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Evening star., 1945-04-09
Cowboy Suits Probed
As Chaps Catch Fire
And Burn Children

The District Fire Department has
launched an investigation to test
the inflammabiliy of type of cow
boy suit widely sold in stores here
as result of the burning of several
children, som fatally, when the
chaps" caught fire.
Capt. R. A. Warfeld, District
deputy fire marshal, said he had
received complaint March % and
through the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association had warned
store owners that the shaggy ma
terial made of a synthetic fiber,
which covered the chaps, might be
dangerous under certain circum-
stances.
Four children are in Children's
Hospital under treatment for burns
received when their chaps caught
fire and were reported in a serious
condition. They are Arthur Toney
Cumberledge, 8, of 3746 Benton
street NV; Lawrence Gates, Z of
1873 South Glebe road, Arlington,
Va; Edward Bradley, 6, of AZ Girard
street NE, and Willie WilkS, jr., 9,
Of 1885 Duncan street NE. William
Greatorex, 6, of 1880 New Hampshire
avenue NV. is still being treated
at the hospital clinic for burns re-
ceived in similar manner nearly
a year ago.
Ffve-year-old Tony Di Trapani,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Vito Di Trapani,
$50 Lynnhaven drive, Alexandria,
died in Alexandria Hospital April
about three weeks after being burned
in a similar accident and Elwood
Leary, jr 5, of Ingleside. Va, died
In the hospital last October in the
same manner, survey showed
today.
The case of the Gates boy was
typical. He was playing nearby
while his father was burning the
grass off the front lawn of their
home when a spark lodged in the
woolly covering of the chaps. They
caught fire quickly and the flames
were eXtinguished with difficulty by
Mr.. Gates. Young Lawrence was
severely burned on the legs and
body but is expected to recover.
Capt Warf1eld said tests would be
Evening star., 1945-04-09
Ado|ph Wink|er Heads
New MARYLAND DAv Chapter
Nv the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April o. Adolpf
G. Winkler of Baltimore is the
State commander of the new Mary.
land chapter, Disabled American
Veterans.
Mr.. Winkler was chosen to heac
the newly formed unit yesterday
at a meeting in Baltimore's Wal
Memorial of more than 10 delegate.
from various chapters in the State
and at which Milton D. Cohn, Gin
cinnati, national commander, made
the principal address.
Mr.. Cohn also installed the off,
GERS, who included, in addition tt
Mr.. Winkler:
Senior vice commander, David
Wolverton, Silver Spring; junior
vice commander, William l.. Nc
Kinsey, Cumberland; chaplain
John j. Vodak, Annapolis; treas
urer, Frederick Strohecker. Balti-
more; historian, Frazier Gardner
Silver Spring.
Also, sergeant of arms, Frederick
j. Walton, Cumberland; officer OF
the day, Jacob Biondi, Baltimore
and Executive Committee members
Evening star., 1945-04-09
French Begin Trial
OF Torture Expert
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 9.-The trial OF Lu-
clan Henri Rottee, whom the State
charges with having been the Ges-
tapo's torture expert during the oc-
cupation of Paris, opened today in
the Court of Justice. The formal in
dictment accused him of collusion
with the enemy.
Testimony of "a witnesses will be-
gin tomorrow.
Evening star., 1945-04-09
Tramme||, NBC President,
|Weds al Queenstown, Md.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 8. - Niles
Trammell, president Of the National
Broadcasting Co., and Mrs. Cleo M.
Black were married Saturday at
Queenstown, Md.
The Rev. J. Luther Neff of the
Calvary Methodist Church in An
napolis, Md, performed the cere-
mony.
1t was the second marriage for
both. Mr.. Trammell and Mrs. Eliza
beth Ruth Trammell were divorced
March 80 in Reno. The marriage of
Mrs. Black, daughter of Mrs. Fred
erick r. Allen of San Francisco, to
Evening star., 1945-04-09
33 Arnhem Heroes
Decorated by u. S.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 9.-The Govern
ment of the United States paid off,
cial tribute yesterday to British air
borne heroes of the Battle of Arm
hem.
1t. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, COM
mander of the 1st Allied Air-borne
Evening star., 1945-04-09
Basil O'Connor to Make
6-Week Tour in Pacific

