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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-03
Organization Roster
Should Be Correct

The correct name of your secretary,
his address and telephone number
should be in the Roster of Organiza-
tions at all times This is very i'm
portant to your union, and if a new
secretary is elected have him make
the correction at once. The Press
wishes to keep it up to date.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-03
Cancel State Fair

Columbus, Ohio Complying with
War Department request, Governor
John W. Bricker announced cancella-
tion of the 1912 state fair. The War
Departments request cited need of the
Playground facilities here in recon-
mending the governors action
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-04-03
NEW BUSINESSES
Hamilton

Otto Miles, 1249 Lane Street, house
hold products.
Lloyd Beckett, 681 Clinton Avenue,
restaurant.
Middletown
Elizabeth Stork, 1871 Typtus Ave
nue., lunch and soft drinks.
Paul Courey, 1920 Central Avenue,
restaurant.
Robert Minor, 719 Fifteenth Ave-
nue., fire extinguishers.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Saturday Is State Tax
DeadIine in Alexandra

Saturday has been set as the dead
line for payment of State taxes in
Alexandria, according to City Treas
urer Roger C. Sullivan.
Mr.. Sullivan said the 1912 State
tax bills had been mailed on Novem-
ber 10 and that per cent penalty
would be imposed on taxes paid
after the deadline.
The treasurer's Office will be open
Friday and Saturday from Z to 9
pm. in addition to the regular hours
of 9 am. to 4 pm.
Mr.. Sullivan warned that persons
wishing to vote in the April primary
or the June general election for
councilmen at large must have paid
their State capitation tax by De-
cember T.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Army Burns Up Wood on Airport
Site, Yet Refuses to SeNt
Maryland Farmers Unable to Buy
Cords of Timber Wasted Each Day

While the Government has ap-
pealed to citizens to use coal or
wood for heating purposes in order
to conserve oil, farmers living near
the new Camp Springs MD airport
project daily see cords of wood
burned by workmen on the project
and are unable to purchase it.
In drive through the project
which is under construction on
some $4,000 acres between Meadows
and Camp Springs, reporter of
The Star yesterday witnessed the
burning of between 10 and Is cords
of fireWood on two of the runways.
Harry Moore. who raises tobacco
at nearby MelWood, said he had
appealed to Representative Sasscer,
Democrat, of Maryland, after trying
unsuccessfully for three days sew
eral weeks ago to find an official
on the airport property who would
sell him some of the wood.
Efforts Rebuffed.
Mr.. SaSScer made an unsuccess-
full effort to reach 1t Col. Eben
LOngfelloW, in charge of the project
at that time, by telephone. He was
referred to an Army captain who
told him curtly that the wood was
not for sale. Mr.. Sasscer also has
received complaints that small
houses on the site were burned.
Maj. Howard D. Nottingham, now
in charge, told Star reporter he
had no comment to make. Mai.
Nottingham could not even be seen
personally, but had to be called
over the phone at the camp site.
The location is being cleared and
the buildings built by contractors.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Montgomery Hospital
To Hold Donation Day
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SANDY SPRING, Md. Dec. g.
Saturday will be donation day at
the Montgomery County General
Hospital here.
To assist at the annual donation
day tea from 2 to pm, Mrs. Eu-
gene w. Scott, president of the
Women's Board of the hospital, has
named the following: Mrs. Roscoe
Purdum, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs.
Douglas Whitlock, Mrs. Roger j.
Whiteford, Mrs. Edward G. Adams
and Mrs. Fred L. Thomas.
The hostesses will be Mrs. John
B. Diamond. Mrs. Eric Englund, Mrs
Walter E. Perry. Mrs. S. Mehrle
Haines, Mrs. Josiah J. Hutton, Mrs.
J. Braener Nicholson. Mrs. Philip
j. Fisher, Mrs. Henry Gibbs, Mrs.
Ronald Mcdonald, Mrs. Frederick
L. Pratt and Miss Lulu Bell.
Suggested donations, besides mon
ey, are blankets. spreads, sheets,
table cloths, mats, table napkins.
tray covers, pillow cases, diapers,
women's night gowns. face towels,
kitche ntea towels, groceries, pre-
serves, fruit. potatoes, washcloths,
bath towels and dresser scarfs.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Fuel Oil Meters Discrepancy Explained If You Can Follow

