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A Fool of a Lieutenant! HE WAS CAUGHT TRYING TO SAVE BLINDED MAN By NEWBOLD NOYES. Jr., ] St»r War Correspondent WITH THE 5TH ARMY IN ITALY (By Wireless).—"Lt. Brown is a fool.'* said the captain. “He is nothing but a damned fool.” “He was one of our communica- tions officers last year when we were in the Minturno sector of this same Garigliano front. They borrowed one of his radiomen to go out with a patrol. Well, the patrol ran into trouble." The c a p t ain there told how the r a d i oman was wounded and blinded dur- ing the ensuing action, in which half the patrol was lost. The other fellows started carrying him back, but were unable to Newbold Noyes, get him across a creek which lay in their path—less than 100 yards from the enemy lines. They had told the boy the stretcher bearers would come and pick him up and then they left him alone in the night, on Jhe bank of the creek. The captain lit a cigarette, spat out the loose tobacco, and went on. “So what happened? They come in and make their report. Brown is standing there in the command post and he hears that they had to leave this boy of his behind. The colonel says it is too hot out there to send a party after the boy, whith was right, of course, seeing what happened to the patrol. Before anybody knows what is happen- ing, Brown walked out the door. That's the last anybody ever saw him. He didn't even take his gun. He just went out after that kid by himself, and never came back.” The captain took off his helmet and thoughtfully rubbed the top of his head. "What he thought he was going i to do I don’t know. If those oth- ers couldn't get the boy across that j stream, he must have known he i couldn’t. Maybe he just wanted to keep him company.” Some asked the captain if he thought the lieutenant and the wounded boy might have been cap- tured. ‘‘Probably were.” said the captain. ‘‘No shots were fired up there and when a patrol went out next day there was no sign of either of them.” The captain threw his cigarette on the ground and stamped on it. “I knew Brownie a long time,” he said. “He and my girl and I used to go around together a lot back home. Best piano player you ever heard. Sometimes the two of us would dance all night while he played boogie-woogie. She and I could drink just about the same amount and stay sober, but he al- ways got tight before we did, so when it came time to go home we always had to prop him up between us. He used to claim we took a spoonful of olive oil before we went out with him, so we could keep sober, but we never did. He just didn't drihk as much as us.” The captain looked at the ground for a minute, frowning. Then he put his helmet back on. “Yeah,” he said. “I figure Browmie is probably captured. Just like him to go and pull a damned fool trick like that.” Petroleum Supplies Next Winter to Be 'Tight/ Ickes Warns Situation on East Coast Improved, But Doesn't Help Civilian Outlook Motorists and homeowners had notice today that next winter's petroleum supplies will be “very tight” and that shortages in some types of coal will occur. Secretary of Interior Ickes re- ported yesterday that, although the Atlantic seaboard petroleum supply situation is better than at any time since the war, it will not mean more supplies for civilians. "We must supply the military forces with all the products they re- quire to conduct their overseas activities without worrying about petroleum supplies,” Mr. Ickes de- clared in the weekly East Coast petroleum supply bulletin. Must Build Civilian Stocks. “We must build all civilian stocks as high as possible, so that when the real push begins overseas— which means that greater and greater quantities of oil will be diverted to the military—we will have enough stocks on hand to carry us through the next winter when supplies will be very tight.” Every available means of trans- portation is being usetr by the petroleum industry to ship crude oil and petroleum products into the East Coast in anticipation of in- creasing demands “from all quar- ters,” Mr. Ickes said. Commenting on coal supplies, Mr. Ickes said production and require- ment trends clearly point to a shortage of certain solid fuels for domestic use next winter. At the same time, he called on the retail coal industry to shoulder its re- sponsibilities in the program for equitable distribution of coal sup- plies. Area committees Named. In connection with the program, Mr. Ickes has appointed area ad- visory committees whose job will be “to assist consumers who themselves are unable to obtain solid fuels and who are in emergency need.” The local area Advisory Commit- tee is composed of Charles H. St. John of Griffith Consumers Co.. A. P. Brown of Rinaldi Coal Co., Fen- ton M. Fadeley of Fadeley & Co Fred Hessick of W. H. Hessick & Son and Arthur C. Romhilt of American Ice Co. Draft Board Reclassifies Editor Rives Matthews 1-A Special Dispatch to The Star. PRINCESS ANNE, Md„ May 5 — Rives Matthew's, editor and publish- er of the Somerset News here, who was defeated for the Republican senatorial nomination earlier this week, was reclassified 1-A by his local draft board today. Mr. Matthew's, who was 37 last March, said he had not decided whether he would appeal his change in status. For the last 18 months, he has been in class 2-A for ‘'essen- tial” civilians. If he is drafted, he said, his weekly new-spaper would be forced to suspend publication. Under present procedure, however, the emphasis is on calling men under 26 years of age. The country editor first achieved public notice when he was arrested on a criminal libel charge last June after he published stories revealing a trip made to Georgia by State Controller J. Millard Tawes in a State-owned car during a period when pleasure driving was banned. The libel charge was dropped last month. Senate Committee Backs Ptea for Censorship Probe By the Associated Press. The Senate Post Office Committee yesterday recommended Senate ap- proval of a resolution by Senator Reed, Republican, of Kansas call- ing for a broad investigation of war- time censorship, including any “un- authorized disclosure of informa- tion” through censorship. The resolution, which now goes to the Senate, was introduced by Senator Reed after Miss Vivian Kellems, Connecticut war plant op- erator, charged that mail and cen- sorship regulations had been vio- lated by publication of excerpts from correspondence between her and Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz at Buenos Aires. Miss Kellems made the mail- tampering charge after Representa- tive Coffee, Democrat, of Washing- ton read during a House speech portions of letters he said she had written to Count von Zedlitz, whom he described as a “Nazi agent.” Ashworth Denies Curb On Milk Deliveries From Frederick County All Scarlet Fever Cases Removed From Farms; Ruhland Pledges Care Reports that milk deliveries from Frederick County, Md„ might be curtailed here because of an increase in the number of scarlet fever cases, are without foundation, Dr. Reid R. Ashworth, director of the Dis- trict Bureau of Food Inspection, said today. Dr. Ashworth added that he saw no possibilities of such action in the future. County health officers, he explained, always immediately re- move scarlet fever patients from dairy farms. Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer, assured the Washing- ton public “that it will take no risk in the purchase of milk,” emphasiz- ing that “pasteurization is the pub- lic’s final guarantee of pure milk.” Dairy Farms Checked. He pointed out that Washington had a field service to check health situations at dairy farms. Milk will be barred, however, he added, from farms where there are scarlet fever cases which have not been isolated. Dr. Elmer C. Kefauver, Frederick County h**lth officer, Wednesday reported a new wave of scarlet fever, particularly among school children’ Dr. Kefauver said the number of cases was rising. Health authorities in the Metro- politan Area reported 34 new cases of scarlet fever yesterday, bringing the total since January 1 to 4,227. 1 Of these the District has 23 new cases, with 490 under quarantine, bringing the year's total to 2.821. Three Cases in Arlington. Three new cases were listed in Arlington County, bringing the total to 240, while Fairfax reported five new cases and a total of 144. Two n°w cases in Montgomery County brought that total to 538 and Prince Georges County reported one new. with a total of 323 cases. No new cases were reported in Alexandria, whose total for the year is 116. Thirty-six new cases of measles were reported in the Metropolitan Area yesterday, of which 29 were listed in the District, to bring its total since the first of the year to 2.148. One new case was reported in Alexandria, whose total is 562. while Prince Georges County listed six new cases and a total of 248. WASPS’ Inclusion in Army Is Proposed by Stimson By the Associated Press. Secretary of War Stimson said yesterday the Army proposes to militarize the Women's Airforce j Service Pilots—the ‘'WASPS”—by commissioning women pilots already qualified and providing for women aviation cadets. The WASPS, used by the air forces as ferry pilots, are civilian employes, and Mr. Stimson said the War Department believes they should be subject to the same discipline and regulations as other AAF pilots and receive the same benefits and privileges. Mr. Stimson added that neither I the present organization nor its I militarization would keep out of the j air forces a single qualified instruc- tor or partially trained student from the recently disbanded Civil Aero- nautics Administration's civilian pilot training program. Termination of the civilian train- ing program resulted in the release of approximately 5.000 trainees and enlisted reservist instructors. Sub- sequently, complaints were made that the 615 instructors were unable to find jobs while the Army con- tinued to use WASPS for flying work. There have been 19 WASPS | fatalities, 8 in training and 11 "on j active duty," Mr. Stimson said. Girl Bicyclist Injured Shirley Mae Thomas, 15, colored, 1238 Stevens road S.E., was admitted to Gallinger Hospital today with a possible skull fracture after she lost control of a bicycle near her home ! ar“d fell to the pavement, striking her head, police reported. Save This Newspaper Many paper milLs are shut- ting down for lack of waste paper to convert into cartons for Army and Navy supplies shipped overseas. Every pound of old newspapers and maga- zines is needed. Telephone your nearest school or notify some school child in your' block to have your paper picked up. WASHINGTON NEWS WASHINGTON, D. C. — ••••?