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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Petrol Corp. Had Most Fuel Oil
In Wartime, Begs for it Now

companies the others and his COM
pany use the facilities jointly.
The other part of the storage
plant, from which the Steuart COM
pany supplies the Government and
other users with industrial oil, is
owned and used by Steuart and is
supplied by Petrol.
After the January, 1913, COM
plant, claims S. Steuart of L. P.
Steuart & Bro, issued statement
saying efforts were being made ito
cruelty" Petrol and the Steuart con-
Germ. He offered to supply 100 GAL
Ions of fuel oil to any person pre-
senting a certificate of necessity, a
certificate he had complied with
OPA ration regulations, and the
ration coupons.
Petrol later ran into other diff
culties. On August l, l943, it SuS-
pended its wholesale fuel oil bust
ness for four months in response to
an order by the OPA. The action
was taken after hearings on charges
it had violated ration orders on four
different points. One charge was
that it transferred fuel oil to con-
sumers without obtaining the proper
number of coupons.
Own Supplies Short Now.
Petrol, during the present heat
ing season, presents contrast with
January. 1943. Then other COM
panies were clamoring for its sup
plies. Now Petrol's supplies are
short. A staff member of the
Senate Small Business Committee
said if Petrol's supplies were ade-
quate to take care of its customers
the oil shortage crisis in Washing
ton would scarcely exist.
Last December Mr.. Calls asked
the Small Business Committee for
help. He urged that the commit
tee prevail on the big companies
and the independents in the Gulf
area to continue supplying Petrol
as they did last year.
Mr.. Calls described the COM
panys immediate postwar expert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

Present difficulties of the Petrol
Corp. in supplying oil to heat Wash
ington homes represent a full turn
in the wheel of chance. Back in
wartime rationing days in January
1943, some Washington fuel oil deal
ers were complaining Petrol had the
fuel and they couldn't get any of it
The dealers asserted this condition
existed despite an Office of Price
Administration order requiring sup
pliers to make fuel available on
demand while their stocks permit
ted.
During the war Petrols require
ments were met out of the petroleum
pool that supplied all companies
Eugene M. Calls, president of Pc
troll, told the House Interstate Com
merce Committee yesterday Petrol
was the only marketer in the pool
In Washington Petrol does not
sell at retail but supplies dealers
Mr.. Calls said. Petrol's share of
the Washington market is estimated
at from 20 to % per cent of the
total.
The Petrol company also does a
substantial part of the fuel oil bust
ness in Philadelphia, where its head
quarters are, and in Baltimore, and
in the areas of those cities. Mr.
Calls has said his company delivers
oil directly to about 10000 and the
companies it supplies in turn de-
liver to about $4,000 customers.
1943 Shortage Recalled.
In January, 1913, there was a
severe shortage of fuel oil. On jan
uary 9 of that year the John P
Agnew Co., one of three companies
which said they were turned away
by Petrol when they sought oil sup
plies, made formal complaint with
the OPA.
The complainant said the COM
panieS were denied oil at time oil
was pouring from Petrol's pipes al
Thirteenth and L streets Sc, ano
that L. P. Steuart & Bro, Inc.
which had string OF trucks operat-
ing through the loading center, was
receiving oil.
The Agnew company said its
representative was ordered off the
property. Joseph Richards, jr., vice
president of the Columbia Specially
Co., Chevy Chase, Md, said Petrol
had about 100000 gallons of oil at
Thirteenth and L street, virtually
the total supply here. He said when
he complained to the Philadelphia
headquarters of the company he was
told the company had to take care
of its own customers first.
Facilities Used Jointly.
Mr.. Calls said yesterday his COM
pany leases part of the Thirteenth
and L street storage plant from the
Steuart concern. He said under a
lease arrangement made with other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

