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The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11
MARY AND MERRY-GO-ROUND

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 11.-If
ever that one-woman political par
ty, Mrs. Marie Bauernschmidt, of
Baltimore, had the city politicos
quaking. it is right now. And the
hot potato which the office holders
are tossing from one to another is.
OF course. the investigation into
possible fire hazards of Baltimore's
night spots.
Immediately after the tragic
Boston fire, Baltimore's engineer
ing. police and fire departments
plus Joseph E, Clarke, city building
engineer and the Bureau of LIQUOR
License Commissioners showed
commendable concern in checking
Baltimore's night clubs. But Mrs.
Bauerschmidt is not satisfied with
that. She has served notice that
she's going to sit down to watch
and see just what they will do
about certain perilous spots. And
the gun she has at their heads is
her own private survey of condi-
tiOnS.
Mrs. B. has set a virtual deadline
OF December Is for action. On De-
cember Is the Liquor Board will
hold hearings from evidence gath
cred by the police and fire depart
ments, and if something doesn't
materialize or if the hearing is
merely lip service affair to public
safety, Mrs. B. is likely to take
matters into her own hands.
Meanwhile the rumor is going
round that Mrs. 3. has planted a
bomb-shell that would even force
Mayor Howard Jackson to order
the closing of innumerable fire
traps now flourishing as night
clubs.
1t is whispered that Mrs. B.
either has or soon will visit the
office OF Bernard Wells, states at
torney for Baltimore City with evi-
dence which she has accumulated
first hand. She is not insensible
to the feud over the pistol ordi-
nance which Wells had with Mayor
Jackson. Nor is she unaware of
Wells demonstrated vote-getting
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11

small group of employers who con-
tinue to place Qualifications" too
high, and until these restrictions
are lowered to a common sense
basis, these employers are as
much to blame for the lack of in
terest as the woman who fails to
realize the dangers ahead Of our
nation.
Apparently these few employers
are still under the impression that
a man or woman with slight ply
sical handicap, or those who have
reached the half-ceEtury mark,
are not capable of doing good
and honest days work. Nothing
could be further from the truth,
and until they change their poll
cies and give these workers an op-
portunity, the labor shortage
will react against them.
This is war! 1t is time or man
agement to scrap peace-tilne ideas,
and it is time for women to start
punching the time clock!
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11
By DREW PEARSON

ability and his private aspirations
to sit behind the big desk at City
Hall.
Should these rumors Of Mrs.
Bauernschmidt's strategy material
ize and the December 18th license
meeting be only lip-service affair,
Wells and Jackson may lock horns
again and an unforeseen political
issue come to the fore.
Only question in the minds OF
those watching developments is
whether the States Attorney
would be willing to buck the money
bags who are doing nicely with
their hot-shOt firetraps. Or as
one hotel-lobbyist put it: Would
Wells back water?" Only Mrs. B.
probably knows the answer to that
one.
EASTERN SHO' EXPLOSIVES
The most critical and explosive
wartime situation in Maryland is
no longer housing or civilian de-
Tense or transportation in the
crowded metropolitan areas.
Actually, Maryland's No. l criti-
cal area is the Eastern Shore. 1t
has host of special unsolved
problems about which there has
been little public bellyaching. But
the muffled grousing behind the
scenes indicates that there had
better be some real relief for the
fishing and agricultural groups
there or-else,
The trouble stems not alone
from material shortages and price
control but from the apparent fail
ure of government officials, partic-
ularly in WPB to understand fully
the well-nigh fatal beating the
fishing industry is taking under
war time restrictions. The WPB
just doesn't seem TO understand
the oyster and the crab-that these
are essential foods and not just
luxury items and that next to their
own shells they prefer to be encas-
ed in tin.
Tin is critical material and
under WPB order M-S1, there will
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that before the war is over the
percentage of women in their re-
spective plants must be increased
considerably, and some of these
employers place it as high as sixty
per cent. Today, additional hun
dreds of women are needed, yet
hundreds of women continue to
hesitate Reason for their reluc-
tance are many, but many Of these
reasons, no doubt, are not as i'm
portant as they would have us be-
lieve. These jobs are awaiting
the American women, and there
should be no distinction. 1t is as
much the duty of the society deb
as it is the girl who has worked
years in the factory, to take a war
production job-and slacks in these
dark days is badge of honor if
there ever was one.
Fortunately, there are thous-
ands of women now employed in
industry and many others who
have tried to get defense Jobs. I'm
fortunately, there yet remains a
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11
WOMEN IN HAGERSTOWN'S INDUSTRIES

