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WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1943.' XX
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D. C. Prepares
Intensive Drive
For War Loans
Churches, Theaters,
Radio All Band to
Raise $70,000,000
Gearing for the greatest financial
undertaking in the history of the
Nation—the second War Loan drive
for $13.000.000.000—local civic groups
business organizations, religious
faiths, professficnal leaders, and na
tional radio networks today stood
ready to follow through on the
theme. “They give their lives—you
lend your money.’’
The District quota for the drive
from April 12 through May 1 is more
than $70,000,000, of which $42,000,000
is to be obtained from the public.
Commercial banks are expected to
fill the remainder of the quota.
One hundred members of the In
surance Underwriters Division, under
Chairman Fred G. Halderman, and
100 members of the Business Di
vision, under Chairman Edgar
Morris, met yesterday to assign
prospect cards for the local drive.
Benefit Dance Held.
The Kiwanis Club held a “War
bond day” at its weekly luncheon
yesterday at the Mayflower Hotel,
and last night the Samuel Gompers
Masonic Lodge held a War bond
rally and'dance at the Statler Hotel.
Members of the lodge raised more
than two and one-half times its
quota in War bonds. The quota
set for the event by the War Bond
Committee of the Masonic Order
was $100,000. The sales reached a
total of $254,310. according to Dr.
Maurice Goldberg, committee chair
man.
A letter sent to the lodge by Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
was put up for auction by the com
mittee and was bid in by Samuel
Weinstein. 4505 Brandywine street
N.W., for $10,000 in War bonds.
Lt. Allan Rothenberg of Wash
ington. holder of the Navy Cross
and Silver Star for bravery in the
battles of Midway and the Solo
mons. told the 800 guests of his ex
periences and stressed the import
ance of raising funds to maintain
the fighting forces.
Sefton Darr. chairman of the cam
paign speakers' bureau, sponsored
by the District Bar Association, an
nounced his group will cover 200
organizations during the drive. Two
speakers will appear each day at
local theaters for a week, at about
3 p.m. and 9 p.m.. to give 4-minute
talks.
This phase of the drive will begin
on April 15, 16 or 18. depending on
when the respective theaters begin
their week. Speakers will appear
at the suburban theaters only in
the evening.
Jewish Program Mapped.
The Jewish community will map
their participation in the campaign
with a meeting of the rabbis and
presidents of all synagogues in the
city next Thursday night at the
Jewish Community Center.
Meanwhile Congregation Ohev
Sholom. Fifth and I streets N.W.,
will hold a war bond •rally at 7 p.m.
Sunday night. Speakers will include
Representative Folger, Democrat,
of North Carolina; Capt. Stanton
Salisbury, Navy chaplain; Hugh
Lynch of the District War Finance
Administration and Capt. John H.
Simpson. U. S. A. There will also
be several war heroes from Guadal
canal and North Africa.
F.abbi Zcmach Green, leader of
the congregation, will welcome the
guests. The synagogue's Ladies' Aux
iliary will dedicate a service flag, a
Jewish folk chorus under Mendy
Shain and Cantor Israel Flusberg
will sing. Washington Jewish war
veterans will present the colors and
the United States Navy Band wili
play.
Radio Programs Slated.
The four national radio networks
and approximately 675 individual
stations will conduct an all-day sale
and promotion of war bonds and
other Government securities on the
opening day of the drive, April 12.
Besides the best radio talent obtain
able. there will be special broadcasts
all during the day from London.
Africa, the Pacific, other war zones,
and from hospital rooms to bring
the necessity of the campaign home
to the public.
Stories of how American boys are
dying and their faith in the people
on the home front buying War bonds
to back them up resounded at the
Kiwanis Club luncheon yesterday.
Two returned war heroes and Wil
liam E. Leahy, director of selective
service for the District, were the
speakers.
Seaman George Habouslv of the
Coast Guard, who was accompanied
to the meeting by Coast Guardsman
George Klemchuk, a participant in
Guadalcanal action, presented a
graphic picture of the initial land
ings in North Africa. Describing
himself as from Brooklyn and a
Dodger fan. Seaman Haboush gave
an account of three days of in
tensive fighting, during which, he
said, many American boys were
killed.
