Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1942, Page 2

- Jealous Suifor Kills Girl and Ends Life In Arlington Home Employer of Victim And 2 Small Children Witness Shooting A 17-year-old girl was shot to death by a jealous suitor, who then ended his own life in the living room of the girl's employer in Arlington County yesterday afternoon. Pive hours after James Taylor, 88-year-old ice company employe, ghot himself, Miss Martha Lamb died of a bullet wound in the head, inflicted, according to police, by Taylor in a fit of jealousy. The tragedy occurred in the home where the girl worked, and in the | presence of her employer and his two small children, who were play- lngmlhouv\ncromnm}lorm* Pollard street. The children, 6 and 7 years of age, ran screaming from the room while their father, Willlam R. Western, who said he thought Taylor was going to shoot him, escaped through a front door to summon police. When the police arrived, Miss Lamb and Taylor were lying wounded on the living room floor. The Clarendon ambulance carried both to Emergency Hospital wheré Taylor was pronounced dead on arrival. Miss Lamb died at 7 pm. Threats Revealed. Mr. Western, a Capital Transit Co. emplove, told reporters Taylor moved to Arlington several months ago from Stanardsville, Va., and that Miss Lamb was his childhood sweetheart there. Miss Lamb was employed as a domestic by Mr. and Mrs. Western about three and a half months ago. For the last month, Mr. Western declared, Miss Lamb had been threatened by Taylor because she was having other dates. Yesterday afternoon when Miss Lamb mentioned the threat again to her employer, Mr. Western said he went to the home of Taylor to warn him against further threats. “He told me that he had no in- tention of harming her,” Mr. West- ern said. “After talking with him a while, he half-way convinced me that he was telling the truth and offered to walk back to my home | with me to explain to Miss Lamb. “When we got home, they talked very quietly for a while. I sat in the living room and heard only parts of the conversation.” Mr. Western said the conversation centered about the threats to Miss Lamb and that he did overhear Taylor saying: “You know I had no such in- tention.” He sald Miss Lamb then replied, “Well, let’s forget it,” and the two talked for a little while longer. Mr. Western sald he was surprised to see Taylor grab Miss Lamb’s wrist and pull & gun from his pocket. “He shot at her once and as she staggered he pointed the gun towards me.” Mr. Western con- tinued. “I thought he was going to shoot e sl T ducked out the door. The children also ran out- side” Mrs. Western, an emplove of the ‘Treasury Department, was at work at the time. Taylor roomed at the home of L. B. Lamb, uncle of the slain girl. Mr. Westeyn said Taylor fre- quently visited Miss Lamb at his home. Max Truitt to Be Feted By Missouri County Max O'Rell Truitt, lawyver and former member of the Maritime Commission, will go to Callaway County, Mo., January 20 as the honor guest of the annual King- dom of Callaway dinner at Fulton. Now a resident of Silver Spring, Mr. Truitt was selected as this year’s native of Callaway County who has “made good” since leaving home. Mr. Truitt was born in Mill- ersburg, Mo. He studied law at the University of Missouri and prac- ticed for several years in St. Louis before coming here. He is the son- in-law of Senator Barkley, Demo- crat, of Kentucky. Free Travel Asked To Visit Wounded Free passes to permit relatives of recently wounded soldiers to visit them in Yaralla Military Kospital in New South Wales are asked of the military authorities in 8ydney. Many wives and mothers cannot afford to make the round trip. One proposal is that passes be given at least once a week to rela- tives living in cities and at least THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, \ FORT DRUM GUNS ROAR AT JAPS NOW—These 14-inch rifles, shown in target practice, are lo- cated on Fort Drum in Manila Bay and must be eaptured before the Japanese can use Manila's harbor. Fort Drum literally is & eoncrete battleship, bullt on bedrock, and is one of a series of island fortresses guarding the entrance to the bay. Allen Tells Thrilling Story Of Rescue From Decth at Sea - Correspondent Finally Hoisted to Safety After British Cruiser Is Destroyed (Larry Allen came perilously close to never telling this story, the best in his thrilling catalogue of experiences as an eyewitness wfl%&fl%» & (Word came w t.he Auocuwl Press on December 16 that Allen, who had survived unscratched the violent German air attack on the British aircraft carrier Illus- trious, was in an Alexandria hos- pital recuperating after swallow- ing oily water and suffering cuts and bruises in a 45-minute plunge into the sea. (Allen, a native of Mount Sav- age, Md., was permitted to tell his story after the British had offi- cially acknowledged the loss of the cruiser Galatea.) By LARRY ALLEN. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan. 10.— ‘When the British light cruiser Gala- tea, stabbed three times in her side by torpedoes, heeled quickly over end sank with a muffied blast, an heroic naval story just began. ‘The Galatea was sunk by a U-boat in the pre-dawn blackness of De- cember 16, only 32 miles off Alex- andria. It was a oold, choppy ses and the lurking menace of the U-boat was always present, but for 10 hours British destroyers stuck to the dan- gerous job of rescuing the cruiser’s survivors. They picked 119 of the Galatea’s 580 officers and men out of the olly scum that marked her grave in the | rail sea and one more, myself. All that time they were trying to find and depth charge the sub- marine but they never got it. Attacked at Close Range. The submarine had attacked at close range while the Galatea was speeding at 26 knots along with other cruisers and destroyers after fending off a seven-hour attack by once a month to relatives who are country people. Axis bombers. Three torpedoes ripped gaping Martin to Speak in Forum G. O. P. Chairman Will Discuss Unity And the Two-Party System “National Unity and the Two- Party System of Government” is the title of an addreis to be de- livered by Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr., of Massachusetts, chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee, in the National Radio Forum at 9 pm. tomorrow. The forum is arranged by The Star and broadcast over the Blue Net- work. It will be heard locally over Station WMAL. * Mr. Martin, who is Republican leader of the House of Representa- tives, is firmly convinced that only through keeping alive the two-party system in this country will it be possible to retain freedom in Amer- ica. He has declared that the Re- publicans will co-operste 100 per cent in the war effort of the admin- istration, although they will retain the right to criticize constructively. It will be necessary, in his opinion, to conduct a campaign for election ©of members of Congress next fall. Long before that time the Repub- lcans will have demonstrated mm RIPMSINTATIVI JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr. —Wide World Photo. will give no comfort to the enemy, s s holes inte her portside, aft, amid- ships and forward near the bow. There were three vivid flashes of flame, then m;:am of 'uein to the wounded cryiser. minutes she had vanished s magic, myln‘lhmmmolofl over the sea. This is the story of those three minutes und the 45 which followed before T was hoisted, more dead than alive, to s destroyer’s deck. Torpednes literally chased me up the port side of the Galatea's quarterdeck as I raced to the bridge when the first warning came just |, about mnidnight: “Pirst degree readiness heavy armament.” That tild the gunners to stand | by for action. Momest for Quick Decisions. The first torpedo crashed aft, just behind me. The second hit amid- ships. The third tore under me forward as I crossed to starboard. It was a moment for quick de- cision. T had never swam a stroke in my life. But I knew, too, that the cruiser might be blown to bits any moment if fire reached her maga- !nstincdvely, T tried to cling to somethinz solid as long as possible as the ship, with mighty convul- sions, rapidly tipped over to port. In those precious seconds before she dipred under the ses, I blew with all the power of my lungs into the lfetelt hanging around my neck, and clutched the starboard Then, as the cruiser took the plunge, T slipped-like a greased pig into the sea and went through the most terrifying, the most agonizing experience of my life. Fhun g Overboard. As T was flung overboard along with husdreds of officers and men, I heard Alexander Massey Ander- son, the Reuters naval correspondent, shout scmething to an officer. I never saw him again. 