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Evening star., 1942-03-14
Flynn Asks 10 Testify
On Kern's Paving Charge
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 14.-Edward
j. Flynn, National Democratic chair
man. announced yesterday he had
demanded the right to appear be-
fore the grand jury Immediately to
testify to all of the facts" concerning
allegations that he used city workers
and materials to pave the Belgian
courtyard of his country home.
The charges were made by Paul j.
Kern. discharged president of the
Municipal Civil Service Commission.
Bronx District Attorney Samuel
Foley said Thursday the grand jury
would conduct a John Doe" in
quiry.
In statement issued from his
Office, Mr. Flynn said, Il want this
whole matter investigated fully and
promptly and l am prepared to ap-
pear on one days notice at any time.
OF course. will waive immunity.
I will insist upon prompt action. So
far as I am concerned there is no
reason for delay"
Mr.. Flynn called Mr.. Kern's
charges vicious and unwarranted." !"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Two Women Killed,
-Four Persons Hurt in
Automobile Crash
Child, 8, Reported in
Serious Condition
After Accident
D. 6. Traffic Toll

Two women were killed and four
other persons. including a child, were
injured last night when two auto
mobiles collided at Benning road and
Oklahoma avenue N. E.
The dead are Mrs. John V. Malloy
38, of 1924 Massachusetts avenue
NE, and Mrs. Emma Newman, 25
of the same address. Mrs. Malloy
was pronounced dead at the scene
of the accident, and Mrs. Newman
died en- route to Casualty Hospital,
police reported.
Eileen Malloy. 8, passenger in the
car in which Mrs. Malloy and Mrs.
Newman were riding, suffered scalp
cuts, conclusion and other injuries.
She was reported in serious condi-
ton today in the hospital.
John j. Curtin, So, of 215 Seventh
street NE, listed by police as driver
of the car. was released from the
hospital after treatment for minor
injuries.
Herbert Waters, 10, of Bradbury
Heights. Md. a passenger in the
other car. was admitted for treat
ment of head injuries and lacer-
ationS.
John D. Whitfield. Is, also of
Bradbury Heights. said by police to
have been driving the second vehicle.
suffered cuts but did not remain in
the hospital.
Police said the car driven by Mr..
Curtin was making left turn into
Oklahoma avenue after proceeding
west on Benning road and the other
was moving east on Benning road.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
AIusko's Climate Held
Surprise for Soldiers

Mud, rather than billiards and
ice, was the main complaint of
American troops stationed in Alaska,
members of the National Geographic
Society were informed during an
illustrated lecture in Constitution
Hall last night.
Karl Robinson, a resident of
Wrangell, Alaska, showed pictures of
soldiers wading ankle-deep in mire
as he explained that the Japanese
current warns Southern Alaska's
shores, thus creating mild climate.
The lecture showed pictures of the
annual salmon run, bears fishing in
the streams. wild flowers blooming
beside glaciers, wild animals and
birds, as we'll as Thlingket Indian
ceremonial dance.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Baby Who Slept
Through Raids
Arrives Here

Richard Wallace Clay, who is 4
months old today, arrived in Wash
ington yesterday with his mother,
Mrs. Lora Wills Clay, and brought
with him the distinction OF sleep
ing through most of the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor.
The accomplishment is particu-
larly significant when 1t Is realized
that Baby Clay was living at an
encampment half way between
Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field.
Mrs. Clay, wife Of 1t. William
Loring Clay, and her son arrived
here to live with her parents. the
Rev. and Mrs. Alvin l.. Wills of 1928
Webster street NE, for the dura-
ton of the war.
The young mother said her son,
who was then only 3 weeks old,
slept through most of the bombing
They remained at home during the
first attack but went to an air raid
shelter before the second attack in
the forenoon, she said.
Mother and son waited from
Christmas until last week for q
place on the clipper plane which
brought them to the West Coast
1t was the first fight for both.
Baby Clay slept through most OF
the plane trip, too.
Evening star., 1942-03-14

