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= [MIBET FINAL SP RTS 2-X One Dollar Awarded To Judge Hedrick in $50,000 Libel Suit Plaintiff Who Charged ~Article Injured Reputation | nMust Pay Court Costs e sum of $1 was awarded last night to Judge Benjamin M. Hed- rick of the Arlington County -(Va) Trial Justice Court in his $50,000 libel suit against Crandal Mackey, attorney. | The verdict of the 12-man jury in/| the County Circuit Court was de- | livered after two-and-a-half hours | of deliberation and, because the | Jjudgment did not amount to $10, the plaintiff will be required to pay court costs, officials said. | Judge Hedrick filed the suit| against Mr. Mackey, claiming injury to his name and reputation as a re- sult of a front page article which appeared in the Chronicle, county weekly newspaper, of October 4, 1940. The article charged Judge Hedrick with being unfit to hold | public office. | Admitted as evidence was a tran- | script of proceedings of the Eighth District Council of the State Inter- grated Bar in which Mr. Mackey brought 17 charges of misconduct against Judge Hedrick. | Third Marriage Denied. *The transcript disclosed charges! by Mr. Mackey that Judge Hedrick | was married in New York City on | November 7, 1918, and that, before obtaining a final divorce decree, he | | Tailor Identifies Attack Suspect by Feeling His Suit By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24— Morris Rothberg, 74-year-old tailor, had just completed measurements of a stranger when he was slugged. At a hospital, blood was still pouring from his scalp when officers brought in a suspect. Unable to see, Mr. Rothberg felt the man’s clothes. “That's the fellow,” he mur- mured. “That’s the suit. Meas- ure him. See if he isn't 31 leg, 32 waist. He was, and officers said as- sault charges would be filed. Washington's Tire Quota Cut 556 for February ‘Washington's tire ratjoning au- thorities will have only 461 pass- enger car tires and 905 truck tires to dole out to eligible motorists during February. Next month’s quota for the Dis- trict, made public late yesterday, showed that Washington must get along with 556 fewer tires than were allotted this month. The city was given permission to ration 572 passe enger car tires and 1,350 truck tires during January. February's inner tube quota, how- ever, will be 329 above this month's allotment. For passenger cars, 386 tubes will be available, as against 479 in January, and for trucks, 1,551 tires will be available, as compared to 1,129 this month. Although the District Rationing oard has authorized purchase of nly about 175 of this month’s allot- | ment of 1922 passenger car and | truck tires and about 100 of its | quota of 1,608 inner tubes, officials pointed out yesterday that none of married another woman while he| g was assigned to duty with the| United States Army in Honolulu, on December 1, 1920. The council pro- ceedings also disclosed another charge by Mr. Mackey that Judge‘ Hedrick married again in New Ha- | {he pistrict's utility companies has ven, Conn, on August 12, 1935, with- | o ‘geq application. for tires' o out having obtained a divorce from | {,)neg for their trucks and automo- | the woman he allegedly mairied in | piles which are eligible under the Honolulu. rationing regulations. These appli« John Paul Jones, counsel for | ..¢j before the end Judge Hedrick, explained to the jury | g?t;;re\sx:;;l;{:pecmd & | yesterday that his client had mar- Sl "Cousins Gene and Buster’ THE EVENING STAR, I{Zivil Service Boz Asks Removal of Jwo For Hatch Violafions Funds Can Be Withheld From Georgia if State Refuses to Oust Pair By the Associated Press. * The Civil ServiceqCommission an- nounced today it had fouhd that violations of the Hatch Act by J. E. B. Stewart, director of the Georgia Bureau of Unemployment (_)ompen- sation, and Marion A: O'Cegnor, di- rector of the bureau's division of employment service, warranted their removal from. office. The Govern- ment can withhold grants where the commission recommehdationsd are ignored. The commission stated fhat_no violation of the Hatch Act by Ben T. Huiet, commissioner of labor of Georgia, was established. Rulings on Other Employes. The commission stated also that Alfred F. Scogin and Rex. B. Huff- man violated a section of the act, but held that the violations did not warrant their removal from employ- ment by the Georgia bureau. It also found that George W. Atwood and Ralph Macon did not violate the act and proceedings in each case were ordered dismissed. All four are connected