BY the Associated Press.
American Red Cross Chairman
Basil O'Connor will make six-week
inspection tour of Red Gross install
lations in the Central and Southwest
Pacific shortly.
Mr.. OConnor will leave later this
month. He previously has visited
Red Cross facilities in England
France and Italy.
Evening star., 1945-04-09

Army, decorated 80 heroes Of the
September battle at an investiture
attended by 200 of their comrades.
BY direction of President Roosevelt
and on citations signed by Gen.
Eisenhower, 10 officers and men re-
ceived the Distinguished Service
Evening star., 1945-04-09

William Pritzker and Thomas Con-
nally, both Of Baltimore; P. j.
Smelling, Cumberland, and Laurence
L. Merrill and Martin E. Heffner,
both Of Annapolis.
Evening star., 1945-04-09

made to determine the inflammabil-
ity of the material used and whether
it could be flreproofed.
Evening star., 1945-04-09

Harcourt Black ended in divorce
several years ago.
Mr.. Trammell became president of
NBC in 1910.
Evening star., 1945-04-09

Cross, 10 the Silver Star and 13 the
Bronze Star. Two other Bronze Stars
were awarded posthumously to glider
pilots since killed in action.
A lance corporal stood between
two brigadier generals to receive his
medal.
Evening star., 1945-04-09

Can this be the last roundup?
Could be. Buy one extra War Bond
today.
Evening star., 1945-01-21
n tomato Juice

. In your tomato patch, golden August day,
were you tempted pluck special beauty and
suck its sun-ripe juice right then and there?
If your palate knoo the true tomato goodness The
goodness capture and keep in our tomato juice
Libbys, you see, is tomato juice that TWICE-R1CH.
It's rich flavor And rich in those precious tomato vita
mins tool Its rich in Vitamins and c, ready
Evening star., 1945-01-21
4;ce LOOK To L!BBYS FOR perfection

of Vitamins B and Bs) wholesome pick me-up drink
We start with real ''eating tomatoes" grown in
Americas tomato ands, picked just when their juice
is rchrpe You'd be fascinated, think to follow those
glorious through the Libby Kitchens particularly
if you've done some Victory canning
You'd see them dazzling bright under their special
'shower bath you'd see how carefully press out the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-06-01
THE HARD WAY
(From the Bridge Mems Magazine)

(From the Bridge Mems Magazille)
Is it possible that American work
ing people have to learn the hard way
that safety pays big dividends ? When
we see men sitting on truck tailgates,
or riding the top log, or standing
under a dangling safe, or leaning
against the guard rail around whirl-
ing machine, we are tempted to think
so.
Anyway, this is what the insurance
companies have learned: workers who
have been injured in accidents usu-
ally are the best accident risks. They
don't take any more chances. The fell
low who has already lost couple Of
thumbs in drill press, gets careful.
The accident ratio among folks who
have been hurt is less than among
those who have yet to be victims.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-06-01

Washington, D. C. (ILNS.-Reas-
surances that war workers are back
ing the Pacific front with no let-down
came as gratifying acknowledgment
of Undersecretary of War Robert Pat
terson's congratulatory kilograms to
union presidents and their members
after We Day, the War Department
says.
Railroad Trainmen promised to Co
operate as loyalty in assisting to
bring about victory in Japan as they
did in assisting to win the glorious
victory in Germany"
eve must continue to supply our
fighting men and the home front with
the necessary food and tobacco" said
Cannery, Agricultural and Packing
Workers, CIO. "Our no-strike pledge
will be kept inviolate. Here at home
we must build the kind of national
unity embodied in the Manage
ment Charter"
"Still Have Job To Do"
Railroad Telegraphers assured Pat
terson that every man we represent
will continue as he has been doing to
devote his time and skill'' to keeping
the trainloads of armed personnel and
commodities moving.
Carpenters and Joiners stated: eve
all realize that we still have job to
do in defeating Japan as quickly as
possible and we s.. !. will continue te
cooperate to the fullest extent unit
this is accomplished"
The reply from the Internationa
Association of Machinists promised
to continue to do it's utmost to pro
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-06-01
Action Not Yet Complete AS Each House Approves
Different Bill

