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Evening star., 1942-05-28
Private Builders
Seek 10 Learn
War Status
Committee Meets
Tomorrow With
w. P. B. Officials
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

A committee representing home
builders the Nation over will meet
tomorrow with War Production
Board officials and representatives
of other agencies in an attempt to
determine Government policy with
regard to privately-built war f1ous-
ing.
The construction men, called into
session by the National Home Build
ers Association, are expected to ask
the w. p. B. to clear up uncertain
ties as to the future course of war
housing and to remove obstacles
which have halted projects to
considerable extent in many i'm
portant defense centers.
IF we are being put out of busi-
ness we should be told about It," a
spokesman for the builders said.
Fright now we are in the middle.
The situation is very uncertain and
rumors flying thick and fast point
to even more discouraging things to
come. One thing that Is definite
Is that our projects have been
stopped for lack of materials. We
are being penalized for doing the
very thing we were told to do
build war housing"
Financing More Liberal Now.
The official referred to action Of
housing officials in recent months in
urging builders to enter the war
housing field. On Tuesday the
President signed an amendment to
the National Housing Act which will
enable builders to obtain more lib
eral financing for projects.
About so builders will meet to-
night at the Hay-Adams House to
plan their course during tomorrow's
meeting with the Government off,
cials. The meeting will be headed
by Harry Durbin, Detroit, president
of the national association.
Representatives Of the Army and
National Housing Administrator
John B. Blandford, jr., have been
invited to attend tomorrow's session
with the w. P. B. A small commit
tee will represent the builders.
Will Ask Materials.
Builders are expected TO request
the w. P. A. to release materials so
housing already under way can be
completed. They also will ask
whether they are to be allowed any
further part In the war housing pro-
gram.
The spokesman for builders said
the industry has discovered Ito its
sorrow" that issuance of priorities
does not mean that materials for a
job will be forthcoming. He said
! the w. p. B. will be requested not
to issue further priorities unless the
materials are available to complete
the job.
kilograms and letters of distress
from builders over the country have
poured into association headquar-
ters here In the last few days. The
messages tell Of housing projects
stopped for lack Of materials and
construction crews breaking up for
lack Of work.
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Glider Pilot Training
Twill Be Expanded

An expansion Of the glider pilot
training program of the Army Air
Forces, with large numbers OF STU
dents to be instructed at ~ schools
beginning June /, was announced
yesterday by the War Department.
The number of students was not
disclosed, but training In light
motor driven planes will be given at
IS civil aeronautics schools located
In the Middle West, and elementary
and advance training in gliders at
nine Army schools.
The glider pilots will be authorized
to wear the Army Air Force wings
with glider insignia imposed. Army
officers and enlisted men, between
the ages of 18 and So. will be eligible.
After four weeks of instruction ir
light planes with emphasis on dead
stick" landings the students will get
q week Of elementary training In
small, two-place gliders followed by
3 week Of training In large Caro-
type gliders.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Control Of Rentals
In Arlington County 10
Begin by JuIy1
O. P. A. Will Tuke
Charge Of Entire
Administration

