Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1945, Page 2

b A—2 S*THE EVENING STAR, Washington,D.C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1945, Three D. C. Area Men Die in Plane Crash On Atlantic Island Two Arlington men and one Alex- andrian, part of the crew Transcontinental & Western Airlines plane, were killed and two other| crew members, including an Alex-| ¥ G. W. Harvard. R. H. Jahn. andria resident, and one passenger, were injured in a crash landing January 4 on an island in the At- lantic, the War Department an- * nounced yester- day. Nine other passengers and the flight traffic clerk escaped unhurt The dead: Howard A ‘Tinkle, 31, navi- gator, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H Tinkle, 3101 Twelfth street south, Arling- ton George W H. A. Tinkle. Harvard, radio operator, 2009 North Fifteenth street, Arlington. Raymond H. Jahn, flight engineer, Beverly Park Gardens, Alexandria On Injured List. Those injured were Russell E Jones, pilot, 310 Rucker place, Alex- andria: Winifred S. Turner, co-pilot, Atlantic City, and a passenger, Tech. Sergt. Cedric N. Priest. Sabetha, Kans, The pilot and co-pilot already have been released from the hos- pital, the War Department said. None of the names of the 10 un- injured persons were revealed and no details of the crash were given of a| On the Roll Pfe. Schiedel (Wounded) Seaman Rennoe (Wounded) Today’s Casualty Lists (National.) Navy 249 First Lt. Hubert Melville Moman, | Jr., 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert | Melville Moman, 1410 Hopkins street |N.W., was killed in action December |26, Who was previously missing Sep- 29 in Italy, the War Department has inotified his parents. He was born in Washington and |attended the public schools, was|2901 Eighteenth street N.W., by| graduated from Dunbar High School | Means of & prisoner of war card and was a member of the junior {rom Germany. t Howard University when he cla entered the Army in 1942 commissioned {at Fort Bennin overseas since seven months last October. | University. | JMames Robert Sanford, seaman | first class, U. S. N. R., son of Mrs | Gertrude Ann Sanford, 3208 Walnut (& brother, is in England with the|when he entered the service over |street N.E, was listed as killed in|Air Forces. Another brother, Sam- 8 year ago. He was Greenbaum was pf Honor— Pfe. Auld (Missing) Pvi. Archino (Missing) | the Corcoran Art Gallery and was| |employed at the Agriculture Depart- |ment and later by a construction | (company in Trinidad. Chief Petty Officer Cyrus C. Arch- {ino, U. S. N, 35, his brother, no stationed at San Francisco. \Prisoner | Staff Sergt. Robert S. Greenbaum, | tember 6 in Belgium, is a prisoner| of Germany, he has informed his| | mother, Mrs. Estelle Greenbaum,| A native of Washington, Sergt. graduated from | later| Wilson High School with his twin|from flanking fire. until he was . Ga., and had been brother, Milton, who is a sergeant Killed by a direct hit from an enemy His in the Air Forc |father is an accountant at Howard braska. . stationed in Ne- Sergt. Greenbaum was at- | tending Southeastern University | Law School when he entered the| | service. Sergt. Bernard Greenbaum, | |\ Washingfon Heroes Silver Star Awarded Posthumously fo Two, Second Lt. Paul E. Lehman, para- chute infantry, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for| gallantry in action in France on July 4, 1944, which resulted in his death. The award was presented | to his mother, Mrs. Floy E. Strouse, 910 Rhode Isiand avenue N. E. at| the War Department yesterday. Before induction into service on May 12, 1942, Lt. Lehman was a special investigator for the Civil Service Commission. He was wounded before dawm on D Day| when he . parachuted into France and landed on the bayonet carried by an American soldier. Though wounded, the War Department said, he directed the landing of food, sup- plies and ammunition. Pvt. Robert F. Hanlon, 20, infan- try, 200 Rhode Island avenue N.E. yesterday was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry| in the action which cost him his life. The award was presented to| his father, Daniel, at the War De- partment. | On July 30 in France, Pvt. Hanlon, | 20, “voluntarily and without hesi- tation” went to an exposed position to take the place of four American gunners who had been wounded, the citation said. He