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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-02-09

With the Fifth Army, Italy.-Pri-
vate Elmer P. j. Middendorf, son of
Mrs. Elizabeth Middendorf, 1853 Gar
den Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio, has been
cited by the 361st Infantry Regiment
of the 91st "Power River" Division
and awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge for actual participation in COM
bat against the enemy with the Fifth
Army in Italy.
Standards for the badge are high.
The decoration is awarded to the in
fantry soldier who has proved his
fighting ability in combat.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-07

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persons unemployed
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Evening star., 1945-01-14
Council Urges Care
In Drafting Nurses

The National Council of Catholic
Nurses yesterday urged that any
legislation for induction of nurses
into the armed service contain pro-
vision for maintenance of adequate
staffs in vital civilian nursing
schools and health agencies.
Views of the organization were
made public in a press conference
with Miss Anne H. Houck, president,
and Miss Mary E. Kelly. past presi-
dent of the council, at the Statler
Hotel. %i
Induction of nurses into the armed
forces under selective service should
be resorted to only when all other
methods have failed, Miss Kelly
said.
Miss Kelly said the organization
favored the present system of classi-
flying nurses under the Assignment
Service for Nurses of the War Man
power Commission. II that agency
she continued, we're empowered to
compel nurses to adhere to their
status under the VINO classifica-
ton. there would be no reason for
drafting.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Injunction Granted
AGAINST Meat Firm

Visiting Judge j. C. Collet an
nounced yesterday in District Court
that he would issue an injunction
against Walter Brown IL Sons, Inc.
11o0 block of Maryland avenue S.W.
wholesale meat dealers, enjoinine
the firm from violating Once oil
Price Administration price ceilings
in the sale of meats.
Judge Collet instructed Assistant
Enforcement Attorney J. Grahame
Walker Of the OPA to prepare q
formal order In the 14-month- -old
case to be signed by Tuesday.
At one stage of the argument
Judge Collet was interrupted by q
deputy court clerk who said some
attaches were of the opinion that
court action after midday on Satur-
day was illegal He replied, how.
ever. that he did not subscribe tc
that view and attorneys for both
sides agreed to proceed.
Immediately after the decision
was rendered, Attorney Arthur j
'Hllland, representing the firm, asked
permission of Judge Collet to ap-
peal to the United States Emer-
gency Court of Appeals. to contest
the validity of the price ceiling regu-
lations concerned in the Injunction
suit. Judge Collet then announced
he would consider a formal motion
which Is to be filed on that question
Evening star., 1945-01-14
0'hahoney viii Address
Board Of Trade tuesday

Senator O,Mahcney, Democrat, OF
Wyoming win address approximate
ly / 900 Warrington Board of Trade
members at pm. Tuesday at the
Maynower Hotel, E. Barrett Pret-
lyman, president, announced yes
terday. Senator O'Mahoney will
speak ON Business and the Post.
war World"
Other speakers will be Wayne G
Taylor, Undersecretary of the Treas.
ury, and Richmond B. Keech, Dis
trict corporation counsel. Mr.. Tay.
lor will talk on washington, the
Postwar World Capital" and Mr.
Keech will discuss legislation to be
sought at the present session OF
Congress.
Before the meeting there will bt
a District Night" display of war.
time and peacetime products ol
more than IS Washington manu-.
featuring concerns. Robert B. Swope
industrial and commercial interest.
committee chairman Of the Boare
of Trade, will direct the exhibit.
Mr.. Prettyman announced ths
Chesapeake IL Potomac Telephone
Co. glee club will sing at the meet.
ing.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Home Accidents
Include Loss Of
|GnI,s Second Eve.

An 18-year-old girl, who previous
ly had lost an eye in q home acci.
dent when she ran into a door. lost
her other eye last week after in
juring it while opening an. icebox
the District Red Cross Accident
Prevention Service reported yester-
day In announcing that 172 persons
have been injured in home accidents
here since January /.
Other eye injuries last week
which necessitated hospital treat
ment, occurred when woman
scratched her eyeball with a hair
brush while fixing her hair, and 4
man received burned eye when
antifreeze in his automobile radi-
ator boiled out as he was removing
the radiator cap.
Nine District hospitals reported
86 home injuries treated last week
Twenty -four persons were hurt in
falls, ID were burned, 6 accidently
took poison, was wounded in an
accidental discharge of q firearm
8 mad foreign bodies in their eyes,
throat and stomach, 10 were cut and
10 suffered injuries of miscella-
neous origin.
One man was demonstrating to
his wife how to use gun for her
protection while he was away at
work during the night and the wife's
hand was injured by an acciden-
tai shot. A young woman, trying to
tie a scarf around her head, with a
safety pin in her mouth, sneezed
and swallowed the pin,
Evening star., 1945-01-14
District Government
Starts Draft Survey

