Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1942, Page 28

== ST EDITION Washington and Vicinity Night Watches For Women af Schools Hit Board Unanimously Votes Disapproval Of Practice Unanimous disapproval of use of woman teachers to watch school buildings after 8:30 p.m. was voted yesterday by the Board of Educa- tion. Action followed reports of an alleged attempted assault on a teacher on watch in a colored school. At the present time 24-hour vigil is being maintained in 18 se- Jected school buildings on orders from District civilian defense offi- cials. At the same time Supt. Frank W. Ballou told the members defense officials had rejected his proposals to abandon the watch in all schools and study the situation, or to turn | the whole after-school watch over to | air-raid wardens. They accepted | instead, he said, the plan to man | strategically-located buildings. I Plans for manning some of the | schools with auxiliary police or | wardens went afoul, Dr. Ballou in- | dicated, when numbers of both | groups indicated they hadn't signed“ up to serve in schools. i Principals Advised. | School principals have already | been advised not to use woman teachers after 8:30 p.m., Dr. Ballou | said, but under questions from board members, he added that he could not promise that some were not be- ing used where man teachers weren't available. Referring to the alleged attempted assault, C. Melvin Sharpe observed, “one little incident like that and wel all be sorry.” His query as to whether there was not some way in which the vigil could be stopped, brought from Dr. Ballou the opinion that maintenance of the vigil should ‘ not be placed on the teachers as a | professional group. Rather he said | it was the responsibility of the com- | munity in which the school was | located. | In some instances, it was stated, communities have already put up money to hire watchmen to relieve the teachers of the work. Answering a criticism of the Girl Reserve Mothers’ Council, the mem- bers declared activities and social functions in connection with mid- winter graduations shuld not be can- celled merely because the board had decided earlier to move as many graduations as possible into daylight hours to ayeid night gatherings. Board Member Charles D. Drayton | said he thought the transfer of the | exercises to daytime was premature, | The members Votéd to seek a $45- | D00 deficiency appigpriation to com- | plete six classrooms at the Lafayette | School and $3500 for seven addi- | tional clerks from March 1 to June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The completion of the classrooms at La- fayette was sought in Lanham Act funds but disallowed. It will permit | DU E abandonment of the old E. V., Brown School, at least by next September, it was stated. Personnel Changes Approved. A number of personnel changes | were approved by the board as was | abandonment for school purposes of the Weightman, Hubbard and Blake | Schools. | Mrs. F. L. Toms, principal of the Randall Night School, is resigning as of February 2 when she will be suc- ceeded by Miss C. E. Lewis. ‘With the closing of Hubbard, the teacher training program carried on | there and at the Powell School will be transferred to the Truesdell School as will Mrs. Ruth K. Webb, former administrative principal at Hubbard-Powell. Powell will be combined with the Raymond School £ o SCATTERING TO PLACES OF SAFETY—Stu- dents at Leland Junior High, Chevy Chase, Md., are shown du{ing an air-raid drill yesterday. The WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942, — have been allof Washington-Lee High Diploma Candidates 67 Students to Receive Promotion From Junior High Also Announced The names of 47 prospective sen- ior high scnool graduates and 67 students who are scheduled to be promoted from junior high school grades at the completion of the mid- year semester were announced to- day by the Washington-Lee High School in Arlington County. All classes are concluding final examinations this week and gradu- ation and promotion exercises will be held next Thursday at the school auditorium. School Supt. Fletcher | Kemp will present certificates of promotion to the junior high school students in exercises at 10 am. and will issue diplomas to midyear grad- uates at 8 p.m. the same day. The list of prospective high scii§ol graduates follows: Banigan, Elizabeth C. Hutchison. S. L. Blincoe, Norman M. Jones. Levering