continued firing on the enemy, protecting his platoon mortar, A native of Medford, Mass., Pvt. Hanlon was graduated from Mec- Kinley High School here. He was a senior at Georgetown University He had been overseas laction in a Navy Department re-|uel, lives at the Eighteenth street only a short time when he was| lease today. Pfc. Joseph H. Thompson, 19, was killed in action January 6 in Luxem- bourg, the War Department has no- tified his brother, Clarence Thomp- son of 2016 Kendall avenue S.E., with whom he lived before entering the Army last April. He was born at River Springs, St Marys County, Md., and attended the public schools there. He was a resaturant employe in the Southeast section of the city before he went into the Army. Pfc. George Thompson. 21, and Pfc. James Elmer Thompson, his brothers, are serving in France with The story of Seaman address. | Sanford's death was carried in The Correction ‘ ‘Part-Time War Plant Jobs Urged fo Sell Abroad % | York Herald Tribune says a pro-!| BRISTOL, England, Jan. 20— | part time in war plants and con- |right after the end of the war with killed. He has two brothers, Marine| Lt. Frederick R. Hanlon, and Lt.| j. g) David Hanlon. | Urged for New York Acfors By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The New posal that members of the theatrical profession be permitted to work tinue in their stage jobs is being considered by the League of New Just a Few Minutes Out for Field Rations British Businessmen |Red Forces Near Tannéfiberg, 'Scene of Big World War Defeat| | frontier, and its left menaced the COTrespondent, said reports were re- German province some 90 miles | By the Asgociated Press. A S w Ends | Tannenberg, directly in the path S 00" as ar of the Russian offensive today, lies |in one of the most battle-scarred areas in the world. By the Associated Press. Lord Woolton, minister of recon-! struction, urged British business- men today to go after overseas trade Germany rather than concentrate entirely on meeting demands at modern -history, arena achieved by either side at the outset of the World War, and the battle had far-reaching effects. Tannenberg became famous in however, as the greatest victory of the Jap Plane Plant Raid | Was One of Best by B-29s, 0'Donnell Says By the Associated Press. B-29 BASE, SAIPAN, Jan. 20.— Super Fortress pilots and crews reported jubilantly today that “we really creamed hell” out of Japans’ big aircraft engine fac- tory near Kobe yesterday. Brig. Gen. Emmett O’Donnell, Jamaica, N. Y, who led the first B-29 raid on Tokyo went along on the mission. He was inclined to await pictorial evidence, but said it seemed to have been one of the best strikes ever made by the 21st Bomber Command. A large force of the B-29s bombed the Kawasaki aircraft plant at Akashi near Kobe. The flyers said both the aerial and antiaircraft opposition was meager. All the B-29s got back after bombing from a lower alti- tude than usual. See Target Hit. The flyers saw bombs burst on the target and throw up clouds of smoke. “Everything went fine,” reported |Maj. Robert Sewell of Philadelphia. “We plastered hell out of it. We |could see great areas of smoke, debris or dust and I think we really creamed hell out of it.’ Lt. Barton Yount, Fort Worth Texas, agreed “most of the bombs {hit in there pretty well.” | Lt. Yount praised the ability of Lt. {John Oasterson, Indianapolis, navi- gator of his plane which led the way. |up a peninsula and then turned |south instead of following the pre- vious customary course to Nagoya. 1 4 Jap Fighters Spotted. ! Four Japanese fighters attempted [to halt the Super Fortresses, the fiyers said. (At B-29 headquarters at Guam, Vern Haugland, Associated Press war ceived from fiyers of 17 different - |B-29s agreeing that seven or eight south of Konigsberg near the south- columns of smoke rose from the ern border. His forces were numerically in- ferior. Hindenburg's chief of staff, Von Ludendorf, decided to withdraw most. of his units facing the north wing of the Russian attack and direct Two Russian armies attacked has- them against the more menacing |bombed factory. merging into one smoke column which continued up- |ward for 10,000 feet. He said many explosions were observed and one large building was left burning fiercely.) The Kawasaki plant turns out engines for the enemy’s Tony and |Nick