with the Georgia Bu- reau of Unemployment Compensa- tion. 3 A commission spokesman said its recommendation for removal of the two officials from office would be certified to the Federal Security Agency. If they are not removed after 30 days, funds equivalent to their salaries would be withheld by the agency from Georgia for two years. The allegations against Mr. Huiet, the commission said, included that after last July 19, while his prin- cipal employment was in connection with activities financed in pert by Federal grants, he used his official authority and influence to affect the result of the general election of last November. divorce decree in the State of Wash-« ington. Judge Hedrick denied having heen party to a marriage ceremony | in New Haven. Mr. Mackey said the woman involved in this alleged | marriage is now a resident in Bethesda, Md., and has pending in the Montgomery Country Circuit Court a suit for annulment of mar- riage to Judge Hedrick. Conviction Is Denied. Mr. Mackey also told the juryjzs that the woman whom Judge|cqjored, of Davidsonville, Judge| Hedrick admitted on the stand hav- | Green pointed out that he was im- | ing married in Hoenolulu, has filed | posing the maximum penalty for | suit for divorce in the Arlington |petty larceny. | County Circuit Court, and that the | «Tpe stealing of a tire is now a final decree has not been rendered. | major crime,” he said. “It may | The Eighth District Council| mean the loss of a man's liveli- transcript also disclosed a charge | hood.” | by Mr. Mackey that Judge Hedrick | police said the two men stole the | had been fined $40 for driving while | tire from a car parked at a store | ried in Honolulu after receiving a Fined, Jailed for Tire Theft| letter from his first wife that their marriage had been djssolved by a ' “Cousin Gene lifted up the car,| and Cousin Buster took off the tire,” ‘Walter L. Green in Prince Georges} County Police Court Gene and Buster” each to 18 months | in the Maryland House of Correc- | tion. He also fined them $50 apiece. | In sentencing Eugene Davis, about , and Joseph Green, about 30, both | drunk on Conduit road in Wash- No Ruling on Constitutionality. It also asserted he “directly and indirectly coerced, attempted to co- erce and advised others so employed to make contributions for political deny! Act. The commission order said it was without authority to rule on the constitutionality of the act and stated if Mr. Huiet's challenges were | well founded sustain them. Wins Big Aufo Damages By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 24—A , only the courts could il 0> A IN MASS PRODUCTION WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY,: JANUARY 24, 1942, AKRON, OHIO.—BARRAGE BALLOONS —Men and women work on the fabric assembly of a barrage balloon in the huge new balloon room of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant here where the balloons are being manufac- tured on a mass production basis. In the background are three of the big gas bags which have passed final inspection and are ready to be inflated and shipped, The room can accommodate 12 inflated balloons at one time. —A. P. Wirephoto. ington on July 15, 1939. / | In an effort to substantiate that | allegation, Mr. Mackey yesterday showed the jury papers he said were | on Central avenue near the Anne Arundel County line and sold it | Circuit Court jury yesterday award- ion | €d Miss Ellen Lutzer, 22, of New f’?" Sfe l:‘lr:n;?;wx‘"i delmta‘\?::t:‘k’l’; York, former University of Mary- | owner had its serial number. certified and corroborated the con- | Yioner of the risca stes Dt Miss Cochran fo Recruit Women for Ferry Duty Court in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Jones denied Judge Hedrick | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 24 —Jacqueline | had been convicted of the driving Cochran, outstanding woman flyer, | charge. Judge Walter T. McCarthy, who announced yesterday that she would | recruit and help train licensed wom- presided at the trial, pointed out an pilots in the United States for that the jury could not determine the truthfulness or falseness of the ferry service in England, with the approval of the British and Amer- charges made by Mr. Mackey before the Eighth District Council. The | general issue of the suit was ll;(ei extent of damage, if any, caus 3 Judge Hedrick by Mr. Mackey, the |\C8R governments. | judge said. | Those qualified among the 3258 | Mr. Mackey denied that he wrote | licensed woman fiyers in this coun- the article complained of, or that | trV Will be taken to Britain as part he published or caused its circula- | Of the Air Transport Auxiliary, she tion. said. She declared the women se- lected would be paid $4,000 a year, Swope Takes Full-Time Post at Treasury By the Associated Press. Gerard Swope, retired industrial- | ist, yesterday became a full-time special assistant to Secretary of the | Treasury Morgenthau. A Treasury announcement said that Mr. Swope would “act as gen- | eral advisor to the Secretary on a great variety of business problems | that arise in the conduct of the de- partment.” Mr. Swope, who was formely presi- | dent of the General Electric Co., has been chairman of the New York City Housing Authority for the last two years. He is resigning that position and also a directorship in the Na- tional City Bank of New York. Jeweler Found Guilty ©f Taking Actor’s Gems| Bs the Associated Press. | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24—William | Seymour, Beverly Hills jeweler, was convicted yesterday of stealing a Jeweled piece consisting of a 250- | carat star sapphire and 262 small diamonds from Franchot Tone, actor. "~ Mr. Tone, testified he left the clip with Seymour in 1940 with the un- | derstanding he would sell it for at least $14,000 or return it. Instead | he said, he learned Seymour sold | 1t for $11,000 and paid him nothing. | Mrs. Eugenia Clair Flatto, wealthy Beverly Hills matron, testified she | bought the clip. Seymour denied any intention of defrauding Mr. | Tone, declaring it was entirely a business transaction. Clarence E. Mills Dies In Quince Orchard Special Dispatch to The Star. QUINCE ORCHARD, Md., Jan. 24. —Clarence E. Mills, 62, lifelong resi- dent of the Quince Orchard neigh- barhood, died suddenly at his home Thursday. { He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Bessie Mills; four daughters, Mrs.| Frank Howard and the Misses Mar- Jjorie, Grace and Janet Mills, all of Quince Orchard; eight sons, Clarence E, Carlton E., Forest A.| and Douglas Mills, all of the Travi- lah neighborhood, and Norman, | Stanley, Merrill and Alfred Mills, all of Quince Orchard; a sister, Mrs. Roy L. Crown, Hunting Hill, Md.; | 8 brother, Aubrey Mills, Travilah, and nine grandchildren. The funeral will take place to- morrow with burial in Forest Oak ‘Cemetery, Gaithersburg. Colombia is considering the con- #truction of government hydro- electric plants, k | ning training in three or four weeks. \McCandlish fo Run | For Social Workers including $25 weekly to be placed in American banks. | | Miss Cochran, who flew a bomber from Canada to Britain last June, said she would make a flying tour to talk with applicants in Portland, Oreg.; Los Angeles, Salt Lake Cil Dallas, Memphis, Wichita, Albu- querque, N. Mex.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Toledo, Ohio, and Charlotte, | 48 | The first unit of 25 flyers would receive training in Montreal before | going to England, she said. She estimated that 500 American woman pilots would be qualified for the work, with the initial group begin- For Assembly Seat Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, Jan. 24—The local race for the House of Dele- gates gained added momentum yes- terday as Robert J. McCandlish, jr., Democrat and Fairfax attorney, formally filed his intention of can- didacy with County Clerk John M. Whalen for the special election Feb- ruary 3. With midnight Monday the dead- | line for filing for the special elec- | tion, when a successor will be named to the late Col. Richard R. Farr, the race now has two contestants—Mr. McCandlish and John A. K. Don- ovan, town attorney of Falls Church, who filed with Mr. Whalen earlier in the day yesterday. Mr. McCandlish is a resident of Fairfax, and since 1930 has been as- sociated with F. D. Richardson of Fairfax in the practice of law. Mr. McCandlish served as substitute trial justice of the county from Jan- uary, 1936, until December, 1940. New Demand Is Seen BY the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS.—A great in- crease in the demand for social workers as a result of the war is seen by Dr. Elizabeth Wisner, dean of the Tulane University school of social work. “Already numerous social workers from Tulane University have gone into defense or wartime jobs,” she said. “It was during the last war that social work received its im- petus as a profession ané the prob- lems created by this war probably will cause a great upswing again.” Dr. Wisner, a former medical social worker with the American Red Cross, said morale problems among men in the Army, which were among the greatest social | cline of 1,358 in the number of truck | pared with 1,746 in January; truck | |Of Daily Deliveries land co-ed, $24,755,90 in a damage | suit brought by her father, Edward O. Lutzer, against Lt. Huyette Os- wald, a graduate of the university, and the Washington Suburban Sani- tary Commission. The award was the second largest ever made in court here for personal damages. The action, by which $50,000 was sought, was filed at Upper Marlboro, but transferred here for trial. The suit asked compensation for injuries allegedly suffered by Miss Lutzer March 8. 1940, when the and which, it was set forth, was | driven by Lt. Oswald, crashed inte | a ditch-digging machine owned by the sanitary commission on New Hampshire avenue extended. It was testified that Miss Lutzer suffered a permanent brain injury as & result of the accident. Mr. Lutzer was represented by At- torneys Ralph and Jerrold Powers of Hyattsville and State Senator Robert Peter of Rockville. Virginia Tire Quotas Announced for February By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 24—Feb- | ruary tire quotas released yesterday by Brig. Gen. J. Fulmer Bright,| State commodity rationing admin- istrator, showed a reduction of 338 | in the number of tires available for | passenger automobiles, with a de- | tires apportioned to Virginia. | Quotas for the State for next month are 1407 tires for passenger automobiles and light trucks, com- | and bus tires, 2,760, as against 4,118 for January. Milk VcronsumervsTssured By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 2¢—Milk con- sumers have been assured that there | will be no curtailment of daily de- liveries of milk and other products by the War Production Board, it was announced last night at the office of Thomas O'Leary, president of Local 584 of the A. F. L. Milk ‘Wagon Drivers’ Union. Mr. OLeary authorized the an- nouncement while flying back from Washington, where, he said, he was given assurances through Sidney Hillman, labor director of the W. P. B, that no curtailment order was planned. In Washington, Mr. O'Leary had met with other teamsters' repre- sentatives from various parts of the country to protest any plan for de- liveries every other day, on the ground that it would throw many drivers out of work, Lord Ashbourne Dead At Home in France By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 24—The Berlin radio reported today that Lord Ash- bourne, 73, former president of the Gaelic League of London, had died at his home in Compiegne, France. Lord Ashbourne, a student of French history and the author of several works on the French church and state, had lived on the continent for a number of years, Lord ’ Ashbourne's sister, the Honorable Violet Gibson, attempted to assassinate Premier Mussolini with pistol fire in Rome July 4, 1926. A bullet struck the tip of the war, now, workers had to deal with before virtually disappear his nose. She pleaded insanity and, after a year in released. |Inquiry Yields No Clues 'In Lombard Plane Crash | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24—From new witnesses Civil Aeronautics Authority officials sought today the answer to what caused a T. W. airliner to crash against a Nevada mountain January 16, killing Actress Carole Lombard, 15 Army flyers and 6 other persons. “There was not the slightest evi- dence, the remotest possibility of sabotage,” asserted John A. Col- | lings, operations superintendent of Transcontinental and Western Air. Walden G. Golien, T. W. A. chief pilot, said Capt. Wayne C. Williams, [ a 9-year-old colored boy told Judge | purposes.” Mr. Huiet filed an answer | 41, pilot of the craft, was a 10-year ing the allegations and he and | yesterday. | the State of Georgia also challenged | flown the same route at night last Judge Green sentenced “Cousins the constitutionality of the Hatch | December 21, He added that Capt. veteran with the airline and had Williams was “6.7 miles off the course assigned to him"” January 16. Radio signals would have indicat- ed the ship was distinctly off course if Capt. Willlams was flying by the | radio beam, said Mr. Golien. |, Other witnesses said flying condi- tions were perfect, engines and in- struments had been checked at Las Vegas, the crew was experienced and competent and the equipment Was new. 