Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1942, Page 23

District Orders Tax Payment in Domicile Cases Supreme Court Ruling Cited in Calling for 1939-40 Returns The Commissioners today ordered el persons living in the District on the last day of the taxable years 1939 and 1940 who failed to file income tax returns, or pay the tax, in the belief they were exempt through domicile elsewhere, to file returns immediately for those years and pay the taxes due plus interest and’ penalties. The order follows the decisions in the Supreme Court last month that the question of domicile is one of fact to be determined by the Board of Tax Appeals. ‘The city heads said they would waive penalties for late filling of returns for the two tax years in the case of individuals whose fail- ure to file was due to their reliance on a Court of Appeals decision which held in effect that persons holding voting residence in other States were not domiciled in the District. To escape penalties, how- ever, such persons must file returns and pay the taxes and interest be- fore February 16. District officials refused to esti- mate how many persons would be affected by the order but it was considered likely that a number of Government employes had withheld payment of the levies pending the Supreme Court decisions. Ne General Rule Applies. In their interpretation of the effect of the Supreme Court de- eisions, the .Commissioners said it was clear that the President, Vice President, members of Congress and cabinet officers are not domiciled in the District. In addition, certain other officials, such as those ap- pointed for a definite tenure or those temporarily in the District performing special services or hav- ing positions of emergency or war- time character, probably are domi- ciled in the States from which they | came. - Washingfon News. FOR AIR-RAID SPOTTERS— Catonsville (Md.) citizens contributed $600 to build this nine-foot square glass and wood cubicle atop a 30-foot tower so that air-raid spotters can work in comfort. —A. P. Photo. Beltsville Man Killed Crossing Boulevard; Several Hurt Here Three Persons Injured In Hit-Run Crashes; Death Investigated D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in 1942 3 Killed in same period of 1941_ 0 Toll for all of 1941_________ -.95 One man was killed in a traffic The Commissioners warned, how- ever, that no general rule could be | applied te exclude from imposition of the tax anbody not clearly*in the | exempt group. They pointed out that the liability depends on the facts in each individual case. ! Persons wishing to contest the im- | position of the tax may do so by | filing claim for refund with Asses- sor E. A. Dent within two years| from the date of any payment. Spe- eia) forms have been prepared for refund claims based on domlcue{ eutside the District. If the assessor disallows all or ady part of a claim, he is required to notify the taxpayer by registered | mail. The taxpayer then has 90 days | to file appeal with the Board of Tax | Appeals. Prom the board’s. decision | either the taxpayer or the District | may appeal to the Court of Appeals. Plagued by Demicile Issue. 8ince adoption of the District in- eome tax as a successor to the old | intangible property tax District officials have been plagued by the domicile issue, since the tax is based on residence here. They received a setback when the Court of Appeals decided the so-called Sweeney case in favor of the protesting taxpayer. Although in the Sweeney case the appellant, & Justice Department em- ploye, was seeking exemption from the old intangible personal property levy, the decision in his favor, based on legal residence elsewhere, was construed to apply to the income | X | On December 15, however, the | Supreme Court handed down opin- ions in the income tax cases of the District vs. Henry C. Murphy and the District vs. Paul De Hart, which denied the claims of those two Gov- ernment employes for exemption, «~ Proof Up to Taxpayer. Under the Sweeney decision the | burden of proving domicile here for | tax purposes was placed on the Dis- trict. The Supreme Court decisions, however, placed the burden on the protesting taxpayer to produce con- clusive évidence of being domiciled elsewhere by showing clear intent to return there. Under the District income tax law returns are to be filed on or before April 15 of each year. Half of the tax is payable then and the re- maining half on October 15. A pen- | alty of 25 per cent of the