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Evening star., 1941-11-02
Seven Utility Issues
Ringing on Hankin S
Confirmation
Some Of Questions Put Off
For Months Because of
Lack Of Quorum

At least seven important issues
will be considered by the Public
Utilities Commission when it has
been provided with legal majority
of at least two of three members it
is supposed to have. Some of these
issues have been deferred for months
for lack of quorum.
Engineer Commissioner Charles w.
Kutz now is the only member of
the commission The Senate Dis
trict Committee has recommended
the confirmation of Gregory Ham
kin, a Federal Power Commission
attorney, originally nominated
months ago by President Roosevelt
as a successor to Richmond B. Keech,
now corporation counsel The Sem
ate is expected to act on the NOM
ination this week. So far the
President has named no one to sue
ceed the late RILEY E. Elgen. former
commission chairman.
Assuming that the commission
Will get its second niemtor soon.
prompt ect.on is e..lec ed to he
taken on Cne OF more o. tie follow
ing issues:
Proposal of the Capital Transit
Co. to convert many of its older
two-man cars for one-man opera
ton; request by the transit COM
pany for a straight 10-cent cash
fare for its Takoma express bus
service which it asked after i'm
proved Chillum and Petworth serv-
ice had been demanded by citizens
groups; establishment of a cross
town bus line linking Westmoreland
Circle and Bladensburg road NE,
demanded by various groups but op-
posed by the company as uneconom-
ical a hearing on this issue al
ready has been heidi; demands by
residents of upper Sixteenth street
for an express line and improved
connections: demands of al least 10
taXicab associations or groups for
increased fares: proposals by the
Washington Gas Light Co. for a
large stock issue to finance capital
Improvements, and a commission
raised question as to a more COM
plete use of natural gas as SUBJ
stitute for its present mixed prod
uct, a subject on which extensive
briefs already have been filed.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Independence Ave. Widenino
To Cause Eviction Of 1000

Washington's housing problem
will be further complicated, proba-
bly, before Christmas. by the evic-
ton of nearly 1000 residents of old
dwellings along Independence ave-
nue. from Seventh to Twelfth
streets S.W.
The city planners expect to level
the homes. including many three
story boarding houses filled largely
with Government employees. to clear
the way for widening Independence
avenue as a badly-needed traffic
artery to serve Federal departments
south of Constitution avenue.
Broad Highway Planned.
Last year Independence avenue
was widened between Sixth and
Seventh streets SW. The latest
project will provide broad high
way from the Capitol to Fourteenth
street, the last two blocks of which
pass between the Agriculture De-
partment Buildings.
The long range plans call for con-
tinuation of the artery across Four
teenth street and around the Tidal
Basin to permit traffic from Federal
buildings south of Constitution
avenue to reach northwest residen.
tial areas through Rock Greek PARK
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Appeals Court Ruling
Sought on Detentions
More Than Six Hours
Case Involves Arrest
For Investigation
Without Warrant

The United States Court of APP
peals tomorrow will be asked 10 pass
on the right of police to arrest
persons without a warrant and hold
them for investigation
The case is being brought up by
Attorney James J. Laughlin under f
writ of error from Municipal Court,
on the contention that Judge
Nathan Cayton. presiding at jury
trial In which the question was in
volved, committed error when he
instructed the jury that they might
consider whether police were justi-
fed in refusing to exhibit to the
lawyer a copy of warrant.
James F C"Buzz"l Donovan. ar
rested in August. 1899, without a
warrant and held for "investiga-
ton" filed suit for $500 against the
superintendent of police. Ernest W.
Brown Bernard w. Thompson,
then chief of detectives, and Capt.
S. j. Marks, who was then COM
manding officer of No. IL police
precinct, where Donovan was de-
tanned.
Attorney Laughlin had filed a
demand on the police for a So
called six-hour writ. under which
the authorities are to file a definite
accusation against the prisoner OF
release him. Mr. Laughlin contends
that the police failed to furnish him
with a copy of the warrent, setting
forth an offense charged. and that
under the law. he is entitled te
collect $500 from the police.
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough re-
leased Donovan on a habeas corpus
writ after he had been held fol
almost 48 hours. Attorney Laughlir
is prepared to tell the appellate
court. In the Municipal Court suit
the jury found for the defendant
police officials.
Representing the District Govern
ment is Assistant Corporation
Counsel Chester H. Gray.
Evening star., 1941-11-02