unregistered men between the ages
of 20 and A inclusive. is expected
to take II hours, beginning at pm.
Capsules drawn from the goldfish
bowl at the lottery, to be held in the
Departmental Auditorium, will con-
tain the Serial Numbers tt, To
and so on up to T-7.000
Order numbers assigned to the
registrants in the sequence in which
their serial numbers are drawn in
the lottery will begin with l0,00l so
that they will follow after the ap-
proximately 5000 order numbers
drawn in the October, 1910, and July,
1941. lotteries.
All three of the Montgomery
County Md Selective Service
Boards have completed and posted
lists of registrants and their serial
numbers in preparation for the new
lottery.
Selective Service Board No. l has
its list posted at its headquarters in
the Rockville Court House. Board
No. 2. which embraces Silver Spring
and Takoma Park. has its head
quarters in the Jesup Blair Com
munity House in Silver Spring,
while Board No. has the list avail
able at its Office in the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Recreation Center on
Norwood drive.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Westinghouse Co. Asking
Overtime Pay Elimination
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. March 14.-The
Union Generator" a publication of
the C. I. o. United Electrical, Radio
and Machine Workers Union, said
yesterday the Westinghouse Electric
& Manufacturing Co., in contract ne
gotiations, had proposed the "elim-
ination of all overtime wages except
as provided by law
In addition, the periodical re-
ported. the company is seeking dis
continuance of all holidays, except
Christmas; extension of women'S
night work hours in classifications
permitted by law; elimination Of the
incentive system and diScontinuance
of group insurance.
The present contract provides for
time and half pay for hourly paid
workers working more tran eight
hours in any one day, time and a
half for Saturday and double time
for Sunday and holidays. An in
centive payment is made for in
creased production.
The union publication said the
union had asked 1912 cents an hour
increase in wages ranging from 73
cents to $120 an hour, a union shop
with voluntary checkoff; vacation
pay each year for union members
serving in the armed forces
and creation of a trust fund for
union members in the armed forces
equal to the amounts of monthly
bonuses paid employees.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
U. S. Acts to Provide
Needed Farm Labor

HARRISBURG, Pa. LP.-The
United States Department of Ag-
riculture has laid out a broad pro-
gram designed to supply badly need
ed labor on Pennsylvania farms.
James E. Walker, chairman of
the State Departments War Board,
said committees will be set up in
each of the Commonwealth 67
counties to:
l. Recruit and train needed
workers.
2. Utilize the available local labor
supply
3. Promote employer-employe re-
lationships between farmers and la
borers.
4. Keep a continuous check on
farm labor supply and demand.
The program was mapped by %
representatives of Federal, State
and private agencies interested in
the YARN labor problem.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Ekorski Plans Talks Here
On Postwar Problems

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, March IA. - Gen
Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier of the
Polish government in exile, will in
ltlate discussions with the United
States on postwar reconstruction
problems during a fourthcoming
visit to Washington, it was disclosed
today
Long-range talks along the same
line already have been undertaken
with Soviet Russia by Polish Of
f1cials, an informed source said. He
asserted that Poland would strive
for spirit of cooperation and un-
derstanding in post-wa settlements
as. opposed to territorial gains for
the Victors.
Mr.. Sikorskis trip, which was an
nounced in Washington by the
Polish ambassador several days ago,
also will be concerned primarily
with the question of obtaining sup
plies for the Polish Army, it was
said.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Attentions:
Draft Registrars

The following suggestions to
selective service registrants
we're made today by William
E. Leahy, District of Columbia
director of selective service:
I. Report Immediately to your
local board any change OF ad-
dress.
2. Report Immediately TO your
local board any change in your
work or your dependency status.
8. Inquire of your local board
as to who your Government
appeal agent is and consult him
if you feel you have been i'm
properly classified.
4. In order to protect the reg
istrants, local boards are not
permitted to discuss cases over
the telephone. Keep in touch
with your local board by letter.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Funeral Services Held
For Alice J. O'NeiII

Funeral services for Miss Alice j.
O'Neill. II, retired post office en-
ploye who died Wednesday at her
home at los ST. Lawrence drive, In
dian Spring Village, Silver Spring,
Md, were held this morning at St.
Johns Catholic Church. Forest
Glen, Md. Burial was in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Born in Watertowr, Wis, Miss
O'NeiI came to Washington as a
young girl. She retired from the
Post Office Department eight years
ago after 40 years of service. She
spent most of her life in Washing
ton, moving to the St. Lawrence
drive address five years ago to make
her home with her nephew. George
T, ONeill,
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Never Died in My Life,
General Tells Reporter

the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg. - Maj. Gen.
Irving A. Fish was interviewed on
his arrival.
Il came from an unnamed place
and I'm going to an unknown des-
tination," he said.
What did"
You couldn't print it if I told
you"
But a couple of weeks ago"
Cant say thing about what I
did two weeks ago." the general
snapped.
What have to say"
News of a military nature must
be kept from the enemy"
The reporter finally bored in.
There was a rumor a few weeks
ago you had been fatally injured in
an automobile accident"
Il don't believe it could have hap
pened at ALL" said the general. II
don't think I'm violating any mill
tary secrets when l tell you I've
never been killed in my life"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Speeders Must Stand
Trial in His Court,
Mcmahon Warns
Refuses to Permit
Forfeitures While
He Is Presiding

