Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1942, Page 14

Women Vofe for Formation of Auxiliary Army Convention Favors Volunteer Group As Outlined in Biil The proposed formation of a ‘woman’s army to serve as an aux- iliary to the Regular Army today received the support of the Gen- eral Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting in the Mayflower Hotel. The delegates agreed to support legislation for a women’s army aux- iliary corps through voluntary en- listments, in a resolution stressing that “the burdens and sacrifices of ‘war should be borne by all citizens of the Nation..” Earlier in the day, the women heard reports from subcommittee chairmen of the Federation’s Na- tional Defense Department. Mrs. F. H. Clausen of Horicon, ‘Wis,, chairman of the Industry Sub- committee, predicted that between 18,000,000 and 19,000,000 women eventually would be employed in war industries. The delegates were asked by Mrs. P. Earle Magee of Oil City, Pa., of the Conservation of Defense Prod- ucts Committee, to become familiar with some phase of the war effort and make it their “life work for the duration.” Urges ‘Victory Gardens.’ Mrs. Gustav Ketterer, Phila- delphia, department chairman, urged the growing of more “victory gardens” and said householders should preserve more vegetables and meat.” Informed earlier by Brig. Gen. Frank E. Lowe of the office of the Army Chief of Staff, that American forces will probably “fight in all four corners of the earth before we're through,” the clubwomen will to- night turn particular attention to military preparedness in Latin Armerica. Nelson A. Rockefeller, co-ordina- tor of Inter-American Affairs; Lau- rence Duggan, the State Depart- ment’s expert on the Southern na- tions; Ambassador Diogenes Esca- lante of Venezuela and Dr. William Sanders of the Pan-American Union will act as instructors in a special session to be held at 8:30 p.m. in the Pan-American Building. Ambassa- dors and ranking diplomats from 12 other Latin American countries will be on the platform. This hemisphere discussion will follow an afternoon forum in which Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, Price Administrator Leon Hender- son and Secretary of Labor Perkins are scheduled to outline their ideas on “Defense of Our Economic Sys- tem.” To Hear Labor Aides. Like most other sessions in the | four-day gathering of the General Federation, ending Monday, this was to be held in the May- flower Hotel. Others discussing the same topic were to in- clude William P. Witherow, presi- dent, National Association of Manu- facturers; Robert J. Watt of the American Federation of Labor, and Van A. Bittner of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Gen. Lowe’s prediction of far- flung American military Wction came while he was reporting yesterday on the rate of mechanization of our Army—declaring with one-fourth its strength in air squadrons and one- sixth in tank divisions, it is rapidly becoming more highly mechanized than the German army. For the men manning these ma- chines, the United States is provid- ing food, housing and genmli care unrivaled by any except the | British Army, he declared. | Secretary of Navy Knox was also | scheduled to speak, but was detained | so long at a White House conference that his audience finally adjourned. Seconds later he appeared at the door, breathless but too late. Last night Mrs. Roosevelt staged an ‘impromptu quiz program on problems of the Office of Civilian Defense, of which she is assistant director. Assisting her in answering audlence questions were four other 0. C. D. officials, Miss Jane Seaver, director of the youth division; James P. Kirby, chief of press relations; Brig. Gen. L. D. Gasser, in charge of civilian protection, and Miss Wilmer Shields of the community volunteer service. Mrs. Roosevelt advocated fair play and careful legal procedure in deal- ing with aliens, but said that many “borderline” cases of possibly dan- gerous foreigners can only be dealt with by internment. 