tax is assessed in case of failure to file a return according to schedule and in the event of failure to pay the tax or any installment due, interest is collected on the unpaid amount at the rate of 1 per cent a month until the amount is paid. In addi- tion to these civil penalties, the act also provides for the imposition of eriminal penalties for failure to comply with its provisions. Lionists Seek Funds For Palestine Communify Members of the Seaboard Zionist Regional Administrative Committee yesterday called on groups in this area to support the Palestine com- munity in addition to the local Red Oross. ‘The Palestine community is fight- ing against the Axis just as much as the United States 1s, it was ex- plained by Louis E. Spiegler, re- gional president who presided over the sessions at the Ambassador Hotel. A contribution for that “out- post of democracy,” it was contend- ed, is a contribution also to the | American cause. The committee urged members here to support civilian and na- tional defense through the Red Cross and other qualified agencies. It also requested the headquarters of the National Zionist body here- to' clarify its policies on participa- tion of members in war activities. Among Washington representa- tives attending the conference were Isadore Hershfield and Bernard Danzansky, regional vice presidents, and Mrs. Raphael Turover, regional Hadassah administrative committee ~ ghairman, < accident in nearby Beltsville, Md., over the week end, while three persons were injured here in hit- run cases. District Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald also was in- vestigating to determine whether a Washington woman’s death was due to a traffic accident. James Ayton, 55, of Beltsville, an airplane’ factory worker, was killed when struck by an automobile as he walked across the Baltimore boulevard. Police listed C. B. Evely, of 13 Sixth street N.W., as driver of the car and charged him with man- slaughter. Crash Death Inv’flnh‘. Dr. MacDonald was’investigating the case of Mrs. Ruth L. Robinson, 39, colored, of 557 Twenty-third place N.W., who died at St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital yesterday after her automobile went out of control when she became faint at the wheel. According to police, she was driv- ing on Nichols avenue SE. about 10 am., when she had an attack of faintness and her vehicle crashed over the curb and into a gate lead- inig into St. Elizabeth’s. Taken to the hospital, she was revived and thought not, to be in a serious con- dition, but she died three hours later. | Dr. MacDonald planned to conduct an autopsy today. Auto Plunges Into Creek. On the Little River pike about two miles west of Fairfax, Va., today an automobile carrying seven persons crashed through a guard rail and dropped 20 feet, landing on its top in Diffjcult Run, but only one per- son required hospital treatment. Water at that point in the creek is about 3 feet deep. Mrs. Edna Bicksler of Herndon, Va., acting county purchasing agent, was taken to Alexandria Hosiptal with a neck injury. Hospital at- taches said she was not believed to be in a serious condition but an X-ray would be taken today. Other passengers, all of whom live in Herndon and were en route to Fairfax, where they wom James Myers, the driver, on the head; Miss Elizabeth Woody, cut near the right eye. and shaken up, Miss June and Leila Yeakle, sisters; Mrs, Virginia Testerman and Miss Gladys Fox. All are employed either in the county courthouse or i in private law offices. They were extricated from the automobile by State highway em- ployes who happened by. The auto- mobile went out of control, it was said, when the car skidded on & thin sheeting of icé caused by a small spring which flows across the road. A number of serious accidents have occurred along the stretch of road near the run. Most seriously hurt of the three hit-run victims was Robert Bowers, 20, of 73 New ¥ork avenue N.W., who was struck by an automobile as he crossed at North Capitol and K |= streets. He was in Casualty Hospital with internal injuries and a possible fracture of the left leg. Police found the left front headlight of the strik- ing vehicle at the-scene and ‘were attempting to find the car through the clue, Another hit-run victim was a po- liceman, Willlam J. Matthews, 42, of 1617 Fort Davis drive SE. He was struck while walking across the street in the 2300 block of Pennsyl- vania avenue SE. He was taken to Casualty Hospital with bruises on