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Evening star., 1942-02-11
265 Of Wage.Hour Staff
To Move 10 New York

OF the 500 employees of the Wag,
and Hour Division in Washington
265 are planning to move with this
Federal agency to New York. a sur
vey made by the business manager
of the division revealed today. The
total listed for transfer includes Is
workers in the offlce of the solicitor
Of the Labor Department.
Moving Of Office equipment Is
scheduled to begin on Saturday
Employees transferred to New York
have been directed to report fol
work on Tuesday morning, February
II. at 1860 Broadway, where the di-
vision has secured $4,000 square feet
of Office space.
The survey shows that 100 EN-.
ployes will take to New York men,
bers Of their families, or other de-
pendents, and their household furni.
ture.
once equipment to be moved in
cludes the following: 951 chairs, 1853
tables, 377 waste paper receptacles,
1000 filing cases, 301 typewriters,
10 other Office machines, a book
cases and 20 cupboards.
To take the place Of personnel
remaining in Washington with other
Federal agencies, the Wage and
Hour Division will add other work.
ers to its staff In New York.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Sneak Boat Attempt
To Sabotage Potomac
Rail Bridge Revealed
BIucked-out Croft
Escaped After Shot
By Sentry Dec. 8

An attempt at sabotaging the rail-
road bridge crossing the Potomac
River here was made by a blacked.
out motorboat the night following
the Japanese attack on Pearl Har-
Dor, it was learned here today.
Disclosure of the unsuccessful
attempt came in a recent report
from the director of the Coast Guard
Reserve and Auxiliary in this area
and was sent to members of the
Auxiliary, a non-military organiza-
ton of boat owners, here.
Coast Guard headquarters con-
firmed the report and pointed out
it had been distributed to Auxiliary
members to emphasize the impor-
tance Of the organization in the
war.
An Army sentry assigned to the
bridge sighted the craft bearing
down without any lights, according
to the report. Receiving no reply
to his challenge, the sentry fired on
the craft. It disappeared upstream
and was never identified.
Service craft and personnel were
not Immediately available, the re-
port added, but a member of the
local Auxiliary manned his boat sta
toned in Washington Channel and
proceeded to the bridge where an
armed soldier was taken aboard
The yacht and the owner. who was
not identified, patrolled the bridge
area through the night.
Several other local cruisers joined
In the patrol the next day and con-
tinued a 24-hour watch until re-
lieved later in the week by regular
Coast Guard vessels, 1t was disclosed
Members Of the Auxiliary here
gave additional valuable co-opera-
ton in arranging for facilities for
handling Coast Guard vessels and
personnel when they arrived for
duty" the report added.
The boat owners who participated
in the patrol later were commended
by Rear Admiral Russell r. Waes-
che, Coast Guard commandant.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Lincoln Writ
Discovered in
District Court

A document In Abraham Lincoln's
handwriting in which he commuted
the death sentence of Emanuel
Pollard, colored, convicted of mur-
der, to life imprisonment. has just
been brought to light at District
Court on the eve of the Great Eman-
cipator's birthday anniversary.
The discovery was made by Rich
ard ]. Kirkland, law clerk for judges
at the court, who was doing research
for Justice Bolitha j. Laws for a
pane. discussion to be held on the
presentation Of cases In trials in
appellate courts.
Lincoln commuted the sentence
only few hours before Pollard was
to be hanged on April /. 1864, for
killing another colored man.
In Lincoln's handwriting on the
back Of the writ Of execution were
these words:
"In the case Of Emanue. Pollard
the punishment Of death Is COM
muted to imprisonment during Life
at hard labor in the Peni.entiary.
"A. LINCOLN, April !. 1854"
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Cab Owners, Drivers
Spokesman at Odds
On Pickup Success
Roger Sees Few Problems
Remaining; "A Complete
FoiIure,' Says Glenn

