Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1942, Page 3

B IGET FEman. spmewa 2-X Dutch Paying Cash For War Weapons Delivered by U. . Indies Getting Arms in Many Cases Without Written Contract By SHEILAH GRAHAM, Correspondent of The 8tar and North American Newspaper Alliancee. NEW YORK, Jan. 10—The “in- domitable Dutch” are good pavers as well as fine fighters. They pay 100 | per cent for every inch oi armament | they take from this country. “We have been given the facilitles of the lease-lend bill because of the priority of delivery it entails. But we have never availed ourSelves of the borrowing privileges under the act.” My informant is E. C. Zim- merman, the Netherlands East In- dies commissioner in the United | States. This reporter asked for details of the amounts of Dutch money spent on American armaments, but was reminded that this information is now considered a military secret— “but I can tell you this,” said Mr. Zimmerman. “We have already paid a good number of millions of dollars | on the line and we are prepared to spend another $500,000,000.000.” Where does this money come from? It comes from the rubber, tin and quinine of the Indies sold to the | United States in vast quantities. Halt in Business Doubted. ‘The war 1n the Pacific has not yet affected the shipments from the Dutch East Indies to this country. “And I don't anticipate that there will be any cessation of business,” Mr. Zimmerman said. “In fact, our average exports of rubber which used to be around 30,000 tons a month have increased | to about 50.000 tons. This last is| an average of the past three months and includes the period of Japanese hostilities.” The great need of the fighting Dutchmen in the Pacific is the same old story—planes. “We want fighter planes and bombers in unlimited | today of an 18-year-old charge of quantities,” the commissioner stated. | attempting to bribe Federal agents “We want them especially for Java ‘» in an income tax case. and of course all over the territory. ! “In addition to the planes, we | Botwin to a year and a day in the are buying all the armaments that | Lewisburg (Pa.) Federal prison, and can pe made available. Like this|jimposed a $100 fine, after overrul- country and everywhere else, we are | ing defense counsel’s motion to set not yet getting all we would like | aside the verdict and after declin- to have, but deliveries to the Far | ing requests for probation and bail. Eastern battlefront are increasing| The case went to the jury shortly in satisfactory manner.” after noon. The threat to the Dutch East In- Charles E. Curry, 84-year-old dies 15 considered grave enough for | Staunton attorney, was the only wit- the rushing of armaments from the | United States without the formality of a written contract. In many cases the orders are transmitied by | word of mouth and accepted in| Washington unhesitatingly. This | trust is based on Dutch 1n(ggmv and the past record of cash pay-! ments. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va. Jan. 10.—After deliberating only 25 minutes a United States District Court jury found Nathaniel James Botwin, former auditor with the O. P. M, gullty timony. The gray-haired accountant cate- gorically denied yesterday that he had intended or attempted to bribe two Internal Revenue agents in an income tax case at Staunton in 1924. He was arrested last October as a result of a routine personnel check- up by the O. P. M, where he was employed in the Aluminum-Mag- | nesium Division. He had been| missing since he forfeited a $2,500 | | bond by failing to appear (or trial’ Many Jap Ships Sunk. | The Dutch have also proved by | valor on the fighting front their | right to priority in war weapons. Their navy. almost to a ship, plus a | Judge A. D. Barksdale sentenced | ness called before conclusion of tes- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, END OF THE CHASE—After relays of policemen had failed to halt this fugitive car in its 90- mile-per-hour run from Baltimore, a Washington tree stopped it effectively—and fatally for one occupant. Policeman Harry T. Sullivan, who was in on the chase, points out damage. In uniform is Policeman J. A. Hunt. (Story on Page A-16.) \Former O. P. M. Auditor Given 'Year in Tax Bribery Case —=8tar Staft Photo. Arlingfon Treasurer Seeks Change in Law On Depositing Funds Hopes to Clear Way For Excess Monies That