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Evening star., 1945-02-12
Van Acker Announces
New Belgian Cabinet
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 12.-BeIgian
Premier Achille van Acker, labor
minister in the dissolved cabinet OF
Hubert Pierlot. has formed a new
national unity" government re-
tanning Paul Henri Spaak as min
ister of foreign affairs and deputy
premier. ~
The new cabinet, appointed by
Van Acker last night, contained l6
names including his own as prime
minister and administrator of coal.
They were:
CASTOR Eyskens, Catholic party,
finance: Adolphe van Glabbeke,
Liberal party, interior; Leon Ellie
Troclet, Socialist, labor; August
Buisseret, Liberal, education: Edgar
de Bruyne, Catholic, colonies; Henri
Pauwels, Catholic, justice; Eugene
Lallemand, Communist, food; Al
bert Marteaux, Communist, health.
Ernest Rongvaux, Socialist, COM
munications; Albert Desmal, no
party, economic affairs; Hermann
Vos, Socialist, public works; Louis
Delvaux de Femffe, Catholic, agri-
culture; Leo Mundeleer, Liberal, ma
tional defense; Edmond Ronse.
Catholic, information, and Paul
Kronacker, Liberal, minister of
purchases abroad.
Evening star., 1945-02-12
Freed Internee Saws
Prisoners Of Japs
Never Lost Hope

Internees in the Philippines neve
lost hope because they were conf
dent that Gen. Macarthur woult
not let us down." Mrs. Mary Meehal
Harries, former resident of Wash
ington, said yesterday in an NB(
radio broadcast from Manila.
Mrs. Harries is the widow of Col
Herb Harries, who left retirement il
Manila to rejoin the service wheI
the Japanese invaded the Philip
pines. He died at Corregidor OF
Easter Sunday, 1912. Mrs. Harries
brother, Lit. Mickey Meehan, was or
the death march" from Bataan ant
is believed to be dead
Met Gen. Macarthur.
Her greatest thrill since being lib.
Grated from Santa Tomas prison
camp, Mrs. Harries said, was meet.
ing Gen. Macarthur, an old friene
of her husband.
AS far food in the prison camp
Mrs. Harries said that nobody car
tell me that rice will not reduce
one" She had shrunk from 16s
pounds in 1941 to lot pounds at the
time of her liberation, she said.
Mrs. Harries, who has lived here
has niece in the District area
Mrs. Robert Nicely of Alexandria
She was reared by Col. and Mrs
Harries in Manila and married ar
Army officer, 1t. Col. Nicely.
Husband Is Prisoner.
Mrs. James E. Scatter, whose lib
Grafton with the recapture of Santo
Tomas was announced last week
has been identified as the former
Miss Marion Booth of Washington
the sister of Miss Alpha Booth, 1885
Lamont street NV. An Associated
Press wirephoto has shown her pre-
pairing a meal of corn mush for her
two children, Diane, 5, and Daphne
Lee, 8. Her husband, Capt. Scatter
is a prisoner at Corregidor, accord
ing to word received by Miss Booth
from her sister.
Mrs Scatter attended Central
High School here and later was
employed in an advertising agency
She and Mr.. Scatter were married in
Honolulu and then lived in Anchor
age, Alaska. In March, 1941, they
went to Manila, where Mr.. Scatter
was an engineer with Fairbanks
Morse 81 Co. When the Japanese at
tackled he was called into the service
and commissioned captain. He was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross for transporting forces from
Bataan and Corregidor.
Evening star., 1945-02-12
FourAmeriicun Women Rescued
With 8 Others From jap Asylum
0ne was liver and an

to Tomas. One was liver and an
other was everlasting"
Eventually there came slipup.
She was captured by the Japanese
Two court martial sentences OF
death were later changed to IL years
in Mandaluyong.
The Catholic sisters were con-
victed by a Japanese court-martial
as spies and sentenced to Is years
in Mandaluyong, where they were
held until rescued this morning.
Evening star., 1945-02-12