"I am here to tell you to buy War
bonds,” ne asserted. "It will help
our boys win the war."
Guadalcanal Veteran Speaks.
Mai. Don Dickson. Marine Corps,
formerly co-author of the comic
strip, “Stony Craig." which appears
in The Star, told the meeting of his
experiences on Guadalcanal.
"Those boys on Guadalcanal and
in Africa arc not soft,' and they
are not 'beating their gums’ about
what they have accomplished to
date." he declared, "but they are ex
pecting you people to keep up the
fight the same as they are doing.”
He said it was unpleasant to see
men dying, but those men were will
ing to die to keep the war from
the home front, if the people at
home keep the supplies coming.
Supporting the appeal of the two
war heroes. Mr. Leahy said it. is the
obligation and responsibility of every
American to back the second "Vic
tory Lean" campaign.
Special Meeting Planned.
"Let us give those boys a hand,”
he asserted. "They are giving the
last full measure of fheir devotion.
We will be giving so that the future
will be secure.”
Janses Cassidy, program chair
KIWANIS CLUB HOLDS “WAR BOND” DAY—Members of the
Kiwanis Club dedicated their weekly luncheon yesterday at the
Mayflower Hotel to the second war loan drive to be held from
April 12 through May 1. Shown at the meeting are, left to
right, Coast Guardsman George Klemchuk, who landed with
the first contingent at Guadalcanal, Coast Guardsman George
Haboush. who took part in the invasion of North Africa, and
William E. Leahy, director of Selective Service for the District.
—Star Staff Photo.
Potatoes Disappear
From Vegetable Bins
Of District Stores
Supply Is Exhausted;
New Crop Expected
In Six or Eight Weeks
Potatoes, hard to get for the past
month, have now become virtually
unobtainable, a check of local gro
cery stores and wholesale dealers
revealed today.
An official of one local grocery
chain that includes about 200 stores
said he "doubted that there is a
potato in any of our stores." A
number of other dealers reported
their supplies have been completely
exhausted. Some retailers said they
have small quantities of potatoes and
were rationing purchases at 3 to 5
pounds to each customer.
Relief from the severe shortage
is not expected for six or eight
weeks, when potatoes from a new
crop will begin arriving on the local
market in quantity from Florida
and other areas along the lower At
lantic Coast.
At the same time, dealers disclosed
a temporary shortage of fresh string
beans, expected to continue until
the end of next week w^hen ship
ments from a new Florida crop will
reach here.
Black Market Charged.
Several wholesalers said the po
tato shortage has given birth to
black market dealings, in which
bags of potatoes are sold for $4.50
to $5.50. instead of the wholesale
price ceiling of $3.70 a bag.
One trick used, it was reported,
is for the seller to chalk up the
legal price in his books and to enter
another item, such as lettuce, for
the balance. The buyer, of course,
never sees the lettuce.
Porter Taylor-, manager of the
Co-operative Fruit and Vegetable
Association. blamed unfavorable
weather, transportation bottlenecks
and OPA regulations for the potato
scarcity, which he said exists in
many areas throughout the country.
New Crop Delayed.
The only potatoes now on the
market are those remaining from
last fall’s crop. Mr. Taylor pointed
out. Potatoes from the early spring
crop normally would have been due
on the market in quantity by the
middle of this month, but a Feb
ruary freeze in Florida and the
lower Atlantic States and heavy
rains in California have delayed the
spring crop for some weeks.
There are few potatoes remaining
from last fall, because the OPA
failed to take into account the full
costs of storage and the shrinkage
that results when potatoes are
stored. Mr. Taylor said.
Most growers and dealers disposed
of their fall potatoes as soon as pos
sible. finding it more profitable than
holding them for marketing in May
and June.
The OPA recently raised the price
ceilings for potatoes marketed dur
ing May and June in a move to
encourage the holding of some of
the fall crop, Mr. Taylor said. The
action came too late, however, he
, declared. Few fall potatoes remain
to be marketed.
Transportation Shortages.
Most fall potatoes are now In
Maine or Minnesota. There are
' railroad car shortages in these areas,
Mr Taylor said, and because Army
goods and seed for spring panting
have priority, not enough dinner
table potatoes can be shipped.
