Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1942, Page 8

A=6 X Roosevelt Requests All Federal Agencies To Help Red Cross Department Heads Urged To Name Chairmen to Direct Collections President Roosevelt today request- ed that ail Feneral agencies organize | units to collect funds for the Red | Cross war fund. In a memorandum issued to all Government heads, the President £aid he hoped every Federal employe would be given an opportunity to i I | EC i P it ; ; ! I” f il i it :.‘ y i o il c o n:',lfi' fo " .;:5':"':"" iy participate in raising this fund. He pointed out that a Govern- ment unit is being organized to ex-| pedite the work of raising the fund | among Federal employes and would | be headed by the Secretaries of War and Navy as co-chairmen, with| Grover B. Hill, Assistant Secretary | of Agriculture, as executive chair- man. | The President called on the heads of all Federal agencies to designate a chairman to organize the work in their groups. Large Donations Received. Several large donations yesterday helped swell the District Red Cross war fund in the fourth day of its bayeque' Pacasmayo campaign for $750.000. | Temple Bailey, the novelist who | makes her home at the Wardman | Park Hotel, contributed $100 toward the fund. Other large donors in- cluded the Kresge Co, $700: Mrs. Thomas A. Given, Dresden Apart- ments, $500; Mrs. Fenton Fadeley, 2101 Connecticut avenue N.W., $250: Miss Harriet Shaw, 119 Eighth street SE., $100, and Mrs. Sothoron Key, $100. Robert P. Smith, chairman of the Professional Group for the local campaign, today announced the sub- chairmen for his committee, which has a goal of $50.000 and has al- ready raised nearly $10,000. Subchairmen Listed. His subchairmen are Paul E. Shorb, Union Trust Building, law- vers: Dr. M. M. Alexander, 1726 1 street N.W. dentists; Dr. John Hugh Lyons, 1344 Nineteenth street N.W,, doctors; Dr. Edward S. Jones, 328 I sreet N.W., cola@ed doctors: | Thomas H. Locraft. 1413 H street | N.W., architects; William Spicer, Bond Building, Washington Institute | of Public Accountants; Wayne Ken- Red Cross Seeks Funds for War The District Red Cross is ap- pealing for $750,000 as its quota of the American Red Cross War Fund Campaign for $50,- 000,000 to provide relief for American war victims and to carry on rapidly expanding Red Cross services for the armed forces. Today the District stands at $85,606.07. Checks should be made pay- able to the American Red Cross and envelopes marked “For the War Fund.” Any bank will accept your contribution and forward it to District Red Cross headquar- ters, 2020 Massachusetts avenue N.W. There are also booths n leading hotels, department I stores and at Union Station, dr\ck, Rust Building, Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Gor- ham F. Freer, American Security | Building, patent attorneys; Willlam Wagner, Tower Building, engineers; fund THX EVENING :8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Salvage Commitiee |American Volunteers Destroy Tells What fo Save -|7 Jap Planes Near Bangkok In Waste Campaign 3 u it o f il o ’ il 7 i eMoyobam»a Chachapoyas Orelana: oCajamarca * JHiusuco -Cer-oée Pasco oJroya *Jauja *Huancayo Huancavelica Ayacucho® & Abancaye Piscco [[{3d ——— s 9033 ——bave s iss STATUTE MILES Prepared by The National Geographic Society Russian (Continued From First Page.) clared, and troops on the south- western front recapture more than 130 villages and towns. “At the end of December” an Kharkov (the Russian Pittsburgh | in the Donets Basin 400 mjiles south of Moscow) and blew up a house Miss Janet Fish, nurses; Mrs. T. J. in Dzerzhinski street where Ger- official announcement added, “dar-1. ing Soviet patriots penetrated inte | Howerton, 3900 Cathedral avenue | man officers were quartered. A Ger- | N.W.. osteopaths; Beatrice Clephane, | Man general and nine otaer officers Investment Building, women law- | Were killed. yers. Reports from the Crimean battle zone gave London military observers the impression that Russian troops were gaining ground from landing operations and the associated of- fensive by Sevastopol’s garrison. | The consensus of several was that they would maintain the initiative. | A Russian communique said Soviet | propaganda had an increasing at- traction for German soldiers, “freez- ing in their torn summer ersatz uniforms,” and that special orders | had been found necessary to pre- | vent them from mailing Russian | Members of the Financial Com- | mittee, headed by George Vass, were | also announced today. They include: George Ferris, Ferris, Exnicios & Co., investment bankers and stock- | brokers; Col. Lewis W. Cass, Federal Service Finance Corp.. finance and | loan companies; Andrew Saul, B. F. | Saul & Co,, real estate: Joseph Marr, | 1331 G street N.W., life insurance; | Albert