The taxicab pickup" service ex-
pertinent is working well in the
morning rush hours, but some
changes are necessary to improve
the situation during the evening
hours, a consensus of officials of at
least half of the IA participating
companies revealed today.
Meeting in the office of John H.
Roger, president of the District As
ISOLATION of Taxicab Owners, the
group, according to Mr.. Royer, felt
evening difficulties will be removed
if curb spaces are made available
for cabs at Government buildings,
where they can wait and pick up
q full load of passengers.
Another move which is expected TO
nelp pickup drivers will be furnish
ing them with q schedule OF the
closing hours Of each Government
department from $3.50 pm. to $50
pm, so that the cab supply can
converge to meet the demand.
Further Check Being Made.
"A more complete check is expected
to be available by Saturday, Mr..
Roger said.
Part of the difficulty under which
the experiment has operated since
its institution Monday morning Mr..
Roger traces to an insufficient sup
ply of destination signs for distribu-
ton to each driver and failure Of
drivers in many cases to use them.
Meanwhile, = different opinion
came from E. A. Glenn, president OF
the Cab Drivers Union, who issued
q statement declaring that the
pickup service has been complete
failure" from the drivers viewpoint.
He charged that many drivers
participating in the experiment
have found that they are making
less money than before and have
discarded the Emergency Pickup
Service" signs. A checkup made
by the union at key points during
the rush hour yesterday afternoon
showed that only a fraction Of the
officially designated pickup cabs
were displaying the signs, Mr.. Glenn
said.
Mr.. Glenn declared the public
is not using the service because
people just don't like to share their
cabs with strangers, and that the
participating drivers ARE very much
dissatisfied"
Hankin Cites Violations.
Chairman Hankin of the Public
Utilities Commission was on record
as saying that methods would be
found to remedy violations Of the
service.
After reciting reports of number
of violation, Mr.. Hankin announced
the commission would investigate
complaints that there had been
some interference and that some
drivers, not enlisted in the special
plan, had been carrying groups of
passengers and charging the regular
fare instead of the 20-cent per pas
senger pickup fare.
Mr.. Hankin said he had received
complaints that some one at Union
Station had undertaken to prevent
pickup service cabs from entering
the concession runway at the sta
ton and that, in one case, had torn
the pickup service sign from the
front Of cab.
An of1lcial of Washington Termi-
nal declared he had no knowledge
Of this, but would investigate, and
declared the Washington Terminal
Co. was ready to cooperate in any
plan designed to improve public
service,
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Outstanding Artistic Talent
Hides Army From Enemy
S4th Engineer Battalion Boosts ScuIptors ond
Portrait Painters Among ComoufIeurs Ronks

draped strips Of color which would
fool any scouting plane.
The color Is studied for the exact
effect and here the artist is invalu-
able. There are colors for each sea-
son and for every type of terrain
hues mixed with infinite patience.
The 84th Battalion has a paint
factory" a shop where camouflaged
cloths are cut and dyed. One Of the
most useful cloths is called ozna-
burg, after the man who created it.
Sometimes burlap or other material
Is used.
You'll find in the shop, for ex-
ample, secret formulas for producing
earth yellow, earth brown and earth
red, field drab, sand. light green and
dark green. There are other colors.
The cloth is dyed according to the
appearance Of the sectors where it is
needed. And the artist-soldiers are
experimenting constantly, improv-
ing. perfecting,
Eliminate Tell Tale Shadows.
Whole barracks have been camou-
flaged here as part Of the instruc-
ton. Various designs of tattered
cloth cover the roofs and flow over
the sides to the ground. They are
shaped especially to eliminate
shadows, for an aerial observer can
spot unusual shadows, which tell
him some structure Is causing them.
Always the camouflage pattern is
irregular, because nature Is never
quite symmatrical.
For snipers there are camoufage
suits, varying in color with the
seasons. In these outfits, with q
little mud smeared on their faces,
the sharpshooters can hide in even
shallow grass and escape notice.
Snipers, incidentally, have re-
sumed their old Importance in the
jungle warfare of the Philippines,
Malaga and the East Indies.
Soldiers gifted in sculpture and
design make models Of landscapes
containing military positions. These
form q problem for the students
how to hide the positions.
A whole jargon has grown up
about the camoufage Of today. The
"camoufleurs," as they call them
selves. speak Of "garnishing." That
means weaving the pieces Of ter
rain-colored cloth over the fish
net" A nat top" is . completed
job-say, . battery or . truck park
concealed.
When they refer to . wired
path" they mean camoufiage dis
cipline, under which. soldiers must
not leave q regular road to stray
OF and trample up q field. While
an aviator might not spot . field
broken by heavy Army shoes. his
aerial photograph would be sure to
show it up.
But 1t should not be supposed that
the artistic soldiers Of the S4th
spend all their time mixing c6lors.
(see FORT RELvOIR, Page BID
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Senote Unit to Weigh
Flanagan Nomination