* s 4H * Wyt Jbeniitg SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1944. B **« I Budget Hearing Explores Water Office Efficiency Most Rents Can Be Collected, Officials Tell House Unit By DON S. WARREN. Progress being made by District officials in reorganizing the staff and system in the Water Registrar’s Of- fice was explored today by the House District Appropriations Subcommit- tee as it considered fund requests for the next fiscal year for the Wa- ter Department and the Washing-' ton Aqueduct, among the last items on the budget schedule. Difficulties in billing and collect- ing water rent have been outlined in detail in several official reports and studies for the last few years, including a lengthy set of recom- mendations submitted to the Com- missioners by a committee headed by Corporation Counsel Richmond B. Keech. It was brought out during testi- mony by Raymond B. Ward, the new water registrar who took office recently as a first step in the reor- ganization plan, that water rents totaling about $430,000 have not been collected, but District officials told the subcommittee, which is headed by Representative Coffee, Democrat, of Washington, they be- lieved virtually all of thp old bills can be collected. The subcommittee also was told that District officials had been ad- vised by the Office of Controller General Warren that the District could hold either the owner or the tenant of a buiding responsible for water bills. Discuss Division of Authority. The division of authority between the District Commissioners and the District Engineers Office of the War Department over the District water service, with the Federal agency controlling the water sup- ply and the District government the distribution system, also was dis- cussed. Citizens’ spokesmen will be given opportunity Monday to outline their ideas on the budget, under plans an- nounced by Mr. Coffee. If neces- sary, a second day will be granted for them. The end of the parade of officials testifying on items in the $67,000,000 budget was expected to be reached by tonight with the needs of the militia, National Capital Park* and the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission scheduled for at- tention. During the afternoon also, Welfare Director Ray L. Huff was to be recalled for examination on com- plaints made recently by Mr. Warren. After the transcript of the hear- ings is printed, the subcommittee will mark up the District appropria- tion bill later next week* Coffee said, and the ifaeasure may be ready for submission to the full Appro- priations Committee and to the House the following week. Sewer Officials Criticized. Sewer Department officials were criticized yesterday for having ship- ped a five-year supply of sludge from the District sewage treatment plant to the Occoquan Workhouse for use as fertilizer. Warren protested the amount was so large it constituted a “health menace.” It was brought out, Mr. Coffee reported, that the railroad trans- portation of the material has been costing the District about $40,000 a year and that the fertilizer was sent there because no other place for it had been found. In some later esti- mates, District officials said they would seek an appropriation of be- tween $300,000 and $500,000 for in- stallation of a dehydration system to lessen the weight of the material, so as to make its transportation more economical. Elwood Johnson, sewer engineer, was admonished to find other outlets for the material. Stefan Makes Protest. Representative Stefan, Repub- lican, of Nebraska, ranking minority member of the subcommittee, pro- tested that it was unfair to District taxpayers to permit the Navy to obtain free the sewer gas developed in the sewage treatment plant oper- ation. for use at the Bellevue hous- ing development, for heating pur- poses. Mr. Stefan was told the average quantities produced had a value of about $15 a day. Mr. Johnson was admonished to follow the example of the District Refuse Division in the sale of sal- vageable material. Reports on that division’s operations showed it was garnering for the District about $65,000 a year from salvage and sale of tin cans, metals and other mate- rials. Its superintendent, William A. Xanten, was praised by the subcom- mittee for his program, Mr. Coffee said. U. S. Worker Sponsors Ship Mrs. Prances S. Cassady of the field inspection office. Bureau of Ships, yesterday sponsored the land- ing ship, tank LST 564, at the Mis- souri Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, Ind, Mrs. Cassady lives at 6 C, Ridge road, Greenbelt. Md. She has been a Navy Department employe for 23 years. Extensive Gain In Postwar Jobs For Women Seen Many New Fields Will Open Up, Institute Told Optimistic predictions on postwar opportunities for women in the field of housing, city planning and retail- ing were made today before a con- ference of educational and business leaders held at the Mayflower Hotel, under auspices of the Institute of Women’s Professional Relations. A plea for well-trained personnel to fill gaps in the teaching profes- sion, caused by large-scale shifts of educators into other fields, also was made. Women architects and interior decorators will be in great demand during the housing boom antici- pated after the war, according to Seward Mott, director of the Land Planning Division of the Federal Housing Administration. i raining Necessary. Mr. Mott said women will have excellent opportunities in the field of city planning, but emphasized that specialized training would be necessary in this field. A large number of positions in retailing will be open to either men or women after the war, it was fore- cast by Bishop Brown of the retail training department of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh. Mr. Brown predicted many married women now in the field would quit after the war and that a number of return- ing servicemen previously employed in retailing would not return to their jobs. Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Maryland State commissioner of education, told the conference that a large pro- portion of teachers had left their jobs for new opportunities with higher salaries and he did not be- lieve 25 per cent of them would re- turn. It will be four or five years or more before ‘‘a dent” will be made in replacing those who have left, he said. Opportunities Outlined. Dr. Allen W. Freeman, professor of public health administration at Johns Hopkins University, said there would be greater opportunity for women in public health service after the war. Technical qualifications in such fields as welfare and medicine will be of more value than language training in the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the conference was told by Roy F. Hendrickson, deputy director general of the UNRRA Bu- reau of Supply. Mr. Hendrickson said the organization has received about 30,000 applications for em- ployment though at present time it has a personnel of only a few hun- dred. A number of women are in key positions and there is no policy in the organization that favors or discriminates against women, he said* That women have won important footholds in fields of chemistry, aviation and radio, not open to them before the war, was the opinion of several speakers who addressed the conference yesterday. Declaring women have definitely proved their ability in aircraft pro- duction, R. Randall Irwin, assistant to the vice president of Lockheed Aircraft Corp., asserted there was no Indication men would be given preferential treatment in postwar employment policies, except in the case of returning veterans. The rule of equal pay for equal work has always prevailed in the aircraft industry, he added. Senators to Decline Bid To Visit Parliament By th* Associated Press. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has decided that a British invitation to members of Congress to visit Parliament must be declined with regret. The decision was made after a discussion of a busy summer sched- ule which includes a series of con- gressional investigations, party con- ventions, primaries and the general election. Chairman Connally said he will draft a formal resolution expressing the Senate’s thanks and asserting it will not be practical to send a delegation at this time. Memorial Fund Will Be Collected By Firemen Sergt. Alvin E. Davis, president of Local 36 of the International Asso- ciation of Fire Fighters, said today he would appoint a committee to solicit funds among firemen in order to raise sufficient money to decorate firemen's graves on May 30. Sergt. Davis said he would not only seek to make up this year's deficit for the memorial fund, but hopes to make arrangements tor continuing the program in the com- ing years. The custom of decorating firemen’s graves has been in effect approximately 50 years, and was to be abandoned because of the poor response to monthly assessments. AFTER THE BIDDING WAS OVER—At a bond auction this morning at McKinley High School the winners are shown with Corpl. Alfred L. Martin, now convalescing at Walter Reed Hospital. Highest bidders (left to right) are Frances Gelb. with a Shirley Temple charm bracelet for which she paid $500; Kenneth Lee. with pipe belonging to Bing Crosby, which went for $600, and Barbara Ellis, with her $750 Walt Disney original. —Star Staff Photo. Proctor Lauds Bar For Aiding Success Of Pretrial System Plan Hailed for Speeding Civil Cases; Judicial Session Nears End Loyal support of attorneys has helped make the pretrial system here a success and the District a leader in that system, Justice James M. Proctor declared today at the final open session of the fourth annual judicial circuit conference in the Court of Appeals Building. Justice Proctor praised the way in which the system has helped ex- pedite trial of civil cases here. He spoke from the floor after Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina, senior circuit judge of the 4th circuit, had discussed the general subject of pretrial procedure. Jus- tice Proctor defended the manner in which trials are handled and took issue with a statement made earlier by Chief Justice D. Law- rence Groner of the Court of Ap- peals to the effect that trials take longer here than in some othef jurisdictions. Justice David A. Pine said the pretrial plan has worked 100 pet cent here and both he and Judge Parker emphasized that often eases are settled in pretrial court, actual trial unnecessary. Others scheduled to speak on phases of pretrial procedure in- clude Alvin L. Newmyer, Latter Wood, Lawrence Koenigsberger, Justice James W. Morris, H. Mason Welch, Edmund L. Jones, A1 Philip Kane, and Justice BoHtha J. Laws. The conference was scheduled to close an executive session this aft- ernoon, to be attended only by judges. The topic was to be "Work- ing Relations Between the Admin- istrative Office, the District Courts, the Circuit Courts and the Confer- ence of Senior Circuit Judges.” Judge John Biggs, jr„ of Delaware, senior judge of the 3d circuit, was to speak at the executive session this afternoon. A second preliminary draft of new rules of criminal procedure, drawn up by an advisory committee named by the Supreme Court and to be submitted later to that tribunal, was discussed at length at a session late yesterday afternoon at which Attorney William E. Leahy presided. Because many details are under consideration in connection with the proposed rules, the session voted to meet again at a date to be ^decided, later. Earl W. Shinn Heads Washington Lions Club Earl W. Shinn was elected presi- dent of the Washington Lions Club at the 23d annual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel this week. Others elected were George H. Ward, first vice president; George L. Haines, second vice president; W. Frank Stickle, third vice president; Randolph W. Myers, secretary; Vergne W. Potter, treasurer; Man- ning Dyer, lion tamer, and Lewis Bailey, tail twister. Fire Razes 6 Buildings, Routs 12 Elkton Families By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md,, May 5.—Twelve families of war workers, routed yes- terday by a fire w’hich razed six buildings, were housed in Govern- ment dormitories today. Ignited by an oil stove explosion in a three-story apartment house, the fire burned the building, a garage and four smaller dwellings, all owned by John Powell of Elkton. Walt Disney's Original Drawing Nets $750 at School Bond Rally Sales at McKinley High Total $4,000; Greer Garson Photo Brings $4.50 Going, going, gone-. The auc- tioneer’s hammer knocked down a colored Walt Disney original from the movie short, "Society Dog Show,” for $730. The buyer at this morn- ing’s bond rally, sponsored by the McKinley High School student cit- izenship council was Barbara Ellis, 15, of 4010 Ninteenth street N.E. In an auditorium filled to capacity, bidding got off to a slow start, but the morning s sales totaled nearly $4,000. "Here is—Who is this gorgeous creature?” asked Art Brown, radio entertainer, displaying a picture of Greer Garson. "Mrs. Miniver. But she didn’t look like this!” “Two bits,” came a male voice from the gallery. “Pour bits, six bits, a buck,” came in rapid succes- sion. Photo Sells for $4.50. The offer of a buck was followed by excited applause and whistles. Greer Garson went for $4.50. The auctioneer held up a double strand of pearls. The bidding was spirited, starting at $10. Increasing at $50 a throw, the necklace went for $600. The purchaser was a young Chi- nese student, Kenneth Lee, 1518 North Capitol street, who told the group: "I have a few relatives over there and I lost a few close friends six months ago. 2 felt it was time to do my duty. I hope you will do yours.” Half an hour later he bid $450 | and won a pipe belonging to Bing Crosby, personally autographed. “Nylon hose,” called the auc- tioneer. ‘What size?” came a feminine chorus. • “Nine and a half," said the auc- tioneer. Girls giggled and squaled with delight. Bidding started at $75 and ended at $225. The purchaser, incidentally, was a girl. £racelet Brings $500. According to the way things were going, a Jack Benny radio script, broadcast on April 16, went for $100. Shirley Temple's charm bracelet did better. It went to Frances Gelb, 16, 1556 Third street N.W., for $500. Receiving the longest round of applause and whistles was a young veteran of the Tunisian and Italian campaigns, Corpl. Alfred L. Martin of Hayes, Kans, “I really was surprised to hear your bidding here this morning. It shows you are really back of the boys,” he said. Wearing the Silver Star and Purple Heart, he briefly recounted his war experiences. Later he presented corsages auc- tioned off to three girls. “I seem to be out of things,” the master of ceremonies said at last. “Your tie, your tie,” came from every corner of the room. The bidding started again and the flashy red and black tie drew an offer of $150. It rapidly changed necks—to Billy Binswanger, leader of the McKinley Jazz Orchestra. “You’ve still got a shirt,” another enthusiast shouted. The auctioneer kept it. Military Engineers Elect Admiral Waesche Head Vice Adpural Russell R. Waesche, Coast Guard commandant, has been elected president of the So- ciety of American Military Engi- neers, it was announced to- day. The so- ciety will hold its annual busi- ness meeting at 12:30 p.m. Mon- day at the May- flower Hotel. Other Wash- ington men elected are Gen. W. H. Rose, spe- cial assistant to the deputy chief of engine ers, vice president, and Rear Admi- Admirml Waesche. ral Lewis B. Combs, assistant to' the chief of the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, a director. Winners of the Gold Medal and Toulmin Medal Awards for 1943 will be announced at the meeting. The society membership is com- posed of Army and Navy personnel and civilians engaged in promoting the efficiency of the American mili- tary engineer services. There now are approximately 26.000 members. /V-Mail' From Soldiers To Go All the Way by Air By the Associated Press. Representative Sunstrom, Repub- lican, of New Jersey, announced today that after May 15 “V-mail” from servicemen overseas will go all the way by air. “V-mail” now is shipped only part of the way by air. Mr. Sundstrom had urged that the War Department speed up the “V- mail” in this manner, at the sug- gestion of his brother-in-law, Lt. 'Will B. Johnstone, jr., U. S. M C. Introducing the Weatherman Who Forecast Moonlight Things are different at the ! Weather Bureau these davs. Not | the weather, naturally. But the | weatherman. He is Donald Cameron, who be- came meteorologist in charge of the weather station at National Airport on May 1, and got off to an impres- sive start when he predicted moon- light for last night. He was right, too. Now, there may not be anything especially remarkable about some one coming up to you on the street ! and telling you there will be moon- ; light tonight. But when the ; weatherman says so, something’s going on. Weathermen don't talk like that ordinarily. So maybe you will be relieved to know that everything is all right. They have not taken to predicting rain on the strength of bunion paias or the directions in which the black- birds are flying. Everything is the same—except Mr. Cameron. "What we want to do,” said Mr. DONALD CAMERON. —Star Staff Photo. Cameron, ‘is to give the public weather information a little bit more like they discuss the weather when they talk over the back fence to their neighbors. Of course, we haven’t much space to work in, be- cause the weather box is pretty small, but we're going to humanize it the best we can." What’s more, said the new weatherman, who is 39 and still a bachelor, the Weather Bureau is going to stick its neck out a little more often. “Suppose we know s ral days in advance that the week r.nd is going to be nice and bright,” he said. “We’re just about as sure of it as we can possibly be. Why, then we'll say so—right out. None of tins "partly cloudy” stuff to protect us in case something goes wrong.” Unfortunately. Mr. Cameron said, he can’t be sure about the coming week end. He’d like to say the sun is going to shine and the days will be balmy, but he says the instru- ments tell him that something a bit dreary is blowing in out of the West. Another revolutionary policy: Mr. Cameron is going to admit he's wrong just as soon as he knows he’s wrong. No hedging. "The art of weather forecasting,’’ he said, “is still too lax in a lot of refinements to make it perfect.’’ For instance, a few days ago he predicted rain because it looked like rain. Then something happened in the atmosphere and there began to be some doubt, so he said simply: "Little or no rain.” Later, when he was sure he had been wrong the first time, he just switched the forecast completely and said it wasn't going to rain. Mr. Cameron got into the weather business at 17 in Hartford, Conn. Since then he's been in bureaus in 14 different States throughout the Country. He came to Washington in 1938 and stayed three years. Then he was sent to Chicago. In 1942 he came back to the weather station here at Twenty-fourth and M streets N.W., where he stayed until he and his moonlight were sent to the airport. Women Ask Retrial In Hopkins Case 3 Separate Motions Filed On Behalf of Defendants Three separate motions for a new trial were filed in District Court to- day in behalf of the seven women convicted last Tuesday of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act in connec- tion with the Hopkins Institute case. The petitions charged the jury's verdict of guilty against all of the defendants was "contrary to the evi- dence” presented at the trial by Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly. The petition also contended that Mr. Fihelly’s closing remarks to the jury were '‘prej- udicial” to the seven women. One motion, filed by Attorneys James K. Hughes and T. Emmett McKenzie, was in behalf of Florence White. Miss White charged the court erred in denying her a bill of particulars. Another petition, filed by Attor- ney Saul Lichtenberg for Kay Rich- ards Ferreola and Irene Vinson, maintained visiting Justice Arthur Lederle was in error when he neglected to tell the jury that the two defendants were “victims” of the conspiracy and should be ac- quitted. The third motion, filed by Attor- neys M. Edward Buckley, jr„ and Levi H. David, was for Wilma Graham, Nancy Parr. Mildred Callis Stevens and Ann Henley. These four defendants also charged that the court erred when it admitted certain evidence offered bv the Gov- ernment and rejected evidence of- fered by the defense. Congress Asked to Raise Special Delivery Rate By tht Associated Press. The Post Office Department asked Congress yesterday to raise the 10- cent special delivery rate to 14 cents for first-class mail weighing 2 pounds or less. Requesting the increase, Charles A. Heiss- special consultant to the Postmaster General, told the House Post Office Committee the depart- ment has been losing about 3 cents on each piece of special delivery mail. A 10-month survey by the Post Office Department, Mr. Heiss said, had disclosed a loss of more than $3,000,000 on 127.000,000 special de- liveries. The post office spokesman said the proposed increase would place special delivery service on a self-sustaining basis. New Spinach Harvester BELLFLOWER, Calif. (^.—Farm- ers in this area are harvesting a record crop of- spinach, faster and with fewer men. by means of an ingenious harvester attached to a tractor. Three of the growers, who fashioned the machine, say it has reduced their crews from 50 a day to 15 or 30. Report on Fire Menace Mislaid By Inspector Error Is Blamed For Failure to Recheck Apartment By JOSEPH YOUNG. An oversight by a building de- partment inspector, who visited the Nebraska Apartments in December and found the building lacked nec- essary fireproof equipment, resulted in failure to re-inspect the building since that time, it was learned to- day. A woman was fatally burned when fire swept the building 13 days ago. Building inspectors previously had found the building lacked fireproof- ing for doors and the dumbwaiter shaft and needed repairs. Under normal procedure, the building was to be inspected again in January and if the changes were not made an application for an apartment li- cense would be denied. Inadvertently, the December in- spection report of the building was mislaid by the inspector and no further check was made. As a re- sult the operator’s application for a license was not denied and still is pending. No Action Taken. No disciplinary action has been taken against the inspector, Col. John W. Oehmann, director of in- spection, said today. Col. Oehmann said he was satisfied the inspector had made a “regrettable but hu- man mistake.” A revision of the District building code to clarify the responsibility of apartment and rooming house own- ers and operators for providing necessary fire safety equipment and repairs was urged today by Assist- ant Corporation Counsel Edward W. Thomas, prosecutor of rooming and apartment house violations. He made his recommendation after a coroner s inquest revealed that a bitter dispute had developed between the building’s owners and the operator over the responsibility of providing the needed fire safety repairs. At the time of the fire, neither party had made the repairs, the inquest was told. Law Called Confusing. Mr. Thomas said a clearer defi- nition of the criminal liability for failure to comply with fire regula- tions would end much confusion existing among building owners and operators. He pointed out that most rooming houses were run by persons renting the building from the owner. The section of the code states that responsbility rests with “the owner entitled to the beneficial use, rental or control of any building more than three stories in height, constructed 6r intended to be used as an apartment house or rooming house.” According to the language of the provisions, Mr. Thomas said, it is not made clear whether the “owner” referred to is the property owner or the operator of the build- ing who has rented the premises. The prosecutor pointed out that either meaning could be read into the provision. Mr. Thomas said his office had operated in the past under the theory that both owner and opera- tor were jointly responsible and would continue to proceed under that interpretation. He said, how- ever. that it would be greatly bene- ficial to both his office and the owners and operators to have it stated clearly in the code that both parties are responsible. If this were done, he said, the parties involved would be obliged to reach some sort of agreement over taking care of needed fire safety construction. 41 District Men Sworn Into Armed Forces Among the 41 District men sworn into the armed forces yesterday were 21 for the Army. 19 for the Navy and 1 for the Marine Corps. The list follows: Army. Bolling, James B. Perry. William F. Bradley, Francis J. Ullman. Thomas B. Brennan. Martin J. Carrington. John Copsey. William F. Dent. Albert Cordani. Robert H. Gravette. Elmer F. Eskey, Joseph G. Haight, Floyd S Gresham. William F. Plummer, Kermlt I. Hunter. Thomas W. Saunders. Thomas Kennedy, George G. Wynn, Archie Maresalco. N. W. Monroe, John H. Moore, Edward R. Nary. Hunt, Russell W. Sipple. John H. Gaist. Albert Carr, Joseph R. Drumheller. John N. Johnson. Clifford W. Libby. Vernon L. Thompson. Seth Harrell. James A. Julig. Charles F.. Jr. Isaacson. Milton Cotton. Eugene Robinson, Eugene Marcalus. Robert L. Hawkins, James A. Sweetman. W G. Bertolette, Calvin M. Frazier. Shirley Armstead. Calvin M Marine Corps. McAffrey, John H. Daily Rationing Reminders m Canned Foods, Etc.—Book No. 4, blue stamps A-8 through Q-8 good indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10 points. Meats, Fats, Etc.—All meats except beef steaks and roast beef now point-free. Red stamps A-8 through Q-8 continue good indefi- nitely for 10 points each. Red stamps R-8, S-8 and T-8 become valid Sunday, but no new red stamps will've validated until June 3. After Sunday 30 red stamps will be validated every four weeks instead of every two weeks. Points for Fats—Your meat dealer will pay two ration points for each pound of waste kitchen fats you turn in. The fact that lard, short- ening and cooking oils have been removed from the ration list does not mean fat collection is less essential. Shoes—Airplane stamps 1 and 2 in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for ojie pair of shoes each. Sugar—Book No. 4 stamps 30 and 31 valid for 5 pounds indefinitely. Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for 5 pounds for home canning through February 28, 1945. Gasoline—No. 9-A coupons good for 3 gallons throdfeh May 8. No. 10-A coupons become valid May 9. B-2, C-2, B-3 and C-3 coupons good for 5 gallons each. Fuel Oil—Periods No. 4 and 5 cou- pons good for 10 gallons per unit through August 31. Consum- ers in this area should not have used more than 97 per cent of their total yearly fuel oil ration aj of May 1.
Transcript of HE WAS CAUGHT TRYING Wyt Jbeniitg TO SAVE Fire · 2018. 10. 5. · colonel says it is too hot out...
A Fool of a Lieutenant!
