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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06
Dead

Ensign Fletcher Hudson Jones, jr.
%, Navy fighter pilot reported miss
ing in Pacific action more than two
years ago, is now regarded as dead
the Navy has informed his parents
who live at 92l North Wayne street
Arlington.
An outstanding rife shot, Ensign
Jones captained the rifle teams at
Central High and Maryland Uni
versity. He was born in Washington
and graduated from Central in 1898
Ensign Jones was junior at Mary
land University when he entered
the Navy in March, 1912.
Clifford o. Henderson, aviation
radioman &c, son of Mrs. Mary L.
Simpkins, South Adams street
Rockville, Md, is listed as dead in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06

today's N a v y
C a S u a lty list.
Radioman Hen
derson, ID, has
been missing al
most two years
in the Pacific
where he served
aboard a Navy
dive bomber. His
father, Philip o.
Henderson, lives
at 4724 Third
place NV.
Born In Wash
ington, Radio
man Henderson
attended Ea stern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06
2WomenCIerks Held Up,
Bundits Flee With $500

AS two women clerks were held at
bay at pistol point, an armed robber
scooped 5000 from a cash register
last night in store of the NorBud
Hosiery & Ready to Wear Shops at
1919 H street NE.
The clerks, Mrs. Doris Fitzhugh
81, and Mrs. Hope Evans, %, said
the bandit escaped on foot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06
Flat Tire Mystery Solved

EVERETT, Wash. tP)-Thirty dis
eruntled motorists had to fix fiat
tires on highway SO north of here.
The State Highway Department,
called to sweep the pavement with
magnets, said a passing truck had
evidently lost a sack of tacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06

High School. He was one of the
outstanding players of the Irish
Aces" Sandlot football team.
David Lawrence Dellinger, son OF
Mrs. Doris Virginia Dellinger, Gin
ton, Md, also is reported dead on
todays Navy casualty list He
previously was reported missing.
Inductees
The following seven Washington
men are scheduled for induction into
the armed forces today:
Edward NJ. Balderson, Isaac A. Buak
Richard L. Gilbert, Edwin J. Gregory jr =,
James l. Rogers. jr, Robert o. Slifer,
Decorated
Rear Admiral Charles A. Park,
U. S. C. G., recently was awarded
the Legion of Merit by the Coast
Guard commandment for exception
ally meritorious conduct in the per-
Torrance of outstanding services to
the Government" as chief opera
tons officer Of the Coast Guard from
July. 1912, to last October.
Admiral Park "skillfully CO.
ordinated the work of the various
divisions Of the office of operations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06

from December 7, l94I, 10 Apr1I 15
1943, and as assistant chief, naval
engineering division, ONCE OF En-
cheering, from the latter date to
last October.
Capt. Henry T. Jewell, U. S. C. G..
II Fort Hunt road, Alexandria, was
presented with commentator for
services in making a special investi-
cation concerning pilotage procedure
and while serving as chief of the
Merchant Marine personnel division
at Coast Guard headquarters here.
Capt. Kenneth S. Harrison, u. S
G. G. r., 5605 Fourteenth street
NV. received a commentator for
outstanding performance as chief
counsel OF the Coast Guard for
more than three years since May
1912. Recently discharged and re-
turned to civilian status, Mr.. Harri-
son will continue to serve as chief
counsel, as he did from 1888 until
being commissioned for wartime
service.
Comdr. Arch A. Mercy, U. S. c.
q. r.. SAL Nebraska avenue NV.
received a commentator for per-
Torrance of duties as assistant chief
public information division. from
January, 1914, until his recent re-
lease from active duty.
Returnees
The following Washington area
veterans are due to arrive Friday in
San Francisco aboard the transport
Gen. Bundy:
Sergt. Ellsworth Janifer Pfc. Harr,
Palmer sISergt; Charles R. Taylor. Pfc
IA Edward E. Walker, Pfc Davis Elihu
sergt. william Tabb, sergt. Randall Whit.
.ingdson l. Pc: Norman E Brown. Pfc, Ed.
son, 3 fSerst. Stanley M Ostrow, Sergt
Max B. HornStone and TIA Leon W. Cozan
al Of Washington. and T/5 Robert E
Scheduled to arrived today at San
Francisco aboard the Missoula:
co TS Joseph b.a p 3o Thompson. PFC. Jack
mond E. Nash. Pfc. Giant W. Taylor. TI5
Samuel Blumberg. TI5 Joseph E Davis
Wis uSs serst. ss Wilmo5s Lunsford; TO Leroy
Gino Fogolin. all of Washington
Maryland and Virginia veterans
who arrived at Seattle yesterday
aboard the Admiral Eberle:
Corpl. Joseph Haynie, Dundalk: Capt.
Joseph j. Crowley, Chevy Chase CAPT
Clyde Servis, Silver Spring; LIST Sergt
Charles L. Gibbs, Fort Meade; TIA Hubert
Jones, Fort Meade; TIA Robert Hoffman,
Silver Spring; Pfc. Russell Washington,
Fort Meade; Pfc. Lenton Lucas. Alexan-
dria: Sergt. Leroy Francard, Alexandria:
PIC. Paul Shafer, Arlington; TIA Cleveland
5. Baker, Alexandria; CorpL James c
Hensley. Arlington; Tf5 Angelo Publisi.
Arlington. and T/Serst. Erie w. Gilkey,
Arlington.
Due to arrive at New York today
aboard the Agwi Prince:
TI5 William w Burton, Capt. Tracy
Mulligan, Capt Marx M GisSon, I'd 1t
Jesse l.. Eubank Sergt Charles E
Behrens and Serst, John G. MoschonaS,
all of WASHINGTON.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
NAVY:
To Provide Comforts