'Suicide Certificate Issued In Death of Accountant Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald | last night issued a certificate of suicide in the death of Willlam K. Barry, 41, who was found earlier yesterday with his' throat cut in a | third-floor bathroom of his home, 1425 Euclid street N.W. Mr. Barry, an accountant, was | discovered by a roomer, William ‘Walters. He was pronounced dead | by Dr. B. S. French of 1726 M street | N.W. Police said a razor was found | at his side. It was understood he | had been in ill health for several | automobile in which she was ridirg | years. Col. Davison Appointed {To New Army Air Post Col. F. Trubee Davison, one-time | Assistant Secretary of War for Air, was designated yesterday assistant chief of the Army's air staff in charge of military and civilian per- | sonnel of the Army Air Forces. Col. Davison succeeds Brig. Gen Ralph P. Cousins, who has been given command of the West Coast Air Corps training center. Col. Davison, Assistant Secretary in charge of Army aviation in the Coolidge administration, has: been on active duty since last summer as deputy chief of the Air Force Combat Command staff. In the ‘World War he commanded the first unit of the Aerial Coast Patrol, known as the first Yale unit, which served with distinction overseas. . Sean MacSwiney Dead; Former Head of I. R. A. 4 BY the Associated Press. | CORK, Ireland, Jan. 24.—Sean ' MacSwiney, 53, former Irish Re- publican Army leader, who sscaped from the British while under death sentence in 1921, died here yes- terday. MacSwiney was imprisoned on Spoke Island but escaped by motor- boat, past a British warship at anchor nearby. He was a brother of Terence Mac- Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, who died on a hunger strike in Brixton Prison in 1920, RETIRES—Dr. Albert 8. Cook, 70, State superintendent of Maryland schools for the past * 22 years; who will retire March 1. He will be succeeded by Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, jr., assist- ant State superintendent since 1936. Dr. Cook gave physical strain as the reason for his retirement. —A. P. Photo. | o By EDDY GILMORE. MOSCOW, Jan. 24 (Wide World). —St. Paul's Cathedral in London is 2 magnificent monument by moon- | light, but St. Basil's, seen against the city’s snow in the blackout here on a night when the temperature is { 40 below zero, is something to write | home about, too. It's been just a year since this | reporter boarded a trans-Atlantic clipper to stick his nose into Eu- |rope’s war, but the supreme emo- tional thrill came as I stood in front | of Lenin’s tomb before the Kremlin wall. There probably is no other black- out exactly like Moscow’s. with, it is a city of great distances. When it's blanketed with snow everything is doubly silhouetted in the ebony of the blackout. St. Basil's weird pile of spirals and domes sticking fantastically into the night looks like something from a make-believe world. Many a place has been called a ghost city, but that's really what Moscow seems near midnight. You meet practically nobody on the To begin | Weather 40 Below Zero Makes| Wool Growers Ask U. . Moscow Ghost City at Midnight streets. Those you do see are stern- faced policemen. A few automobiles slide silently through the night and there’s an occasional sled. Buses move to and fro and streetcars rumble up and down, but the snow blankets the sounds. Anti-aircraft searchlights span the | skies, making the night more sin- | ister than ever. Londons’ scene is quite different. | To begin with, it isn't 40 below. In the heart of the city, Piccadilly or Leicester Square at this time of | night, the streets are packed with singing troops with their girls. Here overcoated Red Army men stand guard over Lenin’s tomb. As 1 walked past, cold clutching at my face and neck, I looked up | breathlessly at the towering heights of the Kremlin—unmarked as yet by Nazi bombs. In fact, in my first walk through the capital I didn't see a single bomb mark. Everything appeared in its place, just as in the books and picture postcards. | It was a night to be remembered. Virginia Editors Get | Awards at Convenfion BY the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 24 —Mem- { bers of the Virginia Press Associa- | tion met in the final business ses- sion of their 24th mitiwinter meet- ing today. The Lee editorial award for Vir- ginia daily newspapers in 1941 went to Carleton A. Harkrader, formerly of the Bristol Herald-Courier and now a lieutenant at Camp Lee. A similar award in the weekly field was won by Robert Lane Anderson, pub- lisher of the Marion Democrat and Smyth County News. The report of the for honorable mention: Louis Spilman, publisher of the Waynesboro News-Virginian. and Hubert Phipps, editor of the