Banks Refuse at Harrisonburg, Va., in October, 1924, on a charge of attempting to bribe the Federal agents to accept an income tax return presented by Hyman Greenstone, Staunton mer- chant. Three Government witnesses were called by the prosecution. One of the three, Roy S. Gochenour, testi- fled that he was investigating the Greenstone income tax case as an| By ALEXANDER R. PRESTON. internal revenue inspector in 1924 A feature of the Virginia law | ceased, $150 in a Staunton hotel | 8ccepting public funds for deposit room on January 3, 1924, to recom- | would be changed to make such de- m‘"dn’i:selbfi-“(‘;e of an amended re- | posits desirable, under a plan an- oo & mmemone. nounced today by John Locke Green, “Shocked at Agents.” treasurer of Arlington County, Va. Botwin sketched his life to the| Mr. Green said he will discuss with time he was engaged by Greenstone, and said that the Federal agents on their own initiative asked him for money in return for a favorable re- port on the case. Botwin testified | he was “shocked,” and determined | to expose them. The accountant also testified that he always intended refunding Green- stone. his bondsman, the money for the forfeited bond, and surrender- ing and standing trial, but never could accumulate the necessary| money. { and Delegate Charles R. Fenwick a special act for Arlington County dur- ing the Virginia General Assembly, | which convenes Wednesday at Rich- mond Because of rapidly mounting rev- enues from vear to vear, Mr. Green | has found himself in the uncomfort- able position of having on hand | more of the public’s funds than the | banks will accept. The county treas- urer has had to resort to depositing the excess collections, which this large part of the merchant service escaped to England and the Neth- | erlands possessions after the Hitler | machine stampeded into Holland 1n4 May, 1940. ‘Car Rationing fo Strangle |Ida May Price Is Freed year amounted to $140,000, in a bank safe deposit vault until regular bank accounts drop to a point where the banks would accept the money from State Senator William D. Medley | D.” C, Hong Kong Defenders Depended on Candles And Brackish Wells Briton Says Utilities Were Knocked Out During Japs’ Siege SATURDAY, BY the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, Jan. 10.—Oil lamps and candles furnished the light, while ponds and wells of brackish water quenched the thirst of Hong Kong's defenders in the last days | and nights of the British crown colony under Japanese siege. The story of the situation before | the island stronghold fell to the Japanese on Christmas Day was told belatedly today by a British of- ficer, now at Shiukwan, whose ac- count was circulated by the official Chinese news agency, Central News. The water and electrical systems 'had been knocked out by the Japa- nese assault. Streets were under constant bombardment from land and air on an ever-increasing scale s0 that distribution of food and sup- plies had to be undertaken largely during darkness. Artillery bombardment of key points continued night and day. The Happy Valley and the water front area of West Point suffered most heavily. The center of Victoria, with its more sustantial buildings stood up well, however. The Hong Kong Bank, the Gloucester Hotel and other landmarks frequently were hit but without significant damage. A “fair proportion” of the enemy’s shells did not explode. The central district was at no time blocked by debris and the be- havior of the civilian population throughout the siege was excellent, it was sald. The civil defense serv- ices. managed mainly by Chinese citizens, functioned steadily and effectively to the end. ‘There was no panic or rioting on the island, the British officer said, although organized fifth-column ac- tivities led to some disorder and looting on the mainland immedi- ately before the Japanese enti There was one humorous twist to the Japanese propaganda tactics in the siege of Hong Kong. Loudspeakers blaring from some- where across the harbor frequently played such tunes as “Home Sweet Home” and “Swanee River,” pre- sumably to try to make the garri- son—of Britons, Canadians and Indians—homesick. {Turkey May Get 500,000 {Starving Greek Children By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 9 (De- layed) —Turkish and Greek author- ities said today they were seeking to arrange for