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Evening star., 1942-08-24
NewApp|ieants AIIay
Fear Of Shortage Of
School Engineers
Sunday Star Article
Credited by OfficioIs
For Increased Interest

School officials had hopes today
that the shortage of trained engi-
neers in the public schools might
be relieved by fall, as more appn-
cants than had appeared in weeks
telephoned the superintendent. of
custodians this morning.
due to publicity given in The
Sunday Star to the danger that
four District schools might be closed
for lack of engineers to run heat
ing plants" said r. E. Robson, Gus
todial superintendent, "the number
of applicants for school jobs in
creased considerably this morning."
A few calls came from women who
inquired as to the schools policy in
hiring them for engineering posi-
tions. Before the war is over, Mr..
Robson indicated, the Schools may
be forced to employ women to stand
on q 4 ! eagena 70 wash windows,
wall, or cut the grass. 9@
But don't consider 1t proper
environment for children to see
women working at tasks like that"
Mr.. Robson declared. Environment
in a school means a great deal more
to child than is generally thought.
There is certain respect for adults,
especially women, which should be
fostered in children"
Employment of women for dust
ing. care of girls washrooms and
other lighter chores has already
increased in the schools, he indi-
Gated, to the extent that few
women custodians have been placed
IN junior high and elementary
schools during the past year. Previ-
ously they had been employed only
in senior high schools.
The shortage of trained engineers
was revealed by school officials last
week end, when it became so serious
that four schools were in danger of
not being opened in September for
lack of custodial employees, and nine
more schools face understanding by
engineers. About 131 trained en-
ployes, it was disclosed, had left
low-salaried school jobs since Janu-
ary to take better paying custodial
positions.
The most serious lack, Mr. Robson
indicated, is of licensed engineers
to run at least 13 of the systems S
steam-heating plants.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Census Bureau in Suitland, against
the wishes of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Sullivan, 495 I street
S.W.
Police said Clark admitted shoot
ing his wife In the left side of her
head with shotgun yesterday dur
ing a quarrel at their home.
Clark was brought before Trial
Magistrate Alan Bowie today in
Upper Marlboro Police Court and
the case continued until Friday.
Mrs. Clark, who will become a
mother in November if she lives,
was separated from her husband
shortly after their marriage and
went back to live with her parents,
police said. She recently returned
to her husband when he established
the Bradbury Park home to be near
his work at Suitland.
Mrs. Clark is one of nine children
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Maryland May Ban
Fire Sirens 10 Avoid
Afraid Confusion
Bells Moy Be Used;
Two Baltimore Incidents
Leud to Discussion

Use of sirens by fire engines re-
spending to alarms may be banned
shortly in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, it was indicated
today, to eliminate confusion with
afraid warnings.
A request for the restriction of
all fire sirens in Maryland, except
those In the civilian defense sys-
TENS, was made yesterday by Col.
Henry S. Barrett, State director of
afraid precautions. He asked that
all fire departments be ordered to
use only bells when responding to
alarms.
The action followed the false
alarm" in Baltimore County Satur-
day when several hundred raid
wardaps confused the sound of fire
sirens with the AFRAID alarm and
reported for duty. 1t was the second
such incident in recent months.
A sector warden in the area af-
fected declared yesterday many
civilian defense workers had threat
ened to resign unless something were
done about fire sirens.
Chief James w. Just, State fire
co-ordinator, said today he will con-
fer with Col. Barrett.
Il think the plan is feasible, "
Chief Just said. Bells have just
as good carrying power as sirens,
although, they may slow down fire
equipment a little"
He emphasized, however, that
volunteer f1rehouses would not be
affected. since they would have to
continue using their sirens to sum-
mon firemen to their posts.
He added that such a move has
been considered for some time. but
that nothing has been done. There
has never been any confusion in
Montgomery or Prince Georges
Counties over the use of sirens in
fire alarms, he said.
The chances are" he continued
that we'll substitute bells for sirens
in the near future. Chicago has
had such system in effect fol
some time and it has proved salts
factory"
Judge Albert E. Brault and j
Robert Sherwood, civilian defense
directors in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, respectively
could not be reached for comment
Evening star., 1942-08-24