1 was afraid the deep dive would collapse the old lifebelt I was try- ing to sold high and close to my chest. But I came up, and half a dozen times more I slipped under the oily sea, swalowing what seemed to be gallons of water. Each time I ex- pected vould be the last. But some- how I kept bobbing up again. The cruiser was gone. She had dissppesred with a tremendous suc- tion. The oily lake on the sea was dotted all around with the heads of men. I batled to live with strength I could summon. I went under once wying to reach s smali motorboat several sailors had saltaged. But I came up and a seaman helped me aboard. A score of others had the same ides, how- ever, snd the motorboat finally lurched over, dumping us sll back into the ses, and sank. Gasped Cries for Help. ‘The muscles of my arms and legs were kiotted from the cold and my desperate effort. My brain pounded. all the My throat seemed to be seared with — flame. 1 repeatedly gasped cries for help, as did the others who remsined t. ‘Then at last the towering form d.:.ddeflvynlomedjmfinm “ " & salor —A. P. Wirephoto. get closer, try as I did. The waves seemed to carry me farther sway and I screamed for help. ‘There is nothing more agonizing than to see rescue at hand yet know that you cannot reach it nor make the searchers see or hear you. Everything was in uttec They dared not flash a sea: for fear of an enemy attack. Caught by Big Wave. Limp, exhausted, helpless, I prayed. Then, as though in answer 8 big wave caught me, swamped me and washed me almost under the destroyer’s propeller. I called for help until I thought my voice would leave me. Suddenly s long, oily rope dangled over the side. I grasped at it but my strength was gone. “Hang on. we'll pull you up,” an officer shouted. “Can’t,” I called, and the rope slipped out of my fingers. The officer told me to come closer and somehow I did, managing to 'grip a rope ladder. T realized that safety was within| reach. I held on. But I couldn't even pull myself up the first rung. Head Banged by Raft. Just then a life raft drifted against the destroyer's side and banged my h;‘nd again and again against the ship. Sailors on the raft grasped the rope ladder and clambered up, several stepping on my head and pushing me down into the water, while I called on my last strength to keep from drowning. I kept calling. At last, a sailor aboard the raft saved my life, he tied a heavy rope under my arms, flung it to the quarterdeck of the warship. Three sailors slowly hoisted me out of the oily mess and flopped me like an exhausted fish, flat on the deck. I was covered from head to foot with thick, oily scum. I dimly recall hearing someone say “this fellow’'s an American,” as they pressed the water from my lungs. Then they carried me to the mess deck below and for the next 10 hours I lay on greasy rags and oil soaked clothes. too weak to get on my feet, while the Navy searched for the Galatea's survivors and her attacker. At Alexandria, I had to borrow a coat to get ashore. All my clothes, all my money and my typewriter are with the Galatea. ess. hlight Shorfage Develops In Material Used in Rebuilding Tires ‘Camelback’ Supply Either Exhausted or Committed in D. C. A shortage of camelback,” rubber possibly for the duration of the war, & prominent Washington dealer de- clared last night. ‘The motorist’s plight, he said, is much more desperate than it was when the Government halted sale of new tires. Then it was said the car owner would be able to lmp slong on retreads or recaps until the rubber shortage is over. Now, are off the market. Re- It was explained that whlie the Government has not frozen “camel- backs,” the material vulchnized on old tires in retread and recap work, it is controlling # by making monthly allotments to tire manu- facturers. The manufacturers use & portion of this in their own work and apportion the rest among their dealers who do retreading. Stecks Already Exhausted. Many dealers in the city already have exL their supply. Other tire shops who have not been deal- | Englishman ing with any one manufacturer in particular are unable to get any of the material at all, as the manu- facturers naturally take care of their own dealers first. The dealer said he had no evi- dence of hoarding