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Evening star., 1942-05-03
Employees Occupy First Wing
Of Giant New War BuiIdinq
Structure Is Made Reody Six Months
Ahead Of Schedule; Other Units Speeded

cious, well-lighted cafeterias with
facilities for seating as many as
/ 500 diners at once.
The first contingent of the more
than 10000 employees expected to
occupy the gigantic building started
moving in Thursday, and there are
now about 300 workers from the
Ordnance Department there. Occu-
pancy will be gradual to prevent
any general disorder.
Parking Space Provided.
Outside of Building A, they've al
ready provided paved parking space
for some 300 cars, and Army Off
cials said these facilities will be in
creased at a rate of 100 or more a
day. Ultimately, some 5000 cars will
be able to park in the area around
the structure
1t. Col. Clarence RenShaW, engi-
neer of the Arlington district. who
is supervising construction of the
building, told reporters the project
is about so per cent completed, and
will be finished by next November.
Accompanied by John McShain,
president of the chief contractor,
John McShain, Inc, and J. Paul
Hauck, project manager, Col. Rem
shaw took newsmen and photog-
raphers on a tour of Building A
and surrounding area.
Part of the building, he disclosed,
is to be used by the Public Build
ings Administration, which will have
maintenance shops and long load
ing platforms on the ground floor.
The five-sided structure is being
built in clockWiSe faShiOn-Section
A first. B next and so on. Section
B is virtually completed and sec
ton c is about one-quarter fin
ished. The superstructure of sec
tion D is in place and Section E,
which will .close" the pentagon, is
now getting under way. The last
section will contain bus terminal
and the main cafeteria facilities.
Traffic Lanes Open.
Although the elaborate 100000
network of roads being constructed
by the Public Roads Administration
tSee BUILDING, Page A-15)
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Abraham Epstein, Pioneer
OF Social Security, Dead

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Abraham
Epstein, 50-year-old pioneer of So
cial security and professor at New
York University, died today from
pneumonia and heart trouble.
Mr.. Epstein's book "Insecurity-A
Challenge to America" received
wide attention in New Deal circles
on its publication in 1893, and was
credited with inspiring considerable
legislation of the period Mr.. Ep-
stein was consulting economist of
the Social Security Board. From
1884 to 1887 he was American repre-
sentative on the Social Insurance
Commission, International Labor
Office. For the last Is years he was
executive secretary of the Associa-
tion for Social Security, Inc.
Mr.. Epstein was born in Russia
April co. 1892. He came to America
in 1910, and was naturalized in 1917
He married Henriette Castex of
Toulouse, France, in 1925. They had
one son, Pierre Leon.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Indian Dancers Will Help
Boost War Bond Sale Here

Eight Indian dancers from Jemez
pueblo, near Santa Fe, N. Mex.
will be in Washington Tuesday to
help boost sales of War Bonds and
Stamps for the Treasury Depart
ment.
At 1890 pm. they will appear at
the Mayflower Hotel for the Opti-
mist Club luncheon, and on Thurs
day they will perform for the
Kiwanis Club, at the same time and
place.
The Treasury Department is also
arranging a public exhibition, de-
tails of which will be announced.
Two girl dancers, Cloud Blossom
and Blue Water; five men. Tony
White Cloud, Cloud Hill. Thunder
Bird, Eagle Tail and Young Eagle.
and 8-year-old Sammy Bright Star
make up the group, which is tour
ing the country under auspices Of
the Santa F'e Railway.
Their repertoire includes the buff
falo hunting, eagle. butterfly, horse
stealing, hoop and war dances.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

Hundreds of complaints from
tenants in suburban Virginia and
Maryland swamped the District
Rent Administration the last few
days and so tied up telephone lines
and office personnel that there was
little time to attend to District
rent matters, Administrator Robert
F. Cogswell said last night.
The complaints began pouring in
Immediately after the Office of
Price Administration announced
that Alexandria and the four near
by counties of Maryland and Vir-
ginia were included among defense
areas in which rents are to be con-
trolled. Several hundred calls were
registered on each of the last four
days. The tenants, and some land
lords, asked questions about control
and wished to lodge complaints con-
corning what they thought were
exorbitant rents.
Mr.. Cogswell said his ofiice tried
to explain to the callers that their
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Retirement Benefits
Denied Thousands
Employed by u. 5.
Duration Workers
Covered; Executive OrdeI
Hits Temporary Jobs