transportation of | 500,000 starving children from { Greece for adoption by Turkish | families for duration of the war. First Woman Conscripts Registered in Britain By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 10—Britzin's first JANTARY 10, 1942 'Arlington Employes Paid Under $2,000 Get Wage Boost County Manager Expects To Recommend Other Increases Later After heated debate, during whic! F. Preeland Chew, a board member, charged the proposal was not in harmony with the county manager form of government, the Arllngton County (Va.) Board today by a vote | of 3 to 1 approved a report by| County Manager Frank C. Hanra- | han calling for a blanket 6 per cent making less than $2,000 a vear. ‘The board appropriated $12.720 to effective January 1 and which will end June 30. County Manager Hanrahan had been instructed to report on the matter following a proposal, intro- duced last Saturday by Leo Lloyd, which was passed by a 3-to-2 vote. $64,000 Surplus Expected. In his report today Mr. Hanrahan said the county auditor had indi- cated there would be a possible sur- plus at the end of the fiscal year of $64.000. * The county manager noted the increased cost of living in support of his recommendation and said he would make additional and detailed recommendations for all county em- ployes at a later date. The pay in- crease voted today affects any em- ploye who has been with the county one month or more and who earns under $2,000 a year. | larger pay increase. Mr. Lloyd said | emergency. Mr. Chew. who voted against the | not acting in an “orderly, business- like procedure.” Tax Rate Hike Seen. He was jointed in this opinion by | Commonwealth Attorney Lawrence | W. Douglas, who asserted the board “ought to have an eve on taxable revenues before putting through any arbitrary pay increase.” He added the increase may cause a rise in the county tax rate To this Basil M. De Lashmutt, who seconded Mr. Llovd's resolution for the increase, emphasized that the board procedure “has been most orderly.,” and asked that his dis- agreement with Mr. Douglas’ opin- ion be noted in the minutes Mr. Chew presented a substitute resolution asking for a $15000 ap- propriation for county civilian de- fense in lieu of the pay increase. He was ruled out of order, however, by Chairman Edmund D. Campbell. Mr. Chew then said that the 6 per cent pay raise was “entirely in- adequate,” and added he would sup- port a motion for more money at the proper time. He suggested that any salary increase should be con- sidered when the county budget is submitted in March. Move For Delay Opposed. the proposal was expressed by Mr. Lloyd. “It is time,” he declared. “for the cover the increase, which was made | | pay increase for all county employes | x » Puil | Tripsed May Declaring he had hoped for a g,_ he was willing to accept the 6 pPr! ) y_':’ o"m cent boost in view of the present | xRBuffiehead (Dav) measure, told proponents they were | Xighi’Lady (Robérts Bitter opposition to any delay on | XArched. (Beveriy) e Racing News Tropical Park Entries For Monday By the Associated Press. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1,000 ciaiming 4vear-olas and upward: 6 furlongs. Unimond (Cafiarella) _ Eleenak: (Atkinton) - xYellow Mask (Day) Bowie, "Graw, Laurel -«|Plan $25,000 Raise izt In 1942 Purses By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 10—The an- nual distribution of purses at each major Maryland track will be " | boosted $25,000 this year, it has been 7 | agreed by the Maryland Racing i g1 | ba v Weitman) Al Time Hish (no boy) xChance Run (Brunelle) | Commission and major track opera- tors, lifting the total awards to Purse. £1.000 speciat | $325.000 at each oval. s. 6 furiongs. ‘The agreement affects only Bowie il1and Havre de Grace in regard to i | spring meetings, for Laurel has no spring meeting and the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico for many seasons has offered considerably more than $325,000 in stakes and purses, Laurel representatives agreed to go ahead with plans for their 25-day October meeting on the same rela- tive purse basis as other tracks. Notesand Comment By the Associated Press. The sensational Alsab, with 130 pounds, heads the list of 123 of the leading 2-year-olds of 1941 for the third running of the Experimental handicap, to be held over 8 furlongs in the spring race meeting at | Jamaica