meeting, following the seSS'0"
the War Fund Directors.
There are $50 different
IL