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Army Shows Editors How Oil Bomb Spreads Flames Powerful Weapon Demonstrated to Group At N. Y. Convention P' 'h> A*MK .Htf-f* C-*" NEW YORK April lfl How an nil bomb bur*-’* and spread* fiery havoc lnatan’lv was demonstrated tndav before ncw*pai>er editor* con cluding a three-day convention here Member* of the American So ciety of Newspaper Editors attend ing a chemical warfare dernonstra llnn on the parade ground* at Gov ernor* Island were mformed that the new Inrendtarv contained a gelatinized gasoline filler and in ex haustive testa had proved highly effective. When the bomb exploded a solid aheet of flame shot up and burned fierrelv for several minute* in an area with a 25 to 30 foot diameter Announcing over a loudspeaker In the spectator stands well re moved from the center of the dem onstration Col Joseph I) Coughlin, Inspector at the Chemical Warfare School Edgewood Arsenal Md said that enlisted men and officers would “show on a modified scale what ac tually happens when a city Is sub jected to an aerial bomb attack Air warfate toda> he said "car ries arson in an ever-increasing amount Civilian populations are on the front line *’ The editors viewed a parade and presentation of the colors staged bv the 518th Military Police bat talion. Standing in the reviewing line with Gen. Hugh A Drum, host to the editor* were W. S Gilmore Detroit News, new president of the A S. N. E ; William Allen White Emporia. Kan* Gazette, and Col Thomas L Crystal, commander of Fort Jav on Oovemor a Island. Georgetown U. Mass To Honor Lt. Lewis Military maw will be said at P oclock this morning at Georgetown University In honor of First Lt. Thomas MacGuire Lewis, George town graduate in the class of 1940 who was killed February 26 In the crash of an Army observation plane Lt Lewis was captain of the Uni versity rifle team and won fourth place In the National Rifle Cham pionship competition his senior year. His home was in Garden City. Long Island. An accomplished amateur pho tographer. Lt Lewis was assigned to the 126th Observation Squadron at Fort Dlx. N. J . at the time of his death He was killed when the plane In which he was a passenger burst into flame shortly after the take-off. Another Georgetown graduate. George Anderson Wolfe, was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. First Raid on Constanta Since Fall Reported B* th«- A«*oci»l«l rr**». ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 17 (De layed).—A traveler recently arrived from the Balkans reported today that the Soviet Air Force in the last fortnight carried out two damaging bombing raids against Constanta the Rumanian Black Sea port. These were the first aerial as saults against Rumania since last summer and fall. The Important Black Sea port was reported devas taied by Soviet bombings last sum mer, but was said to have been re paired since so that it again is usable for the assembling of sub marines shipped in sections from Germany. Ortiz Rubio's Son, Facing Death Charge, Gives Up pt th# A»»*oci*t*cl Preft*. MEXICO CITY, April 18-Fer nando Ortiz Rubio, son of a former President of Mexico, surrendered to authorities at Toluca, capital of the state of Mexico, today to face charges of fatally shooting Gov. Alfredo Zarate Albarran. The whereabouts of Ortiz. Rubio had been unknown since Tuesday when he was released from custody b\ police officials of the federal district In Mexico City pending completion of an investigation. Police at Toluca began efforts to arrest him immediately on his re lease here. FATAL TRAIN CRASH DEMOLISHES TRUCK—Wreckage was scattered over a mile yesterday when a B O. express hit a truck at the Berwyn < Md i crossing, killing Its two young occu pants. The photo was made at the scene. Part of the body of the panel truck in which the youths, William Forrester, 16. and Paul David Snvdeman. 12. were riding was borne as far as College Park on the cowcatcher of the Cap ital Limited. A crowd is shown inspecting the twisted remains there, in which the springs of the seat are visible. —Star Staff and R B. Miller Photos. 16 Hurt in Crash Of Bus and Truck On Richmond Road All but Two Discharged From Hospital in Fredericksburg Sixteen passengers were reported recovering today from injuries re ceived when a Greyhound bus southbound from Washington and a truck crashed on the Richmond highway yesterday three miles south of Woodbrtdge, Va. The injured were treated at a hospital in Fredericksburg and all but two were discharged, according to the Associated Press. Those re maining in the hospital were Miss Malley Green. Winston-Salem. N C, who received an injury to her back, and Edward Wright of Brook lyn, whose back and shoulder were hurt. Local residents said the bus, loaded to capacity, rammed the rear of a large truck moving slowly up a hid The front of the bus was smashed life* * Hip Fredericksburg hospital listed the following persons as treated