The American way is the way they
pay, so buy more War Bonds and
buy today.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Army is going to experiment
with sleep shifts" on Pullmans in
an effort to relieve the shortage of
sleeping cars.
Under this system, soldier will
occupty a berth eight to twelve
hours and then relinquish it to an
other soldier for a similar period.
The remainder of the time will be
spent in day coaches.
The first test train, made up OF
coaches and Pullmans, will leave
Camp Kilmer, N. j., at 9 am. to-
morrow for Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
A similar shift" arrangement is
used on Army transports where the
shift lasts eight hours. Army off,
Gals said the length of the shift on
the Pullmans had not been set def
nitely.
The Office of Defense TranSpor-
tation held yesterday that service
men on troop trains must sleep two
to a lower berth and one to an
upper.
This has been the Army policy but
the Navy heretofore has been as
signing only one man to lower. 1t
said recently it intended to con-
tinue doing so.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
Drug Addicts Leniency Plea
Fails After Court Hears Record

Orlando w. Hodge, 81, colored, of
the 1900 block Of o street NV,
came before District Court Justice
David A. Pine yesterday to be SEN
fenced on charges of forging and
passing 26 doctors prescriptions to
obtain narcotics. He was free under
bond.
known also as DOC Bobo," Hodge
had appeared earlier in the day, but
the court recessed the case in order
to study his background.
'I've stopped associating with
people who peddle drugs, and I
don't use the stuff any more my
SELF" Hodge told the justice. He was
asking leniency.
Two Federal Bureau of Narcotic
agents stood up. One addressed the
court.
your honor" the agent said
during the courts recess, we fol-
lowed this man in taxicab to a
known narcotic dealer in the South
west section. And, last Friday when
Hodge appeared before Justice
James w. Morris for sentencing, he
was granted continuance after
showing a doctors certificate stat
ing he was confined in bed. A few
minutes before that, we followed
him to another known narcotic ped
dler."
Evening star., 1945-07-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National - Ballet Russo High.
lights: 2:3o and $3.50 pm.
Catholic University-"Peer Gyntn..
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol -" THE Clock: II am.
1850. 4:45, 7:35 and 1925 pm. Stage
shows: los, 3;55, $50 and 9:35
pm.
Columbia -" Salty O'Rourke";;
1875 am, 1:35, $3.50, $50, 7:30 and
$50 pm.
Earle "A Medal for Benny:
1890 am, 1880, $40, 5:35, $40
1925 pm, 12:45 am. Stage shows
IL, 2:25, 4:45, 7:20, 9:35 pm. and
midnight.
Keith's - Along Came Jones':
11;15 am, l:2o. 3:25, 5:35. TAO and
9:45 pm.
Thunder Rock: IL am.
12:45, 2:30, 4:20, 6:05, 1855 and GAS
pm.
Metropolitan - Conflict: 1l:4O
am, LAS, $50, 5:55, 8:05, 1920 pm.
and 1925 am.
Palace - Valley of Decision:
10:45 am, 1880, 3, sos, tbs and
9:25 pm.
Pix-"The Lady Has Plans: 2:20,
sos, 1855, 10:40 pm. and 1:15 am
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
$40 Firemen, Police
To Get Pension Boost

District Auditor Arthur r. Pix
erton estimated yesterday that some
870 retired police and firemen would
receive an additional $160,000 a
year in pensions under an order
of the Commissioners adopted
Thursday.
The Commissioners approved q
recommendation of Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech that
retired members of the two de-
partments were entitled to increased
pensions as a result of recent ap-
proval of the increase pay bill for
police and flremen.
The increases, which will be felt
in checks early in August, will
affect some SIT policemen and 355
firemen.
Under Mr.. Keech's recommends
ton, pensioners will receive the
same percentage of their basic pay
as in the past, but it will be CAL
culated on the increased basic pay
of the new bill. The District ap-
preparation for police and fire pen
sions and payments for disability
is $1,500,000.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
Woman Convicted
OF Health Law Breach