Several hundred Thousand en-
ployes-according to an unoff1cial
estimate from the Civil Service
COmmiSsion-are excluded from the
benefits of the Civil Service Retire
ment Act, under an order issued
yesterday by President Roosevelt
Impermanency of tenure, generally
speaking, is responsible for the ex-
clusion which is retroactive to jan
uary "A, the date when the act was
amended to blanket under its pro-
visions virtually the entire executive
service.
Employees on duration" basis
that is, those whose wartime ap-
pointments are scheduled to expire
six months after the end of the war,
remain covered.
Workers who have contributed to
the retirement fund. and now are
denied protection. will have their
payments returned.
Approximately 1,700 900 employees,
including also groups in legislative
and judicial branches, were covered
by the act before the issuance Of
the order. 1t was said at the COM
mission that an accurate estimate
Of the number barred was not pos
sible until the various agencies
check their personnel lists,
Ten Groups Excluded.
The order, it was explained. is
not to be construed "as to defeat
any retirement rights Of officers and
employees" acquired before its ef-
fective date.
The 10 groups excluded follow:
/. Employees whose expected serv-
ice will be for brief periods and not
more than one year.
O. Employees paid by the hour,
day, month or year when actually
employed, whose employment is
periodic, part time or recurrent and
for whom a regular tour of duty is
not contemplated.
3. Employees and consultants paid
on a contract or fee basis.
T. Employees paid on a piecework
basis, except when serving under
regular or permanent appointment
Acting Postmasters Excluded.
s. Cooperative employees not
wholly under the control Of the
Federal Government and not other
wise subject to the Civil Service
Retirement Act.
6. Officers and employees without
compensation or with nominal
compensation of $12 or less a year
7. Intermittent alien employees
engaged on work outside the con-
tinental United States
8. Member and patient employees
in Government hospitals and homes.
9. Employees serving under tenn
porary appointments pending final
determination of their eligibility
for permanent or indefinite appoint
ment.
10. Acting postmasters, clerks in
fourth class post Offices, substitute
rural carriers and special delivery
messengers at second, third and
fourth class post Offices.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Nearby Tenants Complaints
Keep CogsweII's Staff Busy

communities were outside his ju-
risdiction. The idea was tried of
having the switchboard operator
inform the callers there was nothing
the District administration could
do about their problems. This re-
suited in the operator receiving
considerable abuse from persons
who insisted in talking with some
one higher up"
I'VE are anxious to help out in
this situation Mr. Cogswell said,
but we have no Jurisdiction over
Maryland and Virginia. ANY in
formation we could give them GER
tainly would not be authoritative,
and possibly would be incorrect"
Meanwhile, it was reported that
Gov. OConor has not reached a
decision regarding control ma
chinery in the affected areas of
Maryland. Virginia communities
were awaiting word from Gov.
Darden who already has the author
ity necessary to establish control
boards.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
By JOHN H. Cassidy.