The Weather Bureau said that the
actual seasonal figure was 4,59s, but
the OPA said never mind the extra
98-4,500 is a nice round figure. easy
to handle; just skip the extra SO. So
the extra SO was skipped. until to-
day, when it became obvious that
OPA's left hand didn't know what
its right hand was doing. The
technical expert at OPA did not
skip the excess SO degree days, so
the comparison figure for each pc
riod is 920-not 900.
So that's the way matters stand.
After getting that last point set
tied. the rest was easy. The daily
percentage now checks with OPA.
Anyway, on Friday new heating
period begins and everybody can
start from scratch.
Meanwhile, gremlins and degree
days. lighted with a horrible halo Of
burning fuel oil. are dancing saw
agc'y through certain headS. 81 81 80.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
tuberculosis Seals Sent
To $50 Montgomery Groups

One hundred and fifty organiza-
tions in Montgomery County have
been sent seal bonds and 17,174
county residents have been mailed
seals in the 36th annual Christmas
seal sale, it was announced yester-
day by Mrs. William Dahl of Silver
Spring, chairman.
For the benefit of new residents
who have not received seals through
the mail, booths have been estab-
lished in Damascus, Rockville, Be-
thesda, Chevy Chase, Silver Spring
and Takoma Park All checks, Mrs.
Dahl said should be made payable
to the Montgomery County Tuber-
culosis Association and sent to the
Suburban National Bank at Takoma
Park.
Public Health nurses now are
making $50 visits each month in
the county because the county tu-
berculosis branch is paying one-f1fth
of the salaries of nine additional
nurses who have been added to the
staff in the last two years, Mrs.
Dahl said. The county tuberculosis
program also includes the making
of 100 chest X-rays a month. giving
of pneumothorax treatments and
the tuberculin testing of elementary
school children.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Gas Rationing VioIators
Face Maryland Hearings
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.-The first of
II gasoline station dealers accused
Of f1agrant violations of rationing
regulations were called before State
Office of Price Administration Off
cials today for a series of admins
tration hearings.
The OPA said the hearings would
determine whether any of the deal
ers would be granted future supplies
of gasoline. The operators have
been charged with accepting ration
coupons Illegally.
At the same time, Risque w
Plummer, chief attorney of the
Baltimore Rent Division, said sew
eral landlords would face Federal
Court proceedings next week for
violating rent regulations. He added
that the rent office was prepared to
ask for indictments against land
lords who refused to obey regula-
tions
J. William Ebbleston, rationing
officer. said at the same time that
fuel oil ration books had been dis
tributed to most homes in Maryland,
estimating that a total of 278000
such books would be sent out. Most
Maryland householders should have
their coupons by the end of the
week, Mr.. Eggleston added.
Evening star., 1942-12-02

This should be written from a
sanatorium specializing in nervous
collapses.
It's all about mean temperatures
and degree days and how The Stars
percentage figure on the proper
fuel oil consumption dived back
down to 10 yesterday when it had
been 81 the day before.
The right figure for yesterday
was 10 per cent; for today "a per
cent. Anyway, those are the fig
ures that came out under the
patient tutelage Of an Once Of
Price Administration technical ex-
pert, and the OPA, after all, is the
agency that dishes out the fuel oil.
What happened, as coherently as
possible, is this: The Stars figure
seemed little high, but the for
mula was checked and re-checked
and it always came out the same.
Nevertheless, people were getting
more and more worried. so 4 thor :
ough investigation was launched. S
Evening star., 1942-12-02
B. & 0. Granted
10 Shift
.HyattsviI|e Spur
Eastman O. KS Move
Opposed by Maryland
Roods Commission

The Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
has been granted authority to re-
locate its freight spur crossing
Maryland avenue in Hyattsville
despite opposition by the Maryland
State Roads Commission, the Mary
Motor Truck Association, the Prince
Georges Chamber of Commerce and
the Maryland and District of Colum-
bia Automobile Clubs.
In letter received by the State
Roads Commission, Joseph B. East
man, director of the ONCE of
Defense Transportation. said reloca-
tion of the spur across the principal
Baltimore Washington thorough
fare was necessary to the war effort.
Wilson r. Ballard, chief engineer
of the Roads Commission, said Mr..
Eastman informed the commission
that it would be ordered to issue a
permit for the work, the Associated
Press reported from Baltimore.
Asked Permit in June.
The B. & O. had asked for a
permit last June to move its line
approximately IS feet south of its
present location just below the
Hyattsville overpass in order to
straiehten it and facilitate the NOV
ing of traffic across the road.
Between seven and eight 50-car
trains would be run over the new
route daily. under the railroads
proposal, and would connect more
directly with new trains coming
through from the enlarged Potomac
Yards at Alexandria.
Mr.. Ballard said the commission
had refused to issue the permit,
however, on the grounds that it
would create a grade crossing at a
point on MARYLAND avenue where
% 900 automobiles and trucks pass
daily in normal times, thus consti-
tuting public hazard.
Other organizations opposing the
move termed it hazardous under
taking" while C. D. Anderson.
former Hyattsville councilman and
secretary of the Prince Georges
County Chamber of Commerce, said
the relocation would set up death
trap" for traffic.
Calls Gates Inadvisable.
Mr.. Anderson also claimed that
the automatic gates. which the rail-
road proposed to construct in front
of the relocated spur, could not be
seen by persons driving south on the
overpass until they came within
100 yards of the line.
Mayor E. Murray Cover of Hyatts-
vile, who said the town had ap-
proved the railroad application, as
serted. however, that the proposed
spur would be. far enough down the
road to enable motorists to see the
gates in time to stop.
Approximately seven trains pass
over the present spur daily. A flag
man is used to stop traffic.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Navy Seeks Clue 10 Fate
Of Missing Ensign
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Dec 2-First naval dis
trict headquarters last night issued
an appeal for assistance in attempt
ing 70 trace Ensign John Bowlby
Bauer, 81, of Pittsburgh, who was
with two other Harvard University
naval student officers who perished
in the Cocoanut Grove fire.
The Navy said that despite a
thorough search no clue to the fate
OF Ensign Bauer has been found"
Ensign Bauer was son of Alfred
G. Bauer of Pittsburgh and brother
of Navy 1t. Alfred G. Bauer, both of
whom are here assisting in the
search.
The Navy expressed hope that
there would be every effort to
determine that there has been no
mlsidentification" of other dead, and
said Ensign Bauer's dental records
were available.
He was described as being 5 feet
9 inches tall, weighing ITS pounds.
having blue eyes, rather curly hair
between blond and brown in color.
cut short sin Navy style. Most of
his Navy clothing was purchased
from the Meyers Military Shop.
washington, and bore its label.
Evening star., 1942-12-02

So finally the OPA figure of total
degree days was accepted. Even this
is off slightly from the total given
out by the Weather Bureau. which
also furnished the OPA with it's
data. If you spend too much time
trying to find solution for that. all
you get is a headache and a strong
desire to join the Army. Anyway,
the difference is slight enough so
as not to affect the daily percentage.
Having gone this far, the rest
looked easy. But there was another
snag. 1t was suddenly discovered
that the OPA divides the total de-
gree days for the heating period to
date by 920-not 900. Once upon a
time that had been carefully gone
into. The normal heating season,
it was ascertailled from another
source, was $500 for this part of
the country. There are five heating
periods, so 1t seemed there we're 900
normal degree days IN each period.
Evening star., 1942-12-02