Fearful that vital municipal func-
tions would be seriously impaired
If: all able bodied men under 80 were
drafted, the District Agency Com
mittee, headed by Walter L. Fowler
budget officer, is compiling figures
on the draft situation in various
departments. Tables are expected
to be completed early in the week.
( As of November Is, the District
had .226 men in la. The Fire De-
partments has: SO men deferred and
the Police Department about 700.
In the opinion of Ralph A. Norton,
secretary OF the committee, the Dis
trict will have to continue to seek
oecupational deferments for penal
institution guards s-the exact NUM-
per deferred was, unknown last
night and for. many in the sewer
and refuse departments. s
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Registration Dote Delay
Grunted RentuI Brokers

Robert r. Cogswell. District rent
control administrator, announced
yesterday that the effective date OF
an order requiring rooming and
boarding house brokers to register
houses with the Rent Control Of
fice when they. are advertised for
sale has been postponed until jan
uaryi25. -
The order, originally to become
effective January I, was postponed
until January Is at the request OF
the Washington Business Chance
Brokers Association and other Or
ganizAtions wishing to make sug-
gestions for modification of the or
der. The second postponement was
occasioned by 4 change Of counsel
for the Business Chance Brokers,
Mr.. Coesweil said.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Senate Group 10 Consider
ALLEGATION for Gas Inouir,

Chairman Lucas Of the Senate
Committee on Audit and Accounts
announced yesterday he would call
. meeting Of his committee this
week to consider the request Of the
Senate District Committee for an
ALLEGATION Of $2,500 to finance the
proposed investigation Of the Dis
trict's gasoline shortage.
Senator Lucas said Chairman
Bilbo Of the District Committee
would be invited to present his case.
While not judging the question in
advance, Senator Lucas warned
that his COMMITTEES would want
proof OF the need" for the. fund
He added there was q feeling among
both Democrat and Republican
leaders there had been q tendency
In the past to create too many spe-
cial investigating groups ii the
Senate. n
Evening star., 1945-01-14
7 Ordnance Employees
Given Merit Awards

Two Army Ordnance Department
employees who did outstanding work
in developing new ordnance designs
have been given the War Depart
ment Exceptional Civilian Service
Awards.
They are August Dubrasky, 47o8
Forty sixth street NV, chief engi-
neer of the Antiaircraft and Fire
Control Section, and Victor F. Lucht,
1906 Kansas avenue NV, chief
engineer in charge of aircraft arma-
ment.
Mr.. Dubrasky was cited for the
automatic power controls, developed
under his supervision. They are
said to be among the most important
improvements in antiaircraft artil-
lery. He has served in the Ordnance
Department since 1916 and has been
in charge of the antiaircraft engi-
neering section since its establish
ment in 1925.
Mr.. Lucht not only distinguished
himself by pioneering the design OF
mounts for large caliber cannon in
airplanes, the citation declared, but
also lat great potential personal
danger, acted as a cannoneer dur
ing the first trial flrings of 75-mm
cannon mounted in an airplane. >
He has been with the Ordnance De-
partment since 1916. except for a
flve-year period between 1928-33
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Transit Firm Oppose.
Paying Major Share
OF Subway Costs