Washington, D. C.-Congress at last
is beginning to take action in behalf
of the huge army of federal govern
ment employees who have not received
an increase in basic pay rates in
20 years More than half million
federal workers enrolled in AFL
unions are expected to benefit.
By vote of $50 to /, the House of
Representative approved bill pro-
viding an average pay increase of
$400 year for the nations postal
employees. The measure also grants
time-and-a half for overtime, 10 per
cent differential for night work and
a 15-day paid vacation, with Today
sick leave. The bill now goes to the
Senate for action.
Almost at the same time, the Senate
passed and sent to the House bill
granting graduated pay increases of
from to 20 per cent to the main
group Of federal employees in the clas-
sified service. This measure was
adopted unanimously.
The bill provides wage boosts of not
more than 20 per cent to those earning
$2,4OO year. Above that level up to
$1,000 a year, the rate of increase is
staggered between 10 and Is per cent.
Those earning more than $1,000 an
nual pay would get increases of from
to 10 per cent.
The Senate bill was considered by
AFL unions to be inferior to the
House bill covering postal workers be-
cause it fails to grant true time-and-a-
half overtime. The formula adopted
by the Senate would mean only time
twelfth for the main body OF
government workers.
1t is understood that both measures
have been approved in advance by
representatives of the National War
Labor Board as coming within the ma
tons wage stabilization policy.
The newly created Government EN-
ployes Council of the AFL is girding
for hot fight to push both bills, with
improvements, to final enactment anG
approval by President Truman.
1t is feared that the Senate may at
tempt to scale down the time-and-a
half provisions Of the postal workers
bill, despite the fact that the govern
ment forces private employers to pay
such rates.
At the same time an attempt will bt
made in the House to eliminate thu
time-and-a-twelfth formula adopted
by the Senate for classified employees
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-06-01
Labor Pledges No Letdo.0n:
Union Executives Assure Army
Workers Will Continue About
Cooperation in Japs Early Defeat
To Assist Loyalty To Bring About Victory In Japan
They Assisted To Win The Victory In Germany

vide weapons and equipment needed
to crush Japan"
No Letup Rail Men Say
eve assure you," wrote the presi-
dent of Operating Engineers, "of our
continued fullest cooperation to the
successful termination Of the strug-
gle in Japan"
Locomotive Engineers were confi-
dent that it's members "will continue
to put forth every effort to crush
Japan and carry on as they have
throughout this entire war period"
"There will be no let-up on the
part of the members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen," wrote their president, D. B.
Robertson.
'To Continue Good WHIP
Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and
Helpers declared: "We intend to con-
tinue our good work, and if possible
do better, until the Japs take the
count as the Germans have just done.
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
hastened to assure Patterson: "You
may count upon all of us to give our
full and unlimited cooperation and
support to defeat Japan"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-06-01
Congress Votes Pay Raises
For Most Federal Workers

new pay scales may be put into effect
by July l, beginning of the new fiscal
year.
The plight of government workers,
in the face of rising living costs, is so
severe that newspapers which ordi-
narily oppose measures benefiting Ia
Dor have strongly urged Congress to
give wage relief to federal employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-06-01

and substitute true time e-and-a-half.
Speedy action will be demanded by
the AFL Government Employees Coun-
Gil and the individual unions repre-
senting federal workers SO that the
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
GI Wives Have
 Job Opportunity With Girl Scouts

Wives of Bradley servicemen will have an opportunity to help themselves and the young girls of America this summer by offering their services as counselors in Girl Scout camps. Three Girl Scout camps in the vicinity of this Base are offering a summer of free board and lodging to wives of men sta toned here.
 As camp counselors, the wives will be leading young girls in learn ing camping skills, and will have the satisfaction of seeing the child ren develop socially, spiritually and educationally. They can act as unit leaders or assistants, who help the girls in daily camp living, or they can apply as specialists in water front activities, crafts, music or na- ture. Nurses are badly needed in camp, as we'll as dieticians and cooks. Counselors' salaries in many cases will more than cover trans portation to this area and all ex- penses for living in camp are in addition to salary. In some cases, children can also be accommodated. Adequate time off is allowed so that wives can visit their husbands at Bradley Field or elsewhere.
 The local camps which need help include the New Britain Girl Scout Camp in Portland, the Hartford Girl Scout Camp in Hartland and the Hartford Brownie Camp in Stafford Springs.
 Those interested in more inform ation concerning this worthwhile summer vacation are requested to contact Mrs. Edwina F. Laurence, New Britain Girl Scouts, Inc, 259 Main St., New Britain, or Miss Margaret Delano, Hartford Girl Scouts, 125 Pearl St., Hartford.
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
Keep Your Shirt on SoIder--you'II Need 1t,
 Class A Clothing Now Frozen IndefiniteI Iy