Bartlett, Gulf Oil vice president. He
said, I'VE thought that we could
not put ourselves in the position of
substituting another oil company to
be competitor of ours. We haven't
the stocks to do it."
Last heating season Sun Oil Co.
sold Petrol 4,883, 900 gallons of oil.
The committee record shows letter
from Robert G. Dunlop of Sun, who
said the 1916 sale was only casual
transaction" He also cited Cities
Service control of Petrol.
Gulf region companies which had
supplied Petrol for many years told
Petrol last summer, Mr.. Calls said,
that we are Cities Services respon-
sibility. and they gave us six
months notice"
Mr.. Calls appeal for help was to
tide the company over with supplies
until next spring or early summer.
BY that time he expected a new
program would be in effect. That
program includes the acquisition of
a war-built refinery at Texas City,
Tex, negotiations for another at
Beaumont, Tex, and the purchase
of tankerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Admiral Whitehead Takes
NavyAir Reserve Command
BY the Asxoeiofad Press

BY the Assoeiofsd Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Rear Admiral
Richard r. Whitehead has taken
over the Nays Air Reserve Training
Command from Rear Admiral Ed
ward G. Even.
Admiral Even will go to Washing
ton next month to become chief OF
the Nays Public Information Sec
ton.
He turned over the command to
Admiral Whitehead in ceremonies
yesterday at the nearby Glenview,
Ill, naval air base. Glenview is the
Air Reserve Training Command
headquarters.
Admiral Even said that in the
last Is months the Naval Air Reserve
has grown from handful of officers
and men to our present strength of
40 ,OOO."
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Army and Air Force Recruit
Over 10000 in January

Army and Air Force recruiting
jumped beyond the 10000 mark last
month for the first time in a year,
joint enlistment figures disclosed
yesterday.
The Army's total of 17,076 en-
listees was the highest since the
Air Force became independent. 1t
compared with 1896 in December
the previous highest monthly total
A total of 14,573 men wer signed
up for the Air Force, also the high
est since separation. In December
8,547 enlisted in the air arm.
An additional 1,127 were unas-
signed to either force. The 32,77e
total compared with 35,478 recruited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Easements Flooded
In Prince GEORGES
As Ice Jams Stream

Ice jams In the Northwest Branch,
near Riggs road, in Prince Georges
County late yesterday sent food
waters swirling through Easements
of at least two homes and caused
the occupants to call county police
and volunteer firemen for assistance.
Worst hit of the two homes was
that of Mr.. and Mrs. william Fer
rando, whose two-story dwelling,
about 400 yards east of the old Riggs
Mill was directly in line with the
fast-rising stream, which changed
It's course when 1t hit an ice jam.
Water started flowing through
their basement, which includes the
kitchen and dining room, shortly
before pm, about the same time
it broke through the cellar walls
of the nearby home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew H. MacIntire, few yards
upstream.
More Than Waist Deep.
In short time, the water was
more than waist deep and tables
and chairs we're starting to float,
according to Mr.. Fernando, man
ager for Washington catering
firm. The flood cut off the homes
heat and also the water supply, he
said.
A telephone call by Mrs. Fernando
to Mrs. MacIntire, who operates the
Pied Piper Day Nursery in her
home. found her in about the same
predicament. Mrs. MacIntire de-
cided the best thing to do was to
call for help.
Prince Georges County police said
last night, if the water did not
reoede by this morning they would
resort to the use OF dynamite to
clear the ice jams.
Meanwhile, the county fire con-
troll center at Hyattsville was at
tempting to find a suitable portable
pump to leave at the two homes
after efforts of the College Park
Volunteer Fire Department failed to
clear the water from the Easements
The families decided to stay in their
homes however.
Like Big Wave"
cit was just like big wave Mrs
MacIntire said. II was in the house
when I heard a noise and looked
outside to see water splashing all
around us. We're at the junction
of two streams and when water
from the Northwest Branch back
tracked and hit the water from a
small stream leading into 1t, II
came toward us.
It ran to the cellar to try to re-
move some equipment" she added
"A small hole broke through the
wall and water rushed in, washing
me around the room and'out through
a door,"
Mr.. MacIntire last night was
chopping wood for their fireplace
in an attempt to keep their home
warm. The Ferrandos two chill
dren, Billy, 5, and Bobby, 3, were
to stay with them along with the
MacIntires' daughter, Andrea, T.
and Mrs. MacIntire's mother, Mrs
Emily Cerrutti.
Were worried about what might
happen Sunday morning" Mr.. Mac
Intire said. If it continues to
thaw, we may be flooded even
worse
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Gulf Cuts Deliveries.

