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Evening star., 1942-03-26
A. Gordon Jones, IS, Dies;
Railroad Supply AGENT

A. Gordon Jones, IS, railroad sup
ply agent, died yesterday at his
home. 223O California street NV
Burial will be in Southern Methodist
Cemetery, Alexandria, Va, after
funeral services at 11:30 am. to-
morrow at Gawler's funeral home.
Mr.. Jones became i'll February IL
after the death of his wife, Mrs
Martha Bayard Spencer Jones. A
native of Gordonsville, Va. he
started In railroad work 10 years
ago as secretary to the president oi
the Southern Railway. He spent
three years in Mexico as engineer ir
charge Of building the first railroad
between Tampico and Mexico City
Serving in Macon, Ga. Charleston
S. c., Norfolk, Va, Selma, Ala.
Charlottesville and Alexandria, Va.
he rose to the position of purchasing
agent with the Southern Railway
before he left the company a few
years ago to work as an independent
supply agent.
Mr.. Jones is survived by daugh'
ter. Mrs. William G. Barnewall, anc
a grandson, Gordon G. Barnewall
OF Warrenton, Va. Officiating al
funeral services will be DR.. Howard
Wilkinson, pastor Of st. 1homa.
Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
'White-CoIIorr Men Here Face
Draft Before Skilled Workers
OccupotionoI Deferment Given to More
Outside Than in Federal Service

OcIermenC Will De narrowed may
cause District draft boards to re-
study the activities formerly con-
sidered essential to the national
health. safety or interest. . If there
Is q change in the deferhent pol
icy, locally, it other words, 1t will be
in the number Of activities consid-
cred contributing to the war effort
rather than in the number OF indi-
viduals deferred in any one activity
since it has already been deter
mined that these men are essential
to the activity.
No deferments are made by
groups, but II you are a policeman,
fireman, telephone hnesman. public
utility service man, aircraft me-
chanic or, in some cases, a dairy
hand, your chances Of deferment on
occupational grounds are appreci-
ably more likely than If you are a
lawyer, newspaperman, department
store worker, clerk stenographer,
statistician, street cleaner, restau-
rant cook or economist.
Most white collar jobs are not
considered basis for deferment. Some
construction jobs are. Qualified
radio or electrical engineers stand q
fair chance of deferment since there
is an acute shortage along these
lines.
Individual Cases Weighed.
Each case is considered individ-
ually. The length of training and
the degree Of skill have a lot to do
with it. Take ewo economists. One
may have been on the Government
payroll six months, have held down
two or three jobs Of varying types
since graduation from college. An
other may be research man making
q vital study Of rubber. The first
probably wouldn't be considered for
deferment. The second might well
be for the duration Of his study.
Likewise, an average accountant
might not be considered while a
high skilled auditor in a department
doing war work would be more likely
to be deferred.
Local headquarters first advice to
employers-and the Government is
not excepted from this-is to find
replacements. Employers are being
told to review the work done by
every employe. decide which are
necessary and then keep up-to-date
on their draft status. Deferments
are for six months or less and en-
ployers have to do some real con-
vincing to get a draft board to agree
that they have made every reason
able effort to secure a replacement
before a second deferment OF the
same man Is granted.
No memorandum has yet come to
| local headquarters on the matter OF
considering reasons for occupational
deferment before deferment for de-
pendents, as Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey. director Of selective serv-
ice, indicated recently would be
done
done. Such orders not only would
result in a vast amount Of work
for draft boards but would also have
the vast majority Of men with ga
classiflcations asking themselves
just how essential they are to the
war effort.
When they start asking them
selves that, local officials hope the
ones not contributing to the war
effort will register with the District
Employment Service for war pro-
duction jobs they might be able
to do
That's what local headquarters
would like to see them doing right
now.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
6. W. MiIIer's Funeral
To Be Held Tomorrow

George William Miller, in charge
of rotogravure advertising for The
Star, will be buried in Glenwood
Cemetery following services at 2
pm. tomorrow at Chambers funeral
home. Mr.. Miller died yesterday at
Front Royal, Va.
Active pallbearers will be Col.
Leroy w. Heron, Frank F. Rogers,
Neville D. Miller. Raymond G. Rob-
erts, Wesley G. Hanford and Arthur
G. Bauer.
Honorary ballbearers will be
Walter S. Furlow, j. Henry Bailey,
Walter c. Coates, Albert Farmhouse,
Howard G. Benson, Harry E. Smith,
S. Houlton, jr., and Frank T. Hurley.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG,