and released: Miss Doris Kisling. Brooklyn: Dr. Hester Brawn, Belfast, Me.; Mrs. Alice Fay, Brooklyn; Mrs. Cora Cleveland, Cranston. R I.: Mrs. Lillian Estes. North Barrington. R. I,; Mrs Ruth Swanson, Cranstoik R. I.; Ida Bellamy and Lillian Belt lamy, Holland. Va.; Theresa Slater, New York City; Rose Lee Floyd an$l Jessie Floyd, New York City; Mrs, Maria Jakowski. Baltimore; Mrs. Harriette L. Philen. Arlington. Va., and Mrs. Agnes Yanchesti, Balti more. D. C. Wife, 2 Children Reach U. S. From Hawaii Word has been received by rela tives here of the safe arrival in Cal ifornia from Hawaii of Mis. M. A. Juster, wife of Maj. M A. Juster, Army Medical Corps, stationed in the Islands. The couple's two daugh ters, Betty Anne. 6. and Arlene Alice. 13 months, accompanied their mother, Mrs. Juster and children have been in Honolulu since 1940 They will make their home for the duration at the home of Mrs Juster s par ents. Mr. and Mrs. R T Shelton, 1353 Ingraham street N.W. Plowman, 85, Still Busy CLARENDON, Tex . April 18 — Hugh Brown. 85. who made enough money plowing gardens to retire, looked forward to spending this summer at rest Then came the war. To date he's plowed 84 victory gardens and is looking for more. Labor Talks in Forum Representatives Norton and Smith Will Broadcast Tomorrow Night REPRESENTATIVE NORTON^ REPRESENTATIVE SMITH. Opposing views on the rontrover gtai subject of labor legislation will be given by Chairman Norton of the House iJtbor Committee and Representative Smith Democrat, of Virginia, author of a bill that would lengthen the 40-hour week in the National Radio Forum at 9 pm to morrow The National Radio Forum is arranged by The Star and broad cast over the Blue Network. Ii may be heard here over Station WMAL Mrs Norton was one ol the spon sors of the wage-hour law, which provides for payment at the rate of lime and one-half for work in excess of 40 hours weekly Regarded as one of labors stanches! friends, she has consistently urged reten tion of this law. despite pressure for its revision as a means of step ping up war production. Representative Smith Will explain the details of his bill, which would also restrict the unions' efforts for the closed shop and would set a lim itation on wartime profits A cham pion of "all-out'’ war production. Mr. Smith contends that the full force of American industry cannot be mobilised with the 40-hour week m effect. Communiques U. S. Planes Bomb Docks af Rangoon The text of War Department communique No. 19X based on re ports received until 4 pm. yes terday follows: 1 Burma: Gen. Brereton reports from India that American Army heavy bombers conducted a successful night raid on harbor Installa tions at Rangoon. Docks and other facilities were attacked and heavy explosions were heard. On account of poor visibility it was impossible to determine the ex tent of the damage Our planes encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire from the en emy, but all of our bombers re turned to their base without in jury. 2 There is nothing to report from other areas. Readers' Guide and News Summary Thr Sunday Star, April 19. 1942. PART ONE. Foreign. Recapture of Dnieperopetrovsk near. Russians declare. Page A-8 National. Payment by Mexico of $23,995,000 in oil cases proposed. Page A-l Spark from torch sets Normandie afire again Page A-l Control of prices and credits under study. Page A-6 Postponement of labor bills in Sen ate considered likely. Page A-8 Lease-lend report shows U. S. aid to Russia intensified Page A-18 Law urged to end States' hampering military traffic. Page A-19 Washington and Vicinity. Two killed when train hits auto at Berwyn Page A-l Capital hails Tokio raid reports, sees big offensive. Page A-4 Three G. W. U. professors hon ored. Page A-6 Murphy holds one civilian defense job is enough. Page A-ll Obituary. Page A-14 PART TWO. Editorial Articles Pages B-l -5 Editorials. Page B-2 War Review. Page B-3 John Clagett Proctor Page B-4 Civic News Page B-6 Fraternities Page B-7 Service Organisations. Page B-7 Where to Go. Page B-9 Births and Deaths. Page B-9 Marriage Licenses. Page B-9 P.-T A News. Page B-10 PART THREE. Sports and Finance. Sports Pages C-l-5 Financial News. Pages C-7-9 Resorts. Page C-6 PART FOUR. Society. Society. Pages D-l-9 | Clubs. Page D-10 Garden News. Page D-ll PART FIVE. Amusement*. Theaters. Pages F-l-2-3 Radio Programs Page E-4 Stamps. Page F.-5 Cross-word Puzzle Page F.-5 Art and Music. Page F.-6 Books. Page F-7 Junior Star, Page E-8 Jessie Fant Evans. Page F.-9 Educational Page F.