HE WAS CAUGHT TRYING TO SAVE BLINDED MAN
By NEWBOLD NOYES. Jr., ] St»r War Correspondent
WITH THE 5TH ARMY IN ITALY (By Wireless).—"Lt. Brown is a
fool.'* said the captain. “He is nothing but a damned fool.”
“He was one of our communica- tions officers last year when we were in the Minturno sector of this same Garigliano front. They borrowed one
of his radiomen to go out with a
patrol. Well, the patrol ran into trouble."
The c a p t ain there told how the r a d i oman was wounded and blinded dur- ing the ensuing action, in which half the patrol was lost. The other fellows started carrying him back, but were unable to Newbold Noyes,
get him across a creek which lay in their path—less than 100 yards from the enemy lines. They had told the boy the stretcher bearers would come and pick him up and then they left him alone in the night, on Jhe bank of the creek.
The captain lit a cigarette, spat out the loose tobacco, and went on.
“So what happened? They come in and make their report. Brown is standing there in the command post and he hears that they had to leave this boy of his behind. The colonel says it is too hot out there to send a party after the boy, whith was right, of course, seeing what happened to the patrol. Before anybody knows what is happen- ing, Brown walked out the door.
That's the last anybody ever saw him. He didn't even take his gun. He just went out after that kid by himself, and never came back.”
The captain took off his helmet and thoughtfully rubbed the top of his head.
"What he thought he was going i to do I don’t know. If those oth- ers couldn't get the boy across that
j stream, he must have known he i couldn’t. Maybe he just wanted to keep him company.”
Some asked the captain if he thought the lieutenant and the wounded boy might have been cap- tured.
‘‘Probably were.” said the captain. ‘‘No shots were fired up there and when a patrol went out next day there was no sign of either of them.”
The captain threw his cigarette on the ground and stamped on it.
“I knew Brownie a long time,” he said. “He and my girl and I used to go around together a lot back home. Best piano player you ever
heard. Sometimes the two of us would dance all night while he played boogie-woogie. She and I could drink just about the same amount and stay sober, but he al- ways got tight before we did, so when it came time to go home we always had to prop him up between us. He used to claim we took a
spoonful of olive oil before we went out with him, so we could keep sober, but we never did. He just didn't drihk as much as us.”
The captain looked at the ground for a minute, frowning. Then he put his helmet back on.
“Yeah,” he said. “I figure Browmie is probably captured. Just like him to go and pull a damned fool trick like that.”
Petroleum Supplies Next Winter to Be 'Tight/ Ickes Warns
Situation on East Coast Improved, But Doesn't Help Civilian Outlook
Motorists and homeowners had notice today that next winter's petroleum supplies will be “very tight” and that shortages in some types of coal will occur.
Secretary of Interior Ickes re- ported yesterday that, although the Atlantic seaboard petroleum supply situation is better than at any time since the war, it will not mean more supplies for civilians.
"We must supply the military forces with all the products they re- quire to conduct their overseas activities without worrying about petroleum supplies,” Mr. Ickes de- clared in the weekly East Coast petroleum supply bulletin.
Must Build Civilian Stocks. “We must build all civilian stocks
as high as possible, so that when the real push begins overseas— which means that greater and greater quantities of oil will be diverted to the military—we will have enough stocks on hand to carry us through the next winter when supplies will be very tight.”
Every available means of trans- portation is being usetr by the petroleum industry to ship crude oil and petroleum products into the East Coast in anticipation of in- creasing demands “from all quar- ters,” Mr. Ickes said.
Commenting on coal supplies, Mr. Ickes said production and require- ment trends clearly point to a shortage of certain solid fuels for domestic use next winter. At the same time, he called on the retail coal industry to shoulder its re- sponsibilities in the program for equitable distribution of coal sup- plies.
Area committees Named. In connection with the program,
Mr. Ickes has appointed area ad- visory committees whose job will be “to assist consumers who themselves are unable to obtain solid fuels and who are in emergency need.”
The local area Advisory Commit- tee is composed of Charles H. St. John of Griffith Consumers Co.. A. P. Brown of Rinaldi Coal Co., Fen- ton M. Fadeley of Fadeley & Co Fred Hessick of W. H. Hessick & Son and Arthur C. Romhilt of American Ice Co.
Draft Board Reclassifies Editor Rives Matthews 1-A Special Dispatch to The Star.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md„ May 5 —
Rives Matthew's, editor and publish- er of the Somerset News here, who was defeated for the Republican senatorial nomination earlier this week, was reclassified 1-A by his local draft board today.
Mr. Matthew's, who was 37 last March, said he had not decided whether he would appeal his change in status. For the last 18 months, he has been in class 2-A for ‘'essen- tial” civilians. If he is drafted, he said, his weekly new-spaper would be forced to suspend publication. Under present procedure, however, the emphasis is on calling men under 26 years of age.
The country editor first achieved public notice when he was arrested on a criminal libel charge last June after he published stories revealing a trip made to Georgia by State Controller J. Millard Tawes in a State-owned car during a period when pleasure driving was banned. The libel charge was dropped last month.
Senate Committee Backs Ptea for Censorship Probe By the Associated Press.
The Senate Post Office Committee yesterday recommended Senate ap- proval of a resolution by Senator Reed, Republican, of Kansas call- ing for a broad investigation of war- time censorship, including any “un- authorized disclosure of informa- tion” through censorship.
The resolution, which now goes to the Senate, was introduced by Senator Reed after Miss Vivian Kellems, Connecticut war plant op- erator, charged that mail and cen- sorship regulations had been vio- lated by publication of excerpts from correspondence between her and Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz at Buenos Aires.
Miss Kellems made the mail- tampering charge after Representa- tive Coffee, Democrat, of Washing- ton read during a House speech portions of letters he said she had written to Count von Zedlitz, whom he described as a “Nazi agent.”
Ashworth Denies Curb On Milk Deliveries From Frederick County
All Scarlet Fever Cases Removed From Farms; Ruhland Pledges Care
Reports that milk deliveries from Frederick County, Md„ might be curtailed here because of an increase in the number of scarlet fever cases, are without foundation, Dr. Reid R. Ashworth, director of the Dis- trict Bureau of Food Inspection, said today.
Dr. Ashworth added that he saw no possibilities of such action in the future. County health officers, he explained, always immediately re- move scarlet fever patients from dairy farms.
Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer, assured the Washing- ton public “that it will take no risk in the purchase of milk,” emphasiz- ing that “pasteurization is the pub- lic’s final guarantee of pure milk.”
Dairy Farms Checked. He pointed out that Washington had a field service to check health
situations at dairy farms. Milk will be barred, however, he added, from farms where there are scarlet fever cases which have not been isolated.
Dr. Elmer C. Kefauver, Frederick County h**lth officer, Wednesday reported a new wave of scarlet fever, particularly among school children’ Dr. Kefauver said the number of cases was rising.
Health authorities in the Metro- politan Area reported 34 new cases of scarlet fever yesterday, bringing the total since January 1 to 4,227. 1 Of these the District has 23 new cases, with 490 under quarantine, bringing the year's total to 2.821.
Three Cases in Arlington. Three new cases were listed in
Arlington County, bringing the total to 240, while Fairfax reported five new cases and a total of 144. Two n°w cases in Montgomery County brought that total to 538 and Prince Georges County reported one new. with a total of 323 cases. No new cases were reported in Alexandria, whose total for the year is 116.
Thirty-six new cases of measles were reported in the Metropolitan Area yesterday, of which 29 were listed in the District, to bring its total since the first of the year to 2.148. One new case was reported in Alexandria, whose total is 562. while Prince Georges County listed six new cases and a total of 248.
WASPS’ Inclusion in Army Is Proposed by Stimson By the Associated Press.
Secretary of War Stimson said yesterday the Army proposes to militarize the Women's Airforce
j Service Pilots—the ‘'WASPS”—by commissioning women pilots already qualified and providing for women aviation cadets.
The WASPS, used by the air forces as ferry pilots, are civilian employes, and Mr. Stimson said the War Department believes they should be subject to the same discipline and regulations as other AAF pilots and receive the same benefits and privileges.
