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Evening star., 1942-03-01
Gen. Wesson Explain,
Civilian Workers
Training in Ordnance
Course Proves Of Aid
In Speeding Effort Of
Clerks, Stenoeruphers

A program inaugurated q year ago
to train civilian workers in ordnance
terminology and background is help
ing speed the supply Of fighting tools
to the Nations armed forces, Maj
Gen. Charles M. Wesson, chief Of
ordnance, United States Army, an
nounced yesterday.
The Ordnance Departments Job Is
to supply, maintain and repair guns,
ammunition and combat vehicles for
the Army, as well as bombs and ar
mament for the Army Air Corps.
Every possible effort is being made
to cut red tape. and part Of this
program Is better knowledge Of
ordnance on the part Of civilian
workers.
Civilian clerks and stenographers
trained by the Ordnance Depart
ment save the time of. higher paid
employees whose job it Is to get the
weapons to the combat zone. The
training which workers have re-
ceived compares with the Is weeks
of preliminary schooling given the
new soldier In the field.
The education plan began with
intensive training of instructors
familiar with Ordnance Department
correspondence and executive Of
flee routine. With these trained
instructors, headed by Miss M. I.
Sandefur, q school was established
to train new clerks and stenog-
raphers in the department.
Maj. A. M. Ehrlich, ofncer In the
administrative division of the chief
Of ordnance, said proper use Of the
telephone and correct preparation Of
radiograms and kilograms Is taught
to speed service and save time and
money.
A popular shorthand system has
been expanded by more than 1000
word symbols to cover ordnance
terms. A book covering them is
now being published for distribution
to the departments clerks and stem
ographers. Each stenographer gets
q refresher course In typewriting.
Forty young people are attending
school daily, while 30 attend night
classes. The course is short but in
tensive, and it sends experienced
office help to the various ordnance
divisions basically equipped to At
into most ofilce procedures. Trainees
attending school are paid their reg
ular salary from the date Of their
oath of office.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Luymen to Give TuIks
In st. Adams Series

A series Of five lenten talks will
be given by distinguished laymen at
8 pm. on Monday nights, beginning
tomorrow, in Satterlee Hall, st. Al
bans Parish, on the topic "A Chris
tian's Place in the World Today"
Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Cox, COM
nanding the Washington Provi-
sional Brigade, will speak tomorrow
night; Coleman Jennings, chairman
of the Community Chest, March 9;
Associate Justice Justin Miller Of
the Court of Appeals Of the Dis
trict, March Is; Representative
Plumley of Vermont, March q, and
Daniel c. Roper. former Secre-
tary of Commerce, will speak
March 30.
The Rev. Charles T. Warner, rec
tor of st. Adams, extends an invi-
tation to all who are interested in
the subject.
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fs sad father aa,' Of nuaRiiih PSiiip eh.4iss: f. and
eRsanSs hom. until
Paq Services Mf at Fort Ms.r " chapel, Fort My.r
tional Cemetery.
sHTPLEY, WILLIAM THOMPSON. On
EHoMs6s Eesz 5sPsHiEE sR r. .1.s s4s 60 ,s.I
loved husband Of Mary olivia Green shipley.
Nd ups1' Sn Monday faSn M asi l:sdspe
Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park.
STEWARD, FRANK CARY. husband Of
" Priyats services will be held at a.xlers
MACE Mach .. 1Hs is4as "a at s1 PM nj Intermsns Dri:
vate.
TAYLOR, CLARENCE G. On Friday
February e., 1912, at hs residsnesi .SSscr III 4
Roessle and William G. Taylor OF New
XU5k CITY Gsspn Esstns =. as
Services in the Little Church Of Fort
Lincoln, on Monday. March 2, At II am.
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
TAYI9R e. is4 kArk RATE 4 q T. sTtcEHes 4HY rs
stepmother of the late Samuel Hunter
Taylor.
Funeral services from her late residence,
ala 18th pl ne, on Tuesday. March 3.
at 9:30 am Requiem mass at st. DOM
inies Church at 10 am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Mt Olivet Gem
etery. ARRANGEMENTS by P. A: Taltavull. 2
TIGHE, WILLIAM F. On Friday, Feb
ruary 81, 1912. at Perry Point. Md. WILL
LIAM r. TIGHE. beloved husband of Marie
G. Tighe.
Funeral from the safIell funeral home,
475 H st. NV. on Monday, March 2, at
$40 am. Requiem mass at st. Patricks
Church at am. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery.
WEST. LOUISE. On THURSDAY, February
%. 1912, LOUISE WEST. She leaves
host OF friends. Remains resting at r. c.
Richardson q Co. funeral home, 100
Vermont ave. NV.
Funeral services on Monday, March 2. at
pm. the Rev. James L. Pfnn ofhciating.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Woodward Funeral
Services tomorrow
In Chevy Chase
Department Store Head
Died in FIorido After
Several Months Illness