Howard, Fireman's Insurance Co., fire and general insurance; J. B. Powers, Acacia Co., and Mr. Vass, banks and trust companies. | Mr. Vass has urged subchairmen | to raise for the War Fund campaign | at least four times the amount se- cured in the last Red Cross Roll Call. | leaflets home. | up railroad tracks in several places Guerrillas Are Active. Russian guerrillas, active behind German lines near Leningrad, blew and derailed two troop trains, a Soviet communigue said in Moscow. | Another group, which returned unharmed after five days of opera- Civilian Defense (Continued From First Page.) while a member of the House, “kept no hours—he did the work of two | of us.” “Why,” he added, “he rolls over and over like a wheel. He never loses a minute.” From Representative Gifford, Re- publican, of Massachusetts came the statement that the New York Mayor “and the lady in the White House"— a reference to Mrs. Rocsevelt, as- sistant director of the program— were “too busy” to direct civilian defense. “Civilians,” shouted Representa- tive Creal, Democrat, of Kentucky later, “know how to do the job better than any imported retired | brass hat. A military officer knows no more about some of these things than a goose.” | Representative Faddis, Democrat, | of Pennsylvania, a member of the Military Affairs Committee, led the | fight for both the amendments, | maintaining the War Department | was better equipped to handle the | job of purchasing civilian defense | supplies and for storing them, “and furthermore, it has the confidence | of the people.” He was supported by Representa- | tive Wadsworth, Republican, of New | York, who argued that the work | was closely related to that now | carried on by the War Department | and by Representative Kilday, ! Democrat, of Texas, who contended | that “the more you separate the work of defense the less co-ordina- | tion you get.” | But Representative Thomason, Democrat, of Texas reported: * “I don't want the War Depart- ment butting into the affairs of the water department in my little"city, and telling the chief of police and fire department there how to run their business. I'm not willing to militarize the entire country.” Prisoner Dies in Cell ‘Thomas Hawkins, 57, colored, 500 | block of R street N.W., who was scheduled to be tried in Police Court today on a drunkenness charge, died in a court cell shortly after his case had been continued to January 20 because of his illness. Hawkins be- came ill, it was said, some time after being taken to the court cell to await | Ris appearance in ext | ported killing 250 Germans and de- | munique said, one Russian umt! | routed a German battalion, killing | tions in German-held territory, re- stroying their equipment. Elsewhere on the front, the com- more than 300 men and destroying | much material. In capturing the town of Mesh- chovsk, 130 miles southwest of Mos- cow, which was reported taken yes- terday, preliminary data showed that | two battalions of German infantry | were annihilated and much equlp-‘ ment captured, the communique | i | | i | | | UNITED STATES SAVINGS /BONDS AND STAMPS It will cost money to defeat the Axis. Your Government calls on you to help now. Buy Defense bonds or stamps today. Buy them every day, if you can. But buy them on a regular basis. Bonds cost as little as $18.75, stamps come as low as 10 cents. Defense bonds and stamps can be bought at all banks and post offices, and stamps can also be purchased at retail stores and from your newspaper carrier boy. Support your Government with yourdollu; Phonographc concert, Northeast Branch Publi: Library, Maryland avenue and Seventh street N.E., 7:30 o'clock tonigh. Army Band concert, ' Army War College auditrium, 1030 am. to- morrow. EXHIBIT. Drawings, vater colors, etchings and monotypts by Eugene Higgins, | Corcoran Gailery of Art, Seven- teenth street «nd New York avenue N.W, tomorrew and Sunday. LZCTURE. “Italian Puinting: Renaissance,” Crawford, Naional Gallery of Art, Constitution svenue at Sixth street N.W,, 2:30 par. tomorrow. bANCES. 9 All States C'ub, Washington Hotel, 9:30 o'clock ‘onight South Dalota, State Society, Wardman Pek Hotel, 10 o'clock tonight. The High LINNERS. American ‘ollege of Surgeons, Mayflower Hctel, 7 o'clock tonight. MZETINGS. Federal Emyloye’s Union, Willard Hotel, 8 o'clock tonight. The Hibernans, Mayflower Hotel, 30 o'clock tmight. Gridiron Chib, Willard Hotel, noon tomorrow. LUNCHEON. Belgium “Fmbassy Day,” Hotel 2400, 1 p.m. 1>MOITOW. A. U. Park Cifizens Hear 0f London Air Raids The America1 University Park Citi- zens' Associati-n last night gave over its meeting t« civilian defense and heard from Miss Joan Wakefield of the British staff here personal ex- periences in London during 1940 and | 1041 air raids. Miss Wakefzaid urged Wn.shlnmn: residents to