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Evening star., 1942-10-16
0'Conor Proposes
Commission 10 Plan
Defense Legislation
Byrd Asks Wide Powers
For Maryland Governor
In Case Of Emergency
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 16.-Gov
O'Conor would appoint a commits.
sion to formulate legislation de.
signed to meet the States defense
needs under a program which the
Legislative Council has been asked
to approve.
DR.. H. c. Byrd, president OF the
University of Maryland asked that
the council grant the Governor wide
emergency powers. saving that "the
need for defense legislation should
be so obvious there should be no
opposition"
If the program is approved by the
council, it will be submitted to the
General Assembly next January.
Wants Wartime Basis.
The Governor, in brief address
before the council, said he believed
the time had come when the de-
fense council should be placed on a
wartime basis. He said he thought
some individual or group of indi-
viduals should be empowered to act
in cases of dire emergency" while
the Legislature was not in session.
He said the defense council
should act by granting authority to
single individual, to the war
council, or to a small group.
Before the Governor spoke, w.
Frank Roberts, chairman of the
State Defense Council, said that
Maryland stood 14th among the 48
States in the amount of scrap metal
collected during the current CAM
paign.
Efficient Air-Raid System.
An efficient air-raid precautions
system had been established in the
State, the Governor said. and Mary
land now is protected in event of
any hostile attack.
The director of the Council Of
State Governors-Hugh B. Gallagher
read 22-point model omnibus bill
which the council had recommended,
Attorney General William C.
Walsh, however, objected that many
of the provisions would not apply to
Maryland, which requires that the
Assembly may not delegate powers
to any individual.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Wreck Engineer Valves
MansIaughter Hearing

A hearing on charge of involun-
tary manslaughter against Raymond
r. McClelland, Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad engineer, scheduled today
at Bethesda, has been waived by
Mr.. McClelland, according to Mont
gomery County States Attorney Ben
G. Wilkinson. The engineers case
will come up before the November
grand jury Mr.. Wilkinson said.
Mr.. McClelland was operator of
the railroads Detroit-to- Washington
Express which rammed the rear of
the Cleveland Night Express near
Dickerson, Md, on September "a,
hurting the rear Pullman of the
train against a passing freight.
Fourteen persons were killed.
Mr.. Wilkinson said he received q
letter from Mr.. McClelland's at
torney yesterday advising him that
the engineer would waive hearing.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Virginia Methodists
Will Name Pastors
This Afternoon
Conference Reverses
Previous Action; Coils
Session for Fall, l943
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 16.-The
Virginia Methodist Conference will
end its annual meeting here this
afternoon with the reading of pas
toral appointments. It's adjourn
ment will be until the fall of 1943.
Agreement to reverse its previous
decision to meet again in late All
gust or early September of next year
was reached on a 278-254 vote yes
terday after church leaders had
pointed out that a later meeting
time was advisable because of
church finances.
Crop Money Is In.
DR.. c. G. Martin, superintendent
of the Staunton district, and DR..
C. c. Bell, pastor of Washington
Street Church, Alexandria, ap-
pealed to the conference to rescind
its earlier action, noting that farm
ers have received money for their
crops by fall and that city can
vases are more successful then
than in the summer.
The conferences temperance
board charged in a report submitted
yesterday that there was threat"
to national victory in the sale of
liquor to soldiers and civilians. 1t
suggested that Methodists should
seek from the next General Assem-
bly, the confinement of sales of "all
alcoholic beverages" to ABC stores
and ban on Sunday sales"
Board Report Received.
The boards report, which was
read by the Rev. Harold Hughes,
said 1--WE feel 1t is a tragic matter
Of the first Importance that many
administration leaders of our coun-
try show little or no concern for
the moral implications of the use
of alcoholic beverages in the well
fare of the men who make up our
armed forces or in the danger to
the future of the Nation which such
use involves"
In this the board was supported
by Bishop Ralph S. Cushman of st.
Paul, Mimi, president of the Anti
Saloon League Of America, who as
serted that the liquor situation as
1t affects soldiers and sailors is
serious. "The thing that amaxes us
is why Washington doesn't do some-
thing about It," he said in urging
the church to be more positive in
its fight against liquor.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Dr.. Bomberger Takes
Maryland University Post