A spokesman for the Capital
Transit Co. yesterday made clear
that the company would fight sug-
gestions that the firm pay most, If
not all, of the costs Of the proposed
$56, ,00o, 900 streetcar subway system,
1t such project Is ordered.
The company view. one of its ON
cials said, would be that the people
OF Washington generally. rather
than the company alone, would be
the beneficiaries of subways and
therefore that the Community" in
stead Of the company should carry
the costs.
Company Views Asked.
Chairman D'Alesandro Of the
Trafnc Subcommittee OF the House
District Committee last week wrote
to E. D. Merrill, president of the
transit company, asking for his
views on the proposals contained in
the comprehensive report by con-
sulting engineers Of the District on
its survey OF the downtown area. u
He asked particularly for comments
on the financial angles Of the SUBJ
ject.
Mr.. Merrill is expected to draft
his reply sometime this week.
In answer to inquiries from news
paper reporters, another official oi
the company issued this statement
The tentative cost OF the nro.
posed subways. estimated to exc3ee
$5s, 900 900. Ii almost equal to tht
company's entire property account
Obviously. the company cannot pay
such costa.
Points to Inconvenience.
THE costs OF such projects, which
will free the streets and encourage
additional auto trafic in the post
war years, to the Inconvenience OF
the riders of the streetcars and
buses, who, will have extra stairs to
climb and longer distances to walk
should be financed by the COM
munity. .-- -.
Company costs, ultimately, are
streetcar and bus rider costs, AND
to ask our riders to bear the finan-
Icial burden Is discrimination against
the ma jority Of the public who now
and in the postwar period will de-
pend upon a sound transit company
for economical and modern service. Z
In informal discussion of the SUBJ
ject on Capitol Hill earlier, Repre-
sentative Hebert, Democrat, OF
Louisiana declared he felt the COM
pany should pay most, If not all
the subway costs.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
0Mahoney 10 Keep
D. E.. Appropriations
Post in Senate

Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming, yesterday announced his
willingness to continue to serve in
the new Congress as chairman of
the subcommittee of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee which ham
dies the annual District supply bills.
There are two pending vacancies
on the group, however, and Senator
Mcclellan, Democrat. of Tennessee,
acting chairman of the full commit
tee, is expected to call meeting
this week to determine subcommit-
tee assignments.
Three places on the District SUBJ
committee for this SESSION were set
tied yesterday when Chairman
Bilbo of the Senate District Com
mittee reappointed the three men,
bers of the District legislative group
who sit as ex-offcio members of
the appropriations subcommittee
They are: Chairman Bilbo, Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland,
and Senator Bridges Republican, of
New Hampshire.
There are two vacancies on the
subcommittee, caused by the election
defeats of former Senators Nye, Re-
publican of North Dakota, and Hol-
man, Republican Of Oregon.
In addition to Chairman OMa-
honey, other members of the SUBJ
committee as constituted in the last
session were: Senators Glass of Vir.
ginia, Overton of Louisiana, Thom-
as of Oklahoma. Maloney of Con-
necticut. Chavez of New Mexico
and Mead of New York, Democrats;
and Gurney of South Dakota, and
Burton of Ohio, Republicans.
Officials indicated no further
changes were contemplated now,
other than to fill the Nye and Hol-
man vacancies, but that this might
be subject to some change If de-
sirable in connection with other
subcommittee aSciCpp,apfe
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Dr.. Schmidt to Address
Business Librarians

DR.. Emerson p. Schmidt, director
OF the economic research depart..
ment OF the United States Chamber
OF Commerce, win speak at 4 meet-
ing OF the business libraries group
of the Washiss~.~n chs ~te~ ~-,.csaI
Libraries Association. al 49, pm.
tomorrow In the Continental Hotel
Wanda Mae johnson, group chair.
man. announced yesterday. J
DR.. Schmidt will talk On the
Postwar Economic Outlook
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Mrs. Wiley 10 Present Plea
For Protection Of Trees

A plea to preserve the trees on
the Temple Heights property at
Connecticut and Florida avenues
NV, will be brought before the
Federation of Citizens Association
meeting Saturday night by Mrs.
Harvey W.. Wiley, president OF the
Kalorama Citizens Association and
delegate to the federation, Mrs.
Bertha Taylor Voorherst, secretary
OF the Kalorama Association, said
last night.
The newly organized Temple
Heights Tree Committee, composed
of members Of the Kalorama asso-
citation, will convene after the fed
GRAFTON meeting to further develop
plans to save the Temple Heights
property for memorial park, Mrs
Voorherst said.
The Tree Committee was formed
following reports that q tentative
purchase agreement had been con-
cluded between an undisclosed buy
er and the present owners Of Tenn
pie Heights, q Masonic order
Evening star., 1945-01-14

John L Cutter, United Press, was
one vote behind Mr.. Bell. receiving
156, BuKley Grifnn, representing
the Hartford Times, was reelected
with 146 votes. William Knighton,
Of the Baltimore Sun, was fourth
with l2l votes.
Willard Edwards. Chicago Tri-
bune, received 73 votes. A total OF
l75 correspondents voted.
The outgoing board consisted OF
Ned Brooks, Scripps- Howard serv-
ice; Cecil Dickson, Gannett news
papers. Jack Bell, Associated Press,
Eddie Folltard, washington Pest,
and Mr.. Griffin.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Regional Diplomatic Setup
Urged by Dean Lands
Ey the Associated p;ess.