Mr. Stimson added that neither I the present organization nor its I militarization would keep out of the j air forces a single qualified instruc- tor or partially trained student from the recently disbanded Civil Aero- nautics Administration's civilian pilot training program.
Termination of the civilian train- ing program resulted in the release of approximately 5.000 trainees and enlisted reservist instructors. Sub- sequently, complaints were made that the 615 instructors were unable to find jobs while the Army con- tinued to use WASPS for flying work.
There have been 19 WASPS | fatalities, 8 in training and 11 "on j active duty," Mr. Stimson said.
Girl Bicyclist Injured Shirley Mae Thomas, 15, colored,
1238 Stevens road S.E., was admitted to Gallinger Hospital today with a possible skull fracture after she lost control of a bicycle near her home
! ar“d fell to the pavement, striking her head, police reported.
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ting down for lack of waste paper to convert into cartons for Army and Navy supplies shipped overseas. Every pound of old newspapers and maga- zines is needed. Telephone your nearest school or notify some school child in your' block to have your paper picked up.
WASHINGTON NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Wyt Jbeniitg SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1944. B **«
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Budget Hearing Explores Water Office Efficiency
Most Rents Can Be Collected, Officials Tell House Unit
By DON S. WARREN. Progress being made by District
officials in reorganizing the staff and system in the Water Registrar’s Of- fice was explored today by the House District Appropriations Subcommit- tee as it considered fund requests for the next fiscal year for the Wa- ter Department and the Washing-' ton Aqueduct, among the last items on the budget schedule.
Difficulties in billing and collect- ing water rent have been outlined in detail in several official reports and studies for the last few years, including a lengthy set of recom- mendations submitted to the Com- missioners by a committee headed by Corporation Counsel Richmond B. Keech.
It was brought out during testi- mony by Raymond B. Ward, the new water registrar who took office recently as a first step in the reor- ganization plan, that water rents totaling about $430,000 have not been collected, but District officials told the subcommittee, which is headed by Representative Coffee, Democrat, of Washington, they be- lieved virtually all of thp old bills can be collected.
The subcommittee also was told that District officials had been ad- vised by the Office of Controller General Warren that the District could hold either the owner or the tenant of a buiding responsible for water bills.
Discuss Division of Authority. The division of authority between
the District Commissioners and the District Engineers Office of the War Department over the District water service, with the Federal agency controlling the water sup- ply and the District government the distribution system, also was dis- cussed.
Citizens’ spokesmen will be given opportunity Monday to outline their ideas on the budget, under plans an- nounced by Mr. Coffee. If neces- sary, a second day will be granted for them.
The end of the parade of officials testifying on items in the $67,000,000 budget was expected to be reached by tonight with the needs of the militia, National Capital Park* and the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission scheduled for at- tention. During the afternoon also, Welfare Director Ray L. Huff was to be recalled for examination on com- plaints made recently by Mr. Warren.
After the transcript of the hear- ings is printed, the subcommittee will mark up the District appropria- tion bill later next week* Coffee said, and the ifaeasure may be ready for submission to the full Appro- priations Committee and to the House the following week.
Sewer Officials Criticized. Sewer Department officials were
criticized yesterday for having ship- ped a five-year supply of sludge from the District sewage treatment plant to the Occoquan Workhouse for use as fertilizer. Warren protested the amount was so large it constituted a “health menace.”
It was brought out, Mr. Coffee reported, that the railroad trans- portation of the material has been costing the District about $40,000 a year and that the fertilizer was sent there because no other place for it had been found. In some later esti- mates, District officials said they would seek an appropriation of be- tween $300,000 and $500,000 for in- stallation of a dehydration system to lessen the weight of the material, so as to make its transportation more economical. Elwood Johnson, sewer engineer, was admonished to find other outlets for the material.
Stefan Makes Protest. Representative Stefan, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska, ranking minority member of the subcommittee, pro- tested that it was unfair to District taxpayers to permit the Navy to obtain free the sewer gas developed in the sewage treatment plant oper- ation. for use at the Bellevue hous- ing development, for heating pur- poses. Mr. Stefan was told the average quantities produced had a value of about $15 a day.
Mr. Johnson was admonished to follow the example of the District Refuse Division in the sale of sal- vageable material. Reports on that division’s operations showed it was garnering for the District about $65,000 a year from salvage and sale of tin cans, metals and other mate- rials. Its superintendent, William A. Xanten, was praised by the subcom- mittee for his program, Mr. Coffee said.
U. S. Worker Sponsors Ship Mrs. Prances S. Cassady of the
field inspection office. Bureau of Ships, yesterday sponsored the land- ing ship, tank LST 564, at the Mis- souri Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, Ind, Mrs. Cassady lives at 6 C, Ridge road, Greenbelt. Md. She has been a Navy Department employe for 23 years.
Extensive Gain In Postwar Jobs For Women Seen
Many New Fields Will Open Up, Institute Told
Optimistic predictions on postwar opportunities for women in the field of housing, city planning and retail- ing were made today before a con- ference of educational and business leaders held at the Mayflower Hotel, under auspices of the Institute of Women’s Professional Relations.
A plea for well-trained personnel to fill gaps in the teaching profes- sion, caused by large-scale shifts of educators into other fields, also was made.
Women architects and interior decorators will be in great demand during the housing boom antici- pated after the war, according to Seward Mott, director of the Land Planning Division of the Federal Housing Administration.
i raining Necessary. Mr. Mott said women will have
excellent opportunities in the field of city planning, but emphasized that specialized training would be necessary in this field.
A large number of positions in retailing will be open to either men or women after the war, it was fore- cast by Bishop Brown of the retail training department of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh. Mr. Brown predicted many married women now in the field would quit after the war and that a number of return- ing servicemen previously employed in retailing would not return to their jobs.
Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Maryland State commissioner of education, told the conference that a large pro- portion of teachers had left their jobs for new opportunities with higher salaries and he did not be- lieve 25 per cent of them would re- turn. It will be four or five years or more before ‘‘a dent” will be made in replacing those who have left, he said.
Opportunities Outlined. Dr. Allen W. Freeman, professor
of public health administration at Johns Hopkins University, said there would be greater opportunity for women in public health service after the war.
Technical qualifications in such fields as welfare and medicine will be of more value than language training in the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the conference was told by Roy F. Hendrickson, deputy director general of the UNRRA Bu- reau of Supply. Mr. Hendrickson said the organization has received about 30,000 applications for em- ployment though at present time it has a personnel of only a few hun- dred. A number of women are in key positions and there is no policy in the organization that favors or discriminates against women, he said*
That women have won important footholds in fields of chemistry, aviation and radio, not open to them before the war, was the opinion of several speakers who addressed the conference yesterday.
Declaring women have definitely proved their ability in aircraft pro- duction, R. Randall Irwin, assistant to the vice president of Lockheed Aircraft Corp., asserted there was no Indication men would be given preferential treatment in postwar employment policies, except in the case of returning veterans. The rule of equal pay for equal work has always prevailed in the aircraft industry, he added.
Senators to Decline Bid To Visit Parliament By th* Associated Press.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has decided that a British invitation to members of Congress to visit Parliament must be declined with regret.
The decision was made after a discussion of a busy summer sched- ule which includes a series of con- gressional investigations, party con- ventions, primaries and the general election.
Chairman Connally said he will draft a formal resolution expressing the Senate’s thanks and asserting it will not be practical to send a delegation at this time.
Memorial Fund Will Be Collected By Firemen Sergt. Alvin E. Davis, president of
Local 36 of the International Asso- ciation of Fire Fighters, said today he would appoint a committee to solicit funds among firemen in order to raise sufficient money to decorate firemen's graves on May 30.
Sergt. Davis said he would not only seek to make up this year's deficit for the memorial fund, but hopes to make arrangements tor continuing the program in the com- ing years. The custom of decorating firemen’s graves has been in effect approximately 50 years, and was to be abandoned because of the poor response to monthly assessments.