the shoulders and hips and a pos- sible. head injury. The third person injured in an accident in which a vehicle failed to stop was Mary Thornton, 19, of 1708 Twenty-eighth street SE., a that avenue and Upton street N.W. was taken to Emergency Hospjtal SUNDAY MO&NING EDITION - The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942. Pupils Receive Penny Milk in 64 Schools Half Pints Provided For 30,000 as Program Starts ‘The District’s long-awaited penny milk program opened today in 64 public and parochial - schools the distribution of free milk to 30,000 children of grammar school age. Supplied by three Washington dairies in a project sponsored by District schools and the !\lrp)\llo‘ w5 e Agriculturg Department, the mik was distributed in half-pint bottles ‘without the children. Robert L. Haycock, first assistant superintendent of schools, in charge of the that ap- morning and, in the majority of cases, consumed during the 10:30 a.m. recess period. A large number of public schools, he said, also passed out graham crack- ers provided by Parent-Teacher As- sociations. Later in the day, seven settle- ment houses were to join in the program, distributing milk at ¢ pm. Distribution. Several 1 schools report- ed they distributed milk just before the opening of morning classes rather than at the recess period. For the remainder of the school year the three dairies—Wakefield, Thompson’s and Embessy-Fairfax— will supply the milk under contracts averaging about 1.67 cents per half pint. School authorities will pay 1 cent a half pint for the milk and the marketing "administration the remainder. ‘The administration reported to- day that negotiations were under way to extend the penny milk pro- gram to “low income” schools in Prince Georges County. An official said 8. M. A. was awaiting data from county authorities certifying achools as qualified under the pro- sram. To meet one of the requirements of the administration, eech school must have 60 per cent of its enroll- | ment in children of needy families. | student body is provided free milk. Similar Prejects Elsewhere. ‘With the opening of today's pro- gram, Washington joins Boston and New York, where penny milk has been distributed among school chil- dren for nearly two years. 8. M. A. disclosed that similar projects start- ed today in St. Louis and Chicago. While District funds are available to meet payments, the settlement houses must raise the money them- selves. At one settlement house, Creorgetown Children’s, young peo- ple’ are collecting wastepaper and converting it into cash to finance the program. Public schools included in the pro- gram are Addison, Curtis, Hyde, Thomson, Bowen, Greenleaf, Fair- brother, Amidon, Wallach, Crench, Tyler, Gales, Seaton, Jefferson Junior, Briggs-Montgomery, Miii- tary Road, Phillips, Wormley, Reno, Stevens, Sumner, Magruder, Cook, Crummell, Douglas-Simmons, Logan, Morse, Twining, Mott, Slater, Lang- ston, Walker, Jones, Ambush, Small- wood, Bell, Birney, Bowen, Burrville, Deanwood, Garfield, Glddings, Lin- coln, Lovejoy, Payne, Smothers, Spyhax, Van Ness, Randall Junior and Terrell Junior. Parochial schools are St. Joseph's, 8t. Peter’s, S8t. Dominic'’s, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Stephen’s, St. Patrick's Holy Comforter, St. Aloysius, St. Augustine’s, St. Cy- prian’s, Holy Trinity, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Teresa’s and St. Mary’s. And the following settlement houses: Georgetown Children’s Juanita K. Nye Council House, Northwest House, Southeast House, Opportunity House, Hamp- shire House and Temple Center, Epiphany in Arlingfon {To Celebrate 27th Year ‘The Church @f the Epiphany in Arlington, erected by parishioners who worked nights on the job, will celebrate its 27th anniversary at 8 pm. tomorrow. Special speaker for the occasion, which is the Feast of Epiphany, will be Dr. Robert C. Kevin, professor of Semetic languages and literature {8t the Virginia Theological Semi- | nary. ‘The seminary has played a deci- sive role in the gevelopment of the church. For the first few years all its services were conducted by semi- nary students. Its first minister was & seminary student, as is the present pastor, the Rev. A. Webster Horst- man. Services of the church: were first held in the old Pioneer Hall on Lee highway, which served as a movie house on Saturdey night, s Roman Catholic chura Sunday morning and Episcopal urch in the after- noon and evening. with a cut on the head. He was not in a