tute. If all the cars on the street
had been manufactured since 1910,
when driving lights were standard
lied, the problem would be nothing
at all, but pre-1940 cars amount
to about 80 per cent of those on
the road and all of them have diff
ferent shapes and designs.
An OCD spokesman made it clear,
however, that If the Army didn't
enter the picture, substitute could
be designed and approved.
The Commissioners appointed a
committee to study the chances of a
substitute for the priority banned
lamps, which, incidentally cost about
$3.50 per set to install. Today's an
nouncement was apparently the re-
suit of that study which began late
last week.
Blackouts during which streets
have been well Illuminated by the
10000 vehicles allowed emergency
Identification to travel during drills
have shown the need to work out
some solution. The Districts new
blackout regulations provide that
only vehicles equipped with ap-
proved blackout lighting can travel
during blackouts but so far this
phase of the regulations necessarily
has been ignored.
Cut in Stickers Seen.
1t was indicated at a post-mortem
on the last blackout, however, that
steps would be taken to cut down
the number of cars with emergency
stickers.
On that score, national OCD rec
commended that only 2 per cent of
,, the total vehicle registration be al
lowed to move during blackouts-
which would cut the local blackout
traffic from 10000 to 1000 cars.
In lieu of a substitute for the ap-
proved lamps, OCD has been recon-
mending that cars travel with their
parking lights or low beam head
lights-both of which OCD spokes-
men readily admit are no substitute
for the unattainable approved
product.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Three District Bills
Offered in Senute

Chairman McCarran of the Sen
ate District Committee today intro
duced three bills recommended by
the Commissioners. two of which
already are pending in the House.
These two are.
Revision of the law for the con-
demnation of insanitary buildings.
to speed up procedure; more strin-
gent penalty for the offense of in
decent exposure.
The third bill, not yet offered In
the House, is to establish more
adequate system of birth records for
illegitimate children and to protect
the record Of such children.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Glenn Plans 10 Confer
With PUG Today on
Taxicab Zone Rates
But Commission Asks
Him to Submit Statement
Before Granting Interview

Edward A. Glenn, president of the
United Cab Drivers, Inc, planned to
60 to the District Building today for
a conference with the Public Util-
tiles Commission.
An official at the main Office said,
however, Mr.. Glenn had not seen q
letter from the commission which
arrived in the morning mail asking
for a statement in writing. The
commission said in its letter that, II
on reading the statement it was de-
cided to have him in for an inter-
view, he would be so informed.
Glenn in Marlboro.
The union Office said Mr.. Glenn
was in court in Marlboro, Md, on a
personal matter and planned to 60
directly from there to the District
Building. x ysl.i,. 4s.ay4s il53sc,
Mr.. Glenn said yesterday that,
after the interview, he would set a
date for ~ mass meeting Of cab
drivers TO decide whether another
vacation" was necessary in pro-
test against the commission's can
collation. of scheduled hearing on
taxi zone rates.
The main reason for the confer
ence which he requested Saturday,
Mr.. Glenn explained, was to learn
whether the commission planned no
further action on the zone changes
or intended to explore the situation
privately.
No Appointment Made.
E. J. Milligan, commission execu-
tive secretary, said the commission
ers unanimously decided Saturday
to await written statement and,
as far as he knew, the commissioners
had not changed their minds, nor
was any appointment with Mr..
Glenn in the ofing.
Mr.. Milligan said he had been
aware of the close time element in
volved and had tried unsuccess-
fully to reach Mr. Glenn by tele-
phone before mailing the letter
Saturday afternoon.
The commission was scheduled to
meet this morning to hold informal
hearings of other utility matters
and has regular meeting slated
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Rites for F. J. Robinson
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at 10
am tomorrow in Hyattsville Me-
mortal Church for Franklin j.
Robinson. IT, retired employe of the
former Pension Office, who died
Saturday at his home in Hyattsville.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Edyth Bonesteel Robinson; two sons,
1t. Col Charles A. Robinson of Fort
Shelby, Miss, and Stanley Robinson
of Chicago. and three daughters,
Miss Marion Blanche Robinson,
Hyattsville, and, Mrs. Bessie R.
Mofltt and Mrs. Frances r. Snyder,
Washington.
Evening star., 1942-08-24

These planes are simple in con-
struction (. are used to teach
freshman pilots the essentials OF fly
ing and plane technique. Our fac
tories are turning out thousands OF
these ships as our air force grows
larger each month. Your purchase
of War bonds and stamps will help
pay for them. Invest at least 10
per cent of your income in, War
bonds everypayday and become a
member of the national Ten Per
Cent Club" And remember. you'll
get 81 at maturity for every So you
invest now.
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Expectant Mother, 1o,
Shot in Head Durinq
Quarrel With Husband
Suitlund Census Bureau
Guard Held Without Bond;
Wife's Condition Critical