So you're going to swap that old field jacket for a nice new one, eh :? Who do you think your supply ser geant is-Merlin the Magician |? From now on, soldier, nothing short of magic vii be required to make a new field jacket appear on this Base. That goes for all wool un- derwear, overcoats, trousers, shirts and socks. Ditto for cotton socks, overshoes and artics. .s.:
 Class A clothing for station com plement and garrison troops is out cold-frozen for Ian indefinite per iod," according to recent edict by the Quartermaster General in Washington. This hard-boiled rul- ing applies to all enlisted person nel in the States. It also hits vet erans of combat duty just return ed from overseas. It is curtail- ment measure introduced in the wake of a sharp, although temp
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
Bradley Field
 To Have Own Square Club

All enlisted men, civilians and Officers who are Master Masons are cordially invited to attend the initial meeting of the newly-organ- ized Square Club of Bradley Field to be held at Suffield Lodge, 192 Main Street, Suffield, on Thursday evening, March twenty-second, at 1880.
 An interesting program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. It is suggested that civil ians who intend to be present tele- phone MT. Berry at Ext. 373, en- listed men telephone T/Sgt. Nick els at Ext. 267 and Officers tele- phone Major Campbell at Ext. 424.
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
American Negro Troops
 Fight On All War Fronts

DEC and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. They are only two of many.
 The Army has no breakdown on how many Negroes have won cita- tions and commentators for hero ism or exceptional service, just as it has no breakdown on the num- Der of Irish Americans or Polish Americans who have been so hon. ored. But, culled from War De- partment releases, here are a few of the things for which Negroes have been cited:
 A Negro Field Artillery Bat talion, the 969th, participated in the heroic defense of Bastogne, where the back of Field Marshal Won Rundstedt's winter offensive was broken, firing their 155 nm. howitzers under a rain of mortar
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10

Nazis Get the Works From Former
 Bradley 1rainee Now Flying Mustang

Word has been received at this Base that Ut. John s. Bond, who left Bradley Field about four months ago, after completing a trainee course, has been commend ed by It. Gen. James H. Doolittle for his participation in raids made in adverse weather over Germany.
 It. Bond was an enlisted man be- fore becoming pilot and held aper- manent Tech Sgt.'s rating. After leaving this Base he made a trans ition from P-47s to P-51 Mustangs. According to an item from an Eighth Air Force Fighter Station in England which appeared in his home town newspaper of Haynes vile, La., he also recently destroyed one Nazi plane and damaged an- other while strafng a German air field. The action occurred after his outfit helped convoy more than 1000 Eighth Air Force B-17s on the devastating attack on the heart of Berlin.
 Flying a Psi Mustang with the 18th Fighter Group, commanded by It. Col. Olin E. Gilbert of Col linsvil1e, H., It. Bond was in the air more than five and one half hours on the Berlin mission. After seeing the Forts unload their bombs
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10

pilots of the group strafed an air field at Luneburg and trains in other parts of western Germany They left 15 Nazi planes burning and damaged II others on the field, and destroyed five locomotives and seven oil cars.
 "I had just finished shooting up four box cars when another pilot found an airdrome filled with parked planes," It. Bond said. "I made my first pass from the north east and fired at one of three Focke Wulf 1905, observing many strikes, and saw it catch on fire. I then shot at German gun positions in some woods. On my second pass, I picked out one of four ME 410's partly concealed in woods, a nd got many hits. After pulling away from the airdrome, I strafed a locomo- tive and some box cars"
 It. Bond, who only recently started combat flying over Ger many, enlisted in August, 1940, and started pilot training in March, 1943, receiving his wings and com mission in January 1914. He was educated at Haynesville High School. His wife, Mrs. Maxine Bond, and his parents, MT. and Mrs. James L. Bond, live in Haynes vile.
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
Officers Stork Derby Ends In Dead Heat

The Bradley Field Stork and What's It Gonna Be" Derby fin ished in a dead heat last Friday with both entrants, It. Richard Ehrlich and Ut. Allen Perlman, sharing the winnings.
 The Derby started few months ago when both Lieutenants discov- cred that they were suffering from "Expectantus Popus." A wager was immediately arranged whereby the Officer whose baby arrived first would receive a certain" prize. In addition, if both children were of the same sex, It. Perlman was to win the What's It Gonna Be- prize and vice-versa if they were boy and girl.
 On February eighth, It. Ehrlich took the lead in the first Hap" of the race when his wife, Kathryn, presented him with 6 lb. IA oz girl, who was immediately titled
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Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
''War Comes To America '' This Week
Film Is Seventh in WD's
 ''Why We Fight Series