Ey the Associated P,ess.
The diplomatic service should be
lreorganized to handle political and
economic problems on a .regiona
instead of country-by-countr
basis, Dean James M. Lands said
yesterday.
just back from the Middle East,
where he headed a regional eco
lnomic mission for the State Depart
n1ent, the Harvard Law School dean
said he thought efficiency and cor
relation could be achieved without
creation Of special department OF
foreign trade.
Some Of President Roosevelts as
isociates have discussed tentatively
the latter possibility.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
.FBI Re-arrests Shelton
On Securities CHARGE;
Hearing Tomorrow

]. Paul Shelton, n, OF 1896 North
Powhatan street, Arlington, who wa.
freed Friday under $4,000 bond or
charges of attempted bank robbery
and kidnapping. was rearrested yes
terday by Federal Bureau OF In
vestigation agents in Baltimore or
a charge of violating the Stoler
Property Act.
He was turned over tosthe Federal
marshal In Baltimore pending Ar-
rAignment tomorrow before United
States Commissioner James r. Cul-
len.
FBI agents here said the newest
charge against Shelton involved the
transportation of falsely made Sc
curitdes totaling , 1868 between
Maryland and the District. They
said the securities were two checks
on;a Washington bank.
Shelton had been released unde,
SO 600 bond by United States Com
missioner Stanley King in Alexan-
dria on charges of attempted bank
robbery and kidnapping pending a
hearing January Is.
Later, Shelton posted $1,000 bond
In Arlington, where he is charged
only with attempted bank robbery.
A hearing is scheduled there March
IL. - -, f. - -
Shelton was arrested January 6
by Arlington County police and
charged with the attempted robbery
that day of the East Falls Church
branch Of the Falls Church Bank.
Two days later, he was charged
under Federal warrants with at
tempted bank robbery and with kid
naping Grace Wadlington, l4-year-
old Arlington schoolgirl Of 661t
Lee highway, who was used as q
shield by masked bandit in es-
Gaping from the bank.
Al former Arlington automobile
salesman, Shelton was employed al
the Glenn L. Martin aircraft plant
In Baltimore when arrested.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Montgomery to Unite
For Chest Cumpuion

The annual meeting of the Mont
gomery County Chest will be held
at 3 pm. tomorrow at the Subur-
ban Hospital In Bethesda, marking
the first meeting Of the combined
organization of the chest and coun-
Gil which was voted last June.
Bylaws will be adopted for the
combined Organization and a slate
OF officers and members OF the
board of trustees presented for elec-
fi<,v, = s sst4S ..a
Evening star., 1945-01-14
House 10 Get
Taxicab Control
Bill Tomorrow
Harris Would Ban
Operation Of Vehicle.
By Federal Employees
) By DON S. WARREN.