Mr.. Calls told the committee that
Gull Oil Corp, for many years one
of Petrols primary suppliers, re-
duced its deliveries by so per cent
in the last part of 1947 and advised
Petrol that beginning January no
further deliveries could be expected.
The committee called r. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Paintings to Be Shown

Natural history paintings by some
of Americas leading contemporary
artists will be shown in an exhibit
that opens tomorrow at the Ma
tional Geographic Society, Sixteenth
and M streets NV. The exhibit,
which will continue through March
except for Saturdays and Sundays,
is open to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

ence by saying that the winter fol-
lowing the War twas survived with
considerable impact to Petrols
financial structure"
Presumably he was abiding. to q
loan obtained from Cities Service
Oil Co. of Pennsylvania which was
obtained by an option on 81 pei
cent of Petrol's stock Arthur Stef-
fan, attorney for the company, said
the loan amounted to 81 ,391 900. {
Cities Service exercised its option
and became the owner of the stock
last May. Thereupon some of the
other big oil companies which hae
supplied Petrol decided that If they
continued to do so they would be
building up a competitor - Cities
Service-and refused to maintain
the flow of oil to Petrol.
B. S. Watson, president OF Cities
Service, testified before the Senate
Small Business Committee in De-
cember that his company was plan
ming to supply Petrol with 81 pei
cent of its heating oil requirements
To supply more, he said, it would
be necessary to take it away from
others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Vote Procedure Topic
of Young Republicans

Discussion of different phases of
voting procedure will feature the
monthly meeting of the District
Young Republican Club scheduled
for BIS pm. tomorrow at the
Raleigh Hotel.
One of the principal speakers will
be Mrs. Faith G. Fisher of the
absentee voters bureau of the Re-
publican National Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Fleet Reserve Auxiliary

Unit 4 of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Fleet Reserve Association
will meet at pm. tomorrow at
the Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth
street NV. A program will be
outlined for the March meeting
when Mrs Marguerite Mullins oil
Seattle, national president, will visit
here for several days, it was an.
InOunced
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Facilities Used Jointly.

Mr.. Calls said yesterday his COM
pany leases part of the Thirteenth
and L street storage plant from the
Steuart concern. He said under a
lease arrangement made with other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Dr.. DOUGLASS to Speak

Public relations in the field OF
education will be discussed by DR.
Paul F. Douglass, president of Am
erican University at the Advertis-
ing Club of Washington's luncheon
at the Hotel Statler, 1890 pm
Tuesday.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-07-10

this area has increased l53 per cent in the l939-l947 period, s. R. Bertron, president of the Houston Lighting and Power Company, an nounced. The Houston company serriced approximately 13,60O ru- @al users in 1889 and now services norc than 34. 400, Bcrtron said.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-07-10

without attracting undo attention until he reached King City. There authorities Jagged him down and returned him to military custody
 @- HOUSTON. Tex. JU.Po-Thc num- her of rural users of electricity in
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-07-10

MONTEREY. Calf. CU.PD-A Fort Ord private escaped from the prison stockade at night stole a military police jeep and took off down the highway with the siren screaming and the red headlight flashin4. He travelled 65 miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Young Republicans :
Launch D.c.Campaign