i | The Experimental. $5.000 added, 101 | is the classic prep for the Wood ;'x'u‘. ! Memorial and Kentucky Derby and - };:« will bring together the best 3-year- ;| olds of the current racing season. The list was announced today by Racing Secretary-Handicapper John B. Campbell of the Metropolitan 108 | Jockey Club. 1 Alsab's top weight was to be ex- ; | pected. The $700 son of Good Goods | and Winds Chant won 15 of his 23 | starts and $110.600 in prize money. ‘Warren Wright's Sun Again, which = went wrong in midseason after win- handi- | ning four of seven starts and amass- 10 | ing earnings of $45455. is closest to - ‘M Alsab with 126 pounds as his impost. 10 | Herbert M. Woolf's Contradiction, “l‘; | winner of the rich Pimlico Futurity, follows Sun Again with 125 pounds. claim- | Contradiction earned $55775 in 11 ,‘G. | trips to the post. Col. E. R. Bradley's hope, Bless Me, 3 is rated on a par with the Woolf entry at 125 pounds. Mrs. Payne Whitney's Devii Diver. Ben F. Whit- aker's Requested and Wright's Bel- mont Futurity winner, Some Chance, | are at the same notch, 122 pounds. Miami. Fla, is claiming a new title as the winter capital of racing. Al The cancellation of the Santa Anita meeting has turned most of the country's best horses toward the Florida city. Many of them are expected before the windup of the Tropical Park ses- | sion next Tuesday. Mioland and | Porter’s Cap head Charles S. How- | ard’s shipment of 15 racers expected "| to leave Santa Anita soon. Buddy Hirsch is taking Dispose to | Coral Gables for the King Ranch - 1101 and Tola Rose for A. J. Sackett. = It may take some time for the ";}]Cah!omls horses to become accli- | mated, but they should be able to - jos| show to advantage during Tropical 2 11a| Park’s spring period, March 9 to XVeiled Prophet (Strickier) SECOND RAC] weights: maiden ar. i Gver . (Mehriens) - Packer) Bob's Dream (Eohn) False Play (McCreary) Ezsy Jack (Meloche) xTee Midze (Breen) Dan’s Choice (no boy) xaTorian (Mehrtens) - Gay Fad (Howell) _ Here Now (no boy) Lease Lend no boy) . 2 E. K. Bryson entry. THIRD RACE—Purse $1,000; ing: 4-year-olds. 6 furlongs. General_Jack (Arcaro) Harry Heimen (Skelly) Sameron (Keiper) d xBulldinger_(Coule) Down Six (Young) Bright Arc (Lindberg) xBelmar Arra (no_boy) claim- - 114 114 S 114 106 FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1.000 ing. 3-year-olds: | mile and 7 Infant Queen (McCreary) xBpeedier (Coule) Dot Bays Not (McMullen) XMiss_Carmen (no boy) —__ The Dancer (Cruickshank) Deneb (Meioel DNuskrat (Day) Whilka (Brunelle) XMarval (Strickler) aldina Fal son) evnell) irunelie) Jacobelle (no imean Gola Plynn) 108 113 Wibert (P osmith) rehlight (McMullen) ~~_ RACE—Purse S upward ©1.000: claiming 6 furiongs. XBallinderry (Coule) | La Jaconda (McCreary) Sizzling Pan (Arcaro) 8tar of Padula (ro boy) XThrotile Wide (Coule) Night Tide (Durando) Anopheles (no hox) - xChance 8ord (no boy) S1.200; SIXTH RACE—Purse. 0, an 8 cap 4-vear-olds and upward Sir Marlboro (1o boy! Doublrab_(Haskell) xDon: ona (Coule) Lady Waterloo (McCreary) Ala King (Skelly) De Kaib (no boy) SEVENTH RACE—Purse. 1,000 ing. 4-vesr-olds and upward Burnine Stick (Roberis) Unknown Land (Smith) Brown Bomb. (no bor) Gallant Play (Schmidl) War Kev ino bov) Gs XDear Yankee ( EIGHTH RACE— ing. 4-year-olds and 0 yards xSpaipeen (Bates) xMoonlite Bobl Visjero (Ma. = xXFreach Trap (no boy)~ Big Jack (no boy) Wise Hobbs 1o boy) 2 (no bovh Dax se $1.000 ward; 1 mil High Hat vnulnmn ightily (C ll Sir Reg_(Br IBbony ‘Bov. (Brunelle) Barbara 8. (MacAndrew) Dick Bray (Meloche) Blumere (Lemmons ! Yhite Samite no boy) - Alley (no boy p xCatomar iBr!nnIn- 1 l NINTH _(SUBSTIT R 1 e 4-year-olds 6 furlongs. Nicholas 8 (M_Gonzales) xPreity Rose (Breen) _ - XBriar Sharp (Hi Oddesa Pride (no_bay) Cherrike (Mcombs) vomen conscripts registered for na- | board to use some intelligen Nob the vault. women c ipts regis 9 gt 'nd'mm Turk (n.boy) - X% Without chronicling the good work | of Queen Wilhelmina's Navy against the German and Italian warships, | the Dutch in the war against Ja- pan and since December 7, 1941, have sunk one cruiser, two destroyers four troop transports, three freighters, one lighter, ships. four supply transport And they have put out of action three transports, one sea- | plane tender, and damaged and probably sunk two cruisers. dition they have bagged many Jap