A skilled telephone nnesman Is
more likely to get a deferred classifi-
cation from a draft board here than
q Government white collar man.
according to District selective service
headquarters Interpretation Of the
increasingly narrower bases for oc-
cupational deferment.
Actually, If you except the Navy
Yard employees. the Districts local
draft boards are deferring more men
for occupational reasons outside the
Government service than in it.
Most Government men who are
deferred are registrants actually per-
forming productive work-for in
stance, drafting, making maps or in
specting materials.
Among the 25 per cent Of all Dis
trict registrants deferred for occupa-
tional reasons, the largest group are
those doing mechanical work-Navy
Yard machinists, utility men. tele-
phone men, craftsmen. engineers
and repairmen-although no reg
istrants are deferred by groups.
Clearance Agencies Set Up.
Each agency Of the Government
has set up, or is setting up in ac-
cordance with the Presidents re-
quest of last month a committee to
clear requests for occupational de-
ferments. Before these committees
were set up. it was possible for one
supervisor in a Government depart
ment to ask deferment for every man
in his outfit while another asked no
defermeEts.
Now the process is to start at the
bottom. A supervisor looks over his
men. decides which are doing an es-
sential Job. His section chief de-
cides whether that group Is essential
and so 1t goes up the line to the head
of the agency who might decide
that q whole service might be per-
formed by another agency entirely.
Clearing through the agency's
committee, the requests for defer
ment 70 to the local boards where
some more wedding out is done with
the advice and assistance OF the oc-
cupational adviser assigned to local
selective service headquarters from
the labor supply ONCE Of the War
Department.
The occupational adviser gets
lists from each draft board Of all
requests for occupational defer
ment. giving the registrant's oc-
cupation and employer. He also Is
notified when such registrants are
classified and local headquarters Is
always asked for an opinion before
local boards make q final decision
If there is any question of the rea-
sonableness Of the request.
Frequently, even in the cases OF
Government departments, 1nvestl-
gators are sent from local head.
quarters to see that the men fol
whom occupational deferments are
requested are actually doing the
work for which deferment Is sought
The occupational adviser follow
the national selective service lis
Of war production jobs In which
there are shortages, seeks informa.
ton from employers, goes to the
employment services, the Civil Serv
ice Commission, other employers 1r
an industry in which one or two
employers are seeking occupations
deferments for their men, consult.
with labor unions and frequently
goes through a plant or bushes!
himself. At the same time, HI
checks with national headquarterl
to see what other boards through
out the country are doing.
Gen. Hershey's recent announce
ment that bases for occupations
Evening star., 1942-03-26
BorkIey Will Speak
At Benefit Concert

Senate Majority Leader Barkley
will speak during the intermission Of
the Boston Symphony concert for
Russian war relief next Tuesday
night in Constitution Hall, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. Joseph E..
Davies. chairman Of the sponsoring
committee.
Besides the concert, to be con-
Quoted by Serge Koussevitsky, the
program will feature a parade of
flags of the Allied nations.
Koussevitsky has selected a pro-
gram of Russian music which will in
clude the sixth Symphony Of Sho-
stakovitch."
Evening star., 1942-03-26
For q Stronger America
Sharpe Says Health Education
Is Responsibility of Schools
Bocks Expansion;
AssoiIs 'LoIIipop'
Activities
Ninth of a Series.)
By JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr

BY JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.
In sharp contrast to the position
of Commissioner Guy Mason that
physical fitness of older children at
the junior and senior high school
level is the responsibility solely of
the parents, c. Melvin Sharpe, a
member of the Board of Education,
today insisted setup in the health
and physical education program fol
these levels is essential" and that
the schools are the only place" to
do 1t.
Mr.. Sharpe said he meant not only
installation of . ive-period-a-week
program of physical education In
every senior high school but expan-
sion Of the school medical and dental
programs of the Health Department
for early detection and follow-up OF
defects.
The heavy-set board member, who
once boxed, played football, baseball
Evening star., 1942-03-26
zoniing Change
For Villa Rosa
|sApproved
Shopping Center
At Friendship Corner
Also Is Allowed