Funeral services for Donald
Woodward, president of Woodward
and Lothrop department store, who
died Friday afternoon at his home
In Miami Beach, Fla, will be held
at 3 pm. tomorrow at the rome Of
Mrs. Woodward's mother, Mrs.
Margaret Poske, 101 West Bradley
Lane, Chevy Chase, Md. Burial
will be private.
Mr.. Woodward died suddenly after
an illness of several months. He had
been in Florida for about six weeks.
He assumed presidency Of the
company on the death of his father,
s. Walter woodward, nearly Is
years ago. The business was
founded by Mr.. Woodward and Alvin
M. Lothrop in 1880.
He served as head of the depart
ment store ever since the death Of
his father except at one interval
he served in the First World War
as an artillery lieutenant, fighting
in the st. Mihiel and Meuse-Ar-
gonne onenS1veS.
After his graduation from Yale
University in 1910, Mr.. Woodward
came to work for his father. and
after seven years work in an execu-
tive capacity assumed control Of
the business when % years of age.
He was q director Of the WASH
ington Loan & Trust Co., and was
q member Of the Washington Board
OF Trade. He also belonged to
number Of clubs in the city.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Sypesteyn Woodward, and
three sisters, Mrs. Luke I. Wilson
and Mrs. Brainard W. Parker, both
OF Bethesda, Md, and Mrs. John
Iyssowski of New York City.
The Woodwards made their home
here at 2l18 lie Roy place NV, and
kept a summer home, Brodwood.
near Rockville, Md.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

signment. There will be no bar to
especially qualified men.
One Of the objectives Of the new
unit, officials said, is to free as many
young and older officers as possible
for combat and active field service.
Hundreds Of young officers were rep
resented as "chafiing at the bit" in
their impatience to get away from
administrative and routine desk
jobs in Washington or at Corps
Area headquarters.
In this way the specialist corps
was seen as being in a position to
perform an almost immediate serv-
ice to the Army in replacing men
sorely needed in the field.
Specialists who are sent into the
field or to foreign fronts must. of
necessity pass the same rigid phys
ical examinations as combatants
The need of these skilled men, espe-
cially mechanics and technicians
Is as urgent in the combat zones
to relase others for fighting as II
is in Washington.
Gen. Rommels success in Libya
was largely attributed by War De-
partment officials to the uniformed
men who served the great tank bases
on the front. The United States
Army has In mind a similar use fol
the technicians Of its new specialist
corps.
Age Won't Matter.
Enlistments or enrollments in the
corps also will be made as flexible
as possible.
Where brains are needed and q
one-legged business executive OF
chemist can I'LL the bill, he will be
welcomed eagerly for as long as he
can serve-three months, six months
or for the duration of the emer-
gency." Nor does his age matter
If he is otherwise able to put in q
good days work.
In some cases, it may be neces-
sary to train men for particular
jobs for which their private pursuits
best fit them Most of these can be
sent to existing Army schools. but
the demands for specialized services
is so varied that it is possible many
others will have to receive training
at industrial schools or in the engi-
neering branches of universities.
Officials also see where reciprocity
may enter largely into the organiza-
ton Of the specialist corps. Where
as the main purpose is to furnish
q continuous now Of skilled civilians
for use in the various arms and
branches of the Army, the Army
itself can furnish large nucleus OF
specialists for Mr.. Davis corps.
Just now. the entire corps con-
sists Of the new director and q
handful of borrowed Army special
lists. Mr.. Davis will be answerable
directly to the Secretary of War.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
o. P. A. Officials to Talk
To Auto Trade Group