planes The Dutch are true to their motto: *“Je maintiendra"—I carry on. Truck Driver Has Police Keep His Spare Tire By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 10. — Truck Driver George D. Hull played it safe: He hauled two huge truck tires into Western Police Station last night, asked police to keep them for him. He explained the tires were his spares, that he was driving through to Akron, and leaving his truck overnight in a parking lot. “You never can tell, you know,” said Hull. The police kept them, Fraternity Plans Dance Local alumni of the Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternitv from George- town, Washington College of Law and National University will hold an interchapter dance tonight at ‘Wardman Park Hotel, it was an- nounced by Howard Wittemeyer, chairman of the Dance Committee. Decentralization (Continued From First Page.) | result in tremendous increase in ap- propriations Senater McCarran states in the ' resolution that “the work of Con- gress in connection with such agen- cies and offices will be seriously im- paired and the cost of communicat- ing with those agencies and offices will be tremendously increased.” The resolution adds that “the whole fabric of civil and govern- mental life in Washington will he adversely affected if such agencies and offices are moved from the Dis- | trict of Columbia.” St. Louis Quarters Found. . New quarters have been found in t Electrification Administration em- | ployes slated for decentralization, Administrator Harry Slattery in- formed employes today. He urged | them not to cancel home leases until further notice, however. Acting on advice of the R. E. A | decentrahzapon committee, Mr Slattery said that “moving day” would be delayed because of neces- sary remodeling of the new quar- | ters. He added that he did not | think there would be an exodus be- fore March 1 and promised em- | ploves 30 days’ notice. Meanwhile C. W. Robinson, presi- dent of the Patent Office Society. announced the perscnnel of the five- man committee that will investigate housing conditions in Richmond. N. E. Miller will head the committee. Other members are A. E. Donnelly, Harry Goldsmith, C. W. Tomlin and | Ira Arnold. © "At a special meeting yesterday afternoon, the society voted to create a special committee to survey the housing situation in Richmond. 'This group is expected to go to the Virginia capital Monday to begin its inquiry. one tanker, | three transports, | Louis, Mo., for the 1,100 Rural‘ | nouncement soon. {Dealers, Senafors Told | a “slow, I automobile dealers, the Senate Small | Business Committee was told today | of retail automobile business in th | war emergency. “If we are going to be put out of | business, do it now.” Norman Chap- | N. J, By Suspended Senfence The rationing of cars will mean | horrible death” to most | BY the Associated Press. BEL AIR. Md.. Jan. 10—Ida May Price, 15, trailer camp gir Browning, was freed from Harford | as it concluded hearings on the fate | County jail today under a five-year e | suspended sentence. She left for New York with her parents where she will be under the | | supervision of probation authorities. | | Her companion, 14-year-old Leona In ad- | man, a dealer from Cliffside Park, | cunningham, was released Tuesday told the committee. “We ! ynder i n the ‘ don't want the slow strangulation | taken to Florida by her family. | of rationing” | er, however, expressed the desire | | that if the 204,000 cars to be manu- | factured this month are “to be the end,” the dealers be allowed to dis- | tribute them all. This, would keep a number of dealers | going for three or four additional | months and thereby provide em- f ployment for hundreds of salesmen and others who “otherwise would be unemployables” because of age and | other reasons. D. G. Kelly of Grand Forks. N Dak., told the committee he hoped gome provision would be made in the rationing regulations to allow | farmers to obtain passenger cars. Cantrell to Speck | Lawson J. Cantrell. assistant su- | perintendent in charge of Junior high schools. divisions 1 to 9, will be a guest speaker at 8:30 p.m. Mon- day of the Brookland-Woodridge Business Association, Inc, at 2004 ! Rhode Island avenue N.E. He will | talk on civilian defense in the jun- jor high schools. Sergt T. Ras- musen, one of the civilian defense instructors from No. 12 police pre- cinct, will also speak. " Golf ued me First Page) | the surplus being turned over to the American Red Cross. | Virginia Delays Decision. | RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 10 (P.