Appointment of DR.. F. B. Bonn
berger as professor of marketing
and co-ordinator of marketing work
in the extension service of the
University of Maryland has been
announced by President Byrd.
After graduating from the univer-
sity in 1894. DR.. Bomberger was
connected with the institution until
1880, when he resigned to become
assistant chief, and later chief, of
the Division of Cooperative Mar
keting under the Federal Farm
Board. He was in charge of the
cooperative organization program
OF the board throughout the United
States until organization of the
Baltimore Bank for Co-operatives
in November, 1888. when he was
appointed president of that bank.
S. B. Shaw will continue as chief
Of the inspection work.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Court Asked to Restore
Sales Machine Licensino
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Oct. 16.-Striv-
ing to make it possible for the
State to force vending machine
owners to purchase licenses under
a 194l statute, Attorney General
William S. Walsh asked the Court
of Appeals yesterday to strike out
Baltimore Circuit Court ruling
which had declared the law in
valid.
Arguing the case for the second
time since last May 26 when the
court took the appeal under advise
ment, Mr.. Walsh contended that the
lower court erred in declaring the
measure invalid on the ground Gov.
O'Conor had not signed it soon
enough to make it effective.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Two Granted Divorces
In Montgomery County
srecial Dispatch to The Star

srecial Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 16.-Cir-
cult Judge Charles w. Woodward
has signed q decree granting Wayne
N. Smith of Bethesda an absolute
divorce from Mrs. Ida E. Smith,
Keezeltown, Va. and awarded the
defendant custody Of the couples
child, Ramorro l.. Smith. 3. Deser-
ton was charged.
Judge Stedman Prescott has
signed decree here granting Mrs.
Marie Eileen Jeffers of Silver Spring
an absolute divorce from Parker D.
Jeffers and allowing her to resume
her maiden name Of Burton.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Gorden Club Cancels
Meeting to Save TroveI
by the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press. r.
SUFFOLK. Va, Oct. 16.-The
Board of Governors of the Garden
Club of Virginia announced yester-
day that in conformity with the
national effort to conserve travel
facilities it had voted to dispense
with the organizations 1943 annual
meeting, scheduled for May.
A two-day session of the board
here as guests Ct the Nansemond
River Garden Club ended after the
presentation Of reports and q
luncheon. -
1t was announced that Mrs
Warner Snider of Leesburg had
submitted the design for Christina.
cards which will be sent members
OF the armed forces.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Lack of Name
Bars Youth From
Shipyord Job
(Story on Page AID
70 tho Areoriatod pree,


BALTIMORE, Oct. 16.-L. B.
Merciers has job at last and has
kept his first name (or names) Of
IL. B."
The 19-year-old Fleming (Ky)
native applied for job in ship
yard and astonished a personnel
worker by insisting that his given
name was simply the initials 81. b.
81. B." supported his contention
with his birth certificate and other
documents, but the personnel man.
ager told him I'VE can't employ any
one without first name" because of
company rules.
So 81. B." went to another ship
yard and promptly got job as a
shipfltter's helper to earn money to
support his wife and two children.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Maryland Law Sought
To Aid Grab Industry
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Oct. 16.-Edwin M.
Warfield, jr, chairman of the Com
mission of Tidewater Fisheries,
asked the Legislative Council yes
terday to recommend broad discre-
tionary powers" in regulating the
crab fishing industry IN order to
treat with the Virginia commission
on the subject which interests both
States.
The Virginia Legislature, Mr..
Warfield said, has already taken
similar action, giving its conserva-
ton organization the power to deal
with the problem of the migratory
crabs which spawn in Virginia wa
ters and then gradually work their
way up the coast of Chesapeake
Say to Maryland waters.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Farm of Ex-Gov. Davis
Scene of Auction Today
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, Oct. 16.-The
stock and machinery on the nearby
farm Of the late .Westmoreland
Davis, one time Governor of vir-
ginia, was to be placed on public
sale at the farm today by Mrs.
Davis.
The modern machinery used to
work the 1900 acres will be auc-
toned on as will sheep, pigs and
several hundred small turkeys.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Rosen Made Chancellor
OF K. P. Grund Lodue
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Oct. 16.-The
Grand Lodge of Virginia. Knights of
Pythias, elected Wilbur r. Rosen Of
Roanoke to grand chancellor at the
closing session Of its annual meet
ing here Yesterday.
Mrs. Marguerite Duncan Of
crewe was eleSpted to grand chief
Of the auxiliary. the grand temple.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
BODY Dies of Burns

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Oct. 16
(SpeciaD Earl Ronald Lewis, IL
months old, who accidentally upset
a pan of scalding water on himself
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Lewis, Hedgesville. died
at . local hospital yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Wordens to Show Movie

