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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09

DIV School League
To Refund Money
For Unused Tickets

As an outcome of a discussion
concerning the refunding of mon
ey for unused tickets sold for
the gumbo supper given by the
DIV School League, on Oct. Is,
at a meeting at the school We'd
nesday, it was voted to return the
purchase price of the ticket to
anyone presenting it to Mrs. Will
liam Moncrief, 235 Orange st.
The matter grew out of the
fact that the league supper was
so well patroBized that the sup
ply of gumbo al out before all
had been served.
The meeting was opened by
Mrs John Grant. Jr., who as re-
firing president, turned the ses-
sion over to the new head of the
league, Mrs. E. j. Jane, Jr,, after
which she presented each Of the
four retiring officers with a gift
of appreciation from the organi-
cation.
The Reverend P. j. Carey then
congratulated the league on the
large attendance at this particu-
lar session, after which he dis
cussed the excellent showing now
being made by the school foot
ball team.
Following the decision to put
on a membership drive, voted
on affirmativeiy by the mem
bers, Mrs. Jane appointed the
following as a committee to head
the activity: Mesdames Richard
Sherringer, Alley Walker, Robert
Delmas, William Bosarge, and M
Zelenka.
Plans were formulated for a
sweets sale to be held in the
knights of COLUMBUS hail on S.
Magnolia street, Nov. 20, Tues
day before Thanksgiving. The
committee appointed to have this
activity in charge consists of
Mrs. William Moncrief, Mrs. Al
lev Walker. Mrs. John Grant,
Jr., and Mrs. Joe Watts Martin.
The second grade, taught by
Sister M. Winifred received the
room count prize.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09
Glasses In Flower
Arrangement Start
AT Gorden Center

The Pascagoula Garden Club
Is to feature a series of lessons
in flower arrangement that will
be taught BY Mrs. Bessye MAY
Grouseman of Omaha, Neb., who
is spending the early winter in
PascaRoula.
This will be a rare opportun-
ity to learn the art as Mrs.
Grouseman has attained distinc-
ton in the midwest where she
has appeared before many clubs
besides teaching her own classes
in flower arrangement.
A small fee will be charged
but this will be only sufficient
to cover the cost of materials
used by the artist.
There will be two classes, the
first beginning at 2:30 in the
afternoon, Tuesday. Nov. Is and
the second at 800 in the evening,
Nov. IA.
The classes will be held at
the Garden Center. TIA Wash
ington avenue.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09
NO I M TO RETIRE

Trenton, Tenn, AP.-W. f.
Seat. "a, is out of a Trenton po-
Iitical office for the first time
old-timers can remember. He re-
Gently was swept out Of his may
or's office, which he held for
20 years. Recognized for sever
al years as the nations Oldest
mayor, he had been in polities
almost from the time he was old
enough TO vote.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09

Command, near Manila, Luzon.
Pvt. Martin was indicted into
the Army at Shelby, in March,
l945. and trained in the infantry
at Camp Maxey, Texas. He left
for overseas in September. l945.
His Brother, Buck, is with the
124th Cavalry Regiment in China.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09

he has recovered 1,50O stolen
automobiles. He says his secret
OF success is to list the license
numbers OF missing cars in such
a way that he can read them at
a glance.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09
SPOTS l.soo STOLEN AUTOS

New York, AP-At headquart-
ers they call 43-year-old Patrol
man James A. Horn, Bring EN-
Back Alive Horn.
Since Joining the force in 1891
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09

Ultra violet rays and X-rays
are used to detect retouchings on
paintings.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09
PVT. r. C. MARTIN ASSIGNED
TO l65TH

News comes from Manila that
Pvt. Robert C. Martin, son of MI.
and Mrs. Francis Martin of Rt. |,
Pascagoula, has been assigned to
the l85th company at the 5th Re
placement Depot, Replacement
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Emergency Care
Defended by BesIey