Fau- quier Democrat (weekly). The awards are sponsored by the V. P. A. and Lee Journalism Foun- dation of Washington and Lee Uni- versity. Winners of C. C. Rhame certifi- cates for excellence in various phases {of newspaper work included the | Waynesboro News-Virginian, Win- | chester Evening Star, Predericks- iburg Free Lance-Star and Alexan- | dria Gazette. judges cited | Youth Aids Anti-Nazis Junta Juvenil de Auda a Los Pueblas Antinazis, an organization of Argentine young people with headquarters in Buenos Aires, has | started a campaign to aid the anti- | Nazi countries. the Junta delivered 5,000 knitted |in a single day. Closin; Ch@@n By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Last-minute buying by processing interests and professional traders, many of whom were covering previous short sales for the week end, today forced grain and soybean prices up sharply just before the close. All prices were near top levels for the past five years and in some cases | new peaks since 1937 were estab- lished. Soybeans led the upturn with | gains of more than 4 cents a busnel carrying July contracts as high as |201%, within fractions of the all- time peak price for that commodity quoted here last September. Rye was up almost 2 cents, wheat about l.“cem and corn and oats fraction- | ally. ‘Wheat closed 33-1 cent higher than yesterday, May 1.3273-1.33, July | 1341, 1 May 89%-%, July 91%-3 changed to ' up, rye 1Y4-1% higher, May 89';-%; soybeans 3'4-3% up, May 1.93-1.287;. A0k 50ty 597 ‘s 1.90% 1.95 énl'/: l.h'«':: 106% 193% i 92 B0% B59% 1.99 2001 195% Soybeans, No. ROTy- R4%; sam sced._per Imnam Timothy seed, 7.25-80; 18.00; red top. 8.00-75; red clover, 18.00; gweet, 6.50-.00. » Liner Reaches New York To Take Whole Clip By the Associated Press National Wool Growers Association | last night asked the Federal Govern- | ment to take over all wool produced in the United States this year. Such a move was advocated by the assembly in preference to a price | fixing measure with the present | marketing outlets. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24—The | XX Senafors’ Opposition To Dollar-Year Men's Political Acfivity Rises Truman Says Proposal To Exempt Them From Hatch Act to Be Killed BY the Associated Press. Strong Democratic support de- veloped in the Senate today behind an effort to force the Government's dollar-a-year men to abandon polit- ical activities or give up their Federal jobs. Leading the effort was Chairman Truman of the Senate Defense In- vestigating Committee who declared that several members of the Re- publican National Committee now hold defense jobs. | Senator Truman named Cyrus | McCormick, committeeman from | New Mexico, as one of those and added, “I am told there are others.” Mr. McCormick is price executive for the division of automobiles and trucks in the Office of Price Administration. Showdown Due Soon. The issue is expected to come to a head in connection with pending legislation to broaden and strength- en the Government's war powers. One section of that measure would exempt part-time employes, dollar- a-year men and persons working without pay from Hatch Act re- strictions against political activity by Federal employes. Senator Truman disclosed that he had drafted an amendment striking that exemption from the bill. He told reporters that he was confident of enough support to win on the Senate floor. “There is no more reason,” he said, “why dollar-a-year men should be exempted than any of the rest | of the Government. What's right for the goose is righ. for the gander, Biddle >upports Exemption. “This is just a matter of fairness |to all other Government employes. | If they are going to 1epeal the Hatch | Act, they ought to repeal it for everybody and not just for a favored few.” The sheepmen declared in a reso- | lution that they would not oppose price fixing on wool provided the | plan would be “of an understanda- ble nature and one which will assure | the producer of receiving the full | price which the Government may set for him.” They preferred, however, that the Government itself buy the entire clip at a fair price and tnereby take over the distribution--and raticn- ing, | Nation's wool output. The convention re-elected all its officers and selected San Francisco for the 1943 convention. ‘loudm:r'l Ti}eABoard if deemed necessary—of the | jAnnounces Allotments | Special Dispatch to The Star. | LEESBURG, Va., Jan. 24—The | Loudoun County Tire Rationing fAfler 2 Torpedo Escapes A collection of | $50.000 has been started and $5,000 ' was raised