A change of zoning for property
on each side of Massachusetts, avenue
NV. between Arizona and Nebraska
avenues, to permit erection of apart
ment houses, was approved today by
the District Zoning Commission in
action on questions considered at
yesterdays public hearing.
The Defense Homes Corp, Gov
ernment-sponsored agency, plans II
three-story brick apartment build
ings on the Villa Rosa portion of
this area.
Objections to the change, from
"A' restricted to residential "A"
zoning, were voiced yesterday by
spokesmen for the Wesley Heights,
Cathedral Heights and Cleveland
Park Citizens Associations. The
property changed has frontage of
nearly 1,700 feet along Massachusetts,
avenue. The buildings planned by
Defense Homes Corp. will provide
housing for about 144 families of
war workers, it is said.
Shopping Center Approved.
At the same time, the commission
approved in part request by the
Defense Homes Corp. for a first
commercial zoning for the southeast
corner of the Friendship estate, to
permit a shopping center for war
workers housed in the huge Mclean
Gardens development to be erected
on Friendship. The D. H. c. had
sought the change for about four
acres there but the commission left
the present residential Zoning for
a strip of land 200 feet deep along
Idaho avenue extended. The prop
erty given commercial zoning con-
sists of some $4,000 square feet.
Subject to the zoning changes now
ordered, the District has agreed with
Federal authorities for an exchange
OF about seven acres of land in the
Villa Rosa tract for a similar area
In the Friendship estate. The Dis
trict will erect a school on the
aforementioned tract and make
available the Villa Rosa area for
the D. H. c. housing project.
At the same time the commission
rejected proposal from Ralph P.
Counselman for industrial zoning
for property bounded by Maryland
avenue, Eleventh, Twelfth and E
streets S.W. to permit expansion Of
an abbatoir there which Mr.. Coun-
selman said was needed for supply
ing meats to Army camps.
Nichols Avenue Change.
oyce
change from residential to first COM
mercial for the east side of Nichols
avenue south of Galveston street
sW., near Bald Eagle Hill. to per-
NIT development of new business
island"
1t also granted change from "a"
restricted to residential "A" for
property on the west side of Thir-
tieth street south of Alabama ave-
nue. Sc.
The commission denied a petition
by Monroe Warren for a change
from restricted to residential "A"
area for property on the east of
Connecticut avenue between Van
Ness and Yuma streets NV, where
he had planned little Tilden
Gardens" apartment development; a
petition for residential B" restricted
area for 1694-1698 Thirty-fiBt street
and 3100-3104 r street NV, which
would have permitted boarding house
operation, and petition for extern
sion of first commercial operations to
property at the southeast corner of
Connecticut avenue and Albermarle
street and the northeast corner of
Connecticut avenue and Yuma street
NV.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Housing for Soldiers
On Leave in District
Is Being Expanded
500 Additional Beds Made
Available in Recreation
Area Through Shifts

Within 10 days Of The Stars story
disclosing the acute shortage of
overnight housing facilities for
thousands of enlisted men who visit
the Capital on leave. the Army. local
recreation agencies and Washington
citizens have joined in steps which
promise to alleviate the situation be-
ginning this week end.
Most significant development since
an article on March 16 revealed that
only 500 men can be accommodated
each week end, is the announcement
of Col. Walter Long, officer in
charge of the Washington Recrea-
ton Area in Arlington, that an ad-
ditional 500 beds will be available
there this Saturday night.
Col. Long said today that ere
shufning" of tents and cots in the
area. which has been used to billie,
soldiers on guard duty here since the
outbreak of war. made possible
sleeping accommodations for addi-
tional soldiers.
Residents Offer Facilities.
when the bulk of our guarc
troops are shifted to another loca
ton, we will have another 500 or zoe
places for men on leave" he said
THIS will be accomplished possibly
within two weeks, he reported.
Within two days of The Star story
Washington residents had offered
facilities which will accommodate
nearly 100 men in private homes.
The majority of the offers were re-
ceived by the Salvation Army
United Service Organizations group
and the Soldiers. Sailors and Ma
rines' Club. These organizations
now are engaged in checking the
offers, and a number of men are
expected to be housed in private
homes this week end.
Hugo Wolter, director OF recre-
alton services Of the Metropolitan
Civilian Defense Council, said today
that his Office was investigating an
offer yesterday from Comdr. Her
bert Campbell of a local Coast
Guard Auxiliary flotilla to use the
second floor Of the groups head
quarters at 900 Maine avenue S.W.
Comdr. Campbell reported ap-
proximately $50 men could be bill
leted there, although the place lacks
complete bath facilities.
Little Chance Of Expansion.
Col. Long said there was little
possibility Of expanding facilities at
the recreation area, as an access
road to the new War Department
Building nearby is to be built along
the east side Of the camp. Be-
cause Of this, he said. many of the
tents had to be shifted. Present
arrangements, when troops move
out. will afford a maximum Of 1,20C
cots, Col. Long estimated.
Each man will be given a cot,
blankets. bedclothes and bathing
facilities. Col. Long said he hoped
to provide the men with Sunday
breakfast soon. but that would have
to await additional equipment and
some personnel.
Mr.. Wolter pointed out yesterday
that enactment by Congress of the
long pending District public recrea-
ton bill would offer means of solv-
ing the pressing problem of housing
and recreational facilities for men
on leave here.
The Federal Security Agency
meanwhile, obtained a decision
Tuesday which classified provision
for lodging service men as recrea-
tional function rather than a hous-
ing problem.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Mexican to Speak