0. C. D. Powers Advisory. Reporting that in some States women have been denied the privi- lege of serving as air raid wardens, &he pointed out that the O. C. D. has only advisory powers and cannot dictate the voiding of such rules. Declaring that Capitol Hill is be- ing flooded with appeals to abolish the National Youth Administration completely, Mrs. Roosevelt also asked the clubwomen to create con- trary sentiment. Three-year college courses are eliminating vacations during which poor students earned tuition money, she said. If N. Y. A. funds are also eliminated, she declared, “a very serious and undemocratic situation” will arise. “We're going to cut out students ‘with brains that would be useful to us,” commented Mrs. Roosevelt. “Only those whose parents have money could go to college.” At the same time she recalled the contention of Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey that no more vol- unteer enlistments should be per- mitted in Army or Navy. She indi- cated she believes college boys should be kept in school until Se- lective Service boards determine ‘where they belong. the American family of the future buying airplanes as they did the “tin lizzies” of 1903 to 1912. Seconding a plea from Gen. Lowe that families realize the danger of unwitting co-operation with the enemy through “loose-tongued” spreading of Nazi-inspired rumors, Mrs. Edward Macauley of the Red <ross said complaints were coming tional view of Government THE EVENING buildings—“almost European. Dominating it are the tower and gables of the old Post Office Department Building, as seen from Constitution avenue looking north on Twelfth street N.W. Scorned by some moderns, it was considered a jewel of the city when completed in the McKinley administration, 1899, at a cost of exactly $3,251,165.77. Thrice as much was spent on the present classic housing for the Post Office Department, a corner of which is seen at left. Some old-timers of the mail service are still sorry that in 1934 they moved across Twelfth street to the columned new building with the mansard roof. like. It was hollowed out with a great courtyard, glassed at the top. A worker could stand on any of its interior balconies and see what nearly every one else in the department was doing. Tropical plants thrived at its bottom. In 1920 the Government The old place was more home- invested $300 and bought a fi This brought great returns in national attention. (This is the eighth in a series of sketches to appear in The Star each Saturday.) FEDERAL ROOFLINE—Low and flat is Washington’s prevailing skyline, but Helen Gatch Durston spied and sketched this excep- ag to flutter above the palms. Hanging 70 feet, it was known as the “biggest American flag in the world,” | and citizens came from far and wide to see it. Built like a fortress, the old building used to make its own electricity, ice and steam. Its tower clock dials (not seen in this picture) are 15. feet in didmeter, and the clockwork. is powered by a ton of weights which are wound up once a week. | In the distance, across Pennsylvania avenue, is the Raleigh Hotel, built in 1911 on a site occupied by taverns and hotels since 1822. Andrew Johnson resided there when he took his | presidential oath, after Lincoln’s death. At the right stands the Bu reau of Internal Revenue, com- f pleted in 1930 as the first unit of the great Federal triangle. Internal revenue taxes were a very minor factor in America until after the Civil War, but this $10,000,000 building has, in a way, paid for itself many time: will be working on your income s over. And now its occupants tax—biggest in history. | Schulte fo Ask Action OnPolice and Firemen Pay Bill Next Week $300 Maximum Provision Goes to House With Committee Approval Representative Schulte, Demo- crat, of Indiana, said today he would ask the House next week to consider his bill providing a maxi- mum pay inctease of $300 a year for District firemen and members of the Metropolitan Park and White House police forces who have s rank of captain or less. The measure was placed on the House calendar yesterday following approval by the District Commit- tee. The committee also indorsed a bill requiring the licensing of all child placement groups and their strict supervision by the Board of Public 'Welfare. v The police and fire pay increase legislation was approved despite the opposition of the Commissioners, who said the District in its present wartime financial straits could not afford to pay the bill. Data had been given the committee showing the higher pay scale would add about $700,000 a year to the operat- ing expenses of the city. Mr. Schulte’s bill is a substitute for one the House killed two weeks ago which would have increased the pay. of all police and firemen $600 8 year. Soft Drink Companies Curtail Production By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Two straws drink companies admit that the present governmental order limiting sugar consumption of the carbo- nated beverage industry had cur- tailed production of their output. “We're rationing our deliveries,” an executive