fighter planes which have been the Army. Wounded Capt. Yale B. Cohen, 28, was wounded December 28 in Belgium, tily in East Prussia at the begin- ning of the war, while the western Allies marshaled their strength. One struck at the Insterburg gap, the other to the south sprang from the |Narew River. The battle in the drive in the south. On August 26, he attacked simultaneously on both flanks in the south. The Russians fell back. He followed up the attack the next day, and the Russian re- treat grew to proportions of a rout. The result of the four-day battle, from August 26 to 30; before Tan-i A shelter to provide temporary nenburg was the total annihilation |nomes for stray animals picked up of two Russian corps, reduction of | 5 % . three others to half their strength,|'? Montgomery County is nearing and the demoralization of the entire (completion at the Meadowbrook Russian 2d Army. |Saddle Club in Rock Creek Park. except that the plane was a C-54 op- erating under contract with the Air nsport Command. A hative of Southport, Ind., Mr. Tinkle was graduated from Covina (Calif.) High School in 1931, after which he came to Arlington He learned to fly at Beacon Field on Route 1 south of Alexandria and served for a time as flight instructor with the Ashburn Flying Service there. He was employed as a pilot by the Air Forces Ferrying Com- me. York Theaters as a means of keep-| " “wThare will be a strong tempta- ing shows open in the event of tion to snatch a quick profit in a SOTP editions of yesterday's Star | work-or-fight legislation. }sel]er‘s market wh?le tr:de isidbn:ll(n the War Department has informed The men were Corpl. John A. Bladen, | th¢ SoVerning loard of the league|, “, "oroqucts and we must 10t narth was castly and tedecisive, bt s wife, Mrs. Janet Cohen, 4700 24, 2 Tl B s s S t Connecticut avemue NW. - Capt. | Shasmon plece S seporiea miseusy| PAPer S81d i learned, but final uc.|\EMPL OUF CUstomers otersess 10, the Russians advanced In strength Cohien, n a letter to his wife, said |in Germany December 21, and Corpl,| 100 W nat taken pending a clear- /™ ' Bpoiton satd the govern-| on tindearurs took over the he was hit in the leg by a bullet and | Ernest E. Moreland, 25, husband of | °F Bicture of what can be expected|, WL, onaring to increase 15| German command At 25 Whee pas 8 broken leg. He is now in a|Mrs. Rose Ann Moreland and son of | O leglslatio drafting war workers.\ oo iaon for backing eXpOrt| ine sight wing of the mocaitn dbioe hospital in England. Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Moreland, 404 rom the Narew was well across the Lawrence Langner, founder and & (.46 from $300,000,000 to $800,000,- A native of New Haven, Conn., he Sixty-first avenue, Capitol Heights, director of the Theater Guild of New! o0 | Siray Animal Shelfer Is Nearing Completion mand. the Pennsylvania Central Airlines and Colonial Airlines before Joining the TWA in June Former Realty Dealer. Prior to his flying career, he was in the real estate business in Alex- andria. He also was employed by the Safeway Stores in the Wash- ington area from: 1931 to 1934. He was a member of the Washington Street Methodist Church, Alexan- dria Besides his parents, Mr. Tinkle is survived by two brothers, Warren Tinkle, Indianapolis, and Fireman (Second Class) Conrad Tinkle, who is attending a Navy electrical school at St. Louis, Mo., and a sister, Mar- jorie, who is attending teachers’ college ax Muncie, Ind. Harvard a Florida Native. Mr. Harvard, who would have been 30 tomorrow, was born in Jackson- ville, Fla., and was educated there. He also attended the University of Florida and had been in radio work since 1936 as a technician and radio operator. He joined the Army Signal Corps as an assistant radio engineer in December, 1941 He came to TWA after his discharge from the Army in September, 1942 and was a flight radio operator since December. 1942. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. G. C. Harvard, Jacksonville Mr. Jahn Bridgewater tended school 24, was born in East Mass., where he at- He was graduated in 1940 from the Parks Air College, st St. Louis, Mo., and joined the TWA four-engine school in Albu- querque. N. Mex., as a flight engi- neer instructor in 1942. He was transferred to the Intercontinental Division of the TWA the same year. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Gladys Jahn. East Bridgewater. Japan fo Draft Men | For Merchant Ship Duty B the Associated Press Japanese will be conscripted for the merchant marine and auxiliary vessels of the army and navy, the Domei news agency announced today. The dispatch, intercepted by the Federal Communications Commis- | sion, said the order was necessary to “ensure the supply” of sailors to 1un ships through the gamut of American carrier planes and sub- marines patrolling seas. Simultaneously seamen will be| granted the rank of government| workers and officials to “lift their | morale.” New Envoy Thinks U, S. Can Aid lfaly Most By the Associated Press. ROME, Jan. 20.—Alberto Tarchi- ani, new Italian Ambassador to Washington, said today he believed “the United States alone can give Italy substantial help in reconstruc- tion after the war because the rest of the United Nations will have a big job of helping themselves.” He plans to seek modification of the armistice terms, which he de- clared make difficult any solution of Ttaly’s problems. He is conferring with the minister of public works on Italy’s primary needs for re- storing public services .and indus- tries, especially in electrical generat- ing equipment and agricultural ma- chinery. The Ambassador expects to leave within two weeks. Correction In a story in The Star yesterday reporting the Washington Housing Association as opposing the McCar- ran bill for slum clearance, a typographical error appeared saying the association considered covenants to be “desirable,” adding that they “are difficult to enforce and do not lend themselves to modifications in light of changed conditions.” The word should have been “un- entered the Army four years ago. Md. missing in the European the-|York, said he understood that the| Capt. Cohen was stationed at Fort|ater of operations since December 16.| War Manpower Commission would 'Myer a year before going overseas | with the infantry in October. He is a graduate of Miami University, in |Oxford, Ohio. A brother, Sergt. Har- {old Cohen, is stationed at Fort Meade, Md. | Robert Earl Rennoe, 17, seaman, first class, was seriously wounded in action in the Pacific, the Navy De- partment has informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hampton Ren- noe, 119 South Fayette street, Alex- andria, Va. While a student at the George October 1 after she and the baby tions charging eight Cumberland| By the Associated Press. Washington High School in Alex- andria, Seaman Rennoe enlisted in the Navy in April, 1943. He formerly was active in the Alexandria Boy Club athletics and on the high scnool basket ball team. He has been on sea duty since December, 1943. Pfc. Robert W. Schiedel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Schiedel of 9911 Merwood lane, Silver Spring, Md., was wounded in action in Ger- many November 22, the War De- partment has notified his parents. He is recovering in a hospital in England, according to word received by his mother. Pvt. Schiedel attended Maryland University, and was a member of the ROTC. He attended Washing- ton and Jefferson College in Penn- sylvania under the AST program, StePS Will be taken to replace these cornish and Fletcher all were ac- and was sent overseas last October. Missing Pfc. Benjamin F. Auld, jr., 21, son of the Rev. Benjamin F. Auld, pas- tor of the Burtonsville-Ashton (Md.) Methodist Church, and Mrs. Auld, has been reported missing in action since December 21 in Germany, the War Department has notified his parents. Pfc. Auld was a copy boy at The Star during the summer of | 1942, A native of Denver, Pfc. Auld was High School and came to Montgom- ery County in 1941. He enlisted in the Army in June, 1943, during his junior year at Drew Madison. N. J., where he was editor of the college newspaper. He went overseas in October, 1944. According to his parents. Pfc. {Auld was in the Army Specialized | Training Program for six months |after entering the service. They |said he is engaged to Miss Elinor the Japanese |James, Fairfield, Md., a senior at| Scarritt College, Nashville, Tenn. The Aulds also have a daughter, Marion E. Auld, a junior at Sher- wood High School. Pvt. Claude R. Weakley, 38, brother of Mrs. V. A. Marsden, 2101 North Kenmore street, Arlington, was reported missing in action in Germany December 19, his sister has been notified by the War