of retreads or used tires by the shops. Motorists have been buying them faster than they can be put on sale. Until re- cently his firm had taken used tires in exchange for retreads, but now they are thousands of orders behind. This is true, the desler added, de- spite the fact that his retreading shop is eperating on & 24-hour basis seven days s week. Meanwhile, the men appointed to the District Tire Rationing Board | announced yesterday the first group of successful applicants for new tires. Sixteen individuals and firms received certificates which they will present to their dealers to obtain | the tires and tubes. They included | two street-paving firms, one sheet- metal worker, five food distributors, three plumbers, four doctors and one concern which distributes equip- ment for physicians and hospitals. All en Eligible List. All of those receiving certificates | of course are included in the eligible classifications as defined by the Of- fice of Price Administration. The paving firms are given tires because they transport “material and equipment for the building and maintenance of public roads.” The sheet-metal worker, roofs and furnaces, and the plumb- ers are eligible because their trucks are “essential to render roofing, plumbing, heating and electrical re- pair services.” The regulation pro- vides that food distributors are eligible to obtain tires so long as the trucks are not used in transpor- tation of foodstuffs to the “ultimate copsumer !or personal, zlmny or household use. For example, Barker lllt Bhopl. Inc., 1408 New York avenus N.W,, were given a certificate becsuse their truck is used in hauling prod- ucts from their plant to the retail stores. However, tires cannot be obtained for delivery of bakery wares from one of the stores to the consumer. Successful Applicants. The list of successful applicants Inna their business or profession fol- ows: Dr. William J. Lally. physician, 926 Massachusetts avenue N.W.; John Breyshaw, wholesale butter, 3240 Patterson street N.W.; Dr. Wil- liam Fleet Lucke{s, physician. 5000 Reno road N.W.; James McCann, plumber, 1931 Thirty-seventh street N.W.; A. D. Sherman, 3622 Alabama avenue SE., delivery of food to stores, hotels and restaurants; Sam- uel Streb, plumber, 3501 McKinley street NW.; J. B. Thomas & Sons, eggs and butter, O Street Market; Dr. 1. Phillip Prohman, physician, 2924 Nichols avenue SE.; Dr. Wal- ter K. Myers, physician, 2030 R street NW.; Beuchler’s Physicians and Hospital Equipment, 1325 Con- necticut avenue N.W.; A. V. Holmes, street paving, 2220 Washington cir- cle NW.; Irvin B. Robinson, sheet metal work, 726 Seventh street S.W.; Wilmoth Paving Co., 60 P street S.E.; Barker Bake Shops, and Clowe & Davis, Inc., fruits and produce, 1217 Maine avenue S.W. The Wilmoth Co. received cer- tificates for four vehicles, Mr. Brey- shaw for two, and the rest for one each. These applications were approved at meetings held on Wedn: y and Friday of the Tire Rationing Board. The board will meet again Tuesday to consider additional applications. Frequency of the meetings will be determined by the number of ap- plications received. Weather Report (Purnished by the mm States Weather Buresu.) Generally fair and not so cold Sunday; moderate to fresh winds. River Revert. dosh Rivers clear at iomee "clenr st Great 10 Dm. Yesterdsy vear 11 pm. Yesterday Yeor Record Temperatures This Year, Fishest, 56 on January 3. Low uary est,'7, on ‘I‘Ifi Tal (Furnished by United States Coast and QGeodetie Survey.) Highest, 24, as0. m. p.m. The Sun snd Meen. am 12:48pm Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunse: thlh“l- Monthly precipitation in iaches in the Capital (curren Month, ufl An Record. Janusry _ 7.83 '37 ruary in Yarieus Cities. Wb b Y emmrratirey Prects. e S, sar. Bt P70 to Albuaueréue. x uu"‘ Y "‘gn Ashevili 12 2 # 4 9 icaso, . Clhclmll. Cleveland Of 0nomigiisce ORI NN ARC RS S RRNS SRS 13536309 019G Ba91 <100 BHS e SR RRARAREARE] who mends | JANUARY 11, 1942. Churchill Swamped With Presents From Friends in America Wide Variety of Gifts, Sent to White House, Forwarded to- Embassy ' By BLAIR BOLLES. where the gifts are forwarded from the White House, allowed an in spection of the halls in which fl!l donations are stowed and sorted. one corner were piled boxes m taining 5,000 cigars. In another corner stood s tower