— A decision on whether Virginia's amateur and State women's golf tournament will be held this year will not be made until the annual i meeting of the Virginia State Golf Association in late March, Fred J. D. Mackay, secretary, said today. Mr. Mackay said that it was his personal opinion that the State as- | sociation would follow the national a:socmtlon and also cancel its events. Hershey Tourney Unaffected. HARRISBURG., Jan. 10 (#).—Of- | ficials of the Hershey Open golf| tournament said today that the decision of the U. S. Golf Associa- tion to cancel its tournaments this i)ear would not affect the annual links event here since it is held in co-operation with the Professional Golfers’ Association. Sea Island Cancellation Seen DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 10 (#).—Mrs. Dan Chandler, president of the | Southern Women's Golf Associa- | tion, said today she saw “very little possibility” that the organization would hold its mext tournament, scheduled May 11 at Sea Island, Ga. Mrs. Chandler said previous dis- cussions with committee members had disclosed they favored can- cellation of the tournament. She he said, | | cast). | expects to make a definite an- Herbert H. Cox, jr.. Penitentiary murder. 'ltaly Admits Casualties ,Of 5,000 in December By the Associated Press. ROME, Jan. 10. admitted today troops were killed or wounded that month alone in policing conquered Greece, Albania and Yugoslavia. Her heaviest losses were on the African front and in the fleet. Russian front... 237 529 407 55 43 620 Italian fleet. Air force .. 115 33 volved | in the roadside killing of Grainer C. same conditions and | 16, who shot Harry Sommers, an Atlanta deal- | the 38-year-old carpenter during an | automobile trip from Alexandria, | Va., last October. is serving a sen- | tence of 12 years in the Maryland for second degree (Official Broad- — Acknowledging December casualties of more than 5000, Italy that 795 of her Killed. Wounded. Missing. 643 54 e - tional service today. Girls of the B {1921 class. they numbered about Mr. Green will ask the legislators 350,000 and will be called to the to seek an amendment to the tax services probably at the end of the | code which now requires that before | month. any public funds may be deposited in | any Virginia bank, the bank must deposit with some other depository or trust company sufficient bonds to| TIENTSIN, China. Jan. 10 (Offi- cover the amount of the deposit. | cial Japanese Broadcast) (#) —One Marines Taken to Tientsin apply money where it is most| | needed and I know what it means man Campbell assured county em- ployes not covered by the raise that the preparation of the budget. The effect on Arlington County.! hundred and thirty-seven United where tax growing larger each year, is to cause | clyding nine officers. arrived this all of the banks doing business with | afternoon, bound for internment { the county, to put up ableurge nur(;xber barracks, bringing the total of of bonds which must insure The result is that most of the| TEBEE RIS BOC LR banks are reluctant to be put to !he | e—— expense of paying insurance pre- | ness with Arlington County to de- miums on bonds which are to serve as | posit ~their bonds securing the security for money on which there | accounts with the State treasurer’s is no profit. office at no charge for the custody For the past two years, Mr. Green | and insurance of these bonds. The has utilized to the fullest extent the | banks would be permitted to do this deposit margins allowed by Arling- | in lieu of the present procedure. ton and Alexandria banks, and this| The legislation would also provide vear he made arrangements with a | that, in the event of any litiga- depository in Charlottesville to ac- | tion concerning the custody of the | cept part of the county’s money. | bonds depisited with the State At the close of 1941. Mr. Green had | treasurer, the State would give its 181,239,000 on deposit in several | consent to be sued and would desig- banks. The sum represents about|mate a proper official to act as de- {the maximum amount of bonds the | fendant in the suit | financial institutions would offer| By this method, Mr. Green said, as security, banks which have bor:’dl.: avulnblfi : would be more agreeable to matcl Sees Higher Level. the county’s deposits because no ex- “If business conditions continue penses would be incurred in hand- at the present level,” Mr. Green de- ling the county’s money. clared, “we will have even more| “Several bankers with whom I meney to place in safe deposit vaults have discussed the plan have ex- this year.” pressed the opinion that it would The treasurer will ask that legis- | be of great help to the county,” Mr. lation permit the banks doing busi- | Green declared. HAGERSTOWN, MD.