The slogan, Join t',c Dr..7c Il
the White House." last night key
noted meeting of the Young Re-
publicans OF the District as they
opened their 1913 campaign to elect
the Dewey-Warren ticket.
At the meeting In Dewey-War-
rem Headquarters, 1880 K street
NV, the Young Republicans out
lined three-point program to aid
the State Republican Committee S
campaign.
The program calls for raising
funds, enlisting absentee voters,
and the general promotion of Re-
publican activities in the surround
ing area.
Last nights speakers, who are
active in District Republican cir
Giles, discussed the opening drive
during the round-table discussion.
Among them was James C. Wilkes
chairman Of the District State
Committee, who stressed the need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Tokyo Rose Awaits u. S. Arrest,
Glad 3-Yedr Suspense Is Over
Iva Toeuri d'Aquino
To Face Grand Jury
In San Francisco
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Aug. 17.-Her three years
of suspense ended, Iva Toguri
d'Aquino waited peacefully today for
her arrest as Tokyo Rose-as a
wartime trailer to America, the land
of her birth.
The American Justice Department
ordered her returned to San Fran
cisco-with Is Japanese Witnesses
to face a Federal grand jury on the
charge. The decision ended "a life
of doubt" for Mrs. d'Aquino, who
had been investigated after Japan's
surrender but later released with
out charge.
The radio broadcasts of Tokyo
Rose" climbed swiftly from fact to
fascinating legend among American
armed forces in the Pacific war.
Actually, according to Attorney Gen.
eral Clark, Mrs. d'Aquino was only
one of six English-speaking women
who made such propaganda broad
casts from Tokyo. Sweet and sexy,
the programs reminded lonely men
of all they were missing.
Set Off Fantastic Rumors.
While they had little effect on
morale of the combat troops, they
did inspire fantastic rumors. Time
after time, as landing barges neared
hostile beach, one CT would yell
to another:
Hey, Mac, did you know Tokyo
Rose said last week we were going
to hit here?"
Time after time news correspond
ents checked thoroughly but vainly;
never could they find any real evil
dence of such a broadcast.
Born Iva Ikuku Toguri in Watts,
Calf, 80 years ago, Mrs. d'Aquino
was graduated from the University
of California at Los Angeles in 1910,
went to Japan to visit relatives, and
remained there through the war.
She met and married Philip d'Aqui-
no in Tokyo.
II feel rather relieved I will be
able to get it all over with now
she said as she waited for officers
to arrest her today. Her face showed
the strain of the months of anxiety
since she had been first investigated
for her possible connection with the
broadcasts.
Has No Counsel Yet.
She said she did not know what
answer she will make to the treason
charge. Il have no legal counsel
yet, you know
She has been living in a small
apartment in shabby house on
Tokyo's outskirts. Her 27-year-old
Portuguese husband has been an
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Chair Throwing by Wife
Frees Husband for Slap

A husband charged with slapping
his wife because he objected to being
served warmed-over stew and half
smoked sausages for dinner, was
freed yesterday when the court
learned the wife had taken retail
iatory measures.
Mrs. Mary Young, 81, colored, told
Judge Almond Scott that her hus-
band Charlie, IS, "smacked me In
the face because he said the dinner
was sour, and I said it was not"
Judge Scott was expressing his
sympathy for the witness when the
defendant interposed that his 225-
pound wife did not stand idly by
after the slapping.
She picked up a chair and threw
it across the bed at me-" he said
1T hit me, too"
Surveying the antagonists, the
judge remarked they appeared
about an even match" as to size
and voiced doubt as to who hao
started the fight.
The Youngs live in the 200 block
of F street S.W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
JOHN W. GULLEDGE. Attorney,

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District of Columbia,
Holding Probate Court-No. 1857, Ad-
nistration.-This is to Give Notice:
land and the District of Columbia, respec-
lively, have obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District of Colunbia. Letters
Fowler, late of the District of Columbia,
deceased All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby, warned to
of, legally authenticated. to the subscriber
on or before the .nd day of August AID
i949; otherwise they may BY law be ex-
Given under our hands this md day Of
August 1898 WILLIAM C. FOWLER, 901
Columbia Blvd. Silver Spring: Md. RO-
Seal Attest: THEODORE coGswELL
Register of Wills for the District of
Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court.
au17,24,3l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Three Tickets Cancelled;
80 Given Traffic WARNINGS

A total of 90 traffic adjustments
were made last week, police reported
yesterday-one more than the total
for the preceding week. Last week
adjustments included SO warnings
and 3 cancellations.
The adjustment totals by precincts
are as follows: No. precinct, Is
warnings and no cancellations :;
No. 2. and O; No. 3. and /; No. 4,
4 and 0; No. 5, 4 and 0; No. 6. 4 and
0; No. 7, 8 and /; No. 8, 6 and o.;
No. 9, Q and 0; No. 10, and o. No. II,
2 and o; No. u, 6 and 0; No. Is,
7 and O.; No. IA, 3 and 0, and the
Traffic Division, % and J..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
200 Rockies Begin
.Traininq at Fort MYer

About 200 rockies from Fort Dix,
N. j., were at Fort Myer today, be-
ginning basic training with the
Army's Oldest regiment, the Sd
Infantry.
The first group to be trained at
Fort Myer for some years, the men
will form the nucleus of Companies
D and H. The rockies. most of them
between 10 and 20, were met yes
terday by Col. James v. Coe. COM
mander of the regiment, and COM
manding officer of Fort Myer. They
are serving one, two and three year
enlistments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
. GRAHAM WALKER, Attorney.