Judge John P. Mcmahon Of Police
Court yesterday gave notice that all
motorists charged with speeding
Will have to stand trial. at least
while lie is presiding in traffic
branch of the court this month.
In a message which was sent to
police, the precincts were notified
that Judge Mcmahon would issue
attachments for speeding motorists
who fail to appear in court.
Last month Judge Hobart New
man while presiding in traffic
branch of the court permitted
speeders appearing in court to for
felt on speed charges at the rate OF
approximately 81 for each mile over
the speed limit they were said to
have been driving. Likewise, he
old not issue attachments for
those who failed to appear after de-
posting collateral in the precincts.
1t was the first time speeders ever
have been permitted to forfeit on
the charges in court, it was said.
Except for out-of- town motorists
who do not drive frequently to
Washington, no forfeitures on speed,
even at the precincts, will be per-
mitted by Judge Mcmahon, it is
said.
Judge Newman, while permitting
the speeders to forfeit, expressed
the view it helped to relieve police
officers from sitting for long periods
in Police Court, permitting them to
attend to other duties.
Opponents of the forfeiture sys-
tenn for speeders point out that it
does away with the multiple offense
system, as a forfeiture is not con-
viction and a speeder could not be
charged with second -offenSe speed
ing unless he had been tried and
convicted on a first offense. Judge
Newman, however. quoted statistics
to show that few heavy penalties
have been imposed for second or
even third offense speeding.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
DC. Rent Office
Is Swamped
By Late Rush
DeodIine for Filing
information Won't
Be Extended

The District Rent Administration
office was swamped today when
nearly 1000 landlords and land
ladies made last-minute visits to
file information schedules on ROOM
ing and boarding houses.
Although the crowds were still
large at 1890, the ofice closing
time, Rent Administrator Robert F.
Cogswell said the deadline for filing
the schedules would not be extended
again. Mr.. Cogswell had extended
the time limit Tuesday when it was
apparent that thousands of land
lords had not filed the forms.
Mr.. Cogswell said that nearly 5000
schedules had been received up to
noon today. Several hundred more
which were mailed in had not been
tabulated.
The crowd sWarmed and milled
through the building all morning
A reporter who was trying to get in
formation about the schedules was
stopped score of times by boarding
house keepers seeking information.
one woman asked him.
will you tell me which gentle
man give my income tax return
to?"
Charles Stofberg. administration
public relations officer. said he was
stopped several times by people who
thought that the Office was the place
to file income tax returns.
The rush the last few days has
been so great that the administra-
tion's one telephone operator was
forced home by exhaustion Mr..
CogsWell said she handled more than
1,50o calls yesterday. The telephone
switchboard, which has only 10 trunk
lines. has been tied up all week. and
many seeking information were un-
able to get 1t over the phone.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Kelly Challenges
Byrd to Debate
O. c. D. Program
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, March IA
John B. Kelly, director of the
national physical fitness pro-
gram, today challenged Sena-
tor Byrd of Virginia to debate
the merits of the Hale America
program on the floor of the
Senate.
Senator Byrd criticized the
program in the Senate yester-
day. charging that the Office of
Civilian Defense was contem-
plating "a gigantic plan of regi-
mentation for physical fitness
and recreation as a part of the
national defense program"
I'D like Senator Byrd to
bring me into the Senate and
let me quiz him." Mr.. Kelly said
in a statement.
There is no way to please
Senator Byrd and I'm sure
there is no way he can please
me. Senator Byrd doesn't want
a physical fitness program, 80
why doesn't he say so2"
Evening star., 1942-03-14

asked the soldiers for their identifi-
cation papers.
Falls With Five Wounds.
Mr.. Treacy, the 18th Oman to
die in action, fell with five wounds
and died on the way to the hospital.
Mr.. Treacy, native of New York
City, married the daughter of In
spector Maurice Collins of the
Washington Police Department last
August. He was graduated from
Georgetown University in 1885.
In addition to his wife, he leaves
two sisters, Mrs. A. @. Kelly and
Miss Julia Treacy. who attends the
Marjorie Webster School here.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed today.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Col. Lee Tells Democrats
Citizens Must Sacrifice