jrepare for the worst, | but not to wury. “Just know that ! you sre going to do your part and that will mak. it easier for others,” she said. The activiti-s of the Civilian De- fense Commitsee of the association was outlined oy Anderson A. Mur- phey, chairmn. He announced a mass meeting of the American Uni- versity air- ares will be held at 8 p.m. Mondar in the Woodrow Wil- son High School. Sergt. R. A. Wil- liams' of No. 8 police precinct will give & course of instruction in air- raid defense s¢ that time, Mr. Mur- phey said. Robert A. Maurer, chairman of the Membership >ommittee, read the names of 49 now members, and they were voted in‘o membership. A represeniative of ‘the District Chapter of the Red Cross addressed the meeting, s'ating that at this time every one shculd join the bedy by siving as muek as they ean. Most Britisa Columbis pulp and paper producers have arranged for t expansin since the beginning mem.mvmznm- merce reports & {nee o Cuzco | ”iififliimi:h‘ L il \J\l‘!\ Il “. i i il i i j il 1 it i [T \(\ i‘ il ’ i i i o I ' A n Puerto Maldonado. fl eSicuani eArequipa Mollendo ¢ *Moquegua 'II " . Save This Map for Your Scrapbook STUDENTS TO BROADCAST—The map abov:, prepared by the National QGecgraphic Society, is for use in connection with the seventh of tks Latin American broadcasts by students in Wash- ington junior high schools which have beer arranged by The Evening Star in co-operation with the National Broadcasting Co. and officials «f the school system. The program involving Peru will be given Monday at 2 p.m. over Statior WMAL by pupils of the Terrell Junior High School. The hour of the broadcast falls at an open prriod in all junior high school schedules and the chil- dren will listen in their classrooms. Followirg the program, teachers in the various schools will pursue the subject further, aided by a prospectus prepared by school officials. This map, together with those appearing each Sunday accomparying articles prepared by the National Geographic Society, is itieally fitted for use in scrapbools for present and future use in keeping pace with rapidly changing history and geography. Pamphlets (Comigged Prog\ }"irs_v. _Page) the Prench people to the American people. Although not making available text of the message contained, he sald that the traditional French- JAmerican friendship was emph: sized throughout. For those un- happy Frenchmen still living in the German-controlled areas, the mes- sage offered them hope of united victory and their eventual libera- — |lished in 1937, the material Four. Organizations Will Collect Bundles To Help in War If you want to join the salvage- for-victory movement, the District Salvage Comngue has some sugges- tions about what to save. In answer to many questions, the committee listed the following do's and don'ts. Don't bother with any paper that has paraffin on it That includes the waxed paper that eomes on bread, inside cereal boxes and around meat. Do save cereal boxes and other cartons. Break down the corners of your cardboard boxes so they can be flattened out. It makes them easier to handle. Don't Save “Tin Foil.” Don't save “tin foil” The com- mittee says there has been no tin in tin foil for over a year. A sec- ondary grade aluminum is used in- stead and its reclaimable value is very low. Do save paper. That includes newspapers, magaznes, books and files and any other paper you can get. Bottles are not yet being sal- vaged here but if you have a place to store them, do so. They may be salvaged later. 5 As for tin cans, the Salvage Com- | mittee doesn't want them, but every tin can that goes into your trash, according to the committee, ulti- mately gets to junk dealers, after going through the city incinerators. The junk dealers sell them for their iron content. How To Dispose Of Goods. Here are ways you can dispose of your salvagables: - A salvage - for - victory drive to collect waste paper is already being sponsored in the District by ‘The Star, the parent-teacher associa- [tions and home and school asso- ciations of the public schools. The i school children collect bundles of | papers, cartons and magazines the | association receives 60 cents for 100 pounds of hewspapers and 90 cents | for 100 pounds of magazines. Four charitable organizations will collect salvagable materials in the metropolitan area—Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries, Volunteers of America and the Washington Selft Help Exchange. You can also sel! your collection to & regular jurk | dealer, Hill Trial | __(Continued Prom First Page) _ Gorrell. foreman of the grand jury which indicted him, declared an F.