A Senate subcommittee will meet
tomorrow afternoon to consider the
nomination Of James H. Flanagan,
utilities analyst for the Securities
and Exchange Commission. to be q
member Of the Public Utilities Com
mission. The nomination has beer
awaiting the return from the West
Of Chairman McCerran Of the Dis
trict Committee, due back today.
Senator McCarran also has called
. meeting Of the entire COMMITTEES
for II O'Clock Saturday morning to
act on several pending bills.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

FORT BELVOIR, Va, Feb. IL
Beyond question, the most artistic
OUTFIT in the whole Army is the s4th
Engineer Battalion, with headquar-
tiers here.
Nobody can dispute the assertion,
because the 84th has more artists
painters, sculptors. designers, archi-
tects-to the mess kit than any
other organization from Ireland to
Bataan.
There's a reason for that. The
84th is the only battalion in the
Army devoted entirely to camouhage,
And while the camouflage of today,
unlike that of the last war, does not
consist in painting confusing col
ors in crazy designs across surfaces.
1t can make use of soldiers skiliful
with pencil and brush, just the same.
Some young artists who have at
tanned eminence in their fields are
enlisted men in the S4th-privates,
corporals and sergeants. And they're
proud to be using their sense Of color
and line for their country-you can
see that at a glance.
Teach Art Afar.
That much abused word unique"
may be applied safely to the s4th.
because there's no other outfit like
it. The entire battalion no longer
is at Belvoir. Units are scattered
over the country, teaching camou-
flage to the rest of the Army. But
the headquarters and service COM
pany remain here-a school for cam
outage, in which detachments from
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
are instructed in the latest mysteries
Of concealment.
In this terrestrial war. concealing,
or comouflageing, Is all-important.
Whether it is done expertly means
the difference between lying in wait
safely for attack or defense or hav-
ing the daylights bombed out of you
and giving the enemy chart Of your
forces and their disposition.
Everything is built around that
dreaded scout, the reconnaissance
plane. While, Of course, efforts are
made to hide the position from ad-
vancing: ground forces. the vital
thing is to make your batteries, air
fields and infantry hard to detect
from the air.
Surpass 1918 Dreams.
The general principle Is to use
natural covering whenever you can
foliage. woods, high gras+but
sometimes nature is singulariy penu-
rious in Offering protection, and
then your artificial camounage
comes In. Today manufactured pro-
lection has attained . degree of per-
fection which the troops Of 1918
never dreamed of.
Nets are stretched over positions
to be hidden. Over the nets are
Evening star., 1942-02-11
President Studies
Plan for Still More
Temporary Offices
GroveIIy Point Building
For Air Corps Is Among
Several Considered

Possibility Of erection of an Army
Air Corps building at Gravelly
Point and other temporary Govern
ment ofiice buildings in the Ellipse,
south Of the White House and near
the Monument, was brought out
today as a result Of a conference
held by President Roosevelt to con-
slider the steadily increasing demand
for wartime Office space here.
The President conferred with
Budget Director Harold D. Smith
and frederic A. Delano, chairman
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. on the num-
Der Of available sites for temper
ary buildings. 1t was understood
plans for further decentralization
of non-defense agencies were not
considered.
Before the conference, White
House Secretary Stephen Early said
that among projects already pro.
posed was one for an Army All
Corps building near the National
Airport and other temporary office
structures on the Ellipse, south OF
the White House, and on the Monu-
ment Grounds east Of the Lincoln
Memorial Rejecting Pool.
While refusing to discuss sites
proposed for new ONCE build
ings, the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration said that a space
shortage of 100000 square feet
would exist by June 80 unless
additional steps are taken to allevi-
ate the problem. This space is con-
sidered SUFFICIENT for about 10000
Government workers. This shortage
will exist, P. B. A. estimated, despite
decentralization moves and the
large number Of temporary build
ings planned.
There will be an additional need
here by June 80 for $500 900 square
feet of space, it was said. Decen-
tralization and 10 new temporary
buildings recently announced will
take care of about 1,500,OO0 feet.
Thirteen other temporary build
ings either are occupied or are
nearing completion.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Wife Of Attorney Dies
In Gas-FiIIed Kitchen