To keep the American way of life
will exact the utmost in courage,
work, sacrifice and cooperation of
every citizen, 1t. Col. E. Brook Lee,
commander of the 7th Battalion of
the Maryland State Guard, told the
annual dinner of the United Young
Mems Democratic Club at the In
dian Spring Country Club. Col. Lee
called on county men to enlist in
the Maryland Reserve Militia.
Joseph D. Buscher was elected
president of the group to succeed
Arthur Elgin.
Other officers named we're: Ulysses
Griffith, 4th, vice president; Robert
S. Billhimer, recording secretary;
Garner Duvall, corresponding secre-
tary; Charles Jamison, treasurer;
Alfred D. Noyes, parliamentarian
and George v. Menke, sergeant at
arms.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Plans Drafted
0fChi|dren
Discussion Slated
At 3-Doy Session
Opening Monday

In cooperation with the Once
Of Civilian Deferse, plans for the
evacuation of children from danger
areas in the event Of air raids have
been prepared by the Children's
Bureau, DR.. Martha M. Eliot. as
sociate chief of the Children's
Bureau, revealed yesterday.
These plans, which will require
Federal authorization before being
put into effect, will be one of the
subjects discussed by the Children's
Bureau Commission of Children in
Wartime at its three day conference
at the Labor Department, beginning
Monday.
In addition to civil protection OF
children. the meeting will consider
two other important problems
caused by war, Miss Katharine F.
Lenroot, chief of the Children's
Bureau, said at press conference
late Yesterday. There are the care
of children of mothers recruited
for work in war industries and the
problem of child labor in agriculture
due to the shift of farm workers to
war industries and military service.
Two Emergencies to Meet.
DR.. Eliot, who visited England
last year to study the methods used
by the British in protecting children
against air raids, emphasized the
need for plans to meet both a sud-
den emergency and longer, more
serious situations. She said legisla-
tion would not be required to put
the plans into effect.
"Air-raid alarms hold other dam
gers for small children than death
itself" the Childrens Bureau said
/ in a statement issued yesterday eX-
planning the problems faced by the
/ Commission on Children in War
/ time. Unless precautions are taken
/ in the case of a general alarm, there
is a possibility of children being
/ separated from their parents and
small children are not always able
to identify themselves. Unless
properly identified, they may remain
lost.
/ Children evacuated from an area
/ offer a problem beyond that Of
mere transportation. They must go
to a reception area prepared for
them well in advance of the emer-
gency, to selected foster homes, to
areas where school facilities have
been arranged. where health inspec-
ton and care is adequate
Cites Emotional Effect.
There is another aspect OF the
war as it affects children. This is
the psychological and emotional ef-
! feet of war talk, war dangers and
war disruption to family life. Only
with the best psychiatric advice
| can we hope to avert the behavior
problems, the possible warping per-
Sonalities which can result from too
much disturbance with the child's
environment"
Miss Lenroot will preside at the
meetings of the commission and
Secretary of Labor Perkins will
make the opening address. Other
/ speakers scheduled include Federal
Security Administrator McNutt,
Hugh jackson. Office of Civilian
Defense; George S. Stevenson, med
ical director of the National Com
mittee for Mental Hygiene. and Miss
Jane Hoey. chairman of the Family
Security Committee. Office of De-
fense Health and Welfare Services.
/ Mrs. Roosevelt will address the
commission at the Tuesday morning
session which will discuss the need
/ for child welfare services in defense
! areas. Sessions will continue
through Wednesday.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Missing Persons

| Those haUing information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
tCith the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Na-
tional 1000.
Catherine Bernice Dewitt, IA: S
feet inches, 120 pounds, brown eyes
and hair; wearing tan dress and
sweater, wine-colored coat; missing
from 3003 Seventh street S. z. since
yesterday.
Robert Harris, IA; S feet 3 inches,
1l9 pounds. brown eyes and hair:
wearing dark trousers, brown leather
jacket, high-top boots, Postal Tele-
graph cap; missing from 112 Twelfth
street N. E. since Thursday.
Clifford David Mosby, IA, colored.
S feet, los pounds; wearing gray
trousers, green sweater; missing
from II K street N. E. since yester-
day.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
j. ). TaxesH Held
EasyCompared
With British
Military Schools
Conference Hears
Talk on England