A 27-year-old colored woman was
found guilty in Municipal Court
yesterday of failing to submit to
re-examination by a health officer
after having been discharged from
a tuberculosis hospital here for care
by private physician.
DR.. A. Barklie Coulter, head OF
the tuberculosis Bureau here, testi-
fled that the woman, Pearl E. Har-
ris, 1485 Morris road Sc, when
asked to report for re-eXamination
last December, asserted she was
placing her health in the hands of
the Lord and would get along with
out a doctor"
Judge George D. Nelson put the
woman On years probation, under
the terms of which, DR.. Coulter said
she must report for re-examination
If found still to be suffering from
the disease, she will be hospitalized
DR.. Coulter said the case was the
first he had brought to the court
under the section of the Sanitary
Code dealing with the right of the
Health Department to investigate
persons suspected of having tuber-
culosis.
The woman was admitted to Gal
linger Hospital in 1943, walked out
voluntarily and was re-admitted be-
fore being sent to the Upshur Street
Hospital and discharged last year in
the care of a private physician, DR.
Coulter said. 1t was learned that
she was not under a doctors care
however, and the order for re-ex-
animation was given, the Tubercu-
losis Bureau director said.
Evening star., 1945-07-21

brooks Daily Express, in its reading
room, and open since May l, he re-
ported. 1t still draws long lines Of
visitors.
THE same silence, born of rever-
ence, sympathy and sorrow, that
pervaded the Post-Dispatch annex
when the pictures were shown
there" wrote Mr.. Armstrong, 'is
typical of the Daily Express reading
room. Occasionally, there is an in
stinctive murmur, a muttered ex-
preston of indignation, and dis
cernible clenching of teeth by ,ome
observers. There are no smiles, nc
Idle conversation.
About half of those who visited
the London exhibit, the correspond
ent reported, were members of the
armed services, including many
Americans.
At the entrance to the reading
room is a placard which says: See
ing is believing. 1t is the duty
of citizens everywhere to see for
themselves the overwhelming mass
of evidence of German atrocities
that has been produced by the
Allied advances. The Daily Express
makes no excuse therefore, in pre-
senting the special exhibition which
it has arranged in this reading room
Many of the pictures in it are SO
horrible as to be unsuitable foI
publication in the newspapers
These photographs are a terrible
and convincing exposure of German
atrocities
Evening star., 1945-07-21
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

For the third concert of the series
at the Water Gate for which he will
act as guest conductor, Alexander
SnRllens chose an all-orchestral
program, the first of the season.
Whether absence OF soloist dimin-
ished interest or for other reasons,
the attendance last night was not
up to that of the earlier concerts,
although the evening was an ideal
one to spend in the open listening
to music. A few canoes glided close
to the barge leaving fan-shaped
wakes to mark their progress and
the airplanes came and went in the
routine now familiar to Water Gate
patrons. 1t was a peaceful at
mosphere and the music diverting in
its variety and enjoyable as to per-
formance.
The program was not high-browed
and seemed to typify what would
appeal to the masses of this gen.
Grafton and to that of some years
ago. 1t also might have been desig-
mated "A Study in Contrasts" or,
to those up-to-the-minute-m minded,
Progress" 1t was sharply divided,
the first part featuring works of
composers who lived at the turn of
the century and the second half,
writer's Of today. This arrangement
pleased both those who like their
music tuneful and those who like it
with bite in it.
Melody, grace and charming har-
monies abounded in the opening
numbers and angularity, stridency
and dissonance in the final Selec-
tions. Yet so well has the ear been
trained by the present-day output
that no exclusive diet of one or the
other is completely satisfying. The
sharp outlines of the modern trend
have something stimulating and
more in keeping with the restless
spirit of today than the soothing
rounded contours Of the older
writers.
AS examples of the latter, Mr.
Smallens selected the Dance OF
Evening star., 1945-07-21
Army Will Test Sleep Shifts
To Relieve Pullman SHORTAGE