K. Bradshaw. Kirby. William A. Law<on. John I Leadbetter. Elsie M. Leizear, Francis Milter. ‘Clayton C. Milstead. John W Mitchell. Robert W, Muschlitz. Ralph €. Nichalson. Ruth Ckranen. Jean Qwens, Courtney Pflieger. Harry E. Rhodes, Mary P. Seifert. Helen L. n Frick,' Rameal W, Fuse.'Carl R.. i Garland, Martha J. Gunnell, A. M 8| Harvell, Mary E Haynes. Howard A, Henderson. V. L Hewitt. Harvey G. Hilliard. Dorothy I. The junior high school graduates who are scheduled to receive pro- motion certificates, pending outcome of this week’s examinations, are: Burke, Russell Ruckert, James Carter, Clifton Sterling. William Clarke. Robert Thompson. Marshal Fletcher. William Clarke. Doris Johnston,_ Ralph Craig. Ethel Lukens. Paul Geris, Mary E. McCord. Harrison Guise. Dorothy Mooney. Hugh Hastings. Eugenia Jones. Alice MacLean. Mills, Evelyn Ruble. Anna P. Thomas. Catherine Yates. Helen K Nichols. Duene Owen. Frederick Parker, Prancis Quimby, Dustin Tribby. Richard Luckett Enters Race Reveals Names of 47 - For City Council In Alexandria 1 | Gives Up Position as Democratic Chairman To Seek Office By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. Jan. 22—R. Samuel Luckett, former chairman of the Alexandria Democratic Com- mittee, has announeed his candi- dacy for the City Council in the | Democratic primary of April 7. Mr. Luckett has resigned as Dem- ocratic Committee chairman, a post that has been filled by Frank R Monroe, it was announced today. The deadline for filing for the Democratic primary contests is Feb- ruary 6 and all of the six ward coun- | eilmen are expected to seek re- | election. Mr. Luckett has filed as a | candidate from the fourth ward to the incumbent, George K. Bender, who has held office for sev- i eral years. | Of the nine council members, six are elected from the city's wards, while three are named at large. The at-large members are not up for | election this vear, as their terms | do not expire until 1943 Other present ward councilmen, whose two-vear terms expire this | year and who are expected to seek | re-election, are John D. Matter, first ward; Paul L. Delaney, second ward; Ernest Mankin. third ward; James Armstrong, fifth ward. and Charles L. Bureess, sixth ward. Mr. Monroe said the Democratic Committee will meet at 8 pm. Monday in the Corporation Court room to fill vacancies. The mem- | bers are allowed from each ward. Existing vacancies include two from the first ward and one each from the second, fourth and fifth wards. 1Edger§1;)of Association To Name New Officers | | A neighborhood house which affords shelter to the boys and girls during the period of an alr-raid alarm. One hundred houses ted for the purpose. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION * This illustrates how the authorities at Leland keep check on the children who are sent out on air-raid drills. Don Sullivan (right) is shown turning the file check over to read “In” as the classes return to school.—Star Staff Photos. ¢School Emptied In Air-Raid Alarm Test Leland Junior High Students ‘Melt’ Into Nearby Homes By CARTER BROOKE JONES. It might have been the end of the school day. The children were streaming out of Leland Junior High School in Chevy Chase, Md. Yet | there was something peculiar about the way they left. This was the strange part of it. | They walked in silence. It was an extraordinary contrast to the laugh- ing, chattering groups that leave school every afternoon. | But this, it developed, was an air- | raid drill. And what to do in such an event has been worked out with precision at Leland. Silence is part of the training, for the school au- | thorities figure that talk might lead to confusion or even panic if the students were following the evacua- tion plan in an actual enemy attaok. | The first complete raid rehearsal was-Jeld yesterday and the plans were carried out in every detail. Uses “Home” System. Unlike the District schools, which follow the plan of the National Office of Civilian Defense for students to stay in their school buildings in an air raid, Leland has devised a sys- | tem of- evacuating the children to | nearby houses, all within easy walk- |ing distance of the school. | If, however, a raid should occur | without sufficient warning to permit | the students to go to the designated houses, an inner alarm system would | summon them to the first-floor cor- ridor, considered the safest place in | the building. This