Also contributing to the shortage
of table potatoes has been the pre
mium price allowed by OPA for
seed potatoes, it was said. Large
quantities of selected potatoes,
which ordinarily might have gone
for table use, were relabled and
sold at a higher price for use as
: seed.
The OPA yesterday removed the
! premium price on selected potatoes
for seed, and in the future will allow
an extra 75 cents per hundredweight
for these only under one of four
J specified conditions.
Wounded to Be Exchanged
ANKARA, Turkey, April 9 (/P).—
The largest exchange of wounded
i prisoners during this ^war is sched
uled to take place next Wednesday
at Smyrna when 1,200 British
wounded are to be given up by the
Axis in return for 1,200 of their
wounded men.
j man. introduced the speakers. Ray
j Garrity, president, who presided,
announced that 60 volunteers of the
club will participate in the drive.
It was also announced that the
club will hold a special meeting
April 29 at. the Statler Hotel to cele
brate United States-Canada "Good
Will Week." Speakers will be Fred
McCallister. of Canada, interna
tional Kiwanis president: Assistant
Secretary of State Adolph S. Berle
and other dignitaries.
Grand Jury Is Told
By McGuire It Is
Democracy in Action
Names of New Group
Announced After
Charge by Justice
Names of the 23 grand jurors, who
will deliberate on evidence in Dis
trict Court for the period begin
ning now and ending in June, were
announced today following the
court's charge to the group during
which Justice Matthew F. McGuire
characterized the jury as ‘‘a perfect
example of democracy in action.’'
Justice McGuire told the jurors
their duties are of the “utmost im
portance and of a most serious
character.-'
"Not only are they a light in a
world gone mad but a flaming one
that gives the lie- to those who pro
claim that democracy is a phantom
and a snare and would substitute
for it the Gestapo, the lash, the
concentration camp and the firing
squad.“ the jurist said.
William D. Ellet, 5035 Lowell street
N.W., president of an insurance
agency, was named foreman of the
jury. The other jurors are:
Albert G. Altemus. 6225 Twelfth
street N.W., furniture dealer: Mrs.
Margaret A. Atkinson. 823 Tucker
man street N.W.. housewife: Regi
nald R. Austin, 2314 Branch avenue
S.E., carpenter; Raymond W. Bolton,
633 A street N.E., drugstore clerk;
Ernest H. Brown, 415'2 Twelfth
street N.E., representative of a cor
respondence school.
John S. Bartlett, 3065 Porter street
N.W., managing director of an elec
trical institute; Mrs. Lena Jones
Childs, 132 Heckman street S.E.,
stock clerk; Mrs. Lillian Payne Cur
ry. 1727 Ninth street N.W., housewife:
Paul J. Dundon, 4544 Forty-third
street N.W., vice president of a lum
ber company.
Fletcher L. Houck, 3623 South Da
kota avenue S.E., employee of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing;
Rufus G. Jones, 531 Fern place
N.W., real estate business; Julian E.
Lakey, 1639 Myrtle street N.W., tele
phone company clerk; Edwin M.
Lamasuie, 35 M street S.E., chemist:
Mrs. Hermena Clay Pinckney, 5033
Blaine street NR., hospital techni
cian.
Lawrence S. Pumphrey, 4113 Sev
enth street N.W., produce dealer;
Thomas H. Rhodes, 318 Webster
street N.W.. butcher; Mrs. Blanche
Jones Shepard, 5347 Thirty-second
street N.W., housewife; John S.
Spratt, 6331 Utah avenue N.W., audi
tor; Frank Staten, 3301 Nebraska
avenue N.W., accountant; Leonard
H. Stuermann, 609 Jefferson street
N.W., market produce manager;
Mrs. Edith Pichon Swanson, 2512 Q
street N.W., housewife; Bernard I.
Wade, 36 Girard street N.E., postal
clerk.
Comdr. Paro to Get Medal
For Philippines Heroism
Comdr. Eugene E. Paro, 39. tomor
row will be presented formally with
the Silver Star Medal, awarded him
as one of the heroes of Corregidor.