Two officials of the automobile
and truck section, Office of Price
Administration, will speak at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Washington Automotive Trade As
sociation at $50 pm. tomorrow at
Hotel Ambassador. They are Cy-
rus Mccormick and Rolph Nugent.
Notices sent out by Secretary F.
L. Haller stated tomorrow's meet
ing provides an opportunity for
automobile dealers to secure first
hand information concerning ra-
tioning and other restrictions, and
to offer suggestions to officials rel
ative to lessening the burden
placed on automotive dealers.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Night Glasses Scheduled
For Women Volunteers

Three night courses to train wom-
en- for defense tasks will open this
week at American Women's Volun-
tary Services headquarters, 2170
Florida avenue NV.
Civilian protection win be taught
Mondays and Wednesdays, begin
ming at 7:30 pm. tomorrow.
Advanced first aid instruction will
begin Tuesday night and continue
each Tuesday and Thursday.
Each Wednesday, class in map
reading for motor corps members
will be held.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Wins Marine Corps Rank

Second 1t. George F. McInturff
III Of Washington is among 43 sec
ond lieutenants in the United States
Marine Corps Reserve named for
appointment to the same grade in
the Regular Marines, it was an
nounced yesterday. He graduated
with the 9Th reserve officers class
at Quantico, Va, in January.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
O'Brien Promoted to Major

Robert E. O'Brien, jr., son Of
1t. Col. and Mrs. Robert E. OBrien,
2204 California street NV, has
been promoted to the rank of ma
jor in the 33d Armored Regiment
Of the Sd Armored Division at Camp
Polk. La. according to word re-
oe4vod heeo.
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Uarna nf UhankH

lat: nEoS. IEoHA 8 SAowS Ts s. MSssns e
Va, wish to express their appreciation
to friends in washington, D. c., who were
% kind to her during her illness and for
their expressions Of sympathy and Moral
offerings upon the occasion of her death.
THOMAS o. BROWN AND MARY q.
DUNSTON; RACHEL. wish to thank my
many friends for their kind expression Of
sympathy during the Illness and death OF
MOLLY CLEMENTS.
MASON, CORA B. The family of the
late CORA B. MASON wish to express their
sincere Erattiitude Etide to their their. neishhors Rev;
church clubs and friends for their kind
expressions of sympathy and beautiful
floral tributes at the passing Of their
sister. THE FAMILY.
MATHEWS, EDWARD C. The family Of
the late EDWARD C. MATHEWS wish to
express their appreciation for floral sprays
and cards of sympathy.
MRS. ELLA Z. NATHEws.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

No, is, B. r. o. Elks, will
convene in session Of sorrow
at 7:3O pm. Sunday. March
!, 1912, for the purpose OF
paying tribute to the mem
ory OF our late brother. WILL
LIAM p. FUSE. Enrolled
November 4. 1908, died Feb
ruary 20. 1912. Elk service
'erry d Walsh. 20 H st. NV"
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Dratha