A 19-year-old expectant mother,
who ignored opposition of her
parents to her marriage eight
months ago, today lay critically
wounded in Casualty Hospital, while
her husband was being held without
bond in Upper Marlboro jail on a
charge of assault with intent to
kill.
The victim is Mrs. Annie Eliza
beth Clark, 4649 Lacey avenue,
Bradbury Park. Md, who married
Ernest Clark, %, a guard at the
Evening star., 1942-08-24
RELIGIOUS Discussion Slotted

The Arlington Bahai Assembly
will hold the last In its series Of In
formal summer meetings wednesday
when the topic, rs Religion Neces-
sary In the New World Order?" wall
be discussed at 8:l5 pm. at the homo
Of j. e. Rice, 5925 Fourteenth street
North, Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Groves to Be Restored

Methodists OF Northern Ireland
recently made pilgrimage to LAM
beg Parish Churchyard, where sew
eral celebrated early Methodists are
buried, and funds were raised to
restore the Methodist graves there
Evening star., 1942-08-24
HydroeIectric Plants Pushed

French hydroelectric generating
plants in the Alps, the Jura and
the Pyrenees are scheduled for
completion by 1914, and they are
expected to provide over 4,000,-
o00, 900 kilowatt hours annually.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Catholic Women Elect

MANASSAS, Va, Aug. "a (Spe-
ciaD The Catholic Woman's Club
of Manassas has elected the follow
ing officers: President, Mrs. E. B.
Moncure; vice president, Mrs. Bessie
Akers; treasurer, Mrs Mary Bisson;
secretary, Mrs. Jesse Crosby.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
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MAotHa~R~xWM
WAR BONDS

With air superiority essential to
the United Nations, the United
States Army is using thousands of
primary trainer planes for instruc-
ton of her air pilots These small
planes cost about $4,000.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Roosevelt Student Wins
Lanier Essay Prize

Bowie Kent Kuhn. 7704 Alaska
avenue NV, Roosevelt High
School student, has been awarded
the SIS prize offered by Mrs. Ada
Bennett Holt, president of the
Stonewall Jackson Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, for
the best essay on Sidney Lanier,
poet. musician and Conferedate
soldier, whose Tooth birthday an
niversary was observed this year.
The presentation was made by
Mrs. Harold Walbridge Robbins,
president of the District of Colum-
bia Division, U. D. c., in behalf of
Mrs. Holt. Mrs. Livingston Vann,
jr., past president of the local di-
vision, is District director for the
Sidney Lanier Committee.
Young Kuhn is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis c. Kuhn. He was
awarded the American Legion
medal for patriotic essay in 1888
while a student at Alexander r.
Shepherd School, and on gradua-
ton in June. 1941, from Paul Junior
High School was presented the
D. A. r. medal for citizenship. He
was president of Student Council
at the latter school in 1941.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
BIuze Sets OFF Fireworks

PORTLAND, Ind. GP)-Several
farmers enjoyed a glorious but be-
lated Fourth as ton and half
of fireworks aboard a truck was
ignited. A short circuit caused the
fire. Driver Rondlet Decker of
Bloomington, Ind, leaped from his
"hot seat" without injury.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Worrenton Legion
Elects Officers
gnecial Disnstch tn The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WARRENTON. Va, Sept. =
William H. Gaines, attorney, has
been elected commander of the John
D. Sudduth Post, American Legion,
succeeding L. S. Wampler.
Other officers elected are Claude
OBannon, vice commander; Val
H. Stieglitz, adjutant; Charles F.
Taylor, finance officer; Dan P. Wood,
service officer; DR.. w. G. Trow,
chaplain c. K Moffett, historian;
o. c. Davis, custodian of flag, and
H. T. Hammant, sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Cosy Coat

FIeecy, light and coy; mail
box pockets, button high
neck, ComeI ton. beaver
brown, 1909 wool t65q6
wool, $3.50 cotton bocN, 10
to Is, Sl9.95.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Crocheted Dress

CuddY, cuteIy crocheted
about the bodice; noturoI,
oQuo. (4595 wool, 20q6
robbtts' hojr, 359o royon). 10
to Is, SI095.
Evening star., 1942-09-07

puIlover-l00qo wool; yellow,
brown. red. copen, pink. navy.
10 to I6, $3.50.
Plaid Skirt-oII pleots, brown,
green navy t2Shqo reused
wool, 24hq6 wool. 500 roy
on; 10 to Is, $395
Evening star., 1942-09-07