The first thing that became ap-
parent was that the first heating
period began on october mot
when you first turned your furnaces
on. The reason for this, it devel-
.oped, was that the oil you burned
during September did not have to
be accounted for. The only oil you
had to tell the Ration Board about
was the oil you had in your tank on
October /, or, If you filed your apph-
cation after November /, on the
date you made out your application.
That should have solved the diff
ficulty, but it didn't. 1t just created
new and terrible confusion. The
total of degree days compiled at
The Star still didn't agree with the
OPA total. Why, probably no one
will ever know. An OPA oficial
pored over the problem long and
searchingly and found several points
Of discrepancy. but the complete
answer win always remain obscure.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Auto, Bicycle Quotas
Reduced in Maryland
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 2.-Reductions
in Maryland quotas of both new
automobiles and bicycles from
November figures were announced
yesterday for December by State
Rationing Oficer J. william Eg-
gleston.
The new-car quota was reduced
from 615 to 563, while the bicycle
figure was cut from 1883 to 1,403.
The quotas by counties. with
automobile figures listed first, in
cludes: Anne Arundel. 80 and IS:
Calvert. S and 10: Charles, 10 and
IS; Frederick, Is and SO; Montgom-
cry, so and 100; Prince Georges, 4C
and 100, and st. Marys. IL and 10.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Wickard Studies Petition
For Milk Price Increase

The petition of the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Association
for a 2-cent-per- quart increase in
the price of milk was before Secre-
tary OF Agriculture Wickard today,
but there was no word from the de-
partment as to when action might be
expected.
The Secretary may either grant a
hearing on the application, to de-
termine If the increase is justified,
or turn it down without further pro-
ceedings. 1t was indicated that some
time will elapse before this decision
Is reached.
Milk prices have been raised re-
Gently in such important centers as
st. Louis and Memphis, following
hearings, and in some other sections
there have been automatic increases
that followed advances in the price
Of butter and skim milk. The ceiling
price on butter will prevent further
automatic increases, however.
In urging the increase here. the
association said 1t was necessary
to spur production.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Virqinio MiIitiu Receives
$500 CCC Uniforms
Ry the Associated Press.

Rs the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va. Dec 2-Adjt
Gen. S. Gardner Waller announced
yesterday that shipment of
$500 spruce-green uniforms, for
merly intended for use by the
Civilian Conservation Corps, had
been received by the State for dis
tribution to Virginia Protective
Force companies, beginning next
week.
A memorandum went to unit COM
manders yesterday requesting meas
urements of the men. The uniform
consists Of belt, garrison cap, mack
inaw, coat, necktie, flannel shirt
and serge trousers.
The uniform will be issued for
field service, and the lighter gray
uniform will be reserved for dress
and armory drill.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Indictments Returned
AGAINST ; in Death
OF Washington Girl
Two New York Doctors,
Reeeptionist Face
MonsIouehter Charges