One could almost have heard the
rattle down in Davey Jones' locker
when the navy announced that it
was air-conditioning the new cruis-
ers, Salem and Newport News, to
determine the best kind of equip
ment for eventually cooling all of
its ships.
In announcing the navy's plans
for providing additional comfort for
crews on the bounding main, Vice
Adm. Edward L. Cochrane, chief of
the bureau of ships, emphasized
that air-conditioning had proved in
valuable in boosting morale and
fighting efficiency in combat.
Various types of new air-condi-
tioning equipment will be used in
the tests in the new 17,O0O-ton
cruisers, with the cool air transmit
ted into all living and working COM
partments save machinery areas
where the heat is too intense. Sim
plified coils will be shockproof and
easily cleaned, it was said.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
Eagerly Awaited
Arriu0l of Troops

From then on the entries become
even more exciting 6. twenty OF
our marines have been sent by an
officer to guard the big Methodist
Mission the Russian secretary
has figures at the ends OF his
fingers about the number of troops
Russia can land in Tien-Tsin are
they trying to prepare US for Rus
sian coup d'etat?
Each day the arrival of foreign
troops was awaited. On June II the
entry reads:
! "Just one week ago today we
4 got the telegram that the COM
bined forces Of England, the
United States, France, Japan,
etc. had left TO 60 to the
relief Of the legations In Peking
when the time comes that
the American and Russian lega-
tions can no longer hold out, the
British legation win be the stage
for Tie terrible last act ("
The Roman Catholic church wa'
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
NO SWEET TOOTH YET
Sugar Shortage Remains Acute

Sharpest declines in production
were in Europe, the Philippine Is
lands and the Netherlands East In
dies. In Europe, where normally
considerable beet sugar is pro-
duced, shortages of fertilizers and
farm motive power, lack of coal for
operating sugar mills and disrupt
ed transportation have interfered
with production.
The sugar industry in the Philip
pines, important prewar source of
supply for the United States, was
practically eliminated under Japa-
nese occupation. In prewar years,
the islands exported nearly l,00O, 900
tons a year, nearly all to this coun-
try.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20

ment of 1,147 900 tons for the CORE
spending quarter last year.
Below Prewar Figure.
Total amount allotted civilians
for 1945 is 5,400, 900 tons. This COM
pares with a prewar consumption
that reached a peak of 1857 900 tons
in 1910. The per capita supply this
year is officially estimated at 1913
pounds compared with 108 pounds
in 1910.
The present short domestic sup
ply situation reflects a drastic de-
crease in world production resulting
from the war. World production this
year has been estimated at q, ,200,-
600 tons, or 100000 tons less than
the prewar average.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20