serious condition, it was-said. Mrs. Margaret McGowan, 30, of 4456 Faradsy place N.W., was taken to Emergency Hospital today with a head injury after being struck by & bus at _Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue N.W. Diana' Jones, 45, of 62 Rhode |1 this condition is met, the entire | whose first building was | Dr. FelixR. Bruno'!, U. §. Public Health Surgeon, Ends Life Notes Left by Resident! Of Bethesda Indicated Fear of Breakdown Dr. Felix Reville Brunot, 50, United | States Public Health Service surgeon, | shot and killed himself yesterday in the bathroom of his home at 512 Park Lane, Battery Park, Bethesda, Montgomery County police reported. A certificate of suicide was issued by Dr. C. E. Hawks, county coroner. Police said Dr. Brunot left notes indicating he feared a mental col- lapse. Entries in his diary showed ke had been in a highly nervous state for some time, according to police. They said he was scheduled to go to the Marine Hospital in Bal- timore yesterday for an examination. Dr. Brunot was born in Pittsburgh, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Bru- not. He performed scientific re- search work on leprosy in Hawaii under the auspices of the Public Health Service. He returned from an assignment with the Pan American Sanitary Bureau at Dio de Janeiro about a month ago and has been stationed at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda while awaiting assign- ment to industrial hygiene work. In the past, he had worked at the Bureau of Standards and at gne time was employed by the Pederal Employes Compensation Commis- sion. "Hotel Clearing House" | Finds Rooms for Visitors ‘The Washington Board of Trade's “hotel clearing house” went into full operation today and more than 100 requests for rooms were filled by the staff in the first hour. The Washington Hotel Associa- tion’s 28 member hotels support the clearing house, which seeks to main- tain a central office of information on the availability of hotel rooms in Washington. Each morning the hotels inform the staff of the clear- ing house as to its room situation. Visitors attempting to register at hotels that are filled are referred to the clearing house which is able to send them to & another hotel with unfilled room space immediately. ‘The clearing house is operated by the Greater National Capital Com- mittee of the trade board, headed by Russell Schneider. Office hours for the five-person staff are from 9 am. to 9 pm. daily. The committee reported today there was no actual shortage of rooms. However, if a severe short- age does arise, jt was said, more than 100 tourist homes are on file with space to accommodate any overflow of visitors. Unhandcuffed Prisoners Flee Guards at Rail Depot Two unhandcuffed Federal pris- oners who had been captured in| Oregon escaped from thelr guards yesterday in Chicago in the crowded Union Railroad Station, One of them, George Shipley, 29, was wanted here on an embezzlement charge, the Associated Press re- ported. ' According to police here the com- plainant against Shipley was Eliza- beth P. Tabler, who was living in the Roosevelt Hotel in August, and accused him of larceny after trust of $600 after he failed to return when sent out to purchase travelers checks. United States Marshal J. T. Sum- merville said Shipley had surrend- ered to the Government in Portland and that the other prisoner, Richard Olds, 21, of Portland, Oreg., was captured in Oregon City after he had been sought on a robbery charge and was being returned to Louisville, Ky. The break came, the marshal said, when the group missed connection in Chicago with an eastbound train. After driving about the city they re- turned to the station restaurant. The prisoners were not handcuffed and on leaving the cafe the two men ducked into & crowd leaving a train and escaped. Arlington Chest Clinics To Start January 14 TEMPORARY BUILDING NEARLY READY—General view is given of Temporary Building 8 at Sixth street and Jefferson drive, which will be ready for occupancy January 15, a month ahead of schedule. This structure will add 120,000 square feet Tty S e of office space, according to off contractors. With six wings, Administration. You and an Air Raid . . . Services to Be Provided If City Were Bombed (No. 22 of a Series.) ‘While each person has his own responsibility for the safety of his home and himself in an air raid, there are many services organized to protect the individ- ual and the community and to bring damaged