In time of war, industry's one
and only goal is-production! And
to attain maximum production, the
employment of women is an abso-
lutte necessity, for the simple rea-
son that if armies are to be built,
men must be taken from the work
benches for military service
Eighteen months ago, few
women were employed in plants
manufacturing war material in Ha-
gerstown. Stacks were worn only
in the homes or perhaps on family
picnics. Women knew nothing
about welding, sheet metal work
or machines. A lathe simply
wasn't in the female vocabulary.
But times have changed
Uncle Sam has taken large
number of men since and before
Pearl Harbor. Many more are to
join their buddies and take up
arms against our enemies. Indus
try will feel the effects of the heavy
draft quotas to come.
Local industry is now convinced
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11
XMAS MAIL DOUBLE
VOLUME LAST YEAR
Postmaster Gives Some
Advice to Expedite
Handling

The Hagerstown post office is
already being taxed on account of
the approaching Christmas season,
which, according to Postmaster
Simpson, is double the volume of
last year.
In preparation for Christmas
mailing, the public is urged to
shop now and mail at once for
early delivery. The post offices
will make every effort to handle
the Christmas mails without con-
gestion and delay, but owing to
the enormous volume this can be
done, the post office department
says, only with the cooperation of
the public.
1t is requested, to bring about
the best results in handling the
Christmas rush, to use special de-
livery for urgent mail, and pack
articles carefully in strong, dur
able containers.
Fragile articles, easily broken
or crushed, must be securely pack
ed and plainly marked fragile"
Parcels containing perishables
should be marked "perishable," and
packed in suitable containers, &C
cording to contents. Articles like
ly to spoil within the time reason
ably required for transportation
and delivery will not be accepted
for mailing. Use special delivery
stamps to expedite delivery.
Special care should be taken in
putting addresses on packages. Ad-
dresses should be complete, with
house number and name of street,
post office box or rural route num-
ber, and typed or plainly written
in ink. A return address should
be placed in the upper left hand
corner of every piece of mail II
tag is used, the address and re-
turn address should also be writ
ten on the wrapper for use if the
tag is lost, and a copy of the ad-
dress should be enclosed inside
the parcel.
Prepay postage fully on all mail
matter. II you are not familiar
with rates, ask your local postmas-
ter.
No parcel may be more than 100
inches in length and girth cOmbin-
ed nor exceed 70 pounds in weight.
Air mail to members of our arm
ed forces outside Continental
United States is six cents per half
ounce or fraction thereof
Mail to boys in the service has
already showed that such mail will
add much this year to the volume
of matter transmitted from the
Hagerstown office.
The use of the special delivery
stamps will insure delivery on
Christmas Day, if mailed at the
proper time.
Mail early and wrap and address
your parcels properly and carefully
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11
HANGOVERS
By
LITTLE HEISkELI

President RooseveIt's decision
to place Paul McNutt in complete
charge of the labor situation in
the United States, together with
the job of bringing all draft
boards under his supervision and
the stopping of enIistments, has
apparently "cIicked" with the
folks hereabouts. However, one
little paragraph in the announce
ment may have a definite effect
on the employment procedures
and policies now prevailing in
this area.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11

First off, the order will bring
the Draft Boards and the United
States Employment Service clos
re together as the new plan gets
under way. Heretofore, each of
these government agencies, as
far as this county is concerned,
have gone their respective ways,
but now, with deferments and
those in service lover the pre-
scrbed age Imits) desiring to
return home and enter essential
industry, these two organizations
will, in all probability, find it
necessary to dove-tail their ac-
tivities.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11