Young ond easy, with rooIdn
shoulders, shirtWoist collar.
iounty side pockets l003 wool
IN block Ace blue, ooIo red,
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ALLIED GUNS AWAKEN HOPE IN NAZ| OPPRESSED COUNTRIES
GuwsN oeFu a United

The thunder of victorious Allied guns
in the African desert rolls across all
German occupied countries up to North
Cape beyond the Arctic Circle.
Some AS million oppressed and perse-
cuted people in 10 European countries
listen with awakening hope in their
hearts The detonations in Sahara-in-
audible yet omnipresent - rededicate
these peoples to their twofold task of
German rulers.
Reports from all occupied countries
show that resistance and sabotage have
become more forceful, adamant and uni
versal during the last six months. Rus
sia's heroic resistance, American entry
into the war and growth of Allied
strength have fed the flames of patriotic
passion. simultaneously occurred the
utter collapse of any and all German
pretense at creating the new order in
Europe When German war lords saw
their blitzkrieg deteriorate irrevocably
into the elemental and age-old war of
attrition, the new disorder became ever
more brutal. selfish and ruthless. Its
naked bestiality strengthened constantly
the well-nigh total opposition it was
supposed to crush.
Allied armies will soon stand poised
on the threshold Of Europe. Internal
obstruction against the Germans in oc-
cupied countries is therefore a factor
of tremendous military importance. IN
Vulnerable antagonistic eyes stare day
and night on German Notifications, Ger
man troop movements. German military
equipment. Reports of what is seen
reach Allied headquarters swiftly and
surely. The Allied high command has
at all times comprehensive picture of
Germany's occupational strength.
The methods of resistance and sabo-
tage differ in each nation according to
its social structure before the war.
temper of the people and geography Of
the country. A survey of obstruction in
the occupied countries may logically be
divided into the western section, tnclud-
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miapocryphal tales. One concerns q
portly Indian who tried to join the
Army, and, told by the recruiting officer
he was too fat to qualify, tartly replied,
Don't want to run. Want to fight"
The great classic on the Indians fight
ing attitude, however. was made Is years
ago by John Rat, a Cherokee. When he
came home from France in the last war
he was asked by his friends how he liked
the Army. His answer is still echoing in
this war, TOO much salute, not enough
shoot"
AS matter of fact, that Indian-talk
business of Me ketchum," ME strong,
silent man." is heard no more. Once
there might have been Indians like the
Cherokee soldier who saluted his colonel
in the morning, but refused to do so in
the afternoon because, as the Cherokee
put it: Back where I live, speak to men
in morning. No more that day"
Fifty Tribes Represented.
Some so different tribes are represent
ed among the 1000 Indians at this post
Many are college graduate and the
number who haven't at least a high
school education are few.
AS an example of the people who seem
to persist in using ugh" and one-syl-
liable words on their first Conversations
approach to an Indian, they tell the
sotry here of feminine radio program
arranger, who asked the Indians to sing
their native songs, and wanted informa-
tional background about their songs so
she could introduce them intelligently to
her listening audience.
The task of informing the young lady
fell to the bayonet specialist, Sergt Mat
lock, who, with his somber face and a
couple Of football scars on his skull. was
convincing evidence to the young woman
that she was talking to an Indian, and
no fooling. Timidly she outlined with
tWo-syllable words and sign language
gestures that she'd like him to explain
the background of his native songs.
Madam said Sergt Matlock, in the
mellifluous Oklahoma tone that is a COM
bination of soft Southern and slow
Western draWl. 1.-The easiest way for me
to explain our Indian songs is to tell you
they are similar to a series of progress
sions in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales"
and he then proceeded to quote examples
from the prologue while the young lady's
chin dropped.
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worse than that of all other European
laborers in Germany Reichscommissar
Seyss- Inquart has forbidden public
wear of the Cross. symbol of Christianity,
because it has become "a hostile de-
monstration.'
There is great religious resistance.
Clergy refuse to conduct burial services
raids. German chaplains accompanied
by squads of German soldiers must do
the honors. New DEGREES forbid Jews
to shop except from 5 to pm. But
shopkeepers put aside from their meager
stocks and gentiles shop for the Jews.
Only one-half of the total milk pro-
duced on Dutch farms reaches the off,
cially controlled diaries. The other half
is sold in the black market, which effec-
lively drains supplies available to the
Nazis.
Suffering In Belgium.
Belgium's tragedy of starvation
aroused the compassion of the American
people in the First World War. Today
Belgium suffers immeasurably more.
Deprivations are more cruel than in
the last war. There are hunger and
cold during the long winter and weight
of tyrrany which has perfected its
methods. This time there is no Herbert
Hoover directing American relief within
the country.
In Belgium some $500 900 people are
settled in land area smaller than the
State of Maryland. Normally 60 per
cent of foodstuffs needed for the highly
industrialized nation are imported.
Blockade has cut off all overseas imports
and shipments from Denmark and Hol-
land have also halted. A major part of
the utterly insufficient local produce is
mercilessly confiscated by German mill
tary and civilian authorities for their
OCCUPYING forces. The food situation in
Belgium, according to Belgian Govern
ment sources In London. is nearly as bad
as in Greece. The people are starving to
death.
The Catholic Church Is . dynamic
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force in Belgian resistance. The Ger
mans accuse Cardinal van Roey, primate
Of Belgium, of distributing $4,000 clam
destine pamphlets urging opposition
Cardinal van Roey and Catholic bishops
whose mission it is to defend the weak"
protested to Gen. Won Falkenhausen the
German ordinance decreeing compulsory
service in Belgian coal mines on Sum-
days and on the highest religious festi-
walls, forced labor of a military character
and deportation.
French Resistance Grows.
They received from the military COM
mandant of Belgium an insolent, arro-
CANT and threatening rejection. But the
nuns of the Convent of Notre Dame du
Saint Sauveur at Brussels continue every
Gay after mass to pray with their pupils
for victory for the Allies, and Nazi
Rexists rail and fume in vain against
the spirit of an unconquerable people.
Adrien Tixier, head of the Fighting
French Delegation in Washington, stated
recently that the underground resistance
movement has grown strong in France
during the last six months and stretches
througout the breadth and length of the
country. OF all occupied nations, how
ever, France alone has long been divided
in its counsels. In peacetime the people
were split by quarrels and dissensions,
divergences and prejudices.
After French military collapse in the
summer of 1910, the Germans divided
the land into occupied and unoccupied
territory, forbidding travel and transport
across the demarcation line People in
the occupied zone soon came to hate ano
oppose their oppressors. Acts of violent
sabotage were frequent, with laborers
and farmers forming the strongest
groups of resistance.
The temper and future action of the
French people may probably be correctly
gagged by the swift. complete manner
In which the North African French re-
(see sOL1ING, Page BID
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BY Lisbeh Selling.