~ - w. UN LII. q II n
Lahey of Boston. president of the
American Medical Association
Other members are Dr. Harvey B.
Stone of Baltimore. Dr. James E.
Paullin of Atlanta and DR.. Harold
S. Diehl. dean of the University of
Minnesota Medical School.
In announcing establishment of
the service. Mr.. McNutt, who is
director of Defense Health and We'll
fare Services. said that in the event
Of full mobilization the problem of
maintaining adequate medical per-
sonnel will become critical in many
communities.
Two other defense agency ap-
pointments announced yesterday
were Harold w. Osterhout. assistant
vice president of the National City
Bank of New York. as executive
officer of the Division of Civilian
Supply. and Joseph L. White. trans
portation consultant of the National
Resources Planning Board since
1898. as assistant director of trans
portation, Office of Price Admins
tration.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
c, 10. Women to Take
Instruction on Labor

Instruction on the background Of
labor organization and administra-
ton of workers guild will be given
to members of the Washington As
sembly of C. I. o. AuXiliaries start
ing Thursday morning.
Glasses will be held every Thurs
day from $50 to 11:30 am. at 1407
L street NV. Mrs. Sara Gordon,
chairman of the Education Commit
tee. has organized the course and
will direct the teaching staff.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Auto Club Cites
Inaccuracies of
Speedometers

The overwhelming majority OF
Washington motorists are driving
cars on which the speedometers are
inaccurate, according to survey by
the Keystone Automobile Club.
George E. Kneipp. club manager.
said yesterday most of the inaccu-
rate speedometers are on the slow
side. The club said its investiga-
ton indicated that Of every 100
speedometers in use on local cars
80 per cent are SLOW" The report
said that of the remaining 20 per
cent s per cent are fast and only
IL per cent are accurate.
The results of the survey, it was
said, have been presented to Traf-
fic Director William A. Van Duzer,
with the suggestion that speedome-
ters be tested as part Of the regular
compulsory motor vehicle inspection.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Senator Georges Aide
Made. Committee Clerk

Miss Christie Bell Kennedy. secre-
tary to Senator George, Democrat
of Georgia for the past eight years
has been named chief clerk of the
Senate Finance Committee. it was
learned yesterday. 1t is understood
Miss Kennedy will be the first wom-
an to hold such a position.
In her new position. Miss Ken
nedy will supervise the work of II
employees of the committee, which
is headed by Senator George. Miss
Kennedy came here from Triton
Ga. in 1888. Her Washington ad-
dress is listed as 1929 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
.AIexundriun's Nose
Bitten OFF in Fiqht

BY e Staff Correspondent Of The star
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Nov. ii
H. Farrell, Sc. of 4O7 South Royal
street was operated on in Alex
anoria Hospital late tonight after
his nose was bitten off. according
to police in a fight in his home
Police later obtained a warrant
charging Raymond Gutridge, 80, OF
319 North ST. Asaph street with
felonious assault Police said he
was brother in law Of the injured
man.
Evening star., 1941-11-02

Totals to date SO 10
In November, Beware Of:
l. The hours between 1 and s
pm. Six of the nine traffic vic
Tins in November last year were
killed within this two-hour pc
riod.
2. Crossing street at some
point other than q croSswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in November, 1910, while
doing this.
3. Inclement weather. Three
fatal accidents occurred last
November while 1t was raining
or misty.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
BuItimoreun Joins 0. P. A.

The Office of Price Administra.
ton announced yesterday the ap-
pointment of Lloyd G.. Reynolds
assistant professor of politica
economy at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. ITO be head business econo-
mist in its electrical equipment
unit.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
RuIph InoersoII on WJSV

Ralph Ingersoll. New York pub
Usher who recently returned from
Russia and whose articles on the
trip are appearing in The Star, will
be heard over Station WJSV from
$50 to e:45 pm. Tuesday as guest
Of G. B. Sc Warrington CORE
epondsnt, Ef1e Severed.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Graduate of Marine School

Arthur Clarendon Smith. jr.. of
2949 Macomb street NV. was among
the graduates in the third class of
the Marine Corps school at Guam
tico, Va. yesterday. He is native
of Washington and a graduate Of
Western High School and Washing
ton and Lee University
Evening star., 1941-11-02