would happen in | the event the Metropolitan Area communications headquarters arrived before the an- ticipated interval of 20 to 30 minutes | after the first alert. The school fire alarm bells sum- moned the 1,000 students from their | classes, and they filed out of the | | building. The entire structure was | emptied in approximately five min- | utes, except for the skeleton force of teachers and other employes kept to combat theoretical incendiary “red” signal from | in 5 Minutes Offering Refuge | principal, and her staff have set up |in co-operation with the zone air- | raid wardens } One -hundred residences nearest | the schools had been set aside for the pupils. All these householders had agreed gladly to take in stu- dents. ‘Ten children had been assigned to each house, and these groups knew exactly where they were to go. More- over, every dwelling was the home | of some pupil. The boy or girl living there simply was taking in nine | schoolmates as temporary guests. There's a teacher for every three shelter homes. There wasn't the slightest confu- sion and Mrs. Bready does not be- lieve there would be in an enemy attack. | The adjacent streets was emptied of children in-a& surprisingly short time. They'd simply melted into various homes. The front doors | were opened as they walked into the 1 yards. Where they would go in these houses during a raid would be up to | each housewife. Presumably she {would pick what seemed the least | dangerous location. But no set raid shelters have been devised. Many Live Far Away. | It would be impracticable for the | Leland students all to go to their own homes. Many of them live a long distance from the school. Six | buses bring them in from Kensing- | ton, Glen Echo and other more or less remote points. | Mrs. Bready has in her office a chart diagramming the allotted ref- | uge houses. The area is bounded by Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues, Bradley lane and the railroad. It is not necessary for the children to | cross any arterial highways to reach | their shelters. Every home is within 15 minutes’ walk of the school: | A disc marking the departure of | each class is placed beside the chart |and turned around when every member has returned to school. L4 Urged in Fairfax; 100 Auxiliary Police Asked Judge McCarthy to Make Appointments on Basis Of Mclntosh Suggestions | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | FAIRFAX, Va. Jan. 22.—Recom- | mendation that building inspection | regulations be adopted by the Fair- | fax County Board of Supervisors because of the expected increase in defense construction work was made to the board yesterday by Robert N. Brumback, assistant defense housing | co-ordinator under the Federal | Housing Administration. Mr. Brumback said a large number of new homes have been approved | for the county and that, since pri- orities will be granted for houses costing up to $6,000, the construction time he urged that zoning regula- tions be relaxed to allow smaller lots in sections available to public sewer systems. at another meeting Friday. Capt. Carl R. McIntosh, chief of county police, who asked the board for 100 auxiliary policemen, was di- rected to recommend suitable ap- pointees to Circuit Judge Walter T. McCarthy, who will make the ap- pointments. Likewise, it was sug- gested that regulations in effect for regular members of the force might be made more elastic for the auxil- iary officers. The board also agreed to pay the bond premium for the additional men. County Agricultural Agent J. E. | after he advised the board he has been called to active military serv- | ice immediately. Mr. Beard holds a commission as a Reserve officer. | | of $964 in the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year for Japanese beetle control. To this will be added $720 in State funds and $80 from the Federal Government. Beard was voted a leave of absence | The supervisors approved an item | Building R;gulalions ‘Banon U. S. Employes Hits Maryland State Guard and V. P. F. [ | Nearby Companies Resume Recruiting To Replace Departures | Three companies of the 7th Bat- | talion of the Maryland State Guard in Montgomery County, Md., will lose more than 47 officers and men as a result of an order to discharge all Federal Government employes, Lt. Col. E. Brooke Lee, battalion com- mander, announced today. The Montgomery County com- panies will lose 6 of 11 