Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1942, Page 4

P A—4 ¥ Oldest Inhabitants’ Association Marks New Year's Arrival Members Review 1941 At Traditional Meeting In Union Engine House Outstanding events of 1941 were recalled yesterday by the Associa- tion of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District as they gathered at Old Union Enginehouse, Nineteenth and H streets N.W., for their tradi- tional New Year Day meeting. The new year was ushered in for the association by tolling of the giant old bell on the first floor of the enginehouse, where also rests the fire-fighting equipment of gone days. Jesse C. Suter, a president of the association, counted the strokes as Maj. Ernest W. Brown, retired superintendent of police, also a vice president, and former Secretary of Commerce Dan- el Roper pulled the rope. The bell once sounded fire calls in the tower of the enginehouse. It is 105 years old, having been made by a foundry in Troy, N. Y, in 1836. President’s Message Read. Theodore W. Noves, president of the association, was unable to at- tend and sent regrgts in the form of a New Year message, which was read by John Clagett Proctor, his- torian, acting president. In his message Mr. Noyes said: “Much to my regret, a threatening cold upon my lungs prevents me from being with you in person at | our meeting on the first day of the | new year. I wish for every one of | vou health and happiness not only in the new year but for many years yet to come. May God bless and | protect us in adversity, in peace and | in war.” Charles H. Bates, another vice president, was chairman of the com- mittee that drafted the following reply, sent in a telegram to Mr. Noves and signed in the association’s name: Association Replies. “The association unanimously gends to you, its president and, as it were, its patron patriarch, its great regret that you are not present with us this, its New Year Day, 1042, meeting and extends to you its most affectionate greetings and heartfelt wishes for your continual happiness and increasing good health in this new year and for many years to come.” The meeting was opened with the singing of “America.” Vocal selec- tions were sung by Mrs. Iva Hock- enbeTry Toone, accompanied by Mrs, Elviria Magdeburger. Officers of the association present | included John B. Dickman, sr., secretary; L. A. Carruthers, finan- cial secretary; James H. Duhamel, corresponding secretary, and Orren G. Davy, treasurer. Among the oldest members were | Mr. Dickman, Mr. Duhamel and L. E. Breuninger. all 83, and Elra C. Palmer, 82. Christian Heurich, 99- year-old brewer and the oldest mem- ber, was not present. 1941 Chronicled. Mr. Proctor read an original poem | entitled “A Plea to 1942” and the chronicles of 1941, which he had prepared as official chronicler of the association, detailing outstand- ing national and local events in ‘Washington during the past year. Before the meeting closed the as- gociation, on Mr. Roper’s motion, extended Mr. Proctor a rising vote of thanks for his services as acting president. The former Commerce Secretary described Mr. Proctor as “not only an individual but an insti- tution in this community, a man who has contributed more to the spirit of America than any man : now can think of.” The meeting adjourned with sing- ing of “The Star Spangled Ban- ner” and a vote of thanks to Mrs. | Toone and Mrs. Magdeburger. Mrs. Roosevelt fo Sbeak In Sunday Radio Panel Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and eight prominent representatives of Gov- ernment, labor and industry will participate in the 14th anniversary program of the American Forum of the Air at 8 pm. Sunday in the west ballroom of the Shoreham Hotel. The forum, conducted by Theo- dore Granik, will be based on the subject, “United America Looks Ahead to 1942." Besides Mrs. Roose- velt, participants will include: Ralph A. Bar tary of the Navy; William Green, president of the American Federa- tion of Labor; Albert W. Hawkes, | yr.15us" newspaper Kuala Lumpur, | problems president of the United States Chamber of Commerce; Paul V. Mc- Nutt, Federal Security administra- tor and co-ordinator of health, wel- fare and related defense activities; Philip Murray, president of the Con- gress of Industrial Organizations; |gapore on the east coast, in the |storm Snowplows that had worked Donald Nelson, executive director of | Kuantan region, and 275 miles on | for hours to open roads were called the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; Robert Patterson, Undersec- retary of War, and Nelson Rocke- The Office of Price Administration has established a new unit to make interpretations of the regulations is- sued in connection with the tire and tube rationing program. The following are the interpreta- tions, in question and answer form, made thus far: Q. Are airplane tires subject to the provisions of the rationing order? A. No. Q. Does the O. P. A. set quotas limiting the number of tires which each dealer may sell? A. No. No quotes apply to sales | by dealers. Local boards cannot is- sue tire cegtificates for new tires or tubes in excess of the quotas as- signed to them. Dealers may sell as many tires or tubes