Afraid wardens of the third
ward In Hyattsville will sponsor q
motion picture program tomorrow
and Sunday at the Hyattsville Ele-
mentary School for the benefit of
sector posts In the area. The pro.
gram will be at 8 and . pm. to-
morrow and at 3 and 8 pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Fairfax Board Calls Up
Reqistronts for Induction

The Fairfax County (VaD Selec-
tive Service Board announces that
the following registrants have been
ordered to report for induction at
the Charlottesville induction sta
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Alexandra 10 Send Al
More 10 Army,,Three
As Officer Candidates
Men Leave October 26
For Charlottesville
Induction Station y

Three volunteer officer candi-
dates are among group of Al men
who will leave Alexandria on Octo-
Der 26 for induction into the Army
at Charlottesville.
Miss Virginia Jefferson, clerk of
the Selective Service Board, said the
three men who will 60 as officer can
didates are Jerome Salkin, 8O5
South Pitt street; Alex Alvin Peikin,
Chapman street, and Melville
Stephenson Church, GILL Georgia
avenue NV, Washington.
The other men who will be in
Quoted on October 26 are.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

Hack and Warren E. Lane have
been transferred from other local
boards and will be inducted the
same day.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

Stanley. Lewis N.
Chiles, Richard NJ.
Sha ckelford. w. H.
Fields, Joseph
Rogers. Owen E.
Lewis, Woodrow b.
Beard, Arthur P.
Richardson, H. l..
Javins, Thomas j.
Petit, Gordon o.
Earman, w. F.. jr.
Hogan. Everett
Bowers. Cecil A.
Pruett. Jackson A.
Blevins. James H.
Dove, Emanuel E.
Tiller,Floyd
Wines. Carroll w.
Mcbride, C. E.
Thompson. r. F..
Taylor, Ollie
Michael, Claude c.
Ballenger. R. H.
Hutton, c. E.. jr.
Sherwood, Walter L.
Anderson, r. w.
Jones, Clarence NJ.
Cooper, Charles E.
Anderson, Edward H.
Hall, Harry A.
Lahman. Vincent J,
Haines, r. NJ.
Williams, L. O.
Moncure, T. ].
Herndon, NJ. M.
Dunn. E. H.
Hardbower, l.. z.
l1oyinS Elmer 7
Evening star., 1942-10-16


Rector, Arthur M.
Pa rker, Preston S.
Linkins, Joseph K.
Wright. George E.
Sha mer. Newton B.
Criner, Glynn
Ka bier, Hush E.
Snapp, James B.
O'Roark, Mark B.
Cary, Thomas A,
Kenyon, Howland
Cla rke, William r.
WEIGH. Woodrow w.
Havener. Marvin
Payne, Garnett r.
Fortney. Homer
Nelson, James
Burke, Hugh F.
Smith. John B.
Eaton, Jesse w.
Stevenson, Severa
Bailey. Arthur Lee
Boyer. Louis G.
VILLA ms. Nelson X.
Bullock, Leslie w.
Rankin, Herbert D.
Bridges, Ca RI J,
Rogers, Alvin b.
Scrivener, r. NJ.
TAYLOR. George
Dellinger, L. z.
Blankenbaker, j. H,
Rogers, H. H.
Shif1ett, D. H.
Cockrill. Kyle L.
Goad, Aubrey K.
Conklin. Ivan D.
Dennis, Alvin E.
FamOn N.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

Quick, James
Dane, John w.
Richardson. B. l..
Voorhees,, N. w.
Furr, Charles s.
Wilson, r. D.
Bartlett, c. ].
Gibson, X. L.
Robinson, w. vs. Il
Harrison. ID. We.
Hammond, S. n,
Patterson, M. L.
Groves, r. o. =.
Fleet, Douglas T.
Westenhaven, r. A.
Lvles. J5sepn x.
HARRINGTON. p. S.
Lyles. Clarence e.
Lloyd. William
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Committee 10 Meet Today
To Study Nursing Problem

A newly created committee to deal
with nursing problems in District
hospitals was to hold its first meet
ing at o'clock this afternoon at the
Municipal Center.
Appointment of the seven-member
group was announced yesterday by
Health Officer George c. Rutland.
DR.. Ruhland was asked to set up
such a committee several days ago
by Commissioner Guy Mason after a
conference between Commissioner
Mason and hospital representatives
disclosed severe nursing shortage
and other difficulties due to the war.
Members of the committee are
Miss Genevieve Wilson, superin-
tendent of nurses at Garfield Hos
pital; Sister Rosa. superintendent
of Providence Hospital Miss Edith
Beattie, secretary of the District
Graduate Nurses Association; Miss
Ashby Taylor, president of the Dis
trict Nurses Examining Board; Miss
Pearl McIver, nursing consultant of
the. United States Public Health
Service: DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, Gal
linger Hospital superintendent, and
o. K. Fike, manager of Doctors
Hospital.
1t was understood Mr.. Fike would
probably serve as secretary OF the
committee.
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Paper Salvage Drive
OF Star and P.-T. 4.
Ends for Summer
Low Price Coused by
. Mill Surfeit Mokes
Delay Advisable