facilities quickly back to working order. Briefly, here are the services one could expect in an air raid: PFirst, there is the air-raid warden in your neighborhood, charged with doing everything possible to safeguard his neigh- bors. If the bombs fell in your neighborhood, he is the one who would take command and notify communications headquarters to send aid. Fire Watchers Stationed. Also stationed in,your neigh- bo are fire watchers, who take their posts at the air-raid warning. From high positions they watch all roof areas in the vicinity for incendiary bombs and fight incendiaries that land near them. Should bombs re- quiring outside aid land in a neighborhood, the nearest war- den would report to communica- tions headquarters the type of bomb, where it fell, the approxi- mate number of casualties, dam- age to mains, roads blocked, the position of any unexploded bombs and other essential infor- mation. The headquarters then would send the necessary squads to the warden, who would direct them to the damaged area. Rescue squads, equipped with cranes, jacks and pulleys, would release people trapped under timbers and other debris. If a building was damaged by a bomb, the demolition squad would either tear it down or strengthen the damaged parts on advice from a structural engineering crew. Pub- lic works squads would rush to repair damage to water mains, highways, bridges and sewers, while public utility squads were handling damage to electric lines, gas mains, telephone lines and transportation facilities. Bemb Squad Work. Bomb squads would dispose of delayed-action bombs and duds. Police would patrol affected areas, and fire fighters would handle fires too big for indi- viduals to cope with. Should additional plumbers or electricians be needed—for in- stance where a janitor was injured and some one had to take over an apartment heating plant—a trained man would be sent from the pool of labor sup- ply and material. i If people had to be evacuated from damaged homes or those threatened because of unexploded bombs, they would be taken to a nearby church or parish hall, where women would serve them hot soup and coffee. They would be kept at the emergency station until billeting officers had ar- ranged for guides to take them elsewhere in their zones for tem- porary shelter. Later, arrange- ments would be made for per- manent housing. Tomorrow: Medical services in an air raid. Chlorine in Water Reduced To Normal After Protests Goldfish Were Declared Killed ¥ Because of Strength Protests against an increase in the amount of chlorine in the water last month has resulted in the re- duction of the treatment to normal levels, officials said here today. The increase was ordered about December 15. At that time the results of the long drought were being evidenced in the District water supply—in that the river was not as clear as normal. At the same time the United States Public Health Service made recom- mendations to suthorities that the chilorine supply be increased because of the war. Protests against the taste of the ‘water were numerous, said Col. W. J. Barden, District engineer who has charge of the water supply, and it was decided to reduce the amount of chlorine to normal. Dr. George C. Ruhland, District being placed . | colder water which comes out of Chemical Health Officer, said his department had no hand in ordering the in- crease. He said that the action was taken at the of R. E. Tar- bett of the United States Public Health Service. Mr. Tarbett, who is now attached to the Office of Civilian Defense, said that certain recommendations along this line had been made to of- ficials in many parts of the country following the start of the war. He would not discuss the specific reasons for the recommendations. The amount of chiorine in the water now will not affect the taste. Complaints have been received that goldfish, which are very sensitive, had been dying when placed in the chlorine-treated water. ever, they sald, it appeared more likely tifat the fish would be harmed by suddenly in the of the faucets in the winter. . Clarence A. 0'Brien Dies; Prominent Pafent Atforney Funeral services will be held at 11 am. tomorrow for Clarence A. O'Brien, well-known patent attorney who died Saturday at his home, 1615 Jap Planes Observed Over Indies Provinces BY the Associated Press. BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies, Jan. 5—The Dutch communique said today that enemy pianes were observed at several points in the outer provinces of the Netherlands “als of the Ross Engineering Co., e building will be 477 feet long and will cost $600,000 under ‘;rntmt. by the Public Buildings Police Investigate Sbciefy and General B Week-End Robberies Netfing $2,619 Loot Victims Report Loss of Cash, Valuable Coats And Other Articles Loot totaling $2,619 was reported stolen by housebreakers, holdup men and purse-snatchers here over the week end. | Henry Lee Mills, 11 Randolph place N.W. told police he was robbed of $168 in cash and articles | valued at $30 while asleep in his| car parked in the 2700 block of Thirteenth street N.