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Patent Office Society Opposes Shifting of Unit to Gravelly Point The Patent Office Society, com posed of patent examiners, believes the removal of the divisions of the office now in Richmond, Va., to Temporary Building No. 7 at Grav elly t*oint will not be an adequate solution of the problems the office faces. The society is continuing to urge $he consolidation of all Patent Office units in the Commerce Build ing. The society has pointed out that the splitting of the Patent Office between Washington and Richmond has resulted in a large backlog of pending patent applications, a con dition which businessmen and patent, attorneys say has been a stumbling block in reconversion. Instead of returning the units in Richmond to the Commerce Build ing, Secretary of Commerce Wal lace announced on August 16 that space had been allotted in the temporary building at the Wash ington National Airport at Gravelly Point. Kalk Issues statement. Clarence A Kalk. president of the Patent Office Society, in a state ment published in the society’s journal and addressed to the readers of the publication, said: ’’Tire transfer of the Richmond units to Gravelly Point is regarded as temporary in character and as soon as space is available in the Commerce Building it is anticipated that all units will be consolidated in the quarters formerly occupied by the office. “While this temporary'’ arrange ment will remove some of the ob stacles to the orderly functioning of the office, many of our problems will not be solved until the organi zation is again housed in a single building. The efforts of the society, with your aid, will continue to be directed to this end.’’ Committee Is Critical. A special committee of the Pat ent Office Society said the move does not consolidate the Patent Office in Washington as the society advocated. An examining force w-hich should be intergrated still would be divided, the committee said, continuing: "The bringing of the Richmond divisions within 3‘2 miles of the Washington divisions will alleviate to an extent the difficulties by short ening the communication distance only. It is not units of the Patent Office that are separated but parts of an integrated unit that are sep arated, inasmuch as immediate ref erence and consultation between divisions is involved in applications for patents. “Similarly, all divisions must have convenient and frequent access to the office library facilities. * * * Also the additional move required for eventual consolidation in the Com merce Building will cause further interruption to production and add to the backlog of cases already pend ing before the office.” Truman Is Sent Protest. Charles M. Palmer New York patent attorney who also has an office in Washington, in a telegram to President Truman protested against the removal of the Rich mond units to Gravelly Point as “most impractical, inadvisable and unsound ” Mr. Palmer earlier had sent a tele gram to the President urging return of the Richmond divisions to Wash ington. and he sent the President a second message after the Gravelly Point plan was announced. The Patent Office, quarters in the Commerce Building were especially designed to meet the highly special ized needs of the office, he said, add ing: "The Richmond Patent Office unit should be restored to its old quarters in the Commerce Building at Wash ington where it belongs and as promised by the Secretary of Com merce time and time again. This should be done promptly and ex peditiously to promote business effi ciency, economy and for the gen eral welfare. "The Maritime Commission and other governmental departments should be shifted to the National Airport, but please restore the Rich mond Patent Office unit to its old quarters in the Commerce Building.” The Maritime Commission is the chief non-Commercp Department agency occupying space in the Com merce Building YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS VISIT CAPITAL—Three winners of traveling fellowships in fash ion design visited the information desk maintained in the lobby of the Star Building by the Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade to learn about points of interest yesterday. Pictured (left to right» are: Miss Bonnie Jo Suchy, Waco, Tex.; Miss Ursula Hirschfeld. New York City; Miss Anne McMillen Kinsey, Bloomington, Ind., and Miss Mary Ruth Purdue, information clerk._ —Star Staff Photo. Fashion Probers Find D. C. Girls Are 'Short' on Long-Skirt Issue Will Washington girls accept the dictum of "fashion authorities” call ing for somewhat longer skirts? Well, maybe. The answer was not determined definitely at a forum yesterday in which the question was asked of an ambassadors daughter, four Government girls and one repre senting private industry. Propound ing this and other queries concern ing clothes at the session in the State Department conference room were three young women holding itraveling fellowship awards in fash ion design from Charm Magazine. I "What do you think of the new longer dresses?” ; "I don't like them.” one of those questioned answered promptly. There were a few negative head shakes and no open indorsements. “Well, how about just a little longer for the dressier things?” Not Letting Down, Perhaps, in some cases, depending on the dress and the girl, was the general tenor of the replies. It was evident none present were engaged currently in a hem-letting-down protect. Tlie travelers learned with inter est that Government employes could use annual leave in small amounts, such as a few hours for a shopping excursion. In general, the local girls told their interviewers business girls here did not follow any fixed pat terns in dress; that they liked suits at some times, dresses at others; that some girls wore high heels. ,others flat shoes;- that thev wore fur coats in the winter; that they found the cost of living rising ahead of their salary increases but that they were able to save a little. Take Extensive Notes. The delegates, Miss Bonnie Jo Suchv of Waco. Tex.. Miss Ursula Hirschfeld of New York City and Miss Anne McMillen Kinsey of Bloomington. 111., took extensive notes on these revelations, i Tire Washington girls admitted that the likes and dislikes of men were taken into consideration when shopping for clothes but said they boldly flew in the face of male de rision in the matter of hats. When it was suggested by one of the visitors, they agreed men probably didn’t dislike the headgear as much as they pretended. 