The once Of Price Administration
will assume control Of Arlington
County rents by July l, 1t was an
nounced today, following . confer
ence between o. p. A. Rent Admin
istrator Paul Porter and county
of1icials.
Actual administration Of the Fed
eral regulations will be placed in
the hands OF county residents, it was
said.
Chairman Edmund D. Campbell Of
the Arlington County Board, Charles
R. Fenwick, member of the House
Of Delegates, and County Manager
Prank C. Hanrahan conferred with
Mr.. Porter this week to determine
the o. P. AS plans for administer
ing regulations which have estab-
Ished rental ceilings at the rates
prevailing on January /, 1g41.
Plans Direct Control
The Federal agency apparently is
adamant in its decision to exercise
direct control over the housing fees,
Mr.. Campbell said. Residents not
associated with the interests Of
landlords, tenants or rental prop
critics will be appointed by the
o. P. A. to administer the regula-
tions.
The o. P. A. hopes to have the
machinery N operation by July l,
Mr.. Campbell said.
Mr.. Fenwick and Mr.. Campbell
recently went to Richmond to urge
Gov. Darden to avail himself of
authority granted by a law passed
/ by the 1912 General Assembly au-
thorizing the appointment of State
emergency rent boards. Gov. Dar-
den, however, declined to appoint
the board since the o. P. A. had
already announced it intended to
set up its own enforcement ma
chinery.
First Objective Met.
The delegation which conferred
with Gov. Darden recognized the
need for effective rent control In
Arlington, Mr.. Campbell said, and
the primary objective Of the group
has been met by the o. P. AS de-
cision to appoint local administra-
tors. e.
The delegation which went to
Richmond sought assurances that
residents familiar with conditions
and problems of the community
would be placed in authority. Such
persons, the board chairman stated
would be better acquainted with
obvious abuses of rent levels.
The Alexandria Arlington Fair.
fax Real Estate Board adopted q
resolution Tuesday night asking
Gov. Darden to appoint State rent
control board and appointed a COM
mittee headed by Ashton C. Jones
ST., to present the matter to other
groups.
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Hugh Mccormick Hayden, the son
Of Capt. r. Hayden of 33ls N street
NV: ensign with later detail to
aviation. He won the Navy e"
for excellence with great guns on
the 1910 practice cruise.
Donald Richard Jones, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Jones Of 1346
Pennsylvania avenue Sc; ensign.
Winner Of Legion Award.
Archie Legion Julian, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Julian of 1852 Fair
mont street NV; ensign. He won
the American Legion award Of q
pair Of marine binoculars in his
third class year for standing firSt
in the course in Government.
Robert Grayson Kackley, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Kackley Of 4437
Volta place NV; ensign.
william Marshall Knapp, son Of
Mrs. J. H. Knapp Of 2o01 Sixteenth
street NV: ensign with later de-
tail to aviation.
Frederick Henry Lemly, jr., son
Of Capt. r. H. Lemly, U. S. N. r l.,
and Mrs. Lemly of 1925 Thirty
eighth street NV; ensign with later
detail to submarine duty. Won the
Navy "E" for excellence with great
guns on the 1910 practice cruise.
Wilfred James Mcneil. jr. son Of
1t. Comdr. w. J. Mcneil, U. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Mcneil of 1902 Irving
street NV; ensign. He won the
Navy "E" for excellence with great
guns on the 1910 practice cruise.
Howard Shackleford Moore, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Moore Of
1895 @ street NV; ensign with
later detail to aviation.
John William Shultz. jr, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Shultz Of 82S
Varnum street NV; ensign. He
was awarded the Navy 'E" for
excellence with great guns on the
1910 practice cruise.
Headed Committee.
James Eugene Smith, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. C. Smith Of 1921 r
street NV; ensign. He was chair
man of the Regimental Activities
Committee in his first class year.
Thomas Fleming Smith, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Smith Of POST
Park road; ensign with later detail
to Supply Corps.
Morris Rouzer Snead, son of MIR.
and Mrs. H. j. Snead Of BOIL Cam
bridge place NV; second heuten-
ant Marine Corps.
James Douglas Spencer, son of
Capt. D. A. Spencer, U. S. NJ, and
Mrs. Spencer of 5000 Connecticut
avenue; ensign. In his plebe year
he won the Naval Order of the
United States prize for exhibiting,
in an examination, the broadest
knowledge of world history of the
present day.
Joseph Bowen Sullivan, son OF
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. E. E. Sullivan,
1735 New Hampshire avenue NV;
ensign.
John Raymond Sullivan, jr., son
Of Comdr. j. r. Sullivan Of 1901
Connecticut avenue; ensign.
Halford Woodson, son Of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. w. B. Woodson
of 3222 Woodley road NV; ensign.
He won the Navy "E" for excellence
with great guns on the 1910 practice
cruise.
Frederick Archer Yates, son Of DR.
and Mrs. Frederick Yates of 2343
Ashmead place NV; ensign with
later detail to aviation.
Richard Gait Zimmerman, son oi
Capt. A. g. Zimmerman, o. s. N.
ret, and Mrs. Zimmerman Of 2906
Forty-fifth street NV; ensign.
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Memorial Day Parade
To Have Many Soldier.
From Nearby Areas
Families Of One Full
Company Of Infantry
Live in Washington