-W. | Radios, clocks and household elec- | tric appliances valued at $225 were stolen from the Benjamin S. Kerby Supply Center, 239 Fourth street S.W., by robbers who entered by breaking a padlock on the door, | | police were told. John P. Gooch, 323 E street NW., reported he was held up and robbed of $80 by a colored man and colored woman at Third and D streets N.E. Saturday, she reported.: The coats were valued at $700. Thieves, who entered a drug store at 507 Seventh street S'W. by saw- ing the bars over a skylight, stole goods valued at $384, Ernest R. Lohman, manager of the store, re- ported. Cigarettes, cameras and razors made up most of the loot. Glen White, colored, 14, of 1221 L street N.W., reported that three colored boys attacked him yester- day morning near New Jersey ave- nue and F street N.W. and took $3 from him. Three persons, who Treported clothing was ‘stolen from their parked cars, together with the value they put on the missing goods, we Ernest C. Ayers, New York Cil $35; Joshua G. LaCoste, 2111 First street N.W. $37, and Leonard E. Coates, Trenton, N. J.. $74. $83 Savings Missing. Thelma L. Jefferson, colored, of | 1219 Twenty-second street N.W., re- ported that $83 she had hidden un- | der the rug in her bedroom was missing: A mink coat valued at $300 owned by Maude L. Leathus, 4615 Alton place N.W., was stolen from a coat rack in the Southern Building, she told police. A. Phillips, 1419 S street SE., re- ported someone stole his suitcase containing $28 worth of clothing from a bus terminal. . Two who reported goods stolen from their homes were Willie Haig- ler, 1107 Fourth street N.W., cloth- ing worth $20, and Betty L. Wil- liams, 202 Eleventh street NE., a wrist watch valued at $15. by Emanuel Baskin of, New York City, an officer in the firm of J. Baskin & Son, 719 G street NW., reported that a pistol, worth $10, and a coat, valued at $385, were stolen from the store recently. Pocketbook snatchings and the | amounts stolen were reported by Minnie Ross, 438 N street N'W., $3; Eva Owens, colored, 1213 Q street N.W, $11; Cordelia Lewis, 732 La- mont street N.-W. 50 cents; Mrs. Wilma Harrison, 1442 E street SE., $23, and Marce Kite, colored, 1854 Eighth street N.W., $9. First Evacuees From Hawaii Arrive in Washingfon Mrs. Jane Eynon Hughes and her sons, Eynon, 8, and Massie, jr., 5, who witnessed the Japanese air at- tack on Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field, have arrived in Washington after a trip as the first clipper evac- uees from Hawail. They are the wife and children of Comdr. Massie Hughes, U. S. N. When the bombing began, Mrs. Hughes said, she and the boys ran out of their home on Ford Island— 150 feet from Pearl Harbor —to watch what they at first believed were American war games, After the attack Mrs. Hughes worked over the wounded for 58 hours without pausing to eat, she recalled. She is staying here at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Eynon, at the Wardman Park Hotel, British Couple Take License to Marry A marriage license ‘application was filed in District Court today by Stafford Pulicine Coulson, 25, * B-1 Tire Rafioning Starts; 7 Apply At 2 Stations Retread and Recap Price Complaints Filed With Board Seven petitioners for that rare commodity, automobile tires, visited the two local tire inspection stations during the forenoon today as the District's tire-rationing prorgam got under way. More than 100 other motorists, who apparently had not read the instructions on how to go about get- ting a tire rationing card, took their requests personally to the newly opened offices of the Tire Rationing Board in the old Force 00l on Massachusetts avenue. ‘They had some difficulty getting the procedure explained to them be- cause painters and carpenters still were at work trying to get the four- room headquarters on the second floor of the school ready for Chair- man