From vantage point at the north
end of floor No. 2 in wing No.
OF building A, we watched Army
forces of occupation darlington
division in action yesterday.
1t was probably the most peace
full invasion in history, for the
occasion was the occupation of the
first section of the mamoth new
War Department Office building
in Arlington.
Peaceful as it was, we almost
missed seeing the occupation. This
project is of such magnitude that
one wrong turn might land you in
building B, floor No 3, wing No. /.
But we stayed close to our party
Of Army men and newsmen and ar
rived in the right wing of the right
floor Of the right building.
There, just as in dozens of other
Government buildings in Washing
ton, were stenographers, secretaries,
typists and file clerks working away
at desks Army officers issued orders.
Messengers rushed in and out of
the room.
Six Months Ahead Of Time.
Less than eight months ago, the
ground on which the first section
of the pentagonal- shaped $35, ,O00,-
900 structure stands was a swamp.
1t is being occupied six months
ahead of schedule. BY the end of
June, second building section B,
is expected to be finished That will
give the War Department about
1900, 900 square feet of Office space
enough for about 10000 employees.
But feats of construction are be-
coming commonplace around the
project. Just a few days ago, for
example. there was nothing but
Scaffolding and building material in
large section of the ground floor
where there was supposed to be a
temporary cafeteria for employees
moving into Section A.
Wen have it ready" the con-
tractors said.
Bingo, and it was done. They
were setting up tables as fast as
the floor was laid, and yesterday the
Army proudly displayed two spa
Evening star., 1942-05-03
West Virginia Seeks
Income Taxes From
Absentee Voters
Many Wushinetonions
Who Call Stute Home
Affected by New Move
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG,W w. Va, May O.
While a new organization, the West
Virginia Franchise Committe e e
works in Washington to round up
all West Virginians and see that
they are registered to vote this fall,
another group in the State is pre-
pairing to scrutiniZe every absentee
registration as that of a potential
State income taxpayer. Every per-
son so registered is required by law
to file West Virginia income tax
! return.
George P. Anderson, State tax
commissioner, has taken a definite
interest in the absentee voters this
year, especially those living in WASH
ington.
Thousands of Washington resi-
dents in the past have used West
Virginia for their voting residence
and especially these Eastern Pan
| handle counties which lie next to
Maryland and closest to the District
of Columbia. In many cases, how
ever, the records disclose they have
not paid State income taxes and
never have filed returns in the
State.
In the past election years, it
might have been difficult to trace
down the Washington residents who
voted in West Virginia because more
often than not they simply gave the
city as their address. So they
weren't checked. But the applica-
ton which absentee registrants now
sign, under oath, pins them down
about their residence as tightly as
the Secretary of State, William S.
O'Brien, could devise means to do it.
This year they can be checked by
the tax collectors. Consequently,
every person who registers as an
absentee voter makes himself liable
for income taxes in this State. Not
only that-he opens the way for a
| demand for back taxes, in case he
overlooked such matters when he
voted by mail in the past. The
State commissioner can go back for
five years for taxes, interest and
penalties, if owed, or for penalties
if he has failed to make return as
required by law of every resident"
OF the State. Residents who are
temporarily absent from West Vir-
ginia, for legitimate reasons, are en-
titled to be registered.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Music Festival Slated
In Church Tomorrow

A music festival will be held at
BIS pm. tomorrow in the Woodside
Methodist Church, with choral
groups from several local women S
clubs and the Woodside Church Or
chestra participating.
Special numbers will be presented
by Eleanor and Frederick Dennison
f1utist and tenor, respectively, and
Adolf Torovsky, Washington CONS
poser.
Choral groups appearing include
1.-The Takoma Park Choral Club, di-
Frected by Carolyn Green, and the
Silver Spring and Woodside Club
Chorals, under the direction of Mrs.
Dorothy Radde Emery.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Presbytery Auxiliary
Will Meet in Baltimore

The 2Oth annual meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Potomac
Presbytery will be held Thursday
and Friday at the Franklin Street
Presbyterian Church, Baltimore.
The meeting will convene at pm.
Thursday with Miss Louise A. Da-
wilson, president, presiding.
The Rev. c. Darby Fulton, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Foreign
Mission Committee, will conduct the
worship service that evening. He
also will address the group Friday.
A banquet will be held the first eve
ming for business women, Mrs.
Alexander Maitland will BE guest
speaker.
A series Of Bible studies will be
given by Mrs. E, l.. Russell during
the two-day session.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Mrs. Stirling Harrison
Heads Girl Scout Troop
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DISPATCH 70 Ihe Star.
LEESBURG, Va, May Lees
burg Girl Scout Troop No. l has
reorganized, with Mrs. Stirling M
Harrison as troop leader Plans are
being made for a Boy Scout court
of honor at the Purcellville Audi
torium June IL. 1t was also an
nounced that the camporee for Lou
doun Scouts will be held June 10,
20 and 81 at place to be decided
later.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
HyottsviIIe Man Found
Unconscious in Street

Joseph Long, about rs. OF Hyatts-
vile, Md. was found unconscious in
the $500 block of Baltimore Boule-
ward late yesterday, apparently the
victim of a hit-run driver.
He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where he was treated for head
cuts and q possible skull fracture.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Leesburg Rotory Wins

LEEBURG, Va. May Q tSpeciaD
The, Leesburg Rotary Club was
awardAd the attendance trophy at
the recent district conferences of
Rotsryl International at Richmond.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
AMERICAN LEGION WILL
INCLUDE PRESENT WAR