A further reduction in the price
of waste paper effective today has
brought about a decision to dis
continue The Evening star-P-TA
salvage -for-v victory porgram until
the schools reopen in the fall.
Congestion of paper at the mills
has forced the price down to a
point where newspapers will bring
only 10 cents hundred pounds.
This is not enough to make it worth
while either for the schools or the
dealer to continue the present sys-
tenn.
1t is expected that the congestion
brought about by the donation Of
large accumulations of paper in
private homes will be worked OF
by the end of the summer and that
the demand will then be strong
again with a good price. prevailing
All the schools in the campaign
will be visited during this last
semester week to clear up any col
lections and as soon as possible
thereafter a final total both of paper
and money so far received or owing
the schools for June will be pub
lished
Schools which planned to continue
the collections throughout the sum-
mer in some instances are still pro-
posing to 60 forward with their
plans, holding the paper in storage
at private homes for delivery IN the
fall.
Yesterday, with IL of the schools
in the first district uncollected be-
cause of the very heavy loads picked
up at those visited, the second
heaviest Monday of the campaign
was registered. 1882 pounds being
picked up to bring the grand total
to 3,841 ,993 pounds.
Collections set for tomorrow in
the third district, together with the
five leaders and their poundage to
date are as follows:
Evening star., 1942-06-16
GoI|inger Surgeons Honored
For New Frostbite Treatment
Sympathetic Nerves
Cut to Relieve
Affected Areas

A new treatment for frostbite and
to prevent the attendant danger of
clots in the blood vessels of the
hands and feet that result in gan
creme. has been devised by DR.. J.
Ross Veal chief surgeon of CALM
ger Hospital, and an associate
incidentally, they found. person
is much more susceptible to frostbite
when intoxicated.
The treatment, resulting from ex-
tensive experiments with rats, is to
sever the sympathetic nerve con-
nections with the veins of the af-
fected areas.
This results in dilation of the ves-
sells so that there is less danger of
clot formation.
The treatment may prove Of con-
siderable military value with Amer
lean troops in such places as Green
land and Iceland.
Rats Given Alcohol Tests.
He and his associates. DR.. Veal
said, were impressed with the fire.
quency of frostbite cases brought to
Gallinger, despite the relatively mild
climate here. The majority of the
patients were drunk, he said.
To determine whether there was
any connection between alcohol and
froStbite they proceeded to feed in
toxicating doses of alcohol to rats.
Alcohol, as is we'll known to physi-
ologists, but little appreciated by
the general public, is depressant
of the nervous system. 1t lowers
body temperature and causes con-
striction of blood vessels. When
the temperature approaches the
freezing point these are CONSTRUCTED
still more and the blocked blood
tends to clot.
The old idea of using whisky to
warm a person is a fallacy, the ex-
periments with rats demonstrate.
There may be a temporary sense of
warmth, but after few minutes
Evening star., 1942-06-16
1.-Two Injured by Falls
In Bethesda, Chevy Chase

While moving his lawn at 8510
Salem way, Bethesda, yesterday,
James M. Howard. 81, fell from an
embankment and received cuts and
bruises, requiring hospital treatment.
The Bethesda Fire Department
Rescue Squad took him to Mount
Alto Hospital.
Mrs. F. A. Gillis, colored. 233 Hill
side place NE, received several
broken ribs when she fell from the
second story of a house at 407
Leland street, Chevy Chase, yester-
day afternoon while washing win
dows. She was taken to Georgetown
Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-06-16
TrafficCouncil
Votes 10 Retain
Parking Limit
Rejects PIun for
72-Hour Maximum
Instead of 18