FUSE wI..IAM h1s. Ths ,s,Sssse stsser. ..rIs sns
~ No. I25. Fraternal order Of
Eagles. are requested to be
present at the funeral services
for our departed brother.
WILLIAM p. FUSE, on Sunday evening
March /. 1912, at 1880 pm. at the Perry
& walsh funeral home. 70 II st. nv;
H. BACKENHEIMER. Secretary.
Evening star., 1942-09-20

be surprised if she wasn't to make a good drop
of SOUP"
"Are you one of the evacuees"
mo, Mister - Sir l live with me
Grandma. Down Chell Lane past the Com
mon''
Chell Lane! 1t was Cranston's one black
spot, the abode of nocturnal brawlers and
gipsies, and strange dingy old women who
pushed around perambulators containing
rubbish and old clothes.
''Shut the gate when you go out" said
Nan, shortly.
Il never opens 'em, Sir" said the boy. II
gets over the top"
Its not Sir" said Nan She watched him
lug the sack down the road.
She saw him occasionally after that, lean
ing over the gate, his bright eyes rowing round,
no doubt looking to see what he could pick up.
Once or twice she shooed him away, but he
kept coming back.
+ PRESENTLY, in an effort to ingratiate HIM
self, he started bringing her news. Always bad
news. In her mind she nicknamed him
Calamity" Never was there boy who 50
revelled in disaster.
Hi, Miss - Heard about the Prince of
Wales and the Repulse sunk?' Hi, Mister -
Heard this? Singapore's gone" J." He hurried to
her with these tragic snippets, as if trying to
please her. She beat him away with the gar
den broom.
Life went on. There was still no news of
Harold. Nan took long country walks, try
ing to tire herself out so that nights would
Evening star., 1942-09-20
not be sleepless with the question of whether

no news was really &OOQ ncWS-
1t was in Primrose Lane that she came
across the boy one afternoon. He carried on
his back sack so heavy that it was obvi-
ously driving him into the ground like ten
penny nail Hi, Sir - Miss - Give us a
hand" he called to her hoarsefy.
TITS neither Sir. nor Miss" said Nan.
1T happens to be Missis"
You mean you are married."
Il am"
Got any children" he asked
NO" She looked at him, hating him.
Are you ever going to have any children"
Yes" she said shortly. Il intend buying
one from Woolworth's for sixpence quite
soon.'
''Oh! Do they sell them there?"
''Of course Children are dirt cheap and
can be picked up anywhere. Didn't you
know?''
Mrs. Galacher was expecting again! The
words beat in her mind like the bar of a
song. How little one had expected. IN ones
spoiled, happy girlhood, that the day would
come when one would envy Mrs. Galacher!
When you get some children" went on
the boy, will they have hoops?"
DIE was sick of him and his sack and his
eternal questions How much further are
you going? And what on earth have you got
in the sack, anyway?
Some COAL 1t will save me Grandma at
least shilling. The farmer give it me, cos
helped with his turnips. There's some tur-'
nips, too Me Grandma will be glad of them.
They will save her at least tuppence-"
Such preoccupation with money was rather
revolving, she thought, in one so young.
She would have left him, only the sack was
really too heavy, and his sandy hair was
already stuck to his forehead in little wet
curls. She helped him to the edge of the Com
mon. That will do, Mister - Missis," he
painted That's where she lives"
1t was an old railway carriage, standing In
patch which in wet weather must be sea
of mud. 1t had collected around it so many
outbuildmgs and corrugated iron lean-tos and
old bits of sacking hung ON sticks, and wooden
boxes, that its original shape and architec-
ture were lost.
Onc SIOOO IOf a HtONleJlI lIlt1C OAl C<A6C
of the Common, and remembered the Gypsy
and her foolish idea to consult her. Now was
the time if she was going to do it, for the gypsy
encampment was there, in a little thicket be-
side the Manor Woods.
1t was an eyesore to the neighborhood.
Each winter the gipsies came and stayed till
spring. mending their vans, washing their
clothes, and festooning the whole common
with their rubbish. After dark they slipped
their horses into the fields of thrifty men to
feed, removing them before daybreak. Or
they stole, at midnight, large armfuls of hay
garnered by the sweat of other mems brows-
And nothing on earth could be done. For the
old Lord of the Manor had liked the gipsies
and had left them the right to camp there in
perpetuity, to the annoyance of orderly men,
The old woman whom Nan wanted was
sitting on the steps in the early spring sun
shine, smoking short black pipe. She spied
Evening star., 1942-09-20

