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Evening star., 1946-09-22
Hicswa Still al Large
After Hospital Escape
BY the Associotsd Pres,

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 81. - Pvt
Joseph E. Hicswa, jr., slayer of two
japanese civilians, escaped from a
hospital in Tokyo September II and
is still at large. the United States
9th Army provost marshal an
nounced today.
Without apparent motive, Hicswa
fatally slashed two japanese men
in park last November "a as he
was awaiting transportation home
He was sentenced to death, but after
pleas by his family in Wellington
N. j., and others, President Truman
last May commuted his sentence
to 80 years in prison.
While still under death sentence
the 20-year-old soldier escaped
prison on March but was recap
tured the same day.
Since the communication he had
been in the 9th Army stockade
awaiting transfer to prison in the
United States. He was sent to the
hospital recently after swallowing
two small nails.
At Wellington, N. j., Adam Hic-
swa, an uncle of the soldier and
spokesman for the family, asked,
How are these escapes possible? ?"
He added the family's only other
comment was concern as to when
the youth was to be returned to
the United States. He said the
War Department informed the
family in June that the papers on
the soldier had been cleared and
his return awaited only availability
of transportation. which was ex-
pected the following month.
The boys mother had written to
President Truman concerning the
delay, the uncle said. but had re-
ceived no reply.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Prof. E. Y. NobIin, 81,
OF Y. P. l., Drops Dead

BLACKSBURG, Va, Sept. 21.-
E. Y. Noblin, 50, associate profess
Sor Of agricultural education at Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, dropped
dead today while hunting near
Blackburg.
Prof. Nohlin was graduated from
the University OF Richmond in 1917
and took his master of science de-
gree from " P l. in 1921. He made
an outstanding record as agricul-
tural instructor at South Hill, his
Future Farmers chapter there WIN
ming State and national prizes. He
came to Blacksburg in 1910.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Economy Suggestions
5aveAAF S62,297,829

Economy suggestions from mill
tary and civilian personnel of the
Army Air Forces resulted in S62,-
s297, 1929 in savings since June, 1943
the AAF announced yesterday.
A survey indicated that the brains
of civilian employees yielded far
more suggestions for savings than
those of the military personnel, even
allowing for the fact that the pro-
gram of civilian suggestions was
started a year earlier.
Intent of the dual suggestion
program, it was said, was to de-
termine methods of accomplishing
War Department jobs more eff
flciently and at lower cost.
The civilian program is estimated
to have saved the United States
$50 ,538,903. A total of 88,480 sug-
gestions were received and 17,0O4
were put into use. For the sugges-
tions adopted, employees we're paid
S674,5 in premiums.
The military program resulted in
11,089 suggestions, of which 1901
were adopted.
An AAF sergeant came up with
six inventions, all of which are now
standard equipment. He was award
ed the Legion of Merit.
In May, 1945, when the war was
at its crucial point, a peak of 4,393
suggestions were received and more
than l,100 were adopted. They re-
suited in an estimated saving of
SIS, 9,503,735 annually.
The Air Materiel Command. where
technical problems are of prime i'm
portance, led all other branches of
the AAF with suggestions saving
more than $50000,0O0 in that Or
ganization alone.
Evening star., 1946-09-22

and to see if they could be put tt
work, it was explained that where
the answer to the questionnaire in.
dicated the veteran obviously was
not available for suitable work,
steps would be taken to disqualify
him from receiving any more checks
for awhile.
Here are highlights from the an
swers to the questionnaire:
OF the 766 veterans reporting, 551
had drawn unemployment pay for
20 to % consecutive weeks; $50 were
on the rolls for 30 to 80 consecutive
weeks and 35 had been on the rolls
for 40 or more weeks.
Report On Experience.
For the veterans who have held
no jobs since leaving the service,
the average time elapsed since serv-
ice was II months. The time elapsed
between jobs for those who had
worked since service averaged nine
months.
On the score of job experience,
$40 said they held jobs before going
to war; 80 were in school before
entering the armed forces and 66
said they had never worked
According to figures furnished
by the veterans, the USES made
1,041 referrals to jobs. The veterans
themselves said they had made
4.776 contacts with employers, in
cluding the USES referrals and
contacts made on their own initia-
tive. The survey as made public
by Mr.. Wharton, however, indicated
that only about half the veterans
ever saw potential employers.
On 573 occasions. veterans draw
ing jobless pay refused work The
reasons varied. Twenty-eight vet
Grams said they expected to return
to their old employers. Since vet
erans' unemployment rights to their
old jobs last only three months,
however, this reason could no longer
fit the case of man out of the
service 20 or more weeks.
In the cases of other refusals, los
veterans were dissatisfied with wages
and hours, Al had transportation
difficulties, go contended the jobs
were outside their usual occupation,
seven pleaded housing problem,
10 said they were attending school
and lis gave a variety of other rea
sons.
Civilian Occupations.
In listing their civilian occupa-
tions. $50 said they were unskilled;
219 claimed skilled trades; 81 gave
clerical or sales occupations and IS
placed themselves in the profess
sional or managerial occupations.
Replying to a question designed
to determine where their military
experience would fit into civilian
work, 81 listed. military duties which
could be CLASSIFIED as professional
or managerial in civilian life; 81
said their service experience fitted
them for clerical or sales jobs; 153
training qualifying them
for skilled occupations and 159
placed themselves In unskilled occu-
pations.
The ages of the ng-time unem-
p1oyed varied from 10 or less to 40
and over Of the 766 reporting, 431
were in the 20-28 age bracket; 256
in the 30-39 group; rs were 40
years old or more and four were 10
or less. Only II of the total were
women.
Of the veterans who got civilian
job and then left it, 10 reported
they were discharged; p were laid
off; 50 quit; 10 left to attend school
and SO gave variety of other rea-
sons.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Chevy Chase Group Hits
County Weed Inaction