of one company said, “and unless the Government eases up we're in for a rocky year.” from all over the country that the Red Cross sells bandages and clothes fo_soldiers. ‘This rumor must have been started $o sabotage the Red Cross war fund drive, she said, because the Red Cross “never has and never will” sell its benefits to American soldlers, to disaster refugees or to any other o= 5-Year-Old Soldier Boy Steals [Pison Bricades Ava Show at Mile o’ His $4.80 in Dimes, Speak Louder Than A little boy with a tin hat, a pop- gun and a toy bank with 48 dimes— one for each State—stole the show at the Washington Mile o’ Dimes campaign broadcast yesterday after- noon at Fourteenth street and New York avenue N.W. Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones was scheduled as the princi- pal speaker in the broadcast over Station WMAL, but was detained by a White House conference. While too shy to say more than a few words, 5-year-old David A. Berman of 3701 Sixteenth street N.W. became the star attraction. Dressed in the soldier outfit, he turned over to officials $4.80 in dimes, money he had saved up in his toy hank. He was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Herman Ber- man, who said there was a dime for each State. $666.95 From Commerce Unit. Received at the same time was $666.95 from employes of the Com- merce Department. This amount was not complete as some depart- ments still had to. collect dimes, of- ficials were informed. During the day donations were received from The Evening Star printers, $12.70; the Division of De- fense Housing Co-ordination, $23.10; National Lutheran Homes for Aged, $10; Washington Ladies Auxiliary of Jewish Consumptive Relief Society, $13; International Hod Carriers, Dimes One for Each State, He at Broadcast Plumbers Labor Union, No. 115, $10; Labor's District Council of Wash- ington, $20; Southern Railway Sys- tem, $10405, and Capital Garage, $25. 0. P. A. Broadcast Today. Scheduled to be heard in broad- casts over WRC today were repre- sentatives of the Office of Price Administration, Troop 83 of Girl Scouts, Providence Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, Secyrity Savings & Com- mercial Bank and Western Union. The Athletic Council of the Y. M. C. A. has decided to turn over to the Mile o’ Dimes the proceeds of its regular weekly dance tonight at 1736 G street NW. Music will be furnished by the Trojans. Lee Bar- bash is chairman of the Dance Committee. ‘With the campaign to raise funds for the fight on infantile paralysis near the end of a second week, em- ployes of the Agriculture Depart- ment today planned to open an ex- tensive drive for dimes. Secretary Wickard is expected to appear in a broadcast next Priday with the money collected. ‘Willlam T. McClosky of the Na- tional Field Committee for Scout- ing in Catholic Parishes pledged support yesterday of Catholic scouts in the District and pointed out that many scouts of all denominations had assisted in placing wishing wells for collection of dimes in stores and hotels. Missing Persons Those having information concerning persons reported missing should communicate with the Public Relations Squad of the Police Department, Na- tional €000. Mrs. Doris Patton, 44, 5 feet 8 inches, 170 pounds, stout build, wearing & black fur coat, carrying black cane; missing from 1918 Pennsylvania avenue N.W. since yesterday. She is just recovering from nervous breakdown and is under doctor’s care. . Denny Shea, jr., 17, 5 feet 8 inches, 130 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, pale complexion, wearing a covert cloth suit, brown. hat, brown shoes and -gabardine- raincoat; missing from his home, in Towson, Md., since yesterday. Jack Seamour, jr, 15, 5 feet 10| red hair, 1128 pounds, hazel eyes, gray hair, greenish wearing a dark blue skirt, blue jacket and a mouton lamb coat; missing from 3745 Huntington street N.W. since yesterday. Gloria Dodson, 9, colored, dark brown skin, wearing green snow suit, red socks and brown shoes; missing from 1328 Riggs street N.W. since Thursday. 15 Dogs Attack Woman And Inflict 150 Wounds B the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. 24 —Fifteen dogs out of a pack of about 50 pounced on Mrs. Carrie Brooks, 51, yesterday, inflicting 150 wounds and ‘was bitten about the face and " nulsance charge was filed against . 74-year-old woman, ac- cused of harboring the animals. 