—PLACE aileron frame with an electric - IN THE WAR FOR WOMEN—Ruth Long (left) bores through an drill as Eleanor Shue “blocks the drill” with a piece of wood in the Fairchild Aireraft plant. It's no job for long fingernails. Scores of women have found their place in defense, working on the primary training planes and parts for fighting planes which the plant turns out. —A. P. Photo. [ Ve revenues are rapidly | States Marines from Peiping, in- | ‘Two Babies Die in Fire Despite Mother's Efforis BY the Associated Press. PERRY HALL. Md. Jan. 10— Two baby girls burned to death in spite frantic efforts of their mother to rescue them. old. were trapped in the bedroom of their three-room frame dwelling when a kerosene stove in the kitch- | en_exploded. The mother. Mrs. Ray E. Ward, about 22, cut her hand when she broke the kitchen door window try- ing to rescue the children. up, rushing outdoors. The door slammed shut, and the fire spread from the stove through the kitchen. She smashed the window to open the door, but the flames drove her back. Mr. Ward, a garage worker, ar- rived home to find the house a mass .| of fire. Baby Delivered ‘by Phone’ ADAMS, N. Y, Jan. 10 (®.— Thwarted by a raging snowstorm in s race with the stork, Dr. 8. E. Douglas delivered a baby by tele- phone. Abandoning his automobile, the physician battled through huge drifts to a farm house, telephoned necessary instructions to a frenzied expectant father. Mother and ba- by (the seventh born to Mr. and Mrs, Ora Bice) are “doing fine.” Taxis BN (Continned: Brom ®irat; Eage-I exempt District taxicabs from the Government tire rationing order. ‘Taxis Carry 13 Per Cent of Load. Mr. Hankin gave his indorsement to the proposed legislation because of the vital part taxicabs play in public transportation. He pointed out that a check December 186%™ showed that taxicabs carried 148,000 passengers that day and streetcars and buses carried 1,000,000. In other words, he said, taxicabs carried 13 per cent of the mass transportation ‘The Randolph resolution also was approved by Whitney Leary, chair- man of the District Tire Rationing Board; B. R. Tolson, manager of the Washington Terminal Co., which operates Union Station, and John H. Royer, jr., president of the District Association of Taxicab Owners, whose 10 member companies operate 3,400 cabs. Mr. Royer declared taxicabs are necessary to national defense and as necessary to the residents of Washington as are the other four public utilities—C. & P. Telephone Co., Washington Gas Light Co., The Potomac and the Capital Transit Co. War-time popuimation growth, he pointed out, faces the taxicab in- dustry with an increase of 28 per cent in business, and its equipment wears out at the rate of 38% per iy 31 % they and the entire salary system | will be given consideration during ! their blazing home last night de- | Mrs. Ward told police the oil tank | caught fire, and that she picked l('fl-be Cast ..al P I've lived on $1.500 & year | Sa; In supporting the increase, Chair- . Panther Creek wcamhn - } | The children, Betty Jo Ward, 3,/ and Nancy Lee Ward, 10 months' | | Suron A Sirickier) 3E! Juer (o boy, 108l April 11, (no boy) Augustus (Meloche) Monk's Memo (no boy) *' Hungarian Consul to Go To White Sulphur Today By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Jan. 10—Dr. Louis Alexy, Hungarian consul general { here since 1925, will leave today |in custody of State Department representatives for White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.. for internment. Dr. Alexy will be accompanied by | several high officials of his office, in- cluding Consul Laszlo Megyessy- 20| Schwartz. They will be held with | other representatives of Axis and Axis-dominated nations. zAlack (no bov) ent(Schmidl) _ Hl(h Plald (Keiper) XApprentice