Depart- ment. Pvt. Weakley, father of 10 chil- dren, is the husband of Mrs. Mary S. Weakley, Aylor, Va. He had been overseas less than a month and in service seven months when reported missing. He was employed with a construction contractor in Alexan- dria before entering service. Pvt. Weakley is a native of Madison County, Va. Sergt. Clifton A. Fallin, 29, of 505% Fifth street N.E., has been re- ported missing in Germany since December 21, the War Department has notified his sister, Mrs. Carroll Pittman, with whom he made his home here. He was born at Heathsville, V. where he attended high school, an had lived here a number of years. He was employed by a sand and gravel contractor before entering the Army in 1942, His infantry unit went overseas last October. Pvi. Samuel P. Archiino, 27, of 4014 Fourteenth street N.W. who has been serving with an infantry divi- sion in Germany, has been reported missing in action since December 16, the War Department has notified Miss Carmelina Archino, his sister, with whom he lived prior to enter- ing the Army in August, 1943. He was born in the District and desirable.” was graduated from Central High School. He attended art classes at . |naping 4-month-old Bobby = | |from the home of his white parents, | BY_'he Associated Press. | Maid Held in Kid]aT:ing ‘ 0f Baby Is Adjudged Insane (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) By the Associated Press | DETROIT, Jan. 19 —Mrs. Eleanor Smith, colored, charged with kid- King where she was employed as a nurse- disappeared from the King home. Judge Joseph A. Gillis postponed trial of the kidnaping charge until pital as cured. Horse Breeders fo Release 3,000 Men for War Work By the Associated Press ing officials have agreed to release an estimated 3,000 men under 46 for war work, War Manpower Com- missioner McNutt said today. He reported a pledge of co-opera- tion from five national racing as- sociations which have stated that employes by older men The workers to be released are |in addition to those obliged to turn to other jobs as a result of the | Mr. McNutt released a letter re- | questing co-operation from the rac- ! |ing associations, which said, in part:| “I know that the owners and breeders of racehorses throughout {the country have a vast investment in the breeding and development| of racehorses. In order to protect this investment. undoubtedly cer- tain employment will continue for |graduated from the Bel Air (Md.)|the care of the animals involved. | “It is our feeling that such neces- sary care can be continued with |older men and that the owners and University, breeders can release for war em-| ployment the younger men presently | employed.” 'Sister of Neuru to Speak |At Freedom Meeting i Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister| of Jawaharlal Neuru, Indian inde- pendence leader and the first woman to attain cabinet rank in the United Provinces of India, will address a meeting at the National Press Club Auditorium at 8 p.m. Monday, the National Committee for India’s | Freedom, 1129 Vermont avenue, an- |nounced today. Mrs. Pandit, a member of the Indian National Congress, is en route |to a meeting of the International Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Hot Springs, Va. While in this country she will speak in a number of cities. be asked to authorize stage em- | ployes to work four hours a day in war plants in the New York area and devote the rest of their work| day to the theater. Nine Maryland Men Facing Tire Rationing Charges BALTIMORE, Jan. 20.—Informa- men and one Frostburg resident | the woman is released from the hos- | tions were filed yesterday by Assist-/and summer resorts, for $50 each. ant United States Attorney Virgil Van Street in Federal District Court. Seven counts were listed against/ |forces fighting in the war against 1,416 Mefal Life Floats He said more than half the labor engaged in munitions production would still be in war work a year after the end of the war in Europe and, “taken in conjunction with the large number who will still be ir the Japan, this means a substantial continuing shortage of manpower.” Are Offered at $50 Each sion reported. Members of C}ingreks To Address Parley 0f Christian Leaders Carolina; Texas. and Wiley, Republican, of | Wisconsin speakers to address the spiritual The Maritime Commission today fortification