3 | . |Japs in Java, Speaker Says | The Dutch on the Island of Java | will surprise the world and particu- | larly the Japanese, David Griffin, who recently returned from the East Indies and China, told members of | the National Geographic Society last | night in Constitution Hall. | Barricades of razor-sharp bamboo, | treated with a deadly poison, await | Japanese invaders, the speaker sgjd. The barricades have been erected at every potential beach point. No army in the world is better | trained than the Javanese, he said, and the men know every inch of their homeland. | Mr. Griffin praised the well- | trained Javanese air forte highly. | “While they do not have many | planes, they know how to use those they have,” he asserted. Their best planes are American fighters, he re- ported. | Public Welfare, creation of an in« |funds be diverted for other uses. | pocketbook thrown from an upstairs STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1942, Gov. Darden To Reappoint Dr. Riggin For Administration By the Ascociated Press. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 24—Gov. Darden announced today that he would reappoint Dr. I. C. Riggin Virginia’s State health commis- sioner. Dr. Riggin became health commissioner in 1937 by appoint- ment from Gov. Peery and con- tinued in office under Gov. Price. Gov. Darden drove ahead through a busy schedule of conferences and moves to speed the shaping of his recommended program. One of his appointments was with Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, Army 3d Corps area commander, for discussion of the civilian defense orgenization in Virginia. The Governor told newsmen late yesterday the defense program was rapidly taking form and should be ready for consideration by the Gen- eral Assembly early next week. He also said he expected most of his other recommendations to be en- acted with little opposition, except for a threetened fight on his pro- posal to cut small loan interest rates from 42 to about 20 per cent. First Saturday Sessions. Both houses of the Legislature held their first Saturday sessions of this term, but expected to adjourn quickly. One reason for the sessions ‘was to assure a quorum of the House Appropriations and Senezte Finance | | Committees for their joint hearing on the budget bill yesterday. Most State agencies represented at the hearing asked money for small salary increases held neces- | sary to retain trained workers be- | ing tempted to higher pay else- | where. Brig. Gen. James A. Anderson, State highway commissioner, also requested a change in the budget, | which would substitute for the $8.- | 500000 yearly minimum allocated | for secondary roads a proviso that | the commission spend on the sec- ondary system not less than 30| per cent of its total funds for con- | | struction and maintenance. Gen. Anderson advised the more flexible arrangement was necessary because wartime travel restrictions might seriously curtail the State’s | highway revenues. House committees will take up| soon several important bills intro- duced yesterday, including measures | to reorganize several major State | agencies and to establish an actu- | | arally sound retirement plan for | | State employes and public school | teachers. Provisions of Bill. ‘The reorganization bill, sponsored | by members of a legislative commis- | | sion that studied the subject, pro- | | vides for establishment of a depart- | | ment of corrections and a depart- | ment of mental hygiene and hos- | pitals; abolition of the fee system, transfer of the duties of the State industrial boards to the Board of terdepartmental committee of chair- | men of the Game, Fisheries and | Conservation Commissions; revi- sion of terms so that terms of these chairmen would run concurrently | with that of the Governor, and transfer to the health department | from the agricultural department | of inspection and sanitation laws re- lating to hotels, restaurants, filling | stations and tourist cmaps. | The Senate yesterday adopted a joint resolution expressing the Leg- | | islature’s opinion that no highway Narcot}c Evidence Hits Police Officer in Face Charged with violating the Federal Narcotic Act, Dennis Green, 41, colored, of 1336 Eighth street N.W., and Hilda Smith, 23, colored, 1917 Temperance court N.W., were to be arraigned before Commissioner Needham C. Turnage today. The two were arrested yesterday with five other colored persons who were later released. Detective Sergt. H. H. Carper, accompanying Federal narcotic agents to Green’s house, attempted to enter through a rear door and was hit in the face by a | window. He said the pocketbook contained heroin. Police reported that 129 packages of heroin were found in the house. SOLDIER BOY CONTRIBUTES— Outfitted with tin hat and popgun, 5-year-old David A. Berman of 3701 Sixteenth street JOHN PAYNE. WILLIAM HOLDEN. 