be no more tin for packing oysters
after December 81. Both the crab
and oyster men still have found
nothing to substitute for tin, des-
pite laborious research by the U.
S. Bureau of Fisheries. The mOis-
ture from the oysters on the inside
of the container plus the moist and
freezing impact of ice from the
outside will collapse anything less
resistant than metal.
In their desperation, the industry
is even giving thought to possible
dehydration OF oysters, for the OyS-
ter is IS per cent water. But just
how this would go down with the
eating public, which now has to
conserve meat, is another question.
DRAFTING FISHERMEN
This material shortage is only
)ne phase of the Shores emergency
problem. The draft boards, which
to some extent have considered
farm help essential manpOwer, do
not raise finger to protect the
fishing industry. Crisfield, the
seafood capital, is wrathy on the
subject, and has demanded that a
directive be sent to draft boards
granting men in the fishing indus
try the same deferment given to
farm help.
To illustrate their point. the
American WaterfOOds Association
proved to selective service officials
that in one actual instance the
drafting of two trained experts
was the equivalent of losing one
million pounds of Waterford.
On top of these headaches, the
office of Defense Transportation is
now proposing to limit single truck
hauls to 800 miles. Such an order
would preclude shipping out Of the
state via the highways and would
put some of the fishing men out
of business Immediately.
These and innumerable other
situations have convinced the
fishing people that their industry
should be placed under the direc-
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The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11

That one little paragraph men,
toned above and which will, if
necessary, apply locally, refers
to the authority given McNutt to
take over the employment of all
personnel in those areas desig-
mated by his Commission. For
many, many months reports have
been sent to the Manpower Com
mission indicating that while
many industries are yelling ola
Dor shortage" they continue to
turn capable employees away
from their doors because Of not
too-convincing company require
ments. That, naturally, doesn't
add up, and if this new system
should be applied to this area,
these requirements must under
go radical changes; if not, it is
not beyond the realm of posi-
biIity that the Manpower Com
mission will demand and get the
reasons for these reflections.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-12-11

The new labor control set-up
will also mean the end of labor
pirating in many areas through
out the nation. The day is past
when companies, by offering
higher wages, can steal mechan-
ics from other war industries,
thus slowing up production on
the home front. Fortunately,
this situation has been kept at
minimum in Hagerstown, (reports
to the contrary Notwithstanding,
but it's really bad news for the
Big Boys who went into the labor
market and hit the jack pot
whenever the occasion demand
ed. The new policy will also
have a definite effect in reducing
the large number of man hours
lost through absenteeism. Uncle
Sam is frowning now, and isn't
going in for hunting, fishing and
movies during working hours.
How will this new wrinkle eff
feet non-essential industries?
Well, for months the nation has
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Evening star., 1942-04-20
Two Minute Men Units
To Be Sworn in Wednesday

Members of the newly organized
1st and I'd Montgomery County
companies of the Maryland Reserve
Militia will be sworn in at pm.
Wednesday by State Adjt. Gen.
Francis S. Petrott at the Silver
Spring Armory.
The two Minute Men" companies
were formed recently in Rockville.
They are the first units to be mus
tered in the entire State. The men
also will receive rifles. ammunition
and coverau uniforms at the cere-
mony.
Circuit Judge Stedman Prescott
has been appointed captain of
Company No. l by Gov. O'Conor,
while Allison Chaplin, executive clerk
Of the county police department. will
command the second company.
Adolph E. Guide was commissioned
second lieutenant of the 1st Com
pany and A Guy Watkins has been
named second lieutenant of the I'd
Company.
Judge Prescott, Mr.. Chaplin and
Mr.. Guide served as first neutenants
in the first World War. Mr.. Wat
kinS served as a sergeant. Circuit
Judge Charles w. Woodward. who
mas volunteered for service in the
lst Company, was captain of in
fantry in the first World War, but
has refused a commission in the
Minute Men" because he is now
serving as deputy air-raid warden
for the county and does not feel able
to take on any additional defense
duties.
Evening star., 1942-04-20

Newspaper accounts were the only
information his family had today
that Capt. Garnet P. Francis of
Alexandria and his bride of three
months were separated when Mrs.
Francis was evacuated to Corregidor
on April 8, leaving him on Bataan.
Mrs. John BayliSs, IA West Maple
street. Alexandria, aunt of Capt.
Francis, said there was no secret
about the couples marriage, which
occurred on the front line" in
Bataan. January 5, with an Army
chaplain offid~ ting.
The family was advised of the
marriage. Mrs. Bayliss said. but had
had no direct word from Capt.
Francis since January l6, when he
wrote that he was safe. There was
no postmark on the letter, she said.
Capt Francis, 33. a native of Alex
andrla. attended George Mason High
School, where he played football,
and graduated from the University
of Maryland dental school in 1899.
He Immediately entered the Army.
His parents live in St. Petersburg,
Fla. and his grandparents with Mrs.
BayliSS.
Mrs Francis, the former Earleen
Allen. an Army nurse, is from Jack
son, Ill
Evening star., 1942-04-20
Memorial Rites Held
For Admiral Wilcox
BY ,hc Associated Press.