Senior Eugenio de Anzorena, Third
Secretary Of the Mexican Embassy,
will speak in the Good Neighbor
Forum at Roosevelt High School,
Thirteenth and Upshur streets NV,
at $50 o'clock tonight. A film,
Rolling Down to Mexico" will be
shown.
Evening star., 1942-03-26
Dr.. Niebuhr to Speak

DR.. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor Of
applied Christianity at Union Theo-
logical Seminary, New York, will
speak at the war needs dinner to
be held at $50 pm. Sunday at the
Mayhower Hotel by the Washington
Chapter Of Hadassah.
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
Santa Won't Miss
Farthest North
i. S. Community

PENASSE, MINI. = Youngsters
living in this isolated community are
quite confident Santa Claus won't
pass them by this Christmas. Pen
asse, you see, is St. Nicholas first
stop in the United States, and the
farthest north point in the nation.
The bewhiskered gentleman aban-
dons his reindeer before he reaches
Penasse each year, because the
deep snow usually hampers even
those sturdy steeds. He travels by
ski-equipped airplane, flown to the
isolated village twice each. week
from Warroad
Penasse's only other visitor in the
winter is Indiana Pete, a trapper
living on nearby island in the
Lake of the Woods. The postmis-
tress is Miss Helen Arnold, twenty
two, who admits business isn't very
rushing-even at Christmas time.
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
Between The
Book Ends
JAPAN RIDES THE TIGER. By
Willard Price. The John Day
Ccnonanv New York 1912.
owen FARRELL CLARK


Some wise old philosopher in
China summed up the present di-
lemma of Japan many years ago
when he said, He who rides tigeu
cannot dismount" Japan must go
on riding. There is no dismounting
from the saddle she so precariously
but tenaciously occupies.
Willard Price knows Japan as well
as any American has ever known
it. He not only lived in Japan fer
a number of years but he also trav-
eled the length and breadth OF the
Empire from the frozen border Of
Siberia to the tropical islands on
the Equator.
From his book we learn that the
japanese are hardy of body, strong
of will, clever, fanatical, convinced
that they have "divine mission
to save the world They are trained
to toll ceaselessly, to live Sparsely,
to dream fantastically, to worship
their Emperor, and to die gladly
for a distorted sense of honor.
The chapters on Korea reveal
what life IS Like il coultrJ coli
quered by Japan. The chapters en-
the Philippines, Hawaii, and Cali
fornia demonstrate the subtlety of
the Japanese fifth column.
The author concludes that Japa"
nese remain Japanese regardless of
where they go or where they live.
They make poor melting pot mater
ial. In foreign lands they always
stress japanese Language Schools.
The Rising Sun shines carefully on
the heads of all second generation
Japanese children in the United
States or Brazil or elsewhere.
It is not easy to pass judgment
on the Japanese people. They have
their side of the story. Whoever
says they merely know how to imi-
tate has not studied them we'll
They work long and hard for what
they get in life. In time OF peace
the average japanese citizen or
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
Ointment Named In Bible
Is Extracted from, Shrub
N0tive to United States