WASEINGTON.-No general inn
provement in the sugar supply situ-
alton is possible until the l947 Carib-
bean crops, particularly the Cuban
and Puerto Rican output, begin to
move to market in large volume
about six months from now, the
agriculture department reports.
Chances that supplies will in
crease sufficiently to permit aban-
donment of consumer rationing
next year appear "rather SLIM" Of
ficials declare.
The forecast was made in con-
nection with announcement that
1887 900 short tons of sugar will
be allocated for civilian production
in the October-December quarter.
The figure compares with an. allot-
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
NEWS REVIEW
HOUSINC:
Fear Ne,v Obstacle

Having trimmed commercial
construction and frightened alloca-
tion of materials to speed up the
veterans emergency housing pro-
gram, Housing Expediter Wilson W.
Wyatt feared a prospective labor
shortage as a new obstacle to the
rapid erection of dwellings.
Revealing his apprehensions in
his August report on the vet hous-
ing situation, Wyatt indicated that
the government would strive to
head off the latest bogeyman with
an intensive recruiting and appren.
tice training program.
Despite a pickup in new building
in July, Wyatt disclosed in his re-
port, the emergency housing pro-
gram is tagging behind the an
nounced goal of 100000 homes and
apartments for this year. During
the first seven months of 1916,
07,100 new dwellings were start
ed and 287, 100 completed.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20

.The telegraph was broken last
night. We have no more communi-
cation with the outside world; our
world is this dangerous Peking."
That same day, though it was
really the day before, according to
the strange tricks Old Sol plays
as he pushes the clock around while
he marches westward and paradox
ically reaches the Far East-that
same day, Monday, June II, boy in
the fifth grade of the High street
school painfully inscribed this entry
in his book:
1T rained this A. M. Two more
weeks and We'll be free from this
School of Misery" (The next day
it is Of record that he broke the
crank of his "wheeT'-bicycle to
you)
The boys name appears at the
head of this column and what he
wrote isn't important, but just 46
years later he was to read Mary's
diary. She had gone to her reward
long since but not until her diary
became book and she had become
Mrs. Hooker, a coloneps lady.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20

girl, visiting dip
lomatic friends in
China, and a lev
en-year-old boy in
a little town on
the Erie Canal
both were keep
ing diaries at the
turn of the CEN
tury.
Mary, alone in
her room in the
American lega-
tlon IN Peklng on
June II, 1900,
slipped on her
pink silk dressing
gown, sat down
and ,urnfa.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20

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The midland journal., 1946-09-20
History and Strife Have No DoteIines
Diary Of 40 Years Ago
Points Way for Present
BY BAUKHAGE
NetUs Analyst and Commentator.

only one of many burned, and the
converts and their families in the
vicinity slaughtered.
''In some cases." says the di-
ary, "the Christians thought 1t
better to be roasted in their
houses than try to escape" (She
herself had decided that she
might as well be massacred in
her pink silk dressing gown with
pink bow at her neck as in her
golf cl0thes.)
On the 10th of June, the Chinese
government offered to give legation
members their passports and escort
them and their families to the port.
There was a division of opinion as
to whether to trust the Chinese. In
the evening the German minister
started to confer a second time on
the question when he was murdered
in the streets.
The situation grows worse.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
VFW:
Ask Yet Aid

Adoption OF resolutions calling for
increased benefits to World War l
vets and satisfaction of domestic
needs first before providing for
those of other nations highlighted
the Veterans of Foreign Wars ma
tional encampment in Boston. Mass.
Congress was urged to authorize
pensions for World War l vets for
old age and disability, with pay
ments made for the latter regard
less of whether the disabilities re-
suited from military duty. Such
payments are made to Spanish
American war vets.
The government was asked to halt
shipments of food to former enemy
countries as long as any American
was unable to obtain sufficient food
stuffs to maintain proper health. A
protest was raised against deliver
les of grain abroad at the expense
of U. S. brewers while beer was
being imported from England, Bel
gium and Holland.
Other resolutions called for the
trial of Yugoslav airmen who shot
down American fliers; support of
the Anglo-American recommended
tions for admission of 100000 Jews
to Palestine, and condemnation of
the practice of awarding actors
combat awards for troop entertain
ment.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
Dead Piled
Around Rarnparts