AFTER THE BIDDING WAS OVER—At a bond auction this morning at McKinley High School the winners are shown with Corpl. Alfred L. Martin, now convalescing at Walter Reed Hospital. Highest bidders (left to right) are Frances Gelb. with a Shirley Temple charm bracelet for which she paid $500; Kenneth Lee. with pipe belonging to Bing Crosby, which went for $600, and Barbara Ellis, with her $750 Walt Disney original. —Star Staff Photo.
Proctor Lauds Bar For Aiding Success Of Pretrial System
Plan Hailed for Speeding Civil Cases; Judicial Session Nears End
Loyal support of attorneys has helped make the pretrial system here a success and the District a leader in that system, Justice James M. Proctor declared today at the final open session of the fourth annual judicial circuit conference in the Court of Appeals Building.
Justice Proctor praised the way in which the system has helped ex- pedite trial of civil cases here. He spoke from the floor after Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina, senior circuit judge of the 4th circuit, had discussed the general subject of pretrial procedure. Jus- tice Proctor defended the manner in which trials are handled and took issue with a statement made earlier by Chief Justice D. Law- rence Groner of the Court of Ap- peals to the effect that trials take longer here than in some othef jurisdictions.
Justice David A. Pine said the pretrial plan has worked 100 pet cent here and both he and Judge Parker emphasized that often eases are settled in pretrial court, actual trial unnecessary.
Others scheduled to speak on phases of pretrial procedure in- clude Alvin L. Newmyer, Latter Wood, Lawrence Koenigsberger, Justice James W. Morris, H. Mason Welch, Edmund L. Jones, A1 Philip Kane, and Justice BoHtha J. Laws.
The conference was scheduled to close an executive session this aft- ernoon, to be attended only by judges. The topic was to be "Work- ing Relations Between the Admin- istrative Office, the District Courts, the Circuit Courts and the Confer- ence of Senior Circuit Judges.” Judge John Biggs, jr„ of Delaware, senior judge of the 3d circuit, was to speak at the executive session this afternoon.
A second preliminary draft of new rules of criminal procedure, drawn up by an advisory committee named by the Supreme Court and to be submitted later to that tribunal, was discussed at length at a session late yesterday afternoon at which Attorney William E. Leahy presided.
Because many details are under consideration in connection with the proposed rules, the session voted to meet again at a date to be ^decided, later.
Earl W. Shinn Heads Washington Lions Club
Earl W. Shinn was elected presi- dent of the Washington Lions Club at the 23d annual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel this week.
Others elected were George H. Ward, first vice president; George L. Haines, second vice president; W. Frank Stickle, third vice president; Randolph W. Myers, secretary; Vergne W. Potter, treasurer; Man- ning Dyer, lion tamer, and Lewis Bailey, tail twister.
Fire Razes 6 Buildings, Routs 12 Elkton Families By the Associated Press.
ELKTON, Md,, May 5.—Twelve families of war workers, routed yes- terday by a fire w’hich razed six
buildings, were housed in Govern- ment dormitories today.
Ignited by an oil stove explosion in a three-story apartment house, the fire burned the building, a garage and four smaller dwellings, all owned by John Powell of Elkton.
Walt Disney's Original Drawing Nets $750 at School Bond Rally
Sales at McKinley High Total $4,000; Greer Garson Photo Brings $4.50
Going, going, gone-. The auc- tioneer’s hammer knocked down a colored Walt Disney original from the movie short, "Society Dog Show,” for $730. The buyer at this morn- ing’s bond rally, sponsored by the McKinley High School student cit- izenship council was Barbara Ellis, 15, of 4010 Ninteenth street N.E.
In an auditorium filled to capacity, bidding got off to a slow start, but the morning s sales totaled nearly $4,000.
"Here is—Who is this gorgeous creature?” asked Art Brown, radio entertainer, displaying a picture of Greer Garson. "Mrs. Miniver. But she didn’t look like this!”
“Two bits,” came a male voice from the gallery. “Pour bits, six bits, a buck,” came in rapid succes- sion.
Photo Sells for $4.50. The offer of a buck was followed
by excited applause and whistles. Greer Garson went for $4.50.
The auctioneer held up a double strand of pearls. The bidding was spirited, starting at $10. Increasing at $50 a throw, the necklace went for $600.
The purchaser was a young Chi- nese student, Kenneth Lee, 1518 North Capitol street, who told the group:
"I have a few relatives over there and I lost a few close friends six months ago. 2 felt it was time to do my duty. I hope you will do yours.”
Half an hour later he bid $450 | and won a pipe belonging to Bing Crosby, personally autographed.
“Nylon hose,” called the auc- tioneer.
‘What size?” came a feminine chorus. •
“Nine and a half," said the auc- tioneer. Girls giggled and squaled with delight.
Bidding started at $75 and ended at $225. The purchaser, incidentally, was a girl.
£racelet Brings $500. According to the way things were
going, a Jack Benny radio script, broadcast on April 16, went for $100. Shirley Temple's charm bracelet did better. It went to Frances Gelb, 16, 1556 Third street N.W., for $500.
Receiving the longest round of applause and whistles was a young veteran of the Tunisian and Italian campaigns, Corpl. Alfred L. Martin of Hayes, Kans,
“I really was surprised to hear your bidding here this morning. It shows you are really back of the boys,” he said. Wearing the Silver Star and Purple Heart, he briefly recounted his war experiences. Later he presented corsages auc- tioned off to three girls.
“I seem to be out of things,” the master of ceremonies said at last.
“Your tie, your tie,” came from every corner of the room.
The bidding started again and the flashy red and black tie drew an offer of $150. It rapidly changed necks—to Billy Binswanger, leader of the McKinley Jazz Orchestra.
“You’ve still got a shirt,” another enthusiast shouted. The auctioneer kept it.
Military Engineers Elect Admiral Waesche Head
Vice Adpural Russell R. Waesche, Coast Guard commandant, has been elected president of the So- ciety of American Military Engi- neers, it was announced to- day. The so- ciety will hold its annual busi- ness meeting at 12:30 p.m. Mon- day at the May- flower Hotel.
Other Wash- ington men
elected are Gen. W. H. Rose, spe- cial assistant to the deputy chief of engine ers, vice president, and Rear Admi- Admirml Waesche.
ral Lewis B. Combs, assistant to' the chief of the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, a director.
Winners of the Gold Medal and Toulmin Medal Awards for 1943 will be announced at the meeting.
The society membership is com-
posed of Army and Navy personnel and civilians engaged in promoting the efficiency of the American mili- tary engineer services. There now are approximately 26.000 members.
/V-Mail' From Soldiers To Go All the Way by Air By the Associated Press.
Representative Sunstrom, Repub- lican, of New Jersey, announced
today that after May 15 “V-mail” from servicemen overseas will go all the way by air. “V-mail” now is shipped only part of the way by air.
Mr. Sundstrom had urged that the War Department speed up the “V- mail” in this manner, at the sug- gestion of his brother-in-law, Lt.
'Will B. Johnstone, jr., U. S. M C.
Introducing the Weatherman Who Forecast Moonlight Things are different at the
! Weather Bureau these davs. Not
| the weather, naturally. But the
| weatherman. He is Donald Cameron, who be-
came meteorologist in charge of the weather station at National Airport on May 1, and got off to an impres- sive start when he predicted moon-
light for last night. He was right, too.
Now, there may not be anything especially remarkable about some one coming up to you on the street
! and telling you there will be moon-
; light tonight. But when the ; weatherman says so, something’s going on. Weathermen don't talk like that ordinarily.
So maybe you will be relieved to know that everything is all right. They have not taken to predicting rain on the strength of bunion paias or the directions in which the black- birds are flying. Everything is the same—except Mr. Cameron.
"What we want to do,” said Mr.
DONALD CAMERON. —Star Staff Photo.
Cameron, ‘is to give the public weather information a little bit
more like they discuss the weather when they talk over the back fence to their neighbors. Of course, we
haven’t much space to work in, be- cause the weather box is pretty small, but we're going to humanize it the best we can."
What’s more, said the new
weatherman, who is 39 and still a
bachelor, the Weather Bureau is going to stick its neck out a little more often.
“Suppose we know s ral days in advance that the week r.nd is going to be nice and bright,” he said. “We’re just about as sure of it as we can possibly be. Why, then we'll say so—right out. None of tins "partly cloudy” stuff to protect us in case something goes wrong.”