Mrs. William p. Smith, IS, wife Of
an attorney. died today in the gas
filled kitchen Of her home at 3751
Jocelyn street NV. She was found
unconscious by her son, william p.
Smith, jr., and resuscitation efforts
Of a Fire Department rescue squad,
an Emergency Hospital ambulance
doctor and two private physicians
were unavailing.
Police said Mrs. Smith was seated
and gas was flowing from four burn
ers Of the stove. They said they were
informed she had suffered q nervous
breakdown several years ago and re-
Gently had returned from . trip to
Florida.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
D. G. Volunteers Allowed
To Join 29th Division

The Army will now accept enlist
ments for service in the 29th Divi-
sion, composed Of National Guard
troops from the District, Maryland
and Virginia. Capt. r. M. Peek,
District recruiting officer, announced
today.
"Au branches of srevice will be
open to those who enlist for the
29th," said Capt. Peek, "and this
will give Washingtonians an oppor-
tunity to enter their home outfits. Z"
The division Is now stationed at
Fort Meade, Md. District units in
It include the 12lst Engineers, a
battalion Of the 104th Quartermaster
Regiment and the 29th Division
Special Troops.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Effect Of War Time
On Use Of Power
Hard 10 Estimate
D. G. Street Lights
To Burn Longer os
Safety Measure
Star Stan Photos.
'remnerat,,res CLOUDY veath,

Temperatures, cloudy weather
and other factors have combined
to confuse power company officials
in their effort to determine in terms
of kilowatt hours the savings in
electricity resulting from war time
Also likely to affect the result is
the Commissioners agreement in
principle late yesterday to a plan
to keep the city's street lights burn
ing longer in the morning for the
safety of those who 60 to work
before daylight and to protect prop
critics against possible sabotage un-
der cover of dark. The plan is not
yet effective.
Yesterdays power consumption
jumped 7S3,000 kilowatt hours, or
22.7 per cent over the 3,503, 900 used
for the corresponding day of last
year. The average increase In such
comparisons is from IS to 18 Der
cent.
Weather Conditions Cited.
But power officials are not pre-
pared to say the increase is due to
the change in time. Average tenn
perature yesterday. the first full
24-hour period since the new time
schedule went into effect, was con-
siderably below that for the same
day of last year, and colder weather,
1t is pointed, out. demands greater
power output. Moreover, the day
was cloudy, while the same day in
1941 was one Of February's bright
est.
The period Of highest demand
has been shifted by the time change
from 6 pm. to 8 am. At 8 am.
yesterday the output. was 256, 900
kilowatts, compared with 239, 900 for
6 pm. yesterday and with 224,000
for 8 am. Of the same day a year
ago.
In trying to fix the reason for the
power increase. ofncials point not
only to the weather, but to new
Government buildings and projects
which have been opened in the Dis
trict during the last year.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Legion Plans Outing
Sunday at Boot Club

The annual oyster roast and bar
becue of the District of Columbia
Department, American Legion, will
be held Sunday at the Potomac Boat
Club, Thirty-sixth and K streets
NV, for the benefit Of the Legion
Home.
It will be from 2 to 6 pm. with
dancing from to pm. John E.
McCabe Is chairman Of the Com
mittee on Arrankements.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Guards Themselves
Damaging Bridges,
Mai. Kelly Warns

Policemen detailed to guard
bridges IN the Capital have been
damaging the spans inadvert"
emily in their efforts to keep
warm.
Fires built too close to the
bridges have smoked stonework
and chipped it by intense heat,
Maj. Edward j. Kelly, super
intendent OF police, revealed
today in q memorandum order
to precinct commanders.
Maj. Kelly instructed that
regular and auxiliary policemen
be warned to build their fires
far enough away from the
bridges to prevent such damage.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Air Petrol Unit PIunned