-. O~O NUUuWdIu buIIuIHh
IN THE DISTRICT COURT Of THE
United States for the District Of Co
lumbia-In Re Application of PEARL
JOHNSON PURVIS For Change of Name.
Civil Action No. 321s-'4S.-Pearl John
son Purvis. havins, filed complaint for
Johnson Purvis and having applied to the
Court for an order of publication Of the
by the Court this 9Th day or Of Ausnst' i1e4S
Ordered that all persons concerned show
cause, if any there be, on or before the
prayers s' of SAID COMPLAINT should n not be
granted: Provided, That a copy of this
order be. published once a week for three
evening Star and THE Washington Law
Reporter. 80 EDWARD M. CURRAN
Justice. tSealD A true copy. Test:
HARRY M HULL, Clerk. BY CLARA
CONNELL Deputy Clerk. au1O.l7.24
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
LAMBERT, HART and
NORTHROP, Attorneys,

ZUJ-%IS WunSty buIIuIHB.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District of Columbia.
ministration.-This is to Give Notice: That
the subscriber, of the. District of Columbia
has obtained from the Probate Court OF
the District of Columbia, Letters of Ad-
ministration on the estate of Francis Ray
mond Keys. late Of the District OF Column
bia, deceased. All persons having ella inns
exhibit the same, with the vouchers there
of, legally authenticated, to the subscriber.
on or before the 10Th day. of July, AID.
1919; otherwise they may by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate:
Given under my hand this Goth day Of
July, 194s. KATHRYN D. KEYS. 1928
81 st Place. (SealD Attest: THEODORE
COGSWELL, Register of Wills for the Dis
trict of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate
lI,o4,2l
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Of close cooperation between the
two groups.
Lewis T. Bruninger, president Of
the Dewey-Warren Club Of the
District, said 1.-THE drive to the
White House is in fact q drive for
freedom, after too many years Of
bungling and ineptitude."
Announcement was made Of the
District Young Republicans politi-
cal rally and get-together to be
held at Brooke Johns farm near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
DUDLEY, ALGIRE, JONES and
OSTMANN, Attorneys.


Filed Aug. >, 194S, Harry M Hull, Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United. States for the District. Of Column
bia.-Jane Grimes Benton, 1912 Potomac
Benton. Address Unknown, Defendant
Civil Action No. 2593-4s.-,The object OF
this suit is TO obtain an absolute divorce
of the plaintiff, it is this 2nd day. OF
August, 194S. ordered that the defendant
Berkeley Robert Benton cause his appear
ance to be entered herein on or before
the fortieth day, exclusive Of Sundays and
legal holidays, occurring after the day OF
the first publication Of this order: other
wise the cause will be proceeded with as
in case of default. Provided, copy OF
this order be published once a week for
three successive weeks in the Washington
paper before said day. 50 EDWARD NJ
CURRAN, Justice. (SeaD. Attest: HARRY
M HULL. Clerk. By CLARA F. CON
NELL, Deputy Clerk. au3, 10,17
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
FREDERICK A. THUEE, Attorney,
Investment Bldg:

States for the District of Columbia
Holding Probate Court-No. 71504, Ad-
ministT stion.--This Is to. Give Notice;
That the subscriber, Of the District OF
Columbia. has obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District of Columbia: Letters
Parliamentary on the estate of Mary Lo.
Columbia deceased All persons having
claims against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, TO
the subscriber. on or before the 3Oth
day of July, AID. 1919; otherwise they
may BY law be excluded from all I ben ,sit
3oth day Of July, 194s EFFIE ROBBINS
BROWN. 636 K st. NE. (seal) Attest:
THEODORE CoGsWELL. Register Of Wills
for the District of Columbia. CLERK OF
the Probate Court au17,14,3 81.