as are re- quested by purchasers who hold tire certificates. Q. When will a company using trucks to trensport coal be able to get tires? A. Any time after January 5 it may apply to the local board in its area and the board will grant a certificate if the vehicle is an eligible vehicle and the board has tires avail- able for it within its quota. Q. Can local Tire Rationing Boards | charge a fee for the issurance of a tire certificate? A. No. Exaction of & fee under color of authority in violation of | | regulations would be fllegal and a | Federal offense. Q. A tire dealer has sold a tire and has guaranteed to replace it with a new tire if the original tire proved defective. Can the tire own- er exchange a tire which proves de- fective for a new tire? A. No. New tires can be delivered only to persons who hold certificates. If the person is entitled to an ad- justment on the guarantee, he | should seek a monetary settlement from the person from whom he pur- chased the tire. Q Does the list of eligible vehicles set forth the order of preference in which the classes of eligible ve- hicles are to be granted tire certifi- cates? A. No. The eligible vehicle list is not a priority list and does not set forth the order of preference in which applications are to be granted. Q. Is a laboratory technician who uses his own car to travel to homes of invalids for purposes of making | blood tests entitled to tires? | A.No. If the techniclan were a | licensed physician using his car | principally for professional services | he would be entitled to tires under the local quota. Q. How may new tires needed | for a police department be obtained? A. Tires for police cars are ob- tainable after January 5, 1942, from the local boards under the local quota. Q. May new inner tubes be ob- tained for a school bus prior to the | functioning of the rationing system | | under local boards to commence | January 5, 1942? A. No. Q. Are trucks used by a retail | grocer to obtain supplies from | wholesalers entitled to tires? | A. Yes, provided they are not used also for retail deliveries or other non-qualified uses. Q. Can an employe of a mining | or manufacturing company who uses | | his car to travel to and from his plant or between plants of the com- | pany secure a certificate for tires? A. No. | | | Tire Order Interpretations List of Eligible Vehicles Sets Forth No Priority for Replacements | 404 (e) (9) relating to deliveries to THE EVENING for the past six months to the ex- tent of 75 per cent or more on Army or Navy work, there is a possibility that he may be able to get a priority rating which will entitle him to purchase tires without a certificate. To obtain such a preference rating, he should apply to the officer with whom he dealt in making his con- tracts, for instructtions on the method of getting preference rat- ings. Q. Is a truck used by a cannery to transport canned salmon to who'esale distributors an eligible vehicle? A. Yes. Q. Are trucks used to transport laundry from ceetral dry cleaning establishments or laundry establish- ments to retail stores eligible ve- hicles? A. Yes. Q. Where qualified trucks are used | over extensive areas, to which board | should owner apply for tires? A. To the local board in the State and county where the trucks are registered. In case of necessity the regulations provide for obtaining | tires from a board other tharf that having jurisdiction to be charged against the quota of the home board. | Q. Are seconds of new tires or | tubes “new” tires or tubes? | A. Yes. | Q. Are bicycle tires within the scope of the rationing regulations? A. No. Q. Can an interstate common carrier which has delivered to and deposited with various tire service | stations along its route a supply of | its own tires bearing its own brand to be used to service its own trucks under a service contract with the local agency obtain such tires from the local station? A. This depends upon whether the release of tires amounts to a delivery or transfer within the contempla- tion of the order. Opinion reserved for written submission of facts. Q. Can tires in possession of seller on which full payment has been made be delivered to the purchaser? A. No. Q. Can tires on which a down pay- ment has been made but which are still ip the possession of the seller be delivered to the purchaser? A. No. Q. Can tires now owned and in possession of a fleet operator be transferred from one of his fleet garages to another? From truck to truck? A. Yes. Q. Can tire dealers exchange white wall tires owned by them for black wall tires owned by automobile dealers? A. No. Q. Have the local boards any dis- cretion in extending the list of eli- gible classes? A. No. Q. To whom must one apply for modification in the list? A. Leon Henderson, Office Price_ Administration. Q. Is a hearse an eligible vehicle? A.No. In emergencies, ambu- lances, which are on the eligible list, may be used as hearses. Q. Is a truck used to deliver coal to both the manufacturer and pri- vate consumers entitled to tires? A. Yes. Q. Does the exception in section of ultimate consumer prohibit the de- livery of coal to an ultimate con- sumer? A. No. Q. Can a person using a