| B. I. agent told the grand jury of | the following ordered and paid for by Mr. Hill: 5 % A total of 85.000 repdn: of "3; 1and Expects Every American o1 His Du‘t):." ordered on ‘March 31 and April 29, 1941. For" Mr, Hill paid $373.50, it wa® Although taken from a book pub- ! as | entered as “extension of the | marks” of Senator Clark Idaho, it was testified. and 85,000 | bearing the Senator's frank .were made available by the it Printing Office. The postage-free | distribution was authorized by & | Miss Shanks of Senator Clark’s office, it was stated. ' | La Follette Speeches Reprinted. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1942. By the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 9.—A small squadron of the American volunteer group roared across the jungle wastelands of Thailand, yes- terday and bombed Meshod Air- drome, near Bangkok, destroying at least seven grounded Japanese bombers and probably wrecking an eighth. This was the latest reported stroke of an American flying force under the command of a wiry Louisianan, Col. Claire L. Chennsult, who at 51 left a life of retirement to defend the Burma road even before Japan launched her December offensive in the Pacific and Far East. General Staff Tells Congress It Opposes Separate Air Force Asks Change in Order For Hearings on Setting Up Department of Aviation By the Associated Press. The general staff has made it ;reliable quarters said today the damage to the dock area was heavier than was first believed. Bangkok lies at the head of the Gulf of Siam. Allied aircraft, it was. said, re- leased their heavy bomb loads at low level over a restricted area. The AVG's destruction of seven bombers brought to 53 the total Jap- anese planes certainly destroyed by Allied aircraft since the beginning of the war in this area, It is known | unmistakably plain to members of that 20 to 30 Japanese planes either | Congress, Senator Chandler, . Demo- faile¢ to reach bases after raids on | crat, of Kentucky said today, that Burma or were probably destroyed | it is opposed to creation of & sepa- aground. | rate alr force. | Moreover, Senator Chandler told The assault appeared to have cost ‘The German radio, as heard in the American volunteer group one | London, said today that strong Jap- plane, for it was missing some- | 2D€S€ squadrons had struck back where between the A. V. G.'s oper- | with severe raids on Burma, attack- ating base and the bomb-torn air- 1‘25 h’:’:"ly Rangood, Tavoy and oulmein. port of Meshod. The all-India radio said Rangoon A combined communique of the|had a one-hour alert early this Er‘i‘mh army and air command said: | morning, with bombs dropped in an ‘A. V. G. aircraft raided Meshod | grea north of the city while anti- | reporters, War Department repre- | sentatives have urged the Senate | Military Affairs Committee to re- verse a previous order for hearings | this month on a proposal by Senator | McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada for | establishment of a department of | aviation which would have full charge of all wartime air activities. on Thursday. They destroyed seven enemy light bombers on the ground and probably eight. One A. V. G. aircraft is missing as a result of this raid.” American Volunteers. The attack was the second raid of the war on the Thailand capital. Hours earlier the R. A. F. struck at ! Senator Chandler said department aircraft guns banged at the raiders. representatives told him they be- ‘The Indian broadcast added that | lieved this was no time for a dis- | it was made known today in New |cussion of the controversial issue | Delhi that some air raid casualties | in Congress, adding that memhers in Rangoon are being evacuated to of the general staff could not spare India. Arrangements for their re- | the time from their war duties | ception in this country have been| which would be required for ex- taken in hand.” The all-India tensive hearings. | report was recorded in New York “It is evides the Kentucky | town pike mear Silver Hill, Md., was f | ed chopping through the ice, hoping Bangkok's military objectives and ' by C. B. S. | Funeral Services Held For Philip L. Plyler, | |Help Win War Philip L. PWler, 56. retired news- | paperman, who died Wednesday at | his home. 1427 Twenty-fiist street N.W., was buried today at Cedar| Hill Cemetery, n')llowlng funeral T ann 11 aid ca't gek I A services at Gawler's funeral home,| | narines but am sending yo 1750 Pefinsylvania avenue M.W. Hei $428.88 to help win the war.” had been 1ll about six months. | ‘The sum, his entire bank ac- | | count, was withdrawn yesterday®| ! [ Mr. Plyler had been a regident o!: > with the permission of his parents, turned into a cashier’s ‘Washington for about 21 years, com- | ing here {r8n Gastonia, N. C., his ‘ check and maileq to the Presi- | | dent, » birthplace. He received his news- | paper training on various Norgh £ Dr. Heber D. Curtis Dead Famous as Asfronomer By the Associated Press. Carolina papers and wrote a nufa- ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan. 9.