Representative Harris, Democrat
of Arkansas announced yesterday
he would introduce bill tomorrow
to provide centralized control OF
the taxicab industry here, strike at
the BLACK market" in licenses, and
ban Government employees from
driving cabs after hours"
Mr.. Harris, member of the House
District Committee, said he would
introduce the bill at the request OF
Edwin A. Glenn, vice president and
business agent of the United Taxi
cab Drivers, Inc.
The Harris bill would limit the
authority of the Public Utilities
Commission to taxicab rate-makine
and would set up new board with
full authority to control the indus
try. 1t would make special provi-
sion for returning veterans.
Taxi Licenses Frozen.
In 194l the Public Utilities Com
mission and ODT froze taxi Ii
censes. Ever since, thriving black
market in licenses has prevailed,
observers say, because of the war
time limit on the number of cabs
that may be licensed. Mr.. Glenn
yesterday cited an instance in which
he. found the market value" of the
S25 license to be $1,000 over and
above the actual value OF the cab
itself.
The new taxicab control board
In the measure would consist of
the peoples counsel as one MEM
ber, the chief hack inspector of
the Police Department, and a cab
driver, to be recommended by a
majority of the taxi drivers holding
Identification cards.
The driver, who would be chair
man, would have to be a United
States citizen, at least rs years of
age. He would have to have earned
his principal income operating a
cab In the District for the last three
years. The post would pay SAL
ary Of 5000 a year, and the in
cumbent may be reappointed.
The bill would authorize the new
board to allow not more than 500
cabs for each 100 900 population, and
would limit to not more than 75O
per 100000 population the number
OF drivers to be licensed. Washing
ton is said to have more taxicabs
per square mile than any other city
IN the United States.
Better Service Possible
In support of this proposal, Mr..
Glenn said, at might be found that
better service could be maintained
with fewer cabs under proper su-
pervision by the board"
Mr.. Glenn declared the "black
market" angle was only a minor
feature in the background of build
ing up the structure of the bill,
even though it has specific provi-
sions against license transfers as
now practiced.
He emphasized, however, that the
plan for the new board would elm
mate the conflicting jurisdiction
over cabs held by five separate agen-
cies, the District Commissioners,
the Public Utilities Commission, the
Board OF Revocation and Review
OF Character Licenses, the Trafic
Division of the Police Department
and the Hack Inspectors Office Of
the Metropolitan Police.
While Mr.. Glenn said he didn't
anticipate strong opposition by big
companies to the bill, Harry Davis,
president of the Diamond Co., told
reporters he felt the whole pur-
pose of the measure was ito give
somebody a lob at xa.n0N a wear"
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Two Brothers Face
Murder Charges in
Maryland Outbreak
By the Associated Press.

6y tIte ASS0ci6leo FfeSS.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md, Jan. l3-
Two young colored brothers were
charged with first degree murder to-
day in connection with the fatal
shooting of an Eastern Shore sea-
food packer during an outbreak of
violence last night, Somerset Coun-
ty States Attorney Harry c. Dash
iell reported.
Mr.. Dashiell identified the youths
as Welton Jones, l8, and his brother
Holbrook, Is. and said the. charge
grew out of the shooting of I. Ray
nor Graham, 80, near his Deal
Island packing house.
1t. William H. Weber, State police
field commander, said earlier, how
ever, that Welton Jones admitted
participating in four assaults In
which Mr.. Graham was fatally shot
Kenneth Willing, is, of Chance
wounded slightly in the head; Peggy
Price, 16, beaten, and Ada White
48, co-owner of a store at Chance
choked last night. $50.
Area Reported Quiet.
State police reported the area
quiet today after so officers were
rushed to the Eastern Shore last
night. They said there was httl,
work done in the oyster house,
and OH Chesapeake Bay sea-foo.
boats because, Hany ceanrede worker,
remained At their homes
The warrant for the Jones broth.
ers was sworn out today befor,
Judge L. Shanley Ford, trial magis.
trate OF Somerset County.
The States attorney said the
youths were ''in official custody,
but added, Il don't believe they are
in Somerset County"
During the night, State police
and Somerset County officials in ad.
dition to groups of armed citizens
searched the Chance and Deal Is
land area for the youths.
Engaged in Argument.
From statements given by Welton
Jones and his brother and others
1t. Weber related this story:
Willing and the two boys engaged
in an argument and Willing was
wounded slightly by a bullet. The
brothers had been drinking beer.
The Jones brothers went to Prin-
cess Anne, returning home after
dark, where the assaults on the two
women took place. 1t. Weber said
the women screamed and the youths
fed l..
Mr.. Graham's body was found
later. and 1t. Weber said approx
mately $l05 was missing from his
clothes. Approximately that amount
he added, was found on the person.
of the two brothers. Mr.. Graham
had financed an oyster boat for tn,
two youths, 1t. Weber reported. H.
was married and had five children
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Ambassador to Speak
ON 'Uruquuy Nioht'

The YMCA an-American Ciut
and the Washington Welcomes Yol
Project win present ''Urugua,
Night" at $3.50 pm. tomorrow Al
the Interior Department Audi.
torium.
DR.. Juan Carlos Blanco, Ambas.
sador from Uruguay, will be guest
OF honor and principal speaker. A
Hausical program viii be presented
by Glen Carow, concert pianist, anc
Marie Olive, mezso-soprano.