ODTs order, called a step to make
travel policy uniform, also prescribes
two double seats or four single ones
for each three servicemen in day
coach. The extra is for stretching
purposes.
The Senate War Investigating
Committee will hold public hearings
on the problem of providing ade-
quate troop transportation. ODT
Director j. Monroe johnson is to be
the first witness, on Monday.
Earlier, the Pullman Co. an
nounced in New York that approx
mately two out of every three of the
Nations 172,000 estimated railroad
sleeper beds now were available for
military use.
The company said servicemen
could be accommodated in Isl ,00O
beds on 4,260 Pullman c1rs and 1,237
Government-owned sl.epers.
Civilians still he Ie $1,000 berths
in 2,540l cars despite last Sunday S
ODT order ending sleeping car serv-
ice between points $50 miles or less
apart.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
1929 Persons
Have Seen Pictures
At Congress Library

Thousands more visitors are ex-
pected to view the German atrocity
photomurals in the ground floor
galleries Of the Library of Con-
gress before the exhibit closes to-
morrow.
The hours are from g am. to
6 pm. today and from 1880 am
to 10 pm. tomorrow.
The enlarged photomurals show
ing results Of Nazi cruelties to pris-
oners in concentration camps
throughout Europe have attracted
throngs to the Library daily since
they opened to the public Saturday,
June 80.
Attendance yesterday was 1905,
bringing the total to date up to
1929.
Grim Warning.
The general idea expressed by
visitors from many governments
and from all walks of life, has been
that the pictures are horrible
almost unbelievable-but a grim
warning to the peoples of the world
to keep on guard against any such
thing happening again, anywhere.
Meantime, the War Department
motion pictures, which have been
showing in public school buildings,
move Monday to Francis Junior
High School, Twenty-fourth and N
streets NV, where the first show
will start at pm. They will con-
tinue throughout next week at least,
according to schedule published
with this article.
Attendance at the Wilson High
School showing of the motion pic
lures yesterday was $500.
The photomurals, prepared by the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch, and shown
there first are on display here under
joint auspices of The Star, and the
PoSt-Dispatch. They are to be
moved Monday to Boston, then
Cleveland, and later to other cities.
Wide Appeal in London
The universal appeal" of such
atrocity photographs was shown in
London, according to dispatch to
the Post-Dispatch from corre-
Spondent, Sam B. Armstrong.
More than 215,0o0 persons, have
viewed an exhibit of Nazi atroeity
pictures arranged by Lord Beaver
Evening star., 1945-07-21
OPA Price Suit Filed
Aquinst Dress Shop

Alexander and Belle Lyons, de-
scribed as co-partners trading as
Bellies Dress Shop, 4815 Georgia
avenue NV, yesterday were named
defendants in a District Court suit
filed by the once of Price Admin
istration, which charged violation
of price ceilings in retail sales Of
women's apparel and failure to keer
price records.
The suit, which asked an injunc-
ton to prevent alleged future VIOLA
tions, was filed by Carl w. Berueffy
District OPA chief enforcement
attorney.
Evening star., 1945-07-21

Justice Pine had no comment. but
he sentenced Hodge to serve from
one to three years on each of four
indictments with the sentences to
run concurrently.
Hodges record, dating back to
1881, shows convictions on drug
charges, robbery. larceny and a
charge of numbering his wife dis
missed because no indictment was
presented. He had told Justice
Pine he had no previous record OF
convictions.
Hodge was arrested February 2
on the latest drug charges by mar
cotic agents under Chief Agent
Leroy Morrison, and pleaded guilty
May %. AS he was being led to jail
after sentence was imposed this
morning, he had another surprise
to spring.
A set of hypodermic needles which
agents said were used very lately
was taken from his pocket.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
All-O Orchestral Program Led
BY Smallens at Water Gate