Stating that between 200 and 300
emergency cases have been treated
at the Prince Georges General Hos
pital at Cheverly, Md, over four
month period, DR.. A. Kirk Besley,
superintendent, said today that no
real emergency cases ever have
been improperly treated at the hos
pital.
DR.. BeAey's statement was made
in response to charges by Wilmer
Tippett, chief of the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad, and at least one in
dividual, that treatment was refused
emergency patients. =.
He added that only per cent of
the emergency cases were brought
in by the seven rescue squads of the
county. Altogether, he said, more
than 5000 patients have been ad-
mitted since the hospital opened a
year ago.
Hospital rules, he asserted, do not
allow admission of certain types of
patients, such as alcoholics and
chronic mental cases.
DR.. Besley specifically denied
charges made by Mrs. Frank Warner,
who charged the hospital refused to
treat her 15-year -old daughter,
Frances, for what Mrs. Warner said
was a fractured skull.
X-rays," said DR.. Besley, "re-
vealed no fractured SKULL
Evening star., 1945-10-16
By JERRY OIEARY, Jr,
Star Staff Correspondent.

ABOARD MISSOURI IN CARIB-
BEAN, Oct. 15.-The tow-headed
Rockville, Md sailor said he got
more of thrill pitching ball games
for st. Adams than from the Mis-
souri's shelling of the Jap homeland
or the Mighty Mos" impatient
slaps at Kamikaze planes, ...,sn
The WAR Was very irnpersonal to
me" Pharmacists. Mate Second Ste
phen c. Cromwell. jr. 2O5 West
Montgomery avenue, told me today
as his ship draws closer to the home
he left more than year ago. only
Jap ever saw until surrender day
was Kamikaze pilot, and I only
saw half of him. He crashed his
plane onto our starboard quarter a
few yards from my battle station.
rushed out to see if any one was
hurt, and I nearly fell over his
upper half.
There wasn't much left of the
plane except one machine gun which
rammed down the barrel of one of
our antiaircraft guns. We weighted
the Jap down with 5-inch shells, and
buried him at sea-"
Cromwell, son of the director of
the Maryland State Unemployment
Bureau, Stephen c. and Mrs. Phyllis
Cromwell, won't be leaving the Mis-
souri, when she pauses at Norfolk
Thursday to debark a number of
discharge eligibles. He has only 30
points despite battle stars for Nor
mandy, Japan. Two Jima and Oki-
nawa. But he hopes to see his folks
in New York when the Missouri
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Rockville Soi|or Says Ball Game
More Thrill Than She||inq japan

arrives there to participate in Navy
day ceremonies.
IN call them from Norfolk, and
ask them to meet me in New York
if I can't get leave" he said
dreamily.
Corpsman Cromwell was all set
to enroll in the University of Vir-
ginia Medical School but decided tc
join the Navy when he graduated
from st, AlpahS in 1943.
He was in the crew of the first
LIST to crunch ashore at Omaha
Beach. Cromwell went on to the
beach to treat wounded soldiers
who underwent heavy German
shelling which took many Amer
lean lives that day. Three weeks
shutting back and forth between
England and the beachhead ended
when German underwater obstacles
ripped the LISTS screw apart. The
ship then went into drydock, anc
Cromwell returned to United States
where he joined the newly commits
stoned Missouri, June, 1914.
The Marylander didn't see the
surrender ceremony but he was
with forces which went ashore tc
occupy Yokosuka naval base.
His late grandfather, Stephen
c. Cromwell, was city editor OF
The Star before the sailors birth
Il read The Star overseas edition
in Tokyo Bay" Cromwell said. "One
of your reporters, Carter Dawson
sends it to me regularly, We wen'
to school together. She's the frs
girl I'm going to see when I get
home"
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Legion Choirmen Named
For Prince GEORGES