Kansas City - The American
Legion voted this week to open
it's ranks to veterans of World
War II and asked congress to a.
mend the legion charter to this
effect.
The charter, granted by con-
gress, permits only men who were
in the armed forces in the First
World War to become legion
members.
The resolution to open the
membership, offered to the ma
tional legion convention by Thorn
as w. Miller of the constitutional
amendments committee, was pass
ed overwhelmingly.
Delegations from Ohio, Illinois
and North Dakota gave the only
dissenting votes.
Help win this war by buying
! War Bonds and Stamps!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
MOSCOW GREETS ENVOY
WENDELL L. WILLk1E

Moscow - Wendell L. Willkle,
in Russia as an observer and
spetAal representative of Presl-
dent Roosevelt, arrived in Mos
cow this week from Kuibyshev.
The Stars and Stripes and ma
ny Red flags were unfurled in
greeting.
Willkie was met by Constantine
Oumansky, former Russian am
bassador to Washington, V. G. De-
kanozov, member of the Com
munist party central committee
Sir Archibald John Clark Kerr
British ambassador and numerous
officers of the Russian army.
The visitors drove Immediately
to the foreign office guest house
where he will stay while at Mos
cow.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
More Than 100000 To
Be Under Arms By 1913

Washington - While the uncer-
tainties of the war preclude any
authoritative forecast of the ulti-
mate strength to which the army
and navy will grow, Selective
Service Director Lewis B. Her
shey indicated this week that
more than 100000 Americans
would be under arms by the end
of 1943.
Hershey and his aides gave
these guides to future operations
of the draft in an interview clair
flying and recapitulating the vari-
Gus orders and announcements
issued piecemeal in recent weeks:
The supply of single men, in
Guiding those with dependents,
will be exhausted this fall and
calls for childless married men
will begin generally in December
or January as the strenth of the
army alone tops 100000 by the
end of this year.
Unless congress authorizes the
drafting of 18 and 19-year-olds,
the supply of childless married
men will be exhausted about q
year from now and the calling OF
men with children will begin
about Oct. l, 1943.
Even the drafting Of the teen
ayers might do no more than de-
lay the calling of family men be-
cause the total number of men
who ultimately will be required
for the services is not yet known
Approximately 2,225,OOO teen.
ayers registered this year fol-
drafting after they reached 20
but so many of them have en-.
listed that perhaps no more thar
100000 are left.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
BRITISH LEAVE MUNICH
IN MASS OF FLAMES

London - Britain's biggest
bombers, four-motored Lancasters
which carry 1000 and 5000
pound bombs, left the Nazi birth
place city of Munich a mass OF
spreading flames over the week
end after a. Commute attack eli
making a daring 1,300-mile round
trip foray which carried the new
allied aerial attack deep into the
reich.
A second force of bombers
hammered the German war po'
tential in the Saar valley, much
nearer England.
The British acknowledged los
ing 10 planes during the night
which on the basis of five pei
cent losses in big raids, woulo
mean that about 200 planes made
the attacks on Munich and the
Saar.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
Raj BOMBERS POUNDED
NORTHERN FRANCE

London - R. A. F. bombers
pounded costal area of Northern
France Sunday with terrifice ex-
plossions shaking English towns
across the channel.
The violence of the blasts
caused watchers on the southeast
coast to wonder whether the Bri-
fish were using their new four
ton bombs.
These watchers reported great
! flashes of light from the direction
of the French coast were seen
about two minutes before each
explosion was heard.
Earlier heavy bombers had
rumbled out over the channel
from England in an hour-long
procession which began soon after
nightfall.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
FIVE JAP BARGES
BURNED BY ALLIES

General MacArthur's head
quarters, Australia - Allied war
planes, continuing their now daily
attacks on Japanese supply con-
centrations along the northern
New Guinea coast, have bombed
and strafed Buna and Lac, burn
ing five barges and tugboat at
the latter point, southwest Paclt-
ic headquarters reported over the
week end.
Aerial assault also was leVeleo
upon Kokoda, enemy base lying
inland from Buna and on the path
of the japanese advance across
the Owen Stanley Mountains to-
ward Port Moresby.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
Timely Hints
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent

If you take the right care OF
the fats you save, you can use
them in lots of ways in your
regular cooking. Drippings, for
instance, can be used for gravles,
as flavorful seasonings for vege-
tables, in salad dressings, and
even for baking if you clarity
the fat first.
Clarity means to wash out OBJ
iectional odors, tastes, or colors.
To do this, use twice as much
water as fat and boil for 10 min
utes. Stir the mixture well and
then leave it to cool. In the case
of soft fat, finish cooling in the
refrigerator. The fat should form
a solid cake. Lift off this layer
of caked fat and scrape off any
dark material from the underside.
Then store the fat. (You can re-
melt it and pour into a satlstac-
tory container.).
Remember, clarified fats don I
keep as we'll as other fats, SO. use
them quickly.
To keep fats in good condition,
YOU have to store them we'll Put
them in clean cntainers with tight
fitting covers and store in a cool,
dark place. Check up once in a
while to make sure they're not
rancid. And be sure not to pour
new fat in with rancid fat.
Some fats have to be rendered
and by that we mean melted
down. To render any raw fat such
as suet and fats from poultry,
pork, and lamb, you heat it until
it melts. This separates the tat
from the connective tissue. Poul-
try fat is naturally soft so you
don't have to cut it before render
ing, but other fats melt quickly
if you either grind or cut them
into small pieces first.
You can render a small amount
of fat in double boiler over hot
water. Cover it and stir occasion
ally. AS soon as the fat is melted
strain it into a container that has
a tight cover. When the fat is
cold, store it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
CHARLOTTE MAN SELLS
SYNTHETIC RUBBER PAT.

Charlotte - Odes Redmond,
Charlotte soft drink salesman,
who began experiments on his
kitchen stove several years ago
in an effort to develope synthet-
ic rubber, said this week on his
return from Washington, u. e.,
that he had sold the right to use
his formula to a large manufact-
urer.
He did not disclose the name OF
the purchaser or terms OF the
transaction. Redmond added that
he was leaving open to the gov
eminent his offer to allow use of
the formula in any way it may be
of value in prosecuting the war.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
WAR SECRETARY WAS
IS YEARS OLD MONDAY

Washington Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson celebrated
his 18th birthday Monday. He
observed the event by carrying
but full days work at his desk
nd in conference.
Aside from congratulatory mes
Bages from his general staff and
bther officials, no special cere-
nony was carried out.
At IS, Stimson is the oldest
member of the cabinet and, second
only to President Roosevelt, has
perhaps the most crushing job
in wartime Washington. Next in
| age among the cabinet officers
are Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, II, and Secretary of the Ma
81 Frank Knox, who is So.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24

Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Hoppers at
tended the decoration at Little
Helton, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Blevins
and family spent Saturday night
with his sister, Mrs. Bonnie Farm
er of the Hurricane community.
Mr.. j. H. Sheets, of Rugby, Va,
spent the week end with his
daughter, Mrs. Virgil Thompson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
One WrWeek

calendar Of job recent week gives graphic
picture how General Electric working wartime
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
BRANDON NEWS

Several from this community
attended the communion meeting
at Union, Sunday.
Mrs. ]. E. Owens, of Shouns,
Tenn, will preach at Bethel, Sun
day, at II o'clock.
Mrs. Pearl Wiles spent the
week end with relatives at White
top, Va.
Ray Sexton, brewery Adams
and Coolidge Thompson took a
trip to the Blue Ridge mountain
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24

Sunday morning, October 4, by
DR.. Ben R. Lacy, president of u
MON Theological Seminary, Rich
mond, Va, will be first in the
series of events. In the after
noon of the same day Jan Pearce
Tenor of Metropolitan opera
Company, will give a concert
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
EDUCATORS TO ATTEND
wv. G. ANNIVERSARY OCT.

Greensboro -Acceptances from
distinguished educators through
out the state and the nation indi-
cate that there will be a large at
tendance at the 50th anniversary
celebration of the Woman's Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina to be held October 4
and 5.
The commemorative sermon
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24

The country's total supply OF
cotton 1inters, highly important
in manufacture of explosives, has
been directed to 60 to the Govern
ment for war purposes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-24
Brief Review OF State World News During The Past Week

William Thompson was taken
to the Winston-Salem hospital
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Spencer, of
Grassy Greek, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Rebecca and Mary Ashley,