of letters, 3 feet tall, to Churchill from strangers. On one table was s strange gift from s Pennsylvanian, the whole , receipts, dated invitations and an auto- trnphed plcwre of Jack Dempsey. donors live in every State in tho Union and all the provinces of Canada. Cards Preceded Gifts. ‘The first intimation the White House had of this upsurge of New World generosity toward the visiting came in the arrival of several hundred Christmas cards for him. The bulky presents followed the cards and they are still coming in. Bir Anthony Rumbold, second secretary of the British Embassy, is charged with the task of sorting them and supervising the dispatch of thank-you letters. ‘The gifts come in so fast—by re- gistered mail special delivery—that they outpace Sir Anthony’s answers. Some persons have sent poems glorifying Churchill and testifying to the determination of this country | to beat the Nazis and enjoy British friendship forever. Some have sent word that new babies are being named for Churchill. One of these babies is Winston Churchill Haya- shi, of Victoria, B. C., infant son of parents Japanese by race but Cana- dian by conviction. A pair of spectacles, a box of | chocolates, a bag of lima beans wflh instructions how to cook them, the | sacred Book of Mormon, two sorg | gation and another on law, crates of eggs, dozens of oranges, & box | of pecans, a copy of George Wash- ington’s will, a painting of the great seal of the State of Ohio—these are some of the gifts. - Other Presents Received. Mrs. Lionel Atwill, wife of the | English motion picture actor, sent the Prime Minister six corncob pipes. A World War veteran in Winnipeg sent him a Canadian dime with the “Blood, Sweat and Tears" speech engraved in tiny letters on its obverse. Alfred Anson of New York, a classmate of Churchill's at Harrow, sent him a bottle of Napoleon brandy 1813, supplementing the 1811 bottle from a Mr. Lord of the Lord Electric Co.,, Inc., New York. Another generous American gave him two bom- of 1848 cognac. Mr. Churchill's American lst in- cludes gloves, socks, cravats, silk scarves, 8 Union Jack done in towel- besutiful wool afghan and asked him to give it, when he returned | Mrs. Fern Madren of Vallejo, Calif., has knit for Englishmen since the | war began in 1939. | logued in the Churchilliana a set of stone arrow heads. a tin of minced pies. a turkey wishbone Tepresenting “V.” a foot-high rubber thumb representing “thumbs up,” & genealogical history of the Drake family, a book on “Women Pioneers of America,” s Shriner's fez that belonged to a distant relative of Churchill's mother and & portrait of Pranklin Roosevelt done on the typewriter, Join the United States Coast Guard today. ! dishes, a British lion rampant carved in the Virgin Islands from | tortoise shell, one textbook on navi- | to London. to an English baby.| ve him a sweater, the 65th she| The British Embassy has cata- | U. S. May Reimburse Dealers for 'Expenses’ LONDON.—*MOST BOMBED BISHOP” HONORED—Dr. Godfrey Parsons, who, as Bishop of S8outhwark, was known as London’s “most bombed bishop,” shown out- side Buckingham Palace after he was received in audience by King George. He recently was transferred to the office of Bishop of Hereford. —Wide World Photo. Readers’ Guide ond News Summary The Sunday Star, Jan. 11, 1842, PART ONE. Foreign. wu denhl-. reports persist that seek peace. Page A-6 Jap phnel raid Tarakan again, Dutch report. Page A-18 Court reverses overtime pay de- cision. Page A-8 Graduate Nurses’ Association to hold two-day meeting. Page A-8 National. Pour investigations opened in grain elevator fire. Page A-1 Red Cross official describes ’:t‘t:l-k on vital metals, w-mn%m and Vicinil Trial of Fish secretary to tomorrow. Physlcun woman held by narootics agents. Page A-7| Prellmimry plans for regisu-mon- begun. age A-T 50000 attracted to Clptul year. Page A-8 Shifted agencies must pay for | travel. | Class to train women to care for children of workers. Page A-10 | Women's Patriotic Conference opens Saturday. Page A-11 Preparations for Birthday Ball cele- bration in full swing. Page A-13 Examiners to be named to hear rent complaints. Page A-13 Two additional D. C. hospitals sub- Jected to taxes. Page A-13 Special taxi service suggested for District of Columbia. Page A-1! | Col. Anderson, retired Army offi dies. Page A- " More day air-raid wardens urgsd mn Mount Pleasant. Page A-15 Dentist’s book on Lincoln due Janu- ary 26. Page A-15 Miscellany. A Page A-16 Pages A-20-21 Travel and resorts. Pages A-21-23 Serial story. Page A-23 PART TWO. Editorial. wwflnl articles. Pages l-‘l'-: John Clacutc Proctor. Page B-5 PART THREE. | Sports and Finance. Sports. Pages C-! Financial news. Pages C-7-i PART FOUR. Society. Society news. Pages D-1-10 Club news. Page D-9 PART FIVE. Amusements. Theaters. Stamps. | Cross-word puzzle. Radio programs. Junior Star. Page E-8| Classified advertising. Pages E-10-16 | Army orders. Page E-10/ Civic news. Page !