Tlie ceremonies will be attended
by all ct naval personnel of the Bu
reau of Ships, where Comdr. Paro
now is on duty. The presentation
will be made at 8:15 a.m. in the
courtyard between temporary build
ings T-3 and T-5 by Rear Admiral
Edward L. Cochrane, chief of the
Bureau cl Ships, on behalf of Secre
tary Knox.
Comdr Paro was a member of the
submarine detachment which car
ried supplies into Corregidor and
assisted in evacuating personnel be
fore the fall of that Philippine bas
tion.
“Although subjected to almost
continuous enemy aerial attack,” the
citation for Comdr. Paro says, “he
risked hi? life on numerous occasions
to carry out vital nrssions during the
. prolonged siege of Corregidor and
! the subsequent evacuation of per
i sonnel from that hazardous area.”
Rooming Houses
Seek Data on
Fire Laws
Most Proprietors
Believed Unaware
Of Violations
Hundreds of rooming house pro
prietors today were calling on the
fire marshal and the Building In
spection Department to find out why
their applications for licenses have
been rejected anfi what they must
do to bring their buildings into
compliance.
A check of some of the interviews
and the records being compiled in
dicated that many operators of
rooming, boarding, lodging or apart
ment houses apparently had been
unaware of violations of regulations.
Also, many offered arguments that
they have not had too many tenants
in their buildings, sleeping in rooms
above the first floor. Many of such
stories did not agree with previous
inspections made by fire or building
inspectors.
Meanwhile, another delay occured
in announcement oi the procedure
to be followed by operators of
multiple family housing in applying
for priorities for fire escapes, fire
extinguishers, fire alarm systems, or
other facilities required bv law.
Priorities Statement Delayed.
A formal statement of such pro
cedure was to have been given Dis
trict officials by representatives of
the War Production Board by noon
yesterday. Later, it was to be
available by last night. And then
still later, was to be delivered early
this morning. It had not been re
ceived by Col. Joseph D. Arthur, jr„
assistant Engineer Commissioner, at
noon.
Proprietors of some rooming
houses have claimed that while they
had beds which would accommodate
more than nine persons in rooms
above the first floor, that in fact
only one roomer was renting a room
having a double bed. Inspectors are
telling these people that if they will
give an affidavit to Building Inspec
tor Robert H. Davis to the effect
that no more than nine are being
accommodated above the first floor
this will be accepted as compliance.
Reports Are Held I'p.
Also, it was brought out today
that inspectors have found a "few'’
instances in which proprietors have
given proof that they have placed
orders or have applied for priorities
for fire escapes or other fire ap
paratus, but have not been able to
obtain deliveries. In these cases, it
was said, inspectors are holding re
ports of non-compliance in abey
ance. temporarily, if fire buckets and
other safety measures are provided.
There were several hours of con
fusion late yesterday after the Com
missioners had announced opera
tors could obtain from the fire mar
shal's office information as to what
was wrong with their properties. It
is possible that a formal instruction
to this effect did not reach the fire
marshal s office until late in the day,
but, nevertheless, many callers were
told the fire marshal's .office could
not give the information’. The tele
phone calls and visitors were re
ferred to the building inspector's
office in the District Building. In
spectors at the District Building
were reported to have referred the
calls back to the fire marshal's office.
Col. Arthur issued instructions
late in the day to correct the con
fusion. Today information was be
ing given callers at both offices,
where detailed information was
1 available on existing records.
Draff Board Stops Taking
Fathers; Hits 'Confusion'
By the Associated Press.
READING, Pa.. April 9.—Declar
ing that a “state of confusion'’ exists
regarding the induction of men into
the armed forces. Irving C. Hanners.
chairman of City Board 4. today or
dered clerks and physicians tempo
rarily to halt classification and ex
amination of married registrants.
Daily Dationinq
<ST\ m n • t
Blue coupons, Book 2—Those marked
D. E and P good for rationed
canned goods through April 30.
Red coupons, Book 2—Those marked
A and B are valid now and will
remain good through April 30.
They can be exchanged for meats,
butter, margarine, fats and oils,
cheeses and canned fish.
Stamps marked C will become good
Sunday and D coupons on April IB.
They will also be good through
April 30.
Sugar—Stamp No. 12 in Book 1 is
good for 5 pounds through May 31.