allowance clai med.” Racing Results Tropical Park By the Associated Press. PIRST RACE—Purse. $1.000. ciaming 4-vear-cids and upward: o furiozgs Royal Blue (Jemas) A0 Ballast Reef Glibert) Hazel F. (Daitio) Time 1:13% Also_ran—Pit Terrier. Wavriel Sassy Mate. Our Chuckie. Bad Cold. Count Mau- | {Col. Umstead, Test Pilot {Of B-19, Transferred Lt. Col. Stanley M. Umstead, the \ Army's chief airplane tester now on duty at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, was assigned to new duties today | with the Southeast Air Corps Train- | ing Center. Maxwell Field. Ala His duties there will be announced later by the commanding general. Col. Umstead's latest exploit has been to put the Army's new B-19, the 60-ton long range bomber through its paces. Closing Chicago Grain By the Associated Press. o "ml‘:“‘c‘*’*i“"'d"” 00 & C’HICAGOthnz lo;;nv; &fl;:e‘; -year-olds b S 10 1n<ngmore!an cents a bushe! os quesiion Nocrsson SOV SEN | best levels® since September and e T ) 3.90 | near the highest figures quoted here Also ran—Pet, Miss Qoshen and Beau | since 1937, led a general grain mar- LEE ket advance today that followed the . Senate vote vesting the Secretary of Ffllr Grounds Agriculture with power to veto farm By the Associated Press. price ceilings fixed under pending FIRST RACE—Purse, legislation. ;Jenr-old:) L.amge E faa0 580 ‘Wheat was up a cent and corn =< R e 840 and oats fractionally following the Ligerty Cloud (Parise) trend of rye. Soybeans gained more el "nn ish Beauty Oops, than a cent. Wheat prices were the . Shadburn. best posted here ‘n more than three weeks and within fractions, for May 3-year-olds: 6 furlongs. delivery, of levels at which Govern- ) 1520 340 240! ment grain is being offered for sale. Qoal 10 G Deering) 3.00 | Oats wered virtually the highest in 12 Time. 1:123s years and soybeans were at tops e s ton. Tebo Tack, ?:;rkny A% Mastie-“Valama | since September. Valet. Strength of rve was associated partly with likelihood of increased use by distillers to make industrial alcohol. Corn, expected to be the principal grain used for this pur- pose, was affected by hedging sales to offset trade purchases from Gov- ernment supplies. Profit taking reduced the gains in all pits. but rye closed 133-1% higher than yesterday, May, 813%-'5; wheat, 3-3 up; May. 120%-3%: July, 1.305%: corn, -5 higher: May, 55 (-66 July, 87%-%; oats, %5 off 5 up: soybeans, Ya-3 higher. £1.000, claim- 6 furiongs $550 280 300 | SECOND RACE—Purse ng: i-year-oids and UPWar Ginocehio (McCombs) Blue Leona (Delara) 2180 A% Tan—zaitowna, Circus Wings. Hubt- | ine Home. Not Yer, Mayd Daily Double paid £33 %0) THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.000; claiming 3-wear-oids. nss North Bound (Brunelie) 18 40 Gingail (Day) Lagy Goiden (Eccarc) Time. 111 0 ran 380 300 t. LDy gho. Village Queen POURTH RACE—Purse claim- ingS-yenr-olds. © furlonge 8ay Nomore (Stiickler) All Whims (McCreary) Unbottoned (Arcaro) Time. 1:15': Also ran—Miss Militant Zite Witness stand. No Count. John Hunnicutt, Reck- less Saxon. Gold Coin Miss. A One, Missfil. | $1.000 30 910 31.10 5.50 1250 | 400 00- allowanees: 2600: claiming: 400 580 | 400 Jewell's SECOND RACE—Purse, $600: elaiming RA(;:— urse lowm. claiming: urlonas. up: = 590 4.00 5.2 THIRD 4-year-olds Jaycee (Parise Wake: Robin_ (Deering) 0 Copseript, (Whiting) 140 Also” ran——Graustark. Pari Sucre, The luuu Bie Bubbie. Silver Wind. Don Moss d Wise Dean. Virginian Shoofs Girl, Then Kills Himself James Taylor, 30, of Madison, Va., today shot and killed himself after wounding 17- year-old Martha Lamb of 2007 North Pollard street, Arling- | { ton, Va. according to police. Miss Lamb was reported to be in critical | condition at Emergency Hospital. Police said Taylor, who was liv- ing temporarily at 2021 North Quincy street, Arlington, came to | 5%, the North Pollard street address, where Miss Lamb is employed by William R. Western as a house- keeper, and accused her of going g with another man. After she had denied the accusa- tion, police said, Taylor shot her “1, - through the head and then turned g the gun én himself. Hempm- ,,‘,’}‘,’,’, nounced dead at Emergency Hos- -lnn %, _3«;»,—““1 3. o pital. Thgs. ln-an sgminal ,u ans. wheat nou'l'u Teported. .. 5 yellow, Oats. NO 1, h“ 3 “Bariey Join the United States Coast Guard fifim“?’u 3 “““n&"‘ ed \I‘ » 800 1500 'IM dmer. &50-"‘0-