officers, 9 | sergeants, 7 corporals and more than 25 other enlisted men. They will be discharged from Infantry Compan- jes C and D and the 2d Separate Company of Engineers. | All of these companies had been | than 50 additional men had trans- | ferred to the 7th Battalion Reserve. | The Reservists had been selected be- | cause the requirements of their em- | The board will consider the matter | ployment or business made it prac- | | tical that they be called to active duty only in the event of continued | local disturbances. Recruiting to Resume. By reason of the order to dis- charge Federal employes, all three companies will resume active re- cruiting, Col. Lee declared. Com- pany C drills at the Silver Spring Armory each Monday at 8 pm.; Company D at the same hour Tues- day, and the engineers company at the same hour Wednesday. In nearby Virginia, the order has drawn 44 men from Company 112 in Alexandria and Company 116 in Arlington County. of the 11th Bat- talion of the Virginia Protective Force, Maj. Everett A. Hellmuth an: nounced. The Arlington company Jose 21 of the 50 men it had enlisted to organize the unit. In Alexandria the company known | as the Alexandria Rifles will be re- had never been mustered and will| Zn Bning %taf Society and General B : B-1 Darden Works On Civil Defense Reorganization Municipal Officials Called In te Discuss ‘Streamlining’ Setup By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Jan. 22.—With char- acteristic directness, Gov. Colgate ‘W. Darden, jr., began his first full day in office today by going straight to the heart of his No. 1 inaugural recommendation — speedy reorgan- ization of civilian defense, backed by “full authority” of the Common-= ‘wealth. : The Governor called in Virginia’s municipal officials for discussion of his proposal to “streamline the setup and concentrate authority in the hands of those who must direct the program.” Except for routine functions, pres- ent civilian defense agencies in the State marked time until the Gover- nor could mature his plans and pre- sent them to the General Assembly for action. Mr. Darden asked prompt consideration of the subject. Combs Back in Power. E. R. Combs, key figure in the party machine headed by Senator Byrd, was lifted back to the power~ ful position he held before Gov. Price’s regime. Gov. Darden an- nounced he would appoint Mr. Combs chairman of the State Com- pensation Commission. Another organization stalwart, Col. Peter Saunders, was back in the Capitol as Gov. Darden’s execu- | tive secretery after four years spent |88 a member of the State Motion Picture Censorship Board. Mr. Combs now has approximately | the same standing he had up to | 1938, except that then he was State | controller as well, and now his sec- |ond job is clerk of the Senate. { Gov. Darden yesterday eppointed Henry G. Gilmer of Wise State con- troller to succeed Col. Le Roy Hodges, resigned. Ralph Wilkins of Ports. mouth was named secretary of the | Commonwealth to succeed Raymond L. Jackson of Charlottesville. Legislature Gets to Work. In the Legislature, joint public hearings on the budget have been | called by the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees for 3 pm. tomorrow and Monday, and both houses will be in session Saturday to assure quorums for an- other joint meeting of the two com- mittees. These committees are expected to consider soon a suggestion by Tax | Commissioner C. H. Morrissett for some tax relief for automobile deal- | will be better grade than many for- | recruited to full authorized strength | ers, whose business is drasticelly mer defense projects. At the same | of 60 men each, Col. Lee said. More affected by emergency rationing. The tax commissioner said the | problem could be solved “by enact- | ment of a bill measuring the license tax for 1942 by estimated sales in 1942, subject to correction at the end of the year on the basis of true sales. “But for those dealers who have not already paid on their 1941 sales | by reason of the fact that their 1941 tax was measured by their 1940 sales, ;n would be fair and proper to in- |clude in the basis for 1942 the | amount by which the 1941 sales ex- ceeded the 1940 sales. | " “The above plan would seem to | be fair to all concerned, and if the General Assembly should see fit to | give the relief, I am persuaded that | it would be the right thing to do.” { | Two Divorce Suits |Filed in Rockville | Special Dispatch to The Star. | ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 22—Ron- | ald H. Vine of Glen Echo has filed | suit in Circuit Court for an abso- under Miss Lou E. Ballenger. duced from its full strength of 60 | lute diyorce from Mrs. Margarite L. Wagner. Lowell Underdunk. Marian Mrs. I. 1. Ruediger was made permanent supervising principal of the seventh division. Miss Nell F. Hiscox, principal of Truesdell, will move to the prin- cipalship of the Janney School made | vacant by the death of Mrs. Eliza- | beth K. Peeples. | Mrs. Frances S. Haas, principal of | the Addison-Curtis-Hyde combina- tion, will surrender Addison to Mrs. Beulah D. Aldridge, teaching prin- cipal at Corcoran, and Corcoran will | be combined with Grant under Miss | Viola Offutt. Monda; Night Deadline For Fairfax Candidates By = Staff Correspondent of The Star, FAIRFAX, Va,, Jan. 22.—Monday midnight is the deadline for filing as a candidate in the special elec- tion to name a Fairfax Countyl member of the House of Delegates, | it was announced today. Thomas B. ‘Stanley, speaker of the House of Delegates, and former Gov. Price have issued a writ calling for a special election on February 3 to fill the house vacancy created by the death of Col. R. R. Farr, Re- publican, So far, G. Wallace Carper, Demo- eratic chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, is the only person who has announced his candidacy. Mrs. Viola M. Farr, wi- dow of the House member, is being urged by friends to run for the office, but she has declined to make her intentions known. ‘When special elections are held ‘within 35 days after they are called, only five days’ notice for filing as a candidate is required by State law. Candidates are required to file their notice, attested by two wit- nesses, with Clerk of the Circuit Court John M. Whalen. Bank Re-elects Officers The Board of Directors of the Supurban National Bank met yes- y and re-elected all officers. They are T. Howard Duckett, chair- man; Bladen Jackson Darneille, president; Fred L. Lutes, executive vice president; James H. Cissel and E. V. Crittenden, vice presidents; | George T. Day, cashier, and Ira C. ‘Whitacre, H. C. McCeney, Charles J. Sincell, Edward C. Holmead and Warren E. Lawson, assistant eashiers. [l Bradshaw, Kenneth Wisenbaker. Eugene Keiter, Billy Brown, Rita Steger. Miidred Whistleman Waddell. Mary Thompson. Robert re | Warren | Dedera. Farmer. Beverly Ford. June Rossell. Eugenia Timberlake, Lucie Weitzel, Elizabeth Downs, Margaret Prancis Marshall, Richard Bracken, John Prancis, John Frere, Francis T. Hyett. Jack Jenrenauc, Staats, Mary L Shepherd. Robert Bly. Ruby Batchelor. Le Roy Barley, Farl Appleton, Eugene Marsden. Arthur Edmonds, Jean McCann, Philip Ezekiel. ‘Joseph B Thomas Poston. Marilyn Camden. Elizabeth Pearson, Hunter Kinsman, 'Orland Manville. Edgar Newland, Louis G. P.-T. ;Plzns Party The Parent-Teacher Association of the Annandale (Va.) High School will hold a party tomorrow night in the school. The Edgemoor Citizens’ Associa- | tion will hold a “defense night” | meeting at the Bethesda Elementary | School at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Albert E. Brault, director of civil- ilan defense for Montgomery Coun- ty, will talk. All residents of the community are invited to attend. This is the last meeting of the as- sociation’s fiscal year, and officers for the coming year will be elected. Will Hold Benefit Party A party will be held at 8 pm. to- | morrow at St. Michael's School | auditorium, Silver Spring, Md., for the benefit of the Academy of the | Holy Names., Refreshments will be served. % DARfiEN MAKES INAUGURAL SPEECH—After taking the oath as the new Governor of Virginia yesterday, Colgate W. Darden, jr., urged in his inaugural address that all State projects in any way interfering with the war effort be laid aside until victory is won. —A. P. Photo. | bombs or to meet other potential emergencies, It was the first test of the system which Mrs. Helen P. Bready, school | The school also is installing an | automatic sprinkler system, which | should be valuable in case of in- | ! cendiary bombs. Takoma Will Be Part 0f Other Defense Group | The town of Takoma Park, Md., will have no separate civilian de- fense orgenization of its own, but will participate as part of the Prince | Georges and Montgomery Counties |and the District setups, Mayor | Oliver W. Youngblood announced | today. Plans for co-operating with the three governmental agencies were discussed at a special meeting of the council. Officials of the police and fire departments submitted suggestions for equipment needed for the town’s protection. Town Clerk J. Wilsen Dodd was authorized to confer with the three agencies to get the closest co-operation pos- sible for a defense program. Literature and printed master will be provided by the larger organiza- tions and arrangements for joining in defense discussions will be made,. Mayor Youngblood said. Fairfax Book Review Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, " Va, Jan. 22—The Fairfax County Public Library will sponsor a book review tomorrow afternoon at the library. The pro- gram will include a review of a pop- ular book of fiction by Mrs. T. J. Walsh of Falls Church and a non- fiction book by Mrs. Virginia Bogusch, assistant librarian. Dog Show May Be Canceled By the Associated Press, RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 22—War conditions may cause cancellation of the Virginia Kennel Club’s annual dog show, schedyled for April 24 here, club officials said yesterday. A committee will report at a club peeting February 2. Dance to Benefit Soldiers ‘The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Cabin John Fire Department will give an entertainment and dance at 8 pm. Friday in the Cabin John Fire House for the sbldiers’ coffee fund. Pro- ceeds will be used to supply coffee to soldiers on night guard duty in that area. | 4 Trial of $50,000 Libel Suit {Resumed in Arlingfon by Judge B. M. Hedrick of the Ar- lington County Trial Justice Court against Crandall Mackey, attorney, was resumed today in the County Circuit Court. . A special jury was called yester- day when the trial was opened. Judge Hedrick was the first wit- ness. He testified concerning a front-page article in the Chronicle, a weekly newspaper, October 4, 1940. He said Mr. Mackey was the author of the article, which was described to the court as an editorial. He contended that Mr. Mackey was the owner of the newspaper. Mr. Mackey pleaded innocent and denied he wrote the article or caused its circulation in the paper. Most of the hearing yesterday was taken up with arguments as to whether certain allegations made by Mr. Mackey concerning Judge Hedrick before the Eighth District Council of the State Integrated Bar could be introduced as evidence. Cost of Public Relief Increases in Maryland By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.—The indi- vidual costs of all forms of State public relief for Marylanders is being increased gradually to keep up with rising costs of living. Director J. Milton Patterson of the State Department of Welfare said -yesterday that payments for all types of public assistance were 1.6 per cent higher last month than in November. They totaled $718,906, compared to $707,629, but were 5.8 per cent lower than December a year ago, when payments aggregated $736,217. The directors’ monthly report shows the average grant for old age assistance was $15.58 last month, compared to $17,76 a year ago. Average aid to dependent children rose from $31.78 at the end of 1940 to $32.84 at the end of 1941. Gen- | eral public assistance rose from $25.21 per case to $26.05. Trial of a $50,000 libel suit brought | Maryland Tire Quofa For February Is 2,962 | By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 22—Mary- land’s tire quota for February has been set at 2962 tires and 4200 tubes, Louis C. Burr, State rationing administrator, said today. January quotas were 4,164 tires and 3,482 tubes. The Montgomery County quota for February is 66 tires and 55 tubes for passenger cars and motorcycles and 75 tires and 129 tubes for trucks. Prince Georges is allowed 52 tires and 44 tubes for passenger cars and motorcycles and 71 tires and 123 tubes for trucks. {Blackout Rehearsal At Meade Tomorrow By the Associated Press. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., Jan. 22.—A blackout rehearsal will be held at this Army post between 7:10 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, the public relations office announced yesterday. The blackout will apply to civilians on the post at the time and no ‘| civilians will be permitted to enter the post during the test. Fire sirens will sound an alarm of five series of rising and falling wails of 30 seconds each, with 10-second interyals between series. Maryland Contractor Considers Training Woman Carpenters Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md. Jan. 22.