200 Request - Patent Office. Transfers State Quota Ruling Asked on Virginians Filling Vacancies Since the announcement that the Patent Office will be split up be- tween Washington and Richmond and a2 major portion of the per- sonnel moved to the latter city, approximately 200 employes have requested permission to transfer to other Federal agencies, Leslie Fra- zer, first assistant commissioner of patents, disclosed today. About half of the requests for transfer have been approved, he said. “We have approved all re- quests where the change to Rich- mond would be a hardship to the individual, rather than an incon- venience,” Mr. Frazer explained. Approximately 1,100 workers are affected by the shift of many ac- tivities of the Patent Office under the decentralization program. To take the places of those transferred to other agencies, the Patent Office will need about 100 new employes. Several Hundred Apply. So far it has received several hun- dred applications for positions in the Richmond office from men and women living in Virginia. All the vacancies could thus be filled in Richmond, if the Civil Service Commission waives the State quota requirements of the appor- tionment law governing the hiring ADDED STARTERS—Here are two more joining the parade of stars who will be here next week for the celebration of the President’s Birthday. Two Added fo Galaxy Due From Hollywood For Roosevelt Fefe William Holden and John Payne to Attend; Stars Here Thursday Celebrators of the President’s Birthday anniversary will have a chance to view Hollywood romances budding and full-blown when nearly | |a score of movie stars arrive herel Though the Export Leaf Tobacco next week. | Added today to the list of notables | who will appear were John Payne the husband of Brenda Marshall, who insisted that he, a star in his own right, be added to the party. Another husbafid-and-wife com- bination will be Rosalind Russell and Fred Brisson, Hollywood agent, to whom she was married October 25. Mr. Brisson will be his wife's studio escort. Among Junior Romantics. Mickey. Rooney will bring his bride,” Ava Gardner, to the Washing- ton party. In the budding romance division will be Bonita Granville and Jackie Cooper, the young pair whose engagement has been rumored. The stars will leave Hollywood Monday. At Albuquerque, Kansas City and Chicago they will hold rear-platform rallies for the sale of Defense bonds and also to assist the Red Cross War Fund drive. They will arrive in Washington Thursday morning to begin a round of activ- ities which will include the horse show at Fort Myer, Va.; a White House visit, the Willard Hotel ban- quet and stops at the Birthday Balls | and theaters where special perform- ances will be held on January 30. Edward Arnold, president of the | Screen Actors’ Guild and master of ceremonies for the Willard banquet, will reach Washington tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon, the “Watch on the Rhine” company will arrive from New York for the “com- mand performance” at the National Theater tomorrow night. Mrs. Jackson to Broadcast. Radio appeals for the support of the campaign to fight infantile para- lysis will be made by Mrs. Robert Jackson, wife of the Supreme Court Justice, at 11:05 am. Monday over WINX; by Commissioner Guy Ma- son at 8 p.m. Tuesday over WWDC; by Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday over WOL, and by Corporation Counsel Richmond B. Keech at 8:25 am. Thursday over WISV, Charles Zurhorst, Radio Committee chairman, announced today. The thanks of the medical pro- fession to the motion picture indus- try for its co-operation in the cam- paign against infantle paralysis will be expressed tomorrow over the Mutual Broadcasting System at 3:45 p.m. during & program sponsored by the District Medical Society. Mr. Arnold is expected to partici- pate in the program with Dr. Charles Armstrong of the National Institute of Heaith and Dr. Hepry B. Gwynn, chairman of the Medical Society’s Committee on Radio Education. British Report Sinking Jap Sub in Far East BY the Asscciated Press. LONDON, Jan. 24.