Coffee—Stamp No. 26 in Book 1 is
good for 1 pound through April 25.
Fuel oil—No. 4 coupons are invalid.
No. 5 coupons are valid for 10 gal
lons through September 30.
Gasoline—No. 5 A coupons are good
for 3 gallons each through July 21
B and C coupons, good for 3
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes—Stamp 17 in Book 1 is good
for one pair of shoes through
June 15.
Detailed rationing information
will*be found on Page .4-2 of The
Sunday Star each week.
A preview of the feature
scene in “It’s Up to you,” a
timely play on our war
food situation, to be given
Sunday in the Agriculture De
partment Auditorium. Ed
ward Mannery portrays the
black market butcher, while
the young lady on the block—
Tamiris, famous American
dancer—plays the pajt of
“Porterhouse Lucy, the Black
Market Steak.” The show is
free to the public and will be
performed at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Supply of Scientific
Workers Exhausted,
Conference Told
George W. Bailey Warns
Postwar Personnel
Meeting of Problem
•
The supply of scientifically
trained men in this country virtu
ally is exhausted and there is a
critical shortage of women trained
in physics, chemistry, mathematics
and engineering to replace them.
George W. Bailey of the Office of
Scientific Research and Develop
ment said today.
Addressing the morning session
of the Conference on War and
Postwar Demands for Trained Per
sonnel at the Mayflower Hotel. Mr.
Bailey said the low enrollment of
women for professional and sub
training could be ascribed in part
to their reluctance to tackle tech
nical subjects, such as mathe
matics.
Among the 900.000 persons in war
training courses offered by 200 col
leges throughout the country, he
said, 118.000 are women.
Another factor militating against
Increased enrollment is the compe
tition of unskilled or low-skilled jobs
in defense industries, he pointed out.
which pay high wages immediately
upon employment. To overcome
this he suggested that employers
provide training allowances to tide
women over the period while they
are in training and sacrificing op
portunities for earning.
Fear Technical Subjects.
Women's inferiority complex
about their ability to master mathe
matics and the competition of highly
paid job opportunities in war indus
tries both deter the sex from enter
ing science training courses now be
ing given in schools and colleges, he
said.
Mr. Bailey addressed the morning
session of the conference, which is
under auspices of the Institute of
Women's Professional Relations.
Mrs. Jouett Shouse presided.
‘ The greatest obstacle to a more
rapid enrollment of women," Mr.
Bailey said, "is not so much the lack
of training facilities as the failure of
qualified women to apply. No doubt
one reason is the reluctance of wom
en to tackle technical subjects, such
as mathematics.
Deplores Low Teacher Pay.
Miss Chari O. Williams of the Na
tional Educational Association, em
phasized the great national need for
teachers. Discussing alleged under
payment of the Nation's teachers,
she said:
“The city of Washington is filled
with hordes of young people just
out of high school employed in
Government work at $1,440 a year.
They do simple clerical or manual
work. The wages of labor have
mounted steadily, yet this year 40
teachers out of every 100 teachers,
or approximately 360.000 teachers,
are paid less than $1,200 for the
school year. Nearly eight teachers
out of 100, or 66,000 in all, are paid
less than $600 a year.
“It is interesting to note that
in the District of Columbia a char
woman receives $1,200 a year. They
must indeed look down their noses
at the financial award that, for
360.000 teachers, amounts to less
than $1,200 a year, to say nothing of
the 10,000 who receive less than
$300 a year. Is it any wonder that
100 teachers have left the schools
during the 16 months of war.’’
Upholds School System.
The speaker regarded the school
system as the most important in
stitution which democracy has set
up to build it^ national character.
She pointed out that during the
present war already the manpower
equivalent of 15 divisions has been
lost because these men, although
physically fit, did not have a
fourth-grade education. By the end
of 1943. she continued, approxi
mately 50 more divisions will be lost
for the same reason.
“That 'is nearly 1.000.000 who
would be enough to open that sec
ond front in Europe,” she observed.