Inomas R. Freeman, commander
Of the Prince Georges County Co,,n-
GU OF the American Legion, has an
nounced his committee chairmen
Serving with each chairman viii be
delegate from each of the 10
Legion posts in the county.
The chairmen are:
Louis Scheidt, Cheverly, Ameri-
canism; Louis Kintz, Colmar Manor.
athletics; Andrew G. Tackitt Col
mar Manor, child welfare: Robert /.
Ennis, Capitol Heights, employ
ment; Joseph S. Bozeman, Mount
Rainier, membership; Ora Over
holser. Springfield, publicity; Maui
rices P. McGrath. Hyattsville, re-
Mobilization: Charles Wood, Upper
Marlboro, sanitation; Harry Allen,
Laurel, social activities, and Leon
g. Beneflel, Greenbelt, youth or
ganization.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Tuck Defends Virginia S
Democratic Regimes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOYDTON, Va, Oct. 16.-"Demo-
cratic accomplishment against Re-
publican promises" is the chief issue
in the current State campaign
Lieutenant Governor William NJ
Tuck, Democratic candidate for
Governor. asserted in a speech at
a political rally here yesterday.
Claiming that successive Demo-
cratic administrations have given
virginia progressive government
through the years. he cited some
OF the achievements of the ma ior
party in State government during
the last 20 years as its claim to
continued support of the people.
He cited the progress which he
SAID has been made in the health
program Of the State, through the
Joint action of the State Health
department, practicing physicians
and local health units.
In 1922" he said, more than
400 persons in Virginia died of
tuberculosis, but in 1914, after %
years OF constant improvement of
the States health facilities. the
number of deaths was only 287
and that, mind you, with an in
crease OF nearly a million in the
States population"
Evening star., 1945-10-16

Children attending Washington's
first postwar circus at Uline Arena
can fulfill cherished ambition by
participating in one of the acts and
flying through the air like super
man, to boot.
The act is known as the Riding
Shows and starts in normal circus
fashion. A big white stallion runs
around the ring and bareback
riders jump on and off as the
animal circles.
The announcer then calls for two
or three children to try the same
stunt. They can't get hurt because
they are tied to rope which hangs
from a revolving steel bar jutting
from stand in the center of the
ring. One at a time the youthful
performers are put on the great
horse and told to stand up and try
some tricks.
Three tried it at the opening
performance yesterday and not one
could stay on. But instead of
hitting the floor they hung in mid
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Girl, ;, Saved in Fire
While Father IsAway

ASgsa ga Arlington child was
rescued yesterday from her fathers
radio Shop after the building caught
fire, flremen reported today.
Arlington Fire Chief A. c. Sheffel
said the child, Sandra Jean Cheat
ham, was rescued by Howard
Crouch, owner of a gasoline station
near the radio shop at 25l7 Wilson
boulevard after he had been told of
the fire by a passing soldier.
Judge Hugh Reed of the Arling-
ton County Court said the child has
been turned over to the welfare de-
partment pending an investigation.
The father said he left his daugh-
ter yesterday because she had a
cold and could not accompany him
to Rosslyn on business. He said he
had to keep the child at his shop
because her mother was dead.
The fire was put out by members
OF the Clarendon and Ballston Vol
unteer Fire Departments. Damage
was estimated at several hundred
dollars. Chief Sheffel said the
cause was undetermined,
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Beta Sigma Phi 10 Honor
First Lady, Of Alexandra

Within the next few weeks, the
Alexandria chapters of Beta Sigma
Phi will name the first lady of the
year in Alexandria. and will give a
tea in her honor.
The Alexandria chapters are spon-
soring the event as part of the in
ternational organizations program
to give recognition to outstanding
womerf in all communities.
The choice will be based on war
service, cultural or civic work, home
making, business and any other out
standing activity. The member
ship Of Alexandrias two chapters
is so.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
The Why Of 1t
Wur Related Work
Still Needs Funds

lQuestions and unswers pro-
pided by the Community War Z
Fund.
@. Why continue subsidizing the
operations Of clubs for war workers?
A. War-related work has not end
ed in Washington. The need for adj
|ditional recreation facilities, created
by crowded war conditions, con-
tinues to exist. This program will be
constantly re-evaluated as long as
the period of war emergency con-
tinues to exist. <
@. Why should Boy Scouts, Girl,
Scouts and Camp Fire Girls share
in the money?
A. Because 1t saves time and ex-
ipense for them to get necessary sup
port through the one campaign Of
the Community War Fund instead
Of by separate drives.
Demands on all recreation agen-
cies will increase now that the war
has ended. They will do a large
service for the community by pro.
viding outlets for the postwar rest.
lessness of youth. Children kept
busy during the war in salvage
drives and War Bond appeals must
have other constructive activities II
we hope to reduce juvenile delin-.
Quency.
Evening star., 1945-10-16