BY thC Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd. April 20-Me-
mortal services were conducted yes
terday at The Naval Academy Chapel
for Rear Admiral John w. Wilcox,
jr-, who was lost overheard at sea
during storm.
The services were conducted by
Capt William n. Thomas. chaplain,
in the presence of the admiralS
widow and a son and daughter
hlgh-ranking Navy officials and
many members of Admiral Wilcox 5
class Of 1905.
Those attending included Rear
Admiral 7. R Beardau academy
superintendent, Admiral Thomas
Hart. who recently left command CT
the ASlatIC Fleet. and Rear Admiral
Albert T. Clark of the Annapolis
naval experiment station, who was
a claSsmate Of Admiral Wilcox.
The Navy announced April that
Admiral Wilcox was lost overheard
al sea in heavy weather during
normal cruising,
Evening star., 1942-04-20
Eleven zoning Permits
Are Sought in Fairfax
Special Dispatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch 10 Inc star,
+ FAIRFAX, Va, April 20.--Eleven
applications for special permits un-
der the county zoning ordinance will
be considered by the Board of Zon-
ing Appeals of Fairfax County next
Monday.
The applications we're announced
by Mrs. Louise Dickie, clerk of the
board, included the following:
Ella L. Barron and Lois Gorton,
for operation of a private school
about one mile south of Annandale.
George Essa Hadeed, for erection
of a restaurant and five tourist
cabins about a mile east of Center
vile at the functions of routes 211
and 645.
Claude L. Jackson, for erection OF
an addition to a dwelling.
Max Stein, for erection of an ex-
tension to a store near Lee-Jackson
School.
Alice E. Hatch, for conversion of a
sign about 500 feet north of Mount
Vernon.
Joseph M. Browne, for additions
to tourist cabins south of Lorton.
K. H. Stilling and Emma H. Still
ing for maintenance of three house.
keeping unit dwellings, on Old Do
minion drive
The Torpedo Club, for operation
of a club house, not primarily for
gain, near Wellington Villa.
Martin A Rust. for the use OF
building as a commercial poultry
plant about one-half mile north OF
Lincolnia.
Albert L. Rubin, for an automobile
repair shop.
S. c. Myers for a store improve
ment.
Evening star., 1942-04-20
Democracy Gets Down to Work
At New Blood Donor Center
Rich and Poor Alike Take Opportunity
To Help Win War by Offerings, Services

People in poor economic circum-
stances who feel they can't pay
$18.75 for a defense bond come
in here and say they may help a
little bit by giving their blood" re-
marked staff physician.
That is the spirit of America,
the spirit which will win this war
for us in the long run"
Just as IL 900 persons here have
shared their blood with wounded
men at the front-which is civilian
participation in absentia-a larger
District group is still being asked to
give dollars to the Red Cross war
fund. Through Saturday, the war
fund drive here had netted $496, ,422
in cash and pledges, but trenen-
dous effort is still needed to achieve
the Districts $75o,000p. goal. Since
the Red Cross follows the flag,
whole-hearted public cooperation
is needed to sustain those on the
fighting fronts, officials said today.
Donations Rise Sharply.
Washington began donating lib
orally of blood the day after Pearl
Harbor was attacked. Where only
40 persons gave donations during
the week ending December 6, the
week ending December 13 saw $50
men and women doing their bit in
this respect. The following week
the total jumped to 604 From a
total of 1893 during January to
2,055 in February and 1853 in
March, tells a story of mounting
approval of the Red Cross donor
campaign.
That the use of dried plasma in
the battle zones has saved lives is
matter of official reports.
BY telephoning the Red Cross
blood band and making an appoint
ment, any one in good health be-
tween the ages of 81 and go may
make donation. Those under 81
require consent of parent or guard
ian
The process, from the initial regis
tration stage through the actual do
nation to 10 minutes bed relaxatio
and later serving of refreshments
in the outgoing reception room, con-
SumeS from As minutes to one hour.
There is beehive activity, but also
a quiet, efficiency; women who tell
admirals and generals where to get
off. and charming young things
dominate the scene.
Men on Joh Too
There are men there, too. doing an
important job. Because the blood
collected here is processed by Army
and Navy medical centers, the
armed services have full-tiTne repre-
SentativeS at the center. Comdr. L.
R. Newhouser and Maj. D. B Ken
drick are assisted by 1t E. L. Lozner
and two other physicians, as well as
hospital corpsmen headed by Chief
Pharmacist Mate H. r. Evans, and
half dozen or more Army and
Navy medical officers on part-time
duty
officials of the national and Dis
trict Red Cross, Army and Navy
officers and Government officials
were present at the first open house
yesterday in the new donor quarters.
Gold braid was much in evidence as
visitors inspected the facilities. Re-
freshments were served, and music
was provided by the four Red
Cross Starlets. Miss Mary Crane,
Miss Katherine Butler. Bernard
McGurl and Charles Bright.
Evening star., 1942-04-20
J. {. Rawlings, 38, Dead;
Virginia Sportsman