ston even the great t-grandfathers were booked
up weeks ahead. Anything that could stand
ON both feet and hold spade was making a
fortune.
Nan dug, turning up the most revolving
worms and trying not to look at them. Eve
lyn's chatter about the gipsy came back to
her. 1t was silly idea, but one day, she
Evening star., 1942-09-20

there'd be dark man coming along. was
glad she said dark, Mum. for can't stand
those long sandy fellows
The world" said Nan, lis full of dark
men"
The gipsy lives in a caravan - ever 50
dirty. You'll see her trailing round with
basket. j. No, don't put that dish in there,
Mum. This is where it goes"
So young was Evelyn, that even housework
was still fun to her! 1t was amazing to remem-
Der how ones heart had sunk at first sight of
Evelyn. Too young, Mrs Lawler," Nan had
cried, when Evelyn was led up by her mother.
Nan could still see the middle-aged homely
party she had had in view to run the cottage
for her; past Gallup age, all passion spent
well, try her, Num-" Evelyn's mother
had spoken with the air of one recommend
ing tonic Thank God one had listened to
her.
Could that girl cook! She never seemed
to want anything but carrot, or small
onion and bit of parsley, and she would
produce a three course dinner. Produce it
with proud giggle. And one might have
missed her, just through being pigheaded,
thought Nan; just through getting the idea
one knew what one wanted better than Fate
did. She smiled to herself as she mixed the
hen food.
Those blasted hens! You even put china
egg in their nest to try and give them an idea
of what was expected of them, and they had
MT the wits to see what it meant. 1t was
hateful world The war news was hightful,
and everyone had been caught slightly with
a mild influenza -. and she hadn't heard
from Harold for three whole weeks
Harold, when last heard OF, was with his
ship in the North Sea. He might be anywhere
by now There wasn't an ocean left where
people weren't brawling. And Mrs. Galacher,
that unkempt woman who looked like
starved greyhound, had been up that after
noon to know if Nan could help her little
because she was expecting again; expecting
something she did not at all want, having five
already. And Nan would have given her eyes
for what Mrs. Galacher could do 50 well
without.
If ONLY they'd had some children, thought
Nan, it wouldn't be so bad being without
Harold now. Maybe it was that riding acci-
dent she had had years ago. which had left
her none too strong in other ways. No one
could say. Even wise old Dr.. Frank could not
say. They'd been married ten years now, 50
there wasn't much hope. It was just something
you had to bite on and make the best of -
like the thought of that frightfIl telegram
that might come these days to anybody.
Make NO fuss :. Garry on
She sneezed violently, and Evelyn poked
her head out of the kitchen: There, you've
got it now, and you ought not to be out IN
this cruel wind. Go to bed and I'll bring you
your supper up."
I've got to dig the potato patch" Nan
went down into the garden, followed by Eve
lyn's protesting means. Harold had banked
on a spot of leave to help her get in the
potatoes. Nothing had come of it.
Evening star., 1942-09-20