To prevent the oncoming illiter
acy ar.d to build up the health of
American citizenry is a task beyond
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'Porterhouse Lucy' to Be Star
Of Play on War Food Needs
Washington Premiere Slated Sunday;
Teaches of Evils in Black Markets
A play which “will dramatize the
Nation's war food situation and ex
plain the Government's program of
food rationing, urging the citizen to
co-operate toward the abolition of
black markets and food waste,” will
be given its Washington premier
Sunday in the Agriculture Depart
ment auditorium.
Feature of the show’, titled “It s Up
to You.” will be a ballet built around
"Porterhouse Lucy." a "black market
steak.” Edw’ard Mannery will por
tray the black market butcher and
Tamiris. famous American dancer,
will play "Porterhouse Lucy.”
The show, which is to be given at
3 p.m. and 8 p.m., is a joint effort of
the Agriculture Department, the
American Theater Wing, the Skouras
Theaters and a group of food indus
try associations.
There will be no admission charge,
according to Nick John Matsoukas.
director of thew’ar effort department
of the Skouras Theaters Corp.. which
I is producing the "timely” play.
Ben James of the Food Distribu
! tion Administration, who represents
the Agriculture Department's inter
I ests in the play, points out that “this
program aims to educate the Ameri
\ can housewife and other members of
the family in the significant role
that food plays in our present every
day life as a war weapon, to assure
the United Nations of ultimate vic
tory over the enemy.”
With this in mind, the producers
will present a show complete with
ballet and songs. The play will de
part from tradition in at least one
point, according to Mr. Matsoukas.
Scenery for the play is supplied by
slide projection, which. Mr. Matsou
kas points out. will result in a mini
mum of expense.
The play will open with a scene
titled 'Dig. Farmer. Dig." The song,
which gives the play its title, will
be sung in this scene.
Scene 2 is called "Rationing” and
is built around a song titled "Get
the Point, Mrs. Brown?"
Other scenes have been named
"Plain Man in Dirty Overalls,”
which apparently concerns farmers;
"Black Market.” featuring the song,
"Porterhouse Lucy,” "We Can Take
It" and "Waste!”
Official Washington has been in
j vited to turn out for the premier.
The play had its world premier in
I the Skouras Academy of Music in
lower Manhattan on March 31.
After its performance here. “It's Up
to You" will return to New York for
' two more showings.
: the ability of the local communities,
i Miss Williams stated, and Federal
aid is the only solution.
Needed in Transportation.
Miss Dorothy Sells of the ODT
spoke on the increasing need for
women in transportation service.
She pointed out that there are al
ready 160.000 in the Nation's trans
portation system, divided as follows:
Railroads, 63.000; trucking, 50,000:
local transit, 11,000, and intercity
bus service, 6,600. One-third of all
airline employes are wPmen.
"The variety of transportation jobs
for which women are wanted in
creases daily." she said.
In her opening speech, Mrs.
Shouse, the presiding chairman,
said:
"As far as women are concerned,
the institute recognizes that preju
dices still exist in the Government
and to a lesser degree in industry.
The institute deplores the fact that
women have been asked to fill so few
strategic war assignments. Have we
so few able women or are there po
litical or other discriminations?”
Sf. Marys County Faces
Loss of Ancient Jail
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md„ April 9.—
Unless action is taken by the Board
of County Commissioners, historic
St. Marys County may find itself
without its county jail.
According to County Commissioner
Elmer Jarboe, St. Marys Jail, built
in 1774, has been condemned by the
State and the refusal of a grant by
the Federal Works Agency prevent
immediate erection of a proposed
$124,000 jail for the county.
St. Marys bankers, however, have
approved a loan to the county of
approximately $15,000 for recondi
tioning the old jail and the erection
of a house for the jailer, Mr. Jarboe
said.
Probe of Race Status
In Services Sought
By the Associated Press.
An investigation of the status of
colored persons and other minority
groups in the armed services and
women’s auxiliaries would be sought
by a resolution introduced by Sen
ator Downey, Democrat, of Cali
fornia.
The measure would create a five
man subcommittee of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee "to con
duct a full and complete study.”
Senator Downey said yesterday he
had been informed that "policies of
exclusion and discrimination” • * *
had led to the “misassignment and
misuse" of Negro personnel.
Petworth Residents Walk Extra Blocks in Streetcar 'Boycott'
Refusing to use the Georgia
avenue carline, many residents of
the Petworth area are walking
extra blocks to board buses at
Grant Circle, carrying out a
threat voiced after a recent Public
Utilities Commission order re
routing buses in the area.