conference of the Na- i R ] ; |offered for sale 1.416 metal life floats, | tional with violating tire rationing regula-| o . ihed as ideal for fishing clubs Leadership Monday and Tuesday at |the Hotel Statler, Abraham Vereide, All are in new condition and ready executive directgr of the committee. |for delivery from the San Francisco announced today. Bay area in California, the commis- Session of the conference will be held The floats, replaced at 8 pm. Tuesday in the Depart- one of the defendants, Louis Yanke- by an improved type for merchant mental opens Monday with a luncheon at the Hotel Statler. A dedicatory din- ner will be held there at 6:30 p.m. A meeting of all local breakfast groups will be held at 7:45 am Tuesday, with a youth leaders’ luncheon at 12:15 pm. The gen- eral assembly meeting at the De- | partmental Auditorium will close the conference. Approximately 1,500 Government,| business and labor leaders are ex-| pected to attend the two-day affair, | |Mr. Vereide said. The conference aims “to undergird our Nation and| its leadership with spiritual strength | by acknowledging our dependence upon Almighty God and invoking His guidance and blessings,” the! The concluding commit‘tevewdilieicitor::afed.77 | Billy Conn Becomes ‘ Senators Hoey, Democrat, of North Connally, Democrat, of will be among the Committee for Christian Auditorium, Constitution levitz, Cumberland, who was accused | fieet use, can accommodate 20 to 25/avenue and Twelfth street N.W., and Futher Of Second SON | |of illegally transferring 31 tires m|p"suns ! | five of the other defendannts and of |pounds and is equipped with one Race horse breeding and train-|failing to keep accurate and com- mast and two 5-foot paddles. plete records of transferrals | Others named were Weldon Skiles, | Dr. John K. Rozum, Harold Fletch- er, Irivin Leo Morton and his| brother, Jerry; Ralph Indolfi and | Frank Molinari, all of Cumberland, | and John W. Cornish, jr., Frostburg. | Rozum, Indolfi, Irvin Morton,| cused of illegal possession of tires' obtained from Yankelevitz, and| Jerry Morton was charged with pos- session of tires which he admitted | he obtained from his brother. | A charge of transferral of four tires to an unnamed man was made against Skiles. | Molinari, tavern operator, was| charged with unlawful passession of | two tires \Court Hints Early Ruling {In Montgomery Ward Case, | By the Associated Press. | | CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Federal | |Judge Philip L. Sullivan indicated yesterday he would rule soon on the| |legality of the Army's selzure of Montgomery Ward & Co. properties |in Chicago and six other cities. | Final briefs in the case are ex-| pected to be filed Monday and cpurt| observers predicted the ruling may| come next week, although the court did not indicate any approximate time. Judge Sullivan’s hint was given in a brief hearing on a petition filed by Frank W. McCulloch, a minority stockholder who is seeking to inter- vene in the litigation. Mr. Mec- |Culloch alleged the firm’s Board of | Directors had wastefully expended |more than $2,000,000 for litigation, publicity and advertising in present- ing its case. Judge Sullivan said he would not hear the matter until he decided the main case, which, he added, will be soon. | (From Yesterday's Last Edition.) | The civillan allocation of meat { for the first quarter of this year has been cut to one of the lowest points lslnce rationing began as a result of |an unexpected request from the armed forces for an additional 113,- 000,000 pounds of meat, it was learned this afternoon. The emergency allocation to the Army and Navy—made after the War Food Administration had set up its quarterly food allotments for the armed forces and civilians — thus raises the possibility of tighter ration controls on meat by the Of- fice of Price Administration. WFA now estimates the first- quarter allocation of all meats at 4,061,000,000 pounds. Civilian con- sumers now can expect to receive about two out of every three pounds of meat produced in the United States. This means, WFA sources 5 First Quarter Supply of Meat For Civilians Reduced Sharply said, about a 15 per cent reduction | maid, was adjudged insane in Re- corder’s Court today and committed to the Ionia State Hospital. The King baby, its skin darkened and a scar painted on one cheek, was found in Mrs. Smith’s home last {in the amount consumed during the |last quarter of 1944. | _Also it was learned that WFA, for the first time, has begun the allo- cation of chickens. This was done because of expected smaller slaugh- ter and increased Army demands. The January-March allocation of each. Each weighs for them Japs Open New Drive On Key Chinese Railway By the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, Jan. 20.