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Following the forum, the Charm representatives visited the informa tion desk of the Greater National Capital Committee in the lobby of the Star Building. The State Department did not in dorse any of the view' expressed in the forum. It merely provided the hall. Dr. Paul Douglass to Speak At Gallinger Graduation Dr. Paul Douglass, president of American University, will deliver the baccalaureate address to mem-1 bers of the graduating class of the; Capital City School of Nursing of! Gallinger Hospital at 4 p.m. today! in the Medical Building at the hospital. The address will precede the 40th annual commencement exercises for 37 graduates of the nursing school, to be held at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday; at Eliot Junior High School, at which Dr. Walter Hager, president of Wilson Teachers’■ College, will! deliver the address. Dr. Alvin R. Sweeney, Gallinger ’superintendent. will preside at | Tuesday's exercises. Music will be provided by the Navy Band. Miss Beatrice E. Ritter, director of nurs-! ing, will introduce candidates for: diplomas and the school pin award, which will be presented by Com missioner Guy Mason. Jacqualin Brandt and Ann E Burroughs, both of Washington, and Estelle Marie Harris of Capital Heights. Md . are District area girls among candidates for diplomas USES Gets Jobs for 762,000 In July for Postwar High By the Associated Press The Government’s Employment Service found jobs for 762.000 per sons In July, a pC6twar high and 135.000 more than June. Not all the job placement rush was due to the normal summer sea son labor demand. Robert C. Good-! win. director of the United States Employment Service, said in report ing these figures that nonagricul t.ural placements increased 10 per cent. Mr. Goodwin reported new job ap plications in July were only 808,000J the lowest for any month since V-J( lay. The job placements included veterans, 12.300 of them1 disabled. 715 WACs Leave U. S. For Duty in Germany By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—A contin gent of 715 WACs, administrative and supply personnel for the Army in Germany, boarded the transport George Washington today to sail for Bremerhaven. Lt. Col. Mary A. Hallaren. WAC deputy director, said it was the largest group of WACs ever sent j overseas from New York. Testimony of Admiral Closes Prosecution's Case Against Lt. Sima By th* Associated Pros: ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 24—With the testimony of 36 witnesses completed the prosecution rested today in the trial of Lt. William R. Sima., sr.. suspended Naval Academy band leader, capping its case with evi dence given bv the Academy's su perintendent,, Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch. Lt. Sima, accusedybefore a court martial of perjury, inefficiency, gambling, neglect of duty and viola tion of various naval regulations, will open his defense Monday. The last prosecution testimony" dealt, as has much of the evidence throughout the week, with the much, - discussed all - night party whicHl Lt. Sima and members of his family attended February 10 in the quarters of Walter W. Rollins, col ored steward who is under a two year prison sentence. jvi’iiuin ftds Vdiiru. Rollins, convicted of adultery with a white woman, theft, gambling and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline, was not. called as a prosecution witness. Whether he will appear for the defense was un determined. Admiral Fitch told the court over determined defense objection that Lt. Sima made a statement admit ting he attended the party. The statement was given to the admiral on February 12 after the bandleader had been called to the superintendent's office and advised he was being placed under arrest pending investigation. Read Report to Sima. Admiral Fitch said he had re ceived a written report concerning “certain irregularities” and read the report to Lt. Sima, at the same time saying he desired a statement from the bandleader. Such a statement was prepared, Admiral Fitch said, but a defense objection delayed reading of it. De fense Counsel Hilary Gans argued that a “desire" on the part of the Admiral was the same as an order and, therefore, the statement was not voluntary. Ihe court overruled the objection. The Admiral then read the Sima statement in which the lieutenant said that on the night of February 10 he and his party at the North Severn Officers Club were invited by Rollins, “who always had been courteous to me tSimai and my family, to his quarters for sand wiches and coffee ” The group had had “a few high balls,” the statement added, “and CANVAS Articles Mode, Repaired by PROCTER EX. 9797 EDUCATIONAL._ EDUCATIONAL. ST. STEPHEN’S SCHOOL FOR BOYS f 2405 Russell Rd. 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Indications point to another season of scarcity in men’s clothing ... but it needn’t bother YOU after you ve seen BRUCE HI NT. Remember— clothes ordered NOWr—will be ready by Fall! ■■IBMMMMMMMMB For your immediate needs NEW DAILY ARRIVALS IN READY-TO-WEAR * SUITS and TOPOATS __ HEADS CHEST DRIVE—Mrs Albert W. Walker, Westmore land Hills, Md., has been ap pointed chairman* of the Montgomery County Com munity Chest drive which will be conducted during October and November. An active worker with the organization since 1934, Mrs. Walker also is a member of the Mont gomery County Welfare Board. did )iot realize the time was getting so lata." None knew that it was daylight outside until they left, the statement said, because no light came into Rollins' room. Ida Williams, colored barmaid at the North Severn Club, testified that on the morning of February 11 she served six breakfasts in Rollins' quarters. She said that no one paid for them or signed a chit. One of the specifications accuses Lt. Sima of defrauding the Government of $2. the price of the breakfasts. Returning to charges that Lt. Sima permitted incompetent men to remain in his band, the prose cution called Captain Walter G Ebert, assistant commandant, of midshipmen since January, Capt. Ebert said that Lt. Sima had never made any complaint to him con cerning incompetent bandsmen. Small Asks Big Industries To Speed Freight Unloading # Associated Pres* Civilian Production Administra tor Small yesterday asked big in dustrial firms to help break the freight car bottleneck by unloading cars quickly and not. letting them stand untouched over Friday and Saturdav. The letters, sent to firms whose receipts total 80 per cent of all carloadings, said new cars are slow In production and the only hope for improvement at present is through mow efficient use of exist ing roiling stock. 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