Bus passengers at the circle ex
pressed mixed reactions over these
new routings, which have resulted
in elimination of bus stops on
New Hampshire avenue between
Georgia avenue and the circle.
Webster R. Frye, deputy air
raid warden of the area, pointing
to 50 or more persons waiting for
buses at the circle, said many are
refusing to use the carline, ex
plaining that it takes from half
to three-quarters of an hour
longer to get to downtown offices
west of Seventh street.
Some observers have reported
that more than 150 persons had
been seen waiting at the stop at
one time. Mr. Frye declared the
crowd was so large Monday
morning that a company official
was forced to "cut in” returning
buses to pick up passengers at
the circle.
Two young women, hurrying to
catch <a bus, summed up the
differences of opinion. One said
she would be willing to walk a
hundred blocks if the changes
were necessary to help the war
effort, and the other complained
that she almost became ill rush
ing a few extra blocks to Grant
Circle.
Other comments were:
"You ought to be a strap
hanger in some Western cities!
It takes an hour to get to work.
It’s wonderful here.”
“It’s all right at the circle. I’ve
been able to get a seat on the bus
the last few mornings.”
Raymond E. Gaable, secretary
of the Petworth Citizens' Associa
tion, which recently held a mass
meeting to protest the bus re
routings, said he had been re
ceiving many telephone calls of
protest, and that most of them
have been from those walking
extra blocks to the circle. He
said the matter would be brought
up at the next meeting of the
association on April 20.
Mr. Gable suggested one rem
edy would be a bus stop on New
Hampshire avenue between Shep
herd and Taylor streets, where
there is a small triangular park.
New Vocational Aid
Bill Will Continue
Service in District
Committee Will Report
Legislation Favorably
To House Next Week
Assurance was given today by
Chairman Barden of the House Edu
cation Committee that the voca
tional rehabilitation service in the
District, which has taken 65 blind
residents off relief and charity rolls
and made them self-supporting, will
not be disturbed under new vo
cational rehabilitation legislation
which his committee will report
favorably to the House next week.
The committee in executive ses
sion today completed consideration
of the new bill to provide education,
training and other services to per
sons disabled while serving in the
armed forces or in war industry, or
through congenital disability.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee, who sponsored
vocational rehabilitation service
under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
approved in 1937, appeared before
the Education Committee to ask
that the service in the District be
continued as a Federal activity. He
said upward of 2,000 blind persons
throughout the country have been
.aken from relief rolls and made
self-supporting through operation
of concessions in Federal. State and
community buildings.
The Washington Society for the
Blind furnishes all the money for
supervisory service in connection
with the operation of the vending
stands here. Mr. Randolph said
any change in regard to this vo
cational rehabilitation service in
the District would disrupt the pro
gram.
Mr. Randolph also directed at
tention to the fact that during and
after the war there will be many
disabled members of the armed
forces hospitalized in Washington.
“Should the vocational rehabili
tation program be limited to Wash
ington residents,” he said, “many
of these men will be unable to re
ceive the training which should be
available to them.”
Virginia Spends $24,259
On Out-of-State Students
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. April 9.—State Au
ditor L. McCarthy Downs said yes
terday that the cost of educating
non-Virginia students in the State’s
four teachers’ colleges amounted to
$24,259 last year, as compared to
$290,698 for the education of Vir
ginia students.
The larger portion of the contri
bution of educating out-of-State
students was made through Mary
Washington College at Fredericks
burg.
The cost for non-Virginians at
the Fredericksburg school was re
ported to be $20,037.66.
A similar study, undertaken at the
request of Gov. Darden, is under
way at the College of William and
Mary.
Mr. Downs said that on an
“equated average" basis, the loss on
each student in the four institutions
was $80.69 for Virginia students and
$20.69 each on out-of-State students.
1,000 Children
Ask to Enter
Care Centers
New FWA Grant
Brings in Flood
Of Applications
Teachers and children by the
dozens were applying to school au
thorities today for a place in 20
District child-care centers newly ap
proved by the Federal Works Agency.