The Chevy Chase Gardens Citi-
/ zens Association yesterday criticized
the Montgomery County Commis-
sioners for their failure to adopt an
ordinance requiring owners of va
cant lots in the suburban area to
keep them clear of weeds.
Declaring all first-class munich
palities in the United States have
such ordinances, the association as
serted that ''it is unfair to residents
of the community who take pride
in the appearance of their proper
ties to allow nonresident owners to
keep untidy lots"
7 The association pointed out that
the County Civic Federation has
urged adoption Of such an ordi-
nance.
Evening star., 1946-09-22

steak and roast beef. Judge Sted-
man Prescott of the Montgomery
County Circuit Court presided.
Capt. Warren Lockwood, A. N. s.,
Silver Spring. who has a farm in
Virginia and Is former resident of
Hillandale, donated the meat.
Among those present were Roland
B. Dube. president of the St. Mary S
County Volunteer Fire Department;
John M. Brown, president of the
Prince Georges County Volunteer
Firemens Associations: and w
Bartgis Storm, president of the
Maryland State Firemens Associ-
ton.
Mr.. Marschalk succeeded David
Tuohey, of Cabin John,
Evening star., 1946-09-22
W. Bernard Duke, Is,
Former Banker, Dies
BY ihe Associated Press

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Sept. Iii
w. Bernard Duke, sr., 73. former
steamship line president an
banker, died today at his home, the
Valley Lee Farm, in st. Mary's
County.
Surviving Mr.. Duke, who had been
Ill for several weeks are his widow
and son, w. Bernard Duke, jr.
Between 1910 and 1920 Mr.. Duke
was president of the Atlantic, Gulf
and Pacific Steamship Co., and
later became president of the Sea-
board Bank in Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at the Mattingly Funeral Home
in LeonardtoWn. There will be a
requiem mass in the Holy Name
Catholic Church at Leonardtown
and burial will be in the st. Francis
Xavier Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Street Cleaners Strike

PRINCETON. w. Va, Sept. 81 Up
l-Princeton's nine-man street force
including sewer maintenance, sweep
ing and trash collection crews, in
formed the city council today they
woould not be on the job Monday
unless they are given a pay increase
They seek an increase from rs to IS
cents per hour.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Freiqhter Is RefIoated

BALBOA, c. T., Sept. 81 P,.-
United States Army headquarters
here announced that the freighter
Half Hitch, which ran aground yes
terday on Lampe Shoals, 20 miles
off the El Salvador coast, freed her
self today and resumed her voyage
to Amapala. Honduras.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Veterans
Continued From First Page }

aire by the time the answers had
to be reported to VA. Mr.. Wharton
said, however, the QUESTIONABLE
would continue to go out to every
District veteran as he draws his
goth consecutive unemployment
check.
Every veteran who turns in the
QUESTIONABLE, Mr. Wharton ex-
planned, is notified to go at once
to the USES for individual confer
ence with counselor whose job is
to find out why the veterans can't
find jobs and to advise them on
switching their occupations or TAX
ing more training.
While the fundamental purpose
of the QUESTIONABLE was to find out
why the veterans weren't working
Evening star., 1946-09-22