—A Chinese field dispatch said today the Jap- anese had opened a drive apparently aimed at closing the Chinese-held | gap of the Canton-Hankow railway between points south of Hengyang and North of Canton. The dispatch said severe fighting flared when several Japanese | columns, based principally at the railway town of Leiyang, 35 miles below Henyang, launched a smash southward Thursday. | The Chinese have been expecting ® Japanese drive to seal the gap in the railroad, regarding it as a| logical enemy step in preparing rnrJ possible American landing on the China coast. Two Marine Flyers Die In Midair Collision By the Associated Press. 300 is open to the public. invitations The Government paid $186 each ings include Representatives Judd,|former When purchased as sur- Republican plus in lots of 20 or more for use Democrat, of Arkansas. and Zim-| or resale, a wholesalers’ price of $35 merman, Willlam Green, : Philip Murray, CIO president; Dr.| Walter A. Maier, Lutheran Hour bouts in army camps in Europe, |[®Nd t0 nominate a candidate to |radio preacher. of St. Louis; Dr.|that the baby and his mother, the OPPOse either J. Vaughan Gary or Glenn Clark, St. Paul. Minn.. and former Mary Louise Smith, are do- the Rev. W. Tolbert-Hindley, Mon-|ing well. y |treal, Canada | PITTSBURGH, Jan. 20—Corpl. Billy Conn’'s second son was born today at Mercy Hospital. Th light-heavyweight cham Hays, | plon’s youngster weighed in at pounds 13 ounces, at 1 am. Father -in-law Jimmy Smith, former big league ball player, cabled Conn, who's been staging exhibition Other speakers who have accepted to address the meet- e of Minnesota; 9 Democrat, of Missou: AFL presiden The Conns’ other child, Timmy, is = =) row’s national “Day of Prayer,” Although still under construction, the shelter during the last two months has provided temporary quarters for nearly 200 dogs, more than 10¢ cats and a goat found roaming in the county. If animals are not redeemed within five days they are destroyed in a sperial gas chamber. Sponsored by the Montgomery County Animal Rescue League, the main shelter building has been completed Temporary cages are being used until permanent wire ones can be constructed. The shelter will consist of indoor quar- ters connected with runs. The building will be heated by a coal | stove. Records are kept on every animal received, and attempts are made to locate owners or to place stray animals. Dogs and cats are now available, but there is a waiting list for some breeds. Third Virginia District GOP To Name House Candidate the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va.. Jan. 20.—The Re- publican Third District Committee plans to meet here over the week- Ashton Dovell, Democrats, who are seeking the 3d district nomina- tion to Congress. The winner will following tomor- 2 years old. succeed Dave E. Satterfield, jr., who | recently announced his resignation Five-star Gen. George C. Mar- however, Gen. Marshal Marshall Wears Only 4 Stars To Welcome 5-Star Briton wore greeted the British field marshal at |up Washington Airport in an old trench | about it.” coat. four stars which he had worn for will become the representative of years until Congress recently raised his country on the joint chief uf! £ his rank to that of a “five-star gen- |staff, succeeds the late Field Mar- |the referendum on the convention. eral,” which corresponds with the|shal Sir John Dill, who died recently | European rank of fleld marshal. | five stars of his new rank. “Did the general lack a sufficient |the general was asked. The American Chief of Staff, “No,” he replied. “He just picked On his shoulders were the| The British fleld marshal, who | |and was buried in Arlington Ceme- Underneath his battered raincoat, 'tery. NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 20.