America shares with the Holy
Land the small plant from which
comes the oil that recalls to mind
events of 19 centuries ago, when the
glories Of the first Christmas eve
were revealed to shepherds on Beth
1ehem's hills.
From this plant, which abounds
in Minnesotas north woods and 9TH
er places in the United States, is
taken spikenard, highly-perfumed
ointment referred to in the King
James version of the Bible as used
to anoint the feet Of Jesus.
So this small, unassuming plant
played a small part in events which
gave us Christmas, most cheerful
holiday of nations.
Nogales international., 1942-12-25

traveller is respectful and law abid-
ing regardless of where he or she
may be. In the role of conqueror,
however, the Japanese military man
often becomes a vicious tyrant.
Whether the time be one of war or
peace the question always is What
is best for Japan?"
Mr.. Price, as you can see, cuts
through propaganda and gives us a
clear picture of one phase of the
situation in the Far East. The AL
lied Nations will teach Japan a
lesson on the battlefronts, but she
learns fast and tries again from a
Nogales international., 1942-12-25

different angle. There must be
understanding at the peace confer
ences or war will come again, be-
cause words and promises and
treaties may be reinterpreted or
Just discarded unless there is force
behind them. The United States
might we'll remember Teddy Roosc-
velt's slogan "Speak softly but
carry big stick"
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
SPENDING HOLIDAYS
IN OKLAHOMA

Miss Vida Price, teacher at the
Lincoln school, left Friday to spend
the holiday vacation at her home in
Durant, Okla.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-12-24
USE GASOLINE COUPONS BE-
FORE TANK is EMPTY

A great deal Of possible trouble
will be spared motorists if they use
their gasoline coupons as rapidly as
there is room in the tank for addi-
tional gas, instead of saving them
until the tank is nearly empty and
then doing their replenishing at
one time.
The potential trouble explained
Mr. Erwin, division manager of the
vile, arises from the condensation
of water inside gasoline tanks.
This condensation takes place when
the gasoline level is at low point
and is the product of the moisture
always present in the air which
condenses on the cool metal inside
the tank itself.
This water said Mr.. Erwin,
tends to drop into the gasoline and
finds it's way into the fuel lines
where it may freeze. BY keeping
the tank as full as possible there is
obviously less metal space for this
moisture accumulation, and the
danger from this accumulation of
water consequently is greatly min
imized."
Mr.. Erwin pointed out that this
moisture condensation is little diff
ferent than that which occurs on
the outside of glass of ice water
On a summer day.
seTo eliminate this possihIe troll
ble," he said, leash in your gaso-
line coupons as rapidly as there is
room in the tank for the four gall
Ions. Another recommended prac-
tice is to add one to two tablespoons
Of any straight alcohol to the gaso-
line tank each month. The alcohol
traps the water and carries It
away harmlessly. 1t is important to
take off and empty the fuel sedi-
ment bowl few days after intro
1uction Of the alcohol"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-12-24
vi. & VI. SCHOOL NOTES

Chapel Dec. 16 was opened by
everyone repeating the pledge of al
legiance to the flag and singing the
"Star Spangled Banner" Evange-
list Ted Waller was speaker and he
chose as his subject, Sin" Sin is
transgression of moral Or spiritual
law. Sin ruins our personality, de-
stroys and cripples our character
and unless it is destroyed it will
destroy our nation. Evangelist Wal
Ter gave three suggestions on how to
avoid sin. They were: l. Don't
violate your moral conscience. If
your conscience tells you an act is
wrong, don't do it; 2, be honest in
all things. The cheating and cor
ruption that we now have in the
world started when the people were
young, just as we are now. The fu
ture of the nations depend upon
honesty; 3, have courage. The pu-
pill who can receive low grade
honestly, rather than receive a
high grade by cheating, has that
trait known as courage. If we learn
to do these three things, America
can look to a proud future. After
Evangelist Waller spoke, Joan Phil
lips gave two selections, Hungarian
Dance No. s." by Brahus, and
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-12-24

work, they have signed up for vol
unteer civilian defense duties ant
regularly attend meetings at might
to receive instruction. It's a diff
ficult assignment they have under.
taken, too, considering the war
time traffic problem in over-crowd
ed Washington.
The recent photograph, showr
here, pictures them with the White
House in the background. John il
former Signal reporter and later
was clerk of Muskingum County
Draft Board No. A. His wife is the
former Miss Jean Ships, South
river road.
Speaking of the Durbins. Jeans
aunt, Miss Helen Ships, is now
connected with the U. S. Relocation
Authority at San Francisco. 1t Is
the job of the authority to relocate
japanese aliens in settlements which
are being provided for them.
Miss Ships, former resident or
the south river road and the sister
of Ralph Ships, of that vicinity
was in Japan for ten years as head
OF the social service department OF
ST. Luke's (EpiscopaD hospital az
Tokyo. She is one OF the compare
lively few Americans with knowl-
edge of the Jap language