passen- | ger car for a supervisory work on & defense project get a certificate from the local tire rationing board? | | A No 1f the car has been used ' Q. Are trucks used to repair tele- graph lines eligible vehicles? A. Yes, Q. Are passenger cars used to re- plir tfilecnph lines eligible vehicles? . No. | "Considerable Help’ Is on Way o Malaya, British General Says Japanese Now 190 Miles From Singapore in East Coast Area | By the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Jan. 2—Gen. Sir | Henry R. Pownall, new commander | |in chief of British forces in the Far East, declared today “consid- | erable help is on the way" to Ma- | | laya, where Japanese forces struck | closer to Singapore in fresh land- Assistant Secre- | jngs on the west coast below the | Bureau. [big tin town of Ipon. | His statement, published in the | did mot disclose the nature of the ‘help‘ but said “it is intended to | fight for every inch of ground down | the Malaya Peninsula.” | Fighting already had closed in to approximately 190 miles from Sin- | the west coast Perak Province. It was in lower Perak that the in lower Blizzard Paralyzes Middle West Traffic; Fall Near Record Bus and Air Service Halted; Temperature 22 Below in South Dakota By the Associated Press. ‘The Middle West dug out of a traffic-blocking snowfall today, shiv- ering, meantime, in temperatures below or near zero. Generally, the snow, which swept over the mid-continent New Year Day, had ended. Movement of the storm was a war-time, military secrey, guarded by the Weather | States reporting the snowfall the | heaviest in 50 years found traffic complicated by frigid | winds that whipped heavy drifts | | onto highways with such rapidity | that it was impossible for mainte- nance workers to keep them clear. Iowa reported traffic lanes, on the | ground and in the air, closed by the | | in until the storm subsided. Bus | service ,was suspended, trains were | | from one to three hours late and the | feller, co-ordinator of the Office of | new Japanese forces were landed | temperature was falling rapidly. Inter-American Affairs. The program will be broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting Sys- tem and heard locally over WOL. Admission will be free. Mayor' La Guardia Bégins Third Term; Warns of Raids By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Mayor La Guardia began his third term yes- terday with a solemn warning to the people of his city that “the war will come right to our streets and resi- dential districts.” Declaring that New Yorkers must not underestimate the strength and cruelty of the enemy, Mayor La Guardia <aid “We may not expect long-continued, sustained attacks, such as the cities of Great Britain have s ored, but we will be at- tacked.” He spoke in the City Hall council chamber and his address was broad- cast over WNYC, the municipal radio station. Assailing critics of his admin- jstration of Civilian Defense, of which he is national director, Mayor La Guardia excoriated those whom he charged with attempting to con- fuse the people. He declared the organizational | setup of civilian defense work had been firmly established, that the “medical rescue work is magnifi- cently organized,” and asserted that 100,000 nurses’ aides were taking training courses in hospitals to meet any emergency. | and engaged by British defense forces, a communique said. | “Renewed Activity.” The war report asserted that “there has been renewed activity in Perak both on the main front and with enemy parties who landed in lower Perak. Fighting continue: f the east coast, where the | Japanese have claimed capture of ! the Port of Kuantan, the commu- | nique said, “Our patrols have been active and our artillery engaged enemy targets.” Twice during last night Japanese bombers brought the war again to Singapore Island. A communique said that in the first attack damage was slight and there were no casu- alties. Results of the second attack | were not disclosed immediately. Shortly after dawn Singapore had | its first daylight alert in recent days. British fighter planes roared up over the city but no Japanese planes appeared. British Raid Airdrome. Blows and counterblows by British and Japanese flyers were reported. Aircraft of the British Far East command attacked 8 Japanese-oc- cupied airdrome at Gong Kedah last night. altitudes and were observed to burst on runways and among enemy air- craft, two of which cayght fire,” the communique said. “Other fires were burning in the same area when our aircraft left the et. “In addition to bombing the air- drome, our aircraft also strafed it with mnchine-? fire.” ) N “Bombs were dropped from low | | In Nebraska State highway crews ’mnned the State’s full force of 500 | | snowplows in an attempt to reopen | clogged highways. Roads in the| eastern half of the State were| | almost impassable, bus and airline | | service was canceled and some towns | were isolated. Scottsbluff had 14 | below zero and Lemmon, S. Dak., 22 below. 