Many of the men in the ranks Of
the Memorial Day parade here Sat-
urday viii be hometown boys from
nearby Maryland and Virginia, the
War Department said today.
The bully OF the men forming the
regiment will come from homes in
adjacent Virginia as will the men,
bers of the battalion of field ar
tillery.
One full company of colored in
fantrymen, whose families live in
Washington, will be in the line Of
march just behind the colored bat
talon from the Fort Belvoir. Va,
Engineer Replacement Center.
Workers Get Time on.
War Department employees will be
excused Saturday afternoon in time
to see the parade which starts at 4
pm. Release times will vary in ac-
cordance with the location of of1ces.
Six military bands will contribute
to the martial spirit of the day.
Besides the famous Army, Navy and
Marine Corps Bands others include
the Regimental Band of the in
fantry combat team, the Air Force
Band from Boiling Field and one
from Fort Belvoir.
The reviewing stand for the pa
rade, the first all-military parade in
Washington since the entry of the
United States into the war. will be
on the north side of Constitution
avenue, between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets NV.
At 2::3o pm. Saturday veterans oi
the Sd Division will hold a ceremony
at the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier
at Arlington, Va. and following the
ceremony will place a wreath on the
grave of Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dick
man, commander Of the division in
France. Veterans Of the Sd Division
will be led by John A. Rees, preSi-
dent Of the Washington branch.
Camp Lee Glee Club to Sing.
A delegation of so men in uniform
from Camp Lee, Va, will take part
III tllC mcIllOIld ldl Lay PlOBA dAi q
Arlington National Cemetery Satur-
day, It was announced yesterday
This delegation. the Camp Lee Glee
Club, will arrive in Washington Sat-
urday morning and will sing before
the opening of the exercises at the
cemetery at 1880 pm. and also dur
ing the program.
Shutdowns scheduled Saturday ir
observance Of Memorial Day in in
dustrial plants should be Cancelled
because the country cannot afford
"a lag in war production" Donald
M. Nelson, chairman of the Wal
Production Board, declared yester.
day.
I'VE can honor our heroic dead
! only by showing that we are q.
determined as they were to defenc
our country without counting the
cost to ourselves" Mr.. Nelson said
I'VE cannot honor them by taking
. holiday"
Evening star., 1942-05-28
D. {. Heads 10 Attend
Benefit at British Embassy

Members of the Board of Commis-
sioners today accepted invitations TO
attend a garden party to be held
from 4 to pm. June 6 on the
grounds of the British Embassy to
raise funds to be used by the Dis
trict Civilian Defense Corps and
British War Relief.
The party will be held under the
auspices of the st. Andrews Society.
Tickets, at 81 per person, are on
sale at Kann's Department Store,
the American Automobile Associa-
ton, the ONCE of the British War
Relief Society on Connecticut ave-
nue., the American Express ONCE at
1414 F street NV. and the ONCE Of
Thomas Cook g. Son, 7l2 Fifteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
nni|yandChi|d
Welfare Units
ASK More Funds
Food and Rent
Ceilings Opposed
At Annual Session