Whitney Leary of the Ration- ing Board and his staff. No Rush at Stations. But there was no rush at the two automobile inspection stations, which are serving as the tire test- ing headquarters. By noon, only three hopeful car or truck owners had called at the Northeast station at West Virginia and Central ave- nues N.E, and four had visited the one at Tenth and F streets SW. First applicant to have his ma- chine certified as needing new tires was Samuel S. Streb, plumbing and heating equipment dealer, who drove his truck to the Southwest station, had his tires inspected, filled out his application and took it directly to the Force School head- quarters. His application now must be passed by one of the three sub- committees handling the rationing machinery. ‘The Rationing Board quickly found itself on the receiving end of e complaints against rising prices for retreading and recapping of tires. | Several Protests Received. Eugene T. Brady, chief clerk of | the board, said about 10 people | dropped by to protest that they were being charged “exhorbitant” prices for retreading and recapping jobs. One said a dealer was asking double his normal price. A poll of tire-rebuilding dealers showed that prices have gone up as little as 50 cents and as much as $350. None of those called had raised prices as much as $5 or $6, as some of the complainants charged. At any rate, Mr. Brady told the | complainants that the Rationing | Board had nothing to do with prices, and referred them to the office of Price Administrator Henderson. The first “customer” at the North- iea.st inspection station was a physi- |cian, who explained that a dealer {had sold him a set of undersized tires, that he had just discovered | . |it and wanted to get four new tires | of the correct size. The inspector told him his tires were in pretty good | shape, but the physician was given | an application anyway. Satisfied With Operations. Mr. Leary said the program had been put into operation in such a short time that there were bound to be a few kinks that would have to | be ironed out. On the whole, how- | ever, he said he was satisfied with | the way things were going on the | first day. He urged the public to follow the | procedure outlined by the board last | week. The first thing to do, if you 1feel you are eligible to purchase tires, is to drive to one of the in- | spection stations and have your tires | examined. 2 | If they are in bad condition, you | will be given an application blank | by the station supervisor. This must be filled out and taken to the board's | headquarters to be passed on. | There was some confusion at the | two testing stations as to how to | handle the applications, but Mr, | Leary said this would be straightened out soon. | Organization Meeting. Others®ho applied at the North- east station were a former school | teacher, who was told that she was {not eligible, and a driver for a | baking company. | Ome of the three committees | which will pass on the applications | held an organization meeting at the District Building today, and ar- ranged to hold its first official meet- |ing Wednesday at the Force School. This committee, headed by John W. Guider, will deal with applica- tions for essential transportation of materials, such as ice, fuel, build- ing materials and the like, and service by common carriers. The other two committees are expected to hold meetings prior to a general meeting with the execu- tive committee of the Rationing Board on Wednesday afternoon. Army Fiyer FromE C. Is Married in Oregon Something can come out of Japan besides war. In this case, it's the marriage of Second Lt. Miles Werner, 24, Army Air Corps pilot, and Miss Letty War- rington, 24, of Corvallis, Oreg. They met four years ago on a ship coming back from Japan, where Lt. Wer- ner had been studying. Yesterday they were married at Corvallis. Lt. Werner, who i8 stationed at Hamilton Field, Calif., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Werner, 2445 Fifteenth street NW. Wade Werner is an Associated Press staff writer. Man Is Found Dead In Car of Waste Paper ‘The body of a man identified by police as John E. Faherty, 60, of 210 John Marshall place N.W., was found in a boxcar partly filled paper in the Sixth street of the Pennsylvania Railroad today. Purcell Payton, colored, 433 Eighth street SW., & junk yard employe, found the body as he was filling the car with paper this morning. Mr. Faherty was pronounced dead at Casualty Hospital. The coroner's