John c. Rawlings. IS. Virginia
sportsman. who was operated on re
Gently for q head injury suffered III
r polo game several years ago, died
early yesterday at Emergency Hos
piyal He Will be buried today in
The Hul Cemetery at Uppervile. Va
after funeral services at , pm. a.
the Grace Episcopal Church, The
Plains. Va.
Mr Rawlings wases frequent vis-
itor 70 Washington and played polo
against Army teams at Fort Myer.
Va He iarmed extensively and
raised cattle a. MS home near The
Plains. Mr.. Rawlings, who also WAS
4 SteeplechaSe rider. was & member
Of the Orange County. the Piedmont
and the Cobbler Hunts.
He is survived by his widow Mrs.
Elizabeth Sklnker Rawlings. his
mother. Mrs. Laura Rawlings. Rec
toTJown. Va TWO sisters. Mrs Thur
ston Willis. WarTenton, and Miss
DslIs Rawlings, RectortOWn, and his
grandfather, John w. Rawlings,
Eectortown.
Evening star., 1942-04-20
Labor Given Chance
To Answer Farmers
Charges Today
Judiciary Subcommittee
Will Hear Members Of
A. r. L. and c. |. o.
b. the Associated Press.


Organized labor was afforded
chance by the House Judiciary
Committee today to answer charges
by organized agriculture that union
leaders were seeking to obtain con-
troll of the Nations food supply.
Chairman Hobbs of a Judiciary
Subcommittee said representatives
of the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations would be called when
the committee resumes hearings on
legislation to subject unions and
other worker groups to prosecution
under the anti-racketeering and
antitrust laws.
Unions generally and the c. I. o.
United Mine Workers of America
specifically were assailed by farm
groups when the hearings started
last week. The American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, the National
Grange and the National Council of
Farm Co-operatives accused them
of promoting secondary boycotts, is
suing hot cargo" edicts, and en-
gaglng IN other activities which
President Edward A. ONeal of the
Farm Bureau Federation said levied
"a toll of unnecessary costs of at
least billion dollars a year upon
the American people"
Committee mebers said they were
anxious to hear the U. M. w. A.
reply to charge by w. P. Davis,
manager of the New England Milk
Producers Association, that the
unions move to organize dairy
farmers implies the possibilities of
social revolution under a private
one-man dictatorship of America.
Mr. Davis accused John L. Lewis,
U. M. w. A. head, of seeking,
through unionization of dairy farm
ers, Ito throttle the freedom of the
farmers"
Evening star., 1942-04-20
Charles County Grange
lnstoIIs Officers Tonight

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
LA PLATA. Nd April 20
Charles S. Smith Will be installed
tonight as master OF the Charles
County Pomona Grange,
Other officers to be installed IN
clude: Overseer, Joseph S. Burch.
lecturer. Mrs, p. d Brown; steward,
Omar Jones. assistant steward, Clln-
ton Linton: chaplain the Rev. Reg
mald Stevenson, treasurer. Walter
Mills. secretary. Mrs Emily Linton
gatekeeper, W. F. MetCalfe. Ceres,
Ms Leonore Jones, Flora Mrs.
Lizzie Smoot, Pomona, Mrs. A
Bu,eauX.