Family and Child Welfare Divi-
sions Of the Council of Social
Agencies at their annual meeting
yesterday asked for more employees
and increased appropriations to
handle work necessitated by the
influx Of war workers.
Meeting in the Y. w. c. A.. .
resolution was adopted by the
groups for transmission to the
Senate District Committee asking
q larger fund to finance adequate
housing and provide larger food
budget for District residents now
in need.
Francis McPeek, agency member,
offered the resolution, and declared
rent and food ceilings as proposed
under the ALLEGATION plan should be
removed. He added the $50 limit
should be replaced by q system of
financing according to family needs.
Foster Homes . Problem,
Mrs. Henry p. Chandler and Mrs.
William Kittle. In charge Of the
two divisions, headed the meeting
which elected a number Of new
officers.
In the absence OF Commissionar
Guy Mason, Conrad Van Hyning
of the Board of Public Welfare dis
cussed District needs for public
welfare.
Miss Pauline Bakeman reported
the major problem was the location
Of foster homes for children in the
District and that families in this
area had been slow to provide resi-
dences for youngsters - probably
because of the transient nature Of
the population.
Other speakers were Mary Hen
derson Graham and Mary c. Leute,
who discussed housing conditions.
There are 90 groups represented in
the council.
Child Welfare Unit Elects.
Those elected for the Child We'll
fare Division were Mrs. Alice Sen
ton, vice chairman; Mrs. j. c. Free
land, chairman Of the Children in
Homes Committee, and Miss Alice
Padgett, legislation. Members OF
the Steering Committee are Mrs.
Aileen Burton, Mrs. Marguerite
Mayer, Miss Dorothy Pearse, Miss
Helen Richards and Miss Gay Shep-
person.
Members-at- Large are Mrs. Jesse
Adkins, Miss Susan B. Anthony, I'd,
Mrs. Paul Appleby, Mrs. James r.
Bourne, Mrs. Herbert N. Budlong,
Porter Bush. Miss Valerie K. Chase,
Mrs. James E. Colliflower, Dr.. Mary
HUFF Diggs, Mrs. william r. Divine,
Mrs. Herbert Emmerich, Victor
Evjen, Mrs. I. s. Falk, Miss Olive
Gage, Gerald Gross. DR.. Robert
Hightower, DR.. Thelma Hunt, DR..
Mineola Kirkland, Dr.. Thomas
Mitchell, DR.. Margaret Nicholson,
Miss Miriam Gutenberg, Mrs. Louis
Gutenberg, Mrs. Lois Parsons, Dr..
Ruth Reed, Mrs. v. Dodge Simons,
Mrs. Frances Simsarian, Mrs. Walter
Unofd, Miss Josephine VanDriel,
Mr.. Van Hyning, Mrs. Jerry Voorhis,
Mrs. Horace Wilkie and Mrs. Anne
Zelditch.
Mrs. Helen Weir Martin WAS
named vice chairman Of the Family
Welfare Division with Mrs. Graham
as head of the Intake Committee.
DR.. ]. Lowery Fendrich was elected
head of the Legislation Committee.
Members -at-large for the family
division include Miss Melva Bakkie,
Miss Clara Bradley. Mrs. Angelina
Brain, Miss Josephine Brown, Jack
Carnow, Miss Elizabeth Cosgrove,
Miss Louise Fitz Simons, L. A. Hal
bert, Miss Marjorie Hesseltine. c..
v. Rooms. Mrs. mabel Lindsay. Miss
Pauline Miller, Miss Mary McFar-
land, Miss Maude Morlock, the Rev.
Harry Porter and Miss Margaret
Wallace.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Funeral Services Today
For Daniel B. Alley

Funeral services for Daniel B.
Alley. II, Of Gil South Twenty sixth
street, Arlington, Va, who died
Tuesday following injuries received
In an automobile accident, will be
held at 4 pm. today at the Calvary
Methodist Church, Twenty-third
and south Grant streets.
Mr. Alley, painter, was struck
May 18 by a truck while he was
walking across Route at Twenty
eighth street.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Teo and Coffee Quotas
Boosted for D. 6. Area

The War Production Board today
boosted the coffee and tea quotas
for the Metropolitan Area Of the
District by Is per cent.
This was one of more than so de-
fense regions where allotments were
raised because the population has
increased by more than 10 per cent
In the past year.
The increase, the w. P. B. said
puts the tea quota at SIS per cent
and that for coffee at 86.3 per cent
of deliveries by tea packers and cof-
fee roasters in the second quarter
Of 1941.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
81 Midshipmen From District
TO Be Graduated June 79
Majority to Receive Commission us Navy
Ensiens, Some os Marine Corps Lieutenqnts