Nan Strengthened her aching back. She
had pulled out all the old cabbage stalks and
the runts of Brussels sprouts. They lay in
heap, and she wondered what one did with
them.
A voice said suddenly, Hi - Miss"
She looked up. A small grubby boy leaned
over the gate.
Nan had never cared about little boys.
She had always pictured herself with lovely
little daughter. Boys she knew, were smash
ers and demolishers from the cradle, start
ing in the home what they went on to do in
big way out in the world.
What do you want?" she asked coldly.
And it's not Miss"
He paused for moment. Then, Hi, Mis-
ter" he said hoarsely.
Its not Mister, either" said Nan, but
she Laughed. You could understand his mis-
take. Harold's old gray flannel slacks and his
turtle-neck sweater enhanced no ones feIni-
nine charms.
Them cabbage stalks-could have 'em?"
Certainly. Take them away"
He nipped over the gate and began cram
ming them into the sack he carried. They'll
save me Grandma at least tuppence," he
said. Il was getting frewood. Look" In the
bottom of the sack reposed sorry little col
lection of twigs- Il get me Grandma all her
firewood 1t saves her quite bit"
well, take the cabbage stalks but nothing
else, mind And don't you come round taking
other things"
Il always ask" said the boy. Me Grand
ma she'll be real glad of these. wouldn't
Evening star., 1942-09-20

Il see your man coming home. the gil
said, and the cradle no longer emp,
Nan wanted to believe her, but . .
by Dorothy Black
Missfrussd BY Arfksv SsspoH
Evening star., 1942-09-20

thought, I'll consult the
gypsy myself. These odd
wild folk. who live near to
nature, probably do know
things that wiser men
have forgotten. Old DR..
Frank would split his sides
laughing if he ever heard
of it. And Harold would
think it a joke, too.
But didn't Harold him.
self steer his ship as the
gipsies steered their lives
- by the stars, and the
moon, and the tides? The
trouble with this life was
that there was something
behind it all, something no
one could get the hang of.
Here and there folks had
little snippets of the truth.
but they couldn't ever get
them all together to make
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Chartak Slated
For Steady Job
In Nat Garden
Purchase From Yonks
Replaces Ortiz; Good
Hurting Is Wasted
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star staff CORRESPONDENT.

DETROIT. May 11.-Mike Char
tax, sturdy Brooklyn born Russian,
will inherit the Mats right-field
berth here tomorrow when Wash
ington faces the Tigers, and there
are indications he will retain per-
manent possession of the position.
Chartak will replace Roberto Or
tiz, who has solved none of Manager
Bucky Harris problems since he was
inserted in the lineup due to
George Cases injury. But when
Case is ready to resume play Harris
is planning to bench Campbell.
Purchased from the Yankees yes
terday for an unannounced sum
admittedly slightly above the $500
waiver price, Chartak brings a re-
spected throwing arm to the Mats
outfield. He is fast, aggressive, and
Harris feels he'll develop as a hitter
with steady play.
Started at Basset, Va.
He launched his baseball career
with Basset, Va, of the Bi-State
League in 1885, hitting 1923. After
a .3O6 year with Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
he moved to Newark in 1888, batting
BIT. and with the same club he
compiled a 1926 mark in 1899.
In the last two years Chartak has
slumped below 300 The 25-year-
old left-handed batter and thrower
hit .282 with Newark and 293 with
Kansas City last season. At Kansas
City, incidentally, he played first
base exclusively, and with that ex-
perience gives Washington protec-
ton in event of injury to Mickey
Vernon. The acquisition Of Chartak
climaxes a three-year quest of the
Mats to obtain him. General Man.
ager Ed Barrow of the Yankees ad-
mitted two other clubs also were
seeking Chartak. and Manager Joe
Mccarthy reluctantly parted with
him, or at least professed reluctance.
Unable to journey here with the
Mats last night, Chartak was to ar
rive today, not a second too soon
for Harris. Ortiz, hitting a creaky
III, has been playing the outfield
in exclusive style, failing twice yes
terday as the Mats dropped a
double header to the Yankees, 4-3
and 80.
Mats Retain Record.
The Mats were ending those
games in peculiar fashion In the
first game Bobby Estalella picked
up a bunt headed for foul territory
as the winning run crossed the
plate and in the tenth inning of
the nightcap. Jack Wilson Wild
pitched the winning run across.
Washington was retaining its
record of not having beaten the
Yankees this season, dropping their
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