The Traffic Advisory Council re-
jected by a substantial majority last
night the motion that the city-wide
parking limit of 18 hours be ex-
tended to II hours as a wartime
emergency measure fitted to the
present tire and gasoline rationing
programs.
Carried over from its last meet
ing, the matter was disposed of by
the council after the same fate had
been accorded a substitute motion
to delay action on the proposal until
a survey of parking conditions in
several different sections of the
city, as guide to the final vote,
could be made.
The parking limit extension was
opposed by the Police Department,
according to report made at the
session by Inspector Arthur Miller,
In charge Of traffic,
Adopting a report submitted by
its Safety Promotion Committee
and based on the analysis of local
traflc recently announced by the
National Safety Council, the ad-
visory group recommended that the
traffic safety engineering staff should
be doubled.
Cite Other Cities.
"The need for a larger traffic en-
sineering staff is evident from COM
parison with the time spent on
routine safety problems by three
of the larger cities" the report
stated. indicating that to get COM
parative results, the attention re-
quired and staff on traffic safety
engineering should be doubled"
The committee reported that it
had been able to obtain an appro-
priation of only $4,000 from the
House and Senate Appropriation
Committee for traffic safety educa-
ton, but that the sum should be
three times that amount.
washington ranked low in its
public education program because
the Commissioners and perhaps the
council have not yet fully appre-
ciated the importance of this activ-
ity and the benefits which may &C
crue to our safety program if an
adequate trained staff were assigned
to this work." the committee pointed
out, and recommended that the
council take a more realistic view
of the city's trafic problem and the
need for official recognition of its
importance to the public.
Refer TO Rising Toll.
The council also approved a rec
ommendation from the committee
that estimates of budgetary needs
for engineering, education and en-
forcement be based on actual traffic
safety needs, on the rising toll of
preventable economic losses, on loss
of life and "on needless suffering
because this problem is not getting
the official attention and support it
| requires"
Inspector Richard Mansfield, as
sistant superintendent of police.
| gave the board members g. demon
stration Of the school safety educa-
ton program he has conducted in
the District schools since 1918. He
reported that he had visited 100
schools this year, devoting his own
time to the work.
The council adopted a motion
Suspending its meetings during July
| and August unless its chairman
considers business matters sub
| mitted for its consideration impor-
tant enough to call the members
| together.
Evening star., 1942-06-16

The life of q radio and concert
singer Is not all life of ease.
Miss Margaret Speaks was ready
to admit as much when she arrived,
still somewhat sleepy, from New
York this morning TO sing with the
National Symphony Orchestra to-
night. She arrived and. unwarned.
was met by the press III the hotel
lobby before she had even seen her
suite at the Raleigh.
She invited reporters to come on
upstairs and have a cup of cQnee,
however, and in a few minutes was
smiling for the Photographic. II
was then that she divulged that an
occasional yawn would have TO Be
blamed on her busy day yesterday.
1t was broadcast day, and that
meant rushing to hairdresser. at
tending to sundry other details OF
life, dressing and arriving at the
studio at 6 pm. for rehearsal. With
600 persons in q studio audience
at one of the major programs, q
singer might just as well be facing
television.
Husband Meets Wasps.
Then. in addition to her usual
Monday rush, the tall. blond singer
had added difhculties yesterday.
Her husband. moving the lawn at
their up-country farm, trampied a
wasps' nest and was at home nurs-
ing a swollen foot. Miss Speaks
Just intimated mildly that a hus-
band around the house was all
right except on broadcast day.
There are other details, such as
keeping the voice in shape. even
for a singer who has finished voice
schools and has been practlcing her
career for several years.
You mean you have to practice
every day, like ballet dancer?" she
was asked
Well, not every day, but often
during the week. There are sessions
with a coach and other sessions with
an accompanist. Then Miss Speaks
lust sings for herself when she is
around the house. But not In the
shower, she added.
Radio Is Major Interest.
One gathers that the soprano S
major love as far as her career, is
concerned Is radio. Contemplating
planned concerts in Cleveland and
other points in the Middle West
Miss Speaks comments:
isn't it wonderful the way con-
certs are becoming more and more
popular and more plentiful. Good
music used to be for the rich, but
now any one who likes it can af-
ford it,
Miss Speaks thinks radio has had
much to do with the populariZation
of good music, because it has taken
it to such vast audience.
Radio is a bit easier. too, despite
the hectic day of any broadcast
Audiences and sponsors like to hear
the same favorites repeated.
'I should think they would be
Evening star., 1942-06-16

tired Of II Baccio,' but they're not.
They want it every six months" she
said.
Miss Speaks says she hopes to get
some camp appearances on her
schedule as soon as the busy month
of June is over. She is certain
there are a number of enlisted men
in camps who want to hear good
music even as they recently ap-
proved Macbeth" Miss Speaks
thinks her mail is barometer, too.
Much of it comes from camps,
telling her that her radio voice has
filled many tent.
Tonight's appearance will be Miss
Speaks second with the National
Symphony, but her first at the
Water Gate.