Thrty-tvo midshipmen from the
District are members Of the class
Of more than 600 which will gradu-
ate June 10 at the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Immediately following sradua-
ton, all those meeting all the re-
quirements will be commissioned. .
large percentage Of them going into
the Navy, but some becoming ON
GERS in the Marine Corps. A large
number of those slated to become
naval ensigns have signifled a de-
sire to be assigned to aviation or
submarine duty.
The class of l942 will be gradual
ed after three years, the second to
60 through the academy in the
shorter period because Of the war
emergency.
Midshipmen From District.
Midshipmen from the District OF
Columbia in the graduating class
are:
Balls Mitchell Bell, son Of T. W.
Bell Of 1925 Clifton street NV;
ensign with later detail to avia-
ton.
Bernard Bennett, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Bennett Of 1108 Allison
street NV; ensign with later detail
to aviation.
Robert Graham Bradley, son OF
Mrs. E. D. Woodruff of 1727 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV; ensign.
James Avonia Cochran, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Cochran Of 625
East Capitol street; ensign with
later detail to aviation.
Bartholomew Joseph Connolly, 3d.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Connolly
jr., Of 1856 Beecher street NV;
ensign with later detail to aviation
Henry Jonathan Hosmer Cooke
son Of Mrs. F. H. Cooke Of 374;
Upton street NV; ensign with
later detail to submarine duty.
Football Team Member.
Edward Joseph Cummings, jr.
son of DR.. and Mrs. E. j. Cumming,
of 4635 Kenmore drive; ensign. HI
was a member of the football team
Frank Homewood Dean, jr., sor
of Comdr. F. H. Dean, U. S. N, and
Mrs. Dean, of 6342 Thirty -seconc
street NV; ensign.
Gail James Ellerbe. son of 1t
j. C. Ellerbe Of the United State.
Coast and Geodetic Survey anc
Mrs. Ellerbe: ensign.
Arthur Tenney Emerson, jr, sor
of 1t. Comdr. A. T. Emerson, U. S
NJ. and Mrs. Emerson of 300(
Cathedral avenue; ensign. The
youngest member of his class, Mid
| shipman Emerson received the
Navy "E" for excellence with great
guns on the 1910 practice cruise.
Eugene Rumph Flathmann, sor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Flathmanr
OF 1925 Franklin street NE; seconc
lieutenant, Marine Corps. He wa,
active In football and track, anc
was elected goatkeeper in his frs
class year.
Navy "E" for Guns.
George Howard Foster, jr., son o.
1t. Col. and Mrs. G. H. Foster ol
1912 Longfellow street N. W.; ensign
He won the Navy "E" for excellence
with great guns on the ls40 practice
cruise.
Joseph Edmund Hadley, son oi
Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Hadley of 1901
Columbia road; ensign. He was
awarded the Navy "E" for excellence
with great guns on the 1910 practice
cruise.
Alvin William Hall, jr., son Of Mr.
and Mrs. A. w. Hall Of 1919 Kalmis
| road NV; ensign.
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Mrs. QuisIey Dies
srec.al Dispatch 10 The Star.

Srec.al DlSpatcn 70 Inc cIaI.
BETHESDA, Md, May 28.-Mrs.
Mabel L. Quigley, 81. longtime resi-
dent of this vicinity, died yesterday
in a Washington hospital after a
long illness. The wife OF James
Clarkson Quigley, Bethesda, she also
leaves four daughters and sons:
Mrs. Louis Lieberman, Baltimore;
Mrs. Cecil Baker, Rockville; Clinton
M. Quigley, Bethesda, and James
Quigley. Washington. Burial will
be at Delta, Pa.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Circus Worker Sought
After Stobbinq Another

Harbor police and police of the
ninth and eleventh precincts combed
the small islands of the Kingman
Lake area in Benning today for
colored youth sought in the stabbing
of a colored circus worker on the
circus grounds late yesterday.
James Pates, 10, of Manatee, Fla,
was in Casualty Hospital in a serious
condition with a knife wound in the
stomach after the alteration with
another circus employe. The man
sought was last seen heading for
the lake area, police said.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
MAatHaAB~xWM
WAR BONDS!