Two New York physicians and a
receptionist faced manslaughter
charges today in connection with
the death of Miss Madeline MCGEE
han, 26. of Washington, allegedly
after an illegal operation. Miss Nc
Geehan. an employe of the Office
of Price Administration, died No.
vember 49,
A Bronx County grand jury re-
5urned indictments yesterday against
DR.. Joseph Nisonoff, DR.. Max Vein
stein and Mrs. Pearl Tense. the for
mer's receptionist, the Associated
Press reporttds DR.. Weinstein was to
be given a hearing in Magistrates
Court today.
County Judge Harry Stackell fixed
boil at $4,000 for DR.. Nisonoff and
81 500 for Mrs. Tense at their ar
raignment on the indictments. As
sistant District Attorney Frank x.
O'Brien had asked S150,000 bond for
the doctor and $4,000 on Mrs. Tense,
saying that another secretary had
fled to Texas and had not been
found.
DR.. Nisonoff and Mrs. Tense we're
released in bail. Previous charges
in Magistrates Court against the
physician were dismissed
At the request of Chief Assistant
District Attorney Sylvester Ryan. a
Magistrates Court manslaughter
charge against Miss Camille EWald
a nurse in DR.. Nisonoff's Office, also
was dismissed
Miss Ewald, however. was held in
$4,000 bail as a material witness.
She had appeared before the grand
jury to testify and Mr.. O'Brien said
she had made confession which
included the statement that DR..
Nisonoff's weekly income from lille
gal operations ranged between $4,000
and $4,000, at sl00 an operation.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
4 Of I Amendments
Pass in Maryland,
Final Returns Show
Juvenile Court, Gifts,
Publication Proposals
Are Defeated
BY the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 2-Final re-
turns in November's general cleo
ton have been announced by State
Secretary Thomas Elmo Jones sub
ject to official certification tomorrow
by the State Board of Canvasses.
Four OF seven proposed State con-
stitutional amendments were ap-
proved, the report showed, includ-
ing: Authorization of $1,000 per
year salaries for State legislators:
authorization of the General Assem-
bly, to standardize fees for clerks
and registers of wills; making it
mandatory for one Judge of the
Third Judicial Circuit to be from
Hartford County, and permitting the
State Roads Commission to con-
denim Immediately needed property,
with condemnation subject to court
review.
Defeated amendments were those
which would have: Authorized the
establishment of Juvenile Courts as
courts of record and have raised
the age of jurisdiction from is to l8:
reduced the number of required pub
lications for constitutional amend
ments, and taken from the Legis-
lature the authority to approve gifts
and bequests of religious sects, or
ders and denominations.
Final figures in all contests were
Legislative salaries-61, $40 for;
1896 against.
Condemnation procedures-54,6l ,6l6
for; 47,686 against.
Court fees-64,369 for; 4o,S55
against. ......
Hartford judge-57, $50 for; 1856
against
Juvenile Courts-3S,674 for; 67,367
against.
Publication OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for; 50,23s against.
Gifts-5l, ,l45 for; 1896 against.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Prosecutor Acquitted
In Drunk Driving Case
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
YORKTOWN. Va, Dec. "A
York County Circuit Court jury yes
terday acquitted Commonwealth
Attorney R. Nelson Smith of a
charge of driving while under the
influence of intoXicants
Judge Richard T. Wilson of Peters
burg, who presided, commented that.
on the basis of the evidence. he
would have returned a verdict of
innocent had he been a member of
the jury.
The charge against Mr.. Smith, York
County prosecutor, was preferred by
A. l.. Anderson of Lackey. The case
was heard first at Yorktown BY
Trial Justice Ernest Orange of New
Kent County, who found Mr.. Smith
guilty and fined him 500 and costs.
Mr.. Smith then appealed.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Earl Fletcher Named
Alexandra Court Clerk

Appointment of Earl C. Fletcher
as clerk and bailiff of the Alexandria
Civil and Police Court and the
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court was announced yesterday by
Judge James r. Duncan.
Mr.. Fletcher, native of Alexan.
drla, will succeed r. Marvin Zim-
norman, who resigned to accept a
position with the Association of
American Railroads.
In accepting Mr.. Zimmerman S
resignation, Judge Duncan COM
mented on the efficiency with which
the office had been handled during
his term.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Rution Board Closes
To Handle Oil Requests

The Alexandria War Price and
Rationing Board will be closed all
day tomorrow in order to give men,
bers of the staff chance to finish
processing fuel Oil applications.
Harry D. Kirk. fuel oil admins
TRAITOR. said all applications which
had reached the board before last
Saturday would be considered by the
end OF the week and the coupons for
the applicants would be issued over
the week end.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
AIexandrians Warned
To Check Firep|aces

Following three fires in the last
"a hours due to defective fireplaces,
Alexandria Fire Chief James M,
Duncan, jr., has issued a warning
to all home owners to have newly
installed f1replaces checked before
using.
Mr.. Duncan said that due to the
fuel oil shortage many home owners
have had new wood burning fire.
places installed or are using old
ones. In many cases, the fire chief
said, the wood forms used to set
the concrete have not been removed
and the fire sets them ablaze.
The fire department or building
inspector will check fireplaces to see
If they are safe, Mr.. Duncan said.
He advised residents to call in their
own builder if they did not wish a
city inspection.
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Women to Drive
Fairfax County
School Buses
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

special Olspdtcn 70 Inc star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Dec. Faced
with the problem of discontinuance
Of several school buses, the Fairfax
County School Board has authorized
employment Of woman drivers.
The county school system is now
operating 81 buses to transport
pupils to "a elementary and four
high schools.
Nearly all the former drivers have
resigned to take better paying jobs.
Most of the drivers work only dur
ing the morning and afternoon runs,
although a few are employed both
as drivers and school custodians.
While school officials point out
that it is possible to hire high school
students on several of the runs, this
plan is not feasible where buses are
used entirely for elementary pupils.