—Meverell Dean, contractor and builder and president of the Dean Lumber & Supply Co. of Hollywood, Md., said today he was considering hiring women from 18 to 40 as carpenters. “With a foreman and myself to train and supervise a group of about 30 women,” he said, “I believe we can teach them, as we have taught men, to build the barns, cottages and homes I have contracted for. The women would learn the trade in & short time, I am confident.” men to 37. Maj. Hellmuth said re- placements since have been listed to bring the Alexandria company up to its minimum mustering strength of 40 men. Because the unit has been active for about a year, however, it would not be ordered inactive for several weeks because of the tem- porary loss of men. Relieved of Guard Duty. Maryland State Guard is relieved of guard duty at the important bridges and other vital areas designated by This is because the first separate battalion of military police of the State Guard has been organized and the men of that unit have been placed on active guard duty at the vital areas at pay ranging from $5 to $6 daily for each man. In asking for enlistments, Col. Lee declared: “The only recruits de- sired are men who regard the se- riousness of the time as justifying their offer for such service, which would include drill one evening each week and a probable tour of several days’ firing practice on the State permits.” Howard W. Smith, Jr., To Start Army Duty Howard W. Smith, jr, of Alex- andria, attorney and son of Repre- sentative Smith, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, has received orders to report for duty at Camp Wheeler, Ga., on the Infantry Reserve. Mr. Smith is a native of Alex- andria and has been prominent in civic affairs since he entered the private practice of law in September, 1937. On some occasions he has served as an assistant common- wealth’s attorney. Committee to Discuss Transportation Problem Special Dispatch to The Star. VIENNA, Va., Jan. 22.—A meeting of the Committee for Emergency ‘Transportation of Northern Virginia will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the home of C. Reed Thomas, sec- retary, on Hunter road. The committee is working to have the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad resume the transpertation of passengers in view of the tire shortage. The general membership of the | the Governor, Col. Lee explained. | rifie range as soon as weather February 2 as a second lieutenant in | Vine of Washington. The Vines were married in Washington May 1, 1937, and have no children. In another suit filed here Mrs. Cora Rodano of this county asked for an absolute divorce from Augus- tus Samuel Rodano of Washington. They were married January 19, 1937, and have no children. | Patton and Russell Wills Are Probated Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, Jan. 22—Un- | der the will of William A. Patton of Takoma Park, which has been ad- mitted to probate in Orphans’ Court, his entire estate, the value of which is not revealed, goes to his widow, Mrs. Nola Josephine Patton. Charles | T. Clayton is named executor. The will of Lewis H. Russell of Chevy Chase, also admitted to pro- bate here, bequeaths his entire estate to his widow, Mrs. Ida Ladd Russell, and names her executrix. The value of the estate is not indicated. Buyer Finds Shortage of U. S. Flags in Stores Trying to buy an American flag is a big job in itself, H. R. Morris, 4918 Fourteenth street North, Arlington, learned when he set forth to get one in Washington for Cub Scout Pack No. 102, St. Charlés’ Catholic Church, of which he is the leader. “I first visited several downtown department stores and couldn’t find a single flag,” Mr. Morris related. “Thinking in terms of parades and of sporting events. I tried some sporting goods stores, but here again I failed. Ne#t I went to a hardware store or two. Still no luck. I finally obtained a 3x5-foot cotton flag in a novelty store. They had nothing in wool left.” Mr. Morris learned from his flag- buying experience that stores usu- ally stock up on flags before the Fourth of July and other national patriotic occasions and that ap- parently the war had not caused stores to lay in a supply at this time of the year. The flag he was able to buy was presented to the Cub Pack by Tom Crack. »