-9 Classified Advertising. Pages E-9-18 Brass Mills Reduce Price 1 Cent a Pound B> tht Associated Pre»» Thirteen com [tames, manufactur ing more than 95 per cent of the brass materials used for small arms ammunition, have agreed to reduce prices on their products 1 cent a pound, Leon Henderson, price ad j mimstrator. announced yesterday. Declaring the reduction effective tomorrow, was only *a preliminary and partial step in dealing with this whole question' of brass mill profits, the administrator said the voluntary' agreement would result in substan i tial savings to the Government w hich would increase steadily as production expanded. Silver Spring Rotary Elects Shirley F Workman has bewi elected president of the Silver Spring iMd.i Rotary Club, succeed ing Grover Poole Other officers are Dr W. B. Mehrmg. vice presi dent: William W. Payne, secretary; the Rev. Joseph A Hauber. treas urer and Earl P. Heatwole. aergeant at-arma. Creel, '17 Censorship Head, Warns Against Censorship Law Declares Legislation Would Destroy Unity Of Public in War B* tho Associated Press. PRINCETON. N. J. April 18 — George Creel, director of the Com mittee on Public Information in the World War, warned today that any attempt to enact press censorship legislation would be “absolutely disastrous to national unity.” Writing In the Public Opinion Quarterly, published by the Prince ton University School of Public and International Affairs, Mr. Creel as serted that even if a censorship bill were passed by Congress, and even if the press could then bp won to acquiesence, “no preconceived plan of operation and no amount of trained personnel could make it work.” Legislated censorship, Mr Creel added, “works inevitably to protect blunderers, incompetents and graf ters” by forestalling criticism. The morale of a free people, he continued, “depends in the last analysis upon the feelings of the i citizen that he is being given the ! truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Anything short of that is bound to result in disaster, for no matter how much the truth may be suppressed, sooner or later it is going to come out. shatters Morale. "And when it does come out, the reaction blinds the people to the accomplishment and shatters morale by inducing the conviction that, everything told them has been a lie " Internal censorship, Mr. Creel contended, would "continue the ghastly inefficiency that marked the whole preparedness effort from May 28. 1940. right up to December 7, 1941. Had there been real criticism of the welter of alphabet agencies that squandered billions In building j the great Arsenal of Democracy.’ we should not have had a Pearl Harbor, a Wake Island, a Guam, or the tragedy of the Philippines." Mr. Creel took Issue with a rule laid down by Byron Price, director of the United States Office of Cen sorship. which forbids specific in formation about war contracts, such as the exact type of produc tion. production schedules, dates of delivery or progress of production, estimated supplies of strategic and critical materials available, "Hardly a day passes," Mr. Creel declared, "that some row between officials does not reveal every fac’ about our stock piles of rubber, aluminum, steel, copper and other strategic materials. Congress Also Assailed. "And what about Congress? When was there every anything more ex plicit with respect of production , than the Truman report? Or the , savage attacks of Senator Byrd, par ticularly the one in which he charged that out of an expenditure ! of ten billions we had received less 1 than $425 000.000 worth of vital , equipment? * * * "Unless criticism is permitted, unless incompetents are scourged from office by the lash of public opinion, the situation is apt to grow little better.” The only answer to the censor ship problem, Mr. Creel added, is a censorship of the cables and the radio—a censorship limited to mili tary information and not touching public opinion in any degree. That done, let us have full information, with free speech and a free press contributing to the unhampered public discussion that is a democ racy's one safeguard against inef i flciency, bureaucratic stupidity, clique control, and actual dishon esty in the expenditure of public funds.” State Tree Seedling Planted at U. of M. A seedling from the Wye Oak tree State tree of Maryland, was planted on the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park bv the Hyattsville Horticultural Society ves : terdav. Dr H C Byrd, president of the school, accepted the seedling from W R. Ballard, president of the so * ciety. The seedling was planted near the Rossborough Inn after brief ceremonies Mrs. W. H Chase of Riverdale | was chairman of the committee in ' charge of arrangements. Others at tending the presentation were R. B Bierlv, Mrs H P. Mitchell, Mrs. L. L. Power, Mrs Ralph Sheffer. Mrs Andrew K Bowie, H F. Mitch I ell »nd Dr. H. F. Cotterman. Corregidor Marines Contribute Pay to Buy War Bonds Ry lb* Associated Press. Shells and bombs dropping on Corregidor haven't stopped the United States Marines on the island stronghold from adding financial aid to their war efforts. The Marine Corps announced yesterday that cablegrams have been received in the last week from five officers and men of the Fourth Regiment on Cor regidor asking that their pay checks be used to buy war bonds. The