the first day. In addition | garments to the Junta de la Victoria | 507%4-60 | 1, BY the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 24—Sixty- eight passengers reached New York on the Grace liner Santa Paula last night with a stirring story of two narrow escapes in torpedo attacks. ‘The 9,135-ton vessel was off the West African coast when its helms- man saw the first torpedo coming. He threw his wheel hard enough to jerk the ship aside and the death- dealing “fish” slid harmlessly past. Six hours later, while the passen- gers still were jittery, another tor- pedo was fired, but this one missed by at least a ship's length. As a climax, the ship narrowly escaped colliding with two other ves- | sels off the United States coast while traveling blacked-out and zigzagging “to avoid submarines” on its last night at sea. Congréss Groups Seek La Guardia Economy Dafa By the Associated Press. ‘! The joint Congressional Economy | Committee today asked Mayor La | Guardia of New York, civilian de- | fense director, to furnish it with a written statement outlining sug- gested non-defense savings in Gov- ernment operations. Chairman Byrd said the commi tee had been informed that the | Mayor, in a recent speech here, | had told the Conference of Mayors that there were “useless” Federal agencies that ought to be abolished and their employes put to “useful work.” The Mayor was reported to such savings. Senator Byrd said the committee also received a complaint that the tion in Alabama was making Fed- eral money available in that State for the payment of poll taxes, in alleged violation of State constitu- tional prohibitions. . The committee was told, Senator Byrd said, that this matter had been submitted to Judge R. H. Green of the Probate Court of Hale County, Ala., and Senator Byrd was directed to communicate with Judge Green. The chairman said the economy group began an investigation of pos- | solidating some of the 13 agencies engaged in defense and non-de- fense housing. Women Adyvised Not to Worry About Girdles “Let’s not be too worried about our girdles,” Mrs. Patrick Henry Adams told delegates to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs na- tional defense forum in the May- flower Hotel today. Reporting as federation chairman of the Consumer Problems Commit- tee, Mrs. Adams warned the women they faced many sacrifices in the years to come. “We'll have to do without our high-powered cars, t00,” ahé d:: clared; “We may soon come to Co ton stockings, and we’ll have to like that too.” She advised the delegates against using the words, “They say——" and asserted it would help to start an 'ul unwarranted buying wave. In buying today, she added, it is best to follow the advise of air-raid wardens: “Be calm.” have added that he could itemize | Federal Farm Security Administra- | sible savings to be made by con- | | Board announced today that cer- tificates for tires and tubes have been issued to the following: Millard Douglas Fetzer, Purcell- ville, passenger tire; Alva Lee Kent of Sterling, truck tire; Joseph Franklin Poston, Purcellville, two truck tires and two tubes; Jacob | Elbert Divine, Waterford, one truck tire and one tube; Realus Grayson, Purcellville, one truck tire; Charles Thomas Potterfield, Lovettsville, two truck tires; Myers Lumber Co., Purcellville, two truck tires; Loud- oun County School Board, two truck tires; Thomas Roy Paul, Leesburg, one truck tire and one tube: Ray Benjamin, Ashburn, two truck tires. Cigarétte and Ci;ur Output at New Peak | By the Associated Press. Cigarette and cigar production hit new records in 1941. The Treasury said yesterday that on the basis of revenue stamp sales production of small-sized cigarettes | went up from 180,662,787,772 in 1940 to 206.429.766,365 last year. Output of larger size cigarettes in- creased from 1689.449 to 1795766, and production of cigars rose from | 5,355,408.619 to 5,787.235511. i >'.7_‘ Tt Racing Results | Hialeah Park BY the Associated Press. CE—Purse. § nees . -olds: 3 furlong: iwimmi; (Peters) 11.20 H | Teilmenow (Arcaro) Ta (Robertson) allow- 780 330 840 0 ying Junior, Porest Fire, ords, Dreamy Eyes, | | ances: C2-year-oias | Piggeritout (Gilbert) Eire (Stout) ‘ | Haza Bias: (wesirobe) n—Five o' Eight, Wise Colonel. Toreador. Jack's Gir (Daily Double paid $24.60.) 320 THIRD RACE—Purse, $1.200; allow- | ances; 3-year-olds; 7 furlones. Rodney (Gllbert) 3.30 Brother_Wear (Robertson) Ship's H\‘m {PLO\HY " ran—Royal Weista, Marmeduke, Gal's Pet, New Trick, Baris! 