CUiifeHtlOn o l
the group at the
Hillandale, Md,
frehouse.
Election of Of
fcers followed an
afternoon which
included tugs of
war among II
county fire de-
partm9ts, soft
ball games and
d e m onstrations
of fire fighting
equipment.
| More than 200
persons attended
a, hannllet, of
Evening star., 1946-09-22
20 Slain in Rice Lootinq

RANGOON, Burma. Sept. 81 P).-
A police report said 20 persons were
killed Wednesday when police fired
into armed rice looters. One soldier
was among the killed.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Montgomery Firemen
Elect Marscha|k 10
Head Association

Henry Marschalk Of Takoma Park
last night was elected president of
the Montgomery County Association
of Volunteer Firemen at the annual
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Rock Creek Dance PIunned

The Rock Greek Forest Citizens
Association will give dance Satur-
day night at the Rock Greek Park
shelter
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Circulation, August, 1916

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Evening star., 1946-09-11
Two Pro Cage Loops
To Operate in Unison
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-Two high
power professional basket ball
leagues plan to operate in harmony
this season as they get down to big
business in the unprecedented post
war sports boom.
In contrast to the football war
over the signing and Turing away
of big name players, the two pro
cage circuits are at peace.
At least that's the verdict of Carl
Bennett Of Fort Wayne, Ind, presi-
dent of a three-man board which
will control the National Basket
Ball League until Ward piggy
Lambert, the ex-Purdue coach,
of1cially signs $4,000 a year con-
tract as commissioner at the next
league meeting In Buffalo Septem-
ber %.
"We are not interested in a So
called war with the newly formed
Basket Ball Association of America,
said Bennett. And we don't an
ticipate one. The time has come
for two leagues and we are certain
there are enough players to 60
around. We plan to operate to.
gether and in harmony, and per-
haps even have a world basket ball
series between the two league cham
pions. like they do in baseball"
Evening star., 1946-09-11
Horse Shows Slated
For Next Saturday
AT fairfax, 0|ney
By l.orry Lawrence

There are two good horse shows
listed for the Capital area next Sat-
urday-the Herndon Horse Show, on
the Fairfax CVa) Fair Grounds and
the 18th annual Montgomery County
show, on the farm of T. A. Lex"
Barnsley, at Olney, Md.
The Herndon show, for the benefit
Of the parish house of st. Timothy's
Episcopal Church of Herndon, will
attract a large entry from Virginia
stables and a goodly number from
Washington. An especially good
card of % classes, opening at 10 a M,
has been arranged. The hunter d.
vision consists of nine classes and
a hunter championship. There are
five events for the open jumpers
and a jumper tricolor will be
awarded. Gated horses will per-
form in two classes and there IS q
junior division of six classes.
The Montgomery County Show,
one of the Oldest equine events in
Maryland, has a diversified program
of 10 classes and a hunter cham
pionship. There are draft breeding
classes, two 4 and 6 horse team
events, a lead-in draft class and
hunter breeding and pony classes
are scheduled for the morning ses-
sion, which begins at $50.
In the afternoon the hunter and
saddle horse divisions will compete.
There is but one class, q knock.
down-and-out. for jumpers, while
there are seven for hunters and
three for saddle horses. Also on the
card is q conservation class for
horses in harness
Evening star., 1946-09-11
I'd Club Sponsoring
Baseball, Grid TiIts

The Touchdown Club Is complet-
ing plans for sponsoring two sports
promotions here for the benefit of
worthy causes. On September 10
the club will back a baseball game
at Grifith Stadium between Police
Boys Club No. S, National Police
Athletic League titlist, and Balti-
more Boys Brigade, All-American
Amateur Baseball Association
champ, for benefit of the family of
the late Patrolman Donald w.
Downs, who was killed while direct
ing traf1ic.
The other promotion awaits only
formal approval Of school authorities
for an international football game
between Central High of this city
and Mexico City High, set for the
night of October 18 at Grimth Sta
dunn. Proceeds Of this game will be
distributed among athletic depart
ments Of high schools here after
expenses Of both teams are deducted.
Plans for both events were made
at yesterdays Touchdown Club
luncheon. Four OF the city's top
sandlot baseball umpires, Alton and
Bernie Buscher, c. j. Desper and
Reds Petit, have volunteered their
services for next weeks game.
Evening star., 1946-09-11
Bansfon Horse Show
Is Scheduled SUNDAY