air and flew around as the bar
maintained momentum, while other
kids yelled Hi, no, Superman!"
Hazel Carlton, pretty, brown
haired bareback rider in the act,
fell off the horse but was not in
jured. She said it was her first day
with the circus.
In another act, Capt. Roman
Proske, wild animal trainer, throws
about two pounds of steak to two
Bengal tigers and then takes it
away from the animals as they
snarl menacingly. A spectator who
looked like he hadn't eaten meat
for months yelled meaningfully: IF
you throw that sirloin over here,
Bud, you'll never get it back!"
Twenty-one other acts lend color to
the three-hour show, which will be
here through Sunday. Weekday
matinees through Friday start at
$3.50 pm, Saturday and Sunday
afternoon shows at 2::3O, and eve
ming performances through Satur-
day at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Rockville Landmark
Destroyed by Fire

One of Rockville's oldest houses
at 100 w. Montgomery avenue, built
shortly after the Civil War, was de-
stroyed yesterday by fire which
ragged for three hours. Damage was
estimated by fire officials at "well
over $4,000"
The flames first were noticed in
the roof of the three-story frame
structure by neighbor. Crowds of
spectators thronged the streets and
traffic was rerouted during the
blaze.
The house was owned by Miss
Naomi Thompson, who had gathered
number of antiques and historical
writings in the house. All were de-
stroyed or damaged, f1remen said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hall and their
two children are present tenants of
the house. No one was at home
when the fire was discovered. Mem
bers of Nthe Rockville and Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Departments
fought the blaze for more than
three hours.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Navy Proposes
War memorial
At Annapolis
Plans to Honor
Pacific Dead Shown
House Committee

Plans for memorial at Annapo-
lis to the Navy men lost in the Pa
ciflc were disclosed by Col. Robert p.
Harbold, director of the memorial
division of the Quartermaster Gen.
erals Office, to a House military
affairs subcommittee, which had
national cemetery legislation under
consideration today.
A Senate bill, among others,
would authorize the Government to
acquire sites for 76 new national
cemeteries scattered over the coun-
try. Each would have a memorial
building to house Gold Star tablets.
trophies and other memorials of the
war.
The proposed memorial at the
Naval Academy, Col. Harbold ex-
planned, would have a miniature fig
ure OF every ship lost in battle and
beside it tablet bearing the names
OF the men who went down on it.
Col. Harbold explained that only
about IA of the 80 existing national
cemeteries could be enlarged. The
others already had been inactivi-
tated or soon would. be, he said, be-
cause towns had grown up around
them, or for other reasons, it was
not feasible to expand them. Ar
lington Cemetery is one of those
which can be greatly enlarge, he
said.
The memorial structures planned
for the new cemeteries, he told the
subcommittee, would be of marble or
granite. designed to last thousand
year" They would be of different de-
signs, conforming probably to the
historic traditions of each section of
the country. For example, colonial
architecture along the Eastern Sea-
board and a Spanish type in Cali
fornia and the Southwest.
Atherton Opposes Plan.
Warren H. Atherton of Stockton,
Calf. a past national commander
OF the American Legion, opposed
the proposed national network of
cemeteries, contending most of the
space would not be needed.
Mr.. Atherton, who appeared for
the Western Cemetery Alliance, ex-
planned he felt most families pre-
ferred to have their dead buried
close to home. If a veteran is buried
beyond the next town." Is miles
or so away, he said. the personal
touch OF relatives and friends in the
community is lost, and those who
want to decorate his grave may have
to go 200 miles to the nearest Ma
tional cemetery. There, among
thousands of graves, his becomes an
impersonal thing, to be honored en-
masse, he added.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
/ '>lslyRstioniii,q
&RemiindeJGa

Meats, Fats, Etc. = Stamps Al
Il through Ell good through October
81. Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80. Stamps
% Lei through Q-1 good through
Il December 81. Stamps Ri through
f Vel good through January 81.
Points for Fats-your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
= you turn in.
sSusar-Stamp So good through De-
VI cember 81. Next stamp valid
IA January /.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps /, 2, and
. in Book No. good indefinitely
Tor one pair of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Ex-Servicemon's S Family of Six
Lives in One Unheuted Room