3.00 15.00 50 FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1.400: claim- ing; 4-year-olds and up. 6'3 furlongs. Liberty Franc (Coule) 6.50 410 290 Strone Arm (Day) Scotch Trap (Meynell) Time. 1:18'5. Also ran—One by player. Sungino. Litchfield, wen, Army Song, Mordecal. 1 3.60 One, Royal Ruby II Pelisse, Cur- FIFTH RACE—_Purse. $1.500: allowances: 3-year-olds: I mile. oo Rusrs \Hanford) 590 340 250 Layaway (Polierd) 850 380 Sam Houston (Dattilo) 420 Time, 1:30%;. Also ran—Gioucester, Eternal Peace and Sweep Swinger. Fair Grounds BY the Associated Press. FIRST RACE—Lone Division). purse. '$1.50 : 2 furlongs. f.&b‘ény Tll:élfiel,hmu) 20 cKhamcia (Craig My Tet Rambler (Thacker) 230 Time. 0:23 Also 1 reen Torch. cSinging Sun. Pobrecito. nock Image, Hygrohour. cK Star Stakes (Pirst 00 added: 2-yvear- 420 240 3.00 "G, recito. Gree: K. Murchison entry. SECOND RACE—Purse, $600: claiming; 4-year-olds and upward; & furiongs Mismark (Brooks) 940 500 4 Fawkes (Frye) 480 axo Double Call. hlr’“ Hero, Norman Sioat, id $22.20.) » D. Ban ‘etly Bouble . $1,500. added: RACE—Pu: zm Star D|1k (second division): E’ur%fi =2 0 urlongs. Mart's) 740 4.80 3.60 ins (Craig) 640 .40 e Norther (Sconza) 3’2 i Sulia, bQueen Lib- c Vi a Pol ..Efiumn and Raioh E. Pair entry. na, try. Farm entry. ids Bros. entry. o | Roval x 4.60 3 t 1. d Blue {Ton. b Liberts Eve. Bauai | 500 In support of the proposed ex- emption, the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee brought forward a statement by Attorney General Biddle, who contended, “This proposal does not subvert the spirit and general pur- pose of the (Hatch) Act, which was to prevent the self-perpetuation in office of Federal officeholders. “The Government needs every man and woman who can make a centribution to the war effort.” State Racing Officials Re-elect All Officers (Earlier Story on Page B-5.) By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 24—The Na- tional Association of State Racing Commissioners re-elected all officers today and decided to meet at Los Angeles next winter. Named again were President Bev- erly Broun of West Virginia, First Vice President Charles F. Connors of Massachusets, Second Vice Presi- dent Chester F. Hockley of Mary- land and Secretary - Treasurer Thomas R. Underwood of Kentucky. Hialeah Park Entries For Monday BY the Associated Press. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.200 hts: mi 2-year-olds; 3 ful Riche (Day) olandita (Johnston) ce Enoush (ho boy) ara (McCombs De Paille (no boy) Vi o boy) Miss_Akron (Caffarella) I West (no boy) ey ( 53 Gos. Little Sa | aByers and Veloz entry. BARHDE IR RIS TES SECOND RACE—] | ng: “j-year-olds: & Apple Blossom (Haskell) Al Whims (no boy) Even Tempo (Lindberg) Ration (no boy) xTower x2i Wi Ca Miah (no boy xChatlet (Mehrtens) - Lacy Golden (Eccard) Hish Cligue (no boy) ina Pair (no boy) Purse. $1,200: elaim= furlongs 108 108 108 THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.200: claiming: maidens: 3-year-olds: 3 furlongs. | Grey Bymbol ino boy) - = | x8eaman (Kerr) | Baint’ Pot (James) Even Tan (Robertson) Record Flight (no boy) To Boot (McCreary) Dan’s Choice (no boy) _ | xTour “(no_boy) Michigan Sweet (Pierson) Snow Line (Stout) | xMaybank (no boy) Roman Nancy (Moore) Barnegat (Arcaro) xRibault (Mehrtens) xSister Don (no boy) xBlue Garter (no FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1.200: ne: 4-year-olds and upward. Meritorious (Schmidl) Youne County (Pierson) ___ Highomar (Arcaro) ____ Anopheles (no boy) Count Maurice (no boy: | Breeze ~(Westrope) = Odessa’s Pride (no boy) Liberty 8and (Hanford) Blue (no boy) Singing Heels (Dupps) xPaper Plate (no boy) - Ballast Reef (Gilbert) Uncle Waker o boy) | 8t Dismas (Keiper) Coffee Man (Gilbert) . Argos (Moore) FIFTH RACE—Purs olds; 7 furiongs. | Pig_Tails (Schmidl) | Tomochichi” (no boy) 2% Bold Question (Caffareila) xDennis F. (no boy) x a Spread Eagle (Day) a Notes (Day) __ . Big Meal (McCreary) Whiscendent (no boy) Loch Ness (Haskell) First Lord (Lindbers) Meal Flag (no boy) % & Mrs. L. Lazare entry. SIXTH RACE—Purse, ances; 4-year-olds and upward xPeep Show (Mehrtens) . Pet ino bo: xCity Talk $1.400 1 allow. ¥) (Dry) xTotal Eclipse (no boy) — - EVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.200: claim. ing: 4-year-olds and upward: 1% miles. { x8tar Bud (no boy) . : | Wicked (no_boy) xCatoma: (Brennan) xDianapat (Brunelle) Inscoequel (no boy) Portsmouth (no bo! HTH RACE—Purse. % claim: ind S 3 eak-olds and upward: 13 miles xLovely Dawn (Breen) .. xChallante (no Tfrabess Artit (Day) rtis E (Robertson) et 3 o e rrata) 22