Unfortunately. Mr. Cameron said, he can’t be sure about the coming week end. He’d like to say the sun is going to shine and the days will be balmy, but he says the instru- ments tell him that something a bit dreary is blowing in out of the West.
Another revolutionary policy: Mr.
Cameron is going to admit he's wrong just as soon as he knows he’s wrong. No hedging.
"The art of weather forecasting,’’ he said, “is still too lax in a lot of refinements to make it perfect.’’
For instance, a few days ago he predicted rain because it looked like rain. Then something happened in the atmosphere and there began to be some doubt, so he said simply: "Little or no rain.” Later, when he was sure he had been wrong the first time, he just switched the forecast completely and said it wasn't going to rain.
Mr. Cameron got into the weather business at 17 in Hartford, Conn. Since then he's been in bureaus in 14 different States throughout the Country. He came to Washington in 1938 and stayed three years. Then he was sent to Chicago. In 1942 he came back to the weather station here at Twenty-fourth and M streets N.W., where he stayed until he and his moonlight were sent to the airport.
Women Ask Retrial In Hopkins Case
3 Separate Motions Filed On Behalf of Defendants
Three separate motions for a new
trial were filed in District Court to- day in behalf of the seven women convicted last Tuesday of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act in connec- tion with the Hopkins Institute case.
The petitions charged the jury's verdict of guilty against all of the defendants was "contrary to the evi- dence” presented at the trial by Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly. The petition also contended that Mr. Fihelly’s closing remarks to the jury were '‘prej- udicial” to the seven women.
One motion, filed by Attorneys James K. Hughes and T. Emmett McKenzie, was in behalf of Florence White. Miss White charged the court erred in denying her a bill of particulars.
Another petition, filed by Attor- ney Saul Lichtenberg for Kay Rich- ards Ferreola and Irene Vinson, maintained visiting Justice Arthur Lederle was in error when he neglected to tell the jury that the two defendants were “victims” of the conspiracy and should be ac- quitted.
The third motion, filed by Attor- neys M. Edward Buckley, jr„ and Levi H. David, was for Wilma Graham, Nancy Parr. Mildred Callis Stevens and Ann Henley. These four defendants also charged that the court erred when it admitted certain evidence offered bv the Gov- ernment and rejected evidence of- fered by the defense.
Congress Asked to Raise Special Delivery Rate By tht Associated Press.
The Post Office Department asked Congress yesterday to raise the 10- cent special delivery rate to 14 cents for first-class mail weighing 2 pounds or less.
Requesting the increase, Charles A. Heiss- special consultant to the Postmaster General, told the House Post Office Committee the depart- ment has been losing about 3 cents on each piece of special delivery mail.
A 10-month survey by the Post Office Department, Mr. Heiss said, had disclosed a loss of more than $3,000,000 on 127.000,000 special de- liveries. The post office spokesman said the proposed increase would place special delivery service on a
self-sustaining basis.
New Spinach Harvester BELLFLOWER, Calif. (^.—Farm-
ers in this area are harvesting a record crop of- spinach, faster and with fewer men. by means of an
ingenious harvester attached to a tractor. Three of the growers, who fashioned the machine, say it has reduced their crews from 50 a day to 15 or 30.
Report on Fire Menace Mislaid By Inspector
Error Is Blamed For Failure to Recheck Apartment
By JOSEPH YOUNG. An oversight by a building de-
partment inspector, who visited the Nebraska Apartments in December and found the building lacked nec- essary fireproof equipment, resulted in failure to re-inspect the building since that time, it was learned to- day. A woman was fatally burned when fire swept the building 13 days ago.
Building inspectors previously had found the building lacked fireproof- ing for doors and the dumbwaiter shaft and needed repairs. Under normal procedure, the building was to be inspected again in January and if the changes were not made an application for an apartment li- cense would be denied.
Inadvertently, the December in- spection report of the building was mislaid by the inspector and no further check was made. As a re- sult the operator’s application for a license was not denied and still is pending.
No Action Taken. No disciplinary action has been
taken against the inspector, Col. John W. Oehmann, director of in- spection, said today. Col. Oehmann said he was satisfied the inspector had made a “regrettable but hu- man mistake.”
A revision of the District building code to clarify the responsibility of apartment and rooming house own- ers and operators for providing necessary fire safety equipment and repairs was urged today by Assist- ant Corporation Counsel Edward W. Thomas, prosecutor of rooming and apartment house violations.
He made his recommendation after a coroner s inquest revealed that a bitter dispute had developed between the building’s owners and the operator over the responsibility of providing the needed fire safety repairs. At the time of the fire, neither party had made the repairs, the inquest was told.
Law Called Confusing. Mr. Thomas said a clearer defi-
nition of the criminal liability for failure to comply with fire regula- tions would end much confusion existing among building owners and operators. He pointed out that most rooming houses were run by persons renting the building from the owner.
The section of the code states that responsbility rests with “the owner entitled to the beneficial use, rental or control of any building more than three stories in height, constructed 6r intended to be used as an apartment house or rooming house.”
According to the language of the provisions, Mr. Thomas said, it is not made clear whether the “owner” referred to is the property owner or the operator of the build- ing who has rented the premises. The prosecutor pointed out that either meaning could be read into the provision.
Mr. Thomas said his office had operated in the past under the theory that both owner and opera- tor were jointly responsible and would continue to proceed under that interpretation. He said, how- ever. that it would be greatly bene- ficial to both his office and the owners and operators to have it stated clearly in the code that both parties are responsible. If this were done, he said, the parties involved would be obliged to reach some sort of agreement over taking care of needed fire safety construction.
41 District Men Sworn Into Armed Forces
Among the 41 District men sworn into the armed forces yesterday were 21 for the Army. 19 for the Navy and 1 for the Marine Corps. The list follows:
Army. Bolling, James B. Perry. William F. Bradley, Francis J. Ullman. Thomas B. Brennan. Martin J. Carrington. John Copsey. William F. Dent. Albert Cordani. Robert H. Gravette. Elmer F. Eskey, Joseph G. Haight, Floyd S Gresham. William F. Plummer, Kermlt I. Hunter. Thomas W. Saunders. Thomas Kennedy, George G. Wynn, Archie Maresalco. N. W. Monroe, John H. Moore, Edward R.
Nary. Hunt, Russell W. Sipple. John H. Gaist. Albert Carr, Joseph R. Drumheller. John N. Johnson. Clifford W. Libby. Vernon L. Thompson. Seth Harrell. James A. Julig. Charles F.. Jr. Isaacson. Milton Cotton. Eugene Robinson, Eugene Marcalus. Robert L. Hawkins, James A. Sweetman. W G. Bertolette, Calvin M. Frazier. Shirley Armstead. Calvin M
Marine Corps. McAffrey, John H.
Daily Rationing Reminders m
Canned Foods, Etc.—Book No. 4, blue stamps A-8 through Q-8 good indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.—All meats except beef steaks and roast beef now point-free. Red stamps A-8 through Q-8 continue good indefi- nitely for 10 points each. Red stamps R-8, S-8 and T-8 become valid Sunday, but no new red stamps will've validated until June 3. After Sunday 30 red stamps will be validated every four weeks instead of every two weeks.
Points for Fats—Your meat dealer will pay two ration points for each pound of waste kitchen fats you turn in. The fact that lard, short- ening and cooking oils have been removed from the ration list does not mean fat collection is less essential.
Shoes—Airplane stamps 1 and 2 in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for ojie pair of shoes each.
Sugar—Book No. 4 stamps 30 and 31 valid for 5 pounds indefinitely. Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for 5 pounds for home canning through February 28, 1945.
Gasoline—No. 9-A coupons good for 3 gallons throdfeh May 8. No. 10-A coupons become valid May 9. B-2, C-2, B-3 and C-3 coupons good for 5 gallons each.
Fuel Oil—Periods No. 4 and 5 cou- pons good for 10 gallons per unit through August 31. Consum- ers in this area should not have used more than 97 per cent of their total yearly fuel oil ration aj of May 1.