A family of six huddled at night
in one unheated living room-three
children sleeping on a mattress
spread on the floor, the baby in
crib, the mother and father on a
studio couch-this domestic picture
was described to The Star today as
typical of the extreme hardship
which lack of housing for veterans
has brought.
The case was investigated by a
Star reporter and found exactly as
depicted. And there are many like
it, say those who should know.
Applications for apartments,
houses and rooms are flooding the
District War Hollsing Center at Tie
nate OF about 800 daily, and fully
d sthird are pleas from returning
VeteFens~and siseir families.
e Last month about 1000 applica-
tions were received, approximately
5000 of which were for apartments
or houses, Mrs. Ellen Harper, area
director of the center, revealed.
No Relief Until Spring.
She estimated that of those, more
than 1000 applications came from
veterans and their families and that
the monthly percentage of veteran
applications will increase as more
men are returned from overseas.
Listing of housing which becomes
available are not increasing, Mrs
Harper said, and there is no indica-
ton that new building will do much
to relieve the scarcity until spring
or later.
Veterans applying at the center,
located at Fourteenth and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, are eligible for
referral to both public and private
housing, it was explained when, and
If, it Is available.
An average of $50 dwelling units
have been becoming available
monthly to meet the average of
5000 applications, Mrs. Harper said.
Applications are taken only from
persons who do not have places to
live, Mrs. Harper pointed out, and
thus many persons who are on the
market for larger quarters are not
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Alexandra to Force 100
To Use Sewer system

Approximately 100 Alexandra
property owners will be given notice
in 10 days in which to connect their
homes with the city sanitary sewers
or face court action.
City Manager Carl Budwesky said
10 notices will be sent out weekly
until all property owners who have
access to city sewer, but have not
made the connection, have been
notified.
The houses which are not using
available sewer facilities are scat
tered throughout the city. Mr.. Bud
wesky said. City Attorney Joseph
M. PancoaSt has been instructed to
send the necessary notices and to
take appropriate action II they are
disregarded.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Virginia Hearings Open
On County Money Needs

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. 16.-The
State Compensation Board opened
Ffour-day hearings yesterday with
Virginia county officers who need
more money.
Chairman E. r. Combs of the
board, Tax Commissioner T. w,
Morrissett and j. Gordon Bennett
auditor of public accounts, are con-
Quoting the informal hearings.
Hearings will be continued through
Thursday, when officers OF any of
the States 100 counties who have
requests to make will have been
heard.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
reflected in the demand shown by
, the housing center's figures.

reflected in the demand shown by
the housing center's figures.
Many Hardship Gases.
Many cases of extreme hardship
involving health hazard ~are indi-
Gated in the War Housing Center's
files. Typical, Mr.. Harper said, is
the problem faced by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph P. Matthews and their four
children, temporarily quartered
with Mrs. Matthews sister and
brother -in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem knight, 1923 Benning road NE.
Mrs. Matthews called her families
plight to the attention of The. Star
today. HArhusbandSwas diHh1iaea
from the Navy August "a, she said.
She and the children returned to
the District last May from Gulfport,
Mi6ssMtefethe husband had sbesn
stattDned Since that time she has
vainly sought to rent a house or
apartment, she said.
Meanwhile, Mr.. and Mrs. Mat
theWs and their children have been
obliged to sleep in the unheated
living room-three children on
mattress spread out on the floor.
the baby in a crib and the two
adults on studio couch.
Children Have Colds.
A visit to the house revealed that
the l3x14-foot living room was
crowded with the family's possess
sions and the baby's crib, and that
the only available unused space was
occupied at night by the mattress
on which the three children slept.
Every one of these children has a
cold and I'm just at a point I don't
know what to do" Mrs. Matthews
said. The children are Mary Mar
garet, z; Shirley Ann, 4; Rose Ellen.
2, and John William, /.
The small home is also occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Knight, their two
children, Rita Mary, 10, and James,
2, and Mrs. Knights brother, joseph
Essex, 15-a total of II persons.
Mr.. Matthews served as a seaman
hrst class, for 18 months. Both he
and his wife are natives of the
District.