These huge Cotton heavy tanks
cost $120,0 900, and Americas auto
motive and locomotive plants are
turning them out on never-ending
assembly line. Our Army uses light
tanks, weighing IA tons, and medium
tanks of % tons also, but we favor
the medium tank over the other
two.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Troining Begins Early

The Army announced today that
more than 100 enlisted men already
are being instructed In aircraft
warning at the Signal Corps School
at Camp Murphy, near West Palm
Beach, Fla, although the formal
opening Of the camp was not sched-
uled until June 8.
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by many local public housing
authorities. The Alley Dwelling
Authority, under its original act,
now Title I, devised a method Of
slum reclamation which enables it
to write OF excess costs Of slum
properties by amortiSing these costs
through real estate taxes"
Evening star., 1942-05-28

These heavy tanks are needed
for certain phases of modern war
fare and with their thick armor and
heavy-gauge guns they are almost
unstoppable. They are considered
superior in gun power, in maneuver-
ability and in the power of their
huge tractor motors to Axis tanks.
Americans everywhere are helping
to pay for these monsters Of war
through their purchase Of War
bonds. Invest at least 10 per cent
Of your income in War bonds every
pay day.
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
DR.. Cumming to Be Honored

The Senate gave its approval yes
terday to resolution granting DR..
Hugh s. Cumming (retired Of the
United States Public Health Service,
permission to accept decorations be-
slowed on him by the Republics Of
Colombia, Haiti and Chile.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Frederick ". RucksfaII,
Noted Sculptor, Dies

Frederick Wellington Ruckstall,
noted sculptor whose works are at
the Library Of Congress and statu-
ary Hall, died yesterday in New
York after q brief illness.
Included among his works here
are granite heads of Franklin,
Goethe and Macaulay on the facade
Of the Library Of Congress, the
statues Of John C. Calhoun, U. M.
Rose and Wade Hampton at the
Capitol. He also did "Solon," a
heroic bronze, at the Congressional
Library.
Other works of Mr.. Ruckstall are
in the Metropolitan Art Museum OF
New York, st. Louis, Harrisburg,
Pa: Petersburg, Va; Little Rock
Ark; Columbia, s. c.; Raleigh, N
c., and Stafford Springs, Conn. He
was a member Of the National In
stitute of Arts and Letters. the Ma
tional Sculpture Society, the
Municipal Art Society. the Archi-
tects' League Of New York, the Ma
tional Arts Club and editor Of the
old Art World.
Mr.. Ruckstall was born in Brei-
tenbach, Alsace, May, 70, 1888, re-
ceived his early education in the
public schools Of st. Louis. and later
Evening star., 1942-05-27
CoIored Attendant on Worshjp
BIesses Bombs to Beat Jops
Prayer Ma Taught Him Never Foi|s,
He Boasts in Typical Crew Confidence

measurably by a stab in the back,
but we will wear them down. We
are doing this every time we sink
one Of their ships; their replace
ment facilities are strictly limited
ours unlimited"
This confidence which radiates
from the more than 1000 men
aboard is not shallow cocksureness
They, much more than the people
ashore, realize the long. hard fight
that is ahead, the sacrifices neces-
sary and the dig-in, determined, all
out efforts that must be made.
They are inclined to believe that
the folks on the mainland don't
yet realize how serious the situation
is. that we can lose the war unless
everything is put into the night.
This spirit of determination is
everywhere on this ship. You see
it among the mechanics, for in
stance. Walk along the deck late at
night and you see the men hard at
work.
Proud Of their work, they stay there
until their task Is In perfect order.
What If they do get only a few
hours sleep before the bugle blows?