5 | In Wisconsin the blizzard was the | worst in* 10 yea?s. Many telegraph lines were down, snow was from 12 | to 15 inches deep and whipped into | | towering drifts. Hundreds of auto- mobiles were stalled in ditches and | highway crews gave up trying to ‘keep roads open. Many com- | munities were isolated. One Northern Illinois highway district reported 300 men and 110 snowplows were fighting a losing battle against the drifting snow. United States Highway 51 north of | Rockford was ordered closed after | stalled automobiles lined the road |in increasing numbers. Main highways in Minnesota were open but some- secondary roads in the southern part of the State were blocked. Strong winds made for poor visibility. Freezing temperature in Northern California and near-zero weather through most of Nevada were fore- cast for today, a continuation of a cold wave which already has brought snow to the usually mild San Fran- | cisco region. Snowfall was heavy in the Sierra along the California-Nevada -border. Echo Summit reported snow depth of 73 inches, and Badger Pass in Yosemite Park had 7 feet. A STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942. $11,155,581 Raised In Red Cross Drive For War Funds Quotas Are Exceeded By 333 Local Chapters, Chairman Announces A total of $11,755,581 has been con- tributed in the American Red Cross campaign for a $50,000,000 war fund, and 333 local chapters already have exceeded their quotas, according to an announcement yesterday by 8. Sloan Colt, chairman of the Nation- wide drive. The Detroit chapter is the first to pass the $1,000,000 mark, Mr. Colt revealed. A message to President Roosevelt from L. E. Judd, chairman of the effort in Akron, Ohio, rubber center, announced the local goal of $200,000 had been passed and declared: “The fact that we have conducted this campaign at the height of the holiday season and in the face of imminent layoffs in the rubber in- dustry because of tire rationing fur- nishes tangible proof, if such be needed, that our people have the will to victory and are solidly back of | you in this great cause.” A contribution of $235 came from a firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a note explaining: “This concern, as soon as the savage aggression of Japan was done against your friendly people, de- cided to do something to help the first victims.” Many large corporations in this country have heeded the appeal. Among gifts of $100,000 and over an- | planes within a radius of 100 miles | nounced are: E. I. du Pont de |of Norfolk must register their ships | Nemours, Inc, $175000; Chrysler Corp., $125,000; F. W. Woolworth OTHERS AT $36. THE T 328.75 Co., $100,000 (allocated among hun- dreds of communities in which firm does business); Anaconda Copper Mining Co., $100.000; Consolidated Edison Co. and subsidiaries, $100,- 000. g Daylight Savings lssue Will Be Reconsidered By the Associated Press. Chairman Lea said today the House Interstate Commerce Com- mittee soon would revive the once- pigeonholed legislation to establish daylight saving time, twice requested by President Roosevelt. But at the same time, he expressed doubt that Mr. Roosevelt would be given either full discretionary power to advance the clocks in defens2 areas or a Nation-wide blanket au- thority. “We plan to consider the question in executive session next week, and I don’t expect the committee to ap- prove a bill which would involve more than one hour’s change of time or anything but uniformity within zones,” Mr. Lea said. The President asked Congress last Jully 15 for discretionary authority to impose daylight saving time of as much as two hours if need be. That | legislation was shelved by the com- mittee, but Mr. Lea said a second | request by the administration as | well as one from Army headquar- | ters on the West Coast would bring it before the committee again. \Private Plane Owners |Ordered to Register By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 2—C. A. A. IInspecwr A. F. Cassidy has an- | \nounced that all owners of private immediately with the C. A. A. office here. 75, $40.75, $44.75 UXEDOS o $3575 TOPGOATS e OVERGOATS ZIPPERCOATS 75 OTHERS AT $40.75, $46.75 GROUP OF 66 STUDENTS’ SUITS - WITH ONE AND TWO TROUSERS Values to $29.75 Sizes 32 to 38 Open a Ch 87 arge Account FGUR MONTHS TO PAY LONG RESIDENCE IN RADIO JOE'S U D. C. NOT NECESSARY 1005 PENN.AVE.N.W. 14TH. 6EVE STS.N.W. ARMY-NAVY OFFICERS . . . Immediate Delivery on Browning-King Uniforms and Equipment. A A started to pay the garage man for | cover had been broken in the rescue, towing. Mhr, Wh}': 5{wulid be noked on & | o] e estroying pu The same frisky breeze blew the | PE5S Of desttoring public property. $20 into a storm sewer. The same ST T zero cold numbed Mr. White until e couldn't climb back out after he'd | oqrs S iins CaEdS .';,f,",{fi’,fc:; lifted the grate and dropped into| Indian women and children, who the manhole to retrieve his money. | prize them greatly. Police came. They couldn't get, him out. A hook and ladder truck with firemen came. . They couldn't get him out—until they'd used picks and crowbars tearing up the iron and concrete work around the sewer. | ‘Then the police who'd stayed around to see what happened, de- cided that since the iron sewer' Driver Has Real Cause for Grudge Against Weather By the Associated Press. 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