I the Hours" from roncnielli's opera
La Gioconda," two elegiac melo-
dies for string orchestra, Heart
Wounds" and THE Last Spring. .
by Grieg and Waldteufel's "Estu-
diantina Waltz" Bridging the dis
tance with Sibelius' stirring Fin
landia," the present was reached, by
way Of Henry Gilbert's Comedy
Overture on Negro Themes" in Will
liam Schuman's "Newsreel," the
"Nocturne" and Hoe Down" from
Copland's "Rodeo" topping off with
Herbert's American Fantasy"
The two Grieg numbers are sell
dom programmed, THE Last
Spring" not having been played in
many years since its introduction
at the Water Gate concerts and
Heart Wounds" as rarely. They are
true Grieg idiom, romantic, and
pleasing In their flowing line.
Placed between the dance numbers,
one of the formal ballet and the
other of the ballroom, they COM
pleted the picture of the senti-
mental and charming delicacy of a
bygone era.
| The more superficial tendency Of
today was embodied in Schuman's
"Newsreel," which depicts a Horse
Race" Fashion Show" Tribal
Dance" Monkeys at the Zoo" and
Parade" Gilbert, in his utilization
of Negro themes in his Comedy
Overture" and COPELAND in the ex-
cerpts from his "Rodeo" have struck
deeper into portions of American
life that have roots in the soil.
This diversified array called upon
the musical skill of the conductor
and the orchestra to give to each
work its particular style. The or
chestra, which has increased its
crispness of delivery under Mr.
Smallens direction, gave an ami
mated performance that was embel-
lished with effective nuances espe-
cially in the Ponchielli, the Grieg
and the Waldteufel Sibelius' pulse
stirring "Finlandia" was built up
with measured power and the Gil
bert overture was played with aban-
don. The program was unique and
Mr.. Smallens presented it with in
sight and conviction.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
German Atrocity PhotomuroI
Exhibit Will Close Tomorrow
Schedule for Showing
Nozi Atrocity Films

Free public showings of the
War Department Nazi atrocity
film and an indoctrination film
are scheduled up to July 80, at
least.
Children under Is are not
admitted. =,
The films will be shown at 2.
$40, 4:20, $50, $40, 7:50 and
9 pm, except as noted below.
Monday, Francis Junior High,
Twenty fourth and N streets
NV, opening 7 pm.
July "a, Stuart Junior High.
July 25, Barry Farms
Community Center.
July 26, Congress Heights
School, opening 6 pm.
July 27, Howard University.
July 80, Greenbelt Md Com
munity Center.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
Airport PurIey Delayed

The third joint airport users con-
ference, sponsored by the National
Aeronautical Association has been
postponed to August 81 and % at
the Hotel Statler, NAA officials an
nounced today. The meeting orig
inally was scheduled for next Mon
day and Tuesday. Additions to the
program and conflicting meetings
made the postponement necessary
the officials said.
Evening star., 1945-07-21

N. Y, in 1903, and Harry H. Mccall,
SO, a native of Philadelphia, who
arrived in 1905.
The two men have been named
master mechanics at the Naval Gun
Factory. Not more than Is out
of approximately 10000 workers at
the yards have obtained that status
Mr. Doyle, who lives with his wife
at 1015 Hamlin street NE, heads
Gun Shop Z. Mr.. Mccall Of 30a
East Capitol street, heads Shop S
where guns are assembled.
Evening star., 1945-07-21
2 Veteran Mechanics
Reach Top of Trade

Two veteran mechanics, who be-
tween them have a record of 81
years service at the Washington
Navy Yard, have reached the TOP
of their trade.
Fellow workers today are salut-
ing Richard Henry Doyle. 65, who
came to the yards from Rochester
Evening star., 1945-07-21
Helen Hayes Year Vacation
Yields to Lure of New PLAY
BY JAY CARMODY.

that wife planning to take actng?
Charles Macarthur, whose
this
Arthur said
several days and today that 1t
Arthur Plans
Birth Of Adde Bemis he Anita which
Evening star., 1945-07-21
K-B THEATERS