—Two| Marine Corps flyers were killed| Thursday when two Navy land| planes collided 1n the air near Hat- teras, N. C., the 5th Naval District public relations office reported last night. The dead were listed as Second Lt. Arthur L. Grosser of Pittsburgh, the pilot, and Corpl. Calvin W. Ni- lees, Hamilton, Ohio, the gunner. One of the planes made a crash landing in a swamp and its occu- pants were uninjured. The other fell into the sea. The bodies were tecovered and taken to the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, N. C. Baltimore Woman Held In Death of Daughter, 11 By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 20.—Emma Lou | Hulin, 11, was found strangled last night and shortly afterward, her mother, Mrs. Frances B. Hulin, 50, was charged with the child’s death, Police Lt. Ralph Amrein reported. Police said the body was discov- ered by the child’s father, Willlam W. Hulin, an oil company employe. Lt. Amrein said Mrs. Hulin had been under the care of a physician recently. Robert Appleton, 80, sugar is 102,000,000 tons, an esti- mated 225,000 tons less than the last quarter of 1944. The butter alloca- tion for civilians is 344,500,000 pounds, slightly less than the last three months. Cheddar cheese is the only major commodity showing an increase over last year, the allocation being 107,- 000,000 pounds. Retired Publisher, Dies By the Associated Press. NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 20.—Robert Appleton, 80, retired head of the Roberj Appleton Pub- lishing Co., New York, died at his home yesterday. Survivors include his widow and a son, Brig. Gen. John A. Appleton.| ITALIANS HONOR GEN. CLARK—Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, com- mander of the Allled 15th Army Group in Italy, receives the green sash of the Grand Cross of the Order of 8t. Maurice and 8t. Lazaros from Crown Prince Umberto, lieutenant general of the Italian realm. Gen. Clark was decorated for his part in the landings at Salerno and Anzio and the liberation of Rome. —AP Wirephoto from OWI. 2 | Neither the time nor the place for | the convention was revealed, but it |was reported that the nomination |of a candidate probably will take |place tomorrow. The Republicans | also are expected to issue a declara- a | tion on the poll tax as it affects the shall cares so little for protocol that |blouse on which were mounted the |3d_district campaign. he welcomed his British opposite { number, Field Marshal Sir Henry‘ s Maitland Wilson, yesterday with a /supply of his new insignia to put |thing of a surprise, since it followed uniform showing his old rank of a one on his raincoat?” an aide of |2 recent public statement by a prom- four-star general. The Republican action was re- garded by many observers as some- |inent State GOP leader, John Locke | Green, in which he indorsed the the raincoat and didn’t think |candidacy of Mr. Dovell. Gov. Darden is expected to order the election to fill the vacancy in Congress within the next few days, possibly setting it to coincide with Manpower Misuse Blamed {For Cotton Shorfages | By the Associated Press. The Senate War Investigating Committee was told yesterday that the problem of the cotton textile industry is “primarily the misuse of manpower by management.” Referring to present military and civilian shortages, Solomon Barkin, research director of the CIO Textile Workers Union of America, said a solution could be obtained “only by correcting obsolete wage and em- ployment practices.” Asserting it is not a lack of cotton which is restricting production, Mr. Barkin added: “The efforts of governmental agencies to find solutions for this problem through price increases, production comtrols, pep meetings and specific stringent manpower controls have yielded little.” $82,000 Contract Let For Cheltenham School BALTIMORE, Jan. 20—Gov. O’Connor announced yesterday the awarding of an $82,000 contract to Herring & McCall for construction of a staff apartment building at the Cheltenham School for Boys. The Governor also said the Board of Public Works has approved con- struction of a dining hall and a kitchen unit which, with a contem+ plated intake cottage, will cost about $250,000. Payment for all the work at Chelt- enham will be provided by an alloca- tion from the postwar construction fund, the Governor added. War Bonds are now owned by some 85,000,000 individual Ameri- cans. More than 8 out of every 13 men, women and children in the United States are purchasers.