"War Comes to America" the seventh release of the interesting "Why We Fight" series of orien- tation films, produced by Frank Capra for the Special Services Div ision of the War Department, will be shown at the Base Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday,, March thirteenth and fourteenth. Per formances will be given at O815, 1000 and 1915 on the days indicat- ed.
 The first of the "Why We Fight Series," "Prelude to War;" was shown in 1943 and since that time five other movies in the series have been produced showing the facts that led to the war and participa- ton by the various Allies. In the seventh film, "War Comes to Anne rica," Capra covers Americas efforts in the conflict to date.
 All personnel will be required to see this picture, which should be one of the most interesting to the average CT since it covers his coun- try's activities in the worlds great est conflict.
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10

orary, setback in EEOs where our GIs had to contend not only with do-or-die Nazis but also with Jack (The Jerk Frost in the worst mood.
 Class A clothing (the kind you rip the factory tags off of) and Class CS Combat serviceable) will henceforth be issued only to troops under orders for overseas move ment. A QM spokesman here de- scribed CS issue as clothing with a 75 per cent wear expectation. His description of Class B-which is all you and I may draw from now on-is not very encouraging. This clothing may come to you patched, darned, dowdy looking and mot in very good shape"
 In view of the requirements of those overseas Joes who are fight ing the bloodiest war in all hist ory, every GI here is expected to appreciate the situation and make the best of Class B issue. Every GI here will be expected to take as much care with a patch on his pants seat as he does with the patch on his shoulder.
 Thanks to the Fort Dix "Post."
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10

By Camp Newspaper Service)
 Whether it's building B-29 bases in India, pushing the vitally-need- ed Ledo Road through the jungle of Burma "Red-Balling" supplies across France, or engaging the en- emy in deadly combat, the Negro soldier in this war is proving his mettle, as he has in every war in which America has been partici- pant, beginning with the War for Independence.
 More than 100000 Negro soldiers were on the Army rolls at the end of 1914. Almost 5000 were commissioned officers. Although many Negroes are doing the tough, unglamorous jobs of service and supply, others are distinguishing themselves in combat in every the ater of war. Nine percent of all U. s. soldiers who participated in the Normandy invasion were Negroes.
 There are Negro air fighter squadrons, Negro infantry divi- sions, Negro paratroopers, Negro "medics," Negro tank men and anti-tank men, Negro mine-sappers, Negro artillerymen, ordnancemen, etc. The Army's top generals say all are doing bang up job.
 A Negro fighter pilot, It. Lee A. Archer of New York City, has 10 enemy planes to his credit, four in the air and six on the ground. He is a member of the 332d Fighter Group, in Italy, and has completed 138 missions.
 Another Negro, Capt. Albert H. Manning, Jr., 27, PSI pilot, flew 123 missions with the 99th Fighter Squadron and was awarded the
Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
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Gen. Royce Gets
 New Command

Major General Ralph Royce, pre- decessor of General Hunter as com manding general of the First Air Force, has been appointed com manding general of the Army Air Forces Personnel Distribution Com mand, succeeding Major General Hubert R. Harmon. Now located in Atlantic City, headquarters of the Distribution Command is being shifted to Louisville, Ky, within the near future.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-14
College Station Farm
Quarterly Report Set
To Be Forwarded Soon

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
May 13.-Dr. L. D. Baver, direc-
tor of the Agricultural Experiment
Station at State College, an
nounced today that the latest issue
of the stations quarterly report,
Research and Farming" has
just been published.
The 12-page publication which
serves as a quarterly progress re-
port of the work of the station,
is written in a popular style and
Illustrated 50 as to be of more
value to the farmers of the state,
he explains.
DR.. Vaver explains that the
present mailing list of this publ
cation includes the farm agents
and vocational agriculture teach
ers of the State, as well as many
farmers. However, those whose
names are not yet on the list
may also receive free copies by
writing to the Agricultural Edi-
tor, State College Station, Raj
eigh, and requesting, Research
and Farming" Vol. III, Progress
Report No. 3, or by asking to be
included on the mailing list.