ApGY 4efh & Moss. Ave. NV.
AsA AAD Woodley $500
Healthfully Air Conditioned.
Today Through Monday-First Uptown
Showing - BETTY CRADLE In Billy
Roses DIAMOND HORSESHOE" in
Technicolor. At 1:20, 1926, $50, TAO.
ATy NC 1891 n S. NE. At $500.
sHealthfully Air Conditioned.
Continuous Ill PM:-Doors Open 1880:
GLADYS GEORGE In "STEPPIN IN
SOCIETY,"" Also DON BARRY, OTTO
KRUGER and LYNNE ROBERTS in
THE CHICAGO KID" Also Chapter
No. 8 of Federal Operator No. DO" plus
Commute cartoon show. Matinee and
evening.
pRTNcYSS uls n ST. Ne.
AsAAs vAsssS TR. 1900
Healthfully Air Conditioned
Continuous ILL P.M.--Doors Open 1880.
WILD BILL ELLIOTT as "RED RYDER
In GREAT. STAGECOACH ROBBERY" /"
SAYRE in MEN OF SAN QUENTIN"
Also Chapter No. II of THE Black Ar"
row ynd h-hour special comedy. car
SENATOR Mlnn- Ave. g, I, s:ncios s
Healthfully Air Conditioned
Cont. I'LL PM Doors Open 1880.
Double Feature Progrann.
The Happy-Go,Latin Musical Romance;
pm. Also bANdETous tfAssAdE.S
At 2;55. 9. 0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-09
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. G.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER >,
Capt. Darcy, Army Band Leader.
Appears for Last Time Toniqht
Retires This Week;
Also Led Bond
In World War

Capt. Thomas r. Darcy will make
his final appearance as leader of
the United States Army Band in
CONCERT on the Capitol Plaza from
8 to 9:15 o'clock tonight.
A veteran of SO years in the Army
and leader of the band for the past
10 years, Capt. Darcy is retiring this
week, the War Department an
nounced yesterday.
The Army Band returned recent
ly from two years of overseas serv-
ice, during which it played for more
than 5000, 600 soldiers and civilians
In North Africa, Sicily, England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France,
Belgium and parts of Germany.
Capt. Darcy entered the Army
as an enlisted man in 1912, and at
the age of % became leader of the
18th Infantry Band of the list In
fantry Division, directing that band
during the World War. He was
wounded in 1918 and wears the
Purple Heart and Silver Star.
At the end of the World War,
he toured Europe with composite
band from various American Army
Division and the official bands of
the British. French and Italian
armies.
Capt. Darcy has described Gen.
John j. Pershing as the father
of the band. Gen. Pershing started
the wheels moving for its organiza-
ton when he commanded American
Expeditionary Forces in France.
The Army Band was organized as
q unit after that war and its first
official performance was at the
dedication of the Tomb of the I'm
known Soldier, Capt. Darcy recalled
recently.
He was associate leader and trum-
pet soloist of the band from 1926
to 1885 when he became leader.
During this war he also has served
as Dean of the Army Music School.
A composer in his own right, Capt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-09

teachers have been assigned TO work
only with the veterans.
DR.. Robert G. Vanderlip, now back
teaching after two years with the
Army Air Forces. will direct classes
for white veterans at Central. j. N.
Saunders, assistant to the principal
at Dunbar High School, will direct
the classes for colored veterans at
Dunbar.
Mr.. Haycock stressed that veterans
are welcome to enroll in regular
classes at any high school. The spe-
cial classes are for those who want
to get their diplomas and then get
jobs quickly, he said.
The two centers will pay particu-
lar attention to preparing veterans
to enter colleges they may wish to
attend under the provisions Of the
CT Bill of Rights.
Veterans not after a degree but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-09
High Schools Offer
|Speeded- Up Courses
For War Veterans

Veterans who want to finish their
high school work in hurry can
take special courses at Central and
Dunbar High Schools, Robert L.
Haycock, superintendent of schools,
announced yesterday.
As service to veterans who do
not want to proceed slowly through
the regular semester system to get
their diplomas, Mr.. Haycock has ar
ranged for them to work at their
own speed in these two schools.
ut should easily be possible for
Woodworking veterans to reduce by
many months the time necessary for
the average high school youngster
to complete the course" MIR. Hay
cock said.
The veterans classes will be
known as Laboratories" Several