"Of course, we may not actually
get the money for a month yet, but
we are getting under way,” said Miss
Dorothy Pearse, District director of
nursery services to children of work
ing mothers.
She emphasized that only children
of working mothers are eligible to
apply for the 900 vacancies available
in the new’ program. The type of
job held by the mother is considered
"war-related" in Washington, no
matter what it is, she added.
$77,368 Granted.
Federal Works Administrator
Fleming yesterday announced grant
of $77,368 for operation of 10 nursery
school centers and 10 day-care cen
ters from April 15 to October 15. The
District is expected to contribute an
equal amount in fees from mothers
and payments from various branches
of the District government.
Miss Pearse stressed, however, that
several weeks will probably pass be
fore the FWA money is actually de
posited and the schools opened.
“The FWA announced grant of
money on February 26 for seven
centers on D street' S.E..” she said,
“and we don't have the money yet.”
The D street centers are expected
to be opened early in May, she said.
Bids for remodeling of two nearby
houses on North Carolina avenue.
Miss Pearse added, are to be re
ceived on Monday. These two loca
tions together will be able to house
about 110 children and a health
clinic, she said, and probably will
be operating before the newly ap
proved 20 additional centers are
opened.
C'are for SCO.
The centers approved yesterday
are expected to be located mainly
on school grounds in areas where
working mothers “predominate.”
About 800 children will be cared for.
There are five nursery centers and
five day-care centers for white chil
dren and an equal provision for
colored children.
About 1.000 children already have
applied, she said, and many more
applications were coming in today.
Teachers also have been applying,
both for the paid educational posi
tions and for the volunteer helper
vacancies. According to Miss Bertha
E. Taylor, administrative assistant
j to the acting superintendent of
i schools, paid teachers must have
both educational training and teach
: ing experience for the program.
Volunteer personnel will not be held
so strictly to the educational stand
ards. she said.
All personnel for the centers is
being supervised by the Board of
Education. The board also decides
on the schools to be selected as
centers and is expected to vote on
this in two weeks.
Red Cross Gifts Continue;
Drive Nets $1,869,282
Contributions to the District Red
Cross War Fund campaign still are
being received at headquarters in
the United States Chamber of Com
merce Building and will be credited
through tomorrow to the official
1943 total.
A check for $347 was to be pre
sented to Otto S. Lund, chapter
i manager, at 4:15 pm. today by a
committee of students and teachers
of Woodrow Wilson High School.
This sum was realized from a
“Country Fair" held at the school
and is exclusive of its Junior Red
Cross collection.
Meanwhile, the United Hellenic.
Red Cross drive will continue until
it has reached the $10,000 quota
fixed by officials of the Greek or
ganization. Peter Sintetos said to
day. To date $5,400 has been raised.
Yesterday Nicholas P. Chaconas,
food shop proprietor at 1722 G street
N.W., turned over an additional $420
to the fund. It represented his total
receipts yesterday, plus $50 collected
from customers. It was Mr. Cha
conas' second contribution.
Through Wednesday the District
campaign had yielded $1,869,282. or
119.18 per cent of the $1,555,400
quota.
OPA Increases Prices
Of Potatoes and Onions
B> the Associated Press.
OPA today increased the May and.
| June prices on white potatoes 20
j cents a hundred pounds and dry
: onions 20 cents for 50 pounds over
! original schedules, saying the action
was necessary to spread out ship
ments during the late season and
discourage growers from trying to
sell off their crops before May.
Compared with current prices, the
increase will be 10 cents a hundred
pounds of potatoes or 50 pounds
of onions.
The increase was authorized on
prices charged by country shippers,
but wholesalers and jobbers are per
mitted to pass the extra costs on to
consumers.
Original schedules provided that
prices had to come down 10 cents a
. hundred pounds on white potatoes
; and a similar amount at 50 pounds
of dry onions after April. Instead,
prices will go up by the same amount,
making a net increase of 20 cents.
Hope Voiced for Big Crop
Of Fresh Vegetables
By the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department had
good news today for housewives who
have been experiencing difficulty in
getting fresh vegetables.
It said vegetable crops, after un
dergoing heavy losses from severe
freezes in Florida and other South
ern producing areas in late Febru
ary, are now improving rapidly.