Fourth Regiment, went to the Philippines from Shang hai five days before the Decem ber 7 attacks on United States islands in the Pacific. New Dakar Fleet Chief Is Reported Named F\ ihr Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—The Brit ish radio reported tonight that Vichy has appointed a new com mander for the West African fleet at Dakar, according to a broadcast heard here by C. B. S. 1 “Following closely on the an nouncement of the new (French* government came the report that a new commander, Rear Admiral Colinet. has been appointed to the West African fleet at Dakar." the broadcast said. “Kis command, ac cording to the radio, will include all French merchant shipping as well as the warships at Dakar." Wreck i Continued From First Pago ) 4802 Berwyn road, one of the first to reach the scene of the accident, bits of wreckage were strewn along the tracks for hundreds of yards. Half of the truck's body wras carried on the engine's cowcatcher as far as the crossing at College Park. Mr. and Mrs. Dick R. Forrester and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Snydeman are parents of the youths. | Forrester attended Hyattsville High School, while Snydeman was a student at the Berwyn Heights School. Henderson Reported Easing Regulations On New Auto Sales 40 Per Cent of Dealers' Quotas Moved, Letter To Woodrum Reveals P' >h» Associated Press. Price Administrator Henderson was disclosed yesterday to have said action was being taken "to ease the regulations” on the pur chase of new cars" so that deal ers will sell something like their quotas in the near future.” In a letter to Representative Woodrum, Democrat, of Virginia dated April 15 and released yester day by the Virginian, the price administrator declared that "the changes in regulations have been under study for several days now and will go out In a few days." Simultaneously, Mr. Henderson wrote that "plans somewhat simi lar to the tire return plan to relieve the financial stress on the individual car dealers have been developing for several weeks and will be an nounced within 10 days or earlier.” Under the tire return plan, tire dealers were permitted to sell their frozen tire stocks back to the manu facturer who In turn sold them to the Government. Mr. Henderson said in his letter to Representative Woodrum that the Reconstruction Finance Corp. had been "extremely responsive" in working out the car program which, he said, should prove materially helpful to the dealers "on at least two fronts and perhaps three." The decision to ease the regula tions for purchase of a car had re sulted. Mr. Henderson wrote, from a summary of the first month's op eration of auto rationing, which showed that cars were moving only at about 40 per cent of the quota rate. D. C. Woman Christens Ship CHESTER, Pa . April 18 ./Pi.—'The 10,300 - ton tanker Jorkey was launched today at the Sun Ship building & Dry Dock yards. Mrs. Gerald Jessup of Washington, daughter of W. H Skinner, general counsel for the Maritime Commis sion, christened the vessel. UNIFORMS and EQUIPMENT Exclusive Washington agency for Browning-King READY TO-WEAR UNIFORMS in blues, khaki and whites. We are qualified to complete all your uniform needs. Our expert tailors assure you of a perfect appearance. Store Hours: 9 A M. to ti P.M. Thursdays: 12 Noon to 9 P.M. Remington Charges 'False Impressions' Created on Cartel 'Aided Government Tests On Tetrozene/ Company Wires Senator Bone B^ th* AaaotiaiM Pr**A The Remington Arms Co has In formed the Senate Patents Com mittee that testimony regarding the company's foreign agreements for the use of tetrazenr a chemical priming compound for firearms am - ; munition, had created false im pressions. Allen Dobev. aide to Assistant' Attorney General Thurman Arnold, told the committee Friday thal an agreement between the company ■ and German concerns had blocked sales of certain ammunition to the British Purchasing Commission early last year. He added that in "fairness to Remington Justice Department of ficials did not believe the agree ments "had in fact operated to date as a serious impediment to tire Allied war effort " Assisted in V. S. Tests. In a telegram to Chairman Bone of the committee the company said the agreement with the German in terests had helped rather than hinder production of ammunition for the United Stales. 