Formation Of . civilian air patrol
squardon will be discussed at .
meeting at Beacon Field, Alexandria,
Va, At 8 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
AIsab Is Rated Sure
Starter in Withers
Mile on Saturday
Sun Again and Foiroris
Also Expected to Be
In Belmont Stoke
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOCldteQ Press.
NEW YORK, May 19-From all
early indications, the Wither mile
at Belmont Park Saturday will be
pretty much of a horse race.
Al SABBATH, the Chicago attorney
whose wife owns Alsab. says that
the Preakness winner is a certain
starter; Ben Jones. trainer for War
rem Wright, has Sun Again ready
and r. S. Mclaughlin, the Canadian
automobile builder, will start his
Fairaris.
SABBATH explained that "Alsab Is in
need of a good workout and the
Withers is exactly the right
distance
Jones will send Sun Again
through his first sprint workout
today since the colt finished in a
dead heat for second behind Alsab
at the Preakness.
Fairaris. only Canadian-owned
colt entered in the Kentucky Derby
gradually is rounding into shape
after spending the winter on farm
near Toronto. He was not shipped
to Belmont until April l and
Trainer A. G. Robertson preferred
to keep him out of the Churchill
Downs classic rather than hurry
his training.
The colt was imported from Eng
land as yearling and last season
won three of his five starts.
Evening star., 1942-05-19

And, providing the mountain folk
didn't fish too hard and too long,
there should be good going through
this week.
Fishing Creek received 1900 trout.
Big Hunting. 1000. and Beaver
Creek, 1000. In the latter the stock
ing was in the area not restricted
to fly fishing.
Audubons Bear Out Ickes.
Remember those Florida deer
Secretary of the Interior Harold l..
Ickes fought 50 hard to save from
hired hunters bullets last year?
Well, 1t appears now his stand
against the politicians and cattle
interests of the Alligator State was
justified. The Audubon Society
scientific investigators, acting at his
request to find out whether any
cattle fever ticks exist upon the
Seminole Reservation. whether they
exist on deer. and whether deer or
any other animals should be
slaughtered to get rid of the ticks,
report after nearly q years search
having failed to find a single cattle
fever tick on any animal within the
reservation.
When will Floridians wake up7
Evening star., 1942-05-19
Louisiana Bill Would
Restrict Race Track
Workers 10 State
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La. May 10
The Louisiana Legislature today had
before it a proposal to require work.
ers at race tracks to be residents OF
Louisiana for five years. The only
race track operated in the State is
the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
Senator Aubrey Gaiennie of New
Orleans, author of the bill, said
however, that he would amend 1t to
exclude jockeys.
The measure also would raise the
license fees for persons conducting
racing from per cent to S per cent
for pools up to $4,000, from to 6
per cent for those up to $100, 900,
from 5 to 7 per cent for those up to
$1500OO, from s to per cent up to
$200,000 and from 7 to 8 per cent
over $200, 900.
Evening star., 1942-05-19
WoIverine.buckeye
Duel Being Staged
For Golf Honors
Smiths 146 Puts Former
Stroke in Front Going
Into Lost 36 Holes
BY the Associated Press.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. May 19.-
Ohio State and Michigan. separated
by one slender stroke, rode into the
final 36 holes OF the Big Ten golf
meet today as decided co-favorites,
with the Wolverine chances depend
ing in large measure upon whether
crisp-hitting Ben Smith could con-
tinue the sizzling pace he began
yesterday.
Smith toured the 6.6O0-yard Uni
versity of Michigan course in one
under-par II second round yesterday
for a 36-hole aggregate of 146 and
individual leadership.
His par-busting round also showed
the Michigan team up into first
place with a four-man total OF 612
strokes. just ahead of the Buckeyes
613. Minnesota, a dark horse. was
poised seven strokes back at 619. in
an excellent position to strike for
the title now held by illinois should
either Of the leaders falter
Hard hit by graduation that took.
among others, Alex Welsh, 1941 in
dividual titlist, the Illini we're rest
ing in fifth place with 628, behind
Northwestern with 625.
Smith, tall. lean junior who showed
skill on the greens, was in anything
but a secure position in his bid for
the individual title. Red-headed Jim
Mccarthy of illinois and Spero Dali
tas of Minnesota, left-hander, were
on his tail by a single blow, while
Johnny Holstrom of Illinois finished
in 148. Johnny Krisko with l49 and
John Lorms with $50. both Ohio
Staters, we're still decidedly in the
race.
The Buckeyes hopes rested heav-
lily on long-driving Billy Gilbert.
ordinary their No man, who slipped
to 153 on opening day while playing
in a threesome with Smith and Hol-
strom.
More or less out of the race al
ready were Indiana with 642, Wis
consin. SAT; Purdue. 703. and Chi
cago. apparently as inept in golf as
In football and basket ball, with 723.