The John Lyon Post No. $3.50,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, will hold
horse show Sunday at the Ballston
Stadium, corner North Randolph
street and Wilson boulevard, Arling-
ton, Va.
A program of IL classes and both
jumper and hunter championships
has been arranged, with cash prizes,
trophies and ribbons to be awarded.
There are five classes for the leapers.
a warm up, handy jumper, modified
Olympic, knock down and out and a
triple bar. The hunters can COM
pete in five events, an open, working
hunter, pair of hunters, ladies'
hunter and hack and hunter. In
addition there are a road hack and
consolation classes.
The committee In charge consists
OF Daniel A. Dugan, chairman: Tru-
man M. Adams, Charles Musselman,
w. w. Burnett, Ella M. Nicol, Alma
White, Joseph G. Lynott and George
Dalby.
Proceeds are to be used for vet
eran rehabilitation.
Evening star., 1946-09-11
Investigation Pressed
AT Timonium After
New Doping Cases
BY the Assoeioisd Prsss

TIMONIUM. Md, Sept. IL
Scientists and criminologists joined
hands today to combat a wave of
horse doping at the Timonium race
track which has led to what
State Racing Commission Chair
man George P. Mahoney called an
alarming" situation.
Eight cases of stimulation have
been detected at the half-mile track
during the current meeting, the last
three yesterday, Mahoney said.
Edmund P. Coffey, the newly-ap-
pointed head Of the scientific re-
search division of the Thorough
bred Racing Protective Bureau is at
the track to take up the investiga-
ton. The former FBI agent said he
was seeking assistance from Spencer
j. Drayton, head Of the TRPB.
The Racing Commission has Of
fered the facilities of its mobile
laboratory to owners and trainers
for pre-race saliva tests.
Tests of the three horses scratched
yesterday-Wilton, Gay Victory and
Char Foot-were made at the re-
quest of their owners and trainers,
Mahoney commended the train
ers for their actions and called the
increasing use of the mobile unit
a step In the right direction"
He indicated the same drug was
detected in each of the eight positive
tests during the meeting, which
opened Labor Day, but refused to
say what drug it was. He added.
however, 1t would be utterly i'm
possible" for the particular drug to
be mixed with the horses feed
Evening star., 1946-09-11
McWiniams Ponders
Return 10 College
BY the Associofed Press

WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. IL
His Army career ended, Halfback
Thomas E. (Shorty) McWilliams
headed for home today, saying he
had not yet definitely decided about
returning to Mississippi State Col
lege where he starred before enter
ing the United State Military Acad-
emy.
McWilliams, first of the Cadets
famed wartime football squad to
resign from the corps, completed
the checking out routine last night
shortly after it was announced the
War Department had accepted his
resignation.
"I'm going home tomorrow he
said, but I haven't yet definitely
made up my mind about returning
to school,"
Earlier, however, Coach Allyn Nc
Keen OF Mississippi State said he
had received word from McWil-
liams' family that McWilliams
would return and play for the school
where he first won Nationwide
recognition by placing on the 1914
Au-America second team.
Evening star., 1946-09-11

For Lorraine GULL. No. / woman
duckpin bowler of the country, it
will be a dream come true tonight
when the city's first minor men S
and women's District Leagues open
their season with the two long
established major circuits.
Long seeing the need of such
leagues to aid the Capitals many
rising bowlers, it was Miss GULL
who succeeded in getting the alley
proprietors to give their backing to
the new leagues.
As a result eight women's and II
mems teams will take the drives,
starting at 1880.
The women's minor loop schedule
mas Takoma at Lucky Strike, Fort
Davis at Northeast Temple, Ana
costa Spillway at Clarendon and
Greenway at Colonial Village.
In the mems minor loop matches
Silver Spring rolls at Mount Rainier
Fort Davis at Alexandria, Bethesda
Bowling Center at Anacostia Spill
way, Northeast Temple at Green
way, Arlington at Clarendon and
Petworth at Arcadia.
Cut from Is to IL teams, and with
a new maximum team average of
6l0, keener competition and bigger
scores are expected in the mems
major circuit. The defending cham
pion Hi-Skor team. led by Hokie
Smith, meets King Pin at King Pin
in the curtain-raiser.
College Park, a member of the
league for the first time, will be host
to Rosslyn, which is back with a
strong team after several years
absence Hiser's Bethesda has re-
entered team after nearly decade
and will entertain Colonial Village.
Bethesda Bowling Center meets
Clarendon at Bethesda, Ice Palace
invades Greenway and Lucky Strike
visits Brookland.
Women's opening nights major
league card has last seasons pen
nant-winning Lafayette at Hi-Skor,
Brookland at Rosslyn, College Park
at Ice Palace, King Pin at Petworth
and Mount Rainier at Silver Spring
You have to look no further than
to Homer (Hap) WEIGH these days
to see one Of the city's busiest bowl
ing organizers. A guiding spirit in
the 32-team Mems Building Man
agement League which opens at 7::3o
tonight at Lucky Strike, he already
has helped form three new 12-club
mixed leagues as chairman of the
Public Buildings Recreation Com
mittee and has plans almost COM
pleted for a 14-team mems loop
Evening star., 1946-09-11
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C. ALT
WEDNESDAY y
CULTS Dream Realized as Minor
District Pin Leagues Open
By Ben McAIwee