'Remington gate the United States Government full Information about tetrazane and even assisted with tests of the material in a Government arsenal before the agreement with the German com pany was signed in 1929," the tele gram said. "It should be remem bered that, at that time, the Ger man company held a world-wide monopoly on the manufacture of I this material, and it was only by ! obtaining the German patent that the material could be manufactured in this country at all. Manufacture at Coat. ‘Remington has licensed the ; United States Government to man ufacture tetrazene at cost and with no profit to Remington. Every im provement in use or manufacture, whether developed in Remington laboratories or obtained from the German company, was passed on | to the United States Government without charge.' The telegram said that “the Brit ish Purchasing Commission never specified nor expressed any prefer ence for primers containing tetra zene for any of the ammunition it ordered in the United States. • • •” Arizona Wants Air Bases PHOENIX. Ariz., April 18 i/Pi—The Arizona Legislature, in special war time session, memorialized the Sec retary of War today for construc tion of air bases near the head of the Gulf of California and a mili tary highway from San Luis. So nora. Mexico, across the border from Yuma, Ariz., to the Gulf. Minnigerode Honored For 50-Year Service To Corcoran Gallery Art Leaders Pay High Tribute to Director At Society's Banquet C rowel! Minnigerode. director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art who will have completed 50 years ol con tinuous service with that institu tion June 1. was guest of honor rt the annual dinner of the Waslu: , ton Society of the Fine Arts Fridry night at the Cosmos Club. The unusual and invaluable serv ices rendered by Mr. Minnigerode during the last half century to the gallery as well as to the cause of art were described by speakers rep resenting the institution, the so ciety and the world of art, both local and national. The fact was brought out that the guest of honor. who.is a past president of the American Society of Museum Directors, has enjoyed a tenure of service which exceed.*^ by a wide margUi that of any other American who holds simi lar office Albert W Atwood, president of the society and also of the Cosmos Club, presided. George F Hamilton, presi dent of the Board of Trustees of the gallery, whose employ Mr Minni geiode entered June t, 1892. ns a clerk, in paying tribute on behalf of the institution, expressed ttie thought that its director had taiih fully and efficiently carried out tha plans and thoughts of its founder, William W. Corcoran. Speakers rep resenting the directors of American art museums were David E Finley, director of the National Gallery of Art. and Col. Homer St. Oaudens, director of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh. Representing artists of America, both outstanding In their particular line, were John Tavlor Arms, etcher and first vice president of the Na j tional Academy of Design, and John C. Johansen, eminent painter of portraits. Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary of the Washington Society of the Fine Arts and art editor of The Star, in ; troduced the guest of honor, who was the final speaker. 0. P. A. Group to Present Phonograph Program A phonograph program of modern Russian music will be presented by the O. P A music appreciation group at the Southwestern branch I of the Public Library, Seventh and H streets S.W., at 4 oclock this afternoon. Selections from Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Moussorgsky, Mussalov, Prokoriev's "Peter and the Wolf." and Red Army songs will be played. The use of wood-wind instruments in these works will be demonstrated. This is the first of a series of Sun day programs to be given at the * Southwestern branch. Weather Report iFurnished by the United Ststes Westher Buresu ) District of Columbia—Continued cool, moderate to fresh winds. Virginia—Continued quite cool in north, cooler in interior south today. Maryland—Continued quite cool. Report t ntil 10 P M Saturday. Midnight 60 13 noon 55 •£ am _ 63 3 pm 61 I 4 a m. 814 p.m. . 68 I 8am __ _ 86 8pm. _. 6* Sam. _ 61 8pm __ _ 53 10 am. 64 10 pm. .. 49 Record I'ntll 18 P.M. Saturday. Highest. 80. 3:45 p m. Yesterday year ago. 80. Lowest, 49. in pm Yesterday year ago 83. Record Temperature* Thl* Year. Highest. 91. on April 8 Lowest. 8. on Jsnuary 11. Tide Tablet. (FVrmahed b* United State* Coa*t and Geodetic Survey i Today Tomorrow. High 11 :3d a m. L w __ 5 5n a m 6 37am High .11 58 p.m. 7 04 p.m. Low 8:36 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun. today 8:27 7:48 Sun. tomorrow 8:38 1 49 Moon, loday 9 09 a m II .16 c m Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after aunset. Precipitation Monthly precipitation in inchca in the Capital icurrent month to datel Month. 1943 Average, Record 1 January _ 190 3.56 7. S3 37 February _ 1.55 3 27 8 84 '84 March - . 3 87 3.76 8 84 ’91 April .38 3 37 9.13 '89 i Mae _ 3 70 10 89 89 1 Juno . 4.13 10 94 '00 July .. _ 4.71 in 8:t 88 i August . 4.01 14 41 '78 September 3 34 IT 45 34 Octorber 3.84 8 si 31 November -- 3.37 8 69 89 1 December 3 32 7 58 '01 River Report. Potomac Rlvar cloudy and Shenandoah clear at Harpers Perry left night. Poto mac etoudv at Oreat Palls Weather In Varlens Cities Station. High Low, Alpena __ ... 44 38 Asheville . 78 SO Atlanta -. __ 84 Hi Atlantic City 84 .8! Birmingham . .. . .. 84 ft? Boston _ «<> 4? 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