struct1on everywhere and at all times
the tremendous, well-organized spiritual
resistance is even more effective. The
German oppressors believe they can cope
with material sabotage, but against
solid spiritual resistance they are help
less.
Denmark, whose four million people
live in country smaller than the State
of Maine, was to be the German model
state. Today relations have reached a
crisis and the Gestapo is moving in.
After the German invasion, the beloved
and popular King Christian x remained
as head of the state and parliament and
cabinet continued their functions.
But today agricultural Denmark's pro-
duction has sunk to these levels COM
pared with pre-war totals: Eggs, "a;
bacon, "a, and fresh-killed chicken, w.
There is daily shortage of 1000 freight
cars on the state railways. Their largest
smelling works, Poul Bergsoe e., Son,
have extinguished their smelling ovens
for lack CT coke. Everything in Den
mark has become highly inflamable Day
and night flames lick heavenward from
factories, soldiers barracks, German
warehouses, ships at anchor, hay stacks,
barns and windmills. And the Danes
used to be so careful of their property.
In consequence of growing sabotage,
the former genial and easy-going Ger
man minister to Denmark has lately been
replaced by one Herr Best, Gestapo off,
cial and friend of Heinrich Himmler.
He is now instituting terroristic meas
ures in the model state. A few days ago
saboteurs were for the first time SEN
fenced by a German court.
Rost van Tonningen. a Dutch Quisling,
admitted recently about Holland that
"the country bristles with saboteurs and
there is growing wave of sabotage"
Forbidden to Wear Cross.
There are over 100000 Dutch work
men doing forced labor in Germany
A German Language newspaper in Hol-
land AYERS that despite cajolery anc
coercion their work Is considerably