AFOuu0 Ndnap0TtS
A bullet knocks off the headpiece
of baby's crib.
All the women are sewing sand
bags.
The Dutch and Austrian Legations
burn.
On July L: "There are so
many dead dogs, horses and
Chinese lying in heaps all
around the defended lines, but
too far for US to bury or burn
them"
They used the dead horses closer
by, however: "The mess has an
invariable menu. At breakfast, rice,
tea and jam; at tiffin, rice and
horse; at dinner, rice, horse and
JAM"
With the privations and fear of
the Boxers grew the suspicion and
distrust of the members of the for
eign missions Of each other. Rus
SLAMS and English hated each other !;
Americans were the buffers. Racial
ructions have no date lines. Mary
Hooker notes:
''The dislike Of the Russians
for the British is so cordial that
is is only equaled by the feeling
the British entertain toward
them. Our compound joins the
Russians, and they love us and
we love them in as strong a
fashion as they hate their Eng
lish neighbors on their other
side."
And so pretty Mary Hooker wrote
But it was more than history. It
was drama. It was tragedy. Just
look over her shoulder once again:
"July 9 day before yes
terday, the Austrian Charge
d'Affaires was shot at the
French legation. At first we
kept record of the dead or
badly wounded but now
they come in SO often we cease
to note the exact number. :.
"July 16 was en- route
to the hospital carrying a pot
of coffee to the doctors and
nurses when some soldiers
passed me, carrying rough lit
ter, bearing Captain Strouts
(the British commanding off,
cer) mortally wounded"
Then July Is:
''It is discussed quietly by
men that they will certainly kill
their wives when that time
comes Ito make a final Stand.
God grant it never may! AprO-
pos Of this, / have in my pock-
ct a small pistol loaded with
several cartridges, to use if the
worst happens. A Belgian Sec
retary stole il from the armoury
s. for me-'in case you need it,
mademoiselle.'
Then finally this note on August
IS, when the Chinese were closing
in on the improvised fortifica-
tions manned by lord and f1unky,
soldier and civilian making their
last stand "a veritable ring of
fame on all sides of the defenses.
And then! - Through that
racket that was around us all
night, we could family hear the
unmistakable sound of the for
eign guns Of our troops"
That page of history, let US hope,
will not be repeated.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
AUTO OUTPUT:
Hits Lag

In calling a press conference in
Detroit, Mich, c. E. Wilson, presi-
dent of General Motors corpora
ton, presented the company's case
against both the government and
workers for the serious lag in auto
production.
Pointing out that GIN. had turned
out only 100000 cars and trucks in
the year following VI Day instead
of the 100000 scheduled, Wilson
charged the Truman administration
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
White Mans Prestige
Slipped to Lou

@AS ACo0 tlilo 4dSSAlidtlIiS SLOTy,
told in simple, boarding-school Eng
lish, those awful days when the for
eign colony in Peking lived in the
daily horror of massacre during
the Boxer rebellion, became very
real g --is
Today the fires of civil war are
spreading in China. Voices are be-
ing raised, demanding that our ma
rines be withdrawn. American pres
tige has fallen almost as low as it
was when Mary Hooker in her diary
told the dramatic story of the Boxer
Rebellion-that moment in China's
history when Americans, along with
all foreigners reached their nadir.
History repeats.
The Empress Tzuhsi, a reaction
ary, encouraged the activities of the
Boxers and other groups whose
chief purpose was to cleanse China
of the foreign DEVILS" It is only
fair to say that China had passed
through period during which the
occidental powers had exploited her
to the hilt. I
.4rt 70
Attacks on foreigners, especially
missionaries, began in 1899, but as
Mary Hooker records, "the diplo-
mats and people in general put
these things down to the usual
spring riots which yearly seized
Peking."
BY June and July of 1900, however,
the foreigners found themselves be-
sieged in Peking. AS late as June
2 Mary's diary reports:
''Mr. Pethick forty years
a resident Of China and an i'm
innate friend of half the polit-
ical leaders, knowing their
weaknesses by heart, urges the
minister to; state to Washington
the situation as it is, but all to mo
avail" $500
Three days later, as I mentioned,
the foreign colony chad no commu-
nication with the outside world"
The next days entry states:
'Such intense excitement!
This afternoon the Japanese
Chancellor Of the Legation went
down to the railway station in
the official legation car to see if
there was any sign Of troops. Re-
turning by the principal gate, he
was seized by the Imperial (Chi-
nesel troops, disemboweled and
cut to pieces"
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS

Old Grist and Flour Mill Machinery. Good
condition. Includes cookie. scourer, and
brush double roll stand MACHINES. betting.
etc. 7. c. sLODER. NAZARETH. PA.
WE WILL BUY ANYTHING ANYWHERE
white or coloredD suitable for subdivision.
See. call or write UNIVERSITY AUCTION
CO., GEDDIE FIELDS, AUCTIONEER,
Chapel Hill. N. C.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
NEWS REVIEW
Means Devised To Halt
Further Lags i'm Housing

with having attempted to appease
labor unions by taking the lid off
wages while at the same time
stating that price increases were
unnecessary. AS result, manu-
facturers we're ''put in the nutcrack-
er," he averred.
Although GIN. has $4,000 more
employees on it's payroll than in
1941, production is about half, Will
son said. Tests on relative jobs
have shown that worker productive
ity is about 80 per cent of the pre-
war rate. Refusal of employees
to extend themselves, a high abb
senteeism rate, inexperience and a
large turnover partly due to the
ease in collecting unemployment
compensation all have contributed
to the inefficiency, Wilson declared.
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
WNU Service. 1916 Eye Street, NV,
Washington, D. c.

WASHINGTON. - Mary Condit-
Smith, young Washington society
The midland journal., 1946-09-20
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The Durant news., 1946-01-10
Womon's Club Meets
With Mrs. G. A. Doster

The Woman's Club met January
1. 1916 in the home of Mrs. c. A,
Doster. The pledge to the flag was
given after which 'The Star Spang-
led Banner" was sung. After roll call
the minutes were read and approx
ed. Mrs. Kelly Crisco was elected to
membership.
After the business was finished
the meeting was turned over to the
leader, Mrs. M. D. Baine. She read
a very appropriate poem for the old
and new year This for That" was
much enjoyed. Mrs. Doster gave two
instrumental numbers, prelude on
a Hebrew Melody, by Karl McDon-
aid; and Little Hungarian Rhap-
sody", by James Francis Cook. Our
favorite recipes were given.
The guests of the afternoon were
Mrs. c. G. Van Keuren, Mrs. Reeves
Vandiver, and Mrs. Louis Longinot-
ii. The hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Vandiver, served cookies and coffee.
The Durant news., 1946-01-10
Raiioning News.
Still RdtionedlI

Still Rutionedll
Sugar Stamp No.; 80 valid expires
April 80.
Rent: Landlords are not permitted
to demand security deposits, includ.
ing prepayment of rent except pay
ment of next rent installment moi
exceeding one month.
The Victory Over Initiation Is Still
To Be Wonl
Tire Core Still Needed
Although OPA no longer rations
tires, OPA District Director w. E.
Holcomb urged drivers today to- con-
serve their tires as carefully as they
did under rationing.
While production has increased
enough to end rationing, Major Hol-
comb said supplies are not yet big
enough for every one to get all the
tires he needs.
Major Holcomb pointed out that
waiting lists will be long for some
time to come and that it is vital for
auto and truck owners to continue
using every method to make their
tires last.
Cool Up
Coal dealers in Mississippi are
permitted to increase their prices by
ten cents per ton on coal delivered
to consumers after Jan. 8, w. E.
The Durant news., 1946-01-10
Four-Yeor Scholarship
Offered Students

Assistance from city and county
school supsrintendents has been re-
quested in an attempt to discover q
talented Mississippi High School
orator to be entered in a nation
wide contest where an opportunity
exists to win a four year college
scholarship.
Winner in each county will parti-
cipate in a district contest and the
states nine district winners win
sound off their opinions of various
phases Of the United States Con-
stitution in the Jackson War Mem
orial building on March % to deter
mine who will represent the Mis-
sissippi Department Of the Ameri-
can in the National contest.
First prize in the state meet will
be 5000 Victory Bond, second
prize $loo and $50 Victory Bond,
third prize 500 bond and the re-
naming six contestants will receive
a sou bond each.
In the National meet to be held
between April IL and II four prizes
will be given. First prize will be a
four year college scholarship valued
at $4,000. The other three prizes win
be proportionate college scholar
ships.
For the ninth consecutive year
boys and girls enrolled in Mississippi
High schools are afforded an OPP
portunity to participate in an Ora
torical contest sponsored by the
American Legion. announces Allie
IS. Povall, commander of the Lex
ington post.