-' Books. Page E-1! » Large-size ORIENTALS in}| Page A-8/ ivnmm complainant charged $1150 for a pair of shoes, In Auto Rafioning Hearing Gets Plea for ‘Quick Death’ Rather Than ‘Stranguldtion” B7 the Assoclited Press. Chairman Murray of the Senate Small Business Committee said yes- terday he understood the Govern- ment might undertake to recome- pense automobile dealers for “ex- penses” incurred Vy the order which Price Mmmmnw Leon Bmdcr- son had indicated such a step, Sena. tor Murray said, at the ‘conclusion of a hearing during which one witness asked that the Government impose a “quick death” rather than “strangu- lation” if it intended eventually to shut down the dealer’s business. The witness was Norman Chap- man, Cliffside Park (N. J.), dealer. Senator Murray said similar opin- ions had been expressed in many desier troughot the country. dealers it the country. ‘The Senator added that the hear- ing might produce satisfactory reg- ulations for rationing of automobiles and for the sutomobile dealers’ situ- ation generally. Henderson Indicates Action. “Already, in the course of these ” Senator Murray contin- Henderson and his ex- perts have expressed sympathy with the suggestions of the dealers and has indicated the Government will undertake to afford the dealers some recompense for the expenses they are going to incur by reason of the freezing and rationing order. “In instances where dealers wish stocks and permit them to M out with the least possible damage.” Harry Sommers, Atlants, vice Automo- that dealers wanted to co-operate with the Government, but would like more definite information as to method. rged. He suggested that the 204,000 cars expected to be manufactured in January be rationed to dealers. Dis- tribution of these vehicles, he said, probably would mean whether many dealers could remain open and con- tinue to employ persons who would | not fit into defense industries. D. G. Kelly, Grand Forks (N. Dak.) dealer, said provision must be made | to keep farm families supplied with fast transportation if agriculture ;‘-swproduuuhuemldluln e 3 He criticized regulations which would permit “an eye or ear spe- clalist to get a car so that his wife might drive him to the office or later to the country club.” while “farm wives were denied & car to take eggs to market.” Let's Go, Says Commander {0f New U. . S. San Diego By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Jan. 10.—With the stir- ring statement that “actions spea louder than words—there's a war to be won—Ilet's get going—" Cap-. Benjamin F. Perry, 49, former Naval Academy athletic star, teok com- mand today of the newly-commis- sioned light cruiser San Diego. Officers and crew of the 6.000- ton ship and their guests crowded the after deck of the sleek ship for the briet ceremony, at which Capt. R. C. Grady of the Boston Navy Yard read the com- orders. missioning 2 After reading the official order he turned tnformd!v to Capt. Perry {271 Per Cent Profit Brings $100 Fine E. E. Leaning, shoe store owner of Auckland, New Zealand, has been fined $100 and costs for profiteer- ing. The investigating officer of the Price Tribunal said that the had been the profit being 271 per cent. ‘The magistrate said he would im- pose higher penalties if there were any more violations of the law. . . . now at special prices When you buy an Oriental rug, it is only common sense to go to someone who knows Oriental rugs. Certainly no other store in the country has had more experience in this field than W. & J. Sloane. Kormansheh Sbalistan Shalistan Shalistan Sise 184x109 . e 15112107 _ Kermanshah ... 132xH.0 _____ e E25000 . ! Akber .:,._.._... 180x120 .. 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