—31’. ber of special articles for The Star and the New York Times He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Echel B. Plyler; his mother, Mrs. Martha J. Plyler, and 10 brothers and sisters. | Heber D. Curtis, 69, chairman of the | astronomy department at the Uni- | versity of Michigan, died at his home here last night. He wom na- tional and international recognition for his astronomical work’ Hre Ruins Alex Tavern; Frozen Stream Balks Aid | Dr. Curtis observed 11 total solar eclipses in Georgia. 1900; Sumatra, v . | The Alex Tavern, o, the Leonard- 1901 Labradof, 1905; Russia, 1914 Washington, 1918: Mexico, 1923; New Haven, 1925; Sumatra, 1926 and 1929; Nevada, 1930, and Maine, 1932. Dr. Curtis, born in Muskegon, Mich., received degrees from the Universities of Michigan, Virginia and Pmsgurch He taught at the | Astronomical College of the Pacific | and was for a time in charge of the were called and, since there was no | Lick Observatory station in Sapti- hydrant le: the vicinity, they laid a | 880, Chile. He became-director; of hose to the small stream about a| the observatory here in 1930. , quarter of a mile away. They start- | —_— | to find water, but it was frozen sol!d.% Firemen at Death Watch: About 25 guests were in the tavern | - 7 o % | at the time the fre was discoverea, /AS Fire Damages Town police said. No one was injured. By the Associated Press. The tavern, & two-story building,, BROOKFIELD, Mo, Jan. 9.—| was located about & mile from the Plames fanned by a brisk north wind | District line. | destroyed six business buildings in Alex Matthews. one of the officers | this town of 7,000 population last of the firm which owns the tavern, night and caused damage estimated Boy, 11, Mails $428 To President to BY the Associated Press. et ROYAL OAK, Mich,, Jan. 9.— | | Teddy Burton, 11, wrote to the | | President : \ r destroyed by fire early today as members of the Bradbury Heights (Md.) Volunteer Fire Department stood helplessly by because a small stream from which they had hoped to pump water was completely frozen. The fire was discovered about 1:30 am. by a walter, who noticed smoke seeping up through the dance floor from the gellar. The Bradbury Heights firemen Senator said, “that the general staff believes the air force ought to remain integrated with tre land and naval forces. I was one of thése who urged that a hearing be held on the question, bug with wir on I té- lieve we will have to bow @ their judgment.” Senator McCarran told the Senate this week that gthe United States was the last remfaining gregt power with gn air command divided be- tween its Army, N#®y and Marine, Corps. Onethe other Mand’ one influen- ‘ml legislator, who asked that his name not aid there were some indications th&t Great Britain sooff r ight revamp its autonomous Royal, Air Force setup to c8py the recent unified command instituted by our Rrmyg This system, sair’to be strikingly sim@ar to_that employed by the - ‘LNazw‘ give® supreme authority over iand and air forces ® the task com- mander. The commander theoreti- aally is given sufficieyt aerial and ground forced4 to agcomplish & cer- tain objective and'is permitted to co-ordinate the ~fforts of each as he judges best. Head f Arab League, Takes Life bysPoison By the Associated Press. 3 NW YORK, Jaf. 9—&r. Fuad *sa Ehatara, 48, Brooklyn physician end president @f the Arab National League, was found dead yesterday in his office. Palice listed his death as suicide. They said Dr. Shatara, spokesman for Arabs on the Palestine and inter- related questions, swallowed poison after addressing this note to his wife: “My nerves zre frayed, my health undermined, and I cannot go on any longer.” Red Cross Campaign Goes Over With Lucky 7 By the Associated Press. ROCK HILL, 8. C.. Jan. 9.—Rock Hill's Red Cross quota was $7,000. Noting the good luck figure seven, Publisher A. W. Huckle of the Eve- ning Herald suggested that the said the total loss, including sup- | at $200,000. | money be raised in 7 hours on Jan- tion. | Reprints of two speeches by s Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, ‘There was clear implication.” Mr. | 1\ mpering 30,000 each, allegedly paid | Early added, “that a very different o v o $61 check from Mr. Hill | plies, amounted to about $20.000,/ The alarm sounded while the com- {only one-fourth of which was cov- | munity's fire department attended | ered by insurance. An overheated a death watch service for their chief, | oil stove in the basement apparently uary 7. The official slogan became “7 in 7 on the Tth.” It worked. Without by Miss Morna | | kind of message would be carried to the enemy in due time.” Extensive descriptive information of the magnitude of the American | war effort was contained, with em- phasis on the co-ordinated energies of the Army, Navy, industry, labor and general citizenry. Numerous quotations from presi- dential addresses and declarations ‘were given, with large extracts from a speech which Mr. Roosevelt made on May 20, 1934, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the death of Marquis de Lafayette. Mr. Roosevelt reminded the Prench and American people in that address that many generations after Lafayette had helped to estab- lish the independence of this West- ern Nation, “more than 2,000,000 American boys, backed by the 50“-1 darity of a great Nation, went to France * * * seeking to preserve | the fundamentals of liberty and democracy.” R. A. F. Likes Leaflets. Mr. Early said that the bombard- ment mission had taken place tlis week and that the President has received from the London command of the R. A. F. the following report: “United States leaflet No. 1 was acclaimed everywhere in the R. A. P. The fiyers felt it was an honor to be the couriers of America and to carry so stirring a message.” In the early days of this second World War, the Germans and the Allied air forces exchanged consid- erable quantities of printed propa- ganda, and this device is still being used in the Russian campaign. pamphlets might have on United States relations with the Vichy gov- ernment of France came up at a press conference with Secretary of State Hull, who said he had not given particular attention to that point. The Secretary said he could ot undertake to predict just how soon there might be a settlement of the problem created by Free French seizure of St. Plerre and Miquelon, French islands off the coast of New- | foundland. When the status of the islands is settled,. facts will come to light that will make this Gov- ernment’s position better understood, he _said. The United States is understood to be supporting a Vichy demand for withdrawal of the Free French forces, but insisting that restoration of Vichy sovereignty be accom- panied by an arrangement for Al- lied control of a radio station at St. Pierre. Martial Law Reported Declared in Manila By the Associated Press. ; BOMBAY, Jan. 9—A Singapore radio report heard here last night said the Japanese had declared martial l]aw in Manils. They were reported also to have seized and creed motor vehicles, and to have de- that nothing be moved in or out of the city. ‘What effect the dropping of the | all public facilities, hospitals | two It was testified that franked en- velopes were provided on authoriza- tion of & Mr. Clapp in the Senator’s office. Reprints in 25.000 copies of “Three Steps to War,” by Senator Brooks of | Illinois. Another 25000 reprints of remarks by Representative Rankin of Missis- sippi, for which Mr. Hill allegedly wrote a $47.55 check. These were said to have contained material from “Aid to England,” by Herbert Hoover. District Court jurors heard more about use of the frank when a por- | tion of Mr. Hill's alleged testimony | before the grand jury was read. Cites Speeches Given Dennett. The grand jury stenographer quoted Mr. Hill &s saying he believed he gave 500 or perhaps 1000 Fish speeches to Dennett. Mr. Hill told the grand jury, ac- cording to thq stenographer’s record, that it was customary to give groups such speeches without asking what use was intended. Such has been common practice during the 20 years Mr. Hill has been a secretarv of Representative Fish. Mr. Hill was quoted as saying, and in the majority of cases franked envelopes were handed out with the speeches. “We were awfully free with Mr. Fish's speeches,” the defendant was quoted as explaihing. Sells 21-Year-Old Buggy SARDIS, Miss., Jan. 9 (#)—With tire rationing and fewer autgmobiles, business is looking up for one Sardis merchant. He sold e buggy, com- plete with harness and whip, that had been' in stock for 21 years. Belvoir Officers Wield Brooms To Pay Bet 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. * FORT BELVOIR, Va., Jan. 9.—The dream of every buck private came | true for members of a platogn here ilast night: They popped the whip over their broom and rynp-wieldlna officers. The two officers, Capt. Henry A. Eddins, commander of Company B of the 5th Engineer Training Bat- talion, and Lt. Clifford Siverd. com- manding officer of the second platoon in that company, were paying off on a promise to the platoom which qualified on the rifle range. Capt. Eddins and Lt. Siverd had promised to clean the barracks of any platoon turning in a perfect score—with every man qualifying. The pair felt pretty safe. It's an almost unheard of feat in a training center. But members of the second platoon accomplished it. * Payoff on the bet followed with the whole company looking on. 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