Compared with England, America
does not know the true meaning of
heavy taxes or blackouts, Charles
Hitch, economist and Rhodes
scholar, told the conference of the
Association of Military Colleges and
Schools at the Mayf1ower Hotel to-
day.
Life in England, Mr.. Hitch said,
IS series Of vexations. with nightly
blackouts the most depressing fea-
ture. What struck him most for
chilly. however. was the ability of the
English people to readjust their
daily lives to the war emergency.
Over here we haven't learned
what taxes really are, nor will we
learn next year, according to pro-
posed tax schedules" Mr.. Hitch
stated. "A person in England making
$4,000 a year pays more than one
third of it to the government in
taxes" And Englishmen see little
prospect that rates will be substan-
tally reduced after the war.
Evacuation has been one of the
greatest tribulations of English COL
leges and universities, Mr.. Hitch
said. Half of OXfords buildings
were Communicated by the govern
mept to house and train people for
industry war work. Schools were
evacuated wholesale in vulnerable
areas.
One or Two Years of College.
Due to consumption English boys
now receive only one or two years of
college, he said. All Oxford students
are compelled to take daily military
training.
Mr.. Hitch is son of Col. A. M
Hitch, superintendent of Kemper
Military School, Boonsville, Mo.
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt last night warned that edu-
cauonal institutions must train its
students to face world facts.
Asserting that America must win
the war and the peace and make it
impossible for aggression ever again
10 strike anywhere in the world"
Mr.. McNutt termed the fall of Ma
olla an indictment of the thinking
OF educational Americans.
A former Governor General of
the Philippines, Mr.. McNutt said
mat every day the Philippines are
saved Is a day granted our cause
oy the skill and ingenuity of Douglas
Macarthur and by the grace of God
not by any wisdom and foresight
OF American policy in the years fol-
lowing the last great war"
Blames Pacifism.
"Puerile pacifiSm, fear of Offend
Ing the japanese, who were arminp
1or the attack, and fake economy"
ne said, kept us from making Wake.
Guam and Manila the impregnable
tortresSes they should have been"
IL does America no good, the
speaker continued, to prove con-
clusively on paper that our steel pro-
ductlon is twice that of Axis nations
or talk about supremacy in potential
food supply. 1t is not the
hlceps, it is what we do with them
that counts"
After three tragic months of war,
the American people at last are fac
ing realities, Mr.. McNutt said.
There will be no more comfort for
our age" he continued. There will
be satisfaction only in achievement
OF victory and mastery of peace.
That is the America with which ed
ucators must deal"
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Third Draft Lottery
Tuesday Evening
Extends Z Hours
1000 Capsules Needed
As California Bourd
Registers $3.50

The third selective service lottery
Tuesday night will last two hours
longer than expected because a
California local board reported a
registration of $3.50 men
Selective service officials had
hoped to keep the number of cap
sules 10 5000 or under to speed up
the drawing, but the Unexpectedly
large registration in California will
make it necessary to throw 1000
capsules into the goldfish bowl al
lowing the extra numbers to take
care of men who were unable TO
register February Is.
The drawing, which will determine
the order numbers for previously
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Wrong Address Listed
For BIuckout VioIutor

The Star yesterday gave an incor-
rect address in an article concerning
the f1ning of Ray A. Kleindienst, 40,
of Takoma Park, Md, in connec-
ton with his refusal to cooperate
in the March blackout. His ad-
dress is 20 Poplar avenue instead Of
40 Poplar avenue as carried in the
story. The wrong address was given
The Star by official sources.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Horse Hitched to Truck

HARTFORD, Conn, March IA [P.
"A Hartford laundry has hitched a
horse to one of its delivery trucks,
lightened by removal of the engine.
transmission and other parts, and
announced that IS more horses
would be put on regular routes. The
reins reachSd the driver under
raised windshield.
Evening star., 1942-03-14
Great Victories in 1912
Promised by GoebbeIs
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ROME From Italian Broadcasts)
March 14-German Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels
promised great Axis victories this
year" in a speech yesterday at
Vienna on the fourth anniversary
of Germany's absorption of Austria,
Stefani reported last night.
Contrary to reports abroad. Goeb-
bels said the understanding between
Berlin and Vienna lis excellent"
the Italian news agency said.