10 serve on a
five = man advl-
sorry body on de-
fense h e a ! I h
personnel. Fed
eral S e c urit Y
A d m i II istrator
Paul V. McNutt
announced ] a st
night.
The G + o u p,
which will co-or-
dinate demands
on trained medi-
cal, dental and
veterinary per-
sonnel. is headed
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Operettu at Oxon Hill

An operetta, "An Old Fashioned
Charm" will be presented by the
Choral Club of Oxon Hill Md
High School Friday night Donna
Salin and Richard Kerr have the
leading roles.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
DR.. {. ". CamaIier Named
To Defense Health Board

DR.. c. Willard Camalier. promi-
nent Washington dentist and
former president of the American
Dental Association. has been asked
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Bridges Asks Rehearing
On Wire-1apping Claim

A plea for reopening of the Harry
Bridges deportation case to hear
testimony of alleged overlapping
during Government surveillance of
the California c. I. o. leader today
was under consideration by Judge
Charles B. Sears, special examiner
in charge of the proceedings for the
Justice Department.
At hearing yesterday counsel for
Bridges charged that agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
tapped his hotel room telephone in
New York in August. This was after
the deportation hearing was closed,
but they argued that there was
created probable cause in a legal
sense" that the Governments evil
dence in the hearing was procured
directly or indirectly by wire tapping
Edward j. Ennis, counsel for the
Government, asked that the motion
be denied, and Maj Lemuel B. Scho-
field, special assistant to the At
torney General in charge of immigra-
ton, volunteered statement to
newspapermen that no wire tapping
was used in the case.
Richard Gladstein Of Bridges
legal staff charged in the argu-
ment before Judge Sears that the
alleged tapping of the New York
telephone line was part of a long
standing conspiratorial effort by
certain people to get Bridges out
of the country"
Evening star., 1941-09-20

a story in the office" Of a cross
roads garage 100 miles north of
Lake Charles. A dozen or so SOL
diers were lettering in front of the
garage and one Of them, hearing
my typewriter, left the group and
came to the door of the Office. He
looked at me suspiciously for mo-
ment and then asked: Are you
one of these newspaper reporters?"
I replied that I was, and he, glanc-
ing back to see that no one was
listening, volunteered: You can
tell 'em for me that this stuff is the
bunk. I wish I could git the hell
out of here. Far as I'm concerned
they can take their army and"
Then he stalked off, refusing to an
swer any questions, but / saw him
again the next day. It was Just
after the Reds had beaten off a
minor blue attack and the latter
had scrambled for a mile through
thick brush to escape capture.
The disafected soldier was keep
ing pretty much to himself, his face
sullen and his eyes on the ground.
The contrast between him and the
200 or more other men in the party
was striking. They were dis
gruntled, too-giving voice to Wig
orous and profane opinions of thick
headed officers who would order
men out before daylight to make a
hopeless attack, damning the heat,
the mud, the briars and anything
else that came to mind. But in
their attitude there was no cause
for concern. When they had gotten
the "beefs" off their chests, they
would be back to normal again
loud, obscene and boisterous-but
good soldiers, too. 1t is the fellow
who sulks and says nothing in the
presence of other troops or officers
who presents the real problem in
morale. Fortunately for the army.
men of this type appear to be few
and far between.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Women Seen Forced
To Home Childbirth
By Ward Crowding
Shift From Hospitals
Day After Delivery
Nav Be Alternative