—A British ship operating in the Far East has de- stroyed a Japanese ‘submarine, the Admiralty announced today. The Admiralty issued this brief communique: ‘“Information has been received that one of his majesty’s ships op- erating in Far Eastern waters has destroyed a Japanese submarine, “The submarine was brought to the surface by a depth charge and then sunk by gunfire. Some of the crew were taken prisoner.” Anti-Vivisection Group Opens Convention Here The International Conference Against Vivisection convened at the Continental Hotel at 10 am. today vivisection movement was to be dis- cussed this afternoon. Representa- N.W. turned over 48 dimes in his tey bank to the Washington Mile o’ Dimes campaign yesterday at the track at Fourteenth street and New York avenue N.W. - A ~t —Star Staft Photo. tive Burdick of Narth Dakota will speak tomorrow ‘afternoon on his bill to. prohibit vivisection of dogs in the District. !!, |of Government employes, it was | pointed out today. | " Representatives of the Patent Of- | fice and other agencies to be moved from Washington discussed the ap- portionment problem with officials | of the Civil Service Commission at |a meeting several days ago. The commission is expected to make a decision next week as to whether or not the apportionment rules are to apply to the employment of new | personnel by agencies shifted from | Washington. Some Applications Approved. | The Patent Office has approved | about 20 requests for assignment to | Richmond from employes in other | Federal agencies who are the wives, | husbands, sons or daughters of Patent Office employes listed for removal to Richmond. | Present vacancies in the Rich- |mond staff, Commissioner Frazer | said, include about 35 stenogra- phers and 45 messengers. |~ Of the 700 Patent Office examin- | ers, about 40 have requested trans- fer. Only 10 have been approved. Building in Richmond is not ex- pected to be ready for complete oc- cupancy until early in February, the |and William Holden. The latter is move of Patent Office personnel to | the Virginia capital will begin on | January 31, officials said today. | Four U. 8, H. A. Units to Go. To provide additional space for ex« | panding war agencies here, four re- | gional offices of the United States | Housing Administration will be | moved from Washington in the near future, Baird Snyder, acting Fed- eral Works Administrator, an- nounced yesterday. “The shift will involve between 450 and 500 em- ployes. Regional offices will be established | as follows: Regionl, New England, | in Boston; Region 2, New York, New | Jersey and Pennsylvania, in New York; Region 4, Southeastern, in | Atlanta; Region 5, Midwestern, in | Chicago. Regional offices were established earlier in San Francisco and Fort | Worth. The office for Region 3, cov- |ering the Middle Atlantic States, will remain in Washington, with | approximately 100 employes. Though no exact date has been | set, the removal of the four regional | offices covered by yesterday's order | will be effected as soon as possible. ‘The Public Buildings Administration is now making arrangements for office space in the four cities. | ;Crossiown Bus Line (Goes in Operation Tomorrow Morning Westmoreland Circle, Michigan Avenue Line Is First in District ‘Washington’s first crosstown bus line will begin operation at 5: am. tomorrow, under arrangement made today by the Capital Transit Co. in response to orders by tie Public Utilities Commission. A preliminary trip was scheduled to be run this afternoon for officials of the commission, Highway Direc- tor H. C. Whitehurst and a large group of civic leaders who waged a protracted campaign to obtain the new service. The group was to meet at the District Building at 2 pm. The line-on the eastbound trip will run from Westmoreland Circle along Massachusetts avenue, Yuma street, Thirty-eighth street, Veazey street, Reno road, Porter street, Klingle road, Adams Mill road, Irving street, Park place and Mich- igan avenue and loop back to Mich- igan avenue via Monroe and Sev- enth streets. Because of the bad condition the old Klingle Bridge over Creek only the smaller buses be employed. The company received five new 27-passenger for this service, whereas 10 needed, but five older ones will used until the other new ones delivered. to a letter According by the Public Utilities among the District’s citizen sociations, an extension of the line eastward to Bladensburg is under consideration. People are of the opinon such an e would be worth while are asked communicate with the The letter evoked favorable . ment when read last night to the Anacostia Citizens’ Association. Tire Stealing Continues , Another victim of tire af Arthur Landon, 16 Eighth SE., reported io police last that a tire, tube and wheel been stolen from his auto while jit was . parked y Fourth and Fifth street N.W. on ik