Tomorrow night Unit No. 2, con-
sisting Of 12 teams, starts at H-Skor
while Units No. and are sched-
uled to open next Monday at Lucky
Strike.
A reorganization meeting of the
Knights of Columbus League will
be held at 9 tonight at Columbia.
Silvio H. Polio, who has served more
than two decades. as league secre-
tary, also announces that the
venerable fraternal loop will open
its 36th season, September 1S with
Is teams.
Ed Kilby Of Bregman Newsstand
with 1853 and Harry Dawson, ace
bowler of Saur's Super Service with
4l2 were tops in the Pop Crawley
Memorial $1,000 League opener at
Mount Rainier. Aided by Dean
Roper's $50 the Brewer-Snyder
Potato Chips outfit whitewashed
Barlowe's Lunch while Nalleys Am
bulance Service pinmen also were
of to a banner start with 80 win
from Johnson's Perfect Circle.
Buddy Neviaser of Burnstine's
bowled high set Of 355 and Henry
May of Henry Warren Co. posted
high game of 1875 as the jewelers.
League renewed activities at Lucky
Strike after lapse of four years.
Burnstine's. Advance watch Supply.
Bluestein Co, Pirrone & Wolter and
Shah & Shah each scored 80
victories.
Of1cers of the 14-team loop are
Bernard Burnstine. president; Jo-
seph B. Stanley of r. Harris g. Co.,
vice president, and Milton s. Hoff-
man Of Madison Co., secretary and
scorer.
Evening star., 1946-09-11
Family Final Looms as Murtino
Brothers Win in PubIinx Play

Fat ana Roger Martino, golf1ng
brothers and Government employees,
today were hoping to make the
District public links championship
match family affair. Both wedged
their way into the semifinal round,
being played today at East Potomac
Park, and were anxious to clash for
the title this afternoon.
Pat, a 3o-year-old FHA admin
istrative employe. rated himself q
slight favorite over his 23-year-old
brother, who is a chemist at the
Bureau Of Standards, providing
they reached the final round. "If
his putter gets hoe, though Pat
says, Roger can beat me-"
Pat was to battle Leonard Lieb-
man. tournament dark horse, in one
semifinal match, with Roger facing
q tough assignment in Earl Marcy,
ex-champion, in the other semi
final. Yesterdays results:
Championship ,isht First rounds:
and and. /; Earl Marcy defeated It. .Comdr
Snss1 asassted Julian williams up il holes
and q Leonard Lehman defeated Joe Kot-
van. l up: John Bowers defeated Joe La,
Sale Sale 3 and l; Don Bartholow defeated
Tom Shank, up in 10 holes; Pat Martino
defeated Joe Gambatesse, 4 and 2. Sec
and r MartIno is as1ssd aefestsd illna dnllossa 8
and 5; Lehman defeated Bowers. 8 and q;
second night--First rounds: Bob Ruane
ds.s defsated G sTantlss and 2 Bob BE-
and /: AL Mays defeated Norman Brown.
Q and L; Eddie LiRhtbown defeated Tom
Barry. default. Gail Holmes defeated Joe
Rodgers. and 2; e. w. Horton defeated
G. L: Turner: 1 up in 20 holes; Fred
Second rounds Adams defeated Ruane, z
and /; Lightbown defeated Holmes, 3 and
=; Seaton defeated Horton. and 5:
conman defeated Mays, 3 and 2.
Mrs. Richard Kreuzberg, medalist,
eliminated Shada Won Helm, 4 and 8,
in the opening match play round of
the ladies' golf championship tour
ney at Kenwood yesterday and was
to meet Mrs. D. H. Henderson, a g.
and-8 victor over Mrs. j. T. Powell,
today in the second round. Results:
kreasSs4a ae.t.d sar' ssds R9hsTd asn
and 8 MIS-: 5: i. aas aendsrson s0n detested asa
Mrs: J. +. Powell, 8 and 8; Mrs. Arnold
McNitt defeated Mrs. Edward Atwood, 6
and 4; Mrs. j.. P. Brantley defeated Mrs.
Ed Widmayer. ! UP; Isabelle Kelley defeat
Howard defeated Mrs. +. n nH Beavers. a. rH and and
z: Mrs c. p Redick defeated Mrs. Ralph