OvercroWding of hospital mater
nifty wards may force prospective
mothers to have their babies at
home, Health Officer George c.
Ruhland admitted yesterday.
IF women can't get into the hos
pitals," he said, 'it is obvious that
they will have to, have them at
home"
He declined to suggest that moth
ers voluntarily do SO, but another
Health Department spokesman
pointed out that a normal mother
might be taking up hospital space
needed by an expectant mother re-
quiring special medical care.
Sibley Closing Aggravates.
Aggravating the overcrowding of
hospital facilities has been the clos
ing of the maternity ward and nurs-
cry at Sibley Hospital after an out
break there of dysentery of the
newborn
Certain hospitals. a check-up re-
vealed, are now booked for more
maternity cases than they can ac-
commodate. In some, extra beds
have been put up but the supply of
these is being exhausted.
One institution was forced to turn
a mother away after she had paid
her bill in advance.
From January to August of this
year, 7.9 per cent of the babies born
in Washington were delivered at
home. Extra hospital deliveries
reached their peak in February
when 90 per cent of the babies were
delivered outside institutions. The
number dwindled to 81 per cent in
July and So per cent in August.
In World War days, it was said.
some doctors ordered prospective
mothers to the hospitals only long
enough to deliver the babies, send
ing them home with special nurses
the following day. One hospital
superintendent pointed out that this
would be more difficult to do now
because of the shortage of special
nurses.
Home Deliveries Advocated.
Although some doctors declared
that a one-room apartment would
be a difficult place in which to de-
liver a child, Health Department
official pointed out that the pro-
cedure of delivering babies at home
has long been recommended when.
ever possible in public welfare cases.
The hospitals have not refused to
take new patients, despite over
crowding. it was said, because thew
had no choice when a mother came
to them in labor.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Morgenthou, Incognito, Pays
Visit to Detroit Auto Plant
Says Employees Worried Over JobIessness
Should Be Told Big Spending Is Yet to Come

roll allotment plan of defense saw
ings at a meeting in nearby Pontiac
of members of Fisher Body Local
No. 596 of the United Automobile
Workers &C. I. o..
Many people have urged forced
savings" he said later. Il came
away from the meeting convinced
that 1t can be done on a volunteer
basis, and unless we can do 1t this
way something is wrong with the
program"
Secretary Morgenthau said the
workers don't understand why pro-
vision is not made to give them
other jobs when automobile pro-
duction is curtailed."
Somebody in the o. P. M. should
explain to working men and women"
he added. "The money is there to
pay, and itsis up to the o. P. M.
There must be and should be work
for these skilled people. They did
not question the necessity of the
changeover or its purpose. but
wanted to know what they were
going to do In the meantime"
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Ford Ex.Executive
Linked 10 Documents
In Espionage Trial
Counsel for Heine
Fights Admission Of
Letters on Aircraft
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Middle-
aged Edmund c. Heine's quest for
American aviation information was
translated by the Government yes
terday into an alleged scheme to
transmit to Germany important
technical intelligence on priced de-
velopments in the aircraft industry.
Heine, a former S30,000-a- a-year
plant manager for the Ford Motor
Co., raised no objection to testimony
of a dozen witnesses regarding his
travels and his correspondence ask
ing information on aviation subjects.
His counsel, George Gordon Battle,
developed these aspects of the case
with few friendly questions in each
cross-examination.
But when two lengthy technical
articles were offered, signed Helm
rich"-which the indictment cites
as one of Heine's several aliases
Mr.. Battle was on his feet protesting
vigorously.
Tentatively Admitted.
He cOntended that the Govern
ment had not shown the connection
between Heine's curiosity and the
details which the Government said
were passed on to spy ring for
transmission to Germany.
Federal Judge Mortimer L. Byers,
presiding at the trial of Heine and
IS others charged with espionage
conspiracy. admitted the papers SUBJ
ject to the Government establish
ing Heine's authorship.
William G.. Sebold, who said he
was assigned to espionage by the
German Gestapo and then turned
his commission over to the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, identi-
fed the papers as having been
given him by Lily Stein-one of II
who pleaded guilty to one or both
counts of the indictment.
Sebold said that in June, 1910,
he had queried the Hamburg Ges-
tapo as to how they wanted the
data sent. He was in charge of a
secret spy" radio on Long Island
which the F. B. I. helped him build
and operate. Court was adjourned
until Monday before it was estab-
lished whether the information
ever reached Germany.
Covered Wide Field.
The papers, embracing several
thousand words of condensed speci-
fications. told of the development
of Diesel airplane enginess by S. A.
Guiberson of Dallas, Tex, and the
Lawrence Engineering Co. of Lin
den, N. j.: the supply of Pratt g.
Whitney motors in East Hartford,
Conn, to Grumman, Lockheed,
Bellanca, Waco and other planes;
new General Motors engine, de-
signed in Indianapolis, Ind, which
developed one horsepower for each
pound it weighed; the Bell Aira-
cobra, which operates efficiently
at $4,000 feet" altitude; the prin-
ciples of the Boeing Stratoliner,
Bendix motors, hydraulic fuel sys-
TENS, propeller types used by the
Army and Navy, new devices in
landing gear and vast amount of
other technical data.
Evening star., 1941-09-20
Sabotage Charges
Threatened if Ohio
Utility Cuts Power
Commission Warns Firm
Against Action Which
Might Affect Defense
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Power Commission
last night warned the Ohio Public
Service Co., Cleveland. of possible
prosecution under the Anti-sabotage
Act, if the utility carried through
threat to pull switches at midnight
tonight on its lines connecting with
the Ohio Power Co., Newark, Ohio.
The commission declared that such
a disconnection may cause serious
disruption of electrical service to
essential national defense industries
both in the State of Ohio and in
several adjoining States"
Sole purpose of the threatened dis
connection, the commission said it
had been advised by the company,
was an intention to bring about i'm
mediate determination of current
proceeding in which the commission
accuses the company of failing TO
comply with accounting require
ments and the uniform system Of
accounts.
A commission spokesman said the
apparent intention Of the company
was to remove itself from interstate
commerce and thereby from the
jurisdiction of the commission. He
said, however. disconnection of the
switches will neither delay nor
terminate the present investigation"
The company later telegraphed
the commission that there is not
the slightest desire or intent on
our part to interfere with national
defense and we are convinced that
our discontinuance of the purchase
of this power will in no way af-
feet national defense because We
have just put into operation a new
$4,000 kiloWatt generating unit in
our Warren (Ohio) plant. and We
therefore have ample capacity to
meet all present and anticipated
power requirements in our terri
tory"
Evening star., 1941-09-20
BY the Associated Press,


DETROIT, Sept. 20.-Henry Nor
genthau, jr., Secretary of the Treas
ury, spent several hours yesterday
as an incognito observer of indus
trial and human problems involved
in turning production of huge auto
motive units here into armament
and defense channels.
He visited a c. I. o. union meet
Ing, he stopped to put nickels in
luke boxes" that had recordings Of
the Treasury's Defense bond sale
theme song.
When his tour ended, he expressed
belief in an interview that some
body" in the Once of Production
Management should explain to
workers worried over unemployment
that "a very small percentage OF
the money which Congress has ap-
propriated for national defense has
been spent"
Secretary Morgenthau, his identity
unknown except to one union OH
Ger, hear0 discussion Of the pay
Evening star., 1941-09-20

During this time l talked with
scores of men and junior officers, all
National Guardsmen, and listened
in on many camp fire conversa-
tions-sessions in which men talk
with no attempt to embroider their
language and no effort to disguise
their thoughts. Out of it all I have
received the distinct impression that
these men have a real zest for the
Army and I believe that impression
Is accurate, for there is something
about sharing a mess kit with a
man or racing with him through
mud knee deep by Louisiana bayou
to escape tank-something which
tends to break down the barriers
that otherwise might exist between
a soldier and an inquisitive civilian
in a misfit officers uniform who
confesses to being bothered by such
minor irritants as chiggers and mos
Quitoes.
Loud but Trivial Complaints.
This is not to say that the men
give three cheers for the Army at
sunrise and sunset. Far from it.
The "beefs" are numerous and loud,
but they are concerned for the most
part with the trivia of camp life
and "beefng" is just as much a
part of soldering as carrying rifle.
Thursday morning, for example,
breakfast was served at $3.50 am
long before daylight-in a low
lying clump Of trees, where the out
fit that I was with had spent the
night. The ground was mushy and
even at that early hour the atmos-
phere was uncomfortable with a
promise of the 'muggy heat to come
later in the day.
A lanky private from the noun
tains of Oklahoma shuffled over to
the mess truck to inspect the fare.
Returning to his companions with
an air of utter disgust, he drawled: :
my gawd, we gonna get scrambled
aigs agin. Amt we ever gonna git
nothing but scrambled aigs?"
Them amt aigs, soldier" one
of the other troopers replied with
elaborate sarcasm. "Them's some
thin special that was ordered by
the rest of this outfit and reckon
you'd better be glad to get 'em."
During the two days and nights
I spent at the front I ran across
only one soldier whose morale
seemed genuinely bad. And the
circumstances of my meeting and
brief conversation with him possibly
were significant.
Sullen and Secretive.
1t was about II o'clock Wednes-
day morning, while I was writing